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"A nation always gets the kind of politicians it deserves. If a time ever comes when the religious Jews, Protestants and Catholics ever have to suffer under a totalitarian state, which would deny to them the right to worship God according to the light of their conscience, it will be because for years they thought it made no difference what kind of people represented them in Congress, and because they abandoned the spiritual in the realm of the temporal."
~ Fulton J. Sheen, The Catholic Hour, How To Meet Communism, 1947. Luke 9:23
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Pieter Wijdenes (Opperdoes, 22 december 1872 – Amsterdam, 17 februari 1972) was een Nederlands wiskundige.

Levensloop
Pieter Wijdenes werd op 22 december 1872 als derde kind in een groot landbouwersgezin geboren te Opperdoes onder Medemblik. Hij bezocht de lagere school te Nibbixwoud, waarheen zijn ouders in 1879 waren verhuisd.

Onderwijs
Na de lagere school doorliep Pieter de voorbereidende klas van de Normaalschool te Hoorn en verwierf op veertienjarige leeftijd door een vergelijkend examen (waarvoor hij als nummer één slaagde) toelating tot de Kweekschool voor onderwijzers te Middelburg en een beurs van f 300 per jaar. Zijn onderwijzersakte dateert van 1891; zijn beste vakken waren aardrijkskunde en geschiedenis. Op tijdelijke aanstellingen te Middelburg en Diemerbrug volgde aanstelling in vaste dienst met ingang van 1 januari 1892 als onderwijzer aan de openbare lagere school op de Lauriergracht te Amsterdam (een benoeming op zo jeugdige leeftijd was in die jaren in Amsterdam een zeldzaamheid): aanvangssalaris f 600 per jaar, met verhoging na één en twee jaar tot f 800 resp. f 1000, telkens na een proefles ten overstaan van een deskundige.

Bijna geheel door zelfstudie (voor natuurkunde nam hij les bij P.H. van der Ley te Haarlem) verwierf hij de hoofdakte (1895) en daarna achtereenvolgens de akten tekenen en wiskunde L.O. en de akten wiskunde (1899, 1901) en boekhouden M.O. (KI, KV en KXII). Ter voorbereiding van het KV-examen volgde Wijdenes als toehoorder de colleges van D. J. Korteweg en A.J. van Pesch, die mede vanwege zijn wens van 12 tot 1 uur 's middags werden gehouden; dit betekende dat hij viermaal in de week tussen twee schooltijden naar de Oude Manhuispoort moest. Onder het gehoor van deze hoogleraren leerde hij enige studenten kennen die later als wiskundigen bekend zouden worden: H.J.E. Beth, L.E.J. Brouwer, L. Crijns.

Periode in Almelo
Nu hij bevoegd was tot het geven van wiskunde-onderwijs in de eerste drie klassen van een HBS, solliciteerde Wijdenes naar Almelo en had daarbij de medewerking van de inspecteur K. ten Bruggencate, de auteur van het bekende Engelse woordenboek. Benoeming aan de HBS aldaar volgde op 1 februari 1902, precies tien jaar na zijn entree op de Amsterdamse Lauriergracht. Tijdens zijn vijfjarig verblijf te Almelo leidde hij ook vele onderwijzers uit Twente op voor de akte wiskunde L.O.; onder hen bevond zich H.G.A. Verkaart, schoolhoofd te Haaksbergen, later te Roermond, die van de oprichting in 1913 af 25 jaar lang samen met hem het Nieuw Tijdschrift voor Wiskunde zou redigeren.

Periode in Rotterdam
Van 1907 tot 1911 was Wijdenes leraar aan de driejarige HBS aan de Kortenaerstraat te Rotterdam en van 1911 tot 1925 aan de driejarige HBS aan de Weteringschans te Amsterdam (directeur: de latere minister van onderwijs Bolkestein (1871-1956, grootvader van voormalig eurocommissaris, minister en kamerlid Frits Bolkestein)). Als auteur van wiskundeboeken is Wijdenes sinds 1907 werkzaam geweest; van dat jaar dateert ook de relatie met de uitgever P. Noordhoff te Groningen, die werd voortgezet met de Erven P. Noordhoff NV en - nog later - met de NV Wolters-Noordhoff. De over de honderd school- en studieboeken van zijn hand hebben een belangrijke rol gespeeld op het Nederlandse wiskunde-onderwijs in de eerste helft van de 20e eeuw; zijn 'Algebra voor MULO', verschenen in 1912, beleefde zelfs 70 drukken.

Publicistische arbeid
De toenemende mate waarin de publicistische arbeid beslag op hem legde, deed Wijdenes besluiten in december 1925 ontslag uit de dienst van de gemeente Amsterdam te nemen. (Het tijdstip van het ontslag werd evenwel voornamelijk bepaald door de weigering van de wethouder van onderwijs, hem een langdurig verlof 'buiten bezwaar' toe te kennen; hij wilde dat verlof besteden aan een wereldreis, die hem voor ogen stond.)

Tot die publicistische arbeid moet vooral ook worden gerekend zijn redacteurschap van het Nieuw Tijdschrift voor Wiskunde (1913-1938). Samen met P. Jansen, directeur van de gemeentelijke kweekschool, en W.J. Heijdeman,
directeur van de MTS, verzorgde hij in de jaren twintig een gerenommeerde opleiding voor de akte KI. Zijn beste leerlingen op deze cursus, K. Harlaar en H. Herreilers, werden zijn naaste medewerkers en hebben zich later zelfstandig aan de opleiding voor M.O.-kandidaten gewijd; beiden zijn ook vele jaren als redacteur van het Nieuw Tijdschrift voor Wiskunde opgetreden. De 75e jaargang (1987/88) was de laatste van het Nieuw Tijdschrift voor Wiskunde: in 1988 werd het opgeheven.

Ook de oprichting, in 1924, van Euclides, maandblad voor de didactiek van de exacte vakken (waarvan de eerste drie jaargangen verschenen onder de titel Bijvoegsel van het Nieuw Tijdschrift voor Wiskunde), was Wijdenes' werk. Voorts had hij een belangrijk aandeel in de totstandkoming van de wetenschappelijke periodieken Christiaan Huygens (later met het Belgische Wis- en Natuurkundig Tijdschrift verenigd tot Simon Stevin) en Compositio Mathematica.

Laatste jaren
Op zijn tachtigste verjaardag werd hij benoemd tot ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau en boden het Wiskundig Genootschap en de lerarenvereniging Wimecos hem het erelidmaatschap aan. Op zijn negentigste verjaardag viel hem een grootse huldiging door oud-leerlingen, leraren en hoogleraren uit binnen- en buitenland ten deel en in talrijke binnen- en buitenlandse publicaties is hem lof toegezwaaid.
Pieter Wijdenes overleed op 17 februari 1972 te Amsterdam.

Wijdenes

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Q: Default value for "inc" when a new document is created on upsert using MongoDB from Java? I'm using MongoDB 4.2 and I'd like to conditionally upsert a document in MongoDB with a default value. Here's what I have today (1):
collection.updateOne(
    and(eq("_id", "John Doe"), eq("version", 0L)),
    inc("version", 1L),
    new UpdateOptions().upsert(true)
);

This generates a document like this:
{
  "_id" : "John Doe",
  "version" : NumberLong(1)
}

But what I want to do is to modify (1) to have a default value of NumberLong(10) instead of 0 like this:
{
  "_id" : "John Doe",
  "version" : NumberLong(10)
}

I've tried doing this:
collection.updateOne(
    and(eq("_id", "John Doe"), eq("version", 0L)),
    combine(inc("version", 1L), setOnInsert("version", 10L))
    new UpdateOptions().upsert(true)
);

but this fails with:
com.mongodb.MongoWriteException: Updating the path 'version' would create a conflict at 'version'

    at com.mongodb.client.internal.MongoCollectionImpl.executeSingleWriteRequest(MongoCollectionImpl.java:1015)
    at com.mongodb.client.internal.MongoCollectionImpl.executeUpdate(MongoCollectionImpl.java:992)
    at com.mongodb.client.internal.MongoCollectionImpl.updateOne(MongoCollectionImpl.java:589)

Is it possible to achieve this in a single call to MongoDB?

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Born from pain — голландская хардкор-панк-группа, образованная в 1997 году. Группа добилась значительной популярности на мировой хардкор-сцене, гастролируя по всему миру. На протяжении длительного периода времени коллектив выступал на одной сцене с такими Hatebreed, Madball, Zero Mentality, Six Feet Under, Soulfly, Agnostic Front и Slayer. В марте 2007 года давний фронтмен Че покинул группу по личным причинам и был временно заменён фронтменом First Blood Карлом Шварцом, а после Скоттом Вогелом из группы Terror. Вскоре Born From Pain нашли постоянного вокалиста в Кевина Отто из немецкого дэткор-коллектива End of Days. Отто не желал долго участвовать в группе и был заменён на бас-гитариста Роба Френсина, а его обязанности взял на себя Андрис Бекерс из The Setup, позднее заменённый на Пита Горлитза. Коллектив является одной из ведущих европейских хардкор-групп.

