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Why We Can't Tax Land Values Down to Zero
Georgists often claim that we can and should tax land values down to zero, or almost zero. However, this claim depends on ignoring how taxes are spent. As Mason Gaffney has shown, All Taxes Come Out of Rent (ATCOR) — including bad taxes like sales taxes. Moreover, all deadweight loss or "Excess Burden Comes Out of Rent" or EBCOR. Less obviously, all subsidies and spillovers from public investments go into rent, call this ASGIR. Let's take three examples to follow the implications. Continue reading …
Posted in: Economic theory, Georgist education | Tagged: Isssue #131, Polly Cleveland
Globalization and Trade: Historical Perspective
The obvious benefits of exchange, both domestic and international, led Adam Smith and the other classical economists to oppose tax and other barriers to domestic and international exchange, including domestic excise taxes, tariffs and quotas on imports, and government-protected monopolies. These arguments sufficiently impressed the drafters of the US Constitution in 1787, that they included the "Commerce Clause" (I:8:3), which effectively prohibited states from levying tariffs against each other. In England, David Ricardo vigorously opposed the so-called "corn laws," which imposed heavy tariffs on the import of grain. Enacted at the behest of large landowners, the "corn laws" increased their rents at the expense of workers' wages. The laws were repealed in 1846 due to a growing free-trade movement, which by then had broad support among English merchants and manufacturers.
The classical economists vigorously opposed monopolies (single sellers) and monopsonies (single buyers), both local and national. Both practices — and often the same corporation engages in both — yield economic rent from constraining production and exchange. Monopolies arise from government grants of privilege. That's true both for "natural monopolies" like the ownership of land, and artificial monopolies like the exclusive right to sell a certain good or provide a certain service. Smith especially attacks the mercantile guilds that controlled occupations in the cities. To become a tailor or a baker, you had first to be accepted by guild member and serve years as an unpaid apprentice. Like today's Medical or Bar associations, the guilds acted as cartels, keeping up prices by restricting membership and preventing competition.
While cities created guilds, monarchs or Parliament issued charters. These were special trading privileges, such as a monopoly on silk imports or the right to found a colony, granted to influential nobles or merchants. In fact, tariffs often served to protect these monopolies — and enrich the monarch. England, France, Netherlands, Spain and Portugal were perennially at war over trading monopolies. The British Navigation Acts barred the American colonists from manufacturing, and forced them to trade only with the mother country. When the British East India Company teetered on the verge of bankruptcy, Parliament gave it a special monopoly to sell tea in the colonies — inspiring the 1773 Boston Tea Party. The colonial revolutionaries played on British-French animosity to get vital French aid. The classical economists hoped international free trade would put an end to war!
The classical economists did not oppose all taxes. On the contrary: they supported taxes on the value of land and other natural resources. The British "financial revolution" of 1690-94 was founded on a stiff land tax (four shillings to the pound — 20%!), used to pay interest on bonds. (The bonds were issued to fight an ongoing war against the French.) Land taxes did not impede exchange, but rather fell on passive wealth.
Changes in Law and Reality
The world has changed in significant ways since the time of the classical economists. Governments have become a larger part of modern economies: in 1900, US government spending was less than 7 percent of GDP, and most of that was local government. Today, government spending is around 40 percent of GDP, and half of that is federal. Other major changes include: 1) the proliferation of corporations; 2) the appearance of new and often mysterious non-physical "products" including "financial products" like "collateralized debt obligations" and 3) the increasing power of giant international oligopolies.
Modern Corporations
Corporate charters were once a scarce privilege. They were granted by governments one at a time for specific purposes, such as founding a monastery, a trade guild, a colony, a town, or a college. Charters also went to "joint stock companies" like the British East India Company, with its monopoly on trade with India. Typically, such charters granted limited liability, meaning that members or investors were not personally liable for losses. In the case of trading monopolies, limited liability made it easier to raise money.
In the US, only in the nineteenth century did state governments begin to grant private owners a right to incorporate — setting off a race to the bottom in lax requirements — a race won, in our time, by Delaware. By the end of the century, monopolistic and monopsonistic abuses by the "robber baron" trusts, such as Standard Oil and AT&T, led to demands for federal action. Eventually, first during the "trust-busting" era of the early 20th century, and again during the 1930s, large corporations were broken up or otherwise restricted. Thus government came to rein in privileges once too freely granted.
Starting in the Reagan Administration during the 1980s, policy shifted towards deregulation, and serious anti-trust activity petered out. National and international mergers accelerated. The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, prohibiting commercial banks from engaging in investment banking, was repealed in 1999, facilitating bank mergers and helping to bring on the crash of 2008.
New Kinds of "Products"
The classical economists thought of "exchange" in terms of physical commodities — wheat, sugar, cloth, coal, steel, gold and silver. Today's markets, domestic and international, have expanded beyond physical products. We have large international markets in contracts, such as stocks, bonds, futures, patents, broadcast licenses, fishing rights, and even in "derivatives" like credit default swaps. Along with markets in contracts comes a vast thicket of international treaties to make those contracts enforceable. Many of these contracts, such as patents, in fact convey monopolies — so now we have international markets in monopoly rights — the antithesis of the original concept of free trade.
International Oligopolies, Resource Stripping and Risk
In Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction, Barry Lynn reports the growing power of international oligopolies. A handful of giant corporations — sometimes only one — now dominate almost every field of production or service. For example, two giant distributors, InBev of Belgium and SAB of South Africa, control the world beer market — including famous brands like Budweiser, Michelob, Stella Artois, Kirin, Tsingtao and Corona. Almost the entire worldwide optical business, from manufacturing to sales outlets, belongs to a single giant Italian firm, Luxottica. The giant multinationals of course do as monopolists traditionally do: They restrict output to raise prices, reduce variety, and cut back research on new and better products.
The multinationals also act as monopsonists — sole buyers. In this role, they squeeze suppliers, eliminating many altogether and forcing the survivors to take shortcuts. The US auto companies, GM, Ford and Chrysler are no longer vertically integrated as they were a generation ago, each with their own independent supply chains. Today they all rely on the same handful of parts suppliers. The squeeze on suppliers by Walmart or Apple helps account for the appalling working conditions in Bangladesh or China. More ominously, according to Lynn, the reliance on very few stressed-out suppliers creates a serious risk of global disruptions. For example, there have been recurrent shortages of vaccines and cancer drugs due to technical problems at the plants of the few remaining manufacturers.
Ironically at the same time that the classical economists were promoting free trade, England led the pack of Europeans in conquering and exploiting overseas colonies. They forced these colonies to deliver cheap raw materials to the mother countries, as well as slaves to the Americas, and to accept unwanted goods in exchange — notably opium in China. Today, the colonial empires are gone in name but not in reality, as multinational corporations fill the Swiss bank accounts of local strongmen in exchange for minerals and agricultural commodities.
In this way, the international oligopolies also create a serious risk to world food and other agricultural staples like cotton and oils. By continually forcing down prices, the oligopolies have put many "inefficient" third world producers out of business. For example, Haiti stopped growing rice twenty years ago. Consequently, when bad weather, pests, war, or other crises damage crops, prices skyrocket and food riots break out due to the lack of alternative sources.
The proliferation of protective regulations in modern nations raises major questions for international trade, especially trade between developed and less developed nations: Whose rules should prevail, and how should rules be enforced and by whom? For example, should developed nations limit imports from third world nations that pay low wages and don't enforce worker safety laws? What about shrimp from Southeast Asia, where shrimp farms are destroying mangrove swamps? What about palm oil soap, when palm oil plantations are destroying Indonesian rain forests? Finally how should nations deal with the international oligopolists, who have the implicit or even explicit support — including military support — of the US and other powerful nations?
Redefinition of "Free Market" and "Free Trade"
In the transition from classical to neoclassical economics, the meaning of the terms "free market" and "free trade" subtly changed. The term "free" came to mean "free of government interference." This is sheer ahistorical nonsense. From the earliest times that people have regularly met for exchange, government has necessarily provided at least a safe physical space. That government might have been no more than the local chief, who protected the traders for a cut of their profits. The early Sumerian, Chinese and Egyptian governments not only provided market places; they also built roads to those markets. They established and enforced systems of weights and measures, as well as standardized forms of money. They also drew up sets of rules, such as the Code of Hammurabi, and provided courts to resolve disputes. In the time of Christ, under the Roman Empire, it's no surprise to find money-changers in the temple courts, along with all sorts of other merchants — because that was a nice, safe, central location for a market.
Genuine free markets require governments that actively prevent coercion, fraud or monopoly. Good modern governments also help participants find the information necessary to make good decisions, such as requiring accurate labels. And they restrict transactions that could do damage outside the market, for example, barring trade in skins of endangered cats, or requiring background checks on gun purchasers. Even further, genuine free markets require governments that provide some sort of social safety net, including bankruptcy protection, to enable participants to risk innovation, and to protect losers when tastes and technology change. Yet conventional economics textbooks assume genuine free markets just pop up spontaneously like mushrooms after a rain.
Internal contradictions of international free trade policies
While "free markets" implicitly assume a single government, "free trade" necessarily implies the involvement of multiple governments. That's where problems really begin. Different governments have different rules for labor, property rights, environment, health, consumers, patents, finance and many other areas. They also incline to protect "their" citizens and corporations against the others, regardless of merits.
Dani Rodrick puts it well: "We cannot simultaneously pursue democracy, national self-determination, and economic globalization. When the social arrangements of democracies inevitably clash with the international demands of globalization, national priorities should take precedence."
International trade agreements
International trade agreements originally — and to some extent still — serve a reasonable purpose. "I'll reduce tariffs on steel imports if you'll reduce tariffs on wheat imports." That's always a tough deal to make given pressure from domestic producers of steel and wheat, as well as possible job losses for workers producing steel and wheat. But such a deal increases competition and lowers costs overall, while domestic safety nets should compensate losers.
The new style of trade agreements, GATT-WTO, especially bilateral agreements like NAFTA, Columbian and Korean free trade agreements, and the proposed new Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) and the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) — these are different animals altogether. In essence they say, "I'll enforce your monopoly if you'll enforce mine," and "I'll wipe out my regulations if you'll wipe out yours." They are the ultimate gift to multinational monopolists, granting them worldwide protection from competition and regulation. They are royal charters on a global scale, constraining the domestic policies of subordinate nations just as the old British East India Company controlled Indian trade and taxes.
Free domestic trade remains vital to economic functioning, subject to reasonable restrictions for protection of consumers, workers and the environment. Free domestic trade should also include protection from monopolists and monopsonists — a central idea of the classical economists, but now almost forgotten.
Genuine free international trade remains vital too, especially for smaller nations. However international "free trade" has often come to mean in practice freedom of multinational monopolists to strip natural resources from third world countries, to gouge consumers and squeeze suppliers. This is quite the opposite of what the classical economists meant.
Posted in: Globalization and Trade, History of Ideas | Tagged: Issue #125, Polly Cleveland
Piketty's Model of Inequality and Growth in Historical Context
In Thomas Piketty's doomsday model, slowing of growth in the twenty-first century will cause an inexorable increase in inequality. Piketty is not the first to propose a grand model of inequality and growth. To get some perspective on his model, let's take a brief look at what the "classical" economists had to say, and how the "neoclassical" economists responded. Continue reading …
Posted in: Economic theory, Political Economy, Reviews | Tagged: Issue #124, Polly Cleveland
How to (Really) End This Depression: a Response to Paul Krugman
This is Polly's most recent post to date at her excellent blog, Econamici. — L. D.
In the May 24 New York Review of Books, Paul Krugman writes, "The truth is that recovery would be almost ridiculously easy to achieve; all we need is to reverse the austerity policies of the past couple of years and temporarily boost spending." Continue reading …
Posted in: Economic theory | Tagged: Issue #120, Paul Krugman, Polly Cleveland
The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
Humans evolved in small highly-cooperative groups. Today's surviving hunter-gatherer societies, like the !Kung of the Kalahari or the Hadza of the Rift Valley, teach toddlers their first lesson: share everything. Continue reading …
Posted in: History of Ideas, Reviews | Tagged: Issue #115, Polly Cleveland
Benefits of Military Spending
by Dr. Polly Cleveland
As Kevin Phillips recorded in Wealth and Democracy (2002), war has created the opportunity for many great fortunes. Thus the frenzied looting — and disregard for the lives of both US soldiers and corporate employees — displayed in Robert Greenwald's new film Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers. Continue reading …
Posted in: War and Peace | Tagged: Issue #106, Polly Cleveland


