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The Complicated and Controversial History of the Hemp Plant
Hemp has a long and complicated history. From misinformation campaigns that frame it as a dangerous drug to outright prohibition of hemp cultivation in the U.S., it's no wonder why so many of us have been led to believe that hemp has no useful abilities. That couldn't be further from the truth, and we're ready to help you better understand hemp's history and dismantle these misconceptions about hemp, once and for all.
It's Not a Myth: Hemp Really is Legal
With decades of prohibition behind us, one common misconception among people who are new to the hemp and CBD world is that it's illegal. Thanks to the Farm Bill of 2018, hemp products like CBD oil are 100% federally compliant.
The 2018 Farm Bill, enacted December 20, 2018, legalized hemp cultivation and took it off the list of Schedule 1 substances. Under this bill, it's legal to sell hemp-derived products, such as CBD oil, as long as they are not sold under the guise of dubious medical claims. Any dietary supplement that's sold with therapeutic claims must be approved by the FDA, whether they are made with phytocannabinoid hemp oil or not. This opens up a wide set of doors in terms of hemp cultivation, production, and innovation.
What Makes Hemp So Amazing?
The legalization of hemp is long overdue. It's a fast-growing crop that can be turned into a variety of commercial products including textiles, biofuel, paper, paint, food, animal feed, insulation, and even biodegradable plastics. According to one Popular Mechanics article published back in 1938, hemp could potentially be used to make 25,000 different kinds of products. It was four years after that when Henry Ford made a car body out of hemp fiber; later that same year, the USDA started the "Hemp for Victory" program, which allowed for the growth of 150,000 acres of hemp.
Hemp's history in the United States goes even further back than 1938. In the 1770s, Virginian farmers were legally required to grow hemp. Famous hemp farmers include Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and George Washington. Abraham Lincoln was known for fueling lamps around his house with hemp oil.
Hemp and World History
Hemp is not exclusive to the United States, and its use actually dates back to more than 7,000 years ago. It's one of the first plants to ever be sewn into fiber, and the first documented traces of it popped up in ancient Chinese and Taiwanese pottery. Sacred Hindu texts call it "Sacred Grass" and it's considered one of the five most sacred plants in India. Nearly every civilization and society in history has used hemp fiber to create products like rope, oil, and paper.
Hemp's medicinal uses are nothing new, either. Queen Victoria of England reportedly used hemp/cannabis tinctures to help with menstrual cramps. Sister Suzanne Aubert, a Catholic nun, is considered the first person to bring hemp and cannabis plants to New Zealand, where she cared for indigenous locals with her medicinal tinctures. It was not uncommon for her tinctures to contain hemp and cannabis extract, because it was seen for precisely what it is: a natural herb with vast healing potential.
As you can see, hemp is and has always been a harmless, hearty, and useful crop. So what happened to cause all the fear and misinformation we've seen over the last ~100 years? You can thank one man for that: Harry Anslinger.
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Hemp's Prohibition Era
Prior to the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Federal Narcotics Bureau cracked down on illicit drug use in the United States. Harry Anslinger led this bureau from 1930 to 1962 and implemented many of the unreasonable drug laws we still hear about today. With the help of pharmaceutical companies and apathetic politicians, he uprooted millions of lives, threw first-time and non-violent offenders in jail for decades, and basically created the prison industrial complex that politicians continue to profit from to this day. Of course, none of this was done without a healthy dose of racism and xenophobia, which he used to instill fear about people of color, cannabis consumers, and jazz music.
Initially, Anslinger focused on more dangerous substances like heroin and cocaine. However, after alcohol prohibition ended and he had less money coming into the department, he knew he needed to do something for the sake of job security, so he used fear and misinformation to link marijuana, violence, and racial tension. This is when the term "marijuana" started coming into mainstream culture; he figured a Spanish term would make it sound more dangerous, and it worked. In 1937 he passed the Marihuana Tax Act, which made all cannabis-derived products illegal, including marijuana AND non-intoxicating hemp.
Anslinger stepped down in 1962, but the War on Drugs continued with President Richard Nixon in 1971. It's thanks to him that hemp was classified as a Schedule 1 narcotic under the Controlled Substances Act. Heroin and LSD are also schedule 1 drugs, which classifies them as having "no medicinal value" and a "high risk for abuse."
2014: hemp's first ray of hope
Hemp got its first break in 2014 when Colorado residents voted in favor of cannabis for recreational use, which allowed adults 21 and older to purchase cannabis. A few months later the United States Farm Bill of 2014 was passed, which legalized industrial hemp nationwide. Since then, the market has grown into a $50+ billion industry that serves both medical and recreational consumers.
Changing public perception didn't come easy for cannabis activists. One of the biggest stories that helped tip the scales in favor of legalization was about a 5-year-old girl named Charlotte, whose parents illegally purchased and gave her CBD oil to help with her seizures. In a CNN special, they filmed one of her seizures and confirmed that because of the oil, they were able to reduce her seizures from 250 a week to just two. At this point, it was getting difficult for prohibitionists to deny the medicinal potential of cannabis. In 2018, the FDA approved Epidiolex, an anti-seizure drug containing cannabis and the first of its kind to receive FDA approval.
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Finally, in 2018, hemp was removed from the list of Schedule 1 substances, which makes it easier to research the plant's benefits and use it to create new products. There is still plenty of research to be done to understand just how much cannabis can do for our health, so this is exactly what the United States has needed to legitimize the conversation and help move the industry forward.
If you've been skeptical of cannabis and CBD-based products, we hope this helps give you an understanding of why it's been so heavily stigmatized and why we're so passionate about providing high-quality products to the masses. With the right information, we can all work together to help destigmatize this miraculous plant and improve the health of anyone who can benefit from it. We encourage you to reach out with any questions about our products, the hemp we use, and what Prima Terra Organics can do for you.
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Paul DeCamp, Member of the Firm in the Employment, Labor & Workforce Management practice, in the firm's Washington, DC office, was quoted in the Bloomberg BNA Daily Labor Report, in "Punching In: Tip Pool Hide-and-Seek," by Chris Opfer and Ben Penn.
Could last week's revelation that the Labor Department didn't release internal estimates about the proposed tip pool regulation be distracting us from the much bigger story?
It's unclear what forces were behind the decision to shelve an economic analysis that the proposal would cause workers to potentially lose billions in tips to their bosses. The answer may offer a troubling signal about the Trump administration's approach to the regulatory—and, more crucially, deregulatory—process.
As Democrats continue to pile on with oversight requests and demands for the department to scrap the rule entirely, the DOL, Republicans, and the business community have offered surprisingly faint responses.
I found someone who is anything but shy in his forceful defense of the new rulemaking.
"This secretary, this department, is trying hard to come up with the best estimate that it can on what's likely to happen, and it's not going to put a number out there that it does not think sheds light on the reality of the situation," Paul DeCamp, the attorney representing the National Restaurant Association in litigation challenging the 2011 rule, told me.


