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At 12:15 PM. on Monday, April 29, join the John McCandlish Phillips Journalism Institute to hear from Kieran Dodds, a photojournalist from Scotland featured in numerous publications including The New York Times, Nature, Smithsonian Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, BBC Wildlife magazine, and National Geographic. Dodds will show images from several of his award-winning non-fiction photography projects and will discuss his recent book, "Hierotopia: The Living Sacred Landscape." With his drone photography and portraiture, Dodds shows why Churches planted trees in Ethiopia and how this effort helped save forestry in the nation. The program begins at 12:15 p.m. on the 5th floor. Tickets are free but preferred for entry.
After reading Zoology, he trained at the Herald newspaper group in Glasgow becoming an independent photographer after picking up a string of accolades including a 1st prize World Press Photo award for his self-assigned story- The Bats of Kasanka. A Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship allowed him to complete The Third Pole, documenting Tibetan culture in flux at the source of the Yellow, Yangtze and Mekong rivers.
At the time of the Independence referendum, he considered the myths and realities of his native Scottland. Land of Scots traces political and cultural narratives found within the country's diverse physical environments. The portrait series Gingers originated at the same time using a visual cliche to sift through assumptions of national identity but uses the trait to connect distant countries across political boundaries.
Most recently, in the series Hierotopia we witness a new perspective on combating the ecological crisis, charting the role of ancient ideas on the protection of rural landscapes in northern Ethiopia.
He lives in Scotland with wife and twin daughters. His work is represented by the Panos Pictures, London.


Vancouver-based Serene Audio has settled in to an interesting pocket of personal audio. The desktop/bookshelf scene has a wider arena to play in than some more traditional audiophile products, sharing a similar space with computer audio (and those that just want some better sound out of their computer). Their current offering is called the Talisman ($395) and includes an amplifier and loudspeaker in a compact cabinet with a single ended analog 3.5mm connection serving as the input. The feature set of this product falls neatly in line with the needs of the many, without pushing up costs by including too many over-the-top extraneous audiophile "wants".
The Talisman is based around a single pair of "3 inch, full-range, long-throw super light and fast" drivers that can realistically fit around a computer screen on a desk. But their compact and reasonable size will not be the first thing you notice about them. Where the Serene Audio Talisman really step out is their artistic and out-of-box (literally) shape. The aesthetics are creative but also functional as the design provides a free set of feet to rest upon as well as additional height and line of sight for the drivers. This value add makes for well rounded package and negates the need for external stands which are often required for optimal near field listening. The external look is very upscale for the price range. The casing is covered in real bamboo and wrapped in "eco-friendly leather alternative". The final product provides only a slight bit of heft in the hand and feel very sturdy and well crafted. As with all things unique, some may find the shape of the Talisman less appealing than the rows of boxes that make up this hobby. I find it exceptionally refreshing, and I think that most people would agree with me. Its not so extreme that it could classified as a gaudy talk piece, but rather a tasteful expression that looks right at home in any modern apartment or well-collected living quarters.
This bookshelf speaker appears to be optimized for near field listening for a variety of reasons, but first and foremost, it sounds really good up close. Both the imaging and to even more of an extent, the resolution felt very sharp with placement just a few feet from driver to ear. The 3" cones produced surprising focus and transparency for the >$500 price category. Vocals appeared to hang in the air with a ghostly-unseen location right over the top of my monitor. Overall the sound quality is a very articulate presentation with plenty of top-end air and mid range follow through. Compared to other similar-sized amp-and-speaker combos I had on hand the pairing seemed less boxy and shouty and miles above any device I could find in my burgeoning collection of Bluetooth devices in for review. The speakers are rated down to 65 Hz, but expectations should always be tempered when dealing with the low end and small speakers. Bass tonal sweeps down the frequency range provided even more light to the situation. The falloff proved to be very even and clean as you move away from the mids from these 3" loudspeakers. In tight quarters scenarios with small drivers, very often manufacturers will artificially inflate certain bass frequencies in order to get more boom to shake the room. The bass sweep's presence falls off as it drops down, but then rises irregularly in volume again around pre manufactured frequency points. Not so with the Talismans. The push off from start to finish was much cleaner and the drop off felt a bit more natural and truthful, just as the overall appeal of the presentation eludes to. That being said, these 3" inch drivers will never shake the fillings out of your teeth, that is what the subwoofer output is for. Those looking for a little more in the low end can add a separate sub via the auto-detect RCA output located on the back panel (crossed over at 120Hz). In terms of balance, the drivers still favor detail and imaging over low end thrust and brute force and feature a little less bass presence as a result. Even though the bass isn't exaggerated at any point, the mids and treble never feel thin or dried out. The product as a whole feels supremely balanced given the relative size and doesn't compromise in order to deliver on the task it was intended for, better sound. I found myself fully immersed in the moment while listening to Death Cab for Cutie's Title And Registration, even though I have heard the track hundreds of times. The lead singers voice felt well separated from the rest of the electronic sounds and guitar. Even during intense passages the crisp fuzz of the digital percussion could still be made out clearly from the rest of the keyboards and guitars that filled the stereo field in proper progression.
The Talisman is very successful at achieving its near field aspirations while never pretending to be something its not. The 20w amplifier provided plenty of dynamic shove at close range with nary a mention of distortion or strain, but was able to reach top volume without making my ears bleed. It will likely be more than you need while at the desktop but is not intended to replace your full size rig at parties. It handles bookshelves and living areas with grace, but succinctly hits its marks when properly placed, toed in and fired up at close range.
The finishing touches on the loudspeaker are readily apparent and bountiful in nature. The Talisman's decisive efforts to fully abandon the "audio box" mentality are further reflected in its classy and subtle matte wood finish, complemented by the faux leather wrapping. The back panel of each enclosure features a small porthole with the right speaker housing the remaining features. The digital attenuator also serves as push for on/off switch and rests in a well-polished metal plate. Also included on the plate is a 3.5mm headphone output should the need arise. A custom-connection and cable leashes the left speaker to the amplifier in the right so no additional speaker wire is needed to get up and running. The included cable feels beefy and worked well in application.
The Talisman fits perfectly into its place in the world. The construct is a highlight as much as its excellent sound is. Expect highly defined mids and highs that can stand up properly with a solid source with room to spare. These compact speakers emphasize proficient detail retrieval against a top-flight near field experience that is perfectly tuned for desktop and computer audio listening. While bass-lovers may want to add a subwoofer for more low-end rumble, the package still excels in a two-channel tabletop environment. The abstract design and attention to detail of the casing makes it look like high-end piece worthy of the classiest bookshelves out there.


