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▪ At long last, retail — something other than restaurants — should make a long-awaited comeback on and around Main Street, Kennell said. |
Restaurants tend to follow residents, and stores tend to follow restaurants, Kennell said. And stores are the hardest thing to nail down, he said. |
▪ More apartments will come online, and even condos could see a rebirth, as rental and sales rates naturally rise to the point that building for residents is more and more appetizing to developers, predicts Tom Prioreschi, who, along with his original development partner Ron Mohling, took a risk on opening the first mo... |
It’s been a slow crawl to 1,000 full-time residents, and the number’s not quite ready to take off, Prioreschi said. But the time is fast approaching when residential density downtown will multiply, Prioreschi said. |
“We need a little more buzz. We need a little more pizzazz like we have on the 1600 block (of Main Street) that is just blowing it off the charts. ... And then we’ll be self-sustaining,” he said. |
▪ Something other than cars will thrive on the streets. The Blue Bike bike share program already has multiple docks on Main Street, and The Hub student apartment tower is one of the most popular ride-share stops in the state, Kennell said. |
Walking and alternative modes of transportation will continue to increase and improve in the district as residential density rises, Kennell predicts. |
▪ Energy and activity will spread north toward Elmwood Avenue and south past the State House, Kennell believes. Expanded streetscaping already is on tap “to make it a more attractive area where you want to get out and move around,” he said. |
Some 300 new residents could be living in the district by this time next year, with the opening next month of 132 apartments at 1321 Lofts at the corner of Lady and Marion streets (two blocks off Main Street) and the upcoming renovation of the three-building Keenan complex into 109 apartments just across the street. |
Those future residents, along with the roughly 700 full-time and 800 student residents already living on Main Street, owe something to the brave apartment dwellers who first gave Main Street a chance back in 2000. |
“There was a residual demand built up” to live downtown, said Prioreschi, who remembers having almost no trouble renting his first Capitol Places apartments in 2000, despite there being few attractions downtown at the time. |
Approaching the 20-year anniversary of Capitol Places, the developer recognizes his big move to put residents on Main Street once was a foolish thought to some. |
At that time, who could have predicted the desolate downtown would ever become a desirable place to live? Very few people did. |
Capitol Places’ first one-bedroom apartments in the Kress Building at the corner of Main and Hampton streets rented for a little more than $500, Prioreschi said. (They run about twice that price now.) One of his first tenants worked in a downtown advertising firm. A bread company shared the building with the apartments... |
About the same time the Kress Building opened, the Columbia Museum of Art was opening in an old Macy’s department store across the street, setting the stage for the area’s slow but sure revitalization. |
In the two decades since the museum and Capitol Places moved to Main, a slew of attractions have followed: Mast General Store, the Nickelodeon Theatre, Tapp’s Arts Center, the weekly Soda City Market and a hearty variety of restaurants and bars. |
Hundreds of apartments have followed the Kress Building, including several more projects by Capitol Places, The Palms and the Land Bank Lofts. |
And a major catalyst for Main Street was the opening of the 20-story Hub student apartment complex in 2014, which put hundreds of feet on the streets for three quarters of the year when college classes are in session. |
The majority of the district’s transformation from dull 9-to-5 business center to round-the-clock entertainment hub has happened in just seven or eight years. |
But it took a daring vision and a bit of risk to set off the dominoes. |
To celebrate Capitol Places’ landmark 20th anniversary and its influence on downtown Columbia, there will be a reception at 1321 Lofts on Tuesday, Jan. 29. The new apartments, which are available for lease starting in February, will be open for tours. |
With more than one in 10 people out of a job, unemployment in Australia has reached record levels, and Bob Hawke's March 12 economic statement promised do away with even more jobs. |
The official unemployment rate, as calculated by Australian Bureau of Statistics surveys, was 738,300 (8.7% of the workforce) in February. This is the largest number of people out of work in Australian history. |
But this does not reflect the full scope of unemployment. First, the figure is seasonally adjusted: the raw statistics for February show 812,000 out of work. Second, the ABS survey is conducted on the assumption that a person who works for pay for as little as one hour per week is employed. It also does not include man... |
According to the Australian Council for Social Services, more than 1 million other people could be considered to be unemployed but do not come into the official figures. This would make the real figure for February over 1.5 million or 16.4% of the workforce. |
According to Reserve Bank statistics, official and hidden unemployment combined peaked at 1,096,500 in 1983. But comparisons with the last recession should go beyond simply the number of people unemployed. |