With and Interview with character creator Gerry Conway!
In this episode we are going to look into the origins of one of Marvel's most iconic and controversial characters, Frank Castle, a.k.a, The Punisher. Now this is a character that some consider a hero and others consider a crazy person who kills lots of people while wearing a skull on his chest. I think of him as a little of both. I'm also super excited about the interview I got to do with Gerry Conway, the man who created The Punisher, and several other characters throughout Marvel and DC comics. The man is incredible and it was such a honor to speak to him. So first, let's talk about The Punisher's history in comics, the movies and the small screen. Then stick around and listen to the interview. It's really fun.
The Punisher was created by writer Gerry Conway, artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru for Marvel comics and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 which was published in 1974. The character actually started out with a much different name and look. Conway first named the character "Assassin", but Stan Lee, the editor and chief of Marvel at the time thought it was a little too dark, even for an anti-hero and said, "Why not call him Punisher." And the character's name was changed and the die was cast. His suit also went through a change. The skull on his chest started off small and then John Romita Sn. enlarged it to cover his chest. He was first drawn by Andru in Amazing Spider-Man 129 and to everyone's surprise…the character took off.
In the Punisher's first appearance we find him working for The Jackal, one of Spider-Man's oldest foes. He's the villain responsible for the whole clone mess that keeps cropping up. So he tricks the Punisher into working for him, convincing Frank that Spider-Man is a villain and a murderer. The Jackal uses the fact that Spider-Man technically murdered, on accident, Norman Osborne. The first of many times the man dies of course, but there it is. So Frank thinks that Spider-Man is a bad guy and using his straight forward code, villains die. Now Frank repeatedly says that he takes no pleasure in killing, but it needs to be done to eliminate criminals and keep people safe. So right off the bat, especially in the late-seventies, early 80's this was pretty radical. No "hero" killed, they cracked you on the jaw, made a few witty remarks and took you to jail. Not the punisher. He killed you. End of story.
No The Punisher quickly realizes that The Jackal is putting one over on him and does not kill Spidey. But that's not the last we see of The Punisher. He pops up again in Amazing Spider-Man 134 and 135 and again, stumbles on Spidey trying to fight bad guys only to think Spidey is the bad guy. And again, he realizes he's wrong and let's Spider-man go. These early appearances show us an edgy Frank, a killer who we don't actually see kill anyone in the beginning, but as time goes on and we move into the 80's the Punisher becomes darker and grittier as many of the anti-heroes of the time. So it was funny to re-read these early appearances of the character, to see him kind of just screwing up and not really the Frank we know now.
So we know Frank has a war against crime, that he believes they should just be killed. He hates criminals. But why? We get the first Punisher origin story in the B&W comic magazine, Marvel Preview #2 written by Gerry Conway with some amazing art by Tony DeZuniga. Just amazing stuff. You can check out his origin story pages over on the site. It's here we see Frank having a wonderful family picnic when rival mobsters have a shootout in the park where the Castle's are having their picnic. In all the gunfire Frank's wife, little boy and little girl are killed. Shot dead in front of him. It's a simple origin but very effective. You see what happens to Frank, his kids, under the age of 10 or 11 gunned down, they die in your arms, your wife, your entire life is gone, over. Couple that with his being a military man, with being able to compartmentalize and think in a straight line and decisions get made that shape the rest of his life.
Is he any different that Batman, the characters have been compared before and even fought in the Marvel/DC crossover. Both went through the most horrible things that can happen to an individual and made a decision to shut off a huge part of themselves and to become something that none of their loved ones would have ever wanted them to become. Do you think that Frank/s wife would have wanted him to have hate and death consume his life, or that Martha and Thomas Wayne would have wanted their son to become someone in constant emotional and physical pain. But they did.
One of the more interesting Punisher titles was the four issue mini-series Punisher: Year One. Here we not only see Frank's origin story replayed, but we see what he was like the days and first few weeks after his family was murdered. It was really interesting to see the Punisher completely destroyed. He was in out of his mind with sorrow to the point of contemplating suicide. His story almost ended before it began when the mobsters who killed his family sent some hitmen to kill him while he was in the hospital. They entered the room and found Frank on his knees weeping. He knew they were there and when they put the gun to his head he was ready to die. Frank whispered Maria, and the hitman said, "yeah I got your maria right here", and that was it. Frank's hand shot up and crushed his hand around the gun and then took them out. Take a look at the site for some really cool pages. But he doesn't kill them, he has the gun to their heads but the cops bust in and tell him not to ruin his life. He lets them go and then helps the police identify some of the people in the shootout. But of course they have fake alibis and walk. It's then that Frank again tries to kill himself, this time by shooting himself. But he cannot go through with it. He then starts on his road to vengeance.
The Punisher then shows up in several more Spider-Man books through the 70's and 80's and also makes some notable appearances in the pages of Daredevil where the differences in the characters are shown in stark contrast. Both have a code, both are feared but Daredevil will not kill. Their fight is pretty cool and of course you can see pages over on the site.
It's not until 1986 that The Punisher gets his own series, not a full run, but a five issue mini written by Steve Grant and drawn by Mike Zeck. And this is the book that really launched Zeck in the 80's. His art was really cool and fit the time, expressive faces, big heroes, neat stuff. I actually remember being at one of my first cons, a really small one, and he was there. I was just starting to get sketches and I asked him what they were going for. He said, 50 bucks. Not this was 1987, that was a HUGe amount of money for a sketch back then. Just to put it in perspective, I got a sketch from Scott Cupolo for nothing. True, he wasn't as big as Zeck at that point, but 50 bucks for a kid, that was way out of my price range. The mini starts with Frank in jail again, he's sprung by an organization that calls itself the Trust. They are for ending crime and like his style. So the mini is pretty much Frank killing mobsters and continuing his mission. There is also a love interest, a woman named Angela. But the problem is she is working for the Trust to help get him to officially join them. They are trying to get Frank to join by any means, even blowing up his van to make him more dependent. In the end Frank realizes he is being dupped and continues his mission alone.
It's a fairly one dimensional series but it helps to build Frank's character, defining him as a loner. But the series was a hit and The Punisher got the green light for his own series and again he got a stellar creative team to man the book. The initial team was helmed by writer Mike Baron and the amazing Klaus Janson. This book is just beautiful, I'm a huge Janson fan so these were just really nice books to look at. I re-read the first five for this episode and I have to say the art holds up really well, but I couldn't get into the story. At the time I remember really loving it, but now not so much.
This was the era of the Punisher, his main title spun off into several titles, The Punisher War Journal, The Punisher : War Zone and The Punisher: Armory. He also popped up in several titles along the way. This overexposure really hurt the character and after 104 issues of the his regular series and 104 issues with the other lasting much less and in 1995 Marvel canceled all the Punisher series. He would return here and there but most notably in the the series titled The Punisher:Purgatory. And I say notably, but that's not quite right. It showed Frank digging himself out of his grave after having shot himself. It does downhill from there with the Punisher arming himself with mystical weapons and fighting supernatural baddies. I have to say, it is the lowest point in the character's history. Wow, it was bad. So that thankfully ended and the Punisher took a break.
Frank was brought back by Marvel in style, again, putting together another incredible team. You may be familiar with them, they are the powerhouse team behind Preacher. Yep, writer Garth Ennis and the late great Steve Dillon. I love these two together as you might know from the preacher series I did over the past 2 months. Subscribe and check those out if you missed them. You can do that over at the site or on itunes, and when you're there, please leave a review. It helps us move up the rankings which helps more people learn about us. This team really ramps up the action and violence of the Punisher. If you remember some of the ultra-violent pages from Preacher where The Saint of Killers is blowing people away, they do the same thing with the Punisher. It's crazy. They also revamp The Punishers look, they get rid of the white gloves and white go-go boots, although no one rocks the white go-go boots like The Punisher. His new look however is much more down to earth and even more farther removed from the traditional superhero look. The new creative keeps Frank's iconic black shirt and skull, but gives him some combat pants and boots and sometimes a black trench coat. And this is pretty much how the character has stayed. More realistic and gritty and always shooting first and well, not really asking questions later.
So the Punisher has had a lot of life off the comic page, there have been quite a few feature films, the first being released way back in 1989 starring of all people Dolph Lundgren. Which I remember being super excited for, I mean it was one of the first comic movies out and to be honest it wasn't that bad. There were then two other movies, one in 2004 and one in 2008. But they never really got the character right until Frank showed up in Netflix's Daredevil show. Wow, it was awesome! The Punisher is played by The Walking Dead's Jon Bernthal, the actor who played Shane. He looks the part and just pulls it off on every level. And now Netflix has given The Punisher his own series that will be coming out soon, as a matter of fact, the first trailer is out and it's awesome. I have the trailer over on the site along with the trailers to all the movies. It's fun to see the evolution. And I cannot wait to see this series and how the latest incarnation of the Punisher is portrayed on the small screen. It's a great time to be a comic fan!!


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Andy Murray's comeback bid ends abruptly after Round 2 defeat in Queen's to Matteo Berrettini
The World No 9 Berrettini broke Murray twice in the first set and took an early break in the second for a 3-0 lead. He never looked back, mixing powerful groundstrokes with some deft touches at the net.
I know I'll be able to compete in major tournaments without having to worry about hip injury, says Andy Murray
Having played only one match in Britain's run to the last-four of the Davis Cup Finals in Spain last week due to a groin issue, Murray is hoping to build up his fitness ahead of the first Grand Slam of 2020.
Judy Murray hails 'rebirth' of son Andy following first title in Antwerp since hip resurfacing injury
Three-time Grand Slam winner Murray has been selected for Britain's Davis Cup squad after beating Stan Wawrinka to win his first tournament since 2017 at the European Open.
Swiss Indoors Basel 2019: Roger Federer celebrates 1,500th match with straight sets win over Peter Gojowczyk
Roger Federer opened his bid for a 10th title at the ATP Swiss indoors in Basel on Monday, crushing German qualifier Peter Gojowczyk in what was the Swiss legend's 1,500th career match.
Zhuhai Championships: Andy Murray beats Tennys Sandgren to ramp up comeback with first ATP Tour win since surgery
Andy Murray ground out his most significant victory since major hip surgery with a win over Tennys Sandgren on Tuesday at the Zhuhai Championships.
Andy Murray prolongs comeback tour in Asia by accepting Shanghai wildcard
Andy Murray, a three-times winner in Shanghai, is looking to play himself back into form in singles after undergoing career-saving hip resurfacing surgery earlier this year.
Rafael Nadal offers Andy Murray his boat as Briton extends stay in Mallorca with second singles win after hip surgery
Instead of playing in New York, where he won the men's singles in 2012, Andy Murray is rebuilding his singles form by playing on the Challenger Tour for the first time in 14 years in an event which bears the name of Rafael Nadal.
Cincinnati Masters: Andy Murray looked laboured, unsure on return to singles tennis but positive signs for 2020
Andy Murray played his first singles match since the five-setter against Roberto Bautista Agut at Australian Open. It was his first singles match in seven months.
Ashleigh Barty admits turning down Andy Murray for mixed doubles at Wimbledon 'hardest decision ever'
Andy Murray will play men's doubles with Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert but is still looking for a mixed doubles partner for Wimbledon.
Andy Murray's return to tennis, should it happen at Queen's Club, where has been most successful, would be poetic
It seems only fitting that Andy Murray marks his return from a near-retirement at the Queen's Club Championships — one of the oldest tournaments in the history of the sport.

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Q: Disc clone failure - Software says destination drive is in use when it's not I am trying to clone my C drive (120 GB) to my D drive (2TB). My AOMEI Backupper Pro is saying that my cloning destination drive is in use, and keeps asking me if I want to 'continue' in 'restart mode'.  But saying 'Yes' to this simply restarts the computer, and AOMEI does nothing beyond that.
I have removed all the files and folders from my D drive.  I don't see how it could be 'in use'.
Below is a screenshot of the error message.
AOMEI Error message

A: "Something" has an open handle on that drive.

