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Bites, pints to try before (or after) a Padres game
A sun-kissed city should have a beautiful open-air ballpark.
So we must appreciate Petco Park — recently named one of the nation's best by TripAdvisor — and go there even when our team's bats are cold and pitchers' arms benumbed and the scoreboard stings our baseball-loving eyes.
The San Diego Padres home opener is April 9 against those dreaded Los Angeles Dodgers.
I shadowed a season-ticket holder last year.
The best parts were center fielder Cameron Maybin's intro music (Kanye West, "All of the Lights") and us gobbling up eats, and beer before the seventh-inning last call.
Inside Petco Park 2013: This year the 42,445-capacity Petco Park has new food finds like Phil's BBQ (location: Park at the Park) and Wings-N-Things (location: Section 107). Cardiff night owls will recognize their usual 24-hour Mexican food spot, El Pueblo, now over in The Pier on the Toyota Terrace Level. Ballast Point is doing a beer garden behind the left field scoreboard (Section 226/228).
Names returning to Petco vending include Hodad's, Filippi's Pizza Grotto, Anthony's Seafood, Randy Jones BBQ and Chocolat Gelato.
Outside Petco Park: Truly, one of my favorite experiences on game day involves pillaging the East Village and surrounding downtown hoods for over-sized sandwiches, Mezcal margaritas and big tasty courses. Some spots to keep in mind when you're getting hype for/mourning a Padres game...
Sandwiches and dogs
The District: This new little shop pays homage to the nearby stadium--check out the Petco Pastrami on rye ($6.95). 1021 Market St., East Village. (619) 269-6172 or thedistrictsd.com.
Lucky's Lunch Counter: Ahh the simplicity of handheld foods that just need a backup sack of chips or matzo ball soup to be complete. Just a hop away from the ballpark, East Coast-inspired Lucky's does bad*ss between bread. 338 Seventh Ave. East Village. (619) 255-4782 or luckyslunchcounter.com. Read a review of Lucky's Lunch Counter here. They're now serving alcohol on game days.
Neighborhood: The ground beef sandwiched between bread is mighty fine. There are many frosty San Diego suds on tap. Just don't ask for ketchup. 777 G St., East Village. (619) 446-0002 or neighborhoodsd.com.
The Counter Custom Built Burgers: Wow. On opening day (Tuesday) it's BOGO free burgers if you mention the U-T. Throughout the Padres season long, your ticket stub will get you the Triple Play discount: that's a third-pounder build-your-own burger, fries and a beer/shake/ or other bev for $15. 695 Sixth Ave., downtown. thecounterburger.com
Hotel restaurants
Marina Kitchen: By the looks of the menu, chef Aron Schwartz is obsessed with roasts (lamb, veal, pork loin). There's plenty of seasonal comfort food and golf vacationers here, too. San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina, 333 W. Harbor Drive, downtown. (619) 699-8222 or sandiegomarriottmarquisandmarina.com/dining/index.html. For Asian-fusion, Roy's Restaurant is on the same hotel property, downstairs.
Vela: Hustle behind Petco Park, to the restaurant off the Hilton San Diego Bayfront's lobby. Vela has a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for their wine selection, and it's half-off bottles on Wednesdays!! Plus chef Neil Dandekar steers Vela's ribeye-and-cioppino menu seasonal. Team Gluten-Free will find dishes to eat here, marked clearly on the menu. 1 Park Blvd., downtown. (619) 564-3333 or hiltonsandiegobayfront.com.
McCormick & Schmick's: The high-rise Omni San Diego Hotel encases this long sliver of a restaurant, that's good for surf-n-turf and expense accounts. And the hotel's connected to Petco Park by a skybridge for guests and season-ticket holders. Back to the restaurant, someone just wrote me wild praise for M&S's beet salad. 675 L St. downtown. (619) 645-6545 or mccormickandschmicks.com.
Jsix Restaurant Christian Graves runs a from-scratch kitchen, and knocks house-made pastas and charcuterie out the park. For pool-side cocktails, take the elevator up to the LoungeSix rooftop lounge. Hotel Solamar, 616 J St., downtown. (619) 531-8744 or jsixrestaurant.com.
Katsuya by Starck: On home game nights it's Padres, Prawns and Pint. At this sexy hangout, the Pads are on the plasma screens, grilled or fried prawns are between slider buns, and a pint of draft beer is in your hand...all for $10. Andaz San Diego, 600 F St., downtown. (619) 814-2000 or sbe.com/katsuya/san-diego.
Watering holes
Bub's @ the Ballpark: A beach bro bar, with tater tots, TV screens, open windows through which a feeling of eternal spring break wafts onto the sidewalk. 715 J St., East Village. (619) 546-0815; bubssandiego.com
Basic Urban Kitchen & Bar: Industrial chic, fraternity bro vibe some nights, and the thin New Haven-style pizza is good. 410 Tenth Ave., East Village. (619) 814-4124 or barbasic.com
The Corner Mini dogs, sliders, tater tots and booze! Find it across from Basic. 369 Tenth Ave. (619) 531-8804 or thecornersd.com
Blind Burro: Inspired by Baja, but the tacos and mussels are more of a method of keeping you steady after a delicious smokey-sweet mezcal margarita. 639 J St., East Village. (619) 795-7880 or theblindburro.com. (Note: The Blind Burro is attached to the Cat Eye Club, a '60s-style lounge at 370 Seventh Street. They're sister venues to Bub's, Block No. 16 and Lucky's Lunch Counter nearby.)
Bailiwick: Buzzed about! And open for Tuesday's opener from 5 to 9 p.m. Get the Moscow Mule ($4 during cocktail hour), grilled oysters and some bailiwiches. 756 Fifth Ave., Gaslamp Quarter. (619) 795-3036 or bailiwicksd.com.
Block No. 16 Union & Spirits: The place you're most likely to do bottle service near the ballpark that's not called "Stingaree." 344 Seventh Ave., East Village. (619) 255-7625 or blockno16.com.
Dirty Del's The $1 shot is the pre-Padres' drink, because this tiny bar is tucked right next to the ballpark and stays open til midnight. 499 Tenth Ave. (619) 677-3789.
Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery: Pub fare and teeny kilts at this Celtic sports-bar chain. 310 Tenth Ave., East Village. (619) 814-5458 or tiltedkilt.com
Toast Enoteca and Cucina An Italian-influenced wine bar with all-day Sunday happy hours. 927 J St., East Village. (619) 269-4207 or toastenoteca.com
The Commons Bar: Pair a Ballast Point Sculpin with an all-beef dog for five bucks. 901 Fourth Ave., downtown. (619) 696-8888 or thecommonssd.com.
Quality Social: After home games take your ticket stub to this gastropub, get a whiskey shot with pickle brine chaser. It's the (21-and-up) Pickleback Home Game Giveaway! 789 Sixth Ave., downtown. (619) 501-7675 or qualitysocial.com.
Couples friendly
Donovan's Steakhouse and Donovan's Prime Seafood: Subdued settings, and Padres' season tickets holders get 10-percent off at both downtown locations.
donovanssteakhouse.com or donovansprimeseafood.com.
Level 9: Rooftop lounge that just got a $500,000 remodel, this outdoor bar gives a crazy wide-angle view of Petco. Hotel Indigo, 509 Ninth Ave. (619) 727-4000; hotelsandiegodowntown.com. See also Altitude Sky Lounge, the rooftop bar on the Marriott Gaslamp, for DJs, hookups and another great view into the ballpark.
Gaslamp Strip Club: The "Sassy Hour Tailgate" pre-game series equals $10 grill-your-own-meat dinners. 340 Fifth Ave. (619) 231-3140 or gaslampsteak.com.
Cowboy Star Restaurant and Butcher Shop: A steer-skull, Old West kind of place, with a butcher shop and bar up front, and a cozy dining room off chef Victor Jimenez's open kitchen. Located on East Village's outer frontier. 640 10th Ave. (619) 450-5880 or thecowboystar.com.
Café Chloe: Euro-style (steak and frites-style) and easygoing, I usually park around this cutie cafe on game day. 721 Ninth Ave., East Village. (619) 232-3242 or cafechloe.com.
Get your Padres tickets at the Petco Park box office, (619) 795-5555 or padres.com and follow our Padres coverage at utsandiego.com/padres.
East Village Opening Day Block Party
From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 9 (game time 3:40 p.m.), J St., East Village. Between Seventh and Tenth avenues. Check here for details.
This article previously listed El Vitral Restaurant on J St. which is now closed.
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"Coach O's a little more loose, more personable," tailback Silas Redd said. "(Kiffin) is a little more strict, a little more stringent."
The practice was upbeat and high-tempo, with some assistant coaches exerting more authority in Kiffin's absence. Orgeron did not shy away from the importance of his eight-week tryout as USC's coach.
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It was also apparent there is a new philosophy to get more players involved offensively.
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Helton will call plays from the sideline so he can interact with quarterback Cody Kessler. He previously sat in the pressbox during games. Wide receivers coach Tee Martin will move up to the pressbox to replace Helton.
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Quarterback Cody Kessler said he spoke to Kiffin on the phone in the wake of his firing early Sunday morning.
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"I have no hard feelings for Coach Kiffin."
Agholor said he empathized with Kiffin.
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Redd cleared
Tailback Silas Redd said his knee is 100 percent recovered and he is cleared to play next week against Arizona.
"I'm ready to go," Redd said.
Orgeron said he hopes wide receiver Marqise Lee (sprained knee) is also available.
"We're going to try to get him ready for next Thursday," Orgeron said. "You know Marqise Lee makes some miraculous recoveries."
Defensive end Morgan Breslin missed Wednesday's practice with a sprained knee.
The sweets are back
Orgeron wasted no time making sure his players are happy. Orgeron will allow desserts to be served again at training table.
"You feed a lineman a cookie, he's happy," Orgeron said.
The players also complimented Orgeron's style. Kessler said the players liked that Orgeron played upbeat music during practice.
Orgeron also explained why he wants the media to attend practices, something Kiffin discontinued.
"I miss y'all," Orgeron said. "It is good for the team. It is good for USC. I like the exposure. We are what we are, come see us and write about it."
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ORLANDO, Fla. - University of Central Florida officials on Monday said a former student found dead in a dormitory had planned to use two guns and explosives in a "planned attack on the UCF campus."
[UPDATE: Roommate of ex-student speaks | PHOTOS: UCF dorm evacuated after body found in room | VIDEO: Background on former student ]
Tower 1, a seven-story building that hosts 500 students, was evacuated just after midnight Monday after a body, identified as 30-year-old James Oliver Seevakumaran, a UCF business major who wasn't enrolled in the spring semester, was found in a third-floor dorm room on the Orlando campus.
UCF police chief Richard Beary said additional information, including notes laying out a timeline, were found in the room, adding that it appeared that Seevakumaran had plans to go through with an attack to kill people on campus.
"It was clear this was a rational thought process," he said.
No specific individuals were named, according to officials.
Police said it appeared Seevakumaran's timeline had been thrown off when authorities responded to a fire alarm call more quickly than he expected.
"Well what we think is, his timeline got off and we think that the rapid response of the law enforcement may have changed his ability to think quickly on his feet," Beary said. "Again, our officers were approaching, we had the information because of the 911 call, so our officers came up and they were properly armed to deal with that kind of tactical situation."
Beary said Seevakumaran's roommate had called 911 to report that Seevakumaran had pointed a gun at him when he walked out of his room after the fire alarm went off. Another roommate was out of town and the third roommate had left the apartment immediately when the alarm was set off and before Seevakumaran showed his gun.
"University police responded immediately when we received a fire alarm call and a subsequent 911 call," Beary said. "The safety of our students in Tower 1 and our entire campus community is our top priority. It could have been a very bad day for everybody here."
Officials later said Seevakumaran's death was caused by an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police said they speculate Seevakumaran pulled the fire alarm himself to get students to evacuate in one area and his roommate's 911 call made the response to the fire alarm faster, prompting him to shoot himself.
UCF spokesman Grant Heston said Seevakumaran wasn't enrolled in school, didn't pay for housing and in mid-February, UCF began its eviction process but didn't immediately kick the student off campus.
"We try to take a compassionate approach, not to kick them off on day one," said Heston, who added that UCF is now looking into that process.
The two guns, including an American-Tech tactical .22-caliber rifle, found in the dorm room were purchased at an unnamed Orlando gun store. A backpack containing four improvised explosive devices and hundreds of rounds of ammo were also found, according to Julie Torres of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
There are no records of Seevakumaran, of Lake Mary, visiting UCF counseling or going to psychological services, according to Heston. He was enrolled at the school from fall 2010 to fall 2012, records show. Police said they believe no one else was involved in the plan, as Seevakumaran was described by his roommate as a "loner."