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Of course the country that legally regulates the aging of their whiskey would design the most optimal container for its consumption. Scotland's greatest contribution to the world since the great Sean Connery is their Glencairn glass, an architectural and aesthetic feat of whiskey-mastery that fully matures your whiskey in hand and draws out the greatest of its color, body, nose, palate, and flavor.
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Q: A very simple percentage question or is it? If $z\% \text{ of }x = y, \text{ given } x,y$ are natural numbers and $50.5\le z \lt 51.5$, then what is the smallest possible value of $x$?

A: We're looking for a fraction that is just a bit more than 1/2, and must exceed it by less than 0.015 = 3/200.
If the denominator is even, say $2n$, the first fraction bigger than 1/2 is $\frac{n + 1}{2n}$, which exceeds 1/2 by $1/2n$, so $1/2n <  3/200$, hence $2n > 200/3$. So the denominator $2n$ is at least 68.
If the denominator is odd, say $2n + 1$, the first fraction bigger than 1/2 is $\frac{n + 1}{2n + 1}$, which exceeds 1/2 by $1/2(2n + 1)$, so $1/2(2n + 1) <  3/200$, hence $2n + 1 > 100/3$. So the denominator $2n + 1$ is at least 35.
In all cases then, the denominator must be at least 35. Since 18/35 is in the right interval, it is the best possible answer.

A: That $y$ is $z\%$ of $x$ means
$$\frac{y}{x} = \frac{z}{100}.$$
So you are looking for the smallest positive integer $x$ such that there is a positive integer $y$ with
$$\frac{101}{200} \leqslant \frac{y}{x} < \frac{103}{200}.$$
That is equivalent to
$$\frac{101x}{200} < \left\lfloor \frac{103x}{200}\right\rfloor = \left\lfloor \frac{101x}{200} + \frac{2x}{200}\right\rfloor.$$
If $x = 2k$, we have $\frac{101x}{200} = k + \frac{k}{100}$, and $\frac{103x}{200} = k + \frac{3k}{100}$, so we need $3k > 100$, which leads to $k = 34$ and $x = 68$. If $x = 2k+1$, then
$$\frac{101x}{200} = k + \frac12 + \frac{2k+1}{200}$$
and
$$\frac{103x}{200} = k + \frac12 + \frac{6k+3}{200},$$
so we need $2k+1 < 100 < 6k+3$, and one sees that $k = 17$ is the smallest possibility. Hence $x = 2\cdot 17 + 1 = 35$.

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Keeping track of your workout schedule is essential to achieving the required results. Most people usually get out for their jogging or gym sessions and get back home as usual without recording anything but expect changes within a specific period. Making assumptions may often see you getting unexpected results.
You must set goals that you should meet during your sessions to get quality results out of it. There are advanced devices which you can use to hit your targets during your workouts. The fitness watch and step counter pedometer are some of the best fitness tracking devices that will help you stay on track.
A fitness watch helps monitor a few things in your body before, during and after workouts. Some of the things include calorie count, sleeping hours and rate of the heartbeat. Step counter pedometer is usually used to count the steps you take during your jogging sessions. You can purchase these devices online or from selected shops.
The step counter pedometer can be handy when it comes to measuring your strides. However, there are several things you should do to get the right results. You can mark your right heel then make a certain number of steps, say 10, then mark where your final steps end. Divide the distance you have covered by 10 to get your number of strides.
The step counter pedometers are of different types and can be worn in several ways. There is one that completely resembles a watch and is worn on the wrist. The other one is worn on the waist, and the last type can be carried in your pocket or bag. You should go for one that you feel comfortable wearing during your exercises. The waist pedometer is said to provide more accurate results.
The two common types of pedometers you can get include the electronic and mechanical ones. The electronic pedometers are among some of the most advanced that can store data. They can also be linked to your phone applications. Mechanical ones operate manually and can be carried around with ease. For proper data storage, you should go for the advanced pedometers.