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*Get yourself a copy of the process explorer.

*Select menu item Find -> Find Handle or DLL

*Type in D: or C: or whatever you are trying to clone.

*The results in "Process Explorer Search" should show you the culprit.

Either kill the offending task (probably safer) OR close the open handles via the gui (probably less safe as the app won't have time to cleanup.)
This might also clue you into some POS program doing something that it shouldn't be doing.
If it is the windows explorer, it is probably a 3rd party shell extension but microsoft code can also be keeping handles open while doing crap like trying to make thumbnails or search indexing.  Yes, I read that you have no files there but I can't tell you what the explorer code is doing under the hood.
If for some reason (which I have never seen myself), you don't get any hits on the drive you are searching for, either a device driver or root kit is holding a handle open.  I have never seen this but it is theoretically possible.

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I came. I raved. I loved. Swedish House Mafia : 'One Last Tour' LIVE in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia @ Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach
January 22, 2013 by thejessicat
Last Friday was a night of mayhem! Actually, my whole weekend was pretty much a radical one.
But wait, let's talk about Friday first, hey?
Just one look and it's no guessing who they are!
As we all know and having also said in this post, our favourite EDM juggernaut trio Swedish House Mafia have decided to go their separate ways to concentrate on their solo careers.
Embarking on a farewell around the world to personally bid their fans a heart-warming goodbye, they have, among a few other countries, chosen Malaysia to perform for one last time at their aptly named, One Last Tour.
Thanks for the ticket, XPAX! I was all geared up and excited to go already!
I'm sure you can tell. I was impatiently bounding up and down while waiting for some friends!
We got there pretty early, just before 9PM.
It was a long walk towards the Surf Beach, as though hyping us up all month isn't enough already!
En route to the Surf Beach!
We were getting closer and closer to the party zone
Took some photos with the mascots of Greyhound!
Some photos with the fellow partymates.
I figured we ought to grab a few shots first before we all disappeared into the crowd so here they some of them!
Remember this post I wrote which included something about the death of my friend, Elizabeth?
She clearly didn't make it for this Swedish House Mafia's gig that she wanted to attend so badly. So, her friends and family alike gathered in her name tonight and had it all planned to make this her little tribute.
Some of the heart-shaped helium balloons they had brought along to release into the night sky
the moment her favourite song 'Don't You Worry Child' came up.
Are we ready to see Swedish House Mafia LIVE before us for the first and last time?
And so, after all the opening acts, DJ Nikki, Mr. Fluff and DJ Eclipse (Singapore), had finished their set, Swedish House Mafia made their grand appearance half an hour before their scheduled time at 9.30PM sharp.
Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso and Axwell opened their two-hour set with 'We Came, We Raved, We Loved'
Their opening drove us on high suspense with drumming bass and lightplay on the white veil, before finally dropping those curtains to unveil our favorite Swedish progressive house trio.
The laser show was nothing short of amazing!
Laser beams comprising a psychedelic fusion of colours shone haphazardly into the sky and back throughout their set.
Here are the blue and green ones
Some of the skinnier laser streaks
They had lots of LED animation in the background too. I liked the skull best!
The boys playing one of my favourite songs, 'Antidote' for us!
Anyone knows what those Japanese words say?
They performed a powerful two-hour set for us.
A perfect blend of remixes and various original tracks as individuals and from their two albums (as Swedish House Mafia), Until One and Until Now.
They climbed onto the DJ console to rave with us!
In the first half of their set, they performed 'Nothing But Love' by Axwell, 'KNAS', 'Lights' and 'Show Me Love' by Steve Angello, a remix of 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger' by Kanye West, 'The Island' by Pendulum, and their original singles 'Leave the World Behind', 'Calling (Lose My Mind), 'Greyhound' and 'The Island'.
Sebastian Ingrosso playing LIVE drums while 'Resurrection' played
Can you spot me in this rowdy crowd?
"It's good to be here together for the first time with you in Malaysia.
What a beautiful place! Are you having a good time?"
As if things couldn't turn up any higher, Swedish House Mafia began playing a remix of Coldplay's 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall' and surprised us with a massive thank you to our country, Malaysia, for hosting them and their One Last Tour here.
What's behind the blast of sparks?
Ta-daa! It's our very own Malaysian flag, the Jalur Gemilang!
The boys began waving it in the air throughout that track
That moment itself was truly a wondrous sight.
Needless to say, patriotism ignited within me and I felt a certain sense of pride for my country all over again.
Thousands and thousands of Malaysians screamed in unison
Another touching, poignant moment for some of us was when the progressive powerhouses began playing the beautiful track, 'Don't You Worry Child', the forth single off their latest album, Until Now.
Yes, Elizabeth…it's time.
This is for you, Eli.
Letting go a pink heart-shaped helium balloon with the words
'RIP Elizabeth with ♥, you're heaven sent'
What really made me burst into tears while singing along to 'Don't You Worry Child' was when that ONE pink balloon didn't make its way up into the sky like the rest of the balloons, but floated directly to Swedish House Mafia during this song.
It was almost as if Eli wanted to be closer to her idols and get the best view of all of her friends gathering there on her behalf.
Steve Angello releasing her into the sky
Even after Steve Angello caught that pink balloon, held it and let it go into the sky again, that pink balloon wasn't ready to leave us all just yet. Guess she still wanted to enjoy herself partying with us all and Swedish House Mafia.
The pink balloon refused to go anywhere and stayed on top of the DJ console.
I recall crying like an emotional wreck. Dang! During a rave? That's a first!
Look at my mascara all smeared. Argh!
Anyway, I soon cheered up again when Swedish House Mafia continued taking the party to the next level with harder, progressive tracks in the second half of their set.
Here's a video I made encapsulating my night.
httpv://youtu.be/rcOC5JGu9eM
Enjoy! I took a while to make this
Make sure you watch till the end to catch them performing all their best songs, fireworks blasting, amazing pyrotechnics (fire), crazy laser shows, helium balloons floating in the air and ONE very special pink heart-shaped helium balloon that floated its way directly to Swedish House Mafia when they were performing.
More laser lights shot through the party, fireworks burst out at the stage and into the sky!
The show came complete with pyrotechnics, descending sparks of fire and combustions of flame shots in perfect sync with the heavy beats and bass drops too.
The blue and yellow flames literally turned up the heat where I was standing!
The second half of their set saw them dropping tracks like 'Sweet Disposition' by The Temper Trap, 'Sunrise' by The Aston Shuffle, 'Resurrection' by Michael Calfan, Axwell's remix of 'In My Mind' by Ivan Gough as well as their originals, 'Miami 2Ibiza', 'One (Your Name)', 'Save the World' and yes, again..'Don't You Worry Child'.
An estimated number of more than 22,000 fans were given a spectacular one last show tonight.
We sang along, jumped, danced and partied long and hard despite the sporadic downpour.
Yup, no amount of rain can dampen our spirits.
Certainly not in the name of Swedish House Mafia.
Dear Angello, Ingrosso and Axwell, are you proud of us?
And thanks for the confetti burst.
I had to spend a while getting all the coloured paper off me as I was soaked to the core.
The paper somehow was a chore to peel out LOL
Thank you for choosing Malaysia as one of the few countries to perform your One Last Tour.
If there ever was another chance to party and rave with you boys – even in the rain – I would do it all over again. The show was marvellous, you guys did not disappoint, not even one bit!
Ending the night with a blast!
I wish you well in your solo careers!
A possible collaboration or reunion in the future would be nice. Just saying. Heh. Heh. Heh.
Goodbye Swedish House Mafia, I love you!


