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Gayler, Charles (1820-1892)
Odell, George Clinton. Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VII (1857-1865). New York: Columbia University Press, 1931.
Keene read at a "Panorama" for Charles Gaylor in 1858.
Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)
Whitman, Walt. "Acting..The Keans." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 11 Sep. 1846: 2.
Whitman refers to an actress named "Mrs. Kean," which may or may not be Laura Keene.
Heron, Matilda (1830-1877)
On June 10, 1858, a fight took place between Keene and Heron during a performance of Mathilde .
Sothern, Edward
Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." New York Saturday Press. 26 Nov. 1859: 3. [pages:3]
Personne [Edward G.P. Wilkins] reports that Sothern is suing Keene for "breach of contract."
Clare, Ada (1836-1874)
Clare, Ada. "Thoughts and Things VIII." New York Saturday Press. 17 Dec. 1859: 2. [pages:2]
Clare praises the quality of Keene's voice in her Saturday Press column "Thoughts and Things."
Odell, George Clinton. Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VI (1850-1857). New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. [pages:365,446,454,455, 493]
Odell notes that she acted at Wallacks with Laura Keene's company.
Clifton, Ada (1835-1891)
Odell, George Clinton. Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VI (1850-1857). New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. [pages:452,464-465, 499, 513, 522, 541, 542(ill), 565,56]
Clifton "secured on the New York stage a highly creditable position as a stock actress, particularly at Laura Keene's theater."
Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." New York Saturday Press. 16 Apr. 1859: 2. [pages:2]
Clifton played Hermia in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Laura Keene's theater.
Daly, John Augustin (1838-1899)
Quelqu'un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." New-York Saturday Press. 15 Sep. 1860: 3. [pages:3]
Performed in The Monkey Boy at Laura Keene's theater.
Deland, Anne
Odell, George Clinton. Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VII (1857-1865). New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. [pages:218]
Deland was part of Keene's company's performance of House and Home .
Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton (The Circus from the Coulisses)." New York Saturday Press. 21 Jan. 1860: 3. [pages:3]
Deland was part of Keene's theater company, and did many plays with them.
Gayler's The Love of a Prince was performed by Laura Keene's company as part of a benefit for Joseph Jefferson.
With Laura Keene, Heron helped to popularize Brooklyn as a 1-2 night stand for talented and attractive actresses in the 1862-1863 seasons.
Jefferson, Joseph (1829-1905)
Miller, Tice L. Bohemians and Critics: American Theatre Criticism in the Nineteenth Century. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1981. [pages:55]
Jefferson and Keene starred in The Siam Light Guard together as husband and wife.
Jefferson makes a return to the stage with Laura Keene's theater company for the 1857-1858 season.
Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." New-York Saturday Press. 12 May 1860: 3. [pages:3]
Jefferson takes over Keene's theater in 1860 for the summer season.
Personne [Wilkins, Edward G. P.]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." New-York Saturday Press. 21 Apr. 1860: 3. [pages:3]
Jefferson worked with Laura Keene at her theater in the summer of 1860.
Quelqu'un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." New-York Saturday Press. 14 Aug. 1860: 3. [pages:3]
The Saturday Press reports that Jefferson is making a significant amount of money by working at Laura Keene's theater.
Quelqu'un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." New-York Saturday Press. 30 Jun. 1860: 3. [pages:3]
Jefferson directed at Laura Keene's theater.
O'Brien, Fitz-James (1826-1862)
Keene's theater produced O'Brien's play Tycoon in the summer of 1860.
Wilkins, Edward (Ned) G. P. (1829-1861)
Miller, Tice L. Bohemians and Critics: American Theatre Criticism in the Nineteenth Century. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1981. [pages:52-53]
Edward G. P. Wilkins' first dramatic effort, My Wife's Mirror was performed at Laura Keene's Varieties in 1856. Keene played the part of Mrs. Racket in the production, which ran for two weeks straight (52-53). Wilkins' second work, Young New York opened in 1856 at Keene's new theater, where she once again played the female lead (53). He also "launched a campaign to expose what he called 'fillibusters' -- plagiarized scripts which kept being passed off as originals," which in the February 12, 1857, edition of the Saturday Press he chastised Laura Keene for "presenting three such pieces in one month" (57).
Odell, George Clinton. Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VI (1850-1857). New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. [pages:455, 541, 543]
The first performance of Wilkin's play, My Wife's Mirror, occurred for Laura Keene's benefit on May 10, 1856. His play, Young New York, was performed at Laura Keene's new theater.
Winter, William. Old Friends; Being Literary Recollections of Other Days. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1909. [pages:87-88]
In 1856, Laura Keene produced and acted in Wilkins's Young New York .
de Walden, Thomas Blades (1811-1873)
De Walden adapted The Monkey Boy and other plays for Laura Keene's Theatre.
Quelqu'un [Winter, William]. "Dramatic Feuilleton." New-York Saturday Press. 16 Oct. 1860: 2-3. [pages:2]
Laura Keene's theater produced de Walden's Aileen Aroon in the fall of 1860.
Wallack's Lyceum
Odell, George Clinton. Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VI (1850-1857). New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. [pages:215]
Keene appeared in plays at Wallack's where she spent a year or more as the company's lead actress and helped to raise its standards.


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How the moment we've all been waiting for actually paid off.
This post contains frank discussion of several plot points from Season 8, Episode 1 of Game of Thrones. If you're not all caught up, or would prefer not to be spoiled, now is the time to leave. Seriously: this is your last chance, and you won't have another, so get out while the getting is good.
Ever since our far-flung heroes started reuniting back in Season 6, fans have been eagerly anticipating the reunion between Jon Snow and Arya Stark who, of all the Stark kids, had the deepest connection in Season 1. When they said goodbye, he gave her the sword Needle which, when she joined the Faceless Men assassins, became a symbol of the Starkish identity that she couldn't let go.
Thrones fans felt a massive amount of relief when Sansa and Jon got to hug it out in Season 6 after all the two of them had been through . . .
When even characters in the show itself have hyped Jon and Arya's reunion up to the rafters, fans watching at home can be forgiven for losing their minds with anticipation. So it was no surprise that some fans, who were able to see the episode in advance at the premiere in New York, were a little underwhelmed by Jon and Arya's meeting. Sure there was a big hug with a jump that echoed their Season 1 goodbye, but how could it possibly live up to what they had built up in their minds?
This might not seem like a huge deal at first glance, but it's worth remembering that even though Jon Snow CAME BACK FROM THE DEAD in Season 6, he never, ever, ever, ever talks about it. Not even when it would be politically advantageous to do so.
And, sure, Jon may not know the full extent of Arya's darkness. (That Needle comment really stings.) But he knows enough to recognize that she can handle his darkest secret. The thing he didn't tell Sansa, didn't tell Sam, didn't tell Daenerys. He told Arya. That kind of raw honesty in a world in which the Starks have learned to distrust everyone—including each other—is, truly, more emotionally profound than any teary-eyed hug might be.


"How To Channel your Inner Lady Gaga while dressing in Pakistan"—Read my Feature in the Daily Times Sunday Magazine!
By now, you all must know how much I love to discuss Lady Gaga when I write about how fashion trends in the West translate into style in the East. A few months ago, I wrote a feature about her "Little Monsters" in Dubai for Gulf News tabloid, and this week, my piece about her fashion influence in Pakistan was published in Sunday Magazine, Pakistan's weekly fashion magazine, distributed with the Daily Times newspaper.


The Krishna Upanishad describes various incarnations of Lord Krishna in Sanskrit and also his various Leelas. This Upanishad was written after Lord Krishna's period. It is a good explanation of Lord Krishna's incarnations and his relations with friends and family. The description of Lord Krishna's physical appearance is quite astonishing in this Upanishad.
It is believed that the saints living in the forest area began to search for Lord Rama. On meeting him, they were astounded by his beauty. They were spell bound and wanted to hug Lord Rama. Saints then asked Lord Rama to hug them and bless them. As a reply to their request, Lord Rama tells the saints that he would fulfill their wish. He said that he would incarnate as Lord Krishna and the saints would incarnate as various Gopis. He would then hug all the saints in their new form.
