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Twenty Years 02:36
Long nails and calloused feet. My mouth and nose are things that bleed. My ears and eyes are full of smoke. The dirt, the hair, and the mold. Twenty years or more ago the fire broke and ate us whole. Thirty pills ago she found the drugs in the bottom drawer. Twenty scabs and sores I don't think they were there before. Skin tags and more were bored and grew on my torso. Twenty years or more ago the fire broke and saved us all. Cover me in your love.
Dirty Mouth 01:44
I have two hands. They have two sides. One is buried and the other's alive. You've got some mouth. You've got some nerve. I have a hand. You've got some mouth. And I'd love to slap, slap, slap you around. You've got some mouth. You've got some nerve.
Ooh Ooh Ooh 01:58 video
Take a hit, man, 'cause I'm a real friend, with a glass eye and a sharp pull. Sister told me about a dream she once had where there were trees and wheels surrounding her, and Mama cuffed to a chair up there and bleeding from her ears. Falling backwards, down spiral stairs. Take a look, man, at what you've Goddamned. Had enough of your... Can't get enough of your... What my sister said made me feel really bad about her pits, but how I wish she hadn't grown up to be such a bitch.
Don't Say 04:47 video
Don't say, don't say the thrill is gone, the thrill is gone. Don't say your will will protect you. Don't say that you care. Don't dip your hand into my pocket. Don't say you're not there. Hate, come on, it's time for some great lesson in form and function. Hate, come on, it's time for some great lesson in tact and trust. Don't say, don't say the thrill is gone, the thrill is gone.
In Formation 04:23 video
Cut her gut with a hand in glove, with a knife not dull enough. Threw up knots in his stomach, and fell asleep when the sun came up. They sing in formation. Brittle teeth and bad breath, I reek. Bruised veins and fleshy eaves, I'm ground meat. Felt a calm under her feet, then He lifted her to be with Him. They sing in formation. Dirty bridges shade dirty homes. Dirty tunnels through dirty bones. Dirty deeds in dirty sheets. When he woke he heard her voice so clearly in formation. They sing in formation.
Late Bloomer 03:34 video
When I was a tiny seedlin', I wasted time blowin' in the wind. But now my roots are planted firmly, and there's sunshine in my grin. You know you can't deny me, as you watch me grow big and tall. Come on and wrap your leaves around me, and I guarantee you won't fall. 'Cause I'm a late bloomer, baby. Give me a chance and I'll grow all over you. Yeah, I'm a late bloomer, baby. Give me a chance and I'll grow all over you. It's never too late to blossom, my journey has just begun. So stick around me, baby, and we'll have lots and lots of fun. It feels so good to sprout up, life expands beneath my vines. Come on and smell my flowers, I've been givin' you all the signs... That I'm a late bloomer, baby. Give me a chance and I'll grow all over you. Yeah, I'm a late bloomer, baby. Give me a chance and I'll grow all over you.
No More 03:54 video
Tear them down, these stained walls, these stained walls. Assume the worst, want to be let down, be let down. I can carry my weight no more, no more. Naked back with stretch marks fold, fold into... Fold in two and form a range, deep and wide. Cold feet and clammy hands are mine to keep. But the sun warms my limbs and keeps me less wild. I can carry my weight no more, no more. Demons awake no more when I wake. I can carry my weight no more, no more.
Gone Away 04:05
You've gone now for another, you've left me high and dry. Off and strayed now with your lover, you left wild-eyed. You will pay now, you sinners, make it better time and time. Left with nothing, now beginners, it'll haunt you 'til you die. Brother's younger, so much better, he gives more than I. Doesn't mean I won't forget her, salvation's in the sky. Gone, gone away.
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There are moments that bloom and flourish, suddenly, and your fingers mash at the increase volume button, to make it even bigger, or to somehow get it loud enough that it becomes tangible: vines growing up your chair, coyotes howling, flies struggling inside pitcher plants, a campfire. This cannot just be sound.
Despite its seriousness, there is something very devious here. Something a little romantic, too. Occasionally the music has a smirk; the awesomeness of feeling wretched. "Late Bloomer" has a mischievous nautical jauntiness. The drums in "Ooh Ooh Ooh" cascade like rocks thrown off a cliff. "In Formation" is so epic, the sun and moon can't decide whose turn it is to shine.
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Sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension: Clinical features and outcomes in Arab patients
Esam H Alhamad1, Majdy M Idrees2, Mohammed O Alanezi3, Ahmad A AlBoukai4, Shaffi Ahmad Shaik5
1 Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Division, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Riyadh Military Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3 Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4 Radiology and Medical Imaging, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
5 Family and Community Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Date of Submission 17-Oct-2009
Date of Acceptance 06-Dec-2009
Date of Web Publication 13-Apr-2010
Esam H Alhamad
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, P.O. Box 18321, Riyadh 11415
Background : Pulmonary hypertension (PH) occurs in many patients with interstitial lung disease, including sarcoidosis. We explored the frequency, clinical characteristics and outcomes of PH in Arab patients diagnosed with pulmonary sarcoidosis.
Methods : A retrospective study in three tertiary hospitals was performed on 96 patients who underwent Doppler echocardiography. Demographic and clinical characteristics, physiological studies and computed tomography (CT) results were collected, and compared between patients with and without PH.
Results : Twenty (20.8%) patients were found to have PH. Patients with PH were more likely to be symptomatic (cough, P = 0.008; dyspnea, P = 0.04), to have an advanced radiographic stage (P = 0.001), and to be receiving systemic therapy (P = 0.001), compared to those without PH. Physiological data including pulmonary function test parameters, arterial blood gas levels and oxygen saturation at rest and after exercise were all significantly lower in patients with PH compared to those without PH. Comparison of CT patterns between patients with and without PH showed significant differences in the frequencies of ground-glass opacity (61.5 vs. 28.8%, P = 0.032) and fibrosis (76.9 vs. 44.2%, P = 0.035). In total, four patients died during the study period, including three with evidence of PH.
Conclusions : The frequency of PH in the present study was 20.8%. Clinical, physiologic and radiographic characteristics appeared to differentiate patients with PH from those without PH. The presence of PH contributed to poor outcomes in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis.
Keywords: Computed tomography, echocardiography, pulmonary function test, pulmonary hypertension, sarcoidosis
Alhamad EH, Idrees MM, Alanezi MO, AlBoukai AA, Shaik SA. Sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension: Clinical features and outcomes in Arab patients. Ann Thorac Med 2010;5:86-91
Alhamad EH, Idrees MM, Alanezi MO, AlBoukai AA, Shaik SA. Sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension: Clinical features and outcomes in Arab patients. Ann Thorac Med [serial online] 2010 [cited 2020 Jan 22];5:86-91. Available from: http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/text.asp?2010/5/2/86/62471
Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease characterized by manifestation in diverse organs and significant heterogeneity in frequency, clinical characteristics and severity across different ethnic groups and genders. Although the original disease description appeared over 130 years ago, the etiology of sarcoidosis remains elusive. Most patients either show spontaneous remission or have stable disease, but up to one-third of patients develop chronic progressive disease. [1] Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a well-recognized complication of various chronic respiratory diseases, and the presence of PH has a significant impact on survival among patients with chronic obstructive lung disease, [2] scleroderma [3] and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. [4] Furthermore, the presence of PH is considered one of the most important (negative) prognostic factors in patients with sarcoidosis. [5],[6] Very few studies have focused on sarcoidosis in Arab patients [7],[8],[9],[10] and there have been no reports to date on the frequency of PH within the Arab population.
This retrospective study was conducted to explore clinical characteristics and outcomes in Arab patients diagnosed with pulmonary sarcoidosis and PH.