The belief that structural oppression underlies many injustices throughout the argifood system is central to the growing social justice movement known as food justice. Sbicca offers an in-depth case study of the People's Grocery, a food justice organization in California, to demonstrate how anti-oppression ideology can serve as the basis for the mobilization of food justice activists. People's Grocery philosophy is predicated upon the notions of previous movements in California in terms of social justice and freedom. This publication addresses the complications of culturally diverse interpretations, structural limitations, and the role of activism within the agrifood industry.


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Introduction To Bulgaria
The Cyrillic Alphabet & Bulgarian Language
Currency Information
Bulgarian Food & Cuisine
Beauty in the past of Bulgaria
Bulgarian Music
Figures of Plovdiv
History of Plovdiv
Traditions & NameDays
Film about Plovdiv
The famous TV channel "Travel TV Internacional" is making a film about Plovdiv and in particular, about the Trakia Residential Area. The presentation of the film will be Aug.6th, at 1.30 PM at the Novotel Plovdiv Hotel, and a press conference will follow.
GERMAN COMPANIES MOVE PRODUCTION CENTRES TO BULGARIA
German companies are going to finance Bulgarian students who study in Bavarian technical universities, but are not going to employ them in Germany after their graduation. The companies intend to mo...
World Freshwater Angling Club Championships wiil be in Plovdiv
13.06.2003, Friday, Plovdiv-angling\r\nAnglers of 29 countries prepare for the start of the World Freshwater Angling Club Championships in Plovdiv's Rowing Canal....
"ORISIYA" ? the new ballet show of Neshka Robeva
The presenting of Neshka Robeva's new ballet show, Orisiya (Destiny), will take place today at the Antique Theatre in Plovdiv. For 25 years, Robeva coached Bulgaria's nat...
Art Fair IMPRESIA - Plovdiv
(09.06.2003 - 15.06.2003) The IMPRESIA Art Fair was established in 1997 with the idea of ensuring a broad forum for the exchange of cultural values. The organiserers aim at promoting ...
Let us never forget that, we should protect the Environment...
The World Environment Day, June 5th, has been celebrated since 1973 in accordance with the resolution taken at the UN Conference on Environmental Problems, held in Stockholm, Sweden.A Declaration f...
Bulgaria?s participation in St. Petersburg?s jubilee
The Bulgarian Federation of Friendship with the People of Russia will set up a National Committee for St.Petersburg?s 300th Anniversary Celebration. The Committee will be set up on...
Streaming for artists and curators
From 28 till 31 May 2003 InterSpace Media Art Center, the Red HouseCenter for Culture and Debate and the British Council ? Sofia organize a technological workshop and a theoretical seminar, devoted...
SIELA 2003
XIII-th International Symposium on Electrical Apparatus and Technologies \r\nSIELA 2003 29 - 30 May 2003, Plovdiv, Bulgaria \r\nUnion of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Co...
Bulgaria - Economy - May'2003
"20,000-Leva Credits for New Business," Troud" writes and explains that the credits will be floated under the JOBS programme of the Social Ministry to new businesses provided tha...
Bulgaria at Expo 2005 - EXHIBITION OF GLOBAL HARMONY
With Ordinance No.698 of October 30, 2002, the Council of Ministers of Republic Bulgaria assigned to the International Fair-Plovdiv the task of the overall organisation of the presentation of Bulga...

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A Capela do Cristo Operário, construída em 1950, é um edifício que está localizado no bairro do Alto do Ipiranga, em São Paulo. Ligada à Ordem dos Dominicanos, está vinculada ao movimento Economia e Humanismo. O prédio possui obras de conhecidos nomes do Modernismo brasileiro, como Alfredo Volpi, Yolanda Mohalyi, Geraldo de Barros, Moussia Pinto Alves e Roberto Burle-Marx.

Entre as décadas de 1950 e 1960, a capela fez parte de um projeto idealizado pelo Frei João Batista Pereira dos Santos e pelo artista plástico Geraldo de Barros: a fábrica de móveis Unilabor, que unia arte, trabalho e religião em atividades junto à comunidade operária da época. Administrada em modelo de autogestão por seus próprios trabalhadores, a fábrica foi dissolvida em 1967 por "motivos ideológicos, econômicos e políticos".

No início dos anos 2000, o pedido de tombamento foi atendido pelo Conpresp e pelo Condephaat. Hoje, a Capela do Cristo Operário realiza missas aos sábados, às 19h, e aos domingos, às 08h30.

História

Capela
A Capela do Cristo Operário surgiu de uma iniciativa do frei João Batista Pereira dos Santos, inspirado pelo movimento Economia e Humanismo durante sua estadia na França, entre os anos 1930 e 1940. O movimento nasceu segundo os ideais do Pe. Louis-Joseph Lebret, que se preocupava com a condição do trabalhador nas sociedades capitalistas de países subdesenvolvidos, como no Brasil. Segundo Alfredo Bosi, em artigo sobre Economia e Humanismo:   "Lebret propõe a consolidação de comunidades de base capazes de se sustentarem mutuamente, conhecer as suas necessidades básicas e reivindicar a sua satisfação: junto às empresas (via participação nos lucros e, no limite, cogestão) e junto ao Estado, mediante a legislação do trabalho e mecanismos distributivos da renda nacional."Em maio de 1950, Frei João Batista inaugura, em parceria com o Círculo Operário do Ipiranga, a Capela do Cristo Operário no Alto do Ipiranga, então uma área periférica que se industrializava em São Paulo (cidade).

Unilabor (1954-1967)
Dando continuidade a seu trabalho na região, frei João Batista Pereira dos Santos cria a Unilabor, fábrica de móveis desenhados pelo artista plástico modernista Geraldo de Barros (1923-1998), também parceiro no projeto. O objetivo da empreitada era desalienar o trabalhador do processo industrial, permitindo que este tenha participação no processo coletivista de trabalho e que, consequentemente, o levaria à sua libertação.

De agosto de 1954 a fevereiro de 1967, a Unilabor funcionou em regime de autogestão, no qual os trabalhadores da empresa eram sócios e dividiam os lucros com a venda dos móveis desenhados por Geraldo de Barros. De estilo concretista, os móveis domésticos eram vendidos à classe média simpatizante à Capela do Cristo Operário. A Unilabor possuía quatro lojas localizadas em importantes pontos de São Paulo: a Rua Augusta (São Paulo), a Praça da República (São Paulo), Rua Domingos de Morais e Avenida Santo Amaro. Uma quinta loja situou-se em Belo Horizonte.

A Unilabor também promoveu atividades junto à comunidade do Alto do Ipiranga, como aulas de teatro e de artes, catequese e debates sobre política e arte, dentre outras. A intenção era transformar os operários e suas famílias por meio da religião, arte e trabalho, cumprindo com os ideais do movimento Economia e Humanismo. Para a realização do projeto, era necessário investir no coletivismo de todos os grupos envolvidos. Contudo, a partir de 1964, o modelo de autogestão da Unilabor começa a ruir devido à má-administração e à ausência de uma poupança interna. Ainda, a situação delicada se aprofunda com o Golpe de Estado no Brasil em 1964, que abala o sistema econômico do país ao cortar o financiamento a pequenas empresas.

