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Oakwood Terrace owners have a plan to curb violence. Residents say it isn't enough.
Colin Warren-Hicks
Enough is not being done to curb violence and protect residents of the Oakwood Terrace Apartments, Escambia County activists, church leaders and officials argue, and they are calling on the complex's owners to do their part to solve the problem.
That starts with investing some of the company's profits back into the people who live in the apartments, said Escambia County District 3 Commissioner Lumon May.
May was part of a group that also included Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons, Interim Pensacola Police Department Chief Kevin Christman, multiple pastors and a handful of local activists who met with Cecilia Cossio, president of Marquis Asset Management Inc., who traveled to Pensacola from her company's headquarters in Dallas, Texas.
Marquis Asset Management owns 18 properties across Texas and Oklahoma and two in Pensacola — Oakwood Terrace and the Forest Creek apartment complex on Patton Drive.
The meeting came together following the April 15 shooting at the Oakwood Terrace Apartments. Five people were shot at the complex after four suspects opened fire on a group of people standing outside Building P.
No one was killed, but some of the victims' injuries were serious. At least one person was shot in the head, and one victim suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. Others suffered leg and hand wounds.
The shooting:ECSO: 6 people shot at Oakwood Terrace Apartment complex in Pensacola
Identifying the suspects:ECSO: 4 suspects fired 40 rounds outside Pensacola apartments, injuring 5 people
"This is unacceptable in Oakwood Terrace and in any neighborhood where you can't let your child play outside without having to worry about the next car that goes by," Simmons said at Tuesday's meeting.
Cossio said her company was taking measures to better ensure the safety of Oakwood Terrace residents, including an effort to hire off-duty officers to patrol the complex's grounds.
"We are here to make sure that we are part of the solution. It's been pretty challenging, but our residents do care about their environment," she said. "We have those that have challenges, but we want them to feel secure where they're at."
Cossio says she wants to help curb violence and is willing to hire off-duty law enforcement officers to guard the complex.
That's not enough, May countered, requesting that Marquis Asset Management invest in the people of Oakwood Terrace as a long-term solution to help curb the violence at the complex.
"My office has spent a countless amount of time with people when their heater is not working or their AC is not working," May said, referring to Oakwood Terrace tenants. "We can't expect for children to develop properly in unclean and unsafe conditions. So I would challenge the management to engage and look at your properties because it is all a part of the socialization process. If children wake up into filth and bad conditions, they are going to act that out."
May added that he hoped Marquis Asset Management would "put somebody on the ground who is looking at — what I call — the greatest investment which is human capital, and invest some of the dividends in the human capital."
"We're committed to doing whatever we can to keep our residents safe. As we all know, what we call Oakwood and you all call Truman Arms, has had these troubles for — " Cossio said, before she was interrupted.
"Decades," interjected Rodney Jones, a local activist.
"Right," Cossio said.
When approached by the News Journal after the meeting Tuesday for response to May's comments, Cossio declined to comment and deferred to the company's spokesperson. The spokesperson did not respond to the News Journal's request for comment.
Oakwood Terrace residents say they don't feel safe
Oakwood Terrace, formerly known as Truman Arms, has had a long history of violence in Escambia County.
Since Jan. 1, ECSO deputies have responded 480 times to Oakwood Terrace for incidents or requests for service ranging from loud music complaints and issuing of civil subpoenas to missing people, suicide threats and armed disturbances.
Last year, a local hip-hop artist was slain at Oakwood Terrace. Kuanterion Rivers, an 18-year-old who performed under the stage name "Frozonee," was found lying unresponsive on the ground at about 7 p.m. June 20 at the complex.
Cossio said Tuesday that her company also was interested in forming a group with other Pensacola apartment complex management companies to share information about problematic tenants.
She additionally promised the company would do a better job of ensuring the community's gate remained closed at all times.
Oakwood Terrace is a gated and walled community. Vehicles enter the complex through an electronic gate after drivers show proof of residency. However, the gate was broken at the time of the shooting and left wide open. Cossio said Tuesday that it has since been fixed.