We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all sarcoidosis patients seen in the outpatient pulmonary clinics of three study centers (King Khalid University Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City and Riyadh Military Hospital) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between January 2001 and December 2008. The investigation was approved by the Ethics Committee of each participating hospital. Sarcoidosis was diagnosed based on the latest American Thoracic Society (ATS), European Respiratory Society (ERS) and World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders (WASOG) criteria. [11] Although these guidelines appeared only in 1999, we verified that all patients included in the present study fulfilled all designated criteria. Patients displaying evidence of mycobacterial or fungal infection and those with histories of ingestion of drugs or agents causing granulomatous lung disease were excluded. Extrapulmonary organ involvement was defined according to the criteria established by Judson and colleagues. [12] One hundred and sixteen sarcoid patients were candidates for inclusion in the study. To be included, each patient had to have 1) available two-dimensional echocardiographic data, 2) pulmonary sarcoidosis diagnosed by histopathology, 3) age >20 years and 4) Arab ethnic origin. Ninety six patients met these criteria. Data collected included patient demographics, symptoms, details of comorbid illnesses, sarcoidosis stage using the modified Scadding [13] classification system to stage chest radiography (CXR) findings, measurement of room air arterial blood gas levels, treatment, pulmonary function test results and 6-min walk test (6MWT) data. All tests were performed close to the date on which echocardiography data were recorded. Pulmonary function tests included spirometry and lung volume measurement by body plethysmography, performed according to the recommendations of the American Thoracic Society. [14] The 6MWT was conducted in accordance with ATS guidelines. [15] All patients exhibited resting oxygen saturation (SpO 2 ) th > 88% at the beginning of the walk test. Heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation and Borg dyspnea index [16] were recorded at the beginning and end of the 6-min walk. Available 6MWTs (n = 48) were performed according to ATS guidelines. [15] Computed tomography (CT) findings were assessed for the presence of the following recognized CT patterns: [17] (1) mediastinal and/or hilar lymph node enlargement; (2) ground-glass opacity; (3) consolidation; (4) nodules <3 cm in diameter; (5) thickening of bronchovascular bundles; (6) linear opacity, including interlobular septal lines and interstitial thickening and (7) features indicating scarring and fibrosis (grouped together) that included traction bronchiectasis, honeycombing, cysts and/or volume loss. Diagnosis of PH was based on Doppler echocardiography and defined as an estimated right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) of th > 40 mm Hg in the absence of left ventricular dysfunction (i.e., an ejection fraction under 50%), ischemic heart disease (manifested by regional wall motion abnormalities) or valvular heart disease. Right ventricular systolic pressure was estimated based on the modified Bernoulli equation: [18] RVSP = transtricuspid gradient + right atrial pressure (RAP), where transtricuspid gradient is 4v2 (v = peak velocity of tricuspid regurgitation in meter per second) and RAP was estimated to be 5, 10 and 15 mm Hg based on the respiratory variation of the inferior vena cava. [19]
Data were entered into MS Excel and analysed using the Statistical Software Package for Social Sciences (SPSS pc+ version 13.0; SPSS, Inc; Chicago, IL). Descriptive statistics (i.e., means, standard deviations, and percentages) were used to summarize both continuous and categorical variables. The relationship between any two continuous variables was explored using Pearson's correlation coefficient. Student's t-test for independent samples was applied to compare mean values of continuous variables. The chi-squared test was used to compare proportions of categorical study variables with those of categorical outcome variables. In all analyses, two-tailed P values <0.05 were considered significant.
The study sample comprised 96 patients, and the estimated right ventricular systolic pressure was > 40 mm Hg in 20 (20.8%) patients. Demographic and clinical data are summarized in [Table 1].
Comparisons between patients with and without PH showed no differences in mean age ( P = 0.64) or body mass index (BMI) (28.3 + 6.2 vs. 28.8 + 5.8 kg/m 2 , P = 0.75). A higher female-to-male ratio was noted among patients with PH, compared to those without PH (5.7 : 1 vs. 1.5 : 1).
Comorbid illnesses were similar, with no marked differences observed between groups (diabetes mellitus, P = 0.84; hypertension, P = 0.55 and ischemic heart disease, p0 = 0.53). Patients with PH were more likely to show an advanced radiographic stage ( P = 0.001), and to be receiving corticosteroids alone or in combination with immunosuppressive therapy, compared to those without PH ( P = 0.001).
Extrapulmonary organ involvement did not differ between patients with PH and those without PH [eye (n = 9), liver (n = 8), skin (n = 4), spleen (n = 2), kidney (n = 2), bone marrow (n = 2), central nervous system (n = 1), bone (n = 1), heart (n = 1) and superficial lymph nodes (n = 1)]. In addition, there was no significant between-group difference in mean calcium level (PH present: 2.31 + 0.15 mmol/l; PH absent: 2.32 + 0.16 mmol/l, P = 0.91).
Physiologic parameters including absolute values and predicted percentages of FVC, FEV 1 and TLC were significantly lower in patients with PH, compared to those without PH [Table 2]. Furthermore, patients with PH were more likely to be hypoxic and hypercapnic compared to those without PH. Six-minute walk distance values were available for 13 patients with PH and 35 patients without PH. The mean distance walked was shorter for patients with PH compared to those without PH, although the difference did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.07). Furthermore, significant differences in oxygen saturation at rest and after exercise were noted between the groups. Notably, nine patients (five of stage II, two of stage III and two of stage IV) without PH displayed desaturation to <90% during the 6MWT. CT data were available for 13 patients with PH and 52 without PH [Table 3]. When CT variables were compared between patients with and without PH, statistically significant differences were noted in ground-glass opacity (61.5 vs. 28.8%, P = 0.032) and fibrosis (76.9 vs. 44.2%, P = 0.035); other CT parameters showed no marked differences. Data on right heart catheterization (RHC) were available for five patients who received echocardiography on the same day, and pulmonary function tests, 6MWT and high-resolution CT (HRCT) scan within 7 days of RHC [Table 4] [Figure 1],[Figure 2],[Figure 3],[Figure 4]. In comparison to the results of RHC, two patients were found to have false-negative Doppler echocardiography studies; however, they were not included in the PH group.
In total, four patients died during the study period. Three of these patients were females (all at stage IV) with evidence of PH; their deaths were attributed to respiratory failure. The fourth patient (stage II) was a male who was not subjected to echocardiography. The principal cause of death in this patient was pneumonia and respiratory failure.
To the best of our knowledge, the present work represents the first study to describe the clinical, physiological and radiological characteristics of PH in Arab patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis.
Pulmonary hypertension can complicate the course of patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis, and the presence of PH was recently identified as an important (negative) factor affecting survival. [5],[6],[20] The frequency of PH in our patients was 20.8%. The reported range of PH frequency in sarcoidosis patients is 5.7-73.8%, depending on the definition of PH, diagnostic methodology, patient ethnicity, institution and world region. [6],[20],[21],[22],[23],[24] Interestingly, the gender distribution among sarcoidosis patients with PH varies among world regions. Patients from Japan [23] and Europe [20] are more likely to be men, whereas Americans with PH [21],[22],[24] are generally women. In the current study of Arab sarcoidosis patients, 85% of those found to have PH were women. In the present study, patients with PH were significantly more symptomatic than were those without PH. This finding stands in contrast to the results of Sulica and colleagues, [24] who found no significant difference in presenting complaints between patients with and without PH. Moreover, our data demonstrate that physiologic parameters, including FVC, FEV 1 and TLC were significantly lower among patients with PH, consistent with previous studies. [21],[23],[24] Notably, 15% of patients with PH displayed near-normal pulmonary function test data, in keeping with previous reports of a lack of association between static measures of lung function and PH. [22],[25] Several factors, including respiratory status, cardiac involvement, skeletal muscle weakness, fatigue and depression lead to exercise intolerance, which manifests as a reduced walking distance among sarcoid patients. [7],[21],[26],[27],[28] In the present study, a shorter walking distance in the PH group, with a trend toward statistical significance, was noted compared to patients without PH. Moreover, in the PH group oxygen saturation at rest and after exercise were markedly lower than in patients without PH, in agreement with the earlier study of Bourbonnais and Samavati. [21] Interestingly, 9 of 35 patients (25.7%) had normal echocardiography results despite showing significant oxygen desaturation on the 6MWT. Within this group, only two of nine patients (22.2%) were of advanced radiographic stage. Furthermore, these patients demonstrated significant impairment in physiologic parameters compared to patients without oxygen desaturation (data not shown). In addition, we compared those patients with the PH group and found no significant difference in clinical, physiological or radiographic findings (data not shown). This may be because echocardiography underestimates the presence of PH. Bourbonnais and colleagues reported that 32% of their patients with PH would have been overlooked had the diagnosis been made solely on the basis of echocardiographic data. All seven patients who displayed desaturation to <90% during the 6MWT were shown to have PH using RHC. [21] Another potential explanation is that such patients may represent a subset of patients with underlying exercise-induced PH leading to oxygen desaturation during the 6MWT. However, the value of routine exercise testing during RHC is unknown.
Comparison of chest radiographic findings in the present study showed that nearly half of our PH patients had radiographic evidence of fibrosis, consistent with previous studies. [20],[21],[23],[24] and 55% developed PH in the absence of fibrotic changes, as also reported earlier. [20],[23],[24] These data, together with the near-normal physiologic parameters observed in 15% of our patients with PH, support the theory that mechanisms other than fibrosis are responsible for the development of PH.
The mechanism underlying PH development in sarcoidosis remains to be established. Processes suggested to date include granulomatous involvement of pulmonary veins manifesting clinically as pulmonary veno-occlusive disease, extrinsic compression by mediastinal or hilar adenopathy, cardiac involvement including systolic or diastolic dysfunction, increased production of vasoactive endothelin-1 and downstream effects of hypoxemia. [20],[25],[29],[30],[31] Because of the plethora of possible mechanisms and a lack of understanding of the precise pathogenesis, PH related to sarcoidosis falls into group 5 (the 'miscellaneous' category) in the recent clinical classification of PH. [32]
