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You might be wondering how did I discover this secret? It was totally by accident. I bought the Maggi Seasoning Sauce to make another recipe. When I did a taste test of my new purchase I knew I had found a new flavor secret. I could not wait to experiment. Now I did not make the recipe I bought it for, I decided to try to recreate some tacos I had at a restaurant in Bossier City. The Carne A la Mexicana at El Mariachi are so delicious! They are served fajita style with the tortillas on the side just like the Alambre Chicken Tacos. It is a simple but favorful plate piled high with grilled skirt steak smothered in tomatoes, onions and peppers. They serve it with rice, refried beans, a dollop of sour cream and guacamole. They are so good! What I like about these tacos is it eats like ground beef, meaning it is easy to eat. No pieces of steak or veggie that you can't bite through. But then it taste smokey and fresh like fajitas. It is not heavy on cumin or chili powder the spices commonly found in ground beef tacos. As a bonus if served straight up without sides and toppings they are very healthy too.
Well, I feel like I have nailed the flavor perfectly. The marinade makes the skirt steak smokey and savory. The pico adds fresh tangy and saucy flavor. I used my homemade Pico de Gallo but your can use store bought or your favorite recipe. If you like spicy add more jalapeno to the pico. It will be great! What I am still missing is their secret to grilling the skirt steak. They get a perfect crust and a medium rare center. So I am still practicing and perfecting the grilling. But I could not wait to share these tacos with you. They are so good! Trust me you have to try these on your next taco night.
Mexicana Beef Tacos
Serves 4
1 lb. skirt steak
Juice of 1 lime (3 Tbsp.)
3 Tbsp. Maggi Seasoning Sauce
3 Tbsp. vegetable or olive oil
2 tsp. chipotle hot sauce
Black pepper, to taste
Kosher salt, to taste
3 to 4 cups Pico de Gallo
8 small flour tortillas
Place skirt steak in a food storage bag. Combine lime juice, Maggi sauce, oil and hot sauce, whisk to emulsify. Pour over steak, seal storage bag removing as much air as possible. Place in the refrigerator for about 2 hours. Flip bag over every 30 minutes if possible during the 2 hours.
Remove the steak from the refrigerator and let it come to room temperature. Pre-heat grill to high heat for 10 minutes. Pat steak to remove excess marinade and season with salt and pepper. Grill for 3 to 4 minutes a side. Remove from grill and let it rest 20 minutes. Cut steak into 1/2" dice and set aside.
Heat a large skillet to medium high to high heat. Add Pico de Gallo and sauté until most of the moisture has evaporated. Add the steak and sauté until heated through.
Place a skillet on high heat, when hot warm the tortillas on both sides until warm and blistered. To serve place beef mixture in warm flour tortillas.
Note: You can add additional toppings of you choice. I have tried cheese, sour cream and guacamole all delicious.
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28.05.2015 Matérias
// Man-made Intelligence vs . Man Mind
Man-made Intelligence vs . Man Mind
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Chat Manufactured intelligence usually takes a spot on the human being mind.The purpose of making an exact human brain has always been a puzzle with the professionals. Nevertheless, not too long ago, clarification of duplicating a persons thought process so that you can establish pc products that copy the human psyche revived desire in generational analysts. That is in regions for example the execution of your superb reasonable brain. It is possible to acquire a capability with the our psyche by computation. This means that when the artificial cleverness useful software programs come in daily life then your laptops could have heads. The exact use of the down the road means that we all would working experience far better gaming applications, improved programmed products and poems that will be more engaging as being the man get the job done and artistry. Despite the milestone who have seen a great deal of technical advancements, research workers continue to be obtaining in depth in study regarding synthetic intelligence.The lengthy quest that started off 300BC is not around. Projections advise that we may have a superb head by 2020.The second can be a straightforward indicator that developments such as appearance, tone of voice activity, robotics between other AI achievements are usually not the best we now have spotted. In spite of the projections, technology, quite often, has overdue much more than predicted, the plans of AI.The awesome brain would cause the excel at software.Such as, the chess computer games were actually applications of an typical head total capacity thus an different to get down members (Russell & Norvig, 2014). Very mental performance computer units would ensure such loopholes are covered.In line with the idea that the pcs are very far considerably faster during the completing activities which includes arithmetic calculations, developing, and decision making that may provide helpful end results inside services business.
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Conclusion Flourishing duplication of man psyche by very neurological will likely be an result of the bundled campaigns and data from many different industries of research.Typically the commonplace career fields involving AI are desktop computer art, physiology, and school of thought (Goebel And Williams, 2011). Intellectual scientific discipline is always critical in terms of cleverness, figuring out technique and mental performance modelling. The key obstacle scientists expertise currently regards the inconsistency coming in propagation of man made cleverness. Rapid velocity, exactness, credibility, and even loss of weakness is associated to a brilliant mind as opposed to its human brain counterpart ('Editorial Board', 2013).Let us do so.


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I write, and my soul sings.
That statement reminds me of an October tweet I posted on Twitter: #Iamreading Charles R. Swindoll's Living above the Level of Mediocrity…let's soar with eagles, committed to excellence!
The Bible study group my husband and I attend started this book in September. It will take quite a few months to get through it as we discuss one chapter at a time. Mr. Swindoll uses the illustration of a soaring eagle as the opposite of living with mediocrity. I'd like to think what a difference to my soul, had I discovered this book long ago, but my view is God's timing has me reading it now.
As far as I'm concerned, singing and soaring go together. So I can claim my soul soars as I write.
Singing and soaring only happen, whether it be writing or anything else I'm called to do, if my focus is on the One who created me to glorify Him through my actions. Even if my heart is down, my attitude glum, as soon as I worship through song or strive to aim for excellence in doing the Lord's work, I am lifted high.
Heart attitude begins in the mind. Proverbs 23:7 (NASB) says, "For as he thinks within himself, so he is."
I don't know about anyone reading this, but I want to think of myself as obedient. Far from perfect, I do strive to do my very best in order to become the way God sees me. And to quote a really old slogan, "God don't make no junk."
Swindoll's book, as expected, is filled with biblical references. The Bible should always be my source of strength, where I need to begin each day. I can go ahead and plan out my goals for each year, each month, each week, or each writing project. If I dig into that writing work without seeking the Lord first, my soul doesn't sing. If I don't consult God in prayer before I begin the simplest of writing tasks, I mess up and for sure, I don't soar with eagles.
Singing and soaring isn't always easy. I still struggle, I even experience failure, and some writing days are meant for the garbage. I can miss the notes that make a paragraph sing. I can be weary and slump my wings rather than float skyward. Yet, if my heart attitude is striving for all the attributes He is creating within me, the battle is worth it.
At the end of a good day, when my soul is filled with melody and I've flown higher on eagle's wings than ever imagined, my joy through writing is affirmed.
Isaiah 40:31 is a favored verse:
Yet those who wait for the Lord
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary. (NASB)
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Get The Job You've Dreamed Of
You'll want to come up with a short speech you may give (and observe in order that it doesn't sound rehearsed!) letting potential employers know your earlier expertise, what skills you would carry to their firm, and why they should rent you. That is something that you may be more likely to be requested in an interview, so be sure to know what you wish to say!
On the day of your interview, take heed to calming music on the drive to the placement or while on the prepare. This may assist to cut back the stress that you simply really feel and can assist together with your consolation degree. When stress is minimized, you'll be able to converse extra clearly and provides off a greater vibe.
Before going to a job interview, just be sure you get loads of interviewing observe. Many job seekers go to an interview and do not know what to say or how you can act, which might hurt their probabilities of obtaining the place. To combat this, you must follow ahead of time. Eliminating the possibilities of forgetting essential particulars, poor phrasing, or awkward body language can really enhance your odds of getting the place.
If not, it's time to undertake a extra grown-up moniker.
You should give off the precise vibe and first impression during an interview. Preserve an extremely optimistic angle, and smile as often as is suitable. Following this one simple rule will ensure that whoever interviews you'll no less than have a positive impression of you and your demeanor.
Do not let job interviews trigger you stress. Ensure you get there early so you might have a couple of minutes to calm down. Throughout the interview, do not let the interviewer make you feel uncomfortable. Take all the time it is advisable to reply questions and ask the interviewers for clarifications if you are not sure what they're asking.
You should preserve your resume updated each single month.
Getting a job in in the present day's financial system is not easy. However, in the event you be taught good interviewing skills, you need to be capable of land a job very quickly. Remember to look your interviewer in the eyes, and provides good, sincere responses. You'll then not be stunned if you get a name that you just got the job.
Preparation is all the pieces if you end up on the lookout for employment. Showcase your skills and skills on a present and compelling resume. It's best to listing your entire achievements, including training, certifications and levels. You must embrace information related to your academic background as well as references from your work historical past.
When you're making a resume, attempt to include among the key words that the job you might be making use of to is searching for. Sometimes, corporations will weed out resumes primarily based on these phrases, as it's a very straightforward way to get the call for an interview by your resume.


