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8 Awesome Places to Check Out Along the Sanriku Coast of Japan
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The Sanriku Coast stretches for over 200 kilometers along the Pacific Coast of the Tohoku region. The shoreline possesses wonderful natural beauty and is a popular tourist destination. A considerable part of Sanriku Coast has already been designated as a national park, which is called the Sanriku Fukko National Park. The area is home to a lot of beautiful spots that tourists can visit, and in this article are some of them!
1. Hiyoriyama Park
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Hiyoriyama Park can be found on top of a hill, with a magnificent view of the city, the Kitakami River estuary, and the Pacific Ocean. On a day with good weather, Matsushima Islands and Mt. Zao can also be seen from here.
This park is considered as the best cherry blossom viewing spot in Ishinomaki, with over 400 cherry blossom trees.
Hiyoriyama Park Website *Automatic translation available
2. Ishinomaki Mangattan Museum
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The Ishinomaki Mangattan Museum is located in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, and is dedicated to the works of Ishinomori Shotaro. He is the creator of several famous manga series like Kamen Rider and Cyborg 009. In the museum, his artworks, comics, and statues are all displayed for people to appreciate.
Ishinomaki Mangattan Museum Website
3. Rias Ark Museum of Art
The Rias Ark Museum of Art is another place built on top of a hill that overlooks Kesennuma, one of the bigger cities along the Sanriku Coast. This museum specializes in contemporary art and local history.
Just like Noah's Ark, the Rias Ark Museum of Art aims to be a repository of local art and history. The museum's permanent collection focuses on Miyagi artists, but there also works from non-local artists that are displayed.
Rias Ark Museum of Art Website *Japanese only
4. Iron and Steel History Museum
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The Iron and Steel History Museum is a museum dedicated to the iron and steel industry of Kamaishi City. Japan's first blast furnaces were built in the city and there is actually a model of a blast furnace in the museum's theater, with a video presentation that explains the iron and steel mining history of the city.
Iron and Steel History Museum Website *Automatic translation available
5. Kamaishi Daikannon
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This 48.5-meter tall statue of Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy, is the main reason why people should visit the Kamaishi Daikannon Temple. The Daikannon is holding a fish and facing towards the sea to watch over the sailors and bless them with a bountiful catch.
Visitors have to pay a small fee, and with that, they are free to explore the statue and climb up to the observation deck.
Kamaishi Daikannon Website *Japanese only
6. Tashiro Island
Tashiro Island is famously known as the "Cat Island." Visitors have to take a one-hour ferry ride from central Ishinomaki to reach Tashiro Island.
The island is home to many felines, which were first brought to help with pest control in the silkworm farms. Since then, the feline population has outnumbered the human population residing on the island.
7. Shiogama Seafood Wholesale Market
Shiogama is considered as one of Japan's most famous fishing ports, so it has a large fishing industry.
Shiogama Seafood Wholesale Market is a publicly accessible wholesale fish market, full of shops that sell all kinds of fresh and processed seafood products. It is also known for having the most sushi restaurants per capita in Japan.
Shiogama Seafood Wholesale Market Website
8. Sant Juan Bautista
Sant Juan Bautista is a replica of the ship commissioned by Date Masamune during the Edo period. The original ship was a Japan-built, Spanish-style galleon. Visitors can board the replica ship and explore it.
There is also a museum where the history of the ship and its construction can be found.
Sant Juan Bautista Website *Japanese only
While the Sanriku Coast has periodically been hit by tsunamis, with the biggest one in March 2011, restoration and reconstruction have been undergoing ever since. The rehabilitation of most of the tourist sites were finished within months, and tourists have been continuously visiting the area. Tourism is the best way to contribute to the new start of the Sanriku Coast, so it would be great if you could visit these spots soon!
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Hiyoriyama Park
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All Them Heavy People…
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A bit of this and that for Sunday…. Enjoy!
Zen Quotes
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I found this list… Though it says Zen Quotes, it throws a wider net – G
Zen Quotes:
Whatever is material shape, past, future, present, subjective or objective, gross or subtle, mean or excellent, whether it is far or near — all material shape should be seen by perfect intuitive wisdom as it really is: "This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self." Whatever is feeling, whatever is perception, whatever are habitual tendencies, whatever is consciousness, past, future, present, subjective or objective, gross or subtle, mean or excellent, whether it is far or near — all should be seen by perfect intuitive wisdom as it really is: "This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self." …Gautama
Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no paintings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path….Bodhidharma
Just think of the trees: they let the birds perch and fly, with no intention to call them when they come and no longing for their return when they fly away. If people's hearts can be like the trees, they will not be off the Way.
One single still light shines bright: if you intentionally pursue it, after all it's hard to see. Suddenly encountering it, people's hearts are opened up, and the great matter is clear and done. This is really living, without any fetters — no amount of money could replace it. Even if a thousand sages should come, they would all appear in it's shadow….Chuzhen
When you're deluded, every statement is an ulcer; when you're enlightened, every word is wisdom….Zhiqu
The living meaning of Zen is beyond all notions. To realize it in a phrase is completely contrary to the subtle essence; we cannot avoid using words as expedients, though, but this has limitations. Needless to say, of course, random talk is useless. Nonetheless, the matter is not one-sided, so we temporarily set forth a path in the way of teaching, to deal with people….Qingfu
Neither is there Bodhi-tree, Nor yet a mirror bright; Since in reality all is void, Whereon can the dust fall?….Hui Neng
He who wherever he goes is attached to no person and to no place by ties of flesh; who accepts good and evil alike, neither welcoming the one nor shrinking from the other — take it that such a one has attained Perfection. …"Bhagavad-Gita"
The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. There is no other…. Ma-Tsu.
You cannot describe it or draw it. You cannot praise it enough or perceive it. No place can be found in which to put the Original Face; it will not disappear even when the universe is destroyed….Mumon.
No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself….Tilopa.
When you pass through, no one can pin you down, no one can call you back….Ying-An.
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WHO MAKES THE PROFITS?
The World War, rather our brief participation in it, has cost the United States some $52,000,000,000. Figure it out. That means $400 to every American man, woman, and child. And we haven't paid the debt yet. We are paying it, our children will pay it, and our children's children probably still will be paying the cost of that war.
