A news title caught my attention this morning. I was thinking I was more tolerant towards Israeli story recently after frequently scrolling through Ynet. I was reading an article about a particular unit that is growing to fight "terrorism" "us," and the heroic investigative article and operation they held in Anata some days ago. I was also taken by an article that exposes Arab media that calls for the Arab youth to stay away from individual media pages, on Facebook such as that of the army spokesperson. There was also an interesting article about the fuss that was made by the Israeli ministry of foreign affairs against the French consulate in Jerusalem and the cultural center that was posting a vacancy or something stating that the location is in East Jerusalem (Safra Square). I do understand that East Jerusalem today is those roads that are somehow alienated slowly from the old city and some neighborhoods along the settlements. I do know that the Israeli public doesn't need to learn anything about the green line and what is "official" East and what is official "West." After all, Oslo stated that Jerusalem is in the final stage of a never immediate solution.
Again and again, despite my sensitivity in reading Israeli headlines and what comes inside them, they remain more credible than the Palestinian media.
There is no reliable source for media inside Palestine except that of Israel, especially these days. Our news states headlines with no context. A Palestinian executed and becoming a Shahid, and then rallies in funerals, bereaved families or celebrating. It is all becoming the same. Big silence at the government end. Everything seems like another day of business. The president receives a visitor; the prime minister issues vacation days and open ceremonies. Salaries are the same argument. Hamas and Fateh are still fighting and accusing each other.
In the Israeli media, you can also see the soft side of the Netanyahu's, with an article about their dog that bit a Knesset member and the story of the saving of that dog by the Netanyahu son.
Among the other beautiful things that show the best of the Israeli society is today's article: Gay Iranian poet flees persecution, finds himself in Israel.
No one told him of course that three people were stabbed and killed last year in the gay parade in Jerusalem. After all, anonymous killings by fanatic "minorities" don't count.
I had to read through the whole article to see if this Iranian was a Muslim. Information that was skipped all along the article. I did some little research to be assured that Tehran has 13 active synagogues, five Jewish schools, two kindergartens and a 100-bed Jewish hospital. They have active communities in Shiraz, Isfahan, and Kermanshah. (http://forward.com/news/319269/irans-jews-win-secure-place-in-mullahs-world-with-strings-attached/).
I am sure it is not the best place to be a first class citizen in a country like Iran in accordance to what we learned from the west. And I am sure a second-class citizen in a Jew wouldn't be too much of a luxury.
What made me think that the man is a Jew that in the description of his looks in the article and later in the photo they have for him a Star of David is tattooed on his neck.
Of course, I don't care if the man comes to Israel or he doesn't. He is fleeing or not. He is a gay or not … that Israel is the haven for gays or not.
That part of eluding the reader is what marks our minds. The moment we read the word Iran and Israel. Coming together, it quickly reflects the title that was carefully put for that article.
But more to a Palestinian like me was the sentence that the article started with: …He is visiting Israel, Iran's archenemy and a country known for its tolerance towards gays.
A word I find myself asking every single day (no exaggeration) when I pass the checkpoint with a smile from the beautiful Israeli soldiers who think that I cannot be a Palestinian (using my psychological tips on just moving in front of them as an Israeli. with my Arab, Israeli, Italian, confusing Spanish appeal).
What if they made a decision to treat us with some tolerance? What if they just make people pass without this dehumanizing technique that is branded with intolerance. What if they look into these Palestinian eyes and tell him you are a fellow human. Not that "goyim" education that is so natural, it makes classifications fall into an average order of a country that intolerance is the tattoo that engraves it with the enclaves of apartheid and discrimination.
Your percipience is astounding at times… Such clarity of thought, and expression, in a language not your native tongue is exceptional, for anyone, of any gender, nationality, race, or any other artificial label one wishes to use…. You, my lady epitomize. for me, a human being….. I once heard the term "a Great Soul" used to apply to someone exceptional…. I believe it can be applied to your spirit without fear of error….
You are absolutely right; how would the world change, if everyone began to look at one another as a 'human' without any other labels? Very different, to be sure….
Sadly, it can be easily shown how Israeli/Jewish attitudes have been effectively promoting their own brand of bigotry for more than 5,000 years, since the time before the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It is their attitude that every other religion in the world wants to persecute, and/or, destroy them as a culture; they have always been wrong, but, it doesn't change their delusions of persecution….
So, with such a strong cultural delusion controlling all their actions in re: other religions & peoples outside The Tribe, I see little chance of their culture changing any time soon, any more than I would expect it of the Saudi culture, or the Chinese culture, or Russian, American, or any other human culture, ALL of which are based on the delusion their own race/nation/category is more important, and more entitled than any of the others….
It's too bad, too, because there are also a lot of GOOD people in the world, such as yourself, and others, who simply are trying to make sense of a world gone mad, whose populations are very close to the edge of pure psychosis….
Excellent said, all of it….
You're welcome, but, it's easy… You prove them each time you post….


Here's some artsy "garden sushi" that Luca and I made one afternoon during spring break. Our yard is a complete and absolute wreck at the moment (too many food adventures, not enough gardening!), but I was amazed at how much we managed to scavenge and I was struck as I always am by the creativity that comes so naturally to kids.
We got the inspiration to make this sushi after visiting the beautiful annual floral extravaganza, Bouquets to Art at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, where more than 100 florists take over the galleries and create works that respond to pieces in the museum's collection. Not surprisingly it was a pair of food-related pieces in the show that caught my eye — a "still life" tea service and a wonderfully realistic platter of orchid-topped sushi. All I had to do was suggest the idea of garden sushi and Luca was off and running, dashing around the yard to collect bits and pieces and arranging them with care in our bento box. Lest we sound too refined….. as soon as I was able to snap a picture of our sushi masterpiece, it was buried under a heap of dirt from an awaiting dump truck never to be seen again.


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Community members recognized at JGS Lifecare Annual Meeting on May 23
LONGMEADOW, Mass. – JGS Lifecare held its annual meeting on May 23 in the Gloth Family Auditorium at JGS Lifecare in Longmeadow.
Dr. Robert Baevsky was thanked for his service as chair of the board of directors for the past three years, during which time JGS Lifecare underwent tremendous transformation, including construction of the new $11.4 million Sosin Center for Rehabilitation, a $1 million renovation of Ruth's House, and a myriad of other enhancements.
Susan Goldsmith and Dr. Robert Baevsky
Susan Goldsmith of Longmeadow was elected as the new chair of the board. She praised Dr. Baevsky and noted, "The entire organization has benefitted from the depth and experience Bob brought as board chair; we appreciated his thoughtfulness, intelligence and calm demeanor."
Both Goldsmith and Martin W. Baicker, president and CEO of JGS Lifecare, referenced the challenges facing nursing homes across the country, including changing demographics that require care for a frailer and sicker elderly population, reimbursement challenges and a shortage of qualified caregivers.
"We are not immune," said Goldsmith. "We must be prudent with our resources and creative with our approach."
Baicker agreed and added, "Changes across the organization continue to underscore our determination to take bold and positive steps to secure the highest reputation and compete successfully in the marketplace."
Family members of three patients cared for through JGS Lifecare shared their stories, underscoring the importance of quality eldercare for seniors:
Mike Cinq-Mars spoke movingly via video about the care his wife received during her five years as a resident of the Leavitt Family Jewish Home. "There's so many things here you don't appreciate unless your loved one is here. She always had a smile. They would do little things for Jean, but it meant the world to me."
Betsy Bertuzzi shared her appreciation for "world class elder care in our community" after her mother's experience recovering from pneumonia at the Sosin Center for Rehabilitation.
Diane Dean gratefully acknowledged the loving and compassionate support her family received from Spectrum Home Care & Hospice when her husband was ending his four-year battle with colon cancer in 2016. "They wrapped their arms around us," she said.
Frank Coloccino, left, and Jeffrey Grodsky.
Dr. Baevsky thanked outgoing members of the Board of Directors ––Maxine Goldsmith, Art Richton and Michael Swirsky––for their service, with a special presentation to Richton for serving three consecutive terms (nine years) on the board, the maximum possible.
The new slate of officers elected to the board included Susan Goldsmith as incoming chair, Mark Dindas as 1st vice chair, Rudy D'Agostino as treasurer and Stuart Anfang as clerk. New board members include Anne Chernick, Peter Greenberg, Gerald Lazarus, Ellen Ratner, Harvey Shrage and Candace Weiner.
Frank Colaccino and Jeffrey Grodsky, co-chairs of the Project Transformation Building Committee, were honored with the Chairman's Service Award for their tireless efforts overseeing the success of Phase I of Project Transformation.
"Together, they have been a driving force of the construction of the Sosin Center and Michael's Café," said Stephen Krevalin, co-chair of Project Transformation. "They understood and pushed forth our vision. We are grateful for their continued commitment to oversee the renovations of the A-1 and A-2 units of the Leavitt Family Jewish Home into the small house model of care."
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Q: MiniQuadcopter ESC connection I have a picture here, sorry if it's ugly .. but let's think, they are my ESCs for my mini-quadcopter. My mini quadcopter is 3d printed, and as much as possible, I don't want to use bullet connectors because they will only add to the weight of my mini-quad. My question is, from the diagram below, will all the ESCs get the same voltage or not? Especially on the left diagran ... The right diagram was using a power distribution board from hobbyking

