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Stuart Katzoff, 35, was a developer before he was a team owner. He was born and brought up in Princeton, N.J., and his first career was in law; he briefly worked for the trial lawyer F. Lee Bailey, followed by a stint at Lehman Brothers selling institutional assets. As a developer, he recently completed the 84-unit 45 John Street in Lower Manhattan, where condominiums are priced at $1,050 to $1,100 a square foot. He is also developing a group of homes and town homes in Medford, N.J., and a hotel in Dallas.
A self-described lifelong baseball fan, Mr. Katzoff expects the team to be profitable and self-supporting. “The two concepts, baseball and retail, actually feed off each other,” he said. He expects attendance of more than 5,000 people at each game, and with 72 home games a season, his entertainment district can expect at least 360,000 people annually.
Baseball fans are expected to help much of the downtown area, not just the ballpark, according to the city. The stadium will have limited parking, and fans who cannot park there will choose sites scattered throughout the downtown area, like parking garages in office buildings, and walk to the game. In the process, they will inevitably pass the stores and restaurants of downtown merchants.
Reno officials took an active role in bringing the Tucson team to Nevada. Soon after Mr. Katzoff and his partners bought the team for $15 million in 2006, “we heard through sources in baseball that they were looking for a site,” said the city’s redevelopment director, Mark Lewis. In February 2006, he approached Branch B. Rickey III, president of the Pacific Coast League, a Triple-A league, the highest level below the majors, and asked him to set up a meeting with Mr. Katzoff.
While the city offered about a dozen potential stadium sites to the team owners, the former railyard was “our first choice of the bunch,” Mr. Lewis said.
The city has agreed to contribute up to $31 million toward several costs, including that of assembling the multi-block site from several owners. The city’s payment will come from a car rental tax, Mr. Lewis said. Another $40 million is being provided in tax-increment financing, in which projected gains in property taxes are applied against debt issued to finance the development.
The city had already begun investing heavily in the site in 2003, eventually spending more than $300 million to relocate the Union Pacific tracks that ran through the edge of downtown to a trench nearly 30 feet below street level.
The removal of the above-ground tracks also helps to reconnect downtown Reno with the nearby Truckee River. The river, which had been degraded by industry and dumping, is undergoing considerable restoration. As part of a new river walk project, the city is planting native species along the banks, while developers are building a kayaking park on the waterway.
For most travelers, visiting Ukraine is a relatively simple, visa-free process, allowing you all that the country has to offer for up to 90 days -- from the bustling city of Kiev, to the scenic Carpathian mountains and the Crimean Peninsula. However, if you are planning on staying in Ukraine longer than 90 days for any reason, you must have a visa. The process to get a Ukrainian visa requires plenty of paperwork and time, making it crucial for you to apply well in advance of your trip.
Before applying for a Ukrainian visa, you must have a valid U.S. passport. That passport must be valid for at least three months after your trip. It also needs to have at least two blank pages and should not have been issued more than 10 years ago. You also must have valid health insurance that has an international policy. Otherwise you will need to purchase and provide proof of travel health insurance. As a U.S. citizen, if you will be staying in Ukraine for fewer than 90 days, you do not need a visa to travel to Ukraine. However, it is imperative that you leave the country before that 90-day period expires, or you could be subject to fines or banned from re-entering Ukraine for a certain period. Extending your visa while in Ukraine is rarely allowed. If you think you may need to stay in Ukraine longer, you must apply for a visa before your trip.
U.S. citizens staying beyond 90 days but fewer than 180 days can apply for a short-term visa to Ukraine. Short-term visas apply to anyone traveling for personal, official, humanitarian, religious, medical and mass-media purposes. You can also apply for a long-term visa. This is for anyone coming to Ukraine to work or study, or for those planning on immigrating. To apply for a Ukrainian visa, you will need to provide a completed visa application, your valid passport, one passport-sized photograph, and supporting documents, which include a letter of invitation from the person or group sponsoring you. It costs $160 for any type of visa for U.S. citizens, as of publication. Additional fees may apply for certain visa categories. You can apply at either the Ukrainian embassy or one of its consulates in Chicago, San Francisco and New York City.
