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Intel Xeon Scalable Platform Enables Major Advancements for HPC
This sponsored post outlines the new Intel Xeon scalable platform, which offers higher performance, agility, and security for AI, modeling, and more.
Described by Intel as the biggest platform advancement in a decade, the new Intel Xeon Scalable Platform accelerates high-performance computing (HPC) workloads and provides new capabilities to advance emerging fields like artificial intelligence and self-driving vehicles.
Designed to meet the needs of compute-intense HPC applications, the latest processors offer security enhancements alongside significant performance improvements. For workloads like AI, deep learning training, and inference performance, Intel Xeon Scalable processors can deliver up to 2.2x performance over the prior generation. These speed characteristics, alongside enhanced I/O flexibility and memory bandwidth, can help solve today's most advanced HPC challenges. By gaining data insights faster than ever before, engineers, scientists, and researchers can drive discoveries to answer more questions, more quickly. Similarly, corporations and organizations of all sizes can benefit from shorter development cycles, bringing products to market faster than before.
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Highly innovative fields requiring HPC, like artificial intelligence, can reap several immediate benefits with the newest platform. The computing technology behind autonomous vehicles, for example, requires real-time analysis of ever-changing road conditions producing an extreme load on computing infrastructure. An HPC system must achieve its full potential to ensure accurate vehicle navigation, collision avoidance, safety, and fuel efficiency. Bottlenecks among workloads like advanced vectorization, scientific simulations, and financial analytics yield to greater acceleration with the new platform.
Optimized for demanding and innovative workloads
Intel Xeon processor Scalable family, offering 28 cores on tap, significant increases in memory and I/O bandwidth, and the latest onboard technologies, delivers the HPC agility needed by these industries to take their innovations into the future. Intel AVX-512 boosts performance for the most demanding computational workloads, with up to double the number of FLOPS1 per clock cycle compared to the previous generation. Intel Omni-Path Architecture provides 100Gbps bandwidth and low-latency next-generation fabric for HPC clusters. The result? Intel Xeon Scalable processors provide the scale needed to meet your evolving needs.
The new platform supplements these updates with additional HPC performance-boosting technologies including Intel Optane SSDs and Intel® QuickAssist. Also, since system security remains an important issue for networks and HPC systems of all sizes, the new Intel Xeon Scalable platform also incorporates Intel Key Protection Technology for significantly improved cryptography performance to accelerate real-time analysis.
Rapidly growing ecosystem
New platform adoption not only depends on the hardware and software innovations behind it, but on its ability to empower developers, system integrators, and OEMs. Intel offers tools, libraries, and contributions to the open-source community to help developers take advantage of the Intel Xeon Scalable platform's hardware innovations.
New platform adoption not only depends on the hardware and software innovations behind it, but on its ability to empower developers, system integrators, and OEMs.
Already, more than 7,000 software developers and hundreds of ecosystem partners embrace the capabilities and benefits the new platform offers. OEMs and systems integrators like Cray, Dell EMC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Huawei, Lenovo, Supermicro, and others plan updates to their HPC portfolios to offer their customers greater power and flexibility resulting from the new processors. Early adopters are already reaping benefits from the new platform's enhanced capabilities, and many other organizations plan HPC system upgrades to make the most of the latest Intel technology.
Intel technologies at work for you
Those interested in learning more about how the Intel Xeon Scalable Platform can modernize their organization's HPC infrastructure can contact their systems integrator for customized solutions.
Find more information about the Intel Xeon Scalable Platform.
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This week, Dan Harmon, the creator of "Community" and "Rick and Morty," apologized for a video he made in 2009. That video, which depicted the sexual assault of a baby doll, was meant as a parody of "Dexter" and, Harmon said in his apology, had never been meant to still exist in 2018; he'd taken it down shortly after posting. It was the latest iteration of a recent trend of social media roiling Hollywood, and it led to Harmon making a very wise decision: deleting his Twitter. It's an acknowledgment that the freewheeling openness of the social media age, if it was ever congruous with the corporate entertainment industry, isn't anymore.
Though Harmon deleted the clip, the internet, of course, is forever. A video, once uploaded, can't be made to go away once remembered and, crucially, saved by an internet user. But the recirculation of Harmon's video seems fueled in large part by a dollop of bad faith. Polygon has a good summation of how Harmon's video traveled the right-wing web, used as an example of liberals' hypocrisy. After all, the argument goes, don't liberals criticize conservatives for stances and philosophies far less offensive than this "joke"? Wasn't Roseanne Barr fired for something less egregious?
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Victims' family members constitute an ideal profile of what makes news in the media age: they offer narratives that allow the media to craft emotional, dramatic, and personalized stories. A national audience's ready identification with victims' families gives the latter enormous persuasive power. As plans and designs for the site have changed over the years, the influence of victims' families has become undeniable. Their personal perspectives help determine what stories are told, and what stories are excluded, when history is communicated.


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Property sales in Sedbergh, Cumbria
The average property price in Sedbergh, Cumbria is £243,442 which is £37,719 lower than the UK average of £281,161. Last year in 2021 property prices in Sedbergh increased 0.7% from 2020.
26, July 2022 26, Jul 22 2, The Folly, South Lakeland, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5AE Terraced £150,000 View sale history
22, July 2022 22, Jul 22 Burnt Mill Cottage, Cautley Road, South Lakeland, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5LT Detached £422,000 View sale history
17, June 2022 17, Jun 22 2, Back Lane, South Lakeland, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5BX Terraced £170,000 View sale history
1, June 2022 1, Jun 22 32, Bainbridge Road, South Lakeland, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5AU Terraced £355,000 View sale history
30, May 2022 30, May 22 18, Thornsbank, South Lakeland, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5LF Semi-Detached £240,000 View sale history
3, May 2022 3, May 22 34, Woodside Avenue, South Lakeland, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5EY Semi-Detached £210,000 View sale history
29, April 2022 29, Apr 22 2, Weavers Court, South Lakeland, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5BU Semi-Detached £225,000 View sale history
20, April 2022 20, Apr 22 Guldrey Fold, Guldrey Lane, South Lakeland, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5DS Terraced £312,500 View sale history
7, April 2022 7, Apr 22 5, Hallbank, South Lakeland, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5JW Other £278,000 View sale history
4, April 2022 4, Apr 22 6, The Folly, South Lakeland, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5AE Other £65,000 View sale history
In Sedbergh the most common property type purchased is Terraced with 42.6% of the total sales.
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Q: I trid this code for calendar and does not run in "developer.android.com" I tried this code to make a calendar remind me at 03:30 pm with a toast message or notification but it does not work
MainActivity.java
package com.osman.calendar;

import android.app.AlarmManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;

import java.util.Calendar;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private AlarmManager alarmMgr;
    private PendingIntent alarmIntent;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        alarmMgr = (AlarmManager)getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
        Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, AlarmReceiver.class);
        alarmIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this.getApplicationContext(), 0, intent, 0);

// Set the alarm to start at 3:30 pm.
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
        calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 15);
        calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 30);

// setRepeating() lets you specify a precise custom interval--in this case,
// 20 minutes.
        alarmMgr.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(),
                1000 * 60 * 20, alarmIntent);
    }
}

and AlarmReceiver.java
package com.osman.calendar;

import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Vibrator;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class AlarmReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        Toast.makeText(context, "Time is up!!!!.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        // Vibrate the mobile phone
        Vibrator vibrator = (Vibrator) context.getSystemService(Context.VIBRATOR_SERVICE);
        vibrator.vibrate(2000);
    }
}

and androidmanifest.xml
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />

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Mystery and vengeance are ingredients of "The Dressmaker," an odd tale from Australia set in the 1950s and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, who wrote the screenplay with P.J. Hogan. Shown at the 2015 Toronto international Film Festival, the film has the benefit of Kate Winslow as its star, and she is quite the character as Tilly Dunnage, who returns to the backwater Australian town of Dungatar.