The normal profits of a business concern in the United States are six, eight, ten, and sometimes twelve percent. But war-time profits – ah! that is another matter – twenty, sixty, one hundred, three hundred, and even eighteen hundred per cent – the sky is the limit. All that traffic will bear. Uncle Sam has the money. Let's get it.
Of course, it isn't put that crudely in war time. It is dressed into speeches about patriotism, love of country, and "we must all put our shoulders to the wheel," but the profits jump and leap and skyrocket – and are safely pocketed. Let's just take a few examples:
Take our friends the du Ponts, the powder people – didn't one of them testify before a Senate committee recently that their powder won the war? Or saved the world for democracy? Or something? How did they do in the war? They were a patriotic corporation. Well, the average earnings of the du Ponts for the period 1910 to 1914 were $6,000,000 a year. It wasn't much, but the du Ponts managed to get along on it. Now let's look at their average yearly profit during the war years, 1914 to 1918. Fifty-eight million dollars a year profit we find! Nearly ten times that of normal times, and the profits of normal times were pretty good. An increase in profits of more than 950 per cent.
Take one of our little steel companies that patriotically shunted aside the making of rails and girders and bridges to manufacture war materials. Well, their 1910-1914 yearly earnings averaged $6,000,000. Then came the war. And, like loyal citizens, Bethlehem Steel promptly turned to munitions making. Did their profits jump – or did they let Uncle Sam in for a bargain? Well, their 1914-1918 average was $49,000,000 a year!
Or, let's take United States Steel. The normal earnings during the five-year period prior to the war were $105,000,000 a year. Not bad. Then along came the war and up went the profits. The average yearly profit for the period 1914-1918 was $240,000,000. Not bad.
There you have some of the steel and powder earnings. Let's look at something else. A little copper, perhaps. That always does well in war times.
Anaconda, for instance. Average yearly earnings during the pre-war years 1910-1914 of $10,000,000. During the war years 1914-1918 profits leaped to $34,000,000 per year.
Or Utah Copper. Average of $5,000,000 per year during the 1910-1914 period. Jumped to an average of $21,000,000 yearly profits for the war period.
Let's group these five, with three smaller companies. The total yearly average profits of the pre-war period 1910-1914 were $137,480,000. Then along came the war. The average yearly profits for this group skyrocketed to $408,300,000.
A little increase in profits of approximately 200 per cent.
Does war pay? It paid them. But they aren't the only ones. There are still others. Let's take leather.
For the three-year period before the war the total profits of Central Leather Company were $3,500,000. That was approximately $1,167,000 a year. Well, in 1916 Central Leather returned a profit of $15,000,000, a small increase of 1,100 per cent. That's all. The General Chemical Company averaged a profit for the three years before the war of a little over $800,000 a year. Came the war, and the profits jumped to $12,000,000. a leap of 1,400 per cent.
International Nickel Company – and you can't have a war without nickel – showed an increase in profits from a mere average of $4,000,000 a year to $73,000,000 yearly. Not bad? An increase of more than 1,700 per cent.
American Sugar Refining Company averaged $2,000,000 a year for the three years before the war. In 1916 a profit of $6,000,000 was recorded.
Listen to Senate Document No. 259. The Sixty-Fifth Congress, reporting on corporate earnings and government revenues. Considering the profits of 122 meat packers, 153 cotton manufacturers, 299 garment makers, 49 steel plants, and 340 coal producers during the war. Profits under 25 per cent were exceptional. For instance the coal companies made between 100 per cent and 7,856 per cent on their capital stock during the war. The Chicago packers doubled and tripled their earnings.
And let us not forget the bankers who financed the great war. If anyone had the cream of the profits it was the bankers. Being partnerships rather than incorporated organizations, they do not have to report to stockholders. And their profits were as secret as they were immense. How the bankers made their millions and their billions I do not know, because those little secrets never become public – even before a Senate investigatory body.
But here's how some of the other patriotic industrialists and speculators chiseled their way into war profits.
Take the shoe people. They like war. It brings business with abnormal profits. They made huge profits on sales abroad to our allies. Perhaps, like the munitions manufacturers and armament makers, they also sold to the enemy. For a dollar is a dollar whether it comes from Germany or from France. But they did well by Uncle Sam too. For instance, they sold Uncle Sam 35,000,000 pairs of hobnailed service shoes. There were 4,000,000 soldiers. Eight pairs, and more, to a soldier. My regiment during the war had only one pair to a soldier. Some of these shoes probably are still in existence. They were good shoes. But when the war was over Uncle Sam has a matter of 25,000,000 pairs left over. Bought – and paid for. Profits recorded and pocketed.
There was still lots of leather left. So the leather people sold your Uncle Sam hundreds of thousands of McClellan saddles for the cavalry. But there wasn't any American cavalry overseas! Somebody had to get rid of this leather, however. Somebody had to make a profit in it – so we had a lot of McClellan saddles. And we probably have those yet.
Also somebody had a lot of mosquito netting. They sold your Uncle Sam 20,000,000 mosquito nets for the use of the soldiers overseas. I suppose the boys were expected to put it over them as they tried to sleep in muddy trenches – one hand scratching cooties on their backs and the other making passes at scurrying rats. Well, not one of these mosquito nets ever got to France!
Anyhow, these thoughtful manufacturers wanted to make sure that no soldier would be without his mosquito net, so 40,000,000 additional yards of mosquito netting were sold to Uncle Sam.
There were pretty good profits in mosquito netting in those days, even if there were no mosquitoes in France. I suppose, if the war had lasted just a little longer, the enterprising mosquito netting manufacturers would have sold your Uncle Sam a couple of consignments of mosquitoes to plant in France so that more mosquito netting would be in order.
Airplane and engine manufacturers felt they, too, should get their just profits out of this war. Why not? Everybody else was getting theirs. So $1,000,000,000 – count them if you live long enough – was spent by Uncle Sam in building airplane engines that never left the ground! Not one plane, or motor, out of the billion dollars worth ordered, ever got into a battle in France. Just the same the manufacturers made their little profit of 30, 100, or perhaps 300 per cent.
