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State announces $115M Westchester bridge replacements, road work
Peter Katz - July 26, 2020
New York state is beginning a $115 million project involving the replacement of four bridges in Westchester, the renovation of a fifth and installation...
Bike, pedestrian path on Cuomo bridge opens; New rules for cops
Peter Katz - June 16, 2020
During a news briefing held today at the Tarrytown entrance to the new 3.6-mile bicycle and pedestrian path across the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge,...
'Money Grab': New Yorkers push back on CT governor's plan...
Peter Katz - November 14, 2019
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's plan to impose tolls on motorists using I-684 where the highway through Westchester crosses a sliver of Greenwich, Connecticut, hit...
U.S. Sen. Blumenthal seeks federal probe of Kobe Steel
Phil Hall - October 18, 2017
The Connecticut Democrat asked the Departments of Justice and Transportation to investigate alleged falsified data and substandard material usage.
Orange County Airport gets $6.8 million in federal funding
Aleesia Forni - July 11, 2016
Orange County Airport will receive $6,866,280 in federal funding to build a new runway and taxiway and mitigate pollution. The funds, granted through the Airport Improvement Program and...
$500M development for Stamford transit center
Jennifer Bissell - July 18, 2013
Months behind schedule, Department of Transportation officials have finally announced the developer of the $500 million mixed-use development project located at the Stamford Transportation Center.
Stamford rail center to include direct access parking
Development plans for the Stamford Transportation Center will officially include 300 additional parking spots within three garages with direct access to train platforms.
Conn. to double electric car charging stations
The state plans to more than double its 81 electric-vehicle charging stations by the end of the year.
CT looks to future of transportation, rail system
Jennifer Bissell - June 27, 2013
James P. Redeker, commissioner of Connecticut's Department of Transportation, was recently named the new chair of the Northeast Corridor.
DOT nears decision on Stamford train station plans
Patrick Gallagher - May 30, 2013
Representatives of the Connecticut Department of Transportation were expected to begin meeting last week with Stamford planning and traffic officials to discuss plans for a replacement parking garage at the city's train station.
Less traffic, less worries
Jennifer Bissell - April 18, 2013
The DOT is trying new tactics to minimize congestion including accelerated bridge construction and alternative project delivery methods
Committee kills toll bills, but calls for a new study
Jennifer Bissell - March 22, 2013
Connecticut's legislative Transportation Committee killed multiple bills to establish road tolls this session but advanced a bill this week to commission a statewide tolling system study.
DOT to make improvements to Bear Mountain Parkway
Sam Barron - February 14, 2013
The New York State Department of Transportation announced that it is proposing some safety improvements to the Bear Mountain Parkway in Northern Westchester.
Official: Stamford transit center decision forthcoming
Patrick Gallagher - December 6, 2012
State transportation officials hope to choose a developer for the construction of a new parking garage and transit-oriented development at the Stamford Transportation Center later this month or early next year.
AMVET Bridge reopening
Sam Barron - October 2, 2012
Commuters traveling northbound on the Taconic State Parkway will have an easier commute beginning Oct. 3, as the AMVET Bridge will reopen more than a month ahead of schedule.


Kishore Kumar was simply unstoppable after the blockbuster success of 'Aradhana' - every music producer wanted him for their songs and each leading man of the day wanted to be associated with his voice. I don't remember being particularly enamored with Rajesh Khanna but do remember watching all of his movies just to hear songs from Kishore. Indeed, the Rajesh/Kishore pairing became legendary in Bollywood and soon more leading men became associated with his voice - Shashi Kapoor, Jeetendra, Dharmendra (just to name a few) and audiences simply could not get enough.
The video below is from 'Chor Machaye Shor' which starred Shashi Kapoor. The song showcases the maturity of Kishore Kumar as an artist and was one of the signature songs of the movie as well.
How bizarrely ironic! One of the DVDs in the PPCC's To Review pile is, indeed, Abhinetri. And I agree, Hema is so lovely and bubbly. Awwww. A perfect match for Shashi. And that song is such a lovely little number. Gush.
Too cool & cannot wait to read your review on it. Hema just grows lovelier over time and I was just the biggest Shashi fan during his filmimaking days. These two look so good together I am amazed that they weren't cast in more movies as a pair.


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"Animal" Hex
Forums ► Spell Suggestions ► "Animal" Hex
By: SebaraE
Even though it's largely cinematic and fictional, I'm a bit fixated on the legend of the witch that can curse enemies by turning them into animals. Outside of modern pop culture and the like there are ancient myths such as Arachne who was turned into a spider, Psyche and Bloudewedd who were both turned into owls and Lycaon who was turned into a wolf (although these all heavily involved divine intervention). The Odyssey also mentions a witch named Circe who turned trespassers on her island into pigs and other animals. Scottish witch Isobel Gowdie, in her lengthy confessions, also claimed that she and her friends once turned one of the townsfolk into a camel.
Anyway, it made me wonder what the closest thing to it would be in real life. Obviously you can't actually turn someone into an animal, but what if there was a curse that changed their mood and thoughts to match that of a certain animal? For example if you turn them into a rabbit they'd feel unfocused and jumpy, if you turn them into a toad they'll feel restless and cranky, if you turn them into a snake they'll feel threatened and start lashing out at people, etc. Although I'm not sure what the spell needed to accomplish that would resemble.
I don't really curse people, I just find myself musing on this kind of thing. I'd like to hear someone else's ideas on it, what the closest thing in real life would be to an animal-hex, and maybe how you could hypothetically go about casting it.
Re: "Animal" Hex
By: Nekoshema / Novice
I don't know of one, but I suppose using the animals fur or a toy representation of the animal in a spell while focusing on the symbolism you are working with. You may think someone was cunning as a fox, but simply using a fox in a spell might translate to being a "sexy fox". I feel it would also be similar as with dream interpretation, what you might hate, another might love.
I do know a number of hexes that use animal parts, like snake skin, or chicken feet [while snake skin I can only think of the positive attributes it's used in, chicken feet can be used to symbolically claw and scratch at someone] you could always try writing a spell and trying to, being sure to observe anything that may happen [but I wouldn't recommend cursing people for experimentation]
Neko is correct. I've personally ever heard of a curse causing an individual to act in an animalistic manner or to act as an animal in general, but there are several hexes you can cast involving the parts of animals. Some even use wasps and spiders to "sting" and "bite" their enemies. The idea behind these kinds of acts is that the abilities of the animal or insect impact the individual much like they would in the real sense. So the claws of a chicken or the sting of a wasp would bring harm, pain, misfortune, etc to your intended target.
I think there may be some very different ways to look at these myths.
For some, these tales seem to be mostly symbolic. Often, the transformation into an animal shows a transformative process in the life of that character, while sometimes it is used to show the perversity and evil nature of the one who changed them. Sometimes, the experience of a loved one who was changed into an animal is what leads to the character development of the others. I don't necessarily mean this just as a plot device. We are, after all, in a forum about magic, and I believe that magic and psychology cross often, especially in cultures where psychology did not yet exist.
I'd say it this way: Consider that sometimes a transformation into an animal is a means for the character in that tale to either experience a mental break, and show this break to the wider audience, or to be debased in some way. Say the tales of people who were turned to frogs, and after some time, they accomplished that which was necessary to ascend back into a human. During the time as a frog, they were debased; frogs have long been reviled, and considered among the lowest of the low. They swim in mucky pools (in many areas, they were often found in open sewers, cisterns, etc.), and eat the very flies which spawn on the excrement. Through this debasement, the person learns a valuable lesson -- often in humility.
For some tales, it seems that the idea of being turned into something was used as a means of inflicting fear. Such rumors were spread of misinformation, and used to teach people to revile those who practiced any sort of witchcraft or magic. What better then, among the lists, than to add that those old tales of cursing people into poop-swimming frogs is true?
Of course, there are still more options. An example can be sourced from the first post, with Isobel Gowdie. Did the people of her area actually see a camel walking around? It would have been quite the sight in Scotland, yes? If not, it seems that in her confession became a permanent record that her accusers would literally believe anything the accused spouted. It really sounds like something completely sarcastic, sort of like, "Yeah? You made potions to make the shepherd's ewes birth winged goats? And what else?" "Oh, I turned that man who scoffed at me into a camel!" "I don't remember any reports of a camel. But a camel, you say?!" *records in notes*
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Q: Flutter Firestore pagination in abstract service class I'm implementing pagination for my Flutter app with Firestore and I am running into a design issue.
I'm using services class to abstract database operation from the business logic of my app through data model class like so:
UI <- business logic (riverpod) <- data model class <- stateless firestore service

This works great as it follows the separation of concerns principles.
However, in the Firestore library, the only way to implement pagination is to save the last DocumentSnapshot to reference it in the next query using startAfterDocument(). This means, as my database services are stateless, I would need to save this DocumentSnapshot in my business logic code, who should in principle be completely abstracted from Firestore.
My first instinct would be to reconstruct a DocumentSnapshot from my data model class inside the service and use that for the pagination, but I would not be able to reconstruct it completely so I wonder if that would be enough.
Has anyone run into this issue? How did you solve it?
Cheers!