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Q: Iterating through the first digits in each line of an imported text file in Python I'm trying to iterate through the first number in each line of a text file. Here's my code:
f = open('test.txt')
for line in iter(f):
    print line[1]
f.close()

And here's the text file I'm trying to iterate through:
[11, (28, 33, 45, 55, 62, 66)]
[10, (28, 33, 45, 55, 62, 66.69)]
[9, (28, 33, 45, 55, 62, 67)]
[7, (28, 33, 45, 55, 62, 69)]
[6, (28, 33, 45, 55, 62, 69.69)]
[8, (28, 33, 45, 55, 62, 74)]
[11, (28, 33, 45, 55, 62, 75.86)]
[11, (28, 33, 45, 55, 62, 76)]
[12, (28, 33, 45, 55, 62, 76.69)]
[13, (28, 33, 45, 55, 62, 77.86)]

Unfortunately this code produces the values 1, 1, 9, 7, etc. instead of what I'm looking for (11, 10, 9, 7, etc.). I'm a Python neophyte. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

A: line = "[11, (28, 33, 45, 55, 62, 66)]"

from ast import literal_eval
print literal_eval(line)[0]
11

line[0] in your code is [,  line[1]  is 1 etc.. so that is why you are getting single characters.
literal_eval will turn your line into an actual list, then you can index it as you would any list to access whichever element you require.
You could also use re to search for \d+ one or more consecutive digits:
line = r"[11, (28, 33, 45, 55, 62, 66)]"
import re
print re.findall("\d+",line)[0]
11

Third option use lstrip and split:
line = "[11, (28, 33, 45, 55, 62, 66)]"

print line.lstrip("[").split(",")[0]
11

lstrip("[") removes the [, we then split on a comma and get the first element.

A: Right now each line is simply being treated as a string, because of that, you are looking at the second character of each line (remember the first is at 0), which gives you only the first digit of the first number.
What you need to do is evaluate each line as a list of elements rather than a string, then the 0th element will be '11', '10', etc.

A: I find Padraic answer with use of eval very straightforward and nice, because of format of data in input file, but if you would like to use regular expressions:
import re
f = open('test.txt')
for line in iter(f):
    print re.match("\[(\d*)", line).group(1)

for refrence: Python re doc: https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html

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Q: ms access search for record with multiple combobox I have form with several comboboxes set to filter my database by record. For example I have: product, type and size columns and according to this i have dynamically changing comboboxes. So what I want is to find a record that matches all choices from combobox. Like this.
but there is one "but".

If i choose type 6s and then I choose 64gb it returns to value 5s and 64gb. I mean It searches the first record in size column according to combobos so I want somehow to find the first record that matches all three comboboxes.


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However, these questions are not as simple as they may sound, as not all acquisitions or reductions have the same impact. For instance, if a company has 10% overall turnover, with half of the turnover above and half below the median employee, then the change would have a negligible impact on the median employee identification. On the other hand, if a company has spun off a portion of its foreign and/or manufacturing operations, and those employees were among the lowest paid, a new median employee should be identified.


Brazil seems incapable of protecting the life of its Indians. A deadly attack on an indigenous community in southern Brazil highlights the Brazilian authorities' failure to offer protection to indigenous peoples amid ongoing land conflicts, Amnesty International said in an official release last Friday.
Some 40 gunmen arrived at a Guarani-Kaiowá indigenous encampment in southern Mato Grosso do Sul state, near the border with Paraguay, early on 18 November and shot their chief Nísio Gomes, 59, before dragging him away. Gomes' body and three indigenous children from his family abducted during the attack have not been seen since.
This is the latest in a series of attacks in recent years against Guarani-Kaiowá indigenous communities in the state who live in precarious conditions as they await government action on an effort to demarcate their ancestral territory.
"The Brazilian authorities' failure to resolve outstanding land claims is putting indigenous communities like the Guarani-Kaiowá at extreme risk of violence and social deprivation," said Guadalupe Marengo, Amnesty International's Deputy Americas Program Director.
Landowners and ranchers in Mato Grosso do Sul frequently use hired gunmen and private security companies to intimidate indigenous communities fighting for their constitutional rights to their ancestral lands. In recent weeks, gunmen repeatedly threatened the Guarani encampment's residents and two days before the attack they reportedly threatened to take Nísio Gomes' life.
According to eyewitnesses, on 18 November the gunmen seized Gomes at the encampment and shot him repeatedly before dragging his body along the ground and dumping it in one of their trucks. Some of the men beat Gomes' grandson when he tried to intervene, and three other children were abducted from the encampment – a 12-year-old boy and two girls, aged five and 12.
Federal police and prosecutors, as well as the national indigenous agency FUNAI, are investigating the attack.
Some 60,000 Guarani-Kaiowá indigenous people across Brazil's southern Mato Grosso do Sul state live in poverty in densely populated reserves as they await the demarcation of ancestral indigenous territory, mandated in the 1988 Constitution.
Frustrated by the slow progress of land demarcation, many Guarani-Kaiowá have begun reoccupying their ancestral lands in recent decades, leading to numerous forcible evictions and a rise in threats and attacks against them.
"The federal authorities must ensure the safety of the Guaiviry community and urgently address their land claims," said Guadalupe Marengo. "In the meantime, we urge the authorities to do all they can to find Nísio Gomes' body as well as the three abducted children, and bring their attackers to justice".
However, the Missionary Indigenous Council, Cimi, linked to the Catholic Church, remains skeptical about any federal or state solution.
"We doubt the government has sufficient political will to act because Mato Grosso do Sul is under the control of the powerful agribusiness", said Saulo Feitosa, Cimi's deputy chairman.
The land grab conflict dates back to 1960 and 1970 when the region was colonized. As the big landholdings advanced the indigenous were forced to leave and in the last eight years, 200 members have been killed by gangs presumably working on contract.
Brazil learns well from its European and American friends how to deal with Native Peoples.
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Q: Multidimensional improper Riemann integrals with oscillatory kernels: Existence I have asked this question three weeks ago here
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2998601/does-this-oscillatory-integral-exist/2998930#2998930
but received no relevant answers.
Let $n\geq 2$ and consider the improper integral
$$I:=\int_{\mathbb{R}^{n}}F(x)dx$$ where $F$ is a continuous function.
If $I$ exists then
$$I=\lim_{R\rightarrow +\infty}\int_{B_{R}}F(x)dx,$$
where $B_{R}$ is a ball with radius $R$.
So if this limit does not exist we know that the integral does not exist.
 Does the existence of this limit imply the existence of the integral ?
Motivation:
I am interested in the existence of the integral
$$\int_{\mathbb{R}^{3}}\frac{e^{\dot{\imath}|x-y|^2}}{1+|y|}dy.$$
Using spherical coordinates (I do not even know if we are allowed to change variables here. Are we ? )
$$\int_{\mathbb{R}^{3}}\frac{e^{\dot{\imath}|x-y|^2}}{1+|y|}dy=
\int_{\mathbb{S}^{2}}\int_{0}^{\infty}
\frac{e^{\dot{\imath}|\rho\omega-x|^2}\rho^2}{1+\rho}d\rho d\omega\\
=e^{i|x|^{2}}\int_{\mathbb{S}^{2}}\int_{0}^{\infty}
\frac{e^{\dot{\imath} (\rho^2-2x\cdot \omega\,\rho)}\rho^2}{1+\rho}d\rho d\omega.$$
Observations:
1-The inner integral does not exist for any $x$ and $\omega$.
2-We can not change order of integration
3-The limit
$$\lim_{R\rightarrow \infty}\int_{\mathbb{S}^{2}}\int_{0}^{R}
\frac{e^{\dot{\imath} (\rho^2-2x\cdot \omega\,\rho)}\rho^2}{1+\rho}d\rho d\omega$$
exists. Simply apply the very nice formula [Grafakos, classical Fourier analysis-Appendix D]:
$$\int_{\mathbb{S}^{n-1}}
F(x.\omega)d\omega=c \int_{-1}^{1}(\sqrt{1-s^2})^{n-3}
F(s|x|)ds.$$
then benefit from the oscillation in both variables $\rho$ and $\omega$ and integrate by parts in both variables.
Any ideas how to handle this ?
Thank you so much

