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Located in the Revitalization District of East 11th Street, this Vertical Mixed Use project will become unique focal point in a quickly growing neighborhood. The project includes 11 retail stores and offices, 20 residential condominiums of which 20% are affordable housing, and roof top decks accessible by all residents. The unique solar screen on the south and west facades is just one of the many aspects of the design that contributes to the 3-Star Green Building Rating. The East Village is also one of the City of Austin’s S.M.A.R.T. (Safe, Mixed-Income, Accessible, Reasonably Priced, Transit Oriented) Housing developments.
The East 11th Street neighborhood in Austin has seen considerable change since 2001. Once a largely ignored portion of Austin, E. 11th Street is now home to many different retail shops, restaurants, offices, and cultural groups. Block 19 seeks to capture this diversity by developing a dynamic and creative environment for its residents, combining retail shops and small commercial offices with residential units on the upper floors. On the fourth floor are two green roofs; each with a wonderful view into downtown.
The design of the building incorporates modest materials in creative and dynamic ways. The entire ground level is full height glass mounted in front of a steel structure. This gives the illusion of the entire building floating on cubes of glass. To further enhance the visual `lightness` of the building, the entrance to the site is under a long span steel truss that supports 2 stories of residential units across a 65 ft span. The upper south and west facades are shielded from the hot Texas sun with a multi-faceted steel panel screen which double as a shading device and guardrails for the residential balconies.
Instead of relying on expensive, high maintenance green `gadgets`, Block 19 showcases the architects’ incorporation of sustainability into the fundamentals of the building. In addition to the steel sunscreen, features such as insulated Low-E glazing, recycled and recyclable materials, no VOC paint, R-19 insulated walls, R-30 insulated roof, passive insect control, construction waste recycling, and low impact native landscaping all work together to make the East Village Lofts a healthy building for the residents and the community.
Whilst in a oddly lit changing room in an LA store, my friend was sitting on a stool with a mirror behind him.
This mobile is now hanging above a friend's baby's changing table - it works wonders for keeping him quiet during diaper changes. :)
Here in the area where I live in California, I can't compete with New England, where I lived for the first 30 years of my life, when it comes to brilliant fall colors. However, if I don't insist on capturing grand vistas and instead think small, I can still come up with some pretty respectable autumn color.
Electric power eased farm work, especially milking. Farmer-owned electric cooperatives brought power to farms. The Clay-Union Electric Cooperative was South Dakota’s first in 1936. Electric power ended the toil of drawing water, cutting ice, and doing homework by table lamp. Milking machines allowed farmers to boost production by milking more cows. The Changing Time Gallery invites visitors a try their hand at milking the cow!
Excerpt from September 8, 2014 Lobster Boat Blockade Press Release below.
Full details at lobsterboatblockade.org/
FALL RIVER, MA — In a major — and unexpected — victory for the climate movement, the criminal charges against two men who used a lobster boat to block a massive coal shipment were dropped this morning.
In May 2013, Ken Ward and Jay O’Hara used a little white lobster boat, the Henry David T, to block a shipment of 40,000 tons of coal to the Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, MA, the largest coal plant in New England. They were charged with conspiracy, disturbing the peace and motor vessel violations and faced up to several years in jail.
The Bristol County District Attorney, Sam Sutter, dropped the conspiracy charges and reduced the other charges to civil infractions this morning, saying that he saw the need to take leadership on climate change. He called climate change “one of the gravest crises our planet has ever faced” and told a cheering crowd that he would join them at the People’s Climate March in New York City in two weeks.
Trying WN tubes watercolor , but in your opinion, wich palette is the best? I would say the one on the right...
John Edwards was born in Seneca, South Carolina and raised in Robbins, North Carolina, a small town in the Piedmont. There John learned the values of hard work and perseverance from his father, Wallace, who worked in the textile mills for 36 years, and from his mother, Bobbie, who ran a shop and worked at the post office. Working alongside his father at the mill, John developed his strong belief that all Americans deserve an equal opportunity to succeed and be heard.
A proud product of public schools, John became the first person in his family to attend college. He worked his way through North Carolina State University where he graduated with high honors in 1974, and then earned a law degree with honors in 1977 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
For the next 20 years, John dedicated his career to representing families and children just like the families he grew up with in Robbins. Standing up against the powerful insurance industry and their armies of lawyers, John helped these families through the darkest moments of their lives to overcome tremendous challenges. His passionate advocacy for people like the folks who worked in the mill with his father earned him respect and recognition across the country.
In 1998, John took this commitment into politics to give a voice in the United States Senate to the people he had represented throughout his career. He ran for the Senate and won, defeating an incumbent Senator.
In Congress, Senator Edwards quickly emerged as a champion for the issues that make a difference to American families: quality health care, better schools, protecting civil liberties, preserving the environment, saving Social Security and Medicare, and reforming the ways campaigns are financed.
As a member of the Select Committee on Intelligence, Senator Edwards worked tirelessly for a strong national defense and to strengthen the security of our homeland. He authored key pieces of legislation on cyber, bio, and port security.
Senator Edwards brought a positive message of change to the 2004 presidential primaries. During the primary season he spoke about the two Americas that exist in our country today: one for people at the top who have everything they need and one for everybody else who struggle to get by. This powerful message resonated with voters all across America.
After the Democratic primaries, Senator John Kerry picked Senator Edwards to serve as his running mate in the 2004 general election, and Senator Edwards crisscrossed the country and campaigned tirelessly on Senator Kerry's behalf.
He is the former Director of the Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Senator Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, whom he met when both were law students at Chapel Hill, were married in 1977. They have had four children, including: their eldest daughter, Catharine, who is attending law school; nine-year-old Emma Claire; and a seven-year-old son, Jack. Their first child, Wade, died in 1996.
