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DBMI Doctoral Student Wins "RAAHPer of the Year" Award
Pittsburgh, PA Ė Jeannie Yuhaniak-Irwin, a third-year PhD student at the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at the University of Pittsburgh, got the biggest surprise of her academic life to see her name etched on a crystal plaque as she became the winner of the "2008 RAAHPer of the Year" Award from the NYU College of Dentistry.
Presented annually by the NYU Oral Cancer Research for Adolescent and Adult Health Promotion (RAAHP) Center, the award is to honor the individual who has made outstanding contributions to research activities at the RAAHP Center in the previous year. Established in 2001, the RAAHP Center won a seven-year, $8.3 million grant from the NIH to investigate several key questions in the research on oral cancer disparities in African American and Hispanic minority groups, These included identifying factors contributing to oral cancer disparities, determining the best techniques to diagnose oral cancer, and developing and testing new strategies for intervention.
Over the course of the project, the Center has been collaborating widely with researchers across various universities. To help facilitate the collaboration, the RAAHP Center subcontracted with the Center for Dental Informatics (CDI) to develop a "research collaboratory." The goals of the collaboratory research project were to create an electronic infrastructure to help participants work together more effectively and efficiently; study the collaborative process; disseminate research results to interested audiences; and investigate the feasibility of improving oral cancer diagnosis and management practices using information technology-based interventions.
In 2007-2008, the Informatics Core was actively involved in two research projects: the Oral Cancer Web Site Project and the project on Cancer Screening and Research Subject Participation by Minorities. The Oral Cancer Web Site Project aims to evaluate the design, organization and credibility of English and Spanish oral cancer Web sites to identify gaps in the dissemination of online oral cancer information. The goals of the Cancer Screening Project are to investigate if minorities have a greater reluctance to participate in biomedical studies than whites, and to determine how various factors influence the comparative willingness of ethnic/racial groups to participate in biomedical research.
As a member of the Informatics Core, Yuhaniak-Irwin was the lead investigator of the Oral Cancer Web Site Project and was in charge of conducting the study and developing the final manuscript. For the second project, her major responsibilities were to support the informatics needs of RAAHP researchers and facilitate the online bi-weekly meetings of six researchers from five states over the course of three years with Web-conferencing software.
With the high-quality and invaluable support from the CDI, especially with "Jeannieís skills and deep commitment," researchers of the Cancer Screening Project have been very prolific in writing and publishing 14 scientific papers and 22 abstracts, according to Ralph V. Katz, DMD, MPH, PhD, director of the RAAHP Center, and professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology & Health Promotion at New York University. "Without the Informatics Core, the Cancer Screening Project of the RAAHP Center would never have been as productive or as efficient," said Katz.
For Yuhaniak-Irwin, working with a group of top-ranking researchers and seeing their scientific productivity has been an equally exciting and fruitful experience. "Iíve not only learned about the RAAHP Centerís projects and findings, but also about how to be a productive and successful researcher. There were many great researchers in the past who have won the award and I was honored to be considered for the award and thrilled that my contributions helped enhance the RAAHP Center," she said.
It may be still overwhelming for her to believe that she actually won the award, but the crystal plaque is already sitting proudly on the bookshelf in her office.


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Microstructured surfaces have been found to be energy efficient and cost effective through enhancement of heat transfer, drag reduction and anti-fouling in areas such as thermal engineering, fluid mechanics, microelectronics and transportation. However, their use with the condensation phenomenon has yet to receive considerable attention. Therefore, based on a new approach to recover energy in humid environments, the influence of different geometries manufactured on stainless steel inserts via micro-wire electro discharge machining (µ-WEDM) on condensation was analysed. The experimental work was carried out in a chamber with a high percentage of relative humidity (% RH) comparing the geometries against an unstructured surface. The experimental results showed a differential temperature (ΔT), 26% higher than the unstructured surface. Thus, it is reasonable to believe that this experimental study could be used in the design of energy recovery systems to enhance condensation heat transfer.
Keywords Microstructured Surfaces, Heat Transfer Enhancement, Condensation, Biomimetic Engineering, µWEDM.


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Miejsce Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery doesn’t have an address. Heading from Miejsce to Świerczów via Parkowa Street, pass through the fields and stop when the forest area on the western side of the road starts. The cemetery is situated at the edge of the forest, adjacent to the road.
Is the cemetery demolished
Type and height of existing fence
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The Miejsce Jewish Cemetery is located in a wooded area, surrounded by agricultural fields. The cemetery is situated at the edge of the forest and is slightly overgrown, but accessible. During World War Two, the cemetery was destroyed by the Germans and after the war numerous matzevot were stolen by locals. Many tombstones have been preserved however and the cemetery has an information sign on the site.
Number of existing gravestones
340. The tombstones area spread over a large area. There are 240 intact (mostly standing) and over 100 small fragments. The tombstones have Hebrew and German inscriptions.
Date of oldest tombstone
1772 (info by sztetl.com), 1829 (photo by ESJF)
Date of newest tombstone
1890 (photo by ESJF)
Urgency of erecting a fence
Preserved construction on site

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Tag: Heard Together
It is not uncommon for dependant’s support claims to be commenced contemporaneously with family law claims after death, with the dependant’s support claim often forming a sort of safety net should the family law claim not be successful. This is likely in part on account of section 63(4) of the Succession Law Reform Act providing that an Order providing for the support of the deceased’s dependants can be made “despite any agreement or waiver to the contrary“, such that the court in certain circumstances can make an Order for dependant’s support notwithstanding that agreements such as marriage contracts may have been entered into prior to death which may otherwise have severely restricted the surviving spouse’s entitlements.
While it is not uncommon for family law and estates claims to be brought contemporaneously, this can sometimes result in an in issue in the form of a multiplicity of proceedings, with multiple proceedings being before the court at the same time, often on different court lists. In Toronto, the family law claims would likely proceed before the Family Court, which is governed by its own “Family Law Rules“, while the estate law claims would proceed before the Estates List of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, with such a process being governed by the more standard Rules of Civil Procedure. Different courts, different rules, different timelines.
It appears that such a multiplicity of proceedings became an issue in the recent Cohen v. Cohen decision, with the Applicant’s counsel eventually moving to have the family law and estate law proceedings consolidated and heard together before the Family Court. Opposing counsel objected, taking the position that a dependant’s support Application under Part V of the Succession Law Reform Act could not be heard before the Family Court, and that such a proceeding must proceed before the standard Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
In ultimately rejecting the position of opposing counsel, and ordering the family law claims and the estate law claims to be heard together before the Family Court, Justice Maranger provides the following commentary:
“Counsel representing the estate argued that a strict reading of section 57 (1) of the Succession Law Reform Act (“court” means the Superior Court of Justice) statutorily precludes consolidating a dependant’s relief application with a family law act application, because the SLRA does not specify Superior Court Family Branch. I reject that argument, clearly a reference to the Superior Court of Justice can in certain circumstances allow for the reading in of the Superior Court Family Branch. A family branch judge is a Superior Court judge for all purposes including hearing cases under the Succession Law Reform Act.”
Cohen v. Cohen suggests that estates law cases and family law cases can be consolidated and heard together by the same court notwithstanding that such courts may be specialized for a different purpose. What impact, if any, the use of the Family Law Rules would have upon adjudication of an Application for support under Part V of the Succession Law Reform Act remains to be seen.
Thank you for reading.