Hearing this, the saints moved ahead and Lord Rama incarnated as Lord Krishna in the next Yug. The whole forest area seemed like heaven during these times. The saints of the prior Yug are believed to be the trees in the forest during Lord Krishna's time. Cunning and angry people were demons.
The time of the Kaliyug was delayed till the completion of the time of Lord Krishna's incarnation. A beautiful child is born in Lord's Hari form. This child had a restless and versatile nature and was ready to make this world his own playground.
The whole world enchanted his name and was unable to uncover his mysteries. Some parts of Vedas and Upanishads were born as 16108 daughters. Generosity was born as Ma Rohini and the Earth was born as Satya Bhama. Politeness was born as Lord Krishna's friend Sudama. Udhav was born as the nerves in the body and Saint Akroor was born as the Truth.
It is believed that a broken vessel of Curd was similar to a sea for Lord Krishna and he could play with it as long as he wanted to. This metaphor is also believed to mean that Lord Krishna's incarnation was to end all the demons and protect the innocent people. The sword in Lord Krishna's hand was considered to be Lord Maheshwar. Saint Kashyap was in the form of Mortar in Yashoda's house. Ma Aditi was in the form of the rope to which Lord Krishna was tied during his childhood. Kaali was in the form of a mace. Dhanush was Lord's delusion or confusion. Sharad's harvest was the food in Lord's house and the lotus flower in his hand was considered to be the seed of the world.
The essence of the Upanishad is that the world should be considered as one. God brought the heaven to this world. People who are able to understand this fact are at peace and free from all worldly desires. They get the results according to their auspicious deeds. They will attain salvation.


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We're just getting started ourselves, and we're looking to learn from you.
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I have to say, I love reading about other people's organizational tips. Why? Maybe they help me feel like I'm making progress on my own clutter. Who knows? Anyway, Ashleigh's got some great sensible tips on arranging a classroom storage space that won't be too difficult to keep up during a long, busy school year.
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We woke up at Barns Ness this morning. The lighthouse has been turned into a holiday cottage and at first we were disappointed, because we wanted to live in it one day, until we had the idea to rent it for Christmas.
There were some adorable baby deer by the seaside as we drove off.
We stopped off in Middlesbrough so we could take Poppy for a ride on the Tees Transporter Bridge.
The mist got really bad as we headed through the Moors and we could hardly see a few feet in front of us.
The mist had lifted a little by the time we made it to the seaside where people were running into the cold water.
It was lunchtime when we arrived in Whitby so we decided to stop off and get some scampi.
We ordered some scampi and chips from Quayside who have won awards for serving the best scampi and make their own tartare sauce.
We parked up next to the Abbey which was looking even more gothic than usual in the mist. I could definitely picture Dracula there.
Some ponies with wet maines next to us looked like they were having a miserable day.
The fog continued as we made our way back down through the Moors to York and then Leeds, with little to see.
We were feeling cold and sorry for ourselves after our trip through the rainy moors, so we cheated and treated ourselves to a night at the Malmaison in Leeds.
It was so nice to see a have bed for the night and our room came with a bottle of wine and dinner included.
Someone had told me how Adele had demanded to change her room in the Malmaison because it was too stripy. I wondered if I could ask for one without a picture of Trump on the wall.
We headed down to the Chez Mal for dinner and wine, starting with smoked salmon.
I then tucked into a gigantic veggie burger while Tom had curried cod.
We then shared fondue for dessert before falling alseep in our giant comfy bed.


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The Marin County coroner's office has released the official details of Robin Williams' death.
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The big news is that no illegal drugs and no alcohol were found in Williams' body. His death was officially ruled a suicide. It was determined that Williams died from asphyxia due to hanging.
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According to the Huffington Post, Sheriff's Deputy Stewart Cowan said that no other information from the report would be released.
Though his family and friends insisted that Williams was not abusing any substances at the time of his death, it was still an unanswered question until now, given the actor's history with illegal drugs.
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Williams famously struggled with a cocaine addiction in the late '70s and early '80s. He then fell into abusing alcohol in 2003, which ended with him checking into rehab in 2006. Though Williams had checked himself into a rehab facility shortly before his death in 2014, his family and friends said it was not due to drug abuse. They explained that the actor simply needed time to regroup.
But we can now confirm addiction did not play a role in his death. Instead, Williams' wife Susan Schneider said publicly that at the time of his death, the comedian was struggling with depression, anxiety and the newly discovered information that he had Parkinson's disease.
Williams' personal assistant found him dead in his Northern California home on Aug. 11.
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The toxicology report from Williams' autopsy was initially scheduled to be released Sept. 20, approximately six weeks after his death, which is typical. The results were then delayed to Nov. 3 and further delayed until their official release today. The reasons for the delays were not immediately known.
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Here is a funding opportunity, especially for those working on ocean science and in the Indian Ocean.
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SEAFDEC with support from the SEAFDEC-Sweden Project organized the Experts Group Meeting on Regional Plan of Action on Sustainable Utilization of Neritic Tuna in the ASEAN Region in Krabi Province, Thailand on 18-20 June 2014. The Meeting was attended by representatives from Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam together with their respective delegations, and senior officials of SEAFDEC. The Meeting was also attended by resource persons as well as representatives from the Embassy of Sweden in Thailand, ASEAN Tuna Working Group, ASEAN-USAID MARKET Project, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, and the USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia.
After the discussion, the Experts Group Meeting adopted the 1st draft of the Regional Plan of Action on Sustainable Utilization of Neritic Tunas in the ASEAN Region (RPOA-Neritic Tuna) and the draft Capacity Building Program to support the implementation of the RPOA-Neritic Tuna. The Meeting agreed that these draft documents should be discussed more thoroughly by the ASEAN Member States before the final draft documents could be submitted for consideration of the ASEAN and SEAFDEC authorities through the respective ASEAN and SEAFDEC mechanisms.


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Britain's nuclear power puzzle: How do we stop the lights going out?
By Mark Andrews | Telford | Features | Published: Jan 22, 2019
When retired engineer Mike Smith turned off Ironbridge Power Station for the last time three years ago, it was more than simply the end of an era for a familiar landmark.
It also symbolised a major conundrum for this country every bit as problematic and contentious as Brexit – how Britain will keep the lights on in the coming decade.
While air-quality regulations and environmental targets sounded the death-knell for old coal-fired stations such as Ironbridge and Rugeley, which closed eight months later, there is still a major question of where Britain will get its power from in years to come.
Large coal-fired power stations such as Ironbridge are a thing of the past
Last week's announcement that Japanese giant Hitachi had suspended building work on a giant nuclear reactor at Wylfa power station in Anglesey has blown a major hole in the Government's energy strategy, which pledged to close all of the worst-polluting coal-fired power stations by 2025.
To add to the Government's woes, all but one of Britain's existing nuclear power stations are due to close over the next 11 years.
Britain has had a love-hate relationship with nuclear power. Back in the 1950s, it was a technology in which Britain led the world, with the world's first nuclear power station opening at Calder Hall, near Sellafield in Cumbria, in 1956. But questions about its economic viability, as well as the Chernobyl disaster in the former Soviet Union, led to nuclear falling out of favour from the 1980s onwards.
Then, in 2006, Tony Blair brought nuclear energy back in from the cold, calling for a new generation of giant nuclear power plants to cut emissions blamed for global warming. A target was set for a 60 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, effectively sounding the death-knell of the old coal-fired power stations.
Work on the new nuclear power plant at Wylfa, Anglesey, has been suspended
Delivering the new power stations has proved easier said than done, though. Over the past 13 years, those bold plans have yielded just one project under construction, the Hinkley Point C in Somerset, which has itself been the subject of no little controversy.
In November another Japanese giant, Toshiba, pulled out of plans to build a plant at Moorside, near Sellafield in Cumbria, while Hitachi has also shelved plans to build a station in Gloucestershire.
At the same time, demand for electricity at peak times is projected to increase by 38 per cent over the next 31 years, as the number of electric cars on our roads increases a hundred-fold from 90,000 at present to nine million by 2050.
