To further strengthen MRC Unit The Gambia (MRCG)'s relationship with the surrounding community in West Kiang, Keneba Field Station will be hosting an Open Day, showcasing both The Unit's clinical and research work in the region.
The MRCG and the Nutrition Theme is at the forefront of global efforts to combat under‐nutrition and seeks to gain novel insights into the basic mechanisms linking malnutrition to metabolic and infectious diseases. The ultimate goal is to provide a stronger theoretical basis for effective community-based and clinical interventions in deprived populations worldwide.
Located in West Kiang for over 65 years, the Nutrition Theme has a detailed demographic database, a highly trained field team and advanced laboratory facilities all of which enable world-class research to be conducted in the heart of The Gambia. The on-site clinic provides an extensive outpatient‐based service, with a specific focus on maternal and child health, alongside an emergency out of hours service, a fully stocked pharmacy, an antenatal clinic and a supplementary feeding centre for malnourished children.
MRC Unit The Gambia at Keneba also works closely with the local Gambian Government Divisional Health Team to promote health in the region. MRCG's work in this regard has contributed significantly to profound improvements in health and reductions in mortality rates. The Unit remains as committed as ever to continuing this trend – combatting the prevailing burden of infectious diseases and under‐nutrition in West Kiang and beyond.
On 19 May 2016, Keneba Field Station will open its doors to the local community for a day-long programme including a guided tour, poster presentations, dramas and educational games – all aimed at educating the local community about all aspects of the work MRCG conducts, why it is conducted and how it is likely to benefit the West Kiang community. Most importantly, the event is an opportunity to thank the community for their ongoing support.


Wurche had learned that European kings sat on thrones. The Asante kings sat on stools. Gonja kings and chiefs sat on skins. When you were made king, you were enskinned—given lion and leopard hides. The higher you were, the more power you had, the more sophisticated your animal skin. Said to have been sat on by Namba, Gonja's founding father, the skins of the Kpembe king were prized. Etuto sat on leopard skins, which had now been laid out in the farmhouse's courtyard. They were surrounded by a spread of mats woven in greens, reds, yellows and indigos, and leather poufs were plopped in every corner. The women outside Etuto's hut were fluffing pillows, straightening mats, setting down bowls of kola. The children of the farm jumped from pouf to pouf until Mma appeared and shooed them away. The slip of Wurche's new silk smock was so smooth, she felt as if she were wearing nothing. She missed the itch of her normal smocks and especially the worn smell of the ones she liked to repeat.
"You're worse than a wall gecko," Mma often said to her, because geckos always went back to the same place.
Mma, noticing Wurche, rushed over to her, scooped a vial of kohl from between her breasts, and started applying it to Wurche's eyes. She then doused her in a fragrance both holy and lucky because, its vendor said, it had come all the way from Mecca.
"You look beautiful," said Mma. Wurche felt naked. And strangely afraid.


"The New Zealand economy has suffered while the Government has had a public discussion about a policy they couldn't agree on. Put simply, this is political and economic mismanagement.
"Investment has completely slowed down while business owners worry what the future looked like. That has made New Zealanders worse off.
"Our economy was growing at four per cent two years ago – it's rapidly heading down to two per cent. They have no economic plan to speak of at all because the Government has sapped the confidence out of small business owners and mum and dad investors.
"In the Government's so called year of delivery, they've dropped their flagship tax policy.
"The big question remains, what are they doing to encourage the economy to grow?
"Nuk Korako has been a valuable member of our caucus. He is highly regarded by his local community, his colleagues and Iwi.
"Nuk was instrumental as chair of the National Party Māori Caucus in developing Māori capability within the National Party. He established the regional Kahurangi National Māori Groups and will continue this work.
"As Chair of the Māori Affairs Select Committee Nuk has made a positive difference in the lives of Māori, including 16 Iwi by helping to bring their Treaty Settlements to a conclusion.
"Nuk has been a supportive leader in his community following devastating events like the Port Hills fires and the Christchurch terror attack. He will be missed immensely.
The 100+ 'wellbeing' indicators released by Stats NZ today are not achievable and will not improve the wellbeing of New Zealand families, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says.
"These include far-reaching, immeasurable and deeply personal indicators such as spiritual health, sense of belonging, ability to be yourself, experienced wellbeing, hope for the future, locus of control and sense of purpose.
"It was easy for the Government to talk about 'wellbeing' when they first came into Government because the economy was growing, incomes were rising and there were 10,000 jobs being created every month.
"But the economy has started to weaken under their bad economic management. What will really improve the wellbeing of Kiwis is a strong economy and more money in their back pockets. Kiwis need access to a good education system, healthcare services and housing.
"In the past 12 months economic growth fell to just 2.3 per cent and economic growth per person has been flat for the past six months.
"As the economy slows 'ability to be yourself' and 'locus of control' won't help pay the rent, buy the groceries or fill up the car.
"There are also major concerns with the Government entrusting Stats NZ to measure the immeasurable indicators. They've recently botched a Census, had to make significant upward revisions to GDP under National, produced volatile migration data and stopped counting how many Kiwis are leaving for Australia.
"In the Waikato, for example, some 56,073 businesses would be at risk from a Capital Gains Tax, based on Stats NZ's Business Demography figures, hitting everything from biotechnology and agricultural start-ups to packaging, food processing and data analytics firms.
"Small businesses make up 97 per cent of all businesses but the Government is ignoring them and the damage it would inflict. In MYOB's latest survey, more than two-thirds of them opposed a Capital Gains Tax. No wonder the economy is weakening, business confidence is near record lows and the Reserve Bank is considering rate cuts.
"It may surprise the Government that small businesses are unhappy because it isn't listening. The Tax Working Group didn't even count small businesses when it tried to estimate how much extra revenue the Government would take from a Capital Gains Tax.
"The Tax Working Group report says elements of the tax base including shares in private companies and intangible property such as goodwill 'are not known and so are not costed'. That means it didn't count small businesses or the value of their owners' hard slog.
This tax-happy Government is piling more costs onto New Zealanders like rising rents and it is only going to get worse with a Capital Gains Tax, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says.
"New data out today shows the median monthly rent is up $50 a week under this Government, an annual hike of $2600. The median national rent has climbed to $450 a week from $400 when the Government came to power.
"This Government claims to be about fairness but its track record is anything but fair. A Capital Gains Tax is just its latest scheme for taking more money from the back pockets of Kiwis. This deeply divisive tax is bad for New Zealand families and will further slow our economy down.
"The Tax Working Group concluded that a Capital Gains Tax won't help with housing affordability or high house prices as the Government had claimed and was likely to result in higher rents.
"A Capital Gains Tax would follow other bad Government policies that have contributed to rent increases including the extension of the bright-line test, ring-fencing of losses, more onerous and expensive regulation and the ban on foreign investment.
"Instead of looking for new ways to tax New Zealanders more the Government should focus on the quality of its spending and cut down on waste. We should be encouraging Kiwis to get stuck in and contribute to our economy, not discouraging them from trying to get ahead.
"The Government was also told that the lack of a Capital Gains Tax 'indirectly incentivises' people to put more of their own money into a venture because they have the chance of a better return when they sell. That could be somebody who wants to stop working, sell the business and retire.
"But the Government seems to have other plans. A paper prepared for the Tax Working Group last August shows the Government could use a Capital Gains Tax to claw back some of the cost of the R&D tax credit.
Para 13. New Zealand does not have a comprehensive capital gains tax. This indirectly incentivises R&D as when a business ultimately decides to sell its idea, it is not subject to tax.
Para 9: A final point is that there is currently no capital gains tax, which is potentially advantageous to start-ups. This issue, however, is within the terms of reference of the Tax Working Group.
Para 99: The proposed introduction of an R&D tax concession will subsidise business R&D that is performed in New Zealand. In this context, an ETCI may help to ensure that the Government shares in the additional returns from R&D as an ETCI would apply to the sale of start-ups or IP that was generated as a result of the R&D subsidy.
The Government can't afford to be complacent about a slowdown in economic growth which will lead to fewer jobs and opportunities for New Zealanders, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says.
"The Government inherited an economy growing three to four per cent but has squandered that momentum with bad policies, more taxes and wasteful spending. A weaker economy means less money in the back pockets of New Zealanders and less for core services like health and education. This Government's solution? Yet more taxes.
"Westpac's employment confidence survey shows workers are less confident, ANZ's business confidence survey has dropped to -38 per cent and the Reserve Bank now says it may cut interest rates to support an economy that is slowing considerably under this Government.
"This is a real warning sign for the Government, which has been too willing to dismiss evidence that its policies are damaging New Zealand's economy. It should focus on policies that help New Zealand to prosper but instead, it seems intent on discouraging enterprise and putting roadblocks in the way of our innovators and entrepreneurs.
"The proposed Capital Gains Tax is a case in point. It would tax people saving for their retirement, investors, small business owners, farmers and people living on lifestyle blocks. It adds to costs and hurts economic growth.
"Other anti-growth policies include increasing petrol taxes, banning new oil and gas exploration, banning foreign investment and introducing union-friendly labour reforms.