In the last recession, fewer workers were forced to work short weeks or to take compulsory leave without pay. The Accord has made a big difference: workers now are much more at the mercy of employers. Award conditions have been bartered away on an unprecedented scale. |
The statistics for workers on reduced hours and pay have not been put together, but the anecdotal evidence is mounting. A report in the March 10 Sunday Telegraph claimed that 300 companies in the clothing, furniture, housing, vehicle building and metal industries have their workers on short working weeks or are negotia... |
The Independent Teachers Association agreed last week to allow 12 of its members to work for four weeks without pay for the Woods English Language College so that they could keep their jobs. |
The latest ABS figures also include a drop of 92,200 in full-time employment and an increase of 61,600 in part-time employment. |
The statistics show that Arab and Asian migrant communities are hardest hit. Lebanese-born workers had a 30.4% unemployment rate, Cambodian-born 28%, Laotian-born 25% and Vietnamese-born 10%. |
More job cuts are on the way. BHP has closed another coal mine ng 300 out of work. Qantas has announced that it may shed a further 3000 workers. The Industry Commission predicts up to 22,800 jobs could go in the vehicle building industry as a result of tariff cuts announced on March 12. Jobs are also expected to be los... |
ACTU president Martin Ferguson and treasurer Paul Keating admitted that more workers would be made jobless, but both insisted that workers must continue to sacrifice for the sake of economic restructuring. |
Exactly 365 days after its release, the Ultra Boost changed the game for adidas. Here's how. |
A year ago today, adidas introduced a new sneaker, the Ultra Boost, that would change the climate of the company’s sneaker game for the next year. Making a bold claim that they were launching the best running sneaker ever, the Boost technology already had people intrigued. The design, however, was a major upgrade from ... |
Boost has been around since 2013; it was first created in a laboratory by BASF and started as a technical tool for runners looking for the ultimate ride, while trying to knock out steps for their Fitbits. In 2014, the adidas Energy Boost 2 gave the original model to use the technology even more comfort and also upgrade... |
As it turns out, the adidas Ultra Boost truly was on another level. I was fortunate enough to get a pair of the lead colorway—in black and purple—from adidas during NYC All-Star Week last year. I can’t front: After wearing the Energy Boost 2 non-stop in 2014 and knowing there was additional Boost added to the Ultra, I ... |
It didn’t take long before Kanye got his hands on the Ultra Boost during New York Fashion Week, and the sneaker started to pick up some momentum. Yeezy sporting the all-white Ultra Boosts and image of him flying across the stage at a Powerhouse 106 concert in Los Angeles was the hero shot the brand had been waiting for... |
And what kicked off as a game-changing running shoe turned into the hottest lifestyle look in the streets. Whether that was ever the intention or not, adidas’ plans to seems to have worked out just fine. Adidas really needed a sneaker that was capable of looking as dope with an over-sized crewneck and jeans as much as ... |
Endless Instagram accounts dedicated to what to wear with the Boost were created, taking outfit grids to another level with minimalistic on-body style shots. People did their best to cook up custom pairs with yet-to-be-released colored Boost soles to one-up their peers, and top retailers and designers created their own... |
It’s been a minute since adidas has had a non-limited sneaker that steadily sells out every time it’s in stock and, on top of that, commands reseller prices. For a while the all-white Ultra Boost was selling at double the MSRP on eBay and, even almost a year later, the white shoe still sells out as soon as they hit sit... |
And while some brands shoot themselves in the foot by trying to repeat success without being innovative, adidas has taken the blueprint from the Ultra Boost and applied to a handful of new and, most importantly, fresh looks to keep the momentum going. Just peep the buzz around the NMD, Pure Boost X, and recently unveil... |
The Yeezy Boost may have won the Footwear News award for Best Sneaker of 2015—for the record, Complex ranked the Ultra Boost as the no.1 sneaker of the past year—but the Ultra Boost had the biggest impact for the brand. It pushed major units and gave adidas it’s biggest crossover hit since, well, it’s been a while. T... |
Here we are a year later—adidas didn’t oversaturate shelves with a million colorways and variations; the brand kept it simple and clean, and gave people the essentials to keep in their sneaker rotations. Even once it got big, adidas didn’t overthink the Ultra Boost or try to force something on consumers by marketing a... |
Ljubljana, 21 November - The Police Trade Union of Slovenia (PSS) has filed a lawsuit against the Interior Ministry over a decree, passed this year, restricting industrial action of the police force. The first hearing will be held on Friday. |
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A conversation between a couple of Glossodia mates has turned into a major fundraising initiative. Dan Naethuys and his mate Josh Stephenson wanted to do something for the struggling farmers in western NSW and they were adamant that any funds or goods raised must went directly to those in need. They decided to form the... |
A conversation between a couple of Glossodia mates has turned into a major fundraising initiative. |