When she was 10 years old Tilly was blamed for a tragic event, and she left town. Eventually, she went to Paris and became a fashion designer, and now, with her skills and a sight to behold, she has returned to look after her elderly mother, Molly, quite a character, played by Judy Davis.
Tilly begins applying her skills to dressing some of the women in town, which brings envy on the part of others and also resentment at the sexuality introduced via the fashions. There is a hard-core contingency of nastiness, reinforced by the old bias against Tilly for what she is supposed to have done. Was she responsible for the death of a boy? It is a mystery to be unraveled.
Tilly harbors her own grudge as well as self-doubts, and as the film develops colorfully, with an abundance of atmosphere injected into the storytelling plus a dash of romance, the tension builds to a climax. Whether or not you approve of what Tilly finally does, you are likely to be impressed with Winslet's performance as Tilly gets even as if in an American western. She is not a woman who can forgive and forget. Posted October 27, 2015.


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The influence of nodes sequence and extraneous load induced by graphical overviews on hypertext learning
Eniko Bezdan, Liesbeth Kester, Paul A. Kirschner
The effects of four hypertext learning environments with a hierarchical graphical overview were studied on the coherence of the node sequence, extraneous load and comprehension. Navigation patterns were influenced by the type of overview provided (i.e., dynamic, static) and whether navigation was restricted (i.e., restricted, non-restricted). It was hypothesised that redundant use of the overview for inducing a high-coherence reading sequence would result in high extraneous load and low comprehension. Coherence was higher in the dynamic than in the static conditions. Coherence was also higher in the restricted than in the non-restricted conditions. Mental effort as a measure of extraneous load was higher at the end than at the beginning of the learning phase, especially in the dynamic restricted and the static non-restricted conditions, although there was no significant interaction. Comprehension was lowest in the dynamic restricted condition and highest in the dynamic non-restricted and static restricted conditions. Low comprehension in the dynamic restricted condition indicates that overviews can become redundant for reading sequence coherence, negatively impacting comprehension. The evidence suggests that severe restriction of navigation paths should be avoided and that continuous use of overviews such as in dynamic overviews may be detrimental to learning.
Computers in Human Behavior
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Bezdan, E., Kester, L., & Kirschner, P. A. (2013). The influence of nodes sequence and extraneous load induced by graphical overviews on hypertext learning. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(3), 870-880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2012.12.016
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True story. I attended the Eldritch Moon pre-release. It was my hope to score a Liliana, the Last Hope. I did not during that event.
The LGS (The Tangled Web in Spartanburg,) does random rolls for the losers. I was one of those losers! I won an extra pack. My wife picked me up, and I opened it on the way home, and what was in that pack? Not only a Liliana, but a FOIL LILIANA.
At the time, that card was worth over $100. Now it is hovering around $70. But hey, that was fun!
My most recent problem has been storage. I didn't buy a fat pack box for Shadows Over Innistrad. Instead, I purchased a booster box. That box has held all of my cards from that set. It is a flimsy box, but serves its purpose…the problem is I have a fat pack box from every expansion set since Return to Ravnica. So….
Making the problem worse, I decided with Eldritch Moon that I wouldn't get any boosters I didn't draft or obtain in sealed products. My Shadows Over Innistrad box was a real stinker, and just about swore me off of booster packs. (The only legendary creature I got was The Gitrog Monster. And I got no planeswalkers.) So I have been storing my Eldritch Moon cards in Pre-Release boxes…which have eventually become inadequate.
I also swore off the "Fat Pack" back during Theros block. Fat Packs come with a ton of lands. I have a giant box of lands! I started finding the Fat Pack boxes here and there. Sometimes the Tangled Web sells them for $5. Sometimes people don't want them and donate them to whoever wants one. And this is how I have come to get half of the Fat Pack storage boxes that I have.
But recently, my land collection has been dwindling. The SpartanKid has been making lots of decks. And that's great. So I needed the box. I needed the land. I like Liliana alot. So I went ahead and shelled out the money.
The Players Guide. I almost forgot about this important piece. The players guide fills the player in on the story, and has a catalog of all of the cards availiable in the set. Here are some pictures. Actually, when I removed the cellophane, the package fell apart, and this fell out into the floor, giving me a sudden reminder.
This time the guide takes a moment to explain the "meld" cards. Basically you get to pair two cards with meld instructions together to make an oversized card. The most notable is the combination of Bruna and Gisela, sister angels who become Eldrazi-ed up and combined into Brisela.
The sleeve for the box unfolds to make this poster. Which is really nice. Especially since it depicts the SpartanNerd Liliana.
Here is the package contents. The only thing I am not showing you is the cardboard spacers that helped the package maintain its girth. You can see the deck boxes. The Spindown Counter. The stack of lands. And the nine booster packs.
Now for the MAIN EVENT. Nine (9) booster packs. I wonder what they will contain? Here is alot of hopefulness. Liliana is the most expensive card in this set..about $40 for a regular printing. Emrakul is second place, at around $15. Thalia is worth about $5.00, but is expected to go up. Tamiyo is worth about $10. Gisela is worth $10. Not much else of value in this set. So what did I get?
About $7.20 (TCG Median) worth of value. The most valuable card I pulled was Summary Dismissal, which exiles the cards on the stack. It will never be a Remand, at four-drop. The two foils I got were not worth more than fifty cents combined.
In short. This box was a stinker. Adding everything up gets you about $17.20. The Fat Pack costed $4o, so….
Now it could have gone the other way, of course. I could have had a TON of Lilianas. Fat Packs are supposedly even more randomized than Booster Boxes.
But it didn't. I gambled, and lost.
Is the product worth it? Now I have an Eldritch Moon box that matches the size of all my others. It is making me want to seek out and find a Shadows Over Innistrad Fat Pack Box. SO there's that. It has great arwork depicting Liliana. We haven't had that since…I guess we had it in Origins, and in the first Innistrad block. But this is the one I now own.
The SpartanNerd is going to rate his Eldritch Moon Fat Pack at 2/5. The box is the best part.


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Michigan State of the State Address 2005
LANSING, Mich., Feb. 8 Following is the prepared text of Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm's (D) 2005 state of the state address:
Lieutenant Governor Cherry, Speaker DeRoche, Democratic Leader Byrum, Majority Leader Sikkema, Democratic Leader Emerson, members of the State Senate and House of Representatives, members of the judiciary, Secretary of State Land, Attorney General Cox, President Straus, members of the State Board of Education, my phenomenal Cabinet, my friend Frank Kelley, my best friend the First Gentleman Dan Mulhern, and citizens of this great state:
Will you all, in these chambers, join me in honoring a champion for children and families, a role model for many, who is stepping down from the bench this year, Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Weaver.
Thank you, Justice Weaver.
My fellow elected officials, may I ask you to remain on your feet. We are public servants in this hall. We enter mindful that we are not the people's only public servants and that we are far from their greatest. Instead, we are humbled by those who show us that there is no greater love than this: to lay down your life in service to your neighbor. We honor those who take this risk every day our fire fighters, our police officers and, particularly this year, our men and women in the armed services. With a moment of silence, may we, who are here, and those listening at home, remember those who have shown this greatest love and remember their families with whom we grieve and for whom we pray. . . Thank you.