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Anita Moorjani had been unwell for more than three years with lymphoma when she slipped into a coma in 2006. While unconscious, and in full organ failure, Anita says she experienced a near death experience which changed her life.
During that time, she remembers her deceased father and best friend appearing and explaining that it wasn't her time to die. Anita also came to the understanding that she had a bigger purpose to fulfill: to share a message of love and joy with people in the physical world. After waking from the 30-hour coma, Anita was treated with chemotherapy and began to recover. Five weeks after arriving in hospital on the brink of death, Anita was in full remission and since then has travelled the world sharing her NDE experience and message. The New York Times bestselling author talks to BELIEVE about how we can use her teachings in every day life.
BELIEVE: What motivates you to continue with your work and message?
Anita: I came back from my NDE with the knowledge that Heaven is a state and not a place. I realized that the peace and love that humankind craves resides inside each and every one of us. We can accept it at any time. We don't have to wait to die to experience heaven – unconditional love, acceptance and joy. We can experience it right now by simply connecting with our inner truths, honouring them completely and fully loving ourselves in the process. Knowing this truth makes me passionate to share them. I dedicate my life to sharing these powerful lessons world-wide.
BELIEVE: What steps can we take to believe in ourselves and have the strength to forge ahead when we have failed in the past?
Anita: We must love ourselves first and the rest will follow. The most meaningful lesson I learned from being at death's door is that unless I love myself, nothing else in my life can function at its best. The amount of depth, meaning and joy I experience in my life is in direct proportion to how much love I have for myself. The amount of love, kindness, patience I have for others is also directly proportional to how much love, patience and kindness I have for myself, because we cannot give others what we ourselves do not have. And, unsurprisingly, the amount of love, respect, support, and compassion I receive from others is also in direct proportion to how much of the same I have for myself.
BELIEVE: Do you ever doubt yourself and your message and if so, how do you gather or encourage yourself to continue?
Anita: I do not ever doubt my message as it is my truth. It is what I experienced during my NDE. However, I am no different than anyone else. I have challenging days, frustrating days and sad days but I know this is what it is like to be human. My message that I share with the world reminds me of my magnificence and the truths I learned from my experiential journey. This is my passion and it is what encourages me to spread my message and to continue on.
When we do things that we really enjoy doing, that we are passionate about we will live our life in joy, says Anita.
1. If you're sick, don't fight it. Embrace it. Love where you are now. Only when you approach your health challenges from a point of love can you overcome the fear.
2. Sometimes less information is better. When it comes to illness, more information does not necessarily equal more power. Too much research can actually add to the fear and symptoms.
3. Through your illness, your body is giving you a message. Work to understand and be with what is.
4. Everything comes from within.
5. Ask yourself, "What brings me joy?" And do more of that.
6. Don't obsess and make your life about the illness.
7. Love yourself unconditionally.
8. Positive thinking can only help to a certain extent. It's more about being yourself and loving yourself – regardless of what you are
going through.
9. Stop judging yourself.
10. Express yourself fully. Ask yourself: "Am I allowing myself to express who I am? Am I being this person because I want to be
accepted, or because it is who I am?"
11. Be centered in your true essence. From the place of pure centered-ness, miracles are possible. It's about being, not doing. When you are in the space of being, miracles are possible.
12. The only thing that limits you is your own beliefs.
13. The best way to get out of a fear state is to do something that brings you into a state of joy. Find something that changes your state completely. Whatever it is – music or art or going out in nature. Do something completely different. Or meditate. If we can be still, we can go into a different reality.
14. Stay totally open. Get into a defused state in which all of the possibilities lie before you and you haven't locked into any one.
15. Follow your bliss and do what you love. We tend to do what we think we should do, rather than what our heart tells us to do. We don't do what makes our heart sing.
16. You are your own guru. All your answers are inside you.
17.Nobody is better than (or less than) you. We are all equal.
18. Focus on your feelings more than your thoughts. Make your everyday choices based on what makes you FEEL good, rather than what you THINK you should do or what others think you should do.
19.Don't let a fear of failing or displeasing others run your life.
20.Realize your own MAGNIFICENCE
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Barnyard Madness – Review and Giveaway
March 14, 2011
Review by Tania Lieman
On Saturday (courtesy of MJ and Natural Travelling Momma blog) my six year-old daughter and almost two year-old son and I saw the Santa Monica Playhouse production of Barnyard Madness with the Three Little Pigs. It's a fast paced, all singing-all dancing musical theatre romp that puts a new spin on the old tail (tale) with a Romeo and Juliet storyline. It's full of porky puns and wolfish wit to keep the adults entertained and an array of endearing animal characters beautifully performed with good ol' country accents that mesmerised my children. The simple message that pigs and wolfs can be friends despite their differences was conveyed with snappy lyrics and dialogue.
The actors mingled with the crowd beforehand connecting with genuine warmth and humour. My daughter stood holding hands with the French female Big Bad Wolf for ages, in complete trust and totally won over. The actor's respectful and approachable manner together with the charming theatre made for a rich theatre going experience.
The actors certainly were busy, simultaneously running a birthday party after running Saturday morning classes and interacting before, during intermission, and after the show. The Playhouse has a long history and we were told how they are currently hit upon by hard times. Would be a shame to see a theatre with such a big heart and a local business and icon fold. Barnyard Madness was designed as an educational show but for a public audience it had all the right ingredients for good old-fashioned entertainment and the audience was definitely invited in to share the fun.
*Natural Traveling Momma is excited to offer a chance for two readers to win two tickets to see any upcoming show of Barnyard Madness with The Three Little Pigs at the Santa Monica Playhouse. It runs Saturday and Sunday at 12:30PM and 3PM until May 22nd, 2011. The suggested age for the show is 2-102. Tickets are normally $12.50 for adults and $10.50 for children 12 years and under.
Want more information of the show, click on to the link:
If you would like to enter the giveaway, please comment below. If you click on to the link above regarding details of the show, comment again below and you'll gain another entry. Good luck! This giveaway ends Friday, March 18th at 5PM.
UPDATE: Congratulations Kathy, Connor's mother and Edie – you've both one two tickets to see any upcoming show of Barnyard Madness! I've emailed you privately.
16 Responses to "Barnyard Madness – Review and Giveaway"
March 15, 2011 at 12:21 pm
We LOVE the Santa Monica Playhouse!!! Please put our names in the hat. Thanks so much, MJ
Kathy & Connor
March 15, 2011 at 1:36 pm
GREAT article on Barnyard Madness with The Three Little Pigs . So glad you liked it. Santa Monica Playhouse productions are brilliant.
So nice of you to review this production, and hopefully your blog will generate many more years of quality programming in Santa Monica.
March 15, 2011 at 2:26 pm
your giveaways are amazing!! we will be so happy to check this show . Will we be lucky?
March 15, 2011 at 2:32 pm
This looks great, and SM Playhouse has been on the 'list' for years … just haven't made it yet. This would be a great chance to check it out!
March 15, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Hi MJ, Sorry I missed you when you came to the show (I was upstairs with the Birthday Tea Party and didn't finish in time to say hello. Very, very glad that you and your young ones enjoyed the show. We run 5-6 different shows during the year so I hope to meet you on your return visit.
Sandra (PR Director at SM Playhouse)
March 15, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Thanks for the giveaway. The Three Little Pigs is my son's favorite story right now!
March 15, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Just went over to check out their link, too. The show looks so fun!
March 15, 2011 at 11:49 pm
Hi there..I love sm playhouse and the show looks fun! I hope my little girl is lucky enough to win! Tnx 4 giveaway 🙂
March 16, 2011 at 1:38 pm
We love the SM Playhouse – really enjoyed Cinderella there! Would love to see the 3 Little Pigs! Thank you for the chance…
March 16, 2011 at 1:40 pm
Saw the link – looks hilarious. Can't wait to tell Zoe about it!
March 16, 2011 at 1:51 pm
would love to take my kid to see this!!!
March 16, 2011 at 9:56 pm
This show looks like so much fun! I hope we win, thanks M.J.!
March 16, 2011 at 9:57 pm
I looked at the link, it looks great 🙂
March 18, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Phew, I'm glad I'm not too late. Three year old Siona and I would love to see some Barnyard Madness! Thanks for running this giveaway!
March 18, 2011 at 3:47 pm
A "rib-tickling musical pig-me-up"? Love it!


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Looks like I'm on the blogging end of the parties this fall and into winter. Casie has some great parties going on, and I'm glad to be able to help her and then share them with all of our readers.
Her littlest guy turned 1, and she planned a fun party for him along with a cute photo shoot before his birthday. This guy sure steals everyone's hearts and is the cutest thing ever. He made this Little Man CeLeBration look completely perfect for all who attended.
Laura Kidd Photography did such a great job capturing this Little Man's every day expressions.
And a new expression of not wanting to have messy hands.
Let the party begin! Casie went with a Little Man theme, complete with mustaches and bow ties.
She used the banner from the Celebration that I gave her after Yahkiyn was born. I love that she uses it for his monthly photo shoot and now for his first birthday. She's putting it to good use!
All of the foods had the best names on the labels and was perfect for this theme. She is such a clever party planner.
Another delicious cake by Layers of Flavor.
Happy Birthday, Yahkiyn!