Simultaneamente, a fábrica passava por conflitos internos de interesse com Frei João Batista, sobretudo no que diz respeito à noção de propriedade privada, defendida pelo próprio frei e acusada de conservadora por outros envolvidos. Em 1967, a Unilabor é dissolvida por seus problemas financeiros e de organização interna.

Arquitetura

A arquitetura da Capela do Cristo Operário foi feita pelo Frei João Batista Pereira dos Santos. O desenho segue o modelo das capelas coloniais, com sua simplicidade e linhas retas típicas do campesinato. À entrada, de frente para a Rua Vergueiro, há uma porta dupla de madeira com um vitral no topo e, nas laterais do edifício, mais quatro vitrais com Evangelistas. Na fachada, há um campanário com uma cruz no ponto de intersecção das quatro águas.

A Capela do Cristo Operário está localizada entre a Rua Vergueiro e Rua São Daniel em um terreno de 5 mil metros quadrados, dividido em 6 edifícios: Capela, casa do pároco, casa abandonada, 2 galpões (antiga oficina da  Unilabor) e um edifício de três pisos (antiga oficina da Unilabor). O local pertencia ao Círculo dos Operários do Ipiranga, que depois foi repassado aos padres Dominicanos através da Sociedade Impulsionadora de Instrução.

Além disso, a Capela possui diversas obras de conhecidos artistas plásticos do modernismo brasileiro, como Alfredo Volpi (que utilizou nos murais uma técnica da pintura renascentista dos séculos XIV e XV), Yolanda Mohalyi, Moussia Pinto Alves, Geraldo de Barros e Roberto Burle-Marx.

Significado histórico e cultural

Em 2001, o arquiteto Mauro Claro realiza o pedido de tombamento da Capela do Cristo Operário, de modo a impedir que os Dominicanos doem metade do terreno à Mitra Arquidiocese e vendam a outra parte. O pedido foi acompanhado por centenas de assinaturas em uma petição exigindo que o terreno de 5 mil metros quadrados fosse tombado.

Em 2002, o Conselho Municipal de Preservação do Patrimônio Histórico, Cultural e Ambiental da Cidade de São Paulo (Conpresp), com pedido reiterado pelo vereador Domingos Dissei para a então prefeita Marta Suplicy, e, em 2004, o órgão estadual Conselho de Defesa do Patrimônio Histórico, Arqueológico, Artístico e Turístico de São Paulo (Condephaat) tombaram a Capela do Cristo Operário, a casa do capelão e as obras ali presentes, a fim de preservar sua importância histórica e artística para a região local e a própria cidade. Em 2009, o Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (Iphan) também estudou o tombamento, mas desde então não há movimentações para isso.

Estado atual
Segundo relatório do processo de tombamento, o edifício da Capela encontrava-se em estado precário de conservação. Umidade, infiltrações no teto, calçamento desnivelado e imagens com pigmentação original alterada eram um dos problemas encontrados. Logo a seguir, deu-se início ao processo de restauração, que durou até julho de 2009.

Entre os planos após o restauro, está implementar no terreno uma série de atividades para suprir as carências do bairro do Alto do Ipiranga, como creches, escolas municipais, centros profissionalizantes e outras ações para a comunidade.

Atualmente, a Capela do Cristo Operário realiza missas aos sábados, às 19h, e aos domingos, às 8h30min.  O Conjunto arquitetônico comporta também, a escola Dominicana de Teologia, os escritórios  das províncias dos Dominicanos no Brasil e o escritório da própria Capela, que foi construída na década de 50 e que até hoje abriga obras de grande valor histórico executadas por renomados artistas modernistas.

Capela do Cristo Operário e terreno

Vitrais e murais

Restauração
A restauração da Capela do Cristo Operário, apresentou problemas por diversos fatos de diversas naturezas, assim como ocorre em qualquer trabalho de restauro. Porém, além dos desafios habituais havia o desafio maior de cumprir com o esperado colocado de vários segmentos, cada qual com uma visão diferente: a comunidade católica local que já estava apegada com aquelas obras, os religiosos da Ordem Dominicana com seu jeito mais moderno de religião e de sociedade, e dos demais grupos que se identificavam com a história social da Unilabor e da moderna arte brasileira, em um dos seus melhores momentos. Contabilizando tudo, o maior obstáculo de conseguir analisar obras de arte produzidas em nossa era, sem o auxilio do distanciamento que só o tempo fornece. A responsabilidade maior então resultava tanto por essa  variedade de expectativa quanto pela admirável importância das pinturas, e pelo seu estado material extremamente detonado, em que faltavam dados formais da obra.

A crescente consciência cultural do povo brasileiro se fez presente com o apoio da iniciativa privada, de duas formas: a primeira, facilitando as condições materiais de trabalho, e a segunda, fornecendo elementos iconográficos com boa qualidade e quantidade. Tal suporte solidário muito foi possibilitado: foram arduamente analisadas as antigas fotografias, associando-as aos vestígios resgatados e tornando mais visíveis com as primeiras ações técnicas, experimentando diferentes conceitos e formas de abordagem e soluções plásticas, foram convidados especialistas de Volpi e Mohaly. Foi experimentado, repetido e conferido casa procedimento diversas vezes até se ter certeza de que o resgate visual mais fiel e seguro da expressão que aqueles artistas um dia  colocaram naquelas paredes foi alcançado. A sensação de trabalho seguro e familiarização dos paulistanos foi renovada não apenas por resgatar bens culturais, mas sim pela diversidade com que isso pode e deve ocorrer.

Ver também

 Louis-Joseph Lebret
 Geraldo de Barros
 Alfredo Volpi
 Roberto Burle Marx
 Yolanda Mohalyi
 Moussia Pinto Alves
 Conselho de Defesa do Patrimônio Histórico

Cristo Operario
Ordem dos Dominicanos
Patrimônio histórico do estado de São Paulo
Patrimônio tombado pelo CONPRESP

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On Saturday 30th May, I received a text message from the editor of The Upcoming (www.theupcoming.co.uk) — a site with news related to exciting things happening in Food, Movies, Arts, etc. — asking if I wanted to help him at a food event and to call back for details if interested. We set up a Skype session where he told me that the event was in fact the San Pellegrino World's Best Restaurant Awards ceremony, which was going to happen two days later at Guildhall in London. He wanted me to interview the top chefs in the world for the site. What was the catch? It just seemed too good to be true. And why me? Well, he found me though twitter and chose me as I had been to a lot of the top restaurants, am clearly food obsessed, and travel a lot.
I met him for a coffee that Sunday to go over the details, and, of course, so that he could meet me in person to assess if I would do OK holding the microphone and asking the chefs intelligent questions. I guess I must have passed the test as I got the green light to be there at 5pm Monday, ready to identify chefs and get them on camera.
The chefs started arriving at 6pm and were extremely friendly (with one or two exceptions that shall remain nameless) and willing to answer questions. They were of course very excited to be at such a prestigious event and didn't seem nervous with the potential outcome or rankings (they could have been hiding their emotions well).
We were able to get a lot of great interviews for the site and I had the best time meeting the world's most incredible chefs, such as René Redzepi from Noma (noma.dk) (I am finally going to Noma in September), and the friendliest ever, Massimo Bottura from Osteria Francescana (www.osteriafrancescana.it), who was there with his beautiful wife Lara. René is now number 3 in the World and Massimo is number 2. The Roca brothers reclaimed the number 1 spot after falling to number 2 for one year.
I also loved meeting Daniel Humm from Eleven Madison Park and the Nomad (that truffle roasted chicken, yum) and Grant Achatz, as I will never forget my 25 course affair at Alinea a little while back. (They don't even do 25 course menus anymore…). And in terms of more local chefs, I had a fun time with Brett Graham, the chef from The Ledbury, reminiscing about his insanely tasty muntjac dumplings (review on www.samstewartetc.com/the-ledbury-london-review) we had there recently and chatting to Simon Rogan about his holidays, Michelin stars, and (off camera) about football. And of course I had great memories from my recent meal at Fera (www.samstewartetc.com/fera-claridges).
After all of our hard work and the awards ceremony, we were rewarded with a great cocktail party with yummy nibbles and fun people watching as the chefs relaxed and celebrated.
Here are the videos to the interviews. Sadly, next year the awards are in New York and I will have to convince Fillipo to fly me across the pond.
All interviews can be found at www.theupcoming.co.uk/2015/06/02/the-worlds-50-best-restaurants-awards-2015-interviews-with-the-chefs.