According to records, Seevakumaran had received four traffic tickets in Orange County from 2005-2012. In Seminole County, he was arrested when he was 21 years old for serving alcohol to a minor but got a pretrial diversion, meaning there was no conviction on his record. In 2008, he was arrested for driving with a suspended license, to which he pleaded no contest and had adjudication withheld, meaning again there was no conviction on his record.
UCF Police were assisted in the investigation by the Orange County Sheriff's Office, FBI, ATF and FDLE.
"Times like today challenge us individually, as an organization, and as a university community," said UCF President John C. Hitt. "The first test for all of us is whether we are focused on the safety of our community, and I am confident that UCF has passed that test. The safety and welfare of our students, faculty and staff, visitors, and neighbors is UCF's highest priority. The test of compassion is also very important, and our prayers go to everyone affected by today's incident."
The roommate who called 911 hasn't been identified by authorities, but Kappa Sigma's UCF chapter tweeted Monday evening that he was "one of ours."
Late Monday morning, UCF said the explosive devices were rendered safe by authorities and removed from Tower 1. All floors in Tower 1 reopened Monday evening, according to UCF officials.
Earlier in the day, a student described the scene as authorities entered the dorm.
"A cop came by and said lock the doors and don't come out," a student said.
A text/email alert was sent to students about two hours after the discovery, saying there was no threat to the campus community. Some students questioned why the alert was sent hours after the body was found.
"Why do we get emergency alerts for suspicious packages, but not for Towers being evacuated due to an armed man/active crime scene?" a student tweeted.
Students residing in Tower 1 were encouraged to go to the Student Union before being moved to the UCF Arena, which is located near Tower 1.
"I mean that makes me a little worrisome because obviously he wanted to inflict pain on somebody else too," said Towers resident Casey Craig.
UCF's main campus, which was closed all morning, reopened at noon Monday. All classes scheduled to start before noon were canceled.
UCF is the nation's second-largest university with nearly 60,000 students.
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Though the stretch of Madison Avenue starting at 57th Street and continuing through the upper 60s has not, historically, been associated with hard times, the current downturn has hammered the corridor, making it one of the worst-hit areas in New York City.
In the past year, the Gold Coast, as local retail brokers have come to call it, witnessed the exits of long-time neighborhood stalwart and linens seller E. Braun & Co. and fashion designer boutiques Alessandro Dell'Acqua and MiuMiu, among others. Some of the retailers have closed shop altogether. Others opted to downsize. In one case, Vornado Realty Trust alleges that a tenant, Krizia S.p.A., pulled a "midnight move" on its digs at 769 Madison, leaving without notice and without paying back rent for more than four months. (Vornado is now suing the retailer for approximately $350,000.)
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Shoppers who in the past indulged in aspirational purchases no longer have the money to do so, says Susan Kurland, executive vice president of retail brokerage services in the New York office of CB Richard Ellis, a global real estate services firm. "I know lots of people who have money and are just not spending," notes Kurland.
In fact, upscale retailers including Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue now offer customers the option of taking their purchases home in plain shopping bags, to hide the appearance of conspicuous consumption.
In addition to the drop-off in demand, many retailers with Madison Avenue leases also agreed to expensive terms at the peak of the cycle—rents they can no longer afford. "The rental rates they were paying [at $1,400 per square foot] were priced into the perfect market and instead, they met the perfect storm," says Henry Goldfarb, vice chairman of Grubb & Ellis Co., a commercial real estate services firm.
As a consequence, the vacancy rate in the Madison Avenue submarket has now reached 16.1 percent, according to a third quarter report from Cushman—a 70 basis point increase from mid-year 2008. That's higher than both the national vacancy rate for neighborhood and community shopping centers, which is currently at 10.3 percent, and for regional malls, which is at 8.6 percent, according to Reis Inc., a New York City-based research firm. Meanwhile, effective rents in the area have dropped by as much as 40 percent, adds Goldfarb.
The rents on upper Madison Avenue officially average $1,005 per square foot. Unofficially, rents range between $800 per square foot and $900 per square foot, according to Goldfarb. However, that's still too expensive for many retailers. That makes it difficult to turn over vacant space to tenants outside the luxury sector—they simply can't afford it, says Bill Miller, vice president and director of real estate with the retail services outsourcing group of Jones Lang LaSalle, a Chicago-based commercial real estate services firm.
Stronger neighborhoods
Considering Madison Avenue in isolation, observers might understandably conclude that New York City's retail market is devastated. But the Big Apple is a city of neighborhoods and Madison Avenue represents only a small part of the overall scene. For example, Upper Fifth Avenue has also seen a 40 percent drop-off in rental rates in the past year, but because it has less available inventory than Madison Avenue, it has not experienced as much vacancy, according to Faith Hope Consolo, chairman of the retail leasing, marketing and sales division of Prudential Douglas Elliman, a New York City-based real estate services firm. Meanwhile, Manhattan's less ritzy retail areas, including Times Square, Union Square, Herald Square, Lower Fifth Avenue and SoHo continue to welcome new tenants.
This summer, Nordstrom Inc. announced that Nordstrom Rack, an off-price version of the luxury department store, would take a 32,136-square-foot space at the former Virgin Megastore in Union Square and JCPenney moved into the repositioned Manhattan Mall. Meanwhile, arts and crafts retailer Michaels opened its first Manhattan store on the Upper West Side. In short, the recession has affected leasing fundamentals—both occupancy rates and effective rents have suffered—but New York City continues to attract interest from prospective tenants even during a difficult time.
"New York City has always been a very, very strong urban market," says Stanley Lindenfeld, senior managing director with Grubb & Ellis. "And the other thing you have to take into consideration is that [on a national basis] in order to save money, people have not been driving and they've stopped going to the mall. New York is a walking city, so there is more of an opportunity here than in the outer-lying areas."
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In fact, most of the retail properties in the city's central locations, including Times Square, Union Square and Fifth Avenue, have maintained near-full occupancy rates, according to Benjamin Fox, president of Winick Realty Group, a New York City-based retail brokerage firm.
