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If the City is looking for a safe street to rename
Then it should look no further than SW Isabella, which is the shortest uniquely-named through street in the city. It connects SW Vista Avenue with SW Montgomery Drive. It is so short that it has no driveways, and thus no residents or businesses who would need to change their stationery or notify their friends.
November 21, 2007 at 10:47 PM in Whimsy | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Isaac Laquedem Boulevard?
As Professor Bogdanski noted yesterday, the Portland City Council is taking what he called the "spectacular train wreck" of Cesar Chavez Boulevard from bad to worse. Item 1394 on tomorrow's agenda is a proposal by Commissioner Saltzman to add a new provision to the City Code to allow the City Council to rename streets after, well, whomever they like. Here's the new language:
B. Alternatively, Council may initiate renaming of a street as provided in this Subsection. For purposes of this Subsection, "street" means an entire street or any portion or portions of a street. If Council initiates renaming of a street under this Subsection, the provisions of 17.93.010 through 17.93.040 do not apply. This Subsection may be used to rename a street after a person.
1. The Council shall adopt a resolution proposing to rename a street. The resolution shall direct the Planning Commission to consider the proposed renaming and make a recommendation to Council. The resolution may specify a date by which the Planning Commission must make its recommendation to the City Council.
2. After adoption of the resolution, the Planning Commission shall consider the proposed renaming and make a recommendation to the City Council whether the renaming is in the best interest of the City and the area within six miles of the City limits in accordance with ORS 227.120.
3. The Auditor shall schedule a public hearing before Council on the proposed renaming for a date and time after the Planning Commission's recommendation to Council. Notice of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation not less than once within the week prior to the week within which the hearing is to be held and shall identify the time and place of the hearing.
4. The Council shall hold a hearing on the proposed renaming and shall afford persons particularly interested and the general public the opportunity to be heard on the proposed renaming.
5. If after the public hearing, the Council determines that the renaming is in the best interests of the City and the area within six miles of the City limits, the Council shall adopt an ordinance renaming the street. If the Council declines to rename the street, the Council shall adopt a resolution rejecting the name change. If Council approves the street renaming, certified copies of the enabling Ordinance shall be filed with the County Recorder, County Assessor, and County Surveyor.
The key element of this change is that it allows the Council to rename a street after a person (including apparently a fictitious or pseudonymous person) without having to wait for its citizens to collect 2,500 signatures in support of the renaming. The purpose for this change is to allow the Council to rename a street after Cesar Chavez without waiting for someone to satisfy the current requirements. A secondary purpose may be to allow the Council to rename North Interstate Avenue after Mr. Chavez, something the code now prohibits.
The Council will be making a mistake if it adopts this revision, and will be showing that it's forgotten its history and the reason that a prior Council adopted the current ordinance. (Fans of George Santayana may sing along here.) Let's go back in history.
Many Portland streets have been renamed for continuity. For example, portions of West Burnside Street were once named Washington Street and Barnes Road. The city didn't do these renamings to honor General or any other form of Burnside, but simply to give a continuous street a continuous name. I'm aware of only two Portland streets that were renamed before 1989 to honor a specific person. One is SE Hawthorne Boulevard (formerly Asylum Avenue), renamed to honor the first superintendent of the asylum for the insane, located on that thoroughfare. The other is SW Wright Avenue near Washington Park, originally platted as Edison Street in 1909 and later renamed, possibly after the Wright brothers.
The City had no particular renaming process in place in 1990 when the Council voted to rename SE/NE Union Avenue after Martin Luther King. A large protest resulted, capped by a petition drive that amassed 50,000 signatures in opposition to the renaming. The protest and a court challenge failed, and in the meantime the City adopted its current street renaming code as a means of requiring proponents of street renaming to demonstrate some public support before the Council would take up the issue.
Fast-forward to 1996. Shortly after civic leader and downtown developer William S. Naito died (May 8, 1996), Mayor Katz and the Council voted to rename the downtown portion of Front Avenue after him, as Naito Parkway. The Council did not wait until five years after Mr. Naito's death as required by the code, nor did it wait for citizens to submit a petition, also as required by the code. The City also did not rename all of Front Avenue, but only the portion south of the Fremont Bridge. The renaming provoked some grumbling from Front Avenue businesses, but not from the city at large. The grumbling was enough, however, to keep the Council out of the street-renaming business until 2006, when it renamed Portland Avenue after Rosa Parks, who had died in 2005. As with Naito Parkway, the Council did not follow Code.
The Code, however, seemed to be serving its intended function by keeping down the demands for street renaming and thus keeping the Council from being called bad names for not renaming streets on demand. It's time for the Council to follow the Code, not amend it out of existence. If it adopts this proposal, how does it treat the next set of renaming requests fairly? I'm too modest to imagine an Isaac Laquedem Boulevard (unless I become a developer and get to name the new streets myself), but I can envision a lot of other requests to rename streets with proponents saying "You renamed a street after X, and Y was just as important to Portland and therefore deserves a street also." That's a business that the Council should stay out of.
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November 20, 2007 at 10:57 AM in Law, Courts, and Cases, Local Politics, The City Center | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Avenue, not Boulevard
And if the Council renames Fourth Avenue after Cesar Chavez, it should assign the name "Cesar Chavez Avenue" and not "Cesar Chavez Boulevard" to keep with the Portland rule (and national standard) that north-south thoroughfares should generally be called avenues.
November 15, 2007 at 09:44 AM in The City Center | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Before the Council changes 4th Avenue to Chavez Avenue
The Oregonian reports today that Dan Saltzman fashioned a better outcome for the Cesar Chavez Boulevard debacle. He proposes to rename Fourth Avenue (the downtown stretch only, not the disconnected bits and pieces in the Southwest Hills) instead of N. Interstate Avenue. He reportedly has the support of Commissioners Adams, Leonard, and Sten.
The Code prohibits renaming after a famous person a street whose name has historic significance. Interstate Avenue's name has historic significance because it resulted from the act of a bygone City Council to commemorate the first bridge between Oregon and Washington. Fourth Avenue's name doesn't. So at least this street, unlike Interstate Avenue, is eligible to be renamed.
However, the City Council still shouldn't abandon the code or it will be taken to court, just by the downtown interests instead of by the Interstate Avenue neighborhood. Here's what I suggest the Council does this afternoon: State that it is willing to rename SW/NW Fourth Avenue to be SW/NW Cesar Chavez Avenue, if the proponents gather the 2500 signatures of Portland residents as required by code and obtain a letter in support from some member of Mr. Chavez's family. (The proponents of renaming should be able to do both of these easily.) The Council could commit the City to paying the cost of sending out the notifications. The Council would take the other steps required by Chapter 17.93 of the Portland city code: convene the historic review committee, which will easily find that Mr. Chavez was a person of national signficance; hold the appropriate public hearing, and approve the renaming.
Why should the Council do this the long way (what we used to call the "legal way") instead of simply renaming Fourth Avenue today and being done with it? Because sometime -- next year, the year after, certainly within Mayor-elect-apparent Adams's first term -- someone else is going to ask Council to rename a street, and it's a lot easier for the Council to tell the next group to follow the rules if the Council follows the rules itself.
Why the City Council shouldn't waive its hands at Mr. Chavez
One of the curiosities of the City Council agenda for Thursday, November 15 is that it contains not one, but three items relating to the Interstate Avenue / Cesar Chavez Boulevard controversy.
The first item, no. 1362, is a resolution to rename the street. The second item, no. 1363, is an ordinance to authorize renaming the street. These two were introduced by Mayor Potter. The third item, no. 1326, is to be carried to Thursday from Wednesday, and declares the city's intent to name some major street after Mr. Chavez, with a suitable process for public input and a review committee. It's being introduced by Commissioners Adams and Leonard.
In the order given on the agenda, the Adams-Leonard resolution will become moot if the Mayor's resolution and ordinance pass, because the City will already have renamed Interstate Avenue after Mr. Chavez -- unless, that is, the City is going to rename two streets after him.
To me, though, the interesting thing about the Mayor's ordinance (no. 1362) is this little passage:
The provisions of Municipal Code chapter 17.93, renaming City Streets, shall be waived, except for the following sections: Subsections (G) and (H) of 17.93.040; 17.93.060.
Some parts of the City Code contemplate that the Council can waive them. For example, in land use matters the City is authorized to grant variances and adjustments to relax how the regulations affect specific properties, in each case only if the properties satisfy the code requirements. And in the case of land use, the City is releasing other people from the requirements of the Code; in this case the Mayor proposes to release the City Council itself from the requirements of the Code. This is a dangerous step.
