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The Corps of the Matter
A post-Katrina homebuilding project gives hope for weathering severe storms
By Emily Gertz on Mar 21, 2008
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Mississippi on August 29, 2005, the storm's 125-mile-an-hour winds and 25-foot wall of seawater ground homes, boats, and businesses into matchsticks across the state's three coastal counties: Jackson, Hancock, and Harrison. The cities of Waveland and Bay St. Louis, roughly 20 miles east of the Mississippi-Louisiana state line, were practically flattened; whole neighborhoods were destroyed in larger cities like Biloxi and Gulfport. In the end, Katrina damaged over 94,000 homes across the three counties, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, with those in moderate- and low-income communities the hardest hit. Nearly three years later, the counties and their communities are still trying to recover.
A Biloxi home after Katrina hit.
Photo: Architecture for Humanity
Although rebuilding has been slow, an innovative program in Biloxi is assisting low-income families in getting out of their FEMA trailers and back into affordable homes. In the process, it's creating blueprints for how people living in the path of the Next Big Bad from the Gulf of Mexico can do so more environmentally soundly, safely, and affordably.
But should communities be re-established in a place that's nearly certain to be walloped again?
Considering the Options
The Army Corps of Engineers took on that question after Katrina, when Congress directed the agency's Mobile District to come up with recommendations for reducing damage from future storms on the Gulf Coast. "What we'd like to end up with is a more resilient coast, and more resilient communities along the coast," says Susan Rees, the program manager for the Army Corps' Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program.
The MsCIP has generated proposals for Mississippi that range from bolstering seawalls, to building a levee here and there, to restoring wetlands, coastal forests, and barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico that would act as natural barriers and floodwater storage. The Army Corps has also investigated the feasibility of buying out tens of thousands of homes and businesses in Mississippi's three coastal counties, at an estimated cost of perhaps $4 billion, and letting the land return to a more natural environmental condition.
In September 2007, shortly after the public learned about the buyout proposal, the corps found itself hosting a town hall meeting in Hancock County, with hundreds of coast residents packing the Bay Waveland Middle School Cafeteria to express reactions ranging from interest to outrage. Some thought their homes and communities were being deemed expendable and resented it, says Sherry-Lea Bloodworth, executive director of the Hancock Housing Resource Center. "If you lived in Los Angeles and there was an earthquake, and they said don't rebuild because there will be another earthquake, how would you feel?"
But at least one small Jackson County community — Pecan, in far southeastern Mississippi — has told the Army Corps that if Congress ultimately approves the buyout plan and appropriates the funds, it would like to leave its particular piece of wet pine savannah behind in favor of a much drier location, thank you very much. "This is an area that has flooded historically, and it was really severely damaged from Katrina," says Rees, who stresses that such buyouts would always be voluntary.
Rees also says that the Army Corps is trying to account for future variables in its long-term MsCIP planning, ranging from how sea-level rise could affect the frequency and force of Gulf Coast hurricanes, to whether and how much storm protections decrease the population's readiness to evacuate. "It's a different twist than anything we've done in the past," says Rees. "We just understand that we have to be very, very careful in how we tell people things. We can't tell them that they are protected, because they're not."
Design on a Dime
"We discuss every day whether or not an area destined to be flooded should be rebuilt," says Michael Grote, who directs the Biloxi Model Home Program. In partnership with the East Biloxi Coordination Relief and Redevelopment Agency and the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio of Mississippi State University, the program is spearheading the creation of seven demonstration homes in the neighborhood that feature storm-savvy designs at an affordable cost. "Our code of ethics demands that we ask if we're putting someone in harm's way, are we sufficiently mitigating the risk?"
Residents and architects meet at a Model Home fair.
Many residents of East Biloxi had no intention of leaving despite the massive damage and likely risks, says Grote. In some cases their homes were their only asset, he says, leaving little choice about repairing or rebuilding. Or they simply didn't want to abandon the neighborhood their families had lived in for generations — certainly not because of something as unremarkable as a hurricane. "Most of them have been through Camille, and thought that was going to be the worst" until Hurricane Katrina, Grote says, referring to the catastrophic 1969 hurricane that also flattened most of the Mississippi coast. "It's a part of their life."
Given that it's "impossible to transplant a neighborhood elsewhere," as Grote says, the question becomes, "How do we rebuild in a way that's smart?"
One smart thing is to minimize the negative environmental impacts of construction and repair. There, too, restoring East Biloxi was a good choice. "More than any gizmo, gadget, or foam," says Grote, "the most sustainable thing we can do is build back where the infrastructure is still there: electricity, water, sewer, streets, roads, schools."
The model homes, in addition to hewing to a modest budget — the original target was around $120,000; costs on the ground have proven closer to $140,000 — have to meet complex structural prerequisites for rebuilding in the flood zone. "The program was designed to surpass even FEMA's engineering requirements," says Bloodworth, who was the program's first director, "and use much more innovative construction and design."
Each house's design sets it several feet above the ground on pilings, a great solution to endemic flooding that, surprisingly, isn't common to residential building in the region, according to Grote — who adds that the project initially had trouble finding contractors who would drive piles on a residential scale, especially to the program's desired 10-foot depth that would better stabilize a house on water-saturated soil.
Designing a house that was affordable and that "rebuilt a family" were just parts of the challenge, says Chung Nguyen of MC2 Architects, one of several firms invited to participate in the Model Home Program. The mandate was also "how to bring the community back, and how the pattern of the city can be rebuilt," he says, "not just rebuilding so that in 10 or 15 years we have the same problem."
The MC2Architects design.
The bungalow solution his firm devised — which was chosen by two of the seven families participating in the pilot program — floats nine feet off the ground on pilings, and is engineered to withstand hurricane winds up to about 140 miles per hour. It has a modular design that makes it easy to adapt to different properties: for the Nguyens (no relation to their architect), a family of six, the new home will accommodate a beloved oak tree that survived Katrina; the new home of husband and wife Hiep Tran and Lang Tho Do will feature a large porch that faces the neighborhood streets, providing shade while allowing the older couple to sit comfortably and interact with their neighbors.
"What we provide them is a very minimal house in the beginning," Nguyen says. "Hopefully as the situation there recovers, and with steady jobs, people can make money, and begin to add on to the house."
MC2 Architects based its design on regional architectural traditions that can ultimately cut down on energy use. "We take the shotgun house that's prevalent throughout the Gulf Coast region, because it's proven to work with the climate," says Nguyen. "The whole idea is that you can open the door and let the air move through the house during the summer months." The slanted roof sheds rain, with deep overhangs shielding the windows; lockable shutters will allow the families to sleep safely with open windows, and also to protect the windows from flying debris in a future storm.
Nguyen says that both the Tran and Nguyen residences, still under construction, are averaging around $58 per square foot, compared to the $110 per square foot that he hears is closer to the norm in Biloxi. The low cost has enabled him to plan a more spacious residence for each family than they might otherwise have been able to afford — including four bedrooms for each of the Nguyen's teenage children and a master bedroom for the parents. Cong Nguyen, a shrimp boat mechanic, says he's very happy about the new home; his expression is limited by natural shyness as well as imperfect English. His 13-year-old daughter, Bach Yen, says she's looking forward to having her own bedroom when they finally move into the house.
Earthly Possessions
Although green materials can drive up the cost of a residence, the East Biloxi model homes incorporate some low-impact materials while staying on budget, says Grote, including no-VOC paints, bamboo flooring where possible, and fiberboard siding instead of vinyl. He's especially pleased that they've been able to use a spray foam insulation based on soybean oil instead of petroleum products, saying that it's an extremely energy-efficient material more typical to higher-end green construction. "It's more expensive up front, but saves money down the road" by reducing utility bills.
The landscaping around the model homes will include new oaks, magnolia, plum, and other native trees in spots where they'll create good shade — albeit in about 20 years. These young trees don't quite replace the many venerable oak trees, some over two centuries old, that Biloxi lost to Hurricane Katrina. But it's a start.
The rebuilding begins.
Photo: Emily Pilloton