In some areas, New York's continued success is a function of branding. Many retailers take locations in Times Square to gain exposure in an iconic and hugely trafficked part of the city, not necessarily because merchants believe stores at the "Crossroads of the World" are going to be boffo contributers to their bottom lines. As a result, Times Square's vacancy rate actually declined in the third quarter of 2009, to 9.3 percent from 10.0 percent at midyear.
Another part of the equation is rents. A retail space in Union Square currently leases for about $354 per square foot and in the area South of Houston Street for $239 per square foot, according to Cushman. That's less than half what retailers would pay for a similarly-sized storefronts in the luxe environs of Madison Avenue.
And some of the best-performing areas of the city tend to cater to value-oriented tenants, a group that has withstood this recession better than luxury and mid-price retailers. The Union Square sub-market, for instance, houses national discounters such as Filene's Basement and DSW and cheap chic retailer Forever 21, in addition to a Barnes & Noble and a Babies "R" Us. A number of smaller affordable apparel concepts, including Strawberry's and American Eagle round out the tenant list along with a bevy of local discount chains.
The area's emphasis on affordable fashion, along with its heavy foot traffic, made it the logical choice for Nordstrom Rack's first Manhattan location, according to an official statement from Scott Meden, the brand's president. Nordstrom Rack sells Nordstrom merchandise at discounts of up to 60 percent. The brand's Union Square location is scheduled to open in the spring of 2010.
Union Square's considerable foot traffic also means that any vacancies don't last long, even in a downturn. Earlier this year, the area became the victim of Circuit City's liquidation, leaving it with a 48,000-square-foot empty space in the same residential tower that housed the Virgin Megastore. This November, however, Best Buy opened in that spot. It is the first Best Buy in the world to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Downtown dominance
Further downtown, SoHo has benefited from a steady influx of tourists and its affordable rental rates, according to Fox. The area gets an added boost because of the variety of its retail offerings. Walking down Broadway between Houston and Canal Streets, one can see a broad spectrum of national and international chains, ranging from the all-American Levi's store at 536 Broadway to the Japanese transplant Uniqlo a few doors down. "SoHo has remained extraordinarily healthy and there are hardly any availabilities along that stretch," says Fox. "Every brand you can think of is represented there; it's almost like going to the mall."
Mirroring the same pattern seen in Union Square, new tenants have swiftly picked up most of the vacant slots that have opened up in SoHo since the beginning of the downturn. When Ann Taylor left a 7,000-square-foot space at 560 Broadway, in moved Escada. When Staples exited from 488 Broadway, fashion retailer Bebe picked up the 8,700-square-foot store.
The drop-off in demand for new space has hit some of Manhattan's outlying retailing areas harder, including the Upper East and Upper West Sides. In those zones, however, mom and pop shops have provided a stabilizing force, according to Goldfarb. Since the local necessity retailers—delis, dry cleaners, liquor stores—have usually inhabited the same location for years, they tend to pay affordable rents and have largely avoided the recent carnage in the retail sector.
"They provide needed services for the community and are not as affected in a recession as the national chains that overpaid for the space and for whom the slightest quiver is death," Goldfarb notes. "You have to look at the market in terms of who's really being impacted and it's the larger chains that tried to grow their bottom line through store growth and paying rentals that were just not [right]."
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That's not to say that retailers are flooding New York City with demands for space. Retailers no longer feel pressure to expand, so unless a new location makes sense financially, they are not going to take it, Fox explains. Plus, in a lot of cases landlords are more concerned about getting a stable, good credit tenant to occupy their property than they are about making top buck on the deal, adds Goldfarb.
Instead, there is a select cadre of retailers that's actively shopping around. The names include drugstores CVS and Duane Reade, Subway, video game seller GameStop and regional beauty supplies store Ricky's NYC, according to Goldfarb. Jones Lang LaSalle's Miller has also been working with some larger tenants, including TJ Maxx, Marshalls and Dollar Tree, on taking over empty big boxes left by Circuit City. The electronics seller operated at least 30 stores in New York City, including four in Manhattan.
Apparel retailers, however, considered the bread and butter of New York's retail scene, are still holding off on new store openings. "I think that until the apparel chains start to expand there's going to be a lull in the market," says Fox. "Even if there is a rent reduction on a prime piece of space, the apparel tenants aren't biting [because] they don't know what kind of sales volume they will do and then it costs $1 million to build a store and the banks aren't lending. So when you take the apparel industry, which is a major retailing segment in the city, and it's sitting on the sidelines and the banks are sitting on the sidelines, those are two big generators of retail business that are licking their wounds right now."
One positive sign on the apparel front, however, has been the opening of women's clothing store White House | Black Market on 508 Broadway in SoHo. Ariel Schuster, of New York City-based real estate firm Robert K. Futterman & Associates, says the retailer has been looking for a second location in Manhattan for two years and finally decided to take the 4,440-square-foot SoHo space this fall. Robert K. Futterman represented White House | Black Market in the transaction. "That was a great sign" for the market, says Schuster.
Whatever leasing activity does take place involves significant concessions from landlords. So far, the latter have resisted lowering asking rents and that's why official statistics have held up so well, according to Fox. But the effective rents at which deals are being signed have come down by anywhere from 25 percent to 40 percent. In many instances, the tenants are pushing hard for free rent and significant tenant improvement allowances, says Miller, who is a tenant representative. Today, a tenant looking for a Manhattan storefront might get up to $100,000 more from a landlord through various concessions than was the norm two years back.
The difficulty landlords are facing in filling vacancies has had the unintended consequence of making pop-up store leases—temporary leases that are generally signed for the term of several months, but can be as long as two years—much more common, he notes. In the past, Grubb & Ellis would get two or three calls a season from retailers looking for pop-up locations. Today, Goldfarb says his phone is ringing off the hook. Among the retailers who have signed pop-up leases in Manhattan recently are Gucci, Toys 'R' Us, Rachel Ray and Ricky's.
As a rule of thumb, the pop-up leases in New York City feature rental rates that are 50 percent off those found in permanent leases and require little to no build-out investment from the retailer, according to Consolo. And in some cases, those leases serve as test runs for permanent locations. Earlier this year, apparel seller Lisa Perry opened a pop-up store in SoHo. The brand is now in the process of signing a permanent lease on the Upper East Side, says Consolo.