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Medelita, which makes medical lab coats and scrubs, has partnered with CIR/SEIU Healthcare. Members of the group can now receive a discount on all full-priced Medelita products through the company’s website.
The Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR) represents physicians-in-training.
“Medelita is committed to providing this exclusive benefit for members and residents of CIR/SEIU Healthcare, who deserve recognition for their impressive achievements. Medelita lab coats and scrubs are unsurpassed in function, fit, and style, giving residents a distinguished and professional appearance that is befitting of their hard work and contributions,” the company said.

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Stevie Wonder shared a hope for unity and positivity with the audience at the Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas before delivering a poignant political message by kneeling during his improvised performance of the national anthem.
According to Time Out Austin, Wonder opened his set by addressing racially divisive discourse in American politics: “I’ve never seen the color of my skin, nor the color of your skin,” he said. “What I want you to know is that we are in a race, we here, all of us here, a race against time … [so] it’s time for all the leaders, all the people, all of us to come together in the spirit of unity so we can move this world to a positive form.”
After performing classics such as “Superstitious” and “Sir Duke,” the music legend finished his set with a harmonica cover of “The Star Spangled Banner.” As seen in videos captured by fans at the event, Wonder kneeled during the performance, displaying solidarity with the professional athletes and other public figures who have kneeled in protest against institutional racism and police brutality. Time Out reported that many in the audience kneeled with Wonder in support of his message during the performance.
Watch fan shot footage of the event below.
The symbol of taking a knee during the national anthem stems from Colin Kaepernick’s public protest against police brutality last year. After the NFL received criticism from President Donald Trump, athletes and teams across the franchise kneeled in protest of the president’s statements.
Just a small snippet of the amazing 5-minute both-knee-taking instrumental Star Spangled Banner at tonight’s Stevie Wonder F1 show: pic.twitter.com/jcEoZFmjuY

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Tourism, Landscape, and the Irish Character: British Travel Writers in Pre-Famine Ireland
Picturesque but poor, abject yet sublime in its Gothic melancholy, the Ireland perceived by British visitors during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries did not fit their ideas of progress, propriety, and Protestantism. The rituals of Irish Catholicism, the lamentations of funeral wakes, the Irish language they could not comprehend, even the landscapes were all strange to tourists from England, Wales, and Scotland. Overlooking the acute despair in England’s own industrial cities, these travelers opined in their writings that the poverty, bog lands, and ill-thatched houses of rural Ireland indicated moral failures of the Irish character.
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Harriet Martineau reported the widespread assumption that “ the best hope for
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The first Moody Blues Christmas song was released on a charity CD and was never included on "December". It has reappeared on a number of compilations under different names since the original release. I particularly love this song because, despite its release in 1992, it has the vintage sound and style of the albums recorded during 1967-72. To view scans of the different CD covers please visit my website: http://moodybluesattitude.yuku.com/to...
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This is Day 10 of learning Windows XP movie maker. My goal was to work on more accurate edits by having plenty of slides to choose from and organizing them into sections that made visual sense. I decided to use a visual theme of different kinds of Christmas lights.
Like the "On the Road" video, this is incorporates faster edits to set a visual pace. Please provide feedback if you think the edits are too fast! I didn't think these images were as overwhelming as those in "On the Road", so I decided to try a quick pace again just to practice editing for rhythm.

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FROM Gordon Denoon
The Conflict between Ethiopia and Somalia Fighting continues in Somalia, after Ethiopian troops attacked Islamist forces there. While Ethiopia wants to see the moderate transitional government of Somalia back in power, old regional rivalries threaten to spread the conflict. Do Islamic fundamentalists pose a real threat in eastern Africa? Is the unstable region a breeding ground for al Qaeda terrorists? Are humanitarian agencies able to cope with the number of refugees fleeing yet another war? We look at the rise of Islamic fundamentalists in Somalia, the implications for the region, the west and the world.
Trump's Russia ties intensify with Comey firing Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe contradicted the Trump White House today, insisting the Bureau had not lost faith in former Director James Comey. He promised to notify the committee of any interference into investigation of the Trump campaign's contacts with Vladimir Putin's Russia. What do we know about those contacts… and how they relate to Trump's business interests and those of his family?
Russian probe gets jolt from Yates and Clapper Senate hearing Intelligence officials have long since concluded that Russia interfered in last year's US election. After yesterday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, what more do we know about the threat to future elections and how it's being handled by the Trump Administration?
Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.


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Michael Stotts has been named the new managing director of New Haven's Long Wharf Theater, though he won't take up the position until January. He's currently managing director of the George Street…
Set in the 1938 Appalachian coal-mining district of Pikeville County, Ky., this updated adaptation of Shakespeare was conceived by Robert L. Williams and imaginatively helmed by Susan Lambert. The…
Could Broadway be looking at another blockbuster with "Movin' Out"? In its first week of previews, the new dance musical from Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp took in $645,921 for eight performances.
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They've given us operas and operettas, so is it any wonder that Vienna is determined to make its mark in the world of musicals?
The gals have it. With a busy West End fall kicking into gear, London legit is hosting a truly serious gathering of great ladies. A single week in October sees the back-to-back openings of Glenn…
Broadway grosses continued to move up during Week 18 (Sept. 23-29) as the fall roster undergoes its annual expansion. Grosses totaled $12,462,259, a rise of 12.3%. Attendance was up by the same…
Road shows grossed $11,846,461 during Week 18 (Sept. 23-29), with the total B.O. for the 16 shows reporting notching $11,846,461. That was a rise of 4.6% over the prior frame.
When "Our Town" concluded its short 2-1/2-week run back in June at the Westport Country Playhouse, rumors immediately circulated that the Thornton Wilder revival -- featuring Paul Newman as the Stage…
Zoe Caldwell, the Australian-born actress who has won four Tony Awards for her work on Broadway, will return to her native country in June to headline Friedrich Durrenmatt's "The Visit" for the…
"Most people are happy, I read in the paper," says Bernard 1 (Daniel Craig) early on in "A Number," but Caryl Churchill's characters aren't "most people," any more than Churchill is most playwrights…


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Relationships are either the easiest things in the world or they are the hardest. Men especially have a harder time committing than most women, but with that said ANYBODY who has experience love will be able to connect with this story.
Often times people take their significant others for granted. Most people are so much more fortunate than they give themselves credit for; constantly preoccupying themselves with thoughts of things that they do not have and experiences they have in their minds that they are missing out on.
Learning to be appreciative and grateful for the things we have are important! Think about it, if you stopped for a moment and looked around, you would find yourself fortunate in most instances to look at the partner you have.
Use this story as a wakeup call, if you have someone special in your life consider yourself luck, and use this as a wakeup call…
“I did want to be with this one. I really wanted to choose her. She was an exquisite woman, brilliant and funny and sexy and sensual. She could make my whole body laugh with her quick, dark wit and short-circuit my brain with her exotic beauty. Waking up every morning with her snuggled in my arms was my happy place. I loved her wildly.
Unfortunately, as happens with many young couples, our ignorance of how to do love well quickly created stressful challenges in our relationship. Before long, once my early morning blissful reverie gave way to the strained, immature ways of our everyday life together, I would often wonder if there was another woman out there who was easier to love, and who could love me better.
As the months passed and that thought reverberated more and more through my head, I chose her less and less. Every day, for five years, I chose her a little less.
I stayed with her. I just stopped choosing her. We both suffered.
Choosing her would have meant focusing every day on the gifts she was bringing into my life that I could be grateful for: her laughter, beauty, sensuality, playfulness, companionship, and so … much … more.
Sadly, I often found it nearly impossible to embrace – or even see – what was so wildly wonderful about her.
I was too focused on the anger, insecurities, demands, and other aspects of her strong personality that grated on me. The more I focused on her worst, the more I saw of it, and the more I mirrored it back to her by offering my own worst behavior. Naturally, this only magnified the strain on our relationship … which still made me choose her even less.
Thus did our nasty death spiral play itself out over five years.
She fought hard to make me choose her. That’s a fool’s task. You can’t make someone choose you, even when they might love you.
To be fair, she didn’t fully choose me, either. The rage-fueled invective she often hurled at me was evidence enough of that.
I realize now, however, that she was often angry because she didn’t feel safe with me. She felt me not choosing her every day, in my words and my actions, and she was afraid I would abandon her.
Actually, I did abandon her.
By not fully choosing her every day for five years, by focusing on what bothered me rather than what I adored about her, I deserted her.
Like a precious fragrant flower I brought proudly into my home but then failed to water, I left her alone in countless ways to wither in the dry hot heat of our intimate relationship.
I’ll never not choose another woman I love again.
It’s torture for everyone.
If you’re in relationship, I invite you to ask yourself this question:
“Why am I choosing my partner today?”
If you can’t find a satisfying answer, dig deeper and find one. It could be as simple as noticing that in your deepest heart’s truth, “I just do.”
If you can’t find it today, ask yourself again tomorrow. We all have disconnected days.
But if too many days go by and you just can’t connect with why you’re choosing your partner, and your relationship is rife with stress, let them go. Create the opening for another human being to show up and see them with fresh eyes and a yearning heart that will enthusiastically choose them every day.
Your loved one deserves to be enthusiastically chosen. Every day.
You do, too.
What choice will you make?

