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Q: Java - Easier way to account for all scenarios of user input I'm working on a program that creates a 4th edition DnD character based on user inputed values and I would like to know if there is an easier way to proceed with what I am doing before I continue as I am. The current part of the program I am working on is having the user assign pre-selected values to their skills. My code for testing this part is:
import java.util.Scanner;

public class testCodeThree{
    public static void main(String[] args){
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
        standardArray(scan);
    }

    public static void standardArray(Scanner scan) {
        System.out.println("----------------------------------------------------------");
        System.out.println("Assign the numbers \"16\", \"14\", \"13\", \"12\", \"11\", and \"10\" to your skills.");

        System.out.print("Enter your desired Str stat: ");
        int userStr = scan.nextInt();

        int strMod = 0;
        int conMod = 0;
        int dexMod = 0;
        int intMod = 0;
        int wisMod = 0;
        int chaMod = 0;

        if (userStr == 16 || userStr == 14 || userStr == 13 || userStr == 12 || userStr == 11 || userStr == 10) {
            switch (userStr) {
            case 16: // 16 Str, -- Con, -- Dex, -- Int, -- Wis, -- Cha
                strMod = 3;
                System.out.print("Enter your desired Con stat: ");
                int userCon = scan.nextInt();

                if (userCon == 14 || userCon == 13 || userCon == 12 || userCon == 11 || userCon == 10) {
                    switch (userCon) {
                    case 14: // 16 Str, 14 Con, -- Dex, -- Int, -- Wis, -- Cha
                        conMod = 2;
                        System.out.print("Enter your desired Dex stat: ");
                        int userDex = scan.nextInt();

                        if (userDex == 13 || userDex == 12 || userDex == 11 || userDex == 10) {
                            switch (userDex) {
                            case 13: // 16 Str, 14 Con, 13 Dex, -- Int, -- Wis, -- Cha
                                dexMod = 1;
                                System.out.print("Enter your desired Int stat: ");
                                int userInt = scan.nextInt();

                                if (userInt == 12 || userInt == 11 || userInt == 10) {
                                    switch (userInt) {
                                    case 12: // 16 Str, 14 Con, 13 Dex, 12 Int, -- Wis, -- Cha
                                        intMod = 1;
                                        System.out.print("Enter your desired Wis stat: ");
                                        int userWis = scan.nextInt();

                                        if (userWis == 11 || userWis == 10) {
                                            switch (userWis) {
                                            case 11: // 16 Str, 14 Con, 13 Dex, 12 Int, 11 Wis, 10 Cha
                                                int userCha = 10;
                                                System.out.println("Your Charisma stat is "+ userCha);
                                                break;

                                            default: // 16 Str, 14 Con, 13 Dex, 12 Int, 10 Wis, 11 Cha
                                                userCha = 11;
                                                System.out.println("Your Charisma stat is "+ userCha);
                                            break;
                                        }
                                    } else {
                                        System.out.println("----------------------------------------------------------");
                                        System.out.println("Invalid input. Please try again.");
                                        standardArray(scan);
                                    }
                                    break;
                                case 11:
                                    break;
                                default:
                                    break;
                                }
                            } else {
                                System.out.println("----------------------------------------------------------");
                                System.out.println("Invalid input. Please try again.");
                                standardArray(scan);
                            }
                            break;
                        case 12:
                            dexMod = 1;
                            break;
                        case 11:
                            // dexMod does not get updated here because the
                            // modifier is zero.
                            break;
                        default:
                            // dexMod does not get updated here because the
                            // modifier is zero.
                            break;
                        }
                    } else {
                        System.out.println("----------------------------------------------------------");
                        System.out.println("Invalid input. Please try again.");
                        standardArray(scan);
                    }
                    break;
                case 13:
                    conMod = 1;
                    break;
                case 12:
                    conMod = 1;
                    break;
                case 11:
                    // conMod does not get updated here because the modifier
                    // is zero.
                    break;
                default:
                    // conMod does not get updated here because the modifier
                    // is zero.
                    break;
                }
            } else {
                System.out.println("----------------------------------------------------------");
                System.out.println("Invalid input. Please try again.");
                standardArray(scan);
            }
            break;
        case 14:
            strMod = 2;
            break;
        case 13:
            strMod = 1;
            break;
        case 12:
            strMod = 1;
            break;
        case 11:
            // strMod does not get updated here because the modifier is
            // zero.
            break;
        default:
            // strMod does not get updated here because the modifier is
            // zero.
            break;
        }
    } else {
        System.out.println("----------------------------------------------------------");
        System.out.println("Invalid input. Please try again.");
        standardArray(scan);
    }
}

}
My initial idea was to ask to the user to input what number they want for their Str stat and then use nested if statements/switch statements to determine what they inputed for the following stats. The reason I don't want to do this is because I would have to account for every possible order of the numbers being inputed (16,14,13,12,11,10 or 16,13,14,11,10,12 etc...), coming to a total of a lot of if and case statements. Is there a way to do this that requires less lines?
EDIT: The user cannot enter the same number for more than one skill.
Feel free to ask questions if you have some.

A: Yes, there are many ways to do that.
This is one way, using a Set to see if the values are unique, and using functions to avoid repeating much code.
private static boolean isValidStat(int userStat) {
    return userStat >= 10 && userStat <= 16 && userStat != 15;
}

private static int readStat(Scanner scan, String stat, Set<Integer> seenStats) {
    System.out.println("Enter your desired "+stat+" stat: ");
    while(true) {
        int userStat = scan.nextInt();
        if(!isValidStat(userStat))
            System.out.println("Not a valid choice - please try again:");
        else if(seenStats.contains(userStat))
            System.out.println("Already used that number - please try again:");
        else {
            seenStats.add(userStat);
            return userStat;
        }
    }
}

private static int getMod(int userStat) {
    switch(userStat) {
    case 16: return 3;
    case 14: return 2;
    case 13: return 1;
    case 12: return 1;
    case 11: return 0;
    case 10: return 0;
    default: throw new RuntimeException("invalid userStat "+userStat); // shouldn't happen
    }
}

public static void standardArray(Scanner scan) {

    System.out.println("----------------------------------------------------------");
    System.out.println("Assign the numbers \"16\", \"14\", \"13\", \"12\", \"11\", and \"10\" to your skills.");
    Set<Integer> seenStats = new HashSet<Integer>();
    int userStr = readStat(scan, "Str", seenStats);
    int userCon = readStat(scan, "Con", seenStats);
    int userDex = readStat(scan, "Dex", seenStats);
    int userInt = readStat(scan, "Int", seenStats);
    int userWis = readStat(scan, "Wis", seenStats);
    int userCha = readStat(scan, "Cha", seenStats);

    int strMod = getMod(userStr);
    int conMod = getMod(userCon);
    int dexMod = getMod(userDex);
    int intMod = getMod(userInt);
    int wisMod = getMod(userWis);
    int chaMod = getMod(userCha);

    /* do something with all these numbers, of course */
}

A: You should use comparison operators for one thing, ie:
if(userStr <= 16 && userStr >= 10) {

instead of
if(userStr == 16 || userStr == 14 || userStr == 13 || userStr == 12 || userStr == 11 || userStr == 10)

A: Personally I think this could be much more organized by using an array for the input:
int[] stats = new int[6];

int current = 0;

for (;;) {
    System.out.print("Enter your desired Str stat: ");
    stats[current] = scan.nextInt();

Then you can validate them against each other in loops:
    if (dndValidStarterStats(stats, current)) {
        break;

    } else {
        System.out.println(
            "Stats must be 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, or 16 and unique."
        );
    }
}

for (current++; ;) {
    System.out.print("Enter your desired Con stat: ");
    stats[current] = scan.nextInt();