Detailed information for each Model Home Program design has been posted online at Architecture for Humanity's free Open Architecture Network; the group hopes to see them more widely implemented throughout coastal Mississippi, and adapted anywhere else that's prone to similar weather. The program has also gotten funding to help with the repair of hundreds of East Biloxi homes that were not damaged beyond recovery, and in some cases has suggested to homeowners that they sell their property — spots where, for instance, "we would have to elevate the home 18 feet off the ground" to be safe, says Grote — and move to a lower-risk area. But ultimately, it's up to the people who call the place home.
West of Biloxi, Sherry-Lea Bloodworth is bringing the lessons of the Model Home Program to rebuilding affordable housing in Hancock County's cities and towns. "Seventy percent of all housing stock in Hancock County was destroyed outright or not recoverable, affecting 44,000 residents," she says, and most of the county's affordable housing was severely damaged. In Waveland, 95 percent of all buildings were destroyed or severely damaged, she says. "In Bay St. Louis, not much better."
And yet, as in Biloxi, there are lowland communities in these cities where some families have lived for generations, and seem to want to stay despite the risks. "It's bigger than just 'move them out of there,' " says Bloodworth. "These are lives. Where are they going to go?"
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Accuracy, Objectivity Key to Successful Reporting
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WHEN QUOTATION MARKS MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE
(Mar. 29, 2017) — On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted his dismay at the media for what he perceives as "inaccurate" reporting about his young administration.
During the presidential campaign, Trump often berated the media for being "dishonest."
Trump first called out The New York Times, as he has in the past, as a "failing" enterprise which "apologized to its subscribers, right after the election, because their coverage was so wrong."
On November 15, 2016, the publisher and executive editor of the "Gray Lady" released a letter to its readership in which they stated that "we aim to rededicate ourselves to the fundamental mission of Times journalism. That is to report America and the world honestly, without fear or favor, striving always to understand and reflect all political perspectives and life experiences in the stories that we bring to you. It is also to hold power to account, impartially and unflinchingly. You can rely on The New York Times to bring the same fairness, the same level of scrutiny, the same independence to our coverage of the new president and his team."
The two additionally thanked their readers for their "loyalty."
The Times, like many other mainstream outlets, including CBS, had reported that Hillary Clinton was polling far ahead of Trump nationally in the weeks leading up to the November 8 election.
"Now worse!" Trump nevertheless added in his tweet about The New York Times.
In response to Trump's comments, CBS White House correspondent Mark Knoller tweeted, "Pres Trump slammed @nytimes in first tweet today – then posted this vicious and inaccurate charge against others."
The Post & Email then tweeted to Knoller, "How do you know his tweet is 'inaccurate?' And isn't 'vicious' a subjective word on a reporter's part?"
Without appearing to respond to us directly, Knoller tweeted several minutes later:
However, without placing the words "vicious" and "inaccurate" in quotes, Knoller's tweet could be interpreted as his own opinion of Trump's claims.
Journalists must remain neutral by refraining from expressing any opinion about a politician or his or her positions. If they are using another's words, those words must be placed in quotation marks.
Many Americans have come to believe that over the last three presidential-election cycles and perhaps for much longer, the mainstream media has devolved into a presenter of political commentary rather than factual information from all sides of an issue.
One such American is former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson, who contends that "the mainstream media will never again report facts without bias."
In an undated Twitter interview conducted after the 2016 presidential election based on content, Attkisson responded to the following questions:
Q: why do so many reporters take a political stance? I know they're human, but professionalism is still possible. Right?
A: It should be taught [in journalism] school. Suspend your own political goals and feelings when reporting. Not easy but possible
Q: do you think media will ever get back to reporting facts w/o partisanship?
Q: Do you see this upheaval of news as a healthy growing pain, or a symptom of our society separating on key issues?
A: I don't think what we in the news are doing is good. But if the conflict ends up shaking up the media establishment maybe it's time.
Attkisson left CBS in March 2014 after a 20-year career there, with observers noting that her groundbreaking reports on the Fast & Furious gunrunning scandal and the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya were sidelined by the network.
In 2004, then-CBS Evening News host Dan Rather presented a story using unverified documents which allegedly showed that then-President George W. Bush, who was seeking reelection, had shirked his duties while serving in the Texas Air National Guard (TANG).
Rather eventually resigned his senior position after insisting that although the documents could not be authenticated, "we reported a true story." Four other CBS employees were fired over the production of the story which an investigation found "failed to follow basic journalistic principles in the preparation and reporting of the piece."
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Swimming and diving places second at New England Championships
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By Simmons Athletics
Senior Miriam Swisher (Albuquerque, N.M.) won her third individual event of the meet and finished as the highest point scorer to lead the Simmons College women's swimming & diving team to a second place finish at the New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association Championship this evening at the Tootell Aquatic Center on the campus of University of Rhode Island in Kingston, R.I.
Source: Mike Brogilio
The Sharks compiled 1259 points to finish second out of 21 teams, behind NEISDA Champion Roger Williams University's total of 1452. Keene State College placed third with 1118 and Brandeis University was fourth with 785 points.
The finish was the highest in school history for Simmons after placing third for the last three years in the meet.
Swisher was the recipient of the Kay Fromer Senior High Point Scorer Award for the meet and finished the weekend with seven gold medals. The senior capped the final New England Championship meet of her career in style by starting the night with a gold medal in the 100-yard freestyle on a time of 52.09 seconds and ending the evening as the anchor leg of the Sharks' winning 400-yard freestyle relay squad. First year Laura List (Beford, Mass.) led off the event, followed by sophomores Laura Simpson (Perkiomenville, Pa.) and Kerry Fleming (Northampton, Mass.) before Swisher closed it out to post a school-record time of 3:33.10 to shatter the former mark set in the morning's preliminaries by almost four seconds.
Swisher becomes the first competitor in school history to win three individual events in the meet, finishing first in the 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle, in addition to helping the Sharks win four relay events with wins in the 800-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 400-yard medley and the 400-yard freestyle relay. She helped Simmons set new school standards in the 400-medley and 400-freestyle relays as well. The senior also broke her own mark in the 50-yard freestyle with an effort of 23.65 in a time trial, which was also good for the NCAA 'B' cut.
Junior Natalie Giraldi (Bedford, N.H.) did some record breaking of her own, trimming the former 100-yard individual medley standard that she set in the morning by just over six-tenths of a second with a time of 1:01.54 to finish second in the event. The second-place showing gave her six medals for the meet, including four golds. Fleming also medaled six times for Simmons.
The Sharks boasted 10 competitors achieving All-NEISDA status in 20 different events by virtue of a top-eight individual finish or a top-four placing in the relay events. The team also combined to take home 34 medals for a top-three effort and broke eight school records during the meet.
Simpson won a silver medal for Simmons, clocking in at 17:56.61 to place second in the 1650-yard freestyle and give her four medals for the weekend. List made it three silvers on the night for the Sharks, finishing behind Swisher in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 53.37 and finished the meet with five medals.
Senior Hannah Plourde (Westfield, Mass.) finished sixth in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:34.24 in the final NEISDA event of her career and attained All-NEISDA in three events, while junior Michaela Morris (Duxbury, Mass.) placed eighth in the 200-yard butterfly with a mark of 2:19.69 to achieve All-NEISDA status in five events, including four medal-efforts.
The Sharks received stellar efforts in the consolation finals as well with seniors Sarah Price (New York, N.Y.) and Julie Nguyen (Salem, Mass.) making their last NEISDA races count, finishing first in their respective events to place ninth overall. Sophomore Kara Smith (Eastham, Mass.) followed the trend, placing first in her consolation final as well. Price, who was a member of two medal-winning relay events during the weekend, posted a time of 56.16 in the 100-yard freestyle, while Nguyen clocked in at 1:04.94 in the 100-yard IM and Smith touched the wall at 2:21.78 in the 200-yard butterfly to finish ninth overall. Senior Emmie Lindholm (Sterling, Mass.) concluded her career by placing 10th in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 19:24.99 and sophomore Jason Erichsen (Banks, Ore.) placed 15th overall with a mark of 2:41.87.
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Since launching Commuter, Imprint Projects has worked with Levi's to produce a range of creative assets and digital media. To introduce the line, Imprint utilized a simple technique involving rear projections and a stationary bicycle to take the commuter through multiple environments, showcasing a range of product features. Co-directed by Andy Bruntel and Felipe Lima.


