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Snapshots from Fall Community Events
January 10, 2018 by Staff
1 COMMUNITY LEAGUE DAY
Community League Day on Saturday, September 16 saw neighbours gather in Kitchener park to socialize while enjoying lawn games and a community BBQ.
2 DECL'S ANNUAL CORNFEST
Held on the site of Alex Decoteau Park on September 9 to help celebrate Downtown's first new park in 30 years.
Posted in 2017 Winter, You are Here
Around the Core: Winter 2017
January 10, 2018 by Tim Querengesser
Get Holly, Get Jolly
DECEMBER 1 Art-O-Rama
It's a Bohemian art-o-rama sale to stock up on Christmas gifts, and it's the first time the gallery is hosting it. So come out and enjoy the wine, and cheese, music, fun people and deals. Harcourt House, 10441 123 Street. 12 noon – 11pm. Free.
DECEMBER 2 Ginger SNAP
Celebrate art while eating ginger snap cookies. This year's theme is retro, with shiny copper and black décor and lounge-y music. Local super-star Elm Catering supplies the eats. SNAP, 10123 Jasper Avenue. Doors 8pm. Contact SNAP for prices.
Build Your City
DECEMBER 6 10 Years of Local Good Fundraiser
Back in 2007, a group called E-SAGE (Edmonton Socially-Conscious Alternative Green Entrepreneurs) got together to support local sustainability. They (thankfully) re-named to the Local Good and now host fun, thoughtful events throughout the year — like this fund- raiser. Yellowhead Brewery, 10229 105 Street. 5pm – 7pm. Free, but please RSVP in advance.
JANUARY 12 Design Studies Alumni Show
Celebrate the design achievements and brilliance of some of MacEwan's graduates. A great way to learn and engage with better design in the city. Allard Hall, 1110 104 Avenue. 7pm. Free.
JANUARY 20 March on Edmonton
More than 4,000 gathered at last year's rally in the wake of that orange guy being elected president in the U.S. This year, Edmonton again joins in solidarity with cities around the world. Alberta Legislature. 1pm. Free.
FEBRUARY 28 Art, Culture and Community Engagement
What's the future of arts engagement in our community? Using Oliver's newly-opened arts-first facility, a moderator will lead a discussion that will end in a call to artists to serve the community. Allard Hall, 1110 104 Avenue. 7pm. Free.
For The Drama Seeker
DECEMBER 17 Canada's Women's Olympic team vs. Team USA
It's the final game in a six-game series against our favourite (or least favourite?) rivals. The series a key step in Canada's team's preparations for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeonchang, South Korea. Rogers Place, 10214 104 Avenue. 5pm. Ticketmaster.
FEBRUARY 1 Theatre Lab Grand Opening
Oliver's arts landscape takes a dramatic step forward with the opening of Theatre Lab. The first production: Love and Information. Allard Hall, 1110 104 Avenue. 7pm. Free.
Posted in 2017 Winter, Around the Core
Terror in the Streets?
January 10, 2018 by Jessica Barratt
ON SEPTEMBER 30, WHEN ABDULAHI SHARIF allegedly rammed a police officer with a car, then stabbed him, and then ran down four pedestrians on Jasper Avenue behind the wheel of a U-Haul, the entire city was left in shock. But did the attack, which police have described as terrorism, really terrorize our downtown? We caught up with a few businesses close to where the attack happened to find out.
No sensationalism at Matrix
Olaf Miede, general manager of the Matrix Hotel, said his focus after the attack has been to ensure staff and guests feel safe. But is there a lingering feeling of terror? No.
"From my side, calling it a terror attack [seems extreme]. There's lots of stuff going on in the world, and sometimes we over-exaggerate it. We want to work with the police and take it seriously, but still, there's nobody here that's going 'Oh my god, I can't work at the Matrix anymore and I have PTSD.' There's no sensationalism here. I look at it more as, you had a police chase and sometimes we [overemphasize] the nationality of who's involved and create something out of it that creates a lot of fear, and fear mongering."
Community strengthened at Central Social Hall
Neil Wolsegger, operating partner of Central Social Hall, said the attack might have back-fired, as it has only strengthened Edmonton's sense of community.
"After the night it actually happened, there wasn't a ton of buzz about anything going on in regards to terror, in my opinion. From people I've talked to, staff and customers, I think the Edmonton community is just way too strong to let that kind of negativity creep in. Obviously it's a terrible thing that happened, and the people that were affected by it directly, I couldn't even imagine to walk one inch in their shoes today. But as a business operator in downtown Edmonton it really hasn't affected us at all. I think people just kind of bonded together and refused to let that kind of stuff creep in."
Posted in 2017 Winter, Street Smarts
4 Best in the Core, circa 2022
What could be 'Best of the Core' winners in five years, and why? We talked with Edmonton starchitect Michael Zabinski to find out.
Michael Zabinski co-designed the new funicular and the Regenerating Rossdale proposal.
1. A Re-Imagined Best Buy
Having a Best Buy downtown is "pretty awesome," Zabinski says. But the current, parking-focused design at 104 Avenue and 109 Street needs a rethink. To make it a 2022 Best-Of winner, Zabinksi recommends pushing the parking underground, putting small-scale retail on the ground floor to animate the street — including along the Railtown Park connection at back — and moving the Best Buy upstairs, just like you see in dense downtowns like Vancouver. Above it all? Residential units to serve MacEwan students and professionals.
2. Life in the Laneways
Zabinski thinks the laneways running between streets and behind buildings on 104 Street and Rice Howard Way have big potential. The laneways have historically been lanes for service vehicles, but today they're also used as pedestrian-first shortcuts. Zabinski imagines small retail tucked into them, as well as lighting features, hidden art or other items of interest to give pedestrians reasons to stay in the lanes.
3. Digging Discovery
Zabinski says we need to look at downtown's under-used spaces — underground. "The most interesting cities I've visited provide unique opportunities for discovery. Some of the greatest restaurants, bars and galleries are hidden from view, either tucked away in a forgotten basement or up on a secret rooftop." Take the old Fanny's Fabrics, underneath Dialog Architecture's office on 104 Street: The mostly-vacant subterranean space has glass-enclosed bays that could be an underground marketplace or makerspace, he says.
4. Grandin Junction
In October 2017, Zabinski and others released a project proposal called the High Level Line. One of its most ambitious parts was called Grandin Junction.
The proposal: Connect the legislature grounds to Ezio Faraone Park "with a sweeping greenspace bridging above the traffic," Zabinski says. "This expanded park would integrate into the existing LRT network, and bring pedestrians, cyclists, and streetcar users to a stunning vantage point overlooking the North Saskatchewan river valley, providing a wide range of uses through all seasons."
Posted in 2017 Winter, The List
December 13, 2017 by Oliver Community League Board of Directors
THIS ISSUE OF THE YARDS celebrates what makes central Edmonton an outstanding place to live, work and play. But while we applaud what already makes our community great, the Oliver Community League (OCL) also works to create public and private development that will better serve our neighbourhood in the future.
Here are just a few of our successes.
In 2014, when city administration published its recommended capital budget projects for the following four years, Jasper Avenue was only scheduled to be repaved. The OCL immediately organized a team to explain to City Council the importance of consulting with Oliver residents to create a new design for Jasper Avenue. Council unanimously voted in favour of OCL's recommended approach. In late 2015, the Imagine Jasper Avenue consultation initiative launched. And this summer, the city rolled out a first-of-its-kind, four-month installation on the avenue, piloting some of the proposed design features.
On the private side of things, our league continues to work to be nimble and agile negotiators, while maintaining our standards for process and good governance. While there are some land re-zonings in Oliver that are not best in class, there are nonetheless examples of developers improving design based on OCL recommendations. I'm happy to recommend these developers for working in partnership with our community.
For example, in 2016, Devonshire Properties proposed a site-specific re-zoning for a 14-storey tower on 118 Street, north of Jasper Avenue. The original design was typical of apartment buildings in Oliver — a single entrance on the main level and nothing else. The OCL Civics Committee asked the developer to consider adding townhouses on the main floor to improve street engagement, and also bolster housing choice in Oliver.
I was pleased with the developer's reception of this feedback. Devonshire incorporated our requests into its design.
In the coming months, the OCL will draw on these experiences as we begin negotiations with Abbey Lane Homes and city administration over a proposal for the St. John's School Site, south of Peace Garden Park. We will be pushing for maximum benefit to all residents of our neighbourhood.
When it comes to development, some communities have a reputation for opposing all of it. In Oliver, we do not do this. Instead, we have found it is more helpful to push for smart development that will better serve the community in the future rather than simply say no.
President, Oliver Community League
Posted in 2017 Winter, OCL Update
OCL Winter Events
JANUARY 19, FEBRUARY 16, STARTS AT 8 PM
Walking Pub Crawl
Meet with new and old friends at the hall every month before walking to pre-determined locations to enjoy Oliver nightlife. Meet in Oliver Park (between 104 Avenue and 103 Avenue, 118 and 119 streets) by the playground. No pub crawl in December.
