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Project applicants John and Leno Martire told this newspaper at a July 19 community outreach meeting that their plan as of now is to erect a single-story, 10,350 square-foot retail building with three to four different retail tenants at 840 and 850 E. El Camino Real. |
The project in part would replace a graffiti-covered building, home to a fortune teller’s business called Psychic Answers. While that space will become mostly parking, the neighboring plot that was home to an acupuncture business and is currently Penske Truck Rental would become the retail building space. |
A special development permit is requested for the area in order to combine the two commercial properties. |
The project will be reviewed by the planning commission on Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. in the city council chambers, 456 W. Olive Ave. |
According to John Martire, there are hopes of bringing a cafe or small restaurant to the site. The applicants said they’re in negotiations with one retail tenant, but could not disclose which retailer it is. |
The building itself would be designed with wood and metal finishes giving the building a sleeker, more modern look than the location’s current buildings. |
“I think our thought was the inspiration to bring a little bit of Palo Alto to this part of El Camino,” said John Martire. |
He added that the 850 E. El Camino Real parcel had been in the Martire family for more than 50 years and had quite the eclectic past. Before becoming the psychic business, it at various times housed a gun shop, a sales office for a mixed martial arts gym and a retailer specializing in selling supplies for back yards, p... |
About a year ago the family was able to purchase the 840 E. El Camino Real parcel and submit a project application to the city. |
“We think this will be a really good complement to all the residential that’s surrounding this property. We’ll be providing some good retail services,” said Leon Martire. |
Here’s a little piece I wrote a while back for Saint Anthony Messenger. Given that this was the Sunday reading, I thought it appropriate to reprint it here. |
The story of the woman taken in adultery stands out in Scripture for a number of reasons. |
First and foremost, it stands out because it is reckoned as Scripture at all. The story doesn’t have a fixed home in the gospels. There is a lot of back and forth in the manuscripts of the New Testament about whether and where to include the story but, in the end, the Church simply could not bear to let it go. So the s... |
I can’t say for certain that John wrote the story, but I can say for certain that, if he did not, whoever did so has definitely got John’s talent for economy of words and his ability to cram a ton of meaning into just a few terse sentences. More than that, what interests me here is what John shows us about the judgment... |
We know the story well—and for that reason we may well be blind to it. Jesus’ enemies bring to him a woman taken in adultery: “in the act”. There is, in short, no question about her guilt. She was taken in flagrante delicto. Nor do the ones bringing her to Jesus have the slightest question of what is to be done with he... |
But here is where things become interesting and, by turns, horrifying, astonishing, and beautiful. |
The men bringing this woman to Jesus have not the slightest interest in her. Indeed, in a certain sense, they are not even interested in her guilty—only in her utility in entrapping him. Notably, they have not brought the man with whom she was committing adultery. It is not clear if she has been cheating on her husband... |
The bind is this: if Jesus affirms the law of Moses and its command for death, then he usurps Roman authority which alone can inflict the death penalty in occupied Judea. He becomes the leader of a lynch mob and can be handed over to the Roman authorities as a rebel. |
On the other hand, if he does not affirm the law of Moses, then he is no Messiah since he rebels against the word of God. |
It’s a pretty puzzle, and it looks like they have him dead to rights either way. |
So what does Jesus do? He kneels and writes in the dirt with his finger. It’s a curious detail and it’s worth noting. |
The evangelists are not like modern novelists. They are not interested in verisimilitude. So they do not, for instance, ever give us description of Jesus’ appearance. When they do include details, it is usually because something about the scene has a theological meaning. So, for instance, Luke carefully mentions Jesus ... |
Why then does the sacred author mention Jesus writing on the ground with his finger? Because God has done that before: he “gave to Moses, when he had made an end of speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, the two tables of the covenant, tables of stone, written with the finger of God” (Exodus 31:18). The finger of God wrot... |
Now, when we think of God judging we typically imagine him looking down on us and pronouncing our doom as we look up at him in supplication, pleading for mercy and dreading damnation. |
But this passage, in fact, shows us what the judgment of God looks like. God incarnate kneels before the woman taken in adultery. He places himself in a position where he must look up into her face. Then, he stands up, having written with the finger of God, and pronounces his first verdict, directed not to the woman, b... |
So much for the clever trap. But judgment of the woman still awaits. |
Jesus, for his part, kneels again, forcing himself to again look up into the woman’s face. If you are looking for a foreshadow of what Judgment Day will be like: this is virtually the only one we have in the New Testament where Jesus actually gives us, not a parable or an image, but himself actually rendering judgment ... |
He addresses her as “Woman” (gynai in Greek). This sounds cold to the English-speaking ear but we have to hear it in the context of both the Old Testament and in the context of Jesus own habits of speech which are so formed by the Old Testament. It is, in fact, an allusion to the Woman, Eve. It is also an allusion to J... |