A: I stumbled upon the exact same issue, even though I was using Bloc instead of Riverpod.
I wrote a whole article on that, in order to support also live updates to the list and allowing infinite scrolling: ARTICLE ON MEDIUM
My approach was to order the query by name and id (for example), and using startAfter instead of startAfterDocument.
For example:
import 'package:cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore.dart';
import 'package:infite_firestore_list/domain/list_item_entity.dart';
import 'package:infite_firestore_list/domain/item_repository.dart';

class FirebaseItemRepository implements ItemRepository {
  final _itemsCollection = FirebaseFirestore.instance.collection('items');

  @override
  Future<Stream<List<ListItem>>> getItems({
    String startAfterName = '',
    String startAfterId = '',
    int paginationSize = 10,
  }) async {
    return _itemsCollection
        .orderBy("name")
        .orderBy(FieldPath.documentId)
        .startAfter([startAfterName, startAfterId])
        .limit(paginationSize)
        .snapshots()
        .map((querySnapshot) => querySnapshot.docs.map((doc) {
              return ListItemDataModel.fromFirestoreDocument(doc).toDomain();
            }).toList());
  }
}

in this way in your logic you only have to use id and name or whatever fields you wish to use, for example a date.
If you use a combination of multiple orderBy, the first time you run the query, Firebase may ask you to build the index with a link that will appear in the logs.
The drawback of this approach is that it only works if you are sure that the fields you are using in the orderBy are uniques. In fact, if for example you sort by date, if two fields have the same date and you use startAfter that date (first item), you may skip the second item with the same date...
In my example, the startAfterId doesn't seem useful, but in the usecase I had, it solved some edgecases I stumbled upon.
Alternative
An alternative I thought but that I personally didn't like (hence I did not mention it in my article) could be to store an array of the snapshots of the last documents of each page in the repository itself.
Than use the id from the logic domain to request a new page and make the correspondance id <--> snapshot in the repository itself.
This approach could be interesting if you are expecting a finite amount of pages and hence a controlled array in your repository singleton, otherwise it smell memory leaking and that's why I personally do not like this approach to stay as general as possible.

A: The very definition of paging (you are at one page; you go to the next page) is Stateful, so attempting to do it "stateless" has no meaning.
I don't work in flutter, but in JS/React I built the following class that returns an OBJECT that has the PageForward/PageBack methods, and properties to hold the required data/state:
export class PaginateFetch {
  /**
   * constructs an object to paginate through large Firestore Tables
   * @param {string} table a properly formatted string representing the requested collection
   * - always an ODD number of elements
   * @param {array} filterArray an (optional) 3xn array of filter(i.e. "where") conditions
   * The array is assumed to be sorted in the correct order -
   * i.e. filterArray[0] is added first; filterArray[length-1] last
   * returns data as an array of objects (not dissimilar to Redux State objects)
   * with both the documentID and documentReference added as fields.
   * @param {array} sortArray a 2xn array of sort (i.e. "orderBy") conditions
   * @param {?string} refPath (optional) allows "table" parameter to reference a sub-collection
   * of an existing document reference (I use a LOT of structured collections)
   * @param {number} limit page size
   * @category Paginator
   */
  constructor(
    table,
    filterArray = null,
    sortArray = null,
    refPath = null,
    limit = PAGINATE_DEFAULT
  ) {
    const db = dbReference(refPath);

    /**
     * current limit of query results
     * @type {number}
     */
    this.limit = limit;
    /**
     * underlying query for fetch
     * @private
     * @type {Query}
     */
    this.Query = sortQuery(
      filterQuery(db.collection(table), filterArray),
      sortArray
    );
    /**
     * current status of pagination
     * @type {PagingStatus}
     * -1 pending; 0 uninitialized; 1 updated;
     */
    this.status = PAGINATE_INIT;
  }

  /**
   * executes the query again to fetch the next set of records
   * @async
   * @method
   * @returns {Promise<RecordArray>} returns an array of record - the next page
   */
  PageForward() {
    const runQuery = this.snapshot
      ? this.Query.startAfter(last(this.snapshot.docs))
      : this.Query;

    this.status = PAGINATE_PENDING;

    return runQuery
      .limit(this.limit)
      .get()
      .then((QuerySnapshot) => {
        this.status = PAGINATE_UPDATED;
        //*IF* documents (i.e. haven't gone beyond start)
        if (!QuerySnapshot.empty) {
          //then update document set, and execute callback
          //return Promise.resolve(QuerySnapshot);
          this.snapshot = QuerySnapshot;
        }
        return Promise.resolve(RecordsFromSnapshot(this.snapshot));
      });
  }

  /**
   * executes the query again to fetch the previous set of records
   * @async
   * @method
   * @returns {Promise<RecordArray>} returns an array of record - the next page
   */
  PageBack() {
    const runQuery = this.snapshot
      ? this.Query.endBefore(this.snapshot.docs[0])
      : this.Query;

    this.status = PAGINATE_PENDING;

    return runQuery
      .limitToLast(this.limit)
      .get()
      .then((QuerySnapshot) => {
        this.status = PAGINATE_UPDATED;
        //*IF* documents (i.e. haven't gone back ebfore start)
        if (!QuerySnapshot.empty) {
          //then update document set, and execute callback
          this.snapshot = QuerySnapshot;
        }
        return Promise.resolve(RecordsFromSnapshot(this.snapshot));
      });
  }
}
/**
 * @private
 * @typedef {Object} filterObject
 * @property {!String} fieldRef
 * @property {!String} opStr
 * @property {any} value
 */

/**
 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 * @private
 * @function filterQuery
 * builds and returns a query built from an array of filter (i.e. "where")
 * conditions
 * @param {Query} query collectionReference or Query to build filter upong
 * @param {?filterObject} [filterArray] an (optional) 3xn array of filter(i.e. "where") conditions
 * @returns {Query} Firestore Query object
 */
const filterQuery = (query, filterArray = null) => {
  return filterArray
    ? filterArray.reduce((accQuery, filter) => {
        return accQuery.where(filter.fieldRef, filter.opStr, filter.value);
      }, query)
    : query;
};

/**
 * @private
 * @typedef {Object} sortObject
 * @property {!String} fieldRef
 * @property {!String} dirStr
 */

/**
 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 * @private
 * @function sortQuery
 * builds and returns a query built from an array of filter (i.e. "where")
 * conditions
 * @param {Query} query collectionReference or Query to build filter upong
 * @param {?sortObject} [sortArray] an (optional) 2xn array of sort (i.e. "orderBy") conditions
 * @returns Firestore Query object
 */
const sortQuery = (query, sortArray = null) => {
  return sortArray
    ? sortArray.reduce((accQuery, sortEntry) => {
        return accQuery.orderBy(sortEntry.fieldRef, sortEntry.dirStr || "asc");
        //note "||" - if dirStr is not present(i.e. falsy) default to "asc"
      }, query)
    : query;
};

A: If you are using or can use any orderBy queries. You can use startAfter with your last queries value. For example if you orderBy date you can use last date for your next pagination query.
startAfter method reference

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*mydomain runs a nextjs along with next-auth.js

*api.mydomain runs a back-end API that mydomain's client points to make some request

