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Frontier Communications Corp.'s subscribers are set to lose access at year's end to the Tennis Channel and a slew of local television stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group over a contract dispute involving retransmission rates.
The blackout is set to begin on Jan. 1, Sinclair said in a press release Tuesday.
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30 January mark the day when the Duchy of Libertia joined the Kingdom of Ruthenia, back in 2015. This union of forces were pivotal to make Ruthenia establish itself as a promissing micronational project that eventually would also merge with Karnia to become the Empire of Karnia-Ruthenia, the micronational entity we known today and have spread its influence all over the world. But during the celebrations of the "Libertian Day" of 2019, another union, less equal, was realized.
The Kingdom of Cardonia is a constitutional monarchy located in Asia. Founded by Carl of Cardonia, better known as Carl, Count Rostrand in Karnia-Ruthenia, on 05 February 2015. It is located withing the boundaries of Ishigakiyama Castle Park. After being dethroned in 2016, Carl recovered the throne and was eager to request his merge to the Empire. But the terms of the treaty were very restrictive.
The Treaty of Libenstein, also known as the Karnia-Ruthenia–Cardonia Annexation Treaty, was made by the rulers of the Empire of Karnia-Ruthenia and the Kingdom of Cardonia on 30 January 2019. In this treaty, Karnia-Ruthenia formally annexed Cardonia following the turnover of internal and external affairs to Karnia-Ruthenia. Karno-Ruthenians commentators predicted that Cardonians would easily assimilate into the Empire, especially due the provision that the Karno-Ruthenian Concession in Hakodate would become part of the Cardonian territory.
As Oscar I ceded Hakodate to become territory of Cardonia, that in turn was annexed by the Empire, he received as compensation for this "loss of territory", was ceded to him the former Cardonian royal titles of "Grand Duke of Leuvenberg and of Strena", and the newly-created title of "Protector of Cardonia".
The Empire grew and reorganized itself in Asia. It remains to observe the gains for the Empire. Will this treaty of hard terms be advantageous?


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Cell Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering molecular and cell biology. It was established in 1999 as Yakhteh Medical Journal, obtaining its current name in 2010. It is published by the Royan Institute and the editor-in-chief is Ahmad Hosseini (Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 3.128, ranking it 150th out of 203 journals in the category "Cell Biology".

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Q: String filter not working in API platform I am using API platform v1.2.0 on Symfony 4.2.11 and I am trying to make plain simple filter for filtering users in mine app by using annotations like suggested on API platform documentation page. But they do not filter data, I still receive all items in response.
Besides annotation I have tried to add filter as a service as sugested on API platform website. But in that case, I get an error:
Attribute "bind" on service "app.string_filter" cannot be inherited from "_defaults" when a "parent" is set. Move your child definitions to a separate file
To avoid any confusion I have tried both ways independently.

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*Annotations do not work, endpoint simply works as without them.

*When I declare service it fails as in upper error message.

This is code of mine entity with annotations:

namespace App\Entity;

use ApiPlatform\Core\Annotation\ApiFilter;
use ApiPlatform\Core\Annotation\ApiResource;
use ApiPlatform\Core\Bridge\Doctrine\Orm\Filter\SearchFilter;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Lexik\Bundle\JWTAuthenticationBundle\Security\User\JWTUserInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Annotation\Groups;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

