No matter if you're an aspiring chef or TV dinner connoisseur ... if the look of your kitchen makes you want to dine out - it may be time for an upgrade. The kitchen should be the heart of your Keller home: it's where you entertain, hold family meetings and even pay bills, so why not take it from "make-do" to "magnificent?"
Nothing reinvigorates a home in North Texas like a newly remodeled kitchen; however, the costs to completely remodel this room can add up quickly. In fact, kitchen projects can often range from less than $20,000 to more than $100,000, so it's best to think of renovating this space as an investment. Here are five "must-do" updates to ensure your kitchen will earn compliments from everyone.
Even the most lackluster space can be energized with color. Paint the walls or hang new curtains in a bright fabric. Or for a bigger statement, consider painted cabinets. To save you time and energy, manufactures now offer cabinets in a wide range of beautiful - and colorful - painted finishes. If considering a bold cabinet shade like blue or red, pair with complementary colors like brown or white - it will be easier to switch up the decor and add accent colors down the road.
Sticking with a neutral color scheme? You can still make a statement and add warmth with a colorful mosaic tile backsplash. These backsplashes can instantly brighten a space and are now easier than ever to install. Plus, a glass backsplash is easy to clean, so you don't have to worry about food splatters getting on walls.
The sink area is among the most hardworking of kitchen spaces, and the faucet in particular, gets the most grueling daily workout. Because of its constant use, updating the faucet will immediately improve the function and look of your prep space.
Contemporary styling could be the fastest growing kitchen style in 2014. To easily obtain this look, the new Tilt pullout kitchen faucet from Moen is the ideal choice for homeowners wanting to create a sleek and chic statement at the sink. Tilt offers compact, modern styling that works well in any size kitchen. It's also offered in two on-trend finishes: Chrome and Spot Resist Stainless, which helps the faucet stay visibly cleaner, longer.
And don't just stop with the kitchen faucet ... fixtures such as built-in soap dispensers or beverage faucets can further the functionality and improved styling at the sink. In fact, research shows that more than one-third of homeowners remodeling their kitchens are interested in beverage faucets with filtration systems, as well as matching soap dispensers. Many products on the market are helping homeowners fulfill these wishes with a modern lines of soap dispensers and beverage faucets. With the range of products Keller home owners can find designs that suit them, be it modern or traditional designs in matching finishes, elegantly coordinating with the rest of the space.
Much like fashion, accessories can make a room; think of hardware as the finishing touch to make your space feel polished but also serve a purpose. To start, easily answer the age-old question: "where's the dish towel?" Most homes don't have a convenient place dedicated to hanging this necessity in the kitchen. For a stylish solution, install accessories such as hooks, towel bars or towel rings on the side of an upper cabinet, the end of the island or in other work areas. Next, think of the sink - accessories such as colanders and cutting boards can now fit seamlessly into the sink to help make meal prep and clean up a breeze.
Lighting is a critical element in kitchen design, both for its decorative and functional benefits. But not all lighting is created equal; the best way to enhance the room is to install custom lighting to suit your kitchen's needs. It can also make the space look roomier and more elegant. With styles ranging from incandescent bulbs with vintage glass shades to ultra-chic halogen cones, hanging pendants are popular ceiling fixtures for the kitchen. For an instant update, install pendants over an island or countertop where the low-hanging fixtures won't interfere with traffic flow.
Adding something beautiful like a bouquet of flowers, new linens or a colorful new tea pot will bring life into the space. You can also jazz up your kitchen with lively artwork. Whether it's a professional painting you love or fun vintage posters, artwork helps complete your renovation. For a more personal touch, hang a grouping of family photographs, or frame some of your children's more colorful artistic creations for a vibrant and charming display. Or, make artwork functional by painting an old framed mirror with chalkboard paint to display grocery lists, menus or your favorite quotes.
Before starting demolition on your kitchen remodel, make sure the design is a reflection of you. By following these five steps not only will you have a kitchen that complements your lifestyle, you will also draw plenty of compliments from family and friends.
Are DFW's summer temperatures causing you to retreat from your favorite outdoor spaces? Decks, patios and other outdoor areas should be enjoyed throughout the year, but heat, sun and humidity can quickly make being outside intolerable during the dog days of North Texas summers. The good news is that keeping outdoor spaces comfortable and cool doesn't have to be a challenge – in fact, it can be quite simple.
Shade can reduce heat considerably, but in order to maximize the effect shade has on your outdoor space, evaluate sun patterns to identify the hottest areas. After doing so, you can strategically implement shade features for maximum effect. For example, umbrellas and awnings add instant shade and ambience when placed to block the noon sun. Trees and shrubs provide a permanent solution that grows and fills in over time – good for afternoon sun and privacy. Vine-covered trellises offer a seasonal solution that blocks sunlight and aligns well with the natural elements outdoors.
Even with shade, outdoor heat can be unbearable. Fortunately, you can quickly cool outdoor spaces like patios, garages, greenhouses and work areas with evaporative coolers. A portable evaporative cooler can provide a cooling effect by as much as 30 degrees Fahrenheit in spaces up to 700 square feet. These products use advanced technology, water and the ambient air in order to cool an outdoor space. The best part? They won't leave you wet like misters or simply blow around hot air like a fan.
Furniture is a necessary part of a comfortable, inviting outdoor environment – even if it's just a few chairs for relaxing. The problem is popular wrought-iron and metal furniture can become griddle-hot in the summer sun. Cut the burn and maximize furniture use all year long by covering metal furniture with cushions made from a durable, breathable material like cotton. Or, if it's time to invest in new furniture, opt for pieces made from alternative materials like wicker, light-colored plastic and wood that tend to reflect the sun and stay cooler to the touch.
Summer weather can heat outdoor flooring to blistering temperatures, making it nearly impossible to go barefoot outside. Bring the heat down to toe-safe temperatures with shade and outdoor rugs in light colors that reflect the sun. Not only do rugs in pastel shades keep feet comfortable, they also add some color to brighten outdoor spaces in cheery summer shades. Opt for one large area rug or place a few smaller rugs throughout the space where foot traffic is heaviest. Bonus: rugs help collect sand and dirt from feet so less gets tracked inside.
If you feel like you've done everything possible to cut heat but your outdoor spaces are still uncomfortable, look for phantom heat sources. For example, grilling is a popular summertime activity, but grills put off a ton of heat even after they have been turned off. Try moving the grill away from lounging areas and downwind from where people are located and see if it helps reduce the heat in your area. Any other appliances that produce heat – like mini fridges in outdoor kitchens – should be energy efficient and located a comfortable distance from where people congregate.
Hot weather challenges can be frustrating. A few simple steps today can help lower the temperature in outdoor spaces so your family can enjoy time outside even during Keller's hottest days of the year.
Regardless if you are considering selling your home in the Keller, Southlake, North Richland Hills, or Alliance areas, a few design mistakes can mean the difference between enhancing your space or hampering it.
Consider steering clear of these common design choices so you can enjoy your living experience or be a step ahead from your competition when selling.
1. Colossal Furniture: Consider your space at home before purchasing your new trendy piece of furniture. Remember, the retail stores are huge buildings with high ceilings and very special lighting. People commonly purchase furniture that is too large for their space. Try marking off the area with painter's tape before your final purchase so you will know how your room will accommodate your new furniture.
2. Room for Rugs: Area rugs are a great way to enhance your space and help make that final pop...but not when the rugs overwhelm the room. Remember, rugs are meant to ground a furniture group. Legs of chairs should sit on the run; in your dining room the rug should accommodate the table and chairs even when they are pulled out. Selecting the right rug will even make the space in your room appear larger.
3. Don't be afraid of the light: This doesn't mean you have to have all of the lights on for the film crew. Layer your lighting - ambient with accent lighting. Adapting the correct lighting will create the mood you wish to convey for that room.
4. It's Art: It is common for people to hang their favorite piece too high on the wall. Try to keep it at eye level - smaller pieces can go even lower. Use this rule of thumb - when hanging art above a piece of furniture, measure it 8" above the top of the piece.
5. Matching Pieces: When shopping it is the default to stick with pieces that match because they lack the confidence to go outside that box. The result? Boring, usually neutral rooms. Create spaces that speak to your personality - don't be afraid to mix and match.
Stay tuned later this week for more tips and tricks to creating your design space.
It was the end of Dylan's first shift at his dream job as a EMT/Paramedic in Granbury when fate took a tragic turn. Dylan dozed off and drifted into on coming traffic resulting in a collision with another vehicle. Suddenly, Dylan, a first responder trained to help others in this situation found his life was in the hands of someone else. The occupants of the other vehicle were not seriously injured, but Dylan was badly hurt.
Dylan survived, but his injuries have resulted in the amputation of his left leg above the knee, a splenectomy and the removal of a portion of his intestine. Dylan's conviction is unwavering - he is determined to recover from this and get back to doing what he loves working as an EMT/Paramedic.
What lies ahead now is an expensive future. The medical bills and a prosthesis that will sustain Dylan's activity level and ability to return to his job as an EMT are very expensive. Sadly, his family is discovering that insurance companies deny the majority of claims for prostheses.
A donation fund has been set up in Dylan's name, visit "Dylan's Recovery - One Step at a Time" for more information.