Mydomain is authenticated via the Next.js's Github provider, and as long as I get next-auth.js creates a JWT session which is sent to the client as a form of a cookie (correct me if I'm wrong). Then, if you need some info about your authentication, you can use the hook useSession on front side in order to access your JWT session.
My frontend is not using the api nextjs' functionality though: it communicates with an API through axios HTTP calls, which is deployed separately. What I would like to do is passing the Nextjs' JWT to my backend in order to verify authentication and authorization, but I'm not sure if it's possible, safe and recommended.
So: how could I accomplish that? The only alternative I see is generating a separated JWT token within the JWT callback, pass back to the front and use it for my calls, but I see it like a redundant thing actually, like embedding a JWT within a JWT.
Here is what I'd like to do in summary:


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home > news > Automobiles > Rent-a-Car Companies Risking Lives With Recalled Cars?
Rent-a-Car Companies Risking Lives With Recalled Cars?
Enterprise, National, Alamo admit risky policy in court case.
Paul A. Eisenstein , Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
Enterprise acknowledges renting a car that should've gone back for recall repairs.
One of the nation's largest rental-car companies has acknowledged in court that it regularly rents vehicles even though it is aware that they are covered by a safety recall and should be first taken in for repair.
That news came out in a California court case involving the death of two women whose rental car caught fire after a collision with a tractor trailer. The PT Cruiser they were provided by Enterprise had, in fact, previously been rented out three times after the company had received a recall notice from Chrysler.
"When demand called, we rented out recalled vehicles, it happened, I won't lie," said Mark Matias, who previously served as an Enterprise area manager in San Francisco, near where the accident occurred that claims the lives of 24-year-old Raechel Houck and her sister, Jacquie, 20.
While the case was in discovery, Enterprise Manager Thomas Moulton was asked, "Did you ever consider the possibility that Enterprise should not rent cars to the public after they've received recall notices from the manufacturer?" Moulton, according to the ABC Report, responded, "No."
Enterprising News!
During the trial, reports ABC News, Enterprise tried to argue that the accident was the result of the driver, Raechel, being "suicidal or on drugs." But two weeks before trial, noted the Houck family's attorney, Larry Grassini, the company "freely admitted that they were the only cause of the deaths."
After turning down an initial $3 million settlement offer, which would have sealed the court documents and silenced the Houck family, a jury returned a $15 million settlement in the family's favor.
"Given all we have learned, today we would ground the recalled PT Cruiser until repaired," Enterprise executive vice president Greg Stubblefield said in a statement.
The rental firm says it held off on renting 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokees that had airbag problems, and 35,000 Toyota and Pontiac models potentially experiencing problems with sticky accelerators.
Safety experts quoted by ABC note that there are no specific policies at either of the two largest rent-a-car firms, Hertz and Avis, against renting recalled vehicles before they're repaired. Instead, they make decisions on a case-by-case basis depending on the recommendations of the vehicle manufacturers.
(Enterprise deletes "standard" side airbags to save money, then sells the Impalas without alerting buyers. Click Here for that story from UsedCars.com.)
4 responses to "Rent-a-Car Companies Risking Lives With Recalled Cars?"
Keith Griffin says:
Let's not forget Enterprise's involvement in renting Chevy Impalas without standard side airbags that it ordered deleted to save $175 (a practice Chevy no longer allows). It then turned around and sold the used Impalas without mentioning the airbags had never been installed. The story was first reported by The Kansas Star and is recounted on my blog.
tdb says:
Keith, I've inserted a link to your story at the end of ours, above. Nice scoop.
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Publisher, TheDetroitBureau.com
Gulsah@Hertz says:
Hi, I work for The Hertz Corporation. Many of us at Hertz read the article that was originally posted on ABCNews.com. We are saddened about the outcome and the loss of those sisters. Who would want to rent a car that needs immediate attention and repairs. They also managed to blame on Hertz by saying that we don't have any policy or procedure either for recalled cars. It is not fair to blame other companies when a big name company does wrong! While the article inaccurately generalizes rent-a-car companies, stating they do not have policies or procedures in place for recalls, at Hertz, we in fact, have a clear, long standing company policy to promptly repair all vehicles subject to manufacturer safety recalls. Hertz is constantly in communication with the automobile manufacturers to insure the safety of our customers and we take all necessary steps to expedite the completion of such repairs. Safety recalls, such as the recent Toyota accelerator pedal issue, will result in all vehicles being placed on hold from rental until such time that all necessary repairs are completed. In addition to safety recall notifications, automobile manufacturers often provide customer satisfaction program notices. While such notices are not safety related, Hertz aggressively completes these repairs in a timely manner as they often represent vehicle appearance or comfort features. At Hertz, we err on the side of caution and only continue to rent vehicles if, after careful review, we determine there is no safety risk. As a company, we take manufacturer recalls very seriously and our customers' safety is our top priority.
Gulsah@Hertz
Thank you for your comments. I would be interested in speaking with someone from corporate management willing to go on the record to clarify the point you make, above. We were not able to get this cleared up when pulling this story together. Thank you and I hope to hear back.


It's been a heartbreaking week here in my hometown, so much devastation and destruction in such a short amount of time. Rain fell on our Louisiana homes on August 11, 2016 and kept falling, covering our streets, soaking our flowerbeds, washing clean our porches. It seemed like any other rainy day in Louisiana, but it was not.
6,900,000,000,000 gallons of rain fell and swept away our cities.
I saw a Facebook post that stated that of the 138,000 residents of Livingston Parish, 105,000 residents lost everything in this unexpected flood. Two of those 138,000 belong to me…my great Aunt Ruby, a 91 year old treasure. Seventy years in the same house. Seventy years of memories washed away in just a flash. And my Uncle J and Aunt Linda who celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary ripping sheetrock and carrying water logged furniture to the road in front of their home.
driveway as I dragged trash bag after trash bag of damaged pieces of her past to the road, discarded in the ruin. My heart broke sitting next to her as frail hands rummaged through an old box of photographs and letters that had been unharmed by the cruel rising waters. She's a strong woman, you have to be to live widowed to 91 years old, but I watched her face as she remembered days gone by. A deep sadness lingered behind the gratitude she offered for the help and rescue. Yes, it's just stuff, but it was her stuff.
Helping today at my other aunt's house was just as heartbreaking. They were in good spirits, grateful to be alive and resolved to live with less from here on out but it was hard to see all of her beautiful furniture and rugs and curtains piled like trash outside of her front door.
Many Christmases and family get togethers have been spent surrounded by these hand-picked pieces. Walking through her house that smelled of mold and grime, the inmost parts of her house exposed, wood floors buckled, choking back tears, she turned to me and said, "Melissa Ayn look at my house!" My heart aches!
Yes, it's just stuff, but it's her stuff full of memories and time spent carefully choosing just the right piece for that corner to decorate and display, to delight and beautify.
amongst the broken, damaged things of this house.
It is "just stuff" and our hope is not in our stuff.
Life goes on and we persevere, that's what we do! We hold tighter to family and the things in this world that really matter. We make resolutions to live differently and lighten our load (literally) as we say goodbye to "our stuff" knowing that in the end it wasn't really all that important.
Today, I am thankful for the Godly heritage these beautiful people have passed down to me. Today, I am thankful for the opportunity to have been there for them and to have served them in their time of need. Today, I am thankful for community that cared for us all with lunch and supplies to help in our efforts to clean up and move on. Today, I am thankful for neighborly kindness. Today, I am thankful for all the memories all of their stuff afforded me. Today, I am thankful for letting go and moving on. Today, I am thankful to witness the strength of overcomers and this truth — our hope is in the Lord!