A: Both drawings are the same parallel circuit. Just solder all the wires for each pole together and it will be the same.

A: All the ESCs will get the same voltage in both circuits because they are electrically identical: the 4 ESCs and the battery are connected in parallel in both cases.
Since you have a parallel circuit, you can assume that the voltage will be the same always in all the elements of the circuit unless you are working with very high currents, long wires or high frequency, which is not your case.
If you want a light weight solution, I would recommend just to solder the 4 ESC positive wires together without any connector or distribution board. Do the same for the 4 ESC negative wires. Then add a connector to the joints to be able to change the battery. And it will work perfectly. The circuit will be like the following one:

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
Happy flying! :)

A: Although other losses could be present, yes. You're supposed to get the same voltage on all four, since you connected it in paralell. On the other hand, the current that is supplied by the batteries will be divided though. Since the components aren't ideal, there may be differences from the expected values.

A: It depends on the wire and how powerful your motors are. For a large system, a 15A ESC will cause a drop of 0.4V/metre in 16AWG wire, or 3.6% of your battery, so whatever topology you use keep the wires the same length of each other. The PCB with a ring is an easy way to ensure this, equivalent to a star ground in PCB design. A tree such as in ferrangb's suggestion will ensure that the ESCs see slightly different voltages - ESC4's wire to the branch with ESC3 is longer. As in level flight, no motor can go faster than the least performant motor, you will get a loss in performance corresponding to one percent every twenty-seven centimetres of difference.

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Rugby Returns, 1906 – Part I
After the public uproar involving gridiron death and injury in 1905, colleges had two options; play football under the legitimately sanctioned new rules or abandon the sport. A few schools chose the latter, including, Columbia University, one of the original members of the first football union formed after the Princeton-Rutgers soccer-style game in 1869.
But there was a surprisingly third pathway that none who attended the eastern committees considered, a return to rugby union football. With Walter Camp's gridiron rules changes, the sport of rugby essentially disappeared save for the annual west coast contest between U. California and the University of British Columbia. (Rugby came to Cal in 1882.)
Also in 1905, rugby had not been played prominently in America for more than twenty-years. Many colleges, especially, in the Midwest, South, and West had never seen the game. And, decisively, gridiron attained a positive following among players and spectators as the official collegiate sport of autumn.
The serendipitous happenings that led to rugby's return in America's Far West occurred from a disparate and unconnected chain of events. No one imagined that New Zealand's European rugby tour in 1905 would represent the catalyst an ocean and a continent away to convince the universities of Stanford and California to switch to the rugby code.
New Zealand Tour – 1905
In 1905, the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU) set off on a six-month tour of the United Kingdom, Ireland, and France. A squad of twenty-seven players sailed on July 30th, arriving in England six-weeks later on September 18th.
The team wore black jerseys as usual, and, for the first occasion, black shorts so that the newspapers started to refer to the national fifteen as the All Blacks. During the following five-months, the team won 32 matches (23 shutouts) against a single loss, a 3-0 test match defeat to Wales. The January 1906 game with France at the Parc des Princes was to be the final contest of the many month tour.
The New Zealand Prime Minister followed the spectacular success of the rugby team, which generated sparkling accolades in the U.K. media and also in the foreign press, In effect, the All Blacks rugby dominance had put the small, island nation of New Zealand on the world's map.
In order to continue the global awareness of the native team, the PM decided to extend the tour – and prolong the good publicity – by sending it across the Atlantic to the United States. In January 1906, the All Blacks arrived in New York City, where it played an exhibition game in Brooklyn against a ragtag collection of ex-Pats. The team travelled next to San Francisco where two games were scheduled in February against a visiting all-star rugby side from the Canadian province of British Columbia.
The College Presidents
The presidents and the faculty at Stanford and California, Berkeley, in 1905 debated whether to drop gridiron and replace it with rugby or soccer. The "Big Game" – the popular gridiron football contest between the schools begun in 1892 – was perceived to inhibit interest in academics. The annual event resembled the hoopla of football rivalries back east, encouraging, banners, parades, bon fires, and intense alumni interest.
The U. California president was Benjamin Ide Wheeler (1854-1929) from Rhode Island, and a graduate of Brown University Class of 1872. The Stanford president was David Starr Jordan (1851-1931) from upstate New York, and a graduate of Cornell, Class of 1877. Both men had played athletics at their eastern universities. Both men knew and corresponded with Walter Camp.
They were unified in finding a way to retain some autumn sport but not gridiron even with its new rules,
The Bay Area Rugby Matches
On February 10, 1906, the All Blacks met British Columbia at Stanford winning easily 43-6. Three days later on February 13, the New Zealanders prevailed again 65-6, the game played in Recreation Park, San Francisco. Wheeler and Jordan witnessed the matches and came away with a favorable appreciation for rugby union, a sport less violent than gridiron with more free-flowing and faster action.
The All Blacks ended the tour with a 34-1 record. As impressive was the scoring disparity, the NZ fifteen scored 976 points for to a mere 55 against, and also achieving 25 shutouts.
In Match 1906, the Stanford Athletic Department voted to play rugby for the upcoming 1906 season, The college newspaper was disappointed: "Football is that game which we want, and not some imported English product." The protest went unheard; Jordan and Wheeler ruled their universities autocratically. Their decision was law.
Stanford would send a coach to British Columbia for rugby training. California sent its own representative to England and Wales for the same reason. Eventually, Pomona College (Los Angeles). Saint Mary's (Oakland) and Santa Clara would also convert to rugby. High schools from the Bay Area to L.A. would drop gridiron to play "the English product."
Astonishingly, rugby union football in America, a sport once moribund and forgotten, had been reborn in California from a timely visit by the New Zealand All Blacks.