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The Language of ADR
"The Language of ADR - an International Glossary" was conceived and published as a part of The Academy's desire to facilitate good practices, efficient communication and co-operation between all of those involved in ADR.
The present Glossary resulted from the co-operation of 600 individuals and institutions from 43 countries.
The repeated pleas of practitioners and users around the world have convinced us that a positive lead is required in the continuing academic debate to determine whether mediation is really conciliation or vice verse.
Whilst recognising that any change in terminology can produce "local difficulties" the use of this glossary is not mandatory. It is our hope that by the use of a universal ADR glossary one area of dispute will be removed. The fact that some may not follow every definition will not remove its need.
Our thanks go to all who have provided information and suggestions and to the hardworking multi-disciplinary working party for their Report. The majority of definitions used are theirs although there are some variations and additions.
The Glossary
ADR stands for "Alternative Dispute Resolution" defined as "any method of resolving an issue susceptible to normal legal process by agreement rather than by an imposed binding decision" NB; In general usage "decision" means an authoritative decision imposed on the parties other than by their consent by a judge or arbitrator.
"Exercise of a power delegated by contract to a third party to resolve disputes on an interim or final basis as they arise without recourse to formal arbitration or litigation".
CAUCUS (also known as PRIVATE MEETING)
"A private session with any one party in which the mediator explores ways of resolving the dispute".
"Mediation on all, rather than selected, issues, particulary in family disputes".
"A without prejudice non-binding dispute resolution process in which an independent third party ("neutral") assists the partes to settle their difference but may, if necessary, deliver his opinion as to the merits of the dispute".
NOTE: A conciliator (neutral) may be required to make a "Recommendation" as to how the dispute should be settled if agreement cannot be reached by the partes during the process.
In some contracts the parties agree that a Conciliator's Recommendation is binding unless challenged within a stated period. 'Conciliation' and 'Mediation' are often used interchangeably and indiscriminately.
"Any ADR process which parties may be required or advised to undertake by the court, or an ADR facility which is offered by the court (e.g. in a "multi-door" courthouse)".
A form of court annexed ADR in which an "arbitrator" gives a preliminary decision which, in some circumstances, may thereafter become binding upon the parties" (esp USA)".
"A panel set up under the terms of a contract to adjudicate, mediae, or settle claims, disputes or controversies referred them, either on an interim or a final and binding basis."
The use of an independent Expert to investigate and give his Expert opinion on any matter referred to him by the parties. Normally this will be used by the parties to assist them in reaching a settle or narrowing the issue.
The use of a neutral to give his opinion on a matter often of the potential outcome of the dispute.
EXECUTIVE HEARING (also known as Mini-Trial or executive Tribunal)
A without prejudice formalised settlement procedure in which advocates present their clients best case and reasons for settlement within strict time limits to a panel composed of one executive decision-maker representing each party. It is followed immediately by direct negotiation. The parties are often assisted by a neutral retained, he may be requested to preside and maintain the rules and an agreed timetable, to assist with negotiations and, if so agreed, to give an opinion o the likely outcome of litigation.
The use of an independent Expert to investigate the referred matters and to give his opinion which becomes binding on the parties. Not strictly an ADR process.
These can be either arty arranged or Court (or Tribunal) ordered, The object is to enable the Experts to determine those matters upon which they agree and those upon which they disagree. Not strictly an ADR process.
"Independent expert appointed by agreement of the partes to investigate and report to them on all or any specified issues of fact and/or opinion in dispute between them, ether to assist them in reaching a settlement by and ADR process or, as may be agreed, to determine those issued for the purposes of any on-going litigation or arbitration".
A prescribed procedure agreed by a public or private body which it and/or its members are normally obliged to follow for the consideration and redress complaints or grievance brought against it or them by employees, client or members of the public.
"A dispute resolution process whereby a neutral first attempts to mediate the dispute but, if mediation is unsuccessful in whole or in part the remainder of the dispute is arbitrated upon by the same or a different person".
"A without prejudice non-binding dispute resolution process in which an independent third party ("neutral") assists the parties to settle their difference but does not advise them of his own opinion as to the issues and merits of the disputes".
Note; "Conciliation" and "Mediation" are often used interchangeably and indiscriminately.
See Executive Hearing
"A settlement conference promoted and supervised by the court."
(many variations).
"A court of law in which facilities for arbitration and/or ADR are also provided."
"The process of working out an agreement by direct communication."
Independent third party who acts as mediator, conciliator or chairman in various ADR procedures."
"Usually an independent person whose role is to deal with complaints by the public against administrative (and, in some countries, corporate) injustice and maladministration, with the power to investigate, criticise and publish reports on his findings. He will normally have some power to recommended the payment of compensation."
In arbitration - as for pre trial review.
In litigation the preliminary consideration of a case with a view to giving directions as to its speedy future handling.
Note: This should not be confused with Mediation although it should be noted that some judges specifically draw attention to the benefits of mediation but leave it to the parties to make their own arrangements if they wish to proceed with that route.
In arbitration - as for Pre Trial review.
SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE (in some territories)
A Pre-Trial review by a judge who acts as a mediator, in the event the Mediation is not successful the matter is tried by a different judge.
Note: Although "suggestions" may be made by a trial judge that the parties should settle this should not be confused with Mediation.
In some territories is an Executive Hearing but in others it is a specialist process in personal injury litigation.
"Parties should be referred to be their proper names or by their general description (e.g. 'Employer', 'Insurer', etc)."
The Working Party
Henry Brown - Family Mediators Association
H H Campbell QC - Faculty of Advocates, Scotland
Karen Gough - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Jane C Hern - The Law Society
Edward J Lavery - The Law Society of Northern Ireland
Richard McLaughlin - Bar Council, Northern Ireland
David Miles - Centre for Dispute Resolution
Colin M Milne - The Law Society of Scotland
Philip Naughton QC - Bar Council, England and Wales
Derek Sharp - Society of Construction Arbitrators
Bertie Vigrass - London Court of International Arbitration
David B Walter - The Scottish Council for Arbitration
Anthony D Woolf (Working Party Chairman)


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The financial crisis looks to have killed off the UK's largest chain of nightclubs, threatening up to 3000 jobs. According to the Finacial Times (27 October 2011):
'Clubbers put away your dancing shoes: Luminar , the only London-listed nightclub company, is to go into administration after failing to secure an extension to its banking covenants.In a statement, the owner of clubs such as Love Social and Fuzzy Logic said it would immediately suspend business and place the company in administration because it was unable to meet repayment obligations on its debt, which fall due on October 27.
Luminar has approximately £85m in net debt owed to Lloyds TSB, Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland. The company is the largest UK nightclub owner by number of venues, with 75 clubs across the UK employing 3,000 full and part-time staff. However the company had experienced several years of declines in like-for-like revenues.
The company was hit hard by the smoking ban and government licensing re-arrangements which meant pubs could extend their drinking hours beyond 11pm. Following the changes, Luminar cut the number of clubs it owned from 230 at the end of 2006 to 100 clubs two years later. More recently Luminar's core 18-24-year-old customer base has been badly hit by the economic downturn and subsequent youth unemployment' (read full article here).
Venues owned by Luminar include the numerous Lava & Ignite, Life, Oceana, Bar Rock, Jumpin Jaks and Liquid clubs found in town centres across the country (full list here). It started out in 1988 with one club, Manhattan Nitespot in King's Lynn, and grew rapidly, being floated on the stock exchange in 1996.


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Do more than anyone expects, and pretty soon everyone will expect more.
Do not believe in miracles -- rely on them.
Do not clog intellect's sluices with bits of knowledge of questionable uses.
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
-- Aesop
Do not despair of life. You have no doubt force enough to overcome
your obstacles. Think of the fox prowling through wood and field in
a winter night for something to satisfy his hunger. Notwithstanding
cold and hounds and traps, his race survives. I do not believe any
of them ever committed suicide.
-- Henry David Thoreau
Do not do unto others as you would they should do unto you.
Their tastes may not be the same.
-- George Bernard Shaw
Do not drink coffee in early A.M. It will keep you awake until noon.
Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy.
-- Robert Heinlein
Do not meddle in the affairs of troff, for it is subtle and quick to anger.
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards,
for they become soggy and hard to light.
Do not throw cigarette butts in the urinal,
for they are subtle and quick to anger.


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In addition, we have extensive experience with the integration of online stores with Customer's storage systems.
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If you are planning a honeymoon in Windermere you can choose from a wide range of spa hotels, boutique hotels and luxury hotels close to the lake.
Why not choose a luxury Windermere spa hotel with hot tubs, four-poster beds, LCD TV´s and luxurious bathrooms and steam rooms? Enjoy some pampering sessions in the spa beauty rooms and luxuriate in your suite after a long day walking the fells.
Honeymoons are a special time for couples, and whether you want to walk along the water´s edge at Windermere, or partake in some more adventurous outdoor activities you will find plenty of things to see and do whatever time of year you visit.
Honeymoon in Windermere
Take a trip across the lake by boat, visit villages at the other side of the water, or hop on and off where you choose, visiting some great attractions along the way including the Lakes Aquarium.
Romance and the Lake District go hand in hand, and if you want to explore the region, book a seat on board the Settle to Carlisle Railway which whisks you through the magnificent Yorkshire Dales, over the arches of the Ribblehead Viaduct and through the Blea Moor tunnel and on to Carlisle. The scenery is stunning along the route.
Windermere is blessed with some of the finest scenery in Windermere, and if you want to walk in the footsteps of famous former resident and poet, William Wordsworth, enjoy the quiet trails and routes around the lake.
The region is also blessed with some of the best restaurants in England, many of which are Michelin starred. Try the Gilpin Lodge Country House Hotel in Windermere with 4 dining rooms and a choice of beautifully presented classical English dishes. A little further afield but also worth a visit is L´Enclume at Grange-over-sands, Cartmel with modern cuisine and a range of dishes incorporating local cuisine.
Holbeck Ghyll at Ambleside offers excellent cuisine and a wide choice of flavours, using fresh seasonal produce.
Farmer´s markets are held regularly in and around Windermere, and you can pick up some delicious local cheeses, patés and pickles.
If you enjoy visiting stately homes, take a trip to Levens Hall which boasts magnificent topiary gardens and dates back to 1694. Said to be the oldest topiary in the world, visitors come to Levens Hall from all over the world to enjoy the hall and the gardens. Well worth a visit.
Package Break in the Lake District
If you can drag yourself out of your luxury spa hotel in Windermere, you will find plenty of activities in and around the town, including hiking, cycling, horse riding, museums, stately homes and museums.