    ...
}

public static boolean dndValidStarterStats(int[] stats, int current) {
    if ( stats[current] > 16 ||
         stats[current] == 15 ||
         stats[current] < 10 ) {

        return false;
    }

    /* specifically you get to do this */
    for (int eval = 0; eval < current; eval++) {
        if (stats[eval] == stats[current]) return false;
    }

    return true;
}

You could shorten the entry logic in to a single loop if you created a basic data structure for this:
public class Stat {
    public final String name;
    public int val = 0;

    private Stat(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public static final int STR = 0;
    public static final int CON = 1;
    public static final int DEX = 2;
    public static final int INT = 3;
    public static final int WIS = 4;
    public static final int CHA = 5;

    public static List<Stat> createStats() {
        Stat[] stats = new Stat[6];
        stats[STR] = new Stat("Strength");
        stats[CON] = new Stat("Constitution");
        stats[DEX] = new Stat("Dexterity");
        stats[INT] = new Stat("Intelligence");
        stats[WIS] = new Stat("Wisdom");
        stats[CHA] = new Stat("Charisma");

        return Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(stats));
    }
}

Now you can do something like this:
List<Stat> stats = Stat.createStats();

Stat entry;
for (int current = 0; current < stats.size();) {
    entry = stats.get(current);

    System.out.print(
        "Enter your desired " + stats.get(current).name + " stat: "
    );

    stats[current].val = scan.nextInt();

    if (dndValidStarterStats(stats, current)) {
        current++;

    } else {
        System.out.println(
            "Stats must be 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, or 16 and unique."
        );
    }
}

Defining a constant for each index lets you access them from the array in map-like O(1) as in stats.get(Stat.STR).val++;. I don't really see a reason to involve an existing Map because you know exactly what's going in it ahead of time, there's only 6 elements and you don't need to modify them after creation.


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In Thursday's ruling, Judge Reed O'Connor said Boeing should stand trial and family members or their attorneys can speak at trial.
This legal action is separate from the civil lawsuit that family members of the victims have filed against Boeing.
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Elevate doesn't end with a full stop; it ends with action. There are a million things you can do to join the fight for revolution, democracy and L.O.V.E.. Here, in no particular order, are just a few, inspired by the festival:
Read Encryption Works by Micah Lee to learn how, er, encryption works.
Watch the Elevate 2014 political discourses and interviews on the Elevate Vimeo channel.
Watch David DeGraw talk about The Economics of Revolution.
Check out Ello, a social network (and now Public Benefit Corporation) where your data is not a commodity for sale.
Join Diaspora, the distributed social network that is controlled by you.
Use open standards – open document formats, for example – rather than locked in proprietary formats. Example 1: Stop saving your documents in Microsoft's .doc format; use instead the open .odt format. Example 2: Use email, rather than Facebook messaging.
If you run a democratic organisation, check out Loomio as a way of managing your discussions, proposals and decisions online.
If you don't run a democratic organisation, set one up!
Read Shoshana Zuboff's article Dark Google in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Graffiti, skating, parkour, adbusting, videos, poetry, science, teaching pre-school. Whatever it is you do; make it creative-response.
Watch Let Fury Have The Hour, or read How the Creative Response of Artists and Activists Can Transform the World by Antonino D'Ambrosio.
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Get heavy with Ernst Bloch's The Principle of Hope and Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century.
Watch (and support) Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!
Use Cryptocat to encrypt your chat conversations online.
Write a poem without worrying about your spelling or your punctuation or even it rhyming. Watch Deanna Rodger and Ursula Rucker for inspiration.
Burn your Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Twitter and Facebook accounts. Don't buy into surveillance capitalism; you're the commodity…
…unless you have, like Bradley Garrett, a message of creative-response that will change the conversation. In which case, broadcast that message – but when the broadcast is over, burn your social media account without mercy.
Join over a million supporters and petition against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations before it's too late.
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Get involved with your local Community Supported Agriculture project or La Via Campesina.
Read The Circle, by Dave Eggers, a novel set in a dystopian near future where a social media company reaches its tentacles into everything from wearable technology to drones and democracy. Sounds familiar?
Join a CryptoParty and learn how to use basic cryptography tools. Welcome to everyone regardless of age, gender or knowledge.
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Watch the documentary Google and the World Brain (2013).
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Watch Crisis of Civilisation or Grasp the Nettle, directed by Dean Puckett, and contribute to his new film about the Sengwer.
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Equality / Society
'Sisters In Law' provides black female lawyers with a platform
03/23/16 08:10 AM —Updated 03/25/16 07:22 AM
By Adam Howard
In many ways WE tv's "Sisters In Law" shares the same DNA with several established reality show series. Copious amounts of shade are thrown. Parties erupt occasionally into shouting matches while large wine glasses are clutched in one hand. Eventually someone will probably utter the phrase: "I didn't come here to make friends."
But then there is an extended reference to Sandra Bland, the African-American woman who controversially died in police custody last year in Texas. The stars raise their drinks to toast "Black Lives Matter." Donald Trump's infamous surrogate Katrina Pierson (she once argued: "So what, they're Muslim," when defending the candidate's proposed ban on people who practice the Islamic faith from entering the U.S.) makes a surprise appearance and engages in a spirited debate about who deserves credit for the Civil Rights Act.
"Sisters In Law" – which explores the lives of six, close-knit Houston-based black female attorneys, has the potential to be a stealthy vehicle for some poignant, topical commentary on the justice system, racism and the role professional black women play in their communities. Audiences may come for the feuds, but they may stay for the more subtle depictions of the real life of a working lawyer.
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"People need to see that people like us care and that we fight every day for people," Juanita Jackson, a public defender who came up with the "Sister In Law" concept and who co-stars on the show, told MSNBC on Tuesday. Jackson sees her "Sisters In Law" as an antidote to the vast majority of reality shows which she believes don't provide enough positive role models, especially for women of color.
"That's not the people that live in my world. The people around me are successful self-made women," she said. Jackson recruited the co-stars, who have been her friends in some cases as long as a decade, under the mantra "let's be role models," and with an understanding that the show couldn't do anything to cost them their prestigious careers.
"We had to come out of this and continue practicing law and have a client base," she said.
The majority of the cast is made up of criminal defense attorneys, some of whom represent clients who are in desperate, dire straights – defense attorney and cast-member Jolanda Jones refers to them as "the least, the last, the lost." The stars are also minorities within a minority – at the top of the show the fact that 66 percent of lawyers are men and 82 percent of them are white is front and center. The women all gravitated toward each other because they shared a unique perspective in a field that remains staunchly segregated. As Rhonda Wills, a civil litigator and self-described "dragon slayer," says in the debut episode: "At the end of the day all we have is each other."
"This is going to be game-changing," Jones told MSNBC on Tuesday. "You see a case from the accused person's perspective, usually it's from the judge or a victim's." Although Jones admits that she is somewhat "scared" about how audiences will react to her no-holds-barred persona she believes the "educational" benefits of the show will outweigh any potential backlash.
Jones' personal story takes center stage in the debut episode. She is representing a woman who is being charged with the murder of her abuser. As a victim of domestic violence herself, Jones believes her emotional investment in the case is unlike anything you might see in a scripted drama. In the same episode, Jones grapples with allegations that her son was racially profiled by police.
According to Jones, because of her son's considerable height (he's 6' 5"), she "knew" he would be profiled someday. And she laments the fact that her now 24-year-old son is reticent to have children and fears for his life because of what he perceives to be a culture of gun violence. He now identifies as an activist, as his mother does. And as a native-born resident of Houston's rough-and-tumble third ward, she feels a need to represent her community with pride.
"That's one of the reasons why I agreed to do the show, because it's a positive representation of women, not about who we slept with or whose baby mama we are," Jones said. "We all feel this incessant need to help people who are downtrodden. We pride ourselves on being able to help people."
"Social justice issues are at (the) forefront of every episode because that's how we lead our lives every day," added Jackson.
The show's focus on the careers of its protagonists is a bit of a break from the "Housewives" and "Bad Girls Club" franchises, which seem to put a priority on manufactured drama. That said, the premiere episode is not without its fair share of conflict.
"We are all different, we clash sometimes but it's always intellectual," said Jones. "This show is not purely based on a bunch of women who fuss, fight and make up."
"I think it's a good balance," said Jackson, who hopes that women who used to tune into shows where women "throw drinks on each other" will be more enlightened by the arguments on "Sisters In Law," which have more to do with ethics and work-life balance. Ideally, she hopes the show could encourage more women of color to enroll in law school.
"My goal was to be a role model for you women," she said. "I want people to be inspired."
"Sisters in Law" debuts Thursday on WE tv at 10 p.m. EST.
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I've been on a bit of NES graphics trip for a while.
Most are unfinished and likely to stay that way.
Some play rather fast-and-loose with the law.
AMAZING work! I have major respect for artists that can draw graphics this nice with so few colors without resorting to dithering. Not that dithered graphics can't be amazing too, but since dithering can create weird effects when encoded to NTSC, non-dithered art ends up winning most of the time. I don't think it's possible for NES games to look any better than what you have here. Congratulations!
If it helps any, the EGA was actually a little more powerful than what you have: when running in the high resolution (640x350) mode, it had one fully selectable palette of 16 colors, selected from the same 64 color master palette as the SMS.
The CGA palette was enforced for all modes with 200 scanlines.
Excellent work! My favorites are darknes, jumpngun, cavernes, and harpys_son3, with darknes being the one I like most of all because of how colorful it is. I'm a fan of hue shifting.
Man, these look nice! I really really really REALLY would like to play an NES game with graphics like these, but sadly such a thing is just out of reach.
Very nice, thanks for posting them.
Wow! Really great stuff there!
Are you looking for a coder for one of these projects?
Not particularly but if someone's interested I might be able to stir up the motivation to work more on one of these. And of course anyone's free to use the stuff on OGA.
Let me repherase what I think was meant: EGA enforced the 16-color CGA palette for all 200-line EGA modes.
Nice picture! It's interesting to see the different environments all in the same map. Having black as the universal color does make things a bit easier, but it still looks incredibly cool.
Someone needs to immortalize your work in a homebrew. So much variety, and all of it top shelf!