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Oh Magazine
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Five years ago, three friends and colleagues were working for one of the biggest publishing companies. But we believed there was a better way to create and publish magazines – where the readers were as important as the advertisers, where the paper quality and design were valued and where the words and pictures weren't always trying to sell stuff, didn't portray perfection, didn't tell people what to do and made them feel better, not worse.
So we gave up our jobs, ploughed in our savings and borrowed the rest to set up our own publishing company – Iceberg Press – and buy The Simple Things, followed by Oh Comely two years later. Then, in 2018, we launched Pics & Ink to sell other publishers' independent, beautiful and useful magazines too. It's been hard work but the smell of every fresh-printed issue in our hands is a note to self to savour the good times.
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In the event that you do have to move to WA, just what do you do for wheels? Do you move your pride and joy or do you sell up and find a new dream? We compare the options!
How much do you love the car?
How hard it is to get another one?
Do you really want to go through the process of bringing it to this side of the country?
There are car transport companies who can give you a door-to-door cost for transporting your car from one property to another, just like removalists will do with your other belongings. Sourcing quotes for this is a service we at New in Town offer to clients.
This will help you determine if you need to take your vehicle "over the pits" for an examination of road worthiness. If this is required there are fees, as well as duties and registration costs.
If you have weighed up all these options and still see it worth bringing your car here rather than selling or storing it, congratulations! You will enjoy your pride and joy and will have a little piece of home with you as you cruise the west coast streets. However, if economically and timeframe wise it is not going to suit you, you will need to look at an alternative.
The business of buying cars in WA isn't much different to any other state. If you have ever owned a car before you are probably aware of all the places that you can search for another one! If you are in need of a little extra assistance, another service that New in Town provides is getting a consultant to accompany you to a reputable dealer in Perth who takes care of all our clientele.
Outside of the traditional car yards with sales people and private sellers, all relying on your haggling skills to get a good deal, there is a range of different ways you can source and purchase a car. We have summarised some of those alternative options here.
Car Auctions - Outlets such as Pickles, Manheim and various independent auction houses, will hold regular auctions where you can see listings and quality reports online before the auction is held. Cars are available to be taken on the day and provide a great option for people who are ready to get what they want and are willing to bid on a few versions to get it. This is a particularly good option for the mechanically savvy person who can do their own checks on the car beforehand. If not, there are independent mechanics you can hire outside of this to review cars for you.
Many of the vehicles you will see come through the larger auction houses will be ex-fleet cars used as corporate lease vehicles and almost all Utes and SUVs that are sold are ex-mining or local government vehicles. This means that they will have mandated service histories but their owners may not have given them the care and attention they deserve. Another drawback is that sales are final and you will need to check the fine print. Auctions are also held on set dates so you will probably need to organise your transport needs around these dates.
Car Wholesalers - There is a rising trend amongst car yards in Perth to provide a "wholesale to the public" approach to vehicle sales. This is where the yards themselves purchase direct trade-in vehicles or fleet vehicles and then sell them in warehouses or large yards where they service both business customers and general consumers. You can usually spot them by the large number of base model cars and utility vehicles they have on site and the dead give-away is the signs above the sales offices that say "Please don't negotiate, all prices are fixed." Their sales pitch on this is that all prices are the lowest they can go and so you can compare vehicles easier. Many of them provide warranty and maintenance services that are less demanding than an average car yard, they are very competitive in their pricing and they have a large turnover of vehicles making it easy to keep checking a few key yards until you find the vehicle you are after!
New Cars - If you are looking for new cars you can go directly to any number of dealerships throughout Perth. New Vehicle purchasing is rumoured to be moving into a time where prices will be fixed, state-wide. Purchasing may also become territorial, meaning that if you live in one area, your local dealer will be the one to sell you the new vehicle of your choice. This is reducing competition between dealerships. But this may just be for a few manufacturers and not all! So it is worth checking between dealerships if you have your heart set on one car and want the best deal.
Second hand Cars - When searching for second hand cars, many dealers use the nationwide online car sales sites, but many are also moving to classifieds such as Gumtree and their own websites to list vehicles also. This is a good way to catch onto their pricing strategies. Multiple prices may appear on the one vehicle as it is listed for sale on different platforms. A simple search of its number plate should reveal all the places it is for sale and sometimes what it has even sold for in the past!
Buyer Beware! - When purchasing a vehicle second hand through any channel, it is important to do a check to see if there is any outstanding finance on the vehicle. You can get REVS checks done on vehicles Australia wide for a fee. They will provide you with a certificate that will clear the vehicle you are looking at and ensure that no repossession-agents will come and take your car away! If you do have any issues regarding a vehicle you have purchased you can investigate what buyer protections there are related to the way you purchased also. In WA the Department of Commerce handle consumer protection enquiries.
Once you have your wheels all set, the only thing left to do is start exploring this awesome state of Western Australia! So where are you going to drive first!?
If you are transporting a car boat or motorcycle to Perth we can provide assistance. If you are purchasing a new or used car on arrival here in Perth and don't know where to start, our consultants will accompany you to a reputable dealer. Contact New In Town on 1300 912 112.