The street naming ordinance (which I've posted in the continuation below) doesn't allow the Council to grant exemptions, and it says specifically that the Council can't itself initiate action to rename a street to honor a deceased person without someone going through the hoops. (The City itself could be the one to go through the hoops.) The hoops include collecting 2500 signatures from legal residents or at least 75% of the abutting property owners, trying to get a letter of concurrence from the deceased person's family, submitting a biography to be reviewed by a committee of historians, and paying the costs of sending out the mailings and notices. I understand that there was some effort to get signatures, but that it didn't get 2500 signatures or the concurrence of the abutting property owners, but that the rest of the process mostly didn't happen.
The puckish thought occurred to me: if the City Council can waive regulations on itself that it doesn't want to follow, and that don't specifically allow for waiver, could it waive other parts of the City Code? For example, if some day Mayor Potter and two of the commissioners all stalked out of City Hall, could the remaining two councilors vote to waive the absence of a quorum and proceed to finish up the day's work? Could it waive the requirement of Section 2.04.150 that to pass, a city ballot measure has to receive more than 50% of the vote? There's no logical reason to distinguish one refusal to follow the rules from another.
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November 12, 2007 at 12:28 PM in Law, Courts, and Cases, Local Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
What was Interstate Avenue named (actually, renamed) after?
Some digging around through the online records of the Multnomah County Surveyor showed that Interstate Avenue hasn't always been Interstate Avenue. Interstate Avenue jogs to the west at about N. Mason Street. North of that jog, Interstate Avenue was named Patton Street in 1887 (see the plat of Riverside Addition) and Patton Avenue in 1909 (see the plat of Havelock). By 1919 it had been renamed Interstate Avenue (see the plat of Principle Addition).
South of the Mason Street jog, it had been named Maryland Avenue, and what is now Massachusetts Avenue, a block to the west, was originally named Patton, after Matthew and Catherine Patton, who owned land along that street in the 19th century. (It's the street that's now in line with the northern part of Interstate Avenue.) The Pattons modestly called the street "A Street" when they platted some of their land in 1887.
What happened between 1909 and 1919 to cause the City Council to rename Maryland and Patton Avenues to be Interstate Avenue? The answer is that in 1916, the eastern of the Interstate Bridges opened to connect Portland and Vancouver, and the highway people condemned bits and pieces of additional land (including the Mason Street jog in Interstate) to make Interstate Avenue the main road between central Portland and Vancouver. (This bridge was the first bridge between Oregon and Washington.) So there is a certain historic significance to the existing name, and that presents a problem for the City Council, which is being asked to decide next week whether to rename Interstate Avenue for the late Cesar Chavez.
What's the problem? The problem is that Chapter 17.93 of the City Code sets out stringent criteria that must be met before the City can rename a street to honor a deceased person. One of the criteria is that the City cannot rename the street if the existing name is of historical significance. In this case the existing name is of historical significance, representing not the whim of a defunct developer but (I surmise) the decision of a long-ago mayor (likely Mayor George L. Baker, whose term started in 1917) and his Council to commemorate the opening of the first bridge between Oregon and Washington by renaming the street leading to the bridge in celebration.
November 08, 2007 at 12:13 PM in Local Politics, The Good Old Days | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
A random post-election thought on Measure 49 and the farm tax break
One of the arguments used by the supporters of Measure 49 (about which more later) was that owners of Oregon farmland shouldn't complain about being downzoned for exclusive farm use, because they got the benefit of special assessment of their farms for property tax purposes in exchange for being downzoned. The argument had one big flaw, which is that if the land is zoned for exclusive farm use and used for farming, then farming is likely its highest and best use and therefore fixes the value at which it will be assessed, special use program or no.
The argument intrigued me, however, because it suggested that the special assessment for farm use (currently in ORS Chapter 308A) was a quid pro quo for the limitations of the statewide land use program, so I did a little digging into the history of the special assessment program.
Actually, Oregon gave a tax break to farmland years before we had statewide land use planning. This 1999 paper (PDF) by David R. Brooks, then a candidate for a master's degree in planning at Portland State University, gives some useful history. According to Mr. Brooks, Oregon first considered specially assessing farmland in the 1920s, and enacted its first statute to that effect in 1961. (He says that all states have similar programs.) The purpose of the statute was to preserve farmland by offering farmers a reduction in their property taxes if they kept their land in farming. People who wanted farmland for non-farm purposes (whether martini farms, industry, or urban sprawl) would pay more for the land than it was worth to farmers, and the farms were being tax-assessed at that higher value. So the statute said that if the owner of land in an exclusive farm use zone used it for farming, the land would be assessed at its true cash value if used for farming, without regard to other possible uses. (But see below for an exception.) The program was substantially revised in 1963 and 1967, in each case before Oregon had statewide land use planning. (Mr. Brooks notes that one reason the 1961 program failed is that it applied only to land in an EFU zone, but because Oregon did not require counties to adopt zoning, much farmland wasn't zoned at all and therefore didn't qualify for the tax break.)
The exception I referred to above is that farmland that's near the edge of town (in 1963) or close to the Urban Growth Boundary in an urban reserve (in 2007) has a speculative value higher than its farm value. The tax break means something there, but a good share of the benefits go to land investors rather than to actual farmers. (As you move from entrenched farming areas closer to the UGB, the percentage of land held by speculators, investors, and potential developers goes up.)
I don't think that this argument ultimately affected many votes on Measure 49. The "yes" voters weren't voting to punish those greedy tax-evading farmers, and the "no" voters weren't wrapped up in the philosophical flaws of this particular "yes" argument. Rather, Measure 37 passed because the excessive regulations of a few cities and counties produced enough outrage across the state, and Measure 49 passed because the excessive claims of a few lucky landowners also produced enough outrage across the state.
November 08, 2007 at 11:15 AM in Land Use, Law, Courts, and Cases | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
The Laquedem plan to give everyone in Lake Oswego a place to swim and make five lucky real estate agents very happy
One thought occurred to me about Lake Oswego's purchase of the Safeco building. If the council's purpose was really to have a recreation center for the city, for the same $20 million it could have bought five adjoining lakefront mansions ($2 million each, let's say) and spent the remaining $10 million on combining them into a proper suburban clubhouse. Much more respectable, really, and it would provide employment for our local builders and designers and gratify five desperate homeowners and their real estate agents.
November 06, 2007 at 08:38 AM in Laquedem Plans to Improve the Universe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Mark and Dave notice Isaac
Mark and Dave, of KEX 1190 radio, were kind enough to notice and link to my tongue-in-cheek legal theory about whether the manufacturer of Samuel Adams (the beer) violates Oregon's election laws by having the beer on display in the homes of Portland voters when Sam Adams (the candidate) is on the ballot, and to invite me to their turn-over-the-domain celebration on Tuesday. I'm flattered that they noticed, and am looking forward to being there tomorrow night, in one guise or another.
November 05, 2007 at 02:45 PM in Law, Courts, and Cases, Local Politics, Media | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
$20 million buys a headache for Lake Oswego
The most interesting ballot measure this week is reserved to the voters of Lake Oswego. (We get the best of everything.) A few years ago the city council opened the public wallet and paid $20 million to buy the former Safeco Insurance building, near the east end of Kruse Way. Their idea was to turn it into a city office building, or maybe into a city recreational center, or possibly a community hall. So far nothing's happened to the building, because as the council found out, the remodeling will end up costing more than the building itself. (It's reminiscent of Metro buying the old Sears store on NE Grand Avenue, rehabbing it into their offices, and discovering that it cost more to do that than it would have just to build from scratch.)
Some of the good citizens of the town took offense that the City spent $20 million on an office building without asking them, and they got together an initiative which, if passed, will prohibit the City from paying more than $2 million for real estate without getting approval from the voters first. (There are some exceptions for emergencies and public health concerns.) A companion measure asks for permission for the City to keep the Safeco building.
Lake Oswego's not that big a city, and for it to spend $20 million on a building is like the City of Portland spending $200 million on a building. (Mr. Williams and OHSU shouldn't get any bright ideas here.) The measure has been the subject of hot debate in the Lake Oswego Review. Most (maybe all) of the City councilors have written opinion pieces for the Review, with the common theme, "If you don't like us buying that building, the answer isn't to tie the hands of future councils, but to vote us out when we're up for election." That won't happen until the 2008 election, which may be as exciting in Lake Oswego as the presidential race is for the rest of the nation.
November 05, 2007 at 02:33 PM in Local Politics | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)