The 1961-1962 season was Alfred Hubay's first season as House Manager for the Metropolitan Opera. Among the highlights of that season are the debut and brief Met career of Galina Vishnevskaya, the debuts of tenors George Shirley, Sandor Konya and John Alexander, Anna Moffo singing all three heroines in Les contes d'Hoffmann, the return of Ferruccio Tagliavini in L'elisir d'amore with Anna Moffo, the replacing of a replacement by the one he replaced during a performance of Die Walküre, the debut of Gerda Lammers as Elektra with Frances Yeend as Chrysothemis and a description of the position of House Manager. (Part 2 of 2).


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Award winning actress Dame Olivia de Havilland passed away Saturday, July 25, 2020. She was 104 year old. Over her career, she appeared in 49 films and was one of the leading actresses of her time. That career spanned 74 years, up to narrating a documentary in 2009 at the age of 93, and included such well remembered films as The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn and Gone With the Wind. de Havilland was the last surviving cast member of Gone With the Wind.
She was also famous for her long-running feud with her sister Joan Fontaine, one that had its roots in their childhood. This feud first came to a head in 1942, when de Havilland and Fontaine were both nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress—de Havilland for Hold Back the Dawn and Fontaine for Suspicion. When Fontaine's name was revealed as the winner, de Havilland reacted graciously, saying "We've got it!" Fontaine rejected de Havilland's attempts to congratulate her, leaving the other offended and embarrassed. The reverse would happen in 1947 when de Havilland accepted her first offer. The feud would reach a fever pitch in 1975 over disagreements with their mother's cancer treatment and would continue until Fontaine's death in 2013.
She will be most remembered in Hollywood as the woman who took on the studio system and won. Growing dissatisfied with the types of roles that she was being offered by Warner Brothers, her contracted studio, de Havilland longed for the more dramatic roles offered her in films like Gone with the Wind and Hold Back the Dawn, she began refusing certain roles offered to her. In 1943, she announced that her seven year contract with Warner Bros. was up. Warner Brothers responded that there was six months remaining because of her refusal on certain roles. de Havilland decided to fight back arguing that Warner Bros. was violating labor laws. She won in a decision that would be dubbed the de Havilland Law, making her a free agent. It was the start of other stars breaking away and doing the same. In short, she won where Bette Davis and James Cagney had lost before.
"She was tough and she stayed with it, and as a result she brought the studios to their knees. Other actresses have won Academy Awards. Other stars have been as famous. But few had as far-reaching an impact as de Havilland did." Jeanine Bassinger, Chair of Film Studies at Wesleyan University
Rest in Peace, Olivia de Havilland
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The Community Services Network is made up of more than 1,100 local, private, non-profit, and public agencies that work to alleviate poverty and empower low-income families in communities throughout the United States. Most of these agencies are Community Action Agencies (CAAs) created through the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. CAAs provide services to more than 15 million low-income people annually in 99% of the nation's counties. Among them are 4 million children.
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Boredom is a way of not paying attention.
Merriam-Webster's definition of boredom: The state of being weary and restless through lack of interest.
When was the last time you were bored? Were you really bored, or was that what you called your dissatisfied state? Can life be boring? Especially in this day and age, with internet access to knowledge about everything on earth: all music, movies, TV shows, art, university lectures, language programs, social networking, and video games. Is it possible to be bored? I don't think so.
The next time you think you are bored, ask yourself if that is truly your state of mind, or are you feeling something else? I believe boredom is a code word for when we feel anxious, angry, worthless, lonely, depressed, or grief-stricken, and we don't want to acknowledge those feelings. Saying you are bored is a subtler way of repressing unwanted thoughts and feelings.
As Nietzsche said, eschew boredom and you miss an amazing opportunity to connect with your innermost self. Boredom is not the enemy to be shunned at all costs, despite our society's manic agenda to fill every minute with content of one sort or another. It can be a conduit to self-knowledge. Yes, I know it's not fun to get in touch with unpleasant or disturbing feelings. However, if you avoid them they accrue and wreck havoc in all sorts of unconscious ways, like physical ailments, suddenly lashing out at people, nightmares, addictions, lack of motivation, depression, etc.
On the other hand, you can tap into feeling bored as a doorway into your deepest emotions. For example, notice when you typically get bored.
Engaged in specific types of activities?
Just having an unscripted moment?
What am I really feeling? If nothing immediately comes up, be patient and ask yourself again.
Your primary relationships and work are good places to start. How do you feel when you are with your family, friends, co-workers? Are you fully engaged? Are you daydreaming about other options? Has something radically changed in your life that you might be reacting to with numbness? A death, illness, divorce, empty nest, job loss, etc? Numbness is triggered by our nervous system when we feel threatened or extremely stressed. Numbness can feel a lot like boredom, and vice-versa.
Don't feel like plumbing your depths in those ways? Try mindfulness. Pay attention to whatever is going on right now internally, externally, or both. Just embrace whatever comes up, accepting it with as much grace and equanimity as possible. No self-rating allowed, especially self-criticism.
Experiment with switching your activity every hour. If you can't do that, try every 90 minutes. You will be far more productive and energized.
Conversely, continuous activity, though it is socially sanctioned and appealing in its addictiveness, is not the answer as it simply masks the real issues and leaves you depleted and can compromise your immune system.
Last but not least, if you do find yourself frequently feeling bored resist the urge to put yourself down for it. That only compounds the felony and will make you feel lower than a snake's wiggle. Accept that this is one of your coping mechanisms and a way to externalize your internal issues. It's OK. There's no right way to live, just your way, and that is evolving every minute. If you are not ready to take a sychological depth dive, at least allow yourself the luxury of being where you are. It's a beautiful gift, and always available if you give yourself a cosmic permission slip.