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NewsPolitics - U.S., Specialty pages, Republican Presidential Primaries 2016Mon Feb 1, 2016 - 10:47 am EST
'Anyone but Donald Trump': Here's his record on life, marriage, and religious liberty
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DES MOINES, Iowa, February 1, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – In a letter addressed to pro-life Iowans, female pro-life leaders across the country urged voters to "support anyone but Donald Trump."
The letter's ten signatories included some of the most prominent women in the pro-life movement, including Beverly LaHaye, Marjorie Dannenfelser of the Susan B. Anthony List, talk show host Star Parker, and former Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave.
"On the issue of defending unborn children and protecting women from the violence of abortion, Mr. Trump cannot be trusted," the women wrote. "We have come to this conclusion after having listened patiently to numerous debates and news reports, but most importantly to Donald Trump's own words."
They write that our next president will choose as many as four Supreme Court justices, potentially giving the court a majority to overturn Roe v Wade. "Mr. Trump has said his sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, who struck down the partial birth abortion ban in New Jersey, would be a 'phenomenal' choice for the court," they wrote.
"Mr. Trump also said he thought pro-choice Sen. Scott Brown would make a 'very good' Vice President," they added.
They also raised the issue of Trump's sometimes difficult relationship with women.
"Trump has profited from the exploitation of women in his Atlantic City casino hotel, which boasted of the first strip club casino in the country," and his penchant for name-calling has "impugned the dignity of women."
"America will only be a great nation when we have leaders of strong character who will defend both unborn children and the dignity of women," they concluded. "We cannot trust Donald Trump to do either."
How correct are the charges?
Without a legislative record, analysts must rely on Trump's words to determine his position on the issues. As far as the record indicates, here is where Donald Trump stands.
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has said that he has "evolved" from being "strongly pro-choice" to being pro-life "with caveats" for rape, incest, and to save the life of the mother.
Last week in Iowa, Trump said that he "never gave it much thought," since abortion was not regularly discussed in the business world in which he immersed himself. While he has always said he hated "the concept of abortion," he called himself "very pro-choice" in an October 1999 interview on Meet the Press on October 24, 1999. In the same interview, he said he would not favor a partial birth abortion ban.
He changed his position on that matter just months later. In his book The America We Deserve – published on January 1, 2000 – Trump wrote: "When Tim Russert asked me on Meet the Press if I would ban partial-birth abortion if I were president, my pro-choice instincts led me to say no. After the show, I consulted two doctors I respect and, upon learning more about this procedure, I have concluded that I would indeed support a ban."
He has consistently said he's pro-life since 2011. The turning point, he said, was when a married couple he knew disagreed about their child. The husband wanted an abortion but the mother, whom he called a "strong woman," refused. The child became the light of his father's life and impressed Trump – who called him "a superstar." That abortion might have killed such a precious child changed Trump's views.
"When it's comes to pro-life, I've evolved," he said.
He has said that as president he would sign the pain-capable abortion ban, and would defund Planned Parenthood unless it stops all abortions.
He wrote in a Washington Examiner op-ed on Saturday, "The Supreme Court in 1973 based its [Roe v. Wade] decision on imagining rights and liberties in the Constitution that are nowhere to be found. … Public funding of abortion providers is an insult to people of conscience."
Despite his editorial, he is still reticent discussing abortion, or social issues generally, as opposed to the patriotic issues he has stressed in his campaign: immigration enforcement, trade, and striking better economic deals.
Last week, he said he is pro-life, but "I just don't want to talk about that right now. Everybody knows my views and I think my views are very plain."
Marriage and homosexuality
Trump has never favored homosexual "marriage," telling the homosexual publication The Advocate in 2000 that marriage should be "between a man and a woman" – a position he has maintained consistently. He once favored civil unions before opposing them. He told the New York Times in 2011, "I am a traditionalist. I have so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay, but I am a traditionalist."
But after the Supreme Court ruling last summer redefined marriage nationwide, he said "you have to go with it," because it is "the law of the land." Kim Davis, he said, should not be forced to issue gay "marriage" licenses – either her clerks should issue them instead, or homosexual couples could go to another county.
He strongly supports granting new, special civil rights to homosexuals. He would support adding sexual preference as a protected class to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, alongside racial and sexual minority status.
Judicial appointments
When asked if he would overturn Roe v. Wade, he said that a president would "need a lot of Supreme Court judges" to change their votes, but "we are going to be looking at that very, very carefully."
While Trump has praised his sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, in general terms, he has criticized Chief Justice John Roberts for twice ruling that ObamaCare is constitutional.
Trump has said he would like to appoint Supreme Court justices in the mold of Clarence Thomas, a pro-life stalwart he called "strong and consistent."
Strip clubs and personal ethics
The real estate magnate is known for his eponymous holdings, including casinos. The Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City became the first to have a strip club on the premises in 2013. At the time, Trump personally held only five percent ownership in the casino, leaving decisions out of his hands.
However, there is no record that he ever registered an objection to the club's presence.
His grandfather, Friedrich, also ran restaurants, bars, and brothels in the Northwest during the Alaska gold rush.
Political contributions
Donald Trump's contributions to political candidates have spanned both parties, to politicians of widely varying ideologies – including some well-known Democrats who favor abortion. But overall, two-thirds of his contributions have gone to Republicans, some with strong pro-life and conservative views.
The real estate mogul has said he treated his campaign contributions as part of the cost of doing business, often as a way of buying favor with politicians who would use their influence to help his development projects.
"I gave to many people before this," Trump said last August. "Before two months ago, I was a businessman. I give to everybody. When they call, I give. And you know what? When I need something from them two years later, three years later, I call them - they are there for me."
"That's a broken system," he said.
Much of his record would bear that out. For instance, in 2004 he gave the maximum legal campaign contribution to George W. Bush and John Kerry within eight days of each other. In the 2008 race, he funded both John McCain and Hillary Clinton – but nothing to Barack Obama. He has funded both parties' efforts to retake the Senate.
Trump has made numerous campaign donations to Democrats, especially in the Northeast where he has done much of his business. These include multiple donations to onetime New York Senator Hillary Clinton, as well as the Clinton Foundation. Others include Kristen Gillibrand, Chuck Schumer, Anthony Weiner, Charlie Rangel, Joe Lieberman, Chris Dodd, and Patrick Kennedy.
Many of his donations went to influential Congressional leaders like Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, and Harry Reid.
He also funded former South Carolina Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings who, like Trump, has been an inveterate critic of free trade deals.
He made a handful of donations to "pro-choice" Republicans like Arlen Specter and Rudy Giuliani.
In 2010, he gave a hefty $50,000 to American Crossroads, the political organization founded by Karl Rove.
But many of the Republicans he has supported have a clear pro-life record – including Jim Jordan, Marsha Blackburn, Louie Gohmert, Trewy Gowdy, Tom McClintock, Tim Scott, Ann Wagner, Raul Labrador, Tom Cotton, Peter King, and Barbara Comstock.
He has also donated to former pro-life Congressmen Allen West and George Allen.
In 2012, he gave $2,500 to Mike Huckabee's PAC. Huckabee appeared at Donald Trump's veterans fundraiser in Des Moines last Thursday night.
Treatment of women and temperament
Trump's critics have often cited his temper, often flaring into heated Twitter exchanges, as a concern.
Megyn Kelly of Fox News criticized Trump during an August 6 debate for calling women "'fat pigs', 'dogs', 'slobs', and 'disgusting animals.'"
New York Times journalist Gail Collins said that, after writing a less than flattering column about him, Trump sent her a copy of her picture with the words "The Face of a Dog" printed on it.
In his personal life, Trump has been divorced three times, confessed to numerous affairs, and bragged about "getting laid" with numerous women – some of them married – in his life. In a 1991 interview for Esquire, he said, "It doesn't really matter what [the media] write as long as you've got a young and beautiful piece of [expletive]."
Evangelical support
Despite being less forthright, or firm, on social issues addressed in the Bible, Donald Trump has consistently had the majority support of evangelical Christians in surveys and polls. According to an NBC News/Survey Monkey online poll taken last Tuesday, Trump has the highest percentage of support from evangelical Christian evangelicals (37 percent) of any candidate. His nearest rival Ted Cruz, whose father is a pastor, has earned the support of only 20 percent of evangelicals. Dr. Ben Carson has 11 percent, and Marco Rubio is at 10 percent.
The Donald J. Trump campaign did not respond to multiple calls for an interview over several days. Rival campaigns also did not return calls.
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Die Babonen bzw. Pabonen, Puaponen oder auch Paponen waren ein bedeutendes bayerisches Adelsgeschlecht des Früh- und Hochmittelalters und ein Zweig der Huosi, letztere waren bis etwa zum Jahre 1100 eines der fünf führenden bayerischen Geschlechter während der Stammesbildungszeit der Bajuwaren.

Historischer Überblick zur Stammesgeschichte der Babonen
Die Babonen – nach den Leitnamen Babo, Papo, Puapo u. ä., verwalteten bis Ende des 12. Jahrhunderts Besitzungen im bayerischen Donaugau und im Nordgau (Bayern). Heute sind dies etwa die Gebiete Niederbayern und Oberpfalz.

