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Sunday Open Thread: Mayoral Debate on "Changing Seattle"
Posted on September 17, 2017 September 17, 2017 by Frank Chiachiere
Mayoral candidates Jenny Durkan and Cary Moon debate how Seattle's next mayor would address our city's most pressing issues: growth, affordable housing, and homelessness (via Seattle Channel).
20 Replies to "Sunday Open Thread: Mayoral Debate on "Changing Seattle""
Coming soon to a Link station? How soon? Seattle seems to not be on the forefront of driverless bus technology.
https://atlanta.curbed.com/2017/9/15/16310722/autonomous-vehicle-atlanta-north-avenue-smart-corridor-test
Mark Dublin says:
Al, The Titanic got at least one voyage before the helmsman misjudged how near God, disguised as an iceberg, was. And the early British "Comet" jetliners generally needed a couple of flights before metal fatigue blew out a window at cruising altitude.
When I dispatched for Greyhound, every employee pass came with a strict order never to ride in the front two rows of seats because of what-all could come through the windshield, which I guess counts as the forefront.
So might be a good idea for Seattle to sit at least midway back 'til the Atlanta program's got some more miles from forefront to rear posterior.
Presence of buses whose drivers only know the last thing the dumbest human to touch, or hack, them tells them before contact. Which might make it highly advisable to have a Mayor ready to prosecute everybody from forefront back. Starting with whoever signed the purchase order.
Come on, somebody ask Jenny and Cary at least that much about transit. I can't vote in Seattle, but claim some transit-related privileges owing to fact that due to real estate developments in Seattle, I can't use transit to get anywhere on I-5 during rush hour.
Change that and you're rid of me, Which has got to be worth SOMETHING. Hey, maybe if I refuse to squeal on whoever advocates litigation-causing buses, Jenny will have Feds stationed at Angle Lake to escort me a Private(ly owned) pad across the street.
Like the cafe in thethe Eiffel Tower…"It's the only place in Paris (read Angle Lake Station) I can't see the damn thing!"
My guess is that the first driverless bus routes are all going to be speed-limited to something very slow, leaving passengers clamoring for an old-fashinoned human. And they'll probably further slow down the service by stopping and opening the doors at every single bus stop, since the robot won't be able to tell whether a random person in the vacinity of the stop is looking to board or not.
And that's assuming that they figure out how to deal with fare collection, and wheelchair loading.
Lazarus says:
The first application of driverless technology for mass transit will probably be for rail and not for buses. Replacing the driver on a train involves a lot fewer degrees of freedom.
The systems like the EZ10 one in the video are generally expected to move at 20 mph or less. The faster the vehicle, the harder driverless guidance would seem to be. Their target market will be 0.5 to 2 miles of a station. With thousands of riders waiting 30 minutes or more for a bus with a driver to get home, there are probably many who would gladly hop a waiting driverless vehicle that moves just a few minutes slower to get to a destination. It's also going to be cheaper than building free large park-and-ride garages.
Driverless rail applications appear to also be a function of speed and safety. Because stopping a train takes more distance than a rubber-tired vehicle and because trains can't serve to miss obstructions, it would seem to actually be harder at an equivalent speed.
Lazarus: driverless technology on mass transit trains is now several decades old. Have you visited Vancouver SkyLink? Maybe London's DLR?
"Affordabliity"
Would either of you agree that the best way to make a home affordable to most people is to pay them enough money to afford one?
Would either of you be willing to state that employers who don't are creating public costs that their presence won't cover?
Do you agree that a large sector of small manufacturing will once again provide an income that will enable people to earn a decent living? After training whose cost does not demand years out of a working life, costing a lifetime in debt?
Would either of you publicly say that best guarantee of the ability to afford a decent personal life is the return of a healthy labor union movement?
How close are either of you to being unable to afford to live in Seattle?
"Growing up, Cary Moon was part of her family's small manufacturing business that was partly owned by its 100 employees. She worked as an engineer in manufacturing companies and at the US Department of Labor." -Capitol Hill Community Post April 19, 2017
Leaving you, Cary, with the least excuse for not mentioning any point above. Especially because doing so would very likely win you the election. Or at least able to set the example your city- and your county, State, and country- have needed for a long time.
Mark Dublin
Excellent comment. A few particulars:
"the best way to make a home affordable to most people is to pay them enough money to afford one?"
Yes and no. The minimum wage is supposed to cover basic living costs, and in the 1950s people were able to support a wife and family on it. Since then it has not kept up with inflation, and housing costs in some areas have skyrocketed. Living in Seattle in a market-rate apartment costs $55K, while the new $15 minimum wage earns $31K. I've heard that one of the northern European countries (Norway?) has a $25 minimum wage, which totals $52K at an American 40-hour work week. The purpose of the high minimum wage is so that people don't have to draw on additional social programs due to underemployment. But we also need to recognize that housing costs have slipped out of proportion, and vary widely across the country. It automation eliminates widespread jobs and we switch to a universal basic income (UBI) and voluntary work (rather than working to survive), people in Seattle would need $55K just for basic expenses. Some believe a UBI at that level is impossible, and it would more likely be $10K or $12K or $20K. That might be enough to live on somewhere in the US but not in Pugetopolis, at least not without subsidized housing. Which gets us back into "additional social programs" or recognizing that housing is unique. Or recognizing that housing policies have led to this situation, and we need to radically upzone and probably extend subsidized housing deep into the middle class (like Obamacare subsidies). So the answer to Mark's question is, yes wages need to increase, but we also need to recognize that even that may not be enough and we also need to address housing supply and boosting housing subsidies directly.
"employers who don't are creating public costs that their presence won't cover?"
I have a slightly different question. How should we determine what a company owes the community? Many large corporations pay little or no taxes while getting special tax breaks from the community that non-multinationals don't get. There is an outcry over this, and conversely a movement for a "business-friendly" climate which appears to support skeletal taxes and giveaways. But that raises the question: what are companies freeloading on, what's the proper level of community compensation, and what is the balance between "business-friendly" and fair if we're not going to be a zero-tax tax haven (which seems to be the goal of the "business-friendly" argument, or at least they don't articulate another limit, as in a Times commentary today).
"best guarantee of the ability to afford a decent personal life is the return of a healthy labor union movement?"
This is the most underreported issue of the era. At the same time we can't just recreate the old union situation, because it was based on large masses of factory workers which no longer exist, and new manufacturers are mostly automated. Tech workers seem to feel a union is infeasable, or that they're valuable enough and compensated enough that they don't need a union, and in any case unionizing would make them or their companies unattractive. And how can unions work in a freelance gig economy, which an increasing percent of workers are? So I think we'll need some kind of different union, and perhaps something different from employer-based unions. Maybe employer-based unions is a temporary stage like employer-based medical insurance? The former head of the AFL-CIO said something similar in a book, that the evolving nature of jobs will need different kinds of unions than we've had in the past, but he wasn't sure what they should be either.
Mike, I think both the labor movement and their industries took same hit around the end of the 1960's. 20 years after the end of the Second World War, the World got over the War and we weren't ready. Especially the labor movement.
Wrong ideas have bad consequences, especially in quarters that should know better. Epitaph for many decent things like possibly our country: Across the political spectrum, especially among the comfortable of all parties and persuasions: "What is, is."
Answer could've been shooting civil war. In Michigan, the Industrial Unemployed had deer rifles. Resulting in greatest pacification measure in History. Credit cards. Fifty years without decent wages have given our people greatest amount of consumer goods in history.
So retraining and unions be damned. But fact of debt beloved of creditors: like worst of old peasant Europe, debt turns people viciously cheap and reactionary. And obedient.Because they know that anything anybody else gets from them, they personally have to repay with interest.
Also, old adage about "Feeding a hooked fish" doesn't mean useless expense. A well-fed hooked fish soon learns that life has never been so comfortable and effortless. So long as you don't "make waves". Though allegory not complete. Most fish don't channel their inner shark when the food runs out.
What's going to happen when likely repeat of Crash of' '08 takes both consumer and education creditors along with the mortgage bankers. What just happened with Experian would leave average seismograph needle quivering in the wall. Likely indicator what's already happening to our bridges and water supplies.
9-11? More likely, Bhopal. Look it up. But, ill wind, Mike. From my take of the people I meet late 20's-early 30's seismographs aren't that hard to read for those interested and prepared for some serious disaster response.
Meantime, question for next candidate I catch: "Do you agree that the end of consumer credit is as desirable as it is inevitable?" But borrowing for equipment and training? Worst lie from the right is that loans for repaired and renewed infrastructure and machinery are bad for the budget.
Jeff Doppmann says:
I am fortunate (I think) to still work in a represented public sector job operating Link Rail after nearly 30 years as a bus operator who makes about $80K/ year after a lot of overtime and the prospect of paying market rate rent in the Seattle area scares the hell out of me. Back in 1986 I bit the bullit and cemented my residence in Skyway with a mortgage which was barely afffordable at the time but now seems like a gift even with the nightly gunshots in the neighborhood from who knows who.
Maybe political activity from my union and occasional donations on my part have extended my comfort zone past what is my due: hard work and dedication to a profession about to be automated – yielding a living affording an existence in Central Puget Sound. Thank God I am only supporting myself – as if I had any progeny, I would not know how to raise them to expect even what I have managed to scrape for myself.
Is our current situation sustainable over the long term? As I approach the age which I will be forced to retire over the enevitable medical condition brought on by not so good lifestyle choices and ever increasing demands of blue collar work – If I were to start over again at age 21 in transit would it be a wise career choice? Is public service a viable choice for anyone anymore?
I am proud of my work over the last 35 years – and I am thankful for the life it has provided me. But I worry that those who follow me won't have the same opportunities.
Yes and no. First, yes, employers should pay people enough to get an apartment or buy a condo or townhouse.
But… if zoning is creating an artificial restriction so that nobody's allowed to build apartments, condos, or townhouses, then there will simply not be enough for everyone.
So, first, we have to actually build more housing. By making it legal to build more housing.
Tom C. says:
So whom should Dow appoint to replace ex-Mayor Murray? Obviously waiting to see if J. Durkan becomes mayor would be the best solution, as she'd support the mission. If C. Moon were to win (unlikely!) Dow could select from many electeds throughout the county. Any particularly strong candidates?
Appoint to the ST board, I think you mean. Isn't the mayor of Seattle an automatic position, or is that only for the county executives and somebody in WSDOT?
And if Dow does have discretion, is it politically tenable not to appoint the mayor of the largest city, whose population is almost four times larger than the second-largest city?
Tlsgwm says:
Here's the section of the WA statutes covering regional transit board appointments:
http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=81.112.040
Joe "AvgeekJoe" Kunzler, a 12 for Transit says:
I would recommend Seattle Councilwoman "The C is for Carson" Lorena Gonzalez be the appointment. Take Tsimerman Down. Period.
If Tsimerman can be tamed by the Seattle City Council, the Puget Sound Regional Council and the King County Council I'm sure the Sound Transit Board could do the very same.
Once that's done, then we'll talk about getting whomever is Mayor of Seattle come 1/2018 back on.
Joe here. A few scatter thoughts…
1) I think the Mukilteo Mayor's Race is far more interesting than this one…. one I'm calling for Cary Moon due to the, er, situation of one Ed Murray ahd the mishandling of it by Jenny Durkan. In this case, it's a fight whether Mukilteo even has a Community Transit Board Seat and a star in that chair… or a Mayor Danny that will push and shove away the transit communtiy, starting with me.
2) Also I hope others take up Seattle Subway's lead and try to protest at the ballot box this Seattle establishment whamming down the throats of the region a Seattle Mayor and I might add a Sound Transit Boardmember who may not represent diverse Seattle.
3) It was no secret who I endorsed for Seattle Mayor. The best Sound Transit Boardmember the current system would allow. I am asking all of you to please pick the best candidates for transit board when the opportunities arise on voting for local elected officials folks.
4) Just putting this rant out there… As a 12 for Transit, I am equally in agony at the Seahawks O-Line & the Sound Transit Lynnwood Link staff. Folks, it was going to rain today and at least Russell Wilson unlike some wide receivers got prepared. The Lynnwood Link project needs a Russell Wilson of their own. The South of Sound Transit has their own Russell Wilson I understand and should learn from observing both the football & Sound Transit versions.
Some of us want to win ST3 build-out…
Regarding#4….
To paraphrase a former POTUS, I share your pain. The Hawks' o-line is still a disaster (certainly not helped by Fant's preseason game injury) and they won't win too many games relying upon Wilson scrambling for his life in the backfield play after play. Because of Wilson being, let's say, "vertically challenged" he's never going to be the ideal pocket passer. With that being said, they certainly could do more with timing pass plays to alleviate some of the pressure on Wilson until they correct the problems with this porous o-line. Otherwise, there's a very good chance that Wilson could suffer an even worse injury than the one he played thru last year.
I feel the same way about ST's Lynnwood Link project staff. This recent revelation about a $500 million cost escalation (resulting in a minimum of a 6-month delay in delivery date for "value engineering") isn't getting nearly the scrutiny it should. People need to keep in mind that this $500 million is the projected overrun on the BASE part of the project, the $1.5 – 1.7 billion in YOE$ the taxpayers were told the project would cost as part of the ST2 proposal (a figure that ST has stuck by until recently). I know ST is trying to push a narrative using the higher figure of $2.4 billion from the New Starts grant application so that the $500 million figure sounds better. But that $2.4 billion included the allocated costs for the fleet expansion*, the project's share of the maintenance facility*, the O&M costs* as well as some $193 million in financing costs. Again, if you just consider the base costs of the project, this is a HUGE miss and ST needs to come clean as to when this became known.
*these costs were included in the ST2 proposal project cost details given in the appendix
Cyclists: does this look like it would be useful in practice?
http://www.xfireshop.com/bikelane-laser-safety-rear-light/
Al Dimond says:
I'm very skeptical. A normal rear light, mounted in a visible place (I use one on my helmet and one on my trunk bag), possibly operating as a flasher in environments with lots of distracting light, is going to be much more conspicuous (given equivalent power) and closer to overtaking drivers' field of view. Proper rear-facing reflectors, taking advantage of the power of cars' headlights, are also surprisingly useful. Red lines projected onto the pavement will not be very conspicuous during the day, nor in the rain — in either case they'd be drowned out by other light reflecting off the pavement.
I'm not sure what sorts of blind-spot scenarios these people are thinking about, but the most typical vehicular blind-spot is over the shoulder of the driver, so a light projecting on the ground slightly behind a bike isn't going to help much. There are basically two ways you can end up in a blind spot: the vehicle overtaking you, or you overtaking the vehicle (especially when "undertaking" on the right). When the vehicle is overtaking you, you just need good conspicuity from the rear, as provided by standard rear lighting solutions — drivers that can see you are in a position to decide whether to overtake before passing or to wait. When you're overtaking, a good (i.e. bright, visible from many angles, but aimed so not to be blinding) headlight, plus an understanding of where vehicle blind-spots are and when to avoid entering them, is the best defense.
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SPACE MUSIC, SPACE DISCO and SPACE ROCK
Welcome to the niche genre that is Space Music! My Favourite Space Age type tune is "Magic Fly" by French Band Space which was released in 1977 by French Label, Disques Vogue and reached No.2 on the UK Singles Chart. It falls into the category of Space Disco which was very popular in Europe in the late 1970's. The hit single "Magic Fly" was used as the main theme of the original Chinese version of Jackie Chan's 1978 film Snake in the Eagle's Shadow. The single featured on the only studio album by Space, also called Magic Fly.
Magic Fly was a global hit and a big success in the French Music Industry. You can still find some vinyl copies of the single and album, floating around in Cyber Space. Their music was the beginning of the short-lived Space Disco genre and a precursor of Electronica. It was actually written in the same apartment where Jean Michel Jarre composed Oxygene. Bands like Space had a huge influence on Electronic Music. Here it is performed on location on an ancient archaeolgocial site in Selinunte, Sicily.
Now this tune by The Droids called "The Force" from 1977 is Super Space Age! They were a one off Electronic Disco act inspired by the original Star Wars movie from 1977. The Droids were the duo of Fabrice Cuitad and Yves Hyat. They had only one album called "Star Peace" with (Do you Have) The Force being the most well known track.
If you are a collector of rare records, this was released on vinyl by a French Record Company called Barclay in the 1970's and you can still find it on the internet. It also materialised on CD in 2008 and also featured on a few compilation albums.
Another favourite Space type tune would be "Silver Machine" by UK Rock Group Hawkwind, released in 1972, which would fall into the Space Rock category. Space Rock emerged from the late 1960's Psychedelic Music scene in Britain. Pink Floyd also had several pieces of very Experimental Music in this genre.
The lyrics for Silver Machine are a send-up of Space Travel, inspired by the Alfred Jarry essay "How to Construct a Time Machine". This was by far the biggest hit for Hawkwind, reaching No. 3 in the UK and getting played on the TV show, Top Of The Pops. It was re-released in 1976, 1978 and 1983.
Bass player Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister sang lead on this track. Lemmy, who later formed Motörhead, wasn't the group's main singer – that was Bob Calvert. But in the end Lemmy's vocals were chosen over Calvert's.
"Lemmy had a high voice but it was just very much more powerful, he had a gruffness with it, so we decided to use his vocal," their manager Doug Smith explained. Calvert, who was in hospital at the time for manic depression, didn't find out that his vocal had been replaced until later and was not too pleased about it.
I will never forget the Space Age Levi's commercial from 1995, with the Spaceman tune. That was really cool. It was called "Planet" and was set in a 1950's inspired Alien Neighbourhood where anxious parents were pacing and nervously awaiting the return of their teenage daughter. Played by Russian Model Kristina Semenovskaya, she emerges from a Space Ship in a sparkling bikini top and a pair of levi's.