Unlike the one pictured above, the wineberry branch that struck me didn't have any of those pesky leaves to slow it down. I was hit by a thorn-covered whip, right across my left eye and nose. It moved so fast, I didn't have a chance to blink.
When all was said and done, there were five thorns in my eye: one in the pupil, three in the iris and one in the white of the eye. This necessitated a trip to the eye doctor, who referred me to a specialist, who in turn referred me to another. The first two didn't feel confident removing the one that was very close to puncturing the eye.
It sounds worse than it feels, but they had to numb the eye and remove the thorn-splinters with a pair of tweezers. The one in the white of the eye was the smallest and last to come out. Unlike the others, it was problematic, so he pulled it and snipped the skin of the eye. Did I mention I'm squeamish?
Anyhow, so began my daily visits to the eye doctor. I was placed on antibiotics, but the big worry with plant-related eye injuries is the potential for fungal infection. So far, no mushrooms, but my eyesight (and sensitivity to light) was off for days. Still a bit blurry, actually.
The fortunate bit to this whole thing… if the branch was an inch longer, it would have hit both eyes. If the thorns were just a bit longer, the eye would have been punctured. If there were more spores on the thorns, I might have ended up with eye mushrooms.
In two weeks, I'll find out if I'll need glasses. At the moment, my other eye is compensating for the one that is slightly off. If that's the worst of it, my luck has once again proven its weirdness.
PSA: Doing yardwork? Wear glasses. Don't be stupid, like me.