Undershirts for soldiers cost 14¢ [cents] to make and uncle Sam paid 30¢ to 40¢ each for them – a nice little profit for the undershirt manufacturer. And the stocking manufacturer and the uniform manufacturers and the cap manuf
acturers and the steel helmet manufacturers – all got theirs.
Why, when the war was over some 4,000,000 sets of equipment – knapsacks and the things that go to fill them – crammed warehouses on this side. Now they are being scrapped because the regulations have changed the contents. But the manufacturers collected their wartime profits on them – and they will do it all over again the next time.
There were lots of brilliant ideas for profit making during the war.
One very versatile patriot sold Uncle Sam twelve dozen 48-inch wrenches. Oh, they were very nice wrenches. The only trouble was that there was only one nut ever made that was large enough for these wrenches. That is the one that holds the turbines at Niagara Falls. Well, after Uncle Sam had bought them and the manufacturer had pocketed the profit, the wrenches were put on freight cars and shunted all around the United States in an effort to find a use for them. When the Armistice was signed it was indeed a sad blow to the wrench manufacturer. He was just about to make some nuts to fit the wrenches. Then he planned to sell these, too, to your Uncle Sam.
Still another had the brilliant idea that colonels shouldn't ride in automobiles, nor should they even ride on horseback. One has probably seen a picture of Andy Jackson riding in a buckboard. Well, some 6,000 buckboards were sold to Uncle Sam for the use of colonels! Not one of them was used. But the buckboard manufacturer got his war profit.
The shipbuilders felt they should come in on some of it, too. They built a lot of ships that made a lot of profit. More than $3,000,000,000 worth. Some of the ships were all right. But $635,000,000 worth of them were made of wood and wouldn't float! The seams opened up – and they sank. We paid for them, though. And somebody pocketed the profits.
It has been estimated by statisticians and economists and researchers that the war cost your Uncle Sam $52,000,000,000. Of this sum, $39,000,000,000 was expended in the actual war itself. This expenditure yielded $16,000,000,000 in profits. That is how the 21,000 billionaires and millionaires got that way. This $16,000,000,000 profits is not to be sneezed at. It is quite a tidy sum. And it went to a very few.
The Senate (Nye) committee probe of the munitions industry and its wartime profits, despite its sensational disclosures, hardly has scratched the surface.
Even so, it has had some effect. The State Department has been studying "for some time" methods of keeping out of war. The War Department suddenly decides it has a wonderful plan to spring. The Administration names a committee – with the War and Navy Departments ably represented under the chairmanship of a Wall Street speculator – to limit profits in war time. To what extent isn't suggested. Hmmm. Possibly the profits of 300 and 600 and 1,600 per cent of those who turned blood into gold in the World War would be limited to some smaller figure.
Apparently, however, the plan does not call for any limitation of losses – that is, the losses of those who fight the war. As far as I have been able to ascertain there is nothing in the scheme to limit a soldier to the loss of but one eye, or one arm, or to limit his wounds to one or two or three. Or to limit the loss of life.
There is nothing in this scheme, apparently, that says not more than 12 per cent of a regiment shall be wounded in battle, or that not more than 7 per cent in a division shall be killed.
Of course, the committee cannot be bothered with such trifling matters.
I first became familiar with Kate back in 1977 when I was living in London. She struck me as a singular, and very unique talent. Beautiful to boot, I learned about her primarily through Mary who had shared dance classes with Kate from the mid-70′s. (Mary has some of the best tales of London!)-G
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me
They arrived at an inconvienient time
I was hiding in a room in my mind
They made me look at myself
I saw it well, I'd shut the people out of my life
So now I take the opportunities
Wonderful teachers ready to teach me
I must work on my mind
For now I realize that everyone of us
Has a heaven inside
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me
They open doorways that I thought were shut for good
They read me Gurdjieff and Jesu
They build up my body
Break me emotionally, it's nearly killing me
But what a lovely feeling!
I love the whirling of the Dervishes
I love the beauty of rare innocence
You don't need no crystal ball
Don't fall for a magic wand
We humans got it all, we perform the miracles
Cloud Bursting
I still dream of algernon.
I wake up crying.
Youre making rain,
And youre just in reach,
When you and sleep escape me.
Youre like my yo-yo
That glowed in the dark.
What made it special
Made it dangerous,
So I bury it
And forget.
But every time it rains,
Youre here in my head,
Like the sun coming out–
Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen.
And I dont know when,
But just saying it could even make it happen.
On top of the world,
Looking over the edge,
You could see them coming.
You looked too small
In their big, black car,
To be a threat to the men in power.
I hid my yo-yo
In the garden.
I cant hide you
From the government.
Oh, god, daddy–
I wont forget,
cause every time it rains,
The suns coming out.
Your sons coming out.
The Sensual World
Mmh, yes,
Then Id taken the kiss of seedcake back from his mouth
Going deep south, go down, mmh, yes,
Took six big wheels and rolled our bodies
Off of howth head and into the flesh, mmh, yes,
He said I was a flower of the mountain, yes,
But now Ive powers oer a womans body, yes.
Stepping out of the page into the sensual world.
To where the water and the earth caress
And the down of a peach says mmh, yes,
Do I look for those millionaires
Like a machiavellian girl would
When I could wear a sunset? mmh, yes,
And how wed wished to live in the sensual world
You dont need words–just one kiss, then another.
Stepping out of the page into the sensual world
Stepping out, off the page, into the sensual world.
And then our arrows of desire rewrite the speech, mmh, yes,
And then he whispered would i, mmh, yes,
Be safe, mmh, yes, from mountain flowers?
And at first with the charm around him, mmh, yes,
He loosened it so if it slipped between my breasts
Hed rescue it, mmh, yes,
And his spark took life in my hand and, mmh, yes,
I said, mmh, yes,
But not yet, mmh, yes,
Mmh, yes.
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Lanza Family Says Ryan Lanza Facebook Posts Are A Hoax
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A poser pretending to be Ryan Lanza, brother of the shooter in the Sandy Hook tragedy that took place in Newtown, Connecticut, mourned the 27 victims–including his mother and 20 schoolchildren–through fake posts on Facebook.
The Lanza family has spoken out and tells the New York Post, who first reported the social site postings, that "Ryan did not post the messages."