Here's the full version of "Spaceman" by English Rock Band Babylon Zoo. Spaceman was released in January 1996 and was the lead single on their debut album, "The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes." It reached No.1 in the UK Singles Chart after the popular Levi's Ad and was the fastest selling single in the UK in 30 years since "Can't Buy me Love" by The Beatles! It was a No.1 hit in 23 countries and was one of the best selling singles in the history of the United Kingdom.
"I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper" was released in 1978 and performed by Sarah Brightman and Hot Gossip. It was the debut single of Brightman as a singer, who was just 18 at the time, and reached No.6 in the UK Singles Chart.
The song is a lightweight Space Disco track that cashed in on the popularity and media hype surrounding the original Star Wars film, which was released in 1977. The lyrics include the lines "Flash Gordon's left me, he's gone to the Stars, An evil Darth Vader has me banished to Mars" and "Or are you like a droid, devoid of emotion". The song features music from Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
A catchy number, also in the Space Disco genre was "Spacer" by Sheila and B.Devotion from France. The song is about a man so charming that he is Out of this World. He could be an Astronaut or even a Starship Trooper, but it's more likely he's just a Smooth talker. But despite being a Ladies Man, he's also a gentlemanly Star Chaser who is there to protect and stand against oppression and put his life on the line. He's a man she can't trace but their love will last beyond time and space. Ha! Spacer was written and produced by American group Chic and hit the air waves in 1979 making No.18 in the UK charts.
No point in talking about Space Music without mentioning David Bowie. He had an obsession with Space, writing a string of hits about it. I've always thought, out of all the music stars out there, that Bowie had an otherworldly quality, an enigmatic, almost Supernatural presence. He truly was The Star Man. And a genius with music, artistry and theatrics.
He famously said "I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human". Nina Simone, who met him in the 70's, admiringly deemed him "not human." "David ain't from here," she said. He also created Ziggy Stardust, a flame haired, extraterrestrial alter ego. And played a Space visitor in the movie "The Man Who Fell to Earth."
Bowie's songs demonstrated his interest in science fiction and "Space Oddity" was recorded on June 20, 1969, exactly one month before the Apollo 11 moon landing. "Don't be afraid of the man in the moon, because it's only me", sang 20-year-old Bowie in "Love You Till Tuesday," his second single from his 1967 debut album entitled David Bowie. Bowie released his final album, Blackstar, 8th January 2016, dying just 2 days later.
"With Showmanship bordering on the Supernatural, Bowie released his final album, Blackstar, on Friday, laden with pointers to his demise, then fulfilled the prophesy of his lyrics by passing away just two days later".
The Telegraph, January 12, 2016
Daft Punk are a French electronic music duo from Paris formed in 1993. They were fans of the 1970's band Space, known for wearing space suits with helmets that hid the performers' appearance.
The Director and Music Supervisor of Tron Legacy approached Daft Punk and requested that the duo compose the film score for the film. Tron: Legacy is the soundtrack album to the 2010 film of the same name and was the first film score by Daft Punk. This is my favourite track of theirs, "Get Lucky".
"Flash" was written by Brian May of British Rock Band Queen for the 1980 Sci-Fi movie "Flash Gordon" based on the Comic Strip of the same name. It was performed as a duet between Brian May and Freddie Mercury. with harmonies from Roger Taylor.
It was a Top 10 hit in most parts of Europe. Queen composed the soundtrack for the whole film which is now regarded as a Cult Classic.
I will leave you with the infamous "Rocket Man" by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Rocket Man was released in 1972 and reached No.2 in the UK and No.6 in the USA. It was certified silver in 2016 due to the high sales of digital downloads and Rolling Stone lists it in their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The song was thought to be inspired by the short story "The Rocket Man" in "The Illustrated Man" by Ray Bradbury. It has a similar theme to David Bowie's Space Oddity and both recordings had the same producer, Gus Dudgeon. It describes the mixed feelings of an Astronaut bound for Mars at having to leave his family in order to do his job.
To celebrate Elton's 50th anniversary of songwriting with Bernie Taupin, a competition was launched, inviting independent film makers to create videos for 1 of 3 of Elton's 1970's songs. Rocket Man was the winner in the animation category and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
It was created by Iranian refugee Majid Adin and Irish animation director Stephen McNally to tell a story of adventure, loneliness and hope, highlighting the tragic plight facing many refugees today. The animation mixes harsh reality with Space Exploration Fantasy, inspired by Adin's experiences, in a beautiful piece of Magical Realism.
"And I think it's gonna be a long long time
'Till touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I'm a Rocket Man…"
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what a great into to "space music". I watched the Magic Fly and Levi's video. Loved both of them.
Great. Glad you liked them. Magic Fly is absolutely brilliant. Had you heard it before? I want to get a copy of Magic Fly on Vinyl. 🙂 And yeah I remember that LEVIS video and how cool it was. All the LEVIS videos were great with such cool music. 🙂
What a great montage. It really is a small world I know most and have some of everything you've talked about. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks👍🏻
Cool. Do you have Magic Fly and The Droids? That's awesome. 🙂
I have the magic fly in a compilation album and I have a disco version of Star Wars again on an album. I wasn't able to watch your video but I'm guessing it's similar.
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Gateway Arch Park Foundation Hosts The Ultimate STL Holiday Celebration At 7th Annual Winterfest
by Nicole Schulenburg
published November 15 2022 9:44 AM
updated December 6 2022 9:54 AM
ST. LOUIS - The seventh annual Winterfest in Kiener Plaza, presented by Bank of America and World Wide Technology and produced by Gateway Arch Park Foundation in partnership with the St. Louis Blues, opens Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022 and runs through Jan. 1, 2023.
Winterfest features holiday fun like ice skating, holiday lights and music, festive beverages and food, heated igloos, s'mores stations, a two-day Winter Market, visits with princesses and superheroes, and a New Year's Eve celebration with a spectacular fireworks show. St. Louis celebrity chef Juwan Rice (JR), owner of JR's Gourmet, returns for his second year as the exclusive catering partner for the Winterfest Cafe´.
The second annual Winterfest 5K and 1-mile Kids Fun Run through the Arch grounds will kick off the festivities on Nov. 19. The 5K is presented by Caleres and the Kids Fun Run is supported by Famous Footwear, produced in partnership with Big River Running. Race proceeds benefit Gateway Arch Park Foundation's work of conservation, preservation, education and community programs at and around our hometown national park. Register at archpark.org/5k.
"As one of our signature events welcoming tens of thousands of people to Downtown St. Louis, Winterfest is part of our mission to bring not only our national park but its surrounding areas like Kiener Plaza to life for everyone to enjoy," said Ryan McClure, executive director of Gateway Arch Park Foundation. "We are thankful for our incredible sponsors who make this beloved St. Louis winter tradition possible. We're looking forward to seeing St. Louis turn out for seven weeks of festive fun!"
"We cannot wait to see residents and visitors alike celebrating the season at Winterfest again this year," said Marilyn Bush, president of Bank of America St. Louis. "We're proud to support this incredible event once again and look forward to holiday magic returning to Downtown St. Louis."
"World Wide Technology is proud to partner with Gateway Arch Park Foundation again this year to help bring the St. Louis community together, including our own employees," said Ann Cuiellette Marr, executive vice president for global human resources at World Wide Technology and president of the World Wide Technology Foundation. "With all the activities and amazing food options at Winterfest, there's truly something for everyone to enjoy."
Winterfest Hours of Operation: November 19, 2022 – January 1, 2023
Fridays from 4 – 8 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays from 12 – 8 p.m.
December 24 (Christmas Eve): 12 – 6 p.m.
December 25 (Christmas Day): CLOSED
Extended hours, December 26, 2022 – January 1, 2023: Open daily from 12 – 8 p.m.
To reserve skates, learn about princess and superhero meet and greets and St. Louis Blues-hosted events such as Try Hockey Free and hockey classic tournaments, visit archpark.org/Winterfest.
Mark your calendars for One Nation Day (Dec. 3); Winter Market (Dec. 3 & 4); and New Year's Eve 'Neon Nights' Celebration and Fireworks (Dec. 31). More information about these events will be shared soon. For Winterfest's full programming schedule, visit archpark.org/Winterfest.
WINTERFEST ACTIVITIES
Skate Rentals
COST: $12 adults; $7 for children ages 3 to 15. Skate for free if you bring your own skates.
FREE SKATE DAYS: Everyone skates free on Opening Day (Nov. 19), courtesy of Ameren and Gateway Arch Park Foundation. Kids' skate rentals are free on Fridays, courtesy of the St. Louis Blues.
AMEREN DISCOUNT: On Saturdays and Sundays, rink sponsor Ameren invites you to bring a canned good to be donated to the St. Louis Area Foodbank and receive $1 off your skate rental.
Igloo Village
WHEN: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays during Winterfest
COST: $250 for 1.5 hours
DETAILS: Enjoy Winterfest from a comfortable, heated igloo overlooking Kiener Plaza! An igloo reservation includes $50 food and drink credit, up to four skate rentals, one locker rental and free parking for one vehicle at Kiener West Garage, courtesy of InterPark. Several celebration-themed packages are available for an additional fee. For igloo reservations, visit archpark.org/Winterfest.
Winterfest S'mores Stations
COST: $15 per kit (includes ingredients for four s'mores)
DETAILS: Four fire pits are available. Walk-ups are welcome, but pre-purchasing kits is recommended. For s'mores station reservations, visit archpark.org/Winterfest.
WHEN: Thursdays in December (Dec. 1, 8, 15, 29) from 12 – 8 p.m. (2-hour minimum)
COST: $1,500 per hour
DETAILS: Rent the Winterfest rink for your holiday party or gathering! This private, all-access Winterfest experience includes ice rink, skate rentals, and food and beverage (additional costs may be incurred). For reservations, contact Camille Brooks at [email protected]