The Consular Office at the Embassy accepts visa applications for those who live in states that fall under its jurisdiction. This includes Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Antigua, Barbuda and Trinidad and Tobago. It can take up to 30 business days to process a visa application. You can pay an additional fee for rush processing of 15 days. Contact the embassy for the most up-to-date processing fees. Only postal money orders are accepted for payment. The embassy recommends applying for a visa at least two months in advance of your trip to ensure that you get the visa, your passport and other documents back in time.
Depending on what state you live in, you may apply for a visa at the Ukrainian Consulate in New York City, Chicago or San Francisco. Each consulate has a number of states under its jurisdiction. States that fall under the New York Consulate's jurisdiction include Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. The Chicago Ukrainian Consulate is in charge of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. States that fall under the Ukrainian San Francisco Consulate include Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The processing fee for a single-entry visa is $85 and $130 for a double-entry visa, as of publication. Only postal money orders are accepted. Each jurisdiction has slightly different processing times, which can vary and change without notice. Call the consulate for the most up-to-date processing time information.
Hughes, Zora. "Where to Get a Ukrainian Visa." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/ukrainian-visa-109016.html. Accessed 17 April 2019.
The building of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration in Kyiv.
DINWIDDIE - Soldiers and civilians alike took in a special event at Poplar Grove National Cemetery on Saturday where the 6,000 graves - mainly of Civil War soldiers - were illuminated by luminaries.
"This is our eighth annual Veterans Day weekend luminary," said Betsy Dinger, National Park Service ranger and coordinator of the event.
Dinger said that the event features stories of soldiers who are buried at the cemetery shared by living historians. She said Poplar Grove isn't the only national cemetery to host such an event, but it has more of an effect at Poplar Grove due to the unique nature of the cemetery.
In 1933, the markers for the 6,000 soldiers were laid flat as a cost-saving measure for maintenance reasons, Dinger said. Now the cemetery looks like a large grass lawn.
Except at night when the luminaries are lighted, standing in for the headstones which used to stand upright.
"It's a beautiful, contemplative space," Dinger said. "They give you a sense of what 6,000 casualties [look like]. For this 9-acre space, for Veterans Day weekend, I don't think there's anything better."
She said that Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and soldiers help place the luminaries during the day. The luminaries themselves have been decorated by park visitors since Memorial Day.
"It's an honor to be able to come out here. It chokes me up," said Pvt. Abigail Bragg, a soldier from Fort Lee who helped set up the display and came back to visit.
"I didn't think it would look like this," Pvt. 1st Class Tyreneka Norman said. "Then when I came out here, I was like, wow!"
Norman said being a part of the event made her feel wonderful.
The overuse of agricultural chemicals is a problem that has spiralled out of control in Quebec, says Louis Robert, who blames the private sector's influence on public policy. Robert is now running for the presidency of Quebec's order of agronomists.
Quebec farmers are the heaviest users of chemical fertilizers in North America, says the whistleblower fired from his provincial post last year for exposing private sector interference in government studies into pesticide use.
And just like in the case of pesticides, Louis Robert blames, in large part, the private sector's influence on public policy.
The uproar in the Ministry of Agriculture triggered by Robert's dismissal pushed the seed expert into the limelight, and he is not leaving 32 years of public service quietly.
The overuse of agricultural chemicals is a problem that has spiralled out of control in Quebec, Robert said in an interview on Radio-Canada's Gravel le matin Tuesday.
"Excess fertilizers, just like excess pesticides, will cause very severe damage to the environment," he said. Chemical fertilizer contain nitrates and phosphates, which can contaminate waterways and sources of drinking water, leading to excessive growth of algae.
"The public is right to be concerned. We need to make a concerted effort to look at our agricultural practices."
The quantities of fertilizer spread in Quebec are three times higher than in Ontario, and up to six times higher than in American states, said Robert.
Yet an Agricultural Ministry document, dated May 2018, shows that Quebec's yields are no greater than those in other jurisdictions.
Quebec is the only province where industry representatives sit and vote on the fertilizer recommendations committee, Robert points out. He said his own work shows that the committee recommended the lowest use of fertilizers between 1994 and 2003 — years when the association representing fertilizer manufacturers did not have representatives at the table.