DECEMBER 11, JANUARY 8, FEBRUARY 12, 7 PM
Civics Committee
This fully engaged committee meets on the second Monday of the month to discuss developments in Oliver. Grace Lutheran Church. 9907 114 Street, enter by grey door on the east side.
Make Something Oliver Idea Incubator
Come help us dream up projects for our Oliver-building project.
6pm – 8pm, Brewsters, 11620 104 Avenue.
DECL Winter Events
December 13, 2017 by Downtown Edmonton Community League Board of Directors
FRIDAYS, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Urban Kids Playgroup
Our playgroup has returned on Fridays. Parents (and their tots, ages 0 to 5) can join us for coffee, snacks and a chance to get to know other families living downtown
DECEMBER 15, JANUARY 23, FEBRUARY 16, 6-8PM
Urban Kids Family Night
Our monthly family night returns for kids and parents. Join us for games, talent shows and more.
Wednesdays, 12:10 PM – 12:50 PM
DECL Noon-Hour Yoga
Free noon-hour yoga at DECL. Take a break to breathe and relax your mind with Irma and Jessica, and enjoy some ow and Hatha practices at lunch. All levels welcome and beginner friendly. Space is limited. Please register at irma.yoga22@gmail.com.
DECEMBER 14, 7-10PM
Christmas Mixer
Come celebrate the season with your downtown neighbours. Bring some baking to share. Light refreshments will be provided and there will be a cash bar. Donations of warm clothing and new socks will be used to decorate our tree and donated to Boyle Street Community Services.
DECEMBER 6 AND EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY STARTING JANUARY 17, 7 PM
DECL Book Club
Join us for the return of the DECL Book Club. We focus on urban themes both fiction and non-fiction.
Posted in 2017 Winter, DECL Update
December 1, 2017 by Staff
Many years ago, when my youngest niece was a baby, I took her out and about to give her mom — my sister — a break. It was then I learned how difficult it is to move around Edmonton with a young child.
We had the contraption where you strap the baby to your front torso and step out into the world as though you are a kookum out hunting moose (mine's never hunted moose, by the way). But when my back couldn't take it anymore I would bundle my niece up in a stroller. And then came the lessons.
Have you ever tried to take a baby in a stroller on an ETS bus? It is awful. People roll their eyes before (or if) they make room. Even worse, just getting to the bus stop can be difficult because you have to navigate puddles, people and deteriorating sidewalks.
So, between the clunky stroller barely fitting our often narrow, often poorly-lit sidewalks, the bus challenges and the cat calls — yes even while pushing a baby stroller — I came to realize that Edmonton is not designed with all women, mothers or caregivers in mind.
But who are cities like ours made for, then? It helps to look at who it works best for.
Mo Bot, an urbanist who works as a planner for the City of Edmonton, is passionate about the concept of universal design. Bot says different groups use city infrastructure differently. Take the bus, for example. "Studies [have] found that men tend to take the bus twice a day — to and from work," she says.
Women, on the other hand, tend to use public transit with far more variance, and tend to make more trips on foot, too. Bot says they do something called "trip chaining," which essentially means they often make multiple stops while riding the bus between home and work. You know, to pick up the dry cleaning, then the kids from school or the doctor, and then the groceries.
What matters here is whose life you make harder if you design, say, a transit system that works only for your city's purely work commuters (a majority of whom, in this case, are men) and not its many other users.
I can already hear the "But-what-about-the-men?!" cries. Yes, parenting can be done by any gender, and there are more than two binaries to consider when discussing universal design. But the point is if you make a city accessible to everyone you'll make it better for everyone.
The question is how. And this was Kalen Anderson's point for her recent Pecha Kucha presentation on urban design.
Anderson is director of planning coordination for the City of Edmonton. She started her presentation with a quote from urbanist Gil Penalosa, that the best way to evaluate a city is to ask how well it treats the most vulnerable people — "The children, the older adults and the poor."
She says core neighborhoods are the most important places in the city. "They need to provide holistic opportunities for people to live." But, Anderson says, Edmonton's core is not doing that well enough at the moment. "If you want to see how a community works look no further than the way it welcomes children," she says — noting the core could well improve on that front.
My trips with my niece taught me about the importance of bus seating, wide sidewalks in good repair, better lighting. City design should serve those caring for children, or those with different abilities or of different ages, just as equally as everyone else.
Posted in 2017 Winter, Core Questions
Best in the Core
May we have the envelope, please? This is our third birthday, and our third time trying to define what makes Edmonton's core sweet. As always the hardest part is eliminating great stuff that doesn't fit.
Many of us love the bizarre, aquamarine pedway linking the legislature to Grandin LRT station, for example. Or that snake and woman airbrushed on the fence at 102 Avenue and 117 Street. But are these familiar, lovable oddities really the best of what the core has to offer?
To get to the best, we asked writers and residents to argue out their favourites. And we pushed whacky new categories at them, too. The Best WTF? to celebrate the strange. The Best Growth From Stall to Shop to celebrate businesses emerging from farmers' markets and food trucks. And beyond that, we zeroed in on four core characters who made the core a better place in 2017. So let's tear open those envelopes. Please.
Best Spaces
BEST WTF?
WINNER: Compound House in Oliver
Oliver's Compound House (and we're giving it this name) is a big WTF. Stretching an entire neighbourhood block, the house is what looks like should be trendy, expensive lofts, but the building is rumoured to be owned by just one reclusive person. The urban tales are rife as a result. One (con rmed) rumour has it that this massive compound used to be the Beth Israel Synagogue. Well, they moved out 18 years ago. 10205 119 Street.
RUNNER UP: Freemasons' Hall
Don't lie: Every time you walk by this gothic temple you wonder about the secret club inside. The Central Masonic Temple was built in 1930 and it's still a gathering spot for Edmonton's oldest fraternity. 10318 100 Avenue.
RUNNER UP: Shaw Conference Centre Funicular
Looking for a cheap thrill on a Sunday? This indoor funicular (think elevator on a hill) gives an excellent view of the river valley and costs nothing for a ride down to the river bank. 9797 Jasper Avenue. – BN
Best Urban Jumble
WINNER: Serenity
Serenity is density done well for Edmonton.
At 12 storeys, its human scale makes good use of a prominent Jasper Avenue corner. Residents get a high-rise feeling connected to Oliver while below pedestrians get an inviting facade and accent materials — and retail tenants at street level. Those disliking towers or fearing infill should look here for a good example of things done well. 10055 118 Street.
RUNNER UP: Mayfair
This sleek mixed-use building, completed in 2016 and inspired by active design principles, is setting a new bar for mid-rise rental downtown. The key to its goodness is Mayfair's multiple uses. 10823 Jasper Avenue.
RUNNER UP: Central Court
This is a modest, older, affordable six-storey rental building that re ects — and adds to — its 'hood. Steps from the 102 Avenue bike lane, retail is in the podium and amenities are a short walk away. 11212 102 Avenue. – DR
Best Place to Run Away
WINNER: Victoria Park
Be Alice and dive down the looking glass behind Le Marchand Mansion (100 Avenue at 116 Street), where a staircase leads to a magical trail. Whether you crave a peaceful walk or some seasonal Saskatoon berries to pick, escape is on offer here, as is access to Victoria Park, Ezio Faraone Park and Hawrelak Park. A great view to seek out is in Ezio Faraone Park, looking south, where you get the best glimpse of the High Level Bridge anywhere. 11523 100 Avenue.
RUNNER UP: Grant Notley Park
No stairs? No problem. This small park (named after a former MLA who fathered our current premier, Rachel Notley) offers a welcoming place to sit and take in the picturesque view of the river valley. In the summer, you can also feast on a food-truck lunch here. 116 Street and 100 Avenue.
RUNNER UP: Oliver Peace Garden Park
One of the best seedy nds on a neighbourhood stroll is this serene community garden. The inspirational space tended to by its users will have you wondering why there aren't more gardens in the core. 10289 120 Street. – CS
Best Not-A-Main Street
WINNER: 104 Street
Edmonton has about nine designated main streets, but its best core streets are often smaller scale. The 4th Street Promenade, as few actually call it, links back to the city's mercantile history in the early 1900s. On 104, you can spot the best and worst of Edmonton — from oversized parkades and for-lease signs to bustling subway entrances, a neon sign museum, a warehouse full of startup companies (and hipster haircuts) and a farmers' market many cities would kill for.
RUNNER UP: 108 Street
Talk about waiting: Back in 1997, the city designated 108 Street as central to downtown revitalization. Construction began in 2011 and new street art arrived this year. The potential is still bigger than the result, of course, but the funky El Mirador apartments, food trucks, Federal Plaza fountains, Monument coffee shop, LRT access and pedestrian-first design make this a winner in, well, waiting.