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La Gourdou-Leseurre è stata una azienda aeronautica francese attiva tra il 1917 ed il 1934.
I progettisti principali furono Charles Edouard Pierre Gourdou e Jean Adolf Leseurre.

Tra il 1925 ed il 1928 divenne filiale dei cantieri navali Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire. Tutti i velivoli prodotti in quel triennio assunsero il prefisso LGL (Loire-Gourdou-Leseurre).

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 Gourdou-Leseurre Tipo A (ridenominato a posteriori GL-1), prototipo di caccia monomotore
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Tony entered into real estate in 2014 after a long and successful career in the health care industry. He found that working with clients is a lot like working with patients, the more you listen the better things typically go. He believes agents can fail the most when they stop listening and lose sight of what it is that is most important to their clients.
Having grown up in southwestern Idaho, Tony has a unique ability to help clients appreciate all the various aspects of life here in our great state. Knowing the Treasure Valley inside and out helps ensure that Tony's clients get just the kind of home they want, in just the kind of area they want to live in.
"I'm a locally grown agent and I absolutely love showing people all of the amazing reasons why life in the Treasure Valley of Idaho just can't be beat!"
Tony is also well versed beyond just homes within the city. He has experience selling bare ground, farms, ranches, and acreage properties in the rural areas of Idaho.
When Tony is not working with his clients, he enjoys spending time with his 3 amazing children and his beautiful wife Chavon. His family loves the outdoors and tries to get up to the mountains as much as possible. His oldest daughter is also very involved in club soccer locally and he often travels out of state for her soccer tournaments. Both Tony & his wife grew up playing competitive soccer and he even spent some time on the US National Team representing our country as a youth player back in the day.


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I first met the late Arthur Canter about five years ago, shortly after arriving in Iowa City. He would come to the library every few months and check out a stack of recordings and books to aid in his writing of program notes for a number of performing organizations around town. Arthur liked to stop by my office and chat about local performances, painting, the workings of the mind, principles of a good program note, and his love of music. The first thing I learned about the Canters was that they went to just about everything. They attended Symphony concerts, faculty recitals, Hancher performances, art shows, Libraries' Friends events, all with a fervent interest. However, Arthur's enduring love was opera. He saw his first live opera, Gounod's Faust, in 1938 at the Met. "Looking back at it, I hardly think Faust is an ideal choice for a first opera, but I had no choice and no advice. I went and ate it up. I was positively thrilled…and became a confirmed opera lover ever since." Biographies of opera singers and books on the extravagant art formed the core of his personal music library, which he donated to the Music Library just a few weeks ago.
I was surprised to learn that Arthur was not a practicing musician. His knowledge and experience of music came from listening to recordings, attending concerts, and reading books and articles. Arthur was well versed in Western art music repertory, but was aware of its exclusivity. To that end, he often donated sound recordings of underrepresented or lost works to the Music Library, including music by women composers, and Holocaust victims and survivors. In 2014 (my first year on the job), I learned that a group of friends had raised funds so that the Rare Book Room could be named in honor of the Canters. Arthur walked up to me soon afterwards with a twinkle in his eye and pronounced, "I'm a rare book!" Arthur was accurate in a more literal sense; he is the author of a book in the Rare Book Room titled Tonight's Program which includes twenty years of his program notes, written for performances at Hancher Auditorium. I remember unlocking the door of the Canter Rare Book Room two years later in 2016 so Arthur and Miriam could see it for the first time. Arthur was wearing musical suspenders and both he and Miriam were beaming. I made sure to show him Tonight's Program, his rare book, on the shelf.
In the last year or so, Arthur and Miriam attended few programs around town. Arthur's hearing was in serious decline, and it broke his heart that he could no longer hear the music he loved. He returned to exploring the visual arts, mostly producing pencil sketches and watercolors, several with musicians as their subject. Arthur believed that the visual and musical arts were more deeply entwined than most believe, and would talk at length about the role of color or timbre in musical perception. Even when he couldn't hear music, he never stopped thinking about it or wanting to talk about it. This dogged curiosity and thirst for knowledge, for connection, is what I will miss most about Arthur. To my mind, there could hardly be a more fitting space to bear the Canter name than a room that melds together music, libraries, and a persistent pursuit of learning. It will be a privilege to share Arthur's story and passion for music with Library patrons for many years to come.