So how important is nuclear power to Britain's energy industry?
Last year, nuclear power provided just under a fifth of Britain's energy needs, second only to gas which accounted for almost 40 per cent. But demand for nuclear is expected to grow to 35 per cent over the next 16 years as a result of measures to reduce carbon emissions in the UK.
The shelved power stations at Anglesey, Gloucestershire and Cumbria would have supplied 15 per cent of today' energy demand.
Chris Goodall, who has written a series of books on meeting Britain's energy needs, believes that renewable energy such as solar and wind power can play a greater role. He says the falling cost of renewable energy sources is one of the reasons that HItachi could not make Wylfa viable. Wind is now the third biggest source of power in the UK, and solar power – such as the council-owned solar farm in Telford – are gradually playing a more important role.
The problem with renewable energy is its intermittent nature. Last year's heatwave saw a major spike in carbon emissions while the wind turbines stood still, and Mr Goodall says finding way to store excess energy at peak periods is key to solving the problem.
George Day, head of policy at Birmingham-based research organisation Energy Systems Catapult, says it would be extremely difficult for the UK to meet its clean energy targets without the use of nuclear power.
"It's difficult to see a low-carbon energy system in the future which has no nuclear," he says.
"If you try to rely on just renewables and storage, without carbon capture and storage or nuclear, you are looking at a very challenging transition and one that is more costly than a balanced mix."
Former environment secretary and North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson calls for a rethink of energy policy, moving away from the giant power plants of the past
Owen Paterson – wants smaller nuclear power plants
He believes that in the immediate future Britain will need to concentrate its efforts on gas, including the exploitation of Britain's shale-gas reserves through the controversial process known as 'fracking'.
But he says the long-term solution will need to be based around a large number of smaller nuclear plants serving their immediate communities.
"I'm very much in favour of exploring the possibility of shale gas, we will end up having a dash for gas, it's the only way we are going to keep the lights on," he says. "Gas is far cleaner than all the old fossil-fuel power stations."
He says small nuclear plants have been running successfully around the UK for the past 30 years, with nine working on and off without incident. Mr Paterson says the sticking point is regulations, which are almost as stringent as for a giant power plant such as HInkley Point C.
"The technology is proven," he says, adding that a study by engineering giant Rolls-Royce suggested small factory-built reactors could be manufactured at the rate of one a month, each producing enough energy to power about 1,000 homes.
"The beauty of these is that the cost per unit comes down, the more of them you produce."
But Jim Watson, director of the UK Energy Research Centre, says this technology is still at an early stage.
"They still need to go through the stages of demonstration, seeing how much they cost, and testing the issue of public acceptance," he says.
One thing that is clear. While talk of Brexit dominates the headlines, the challenge of meeting both clean-air targets and growing energy needs is not going to go away. And if Britain really faces the prospect of the lights going out, it will make discussions about customs unions and backstops seem like a walk in the park.
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The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole has warned the drugs and allied products dealers/distributors in Onitsha, Anambra state, and at Aba, Kano and Lagos, to see the latest extension of the relocation deadline to December next year as the last.
These cities were chosen by the Federal Government in pursuit of its newly introduced Coordinated Wholesale Centre(CWC) policy in the country.
Leading a team of top Federal Government officials on a two day working visit to Anambra state, Adewole told journalists:"…Yes there are doubters who think the government was not serious with the policy but I have emphasized that this is the last extension of the relocation deadline.
"Maybe people still believe that the Federal Government is joking. Government does not joke.
"We do not want fake drugs or falsified labels, we just want genuine drugs and the only way to do so is centralizing the drug market so that we can determine what comes in and what goes out.
"I want everyone to get serious and start building at the new locations …", the Minister stressed.
Prof Adewole expressed the latest government resolve at the Anambra International Market site for the construction of the Coordinated Wholesale Centre (CWC) for pharmaceutical products sales/distribution at Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra.
He noted the Federal Government's determination to end the sale of drugs in the open market by Dec. 31, 2018, having graciously extended the deadline for the last time from the initial July 2017.
"We have agreed to extend the deadline till Dec. 31, 2018 and that will be the last extension. We are irrevocably committed.
"By Jan. 1, 2019, if you are not here at the coordinated centre, then you cannot be anywhere. I am saying it with all seriousness that this is the last extension," the minister stressed.
The Minister after inspecting and assessing the suitability of the new site, gave kudos to the Uche Eze-led Central Pharmaceutical and Allied Products Wholesales Ltd for their efforts and zeal in the acquisition of the location. He therefore approved the site for immediate construction of the prototype shops as already designed and approved for them by the FG.
In aninteractive session with the traders and other stakeholders including the officials of the state government, the host community of the new market site, pharmacists, medical doctors, pharmaceutical products manufacturers/importers/distributors, traditional rulers, the Minister charged all to work assiduously to meet the next year's deadline as the FG was not going to extend it anymore.
Prof Adewole and his entourage that included the National Agency for Foods, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria (PCN) and others, at the end of the visit gave a pass mark to the traders.
He admitted that though not much structures were on ground, he was impressed with the new Oba site. "It's beautiful and am reassured of the commitment by the stakeholders that they were going to meet the deadline of Dec 31,2018," he added.
He confirmed that with the pace of activities in Oba, Anambra has overtaken Aba, Lagos and Kano in their efforts to comply with the relocation order and used the opportunity to urge all others to step up action as the FG would not extend the date again.
He commended the Anambra state government for supporting the project and being on the same page with the Federal Government on the project, urging the leadership of the drugs market groups in the state to settle their differences amicably so as to carry everyone along in peace.
While reassuring him of their commitment, Mr Uche Eze noted that, "we have concluded the documentations for the site, and have also cleared the land….
"It is of note that the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria(PCN) have inspected and approved the proposed site as being suitable for the erection of structures that will house the CWC
"The site planning has been completed. However the major work is in the erection of structures and I make bold to say that we are not relenting despite numerous challenges.
He also assured the Minster of their commitment to the actualization of the new Federal Government's policy on drugs distribution.
The interactive session gave the traders and other stakeholders opportunity to ask the Minster all the questions that had bugged their minds concerning the new CWC policy.
Representative of Gov Obiano and Anambra state Commissioner for Commerce, Trades and Wealth Creation, Mrs Amaka Ilobi, assured that Gov Willie Obiano remains committed to providing all necessary enabling environment for the businesses to thrive in the state.
Engr Leo Okere, who is the Project Manager of Bukham Nig Ltd, developers of the Anambra International Market told journalists that they were eager to see all the various sections of the market roll off the ground for activities to begin to thrive, decongest Onitsha, yield more revenue for the state government, and create thousands of direct and indirect job opportunities to the unemployed in the state and beyond.
According to him, more high net worth groups, multinational companies and international agencies were already making committed inquiries on taking up locations in the emerging biggest market in Africa at Oba.
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The real problem with nuclear is not so much the technology, its the cost to make it "safe enough" but then the stunning realization that if humans are involved that nuke can never be safe because humans are highly imperfect creatures.
In human nature there will always be episodes of greed, denial, "hope", laziness, times when the operators personal life if way out of whack, substance abuse (like the Kewaunee worker who was busted pounding beers at lunch, in containment), economic hardship.
All these can lead to grave errors.
Then another factor of the human condition are unavoidable things like business cycles, companies that have financial problems and they start short cutting, political cycles, and just plain political stupidity causing issues like no place to put the spent waste. There is something like a Billion pounds of spent waste and no where to go, and no solution looming or even being built.
Then the human reaction to problems once they develop, and the reaction is always denial, hope it won't be that bad, and coverup. Coverup is standard. No government official wants to give the order to evacuate, the last thing a government official wants is for their people to be panicking, "out of control". So they will ignore clear evidence, and say nothing instead.
And of course, the whole process of regulation, a symbiotic necessity that for the regulators to exist they need the industry and in particular the plant in the location they live with their family to exist. And regulatory capture is commonplace these days, we see it everywhere, not just the nuke industry. The Chairman of the NRC was sacked after he cast some dissenting votes against Vogtle approval. That was just last year.