The Mutualist Montsouris Institute is a renowned multidisciplinary establishment which provides medical-surgical treatments for heavy and complex diseases: cancer, cardiovascular, functional and chronic diseases. The Hospital also has a renowned maternity ward and a psychiatry center for adolescents. This heavy orientation, which is very similar to what the University Health Centers offer, is a remarkable distinction from what the other health establishments of the same size offer, and this is one of the main characteristics of IMM.
Since its creation, IMM has dedicated a lot of resources on research, technology and innovation: it is a forerunner on surgical robots, digestive laparoscopy, chest video surgery; it has a complete technical platform of high technicality, an experimental research laboratory (IMM research), a tumor bank, or a Clinical Research Department… The skills and motivation of the medical-surgical teams have made IMM recognized as one of the best French health establishments.
Additionally, the Mutualist Montsouris Institute and the Institute Curie have signed a partnership agreement to mutualize their medical activities and logistics in order to reinforce the treatments offered to the patients suffering from cancer. This partnership, which was designed for the benefit of the patients, aims at improving and creating branches of innovating care solutions: care solutions that include surgeries, radiotherapy and chemotherapy; access to the biology of tumors will be guaranteed.
The IMM has double and private rooms. If you would like a private room, you can make a request for it.
Each room has an attached toilet with a shower. Everything is planned for the comfort of the patients: each room is equipped with an adjustable bed by remote control, a bedside table, a television and WiFi access.
The hotel and restoration services are entrusted to specialized service providers. The menus will be planned by nutritionists. They will be served to the patients by medical prescription to help them follow a particular diet.
If you have any specific diet preferences, we recommend informing your healthcare team as soon as you arrive.
The Ministers of different Religious Communities can visit you if you would like. Please contact the health manager of your department for more information. He will be able to provide you the contact details and enable you to directly contact the concerned person. Quiet spaces will also be made available to you in the establishment.
The city of Paris has a wide range of hotels of different categories close to the hospital.
The people who are not very comfortable with French can benefit from the assistance of an interpret in certain foreign languages. Please contact the healthcare personnel.
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With less than 70 minutes on the clock, the World Cup stadium started to empty
Twelve years ago, Qatar was awarded the World Cup and scrutiny has barely let up since.
But on Sunday evening, after a build-up as strange and muted as anything that's gone before, the controversy was put to one side as the football finally took centre stage.
Outside Al Bayt stadium, designed to resemble a Bedouin tent, fans from Qatar and Ecuador mixed, sang and danced with supporters from around the world.
We spoke to fans from Japan, South Korea, Argentina, Brazil, Denmark, South Africa and the Netherlands.
The world has certainly come to Qatar, just not yet in the numbers you might expect for the start of the greatest sporting event on Earth.
The opening ceremony was impressive, as you'd expect from a country that has spent as much as $10bn to stage this tournament.
The actor Morgan Freeman narrated a message of unity while symbols and personalities of the Arab world were watched by 60,000 people inside one of the seven brand new arenas built for this tournament.
Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi Crown Prince, was seated in the royal box, next to Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president, and one down from Qatar's emir. Until recently, the Saudi kingdom had led a boycott against Qatar; tonight the Gulf nations seemed friends again.
This was a statement. Both countries have dubious human rights records, but with the world's eyes on the Middle East, the uneasy neighbours decided to stick together.
World Cup opening games can often be cagey affairs. Not this time. Qatar were poor and their South American opponents took advantage.
Fireworks kick off World Cup
England will take the knee in Qatar
FIFA president's rambling tirade was first own goal of World Cup
First hosts to lose opening game
Ecuador had an early goal ruled out, after VAR detected the narrowest of offsides, but within quarter of an hour they were one-nil up. The first goal of the 2022 World Cup came from the penalty spot.
Ecuador doubled their lead before half-time and could have extended it further. Qatar went close before the break, but in truth they looked off the pace.
Ecuador's Enner Valencia scores their second goal
With not even 70 minutes on the clock, the stadium started to empty. Qatari fans made for the exit as their team struggled to keep the score down.
The Qatari organisers will be pleased the football has finally begun, but this wasn't the start they wanted.
Along with all the other accusations levelled at them, tonight they earned the somewhat ignominious honour of becoming the first hosts to lose the opening game of a World Cup.
It's been a difficult build up for Qatar off the pitch – from this performance, it might not get any easier for them on it.
This article was originally published by Sky.com. Read the original article here.
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All-County boys golf: Memorable season on the links
This spring was one to remember for Lenawee County boys golf teams.
Leading the highlights was Clinton sophomore Austin Fauser winning the Division 4 individual state championship, the first state title for a county golfer since Tecumseh's John Gibson in 1975, according to available records.
Fauser led Clinton to the Tri-County Conference championship, back-to-back state finals appearances and a sixth-place finish in Division 4.
Madison was at Clinton's heels all season and advanced to the Division 3 finals for the second straight spring, finishing 14th. Onsted won its second straight Lenawee County Athletic Association championship, its first back-to-back conference titles since 1982 and 1983.
Tecumseh, meanwhile, won the county team championship and placed second in the Southeastern Conference White Division.
Fauser led The Daily Telegram's All-County team as the Golfer of the Year — a first for Clinton. The Redskins' Nito Ramos was named Coach of the Year.
Joining Fauser on the All-County team: Madison junior Grady Morlock and senior Darien Zeluff; Tecumseh seniors Drew Whelan and Carter Clarke; Morenci senior Nate Smith; Adrian juniors Alex Hanosh and Griffen Dempsey; Clinton sophomore Jonathan Kersey; Blissfield junior Logan Hudson; Onsted junior Carson Davis; Hudson senior Josh Heistan; Addison junior Dylan Tuck; and Lenawee Christian senior Fletcher Thorpe.
Zeluff was named All-County for the fourth straight season. Hudson and Whelan each earned their third nod. Receiving their second honor were Dempsey, Fauser, Kersey, Morlock, Smith, Davis and Clarke.
Fauser shot a two-round total of 139 at the Division 4 finals to top the leaderboard and tie for the lowest total in all four divisions. He averaged 38 for nine holes and 72.8 for 18 holes, winning TCC, county and regional titles along the way. Fauser was medalist at nine straight 18-hole events.
Morlock was the TCC runner-up, carding season averages of 39.4 and 82.1. His campaign included nine top-five finishes, two wins and four second-place finishes, including regionals. His low for nine holes was 37, and his low for 18 was 76.
Zeluff averaged 41.3 for nine holes and 85.2 for 18 this spring, placing fourth in the All-TCC standings. He posted seven top-five finishes, two second-place finishes and two third-place finishes. His low for nine holes was 38, while his low for 18 holes was 75.
Whelan was the All-SEC White season medalist and finished second in the county tournament with a 77. He averaged 81 for 18 holes and 38 for nine holes.
Clarke was Tecumseh's leader at the SEC White championships with an 83 for third place and finished fourth in the All-SEC White standings. He averaged 86 for 18 holes and 41 for nine.
Smith was fifth in the All-TCC standings as Morenci's lone golfer, averaging 44.8 in conference jamborees, before shooting 82 in the TCC championship meet. He shot 85 for fifth at the county tournament and 82 at regionals to qualify for the Division 4 finals, where he shot 78 and 79 for a total of 157.
Dempsey averaged 43 for nine holes and 85 for 18, earning three top-10 finishes, including fourth at the county tournament. Teammate Hanosh averaged 45 for nine holes and 89 for 18. Both All-SEC White performers helped Adrian take second at the county tournament.
Kersey finished seventh in the All-TCC standings and eighth at the county tournament for Clinton. He averaged 44.2 for nine holes and 88.3 for 18. His lowest round of the season — an 80 — occurred on the second day of the Division 4 finals.
Hudson earned All-LCAA first team honors, finishing second in the season standings. He finished fourth at the LCAA championship meet. His average for 18 holes was 85.
Davis was an All-LCAA first team performer, averaging 44 for nine holes and 88 for 18. He was third in the All-LCAA standings and tied with Hudson for fourth at the LCAA championships.
Heistan, while doubling as the baseball team's ace pitcher, finished fourth in the All-LCAA standings and led the field with his 82 at the LCAA championships. He finished seventh at regionals with an 85.
Tuck averaged 45 for nine holes and 87 for 18 holes for Addison. His season included an 83 for third place at the county tournament, an 84 at the Cascades Conference championship meet and an 87 for 10th place at regionals.
Thorpe averaged 44.8 for nine holes this season. He shot 84 at regionals to qualify for the Division 4 finals and carded a two-round total of 183 to finish his career.


During his stay at Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres, Kevin delivered a three day masterclass called 'The Best Ms' at the ACT Writers Centre, as part of HARDCOPY.
break down the barriers of location and geography, linking Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney and the regional areas in between.
HARDCOPY is generously supported by the Australia Council.
Kevin O'Brien has professionally edited an extensive range of trade nonfiction and fiction titles, for Mainstream Publishing in Edinburgh (three years), then Random House in Sydney (five years), and now as a full-time freelancer based in the Adelaide Hills, with clients including Pan Macmillan, Hachette, Random House, UQP, Black Inc. and Penguin. Some of the novelists Kevin has worked with are Kate Forsyth, Gregory Day, Peter Rix, Jacqueline Lunn and Jenny Bond. He has also run critiquing workshops for fiction writers at the New South Wales Writers' Centre and will be delivering an 'editing boot camp' for novelists at the South Australian Writers Centre later this year.
Visiting artist, author Kevin O'Brien. ACT Writers Centre's 'Hardcopy Professional Development Program' 2014. Photo courtesy of Kevin O'Brien.