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A former WikiLeaks spokesman says he destroyed more than 3,500 unpublished documents that had been submitted to the secret-spilling site last year.
Daniel Domscheit-Berg told the German newsweekly Der Spiegel that the documents were "shredded over the past few days in order to ensure that the sources are not compromised." He asserted that the documents were destroyed because WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could not guarantee safe handling of the documents.
According to the German publication, the destroyed documents were seized by Domscheit-Berg and others when they defected from WikiLeaks in 2010 and included the U.S. government's no-fly list. The no-fly list contains the names of people suspected of terrorism or terrorism-related activity who are prohibited from boarding aircraft in the U.S. or any planes headed to or flying over the U.S.
Domscheit-Berg, who did not respond to a request for comment from Threat Level, did not appear to confirm to Der Spiegel that the destroyed documents included the no-fly list. The German publication did not say where it obtained this information, though it quoted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange identifying other documents purported to be among the stash of destroyed documents. These include insider information relating to "20 far-right organizations," later identified in WikiLeaks' Twitter feed as neo-Nazi organizations.
The Twitter feed repeated that a "copy of the entire U.S. no-fly list" was among the destroyed documents, and also identified other documents that were destroyed, including "more than 60,000 e-mails from the NPD," – the far-right National Democratic Party in Germany - and "U.S. intercept arrangements for over a hundred internet companies." The Twitter feed doesn't elaborate on what the latter means, though it probably refers to guidelines and instructions between law enforcement agencies and internet companies on what data the latter collect on customers and how law enforcement can subpoena it. The Twitter feed also asserted that the destroyed data included five gigabytes of data from Bank of America.
Assange asserted as far back as October 2009 that he planned to publish 5 gigabytes of data obtained from the hard drive of a Bank of America executive, but the material has never materialized. Assange seemed to repeat the assertion to Forbes in November 2010, when he promised a "megaleak" regarding a major U.S. bank to be published in early 2011.
If the assertion refers to the same Bank of America documents, the dates don't seem to support WikiLeaks' statement that the destroyed documents include the Bank of America data. Domscheit-Berg told Threat Level last year that the documents his group seized from WikiLeaks when the group defected included only those that were submitted to WikiLeaks over a couple of months in mid-2010 between the time the WikiLeaks submission system came back online in July 2010 following an outage, and the time it went down permanently when the staffers defected at the end of that summer. Anything submitted before then, or via other methods, would have still been in Assange's possession.
Domscheit-Berg had a public falling out with Assange after Assange began freezing him out of WikiLeaks activities in 2010. Domscheit-Berg, who published a book last year about his association with Assange and WikiLeaks, accused Assange of exaggerating the security of the secret-spilling website and lying to the public and reporters about the size and strength of the organization, as well as other matters such as the work the organization had done to publish the "Collateral Murder" video in 2010.
Assange had asserted that his organization spent three months decrypting the U.S. Army video that the site published in April 2010 under the title "Collateral Murder," but Domscheit-Berg said WikiLeaks had always possessed the password to the video file.
Domscheit-Berg recently launched an alternative secret-spilling service called OpenLeaks, which does not receive or publish documents directly, as WikiLeaks does, but has set up what it says is a secure and anonymous submission system to deliver documents directly to reporters from sources.
Domscheit-Berg was recently booted from the German-based Chaos Computer Club – a hacker organization that has been widely supportive of WikiLeaks and its tenets. The organization said that Domscheit-Berg was exploiting CCC's reputation for personal gain to promote OpenLeaks and expressed concern that OpenLeaks was insufficiently transparent – a criticism that Domscheit-Berg had previously asserted against Assange and WikiLeaks.
Domscheit-Berg disclosed in his book last year that Assange had lost control of his site's submission system in the internal revolt in September 2009. Domscheit-Berg and a top WikiLeaks programmer seized the submission system when they defected from the organization, along with a cache of documents that were stored in the system at the time.
In August 2010, in the wake of rape allegations against Assange as well as criticism that the site had mishandled the names of informants in Afghan documents the site published with media partners, Domscheit-Berg and two WikiLeaks programmers staged a halfhearted mutiny, saying they were fed up with the way the operation was being run. They disabled the WikiLeaks wiki and changed the passwords to the Twitter and e-mail accounts. In response, Assange shut down the whole system, causing the mutineers to cave in. But within weeks, Domscheit-Berg and one of the programmers had left WikiLeaks for good and taken the submission system with them.
They seized the system, Domscheit-Berg wrote in his book, because they had doubts Assange would handle the documents securely, due to lack of care he had allegedly shown for submissions in the past. Domscheit-Berg wrote in his book that the seized document would be returned to WikiLeaks only after Assange built a secure system.
"Children shouldn't play with guns," Domscheit-Berg wrote in his book. "That was our argument for removing the submission platform from Julian's control.... We will only return the material to Julian if and when he can prove that he can store the material securely and handle it carefully and responsibly."
The submission system had been recrafted in 2010 by the programmer, whom Domscheit-Berg referred to only as "the Architect", after he became frustrated with the jerry-built infrastructure Assange, and perhaps others, had set up when Wikileaks launched in December 2006, according to the book. WikiLeaks had been running on a single server with sensitive backend components like the submission and e-mail archives connected to the public-facing Wiki page. The Architect separated the platforms and set up a number of servers in various countries.
WikiLeaks' submission system has remained down ever since Domscheit-Berg and his colleagues left the organization. Assange had initially claimed the submission system was down by design to stop an already huge backup of documents from growing even larger but later acknowledged it was due to Domscheit-Berg and colleagues seizing the system. Due to their "acts of sabotage," WikiLeaks asserted, the organization was being forced to "overhaul the entire submission system."
Domscheit-Berg had reportedly been in recent talks to return the seized documents to WikiLeaks, but destroyed them after negotiations broke down.
Photo: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and then-spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg in Germany, 2009. (Jacob Appelbaum/Flickr)


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The Rogersville Post Office is located in the state of Tennessee within Hawkins County. This location serves 21,309 Rogersville residents with a median income of $33,806. It's estimated that approximately 34,012 packages pass through this post office each year.


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Thursday, December 22, 2016
A Christmas card from George and Pattie
George thought this photograph of him was so funny that he decided to turn it into a Christmas card! Here is the card that was sent out to Robert and Sonny Freeman from George and Pattie.
Posted by Sara S. at 8:25 PM
Labels: cards, Christmas, George Harrison, Pattie Boyd, Robert Freeman
1 comment:
- AnonymousJanuary 5, 2017 at 1:08 AM
It's funny cos he's flicking V-signs (offensive in England)!ReplyDelete
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The MongoDB database looks very promising for certain applications, but not all. We really like the simplicity of the replication and fail-over and the fact that it is available in leased data-center installs.
The cluster architecture means you will have a single server handling all writes and any server in the cluster able to handle reads with eventual consistency.
A problem encountered was in a multi-node cluster the write performance was not very high for a simple key/value hash. A load that took 45 minutes in Cassandra took over 6 hours using MongoDB, but that is really just a reflection of the architecture.
This database has still been spec'd for projects where small clusters of related data will have high reads with low writes and complete table scans will be infrequent.


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After four years of pioneering the revolution that dramatically changed the face of retail shopping in Nigeria, Jumia, Nigeria's number one online shopping solution company is poised to consolidate this achievement with innovative concepts that will further expand her brand equity in Nigeria's business terrain.
Jumia Company outlined their plans last Thursday at a media round table organized for a select team of editors held at the company's head office in Ikeja.
A facility tour preceded the roundtable meeting. The media team visited the company's training and customer service facility in Yaba, Lagos as well as the warehouse and fulfillment centre in Ikeja, Lagos.
At the warehouse, the global CEO of Jumia services, Indrek Henloo took the team round various segments where they received first hand information on the storage, transfer and delivery processes involved in ensuring that every online purchase is a satisfying experience for every customer. Henloo also explained the processes involved in transferring tested and approved products from vendors and sellers, through the fulfillment centres to the final consumers.
At the special roundtable anchored by the Head of Marketing, Simone Bartlett, various Jumia team leaders presented their teams' activities and plans to propel the organization to greater heights of the delivery of first class services to customers. Jumia Nigeria Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Juliet Anammah and her team took time to answer diverse questions from the journalists during the roundtable.
Giving a detailed narrative, Chidinma Ifepe, Head of Customer Operations presented various innovative programmes and customer centered activities that have energized the Jumia brand to its present level. Ifepe explained how the team's constant focus on improvement in customer relations grew from a level where about 60 percent of Jumia's customers expressed full satisfaction to the current satisfaction level of over 80 percent.