In the past our biggest problem was running out of inventory when an item was still on the site (so orders were then placed in the black hole of back ordered).
The new store has inventory control so items won't be able to be purchased that are not in stock and we have someone who is going to handle all shipping. So we are confident all of our Gift Shop problems are now solved.
To accommodate the interest in a bigger gift shop with a bigger variety of items we are creating a real BFT Gift Shop (a separate commerce site) and planning on stocking as many requests as possible for items.
We have ordered some pretty cool items. Our goal here is to offer items as close to our cost as possible so we should have some pretty cool stuff at pretty reasonable prices.
Bigfishtackle.com is posting a poll in the polls board that I would appreciate as much as possible our members to take a second and give us feedback on items they are interested in. If we can find them and get them at a reasonable price we will try to add them. So be sure to include in a reply on the pole any items you would like to see in our gift shop.
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Ann Arbor News, December 2, 1970
(ÏHIRD OF A SERIES) If one element had to be extracted from current annexation debate and controversy as being a key ingrediënt it would doubtless be planning. It is true Ann Arbor is currertly devoid of a general development plan - or master plan - but it cannot be said the city does not have its share of plans. As former City Councilman Robert P. Weeks once illustrated in the council chambers, Ann Arbor has more than seven poiyids of plans. Many Iay dormant on the shelf, e i t h e r waiting for impleTffffltálioh'Tvhich may or may nor e v e r c ome or already outdated. The city's general development plan has long been in the w o r k s , and i t now appears it will be ready for public review and debate early next spring. But as Planning Director Michael R. Prochaska points out, the plan will not be_a "cookie cutter" wherein évêry piece of land in the city H sojnp outside the city will be stamped with a land use for all to see and rely ugon. Many of the myriad of plans lying on_Jjie. shelf will be a p"árt aTthis general development plan. Whether they ever come to fruition is a question which must be answered by the council - and the taxpayer. Plans are relatively inexpensive, implementation is not. If there are so many plans existí' ng for the future development of the city, then I why the distrust of planning which has become more marked in recent years? Some citizens have the impression that the city's Planning Department - and therefore the plans - are controlled to a large extent by the administration. City Administrator Guy C. Larcom Jr. would be the first to chuckle at such a suggestion At the recent retreat held by the council and Planning Commission, Larcom war calling for some input into the planning by the administration. Ann Arbor's Planning Commission, and thus its I ning Department, is largely autonomous from the rest of the city administration. It is true city departments have a great deal of technical input intti 1 bc various plans, but the may well be following a policy established years ago - before the present planning staff and its ideas were even withiri the City Hall confines. As Larcom points out, there mty be millions of dollars involved in these projects and a reversal would have to take into account the dollars which - by and large - may have been wasted. An example of this is the Packard - to - Beakes bypass route which was approved by a past council, along with the voters via a bond issue, but has recently come into disrepute. Many thousands of dollars have already been sunk into that project and abandonment now could mean a loss of these dollars. It would at least lead to some loss of fa;th by those who had pledgcd added millage for this and other road projects. One concept which evolved from the retreat may lead to a lessening of the suspicion with which planning, and the administration, is viewed. It was generally agreed t o undertake a program of an annual public review of the general development plan, with citizens béng allowed to particípate in the decisión making process. And the Planning Commission has appointed a special committee t o investigate methods of bringing more citizen participation into city government and the planning process. For many citizens, however, planning only becomes an important process when an "objectionable" project arises in their own neighborhood. Then the citizens flock to the Planning Commission and City Council to voice their concerns. Af ter the issue fades away, so do the citizens. This is not true of all citizens, of course, for there are many who have a continuing interest to make sure the plans are the best for the city - from their viewpoint - and to prod the administration with rapid-fire questioning. There is a point at hand now where these citizens' views and those o f the administration part company. City officials are attempting to free the council and commission of some of the more routine technical matters. Citizens view this as a power play by the administration. This issue bas come to a head over the proposed subdivision-control and land-use amendments. Many citizens wno become embroiled in a controvery over annexations, or zonings, I want the land left as it is - vacant, and possibly part of their backyard or vista. City officials say the council should consider annexations and zonings on the value to the city as a vvhole, not simply with respect to parochial issues. The Ann Arbor council's decisions on annexations and zonings, along with the electorates' decisions, w e i g h heavily on the issue of tax base. Vacant land is a very low tax source, and low-density or low-cost housing projects - as pointed up by planning studies - do not pay their way. City Assessor Wayne Johnson points out that roughly 44 per cent of the city's taxes are paid by homeowners. This figure is closer to 20 per cent in cities such as Flint and Pontiac with heavy industrial tax bases. And having the greatest impact on the city's growth is the University w h i c h is exempt f rom propertyMKS. It is estimated that eaBw student who comes he University generates the need for about two more persons in various service areas. Thus, the city's growth is tied closely to that of the U-M. A no-growth policy for the city would have to follow a no-growth policy on the part of the University. Johnson further notes that upwards of BOËerenJf the city's land is""in theuxexept status. This problem of obtaining a tax base has moved the Economie Development and Manpower Commission t o announce plans for a study of the general economie climate in Ann Arbor and vicinity, with an emphasis on the impact of city policy and law o n industry's willingness to locate here. Part of the "character" of Ann Arbor in the past has been an absence of industry. Without the rapid annexation of large tracts of land, this policy appears to be safely ensconced. Townships are drawing closer and closer to the point of Jjeisg-able to provide essential water and sewer servites7 andTFÍndustry in the future should choose to lócate in the Ann Arbor area it would doubtless choose the low- townships i f the neciHky services can be Without this industrial - or at least a higher density residential - tax base as a fores e e a b 1 e possibility, Ann Arbor has little else to do but go to the local income tax in an effort to meet the spiraling cost of government. And if the city is not given the opportunity to annex lands, it would at least 'have this mechanism of extracting paymake use of city services. "One of the basic principies is that a city must grow," says Prochaska. "It must expand to meet its needs. We must note the population change. Ann Arbor is not an isolated community, it is influenced by the things happening in Southeast Michigan. It is changing all the time. We can't isolate ourselves f rom what's going on around us. The city must be at fhe forefront of being able to grow and meet the needs of the citizens." Prochaska adds, "If the area wants to grow in the best way, annexation must take place." "Industry is lea ving because there is no land available. If you assume Ann Arbor cannot isolate itself, that the freeway system is not a Berlín wall, you must realize Ann Arbor will feel the effects of urban growth whether within or without the city limits." Prochaska said it is important where the corporate limits of the city He. He says some land should always be in the townships, while other lands should be in the city "and we should get it as f ast as possible." Commenting on the concept of a "breaüung spell" or a "stopping"oT"the clock" held b y iTrá'ñ'1y"'"'afrti-annexation proponents, Prochaska said, "It is an interesting idea, but it makes an acute situation more acute. It gives the mechanics f o r consensus growth to take place. However, w'hat, at the end of three years, says we can turn on a switch and start to move." "I doubt very much that we'll be able to do this. I doubt that this breathing spell relieves an already extreme situation for housing and land. You would be aceelerating an already difficult situation." Prochaska also asks why citizens believe the townships would be more willing three years from now to release the land. "Chances are they'd be less willing. They would have more of a tax base and will be close to providing needed services." "Ann Arbor is f ar behind the national averages for meeting the housing needs of low-income people. You don't solve the problem by saying let's wait. This policy has been tried. It doesn't solve the problems," the planning director said. Former councilman LeRoy A. Cappaert says it's a myth that "the bigger you are the better you are going to be." "Perhaps we should have a sister city relationship with Chelsea, Dexter, Manchester and Saline. City officials generally feel they don't know what they're doing, that they will dirty the land. Perhaps they know more of the ecology than we do," Cappaert says. He suggested aiding these smaller communlties by giving them funding for plann i n g , with no s t r i n g s attached. "We must think of what is important in Ann Arbor. We have to preserve what the people like here." Cappaert says if the city does not "take a breathing spell" Ann Arbor will become just like any other sprawling community. Both he and Prochaska agree the city should not become a bedroom community for Detroit. But they, along with many others, differ on the methods they believe necessary to avert this end. philosophy and concept of ï pknning is a product by and I large of the north side of the I third floor of City Hall-the I home of the Planning ■ ment. I As noted by Larcom at the I retreat, much of the citizen I belief that the administratipn I is "meddling" in the planning 1 process comes from the fact the administration is carrying out policies set by previous councils which have not been changed by newer councils over the years. Thus, when the administration moves forvvard with projects some citizens view as being contradictory to current planning coneepts, it
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Three stars from London rivals the Hammers could target this summer
Date: 1st August 2017 at 11:00pm
Written by: Forever Westham
A London to London move is always bound to cause controversy, especially within the Premier League.
Sol Campbell caused absolute uproar when he signed from Tottenham to Arsenal in the early 2000's. Ashley Cole did the same as he swapped Arsenal for Chelsea. Even former West Ham star Frank Lampard's switch from East to West didn't exactly go down too well, especially after the astronomical success he achieved with Chelsea in the years that followed.
However, such moves aren't exactly a rarity with their being so many clubs in London.
West Ham are still not finished with their transfer business this summer despite having secured a number of high profile players, and may look to sign one or two more stars before the season begins in August.
Slaven Bilic could look abroad, after all Europe is home to some of the world's finest young and seasoned talents. He could look even further, perhaps South America, where the next Neymar Jr is waiting to be discovered. But why the hassle? Why not look on his doorstep.
There is plenty of talent on show in England's capital for the Croatian to feast his eyes on, including these three he should target before the end of the transfer window …
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There are several ways to decorate a home for Halloween in Hendersonville. Decor can change from scary to child-friendly to more traditional, whatever fits your home and preference. Read on to check out our tips for this year's Halloween festivities and trick-or-treating decor!
If scary decor is your cup of tea, try out a maze or haunted walkway to the front door complete with spooky lighting and music. Adding fog machines, strobe lights and spooky music can pump anyone's adrenaline and leaves them guessing about what comes next. If your family is up for participating, gather everyone into the mix by dressing up and working themselves into the maze for a good scare.
For those who want more child-friendly decorations there is always the traditional sidewalks lined with smiling carved pumpkins. Halloween lights around the doorway, trees or bushes that are orange or purple. Ghosts can be hung from the trees and have smiles on their faces to ensure a more friendly environment. There are many types of inflatable, friendly creatures that can be placed in the yard for additional decorations. This way children will not be scared of the home. This is a happier outlook of decorations that are appropriate for all ages.
Traditional seasonal decor is going to be for those who want to set their home up for the fall season, rather than focusing on just Halloween. Many can do so by decorating with pumpkins, ears of corn, hay bales and scarecrows.