Nach dem Sturz der Agilolfinger durch Kaiser Karl der Große wurden im Donaugau, zu dem auch Regensburg gehörte, Grafen eingesetzt. Zu nennen sind Gottfried (806 – 830), Ratpot (830 – 840), Pabo I. (841, 848), Alberat (849 – 871), Engildeo (888 – 895) und Pabo II. (896 – 904); danach kam das Grafenamt bis 955 in die Hände der Luitpoldinger. Um 970 wird ein Burkhard, der zugleich Markgraf der Marcha orientalis war, als erster Burggraf von Regensburg (Praefectus Ratisbonensis) genannt. Da er sich dem Aufstand von Heinrich der Zänker gegen Kaiser Otto II. angeschlossen hatte, wurden ihm die Ostmark und das Burggrafenamt genommen. Bei der Neuordnung des Südostraums kam die Ostmark an den Babenberger Luitpold (Leopold I.) und das Burggrafenamt an die ebenfalls mit den Babenbergern verwandten Babonen.

Durch Kaiser Otto II.  wurde um 976 Babo I. als Burggraf von Regensburg eingesetzt. Babo I. ist identisch mit dem Herren von Stefling Im 12. Jahrhundert wurden die Babonen Vögte über das Benediktinerkloster Prüll, ebenso waren sie Vögte über das Kloster St. Emmeram, wo sich auch ihre Familiengrabstätte befindet; zur Absicherung wurde dem Kloster das Gut Gundershausen bei Abbach übertragen. Zu ihren Advocatien gehörte auch das von ihnen gestiftete Kloster Walderbach und das von Heinrich III. und seinem Bruder Otto II. 1155 gegründete Kloster Altmühlmünster. Burggraf Otto I. war auch Mitbegründer des Schottenklosters St. Jakob in Regensburg.

Als Stammsitz der Babonen gilt die Burg Stefling (Stevening(a), Stefningen) bei dem Ort Stefling am Regen im vorderen Bayerischen Wald. Der Regensburger Burggraf Otto I. wird um 1125 zudem als Graf von Regenstauf  bezeichnet. Auch sein Sohn Heinrich III. und dessen Bruder Otto II. tragen diesen Titel.
Seit dem frühen 12. Jahrhundert gelten sie auch als Grafen von Riedenburg (bisweilen fälschlicherweise auch als Landgrafen von Riedenburg oder als Burggrafen von Riedenburg bezeichnet). In dem Stadtwappen von Riedenburg sind heute noch die typischen drei Rosen der Babonen enthalten. Hier sind sie als Gründer der Rosenburg, der Burg Dachenstein und von Rabenstein anzusehen. Von dem Bistum Regensburg hatten sie auch die Grafschaft um Kufstein und Kitzbühel sowie Sinzing und Güter im Tangrintel (bona in Tangründel) inne.

Als Burggrafen (Praefectus, präfectus urbis, burgi comes, Burggravius) hatten sie die gleichen richterlichen (Gerichtsbann), administrativen (Steuereinnahmen) und militärischen (Heerbann) Befugnisse wie die Gaugrafen, soweit sie nicht durch Privilegien des Bistums Regensburg oder der Klöster eingeschränkt waren. Das Burggrafenamt war ein Reichslehen. Gericht hielt der Burggraf in der Apsis der Ägidienkirche, unterstützt wurde er von einem gerichtlichen Unterbeamten, Schultheiß, tribunus oder centurio genannt. Mit der Stadtverteidigung hing auch das bis 1360 bestehende Recht zusammen, mit einem quer über den Sattel gelegten Speer die Straßen der Stadt zu durchreiten; alles, was dem Speer Widerstand bot, musste beseitigt werden (dies diente der Sicherung der Freiheit der Wege um alle Befestigungsanlagen). Umstritten ist ein Münzregal der Burggrafen. Zumindest eine Münze wird dem Burggrafen Rutprecht (Rupert) zugerechnet. Auf der Vorderseite dieser Münze befindet sich ein Kreuz und in den drei Winkeln eine Kugel, in dem vierten Winkel sind zwei Kugeln (diese Gestaltung ist mit Variationen typisch für die Herzöge von Bayern); die Umschrift lautet † RVODB.RT. Auf der Rückseite ist ein fünfsäuliges Kirchengebäude zu sehen mit der Umschrift RADASPONA. Der Obolus wiegt 0,75 g. Die zumeist zu findende Interpretation ist aber, dass sich der Name auf einen Münzmeister namens Routpert von Herzog Heinrich IV. bezieht, der in Regensburg nachgewiesen ist, und eben nicht auf den gleichnamigen Burggrafen. Bisweilen wird aber behauptet, dass dies ungewöhnlich sei, denn üblicherweise steht auf der einen Seite der Münze der Name des Münzherrn und auf der anderen die Münzstätte. Ein Münzregal ist allerdings für die Babonen nicht nachgewiesen.

Als Stammvater der Babonen gilt in der bayerischen Landesforschung Babo I. (Pabo I.), als Verwandter der Babenberger Graf im westlichen Donaugau. Er erhielt von Kaiser Otto II. um 976 das Amt des Burggrafen von Regensburg. Er starb 1001 oder 1002. In der älteren Literatur wird er immer wieder vermengt mit einem Babo II. desselben Geschlechts, der im 11. Jahrhundert lebte. Laut der Vita des Salzburger Erzbischofs Konrad hatte letzterer einen erstaunlichen Kinderreichtum; insgesamt sollen ihm 32 Söhne und acht Töchter geboren worden sein. Zu den zwei Müttern der Kinder ist nichts Näheres bekannt.

Unter den Söhnen von Otto I. erfolgte eine Teilung der Güter in zwei Linien: Heinrich III. und seine Nachfolger gelten von nun an als die Burggrafen von Regensburg, Otto II. und seine Söhne als die Landgrafen von Stefling. Unter Heinrich III. wurden die Besitzungen der Familie beträchtlich erweitert, denn über seine Frau Bertha erhielt er Güter, die sich vom Mühlviertel bis nach Niederösterreich erstreckten. Einen Teil des Beinwaldes verkaufte Heinrich an Otto von Marchland, dieser übergab diesen Besitz an das Kloster Waldhausen.

Nach dem Erlöschen der Burggrafenlinie der Babonen im Mannesstamm mit Heinrich IV. um 1185 und der Linie der Landgrafen von Stefling mit Otto VI. im Jahr 1196 setzten die Grafen von Wittelsbach und insbesondere Herzog Ludwig der Kelheimer nach zum Teil kriegerischen Auseinandersetzungen (1203/1204) mit dem Bistum Regensburg Erbansprüche an dem allodalen Grundbesitz der Babonen durch, die sich auf die Heirat der Adelheid von Wittelsbach mit dem Babonen Otto II. gründeten. Aus diesem Erbe wurden in der Folge die Ämter Haidau, Riedenburg, Nittenau und Regenstauf gebildet. Die Landgrafschaft von Stefling wurde zuerst von Kaiser Heinrich VI. an den Herzog Ludwig übergeben, von ihm ist diese dann an die Landgrafen von Leuchtenberg gegangen.

Berühmte Familienmitglieder

Aus der Familie sind zwei Minnesänger und ein Bischof von Regensburg hervorgegangen:
 Burggraf von Regensburg, vermutlich  Heinrich III. oder sein ältester Sohn Friedrich II.
 Burggraf von Riedenburg, eventuell war dies Heinrich IV. oder sein Bruder Otto IV.
 Otto von Riedenburg († 6. Juli 1089) war der 17. Bischof des Bistums Regensburg.

Wappen
Ein Wappen der Babonen fehlt in den üblichen Wappenbüchern. Allerdings befinden sich in der Weingartner Liederhandschrift sowie im Codex Manesse Bilder der beiden als Minnesänger bekannten Mitglieder der Babonenfamilie.

Das Wappen des Burggrafen von Riet(d)enburg wird im Codex Manesse mit einem dreieckigen, goldenen Heroldsschild und einem schräggestellten Balken dargestellt, in dem sich drei silberne Rosen auf rotem Grund befinden. Zudem ist rechts davon ein hochmittelalterlicher goldener Kübelhelm zu sehen; das Helmkleinod wird von einem ornamentalen Federköcher gebildet, aus dessen Mitte eine Rose erwächst. In der Weingartner Liederhandschrift wird er sitzend mit einem Schwert in der Rechten und erhobener linker Hand gezeigt; auf dem Haupt trägt er eine Grafenkrone. Neben ihm befindet sich das Wappen der Babonen mit den typischen drei Rosen.