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Sharing marine and coastal cross management experiences in the Adriatic basin
IPA Adriatic CBC Programme 2007-2013
Duration of the project: 7 months
Lead partner: City of Pescara (IT) – Lead Beneficiary
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
Increased human use of the marine and coastal space, in particular for fishing, maritime transport, tourism, and construction, has intensified pressures on coastal and marine ecosystems. Ecosystem based approach to coordination of activities is needed within the framework of Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) and Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) in order to ensure sustainable use of resources. Both frameworks are important stimulants for cross-border collaboration and stakeholder cooperation across different coastal and maritime sector activities, and have potential for bringing together ecosystem services and Blue Growth opportunities in a sustainable way. They are key tools for achieving decision making balancing sector-based interests competing for marine and coastal space. This confirms the perception that many sectors at present experience conflicts between sectors regarding the use of sea-space and that the competition for maritime space will further increase in the future. Among the examples provided we find in particular conflicts between traditional users (such as shipping, oil exploration and fishing) and emerging activities (such as tourism/recreational uses, aquaculture and, in particular, offshore renewable energy sector) as well as marine environment protection (including marine protected areas, in addition to the already existing marine and coastal Natura2000 sites).
The ADRIATIC+ project, stemming from the results of three IPA ordinary projects (NETCET, SHAPE, HAZADR) and two IPA Strategic Projects (BALMAS, DEFISHGEAR), involves 9 partners from 4 different Countries (Italy, Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro) and intends to promote the sharing of marine and coastal management experiences in the Adriatic basin in order to foster the definition of a coherent and systematic planning and to contribute to the achievement of EUSAIR objectives (PILLARS 1, 3 and 4).
The final main result will be a feasibility study aimed to set up the ADRIATIC+ Decision Support System (DSS) for the adoption of measures to mitigate threats to the marine and coastal biodiversity.
Thanks to the sharing of expertise and mainly of tools and data gathered within capitalized IPA projects, the project will also contribute to the establishment of a scientific and technical network among relevant organizations and experts in the Adriatic enhancing also linkages with similar EU networks and projects in the Mediterranean.
In this regards, the ADRIATIC+ project is strategic for the Adriatic-Ionian sea basin aiming to strengthen the macro-region capacities for a harmonious and effective sustainable development of marine and coastal environment, able to guarantee a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth for coastal communities.
The final project outcome is to improve the Adriatic-Ionian macro-region governance system of environmental policies and the capability to manage local resources in a rational and coordinated way in response to increasing pressures on ecosystems and climate change risks.
THE CAPITALIZATION PROCESS
Adriatic+ capitalizes the results obtained from five IPA Adriatic CBC projects: NETCET, SHAPE, HAZADR, DEFISHGEAR and BALMAS.
The common point of view is the Adriatic Sea and all the different aspects or issues about its marine life and human impacts that these projects have identified, monitored, implemented, proposed and established.
Communication and dissemination activities aims at disseminating the results of each capitalized project as well as at raising awareness about the challenges linked to human use and impact on natural resources around the Adriatic.
Slavko Mezek, tel. 05 663 75 85
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A former tobacco industry insider spoke out Thursday at Centennial Hall.
She talked about how the industry intentionally markets their products to kids.
La Tanisha Wright was a former marketing manager for big tobacco.
Now, she travels around and speaks out against the industry and the way they target kids.
She said big tobacco doesn’t market just cigarettes to kids. They sell the entire product line.
Wright said big tobacco strategically places advertisements where kids can see them.
They’re advertisements for everything from smokeless tobacco to flavored cigarettes: all in ways to catch the eyes of kids who are more impressionable to start smoking.
Some high school kids at the event said they’re already seeing the impact of smoking.
“It affects my friends, it affects my family and it’s being promoted like its candy, like it’s something fun to do,” said high school sophomore Kyara Tinnin.
Wright said that’s all a part of the plan for big tobacco.
“This company blatantly violated the law with cartoon graphics on displays and packs and they actually set it up to where there were lights, flashy lights, around these displays to draw in young people,” said Wright.
She said the industry does what it does because it needs more people smoking.
“The tobacco industry loses thousands of customers a day because they quit or die, and they have to find a way to replace those smokers and unfortunately they target young people,” said Wright.
Colorado State University associate professor Nathaniel Riggs said they may target kids because of how brains develop.
“That open ups a window in life, between puberty and 25 years of age, where adolescence and emerging adults are at particular risk for initiating tobacco use,” said Riggs.
Some high school kids said they’re at the event to help launch action by other kids to stop this trend.
“You can do something to affect it and you can do something to help and stop other kids from trying it out,” said Tinnin.
Some experts said it’s vital to get to kids early and educate them about the dangers of smoking, so they don’t fall into the trap laid by big tobacco for them while they’re young.