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Flammer-Syndrome: History
You might be interested in learning how the Flammer Syndrome was discovered and how it got its name. Here is a short summary:
Spasm in arteries have been known for decades and have also been observed occasionally in the retina.
In the eighties Josef Flammer and his team worked in the field of automated perimetry. During this period they observed that the sensitivity in the visual field of some people fluctuated markedly and homogeneously in the entire field from one day to the other. The affected people were not aware of it and the cause was unknown.
As next step they made the observation that the most people concerned suffered from a so called vasospastic syndrome (VSS) and that the sensitivity in the visual field fluctuated accordingly to the circulation in the finger. Hence the researchers concluded that this homogeneous type of visual field fluctuation might be vascular in nature and that the eyes must be involved in the VSS.
Shortly after they realized that most of their patients with Normal Tension Glaucoma suffered from a VSS and could show that a disturbed autoregulation of ocular blood flow often accompanies the VSS.
Based on this and other additional observations on glaucoma patients they developed a new concept for the genesis of glaucomatous damage, also called glaucomatous optic neuropathy / GON (see normal tension glaucoma). Furthermore these researchers showed that spasm in arteries is just one component of a much more complex dysfunction of vascular regulation and introduced the term vascular dysregulation (see terminology).
The group of Flammer then demonstrated that a vascular dysregulation, particularly the primary vascular dysregulation (PVD), is not just involved in the genesis of normal tension glaucoma, but influences potentially also the onset and progression of several other diseases (see associated diseases).
Finally this research group described a number of additional signs and symptoms related to PVD (see signs and symptoms). To describe this entire condition an international group of experts introduced the term Flammer Syndrome in the scientific literature (see literature). By the way the first author (Katarzyna Konieczka) and the senior author (Yao Ke) of this publication were the very last and the very first fellows of Josef Flammer respectively.
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Woman attacked by two 'black rottweilers' as she walked near St Catherine's Hill in Winchester
The victim, in her 50s, suffered injuries to her legs and back in the incident on Sunday (July 26)
The incident occurred close to the steps up St Catherine's Hill (Image: Google)
Police have issued an appeal after a woman was attacked by two dogs as she walked in Winchester this weekend (July 26).
The victim, in her 50s, was knocked to the ground and bitten several times by 'black rottweiler'.
She suffered injuries - including puncture wounds - to her leg and back in the incident at around 4.10pm on Sunday.
The woman had been walking near the bench area to the steps of St Catherine's Hill.
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Officers from Hampshire Constabulary are now interested in tracing four people in the area at the time of the attack.
A spokesperson said: "The dogs bit the woman several times, causing injuries to her leg and back.
"We would like to identify and speak to four people who were at the benches at the time of this incident.
"They were two men and two woman, described as all being aged in their late 20s to early 30s, and they had a pushchair with them.
"They are believed to have left the area with the dogs after the attack.
"Did you see these people in the area? Do you know who they are?"
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting 44200280009.
Alternatively, they can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers 100% anonymously on 0800 555 111, or via their anonymous online form at http://orlo.uk/NmVe5