/**
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Aussies come up with warmer qubits
April 16, 2020 by Rusty Flint
The Aussie researchers at UNSW University of New South Wales have come up with Quantum Computing qubits that operate at much higher temperatures than existing technologies used by the likes of IBM and Google. Granted they are still pretty cold, but the new qubits could be a step forward to room temperature devices.
The proof-of-concept quantum processor unit cell, on a silicon chip, operates at 1.5 Kelvin which is 15 times warmer than the competing chip-based technology being developed by Google, IBM, and others, which uses superconducting qubits.
"This is still very cold, but is a temperature that can be achieved using just a few thousand dollars' worth of refrigeration, rather than the millions of dollars needed to cool chips to 0.1 Kelvin,"
Professor Dzurak, UNSW
The technology developed by Dzurak's team consists of two qubits confined in a pair of quantum dots that are embedded in silicon. Scaled up the qubits can be manufactured using contemporary silicon chip fabrication, and crucially do not require the typically very expensive cooling – which often runs in the millions. It is expected to be easier to integrate with conventional silicon wafers and therefore could lead to smaller more manageable devices.
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During a reception sponsored by Morgan State University, in collaboration with the Maryland-Washington Minority Companies, Inc., Baltimore officially welcomed BGE's new chief executive officer, Mr. Calvin Butler, Jr. to the area. The reception was held in the Earl S. Richardson Library on Tuesday, April 28, 2014 and included a number of BGE employees, Morgan President David Wilson, NFL Hall of Famer and MSU alumnus Willie Lanier, State Senator Catherine Pugh and many others.
Butler became CEO of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company in March of 2014. He will return to Morgan's campus on May 17th as keynote speaker for the university's 138thCommencement.
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School district apparently first in state to let some teachers, staff members carry guns on campus
A Georgia school district apparently became the first in the state to let some of its teachers and staff members carry guns on campus. (Image source: YouTube screenshot)
A Georgia school district apparently became the first in the state to let some of its employees carry guns on campus, the Telegraph reported.
The Laurens County school board approved a policy last month letting select staffers carry guns on school property, in vehicles and at school functions, the paper said.
"We are not arming all teachers in [Laurens County schools], nor will we have teachers or any other staff members 'openly' carrying firearms during the school day," Laurens County school Superintendent Dan Brigman said, the Telegraph noted. "The processes to support this approved policy will be developed in a very careful and confidential manner in partnership with the Laurens County Sheriff's Department."
'Time is of the essence'
Brigman added: "Time is of the essence when it comes to a school crisis, particularly the threat of an active shooter on campus. Our county's size often creates a great amount of time for law enforcement to respond to our outlying schools. It's essential that we have plans and protocols in place to develop somewhat of a first-responder process to extend beyond the school lock-down," the paper said.
Laurens County already has armed school resource officers at some of its schools, the Telegraph reported, adding that teachers and staff members would carry guns on a voluntary basis and receive intensive training.
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According to policies from Laurens County and Georgia, approved employees must receive proper training on judgment, pistol shooting, marksmanship and relevant laws before they are authorized to carry weapons on school property. Guns can be concealed by school staff if they are carried in holsters, but they may not be kept in purses, briefcases or accessories that aren't being worn. They also can be stored in locked safes or lockboxes.
Implementation of Laurens' policy is still in the planning stages, and the district and the sheriff's department have not yet determined how many employees at each school will carry guns or when they will be allowed to start.
In 2014, Georgia lawmakers left it up to individual school districts to decide if employees could carry guns on school property, the paper said, adding that districts wanting to opt in must follow specific requirements, including types of weapons and ammunition allowed, and implement firearms training, licensing and security.
Apparently the first in the state to do this
Laurens County is believed to be the only Georgia school district to go forward with such a policy, Justin Pauly of the Georgia School Boards Association told the paper.
Kansas, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming are among at least eight states that allow teachers in K-12 schools to carry guns in some capacity, according to the Wall Street Journal. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Maryland and Oklahoma introduced bills this year to make it simpler for school employees to have weapons on campus.
School board chairman Kenny Stewart told the paper there's a misconception that the district will be handing out guns to teachers at the door, which isn't the case at all.
What do parents have to say about the new measure?
Shaketha Marion has children in third and sixth grades at a district elementary school and isn't happy about the teachers and staffers potentially carrying guns, the Telegraph said.
"I think there are other ways they can provide security for the students and the staff," she told the paper. "[Teachers] have a lot to deal with as it is. I really think they just need a security officer at each school and even metal detectors. To see that they didn't even look at that as a possibility and just went straight for the guns, it shocked me."
But Debra Shepard who attended district schools told the Telegraph she would have supported such a policy when her now-grown kids were in school and wants other security measures such as metal detectors added as well.
"I agree with it, as long as they're well-trained," she added to the paper. "I think it's needed for their protection. I think it will just make people more aware. I don't think the students need to know who's carrying."
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'Policy deadlock' remains despite record investment
5 October 2017 by Craig Richard
AUSTRALIA: Forty-one renewable energy projects with a combined capacity of 4.33GW have been committed to in Australia in 2017, the Clean Energy Council found, with more than A$8 billion ($6.29 billion) worth of investments made so far.
The 75-turbine 240MW Ararat wind farm is one of several large-scale projects commissioned in Australia this year
While the Clean Energy Council's report points to a brighter future, other organisations' recent findings paint a less optimistic picture.
Australia is one of only two developed nations breaking emissions records, according to a study published by researchers at the Australia Institute this week.
Elsewhere, the Climate Council this week concluded politics is the only factor standing in the way of the country's transition to a modern electricity network powered by renewable energy supported by storage technology.
Wind accounts for 2.22GW of the 41 large-scale renewable projects under construction or completed this year, attracting A$5.116 billion ($4.009 billion) in investment, according to the Clean Energy Council's analysis.
The 75-turbine 240MW Ararat site in Victoria went online in April, while the 270MW Sapphire project in New South Wales and the 180MW Mount Emerald project in Queensland are among major projects under construction. The 200MW Silverton wind farm in NSW is due to start construction before the end of the year.
Several large projects in Australia have also been announced this year, buoying expectations in the market, according to consultants at Make in a separate report released last month.
GE announced it would supply 123 turbines at the 453MW Coopers Gap project in August, Tesla is working to develop a 100MW/129/MWh battery system in South Australia, and auctions have been announced for Queensland and Victoria.
State and Territory
"Initiatives by many state and territory governments in support of these projects, combined with the strong role of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and Clean Energy Finance Corporation now puts the 2020 Renewable Energy Target well within reach," said Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton.
"We have already seen six times the investment value in 2017 of what we saw in 2016, and the new capacity will also help with energy security.
"In 2016, the combined capacity from all projects completed stood at 264.1MW. This year 2,210.2MW of projects have been committed and 1,881.2MW are in construction with a whole financial quarter still to go," he added.
Despite state and territory governments' support for renewable energy projects, the Climate Council pointed to an "ongoing climate and energy policy deadlock" in its report, Powering a 21st Century Economy.
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has called for further investment in Australia's generating portfolio and warned of a shortfall in generation over the next ten years.
All of the above?
Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's stated desire for an "all of the above" investment framework — including coal — is at odds with the renewable energy sector and this deadlock is in turn holding up the development needed for the country to meet its targets under the Paris Agreement, the Climate Council said.
The Climate Council's energy sector expert Andrew Stock asked: "You wouldn't try and salvage a broken down, 50-year-old clunker of a car — so why is our government attempting to do the same with old coal fired power stations?
"So much energy is wasted debating issues of yesteryear while the rest of the world has moved on. It's time for the federal government to stop playing politics and start moving on our renewables future, not the solutions of the past."
The Climate Council also pointed to a consensus among bodies including national science agency the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the AEMO, and the country's chief scientist Alan Finkel that there are "no technological barriers" stopping Australia moving to clean, affordable and secure energy.
Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie added: "The nation's leading energy experts, scientists and major authorities are all in agreement — Australia is ready to switch to a modern grid, powered by renewables and storage. However, the only thing stopping this is political will."
Meanwhile, the Australia Institute's National Energy Audit found that the country's annual emissions from energy use have increased to their highest level.
This means that apart from Turkey, Australia is the only developed country failing to reduce its energy combustion emissions.
A large increase in the consumption of petroleum fuels, particularly diesel, was the main cause of the increase, the Australia Institute found.
"Australia's failure to invest in efficient transport infrastructure, such as rail, has led to emissions from transport fuels continuing to grow, again, unlike the rest of the developed world," Australia Institute's energy specialist Hugh Saddler said.
"The continued rise in fuel emissions demonstrates why requiring a reduction for the electricity sector that is only equal to the Paris target would likely see Australia fail to meet its international commitment."
Australia scraps plans for clean energy target
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Ousted Republican DA Criticized for Her Handling of Botham Jean Killing Wants to Stay on Case Despite Losing Re-Election
Tanasia Kenney
A Black Republican district attorney who was criticized for her handling of the Botham Jean shooting is fighting to remain on the case despite being voted out of office.
District Attorney Faith Johnson lost by a landslide in last week's midterm elections, losing her seat to retired judge John Creuzot. Johnson, who held the office for 22 months, fell to Creuzot by more than 20 points.
Outgoing DA Faith Johnson was criticized for mistakes she made in the case against Amber Guyger, the former officer who fatally shot Botham Jean in his Dallas apartment. (FOX 4 / video screenshot)
"The people of Dallas County have spoken, and they said that they want John Creuzot as their district attorney," she told FOX 4. "Yes, I may be disappointed. But that's all I can do is be disappointed. But I'll never quarrel with what the people say."
Johnson said her track record proves the great work of her administration, which included an indictment against Balch Springs officer Roy Oliver, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Black teen Jordan Edwards, 15. It was the first time in 45 years that a police officer was indicted and convicted of murder, according to the station.
The case of Jean brought a different kind of attention, however, due to several mistakes in the case against former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, who gunned Botham down in his apartment, claiming she mistook it for her own. Dallas police still have not searched Guyger's apartment, and she reportedly was given time to scrub her Twitter and Facebook accounts of any incriminating evidence.
Meanwhile, Jean was painted as a pot head after police revealed marijuana was recovered from inside his apartment, while those who protested on his behalf were jailed for 15 hours, spending more time behind bars than Guyger.
Despite the backlash, Johnson says she's still hoping to be involved in the case.
"We are still proceeding with that case. And by the way, that case is going to the grand jury very soon," she said. "I want the opportunity to bring the indictment. It happened under my watch, and I think that's very significant that I take this case to the grand jury."
Last week, Johnson's replacement announced that he would push for a murder charge against 30-year-old Guyger. The Dallas officer was eventually terminated from the force and is charged with manslaughter, although critics say she deserves a more severe charge.
"I don't know any police reports. I don't know any forensic reports, but based on what I have seen, manslaughter is an inappropriate charge, based on the circumstances as I understand them," Creuzot told NBC Dallas. "Once I get in there and I get everything in front of me and it appears the most appropriate charge is murder, then that's the charge we will go forward with."
Creuzot added that anything less than a murder charge would deviate from Dallas County precedent.
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Could This Christian Rehab's Faith-Based Solution to Drug Crisis Change America?
Allison Kagay : Nov 14, 2017 CharismaNews.com
A faith-based program like Teen Challenge will successfully recover 16,800 patients (verses 720 patients in a secular program) at a proven 70 percent success rate. The faith-based model heals 2,233 percent more patients. The return on investment for the federal government funds is noticeably higher, while at the same time providing proven results.
[CharismaNews.com] New York Teen Challenge announced today that it has proposed to the federal government and President Trump a faith-based initiative asking the federal government to recognize faith-based programs and establish a faith-based administration to allocate funding for "Beds and Buildings" to help combat the Opioid Crisis. (Photo: Former Yankee Mariano Rivera teams with Teen Challenge's Jimmy Jack on Trump's Opioid listening group/via Shreveporttimes.com)
Jimmy Jack, president and founder of New York Teen Challenge, along with New York Yankee baseball legend Mariano Rivera and New York Teen Challenge State Director Ramon Rosa Jr., presented the proposal to President Trump. They were invited on the platform to join President Trump at the White House on Thursday, October 26th to hear the president's declaration announcing the state of emergency regarding the opioid epidemic.
Rev. Jimmy Jack, is a 1985 graduate of Brooklyn Teen Challenge. He and 50 of his family members have all battled with addiction and have gone through the Teen Challenge Program. He truly is a passionate and inspiring leader who has experienced both sides of the drug culture.
After the president's announcement, Jimmy, Mariano and Ray met with some of the president's senior counselors and sat with Kellyanne Conway to discuss the details of the proposal.
About the Faith-Based Proposal
The proposal demonstrates that faith-based programs will help expand capacity and add thousands of beds to the existing secular inventory of residential treatment. The cost to rehabilitate 24,000 patients at a secular program would be $8,640,000,0005. A faith-based program like Teen Challenge can rescue the same number of people at a cost of only $840 million, a savings of $7,800,000,000 or 928 percent.
With only 3,678 clinical residential treatment centers, there are not enough long-term facilities in the US to solve the drug and opioid epidemic problem. It has gotten to the point where traditional secular rehabilitation centers are now strained and overburdened with the influx of those seeking help. In 2015, only 2.5 million people received treatment, this represents only 11 percent of the 23 million addicted population. With over $34 billion spent on treatment averaging $162,000 per addict. With most insurance companies only covering 28 days of residential treatment and only use the clinical model, the average addict is excluded from receiving the necessary long-term residential care.
About Teen Challenge
Teen Challenge is a worldwide organization, established by David and Don Wilkerson in 1958, that has a proven track record of success. Teen Challenge is a faith-based, long-term residential treatment center for young men and women caught in the vicious cycle of drug and alcohol dependency. There are 1,600 Teen Challenge programs in 125 countries, providing 35,000 beds of residential rehabilitation treatment, and 261 of those centers are located in the United States.