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Bio-Istanbul: A Speculative, Segregationist, and Sustainable Urbanism
Ekolojik (ecological), yeşil (green), doğal (natural), or akıllı (smart): these are the new concepts increasingly emphasized in brochures advertising real estate projects in Istanbul. Stamped with the seal of "sustainability" (sürdürülebilirlik), a terminology that signalled its entry into the vocabulary of Turkey's urban policies in the early 2000s (Pérouse 2011), do these projects really reflect new forms of urban design and spatial production in the metropolis of Istanbul? In order to answer this question, I provide some context for the incorporation of sustainable urban development (SUD) criteria into the dominant system of metropolitan production. The two sections that follow offer a guide to identifying changes or continuities in the ways of making and designing the sustainable city, through the example of the so-called Bio-Istanbul smart city project.
Conservative Ideology, Real Estate Speculation, Environmental Pressures, and Urban Segregation: Hybrid "Sustainability" in Istanbul
The rapid spread of "eco-projects" in Istanbul coincides with the acceleration, since 2004, in the urban transformation policy initiated by the national collective housing administration (TOKI), an entity accountable directly to the current Prime Minister, which exemplifies the urban ideology of the AKP era. This urban ideology is reflected in an explicit desire to make the city more consonant with the moral and religious values embodied by the AKP. Principles of sustainability are therefore superimposed onto this moralistic aspiration for urban life. The physical manifestation of SUD thus often takes artificial form in the incorporation of a natural, domestic, and safe environment into the built environment.
In the field of urban production in Istanbul, sustainable development, as a new benchmark principle for action, serves the speculative interests of the dominant players, those primarily responsible for the current changes to the city. This metropolitan coalition consists of government institutions that are omnipotent with regard to legislation and land control, such as the Ministry of the Environment and the City, and the big real estate developers with expertise in big international property markets. The recent public revelations about corruption scandals have illustrated the scale of wheeling and dealing in property at the highest echelons of government. The extraordinary social and economic ascent of numerous Turkish property developers is thus explained by the nature and power of the clientelistic relations involving, for example, the son of the current Prime Minister and Erdoğan Bayraktar, recently removed from his position as Minister of the Environment and the City.
In the context of this headlong rush into land speculation, which has made available huge areas of peripheral land for urbanization, environmental threats are becoming ever more perilous. As they stand, so-called sustainable construction projects, designed in the interests of property speculation, do not offer any valid response to the city's ecological problems. On the contrary, they accentuate deforestation and reduce ground drainage, and are directly implicated in the likelihood of water shortages.[1] This model of urbanization is also partly responsible for the catastrophic floods of 2009 and 2010 (Pérouse 2010). Finally, SUD in Istanbul has become a new tool in the exacerbation of urban segregation. Indeed, the above-mentioned construction programs, with their "sustainable" label, contribute to the process whereby the city is fragmented into high-prestige, gated residential blocks, lush with greenery and potentially energy-efficient. To speak of an urban fabric in describing this type of peripheral urbanization in Istanbul makes almost no sense, given the builders' total indifference to urban continuities, except with respect to the issue of access. Roads now represent the final threads of physical and social integration in a heterogeneous urban landscape, marked in particular by other, more informal, forms of housing production.
Against this background, let us try to see whether the Bio-Istanbul project, touted as the first large-scale embodiment of sustainable development, is different from these structuring elements of the current system of spatial production. In other words, does this future two hundred hectares' estate, slated to house ten thousand people, provide a foretaste of the development of a different, non-speculative and non-segregationist model of urbanization, without destructive impact on local ecosystems and metropolitan environmental resources? A simple look at the project's location would seem to contradict its aspirations to sustainability. The planned location of the Bio-Istanbul project is in the district of Başakşehir, one of the peripheral districts seen as symbolising the AKP's "hegemonic urban model" (Pérouse 2014), around thirty kilometres west of the historic centre of Istanbul (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Location map of the Bio-Istanbul project (publicity brochure)
Bio-Istanbul: Implementation of New Urban Concepts Geared to the Requirements of a Globalized Innovation Economy
In the early years of the millennium, processes of globalization and liberalization led to a profound restructuring of the health provision sector in Turkey, following the rise to power of the AKP government. These were the circumstances in which, in 2007, the Turkish government made direct contact with the Dutch company Bio-City Development (BCD) with the idea of building a pediatric hospital in Istanbul. This company, officially founded in 2009, was a developer of high-quality infrastructures in the health and biotechnology sector, recognized in particular for its success in the construction of hospitals in London, Boston, and Singapore through the establishment of public-private partnerships. Drawing on this success abroad, and well aware of the opportunities for the health sector in an emerging economy like Turkey, the company convinced the Turkish government to launch a more ambitious project.[2]
Figure 2: The Bio-Istanbul innovation campus: Turkey's prestigious international center (publicity brochure)
As a result, with a 320-bed pediatric hospital, a biomedical research center (R&D), an innovation campus offering ten thousand new jobs, and a university, Bio-Istanbul was seen as a future cluster for innovation and economic growth. "Like New Jersey in New York, or Cambridge for London, Bio-Istanbul will be Istanbul's new medical cluster, located less than sixty minutes from the city center and attracting the greatest names in the health and biotechnology sector," gushes the publicity brochure (Figure 2). This project served both the interests of the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul and the Turkish government, both of which were keen to place Istanbul on a par with other global cities.[3]
The estimated $1.4 billion cost of Bio-Istanbul would be funded by a public-private partnership, along with the development of two hundred hectares of medical infrastructures, combined with 6,500 dwellings, shopping centers, and a leisure center (performance hall, sports center, etc.).[4] Bio-Istanbul Proje Geliştirme ve Yatırım AŞ is a joint venture created in 2010, made up of shareholders of BCD (fifty-five percent), of Emlak Pazarlama Insaat Proje (EPP) (twenty percent), TOKI's property development subsidiary, and construction firms Artaş (12.5 percent) and Öztaş (12.5 percent). This was Turkey's first public-private partnership in an urban development project.
Figure 3: Flags of the main developers of Bio-Istanbul floating over the future development site (Photo Elvan Arik)
This mechanism involves great financial and institutional complexity, which is tricky to decipher. It is indeed difficult to track the capital amounts invested, since they flow internationally between several parallel firms, themselves subdivided into different entities (for example, for land acquisition and development).[5] Initially, Bio-Istanbul will perform the role of land and real estate developer, subsequently taking responsibility for infrastructure management in the new development. With regard to this first role, after investing in the acquisition of the land, in the preparation of the plot and in the pediatric hospital—in order to make the project attractive—the company will issue bonds over a period of seven years, in several phases, to a total value of $220 million, with the aim of attracting new investors. Subsequently, the company will earn money from interest on the bonds, from the sale of the prepared land and the housing units, and from the management of the site's various activities and functions.
The presentation of the project, to which I was invited,[6] began with the screening of a series of images showing various local real estate programs of high-rise apartment buildings. The speaker cited these images, and the distant presence on the horizon (see Figure 4) of the luxurious apartment tower blocks of Ispartakule, to denigrate what was described as an obsolete urban model. He even went so far as to compare it with the collectivist and hierarchical ideology of Communist cities.
Figure 4: The tower blocks of Ispartakule on the horizon, and in the foreground the Bio-Istanbul development zone (Photo Elvan Arik)
As an alternative to this failed model, Bio-Istanbul seeks to draw on the past for its sources of inspiration. Its models are thus the gardens of the Alhambra and of the Tuileries Palaces, Ottoman gardens, and the design of Soliman Mosque in Istanbul, together with the cemeteries that dominate the Bosphorus. In this view, the urban history of Ottoman and European cities provide a certain idea of ecology that is now in need of resuscitation. The different visual references that embody this representation of ecology are unified by the quality of the landscape,[7] which is characterized by the predominance of green spaces.
Figure 5: Project model (Photo Elvan Arik)
In any case, the combination of these different influences is not identifiable in the master plan for the new city, drawn by the US architectural firm Swanke Hayden Connell Architects and by the British design office Arup, except to justify the establishment of an "environmental corridor" at the foot of the hills. This landscape corridor extends into the built areas, where building heights are restricted to three stories. Sustainability here is also a synonym for low density, by contrast with the central districts of Istanbul, where the density of buildings and population is presented as the source of all the ills afflicting the metropolis (congestion, pollution, noise, hygiene, etc.).
Bio-Istanbul is thus the amalgam of this purportedly traditional ecology and of modernity—meaning science: "Bio-Istanbul is where science meets nature." This is a science both produced in the innovation incubators already mentioned, and achievable by application of new technologies in the spheres of safe, clean, and automated transport, integrated waste management, energy from renewables (solar farm and wind farm), and energy efficiency maintained by smart metering systems. This technological concentration is claimed to aim to transform Bio-Istanbul and its inhabitants into an "integrated smart community."
Economics, Ecology, and Ethics: The Cornerstones of Sustainability in Bio-Istanbul
A generally accepted definition of the principles of sustainable development considers that the three poles of ecology, economy, and society need to be tackled simultaneously rather than in isolation. The designers of Bio-Istanbul have revised this triptych, replacing society with "ethics." So let us have a look at the ethics of Bio-Istanbul, not so much from a philosophical perspective, but rather in terms of its local potential impacts on the social and environmental dimensions.
At first sight, the Bio-Istanbul product may seem risky in a society dominated by consumerist aspirations, and still poorly versed in the principles of sobriety. This issue of the city's adaptability to new housing practices is partly bypassed by the targeting of a non-native population, presumed to be already familiarized with, or at least easily receptive and permeable to, the new precepts of eco-living. The explicit purpose of the cluster of innovation around health activities is to attract expatriate Turkish scientists from Europe and Asia—a professional diaspora who migrated because of the lack of resources and technologies formerly available in Turkey. More generally, Bio-Istanbul is designed to meet the expectations of a higher social class with substantial economic and intellectual capital (engineers, journalists, doctors, university professors, bankers, airline pilots, retired professionals). However, this claim about a real estate supply geared towards the ecological sensibilities of the future inhabitants does not stand when we learn that the other target of Bio-Istanbul's developers is a clientele from the Arabian Peninsula. The Bio-Istanbul project, long kept secret, in part because of the economic recession of 2011, was unveiled for the first time at the City Scape property exhibition in Dubai in 2013, in partnership with GYODER, one of Turkey's most powerful associations of developers. This "city of the future" created a buzz at the exhibition, and the first sales and investment agreements were immediately signed with wealthy locals. The good relations between Elie Haddad[8] and Abu Dhabi's royal family were certainly related to the success of this strategy.
This new city was therefore designed to satisfy an international demand, as evidenced both by its architectural and technological innovations, and the inclusion of specific urban design models. One example is the commercial release process. Within the first batch of six hundred units (150 having apparently been bought already) placed on the market since July 2013, designed by the Turkish-Danish architectural duo Tabanlıoğlu[9] and Saunders, a commercial project, privileging a human scale, will be organized along a pedestrian and shopping street leading into the neighborhood square (mahalle meydani). With this approach, Bio-Istanbul is seeking to offer an alternative model to the immense shopping malls that have proliferated in Istanbul over the last ten years. The appropriation of this "traditional" typology through the reference to the mahalle (neighborhood) seems offbeat, given all the imaginative connotations and representations associated with this figure of the urban landscape. The mahalle is often perceived as an ultimate refuge, offering spaces of social and physical proximity, spaces that are often erased by the process of urban transformation.