And finally -- Terrorism. The spent fuel pools are the obvious targets, We have them all over the place, many places there may just be a chain link fence and 1 guard, like the abandoned fuel pools that the buyer of Palisades got hoodwinked with. When they bought Palisades in Michigan, they got stuck with an abandoned spent fuel pool....there is the deal --take it or leave it. Do you think they really want to spent millions protected that pool for 60 years?
Don't forget Mother Nature's curve balls, like the asteroid. I think that NASA and the media's failure to connect all of the different meteors connected to the recent asteroid pass-by is denial of our lack of control over Nature. If we can't control what rains down on us, then we are vulnerable. What if that meteor that got shed over Russia happened over the northeast US, with all of its vulnerable NPPs?
I use friends as a bellwether of mainstream thinking. One insisted, fairly blindly, that the various bolides that occurred over San Francisco, Florida/Cuba, the Netherlands, and Russia were unconnected. Why would one reach that difficult conclusion, unless one is completely programmed to what the media dishes out, or there is a specific worldview with denial?
The media does not want us to worry about the military-industrial complex--it wants us to keep buying. Complete vulnerability to acts of Nature is not part of that story.
Well said, the chance occurrence of the asteroid and all those bolides would be billions to 1 or 100's of billions to one.
To just accept MSM statement they were "unrelated" is kind of beyond absurd, downright scary.


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LIFE WITHOUT ICE: climate change and consequences of glaciers extinction
Facing climate change, what are the consequences of glacier extinction in temperate and tropical regions for humans and non-humans living in the mountains? A question the "LIFE WITHOUT ICE" project is trying to answer, supported by the BNP Paribas Foundation through its Climate & Biodiversity Initiative.
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Led by Olivier Dangles, researcher in Ecology and Deputy Chief Science Officer at the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), "LIFE WITHOUT ICE" aims at estimating the physical, ecological and socio-cultural consequences in France, the tropical Andes mountains, in Africa and in Indonesia. The project addresses the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 15 "Life on Land" and 13 "Climate Action" in particular. Are we ready to live in a world without ice?
« The first project's challenge is to approach research differently. The second one is to contribute to the collective awareness in order not to accept or adapt but to transform the system completely – from citizens to multinationals or governments. Cause let's remind ourselves: "There is no planet B". » Olivier Dangles, researcher in Ecology and Deputy Chief Science Officer at IRD (FR)
Discover the replay of the conference "Are you ready to live in a world without ice?"
Olivier Dangles recently introduced his "LIFE WITHOUT ICE" project through one of our Climate & Biodiversity Initiative conference. Have a look at its summary in the following sketchnote format, and relive Olivier's keynote by watching the replay on our YouTube channel (French audio, English subtitles).
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Glaciers, emblematic victims of climate change
Facing climate change and as global temperature records are set one after the other, glacier retreat has been a major ecological and societal issue over the last decade.
We are now witnessing the first signs of real glacier extinction in many countries. Tropical glaciers – for example, as in the Ecuadorian Andes – are the most at risk and vanishing the most quickly, taking with them millions of years of biological evolution, as well as millennia of human cultural diversity.
According to the various IPCC scenarios (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), by 2100, the glacier mass is expected to decrease by 35% to 55% at the global scale, and by up to 90% in both Europe and tropical regions.
The summit of Cotopaxi volcano (5900 m) covered in snow in Ecuador - © Olivier Dangles
What consequences of a world without ice on biodiversity?
Glaciers extinction will have vital consequences for species adapted to unique glacial conditions.
Indeed, glaciers play a major role in the sustainability of the cryobiodiversity – the biodiversity of animal, plant, aquatic and terrestrial species of periglacial zones. In particular, by providing water and minerals which are essential for life. By disappearing, among others, ice loss could have vital consequences on the hydrological cycle (flooding/ drought), water supply as well as on food supplies for animals and humans.
In addition, the disappearance of glaciers will have serious consequences for human mountain communities living in these regions and having tight cultural and spiritual connections with their glacial environment.
Over the last decades, various disciplines considered independently the consequences of glacier retreat. Yet interdisciplinary studies examining physical impacts of glacier retreat on both ecological and social components simultaneously remain scarce.
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The image of dragons
Up until the end of the Little Ice Age (circa 1300-1860), glaciers were advancing several tens of metres each year. The inhabitants of the valley were afraid for their crops and housing, comparing glaciers to dragons coming from the mountains and that must be driven back.
To this day, myths and beliefs surrounding glaciers can still be found across the world. They have become powerful cultural symbols linked to the philosophical and moral dimensions of climate change.
Dragons and glaciers may share a number of similarities in terms of their "relations" with humans. Therefore, the melting of glaciers will have considerable social consequences for mountain communities, maybe subjective perceptions of the relationship between human and nature, or even lead to a generalised feeling of insecurity or "eco-anxiety".
Beyond folk tales, it highlights the necessity to tackle the announced disappearance of glaciers in an interdisciplinary way, bringing together the physical, ecological and philosophical sciences.
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The "LIFE WITHOUT ICE" project: an example of transdisciplinary and participative science
The international and transdisciplinary research team led by Olivier Dangles work on studying the consequences of glacier extinction: for biodiversity and people at a global scale ; with focuses in both temperate (France) and tropical regions (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uganda, and Venezuela).
The project aims to move along to solutions to adaptation through a knowledge-based dialogue (from scientists and local people).
By drawing on a broad range of disciplinary perspectives and conducting fieldwork on four continents, the project will provide analyses of the complex processes of glacier extinction. In the context of climate change, the project will develop four areas of focus:
1. What will be the interactions between the glacier physics and biology, and the impact on their own extinction?
2. What will be the consequences of their melting on water cycle and the impact on biodiversity?
3. What will be the consequences of their disappearance on soil biology and the impact on biodiversity?
4. What will be the consequences of their loss on the human mountain communities, regarding both water resources management and their religious, philosophical or spiritual connection to the glaciers?The final objective being developing solutions to adapt to a life without ice, through a knowledge-based dialogue between scientists and local communities (citizen science).
To take a step further than the various adaptation techniques humans have started to think about, the ambition of the "LIFE WITHOUT ICE" project is to support a radical transformation of our systems and societies: by relying on sustainability science and co-construction with the concerned populations; by raising awareness about energy slaves: these – more than unnecessary – energy needs that our lifestyles have insidiously imposed us but that we could actually do without.
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The ConVal Regional School District is a cooperative school district located in the Monadnock Region of Southwest New Hampshire.
The Monadnock Region has long been connected to Mount Monadnock, and at 3,165 feet, Mount Monadnock is the dominant geographic feature of the area.
Known as New Hampshire's "quiet corner", the area boasts lakes and rivers, town commons, art galleries, music festivals, and the MacDowell Arts Colony, the oldest artists' colony in the United States. The nine towns that make up the District are: Antrim, Bennington, Dublin, Francestown, Greenfield, Hancock, Peterborough, Sharon, and Temple.
cooperative district covers over 250 sq. miles and incorporates 11 schools; 8 pre-K through grade 4 elementary schools, 2 middle schools grades 5-8, and 1 regional high school grades 9-12.
All of our member towns host an elementary school, with the exception of Sharon. Sharon's elementary students attend Peterborough Elementary School. The District's central School Administrative Unit (SAU) is housed as part of South Meadow Middle School in Peterborough.
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One of the most challenging statements in Scripture was uttered by our Lord Jesus Christ while hanging on the cross. It's sometimes known as the Cry of Dereliction. I want to take us back to that Friday afternoon some 2000 years ago and talk about this.
Here Jesus vocalizes the question that was on everyone's mind: Why was this man of God, this insightful rabbi, this miracle worker, seemingly being abandoned by God? In the Jewish mind, to die such a death, at such a young age, was the epitome of God-forsakenness.
"Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" This statement is one of the most debated sentences in the entire Bible. What exactly did Jesus mean by it? Over the centuries scholars have offered up different explanations and thoughts on this passage—but there can be little doubt that these four Aramaic words are packed with significance.
