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Scotland is home to more than 500 golf courses, none more famous than the historic Old Course at St. Andrews. Situated roughly 50 miles northeast of Edinburgh in the coastal region of Fife, St. Andrew.
Playing golf in Scotland is more than just a vacation… it's a pilgrimage. And it's something that every golfer should experience in their lifetime. This is the very cradle of the game, a country blessed with beautiful scenery, history and culture, plus the small matter of the most historic golf.
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In addition to being an avid golfer, Bud Nameck is the host of the Morning News on FM Newsradio 100.7 KXLY 920, and does the radio play-by-play for Whitworth Pirates football and basketball. If you ar.
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Denmark's Joachim B. Hansen took the No. 1 card with $253,000 in earnings. Four Scottish players earned cards. So did America.
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Sydney, Australia – Softball Australia announced its rosters for the WBSC Women's and Jr. Men's Softball World Championships 2018, the two most important tournaments of the year for the sport.
As a preparation for the WBSC Women's Softball World Championship, to be held in Chiba, Japan, from 1-12 August, world No. 4 Australia started the year with a second place in the Asian Pacific Cup, losing the final game against No. 2 Japan by 3-0.
After that competition, Head Coach Fabian Barlow made the final adjustments to his roster. The 2018 Aussie Spirit team consists of 17 players, seven of whom did not play in the previous WBSC World Championship in Canada in 2016.
Along with USA, Australia is the only country to win a Softball Medal in each Olympic Games where softball was featured, with three Bronzes and one Silver. The green and yellow team is kicking off their campaign to reach their fifth consecutive Olympic podium in Tokyo 2020.
In 2018 their main goal will be the WBSC Women's Softball World Championship. The Aussie Spirit will arrive to Chiba with one objective in mind: to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. To achieve that, they need to win their second World Championship in history, after crowned champions in 1965, as the host team of the first Women's Softball World Championship.
As part of the preparation for the Women's Softball World Championship, Australia will also play the upcoming season of the National Pro Fastpitch, the USA professional softball league.
Softball Australia (N°5 team in the world) also announced the 2018 Junior Steelers (Australian Under 19 Men's) team, for the WBSC Junior Men's Softball World Championship, to be held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada, from 7-15 July.
The team has four players returning for their second junior men's world championship, with Blake Jackson, Shaun Lanaghan, Michael Ludkin and Jett Wright all playing for the Junior Steelers at the 2016 WBSC Junior Men's Softball World Championship, held in Midland, USA, where Australia finished sixth.
Australia is the most successful Junior Men's program ever with four (consecutive) World Championships.


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A must. Well taken here!
Great shot David. Love these cablecars!
Nice shot of this unique San Francisco icon. "V"
A mode of transport that brings us back to the past.
Great shot of this colourful old tram .
Nice shot of this cool mode of transport, great for the tourists.
always a pleasure, beautiful image David.
They were a great idea and they should still be running more of them, I think.


Roy D. "Jim" Vogel died unexpectedly October 14, 2015 in his New Castle Forest Ridge home. He was 87. Jim was born in 1928 in New Castle to Nova Brown Sells Vogel and Roy D. Sells, Sr. His step-father was Joe Vogel. After graduation from Knightstown High School he served two years in the United States Army. In 1951 he married the love of his life, Joan Leaser Vogel.
Following his military service, Jim was a state surveyor then worked at New Castle Chrysler Corporation as a skilled machinist. He eventually owned, operated and retired from J&M Tool and Engineering in Rushville, IN. After his retirement Jim worked at Plumbing Express in Sarasota, FL.
Jim was a sports enthusiast but his greatest love was Jesus Christ his Lord and Savior. He was a faithful member of Foursquare Gospel Church.
Jim was preceded in death by a son, Gregory Brent Vogel in 1977; two sisters, Wanda Findora of Indianapolis and Norberta Urenda of Amarillo, TX.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Joan Vogel of New Castle; a son, J.B. Vogel (wife, Mindy) of Mays; a daughter, Janell Wardlow (husband, David) of New Castle; 4 grandsons, Greg Vogel of Greenfield; Doug Vogel of Chana, IL; Joel Wardlow and Alex Wardlow both of New Castle; sister, Betty Loyd of Dunreith; brother, Norman Vogel of Hollister, MO.
Services will be at 11:00 AM Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at Foursquare Gospel Church with Pastor Jim Becker officiating. Burial will follow in Glen Cove Cemetery in Knightstown. Friends may call from 4-8 PM Monday at Hinsey-Brown Funeral Service in New Castle. Memorial contributions may be made to the Henry County Community Foundation, 700 S. Memorial Drive, New Castle, IN 47362. Condolences and memories of Jim may be shared at www.hinsey-brown.com.