Состав

Настоящий состав
 Роб Френсин — вокал (с 2008), бас (с 1997-2008)
 Доминик Страммен — гитара (с 2005)
 Карл Филдхаус — гитара (с 2003)
 Пит Горлитз — бас-гитара (с 2010)
 Игорь Воутерс — ударные (с 2010)

Бывшие участники
 Чи Снилтинг — вокал (1997 - 2007)
 Кевин Отто — вокал (2007)
 Карл Шварц — вокал (2007)
 Скотт Вогел — вокал (2007)
 Серви Олислегерс — гитара (1997 - 2001)
 Стефан Вн Нирвин — гитара  (1997 - 2006)
 Мартин Моритз — гитара (2001 - 2003)
 Андрис Бекерс — бас (2008-2010)
 Рой Моннен — ударные (2008-2010)
 Питер Хендрикс — ударные (2003–2004)
 Воутер Алерс — ударные (1997 - 2003)
 Роел Кломп — ударные (2004-2008)

Дискография

Студийные альбомы
 Reclaiming The Crown (2002)
 Sands of Time (2003)
 In Love With The End (2005)
 War (2006)
 Survival (2008)
 The New Future (2012)
 Dance With The Devil (2014)
True Love (2019)

Мини-альбомы
 Immortality (1998)

Ссылки
Официальный сайт Born From Pain

Born From Pain на Encyclopaedia Metallum

Металкор-группы
Группы хардкора
Музыкальные коллективы, появившиеся в 1997 году
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  path = Rails.root.join('db', 'seeds')
  EstateSeeder.seed! path
  PrisonSeeder.seed! path
end

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The US allowed William Browder to enter the country
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The prototypes of the wall to the US border and Mexico submitted for review
The representatives of the border service welcomed a new step in fulfilling the promise of trump, while the Congress is
Tillerson will require from Pakistan additional measures against the Taliban
The United States believes that the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network hiding in Pakistan KABUL – U.S. Secretary of
Mattis: provocation North Korea threaten regional and world security
Japanese defense Minister urged the US and South Korea to take joint retaliatory measures corresponding to the threat level Nuclear
Media: students from the terrible threatened to be expelled for failing to match Akhmad
The Chechen authorities have gone to extreme measures to ensure a full house at the match of the 15th round
Tamzin Outhwaite returns to EastEnders
Tamzin Outhwaite is back on EastEnders, after more than 15 years of the program. She is back in Albert Square,
More than 200 women accuse James Toback
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Weinstein-assistant 'paid £125k for silence"
A British former assistant to Harvey Weinstein says, she was paid £125,000 ($165,200) to keep quiet after he accused the
Timberlake to make the Super Bowl again
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Managers of clubs in the UK's EU exit warning
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Harbor Regional Center (HRC) is a private non-profit organization under contract with the State of California Department of Developmental Services. HRC is part of a statewide network of 21 Regional Centers responsible for the coordination and development of services to meet the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities. Our service area is located in the southern and southwestern L.A. County, and includes Torrance, Harbor, Bellflower, and Long Beach health districts.
HRC evaluates the resource needs of our clients and the business needs of our Center on an ongoing basis, and periodically invites prospective service providers to submit proposals.We thank all potential service providers for their interest in these projects or future specialized development and requests for proposals.
Harbor Regional Center has been gathering input over the past year, in meetings with our community, regarding the needs of the people we serve.
In 2018 we identified the following priorities for resource development.
-Health care conditions requiring care by licensed staff, such as diabetes.
Specialized Supported Living Services, to serve clients with a variety of mental health, behavioral or health challenges, including individuals that are transitioning from a State Developmental Center or other institutional setting into the community.
Specialized Supported Employment Services, to serve clients with a variety of mental health, behavioral or health challenges.
Crisis Services that can provide mobile support to individuals living in licensed residential care, independent and supported living settings, or with their family.
We invite you to email us you comments on the above identified priorities for resource development.
Crisis Intervention Services Submission Deadline Friday, March 22, 2019, by 3:00 pm.
Harbor Regional Center (HRC) is seeking proposals for the development of crisis intervention services for adults and children who are at risk of being moved from their family home, or other living environment into a more restrictive setting.
Supported Living Arrangement Submission Deadline Friday, March 22, 2019, by 3:00 pm.
Harbor Regional Center (HRC) in collaboration with the Southern California Integrated Health and Living Project (SCIHLP) is seeking proposals for the development of supported living services for individuals moving from a state developmental center, IMD (Institution for Mental Disease) and/or at risk of moving into a state developmental center or other more restrictive setting.


Ancient rock carvings, burial grounds, and ceremonial sites are all at stake.
Trump's disparagement of Native Americans doesn't end with his rhetoric. A day after Trump called Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) "Pocahontas" at an event honoring Navajo code talkers during World War II, the Salt Lake Tribune reports that the president will visit Salt Lake City, Utah, next Monday to announce that he's shrinking national monuments of huge importance to Native Americans.
Without visiting the monuments he's targeted, Trump is expected to announce his decision on a review conducted by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. He reportedly told Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) that he will shrink the 1.35 million acres Bears Ears and 1.9 million acres Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments to a fraction of their original sizes.
Rebecca Tsosie, a law professor at the University of Arizona who is of Yaqui descent, said that one of the best aspects of the president's proclamation was that it recognized Native people still use and need public lands today.
The five tribes have already announced their intention to sue once Trump takes action. Many experts and environmentalists question whether Trump's attempt to shrink monuments, unprecedented for a modern president, will survive court challenges.


I love yoghurt; with honey, crumble, on curry or straight from the pot. With the Denone adverts telling you that all women need Bifidus Acti-whatever-Regularis to get rid of their bloating issues and that those ridiculous mini yoghurt drinks improve your digestive system, it's understandable why so many people fall for the gimmick of what effectively is a trademarked strain of a specific bacteria they use in their products.
Danone, known as Dannon in the US (why?) claims that their special bacteria aids digestion. Reading into their claims a little further I have found out some interesting facts about their branding and marketing strategy. The name of the bacteria changes depending on which country you are in and so do its effects. For example, the Canadian Activia website who call the bacterium "Bifidobacterium Lactis" claim many beneficial effects but say it can "possibly act on intestinal transit" whereas the UK website promises, "When eaten every day, Activia is scientifically proven to help improve slower digestive transit".
In Germany and Austria the bacterium is marketed as "Digestivum Essensis", both of which are invented words. The use of latinate endings suggest a scientific derivation which leads people to believe it's a real thing.
Two cultures organisms Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus, are required to make yogurt but these are killed in heat- treated yoghurts. Some makers than add bacteria back into yoghurt so that they can market it as 'live' yoghurt or 'probiotic' yogurt.
In fact there is no hard evidence that live yoghurt has any positive effects at all. Some studies show improved digestion and some have shown reduction in diarrhoea of patients taking antibiotics but it's still being studied. Some people claim that eating Activia yoghurts gives them stomach cramps and even diarrhoea. .
From my research I'm not yet convinced of the health benefits but will continue to eat live yoghurt regularly, mainly because I like it and it is easy to make. I will continue to boycott little yoghurt drinks that cost more than a tub of the equivalent weight and those with made up names that sound sciency to make me think they are real!
So which yoghurt do I eat?
Take a trip down to Tesco and you will find all the yoghurts, as you expect, shelved together near the milk section. Usually the selection packs of individual yogurts are on your left and the bigger tubs on your right.
The standard size for a tub seems to be 500g and you have a choice from Activia, Yeo, Onken and Tesco's own label among a few others.
The Onken pot costs £1, the Activia pot will cost you £1.20 and Yeo is between the two at £1.10. With prices so similar and the pot sizes the same, surely it's just matter of preference. Well, it doesn't have to be.
Take a walk down the 'world foods' isle and look out for Henna yogurt. For the same price as the Yeo pot you get double, yes DOUBLE the amount of yoghurt. That's 1kg of yoghurt that, to me, tastes exactly the same and is as live as any of the well known brands that are robbing you in broad daylight. The only drawback you may find is fitting it in the fridge.
it leave you feeling more bloated?