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Eumelepta is een geslacht van kevers uit de familie bladkevers (Chrysomelidae).
De wetenschappelijke naam van het geslacht werd in 1892 gepubliceerd door Martin Jacoby.

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Q: How to apply a function of creating csv file on groups at same time? I have already written a function that helps create a csv.file for each state.
specify.state <- function(type.state) {
  new.state <- any.drinking %>%
    filter(state == type.state)
    write.csv(new.state,paste("any_drinking_", type.state, ".csv"), row.names = FALSE)
}

Since there are 51 states in my data frame, I'm wondering how to run this function for each state at the same time by using dplyr. So I can get 51 different files at the same time.
Thank you very much for helping!

A: The tidy method would be something like this:
library(purrr)
library(dplyr)

walk(any.drinking$state,
    function(x) write.csv(x, paste0("any_drinking_", x, ".csv"), row.names=FALSE))

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While the kids waited for our families to all gather and the food to be laid out, they worked in teams, putting together some cute Christmas scenes to decorate each table.
Our time of fellowship and giving thanks began around the table, as we feasted on breakfast fare that everyone brought in to share with one another.
I loved our girls that spontaneously broke out into joyful caroling, gathering around a single instrument, as it played the familiar Christmastime tunes for all to rejoice in together.
Our kids were then gathered together and each project station was explained to them and it's purpose. We had three serving stations for them to participate in today. The first was the painting of our outdoor library as a gift to the Church, the second was stuffing teddy bears for missionaries in Egypt and the third, was making ornaments for the assisted living residents we serve monthly.
My husband built an outdoor library as a gift to the Church we are currently partnered with. We wanted to show our deep appreciation for their support and contributions to our school year so far. This gift is for their children as well as ours, to share the gift of books with one another. Our clever fine arts academic mentor, came up with the idea of using our children's hand prints to become flowers for a scene to decorate the library. We placed it out in the garden at the Church and filled it with many books as a start.
Our second service project was making ornaments for the residents we serve at Woodland Terrace each month. We delivered them the following day with Christmas caroling. It brought hope and love to each of the residents there. Their faces lit up as the kids sang and handed out the ornaments to them.
To end our time, the kids played a game of manger match. I read a bible verse card and they were each given a different manger character or a character card with a name on it, and they had to match the character I was referring to, with the correct card and wooden manger scene piece. In the end, they built the manger scene with all the matching cards/verses.
May each of you have a very blessed Christmas!
I am glad that kids had fun time, as Christmas is all about this. Anyway, I am also organizing a party at Chicago event space and will love to steal some ideas from your event as I found them really impressive.


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Women work with men to build their community
As the common saying goes by, "men and women are two wings of a country. Just like a bird cannot fly with one wing, a country cannot develop without men and women working together."
Zardozi Kadar's are trained and empowered to educate other women about their social and legal rights. They raise awareness about the significance of women's participation in solving community's problems that strangle them equally.
Recently, our clients in districts of Mini Baba Yadgaris, Baba Ali Shir and Choghdak gathered to consult with Kadars to solve their problem with public transportation and cleanliness of roads and streets. Issues that were ignored by the men, women were now taking the lead to bring government's attention to develop their areas.
Facilitating trade and transportation
On the outskirt of Mazar-e-Sharif, Mini Baba Yadgaris is a small village with little access to urban life advantages. When Zardozi clients and Kadars met on a usual Manbeh (Community Business Center) meeting day, they brought up the lack of public transportation which was affecting their access to market and businesses.
In addition, the people of the area commute several hours on feet to reach to the bus station to get to their destinations. Robbery, physical and verbal harassment are some of the biggest problems that the villagers face. What is more worrisome is that the women are harassed in the bus station which is normally packed with more men. Most of the times, the drivers don't allow women on their buses because the male travelers do not sit next to them due to religious and cultural restrictions.
During the Manbeh meeting with Kadar, the women prepared a petition and submitted it to respective elders and council of the community for approval and further suggestion. The petition was also to make a request for women-only-transportation into the area.
The elders of the community assured that the government will first construct the roads followed by a proper public transportation system for men and women of the community. The government started the implementation of this project at the beginning of 2020.
In Choghdak village of Mazar-e-Sharif, 21 clients of Zardozi continuously insisted on the request for garbage collection from community elders until they themselves approached the municipality to provide them a garbage collection truck.
Zardozi Kadars and Executive Committee Members of this Manbah wrote an application to Clean and Green Cities Directorate of Mazar-e-Sharif's Municipality to solve their problem. When the community leaders learned about this, they also felt obliged to support the women and to connect them with a relevant Directorate in the district.
After several visits to the Directorate and follow up of the issue with elders of the village, the women were able to receive a garbage collection truck in their areas. Currently, the truck removes waste from their neighborhoods on daily basis and each home pays a small fee in return.
The ECMs of Zardozi say, "People pray for us every day for making this happen. It feels very good to be appreciated."
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Home Entertainment Ali heads back to school for Prassthanam!
School isn't just a building for education, it is a million memories created there with the friends one made, the hearts that broke and the life lessons that one learnt on the playground. Everyone wishes to turn back time and head to school. Ali Fazal, the actor who recently became one of the members of the Academy just had another dream fulfilled. He shot at his Alma Mater in Lucknow, The La Martiniere College.
Not only did the Victoria and Abdul enter the gates of his school, he had the luck of shooting a song with Amyra Dastur his co-actor in the building that gave him many firsts. The duo danced in the corridors and on the school grounds for their upcoming film Prassthanam. The film stars Ali Fazal, Sanjay Dutt, Satyajeet Dubey and Amyra Dastur, it is directed by Indian-American director, Deva Katta. Not only did the actor shake a leg in the classrooms that he sat in but also had the privilege of meeting the teachers and staff members who moulded him into the man he is today.
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The controversial Republican candidate trying to become the next president of the United States of America was the focus of the roast during the Fox organized republican presidential debate.
The hosts really worked hard to embarrassed Donald trump during the debate, the man certainly knew how to turn the tide the other way around. It seems like he's been here before and he stood there comfortably without any hint of backing down or showing his weakness.
So basically, Fox got owned this this debate.
Here's the full highlight video of Donald Trump's presidential debate.