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"Battersea Power Station is attracting high-end professionals working in finance, tech, government, legal and the engineering sectors. These are renters who want to be able to show off where the live, in a development that keeps up with their lifestyle" says Marc von Grundherr, Director of Lettings. "With the Northern Line Tube extension well under way here, working professionals are attracted to the advantages of fast transport links, riverside setting and top class amenities already offered here".
"One bedroom apartments are in such high demand that they are often snapped up by the time of the third viewing. What's more, rents are up from the beginning of this year with a one bedroom flat that was let for £470 per week last January now fetching £550 per week".
Indeed, there is plenty to get excited about as this buoyant trend has held steady even in the case of larger apartments. "A good number of people who are looking at two bedroom apartments already live in the development" comments von Grundherr. "They have bought into the idea of Battersea Power Station as a well-designed community hub that has a bright future and is a viable alternative to Chelsea or Fulham. They want to be part of that future and are prepared to put down roots".
This surge in demand has seen an 18% increase in orders for furnishing packages says the agent. "Properties that we have furnished on behalf of landlords have been letting immediately, if a property has the 'wow' factor, its appeal will instantly stand out from others" von Grundherr continues.
Projected trends for 2019 see the two and three bedroom market levelling off at £675 – 800 per week and £1,200 per week respectively but rentals of one bedroom apartments are set to continue to rise with a high of £600pw predicted.
"Changing people's minds about living south of the River means that a development must be doing something right and with its blend of smart restaurants, artisan shops and dog-friendly living spaces Battersea Power Station is definitely striking a chord with affluent young professionals and techpreneurs who want to be part of this iconic building's success".
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THIS WEEK: Universal, the company behind the most popular and loved movie monsters (Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Phantom Of The Opera, etc.), reboots the old vampire king for a new century with the dwarf from LORD OF THE RINGS (Luke Evans) as the "real" Vlad The Impaler who turns out isn't such a bad dude after all, just a decent guy trying to take care of his family and peeps. Just with weird fangs and a lust for human blood.
Written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, based on characters by Bram Stoker (duh); Directed by Gary Shore.
First, for those new to these reviews, get the skinny on how they work and access to previous ones here.
Dracula is not a despicable guy here. He's a family guy and a ruler who's put between a rock and a hard place. [MIKE: You mean between Scylla and Charybdis.] No, moron, those chicks weren't in the movie!
There's an attempt to tie him in with the real Dracula, the Middle Ages ruler Vlad Tepes (aka, "Vlad The Impaler.") History buffs will either smile with it or laugh at it.
Good exchange with the "master vampire". And the cave scenes are well done with cool effects.
Great battle scenes! Nice combination of 300-type fighting and vampire stuff. Great sound effects and camera work.
Awesome effects on the vampire thing, especially when he flies/moves fast. Best I've ever seen in any vampire flick!
Hard to buy Tony's dad, Howard Stark (from the Marvel movies) as a Turkish sultan! He's a fine actor, but I kept waiting for him to put on a fedora.
The master vampire, Charles Dance, is a great villain. Just did not like his hoody–historically accurate, maybe, but not scary. He looked more like an elderly monk with a dental condition. Good choice for a modern version, though.
The FANGS! Did nobody here ever look in a friggin' mirror? Your "fangs" are your canine teeth, which have four teeth between them, not two. (Same goes for wolves, dogs and cats.) Especially goofy because after he "turns", Drac's pointed canine teeth can clearly be seen (when he's talking to his wife)–yet when he becomes a vampire, his incisors switch to the fangs! Same goes for all the other vampires, which just looks bizarre in closeups. Took me out of the moment and didn't look scary.
Anyone who's a history expert like me (I watch the History Channel during the off-season) knows that the real Vlad the Impaler was a bad, bat-crap crazy sadist who made Hitler look like a street thug. NO way to reconcile that and make him sympathetic. Better to keep him fictitious.
A couple behavioral things may make you go, "huh?" And there's a scene at the end where Drac's in daylight with no hat. I think they're saying that just staying in the shade is enough. But it looks otherwise.
The last couple minutes is blatant, sucker-the-audience "get ready for a sequel!" I would have preferred it ending earlier. Still would have left it open for a sequel, but not in such a patronizing, cheap way. Can't say more, but curious to see what you all think.
Unless you're a diehard Drac or Luke Evans fan, I think you can wait. Yeah, the wide landscapes, sweeping battle scenes and special effects look awesome on the big screen, but whether those 20 minutes or so are worth seven or ten bucks at the theater is totally up to you. I think the sequel(s) would make a better TV show than film franchise, though. I'd definitely watch it.
P.S.: Pascale has been drawing Dracula and vampires for more than a couple decades. If you've ever wanted your very own vampire art for a fair price, what better time than Halloween? Just ask Craig here!
DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of Wednesday's Heroes, Mike Pascale, Middle Ages emperors, Turks, Transylvanians or emo teenagers. Wondering if they'll have a typical Universal Dracula vs. Frankenstein crossover like they used to? I'd like to see Luke Evans fight Aaron Eckhart!