Winterfest 5K Presented by Caleres
WHEN: 7:30 – 10 a.m. | Saturday, Nov. 19
COST: $35 per participant
DETAILS: The only official race through Gateway Arch National Park. The route begins in Kiener Plaza, travels through the Arch grounds and ends back in the plaza. Register at archpark.org/5k.
Kids Fun Run Supported by Famous Footwear
ROUTE: One-mile loop begins in Kiener Plaza, travels around the Arch legs and ends back in the plaza. Register at archpark.org/5k.
Parking is available at the Kiener Plaza East and West Garages starting at just $7 for up to 12 hours. Sign up for an InterPark Express account at iparkit.com/register and receive 20% off your first five uses of Express; simply choose your day and time and scan your device to get in and out of the garage.
About Gateway Arch Park Foundation
Gateway Arch Park Foundation is the official philanthropic partner and conservancy for Gateway Arch National Park. Its mission is to ensure the Gateway Arch, its grounds, neighboring public spaces, and attractions are a vital, welcoming, well- supported resource to the community and nation for generations to come. It seeks to fulfill its mission by providing for ongoing conservation, preservation and education at the park, in addition to hosting, facilitating and promoting community programs that bring the park and its surrounding areas in Downtown St. Louis to life. The Foundation is part of an alliance that helps meet this mission, which includes the National Park Service, Bi-State Development, Great Rivers Greenway, Jefferson National Parks Association, and the City of St. Louis. For more information, visit ArchPark.org.
Nov 3, 2021 | Gateway Arch Park Foundation Announces Sixth Annual Winterfest Holiday Celebration
Dec 24, 2021 | Gateway Arch Park Foundation Announces Extended Winterfest Holiday Hours
Dec 14, 2021 | Winterfest Hosts Family-Friendly New Year's Eve Neon Nights Celebration And Fireworks
Nov 15, 2021 | Winterfest Night Markets Set For December 11 and December 17
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Early, Intensive Treatment Reduces Cervical Spine Involvement in Early RA
Emily Pond
Cervical spine involvement is a serious and typically late manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis that can lead to potentially life-threatening complications if left untreated.
Early and intensive treatment reduces the incidence of cervical spine involvement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to study data published in the Journal of Rheumatology.
The NEO-RACo trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00908089) is an ongoing study of patients with early, active RA treated at multiple sites in Finland. Participants were recruited between 2003 and 2005; eligible patients had no prior exposure to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) or glucocorticoids. Early, active RA was defined per American College of Rheumatology criteria and a disease duration of ≤12 months was required for participation. Radiographs of the hands and feet were taken at baseline and at 2, 5, 7, and 10 years. Cervical spine radiographs were taken at 10 years. For the first 2 years of trial participation, patients received a triple combination of conventional synthetic DMARDs (methotrexate, sulfasalazine, and hydroxychloroquine) and prednisolone.
Patients were also randomly assigned to receive either infliximab or placebo infusions at weeks 4, 6, 10, 18, and 26. After year 2, treatment methods became unrestricted. If the patient was in remission at the 2-year visit, prednisolone and DMARDs were tapered at the treating rheumatologist's discretion. Remission was defined as the presence of 5 of the following criteria: (1) morning stiffness <15 minutes, (2) no fatigue, (3) no joint pain, (4) no tender joints, (5) no swollen joints, and (6) erythrocyte sedimentation rate <30 mm/h in women and <20 mm/h in men.
A total of 85 patients with RA received treatment and completed cervical spine radiographs at 10 years. Demographic and clinical characteristics were similar between the infliximab and placebo infusion groups. The majority of patients were women (n=57; 67.1%). Mean age at baseline was 48±9 years in the infliximab group and 47±11 years in the placebo group.
Most patients achieved low disease activity and maintained their functional capacities at 2, 5, and 10 years. Radiographic joint damage progression was minimal. Overall, 4 patients (4.7%) had cervical spine involvement by 10 years. Of these 4 patients, 2 (2.4%) had atlantoaxial subluxation, 1 (1.2%) had atlantoaxial impaction, and 1 (1.2%) had subaxial subluxation. Three of these patients had received treatment with infliximab, whereas the patient with subaxial subluxation had received placebo. All 4 patients with cervical spine involvement were seropositive.
Per these results, early and intensive treatment with DMARDs and prednisolone appeared to reduce the likelihood of cervical spine involvement in patients with early RA. As a study limitation, investigators cited the small number of cases with cervical spine involvement. In addition, no control group was available; intensive treatment could not be directly compared with less-intense treatment. Even so, these data suggest that early, remission-targeted treatment reduces the incidence of cervical spine involvement and prevents its development in the long term.
Sandström T, Rantalaiho V, Yli-Kerttula T, et al. Cervical spine involvement among patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated actively with treat-to-target strategy: 10-year results of the NEO-RACo study [published online June 1, 2020]. J Rheumatol. doi:10.3899/jrheum.190139
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Once again, the weather service predicted Armageddon, and nothing happened to me. We had full power and comms the entire time. I spent most of the day on Twitter reading about how Manhattan is pretty much toast -- or, rather, soup. The death toll seems strikingly low for such a widespread storm, and I hope it stays that way.
It's still windy enough here that you'd have to be fairly stupid to go out for a stroll, but there's no serious flooding to speak of, at least in my neighborhood. We'll all get up tomorrow morning and find leaves lodged in parts of the house where leaves should never go, but we can all have nice hot showers after we've finished clearing them.
The exciting part being over, I'm going to bed.
Booze. David left me some Bacardi in the liquor cabinet. Lemonade and cherry limeade mixers available. Also about a third of a bottle of Maneschewitz, although I think not even a hurricane would make me desperate enough to drink alcoholic blackcurrant syrup. Blech.Drugs. Generic 200mg caffeine tablets. Bottle of Aleve. Enough Benadryl to sedate an elephant. Probably have decongestant and DayQuil hanging around from the last nasty cold. Know from previous experience with being snowbound in Flagstaff that I am perfectly capable of sleeping through the aftermath of weather disasters if boredom reaches life-threatening levels.Food. Plenty of rat pastas. Oatmeal available; tastes appalling but can be prepared by just dumping it in a bowl with the rest of the milk, which would eventually go off if our power went out anyway. Miscellaneous junk. The roommate who grew up in Alaska and knows about such things says the stove has an electric pilot, but can be lit just fine by hand.Water. Filled a…
So apparently it's Hurricane Day again, that magical time of year when New Englanders go out of their skulls and swarm out to buy random shit at CVS, because storm surges are going to wipe Cheeetos off the face of the planet or something? I don't know.
At any rate, while the coastline is in some considerable danger of flooding and property damage from Virginia up through Long Island Sound, nothing in particular is going to happen to me. As difficult as it is for me to remember sometimes, I actually live several hours north of New York City now. A lot of air traffic has been cancelled and the airport is under flood warnings -- and if that worries you, I'd like to point out that Logan is on an island in the bay, and that one of the main runways goes very nearly right to the edge of the water. It's a miracle the place doesn't flood every time someone fumbles their bag over the side of the ferry.
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Halloo, loyal readers! (Or disloyal readers, or occasional readers, or people who have inexplicably stumbled onto this page by accident looking for pictures of Benedict Cumberbatch -- how many tumblrs do you have to go through to get down to my blog? Yowza.) I have continued to be a bit busy as of late, but at least some of it has resulted in fun news to share.
One particularly cool bit is that Doll Hart, the designer I was modeling for at the RAW Provocations runway show, has been voted into the semi-finals for the RAWards in November. I don't know if I'll be in the show this time -- Doll has just been informed that she's only allowed three models for her showcase this time, and has temporarily ground to a gibbering halt over the need to rethink her everything -- but some of the results of the Provocations show can be seen here. Current plans have me walking in a different show wearing a variation of this:
...so you can see that if Doll perhaps lacks for time on this go-r…
Sometimes I wonder what the hell I'm doing with my life. Then I get a Facebook comment from a photo studio intern whose primary function is "hair wizard" that uses the words 'anachronistically', 'trans-located' and 'Age of Enlightenment' in a syntactically-correct manner in a joke, and I wonder why I didn't shove all the important shit into a My Little Pony backpack and hitchhike right the fuck back out here twenty-five years ago. Christ, but Arizona is a sucking hole in the face of civilization.
Living there has also left me woefully unprepared for New England in many ways, I've come to realize. For example, I haven't the foggiest fucking clue what to do about any natural disaster that doesn't involve venomous wildlife or being baked into a mummy by a cruel and uncaring sun. I have mad survival skills when it comes to shaking centipedes out of rarely-used shoes, and hauling one bottle of water per person her hour along like some s…
One of the rats did a weird thing the other day, so I decided to look it up online. It turned out to be not very important. The fat one was doing a sort of waggly-irritated-tail-shimmy, which I correctly guessed meant the same thing in rat as it does in cat: That the owner of the tail has been briefly but profoundly annoyed when, for example, he wants to move but one of his less-bright littermates is sitting firmly on his head.
Every time I go look up something rat-related, I am again bowled over by how complicated and pernickety people can get about this. There are guides, pages and pages long, that purport to tell you how the rat feels about you by interpreting every last little nuance of his body language.