Keeping Your Startup Heading Up: Avoiding Common Small-Business Pitfalls - Stevens, Littman, Biddison, Tharp & Weinberg, L.L.C.
In 2013, Boulder topped national lists of metro regions with the highest density of startup companies. Three other Front Range cities made the top ten. Since then, Governor Hickenlooper and Colorado legislators have made it a priority to make Colorado friendly for entrepreneurs.
The last thing that most startup owners want to imagine is that there may be bumps—or chasms—on the way to success, or that he or she and a business partner may have a falling out. As a result, many entrepreneurs avoid meeting with legal counsel to strategize for the future. Unfortunately, while the nascent stages of a business are often exciting, they are also generally when a startup is most vulnerable. Initially, many startups survive off outside investments and risky loans with personal guarantees. Most startups haven't established the steady, reliable cash flow necessary to deal with a lawsuit brought by or against a client or business partner, which may cost a new business owner $50,000 or more in legal expenses to prosecute or defend.
With through, careful planning and proper legal counsel, many of the common snags startups encounter can be avoided, saving you time and money you can put toward growing your business. Even in small businesses, such as fix-and-flip projects you may undertake with a family member or friend, amicable contracts and paperwork can help ensure that your business (and just as importantly—your relationships with those family members and friends!) are long-lasting. Below are a couple examples of how proper document drafting can benefit your business.
Operating Agreements. Every startup should have an operating agreement detailing the rights and obligations of the members. For illustration, an operating agreement can set forth how and when profits will be distributed to or contributions collected from members, providing clarity to all business partners at the onset in order to avoid conflicts later on. Operating agreements are also useful for setting contingency plans in the event of future disagreements amongst partners, such as provisions for partners to buy one another out in certain circumstances, procedures for doing so that lessen the financial burden of court proceedings, and agreements on how payment is to be received.
For instance, if you and a friend want to buy real estate property together as an investment, you might want to include a provision that necessary expenses and taxes on the property will come out of the profits prior to any distributions being made to partners, or that in the event of a major disagreement, one partner has the ability to buy the other out at a price to be designated by an appraiser or a specific appraisal firm, whom or which the two of you can agree on at the outset, avoiding arguments over how the appraisal process should occur later on, when tensions may be high.
Moreover, having clarity in your business dealings can help avoid the cost-benefit analyses that plague many small businesses. For example, if you believe you are owed $10,000, having a clear operating agreement indicating when and how you should have been paid can help avoid ever stepping into a courtroom, where you might spend more than you're owed to get a ruling.
Employment and Independent Contractor Agreements. When your business grows to the point that you are employing others, it is important to have concise contracts setting forth their compensation arrangement. For example, if your business works closely with photographers as independent contractors, you may want to clarify in a contract that the photographs they take while working for you are the property of your company, not the property of the photographer. You may also want to specify when and how employees and independent contractors will be paid, how vacation or PTO will be handled, and how to handle future disputes (e.g. a provision requiring mediation and/or arbitration) to avoid surprises later on. Depending on the company, you may also want to require that your independent contractors carry certain types of insurance or otherwise agree to reduce your liabilities as a business owner.
Tradenames and Intellectual Property. It is not uncommon that small businesses across the country, and sometimes even within the same state, choose similar names. For instance, a coffee shop in Boulder may decide to call itself The Brown Bean, not knowing that a coffee roaster using that name already exists in North Carolina. If one of those two companies expands into the other's market, there may be a dispute as to who has the right to do business as The Brown Bean, requiring not only potential court proceedings and litigation, but also the rebranding of one of the companies entirely, leading to a loss of goodwill and brand recognition. An attorney can help you think through such scenarios, stake your claim to your tradename or other intellectual property, and ensure you don't have to give your business a makeover down the line.
SLBTW has drafted documents for a wide array of startups in Boulder, Vail, and along the Front Range, including real estate LLCs and partnerships, contracting businesses, coffee shops and restaurants, wholesalers, tech startups, and others. If you've put your time, energy, and investments into your business, you don't want to lose it due to an unforeseen and avoidable circumstance. Consulting with counsel to help guide you through the process of starting your business is the first step in creating a stable future for your company.