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Barcelona-El Prat Airport (IATA airport code BCN) is located in Barcelona, Spain.
BCN Airport is 497 km from the centre of Madrid, which is the largest city in Spain.
It is 1102 km from London and 6152 km from New York.
There is one other major airport near Barcelona-El Prat Airport and that is Palma de Mallorca Airport, 202 km away.
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NASHVILLE — Pekka Rinne was beaten early, but never again.
Ryan Ellis scored his first game-winning goal of the season, Rinne made 25 saves and the Nashville Predators defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Austin Watson and Craig Smith also scored for Nashville, which halted a two-game skid.
Zack Smith scored for Ottawa, which has lost four of five.
Zack Smith scored the first goal on the game's first shot 26 seconds into the opening period. Carrying the puck into the Nashville zone on the right side, Smith sent a backhand from the left faceoff dot by Rinne on the far side.
Watson tied it 1-all at 15:38 of the first.
From the left boards, Mattias Ekholm sent a shot toward the Ottawa net. In the low slot, Watson tipped the puck high to the glove side of goaltender Craig Anderson for his sixth goal of the season.
Prior to Ekholm releasing the puck, Watson tapped his stick on the ice to get the attention of the Swedish defenceman.
Anderson finished with 33 saves.
Ottawa's road record is 3-10-1.
Ellis hooked up with defensive partner Roman Josi on a give-and-go at 9:01 of the second to give Nashville a 2-1 lead.
At the right point, Ellis sent a pass to Josi on the right boards. From there, Josi tapped the puck back to Ellis skating through the slot, where he snapped a one-timer over Anderson's left shoulder.
Rinne made his best save in the final minute of the second period when he denied Brady Tkachuk's attempt from just outside the Nashville crease.
Craig Smith made it 3-1 at 1:59 of the third when he skated into the Ottawa zone along the right boards. Near the goal line, he cut toward the net and slipped a backhand past Anderson inside the near post.
NOTES: D Stefan Elliott played his first game with the Senators since being acquired from Pittsburgh in a Dec. 5 trade. … Nashville C Colton Sissons had an assist, extending his point streak to three games. … The Predators have defeated Ottawa five consecutive times in Nashville. … The Senators are 8-7-3 when scoring first this season. … One night ahead of their induction into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame, Red Berenson, Natalie Darwitz, Paul Stewart and Predators general manager David Poile attended the game.
Senators: At the Detroit Red Wings on Friday.
Predators: Host the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.