A: I find it convenient to use cylindrical coordinates $(\phi,\rho,z)$ rather than spherical coordinates. I orient the $z$-axis along the vector $\vec{x}=x_0\hat{z}$. The desired integral is
$$I=\int_{\mathbb{R}^{3}}\frac{e^{i|\vec{x}-\vec{r}|^2}}{1+|\vec{r}|}d^3 r=2\pi\int_{-\infty}^\infty dz\int_0^\infty \rho\,d\rho \,\frac{\exp[i(x_0-z)^2+i\rho^2]}{1+\sqrt{z^2+\rho^2}}.$$
I have not been able to evaluate this in closed form, but since the OP asks about the "existence" I consider instead an integral which decays even less rapidly,
$$J=2\pi\int_{-\infty}^\infty dz\int_0^\infty \rho\,d\rho \,\frac{\exp[i(x_0-z)^2+i\rho^2]}{1+\rho},$$
i.e. in the denominator I replace $z^2+\rho^2$ by $\rho^2$. The integral $J$ is independent of $x_0$ and evaluates in terms of an exponential integral Ei and Fresnel sine and cosine integrals S,C:
$$J=i\pi^2+ i \pi e^i \sqrt{\pi/2}\left[(1-i) \text{Ei}(-i)+2 \pi  S\left(\sqrt{2/\pi}\right)+2\pi i C\left(\sqrt{2/\pi}\right)\right].$$
The improper integral here is of the type
$$\int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{iz^2}dz=(1+i)\sqrt{\pi/2},$$
discussed for example in this Physics.SE question.


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The Saxetbach is a mountain river south of Interlaken in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. It is a left tributary of the river Lütschine. It flows through the village Saxeten and joins the Lütschine in Wilderswil. It forms a narrow ravine, the Saxetbach Gorge.

1999 accident

On 27 July 1999, an accident occurred in Saxetbach Gorge (a gorge close to the village of Saxeten) in which 21 young people from Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa, and Switzerland died.

Forty-eight people from two coach tour parties had elected an optional side event of canyoning. It was organized by Adventure World, a now defunct company located in Wilderswil, not far from Saxeten. At , flash floods began pouring through the gorge and 21 people within the group were swept to their deaths; 18 were tourists and three were canyon guides.  By 7 pm, the stories had hit the world news, and the hotels they were staying in were bombarded with phone calls, but the staff knew only what they saw on television.

The survivors were rescued and then questioned by Swiss Police before being released and returned to their hotel at  the next morning. Until then they had no idea how many people had died nor the enormity of the disaster.

Identifying the dead bodies was a serious problem for the Swiss authorities as the bodies were badly traumatized.  Eleven survivors agreed to go to the mortuary to identify the dead, but many victims had to be identified through DNA and dental analysis. Families were desperate to see for themselves what had happened, and Swissair along with Swiss medical services provided meet and greet sessions for families, and also much counseling for those who had been present. Bodies of the dead washed up in Lake Brienz, a popular boating lake, during peak summer tourist season. The bodies were mostly pulled out of the lake by young Dutch tourists who stayed at the nearby campsite. This particular group was going to join an Adventure World rafting or canyoning trip this same day, but decided not to go at the last moment.

Since the incident, the press reported many rumors about what happened.  Emergency services claim they sent someone to tell the group of the impending storms, and families of the dead claim that the company should have seen the signs of the weather.  Swiss authorities were quick to blame profit-seeking and general negligence as the cause of the accident.

After the disaster, Adventure World went out of business.  Their former premises, near the Wilderswil Station, are now occupied by a bank. In 2001, some of the staff at Adventure World were charged in connection with the deaths. A total of six staff members were found guilty of manslaughter through culpable negligence and given suspended sentences of between two and five months and fined between 4,000 and 7,500 CHF.

References

External links
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What is renal medicine and what are some renal conditions?
Renal medicine is the study of the kidneys and its diseases. Renal physicians at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre diagnose and manage all types of renal disease such as acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, hypertension, auto-immune diseases, dialysis, and kidney transplants.
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Warning, the video is long but well worth the watch.
The quick and dirty synopsis though is that an individual was shooting on the back of his property. A neighbor heard the shots and called the police. The officers responding over reacted, and proceeded to perform an illegal search of his house as well as locked containers within the house. After nothing was really found, they made up excuses for searching the premises and stretched for reasons for the arrest. They also confiscated his firearms. All the charges were dropped, however the sheriff's office has returned all but 4 firearms. What is most interesting though is that those four firearms were mentioned by officers as wanting to keep for their own.
This officer had no clue of the situation or what going on. However before even arriving there he state he was going to be arresting someone for anything he could find. When nothing was immediately available they proceeded to perform an illegal search of the house. This was done under the guise of exigent circumstances. When they saw the safe, they extended the exigent circumstances to the interior of the safe. Then each officer proceeded to pick out which guns they like best after ripping the keys off of the victim to get into the safe.
The locked safe provides no basis for exigent circumstances. Securing the house I could somewhat believe, however all they were allowed to do during the exigent search was verify the house was empty. Upon finding the safe, if they wanted to search it a warrant must be obtained. There was no immediate threat to officers, and if probable cause existed that the safe contained evidence pertinent to the crime being investigated a warrant would be issued. Instead they conducted a search without consent and made up an excuse that a dying family member may have been contained in the safe. Never mind the fact that the safe was too small, or the fact there was no blood or any other evidence to support that fact.
This is obviously an abuse of this man's civil rights. However this man who only was able to enlist the help of a public defender was railroaded by the system. The only hope is now that this is flying around the tubes someone will take the case and go after those officers for violating Title 18, U.S.C. Section 242. This is such a blatant and serious violation of civil rights and abuse of authority it is a mystery why those officers were not publicly dismissed. It is not surprising that this happened in Californistan, however this is still disturbing because it is completely unacceptable behavior.
Here is the contact information for the sheriff's department.
The ACLU has gone after firearms on more than one occasion and has thus ended up on my wolf in sheep's clothing list. However they came out with a new campaign involving the Constitution recently I will at least call attention to. I do find it interesting they'll defend the 4th and 1st Amendments but they feel the 2nd Amendment it is somehow different with regards to whose rights it guarantees.
Evidently if you live within 100 miles of any border, including water your 4th Amendment rights have been "suspended". There were some news articles back in 2003 however this has largely gone unnoticed. While the provision was placed within the 4th Amendment, 100 miles is royal overkill. To make matters even worse however, what is to prevent them from declaring that International airports are not covered under the same provision? 100 miles around any international airport will cover probably 99% of the US.
Time to go rack up some range time.