Figure 6: The sales offer concentrated around the "neighborhood square" (publicity brochure)
The local landscape amenities of the site where Bio-Istanbul will be developed are also used to consolidate and promote the prestige of the project. Over the two hundred hectares of undeveloped hills, located south of the Sazlidere reservoir, in the district of Başakşehir, there is palpable land pressure on all the ridge lines on the horizon: to the west, the cranes and half-built towers of Ispartakule and Bahçesehir, and to the east the orangey blocks of Kayaşehir, representing now only 15,000 of the 60,000 dwellings in what will become Turkey's biggest satellite city (250,000 inhabitants).
Figure 7: The site's landscape quality is a major advertising pitch for the promoters of Bio-Istanbul.
Here, we see the hills surrounding the Sazlidere reservoir (publicity brochure)
In this context of intense real estate development, which threatens the survival of ancient cultural and ecological legacies, could it have been otherwise? From the 1980s until the early 2000s, different local institutions, as well as the heirs of Resneli Niyazi Bey—a Macedonian hero of the war of independence who built a farm near Sazlidere which operated until the mid-twentieth century—had managed to maintain an environmental protection zone, and were working towards the creation of an eco-archaeological park. The rhetoric of ecological sensitivity propagated by Bio-Istanbul's development company loses credibility here, given the lack of consideration for all this territorial depth characterized, amongst other things, by the richness of its flora. The company claims to have taken all possible measures to protect a rare species of orchid present in the area. However, given the size of the project and, mostly, the location over the hillside of numerous buildings, the excavation and leveling of the site is unlikely to be compatible with this commitment.
In addition, notwithstanding the surprising proximity of the first dwellings to the Sazlidere reservoir, the impact of the project as a whole on the streams and water table was never assessed. Despite the size of the project, no environmental impact study seems to have been carried out. Conversely, what would be the point, given the numerous uncertainties prevailing about the site? If the controversial Kanal Istanbul project were to be implemented, the planned route of the canal would swallow up the Sazlidere reservoir, and would then continue southwards, into Lake Küçükcekemece. As it stands, the consequences of this megaproject on the regional and local scales are hard to fully evaluate. It is certain, however, that it will create numerous—and possibly catastrophic—ecological disruptions, at several levels. Similarly, a question arises with regard to one of the access roads connecting to the third motorway bridge over the Bosphorus which, on one of the models for Bio-Istanbul, crosses the lake at the level of the dam just north of the site (see Figure 5). These large-scale infrastructure projects, and the uncertainty surrounding them, maintain a deliberate dynamic of land speculation on the public plots, most of which belong to TOKI (Morvan and Montabone, 2010). The first dwellings were sold in the summer of 2013, on the basis of €1,600 per square meter, fifteen percent higher than the initial commercial estimates.
Finally, is it possible to interpret what seems to be, at first reading, an integration of sustainable urban development, as a break with the city's dominant modes of spatial production? As things stand, the answer is clearly negative. The territorial materialization of the principles of sustainability in Bio-Istanbul is the mere reflection of the neoliberal principle—or ethic—of profiteering from land and real estate development. Indeed, SUD is just a new tool of speculation and segregation, enduring space and time, especially if we bet on a burgeoning of such "eco-projects" in the short and medium term. However, we can also posit that the operational challenges of such a project—for instance, in terms of technological governance (notably in the transport and energy spheres)—could trigger a transformation in urban practices and representations of Turkish developers. In this respect, it will be interesting to analyze the forms of professional cooperation that arise between these local actors and global firms (such as General Electric, in the case of Bio-Istanbul), which specialize in the production and provision of "sustainable" urban services.
[John Crisp translated this essay, which was originally published in French on Jadaliyya, thanks to a generous grant from UMR « Environnement Ville Société, Lyon »]
Yoann Morvan et Benoit Montabone, « "Le pont de la rente". Les enjeux fonciers du troisième pont sur le Bosphore à Istanbul. » Etudes foncières 148, 20‑24 (2010).
Jean-François Pérouse, «Vallées niées, rivières morcelées... La durabilité en danger». Urbanisme 374, 62-65 (2010).
______ «L'impératif du développement durable à Istanbul: une domestication contrariée, partielle et opportuniste». In Expérimenter la «ville durable» au sud de la Méditerrannée. Chercheurs et professionnels en dialogue, (Paris: L'Aube. Monde en cours/ESSEC Villes, 2011), 55-82.
[1] Drinking water supply problems are currently re-emerging in Istanbul, with a threat of shortage in summer. While periods of drought, particularly intense this year, are said to be the main cause, loss of ground drainage and poor watercourse management associated with high levels of urbanization need also to be taken into account.
[2] The BCD's target market is exclusively developing countries, since health spending there is expected to increase very fast to reach the levels of developed countries (i.e. between ten percent and seventeen percent of GDP).
[3] Bio-Istanbul represents the first stage in the building of a global health research network that will be exported to Riyadh, Moscow, Zengzhou, Shanghai, and Ho Chi Minh.
[4] Bio-Istanbul receives the consultancy services of the British firm Savills, the world's leading real estate consultancy, listed on the London stock exchange.
[5] LandCo, founded in 2010, is affiliated to the company responsible for developing Bio-Istanbul. Its sole task is to buy and sell plots in relation to the issue of bonds. The main stockholder is Bio-Istanbul Proje Geliştirme ve Yatırım AŞ (99.9 percent), while the remaining tenth of a percent is divided between five individual members of CBD's board of directors.
[6] The bulk of this information was collected during an urban tour organized by the Istanbul Urban Observatory with students of the Masters2 program in Urbanism and Development at Université Rennes II. The objective was to observe the evolution of the ideology, the methods of production, and the urban forms of three generations of new towns located in Başakşehir.
[7] The landscape element of the master plan for Bio-Istanbul was developed by the UK's Landscape Agency, which seeks to "preserve the character of the site with regard to fauna and flora, architecture and views, so as to reflect local traditions and legacies."
[8] Elie Haddad, a Lebanese-born engineer, has established close relations with the Abu Dhabi royal family through previous high positions in the Emirates' investment bank. See the biography of Elie Haddad (p.149 of the hyperlinked report).
[9] This duo of architects is known amongst other things for the design of the Zorlu Center, the Saphhire towers, and the Kanyon shopping center in Istanbul.
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Stories from Thursday, August 13, 2009
Man escorted to county line (Local News ~ 08/13/09)
A 35-year-old Kentucky man, Ted A. Mills, was escorted to the county line early Thursday after Linton police received a report that he was walking down the middle of the highway. Linton Police Cpl. Chad E. Crynes was dispatched to the area of State Road 54 and NE 11th St. around 12:11 a.m...
Jessie Rae Newkirk Brust (Obituary ~ 08/13/09)
Jessie Rae Newkirk Brust, 88, of Dugger, passed away at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at Bloomington Hospital. She was born in Sullivan County, July 18, 1921, the daughter of Ray and Hazel (Behem) Newkirk. Jessie Rae graduated from Pleasantville High School in 1939, and Indiana State University in 1943 with a teaching degree. She taught music and English at Pleasantville High School until joining her parents in the family business...
Another new defense contractor opens office at WestGate Tech Park (Local News ~ 08/13/09)
CRANE -- Anticipating a growing federal contract base in the region, CACI International Inc, a leading professional services and information technology solutions provider to the federal government, has recently opened an office and laboratory facility in the WestGate at Crane Technology Park...
Another arrest warrant issued in Midland drug case (Local News ~ 08/13/09)
A warrant for the arrest of Brent Gilbert was issued late Thursday after preliminary felony drug charges were filed against him in Greene Superior Court. Gilbert was also arrested in early May while standing in the front yard of Wayne K. "Bear" Smith, who has recently been accused of operating a methamphetamine lab at his residence near Midland...
Linton PD taking applications for citzen police academy (Local News ~ 08/13/09)
Want the inside scoop on what goes on inside the Linton Police Department (LPD) and what the officers go through to get their job done? Then consider attending the next Citizens Police Academy sponsored by the LPD. LPD Chief Troy Jerrell said applications are now being accepted for the training tentatively scheduled to start the second week of January...
A love for quilting turns into business (Local News ~ 08/13/09)
It was a love of quilting that turned a Linton woman into a natural business owner. Rilleda Hudson started quilting 30 years ago and hasn't stopped since. "I've always enjoyed making things and quilting was a different craft I hadn't tried. When I did try it, I enjoyed it," Hudson said with a smile...
Police Logs (Police Reports ~ 08/13/09)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG No new entries. LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one illegal burn, one title check, two requests for information only, one assist to the utility department after hours, one incident of vandalism, one criminal mischief, two medical/illness, one alarm, three animal complaints, one suspicious vehicle/person, one reckless driver, two drug overdoses, one welfare check/concern and seven traffic stops.. ...
Greene County Court News (Court News ~ 08/13/09)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Stacy Michelle Chubb v. Joseph Eugene Chubb, dissolution GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Israel Lopez, driving while suspended State v. Marc T. Hennessy, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle with an alcoholcontent equivalent to at least .08 but less than .15 grams of alcohol in blood or breath...
Community Notes (Community News ~ 08/13/09)
York reunion The James York family reunion will be Sept. 5 at Stoll's Country Inn in Linton. Gather at 11:30 a.m. and eat at 12:30 p.m. Holtsclaw reunion The Holtsclaw family reunion will be Aug. 22 at the Sylvania Wesleyan Church basement in Bloomfield. Pitch-in dinner at noon. Lemonade, tea and table service provided. For more information call 825-5564...
Helen L. Myers (Obituary ~ 08/13/09)
Helen L. Myers, 73 of Worthington, died at 4:50 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton.
Eastern makes personnel decisions before start of school year (Local News ~ 08/13/09)
The Eastern-Greene School Board got ready for the first day of school by making a few more personnel decisions during a special session held Thursday evening. Melodie Miller was hired to fill a spot as an eighth grade math teacher. Katherine Warthan was hired as a middle school teaching assistant...
WRV tunes up personnel prior to the start of classes (Local News ~ 08/13/09)
The White River Valley School Board handled a few personnel items during their meeting Thursday evening including the acceptance of a resignation from a coach that Superintendent Layton Wall called a legend. Rick Graves has resigned from his position as eighth grade boys' basketball coach...
Laker baseball coach steps down (Local News ~ 08/13/09)
Shakamak's baseball coach Matt Fougerousse has resigned after 13 years in the program and one state championship, citing a wish to spend more time with his kids. "I reluctantly ask the board to approve this resignation," said Shakamak Metropolitan School Corp. Superintendent Mike Mogan during Thursday's session of Fougerousse, 62-28 record in three years as a varsity coach...
Four treated after State Road 54 wreck (Local News ~ 08/13/09)
Four people were hospitalized Thursday afternoon following a single-vehicle accident on State Road 54 -- east of Bloomfield. A 1994 Ford Explorer, driven by Kimberly Sharp, 25, of Bloomfield was westbound on State Road 54 when it "malfunctioned" causing it to leave the northside of the roadway and rolling three times before coming to rest on its top, according to a report filed by Greene County Sheriff's Department Deputy Leon Dunigan...
Updated Breaking News: Bucher named Bloomfield varsity basketball coach (Local News ~ 08/13/09)
A 1995 Bloomfield Junior-Senior High graduate is returning home to coach basketball and to teach science. John Bucher was approved as the boys varsity basketball coach as well as a junior high science teacher during a special session of the Bloomfield School Board on Thursday. Bucher recently taught physical education at White River Valley/Worthington and served as the WRV Middle School and Elementary athletic director.