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Q: Passing parameters between auxiliary outlets I currently have an auxiliary outlet which only outputs data inside a specific area of my application. This is due to the fact that I want to manipulate the data without changing the dashboard state. My problem is, how do I pass parameters between components inside my auxiliary outlet? This is what I have.
manage-clients.component.html
<div *ngFor="let police of agentPaPolicies">
<button [routerLink]="[{ outlets: {agentSidebar: ['details', police._id]}}]">View</button>
</div>

From the html above, I'd like to navigate to path /details with param police._id. The code  below is my app.routing.ts file.
app-routing.ts
{ path: 'manage-clients', component:ManageClientsComponent, canActivate: [AuthGuard], data: {permission: {only:["agent"]}}, outlet: 'agentSidebar'},
 { path: 'details/:_id', component:DetailsComponent, canActivate: [AuthGuard], data: {permission: {only:["agent"]}}, outlet: 'agentSidebar'},

However, the code above displays an error in my web console like so:
URL Segment: 'manage-clients'
Error: Cannot match any routes.

How would I change my code to properly route this in order to pass the parameter between both components inside an auxiliary outlet?

A: I don't really get your setup but if the manage-client is the parent route. Then you can add
  <router-outlet></router-outlet>

In it's html and remove any outlet from the route conf.  Skip the outlet name if it's only one
Any child route will be injected at that place
The routeLink will be relative to beneath 'manage-client' so if you write it like
  <a [routeLink]="['details',Id]>Style it like a button<\a>

It should point at manage-client/details/1234


A strong international entry from England, Poland, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium pushed the numbers of boats entered up to 280 for the Dutch end-of-season regatta and festivities at Grou, Friesland on 2-3 October.
Racing started promptly at 1100 on Saturday, with the Flashes going off first. A local TV film crew were filming the Flash sailors for the production of a documentary film on the boat; and with bright sunlight and winds of Force 3 gusting to 5 by the end of the day.
The expert group of Splash sailors were next off, David Jessop (GBR 1758) was round the windward mark first (he was to repeat this again). Just after this first mark, which was close to the windward shore there was a large hole in the wind under some trees, which caught out a number of sailors. The fleet then reached into the Wijde Ee through a narrow channel down to the next mark. David Jessop dropped to fifteenth in this section, then pulled back until he was lying eight at the finish.
The second race was again led by David Jessop at the windward mark, who held this until the next windward leg where he dropped to eighth place but pulled back to sixth at the finish. The wind had increased for the third race, gusting up to Force 5 on occasions, David got a good start, but was finding it difficult on the beats with his chartered boat to get the rig flat enough in the conditions; however he persevered and came fourth.
He repeated this performance in the final race on the Saturday, again finishing fourth. The evening closed with a dinner and disco for the 300 youngsters and a more sedate dinner for the supporting families.
Sunday started dull with a south-westerly, which changed to a westerly after the first 4 fleets had been started. After a short delay races were resumed smoothly on a different course.
The final race started with slightly more breeze, gusting to four and very variable in parts of the lake. The day finished with some team racing in Flashes between teams from Holland and Friesland, followed by the prizegiving.