I am struck by the way that our feelings for our troops touch what is best in all of us. In our care and concern for our troops and in our love for our country, we are, indeed, One Michigan. And I believe that in much the same way, we share a single, over-riding hope: that every person in Michigan will have the opportunity to build a good life and we know that the foundation of that good life is a good paying job.
So, tonight, I will share with you my plan to reach that goal a plan to grow jobs today and jobs tomorrow.
This is a plan that will put people to work now making Michigan a better place to live and do business.
It's a plan that will make Michigan a world center of research and home to the high-wage industries and jobs which that research will generate.
And, it's a plan that will make sure the people of Michigan both children in school and adults in the workforce have the skills they need to take those jobs and build strong families and live great lives here in Michigan.
Before I share with you the details of my plan to address the challenge of our future, we must glance, just for a moment, at the roots of that challenge.
For most of the 20th century, we didn't just enjoy economic success in Michigan, we defined it. Our innovators and entrepreneurs created the world's most productive companies, and our unions made sure that productivity led to broad middle class prosperity. We built our great state on the solid foundation of hard work, good jobs, and big ideas.
It will take the same brand of bold thinking to meet the challenge of our times. And, what is that challenge? To solve, in the next few years, a problem more than thirty years in the making. Thirty years in which the economy both national and global has been undergoing a technology led transformation, while much of Michigan's economy has not.
The first four years of this new century made this contrast painfully clear. We lost more than 170,000 manufacturing jobs in our state, the largest share of the 2 million lost nationwide. While other states were ready to replace those jobs with high-skilled, high- wage jobs in emerging, technology-based industries Michigan was not.
It may be tempting to look back and wring our hands over missed opportunities for change in the preceding decades. But, I'm not interested at looking in the rearview mirror except to learn. Our challenge, today, is to look forward, to find the courage to make the changes our own time demands.
So, I ask you tonight to help build Michigan's future with me. Because the choice we face is stark: will we let Michigan's economy languish, or will we work together to create the good jobs our state needs? Will we stand still, or will we move forward?
My focus on jobs is not new. Last year, at this podium, I described for you seven roads we had to follow to make Michigan an economic powerhouse in the 21st century.
I said that to achieve that goal, Michigan needs both a robust business climate and a spectacular quality of life, because the job-producing businesses we need in our state demand both.
To create that business climate and that quality of life, I said we would undertake 27 specific initiatives to grow our economy. As of tonight, we have checked off 24. I will continue to press the Legislature to finish that list. But, let me share just a thimbleful of what we have accomplished:
I said we would make health care more affordable and accessible. And, we have. For example, the MiRx card we introduced in September is already helping 20,000 families get their prescription drugs for less.
I said we would protect our environment. And, we have. As literally the biggest example, last month, we announced the largest conservation project of its kind in the country that guarantees public access forever more than 271,000 acres of hunting, fishing and vacation land in our Upper Peninsula. And, we preserved the forestry jobs that go with it.
I said we would find new ways to improve our schools. And, we have in many ways. Here's one: in cities across the state in Benton Harbor, in Flint, in Detroit, in Grand Rapids 39 Family Resource Centers provide critical state family and health care services right inside struggling schools to help children learn by making families strong.
I said we would protect our families. And, we have. Across the state, we've conducted massive fugitive felon sweeps that put nearly 950 violent repeat offenders back where they belong behind bars.
I said we would strengthen our cities to keep our young workforce in Michigan. And, we have. From Alpena to Saugatuck, and Kalamazoo to the Soo, 19 Cool Cities projects are revitalizing downtowns and neighborhoods.
I said we would make Michigan a more nimble business partner. And, we have, slashing red tape and cutting the waiting time for permits, so that we are now the fastest permitting state in the nation.
I said we would make our tax structure even more competitive. And, we have, by cutting taxes 32 times. In fact, we have by far the lowest business and income tax rates we have had in over three decades. And, it's about to get even more competitive.
I said we would make Michigan state government frugal and efficient, and, we have. In fact, Governing magazine has recognized Michigan as one of the best-managed states in the nation only Utah and Virginia were ahead of us. Do you know what impressed them the most? That we have a clear plan, and we are working it with discipline.
And we're already seeing results:
Job providers are saying yes to Michigan. Despite the national and international trends that have pushed Michigan's unemployment to unacceptable levels, our direct efforts have helped retain or attract more than 130,000 jobs last year.
Global corporations from as far away as Germany are choosing Michigan to house their North American headquarters, while we're winning the head to head match-up to attract new corporate headquarters from as close as Ohio and Illinois.
We have been listed as one of the nation's top five technology hot spots.
We were designated as top in the nation by the Center for Digital Government as the most tech-friendly state government.
And, this year, 2,400 small businesses opened their doors here in Michigan.
They are here for the same reasons we are. Because, Michigan, even with our challenges, is the greatest state in the country.
Today, in Michigan, we've developed a clear roadmap, and now we're ready to put the pedal to the metal.
Two weeks ago, I proposed the Michigan Jobs and Investment Act, the most sweeping change of Michigan's business tax structure in three decades. The change makes our state more competitive, because it keeps jobs today and attracts jobs for tomorrow.
When the act becomes law, three out of four business tax payers will pay significantly less. Over these last two weeks, this business tax cut has been welcomed by companies large and small. It's no wonder, because we have listened carefully to them to make sure this tax reform boosts their investment and their hiring.
Michigan businesses and workers need comprehensive reform that pulls jobs here rather than sending them elsewhere, so I urge you to make these changes. But, let me be clear: I will not accept tax legislation that is piecemeal or drives up the deficit. And, I'll say no to legislation that lobbyists load up with gifts and giveaways, special favors for the special interests.
Let's work together on this, and let's send a clear message to job producers: Michigan is rolling out the welcome mat for you, and you'll want to stay.
Two days from now, I'll introduce a new state budget, and it, too, will reflect our urgent focus on jobs.
Like the two budgets that came before it, my budget will protect the things that matter most to our citizens, while finding efficiencies and reducing costs. And, like others before it, we have made tough, tough choices to make ends meet.
In the past two years, we have eliminated $3 billion in budget deficits. I have cut more from state spending than any governor before me. I have worked hard to guard your pocketbook as if it were my own, by saving in ways both big and small. We have saved millions of dollars by limiting no-bid contracts. We've hauled furniture out of basement storage for re-use, and I'm still using John Engler's cardboard coasters...I just turn them over. We're even saving money this year by not printing this speech in fancy book form. And, wouldn't our moms be shocked and delighted? We have finally learned to turn out the lights when we leave the room.
We've cut back on travel, reduced cell phone usage, and God bless our state employees who've agreed to work forty hours a week for thirty-eight hours pay. I know you will join with me in honoring them for doing much more with less.
In the coming days, I will present to the Legislature executive orders that will further reduce spending by streamlining state government. We will force state departments and agencies to share services, and we will abolish 70 commissions and boards. I will call on school districts across our state to share services to free up funds for teaching our kids. And, I will ask the Legislature to give me the authority to consolidate districts that refuse to take these kinds of prudent steps to move money out of the bureaucracy and into the classroom.
It is no exaggeration to say that everything that survived in this budget had to answer the question: "How important is this in our effort to promote the highest quality of life, to give our people opportunity, and to attract businesses and good paying jobs?"
Let me take a moment to talk about one item in my budget that passed that test Medicaid.
Medicaid is the health plan that buys prescription drugs for Michigan grandparents. It provides check-ups for babies and new moms who can't afford insurance, and it pays for treatment for those with mental illness and for those with disabilities. Not just numbers in a budget these are real people.