First, when Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?' many assert that Jesus in His human nature, felt abandoned by God the Father.
So Jesus was deity in human form. Therefore, you could say that in His humanity, Jesus experienced an emotional separation from His Heavenly Father.
Second, when He cried: "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" many believe that Jesus became a sin offering, and for a brief moment God the Father abandoned Him.
In that pivotal moment in time, Jesus became guilty of Saul's persecution and murder of Christians, Hitler's holocaust, Jezebel's immorality, Elvis' drug abuse, Stalin's massacres, Osama Bin Laden's murders, not to mention our sins. As Paul wrote, "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God" (2 Cor 5:21).
So it makes sense that the Father would turn His face away from the Son during that time—that there would be a break in the fellowship between God the Father and God the Son.
In Galatians, Paul seems to convey the idea that Christ was forsaken during that precise moment on the cross. "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree'" (Gal 3:13).
The very type of death that Christ experienced was associated with a curse.
So as Jesus bore our guilt and shame, God the Father turned His head because of the sin He saw on His Son. So it's quite likely that Jesus, in His human nature, felt forsaken and that God the Father turned His face away while the Son bore our sins on the cross.
But there's much more to this Aramaic phrase—although you'd never know it unless you were familiar with the Jewish culture back then.
You see, Jesus was a Jewish rabbi, a teacher who connected with his audience by using the literary devices of that day. And one such literary device was known as remez. Remez is when a person quotes a portion of literature and he expects his hearers to know the rest of the story.
So when Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" He was quoting the first verse of Psalm 22 and fulfilling a Messianic Prophecy.
Jesus is quoting the first verse of a Psalm, and He expects His listeners to know, as Paul Harvey would say, the rest of the story.
In that day, the Jewish people had an insatiable love of the Scriptures. In fact, by the time a Jewish boy was 12 years old, he was expected to commit to memory the first 5 books of the OT—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. In your Bible, that's probably around 150 pages. And many Jewish boys had that memorized by the time they were 12!
You see, it wasn't until centuries later that Bible scholars added in the chapters and verses. So back then, when a Rabbi was teaching, he couldn't give you a verse reference. Jesus couldn't say, "Psalm 22, verse 7." But he didn't need to. Since they had so much of the OT memorized, the rabbi would just say the first verse of a passage, and the people would fast-forward through the rest of it in their minds.
So when Jesus uttered: "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" it wasn't meant to be a stand-alone statement. It was the opening phrase of Psalm 22. Jesus was using remez to point His listeners to the rest of the Psalm.
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?" (v 1).
"All who see Me mock Me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads" (v 7).
"I am poured out like water and all My bones are out of joint" (v 14).
"My strength is dried up and My tongue sticks to the roof of My mouth" (v 15).
"A band of evil men has encircled Me. They have pierced My hands and My feet" (v 16).
"I can count all My bones; people stare and gloat over Me. They divide My garments among them and cast lots for My clothing. But You, O LORD, be not far off; O My Strength, come quickly to help Me" (vv 17-19).
"You who fear the LORD, praise Him! For He has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; He has not hidden his face from Him but has listened to his cry for help" (vv 23-24).
"All those who go down to the dust shall bow before Him. Even he who cannot keep himself alive. A posterity shall serve Him…They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, that He has done it" (vv 29b-31).
The One forsaken in v 1 is the One who will rule forever in the last verses of the Psalm. Death would be followed by resurrection and ultimate victory.
Those words were written 950 years before Jesus was born!
When those words were written, crucifixion had not even been invented. It wasn't until centuries later that they began to execute people on a cross. And yet it's a perfect description of what Jesus went through. Piercing of the hands and feet, casting lots for Jesus' clothing—amazing prophecy!
So Jesus was using those words to remind the people of the Psalm they had memorized. He was reminding them that while it may appear as if God the Father had forsaken His Son, this isn't the end of the story. It's Friday; but Sunday's coming! It's the cross; but the kingdom is coming! The end of the story is that one day future generations will proclaim Jesus' righteousness, saying: "He has done it." In other words, He has atoned for our sins.


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ST. LOUIS -- Labor unions gathering here for the annual meeting of the AFL-CIO find themselves aligned with President Donald Trump on key aspects of the hot-button trade issue of the day: renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Labor leaders have echoed the White House in saying the trade deal between the U.S., Canada and Mexico has been a job killer for more than two decades -- but that terminating the pact isn't their first choice.
The White House and labor unions agree on several administration proposals for trying to revisit the deal. Those includes a requirement that products sold in the U.S. under the agreement have at least minimum levels of U.S.-produced content, a demand that investor arbitration panels be scaled back and a rule that the trade agreement be revisited every five years. Bigger picture, the administration and unions have both indicated they would rather kill the pact than continue the status quo.
"There are some good things that have been put forth already," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said of the administration's proposals. "We're hopeful, but we're not overly confident....No deal is better than a bad deal."
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other big business groups have been pushing over the past two weeks to save Nafta. On Thursday, more than 100 business lobbyists blitzed Senate offices trying to make the case for the benefits of the pact, two weeks after waging a similar effort in the House.
Mr. Trumka said he has been in "constant contact" with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer -- holding more talks with him than with predecessors appointed by Barack Obama, who negotiated the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Unions opposed that deal, and Mr. Trump withdrew from it earlier this year.
Agreement on Nafta isn't universal. The AFL-CIO was disappointed in the administration's proposal on labor standards, saying they wouldn't do enough to improve wages and conditions for Mexican workers. The labor federation backs language proposed by Canada, which is critical of what it calls antiunion laws in several U.S. states.
And while there is some overlap on trade, Mr. Trump has been criticized at the AFL-CIO convention for policies outside the realm of trade, including taxes, health care and immigration.
Unions have traditionally allied with Democrats. That could make it difficult to bring union members around to support a trade deal negotiated by Mr. Trump, a Republican.
"This is not an administration that most working people say, 'I trust everything they do,' " said Celeste Drake, the AFL-CIO's trade and globalization policy specialist. If a new Nafta brought better conditions for workers, "you'll see unions support it," she said. "That's a big if -- a really, really big if."
The U.S. has shed more than four million manufacturing jobs since Nafta went into effect in 1994, according to Labor Department data. But that isn't all due to jobs moving to Mexico. Automation and jobs moving to lower-wage countries in Asia are also factors.
"Nafta has resulted in a huge trade deficit for the United States and has cost us tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs," Mr. Lighthizer said in a statement this month. "The agreement has become very lopsided and needs to be rebalanced."
Union officials here repeatedly pointed to Nafta as at least part of the cause for their thinned ranks. "Manufacturing jobs have been hollowed out and international trade deals are partially responsible," said Tim Burga, president of the Ohio AFL-CIO.
Ohio has lost about 300,000 manufacturing jobs since 1994 -- but it also is one of the largest exporters among states of automotive and aerospace equipment. And many of those products are made by union workers.
"We've always been supportive of trade, but it has to be fair trade," Mr. Burga said. "Going into a bunker -- retreating from the world -- it's not an appropriate action to take."


McHugh Bianchi Store January 27, 1967. This interesting, attractive marvel of a store was at the corner of Mission, Water, Pacific and Front streets. It is now the Bank of The West. It was built in 1886. We started a long battle to save it in 1972, but it was torn down in 1974.
"We are writing to let you know our concerns regarding the development proposal for 111 Errett Circle. We are advocating for the preservation of the "Circle Church" as crucial to the integrity of our neighborhood and as a significant element in numerous ways within the larger context of the City of Santa Cruz.
You are aware that recently the church was sold and plans are being made to demolish the existing Church building and develop the property as residential. While we are in solidarity with the city and our fellow community members about the need for more housing in our City, we don't believe that the proposed development provides the type of housing that is greatly needed – on-site low-income housing and housing for students.
We feel that the proposed residential use of this unique property for a small number of people is outweighed by its historical significance as a center for gatherings and activities that we believe should continue into the future to benefit a wide diversity of residents and visitors.