I just can't help myself when it comes to 4x strategy games. My plan was to wait for one of those crazy Steam sales to purchase Sword of the Stars 2, instead I bought it when it was released. I deceided to make a First Look video, which shows my first 15 minutes with the game plus commentary.
Sadly, the launch of the game had some problems. It is still playable (as the video shows) and they are working hard to fix the issues.
It's almost time for the next block of Wrath of Heroes beta testing. That means news about what is coming up for the weekend. Two new heroes have been added, and some are taking time off. The new beta schedule is out as well, read on for more details.
As usual, check out the Wrath of Heroes Facebook page for the original.
Conrad. That's right, a new Hero with some Healing abilities! Conrad is a Warrior Priest. Finally Glowgob can take some time off after carrying every team on his back. I'm guessing Conrad will do his healing through melee attacks, but we should know for sure tomorrow.
Glowgob and Felicia will not be in this weeks lineup. Sounds like they want to make sure some other classes get tested well.
See you there! In the mean time, you can watch some beta gameplay footage.
Last month, Warhammer Online turned three years old. As a part of the celebration, all players who have been subscribed for three years received some special gifts. These are given out around the time you are first billed, so they have started to arrive in players Account Entitlements window. I checked mine and there they were waiting for me.
I went with the Yellow Jack O' Lantern pet (out of 4 choices). The scarecrow has a nice laughing idle animation.
I also used my Box of Endless Dye: Blazing Orange and Chaos Black to make some Dye's to get in the Halloween mood. The Demon Mood Rising Live Event is currently going on, so I could have added a nice mask too.
During last weekends beta test, I recorded a match of Wrath of Heroes. I figured it would make a good introduction to the game, so I also gave it some commentary. I drone on about what Wrath of Heroes is and give a little play by play of what is going on. The match itself takes place in the Arena, which is a team deathmatch scenario.
I am playing Felicia the Flamekissed most of the time since I had a good amount of experience with her and wanted to look decent for the video.
Hope you enjoyed it. The NDA for WoH is down, so if you have any questions feel free to ask.
Beta e-mails were sent out today letting Wrath of Heroes testers know that there will be more playtest sessions this weekend. Feels like it's been years, glad to see it back. There is some big news to go along with it! Well, big to me, especially if you look at the spiffy new banner at the top of the page.
A new Hero joins the mix, Durrig the Engineer! You know who I'll be playing this weekend. Also of note, tactics will be in this build it seems. That means we can get a little customization going.
Check out the Facebook page for all of the details.
It's time for Round 5 of the upcoming Tier 7 Armor Sets for Warhammer Online. We still do not have official word on how to obtain them, but the new Fortress system is the most likely candidate. These are slated to be appearance armor rather than have stats on them. That means the power gap should remain the same. Let's get to the pictures!
This set doesn't do anything for me. Then again, neither does the class. I guess Elf lovers will like it though, as it seems very Elfy.
Now we're talking! I do like this one quite a bit. It's not very flashy and just plain mean looking. Orc's don't need frills.
This set is pretty cool too. It's not as mean and lean as the Black orc's, but it pretty Dwarfy. I could definitely see my IB sporting this armor.
Last week, BioWare released a new video segment called Choose Your Side. It is basically what many of us did as kids, argue about who would win in a fight. And by kids, I mean some of still do that now. This first video was about the Jedi Knight versus the Bounty Hunter. I enjoyed it quite a bit, so give it a watch if you have not already. After the video, we will get down to business and answer the question.
So, who would actually win in a fight? Not in the game mind you, but real life.
I think the answer is pretty obvious, even if I don't like it. The Jedi Knight would trounce a Bounty Hunter. First of all, they pretty much have super powers. Some can see the future, control peoples minds, throw X-Wings and the list goes on. Plus they have swords made of lasers.
I am no Force lover but even I have to admit that they'd probably win in a fight. What has a Bounty Hunter ever done anyway? Bobba Fett was a chump who never actually did anything. His "father", Jango, didn't fare much better against Obi Wan. What do you call the person you were cloned from anyway?
There is an exception, is the Bounty Hunter a droid? If so, then they may have a chance. It's been shown that Jedi have a problem defeating droids. In Phantom Menace for example, the Droid Destroyers gave them a tough time.
In Empire Strikes Back, there was a droid Bounty Hunter named IG-88. He was also a boss in one of Star Wars Galaxies heroic instances. He might have a chance against a Force user.
One of the common trends in MMO's is the simplification of the solo game. Of course, it is all being done in the name of accessibility. The challenge, and I use that word loosely, is put behind the velvet rope of group play. As someone who enjoys the solo game, this ends up making a lot of games just not fun for me.
My definition of challenge is simply having to think. In many PvE games, very little thinking is required to get to the level cap. Sure there might be a lot going on which appears to add complexity, but usually it is completely superfluous. I want the decisions I make to actually matter. I'd also like to have to prepare for a battle.
Crafting is a lot of fun, until you realize it is not necessary. It may shave 1 second off of the battle, but it isn't needed to actually defeat your enemy. It's nice to get a ton of abilities, but what is the point if you really only need two or three of them? Again it usually comes down to making the fight shorter.
Story is usually what makes PvE bearable to me, but what happens when the actual gameplay is not challenging? You set out to defeat a great evil, and he dies in 5 seconds to a couple abilities. That doesn't really match up with the idea of a heroic story.
There are a number of games which do try and give their solo players and challenge. Star Trek Online, for example, has difficulty sliders which affect all of their combat. Raising this actually made me feel like my choices mattered. Lord of the Rings has skirmishes which allow you to adjust their difficulty. Sadly, that does not apply to their epic quest-line.
One common suggestion is to seek out higher level content. I find that it usually doesn't help, it is either still easy or impossible. Combat formulas in most MMO's end up preventing you from really doing anything to a monster who is X amount of levels higher than you.
I've done group content in my time, including some raiding. I never actually found it challenging, instead it was just tedious. Dealing with other players is hit or miss, and most group content is just following a script anyway. Besides, I just don't have the time to do that anymore.
Is it too much to ask for some challenging solo content? That's why I enjoy PvP games like Warhammer Online and League of Legends. I still think there is a place in my gaming life for PvE though, I just need it to be interesting.
Since the release date for Star Wars: The Old Republic has been announced, I can't help but start to get a little excited about the game. We still have a long way to go until December 20th, but the end is now in sight. One of the sites involving SWTOR which I especially enjoy is The Jedi Gambit.