Do people really have a problem figuring this out? I never did.
Rats, you see, are terrible physicists. They're still ambivalent about gravity. Had Sir Isaac Newton been a rat, his first priority would have been eating his way into the free apple that had just plummeted down …
Stephen Fry is one of those people to whom I am eternally tempted to send a lengthy, complicated letter, detailing exactly what I think of him and why. It's not quite as bad as it sounds -- usually the urge strikes when I start to get the feeling that someone is completely oblivious to some fundamental aspect of their personality that makes people like them. The problem is that there are really only two ways to react to getting mail like that from a complete stranger: to be charmed and deeply touched, if somewhat at a loss for what to say in response, or to lie awake at night wondering if it's time to put sturdier set of deadbolts on the front door. I generally go with Plan A when these things land in my inbox, which occasionally they do, but I haven't spent most of my adult life fending off people who saw me do something interesting once on the telly and now, fifteen years later, are thoughtfully sending me friendly warnings about the lizard people and handmade tinfoil ha…
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Another bit of my interesting brain-weird has to do with glasses. I'm mildly nearsighted. Not very much -- just enough to annoy me. I can't see street signs at the end of the block and I lean in a few inches to use the computer. Normally I wear contact lenses, which are actually nineteen different kinds of awesome. I'm one of those lucky people who can tolerate extended-wear hydrogel contacts, which means that I get to stick them to the fronts of my eyeballs and then forget about them for a month at a time. Laypersons like to shriek in horror when I say that and try to tell my that my eyes are going to shrivel up and fall out, but I always have to specify that I want overnight lenses when I get a checkup because the doctor can't tell, so I'm thinking I'm doing okay.
Very rarely do I have any issues with this. I have more problems with dryness and weird sensations with them out, in fact; I've been wearing various kinds of bionic eyeballs since I was fourteen…
While I've been working and sewing and primping and occasionally feeding the rodents entire bananas because I like to see them pretend to be little cave-rats falling upon a whole dead mammoth in their savage hunger (not very well -- I should note here that if I don't pull some of the peel off the banana, it takes them a good long while to scrape together the motivation to chew their way into it), I've had a constant stream of stuff running on YouTube.
Most of it has been a British show called QI. QI is technically what's known as a panel quiz -- these are not much seen on American TV anymore, although they were popular on the radio in the 1940s and 50s. The object is not so much to know everything and be right, as it is to share random information and be hilarious. Hollywood Squares is probably the closest that's been on TV, although it's been off the air for a while, and in that case the celebrity squares got to be funny while the competitors were alarmingly s…
I went out to Worcester on Sunday for a giant group photoshoot. It was $20 at the door, so technically, this means I broke my rule against ever paying for pictures of me -- this is one of the reasons I don't owe eighty bajillion dollars to a booking agent somewhere for my comp cards. Of course, this also means I'm doing my comp cards myself, in GIMP. On the one hand, the photo printers at CVS are not very clear on the idea of consistent margins and seem to have no concept of color registration; on the other hand, nineteen cents a print, and if I email them to the store in Harvard Square I can pick them up about as fast as I can walk down there.
Being a philosophical sort -- and being someone who enjoys playing dress-up for no real reason -- I considered the $20 to be the entry fee for several hours of sociological observation, and went anyway.
I caught a ride with another one of the models from the RAW show who happens to live near one of the Red stations, and who was driving …
Photos from the show on Thursday night have started to come in. Hooray!
There were about nine thousand photographers hanging around, both backstage and on the floor. The relatively small proportion of photos posted to photos taken back (well, up) in the staging area seems strange until you realize that we had seventeen models, the other designer had about a dozen models, and the SFX makeup designer also had people wandering around somewhere. People who are doing theatrical things have long since learned to check their modesty at the door. Our group had a costume change partway through, complicated by a shortage of MUA/stylists which meant that when you were called to get your face painted, you went no matter what you were or weren't wearing -- which is to say, the 'togs are probably having to cull all the photos that ended up full of unintentional tits.
The Rubenesque Latex show did not involve any intentional tits either -- although someone else did, as you can see in Greg Ca…
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Sorry for the radio silence, gang, but I've been doing about nine things at once for the past week. I try to keep things queued up, but I've been writing other stuff, piecing together a cocktail dress (by hand; I don't own a machine, because I think they're terrifying finger-eating contraptions which mostly enable me to bollix things up even faster than I normally would), booking shoots, working my "regular" job, and various and sundry other things, all to a constant backdrop of QI on YouTube, which I will get around to explaining later.
Just as a reminder, I -- and a lot of other strange and highly attractive people -- will be appearing tonight at The Estate, 1 Boylston Place, in the RAW Provocations art show. I'm walking for a designer named Doll Hart who works in candy-colored latex; we have two other fashion shows running, several musicians, many photographers, one girl whose talent is listed as "circus performance", and someone who does so…
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There are a few different ways to deal with it when someone -- say, Wossy -- insists on trying to spork you on national TV. One, of course, is to simply not dignify any of it with a response. It works on some people, but not well on others, and when it doesn't work it tends to encourage the sporkers to try harder. Another is to throw a hissy fit in return, decrying the behavior and demanding an apology. This is also pretty hit-or-miss, is not very funny, and usually gets you a reputation for being…
Further costuming nerdery!
Since I still haven't gotten the go-ahead from the other humans I want to show off, today I am going to brag about costuming rodents.
When I lived in Flagstaff, we had a cage of three rats. Well, we -- the tool-making symbolic language-using humans -- thought we had a cage of three rats. They were of the opinion that we had one rat, one rat, and one rat. Rats have a very toddler-esque, self-centered view of the world, which often leads to things like me knitting a hammock sized for one rat and hanging it in the cage, only to come back later and find all three of them piled into it. Each one had found it and thought, "Well, I'm only one rat, surely I will fit!" because of course the other two rats don't count.
(The same principle allows you to fit about a kilo of rat into a standard rectangular Kleenex box, but only if they like each other. Found that out in the vet's waiting room. The density of rat, if you're interested, is about 1.05g/cm3 at their norma…
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It's that time of year again, when I brag about my costuming exploits. I was in Flagstaff for about a decade, and in that time, I ended up sort of the de factor designer for Halloween outfits -- various and sundry people helped with the manufacturing, but since for some reason I can apparently think in floppy wireframe, I was almost always the one who headed the charge around JoAnn Fabrics for patterns and textiles and notions.
One of my really terrible urges that I probably shouldn't confess to in public is the one where I keep wanting to use other people as walking dressforms. Moggie puts up with it, from time to time; she's fun to design for because she's built almost exactly like Agatha Heterodyne and gets happier and happier the more buttons and zippers and pockets you add. She also has endless patience for the part where we sit around drinking and talking about stupid things, and she wanders back and forth to the sewing machine whenever I finish pinning something…
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I was wandering around Harvard the other night, mostly in celebration of being ambulatory enough to leave the house again. (Dragging myself to CVS like a snot-ridden zombie doesn't count.) I do that, from time to time, especially when I'm going stir-crazy -- after growing up in Phoenix, I find it very soothing to walk around where four hundred years of university have soaked into the ground.
I live about three miles off. It was dark by the time I got to the Yard, and I could see flashing lights through the trees. Three fire trucks were pulled up outside one of the buildings. I finished my loop of the green and wandered off down Mass Ave again.
It wasn't until I was walking away that I realized that this is probably the sort of sherlocky thing other people are curious about, and I might as well write it up.
By far the largest part of this superpower is just paying some fucking attention. Not walking smack into ladder trucks is a great start. The trucks themselves weren'…
For any of the Sherlock fans who also happen to be hanging around for my social psychology of the gifted and talented stuff, you may be interested to know that I think Benedict Cumberbatch has about eight million giveaway behaviors that say he's been so very smart from so very early on that he's never developed any good idea of normal. He spends a lot of time guessing what it is people expect from him, and judging by the quickness with which he apologizes when he startles someone, at this point he's rather resigned himself to getting it wrong.
Some of the confirmation is circumstantial. His native accent is from south-east London somewhere (for the linguists: non-rhotic, L-vocalization, intrusive Rs, Yod-coalescence, T-glottalizaton, but generally lacking th-fronting, H-dropping, or labiodental R, plus someone occasionally gets him to spit out a "gosh, luv" when he isn't nervous enough to suppress it -- it's urban Estuary) and it's probably terribly g…
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Beryllium presents two risks of toxic exposure: first via soluble beryllium salts, which may occur via exposure to the elemental or refined forms of the metal; and second, via long-term exposure to beryllium oxide, usually by inhalation.