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A Bishop's Score refers to a group of measurements used to determine whether a woman may have a successful vaginal delivery and whether labor ought to be induced. Bishop's Score is based on station, dilation, effacement, position and consistency.
Station is a term used to describe the descent of the baby into the pelvis. An imaginary line is drawn between the two bones in the pelvis (known as ischial spines). This is the "zero" line, and when the baby reaches this line it is considered to be in "zero station." When the baby is above this imaginary line it is in a minus station. When the baby is below, it is in a "plus" station. Stations are measured from -5 at the pelvic inlet to +4 at the pelvic outlet.
Dilation is measured in centimeters, from 0 to 10. Your cervix is fully open and you should be able to push when it is dilated to 10 centimeters. Occasionally, a physician will measure dilation in "fingers." Dilation often begins days or weeks before labor actually begins. At first, the progress may be very slow. Some women may be dilated 2 to 3 centimeters long before labor. Once active labor begins, you will begin to dilate more quickly.
Effacement refers to the softening and thinning of the cervix. You won't feel this happening; it may only be measure with a vaginal exam. Effacement is measured in percent. When your cervix is normal, it is considered to be 0% effaced. When you're 50% effaced, your cervix is half its original thickness. When your cervix is 100% effaced it is completely thinned out and you are ready for vaginal delivery.
Position refers to the positioning of the cervix. If the cervix faces front (anterior) it is more favorable, while posterior is less favorable.
Consistency of the cervix is measured on a scale of firmness from firm to soft. The softer the cervix is, the better the chance of vaginal delivery.
The Bishops Score generally follows this scale:
Score Dilatation Effacement Station Position Consistency
0 closed 0 – 30% -3 posterior firm
1 1-2 cm 40 -50% -2 mid-position moderately firm
2 3-4 cm 60 -70% -1,0 anterior soft
3 5+ cm 80+% +1,+2
A point is added to the score for each of the following:
Each prior vaginal delivery
A point is subtracted from the score for:
Postdates pregnancy
Premature or prolonged rupture of membranes
cesarean rates: first time mothers women with past vaginal deliveries
scores of 0 – 3: 45% 7.7%
scores of 4 – 6: 10% 3.9%
scores of 7 – 10: 1.4% .9%
Induction is generally attempted when a mother has a favorable Bishop's score. A mother may be given misoprostol, cytotec or prostaglandin gel to help ripen the cervix and improve the score. A score of five or less is said to be "unfavorable." If induction is indicated, the mother would be a candidate for a cervical ripening agent. These are usually introduced one or two nights before the planned induction. A score of eight or nine would indicate that the cervix was very ripe and induction would have a high probability of being successful.
Your physician can assist you in understanding and interpreting your own Bishop's Score.


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I love vegetables. I really really love them.
My parents made sure to constantly expose us to a variety of fresh vegetables when I was growing up, and I am forever grateful.
The problem? Good, fresh veggies are expensive, especially when you try to get local, organic ones. Dishes like this can really rack up quite a bill at the grocery store, which is a bummer. My solution? Plant a big garden and grow my own produce! That way I know where it comes from, what it's been exposed to, and, most importantly, they're way tastier and waaaaaaaay cheaper.
Last summer we had just moved into the house, and between new jobs and planning our wedding, I intelligently decided not to tackle a large garden. I did grow tomatoes and basil in pots, peppers in one of the front beds, and a bunch of herbs in our herb garden, but that's it.
This summer, I'm tackling THIS bad boy:
The previous tenants had dug out this flower bed, and we cleared it out last fall. However, it is full of weeds, and I really don't want to weed that much. Plus, even if I pulled out all of those weeds, who knows how many more are just waiting to come up. I really don't want to spend my entire summer weeding, so here's the solution:
Weed cloth! Hooray! Lay out this bad boy, cut to fit, and pin it down.
The next step will be covering this with mulch, then bye bye weeds. Can't grow, can't live. Boom.


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Hot glass is almost like honey, just a bit hotter, and it almost shapes itself under the influence of high temperature, gravity and the tender hand of a glass blower. I am curious about how hot glass moves, how it collapses, intertwines and bends if you just let it be. How does the shape of a hot glass bubble change if one lets it become very long and then bends it? What happens if you melt hot bubbles together, how do they fold, melt, stick together and become one or not?
There are two randomly (as far as that is possible) blown bubbles. Each of them has fist size. The two bubbles are molten together in hot condition. They moved and twist around each other. Now they are static in their state of being, static in the way they reacted towards each other. Sometimes they have more contact, have more surface is touching each other, sometime they lose each other. It is a very complex form and shape, which one can hardly fully understand.
My basic idea is to investigate the materiality, identity and states of existence of a blown 'double bubble glass' object, I call it 'An Object', approximately in the size of two fists.
To investigate those forms and to grasp the Gestalt of these explorative pieces, I grind them and make prints from the rim. Almost like an autopsy or cross-section, I slice the forms and then trace their cross-sections to create prints on paper. This I do until they are physically gone. Nevertheless they continue to exist in a different form of being. I wonder if one can understand those glass shapes better if they are sliced and 'reduced' to a sequence of two-dimensional images? Or does this take away the 'magic' of the whole piece? What happens if you try to re-build the glass form? Can you reconstruct it like it was before by using the prints as clues?
I am interested in the reconstruction, because it is based on the traces 'An Object' left behind. Depending on which material (plastic, paper, glass) I choose and use, the reconstructed object gains a totally different appearance from the original. They still carry information (truth) of the original object, in the same time they are independent and have autonomous identity. It is a replication without being a replication.
Lover11/127 reconstruction (my soul), 256cm x 50cm x 40cm, paté de verre, 2017, Jenny Ritzenhoff
This is the reconstruction of a blown glass object.


