Today we’re looking at those spaces that breathe life into a city: parks.
I kept it simple: only beaches, municipal-operated, and county-operated parks were included. These criteria effectively excluded the following uses, which are part of Miami-Dade County’s default “Park” category:
- Recreational Vehicle Parks/Camps
- Private Recreational Facilities Associated with Private Residential Developments
- Private Recreational Camps/Areas
- Golf courses
- Other Nature Preserves and Protected Areas, which, for the most part, are completely inaccessible for public recreation/leisure
And, significantly, this map doesn’t show Biscayne National Park, our local, primarily aquatic national park covering the bulk of central and southern Biscayne Bay.
What do you think? Where are more parks needed in our community?
Our Urban Development Boundary (UDB) constrains the encroachment of real estate development — typically in the form of single-family residential sprawl — into our precious agricultural and other environmentally-sensitive lands, such as the wetland and terrestrial ecosystems of Everglades National Park.
The agriculture sector contributes significantly to the local economy. As recently explained in WLRN’s excellent series “The Sunshine Economy”:
Agriculture generates a direct $700 million dollars a year in Miami-Dade County alone. The economic impact of the plowing, growing and picking of those crops is much larger.
Agricultural land-uses in Miami-Dade County are found primarily in the southwest, in what’s known as the Redland Agricultural Area (often referred to as the “Redlands”).
One can also find plenty of fruit stands selling tropical and sub-tropical delights, fruits and vegetables that are sometimes virtually impossible to grow in any US region outside of South Florida.
Significant horticultural industries can be found out there too, including processing and packaging facilities for orchids and other ornamental plants.
If you haven’t already, visit the agricultural periphery of Miami-Dade County. It’ll change your whole perspective of what “Miami” truly is . . .
Even in primarily financial- and service-sector cities like Miami, industrial use of land is a critical component of the urban economy.
Yes; Miami is a ‘post-industrial’ city, having carved its niche in the world economy after other metropolitan centers had carved their own on the foundation of manufacturing and production, but significant pockets of industrial land-use do exist in the county.
For some, the industrial space is closer than for others.
Just think about your own neighborhood: Is it near one of Miami’s industrial clusters, or far-removed where the illusion of a production-free world is more easily accepted?
This industrial land-use map includes spaces used for activities classified as:
- [limestone/concrete] extraction, excavation, quarrying, and rock-mining,
- heavy and light manufacturing,
- industrial office parks,
- industrial-commercial condominiums, and
- junk yards.
If you’ve never been to one of the junk yards along the Miami River, or in Hialeah, it’s time you took a field trip. The industrial side of Miami’s economy will become much more apparent than you’ve ever imagined . . .
We posted a map of residential land-use in Miami-Dade last week. Here’s one illustrating commercial use throughout the county.
What patterns, if any, do you see here? Where would you like to see more commercial development take place?
It’s not often that something leaves me without words in Miami. But this does it.
Yes, that’s the Rickenbacker Causeway bike lane. Yes, that’s a giant sign blocking it, forcing bicycle riders into fast moving traffic. This is also located on arguably the most dangerous existing segment of the Powell bridge, where cyclists traveling downhill at higher speeds must be aware of merging traffic on the right (and vice versa).
This picture is all the more appalling considering that in the past few weeks alone, safety concerns along the Causeway have become even more urgent. A number of local media outlets again reported on the issue following an ugly incident earlier this month in which a drunk driver struck multiple cyclists. These reports included editorials in the Miami Herald, a WPLG news segment highlighting the dangerous conditions, and a public response from Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez only nine days ago.
How in the world can anyone believe that Miami-Dade County is taking this issue with any grain of seriousness? As one commenter on Transit Miami’s Facebook page said, “You can’t complain about the common sense in this town because there isn’t any.”
Our invitation is still on the table for Mayor Gimenez to come out with us for a ride and see the situation first-hand.
Special thanks to Transit Miami reader Ruben van Hooidonk for the picture. See something we should post? E-mail us or let us know on Facebook.
A pedestrian bridge above US-1 at the University MetroRail station was recently approved by Miami-Dade County and is currently moving closer to an agreement. Though a state and federally funded project of $6 million, the University Centre mall owner has raised some concerns and is refusing to allow the county to build the bridge on its property. The bridge to channel university students, middle school students, metrorail riders, and others to the popular strip mall has been in the works for several years, joining the other existing US-1 overpasses. The Pedestrian Safety Access Committee formed with the long-term goal to build the pedestrian bridge in direct response to 3 student fatalities at the intersection since 1990, along with several accidents.
Looking at this situation at face value, this project makes perfect sense: people are dying on the intersection, so take the people off the intersection. But I challenge you to stand back and examine the bigger picture of crossing US-1 at this intersection and every other one in Coral Gables, South Miami, and beyond. Is the problem uniquely at this intersection, or along the entire stretch of the fast-moving, 6-lane highway? Due to very high speeds, awkward street-level pedestrian crossings, unbuffered and narrow sidewalks, and poor street lighting, I think we can agree that this stretch is hostile to non-motorists. Michelle Simmon, public involvement coordinator for Miami-Dade Transit stated back in 2007 that ‘the main purpose of the long-term bridge project is to encourage pedestrian safety while making the Coral Gables community more “walkable.” Yes, ‘channeling’ pedestrians into a bridge does have the potential of keeping pedestrians safe, but does it encourage walkability?
Pedestrian Convenience. A walkable community is possible when the built environment is convenient to the pedestrian, bicyclist, student, parent with baby stroller, etc. Making decisions that inhibit pedestrian convenience such as narrowing sidewalks, reducing crosswalks, ‘forcing’ people to go up and over a street – then these decisions make the built environment inconvenient and therefore, less walkable. But if we redesign the street to discourage speeding, add wider sidewalks buffered from vehicular traffic, pedestrian street lighting, and common-sense street-level crossings (and using a lot less than the $6 million) we could achieve both safety and walkability for all road users.
Neighborhood Unity. Instead of creating a street that welcomes its neighbors, we are making decisions (like numerous pedestrian bridges) that add up toward creating an automobile sewer. This is the root of the problem, and the reason for these vehicular deaths in the first place – we are literally trying to put a highway into the middle of a community. Why are we surprised that pedestrians, students, children are trying to cross the street in their own neighborhood? Instead of encouraging to further dissect this area, we need to consider the potential to transform this massive right-of-way into the safe neighborhood center the university, middle school, and residents deserve.
Traffic Priorities. The problem in this dangerous intersection is not the pedestrians, but the unobservant drivers. But who are we punishing? the pedestrians. And who are we prioritizing for dominion over the street even more? the drivers, observant or not. A walkable neighborhood is not void of cars, drivers, and traffic, but rather re-prioritizes its road space to accommodate a full range of transportation choices. Slowing traffic down does not guarantee more congestion either. In fact, some of the most efficient roads in the world are in slow-speed, walkable environments. By humanizing the thoroughfare with better street-level crossings, lighting, wider sidewalks, street trees, narrower traffic lanes, and even on-street parking, we can effectively slow traffic, and persuade drivers to be more alert, attentive, and vigilant, fostering a safer atmosphere for all.
If building this University Station pedestrian bridge could save just one life, then yes, its construction is more than worth it. But what’s next in encouraging safety and walkability? Are we going to continue constructing pedestrian bridges at every intersection over Dixie Highway – and with whose funds? And does that leave the people who will still cross at street level with a more dangerous thoroughfare? I challenge this community, the Pedestrian Safety Access Committee, Miami-Dade County, FDOT, and others involved to improve the pedestrian experience on the street level. In many ways the easiest solution is to build the pedestrian bridge. However, six million dollars can provide a lot of funding for this community if our residents and leaders are brave enough to tackle the root of the problem. We should not take these deaths lightly, but we do need to consider the full range of options to improve the safety, convenience, and value of the US-1 corridor. Just as Michelle Simmon from Miami-Dade Transit stated, “A livable community has to be a safe community.” By humanizing this dangerous, dissecting thoroughfare, we can not only save lives, but also our community.