We have held the increase in per patient costs for Medicaid in Michigan to less than 2 percent. We're more frugal than the federal government and more frugal than private health plans...and, we'll continue to drive for those efficiencies. But, there are some here in Lansing and in Washington, who believe that the way to balance budgets is to deny basic health care to these, the most vulnerable members of our community. To them, I say, we will all be asked one day, "when you saw me ill, what did you do?" and the answer will not be acceptable that we did not see, or worse, that we chose not to.
So, let there be no doubt: I will not cut off health care to the most vulnerable members of our Michigan family. And, I will fight back if Washington tries to rip health care from our most fragile citizens. We will not balance our budget on the backs of those least able to bear that burden. We are a family.
Our budget will keep our fiscal house in order and our priorities intact. And, our tax plan will remove big barriers to economic growth and jobs. But, we've got to do more to throw our state's economic engine into high gear.
Even though it's true that nearly 93 percent of our workforce in this, the greatest state in America, have jobs, it's also true that our unemployment rate remains unacceptably high. Now, we are a resilient people. We have come through periods of economic challenge before like the gas crisis of the early seventies and the 15 percent unemployment of the early eighties. But, we are also a people who expect candor, and here is the stark reality: the challenge is different now than it was in past times of high unemployment. We will recover again, but not through the traditional solutions of another era. Our situation demands candor with each other about the need for change and the need for aggressive leadership to drive that change.
This Jobs Today, Jobs Tomorrow plan takes dead aim at the challenge we now face.
21st Century Jobs Initiative
It begins with an unprecedented investment in the future of Michigan an investment to create 72,000 new jobs by making our state a world-wide center of research and innovation. This year, I will ask Michigan voters to support the 21st Century Jobs Initiative by amending the state Constitution to allow the state to invest $2 billion in bond money to create 21st century jobs without raising taxes.
For years, leaders have said Michigan needs to get serious about diversifying its economy. My 21st Century Jobs Initiative will actually do it.
Mind you, we will not have to start from a dead-stop.
Michigan already leads the globe in advanced automotive design and manufacturing technology. We are already home to 85 percent of North America's automotive research.
We already provide one of the greatest public community college and university networks in the world. Our research universities are world-renowned.
And, our Technology Tri-Corridor is funding path-making research in the advanced manufacturing, homeland security and, especially, life sciences sectors.
This investment in Michigan's future will allow us to transform the state that put the nation on wheels into the state that makes those wheels run on pollution-free fuel cells or bio-diesel technology; the state where the research into alternative energies is done; the state where the clean technology is developed, and where the clean cars, products, and businesses are built.
And, Michigan, the Great Lakes State, could be the state that finally makes these United States independent of foreign oil.
We will build the best laboratories and bring and grow the best scientists and researchers in Michigan.
We'll create new sources of start-up funding to make sure the new businesses and entrepreneurs of tomorrow take root in Michigan today.
We'll give our universities and research and development companies the ability to unlock hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funds.
And, we'll turn those ground-breaking ideas into world-beating products, spinning off jobs from sales to construction, from engineering to transportation, workers wearing everything from blue collars to lab coats to white collars and suit coats.
I am asking the Michigan Legislature to put this 21st Century Jobs Initiative before the voters this fall.
Michigan's future cannot wait.
Jobs Today Initiative
But, people need jobs today, as well. They can't wait either. So, tonight, I am announcing a Jobs Today Initiative that will create 36,000 jobs in the next three years by fast-forwarding $800 million worth of state infrastructure improvement projects, creating new tools to spark city development, and giving school districts a new way to upgrade their buildings without raising taxes. Rather than waiting years to complete this work, this initiative will get these projects moving this construction season.
We will speed up the repair of roads and bridges.
We'll turn brownfield sites into useful development in our cities.
We'll invest to build affordable housing for families and seniors in Grand Rapids, Detroit and cities across our state.
We'll modernize schools for our kids and fix deteriorating campus buildings for our college students.
All of these projects are two-fers: they will put people to work and make Michigan a better place to live and do business.
In the weeks ahead, I will send this Jobs Today Initiative to the Legislature for approval.
Last year, I promised we would re-engineer our permit approval process for manufacturing facilities, and, we did. In October, we approved a General Motors plant in Flint in just 21 days...not 20 weeks or nearly 20 months like before...21 days. Why? Jobs were at stake. And, jobs are at stake now. I challenge you, in this Legislature, to move this initiative as if your job depends on it.
Also, when it comes to jobs today, I call on you to take action to increase the minimum wage. It is overdue. It has not been adjusted for eight years back to a time when gas seemed expensive at $1.22 a gallon. It is only fair to our workers many of whom are supporting families on $5.15 an hour, below poverty-line wages to increase the minimum. I applaud those legislators championing this increase. They speak not only for Michigan workers but for the great majority of us who believe in the justice and decency of increasing the minimum wage.
Empowering Our Young People and Adults to Compete and Win Good Jobs
As we create the jobs of today and the jobs of the future, we must ensure that the people of Michigan whether they are children in school or adults in the workforce have the skills those jobs demand. That will require dramatic changes in our schools and the way we think about education.
For years, we have told our young people that a high school diploma is enough to get you a perfectly good job. In fact, that used to be our strength: people flocked to Michigan precisely because you could go right from the high school graduation line to a factory line and get a good job with good benefits.
Unfortunately, with globalization and competition, those days are over.
Today, all children in Michigan not many, not most but all our children must grow up knowing that their education will not end in high school.
Whether it is a four-year college degree, or a two-year associate degree, or other forms of technical training after high school, continued learning will be a requirement for all who seek a good-paying job in this new century.
Why do college degrees matter so much? One word: paycheck.
If you have any doubt, consider this: our newest auto factory a partnership among Daimler Chrysler, Mitsubishi, and Hyundai in Dundee is not hiring a single soul who hasn't gone to college.
And those who graduate from college don't just get jobs, they earn more.
If Alex Trebek said to you, "The answer is, just under a million dollars,'" your question would be: "What is the difference in lifetime earnings between a high school and a college grad?" That's right, almost a million dollars.
It's not just the individual the state wins big too.
Those states with the highest number of adults with college degrees have the lowest unemployment rates, the highest personal income growth, and the fastest growing economies in this nation. More than any other factor, this one a highly educated population drives a state's economy.
Ten months ago, I asked Lt. Governor John Cherry to lead a Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth, because I wanted to double the number of college grads in Michigan. Double. When we reach that goal, we will be the most well-educated state in the country. Thanks to the hard work of the Cherry Commission, we now have a road map to reach that awesome goal.
So how do we get there?
The Commission made 19 recommendations, but the most important was this: we must expect all high school students in Michigan to earn a college degree or its equivalent by continuing their education for at least two years beyond high school.
And we will.
The New MERIT Scholarship
Tonight, I am announcing a new MERIT scholarship that will ensure that every child in Michigan will have the opportunity to attend at least two years of study beyond high school.
We are in essence extending the promise of public education in Michigan. Today, parents know that education is available to all from kindergarten through 12th grade. With this new MERIT scholarship, we are extending that promise into the college years.
Beginning with the class of 2007 today's high school sophomores Michigan will ensure $4,000 for every student who completes two years of college whether they earn an associate degree from a community college, achieve junior status at a four-year institution, or complete a technical program off-campus.
$4,000. For students who want to enter the workforce with an associate degree, the new MERIT scholarship means the state will essentially pick up the tab for tuition. And, those going on to four year degrees can use their new MERIT scholarship for their next year's tuition.
Either way, Michigan will be the first state in the nation to reward our students for completing two years of college, and we'll be the first to make it unmistakably clear getting a college degree pays off.