President's Day came about because we originally celebrated George Washington's birthday on February 22. Washington's birthday was celebrated during the 1800's as a day of remembrance but became a federal holiday in 1885. George Washington was the first individual to have his life celebrated as a holiday.
President's Day may focus on the lives of Washington and Lincoln but actually celebrates all United States presidents past and present. President's Day is celebrated every third Monday in February. Ronald Reagan and William Henry Harrison, two additional presidents, were born in February along with Washington and Lincoln.
Find below a list of facts about Washington and Lincoln along with some favorite presidential foods to help you celebrate this holiday.
5. Never cut down a cherry tree. That is a myth.
6. Picture is on the U.S. dollar bill.
1. Born in Hardin County, Kentucky (my state!) on February 12, 1809. He was the 16th president of the United States.
2. Profile is on the U.S penny and the five dollar bill.
3. Was a daily Bible reader but never belonged to a church.
4. Was shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. Lincoln died the next day. Lincoln was 56 years old and the 1st president to be assassinated. Lincoln had a dream regarding his death a week or so before.
5. Established the Department of Agriculture on May 15, 1862.
8. Some of Lincoln's favorite foods were bacon, fruits, oysters and apple pie. Check out this bacon recipe along with a great apple pie: Cheesy Bacon Apple Bread and Dutch Apple Pie.
Ronald Reagan is said to have loved Mac and Cheese and Monkey Bread while Dwight Eisenhower's favorites were fudge and beef stew. Richard Nixon was a meatloaf lover but Jimmy Carter loved Southern baked grits, country ham and red-eye gravy!
Have a great President's Day, celebrate with some good cookin' and Enjoy!
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MBJ Airports CEO Rafael Echevarne resigns
ST JAMES, Jamaica — MBJ Airports Limited (MBJ), operators of the Sangster International Airport, says Chief Executive Officer Dr Rafael Echevarne is leaving the company as of January 31, 2020.
Echevarne will be moving on to take over the role of Director General for the Airport Council International (ACI) Latin America & Caribbean starting February 1, MBJ said in a statement today.
MBJ said Echevarne served in the capacity of CEO for the past four-and-a-half years and was instrumental in the transformation of the Sangster Airport.
Noting that Echevarne is passionate about service and ensuring the Jamaican culture is infused in the airport's development, MBJ said that with this in mind the vision of MBJ was revised to "creating the Irie Airport Experience", which conveys positive feelings and includes the provision of fast, professional, friendly and stress-free service.
According to MBJ, Echevarne also implemented and streamlined various processes at MBJ to enhance operational safety and efficiency, including the implementation of the first Airport Safety Management System in the Caribbean.
In addition, MBJ said Echevarne has shared his knowledge and expertise on economics and the aviation industry with other entities in Jamaica by participating in advisory committees and through the Board of Directors for the Jamaica Vacations Limited.
"The last four and a half years have been extremely fulfilling and exciting. I feel I leave a better person as a result of being part of this beautiful island. In my new capacity at ACILAC, I plan to continue to support MBJ and the Jamaican airports and will make myself available to you in any way I can," Echevarne was quoted as saying.
"With 2019, we come to the end of a key chapter in the development of MBJ, having achieved many important milestones. Now we open a new chapter mainly dedicated to infrastructure expansion and construction and I believe it is the right time for me to pass on the baton to someone else."
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Business Intelligence / Boeing Scrubs New Jet's Takeoff
Boeing Scrubs New Jet's Takeoff
By Doug Bartholomew Print
Software integration and supply chain issues forces the aviation giant to delay delivery of the 787 Dreamliner until late 2008.
Boeing, which only a year ago was cruising smoothly through design, development and early manufacturing of its new 787 Dreamliner commercial aircraft, has hit some heavy turbulence. Just months before the first 787 was to roll out off the assembly line at Boeing's Everett, Wash., plant, the company said it would be delayed six months due to problems with software integration and supply chain issues.
The Chicago-based aerospace giant-struggling to gear up to fulfill more than 700 orders for the new passenger jet- disappointed investors and customers with the news that the first Dreamliner would be assembled near the end of 2008 instead of midyear. An estimated 30 to 35 Dreamliners originally promised for delivery next year were pushed back to 2009.
The company, which only last September had downplayed its manufacturing challenges, suddenly revealed that even the careful tracking of every aspect of the new aircraft from virtual design to delivery using Dassault Systemes' product lifecycle management (PLM) software wasn't enough to insulate it from real-world parts shortages, supplier missteps and software integration snafus.
In its latest statement to analysts and media, the company blamed the delay on "flight control software and systems integration activities" as well as "out-of-sequence manufacturing and parts shortages." As a result of materials shortages-specifically a lack of corrosion-resistant tantalum fasteners-Boeing and its suppliers were unable to complete some assemblies in the proper sequence, causing a production holdup.
In another sign of the Dreamliner program's slippage, Boeing saw fit to replace former 787 general manager and vice president Mike Bair with a vice president from the company's Missile Defense unit, Pat Shanahan.
Boeing competitor Airbus suffered a similar, if not more serious, trip-up with its manufacturing of a new airliner a year and a half ago. Repeated delays in the building of its double-decker A380 superjumbo ultimately cost the four-nation aerospace consortium two years and an estimated $6 billion. Cargo giant Federal Express cancelled an order for 10 Airbus A380s and replaced it with one valued at $3.5 billion for 15 Boeing 777 air freighters.
Although Boeing's manufacturing woes haven't escalated to that level, both analysts and customers have grown more suspect of the aerospace firm's commitment to an aggressive production schedule of 109 Dreamliners by year-end 2009.
"We're in a very intense period while we work on how to get through this situation," says company spokeswoman Laurie Gunter.
Kevin Fowler, 787 systems integration vice president, whom Baseline interviewed for a cover story earlier this year (see "Boeing's Dream; Airbus' Nightmare," February 2007), declined to be interviewed for this story.
"One problem Boeing has had is material shortages, particularly tantalum fasteners," says Mike Burkett, vice president for value chain strategies at AMR Research. "This is not really a PLM problem but more a supply chain risk management issue, because its supplier ran out of tantalum, so Boeing ran out of fasteners. With any new design, you should always look at sourcing, which should be well integrated into the design process."
Despite having supply chain software, manufacturers find it difficult to predict which parts or raw materials will be in limited supply when time comes for manufacturing. One way they can cushion the impact of a shortage is to line up a backup supplier in advance. In the case of tantalum, the material was involved in a shortage that affected the entire electronics industry in 2000-2001, with some device manufacturers placing orders for tantalum capacitors as much as 18 months in advance.
Boeing also is struggling with a software collaboration and integration challenge in the development and integration of the Dreamliner's avionics systems. Although manufacturers in automotive and aerospace "have made a lot of headway using PLM to do collaborative design on mechanical systems," Burkett says, "they've made less progress on collaborating and testing of electromechanical systems and software systems."
One project contributing to the six-month delay in the 787 production schedule is the flight control software development and integration, which is being done with Honeywell International.
Both Boeing and Airbus are using Dassault Systemes' PLM for the mechanical design of the aircraft, Burkett says, "but this system doesn't really address when you have suppliers collaborating on a software system. PLM is not as mature when it comes to software as it is with mechanical design."
Doug Bartholomew is a career journalist who has covered information technology for more than 15 years. A former senior editor at IndustryWeek and InformationWeek, his freelance features have appeared in New York magazine and the Los Angeles Times Magazine. He has a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University.