The city's landlords have also become less finicky about letting "wet use" tenants, i.e. restaurants and fast-food joints, take spaces formerly occupied by hard goods retailers, notes Miller. In the past, "a lot of landlords had put a line in the sand and said 'We only want a dry use.' They are now allowing food uses into some of these spaces just so they can fill them up," he says.
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Their newfound flexibility should help New York landlords recoup some of the losses resulting from the increase in vacancies, but opinions about how long they will have to remain this accommodating vary.
Goldfarb and Lindenfeld say the Manhattan market has bottomed out, but Kurland notes that leasing activity will pick up only if the retail sector has a good holiday shopping season this year. (At the moment, most industry sources project that same-store sales growth from November through January will be flat.).
Kurland, who handles retail leasing on a national basis, notes that the last deal she closed in New York City happened seven months ago. At the peak of the real estate boom, she would close at least one Manhattan lease a month. Kurland's working on four potential transactions in the city right now, but remains cautious about the short-term prognosis.
"Unfortunately, our business is very tied into consumer confidence," she says. "And except the things that you absolutely need," including food and drugs, people are not shopping.


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Veteran MLB Umpire Brian Runge Fired for Shocking Reason
It's not just Major League Baseball players who have trouble following the league's drug policy.
Brian Runge, 43, who's been an umpire in the big leagues since 1999, has been fired for violating MLB's drug policy. He's believed to be the first umpire to lose his job after failing a drug test.
Runge had not worked a game in the majors this season, having instead worked at the Triple-A level.
The Associated Press reports "Runge failed at least one drug test, then reached an agreement so he could remain on the umpire roster. When he failed to comply with those terms, he was released."
It's unclear what drug was found in his system.
Runge is part of MLB's first three-generation umpiring family, dating back to his grandfather, who began calling balls and strikes in 1954. His father was also an umpire from 1973-97.
Brian hasn't called a major league game since August 30 of last season, due to a knee injury, but his final season was memorable. He worked the plate for Philip Humber's perfect game, as well as Seattle's six-pitcher no-hitter. In addition, Runge held down third base duties during Matt Cain's perfect game.


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BrunswickBoats necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 1307 diseños de 340 diseñadores freelance.
Bayliner Boats - World's most popular recreational boat brand
Bayliner is the largest recreational boating brand in the world. Bayliner makes fiberglass recreational boats ranging from 17 feet (approx. $17k) to 35 feet (approx. $170k). Bayliner is part of the Brunswick Boat Group, which has successfully run previous contests on 99designs (most recently with MeridianYachts).
PLEASE NOTE: This contest is for a logo for a specific event -- All Aboard demo event -- NOT the Bayliner brand/logo/word.
Bayliner's "All Aboard demo event" will take place this summer in 50 sites all over North America. The demo will feature free boat rides on new Bayliner boats, along with several other activities that will vary per location (trailing instruction, cookout, fishing guides, etc).
We're looking for a logo to represent the event and help create awareness for the event. The event will be promoted in high-traffic non-boating areas (malls, car dealerships, major intersections) along with traditional boating locations (boat dealers, boat ramps, marinas).
The logo MUST include the words "All Aboard" and "demo event". Including Bayliner's logo as complementary element is fine, but not necessary. (Example: using the Bayliner logo with an "apostrophe s" above whatever you come up with, so it would say Bayliner's All Aboard Demo Event). A quick example of a logo has been included (note that if we loved this one, we wouldn't be having this contest : ) )
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"Quality Timers" Men & Women, age 35-54, Married w/children; Homeowner; HHI $50K+; Want to spend more time with family and friends - starting today; Enjoy outdoors & water activities; Want quality at a good price
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I am both thrilled and flattered that one of my favorite bloggers, Joslyn of Simple Lovely, has asked me to do a Bloggers Favorites list for the regular feature on her site. (And I'm so excited that she mentioned Food 4 Kids!)
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Asparagus season is still with us and thanks to Riverdog Farm, we get a beautiful bundle every week in our CSA box. After making tarts, risottos, salads, and lots of stir fries, I stumbled upon a new simple way to cook asparagus. For years, I steamed asparagus. A recent article in the NY Times addresses the problems with steaming, uneven cooking being the most common one. The much-respected Paula Wolfert suggests baking asparagus with herbs in parchment packets - this method makes for asparagus that is tender and infused with the flavor of herbs. Plus, I am a sucker for the charm of something wrapped in parchment.
If you are looking for a new asparagus technique to add to your repertoire, give this one a try. The method is easy and delicious.
adapted from the NY Times, April 16th , 2010
originally from Paula Wolfert's "The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen: Recipes for the Passionate Cook"
- 1 bunch asparagus
- olive oil
- salt
- a few sprigs of fresh herbs such as thyme, chervil, tarragon and/or dill
- 1 piece of parchment
- kitchen twine
Drape parchment over a cookie sheet. Lay the asparagus in the middle of the paper - drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Toss to coat the spears. Lay a few sprigs of herbs on top. Wrap the edges of the paper around the asparagus to enclose the veggies in a packet. Wrap with twine.
Transfer the packet of asparagus to the oven. After about 45 minutes, enough time to make the rest of your meal, your asparagus will be ready to eat. (The NY Times suggested an hour in the oven, but I thought the asparagus was overcooked. 45 minutes in the oven rendered the asparagus perfectly cooked for my taste.) If you like your asparagus a little more cooked, simply retie the parchment packet and return to the oven until it is done to your liking.


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Relocation ELECTROMACH
A new location. A new house style. But unaltered strength and permanent high quality and service. As of April 14th, ELECTROMACH B.V. is located at the 'Westermaat Campus' directly to the A1 in Hengelo.
Our newly built production facility and offices reflect our reputation as an innovative, top technology supplier. The space to grow, emphasizes that Electromach is part of a financially strong group of companies to which it contributes a substantial part. With our 150 employees we look at the future with healthy optimism, and we trust that you will share this future for a long time.
Our new house style, also implemented in our newsletter and website, results from this confidence, demonstrating the synergetic unity in diversity between Stahl and Electromach, both with their own individual strengths.
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When whaling was still going on, the one thing you didn't want to be was a right whale.
They got their name because they were the right whale to hunt: they had thick blubber, so lots of whale oil, and, unlike some whales, the blubber meant the beasts would float after they were killed, making their harvest that much easier.
So, the right whale for hunters, and very much the wrong whale for surviving. (Imagine being named for your value, but only your value after death.)