This one is all about the experience — a street graced with the remaining treed-boulevard left behind by the former street trolley. The coming Oliver Mercantile Exchange, revamped Paul Kane Park and connections to the river valley and Brewery District make 121 an increasingly important street to walk. – TQ
Best in Business
Best It's-A-Secret
WINNER: Grandma Pizza
Jakub and Jolanta Kulig moved to Edmonton from Greece 25 years ago and opened Grandma Pizza in the bottom of a residential tower. A few years ago, when the City of Edmonton came knocking and threatened closure, due to zoning regulations, neighbours rallied to keep the couple's little pizzeria open. Customers love the family, the pizza and the location, which is a short walk from much of Grandin. 9837 113 Street.
RUNNER UP: Can Man Convenience
Looking for a quick light bowl of refreshing vermicelli for lunch? Or perhaps something a little toastier, like, say, bahn mi? Get it here for less than $10. And fast. 10240 124 Street.
RUNNER UP: Habitat Etc
Perfect for a little pick-me-up or a gift in a pinch, this artisanal YEG-centric gift shop is sure to have that something you're looking for. 10187 104 Street. – BN
Best Growth from Stall to Shop
WINNER: Prairie Noodle
In 2014, five partners started perfecting ramen mixed with Alberta flavours in a series of pop-up restaurants. After a year of feedback they settled on the menu and a permanent location, and opened their doors. The space is intimate. You're sure to interact with other patrons and at least three staff, most likely to discuss the remarkable ramen bowls — an ambiance those five partners worked to create. 10350 124 Street.
RUNNER UP: Arno's
Macarons, meringues and other treats await you at this delightful, intimate retreat. Master pastry chef Arnaud Valade fills the place with baked goodness. Valade got his Edmonton start at our farmers' markets, including City Market Downtown. 10038 116 Street.
RUNNER UP: Woodwork
One-of-a-kind libations like the House Sour and a menu of succulent eats (Brassica Salad, anyone?), mean nothing beats this intimate lounge — which got its start as the Nomad food truck. 10132 100 Street. – CS
Best in Threads
WINNER: Arturo Denim
This small but mighty team is slowly revitalizing Edmonton's strong roots in denim manufacturing, which stretch back more than 100 years. Specializing in the best damn quality denim Japan has to offer, Arturo jeans are made to last. And they'll repair 'em like new if you damage them. 10443 124 Street.
RUNNER UP: Alberta Tailoring Company
With staff here paying special attention to how each garment should wear you're sure to find the best fit. 10025 Jasper Avenue.
RUNNER UP: Swish Vintage
A time-capsule treasure, this hole in the wall holds some of the best memories in fashion from around Edmonton. 10180 101 Street. – BN
Best Regular Haunt
WINNER: Tzin Wine and Tapas
Regulars quickly get to know every inch of this intimate, seven-table space. Chef Corey McGuire's crispy pork crostini, with maple balsamic apple compote and apple mayonnaise — called, simply, "Bacon" — is one of the best pork dishes in the city, period. The Patatas Bravas — fried potatoes with "angry" aioli — is also a favourite. Tip: Hit Tzin and say "Feed me!" The staff will understand. 10115 104 Street.
RUNNER UP: Red Star
This dimly-lit, subterranean, neighbourhood gastro pub is known for its friendly service, tasty food and its Cheers-like re-creation of that downtown place where everybody knows your name. 10534 Jasper Avenue.
RUNNER UP: Remedy Café 124
There are many Remedy Cafés in Edmonton, where the original recipe chai and Indian fusion wraps delight patrons. But the warmest staff (and spot with the best patio) are in Oliver. 10310 124 Street. – LH
Best Mouth Burner
WINNER: Viphalay
"Mom," as Vipha Mounma is called at Viphalay, uses chilies for almost every dish in her Thai cuisine. To heat up, spice addicts should try the Gaeng Ped (red curry with chicken or beef) or the Nua Na Lok (also known as Hell's Beef). Water will not cool this burn. 10523 99 Avenue.
RUNNER UP: Khazana
Almost everything at Khazana is concocted with bold and aromatic spices — but you'll truly meet the four-alarm heat within an order of hot beef vindaloo curry. 10177 107 Street.
RUNNER UP: Noodle Bar by Nomiya
Those in search of hot stuff should slurp up some spicy miso ramen noodle soup at Noodle Bar by Nomiya. This miso is a flavourful kick to the traditional miso (soybean and pork broth) bowl for heat seekers. 11238 104 Avenue. – LH
Best Community
Best Fam Jam
WINNER: Festival of Trees
Glitter glee galore. For more than 30 years, the Festival of Trees has started the holiday season with whimsy. It raises money for a good cause, but mostly the festival raises everyone's warmth, with a stand of Christmas trees and scenes, and of course, the endless decorated cakes, ginger-bread structures and kids activities.
RUNNER UP: Cariwest
It's Carnival but in Edmonton, and Cariwest has brought the vibrant sounds and colourful costumes of the Caribbean community to our city for 30 years. The parade is off the hook.
RUNNER UP: All is Bright
This festival is lit. Residents of the core love to keep the winter streets filled with life. All is bright lights up the night and warms up 124 Street with family- friendly activities, music and food.
Best Parks and Rec
WINNER: Oliver Community Pool
Admission was free this past summer (thanks, Canada 150), so many jumped in at one of the area's best kept secrets. The facility, opened in 1924, is clean, and its excellent lifeguarding make it ideal for a family outing. But many others love it, too — from Capital City Athletics, which uses the pool for post-workout cool-downs, and even area dogs, who jump in at season's end. 10315 119 Street.
RUNNER UP: Don Wheaton YMCA
A staple of the downtown community since 1908, though in its current building since 2007, "the Y" offers free swims for DECL members on Sundays, 1pm-6:45pm. 10211 102 Avenue.
RUNNER UP: Alex Decoteau Park
The off-leash dog run at Alex Decoteau Park, named after an Indigenous war and local hero from Edmonton, is perfect to help furry area residents get needed exercise. 10200 105 Street. – MHC
Best Art to the People
WINNER: Harcourt House
Harcourt is one of only three artist-run public galleries in Edmonton and offers some of its best contemporary-art exhibits. It also offers classes and workshops, where instructors can help you tap your creative side. The community of artists are friendly and welcoming to all. 10215 112 Street.
RUNNER UP: iHuman Youth Society
Little wonder some of Edmonton's most promising art talent is coming out of a place devoted to using art to build up youth. 9635 102A Avenue.
RUNNER UP: SNAP
This non-profit printmaking powerhouse offers courses and exhibitions for a wide array of people, ranging from professional artists to at-risk youth. The parties are also great. 10123 121 Street. – MHC
Best Way to Move
WINNER: Downtown bike network
Now every day is your leg day, or just a great day. Stopping at Bodega Tapas & Wine Bar (103 Street/102 Avenue) for an after-work drink is now as easy as removing your helmet. The city imagined these lanes a decade ago, but heroes within and without (Stantec) pushed the 7.8-kilometre grid into reality. To be clear, that current grid is puny compared to the 500 kilometres imagined in 2009. Still, the future promises more lanes, when the Valley Line LRT is finished, and a connection to the river valley, via the Mechanized Access.
RUNNER UP: Railtown Park
A lush corridor haven that gives you urban nature atop your feet or a bike. People are always here walking dogs, commuting or lounging. Use this to link MacEwan University's new Allard Hall to the legislature.
RUNNER UP: Pogo CarShare
Instead of walking (a long distance) to a transit stop, and then … waiting … we can now hike our neighbourhood, find a Pogo, drive it downtown, park for free and walk to whatever festival we desire. Same exercise without the same loss of time. – CS
Riza Kasikcioglu
In January, Riza Kasikcioglu saw fire and ran toward it. It was evening and Kasikcioglu was working at Maximo's Pizza & Donair, on Jasper Avenue and 117 Street, which he co-owns with his wife, Yeter. Suddenly, he saw the orange flames spill out of an upper-floor apartment in the 17-storey Oliver Place building across the street. He called 911. And then 47-year-old Kasikcioglu, who was in the military in Turkey, where he immigrated to Canada from, ran across Jasper Avenue, bounded up Oliver Place's stairs and screamed at residents inside to get out.
Kasikcioglu says he knew he could lose his own life but believed in that moment the lives of others were more important. "Everywhere, I was hearing children screaming for help," he says. "As a Muslim, I can't allow any children or innocents to lose their life." Eventually he came across a woman in a wheelchair who was trapped because the elevators were not running. He carried her down the stairs on his back.
Kasikcioglu says he's heartbroken one person died that night. But without his quick response, many others would have remained in harm's way. Today, you can still find Kasikcioglu at his Oliver pizza shop, welcoming his regulars warmly.