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A quick rummage through many drawers and boxes and (an unspeakable time-length later) the work-clothes and jewellery are suitably categorised and collaged for the week. And…. Breathe. I can set my alarm for the morning to begin my first official Belfast commute.


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Vesna Teršelič
Vesna Teršelić (1962) was born in Ljubljana, and currently lives in Croatia. She studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and at the Faculty of Science and Mathematics in Zagreb. She is a co-founder of several environmental, women and peace organizations (Svarun, Green Action, Anti-war Campaign of Croatia, Centre for Women's Studies, Centre for Peace Studies etc).
She has been involved in the organization of public actions and petitions (Peace Gates, Zagreb, 1991), My Voice for the Rule of Law (Trg Bana Jelačića, Zagreb, 2001), and a protest and a petition signing for the removal of the monument to the commander of the Ustasha Black Legion (Slunj, 2001).
Since 2004, she is Director of the Documenta - Centre for Dealing with the Past. She is member of Regional Advisory Council of Coalition for REKOM. She was awarded the Right Livelihood Award (1998), also known as an "Alternative Nobel Prize" and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (1997).
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Trdota po Vickersu  je ena od metod za merjenje trdote trdih snovi. Uporablja se predvsem v strojništvu in metalurgiji. Oznaka je HV, vrednost pa je brezrazsežno število.

Metoda zahteva, da se v površino preizkušanega materiala vtisne diamantna piramida s kotom 136º. Sila obremenitve znaša od 50 do 1200 N.

Trdota se izračuna iz sile in površine vtisnjenega plašča piramide po enačbi:

kjer je:
 HV ... trdota po Vickersu,
 F ... sila v N,
 A ... površina vtisnjenega plašča piramide v mm2.

Priporočajo se obremenitve:
 500 ... 1500 N
 trdo jeklo
 100 N
 cemenitirano jeklo
 50 N
 nitrirano jeklo

Prednosti metode pred ostalimi sta:
 možnost meritev zelo tankih slojev (na primer po nitriranju)
 zelo majhna poškodba površine

Posebnosti

Trdota po Vickersu je do vrednosti 250 HV številčno enaka trdoti po Brinellu, nad to mejo pa trdota po Vickersu narašča hitreje.

Glej tudi
 trdota po Rockwellu,
 trdota po Brinellu,
 trdota po Shoru,
 Mohsova trdotna lestvica

Metalurgija
Merske enote
Jeklo
Strojništvo
Brezrazsežne količine

de:Härte#Härteprüfung nach Vickers (HV)


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Battle Beauties
Battle of the Bands Vol. 1 original graphic novel
Writer/Artist/Cover artist: Steve Buccellato
Letters: Lucas Rivera
Editor: Rob Tokar
Publisher: Tokyopop
Price: $9.99 US/$12.50 CAN
Though I've enjoyed Steve Buccellato's work in the past, I approached this new project with some trepidation. Given the ramped-up T&A factor at play on the cover, I figured I was in for a low-brow sex romp, the equivalent of watching a sorority-house pillow fight. I started thumbing through the pages, my mind made up already. Fortunately, it didn't take long for Buccellato to change my mind. While I wasn't taken with the WWE-style violence that's included as part of the property, the story and characters won me over. Buccellato offers action and romance with his take on an Amerimanga book, but the real appeal lies in the humor and the characters' unrestrained joie de vivre. Buccellato adapts his comic-art style to bring a greater Japanese influence to the surface, but he really doesn't have to stray too far from his previously established cartooning style. One of the reasons the book works so well is that the art matches the high energy and quick pace of the script incredibly well. Fans of such comics as Chynna Clugston's Blue Monday and Jen van Meter's Hopeless Savages will no doubt enjoy Battle of the Bands.
July 31, 2007 Don MacPherson 5 Comments
King City Vol. 1
"Book One: Cat Master"
Writer/Artist/Cover artist: Brandon Graham
Brandon Graham is hardly a newcomer in the comics industry, but King City is the first one of his projects I've encountered (unless my memory fails me, which is possible). I sought out this book thanks to a good buzz online, and I quickly discovered its good reputation is well deserved. Though a release from Tokyopop by a U.S. creator, I wouldn't call this a sample of Amerimanga. Though there are Japanese influences in the plot and characters, there's a much more European vibe at play, spiced up with American attitude (the good kind). Graham's peripheral elements read like something out of Warren Ellis's head, but he also brings a softer, more grounded quality to the characters and sci-fi society that's attractive and entertaining. King City is a surreal story that incorporates multiple genres while dedicating itself to none. The result is a surprisingly unique and fresh foray into comics storytelling.
Is There Love After Death?
My Dead Girlfriend Vol. 1 original graphic novel
"A Tryst of Fate"
Writer/Pencils/Cover artist: Eric Wight
Inks: Eric Wight, Mike Allred, Michael Cho & Nick Derington
Greytones: Mark Lewis
Letters: Mark Lewis & Lucas Rivera
Editor: Julie Taylor
People in the comic-book industry have been singing the praises of Eric Wight for a couple of years now, but I don't think we've really seen a project that one could point to as really belonging to him. The one-time animation artist has illustrated short stories in a variety of comics titles, but there was never one that one could call "that Eric Wight book"… until now. Given the amount of work he's done for the big super-hero publishers, it might strike one as surprising that Wight would opt to make his debut as a writer/artist of original graphic novels outside that arena. Signing up with Tokyopop for this project is not only a good thematic fit, though, but it offers him a stronger penetration into a market that might not be as familiar with his work. My Dead Girlfriend is a light, entertaining read. The imaginative mix of the supernatural, comic elements and teen melodrama is quite charming, and the sweet and innocent love story is saccharine, yes, but quite cute and touching too.
March 1, 2007 Don MacPherson 2 Comments
We Are a Hedge
Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1 & 2
Writer: Joshua Elder
Artist: Erich Owen
Editor: Paul Morrissey
Price: $5.99 US/$7.99 CAN (per book)
After reading the first two volumes of this new American-produced title, I was struck by one overriding thought: it's rather juvenile. I mean that in both the positive and negative connotations of the term. There's a youthful energy to the characters, and on the surface, there's an innocence at play that's appealing (but quickly dispelled). But writer Joshua Elder's script is inconsistent, switching between a zany comedy mode to straightforward action. Furthermore, the premise and story fail to follow any kind of internal sense of logic. Manga fans will be pleased, however, with artist Erich Owen's Japanese-inspired artwork. It's sharp and clean. He handles the choreography of action scenes quite well, and I rather enjoyed his eye for character design.
December 4, 2006 Don MacPherson
There's Strife After Death
Afterlife Vol. 1 original graphic novel
Writer: Stormcrow Hayes
Artist/Letters/Cover artist: Rob Steen
Editor: Luis Reyes
This is my first Tokyopop book.
As best as I can recall, I've never read one of Tokyopop's graphic novels. I am not a manga fan, and Tokyopop is known as a manga publisher, but more recently, it's been branching out beyond Japanese adaptations. Afterlife is a U.S., homegrown horror graphic novel. It's clearly inspired visually and conceptually by Japanese comics fare, but it stands up well on its own as an original and thought-provoking premise. Writer Stormcrow Hayes explores faith and ethics from a unique perspective, challenging his readers to question their own moral and social beliefs. The plot and characters are somewhat diverting, but the larger questions posed here stand out as the book's greatest strengths.
October 24, 2006 Don MacPherson 1 Comment
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WENTZ, GIRLFRIEND EXPECTING FIRST CHILD
Pete Wentz is going to be a daddy for the second time.
The 34-year-old bassist of US rock band Fall Out Boy and his girlfriend of nearly three years, US model Meagan Camper, 24, are expecting their first child together, he announced on his Instagram account on Monday.
Wentz is already dad to son Bronx, five, with former wife Ashlee Simpson, whom he divorced in 2011 after three years of marriage.
MULLIGAN HEADING TO WEST END
Carey Mulligan is heading to the West End in June for Skylight, a play about two former lovers reunited for one night.
The 28-year-old British actress will share the stage with veteran Brit actor Bill Nighy.
Skylight marks the first West End starring role for the Oscar-nominated Mulligan, who last appeared on the London stage in an off-West End production of The Seagull in 2007, which was later transferred to Broadway.
DEPP RECEIVES SPECIAL HONOUR
This is one award that's a long time coming.
Johnny Depp, who has always been celebrated for creating unique looks for his movie roles, was honoured at the 2014 Make-Up Artists And Hair Stylists Guild Awards last Saturday, with the first Distinguished Artisan Award for his work in films like Edward Scissorhands, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, and Alice In Wonderland.
"This is a great honour, but (as) I was occasionally glancing at the screen (during a career-spanning montage), I realised what a ridiculous thing I've done," the 50-year-old US actor joked in his acceptance speech. "I mean, seriously. Why are they still giving me jobs?"
HIS PANTS ALMOST BURST AT SEAMS
Bradley Cooper, 39, has less than a month to get a new suit for the Oscars.
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"I'm still going to work," she told Us Weekly.
"I'm still going to be hardcore. The baby has made me even more of a beast!"