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- What does OK Boomer mean?
- Which generation is the best?
- Which generation is the easiest?
- Which generation spends the most?
- Which generation is the biggest consumer?
- Why you should never eat out?
- How much do Millennials spend on eating out?
- Which generation is smartest?
- Are millennials eating healthier?
- What is Gen Z age?
- Which generation eats the most fast food?
- Which generation is the most educated?
- What is the new generation called 2020?
- What is the forgotten generation?
- What age is a Xennial?
- Which generation is the hardest?
- What do Millennials spend the most money on?
- What generation has the most buying power?
- Which generation spends the most online?
- Is it cheaper to buy groceries or eat out?
- Where do Millennials eat out?
- What is the least parented generation?
- Are Millennials having less babies?
- What is the coolest generation?
- What is the difference between Xennials and Millennials?
What does OK Boomer mean?
Dictionary.com has summed up “OK boomer” as “a viral internet slang phrase used, often in a humorous or ironic manner, to call out or dismiss out-of-touch or close-minded opinions associated with the Baby Boomer generation and older people more generally.” It’s a helpful explanation for someone who is trying to figure ….
Which generation is the best?
Gen Z on track to be the best-educated generation yet Among 18- to 21-year-olds no longer in high school in 2018, 57% were enrolled in a two-year or four-year college. This compares with 52% among Millennials in 2003 and 43% among members of Gen X in 1987.
Which generation is the easiest?
millennialsAccording to many baby boomers (those born in the early 1940’s to the mid 1960’s) millennials have it the easiest! They said “There’s more money around, parents are better off financially, and they have access to technology which makes their jobs and lives easier.”
Which generation spends the most?
Key FindingsGen Xers have the highest post-tax incomes and spend the most. … Housing and healthcare spending vary the most by generation as a percentage of overall spending. … Savings rates are below suggested levels for all three generations.
Which generation is the biggest consumer?
MillennialsMillennials represent the largest group of consumers.
Why you should never eat out?
Eating out is not healthy (you don’t have direct control over ingredients nor the amount of fat, salt, etc. … Eating out can rob you of personal time with family and/or spouse (think about the teamwork needed to prepare a nice meal – it’s the kind of behavior that makes families and couples bond).
How much do Millennials spend on eating out?
Not only do millennials — that is, people born between 1980 and 2000 — eat out more than non-millennials, but they also spend more money eating out: Millennials spend about $174 per month dining out in restaurants, on average, according to a new infographic from the marketing agency Restaurant Marketing Labs, whereas …
Which generation is smartest?
MillennialsMillennials are the smartest, richest generation — but they have it worse than their parents. Millennials are the smartest, richest, and potentially longest living generation of all time.
Are millennials eating healthier?
Millennials tend to be more health-conscious – half of the demographic believes they eat healthier than the average, according to Mintel’s survey. … But instead of focusing just on low-fat or low-calorie products, this generation has a holistic view toward health, Bloom said.
What is Gen Z age?
Gen Z: Gen Z is the newest generation, born between 1997 and 2012/15. They are currently between 6 and 24 years old (nearly 68 million in the U.S.)
Which generation eats the most fast food?
These are the restaurant chains that Gen Z eats at most, according to a survey of more than 1,800 young Americans. Generation Z has a clear favorite when it comes to fast-food and casual-dining chains.
Which generation is the most educated?
Generation ZLooking ahead at the next generation, early benchmarks show Generation Z (those ages 6 to 21 in 2018) is on track to be the nation’s most diverse and best-educated generation yet.
What is the new generation called 2020?
Generation ZLatest Characteristics, Research, and Facts. Generation Z (aka Gen Z, iGen, or centennials), refers to the generation that was born between 1996-2010, following millennials. This generation has been raised on the internet and social media, with some the oldest finishing college by 2020 and entering the workforce.
What is the forgotten generation?
The Forgotten Generation (65-74) is the ‘middle child’ who straddles the (75+) and the youthful individualistic attitudes of the Boomers. Many on the 65-70 portion of this generation are just as youthful in attitudes and lifestyles as Boomers and many are still working. This is particularly important for businesses.
What age is a Xennial?
‘Xennials’ were born in the early ’80s — here are all the ways they’re different from the millennials they were supposed to be. Millennials were born between 1981 and 1996. Xennials are a “microgeneration” born between 1977 and 1985. There are meaningful differences between their lives.
Which generation is the hardest?
Gen ZWell Gen Z is no different. A new study found that 32% of Gen Z respondents say they are the hardest-working generation ever, and 36% believe they “had it the hardest” when entering the working world compared to all other generations before it.
What do Millennials spend the most money on?
Over 50% of millennials spend money on taxis and Ubers while only 29% of Gen X and 15% of Boomers do the same….Millennials spend more per year on:Groceries.Gas.Restaurants.Their cellphone as nearly all own a smartphone and comprise the highest usage as well.Hobbies, electronics, and clothing.
What generation has the most buying power?
Millennials“Millennials will not only be the highest spending generation in 2020 but are also the most highly influenced by the media,” 5WPR founder and CEO Ronn Torossian told WWD.
Which generation spends the most online?
millennialsBy generation, millennials make the most average monthly online purchases (5.3), followed by Gen X (4.9) and Baby Boomers (3.7).
Is it cheaper to buy groceries or eat out?
The average commercially-prepared meal costs around $13. Even if you rarely spend this much money at one time when you eat out, consider frequency. Two meals for $6.50 will add up to the same price. By contrast, the average meal prepared at home costs around $4 for groceries – a $9 savings per person per meal.
Where do Millennials eat out?
According to the National Restaurant Association, millennials prefer fast food, deli food and pizza over coffee and casual or fine dining.
What is the least parented generation?
Gen XThis type of parenting is also called the ‘helicopter’ style. Then there is Gen X – which is deemed as the ‘least parented’ generation in American history by a marketing study. Gen X was born during the divorce boom. This means many of them grew up in homes with a single parent or even blended families.
Are Millennials having less babies?
Millennials are having babies at the slowest rate of any generation in American history. Birth rates among women in their twenties dropped by 15 percent between 2007 and 2012, according to the Urban Institute. Four years later 2016 brought a record low for fertility—the CDC estimates only 62 births per 1,000 women.
What is the coolest generation?
Gen XAs generational stereotypes go, I nominate Gen X to be, without a doubt, known as “The Coolest Generation.” Baby Boomers (1946 to 1964) started off on the right track with the hippie movement in the ’60s, but soon became the folks that brought us the “Me Decade,” yuppies, and President Trump.
What is the difference between Xennials and Millennials?
Are you a Xennial? How to tell if you’re the microgeneration between Gen X and Millennial. … According to Pew Research, members of Generation X were born between 1965 and 1980 and Millennials were born between 1981 and 1996. Xennials, though, were born some time between 1977 and 1983.

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To us, the phrase “Take hands four,” a common contra dance call, represents the unity and cohesiveness of the contra dance community. In this movement, two couples face each other and join hands in a squared circle. They then either walk in a circle or “balance the ring” by stepping forward and back. Many dances start with this call, for it allows the dancers to meet their new neighbors and socialize at the start of each repetition of the dance.
After observing, studying, and participating in the contra dance community for four months, we have realized that unity, friendship, and a strong sense of community are at the core of contra dance in the Pioneer Valley. Every contra dancer we have met has been kind, friendly, and welcoming, and each has been very willing to help us learn more about contra dance. The avid dancers say they attend as many dances as they can because they love the music and the dancing, and because they love the friendly and welcoming community of people who treat them like family.
Although this is an ethnomusicological film, we feel it is important to note that contra dances are more about the community of people and the social aspects of dancing than they are about the actual music. However, in this particular musical scene, dance and music have what musician David Cantieni calls “a symbiotic relationship,” and every person who attends a contra dance in the Pioneer Valley is part of the music-making process. Dancers in Greenfield, for example, frequently clap eighth-note beats on the and of beat three and on beat four so they feel more involved with the music-making processes, and they often call out high-pitched “yee-haw” or “oo-ee” types of sounds when they enjoy the music.
According to Ralph Sweet, a famous contra caller, this behavior is not typical outside the Pioneer Valley. Inside the Valley, the dancers have some sense of control over the dances. They improvise at will by adding turns, twirls, claps, dips, and other swing-dance-inspired movements. Dancers in the Valley place more emphasis on having fun than on executing the steps perfectly. According to Mr. Sweet, at contra dances outside the Valley, the caller’s word is law, and nobody is allowed to add individual flair to the movements. Male dancers in Glen Echo, Maryland, for example, tend not to wear skirts or to improvise during the dances, two things that are very common in the Valley. Also in Glen Echo, there are no dips or extra twirls, and nobody claps or tap dances extra percussion while traveling through the sets.
Contra dances are about having fun and being part of an extended family of fun-loving dancers. At the end of the night, it’s the community of people–not the dancing, nor the music, nor the history–that matters.