Der Burggraf von Regensburg wird im Codex Manesse ebenfalls mit einem dreieckigen Schild, in dem sich aber die beiden gekreuzten Schlüssel aus dem Wappen von Regensburg auf rotem Grund befinden, dargestellt. Auch auf dem goldenen Helm sind als Helmzier diese Schlüssel angebracht. Er trägt einen Fürstenhut.

Stammliste der Babonen, der Burggrafen von Regensburg, der Landgrafen von Stefling, der Grafen von Sinzing, von Regenstauf und Riedenburg
NN
 Babo I., 975 – 980 Graf im westlichen Donaugau, 983 Burggraf von Regensburg, 1001 – 1002, ⚭ 1. Ehe N.N., ⚭ 2. Ehe N.N., ⚭ 3. Ehe Mathilde (um 1000), Tochter von Ulrich Graf von Schweningen ⚭ Kunigunde
Bertold I. von Prunn
 Liudolf, 996, Mönch im Kloster St. Emmeram
 Ru(t)precht, 990 Graf, Burggraf von Regensburg († 1035)
 Babo II. von Abensberg, 1028 († 1080)⚭ N.N., ⚭ N.N.
 N.N. Tochter ⚭ Wolfram I., Graf im Dungau (Abensberg), 1040, 1059
 Otto, Domherr zu Bamberg, 1061 – 1089 Bischof von Regensburg († 6. Juni 1089)
 Heinrich I., 1048, Burggraf von Regensburg, 1053 Graf an der unteren Altmühl, Graf im westlichen Donaugau, 1080 Graf von Sinzing († 30. September um 1083)
 Heinrich II., 1089 Burggraf von Regensburg, 1091 Graf an der unteren Altmühl, 1100 Kreuzzug nach Jerusalem (†)
 Konrad I. 1089–1129, von Roning ⚭ Mathilde von Ratzenhofen
 Gerold, 1129–1138, von Roning, von Paring
 Heinrich, 1143/46, 1. Graf von Roning
 Gebhard, 1143–1156, Kanoniker in Regensburg
 Konrad II., 1143–1171, Graf von Roning
 Konrad III., 1159 (erloschen)
 Benedikta ⚭ 1. Ehe Burghart von Moosburg, ⚭ 2. Ehe Ulrich von Stein
 Bertha ⚭ Wernhart von Haarbach
 Richinza ⚭ Altmann I. von Abensberg
 Adelheid ⚭ Graf Otto II. von Ambras
 Otto I., 1108 Graf, 1112 Burggraf von Regensburg, um 1125 Graf von Regenstauf, 1140 Vogt von Kloster Prüfening, 1142 Vogt von Kloster St. Emmeram, Gründer von Kloster Walderbach ⚭ Adelheid von Plötzkau, Tochter des Grafen Dietrich von Plötzkau
 Heinrich III., um 1135 Graf, 1142 Burggraf von Regensburg und Graf an der unteren Altmühl, 1144 Graf im westlichen Donaugau, 1147 Graf von Regenstauf, um 1150 Graf von Riedenburg, Vogt von Kloster Prüfening, 1156 Vogt von Kloster St. Emmeram,⚭ Berta von Österreich (* ca. 1124, † 19. April 1150, begraben im Schottenkloster zu Regensburg), Tochter des Babenbergers Leopold III. ⚭ N.N. von Oettingen
 Friedrich I., 1154 Burggraf von Regensburg, 1171 Graf von Riedenburg († 17. Juli 1181)
 Heinrich IV., 1174 Burggraf von Regensburg, 1179 Graf von Riedenburg, († 4. Januar 1185)
 Adelheid, um 1190, Nonne, dann Äbtissin von Kloster Obermünster
 Otto IV., 1179 Graf von Riedenburg, 1183 Burggraf von Rohrbach, 1173/83
 N.N. Tochter ⚭ Friedrich I., Graf von Hohenburg († 26. Januar 1178)
 N.N. Tochter ⚭ Boppo I., Graf von Wertheim, 1157/1201
 Otto II., 1143, Landgraf, 1152 Burggraf von Regensburg, 1156 Landgraf von Stefling, um 1160 Graf von Regenstauf († 16. August 1175), ⚭ Adelheid († 9. Februar …), Tochter von dem Wittelsbacher Otto V. von Scheyern ⚭ Heilika von Lengenfeld
 Otto III., 1179 Landgraf von Stefling, 1167, 1190
 Friedrich II., um 1189.1181, Landgraf von Stefling, 1177–1178/1190 († 10. Juni …)
 Otto von Stefling, 1179 Domherr zu Bamberg
 Heinrich V., um 1190 Landgraf von Riedenburg, 1173 († 1. Mai 1190), ⚭ Richardin (Richenza) von Österreich (Babenbergerin) um 1185/1196 († 24. Februar …, begraben im Kloster Heiligenkreuz), Tochter von Herzog Heinrich II. Jasomirgott ⚭ Gertrud von Sachsen, Tochter von Kaiser Lothar III.
 Otto VI., Landgraf von Stefling 1192, († 31. Oktober 1196 in Ungarn)
 Heinrich VI, († 1218), Domherr zu Bamberg

Grundherrschaftsgebiete in ihrem Besitz
 Grafschaft im westlichen Donaugau (bis 1196)
 Regensburg (von 985 bis 1196)
 Sinzing
 Landgrafschaft Stefling am Regen
 Regenstauf
 Riedenburg

Weblinks
 Burgenseite-Riedenburg

Literatur
 Manfred Mayer: Geschichte der Burggrafen von Regensburg. Riegersche Univ.-Buchhandlung, Diss. München 1883.
 Manfred Mayer: Regesten zur Geschichte der Burggrafen von Regensburg. In: Verhandlungen des historischen Vereins von Oberpfalz und Regensburg 43 (1889), S. 1–55.

 Adam Rottler: Abensberg im Wandel der Zeiten. Eigenverlag, Abensberg 1972, S. 23–30.