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Big city corporate defense attorney Rob Bilott (Mark Ruffalo), who defends chemical companies such as Dupont, is approached by Wilbur Tennant (Bill Camp), a West Virginia farmer who has lost 190 cows. He insists their deaths are due to Dupont dumping chemical into Dry Run Creek, which they used as drinking water. Bilott knows Tennant's family because he used to visit his farm to ride horses when he was a boy, so he decides to take a trip to West Virginia to see firsthand what Tennant is talking about.
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The year 2010 is really a blessed year for our family. It brought much fanfare and travel opportunities for us, here and elsewhere in the world. We started our travel adventure last January for a trip to Boracay, and so it seemed timely that we ended our travel fun, sun, sand & tan at Boracay once again.
This time via the online booking, we decided Microtel Inn & Suites Boracay to be our home for our 3 Days 2 Nights (December 4-6) adventure. Please read on my Microtel Boracay review on separate post.
We arrived at Iloilo at my in laws' place, where we will be staying most of our 1 week vacation. Please check out my AirPhilippines First Flight Experience for my take on it.
From Iloilo, we had to take the Ceres Bus, that departs hourly or on regular schedule to Caticlan. The bus trip from Iloilo to Caticlan (vice versa) would take around 5 hours and supposedly with 2 main stops (Altavas Rest Area and Kalibo Bus Station). But for that time we only stopped at Kalibo. But the trip was no way express, meaning that it only stops at those designated loading/unloading area, because both for our trip going and returning, the bus loads and unloads as it pleases. Also, it stops in regular intervals to let the bus/company authorized auditor/checker to do regular head counts of the passengers, and do routine checks on the bus tickets.
The bus versus the one I took years before is relatively new. It's clean and the air conditioner is relatively working more than fine. It was freezing cold! I had my scarf, my jacket and even my beach sarong to cover us. It's probably because of the early morning (4am) timing. The fare for adult was at Php 300+ and for the child at Php 200+. It's definitely a no frills bus, with no arm rest, no passenger grab handle, and the seats are still plastic covered so expect to experience some sliding left and right as the trip takes you to the long and winding mountainside and seaside way.
Once in Caticlan Jetty Port, we paid Php 50 ($1+) for the Terminal Fee, Php 50 ($1+) for the Environmental Fee and Php 30 ($ .75) for the Fast Craft (Montenegro) instead of the traditional pump boat ride (banca) which cost Php 20 ($.5). Personally, after being a regular visitor of the island, I preferred the Fast Craft because it's A/C, more convenient (you will not get wet from wave splashes), more roomy and faster. But for our ride back, we left earlier (8am) and the Fast Craft first trip will only be at 9am, so we took the traditional banca ride. Also, at least my mom, who's a first time visitor to Boracay, got to experience a signature boat ride going to the island.
And then, finally, the Boracay Jetty Port!!! We were just another land trip away until we got to our hotel and then see the picturesque Boracay. I love staying in Boracay's Station 2. Our earlier visit this year we stayed at The Sandcastles Apartments. The Station 2 is center for sun bathing, swimming, shopping and dining area. We just then take a leisure walk to Station 1 for Jonah's fruit shake, the classic groto (shrine) and then have a more intimate swim besides the shrine, which I like better because of it's pristine water and white sand. But for this time around, we tried staying at Microtel. It's past Station 1 called Diniwid Beach. It's between Nami Resort and The Beach House. From the Jetty Port, we paid Php 150 ($3+) for the tricycle ride that will bring us to our hotel. It was a really truly long trip. It's additional 20-minute ride after the usual pick up/drop off point at the Budget Mart at D'Mall located at the Station 2. It's literally a long and winding road going back and forth to Station 2 to Diniwid (Microtel) by hotel shuttle or public tricycle. The trail that connects Diniwid Beach to Station 1 is also similarly long and winding path. We took the footpath once, but since we're with my son, who easily tires with walking under the sun, we just took the hotel shuttle going to station 1 and station 2 and the back to the hotel.
D'Mall Plaza at Station 2 for dining, shopping etc. Miniature Eiffel Tower. Boracay's very own Tableau Vivant or Living Statues. Red Coconut.
Scrapbook photo opportunities are the classic Boracay sandcastles, wherein you can even have your name on it, and the newest addition to it, the Tableau Vivant or Living Statues located at the center of D'Mall Plaza. Both sandcastles artists and the mime actors would require a sort of a donation fee if you would want to take pictures of them or even be taken with them! :-) For us, Php 50 ($1) or more seems reasonable!
There's a whole lot shopping that can happen in Boracay too! It actually offers quite a dose of retail therapy! Please, learn to bargain or haggle to the street peddlers just in case you decided to check out their items. An initial pearl earrings that cost Php 1500 ($30+) can be brought down to Php 600 ($13).
And then, I'm ultimately praying that we avoid proliferation of Tourist traps in Boracay. Again, I experienced in Kalibo Bus Stop Terminal, there was a man, who was giving out envelopes inside the bus, asking for church donations. Being charitable is also a way of life, but there should be an appropriate place for it and who knows if that's actually a legal organization asking for it or just someone pretending to be from a ministry. Like when dining alfresco in the restaurants by the beach, and then suddenly peddlers and beggars approached us, the guard informed them that they don't allow it. Surely there should be an appropriate place for it. They can stay along the walk ways, where the tourists can actually stop to check out the items they're selling or give donations at their own discretion (on second thought shouldn't the DSWD (Dep't. of Social Welfare & Dev't.) and DOT (Dep't. of Tourism) do something about it?!). The residents of the island should make an honest living out of the tourism industry, which basically brings upon their major source of income and employment. And besides they are at the forefront of promoting the Philippines to the world.
pls address to the president to PLEASE STOP (utang na loob) the policy of those security guards in the mall who inspect our bags. I read a lot of foreigners' blogs that this is THE MOST IDIOT-EST thing in the world.
Hi Chyng, totally agree!!! pretty please, I hope that someone can finally see the absurdity of it all!!