New! Entered: 2015-02-09 This story is so bittersweet, and the impact you've given it with so few words is absolutely stunning to me. I'm happy for Doeskin, but I really loved this pairing, and I'm sad to see it end.
New! Entered: 2014-01-18 Very touching. It's a very unusual time to offer a soul name, and it makes me wonder about future rendezvous between Doeskin and One-Leg, and if this will just be kept quietly between them. It's a very sweet sentiment juxtaposed with the ending of a (promised) relationship - and somehow so perfectly sweet. What kinder way to part, then by happily sharing your most personal gift, your soul? I think it really speaks to how trusting and caring these two are, that this could seem so appropriate at that time.
New! Entered: 2012-12-24 I really love the tranquility and closeness of this story. Lovely feel to the whole thing, and I love how you opened the story and closed it with soulnames -- and how One-Leg phrased his reply. :) Beautiful to think that they parted on such good terms, and One-Leg could even still woo her aftwerward.
New! Entered: 2012-12-16 I so appreciate us seeing this moment in their relationships. That she would share her soul name as a parting gift... and that he would reciprocate in reminding her of himself. I especially like that he understands her decision and that he accepts it while still planning to try to woo her... :) Go, One-Leg!
New! Entered: 2012-12-10 It's great to see this moment set down, because in many ways, it's a puzzling situation -- hard to believe that Doeskin could choose Ringtail over One-Leg, when we know One-Leg so much better and thus appreciate his qualities. But this touches very convincingly on the idea that the dynamics of sharing soul-names and of Recognition aren't always predictable, and it's something the elves must deal with the best way they can.
New! Entered: 2012-08-07 As Whitney said. I am so amazed in how you are able to put so much in so little text. Within that few words, that glimpse I got such a strong feel for the relationship between Doeskin and One-Leg but also one for the relationship between Doeskin and Ringtail.
I like that and I like how much this is showing us who One-Leg is and how he rolls.
New! Entered: 2012-07-30 Oh, this was lovely! Like Whitney said, this goes to show that less often means more. And what an unusual way to share a soul name! I found it really touching, and I loved how readily One-Leg accepted it. A wonderful moment!
New! Entered: 2012-07-18 ::swooning:: Chris, you make an art of the old phrase "Less means more." This is just a eviscerating heartbreak of a scene, but you sell it so very well!
New! Entered: 2012-07-11 Wow, the shortness of this story makes it even more intense, somehow. Even readers who are not familiar with the past circumstances will be touched, I am sure of that.
My first thought while reading was: how mean of Doeskin to do that, offering something so precious. This must make One-Leg even more longing for her. Than you surpised me with OLs understanding, the peaceful acceptance... I must admit, I adore him for that.


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Q: Can modes be defined without assuming the existence of density function Surprisingly I have not found any literature. I would like to know if it is possible to define a (generalized) mode for general probability distributions, possibly defined on an infinitely dimensional space.
My thought is that it should be related to $ P(B_\theta(r))$, where $B_\theta(r)$ is a ball centered at $\theta$ with radius $r$.

A: I guess that practical solution to your problem is simply to use kernel density estimation, where the mode is highest point of the estimated kernel density. It uses kernels $K_\theta$ centered at $\theta$ instead of $B_\theta$. You can easily find a number of papers describing this approach.
Another practical comment is that due to the curse of dimensionality you wouldn't be able to compute such mode and wouldn't be able to obtain meaningful KDE estimates as the number of dimensions grow.

A: With a continuous distribution mode is usually defined as the point with maximum probability distribution function (fdp). This is closely related to your thougth if it's taken to the limit - that is, for an infinitely small ball.
If $\text{vol}$ means volume (in whichever dimensions), one possible definition of fdp is:
$$fdp(\theta)=\lim_{r\to0}\frac{P(B_\theta(r))}{\text{vol}(B_\theta(r))}$$
Then, one possible definition of mode for a continuous distribution is the point where $P(B_\theta(r))$ per volume unit is maximum.
Furthermore, for certain applications a naive but useful way to estimate the mode from a sample is to fix a ball radius and find the centre of the ball that contains more sample points. For example, geologists used to plot joint orientations in stereographic projection to find the orientations where most points clustered, and therefore estimate the most likely ways a rock slope could fall.


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(BOGOTA, Colombia) — Colombian authorities said that a one-armed explosives expert belonging to the country's last remaining rebel group carried out a car bombing against a police academy that left 21 dead and more than 70 wounded. Chief Prosecutor Nestor Martinez said at a press conference Friday that the man who carried out Thursday's brazen attack, the deadliest in 15 years, was a longtime member of the National Liberation Army, or ELN. Even though Jose Aldemar Rojas had no criminal record, intelligence reports indicate that the 56-year-old man also known by the alias Mocho Kiko lost his arm manipulating explosives during his long career as an operative in an ELN rebel cell near the border with Venezuela, Martinez said. Thursday's attack recalled some of the bloodiest chapters of Colombia's recent past and has raised tough questions about lingering security threats in the wake of a 2016 peace deal with FARC rebels.