IDEX İstanbul Exhibition, the only international trade fair of the oral and dental health field, is hosting buyer delegations from 75 countries including Europe, Africa, the Balkans, the Gulf States, CIS, and the Middle East.
Organized for the 16th time, IDEX İstanbul Exhibition presents numerous new technologies ranging from painless anesthesia to pain treatment during implant procedures, from preventing swelling and bruising to denture insertion in a single visit.
The 16th Istanbul Oral-Dental Health, Equipment and Materials Exhibition (IDEX Istanbul) presenting new technologies that will end pain and fear in dental treatments has opened its doors at CNR EXPO Yeşilköy. The exhibition will stay open until April 14 showcasing many more new technologies ranging from painless anesthesia to pain treatment during implant procedures, from preventing swelling and bruising to denture insertion in a single visit. IDEX, one of the three largest trade fairs in its field in the region, takes place on 30 thousand square meters area with the participation of 300 companies. Organized by CNR Holding company Pozitif Fairs in collaboration with the Turkish Dental Businessmen Association (DİŞSİAD), IDEX İstanbul is the only international event of the Turkish dental industry. Buyer delegations coming within the scope of B2B Matchmaking Programme from 75 countries including Europe, the Balkans, the Gulf Countries, Africa, CIS, and the Middle East get together with the exhibiting companies.
Speaking at the opening of the exhibition, CNR Holding CEO Ali Bulut said that IDEX Istanbul Fair, where 75% of the participants were companies from abroad, holds the record on the highest international participation rate among all the trade fairs organized in Turkey. Emphasizing that the size of the oral and dental health industry was close to 1 billion dollars, Bulut added, "The total exports of medical, oral and dental health and pharmaceutical sectors of our country combined is over 2 billion dollars. We will work harder to make IDEX one of the top two exhibitions in the world in 2020."
Stating that there were nearly 100 domestic manufacturers in the industry, DİŞSİAD President Ali Çakır said, "Dental treatment market is growing fast. In addition to National participation of Brazil, Taiwan, Pakistan, China and Korea this year, we have individual participants from 7 different countries. Last year IDEX Istanbul had 100 million dollars of trade volume. This year we aim to increase it to 150 million dollars."
Recep Uslu, the Vice President of Turkish Medicine and Medical Devices Agency (TİTCK), shared his impressions on the exhibition as follows, "The top 5 countries we import from are Germany, USA, Switzerland, China and Italy whereas we export the most products to Germany, France, the Netherlands, Iraq, and Cyprus."
Ali Çakır, DİŞSİAD Chairman, Muharrem Değerli, Istanbul General Tooth Prothesis Technicians and Artisans Chamber (İDTO) Chairman, Celal Korkut Yıldırım, Turkish Dental Association (TDB) President, and Recep Uslu Turkish Medicine and Medical Devices Agency (TİTCK) Vice President participated at the opening of İDEX İstanbul Exhibition hosted by CNR Holding Chairwoman Ceyda Erem. The exhibition organized to draw attention to the preventative field in dental health will last until April 14 and can be visited between 10:00 to 19:00.
IDEX Istanbul, one of the world's three biggest trade fairs in the oral and dental health field and the only international event of the Turkish dental industry, welcomes visitors for the 16th time at CNR EXPO Yeşilköy.
Entertaining workshops are designed to raise awareness and prevent the fear of the dentist. Students overcome their fear after the workshops end, expressing their desire to become a dentist in the future.
Pre-school and primary school students were awarded in the ceremony for their oral and dental health themed paintings.
Students were awarded certificates, bicycles, scootes and backpacks. The paintings are displayed at the exhibition venue.
Promotional Products Industry will rise to the top with PROMexpo!
Promotürk Association held the largest Turkey Meeting in Istanbul, with the participation of its members.
The Association united manufacturers, sellers, marketing professionals at the event, sharing international activities with the members.
Promotürk Chairman Dr. Abdullah Gürz, CNR Holding CEO Ali Bulut and Economics Professor. Dr. Emre Alkın spoke at the event.
Association PROMEXO, Corporate Gifts & Promotional Products exhibition, which aims to contribute to the Turkish economy, will be organized by CNR Holding, with the support of Promotürk.
PROMEXO will open its doors for the 32nd time on October 09-12, 2019 at CNR EXPO Yeşilköy with the aim of carrying the promotional products industry to the top.
EVTEKS that will open its doors at CNR Expo İstanbul, the center of global trade, on April 23, will be the largest commercial meeting of the home textiles industry. The exhibition will also host seminars where world-renowned designers provide guidance to boost the development of the sector, and one of these designers is Dutch stylist Milou Ket.
Milou Ket is a world-renowned stylist from the Netherlands with unique and extensive experience as a concept designer and as a consultant in retail, buying, and the creation of collections. With her international scope and forward-thinking vision, she is known for her insights in emerging trends for the immediate future, translated and applied in a practical as well as an aesthetic manner.
Milou Ket will talk about 2020/2021 interior trends and share her inspirational ideas about colours, atmosphere, style, prints, materials, and designs with visitors in the EVTEKS trend area.
IDEX ISTANBUL - Oral and Dental Health Equipment and Materials Exhibition was held for the 16th time at CNR EXPO Yeşilköy, the center of global trade, on April 11. The exhibition provided significant support to the development and trade volume of the Turkish dental industry.
More than 300 domestic and international companies and over 1000 brands displayed their products at IDEX where 15 thousand professional buyers were hosted on 25 thousand square meters area.
16th IDEX Istanbul, Oral-Dental Health Equipment and Materials Exhibition hosted several workshops and courses for oral-dental health industry professionals and students.
New developments were discussed at the courses, which were organized at 2-5 entrance of the exhibition venue, in special rooms with a capacity of 20 people.
Please click here for information about the academicians.
AYMOD International Footwear Fashion Exhibition welcomed more than 1.000 brands that shape the footwear and leather accessories industry at CNR EXPO İstanbul.
Büyükekşi pointed out that the Footwear Industry carries great importance for the Turkish Fair Organization industry: "We are organizing AYMOD for the 61'st time. This is remarkable for our industry. I always considered it to be a great example of collaboration. This is why the footwear industry never strayed from its path and achieved its targets.
AYMOD, organized by CNR Holding and supported by TASD, hosted procurement committees from 60 countries on 60 thousand sqm.
Acclaimed designers holding numerous international awards in product and furniture design will get together with visitors at the seminars in EVTEKS, one of the two largest home textiles exhibitions in the world. Italian Ilaria Bianchi is one of the designers who will take part in the seminars where various topics such as recent developments on the industry, innovations and design technologies will be discussed.
Product and furniture designer Ilaria Bianchi who has her own design studio works for galleries, companies and private clients.
After graduating from Turin Polytechnic with a degree in Industrial Design, she completed her master's degree in Ceramic, Furniture and Jewelry Design at Central Saint Martins in London and started her own practice in 2015.
Her work, which uses a multidisciplinary approach, ranges from industrial design to unique pieces, to installations. It molds artisanal and technical techniques, studying design solutions with an analytical and critical perspective, and a strong focus on sustainability.
Her works are shown in galleries, cultural centers and international fairs such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Triennale di Milano, Dimore Gallery (Dimore Studio), Galleria Luisa Delle Piane, Secondome Gallery, MiArt, Stockholm Design Fair, London Design Fair, Salone del Mobile, and many others.
Her Duo Shelf project is one of the WallPaper 2018 Design Award winners. In 2017 Ilaria was selected as one of the 100 "ambassadors of Italian design," for the Italian Design Day event promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; she's also included in the "Under 35 Italian Design" exhibition at Triennale di Milano.
In 2016, she founded The Ladies' Room collective with Agustina Bottoni, Astrid Luglio, and Sara Ricciardi. Their project, Fènomena, was selected as one of the 40 best exhibitions of Fuorisalone 2018 by the scientific committee of the Milan Design Award.
EVTEKS, which has been continuously supporting the Turkish home textiles exports for the past 25 years, offers its visitors freshness, innovation, and fashion together with the latest designs. The world-famous designer Sanne Schuurman is coming to EVTEKS Trend Area, where 2020 home textiles trends will be determined.
Schuurman who expresses herself by combining her playful and experimental work style with layered colors, materials, and textures, talked about her participation in EVTEKS, "Taking part in EVTEKS seminars has always attracted the interest of most important designers in the world. Because expressing oneself as a designer and sharing dreams requires total professionalism. Stepping into the professional design world, means your colleagues also become your competitors. I felt that bundling the creative talent was a much more logical step, as the creative force of together could open doors to the industry that would otherwise be left unopened. This collective energy is, to me, the driving power of envisions and, convinced that a methodology of this kind is extremely valuable, I believe it should be widely distributed. With my entrepreneurial character and a strong strategy, I want to keep on pushing the boundaries of envisions and inspire companies both in and outside of the design realm."
CNR Food Istanbul, the biggest food exhibition in Eurasia, continues to grow every year on its way to become the world's largest.