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Despite the heat, Saturday night's Summer Art Cruise keeps things flowing with its nautical theme
By Margaret Regan
Central Tucson Gallery Association
In a faded vintage photo at Raices Taller Gallery, two women scrub their family laundry in metal tubs.
Their sudsy water, pictured in a Ceci Garcia art shrine honoring her female ancestors, may be the only H2O in evidence during Saturday night's Summer Art Cruise. Tucson may be dry as dust, but the Central Tucson Gallery Association nevertheless is sticking to its nautical theme, as it launches multiple art openings in the Warehouse District, Fourth Avenue and Downtown.
Some nine ports o' call--ahem, galleries--will fling open their hatches in what everyone hopes will be the cool of the evening on June 4. The exhibitions range from an all-woman show at Raices, Women Woman Mujeres, to the Davis Dominguez annual Small Works to the first Absolutely Nothing photography salon at Platform.
Nearly all the galleries are doing group exhibitions, with the exception of FALA, where Phoenix artist Diana Clauss has a one-woman show of multimedia paintings in crinkled silk, urethane and oil. Dinnerware's Salon des Refusés, featuring 80 artists who didn't make it into the juried Biennial at the Tucson Museum of Art, marks the gallery's last show in its Fourth Avenue location. Dinnerware will re-open in September in the Steinfeld Warehouse.
But art won't be the only thing flowing. The Santa Cruz River Band--named for the lost river that once cooled Tucson and gave life to shady riverbank cottonwoods--will play live in the back room of Raices Taller. Despite the heat, down at the Philabaum studio on South Sixth Avenue, "We're going to spin out big flowers" in a glassblowing demo, glass artist Tom Philabaum says.
The Tucson Museum of Art, optimistically trying to conjure up the wet Caribbean, stages "Island Hoppin'," an outdoor "beach party" with music by reggae band Neon Prophet. The party starts at 8 p.m. and costs $15 (624-2333). The museum, currently showing the aforementioned Arizona Biennial '05, will remain open for partygoers until 10 p.m.
And the Fashionistas play for free in the Rialto lobby, where Hilary Meehan debuts her new ceiling mural.
The thrice-yearly joint openings and related events bring much-needed attention to the burgeoning gallery scene, participants agree.
"They help tremendously," says Lauren Gregersen-Brown, who opened FALA Gallery last September. "Once people know you're here, then they come back."
For smooth sailing on the Art Cruise, consult this manifest, or pick up a map and schedule at the galleries or at the Tucson Pima Arts Council.
Raices Taller Gallery, 222 E. Sixth St., 881-5335. 6-9 p.m. Three female members of the Latino co-op, Garcia, Lisa Scadron and Neda Contreras, staged the invitational all-woman show, in part to make the point that women still don't get their due from museums, art historians or critics. The 45 artists include Leora Briggs, who has made an intricately detailed scratchboard drawing of a Baghdad bombing. Pima College photography head Ann Simmons-Myers contributed richly pigmented color photos, including the wrenching "Pandadura Refugee Camp/Sri Lanka." Apparently taken in the wake of the tsunami, it pictures survivors, including a grim-faced grandmother holding a little girl.
To-Reè-Neè Wolf Keiser made a soothing piece that conjures up a cool stream, combining silver sheets of metal, blue and purple paint, glistening river rock and dozens of smooth ceramic tiles in every shade of blue.
Garcia's "Amor y Recuerdos" pays tribute to her female forebears, who labored in Superior, Arizona, running the households and raising the children while their men were down in the mines. In addition to the old family photos, she's lined the shelves of the green-painted shrine with salsa bottles filled with beads and bits of lace, tiny treasures these women might have prized. Women Woman Mujeres closes Saturday, June 25.
Raices Taller president John Salgado said that the Santa Cruz River Band concert kicks off a new series of live events the gallery hopes to host, from poetry to music to performance art. The musical duo, consisting of Ted Ramirez and Mike Ronstadt, will set up semi-permanent headquarters in the gallery's back studio, which has been cleaned up to accommodate a portable stage.
"They'll give concerts about four times a year," Salgado says. "This will be their home base. We'll have other groups come in, too."
Platform Gallery, 439 N. Sixth Ave., 189B, 882-3886, 6-9 p.m. Absolutely Nothing shows off work by 11 photographers, including locals Ken Rosenthal, Kristin Giordano, Ken Shorr and others. No offense intended to the artists, says gallery director Phoebe McDermott. "We're just trying to have a collection of photography, with no particular theme. The work is figurative, abstract, digital and more traditional." The exhibition is up through Saturday, July 30.
FALA Gallery, 439 N. Sixth Ave., 189A, 628-4183, 6-9 p.m. Artist Diana Clauss will be on hand for the Art Cruise. Her mixed-media work, on view until the end of June, falls into two categories, Gregersen-Brown says. One group of paintings on board has apertures at the center, filled with painted landscapes. The second series is more about "pattern on pattern."
Davis Dominguez Gallery, 154 E. Sixth St., 6-8 p.m. The 13th annual Small Works Invitational this year features 83 artists. "The irony is that the gallery is known for big paintings and sculpture," says co-owner Mike Dominguez. "This is the reverse of that. But this is not a show of miniatures. This is asking artists who do big work to make one small painting or sculpture."
Santa Theresa Tile Works, 439 N. Sixth Ave., 623-8640, 7-9 p.m. "We'll exhibit our own handmade tile," says Leslie Gamble, sister of tile artist Susan Gamble, "and other artists' handmade tile." The Gamble sisters' coffee and culinary enterprise Flying Saucer, just north of the showroom, will also open for the evening.
Falk Gallery, 220 N. Fourth Ave., 628-9601, 5-9 p.m. The eponymous gallery formerly known as 3Falk displays a summer mix of gallery artists, including George E. Huffman, a former Tucson Weekly employee and ex-owner of the now-defunct Raw Gallery. Now living in Texas, Huffman is working on a series called "Little Girl Lost," which examines "loneliness and traveling" in landscape paintings that are almost traditional, according to gallery owner Jason Falk. Other painters include Cristina Cárdenas, Gwyneth Scally Mark Bennion and Shana Zimmerman. The show will stay up all summer.
Falk moved the gallery last year from downtown to Fourth Avenue. "We really love the new location," Falk says. "We get a better quality of traffic. People are buying."
The Drawing Studio Gallery, 214 N. Fourth Ave., 620-0947, 6-8 p.m. Solutions Designs exhibits "work from the design course sequence at the Drawing Studio taught by Pat Marohn," says executive director Lynn Fleischman. "She teaches design fundamentals: how you compose things on a page and make decisions about shape, line and color." Seventy works by some 30 to 40 adult students are on view.
Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, 210 N. Fourth Ave., 792-4503, 7-10 p.m. TMA contemporary curator Julie Sasse "was happy to help us" put together the Salon des Refusés, says executive director Blake Shell. "We looked at all the slides" of artists turned down "and we cut it down by about half again. It's exciting to see how much talent is in Arizona." The 80 artists making the Dinnerware cut, representing a variety of different media and styles, include the Weekly's Rand Carlson, Greg Benson, Sally Krommes and Red Rohall. The show is up through Saturday, June 18.
Philabaum Studios, 711 S. Sixth Ave., 884-7404, 5-8 p.m. The main gallery has long since moved uptown to St. Philip's Plaza, but the small gallery adjacent to the glassblowing studio is exhibiting works by Tom Philabaum. In the hot workshop, you can see Philabaum himself, along with assistants, blowing glass into giant flowers in multiple hues.
Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St., 740-0126, 7-9 p.m. Hilary Meehan's white-on-blue ceiling mural, "Evolutionary Kinetic Status Report in the Key of Blue," stretches a whopping 50 feet by 20 feet. The Fashionistas play at the free reception in the lobby of the recently renovated theatre, and food and drink will flow. Reception attendees get free entry to the 9 p.m. band blowout, headlined by the Jons, the Solace Brothers, the Sweat Band and Lagoon. Everyone else pays $4.
Margaret Regan
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From cheerleader for an NBA team ( Detroit Pistons') and 1981 Super Bowl Grand Marshall with NFL Jim Brown to a model, to a hairdresser, to a mom, to a minister and finally to a founder of transitional homes for women and men in recovery. Dr. Sarita Graham's journey has been a long one filled with joy, sadness and some enormous mountains to climb.
But now she is realizing her dream of The Princess-Phyllis Wheatley House for Women at 2214 Benton Blvd, Isaiah's Place for Men at 3344 S. Benton Blvd and Joshua's Safe Haven for Men at 622 Benton Blvd in Kansas City, Missouri. Sarita is open and honest about how hard the journey's been. The scar that runs deepest is the death of her grown daughter, whose life ended just a couple of months short of seeing her and her mother's dream come true of creating a spiritual safe haven for women who had no place else to go in Kansas City.
A beautiful African American woman with striking gray/green eyes, Sarita doesn't sugar-coat anything, which is just one reason why her residents in the transitional houses respect and love her so much!
"There have been days when every road block that could be put in our way was in front of us like a brick wall. All I can do on days like that is to go to God and say, "O.K., God, what do you want me to do about this?" Sarita says. "Sometimes the answer comes slowly and we just have to walk in faith and believe that it's coming. But sometimes a phone call would come in immediately after prayer with a solution in the form of a person who knew somebody who knew somebody and, eventually, the problem would be resolved."
But expecting life to be a piece of cake has never been Sarita's way of thinking. Service to others and a strong sense of going after her dreams were ingrained in her at an early age.
Growing up in the small town of Danville, Illinois, Sarita Lynn Givens was born the 5th of January. Sarita's father worked for the General Motors plant and her mother ran a transitional home for juveniles. Her father would help poor blacks from the South relocate to Danville, teaching them to read and helping them to find jobs during the turbulent civil rights movement. Sarita's maternal grandfather was musician Lonnie Chapman, who played with the early Fairfield Four band, one of the first black gospel bands to have its music played on the radio and to become nationally-recognized.
An outgoing and talented youngster, Sarita's whole life as a child and young teenager involved church and cheerleading. When her father died from stomach cancer when she was 12, Sarita's new father figure became her pastor and her great uncle and the church became her solace. Sarita and her sister, Brenda, grew up in a strict home. "Our mother kept us in a box," Sarita recalled. When she graduated early at 17, she decided to go to Danville Junior College for a nursing degree, but there was a restlessness in her.
A New Life and A Fateful Decision
At 18, she moved to Pontiac, Michigan, near Detroit, to live with an aunt and to go to cosmetology school. Called "Tweet" for her diminutive birdlike figure and her long, slim legs, Sarita stumbled upon a great opportunity."My uncle told me that the Detroit Pistons were holding try-outs for cheerleader," she says. "And, I made it!"
While still going to cosmetology school, Sarita imparted on a glamorous career for a young woman her age and began making more money than she dreamed she could with personal appearances and modeling gigs.Still a faithful church-goer and assistant director of her church choir, Sarita was the object of talk amongst the members of her church; some of whom disapproved of what Sarita was doing.
There came a day when her church family gave her an ultimatum—quit the team or quit the church. Her heart was heavy, but she did end up giving the cheerleading and personal appearances up for her church. That decision, today, still haunts her and reshaped her opinion of religion and its doctrines.While Sarita never left her church, she became embittered about her forced decision to leave cheerleading.
In 1981, at age 23, the young woman became involved in a verbally abusive relationship. The blessing which came from that relationship was a beautiful baby daughter who Sarita named Sarita Laurece Givens. But she would be known to all who loved her as "Princess," because of her love of dressing up and gentle spirit.
Princess was a child who excelled in school and sports and church. She loved to write poetry, dance and sing and adored her younger brother and sister when they were born into the family later. At birth, an examination showed a serious heart defect. At age 10, she survived a quadruple heart bypass and was back to her old, active self within a year.
Sarita worked and made a good living as a cosmologist living in Pontiac, Mi ., and also as an administrative assistant at a large and prestigious law firm near Detroit. She was a wedding planner and clothes designer, too. In 1984, she met her present husband, Gregory Graham and married him in 1985. "Princess" was about four years old. The years passed and Sarita had another daughter and a son with Graham. A third baby did not live to term.
By this time, Sarita was living in Clarkston, Mi., and was a stay-at-home mom.Even with Princess' health problems, Sarita was never sidetracked from doing what she always knew she would do—become a minister and serve people in some manner just like her mother and father did. While working and raising her family, Sarita eventually received a masters in theology and a PhD in Divinity from The Full Gospel Christian Church Bible College in Flint, Michigan. She became aLicensed Professional Christian Therapist Diplomat through the American Association of Christian Therapists of Dallas and received her Committed Caring Faith Community from the Advanced Addiction Academy of Kansas City, Mo.
In 2003, Sarita received an exclusive scholarship and invitation to attend the DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative. The DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative is an intense 15-month tuition-sponsored leadership development program for urban youth workers. A person of influence in their local community nominates youth leaders to apply for this program.
With her certification and years of experience as an abstinence educator, once Sarita and her family moved to Kansas City in 1997, she began working in middle schools, conducting workshops, training and speaking to churches and community organizations the importance of healthy living. focusing on teenage pregnancy, prevention of STD's, HIV/AIDS and substance abuse. She served as the facilitator for the "You Are Special" at the City Union Mission. The curriculum teaches women that second chances are possible.
In 1999, "Princess," at age 18, decided to leave her Kansas City home and spread her wings. Moving to Langston, Oklahoma she enrolled in Langston University, the well-known black college, studying economics and organizational management. She would then move to Tulsa for an internship in 2004.
But Princess became depressed and confided to her mother that she was not happy and wanted to change her major to nursing. Mother and daughter would share the same dream of establishing a house for women in recovery. Knowing that the women would likely come to them from the streets with health problems, young Sarita was planning to become a nurse anesthetist and to work side by side with her mother. She would give them physical comfort while her mother would give them spiritual comfort.
Then, life took a terrible turn for the young woman. Depressed about a lack of money to finance her career in nursing, Princess started working as a clerk at a gas station. She became involved with a man who introduced her to drugs—an ironic and sad twist for a young woman who wanted to help others get off drugs. There was a miscarriage. But there was always mom. Always there. Always supportive. Always praying.
Things appeared to be looking up in 2005. Princess was still living in Tulsa, but she was off drugs and talking almost daily to her mother. Not only were they excited about the progress being made on securing the house for women, but mother and daughter had teamed up to make and market an old family's recipe for a pork rub.
But on Sept. 23, 2005, Sarita's biggest mountain to climb would loom in front of her. "I got the phone call at 10 a.m. that my daughter's body had been found in her apartment," Sarita said. An autopsy revealed no traces of drugs or alcohol. Circumstances surrounding Princess' death continues to be a mystery. "I have no peace about how she died and I have more questions than the authorities could ever give me answers," Sarita says. There's always a haunting and inability to get closure on a loved one's sudden death—the professional therapist in Sarita knows that. But the mother in her can't accept it. She dreams sometimes about having enough money to hire a private team of investigators to open the case again.
The last conversation Sarita had with her daughter pushed her to move forward with her plans for the Princess House. "A week before she died, she said, 'mom, I know you've been praying for us to be altogether as a family again. This is your time to be happy."
Life and Love Go On
The first Princess House open on in 2005, just two and a half months after Sarita Laurece Givens, age 24, was laid to rest in a Kansas City cemetery. "Princess" is on her grave marker along with the banner of her beloved sorority, Zeta Phi Beta surrounding it. Housed in a rented home on Olive Street, the first Princess House accommodated 12 women. The new Princess-Phyllis Wheatley House at 2214 South Benton Blvd. in Kansas City, Mo., owned by Sarita Lynne Ministries, opened Feb. 28, 2010 and can house up to 21 women. The Ministries also operates a house for men, the Isaiah's House, at 3344 South Benton Blvd.
The Princess-Phillis Wheatley House is a faith-based, family focused transitional living environment. It believes in an unbeatable concept, a combination of faith in God, supportive family, compassionate good in-patient/out-patient/after-care treatment, and complete recovery support with the assistance of diligent community-based resources. The women, young and middle age, come from all walks of life. Some of them have generational addiction issues and some are ex-offenders and even veterans of war returning with emotional and substance abuse problems.
"My daughter and I shared this dream—of creating a safe place where these women could learn to see their full potential and another side of life. Every time I see a woman here make a breakthrough and begin to love herself and do the hard work it takes to change, I can feel the presence of my daughter. When I give the women here a hug and a smile, my Princess is hugging them and smiling too."
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Show-Biz Blues: Fleetwood Mac 1968 to 1970 is an album by British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 2001. It was a compilation of outtakes and unreleased tracks from the band's early line-up, none of which had previously seen the light of day officially. Available on double vinyl LP and double CD, it came with a booklet of extensive notes and anecdotes, and was the companion release to The Vaudeville Years of Fleetwood Mac 1968–1970.