They haven't been hunted since 1949, when they were nearly extinct. There's somewhere around 500 left in the Northern population, making them the most at-risk of all the whales.
And this year, they had a particularly hard time off the Atlantic provinces. Part of the right whale population moved into the Gulf of St. Lawrence last summer, with terrible results: 17 whales died and, of those that have been autopsied, most had died after collisions with ships. (A significant number also died after getting entangled in fishing gear.)
To deal with the rising right whale death total, Transport Canada ordered ships over 20 metres in length to slow to 10 knots as they travelled through part of the Gulf.
CBC News reported this week that, during the period between Aug. 11, 2017 and Jan. 11, 2018, when the ban was in place, 542 ships were reported to have broken that speed limit.
But of those 542, only 14 were fined for exceeding the speed limit. Another 78 are under investigation. The rest of the reported violators? Their cases have been "closed due to insufficient evidence," a Transport Canada spokeswoman told the CBC.
Now, you can see why the vessel's owners and captains would want to speed.
Travelling at 10 knots is hardly peak fuel performance (especially for cargo ships that normally travel at around 18 knots). It slows deliveries, and it means you might have to pay extra crew time.
- Why are right whales dying? Cape Breton high school students tackle question through map project
- Right whale protection measures could impact crossing times
- Right whale researchers meet in Halifax to sound alarm about species decline
What's harder to understand is Transport Canada's reticence in prosecuting the speeders.
The original reports were made by the Canadian Coast Guard's Marine Communications and Traffic Services — vessels are tracked during their travel in Canadian waters, and their speeds and locations are monitored by satellite.
Think about that: the locations of vessels are known, followed by satellite and even publicly charted on the internet. (It's become a problem for crews and vessels hunting for sub-sea treasure, because your competitors always know where you're working.)
It also means you can track a vessel from point to point and calculate its average speed with a high degree of accuracy. You can also obtain speeds at any point of travel,
Wednesday, for example, you could see that the container ship Zim Alabama was sailing to Halifax at 10.1 knots. The tugboat Theodore Too, heading out from its Halifax port at 7.4 knots. At the same time, the cargo ship Suomigracht was moored near Corner Brook, N.L. The chemical/oil tanker Iver Prosperity was heading down the Bay of Fundy from Saint John, N.B to Boston at 14.1 knots. Half an hour later, it was making 14.4 knots.
And if the internet can garner that kind of detail for free, how detailed is the coast guard's own vessel tracking? And how much evidence do you need to have?
Imagine being a police officer, pulling over speeders when they break the law, and then giving a ticket to only one out of every five people you catch.
You're not trying very hard, are you?
And the right whales?
They're still, sadly, the right whale. The right whale for showing us that, when it comes the environment, money still does the talking.
And the wrong whale to get the kind of protection it deserves.
Russell Wangersky's column appears in 35 SaltWire newspapers and websites in Atlantic Canada. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and on Twitter: @wangersky.


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Insurance may be defined as protection against a specific loss over a period of time that is secured by the payment of a regularly scheduled premium. It is the amount paid to an insurance company for the purchase of an insurance policy for their promise of reimbursement in the case of loss. The policy is a written contract or certificate of insurance. To sum up – insurance is a contract that provides compensation for specific losses in exchange for a periodic payment. An individual contract is known as an insurance policy, and the periodic payment is known as an insurance premium.
The origin of insurance can be traced back to almost 2000 B.C. when the Babylonian traders paid their money lenders an extra sum over and above the loan amount on the understanding that if their business failed (read shipment was destroyed or stolen) then the money lender would waive the loan. Then around 1000 B.C. merchants from Rhodes who shipped their goods together pooled their resources and kept it aside do recompense a partner in case his shipment was destroyed due to any reason.
Life insurance came into being about 500 A.D. when Greeks and Romans controlled unions called benevolent societies who looked after the family of a person who had passed away, chipping in with funeral expenses and death duties. These 'friendly societies' only made their appearance in England by the late 17th century. Fire insurance was first offered by one Nicholas Barbon, in 1666, after the Great fire of London had gutted more than 13,200 homes.
Kinds of insurance
From individual body parts to individuals, now everything can be insured, it just needs ingenuity, to think up new areas to insure. Some important insurance areas are:
- life insurance
- automobile insurance (also known as car or motor insurance)
- fire insurance
- total permanent disability insurance
- health insurance (covers medical bills in case of accidents and sickness)
- travel and transit insurance
- marine insurance and
- workers compensation insurance


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OSU Head Jabs Notre Dame, Catholics
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State's president told a university committee in December that Notre Dame wasn't invited to join the Big Ten because they're not good partners, and joked that Catholics can't be trusted.
The recording of Gordon Gee speaking to Ohio State's Athletic Council also captures him saying the Notre Dame priests who run the university are holy on Sunday and "holy hell" the rest of the week.
Gee spoke about conference expansion in the recording obtained by The Associated Press. He says Notre Dame "wanted to have its cake and eat it, too."
Gee, who has a history of verbal gaffes, also questioned the academic integrity of schools in the Southeastern Conference and the University of Louisville. He said Big Ten presidents would never agree to admit Louisville or Kentucky.
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WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in manageable business security solutions, today revealed its annual security predictions for 2013. Assembled by WatchGuard's security research analysts, the list reveals an uptick in emerging cyber threats and an increased focus by governments to fight back through legislation. While the security industry is predicted to focus on "strike back" measures, WatchGuard predicts these actions will be ineffective and ultimately unviable for most organisations.
"2012 was an eye-opening year in cyber security as we saw the number of new and more sophisticated vulnerabilities rise, impacting individuals, businesses and governments," said WatchGuard Director of Security Strategy Corey Nachreiner, a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). "This is a year where the security stakes reach new heights, attacks become more frequent and unfortunately more damaging as many organizations suffer attacks before taking measures to protect themselves from the bad guys."
WatchGuard's 2013 security predictions include:
WatchGuard hopes it is wrong in this prediction. But with more computing devices embedded in cars, phones, TVs and even medical devices, digitally dealt death is not only possible, it's plausible. Security is still often an afterthought when developing innovative technical systems. Criminals, hacktivists, and even nation-states are launching increasingly targeted cyber-attacks, resulting in the destruction of physical equipment. Most recently, a researcher even showed how to wirelessly deliver an 830 volt shock to an insecure pacemaker, proving that digital attacks can have a real-world impact.