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Q: How to extend a Vuetify component and keep the ref? I'm currently using a v-textarea like this:
# Main.vue
v-textarea(ref="myTextArea")

I would like to put a transparent wrapper around it so I can use the same customized version throughout my app. I'm doing this:
# CustomTextarea.vue
<template>
  <v-textarea v-bind="$attrs" v-on="$listeners"></v-textarea>
</template>

And I'm using it like this:
# Main.vue
CustomTextarea(ref="myTextArea")

The problem is that now my ref no longer points to the actual <textarea> (it points to the custom component) so something like this no longer works:
mounted() {
  this.$nextTick(() => {
    this.$refs.myTextarea.focus();
  });
}

I don't understand the magic that Vuetify is using, but it does work in v-textarea. Is there a way to do the same in my customized component?

A: Okay, I think I found my answer here.
I just have to create the method and call it manually:
# CustomTextarea.vue
<template>
  <v-textarea
    v-bind="$attrs"
    v-on="$listeners"
    ref="input" //- <= add this
  ></v-textarea>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'BaseTextarea',

  methods: {
    focus() {
      this.$refs.input.focus(); //- <= call it here
    },
  },
};
</script>

I wonder if there is any way to automate this, but it works for now.

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package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.expression.function.scalar.datetime;

import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ql.expression.Expression;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ql.expression.gen.processor.Processor;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ql.expression.gen.script.ParamsBuilder;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ql.expression.gen.script.ScriptTemplate;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ql.tree.NodeInfo.NodeCtor2;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ql.tree.Source;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ql.type.DataType;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ql.type.DataTypes;

import java.time.ZoneId;

import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.ql.expression.gen.script.ParamsBuilder.paramsBuilder;

public class Quarter extends BaseDateTimeFunction {

    public Quarter(Source source, Expression field, ZoneId zoneId) {
        super(source, field, zoneId);
    }

    @Override
    public ScriptTemplate asScript() {
        ScriptTemplate script = super.asScript();
        String template = formatTemplate("{sql}.quarter(" + script.template() + ", {})");

        ParamsBuilder params = paramsBuilder().script(script.params()).variable(zoneId().getId());

        return new ScriptTemplate(template, params.build(), dataType());
    }

    @Override
    protected NodeCtor2<Expression, ZoneId, BaseDateTimeFunction> ctorForInfo() {
        return Quarter::new;
    }

    @Override
    protected Quarter replaceChild(Expression newChild) {
        return new Quarter(source(), newChild, zoneId());
    }

    @Override
    protected Processor makeProcessor() {
        return new QuarterProcessor(zoneId());
    }

    @Override
    public DataType dataType() {
        return DataTypes.INTEGER;
    }
}


Upon entering the home you will see an OPEN FLOOR PLAN with GLEAMING HARDWOOD FLOORS throughout the living area. The kitchen is PERFECT FOR ENTERTAINING and features GRANITE COUNTERTOPS, tall 42'' Expresso Cabinets, A PANTRY and PULL OUT DRAWERS in the cabinets and a LARGE ISLAND BAR. A large GUEST BEDROOM on the main floor with a large WALK-IN CLOSET and a FULL BATHROOM. All NEW CARPETING upstairs with 3 more bedrooms all with WALK-IN CLOSETS. The ENORMOUS master bedroom has a TRAY CEILING and a spacious walk-in closet that will accommodate HERS AND HIS CLOTHES :) The GIGANTIC 24 x 12 LOFT could be the 5th BEDROOM. Enjoy the PRIVACY of the backyard with the 20 X 16 SCREENED PORCH. Walk to the pools and playground from this house and all I can say is WELCOME HOME TO CAROLINA BAY Upstairs and downstairs are heated and cooled by separate HVAC systems with energy efficient insulation and radiant barrier sheathing in the attic. This home is only 20 minutes to the BEACH. Amenities include three community swimming pools, nature trails, covered entertainment area, an outdoor fireplace, a three-acre park, fenced dog park and more. Walk to one of the 3 pools and playgrounds. Bike to the middle school and the high school is a short drive away. The highlights are the Carolina Bay Park and the location! The Park is the center social activities for the Carolina Bay Neighborhood. Neighborhood Events Like Easter Egg Hunts, 4th of July parades, & food truck Fridays during the summer months will keep you and your family busy year-round! Carolina Bay is conveniently located in West Ashley and is a 10-minute drive to Downtown Charleston! Schedule a showing today!