Track listing

Tracks 1–3 are not performed by Fleetwood Mac, but by Peter B's Looners (credits below).

Track 8 is listed as "My Baby's Sweeter" (not by Sonny Boy Williamson but a Willie Dixon composition performed by Little Walter) but it actually is the Homesick James song "My Baby's Sweet", which they often played at concerts.

 Disc 2 consists of live recordings.

Credits

Peter B's Looners (1-1 to 1–3)
Peter Bardens – keyboards
Peter Green – guitar
David Ambrose – bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion

Fleetwood Mac (remainder)
Peter Green – guitar, vocals
Jeremy Spencer – guitar, vocals
Danny Kirwan – guitar, vocals (1–11 to end)
John McVie – bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion

References

Fleetwood Mac compilation albums
2001 compilation albums

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The Nero d'Avola grape likes hot, arid climates and is well-suited to the climate in Calabria and Sicily of southern Italy. The grape was named after Avola in the far south of Sicily, where its name translates literally to 'Black of Avola' in Italian. However in Calabria, where the grape is also inextricably linked with their grapegrowing history, it has developed the local name Calabrese, to indicate it is 'of Calabria'.
For years, this ancient and native grape of Southern Calabria has been a gift to the land and its people. This Ippolito 1845 wine was born after a period of experimentation on the Calabrese grape.
Colour: Dark red in color with bright purple hues Nose: Complex aromas of red fruits, black cherries, plums and black pepper Palate: Fresh, pulpy and solar with very smooth and caressing tannins Alc/Vol: 14.00% alc. Ageing Capacity: 2-6 years The Nero d'Avola grape likes hot, arid climates and is well-suited to the climate in Calabria and Sicily of southern Italy. The grape was named after Avola in the far south of Sicily, where its name translates literally to 'Black of Avola' in Italian. However in Calabria, where the grape is also inextricably linked with their grapegrowing history, it has developed the local name Calabrese, to indicate it is 'of Calabria'. For years, this ancient and native grape of Southern Calabria has been a gift to the land and its people. This Ippolito 1845 wine was born after a period of experimentation on the Calabrese grape.


Abrams addressed the first two topics in his discussion about "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." He explained that he prefers a hybrid approach to visual effects, combining real props and computer-generated imagery to make his movies more engaging to viewers. This could be seen in the latest "Star Wars" picture, where puppets were used for the film's spectacular creatures to give them a more authentic feel, and computers were often used to remove their puppeteers or rigs to hide the machinery behind the magic.
However, Abrams added that realistic special effects aren't the key to making stories great: they have to be grounded in the human perspective.
Abrams' answer to "What do we need?" is "character." He said he strives to preserve the humanity in his characters, even in robots like BB-8, to invest audiences in their journey. This was done by cutting certain special effects sequences that felt off-point in terms story development and retaining smaller, more intimate moments.
While Abrams had to tell a tale about fictional characters, Jarecki had to tell the story of a real accused murderer, Robert Durst, in his HBO documentary series, "The Jinx." While Jarecki didn't have to tackle the problem of how to use special effects, he noted he did have issues regarding the relatability of his subject, whose inhuman nature threatened to turn away potential viewers.
Jarecki's discussion about film technology was related to the average consumer, and giving them tools to make their own movies.
"There's this big section of people who can make great stuff but don't have the technology to do it," he said.
KnowMe is a simplified film editing studio designed for the average consumer. One can film multiple clips or use previously taken photos or videos, then splice them together with narration and clips with ease to create short films.
KnowMe is currently available for iPhone and Android.
During the Q&A portion of the talk, a question about diversity in films was directed toward Abrams, who replied that his production studio, Bad Robot, has started working to hire actors from different backgrounds.


