Metropolitan Accessibility / Remoteness Index of Australia (Metro ARIA)
The Metropolitan Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (Metro ARIA) provides six indices to comparatively evaluate metropolitan accessibility both within and across all Australian Capital Cities.
Metro ARIA is a geographic index which quantifies service accessibility within metropolitan areas. The index aims to reflect the ease or difficulty people face accessing basic services within metropolitan areas, derived from the measurement of road distances people travel to reach different services.
Metro ARIA is a composite index which combines accessibility measures for five different service themes:
- Public Transport
- Financial/Postal services
Each of the five service themes are available for standalone analysis in addition to the final composite index. Metro ARIA and the five service theme indices produced align to SA1 spatial unit boundaries. Each index has been classified into five accessibility classes graded from low to high.
Metro ARIA is based on the Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA) methodology which focuses on quantifying remoteness in non-metropolitan areas. ARIA+ is widely accepted as Australia’s most authoritative geographic measure of remoteness, used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for the Remoteness Area classification since 2001.
The ARIA methodology has been adapted and refined in Metro ARIA so that it is sensitive to the differences in access levels within a metropolitan context. Metro ARIA was also designed to be flexible and adaptable for different applications. For example, if access to health services was of primary interest, this service theme could be analysed as a standalone accessibility index.
As no standard metropolitan accessibility index is currently available for Australia, Metro ARIA will provide valuable information for urban researchers and service planners to assess metropolitan geographic access equity. The service themes and the composite index have the potential to provide new insight into spatial differences between metropolitan areas, enhancing existing research projects and stimulating new research opportunities.
Development of the six metropolitan accessibility indices:
- Metro ARIA – a general purpose metropolitan accessibility index combining access to: Health, Shopping, Education, Public Transport, Financial/Postal.
And sub-indices comprising:
- Health: Hospitals and General Practitioners
- Shopping: CBD, Major Shopping Centres, Supermarkets
- Education: Primary and High Schools, TAFE colleges, Universities
- Public Transport: Transit stops (Bus, Train, Tram, Ferry)
- Financial/Postal: Banks and Post Offices
Project Team Overview
The Australian Population and Migration Research Centre (APMRC) was established by Professor Graeme Hugo, and is located within the School of Social Sciences at The University of Adelaide. Research within APMRC has a strong focus on demographic, population and policy issues with a particular interest in international and internal migration related to Australia and the wider Asia-Pacific region. APMRC incorporates the National Centre for the Social Applications of GIS (GISCA) which has an established reputation in providing a wide range of spatial analysis, modelling and GIS contract research services.
Professor Graeme Hugo played a major role in the development of Metro ARIA. His contributions are gratefully acknowledged. Mr Jarrod Lange and Dr Danielle Taylor are spatial researchers with APMRC and have extensive experience in spatial accessibility modelling and the social applications of Geographical Information Systems. Others who have assisted with the timely completion of this project and to whom thanks are extended are: Mr Chris Medlin, Dr Julie Franzon and Ms Celine Frank. Thanks also to previous employees of GISCA who were involved with the development of the original Metro ARIA methodology.
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Over the past 20 years, Long Island's beer scene has emerged as one of the most vibrant in America, with award-winning breweries, top-notch brewpubs, beer bars and gastropubs, an active homebrewing community and popular beer festivals. This beer revolution followed a long period where local breweries had closed and great beer was not widely available.
Commercial brewing on Long Island dates back to 1874, when William Becker opened the Hicksville Brewery at Broadway and 4th Street. After operating for over 30 years, the brewery closed in 1905. In 1893, John Feller started brewing and bottling beer in the newly-named village of Lindenhurst, formerly known as Breslau. Feller ran his brewery until 1907, after which it changed hands several times until being purchased in 1914 by a German immigrant from Brooklyn, Otto Eichhammer. The Eichhammer Brewery closed after the passage of Prohibition in 1920, and the site is now the home of St. John’s Lutheran Church.
Following the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, Lindenhurst again became home to a brewery with the opening in 1934 of the new Linden Brewery at 80/90 Montauk Highway (now 80 E. Montauk Highway). At its peak, Linden Brewery produced 60,000 barrels per year and was known for making a variety of high-quality beers, including lager, ale, porter, culmbacher (dark lager) and seasonal bock. Because of financial pressures brought on by the Great Depression, the brewery decided not to install bottling facilities. This put Linden Brewery at a competitive disadvantage to larger breweries in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and it closed in 1948. The main brewery building is still in use today by a commercial printing company.
It took 40 years for successful breweries to open again on Long Island, but when they did beer drinkers were ready to embrace great beer. The movement began in 1996 with the founding of two brewpubs that continue to thrive today: Patchogue’s BrickHouse Brewery and Southampton Publick House. They were followed in 1998 by a new brewery in Patchogue, Blue Point Brewing, which quickly developed a strong following for its flagship Toasted Lager. The buzz about great beer was spread by pioneering beer bars like Croxley Ales, which in 1997 became the first bar on Long Island to have 60 taps. Homebrewing also became popular on Long Island and the first major homebrew club, Brewer's East End Revival (B.E.E.R.) was founded in 1996 and held its first competition.
Long Island’s beer revolution exploded in 2007 with the first major beer festivals produced by Starfish Junction at the Nassau Coliseum and on the North Fork. Soon new breweries began popping up, including Long Ireland Brewing in 2008, Greenport Harbor Brewing in 2009, and Great South Bay Brewing and Barrier Brewing in 2010. Today there are more than 35 breweries spread across Long Island, and beer festivals can be enjoyed year-round. It is truly a great time to be a beer lover on Long Island. LIBeerGuide is dedicated to helping you find and enjoy great beer whether it is outside your home at breweries, beer bars or gastropubs, or at home after picking up a growler at a beer store or homebrewing your latest batch. Enjoy!

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Can AT&T Bear the Burden of Another Apple Gadget?
Jan 29, 2010 5:00 AM PT
Before Wednesday, if the rumors were to be believed, Apple was not only on the brink of jettisoning its exclusive U.S. arrangement with AT&T for the iPhone, but that it would also roll out its tablet device with support from multiple carriers.
That, of course, didn't happen. AT&T is still the exclusive carrier for the iPhone, and no indication was given that the situation would change soon. AT&T is also the exclusive 3G carrier for the iPad -- or at least, the versions of the iPad capable of 3G connections. Rumors that consumers would be given a choice between AT&T or Verizon, for example, fell flat.
These developments raise the question: If AT&T is to remain the iPhone's sole carrier and act as the iPad's only cellular data provider, can its network handle the burden of all that traffic?
It's a fair question to ask; for months, AT&T has had to deal with consumer complaints about its 3G network, which has been dragged down by the data demands of the popular Apple smartphone. The problem is especially pervasive in cities like New York and San Francisco. Indeed, Verizon has poked fun at AT&T in its advertising over its network capabilities.