Last year was the first real-world instance of malware that sought out virtual machines (VMs) and infected them directly. Today, there is an emergence of malicious code that can recognise when it's running in a virtual system and can act accordingly. In 2013, WatchGuard predicts attackers will create even more VM-targeted malware. It will be designed to take advantage of weaknesses found in many virtual environments, while attempting to avoid virtualised automatic threat detection systems.
"Strike back," which refers to launching a counter-offensive against cyber hackers will receive a lot of attention but won't be implemented in most organisations according to WatchGuard. "Strike backs" can include filing lawsuits, launching cyber espionage campaigns, or even launching counter cyber-attacks against attackers. WatchGuard anticipates most organizations won't implement these measures given the jurisdictional challenges of digital attacks which bounce through several countries. Plus, criminals have the ability to plant "false flags" in malware, tricking victims and authorities into thinking someone else is behind the attack.
Next year, WatchGuard expects to see an increase in IPv6-based attacks and IPv6 attack tools. While the IT industry continues to be slow at adopting IPv6 into their networks, most new devices ship IPv6-aware and can create IPv6 networks on their own. Many IT professionals don't have a deep understanding of IPv6's technicalities, yet they have IPv6 traffic and devices on their networks. This also means most administrators haven't implemented any IPv6 security controls, opening the door to attackers looking to exploit unprotected weaknesses.
Based on the following three factors, WatchGuard expects to see at least one vulnerability, even if just a proof-of-concept, that allows attackers to steal money from Android devices.
Cyber criminals are targeting Android devices more than any other because of the platform's openness. People are increasingly using mobile devices for online payments. Plus, many vendors, including Google, are starting to launch Mobile Wallets, which attaches credit cards to mobile devices.
WatchGuard expects that at least one auctioned-off zero day exploit will emerge as a major targeted attack this year. Vulnerability markets or auctions are a new trend in information security, allowing so-called "security" companies to sell zero day software vulnerabilities to the highest bidder. While they claim to "vet" their customers and only sell to NATO governments and legitimate companies, there are few safeguards in place to prevent nefarious entities to take advantage.
In 2013, expect the U.S. government to pass at least one new cyber security act, which will likely impact private organisations. The U.S. government has been trying to pass cyber security bills that give the president and various government agencies some control over what happens in the event of cyber-attack on U.S. infrastructure. The government also wants more cooperation among private infrastructure organisations and U.S. intelligence agencies. Many are pressing for the government to enact more detailed cyber crimes laws, which may help prosecute digital crimes. On top of that, some organisations are lobbying for tougher digital IP enforcement, which privacy advocates often oppose. While 2012 proved to be a difficult year for passing new cyber legislation, WatchGuard expects this year to be different.
By WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
Source: http://www.cso.com.au/mediareleases/15436/watchguard-reveals-top-security-predictions-for/


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Hope College is recognizing five couples who have played significant roles in the life of the college by naming portions of the Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse in their honor.
Russ and Doris DeVette, Bob and Marcia DeYoung, Ray and Sue Smith, Glenn and Jackie Van Wieren and Tom and Carole Renner are honored for their decades-long service to Hope.
"These are five very special couples who have had an extraordinary impact on the Hope and Holland communities with their career-long commitments," said Dr. James E. Bultman, president of Hope College. "We honor them as couples because each in their own special way has been a team that has had a profound impact on generations of Hope students."
"Hope is a better college and Holland is a better community because of their contributions to our quality of life," he said. "Their lives have been marked by a commitment to professional excellence, service to others and fulfilling with distinction the mission of Hope."
The main basketball gymnasium is being named the "DeVette-Van Wieren Gymnasium," the volleyball gymnasium is being named the "DeYoung Volleyball Gymnasium" and the weight room is being named the "Smith Weight Training Center." Press row at center court of the main gymnasium honors the Renners.
° Russ DeVette and Glenn Van Wieren together total nearly 60 years as head coach of the men's basketball team. DeVette was the coach from 1948 to 1951 and from 1956 to 1977, and Van Wieren, one of DeVette's former players, has been coach since 1977.
DeVette, who is a 1945 Hope graduate, taught or coached at Hope for nearly 40 years, from 1948 until retiring in 1988 as professor emeritus of physical education, with three years away in the 1950s to serve with the U.S. Marine Corps and on the faculty of the University of Maine. Over 24 seasons, his basketball teams captured nine MIAA championships and one NCAA regional crown. He was also head football coach from 1955 to 1969. At times during his career he was the head coach in three sports during a single school year (football, basketball and baseball). He also coached the women's track & field team.
Van Wieren, who graduated from Hope in 1964, began coaching at Hope in 1966, was away while he completed his doctorate, and returned as a member of the faculty in 1973. He has guided the Flying Dutchmen to a record 17 MIAA championships and appearances in 20 NCAA Division III post-season tournaments. Hope finished second in the nation in 1996 and 1998, and placed third in 2008. A professor of kinesiology, he has also coached baseball, cross country and soccer.
° Bob DeYoung was the college's chief fundraising officer for 26 years, from 1974 until retiring in 2000 as vice president for college advancement. He had been at the college since 1965, serving first as associate director of admissions and then as dean of men, dean of students and vice president for student affairs before moving to advancement. A 1956 Hope graduate who was a student-athlete himself, he taught and coached in the Whitehall, Mich. schools immediately after graduating from the college.
° Ray Smith came to Hope from California as head football coach and a member of the physical education (now kinesiology) faculty. He coached Hope football for 25 seasons, longer than any other head football coach in the MIAA, and entering his final, 1994, season he was the eighth-winningest coach in NCAA Division III history. His teams won nine MIAA championships. He served as director of athletics for men from 1980-2009. He retired at the end of the 2008-09 school year.
° Tom Renner is associate vice president for public and community relations at Hope, where he has been employed since 1967. He developed and directs the college's overall program in public and community relations. Since joining the staff he has also served as sports information director for the college and was league publicist for the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) for 40 years. In 2004 he received the "Hall of Honor" award from the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM) for his service on behalf of the game of basketball. In 2006 he received recognition as a Paul Harris Fellow from the Holland Rotary Club for service and humanitarian efforts in Holland and for Hope College.