Annaliza Toledo
Walking through downtown Edmonton is brighter, thanks to Annaliza Toledo. Walls formerly bare, dirty or depressing are now alive with colour. The reason is that Toledo, along with her partner, Trevor Peters, created a festival to liven up the grey. Toledo and Peters are both artists, and in 2016 created the Rust Magic Festival to make our daily walks a little more Instagram-worthy.
Rust Magic brings graffiti and mural artists from around the world to Edmonton each summer. Once here, these artists paint spaces in highly walkable neighbourhoods – Oliver, downtown, Strathcona. All told, since 2016, Rust Magic has added 35 new works of street.
Toledo says the results are obvious. "It adds so much to everyone's day to have something beautiful appear in front of you, large-scale, on your walk to work or your walk home," she says. "Something like that makes such a difference in people's lives. You are a product of your environment, so why not surround yourself with beautiful, artistic things?"
Next summer, keep your eyes peeled for more from Rust Magic. "I think we'll do more quality murals and not concentrate on the number of the murals," Toledo says. "We hope people will appreciate it like they have in the past."
Olga Messinis
The next time you ride your bicycle downtown, send Olga Messinis a silent thank you. Messinis is the project manager behind the downtown bike network and has worked to make the 7.8-kilometre system a reality since August, 2016. Behind the scenes, in boardrooms, Messinis has fought the hard fight.
The lanes, opened this past summer, help improve equity on the road among Edmontonians, Messinis says. They will also improve quality of life for residents in downtown and Oliver – neighbourhoods where many already commute by bike.
And, Messinis says, the lanes incentivize change. Having them "encourages people who are trying to reduce their carbon footprint and make healthier choices," Messinis says. "Some people who have never chosen to commute by bike tell us that they are commuting by bike for the first time. One commuter, in her early 70s — a really well-dressed woman on a bicycle — told me that she loved them and this is the first time she ever thought she could ride a bike within downtown. That was a great feeling."
Messinis bikes to her downtown office from across the river in Strathcona. If you see her out there, maybe don't be so silent. Ding your bell in thanks.
Jordan Reiniger
Jordan Reiniger is helping people at the margins by changing the job market in their favour.
Many pushed to the streets in Edmonton's downtown core are rejected by traditional employers. That's where Reiniger comes in. He's the director of development at Boyle Street Community Services. And over the last two-and-a-half years, he's created social enterprise programs to create jobs.
Through Boyle Street Community Ventures, Reiniger has founded several companies, including a moving company, a cleaning company and a junk removal company. All told, these outfits employ about 25 people. The best part is that downtown and Oliver residents support the companies, with many calling on the moving company in particular. "It's a really good service and a good way for people to participate in social change," Reiniger says. "They're spending money on something they would have spent money on anyways, but they are choosing to do so in a socially conscious way. There is a sense of community and the sense that we are in this together."
Reiniger's next step? Four Directions Financial, a community bank where people are not turned away from opening an account due to a lack of I.D., the most common barrier for people at the margins.
Best in the Core Awards by: Sydnee Bryant, Mary-Helen Clark, Linda Hoang, Brittany Nugent, Tim Querengesser, Dan Rose and Chris Sikkenga
Posted in 2017 Winter, Feature
December 1, 2017 by Tim Querengesser
"Hey John."
"How are you, brother?" John Roberts replies, to each of the many men who greet him along the line.
Roberts is 50 and spends much of his time spreading needed kindness at the Boyle Street Co-Op. Today, he's outside, walking along what he calls his community's main street. To anyone not from Roberts' side of downtown, this is an alley you dare not walk. But to hundreds of others, this line is their Jasper Avenue or 124 Street. Along this line are daily stops for many in the community: Boyle Street, Quasar Bottle Depot, Bissell Centre, and several other services to the east of the core. It's also the place to connect, say hi, have a laugh.
The line extends 105 Avenue eastward, in the form of a multi-use pathway from where the paved avenue essentially ends, at 101 Street, to where it resumes again at 96 Street. And back here, life is bustling. Several men huddle near vents that blow heat from within the Epcor building's massive parkade. Nearby, a few couples tend to waist-high piles of belongings and supplies outside their tents. The view is standard downtown Edmonton but with bleak additions. To the south are downtown's glittering towers, but there's also a deep, open pit behind the CN Tower. Nearby is a cold, doorless, north-facing back wall at the new Royal Alberta Museum.
Also here is what Roberts describes as a message that's wrought in steel. It's a multi-layer wall of chain-link fencing topped with barbed wire, and it stretches six blocks, often on two sides. Here, where the train tracks once split the city, colder, sharper steel now divides.
Roberts says the line is a recent demarcation between the street community he's come to call his own and the people who are coming — developers and gentrifiers, working to take this space and make it palatable, unthreatening and commercial.
The line is invisible from downtown, but it's all you see, walking along this community's main street. "It looks like a prison back here," Roberts says.
"From a business point of view it's a gouging to push those people out. We have to admit and there's no hiding it: Poor people do not bring much to a city. There's places in the 'States where they forbid helping homeless people. But hopefully we don't ever lose our willingness to help others out. Once you put a culture like that with a culture like the one at Boyle Street, it doesn't look good. And it doesn't look good for us at all. It's got a prison like effect. We're a province that's supposed to be rich. But we don't look after our own very well. This shouldn't be happening."
"You can get a fine for leaving your dog in the car. But to line up 250 men while it's blowing at their ears at 35 below, it seems people think, 'Let's just push that aside — let's just build some fences around so those people don't get in. Let's put up cameras so others don't have to see it.' You have to look at it from the people who are investing in their business. People are protecting their investments. But they set themselves up, in my view, by putting a culture into something that doesn't work with it."
"Things here have changed drastically for us. The result [of new developments downtown backing onto Boyle Street] is the police are picking out my Aboriginal friends because they drink and they have problems. They're carding them, asking them questions, harassing them. If they carry a backpack they want to see in the backpack. They have no reason or rhyme. It's just another way to make their life miserable so they'll hopefully move away. I used to cast these people off — 'You can do something with your life.' But when you get educated about the Native people and the schools we ran, we created a tidal wave impact into the culture."


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Per Indiana law, a political party must get a minimum of 10 percent in the Secretary of State's race to participate in the general primaries. We must get at least 2 percent to maintain ballot access — which we have done every year since 1994. So, voting Libertarian for Secretary of State is a vote to continue giving Hoosier voters more choices. This year our Secretary of State candidate if Jeff Maurer. He's running to ensure our elections are safe and secure. He wants you to get a receipt with your vote so you can verify your vote counted the way you intended.
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Beast Races
"Beast Races" is a collective term used by more provincial and prejudiced Humans and Mer to refer to the Khajiit and Argonians, due to their stronger resemblance to more primitive creatures such as feral felines and reptiles, respectively. It continues to exist in the vernacular of bigoted men and elves even three centuries after the legal enslavement of these races was abolished.
This bigotry towards Khajiit and Argonians is especially evident in Skyrim. Both 'Beast Races' are generally banned from entering the major cities in any hold. For example, Windhelm is known not only for its 'Gray Quarter', a ghetto reserved to the refugee Dunmer, but also for its rejected population of Argonians who live on the city's waterfront, sharing one apartment in the city wall.
Khajiit must rely on direct commerce with people found on the road or in lesser, unwalled communities, or resort to living as bandits (as do some Argonians). Aside from this, there is also the famed Khajiit Caravan tradition, by which a small group of Khajiit travels a regular circuit between two major walled cities of Skyrim, residing in temporary camps in established locations and doing business with anyone who comes in or out of the nearby city.
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When we were on our way back from our vacation in Georgia, I realized that I'd accidentally selected a return flight that would have us landing at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. I didn't realize this until we were at Hartford International Airport in Atlanta, checking in. I couldn't figure it out at first. When I picked these tickets, I'd selected to see only flights for "NYC" on the website. Why would the Delta site show Newark in New Jersey as a NYC airport? It's not even the same state!
So, while we were sitting in Hartford, waiting on our flight, we had to do a quick check to see what sort of transportation was available from Newark into the city. I did NOT want to spend 70+ dollars on a taxi. Luckily, there was another, affordable option: the AirTrain. On the website, it looked fairly new and the tickets weren't that expensive. It's been a few weeks, but I think they were only 11 dollars apiece to get to Penn Station.
The thing is, the site is a little misleading. I saw that shiny train and thought that's what was going to take us to Penn Station. The reality is that it just drops you off at another train platform where you get on this old-timey looking train where conductors come through the cabs hollering to see your tickets.
Old NJ Transit train from Newark to Penn Station.
I couldn't help but think of that scene in the Indiana Jones movie where Jones threw the bad guy off the zeppelin and then told the stunned crowd that he didn't have his ticket.
Train tickets clipped to the back of the seat in front of us.