At the beginning of June I began working with the Moray House Archive at the CRC. It's been a fantastic collection to work with, as every box I have opened has contained something new and presented different conservation problems.
My favourite so far has been a box containing craft work donations. It held five needlework samples, a cotton dress and an embroidery piece. The needlework samples were mounted on a piece of faux leather, which had been rolled tight and stiffened over time, so that it was difficult to view. Since these items were relatively small, I decided it would be best to store them flat so reduce excessive handling of the samples which could lead to further damage.
First the samples needed to be flattened as they had a tendency to curl at the edges. To do this, I carefully held the corners down with glass weights and left them overnight, after which they remained flat by themselves.
I then made a bespoke folder for each item. The folders were made from unbuffered mount board, with a domette and calico cotton layer to provide cushioned support for the samples. The edges were built up using strips of mount board and sealed with linen tape. The cushioned support can be made for the upper and lower side of the folder so that the items can be closed, flipped over, and then opened up again to view the back, without touching the item at all.
This new housing will prolong the life of these textiles and provide an easy way for them to be displayed in the future.
As a part of my time working with the archives collections, I have also hosted two conservation workshops for CRC staff. In the first workshop, I described basic conservation techniques that archivists could use at their desk to improve the condition of the collection. During the session staff had a go at surface cleaning, removing metal fasteners (staples and paper clips) and rehousing techniques such as making a book shoe. The second session focused on the using archival material in outreach workshops. I described ways of protecting objects when using them with groups of people and also how to present them in ways to avoid excessive handling.
I have really enjoyed working with this collection. The diversity of objects and the range of activities involved have been very interesting. Throughout the collection there are humorous and curious items that have always made me smile when working through the shelves. I'll leave you with a couple of my favourite to enjoy!