Yesterday I went to Mass at St. Peter's on Barclay Street, quite a historic church, https://spcolr.org/st-peters-church-history. I had gone a few times before and my mom had gone often. It was always full. Why was it always full. Today I realized why. First off, the church itself has great energy, it's not garish, but is lovely, great symmetry. Second, the clergy and staff make it home, present the liturgy and music in a way that is heartfelt, like today when the bishop sincerely said he loved hearing the crying of children during Mass. Then there is the Eucharist. I don't think I realized the power of relationship to Christ and the solemnity of it that the Catholic church teaches until today. It's not about feeling good woodstock hippy woo woo yippy ya yeah kind of feel good feeling, the Mass, Eucharist, it's about solemn Covenant, Relationship. As for being bored, that's up to you because if you don't sing, pray, fully give your heart, spirit and soul to the Mass, to the homily, to hearing the message then yes you will be bored and that is your responsibility not of the clergy or staff. The Mass, Pastor, Church are not there to entertain you or make you feel good and high in the sky but to teach you something and if necessary awaken your conscience to your sin and also God's mercy, but first to sin, to the reality of the Trinity, of Sin, Consequence and then also Mercy, in that order. Catholicism does that, but they do need to do so connecting not only to the head, the intellectual, but also to the heart and doing a much better job of evangelizing, much better job.


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Omar Kamal Abdel Wahed (ar. عمر كمال; ur. 29 września 1993) – egipski piłkarz grający na pozycji prawoskrzydłowego. Od 2021 jest zawodnikiem klubu Future FC.

Kariera klubowa
Swoją piłkarską karierę Kamal rozpoczął w klubie Ittihad El Shorta. W 2012 roku awansował do pierwszego zespołu i w sezonie 2012/2013 zadebiutował w nim w pierwszej lidze egipskiej. Grał w nim do końca sezonu 2016/2017. W 2017 przeszedł do Al-Masry. W pierwszej połowie 2018 roku był z niego wypożyczony do Al-Assyouty Sport. W Al-Masry występował do końca sezonu 2020/2021.

W sierpniu 2021 Kamal przeszedł do Zamaleku, jednak nie rozegrał w nim żadnego meczu i w październiku 2021 odszedł do Future FC. Swój debiut w nim zanotował 25 października 2021 w wygranym 1:0 domowym meczu z Pharco FC.

Kariera reprezentacyjna
W reprezentacji Egiptu Kamal zadebiutował 1 grudnia 2021 w wygranym 1:0 meczu Pucharu Narodów Arabskich 2021 z Libanem, rozegranym w Dosze. W 2022 roku został powołany do kadry na Puchar Narodów Afryki 2021. Na tym turnieju rozegrał pięć meczów: grupowe z Gwineą Bissau (1:0) i z Sudanem (1:0), w 1/8 finału z Wybrzeżem Kości Słoniowej (0:0, k. 5:4), ćwierćinałowy z Marokiem (2:1 po dogrywce) i półfinałowy z Kamerunem (0:0, k. 3:1). Z Egiptem został wicemistrzem Afryki.

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Tanystylum antipodum är en havsspindelart som beskrevs av Clark, W.C. 1977. Tanystylum antipodum ingår i släktet Tanystylum och familjen Ammotheidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Havsspindlar
antipodum


It was a lovely day at Sunset Bay for Alaina and Travis on their wedding day in the Cayman Islands. The design and details were so unique and they were so much fun to photograph. We even went out a few days after the wedding and captured some more images, focusing on some beautiful scenic locations.
View MUCH more of this gorgeous wedding here.
Many thanks to the awesome vendors who contributed!


All too often, stress—or rather, reducing it—is an overlooked component of a healthy lifestyle.
Both acute stress (the kind associated with minor, everyday circumstances) and chronic stress (the kind that stems from more long-term or major concerns) have been known to increase certain hormones that can increase appetite, disrupt sleep and even promote fat storage.
Essentially, high levels of constant stress can take a pretty large toll on your health, and if you have fitness goals, like losing weight or increasing your athletic performance, it could be hindering your progress.
Plus, for the simple fact that stress makes us feel anxious, flustered and irritable, it only makes sense that we'd want to limit its effects.
Luckily, exercise is one of the best ways to reduce and offset the negative effects of stress. But if you don't have time for an entire workout, next time you're feeling strained, tense or just generally overwhelmed, Kyle Stull, MS, LMT, a NASM certified personal trainer and master instructor suggests stopping for a short break with these six stress-busting exercises.


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Sometimes, it's best to keep it simple on Valentine's Day. In other words, have send yoursweetheart a bouquet of, in 2013 to let her know how much you love her. And, unless she just can't get enough on her mantel, this is your chance to get creative. In fact, a recent poll revealed that a majority of women prefer something other than a bouquet of . With a wide variety of types, and an increasing number of bouquet designs available, consider sending something exotic like Roses mixed with Lilies and she'll appreciate your thoughtful gesture even more.