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9:41 Jan 16, 2007 31
It's Only Rock'n'Roll
For about 15 years I reviewed live concerts for the Herald. In reality what that glamorous-sounding job meant was that for two, sometimes three, and occasionally four nights in a row I'd go off to see some band, group, troupe or ensemble play to paying punters.
During this time I was also working the day job at the Herald. Over those years I was variously an entertainment writer interviewing Famous Folk and Cult Artists, then entertainment editor (and simultaneously books editor for a glorious year in which graphic novels got coverage), then a senior feature writer. And all that time I would go to concerts as well.
So after work I'd probably go to the pub or home, maybe eat something between fuelling myself in inappropriate ways for the night ahead, go to a smoky bar to see a band who usually came on around 11pm, and afterwards go back to the Herald office and write it up.
I'd get back home around 1am, not tired of course. So I'd sit around doing whatever was inappropriate, and the next day be back in the office for 9am.
It was a great life, but as you might guess came at some cost.
(For many years I would try to point out to bands that just because they were now not living with mum and didn't have a day job, didn't mean they should fug around until 11pm before ambling onstage for a sound check. Some of us had lives the next day.)
It was a helluva life -- and I mean that in both ways: I saw some of the best (and most indifferent, over-hyped or just plain dull) music in the world in those years.
I also don't remember some of things I saw. I found a ticket stub at home the other day for Pulp ("Britpop at its Best" according to the Frontier Touring Company blurb) and frankly I don't remember them at all.
This is not as bad as a former colleague who confessed to having interviewed a rather large opera singer and only afterwards did she remember she'd met this diva before. Quite how you forget a woman who was so large she got stuck in the revolving door of a Wellington hotel is somewhat of a mystery.
Anyway, as the song says, I've forgotten more than you'll ever know . . .
But it was an interesting period of my life (I have even started writing the unexpurgated stories My Back Pages on my Elsewhere website here )
Oddly enough when I wasn't doing this late night crawl -- and all the bars in between which that entailed -- I'd often go out and see bands play.
Many, many hundreds of bands here and abroad would be my guess.
So over the many years I did this -- and I had done it before it started at the Herald and have done a bit of it in the past five years -- I went to all kinds of venues: from seeing garage bands that John Baker promoted in a hall in Glenfield to CBGBs and Carnegie Hall.
I'm not saying this to brag (believe me, there was nothing to brag about seeing The Plague, a terrific skinhead outfit, play some downstairs dive very, very late one night) but there is point going to be made.
It is this.
I have started doing live reviews again for View Auckland and so I am back -- happily and with great enthusiasm -- doing what I used to do many years ago: going out late, watching musicians play, coming home and writing it up overnight. It is quite a rush.
But. And here comes the Big But.
Last week I saw three shows: M. Ward at the Dogs Bollix; Tenacious D at the Logan Concrete Centre; and Cirque du Soleil at the big top.
What struck me was how the paying public were treated at each.
M. Ward played to a densely packed -- some might say over-sold -- room which seemed to be utterly lacking in air-condition. If it was working . . . Well, it wasn't working. It was uncomfortable and crowded, and given the nature of Ward's melancholy style, a sit-down venue might have been more appropriate.
Frankly I'd love to know just how many that room is allowed to hold -- 280 I believe -- as opposed to how many it did on the night.
The following night at Tenacious D it was equally hot in that great bunker, and around 10.45 we wandered to the "lobby" to get a drink: beer, water, Coke, whatever. The bar was closed and we were rudely pointed to a Coke machine.
The security guy beside it said "Out of order, mate".
So that was it, you couldn't get a drink on a bloody hot night.
Things were very different at Cirque du Soleil. We couldn't help but notice how polite ticket collectors, checkers and ushers were, saying "Hope you enjoy the show" and "Good evening".
You could get a drink there -- beer was a whopping $8 a bottle, but at least you had the choice.
What this illustrates again is how patient the paying rock audiences are here -- and how they are prepared to put up with the second rate in a way that would be unacceptable in, say, the States.
I recall a few years ago some opera shouter came to town and sang at Western Springs. The middle-class, middle-aged and older audience was largely horrified at the facilities (or lack of) and there were angry letters to the paper for days afterwards. I had no sympathy: as someone who goes to rock gigs there I am used to the place. I'm used to discomforts to see the music of my choice. Whether I should be is the real question.
We also went to see U2 recently and afterwards it took a good 45 minutes to get out of the stadium and back to our car. I mentioned to my wife that the last time I had seen them it was in Phoenix, Arizona and my guess would be that the stadium emptied in about 10 minutes. Better access and egress.
You could also go out and buy drinks without long queues because they had so many outlets operating.
It seems to me that paying punters deserve better than crowded venues and poor service (if any).
The Big Day Out is notorious for its bottlenecks between stages, but this year we have been promised that will have been resolved.
It'll be interesting to see if -- after more than a decade of the same obvious problem -- any real progress has been made.
I'm looking forward to the day when rock punters are treated as what they are: valued, paying customers deserving of respect.
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Juha Saarinen, 11:14 Jan 16, 2007
How's your hearing after all these years?
Paul Rowe, 11:39 Jan 16, 2007
On your first point there....
I once saw Gate at the Cave in Auckland. First band started at midnight, Gate we on at about 4 and by the time we left the sun was rising. Fortunately it was a Friday night...
Lake Roxburgh, Central Ot… • Since Nov 2006 • 574 posts Report Reply
Richard Bol, 12:24 Jan 16, 2007
I heard about the M. Ward gig - sweat dripping down from the ceiling etc. On the plus side, the Twilight Singers gig at the Studio thankfully featured some large fans onstage. And two bars - both of them open.
Does anyone else remember the horror stories about dance gigs earlier in the decade?
Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 32 posts Report Reply
Mark Thomas, 12:38 Jan 16, 2007
totally agree with your comments about mt smart and the logan campbell centre.
on a positive note, i always quite enjoy seeing gigs at the st james. and i'm going to kasabian at studio on thursday. i haven't been there before but it looks great on the website. two bars you say?
Yes, there are two bars at Studio. I had never been there before and was pleasantly surprised. There's one in the lobby, and one in the actual gig space itself.
I don't know whether the one at the lobby was actually open during the concert (Sorry, should have made that clear). Can't say about booze prices either, unfortunately.
Stephen Judd, 14:12 Jan 16, 2007
The St James gives me the heeby jeebies. When we saw Shapeshifter most people in the mezzanine were dancing and it *shook*.
I abhor the trend to later and later gigs. It's not just my impending old fartiness, I hope - it was a rare gig in the 80s and early 90s that started much after 10. I blame publicans who want people to drink as much as possible beforehand...
Che Tibby, 15:09 Jan 16, 2007
sounds like the m.ward gig in wellingtown was much more civilised. there was some seating for the majority 30+ crowd, not too packed in etc.
we had seats at a leaner just behind the sound-stage. couldn't see the guitar on account of the unnaturally tall audience, but figured "hey, this isn't about the light-show".
best gig for years though would have to be the Mint Chicks and the Kings Arms with RB and Mr. Slack. speakers spontaneouly combusting are v.rare indeed.
the back of an envelope • Since Nov 2006 • 2042 posts Report Reply
Sam, 15:09 Jan 16, 2007
I completley agree with the sentiment expressed here - the Logan Campbell Centre is a terribly dismal place. Although we really enjoyed Tenacious D last week, paying $71 each for seated tickets (as we feel to old to face a mosh pit full of pimply teenagers and 'emus' as my mother calls them!) ... felt a little excessive, the lack of functioning air conditioning probably didnt help. I was also confused by the removal of the sipper tops to the Pump Water purchased at the bar...can anyone explain this?
I too will be interested to see whether the movement of people is better at this years BDO....having never thought of a logical solution except for less people.
Central Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 6 posts Report Reply
Graham Reid, 15:20 Jan 16, 2007
some further comments from me to fuel this one
my hearing is fine thank you, just a little muffled in the left ear but i blame using an ear-piece microphone to tranbscribe tapes of Famous People.
Re: Dogs Bollix -- i have been told the capacity there (according to View Auckland) is 250, on the night they had 280. this is what i am told but cannot verify.
Re: late gigs? God I recall the late 80s and early 90s with horror, that is when Flying Nun bands had left home so could stay out late and mum wouldn't know. 11pm - midnight was customary. As anyone who has been in London, New York, Paris knows most bands have to play before "the last tube home".
And what was with the tuning up on stage? Then going off to find the drummer. It's rock'n'roll folks: wham-bang! Go! Noise!
Re costs: $71 for Tenacious D? Joking, surely?? To see what I described in a review as Anti-Christ Superstyar meets Rocky Horror. It was okay fun, but $71 worth?.
Re Venues: anyone see Carole King struggle to present her Living Room Tour show (by design an intimate thing) in that cavern that is the Waitakere basketball stadium? Just wrong.
And finally -- nice to hear Gate get a mention after all these years. Why weren't Wrecks Small Speakers huge??
Rogan Polkinghorne, 15:52 Jan 16, 2007
$71 for Tenacious D was an absolute rort (I got my tickets for free, a-hem)...I'll admit it was an amusing show, but the venue is hardly ideal. It made me laugh when the support act's singer very proudly said he'd seen Iron Maiden play there in his younger days...I can only imagine the abomination THAT would've been.
Auckland suffers from a dismal lack of venues...I've been to shows at Stages (Video Game) Arcade on Queen Street. Imagine travelling half way around the world, and turning up to play at spacie arcade! Sure, they were cheap gigs, but there's something not quite right about watching Hot Water Music rip it up on stage while Puzzle Bobble is staring at you.