TransitMiami can’t help but give a great neighborhood bar, The DRB, some unsolicited praise for its ingenious selection of an otherwise neglected downtown office building for its new location.
The building in question — situated on NE 5th Street and 1st Ave. — is surrounded almost exclusively by institutional land-uses (occupied by, e.g., federal courthouses, a community college, a church, etc.) and lots of shamefully vacant and/or completely undeveloped, prime-for-mixed-use-development downtown parcels.
When New Urbanists and other community design-oriented folks refer to the evils of homogeneous land-use configurations, the image most typically invoked is that of miles upon miles of single-family residential land-use. Indeed, monolithic residential land-use embodies the notion of ‘urban sprawl’.
Elected officials, planners, and developers must also recognize, though, that large areas of homogeneous institutional land-use in the downtown core is at least as toxic (if not more so) for our city as sprawling single-family cookie-cutter houses along the periphery.
We need more transit-oriented development (TOD) in Miami’s de facto government-institution district. That area already has a great combination of Metrorail, Metromover, and Metrobus access. We must augment this healthy transportation configuration with a healthier land-use configuration.
And we must certainly continue to push our elected officials to expand the public transit network. However, we must also push them to better incentivize more commercial in-fill near the highly viable sections of public transit we already have, especially in downtown. It’s the hustle and bustle of downtown that build’s a city’s personality.
Kudos to you, Democratic Republic of Beer, for selecting a site so wonderfully accessible by transit, foot, and bicycle. Now all those bureaucrats and college students have a nice neighborhood spot in which to enjoy one of your exotic specialty brews from one of the corners of the globe.
(This author recommends the Sri Lankan Lion Stout.)
From our friends over at Green Mobility Network:
Sept. 4 Resolution is Bad for Bicycling—Please Act Now!
Dear friends of bicycling,
We realize it’s the Labor Day Weekend and most of you are relaxing, but your immediate action is needed.
The Miami–Dade County Commission is being asked on Tuesday, Sept. 4, to help erode a progressive state law that requires accommodation for bicyclists and pedestrians on state roads in urban areas. There will be no opportunity for public comment during the commission meeting, so we’re asking Commissioner Rebeca Sosa to withdraw her resolution or postpone it until we can meet with her.
The law, section 335.065 of the Florida Statutes, provides that bike lanes and sidewalks be given full consideration in the planning and development of state roads in urban areas. When the state Department of Transportation (FDOT) repaves or redesigns an urban street, it must provide for walkers and bicyclists as well as for drivers — or show why cost or safety makes doing so impractical.
The law was virtually ignored in South Florida for most of a generation, and now that advocates have succeeded in getting FDOT to follow the law it’s meeting resistance — first in Miami Beach and now in the Sept. 4 resolution Commissioner Sosa, representing District 6. She’s responding to the upcoming repaving of SW 57th Avenue between 8th Street and Bird Road, where state engineers plan to include a bike lane and are encountering constrained road dimensions in some areas.
FDOT can choose from a variety of bike facilities on roads like 57th Avenue. This resolution will only hurt the cause of making Miami-Dade’s streets safer for all users. We strongly urge Commissioner Sosa to pull this item from the agenda and work collaboratively with the bicycle community to advance better bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure throughout Miami-Dade County.
Please copy the following message and send it to the e-mail addresses below. Do it now! It’s not too late to stop this ill-advised resolution.
If you would prefer to register your concern by phone, please make two phone calls to request that the resolution be pulled from the agenda. You can call the following:
Mayor Carlos Gimenez: 305-375-5071
Commissioner Rebecca Sosa: 305-375-5696
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Re: Sept. 4, 2012, Agenda Item #121569–Bad for Bicycling–Please Pull From Agenda
To the Board of County Commissioners:
Agenda Item #121569 is bad for bicycling in Miami-Dade County and potentially the entire state of Florida. It would turn back the clock on significant progress in winning accommodation for bicyclists and pedestrians in urban roadways. It was placed on your agenda without public input. I urge you to pull it from the agenda and make time for public discussion of this important matter.
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Meet the Douglas Road Corridor MetroRail Line.This 4.5 mile project would connect the MIC to Douglas Road Station and US1, with stops at NW 7 Street, SW 8 Street, and Coral Way. The line would service areas, like downtown Coral Gables, where land use already supports a high level of pedestrian activity. This should be a high priority for our leaders, and some are very supportive. Check out the 5 and ten minute walk sheds – this line would run through some of the densest parts of Miami and Coral Gables – pluggining thousands of residents who have already chosen apartment living into the ultimate urban amenity – rapid transit. (Not to mention creating another connection to the airport for those traveling to/from points south.)
Transportation advocate, friend of Transit Miami, and recent county Mayoral candidate Gabrielle Redfern posted this thoughtful response to my recent post about the Mayoral race (Lackluster Mayoral Candidates Promise More of the Same on Transportation). I thought it warranted an equally thoughtful response. Gabrielle writes:
I agree that we need a different approach to the oversight and planning of our transit ways, and perhaps going with an independently elected MPO, like we see in Oregon would help. However, with all of the dollars at stake, we would be fools to believe that the dark hand of the Miami Political process would not cast its shadow there as well.
I agree. I’m not trying to ‘solve’ for corruption or graft in our transportation culture – just trying to set transportation modes on steady footing. The key to the TM plan is that the agency would be independent (no commission involvement) AND be chartered with a mandate to provide all forms of transportation – with benchmark modeshare goals to guide policy makers along the way. The dark hand of Miami Politics will be present, but at least it will not mean the end of a worthy transit project.
I have had the honor and priviledge of spending a considerable amount of time in the close company of both mayoral candidates and know who each is getting their transit advice from. I have seen their positions and campaign rhetoric evolve over the days and weeks since the Green Mobility survey was returned. I am supporting Carlos Gimenez because I believe he is the most receptive and open to our views about our urban environment.
Hey, lets face it, Tony. We cannot expect either of them to be the transit geeks we are. But I know that Carlos has made a commitment to me, and to this County, to learning more and doing different. Way different. He realizes the importance to our transit system, of first removing the cloud we have with our partners, the Federal Government. He is committed to not only getting the fiscal house of MDT in order, but removing the political process from the backbone of the system, bus route planning. As a strong mayor, he can and will demand from his new Director a system that maximizes the rolling stock we have now and creates two different types of County bus service: one that is based on our natural grid to connect people to each other and the major County centers and services and one partnered with the municipalities to create circulation systems to reach employment, civic and social destinations inside the cities.
I’m all for learning more and doing different – but what Carlos has planned is more of the same. Lip service to real ridership expansion. He cannot take politics out of the system until both the Mayor and the commission have nothing to do with transportation. Gimenez is not going to fund any system expansion – on the contrary he is probably going to continue to decrease the size of our bus system, and will try to dismantle the few premium transit facilities we have in favor of managed lanes and other similar half measures.
And circulator buses? Really? This sounds like more of Suarez’s plan to implement 2000 trolleys around the County. Ridiculous. These are visible, short term ploys that will take as long to implement as they will be in service. Just long enough for elected officials to claim they are making progress on transit before leaving office, and handing this hot potato to someone else not willing to make the tough choices.
He is the first to tell you he voted himself for the half penny tax because he wanted the expansion of the Metro rail as much as anyone. At one of his first Commission meetings he flashed his now famous fire over the notion of “unification”. You remember that, that wonderful Burgess Buzzword to admit that they had not been putting the money from the tax away but spending the cash to prop up the maintenance and operation of the bloated and redundant system they had rolling? And that left us with what? Exactly two and a half miles of new Metro rail, not seventeen.