"You all will be truly be missed," the fake Ryan wrote on Facebook. "God Bless."
The 24-year-old, who lives in Hoboken, N.J., told the paper via the social site Saturday (Dec. 22) that he was a victim after suffering the losses of his mom and brother. On the day of the shootings, the impostor was initially misidentified by several media outlets as a suspect and was questioned by police but subsequently released.
While the real Ryan Lanza's account is private, many Facebook users have created pages in support. "The real shooter was his brother," one of them reads. "Please stop blaming him for the shooting. He had nothing to do with it."
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I think that "treading lightly" is actually a hard place in life to attain. It is something we must evolve into and it takes strength to get there. I think its with hardship that we learn these things. I give you a lot of kudos for losing weight I know how hard that can be. Keep on keepin' on.


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This is sad and disturbing to watch in the neighbourhood, in Fawkner Park … The extensive works and removal of greenspace and trees, dissects the park, construction there is a bad precedent and contrary to the beloved greenspace views and vistas characteristic of this (previously) grass-based parkland. the construction workers said they are going to concrete "the court and skate park" on Monday. (B.
Fawkner Park
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Impact of State Government Decision to Change the Urban Growth Boundary - Victoria
The following article is based on a submission to George Seitz, Committee Chair of the Outer Suburban/Interface Services and Development Committee, Victoria, and was submitted on 19th October by Protectors of Public Lands. Headings inserted by Candobetter editor are preceded with "(Ed.)" Illustrations are from candobetter.org . The rest of the article, unless otherwise marked, is the original text.
Submission to Parliamentary Outer Suburban Interface/Services and Development Committee Inquiring into the Impact of State Government Decision to Change the Urban Growth Boundary
I am making a submission on behalf of Protectors of Public Lands Victoria Inc. (PPL VIC.) I should by way of introduction mention that our organisation, established in 2004, is a State wide coalition of over 80 environment, heritage, resident and parks groups across Victoria. We are dedicated to keeping public lands in public hands and to protecting and conserving iconic heritage places and environmental sites of significance.
Summary of Grounds of Opposition: In addressing the terms of reference we are considering "The impact of the State Government's decision to change the urban growth boundary on landholders and the environment…" PPL VIC draws the Committee's attention to the failure of the State Government in strategic urban planning over the last 10 years and in encouraging uncontrolled entry of settlers to Victoria without examining sustainable population levels. We object to creation of growth areas outside the existing boundaries as extending and creating urban sprawl; alienation of established Green Wedges; destruction of the environment and wildlife; loss of biodiversity; creation of "dormitory" settlements without infrastructure and services; likely social alienation of youth; loss of arable land for food production; increasing car dependency; worsening Victoria's greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to climate change with land clearance, unsustainable housing and reliance on road transport; plus knowingly approving the building of new settlements in fire-prone areas. Additionally we deplore the imposition of a vendor tax on landowners in order to fund the infrastructure of the new settlements and the impetus given to land speculation and "land banking." PPL VIC supports the submissions made by our colleagues from the "Green Wedges Coalition" and "Taxed Out".
The grounds of our submission are as follows:
New Growth Areas = Future Urban Sprawl = Major Failure of Strategic Urban Planning:
The Bracks Government guaranteed in 2002 that, under a Labor Government there would be no changes or amendments to the Urban Boundary or to the Green Wedges corridors. The fact that there are now radical changes represents a serious breach of faith with the electorate by the Brumby Government. Melbourne 2030 was considered to be the blue print for future development and was expressly intended to contain future urban sprawl; to prevent urban incursions into rural land; to concentrate residential growth into areas served by high capacity public transport; and protect sensitive environmental zones around the city. Many planners have pronounced Melbourne 2030 dead in view of recent radical departures from the plan.
Before the 2002 election the State Government announced protection of Melbourne's green wedges from subdivision and inappropriate urban uses. There was bipartisan support - the Opposition supported the green wedge protection legislation when it passed through the Legislative Assembly before the 2002 election.
(Ed.) Path to unsustainable growth paved with broken promises
The Government has additionally broken a 2005 promise when 11,500 hectares was excised from Green Wedges land that there would be no further changes until 2030. The community accepted the excision on this proviso. Apparently, the Minister for Planning gave a number of assurances right up to the announcement of the review of the Urban Growth Boundary that there would be changes to Green Wedges. .
The State Government announced its review of the Urban Growth Boundary in December 2008 when it released the Melbourne @5 million, an update to Melbourne 2030: Planning for Sustainable Development. This signalled the State Government's plans to open up at least 23,000 hectares – including land in Green Wedges areas - for urban expansion to allow for construction of 600,000 houses with 284, 000 of these to be located in growth areas. It was only apparently belatedly realised by Government advisers and planners that Victoria needs to accommodate another 1 million people before 2025. By 2036 Melbourne is predicted to have a further 1.8 million, twice the number forecast by Melbourne 2030 planners. By anyone's reckoning failure to predict this massive population boom is a monumental blunder in strategic planning (See also comment under population)
(Ed.) Incremental excisions of natural amenity, wildlife habitat and agricultural land
We can see no improvements under the current Delivering Melbourne's Newest Sustainable Communities (DMNSC) report on the Urban Growth Boundary Review released in June 2009. PPL VIC was alarmed to see that according to the Green Wedges Coalition the report proposes to excise a further 41,663 hectares from Melbourne's Green Wedges, nearly twice the area estimated to have been needed in last December's Melbourne @ 5 Million report.
Minister Madden has added to proposals by announcing on 6 October 2009 that new "Precinct Structure Plans guidelines" were to be added, a kind of overlay for suburbs of 3,000 dwellings or more. These guidelines were drawn up to try to ensure developments avoided becoming isolated, so called "dormitory" suburbs - places where there is nothing to do but sleep. The Age article of 11 October 2009 "Sprawl of the wild" by Melissa Fyfe says "The Victorian Government has discovered sustainable communities. Pity it's 10 years late."