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After Walking Away From Acquisition Talks With Facebook, Ark Opens Its People Search Engine
Josh Constine @JoshConstine / 11 years
Following a jam-packed beta test and a jaw-dropping $4.2 million seed round, Ark people search is open for sign ups…at least for the next three days. Ark lets you sift through profiles on Facebook, Google, Twitter, and other services to help you find out which of your high school classmates live in New York, see which friends are single, and connect with strangers who share your interests by layering up to 30 characteristic filters.
The problem of too much social data and too little discoverability is so widespread that Facebook even discussed a possible acquisition of Ark. But instead its PhD founders decided to see how far they can ride their cute penguin logo. Soon it will launch native mobile apps with some of most useful push notifications I've seen. And as part of its limited launch today at TechCrunch Disrupt New York, Ark is accepting new users at ark.com/tcd until the end of the conference on Wednesday.
Last month when Y Combinator company Ark made waves taking a mammoth seed round, co-founder Patrick Riley told me it didn't choose to raise a more typical Series A because "If I can get an amazing valuation at a seed round, not give up a board seat, and keep complete control of the company, why not?" Now it's using that money to hire some information retrieval rockstars the founders spotted during their PhDs at Berkeley. Facebook was so impressed with how Ark repurposed its data that the social network loosely discussed the possibility of buying the startup or at least acq-hiring its founders. There was no offer extended, but Riley tells me "We didn't even take it that far. We weren't interested. We wanted to build something bigger."
When he says bigger, he means searching beyond profiles, but moving into Greplin's territory — allowing you to instantly search through all your social data, including public posts, private messages, and even email. If you needed to find an address of a party but weren't sure if you received in a Facebook message or Gmail, or even any keywords, you could one day use Ark to filter for street addresses, find that apartment number on Haight street, and go have fun. Soon it will launch native mobile apps that take advantage of geo-fencing to show you relevant info about where you are. They do predictive search so when you travel to a new city, it pops up a push notification showing how many friends currently live there. Ark could lead to those offline meetups every mobile app wants to inspire.
There's rabid interest, too. Ark got 234,000 signups in the first month, and already has 15,000 beta users. Now you can join them and start social searching at ark.com/tcd. (Ark's having a little trouble handling all the traffic TechCrunch is driving them, so if they signup page errors out, cut 'em some slack and try back soon)
In a Q&A after his Disrupt Battlefield presentation, Riley talked about how Ark is something Facebook and Google couldn't build. Ark is data platform agnostic, while Google and Facebook would be unlikely to surface each other's data. He also explained how Ark doesn't mash together personal and public data in a way that can scare users the way Google's Search Plus Your World did. Ark uses separate tabs to distinguish searches of public data vs private data only you can see. While he's quick to admit Ark needs design work, the clear divide between data types creates a trusted relationship with its users.