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A seat at the table: An interview with emcee-turned-political candidate, Dupré Kelly
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A Newark, New Jersey hip hop artist from the Golden Age of Hip Hop takes on politics as a candidate in the fiercely competitive Council-At-Large position in the upcoming May 8 elections.
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Reared in the West Ward, Kelly, who has been involved in a number of community programs throughout the world, came home to stake his claim in the rapidly growing city, just 20 minutes from NYC. The question surrounding our discussion is, "Who has a seat at the table?" Most certainly, hip hop will ensure that it has a place in Newark's future.
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NEWS: Nimbus Rides on into The Kalevala
by Basil Considine - September 27, 2016 September 27, 2016
A promotional photo for The Kalevala. Pictured: Jim Ahrens. Photo by Mathieu Lindquist.
Last November, Nimbus Theatre announced that it was shutting its doors at 1517 Central Ave NE in Minneapolis. The reason? A rent increase that pushed past the company's means, forcing it pack up and leave its home since 2011. The company's founders were careful to couch this as a temporary pause rather than a permanent closure. "We plan to be operational in early spring," co-founder Tim Cragun noted at the time.
As anyone who's ever tackled a kitchen or bathroom remodel can attest, the plans and reality of creating the space that you call home often diverge. Spring came and went, but halfway through the summer Nimbus signed the lease on a former Westinghouse factory space at 2303 Kennedy Street NE in Minneapolis. Now that fall has arrived, the company is preparing to formally open its newfound home on October 8 with The Kalevala, an adaptation of the Finnish national epic.
Naturally, much remains to be done, including paying for the first stage of the space's renovation and adaptation into the Crane Theater – named after a massive yellow industrial crane embedded in the structure. To this end, Nimbus is engaged in a Kickstarter campaign (ending October 14) to raise $25,000 to launch Phase 1. Stretch goals are an important aspect of any crowdfunding campaign; one of the several dangled by Nimbus will resonate with anyone who's ever tried to visit a theatre: renovating the bathrooms.
Nimbus Theatre began its existence in 2001, when the company formed to stage its inaugural show at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. It operated at what is now the Minnsky Theatre starting in 2010, building a theatre space and a reputation for innovative programming while also playing host to a wide variety of performing events by other Twin Cities companies.
A floor plan of the planned transformation of the old Westinghouse factory space into a new performing arts center.
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Basil Considine is the Performing Arts Editor and Senior Classical Music and Drama Critic at the Twin Cities Arts Reader. He was previously the Resident Classical Music and Drama Critic at the Twin Cities Daily Planet and remains an occasional contributing writer for The Boston Musical Intelligencer and The Chattanoogan. He holds a PhD in Music and Drama from Boston University, an MTS in Sacred Music from the BU School of Theology, and a BA in Music and Theatre from the University of San Diego.
Basil was named one of Musical America's 30 Professionals of the Year in 2017.
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A still from Kupatthu Raja.
Rocket (GV Prakash) is a wastrel and a perpetual drinker from a North Chennai slum whose only job is to roam around with his useless friends (including Yogi Babu) and indulges in silly scuffles. And the best part is that he often boozes along with his dad Oor Nyayam (MS Bhaskar), a rickshaw puller with a meagre income. He is at loggerheads with the local thug MG Rajhendran (Parthiban), an ardent fan of MGR and do-gooder in the area. Rocket is in love with Kamala (Palak Lalwani), a girl from the slum. All the same he is lusting on Mary (Poonam Bajwa), his new neighbour. A small boy goes missing and soon Rocket's father is brutally murdered. Rocket suspects everyone like Rajhendran, the local councillor with whom he had a brawl earlier etc., but a twist in the tale comes from unexpected quarters.
Choreographer turned filmmaker Baba Bhaskar has said that he has taken a leaf out of his own life for the script as he belonged to North Chennai. The way he has portrayed the community where men always drinks and mouth filthy lines, kids are over matured for their age and act like adults, and a guy who is the supervisor who makes sexist remarks on women workers and assaults them, one wonders if slums of North Chennai really looks like this.
Having accepted the role, GV Prakash has nailed it be it his North Chennai diction or his dance moves. Parthiban does a decent job and MS Bhaskar, as usual, proves his versatility. Palak Lalwani is loud and her lip sync goes for a toss. Poor Poonam Bajwa- as 'Biscouth Aunty', she has been relegated only to skin show. Yogi Babu does manage to evoke laughter occasionally. The songs by GV Prakash are speed breakers, but BGM goes well with the theme of the film.


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The IRS announced yesterday a new procedure to deal with "low compliance risk" taxpayers who have innocently not filed FBARs or tax returns noting their RRSPs (a Canadian retirement account similar to a 401(k) or IRA). While the full details have not been released (the plan will go into effect on September 1st), it appears that the IRS has heard the complaints from tax professionals and others regarding the "one size fits all" voluntary disclosure plan.
– Pay any tax and interest due with the submission.
Note that to qualify for the plan your unpaid taxes will need to be less than $1,500 per year.
Once the full details are announced (probably in late August) I'll report on them.
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The historic village of Taormina has medieval origins and is famous not only for its monuments, including its streets and its old port. Taormina center is built around the Corso Umberto I, the main artery of the city, from which you can reach all points of interest. Today Taormina is a health resort and tourist destination of international fame. Over the centuries, Taormina has always been a major tourist destination of celebrities like Wilhelm II of Germany, many writers like Goethe, Maupassant, DH Lawrence, A. France, Oscar Wilde, Brahms, designers such as Dior, noblewomen as Florence Trevelyan, the German painter Geleng, the British general Nelson, directors like Michelangelo Antonioni and actresses like Greta Garbo.