OSHA Revises Proposed Rule on Beryllium Exposure
Following January proposal, federal agency outlines modified standards for construction and shipyard workers New airborne standard is 0.2 micrograms/m3 New short-term exposure limit Changes to housekeeping, PPE
Robert Brooks | Jun 27, 2017
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed a new modification to its recently proposed standards for beryllium exposure among construction and shipyard workers. Representatives of those industries, and some members of Congress, objected that they had not had sufficient opportunity to comment on the application of the rule to their industries when the rule was developed in 2015-16.
Beryllium is a metal noted for its lightweight and exceptional stiffness. It's used as specialty alloy (particularly with aluminum) to produce high-value investment castings, particularly for aerospace and defense programs. It's also used to produce beryllium-oxide ceramics.
But, beryllium presents two risks of toxic exposure: first via soluble beryllium salts, which may occur via exposure to the elemental or refined forms of the metal; and second, via long-term exposure to beryllium oxide, usually by inhalation.
In January of this year OSHA issued a final rule establishing new protections for workers who are exposed to beryllium in general industry, construction, and shipyards. That rule would reduce the eight-hour permissible exposure limit from the previous level of 2.0 micrograms/m3 to 0.2 micrograms/m3. Above that level, employers must take steps to reduce the airborne concentration of beryllium. The rule requires additional protections, including personal protective equipment, medical exams, other medical surveillance and training. It also establishes a short-term exposure limit of 2.0 micrograms/m3 over a 15-min. sampling period.
OSHA estimates that, once in full effect, the rule will save 94 lives annually and prevent 46 new cases of beryllium-related disease. Workers in foundries, fabricating, machining and grinding operations where beryllium metal and alloys are processed; or those working with beryllium-oxide ceramics; and dental lab workers represent most of those at risk of exposure.
The proposed change to that rule provides a new opportunity to comment for those representing workers in the construction and shipyard industries.
Also, the new proposal would make changes to the rule only for the shipyard and construction sectors. The general industry standard is unaffected by the proposal.
The proposed changes for shipyards and construction would maintain the requirements for exposure limits (0.2 μg/m3 permissible exposure limit, and 2.0 μg/m3 short-term exposure limit.)
Instead, the new proposal revises the application of ancillary provisions, such as housekeeping and personal protective equipment in the January 2017 final standards for the construction and shipyard industries.
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds in Construction and Shipyard Sectors will be published in the Federal Register on June 27, 2017. OSHA encourages the public to participate in this rulemaking by submitting comments during the 60-day comment period.
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Testing Sprint's new Spark network in NYC
Alex Colon Nov 19, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post
Where can you find Spark? Among lots of other sparkly, rare objects – in Manhattan's diamond district. That's where Sprint(s s) told me I could go to test out its newest 4G LTE network.
So I trekked uptown to 47th Street between 5th and 6th Avenue. Right now the network is officially available in just five markets, including Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Tampa and New York. According to Sprint each of these markets has been launched at a 25 percent threshold, but New York is closer to 35 percent. That means I probably could've found Spark outside of the diamond district, but it was close enough.
Once you can find Spark, you need a way to tap into it, and right now there aren't many. Currently the only tri-band phones that bring Spark to life are the HTC One Max, LG G2, Samsung Galaxy Mega and Samsung Galaxy S 4 Mini. Luckily, I've had an HTC One Max review unit on my hands over the last few days, so I was able to put Sprint's network to the test.
I also brought along a Nokia Lumia 1520(s nok) on AT&T(s t) and an Apple iPhone 5s(s aapl) on Verizon(s vz) to compare performance on each of the networks. So how did Spark fare?
Keeping in mind I performed my tests in an area recommended to me by a spokeswoman from Sprint (and therefore pretty much guaranteed to perform quite well), I still have to admit the results were impressive. Using the Ookla Speedtest.net app on all three devices, Sprint's Spark network turned in the fastest results by far. Here are the averages:
Sprint: 43Mbps down / 17Mbps up
Verizon: 16Mbps down / 18Mbps up
AT&T: 4.5Mbps down / 7Mbps up
Sprint's results were the fastest of the three networks I tested.
For a close look at how Spark works, you can read this piece by my colleague Kevin Fitchard. But basically Spark taps into Sprint's new souped-up 4G network in the 2.5 GHz band, which is much faster than the LTE systems its rolled out in most of the U.S. According to Sprint, Spark supports peak speeds of 50Mbps to 60Mbps down. On top of that, Sprint claims that by aggregating available spectrum and using LTE-Advanced techniques like multiple pairs of antennas, it could theoretically boost speeds up to an astounding 2Gbps in the future.
Take that with a grain of salt though, as I didn't even reach the advertised 50-60Mbps peak speeds, although I came close. Considering that there are very few devices available that connect to Spark, I assume there was very little traffic on the network when I was connected. As more Sprint users buy Spark-compatible devices and traffic increases, I'd expect to see the speeds I saw today go down considerably, which is something I've seen happen on every LTE network so far. Sprint is acknowledging as much, saying average speeds will be in the 5 to 12 Mbps range, which is right on par with the other carriers' LTE marketing claims.
Verizon also had a surprisingly strong showing, which could be due to the new 4G LTE network it is expected to unveil.
I was surprised by Verizon's results, which were quite strong. Considering the carrier's current issues with LTE traffic in big cities, I expected to see results much lower. It's possible that my iPhone 5s was catching wind of Verizon's monster new LTE network, which the carrier is expected to launch quite soon.
AT&T, on the other hand, turned in results that were slower than what I expected to see, but still not bad for congested midtown Manhattan. Anecdotally, I usually see the speeds that AT&T and Verizon achieved today flip-flopped. PCMag has found the same – it reported average download speeds of 13.69Mbps in New York on AT&T in its yearly speed tests.
AT&T's 4G LTE network didn't have a great day, though I usually see it perform much faster.
Any way you look at it, this is a good showing for Sprint, and good news for Sprint users purchasing a Spark-compatible device. It might take a while for Spark to reach you, though, as the carrier is only expecting to cover 100 million Americans by the end of 2014. If you aren't covered by Spark, you'll fall back on Sprint's regular LTE network if it's available in your area.
It'll be interesting to see how Spark fares as more compatible devices become available and more users get on the network. I'm also curious to see how it'll stack up to Verizon's new LTE network when it arrives.
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cant find the original web link where I used its recipe.
I bought a milk bun from Swee Heng last Friday for breakfast the next day.
It has an unpleasant aftertaste.
Home bread making should yield better taste since one can decide what types of ingredients to use and what not to use and to go as natural as possible.
This kafemaru milk bun recipe still tastes alright this morning.
I was not able to knead until non-sticky like the condition shown in the video.
The texture was not as good as the one shown in the kafemaru video.
Since I can hand knead relatively acceptable bread buns now (hope can replicate the results in my next bake), I will be putting up the Kenwood Major mixer for sale. It has become a white elephant on the countertop.
I am more keen to get a toaster or to have a bigger work surface for kneading/shaping bread dough.
Btw, I got a big chopping board from the household shop @ Beauty World to be used as a heavy worktop for bread making.
The IKEA silicone mat is unsuitable as the dough is sticky and the mat keeps getting pulled up when I knead.
However, the chopping board does not have a smooth non-stick surface.
Does a proper bread making worktop has a smooth non-stick surface?
The one shown in the kafemaru video looks to be a professional worktop.
Anyone seen such a worktop in Singapore shops or know which online store I can look for?
Btw, the kafemaru milk bun video uses strawberry jam bits.
I was at Orchard Isetan Supermarket last Sat.
While browsing, I chanced upon these strawberry jam bits, sold for $1.50 a small pack at the baking ingredients aisle.
I was so delighted, can be found in Singapore and is not expensive.
Lastly, I encourage you gals to give this kafemaru milk bun a try.
The portion of 250g bread flour yields 12 milk buns in my case (size similar to Four Leaves mini buns).
Can omit the strawberry jam bits or to replace with other dried fruits (I used golden raisins yesterday).
I find the kafemaru milk bun recipe does not result in sweet tasting buns.
Elder boy said it is alright, since we can use the buns as plain buns and put on jam/butter spreads.
I see this recipe as a versatile one in which I can make it a bun for hamburgers or put in other fillings.
Btw, I did not use the bread flour from BakeKing or Prima.
I used an organic bread flour from Origins HealthFood, which is 12% protein, from NTUC Fairest @ Clementi Mall (I also found it at NTUC Fairest @ Bt Timah Plaza the next day).
Many bread making sites mention the use of 12% protein bread flour.
It was sold at $4+ for a pack of 1 kg, which I feel is not too expensive.
Hope to see your milk buns soon.
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Jen, the breads look so professional and delicious! I am impressed!!
Jen, not sure if my phone got problem..cant see the weblink. yeah, I would like to keep/try the recipe. My Bosch mixer going to retire anytime as I think I used it to knead quite 'dry and too much' dough when I was trying to make the vegetarian dish some time ago. motor probably overworked liao. was hesitate to buy a set that was on offer online as the accessories are just too many, no space. now, my machine can work lightly only. I will use it till I get active/has more interest in baking before get another one.
you like to hand knead now? my wrists quite weak type. usually I will just wipe clean my counter top and do the kneading there with the plastic scrapper to help pull up all the sticky dough during kneading process. I have the plastic mat but use that when I need to do cutting with knife like when make cinnamon bun so that wont damage the counter top.
Your kafemaru milk bun looks lovely! You've inspired me. Will try it after I completed baking DS' 25 bread dough that he did for Sc project.
you can go direct to youtube n search for kafemaru, should be directed to all the videos by kafemaru.