On 16 October 2009 Planning Minister Madden announced the draft legislation for Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution Bill. We have only been given time to make comments until 2 November 2009. (It is not known if the legislation will be introduced to Parliament before this Committee has reported.) The problem is that arrangement to levy the GAIC have been changed or significantly amended. Michael Hocking of Taxed Out says on his website:
"This is taxing the landowner by stealth. The tax is still applied at a flat rate regardless of the sale price yet the land may be twenty years from development. A property owner needing to sell in the short-term will find it virtually impossible to find a purchaser who is prepared to accept a GAIC liability when he sells, meaning the only likely purchaser is a developer not interested in the value of the dwelling and not interested in paying development prices for land that won't be developed for decades.
The Growth Areas Authority assumptions relating to value uplift remain fundamentally flawed and Taxed Out Inc. intends to expose these issues at the Parliamentary Inquiry…In many respects this situation is worse than that originally proposed."
PPL VIC deplores the fact that the State Government appears to have attempted to mislead affected landowners. We also point out that this debacle over changes to the GAIC further illustrates that our contention that this is planning on the run.
What is a Sustainable Population for Victoria?
The whole rationale for extending the Urban Growth Boundary is to accommodate the unprecedented flood of population to Victoria. It is instructional to Google the "Population Clock" of the Bureau of Statistics. This shows the resident population of Australia which increases by one person every 1 minute and 12 seconds. This projection is based on the estimated resident population at 31 March 2009 and assumes growth since then of:
• one birth every 1 minute and 44 seconds,
• one death every 3 minutes and 39 seconds,
• a net gain of one international migrant every 1 minutes and 53 seconds leading to
• an overall total population increase of one person every 1 minute and 12 seconds
(Ed.) Process of loss of Green Wedges and Agricultural land will be endless
PPL VIC considers that the extension of the Urban Growth Boundary is really the thin end of the wedge. As there are no plans to stop the present high rate of population growth (mostly from immigration) the process of loss of Green Wedges and agricultural land is endless. There will be another extension when the proposed boundaries are seen to be filling up.
The extension of the Urban Growth Boundary does not save private or public open space in the established suburbs - the rate of population growth is so high that Melbourne is getting more urban densification daily as well as urban sprawl. As we have pointed out the State Government is devoid of coherence in these planning matters and its approach to endless population growth.
PPL VIC considers it imperative that the Victorian Government hold a forum to determine the population sustainable for Victoria, especially in view of water shortages and the likelihood of future droughts. (Excuses used have been "immigration is a Federal matter" but State Premiers have influence in Canberra.) At a rally on 14 July 2009 protesting over Planning Minister Madden's "Cash for Chat" with developers, PPLVIC and allies delivered a set of resolutions to the Minister including the need for a population forum. There were over 500 people at the Rally which indicates the strength of public feeling concerning the issues raised here.
I have a quote here from Mr Kelvin Thomson MHR, Federal Member for Wills who says that:
Everything that makes our city the great place to live, work and raise a family, is potentially under threat if population growth and urban sprawl continue at the current rate. We must implement a strategy to control population growth, urban expansion and development. Our way of life, open spaces and infrastructure cannot be sacrificed on the altar of ever expanding population. We have a responsibility to secure our city's future by thorough, thoughtful and detailed planning. This planning should not include an expanding Melbourne waistline." (Source: "Five Million is too many: Securing the Social and Environmental Future of Melbourne" Submission to the Urban Growth Boundary Review July 2009.
Destruction of the Environment and Green Wedges:
The Government must abandon the Green Wedge land grab as destructive of the environment, a threat to wildlife, including endangered species, and as a major contributor to Green House Gas Emissions. Around the urban fringe we have a concentration of some of the most endangered eco- systems in Australia including the Western Basalt Plains Grasslands and Grassy Woodlands in the Darebin, Jackson and Merri Creek valleys, with 400 year-old red gums, and plus loss of habitat for a range of threatened species (e.g. Southern Brown Bandicoot.) PPL VIC supports the submission of the Green Wedges Coalition as being an excellent detailed statement of the threats to significant landscapes, endangered species and wildlife plus indigenous vegetation.
The 15,000 hectares of grassland reserves to be provided over 10 years as a trade-off for grasslands is apparently of poorer quality than the kangaroo (themeda) grasslands to be destroyed
The removal of environmental protection from all areas within the Urban Growth Boundary would seem to indicate that areas such as significant parts of the Merri Creek Catchment will not be protected from environmental damage or even clearing.
Areas for development are clear felled by developers. The loss of trees and other vegetation for housing adds to global warming effect. Is there any provision for conservation?
The proposed high density, low open private space in these outer suburbs means they will be hotter - urban heat island effect - from the lack of the cooling effect of vegetation/transpiration - low ratio of vegetation to concrete and other hard surfaces.
What provision is made for public open space? There is no mention made of public open space for passive recreation as well as sports fields and recreation areas.
(Ed.) Cruel failure to create or maintain wildlife corridors spells slow death for native animals
On past performance, no allowance will be made for wildlife in outer suburban development. PPL VIC has had experience with kangaroos of Somerton and Morang where animals get trapped in developed areas and just left to get killed on roads. The outer suburban interface is considered terra nullius it seems. What of smaller animals/birds what about the grasslands and inhabitants? There appears to be no consideration given to the creation or maintenance of wildlife corridors.
(Ed.) McPhail Report – State of the Environment
The State Government appears to have taken little notice of report by the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability, Mr Ian Mc Phail, in "The State of the Environment Victoria 2008". In it he comments:
"Victoria's population growth, increasing affluence and the expansion of our cities and towns has contributed to unsustainable levels of resource consumption and waste production. This has direct environmental impacts through changes in land use from conservation and agriculture to cities and towns. To supply our cities and towns, we harvest water for residential and manufacturing purposes, changed river flows, discharge wastes to land and sea, remove native vegetation and send damaging gases into the atmosphere." (Refer in the report to A Culture of Consumption. Drivers of Change – Population, Change and Settlements Page 9)
The report continues:
"Continuing growth of Victoria's population will increase demand for land, as well as housing and transport services, potentially leading to more waste and pollution. Extra demand for water is particularly pertinent given the predictive effects of climate change on already depleted water storages." Mr Mc Phail concludes on a depressing note: "It is currently cheaper to protect the environment to than to restore it but it is even cheaper to degrade it…"
Urban Growth Areas in Fire Prone Areas:
Whether it is advisable settling thousands of people in outer suburban fire prone areas does not appear to have occurred to the Government. These are the outer suburban areas classified as "Growth Areas": Beveridge, Bulla, Devin Meadows, Cranbourne East, Clyde North, Diggers Rest, Donnybrook, Kalkalo, Melton, Mt Cottrell, Officer, Pakenham, South Morang, Sunbury, Tarneit and Truganina.