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A roll of U.S. Constitution toilet paper sells for $7.95 online. Certain TV shows arrange marriages. Other shows brush aside the horrors of serial killers or treat torture as a curiosity.
It makes you wonder — have we become Trivialization Nation? Perhaps we've downsized the meaning of everything: Love. Death. Sex. Religion. Education. Civil rights.
How sacred is life when in a recent episode of the widely watched and revered Oprah, a murderer on death row appears via satellite to speak with the children of his victims? How lifted up is love when a houseful of men and women vie on MTV's A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila for the favors of the self-promoting Web celeb?
The Department of Homeland Security, created in 2002, will be the subject of a conference this month called "The 7-Year Itch — Renewing the Commitment." That's right. Bright, creative people plan to discuss the supersober topic of national security in this era of incredible danger — and they name the confab for a 1955 Marilyn Monroe movie about marital ennui.
Witty, yes. Weighty, not so much.
There was a time not too long ago when the Dead Kennedys, same-sex kissing, Judy Blume books, RuPaul and politicians' affairs still had shock value. People had to actually practice practice practice the guitar before becoming a rock band musician. Relationships were not reduced to friending and unfriending.
Not too long ago we wondered if this gray-flannel country had a sense of humor. As recently as 1990, Madonna was exhorting America to "lighten up!" Now, 20 years later — thanks in part to Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, Howard Stern, Sacha Baron Cohen, Wanda Sykes and a parade of snarkers who routinely reduce important matters to punch lines — a more appropriate question might be: Does this country have a sense of what is important?
It's As Old As The Hills
"Our culture, or at least our nation, is becoming more trivial, less concerned with what matters, by the hour," says Gary Hardcastle, a philosophy professor at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania and co-editor of Bullshit and Philosophy.
To be fair, Hardcastle continues, civilization trivialization is as old as the hills. He refers to Hesiod — a poet who railed against the devaluation of values in society in 750 B.C.
Writer Norman Corwin, who will turn 100 in May, has been waging a battle against banality for more than half a century. In 1983, he published a social critique titled Trivializing America: The Triumph of Mediocrity.
Discounting significant aspects of our society "is a national tendency," Corwin now says from his home in Los Angeles. "It's easier to think loosely about unimportant matters. People tend to think about football, the news, the weather and their budgets before they think of the important things."
Corwin and other cultural critics see the contemporary United States on a particularly steep downward slope.
Talk show maestro Charlie Rose recently asked Drew Faust, president of Harvard, if she is worried about the dumbing down of the culture. "I worry about attention span," Faust said, "because people will not listen to more than a couple of sentences or read more than a couple of sentences. Does everything have to be a sound bite? Is everything to be digested into something brief? And aren't there complicated ideas that we ought to have the patience to give our attention to?"
Faust continued, "I worry about dumbing down in terms of speed and in terms of reflection. Do we sit back and think about things hard or do we always have to go on to the next sound bite, the next stimulus?"
The floodwaters of trivialization seep throughout our culture, from Hollywood to the White House. Frank Schaeffer, writing in The Huffington Post, laments that Barack Obama has lowered lofty presidential standards. The lowest point occurred in August, according to Schaeffer, when Obama invited Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. to the White House to share a beer with the Cambridge, Mass., cop who arrested Gates at his home.
"Is a Joe the Plumber consult next?" Schaeffer writes. "How small time and silly does the President want to look?"
Modern-Day Hesiods
The widespread trivialization of meaningful things is indisputable. Sound bites and silliness reign supreme. Reducing life-and-death questions to bumper stickers, such as "People Like You Make Me Pro-Choice," or vast education initiatives to a simple buzz phrase, such as "No Child Left Behind", enables us to get a toehold on steep issues. But it can also cheapen the complexities.
Perhaps the tendency to trivialize is born of bandwagonism or laziness. Idiomatically speaking: It's easier to tear down than to build up. Or maybe we devalue valuable things because, as Herbert Marcuse observed, of society's tilt toward repressive desublimation. In Marcuse's mind, our capitalist culture renders a strong, often threatening urge into something weak and nonthreatening. For instance, marketers learn to satisfy our desire to be closer to nature by selling us Patagonia fleece jackets that we wear in our all-terrain Land Rovers driving to the mall.
This desublimation is repressive, Marcuse asserted, because it muffles social criticism and supports addictive consumerism. Consequently, contemporary society is spiritually and intellectually stagnant.
Plus, trivializing large ideals is easier than living up to them. And it's less scary.
"In an ideal democracy," says Richard Hanley, a philosophy professor at the University of Delaware, "the populace is interested, rational, and informed; and although reasonable people can disagree, so that not everyone gets what they want, a free marketplace of ideas would see the cream tend to rise to the top."
He adds, "In a real democracy like the United States, the populace is for the most part interested, somewhat less rational, and scandalously uninformed. ... Most people, on many important issues, do not know what to think about, and don't know how to think about it anyway."
So trivialization is an inevitable outgrowth of this confusion.
In fact, says Hardcastle, it's normal. "I'm inclined to think of a culture, even one as unwieldy as ours, as a body, and like all bodies it needs to be kept in balance. One part of it craves the mundane, the trivial, the stupid. Another pulls in the opposite direction, toward the profound, the subtle, the glorious. Either extreme is stultifying, but the balance between them is healthy in the sense that it can be sustained."
And so, he says, "we should we redouble our efforts to call out the trivialization, the slide toward banality."
By citing what's trite, Hardcastle observes, "we're doing our part to keep civilization on track. We're not going to eradicate the trivial, nor should we think things are any worse than they've ever been. But for all that our role is crucial."
Hardcastle reaches back through the history of cultural criticism and concludes: "We are modern-day Hesiods."
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Mirador Theatre) 2012 Toronto Fringe Review
July 6, 2012 Joslyn Kilborn
I'm not sure if it is harder or easier to enjoy a children's play without children. I suppose the answer might change depending on whether you actually have any (I don't). But I believe that enjoyable theatre should be enjoyable despite the age level of the audience it's aimed at, or the actual ages of audience members at any given show.
I don't buy this whole culture of sanitization that seems to seep into much of the popular children's programs out there right now. And I was very pleased to discover that Mirador Theatre's condensed Fringe version of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe doesn't appear to buy into this either.
There is death in this 'kids' show. There is violence. There are swordfights and blood! And yet it's still 'kid-friendly,' because the whole thing is very ridiculous and silly and makes it clear from the start that it's all a story. Think The Muppets as opposed to The Backyardigans.
I have to admit that when Lucy (Marla Brennan) burst out at the beginning of the play with "we all die at the end!" I looked at the tiny figures around me to see how they (or their parents) would react. They didn't, really. But later when Peter (Stevie Jay), dressed as Aslan, pantomimes driving a hat stand through the White Witch's chest, everyone giggled.
It's too silly not to – the White Witch (Brennan again) writhes dramatically and whines in her hilarious, put-on voice about the unfairness of it all. Plus, immediately after 'dying,' Brennan jumps up and back into her Lucy character to finish telling the story.
Each of the fifty minutes in this play is delightful. These actors offer the best of clowning, they are so very silly yet remain far from the edges of melodrama. Their enthusiasm was enough to make the half-empty theatre feel full. I can't imagine how much fun the previous day's sold-out show must have been.
It was easy to tell that the rest of the audience felt the same as I did. The kids were happy to sit at the front and call out, "don't do it!" at tense moments, and the few solo adults were happy to sit at the back and watch both the great show and the glee it inspired in the younger ones.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe plays at FringeKids! – Palmerston Library Theatre (560 Palmerston Ave)
Performances are: July 05 12:45 PM, July 06 04:30 PM, July 08 04:00 PM, July 09 11:30 AM, July 11 07:30 PM, July 12 12:45 PM, July 13 02:45 PM, July 15 05:15 PM
All individual Fringe tickets are $10 for $6 for children, at the door (cash only).
Tickets are also available online at www.fringetoronto.com, by phone at 416-966-1062, or in person at The Randolph Centre for the Arts, 736 Bathurst Street (Advance tickets are $11 – $9+$2 service charge)
Value packs are available if you plan to see at least 5 shows
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New POGO Mini-Cruiser model coming up.
The fly is 67cm long and the perfect board to take along any time and anywhere.
The lightweight construction is completed by a topside veneer that turns the board into an extraordinary eyecatcher while the grip varnish holds your feet in position.
I am really happy that there is finally a cruiser like this. It's really a rare thing to find something like this, so I think Pogo can yell "Bingo" right now.