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Smith Debut Reveals Intrigue and Romance in Ancient Rome – 2014
Posted by Diane Slocum | Jul 31, 2014 | Interviews, Written | 0 |
I Am Livia
by Phyllis T. Smith
at Amazon.com
An exclusive Authorlink interview with Phyllis T. Smith,
Author of I Am Livia
By Diane Slocum
Livia Drusilla is the teenage daughter of a high ranking Roman family when Julius Caesar is assassinated. Against her will, she is married off to a prominent military officer. She strives to be a supportive wife as Rome breaks into factions and civil war. Allegiances shift as one side or another prevails, but none seems more unlikely than the possibility that Livia will succumb to the charms of Octavianus, the man responsible for her parents' deaths, who strives to become the most powerful man in Rome. With her help, he might succeed.
"I didn't knowingly depart from the major historical facts. I did make some small changes."
AUTHORLINK: How did you do your research?
SMITH: I took a fantastic classical civilization course when I was in college and developed a love of Roman literature, art, and history. So I've been reading about Rome for years, and also enjoyed visiting there.
I consulted just about all the ancient sources that mention Livia—in English translation because I know only a little Latin. (I've tried to work around this by reading more than one translation of important passages to get a fuller sense of what was meant.) Then of course there are a lot of modern books about ancient Rome that shed light on Livia's life.
There are three full length biographies of Livia that I did use as sources: Livia: First Lady of Imperial Rome by Anthony A. Barrett, I, Livia: The Counterfeit Criminal by Mary Mudd, and Empress of Rome: The Life of Livia by Matthew Dennison.
AUTHORLINK: Even with comprehensive research, you had many gaps to fill. Did you sometimes stray from any known facts to keep the storyline? In your revisions did you find you had used too much history so that it distracted from your main storyline?
SMITH: I didn't knowingly depart from the major historical facts. I did make some small changes. For example, there's a scene in which Livia, her first husband, and their little son escape from a city under siege. The baby cries, almost revealing their presence to enemy soldiers. According to the sources, they nearly got caught this way twice. I only showed it once, to avoid repetition.
Under the category of "too much history" I'd place the material I cut about the proscriptions in Rome—an ugly period when Mark Antony and Caesar Octavianus ruthlessly eliminated their political opponents. There's a story about Antony's mother saving the life of her brother, clasping him in her arms and telling Antony's soldiers they'd have to kill their general's mother in order to kill him. It's dramatic, but the mother and her brother never appear in the book before or after this incident. I took out that anecdote and others like it which had no important place in the overall narrative.
AUTHORLINK: There's kind of a Scarlet O'Hara/Melanie Wilkes relationship between Livia and Octavia. How did you develop their personalities?
SMITH: Scarlet and Melanie—that's a great comparison! With Livia and Octavia as well as other characters, my starting point was what we know about the crucial choices they made, the moments that revealed who they were as people. I tried to create characters with believable motivations who realistically would act as they did. Livia went after what she wanted. That happened to be marriage to Octavianus (even if they both had to dump their existing spouses) and also a whole lot of political power. She didn't go in for self-abnegation.
Octavia, on the other hand, put up with bad treatment from her husband, Mark Antony—including his flaunting his liaison with Cleopatra—and never seems to have said a word against him. But she wasn't spineless. When her brother, who ran half the Roman Empire, at that point, ordered her to leave Antony's house, she refused. I see her as someone who tried to do what she thought was right, even at great personal cost. So I had to create a character who would act that way.
"Of the five agents I spoke to, three were interested and one stood out, Elizabeth Winick Rubinstein."
AUTHORLINK: How did you find an agent and publisher for your first novel?
SMITH: Some friends of mine who are wonderful writers struggled to find agents to represent them, which made me feel I had to do more than just send out queries. I attended a writers' conference and had the chance to meet agents who represented historical novelists, and to pitch my work to them. Of the five agents I spoke to, three were interested and one stood out, Elizabeth Winick Rubinstein. She was personally impressive; her agency had represented literary giants like John Steinbeck; and to top it off she told me she'd spent a college year in Rome and studied Roman history there. After the conference, I sent her a query with sample chapters as she requested.
While waiting for her to read my chapters, I entered my book in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. If you make the contest semi-finals you get a Publishers Weekly review of your full manuscript. When I received a favorable review, I emailed it to Liz and she emailed me back, wanting to see the whole book. I Am Livia ultimately reached the finals in the contest, and I was fortunate enough to sign with the agent I wanted.
Liz submitted the book to a particular editor at Amazon Publishing. It wound up on the desk of someone else –Amazon senior editor Terry Goodman, who had a lifelong interest in ancient Rome and a special love for I, Claudius (the book and miniseries in which Livia is the villain), and who has a marvelous feel for historical fiction. Terry acquired the novel and it was ultimately published under Amazon's Lake Union imprint.
"The best advice I can give is to assume you can do it. A lot of what is called talent is desire plus hard work."
AUTHORLINK: What advice can you give others who are hoping to publish historical fiction?
SMITH: The best advice I can give is to assume you can do it. A lot of what is called talent is desire plus hard work. There's a craft to writing a novel and also some specific things you need to know about writing historical fiction. Some people may know what to do instinctively. But taking fiction writing workshops, reading books on technique, and attending critique groups were all necessary for me. I'd definitely advise exchanging work with other writers on a regular basis.
It's important to read critically respected historical novels—including the great ones published decades ago. You don't want to copy anyone's style, but there are things you will pick up by osmosis that you really can't get any other way. You have to find a time period that speaks to you and delve into the culture and how people looked at life—not just the physical details and the historical events.
AUTHORLINK: What are you working on next?
SMITH: For years I've been haunted by the story of Gaius Gracchus and his wife Licinia. Licinia steps onto the historical stage for just one scene in Plutarch's Lives, but it's a scene unlike any other I know of in Roman history. So I had to write a novel about her and Gaius. He and his brother Tiberius were a little like an ancient Roman version of the Kennedy brothers, extraordinarily charismatic. They were aristocrats who advocated democracy and reforms to benefit the common people. Tiberius, the older brother, was assassinated and it fell to Gaius to carry on for him.
Licinia and Gaius's love story is told against a background of great danger and political turmoil in Rome. A few of the questions I'm asking in the novel are: What is honor? What do you owe your country and what do you owe the person you love? I'm doing final revisions of this new novel now. After this work is completed, I plan to go forward with the story of Livia's family, with a focus on the women.
About Phyllis T. Smith:
After receiving degrees from Brooklyn College and New York University, Smith pursued a career in computer training, while still being drawn to the ancient world. She lives in Brooklyn
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There's a lot of construction work going on at Canalside, and now the folks in charge there are moving forward with another project. It would bring more shopping, more restaurants and, yes, more parking.
A decade ago, the Aud was demolished.
Today the Explore and More Children's Museum is almost finished on the South Aud Block, while the North Aud Block is a giant hole.
The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation is in charge of growing the waterfront, and it has hired TY Lin International, a Buffalo architecture and engineering firm, to design plans to fill this hole. Read more here.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the $50 million East Side Corridor Economic Development Fund, an initiative to spark revitalization of Buffalo's East Side through investments in the four main commercial corridors: Michigan, Jefferson, Fillmore, and Bailey avenues. Funding will help to revive traditional main streets and commercial corridors through the preservation of historic buildings, funding of capital improvements in neighborhood assets, expansion of commercial opportunities, improvements to infrastructure, as well as the promotion of mixed-use private investment in these neighborhoods. Read more here.
Phase Two of the Mt. Hope Avenue Improvements project will come to a close with a meeting on Monday, March 18th at which final designs developed for the corridor will be on display. Phase Two of the project addresses the portion of Mt. Hope south of Rossiter Road and north of where the Avenue passes over the Erie Canal and Interstate 390 at the City's southern boundary. Issues to be addressed in this phase included road reconstruction, traffic signal, signage and drainage system replacement, as well as improvements to sidewalks, street lighting and landscaping along the corridor. This phase of the project included focus groups, door-to-door engagement of residents and businesses as well as a community workshop.
Representatives from RTS and its consulting firm will hold a series of information sessions over the next two weeks on the transit agency's proposed Community Mobility Zones. The proposed zones, which are part of the agency's Reimagine RTS initiative, are suburban areas currently served by large buses on fixed routes. The agency and its consultants believe those areas could be better and more efficiently served through combinations of other options, such as smaller buses or vans that operate based on need. Read more here.
We are excited to announce that we are looking for a full-time Senior Planner. Read the job description here. If you are passionate about research management, we hope you will consider joining our talented team. Any questions? Just email Tanya.
Today, Susan Hopkins stepped into the position of Chief Operating Officer. She will oversee the organization's ongoing operations and procedures, and establish policies that promote company culture and vision. Sue is an experienced leader, a talented facilitator, and a fantastic planner. We are enthusiastic about her ability to help secure the functionality of our business and drive extensive, sustainable growth.
Today we ordered Flavors of Asia and held a lunch and learn about tactical urbanism. We reflected on our experiences with Playful Sidewalks (City of Rochester, NY) and Parker Boulevard (Town of Tonawanda, NY), and discussed other opportunities to include short-term, low-cost interventions to test ideas and affect change in the communities where we work.
Thursday, December 6th is the first public meeting for the NFTA Metro Rail Expansion project. The meeting will take place from 5-7PM at the Sweet Home Middle School in Amherst. The open house marks the beginning of the Environmental Impact Statement process. During this phase, we will assess visual effects, noise, financial and economic impacts, as well as other factors that go into the development, construction and operation of a light rail line. Project renderings will be on display, with design and routing ideas. Even better - this is your chance to talk with the project team and other members of the community about the Rail Expansion. We hope you will join us!
Transit planners have made major changes to the route of Metro Rail's proposed extension to Amherst, hoping to significantly reduce the length of its underground section, expand economic development opportunities and save $200 million.
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority plans now call for northbound trains to exit University Station directly to Niagara Falls Boulevard rather than running beneath Bailey Avenue as part of the approximately 7-mile extension planned to the University at Buffalo's North Campus and beyond. And instead of coming above ground through a portal near Northtowns Plaza, new plans call for trains to travel under Kenmore Avenue to surface on Niagara Falls Boulevard just north of Kenilworth Avenue.
Read more here. Check out the project website here.
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The Highland team was in Brownville, New York last night, hosting a final open house to share refined options for a new bridge crossing over the Black River. We started this project in January 2018 going door-to-door to meet community members and tell them about the project. Since then, we've held two workshops, two open houses, and hosted a booth at General Brown Weekend. Read more here.
Last week, Sue made the evening news in Whitestown, New York. Here she is facilitating the second public information session for the Sauquoit Creek Channel & Floodplain Restoration Project. The Restoration Project was initiated in 2016 to investigate and implement solutions to alleviate flooding in the area. A large aspect of the project includes the construction of 12 floodplain benches along a 1 mile-plus corridor of lower Sauquoit Creek on Commercial Drive. Read more here.
Reimagine RTS public outreach wins award!
Last week, at the New York Upstate American Planning Association (APA) conference in Ithaca, NY, we accepted an award related to public outreach for Reimagine RTS. The Reimagine RTS process included innovative and non-traditional tools and 150+ events, focus groups, and meetings that engaged people with an original trade-off educational board game, budgeting and mapping exercises, live audience polling, and surveys to capture input. Over 13,000 people provided input into the recommendations the redesigned system that will result in a faster, more reliable, and more convenient system. This was one of our largest projects to date and we are proud of this award!
We'll be live streaming to Facebook from our session next week at the 2018 NY Upstate APA Conference in Ithaca, New York. The session, titled "Essential Techniques for Public Participation," will take place on Thursday, October 4th from 11:15am-12:15pm.
Effective and inclusive public participation strategies.
How to identify and respond to issues, manage outrage, and use innovative techniques.
A demonstration of engagement techniques.
Interested? More information is posted here.
This week we are all preparing for two meetings related to the City of Rochester Bull's Head Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) project. On Thursday 9/6, we'll be at a public meeting at Saint Mary's campus and on Saturday 9/8, we'll be staffing a community fair at Salvation Army on West Avenue.
Thursday's meeting will be similar to the PAC meeting (see previous entry below) but on a larger scale. André and Sue will be facilitating discussions about key values and strategic redevelopment sites.