Dan Naethuys and his mate Josh Stephenson wanted to do something for the struggling farmers in western NSW and they were adamant that any funds or goods raised must went directly to those in need. |
They decided to form their own charity organisation, Hawkesbury Hay Runners. |
The fellas have been overwhelmed by the response. |
“Born and bred in the Hawkesbury we have a passion and love for the bush and our farmers,” said Mr Naethuys on the official charity Facebook page. |
“We are calling for our local community to spare a penny or two and help save the backbone of our country. |
Dan said many had already donated to the cause, including RAND Logistics, which donated 24 pallets of packaged food to be broken down into food hampers. |
“Its definitely going to help us make a difference,” said Dan. |
The group is calling for donations of cash, non perishable foods and toiletries. |
To help generate funds the group has stubbie holders [$10] and car bumper stickers [$5] for sale and they are placing collection tins at businesses around the area. |
Collection points are in Glossodia, Windsor [Windsor Rural Supplies] and Richmond [Suppworx]. |
Direct cash donations can be made via direct deposits to: Account name – Hawkesbury Hay Runners Inc; BSB – 032274; Account number – 443980; Charity registration number – INC1801172. |
"Drought affects the entire community including young children,” said Dan. “They enjoy far less family time with their parents as they are out in the paddocks simply trying to keep their livestock alive. Being a farmer, especially in drought striken times, is not a 9-5 job. Please help us help them." |
For more details visit: hawkesburyhayrunners.com.au or facebook.com/hawkesburyhayrunners. |
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Sep 15 – Leading South African rugby analyst and former Springboks coach Nick Mallett admitted to being amazed by the shock 36-34 victory over the All Blacks in New Zealand Saturday. |
“Humble pie never tasted so delicious,” said the SuperSport pundit after the biggest Test upset this year, having predicted South Africa would do well to lose by less than 20 points. |
“There was absolutely no pre-match evidence that South Africa would win,” said the 61-year-old who guided the Springboks to third place at the 1999 Rugby World Cup. |
“They were shocking in away losses to Argentina and Australia recently, hence my prediction that they would do well to lose by less than 20 points. |
“But after winning in Wellington they have raised the bar to new heights, and that is where it must stay,” he said of the Rugby Championship fourth-round triumph. |
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa hailed the victory, tweeting: “A job very well done by our Springboks for the fierce fight and victory against the tough All Blacks. |
Mallett called the performance by the seventh-ranked South Africans against the world champions “brilliant” and “magnificent”. |
“New Zealand have scored an average of 35 points when beating us in recent years so we had to get at least 36 — and that is exactly what the team did. |
“A key factor was putting the All Blacks under pressure — it is not a situation they are used to dealing with. |
Pollard shrugged off woeful recent goal-kicking form to succeed with five of six shots while opposite number Beauden Barrett converted only two of six. |
“I also thought New Zealand erred at the end of the game as they sought a match-winning score by going for a try rather than a drop goal. |
Despite the shock loss, New Zealand remain favourites to win the Rugby Championship for a sixth time in seven attempts. |
They lead South Africa by six points and can clinch first place by securing a bonus-point victory over Argentina in Buenos Aires this month. |
South Africa host New Zealand in Pretoria on October 6 in the final round with the 52,000 tickets sold out two months ago. |
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A simple and sophisticated dessert. Raspberries give a pleasant tartness to the dish but you could replace them with any seasonal soft fruit. |
To make the pastry, place the flour, butter and sugar into a bowl. Gently and quickly rub the ingredients together into the consistency of bread crumbs (or you can use a food processor to blend to the same consistency). Lightly beat the egg yolk and drizzle it into the flour crumbs. Use a knife to mix through until the... |
Using your hands flatten the dough to about 2cm/1in thick. Wrap in cling film or grease proof paper and refrigerate for 30 minutes. |
Grease a 25cm/10in tart tin with butter and leave the tin to chill in the fridge. |
When you are ready to roll out the pastry, remove the pastry from the fridge and place between two large sheets of cling film. Roll out with a rolling pin until 3mm (1/8 inch) thick and until the circle formed is big enough the line the base and side of the tart tin. |
Remove the top layer of cling film. Take the cooled tart tin from the fridge. Slide your hand palm up under the bottom layer of cling film with the pastry on top. Flip the pastry over onto the tart tin and gently lower into the base and using your thumb. Lightly push into the edges. Then use your thumb to “cut” the pas... |
To blind bake the pastry, remove the pastry and tart tin from the fridge. Cut a piece of greaseproof paper or baking parchment that is larger than the tin and scrunch into a ball and open out again so that it’s soft and less rigid. Place the paper into the pastry case and gently fill with dried pulses or baking beans. ... |
To make the pastry cream, place the egg yolks and caster sugar in a bowl. Whisk until thick and pale in colour then stir in the flour and add a pinch of salt. |
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