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When the bike first arrived, aside from being blown away with just how damn good the bare aluminium with orange and black graphics looked, I was puzzled; Commencal Meta TR 4.2 Race. Race. What sort of race? XC race? Nah, can’t be – it’s got too much travel for that. Enduro Race? Nope. Not enough travel, and those tyres aren’t anywhere near aggressive enough. DH Race then? Err, no.
So what does it mean? One quick email to Commencal later, and all becomes clear – it’s the naming strategy of the brand – from most basic to most tricked out, you get Origin, Essential, Race and finally World Cup at the blinged out top end of the tree (NB. the Meta TR range tops out at Race, so this is the pinnacle of this particular branch).
Ultimately, what this means to you dear reader, is that this Meta TR 4.2 Race features full Fox Factory suspension front and rear, a 12-Speed SRAM GX Eagle groupset, 2-pot Shimano XT brakes, a rather lovely and VERY loud e*13 wheelset, Maxxis Forekaster and Minion SS (that’s semi slick, not secret service) tyres, and a host of own brand Ride Alpha finishing kit including bars, stem, and grips. Money has been spent where it makes a difference (suspension and wheels), while keeping the overall cost relatively low at £3,400, aided by the direct sale only nature of Commencal.
Constructed entirely from aluminium with a single pivot linkage driven shock, the Meta is relatively simple in today’s complex world of VPP, carbon wunderbikes. The frame (in its current guise) has been around since 2016 and not a great deal has changed; the huge top tube is still flattened and heavily shaped, but is now a 2 piece construction, rather than the previous 3 piece affair. It still has loads of standover clearance, and the (now metric) shock is still tucked neatly underneath it, half in, half out, leaving plenty of room for a water bottle within the main frame. Alongside the addition of a metric shock, the rear travel has also increased to 130mm. The main pivot hasn’t moved though, and isn’t quite in line with the 34t X-sync chainring, being slightly up and forward, and this gives the Meta a taut pedalling platform that rarely calls for the shock lockout to be used. The frame is 1x specific, which means Commencal can seriously beef up the area around the main pivot – there’s a lot of metal there, which should aid longevity of the frame albeit at the expense of weight – in spite of the relatively short travel and chi-chi specification, the bike still weighs in at a fairly portly 13.4kg (without pedals, with a little bit of mud), and with decent tyres and pedals that figure climbs to well over 14kg.
Vital stats for this size large are as follows – head angle 66.5°, seat angle 74°, reach 460mm, and it fits perfectly for me at a shade over 6ft. The chainstays are relatively short at 437mm, yet there’s loads of tyre clearance, and Commencal has tucked the rear brake caliper inside the stays. It looks super neat, but it does mean that the chainstays are quite wide, right about where the heel of your shoe hits them, and it makes changing brake pads a little trickier too. The drive side chainstay has a big fat rubber pad running the length of it, which dampens chain slap very effectively and keeps things nice and quiet. Cables are routed internally, and there’s a spare slot for a shock lockout cable should you choose to fit one.
Diving into the components in more detail and the 2-pot Shimano XT brakes provide plenty of power and modulation, but soon started to suffer from the common problem of a variable bite point that seems to be plaguing the M8000 range. Changing pads briefly alleviated the issue, but it soon returned, which is a shame. Meanwhile, shifting duties are handled by SRAM GX Eagle and the 10-50t cassette is very welcome in the Lakes, I just wish that manufacturers would spec a 32t chainring rather than upping it to a 34t – I run out of climbing legs long before I need a higher top gear! Oh, and while there are ISCG tabs for a bash guard and chain guide, I didn’t drop the chain once.
As this is the top of the range Meta TR, we get Fox Factory suspension front and rear. Up front is a set of 34 Floats with 140mm travel and the excellent FiT4 damper, while out back we get a Float DPS shock that gives 130mm travel. Both units are Kashima coated and are slippery smooth, eating up pretty much everything I could throw at them, remaining composed throughout the test period. It was only on the repeated square edged hits of Dollywagon Pike and Birkside off the summit off Helvellyn that the damping started to get a little bit overwhelmed, and I could have done with more travel and some beefier stanchions. But then again, the Meta TR only has 140/130mm travel and if you’re regularly attacking those sort of trails then maybe the Meta AM would be a better bike for you.
The e*13 TRS wheelset is brilliant, came set up tubeless, and has stood up to my shoddy line choices with aplomb. The rims are nice and wide (30mm internal), providing a stable platform for tyres up to 2.5in wide. And as an added benefit, the freehub is one of the loudest I’ve ever ridden, serving as a useful warning when coming up on unsuspecting walkers.
Onto tyres, and the stock Maxxis Forekaster is fast rolling and provides ample grip for trail centre riding, while the Minion SS is a great rear tyre for these drier, dustier conditions we’ve been enjoying recently. But due to the light casing on both tyres, I wasn’t able to truly push the bike on the steep, technical riding it encourages. At roughly 750g each, the tyres help keep the total weight of the bike down and it accelerates quickly, but I couldn’t help feel that they were holding things back for fear of puncturing and lack of outright grip. Fortunately, I’ve had a brace of Maxxis Double Down ‘Wide Trail’ tyres to test, and with either a Shorty or Minion DHR 2 paired with an Aggressor out back, the Meta has been transformed into a BikePark Wales shredding, Helvellyn summit smashing, Lake District conquering weapon. Yes, the weight of the bike has gone up by nearly a whole kilogram, but the tyres have added stability and confidence, which far outweigh the negatives for my riding style. Obviously, if your day to day riding doesn’t call for such heavy duty tyres then that’s totally fine and you’ll probably be ok with the stock tyres.
The Ride Alpha finishing kit of bars, stem, grips and saddle are super comfy, although you might question why you’re only getting own brand kit at this price. It’s a valid point, as other brands manage to spec named parts, but in all honesty it wasn’t an issue; it all works, I had zero issues with any of it, and it doesn’t look like own brand kit. A KS Lev Integra dropper post (with Southpaw Lever) rounds things off, and the 150mm drop is perfect for getting the saddle out of the way on the steeps.
I. Love. This. Bike.
Now that’s out of the way, let me try and explain why…
I intentionally spent most of my time riding the Meta TR without paying too much attention to the geometry figures. And by that, I mean I only went and looked them up while writing this review – when the bike arrived, I took it out of its box, bolted the bars on and went riding. Living near the Lake District, most of the riding I do is on steep, rocky trails, with occasional forays on to loamy off piste tracks through the woods. And the Meta TR was perfect.
The high-rise bars put you in a commanding position for attacking all manner of technical trails that a bike of this travel has no right in being so good on. On the great A470 jump line at BikePark Wales, the Commencal was exceptionally agile and confidence inspiring – I’m not a natural jumper, preferring to keep my wheels on the ground, but I found I was able to throw it around in the air with ease. In fact, I felt much more comfortable on the Meta than I did when I returned to BikePark Wales a few weeks later for a product launch. On a Whyte S-150 that on the face of it was much more suited to the tracks there, I felt awkward and wasn’t riding very well at all.
In spite of its weight the Meta climbs and pedals very well and, because of its playful nature, encourages you to be active, searching out features to pop off and pump for extra speed, rather than just sitting down and plodding along as a passenger. Take it to a trail centre, and it’s an absolute hoot, picking up and maintaining as much speed as you can handle.
The Meta only starts to get overwhelmed on really gnarly terrain, with repeated square edged hits, when trying to keep up with riders on much bigger bikes (think 150/160mm travel). It’s at this point that you wish for a bigger fork and some more controlled damping, but you’ve been having so much fun everywhere else it isn’t too much of an issue.
Are there any negatives to this dream machine? Well, the seat stays are wide. Like, really wide. Because of the rear brake caliper placement, I sometimes found my feet catching, especially with Giro Terraduros (size 43). However, the chunkier Giro Chamber 2 shoes that I switched to recently have a more inboard cleat placement which conversely moved my feet out, and this has solved the issue. But be warned – if you run your cleats slightly further forward or your feet are much larger than a size 44, chances are, you’re going to catch your heels against the stays.
Another slight issue with the frame is that one of the bolts on the non drive side rocker worked its way loose. Again, it’s not a big deal, but because of the placement of the bolt I had to strip the bike down to get a hex key in to tighten it all up.
There are a couple of minor component niggles too – the KS Lev dropper post has developed a significant amount of play and there is some wear appearing on the shaft. It’s not the end of the world, but it is noticeable and is mildly distracting when seated.
On to the shifting, and SRAM Eagle has yet again proved itself incredibly sensitive to mech alignment – I’ve caught the rear mech a couple of times, knocking it out of true, and the shifting has never quite recovered. The huge spread of gears is appreciated when climbing, but I’m really not a fan of how fussy it is – give me a gearbox equipped bike any day. Finally, and most significantly, the bike has got quite noisy towards the end of my time with it. I’ve tried to track it down, but can’t pinpoint the creak beyond either the press fit bottom bracket or the pivots. I’m hoping it’s all this dry weather we’ve been having, and that a bit of rain will sort it all out.
Other than this, I don’t really have any complaints at all, and quite frankly they’re inconsequential and don’t detract from what is an utterly brilliant, and ridiculously fun bike to ride.
Three Things That Could Be Improved
- It got pretty noisy towards the end of the test, and I couldn’t pinpoint the creaks beyond the bottom bracket or pivots.
- The GX Eagle drivetrain is very sensitive to mech alignment for a mountain bike that gets ridden in the rough stuff.
- The stock tyres – this bike is really hampered with the stock lightweight tyres and its potential is unleashed simply by fitting beefier rubber.
Three Things I Love
- The geometry – it’s just a great riding position, that’s really fun, stable and confidence inspiring.
- That raw finish with black and orange graphics – this is one of the nicest looking bikes I’ve ever laid my eyes on.
- The components – nothing on this bike is out of place, even (Commencal own brand) Ride Alpha’s bars, grips, stem and saddle are more than up to the job, and money has been spent where it’s most needed.
The Commencal Meta TR 4.2 Race, is quite simply one of the most fun, most confidence inspiring bikes I’ve ever had the pleasure of riding. It may not have as much outright speed as a longer travel enduro race bike, nor be as spritely up hill as a XC bike, but what it lacks in speed, it makes up for in playfulness and agility. For day to day riding, whether that’s cruising round a trail centre or hoofing it up a Lakeland pass, it’s an absolute hoot, and I was absolutely gutted to say goodbye to it.
2018 Commencal Meta Trail V4.2 Race 650B Specifications
- Frame // 6066 Triple Butted Aluminium Tubing, 130mm Travel
- Fork // Fox 34 Float, Factory Series, 140mm Travel
- Shock // Fox Float DPS, Factory Series, 210x50mm
- Hubs // e*13 TRS, 110x15mm Front & 148x12mm Rear
- Rims // e*13 TRS, 30mm Inner Width, Tubeless Ready
- Tyres // Maxxis Forekaster EXO 2.35in Front & Minion SS EXO 2.3in Rear
- Crankset // SRAM GX Eagle, 34t X-Sync 2 Chainring, 170mm Arm Length
- Rear Mech // SRAM GX Eagle, 12-Speed
- Shifters // SRAM GX Eagle, 12-Speed
- Cassette // SRAM XG-1275 Eagle, 10-50t, 12-Speed
- Brakes // Shimano Deore XT, 200mm Front & 180mm Rear Rotors
- Stem // Ride Alpha, 31.8mm Diameter, 50 mm Length
- Bars // Ride Alpha, 7075 Alloy, 30mm Rise, 780mm Wide
- Grips // Ride Alpha Ergonomic Lock-On, Super Soft Compound
- Seatpost // KS LEV Integra, 125mm Travel (S/M) or 150 mm Travel on L/XL, Southpaw Lever
- Saddle // Ride Alpha SuperLight Foam, Ti-Alloy Rails
- Size Tested // Large
- Sizes Available // Small, Medium, Large, X-Large
- Claimed Weight // 13.4kg (29.48lb)
- RRP // €3499
|Product:||Meta Trail V4.2 Race|
|Tested:||by James Vincent for 5 months|