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The Valiant Tangent — X-O Manowar #1-4 (Retribution, Part 2)
by Stephen Pakula | in Reviews | Wed, 10 May 2006
Welcome back to The Valiant Tangent, the series whose goal it is to chronicle some of the stories and characters of Valiant Comics and the things that made them not only cool, but some of the greatest of all time. Today's column continues our look back on Valiant Comics' armored aveng—um, I mean barbarian, X-O Manowar. Last time, we recounted how Aric, a human born over 2,000 years ago and held captive in a spaceship run by deadly spider-like aliens, stole a suit of highly advanced and powerful armor and escaped to present-day Earth. With the help of the armor, which he calls "good skin," and his human ally Ken, Aric managed to exact revenge on his captors and vowed to rid the earth of the Spider-Aliens once and for all. (For a more detailed account of these events, click on the link to the previous column. You can find it on the left side of this paragraph.)
This article will be all about the second issue of X-O Manowar, part of the inaugural storyline known as "Retribution." In this issue, we'll get to see more of how Aric deals with being in the modern world as well as how he relates to those around him. The X-O armor itself plays a huge role in this story, and we'll learn about some of its more mysterious abilities. There will be plenty of foreshadowing and lots of great character exploration.
Oh yeah, lots of shit blows up too.
And on that note, let's get to it!
X-O Manowar #2
Written by Jim Shooter and Steve Englehart, Penciled by Sal Velluto, Inked by Tom Ryder, Bob Layton & Kathryn Bolinger, Colored by Jorge González and the Toasters
There's something that I don't believe I've mentioned about Valiant Comics in previous columns that is very important: the coloring. It's something that is easily taken for granted, but without it these comics just wouldn't have the same impact. And I'm not just talking about the comics having color or not. I'm talking about the style of coloring used. In an age where many comics are colored using a computer, it's refreshing to see comics that have obviously been colored by hand. Valiant books, for the most part, were all hand colored, with many of the early ones painted in beautiful watercolors. The colors were deep and intense and perfect for the scene, but most importantly they looked organic. It's difficult to describe properly, but the colors just seem to perfectly flow from one panel to the next, almost as if we weren't looking at drawings, but actual photographs of events. That's why I include the colorist in the list of issue credits. They play as important a role as the writer and artists. And if you don't think that the coloring process is an important part of making comics, tell that to the Ultraverse guys. Their coloring was so important that Marvel Comics bought the company just for the coloring technology. In the case of X-O Manowar, the colors really help move the story along. X-O's armor is a beautiful gold and blue, with tiny areas of red. It's a color combination that works extremely well, and it makes your eye naturally gravitate towards wherever X-O is on the page. The color of the armor is important for another reason, one that we'll touch on in this article, and further explore in the next column. For now let's just say that while Aric's armor is blue and gold, who is to say that there are not any other suits of armor out there with differing colors?
Anyway, back to the comic at hand.
Issue #2 opens with a great splash page of Aric, in full armor, fighting an eight-legged armored Spider-Alien in someone's back yard. The alien's armor is steel blue, but it looks nothing like Aric's. Imagine a giant spider covered in blue metal. There you have it. Aric is smashing a lawnmower against the alien's side, and his thoughts perfectly set up the situation. "I cannot kill this one! No matter what I hit it with, I cannot spill its juices!" Aric realizes that his foe's armor is much stronger than the weapons that Aric is using against it. But Aric is a true barbarian and decides to use his own armored body as a weapon, lunging at the Spider-Alien and driving a fist right into its chest. Finally, the alien's blood begins to flow! Aric, obviously in a more powerful suit of armor, begins to make quick work of his enemy, first by yanking off it's armored limbs, then by smashing it with its own arms to finally kill it. Aric truly is the strongest one there is.
The scene shifts to New York, where in the Chrysler building two (more or less) human-looking Spider-Aliens discuss Aric and how to deal with him. The female, Lydia, and the male, Prather, are the same aliens that were running the show last issue. Lydia admonishes Prather about what just happened. "Wolf-Class X-O armor, even with our best bio-engineered hunter inside is no match for Manowar-Class armor…even with an ignorant savage inside!" So apparently the armored alien that Aric just fought is wearing what is called "Wolf-Class" armor. And it is also apparent that Aric's "Manowar-Class" armor is much more powerful than the Wolf. Are there other classes? Perhaps…
By the way, now it is very clear what "X-O Manowar" means when it appears as the title of the comic.
Anyway, Lydia and Prather argue back and forth about the best way to apprehend Aric in order to reclaim the armor that he stole. For some reason, they need the Manowar armor, but Aric has not been an easy target. Lydia begins to formulate another plan to capture Aric.
We cut back to Aric, and it turns out he is in Long Island. The police are at the scene of his battle with the Wolf-Class armor, and hidden out of sight is Ken, Aric's guide and friend in the new world. Aric carries Ken and flies towards a large Long Island house. The house belongs to Ken's doctor, and once inside, Ken gets his wound tended to as Aric gets fed. (Don't forget, last issue Ken's arm was severed at the elbow by laser fire. We'll be keeping an eye on that wound…) Ken begins to tell Aric exactly why the Spider-Aliens want him and his armor. When Aric stole the Manowar armor, he also destroyed the aliens' spaceship. Now they are stuck on Earth and need Aric's armor in order to build a new spaceship. Ken knows this because he used to work for the aliens, but now he is also a wanted man for helping Aric.
Now in Northampton, Massachusetts, Lydia and Prather prepare to unleash alien troops on the Long Island house where Aric is. Apparently, they are able to track the armor, something that Aric has no knowledge of. The forces are ready, but Lydia knows that they don't stand a chance against Aric's power. This attack, it seems, is merely the first part in a more elaborate agenda.
No sooner does Lydia give the order to attack than Spider-Aliens descend upon Aric and his people in Long Island. Spider-Alien soldiers, unarmored yet wielding standard laser weapons, storm the house and press the attack. But Aric has on the Manowar armor, and he is ready to fight.
A couple of things happen at this point that are worth noting. The first is pretty funny. Ken's doctor and friend, Bev, is sitting on her couch smoking a cigarette and thinking that Ken is completely nuts after hearing him talk about aliens and spiders. Aric, in full armor, stares at her funny, making Bev feel a little uncomfortable. Suddenly Aric grabs the cigarette out of Bev's mouth and looks at it, disgusted. The next panel is a close-up of Aric's head as he looks at the burning cigarette in one hand, and points to it with his other. "What are these things," he thinks. "A way to breathe smoke. Stupid." And that, ladies and gentlemen, is Valiant Comics' first (and as far as I know only) Public Service Announcement. When I first read it I couldn't stop thinking about the "Knowing is Half the Battle" PSA's at the end of every G.I. Joe episode. I just think it's hilarious that this violent barbarian thinks that smoking is bad for you.
Okay, maybe you had to be there.
The second thing is funny too, but even more than that, it is an important event that gives us more insight to the armor that Aric wears. Earlier, Aric acknowledges that when he wears the armor he can understand Ken more than when he is out of the armor. Before the Spider-Alien's attack Bev's house, Ken defends Aric's brutish behavior by telling Bev that Aric doesn't know much about the modern world and that he is not "housebroken." When Aric hears that, he starts to think about that word a lot. And when the aliens break through the wall and start attacking, Aric utters his first truly English words in what could be considered a battle cry. Gripping an antique letter-opener as a knife, Aric runs straight towards the attacking Spider-Aliens and shouts, "House…broken!" The "good skin" (Aric's name for the armor he wears) has been teaching him English! It seems that the X-O armor is creating a rapport with Aric, and one of the advantages is that finally Aric will be able to at least understand what is being said around him. This really becomes apparent and important in future issues where we will see just how fast Aric can adapt to the modern world. But for right now it's fair to say that Aric has made his first steps towards learning English.
Anyway, the Spider-Aliens attack, and immediately grab Ken. One of the aliens escapes with Ken through a window while Aric is busy fighting its comrades. It seems that this whole attack was a diversion in order to capture the real target, Ken. Using the letter-opener as a blade, Aric stabs and beheads one of the Spider-Aliens as the others escape. But he is too late, and the aliens manage to leave with Ken. Bev, naturally, has been freaking out since the attack began, wondering what the creatures were and what they wanted with Ken. She yells at Aric to do something. Aric decides to leave her house before any more damage can be done. He speaks to her using the only words he knows, "house…broken." He flies off, but not before giving her one final gift as payment for the hospitality she showed him.
When next we see Ken, he is in a Spider-Alien warehouse in Northampton. The place is crawling with Spider-Aliens, weapons, and vehicles. The aliens take Ken deep inside the complex to a holding room. Lydia and Prather are watching a large screen that shows them Aric's location. He is sleeping high in the sky (in full armor, naturally). The armor is keeping watch, and protecting Aric from danger while he sleeps. Lydia can't allow her troops to attack him while he is sleeping because the armor would surely awaken Aric in time. Originally, she had hoped that Aric would try to rescue Ken, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
The next panel brings us back to Aric as he wakes up. The armor, it seems, communicates with Aric in a non-verbal manner, almost like it is speaking to him. Aric wants to kill all of the Spider-Aliens, so he lets the armor take him to wherever they are. The armor seems to know their locations. So Aric flies off to do some damage.
An interesting side-note about flying. When Aric flies, it isn't in the "arms outstretched, horizontal Superman" style. Aric flies more or less as if he was walking, that is basically upright with his arms at his sides. The same can be said about Solar when he flies. Once again, keep in mind that the Valiant Universe is not supposed to be your standard stereotypical comic book universe. The writers and artists have gone to great pains to make sure that conventional comic book clichés are not used. Remember, this is supposed to be, more or less, the "real" world. And in this world, people don't fly like superheroes.
Anyway, back in the warehouse, reports are coming in that Aric has been destroying alien bases all over the northeast. Apparently, Aric is taking "kill them all" seriously. Lydia talks to Ken, who is now a prisoner of the Spider-Aliens. She was hoping that using Ken as bait would lure Aric to the warehouse, but he seems to be smarter than he looks. Ken doesn't know anything about why Aric isn't showing up, and he certainly does not want to help Lydia anyway. Lydia decides to find out more about Aric. From the aliens' records, we find out that Aric is a Visigoth, part of an Eastern Germanic tribe in the time of the Roman Empire. He was plucked form Earth around 2,000 years ago. Kept in stasis most of that time, Lydia figures that Aric believes only a few years have passed since his capture. Armed with this knowledge, Lydia sets a new plan in motion…
Meanwhile, Aric cuts a bloody swath through the Spider-Alien bases. It's definitely not a good time to be a Spider-Alien as Aric kills every one he sees. At a base in Pennsylvania, Aric is surprised when he hears someone calling his name through the speakers in his helmet. Thinking that the only being that knows his name is his god, Lugh, Aric starts to fly towards where the armor tells him the voice is coming from.
Back in the warehouse, a small team of aliens unshackles Ken as they prepare to move him to a more secure location. Ken's bandaged stump starts to leak blood, and he uses that to tempt his captors. Unable to resist just a taste of human blood, one of the Spider-Aliens makes a move towards Ken. But before he can stick his fangs in Ken's arm, Ken swipes the guard's weapon and starts shooting his way out of the cell.
At that moment, Aric lands in front of the Chrysler Building in New York. Guarding the doors is a force of Spider-Aliens, but they are dressed in tunics and helmets that resemble Roman warriors. They wield swords and shields instead of lasers. Aric believes that the Chrysler Building is a castle belonging to the king of his enemies, and that the warriors blocking his way are the king's elite guardsmen. But bringing a sword to a fight against Manowar-Class armor is like trying to chisel granite with a straw. Needless to say, Aric destroys every guard in his way, and finally makes it into the building.
Inside the building, on one of the upper floors, we see Lydia and Prather dressed in royal attire. Lydia's plan is to make Aric think that he has taken the fight to the heart of an empire. That is why they are all dressed in costume. They will feign surrender, and once Aric believes that he has taken control of the "empire," Lydia will strike. But first, Aric must make it to the throne room. And make it he does (after killing Spider-Aliens trying to escape in an elevator).
Once in the throne room, Lydia tells Prather (who is dressed as a king) to run up to Aric with a sword. Prather is worried that Aric will do more than just take his sword and scepter, but Lydia assures him that everything will go as planned. But Aric runs towards Prather and does not appear to slow down at all. Prather desperately hopes that Aric will not kill him.
Aric kills him. Shoots his head off with the armor's lasers actually.
Grabbing the king's sword and scepter as the spoils of victory, Aric rightfully claims his seat on the throne next to Lydia. The remaining aliens continue the charade, and bow before Aric. Aric wants them to bring him Ken, and motions them to leave while shouting, "K'nn! K'nn!" Lydia tells the aliens to leave them alone.
Once seated, Aric notices that Lydia wants to bathe him and clean any wounds that he might have. Feeling that this is a necessary duty of a queen, Aric removes his armor. And that is exactly what Lydia was hoping he would do. As she bathes him she speaks to him with a soothing voice, calling him by his name, although he doesn't understand her words. She moves closer to his neck, and as she opens her mouth we see large fangs appear. She opens wide and is about to make the killing blow when Aric lunges around and stabs her with the antique letter opener right through her heart! Aric has experienced too much with the Spider-Aliens to trust them or any female that associates with them. Lydia, because she is not human, still lives after being stabbed, and tries to run away. Aric finally understands that it was not his god that called him to this place, but Lydia herself. He makes a grab for her but only catches her robe, which easily comes off. Lydia stands naked in front of Aric, and she is covered in fur like a tarantula, although she is still vaguely humanoid. Pretty gross, if you ask me. She jumps out of the window and falls to the street below. Since this whole scene took place on the top floor of the Chrysler Building, it seems pretty certain that Lydia fell to her death. Or did she…?
We finally cut back to Ken in the warehouse, where he is surrounded by the Spider-Aliens that he shot dead. Suddenly he sees Aric on a view screen. Aric, in full armor, is hooked up via many cables and conduits to many large futuristic computer banks. Ken realizes what is happening…Aric patched into the aliens' communication web. He now has control of their computers and information! And according to Ken, that means that he and Aric have won!
What exactly have they won? The answer to that will be in the next column, but it sure seems like Aric has won an important battle nonetheless. What will it mean for his and Ken's future? A lot, actually, but we'll get to that next time.
This brings us to the end of this column, but fear not…we will return shortly to continue this look at everyone's favorite armored barbarian. The next article will cover the third issue of the X-O series. In it, we'll be treated to the return of a character that was thought destroyed, as well as one of the first crossovers in the Valiant Universe.
As always, thanks for reading.
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Linkins Lake is a beautiful high-alpine, above treeline lake on Independence that provides awesome views of the Elk Mountains and Collegiate Peaks. The lake it is only about .6 miles from the trailhead with a gain of 510 vertical feet, making it quite steep, but short. This is an out and back hike to the lake and can be done in about hour if you take a short break at the lake.
The best time to visit Linkins Lake, and most everything else in the Colorado high country is earlier in the day. Thunderstorms are common in the afternoon, especially in July and August. High snow years will prevent access to the lake until late in June or early July.
Linkins Lake is just over a half mile from Highway 82. There aren't many alpine lakes this accessible, so it's worth the sweat equity.
The trailhead is just off of Highway 82 18.5 miles from downtown Aspen on the last major switchback before the road turns to the right and makes a long ascent to the top of the Pass.
Attention: Highway 82 is closed from roughly Oct 31 through May 31 due to snow conditions. Access can be limited in early summer due to snow at this high alpine location. Mid- to late-June is usually a safe time to start hiking here.