The new MERIT scholarship may represent our first step toward college education for all in Michigan, but it will certainly not be our last.
In future years, I expect to raise the bar higher for students and provide greater financial support to those who clear it. But, one thing is clear today, the days when we define merit as success in high school are over. Michigan will now define merit the way the economy does by rewarding those who earn college degrees.
If we want more college graduates in Michigan we'll have to make sure all students leave high school with the skills they need to succeed in college and in life. All students, not just a few, will now need to take a demanding high school curriculum. To support this achievement we will provide financial assistance to school districts that adopt a high-expectations curriculum for all students. At the same time, we will let all students know they've got what it takes for college by replacing our high school assessment exam with one that doubles as a college admissions test. And, we will create new high school opportunities, particularly small high schools, to help the tens of thousands of students who now leave high school without a diploma stay on a path that leads to success in college and beyond
We will also create new opportunities this year for our youngest learners our children in the first five years of life. Too many of these children today fall off the path to success in education long before they enter kindergarten. This year, we will bring new resources to bear on early childhood education and care in Michigan through the creation of the Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC). This unique public/private entity will consolidate state early childhood efforts and tap the resources of the private sector to make sure the hours our children spend in child care are hours spent learning and growing. We have already begun this work by overhauling the child care regulations so that day care centers become places of active learning, not just babysitting. If the MEDC is our job growth agency, the ECIC will be our brain growth agency.
Many of Michigan's leading businesses and foundations have come to see the money we spend on early childhood education as one of the best investments we can make in Michigan's future. By establishing the Early Childhood Investment Corporation, we will boost that investment and make sure it pays off for our state.
Credit Amnesty
But, we can't stop with just our youth. Traveling this state, I have met hundreds who have been victims of downsizing, rightsizing, outsourcing, or some other flowery word for being laid off, and they, too, want to get a degree and get a better job to support their families. Many of them in fact hundreds of thousands of people already have a start on college. Many would gladly juggle work and family life to go back to school, but they are deterred by a massive bureaucratic barrier their college credits have expired.
This year, we will ask Michigan's colleges and universities to create a credit amnesty accepting the old credits of those adults who re-enroll within the next three years to finish their degrees. This amnesty will create a window to go back to school to finish up the degree they started years ago to learn more and earn more, and, in many cases, to model the way for their children.
MI Opportunity Partnership
In addition to these efforts to increase college enrollment, we will overhaul our employment training programs to help unemployed workers move into fields most in need of employees.
Between now and 2012, it is expected that Michigan will see an increased demand for some 300,000 workers with the skills needed to fill jobs in the building trades and in nursing and health care fields. Even today, while thousands of our people are looking for work, nearly 90,000 vacancies already exist. We actually have hospitals in Michigan recruiting nurses from Canada, while residents in our state are looking for work. We are grateful for those who cross the Ambassador Bridge to do God's work in our hospitals. But, if Michigan's employers can run help-wanted ads in Montreal, surely we can figure out how to prepare our people on Mack Avenue or in Monroe or Munising for those opportunities.
To meet this challenge, we will deploy the MI Opportunity Partnership to conduct immediate, rapid-response training to quickly and comprehensively train and place out-of-work citizens to fill the openings that employers have today, particularly in health care.
We'll combine state and federal resources and tap the tremendous potential of our community colleges. In the year ahead, we expect to match up to 30,000 Michigan residents with jobs that are going waiting today. And, we will keep working to close this skills gap over the next five years.
One of the first places our MI Opportunity Partnership effort will focus is in Detroit where we are beginning a rapid-response training effort with Wayne County Community College and area health systems. Right now, Southeast Michigan is turning to Canada to fill 3,000 positions in the health care industry. Detroit Medical Center has 400 vacancies for nurses, medical technicians, and laboratory staff. Henry Ford has another 500. These are good jobs. Jobs that we can train qualified people for right here in Michigan. And, most importantly, because there's just no substitute for quality health care close to home these jobs won't ever be outsourced.
I recognize that this State of the State address has been more narrowly focused than the ones usually delivered from this podium. While there is always a temptation for those of us in Lansing to use speeches like this to talk about every initiative and every change we're going to pursue in the coming year, I chose, tonight, to focus on the critical economic challenge before us.
But, make no mistake those critically important issues like health care and public safety and protecting our environment continue to have a key role to play in growing our economy...and this administration will continue the good work we've started on every one of them.
But, one non-economic subject deserves mention. I'll continue the fight I started as Attorney General to protect our children from the crass cultural currents that threaten to pull them into dark and unwelcome water.
The overwhelming majority of Michiganians worry that sex and violence in popular culture is tearing the nation's moral fabric. As a governor and as a mother, I'm one of them. This year, I will initiate proposals to shield our children from the coarse daily assault on their senses from popular media. We can start by passing Senator Hansen Clarke's bill to restrict the sale of mature, ultra-violent video games to children. But, we won't end there. Join with me, and we will send the message that, in Michigan, we are serious about protecting our children. Tonight, I've offered a plan to create jobs today and jobs tomorrow; a plan that will make an unprecedented investment in diversifying Michigan's economic future; a plan that will put thousands of people to work now, making Michigan work better; a plan that trains our citizens for jobs now and jobs in the future; and, a plan that guarantees every child the opportunity to go to college.
The cynics will look at this plan and say we can't do it. I argue we must.
The naysayers will say we can't afford to do it. I say, with the changes in our global economy, we can't afford not to.
This will not be easy for any of us.
Our teachers already working hard will have to do even more to propel every child forward, through high school and beyond. Kids will have to study longer and harder. Parents will have to encourage those kids more than ever and turn off the TV more often.
Workers, often juggling two jobs, will have to return to the classroom to learn new skills for new jobs. And, we'll all have to summon courage to accept change, to forego the familiar and forge a better future.
Perhaps none will have to change more than those of us who serve in government. We must throw off the ease and the habit of partisan division and have the courage to stand on common ground.
We cannot afford to be divided or to be timid, because, my friends, we are not alone in the bid for new century industry and jobs. Think like a business: we must compete or be left in the dust by other states and countries. We need only look to California where voters have already approved a $3 billion bond to promote biological research. I say we can compete with California just like the Pistons took it to the Lakers, but we have to come to work every day and bring some swagger.
So, my colleagues in the Legislature, get to know the person to your right and to your left. Come 2011, six years from today, neither of the people sitting with you, nor you, nor I, will be able to hold the seats we're in today. Our time is short. So, how will we have left this state? Will we have pretended that Michigan's place in the economy is unchanged and have hidden from the serious work I have proposed tonight? Or, will we courageously take on this incredible opportunity to transform Michigan into the state we know she is and hope she can be?
My fellow citizens, is it not true that we share this hope and vision that every citizen should have the opportunity for a good life, starting with a good job? I have offered you a plan to achieve that hope, and to provide tens of thousands of jobs for people. I am on the side of hope, and I invite you to stand with me. I am on the side of compassion for our most vulnerable, and I invite you to stand with me. I am on the side of faith that our young people can meet higher expectations, and I invite you to stand with me. I am on the side of action, and I invite you to move with me.
At the last Cabinet meeting of 2004, General Thomas Cutler, who heads the Michigan National Guard, spoke eloquently of our men and women he had just visited in Iraq. He then presented me with this flag, at the request of a Michigan Guardsman, Captain Todd Fitzpatrick of the 185th Aviation Battalion. Captain Fitzpatrick had flown missions with this flag before him in the cockpit of his CH-47 helicopter. He wanted the Governor to have it as a symbol of thanks for the love and support of all the people back home in Michigan.