Possible benefits of corticosteroids for patients with sarcoidosis and PH are currently controversial. [20],[22],[25],[33] Although all patients with PH were maintained on long-term corticosteroid therapy in the present study, it appears that this form of therapy is of limited value in the context of sarcoidosis and PH. Further prospective studies are warranted to explore the effects of corticosteroids and other anti-inflammatory therapy in patients with PH complicating sarcoidosis, separated into groups with respect to the presence of fibrotic or nonfibrotic lung disease.
Conventional CT and HRCT have provided essential information for evaluating various interstitial lung diseases, including sarcoidosis. However, according to the ATS/ERS/WASOG statement on sarcoidosis, CT scanning is indicated in patients yielding either normal or atypical chest radiography findings, or when specific complications are suspected. [11] Only a limited number of studies have examined CT appearance in the context of sarcoidosis and PH. [20],[23] Recently, Nunes and associates reported extrinsic compression of the pulmonary artery caused by lymph node enlargement in 21.4% of patients with lung fibrosis secondary to sarcoidosis. [20] In the present study, we found no significant difference in mediastinal and/or hilar lymph node enlargement when we compared patients with and without PH, consistent with an earlier report by Handa and colleagues. [23] Not surprisingly, a majority (76.9%) of our patients with PH had CT patterns indicating fibrosis, whereas only 44.2% of patients without PH had such CT patterns. Furthermore, and extending the findings of Handa and colleagues, [23] the thickening of bronchovascular bundles (a potential mechanism for development of PH through extrinsic compression of the pulmonary artery) was not significant in the present study among patients with PH compared to those without PH. CT-pathologic correlations of ground-glass opacity have been variably associated with granulomatous infiltration or fibrosis. [34],[35] Furthermore, conflicting statements on outcomes of patients with ground-glass attenuation are apparent when studies are compared. [36],[37],[38] In the present work, we found that the frequency of ground-glass opacity was significantly higher among patients with PH compared to those without PH, in agreement with the data of Nunes and associates. [20] It is unclear whether ground-glass opacity signifies pulmonary veno-occlusive disease [20] or rather reflects the presence of fine fibrosis. [39] At present, the clinical significance of ground-glass opacity in the context of sarcoidosis and PH remains unknown. Further large-scale studies are needed to explore the reversibility of these patterns using various PH-targeted therapies.
The case fatality rate from sarcoidosis ranges from 1 to 5%. [11] The cause of death varies with geographic location, ethnicity and gender. Patients from Japan are more likely to die from cardiac involvement, whereas most patients from other parts of the world die from respiratory failure. [11] In the present study, all four deaths were attributed to respiratory failure. However, three patients with fibrosis had evidence of underlying PH. Although patients at advanced radiographic stages are at higher risk of developing pulmonary complications, unfavorable prognostic factors were seen in subgroups of patients whose disease course was complicated by PH. [5],[6],[22] Further studies are needed to address the outcomes of fibrotic and nonfibrotic pulmonary sarcoidosis complicated by PH, with respect to treatment using PH-targeted therapy.
The present study had several limitations. First, our work is a retrospective review wherein clinical information was obtained from hospital records. The interval between radiography (including CT scanning) and echocardiography varied among patients. Our clinical setting is a tertiary-care hospital where selection bias toward patients with more advanced disease is inevitable. Only a limited number of patients in the present study underwent RHC. As RHC is the gold standard for PH diagnosis, overestimation of PH in the presence of parenchymal lung disease [40] is possible. However, we believe that echocardiography underestimated the presence of PH in our cohort, in line with the observations of Bourbonnais and colleague. [21] Finally, certain parameters were not measured in some patients, which precluded the use of additional tests to identify variables predicting the presence of PH.
In conclusion, PH represents a complex pathophysiologic disease, and can complicate the course of patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis. The frequency of PH in the present study was 20.8%. Patients with PH were found to be more likely to be symptomatic, showing marked impairment in physiologic studies, compared to those without PH. CT findings including fibrosis and ground-glass opacity are frequently encountered in patients with sarcoidosis-associated PH. Moreover, the 6MWT and Doppler echocardiography appear to be useful screening tools in the context of sarcoidosis with PH. Our study supports the notion that PH can occur at various radiographic stages, and careful attention to development of this complication is essential, as PH appears to be associated with poor clinical outcomes.
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2. Chaouat A, Bugnet AS, Kadaoui N, Schott R, Enache I, Ducoloné A, et al. Severe pulmonary hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005;172:189-94.
3. Chang B, Wigley FM, White B, Wise RA. Scleroderma patients with combined pulmonary hypertension and interstitial lung disease. J Rheumatol 2003;30:2398-405.
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Ciao Bambino receives more requests for family trip planning services in California than any other U.S. state, especially as summer nears and families consider a California road trip with kids. San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego are familiar names on the itinerary, but mention Cambria or Avila Beach and there's a pause in the conversation.
These cities are part of the Central Coast region of California, a 350-mile area that begins south of San Francisco and ends just south of Santa Barbara. It includes well known areas like the Monterey Peninsula, Big Sur and Santa Barbara and it's also home to a string of small beach towns full of wildlife and active adventure that few visitors experience.
A two-hour drive from San Francisco, both Monterey and Carmel-by-the-Sea make good bases for exploring the Monterey Peninsula. Monterey is more touristy, with more family hotels and evening activity for older kids. Carmel-by-the-Sea, a quaint one-square mile village with no street addresses on the Hansel and Gretel-style cottages that line the streets, has fantastic dining options and the gorgeous Carmel Beach within walking distance of the downtown but also fewer family lodging options.
Monterey Bay Aquarium. The jellies at the world-famous aquarium are always a winner with kids.
Point Lobos State Natural Reserve. The line of cars waiting to get in is the first sign that Point Lobos is special. It's perfect for short hikes and a picnic. The Carmelo Meadow Trail is a stroller-friendly walk from the parking lot that ends with a coastal view of Whaler's Cove or try Sea Lion Point Trail which has views of sea lions lounging on the rocks and possible otters sightings along the way.
Elkhorn Slough. Whether kayaking with Monterey Bay Kayaks or on a pontoon with Elkhorn Slough Safari, the tidal estuary 20 minutes north of Monterey is filled with birds and marine life, offering a chance to get up close with otters.
Carmel Mission. The Carmel Mission is compact and conveniently located just outside the main Carmel-by-the-Sea area with a hiking trail across the street.
Earthbound Farms. The organic produce farm has a one-of-a-kind farmstand with a cut-your-own herb garden, ABC vegetable garden, aromatherapy walking labyrinth and organic baked goods and yogurt inside. It's an especially good stop with small children.
Big Sur is a gorgeous slice of California coastline where the Santa Lucia Mountains meet the Pacific Ocean creating sheer cliffs with dramatic coastline views. The area has few year round residents and no cell reception; nature is the attraction.
Pfeiffer Beach. One of the few places that kids can run freely in Big Sur is Pfeiffer Beach. A small beach with arched rock formations, sand dunes and no shade. It's located on Sycamore Canyon Road just past Pfeiffer Burns State Park. Note, it's easy to miss.
Nepenthe Restaurant. For over 50 years, Nepenthe has welcomed diners who stop for the stunning cliffside views. Indoor and outdoor seating is available with reservations for parties of five or more. For more casual dining with the same views, there's counter service at Cafe Kevah downstairs.
McWay Falls at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. Not to be confused with Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park located 10 miles north, McWay Falls is an 80-foot waterfall that cascades onto the beach. The quarter mile path leads to another coastal viewing area past the Falls and though the path is fenced parents with small children should note that the wooden fences have large gaps.
San Simeon is famous for two things: the Hearst Castle and the 17,000 elephant seals that call the beaches seven miles north of here home.
Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery. A fenced cliff top walking path provides close views of the elephant seals that come and go year round. December – February/March are the busiest months when the seals are giving birth and mating with Nature on full display. The rookery is open every day with docents often on hand to answer questions.
Hearst Castle. America's version of a castle is a marvel of over-the-top architecture designed by Julia Morgan in collaboration with William Randolph Hearst, European art treasures and celebrity tales. It's an irresistible stop though with toddlers, the no-touch policy is challenging.