Carlos knows MDT must attract riders. He knows from his years of providing fire and rescue services that the service must be efficient and reliable. He will use smart technology to attract riders, enhance the experience and performance of the system. Many things that are out there now and easy to develop and implement quickly. He sees the opportunity to make a big difference in the lives of so many and fix a huge gaping hole in the budget by making transit more cost effective.
Transit is not cost effective. Period. Building transit costs money; transit operations cost even more. Any meaningful expansion of our transit system is going to have to be paid by our tax dollars. To play the, ‘I want to make transit cost effective’ card is more of the same politi-speak. You can’t expand transit service and talk about cost effectiveness in the same breath. (And what gaping hole in the budget? The county only spends $153 million from the general fund on transit – about $180 per year per household)
I hope your readers will realize that we have this opportunity and vote for Carlos Gimenez. Now is the time, and he is the linchpin, in the path we need to take to make our County great. Transit Miami readers know the key to our future is a more rational approach to moving Miami-Dade forward. Because, Tony, no how often you travel to the fabulous Big Apple, there is no place like The Magic City and South Beach.
Opportunity for what? More of the same? Transportation is one of the biggest challenges facing our community – and there is still no meaningful discussion about how to move us forward to more balanced – and economically sustainable – transportation network. The idea that this election is somehow different or a ‘linchpin’ in some predestined path to greatness is silly. Gabrielle, our county cannot become great when our leaders are mediocre. We will not become anything more than a sprawling suburban town until we invest in our transportation network.
Our leaders must be willing to make difficult choices (do I expand service and raise tax to pay for it?) in the name of better mobility for all. I hope that Carlos Gimenez is elected; but more than that I hope that he awakens to the fact that we need to aggressively invest in our transit infrastructure.
I have been waiting patiently for either of the current mayoral candidates to come forward to champion better transportation choices for the residents of Miami-Dade County, but with election day around the corner it seems that we are going to have to continue to wait to see real leadership come out of County Hall. Neither of the two candidates, Julio Robaina (Hialeah) or Carlos Gimenez have made much of an effort to describe what they plan on doing to improve mobility in the region, apart from general comments on the recent transit scandal, and a promise to “shake things up.”
Gimenez is the favorite amongst the center and left leaning voters of Miami-Dade county, not because of what he says but because he isn’t Hialeah Julio. I for one can’t tell the difference between the two candidates. I had really hoped for a more forward thinking agenda from Gimenez – a statement on how dysfunctional our current system is and a concrete plan to improve it, but after his lackluster performance on transit issues over the past decade, I can’t say I’m surprised. His answers to the recent Green Mobility Network transportation candidate survey revealed nothing more than a continuation of the current highway building culture that perpetuates our transportation problems. On the question of whether to convert the South Dade Busway into an expressway, he said, “The South Dade Busway is currently underutilized and uses should be expanded. We should look to the 95 Express lanes as a model. Those lanes allow for both bus and automobile traffic and have increased commuter speeds in the non-express lanes by giving drivers another option.” Yuck. Too bad.
Let me clarify – I don’t want to give the impression that Hialeah Julio is any better. His statements on transit read like the comments section of the Miami Herald – an emotional plea for more ’oversight’, but no real substance. ”First and foremost, we must urgently reform the Transit Department and ensure that all public dollars are being spent judiciously and that the ½ cent tax that this community voted to tax itself for improved transportation is in fact being used to remedy transportation ills and not for more management or salaries.” Check out his blog to read more.
Suffice it to say that the current mayoral candidates don’t know what active transportation is, or how to improve mobility for the residents of Dade County, nor do they have any reason to care. This election has shown that the problem is not with the candidates, but with our current metropolitan system of government that pits an independent highway agency against a second-class county transit department. One has funding and can expand its system as necessary, while the other is left to the whim of the current director or mayor or Commission puppet master. The debate is framed around questions of better oversight for transit, and expansion of our highway network – not the other way around. Until we reform our system of transportation governance to establish an independent elected transportation director, we will not see a change in our mobility options.
While Miami’s political attention is on County charter changes, Miami-Dade County residents should consider a change that would reduce our second-largest cost of living: transportation.
Our largest cost of living, housing – at least the portion directly determined by County government, i.e. property taxes – is overseen by an official that we recently decided that we should elect. Now any Property Appraiser must improve the lives of a majority of County residents in the area of property taxes in order to be re-elected.
This technique should by applied to the area of transportation, changing the County charter to create an elected County Transportation Director with the power and responsibility over all modes of transportation. This would insert into County government one person whose sole political interest is to move as many County residents to destinations that matter to us.
Any candidate for County Transportation Director would have to convince a majority of voters that he or she is best able to come up with plans, and implement them, for saving us time and money by extending facilities, increasing capacity, and reducing waste. An elected County Transportation Director would have to improve the lives of a majority of County residents in the area of transportation in order to be re-elected.
Creating an elected County Transportation Director would also address issues with the current system in which certain modes of transportation, or certain facilities, are overseen by separate County departments. For example, the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority, because it only deals with toll highways, has an interest in not losing revenue to rail or buses. Separate departments may act against such interests out of benevolence, but it would be better to remove temptation.
Transportation investment and maintenance decisions should be made on the basis of how many people could benefit, regardless of mode or facility. An elected County Transportation Director would have every incentive to make decisions in such a way, improving mobility for all County residents and reducing our cost of living.
Submitted by Andrew Frey.
This is not a joke. The Citizens Independent Transportation Trust is working (with the blessing of County Commissioner Moss) toward approving an $11 million road widening in an area of south Miami-Dade County that will only serve a few development interests. This will be yet another move that degrades our agricultural lands, leads to more suburban sprawl, and more depressed property values. One need only look at these two photos to note that widening these roads has nothing to do with ‘alleviating traffic’. Not now, not twenty years from now. The sprawl machine is not dead; its trying hard to get back to work, and we helping to pay for its recovery!
At a time when our County government should reflect on the amount of environmental and economic damage it has legislated over the last decade, decisions like this only serve to remind us that the same incompetent and corrupt people are still in office. To say nothing of the fact that these are PTP dollars that were meant for transit NOT projects that aim to keep the same old road-building/ developer/sprawl planning+engineering firms afloat. Shame on you CITT for not being stewards of our transit dollars.
Thanks to the ITeam for looking into the misuse of transit surtax revenues, but there were a few things missing from your report. While cities in Miami-Dade do have parochial and shortsighted transit planning spending patterns, it’s the system that is at fault; forcing cities to jockey for an insanely low amount of money to apply to a worthy ‘transit’ project which typically run in the hundreds of millions – leaving them far short of what they would need to run a credible system. Not to mention the anemic leadership at the County Commission and their decade long fleecing of the 1/2 Transportation Tax for anything but transit. Wider roads? Check. New intersection lights? Check. Road repaving? Check.
The report also chides the City of Miami for doing the smart thing and saving the money it gets from the trust (not hoarding it as the article states). The small payments the cities get based on their population should be saved. With most of the cities occurring along or around an existing or future major transit corridor (the South Dade Busway, Metro-Rail, or the future SFECC) these funds could amount to the all important operations and maintenance costs that plague investments in premium transit. The constant mantra of the County Commission is that it must bear the burden of these costs – but what if the cities were able to leverage their portion of the surtax against the future operating costs of the system. That would be a powerful bargaining chip for the 20-odd cities that occur around the SFECC in particular – especially at a time when the MPO is not likely to support continuation of the project for the foreseeable future.
A recently completed audit found that the cities have spent millions of dollars on projects that have nothing to do with transit or are specifically forbidden.