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How National Express turned me into a criminal
Do you ever wonder what scandalous things your friends say about you when your back is turned? How hurt do you think you would be if you ever found out? In my case the low spoken rumours spread by friends and associates are probably all true. It's not that I live a particularly shocking life, but I'd be a fool to deny that there are certain aspects of my existence that regularly inspire slow disapproving head-shakes from friends and associates. Friends and associates who find themselves more entrenched in the ways of polite society than I. I claim freedom, they claim moral indignation.
If I overheard a huddle of friends chatting in hushed whispers and stifled chuckles about my pathological inability to get up early in the morning I would find myself no valid defence and spare them my interruptions. I would also wonder just how slow the week my friends had just experienced had been, that they would consider an in depth discussion of my rest routines a valid and exciting current affair fit for discussion.
I won't dwell on the fact I'm barely capable of sentient thought until around 11am, I merely mention it so you might consider it a contributing factor in what follows. I offer it as a meagre gift to the gods of fair reason, that it may tilt opinions slightly in favour of National Express. I offer up this information in the interests of fairness, and to prevent this text being seen as an entirely one sided argument.
This very morning at 7.25am my wife gently aroused me (no sniggering at the back please) and informed me of the time. I half opened one gummy eye and after swallowing to lubricate my tonsils - they do dry out so after eight hours of hearty manly snoring - and tried to form a sentence that would register without ambiguity my contempt for her news. In reality rather than uttering forth a concise 'I don't care' I probably sounded more like one of those television evangelist fellows when they speak in tongues. In fact those evangelist chaps are somewhat more complete than I - they're capable of completing their garbled sentences without passing into the world of unconsciousness, an achievement I am unable to attain at such an early hour.
My wife - who is always as fresh as a spring flower in the mornings - tusselled my hair, gently stoked by cheek and lovingly kissed my forehead. When all that failed to wake me she used the more effective method of jabbing me in the spine with her elbow. Again I demanded to know the meaning of this outrage, and requested information as to why I should fight my way to full consciousness, and I used a language with words known to neither man nor beast but it was a message clear to all.
I forced my eyelids open, and once my eyes had stopped rolling back into my head my wife was suitably convinced I was in a receptive state. She politely illuminated the fact I was supposed to have boarded a National Express train from Ipswich to London roughly five minutes previous. Again I feebly pleaded for reasons why this information should deserve a place in my current value system, and shut my eyes in a vain attempt to rejoin a rather pleasant dream I had been engaged in a few moments previously.
Eventually - and displaying an amount of patience and perseverance that would exhaust a saint - my wife convinced me that if I was to continue the profitable relationship I have with my London client that keeps us in rags and broth I should really make an effort to rise, hide my shame with said rags and head off to the big smoke.
About an hour after the above occurrences I had dunked my frame in soapy water and sucked down enough strong tea to find myself at the National Express railway station in Ipswich. As I breached the swooshing electric doors of the station I was a little dismayed to see a long queue waiting for the attention of the three ticket desk folk National Express had deined to supply its hungry public during this peak time. I would have used the ticket machine, but for some reason our franchised overlords consider their busiest time of the day to be the most appropriate opportunity to take said machine out of commission so a sad looking giant of a man can open it up and slowly count the pennies within.
As I neared the front of the queue I growled a little (internally of course) as I noticed each grinning ticket god/ goddess was genially occupied by patrons wishing to know details of every possible route on the national rail network and/ or make a new friend. I certainly don't begrudge the lonely this chance to grasp at vapid and fleeting friendship with the employees of National Express, but (much like the decommissioning of the automated ticket monkey) I wish they'd do it at any time other than between the hours of 6am to 10am in the morning on any weekday.
My train pulled into the station just as two of the habitual enquirers considered themselves sated and gave up their new friends to the ticket hungry public. While I may not be able to co-ordinate colours in the clothes I wear at that ungodly time in the morning I can (after many years of practise) order a train ticket. In fact the phrase 'return to London Liverpool Street, returning on peak, with no underground' trip so readily from my tongue that sometimes I find myself unsure as to whether I have said it or not, and repeat the phrase several times over like an excitable six foot tall toddler.
The speed at which the National Express ticket staff can process an order is nothing short of astounding, and I say this with no hint of sarcasm. They can see the train is already in the station, they can see me looking between the train and them, swinging my head left and right like I'm at a tennis match, they know speed is of the essence. True to form myself and the ticket lady conduct our transaction with such speed and grace you could be forgiven for assuming we had spent hours in rehearsal, or had possibly been previously involved in one of those 'hand is quicker than the eye' television magician shows.
I could hear some of the doors on the ancient Intercity train slamming shut as I propelled myself across the station concourse with all the speed of a mature racehorse and all the grace of a newborn racehorse. I could see my prize before me - the last open door on the train - but an obstacle stood between me and my goal; the ticket barrier.
The ticket barrier is a relatively new addition to Ipswich Station, and one that seems most unwelcome to everyone. In this instance luck prevailed and the machine sucked up my ticket, spat it out and granted me access to the platform without trying to crush my innards by closing while I was half way through its jaws. I did catch my train, but I would have caught it by a far safer margin if I hadn't of had to negotiate that ticket barrier. The normal routine involves me putting my ticket through so many times that it ends up looking like a museum relic until I am granted access. Once half way through the barrier the 'kill paddles' attempt to separate my front from my back by prematurely closing. This debacle is normally concluded by paying a visit to the tired looking ticket inspector who is the guardian of the large disabled access gate. So whereas I used to be able to buy my ticket and walk the three or four metres to the platform, I now have to engage in a battle of wits with a belligerent bit of machinery and start my journey from Ipswich to London Liverpool Street with a light bit of internal bleeding.
So why were the ticket barriers installed? There are already ticket barriers at my destination, and my ticket will be checked en-route to London, so why does it also need to be checked in Ipswich? The addition of this extra level of security means that my ticket is now checked six times every time I travel to and from London. I've travelled through security at middle eastern airports and had my ticket checked less often. Putting barriers between the outside world (let's call it the free world just for fun) and the platform also robs me of the chance to buy my ticket on the train; something that is often essential when the ticket hall is teeming with the great grey moronic hordes of civilisation - every one of them wanting to know the variables for travelling between Leiston and Skegness.
To digress for a moment let's touch on the cost of rail travel. Today I paid £60 for a standard open return from Ipswich to London Liverpool Street, a journey that (god willing) takes just over an hour each way. When I was travelling to London and back every day - and bearing in mind I got a discount for buying my season ticket monthly - I was paying out twice as much for my rail fare each month as I was my mortgage, and my mortgage was only a year old! There are rarely any seats on peak time trains, and any seats that are available are often foul and dirty. This morning I paid £60 for the privilege of sitting in a coffee soaked seat. At least I hope it was coffee.
In their defence National Express would say that ticket barriers are essential to combat fare dodgers, but do all the fare paying passenger have to foot the bill for a few bad eggs? So if these ner do wells manage to cross the platform, and (with a cartoon villain cackle) actually board a train then National Express are saying they've got away with the crime of the century? What about the conductor on the train? I've seen what happens to people that disagree with conductors on trains, they get picked up by the transport police as soon as they reach their destination. Even if fare dodgers evade the conductor they still won't be able to get through the ticket barriers at London Liverpool Street. It's game over you evil fare-dodging genius.
So why am I being punished for the crimes of others, or (I guess) being punished for any fare dodging crimes I may commit in the future? In America they have a policy of 'innocent until proved guilty', it's not something that exists in Britain, and maybe these ticket barriers are proof. One of the only other sections of commerce that acts in this way are insurance companies, but that's a tale for another time.
I find this mentality of metering out punishment before the crime has been committed utterly self defeating and ultimately pointless. Deterrents do not work, the death penalty is constant proof of this. Fortunately we don't have the death penalty in Britain; if the law enforecement authorities employed the logic of National Express we would all receive a lethal injection moments after birth, just in case we commit murder in the future.
So what's next in the National Express valiant crusade against crime? I can't imagine, and I don't want to, but I'm sure they'll think of something. Maybe in ten years time catching a train will be as time consuming and frustrating as catching a plane? Actually that's an unfair comparison, planes are considerably cheaper to use than trains and lot more reliable. In their defence National Express are keeping the trains running a lot better than their predecessors, but I still wouldn't fancy getting in a plane they're responsible for maintaining.
I could force myself to get up earlier in the morning thus rendering the ticket barriers at Ipswich station less of a time delay, and more of a standard run of the mill matter for my moral indignation. In order to try and fundamentally change my genetic make up I could try and force myself to become a morning person - I could endure months of mental morning anguish until I become used to the hours and hardened to the fatigue. But that's really quite unlikely, instead I'll just whine about things I have no control over that ultimately don't have much of a bearing on my quality of life; that's the English way!
Posted by Andrew Culture at 2:21 pm
Labels: article, national express, prose, trains, travelling
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It'll be useful one day.
I have boxes of cables, some that will only connect obsolete things to other obsolete things. A drawer of widgets – dongles for copyprotected software that can only run on PCs from 12 years ago. Drawing pins and rubber bands too. Rubber bands have become a bit of an obsessive-compulsive fixation. If I see one in the street these days, I will pick it up; and in testament to my maturity, not flick it at Foe.
Useless ideas too. I have a shelf of sketchbooks, approximately 30% full of notes from meetings that bored me enough to fill the other 70% with drawings of giant robot squirrels or stupid ideas.
Somebody else might need it.
It's not even a conscious thought any more. It's an engram. It's baked-in. It's just a surface my behaviour runs down like water on a windscreen.
Which is why the web is my salvation, or at least a salve. It's an infinite shelf I can leave this stuff on, because I might need it, somebody else might need it, it'll be useful one day. Which I guess leads me to one of the stupid ideas next to the giant robot squirrels, that Ben turned into the LazyWeb, and it's final justification to me, in an entry at 0xDefcafbad.
It'll be useful one day, see.
I tend to hoard too, a habit probably picked up from my parents. At the weekend I spent some time looking through 40 year old newspapers ("Bobby Kennedy Shot!"), 40 year old guidebooks to various parts of America, 35 year old notes from a Fortran course my mum once did, and 20 year old computer magazines ("Why not use your Spectrum to store recipes?").
All of it fascinating, especially some of the more incidental stuff – the adverts on the backs of newspaper cuttings, the notes scribbled here and there… Give it a few decades and those robot squirrel overlords will be (more) intriguing!