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ROMEO SPIKE
Are You Listening
All You Have
The New Me
Courtyard Kids
Imaginary World
The Apple Falls
Romeo Spike is a four piece modern rock band from Atlanta, GA featuring: Vocals, electric guitars, pedal steel guitar, Rhodes electric piano, bass, drums & electronics.
Romeo Spike's latest album "Captivity"
Romeo Spike's debut album "For The Cause"
A literary allusion, Romeo Spikes were used to keep young "Romeos" from climbing up to meet their "Juliets" on the balconies of 19th Century New Orleans.
Brought together through mutual friends in 2006, Mike Kunz (then living in Chicago) and Donn Aaron (Atlanta) began with a weekly songwriting challenge designed to trigger each other's creativity. Drawing on their diverse influences ranging from Elton John to Daniel Lanois, and Kiss to Radiohead, they began work on the full length album "For the Cause." A majority of the record was recorded partially in Chicago and partially in Atlanta as the two sent tracks back and forth across the internet.
After several short trips South during the recording of the album, Kunz moved to Atlanta to make Romeo Spike a full time realization. During production of "For the Cause," the pair caught the attention of Grammy award winner, and long time Elton John mix engineer/producer Matt Still who produced, mixed and provided back-up vocals on almost half the album.
Romeo Spike's refined rock is led by Kunz's vocals and Rhodes electric piano, and Aaron's guitar and pedal steel (which has been described as "playing lightning"). Skyler Ross from Atlanta joined as bassist in mid 2009. In addition to being an accomplished instrumentalist, Sky also sings backing vocals and is a songwriting contributor to the band. Sky grew up with performance in his blood as both of his parents were Broadway performers. The newest member of Romeo Spike is drummer, Owen Liversidge from Glastonbury, England, who came aboard in October 2010. Owen has a modern, dance/pop approach and injects a British flair into Romeo Spike's rhythm section. He creates a blend of acoustic rock drumming and electronics that are essential to the Romeo Spike sound.
Another main strength of the band is found in the accomplished guitarmanship of both Kunz and Aaron. As a teen, Aaron was featured in both "Guitar Player" and "Guitar World" magazines. In 1991, he was the lead guitarist and co-songwriter for the group "Mary My Hope". He recorded guitar with Ludacris on a track that was featured in the Martin Lawrence motion picture "National Security." In November 2005, Aaron's solo album "Unfinished Symphonies" was chosen by Performing Songwriter magazine as one of their "Top 12 Independent DIY Releases." Aaron's role in the mastering side of music production in the last several years has allowed him to work with over 10,000 records, with hundreds reaching multi-platinum, platinum or gold sales awards from the RIAA.