Miami Lakes spent part of their money for an on-demand taxi service. North Bay Village used the cash to build storm water drains. And Sweetwater used transit money to buy a garbage truck and pay police officers.
Charles Scurr is the executive director of the Citizens Independent Transit Trust, the agency which makes sure the money is spent appropriately. In cases where the money was misspent, the CITT can demand repayment.
The big missed story: what happened to the voter mandated (and legally required) independent trust that was to steward these funds through the morass of Miami-Dade County politics? It never materialized. The Citizens Independent Transportation Trust is a joke – and not because of a lack of effort on the part of its staff, but because it is not independent! To claim to be so is disingenuous, laughable, and probably illegal. We need a truly independent auditor to plan and implement a multimodal transportation network in Dade County. As long as the same tired politics play out in the County Commission chambers, transit will remain stagnant for years to come.
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Starring: Megon Kirkpatrick, Colleen O' Donnell, Helen Sanger Pierce, Dave Staley, Don Fuller, Delbert Briones
Year - 2007
Score - 4 Howls Outta 4
Visit The Psychomanteum Offical MySpace Page for more info and to request a copy of this short film.
THE PSYCHOMANTEUM is a short 25 minute film directed by up-and-coming director Dave Holt and Art In Film Productions that's less of a film and more of a mindfuck into a world that many of us will never understand. This experience is about a young woman played by Megon Kirkpatrick who seems to be stuck in a room called the psychomanteum [which is supposed to help you make contact with the dead by inducing you into some kind of altered state]. She has random seizures and fits with people that she either knows or just pop up out of nowhere to tell her to take her meds and that she needs to deal with the darkness. Apparently as she continues to take her drugs, her condition gets worse to the point where random images pop up, showing us how visibly tormented she is.
Honestly, I can't really tell you what this film is really about. It's all subjective in nature. Hell, I'm still trying to figure out what was going on. Was this a dream? Were these images and scenerios an allegory for her unbalanced mental state? Was she dead and stuck in some kind of hellish limbo she couldn't get out of? Anyone who watches this will have their own interpretation of what's really happening here.
Dave Holt has done what most independent directors have failed to do as far as I'm concerned: make me feel really uncomfortable. And that's a good thing. His imagery and the way he shoots the film in these angles, jump cuts, and in beautiful black and white cinematography really enhances the level of this film experience. Images like eyes in mouths, a moving hand extending itself out of a painting, a spider skull, and etc. really disorient the viewer. It reminded me of that Madonna video, "Bedtime Story", where striking images would totally grab your attention, even if you didn't know how they all related to each other or what they even meant as a whole. Plus gothic music and distorted voices really enhance the mood and dark atmosphere of this film. It all stuck with me even after the 25 minutes were over. I never want to experience a nightmare like that in real life.
Some people complained about the time issue and the over-the-top acting in the film. That stuff usually bothers me too, but not here. I think 25 minutes is actually PERFECT for a film like this because it's effective. Making it longer would lose what makes this experience so special to begin with. Plus this is a film dealing with the abnormal. I don't expect straight acting going on during something that's abnormal. The fact that it's over-the-top makes the film even more effective, in my opinion. I literally thought I was losing my mind watching this film. I wouldn't change a thing.
THE FINAL HOWL - Another must-see film if you like films that fuck with your head and actually give you more questions than answers. I don't know why it took me this long to watch THE PSYCHOMANTEUM, but it was worth the wait. Dave Holt is gonna be a filmmaker to watch out for in the near future. I can't wait to see what he'll come up with next.

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Passengers have described their terror after their flight was left juddering and shaking in the sky for four hours after a severe mechanical breakdown. Scroll down to see video.
A total of 155 people were on board the Jetblue flight from Las Vegas to New York when their A320 aircraft's hydraulic system failed.
One passenger said it was clear there was a problem with the flight as soon as it took off. He told ABC News: "You could hear a screeching - an obvious mechanical screeching. We were bouncing around a lot."
Jetblue flight 194 was on its way from Las Vegas to New York when there was a sudden meltdown of two hydraulic systems, reports the news service.
But the pilot needed to circle the sky in order to dump fuel, and passengers say the plane took steep turns and side to side lurches, making them terrified and causing them to vomit.
Many passengers praised the Jetblue cabin staff - one tweeted after the incident calling them "superheroes" saying they kept calm and helped reassure everyone, but one passenger described the flight as four hours of hell.
The flight eventually landed safely at Las Vegas and no one was injured. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.


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Posted on Friday August 17, 2018
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Q2 2018 Enterprise Financial Services Corp Earnings Call
Enterprise Bank: Loans for businesses up 30 percent over last year in Phoenix area
Posted on Tuesday July 24, 2018
As businesses continue to grow in and relocate to the Phoenix area, banks are seeing customers take out more loans and increase lines of credit. Jeff Friesen, Arizona region president of Enterprise Bank & Trust, said the company's Arizona region saw a 30 percent increase in loan growth this July compared to the same time last year, making it the strongest region in the country. Enterprise Bank & Trust is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
Enterprise Financial Services Corp to Host Earnings Call
Posted on Tuesday July 24, 2018
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4: THE CHOICE
Summary: Lálisin, Queen of Mirkwood, makes a hard choice to escape from the tortures of Dol Guldur. Companion piece to “Chosen”. 105 words.
Author’s note: Written for the 100-Drabbles-challenge of Edhellond.
It is established in my stories that certain Avari women have special powers over the forces of nature and can stop their heart by sheer willpower. For more background stuff, see my story “The Prisoner of Dol Guldur”.
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She had been in this rotten dungeon for days uncounted. She could not know how long; down here, there was no day, no night, just darkness and pain.
And the pain was intense. She knew she could not withstand it much longer. Soon, she would break under the torture and all her secrets laid open. Then, the Dark One would be able to use her powers for his own evil agendas.
She could not allow that. She could not let him gain power over soil, water, wind and trees.
In her heart, she said farewell to her loved ones and stepped out of this world.

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Truckers defeat Comets
Clintonville held Waupaca to nine or fewer points in each quarter and left the court with a 46-32 win Tuesday, Feb. 21, in an Eastern Valley Conference boys’ basketball matchup in Clintonville.
The Truckers outscored the Comets 21-5 in the first quarter and took a 31-14 into the locker room at halftime. Waupaca outscored the home team 9-4 in the third quarter to cut the lead to 35-23, but the Truckers had an 11-9 advantage over the final eight minutes.
Eric Schoohs had eight points to lead Waupaca, while John Schultz, Aaron Ziemer and Xavier Fletcher scored 13, 12 and 10 points, respectively, for Clintonville.
The Comets will close out the regular season at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at home against Freedom for Parents’ Night.
Both teams will open state tournament play at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28. Waupaca, a No. 10 seed in its Division 2 regional, will play at No. 7 New London, while No. 6 Clintonville will host No. 11 Oconto Falls in Division 3.
Winners will advance to a regional semifinal at 7 p.m. Friday, March 2.


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ADL fights Stanford University anti-SemitismAnti-Defamation League pledges action against anti-Semitic student resolution, after avoidant response from university Hillel.
Stanford Hillel avoids condemning anti-Semitic debateDebate over whether 'Jews control banks and media' emphasizes need for anti-hate education, Hillel says - but does not condemn BDS coup.
Stanford Senate debates whether 'Jews control banks and media'Students strike clauses defining delegitimization of Israel as 'anti-Semitic'; student claims view that Jews 'control' media is 'valid.'
Professors sue Wheelock College for 'anti-Semitism'Two Jewish professors claim school made them miserable after they protested a lack of Jewish perspective on campus.
Outrage After UC Refuses to Openly Condemn Anti-SemitismRegents livid after University of California - a hotbed of anti-Semitism - sidesteps issue with bland 'statement of intolerance.'