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Q: Portforwarding SSH to my server but does not work when server is on VPN, asymmetric routing? I want to open SSH from internet to my server so I have a port-forwarding rule on my router to forward port 22 external to my server:22, works fine as long as my server is Not connected to VPN. I think asymmetric routing is occurring where the SSH connection comes in to my local IP address and the response goes out on the VPN, makes sense?
Is it possible to change gateway with iptables, like "if src port is 22 then use gateway 192.168.10.1 on interface br0 instead of default gateway"?
Server IP: 192.168.10.10
Gateway  : 192.168.10.1
Interface: br0
ip a:
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eno1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel master br0 state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 30:85:a9:a9:19:53 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: enp11s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 30:85:a9:a9:16:b3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 62:c4:b2:98:46:f6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.10.10/24 brd 192.168.10.255 scope global br0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::60c4:b2ff:fe98:46f6/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
5: docker0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default
    link/ether 02:42:28:c4:e5:e2 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 172.17.0.1/16 brd 172.17.255.255 scope global docker0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
6: br-aad69972cc43: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default
    link/ether 02:42:b8:6b:d5:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 172.30.0.1/16 brd 172.30.255.255 scope global br-aad69972cc43
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
9: tun0: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UNKNOWN group default qlen 100
    link/none
    inet 10.10.0.5/16 brd 10.10.255.255 scope global tun0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fdda:d0d0:cafe:1196::1003/64 scope global
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::7ff9:6b31:c261:212b/64 scope link stable-privacy
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

iptables configuration:
GATEWAY="192.168.10.1"
IP="192.168.10.10"

# Remove current rules
iptables --flush
iptables --delete-chain
iptables -t nat --flush
iptables -t nat --delete-chain

# Drop by default
iptables -P OUTPUT DROP
iptables -P INPUT  DROP

# Allow loopack
iptables -A INPUT -j ACCEPT -i lo
iptables -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT -o lo

# Allow DNS-client request to 1.1.1.1
iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp -s $IP --sport 1024:65535 -d 1.1.1.1 --dport 53 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s 1.1.1.1 --sport 53 -d $IP --dport 1024:65535 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -s $IP --sport 1024:65535 -d 1.1.1.1 --dport 53 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s 1.1.1.1 --sport 53 -d $IP --dport 1024:65535 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT

# Allow DNS-client request to 8.8.8.8
iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp -s $IP --sport 1024:65535 -d 8.8.8.8 --dport 53 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s 8.8.8.8 --sport 53 -d $IP --dport 1024:65535 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -s $IP --sport 1024:65535 -d 8.8.8.8 --dport 53 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s 8.8.8.8 --sport 53 -d $IP --dport 1024:65535 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT

# Allows internal traffic from on interface br0
iptables -A INPUT --src 192.168.10.0/24 -j ACCEPT -i br0
iptables -A OUTPUT -d 192.168.10.0/24 -j ACCEPT -o br0

# Allow ssh connections from everywhere, limit connection to 1/minute
iptables -A INPUT -i br0 -p tcp --syn --dport 22 -m limit --limit 1/minute -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -i br0 -p tcp --syn --dport 22 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -i br0 -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o br0 -p tcp --sport 22 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT

# Allow VPN (mullvad CZ) on interface br0 @ port 1196
iptables -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT -d 185.156.174.170 -o br0 -p udp -m udp --dport 1196
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Human beings are abysmal at detecting lies consciously, but their subconscious mind may have a better nose for deceit, new research suggests.
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That made ten Brinke and colleagues Dana Carney and Dayna Stimson, who are both at the University of California at Berkeley, wonder whether people can subconsciously sniff out deceit.
They then asked a group of 72 students to detect the liars versus the truth-tellers.