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Q: PHP color intensity detection How can I detect intensity of this hex color: #000000? I can use that method for this code.
For example if background color is black, text-color must be set to #FFFFFF (white). I'm using this snippet for generating random color:
$random_color = '#'.base_convert(rand(0, 16777215), 10, 16);

A: There're couple of valid approaches but the simpliest is to convert your color to grayscale and then check if result value is in upper half or lower. If in upper, then it's light color and you should use i.e. black as text color, if in lower, then it's dark, so white will work best. Something like this:
function getReadableTextColor( $backgroundColor ) {
    $R = ($backgroundColor >> 16 ) & 0x000000ff;
    $G = ($backgroundColor >>  8 ) & 0x000000ff;
    $B = ($backgroundColor       ) & 0x000000ff;

    // grayscale: 0.3RED + 0.59GREEN + 0.11Blue
    $K = (($R * 0.3) + ($G * 0.59) + ($B * 0.11));

    // black fg color for light background, white for dark ones
    return ( $K > 128 ) ? 0x000000 : 0xffffff;
}

then use like this
$bgColor = rand(0, 16777215);
$bgcolorHTML = '#' . base_convert($bgColor, 10, 16);
$fgColor = getReadableTextColor( $bgColor );
$fgColorHtml = '#' . base_convert($fgColor, 10, 16);

A: I think, You need to calculate the negative color for good readability. Try this function:
<?php
    function NegativeColor($color)
    {
        $r = substr($color, 0, 2);
        $g = substr($color, 2, 2);
        $b = substr($color, 4, 2);

        //Invert colors, (255  - colVal)
        $r = 0xff-hexdec($r);
        $g = 0xff-hexdec($g);
        $b = 0xff-hexdec($b);

        return str_pad(dechex($r),2,0,STR_PAD_LEFT)
               .str_pad(dechex($g),2,0,STR_PAD_LEFT)
               .str_pad(dechex($b),2,0,STR_PAD_LEFT);
    }
    var_dump(NegativeColor('000000'));
    //output : string(6) "ffffff"
?>

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Groups – The groups pursue the climate. Guests rush to Los Cabos from October through May, following the warm temperatures and flawless daylight. This is additionally when Cabo San Lucas holds a significant number of its real occasions, including Billfish Release Tournament, Stars and Stripes Fishing and Gold Tournament, and the Rhythm, Color, and Flavor of Los Cabos celebration. Groups amid this time will be the most thick, especially in prime whale-watching season. Groups thin amid the blustery season and the more sultry months of the mid year.
Cost – As the groups pursue the climate, the costs pursue the groups. You can hope to pay premium costs on lodging, dinners, and stock in the high season, or October through May. This is when lodgings and eateries are reserved, and sellers charge more for their admissions to take advantage of the traveler business. It moderates in the low season, June through September, on account of the climate. Lodgings endeavor to lure guests to their unfilled rooms by offering colossal arrangements. Different organizations take action accordingly and drop costs in all cases.
This area is known for the most sizzling nightlife in the entire of North America. You can eat, drink and move all during that time before making a beeline for your cabo resort. Watch goliath whales swimming to Cabo among January and March and for additional fervor you could do it in a vessel. Participate in water sports and shoreline exercises amid your stay in the city as well.
Cabo San Lucas can be your heaven on the off chance that you go amid the proper season. To unwind, loosen up, and appreciate calm shorelines, the off-season is extremely lovely. The energetic and energizing pace of the high season, on the other hand, offers a magnificent experience for some. The decision is yours, and Cabo San Lucas is pausing.


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Building Suburbs That Last #4 – Supporting Home Based Businesses
December 22, 2009 By Aaron M. Renn
This is another installment in my periodic series "Buildings Suburbs That Last". Rather than restate the intro yet again, I'll just encourage you to read the setup to this series, as well any any earlier installments you care to.
The Setup: Review: Retrofitting Suburbia
Part One: Strategy
Part Two: New Urbanism and Parcelization
Part Three: The Mother of All Impact Fees
Extra: End Property Tax Collection in Arrears
A lot of the discussion of sustainability in the suburbs revolves around New Urbanism. I think this can have a role to play, but New Urbanism is to a great extent concerned with making suburbs look urban areas moreso than act like them. In fact, a principal tool of new urbanism is the so-called "form based code". Its very name says what it is about. But while I'm all in favor of good urban form (in the right context), what's truly important is urban function. Modernists decreed that form should follow function while in sustainability debates it is basically assumed that function follows form. I'm not sure that's always the case. (I should note that New Urbanism itself is far from restricted to suburban settings, but is often discussed there).
I believe there is more that needs to be done, particularly in the area of breathing true economic life into the suburb. You may recall from my earlier post The True City, I classify economic activity into three types:
Local Goods and Services. That is to say, things produced for purely local consumption. Grocery stores, salons, that sort of thing
Branch or Departmental. Captive exports used to fulfill a specific directed demand from elsewhere. The auto plant is the paradigmatic example.
Indigenous Export Industries. Internally directed and generated production to fulfill non-captive demand from elsewhere. This work, often innovative, is what constitutes the independent economic life force of a city
All places have businesses of the first and second type. But without the third type, the indigenous economic life, a place is what I call a "shadow city". That is, it is a place conjured into existence by outside forces for their own needs. And when those needs are no more, the shadow collapses on itself. You can think of places like Flint, Michigan or Anderson, Indiana as more or less shadows cast by Detroit. And once Detroit no longer needed them…
Most suburbs are shadow cities. That is, the bulk of the commerce that takes place in them are of the level one and two variety. I think of Level Two type industry in the suburbs as something like big box retail. The problem is, the minute problems start to hit, all these uses, and their tax dollars, and flee to the next ring out. To stop that from happening, we need to build suburbs where there is much more indigenous production outside of the local goods and services variety.
One way to do this is to encourage more home based businesses. Most places allow home based businesses, but often only with onerous restrictions that make growing them beyond one or two people problematic. We need to correct that. We should be encouraging home based businesses not just in the city, but also in the suburbs. The vast bulk of these will never get big, but some of them could grow and eventually graduate to local office space. Some may leave the suburb altogether, but you've got a much better chance of retaining a business if it started in your town that if it were never there to begin with.
Over at New Geography, Rick Harrison had a great piece on this called Residential Zoning and the Cyber Village. I recommend reading it since he actually operated a home based business and knows it well, plus has some interesting recommendations.
One of those is a new zoning classification he calls "Residential/Business":
The Residential/Business (RB zoning) would be an entirely new land use, sort of a morphing of an office center and a neighborhood of luxury single family homes. Office complexes typically have a higher degree of landscaping and architectural detail than single family developments. In the RB neighborhood, homes would be large and impressive with heavily landscaped commons that serve as pedestrian access to the businesses that are located within the home structure.
Another type is the "Cyber Office":
Unlike the Residential/Business solution, homes in the Cyber Village need not be as business intensive or change the character of a neighborhood. A main component of the Cyber Village is the Cyber Office, serving as the community foundation for business activity. This facility, complete with offices, reception services, mail services, meeting rooms, board rooms, reference libraries and office equipment, would serve subscribers (businesses within the neighborhood) for their out-of-office and administrative needs. This Cyber Office location could serve as the hub for deliveries, recycling, storm shelter, resource center, rideshare, and other community resource needs. Subscribers would choose the level of access to the facility based on their own individual business needs. The features of the cyber office would lend credibility and added professionalism to a residence-based business without breaking the bank.
The Cyber Village concept is one I find particular intriguing. When I reviewed Retrofitting Suburbia I noted that most of the examples focused on commercial property, where, for example, acquiring and scraping an abandoned strip mall is easier than trying to figure out what to do with a struggling subdivision.
The Cyber Village perhaps offers a "cul-de-sac retrofit" option. Perhaps existing subdivisions could take some of their common areas, and redevelop them as business centers instead of the traditional recreation center or whatever. Do what you can to import mixed use into the residential environment without changing its fundamental character, something even the biggest advocates of suburban retrofits don't yet have an answer to.
If you can't recreate the built form of the urban environment that supported traditional mixed use, then perhaps there are ways to take a suburban development pattern and find a way to make that more compatible with a new kind of mixed use. Even if it didn't look like what we expected, we could get many of the same touted urban benefits, such as walkable (or no) commutes.
Whether or not new built forms are involved, I think any suburb that wants to be around for the long haul ought to do what it can to make itself friendly to home based and other locally owned small businesses. Again, especially those beyond basic local retail and services. Putting all your faith in major national chains in shopping centers as your tax base is recipe for ruin over the lifecycle of a suburb.
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Alon Levy says
Harrison is reinventing the wheel. Mixed residential/commercial zoning already exists: for example, in New York, most commercial zoning allows residential uses of the same floor area ratio, including mixed-use buildings.
In addition, a Brookings study comparing land use in the US and Germany says that in Germany, residential zoning regulations already allow many home-based businesses, such as doctor's offices.
Neither German cities nor New York has any requirement that single-family homes in mixed-use subdivisions be very large and imposing. That would be counterproductive – large suburban homes tend to make pedestrian experience worse.
cdc guy says
Alon, New York has plenty of "very large and imposing" residences. They just happen to be vertical and on very narrow (sometimes also small) lots. Streetcar suburban neighborhoods in Indianapolis are walkable because the lots are relatively narrow.
It's the lot size and configuration that makes suburbs unwalkable.
Perhaps I am too pessimistic, but I tend to think that the issue of retrofiting inner (and outer) ring suburbs pales in comparison to that of halting exurban greenfield development.
Lest you think that that has nothing to do with this series, that we have to figure out what to do with aging suburbs also, my point is that exurban sprawl has to be stopped before any sort of retrofitting looks good enough to be feasible (economically and politically).
Instead, we'll probably just keep on building giant lot suburbs, then wondering how to handle them once they age. If that goes on, all of Aaron's good advice contained here will not only fall on deaf ears, but it will be irrelevant, since no one wants to make the hard decisions till they have to do so. Create some sort of urban growth limits (not necessarily Portland-style), and market forces will make the retrofitting begin (though rezoning as Harrison suggests is key).
JG says
I mostly agree Steve. Halting the wasteful trend of investing resources into the exurban greenfields will free-up that capital, labor, and resources for reinvestment in the aging suburbs, hopefully. With finite resources and an expanding "donut" around cities, the scales are tipped toward increasing amounts of cheap land for the foreseeable future. I do like Aaron's previously posted ideas on this.
I believe this desperately needs to occur on a national scale, however, with a lot of thought and care. I worry about one city nobley adopting such policies, and "losing out" to similar cities in their region who continue sprawl development. (I suspect soneone could cite examples where this has already occured.)
Keeping residential density modestly high (much higher than what exist in many of the older American cities) within a mile or two of the central business district is key for their viability, IMO. The allure of "new" offered by many growing suburbs is artificial and fueled by the developer and land owners, understandably operating within the rules of American commerce. Though many cite the city as "no place to raise a family" far too many who are single (whether young, divorced, or elderly) still remain suburban bound. I don't know what the next idea in creating that demand for the city is, tough I suspect shutting down the ruse of "new" means "better" and therefore you are "better, too" has to be done. (I like cities, so I am biased.)
Actually, the "teardown" phenomenon is happening in first-ring affluent suburbs already. This has even happened in Indianapolis, with a twist:
Along Allisonville Road north of 65th, a fair number of houses were built on 1-2 acre lots. In several cases over the past 10-20 years, the original house has been acquired by developers who re-divided the land into 4-6 McMansion lots.
While it is definitely not my cup o' tea, it is one model for densification of the inner ring.
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TODAY.AZ / Politics
Azerbaijani top presidential aide denies deal on int'l mechanisms for Karabakh Armenians
09 December 2022 [09:59] - TODAY.AZ
Statements on the achievement of an agreement on creating international mechanisms for protecting the rights and security of Armenians living in Karabakh are wide off the mark, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan - Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev said.
He said this in a comment on the statement of Armenian Secretary of the Security Council Armen Grigoryan about the alleged achievement in Washington of an agreement on the creation of international mechanisms to protect the rights and security of Karabakh Armenians.
Hikmat Hajiyev revealed the essence of the discussions he had with Armen Grigoryan, adding that it was unilaterally distorted.
"In my October 13 interview with Azerbaijani media, I gave detailed information about the content and nature of the discussions held in Washington. Once again, I want to note that the statements about the agreement allegedly reached in Washington on the creation of international mechanisms regarding the rights and security of the Armenian population living in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan are false. The discussion of an issue in negotiations does not mean that an agreement has been reached on this issue. On September 27, at a meeting at the White House in Washington, hosted by US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, we reiterated that Azerbaijan would not discuss the rights and security of the Armenian population living in Karabakh with any international partners, as this is the internal affairs of our country, regulated under the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The talks of national sovereignty and the creation of an international mechanism are out of the question. Azerbaijan does not intend to discuss this issue either with Armenia or with other states and organizations. At the meeting, the US representative once again expressed respect for the sovereignty of Azerbaijan," Hajiyev said.
Hikmat Hajiyev believes that speeches of Armenian officials with such statements about the sovereign territories of Azerbaijan are contrary to the declarations in Prague and Sochi and are regarded as an encroachment on the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan.
"These and other contradictory statements and unnecessary new elements put forward recently by Armenian officials testify to the intention of Armenia to deliberately disrupt the negotiations on a peace agreement and create only an imitation of talks. We recommend that the Armenian side abandon such destructive policies, demonstrate the political will to ensure lasting peace and security in the region, and thoughtfully participate in the negotiations on a peace treaty," the presidential aide added.
URL: http://www.today.az/news/politics/228992.html
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Steve has been working in insurance and technology since 1987 when he designed and managed the implementation of one of the first successful life underwriting expert systems. Since then he has been involved with startups as a founder, investor, board member, and advisor. In addition, he has provided strategic consulting to many of the largest insurance companies. Steve has been on the advisory board of the Brown University Entrepreneurship program since its inception and served as board president for many years. He has also been an advisor to Slater Technology Fund, managing partner of Building2 Investments LLC, and a judge in numerous business plan competitions. Steve has a BS from Brooklyn College and ScM and PhD degrees from Brown University.