Mexicans Taking The Heat Instead Of Jews For A ChangeFor the time being, Mexicans are topping Jews on the hate list.
Israel Needs a Global “Iron Dome” - Against DefamationIsrael is now utterly defamed. We face a tsunami of hatred. And one cannot win a war without fighting.
The Last Jew On CampusThere is a problem when Jewish kids are fearful of being Jewish on campus.
On the Front LinesPrescience plays a significant part in the saga of Prof. Phyllis Chesler's battle for Israel.
Saving Democracy from ItselfAmericans who treasure their freedoms must oppose what is happening on American campuses. Sign the petition (link below) for Andrew Pessin.
The Anti-Israel Intifada on the American CampusWhat happened to Prof. Andrew Pessin, who believed in the Four Freedoms.
Politicizing Scholarship to Question Israel’s ExistenceThe goal of the Southampton conference is to help achieve what Arab foes of the Jewish state have been trying to accomplish themselves since 1948.
UCLA’s Jewish Problem – Trending Far and WideTo be Jewish at UCLA or at any other Burka U is to be an outcast, primed for blacklisting and bullying.
Think Tank Names 'Top Ten' Colleges for Anti-Semitism in the US'Jew Hatred on Campus' awareness campaign names several top-ranking universities as worst environments for American Jews.
UCLA Student Board Interrogates Candidate Over Jewish BackgroundDebate rages over whether being Jewish could make student government member 'biased', in shocking display of anti-Semitism.
Study Shows Anti-Semitism Rampant on US College Campuses54% of Jewish American students experienced anti-Semitism in 2014 - regardless of denomination and affiliation.
Wellesley Fires Hillel Staff; Students Face Anti-Israel ActivityAmidst rising anti-Israel activity on Wellesley's campus, the Hillel staff has been fired for restructuring. Jewish students feel abandoned.
Amid Rising Anti-Semitism, Jewish Students Get 'Security Manual'Jewish student org's are distributing manuals on how to identify and protect security threats. Anti-Semitism on rise in college campuses.
Campus Anti-Semitism Promotes Palestinian SolidarityUC Davis ignores anti-Semitism carried out in the name of Palestinian solidarity. ADL called non-authentic.
Belgian University Pits 'Little Palestinians' Against 'Mean Jew'Belgian university issues apology after philosophy and literature departments plan blatantly anti-Semitic game for orientation.
Outrage After Holocaust Memorial Rejected as 'Colonialist'A former National Union of Students President has condemned Goldsmith University's rejection of a motion to commemorate the Holocaust.
Jewish Fraternity House Defaced By Anti-Semitic GraffitiStudents residing at the Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi were the target of “crude, offensive graffiti” according to Emory University.
The Latest at Temple U.- an Anti-Semitic HotspotJews who fund Temple University should make their voices heard.
Universities Listen When Alumni ProtestThe withdrawal of a single donation is unlikely to change institutional policy, but it provides an opportunity to educate those who are supposed to be in the business of education, and occasionally stimulates constructive dialogue.
Anti-Semitic 'Evolution of Jews' in Arab Technion Student WorkA female Arab student added Jew-hating imagery to an 'architectural intervention' project.
British University to Host Hamas SupporterHamas supporter to speak at event honoring Holocaust revisionist at King's College London.
Stop Being ‘Nice Jewish Boys’Holocaust Remembrance Day is the time for this message to today's Jewish college students.
Jewish NYU Students 'Evicted' By Pro-Arab ActivistsStudents at largely Jewish dormitory wake up to mock eviction notices, against regulations, railing against 'Israeli occupation.'
Watch: Courageous Voice against BDS at UCLAAn alumnus of the university speaks truth to boycotters in successful bid to block anti-Israel resolution.
UK Students Say 'Israel Apartheid Week' Losing SteamBritish Jewish students say anti-Israel activities petering out, as pro-Israel activists launch a campaign of their own.
The New RDS Movement: History Will Vindicate ThisDr. Dahn Hiuni's Retractions and Disavowals in Scholarship (RDS) calls on academics to examine current and completed research for questionable sources and to retract or disavow portions coming from writers biased against Israel.
Creating the Next 'Start-Up' GenerationIsrael’s leading university, offers prestigious international MBA aimed at entrepreneurs interested in practical start-up experience.
Technion Program Prepares Hareidim for Hi-TechNew mechina (university preparatory) program is designed to integrate hareidi, open the hi-tech workforce for them.
Favorite Course of Terrorists in Israeli Jails - GenocideState releases info in response to petition to return academic courses for jailed terrorists. MK Regev: 'terrorists should rot in jail.'
Report: Hareidi-Religious Sector Establishes Own Student UnionText messages sent to hundreds of students indicate formation of a hareidi Student Union; actual establishment unconfirmed.
200 University Students to Meet With AbbasThe National University Student Union's directing committee authorized a meeting for university students with PA chief Mahmoud Abbas.
'Irony' as Muslim Brotherhood Disrupts Palestine Society EventPro-Israel group notes 'irony' of disruption of Palestine Society event at the notorious anti-Israel School of Oriental and African Studies.
Simon Wiesenthal Center Condemns Toronto Univ. Apartheid WeekIn press release, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center condemns ongoing anti-Semitism at University of Toronto campuses.
Iran's Rowhani Accused of PhD PlagiarismNewly-elected President Hassan Rowhani’s PhD university thesis under scrutiny as allegations emerge of plagiarism.
'Focus on Keeping the Committed Committed'“As a student on campus I wasn’t necessarily getting the breadth of conversation I wanted when I was on campus.”
Florida University Fights Back With Anti-Racism WebsiteFlorida university launches anti-racism website in an effort to fight against claims that it is not doing enough to counter anti-Semitism.
Expert: Jewish Students Are on the Anti-Semitic BattlefrontThe BDS movement is gaining strength at university campuses and is placing Jewish students at the battlefront, says Dr. Charles Asher Small.
Clashes Erupt at Jordanian University, Killing 3Armed clashes between students killed three people and hurt 25 others at a university campus in the restive Jordanian city of Maan.
Gunman Kills Police Officer at Prestigious Boston UniversityA gunman shot and killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer in an eruption of gunfire at the prestigious university.
Canadian University Strips Anti-Israel Group of Club StatusThe University of Manitoba Students’ Union voted Thursday to strip funding and official club status from an anti-Israel group on campus.
ADL Praises College's Swift Response to Racism, KKK SightingADL expresses outrage over reports of racism and at Oberlin college and praises faculty's swift response in condemning the hateful acts.
Turkey, Iran to Unite in Joint University?Iran has announced plans for a joint university with Turkey to expand scientific and technological cooperation.
Court: End of Free College for TerroristsThe High Court ruled Tuesday that terrorist security prisoners were not eligible for free university education in Israeli schools.
Barak Grants Ariel College Full-Fledged University StatusEhud Barak confirmed a government decision to officially recognize the Ariel University Center of Samaria as a full-fledged university.
Gaza Conflict has 'Reignited Anti-Israel Passions on Campus'Anti-Israel protests include comparisons of Israelis to Nazis, accusations that Jewish state tries to perpetrate “another Holocaust."
SJP Protesters Disrupt Speech by Israeli Ambassador in UKAnti-Israel protesters disrupted a speech by Israeli ambassador Daniel Taub at Edinburgh University on Wednesday evening.
Calls to 'Boycott Israel' Resound at Lebanese Graduation EventDozens of protesters disrupted a Lebanese university graduation shouting "boycott Israel."
The Separate 'Jewish' Label Debate at CUNYIn a move sparking outrage, administrators at the City University of New York have decided to label Jews as a distinct minority group.
New York Times Ad Slams BDSAn ad placed in the New York Times on Wednesday accused BDS supporters of contributing to anti-Semitism worldwide.