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the Clorion Happy Holidays vol. 59 no. 12 december9,1983 r Glenn named to pastor's post <L Al Glenn Woodward/photo by Paul Davis Biblical studies Professor Al Glenn, who was Bethel's first campus pastor, will once again find his spot behind the podium during chapel. Glenn has been named interim campus pastor for the spring term. Current interim pastor, Maurice Lawson will conclude his work on Friday, Dec. 9. Glenn will be leading a January studies program, and will not assume the position until February, when he will speak in chapel three Wednesdays per month. Assistant to the Dean Doug Briggs, who is also serving as campus ministries administrator, will coordinate chapel services for January. Briggs will continue as ministries administrator, and will assist Glenn in his duties beginning in the spring term. Glenn served as campus pastor in 1964-1968. According to Dean Dwighl Jessup, Glenn's previous experience was key in the selection. "We chose him because we wanted someone who had served in the capacity previously," he said. "And because we feel he will do a good job." Glenn will continue instructing courses while serving as pastor. The process of selecting a permanent campus pastor will continue. Currently, a new title for the position, Dean of Christian Faith and Life, is being considered. According to College and Seminary President George Brushaber, the new title connotes "no management or discipline." The main reason for the change is to highlight the spiritual dimension. "We want to emphasize the whole and complete education for men and women," said Brushaber. The new pastor, see page 7 Doug Briggs Woodward/photo Staurseth offers reward for search and seizure by [an Woodard There is still lime to win a S100 gift certificate or a free Bethel T-shirl Ihrough the Student Search project. Student Search is a Bethel recruitment project directed by Cheryl Staurselh, recruitment programs coordinator, wilh help from Sundouloi, student public relations group. According to Staurselh, Studenl Search is a way for Bethel students to tell other friends aboul Bethel. Free Bethel T-shirts will be given to students who recom mend five or more names or who turn in one completed application to the admissions office. The sludenl who turns in the most names will win a $100 gift certificate from the campus bookstore. Another way to win a T- shirl is to give a presentation about Belhel in your home church. To participate, students must pick up name cards from Sundouloi members who will be by the P.O.'s Dec. 12-14. The cards, requesting the name, address, and phone number of the prospective student, must be turned into the admissions office Jan. 4-13. The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be announced Jan. 20. Students must lurn in names of high school juniors, seniors, or recent high school graduates who aren't on Bethel's mailing list. Each student must make a personal contact, whether in person, by mail or by phone, with each person they submit to the admissions office. The T-shirts have been specially designed by Sophomore Suzy Shelly for this project. About 250 T-shirts have been ordered, but Staurseth hopes Cheryl Staurseth Childs/photo that more students will lake advantage of the project. "I'd like it to be a morale booster for the college," said Staurseth. According to Staurseth, current enrollment trends are bleak because there are fewer graduating high school students. "Every college is trying to be a lot more strategic in recruiting," she said. "Student Search is a good way to get prospective students," said Staurseth. "People who know Bethel students are more likely to be interested in Bethel. Probably everybody, including me, can think of five kids that aren't getting information from Bethel," said Staurseth. Coffee Shop to market new image Along with physical renovations to the Coffee Shop will come "new and improved" food products of greater variety. Woodward/photo by Neal Bernards Imagine yourself wandering through a district called Market Square where nicely- dressed workers invite you to try appealing entrees including "wild pizza," "Mexican hamburgers," and a full line of deli food. Sound like an area in San Francisco? No, try Bethel's coffee shop come the spring semester. "People need variety," said Wilt Pohl, food service manager, "They come in here day- in and day-out and they need a change. We don't want to get like the cafeteria." Pohl and Linda Erickson, manager of the college coffee shop, plan to institute many changes starting during interim and continuing into spring semester. "The biggest thing we'll do is try to come up with the concept of Market Square (a new name for the coffee shop), tying all the areas of the coffee shop together," said Pohl. "Workers will wear golf shirts and matching hats adorned with the new logo. We're going to put more effort into training people, refining the edges," added Pohl. "We want to make it a fun place to work." New foods, including a line of gourmet hamburgers and fresh-baked pizza, will be offered through the system. "We'll have a specially-made pizza and crust that's different from the cafeteria's," said Pohl. "We're also going to start a campus delivery of food from the coffee shop, hopefully including Fountain Terrace and Silvercrest." Despite these innovations, Pohl feels the food prices will remain competitive with those at other colleges and at fast- food restaurants. "These changes can be done with a little knowledge and entrepe- neurship to keep costs down," said Pohl. "Good buying habits and purchasing used equipment will help." Pohl plans to promote the new "Market Square" through advertisement in the Clarion and coupons on their calendars. "We're also going to make videos that spoof the Pepsi Challenge and play them on a VCR in the coffee- shop," mused Pohl. "We'll go to hockey and basketball games to generate excitement, it'll be fun to do." Pohl hopes people like the new changes. A suggestion changes, see page 7
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Illegal logging and timber trafficking is such a serious problem that the United Nations and Interpol has joined forces in order to tackle the global crime gangs that are responsible. Now a new report from the United Nations Environmental Program has revealed that these criminal groups are responsible for 50% to 90% of illegal logging in tropical countries in the Amazon basin, Central Africa and South East Asia.
The report, titled "Green Carbon: Black Trade", was written with international police organization Interpol and states that illegal logging makes up between 15% and 30% of the industry and is worth between $30 million and $100 billion per year. What is even more disturbing is that these illegal activities are on the rise.
"It clearly spells out that illegal logging is not on the decline, rather it is becoming more advanced as cartels become better organized including shifting their illegal activities in order to avoid national or local police efforts," the report states. "Unless addressed, the criminal actions of the few may endanger not only the development prospects for the many but also some of the creative and catalytic initiatives being introduced to recompense countries and communities for the ecosystem services generated by forests."The report also states that some figures on illegal logging may not even be accurate as organized crime units often forge permits, hack trade databases and even bribe officials to transport the timber.
To tackle the problem, the report repeats the call for the creation of an internationally coordinated enforcement unit to crack down on the gangs. This multi-national, multi-agency force would have to be an organized effort in order to successfully tackle the cartels, who are very efficient at avoiding the authorities.
"As long as the profits in illegal logging remain high and the risks of getting caught are very low, there is little incentive to abandon illegal practices," the report states. If deforestation wasn't a big enough problem due to illegal activities, the environmental impact of global deforestation should be enough to make the global law enforcement agencies act.
+ United Nations Environmental Program
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