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Q: An SDK Target must be specified I'm really new at this. I'm following the book "Android" by O'Reilly press a little outdated, I'm using Pulsar for Mobile Java Developers. Build id: 20090920-1017 I go to File, New Project, Android, Android Project. I enter "Hello World" for Project Name. Then I get "An SDK Target must be specified." There is a check box but it says "no target specified".
How do I get this resolved and how do I get to the command line?

A: I second to Yuku's answer but my case was I didn't have slash at the end of directory..
This is for Eclipse though it should be similar.
Window -> Preference -> Android
Then you see SDK Location:
It should be something like:
/android/android-sdk-linux_86/
To make sue it is correct, click on Apply button and you should see the list of android target names show up in the same dialog box.

A: You need to choose one of the SDKs in the Build Target section.
If there is none listed, cancel the dialog, and go to menu Window -> Preferences -> Android, specify the SDK location (android-sdk-windows directory on Windows), and press Apply.
If you still don't get any Target Name listed, you need to install the SDK first. Cancel the dialog, and go to menu Window -> Android SDK and AVD Manager. Click Available Packages and select e.g. SDK Platform Android 2.0, API 5, revision 1 then click Install Selected.

A: If your target list appears blank, play with the Eclipse font size. I had to drop my dialog font size down to 5pt/courier new to actually see any choices there.
See http://blog.rowancrane.com/2009/12/27/eclipse-new-android-project-cant-select-build-type-target for more information about this