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Naira has recorded significant gain at the parallel market on Thursday as it rose to N560/$1 in the early hours of Thursday, 30th December 2021.
The exchange rate appreciated by 1.58% on Thursday to trade at N560/$1 at the parallel market compared to N569/$1 recorded the previous day. The rate at N560/$1 represented the lowest recorded since November 29th, 2021.
On the other hand, exchange rate at the P2P market depreciated from N568.2/$1 recorded on Wednesday, 29th December 2021 to trade at N570.2 in the early hours of Thursday, 30th December 2021.
Naira has witnessed consistent decline in the past week, dropping from N560.95/$1 recorded before the Christmas break to trade for as high as N571.4/$1 at the P2P market.
At the official window, the exchange rate closed at N415/$1 on Wednesday, 29th December 2021, representing a 0.02% appreciation when compared to N415.1/$1 recorded in the previous trading session.
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Forex turnover at the I&E window dropped from $168.62 million recorded on Friday 24th December 2021 to $119.48 million on Wednesday 29th December 2021.
An exchange rate of N446.5/$1 was the highest rate recorded during intra-day trading before it settled at N415/$1, while it sold for as low as N405/$1 during intra-day trading.
The opening indicative rate closed at N414.05/$1 on Wednesday, which represents a 49 kobo depreciation compared to N413.54/$1 recorded in the previous trading session.
According to BDC operators, the naira strengthening against the US dollar at the parallel market is attributed to the Christmas holiday period, as demand for FX dropped during the holiday period.
Recall that the exchange rate had hovered around N570/$1 since September 2021, after the central bank clamped down on AbokiFX after accusing the online website of manipulating exchange rate, which is tantamount to "economic sabotage", according to the apex bank.
The rate, however, dropped to as low as N535/$1 on the 11th of November before depreciating to N570/$1 towards the end of the month. Naira has now received significant boost against the US dollar at the black market following Christmas holiday festivities.
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Q: JSP - All scopes are empty inside the jsp:include page I want to put a variable in the requestScope so I can use it in an other page. Unfortunately, the requestScope is totally empty in this other page. In fact, when I print #{requestScope} in both pages, they don't have the same memory adresse !
mainPage.jsp
<c:set var="foo" value="${myForm.myJavaObject}" scope="request" />

<c:forEach var="scope" items="${requestScope}">
    ${scope.key} // PRINTS EVERY VARIABLE IN THE REQUEST SCOPE, INCLUDING foo
</c:forEach>

<jsp:include page="./includedPage.jsp"/>

includedPage.jsp
<c:forEach var="scope" items="${requestScope}">
    ${scope.key} // PRINTS NOTHING
</c:forEach>

Same thing if try different scopes (session, application etc.). I don't get it. This method is all over the internet, so why is it not working? First time I use it.

A: It works if I include <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"%>. I don't get why though, as it is already included in the mainPage.jsp and because <jsp:include> is dynamic.