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A plan by the design firm Snøhetta to remake Philip Johnson's AT&T Building has sparked anger in the architecture world.
In January 1979, the architect Philip Johnson appeared on the cover of Time magazine, gazing at the camera over the cover line "U.S. Architects: Doing Their Own Thing," and hoisting an architectural model like a trophy. The model was of a building that wouldn't open for another five years. But when its design had been unveiled the year before, it had made the front page of The New York Times and led one critic, Paul Goldberger, to call it "the most radical skyscraper design of the 1970's."
This skyscraper, 37 stories high and clad in pink granite, would be entered on Madison Avenue through a 116-foot-high neoclassical arch. It would be topped with a massive broken pediment—a scaled-up version of an ornament familiar from Chippendale furniture of the 18th century. Clearly, this was not another Lever House or Seagram Building, those cool pillars of glass and steel in the style preferred by mid-20th-century executives (named "the International Style" by Johnson himself, in fact, when he was a curator at the Museum of Modern Art in the 1930s). It was something new, and very different.
The AT&T Building would come to be seen as one of the defining works of Postmodernism, a style that reveled in ornament, historic allusion, and playfulness, all of which Modernism shunned. Johnson and his partner John Burgee didn't invent the style, but introduced it to corporate titans and real-estate developers via AT&T, spurring a global boom of Postmodern office buildings that lasted through the mid-1990s.
Now their radical skyscraper may get a radical and controversial overhaul. On October 30, the Oslo- and New York-based architecture firm Snøhetta announced a redesign of the base of the tower, which is currently owned by a Saudi conglomerate called the Olayan Group and goes by the bland moniker of 550 Madison. In a press release, Snøhetta said it aimed to "transform the [tower's] base into an inviting street front," and that it will almost double adjacent public space "to create a lush outdoor garden for the public's enjoyment."
Pulling street life into the building's front arcade and adding a public garden is well and good. But exactly how the designers plan to do that has provoked criticism. From the press release:
Since 550 Madison was first completed, its fortress-like base created an uninviting street front, which was then further compromised by a series of ground-floor renovations that effectively closed the building off from its surroundings. With the updated design, the stone façade will be partially replaced at eye level by an undulating glass curtainwall. From the street, the reconceived façade dramatically highlights the multi-story arched entry while revealing the craftsmanship of the building's existing steel structure. Scalloped glass references the sculpted forms of fluted stone columns, re-interpreting the building's monumentality while creating a lively and identifiable public face for passersby. With this increased transparency, the activity within the lobby, atrium, and first 2 levels of the building will become part of the vibrant energy of the street.
Johnson and Burgee wanted their tower to lift off from the ground in monumental fashion. On either side of the deeply recessed entrance arch, they put rows of thick columns 60 feet high. The open areas behind these "would be given over to benches and cafe seating, thus providing the public amenities expected of a plaza," wrote Johnson's biographer Franz Schulze. (Zoning laws at the time required a plaza.) "The entrance was conceived as a mammoth, 116-foot-high round arch flanked on each side by three shorter 60-foot rectangular openings that create the effect of an arcade."
Changes to the building since it opened have undermined this idea of an Italianate arcade. Sony, after purchasing the building from AT&T in 2002, enclosed the spaces and converted them to showrooms. Some of the building's distinctive oculi (round windows) were blocked off. Acknowledging that past changes were unsympathetic, Snøhetta plans instead to strip a large rectangle from the stone façade on Madison Avenue and "partially [replace]" it with a wavy sheet of glass.
The architecture world reacted angrily to the announcement. British architect and designer Adam Nathaniel Furman (whose own work draws on Postmodern influences) tweeted sarcastically: "Say goodbye to Philip Johnson, and hello to, um, glass...wayda go New York...". Mark Lamster, the architecture critic of the Dallas Morning News, tweeted: "this defacement of pj's landmark att tower by snohetta is a travesty. i know att is controversial but this is wrong." (Lamster is currently writing his own biography of Johnson.)
But not everyone was ruffled. Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic of The New York Times, responded to Lamster's tweet: "Why travesty?"
because att is one of the most significant buildings of the 20th century and a defining work of postmodernism.— mark lamster (@marklamster) October 30, 2017
the "failure" is overstated, and can be ameliorated with FAR less intrusive measures. this is a marketing ploy that compromises a landmark.— mark lamster (@marklamster) October 30, 2017
Kimmelman raises the point that despite Johnson's aspirations, the arcade is not very successful as a public space. The gigantic scale of the columns and the arch make it appear forbidding. (Or in Snøhetta's language, "fortress-like" and "uninviting.") Increasing the level of transparency and improving the flow between building and street would seem like no-brainers to many people.
That shouldn't come at the cost of the integrity of a major work of Philip Johnson's, say opponents, who quickly rallied to launch a change.org petition and #saveatt Twitter hashtag. They also plan a protest outside the building on Nov. 3.
The debate over the appropriateness of the redesign comes down to priorities. What's more important: the integrity of an important work of architecture, or how well it functions as part of the contemporary city? Behind that question lurk others. How important is AT&T, really? (One scholar described it as "banal" and "a mediocre building" in 2015.) And how well can we assess a building's role in architectural history at a remove of only 30-odd years?
These questions are going to arise again and again as buildings of the late 20th century—designed in the Postmodernist, Late Modernist, and Brutalist styles—reach an awkward age. They haven't been state-of-the-art or fashionable for decades. They look tired; their systems are creaky; their owners want to revive them. But they're not old enough to be considered properly historic. Even some of the most significant of these buildings (including AT&T) lack landmark status, so owners and architects have free rein to modify them. (Thomas Collins, a preservationist who opposes Snøhetta's scheme, has submitted a formal request for evaluation to the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission for both the building's exterior and interior lobby—"one of the few intact postmodern interiors left in New York," he says in an email.)
Snøhetta has caught flak for its approach to a Postmodern building before. Last year, some critics expressed disappointment at how the firm's new addition to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art interacts with the museum's 1995 wing, designed by Mario Botta. Whatever one thinks of AT&T, the architects' suggestion, in their press release, that the Chippendale top is the building's key Postmodern feature seems dubious. ("[P]erhaps the formal elements most illustrative of Postmodern sensibilities occur 647 feet below [the crown] at ground level," as David Langdon writes in ArchDaily).
The AT&T flap echoes the recent controversy over the expansion of the Albright-Knox Museum in Buffalo. There, the Office of Metropolitan Architecture has proposed to insert a large, glass-walled "welcome hall" in a courtyard separating the museum's Beaux-Arts main building from a Modernist 1962 addition by Gordon Bunshaft, a move many critics and local preservationists see as hostile to Bunshaft's enigmatic black box, as CityLab's Mark Byrnes reported.
Both OMA's plans for Buffalo and Snøhetta's for Madison Avenue reflect the credo that a bustling, visually connected public/commercial realm is the main thing we want out of urban architecture. Visual connection is achieved via the material du jour, a shimmering expanse of clear glass. There is no denying the importance of great public spaces, of course, but there are many ways we derive pleasure from the city besides strolling in a plaza or sitting in a glassy lobby. We might look up at a vast stone arch and feel a sense of awe, or duck into a cool, dark arcade for relief on a hot day.
Monumentality, solidity, and complexity are not sins, but different kinds of architectural virtues. "Glasswashing" landmarks that don't match today's norms ultimately does them, and us, a disservice.