Changing lenses on the Leica M6 under the influence of a particularly potent short cocktail in a Tokyo bar.
Sat in a meeting all day about the changes coming in education. Changes... changes... and more changes.
I wonder if the state department would mind if I didn't hang on to their swinging pendulum? It will be swinging the other way in a couple of years, I'll bet.
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The spectacular dust storm that swept through most of eastern Australia may have had its origins twelve months ago, says an Australian expert.
And with climate change set to bring more variability, Australia may experience more large scale dust storms in the future.
This week's dust storm covered a large area of eastern Australia, with PM10 (particles less than 10 micrometres) levels in most Australian cities being well above safe levels.
"They're classed as dangerous at levels above 200 micrograms per cubic metre," says ABC weather forecaster Graham Creed.
"In Sydney's east they're recording about 256, in the north-west 919, and in the south-west 1719. But Sydney is not the worst, Bathurst at the moment is 2665."
Severe weather forecaster Dr Deryn Griffiths of the Bureau of Meteorology says the dust storm started two days ago, when 100 kilometre per hour winds whipped up dust from the central region of Australia.
"It started in South Australia and has since extended across all of New South Wales and into Queensland."
She says extremely dry conditions throughout the interior of the country along with strong winds provided the perfect recipe for the dust storm.
Rob Worland changes the points from the mainline into the sidings so the 44 class can be put away near the end of the day.
Scoresby Steamfest 2019.
The 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), conducts a change of responsibility for Command Sgt. Maj. Phillip Cantrell as he departs the Regiment and welcomes Command Sgt. Maj. Samuel Stoker, at Conmy Hall on Joint Base- Myer Henderson Hall, Va. April 14, 2014. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Cody W. Torkelson)
we are continuing our quest to be as safe and visible as possible, we have the neon tights, the neon tops, reflective belts, bands, etc, we have the ANSI / OSHA certified class III reflective vests, but we continue the quest to have outfits that are visible as well as comfortable to wear as we walk, run or bike.
These are the neon yellow outfits we have tried, from the company in Florida, we have some neon orange outfits, the neon orange color may be the better color for wear during the summer, as the orange contrasts with the greenery we have here on the Alabama Gulf Coast. The neon yellow appears better for the late afternoon, evening and nights when paired with reflective belts, bands and / or vests.
Since we both usually run in races together, the neon outfits we wear show up in the sea of black, and blues and white outfits. There have been a number of comments by local media about the couple with the neon yellow (or green or orange) outfit we may be wearing. One local station has made several comments how we stand out in the sea of runners, walkers, sorry we do not do bike races, to dangerous. We have a couple of other couples who run with us, along with their kids, and we all wear the same color outfits when we race, and we tend to run as a group, 10 runners in neon yellow tights and tops, grouped together really tend to stand out as a right spot in all the other non-neon clothing.
we have had a number of negative comments from some others who make fun of our visibility, like guys do not wear neon yellow, neon green or neon orange is the usual comment form the guys in their black shorts and tights. After several cyclists have been hit here in he Mobile area there appears to be a subtle change occurring, there are now a couple of others who have adopted neon yellow, green or orange. There are now a few more folks out for walks and runs with reflective materials.
as mentioned above, there are a few others who share the desire to be seen and safe.
older post below:
determined that I needed to be more visible while we rode out bicycles on and near roads.
most bikers wear a colored top, not necessarily neon and black shorts and bottoms, really not that visible. A lot of the colored tops act more like camouflage rather than being visible as a solid color would be.
we found the neon tops at a local sporting goods store and the tights come from a company in Florida. who has them in 51 colors, a number of them neon.
we have some zentari suits we wear that are neon, wearing over bike clothing stretches them in the waist and bottom area, kind of baggy for running, we found these work better able to replace as needed when worn.
we get stopped regularly by others who tell us we stand out from a long distance, we are quite visible..
The mounted guard parades in a side street before the change over. The Life Guards in red face the Blues & Royals.
WHERE: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
PHOTO CREDITS: www.ourportmoresby.com
CAPTION: Papua New Guinea wakes up for an early morning bike ride in support
of 350.org and climate change awareness.
bonjour à tous,
notre projet a été de ramasser les déchets( bouteilles, papiers, plastiques, mouchoirs...) le parcours suivait le fleuve de l'Elbe sur environ 3 km, ce chemin traversait la forêt de notre village, lauenbourg en Allemagne,,, nous étions un petit groupe , et beaucoup de passages étaient peu accessibles pour cause de la monter de l'eau, mais cela nous a pas empêcher de récupérer plus de 15 sacs-poubelles de 270 l ...
même si ce pays a + de 10 ans d'avance au niveau écologique sur les autres pays européens cela n'empêche toujours pas à beaucoup de personnes de tirer les ordures dans la foret, c'est bien une preuve de non-respect pour notre planète ainsi que pour notre futur... voici donc quelques photos de notre action,,, en espérant qu'il y aura beaucoup d'autre pour les prochaines années....
cordialement un amoureux de la planète terre....
franck Hoffmann elbstrasse ,18 21481 Lauenbourg Allemagne
The changing skyline of Manchester as captured from the roof of the City of Manchester Division HQ.
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For the rest of his life, Ariel Castro, whose name appears on this mailbox at 2207 Seymour Ave., Cleveland, will be receiving his mail through the Ohio Bureau of Corrections. This after he was sentenced on Aug. 1, 2013, to life in prison with no parole plus 1,000 years, after he accepted a plea deal on more than 900 charges stemming from the kidnapping, repeated rapes and imprisonment of three young Cleveland women. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty said the sentence guarantees that Castro, 53, will leave prison either in a box or container (holding his ashes).