The Planner for this project informs us that soon documents will be available for public consideration. We are looking forward to engaging with that process, but to be clear, our intention is to advocate for the greater good so that The Circle of Friends LLC investors come to understand the negative impacts of their proposal and agree that the neighborhood and community are best served by preserving and breathing new life into this property, not demolishing and developing it into private housing. There are many pieces to be envisioned and negotiated between where this process is today and a fully supported project that serves the larger community, but we are determined and convinced that as our group widens, a sustainable, creative, and compassionate outcome can be attained.
We look forward to collaborating with you further about why it is so important to preserve the Circle Church.
The property at 111 Errett Circle has been used as a spiritual center and community gathering place since the late 1800s – for over 125 years. A building called the Tabernacle was dedicated in August 1890. A series of circular streets, which are still an integral part of the urban infrastructure of the Santa Cruz westside, were laid out around the Tabernacle. Streets were named for ministers affiliated with the church, and these are still the street names today. When the Tabernacle burned down in 1935, the congregation met across the street on Errett Circle. The center of the circle was used for a recreational area and community gathering location until Garfield Park Christian Church was built there in 1958.
From our review of both the California Register of Historical Resources and the National Register of Historic Places, we believe that the Errett Circle Church meets the criteria for historical designation. We would like to start the nomination process, but this would require support from the property owners.
We are concerned that the proposed project does not reflect the historic cultural and ethnic diversity of the Circles and lower westside community.
We are concerned about the impact that the proposed project will have on our neighborhood. The Circles area is already very dense, with smaller than standard lots. The proposed project would intensify this density, with high use of infrastructure: water, sewer, traffic, parking.
Errett Circle has a unique urban layout within the City of Santa Cruz. It is a complete circle, with four streets leading to the center, and as such it creates a dramatic landmark, especially when viewed from West Cliff Drive. In urban design terms, Errett Circle creates a "terminating vista" – which is an important method for adding aesthetic appeal to a city and to emphasize historic structures or monuments. Errett Circle is a visual and metaphoric focal point for neighbors, community, and visitors. We believe that focal point should be maintained into the future, encompassing a larger meaning – as a center that draws people together and reflects the diversity of interests of the Santa Cruz community.
Community members that have gathered for over 125 years at the Errett Circle church and meeting rooms – for religious services, classes, and activities – have enjoyed the very special opportunity to connect visually with land, water, and sky, with a view south along Woodrow Avenue to the Pacific Ocean. Community members are already reporting a sense of "eco-anxiety" when contemplating the destruction of the church and the use of the property only for a small number of residents.
We think that it is essential that community members be given a voice in visions for the future of the property at 111 Errett Circle. Our concerns are for the preservation of the historic structure so that the larger community can enjoy this cultural treasure for many generations into the future.
UCSC AND CLIMATE CHANGE. Chloe Reynolds and Laretta Johnson, the editors of City On a Hill Press, and staff, issued a special edition "The Climate Issue" last week. (vol.53 Issue #18). Its not just a helpful guide to recycling, but also reveals the problems and issues that UCSC has dealt with for decades. We (you) can and should read the entire issue here… . But actually the hard print newspaper is easier to read.
So I've picked out a few salient issues and skipped around so you can digest the high points. Such as… 1,800 tons of UCSCs excess waste food went to the dump during the 2017-2018 year. In 2016, 44 percent of UCSC students "experienced food insecurity". "Afrikan/Black/Caribbean students experienced it at 62 percent and 51 percent respectively". UC has a zero waste deadline approaching in 2020 "but last year only 69 percent of total waste was diverted into landfills". UCSC generates 56 pounds of pizza boxes per year. 100,000 to 150,000 pizza boxes are delivered in Santa Cruz each year. About 80 percent of what Americans throw away is recyclable… yet we recycle only 28 percent of it..
Monarch Butterflies have declined by 86 percent since 2017 in Coastal California. There were fewer than 30,000 in the most recent season. They are more than a tourist attraction. They are vitally important to the ecosystems they inhabit. UC refuses to sever ties with the fossil fuel industry which is largely responsible for the Climate Change. On Climate Changes…July 2018 was Californias hottest month in history, at 79.7 degrees Fahrenheit, 5 degrees warmer than the norm. Santa Cruz versus Ice Plant. Ice plant overpowers native flora on the bluffs near Natural Bridges, and disrupts the breeding of the cormorants in the area. There's lots more in that City on A Hill issue. Check it out.
ON FROGS, ADU'S & PARKING.
Any torch carried for long-established single family, modest income neighborhoods, was snuffed out by city council at the second reading of ordinance changes to ADU's (Accessory Dwelling Units) at the February 12th meeting.
Led by members of the new progressive majority, Krohn, Glover and Comings, the off-street parking requirement that survived the first reading was stripped from the second reading. This despite the many people who attended the first hearing and the many emails that urged and begged council to keep the requirement that if an ADU is built, a parking spot for tenants must be provided on the property (called off-street parking). Staff estimated that to provide such a parking spot onsite costs the property owner approximately $25,000 of the total cost. I'm sure a roof is also expensive. They claimed that by dumping the additional car(s) generated by the ADU on the street this amount would be saved, reducing the overall cost and encouraging more people to build ADU's. Fine for them, not so fine for the rest of us. And this is providing housing for…? When property owners desiring to build another house on their single-family lot speak before council, it's always an ailing father or a sister in a wheel chair for whom the ADU is being built. I'm sure such needs exist but that is not the norm or the main incentive. There is no longer any balance or pretence at a balance between the push to add more housing stock and the impact of that added density on existing already dense neighborhoods. It's housing, stupid. As if supplying more and more leads to anything except more and more in a town bursting at the seams with a water supply problem in drought years, a traffic nightmare in all years and a strain on service resources except new restaurants and coffee shops. Not that the workers in such places who earn minimum or just above minimum wage can afford to rent a typical ADU in town.
Council tied itself in knots over this one since they were reversing their initial vote. That only 4 members of the public attended indicates that the many, including myself, who attended countless meetings as this issue wound its way from Planning Commission to Council did not expect a bait and switch. Motions, amendments, substitute motions, more amendments flew in all directions. City attorney Condotti helped untangle the knots and smoothed the way for staff's desired outcome of eradicating the parking requirement for all new ADU's with Krohn making the winning motion, Comings seconding it and Glover expressing support. Only council member Mathews voted no after withdrawing her initial motion when she realized it was being manipulated to exclude the parking requirement. The motion passed 6 to 1.
A report in a year's time on how many new ADU's are built and how many complaints over parking are generated is built into the motion. The first is easy to tally, the second, not so much. In my experience, most long-time neighbors don't interact much with council and don't call or email to complain even when they are livid over an issue. Those that do are the in-crowd, the regulars and the activists. Sometimes there's an exception. That evening's council session when hundreds turned out over the council majority's proposal to allow RV parking on Delaware between Swift and Natural Bridges was such an exception. It demonstrates what happens when the new council majority ignores neighborhoods in its calculations. The proposal was quietly dropped.
The boiling frog story applies here. Delaware was the frog dropped suddenly in boiling water. ADU's with no off-street parking is the frog slowly warmed until it dies without knowing why.
the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) ordinance was finally approved and passed on its second reading. The controversial part here is that it will relieve all detached ADU home builders of building an on-site parking space. The council will revisit this ordinance in one year and evaluate how it is proceeding with the idea of overturning it if it is found that neighborhoods have been adversely impacted.
City council voted unanimously to place an item on the March 12th council agenda to have the community discuss the Homeland Security Investigations-ICE raid that took place in the Seabright neighborhood at 4am this past Feb. 15th.
Not bad for one a council meeting that began at 12:30pm and ended at 1:05am. Long day!
BRAVE U.S. REPRESENTATIVES OR JUST PURSUING A COMMON SENSE FOREIGN POLICY?