'Thorough Technical Understanding'
AT&T referred to this issue in its earnings call Thursday.
"AT&T is a natural fit for the iPad, given the combination of the ever-improving speed of our 3G network and our robust WiFi capabilities," said John Stankey, CEO and president of AT&T operations. "We have a thorough technical understanding, with a good read on the iPad's usage requirements and characteristics."
The company appears to be banking on users taking to WiFi at least some of the time for their connections, according to comments made by Rick Lindner, CFO for AT&T.
If Apple is smart, it has negotiated with AT&T to invest more money in its network, Todd Day, ICT industry analyst with Frost & Sullivan, told MacNewsWorld.
"The problem with the connection is on the back end side -- there needs to be more capacity to send signals out to the towers," he said.
AT&T has been taking steps, such as identifying the specific high-population areas or towers that are having the most problems and upgrading those first, he added.
"However, it is safe to say there still are issues with AT&T's network and its capacity," he added.
The problem might not be so acute with the iPad as some fear, according to Hal Steger, VP of Marketing at Funambol.
"The iPad will work with any WiFi, so AT&T's network is only an issue for when users are traveling," he told MacNewsWorld.
3G data services on the iPad will be sold on a month-to-month basis, not through a long-term contract with AT&T. The device is unlocked, and its modem is based on GSM, which is a wireless technology used by both AT&T and T-Mobile in the U.S. However, the frequencies that the iPad's modem use preclude it from working on T-Mobile's 3G network, according to a report on WirelessInfo.com.
Much also depends on how many iPads actually sell with the 3G feature and what AT&T does between now and when it is available to beef up its network, Steger continued. "The iPad does look like a data-intensive device, as it can be used for Web surfing and watching videos. Our guess is that in cities where there will be a lot of iPad sales, like San Francisco or New York, this could be an issue, but for other places it's probably not that big of a deal."


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Arizona kicker Lucas Havrisik named Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week
Oct 14, 2019
Arizona's Lucas Havrisik earns Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week after connecting on his fourth career 50-yard or longer field goal in the Wildcats 51-27 loss to Washington in Tucson. Havrisik went two-for-two on field goals and five-for-five on touchbacks against the Huskies. Currently, Havrisik has an 84.21 touchback percentage on the season, which is fifth-best in the country. Download the Pac-12 Now app today and <a href="https://pac12.app.link/wlgbYMRxPY">set alerts for Arizona football </a> to make sure you never miss a moment of the action.

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Chinese mainland saw 16 new confirmed cases
On Saturday Chinese mainland reports 16 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 9 imported cases, and 44 new asymptomatic COVID-19 patients.
Zhejiang Red Cross receives 1.24 billion-yuan donation against epidemic
Since the outbreak of novel coronavirus, all sectors of society in Zhejiang province have been actively contributing money to the Red Cross to support epidemic prevention and control.
As of 12:00 on April 15, the organization has received 1,240,710,300 Yuan in donations, including 937,358,200 Yuan in plain funds and 303,352,100 Yuan of material value. The accumulated expenditure of social donations is 1,184,104,700 Yuan, including 881,878,500 Yuan of capital and 302,226,200 yuan of material value.
Donated materials including masks, PPE, goggles, gloves, medical caps, thermometers, protective footwear covers, disposable surgical gowns, disinfectant solutions and sprayers, isolating clothes, blankets, generators, etc., which all have been sent to the relevant medical and health units and front-line control departments in accordance with the donors' intentions.
Wenzhou to issue 1.8-billion-yuan coupons in three batches!
Wenzhou began issuing 1.8 billion yuan ($255m) worth of consumption coupons on Saturday in a bid to stimulate consumption amid the pandemic. The coupons will be distributed in three batches until May 31.
Harbin to conduct nucleic acid tests on teaching staff and students
On April 18, Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang Province announced that they will conduct nucleic acid and serum antibody tests on teaching staff, senior students in senior high schools and their family members from April 20.
All cities in Hubei Province are now at low epidemic risk
The epidemic risk rating for whole Wuhan was downgraded to low, the provincial government said on Saturday.
It comes after the last district out of 13 in Wuhan City was moved out of medium risk. So far, all 76 cities and towns in Hubei province are at low risk.


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Billy Blanks Tae Bo Review
What You Should Know
Billy Blanks Tae Bo is an exercise video that most consumers who have been trying to lose weight are probably familiar with. Billy Blanks is an exercise guru, who has based his exercise routines around his martial arts experience. Billy Blanks Tae Bo videos use martial arts moves to improve the core muscles of the body through dance, martial arts and boxing moves. Billy Blanks Tae Bo became popular after Paula Abdul walked into his studio in California and he quickly became a success through his video and other celebrities who embraced his revolutionary exercise programs. Billy Blanks Tae Bo exercise program is widely available to the general public through his videos which can be found in most department stores and on internet stores.
Not applicable. The only items required for the Billy Blanks Tae Bo is a VCR player or a DVD player and the Billy Blanks Tae Bo videos.
Billy Blanks Tae Bo is an exercise program which many individuals have used to get in shape or improve their fitness level. The Billy Blanks Tae Bo videos come in a variety of experience levels and can be adapted to most consumers needs. Billy Blanks guides consumers through the exercises on the video giving tips to increase or decrease the intensity levels. Each Billy Blanks Tae Bo video does give consumers a warning that they should not begin his fitness program before consulting a physician. It is very important to follow Billy Blanks guidance through these videos to perform the exercises just as he does to prevent injury. The use of dance moves and boxing and martial arts move make this video fun and challenging to those looking to get in shape.
The Billy Blanks Tae Bo videos are not designed as a weight loss program but rather a fitness program. Doing the Billy Blanks Tae Bo videos can produce weight loss results, but these results can be increased further if the consumer also implements a healthy diet and uses weight loss supplements. The Billy Blanks Tae Bo videos can be found at many retail stores on and off line. The price of these videos varies greatly. They can also be purchased directly through the Billy Blanks website.
- The Billy Blanks Tae Bo videos are designed to improve the physical fitness of the user.
- Minimal weight loss can be expected by using the Billy Blanks Tae Bo videos.
- Consumers looking to lose a significant amount of weight may find the Billy Blanks Tae Bo videos very difficult at first.
- The Billy Blanks Tae Bo exercises should be performed specifically as he directs to avoid injury.
- The Billy Blanks Tae Bo videos do not promote the use of weight loss supplements to increase weight loss.
Billy Blanks Tae Bo videos are designed to improve the physical fitness of the user. This is not designed solely as a weight loss program. Consumers looking to lose a significant amount of weight should consider including the use of a weight loss supplement as well as a healthy diet with the Billy Blanks Tae Bo program to increase weight loss.