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GLASSBORO -- A Pennsylvania man was arrested on weapons charges after police received a report of an erratic driver Saturday night.
Police were told that a white Ford Explorer was traveling west in the eastbound lanes of North Delsea Drive around 10:30 p.m.
Glassboro officers located a vehicle matching that description stopped in the parking lot of a business at New Street and Delsea Drive, police said.
The driver, Quentyn Kennedy, 64, of Springfield, Pennsylvania, was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
Police then found a loaded Taurus .45 caliber handgun in his possession, authorities said. The gun was loaded with hollow-point bullets.
Kennedy was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of hollow-point ammunition, driving while intoxicated and refusal to take a breath test.
He was placed in Salem County Correctional Facility on $25,000 bail.


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Voip-Pal.com, Inc. (VPLM), a company that aims to provide a complete telecommunications compliance solution, announced today that the company has filed suit against Apple, Inc. (AAPL), Verizon Wireless Services, LLC, Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), AT&T, Inc. (T), and AT&T Corp. in the United States District Court, District of Nevada.
Voip-Pal filed complaints alleging infringement by Apple, Verizon and AT&T of various claims of Voip-Pal’s patents, and is seeking damages totaling over $7 billion, taking legal action to protect intellectual property that took the company 13 years and millions of dollars to develop. Highlights regarding Voip-Pal’s legal action include:
- Apple, Verizon and AT&T were regrettably unwilling to engage in discussion of licensing the Company’s intellectual property and technology.
- Digifonica/Voip-Pal began designing its communications routing system in 2004, at the beginning of the Internet communications explosion. At that time, the company had the vision that the Internet would one day become the dominant form of telecommunication, capable of business and personal use that would dramatically expand its impact and utility.
- Voip-Pal designed, built and tested super-nodes and nodes in Canada, England, and Norway, spending more than $17 million on development and execution in the process. The Company had at one point more than twenty (20) engineers working on the software design and implementation.
- Every day, billions of calls, messages and payments are made (using existing applications, products and services) that utilize Voip-Pal’s patented technology. Further, given the current preferred method of routing Internet-based communications, which classifies calls using the Company’s “caller attributes,” the Company believes that its patents are not limited solely to mobile devices.
- The Company has prepared royalty monetization analyses in order to assess past damages. These analyses utilize a royalty rate of one and one quarter percent (1.25%) of apportioned profits of infringing devices and services, which is over 87% less than the weighted average of analyzed court-awarded damages and settlement rates. The royalty monetization for Apple, Verizon and AT&T at the conservative 1.25% royalty rate totals over $7.024 billion.
A publicly traded company that is currently looking to monetize a portfolio of patents relating to Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology, Voip-Pal acquired Digifonica International Limited to fund and co-develop a patent suite that provided solutions to a number of key areas in Internet connectivity.
In recent months, the company has announced several milestones achievements regarding their technology portfolio of patents, including:
- The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granting issuance of the Company’s previously allowed patents, including “Determining a Time to Permit a Communications Session to be Conducted (Timing)”, “Intercepting Voice over IP Communications and Other Data Communications Application (LI),” “Uninterrupted Transmission of Internet Protocol Transmissions During Endpoint Changes (UI),” and “Producing Routing Messages for Voice Over IP Communications (Messaging).”
- The Canadian Intellectual Property Office approving the company's Canadian Patent Application No. 2668025: “Producing Routing Messages for Voice over IP Communications (RBR).
Furthermore, Voip-Pal’s RBR Messaging child patent, “Producing Routing Messages for Voice Over IP Communications,” was issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Aiming to capitalize on a market estimated to surpass $130 billion by 2020, Voip-Pal is furthering their position as an industry leader by not only developing a suite of innovative patents; but, also by protecting those patents. “We are working diligently on many fronts to monetize the patents and protect our shareholders’ interests,” said Emil Malak, CEO and Director of Voip-Pal. “We expect to have further updates of our progress in the near future.”
For more information about VoIP-Pal, visit www.voip-pal.com.
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This seminar, on 19 March, will look at practical approaches and issues associated with sampling in the food industry. It will cover sampling for microorganisms and chemical and food safety, as well as how sampling applies to food safety systems.
Phil Voysey, Campden BRI’s lead on microbiology risk assessment and training, said, "Delegates will have an opportunity to learn about the role of sampling in relation to food safety and quality of food production and gain valuable insights into sampling processes and procedures in a range of contexts. They’ll also learn about common sampling mistakes and how to avoid them. All aspects associated with sampling, including its context in food safety management systems, will be covered."
This seminar will benefit those involved in obtaining and evaluating the safety and quality of food and drink production.