Councils opposed to the extension of the Growth Areas Boundary and the imposition of the Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution are Melton, Casey, Cardinia and Mitchell. Wyndham refuses to comment.
It is apparent that these areas are either under resourced by fire services or not serviced at all. We assume this also goes for ambulance and police. Would the State Government be liable if fire services were not provided and a fire went through the settlement?
The Age reported on 4 July 2009 (Lessons to Learn) on the proceedings of the Bushfire Royal Commission and pointed to urban sprawl as one of the "fatal confluence of factors" that led to Black Saturday.
Cost to Victorians:
The cost of building new homes in the rural fringes of Melbourne is double that of constructing infill dwellings in the inner city. This is the hidden cost of suburban sprawl. This is an unacceptable financial burden for Victorian tax payers to shoulder. The added costs include extra infrastructure such as power, water and transport, as well as higher health costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
The report, commissioned by the State Department of Planning and released in July, cites research that found "for every 1000 dwellings, the cost for infill development (in existing suburbs) is $309 million and the cost of fringe developments is $653 million".
It has been stated by Minister Madden in Parliament (and reported in the Sunday Age 11 October that the funds to be raised by the $95,000 hectares Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution will cover only 15 per cent of total infrastructure costs. The Minister is prepared to sacrifice Green Wedges land that makes Melbourne "livable" and to destroy the livelihoods of many small landowners and farmers for this minor financial return.
Unfair Tax on Land Vendors: The Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution is an unfair, discriminatory tax on family farms and small landowners, even after amendment by the State Government in draft legislation. As we have consistently maintained, the tax needs to be withdrawn and any charges levied at the point of development, consistent with the approach taken in other Australian states. PPL VIC supports the campaigns of "Taxed Out" and as mentioned above held a joint rally on 14 July 2009 to protest against the Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution.
Perpetuation of Car Dependency: The plans to construct major freeways/ring roads and the absence of plans for extensive rail networks to serve the new suburbs spells out that the population of Melbourne will remain dependent on cars despite the uncertain future of oil. We are particularly concerned over plans to build the E6 freeway through Woollert. The roadway appears redundant.
Reduction of Arable Land: Given our population crisis and likely food shortages with the drought it is unthinkable that the Government can even be contemplating turning over arable land for housing development. The loss of vegetable farms including prime market garden land in the Westernport Catchment will increase food miles for our produce.
Increase of Green House Gas Emissions: Climate change is the most important moral question of the age and must be at the forefront of our public policy. The State Government appears to have its head in the sand. Compared to other cities in the world Melbourne has one of the highest rates per capita. Our private vehicles and public transport were recently recorded to generate 11 million tonnes of carbon monoxide a year compared with 8.5 tonnes in London. The increase in urban sprawl will worsen our figure.
Accommodation of Population within Existing Urban Growth Boundaries:
No examination has been undertaken of how the increased population can be accommodated in Metropolitan Melbourne.
Suggestions have been made that an inventory should be conducted of development applications which have already been approved by Council within the Urban Growth Boundary but which have not yet been built. Utilizing existing approvals might go some way to addressing the issue.
An inventory also needs to be undertaken of brown field sites and land which could be available for residential development – former transport depots, rail sidings and Commonwealth Government sites eg the Maribyrnong Defence site.
(Ed.) Developers prefer Greenfield Sites because they are cheaper
It is most unfortunate that the practice of "land banking" by developers appears widespread throughout the city. Take for example land on the former Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital site in Parkville which was given to Australand and the Citta Property Group to build a residential development then used for 2 weeks for the 2006 Commonwealth Games Village. The original plans showed a wall of 700 units in a 9 storey block along City Link. The land is still vacant and there have been no attempts to commence building. The developers are said to be waiting until the "market is right." The truth is that developers prefer green field sites and are unwilling to invest in developing brown field sites.
Request to Committee: PPL VIC urges the Committee to reject approval of the extension of the Urban Growth Boundary and the iniquitous Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution and to develop recommendations for accommodating increased population within the Urban Boundary plus arriving at consensus for determining a sustainable population for Melbourne.
This submission was addressed to:
Protectors of Public Lands Victoria Inc.
Mr George Seitz
Committee Chair
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How the media prepared us to give up our land
Mon, 2009-09-21 20:34 by quark
Observations on how we are being backed into a corner
The propaganda against the 1/4 acre block started a few decades ago. - appearing as opinion pieces in newpapers. I believe this propaganda was aimed at very ordinary people in or suburbs with traditional blocks. It was to prepare them to relinquish their lifestyle and for their children not to expect it in the normal course of events. I don't think it was aimed at rich people as they are different - a special case. The very rich can actually do the opposite to "urban consolidation." The rich can buy the next door property in Toorak, bulldoze the house and annexe the land for their own pleasure in the form of a tennis court or swimming pool.
The propaganda seems to have been on behalf of those who wanted to effect radical change in values and rights for the sake of population growth, which for various reasons they derived benefit from - usually financial.
Why this is important
The 1/4 acre block affords some local self sufficiency to the ordinary person. 50 years ago it was quite common for people to keep chickens in the suburbs- some still do but I don't think it's as usual. There is probably an economic reason for this . Vegetable gardens were common then and they may be trying to make a return now.
Recently in Sydney I visited a cousin who has built her eco friendly dream home in the suburb of Ryde. The garden was for low rainfall, the house worked on passive temperature control and in the corner of this living arrangement was a chicken house with inhabitants. Area of block- 1/4 acre approx.
As oil depletion continues I believe self sufficiency will become more important. The more land per family we lose the less self sufficient we can be.
How dare we be talked into denying children the rights that we grew up with?
I believe the people of Melbourne are losing their land by stealth and propaganda. I also wonder how people can, on the one hand, be talked into having more children, and, on the other hand, talked into letting go of those children's rights.