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Castle on the Hill Association may lose access to former school; owner wants to sell
Mason Dockter
Castle on the Hill Association member Frank Conkey looks up at names of student actors painted in the wings of the auditorium at the former Central High School building in Sioux City on Dec. 5.
SIOUX CITY -- An alumni group for graduates of Sioux City's former Central High School could be booted from the former school-turned-apartment complex by the end of the month.
The Castle on the Hill Association's 15-year lease of the former gymnasium (colloquially known as the "Dungeon"), the third-floor auditorium, a second-floor storage area and an office space is set to expire Dec. 31.
The building's owner says the apartment complex has been unprofitable. The end of the alumni group's lease, he says, is probably the only way he could sell the property to another operator.
The castle-like former school, at 610 13th St., opened in the spring of 1893 and shut down in 1972 in anticipation of the construction of the three current public high schools -- East, North and West. The Castle was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Castle on the Hill Association member Dave Carlson laughs while recalling a high school memory while standing in the auditorium at the former Central High School building in Sioux City Thursday. The building operated as a high school until 1972, then mostly sat empty until being converted into the Castle on the Hill Apartments in 2003. In addition to keeping the history of Central High School alive, the alumni association maintains a museum and gift shop on the building's ground floor.
The Castle on the Hill Association purchased the building from the school district for $1 in 1976.
In 2002, the association sold the building for $1 to developers who turned the aging structure into a 75-unit apartment complex. In return for selling the building at that nominal price, in 2004 the association was able to lease their space for 15 years, at $1 per year.
Developer plans apartment project at former Everett school
Ian Richardson
The building's owner, Woodbine, Iowa-based developer Todd Heistand, said he wants to sell the building to another developer, or to the association itself, after the group's lease expires. Allowing the group to retain access to a large chunk of the building could make it less attractive to prospective buyers, Heistand said.
"As soon as their lease runs up, we're going to be probably selling the building or just trying to figure out what to do with it so I don't have to -- it's going to come out of our portfolio somehow," Heistand told The Journal last week. "And I'm not sure how. But bottom line is, I've got to be able to offer it to a new buyer free and clear."
Members of the alumni group view the situation differently. The association kept a very small stake in the building -- 0.0049 percent -- after they sold it 17 years ago, and they have first right of refusal in a sale. But the alumni group currently does not have the resources to buy the historic property, which is assessed for just over $1 million, according to Woodbury County records.
Castle on the Hill Association member Frank Conkey looks down a south stairwell in front of a statue of Abraham Lincoln at the former Central High School building in Sioux City Thursday. The building operated as a high school until 1972, then mostly sat empty until being converted into the Castle on the Hill Apartments in 2003. In addition to keeping the history of Central High School alive, the alumni association maintains a museum and gift shop on the building's ground floor.
"So I look at it, they're kicking out their part owner," said Shirley McLeod, a 1952 Central High graduate and president of the association.
"They seem to feel as though the reason they don't want to extend our lease is because they're looking for a new developer. And they would not want to lay our position there on a new developer," said Dennis Ard, a 1962 Central High graduate and member of the association board. "And that's totally confusing to us, because we're outstanding tenants. That is, the space that we occupy is immaculate."
In years past, the association has used the gymnasium and auditorium for special events. The gym was periodically rented out to groups for activities such as soccer and roller derby. The association also runs a gift shop that sells Castle and Central High School-themed merchandise.
Castle on the Hill Association member Dave Carlson kneels while taking a photo of fellow association members, from left, George Zeitmer, Denny Ard and Carole Ard at a statue of Abraham Lincoln near the south entrance at the former Central High School building in Sioux City Thursday. The building operated as a high school until 1972, then mostly sat empty until being converted into the Castle on the Hill Apartments in 2003. The murals behind them were painted in 1934. In addition to keeping the history of Central High School alive, the alumni association maintains a museum and gift shop on the building's ground floor.
Fewer events have been held in the Castle lately, due partly to a shortage of parking, members of the association said.
Heistand, who runs NuStyle Development Corporation with his wife, Mary, said his company has lost considerable sums of money on the Castle apartment complex in recent years.
"The problem is, over the years, I mean (the Castle) has always really struggled to even break even, and recently it's really started losing a lot of money," Heistand said. "Just keeping up with the heat and the HVAC and the heat bills and everything else. We've worked with the Castle on the Hill Association numerous times over the years, trying to figure out how to save some dollars and things like that, and we never really got very far."
Castle on the Hill Association members Denny Ard and Frank Conkey talk while gathered with other association members, background from right, Gayle Miille, Dave Carlson and Shirley McLeod in "the dungeon," the original gymnasium at the former Central High School building in Sioux City Thursday. The building operated as a high school until 1972, then mostly sat empty until being converted into the Castle on the Hill Apartments in 2003. In addition to keeping the history of Central High School alive, the alumni association maintains a museum and gift shop on the building's ground floor.
According to the NuStyle website, the cost to redevelop the property totaled more than $9.2 million. The city issued two loans totaling $570,000 to the property in 2003 for the purpose of creating 38 units of affordable housing there.
Out of the 75 units in the building, only 14 are rented at market rate, which ranges from $750 to $800 per month. The remaining 61 units are low-income, renting from $573 to $785. All but three of the building's units are leased.
The maroon sandstone building, Heistand said, is in need of repairs common to older structures -- re-pointing of the mortar, new air conditioners, new windows, a new roof, new plumbing fixtures -- all rather costly. The alumni association, he added, hasn't helped him defray the property's expenses.
A quick history of Sioux City public schools, 1850s to 1930s
School in Sioux City didn't begin with a building. It began with a teacher: 19-year-old Mary Wilkins, who arrived aboard the steamboat Omaha in April 1857. Here, she lived with a married couple she met on the boat and earned $50 a month, a salary funded by donations from Sioux City businessmen.
"We pay all the heating bills and everything else," he said. "It gets very expensive, because, over the years they haven't tried to help a whole lot."
Though it's a heavy lift and there isn't much time left, the association hopes to raise enough capital to buy the Castle for themselves. Ard estimated they'd need around a quarter million dollars for a down payment; they have a long way to go to get anywhere near that dollar figure.
"We are still pursuing alumni, but some of the best sources that we thought we had, don't seem to want to put their money into that kind of development," Ard said.
But it's not for lack of effort.
Gallery: Remembering Sioux City restaurants that have closed
Bootleggers, which operated in the former McCarthy & Bailey's space in Sioux City, closed in 2019 after only a few months in operation.
Pinky's Ice Cream & Hot Dogs, 2928 Gordon Dr., opened and closed in 2019.
Pita Pit, 2927 Hamilton Blvd., permanently closed on July 31.
From left, Gud n Free chef Eric Schroll and co-owner Mike Orlando put finishing touches to the allergy-free food in a Journal file photo. The restaurant at 3120 Floyd Blvd. closed in 2018.
Lisa Hinkle and Kent Frohock show off some of the massive sandwiches from Hamilton Bar & Grill, which closed after less than a year of operation.
Chef Don Shriver works at Krause's Main Street Burgers in Hinton, Iowa. The restaurant closed in 2019.
Michael Klatt shows off food items at McCarthy & Bailey's Irish Pub, which closed in 2018.
George's Hot Dog Shoppe is shown at 1419 Hamilton Blvd. in a June 2016 file photo. The shop later closed.
An employee dishes up ice cream for customers at Cold Stone Creamery in Sioux City in a 2011 photo. The shop at 1921 Hamilton Blvd. closed Sunday, Aug. 24, 2018.
Journal file photo
Aaron Sailer holds a tray of donuts at Sprinkles Donut & Coffee Shop in Sioux City. The shop closed in 2018.
Steve Margeas holds a coney dog at his Coney Island restaurant in downtown Sioux City in 2010. The hot dog restaurant, which had been in his family since 1918, closed after 99 years of business.
Patrons study the menu at Tanner's Bar & Grill in Sioux City on Jan. 13, 2017, the first day of business. The restaurant closed in 2018.
A barbecued Reuben sandwich and a rack of ribs are shown at Sns BBQ in Le Mars in 2017, the year the restaurant closed.
Owner Tiffany Parsons is pictured at the former Daily Grind in Sioux City in 2016. The eatery closed the following year.
Crazy Bob's BBQ in Sioux City closed in 2017.
Pamela Lang, right, of Little Chicago Deli & Grill, serves customer Brody Whalen, left, of Sioux City, at the restaurant in November 2013. The restaurant closed in 2017.
Dawn J. Sagert, Sioux City Journal file
In a February 2011 file photo, Ray Hoffmann is shown in Luciano's, the Italian restaurant he and his wife, Kathleen, operated in Sioux City's Historic Fourth District. The establishment closed in 2016.
Jerry Mennenga, Sioux City Journal file
Elie's South of the Border, 1951 Leech Ave, closed in late 2014.
Sioux City Journal file
The former Carlos O'Kelly's at Sunnybrook Plaza is shown. The Mexican restaurant chain closed in March 2014.
Dave Dreeszen
Robert Ford shows off Thanksgiving food in 2012 at Red Bones Cafe, which closed in the subsequent years.
The exterior of South Sioux City's China Super Buffet is shown in 2011. The restaurant closed in 2014.
Journal photo by Tim Gallagher
Mac Behrs Sports Bar, 1201 Fourth St, closed in May 2014.
Applebee's Neighborhood Bar and Grill at 1700 Hamilton Blvd. closed in January 2014.
The Black Bear Diner at 5030 Sergeant Road in Lakeport Commons closed in October 2013.
Jim Lee, Sioux City Journal file
The Five Guys at Lakeport Commons in Sioux City is shown after it opened in 2009. The windows were boarded up after the burger joint abruptly closed in 2013.
Bev's on the River, shown above along the Missouri River in Sioux City, was replaced by Crave restaurant at the Hilton Garden Inn.
Maid-Rite, 2509 Hamilton Blvd., closed in December 2011.
The former Black Bear Diner at 2301 Hamilton Blvd. is shown in July 2012.
The former Eldon's restaurant at 3322 Singing Hills Blvd. is shown in a file photo.
Ending a successful 33-year run, Ted Herbold sold his Theo's Steakhouse & Lounge in 2009.
Dave Dreeszen, Sioux City Journal
Luigi Turletti in the former Botticelli bar on Nov. 13, 2004.
Owners Adam and Alyssa Feigus stand in the kitchen of the former Bluestem restaurant in Sioux City.
Damaris Norman-Sutton is shown with a hot beef sandwich at her former restaurant.
Derek and Sue Lochner, owners/operators of the former House of Q restaurant in Sioux City, show off a sandwich in 2011.
Chef Jerry Norman puts an almond crust on salmon filets in the kitchen of the former Max's Restuarant at the Southern Hills Mall in December 1999.
Jeff and Chris Smurthwaite, owners of the former Windy City Pizzeria, show off a couple of pizzas.
Ed Porter, Sioux City Journal
Former vendors in the food court at Southern Hills Mall are shown.
Spaghetti Depot located in KD Station.
The former Green Gables Restaurant operated at 1800 Pierce St. in Sioux City.
Anna Mae's Town Club
Arcadia Restaurant was located at Pierce and 14th streets in Sioux City.
Sign at entrance to Casa Grande.
Little King in Sioux City.
Inside the Paddock.
Toller Drug's Starlight Room
A worker stands by the buffet at the Normandy restaurant in this image taken in January of 1974.
Journal file photo by Cal Stickel
Danny's Restaurant, 2910 Military Road, was operated for many years by Danny Baker. An early morning fire on Dec. 3, 1968, resulted in severe damage to the building.
Country Kitchen was located at 620 S. Lewis Blvd. This image was used by the advertising department at KTIV and was taken in the mid-1970s.
Undated image taken inside the Paddock in South Sioux City.
The Half Moon Inn was located at 714 S. Lewis Blvd. This image is from the early 1950s.
Bishop Cafeteria, also known as Bishop's, was located on the first floor of the Commerce Building at the southeast corner of Sixth and Nebraska streets until the 1980s when the business moved to the Southern Hills Mall. This photo was taken in the late 1940s.
The Biltmore Motel and Restaurant was located at 5900 Gordon Dr. This image was used for advertising on KTIV and was taken in the mid-1970s. The Biltmore dates back to the 1950s.
Undated photo taken in the kitchen at Casa Grande.
Anna Mae's Town Club was located next to Holman Maytag in Sioux City.
Joe Gantz Steak House
"We have sent two letters out asking for help... and we're just not getting a good response," McLeod said.
Heistand said he'd like it if the association would take the building off his hands.
"They do have an option to purchase the building, that I was kind of hoping they would exercise," he said. "But I don't know that that's going to happen."
Frank Conkey, a 1963 Central High graduate and another member of the association's board, said he didn't want to dwell on the possibility of losing access to the Castle.
"You have to look at the positive side of things in something like this. If you look more into the downside of it, I'm sure you're not going to succeed. That's just like in business, you know, if you don't look positive, there's a good chance your business is not going to succeed," Conkey said. "But, yes, I know we've got a lot of stones to step over."
The association hasn't finalized its plans for the Castle if they do manage to buy it.
"We've had several discussions about that, what we would like to see done," McLeod said.
Aalfs Manufacturing historic
An assembly line at the Aalfs Manufacturing Co. plant in Sioux City is shown in a 1940s-era photo.
Capital Theater 1940-1959
The Capital Theater was locatedon Nebraska Street in downtown Sioux City.
Badgerow Building
Early 1940s photo of the Badgerow Building in Sioux City.
People donate money in a Salvation Army kettle in the 1940s.
Morningside Avenue
A view of Morningside Avenue.
Pierce Street 1941
Pierce Street is shown in 1941. Streetcars were once the main mode of transportation in Sioux City.
Bishop Cafeteria
Blizzard: 1940
Wind blows snow along Fourth Street in Sioux City on Nov. 11, 1940. Temperatures fell as much as 30 degrees in two hours that day.
Sioux City's Memorial Drive
Sioux City officials dedicate the widened Memorial Drive in 1940. Nicknamed "The Memorial Mile," the road had 140 elm trees planted on either side in honor of Woodbury County residents who died in World War I. The trees and the markers that stood by them have long since disappeared.
Jennings street house
A home in the 2800 block of Jennings Street in Sioux City is shown in the 1940s. Residents on the block in 1914 wanted the City Council to approve measures to narrow the street.
Provided by the Sioux City Public Museum
Reservoir Park at 37th and Virginia streets in Sioux City is shown in the 1940s. The park was renamed Sutherland Park in 1963.
Battery Building
Workers are shown outside the Battery Building, which housed Sioux City Battery Co. starting in the 1940s.
Provided by Sioux City Entertainment Inc.
Savoy Supper Club/Historic Fourth
Historic Fourth Street as it appeared in the 1940s. At the time this photo was taken, there were about as many people living in Sioux City as there are now.
Sadoff's Men's Clothing store
In this photo provided by the Sioux City Public Museum, Nathan Sadoff is shown at his downtown Sioux City men's clothing store in the late 1940s or early 1950s.
Lynn Zerschling
Sioux City circa 1940-1959
A view of Riverside can be seen in this photo taken from the bluffs between 1940-1959.
Leif Erikson Pool
The Leif Erikson pool was built in 1941. A new version opened in 1979.
Sioux City Journal history
Sioux City Tribune.
Courtesy Sioux City Public Museum
Morningside drama department
Student performers prepare to go on stage in 1942.
Morningside College Archives
Elevated railway piers
Supports for an elevated railroad are shown at Second and Fowler streets in Sioux City on July 19, 1942. Talk began of building the elevated railway in July 1888.
George Newman, Sioux City Journal file
First World War Cannon
This photo from the July 25, 1954, Journal shows a cannon used in World War I in France that was awarded to the Sioux City chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart by the U.S. War Department and dedicated in the veterans' plot at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Louise Sammons Freese
Louise Sammons Freese, longtime columnist for the Sioux City Journal and a member of the Perkins family, is shown reading the Journal in October 1947.
City Hall 1948
This structure, shown in this Dec 22, 1948 photo, served as the city hall for 31 years before its interior was severely damaged by a fire that swept through it in 1944.
In this photo, taken circa 1945, a Judas goat leads a group of sheep up a ramp to their deaths at the Cudahy meatpacking plant in Sioux City.
Labor Day Parade near 6th and Pierce streets in 1945.
Labor Day Parade near 4th and Pierce streets, 1945.
Sioux City Air Base
Transport planes sit at the Sioux City Air Base in 1945. Agencies are still disputing who should pay to clean up fuel spills that may be from the era.
Condon Motor Co.
Charles Harrison "C.W." Condon, Sr. started a full service heavy-duty truck dealership in 1945 at 623 Pearl St. in Sioux City. His son, Chuck, joined the business in 1959.
Combination bridge, 1945
The Combination bridge spanning the Missouri River between Sioux City and South Sioux City is swung open to let larger vessels pass through in this April 13, 1945 photo.
Journal file photo by George Newman
Thousands gather outside the Younker-Davidson's store in downtown Sioux City during the holidays in 1945.
Sioux City Sue
In 1946, Gayle Jean Hofstad was designated the official "Sioux City Sue," in a pageant judged by the song's composer, Dick Thomas. She was whisked away to Hollywood to see about a possible movie career -- which apparently never materialized.
Labor Day Parade at 4th and Douglas streets, 1946.
Baber's Vis-Vita Sales
The home of Baber's Vis-Vita Sales Co. at Sixth Street and Floyd Boulevard. Founded in 1946 as a one-man operation selling feed to Siouxland livestock producers by the late philanthropist, Alva Baber, Vis-Vita has marked steady expansion since its inception.
1947: International Milling Co.
A fire destroyed the International Milliong Co.'s plant in Leeds the morning of April 19, 1947.
Vigen Motor Company
Vigen Motor Co., 200 W. 7th St., circa 1947.
Carlin Motor Company
Carlin Motor Company, dealer for Lincoln and Mercury automobiles, moved to 655 Water St. in 1947. It was formerly at 310 W. 7th St. Latest garage equipment and facilities were incorporated to make one of the most modern garages in the area.
Community House City Champions
This photo features Community House City Champions, Bottoms area, Sioux City, 1947. John Palmolea is pictured second row on the left.
Dolly Palmolea
Kresge building
The new Kresge building, shown in this Sept. 21, 1947 photo. The building fronts on Pierce street between Fourth and Fifth streets. The completed structure at 423 Fourth St., will give the store a depth of 150 feet on Pierce street.
H&H Building in downtown Sioux City
The American Legion Parade is shown in front of the H&H Building, right, in the 500 block of Fourth Street in Sioux City.
Branches on bushes around the Grandview Park Rose Garden bend under the weight of snowfall in 1947.
"The Raggity Ann Militia" was the nickname given to the air guard in 1947, just after its organization in Sioux City. An inspection photo of that time shows the variety of World War II uniforms that the men wore then.
1948: Unitarian Church fire
The Unitarian Church Fire, located at southeast corner of 10th and Douglas streets, took place July 29, 1948.
Heelan High School groundbreaking
Father Francis Staber, Father Richard Sweeney, Bishop Joseph Mueller, Father Frank Greteman behind the Bishop, Monsignor Kevane, Mayor Dan J. Conley, Father C. Hayes, Father Francis Friedel behind Father Hayes and Father Regis at the groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 12, 1948 on the corner of 11th and Douglas streets.
Heelan High School construction 1948
Construction at Heelan High School Oct. 25, 1948.
Heelan High School construction
Construction at Heelan High School on Dec. 1, 1948.
Streetcars out to pasture
Streetcars that were retired after the inauguration of bus service are shown June 20, 1948, on the edge of a cornfield near Memorial Drive.
Heelan High School
Heelan High School opened its doors to the first class in 1949.
Dividend Oil Co.
The Dividend Oil Co. recently opened a new type of self-serve filling station at Seventh and Douglas streets in downtown Sioux City, shown in this photo from May 29, 1949. The firm employs 10 Sioux City girls who act as cashiers and will acquaint customers with the new type of service. The station has 12 new type pumps which means service can be readily rendered without spillage. The firm is managed by Julius J. Arkin.
This unidentified man stands on top of a snow drift in which a tunnel has been dug in this 1949 photo.
Halloween in 1949
A child in costume marches in a Halloween parade in 1949.
Castle On The Hill Association
Todd Heistand
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SIOUX CITY | A project to renovate the former Sioux City Central High School annex into an apartment complex received a boost Thursday in the …
Historic Sioux City building could become 50-unit apartment complex
A Woodbine, Iowa-based developer plans to build a 50-unit apartment complex in the annex attached to the former Sioux City Central High School.
Century-old Sioux City school reopens as Joy Apartments
Outside, the stately old school looks the same, right down to the hopscotch grid painted on the pavement. But inside, families will live where children learned.
Castle on the Hill Association gets temporary reprieve in former Central High School
"We have pressured (the building owner), by other means, and he has given us until March 1," said Shirley McLeod, a 1952 Central High graduate and president of the association.
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		buf.copyToAsync(clSettings.getClCommandQueue(), bufA, size, 0, offset).release();
	}