It wasn't a bad experience. It's really convenient, even. But, from now on I'll definitely be double-checking that the travel websites are actually showing me NYC airports that are in NYC. Landing at Newark, as opposed to landing at LGA, added about an hour to our total travel time.


How to I remove tiles?
Will I lose the high scores if I upgrade to the new version of HMaki?
Yes you will if you upgrade from 2.x to 3.x, sorry about that. But you do not have to remove the old program in order to install the new one. The old DB will automatically be detected and removed.
Is there a PC/iPhone/... version of this game?
Yes! Meanwhile there are lots of games like HMaki around. The most common name seems to be "Same Game" (use Google to find them all - add your platform). Here is my favorite version.
Why are you giving this program away for free?
My memory is getting low!
You might have played in many different modes or board sizes. Once you played a mode, a highscoretable for that mode will be installed (ca. 100 bytes each). You might to have to remove the high scores from the Preferences menu. (Clearing a high score for a single game mode will not help).
Please add unlimited 'undo' to the game!
If you start this game, you see a board full of tiles. Your task is to remove as many tiles as possible from the board. You cannot remove single tiles, instead you have to remove them in groups of adjacent tiles filled with like patterns. Tapping on a group will mark it first. Tapping once again will remove the group.
Playing for "few". In this mode, you have to remove small groups in order to achieve a small score.
Playing for "leave board". In this mode you should try to remove the least number of tiles possible in order to leave as many tiles as possible on the board.
In the Options menu you can select the width and height of the board, the number of different patterns and the aim you want to play for. If you select other options and press "Ok", a new board will be drawn. Legal values for board sizes range from 3x3 to 22x20 and you can use from 2 up to 9 different patterns.
Sometimes ist tricky to recognize tiles of like patterns. Selecting "flip patterns" will permutate the patterns of the tiles for better viewing. The arrangement itself will not change.
From the highscores menu you can flush the current high scores in order to give you a new challenge.
Normally, the tiles are randomly coloured and you never get the same board again. To create reproducable games for training or tournaments you can select "Seeded Game" from the menu and enter a seed number.
After pressing the "Ok" button you will get a board computed out of this number. If you enter the same number again, you will get the same board (at least if you are still playing with the same parameters).
"Cancel" will continue with the current game.
You can check the current seed with the 'current seed' menu at any time.
As normal games are also seeded games (only with randomly chosen seed) you will find a seed even in non seeded games.
If you like this program so much that you think I should get some money for it, well, go ahaed - but no foreign cheques, please :-). But remember: you won't get any additional service.
Questions, suggestions, bugreports and general praise can be sent to palminfo@klawitter.de.
I would like to thank especially all developers of the Unix-tools for Pilot software development. Thanks to Wes Cherry, Jeff Dionne, Kenneth Albanowski, Ian Goldberg, Scott Grosch, Brian Swetland, and many more and thanks to USR for supplying the public with the developers handbooks.
Special thanks to Olivier Seydoux for the French translation.
This is not the first implementation of Maki on Pilot. When I saw the first implementation at http://www.inferior.com/ I was fascinated by the game, but the constantly-in-your-face character of this shareware game motivated to come up with an own, extended interpretation of the game.
This Game is available on almost every available platform as there is a Java version called Cafe Game.
Some minor bugs and typos fixed.
Multiple level undo. High score improvements.
Allow seeded games to enter high score table.
Minor bugfix in options screen.
There are now highscore tables for all games simulataneously.
Seeded games. Some minor cosmetic adjustments.
Minor bugfix in handling of Undo.
Minor change: Handling of command strokes has been improved.
Command Strokes are now optional but no longer neccessary. Some minor cosmetic adjustments.
Board will be remembered after switching to another application. Changed default settings again.
Minor bugfix in highscore table.
Fixed cursor focusing problem in Hall of Fame.
Added Hall of Fame. Fixing some potential marking bugs.
Fixing some minor flaws in the user interface. Improvement of the documentation. "New game" confirmation box. Different default settings.


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The Jewish Agency / Education / Holidays and Memorial Days / Pesach / Historical Background-The Pesach Festival
From Pesach to Shavuot
Basic Ideas
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The Seder Night
Pesach Festival
Tishrei Festivals
Main topics in the 'Tishrei Festivals' series
Teaching aids and study material included in the series
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Pesach is the oldest festival in the history of Israel. The Hebrews were instructed to prepare an animal on the tenth of Nisan to be slaughtered on the fourteenth in the late afternoon. They ate the Pesach during the night in which God skipped over the houses of Israel and struck dead the firstborns of Egypt. At daybreak the people - about six hundred thousand man, not counting women and children - hurried out of Egypt.
Pesach in the Desert.
The command to the Israelites to observe the Pesach anniversary each year applied only to when they reached a settled land, not in the desert. When you reach the land of the Canaanites ... then you are to perform this service in this month ... eat matsot ... (Exodus 13:5-6).
On the first anniversary of the Exodus, while still at Sinai, they offered up the Pesach sacrifice on the fourteenth of the month, but could not eat matsot as they only had manna. There were people who were contaminated and could not bring the sacrifice, so an alternative date was fixed for them, the fourteenth of the second month (Iyyar) in the late afternoon. This is now known as Pesach Sheni (the Second Pesach).
After forty years, when they crossed the Jordan: the Israelites encamped at Gilgal and offered the Pesach on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, on the Aravot of Jericho. This time they were able to obtain produce from Canaan and bake matsahs: and they ate of the produce of the land from the day after the Pesach - matsot and toasted barleycorn - on that very day (Joshua 5:11).
Pesach in the period of the First Temple.
During the period of the Second Temple, the laws and customs of the Festival were intensified. The return to Zion from Babylonian exile added no little meaning to the Festival of Freedom. They continued to eat the Pesach with matsah and maror, in haste (as at the time of the Exodus) with 'loins girded' (the equivalent of having your hat and coat on today), shoes on (which people did not always wear in the house) and walking-sticks in their hands.
But the rabbis of Mishnaic times wanted the Festival to have an atmosphere of peace and calm as is fitting for a festival of freedom, with all the members of the family sitting round the table discussing the Exodus. Everyone who tells more about the Exodus deserves praise. Here they gave children an important place in participating in the festival, based on: When your son asks you "what is this?" (Exodus 13:14), and: you are to tell your son on that day ... (Exodus 13:8). The form of the meal was fixed. Men accompanied by their sons went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem from al parts of the country. Flocks of sheep and goats, washed white, were available alongside the wall of the city, and every pilgrim brought a lamb or kid for himself and his family. By fantastic organisation the priests and Levites working in shifts managed to cope with the enormous number of slaughterings, reaching at times into tens of thousands of animals. The meat was roasted in special ovens throughout Jerusalem. They ate in groups, and according to the Talmud the songs of praise split roofs ! festival acquired an even greater significance. The aspiration to be liberated from the subjection to Rome and to return and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem strengthened the character of the Festival of Freedom and captivated the hearts of the People. They established the custom of drinking four cups of wine at intervals during the meal, while reclining, making a separate blessing over each cup.
The Mishnah relates that on the day before Pesach they established the custom not to eat from about three o'clock in the afternoon until the evening, so as to able to fulfil the mitsvah of eating the matsah with sufficient appetite. They poured out the first cup, and said kiddush over it with a blessing over the festival. Next they ate matsah and maror - for the latter they used hazeret which they dipped into haroset. (The word hazeret as used in the Mishnah and Talmud means lettuce, but in recent centuries the word has come to be used for horseradish, leading to some confusion.) Two different types of meat dishes were then eaten, one as a reminder of the Pesach sacrifice and the other as a reminder of the hagigah sacrifice. After they finished the meal, they would pour out the second cup, and the son, who had noticed all the differences in the meal from the procedure on ordinary days, would get up and ask his father about them, in the form of the mah nishtanah - Why does this night differ from all other nights ?
The father would then answer his son, according to the boy's ability to understand. He would begin with words of discredit ( 'Initially our ancestors worshipped idols ... ') and finish with praise, namely the liberation of Israel from slavery. Then they would say the Grace After Meals over the third cup of wine, and over the fourth cup they would finish the Hallel, which they had already started before the meal.
The book of Chronicles describes how, during the reign of King Hezekiah (about 700 b.c.e.), the whole population celebrated the Festival of Pesach. After consultation, the king decided to hold the celebration in the second month instead of the first, because many of the priests were contaminated, the population was not assembled, and there was not enough time to arrange all this. The king sent messengers with letters throughout Judah and even into Ephraim and Manasseh, asking people to come to Jerusalem to celebrate the Pesach. A large population assembled in Jerusalem to celebrate the Pesach in the second month, a very large congregation. .…. And the Israelites assembled in Jerusalem celebrated the seven days of the Festival of Matsot with great joy, giving praise to God, day by day, the priests and Levites with musical instruments ... (2Chron. 30:13 and 21).