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Q: Can anyone figure out why the integer of this VBA script stops increasing? I'm working on the following code:
Sub RemoveNumber()

    Dim Rng As Range
    Dim i As Long
    i = 1
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    While i <= 20000

        Set Rng = Range("A" & i)
        If IsNumeric(Rng.Value) = True Then
            Rng.Delete Shift:=xlUp
        ElseIf IsNumeric(Rng.Value) = False Then
            i = i + 1
        Else
            i = i + 1
        End If
    Wend

End Sub

Essentially, it loops through a column and removes cells with numbers. This much works well, but the loop doesn't end. Further testing by inserting Range("B2").value = i shows that when i reaches 18450 (the first empty cell in the column), i stops increasing. But surely and empty cell should trigger the Else statement at the end, right?

A: Your code will miss rows.  As it deletes rng the next is moved up and then it moves to the next row.  If there are back to back number values it will skip every other one.
One good method to avoid all this is to loop backwards:
Sub RemoveNumber()
Dim Rng As Range
Dim i As Long
i = 1
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
For i = 20000 To 1 Step -1
    Set Rng = Range("A" & i)
    If IsNumeric(Rng.Value) And Len(Rng.Value) > 0 Then
        Rng.Delete Shift:=xlUp
    End If
Next i
End Sub


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You can still make your own rod pocket curtains and envelope pillow covers with this method!
This particular scene we've seen quite a lot: white curtains, basic gray sofa, mixed accent tables and throw pillows, white green plant, and area rug.
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She could bring in accent pillows in blues and greens or mix in any of these shapely lamps.
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Q: Multiple  Tags with the Same Name I need to specify multiple copyrights or authors using the <meta> tag. Can I use a <meta> tag with the same name multiple times?
<meta name="copyright" content="Company A" />
<meta name="copyright" content="Company B" />

Will the search engine respect both values? Or, do I need to comma-separate them in one <meta> tag?
Thanks.

A: If the page contains multiple meta tags of the same type, Google will aggregate the content values. For instance, they will interpret
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX">
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOFOLLOW">

The same way as:
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW">

More details here:http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.ro/2007/03/using-robots-meta-tag.html
I guess most other search engines would handle the meta tags in the same way.

A: Using multiple meta tags with the same name is valid HTML.
But we don't know how search engines and other readers will interpret them. Either two meta tags will be concatenated or one of them will be ignored/overwritten.
Example: The PHP-function get_meta_tags() will ignore multiple meta tags with an equal name.
To avoid possible problems I would recommend to use a single meta tag:
<meta name="copyright" content="Company A, Company B" />