But some residents still don't feel safe living in Oakwood Terrace.
"They act like the gate is going to do something," said Jaroy Carrington, 21, while standing just outside the complex's gate. "If someone really wanted to get in here to do somebody damage, they could easily. They said they fixed the gate, but you can pull it up."
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Fellow resident J.O. Harvey, 20, pointed to several cars waiting in line to pass through the gate Wednesday just as a man got out of his car and used an access card to open the gate for another driver in line in front of him.
"But people be getting out of their car to let other people through," Harvey said, still pointing. "We don't know who that could be. That could be another shooter right there."
Both men said it was a well-known fact that it was easy to enter Oakwood Terrace without having to go through the front entrance gate and to bypass the community's small security hut.
"You know those pallets, like at Walmart? They stack them up and make steps all along the back of the wall on Market Street," Harvey said. "They make steps, and they just climb up and jump in here. The gate doesn't matter."
Both men said adding security personnel would not make them feel any safer.
"Hell no," Harvey said. "Because, man, you've got spots all over Truman Arms that people get jumped."
But both agreed that improvements should be made to the complex's residential facilities, though Harvey doubted the apartments were even repairable.
"The seal of the bathroom tub is not all the way sealed. So when you take a shower or something, it leaks under the tub," Carrington explained. "I took the pipes out to clean them, but the problem is further along in the walls. So I have to scoop the water from the tub into a pot and take the pot to the kitchen sink just to let the water out."
Moments before Carrington and Harvey began to walk back to their homes inside Oakwood Terrace, the complex's gate opened without a vehicle anywhere in sight.
"Who put the PIN in, for the gate to open?" Harvey asked. "The gate just opened by itself. Did you see that?"
"Yeah," Carrington replied. "And they're talking about that they fixed it?"
Another Oakwood Terrace resident, Quenakia Johnson, told the News Journal that she wanted to move away as soon as she could.
"My kids are all teenagers, and they don't come outside. They feel like they are in a prison here because of my financial situation, but I'm working," she said. "I'm trying to put the money up and save, but it's really hard."
As of Wednesday, no arrests had been made in the April 15 shooting, and ECSO officials announced that three men who had previously been wanted for questioning in connection to the shooting had been located and questioned. None of them had been arrested in connection to the shooting.
Anyone with information about the shooting has been asked to call Crime Stoppers at 850-433-7867 or the ECSO at 850-436-9620.
Colin Warren-Hicks can be reached at colinwarrenhicks@pnj.com or 850-435-8680.


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The Planck satellite's picture of the infant universe gets its last tweaks
From 2009 to 2013, the craft observed the oldest light in the cosmos
8:00am, July 24, 2018
TAKE A BOW It's the cosmic finale for the Planck satellite, which measured the oldest light in the universe, the cosmic microwave background (shown).
ESA, Planck Collaboration
A spacecraft that revealed details of the hidden tapestry of the infant cosmos has had its last hurrah.
Scientists have unveiled the final result from the European Space Agency's Planck satellite, which observed the oldest light in the universe — the cosmic microwave background — from 2009 to 2013. During its mission, the spacecraft provided new details of the intricate patterns woven into that light, across the entire sky. Now, a collection of postmortem papers posted July 17 at arXiv.org are the putting the finishing touches on the measurements, released in a series of studies beginning in 2010 (SN Online: 7/5/10).
Since its launch, Planck has helped scientists settle on a detailed, cohesive story of the universe's youth, its life history and its current properties, accounting for everything from the contents of the universe, to its age, to how fast it is expanding, and when its first stars formed.
Most importantly, Planck has left physicists with few options other than to accept the hard truth that we don't understand what makes up a majority of the universe.
Before the spacecraft made its measurements, scientists had a theory of the universe's makeup: It's composed of a quirky cast of characters, including the mysterious, unidentified dark energy and dark matter. Dark matter is thought to be a type of subatomic particle, thus far detectable only via its gravitational effects on visible matter, while dark energy drives the accelerating expansion of the universe.