The rejoicing was very great because for once the barriers had been removed and some people from the North, from Ephraim, Manasseh, Asher, Zebulun and elsewhere, had joined with their brothers from Judah, after centuries of separation, and come to Jerusalem to celebrate together. There was so much emotion that the leaders of the people consulted and decided to extend the festival for a further seven days. The king and the top officials donated between them two thousand head of cattle and seventeen thousand sheep and goats to the congregation. The story continues: there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had occurred since the days of King Solomon (2 Chron. 30:26).
A special Pesach celebration was held at the time of Josiah. The story is told in the Book of Kings (2 Kings 23:21-23) and in greater detail in 2 Chronicles 35:1-19.
Pesach in the period of the Second Temple.
A special Pesach was held by those returning from Babylon at the time of Zerubbabel. The story is told in the Book of Ezra (6:19-22).
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Postby CharlieR » August 18th, 2020, 1:22 pm
I have been thinking about making a post like this for a while. Trying to brainstorm about the idea of games being remade, remastered, etc. I guess this can be seen as a sister, or distant cousin, thread to the other current thread about buying games multiple times. I suppose I could have added to that thread, but I wanted to get a broader look in to the idea of remakes/remasters. How do you feel about them? etc.
Do you gladly buy the same game again, or do you look at it as a cash grab? I do think it is a little bit weird; wanting an updated version of a game you've played and enjoyed for countless hours, but at the same time, I will buy it if I feel there are enough improvements to the game. In the back of my mind, I do find it a tiny bit weird when I see a comment like "this game needs a remake." Isn't the original game fine enough? I do understand wanting a new version of your favorite game though. Although sometime (maybe most of the time) A remake of a classic can make you realize the older version was better, even if it was on an older system with limitations.
Sometimes the experience of a remake can be pretty much the same as the original. In my honest opinion, the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy was very good, although despite having updates (new graphics, updates to the save feature of the first game, handheld mode if you have a switch) it didn't really feel like a much better experience than the original games. I felt if I revisited the old games (which I still do from time to time) I wouldn't miss much from the remake, other than being able to complete the first game.
So, I definitely do not knock anyone for wanting their favorite games to be remade/remastered. My favorite game of all time is Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, and if that was remade, I'd buy it in a heartbeat, but playing the original game is still awesome.
Basically, my main idea was, don't you think it's interesting that instead of being interested in new games coming out, we all want remakes of old games instead?
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Re: Remakes
Postby Retro STrife » August 18th, 2020, 2:01 pm
I guess it depends on the game and how they remake it. For example, I agree with you that the Crash Bandicoot remake added little value to the experience. It was my favorite platforming series of that era in the 90s, but the new remake was so similar that it left me wanting to play the old versions instead. The graphics and gameplay worked fine on PS1, so it didn't need any enhancement.
On the other hand, look at another PS1 game: Final Fantasy VII. Probably the most requested remake over the years.. fans have requested it since the PS2. With FF7, a lot could be done today to improve its graphics and gameplay. And what they did with the PS4 remake was pretty incredible. It is a complete reimaging of the beginning of FF7. I wouldn't call it a better game, but it is a very worthy remake and well worth playing for fans of the original and newcomers. I think that's an example of a remake done right.
Remakes are sort of like sequels, in that I look forward to them if I really enjoyed an experience with a game and want to experience it again in another form. But when I want to see a remake, it's usually only for games (like FF7) that I genuinely think can be improved or reimagined by newer hardware. Or games that I didn't get to play back in the day.
CharlieR wrote: So, I definitely do not knock anyone for wanting their favorite games to be remade/remastered. My favorite game of all time is Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, and if that was remade, I'd buy it in a heartbeat, but playing the original game is still awesome.
You must have heard of the new THPS 1 & 2 remakes, right? I'm a big fan of the PS1 series myself, so I'll be picking that up for sure. It comes out on September 4 and looks good so far. It also incorporates tricks and features that weren't incorporated until THPS 3 & 4, like the revert system. Here's the wikipedia link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hawk%27s_Pro_Skater_1_%2B_2
Postby Voor » August 18th, 2020, 2:11 pm
I feel the same—I think it's good that games are on systems that are unique to them.
Probably the exceptions are true classic games 20 years after they were released, that introduces a whole new generation to them. But not a game that comes out on the PS3, and is remade on the PS4 (or 5). That's weak to me.
Example: I've heard rumors of a super metroid remake. Not sure how I'd feel about that. It doesn't feel like really anything can be improved on, and the fact it can be played for free on Switch, would make a remake feel unnecessary.
VideoGameCritic
Postby VideoGameCritic » August 18th, 2020, 2:14 pm
I also feel a bit conflicted about the topic. It seems like not only the video game industry, but Hollywood (constant reboots) and music (vinyl re-releases) have run out of ideas and instead are just recycling old stuff.
I recently purchased the PS4 versions of Resident Evil 1-4. Why? Well I had never really experienced them in HD before, so I figured it would be a new experience. It helped that they were fairly cheap (around $20 each).
However, before I could buy Resident Evil 5, I paused. I mean, the original came out on the Xbox 360, so the graphics aren't going to be substantially better.
Postby CharlieR » August 19th, 2020, 9:11 am
Retro STrife wrote:
You must have heard of the new THPS 1 & 2 remakes, right? I'm a big fan of the PS1 series myself, so I'll be picking that up for sure. It comes out on September 4 and looks good so far. It also incorporates tricks and features that weren't incorporated until THPS 3 & 4, like the revert system.[/url]
Yes. It's too bad that it isn't coming to switch, but I would think it would at some point. I have the originals, an Tony Hawk 2x on xbox, which is very good. Tony Hawk HD is pretty good as well.
Also to my point, Isn't it interesting that instead of a new entry in the series, they just remake the same game over and over? not that I'm complaining.
Postby Retro STrife » August 19th, 2020, 10:05 am
CharlieR wrote: Yes. It's too bad that it isn't coming to switch, but I would think it would at some point. I have the originals, an Tony Hawk 2x on xbox, which is very good. Tony Hawk HD is pretty good as well.
With all the failed attempts to revive THPS over the past couple decades (most recently THPS 5 in 2015), I think they realized that returning to the basics was the last hope. Gamers have totally given up on the series (myself included). So a remake is cheaper to make, and more likely to sell, than if they tried a THPS 6. If it sells well, I bet they remake THPS 3 & 4 next. And if that sells well, then I'd bet they take the renewed interest and try a revival of the series with THPS 6 (like they are doing now with the Crash Bandicoot revival).
My only concern with the remake is that - like Crash Bandicoot - there isn't a lot of ways that newer hardware would improve the THPS formula. The PS1 hardware didn't really limit THPS in any way, so my guess is the remake is just polishing things up. It's from the same developers that did Crash too. But still - I'm buying it for nostalgia and for some multiplayer gaming with my brother.
I remember watching a gameplay review of the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and the person said "here it is, the Crash game we've all been waiting for" and it's the.. same game(s) that came out twenty years ago. Pretty much the same with Tony Hawk, I just read a comment saying that this new remake is the game of the year (even though the game isn't out yet.) I'm not knocking it; I guess it's just funny to hear people say that about new versions of games that have been out for decades.
Maybe it just goes to show you that people would rather play updated versions of old games rather than new ones? I know I'd be way more excited to play the "new" Tony Hawk than I am about Far cry 6 or whatever.
ThePixelatedGenocide
Postby ThePixelatedGenocide » August 25th, 2020, 4:10 pm
CharlieR wrote: I remember watching a gameplay review of the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and the person said "here it is, the Crash game we've all been waiting for" and it's the.. same game(s) that came out twenty years ago. Pretty much the same with Tony Hawk, I just read a comment saying that this new remake is the game of the year (even though the game isn't out yet.) I'm not knocking it; I guess it's just funny to hear people say that about new versions of games that have been out for decades.
Maybe it's just that modern developers insist on ignoring the vast majority of twitch gamers who are neither looking for an endless grind or a sadistic curbstomping?
Lucifixion
Postby Lucifixion » August 26th, 2020, 6:30 pm
CharlieR wrote: Do you gladly buy the same game again, or do you look at it as a cash grab?
I'm not usually glad about it, but my most recent example of having done so, Link's Awakening, is definitely an exception. Loved every minute of it! On the other end of the spectrum, I cannot bring myself to buy the new FF7. Something has just felt off to me about everything Square has done since...I dunno...2004...? I did like the FF4 remake for DS, and the recent Secret of Mana is ok. Can't think of any others at the moment. Often these games come with quality of life improvements, but it's a double-edged sword. Sometimes the flaws and tedium of an old game are also what provide its charm. How good would the original Legend of Zelda be today if it were basically the same game with updated graphics and typical modern hand-holding all along the way? Well.....we may eventually find out...