The nxnwfestival sound & unsound #2 was in 2016 guest of the Kölner Kunstwerk - the biggest House of artists in Germany with 150 artists.
The Kunstwerk took part simultaneously in the Kölner Museumsnacht (Cologne Night of museums).
Hence, both hosts had the idea to mix their artists - thus it came to a blind date between Wolfram Lakaszus and Gabriele Sädler who decided spontaneously, to add experimetally a tonal dimension to Sädlers current (Material Art) work.
The hardly resistable urge to touch the works.


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Plant Processing
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Tablet press field test
Pharmaceutical manufacturer puts efficiency to the test
Since July 2019, the pharmaceutical manufacturer Artesan has been testing the F10i tablet press supplied by Fette Compacting at its production facility in Lüchow (Germany)
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The F10i increases the output of all tested products by 63 % on average
There are many ways of improving efficiency in tablet production – for example, by saving electricity, increasing output volumes, and reducing changeover times. With its F10i tablet press, Fette Compacting aims to make all of these adjustments at the same time. In an extensive field test, the pharmaceutical manufacturer Artesan put the efficiency of the machine to the test.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, pharmaceutical manufacturers have been mobilising all of their forces to find vaccines and medicine to combat the Sars-CoV-2 virus while simultaneously safeguarding the supply of standard medication. At the same time, the pharmaceutical industry is also feeling the economic impacts of the pandemic – for example, through disruptions of the supply chains.
In view of these challenges, pharmaceutical companies are reliant on reducing costs and producing efficiently, whereby the focus is shifting to the role played by machine manufacturers. Fette Compacting regards it as its key task to support pharmaceutical customers in finding efficiency potentials for their production. Machine manufacturers nowadays need to know their customers' entire machine park and keep an eye on all production processes. Fette Compacting has therefore initiated technological developments, which have considerably driven the topic of improving efficiency. One result of this work is the new i series.
For many years, Fette Compacting has been supplying pharmaceutical manufacturers with tablet presses from the classic i series. These include the high-performance 2090i and 3090i machines as well as the standard 1200i, 2200i, and 3200i tablet presses. More than 3000 models of this series are already in use around the world.
The new i Series represents an innovative development of these established machines. This concerns numerous aspects – from cross-generation system compatibility through dust-tight standard design to digital connectivity.
Quickly ready for production
The new i series was kicked off with the F10i tablet press, a single rotary press for smaller batches, which was presented to the public in 2019. Even the initial production figures during practical operation indicate that Fette Compacting is capable of keeping its promise of efficiency associated with the new generation of machines right from
the start.
Since July 2019, the pharmaceutical manufacturer Artesan has been testing the efficiency of the F10i tablet press at its production facility in Lüchow (Germany). Even commissioning of the new machine triggered great excitement among those responsible: it usually takes pharmaceutical manufacturers several weeks to set up a new machine for production but this period was reduced to a mere two days for the F10i. This is made possible by the cross-generation system compatibility displayed by the new i series. Despite its fully-revised design, almost all of the process-relevant assemblies featured in the F10i are identical to those of previous models. This is particularly valuable when companies are already using other machines from Fette Compacting: "Apart from the F10i, we are already using tablet presses from the series P1200, P2200, 1200i, and FE55," claims Torsten Schewe, team leader at Artesan. "Because the old and new components are very similar, we had significantly less effort regarding validation and qualification."
According to Schewe, the field test demonstrated that at Artesan the F10i is a suitable substitute for the P2200 from Fette Compacting. "We were easily able to process large magnesium tablets requiring a pressing force of 70 to 80 kN. And machine usage was considerably quieter than with
the P2200."
Significantly higher output
But Artesan was even more impressed when previous production volumes were compared with the initial results of the F10i tablet press: on average, the new machine increased the output of all products tested by 63 %. In individual cases, it was even possible to quadruple the previous production volume.
Two factors are primarily responsible for these good results: the general efficiency of the machine and intensive support provided by Fette Compacting. During installation, service technicians adapted the process parameters and optimised the setup of the filling unit. These two fine adjustments alone had a significant impact on improving the performance.
Despite the high level of output, the F10i works very economically. So economically, in fact, that during the entire period of use, Artesan was able to save 15 % energy over a comparably high-performance machine. This is attributable to a very efficient torque drive, which can also be operated in an optimal performance range even for high production volumes.
The F10i has also proven its efficiency in terms of saving production time. The contract manufacturer Artesan converts its tablet presses for a new product roughly twice a week. For each changeover, the machine has to be cleaned of any residue of the previous product. In order to minimise these cleaning efforts, the cladding components to be cleaned were reduced by 70 %. For Artesan, this means 45 minutes saved for each product change. Seen over an entire year of production, this translates into 66 hours of additional production time.
Easy format change
Complex geometries are a challenge in tablet production. The more unusual the shape of a tablet is, the more complications can arise during the early phase of production. As revealed by the test production of a convex tablet, this problem could soon be a thing of the past at Artesan. Smooth production generally requires aligning the machine's tablet scraper to the particular shape of the tablet. But it was possible to dispense with this adjustment for the F10i as the tablet scraper can be adjusted reproducibly using a coding element. This setting is saved by RFID for the respective formula, which means complex readjustment is not necessary.
Torsten Schewe draws a clear conclusion: "The field tests were convincing. With the F10i, Fette Compacting has built a tablet press, which represents a real gain at many levels. After the end of the test phase, we will be integrating the F10i into our regular machine park as fast as possible."
Fette Compacting GmbH, Schwarzenbek
Author: Jörg Gierds
Senior Product Manager,
Fette Compacting
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"Half Moon Bay Drag Races, 1955" Story by Erich von Neff
Posted on December 5, 2008 by junemorrall
"Half Moon Bay Drag Races, 1955"
Story by Erich von Neff
Rich Bruckman stood on the seat of the Model A Ford Roadster. He could see planes, their engines warming up, their propellers whirling and whirling. It seemed as if they had been there, indefinitely, grounded. For they, like him, were waiting for the tule fog to life. It was eleven o'clock and still the fog hung like a blanket on the airfield and the Half Moon Bay dragstrip. His mechanic, John McKenna, lay slumped in the passenger seat, an empty bottle of Lucky Lager beer in his hand, as if he were going to take it in for a refill.
Rich noticed a blank spot in the fog: The asphalt of the airfield. At first he thought he'd imagined it. But no–slowly, slowly–but then rather quickly it widened and widened revealing more and more black asphalt until finally a biplane rolled down the runway, wobbled its wings, and took off. Other planes followed: a piper cub, another biplane, a cropduster, and finally a P40 Warhawk from World War II, with grinning shark's teeth. God knows why it was here, but Rich guessed that its owner enjoying restoring it and flying it in much the same way he enjoyed restoring and racing the Ford Roadster. Not that it was stock or anywhere near the way it had rolled off Henry Ford's assembly line.
Rich warmed up the Ford's flathead. In the distance he heard a motorcyle. Shortly a man dressed like a cowboy rode up on a Harley. He unlocked the gate, unwrapped the chain, then raced off toward the far end of the airfield.
Gravel kicked up as the tires of the roadster spun til they passed the gate and grabbed onto the asphalt of the airfield.
Rich drove up to the pit area, where he and John began adjusting the carburator. Other drivers and mechanics were also bent intensely over their engines…tools were in disarray on the asphalt. They were borrowed and reborrowed. Usually they came back to their original owners, but sometimes they did not.
The grandstands began to fill up. Women in T-shirts without criss-cross straps and other "support groups" seemed to favor the lower benches; frequently they bent over, retying their tennis shoes.
"Beer, beer, beer." A fat man carrying a case of Lucky Lager yelled.
John left to get a couple. Chevys and Fords parked. More people climbed up into the grandstands.
"Beer, beer, beer," the fat man kept yelling.
Time trails began. John made final adjustments on the carburetor. Rich revved the engine. That would have to do for now.
Class B street roadsters paired off beneath the timing tower. Rich looked across at a channeled Chevy with red flames painted in the hood. Rows of louvers were on the top and sides of it. The driver was wisecracking with a brunette.
Both drivers looked up–the green flag dropped–the bullshit stopped–tires peeled and off they roared toward the timing lights, one quarter of a mile away.
Now the "Green Monster" and others took their turn at the startling line. E.T.s were posted in the Class B. Street Roadster and other classes. Meanwhile Rich and John had been dialing in their engines.
Typically there were few surprises. Familiar names were now on the board: "Jay Cheatham, Andy Brizzio, Ted Gotelli, Jm McClellan and others that are still remembered to this day.
The fat man oured more Lucky Lagers. The crowd yelled for their favorites. "Cheatham, Cheatham." "Brizzio, Brizzio." Women in tight Levis cast alluring eyes and leaned forard to get a better view.
Luck held for the flathead. Other engines had blown up, transmission gears were stripped and broken, and tires had been torn to shreds.
Finally, it came down to a run off against Jack Dunn in "The Bumble Bee." The green flag dropped. The cyclinders of the flathead hammering, hammering; and for a split second "The Bumble Bee" lingered on the line. That was enough, opportunity must be seized even in a fraction of a second.
The tires dug into the asphalt and a lead was taken that was never overcome.
The crop duster biplanes took off and landed oblivious to the events that were taking place.
Rich and the other winners of their classes took their places in the wnner's circle. Jay Cheatham, Andy Brizzio, Ted Gotelli, Jim McClellan and Mike Mitchell received their trophies and lipstick stains from the trophy queen.
The fat man stopped yelling, and cars filed slowly out of the gate. Crop dusters continued to spray.
The benches were now empty; occupied by beer bottles in various arrays.
Although today a couple of lesser knowns had gotten lucky–and men in greasy T-shirts would still tinker in their basements–with few exceptions sponsored teams such as: "The Champion Speed Shop," "The Pacers of Petaluman," and "The Gotelli Spped Shop" were soon to diminate the scene.
More and more the crowd would shout for "Jay Cheatham, Jay Cheatham" in "The Glass Slipper."
Erich von Neff is a San Francisco Longshoreman. He received his masters degree in philosophy from San Francisco State University and was a graduate research students at the University of Dundee, Scotland. Erich von Neff is well known on the French avant-garde and mainstream literary scenes. he is a member of the Poetes Francais and La Societe des Poetes et Artistes de France.