On Saturday, we plan to facilitate two activities. The first will be a drawing exercise for children and families. We will be asking participants to draw their favorite part of the Bull's Head neighborhood. We also will be recording videos of residents sharing stories and memories about the Bull's Head neighborhood. We are excited to be incorporating different engagement techniques into our practice and look forward to sharing some of the videos next week.
Here is André reviewing common themes of previous public engagement for the City of Rochester Bulls Head Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA). Last night, with André's help, the Bulls Head BOA Project Advisory Committee develop a list of key values. This list of values will be used to develop a vision statement and identify strategies to redevelop brownfield properties. This exercise will be repeated at the next public meeting on Thursday, September 6th at Saint Mary's Campus (89 Genesee Street, East Conference Room). We'll also be talking to Bulls Heads residents at a Community Fair on Saturday, September 8th from 12-4PM at the Salvation Army (100 West Avenue). See you there?
Highland Planning was honored to host the first meeting of the Genesee Gateway Advisory meeting on Wednesday, August 1st.
Led by Chris Widmaier, the Genesee Gateway will be a community center for creativity, urban ecology and solutions.
This week, Tanya is at the J. Erik Jonsson Center Of The National Academy Of Sciences in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. On behalf of the Transportation Research Board, she is working with three oversight panels and consultants to review first draft synthesis reports for National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP). Topics include "Practices for Acquiring Proprietary Data for Transportation Applications" and "Prioritization of Freight Investment Projects."
This week we are celebrating the birth of André's second daughter, Philosophie Evangeline Primus, who arrived on Tuesday, June 26th. Everyone is healthy and happy. Here's a photo of her with big sister, Norah.
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On behalf of the Watertown Jefferson County Area Transportation Council, we hosted a "pop-up" informational booth at General Brown Weekend in Brownville, NY. The purpose was to share information about the potential new bridge locations and gather feedback from the community.
The pop-up came after a five-month engagement process, which began in January when Christopher and Jen went door-to-door in the snowy, freezing cold.
You can read more about the project here.
Boy Scouts check out potential new bridge locations in Brownville.
Check out our latest newsletter to learn what's happening at Highland Planning. View the newsletter here.
Check out the video that André made a video about proposed concepts for Genesee Gateway Park in the City of Rochester.
Highland Planning is working with Rochester's Office of Energy and Sustainability on a community-wide Vulnerability Assessment. Read more here.
This week, Tanya is teaching an All-Hazards Transportation Recovery Plan course in sunny Sarasota and Fort Lauderdale.
Sue picks up the course in Savannah and Lake Charles next.
Sue joined Carolyn Levine (Rochester EV Accelerator) Shannon Ealy (Greater Rochester Chamber), and Ben Prochazka (Electrification Coalition) on Connections with Evan Dawson on Wednesday to discuss their experiences driving electric cars and share information about a new program aimed at increasing the number of employer-sponsored charging stations in Rochester.
The first phase of Reimagine RTS, an effort to plan for the future of the region's bus system, is complete. And RTS officials expect to release a draft plan in May that'll lay out potential route designs and make recommendations about things such as bus frequency.
During the first phase, RTS and its consultants gathered input from the public and surveyed existing and potential riders about how they use or would like to use the bus. RTS also gave its consultant current operational and ridership data to analyze. Read more here.
As planners look to replace the village's aging bridge, they took resident input on how they think the project should proceed. "We wanted to bring you in early to maximize your impact and hear everything you're concerned about before a decision is made," said Susan Hopkins, a community engagement specialist that facilitated conversation at the meeting Wednesday night. Read more here.
Check out our newsletter for the latest on Highland Planning.
Brownville's mayor was going door-to-door Thursday, but it wasn't to garner votes. Mayor Pat Connor hit the streets with two employees from Highland Planning to discuss new locations for the Brownville bridge. The visibly rusting bridge was built over the Black River and it's directly next to Neenah Northeast, a paper mill company.
"The issues for the bridge are the location and that it hasn't been repaired in many, many years," said Connor. Read more here.
For community planning to really work, it needs to emphasize the "community" part as much as it does "planning." That's as true for a neighborhood street redesign as it is a big housing project or a city master plan.
As Tanya Mooza Zwahlen pursued her graduate degree in community planning from Cornell University, her instructors drilled that approach into her and the other students. And she carried that mindset into her post-degree job with one of the region's big architecture, engineering, and consulting firms.
The more projects she worked on, the more she realized she had something important and unique to offer her team members. Often, the engineers she worked with weren't terribly comfortable speaking to rooms full of people, but she was. In fact, she delighted in it. Read more here.
Sue and I are in Portland this week to teach a two-day training course on the development of All Hazards Transportation Recovery Plans. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funded a research grant to develop a recovery plan for the City of Portland that includes transit and travel demand management (TDM) strategies, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies, and use of social media as an integral part of a recovery plan. The project includes the development of a two-day training program to be pilot tested in Portland and offered to six other metropolitan regions nationwide. Highland Planning was involved in the training development; we'll share more on this as we progress with the other six trainings in 2018. You can read more here.
RTS is asking its riders for help redesigning it!
Wednesday night, the bus system held a meeting, asking people to tell them the changes they would like to see. "Reimagine RTS" is a project aimed at making the bus system easier to use throughout the community.
RTS says input from passengers at meetings like the one held Wednesday will help it set goals to come up with proposed changes in a year. Read more here.
MetroQuest is a cutting-edge engagement tool that takes surveys to the next level. We're excited to bring this opportunity to our clients and the communities we serve.
Learn more about Highland's MetroQuest experience and capabilities at our blog!
At the chapter's Fall Conference on October 13, NYS Upstate APA recognized the City of Olean for its North Union Street project. Team members from Highland Planning, and Mott MacDonald were on hand to accept the award. Congrats!
More information will be posted here soon.
On October 7th from 12PM-5PM, Greentopia will be participating in the City of Rochester's River Romance event with the launch of Rochester's new EcoDistrict! The EcoDistrict provides a framework for the High Falls Neighborhood to move towards ambitious environmental and social justice goals. M. André Primus has been working on the public engagement component of this planning process for more than a year, and we are so excited for this launch. Read more here. And please join us!
Add another accolade to North Union Street's trophy case.
The Partners for a Livable Western New York will fete the city's $8.85 million reconstruction project on Thursday at the Livable Community Awards ceremony in Buffalo.
Read more here. Read more about the Partners for a Livable Western New York here.
A multi-phase study to redesign public transit in Monroe County will begin next month, officials announced Friday — signaling the potential overhaul of a system that has stood largely unchanged for more than 40 years.
Regional Transit Service officials expect the "Reimagine RTS" study to be completed by the end of 2018. Implementation could take longer.
TACTICAL URBANISM IN TONAWANDA DEEMED A "SUCCESS."
The Town of Tonawanda orchestrated a successful Complete Streets tactical urbanism demonstration on August 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. Residents, visitors, drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians all had the opportunity to experience bike lanes, pedestrian bump outs and a mini roundabout. Read more here.
So much has been happening, it's hard to keep up! Check out our newsletter for the latest on Highland Planning.
Highland Planning is seeking a full-time Senior Planner to design and manage creative and innovative public engagement processes for transportation, planning, and community revitalization projects in New York. This is a professional position that requires effective facilitation skills, strong writing skills, and the ability to develop, build and maintain working relationships with firm colleagues, clients, business groups, neighborhood groups, municipal officials and the general public. We are a creative and collaborative team, and we are seeking someone who matches our firm culture. Check out our job posting here.
Another round of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) workshops is heading our way. This time, the workshops are being held at Hayes Hall, Room 403, at UB South Campus on Wednesday, June 28, from 6 to 8 pm. The focus is on the future of Buffalo's Transit-Oriented Development. It's an opportunity to get your voice heard, by contributing your thoughts and ideas about TOD. Read more here.
As our EcoDistrict moves forward, can it draw in prized land near High Falls?
One of Rochester's most unusual, desirable pieces of land — at the bottom of the Genesee River gorge near High Falls — is largely empty and begging for re-use. The fate of the land, the site of RG&E's recently demolished Beebee Station power plant, has always been unclear.
A public meeting about the High Falls EcoDistrict will be held this Thursday, June 15 at MADE ON STATE in Rochester from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Rachel Walsh from Greentopia and Andre Primus from Highland Planning discussed the idea of the EcoDistrict and what people can expect at the meeting Tuesday during News 8 at Sunrise.
"The EcoDistrict makes an attempt to do sustainable development at a neighborhood scale," explained Walsh. Read more here.
As Metro Rail trains rumbled underneath the meeting area, transportation planners and members of the public talked about extending the rail line south into Buffalo's Cobblestone District and north to the University at Buffalo's North Campus and beyond. Read more here.
On Friday, March 10, 2017, Tanya will be conducting a one-hour training workshop on effective public participation strategies for members of the Urban Land Institute in Western New York at the Filling Station in Buffalo, NY.
The workshop is designed for real estate developers, planners, neighborhood leaders, and municipal staff who interact with the public during site plan and SEQRA reviews, planning processes, neighborhood meetings, and project approvals.
Come see us at one of the five upcoming public meetings for the City of Rochester Comprehensive Master Plan Update.
Highland Planning will be staffing the Northwest meeting on November 15th at the Maplewood Library and the Southweast meeting at the Ryan Center on November 17th.
Read more about the planning process and the upcoming meetings here.
Residents who attended Wednesday night's meeting on a new effort to leverage the Allegheny River didn't sit still in chairs staring at a projection screen and listening to community officials talk. Instead, residents were the ones doing the talking. The Project Advisory Committee of the Allegheny River Public Access & Recreation Plan held an open house-style meeting in Jamestown Community College's Manufacturing Technology Institute, which allowed residents to walk around the room to different stations, filling out surveys and speaking one-on-one with project leaders. Read more here.
Last week, at the NY Upstate Chapter of the American Planning Association conference in Buffalo, the Genesee Transportation Council Regional Walkability Improvement Program won an award for best practice. We are delighted to share this award with a stellar team from GTC, Wendel Companies, Alta Planning + Design, Make Communities, and Mark Fenton.
In 2014 and 2015, we helped to organize audits in the following Genesee/Finger Lakes communities: Albion, Avon, Batavia, Canandaigua, Geneseo, Geneva, Medina, Penfield, and Rochester.
A one hour presentation describing the tools available to create more walkable, bicycle-friendly settings.
A one hour walking audit. Ideally entire group walks an area of concern, or an area considered for potential improvement.
Small group discussion about potential improvements to the focus area.
Presentations from small groups, discussion, next steps, and wrap-up.
Read more about the project and see some photos here.
In response to the City of Rochester's RFP for the downtown lot known as Parcel 5, Glenn Kellogg, president of Hart's Local Grocers, submitted a proposal through Rochester Local Capital, in partnership with Highland Planning. The proposal breaks up the lot into smaller developable parcels that would be within reach of smaller developers.
For more information, see the D&C article.
Our partnership with the University at Buffalo Regional Institute (UBRI) and the City of Salamanca made the news yesterday. We provided technical support to Salamanca so they could participate effectively in the state's highly competitive Consolidated Funding Application process. I fell in loooove with the City of Salamanca through this project. I think about their downtown all the time. Read more here.
Suzanne Lucas, a writer for Inc.com, recently asked me how my college majors, English and art history, influenced me as I started a business. I came to city planning from a study of art history and English. Interpreting art helped me notice the world. Planning helped me understand how to make it better. But the truth is that neither helped me start a business. The decision to create Highland Planning was influenced by (a) my desire for flexibility to raise my children and (b) my interest in focusing on public engagement and commercial district revitalization. It was fun to reflect on it all. Here's the article.
The City of Rochester has been awarded brownfield area-wide planning grant funding from the EPA to develop a revitalization plan and implementation program focused on brownfield sites in the JOSANA Neighborhood, and we have been investigating possibilities for a brownfield called the Orchard-Whitney Site. To learn more visit the website!
On May 10, 2016, our very own Andre Primus was part of a panel organized by Rochester Downtown Development Corporation (RDDC) that discussed the ways that Rochester businesses can attract and keep millennials.
Andre shared with the audience that he moved back to Rochester and is planning to stay because "it's the right size place to get things done." We're so glad he made that choice and that today he is part of our team.
To read more about the event, read this article and this article.