A-town • Since Nov 2006 • 105 posts Report Reply
Rich of Observationz, 15:56 Jan 16, 2007
The Studio has three bars - one along the side of the main hall, one in the foyer, one upstairs. If it's an all ages gig though, all but upstairs has to be closed.
One reason I'm not to fussed to miss out on BDO this year is the whole checkpoint/barrier/drinking area thing. It's like going to a gig in pre-1989 Eastern Europe. I think the steps licensees are meant to go to in NZ to stop a 17-year old having a sneaky Tui are ridiculous.
(At all the UK festivals I've been to The Workers Beer Company do an excellent range of drinks, served quickly and efficiently - you can then go and enjoy your drink anywhere you want. I didn't notice too many pissed, rioting 15-year olds).
Back in Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 5550 posts Report Reply
Apologies for this self-indulgence.
It can't compete with Stages Spacies Parlour in the most bizarre venue stakes, but I have good memories of the now probably defunct Old City Markets. Perched on Auckland's scungey waterfront, it possessed all the rock 'n' roll glamour of a disused freezing works. Which it closely resembled.
But at age 15, I saw my first big gig there - the 1998 95bFM b-card holders' concert. The D4, Voom, Lost Tribe, Dark Tower, Kog Transmissions All-Stars... What a line-up. As I recall, Kog Transmissions livened up their stage show by projecting images on to white sheets (when they played the 2000 bFM gig at the Auckland Town Hall they were much more high tech).
Unfortunately, my attendance was all too brief. I had a School Cert. Science exam on the Monday, and being a diligent student, wanted to get as much study as possible. I left at midnight.
JP Hansen, 17:44 Jan 16, 2007
So, how about that Vector Arena...
Waitakere • Since Nov 2006 • 206 posts Report Reply
paulalambert, 18:16 Jan 16, 2007
have to wade in about Logan Campbell Centre; concrete bunker it may be but with a full crowd it worked. I am able to recall Thin Lizzy, B52s, Police, Madness, Tom Petty & Heartbreakers concerts there but my ears weren't ringing afterwards anything like they did after nights at Western Springs, so the sound can't have been that bad.
I guess tickets were more affordable back then so perhaps expectations re amenities were not high. I definately can't recall there being bars there, perhaps in those days I was happy enough to find a decent loo when needed . . .
chch • Since Dec 2006 • 107 posts Report Reply
okay i'm up for this.
help me out there: what was that thing down in a shed on the wharf in Auckland in the mid/late 90s with Massive Attack? Or did i just imnagine that one?
And the "venue" upstairs in an arcade just off Queen St on the right going down, in the block before Queens Arcade? I saw my oldest son's band play there a few times, the guy who booked the place was really nice but whose name I can't remenmber.
The bar on Victoria St just up from Queen St on the right where punk and skinhead bands used play -- where i had a jug thrown at my head?
The name of that place in the late 80s below that famous TVNZ hangout across from their building (downstairs, that's where I saw the Plague).
Memory fails, but what were all those great local bands I saw at Armadillo on Upper Symonds St (where I interposed my body between big cops and young frail vegan rock-kids, to my cos)t.
And what was the great small sweaty place down the road a bit where bands like Rainy Daze played. And opposite was that cafe with the big window where bands sometimes played??
Venue historians might want to check out this:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=3B606E06-39DF-11DA-8E1B-A5B353C55561
Thin Lizzy at Logan Campbell: one of the best shows ever -- and what a fantastic fight in the crowd just before they went on! I watched a guy do a round-house punch to the jaw of a guy who was looking the other way. Decked him unconscious in the blink of an eye. Gee, kids in those days, huh?
Going to see Black Slate and Herbs at the Town Hall and being one of maybe 20 white guys in the place. Standing in the foyer when a Black Power guy came in an announced "This is our night, brothers!"
Most menacing gig I went to: Bob Dylan and Tom Petty.
I sold t-shirts on the gate and Mongrel Mob guys kept cominn up and asking 'how much' and when i told them they said 'fug you' and watched me as i pocketed tens of dollars from paying customers. At one point I remember standing between three Mob members with about $1000 in my wee pinny and knowing I had to say 'excuse me' and walk past them through an outfield and then a crowded stadium to deliver my swag to the bankers.
I was sober and they weren't. They were self-assured and I was scared shitwitless.
Memories are made of this.
Yours are welcome, keep 'em coming.
Scungo, 07:26 Jan 17, 2007
yeap - Massive Attack in an old railways workshed - the bar area was an internal cage, but there was some sort of ice scuplture!
BFM gig in the old turners and growers market mentioned above - I think PumpkinHead played as well, but the live KOG thing was great.
The old Twelve Tribes gigs in Williamson Ave in the late 80s- turntables on a platform suspended by chains from the roof, a wood fire in the middle of the dance floor, no beer but you could buy apples and pot at the counter!
Seeing The Church at one of the last gigs at Mainstreet - thats was loud and sweaty.
Morningside • Since Jan 2007 • 7 posts Report Reply
tim kong, 09:46 Jan 17, 2007
Was it Massive Attack or Radiohead that did a gig mid-90's at Alexandra Park Racecourse?
I remember it mainly because all the lighting was on the floor - nothing was hung in the ceiling - being an aspiring roadie type I thought that was pretty cool. It worked very well though.
There were several dire dance parties in that same period at race course venues....
Auckland has a dearth of quality venues - places with much soul at any rate. That statement could possibly be extended to include NZ - but that's another debate. I still do wonder what criteria promoters use to pick locations for artists.
To my eternal shame - as it was the worst show we did - one band out of the UK I ended up touring with - played the North Shore Event Centre - on a Sunday evening.... one show only.
Which even the crew knew was rubbish - a basketball court with as much ambience as a badly lit lunchbox. But worse was the gig being on a Sunday night - as it meant many wouldn't bother coming, having work the next morning.
What confused us most, was that we'd arrived in Auckland on the Friday, and had Saturday off, enjoying Piha ....
Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 153 posts Report Reply
in 1998 i saw radiohead at the greenlane expo centre (read: big tin shed). i was expecting it to sound like a tin shed but it was actually really good.
oh yeah, ben harper and brad, at the auckland town hall in 1998. that was great. damn, shawn smith can sing
tillakaratne, 13:40 Jan 17, 2007
And the "venue" upstairs in an arcade just off Queen St on the right going down, in the block before Queens Arcade? I saw my oldest son's band play there a few
Graham, I think it was called the 'Pod' among other names. It might have been a strip bar before being used for early 90's thrash bands such as 'Anigma' [sic] before evolving into a alternative music venue. I don't know what happened to it.
My absolute favourite Auckland venue ever is the sadly demised Gluepot (early 90's period) . A long, warm corridor with plenty of faclities, easy access to liquor, a UFO like entrance, and all of this away from the stage. It was cosy in a beer soaked, stark, 70's kinda way.
Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 10 posts Report Reply
Nick Howells, 15:20 Jan 17, 2007
I abhor the trend to later and later gigs.
I think punters cause this (as well as the venues/promoters) by turning up so late - in the dance scene anyhow. Clubs don't seem to fill up until 1 or so.
I remember shortly after I was 18 and finally old enough to go to clubs/bars I turned up naively early (maybe 10pm) to see Ed Rush and was the only person there other than the opening dj for the first hour or so. Ed Rush finally started his set around 2am.
Russell Brown, 15:44 Jan 17, 2007
I saw Public Enemy play the Electric Ballroom in Camden - a low-ceilinged basement venue, after they'd been banned from the Hammersmith Odeon in the midst of a media panic.
At one point, Professor Griff stepped forward to do a rant that revolved around the idea that "white people are wicked". You could have cut the air with a knife, which was actually what made it so memorable.
Meanwhile, a Maori friend of mine, who was well into the PE empowerment message, got mugged at the gig by three young black guys. He was pretty upset about that.
Funny thing is, I saw PE a couple of times in the interim, but the best gig was their one at the Power Station, when they were older and wiser and no longer in the headlines. It was such fun, and such a contrast to the first time I saw them. I also got to see Jonah Lomu meet Chuck D and them have a man-hug afterwards.
Jeremy Andrew, 16:14 Jan 17, 2007
Was that the tour where Pop Will Eat Itself were opening for them, but most gigs got booed off for being white & using guitars?
Hamiltron - City of the F… • Since Nov 2006 • 900 posts Report Reply
These are the Gigs Of Our Lives...
Graham and Russell's reminiscences remind me of a constant theme in Simon Reynolds's amazing Rip It Up And Start Again - the level of violence in gigs from the '70s and '80s. Something much less common today?
The most unpleasant things I've encountered are either (a) a hopelessly overcrowded and crap venue; and/or (b) drunk munters who won't shut up during a quiet performance (like when I went to see Bonnie Prince Billy at the Dog's Bollix).
Graham Reid wrote:
upstairs ? Rumba Bar or Reverb Room? Both were upstairs, one was in Upper Symonds St but I can't recall which. Not the old glass jug I hope.
Thin Lizzy at Logan Campbell: one of the best shows ever -- and what a fantastic fight in the crowd just before they went on! I watched a guy do a round-house punch to the jaw of a guy who was looking the other way. Decked him unconscious in the blink of an eye.
Had completely forgotten about that fight, maybe because it wasn't close enough, I was upstairs.
Most memorable and shocking smackdown at a gig I saw was at Bob Marley, Western Springs. Down near the stage Mobsters attacked people with a Black Power banner only a few metres in front of us. The packed crowd stepped right back giving them plenty of space. Was fast and furious, lasted a few minutes, and Bob sure noticed it.
Gee, kids in those days, huh?
Not like kids these days ? Zwines could be pretty hard core - didn't go there many times - but on the whole most other venues seemed only very randomly violent, directly related to alcohol consumption. (hmm, or was I in cuckooland) Seems more kids have fewer inhibitions these days ?
Must say that Auckland in mid-late 70s was a blast, whereas jolly old 1982 Chch was a bit of a morgue by comparison.