Consumers should look for a weight loss supplement which has a dedicated website. This website should have clinical trials proving the effectiveness of the weight loss supplement. It should also offer consumers a free trial offer or a money back guarantee to ensure consumer confidence. This weight loss supplement should be available through the dedicated website and include a fat burner and an appetite suppressant. The combination of a proven weight loss supplement with a healthy diet and exercise program can produce significant weight loss.

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Deemed "rumor and speculation" by Facebook, Microsoft Corp. is apparently considering a stake in the popular social networking site.
In my opinion, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wishes to remain independent, especially after declining a $1 billion offer from Yahoo last year. Moreover, with $100 million in annual revenue after just 3.5 years, there is no urgent need to offer such a stake.
However, if the rumors are true, I could also see Google entering the bidding war....
Read the full article on Yahoo!


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Here are the latest fundings from Silicon Valley companies, announced or filed recently with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Funded is a recurring feature where we post new fundings that cross our desks, as well as an archive of past fundings.
Guardian Analytics raises $8M
Mountain View-based Guardian Analytics Inc. raised $8 million in equity from 27 investors. Named executives in the filing include Terry Austin, executive officer, director; Skip Glass, director; Leslie Lucas, executive officer; Greg Owens, director; Irfan Salim, director; Greg Sands, director; and Jim Simons, director.
Sonim Technologies raises $18.4M
San Mateo-based Sonim Technologies Inc. raised $18,472,424 in equity, debt and debt conversion from 16 investors. Named executives in the filing include Richard Long, executive; Robert Plaschke, executive officer and director; and Franck Ullmann, director.
Concentric Power raises $456k
myTag raises $100k
San Jose-based myTag Inc. raised $100,000 in equity from three investors. Named executives in the filing include Tuan Le, executive officer and director; and Sang Pham, executive officer and director.
ScaleIO raises $12M
Palo Alto-bsed ScaleIO raised $12 million from Greylock IL Partners, Norwest Venture Partners and private investors. It will use the funding to expand its field operations, according to a release.

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Chances are, at some point while you were in high school, you wished you could run away from home. And chances are, your escape fantasy was just that: something you spent your time planning and never carrying out. But…what if you did? The Kings of Summer – a uniquely comedic coming of age story that’s become one of the season’s most anticipated indie releases – imagines exactly that.
The film’s director, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, is well-known for his collaborations with comic T.J. Miller. Most recently, the pair teamed up on Comedy Central’s sketch/stand-up experiment Mash Up, and their 2010 short, Successful Alcoholics, showcased the director’s ability to blend dark comedy [...]
"Lost Roles" is a weekly column exploring “what might have been” in movie and TV comedy, as we take a different actor, writer, or comedian each week and examine the parts they turned down, wanted but didn’t get, and the projects that fell apart altogether. This week, I interviewed T.J. Miller, star of She’s Out of My League
, Yogi Bear
, and the upcoming Fox sitcom The Goodwin Games
. Miller's inventive new show, the Comedy Central standup/video hybrid Mash Up
, premiered earlier this week and airs Tuesday nights at 12:30am. Miller was nice enough to chat about some of the parts he’s missed out on, including the epic tale [...]
Just in case today's guide to LA's comedy scene wasn't enough for you, here's a form to sign up for free tickets to Comedy Central's standup series Mash Up, hosted by TJ Miller. Comedians performing: Deon Cole, Nick Vatterott, Reggie Watts, Sean Flannery, Tom Segura, Chris D'Elia, Tig Notaro, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jonah Ray, Pete Holmes, Jon Dore, Jared Logan, Chris Hardwick, Hannibal Buress and others. Pretty great! You might as well go, as life is fleeting and brief moments of joy that are delivered by free entertainment are rare indeed.

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Russia parliament approves Putin's choice for PM
Last updated at 12:31 14 September 2007
Lawmakers in the 450-seat State Duma voted by 381 to 47 to confirm Zubkov, an old Putin acquaintance who the president plucked from obscurity as head of a money laundering watchdog to replace sacked prime minister Mikhail Fradkov.
The nomination of Zubkov, 65, deepened uncertainty about who Putin will endorse to succeed him when he steps down as president next year.
Most observers had expected the prime minister's job to go to a heavweight figure as a stepping stone to the presidency.
Answering questions from lawmakers before the vote, Zubkov said he would stick to the priorities set out by Putin in the past few years.
"I believe our priorities should be the strategic targets and programmes of concrete actions set out in the president's state of the nation addresses in the past few years," he said.
Zubkov said keeping inflation down and preventing sharp rouble fluctuation would be a key priority. This has been a key success of Fradkov's government.
He said Russia should squeeze more income out of its mineral wealth. "Russian oil and gas, forest, fish and other natural riches should bring more revenue", he said.
Answering a lawmaker's question, he said corruption pervaded Russian society and called for a special anti-corruption task-force to be set up.
Sounding a populist note as he addressed lawmakers who face an election in two months, he said he would help the defence industry recover from years of neglect, cut taxes and subsidise agriculture.
Under the constitution, Zubkov has one week to submit his proposals for a new government to Putin.
With Zubkov installed as prime minister, attention will now turn to the line-up of his new Cabinet.
He signalled on Friday unpopular Health and Social Affairs Minister Mikhail Zurabov could be a casualty of a reshuffle.
Analysts predict that reformist Economy Minister German Gref could also be dropped.
Markets were focussing most attention on the fate of Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, who is credited with bringing Russia's finances back to robust health.
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Ramen Fried Chicken Recipe: A viral Instagram video shows a chef creating a fusion dish by combining crispy chicken with the goodness of ramen noodles. Find out what all the buzz is about:
Ramen Recipe: If you have been looking for an easy way to make ramen at home, then the search is over!
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“Carrie” set the stage for a legion of endings that weren’t really endings or secondary endings that turned out to be unreal. Brian De Palma has just given the audience about 20 uninterrupted minutes of over the top horror that put a brand new face on tension in the genre before he finally has his monstrous little schoolgirl killed off. Or was she? Nobody alive who has seen “Carrie” without knowledge of the ending beforehand has ever remained entirely still when the movie’s last big scare occurs. If you really want to scare someone on Halloween who has never seen “Carrie”, set them down to watch this movie and just patiently wait for the payoff.
The Sixth Sense
Okay, pay attention all of you who think “The Sixth Sense” was a great movie with a classic twist ending. That ending is a total cheat and a violation of the contract between filmmaker and audience. “The Sixth Sense” is a Halloween trick rather than a treat. Watch how Shyamalananlanman composes shots so that it appears as if Bruce Willis is interacting with people besides the little kid who sees dead people. But he never actually shows anyone else appearing to interact with Willis. He’s cheating so he can withhold the truth until the reveal, but anyone paying the slightest bit of attention will have already figured out the ending two hours before it occurs.