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Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) for the week of 19 ŌĆō 25 October, 2017.
A Palestinian child was wounded in the centre of Hebron, south of the West Bank, while Israeli forces conducted 67 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, and a limited one into the central Gaza Strip.
During the reporting period, Israeli forces wounded a Palestinian child from Hebron in the southern West Bank.┬Ā In the Gaza Strip, Israeli naval forces continued to chase Palestinian fishermen in the Sea and open fire at farmers and houses in the border areas.
In the West Bank, on 20 October 2017, a 14-year-old Palestinian child was wounded with a bullet to the right foot when Israeli soldiers stationed at the checkpoint at the entrance to al-ShuahdaaŌĆÖ Street in the centre of Hebron, moved into Bab al-Zawiyah neighbourhood.┬Ā A number of children and youngsters gathered in the neighbourhood and threw stones at the soldiers, who opened fire at the stone-throwers.┬Ā As a result, the child was wounded.
In the Gaza Strip, as part of the Israeli attacks against Palestinian fishermen offshore, Israeli forces monitored the Israeli escalating attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Sea although the later were allowed to sail up to 9 nautical miles instead of 6.┬Ā This proves that the Israeli forces continue their policy to target fishermen and their livelihood.┬Ā During the reporting period, Israeli gunboats chased the fishing boats and opened fire at them 6 times; 3 were in the north-western Beit Lahia and 3 in the western Soudaniyah area in the northern Gaza Strip.
In the context of targeting the border areas, on 22 October 2017, Israeli forces stationed along the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at the border area.┬Ā Neither casualties nor damages to property were reported.┬Ā The shooting recurred in the same area on 25 October 2017.
During the reporting period, Israeli forces conducted at least 67 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During those incursions, Israeli forces arrested at least 95 Palestinian civilians, including 30 children. Fifty-four of those, including 23 children, were arrested in Jerusalem and its suburbs.┬Ā PCHR also documented that Israeli forces maltreated Palestinian civilians while raiding their houses.┬Ā During many house raids, Israeli forces confiscated amounts of money claiming their owners obtained them from Hamas Movement.
During the reporting period, after the school day ended in Haji Ziad Hamoudah al-Rajabi School in al-Nasara Valley neighbourhood in the southern area of Hebron, Israeli soldiers along with a settler attacked the school students, claiming the latter threw stones at the soldiers.┬Ā When the teachers intervened, the soldiers detained the Deputy Head of the school and threatened to arrest him under the pretext of inciting the students.
In the Gaza Strip, on 24 October 2017, Israeli forces moved 100 meters into the western side of the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel, northeast of al-Bureij, amidst the Israeli shooting towards farmers, who were forced to leave the area.┬Ā The Israeli vehicles levelled and combed the lands adjacent to the border fence and later redeployed along the fence.
Measures to Make a Jewish Majority in occupied East Jerusalem
During the reporting period, on 23 October 2017, Israeli soldiers and Special Police and Intelligence officers backed by a helicopter moved into al-ŌĆśIssawiyah village, northeast of Hebbron from its entire main and sub entrances.┬Ā They raided and searched dozens of houses and so terrified the residents.┬Ā Before withdrawing, Israeli forces arrested 50 civilians from the village, including 23 children, and took them to the detention and investigation facilities in Jerusalem.
As part of targeting NGOs, on 25 October 2017, Israeli forces and Intelligence officers raided ŌĆ£Saint GeorgeŌĆØ Hotel on Salah al-Deen Street in the center of occupied EJrusalem.┬Ā They prevented a seminar titled as: ŌĆ£Islamic and Christian Endowments in JerusalemŌĆØ from being held under the pretext of being sponsored by the PA.
Settlement Activities and SettlersŌĆÖ Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and their property:
On 19 October 2017, Israeli forces demolished a grow house belonging to Mohammed ŌĆśIsa al-Yatimin al-Tawanah village, east of Yatta, south of Hebron.
On the same day, Israeli forces demolished a 60-square-meter country house comprised of 2 rooms in al-Halawah area, south of Yata.┬Ā This house sheltered Younis Jamil Abu ŌĆśAram, his wife and 2 children along with his brother Mahmoud and his wife and 2 children as well.┬Ā They also levelled a residential tent built of bricks on an area of 40 square meters.┬Ā The tent sheltered ŌĆśAli Mohammed ŌĆśAli Abu ŌĆśAram, his wife and 2 children.
On the same day, Israeli forces confiscated a 50-square-meter barrack built of tin plates in Beit ZŌĆÖatah area, northeast of |Beit Ummer village, north of Hebron after dismantling and putting it in a truck.┬Ā The barrack was built by Saber Zamel Abu Mariah for stone and marble manufacturing and cost him 10,000 shekels.┬Ā It should be mentioned that the Israeli authorities previously demolished a barrack built by Abu Mariah in the same place of bricks and tin plates on 25 September 2017.┬Ā This workshop supports his family of 12 members, including 4 children.
On 24 October 2017, Israeli forces confiscated an excavator which was clearing a plot of land in the eastern area in Beit Dajen village, east of Nablus, and took it to an unknown destination.
Restrictions on movement:
Israel continued to impose a tight closure of the oPt, imposing severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.
The illegal closure of the Gaza Strip, which has been steadily tightened since June 2007 has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian and economic situation in the Gaza Strip.┬Ā The Israeli authorities impose measures to undermine the freedom of trade, including the basic needs for the Gaza Strip population and the agricultural and industrial products to be exported. For 9 consecutive years, Israel has tightened the land and naval closure to isolate the Gaza Strip from the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, and other countries around the world. This resulted in grave violations of the economic, social and cultural rights and a deterioration of living conditions for 2 million people.┬Ā The Israeli authorities have established Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shaloum) as the sole crossing for imports and exports in order to exercise its control over the Gaza StripŌĆÖs economy.┬Ā They also aim at imposing a complete ban on the Gaza StripŌĆÖs exports. The Israeli closure raised the rate of poverty to 65%. Moreover, the rate of unemployment increased up to 47% and youth constitutes 65% of the unemployed persons.┬Ā Moreover, 80% of the Gaza Strip population depends on international aid to secure their minimum daily needs. These rates indicate the unprecedented economic deterioration in the Gaza Strip.
In the West Bank, Israeli forces continued to suffocate the Palestinian cities and village by imposing military checkpoints around and/or between them. This created ŌĆ£cantonsŌĆØ isolated from each other that hinders the movement of civilians. Moreover, the Palestinian civilians suffering aggravated because of the annexation wall and checkpoints erected on daily basis to catch Palestinians.
Efforts to Create Jewish majority
Israeli forces escalated their attacks on Palestinian civilians and their property. They have also continued their raids on al-Aqsa Mosque and denied the Palestinians access to it:
PCHR keeps the names┬Āof the┬Āarrested persons.
Israeli settlersŌĆÖ attacks against┬ĀPalestinian civilians and property
Recommendations to the International Community
PCHR warns of the escalating settlement construction in the West Bank, the attempts to legitimize settlement outposts established on Palestinian lands in the West Bank and the continued summary executions of Palestinian civilians under the pretext that they pose a security threat to the Israeli forces. PCHR reminds the international community that thousands of Palestinian civilians have been rendered homeless and lived in caravans under tragic circumstances due to the latest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip that has been under a tight closure for almost 10 years. PCHR welcomes the UN Security CouncilŌĆÖs Resolution No. 2334, which states that settlements are a blatant violation of the Geneva Conventions and calls upon Israel to stop them and not to recognize any demographic change in the oPt since 1967.┬Ā PCHR hopes this resolution will pave the way for eliminating the settlement crime and bring to justice those responsible for it. PCHR further reiterates that the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are still under Israeli occupation in spite of IsraelŌĆÖs unilateral disengagement plan of 2005.┬Ā PCHR emphasizes that there is international recognition of IsraelŌĆÖs obligation to respect international human rights instruments and international humanitarian law.┬Ā Israel is bound to apply international human rights law and the law of war, sometimes reciprocally and other times in parallel, in a way that achieves the best protection for civilians and remedy for the victims.
Fully detailed document available at the official website of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR).
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Justice Gidudu pulls out of UDB boss second case
Anti-Corruption Court judge Lawrence Gidudu has pulled out of the second court case in which the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Uganda Development Bank (UDB), Ms Patricia Ojangole, is accused of victimising a whistle-blower, the Daily Monitor has learnt.
According to a highly placed source at the Kololo-based anti-graft court, Justice Gidudu decided to pull out of the second case because he had decided a previous related case in favour of the accused.
About two weeks ago, Justice Gidudu heard and acquitted Ms Ojangole over charges of conflict of interest that she was facing for lack of evidence by the Inspector General of Government.
Ms Ojangole had been accused of influencing her own recruitment process that culminated in her appointment as CEO of the bank in 2012 without disclosing her interest to the board.
Ms Ojangole's second file has now been reallocated to the head of the court Justice Paul Kahaibale Mugamba, according to the court's cause list. He is expected to start hearing this case today.
In this file, Ms Ojangole and other staff allegedly mistreated and victimised Ms Charlotte Mucunguzi, a whistle-blower.
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Janelle Lynch (b. 1969), Presence 2 (NW), 2013; archival pigment print, 50 x 40 inches; Collection of the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of the artist, 2019
Rule Breakers: Janelle Lynch by Paula Tognarelli
Monday, January 26, 2015
"I never want to see another picture of ________." Industry veterans share their pet peeves on themes in contemporary photography. In this series they present their "rule" along with five photographs that break the rule in an effort to show that great work is the exception to the rule.
Rule Setter: Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director and Curator, The Griffin Museum of Photography
Rule Breaker: Janelle Lynch
I never want to see another image of the untamed wooded landscape. Don't get me wrong. I'm a woods dweller. My affinity for a forested sanctuary causes me to be selective in choosing photographs of the uncultivated landscape. Janelle Lynch's Presence is the exception to my rule, however.
During a yearlong artist residency in 2013 at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo NY, Janelle Lynch explored the center's nature preserves, as well as the artwork and archives of the late painter Charles E. Burchfield. Presence is the body of work that evolved from Lynch's artistic investigation.
Janelle Lynch called on me to review several of her landscape photography portfolios at the Griffin Museum of Photography. Leafing through photograph after photograph I became totally immersed in the work and in what I was learning about the photographer who sat across from me at the review table.
Through her Presence photographs, I pegged Lynch as a seeker. Perhaps she looked for answers in the woods, turning over stones to solve those mysteries. Alone within the thicket she found companionship in trees and tangled roots. These elements within the landscape were metaphors for those who inspired her in her residency. These "tree portraits" came to life in the Burchfield woods as if expressive actors in a Greek drama.
Lynch names her portraits by the title of the body of work and a number as well as the initials of the person the tree portrait represents. For example "Presence_10_TB" is named after Tony Bannon, executive director at the Burchfield Penney.
As artists, it isn't always easy to find wonder in nature. First, we must make time to enter the woods. The second hurdle is to learn to see again through the eyes of the child that we once were. For the third and final leg of the journey, like Janelle Lynch and Charles E. Burchfield before her, it is imperative for the artist to believe in magic. Repeat after me. "Presto change-o."
—Paula Tognarelli


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Throat cancer usually doesn't start showing drastic indications till the last stages. This form of cancer affects lymph tissue in the throat, tonsillar ring and larynx. The signs may vary by the position of the tumefaction. However, common symptoms of throat cancer may involve many warning signs which are provided for you in the list below:
1A persistent sore throat
One of the most typical indications of throat cancer is a sore throat. You must consider seeing a doctor if you have a repeatedly having this problem, followed by irritable or unpleasant swallowing with pain.


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This program you can present to your familiar at St. Valentine's Day or to start it this day, having decorated your own desktop. You certainly can congratulate somebody and per other day, you see "nobody can give orders to one's heart"...
After start of the program there is a topmost-window will appear on a desktop (in a right bottom corner) as 42 small hearts, laid out in the form of one large heart. This ribbon is like modern garland on New Year's tree. It lights up, dies away, and that blinks by separate "bulbs"-hearts in some sequence, like programmed electric garland.
The window of the program is easy for dragging in a place that is convenient for you on a desktop. Also in a system tray there is an icon of the program. In its menu you can choose one of nine blinking modes of the garland or their combination, and also to choose one of the four colours of a luminescence of "bulbs" (or multicoloured luminescencing). Having started the programm Install_Heart.exe you can place to a body of the program StValentine'sDay.exe a small text-line (13 chars) for example someone's name, and already then, starting the basic program, in the middle of the large heart there will be represented this line.
The Install_Heart.exe program occupies 55808 bytes space on a disk, and installed StValentine'sDay.exe program occupies 52224 bytes; practically it does not use the processor time.


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VA Loans Open investing Opportunities
In various forms, the Veterans Administration loan has been around for decades, helping military personnel launch new lives4 after leaving active duty. These loans allow veterans to go back to school, start new lives and buy homes – assistance that benefits not only individual lives, but also the economy at large. Now, a little known loophole in VA home loan rules can also help veterans to become investors.
VA loans are typically intended to help veterans resume civilian life after leaving military service, or as a perk of service even when used years down the line. These loans can pay for tuition,or buy a home. Terms are generous: VA loans generally have low interest rates – and require zero down payments.
The official position from the Veterans Administration is that VA home loans are intended for residential property only, not for property that the borrower doesn't use as a primary residence – whether or not such a property generates an income.
But for veterans hoping to get started building wealth in income property as Jason Hartman advises, there's a way around that restriction. According to a recent post on Veterans United Network, a support site for veterans of all branches of the service, a VA home loan can be used to buy a certain kind of property – the small multiplex.
The latest VA home loan rules do state that the loans are to be used for residential property, not investments – but they define "residential property" as one that can consist of up to four family units – and one business.
That definition of residential property means that qualified veterans can get a VA loan –with nothing down — to buy a multiples of up to four unites as long as one of the units becomes a primary residence. The property could even include a business, as long as the borrower commits to living on one of the units while renting the others out.
As an added boost, Veterans United Network reports that a veteran who intends to buy a multiplex with two to four unites can use up to 75 percent of the rental income from all units besides the primary residence to prequalify for the loan Plus, owning the property qualifies the borrower for the usual tax deductions available to investors, including mortgage interest.
Of course, being a landlord in residence can pose its own problems – and living in a small unit in a multiplex may not be for everyone. But for former service men and women hoping to launch a career in rental property investing, using a VA loan in this way may be the first step toward creating wealth that lasts a lifetime. (Top image:Flickr/USArmyMaterielCommand)
Miller, Peter G. "How
to Use a VA Loan to Purchase Investment Property.": Veterans United Network. VeteransUnited.com. 19 June 2012
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WATCH: Blaqstarr - Ryda Girl
Baltimore songwriter, producer, and rapper Blaqstarr takes a cue from his friend / mentor M.I.A. on "Ryda Girl," first single from his early-2011 debut release The Divine EP. Known for his work with the Sri Lankan rapper, as well as Rye Rye and Diplo, Blaqstarr's solo work is a fascinating amalgamation of many disparate influences -– and that's reflected in the song's video, a kind of Clockwork Orange psychic driving montage of heavily edited images whose choppiness mirrors that of the song's pitch-shifted vocals and scattered beat. It's a fascinating hip-hop song in that it works well with the schizophrenic all-over-the-place energy that's trendy in indie pop right now. Check it out.