The Association of Supervision and Certification of Food Products has joined among the supporters of CNR Food, Turkey's unmatched food trade fair regarding the exhibition area, exhibitors, visitors, and trade volume. The Association is the largest organization operating in the halal food industry in Turkey.
The 5th Hall of the exhibition is allocated for the halal food sector with the protocol signed between CNR Holding and GIMDES. In the 7th Halal and Tayyib Products Special Area organized simultaneously with CNR Food, Turkey's leading manufacturers of halal food products will meet international buyers.
More than 1,000 brands that shape the footwear and leather goods industry meet with international buyers on April 3rd for the 61st time.
DEX Istanbul, Oral-Dental Health Equipment and Materials Exhibition organized for the 16th time, one of the world's three biggest trade fairs in the oral and dental health field and the only international event of the Turkish Dental Industry, will host the substantial Dental Tribune Turkey Symposium. The innovations and developments in the industry will be discussed extensively at the exhibition. The most important academicians and experts of the dental industry will speak at the event.
ISEC, which will be the first international HLS exhibition in Turkey, will open in Istanbul on January 2020, at CNR Expo Yeşilköy.
Taiwan National Pavilion at IDEX 2019!
Taiwan follows Brazil and Korea to participate as a national pavilion at IDEX İstanbul, the only international trade fair in the oral and dental health sector held in Turkey.
IDEX Istanbul Oral-Dental Health Equipment and Materials Exhibition is one of the world's three largest trade fairs in its field. Organized for the 16th time by CNR Holding company Pozitif Fairs in collaboration with the Turkish Dental Businessmen Association (DİSŞİAD), IDEX will take place on April 11-14, 2019 and support the growth of the industry.
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Inteware, offers a one-stop digital solution including a 3D printer; scanner; and design, implant planning and orthodontic setup software. The advanced technology allows you to efficiently and accurately manufacture customized abutments, surgical guides, aligners and temporary crowns and bridges in 30 minutes in-house.
Nano-Mill Technology, has been a professional Taiwan supplier specializing in manufacturing and exporting Carbide Endmills. Our tools are made of the best raw materials from Germany, well-grinded with top-end CNC Rollomatic machine from Switzerland.
And the adoption of leading coating technology from Balzers has guaranteed product quality and performance on all kinds of material, include advancing dental field.
Song Young International Co. is a professional manufacturer in dental Products related field. Since 1997, we have built up OEM ODM relationship between the companies with good reputation in the dental field in Japan, America, and Europe.
Our products are produced conscientiously to meet the world-class standards, and have obtained many technical certifications. We have developed our worldwide market, especially base on Japan, America, Europe as our main target markets.
T-Plus is full of passion for the future and is making every effort to become what we want to be: the best in the world. T-Plus creates and manufactures world-class implant systems.
A company full of vitality and potential, with unique technology and a rich experience, T-Plus is expanding actively to overseas markets, from Taiwan, around Asia, all over the world.
Sea enthusiasts have found everything they need from boats and yachts to sailboats, jet skis to various marine materials, which offer a combination of speed and comfort at CNR Eurasia Boat Show. A total of 73 thousand 376 people of which 2 thousand 275 were international visited the show.
Savas Karakaş, Turkey's most prominent documentary filmmaker, and Cumhur Gokova, named The Athlete of the Year in 2016 and has won the USA World Championship in 2018, were among the speakers at the seminars held during the show.
CNR Eurasia Boat Show meeting all the needs and expectations of sea enthusiasts has drawn great interest. A vast variety of boats, jet skis, sailboats and various marine materials were displayed at CNR Eurasia Boat Show organized by Pozitif Fairs, a CNR Holding company, in collaboration with the Turkish Marine Industry Association (DENTUR). 73 thousand 376 people of which 2 thousand 275 were international from 87 countries including France, England, Greece, Spain, Italy, Russia and CIS, Germany, Tunisia, Bulgaria, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Poland have visited the show.
Sea Talks was one of the highlights in the show that hosted many exciting events. Ayşegül Dinçkök, one of the well-known figures of the social life, met with art lovers and sea enthusiasts interested in underwater photography at the panel titled, "Mysteries of the Sea with Women Underwater Photographers" organized within CNR Eurasia Boat Show.
Cumhur Gökova who was named the Athlete of the Year in 2016 and later won the World Championship in 2018 in the USA was among the seminar speakers in the show. Savaş Karakaş, the world-renowned prominent documentary filmmaker in Turkey, shared his discoveries and experiences with visitors at the Show. Savaş Karakaş documentaries such as Echoes from the Deep, The Last Warrior: Midilli (ex-Breslau), The Last Sponge Diver, Dancing with the Manta Rays, which perfectly reflect Turkey's maritime culture were screened throughout the Show at the Seanema section and received tremendous interest from visitors.
International CNR Eurasia Elevator, Escalator Industry, and Technologies Exhibition opened its doors at CNR EXPO İstanbul for the 4th time this year.
The exhibition organized with the participation of 150 leading companies of which 30 are international companies from Germany, China, India, and Italy displays a vast variety of products including elevator cabins, automatic door systems, electronics, security systems, and accessories.
Nearly 30 thousand domestic and international buyers are expected to visit the exhibition until March 23. Don't be late to visit CNR Eurasia Elevator Exhibition, the biggest meeting of the industry..
AYSAF-International Footwear Sub-Industry Exhibition, one of the two biggest trade fairs of the world's footwear industry, will be held on May 2-5 on 60 thousand square meters area.
The exhibition will spread and host more than 25 thousand professional buyers, more than 450 domestic and international companies and over 1000 brands.
AYSAF organized for the 61st time this year at the global trade center, CNR Expo İstanbul, offers unique commercial opportunities for its international participants.
Opportunity to supply Turkey which has a population of 80 million people as well as to the neighboring region's footwear production.
Please contact us to take advantage of many services such as transfer, accommodation, catering and stand installation provided for AYSAF participants.
Ark Asansör Makine ve Motor Sanayi which has been putting its signature on innovations that enrich the industry in the elevator machinery and engines will be at CNR Eurasia Elevator Exhibition on March 20-23, 2019. The company will display its new products, MASS 140, MASS 150, and other gear and gearless innovative product lines at their stand 3-A06 located on the 3rd Hall at CNR Expo, İstanbul.
Since its establishment in 1994, Ark Asansör Makine ve Motor San. has become the leading company in the industry thanks to its innovative machines and its principle to keep customer satisfaction and trust in the forefront.
AYSAF, the most significant meeting of the Turkish footwear sub-industry which has a distinguished place in the world footwear sub-industry not only in production but also in design and technology, will open its doors for the 61st time on May 2, at CNR Expo, İstanbul, the center of export.
AYSAF, the International Footwear Sub-Industry Exhibition is one of the two biggest trade fairs in its field in the world. The exhibition will bring together more than 1,000 domestic and international brands with over 25 thousand professional buyers.
2019-2020 Fall/Winter footwear sub-industry designs and the latest technologies will be displayed at the exhibition, where new products will be introduced to buyers and exhibitor companies will increase their brand recognition and trade volume.
AYSAF organized by Pozitif Fairs, a CNR Holding company, in cooperation with TASEV (Turkish Footwear Industry Research and Education Foundation), AYSAD (Turkish Footwear Components Manufacturers Association), Ministry of Trade and KOSGEB (Small & Medium Enterprises Development Organization of Turkey).
The exhibition will showcase 2019-2020 Fall/Winter models of the footwear sub-industry until May 5.
Turkey is the fourth largest exporter country in the world and EVTEKS is the largest trade fair of the Turkish home textiles which makes a significant contribution to the sector's achievement of 2023 export target of 5 billion dollars. The home textile industry closed 2016 with 2.7 billion dollars of export volume, 2017 with 2.8 billion dollars and saw a 10 percent increase in 2018 closing at 3.3 billion dollars. The industry aims to exceed 3.5 billion dollars in 2019 to once again reach its export targets with the significant contribution of EVTEKS. Germany, USA, Russia, Italy, UK, France, Holland, Poland, Iran, and Romania are the top 10 export destinations of the industry.
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sci-fi-cafe press release two new Mike Philbin 'surrealist mystery' novels in Kindle format, "Yoroppa" and "View from a Stolen Window".
"Clarke" arrives in the coastal town of Tiamores at the suggestion of his boss who has a holiday home there. All is not well with Clarke but Tiamores itself hides weirder things. One of them is Fuentes.
Returning to The City, a place Clarke has known for years as a freelance sports-reporter, we are instantly shown how the shadow of Tiamores has clung to our hero. His once-loved home town is a haunted relic of its former self, like an old man awaiting death.
Fuentes and his sister track Clarke down and begin to 're-educate' him in the ways of their incestuous world.
We see the town through this whining testimony of collective hatred, envy, rage, pride… each chapter is a different townsperson's opinion on what's happening in the novel.
When all of the major suspects have been killed off, who will remain as the prime suspect?
READ THE EXCLUSIVE OPENING CHAPTER @ Mike Phibin Online's Free Fiction Section.
Both novels contain content of a surrealistic and adult nature – be warned, not for the squeamish.