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Q: Why wont my list amount count update when a new item is added? So I've got a base from a source: https://codepen.io/Russbrown/pen/IgBuh?editors=1010 , for a simple to-do list which I will expand upon.
However, when I press the checkbox on an item, the total amount of items needing to be completed does not update.
Here is the code:
index.php:
<!DOCTYPE html>

        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

        <meta name="description" content="">
        <meta name="author" content="Ryan Shah">

        <link rel="icon" href="img/favicon.ico">

        <title>Todo List - Untitled</title>

        <link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet">

Remaining Tasks: {{getItems()}}

                    <input type="checkbox" ng-model="item.completed" />
                    {{item.itemText}}

            <form>
                <input class="add-input" placeholder="I need to..." type="text" ng-model="newItemText" ng-model-instant />
                <button class="add-btn" ng-click="insert()">
Add
</button>
            </form>

app.js:
var app = angular.module('ToDo', []);
app.controller('listCtrl', function listCtrl($scope) {
    $scope.list = [
        {
            itemText: 'Hello World',
            completed: false
        },
        {
            itemText: 'Hello :)',
            completed: false
        }
    ];

    $scope.getItems = function() {
        return $scope.list.length;
    };

    $scope.insert = function() {
        $scope.list.push({
            text: $scope.newItemText,
            completed: false
        });
        $scope.newItemText = '';
    };

    $scope.clear = function() {
        $scope.list = _.filter($scope.list, function(item) {
            return !item.completed;
        });
    };
});

N.B.: I tried using things like ng-true-value and ng-false-value on the checkboxes, but that didn't want to work either.
Help is greatly appreciated :)

A: Here is a working plunker based on your code.
I use a variable items instead of getItems so it updates when I change the value from the controller and added a ng-click to the checkbox.

Remaining Tasks: {{items}}

    <input type="checkbox" ng-model="item.completed" ng-click='check(item)'/>
    {{item.itemText}}

And in the controller, I added a function check that increments or decrements if when check or uncheck the check box:
 $scope.items = $scope.list.length;

    $scope.check = function(item) {
      console.log('check ' + item.completed);
      if (item.completed) {
        $scope.items--;
      } else {
        $scope.items++;
      }
    }
    $scope.getItems = function() {
        return $scope.list.length;
    };

    $scope.insert = function() {
        $scope.list.push({
            text: $scope.newItemText,
            completed: false
        });
        $scope.items++;
        $scope.newItemText = '';
    };

Also,in the insert function I increment 'items' when we add a new item, so the total items left is accurate.
For the clear completed items, I added a button that class clear() via ng-click:
 $scope.clear = function() {
    console.log('clear');
    for (var i = 0; i < $scope.list.length; i++) {
      $scope.list[i].completed = false;
    }
    $scope.items = $scope.list.length;
  };

And the HTML:
<button class="add-btn" ng-click="clear()">

Clear Completed

</button>

Let us know if that helps.

A: First, the new items aren't being shown because you have it:
text: $scope.newItemText,

instead of:
itemText: $scope.newItemText,

A snippet working counting the uncompleted items:

(function() {
  "use strict";
  angular.module('app', [])
    .controller('mainCtrl', function($scope) {
      $scope.list = [{
        itemText: 'Hello World',
        completed: false
      }, {
        itemText: 'Hello :)',
        completed: false
      }];

      $scope.insert = function() {
        $scope.list.push({
          itemText: $scope.newItemText,
          completed: false
        });
        $scope.newItemText = '';
        // Supposing that all items will be added as uncompleted
        $scope.listTotal++;
      };

      // Initialization of listTotal...
      $scope.listTotal = $scope.list.filter(function(item) {
        return !item.completed;
      }).length;

      $scope.get_total = function(item) {
        // Easy way to increment / decrement the total
        $scope.listTotal += item.completed ? -1 : 1;
      };
    });
})();

        <input type="checkbox" ng-model="item.completed" ng-change="get_total(item)" />

    <form>
      <input class="add-input" placeholder="I need to..." type="text" ng-model="newItemText" ng-model-instant />
      <button class="add-btn" ng-click="insert()">

Add
</button>
    </form>

I hope it helps.