So, I place this flag before you. It belongs to you as a gift . . . and as a symbol. It reminds us that our troops remember us, and, so, we must continue to remember them and their families. This flag reminds us that the threads that unite us are strong, reaching across continents and oceans. Most of all, tonight, this flag reminds us that the courage we must show and the sacrifices we will make are modest, indeed, compared to the courage and sacrifice of the men and women who risk their lives for us and for America. Let us honor them, less with words than with our own deeds of courage, that they may come home to a Michigan further down its road of destiny: a Michigan stronger, prouder, and more vital than the Michigan they left.
God bless you all, and God bless Michigan.
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A Collective Love Jones
EVER SEEN A MAN in love? A man in love is a man who let things go and let things be.
I remember the look on a guy's face when he was in love with a woman; it's the look of "oh I adore you," or "look at you, you're so beautiful babe." I also remember the look on his face when she was belligerent towards others, impolite, malicious to people, or otherwise wrong somewhere.
The reason why I bring this up, is because the look on that guy's face when the one he loves does something wrong unequivocally parallels how most white people in America handles racism: "Yeah she's wrong, but I'm going to say and do nothing because she's my wife bro."
When you bring facts, statistical analysis, scholarly socio-psychological studies that totally proves the point; look at their faces. Look at their attitudes. The denial of this problem mirrors a man in love with a perpetually criminal woman. I know what you are thinking… "did he just imply most white people love racism as if it's a metaphorical loving relationship?" That was not my intent, but studies have shown to not be in one's favor to argue against it; it's been proven that when the smoking majority whites as a collective learn something is racist against non-whites (blacks specifically) learning said facts will strengthen their resolve to KEEP the racist policy/institution/practice in place. I shit you not.
Measures of Distance
Interestingly, white people have no problem identifying American racism perpetuated by whites when there's a specific distance between the said white person and the racism at hand.
One measure of distance is time.
The majority of White people today will totally own the fact that white people were — and enjoyed — racism towards blacks if you were to mention the 1960's, 1950's, American Slavery, or any time prior to the Civil Rights era. Interestingly, white people of that time didn't know they were racist, didn't understand what was "all the marching for", and totally believed that there's no issue with how schooling and housing was segregated. White people, at the time, were TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS to how racism works and how racism effects a mass of people. While we all can agree that the 1854 slaver was racist in 2014, that slaver in the year of 1854 was totally oblivious to the concept of racism, which was a concept that didn't cause America to self-reflect until World War II. If white people can see racism with a 50 year hindsight for example, maybe 50 years from now the majority of whites would realize how racist America is towards blacks by the time of publishing of this article.
Another measure of distance is space.
White northerners in Apartheid America were more than happy to point towards the Southern United States when it came to the racism question. Before Jim Crow hostilities were televised to show the entire world how appalling the behavior of whites were, northern whites knew in the abstract sense that southern whites were more racist than they were. Northerners were totally aware of slavery and its after-effects, the failure of the Reconstruction Era and how it was thwarted by southerners, the KKK, and Jim Crow. Strange enough, there's two main instances in history that tore this distancing apart:
1. Martin Luther King's realization. Dr. King was in shock by the violent reactions of whites when he marched north into Chicago. After getting struck with a stone to the head from peacefully marching, Dr. King commented, "I have seen many demonstrations in the South, but I have never seen anything so hostile and so hateful as I've seen here today."
2. George Wallace's American realization. After George Wallace's political grandstanding of attempting to uphold segregated schooling, he received letters from all over the United States, north and south, in support of his racist sentiment. "They all hate black people, all of them. They're all afraid, all of them. Great God! That's it! They're all Southern! The whole United States is Southern!" Here, you see George Wallace — a dixiecrat politician — proclaimed "they are all Southern" as if South is the definition of racist, completely shocked that the north is capable of enjoying white supremacy.
One person wishes to break the back of segregation. The other opted to maintain it. Both men realized that white supremacy is nation-wide. It's easy to point in a direction in the distance to claim folks FAR from where you are were racist. Back to the World War II reference, it was incredibly easy to point across the Atlantic Ocean and realize Adolf Hitler was a racist. It was unfortunate that a person had to attempt to exterminate an entire ethnic group to make scholars consider what racism is. If scholars were objective and examined what took place in America with the natives and blacks hundreds of years prior, perhaps Hitler may have never happened.
The last measure of distance is visible behavior.
The overwhelming majority of white people WILL point to racism in modern times when a person behaves with an "act of malice" behavior towards blacks. Overt racism is the #1 thing that whites will point out as a problem. Donald Sterling, Janelle Ambrosia… people like these? Yes, the smoking majority of white people will agree that these people are racists. The problem here is that white people are more than happy to maintain the false standard that this is the only form of racism. Whites generally think "racism isn't a big problem" in America because they go by the "act of malice" standard, which means that a person must have a highly visible, almost cartoonish style of a conscious act of malice. Practically, a person has to be an incompetent, bumbling 1990's cartoon villain to be called out by whites. When the "act of malice" standard is considered the ONLY standard at which racism manifests, it means that they are not intellectually honest in their attempt (as a collective) to combat racism as a whole. What most white people don't get (unless, they are simply playing stupid) is that racism is largely subconscious and only when you are AWARE of that fact, can you do something about it. When something subconsciously guides people to a specific behavior, such as faster trigger fingers towards black people, infinitely thinking black people are "suspicious" or inherently criminal… it should be questioned. The problem here is that white denial of racism at its subconscious core prevents discussion, thus defends racism (passively or aggressively) where it stands.
This is the tough part. I'll need help with this. The first thing that can be done is to educate the willing of all ethnic groups of the issue at hand. If I were to assign a specific target, I'd say other white people because it's a known fact that whites empathize with whites more. White people as a mass collective don't generally don't listen to black people concerning racism… but if you educate a few white folks who are willing they will eventually talk to other whites… and those racism-denial whites will not be capable of ignoring them in the same way they ignore blacks… because they cannot use the same racial excuses or their racial biases to not listen. The second thing to do is record EVERYTHING that takes place concerning police officer's conduct with nonwhites… and whites, to provide the contrast in difference. While it's a catch phrase that "the revolution will not be televised", technically it really was. The Civil Rights movement made great use of video recordings of appalling behaviors of Apartheid America. So yes, record everything. Lobby for a nation-wide standard for police to wear cameras and always have dash-cams. Politicians mostly make themselves to be useless, but contact them. Instead of apathy, at least give them the space to observe or deny the issue at hand, with analog/digital proof that you've emailed, contact these leaders and hold them specifically accountable.
The distance was closed before. The change was painful to many. But being that it was done before, it can be done again.
*I use the term "whites" profusely to describe those whom I speak of. This blanket term is applicable to all that apply, especially black conservatives whom exhibit the same behavior.
*Words like "most" denote the fact that I'm not saying 100% of whites fit the bill. There are simply more whites who deny racism in it's existence than those who are aware of it and does something about it. Yes, MOST whites prefer to distance themselves from honest racism discussions.
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Long before he was a NBA superstar and LeBron James' super sidekick, the Cleveland Cavaliers' Kyrie Irving went to St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Uncle Drew hasn't overlooked his foundations. On Friday, ZagsBlog's Adam Zagoria detailed that Irving is covering the educational cost for 12-year-old Spencer Joyner, who was determined to have "pseudotumor cerebri, a weakening condition that outcomes in headache migraines and can bring about vision loss" in November.
St. Pat's shut in 2012 and was supplanted by the nondenominational Patrick School, which Joyner goes to.
"It made me feel really good and lucky to have one of my favorite players do that," Spencer told Zagoria.