The last ten minutes or so of the Spanish found footage horror film “[Rec]” are the very definition of what a great ending for a movie perfect for watching on Halloween should be. Forget the over-reliance on gore in torture porn horror and the phony baloney shock endings and concentrate on pure, unadorned terror produced through entirely cinematic means. If your pulse isn’t racing by the time the movie’s scariest moment nearly makes you poop in your pants, then your state of emotional well-being has been forever corrupted by exposure to too much uncreative cinematic horror.
What makes the ending of “The Mist” so incredibly much more disappointing than it would normally be is that the ending of the novella is one of only two times that Stephen King came up with an ending to one of his stories that matched every high point leading up to the final page. The original literary ending of “The Mist” is just simply brilliant in every way. Which only serves to make the incredibly mean-spirited and stupidly conceived ending of the film version not just one of the worst you may ever see on Halloween night, but a conclusion that could quite easily stimulate enough anger to send you out onto the streets looking for a little sublimated payback at the expensive of some innocent trick-or-treaters.
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Q: Why is soldered RAM so common in laptops? It seems very unfriendly to buyers. To get the amount of memory I want, my options are limited to extremely expensive gaming laptops—but I only need the specs of a mid-range laptop.
A: Replaceable SODIMM modules make uncommon memory configurations in the budget and mid-range feasible, for sure. But your description suggests you’re looking at ultraportable laptops, which is the likely reason you’re striking out in your quest for replaceable RAM.
Thin-and-light laptops tend to use low-power DDR4 (aka LPDDR4) RAM, which is a type that requires soldering. Why choose it over the SODIMM variety? Beyond the direct benefit to battery life, LPDDR4 also has the advantage of taking up less space—and not just in height. The room gained by using soldered memory helps keep the laptop slim and can be put toward other purposes, like cooling or a bigger battery.


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4 edition of A home for Jessie found in the catalog.
A home for Jessie
Braille. Orlando, Fla. : Braille Association of Mid-Florida. 3 v. (182 p.)
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A Home For Jesse is about Jesse Gray who finds himself in the dumps: homeless, a less than stellar job, no money, no clothes, no boyfriend. When Trey Miller rescues him, he has no choice, he needs a place to stay and some food in his stomach/5.
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Get this from a library. A home for Jessie. [Christine Pullein-Thompson; Doug Henry] -- "There's something in there!" Matt stared at the sack he had pulled from the water. He could feel his heart beating as he put his hand in it.
Something alive was in A home for Jessie book. It was a puppy, a Labrador. The third of three British books about Jessie, a rescued black Labrador retriever, this is a fine book for young animal lovers. Left in a hot car while Matt, her young owner, must accompany his mother on a shoe-buying expedition, Jessie is inadvertently abducted and later abused by three robbers who steal the car to make their getaway/5.
Title: A Home for Jessie Author Name: Pullein-Thompson, Christine,Henry, Doug Categories: *Childrens - AR5, Publisher: Willowisp Pr: June ISBN Number: ISBN Number Binding: Trade Paperback Book Condition: Used - Good Seller ID: Please Save Jessie is said to be the sequel to A Home for Jessie, which I have not read but conclude from various statements and conversations in the book tells the story about how Matt initially rescues Jessie, then they are separated when Matt’s family moves to the United States and Jessie gets lost, and finally they are all reunited.
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Christine Pullein-Thompson has books on Goodreads with ratings. Christine Pullein-Thompson’s most popular book is Phantom Horse (Phantom Horse. The home was moved to Seward on Resurrection Bay in Following damage to the home in the earthquake, the Jesse Lee Home was relocated to its present location in Anchorage in Agnes Soule was a territorial teacher assigned by Sheldon Jackson, territorial education superintendent, to work in Unalaska.
Jesse Kellerman. A Measure of Darkness. The new Clay Edison novel. a bunch of plays; and a handful of essays.
My books (Click on a cover for more information.) With Jonathan Kellerman. The Golem novels. The Clay Edison novels Next Event.
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In February ofCBS released the very first Jesse Stone film, Stone Cold on television with Jesse Stone played by Tom Sellick. Although it is the fourth novel of the Stone series, it was the first to be made into a film.
The prequel to Stone. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness & snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray.
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Along the road to adulthood, he has learned many lessons the hard way. Welcome to Jesse Stuart Foundation Bookstore. Upcoming Events.
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Walking is, for us, the only way to get around New York City. It is a convenient way of combining exercise, sightseeing, and capturing the atmosphere of neighborhoods, all while avoiding the delays of traffic and the terror of a ride with a renegade cabbie. While we know the city well, we still like to take organized walking tours to learn even more. Here are some of the tours we have enjoyed
Greenwich Village Food Tour
This was a very good tour that was made even better by our guide (Nikki) whose knowledge and passion for Italian food and fresh quality ingredients couldn’t help but wash over the group. The tour began with a brief overview of the village as a culinary Mecca from its role as an Indian and Dutch farming and fishing village through the early 1800s, then as an Italian immigrant neighborhood, until the early to mid-1900s when it became a bohemian community with little regard for fine food. The feast began with arancini (from Faicco’s) and took us through stops in the reinvigorated culinary neighborhood. These included:
- Lupa, for gnocchi with bolognese sauce and focaccia with olive oil;
- Dolce Gelateria, where we each had two small cones of gelato: coconut, peanut butter, pistachio, and mascarpone; and ending with
- A discussion and tasting of three different grades of balsamic vinegar, including a $30 a bottle IGP (appellation designate) and an incredible $60 per 3 oz flask, 12-year-old DOP that is sparingly served as part of a dessert or as an after-dinner drink.
Between stops, Nikki regaled us with stories about food and the neighborhood and pointed out a number of other prominent Bleeker Street food palaces, such as:
- Royce (Japanese chocolates);
- Murray’s (our all-time favorite American cheese store);
- Faicco’s (Italian deli);
- Keste Pizza and Vino (pizza);
- Risotteria Melotti (risotto);
- Blind Tiger (artisanal beer bar).
We also stopped in Rafetto’s, a century-old, family pasta and sausage shop that makes and sells every shape and flavor pasta you can imagine. We were so intrigued by the chestnut flour that Joyce has committed to making some chestnut pasta soon.
It was a very interesting, very tasty, and very filling tour.
The New Meatpacking District
Few urban neighborhoods have undergone such a rapid transformation as the Meatpacking District. Spurred by the opening of the popular Gansevoort Hotel, the extension of the High Line to the District, the culinary draw of Chelsea Market, and the Whitney Museum, this neighborhood is on a tear. The number of meat distributors is dramatically declining, being replaced by luxury condos and apartment towers, upscale clothing and accessory boutiques, and dozens of bars and restaurants, ranging from atmospheric and fun dive bars to upscale restaurants.