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Cities have experienced rebirth and with it changes to the urban landscape, both good and bad. Urban neighborhoods are receiving new development and employers are relocating from suburbs to city centers. This urban growth increases the tax base, funds new services, reinvigorates local economies, and attracts new investors, residents and employers. The flip side of this urban redevelopment is widespread displacement, especially to many low-income communities of color, over-speculation; and as affordable housing disappears, historic structures are demolished, more stormwater is displaced into sewer systems, and open, public spaces can be lost.
The key question for municipal governments, especially those with a surplus of developable land and growing demand, is going to be: how can we benefit from new economic development while simultaneously preserving important land uses? To address this challenge, governments might consider the concept of “smart growth” that became popular during the past few decades in response to sprawl. Smart growth is an approach to allowing continued growth while simultaneously preventing sprawl and preserving important land uses.
One popular tool amongst smart growth experts is the transfer-of-development rights (TDR) market program. TDR programs can incentivize growth but protect land uses from creeping speculation and development. These programs start with a city designating geographic zones: a sending area, a region where the city wishes to preserve current uses, and a receiving area, a region where density and development are encouraged.
Developers with projects in the receiving area purchase the development rights from landowners in the sending area. The developer (the buyer) provides the landowner (the seller) with cash equal to the value of the land and in exchange the developer receives density bonuses in the form of additional units or a floor-to-area ratio increase for a development in the receiving area. The landowner can use the cash for any purpose but must sign an easement that legally binds them to preserve the land’s current use. The TDR program ensures that a city doesn’t lose any tax revenue from land preservation since it’s transferred to another property instead of eliminated.
A TDR program can help preserve a variety of land uses without hindering development. TDRs have been around for decades but are still only being implemented in a few states. Typically, TDR programs were implemented by multi-jurisdictional government entities, like counties, to protect large open spaces on the edges of metropolitan areas. TDR programs functioned like this because the tension between vital land uses and emerging development existed on the fringes of metropolitan areas; TDR programs hoped to manage this tension in a productive way. Here’s a list of some of the land uses that TDR programs have preserved in the past:
- Farmland – As mentioned in the above example, a TDR program could be used to preserve farmland. To date, this has been their most popular purpose. Often, counties employ TDR programs to preserve farmland since agricultural zones are unincorporated and therefore under county jurisdiction. The farmer is paid to keep his farm in production as is and can use the cash for personal use or operation expenses. Governments that have already put this into practice are Waukesha County, WI and Montgomery County, MD.
- Natural Open Space – TDR programs have been used to preserve critical habitats and natural resources within a city. Often, these natural areas lie several miles out from the city center but border fast-growing neighborhoods. Open space on private property is best when preserved as is; once that land is sold and developed, critical connectivity with other public or private natural land is lost and that open space is hard to replace elsewhere. Conservation easements ensure that no housing or development of any kind will be built on a given property. Successful TDR programs for open space preservation have been implemented in New Jersey Pinelands, NJ, and King County, WA. King County’s TDR program in particular has been wildly successful, preserving 141,000 acres of open space, building 2,467 dwelling units in more productive areas, and generating $7.13 million for private landowners. King County also has a TDR bank, allowing them to keep track of all available development rights and place them into an online TDR exchange portal were developers can find and buy development rights from private landowners.
- Historic districts – Growing demand for dense, urban living can spur new development within older neighborhoods. This often results in the demolition of many historic buildings, decimating the social and economic character of certain urban areas. Not every building can be designated a landmark and historic districts are sometimes met with resistance since it restricts development that could potentially meet growing demand. A TDR program with historic preservation in mind still enforces a system similar to historic district designation but additionally incentivizes new development nearby. Historic corridors have been put aside as selling zones while the surrounding blocks are labeled buying zones in New York City and Pitkin County, FL.
- Green infrastructure and urban gardens – Most urban land markets function in a way where valuable land is likely to be developed. But this means the loss of permeable space, forcing more stormwater to runoff into aging and overwhelmed combined sewer systems. Neighborhoods also lose community gardens. Often ran by nonprofits and community groups, community gardens provide invaluable dietary and social benefits to local populations. Cities concerned with preventing the loss of urban agriculture and encouraging stormwater infiltration should implement their own version of a TDR program. The program’s structure would be inspired by King County’s example: establish a TDR Bank that purchases the development rights from existing urban gardens run by community organizations as well as publicly-owned stormwater management assets like parks and wetlands then sells those rights to developers elsewhere in the city. The funds obtained in exchange for the development rights from publicly-owned land would then be used by the city to build new green infrastructure features within neighborhoods. Additionally, the city would offer owners of community gardens the choice to have their land transferred to a community land trust. This buffers landowners from the financial stresses of rising property taxes that an easement does not protect from and connects community gardens to the surrounding neighborhood. The Allegheny Land Trust is conducting feasibility studies on a TDR program with similar features in Pittsburgh, PA.
Recently, TDR programs have been revisited as a tool for new forms of preservation. The tension between development and open space has shifted from the outskirts to the centers of metropolitan areas as demand for city-living increases. Fortunately, TDR programs can be re-imagined and constructed to facilitate an exchange of development between parcels only blocks apart. New urban land uses like community gardens and stormwater retention sites are being researched for potential preservation via a TDR program.
As cities grow or transform through new development projects, TDR programs should be revisited and seen as an important tool for planning departments. Land with vital public uses can be preserved without hindering development or reducing revenue. Despite being traditionally used to preserve large open spaces, TDR programs are becoming more flexible. King County has shown how TDR programs could function in an age of the internet. Data at the parcel-level is much easier to manage and access for cities. Therefore, TDR programs no longer have to be about one-to-one matchmaking; they can function like a true market with a virtual exchange of amassed development rights. More research is being conducted on these TDR programs; city and state governments should take notice.