Calling all Cooks! The Milton Public Library Cookbook Club, led by local chef Connie Spiros and Assistant Director Sara Truog, invites you to its next session on Monday, January 14 from 6:30-7:30pm. Each club meeting will feature a selected cookbook, and members will prepare a tasty treat from the book to bring to the Library and share. The cookbook chosen for January is Skinnytaste Fast and Slow by Gina Homolka.
Please register through the library events calendar. Only registered cooks will be able to attend.
Once you've chosen your recipe, contact Sara by email (struog@ocln.org) or phone (617-898-4951) to let her know what recipe you'll be trying so we don't have a lot of duplication in the dishes we'll sample on meeting night!
Space is limited and advance registration is required. Registration will open on Monday, December 24. Once you register you will receive more details about the club. Bon Appetit!


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There is something so undeniably precious about a memory. Experiences do not define us, but they also do not disappear once the laughter has faded.
Today has been a busy day, so my post will be especially brief. Passion is beautiful. There is beauty in passion and passion in beauty.


So there is a "STRONG" rumor that walmart is looking to put in a new multi-story urban designed supercenter in the east end of our downtown area and are now competing with the developers out of Washington D.C. that are looking to bring a true urban environment that we as Tulsans are lacking completely with a development such as a baseball stadium, *similar to bricktown*, Mixed use retail, loft apartments above the retail, urban style offices, restaurants and bars, a great urban lifestyle that would change Downtown Tulsa from being a lights go off district at 5pm.
All in favor of helping the Washington D.C. group change downtown Tulsa for the better say "I"
I'm going to get a lot of heat for this I bet, but that Wal Mart will be the death of downtown. It will be the closest Wal-Mart to a crime ridden part of town. We can argue whether or not North Tulsa has more crime or not, but the general public perception is there. Yes, it's a positive development in terms of bringing groceries and shopping downtown, however, the kind of people (young people with $) that downtown needs don't want a Wal-Mart. Especially one that will develop a reputation for being "ghetto" or dangerous.
I completely understand where you are coming from and its heart hardening to see that Tulsa's downtown planners and city planners would even allow or even consider this kind of economic suicide for that area, not to mention what do you do when the WalMart goes black and puts in a different location and closes that one down? We will be in the same circumstances and our children will be fighting this battle and/or moving away to a place thats more accommodating for the young professional.
I am here to entice people to stand up and say something and have some pride in where you live and want a change that will impact not just ourselves but our children, our businesses, and Tulsa's future, this impact isnt a small scale % of downtown, it affects tulsa as a whole.
Just for me, close your eyes, picture a vibrant downtown hustle with a baseball stadium right in the mix, the sound of the fans, the bars with cold beer on tap, hot dog vendors on the corner and you walk down from your loft apartment to visit your local pub below and meet a few friends, step outside grab a hot dog and look at the retail stores as you walk over to catch the baseball game, and then after... head back to your pub for a nightcap and conversation before walking back upstairs to your residence.. Sounds like fun doesn't it?
It does to me, as well as many millions of young Americans across the country.
It's been nearly a full two weeks since someone has pointed out that Walmart is the root of all evil on these forums. But this particular development as been discussed Ad Nauseum in the above post.
2) "The kind of people downtown needs..."
I'm a young person with money and shop at Walmart. Furthermore, downtown just needs PEOPLE. Lets not get pretentious about who they are until there is some people there to start with.
3) "Will be the death of downtown."
No shopping malls and the sprawl south were the death of downtown about 30 years ago. Most of Tulsa is South of I-44 and would have to pass at least one shopping centers to get downtown (probably more - Woodlands Hills, Promenade, Utica Square, the Farm, Cherry Street and other shopping areas). If you dont work downtown or you arent on your way to the PAC/Bluedome, there is no reason to be there.
People keep areas alive. Currently, after 5pm there are NO people downtown. There might be a pocket near the blue dome on the weekends, or the PAC, or even the convention center from time to time. But on any given night a drive down Boston or most other streets is an adventure in a ghost town. By extension - its already dead.
People are needed to keep it alive. Certainly Walmart will bring people downtown. I wouldn't want to live next to Walmart, but if I no where else within walking distance to get groceries, beer, pharmaceuticals, toiletries, and other misc. items - I'd love to have one a few blocks away.
At the moment we have abandoned buildings and empty lots - I would prefer a Walmart with people to that. Though, I greatly hope they dont put the standard box store with sprawling parking lot - that would be too bad.
The WalMart idea is a "direct conflict" with the other development, they are trying to buy the same ground that the DC people are trying to acquire.
We need more people downtown, yes. But does it attract the right type of people, "ON A GENERAL BASIS" to the area? I can't say I am a WalMart hater because I do shop there occasionally but it is not going to add any vibrancy or get people to move into the area to create the needed "Urban Lifestyle" that every thriving city has. A WalMart will diminish the chances for a local pharmacist, a local beauty supply store, a local grocery store, electronics, etc.. to open, based on risk factors alone. Wouldn't we rather try something different and put our eggs in many different baskets? I can understand if you have only lived the suburban Tulsa way that you would be comfortable with that. I work downtown, and want to see it thrive. Tulsa needs character downtown, and a big box user isn't going to fill the need. Even if it is multi story with a different facade it is still... "WalMart" and it hinders the development and success of a preponderance of small businesses.
RIGHT NOW is the time that city leadership needs to step in and help settle this situation into some sort of mutually beneficial compromise. With so much fallow land in downtown, SURELY there is enough for both developments. SURELY the two devleopment companies could find a way to coexist.
Paging Mayor Taylor . . . Mayor Taylor, please pick up the phone.
Actually, I bet both Walmart and GDP base the viability of their developments by the state of the market right now being underserved. If a walmart is downtown sucking up all this business and money, it may not leave enough "potential market" for GDP's east end to also be viable. At least to the developer I imagine. Just like the Channels would have sucked a lot of potential out of downtown development, a walmart might do that to people planning to take on the market downtown.
That's a good point YT.
1) Its vain to try and tell the market what they want. You are essentially punishing the nearby residents of the north side because you dont like Walmart and want to attract rich white young people.
2) Something is better than nothing. I dont care if the King Abdullah was talking about building his winter palace in Tulsa. Until they own the land and break ground, I dont believe a damn thing I hear aobut development in Tulsa. So why ship the smaller ship when the larger one might not ever come to port?
Something else > Walmart > nothing.
Its not "Punishing" the nearby residents. But you are right that a WalMart doesn't attract the rich persona.
But look at how you put it..and remember.. "PERCEPTION IS REALITY"
"Its vain to try and tell the market what they want. You are essentially punishing the nearby residents of the north side because you dont like Walmart and want to attract rich white young people."
So are you saying that the north Tulsa people are of a lower incomes and other races? because that is what you implied.
Lower income(doesn't support the retail demands for boutique style retail and independent small businesses.) Lower income also carries the persona of being unsafe, or "Ghetto" as tulsa1603 stated as a common persona for the east end.