We, however, spent most of our browsing time in two neighborhood markets:
The wildly popular Chelsea Market draws gourmands from around the city with its specialty Italian, seafood, spice, pasta, and oil/vinegar markets and its popular bakeries (Amy’s and Sarabeth’s), pop-up designer clothing stalls, and its many restaurants.
There’s also a new food market in town, the Gansevoort Market, which is half a block from the Whitney. Much smaller and more intimate than the huge, teaming Chelsea Market, Gansevoort contains dozens of food stalls with everything from burgers to crepes to Thai street food. Our post-museum pick-me-up came from Ed’s Lobster Bar, where we shared a very good, semi-naked lobster roll. While many of the stalls have their own seating, the market also contains communal seating in a comfortable, vine-covered eating area.
The Prohibition Tour
This Big Onion two-hour walking tour goes through Greenwich Village, which had one of the greatest concentrations of speakeasies in the city. Temperance movements began forcing a crackdown on alcohol sales—especially to working-class men and blacks—in the 1890s, with the passage of state Blue Laws (which restricted drinking on the one day that laborers had off and were most likely to frequent bars). Then, in 1919, aided by crusaders such as Margaret Sanger and Carrie Nation, the Federal Government amended the constitution to dramatically limit the sale of alcohol across the country—an amendment that later gained enforcement teeth with the passage of the Volstead Act.
The tour, which took us past the locations of a number of the most notorious of the neighborhood’s speakeasies (most of which now bear no resemblance to those days), explained the impact of Prohibition on the neighborhood, how it created great new demand for musicians to play in the club and how it helped to spur the creation of Black and Tan clubs (which catered to multiple races) and gay and lesbian bars. It examined some of the very different types of speakeasies, from the raunchiest hellholes and prostitution joints to upscale establishments that catered to the rich and famous, and one that even acted almost as a civic organization for its neighbors. It explained the methods and successes of Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith (two of the most effective federal agents charged with enforcing the law), the ingenious ways in which people found to exploit loopholes (such as alcohol’s use in religious services and as prescription medications), and the role that Prohibition played in politics (such as the way the support of opponents of Prohibition helped torpedo Al Smith’s presidential aspirations and how Mayors including Fiorello Laguardia and Jimmy Walker benefited from their negligible enforcement of, or downright flaunting of Prohibition).
Although it was not the most educational of the walking tours we have taken with Big Onion or other companies, it was fun and interesting.
Upper East Side: Clash of the Titans Tour
This fascinating and engaging Big Onion tour highlights the architecture and explained the inter-family and in some cases intra-family rivalries of the gilded age titans who made the Upper East Side their home. It discussed:
- The creation of Central Park and how it spurred an exodus of the city’s tycoons to Park Avenue and how Park Avenue, which housed a railroad line, separated the wealthy from the “riff-raff”;and
- How the Park Avenue Armory (whose officers were the sons of the richest families) served as a safeguard against riff-raff incursions.
We saw and learned about some of the exclusive men’s social clubs whose members came from among those who “are” rather than among those who “do”.and about how the extravagant single-family mansions of the 1870s through 1910s began to give way to the more restrained, more secure, full-service—but also very upscale—buildings of the 1920s.
Then there were the families who owned the mansions. The tour discussed:
- How one of two feuding sides of the Astor family built the Waldorf Astoria Hotel to block the sun from and reduce the value of the other’s mansion.
- The irony of how vehemently anti-semitic Caroline Astor’s huge upscale mansion has since been converted into a synagogue.
- Rail baron Jay Gould’s fruitless attempt to join the high society and his feud with Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt as the Commodore’s business shifted from steamships to railroads.
- The feud between former partners steel magnate Andrew Carnegie and coal baron Henry Ford Frick. And since each of these families sought to continually outdo the others, all kept up with evolving architectural trends, from early Beaux-Arts, through Victorian to new-Classical and French Renaissance. They sometimes teared down decades-old mansions to rebuild new ones in the style of the day.
While many of the original mansions have long since been torn down or greatly modified, some, such as those of the Henry Ford Frick, Louis Pulitzer (who had his own feud with competitive publisher William Randolph Hearst), and the ornate Beaux-Arts Rhinelander mansion retain much of their original character. Most of the buildings have since been sub-divided into coops or sold to new wealth (such as The Pulitzer mansion to the Emir of Qatar). But a few are still open to the public. Examples include the Frick mansion (now the Frick Collection) and the Rhinelander mansion which has been beautifully converted into Ralph Lauren’s flagship store and retains many of the beautiful rooms.
Meanwhile, the shanties that were on the wrong side of the Park Avenue tracks have all been torn down to be replaced by high-rise apartments and coops and fashionable stores and restaurants.
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Lodi Gyari, envoy of the Dalai Lama, asks Beijing to keep the torch out of Tibet. He also says the situation in Tibet is “grim”. Norway may also skip the opening ceremonies. The EU calls inviting the DL to Brussels “doable.” More arrests in Burma: 52 since January.
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In just a couple weeks, the organizers at the Cannes Film Festival will unveil their official selections, and widely expected to pop up is Naomi Kawase‘s “An: Sweet Red Bean Paste.” She’s a favorite on the Croisette, with three films playing In Competition over the years, winning the Grand Jury Prize and Golden Coach award for “The Mourning Forest” in 2007. Her latest looks like a lovely piece of low-key drama, judging by the first international trailer, which admittedly, I didn’t understand a word of.
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There's a tiny little clock/watch repair shop more or less opposite the Oxfam shop in West Kirby - a little Aladdin's cave, it is. Would be worth checking it out. If you need a lot of watch batteries he might be able to do you a deal of some sort.
I love this shop - I just didn't make the connection that they'd do batteries. They restored a friends clock, it was an original wooden railway clock that he dropped on the floor and smashed.
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I've got a watch that I love (Met Police Fingerprint Bureau
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I'd certainly suggest trying them - my husband had a special watch (made in Germany) supplied by British Coal suitable for use underground (no sparks!). It was full of coal dust and the suppliers said to return it to them, they'd send it to Germany and clean it for £750
The wonderful watch shop did it for £40 in a fortnight. The only drawback is they couldn't provide a replacement seal so it's no longer guaranteed waterproof - but that's not a problem, and certainly not one worth £710.


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After downplaying the Covid-19 vaccine for months, President Jair Bolsonaro boasted the number of vaccinated people in Brazil on Tuesday and said the country would purchase vaccines approved by the National Health Surveillance Agency.
"I always said that any vaccine, once approved by Anvisa, would be purchased by the federal government. Last year we signed a Provisional Measure in December allocating a credit of R $ 20 billion for vaccinations and this is now a reality for us," declared Bolsonaro at an event at the Credit Suisse bank.