	@Override
	public void solve(int maxIteration, float maxError) {
		CommandQueue q = clSettings.getClCommandQueue();
		if (is2D()) {
			int i;
			float residuum = 0;
			Buffer bufs[] = new Buffer[]{bufX, bufXCopy};
			Kernel.WorkSize ws = new Kernel.WorkSize(resolutionX * resolutionY);
			CLBlas.ReduceResult reduceResult = new CLBlas.ReduceResult();
			for (i=0; i<maxIteration; ++i) {
				int b1 = i%2;
				int b2 = (i+1)%2;
				iteration2DKernel.Run1NoEvent(q, ws, bufs[b1], bufs[b2], bufB, bufA, resolutionX, resolutionY, bufRes);
				if (maxError > 0 || (i==maxIteration-1 && maxError==ERROR_ONLY_TEST_AT_THE_END)) {
					reduceResult = blas.reduce(bufRes, CLBlas.PreReduceOp.SQUARE, CLBlas.ReduceOp.ADD, reduceResult);
					residuum = blas.getReduceResultBlocking(reduceResult);
					if (residuum < maxError) {
						i++;
						break;
					}
					if (maxError>0) {
						LOG.log(Level.FINE, "Iteration {0}: residium={1}", new Object[]{i, residuum});
					}
				}
			}
			if (i%2 == 1) {
				bufs[1].copyToAsync(q, bufs[0]).release();
			}
			if (maxError>0 || maxError==ERROR_ONLY_TEST_AT_THE_END) {
				LOG.log(Level.INFO, "solved after {0} iterations with an error of {1}", new Object[]{i, residuum});
			}
		} else {
			int i;
			float residuum = 0;
			Buffer bufs[] = new Buffer[]{bufX, bufXCopy};
			Kernel.WorkSize ws = new Kernel.WorkSize(resolutionX * resolutionY * resolutionZ);
			CLBlas.ReduceResult reduceResult = new CLBlas.ReduceResult();
			for (i=0; i<maxIteration; ++i) {
				int b1 = i%2;
				int b2 = (i+1)%2;
				iteration3DKernel.Run1NoEvent(q, ws, bufs[b1], bufs[b2], bufB, bufA, resolutionX, resolutionY, resolutionZ, bufRes);
				if (maxError > 0 || (i==maxIteration-1 && maxError==ERROR_ONLY_TEST_AT_THE_END)) {
					reduceResult = blas.reduce(bufRes, CLBlas.PreReduceOp.SQUARE, CLBlas.ReduceOp.ADD, reduceResult);
					residuum = blas.getReduceResultBlocking(reduceResult);
					if (residuum < maxError) {
						i++;
						break;
					}
					if (maxError>0) {
						LOG.log(Level.FINE, "Iteration {0}: residium={1}", new Object[]{i, residuum});
					}
				}
			}
			if (i%2 == 1) {
				bufs[1].copyToAsync(q, bufs[0]).release();
			}
			if (maxError>0 || maxError==ERROR_ONLY_TEST_AT_THE_END) {
				LOG.log(Level.INFO, "solved after {0} iterations with an error of {1}", new Object[]{i, residuum});
			}
		}
	}