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March 10, 2013 – Republican Attorney General Ken Cucinelli, the presumptive Republican nominee for Governor, opened up his Fredericksburg area campaign office over the weekend. Joining him were Cong. Rob Wittman, Del. Mark Cole and Sen. Bryce Reeves, all of whom spoke of their support for less government.
Of course, all Republicans talk of smaller government, except when it comes to wanting government in your bedrooms or involved in women's Ob Gyn appointments. Or when they vote for more government benefits for their friends and benefactors. Or when they rely on government jobs and take government paychecks, like Wittman (a long-time state employee before his election to Congress), Reeves (long-time government employee until his wife hired him) and Cole (government contractor for over 20 years and now local government employee). They are largely forgiven by constituents, many of whom are government employees or retirees who profess a belief in less government and who elect these gentlemen. Amazing how paychecks and retirement benefits can quickly blind principles.
I guess it's not surprising that these Republicans support Cucinelli, the darling of the right-wing. Cole and Reeves' actions and voting records on social issues clearly show their right-wing credentials, and Wittman is so scared of a primary challenger that he will say and do anything to appease the far right. As I wrote in a previous blog, Wittman has put his intelligence and common sense in a blind trust to secure his place on the Republican ballot. He has chosen to even forget his career as a biologist to endorse Cucinelli, who doesn't believe in science or evolution, and spent a lot of his time as A.G. and taxpayer money to sue a UVA researcher, who wrote about the dangers of climate change.
In addition to their rhetoric about smaller government, Cucinelli, Wittman, Reeves and Cole will tell you that they are pro-business and worship at the altar of the private sector, though they haven't spent any real-time working in the private sector. They will repeat the Republican mantra that less government, less taxes and less regulation will cure all of our ills and create economic nirvana.
However, Virginia's economy is at a crossroads, and it'll take more than this worn-out talking point to create a prosperous path of opportunities for all Virginians. Our over-dependence on federal contracts will become tested over the next several months as federal budget cuts kick in. Some business leaders and politicians understand the challenge. They have been working together to lay the groundwork with public investments and policies to foster innovation and tech-based economic development.
This is a new economic era – the innovation economy – that requires a new mindset. It requires leaders willing to rise above their narrow ideologies and partisan needs to understand the needs of this new innovation economy – e.g., collaboration between government and business on research, investments and workforce development – including an understanding of the more tolerant social beliefs of new workers needed to make this economy thrive.
What this new innovation economy does NOT need is Ken Cucinelli, or people who think like him: Wittman, Reeves and Cole for starters. Cucinelli wants to cripple and shrink government. He attacks researchers. He attacks women's rights and gays. He attacks the very things necessary to transition Virginia to this new future. A Governor Cucinelli will do things and say things that will brand Virginia as an intolerant place to work and live. He will promote policies that discourage public-private collaboration and investments. No emerging technology company, and no young worker who works there will want to stay or come here.
In short, if we want to wean ourselves off the federal dole and transition to the innovation economy; if we want to enhance Virginia's brand as the best place for these new emerging businesses; if business leaders care about their bottom lines; if voters care about creating a better future, they do not need to hire Governor Cucinelli as Virginia's CEO and top salesman. They need to vote for McAuliffe, a successful businessman who gets it.


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30th August 2017
In this week's show Leo reads an extract from 'SAS: Rogue Heroes', Sue reads about the Swimming Suffragettes, Alan tells us all about the Power of Porridge, Stella reads an extract from Catherine Cookson's memoir and Dave reports from the Resource Centre outing to Ryton Pools.
All this plus the usual mix of News, What's On, Sport and Postbag.
Show presenter: Margaret
Show editor: Christine
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Business: Oilseed Prices in SA Collapse By 20%
Recent Gauteng Business News
Oilseed prices in SA collapse by 20%
Oilseed prices in SA have collapsed by 20% since the local industry got wind of 70 000 tons of sunflower seeds being imported from Russia by family owned business, Willowton Oil.
This is according to Shoaib Moosa of Willowton Oil, who further stated that the second shipment, a total of 20 000 tons of oilseed, is scheduled to arrive on the 20th of March 2009 on board the Delta Ranger.
The first shipment, an initial 23 000 tons, arrived aboard the IMME Oldendorff on Wednesday 28 January 2009 and represented the first of three separate shipments scheduled to arrive in SA from Russia.
"Willowton Oil decided to import oilseed from Russia in a bid to maintain lower prices for local cash-strapped consumers," says Moosa. "2008 saw a significant increase in sunflower oil prices which had a major impact on manufacturers and consumers alike."
Currently there is between 150 000 and 200 000 tons of surplus oilseed in SA and 2009 production is estimated at 850 000 tons, meaning the price will be coming down further.
"In a bid to be as affordable as possible and pass on savings to the end customer, Willowton, one of South Africa's major sunflower seed crushers and leading manufacturer of edible oils and margarines, concluded this import deal as it was cheaper than buying locally at the time. However, with the price now dropping as it is, the price of local oilseed will be approximately R1000 cheaper per ton than imported seed," explains Moosa.
"Willowton have not benefited directly from the Russian import deal but with the price of cooking oil having risen sharply for the man on the street during 2008 we felt it imperative to be able to offer consumers a much needed saving on the cost of the end product."
In the meanwhile, Willowton are working on further ways to offer the man on the street additional cost savings on premium sunflower oil – watch this space," concludes Moosa.
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City of La MiradaHome Menu
Capital Improvement Projects
The City of La Mirada is in the midst of a multi-year effort to significantly upgrade its infrastructure. These critical investments are addressing needed repairs to streets, sewers, storm drains, traffic signals, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, bridges, and access ramps.
Specific information on these projects can be found on the links below. Information will be updated periodically.
Active Construction Projects
- Street Name Sign Replacement Program
- Gymnasium HVAC Installation
- Rosecrans Avenue Corridor Traffic Signal Upgrades
- La Mirada Boulevard/Imperial Highway and Imperial Highway/Telegraph Road right turn pocket
Recently Completed Projects
- La Mirada Blvd and Rosecrans Median Landscape Project
- Slurry Seal on Stage Road, Escalona Road, Foster Road, Adelfa Drive, Alicante Road, Biola Avenue
- Measure I, Phase 5 Neighborhood Street Rehabilitation
- Neighborhood Slurry Seal, All Streets West of Valley View Avenue
- Measure I Phase 4, Neighborhood Street Rehabilitation
- Leffingwell Road Rehabilitation
- Roof Rehabilitation at the Neff House, George House and Carriage Barn
- Play Area Rehabilitation at Gardenhill and Windermere Parks
Upcoming Construction Projects
Past Construction Projects
- La Mirada Boulevard and Alondra Boulevard Intersection Improvements
- Hillsborough Neighborhood/Industry Circle Slurry Seal
- La Mirada Boulevard Corridor Traffic Signal Updates
- Rosecrans Avenue/La Mirada Boulevard Northeast Corner Landscape Improvements
- Measure I Phase 3, Neighborhood Street Rehabilitation
- Santa Gertrudes Parkway and Wall Improvements
- Artesia Boulevard and Industry Circle Traffic Signal Improvements
- Telegraph Road and Imperial Highway Street and Traffic Signal Improvements
- Measure I Phase 2, Neighborhood Street Rehabilitation
- Valley View Avenue and Adoree Street Traffic Signal
- Imperial Highway Slurry Seal
- Industrial Area Streets Rehabilitation
- Traffic Signal Improvements for the Intersections of La Mirada Boulevard at Rosecrans Avenue, Imperial Highway at Santa Gertrudes Avenue, and Imperial Highway at Ocaso
- Traffic Signal Upgrades at Imperial Highway and Cordova Road, Imperial Highway and Oxford Drive, and Imperial Highway and La Mirada Boulevard
- Neff Park Playground Replacement
- Play Area Rehabilitation for Gym Tot Lot, Frontier Park and Anna J. Martin Park
- Asphalt seal coat, rehab, and re-striping of Civic Center Parking lot and Creek Park Parking Lots
- Olive Branch Pavement Rehabilitation
- Green Hills and Creek Park Neighborhood Slurry Seal
- Rosecrans Avenue dual left turn pockets at Beach Boulevard
- Court Resurfacing - Gardenhill, Frontier, and Neff Park
- Los Angeles County Library Renovation
For additional information, call the Public Works Department at (562) 902-2385.