Einzelnachweise

Bayerisches Adelsgeschlecht
Stammliste

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The secrecy and sordid histories behind St. Paul's soccer stadium
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 by Jon Kerr in News
Two parties with questionable pasts converged on the stadium.
St. Paul was perhaps the most dishonest place in America in 1932, a period captured by Steve Thayer's classic novel Saint Mudd.
Under the "O'Connor System," named for police Chief John J. O'Connor, gangsters like John Dillinger and Ma Barker were given safe haven in return for not openly flouting local laws and sensibilities. It worked for a while.
The Saint Paul Port Authority was born that same year in a glow of civic pride. The goal was to refurbish Mississippi River terminals and restore the city's import as the headwaters of commercial navigation.
Over the years, its purview would grow to developing industrial sites and turning neglected and polluted areas into job-producing engines. Backers sold tales of progress.
But it remained a largely hidden force. Using special powers granted by the Minnesota Legislature, the Port Authority worked under the radar, handling projects St. Paul's leaders and business titans preferred to shield from scrutiny.
Former Councilman Tom Dimond says the Port used "to do the dirty things we don't want the public to think about."
The public and media cared little, as long as it produced.
"We basically keep the Port Authority around to do the dirty things we don't want the public to think about," says former Councilman Tom Dimond.
Savvy mayors always knew where to turn to quietly tackle sticky affairs. So it's no coincidence that Mayor Chris Coleman chose the Port Authority to play a key role in building a new professional soccer stadium.
Leading the charge for the Minnesota United is Bill McGuire, a former UnitedHealthcare CEO who agreed to a record $468 million settlement to avoid federal prosecution in an illegal stock options caper.
Protecting St. Paul will be the Port Authority. But given its legacy of suspicious deals, this might be a good time for residents to study history and hide their wallets.
The Port's golden years ran from 1960-1980. The agency rolled over poor riverfront neighborhoods like the West Side Flats to create industrial parks and other development. It was hailed for its success in creating jobs.
But with success came quiet pressure from city leaders to enter risky deals that conventional bankers were loath to touch. High profile projects such as hotels and shopping centers like Galtier Plaza and Bandana Square sprang up under Mayor George Latimer.
They were financed by something called the 876 Fund. This mega-bond fund created by the Port attracted investors by using safer Port properties, such as Mississippi riverfront warehouses, as collateral.
By the late '80s, the fund was in trouble. Real estate and retail lemons were withering across the city. Port-funded projects were going belly up.
"It wasn't a very pleasant time, with a lot of projects being foreclosed," recalls Perry Feders, the Port's chief financial officer through most of the 1980s. "I think what happened was that people... saw it as a good way to develop things other people weren't interested in."
In 1991, the Port chose to dissolve the fund, citing $51.5 million in losses. Investors stood to lose most of their money. At the same time, Feders would later testify, the Port began to quietly alter leases to shelter property that was supposed to serve as collateral.
Some 2,700 investors sued in a case that would drag on for years.
Soon, the Port created a new subsidiary, Capital City Properties, which was used to hide millions of dollars in assets that should have been used to repay investors, alleges whistleblower Patrick Dean.
"There used to be jokes about hiding the pea under the shells," says Dean, a Port vice president from 1993 to 2006. "But I didn't realize how bad it would get."
Dean's breaking point wouldn't come till years later when the St. Paul Radisson Hotel and other properties were sold for approximately $10 million. The proceeds were diverted to Capital City Properties rather than used to repay investors.
"A lot of people go to jail for the type of things they did," says Patrick Dean.
"I said, 'Holy shit! They're going to steal this money!' As a CPA, I couldn't stay quiet."
Dean went to his supervisors and the Port Authority Board. It didn't go well. A termination letter dated July 11, 2006 noted his "active refusal to abide by financial decisions and actions of the Port Authority," and "unsatisfactory job performance since March of 2006."
It further noted that Dean refused a severance package, which would have required his silence. After 19 years at the agency, he was fired, losing his pension and retirement health benefits.
But he was not one to go quietly into the night. Dean says he took his story to high-ranking state officials, both Republican and Democrat. The Minnesota Auditor's Office declined to investigate while the matter was in court.
Yet investors' lawyers were happy to listen. The case would eventually go to the Minnesota Supreme
Court, which essentially found that the Port Authority's actions had violated basic investor rights.
"If you can do that, you no longer have contracts," says investors' attorney Keith Broady. "Who's going to buy the next bond from the Port Authority?"
"The albatross may be leaving the nest," a Port staffer wrote of the empty Macy's building.
It had taken 20 years, but the handwriting was on the wall. In 2011, a settlement was reached. The Port agreed to pay investors $45 million in installments until 2032, though it would admit no wrongdoing. The deal would keep the agency starved for cash over the next two decades.
Port President Louis Jambois, who retired last month, inherited these problems when he arrived in 2008. He repeats the official line that nothing "untoward" happened and called the settlement a "mutual agreement that I'm very pleased we're able to put together."
Dean scoffs at that argument.
"I know they paid out at least $30 million more than they expected to," he says, a figure confirmed by Broady. "They've been scrambling ever since to keep their big staff employed and pay the overhead costs.
"But maybe they did win," he adds upon reflection. "...A lot of people go to jail for the type of things they did."
Questions didn't go away as the Port's Capital City subsidiary continued to stretch its tentacles into new projects with little or no public scrutiny.
Capital City's board meets irregularly and often for less than five minutes. Meeting minutes tend to but briefly describe transfers of public funds between the two organizations and private business partners. The corporation claims exemption from federal and state tax returns.
Bill McGuire touring CHS Field last summer.
Yet its nonprofit status was revoked in 2011 after Capital City failed to file returns for the three previous years. Jambois expressed surprise when told of the IRS' action, which apparently also escaped the scrutiny of the Minnesota State Auditor and Attorney General.
Over the years, Capital City has continued to describe itself as a nonprofit in the media, as well as in applications for federal funding. One application netted brokerage rights to $49 million in tax breaks, to be used to attract investors to low-income communities. The windfall allowed the Port to collect at least $1.7 million in administrative fees.
That lifeline may now be gone. In 2014, the feds rejected an application for another $50 million in tax credits, though the Treasury Department won't explain its refusal.
The Port now argues the IRS simply made an easily corrected mistake in yanking Capital City's nonprofit status, and that the agency is not required to notify others of the ruling.
IRS Spokeswoman Karen Connally wouldn't confirm whether a review is underway. But she pointed to
the agency's website, which continues to show Capital's nonprofit status as revoked.
Either way, Jambois is proud of his agency's ability to bring more public funding to St. Paul projects, describing it as a "win-win." In the meantime, the Port appears to be angling with the Legislature for greater powers of secrecy.
A bill authored by Rep. Tim Mahoney, a DFLer from the East Side, would remove the City Council's potential oversight of Port staff and bonding decisions. Mahoney says he's merely trying to make the Port more efficient and clarify its independence as it seeks outside funding and contracts.
"Basically it's just getting rid of an extra step of taking it back to the City Council." The bill would also insulate the city from legal action against the Port, Mahoney says.
Yet the Port's $45 million settlement suggests the need for greater public inspection.
"It all comes from public taxpayers of one sort or another and is being implemented generally by people who aren't elected," Dimond, the former council member, says. "Sometimes it can be a crazy deal for the city and it still suits the Port Authority."
In 2014, it was matter-of-factly announced that the Port was turning over the $3 million Midway Stadium site to Capital City for a mere $1. The plan was to partner with the Pohlad family's United Properties in building and hopefully sharing the profits of an office-warehouse operation.
Stunningly, there was no effort put the land up for sale to the highest bidder, even after another $2 million in public money was put into environmental cleanup and improvements. There were no public requests for proposals or interviews with other potential partners.
The media did little to question the deal, save for the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. It wrote about United competitors who considered Midway a hot property, but were frustrated by not being allowed to offer their own proposals.
"It's a great site," said John Allen, owner of Industrial Equities, which develops offices and warehouses. "We would have had interest in it and liked to be considered, no doubt about that."
He praised Port staff, but questioned the decision to forgo open bidding.
"Competition is always a good thing.... There was a level of disappointment that we didn't have an opportunity to bid on the project."
Jambois claimed the deal was perfectly legal, since the Legislature has granted the Port exemptions from state open bidding laws. Unmentioned is the considerable downside: Should the project run short of cash, the Port will have to pony up even more public money, or risk diminishing its stake in the project.
"It is unusual," Jambois concedes. "It's very unusual. But it's worked very well for us over the years."
The Port has four other joint-venture deals like this. Developments such as Westminster Junction and River Bend business parks both turned polluted and under-used riverfront land into small businesses and light manufacturing centers, providing hundreds of jobs.
But critics suggest that no-bid deals tend to benefit well-connected developers, and have a way of sucking up public funds well into the future.
Riverbend, for example, was built using tax increment financing (TIF) loans, which are repaid from developers' regular tax payments for city, school, and other governmental services. It's now far behind on its payments. Though Westminster has done somewhat better, it too remains behind.