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Welcome to the Visa & Consular Services section of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Indonesia
Here you can find information regarding all consular services provided by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Indonesia including Issuance of Visas, Passports, Registration of Birth, Marriages, Deaths, Authentication and Translation of Documents, , Repatriation of Sri Lankans, Information relating to Consular including visa fees are available.
The competent authority for issuing Sri Lankan visas is the Department of Immigration and Emigration. On behalf of the Department of Immigration and Emigration, Sri Lanka diplomatic missions abroad have been authorized to issue visas.
Nationals of the Republic of Indonesia, who intend to visit Sri Lanka for a short visit (Single. Double or Multiple Entry) up to 90 days for the purpose of Tourist and Business may apply for visa through the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Indonesia.
Person who visits Sri Lanka for Tourist, Business or Transit purposes could also obtain visa online, please browse www.eta.gov.lk
The Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) requirement is applicable to all nationalities except nationals of the Republic of Maldives, the Republic of Singapore and the Republic of Seychelles, who on the basis of reciprocity, are exempt from this requirement.
Note: All payments for Consular Services will be issued an official receipt.
What are the general eligibility requirements for Sri Lankan visas?
The Immigration and Emigration Department may issue a visa to you if:
it is satisfied that you are suitable to enter Sri Lanka.
it approves the purpose for which you are entering Sri Lanka.
you hold a passport valid for a minimum period of six months from the date you arrive in Sri Lanka.
it is satisfied that you have adequate funds for your stay in Sri Lanka and for the payment of your return passage to the country which issued your passport.
you are in possession of a return air ticket to the country of domicile or a visa to the next country of destination.
Who is eligible for visa exemption?
Sri Lankan dual citizens.
Children born to Sri Lankan parents whose birth have been registered under section 5(2) of Citizenship Act – 1948 up to 21 years of age.
Children born in Sri Lanka to Sri Lankan parents under 21 years of age, now living abroad.
Issuance of Visa
Note: The validity of the passport must be at least six months beyond the date of entry into Sri Lanka.
Those who are applying for ETA visa system at the Embassy could pay the visa fee in cash local currency (Indonesian Rupiah) for which an official receipt would be issued. Visa fees paid are not refundable.
You should apply for a tourist visa if you are travelling for one or several of the following purposes:
Sightseeing, holidaying, excursions & relaxation
Visiting friends and relatives
Medical treatment including ayurvedic treatment and yoga
If the length of stay in Sri Lanka up to 90 days, the applicant or a third party on his/her behalf can apply for the visa by submitting an ETA application online via the ETA website www.eta.gov.lk. It is advised to keep a copy of the ETA approval notice with the traveller to be produced at the port of entry in Sri Lanka. When applying for an ETA through third parties, payments have to be made through www.eta.gov.lk and an acknowledgement of the ETA application should be obtained. Any payments made to other websites or agencies are not valid to process the ETA. Therefore, please ensure that the payment is made on www.eta.gov.lk to avoid having to pay again at the port of entry to Sri Lanka. Documents required:
ETA application form (click here to download)
Two recent passport-size photographs
Return air ticket
Passport – with a minimum of 6 months validity period
Sufficient funds to meet the expenses during the stay
ETA processing visa fee (Click here "Chart A")
Processing time: 2-3 working days
Applying for a visa for Business purposes at present are available through ETA and Sri Lanka Embassy in Indonesia
You should apply for a business visa if you are travelling to Sri Lanka for one or several of the following purposes:
Participation in business meetings and negotiations
Conferences, workshops and seminars
Short term training programmes
Participation in art, music and dance events
Participation in symposiums
Participation in religious events
All Foreign Nationals including Indonesian nationals intending to travel to Sri Lanka for the above purposes could apply visa through ETA or through the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Indonesia.
Applications could be submitted from Monday to Friday between 9:00 am to 12.30 pm
Duly filled application – (click here to download)
The invitation/sponsor letter from the company/organization in Sri Lanka
Visa requests letter from the company/organization in Indonesia
Confirmed booking certificate/E-ticket
Business registration/employment certificate
Processing time: 2 – 3 working days
Relevant Visa Fees: (click here "Chart A")
The applicants themselves or a third party on their behalf can apply for a transit ETA by submitting an ETA application online via the ETA website www.eta.gov.lk. Valid for 2 ( two) days and no visa fee applicable
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Holders of Diplomatic visiting Sri Lanka for short visits will be granted Visa on Arrival.
Also, please note that diplomatic and official passport holders travelling to Sri Lanka for other purposes must follow the relevant application procedure.
Diplomatic/official ETA application (click here to download)
Note verbal/diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, relevant Embassy or International Organization
Two passport-size photographs
Passport –The validity of the passport must be at least six months beyond the date of entry to Sri Lanka.
Invitation letter from the business counterpart in Sri Lanka
All media personnel visiting Sri Lanka should obtain a visa prior to arrival in Colombo from the Embassy of Sri Lanka.
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Fall Newsletter 2022
A forest path cleared by Camp Nor'wester Service Trip Volunteers
It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come to our real work,
and when we no longer know which way to go
we have begun our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings.
In this issue, LCLT finds itself reaching deeper into the realities of today's world. We are exploring new avenues of housing, and we are working to ensure greater food and farm security on Lopez. We hope you will join us in this exploration and share your thoughts.
We are living in unknown and challenging times. At Lopez Community Land Trust (LCLT) we are continuously looking at how we approach fundraising, grappling with the spiraling costs of construction and persistent supply chain changes, our increasing island population, and the specter of losing local food farms from production.
The National Association of Home Builders recently reported that building materials prices are up 19.2% year over year and have risen 35.6% since the start of the pandemic. Additionally, more than 90% of builders and contractors nationally are reporting delays and materials shortages.
Rising challenges cause us to think and respond ever more creatively. We seek greater participation from the many who love this island. Over and over again this world shows us that by changing the way we look at things, the things we look at change too.
Access to housing and farmland has been out of reach to those who live and work on the island for quite some time. It is heartening to witness local citizens taking it upon themselves to rent their homes below market rate to residents who work on the island. Others have donated land and/or homes to LCLT so that working people can thrive on Lopez. We have had the opportunity to secure two farms. It takes a lot of work by a dedicated group of people to build community. Here at LCLT we join others in our dedication to create a community of belonging.
We invite you to contact us if you are interested in discussing a contribution or bargain sale of a home, land or ideas as to how to make more in-roads into this seemingly intractable issue of sustaining our island community. Think of what we have done together over the last several decades and imagine what we can do together in the coming days.
– Sandy Bishop, Executive Director
Dinner with island grown tomatoes, zucchini & basil
No Farms, No Food
By Rhea Miller
No Farms, No Food: It's just a simple bumper sticker, but I cannot get it out of my mind these days. I see the supply disruptions of deliveries to our local stores, the lack of grain around the world further disrupted due to a war in Ukraine, and the lack of produce due to continued and devastating droughts across the U.S. At home our fruit trees lost their fruit due to lack of pollination (cool wet spring and fewer pollinators) and damage from the tent caterpillars. We are not suffering because we live on an island of abundance, but multiple bad years can put populations in jeopardy. And then there is the issue of irregular and unreliable ferries leading to delays with food deliveries from the mainland. It seems wise to make sure we have local, resilient operating farms into the future.
Wendell Berry has a lot to say about this: "No matter how urban our life, our bodies live by farming; we come from the earth and return to it, and so we live in agriculture as we live in flesh. While we live, our bodies are moving particles of the earth, joined inextricably both to the soil and to the bodies of other living creatures."
"To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd."
So far, the west side of WA State has been blessed with few repercussions from global climate change. Yet with the average age of farmers in their 60's, and some in their 80's on Lopez, we see the urgent need to preserve farms, rather than see them become unproductive estates. We understand that farmers need to sell their places at a price that enables their retirement. Unless we want to be the home of mega-mansions with jets that fly in their feasts, we must step up as a community to ensure "eating" for the next generations. LCLT has joined with two farm families to put two farms back into major production. It is not easy, nor inexpensive, to bring a farm into production, but it is essential.