Coastal Discovery Center at San Simeon Bay. The small science center is staffed with helpful docents and has educational displays and interactive exhibits about the bay and surrounding coast. It's located across the street from Hearst Castle. Open Friday – Sunday, free admission.
Avila Beach looks like a postcard for the perfect family beach vacation. Colorful buildings sit on a pedestrian street lined with palm trees evoking Key West more than California. Hotels, restaurants, playgrounds and the beach are within a 5-minute walk. This is a dream for parents with napping children that need to return to the hotel room midday.
Harford Pier. The pier is a 5-minute drive from the downtown and a favorite hang out for sea lions and otters. Beginner anglers can rent poles and fish off the pier for bait fish. When it's time for a bite to eat, The Olde Port Inn has tables with viewing windows in the middle that look down to the water below.
The beach. Swings and playground equipment, daily sand sculptures, good bathroom facilities and dining options within three blocks of each other make this easy with toddlers to teens.
Avila Valley Barn. For many families, Avila Valley Barn is a must-see stop on any Central Coast trip. Seasonal pic-your-own vegetables and fruits, farm animals, hay rides, a produce stand and a restaurant entertain kids for hours.
Oceano Dunes. Ten minutes away, the Oceano Dunes are the only dunes in California where vehicles are allowed to drive on the sand. For thrill seekers, an hour Hummer ride with Pacific Adventures traverses the highest dunes though the ride is always tailored to the passenger's adventure level. The most popular way to see the dunes is by ATV. We were first-timers and rode with Angello's ATVs, practicing on the beach first before heading out to the smaller dunes which felt comfortable and safe given our skill level.
If you have to choose between road trip destinations, Santa Barbara works well with tweens and teens that want more to do at night and shopping options which abound on State Street.
Stearns Wharf. The Ty Warner Sea Center is the main attraction for kids but everyone enjoys a stroll on the pier.
Biking the beach path. Rent a three-wheeled chopper bike at Wheel Fun Rentals across from Stearns Wharf and pedal the beach bike path.
Santa Barbara Mission. Considered one of the architectural gems of the mission network, the Santa Barbara mission has ten acres of gardens to explore plus audio guides to keep kids attention.
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. The unassuming maritime museum has a hands-on fishing exhibit where kids can "reel in" the big one which they try to do over and over again.
The list of things to do in California is long and the key to planning a successful California road trip with kids is to not try to do it all. A stop on the Central Coast is one way to slow down and enjoy the ride.
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Taking It To The Streets: Rent Control Movements in Four Southern Californian Cities
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Author: Joe Brizzolara / Feb 21, 2018
Rents are on the rise in Southern California.
Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies found that in 2015, 57.1% of residents of the Los Angeles-Long Beach metropolitan area were paying over 30% of their income on housing. 31.8% were paying over 50% of their income on housing. A forecast released last year by USC's Casden Real Estate Center predicts that rents will only be getting higher. By 2019, the average monthly rent in Los Angeles County will increase from 2,237 to 2,373, a 6% increase from 2017.
Housing advocates in Long Beach, Inglewood, Pasadena, and Glendale are working to place rent control on the November ballot in the hopes of curbing these increases.
"Rent control" commonly refers to regulations set in place to cap the amount a landlord can charge a tenant for rent. Along with price ceilings for how much rent increases, these laws often include acceptable reasons for a landlord to terminate a tenancy known as just-cause, and some form of independent body that enforces these laws and settles disputes between landlords and tenants.
In Southern California 4 cities already have rent control: Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, and the City of Los Angeles.
Currently, the State of California has two laws that restrict cities' abilities to enact rent control. The Costa-Hawkins Act, passed in 1995, limits rent control in 2 ways. First, it limits the types of units that can be rent controlled. Single-family homes, condos, and newly-constructed units are all exempt. Second, it bars "vacancy control" meaning that when a unit becomes vacant, a landlord can charge whatever rate a new tenant is willing to pay.
The Ellis Act, enacted in 1986, allows landlords to evict tenants from rent-controlled units if they decide to remove them from the rental market. Typically, these units are repurposed for condos, demolition, or hotels.
Along with local rent control initiatives, housing advocates are attempting to repeal Costa-Hawkins with a state-wide proposition this fall. This comes after AB 1506, a bill that would have repealed the Act, failed to pass in the California State Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee by one vote. One of the bill's authors, Richard Bloom-D of Santa Monica, told the committee: "We have to be frank with one another, new units in sufficient quantities will take years to build. In the meantime, the current dramatic shortage of units contributes to rapidly escalating rents in much of the state, affecting a vast range of Californians on a daily basis, from young to old across all ethnic groups and even including those holding good, middle-income jobs".
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, one of the organizations behind the propositions, said on their website: "While the bill to repeal Costa Hawkins is dead in the capital, the movement to repeal Costa Hawkins is just getting started in the streets!"
Let's take a look at the various local rent control initiatives underway in the Southland:
For Rent, signs can be seen almost everywhere on the back streets of neighborhoods in Long Beach, CA. These four images, taken on a single block in Belmont Heights.
According to the site Zillow, the median rate for an apartment is 2,200, up 10% from last year. Organizers at Housing Long Beach are hoping to stop this increase with their initiative "The Long Beach Rent Control Ordinance". They'll need to collect signatures from 10% of the city's registered voters, about 27,000 total, to make it on the November 2018 ballot.
Housing advocates see the situation of rising rents as dire for low-income residents. About 20% of Long Beach lives in poverty, according to the most recent figures by the U.S. Census Bureau. "We've had folks who have received 55% rent increases with a 60-day notice," said Benyamin Chao, an organizer with Housing Long Beach. "To us, that's basically an eviction notice because those people are not able to pay that rent."
"There was one person who came in a few months ago who had an 85% rent increase," says Jordan Wynne of Housing Long Beach. "Landlords are taking advantage of the open market we have here."
Wynne says they based their initiative, in part, on rent control initiatives successfully passed in Northern California in 2016. Voters in Richmond and Mountain view approved rent control while voters in Burlingame, San Mateo, and Alameda rejected it. "We saw that as a great opportunity to start mobilizing and really get this rent control movement started in Long Beach," said Wynne.
Like ordinances in Mountain View and Richmond, Housing Long Beach's initiative includes just-cause. These reasons for a just-cause eviction include failure to pay rent, breach of lease, owner's decision to move into the unit themselves, or removal of the entire property from the rental market. As it currently stands, a landlord in Long Beach can choose to evict their tenant for any reason whatsoever. Initiatives in Pasadena and Inglewood also feature just-cause.
According to Housing Long Beach, they initially tried to get just-cause passed through the City Council in 2016. Wynne says that after several discussion with members of the council, a floor vote was pulled at the last second. "The councilmembers have done little to alleviate either of these problems [rent increases, unfair evictions]," says Wynne, "our efforts to work with them have not been very fruitful." This failure led them to take their case to voters directly.
This lack of cooperation from the council plays into a larger narrative viewed by many housing advocates of elected city officials being non-supportive of tenants rights.
"If they were truly standing with renters" Chao opines, "each individual council member (especially those in district 1 and district 2 who have very large renter majorities) would be taking much more leadership on this issue."
The website LBReport released an email sent by neighborhood organizer and real estate broker Robert Fox who was preparing to run against Mayor Robert Garcia. Garcia is running for re-election in November. In the email, Fox told supporters that after having discussions with the mayor in which Garcia assured him he would oppose any attempt at Rent Control he had decided against waging a challenge. "Our unanimous opposition to Rent Control was one of our critical issues," the email reads. "[Tonight he will] announce his opposition to Rent Control and some reasons for his position."
Many activists saw this as proof of a backroom deal struck by the Mayor that is ultimately to the detriment of economically vulnerable residents. Garcia responded in an emailed statement: "We don't believe that rent control works, or is the right solution. Just look at rent-controlled cities like San Francisco, the most expensive market in the country." Fox later clarified in an email response: "I did not make him give us something for me not running. I was there to discuss our issues, and we did."
Jordan Wynne, a community organizer for Housing Long Beach, sits at his headquarters in downtown Long Beach to discuss a current charter amendment for rent control in the city of Long Beach. Wynne works alongside his colleague Benyamin Chao and Executive Director, Josh Butler. Photo: Chris Rusanowsky / The Sprawl
The City of Champions is once again being championed by developers.