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Sherman David Phelps
In 1868 and 1869 Sherman David Phelps, a banker and businessman, bought three adjoining properties along Court Street. The three existing houses were torn down so that construction could begin on a new home. The initial cost for the mansion was projected at $70,000. Local architect Isaac Gale Perry was hired to design the new home, and John Stewart Wells was hired as the primary contractor for the project. Wells owned a local brick manufacturing plant. Wells' construction was completed in 1871 at an estimated cost of $119,000.
When the Phelps Mansion was built, it was the last in a row of elegant homes on the east end of Court Street. The site was most likely chosen since it was close to Mr. Phelps' new Susquehanna Valley Bank. In 1872 "Judge" Phelps moved into his new home. That same year he was elected mayor of the new town of Binghamton.
Isaac Gale Perry with his granddaughter Lucretia
The three-floor Second Empire-style home included a full kitchen and cook's apartment in the cellar. The first floor had a variety of rooms for entertainment. There was also a kitchen, parlor, dining room, formal waiting area, and solarium. The second floor contained the family's five bedrooms, a sitting room, and two bathrooms. A third floor included a billiard room, servants' rooms, and storage. At the time Judge Phelps moved into the mansion, the household included the widower Judge Phelps, two teen-aged sons from his second marriage, a widowed niece who acted as social hostess, two farm girls who served as maids, and freed slaves who served as carriage drivers and cooks.
One of the highlights of the Binghamton social season was the New Year's Day celebrations at the mansion, especially the one held in 1876 as part of the American Centennial. While the other mansions along Court Street were open to the public, it was the Phelps Mansion that was singled out for its beauty.
Harriett "Hattie" Taylor Phelps
Judge Phelps died on November 13, 1878 of Fells Disease. He was laid in state on the first floor of the mansion, and later buried beside his second wife in the Spring Forest Cemetery. Following his death, Judge Phelps' sons Robert Sherman and Arthur David lived in the house for a time. Arthur died on October 30, 1880 and Robert died on December 14, 1881. Robert's widow Harriett "Hattie" Storey Taylor Phelps had lifetime use of the estate and lived in the mansion until her death in 1882.
The estate was passed on to Judge Phelps' nieces and nephews, none of whom wanted to live in the house. The mansion sat empty for several years being maintained by Andrew Jackson, a freed slave who had served the family as carriage driver for many years.
191 Court Street in 1894
In 1889 the mansion was sold to George Harry Lester, a local shoe manufacturer. Mr. Lester was in the process of purchasing land near Binghamton to develop Lestershire (now Johnson City) for the purpose of enlarging his factory. Due to financial difficulties, the mansion was sold at an auction. John Stewart Wells, the original contractor, purchased the mansion and rented it to the James Christopher Truman family. They lived in the home until about 1905 when Mr. Truman retired as the postmaster. In 1905 the home was again sold, and this time it was purchased as the new home for the Monday Afternoon Club. The club owned the property until it was transferred to the Phelps Mansion Museum to be operated as a historic house museum.
Top L-R: Sherman D. Phelps, Isaac G. Perry, 191 Court St circa 1894, Sherman D. Phelps
Bottom L-R: Harriett Taylor Phelps, Orville Ronk, Isaac Perry with granddaughter, Monday Afternoon Club postcard
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Garden Angels: The Secret History of the Garden Gnome
Garden Angels The Secret History of the Garden Gnome
For more than a century now, the garden gnome has colonized Germany's gardens and windowsills. It's a symbol of German diligence and order, but also part of a comic and dark underworld.
Good garden gnomes.
The French blockbuster "Amelie," may have made him trendy abroad in recent years, but nanus hortorum vulgaris, has been a regular fixture in German culture for more than a century. Created in 1872 in the small town of Graefenroda in the German state of Thuringia, none of the kobolds, trolls and sprites that populate Teutonic mythology has endeared itself to Germans like the common garden gnome. Experts estimate that some 25 million of the glazed ceramic creatures now inhabit German living rooms and perfectly manicured flower beds.
But the common garden gnome has fallen on hard times in recent years, his reputation tarnished by campaigns led by mean-spirited elitist intellectuals and even perverts. To intellectuals and other touchy types, he's despised as the embodiment of kitsch and petit-bourgeois parochialism. Some outsiders have even sought to savage the image of the gnome by plunging him into a world of decadence, violence, and sex. There are pornographic gnomes, one-eared Van Gogh gnomes and "Scream" versions à la Edvard Munch.
The press routinely reports shocking attacks even on harmless outdoor gnomes. Vandalism is rampant. At the same time, law enforcers are continually called upon to take action against bare-bottomed or genitally exposed "gross-out gnomes". Gnome theft, too, is spreading in leaps and bounds. Berlin's "Dwarf Mother" recently lamented the theft of 50 of her gnomes. It's possible they were taken to France, where the Garden Gnome Liberation Front abducts supposedly enslaved gnomes and releases them back into their natural habitat.
A bad little gnome.
Foto: David Crossland
But the garden gnome has some strong backers who are fighting to restore his reputation, led by Fritz Friedmann of the satirical International Society for the Protection of Garden Gnomes. Friedmann has fought for the humane treatment of the garden gnome since 1980. He advocates a strict ban on lawn mowers, leads crusades against casually urinating cats and vehemently opposes the exploitation of gnomes in condom ads and other sexual connotations. At the end of the day, he wants to restore the clean image of the gnomes, which are seen by many Germans as a monument to German sentiment and lifestyle.
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Retro review: Shadowgun
I remember Shadowgun as one of the first games on the iPhone that used 3D models. For me, it was ground-breaking at the time and it made me think of the possibilities for mobile gaming in the future. It was one of my favorite games back in the day, and I wasn't the only one. When the game was released in 2011, it got so many positive reviews it was featured in the App Store Essentials Hall of Fame.
Currently, the game has created its own universe, with sequels like Shadowgun Deadzone, Shadowgun Legends and an upcoming game titled Shadowgun War Games.
Shadowgun was great back then, but is it great now? Should you spend $4.99 for it, or you're better off with the more recent, free-to-play sequel? That's what we'll cover in today's retro review.
The beginning of the Shadowgun universe
Shadowgun is a third-person shooter game developed by Madfinger Games. The game takes place in 2350. You play as John Slade, a "shadowgun". That's how they call the best mercenaries in the universe. You're on a mission to find Dr. Edgar Simon and take it back to the company that hired you, Toltech.
You find the doctor on planet Eve and you go there with S.A.R.A., your android co-pilot that doesn't understand sarcasm. As soon as you enter the planet, everything goes downhill. The doctor knows you're coming and he's not happy about it.
The game's story is not the greatest, but when it comes to first or third-person shooters is not about the story. It's about the shooting. And there's a lot of it. There are also some easy puzzles that'll help you get different guns or progressing through the game.
Overall, the story is entertaining and it gets better as you progress. There's even an expansion that follows the story right after the main game ends.
The experience: Frustrating or easy. It's up to you
First, let's tackle the graphics. They're not good anymore. Back in the day, they were great. Now, with today's standars in 3D models for videogames, Shadowgun's graphics are not as good as they once were. Besides, there's not much variety when it comes to the enemies' design. You have mutants and robots. Although, robots have a wider variety: you have big robots; small, exploding robots; and small, flying, exploding robots.
The environment is also repetitive. Most rooms look very similar, and sometimes you'll have to go to point A, unlock something, then go point B, unlock something else, and then go back.
Shadowgun's gameplay is really good, but it can be a little frustrating. Aiming becomes hard when you have to hit smaller targets, especially while moving. This won't be a problem if you're using an iPad, but for smaller devices, it'll take some time to get used to.
The good news is, you can adjust the difficulty. You can play in easy, normal or hard mode. Perfect for casual and hardcore players. Also for the hardcore players, there are collective items at each level of the game. If you want to complete the game, you'll need to search in each area for a Shadowgun logo.
Finally, the music. It's good if you're into metal. I just feel like they could've done better to give you a Doom-like experience, where you feel like you can take over the world.
So, should you still play this game in 2019? Well, I really think you should. It hasn't aged as well as other games, that's for sure. But it's still a fun experience for you to try for the first time, or to play again if you already have the game. Shadowgun is $4.99 on the App Store, but if you're thinking about getting it, I'd recommend you to get this bundle which ads Samurai 2: Vengeance for $5.99.
But if you just want a free-to-play game that gives you a multiplayer mode, you're better off playing Shadowgun Legends for free.
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PCR #243 (Vol. 5, No. 47) This edition is for the week of November 15--21, 2004.
UMATILLA (Town of): Established in 1862, this Lake County town derived its name from William A. Whitcome who had correspondence with some people in Umatilla, Oregon. The name is Indian meaning "water rippling over sand".
UNION (County of): Florida's sixty-first county was established May 20, 1921 and named for the Union of the United States.
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WALTON (County of): Florida's eighth county was established on December 29, 1824 was named in honor of Colonel George Walton, who was Secretary of West Florida during the Governorship of Andrew Jackson, 1821-1822, and East-West Florida territory 1822-1826. Walton was the son of George Walton, signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Georgia.
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WIMAUMA (Town of): Located in Hillsborough County, the named was formed from the first letters of daughters Wilma, Maud and Mary by the town's first postmaster, Captain Davis.
WINTER PARK (Town of): Located in Orange County, the site was settled in 1836 by Alachua County resident David Mizell. It was originally known as "Lakeview", and then renamed "Osceola". In 1882 Loring A. Chase and Oliver E. Chapman laid the town out in a fashion similar to their New England heritage and named the town its current name.
YANKEETOWN (Town of): Located in Levy County, the town was originally known as "Knotts" in honor of its founders in the 1920's. Judge Knott had laid out Gary, Indiana, much to the chagrin of native southerners, foremost amongst them Hugh Coleman, who called Knotts enterprise "Yankeetown" Established in 1925, a section of the town is known as "Crackertown"! "Yankee" is a corruption of a Massachusetts Indian word meaning "English".
ZEPHYRHILLS (Town of): Located in Pasco County, the town was originally known as Abbott's Station, then renamed in 1915 to its present name describing breezes that blow over the hills of the town.
ZOLFO SPRINGS (Town of): Located in Hardee County, the town's name was derived from Italian laborers who named it after the large number of sulphur springs found in the area. "Zolfo" is an Italian prefix for the word sulphur.
Well, now that the remakes of 1960s to mid-'70s classic TV shows into movies seem to have prayerfully run their course, Hollywood is now rushing headlong into remaking some classic late 1970's to early 1980's TV shows into feature movies.
Like Andy Lalino and many other contributors to this publication, my personal favorite era of living in the good old U.S. of A. was the time between 1973 to 1987. Although I believe that the pop culture of 1960's was more ground-breaking, the '70s and '80s refined the new ground that the '60s brought us and took pop culture to its zenith.
Being both a Southerner and a native Floridian, two Friday night shows on two different TV networks ended up being series that I would discuss with friends after watching each new episode ,and ended up cherishing in later life. Those series were "The Dukes of Hazzard", which debuted on CBS in 1979, and "Miami Vice", which debuted on NBC in 1984.
"The Dukes of Hazzard" was a tale of two Southern good old boys, Bo and Luke Duke, (played by actors John Schneider and Tom Wopat) who raced through the red clay back roads of Hazzard County thinking of new ways to outsmart the scams, schemes and snares of the irascible "Boss" Hogg (played by the late actor Sorrell Booke), the overlord of the County who was committed to "puttin' them Duke boys behind bahs!", most often because they were onto Hogg's attempts to constantly fleece the public.
Hogg typically used his position to commission his brother-in-law, Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane (played by actor James Best) to give "hot pursuit" of the Duke boys, which lead to the many racing and wrecking scenes throughout the show. But the real star of this show was the Duke boys' orange 1969 Dodge Charger called the "General Lee". Hoping to one day enter the stock-car racing circuit, the Dukes modified the car to NASCAR standards and painted the number "01" on the doors, along with a Confederate flag and the words "General Lee" on the car's roof. The wild ride through the hills and dales of Hazzard came to a halt when the series was cancelled in 1985.
Ah yes, now we enter the new millennium, the era of extremist dumbed-down thinking and knee-jerk reacting (or, "re-acting!" in the case of these movies) in our formerly great Republic.
Did y'all see the "Lost in Space" movie a few years back.?
I don't know about you, but within the first fifteen minutes of that turkey I was prayin' that the late '90s "Dysfunctional Space Family Robinson" in that abhorrent flick would be flattened like hot chewing gum on the Interstate against some errant asteroid. Lord have Mercy what disgusting whiny creatures (save Heather Graham and Matt LeBlanc) those space travelers had become over a three-decade span!
Well, rumor has it that like the remake of "Lost in Space", the Hollywood bean counters, in their less than valiant efforts to offend no one and be politically correct, have elected to remove the Stars and Bars off of the "General Lee" in order to ensure that the movie, ahem, a movie about two Southern rubes and their car, will not elicit any enflamed viewer reaction or public controversy in this mindless era we now live in.
Who on earth do these bean counters think comprise the core demographics who will watch this movie? It sure ain't gonna be somebody goin' to a P Diddy concert! And if these same Left Coast kooks think the Confederate flag is no longer "pertinent", I've got a news flash - - out where I live, you can't swing a dead cat without hittin' one!
Hollywood tried to sweeten the deal by adding two legendary Southern figures that I love to the line-up - - Burt Reynolds as "Boss" Jefferson Davis Hogg, and Willie Nelson as Uncle Jesse Duke - - but I ain't buyin'.
Although I can not and will not deny that the Confederate flag has been used as a tool of hatred, I find the movement to revise and ignore history, as well as the suppression of free speech to presumably spare the sensitivities of others even more unsettling.
I don't plan to see the movie, but I'm sure that Mike Smith, God Bless him, will give us a great review on it.
Several years ago in this column I broke the news that Michael Mann, the producer of the 1980's TV series "Miami Vice" was beginning a manuscript for a big screen version of that same show, which is my favorite series of all (next to "Kolchak the Night Stalker").
In a nutshell, "Miami Vice' was a detective series about two undercover vice cops, Sonny Crockett (played by actor Don Johnson) a gruff veteran Miami detective and former U of F football player, and Ricardo Tubbs, a recently transplanted African-American Bronx street cop played by Phillip Michael Thomas, and their battles against cocaine cowboys, Colombian drug lords, pimps, prostitutes and illegal weapons dealers.
A groundbreaking series, "Vice" featured rock music, typically from the 80's, throughout most episodes in order to enhance the incredibly lyrical and evocative imagery that made this such a noteworthy and artistic series. Mann made Miami the star of the show, highlighting its sensuous tropical character as reflected in his heavy use of pastels and white (hence, why Crockett was often seen in white outfits) to mimic sky, sea and sand. Mann was also fond of night scenes complete with neon and glass block.
After five years of run time, Tubbs and Crockett literally threw down their guns and quit the force after coming to the grim realization that the nation's "War on Drugs" is basically a scam. The series then died a dignified death in 1989.
As long as there is a Miami, and as long as there is vice, "Miami Vice" can still be a relevant and viable name for a movie or a TV series even today.
My biggest concern with Mann's effort to bring the series to the big screen twenty years later is that it's, well, twenty years later!
--The dress styles are different.
Let's face it, "Miami Vice" the TV series was the '80s!
The TV series should (like 'Lost in Space" the TV series and the "Wild, Wild West" TV series) remain in the era that it was conceived and died in, and not be remade in any way, shape or form with the same characters portrayed by others or the same formulas. Latest word is, however, that Mann intends to resurrect Tubbs and Crockett as the movie's main characters. with actors Jamie Foxx playing Tubbs and Colin Ferrell playing Crockett.
Sorry folks, there can only be one Tubbs and Crockett - - Phillip Michael Thomas and Don Johnson.
I concede that they are both too old to believably play vice cops, but surely a man of Mann's incredible intellect can bring us fresh blood, a la something like a "Karen Sisco"-like character to work out of the OCB again! For that matter, Mann could create a character for Brad Pitt or Antonio Banderas, but please don't call them Crockett or Tubbs!
Make the movie take place in 2004/5 in Miami with modern musical scores that even a Terence Nuzum type would know or appreciate.
Have the characters dress in the latest fashion, speaking modern lingo.
No one is to be named Tubbs and Crockett unless they are played by Thomas or Johnson. They could be used as senior MDPD staff who rejoined the force, or as P.I.'s, or retired staff checking up on their old alma matter and coaching the newbies.
Attempt to bring back some of the original cast for some continuity- - i.e. have Saundra Santiago portray a modern day Miami-Dade Police Commissioner form of Gina Calabrese!
Keep the movie focused on the fresh blood and how today's vice situations are different than that of twenty years ago.
If these demands cannot be met (and they won't), then I don't plan to see the movie, but I'm sure that Mike Smith, God Bless him, will give us a great review on it!
"La Floridiana" is ©2004 by William Moriaty. Webpage design and all graphics herein (except where otherwise noted) are creations of Nolan B. Canova. All contents of Nolan's Pop Culture Review are ©2004 by Nolan B. Canova.