A: There is no code to invoke clear, so add to controller:
$scope.$watch('list', $scope.clear, true);

And in view

Remaining Tasks: {{list.length || 0}}


It's the bag we pack months ahead of time but what should we REALLY be packing in that hospital bag of ours? What are the things we really need and which items can we live without? We think we have the perfect guide to packing your bag ready for a new arrival and asking lots of new Mummy bears what they found most useful and which items they could have gladly left at home, we think it's one you really must read before due day!
Camera – We all love an Instagram husband but now is going to be his shining photography moment. He needs the best tools possible and a phone camera often isn't going to cut the mustard with those shaky Dad hands!
A snack – He might eat yours otherwise!
A mini bottle of Prosecco – It's been 9 months and you deserve a toast we think!
Have you any other items that you'd add to our list?


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Втора́я Звенигоро́дская у́лица — улица в центре Москвы на Пресне между Мантулинской улицей и Звенигородским шоссе.

Происхождение названия
Название получила по примыканию к Звенигородскому шоссе. Номер улицы — наследие тех времен, когда существовали 1—6-я Звенигородские улицы (ныне они переименованы и стали улицами 1905 Года, Анны Северьяновой, Сергея Макеева, Костикова и Анатолия Живова).

В 1960 году одна из улиц Кунцева получила название Звенигородская улица.

Описание
2-я Звенигородская улица начинается от Мантулинской и проходит на север, пересекает Шмитовский проезд, слева к ней примыкает улица Анатолия Живова, затем пересекает улицу Костикова и выходит на Звенигородское шоссе напротив 2-го Звенигородского переулка.

Здания и сооружения

По нечётной стороне
 Дом 13 — Пресненский машиностроительный завод;
 Дом 13, строение 3 — Новый издательский дом;
 Дом 13, строение 43 — Москоммерцбанк;
 Дом 15 — НИИ проблем укрепления законности и правопорядка при Генеральной прокуратуре РФ; Криминологическая ассоциация России;Университет прокуратуры Российской Федерации

По чётной стороне
 Дом 2/1, строение 1 — Русское профессиональное издательство; Русское медицинское издательство.
 Дом 12 — Лакокрасочный завод Товарищества братьев Мамонтовых (Краснопресненский), XIX век. Организация Архнадзор подавала в Мосгорнаследие заявку на присвоение зданию статуса памятника промышленной архитектуры, однако по ней было вынесено отрицательное решение. Несмотря на протесты градозащитников и отсутствие надлежащей документации, завод был снесён в 2019-м году. На участке планируется возведение жилого комплекса.

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 Официальный сайт управы Пресненского района
 Общемосковский классификатор улиц Москвы  ОМК УМ

 2-я Звенигородская улица: учреждения и организации.

Улицы Москвы, названные в честь городов


We left sunny and warm Cambodia and flew to London. One of the things we miss in Bali is beautiful green parks and wide footpaths! It is very hard to find somewhere safe and level to walk around, hence we were super excited to head to London for a few weeks.
Scott and I lived in London (Marble Arch and Putney) from 2002 through to the end of 2004. We had a great life and loved pretty much every part of our time there. I was so looking forward to taking our kids back and exploring all of the places we used to got to.
Once we had arrived and settled in we took off to go for a walk and show the kids as much as we could. The first place we went to was Big Ben in Westminster. Tom is really into Danger Mouse at the moment and was extremely excited to see Westminster Abbey, Big Ben and more importantly the red letterbox outside where Danger Mouse lives.
The next stop was Piccadily and Leister Square (one of my favourite parts of London). We went to Chinatown for lunch and walked up Regent street to Hamleys toy shop. The kids squealed with delight and we spent a few happy/long hours wandering through the 5 floors.
Milo hanging out with the Lego Queen!
The boys were captivated by all the demonstrations in the toy shop. Especially the paper/cardboard planes that do a full 360 degree loop and come back to you.
I love their faces! Totally captivated by the paper planes!
We also spent time in Green Park (my personal favourite) I just love walking around under the magnificent trees. The park is so lovely and Green and so close to Leister square. We had a few picnic lunches here and as much as I enjoyed it …. the boys would have really enjoyed some play equipment. Other than luscious green parks, another thing London does well is take away sandwiches and Salads. My favourite is, and always has been Pret a Manger (Ready to Eat)) however since I left 10 years ago. Marks and Spencer's have really improved their take away lunches and we bought some great (and easy) salads, dips and sandwiches from there as well! I can highly recommend picking up something to eat in the train station and walking into the middle of the park to eat it!
We also wandered through St James Park on the way up to Buckingham Palace and magically stumbled across the Horses Guard Parade grounds. What a beautiful building tucked away in the middle of London! I can't believe I lived here for over 2 years and never knew it existed!
As luck would have it we managed to turn up to Buckingham Palace just as the interesting part of changing of the guards happened (if there is one( and the boys got to see the guards up close, complete with horses, swords and beefeaters!
One of my favourite (new) parks of London is the Princess Diana Memorial Park which is located in the north-west corner of Hyde Park, just north of Kensington Palace. The park is absolutely fabulous and a must visit for anyone with little kids. It is large, gated and guarded and filled with loads of wonderful equipment and activities. We visited it 3 or 4 times just because the boys loved it so much.
There is a massive Pirate ship in the middle that kept our boys entertained for hours!
The have a man-made river running through the middle. The kids had a ball splashing in the water and playing with some of our friends.
I managed to catch up with my gorgeous long-time online friend Sam. We have been emailing and chatting to each other since we were pregnant with Tom and Abi (Abi is about a week older than Tom) and it was so wonderful to finally meet!
One of the highlights of coming back to London for both of us was the pubs! I have to admit I LOVE the pub culture. I love the warm cosiness in winter and the open gardens in Summer. My absolute all-time favourite Pub is the Churchill Arms on Kensington Church street. When we lived there, I used to work close by and we would often go for drinks after work. It is covered in beautiful flowers and inside is just as crazy. From the roof hangs millions of pots and pans which kind of resemble an Asian shanty town which I guess is intentional as out the back is a fabulous Thai restaurant! It is quite famous and often difficult to get a table. If you are in West London (very close to Notting Hill) and want a great London Pub experience I can highly recommend it!
Me and my little brother Harry. So great to catch up (he lives in London) and super cool to show him my favourite old pub!
One more photo just because it is just so pretty!
We also visited loads of other pubs and just LOVED enjoying sunday roasts, fish and chips and curry's again. The weather ranged from freezing to boiling so we luckily were able to slot in some nice old fashioned pub roasts with a glass of red, complete with a roaring fire!
Lastly ….. London life is heavily reliant on trains. This was a highlight. The boys absolutely loved travelling around on all the trains and buses. However to be completely honest one of the things I was most shocked about was the complete lack of support for prams and wheelchairs in train stations (disgusted is probably a better word). Many of the London stations don't have lifts or escalators which make it very difficult to get through if you are on your own with a pram, let alone wheelchairs. I have no idea how you are supposed to get around with either as the buses are not much better. Thankfully both Scott and I can carry a pram down subway steps so it didn't effect us too much.
We had a wonderful time and it was so great to go back to all the places we have been reminiscing about for the last 10 years. The boys have really taken to travelling and are loving spending lots of time together. Adventure Tom (his new name for himself) has decided that he might like to live separately from us when we return to Bali as apparently Scott, Milo and I slow him down and he would like to travel a bit faster after he turns 6! Righto ….. game on kiddo!


Abdulkareem disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking at the interactive session and get-together with international staff organised by the Centre for International Education (CIE).
The vice-chancellor said that the university management would continue to do its best to inspire and motivate all staff, particularly, international scholars, in accordance with the Federal Government's commitment to manpower development.
"I foresee a time when the rate of foreign nationals coming to work in this University will become huge just as our staff in foreign universities abroad will also become very huge," he said.
Abdulkareem, who was represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Management Services), Prof. Bolaji Sule, said that the contributions of international staff to the growth of the University have never gone unnoticed. He said: "we are not unmindful of the sacrifices you are making for your career in this University that has grown to become a pride of Nigeria and Africa".
The VC said that the University has international staff members as scholars from African countries such as Ghana, Congo, Egypt and Asian countries like Sri Lanka working side by side their Nigerian colleagues to keep the University's flag flying.
"More of these nationals will be employed in years to come to further strengthen our brand as a global University. "I see coming generations of the current international scholars, their biological and academic children, coming back into our midst settling down here, marrying our people, working and retiring here," the Vice-Chancellor said.


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