Now, that concept — strange as it may seem — has been strongly confirmed by Planck, leaving no other theories that come close to explaining Planck's data. "There is no other player in town," says cosmologist Shaul Hanany of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. "And the fact that there's no other strong candidate is to a large extent a contribution of Planck." That means that dark matter and dark energy are likely here to stay. According to Planck's final tally, the universe's matter and energy are divvied into about 68 percent dark energy, about 27 percent dark matter, and a paltry 5 percent normal matter — which includes everything we know and love.
The fact that no one knows what dark matter and dark energy are "should make everybody uncomfortable," says cosmologist Scott Dodelson of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. But this picture, for all its quirks, explains Planck's data extremely well, says. "We're not living on the backs of turtles," he says, referring to some cosmic mythologies that suggested the Earth rested on the creatures' shells.
Instead, scientists have staked their cosmology on the back of Planck. Mapping the cosmic microwave background across the entire sky at an unprecedented level of detail, Planck measured both the temperature of the light and its polarization, the orientation of wiggling electromagnetic waves. The observations provided an essential data trove, allowing scientists to catalog the universe's properties to better precision than ever before.
"It remains the best overall determination of the large-scale characteristics of the universe," says astrophysicist and member of the Planck team Jan Tauber of ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
Planck revealed that the universe was slightly older than thought (SN: 4/20/13, p. 5), helped pinpoint when the first stars appeared (SN Online: 2/9/15) and detailed how structures like galaxies and galaxy clusters form. Another claim to fame: Planck shattered hopes that scientists had spotted evidence of inflation, a hypothetical period just after the universe's birth during which the cosmos expanded extremely rapidly. Planck showed that swirls in the polarization of the cosmic microwave background, originally thought to be due to inflation, were caused by dust (SN: 2/21/15, p. 13).
The new result uses the same data as Planck's last result, released in 2015 (SN: 3/21/15, p. 7). But this time around, scientists have improved their analysis of that data. In earlier studies, the researchers were not fully confident in their understanding of the polarization data. Now both temperature and polarization are considered solid, Tauber says.
But puzzles still lurk. Scientists have used Planck's observations of the cosmic microwave background to estimate how fast the universe is expanding today. That number, however, disagrees with a measurement of the expansion rate made using distant exploding stars (SN: 8/6/16, p. 10). The mismatch could hint at the existence of a new subatomic particle or the possibility that dark energy varies over time. But measurement errors in one or both types of experiments could also be to blame.
"It's tricky," says cosmologist Renée Hložek of the University of Toronto. "There's something interesting happening, and we need to figure it out." Before getting too worked up, scientists need to be sure all aspects of the experiments are fully understood, Hložek says, and confirm the results with other experiments.
After switching Planck off in 2013, scientists are now preparing for the next stage of space-based cosmic microwave background experiments. Plans are under way for possible future missions, which, like Planck, would survey the entire sky. Hanany is studying the potential for a NASA mission called the Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins, or PICO. Other proposed space missions, such as LiteBIRD and the Cosmic Origins Explorer, are also in the planning stages. And additional ground-based telescopes, which would map smaller slices of sky, are in the works.
Such efforts, scientists hope, might eventually provide evidence for inflation that doesn't turn to dust.
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A. Grant. The past according to Planck: Cosmologists got a lot right. Science News. Vol. 187, March 21, 2015, p. 7.
C. Crockett. First stars born later than thought. Science News Online, February 9, 2015.
A. Grant. Dust erases evidence for gravity wave detection. Science News. Vol. 187, February 21, 2015, p. 13.
C. Crockett. Most precise snapshot of the universe unveiled. Science News. Vol. 186, December 27, 2014, p. 11.
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A. Grant. Universe is a teeny bit older than thought. Science News. Vol. 183, April 20, 2013, p. 5.
T. Siegfried. The universe according to Planck. Science News Online, July 5, 2010.
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Bobby Simha to romance Keerthy Suresh in 'Paambhu Sattai'
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Malayalam beauty Keerthy Suresh's debut Tamil film Idhu Enna Maayam where she is paired with Vikram Prabhu is yet to release. But, the actress was signed on to play the lead heroine in Sivakarthikeyan's Rajini Murugan even before the release of her debut film. And now, she is set to play the female lead in Paambhu Sattai.