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Residences at Fairmount Station
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2018: Year in Review
Our last 'latest news' blog posting, was last year's 'Year-In-Review', so you might draw one of two conclusions — Traggorth Companies hasn't been very busy at all, or we've been so busy we've forgotten to post about any of it on our website. If you know us, or if you follow us on Twitter (and soon Instagram), you know its the latter — not only with our work, but with our families; with Tanya's family welcoming Ida Jean in July and Dave's family welcoming August Lee in August. Dan wasn't about to be outdone; so he and Gen were engaged earlier this year, and we're all looking forward to a big party in 2019 to celebrate their wedding.
Our project and consulting news this year represents much of what we like best about our work: partnerships, and expanding our commitment to those communities that we know and love.
Mayor Walsh joined us for the ribbon-cutting at the Residences at Fairmount Station's in November. We celebrated with Southwest Boston CDC and other members of the community the completion of a project that represented the first new affordable housing in Hyde Park in 20 years.
In September we joined Mayor Fiorentini in Haverhill at 87 Washington Street (soon to be called The Granville) to break ground on 24 market rate lofts over 3,500 square feet of retail just down the block from our enormously successful JM Lofts. We love creating spaces that drive the continuing transformation of Haverhill.
We've started the construction of the Riverhouses and Modern Mills at Cable Mills, 8 river front homes in Williamstown, Massachusetts, building off of the success of the historic rehabilitation of the original mill completed back in 2016. The buzz in the Northern Berkshires, about it's natural beauty, art, and culture is undeniable and growing.
We've partnered with The Neighborhood Developers, to bring much needed affordable housing, open space, and Mill Creek access to the Chelsea community by restoring an old muffler shop site, long since vacant at the gateway to Chelsea from Revere.
Our consulting work continues to be largely focused on the nuts and bolts of affordable housing execution for many of our long-time clients, and we love putting our skills and relationships to work for these great organizations. While I thought that the early education center we built at the ground floor of Mosaic would be a one-off adventure, we're working on two more mixed income early education centers in the Boston area. We've found that our skills in navigating the complex finance and regulatory world of housing is quite applicable in the equally high need and high demand world of early education. Needless to say, our experiences as young parents, balancing life and work, also provides helpful perspective.
As 2018 wraps up, we thank so many of you for supporting, encouraging, mentoring, and following our work in the way that you do.
- Dave, Dan and Tanya
In Residences at Fairmount, 87 Washington, J.M. Lofts, 1005 Broadway, River Houses Tags Affordable Housing, Gateway Cities, Homeownership, Smart Growth, Mayor Walsh
Rarely throughout the year do we pause to mark important milestones in our work, so we look forward to this time of year when we can slow down a bit to reflect on the year and look ahead. We've been fortunate in 2017 to lead and participate in some amazing, award winning projects and lay the groundwork for what we hope will be a productive 2018 and beyond. As we say and feel more and more every year, we are so appreciative of the many partners that we work with that make our work, and the important results it produces, possible.
Residences at Fairmount Station, a 27 unit affordable and workforce housing project across the street from the Fairmount commuter rail station in Boston's Hyde Park neighborhood broke ground. The foundations and utilities are in, steel is up, and the project is due to be completed in the fall of 2018, providing the first affordable housing for Hyde Park in more than two decades.
Following our smart growth development strategy, we purchased 24 Gould Street in Reading and obtained permits this past fall. Less than 200 yards from the Reading commuter rail and located in Reading's downtown commercial district, the project will provide 3,500 square feet of retail, 55 residential units, and amenities.
Also next to transit, this winter and into 2018, we are advancing the permitting for a site next to Dorchester's Shawmut Red Line stop. We're working with neighborhood groups to realize a mixed-income homeownership project that will replace a generations old auto body shop.
Mosaic, a project we completed in 2016 won the Urban Land Institute's Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Award this year. We also sold the last (and 43rd) affordable unit condominium in 2017.
We completed the moderate rehabilitation of 81 affordable apartments across 17 buildings in Mission Hill in 2017. Not only were the century old buildings restored to historic standards, but the front and rear yards were completely reimagined to provide for private and public gathering spaces for residents and a restored streetscape.
Our partnerships with like-minded clients committed to affordable housing, smart growth, and community development remains a key aspect of our work and mission. In 2017 we expanded relationships and built new ones with organizations such as the Roxbury Tenants of Harvard, Southwest Boston CDC, Youth Enrichment Services, United South End Settlements, and the Boys and Girls Club of Brockton working on transformative real estate projects across the Commonwealth.
In Residences at Fairmount, RTH Riverway
Residences at Fairmount Station Out of the Ground
Residences at Fairmount Station, a 27 apartment project immediately adjacent to the Fairmount Station Commuter Rail Station in Hyde Park, is progressing on schedule through construction with a late 2018 opening expected. The project is a collaboration of Traggorth Companies and Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation based in Hyde Park.
The $8 construction project, built by Delphi Construction is being funded by Webster Bank, Mass Housing, the Department of Neighborhood Development, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the National Equity Fund.
Project updates can be found on www.residencesatfairmountstation.com
In Residences at Fairmount
As you'll read below, the highlights of 2016 have been numerous and we're so grateful for the opportunity to continue to advance innovative projects that push the boundaries in multi-family housing and community development. Thanks to all of our amazing partners and we look forward an equally exciting and productive 2017!
On time and on budget, Mosaic wrapped up this fall. As of this writing, the 42 market rate condominiums are sold, the 60 affordable rentals are nearly full, and the 43 affordable condominium sales will wrap up in 2017. The project has been a tremendous success and most importantly will provide affordable housing near jobs and transit in Boston's Longwood Medical Area.
J.M. Lofts in Haverhill, completed construction in the summer and was an instant hit. It's 18 one and two-bedroom lofts were leased at record setting rents in Haverhill, and the retail is fully leased with some of the most innovative businesses in Haverhill: Battle Grounds Coffee, K Modern Furnishings, and another new, but well known Haverhill business that is already expanding.
Also in Haverhill, we just completed this month the permitting for 87 Washington Street, just down the street from J.M. Lofts. We're proposing 24 loft apartments with 3,000 square feet of retail. We're excited to build on the momentum happening in Haverhill.
We began a partnership with Southwest Boston CDC around the Residences at Fairmount Station, a 27 unit affordable rental building directly adjacent to the Fairmount commuter rail stop. The project, was awarded the necessary funds to move forward with construction in 2017 and we are proud to be associated with the first affordable housing to be built in Hyde Park in more than two decades.
Cable Mills completed construction in late Spring with the demand for loft apartments in Williamstown off the charts. After years of collaborative efforts to make this project happen, seeing a full building with kids and families playing by the river is one of the major highlights of 2016.
Given the success of Cable Mills, we've been collaborating with Merge Architects planning the River Houses at Cable Mills, our for-sale option in spectacular new construction homes along the Green River.
One of the best parts of our work is teaming up with amazing non-profits to help them advance their real estate objectives. We've expanded our work with Roxbury Tenants of Harvard and Asian Community Development Corp while working for the first time with Allston Brighton CDC and Youth Enrichment Services (YES!).
While we completed our last development project in Chelsea in 2015, we couldn't stay away for long. In the spring of this year we purchased 466 Broadway right in the center of Bellingham Square. An all affordable, historic building with ground floor retail, we're undertaking repairs to improve the resident's quality of life and planning for the future of this great building in a great city that we love.
And last but not least, we've welcomed Dave Danker to the team this year as an Asset Manager as we continue to operate and always improve our growing portfolio.
In Cable Mills, J.M. Lofts, RTH Riverway, Residences at Fairmount, River Houses Tags Year in Review
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