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Home Page ⇨ Mainland Britain ⇨ Stratford Canal ⇨ Kingswood Branch QR code Link
Stratford Canal (Kingswood Branch)
The Stratford Canal (Kingswood Branch) is a narrow canal and is part of the Stratford Canal. It runs for 2½ furlongs through 1 lock from Kingswood Junction (where it joins the Grand Union Canal (Warwick and Birmingham Canal: widened section - Main Line)) to Lapworth Junction North (where it joins the Stratford Canal (Northern Section)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has a junction with the Stratford Canal (Lapworth Link) at Lapworth Link Junction.
Relevant publications — Waterway Travels:
Cruising the Stratford on Avon canal (with one eye on its history)
Waterway Routes 90M - Avon Ring Map (Downloadable)
Waterway Routes 45M - Stratford uopn Avon Canal Map (Downloadable)
Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 2 - Severn, Avon & Birmingham
Pearsons Canal Companion: South Midlands and Warwickshire Ring & Ashby and Connecting Canals
Pearson's Canal Companion: Severn & Avon: Mid-Worcestershire Ring and Cotswold Canals (Saul-Sapperton)
Heron Maps: Avon Ring and Droitwich Ring
Kingswood Junction
Junction of Grand Union and Stratford upon Avon Canals
Kingswood Railway Bridge No 37 ½ furlongs 0 locks
Lapworth Link Junction 1¼ furlongs 0 locks
Kingswood Lock No 20
Numbered as part of the Lapworth flight but on the branch 1½ furlongs 0 locks
Lapworth Junction North 2½ furlongs 1 lock
Wikipedia has a page about Stratford Canal
The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal is a canal in the south Midlands of England. The canal, which was built between 1793 and 1816, runs for 25.5 miles (41.0 km) in total, and consists of two sections. The dividing line is at Kingswood Junction, which gives access to the Grand Union Canal. Following acquisition by a railway company in 1856, it gradually declined, the southern section being un-navigable by 1945, and the northern section little better.
The northern section was the setting for a high-profile campaign by the fledgling Inland Waterways Association in 1947, involving the right of navigation under Tunnel Lane bridge, which required the Great Western Railway to jack it up in order to allow boats to pass. These actions saved the section from closure. The southern section was restored by the National Trust between 1961 and 1964, after an attempt to close it was thwarted. The revived canal was re-opened by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and responsibility for it was transferred to British Waterways in 1988.
Other Wikipedia pages that might relate to Stratford Canal
[Stratford-upon-Avon Canal] [River Avon, Warwickshire] [Kingswood Junction] [Waterside Theatre] [Wootton Wawen Aqueduct] [Solihull Lodge] [North Warwickshire Line] [Scheduled Monuments in Birmingham] [Warwickshire ring] [Stratford-upon-Avon]