Jewish Student Falsely Accused: Satire or Libel?The ADL has called for Rutgers University to investigate satirical anti-Semitic column, which was falsely attributed to a Jewish student.
Over 200 Jewish Students Receive Mock 'Eviction Notices'Over 200 Jewish students at Florida Atlantic University received fake “eviction notices” from ‘Students for Justice in Palestine.’
A New War Against the “Oldest Hatred”America today is awash with well-funded anti-Israel, anti-American and anti-Western Middle Eastern studies departments.

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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has sacked its aviation security staff, Hassan Mohammed who allegedly stole $600 from a passenger’s hand bag during screening at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano.
It was gathered that the Kogi State-born employee was served termination letter last Thursday following a report published exclusively by News Gazette on November 11, 2016.
“At least, FAAN is gradually waking up to its no room for corruption mantra. This will send signal to other corrupt officials who are looking for ways of enriching themselves. There are still many bad eggs in the system. If FAAN means business, they should weed them out,” said a source at MAKIA.
The source added that Mohammed who could bare write was in the habit of riding roughshod over some of his colleagues, including those who were senior to him, because of his connection and how he came into the system.
“Within a short time, it was not uncommon to hear him brag about the millions of naira in his account,” said the source.
News Gazette had reported that Mohammed, a Level 8 employee was arrested after he had successfully taken money from a passenger’s hand luggage while the owner was undergoing a pat down.
On interrogation, he (Mohammed) was said to have confessed that he saw through an x-ray machine some money in the bag and had to open and take some while the passenger was being screened.
Mohammed who was barely two years old in the system was reprimanded verbally and transferred from the international screening point to the hajj and cargo section of the airport until News Gazette broke the news of his larceny.
“Aviation security staff at MAKIA do a lot of things that passengers may not expect. Incident of stealing from passengers’ luggage is commonplace here. Only vigilant air travellers are able to detect that their luggage have been tampered with. Those who do not suspect anything before leaving the screening point mourn their fate when they get to their destinations,” a source at the airport had said.


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In its decision of February 14, 2022, the data protection authority dealt with an application for the issuance of a mandate decision due to alleged imminent danger in connection with the transfer of files by a federal minister requested by a committee of inquiry pursuant to Section 25 of the Ordinance.
Initially, the data protection authority came to the conclusion that it is in principle possible to submit complaints to the data protection authority in connection with the submission of files by an administrative body subject to information requirements to an investigative committee. The role of the data protection authority in such a case is limited to ex post control.
The data protection authority is entitled to prohibit data processing by means of a mandate notice if there is a significant direct threat to the confidentiality interests of the data subject that are worthy of protection (imminent danger). The applicant justified this on the grounds that information or documents relating to him would be published by third parties (members of the Investigative Committee). However, a prerequisite for the admissibility of a writ of mandate is a dangerous situation on the part of the defendant and responsible party.
The applicant was not able to certify to what extent the contested data processing by the respondent would violate his confidentiality interests. The fear that members of the Investigative Committee would disclose information learned in the course of their work for the Investigative Committee to third parties is merely a hypothetical consideration. For these reasons, the present application for a writ of mandate was dismissed.
The decision is legally binding.
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Taking into consideration the individuality of every client and the values and characteristics that represent their core, Ode to Art begins with a thorough conceptual understanding of every client and a facilitation of design that meets all requirements entailed. Conceptual comprehension leads to review of fiscal and physical requirements that are then developed into our custom made Art Program, providing all imagery and detailing required for our client’s full discernment and understanding.
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A Pure Bl'ast of Sonic Power
grayingpunk | Greenwich, CT USA | 06/15/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This album comes out of the blocks at full speed and doesn't slow down... a manic ride indeed!In their second LP outing, the boys from Bl'ast take their sound to a new level of intensity. The heavy Black Flag influence is still there, overlaid with a healthy dose of metal riffage. The band wears its influences on its sleeve, but take the sudden tempo shifts, twisted guitar lines and gut wrenching vocals in a direction all their own.If you like your hardcore HARD, and appreciate a band that's tight as can be, you'll dig this. Recommended for fans of the Cro-Mags, early Black Flag, etc. Not for the faint of heart."
James Taylor | Birmingham, AL USA | 03/07/2010
(1 out of 5 stars)
"This was awful. The California hardcore scene was musical disharmony early on, and this album epitomizes it. I couldn't finish listening to it. Power of Expression by this band was okay, but man this CD was awful."


Gary, Indiana is Chicago's urban neighbor to the east. Gary is known for two things, steel and the birthplace of pop idol Michael Jackson.
Gary was founded by United States Steel and is named after Elbert Henry Gary, the corporation's chairman. At one time U.S. Steel was the largest steel producer and the largest corporation in the world. Until the economics of the steel industry changed Gary was a thriving small city.
Some claim Gary's fall from economic grace was U.S. Steel refusing to innovate as the economics of steel manufacturing and distribution changed. During the late 1960s and early 1970s foreign competitors produced better quality steel and even with shipping costs were able to sell it for less money.
Gary is also known, along with Detroit and Liverpool, England as one of the cities selling off foreclosed homes for as little as one dollar (One pound in Liverpool). Zillow, a real estate website, has homes listed or sold in Gary from $1 to $50. The idea is to eliminate the blight of boarded up homes, get them back on the tax rolls, and give some people a chance at home ownership.
Like many neighborhoods in Chicago, Gary has its share of foreclosed homes. Though parts of Gary resemble suburbs, there is the same air of desperation and depression one finds on the west and south sides of Chicago.
Young Black men have the same frustration and anger of their counter parts in Chicago. They cannot understand why their local, state, and federal elected officials do nothing to bring economic development and private sector jobs to Gary.
One gentleman became angry when he learned there were homes on the market for as little as one dollar. "Why don't they tell us about this? People from the community could buy those homes and fix them."
Michael Jackson's boyhood home is fenced and gated. It sits on a manicured corner lot. The home is tiny, about the size of a two car garage. Most of the homes on the block are small and tidy. One block over there are boarded up homes and throughout the neighborhood are more foreclosed homes.
While driving through several parts of Gary, I did not see one police car patrolling the streets. Residents informed me that it sometimes takes hours for police to arrive, even for serious incidents.
Gary is a quiet city during the day. The silence and few people on the streets give it the appearance of a mid-20th century abandoned city. The silence was punctuated on some blocks by lawn mowers and crews rehabbing homes. On blocks where homes are boarded up, residents appeared to take particular care that their homes show pride of ownership.
Gary, like many impoverished Chicago neighborhoods, is situated on transportation crossroads. It has an airport, railroads, and highways. Like some Chicago neighborhoods, it appears Gary's political leadership is not taking advantage of its assets.
What could be a pleasant place to live is devolving into a worn and dreary place. Gary has a tired feel and look. The only energetic bright spots are near the highway ramps, where transportation related businesses thrive.
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Chelsea and Millie
Protocomics and various bits of character-design art from The Sequential Adventures of Chelsea & Millie, the webcomic that my comic-cohort Thomas D. Szewc aiacrowd.com/ and I are currently developing.
Chelsea and Millie are two young sisters who get up to all manner of adventures, many of which involve the supernatural/paranormal.
Also they have screamingly hyperginger hair which takes me like, forever to paint.
Chelsea and Millie: For Shadow panel JimmyMisanthrope 5 3


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Each summer a group of us get together and make calendars for the next year. Usually Close To My Heart comes out with a calendar in the fall and be buy it for the next year. This year we thought we would just get a calendar blank and use an old pattern and things we had around the house.
I used old papers with new papers and Glitter paper which is amazing. I have old colors and old inks and have had fun using them again with old stamps and thin cuts and cricut shapes.