}


So today's post is going to be a little different from normal. Instead of telling you about a future event, I'd like to talk about one that's already past. Bear with me here, because this was one lecture nobody can afford to miss.
Last month, Kimberlé Crenshaw gave a lecture at Penn State – needless to say, it was incredible. She argued that her term intersectionality, originally used in the context of black women seeking employment, is applicable in many situations today but is often misused by the media. She explained that the word defines the people who "slip through the cracks" of social justice movements – she talked about Anita Hill, and how she fell short of racial equality movements because she was a woman, and was ignored by many feminists for being black. Crenshaw described the "cycle of invisibility," and how it results in black women being excluded from programs like My Brother's Keeper and other social justice efforts.
Kimberlé Crenshaw's lecture was not only powerful, but it made me think about intersectionality in a way I never had before. I never realized that I participated in intersectional erasure, and I was horrified to see how much black women are forgotten. I have always cared about civil rights and feminist movements, but it never occurred to me that black women were being excluded from those campaigns.
I'm sure I am not the only one to be horrified by my own lack of action – if you're reading this blog, I'm assuming it matters to you too. So what can we do to be proactive?
Crenshaw gave us the answer. We need to raise our voices and call attention to intersectional erasure – we need to make it impossible for our society to ignore intersectional women. Write to activist organizations, talk to your friends and family; whatever you do, don't let these women disappear.
Just as a positive side note: The lecture, originally scheduled in Foster Auditorium, had to be moved to the Forum Building to accommodate the hundreds of people who came to see Kimberlé Crenshaw speak!