This year, the City of Rochester is updating its Comprehensive Plan. The plan will be called "Rochester 4.0 - Our Neighborhoods, Our Future." Along with our consultant partners at Bergmann Associates, Highland Planning will be leading public engagement efforts for the process.
Tonight was the formal kickoff of the project, with Mayor Lovely Warren presiding over a 35-member Mayor's Advisory Committee (MAC). We reviewed the public engagement plan and initial demographic data, and conducted some live polling to learn about the priorities of the MAC members.
The comprehensive plan update project will be a community-wide effort that engages residents, business leaders, educational institutions and other important community partners to help establish a common vision, develop priorities and identify action steps that will help ensure that the City reaches its full potential in the years to come.
Stay tuned for more information. And in the meantime, read more about the planning process here.
Announcing our first event for Dewey Avenue.
"Springtime on Dewey" is taking place on April 23rd from 12-3PM at the Aquinas Institute. The event was organized by the Dewey Avenue Merchants Association. There will be activities for kids, a steel drum band, free food, the fire safety trailer, face painting, and Rec on the Move.
Norah Constance Primus joined the world yesterday. She is Andre's first child. Isn't she sweet, adorable and perfect??
Have you tried Textizen yet?
Do you live or work in the City of Rochester? Visit downtown often? If so, please take our survey for the Charles Carroll Plaza and Genesee Crossroads Parking Garage Roof Slab Reconstruction Project. You can take the survey by texting the letter of your response to the question to the right to 585-454-8793. Textizen will send follow up questions once receiving your first response. It's quick and easy. Find out more about this project by visiting http://www.cityofrochester.gov/ccpp/.
My colleague, Lori Maher, sent me a link to this address by USDOT Secretary Foxx to the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting attendees in January. It's great. I recommend that you stream it while you're driving somewhere or running or catching up on important federal transportation directives.
Secretary Foxx asked us to "imagine more meaningful public input processes that use technology and capture the views of the public at a state of planning when that input can play a role in the building of new transportation facilities." Yes! We do every day!
He also said, "Transportation is placemaking" and talked about the "recognition of bold, inclusive public input practices, that show that communities voices can matter in the development of transportation systems." We're intrigued and will be looking for more details from USDOT. Thanks Lori!
I am delighted to announce that Mary Rowlands joined Highland Planning on November 16th. Mary has 25 years of experience in municipal traffic operations, metropolitan transportation planning, and private consulting work. We are SO excited for her to bring that knowledge to our team.
Yeah Buffalo!!!! I am astounded to report that a grant application that Highland Planning helped to write was funded yesterday. This is our second successful TIGER grant for the City of Buffalo, and this time the award was $18 million. It will be used to return cars to lower Main Street. Once again, we worked with a talented team from DiDonato Associates, Buffalo Place, Bergmann Associates, Urban Advisors, and, of course, the City of Buffalo. Read more about the award and the project here.
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren is announcing an effort to get people to buy local. It's called #ShopTheROC, and it urges residents and visitors to patronize stores, restaurants and service providers in Rochester neighborhoods.
Warren says by doing that, people are not only supporting Rochester's entrepreneurs, they are supporting the entire community by helping foster job creation. Read more of this story here. Read more about Shop the Roc here.
The forecast looks PERFECT for the second annual South Clinton Goes Batty event this Saturday.
We kick off at the old SE Neighborhood Service Center (846 South Clinton) at 1:00PM with Mayor Lovely Warren. We'll also have free pony rides, a bounce house, Rec on the Move, the fire safety trailer, a scavenger hunt for kids.
From 2-4pm, at MGOS/Ashford Ballet (700 S. Clinton Ave), we will be working on arts and crafts, painting pumpkins, and singing along to karaoke. Elsa and Anna will be there too!
At 4pm, at the Cinema Theatre (957 S. Clinton Ave), we will be showing the Hotel Transylvania I! Tickets will be $3 per ticket, and the movie will be free for kids under 12 who complete the scavenger hunt.
Join in the fun from Gregory Street to South Goodman Street. All are welcome! For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/SCGBTY.
Very excited to share our new logo. Designed by Lisa and Gavin from TGW Studio, it reminds us of the complexities of land use and communities, natural features and how looking at things from high land (get it???) gives us perspective.
We are excited to announce that we are looking for a full-time Project Manager and Director of Communications. Read the job description here. If you are passionate about community development and public outreach, we hope you will consider joining our talented team. Any questions? Just email Tanya.
Yesterday, the heat broke just in time for the Webster Economic Development Alliance to hold an outdoor dinner at Harmony Park for the residents of Philips Village. We had food, balloons, surveys for adults, and activities for kids. It was a perfect Western New York summer night. Thanks to Rotary volunteers for helping us. The residents from Philips Village offered a lot of great information that we will use to develop a Community Revitalization Plan as part of the America's Best Communities Contest. These days we are feeling very optimistic about Webster's chance to win $3 million….
Tate Henry DeMulder was born on July 29th. The week before his birthday, he considered making his grand entrance while Annie and Tanya were at a meeting in Olean. We had a very fast drive home that involved timing contractions. Thankfully, he waited. Here he is. Pretty perfect, right????
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- For years, neighbors have been worried about the main road Parkside Avenue. Neighbors say drivers often speed down the street as they're exiting the Scajaquada Expressway.
Parkside and Florence is one of three intersections on Parkside Avenue where the crash rate is above the state average.
Wednesday Night the City of Buffalo held its first public meeting for the Parkside Avenue at Florence Avenue Intersection design. At the meeting the initial design concept for the intersection redesign was presented to the neighborhood. Read more about this story here.
Today we kicked off the Brighton Comprehensive Plan with the project steering committee. For the next two years, we'll be leading the public participation effort for this effort. Our team is led by Barton and Loguidice, with support from Steinmetz Planning Group and Vita Nuova.
The Town of Brighton is a strong community with an active residents and business owners. We're looking forward to designing a public participation process that meets the community where it is and helps facilitate a dynamic, engaging and participatory process. More on this one as we move forward!
This week, we are busy planning and advertising a public meeting on behalf of the City of Rochester.
The project is the realignment of Dewey and Driving Park Avenue, and the purpose of this third public meeting will be to discuss proposed street amenities. Our partners at Bergmann Associates are working on the final design for this project, and will have concepts to share.
Thanks to Empire State Development's Division of Minority and Women's Business Development, Highland Planning is a WBE for another three years.
We first certified in 2008. Since that time, Governor Cuomo has been instrumental in expanding the program with Executive Order #8 and increasing the M/WBE goals for public projects.
We consider ourselves a poster child for the New York State WBE program. It has allowed us to grow in staff and capacity since our beginnings in 2008. And it continues to allow us to connect with new partners, work in new places, and get better at what we do.
Look for us at ROC Transit Day!
Highland Planning will be staffing the RGRTA Vanpool booth at the Rochester Central Library on June 18, 2015. Visit us and learn more about van pools!
RTS is exploring the feasibility of a regional Vanpool program that links commuters who live near one another and travel to similar destinations in the Rochester area.
When artist Rebecca Lomuto's friends from Brooklyn visit and check out the space at the Genesee Center for the Arts on Monroe Avenue, they can't hide their jealousy. "They just come in and say 'this is such a goldmine,' " said Lomuto, a Long Island native and artist-in-residence at the center's Printing and Book Arts Center. "And the access to the community you have here, you see so many faces, people my age, older and children ... you know, sometimes during the worst of winter, this place is really this area's saving grace for me."
Visit the Show on Monroe website here.
Regional Transit Service is asking the public to weigh in on "vanpooling" — essentially a larger version of a carpool service that would allow groups of commuters to use a van or SUV owned and maintained by the public bus system or a company hired to run the program. Read more about this project here. And take our survey here.
The City of Rochester once again partnered with the Rochester Red Wings to host a one-day, all-city Clean Sweep on Saturday, May 2 at Frontier Field.
Highland Planning was proud to lead a crew on South Clinton Avenue. Volunteers picked up trash along the avenue and planted over 40 planters.
Read more about the annual event here.
Batavia - About 45 city residents, bundled up in coats, hats and gloves, took a walk on a chilly, windy Wednesday to assess if the city is pedestrian friendly. It was part of a regional "walkability audit" that has already been done locally in Bergen and Albion. It fits in perfectly with an updated comprehensive plan to map out the city's future growth, City Manager Jason Molino said. Read more of this article here.
Read more about Highland Planning's involvement with this project here.
Join us for a public open house to review the proposed trails for the Genesee Transportation Council's Regional Trails Initiative. On Saturday, we were at the Rochester Public Market. Today we are in Batavia at the Genesee County Building from 6-8PM, and tomorrow we'll be at the Ramada in Geneva from 5-7PM. Read more here.
In an effort to further advance the revitalization of the downtown commercial district, the City of Olean is updating their zoning code. Members of the Common Council's Strategic Planning Committee gave approval for the city to hire Chuck Banas Design to create zoning code updates for the North Union Street area. North Union Street is currently undergoing an $8.8 million road reconstruction project. The zoning code will provide new guidance for the City as they address the downtown commercial district. Read more about Highland Planning's role with the North Union Street Transformation Project on this page. Read more about the zoning code update in Christopher Michel's story in the Olean Times Herald.
WXXI's Evan Dawson interviews three staff members from Headwater Foods about the Good Food Collective. We never get tired of listening to Chris Hartman talk how the organization started and his vision for the future. Who knew that Shannon Prozeller had a great radio voice?! She talks about what she had for dinner last night and all the farmers who contribute to GFC shares. Stefan Schwartz admits to looking like a farmer, and talks about our USDA feasibility study.
If you don't know, the Good Food Collective started in 2009 and links local farmers with customers that may not otherwise find them. They started with 100 customers. This season, they will have 1,600 members.
Listen to the interview here. Read more about our work with Headwater Foods here.
Here's an article about Tanya's real estate development partner, Jeff Ching, printed in the Winter 2015 issue of the South Wedge Quarterly.
The Playhouse/Swillburger comes to 820 South Clinton Avenue in June 2015. Highland Planning will be co-located in the same building, along with This Good World.
Read more about Jeff and Tanya's collaboration here.
Parkside would be turned into a three-lane street from its current four lanes, according to a draft of the final Parkside Neighborhood Traffic Study report, which proposes safety improvements at the curved intersection of Parkside and Florence avenues.
The recommendations also include installing bump-outs to shorten the distance for pedestrian crosswalks, and reconfiguring the Amherst Street and Parkside intersection by eliminating the diagonal east-west traffic lane on Amherst. Read more.
OLEAN — Though in it's early stages, North Union Street's $8.85 million overhaul has already caught the eye of one federal lawmaker as an example of what can happen to a stagnant downtown with some federal investment.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., visited Olean late Monday afternoon to tout two pieces of federal legislation she's supporting — Pedestrian Safety Act of 2014 and Safe Streets Act of 2014 — that would help other communities across the state do more to reinvigorate their own downtowns. Read more.
Highland Planning is hiring a full-time Senior Planner to manage public outreach processes for transportation and commercial revitalization projects in Western New York. This is a professional urban planning position that requires independent thinking, effective facilitation and communication skills, and the ability to develop, build and maintain effective working relationships with customers, business groups, neighborhood groups, municipal officials and the general public.
This position is open to all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran. Send cover letter, resume, salary requirements, and relevant writing sample by 5PM on Friday, December 5th. Please specify "Senior Planner Job Application" in email title. Read more here….
OLEAN — After more than a year of planning and public outreach, efforts to renovate and restore downtown Olean are finally underway. Gathering near North Union Street's intersection with State Street, city officials held a ceremonial ground-breaking Tuesday for the $8.85 million North Union Street streetscape project. The event was attended by representatives of many businesses and organizations throughout Olean, particularly those who call the downtown shopping district home. Actual work will begin in the coming weeks.
Beth Potter likes running off the beaten track – off the beaten track of cars, that is. So she runs on the Ontario Pathways Trail in Canandaigua, a gravel trail that snakes its way over a creek, through farmland and into the city's downtown area. This trail is one of many trails that crisscross the Rochester area, providing alternative transportation options and recreation to the area's residents.
Tanya Zwahlen, Ana Liss and Laura Fox are three young professionals in public planning careers. They love Rochester, bumps and all. And they love to spend time together.
"We got tired of people digging on Rochester and being negative," Zwahlen says. They wanted to come up with a project that would boost the community — and Rochester Love Notes (rochesterlovenotes.blogspot.com) was born.
The Show On Monroe brought enthusiastic crowds to Rochester's historic downtown neighborhood. Check out this short video about the day, developed by Fish & Crown Creative.
Show on Monroe from Fish & Crown on Vimeo.