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The programme to install water meters in domestic premises should begin in the next 12 months, as should inspection of registered domestic water treatment systems to tackle our inadequately maintained water infrastructure, according to a report published today by Engineers Ireland.
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Marking the beginning of Engineers Week 2013 which runs until Sunday, March 3, the report found communications and waste infrastructure to have improved over the last year. Titled 'The State of Ireland 2013 – a review of infrastructure in Ireland', the review once again stated that Ireland struggles to meet peak demand in the area of transport, which needs significant investment. Ireland's energy infrastructure was found to be properly maintained and of an acceptable standard but requiring investment, according to the Engineers Ireland assessment.
The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte TD, launching Engineers Week 2013 and the report today in Engineers Ireland offices at Clyde Road, stated: "As a progressive knowledge economy, Ireland needs more engineers and we need young people to choose engineering as a career. Engineers make a vital contribution to the development of Ireland's infrastructure and Engineers Week plays a key role in this respect. It captures the imagination of our young people through its week-long schedule of exciting activities and sparks enthusiasm about the engineering profession to people of various ages - I wish the week every success."
The report, which uses a grading system applied by expert members of Engineers Ireland, analyses five key areas of Ireland's infrastructure: energy, transport, water, waste and communications. Communications infrastructure, allocated a 'B+' grade, achieved the best mark of the five areas evaluated. A 'B-' was allocated to waste, an improvement on Engineers Ireland's 2012 appraisal. Energy infrastructure remains a 'B' as in the 2012 review. The other two areas of water and transport received a 'C' grade, with none of the sectors assessed achieving the highest possible 'A' grade.
Speaking at the launch John Power acknowledged the country's fiscal constraints but pinpointed the need for prioritisation with respect to the recommendations in the report. "Investment in productive infrastructure will always generate a positive payback. And while we are cognisant of our country's financial difficulties, this view is very much supported by the EC, ECB and IMF. On their ninth review of the Government's economic programme in early 2013, the Troika stated that accelerating the implementation of investment projects could help to address the unemployment challenge in Ireland. The reality is capital investment is vital to meet the Government's desire to stimulate the economy. This report recognises the infrastructural challenges facing the country and sets out fundamental steps which should be taken to meet those challenges."
The report states Ireland's energy infrastructure should be supported by a review of the planning process to facilitate vital projects and secure energy availability. It also calls for further development of potential fossil fuel resources offshore and the fast-tracking of the North-South interconnector.
An alternative to the recently shelved National Spatial Strategy is required, according to the document, as is a new ports policy and a restoration of investment in transport to at least 2012 levels to support competitiveness and the unemployment challenge. Investment over the last decade has improved water quality but its infrastructure is still inadequately maintained. The installation of water meters should commence, as should inspection of registered domestic waste water treatment systems.
Progress is being made in the waste industry towards utilising waste as a resource. The report calls for regulation to strengthen the waste collection permit system however. In communications, the delivery of a transatlantic submarine cable to connect Ireland's 'dark fibre' network is recommended. Ireland also needs to achieve universal high-speed broadband to all parts of the State by 2016 through the continued development of next generation networks as well as satellite-based access services. The report also expressed concern regarding the impact on Ireland of the EU budget cuts on the 'Connecting Europe Facility'.
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Episode 45: Museum Maven Adam Smith
6 days ago · 59 minutes
Episode 45 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Adam Smith, Executive Director, Comic-Con Museum, San Diego, CA.  Adam is a twenty-year museum professional who is leading the conception, fund-raising, and build of the highly interactive Comic-Con Museum, a permanent year-round exhibit space devoted to popular art, comics, film, and television. The museum is presented by Comic-Con International and setting up shop at the previously titled Hall of Champions in Balboa Park in San Diego.
Adam and Heather caught up virtually from San Diego, CA and Marina del Rey, CA.
Listen in as Adam and Heather talk about:
The exciting pop-up version of Comic-Con Museum that will take place during this year during the 50th San Diego Comic-Con. Discussing the preparations underway to activate all three floors of the 68,000 square foot building with exciting exhibits, programs, and experiences. The Pop-Up will feature The Batman Experience Powered by At&T, The Art of Comic-Con, Geek Couture: Designs from the Her Universe Fashion Show, Paint Like Bob Ross, Mondo Gallery: 80 Years of Batman and daily panels giving the broader community a taste of the great variety and depth of Comic-Con programming.
A look into his twenty year career as a museum professional curating and building museums and programs from the ground up. His beginnings in Scotland getting his postgraduate degree from the University of St Andrews and working as a curator for the Museum of Flight at the National Museum of Scotland and adding in thoughts and guidance for those who also want to become a museum professional.
A discussion of experiential programming including a look into technology, curating, the current state of how people view museums and attractions, a peek into some of Adam's favorites and what he loves to see and is inspired by when he goes to other museums and how he brings everything he sees to his creativity and daily job.
The major exhibit at the Peterson Museum in conjunction with Comic-Con: Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantacy.
Thoughts on what it means to build a museum and celebrate the tradition that is Comic-Con. How Adam and the team are bringing it to life listening to their fans and how fans of Comic-Con can be involved from day one through their Charter Membership program.
To connect with Adam: Adam LinkedIn
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Recommendations from Adam: Peterson Museum, LA | Ghibili Museum, Japan | Meowwolf, Santa Fe NM | Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester NY | Corning Museum of Glass, Upstate NY | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland OH | National WWII Museum, New Orleans LA |
Born and raised in the UK, Adam obtained a Bachelor's degree in Modern History from the University of Leeds, England and a Master's degree in Museum Studies from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.
He worked in World War I, farming, golf, and coal mining museums, before being appointed in 1995 to lead the National Museum of Flight, located on a historic World War II airfield near Edinburgh. During his tenure, the Museum saw a five-fold increase in attendance and the museum was the recipient of the country's highest accolade for excellence in tourism. In 1998 Adam was invited to Buckingham Palace to be honored as a "Young Achiever" by the Queen of England. In 1999-2001 he curated the first international touring exhibit on the history and culture of video games and served as a Board member of the Edinburgh and Lothians Tourist Board.
Adam came to the United States in 2001 to run the EAA AirVenture Museum, a world-class facility in Oshkosh, Wisconsin that houses over two hundred historic aircraft. He was also responsible for programming EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the world's largest air show, with over 700,000 annual attendees.
More recently Adam was Executive Vice President with the Commemorative Air Force, the world's largest flying Museum, operating 170 vintage military planes. He spearheaded the design of a world-class museum in Dallas and led the campaign to save and restore the lead aircraft in the D-Day invasion.
In October 2017 Adam moved to San Diego, to lead the Comic-Con Museum, planned to be an exciting new year-round visitor attraction located in Balboa Park. Smith is an instrument-rated pilot, collector of pinball machines and an avid fan of his soccer team, Burnley.
Comic-Con Museum Pop-Up at San Diego Comic-Con – July 17th – 21, 2019
A pop-up version of the Comic-Con Museum will be open in Balboa Park each day during Comic-Con! No SDCC badge is required to enter, and admission is free for the whole community.
Preparations are underway to activate all three floors of the 68,000 square foot building with exciting exhibits, programs, and experiences. Specific features and attractions of the pop-up Museum will include:
The Batman Experience Powered by AT&T, an interactive, immersive experience that includes one of the largest-ever exhibits of Batman-related comics, art, games, props, costumes, and vehicles. Click here for more information!
Cover Story: The Art of Comic-Con 50, an acclaimed display of original art exploring 50 years of Comic-Con program book covers. First unveiled in March, the exhibit will have an exciting new addition: the original Jim Lee artwork that graces the milestone 50th anniversary cover.
Daily panels in the Museum theater, organized by Comic-Con.  Four panels per day will give the broader community a taste of the great variety and depth of Comic-Con programming. Full details will be announced as we reveal the complete Comic-Con programming schedule.
Geek Couture: Designs from the Her Universe Fashion Show, for the first time, an exhibition featuring more than a dozen designs that have graced the Her Universe Fashion Show runway over the past five years. The exhibit will be expanded following the conclusion of the 2019 Fashion Show on Thursday night to include this year's winning designs and select gowns worn by Her Universe founder Ashley Eckstein.
Paint Like Bob Ross, in collaboration with Bob Ross, Inc., is a make-and-take art class where visitors can learn to paint like TV's Bob Ross, under the supervision of a Certified Ross Instructor.
Mondo Gallery: 80 Years of Batman, the first ever traveling exhibit from the Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas, celebrating the history of Batman through 19 iconic and fan-favorite comic-book covers, reproduced as screen-printed posters.
A first-look at all the exhibits is available to attendees at The Gathering, the Museum's inaugural fundraising event, on the evening of Wednesday, July 17. The program includes a special ceremony inducting Batman into the Comic-Con Museum Character Hall of Fame. Tickets are available at www.ccmgathering.org, including an after-party option from 9pm-midnight, for those attending Preview Night.
The pop-up Museum will be open starting at 9.30 AM each day, Thursday through Sunday. It is intended to represent an early preview of what to expect from the finished Comic-Con Museum when it opens in 2021 after renovations. Staff will be on hand to answer questions about the project, and guests will be invited to support the Museum by joining as a Charter Member, with various levels of membership benefit on offer.
Thursday, July 18–Saturday, July 20: 9:30 AM–7:00 PM
Sunday, July 21: 9;30 AM to 5:00 PM
Admission is free, and everyone is welcome. A Comic-Con badge is not required for entry.  If the building reaches its capacity, there will be a single-entry line, organized on a first-come-first-served basis.
Comic-Con Museum, Balboa Park, on some maps the Museum may still be labeled as "Hall of Champions" (the previous occupants of the building).
Street address: 2131 Pan American Plaza, San Diego, CA 92103
Parking/How to Get There
The Museum is surrounded by three free parking lots, but they may be filled to capacity during peak hours. Free shuttles are available from other parking lots in the park. Click here for a parking map and more information.
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide a shuttle service to the Museum this year. Especially at peak times, rideshare services such as Lyft and Uber can be a good option to get to and from the Museum from downtown locations. More information on how to get to Balboa Park, including walking, electric scooters, bikes, and public transportation, can be found on the Balboa Park Website.
Amenities and Access
The building is wheelchair accessible. The Museum contains an elevator to all three levels, ample restrooms, and a small café serving drinks, sandwiches, and snacks. Free wifi is available, provided by Balboa Park. Seventeen other museums and art galleries are also located in the Park, along with the world-famous San Diego Zoo.
Entry to the Museum is on a first-come-first-served basis and is not guaranteed.
Some individual activities inside the Museum (panel presentations, for example) are subject to capacity limits and are also offered on a first-come-first-served basis.
The Bob Ross class is being offered on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on a first come-first-served basis, one class from 11am-1pm; another from 3 pm to 5 pm. The capacity of each class is 20, participants must be age 16+, and all supplies are provided.
The Museum does not have a gift shop, and no merchandise will be on sale, outside of the items associated with the Museum Charter Membership program.
Additional questions - please emai l museumops@comic-con.org
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Q: Android - What is a PendingIntent ? I am new to Android development and I had to use a repeating alarm using AlarmManager. This is where I first had an opportunity to use a PendingIntent. However after reading through the documentation ( http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/PendingIntent.html ), I am really confused as to what a PendingIntent really is.
My questions are:
Q1. In what way is a PendingIntent 'pending' ? Apologies for this question, but I'd like to have an intuitive understanding of what a PendingIntent means.
Q2. The documentation says:

A PendingIntent itself is simply a reference to a token maintained by the system describing the original data used to retrieve it. This means that, even if its owning application's process is killed, the PendingIntent itself will remain usable from other processes that have been given it. If the creating application later re-retrieves the same kind of PendingIntent (same operation, same Intent action, data, categories, and components, and same flags), it will receive a PendingIntent representing the same token if that is still valid, and can thus call cancel() to remove it.

How does,

reference to a token maintained by the system describing the original data

relate to my code here ?
pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(getApplicationContext(),0,photosIntent,0);
alarmManager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME,SystemClock.elapsedRealtime(),
                           10000, pendingIntent);

Q3. I also do not understand what follows in the documentation:

Because of this behavior, it is important to know when two Intents are considered to be the same for purposes of retrieving a PendingIntent. A common mistake people make is to create multiple PendingIntent objects with Intents that only vary in their "extra" contents, expecting to get a different PendingIntent each time. This does not happen. The parts of the Intent that are used for matching are the same ones defined by Intent.filterEquals. If you use two Intent objects that are equivalent as per Intent.filterEquals, then you will get the same PendingIntent for both of them.

What are the extra contents ? Does this refer to the request code & flag parameters in the getBroadcast(Context context, int requestCode, Intent intent, int flags) method ?
Any help on this would be most appreciated. My online searches have not given me the answers I was looking for. Also, thank you very much for your time.

A: Q1 - In what way is it "Pending"?
The system stores the values you store in PendingIntent and lets you (or another part of the framework) look them up later on, as if the component that looked them up had created a new Intent spontaneously with that information.
Q2 - how does "reference to a token" relate to my code here?
The Android Framework doesn't actually store the PendingIntent object you create; it hashes the "identifying information" for the intent (in this case, the action, data, type, class, and categories) and uses that to look up the rest of the information. The literal PendingIntent object you create doesn't get saved, the information it represents does.
Q3 - What are the "extra contents"?
The "extras" it's referring to here are the parcelable items you store via putExtra(). The requestCode and flags values are also saved and retrieved, but when the documentation refers to "extras" it means the literal getExtras() Bundle that Intents can use to carry additional information.