The high-profile Scandinavian artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset, who took part in Art Basel's Conversation programme earlier this week, revealed to us more details of the 15th Istanbul Biennial, which they are organising. The exhibition will feature 30 new commissions and works by ten Turkish artists out of a total of 57. A full list of artists participating is due to be announced next month. The biennial is due to open on 16 September (until 12 November), and takes place across the city in six venues.


Conveniently located just off the M40 motorway, The Tree at Cadmore is a traditional English country pub with a modern twist to the décor in the 14 en suite rooms. The Tree at Cadmore is is rich in charm and character, with a wood-beamed ceiling and a real log fire. Currently it offers accommodation and continental breakfasts. There is a patio area/outdoor terrace, where you can enjoy some food or a drink in the warmer summer months.
All of the 16 rooms have en suite bathrooms and are available at great-value rates. The Tree at Cadmore is a convenient and comfortable base for those visiting this beautiful part of Buckinghamshire. The Chiltern Hills and the River Thames are close by and Windsor, Marlow and Henley-On-Thames are also within easy reach.


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Serbia Central no es una división administrativa de Serbia como tal, pero se halla bajo la jurisdicción directa de las autoridades de la república, a diferencia de las provincias de Kosovo y Metojia y de Voivodina que tienen un cierto grado de autonomía territorial.

Subdivisión administrativa

El territorio de Serbia Central está dividido en 17 distritos y la ciudad de Belgrado, mientras que los distritos están subdivididos en municipalidades. Los distritos son:

Historia

Viminacium (ahora Kostolac) fue la capital de la provincia romana de Mesia en el siglo II d. C. Las varias capitales
de los estados serbios medievales estuvieron también localizadas en el actual territorio de Serbia Central: Ras (la capital de Raška), Debrc (capital de Sirmia) y Belgrado (capital del reino de Stefan Dragutin Nemanjić), Kruševac (la capital del estado de Lazar Hrebeljanović), y Smederevo (la capital del Despotado de Serbia).

Después el Despotado de Serbia fue conquistado por el Imperio otomano en el siglo XV. Una unidad administrativa otomana fue llamada Sanjak de Smederevo, formado con sede en la ciudad de Smederevo. Después la sede de Sanjak fue cambiada a Belgrado, y el territorio llegó a conocerse como el Bajalato (Pashaluk) de Belgrado.

Alrededor de 1718 y 1739, la región estuvo bajo el reinado de los Habsburgo, y después del Primer Levantamiento Serbio en 1804, la región llegó a ser un estado serbio libre conocido como parte de Serbia. Este fue conquistado de nuevo por los otomanos en 1813, pero tras el Segundo Levantamiento Serbio (1815-1817), acabó siendo reconocida como un principado autónomo en el Imperio otomano. En 1878, Serbia llegó a ser un estado de mucha independencia. Los límites de Serbia establecidos en 1878 fueron muy similares a los límites actuales de Serbia Central.

En 1913, Serbia expandió sus fronteras hacia el sur, recuperando el control de una gran parte del actual Kosovo y de Macedonia del Norte.

Geografía

Algunas regiones geográficas importantes de Serbia Central:
 Mačva
 Timočka Krajina
 Posavina
 Podrinje
 Zlatibor
 Raška
 Sandžak
 Valle de Preševo

Geografía de Serbia
Geografía histórica de Serbia

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