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Remember How Democrats Cheered What They Called 'The Arab Spring' And Cheered Obama For Creating It? Well, Obama's 'Arab Spring' = 'Mass Rapes' Now
The Democrat Party has exported its war on women (and see here and here) to Egypt:
In 'new Egypt', mobs sexually assault women with impunity
Reports of assaults on women in Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the uprising that forced Hosni Mubarak to step down last year, have been on the rise
By SARAH EL DEEB
updated 6/7/2012 4:28:02 AM ET
CAIRO — Her screams were not drowned out by the clamor of the crazed mob of nearly 200 men around her. An endless number of hands reached toward the woman in the red shirt in an assault scene that lasted less than 15 minutes but felt more like an hour.
She was pushed by the sea of men for about a block into a side street from Tahrir Square. Many of the men were trying to break up the frenzy, but it was impossible to tell who was helping and who was assaulting. Pushed against the wall, the unknown woman's head finally disappeared. Her screams grew fainter, then stopped. Her slender tall frame had clearly given way. She apparently had passed out.
The helping hands finally splashed the attackers with bottles of water to chase them away.
The assault late Tuesday was witnessed by an Associated Press reporter who was almost overwhelmed by the crowd herself and had to be pulled to safety by men who ferried her out of the melee in an open Jeep.
Reports of assaults on women in Tahrir, the epicenter of the uprising that forced Hosni Mubarak to step down last year, have been on the rise with a new round of mass protests to denounce a mixed verdict against the ousted leader and his sons in a trial last week.
The late Tuesday assault was the last straw for many. Protesters and activists met Wednesday to organize a campaign to prevent sexual harassment in the square. They recognize it is part of a bigger social problem that has largely gone unpunished in Egypt. But the phenomenon is trampling on their dream of creating in Tahrir a micro-model of a state that respects civil liberties and civic responsibility, which they had hoped would emerge after Mubarak's ouster.
'It shouldn't be happening'
"Enough is enough," said Abdel-Fatah Mahmoud, a 22-year-old engineering student, who met Wednesday with friends to organize patrols of the square in an effort to deter attacks against women. "It has gone overboard. No matter what is behind this, it is unacceptable. It shouldn't be happening on our streets let alone Tahrir."
No official numbers exist for attacks on women in the square because police do not go near the area, and women rarely report such incidents. But activists and protesters have reported a number of particularly violent assaults on women in the past week. Many suspect such assaults are organized by opponents of the protests to weaken the spirit of the protesters and drive people away.
Mahmoud said two of his female friends were cornered Monday and pushed into a small passageway by a group of men in the same area where the woman in the red shirt was assaulted. One was groped while the other was seriously assaulted, Mahmoud said, refusing to divulge specifics other than to insist she wasn't raped.
Mona Seif, a well-known activist who has been trying to promote awareness about the problem, said Wednesday she was told about three different incidents in the past five days, including two that were violent. In one incident, the attackers ripped the woman's clothes off and trampled on her companions, she said.
Let's not forget that Barack Obama took complete credit for the Arab Spring and the Mubarak exit by rushing out to put himself right in the middle of it. The left cheered Obama for his messianic leadership:
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: You know, gentlemen, I'm a little bit jubilant right now, a little bit frisky so I'll say something that will bother people. But if you have, a lot of the people in this country think the President of the United States is Muslim, which he's not, he's Christian. They think he's foreign born, which he's not, he's American born. But they have this attitude about him, the people on the right a lot of them, right? And here he is, and he comes into office, and this jubilant situation in Eqypt, with the first time in our lives we get to see people from the Arab world in a very positive democratic setting. Not as terrorists or not as people fighting Israel, or whatever. Not mouthing epithets against the West, but people like us.
DAVID CORN, MOTHER JONES: Right, celebrating.
MATTHEWS: In a way it's like it took Obama to have this happen, or it's just so serendipitous.
"It took Obama to have this happen." Praise him! Worship him! Our blessed messiah! Of course, a lot of people – like Israelis – were arguing from the outset that "this" actually wasn't a good thing. At all. Conservatives like Sean Hannity predicted from the very outset that the Muslim Brotherhood and radical Islamists were going to take control of Egypt – just as they did.
But who cares about reality? Praise Obama! Praise him! Worship him!
Is "serendipitous" a good adjective to describe rape? I'm sorry, I don't have my liberal-to-English dictionary with me.
Obama also erroneously massively downplayed the role that the Muslim Brotherhood would come to have (you know, unlike Sean Hannity and a lot of other conservatives who were RIGHT):
Mr. Obama downplayed concerns that the Muslim Brotherhood could take power and install a government hostile to U.S. interests.
"I think that the Muslim Brotherhood is one faction in Egypt. They don't have majority support in Egypt but they are well organized and there are strains of their ideology that are anti U.S., there is no doubt about it," Mr. Obama said.
Mr. Obama said he wanted a representative government in Egypt that reflected the country's broader civil society.
The fool was wrong, wrong, WRONG about that:
Though the current upheavals in the Middle East were not initiated by the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist parties in Egypt, as in Tunisia and Libya, have been the chief beneficiaries of the collapse of long-standing authoritarian repressive regimes across North Africa.
In Egypt itself, the two largest Islamist groups, the Brotherhood and the Salafists, won about three-quarters of the ballots in the second round of legislative elections held in December 2011, while the secular and the liberal forces took a battering.
The Brotherhood, an organization founded by Egyptian schoolteacher Hassan el Banna back in 1928, has never deviated from its founder's central axiom:
"Allah is our objective; the Prophet is our leader; the Koran is our law; Jihad is our way; dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope."
It is this radical vision, which animates all those in the region who seek a fully Islamic society and way of life.
The Muslim Brotherhood has always been deeply anti-Western, viscerally hostile to Israel and openly anti-Semitic — points usually downplayed in Western commentary on the "Arab Spring."
In spite of the fact that Obama was actually giving aid to the Muslim Brotherhood, Obama demanded that America give a billion dollars in aid to Egypt. You know, to the country that is now using RAPE in its war on women.
And now the same fool is making the same mistakes in Syria.
First of all, do you remember the justifications for going to war over Libya, which also aint working out that great? We were told that "Barack Obama's war in Libya bears the intellectual imprint of Samantha Power." And what was that "intellectual imprint"? This:
"She began to see war as an instrument to achieving her liberal, even radical, values."
That's just GREAT. So Obama went to war with Libya to remove a dictator who threatened to kill his own people but has refused to go to war with a dictator who has ACTUALLY murdered over fourteen thousand of his own people. But apparently radical liberal Obama is on the same page as doctrinaire liberal Barbara Walters – because they're both helping this vicious dictator.
Libya has not worked out very well. At all. Aside from the fact that Libya has descended into complete anarchy, there is the fact that terrorists have used that anarchy to turn Libya into another Afghanistan/Yemen-style haven.
Oh, and Obama also supported and trained Egyptian activists to undermine and overthrow Mubarak. Just to complete the picture of who supported all these rapes that are now going on.
Both Democrats and radical Muslims have the same cherished goal: to keep women ignorant and in line with their agenda no matter how obviously anti-woman it is.
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Green Star retail business case
The benefits of green retail continues to stack up
Green Star ratings provide retailers with opportunities to achieve higher sales, attract and retain high-performing staff, and deliver a better experience for customers.
Compelling international research confirms that green retail buildings – those with good natural light and ventilation, high-performance heating and cooling systems, and materials low in harmful chemicals – are not only more efficient and cheaper to operate, but can also improve the experience for customers and retail takings too.
The Heschong Mahone study into daylighting (2003) found that naturally-lit retail spaces can increase sales by up to 40%. In fact, the profit from increased sales associated with daylight is worth up to 100 times more than the energy savings.
A study from the University of Notre Dame study (2012) has found that bank branches rated under the USGBC's LEED system:
opened 458 more consumer deposit accounts
had $3 million more in consumer deposit balances
had $1 million more in loan balances than their non-LEED counterparts.
The WorldGBC's Business case for Green Building (2013) reports significant increases in sales at Walmart from daylighting.
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Westfield Sydney was designed to slash potable water use by 80 per cent and greenhouse gas emissions by 35 per cent when compared with an average retail centre of equivalent size. More than 90 per cent of all demolition and construction waste was recycled. Perhaps more impressive, visitor traffic is now up by 20 per cent – to more than 22 million a year – and annual sales have doubled since Westfield Sydney undertook its Green Star makeover.
Achieve operational cost savings
Green buildings are designed to be highly energy and water efficient, which makes them cheaper to operate.
The Value of Green Star: A decade of environmental benefits (2013) finds that Green Star buildings use 66% less electricity and 51% water than the average Australian building.