Which in turn keeps the middle/upper-middle and upper class residents of Tulsa from living in the downtown district and keeping developments from happening. Unless! We have a development that is on a large enough scale to have an effect on the east end as a whole which will change the economics because people will want to be there.. Ballpark, retail, restaurants, bars, pharmacy's, grocery stores, offices, hotel(s), enough that it is a win win situation.
And to state a note of fact. GDP owns 1 city block in the east end.
I in no way meant to imply that most residents of North Tulsa are of a different income class. I meant to actually SAY that residents of North Tulsa are generally of a different income class - namely poor. And while I do not think race SHOULD have a significant roll to play in the decision, it is realistically going to be brought up in any decision as those poor North Tulsa residents have a much better chance of being black than wealthier mid-town residents.
I'm not sure how MY STATEMENT has any effect on development. The reality probably has a lot more to do with it than my statement. Who the hell listens to me anyway?
And while I am at it. I'm voting against anything that gives public money to build a new ballpark. As I sat with the other 1,000 people at the Driller's game the other day I came to the conclusion that a stadium further away from the population center probably wouldn't draw any more fans. There is nothing WRONG with the stadium they play in now and other $1 beer nights no one goes. Heck, for that matter, how many Driller games have you been to lately? If it was going to be so wildly successful with the new stadium then they can built it themselves.
Plus the current location of the drillers would be a heck of a spot for a super walmart! HaHaHa!
An urban Wal-Mart could go in the East End no matter which major developer gets their way. In other words there is room for both a stadium and an urban Wal-Mart in the East End. Not to mention much more.
A neighborhood market with parking behind and or underneath, (the 2 story version) having an appropriate facade would not kill downtown. A regular Wal-Mart with parking underneath would not kill downtown.
If they or anyone else wants to put in a grocery store I dont see why it should be that horrible if it were urban in style.
Here are some excerpts from a news story I found interesting.
(((Wal-Mart is limited to land availability and zoning codes nationwide just like everybody else, he said. Many cities do not have zoning laws that would allow a mixed-use development like the Wal-Mart Village. Over the last few years, Wal-Mart has designed its buildings to represent individual communities, Zorn said. City officials are requesting noise control, parking, signage and landscaping concessions, he said. With that, communities "feel like they've built their Wal-Mart for their community. The process is becoming much more open." "We're looking for local architects, contractors and civil engineers. We're working harder than ever with business leaders, elected officials, and city and county planners. We're quite regularly attending open forums and bringing renderings." Wal-Mart now has a veritable "menu" of elevations to offer, Zorn said. Wal-Mart is partnering with local colleges so students can engage in hands-on training while receiving an education. Those neighborhood residents are helping build their own Wal-Mart store, Garner said. "That's phenomenal and powerful — it gives a sense of ownership," "We are looking at 50 to 70 'special projects' that are not traditional," he said. The company is sharing tips and best practices with its international division, which has built multilevel stores in urban markets worldwide.
...But in urban areas, the building's footprint must be more compact and relate to the street and sidewalks, allowing access for pedestrians as well as vehicles. The experimental stores in McKinney, Texas, Aurora, Colo., are environmentally friendly and sustainable in many aspects with the use of wind power or permeable parking surfaces. In Chicago, Wal-Mart is experimenting with grass on 50 percent of the store's roof, joining many other companies in the city. " They showed us images of their latest 'green' store models with windmills, solar heating and recycled building materials.
....If they could just design some walkability and mixed-use into their design, up to 40 percent of the car trips to their stores could be eliminated, "she wrote.
The Wal-Mart officials were enthusiastic about these pedestrian-friendly ideas and even attended the public input charrette in Pass Christian in February, Hall said.
Global Developments plans were for a 1.9 million square foot development, including 450,000 sq ft of retail. Some new Urban Wal-Mart prototypes are 99,000 sq ft split between 2 floors. Plus remember there are more places for stores and such to go in downtown.
"Urban dwellers dont want to shop at Wal-Mart" "Wal-Mart is the wrong demographic"
If thats true and nobody shops at the Wal-Mart then you won't have to worry about it being there for long. After a month of so of no hip urban shoppers supporting it, it will go under, right? You will have a new, decent looking brick structure with underground parking that can be used for other purposes instead of say a surface parking lot which may be there now. Plus a Wal-Mart won't be competing with any "trendy" urban type businesses so those types of businesses will have absolutely nothing to worry about.
Not the most urban, but another interesting variation of what Wal-Mart is doing in other places. Has 2 levels of parking and shopping, with "street level" shopping and parking on top of the lower level Wal-Mart.
You are taking a lot on faith from a company that has not demonstrated it can be believed in to live up to anything other than the local zoning and building code.
At virtually every "Board of Adjustments" hearing held, in Tulsa, you will find "Wally" and friends asking for a rule change.
Bury walmart, I like it. Is phase two filling the lower level with water?
That is true for most other retail stores as well. That should be enough for Tulsa to make sure there is proper zoning or form based codes in an important area. The city of Tulsa can choose not to grant rule changes and on top of that the city does have some cards it can play in order to push any development to be more like what it wants. We aren't completely helpless. If we can stop them from coming, which seems to be what many on here are arguing, then we should be able to also say, "But if you want to be here you or any other large retail store have to be like this..."


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University of Chicago Students Mobilize to Remove Mondelez Director, Joseph Neubauer, from University Trustees
As a member of the Mondelez International Board, Neubauer agreed with the Company's decision to cut 600 middle-class jobs right here in Chicago – and send them to Mexico where Nabisco workers are reportedly paid little more than $1 per hour. But he had no problem agreeing with pay for the Company's two CEOs of nearly $60 MILLION in 2017, including paying over $42 MILLION to one person for only 41 days of work that year. And, after giving all that money to Mondelez's senior executives, what did he do? He took MORE from the workers by agreeing with the Company's decision to ELIMINATE pension contributions for working class families at Nabisco plants around the country!
JOSEPH NEUBAUER has been a Trustee of the University of Chicago since 1992 and was first elected to serve as Chair of the Board in 2015. As Chair, Mr. Neubauer leads the 55 Trustees in electing your university's President, the Provost, all Vice Presidents, and the Secretary of the University, as well as overseeing the investment assets, administration and management of the university. That's a lot of power, and with it the Chair should reflect and embody University of Chicago values.
University of Chicago students don't believe their university's values are being properly represented by Joseph Neubauer, and they're now mobilizing and petitioning to have him removed as a University Trustee. As well as gaining signatures on a petition, Nabisco workers are leafleting on campus with students and planning events with students for further education and action. Stay engaged here and on Nabisco 600 Workers social media pages for more information on upcoming events!
SHAME on Joseph Neubauer and SHAME on the University of Chicago if it allows him to continue to serve as the Chair of the Board!