He also said that Brazil is the sixth "most vaccinated country in the world." "We are already the sixth country that has vaccinated the most in the world. Soon we will be in first place, to give more comfort to the population and security for everyone, so that our economy does not stop working."
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Our weekly look at individual Caps’ ups and downs
The Capitals became the first team to hit 100 goals this season, and they did it before the calendar flipped to December. They avoided a three-game losing streak and instead won three in a row. What did that look like for each guy in the lineup? Let’s find out.
Nicklas Backstrom is…still injured. At this point, he has missed five games. He traveled with the team to Detroit on Saturday, but did not make it back into the lineup. Is this a sign that he might be close to returning? Who knows, but let’s hope it’s sooner rather than later.
Verdict: Get well soon, please?
Travis Boyd had a relatively quiet week, especially compared to the hot start he had when he was called up a few weeks ago. He tallied one point last week, the secondary assist on Ovechkin’s game-tying goal against Tampa, but he had no other points. He had three giveaways but he did manage to stay out of the box and was tapped for both power play and penalty kill time. It looks like the good just barely outweighed the bad last week, but not by much.
Welcome back to the lineup, Nic Dowd! He returned after some complications from a hand injury he sustained kept him out longer than anticipated. He made his presence known right away, even though he was held off the score sheet. He was tied for fourth-most hits on the team last week with nine, and he had the best faceoff record at 58.06%.
Lars Eller only had one point through three games, but boy was it a pretty one. He was in the right place at the right time to tap in a Jakub Vrana rebound against the Panthers, tallying his sixth goal of the season. Eller is still centering the Caps’ second line in Backstrom’s absence, and he still seems to be handling the responsibility well. The only noticeable dip in his performance last week: he only won 45.16% of his faceoffs. Other than that, it’s relatively smooth sailing for the Great Dane.
Carl Hagelin can be activated off LTIR for Tuesday’s tilt in San Jose, and it looks like that is all set to happen. The Caps sent Beck Malenstyn and Christian Djoos back to Hershey yesterday to clear roster space, and Hagelin will reportedly be back in the lineup.
Verdict: See you tomorrow!
Garnet Hathaway returned for Friday’s matchup against Tampa, where he skated 2:19 on the penalty kill, laid two hits, and had one takeaway. However, the most notable part of Hathaway’s week? The moment where he absolutely launched former Cap Mike Green into the Washington bench in Detroit on Saturday.
Have yourself a week, Evgeny Kuznetsov. He is clearly enjoying his time centering the Caps’ top line because had six points through three games, tied for the most on the team last week. His one goal opened the scoring for the Caps’ comeback against Tampa on Friday, and he had a three-assist outing in Detroit. The only bad things to say about Kuzy last week: he led the team in penalties with four and he went a dismal 31.25% at the faceoff dot. Sure, that’s rough, but it hurts less when he has stellar offense to back it up.
Verdict: On the rise
Brendan Leipsic only had one goal last week, but it was an important one. He scored the Capitals’ fourth goal of the night against the Panthers, which ended up being the game-winner. It was a beauty of a play that allowed Leipsic to show off his speed, which is never going to get old. He was quiet other than that goal, but it’s getting really hard to not like how Leipsic is fitting into the lineup.
Beck Malenstyn only played in one game last week, Wednesday’s 4-3 win over Florida. He got shipped back to the Hershey Bears yesterday morning, presumably to make room for Hagelin to be activated off LTIR. Fun fact: Malenstyn wasted absolutely no time and promptly scored a goal in the Bears’ 4-3 OT victory last night.
Verdict: See you next time!
T.J. Oshie had quite the turnaround last week! He was part of the Capitals’ high-flying top line and tallied five points (1G, 4A) through last week’s three games. Oshie scored his 11th goal of the season in Detroit on Saturday, and he had a particularly impressive outing against Tampa where he tallied three assists. Let’s not forget about that errant pass on Wednesday that led directly to Brett Connolly’s goal for the Panthers, because that was rough, but Oshbabe had a pretty stellar week overall.
Verdict: On the rise
Alex Ovechkin hat trick? Alex Ovechkin hat trick! Oh captain my captain was back at it again last week, notching six points (5G, 1A) and the 24th hatty of his illustrious career. This one, however, was different: two of the goals were empty netters. Clearly he just felt like shaking things up and adding yet another first to his career. He also felt like giving his goal against the Panthers a throwback vibe and did this to get the Caps on the board first. Other things to note about Ovi’s week: his five goals on 16 shots were good for a whopping 31.25 SH%, he laid ten hits, and had three takeaways. The Great 8 may be 34 years old but obviously he doesn’t plan on slowing down any time soon.
Verdict: On the rise
Richard Panik found the score sheet again, and wow it was a killer shot. Panik gracefully picked up a long pass from Jonas Siegenthaler and absolutely sniped the puck over Bobrovsky’s blocker for his second goal of the season. The shot was perfect, as was the way he glided towards the net on one skate to fire it off. Panik might have been otherwise quiet last week, but the fact that he managed to get a goal two weeks in a row is definitely encouraging.
Chandler Stephenson was in the “quiet week” camp last week. He stayed off the score sheet but also stayed out of the penalty box. He skated 5:37 on the penalty kill through three games, and was not on the ice for any power play goals against. Bottom line: he wasn’t noticeable in a bad way, but he wasn’t noticeable in a good way either.
Here’s your daily reminder that Jakub Vrana is elite! He had yet another solid week, tallying four points (1G, 3A) for fourth-most on the team and recording 16 shots on goal, which tied Ovi for the most on the team. He also drew two penalties while staying out of the box himself and created four rebounds. One of those rebounds was scooped up by Eller on Wednesday for a beautiful goal, which just goes to show that getting the puck on net is half the battle. Vrana also made some slick passing plays last week, including a beautiful power play sequence in Detroit for an Oshie PPG. Not bad, Jake, not bad at all.
Verdict: On the rise
Tom Selleck had-oh sorry, my bad, I meant Tom Wilson. Tom Wilson had a pretty decent week. He recorded nine hits against the Lightning on Friday, and he scored his tenth goal of the season in Detroit on Saturday. He also only took one trip to the box through all three games and was second among forwards in ice time with 58:22.
Verdict: Steady, now please go shave
A one-point week from John Carlson in the year of our Lord 2019? Weird, but it happened. He had one primary assist in Detroit, but that was the only mention of him in the scoring column all week. He skated just under 74 minutes through three games, which was eight minutes more than any other Cap, and spent time on both the power play and the penalty kill. He also blocked nine shots, the most on the team. Was this an objectively bad week of hockey? No, but we all know John Carlson is capable of so much more.