Inglewood has seen a rash of new development as of late and with it, rapidly increasing property values. $2 Billion has been invested in an extension of the Crenshaw/LAX Metro Line, connecting Inglewood with downtown and making the city more appealing to commuters. 2.66 billion has gone into the Los Angeles Stadium and Entertainment District, home to The Rams and The Chargers. The median home value has gone up 13.8% from last year according to Zillow.
The stadium is expected to generate 25 million annually in new tax revenue, according to UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate Executive Director Tim Kawahara–a windfall for a city that nearly went bankrupt a couple of years back.
But while homeowners are enjoying their growing equity and city leadership enjoys fattening coffers, Inglewood's renters are feeling the pinch. From September 2016 thru August 2017, the median rental price in Inglewood increased 20% according to the website Trulia. The Department of Housing and Urban Development found 38% of Inglewood renters were paying over 30% of their income on housing in 2013. 32% paid over 50% of their income on housing. A majority of the city rents; 65.3% of housing units are rentals according to the 2016 Census.
"The community was changing with the stadium coming," said Derek Steele, an organizer with Uplift Inglewood. Uplift Inglewood was created to "make sure the culture is preserved and the people have a place to make choices about staying or leaving rather than just being uprooted."
Uplift Inglewood is a coalition of community and faith-based organizations as well as businesses. They are sponsoring "The Inglewood Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act." They'll need signatures from 15% of Inglewood's registered voters, roughly 15,000, to make it the ballot.
"We want to make sure that progress happens but it all includes the people who have been the mainstays and who have held it down in the city when it was in the down times," says Steele.
Steele says that Inglewood Mayor James Butts takes a "normalized" view of the gentrification currently happening in the city. According to Steele, displacement and gentrification is just "the cost of doing business" for Butts.
Mayor Butts has been in public service for over 40 years. He served in the Inglewood Police Department for over 19 years and was Chief of Santa Monica P.D. for 15 years. He was first elected mayor in 2011 when the city was on the brink of bankruptcy. That year, Inglewood had an estimated $17.6 million deficit. Butts and the Council laid off workers and issued pay cuts. Since then, Inglewood has restored competitive pay for city employees and has received an upgraded credit rating of A1 from Moody's.
Butts has taken a significant leadership role in the development, often touting his accomplishments. He negotiated a deal with Madison Square Garden to renovate the Forum, turning it into the number 1 venue in the Los Angeles Area within a year of its opening. The Los Angeles Stadium will be the largest arena in professional football at 3 million square feet. Part of its agreement with the city requires that 30% of those employed for construction live within a 5-mile radius of the site. Century Boulevard and Market Street have both seen significant re-development with the latter being spear-headed by Thomas Saffron at a $100 million price tag.
Gentrification isn't happening, according to Butts, because new wealthier residents are buying into middle and upper-middle class neighborhoods at premium rates, not low-income neighborhoods displacing long-time residents in the process. And it's long-time Inglewood residents who are benefiting. He eagerly points out in an interview with The Los Angeles Sentinel that by the middle of 2017, property values had risen 102% since the end of 2012.
As far as increased rents are concerned, they are the result of an improving market. "There is nothing unique about having prosperity and inflated housing values and some people are priced out of neighborhoods," Butts said in a panel at USC's Sol Price School of Public Policy. "Sometimes you just have to embrace success and take it how it comes."
Unlike Pasadena, Long Beach, and Glendale, Uplift Inglewood decided to make their rental board an elected body. "We want to make sure we're putting the power in the hands of the people," says Steele. There will be five members (one from each city council district and one elected at-large) who will serve 4-year terms with a max of 3 terms. The board will act independently of the city council.
The other cities will have rental boards appointed by the City Council, with stipulations as to who can serve. The boards would include five members: two would be landlords, two would be tenants, and one would be neither. Glendale's ordinance goes further in stipulating that one of the renters must live in a unit priced at or below the median rate. Mike Van Gorder, a captain with the Glendale Tenants Union, says this will prevent renter representation on the board from being occupied by a renter of a luxury apartment whose perspective might not reflect lower income residents.
Nicole Hodgson, executive director of the Pasadena Tenants Union: "The reason we went with the appointed board is [so] we can make stipulations as to who gets the positions and who doesn't." City elections (especially those with low turnout) often come down to who has the money to run, Hodgson points out. "The fear was that [if elected] it would be a board that was not of the people."
Allison Henry, working with Pasadena Tenants Union, takes to the streets after her 9 to 5 job, to inform her community about rent control and to ask them to sign a petition if in favor of rent control in their community. Photo: Chris Rusanowsky / The Sprawl
James Clark is an Army Veteran and retired school teacher for the LA Unified School District. He lives in a row house in Pasadena's Historic Highland Neighborhood, close to Altadena. He joined the Pasadena Tenants Union in August of last year.
"I'd been sick of hearing these horror stories," Clark says. He contacted Nicole Hodgson and has been a member ever since.
At last year's State of the City address, Clark asked Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek bluntly what was being done about rent control.
"There is no support on the city council, as near as I can tell, for rent control. I object to rent control for a series of reasons, not the least of which is that I think it will deter the production of new housing, drives rent up, and offers a good deal, sort of a lottery ticket for the few people that benefit from it," Tornek responded matter-of-factly.
"In November it was 50$. In 2016 it was $100. In 2015 it was $75," Clark says of his rent increases. Currently, he is paying $1350 a month in rent. New tenants in his building are paying $1500 for similar units. Even with his pension and Social Security, Clark is still paying over 1/3 of his income on rent. He's able to handle the increases now, but he's worried that if they keep rising at the same rate, he won't be able to hold on to his apartment.
If the Pasadena Tenants Union is successful, rent increase percentages will be determined by the rental board. The increase will be dependent upon the Consumer Price Index with a max of 4.5%. The C.P.I. charts changes in the prices paid by the average consumer for everyday goods and services. It's used by government and industry to determine inflation. Long Beach's proposal places the max at 100% of the C.P.I. Glendale's rent increases would be capped at 4%.
In June of 2014, the median price for a 1-bedroom in Pasadena was $1,898. That's up from 2,248 in June of 2017, an 18.4% increase, according to Zillow.
Nicole Hodgson describes some of the extreme cases the P.T.U. has encountered: "Folks [were] coming in in dire situations. Receiving a rent increase of $300 and then three months later, getting another one for $500." The individual stories were beginning to have a pattern.
"They were either given a 60-day notice to move and vacate or a rental increase," Hodgson recounts. "Someone might have been renting an apartment for 40 years and is now in retirement on a fixed income, all of a sudden [they're] getting levied even a $1000 rent increase. So it was that that really made us decide that this is a housing crisis of epic proportions and we really need to act now."
Like their counterparts in Inglewood and Long Beach, they found little responsiveness from city hall. Alison Henry is also a member of the P.T.U. She met with her Councilmember, John J. Kennedy of Pasadena's 3rd district, to inform him about dramatic rent increases she and a few of her neighbors experienced in March of 2017. She got a 20% increase, and according to Henry, her neighbors were dealing with 55-60% increases. In their building, out of 16 units, 13 turned over.
"One of them had a mom, a teenage daughter," Alison recounts. "[In] Like a year… out."
She showed Kennedy the rent increases to alert him to their situation. "The first thing he says is 'Wow! My tenants aren't paying enough'" Henry claims.
Councilmember Kennedy responded in an email to The Sprawl: "I assure [you] that my response was not the insensitive comment Ms. Henry has repeated."
"We moved forward with the charter amendment to actually give this to the city to make the decision regarding our housing policy because at this point, it's not being listened to [by City Hall]" says Hodgson.
Nicole Hodgson with Pasadena Tenants Union walks towards the next house that she will be collecting signatures and speak with local Pasadenans about the rent control. Photo: Chris Rusanowsky / The Sprawl
The city of Glendale has wrestled with rent control for some time now.
A Los Angeles Times article dating back to 1986 voiced the concerns of seniors who were feeling the crunch of rising housing costs. Newly constructed high-rise offices and a scarcity of residential units were contributing to soaring rents. Real estate developers were buying up single-family homes as quickly as they so they could to turn them into multi-unit apartments. From 1980 to 1990, the population jumped 29.5%. A common So Cal trajectory was unfolding: a once quiet suburb was transforming into a bustling, small city. "Why is there no rent control in Glendale?" asked one of the seniors.
Some 30 years later and Mike Van Gorder is asking himself the same question.
"We're in a crisis," he says, sitting in a trendy coffee shop in Downtown Glendale.