Robert, who won't say whether he'd return to his post in the Ministry of Agriculture were he to be reinstated, is now running for the presidency of the professional order governing agronomists in the province — the Ordre des agronomes du Québec.
He's campaigning on a commitment to separate the roles of pesticide consultants and sellers.
In Quebec, the soil and crop production experts who advise farmers on the use of pesticides are mostly employees of companies that sell these products. Many receive bonuses or commissions — something that is against the professional order's code of ethics.
Robert wants "the agronomist responsible for the recommendation to not be paid in any way by a company involved in the manufacturing, distribution or sale of pesticides."
He said he wants to develop a model similar to that now used in France, which recently barred agronomists from playing the dual role of vendor and consultant.
The order of agronomists' current president, Michel Duval, worked in the chemical industry for much of his career, 24 years of which was spent at the global chemical company BASF.
Last month, Duval told Radio-Canada, "We do not have any impact on the way the industry decides to work."
Quebec has issues that need to be addressed when it comes to the influence of private chemical companies and the use of such products in the province, Duval said, but he said his organization has been addressing these issues for at least four years.
However, he says he is not ready to go as far as the model used in France.
Improving the relationship between private stakeholders, the government and farmers is key, he said, and agreements have been established with the province's agricultural and environment ministries.
Since August 2017, there have been clear strides toward improving the independence of agrologists, Duval said.
The next step, he explained, is to bring all stakeholders, public and private, together in the coming months.
"We need to bring everyone together to make sure we find a solution," he told CBC on Tuesday. "Everyone needs to be part of the solution."
Quebec's agriculture minister, André Lamontagne, did not respond to CBC's request for comment on the debate over agronomists' ethics and his former bureaucrat's latest foray.
However, the parliamentary committee on agriculture, chaired by CAQ MNA Mathieu Lemay, announced Tuesday it will look into "the question of the independence of research in the agricultural and food sectors and the practices of agronomists with industry links when it comes to prescribing pesticides."
On Nov. 26, 1942, President Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing, beginning December 1.
On Nov. 26, 1922, Charles Schulz, American cartoonist and creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip, was born. Following his death on Feb. 12, 2000, his obituary appeared in The Times.
On Nov. 26, 1950, China entered the Korean War, launching a counter-offensive against soldiers from the United Nations, the United States and South Korea.
A day of thanksgiving was set aside by President George Washington to observe the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
The first college social fraternity, Kappa Alpha, was formed at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.
Public streetcar service began in New York City.
The half million Jews of Warsaw, Poland, were forced by the Nazis to live within a walled ghetto.
"Casablanca," starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, had its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing.
India adopted a constitution as a republic within the British Commonwealth.
President Richard Nixon's personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court that she'd accidentally caused part of the 18 1/2-minute gap in a key Watergate tape.
A federal jury found Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, guilty of trying to assassinate President Gerald R. Ford.
Britain announced that Queen Elizabeth II had volunteered to start paying taxes on her personal income, and would take her children off the public payroll.
Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris certified Republican George W. Bush the winner over Democrat Al Gore in the state's presidential balloting by 537 votes.
Terrorists launched commando-style attacks on two luxury hotels, a Jewish center and a crowded train station in Mumbai, India, killing 166 people.
An investigation ordered by Ireland's government found that Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin had spent decades sheltering child-abusing priests from the law and that most fellow clerics turned a blind eye.
Nineteen-year-old Somali-born Mohamed Osman Mohamud was arrested by federal agents during a sting in Portland, Ore., accused of planning to detonate van of explosives during Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Choking smog returned to the skies of Mexico City this week at levels not seen in more than a decade, prompting fears of more eye-watering days to come as efforts to curb pollution run afoul of the courts and the realities of life.
The haze that shrouded the second-largest city in the Western Hemisphere for four days never reached the worst periods in the 1980s and 1990s, but ultimately resulted from the fact that there are still too many cars on the crowded streets.
"You have to recognize that we are doing better, but it's still not ideal," Javier Riojas, a specialist in environmental sustainability at the Universidad Iberoamericana, said Friday.
Authorities declared the city's first Phase 1 pollution alert since 2005 on Monday due to high ozone levels blamed on a thermal inversion, which traps airborne contaminants from releasing upward into the atmosphere. Mexico City typically sees its worst air smog during the winter-spring dry season when warm, still air settles in the high-altitude basin ringed by volcanic mountains.