Radko Gudas had another pretty solid week of hockey. He recorded two assists, including the primary helper in the beautiful passing play that led to Leipsic’s goal against the Panthers. He also only took one trip to the sin bin and laid ten hits. On a less-than-stellar note, Gudas was on the ice for five goals against, the most for any Cap last week. Other than that, however, Gudas seems to be doing just fine.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I’ll believe it when I see it with Nick Jensen. There’s nothing inherently wrong with having a player who likes to slow the game down on your hockey team, but when it so clearly clashes with the way the rest of your guys play, it raises a few questions. This is getting frustrating to watch.
Michal Kempny’s play took a bit of a dip two weeks ago, and while it didn’t necessarily improve last week, at least it didn’t continue to nosedive. Kempny was mostly unnoticeable last week; he didn’t make any obviously boneheaded mistakes, but he also didn’t do anything worthy of a round of applause.
Dmitry “Highlight Reel Goals Or Bust” Orlov was back at it again last week! That’s right, Dmitry Orlov scored a beauty of an overtime winner to complete Washington’s comeback against Tampa on Friday. He also recorded the primary assist on Ovechkin’s game-tying goal in the third period of that game. He also laid eight hits, blocked five shots, and took only one penalty through three games. Not bad, Dima, not bad.
Verdict: On the rise
Jonas Siegenthaler had the first multi-point game of his career last week when he recorded two assists against the Panthers. His primary assist of the night came on a beautiful and perfectly timed long pass to Panik in the second period, and he got the passing play started for Leipsic’s tally later on. Siegenthaler also, once again, led the Caps in penalty kill minutes, skating 8:40 through three games. Watching him become more and more comfortable on the PK has been a real treat this season, and he is turning into an incredibly reliable blueliner for the Capitals.
Braden Holtby with another solid outing in net for Washington? Tell me more. Holtby played two of the Caps’ three games last week, and he looked as strong as ever. His performance against the Panthers was particularly impressive, stopping 37 of 40 shots. Holtby finished the week with a .914 SV% and a 2.93 GAA, which is pretty good. All things point to the Holtbeast having settled into the season quite nicely after a bit of a shaky start.
Ilya Samsonov was tapped for Saturday’s game against the Red Wings, and he did not disappoint. The Russian netminder looked stellar between the pipes, stopping 25 of 27 shots for a .926 SV% on the night. He recorded his sixth win this season as he continues to prove that he more than deserves this job as Holtby’s backup.
Verdict: Out to lunch, be back next week


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New research indicates chronic sleep loss may cause irreversible physical damage to the brain. Most people realize a lack of sleep can impair their cognitive performance, but they also think they can simply catch up by getting extra sleep subsequently. But after experimenting on mice, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found extended wakefulness was linked to injury and even a loss of neurons.
“The impact of even a small amount of sleep loss can be quite remarkable and have severe consequences,” says Prof. Stuart Fogel, a research scientist at Western University in London, Ontario. “These consequences could even lead downstream, if left unchecked, to perhaps diseased processes and more severe neurodegeneration and increasing sort of snowball effects into increasing sleep loss and further downstream consequences. So, left unchecked, it could be a real problem.”
‘One third of Canadians lack sleep’
An estimated 30 per cent of the Canadian population does not get enough sleep, says Fogel. For many, a busy lifestyle leads people to shorten the amount of time they sleep. There are others who suffer from sleep disorders such as sleep apnea or insomnia. Then there are a raft of people who work night shifts which may compromise their sleep.
Some mice were put on a typical shift worker’s sleep pattern for this experiment. After several days, they were shown to experience cell death and a loss of neurons. Mice are not people but this study was done on a molecular and cellular level, says Fogel, and since all animals sleep many of the processes are similar and the mouse model can help researchers understand what is going on in humans.
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Most at risk from a lack of sleep are children whose brains are developing and seniors who, according to Fogel’s own research, do not get the same benefits from sleep and often suffer sleep disruptions. Sleep, he says, is important for everyone.
“I think there is this perception that perhaps sleep is something optional,” says Fogel. “But it really is one of our strongest biological drives and one of the pillars of good health.”


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Tonight, Romania will select the last six semi-finalists to proceed to the final round of the Romanian selection. The live telecast / webcast is scheduled to begin at 19:10 CET.
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Twelve songs were supposed to compete in each semi final. Indiggo's song Lovestruck was disqualified when the artists missed the first rehearsals for this heat on Thursday, so only eleven entries will be presented tonight. Giulia Nahmany's song Make it was also disqualified from the first semi final. Six songs out of tonight's heat, chosen by a jury (50 %) and televoting (50 %), will qualify to join six songs from the last heat for the final. The eventual winner will then be chosen in the grand final on 10th February.
Just like last week, the interval act will include many EurovisionSong Contest classics performed by Romanian artists as well as a 'boxing match' between two famoussingers. Also as last week, esctoday.com will present live and frequently updated coverage of the telecast tonight.
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A webcast will be provided here.
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You can listen to the songs here.
- Moni-K – În lumea mea
- Andra and Simplu – Dracula, my love
- Tibi Scobiola – Nu pot să uit
- Nico – Love is all you need
- Celia – Şoapte
- Ada – You and me
- Wassabi – Do the tango with me
- Desperado and Tony Poptămaş – European – a beautiful sin
- Ionuţ Ungureanu – Time
- Trupa Veche – Deci 20
- Marcel Pavel – No podre vivir
Preview videos for all songs are available from TVR here. The preview videos will also be broadcast at 11:30 CET over TVRi.
The winner of the national final will be directly qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest final in Helsinki since Mihai Traistariu finished 4th in Athens with Tornerò.


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Over the past two decades, Bangkok has experienced multiple shocks—the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s started in Thailand; in 2011, the country was hit by a devastating flood that displaced more than 1.5 million people; and in May of this year, the country experienced its twelfth coup d’état in less than a century.
Yet building resilience in Bangkok, a bustling and densely-populated city of over six million people, “is not just about recovery from shocks, or going back to the original state of being,” said Apiwat Ratanawaraha, an urban planning expert in Bangkok. “It’s about transformation from a bad state into a better state.”
Urbanization has become a central issue in global development and security, as experts project that by 2030, more than three quarters of the world’s population will live in cities. Fast urbanization can offer higher standards of living, but it comes at a cost—local institutions may be unable to scale-up their infrastructure to accommodate rapidly growing populations, and the resulting failures can turn cities into havens for violence, crime, and poverty.
Experts suggest that the majority of this population growth will be in impoverished city neighborhoods, with the global population of city slums reaching two billion people as soon as 2030. Bangkok’s Klong Toey slums, for instance, are home to over 100,000 people and ostensibly function as a hub for the city’s criminal gangs.