In 2007 I made a submission to the Melbourne 2030 review. I made some of the points below. (Now Melbourne 2030 is out of date, of course. They are trying to bring in something even worse. )
Urban temperatures rising, trees and water disappearing
Urban temperatures are higher than those in the country, and made worse by air conditioners. I worry about the reduced ability of land to absorb water with increased concrete bitumen, housing and impermeable surfaces in general. I can see this affecting the water table and possibly having ramifications with regard to street trees and other trees and vegetation on public land. We should be preserving trees to keep the city cool and moist instead of infilling and concreting everything.
I would have thought with all the apartments and townhouses shooting up in the bastardized process known as suburban infill, that we would want to keep backyards full of trees etc. Never mind that I'll never own a $1.8M 3BR house in Hawthorn East, I'm just glad someone owns it so that there aren't twenty people in 6 townhouses there instead.
So God bless those rich people in their big houses!! (Unless of course they are developers and politicians telling the rest of us to go and live in high-rise infills.)
Even if I have hardly any garden at all, I want to protect other people's gardens. They are part of the environment and even if the garden is not mine- I benefit if I walk past or live near it. I breathe the oxygen that its greenery exudes. I am cooled by the transpiration of the leaves. Even if I live in a one bedroom apartment in the same street, I am better off if this house and garden remain than if this house in turn is bulldozed for another block of apartments. I can see what the obvious counter argument is to this - homelessness - but that problem is circular; the root cause of homelessness is rapid population growth.
Urban wildlife is yet another issue - one I feel so deeply about that I can hardly even write of it. Gardens provide some habitat for native animals, birds reptiles, and insects. The more the city is consolidated, the more predictable every space within it becomes and there will be little room for any species other than humans, dogs and cats. And, even then, the dogs must be on leads and the cats must be kept indoors. It would make more sense if we made friends with the neighbourhood possums, but the government has designated them as pests.
If we continue with population growth at 2% per annum- we stand to lose the few advantages we still have very quickly. If we have a population growth rate of 1% per annum we will still lose it but at half the speed.
I do not think that Australian politicians have a moral or any other right to do this to us.
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Remembering Downtown
by Jan Gillis ('07)
Community conversation continues in "Remembering Place" series
"Remembering Downtown," the second in a series of community conversations sponsored by JMuse Café, will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at the Memorial Hall Forum.
Established by James Madison University Libraries in fall 2011, JMuse Café is an informal and lively forum for students, faculty, staff and the Harrisonburg community to come together and explore topics of public interest.
"Remembering Downtown," follows the success and high turnout for the inaugural discussion in the "Remembering Place" public dialogue series. The first discussion, "Remembering Newtown," focused on the history of Harrisonburg's development, particularly that of Newtown, an area that, until the 1960's, served as the heart of the city's African-American community.Sponsored by a partnership of civic and educational groups, JMuse's "Remembering Place" is a series of discussions and events focusing on helping citizens consider how to honor Harrisonburg's past, while helping to shape its present and future.
Focus shifts to Harrisonburg Downtown
The next of these discussions, "Remembering Downtown," will continue the conversation about place and community from the first event, shifting focus to the spaces and places that once stood in Harrisonburg's downtown, in and around Court Square. Some of the places to be mentioned include the Virginia Theater, Kavanaugh Hotel, the Municipal Building and the Purcell Home on Elizabeth and Federal Streets.
"Participants in the "Remembering Newtown" discussion had the chance to review historic photographs such as this one of the M & S Restaurant, North Main Street, from 1962 (photograph courtesy of Harrisonburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority).
Panelists will include Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance Executive Director Eddie Bumbaugh, Virginia Department of Historic Resources Public Relations and Publications Manager Randy Jones, Remembering Downtown Harrisonburg contributor Rhonda Lentz, and Harrisonburg Community Development and Planning representative Donna Rhodes.
"Creating Our Town," Oct. 30
The third discussion in the series, "Creating Our Town," will focus on the future development of Harrisonburg, and will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30, in the Memorial Hall Forum as well.
The fall events will culminate in "Poetry and Place," an evening of poetry and discussion about place, how we define it and how it defines us. Community members, students, and faculty will come together and share their work. This final event will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at Rose Library.
For more information on the upcoming event, visit the JMuse Café website.
Review of "Remembering Newtown" Highlights
Held on Sept. 19 at the Lucy Simms center, "Remembering Newtown" welcomed more than 200 participants from various parts of the Harrisonburg community who came to share their experiences and thoughts on this part of the city's history.
Leading the discussion was Dr. David Ehrenpreis, director of the Institute for Visual Studies and co-planner of the series, as well as a panel of local community leaders and residents. Panelists included Harrisonburg City Council member Charlie Chenault, President of the Northeast Neighborhood Association of Harrisonburg Karen Thomas, Harrisonburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority Executive Director Michael Wong, and Harrisonburg residents Sarah Sampson and Doris Allen.
To accompany the conversation, the event also featured a series of photographs that captured various buildings and aerial views of the Newtown community. Held by the Harrisonburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority for the past 50 years, this album was taken for value assessment purposes prior to an urban renewal project that led to the leveling of the area.
After an informative talk about the history of Newtown led by Ehrenpreis and personal accounts given by each of the panelists, attendees of the event broke out into what proved to be very lively small group discussions.
For some community members, the conversation was a time to reflect on childhood memories, remembering certain buildings and landmarks that have since disappeared. For others, like Mark Lane, Ebooks Coordinator for JMU Libraries, it was an educational experience, marking a point in history that residents and developers of modern day Harrisonburg can learn from.
"The round table discussions were very lively but respectful, positive and engaging," said Lane. "All throughout the evening the JMuse structure encouraged participants to share names, share stories, share ideas and visions. JMuse is taking very seriously President Alger's charge for JMU to be an engaged university."
Video footage of "Remembering Newtown" is now available here.
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Overall, auto sales jumped 9% to 1.40 million units in June, translating into a 13.2% year-over-year rise to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (:SAAR) of 15.96 million units. Meanwhile, figures for July were also solid, coming in at an annual rate of 15.7 million units, suggesting a pretty firm automotive market.