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“The question What kind of writer are you? veered ever closer to the question What kind of woman are you? The world seemed to want to reduce the possibilities of my life to either/or categories—good writer/bad writer; mother/not mother—and I felt suspended somewhere in between.”
A mother struggles to raise a son who embodies the values she has fought for as a feminist.
Growing up in what she calls “the bleak Sydney suburbs,” a depressed Australian teenager finds solace in Joy Division and her fellow music fans, which led her to the literature that shaped her as an adult ─ an adult for whom Joy Division and uncertainty continue to define her.
For anyone that does creative work, Gabrielle Bellot’s poetic piece at LithHub is a salve for the times when we’re plagued by artistic self-doubt. In relaying her own struggles and in deconstructing the work of W.B. Yeats and Derek Walcott, Bellot finds solace and inspiration in two other writers who also sought to shed the “thick coats of impostors.”
“I couldn’t shake that crystalline, hyperaware feeling one gets on important occasions—on birthdays, for instance, or on losing one’s virginity. My father is dead, I said to myself, my father is dead. Again and again I said it, and still I failed to grasp what it meant.”
A chance run in with a recently-released detainee drives home that the border Reyna Grande crossed into the U.S. with her family 30 years ago doesn’t lead to the same place as the border crossed today.
“Are books to us as leaves are to trees, feeding us while we hold them, then decomposing and feeding us again after we’ve let them go?”
In this moving personal essay, Amy Jo Burns writes about how the death of her writing mentor, Louise DeSalvo, has affected her, and how reading Alexander Chee’s How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, and Sigrid Nunez’s The Friend helped her process her grief.
One eater wanders through the fast food frontier, examining the culture of menu hacking, to undertand why restaurants honor special requests that defy their reliance on standardization.
When the director of her MFA writing program advises her not to pursue a part-time job to help pay the bills, Katie Prout starts visiting the local food bank out of necessity.


Conficker Worm A Dud
And the award for "Best April Fool’s Day joke" for the year 2009 has to go to this whole Conficker worm scare. It seems that everyone was panicking for nothing, no doomsday, no end of the world…*sigh* kind of a let down actually.
The worm's programming included a change in tactics on April 1: The estimated 3 million to 12 million computers infected by Conficker were told to step up their attempts to "phone home" for commands. But that seemed to be the only sign of life from the bug. "One thing we're not seeing is any mass malicious activity," said Joris Evers, an analyst with McAfee. "The Internet today is working just as well as it was working yesterday."


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Fluttering red, white and blue mittened hands danced along to “Hats off to America,” among other patriotic songs, as the Hutchins Elementary third-graders honored veterans Friday, with the decades-long musical tradition.
“It means a lot to see them celebrate the people who have served,” U.S. Navy veteran Tim Ramczyk said.
Veterans from the Coast Guard, Air Force, Navy, Marines, Army and Army Reserves were recognized at the event. “I’m proud to represent a small slice of a very large pie,” Navy veteran Wayne Bustamante II said.
The performance began with the Pledge of Allegiance and the “National Anthem,” before first through third grade students read patriotic poems.
“It’s important to teach our students about respect and respecting our country and to respect the people fighting for our freedom,” Hutchins music teacher Toya Matthews said.
Northside Elementary will hold a combined Veteran’s Day performance with Myatt Elementary at 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 11 in the Northside cafeteria. For the first time, all 520 students will participate in the tribute.
“We want to give thanks or show them our gratitude,” Northside Music Teacher Brittany Rives said. “Thank you so much for fighting for us, and thank you for serving.”
The upcoming performance will include the “Armed Forces Medley,” which incorporates the official songs of branches of service into one piece, and “God Bless America,” where the students in deaf education classes will sign along.
“I always tell the kids, ‘there’s an 18-year-old veteran and we have some 92-year-olds coming, so everyone deserves our respect,’” Rives said.
Every year, they sing a few of the old favorites, but try to incorporate new songs as well, Rives said.
“I think it’s great,” Rives said. “Veterans are such an important part of our community. We have so many just in El Campo.”


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Story time with Raquel – “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein
I have chosen The Giving Tree this week to prepare for Tu Bishvat, the New Year of the Trees, which takes place next Wednesday. It is a time to focus on nature and the environment, what they provide for us and how we should respect them. With the start of the new blossoming season, it also allows us to think about the positives that we hope and pray will come our way this Spring time.
On the face of it, this book can be seen as a selfless tree, providing all it can for humankind, and perhaps our child taking advantage of it, however, this well known and divisive children’s book can be interpreted in many ways – both positive and negative – and is worth discussing with your child.
I like to think of it as portraying the relationship between a parent and a child – the tree displays the unconditional love that most parental figures show their children. Children ask for many things and parents do their best to provide for the good of the child in order to make them happy (which parents in turn derive benefit from). Although the relationship moves through phases over the passing years, the bond remains throughout and welcoming arms are always open wide offering comfort, even if no other help can be afforded.


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SportsAthlete of the Year - girls cross country
Sessions' teammates pushed her to triumph
November 18, 2011
When the Patch Lady Panthers went to the starting line Oct. 29 at Schwetzingen, Germany, sophomore Baileigh Sessions didn’t expect to become the third straight Patch girl to run off with the European cross country crown in her first try.
“Before the race, I was set on doing my part to help the team,” said Sessions, 16, the 2011 Stars and Stripes Athlete of the Year for girls cross country. “I was just trying to stay with Morgan.”
“Morgan” is junior Morgan Mahlock, the 2010 champion who won in her first season at Patch. Mahlock succeeded Katherine Castro, who as a Patch freshman took the 2009 gold medal.
Sessions won hers by beating Mahlock by 19.54 seconds, covering the 5,000 meters in 19:33.33, and leading a 1-2-3-4 Patch finish that easily led the Lady Panthers to the Division I team title over defending champion Ramstein. Sessions took the lead near the end and raced home.
“It was quite surreal,” Sessions recalled in a Thursday phone call. “I love a finish where I can sprint at the end.”
The victory capped a whirlwind first cross country season for Sessions, who ran track last spring before reporting to Patch coach Tom Manuel’s deep and talented team this fall.
“Running track made me realize I loved running,” Sessions explained about her decision to add a second running season to her schedule.
It helped her fit in that she was far from intimidated by running with the likes of Mahlock and Co.
“I really don’t focus on pressure,” she said about joining the high-powered Lady Panthers. “I just put pressure on myself to do my best.”
Running against Mahlock and Julia Lockridge and Christina Hamilton, who finished third and fourth, respectively, in the European final, helped Sessions’ best keep getting better.
“Training with people who are better than you are makes you better,” Sessions said. “As the season went on, my times kept going down.”
Manuel agreed that competitive practices paid off for Sessions.
“It helped tremendously for her to run with Morgan,” he said. “She and Morgan were the only ones at Europeans who knew what it would take to win.”
Manuel added that his girls possessed what it took to win thanks to the efforts of his volunteer coaches, Lisa Barglof, whose daughter Samantha battled through illness to finish 10th at Europeans, and Roni Nixon.
“They deserve more credit than I do,” Manuel said.
Manuel said that a strenuous training routine the unbeaten Lady Panthers installed for the last month of the season also helped Sessions.
“It was no upset,” he said of Sessions’ and his team’s triumph. “They all work together. It was fun watching them come out of the corners together, at least until the end.”
Sessions’ and Patch’s victory, he concluded, was a case of perfect timing.
“When you’re training a team,” said Manuel, whose soccer teams are perennial champions or contenders, “you hope that everyone peaks at the same time.”


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