The Port Authority now has 13 projects built with such financing, which is theoretically supposed to expand the city's future tax base. But the complexity of these deals often makes it difficult for bean counters, let alone Joe Public, to track whether TIF investments are really paying off for St. Paul residents.
In a 2012 email, Port CFO Laurie Hanson expressed concerns that reported TIF proceeds from the Riverbend project did not appear to match city tax records. "We are finding unusual variances in all of the TIF districts," she wrote, though no resolution appears in any following correspondence released by the agency.
Such discrepancies are of serious concern in St. Paul, where nearly 10 percent of commercial property is in a TIF district. Throw in its large number of government and nonprofit properties, and there's a limited tax base to fund city services.
"That's one of my real concerns," says Lowertown real estate investor John Mannillo. He worries that the same mistakes keep being made behind closed doors. "We've done too many things that aren't sustainable. ...It's hard sometimes to even find out what's going on."
"The city has turned over tremendous assets for a dollar," adds Dimond, alluding to the Midway Stadium deal. "It lines their pockets at the expense of the taxpayer and private investment. You can make the case that one of the things most undermining private development in St. Paul is the Port Authority."
The Diamond Products site in Lowertown had been a thorn in the city's side for years until Mayor Coleman began describing visions of a baseball stadium. An empty factory was left on a site that had housed coal dust and industrial products since the days of railroad baron James J. Hill.
Private redevelopment had been foiled, at least in part by fears of pollution and unstable soil that would make new construction difficult.
Nevertheless, the Port Authority bought the site for $3 million in 2012. In what was supposed to be a simple plan, it would be swapped for Midway Stadium and serve as the new home for the St. Paul Saints.
But behind-the-scenes scrambling began almost immediately. The city was hoping to attract matching funds from the state. Gov. Mark Dayton was known to look favorably on the ballpark, but St. Paul leaders feared a pricetag higher than $54 million might kill their chances.
The city knew it couldn't make that work. While St. Paul officials were publicly promising to build the stadium for $54 million or less, they were privately doing spreadsheets showing realistic costs up to $65 million.
"The current working assumption is that we have to get the entire project done for $54 million," warned Planning & Economic Development staffer Martin Schieckel in 2012. "As you can see we are well above that number, even without the land cost."
Still, the city applied for state funds using the figure it couldn't achieve. A September 20, 2012 email from Parks & Rec Director Mike Hahm and chief planner Jodi Martinez, sent to Mayor Coleman and then Deputy Mayor Paul Williams, now a Port Authority Board member, noted that "the project cost estimate remains at approximately $60M."
Something had to give.
With construction well underway in 2013, the city decided to break the news: The ballpark needed an extra $8.8 million. Officials claimed to have recently discovered "bad soils," which greatly elevated the costs.
The supposed revelation should have been an embarrassment to the Port Authority. It was responsible for studying the site before the land was purchased. At the same time, it was also sheepishly explaining the discovery of unexpected "bad soil" issues at the Midway Stadium site, driving up the costs there as well.
Yet instead of being castigated for incompetence, the Port was greeted as a savior in City Hall emails. Its expertise was raising money for environmental cleanup, and the sudden discovery of cost overruns provided a need for that skill.
"We have a long history of maximizing asks," Jambois jovially noted in an email exchange with the mayor's office. Ramsey County and the Metropolitan Council were soon kicking in extra money.
It wouldn't be enough. The city made further cuts to its Parks Department, which was already closing rec centers and programs in mostly poor neighborhoods. It also borrowed money.
Nonetheless, Coleman now regularly describes the stadium as an unqualified success, a model of civic progress and economic development.
St. Paul's downtown Macy's closed in 2013. It left a black hole at a highly visible location.
The original line out of City Hall had been one of optimism and faith in the private market to rejuvenate the site.
"What I can tell you is there's been larger than average interest in the property," Coleman spokesman Joe Campbell told the Pioneer Press. "With the amount of public investment that exists around it — including the light-rail line — it's a property that will be attractive to developers."
But a deal between Macy's and a San Francisco developer fell through mysteriously. Emails suggest that ill feelings between the mayor's office and Macy's soon followed, complicating efforts to sell the building privately.
Enter the Port Authority.
Staff emails suggest the project wasn't enthusiastically welcomed. With a plethora of physical problems inside an aging, fortress-like shell, Port staff began comparing it to a brownfield. Demolition was estimated at $16 million.
Jambois suggests there were fears someone would buy the structure and convert it into a parking ramp or cold storage in the middle of downtown. So the agency intervened at Coleman's request.
The $3 million pricetag was only the beginning. Within months, the building had bled the Port another $1 million for everything from safety upgrades to architectural redesign fees, with only revenues from a small parking ramp to offset them.
A sense of black humor soon appeared in Port emails. "The albatross may be leaving the nest," wrote lead staffer Monte Hilleman in one hopeful reference to a deal last spring. It too fell through.
With optimism running low, the Port fell back on a familiar approach.
Last September, the site was deeded over to Capital City for $1. Capital then created a partnership with Oppidan Investment. If the deal is concluded, plans call for a Walgreens and a practice rink for the Minnesota Wild that would ideally spur other tenants to fill up the rest of the building.
To sweeten the pot, the city threw another $11 million in tax benefits at the deal. Coleman termed it "terrific news and further evidence of momentum downtown."
But St. Paul's investment was now $15 million. And it will only have a 10 percent share of future profits from the partnership to recoup that money.
The Midway soccer stadium presents the prospect of deja vu all over again, as Yogi Berra would say.
Coleman and McGuire are in the midst of a PR blitz to promote a $120 million, 21,500-seat facility generously paid for by Minnesota United. Swooning media accounts describe design images of flowing water and twinkling stars.
The proposal originally promised to bring major league soccer to St. Paul without direct cost to taxpayers, other than turning over an unused former bus garage as a site.
That promise has quickly fallen by the wayside.
The City Council rushed to approve $18.4 million for infrastructure and environmental cleanup — without waiting for final recommendations from a ballyhooed citizens' advisory process or even concluding basic research.
The vote came before St. Paul conducted an environmental impact study of the site. Also missing is a transportation study showing how the already congested Snelling-University intersection will handle huge surges in traffic.
With no new parking garages planned, Coleman suggests that half the fans will use the Green Line, while the remaining 10,000 will apparently scramble for parking in the surrounding neighborhoods.
The council refused to even delay the vote by a week to allow an independent analysis of the deal. This despite the fact that it was going into business with McGuire, a man whose 2007 stock dealings were so egregious he was banned from running a public company for 10 years.
The deal gives McGuire naming rights to the stadium and control of plazas and public areas, issues that have already proved controversial with the new Vikings stadium.
Another red flag is contract language suggesting the city is committed to millions of dollars more for roads, parking lots, and other infrastructure in the surrounding areas.
Though only rough plans have been released, council supporters talk of a "world class" redevelopment for the area, including parks, bikeways, restaurants, a movie theater, housing, and commercial development.
Exactly how and when that will happen is unknown. City officials admit they have no actual commitments from private investors — although McGuire and United Properties have made their interest known.
Council President Russ Stark confesses it's "a bit of a gamble" to assume the stadium will stimulate long-awaited redevelopment in the area. History shows that using stadiums to kickstart development has been a resounding failure most everywhere it's been tried.
Seemingly forgotten is that, just a few years ago, city officials were getting plenty of redevelopment interest in the Snelling and I-94 corner from big-box developers like Home Depot and Best Buy. Now the deal with McGuire requires that the stadium site be permanently tax-free.
St. Paul's legislative delegation is being urged to push through the property and construction sales tax exemptions for the stadium no matter what the political cost. To achieve it, some Capitol insiders fear funding could be endangered for projects like the Kellogg Avenue Bridge reconstruction, Como Zoo additions, or state property tax relief for homeowners.
In a familiar pattern, the Port has been picked to handle the estimated $6 million environmental cleanup for the site. Along with the city and Met Council, the Port initially tried to keep secret its negotiations to buy the MTA bus barn site, a violation of state public records laws. Only public exposure and embarrassment ended that maneuver.
The Port is expected to play a major role in the deal, especially in developing land around the stadium. The affable Jambois agrees the agency's ways can seem complicated, but he rejects the notion that it's operating in secrecy.
"Our board meetings are open, our minutes are public, we have a website," he said. "The average Joe has no trouble figuring out what we do if they ask us."
But even board members struggle to explain the agency's activities. City Councilman and Port Authority Board member Dai Thao had trouble answering questions about Capital City, joint venture programs, and other operations. "I'm very new," he said of his 10-month tenure, referring questions to Port staff.
Meanwhile, board member and City Councilman Dan Bostrom suggests some secrecy is required in attracting businesses under sensitive and competitive conditions. The Port, he says, has done wonders with projects on the East Side. But he acknowledges that secrecy hasn't helped deal with problems like the bankrupt bond fund.
"It's been a nightmare to get out from underneath."