At one point on Monday, the pollution index edged past 200 — double the level considered acceptable but far short of the record of 398 set in March 1992.
Since the 1990s, Mexico City has become a vastly different place. Factories have been cleaned up or moved away, leaded gasoline was banned and tough emissions standards have been imposed on cars.
Despite much grumbling the government imposed a rule that forced cars more than eight years old to stay parked for at least six days each month even if they passed smog checks.
But the Supreme Court last year overturned that rule, putting an estimated additional 1.4 million vehicles back on the streets, many of them older, more-polluting models. As traffic jams increased, overall emissions were boosted even more because cars were forced to idle, experts say.
This week's emergency prompted authorities to say they are studying more stringent restrictions on vehicles — including smoke-belching government trucks that are now exempt from smog tests — though there are likely to be more smog-bound days before those have any effect.
Bernardo Baranda, Latin America director for the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, said that officials ought to re-establish limits on car circulation and improve cooperation across the various jurisdictions that make up the Valley of Mexico.
Longer-term, he called for more investment in public transportation as well as tolls on cars and creation of areas open only to foot and bicycle traffic.
"The root problem is the growth of the vehicle fleet," Baranda said.
Air quality in Mexico City today is generally far better than much of China, India and other parts of Asia. For example, while the alert was still in place on Thursday, Mexico City recorded a pollution index of about 150 while levels were topping 400 in Beijing, according to the World Air Quality Index, which tracks air quality around the globe.
Even with the Supreme Court ruling, vehicles still must pass smog checks every six months. But every car owner knows that slipping the equivalent of about $20 to a verification center worker is enough to ensure the inspection will come out "clean."
Authorities in Mexico City say vehicles are responsible for 87 percent of nitrogen oxide emissions, a precursor to ozone, the most problematic contaminant.
Critics also say a series of city administrations have been enthusiastic about building things like double-decker highways for cars and less aggressive about better public transportation, though the area has expanded its subway, bus and urban train systems. A bike-share program has been wildly popular and dedicated bus lanes have attracted huge ridership since their inception in 2005.
Dwight Dyer, energy and environment editor for the online publication El Daily Post, argued that at least four more dedicated bus lanes could have been built for the amount of money that was spent expanding a highway that rings the city.
"You have a policy of promoting the use of the car, and this has not been only the present administration," Dyer said, adding that the tendency is even more pronounced in suburbs that are home to over half the metropolis' 20 million-plus residents.
"There's a huge market for increasing mass public transit," Dyer said. "But there's very little interest I suppose in doing this because the electoral payoffs are not as high."
Announcing the end of the four-day alert Thursday evening, federal Environment Secretary Alejandro Pacchiano promised to beef up the system of smog inspections and study tougher vehicle restrictions.
Some would like to see more drastic measures.
"I have thought that they should take half of the cars off the road on any given day, and the other half the next," said Ricardo Juarez, a 54-year-old salesman who relies on the subway, buses and occasional taxis to get around.
This week's alert may be a good thing, he said, if it "sends up red flags for the government."
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One of the few marsh lots left at Big Landing Plantation. Great views from all directions. Community ammenities include pool, clubhouse and a large pier with two day docks.
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Vail Resorts, Inc. is one of the leading resort operators in North America. The company's operations are grouped into two segments, Resort and Real Estate. In the company's Resort segment, they own and operate resort properties which provide a comprehensive resort experience throughout the year to a diverse clientele with an attractive demographic profile. The company's Real Estate segment develops, buys and sells real estate in and around the their resort communities.
Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) has once again been recognized by Forbes as one of 'America's Best Employers.' This is the fourth consecutive year that Vail Resorts, the leading global mountain resort operator, has been listed among the country's 500 most highly regarded, large employers.
BROOMFIELD, Colo. , April 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) has once again been recognized by Forbes as one of 'America's Best Employers.' This is the fourth consecutive year that Vail Resorts, the leading global mountain resort operator, has been listed among the country's 500 most highly regarded, large employers.
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) on February 11th, 2019 at $201.55. In approximately 2 months, Vail Resorts has returned 8.14% as of today's recent price of $217.96.