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Q: Perl chomp doesn't remove the newline I want to read a string from a the first line in a file, then repeat it n repetitions in the console, where n is specified as the second line in the file.
Simple I think?
#!/usr/bin/perl
open(INPUT, "input.txt");
chomp($text = <INPUT>);
chomp($repetitions = <INPUT>);
print $text x $repetitions;

Where input.txt is as follows
Hello
3

I expected the output to be
HelloHelloHello

But words are new line separated despite that chomp is used.
Hello
Hello
Hello

You may try it on the following Perl fiddle CompileOnline
The strange thing is that if the code is as follows:
#!/usr/bin/perl
open(INPUT, "input.txt");
chomp($text = <INPUT>);
print $text x 3;

It will work fine and displays
HelloHelloHello

Am I misunderstanding something, or is it a problem with the online compiler?

A: You have issues with line endings; chomp removes trailing char/string of $/ from $text and that can vary depending on platform. You can however choose to remove from string any trailing white space using regex,
open(my $INPUT, "<", "input.txt");
my $text = <$INPUT>;
my $repetitions = <$INPUT>;

s/\s+\z// for $text, $repetitions;
print $text x $repetitions;

I'm using an online Perl editor/compiler as mentioned in the initial post http://compileonline.com/execute_perl_online.php

The reason for your output is that string Hello\rHello\rHello\r is differently interpreted in html (\r like line break), while in console \r returns cursor to the beginning of the current line.