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The question was asked at the breakfast table, over a bowl of cereal. My son's innocent, chubby-cheeked face was open and earnest.
I don't have a good track record when it comes to talking to my kids about existential questions. Just ask my daughter who thinks God is a cross between Santa and the Big Friendly Giant (don't ask, I started with the best of intentions). So perhaps I should have taken a moment to consider my response.
If you have an inquisitive child asking about death, I recommend you heed the advice of psychologist Karen Young from Hey Sigmund, who has a much more effective way of addressing this topic.
Here is some of her excellent advice.
Is it normal for kids to ask about dying?
Absolutely! Kids hear about dying in fairy tales and many of them will experience the death of a pet or a family member. Fear about dying is particularly common in four- to eight-year-olds. They have curious minds and are figuring out how the world works. It's completely understandable that their curiosity would extend to what happens when we die. It's great that they ask about it, rather than trying to work out the answers themselves. It's important that they feel that nothing is off limits when it comes to talking to you. Death and dying is just another thing their wide open minds will be curious about.
It's best to be honest and open with them. If you leave anything out, or if they get a sense that there is something you're not telling them, they can tend to fill in the gaps themselves and this might be more frightening than the truth. Talk about the physical part of death - this will help you present the facts in a way they can understand. Try something like, "When people die, it means their bodies have stopped working. They don't eat or drink or breathe or move any more." They might ask about whether people feel pain or whether they feel lonely or cold. These are all great questions - again, answer honestly, "No, when people die they don't feel any bad feelings and they don't feel anything uncomfortable." If they ask something and you don't know the answer, it's completely okay to say "I don't know." If you like, this might be the time to ask them what they think so you can correct any misunderstandings they have.
When you're talking to children about death, it's best to use words such as 'death', 'died' or 'dying'. Try to avoid phrases such as, "They go away for a long time," or "they just go to sleep and they don't wake up". The problem with using these explanations is that they might transfer it to their own experience, and worry that if you go away you might not come back, or if they go to sleep they might not wake up. It's important to be honest about death being forever, and to explain clearly that the person won't come back. It can be helpful at this point to add a reminder that, "we never forget people when they die. They live on in our hearts and in our memories."
How can I make him feel ok about it?
Acknowledge his fear, "It can be scary to think about death, can't it?" Then, stick to the facts that you know. It can help to talk about it in the context of the life cycle, so they can understand death is generally something that happens when people are older and have lived their lives. Something like, "All things that are born then grow and get older and they don't die until their bodies are too old to keep working."
How can I stop him worrying about his own death?
Once you've had the conversation that most people only die when their bodies are too old to work anymore, they might then point out the people they know who have died before they got "very old". At this point, respond by pointing out how they are different to those people who have died young, "You are healthy, your body is young and strong, and you are safe." Again, ask them what they think about so you can help them to correct any misunderstandings they might have. It's also important that they realise that just because they think about it, doesn't mean it will happen.
How can I make him feel secure when nothing is a guarantee?
Often when kids ask this, their primary concern is, "Am I safe?" or "What will happen to me (if you and dad die)?" Acknowledge that thinking about people dying can feel scary, and that it's normal to worry about this. It can also be helpful to ask them what they think. This can uncover any worries that might be driving the question, such as, "What if there will be nobody to look after me if you die." When you hear these worries, answer them honestly and directly, "There are so many people who love you who will always be there to take care of you if something happens." Let them know that most people don't die unless they are very old or when they have been very sick for a long time, and that you (and they) are very young and healthy.
You can find more of Karen Young's excellent advice at her website: Hey Sigmund!
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A misguided attack on Land Value Taxes
The idea of a Land Value Tax (LVT) is to tax the value of land independently of the value of improvements on that land (e.g. buildings, farms, or mines). Separating the value of a plot of land from the value of the structure built on top of it is a very difficult thing to do, since you can't usually observe the value of a piece of land both before and after the improvement is made. This implementation issue is the main problem with the LVT.
Periodically, people make criticisms of the LVT, and they usually boil down to this measurement problem. For example, Zac Gochenour and Bryan Caplan go to great lengths to show that a tax on the value of unimproved land reduces the incentive to search for better improvements. But under a true LVT, improvements would receive a tax credit, which would remove this problem entirely - if, of course, you can measure the value of the improvement. (Actually, in the case Gochenour and Caplan describe, the measurement of the value of the improvement would actually be easier than usual, since you could do a before/after observation.)
Adam Ozimek of Forbes has another argument against the LVT, which he claims doesn't boil down to the measurement problem. But I think his argument is mistaken. Adam writes:
[T]here are a significant amount of spillovers in local real estate investment. Land value is not just capitalized value of publicly provided public goods, but of nearby privately provided positive spillovers. It's widely recognized that when individuals clean up a property, or open a popular business, there are often spillover values in the neighborhood. Urban economists recognize that the collective value of these spillovers is huge, and in fact makes up a significant amount of land value.
The fact that private amenities have positive spillovers suggests that they will be underprovided by competitive markets. However, by allowing some of the value of spillovers to be captured, higher land values provide real estate developers, businesses, and even households with incentives to create them.
The value of unimproved land does increase with improvements on neighboring land. But this does not mean that land value allows a landlord to capture the value of the spillovers created by his own investment. It does not.
Suppose there are two adjacent plots of initially undeveloped land, A and B. A is owned by Andy and B by Barbara. Andy pays for a nice house on plot A. This raises the value of plot B, and enriches Barbara. If no Coasean side payments are made, then Andy fails to capture the value of his investment in the nice house. Barbara gets a windfall from Andy's investment.
Now suppose there is a 100% LVT. When Andy builds his house, he pays no additional tax. But Barbara pays some tax - she pays the full value of the windfall she received from Andy's investment. Andy's incentive to build the house on plot A is unchanged under the LVT. And Barbara's incentive to build a house on plot B is likewise unchanged.
So I think Adam's critique is just mistaken.
But, you may ask, what if there is a spillover not to the value of Barbara's land, but to the value of her potential future improvements? Adam raises this possibility later in his post:
Real estate developers who move into neighborhoods with high vacancies, low demand, and high crime are often hoping that positive spillovers from their investment will spur additional investments from others, which will in turn make their investment more valuable.
This is easy to fit into the example above. Suppose the value of a house on plot B is 1.5 times as high if there is also a house on plot A. That's realistic, since a plot of undeveloped land may make a neighborhood less attractive. In this case, isn't Andy overtaxed by the LVT?
No. His incentive to build the house is exactly the same as it would be without the LVT, since without the LVT he would also fail to capture the spillover benefit on Barbara's improvements. There is an uncompensated positive externality, but it's no bigger with the LVT than without it.
In other words, the problem of neighborhood externalities is a thorny one, but the LVT does not make it worse (or better). The big problem with the LVT remains the measurement problem. Of course, that problem cannot be waved away.
Just to formalize the above intuition a little more, here's the Andy-Barbara example as a 2-person game. Define:
HA = the value of a house on plot A when there is no house on plot B
CA = the cost of building a house on plot A
LA = the increase in land value of plot A when there is a house on plot B
NA = the increase in the value of a house on plot A when there is a house on plot B
Without loss of generality let the value of a plot of land be 0 when there is no house on the other plot.
Each player decides whether to build a house or not. With a land value tax, LA=LB=0. Here are the games with and without a land value tax:
You can easily see that the condition for (Don't Build, Don't Build) to be a Nash equilibrium in the first game is the same as in the second game - namely, that H-C < 0 for both players.
You can also see that the condition for (Build, Build) to be a Nash equilibrium in the first game is the same as in the second game - namely, that H-C+N > 0 for both players.
Therefore, the presence of an LVT won't affect the outcome of which houses get built. This outcome also doesn't change if you make the game sequential.
On a related note, people on Twitter read this post and started bugging me to cite empirical work, which I had previously failed to locate. But I looked again, and this time I found a couple things. For instance, there was a 1997 study in National Tax Journal that examined Pittsburgh's experiment with an LVT in 1979-1980. The study found that the LVT increased building activity. A 2010 study in the Journal of Urban Economics found similar results when examining a number of LVTs implemented in cities in Pennsylvania; not only did LVTs increase the supply of housing, they also increased density.
Ah but the owner of land is the ultimate rentier. The Duke of Westminster owns all Belgravia and Mayfair! Maybe taxing of land deserves deeper thought.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1328270/A-Britain-STILL-belongs-aristocracy.html
SeanV 5:22 AM
It does deserve deeper thought.
The largest landowners in the UK are:
Crown Estate
Duke of Buccleuch
National Trust - Scotland
Duke of Atholl
James Dyson
Duke of Bedford
I've never understood why it's a Land Value Tax - why not just per square yard/acre or whatever?
Also, in the UK we'd have to sort out planning first so that we got a "correct" no. of dwellings built. We'd also have to look at the agriculture subsidies. Both of these things act to distort a true free-market value of land.
benj 8:29 AM
"I've never understood why it's a Land Value Tax - why not just per square yard/acre or whatever?"
I mean we don't tax income on the basis of volume or area do we?
This is all about how we distribute the factors of production. That's done by value for pretty obvious reasons.
Increasing the already high and growing inefficiency in our property market, ie under occupancy, vacancy and land banking by "sorting out planning" will at best dilute aggregate land rent.
You could also argue that as simple observation confirms, adding more housing to where demand is highest, simply ups the rate of agglomeration thus increasing aggregate demand and thus rent.