Certain elements within the Trump White House are perhaps seeking to orchestrate US troop deployments either along the Venezuelan-Colombian or Brazilian border, or inside of Venezuela itself, or to act as a support network–"advisors"–to a rebel force. The US government, not the United Nations, has recognized Juan Guaidóas the legitimate president of Venezuela (Oil, Inc.? Largest known reserves in the world). With National Security Advisor John Bolton and "Special Venezuelan Envoy" and war criminal, Elliot Abrams stirring the interventionist pot, it is not much of a long-shot bet to say money, advisors, troops or all three are being decided upon, maybe over Chablis and brie, at the Trump International Hotel at 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C. Now, enter a group of cooler-headed congress members who are saying ,'not so fast.' Without mentioning Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua earlier in the century, just since 1954 the US has overthrown, intervened or just screwed with governments in Iran and Guatemala in the '50's, Vietnam, Dominican Republic, and the Congo in the 60's; Chile in the 70's, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Panama and Grenada in the 80's…and more recently Iraq and Afghanistan. All of these ventures saw the US exhibiting an historic imperialist swagger by employing a screenplay ofpolitical rhetoric, often created within the bowels of Langley, Va. and then followed-up by a populist sell-job on the American people. Having been trained in Latin American Studies and having lived through several of these interventions they usually use the following recipe ingredients: 1) identify and make into a hero a local politician or soldier (Guaidó, for example in Venezuela, or former Somoza attaché, Enrique Bermudez in Nicaragua or Jose Napoleon Duarte back in the day in El Salvador), 2) send an aid convoy and have it be rejected (International aid orgs would not even touch US aid destined for Venezuela recently), 3) hope that violence on the part of the government takes hold (and it is very sad that at least two reported deaths happened during the recent aborted food delivery), 4) create a standoff, which usually leads to more violence, or military defections, in hopes of bringing down the government, or create a Gulf of Tonkin scenario or just have the CIA send in an "asset" to kill or be killed, and then later 5) send in advisors and air cover for local rebels, and finally, as Colin Powell famously said before the Iraq invasion, you break it you fix it, and thus 6) the US is "forced" to send in the troops to put the broken pieces back together into a US-style democracy. Seems like any president's poll numbers almost always go up at the start of any war, no matter how popular or unpopular, just sayin'.
But wait. There's a group of at least 47 law-makers, 45 Democrats and two from GOP who signed on to H.R. 1004, which is "to prohibit the introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities with respect to Venezuela, and for other purposes."Here's the list, hope to see our congress member Jimmy Panetta on there soon. https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1004/text?r=11&s=1 It is really not about whether Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is bad or good, incompetent or crafty. It is about sovereignty and letting the Venezuelan people decide their future. Intervention will only bring that country more together around patriotism, and perhaps behind an unpopular president. The Vatican, Mexico, and Ecuador have offered to mediate. Take them up on it.
It was a town hall meeting in Washington, D.C and CNN's Wolf Blitzer was interviewing presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders. About 40 local "Berners" gathered inside the Dem Party headquarters at the Galleria Building in downtown Santa Cruz to celebrate Bernie's candidacy and listen to him joust with the legendary newscaster. Actually, it seemed at times like Bernie was playing Abbott to Blitzer's Costello, as he would sometimes end Wolf's sentences, or begin to tell a story and then say, that's for some other time. Often Bernie would be interviewing the interviewer too. It was the perfect setting, with mostly graduate students from D.C. colleges seemed to be present to emphasize his single-payer healthcare program (now called Medicare for All), tuition-free state college and university waivers, support for universal childcare, his version of the Green New Deal, acknowledging the gargantuan task that the changing climate presents and begin addressing it, and he also strongly supports ano-interventionist policy in Venezuela "because I'm old enough to remember" all those interventions mentioned above. Right now, among the announced candidates and possible contenders, only Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and Bernie support all of these issues that seem to matter most to Americans. There are officially 12 Democratic Party candidates and a few others who have not announced who may not yet be there.
By the way, it is interesting to note that as of March 4, according to Ballotpedia, there are now 581 candidates registered with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for President of the United States in 2019. Yes 581. There's 195 Democrats and 78 Republicans included in that number.
BERNIE'S, um, AOC'S TWEET OF THE WEEK. Since Bernie is running for President I am going to jump on the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bandwagon (been there since last July) and begin tweeting AOC's best stuff.
HOW MUCH IS THE COUNTY IN THE RED?
That was my question to Supervisors at last Tuesday's Board of Supervisor meeting after County Administrative Officer (CAO) Carlos Palacios gave a not-so-rosy report. It seems the cannabis tax revenues have not materialized at the dollar levels anticipated ($1.5 million less than thought), but various department requests have increased substantially, by $3 million. Then there is the CalPERS employee retirement benefit tsunami, due to hit 701 Ocean Street hard for the next three years that will double that expenditure. Measure G sales tax revenue is anticipated to bring $11,877,321 this 2019/2020 budget year.
In the discussion of the State's contributions, staff stated that the population is expected to increase by 0.5%/year. However, the CAO staff reported that the anticipated growth in the County will offset the revenue reductions due to the problems with cannabis licensing procedures and resulting lack of incoming tax revenues to the County.
A RECESSION IS OVERDUE AND EXPECTED.
I had to clarify I had heard that there could be up to a $14 Million deficit in the County budget. I was grateful for getting an answer…"Don't worry, Mr. Palacios has assured the Board he will deliver the Board a balanced budget in June." It will be interesting to see how that is accomplished.
Maybe Supervisor Zach Friend should have held off on getting his new 3200 Square foot office and Safety Center in Aptos Village? HE SAID NOTHING DURING THE BUDGET REPORT DISCUSSION.
County Public Works Assistant Director Steve Weisner presented a "State of the Pavement" address to the Board of Supervisors last Tuesday, and it was not encouraging. Paving costs are up, so less work can be done with the SB 1 State gas tax money and Measure D County transportation tax money. That gas tax money is dwindling with the increase in electric and hybrid vehicles. What little money the County says it has for this work will be focused on main arterials and rural roads will likely get little or no attention, depending on what information a computer model called "Street Saver" spits out.
Board Chairman Ryan Coonerty asked if another bond measure might be necessary. Mr. Weisner felt that would make a lot of sense. Yikes!
Supervisor John Leopold said the report was disturbing, and wondered if the Dept. had changed who prepares the information for the reports, noting that it showed costs increasing by 42%. He felt it disingenuous to have told voters approving Measure D that roads would get better, when in fact, the report given by Mr. Weisner stated quite the opposite. Mr. Weisner reminded Supervisor Leopold that only 30% of the Measure D money goes to road repair, and that only 40% of the SB1 money goes to local roads, and is restricted in use to main arterials.
Supervisor Leopold felt there was not enough explanation given in the report to justify the stated increases.
Supervisor Caput wanted to know how money is allocated to various areas? Mr. Weisner explained it is based on number of road miles within a geographic area.. The Supervisorial District area around Watsonville gets less money because a significant portion of Supervisor Caput's District is within the City of Watsonville's maintenance responsibility and only 7.7% of the total 600 miles of County unincorporated road maintenance jurisdiction is in his District.
Supervisor Bruce McPherson was largely just grateful for the report but had little else to say.
Supervisor Zach Friend orated a narrative about how underfunded and over-worked the Dept. of Public Works staff is. He compared the County responsibility to the stark difference in Santa Clara County, where only 2% of the population lives in unincorporated areas. He reminded the public that many of the Santa Cruz County rural roads were initially old logging roads, and are substandard to begin with. He said that rural people cannot expect good roads, by nature of where they live.
SUPERVISOR ZACH FRIEND DIRECTED THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO RETURN LATER THIS MONTH WITH A PROPOSED BOND MEASURE TO FUND COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
Here we go again…. I suspect that this will somehow be tied to a proposed increase in either County Service Area (CSA) 48 that funds rural fire protection and /or propose a bond funding BOTH fire protection and rural road repairs and thereby need only 51% approval (a single-purpose bond requires a 2/3 majority to pass). There has already been behind the scenes discussion of a mail-out ballot this year for increased rural fire protection funding.
You didn't actually believe the County's claim on the November, 2019 ballot that your Measure G half-cent sales tax increase would fund fire service, did you??? NO, that went to fund Supervisor Zach Friend's new 3200 Sq.Ft. office and Safety Center, along with some nice improvements to local parks.