The Green Retail and Hospitality SmartMarket Report (2013) found that green building projects in the US retail sector a 15% more energy-efficient and 8% cheaper to run than their non-green counterparts.
The sustainable upgrade of this 32-year-old centre is expected to save tenants $4 million each year in energy costs. Energy use is being slashed with mixed-mode air conditioning, low-energy light fittings, climate responsive ventilation systems, and electrical sub-metering expected to deliver savings of 55 per cent when compared with the average shopping centre. Rainwater harvesting for toilet flushing is expected to reduce potable water consumption by five kilolitres a day – almost an Olympic pool's worth of water.
The sustainability costs our 6 Star Green Star retail centre, The Ponds, amounted to around $290,000 and are estimated to provide savings of $45,000 a year.
Paolo Bevilacqua, General Manager, Sustainability of Frasers Property Australia
Boost worker productivity and health
Green Star buildings consistently outperform non-green buildings in terms of comfort and productivity. Natural light, fresh air and access to views of the outdoors, as well as control over individual workspace temperature and lighting, can affect productivity directly.
The World Green Building Council's Business Case for Green Building (2013) analysis of workspaces found up to:
3% increase in productivity when people had individual temperature control of their workspace.
11% productivity gains from improved ventilation.
18% increase in productivity from access to daylight and operable windows.
23% improved productivity from well-designed lighting.
Stockland Townsville
4 Star Green Star – Retail Centre As Built v1
As well as being energy and water-efficient, Stockland Townsville also encourages healthy and active living. State-of-the-art cyclist facilities cater to five per cent of the centre's staff, including change room facilities, showers and lockers. Staff can access the facilities with a keypad. Cycle spaces and storage is also provided for visitors' use across the entire site.
Attract the best employees
Employees, particularly young people, increasingly want to work for the 'good guys' - the companies that are conscious of their impact on the environment.
Working from a green retail space can positively impact how employees feel about their employer, and higher satisfaction can mean higher employee retention.
Attract customers
Retail customers are increasingly rewarding sustainability with their wallets.
The Australian Food and Grocery Council's Green Shopper Summary Report (2014) found 80% of consumers think about environmental issues when shopping, and 96% place importance in a retailer's efforts to reduce their environmental impact.
Boston Consulting Group's When Social Responsibility Leads to Growth (2014) finds responsible products currently account for 70% of product growth.
Coles Hallam
4 Star Green Star – Custom Design
Coles began working with the GBCA in 2009 to develop a Green Star rating tool to drive the delivery of a 'supermarket of the future' and now has a model for supermarkets that are more efficient and cost-effective to run, and more comfortable places for people to work and shop. It has since achieved a 4 Star Green Star rating for its Hallam store in south east Melbourne, proving that sustainability and supermarkets are a winning combination for business and the environment.
"Coles is committed to sustainability because we know it's good for our customers, good for business and the right thing to do for the environment. Gaining this Green Star rating is one significant way we are achieving our sustainability goals," says Sam Pinchbeck, Property General Manager, Coles
Kathmandu recognises that minimising our environmental footprint and optimising our contribution to human health and community are integral to our business success. We believe that sustainability is a strategic business decision, and one that will open up new opportunities and reinvent the bricks-and-mortar retail experience.
Tim Loftus, Sustainability & Community Manager, Kathmandu
Centre owners and operators
Increasingly, owners and operators of retail centres around Australia are going green, as the business case for sustainability stacks up.
Higher return on investment
Green buildings deliver consistently higher returns on investment compared their non-green counterparts.
The Green Retail and Hospitality SmartMarket Report (2013) found that green building projects in the US retail sector deliver a 7% increase in asset value and an 8% increase in return on investment.
The Building Better Returns report (2011) found that Green Star-rated buildings deliver a 12% 'green premium' in value and a 5% premium in rent, when compared to non-rated buildings.
World Green Building Council's Business Case for Green Building (2013) found that price premiums for green buildings could be up to 30% – with evidence that the higher level of certification, the best results.
Green Star has "influenced the decision-making process as we strive to innovate and achieve positive outcomes in energy, water, waste and indoor environment quality. This has all benefited our shoppers, retailers and staff. Green Star has contributed to more efficient shopping centre operations, and has helped us improve and maintain the well-being of the communities in which we operate.
Benjamine Duncan, Energy & Sustainability Manager, Scentre Group
Attract tenants
While few studies have been undertaken to explore the link between green-rated retail centres and tenant attraction, more broadly, green buildings have a competitive edge and can help to attract prospective tenants.
The GBCA's Valuing Green (2008) report found that green buildings attract better quality tenants, such as government and 'top tier' corporates with stable businesses and strong commitments to corporate social responsibility.
World Green Building Council's Business Case for Green Building (2013) found that buildings with a green rating report an occupancy rate increase of up to 23%. The higher the rating, the higher the rental premium – with an average 3% increase in rent for each additional level of certification.
Colliers International's Office Tenant Survey (2012) found that 95% of tenants want to be in a green building, up from 75% two years earlier. 'Green space' is one of the top four attributes tenants look for – along with bike racks, childcare facilities and a gym.
CBRE's Do Green Buildings Make Dollars and Sense? (2009) found that that green buildings have 3.5% lower vacancy rates and 13% higher rental rates than the wider market.
Green buildings have 3.5% lower vacancy rates and 13% higher rental rates.
Occupancy rate increase of up to 23%.
95% of tenants want to be in a green building.
Frasers-Australand has been awarded its first 6 Star Green Star rating by the Green Building Council of Australia for The Ponds Shopping Centre in north west Sydney. Australand's $40 million centre, located in north west Sydney, achieved a 'world-leadership' Green Star rating for a range of sustainability initiatives – from a solar PV system that powers the car park lighting to a naturally-ventilated mall.
Investors and tenants are increasingly seeking green buildings which over time will be reflected in valuations and overall performance
Compelling international research confirms that integrating green design – such as access to natural light and ventilation, and choosing materials that are low in harmful chemicals – can improve retail takings and improve the business bottom line.
had $1 million more in loan balances.
Capture environmental benefits
Building green is a clear expression of commitment to the environment.
The Value of Green Star: A decade of environmental benefits (2013) finds that, on average, Green Star-certified buildings:
Use 66% less electricity than average Australian buildings
Produce 62% fewer greenhouse gas emissions than average Australian buildings
Use 51% less potable water than average buildings
Recycle 96% of their waste, compared with 58% for the average new construction project.
Stockland Shellharbour
Australia's largest single rooftop solar system generates 28 per cent of the Stockland Shellharbour's daily power requirements. The 3,991 photovoltaic panels cover a similar surface area to a football field and generate enough power to service 280 homes and offset 1,700 tonnes of carbon emissions each year. The $2 million system was funded by Stockland's green bond issuance. Combined with other energy-saving initiatives, such as three 12kW wind turbines, Stockland has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 60 per cent on business-as-usual and is saving enough energy to power 380 homes for a year.
Stockland Baldivis
At Stockland Baldivis 80 per cent of waste is recycled, with waste cardboard compactors and a dedicated recycling room, as well as facilities for recycling cooking oil, organics, soft plastics and polystyrene. Recycling bins are conveniently located around the centre for customers.
People around the world perceive green buildings as modern and ethical. A Green Star rating can reinforce corporate social responsibility and demonstrate leadership.
Green Star provides Australand with third party verification, and importantly, enhances the credibility and rigour of our sustainability claims. As awareness of the Green Star brand continues to grow in the sectors in which we operate, certification provides positive proof of a project's social and environmental credentials. This gives us an extra edge in our marketing.
Wintergarden
ISPT's Wintergarden retail redevelopment in Brisbane's Queen Street Mall generates fewer emissions, is energy- and water-efficient and offers better indoor environment quality for retail tenants and shoppers alike.
We are keen to lead by example in demonstrating the environmental and economic benefits that can be achieved through sustainable design in the retail sphere. Our goal is to educate the retail tenancy market by 'walking the talk' with developments like Wintergarden
Rob Sviderskas, ISPT Portfolio Manager Engineering & Sustainability
Stockland Hervey Bay
Stockland is undertaking a live study at Hervey Bay to test the practical benefits of cool roof technology. Working together with BlueScope Steel, Stockland has used its COLORBOND Coolmax steel product, which was designed to provide the best thermal performance for the commercial and industrial roofing market. The study will determine whether cool roof technology can reduce the upfront and ongoing costs of air-conditioning, reduce energy consumption and improve green ratings.