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The fund recently made its new high of $37.86 and its short-term moving averages have managed to stay above long-term levels. The 9-Day SMA is now comfortably above the longer-term 200-Day SMA, suggesting continued bullishness for this ETF.
Meanwhile, the fund's RSI is at just under 60, suggesting that the fund isn't too overbought, and that it still has some more room to run. This is further confirmed by an upswing in the Parabolic SAR, although this figure should definitely be monitored closely.
The fund provides exposure to a small basket of 38 stocks with a tilt to large caps. It is highly concentrated in its top 10 holdings with 60% of assets, suggesting that company specific risk is high and the top 10 firms dominate the returns of the fund. Some of the top 10 holdings include Daimler (DDAIF), Ford, Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen (VLKAY) and GM (see more in the Zacks ETF Center).
As such, better-than-expected earnings from these firms would drive the ETF higher. Recently, Daimler reported second quarter earnings that nearly tripled from the prior-year quarter. Daimler is the top firm in the fund's portfolio with an 8.26% allocation, closely followed by Ford at 8.26%.
Ford also delivered impressive results with 50% rise in earnings per share and 14% increase in revenue when compared to year-ago quarter. The company surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate on both the top and bottom lines.
The upside momentum continued after Detroit automaker General Motors reported strong profit boosted by demand for pick-up trucks in North America and cost-cutting in Europe. Though earnings per share fall marginally from the year-ago quarter, it beats Zacks Consensus Estimate by 6 cents. GM represents 4.65% of assets and occupies the sixth position in the fund's basket behind Toyota, Honda and VLKAY.
In terms of country exposure, Japan takes the top spot at 34% while Germany and U.S. gets a decent allocation with 23.4% and 20%, respectively (read: Time to Focus on Yen-Hedged Japan ETFs?).
CARZ currently has a Zacks ETF Rank of 2 or 'Buy' with high risk outlook, suggesting that the product is expected to outperform the market over a one-year period.
Investors should note that the auto sector is highly concentrated as the top 10 global automakers account for roughly 80% of the worldwide production and nearly 90% of total vehicles sold in the U.S.
Despite heavy concentration, the sector is well positioned for future growth as investors are slowly moving into the "riskier" corners of the stock market (cyclical stocks such as autos) from the defensive ones (read: Buy These ETFs to Profit from "Sector Rotation").
Given the promising trends for cyclical stocks at this time, some investors may want to consider buying into this automotive ETF in the short term. If the economy continues to rebound, we could see further gains in the automotive space making this a potentially good time to get into this surging sector.


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In the construction site that is modern Berlin, there is a beacon. Museum Island is comprised of five separate buildings. Together they make up one of the best public collections of art and antiquities on earth.
The oldest, the Altes Museum, designed by Frederick Schinkel, a Prussian, opened in 1830. Its main façade is 18 columns across.
Schinkel took inspiration from Greece in a big way. One of his paintings, 'A view of Greece in its Prime', known today only from copies, imagines a city of arches and pediments, stonemasons and senators.
The painting hangs next door in the Alte Nationalgalerie, which appears to have been plucked from this architectural caprice, and which, bulked at one end by a massive but redundant staircase, resembles a temple.
Schinkel did not live to see the other museums on the island completed, the last one being completed in 1904. But his vision of a mini Athens on the Spree had already been absorbed by his followers.
What was the source of Schinkel's Hellenic fascination? To the architect/artist/civil servant, Greece represented an ideal: of civic order, shared values and prosperity.
In Berlin, Schinkel was building a new capital for his patron, Friedrich Wilhelm III. He re-imagined Athens as a modern state, cultured, confident and outgoing. It was much more than decorative style (Schinkel raided from Roman as much as Greek antecedents).
This re-birth had noble intentions, yet it lacked a true democratic thrust. A united Germany came into being in 1871. Imperial rule only ended with the Weimar Republic in 1919.
That first experiment with popular representation soon struggled amid hyper-inflation, leading to the horrors of National Socialism. Albert Speer took Schinkel and debased him. 'Corridors of power' describes his notorious Chancellery, 400 meters across and 20 meters high.
Since the war, Germany's desire to confront its past has created philosophical as well as practical challenges. With 70% of its buildings destroyed, Berlin, in particular, has asked what should be re-built; and what rebuilding means if the new is a facsimile of what was there before.
The most sensitive project, the Reichstag, or old state parliament, has become a potent metaphor, not just for reconciliation with the former East Germany (GDR) but for the restoration of representative government.
The Norman Foster-designed glass dome doubles as a public viewing gallery.
The treatment of Museum Island has been of lesser general interest. The museums there ended the war under the GDR. Unlike some buildings, which affronted the socialists and were pulled down, these were quietly patched up. With the exception of the Neues Museum, which the GDR left as a shell. After re-unification, the city planners briefly courted Frank Gehry for a master plan, seduced by the potential 'Bilbao effect' of one of his trademark designs.
Eventually, in realizing the Neues Museum was the key to the whole island, they turned to a Briton, David Chipperfield.
He chose to keep the Neues Museum's proportions but left the bullet holes and created largely from exposed brick a new shell that happens to look old. His work provides a subtle foil to the remarkable Egyptian collection, including the famous bust of Nefertiti, for which the original was purposely-built.
The project took ten years. The overall revamp for Museum Island will take 25 years in all. Chipperfield says what struck him was that the debate focused on what the museum stood for rather than his design.
Negotiation appears to have been hard won but fair. It was emblematic of the new Germany through and through: the endless committees, the appeals to reason and the painful forging of consensus.
If it also seems a little, well, Athenian – 'demos' in action, if you like – then another thought follows: if Berlin has had this attachment to ancient Greece, in building and in thought, reaching back to Schinkel, what does she really make of the modern Greece?
Angela Merkel does not want another taxpayer bailout. She gives every impression of thinking Athens has brought its problems on itself. A politician who reads the popular mood first, you search in vain for her soft spot.
There is another side to the national mood, a sorrow bordering on puzzlement. How is it that the country which gifted the West its founding civilization and organizing principles can be so careless of its past?
It is not that Germany could run things better in Greece. It is that Germany appreciates Greece, or the idea of it, more than it may admit. High mindedness is unfashionable these days. But on Museum Island, amid the colonnades and sublime statuary, it can be felt as a vital force.