And as the rental value of agricultural land is so comparatively small, it's hardly worth bothering with. But a straight swap of scrapping subsidies for and LVT sounds about fair to me.
Physiocrat 4:48 PM
Land in the middle of London is worth many orders of magnitude more than the same area of land out in the sticks. That is why it is not a tax per unit area.
Cameron Murray 12:26 AM
" This implementation issue is the main problem with the LVT" Except that many countries have had such taxes for >100 years, so it really isn't a problem in practice. Here in Queensland, Australia we have a particular court (formerly the Land Court), where disputes over land valuations were settled. For the vast bulk of land values it is very easy to estimate land values, and there are established accepted methods for doing so.
Also, good post.
And, thanks!
ML 8:10 AM
Ozimek's argument appears to be the opposite of a common criticism of LVT: Barbara builds a nice house on her property, then Andy comes along and builds condos on the adjacent parcel. The condos create a spillover back onto Barbara's property, pricing her out because of the tax. Barbara is forced to sell the parcel or further redevelop the property despite just having built a house. As with many LVT criticisms it's a little farfetched and doesn't address the principles.
As for separating land from buildings, I don't think it's nearly as thorny a problem as you suggest. The NY Fed did this for NYC several years ago (pdf), and subtracting building replacement costs from purchase prices of old improvements isn't that difficult.
That argument -- the "Barbara" one -- bothers me so much. The only reason the value of her property and therefore LVT would spike is if she was had the poor sense to build her house on a parcel zoned for multi-family development, e.g. condos. Then she deserves to take the hit because she is excluding possibly hundreds of people from a place to live.
I think you were just saying, "This is what other people say," so this isn't against you; it's against whoever says it. :)
"Now suppose there is a 100% LVT. When Andy builds his house, he pays no additional tax. But Barbara pays some tax - she pays the full value of the windfall she received from Andy's investment."
Let's assume a property tax of 3% two plots, both worth $100,000.
A builds a $2M home on pays 3% on $2M + whatever the new value of the land is now.
B pays 3% on new value land.
Next year, same thing, C builds opposite B. Again B sees value of property increase, and sees increase in property taxes paid.
There's not much difference between this and a LVT. Trying to capture 100% LVT sounds great - but it reduces liquidity - the goal is to reduce the level of comfort that real estate guys have with holding land in up markets for too long.
I'm a huge LVT fan, all Libertarians have to be a bit of a georgist. It's the very best kind of consumption tax. The very first money a state should collect.
The problem is that most of LVT noobs all imagine somehow that LVT = get moar bigger govt! They aren't really focused on moral reason for LVT, they assert it, but they don't believe it.
Because Hauser's Law is far stronger an American fact.
And when you suggest YES!! Let's go to LVT and get rid of corporate income taxes, they fight like a dog to say no.
But a true believer of LVT, simply says SURE! Let's get our tax system straight and growth oriented.
Like I said, they aren't true believers.
- morgan
"The fact that private amenities have positive spillovers suggests that they will be underprovided by competitive markets. However, by allowing some of the value of spillovers to be captured, higher land values provide real estate developers, businesses, and even households with incentives to create them. "
Or let's take this to the extreme. Let's say I buy 1500 square kilometers of barren land (the area of London) and out of my own pockets build a City with everything in it. Because I've built it so well, 10 million people move in. The rental value of land has now gone from zero, to $200 billion per year.
As the provider of the capital, should I pocket that $200bn per year rental income, or should it be taken away as an LVT?
Say if I situated my city in Outer Mongolia an no one wanted to move there? The land would still be worth zero. If in theory I could dismantle the capital improvements they'd still have a value though.
The point being, it is the scaling effect of agglomeration (large, dense population) that gives rise to a productive surplus. In order to tap into that surplus you need to be situated as close as possible to it. Usually in the middle.
So, land users do not create that surplus they tap into it. Like oil producers drilling into deposit.
Supply is created, demand is simply shifted. But the idea that demand is created like supply is one of the most pervasive memes in our culture.
It's quite simple. As no one created Land, no one has a right to exclude others with out paying compensation to those excluded.
Only then can we have a fair distribution of all the factors of production.
Zac Gochenour and Bryan Caplan in their ideological zeal to disprove the efficiency of an LVT didn't even bother to think/research what Land actually means.
Unfortunately they mistakenly define Land with a small l, that is physical land.
When in fact it has a precisely defined economic meaning. Land is all that is not produced by human effort.
So, they conflate information and sunk costs, which are Capital, with Land in order to show a tax only on the unimproved value of physical land would incur a deadweight loss. Which in certain circumstances it would. But that wouldn't, by definition be a Land tax.
I'm not sure if they are just lazy, stupid or dishonest. But whatever it is, it is typical of the risible critiques of Geoism by academic economists.
Tom Warner 2:16 PM
I think what Ozimek meant was that Andy's investment in improvements will raise his LVT because land value measurement generally is based on comparison to neighboring plots.
In other words, compared to a full property tax, LVT would create less disincentive to invest in improvements, but compared to no property tax, LVT would still create some disincentive. And LVT would be subject to some arbitrary weirdness, more so than full property tax is.
Arbitrary weirdness due to the difficulty of measuring land ex-own-improvements, that is.
Adam 2:54 PM
I'm sure I'm missing something, but doesn't the LVT increase the incentive for each of Barbara and Andy to keep the other from building a house?
Locally, it's not unusual to hear people argue against building bigger, better, newer stuff because they believe that doing to will drive up rents and property values and force out less affluent neighbors. I generally think that gets the dynamics of supply and demand wrong.
But here, Andy's building a house will directly cost Barbara in LVT. He better hope she's not too tight with her city council members if he wants to get approval to build.
(Apologies if this comment shows up more than once as I've had trouble logging in and posting)
Obviously people are always going to lobby government to cut their taxes.
MaxUtil 12:08 PM
That's actually an interesting point though. Property owners have a lot of tools to block local development (see: Nimby et. al.) What would it mean if surrounding owners have a direct financial incentive to prevent their neighbors from making improvements to their properties. Currently it can be quite amazing how hard some will fight to block development even when their property values will rise as well and so they have a direct incentive to support development. Not sure this is that strong an argument against LVT, but unintended consequences...
Scott Root 10:04 AM
Just curious why you haven't posted my response?
When less affluent individuals are priced out of an area it's called gentrification and there are studies on alleviating this unnecessary stress as well. When the lvt camp and the gentrification camp come together it will be seen that the only reasonable thing to do with lvt revenue is to redistribute it back to the people equally in the form of a land dividend. User fees are the least distorted way to fund public infrastructure and services but only after a100% lvt is implemented. 100% redistribution of the lvt equally to all individuals is the only way to fulfill the concept of equal ownership of the earth among all peoples and use fees for needed or perceived needed government infrastructure and services is the only way we each take full responsibility for the infrastructure and services we use.
Mark Wadsworth 3:34 PM
The measurement thing is easy and the LVTers explain it wrong.
You do it by subtraction.
So if a house in the low price area A rents for $10,000 a year we take that as our zero baseline.
A more or less identical house in area B rents for $12,000, the site only land value is $2,000.
I explained all this in more detail from a UK perspective here.
http://kaalvtn.blogspot.co.uk/p/valuations-and-potential-lvt-receipts.html#2
Valuations are easy, you do it by subtraction and by averaging.
No system is going to work if you just look at Andy and Barbara, you look at whole neighbourhoods and average out.
Sun Yat Sen had a great method for valuation: self-reporting. You tell the city what your land is worth to you. If you say it's $100K, you pay tax on that amount. The city has the right to expropriate the land at the value you give it. So if you underreport, you run the risk of losing your land.
That's not self-reporting determining the valuation. That's the market setting the valuation. The land value you declare is essentially the ask price. You can open up the right to purchase the land not just to city and local governments, but to private individuals in the wider public as well and create a market valuation for the land. Land owners would thus have an incentive to value their land at market prices.
Good post. I agree with your arguments for the LVT.
I've been wondering, couldn't the arguments for the LVT be generalized to all assets in the economy? Land is special because it is an especially inelastic good, but it seems that all assets, not just land, derive at least some part of their value from the fact that they are rivalrous. If there were some magical machine that could replicate and distribute any and all goods instantly to everyone, then the market price of a unit of a good be zero. The market value of any asset in the economy derives at least some of its value from it being rivalrous, and its rivarly is established by property rights, which are maintained by the government. So part of the value of every asset, not just land, derives from the economic rent of the asset resulting from the government's provisioning of property rights.
pandabush 1:47 PM
There's a new article in the Economist you'll want to check out.
Alan Goldhammer 2:19 PM
We have an LVT built into our property tax in my suburban Washington DC country. The assessment is in two parts: the value of the dwelling and the value of the property. Our 1955 split level house has not appreciated much in the almost 30 years of ownership whereas the land value has. Nobody who would want to buy our house would do so for the dwelling, only the land.
fthompso 9:29 PM
Perhaps this is merely another manifestation of the measurement problem. But if you expropriate all of the land rent, you also eliminate the incentive to allocate the land to its best and highest use. Instead, if you were the landowner, you would merely maximize the NPV of the improvement. Successful LVTs are not 100% LVTs.
Land value doesn't derive from the "best and highest use" of the land. That's why a plot of land can have land value and rise dramatically in value despite absolutely no economic activity taking place on the land.
Maximizing the NPV of the improvements on the land or of the economic activity that can take place on the land such as a factory or an office providing services, is the "best and highest use" of the land.
MaxSpeak 11:45 AM
Where is it written that under a true LVT improvements garner tax credits? That's a new one on me. People talk about credits to ease the transition burden on small property owners (the property, not the owners). Those interested in this may want to know the Lincoln Institute in Massachusetts is your go-to place on this topic.
Measurement is always imperfect. One of my favorite sayings is from Bill Vickrey: "Every rule violates a principle." To do taxes you need rules.
Nothing wrong with a LVT. The wonder is we don't see more of it.