According to Zillow, the median rent for a 1-bedroom apartment in Glendale in December of 2016 was 1,897. In December of 2017, the median for a 1-bedroom was 2,279. That's a 20.1% increase in a year.
The Glendale Tenants Union's efforts come on the heels of a failed effort last year to get a rent control ordinance to the voters. It was undertaken by two retirees but was ultimately rejected by the State of California for not meeting election standards. They spliced together two existing rent control ordinances and wrote the proposal themselves. There were some serious errors: they didn't have the full text of the ordinance, they didn't have a summary above the signature line, signatures were submitted that had been pasted to other petitions. "The short-hand for all of this is that they didn't get legal support," concludes Van Gorder.
"[They formed] a coalition that would eventually put together 11,000 signatures." Van Gorder points out that this is especially impressive because 11,000 signatures are more total voters (if in fact, the signatures represent actual registered voters in the city of Glendale) than the highest vote earners in the most recent City Council election. Councilmember Ara James Najarian got the highest amount with 9,962 votes. Mike Van Gorder ran unsuccessfully himself, securing 3,148 votes.
While collecting signatures for the original proposal, Van Gorder "ran into people who were in the process of moving out because they had gotten these huge rent increases. Like literally three families, families that I ran across putting stuff in moving boxes."
"I wish we had had this last year because if we did then I would've been able to stay and my kid's coulda stayed in the school with their friends" Van Gorder remembers them telling him.
Currently, Glendale has just-cause with an exemption for lease agreements that are at least one year long. If the ordinance passes, this exemption will be eliminated.
In a joint session with the Glendale Housing Authority, the City Council met in August of 2016 to discuss strategies for dealing with affordable housing. One of the ideas floated was requiring landlords to offer a yearly-lease to tenants. This would offer tenants the security of knowing what their rent would be for a full twelve months, avoiding a 60-day notice of a rent increase they can't afford. No action has been taken on this idea thus far.
Then-councilmember and current mayor Vartan Gharpetian spoke bluntly about the situation, saying there is a problem with dramatic rent increases that requires an expedited solution.
"We need to come up with a solution to take the load off of the people who cannot adjust their lives within 60 days to pay 5, 6, $700 of $1000 more in rent," Gharapetian said.
Gharpetian himself is a real estate broker. If he's acknowledging a problem, he points out, there really is a problem. "This is about the predatory ways rents are going up."
Similar to the way in which many office units are leased, Gharpetian believes that these 1-year leases should include an option for renewal that will establish what the rent increase will be in the next year so that "you can set your life up, 2, 3 years in advance."
The Glendale Tenants Union's proposal would create an ordinance that would have similar effects as the other initiatives: cap rents, establish a rental board, expand just-cause. As opposed to Inglewood and Pasadena though, which are passing charter amendments which then require another charter amendment to be reversed, Glendale's ordinance can be repealed a year after its passing.
So what's stopping the Glendale City Council, which is not supportive of rent control, to undo the ordinance after a year?
"If they do so, they're doing so against the wishes of a majority of their city which will sink their re-election odds," says Van Gorder. "It'd set up a platform for activists like me to take over the government."
City officials aren't the only ones who oppose rent control.
Apartment associations, organizations that represent the interests of apartment owners and real estate developers, pour tons of resources into fighting any new form of regulation within their industry.
Most recently, The California Apartment Association took an active role in defeating the repeal of Costa-Hawkins. Of the committee members that voted on the Costa-Hawkins repeal, four had received campaign contributions from apartment associations. One of the abstaining votes, Democrat Jim Woods out of Humboldt, received a contribution of 4,400 from the California Apartment Association for his 2018 re-election campaign.
Dan Yukelson, Executive Director of Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles, acknowledges that there is an affordable housing crisis. Though it is perhaps not as invasive as many housing advocates claim.
"Some people are being priced out of their houses that they've been at for a long time. But the problem is rent control doesn't help supply additional housing," Yukelson argues. "In fact, it only discourages new development."
Opponents of rent control often argue that by lowering the number of units priced at market values (or are available at all), the housing supply is lowered which increases demand which then results in an increase in market rates. "There is a shortage of housing. And what happens when you have a shortage in a capitalist society is prices go up. Demand is high and supply is low," says Yukelson.
"Rent control also encourages housing providers to convert to condominiums."
A study released late last year by two Stanford economists found that Rent Control may have actually accelerated gentrification in San Francisco. San Francisco has had rent control since 1994. Its ordinance closely mirrors those being proposed in Southern California. They found that landlords affected by rent control decreased their rentable units by 30% since 1994. This was largely a result of landlords converting their buildings into condos or single-family homes, unit types that are prevented from being rent controlled by state law.
The study also found that renters of rent-controlled units save, on average, between $2,300 and $6,600 a year from cheaper rent.
Yukelson believes that one of the solutions to affordable housing is government subsidies, not price ceilings. He supports programs where apartment owners get tax vouchers to offer affordable units for a finite amount of time. This incentivizes the creation of affordable units rather than legally constricting an existing unit to keep it affordable.
Orange County's Forbidden City
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Author: Chris Rusnaowsky / Feb 1, 2018
Video Credit: Camilo Ramirez
One of the largest encampments in the United States stands on a flood control riverbed near Anaheim Stadium, California. The growing numbers of makeshift camps have caught attention from the public and city officials. This encampment stretches over 6 miles from the Santa Ana River Trail to Ball Road and has over 500 campers on the county property.
On January 22, 2018, the OC Sheriffs department started the eviction process of the homeless encampment. "We're not going to come in with an Army of Deputies and force everybody off in 24 hours," said Undersheriff Don Barnes at press conference. City employees could be seen conducting a routine collection of orange trash bags that were provided to the homeless and loading them in the back of trucks to keep control of waste build ups.
Orange County workers collect orange trash bags, that was placed by the homeless residents for disposal. 01/22/2018 Anaheim, CA – Photo: Chris Rusanowsky / The Sprawl
The Sheriff's department posted eviction notices on encampments and fence poles to inform the homeless that the eviction would take place on January 22nd. "I saw the notices, but did not read it." one homeless woman said. Later in the afternoon, some homeless campers started making preparations to move. A man working on a small go-kart engine said he was away from his camp for a week and was unaware of the eviction. As he primed the small engine and pulled to start, he said: "I don't know where I will go and don't know what to do with my belongings."
A number of shelters and organizations have teamed up with the counties eviction by offering services to the homeless. A county contractor by the name of City Net has helped 171 people with case management services according to the data provided by the county. Beds are offered to the homeless at Courtyard Shelter in Santa Ana and Bridges at Kraemer in Anaheim year around.
Ishmael Haring, from Kanas City, Kanas, has been living on the Anaheim Encampment for a year. Ishmael moved to Southern California for College in business. After struggling with a drug addiction he found himself living on the streets. Ishmael is focusing on positive things in his life, such as a film he is making called; "Empire of Ghosts" using a smartphone to document the encampment and the people living in it. 01/22/2018 Anaheim, CA – Photo: Chris Rusanowsky / The Sprawl
With the issue of a short number of beds available, a season emergency shelter called Fullerton Armory has offered 237-floor mats, warm meals, showers and a shuttle service to transport the homeless to the Armory before operation hours. Mercy House told us that only one individual has used the shuttle, but that a large line is formed at 7 pm, the armories opening hour.
This begs the question: Where will the remaining homeless go? "There are 35 counties that enforce anti-camping ordinance and criminalize sleeping in public spaces" Eve Garrow, a homelessness policy analyst and advocate at the American Civil Liberties Union said.
MJ, was a profession commercial diver at one point of his life. In 2009 he was shot in the head with a .44 mm bullet, by an home intruder and survived. He was unable to work after that the tragedy, being out of work lead MJ to live in the encampment for two years.
MJ, a commercial welding diver that lost his job after being shot in the head during a house invasion in 2009."I refuse to stay in a place that runs like a dictatorship," he said. "Telling me when to sleep, when to eat, when to use the restroom and when I can leave. That's not what my forefathers and kinfolk bled and died for. They don't want to see us in the parks, by the malls so where are we supposed to go?"