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Postby Tron » September 2nd, 2020, 4:55 pm
I remember some *groaning* when Skyrim was released on the Switch. I don't have a Switch yet, but I'm looking forward to being able to play that game again with portability. Only thing I'm weary about is that I don't think the Switch will have as good as Mods as the PS4.
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For Construction of Building, bridges and Road, rate under GST is 18%. Input tax credit is available. Provisions are covered under schedule II(6) of CGST Act 2017 and Section 2(119) of the CGST Act, 2017 under the definition of works contract service. The rates are mentioned under the circular number 11/2017 dated 28.6.2017.
Other provisions relating to contract work are as under:-
There is no exemption on contracts for Road, bridges, Canal, Dam, Pipeline for water supply, or water treatment under the provision of GST. The tax rate is 18%. For such work service tax was exempted upto June 2017. If the contract was entered into before March 2015, construction was carried out for Hospital, School, and College (which are not for profit) service tax exemption was available till June 2016.
For Construction of Churches, temples etctax rates at 18%. Under earlier provision on the basis of circular number 25/2012 all religious Institutions which are having 12A registration exemption from Service tax was available till June 2017.
If you are constructing a house or a villa, the contractor must pay 18% GST. Under service tax exemption was available only till June 2017. Under circular number 13/2017 CGST only pure labour contracts are exempted under GST.
There is no provision under GST for paying GST under composition scheme for works contract which was earlier allowed under MVAT & Service tax law. Even if your turnover is less than 75 lakhs then also no composition scheme is available as the works contract is considered as supply of service and not as a supply of goods.
No reverse charge mechanism is applicable hence forth. Earlier provision which were applicable for Individuals and partnership firms in which the company which gives the contract used to give 50% of the tax and the balance 50% the contractors who were individuals and partnership paid. This will go away after 30th June, 2017. The contractor must pay the entire tax. There is no tax liability for the company which gives the contract.
Manpower supply, security services contracts there is no reverse charge.
Earlier in MVAT law, the dealer used to deduct TDS on works contract @2%. Now this has been dispensed with in GST regime.
If a Builder takes money for the construction and sale of an apartment in a residential complex and if the instalment is collected as per the contract before getting completion certificate, then 12% GST is payable for each instalments. (if the land is belonging to the builder then this rate will go to 18%). Circular number 11/2017 CGST specifies that 1/3rd value of the cost is to be considered as land cost and on the balance amount 9% is to be CGST to be paid(9% CGST and 9% SGST together is 18%) It means the GST will be 12% if the 1/3rd portion of the land is reduced.
All contactorsneeds to file returns monthly. GSTR-1 is the form to be filed. Invoice number, service accounting code should be mentioned in the return. If any money received in advance GST is to be paid for such money. Before 10th of next month return to be submitted. On the basis of return filed by the supplier (GSTR-2) the computer will pick up the input tax credit available to the contractor. If the supplier not filed the return, then the contractor will not get the credit for the input tax credit. There are provisions of rectifying the mistakes but the supplier has to accept the same, otherwise it will be treated as mismatch.
There is no provision for reducing the subcontract amount by the main contractor. The amount paid as GST to a subcontractor can take as input credit, provided the subcontractor filed his return in form GSTR-1 before 10th of next month.
GST is applicable for rentals of Plant and Machinery. What is the applicable rate for such machinery, that rate is to be charged while giving on rent or lease. For example, for road roller, Excavator, bulldozer the rate is 28%. Same rate to be charged for renting or leasing such equipment. If the person who has given the equipment files his return then only the input tax credit will be available to the contractor.
As per GST provision, payment of GST has to be made on monthly basis as against quarterly basis in service tax in case of individual and partnership.
The Place of Supply in relation to immovable property as per Section 12(3) of the IGST Act, 2017 shall be the location where immovable property located.
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Cook wins first title for New London
Scott Cook wins first state wrestling championship for New London Bulldogs.
Cook wins first title for New London Scott Cook wins first state wrestling championship for New London Bulldogs. Check out this story on postcrescent.com: http://post.cr/2mqiaLI
Ricardo Arguello, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 9:15 p.m. CT Feb. 25, 2017
New London's Scott Cook reacts after beating Viroqua's Ryan Hannah for the Division 2 state title at 138 pounds.(Photo: T'xer Zhon Kha/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)Buy Photo
MADISON - Scott Cook wandered the back recesses of the Kohl Center early Saturday night, holding his championship placard with a grin that seemed as though it would never end.
The New London senior, in his fourth consecutive appearance at the state tournament, had finally brought home what he had long coveted, a state individual wrestling title in Division 2 at 138 pounds.
Cook was one of three state champions from the area, along with Eric Barnett winning the Division 1 106 championship and Kaukauna's Keaton Kluever securing the 285 Division 1 title.
Cook (34-2) defeated Viroqua's Ryan Hannah 4-3 to secure the championship. It was an historic moment, as the title was the first in the history of New London wrestling.
"It feels awesome," Cook said. "I'm super excited to be the first one from New London. And it keeps me motivated to keep pushing for bigger and better things."
New London coach Nathan Krueger noticed something different about Cook the past month.
Cook, who always had a strong work ethic and sense of determination, seemed to lift that intensity even higher.
"He was focused," Krueger said. "The last month, he was a different level. He has taken it to a new level and he's been hard to beat. He's so mentally ready for his matches. He goes out and performs."
Against Hannah, Cook seemed in control for most of the match. A two-point near fall in the third period increased his lead to 4-1.
There was a break in the action with eight seconds left and Krueger pointed to his own head to let Cook know to be smart in the final seconds.
Hannah executed a reversal in the closing seconds and had Cook momentarily on his back, but Cook held him off to secure the win.
"It made it a lot closer," Cook said. "And with me getting a reversal and on my back, I got out and won the match. It's awesome."
Krueger said Cook's intensity is only in practice and on the mat. When he doesn't have his wrestling shoes on, Cook is about as unassuming as a senior in high school can be.
"Outside of that he's the most humble and nice kid you will ever meet," Krueger said. "Our (athletic director) put it perfectly at the assembly, 'You see Scott Cook walking down the hallway at school, you don't know he's a four-time state qualifier.' "
Krueger was happy to see a New London wrestler finally win an individual state title.
"We've been so close so many times in the past and finally knock that off the mountain," he said. "It's only going to do good things for the program."