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Word on the street is true love runs smooth
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A graffiti wall has been unveiled on the city's popular "sweet love road" in north downtown to encourage the romantic outpourings of the city's Romeos and Juliets.
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A young couple take pictures of the newly unveiled wall featuring multilingual expressions of "I love you" in Hongkou.
A graffiti wall has been unveiled on the city's popular "sweet love road" in north downtown to encourage the romantic outpourings of the city's Romeos and Juliets.
Tian'ai Road in Hongkou District, which translates as "Sweet Love," has long attracted couples thanks to its name, and also led many to draw their loved one's initials, as well as hearts, arrows, and general declarations of eternal love on walls and buildings.
The designated "graffiti wall" was erected in the middle of the 600-meter-long road on Qixi Festival, or Chinese Valentine's Day, last Wednesday.
There is also a "wall of love" featuring multilingual expressions of "Ilove you," as well as a "wall of hearts" with a heart-shape lamp for couples to pose in front of.
The graffiti wall aims to keep the road a popular destination for local love birds while stymieing scribbled declarations of love that once plagued it, according to the Sichuan Road N. Subdistrict. Red-color pens have been placed beside the wall.
The road has also been adorned with 28 marble plaques of verses by famous poets both in Chinese and English.
More attractions are planned. They include a love museum which will display marriage certificates, wedding photos and traditional dowries from all ages, as well as romantic tales and stories which occurred on the road.
The road is also known for its unusual mailbox. Letters and postcards dropped in the box are sent with a unique heart shape postage stamp.
Many young couples braved the scorching weather on Wednesday to pose in front of the newly unveiled attractions.
Li Chunxiao and Xi Huijun, who met and fell in love on the road, became one of the first couples to pose in front of the wall of love.
"We have witnessed the development of the road, and the road has also witnessed our feelings to each other," said Li.
A woman takes a photo of her parents in front of the "wall of hearts."
Shanghai residents have a long tradition of celebrating Qixi Festival, dating back to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), said Xue Liyong, a senior researcher at Shanghai History Museum.
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Local families also made Qiao cake, or fried dough, to celebrate the festival, he added.
It is also known as the Magpie Festival as in another tradition, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month magpies form a bridge to unite banished lovers.
The street is nicknamed "the sacred land of love," mostly because Tian'ai literally means "sweet love." Abelief has arisen that young lovers walking down the street hand in hand can keep their love fresh for life.
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