Directed by Adam Dasan, a former associate of Shankar, Paambhu Sattai is produced by Manobala's Picture House in collaboration with Radhika Sarathkumar's Magic Frame. It marks popular reality show singer Ajeesh Ashok's debut as music composer. It is a Chennai-based film sketched on the lines of black comedy Sathuranga Vettai.
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Now I know no one likes talking about a septic system… I mean it's poop, that's what it comes down to…. However when that poop is all over your yard you might change your mind. I bet that's why you are reading this right now isn't it!? I figured just as much. You want to know first if you can fix it yourself, and second if not how much it's going to cost, right?
Once your conventional system fails, most home owners are recommended by professionals to install an aerobic septic system. These systems have a 98% clean out of the tank when applied with their irrigation system. You are really hitting two birds with one stone, a fertilized lawn and getting rid of your poo.
Of course an aerobic system is not cheap, but it will last between 40-60 years and maybe even longer if you keep up on annual maintenance and treat her nice. No chemicals or any "foreign" objects. There is oxygen loving natural bacteria in your tank that feeds on the…um… effluence… and it cannot digest your child's army figurines.
Shop around for a quality, cheap septic cleaning company. You need someone that knows their stuff, but you also don't want to pay that much. Most homeowners don't factor in the annual cost for a septic system or the debt they might incur if their system fails. Installing a new one yourself is almost always out of the question since it requires a lot of knowledge experience and is a huge hassle if installed incorrectly.
You may be out of luck, but after following my tips you can dig yourself out of that disgusting effluent-filled hole and go find a reliable aerobic septic system.


It's finally feeling so real!
We have been engaged for what feels like forever, but this weekend Jason and I addressed and mailed almost all our save-the-dates (still need a few addresses...). It was fun to have a little assembly line--I addressed, he stamped, stuck with return sticker, and sealed. We ordered our save the dates, invitations, RSVP cards, enclosure cards, and thank yous all online and they look even better in person than they did on the website. I am pretty happy with them. I couldn't find the perfect style to echo our wedding theme, but these work pretty well! Jason, like most fiancés, I assume, isn't too set on most of the details, but he did really want to do save the date magnets like some of the ones we've received before. So that limited our invitation suite choices, also. But it's very cool to have all the stationary for the wedding match!
I used my cutting board as a surface! Here's basically what the magnets look like, and can you see the cute matching return address sticker on the envelope?
I wanted to send out the save the dates in place of a holiday card, so I wanted to get them out before Christmas. Even though the wedding's not till early August! Also, don't people generally make their vacation plans for the year around the holidays and New Year's?
Of course we didn't have to do save the dates at all, I suppose, but Jason was really excited for the magnets. And I guess we'll send out our invites... what, sometime in June?
Congratulations! Good to get the excitement started!
I love your engagement photo and the matching return address sticker! It's good to get the excitement stirring for the holidays and remind people to save your date before they make any summer vacation plans.
Save the date is always good. Nowdays life is busy, you need a reminder.
I wish you both a Merry Christmas!
Those are great! I can't wait to see what else you come up with for your wedding!


I've always loved looking at photographs especially those of people or places far, far away. Places I longed to see but sometimes wondered if I ever would. Luckily, I have made it to some of them and hope to see at least a few more before my traveling days are done.
I have two blogs, Positively Tuesday and Mauve On The Move. I have been published numerous times, won several awards for my photos and am currently editor of a classic car magazine called the Dashboard. Besides photography and travel, I have always loved old cars, so I have to say I finally found a job I really like!


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Have you ever planted a garden? Likely not. But if you have, you know that once you put the seed in the ground, you must ensure that it receives proper water and sunshine every day. A plant left to itself may have stunted growth or may never grow at all. If it is well taken care of, it can grow into a strong and fruitful tree.
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Opening Nov 13 - 6-8 pm with a performance by French artist Patrice Lerochereuil at 7 pm.