Ricardo Arguello: 920-993-7191 or rarguello@postcrescent.com; on Twitter @PCRicardo


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what are humans made of
The six most common elements of life on Earth (including more than 97 percent of the mass of a human body) are carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur and phosphorus. In my new book What Do You Think You Are? We now understand that humans are 90% microbial but only 10% human.The average human has over 100 trillion microbes in and on their body, and … Humans can't escape accountability for decisions made by artificial intelligence Algorithms are in theory a useful tool, but their "black box" decisions shouldn't be accepted without question The mass of everything people have built and made, from concrete pavements and glass-and-metal skyscrapers to plastic bottles, clothes, and computers, is … The hydrogen atom is around 99.9999999999996 per cent empty space. Human evolution, the process by which human beings developed on Earth from now-extinct primates.Viewed zoologically, we humans are Homo sapiens, a culture-bearing upright-walking species that lives on the ground and very likely first evolved in Africa about 315,000 years ago. Each angel whom God has made is a unique being, says Saint Thomas Aquinas in his book "Summa Theologica:" "Since angels have in them no matter or bodiliness at all, for they are pure spirits, they are not individuated. Founded in 2010, we have grown from a small team in Matlock, UK, to a team of 70+ employees worldwide delivering solutions to clients internationally. Sign in to manage your newsletter preferences. In a startling sign of the impact that humans are having on our planet, a study published Dec. 9 estimates that 2020 marks the point when human-made … However, it would be silly to deny that they exist and that they are the objects that make you up. Again, if we try to buy an equivalent amount of potassium, we get wildly varying prices. The vital energy body. Therefore, it isn't surprising that most of a human body's mass is oxygen. The Solar System formed from space-borne gas and dust which itself could only have had two sources. In terms of cell type, the body contains hundreds of different types of cells, but notably, the largest number of cells contained in a human body (though not the largest mass of cells) are not human cells, but bacteria residing in the normal human gastrointestinal tract. Gould . We have known about electrons since the late 1890s. These are the familiar particles making up the central nucleus of an atom, but each has sub-components. In one "contest" between humans and nature, humans are moving out in front. Buildings and roads make up the majority of human-made mass; other examples include plastics and machines. The low value used old data and almost certainly involves a calculation error. Human Made is a global agency building powerful digital experiences and open source solutions for enterprise. There's a lot more to being human than you think, Alice Gregory: How to get a good night's sleep, Study aims to solve mystery behind having sugar in your tea, Pay by Direct Debit and get 52% off an annual subscription*, Receive every issue delivered direct to your door with FREE UK delivery. They are also social animals. You can unsubscribe at any time. Electrons are small. This means that each angel is the only one of its kind. For the first time since the existence of humans on Earth, the man-made mass is now heavier than the weight of all lifeforms on the universe's only habitable planet. Because carbon atoms are 12 times the weight of hydrogen atoms, carbon comes second to oxygen by weight, with about 65 per cent oxygen, 18 per cent carbon and 10.2 per cent hydrogen in your body. The most common figure is that around 60 per cent of your body is water – even your bones are about 30 per cent aqueous. The estimated gross molecular contents of a typical 20-micrometre human cell is as follows:[38]. This pushes the number of basic components up from four basic particles, but bearing in mind there are about 7 billion billion billion atoms in a typical 70 kg (150 lb) human, it's still quite a simplification to realise that we can account for 99.95 per cent of your body weight with just eleven elements. I look at a whole range of influences that make you the person you are, from the evolutionary process that shaped us as humans to your consciousness, personality and genetics. Persons with more fat will have a higher proportion of carbon and a lower proportion of most other elements (the proportion of hydrogen will be about the same). Oxygen is the most abundant element in the human body accounting for approximately 65% of a person's mass. With the exception of a few atoms produced by radioactive decay, every atom in your body already existed when the Earth formed around 4.5 billion years ago. So let's focus on skin for a moment. Go back to a time before humans first took to ploughing fields and tending livestock, and you'd find our planet was coated in a biosphere that weighed around 2 x 10^12 tonnes. [2], Some elements (silicon, boron, nickel, vanadium) are probably needed by mammals also, but in far smaller doses. This is the body also known as the prana–deha. In fact, 90% of the cells in (or on) a human body are microbes, by number[40][41] (much less by mass or volume). The human body is made of all of the above. Why Are Humans Made Of Carbon? In the high figure, for example, hydrogen dominates, because it has been priced at £83 ($100) per kilo, based on the price of hydrogen fuel for cars. You might rightly argue that you are far more than a collection of particles. Authors: Nielsen, Forrest H. USDA, ARS Source: Modern nutrition in health and disease / editors, Maurice E. Shils ... et al. But the names of the other component particles that make you up – quarks and gluons – did not enter the language until the 1960s. How do atoms 'know' what other atoms to bond to? The main ingredient of human hair is a protein called keratin, which is also found in human skin, teeth, fingernails and toenails. Over time, the clouds of dust and gas spewed out started to pull together under the force of gravity. That is nothing. Humans are mammals. Our daily newsletter arrives just in time for lunch, offering up the day's biggest science news, our latest features, amazing Q&As and insightful interviews. In one sense this is very reductionist. Even though hair comes in many colors and textures, it is all made of the same materials. But water costs less than this – my latest water bill gives a charge of £0.13 per kilogram, and that's not a cheap way to obtain water. Knowing as we do that water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen – H2O – it might seem that the elements topping the charts for body weight should be hydrogen and oxygen, but there's also a huge amount of that most versatile of atoms, carbon, present. But today, human-made mass exceeds the overall global biomass, weighing in at around 1.1 teratonnes, according to the new study. Flows of electrons create electrical currents, while it's the quantity and distribution of electrons around the outside of atoms that determine how they will behave chemically. 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As human-made mass has increased, so too has the impact on plant biomass. New Products added daily PLUS a free mini-magazine for you to download and keep. Around a million, trillion, trillion of them weigh a kilogram. The human manufactured establishments and inventions now weight approximately an … If atoms are mostly empty space, why is matter not transparent? The podcast. Look out for your Lunchtime Genius newsletter in your inbox soon. In 2017, NASA space probes detected a massive, human-made 'barrier' surrounding Earth. Each water molecule consists of two hydrogen atoms bonded to one oxygen atom, but the mass of each oxygen atom is much higher than the combined mass of the hydrogen. Could we ever study particle physics in a more elegant fashion than just smashing atoms? Estimates on the total mass of human-made material suggest 2020 is the year we overtake the combined dry weight of every living thing on Earth. There's enough structure to make it unlikely that you will run down the drain, but there is plenty of water there. Discover our latest special editions covering a range of fascinating topics from the latest scientific discoveries to the big ideas explained. Most of the elements needed for life are relatively common in the Earth's crust. Most familiar will be the electron. Harun Yahyahas used the recent scientific hypothesis of clay particles as catalysts for abiogenesis as evidence of the veracity of the Qur'an. As a new study in Nature makes clear, not only did processing and eating meat come naturally to humans, it's entirely possible that without an early diet that included generous amounts of … [1] All of the mass of the trace elements put together (less than 10 grams for a human body) do not add up to the body mass of magnesium, the least common of the 11 non-trace elements. In one sense, it's worth noting, though, that there is a seriously important component missing from that analysis. [5] About 29 of these elements are thought to play an active positive role in life and health in humans.[6]. In addition to being a component of water, oxygen is essential for cellular respiration. [3] Fluorine is used by a number of plants to manufacture toxins (see that element) but in humans only functions as a local (topical) hardening agent in tooth enamel, and not in an essential biological role. To see why, consider the oxygen and hydrogen. … For more information about how to do this, and how Immediate Media Company Limited (publisher of Science Focus) holds your personal information, please see our privacy policy. For many, a more familiar way to look at those building blocks of you is as chemical elements. Carbon, the basic unit for organic molecules, comes in second. And there are only two obvious ways to join your body – the air that you breathe and the food and drink that you consume. There are so many atoms involved that your body incorporates atoms that were previously in the body of the historical celebrity of your choice. Water is found in the extracellular fluids of the body (the blood plasma, the lymph, and the interstitial fluid) and within the cells themselves. Things that are made at high temperatures in the atmosphere of stars are resistant to acid and therefore left behind. In fact, your atoms have been in pretty well every type of living thing, from trees to grass, insects to dogs. Save 52% when you subscribe to BBC Science Focus Magazine. Are synthetic chemicals really bad for you? The atoms that become incorporated in your body were previously in the air, plants, animals and minerals. Let's start with the human body. Comedian Sofie Hagen chats to comedians, authors, actors, musicians, activists, medical professionals, podcasters, influencers and artists about how to … Thanks! Not all elements which are found in the human body in trace quantities play a role in life. On the other hand, a banana contains around 0.4g of potassium – so 400 bananas give us the required 160g. We are now the only living members of what many zoologists refer to as the human tribe, Hominini, but there is … The earliest of these is, effectively, the Big Bang around 13.8 billion years ago, responsible for the production of your hydrogen. These are the familiar particles making up the central nucleus of an atom, but each has sub-components. Like the other three, this is a 'fundamental' particle, meaning that they aren't made of anything simpler. And in between would be loads of nothing. Protons and neutrons are made of even more subatomic particles called quarks. Around the outside, in a fuzzy region of probability, would be an electron. And tests have confirmed that it's actually having an effect on space weather far beyond our planet's atmosphere. At the basic level, you are made of just four types of particles, which have been around for the majority of the lifetime of the Universe. Save 52% when you subscribe to BBC Science Focus Magazine. THE mass of human-made objects may surpass the mass of living things by the end of 2020, according to scientists. Most of the human body is made up of water, H 2 O, with bone cells being comprised of 31% water and the lungs 83%. Because of water content, the human body contains more oxygen by mass than any other element, but more hydrogen by atom-fraction than any element. The body is a whole bunch of stuff covered in skin. Body composition may be analyzed in various ways. A human is a member of the species Homo sapiens, which means 'wise man' in Latin. In a large sample of adults of all ages and both sexes, the figure for water fraction by weight was found to be 48 ±6% for females and 58 ±8% water for males. Baltimore : Williams & Wilkins, c1999., p. 283-303. Scientific American. Your body is made of cells, which are made of molecules. The composition of the human body is expressed in terms of chemicals: The composition of the human body can be viewed on an atomic and molecular scale as shown in this article. Question: What are humans made of? Of the remaining 33, it is not known how many occur in the human body. The estimate above used a cost per kilogram of £0.17 ($0.20) for both. You might be wondering what happened to protons and neutrons. Elements listed as "Possibly" or "Probably" essential are those cited by the National Research Council (United States) as beneficial to human health and possibly or probably essential.[10]. The adult human body averages ~53% water. If we could follow an individual atom back through its history, it will have been incorporated many times into other animals and plants. Those that neither help nor harm humans are called commensal organisms. The remaining elements are trace elements, of which more than a dozen are thought on the basis of good evidence to be necessary for life. Body composition can also be expressed in terms of various types of material, such as: Let's take a zoom in on the simplest type of atom in your body, a hydrogen atom. The largest quantities of material congregated in the centre, eventually producing a star – in our case, the Sun. Essentially, a scientist must take a tiny chip of a primitive meteorite and dissolve 99.9999% of it until they're left with a residue of silicon carbide, graphite and nanodiamonds. [7] This varies substantially by age, sex, and adiposity. 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