Irving likewise paid for the memorial service of 14-year-old Nixon Geraldo, another Patrick School understudy who crumpled amid ball rehearse and later passed on. Kyrie gives cash to the school routinely and gives athletic apparatus to the ball group.
Spencer has yet to meet the 24-year-old All-Star. The Patrick School group went to Spencer and his family after Christmas, and that is when head coach Chris Chavannes told the Joyner family regarding Irving's motion.


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Category: sobro nashville
November 13, 2017 by ispeaknashville, posted in downtown nashville, news, sobro nashville, the gulch
new entrance planned for the nashville international airport
growing pains are all around us. no big surprise since forbes declared nashville #6 best US city for job growth and #28 best place for business. adding to that, the city ranks 15th nationally in the number of fortune 500 companies headquartered here including the likes of HCA, dollar general and tractor supply. our low energy and labor costs have only continued to attract more new business relocations in recent months.
so how do we accommodate for the influx of new people in and out of the city? here's three things in the works:
1-transit
drivers spend on average 34 hours in nashville traffic annually…although my guess is some even spend 34 hours in traffic a month. in october, mayor megan barry unveiled a $5.2 billion transit plan bringing a combination of 26 miles of light rail, rapid bus, and even an underground tunnel downtown. the light rail will have its own designated lane. there will be 5 main arteries ending downtown at the underground connection that will run under 5th avenue.
the main cost would come from an increase in sales tax that would jump 1 percent in 2023. the mayor is also proposing a hike in hotel tax, rental car tax and business & excise tax.
"it will not be free. it will be an investment in our future and i believe nashvillians will be willing to make the investment when they learn more about this proposal and how it will change the way they live." -mayor megan barry
the downside: if approved in may 2018, service improvements and improved accuracy on the current bus service as well as new neighborhood transit centers could start next year. for those frustrated in traffic this week looking for relief, the light rail transit (LRT) service, however, would not be active until 2026, starting with gallatin pike in east nashville. the lrt plan would not fully be completed until 2032.
2-airport
the airport saw a 11.2% increase to 13.5 travelers in 2016, making it the fastest growing airport of its size in the nation. with the population of nashville estimated to top over 2.5 million by 2041, a $1.2 billion expansion was announced for the nashville international airport. no local tax dollars will be used. over the course of the next five years, the airport plans to triple their short term parking, add a 288-room on-site hotel and office building, expand concourse d and add a new international facility to name a few changes. the entire look and feel of the airport is getting a facelift as well, almost complementing the design of the music city convention center with its curved roof line (see above).
with the new british airways direct flight to london in may 2018, the airport hopes to open up new global market opportunities in the future. also, if approved next year, the city's transit plan includes a light rail line as part of the new airport design.
3-hotels
13.9 million visitors , a record number, came to nashville in 2016, up from 13.4 million in 2015. it was also a banner year for the hospitality world since we sold the most hotel rooms ever.
annual visitation is up 45% in the past 10 years so the need is greater than ever to continue to grow the city's hotel options. more than 100 hotels are in some sort of development in the city currently, outpacing cities like los angeles, chicago, atlanta and dc. according to STR hotel market data this summer, actually only 3 cities in the country have more lined up: new york, houston, and dallas.
among the notable hotel developments in the works for nashville, virgin hotel nashville broke ground in september at 1 music square west. the 240-room, 200,000 square foot hotel will come with restaurants, a bar and a rooftop lounge + pool, being delivered in 2019.
virgin hotel nashville-coming 2019
dream hotel will be another prominent addition to the hospitality community. the 169- room hotel is a four-building development essentially rejuvenating a huge portion of printer's alley downtown. printer's alley is steeped in history dating back to the civil war era. there will be 6 new dining and nightlife venues on the street level and restorations of two of the main buildings has collaboration efforts from earl swensson architects with meyer davis laying out the interior.
the upcoming w hotel | 316 12th avenue south
plans for the upcoming W hotel in the gulch were revised and approved this summer, increased from 250 rooms to 350 rooms. the plan also calls for a rooftop bar, music venue and amenity deck. there will be a restaurant space on the corner of 12th and laurel (caddy corner to fin+pearl) as well as 12th and pine (near the turnip truck).
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10 projects changing nashville's skyline
May 3, 2016 May 3, 2016 by ispeaknashville, posted in downtown nashville, sobro nashville, the gulch
no doubt you're probably starting to think the crane is our new state bird. the downtown skies are swarming with them. here's a list of ten reasons you're seeing them everywhere and what's next:
1-the first up is one hot off the presses: the tennessean reported today that a plan is underway for the former nelson mazda lot at the corner of 12th and broadway. if the height submitted to the downtown code design review committee gets approved, we're looking at potentially a 27-story mixed-use tower. they are making plans to leave the ground level open for an "anchor tenant." the austin-based developer supposedly has close ties with fellow austin-based grocer, whole foods market, inc. it's in the early stages but the team sees great pedestrian and retail emphasis for the corner.
2-chicago-based developers announced earlier this month big plans for a 4 acre lot on the south edge of downtown: 4 mid-rise/high-rise buildings, including a monstrous 40-story, 860,000 office tower. for now, it will kind of be on an island by itself on the south side of sobro. if approved, it will rank as one the top 3 tallest buildings in the city. we're talking over 1.6 million square feet of office, residential and retail space total on the campus if the project moves forward.
on the far left sits the future bridgestone americas home
3-bridgestone americas plans to move their corporate offices to an upcoming 30-story high rise in sobro. sandwiched between the encore condo high rise and the country music hall of fame on demonbreun, bridgestone will bring 1,700 employees, including 600 currently out-of-state ones, to downtown. they will be the lone tenant in the building.
4-at the corner of demonbreun and second avenue, tony giarratana's 33-story luxury apartment project is currently being erected. the aptly named sobro will include 342 luxury apartments, 378 parking spaces and 18,000 square feet of street level retail.
5-one step closer to the river on second avenue, developers are seeking conceptual design approval this month on a pair of buildings (one which could rise 40 stories) at 222 second avenue south. if it moves forward, they would consist of 420 apartments and condos, a 225-room five-star hotel as well as streel level retail/restaurant spaces along first avenue south. the image above actually includes the sobro and bridgestones headquarters (both off to the left) as well as the existing pinnacle building. you can see that pocket of town is filling up quickly.
6-on 8th avenue south and demonbreun street across from the music city center, a 35-story jw marriott hotel and a 35-story residential building are both in the works on a 3.7 acre lot. the lot has been cleared. the hotel includes 533-room hotel rooms, conference center and will create 650 jobs for downtown. starbucks and bourbon steak are on board to go in on the street level of the hotel.
7-the residential tower that will sit beside the marriott will have 8 floors of parking (some below ground level), street retail and 28 floors of residential. originally, the plan was for a 22-floor office building but those plans were later scrapped.
westin's L27 rooftop bar
8-next door on the 8th avenue roundabout at 100 clark place, developers are finishing up on nashville's first westin hotel. it will include a rooftop bar called L27 which is being touted as music city's highest rooftop bar. the 27-story, 454-room hotel will also have 20,000 sqft of adaptable event space, 12 meeting venues and a the rhapsody spa that will be open to the public as well. the westin is open for business october 2016.
gulch's upcoming 38-story residential tower at 12th avenue south + division street
9-in february, developer buckingham cos finalized the purchase of a half acre lot across the street from gulch condo high rises terrazzo and icon. even though it's a couple of years from a groundbreaking, the developer plans to build a 38-story residential tower. in the fall, the metro board of zoning did approve the height exception of 38 stories which is 14 stories higher than what is normally allowed in the gulch.