There is so much more to Aqua Shard than the simply stunning views over London.
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This anthology surveys the ecological impacts of the First World War. Editors Richard P. Tucker, Tait Keller, J. R. McNeill, and Martin Schmidt bring together a list of experienced authors who explore the global interactions of states, armies, civilians, and the environment during the war. They show how the First World War ushered in enormous environmental changes, including the devastation of rural and urban environments, the consumption of strategic natural resources such as metals and petroleum, the impact of war on urban industry, and the disruption of agricultural landscapes leading to widespread famine. Taking a global perspective, Environmental Histories of the First World War presents the ecological consequences of the vast destructive power of the new weaponry and the close collaboration between militaries and civilian governments taking place during this time, showing how this war set trends for the rest of the century.
'Anyone who wants to learn about the global ecological catastrophe that the First World War precipitated must read this book. It is an eye-opener and a disturbing reminder that those who set the Great War in motion had no idea as to what they had let loose on the world.'
Jay Winter - author of War beyond Words: Languages of Remembrances from the Great War to the Present
'This exciting collection represents the best of the innovative new field of environmental history of war. Looking at the ways that the First World War impacted land, food, and animals it will give us new insights and fresh ways of thinking. This book will be a must read for those wishing to understand the war.'
Michael S. Neiberg - author of The Path to War: How the First World War Created Modern America
'The truly global coverage of this pioneering environmental perspective on the Great War breathes new life into the notion of 'total war' by venturing far beyond the battlefield and the hellish mud of the Western Front's trenches to investigate the feeding and fuelling of military support systems, and wider environmental transformations, from Austria-Hungary to Africa and Japan. This ambitious study of nature's mobilization stands out amidst the onslaught of new books accompanying the centenary.'
Peter Coates - co-editor of Militarized Landscapes: From Gettysburg to Salisbury Plain
'This collection of essays deserves a broad audience. The innovative studies not only enrich the literature on the First World War as a 'total' global conflict; they also present powerful evidence of the interpretive insights that await historians in the broader field in which environmental history and military history intersect.'
Roger Chickering - author of Imperial Germany and the Great War, 1914–1918
'This engaging collection represents a welcome addition to the previously neglected environmental history of World War I. Sharply written chapters focus on the mobilizing of food, oil, and other resources for war, while offering much needed coverage of the environmental consequences of World War I in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. This book represents a vital contribution to the burgeoning literature on war and the environment.'
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'This is something truly new - a wonderful, global collection on one of the most important yet neglected topics in history: the legacy and impact of war on the environment. It brings together some of the best scholars in the field of World War I and environmental history and covers a dazzling array of topics.'
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Just thought I'd throw in some highlights from 2009.
The culmination of a bitterly fought judge's race arrived in January when Mike Craig took the oath as 26th JDC judge. He seems to have had a good first year.
On the negative side, the first of the school board thieves entered a guilty plea in federal court.
The school board was in disarray, Ken Kruithof resigned and in May D. C. Machen, Jr. was appointed superintendent.
June brought a plethora of news and events.
Shreveport rapper Hurricane Chris stirred up a storm when he performed before the Louisiana Legislature.
Pop Culture Icon Michael Jackson passed away, leaving mourning fans around the world.
Kaboom! Billy Mays died at age 50. Seems he had used cocaine a few days earlier and that contributed to his death. Who woulda thought?
LSU won the college world series, Geaux Tigers!
The trashy story of the year also comes out of June. This was a tight one, between Cucumber guy (remember him?), the woman who knocked her mother out in Benton and then pooped on her (Woman knocks Mom out in Benton then poops on her back).
The winner, however, has to be this ballbuster: Woman Attacks Scrotum - Judge Orders Protection
October brought surprises too, the arrest of a 26th JDC ADA and the brouhaha that ensues when a public official is treated as if they were an ordinary citizen.
The story of the year, however, developed when Bossier City Mayor Lo Walker announced the layoff of 117 city employees, most in the Police and Fire Departments. That announcement started a firestorm that finally culminated in the City Council proposing and adopting a budget of their own which had far fewer cuts.
This brings us to My Bossier's most influential person of the year, Heather Carter.
Since this is still in everyone's memory, I won't burden you with a lot of details. Suffice it to say that Heather stood up and led the fight to oppose the cuts, recruited 3,700 people to a Facebook Group in support of that effort, and swayed the City Council and greatly affected the final outcome of the budget process.
Congratulations Heather!
On a sad note, our friend Judge Burchett left us this year.
Listen to Guy Lombardo and raise a glass to Judge Burchett.
Labels: Lagniappe
Posted by Jim at 11:20 AM
Recorded by Thomas Edison in 1920
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
(or A Visit from St. Nicholas)
by Clement Clarke Moore
not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads.
And Mama in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap.
When out on the roof there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
tore open the shutter, and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
gave the lustre of midday to objects below,
but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer.
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles, his coursers they came,
and he whistled and shouted and called them by name:
"Now Dasher! Now Dancer!
Now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! On, Cupid!
On, Donner and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch!
To the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away!
Dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky
so up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
with the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
the prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head and was turning around,
down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
and his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
and he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes--how they twinkled! His dimples, how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
and the beard on his chin was as white as the snow.
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
and the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
that shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
and I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself.
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
and filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk.
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
and giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, 'ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"
Posted by Jim at 7:15 AM
Uncle Jay's singing year in review
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Down South in Virginia
From Steve Weddle on Twitter
Chief Tommy's Last Call
This was filmed Wednesday by Mario Villafuerte for Channel 33 news.
Battalion Chief Tommy Adams of the Shreveport Fire Department was injured in February by a fall from a ladder, and passed away earlier this week.
Labels: Shreveport
Bossier Deputy rescues man from icy water
Bossier Parish Deputy Sheriff Harlan Dredge responded to a call on Sligo Road of a man calling for help at about 3AM.
When he arrived at the scene, he heard the cries and realized they were coming from the bayou that runs beside the road.
Thomas Hart lost control of his car in the rain and ran into the bayou and was trapped in 18 ft of water. Dredge jumped into the bayou and pulled the man to safety.
A spokesman for Willis Knighton Pierremont said that Hart's core body temperature was down to 75 degrees when he arrived there.
Good job, Deputy Dredge!
Labels: Bossier Parish/Bossier City
Bake Sale for Madison Johnson
There will be a bake sale this weekend to benefit Madison Johnson.
Madison is a 2nd grader at Bellaire Elementary, is currently receiving treatment at St. Judes in Memphis.
Assorted homemade cookies packaged in Christmas Tins & Other Items Avanilable
Donations will be also accepted at both locations. An account has been set up at Barksdale Federal Credit Union for the Johnson Family.
For more information about the sale or making a direct donation, please call Sun Sport Tanning at 742-4502.
Sun Sport Tanning 7-7 Friday and 10-5 Saturday
River Cities Car Wash - 8am-5pm both days
Labels: Madison Johnson
Officer fired in Sentell arrest appeals to Civil Service Board
Former Bossier Police officer Phillip Vernon has appealed his firing.
Vernon was fired for willfully misrepresenting a matter in a report. The matter that he was alleged to have misrepresented were remarks he, and fired reserve officer Jared Fisher, reported were made by Sherb Sentell, the Webster Parish ADA allegedly threatening to have them fired.
Vernon had said that the remarks were made during transport. The in car video-audio system did not reflect that.
Vernon's attorney, Joel Pearce, said "I think the public record is very clear that the (Bossier City police) officers have been given a warning that you don't do this to one of us — a VIP," Pearce said. "It's a chilling effect."
The Civil Service Board will probably hear the appeal in February.
Sure those Public Safety cuts were wise?
Yes, I know what the supporters said, BCPD is overstaffed. Take six minutes and listen carefully. This is made by someone in Riverwood in North Bossier.
Really think the cuts are responsible?
WARNING: Bad Language!
Labels: Bossier Parish/Bossier City, Local Government, Louisiana Politics
Battleground Chuck E Cheese: Pizza and Pandemonium
Two women are cooling their heels in jail tonight thanks to a fight they started at Chuck E Cheese in Bossier City.
Apparently fighting over continuing man/woman/domestic/baby daddy issues, several other patrons got involved, but fled the premises before police got there.
One of the women had threatened to 'get her gun' out of her car, the other lost her weave during the melee`.
Posted by Jim at 11:10 PM
James Dupré CD to come out in January
We blogged about James Dupré in July. James is a young singer from Bayou Chicot in Evangeline Parish who has become well known through local appearances and from a prolific YouTube Channel.
Now James has an album coming out. He gives you some details in this video as well as a sample of his music. Keep an eye on him!
Labels: James Dupré
Thunderbirds will appear at Barksdale in April
The Thunderbirds released their 2010 schedule today, and it includes a visit to Barksdale on April 24th and 25th. The Thunderbirds hold demonstrations from March to November and train during the winter months.
The Thunderbirds' 2010 schedule is as follows:
20 and 21: Davis Monthan AFB, Ariz.
27 and 28: Maxwell AFB, Ala.
10 and 11: Eglin AFB, Fla.
17 and 18: Lakeland, Fla.
24 and 25: Barksdale AFB, La.
1: Dyess AFB, Texas
2: Altus AFB, Okla.
8 and 9: Shaw AFB, S.C.
15 and 16: Columbus AFB, Miss.
22: Grand Forks AFB, N.D.
26: U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
29 and 30: Janesville, Wis.
5 and 6: Ocean City, Md.
12 and 13: Quebec City, Canada
19 and 20: Tinker AFB, Okla.
26 and 27: North Kingstown, R.I.
10 and 11: Gary, Ind.
17 and 18: Duluth, Minn.
21: Cheyenne, Wyo.
24 and 25: Fairchild AFB, Wash.
Jul 31 and Aug 1: Rockford, Ill.
7 and 8: Moffett Field, Calif.
14 and 15: Abbotsford, Canada
21 and 22: Westfield, Mass.
25: Atlantic City, N.J.
28 and 29: Brooklyn (Coney Island), N.Y.
4 and 5: Martinsburg, W.V.
11 and 12: Coraopolis (Pittsburgh), Pa.
18 and 19: Whiteman AFB, Mo.
25 and 26: McConnell AFB, Kan.
2 and 3: Salinas, Calif.
9 and 10: Little Rock AFB, Ark.
16 and 17: El Paso, Texas
23 and 24: Houston
30 and 31: Cocoa Beach, Fla.
6 and 7: Lackland AFB, Texas
13 and 14: Nellis AFB, Nev.
Labels: Lagniappe, Thunderbirds
Louisiana Pearl Harbor survivor honored
Pearl Harbor survivor James Cook of Slidell was honored during a ceremony Monday at Pearl Harbor Park in Chalmette, Cook, 84, was on the USS Rigel (AD-13) during the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The Rigel, originally built in 1918, was at the American base in Hawaii for an overhaul when the Japanese attacked. The ship was only slightly damaged; its crew, unable to fire, immediately turned to rescue and salvage operations. The Chalmette observance of the 68th anniversary of the bombing was sponsored by the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association.
From NOLA.com
Police cars repossessed, officers fired in Napoleonville
Bossier, it could be worse . .
(From The Advocate)
An Oklahoma-based dealer of police vehicles has sued the village of Napoleonville over two police cars that the dealer had to repossess on Oct. 9 after the town used the cars and did not pay for them as promised.
The lawsuit highlights problems village officials have had in tapping a $151,628 federal stimulus grant awarded earlier this year through the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice.
The two-year reimbursement grant, which comes through the U.S. Department of Justice Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, was meant to pay for two cars and two police officers, village and commission officials said.
Reimbursement grants pay communities back after the communities spend their funds. However, when the grant funding ends, at least in this case, the village would likely have to seek other funding.
Since the cars were repossessed, the town of St. Gabriel has donated two police cars, Napoleonville Police Chief Lionel Bell has said.
The village had continued funding concerns because grant money had not come in by Nov. 15. That led Bell to lay off the two officers hired under the grant who were supposed to patrol in the donated cars.
"If we had started getting our reimbursement, it would have been good," Bell said.
Labels: Louisiana Politics
Heather Carter: a lesson in participatory government
There are times when one person standing up can focus hundreds, even thousands of others to do the same.
Heather Burney Carter is the wife of a Bossier City police officer who was due to be laid off under the budget proposed by the mayor. Instead of sitting back, Heather took the initiative and proved that local government does respond to the people. The proposed budget called for the layoff of 26 police officers and 38 firemen. In the end, only 1 police officer and 8 firemen will be laid off. Regretfully, those people in the academies and a number of other city workers will be let go.
Heather started a Facebook group "Save our Bossier City Police and Firefighters" which ended up with almost 3,800 members. She attended every city council meeting, expressed her views to the concil and corresponded with council members.
Heather agreed to share her experience with the readers of My Bossier.
October 16th, 2009 was the kind of day in which something small happens but it changes your life forever.
When I was told that the mayor would be making a statement about possible lay offs for city employees I was concerned. When I realized my husband was one of the people that may be laid off I was devastated. My immediate reaction was to cry and then to pray.
The more I thought about the situation the madder I got. I knew someone had to do something but I quickly realized that most of the people who were involved could not do anything at all because Civil Service rules will not allow them to speak out.
I started sending emails and making phone calls trying to find out what could be done to help and what city officials needed to be contacted. I also started a Facebook group so the families involved would have an easy way to share information, ideas, and concerns.
I went to every city council meeting and tried to find as much information as possible on line so I could make sure everyone knew what was going on and how it affected their families.
My goal in the beginning was for the 2010 budget to have no layoffs. I quickly learned that was not feasible so I changed my goal to saving as many jobs as possible. I had several people tell me that one person could not make a difference and that I should just give up and start looking for my husband a job with a new department.
Several people said I was only adding to the problem. I was also accused of trying to save jobs in the police and fire departments at the cost of other city employees. I can honestly say that was never my intention, but I doubt anyone can say they would not fight for their job given the opportunity. I made it clear to anyone who would listen to me that I would not be quiet and I would not stop fighting until the final vote was cast.
Anyone who knows me personally will tell you that I do not like to speak in public. Making the decision to address the city council was hard, but I knew someone had to do it and none of the other family members were coming forward. In the end two other wives did come forward and speak out for their families. There are not words to express how much it meant to me to have someone who was going through the exact same situation I was in standing with me to take a stand. I told them both that when everything was over, no matter what the outcome, we would know that we did our best to help save our husband's jobs.
I would not call the final decision a victory for my cause. The city council was unable to present a budget that everyone could agree on but they were able to get a majority vote. The city council was also unable to save all of the city employees from being laid off, but they were able to save some.
My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those being laid off. I personally feel that the council men did the best they could given the current situation.
All of the hard work and stress paid off in the end. When the final votes were cast and I saw the look in my husband's eyes I knew I made the right decision.
By chance the votes were cast on our eighth wedding anniversary and I can not think of a better gift to either of us.
People will soon forget about everything that has happened over the last two months. They will stop attending the city council meetings, the news will not mention what the families of those being laid off are going through, and people will start to complain about the police again. To the families involved though we will never forget what it felt like to go through this process. How proud we were to watch our loved ones go to work and put their lives on the line everyday knowing they may be laid off in a few weeks.
I never wanted anyone involved in city government to know my name, much less to be on the news and in the papers, but my parents taught me to always stand up for what is right even if it is not was is popular and to always put family first. At the end of the day that is really all I have done.
I am so thankful now to have my life back. I no longer have to ask my boss for time off to attend council meetings. There will no longer be daily emails and phone calls trying to get people care about our situation and get involved. I can go back to just being Hannah's mom and Officer Carter's wife. That may not sound like much to some but to me it's the best news I have gotten in weeks.
I would like to thank everyone who helped with our cause. Several people worked behind the scenes and did not get the credit they deserve.
It's over, it's really over.
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In a statement on his website, the world's top golfer said he had let his family down and that he regretted those "transgressions with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behaviour my family deserves."
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Morris Dees in Claiborne Parish for news conference on Bernard Monroe shooting
KSLA is reporting that that Claiborne Parish District Attorney Jonathan Stewart has removed himself from the case of Bernard Monroe, who was shot to death in February by a Homer police officer.
Stewart is turning the case over to the State Attorney General.
Monroe, 73, was shot outside his home by a police officer who had been chasing his son. Police said Monroe was armed, but witnesses dispute that fact.
Morris Dees from the Southern Poverty Law Center was at the news conference. He said he would represent the Monroe family in any possible civil cases related to the shooting. He said he would have up to a year after the grand jury's decision to file his case.
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Citation: SANTOS, Luiz Cezar dos; PASSOS, Janine Eliza de Oliveira Silva; REZENDE, Alexandre Luiz Gonçalves de. Os efeitos da aprendizagem psicomotora no controle das atividades de locomoção sobre obstáculos em crianças com deficiência da visão. Revista brasileira de educação especial, Marília, v. 13, n. 3, p. 365-380, set./dez. 2007. Disponível em: <http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbee/v13n3/a05v13n3.pdf>. Acesso em: 16 dez. 2010. doi: 10.1590/S1413-65382007000300005.
Since vision is one of the most important sensory systems called upon for locomotion because it provides information not only about the environment, but also about posture and movement of corporal segments, this study analyzed the effects of a psychomotor training program on the control of locomotion with six children with low vision. Thus, an assessment of locomotion during obstacle avoidance with different obstacle heights was performed based on the qualitative parameters: posture / balance / direction / velocity / visual contact with the obstacle / error on the task, and on kinematics parameters collected via motion analysis system (Peak Motus – 7.0 – Vicon Peak) to assess: the distance of the base foot in relation to obstacle position / the maximum elevation of the knee / the height of the foot in relation to obstacle height. The parameters were again analyzed after the training program, showing evidence of the positive effect of both the strategy of approximation and the strategy of going over the obstacle. On approximation, the walking velocity became more stable and the subjects walked straighter. During obstacle crossing, there was less contact between the foot and the obstacle. These results will help to understand the importance of psychomotor learning in educational programs, especially on adapted physical education, so as to contribute to better quality of life for children with low vision.