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UEFA say no to European Club League
by adminlivetipspro2 | Oct 22, 2020 | Non classé | 0 comments
News » Premier League news » Liverpool news
October 21, 2020 19:41 GMT (UK), by
UEFA have said no to the formation of the proposed European Super League amid reports stating that the new competition will include Manchester United and Liverpool.
RTE Sport report that both Liverpool and United are in talks over the creation of a new European League with the World governing body FIFA said to be backing the proposal. However, European football governing body UEFA have since came out and said that this would be "boring".
UEFA said in a statement on their website, "The UEFA President has made it clear on many occasions that UEFA strongly opposes a Super League". The statement continued, "UEFA and the clubs are committed to build such a strength not to destroy it (Champions League) to create a Super League of 10, 12 or 24 clubs which would inevitably become boring.
FIFA said in a statement that "It does not wish to comment and participate in any speculation about topics which come up every now and then." Manchester United and Liverpool have not commented on the speculation.


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Freeing Canada from the Trump millstone
Rick Smith / August 04, 2020
The impact of Donald Trump on Canada has been, it's fair to say, negative. Much of this has been overt: A few examples include a botched pandemic response that is lengthening an economically damaging border closure, never-ending trade retaliations against Canadian industry, and a dismantling of the United States' refugee policy such that it now contravenes our Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
In addition to the collateral damage Trump has wrought directly through his terrible policies, another aspect of his corrosive impact has been the quiet way he has served as an excuse for bad ideas here in Canada. In fact, it's fair to say that Donald Trump is the best thing to ever happen to Canadian leaders interested in stymieing progressive change.
Conservative politicians and big business alike have long used words like "competitiveness" to make their preferred agenda of tax cuts and deregulation sound like smart policy. Since Donald Trump took office in January, 2016 and began to implement just such an agenda, that rhetoric has gone into overdrive as corporate elites and right wing voices try to drag Canada's policymakers into their desired race to the bottom. This has regrettably made key parts of an urgently-needed progressive agenda even harder than usual to pursue.
Nowhere has this been more evident than on the taxation front.
In 2017, courtesy of the Trump administration's mammoth $1.5 trillion suite of tax cuts, a predictable chorus of voices from within the business lobby started agitating for Canada to move in the same direction.
Months before the cuts had even passed, the Business Council of Canada president (and former Liberal Cabinet Minister) John Manley sent a letter to the prime minister urging him to adopt what they called a "laser-like focus on competitiveness". His prescription? Immediate cuts to both corporate and income taxes and a round of deregulation. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce soon joined in, seizing on the Trump tax cuts to demand that the federal government move immediately to "significantly cut the cost of doing business in Canada."
The Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters association has offered up a similar menu of demands in order to piggyback on the Trump tax cuts. In 2018, it released a report recommending that the combined federal and provincial combined corporate tax rates be slashed to 20 percent and calling for a Royal Commission tasked with "modernizing and simplifying" the tax code.
Even the Globe and Mail editorial board has said much the same, arguing in January 2018:
"It's all about competitiveness…Ottawa must also show it is willing to play ball when it comes to doling out economic carrots and sticks…To stay competitive in this tumultuous economic moment, Ottawa needs to demonstrate that it is open to all possibilities, including lower corporate tax rates and less regulation."
This race-to-the-bottom logic hasn't limited itself to taxation. Among the more ominous notes sounded in BCC president John Manley's 2017 letter to the prime minister was a call for "caution" on climate policy that very much like a demand for the feds to moderate environmental initiatives in order to match the dismal course taken south of the border.
Unfortunately many of these calls seem to have had the desired effect. In 2018 the Trudeau government announced it was scaling back its carbon tax program and, though it has so far resisted calls for blanket corporate tax cuts, it nevertheless offered corporate Canada some $14 billion in tax breaks.
Though there are still about 100 days until the US election and it's too early to predict an outcome, it's fair to say that Joe Biden has improved the Democratic Party's levels of support right across the country. Biden has already served notice that on key issues such as climate change, taxation, and immigration, he will strike out in a direction not only far more progressive than Donald Trump, but also with respect to the positions adopted by Hillary Clinton in 2016. Given the prominence accorded to progressive leaders on Biden's various campaign committees (again, a real contrast to the approach taken by Clinton in 2016) this is not surprising.
A Democratic victory on November 3rd is not assured. But as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadians can begin to dream again of the sort of country we want to build once we are freed from the Trump millstone around our collective neck.
This article originally appeared on National Newswatch.


Willis Townsend has unveiled a list of new guides that are designed to help companies find the best brochures online.
Los Angeles, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/05/2018 -- Willis Townsend has unveiled a list of new guides that are designed to help companies find the best brochures online. The firm thinks that brochures are indeed very central for modern digital businesses. They have been used in branding and marketing by many online and offline based businesses and as such, it's important for small business owners to have all the information they need to get top quality brochure designs online.
Willis Townsend says that some of the guides will cover a number of areas. The first one is generally an intro to online brochure designs, how they work, and what small businesses can do to take advantage. Willis Townsend has also gone further to offer additional lists of automated brochure makers that can be used by anyone to create high-quality designs in a matter of minutes. The list features about ten top quality makers.
Townsend has also added some information about these makers, how they work, and the step-by-step process needed to fully take advantage of them. There's confidence within the firm that the guide will play a central role in promoting wide access to high-quality brochures online. In addition to this, the firm is also looking at the guides as a simple way of popularizing its expertise in this area among potential clients.
Designing brochures that are customized enough for your needs used to be a very hard thing. Businesses had to hire designers and spend hours getting the final details right. But things have changed a lot over the years. At this age of the Internet, you can explore a number of great brochure templates to create your own customized designs. This is perhaps the easiest way to do the job fast and Willis Townsend has dedicated himself to give you all the information you may need about online-based brochure templates.
The templates cut across a number of sectors too. But the key to everything is making sure that the template is fully customized to meet your needs. This is essentially why Willis Townsend is here. The firm does offer guides too on how you can customize the online templates without losing the design quality they offer. The company has already helped numerous clients with this. Most of these templates are also offered for free so you won't need to spend any money on them.
Well, if you need to learn more about Willis Townsend and the brochure guides it offers, feel free to visit https://medium.com/@willistownsend.
Willis Townsend is a passionate brochure expert with interest in copywriting too. Willis offers small and big businesses info about brochure designs online. So far, he has published a number of posts and guides in this area targeting various audiences. The goal at the moment is to give people simple brochure solutions that work for them and their needs.