As a community we need to:
Support existing farmers.
Attract new farmers and help pass on skill sets from those retiring.
Buy farmland for, or sell farmland to, inspired, working farmers.
Secure or offer long term leases on agricultural land especially if it has sat idle or is under-utilized.
Fund the cost of installing basic infrastructure – water (ponds, wells, rainwater catchment), updated septic, barn repair or construction, fencing, farm housing.
Buy local.
Lopezians and LCLT have been told many times that "it can't be done," and yet it has been done. Let's keep it up. Join us!
This year, we are reimagining the Harvest Dinner with a series of Harvest Meals, available at local eateries during the week of October 6th-9th (the same time as the Lopez Island Farm Tours). We encourage you to eat out and order the "Lopez Harvest" option available at participating restaurants to support island farms and businesses.
Details on hours & offerings available here: https://www.lopezclt.org/lopez-harvest-celebration/
Hawthorns in full berry
Still Light Farm News
By Lena Jones
The air still holds its summer heat but the hawthorns are deep red with berries, the spiders are weaving through the long grass, yellow wooly bear caterpillars are on the move, and the meadowhawk dragonflies are taking flight. We are celebrating the end of our first full, beautiful season on the farm. Summer was good to us. We worked hard, welcomed an abundance of visitors from near and far, and ate dinner at the beach as often as we could.
In the fields, we're laying the groundwork for the 2023 season. This fall, we'll plant two acres at the top of the field in a mix of cover crops, depending on what is to follow. We're curious to see what does well in our soils and what will winter-kill in this climate. Next spring, that acreage will be planted in a variety of crop trials. While we wait for rain to seed the field, we're pressing forward on other projects. The perimeter is getting cleared to make way for higher fencing. We're prepping a pad for the hoophouse, due to arrive any day. The driveway has been freshly topped in hopes that it will be drivable this winter and is now ideal for bike riding, much to the children's delight. Andrew has made our old shed, once unstable and roofless, into a sturdy dry space for tools and supplies, and the beautiful old concrete sink we uncovered in the old barn site is there, up on a new stand and soon to be pressed into service.
Little shed mid-way through
We've been glad to preserve what history we can from the old farm. Many of the other remnants have been cleared away this summer: rock piles, tangled barbed wire, open tanks, and rubbly hills. While, unless you'd visited recently, you wouldn't notice the change, we feel it. We can walk freely, mow (still quite carefully), and the kids can explore at will. The hillside has been seeded in native prairie and we are making plant lists, preparing for a winter hedgerow planting and trees, always more trees. We are more thankful than ever to call this place home and look forward to our first full autumn on the island.
Onions drying in the barn
Stonecrest Farm News
By Meike Meissner
The swallows left some time during the second week of September. We noticed them gathering on the overhead wires while picking the late season blackberries and, just like that, they disappeared. Here one day, gone the next, their silent swooping was replaced instead by raucous flights of migrating Canada geese and the low timbre of bullfrogs early in the morning. As of this writing we await the return of the rains to bring new growth and life back to dormant pastures, and watch with dismay as the smoke obscures the view of Mt. Constitution and the lower Center Valley fields.
Sheep in the long grass on Stonecrest
At Stonecrest we are moving sheep and cows around the neighborhood, still finding good green forage under the brown canopy after the wet spring that spurred tremendous growth of both grass and "weeds." In particular, we are keeping an eye on curly dock (Rumex crispus) this summer, which has enjoyed the wet spring more than most other plants and is having a big year on many of Lopez's fields. Curly dock was introduced into the U.S., possibly arriving as a seed contaminant in the early 1600's when the British brought crops and cattle to New England. This plant has spread to every U.S. state and Canadian province, and is now considered one of the most widely distributed weeds in the world. Its seeds can lie dormant for more than 80 years, and while grazing and mechanical removal do a good job of controlling its growth, only heavy use of some herbicides has been shown to be an effective long-term control. We find that sheep enjoy the dock seeds during the fall and are taking notes and photos to see how intensive grazing affects the regrowth of plants next spring. We will report back and let everyone know if hungry sheep might be the answer!
The renovation work of the Stonecrest Barn has commenced with the milling of local trees, with stacks of lumber curing inside and awaiting installation. We will not be participating in the Farm Tour this year as we will be busy working on this project and will not have any animals on site at the beginning of October. We will instead do a Lopez-locals farm tour in the spring when the barn project is complete and there is more life (baby animals!) on the farm.
Island Fir Drying in the Barn
Thanks again to everyone who came out to the Lopez Island Farmers Market throughout the summer to support our local growers, bakers, gardeners, and creative makers. This summer felt full, on all levels, and the market, the San Juan Islands Food Hub, and traffic to the Stonecrest Barn Stand kept us busy. At the end of September we will begin a series of autumn harvests of beef, lamb, and pork, and plan to have our freezers full and open to the public throughout the winter. Here's to gathering during this season of plenty with friends and family!
Lopez Island Farm Tour October 7-9
There is something for everyone during Farm Tours of the San Juans. From educational presentations and delicious foods, to free kids activities, pressing cider, and lots of farm animals! Paid and free events.
Click here for a link to the Lopez Map & Events
Current housing stock available for sale on Lopez.
Building and Buying, Current Trends on Lopez
By Breton Carter, Assistant Director
Lopez Community Land Trust (LCLT) incorporated in 1989 when the cost of housing rose 190% in a single year. LCLT arose as a response to the question, "how are we going to keep the community intact?" when working islanders could no longer afford to live here. Today, the question still remains.
Recently, we've been on a search to purchase existing homes. Bear with me as I dive into some dense facts and statistics, but I want to illustrate why we are pursuing this course of action, where we are, and how, once again, we're exploring the flexibility of the community land trust model.
Across the nation, median home values are increasing, tech and finance firms have been buying up homes, and the cost of new construction has risen 33% since the start of the pandemic. To compound this, the rise in interest rates has made "the American dream" of homeownership unattainable for many, as those who worked to improve credit scores and save up for a down-payment are priced out of the market with high monthly payments from increased interest.
At LCLT, we recently compared the cost of building Morgantown to the projected cost of our next development at the Fisherman Bay Curve site. As you can imagine, the cost of building new construction continues to rise. In 1992, it cost us $71,400 average per house to build at Morgantown (including land). In today's dollars, with inflation that's about $150,856 per house. The estimate for this next project is $471,000 per house. That's a 312% increase in 30 years and inflation accounts for only 127%. You can see this in the chart below:
The increase is due to many factors, including building and development code changes, the continued impacts of the pandemic, supply chain disruptions, and volatile markets. At the same time, the real estate market on Lopez has been rapidly rising, with the average sale price of 39 homes sold over the past 12 months at 1.1 million dollars. In our 30-year building history it has always been more financially viable to build new than to purchase an existing home. But the cost of building new is now comparable to the cost of buying a modest pre-existing home – if we can find them. The land available in the Lopez Village Urban Growth area where we can build in higher density, is rapidly diminishing. Recently, we've started exploring the option of purchasing pre-existing homes and are working on having the framework in place for when the opportunity arises. This would increase flexibility, and allow individuals and families who work in the community to live across the island, not just in town.
So, we're turning to you, our community to ask – do you have a home, perhaps a fixer-upper you'd like to see go to local, hardworking folks? Are you considering selling and would like to ensure your house remains permanently affordable for community members? If so, we invite you to start a conversation with us.
Support LCLT Today
When the opportunity arises to purchase a pre-existent home or farm, we need to have the funds on hand to secure the property. We ask you to make a personally significant donation to ensure our community remains intact.
Camp Nor'wester Volunteers came periodically throughout the summer. They helped us get a lot of work around LCLT done! We made trails, cleared willow from the pond, planted trees & shrubs behind the office, weeded all around, liberated trees, cleared brush, & painted the kid-shed.
Newly "liberated" magnolia shading the LCLT water tank
Repainted Kids' Place Shed
LCLT Board of Directors
Chom Greacen Chair, Quaniqua Williams Vice Chair, Mark Eames Secretary,
Jan Marshall Treasurer, Corky Searls and Asia Citro.
Sandy Bishop Executive Director, Breton Carter Assistant Director, Marly Schmidtke Project Coordinator & Administrative Assistant, Rhea Miller Community Liaison
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