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La Tour de Boussine (3.833 ) è una montagna del Gruppo del Grand Combin nelle Alpi Pennine.

Descrizione
Si trova nel Canton Vallese, si colloca ad est del Grand Combin e sovrasta il Lago di Mauvoisin.

Collegamenti esterni

Montagne delle Alpi Pennine
Tremila delle Alpi Pennine
Montagne del Canton Vallese
Geografia di Bagnes


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ARCHIVED January 1, 1997 12:00:00 am
Federal research complex back to drawing boards
FORT COLLINS — The federal government's long-awaited Natural Resources Research Center in the Centre for Advanced Technology might not happen there at all.
The General Services Administration, essentially the property manager for the federal government, has drastically changed its approach to constructing the research complex here. The NRRC, as the project is known, is supposed to consolidate approximately 1,000 existing U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Interior jobs in a campus-like atmosphere.
The 300,000-square-foot to 400,000-square-foot project has been estimated to cost $60 million to $70 million and be completed in five stages over 10 years.
While all involved maintain the project still will happen, it also will undeniably now be delayed.
The GSA has long been in negotiations with Colorado State University to construct the NRRC on CSU-owned land in the Centre for Advanced Technology, a 235-acre business and research park at the northeast corner of Drake Road and Shields Street. It's jointly managed by the Colorado State University Research Foundation and the Everitt Cos.
Negotiations were nearing a promising close recently, when GSA officials decided they simply could not reconcile with CSU the final stumbling block of lease negotiations.
The GSA abruptly issued nationwide requests for interest from developers to build the NRRC on a site of the developer's choice within Fort Collins' planning area. That means any 30-acre site within or near the city potentially could host the project.
Developers had until mid-last month to respond to the request, and several apparently have done so. However, the GSA isn't officially issuing any names yet.
What this means is that the entire NRRC process, which already has taken several years, will essentially begin again.
"From a timing standpoint, there's no question that there is a potential effect,´ said Art Cudworth, who has acted as the federal government's real estate broker on the project. He is leaving his position this month, however.
At issue in the ill-fated negotiations is a problem that often plagues universities attempting commercial developments on their own land – the land lease itself.
Under the scenario being negotiated by CSU and the government, any buildings constructed on university land would in 20 years become CSU property.
"The buildings we would pay to have built would revert to CSU," Cudworth said. "And in the university deal with the government, there was a large upfront cash deal with the lease that was equal to buying the land.
"The bottom line is we have a fiduciary responsibility to the taxpayers," Cudworth said. "The offer presented to us by the university was believed by us to not be supportive of market values.
"Our feeling was that in order to build on the university site, with the costs the university set, any deal we did would contain a premium associated with upfront costs," he added.
A noticeably agitated Jud Harper, vice president for research at CSU, said the Centre for Advanced Technology site is best for both the government and university.
"How this is going to turn out, I don't know," Harper said. "I do think a Natural Resources Research Center will be built in Fort Collins."
Harper insists there is real value in having the NRRC built so close to campus. Both employees of the government and CSU had sung praises of having the NRRC nearby to facilitate joint research and share services.
Cudworth said the agencies that eventually will occupy the NRRC agreed they could not justify cost premiums simply to be closer to the CSU campus, though. He added that an extra three to five miles likely would not upset research relationships.
So now, a private developer will have the responsibility of selecting and negotiating for a site, not the GSA. Developers responding to the requests for information will present their potential sites to the GSA, which then will select the choice site.
The CSU land will remain a contender if any developers chose to work with the university.
"If the CSU site is the most attractive to a developer, then they will present it to us," Cudworth said, emphasizing that land-lease negotiations and costs would become the burden of the developer, not the government.
Harper confirmed that the CSU site still is generating interest.
"We've had contracts from a number of developers," he said.
One such developer is the Everitt Cos., which co-manages the Centre for Advanced Technology.
"We're supportive of the research center in the Centre for Advanced Technology,´ said Tom Livingston of the Everitt Cos. "The long-term goal has been to co-locate the government with the campus, but the GSA appropriately has to look out for the best interest of the public."
While all involved maintain the project…
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