Homeless advocates have sued Orange County. The Lawsuit was filed by the Elder Law & Disability Rights Center. The lawsuit accuses the county of violating the Civil Rights of the homeless. Advocates hope to stopping the clearance until there's enough housing for the homeless. Todd Spitzer, a California State Assembly Member, stated in a previous press hearing that he expected to be sued after the clearance. Spitzer said his data reveals the homeless don't want services. Homeless advocates dispute the Sheriff's statistics that 81% of homeless are interested in case management services that lead to housing.
Restrooms and Retorts: The Skid Row ReFresh Spot
Author: Joe Brizzolara / Jan 31, 2018
Photo: http://www.facebook.com/SkidrowCommunityReFreshSpot
In most neighborhoods of Los Angeles, the opening of a public restroom is unlikely to get much media attention. Skid Row, a 50 block district in the eastern section of downtown, is unlike most neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Of the counties 57,794 homeless people, Skid Row is home to 4,633 of them. That means that while accounting for only .0001% of the county's total land area, Skid Row holds about 8% percent of the homeless population.
An audit done by the Los Angeles Central Providers Collaborative, Skid Row Community Residents and Partners found that the number of available restrooms for Skid Row's homeless population is less than that offered in a Syrian refugee camp. The audit, titled "No Place to Go", found between the hours of 6pm and 6am there are 9 restrooms available for some 1,777 people living on the streets of Skid Row. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees sets their sanitation standards at 1 toilet for every 20 people. At night, Skid Row is short of the UN's sanitation standards by 80 toilets. During the day, when homeless shelters release their occupants and the number of people on the streets increases, that number jumps and Skid Row falls short of the standard by 164 toilets.
A lack of bathrooms and hygiene facilities is believed to have been a huge factor in a recent outbreak of Hepatitis A. On September 9th, 2017, the LA County Department of Public Health declared an outbreak of the disease. The disease affects the liver and can be severe. It is transmitted by fecal contact with an infected person. The biggest affected community are the homeless, followed by service providers for the homeless. From their statement: "The hepatitis A virus can spread when a person does not properly wash their hands after going to the bathroom or changing diapers… People who are homeless are at higher risk because they face challenges to maintaining good hygiene."
The city responded by opening the Skid Row ReFresh Spot. Located on Crocker Street between 5th and 6th, the Skid Row ReFresh Spot offers 8 restrooms and 6 showers broken up into 2 separate facilities for men and women. It's staffed full-time with a mix of volunteers and paid staff who are both male and female. The staff includes Skid Row community members and residents. The space is inviting with plants, music, and a seating area for residents to lounge and socialize. The Skid Row ReFresh Spot is open 32 hours a week from 5 to 1pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 1 to 9pm on Thursdays, and on Saturdays from 9am to 5pm.
Evans Clark manages the facility and is an employee of Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles, a nonprofit organization that has been contracted by the city to provide the service. "I'm from the Skid Row area and they needed someone from the Skid Row Community to kinda come in and oversee the project".
"Daily we provide showers, we provide shower kits, they can use the toilets." He said that on average, they see 75 to 80 people. On the whole, they've received positive feedback. Clark says they plan to eventually expand the hours and also add three new trailers. "One's gonna be for showers only. The other one's gonna be for the bathrooms. And one's for the washers and dryers." He thinks that once this expansion is complete, there will be constant traffic of visitors.
The city has invested 1.8 million into the project. "We have to do everything possible to help people stay healthy and live with the dignity that each one of us deserves," said Mayor Eric Garcetti at the opening. "Homelessness is a crisis of housing and public health — and the ReFresh Spot shows that when the community and City work together, we can help the most vulnerable Angelenos meet their most basic human needs."
"People from the mayor's office attends our meetings," Clark says. The city interfaces with the center daily: "Emails, meetings, phone calls, text messages."
Councilmember Jose Huizar introduced the motion to secure funding for the project, pulling from the city's general fund and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority's budget. Huizar represents the 14th District which includes Skid Row. "This will be more than a hygiene center," Huizar said. "Our aim is to give the residents of Skid Row a sense of hope and dignity that better days are possible while we also take action to protect them from the spread of Hepatitis A. Today is not the end of our efforts. It is just the beginning, but it represents a critical first-step."
Louise Mbella "Sinai", known in the community as 'Frenchy', is a community organizer and advocate for homeless rights. She contributed to the bathroom audit and was involved in the planning of the Skid Row ReFresh Spot. "We wanted to make sure that the concept, everything behind the hygiene center… respect[s] the lives of the people unsheltered [and] on the streets." According to "Sinai", the city was sensitive to the Skid Row community's discomfort with officials and law enforcement in handling security. "They picked a security company that's been dealing with communities that are in need, that are poverty stricken… They know to de-escelate not just say ok put your hands up. [They know to] not use physical force unnecessarily."
Not everyone is so pleased with the Skid Row ReFresh Spot however. General Dogon is a human rights organizer with the Los Angeles Community Action Network. LA CAN is known to butt heads with City officials and the L.A.P.D. over what they perceive as a long history of neglect and abuse towards Skid Row's homeless on the part of the state. At the opening, General Dogon ripped up a certificate given to him by the city as appreciation for LA CAN's involvement in the creation of the Skid Row ReFresh Spot. "This award is just like the mayor and his cronies. Worthless" he said while standing at a podium inches away from Garcetti. "These toilets you bringing, it's 10 years too late and it's 300 too short!"
General Dogon spoke with The Sprawl and added context to this last point. In 2012, he points out, the LA County Department of Public Health issued a report ordering the city to clean up Skid Row. One of their recommendations was more public restrooms and handwashing stations to deal with piles of human waste and other biohazards that were accumulating throughout Skid Row.
"According to the United Nations, we needed 382 toilets to get out of the crisis situation that we in," says General Dogon. "The Mayor's office thought that delivering 6 temporary toilets in a toilet crisis where almost 50 times that much is needed, that that would be acceptable… I am not impressed."
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The general manager reports to the executive committee and is responsible for day-today management. Medical and aviation decisions are taken in consultation with the chairperson of the medical committee and the pilots panel respectively. Day-today financial administration is handled by the management staff in accordance with the budget approved by the trustees.
All meetings are minuted and conform strictly to acceptable standards of corporate governance practice.
Responsible for all services we render.
My role as Corporate Development Manager acts an an interface between government and other partners of the AMS with regards to the development of services of the AMS and all its activities. Aside from building new relationships, this department is also tasked with maintaining existing relationships. This happens both at national as well as an International Level with organisations such as ADAC, Rega, etc. As such, advocacy, PR and strategic management are conerstones of this department. The service development manager is also tasked with overseeing the Public Relations and Fundrasing Departments as well as looking aster the ever changing IT and communication needs of the developing organisation that is the AMS. In addition, this office also guides research involving the AMS.
The Human Resource Department develops initiaves and provides strategic support to AMS management with regard to human resource policy. It supports line management in the departments, performs centralised service tasks and ensures AMS wide application of operational human resource activities. Main areas of responsibility include manpower planning, orgaisation development, employment and association conditions, recruitment, job classification and salary adminsitration, performance appraisal, advancement, internal mobility, training and development, working conditions, settlement of disputes and relations with the personnel.
As the Quality Manager, I am responsible for the effective development, implementation and review of a quality management system, through the provision of technical support, protocols, procedures, training and regular audits.
Responsible for the co-ordination and control of the flight training of the AMS, Responsible for maintaining flying standards in consultation with the Chief Pilot and Chief Operating Officer (COO), Responsible for ensuring standardization of instructional and flight techniques among flight training personnel, Conduct and control proficiency checking requirements on behalf of AMS with regard to all initial and periodic flight training including subsequent route competency and instrument rating checks, Ensure that training files & complete documentation records are maintained for each individual flight crew member, Ensure that all South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) regulations requirements in respect of renewing or upgrading of pilot licenses have been timeously complied with, Liaise with other training organisations and to submit recommendations which may serve to enhance AMS training capability and or procedures.