Asked whether that history might be repeated, he responded cryptically. "We hope not. But sometimes you can't control everything. You have to look at where the pressure comes from for us to do things."
Finding answers to those questions isn't getting easier in St. Paul. Late last year, City Hall announced new six-month time limits on keeping emails and other documents available for public viewing. It essentially rules out access to many of the documents cited in this story.
"The public is generally not aware of any of these things and the media really doesn't cover it," says Dimond. "We need more daylight."
But that daylight won't be coming from the mayor's office. When questioned about the Port's role within the city, spokesperson Tonya Tennessen responded with a short statement:
"St. Paul's partnership with the Port Authority is critical to the continued momentum and vitality of our city. One need only to look at cities like Memphis — with mile after mile of burned out industrial areas — to recognize how invaluable an effective Port Authority is."
The Port Authority will hopefully celebrate victories benefitting the whole of St. Paul this year. Included may well be the opening of the former Midway Stadium development. If so, there will likely be toasts to United Properties' 100th year of operation since being formed as the real estate wing of Hamm Brewing.
A few may also remember it was in 1933, just after the Port Authority was formed, that family patriarch William Hamm was kidnapped off the streets of St. Paul in broad daylight by Creepy Karvis' gang. They got away with it for a while. But the public outcry eventually brought down the O'Connor System of organized crime in the city.
What does St. Paul want to keep secret about the new soccer stadium?
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Right now, Euroland is getting bit of a bad rap for bloated debt, sluggish growth, and government financial vacillation. While the financial trials and tribulations will take a while to pass through the system, it would not be a bad thing for European governments and the European Commission to provide opportunities for wireless innovation, corporate development and entrepreneurship. The EC has had success on this front in the past. The issue of the GSM, PCS and 3G licenses were done ahead of the curve, by and large, compared to other markets around the world. Innovative companies such as Vodafone, Orange, and Nokia emerged out of these initiatives.
With 4G licensing, Europe and the European Commission may not have been pioneers but its recent decision to open the current 3G band for 4G (i.e. LTE) services should help to stimulate novel service applications and change the cost equation for delivering 4G services. Under the Radio Spectrum Policy Programme, the EC has a target of making available around 1,200 MHz for wireless broadband services. EU member states have to comply with the legislation by 30 June 2014. Reportedly the spectrum allocation is double what has been set aside in the US. It will also be underpinned by the availability of the 1920 MHz to 1980 MHz and 2110 MHz to 2170 MHz bands that have already been approved for 4G services.
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The Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1, is officially forecasted to last until November 30. While these dates historically describe the period each year when tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin, it is possible they will form outside these two dates.
Of course, 2017 was a particularly destructive hurricane season. It was the first season on record during which two Category 4 hurricanes—Harvey and Irma—made continental United States landfall in the same year. In terms of hurricane intensity, September 2017 is now recognized as the single most powerful month ever recorded in the Atlantic. Hurricane Irma gained the distinction of becoming the strongest Atlantic storm on record—excluding the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Total insured losses for 2017 hurricanes reached $215 billion.
According to the Colorado State University Tropical Meteorology Project, fourteen named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes are expected this season. While this is only an estimate, all companies operating in the construction space should prepare in advance for a hurricane's disruption of a jobsite.
Proper risk management during this hurricane season can begin for your construction company by determining which areas in the U.S. are most likely to be hit by hurricanes. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 40 percent of all U.S. hurricanes strike Florida. Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina follow Florida, in that order. Since a documented hurricane has never made landfall on the West Coast, you can remove hurricane damage from your list of concerns if this is where your business operates. Of course, contractors operating on the West Coast need to remember rainfall from tropical storms can introduce excessive amounts of rain to Southern California, resulting in ruinous mudslides and flash flooding.
Anyone watching the news this past September will realize property damage from hurricanes can add both cost and time to a construction project. While it is not possible to fully predict when each hurricane will occur, contractors can prepare for all hurricanes with a documented and well-rehearsed contingency plan.
Begin the risk management process by developing a preparedness checklist. Identify all areas in need of protection from a hurricane's effects. These can include field office trailer equipment files, tools, heavy equipment, generators, compressors, welding machines, cranes, cranes on barges, tugs, work boats, fuel tanks, permanent materials and forms.
Draft a relocation plan for people and equipment in the event of a hurricane. Make plans to relocate or protect equipment and watercraft, including tugs and barges, if a job is situated on or near water. Build in the amount of time it would take to complete relocation into your plan.
Secure necessary supplies in advance of a hurricane warning. As in all aspects of your construction business, advance planning is essential. Determine that tie-downs, banding material, blocking, anchors and other necessary protection supplies are available and organized before a hurricane has been identified by the National Weather Service.
Prepare to take action during a hurricane watch. Your project superintendent should review the preparedness checklist, develop a plan to protect the jobsite, identify items to secure and review options to move material and equipment to higher, protected ground.
Prepare for the arrival of hurricane-force winds within 24 hours of a hurricane warning. The project superintendent may need to implement all protection measures.
Suspend all work activities when landfall is predicted in the area of a jobsite within 24 hours. Complete the hurricane plan by assigning staff and timetables for completion. Evacuate all personnel.
Assess damage, prevent theft and begin cleanup once the storm has passed. Hazards may include unstable structures, downed power lines and wet or damaged electrical panels. Secure the worksite, including any equipment or materials being permanently installed. Assess and document damage. Notify appropriate utilities.
Contact your trusted insurance broker for damage assessment and claims. While construction companies should promptly make repairs to prevent further damage to buildings and property, delay permanent repairs until your trusted broker can inspect the damage and work with your carrier to get full, complete payment on approved repairs.
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A Celebration Of 'Vinyl' And Pop Critic Ellen Willis
By Ann Powers
Published May 11, 2011 at 7:08 AM EDT
In 1975, Ellen Willis went to see a Rolling Stones concert. "I spent most of the evening dancing in my seat," she wrote in her review for The New Yorker magazine, "and in my seat merely because the people behind me insisted." As a critic, she was always shaking her hips.
Willis was The New Yorker's first pop critic from 1968 to 1975, and her essays made the connection between music, pleasure and politics. In pieces about Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, the Velvet Underground or Stevie Wonder, her thoughts were complex, but her words were as accessible as a great backbeat.
Out of the Vinyl Deeps, edited by her daughter, brings together many of her pieces from The New Yorker and other publications. As the gushy reviews start to pile up, I'm starting to think Willis might have invented the way my generation thinks about pop.
Of course she would never make such a fancy claim. She was one of those shaggy-haired, direct action-oriented baby-boomer bohos who had no use for pretense. She herself turned away from music writing by the 1980s, after her beloved Bob Dylan went evangelical and rock turned out to not be the revolutionary force she'd hoped it was.
Though she moved on, Willis' early days speaking truth to Mick Jagger established her as the spiritual mother of today's most intellectually ambitious, emotionally engaged writing about pop culture.
Her words connect the energy and experimentation of the counterculture of the late '60s with the intellectual rigor of today's pop scholars bearing master's degrees.
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Ann Powers is NPR's music critic. You can read her work at The Record. She is also the author of Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America.
Most important, Willis wrote like someone who lived in a body. Her reviews are peppered with scenes of her standing on theater seats, dancing in her bedroom, or having a flash of insight while waiting for her clothes at the laundromat. She wrote about laughing, and having doubts. "I believe that body and spirit are not really separate, though it often seems that way," she wrote. "I believe that redemption is never impossible and always equivocal. But" — and here she's quoting Velvet's leader Lou Reed — "I guess that I just don't know."
That paragraph is pretty deep, but the punchline brings it down to street level, where Willis lived. She was always giving the reader a friendly shove back into life's specifics: "On November 7," she wrote in an essay on coming to terms with punk rock, "I admitted I was turned on by the Sex Pistols." And then she tells you exactly how that happened and why (she got back from a shrink appointment one day to find a friend had sent her a bunch of British vinyl singles and albums, and the moment was finally right).
Willis made sure her mental footwork was easy to follow, and that's what makes Out of the Vinyl Deeps so relevant. Post-Internet, everybody's a critic, but the best writers know that what matters isn't showing off, but starting a conversation that feels relevant and real. Pick up her book, and you just might discover a voice you've been ready to love for years.
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Ann Powers is NPR Music's critic and correspondent. She writes for NPR's music news blog, The Record, and she can be heard on NPR's newsmagazines and music programs.
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