The hydrologist from Montgomery & Associates (formerly HydroMetrics) had interesting information to share at the MGA Advisory Committee meeting last Wednesday evening. The models for Soquel Creek Water Distict's Pure Water Soquel Project showed an unexplained sudden increase in water demand in 2021, just before the proposed Project to inject millions of gallons of treated sewage water into the MidCounty groundwater basin is scheduled to go online in 2022. That is not congruent with other information presented that the Soquel Creek Water District pumping is down even though the number of service connections is increasing. Hmmm….
Well logs from the 1950's show conditions to be the same in the Purisima/Aromas Aquifer overlay water tables.
"There does not appear to be a correlation between low groundwater levels and times when the (Soquel) creek goes dry." In fact, the only place where there seems to be evidence of groundwater level possibly tied to stream flow is near the Soquel Creek Water District Main Street Well, located very close to Soquel Creek. (see page 13 of the presentation for graph) but even that well showed increase in groundwater level during the 2012-2015 drought.
Again, information linking periods when Soquel Creek had zero flow to groundwater levels (page 7 of presentation) showed a significant decrease in Soquel Creek Water District pumping since 2003, even though the number of service connections has steadily increased.
It is possible that private wells could be used for monitoring wells in the future, but there was much discussion about the value of such information (Thank you, David Baskin, City of Santa Cruz).
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN DAVENPORT AT THE OLD CEMEX PLANT?
I was happy to hear that the Board's decision regarding plans to re-purpose this iconic, yet potentially-contaminated, site got postponed to April 15 because the residents of Davenport felt they had not been included in the final recommendations. There are many interesting proposals, all of which would essentially double the population of Davenport.
The workshop will include a tour of fuel break work along Graham Hill Road and information on adapting these practices to your own property.
Plan to also attend the March 23 (10am-2:30pm) State of the San Lorenzo River Symposium also being organized by the Resource Conservation District.
Pictured is Lennie Roberts. She is "Lennie" to all who have worked with her (and maybe even to some of those who have worked against her). Click that link to her name, and you'll be able to read a Sierra Club accolade to Lennie Roberts as an "environmental hero." The write-up might even be a bit understated!
A tribute to Lennie, and a celebration of her conservation work, will be held on June 21, 2019, under the auspices of Committee for Green Foothills. Lennie played a leadership role in preventing Caltrans from constructing a new, growth-inducing freeway to connect the San Mateo County coastside with San Francisco. We have the Devil's Slide tunnel instead, plus a coastal trail of breathtaking beauty. Take a ride and try it out, if you haven't already. Thanks to Lennie's work on that project, the San Mateo County coastside is now better protected from growth pressures originating on the other side of the hill than anyone could have hoped for. You can click right here for some information on the June celebration.
My summation? Thank you, Lennie! My suggestion? Let's hunt down the "environmental hero" possibilities we all have within us. It's time to start working on the next fifty years!
Learn everything you can about your issue. Knowledge is power!
Research the decision-making process and timelines for decisions. Find out what is important to people you are trying to influence.
Enlist allies to increase your clout. Empowering others is often a critical element in success.
Develop relationships with key people. Building trust with others gives you a huge advantage.
Never lie or mislead anyone. If you inadvertently use wrong information, admit your errors!
Do not attack others personally. Even with the most vexatious provocateurs, you can—and should—strongly argue against ideas, but not the person.
Keep your eye on the goal. Your issue may require many years of effort.
Maintain a sense of humor. It will keep you going through the most challenging times.
Remember that results are what counts, not your personal glory. Work with anyone and everyone you can, and let others bask in the spotlight wherever possible.
Celebrate others genuinely and frequently. Gratitude for large and small victories helps sustain and inspire our efforts.
Good luck, and remember that victories are often temporary, but defeats are permanent. A great deal of the environment that we enjoy and depend upon today has already been compromised. It is vitally important to defend what is left in order to provide for future generations.
EAGAN'S DEEP COVER. See Eagan's "classic deep cover" down a few pages. As always, at TimEagan.com you will find his most recent Deep Cover, the latest installment from the archives of Subconscious Comics, and the ever entertaining Eaganblog.
LISA JENSEN LINKS. Lisa orders…"Save the date! I'll be speaking at Porter Memorial Library, the tiny treasure of Soquel Village, on Wednesday, March 13. Rain or shine! I'm bringing all my books, along with the harrowing tales of how I got them into print. Read all about it this week at Lisa Jensen Online Express (http://ljo-express.blogspot.com ). Also, there's still time to catch up with Never Look Away, the recent Foreign Language Oscar contender about art and life in postwar Germany. Read my review in this week's Good Times, then hie thee to The Nick, while it's still in town!" Lisa has been writing film reviews and columns for Good Times since 1975.
GRETA. Once you see that Isabelle Huppert and Chloe Grace Moretz are in this movie you might be tempted…but don't go. It almost seems like the director worked very hard to ruin every minute of this purported plot. It's a sick movie about the very sick Isabelle who lures pretty young women subway passengers to her lair. Boring, predictable, and impossible.
OSCAR NOMINATED LIVE ACTION SHORTS. The true story of two 10 year old boys killing a 2 year old, an abandoned boy on the beach, racial hatred and parental murder, and more. This collection of Live action shorts is the most miserable, untalented group of shorts I've ever seen. They are depressing, uncreative, and hopefully forgettable. CLOSES MARCH 7.
OSCAR NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS. Pixar has its usual expected cutesy entry in this group of shorts. In addition there's young girl's menstruation, the smell of dog's butts, elderly care, and still more depressing topics. The animation shorts aren't any better or important than the live action. CLOSES MARCH 7….AND GOOD RIDDANCE!
There are good people. Really.


T&J believes it is important to give back to the local area. Our chosen cause, which we support, is the Solihull Little League – a local youth football club open to children of all abilities.
The Solihull Little League is part of the Little League Association, a charity which was set up in 1969. The organisation was founded with the purpose of offering young people the chance to play structured football in a fun environment. Open to all children, for some it offers an opportunity that they would not get anywhere else.
The Solihull Little League welcomes a wide range of abilities, from kids who have grown up honing their skills since late infancy, to some who may have never kicked a ball before.
Made up of children from school years 6, 7 and 8, the Little League has six mixed-ability teams. One of these teams is dubbed 'The T&J Greens' with T&J providing shirt sponsorship.
Each mixed-ability team is made up of 11 players. Each game is played in a 9 v 9 format – in line with current FA strategies for player development – 2 children on each team begin the game as a sub and each child plays at least half a game each week. Every player at some point in the season will start the game as a sub, regardless of their ability. Little League continually aims to make things as fair as possible.
In total, Solihull Little League caters for 100 kids each week. Outside of the six teams, training is given to boys and girls from the age of 4 years and up. Many of these younger children stay with the training available here until they can join one of the 6 teams, at the age of 10.
Aside from the exercise, the club offers children the chance to learn the ways of the game, refine motor-skills and spatial awareness, and, importantly, nurture crucial life-skills such as self-confidence, resilience and teamwork.
Parents and kids alike make light of the friendliness and fun nature of the club as being something they appreciate a lot.
Solihull Little League also produces a Sunday football team, made up of the best players from the league. Typically, 'Sunday football' is considered a harsher environment, but the time players spend with Solihull Little League helps to prepare them for a more competitive experience.
Michael Hughes, Manager of Solihull Little League, said:"What the League does for the community is perhaps the biggest achievement for us. The kids gain a lot from their time playing here - they develop socially, physically and mentally, and they make friends that they may never have met otherwise.
"It can also be the start of something great, too. For some players, Solihull Little League is somewhere they can refine their skills over the course of their time with us and go on to progress to local teams and beyond."
Ian Jones, Managing Director of T&J Installations, said: "We are very proud to support this local cause. Having volunteered with similar football clubs, I know what it has to offer the kids. It's a great feeling, to know that they get kids out from behind their computers, and encourage them to socialise and build relationships.
"Volunteers here are not just football coaches, they're community workers too - because the club brings local kids and families together, teaches children a level of discipline, and all whilst providing a fun environment."