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Situated directly along the Emeryville shoreline, Towers at Emeryville enjoys panoramic unobstructed views of the San Francisco Bay, the San Francisco skyline and the Golden Gate Bridge as well as downtown Oakland from virtually every floor — a unique trait within the market. Visible to the commuters that traverse Interstates 80, 580 and 880 every day, Towers at Emeryville sits on one of the most high-profile sites in the Bay Area.


Is there something holding you back? It's time now to put a full stop to your fears and enjoy a stress free life. Fear and anxiety is a terrible feeling. Our fears keep us out of touch with reality hence suffocating our joys, personal creativity and our ability to move forward. Some of the common fears are fear of speaking, fear of losing someone or something, fear of not reaching your goal, fear of water or even fear of health. If your fear and anxiety is haunting you, overcome them! Here are the five ways to fight back your fear and anxiety.
As soon as you get caught up with fear, the first thing you should do is to acknowledge your fear and avoid letting it to overcome you. Your fear is your foe. It stops you from doing things that you actually want and can do. It hinders you to accomplish your dreams and is an obstacle in the path to success. Stop your fears ruling you or you'll keep losing the gist of life. Make yourself tough, so as whenever you face a fear you gain courage, strength and confidence to overrule it. Live through your fears and realize later that you survived it.
If you want to conquer your fears do not sit in one spot and mull over it. Move out and get busy. You can't think, sit around and wait for confidence and courage to come knocking the door. If you would do that, then you are just going to experience the negative effects. The more you keep thinking about it, the more fear you will build within. Seek protection from fear, get up and go outside. Get some fresh air and change your environment.
You can do it! Self-confidence and believing in yourself are the most powerful things to conquer your fears and sufferings. Believe that nothing can stop you. Believe that you deserve the best and you will reach your goals no matter what twists and turns, burden and barriers come in your way.
Keep your goal in mind, stay focused and take one step towards your goal. Move forward step by step. You may see your goal far ahead, but always break through your fears and take the next one step. Visualize your goal every time you feel your fear is getting over you. Keep asking yourself your priorities. Visualize positivity in your goal rather than something that bogs you down. If you succeed doing this, you'll find a confident and courageous person in you who as an ability to cope with fears and anxiety.
Smiling, laughing and staying happy is all you need. Don't let your fears wipe off the zest of life. Don't wait all your life to smile. Don't wait to conquer your fears completely, smile at each step you take towards your goal. Look for reasons to celebrate, and smile.
Fear can make your mind sterile, yet it is an unavoidable part of our lives. Knowing how to deal with fear is a huge accomplishment in itself and once you have mastered it you'll experience a sense of comfort and confidence in you.