#1, I'd like to keep the same car that I ran at Indy.
Oh Spiffy, that should be fast then.
You will at least be able to adjust the downforce in front.
Oh well I thought I could get my Coyote back from Indianapolis..for some redemption and maybe a win.. but let's see what I can choose from now since all the 74-spec cars are taken.
Congrats on the Mod and all its updates! And Thank you!!!
This car has not changed from the previous version. Loads fine for me.
EDIT: Brian is looking into this on his end; could be his rF1 install. Will advise.
-When the track becomes hard, only the hard ones remain.
So my car has two sections? Pocono or regular. Not to be a rocket scientist. but I think I'm supposed to choose the Pocono one correct??
Server will automatically select it.
Gérard, ça fait longtemps que je voulais te le dire, aujourd'hui il faut que ça sorte : il n'y a pas de cédille au 'c' de "Merci"
Yeah, sorry about that. Wasn't at Pocono. But on the other hand, the possibility of you broadcasting is fantastic I will prepare some graphics between now and race day.
il n'y a pas de cédille au 'c' de "Merci"
Tu as entiérement raison Guillaume.C'est traduit en Brusselleir.
everyone please download and apply this upgrade fix. Thank you!
We will be shutting down the Gold Star server today for the benefit of 1971 German GP activities.
I withdraw as well. Wanted to try and fight for the win but seeing how little preparation I'll get due to school stuff, i think my car is better in someone else's hands.


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Woman charged with murder in case of missing Tacoma man
TACOMA -- A 38-year-old woman was charged with murder Tuesday in the disappearance of a 59-year-old Tacoma man who was last seen Oct. 1 and who has not been found.
Margaret Effelberg pleaded not guilty in Pierce County Superior Court to first-degree murder, second-degree trafficking in stolen property and second-degree possession of stolen property. She was ordered held in the King County Jail on $500,000 bail.
According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, Santiago Sanchez Cortes, 59, was last seen on Oct 1 near his residence in Tacoma. Cortes failed to show up for his job, and was reported missing by his employers a week later. Cortes had kept the job for a long time and never missed a day of work, his co-workers told police.
Police have not found a body, but court documents said that Effelberg allegedly told a friend, Arianna Pierrottet, of Lakewood, that he is "close by."
Pierrottett was charged with possession of stolen property, identity theft and trafficking in stolen property as part of this case.
Police said they found a saw, deodorized garbage bags, Lysol wipes and scented candles in Effelberg's home -- items that police alleged she bought with Cortes' stolen debit cards.
"Detectives have learned that at the time of Santiago's disappearance, Margaret was desperate for money, had a gambling problem and was facing an eviction," according to charging papers.
Effelberg allegedly told her boyfriend she killed Cortes because he disrespected her, court records said. She also admitted what she'd done to a neighbor couple, court records show.
Santiago Sanchez Cortes


It is with great pleasure I announce that Officer Erica Scott has been selected as Employee of the Month for May 2014.
Officer Erica Scott has been selected as Employee of the Month for May 2014. Officer Scott joined the Quincy Police Department on August 9, 2004 and attended basic police training at Police Training Institute, University of Illinois, located in Champaign-Urbana, IL. She is a Field Training Officer and a CPR/AED Instructor.
Please join me in congratulating Officer Erica Scott as the Quincy Police Department's May 2014 Employee of the Month.


It's an old mill that is still functioning. Look exactly at how the mill can be imagined while listening to children's fairy tales. Take a short tour around if you are interested in technology and history. It's a working Georgian windmill built in 1837 that keeps its authentic outlook. The mill produces quality flours driven by the fresh winds of Oatlands that can be also purchased there.


The beauty of this floral door mat is comparable to the loveliness of flowers in the summertime. Adorn your front entrance, garden or outdoor patio with this 18" x 30" in size black rubber doormat. The classic black color of the rubber entrance mat helps accentuate the detailed floral design. This is the perfect decorative floor mat to enhance the features of your home.
Protect the surface of your interior floors all year round with this heavy-duty rubber entrance mat. The floral design of these cast iron doormats is more than just an appealing appearance to grasp the admiration of your visitors. The spaces in the layout of the floral door mat are actually drainage holes to encourage slip-resistance and traction in wet areas. Your guests will appreciate the effort you took into making your entranceway pleasing, as well as, shielding your home and visitors from dirty floors and slippery hazards!


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Williamsburg is a city in Iowa County, Iowa, United States. The population was 3,346 at the time of the 2020 census. Williamsburg is known for Holden's Foundation Seeds, a foundation seed corn company, and Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., a farm implement manufacturer.  Aviation pioneer Eugene Ely was born outside Williamsburg.

History
Williamsburg was laid out in 1856. It was named for its founder, Richard Williams.

Geography
Williamsburg is located at  (41.664281, -92.012334).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which  is land and  is water.

Demographics

2010 census
At the 2010 census there were 3,068 people, 1,309 households, and 835 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 1,428 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.3% White, 0.2% African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.5%.

Of the 1,309 households 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.2% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.2% were non-families. 32.8% of households were one person and 16.2% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.93.

The median age was 39.1 years. 25.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.6% were from 25 to 44; 24.1% were from 45 to 64; and 18.4% were 65 or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.0% male and 53.0% female.

2000 census
At the 2000 census there were 2,622 people, 1,072 households, and 687 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 1,112 housing units at an average density of .  The racial makeup of the city was 97.98% White, 0.11% African American, 0.04% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 0.99% from other races, and 0.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.72%.

Of the 1,072 households 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 31.4% of households were one person and 15.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.10.

The age distribution was 28.9% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% 65 or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.3 males.

The median household income was $36,528 and the median family income  was $46,779. Males had a median income of $31,104 versus $24,091 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,712. About 3.6% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.4% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over.

Education
Williamsburg is served by the Williamsburg Community School District.

Notable people

 Robert Bauer, painter
 Austin Blythe, offensive lineman for Iowa Hawkeyes and Kansas City Chiefs
 Eugene Burton Ely, born near Williamsburg, was an aviation pioneer
 Harris Hull, (1909–1993) Brigadier General in the United States Air Force
 Harry E. Hull was a businessman who served in several public offices before becoming U.S. Representative
 William Shannahan was the third president of St. Ambrose University

References

External links
 Williamsburg Iowa Government

Cities in Iowa County, Iowa
Cities in Iowa
1856 establishments in Iowa

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