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Fiorentina Sold To New York Cosmos Owner - Sports
#1 » by AK Horsfall (β44805) » June 7th, 2019, 5:53 am
Rocco B. Commisso has completed the purchase of Fiorentina, acquiring the Serie A club from the Della Valle family on Thursday.
The 69-year-old chairman of the New York Cosmos becomes the Italian club's first new owner since Diego and Andrea Della Valle took on the Viola after bankruptcy in 2002 saw them relegated to the fourth division of the Italian game.
"I've always been a fan of Italian football and there are no words to describe how incredibly honoured I am to have the opportunity to help write the next chapter in the history of such a legendary club as Fiorentina," said Commisso on Fiorentina's website. "Florence is known around the world as the city that represents the best of Italian culture.
"Over the past three years in which I've been in contact to buy the club, I've built up a deep understanding of just how important ' La Viola ' is for this city and its fans.
"I would like to thank the Della Valle family for running Fiorentina for the last 17 years. Diego and Andrea deserve great credit for saving this club from financial ruin. They leave solid foundations to build the club upon."
Over the past 17 years, Fiorentina twice reached the semifinals of the UEFA Cup or Europa League, while they also made it through to the round of 16 in the Champions League in 2009-10.
They will not be playing in Europe next season, however, and only just maintained their place in Serie A after finishing 16th last season, with the prospect of relegation alive even on the final day of the season.
Vincenzo Montella, who was brought in to replace Stefano Pioli as coach in April, failed to win any of his seven games in charge, with two draws and five defeats, and Commisso has said he does not yet know whether he will be confirmed as head coach next season.
"I've really not made my mind up about it," Commisso told La Gazzetta dello Sport. "He needs to know that I don't like firing my staff.
"Having said that, football is obviously a completely different world to business and sometimes you are forced to sacrifice somebody."
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Carly Pearce celebrates milestone performance with hometown crowd
Buddy Iahn | August 7, 2018 | Country News
Performs "Hide The Wine" on ABC's CMA Fest Television Special this week
Illuminating a bucket-list stage with throngs of fans singing every little word, Carly Pearce made her debut at Riverbend Music Center Sunday night (Aug 5th). The Taylor Mill, KY native who ABC News Radio deemed "country's 'it' girl" made an impressive return to her Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky hometown area on Rascal Flatts' Back To Us Tour.
"[Sunday] night was an absolute dream! I literally sat in those seats watching Rascal Flatts on stage for one of my first concerts," shares Pearce. "Next to the Grand Ole Opry, Riverbend has been on a pedestal ever since I was a little girl and throughout the years seeing shows with my best friend Kara, who I reminisced with all day! This area shaped me into the person I am and the music that's made so many memories."
The full circle moment exceeded those childhood aspirations as Pearce tearfully sang her No. 1 hit "Every Little Thing" to a crowd whose gratitude echoed back. Later in the night, she returned for a medley of hits alongside her tourmates during Rascal Flatts' set.
As the tour continues traversing the country, Pearce will perform her full-bodied single "Hide The Wine" on ABC's CMA Fest special, airing Wednesday (Aug 8th) at 8 pm ET/PT. She will take the stage at the official CMA viewing party at Ole Red in Nashville ahead of the broadcast. Fans everywhere can experience the fun via a live stream on Pearce's Facebook page, kicking off at 7 pm ET.
Pearce defied the odds as the highest charting solo female debut since July 2015 and one of only three to accomplish the feat in twelve years with her "Every Little Thing." The gold-certified ballad steered a chart-topping trifecta on SiriusXM's The Highway as "If My Name Was Whiskey" and "Hide The Wine" followed.
But, "Carly Pearce is a lot more than the latest woman on the Country charts" (Refinery29). Engaging audiences across generations, Pearce picked up the CMT Music Awards Breakthrough Video of the Year and Radio Disney Music Award The Freshest! – Radio Disney Country Best New Artist, in addition to honoring the legendary voices before her with over 50 performances at the Grand Ole Opry. Throughout 2018 alone, she joins four major tours with Blake Shelton, Thomas Rhett, Rascal Flatts and Luke Bryan (including stadium dates).
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