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Three Cyclones win in Harold Nichols Open
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The following is an Iowa State press release.
AMES, Iowa – Three Iowa State wrestlers were crowned as individual champions at the 2012 Harold Nichols Cyclone Open on Saturday in Hilton Coliseum. Mike Moreno (165), Mikey England (174) and Cole Shafer (197) all took home titles. More than 250 student-athletes took part in the tournament, with participants spanning from NCAA Division I to NAIA.
"There's some good things we saw out of a lot of our kids today and there's some things that we definitely need to improve on, but it's a good way to start the season," Iowa State head coach Kevin Jackson said. "This is a tough, long competition. It's a character-building competition. All in all, it served its purpose. This gives us more information to go back in on Monday and prepare for Old Dominion, our first dual meet. It tells us where our condition level is and where we are tactically."
England dominated the competition at 174 on his way to the finals, pinning his first two opponents in Shawn Keating of Midland University (4:19) and CJ Navarro of Iowa Central (5:27). England then scored a 10-2 major decision over Micah Barnes of Nebraska in the semi-finals. In the 174 pound championship match, England met fellow Cyclone redshirt freshmen Tanner Weatherman. After a hard-fought match, riding time gave England the 3-2 victory.
Moreno also controlled the field at 165, opening the tournament with three straight pins of Jesse East of Iowa Central (1:51), Aaron Hovey of Midland University (1:23) and Travis Leiskau of Nebraska-Kearney (1:28). Moreno then met Cyclone teammate Lelund Weatherspoon in the semifinals, coming away with a 10-5 victory. Moreno then scored a 12-3 major decision over Dallas Houchins of Grand View in the finals to win the title at 165 pounds.
At 197, Cole Shafer overwhelmed the competition, pinning Lucas Belich of St. Cloud State (1:00) and Isaac Hopkins of Ellsworth (1:26) to open the tournament. Shafer then got a 12-0 major decision over Matt Lenagh of Nebraska-Kearney before beating Paul Rands of Navy, 9-3 in the championship match.
A number of Cyclones also placed at the annual tournament. Freshmen John Meeks took second place at 133, losing a 5-4 nail-biter in the championship match to No. 4 Joe Colon of Northern Iowa. At 125, No. 16 Ryak Finch took third place beating Connor Bolling by technical fall, 17-2 in the consolation championship.
No. 16 Luke Goettl was also a third-place winner, defeating Jay Hildreth 7-4 in the consolation match. At 285, No. 14 Matt Gibson pinned Chris Lopez of Illinois (1:24) in the consolation championship to take third place. Another freshmen, Gabe Moreno, took fourth place at 149, falling in the consolation championship to Fahy John of Illinois by a score of 12-7. Logan Molina took fourth place as well at 157, falling to Zach Witte of UNI by a final score of 9-2.
In all, Iowa State had eight wrestlers finish in the top three today with five wrestlers competing in championship matches at their respective weights.
The Cyclones will be back in action Sunday, Nov. 25 at 1 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum to take on Old Dominion in its first dual meet of the season.
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The day Saturday is named after the planet Saturn, which in turn was named after the Roman god of agriculture, Saturn.
Ice caps, glaciers and permanent snow store around 65% of all the fresh water on our planet.
The planet Saturn has 62 moons. One of it's moons named Titan is the only one in our solar system known to have an atmosphere.
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Q: Is it possible to apply two filters to the same variable using the crosstalk package in R? Using crosstalk and plotly (and ggplot2), I am trying to apply two filters in a plot based on the same column in the underlying dataframe, but I cannot get it to work. I have tried a couple of approaches, but the result is always the same: when I make selections from both filters, all data disappears from the plot. My goal is to make selections from both filters and have the results showing up in the plot.
Below is a reproducible example of the problem, using toy data from the mtcars dataset. With this approach, the attempted solution is to split the dataframe in two before plotting and to add cases from each part to the plot by using separate ggplot geoms.
# Libraries
library(plotly)
library(crosstalk)

# Prepare data and create shared data objects
mtcars_lowcarb_shared <-
  SharedData$new(mtcars[mtcars$carb < 4, ], group = "my_group")

mtcars_highcarb_shared <-
  SharedData$new(mtcars[mtcars$carb >= 4, ], group = "my_group")

# Make checkboxes
cb1 <- filter_checkbox(id = "lowcarb_selector",
                label = "Select among low carb values",
                sharedData = mtcars_lowcarb_shared,
                group = ~carb
                )

cb2 <- filter_checkbox(id = "highcarb_selector",
                label = "Select among high carb values",
                sharedData = mtcars_highcarb_shared,
                group = ~carb
                )

# Make plot
p <-
  ggplot(mapping = aes(x = hp, y = mpg, color = as.character(carb))) +
  geom_point(data = mtcars_lowcarb_shared) +
  geom_point(data = mtcars_highcarb_shared)

p <- ggplotly(p)

# Put it all together
bscols(list(cb1, cb2), p, widths = c(2, 10))

If I try to make selections from both checkboxes in the above example, say carb values 1 and 4, no points are shown in the plot. I would expect points showing for all cars with a carb value of either 1 or 4. Note that if I select cases from only one checkbox, say only 4, or 4 and 6, the filtering behaves as I would expect it to do.
Below is another attempt. Here, the data used for plotting is kept in a single dataframe and the plot is made using one rather than two geoms. The checkboxes for the filtering, however, are made using separate dataframes.
# Libraries
library(crosstalk)
library(plotly)

# Prepare data and create shared data objects
mtcars_lowcarb_shared <-
  SharedData$new(mtcars[mtcars$carb < 4, ], group = "my_group")

mtcars_highcarb_shared <-
  SharedData$new(mtcars[mtcars$carb >= 4, ], group = "my_group")

mtcars_shared <-
  SharedData$new(mtcars, group = "my_group")

# Make checkboxes
cb1 <- filter_checkbox(id = "lowcarb_selector",
                label = "Select among low carb values",
                sharedData = mtcars_lowcarb_shared,
                group = ~carb
                )

cb2 <- filter_checkbox(id = "highcarb_selector",
                label = "Select among high carb values",
                sharedData = mtcars_highcarb_shared,
                group = ~carb
                )

# Make plot
p <-
  ggplot(mtcars_shared, aes(x = hp, y = mpg, color = as.character(carb))) +
  geom_point()

p <- ggplotly(p)

# Put it all together
bscols(list(cb1, cb2), p, widths = c(2, 10))

The results are the same with this approach. Selections from both checkboxes result in an empty plot.
I don't understand why I get an empty plot when selecting from both checkboxes. I would like to find a way around this issue. I want, that is, to use two checkboxes and be able to select from both.
Of course, with the data in the examples, using two checkboxes does not make much sense. But with my real use case, I have a very good reason for wanting to separate values into two boxes.

A: It is a bit chimeric but you can tweak the filter's children to suit your format needs:
# Libraries
library(crosstalk)
library(plotly)

# Prepare data and create shared data objects
mtcars_lowcarb_shared <-
  SharedData$new(mtcars[mtcars$carb < 4, ], group = "my_group")

mtcars_highcarb_shared <-
  SharedData$new(mtcars[mtcars$carb >= 4, ], group = "my_group")

mtcars_shared <-
  SharedData$new(mtcars, group = "my_group")

cb <- filter_checkbox(
  id = "general_selector",
  label = "Select among low carb values",
  sharedData = mtcars_shared,
  group = ~ carb
)

# Make checkboxes
cb1 <- filter_checkbox(
  id = "lowcarb_selector",
  label = "Select among low carb values",
  sharedData = mtcars_lowcarb_shared,
  group = ~ carb
)

cb2 <- filter_checkbox(
  id = "highcarb_selector",
  label = "Select among high carb values",
  sharedData = mtcars_highcarb_shared,
  group = ~ carb
)

cb3 <- cb
cb3$children <-
  list(cb1$children[[1]],
       cb1$children[[2]],
       cb2$children[[1]],
       cb2$children[[2]],
       cb$children[[3]])
# Make plot
p <-
  ggplot(mtcars_shared, aes(x = hp, y = mpg, color = as.character(carb))) +
  geom_point()

p <- ggplotly(p)

# Put it all together
bscols(list(cb3), p, widths = c(2, 10))

The last element of children is the one containing the mapping javascript code.