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Gilmore Girls Scott Patterson Says Show Made Him Feel "Shame"
Scott Patterson said he was disturbed by filming one particular scene in Gilmore Girls.
Patterson revealed the one moment while playing diner owner Luke Danes that made him feel like "some kind of meat stick," he said on the Aug. 24 episode of the I Am All In with Scott Patterson podcast.
He recalled one scene from the show's third season, in which Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Sookie (Melissa McCarthy) are seen discussing Luke's (Patterson) butt while he fixes the stove. Sookie notes that his backside has "a nice shape to it," Patterson remembered.
He then shared his personal feelings about filming the scene and reflected on how "disturbing" it was for him.
"It is infuriating because you're being treated like an object. And it's disturbing and it's disgusting and I had to endure that through that entire scene and many takes," he said. "It was the most disturbing time I have ever spent on that set. I couldn't wait for that day to be over."
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An Excellent Christian PreK-12th Education
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Early Childhood Education Overview
Grades K, 1, and 2 Overview
Grades 3, 4, and 5 Overview
Grades 6 & 7 Overview
Grades 8 – High School Overview
6 and 7 Overview
Monday – Friday, On-Campus Program
We will be offering two sections of grade 6 and one section of grade 7. Both grade levels will be adopting the block schedule that we use in grades 8-12 currently that will enable better utilization of the specialty teachers in certain subject areas. For most subjects, the teacher will come to grade 6 and 7 classrooms for instruction.
Our 1-to-1 Apple MacBooks program continues in grades 6 – 8. Each student is assigned a MacBook for use at school and at home.
TADS – This is our parent information portal & grading platform (Replaces Gradelink)
G-Suite for Education – Grades 6 & 7 will be utilizing Google's G-suite as a supplement to the classical teaching experience in the classroom
Each of these teachers will be certified in the Google Classroom platform.
All technology will not only serve as an in-class tool to supplement education but provide for an easy transition if government mandates require us to return to a distance learning model.
Morning Check-in
Students will get their temperatures taken at their own entrance before proceeding to their classroom areas.
Any temperature higher than 100 is considered a fever. Any student or staff member that has a fever must be fever-free for 72 hours without medication before they can return to campus.
* More information will come in the form of specific schedules, additional health guidelines we must follow, and any adjustments to the required state regulations. This page will be updated as this information is acquired.
"We will never compromise our mission to saturate everything we do with the saving Gospel message of Jesus Christ. That is our promise" – Gregg Pinick, Executive Director
Student and Parent training will be offered in all technology and programs.
New technology device training – Resources, training, and tech support for students and parents.
Digital communication and technology expectations – One consistent and comprehensive plan for our communication and learning platforms at all grade levels.
Hello From Trinity – Letter from Mr. Pinick on Trinity's reopening plan.
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Seventy billion dollars' worth of home improvement projects stall out every year. Why? Despite the increase in desire to renovate, the issue is two-fold: the inability to visualize a completed project coupled with the lack of confidence and know-how.
As a leader in innovation, Lowe's set out to solve these challenges by developing a system of powerful new augmented, mixed and virtual reality experiences. In 2017, Lowe's released applications that assist customers with designing and visualizing their projects, learning DIY skills, and even navigating the Lowe's store using AR/VR technology.
This month, Lowe's was named number one among the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in AR/VR by Fast Company. In the midst of an ever-changing retail landscape, Lowe's, a Fortune 40 home improvement omnichannel retailer, known for its wide selection of tools and appliance, has added inventor, innovator, technological creator and disruptive solutions provider to its resume.
To break down visualization barriers homeowners often experience prior to a renovation project, Lowe's set out to find a system that generated high fidelity 3D content, but realized the needs exceeded the technology available. So, Lowe's Innovation Labs built it. Lowe's 3D is an end-to-end 3D scanning solution that automates 3D modeling processes generating the highest-quality raw models within minutes. Lowe's 3D powers the company's AR applications, including: Lowe's Vision suite of apps and Envisioned by The Mine. In early testing, conversation rates of customers influenced by 3D content were twice as high as those who did not engage with 3D content.
When Google debuted the first smartphone-enabled augmented reality platform, Lowe's was a launch partner with the release of the Lowe's Vision app. Lowe's Vision empowers customers to easily measure any room in their home with a touch of a finger, and style it with virtual Lowe's products in real-time through augmented reality.
Envisioned by The Mine allows users to view digital products from The Mine in their own space, leveraging augmented reality capabilities with Apple's ARKit. Envisioned allows users to audition new looks for their home by visualizing how the product fits in their space, getting a close look at the product's size and color. The app also integrates with TheMine.com to provide a seamless shopping experience with existing, high fidelity 3D content.
Lowe's became the first retailer to apply AR/VR technology beyond design to enable learning through a new form of DIY skills training with the debut of Holoroom How To. By putting on a VR headset and holding a controller, customers can learn how to tile a shower in a fully-immersive environment. Research showed that customers have approximately 40 percent greater memory retention of steps to complete a DIY project when using virtual reality training techniques.
In Fall 2017, Lowe's Innovation Labs introduced the next iteration, Holoroom How To: Red Vest, dedicated to teaching associates key skills needed to better serve customers. Nearly 90 percent of participants reported feeling confident about using their skills in the real world after the virtual reality experience.
Another early example of Apple's ARKit capabilities, Measured by Lowe's is one of the first accessible, easy-to-use apps using augmented reality to turn any iPhone model 6S or newer into a visualization tool to measure an object or distance within the phone's camera view.
Lowe's introduced the first retail application of indoor mapping with the launch of Lowe's Vision: In-Store Navigation. Based off your shopping list, the app guides customers from product to product in the most time-efficient manner, using a mixed reality interface – allowing DIYers, pros and newbies the chance to focus on their project and not lose time searching aisles.