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Физи́ческий ма́ятник — осциллятор, представляющий собой твёрдое тело, совершающее колебания в поле каких-либо сил относительно точки, не являющейся центром масс этого тела, или неподвижной оси, перпендикулярной направлению действия сил и не проходящей через центр масс этого тела.

Дифференциальное уравнение движения физического маятника

Момент инерции относительно оси, проходящей через точку подвеса, по теореме Штейнера:

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где  — момент инерции относительно оси, проходящей через центр тяжести;  — эффективный радиус инерции относительно оси, проходящей через центр тяжести.

Динамическое уравнение произвольного вращения твёрдого тела:

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где  — суммарный момент сил, действующих на тело относительно оси вращения.

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где  — момент сил, вызванный силой тяжести;  — момент сил, вызванный силами трения среды.

Момент, вызванный силой тяжести, зависит от угла отклонения тела от положения равновесия:

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Если пренебречь сопротивлением среды, дифференциальное уравнение колебаний физического маятника в поле силы тяжести:

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Если разделить обе части уравнения на  и положить

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получим:

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Такое уравнение аналогично уравнению колебаний математического маятника длиной . Величина  называется приведённой длиной физического маятника.

Центр качания физического маятника. Теорема Гюйгенса
Центр качания — точка, в которой надо сосредоточить всю массу физического маятника, чтобы его период колебаний не изменился.

Поместим на луче, проходящем от точки подвеса через центр тяжести, точку на расстоянии  от точки подвеса. Эта точка и будет центром качания маятника.

Действительно, если всю массу сосредоточить в центре качания, то центр качания будет совпадать с центром тяжести. Тогда момент инерции относительно оси подвеса будет равен , а момент силы тяжести относительно той же оси . При этом уравнение движения не изменится.

Согласно теореме Гюйгенса,
Если физический маятник подвесить за центр качания, то его период колебаний не изменится, а прежняя точка подвеса сделается новым центром качания.
Вычислим приведённую длину для нового маятника:
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Совпадение приведённых длин для двух случаев и доказывает утверждение, сделанное в теореме.

Период колебаний физического маятника

Наиболее общий случай
Для того, чтобы найти период колебаний физического маятника, необходимо решить уравнение качания.

Для этого умножим левую  и правую часть этого уравнения на . Тогда:

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Интегрируя это уравнение, получаем:

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где  — произвольная постоянная. Её можно найти из условия, что в ситуациях, когда , должно быть  ( — максимальный угол отклонения). Получаем:

Подставляем и преобразовываем получившееся уравнение:

Отделяем переменные и интегрируем это уравнение:

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Удобно сделать замену переменной полагая . Тогда искомое уравнение принимает вид:

Здесь  — нормальный эллиптический интеграл Лежандра 1-го рода. Для периода колебаний получаем формулу:

Здесь  — полный нормальный эллиптический интеграл Лежандра 1-го рода. Раскладывая его в ряд, можно получить удобную для практических вычислений формулу:

Период малых колебаний физического маятника
Если  — случай малых максимальных угловых отклонений от равновесия  — то  так как разложение синуса в ряд Маклорена   и уравнения движения переходит в уравнение гармонического осциллятора без трения:

Период колебания маятника в этом случае:

В  иной формулировке: если амплитуда колебаний  мала, то корень в знаменателе эллиптического интеграла приближённо равен единице. Такой интеграл легко берётся, и получается хорошо известная формула малых колебаний:

Эта формула даёт результаты приемлемой точности (ошибка менее  при углах, не превышающих 4°.

Следующий порядок приближения можно использовать с приемлемой точностью (ошибка менее  при углах отклонения до 1 радиана (≈57°):

См. также
 Математический маятник
 Маятник Дубошинского

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OnePlus 3 has just one week of life and the first update has been released. OnePlus has launched an OTA for some units of their brand new flagship with which brings some new features and enhancements to the system, focusing especially on the calibration of the display and management of RAM.
The update has not been without controversy. Some of the news that contains, as the sRGB for the calibration of the screen, are a direct response to the criticism in a thread of Reddit that accusing OnePlus buy screens of lesser quality for lower costs, something did not do no grace to Carl Pei, co-founder of the company.
OnePlus 3 has managed to reap very good impressions in his short career, but It has not escaped criticism. The screen, a 5.5 inch with FullHD resolution AMOLED, has been the item that started the controversy, specifically its color calibration.
To AnandTech, the medium where it published the analysis in question, OnePlus 3 panel has "a very poor calibration that ruins the phone", to ensure that "the screen is simply unpleasant look". They also collected the PenTile matrix is very short with resolution FullHD, suggesting that a QHD panel would have been a better choice, and that the brightness is lower (413 nits against 554 OnePlus 2 nits).
However, precisely the display has been one of the aspects that most liked. As already discussed in our analysis thoroughly posted on Engadget, OnePlus 3 screen gives very good results, the brightness level is high and the overflowing colorful. While the common ailment in AMOLED panels, which is none other than the saturation of color, but beyond that can be blamed to you the visual experience is very good.
The Verge nor saw anything unusual and analysis ensure that OnePlus 3 screen resolution is more than enough unless you want to use as a virtual reality device.
On paper, the OnePlus 3 is not at the level of, for example, the Samsung S7, but must not lose sight of the whole and, above all, the price.
The conclusions drawn by AnandTech emerge from an exhaustive analysis, technical measurement tools that direct us to the eternal debate: experience vs specifications. On paper, the OnePlus 3 is not at the level of, for example, the Samsung S7 (clear nor I would them make Samsung the best screen, that is the left them), but There we lose sight of the whole.
We can compare the screen OnePlus 3 with the Galaxy Samsung S7, provided we take into account other factors, such as that OnePlus 3 costs 400 euros and the flat-screen Samsung Galaxy S7 cost more than 700 euros at its launch. If we go to the edge version, we go up to 800 euros, double.
OnePlus said that the choice of a FullHD instead of QHD screen It has to do with the experience of use and consumption of energy, Why did you no grace which it accused them of include parts of lesser quality to reduce the price.
Carl Pei took Reddit to respond to criticism with a resounding "specification by specification is not a product should be judged". The co-founder of the brand said that the difference in price between a FullHD AMOLED and a QHD AMOLED is not as wide, and his decision has nothing to do with the price of the components. He insists that the saving comes from its business model and marketing strategy.
Despite everything, OnePlus have taken note of the criticism and they have put hands to work to provide the first update of their new toy. At the moment it has only become units sent to the media for testing, release to all users will come later.
The update OTA brings the calibration sRGB mode, that improves the precision of the color and the saturation of the AMOLED which we spoke of is reduced. OnePlus has buried this function within the development options in the settings menu, just like the Nexus 6 p, and leverage to wield that sRGB calibration is not a function intended for the average user – that is why it is so hidden in the menus.
RAM memory management has been one of the most criticized, and it is that despite their baggy 6 GB, OnePlus 3 not using all memory and sometimes there are apps that are expelled. The reasons again to pass by the energy-saving and general, but finally OnePlus fixed performance update.
Overview: Gear OnePlus S2 and X for Testing.