The Global Observatory spoke with Mr. Ratanawaraha, Lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning of Chulalongkorn University, about the meaning of urban resilience and how fast urbanization is affecting Bangkok.
The interview was conducted by Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, Policy Analyst at the International Peace Institute (IPI). Mr. Ratanawaraha’s case study on urban stress and resilience in Bangkok will be published in a forthcoming report as part of IPI’s project “Cities Under Stress: Building Urban Resilience.”
In terms of urban planning, what is the most important source of stress in Bangkok?
The most important source of stress is the increase in “club goods.” What I mean by club goods are things like gated communities, private schools, private security services. These are problematic because they add to the stress of providing public services. A lot of gated communities in Thailand provide their own services, so the people who live there are the middle class and the rich. And they are not going to be helping the general public or the city to provide public goods to other people. This, in turn, will affect social cohesion and the ability to increase collective action to create better services and build resilience.
Social media is big in Thailand. How does it contribute to this stress?
People are not only segregated physically by living in gated communities and condominiums, they are also segregated virtually because they have their own Facebook pages, they just talk to people who are their friends. A lot of people are connected digitally—Thai people love Facebook and Twitter. But they don’t have interactions with other people outside their Facebook “clubs.” So it creates this “information cocoon” where you just talk to people who share similarities in terms of background, political beliefs, and hobbies. You don’t see interaction across social groups, which in turn makes social cohesion even more difficult to build.
Are there other key obstacles to building resilience in Bangkok?
One problem that I think will make it difficult to build resilience, especially collective resilience across social groups, is that a lot of people live in the city without political representation. There is this law that requires that you have some sort of property or be associated with somebody who owns property in order to get household registration. Without household registration, you are not going to be able to vote. This creates a problem of residence without representation, which in turn affects the ability for people to participate politically and even feel ownership that they can invest in the city. A lot of rural people who migrated to Bangkok don’t have that political representation, so they are kind of in a limbo. They live in Bangkok but they don’t exactly have citizenship there.
How do you define urban resilience?
Resilience is not just about recovery from shocks, or going back to the original state of being. It’s about transformation from a bad state into a better state. For example, resilience after a flood in terms of housing doesn’t mean that you build exactly the same types of houses as you did before. Rather, in terms of transformation, resilience in housing means that you are adopting something more sustainable, something better. That’s resilience.


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Baltimore--A national panel appointed to advise the Secretary of Education on the teaching of foreign languages in the United States has found a nationwide “indifference ... that should be a source of national embarrassment,” but has rejected previous recommendations that the federal government play a substantial role in foreign-language education.
The 21-member National Advisory Board on International Education Programs wrote the report at the request of Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell, who urged the group to complete the work quickly to take advantage of the current interest in education reform and to allow the Congress and state legislatures to consider its recommendations promptly. Intended to advance the debate on issues raised in “A Nation at Risk,” the report was accepted by Secretary Bell late last month.
Members of the board, which was established by federal law, include representatives of education, business, government, and the public.
In marked contrast to a foreign-language study issued during the Carter Administration, the new report places much of the responsibility for improving the caliber of foreign-language training on local schools and colleges.
“We had a report that called for a large federal role, and we’re still in the same boat that we were then,” said James B. Holder-man, president of the University of South Carolina and chairman of the national board. “Just calling for a wide federal role won’t solve the problem. You’ve got to get locals and states involved.”
Nevertheless, the new study has cited many of the problems identified in earlier reports. It states, for example, that “it is shocking to note that competency in a foreign language is no longer required in our Foreign Service examination.”
Foreign-language enrollments in high schools have steadily declined from their “modest peak in 1915 of 36 percent to a mere 15 percent in 1980,” the report states, and even fewer students go on to complete sufficient courses to acquire “a minimal level of proficiency.” One finding cited by the report was that less than 2 percent of all students studied the same language for more than two years.
The import of these findings, the report said, was compounded by the board’s realization that citizens lacked even a basic understanding of foreign affairs and foreign cultures. Citizens’ knowledge in these areas, the report said, is “woefully inadequate.”
The panel did, however, find “signs that the situation is gradually improving.”
Much of the credit for improvement, the report states, goes to the “fresh stimulus” provided in 1979 by the report of the President’s Commission on Foreign Languages and International Studies. Since the 1979 report, some 70 colleges and universities have reinstated foreign-language requirements for entry or graduation.
Moreover, the panel found, some states are instituting language requirements for schools, the report noted. New York, for example, is proposing to introduce in 1985 mandatory foreign-language requirements, including a proficiency examination for 9th graders in reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension, with instruction beginning in elementary grades.
Rose Hayden, president of the Council on Foreign Language and International Studies, said last week that a census now under way will probably show that about 3 percent more high-school students are taking a foreign language now than in 1980.
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Chief among the new panel’s recommendations was a proposal that foreign-language study begin in the early grades, when studies have shown children are most receptive to learning languages.
The board also recommended:
The establishment of local “talent searches” for students of the highest foreign-language ability. These students should be given opportunities to pursue advanced study at magnet or international high schools and to study and live abroad, the report says.
A requirement that students demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language, not the “mere accumulation of credit hours,” for both admission to and graduation from college.
The inclusion of stringent proficiency tests in the certification process for foreign-language teachers and the requirement that they demonstrate “a high level of ... teaching ability, as well as a knowledge of the people, history, and institutions of the country or region in which the language is spoken.”
Federal Role Debated
While the Carter Administration’s panel found a “scandalous” void in American language education and urged a direct infusion of federal money, the new study suggests as an alternative that a national fund be created from a “portion of the funds generated by the overseas sale of U.S. government, military, and other properties, and by interest payments on overseas technical assistance loans.” Such a fund would generate about $100 million annually, according to Mr. Holderman, who said that he had talked with members of Congress about it and received indications that it would have considerable support there.
If that recommendation were accepted by the Administration, however, it would represent a departure from the Administration’s previous moves to eliminate virtually all federal funds for foreign-language instruction.
The President’s proposed budget for fiscal year 1985 would eliminate all money for Title VI programs in the Higher Education Act, which pays for advanced study in non-Western languages. The current budget has $25 million allocated to the programs.
The new study, however, states that the money should be restored to the budget; the language commission calls the program “crucial” in providing “the adequate capacity in this country for foreign language.
But Kenneth D. Whitehead, director of the U.S. Education Department’s office of international education, said last week that “the problem we’re dealing with here is more a question of [educational] standards than a question of where the funds come from.”
On the other hand, Ms. Hayden of the National Council on Foreign Language and International Studies criticized the panel for not recommending broader federal involvement in solving the problem.
“The good news is that we have a report, but so what?” she said. “Where is the motivator? Where is the federal partnership? There’s nothing in Title VI that supports kindergarten through the 12th grade. Anyway, the money in that program isn’t even enough to buy two F-15’s.”
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