If you want to do a calendar, let me know. It is a great way to use up scraps or take a new paper packet and cardstock and be creative. Here are the 12 months:

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The Thanksgiving Visitor
by Truman Capote Author
(From Amazon): Illustrated in full color. Another masterpiece by the great American writer Truman Capote is brought to an audience of all ages. Buddy and his closest friend, his eccentric, elderly cousin, Miss Sook - the memorable characters from Capote's A Christmas Memory--love preparing their old country house for Thanksgiving. But there's trouble in the air. Odd Henderson, a scrawny, freckled, red-headed bully makes Buddy the target of his relentless torment. But Miss Sook only counsels patience and understanding, "He can't help acting ugly; he doesn't know any different," she says. Filled with emotions that are universal to both young readers and adults, this poignant story brings to life what we all should cherish and be thankful for--the gifts of friendship and love. Enchanting illustrations by Beth Peck make The Thanksgiving Visitor a perfect companion for the holiday bookshelf.
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Konrad Borowski will replace Jacek Chodkowski as president of Dalkia Polska Energia, the company said.
“Dalkia Polska Energia has a chance to play a key role in the energy transformation process. Our knowledge and experience in the field of heating and energy allow us to propose solutions that will positively improve the energy efficiency of the entire sector. I am glad that I will be able to lead DPE, realizing the strategic goals of the company, ”said Borowski, quoted in the press release.
Konrad Borowski has several years of professional experience in heating and power engineering, so far he has been the president of companies belonging to the E.ON Group. In addition, he was responsible for the development of the City Energy Solution project in the south-eastern part of Poland.


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Rishi Kapoor & Sunidhi Chauhan At The Music Launch Of 'Say Yes To Love'
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More than just words, ideas, and principles written on a few pieces of paper, even its definition as the Fundamental Law of Our Republic fails to capture the significance of the 137 articles which make up Cuba’s Constitution, because to speak of the Constitution is to speak of the State, equality, rights, democracy, social justice, respect for the full dignity of all humans…
Cuba’s parliamentary history was born amidst the clamor of our independence wars, when the island’s insurgent forces met at La Manigua to form a single government, whose first action was to proclaim all men equal.
The first Constitution to be implemented in the country was written during the Guáimaro Assembly in April 1869. The document recognized that all inhabitants of the island were free, a principle that would never be abandoned and would feature just as prominently in the three other constitutions that were to emerge in the 19th century over the course of the country’s independence struggles: The Constitution of Baraguá (1878); Jimaguayú (1895); and La Yaya (1897).
And as difficult as it was to achieve national sovereignty, creating a Constitution that represented the people, that served citizens’ interests and not those of a certain social class or government, was just as arduous. However, this was a feat that could only be achieved through revolutionary struggle, the only way Cuba could secure full independence and create a Republic “with all and for the good of all,” as envisioned by Cuba’s national hero, José Martí.
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Canadas premier freeride mountain bike festival, Crankworx, ups the entertainment ante in year three with eight days of live concerts, DJ shows and mountain bike films Saturday, July 22 to Saturday, July 29. While the big coup for this years lineup is New Yorks hip hop troupe De La Soul performing the second Saturday night at the GLC (tickets can only be won by visiting Aftershok Apres parties), there are plenty of free mainstage shows to take advantage of. With the exception of Sweat Shop Union starting at 5 p.m., all mainstage shows located at the base of Whistler Mountain begin at 4 p.m.
She Stole My Beer
Saturday, July 22
Whistlers She Stole My Beer was a nationally recognized sound in the bands pre-1996 heyday when the seven-piece group lived out the roadie rock lifestyle with their percussion-heavy rock n roll punched up with country, blues and jam-band influences.
The single-minded pursuit of rock stardom was left behind in the mid-90s, as the members opted to pursue real lives, jobs and families.
The road dogs have retired from touring vans and instead play the odd show, a sort of reunion for both band members and devout fans who cant get enough of the hard-to-label sound.
Country, rock, blues, 60s psychedelica, whatever listeners call it; it is all good music just the same.
Join percussionist Franco Diligenti, keyboardist Jordan White, guitarist/vocalist Tom Taylor, drummers Dean Waisman and Geoff Hicks, and guitarists Chad Chillbeck and David Hughes for the Whistler reunion with plenty of originals and a few covers to go around.
Sunday, July 23
You probably have already heard the music of songstress Catlow and didnt even know it.
Fans of the Whistler television series on CTV tune into the singer/songwriter every Sunday with her vocals on the Dirtmitts track Ordinary Day.
Catlow, alias Natasha Thirsk, lead singer of The Dirtmitts, is now going solo with many more tracks from her debut CD Kiss the World played on various Whistler episodes. She also performed at the Whistler Series launch party at the GLC last month.
Check out her provocative lyrics and textured vocals again or for the first time at Crankworx.
Yuca and On Holiday
Monday, July 24
Yuca and On Holiday were two of 10 finalists battling it out at the 99.3 Fox Seeds Indie Music Competition in Vancouver earlier this year. The two bands beat out 400 other bands vying for a finalist spot.
Yuca is all about creating relevant accessible rock music for listeners everywhere.
Three years ago, singer Matt Borck, bassist Jeremy Friesen, drummer Mike Newman and guitarist James Pendleton came together to create what they describe as "original sound with honest lyrics charged with pure emotion."
On Holiday is about escape with an aggressive live show to get the blood pumping with hard-driven guitar licks, punching bass lines and slamming drum beats topped off with unforgettable lyrics enticing listeners to scream along.
If you are a fan somewhere between Nirvana and The Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath and Green Day, these Vancouver rockers are for you.
Tuesday, July 25
The four-piece Vancouver band spans everything from modern rock to power pop to punk. The new rockers just released their first self-titled EP, however the Vancouver bands frontman, Carmon Leeson, is a seasoned pro having toured with the likes of Nickelback, 54-40, Big Sugar and Default. The single Does Anybody Really Care from the new EP is currently in rotation on both Canadian and American airwaves.
Wednesday, July 26
Mexican musicians, Jamaican beats: the 10-piece Rastrillos band from Mexico City fuses multiple music influences into their musical quest for basic human values: friendship, respect, love and communication the rasta way.
As they follow the reggae route to self awareness the troupe, made up of band members from across the globe, including Celaya, Cuba, Argentina, Tepalcates and Coyoacanos, has performed with numerous Latino American and Mexican luminaries throughout its almost decade old career.
The band has shared stages with the likes of Jimmy Cliff, Michael Franti, Black Uhuru and Chololo, just to name a few.
Boasting everything from rhythmic guitar to trumpets, trombone and saxophone, the group is currently touring North America promoting their fourth album, Se acabo el reve (The Party is Over).
Expect to hear their new music from the album at the concert, which melds Mexican popular music with reggae, jazz, funk, indu and ska.
A Whole Lotta Led
Thursday, July 27
Its all about putting the pedal to the metal.
Get your dose of Zeppelin from Whistlers favourite head-banging tribute band A Whole Lotta Led at the Thursday show.
Frontman Grateful Greg, a.k.a. Greg Reamsbottom, returns for the Crankworx debut after touring the Big Apple with Guitar Doug as The Hairfarmers.
Whistler doesnt need Robert Plant with the wailing, high-reaching vocals of Reamsbottom. Combined with guitarist Phil Richard rocking out Page solos on a dual neck as if channeling Jimmy himself, A Whole Lotta Led touts sold-out concert after sold-out concert in Whistler.
Bass player J.P. Trottier and drummer Tom Rimmer make up the rest of the team.
Coming up on half a decade of Zep worshiping, the A Whole Lotta Led fan base extends from just turned-legal teens to grizzlies who remember rocking out the 70s.
Expect all the classics: Dazed and Confused, No Quarter and Immigrant Song.