10-on the north side of broadway near the ryman auditorium, developer tony girratana has been sitting on the infamous 505 church street lot for awhile. dreaming. waiting for the right time. now is that time for his big plan: a 45-story, 543ft tall high rise called 505 CST. the development will include 500 apartments (with the option to convert the top 175 to condos available for purchase), 1,500 square feet of retail space on the street level, 690 parking spaces, and a 45,000 square feet amenity level.
505 CST
it's worth noting for comparison purposes, the very visible twelve twelve high rise which was completed last year in the gulch is 23 stories. the at&t building downtown, most commonly known as the "batman building," is 33 stories.
curious who rounds out the current top 10?
at&t building-33 stories, 617 ft
fifth third center-30 stories, 490 ft
william r snodgrass tennessee tower-31 stories, 452 ft
pinnacle-29 stories, 417 ft
l&c tower-30 stories, 409 ft
nashville city center-27 stories, 402 ft
james k polk office building-24 stories,392 ft
renaissance hotel-35 stories, 385 ft
viridian high rise-31 stories, 378 ft
one nashville place-23 stories, 359 ft
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6 upcoming buildings changing our skyline in sobro
December 10, 2014 January 28, 2015 by ispeaknashville, posted in 6 picks, sobro nashville
side profile of the bridgestone americas tower
it's been a big month in development announcements around the city. bridgestone americas plan to move their corporate offices to a yet-to-be-built 30-story high rise in sobro was probably one of the biggest victories. sandwiched between the river and the country music hall of fame on demonbreun street, the bridgestone tower will be one of the tallest towers in the city.
the upcoming jw marriott & office building on 8th. or a very large deodorant stick…hard to tell.
bridgestone will bring 1,700 employees, including 600 currently out-of-state ones, to the downtown. they will be the lone tenant in the building.
4 blocks up on 8th & demonbreun, a 35-story jw marriott hotel and a 25-story office building are in the works on a 3.7 acre lot. the project includes 500-600 room hotel rooms and about 400,000 square feet of office space. the hotel will create 650 jobs for downtown and the office space could house upwards of 1,200. they hope to break ground next summer with a late 2017 opening.
sobro's westin
next door on the 8th avenue roundabout at 100 clark place, developers plan to break ground any day on nashville's first westin hotel as well. the 27-story, 452-room tower is also scheduled to be completed by 2017.
a little closer to the river at 418 second street, tony giarratana's 33-story luxury apartment project is currently being erected. the aptly named sobro will include 342 apartments, 378 parking spaces and 18,000 square feet of street level retail.
the 33-story sobro
lastly, a $75 million 23-story apartment high rise is being proposed at 641 division street, right behind pour house burgers and frugal mcdougal on 8th avenue south. currently, the 1.2 acre lot is home to myers flooring. the crescendo will be 330 apartments, ground level retail, and a garage that will house 600 parking spaces. construction will begin in late spring 2015.
it's worth noting for comparison purposes, the very visible twelve twelve high rise which is wrapping up construction this week in the gulch is 23 stories. the at&t building downtown, most commonly known as the "batman building," is 33 stories.
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urban winery & concert venue, city winery, opens this month
September 8, 2014 September 7, 2014 by ispeaknashville, posted in sobro nashville
future city winery front downstairs restaurant space
city winery has been hard at work this summer transforming an existing 30,000 square foot sobro warehouse into one of this fall's most anticipated new concert venues. a roughly 300-seat concert hall, but at the same time, a restaurant and fully functioning winery, the city winery will sit at 609 lafayette street, just south of the music city center. typically known in other cities for attracting an eclectic, high-caliber mix of bookings, city winery will offer music city an intimate setting to see a great show and enjoy a fantastic culinary experience.
the grand opening for the restaurant is planned for october 1 but the city winery has partnered with the americana music festival to host their awards event VIP party as well as a full calendar of shows during the festival which kicks off september 17th. a complete schedule of events confirmed so far is listed below:
9/17 – AmericanaFest Presents: The Deslondes, Sturgill Simpson & Caleb Klauder Country Band
9/18 – AmericanaFest Presents: Rodney Crowell, Laura Cantrell, Joe Henry, Grant-Lee Phillips & Robyn Hitchcock
9/19 – AmericanaFest Presents: Allison Moorer, Ethan Johns, Josh Ritter, Sarah Jarosz & Peter Bradley Adams
9/20 – AmericanaFest Presents: Cory Chisel's Soul Obscura, Joe Purdy (solo) & Holly Williams
9/21 – AmericanaFest Presents: Thirty Tigers Gospel Brunch hosted by Elizabeth Cook, feat. The McCrary Sisters, The Fairfield Four and special guests
9/26 – An Intimate Evening with Bobby Bare & Bobby Bare Jr.
9/27 – Steve Nieve Plays Elvis Costello: Piano Solo reinterpretations of Elvis' best songs with special guest Tall Ulysse
9/28 – Marc Broussard w/ Andy Suzuki & Mingo Fishtrap
10/3 – Anders Osborne – A Special Solo Performance
10/4 – The Fauntleroys feat. Alejandro Escovedo, Nick Tremulis, Ivan Julian & Linda Pitmon
10/13 & 10/14 – Dr. Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
10/15 – Markéta Irglová with Rosi Golan
10/17 – Sandra Bernhard
10/20 – Macy Gray
10/21 – Carbon Leaf
10/22 – Los Lobos performs La Pistola Y El Corazon
10/23 & 10/24 – The Wood Brothers
10/25 – Mindy Smith: One Moment More – 10th Anniversary Show
10/26 -Liz Longley & Marc Scibilia
10/30 – Leo Kottke
11/1 – Mike Doughty
11/5 – Howe Gelb & Grant Lee Philips
11/10 – An Evening with John Oates & special guests benefitting the T.J. Martell Foundation
11/13 – Daniel Lanois
11/14 & 11/15 – Sinéad O'Connor – I'm Not Bossy, I'm The Boss
11/18 & 11/19 – Leon Russell
11/20 – Griffin House
11/21 & 11/22 – David Grisman's Sextet
11/23 – Rhett Miller
11/30 – Dave Davies of The Kinks
12/5 – Jackopierce
12/7 – Sonny Landreth & Cindy Cashdollar
2/15 – Dave Mason's Traffic Jam
2/17 & 2/18 – Arlo Guthrie – Alice's Restaurant 50th Anniversary Tour
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sobro luxury apartment tower firming up
May 13, 2014 May 14, 2014 by ispeaknashville, posted in sobro nashville
developer tony giarratana has finalized financing for his 32-story luxury apartment high rise. he plans to close this month and start construction immediately. the 313-unit sobro tower will sit on demonbreun street, between second and third avenues where premier parking lots sit now. giarratana is no stranger to premier parking as he started the company and co-owns the business today. i'm no stranger to them either…i have their parking tickets lining my backseat because they also own the lot where my gulch office parks unfortunately.
sobro parking will not be compromised as the plans for the new apartment building call for ten stories of public parking. additionally, the high rise will include 20,000 square feet of retail & restaurant space.
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As associate general counsel for The Weather Channel television network, Lauren Linder leads the company's legal team, which provides legal and business strategy, support and counsel to the company.
Linder joined the network in 2015 as as director of business and legal affairs. In that role, she provided real-time legal support for the company's television division on issues relating to live news coverage. Before The Weather Channel, Linder worked for Turner Broadcasting, where she served as counsel for Turner Studios and truTV.Her responsibilities included negotiating and drafting development, production and program acquisition agreements as well as development, acquisition and licensing of content.
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