Solivagant* is pleased to announce a solo show by New York based, Norwegian artist Anne Senstad.
The multi-location installation Soft Geometry-Liquid Commodity presents a series of new geometric and text based neon works that suggest a route running through Solivagant* gallery space and the city block hosting it; the gallery will physically expand from its 79 sq.ft room to the whole block between Orchard St., Hester St., Allen St. and Grand St.
Anne Senstad's site-responsive installation aims to comment on and highlight the role of Chinatown as a cultural antecedent to New York and as one of its last bastions of authenticity. Solivagant*, as an intervening exhibition space stitched into the fabric of the local trade, investigates the value and experience of art by placing it outside of the conventional gallery context; taking it back to an informal trade space, and to its manufacturing place of origin.
Lighting systems, neon signs and displays are largely present in Chinatown cityscape. Soft Geometry creates a correspondence of light, shapes, text and color between the different displays along the city block, a cartographic and aesthetic anthropological intervention.
Liquid Commodity reflects ideas of trade, business, service industry and fast movement of commodities that we find in the market place and in the neighborhood. Art exists as commodity and currency, illuminating and directing desires to possession and consumerism. With the seduction of colors, neon lights and the object-art, commodification and trade is demystified and exposed.
The exhibition at Solivagant* will be accompanied by a number of collaborative performances in response to Senstad's installations, starting with performance artist Patrice Lerochereuil culminating in saxophonist Ilhan Ersahin's site responsive sound performance for the closing event on December 12th. French-American artist Patrice Lerochereuil's (b. 1957) practice is particulary close in spirit to the 60's fluxus movement. He is co-curator of "Blago Bung", an international performing night in New York and Zurich. Musician, composer and producer Ilan Ersahin is founder of Nublu in New York and Istanbul amongst numerous other projects internationally.
Anne Senstad works in the multidisciplinary intersections of installation art, photography, video, site specificity and land art. Her work is concerned with sensorial aesthetics, perceptive and transformative ideas of art and philosophical practice and social-political awareness. She has exhibited widely internationally, chiefly at the 55th and 56th Venice Biennale, The Bruges Art and Architecture Triennale 2015, Zendai Moma, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi Art Hub, ISEA Dubai, UAE in 2014 as well as in numerous private galleries, festivals and institutions.
Solivagant* is an Art Project Space measuring exactly 79sq.ft, located in the heart of New York CIty's Lower East Side. As a platform for experimentation and contemporary practices, it invites artists to work site-specifically, through public interactions, community involvement, installations and performances. Cultural Nomadism, contamination of productions and hybridism of ideas are the fundamentals of Solivagant*'s projects.
Soft Geometry, 2015 by Anne Senstad, Neon, transformer, plexiglas.
16x16 inches, edition of 3.
Liquid Commodity, 2015 by Anne Senstad, Neon, transformer, plexiglas.
GOLD GUIDES ME - by Anne Katrine Senstad. Commissioned by Bruges Art and Architecture Triennale. May 20 - Oct 18th 2015.
Led lights, yes slow plexiglas, aluminum, scaffolding. Size: 22 meters x 2m x 60 cm.
Gold Guides Me is part of Senstad's research project Capitalism in the public realm, and created especially for The Bruges Art and Architecture Triennale. Curated by Till-Holger Borchert, Lies Coppens, and Michel Dewilde.
Partial curatorial text: Bruges Contemporary Art and Architecture Triennial 2015 Bruges as a megapolis 20 May – 18 October 2015 Every year, over five million people visit Bruges. What if they all decided to stay? What would it mean for a preserved, historic city like Bruges to become an overnight megapolis? This is the premise for the Bruges Contemporary Art and Architecture Triennial 2015, a major event on the arts calendar. Eighteen international artists create new works that form an art trail through the city centre. These works reflect on the future and the creative potential of the city, on urbanisation, citizenship, lifestyle, community, finance and economics. Three indoor exhibitions form the opportunity to further explore and contextualise these topics. Bruges is transformed into URB EGG: the Triennial cracks the egg of Bruges in order to reinvent the city from the inside out.