Friday, July 28
West Coast conscious hip hop crew Sweatshop Union returns to Whistler. As the name implies, the Union built its reputation as a hip hop band with a conscience, concerned with the state of the union and the perils of consumerism, rather than the usual gangsta posturing.
The Juno nominees strike out with thoughtful socio-political musings amidst a mish mash of booty grooving beats with catchy choruses and humorous tongue-in-cheek jibes.
The group sell tens of thousands of albums worldwide on the Battle Axe Records label. Theyve toured with Jurassic 5, Blackalicious and Black Eyed Peas as well as with label mates Swollen Members and Abstract Rude.
Award nominations keep piling up with Canadian Radio Music Award, MuchMusic Video Awards and Juno nominations to their credit.
The Vancouver collective toured the U.S. for the first time this year, opening more than 50 shows for Swollen Members.


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First of all, 15 children aged between 12 and 15 come together in the Manana Youth Center to be the regional youth jury for this year's Prix Jeunesse. They will watch six hours of programmes from all over the world - the finalists in the age category 12-15.Among broadcasted programmes there was a documentary about a gay teenager from the Netherlands which sparked a “lively discussion”. No more details are provided.
...a documentary about a gay teenager from the Netherlands raises eyebrows. The topic is not very often talked about in Armenia, but is nevertheless sparks a lively discussion.It is pretty much ‘breaking news’ taking into account Armenian realities. Education is key to deal with the prejudices and promote equality. Let’s hope similar initiatives will continue, and not only by UNICEF, and their scope will broaden to include more LGBT related programming, including locally made. As they say, “as part of an effort to promote and protect every child’s right to know more, say more and do more about the world they live in.”


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Presidential memoirs usually supplement the historical record but do not alter it. Herbert Hoover’s posthumously published chronicle promises to be a game changer, whether universities ignore it or not.
To be sure, the former president wrote Freedom Betrayed with a point of view, particularly towards the policies of the man he lost his reelection bid to—Franklin D. Roosevelt. That viewpoint is one which he alternately gives vent to and tries to suppress in the book subtitled Herbert Hoover’s Secret History of the Second World War and its Aftermath.
As it turns out, Hoover stated what would be his central thesis in a conversation at a 1951 Manhattan dinner to a New York public relations man in language that history buffs who associate the former president with the high starch collars he wore would never guess that he would use. “When Roosevelt put America in to help Russia as Hitler invaded in June, 1941,” Hoover said. “We should have let those two bastards annihilate themselves.”
George H. Nash, no mean historian himself, supplied the above anecdote in his introduction to the presidential memoir published more than four decades after the author’s death. Nash edited the volume, which runs to more than 900 pages with footnotes and appendices.
“Hitler’s constant ambition, intention and preparation during eight years had been the conquest of Russia and Eastern Europe and the uprooting of the Communist Vatican in Moscow,” Hoover wrote in one of the notes which Nash appends to the text. “Roosevelt knew in December 1940 and more emphatically in March 1941 that Hitler had turned his military objectives to that purpose.”
“His State Department in mid-January had even warned Russia it was coming.” It turns out that Hoover had a really reliable source providing him with that last tidbit of information—Roosevelt’s Secretary of State, Cordell Hull.
“I met with Secretary of Hull in Washington during February, 1941, to discuss relief matters, subsequent to which we had a general conversation,” Hoover recounted. “In reply to my query as to what the Germans were doing against Russia, Hull told me that they had concentrated 1,250,000 troops along their eastern frontier, and at least 300,000 additional troops on the Bulgarian frontier.”
“He also told me that the Russians were ‘scared to death.’” Hoover argued that this conflict gave Britain a break and the U. S. as well, with Nazi forces preoccupied on the Russian border.
Instead, “The total Lend Lease supplies which we furnished Russia in round numbers amounted to 16,523,000 tons, worth $10, 670, 000, 000,” Hoover wrote. “Among other items, there were included 375,000 trucks, about 52,000 jeeps, 7,000 tanks, some 6,300 other combat vehicles, 2,300 artillery vehicles, 35,000 motorcycles, 14,700 aircraft, 8,200 anti-aircraft guns, 1,900 steam locomotives, 66 Diesel locomotives, 11,000 railway cars of various types, 415,000 telephones, 3,786,000 automobile and truck tires 2,670,000 tons of oil products, 4,478,000 tons of foodstuffs, 15 million pairs of army boots, 6 oil refineries, and a factory for the production of motors, tires, etc.”
Meanwhile, Hoover noted, “The number of political convicts in Siberia under the Czars probably never had exceeded 200,000.”
“My informants insisted that Stalin had swelled the number to over 5,000,000, and that in the camps they were dying at the rate of 500,000 every year.” Prior to assuming the presidency, Hoover had been a globetrotting engineer and humanitarian who led relief efforts to feed a war-ravaged Europe after both World War I and World War II.
During the time period covered in Hoover’s “magnum opus,” Josef Stalin was the undisputed dictator of the Soviet Union. Indeed, Hoover’s half-a-million a year casualty estimate from Soviet labor camps would be perfectly in keeping with the known death tolls as revealed in the Communist International’s files and tabulated in The Black Book of Communism after the Cold War officially ended.
Malcolm A. Kline is the Executive Director of Accuracy in Academia.
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More than 100 physician organizations urge congress to pass legislation to stabilize payments
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), an independent advisory agency, recommended that physician payments should be updated by tying them to 50% of the Medicare Economic Index (MEI), essentially adjusting payments for inflation. This is the first time MedPAC has made this recommendation. In addition, MedPAC recommended add-on payments of 15% for primary care physicians treating low-income beneficiaries, and 5% for non primary-care physicians.
Medicare payments have not kept up with inflation, resulting in the equivalent of a double-digit decrease for physicians since 2001, and payments were reduced 2% last year. With costs increasing and payments decreasing, physicians have often struggled to keep their practices open, particularly in rural and underserved areas.
“Having surveyed the health care landscape, MedPAC recognized that physician pay has not kept up with the cost of practicing medicine,” said American Medical Association President Jack Resneck Jr., M.D. in a statement. “Yet, we feel strongly that an update tied to just 50% of MEI will cause physician payment to chronically fall even further behind increases in the cost of providing care. Congress should adopt a 2024 Medicare payment update that recognizes the full inflationary growth in health care costs.”
Anders Gilberg, Medical Group Management Association senior vice president, government affairs, also said the recommended increase doesn’t go far enough, pointing out that it would amount to a 1.45% increase for 2024. “In the best of times such a nominal increase would not cover annual medical practice cost increases,” Gilberg said in a statement. “In the current inflationary environment, it is grossly insufficient.”
He added that an update of any amount less than the full MEI will not adequately remedy the negative impact of the broader economy on practices’ financial stability.
According to the AMA, when adjusted for inflation, Medicare physician payment has effectively declined 26% from 2001 to 2023. These increasingly thin or negative operating margins disproportionately affect small, independent, and rural physician practices, as well as those treating low-income or other historically minoritized or marginalized patient communities.
To support Congressional action, 135 health organizations – including the AMA and MGMA – representing 900,000 physicians, wrote congressional leaders telling them that a full inflation-based update is the primary solution to the ongoing problem with the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
The letter notes that Congress has passed stopgap measures in the past few years to mitigate threats to Medicare physician payments, yet practice costs have outpaced those efforts. The gap between frozen physician payment rates and rising medical practice costs due to inflation will continue to widen. A permanent solution is needed to avoid this annual panic and legislative chaos.
The letter points out the real-life impact of the eroding value of Medicare payments. According to MedPAC, among those looking for a new primary care physician, half of Medicare patients had difficulty in finding one. And among Medicare patients looking for a new specialist, one-third struggled to find one. Finding specialists in rural and historically underserved areas is particularly difficult, and the payment system is creating even bigger barriers for patients in those communities.


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