And so he asks her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” (John 8:10) and she replies, “No one, Lord.” So he sends her away, free, with the words, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and do not sin again” (John 8:11). |
Jesus’ accusers have their minds filled with webs and stratagems. They see diagram, not human beings. They do not see the woman except as a tool. They do not see the law except as a puzzle piece. They most especially do not see Jesus, except as a thing they seek to destroy. |
And Jesus? He appears to see nothing but the human being in front of him: the Imago Dei. His answer to the mob is prelude to the main goal: the liberation and healing of the woman. He sees her as he sees us: as beloved people, not as tools in a power struggle. The law he wrote with his finger was made for her, not she ... |
The second series of NHNZ produced Our Big Blue Backyard premieres this week, promising even more awe-inspiring moments from New Zealand’s extraordinary marine environments. |
The first season was a smash hit and one of TVNZ 1’s most successful new series to air in 2014. Production began on the second series in early 2015. |
For the six new “backyards”, the production ventured further afield to the Kermadec Islands, over 1000 kilometres north east of the North Island; White Island; the Chatham Islands; Banks Peninsula; Fiordland; and nearly 500 kilometres south of the South Island to theAuckland Islands. |
Underwater and topside camera crews will once again reveal the daily dramas, challenges and triumphs of the extraordinary marine animals living in these neighbourhoods. Hero characters this time include humpback whales, huge groper, longfin eels, Hector’s dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, seven-gill sharks, yellow-eyed an... |
Series Executive Producer Judith Curran says the public’s response to the first season guaranteed the production of the new season. |
Curran says that while iconic species dominate the storylines, a cast of fascinating supporting characters will also feature offering drama, humour and sometimes tragedy. |
Funded by NZ on Air, Our Big Blue Backyard series 2 premieres on TVNZ 1 7:30PM Sunday, 30th October. |
NHNZ is a major global producer of factual television creating original content for National Geographic Channels, PBS, Animal Planet, Discovery, NHK and CCTV. NHNZ’s storytelling prowess has been recognized with more than 250 international awards including Emmy awards and the prestigious Wildscreen Panda. With a market... |
Find more from TVNZ1 on InfoPages. |
The concept Learning and scholarship -- England represents the subject, aboutness, idea or notion of resources found in Boston University Libraries. |
Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England. : Being a collection of documents, for the most part never before printed, illustrating the history of science in this country before the Norman conquest., Collected and edited by the Rev. Oswald Cockayne .. |
It begins with healthcare and sanctuary cities. |
Democrat Bibiana Boerio and Republican Guy Reschenthaler, candidates for Pennsylvania’s 14th Congressional District, both have released their first television ads of the general election cycle. The candidates tout their resumes in the ads, while each focusing on one specific policy issue. |
Boerio’s 30 second ad details her various “titles” throughout her life and shares her mother’s health battles to advocate for protecting health care coverage for those with pre-existing conditions. |
The Reschenthaler campaign finds the assertion made by Boerio to be untrue. |
“Bibiana Boerio’s preposterous claim contains no details because it’s a complete fabrication — unsupported by fact, and issued by an out-of-touch liberal millionaire who would turn everyone’s medical coverage over to faceless bureaucrats in Washington,” said Dennis Roddy, campaign spokesman. |
The Boerio campaign believes the ad accurately portrays the candidates record, which they think shows her ability to represent the district. |
Congressional candidates in Pennsylvania centering their first television ads around healthcare coverage has become a common theme in 2018. |
The Reschenthaler campaign believes the ad showcases the best of their candidate. |
Boerio’s campaign lauds Reschenthaler’s military service, but questions if that necessarily leads to legislative achievements. |
“When “DC Swamp creatures are in for a fight,” be sure that Democrats are prepared to stand up for the people who they represent–not for special interests, not for personal benefits,” Jankowski said. |
The newly drawn 14th district voted for President Trump by 30 points. |
In the GOP friendly 9th district, the Republicans first ad also referenced “draining the swamp”, while the Democratic candidate in that race also echoed a message of protecting those with pre-existing conditions. |
If you see this or any ad, I invited you to flag it for me at John@PoliticsPA.com. |
Guy seems like such a phony. |
She didn’t, plain and simple. In fact, she said, “We respect and value Guys service to this country in Iraq”. Her raising the question how interrogating the Butcher of Fallujah translates to working across the aisle to get things done is a valid question. |
I say this with full disclosure that I’m an R, but we’ve come to the point where we don’t LISTEN to either side, and we get the absurd comments like “she’s disrespecting his service to our country”. |
It’s nonsensical crap like this from both sides that people hate politics. |
Bibie is not a socialist. She is a leader who cares about the people of southwestern Pennsylvania. She will work with colleagues across the aisle to developing winning programs for all concerned. |
Calling her a socialist is a desperate attempt to smear her name. |
And I never dissed Mr. Reschenthaler’s service, read it again. |
Seriously? Boerio’s spokeswoman just dissed Guy’s miltary service by saying it doesn’t qualify him to work across the aisle? What is wrong with her? |
Yeah that’s right. So stop wrapping yourself in The American flag and thinking that’s what makes you tough sh*t. You people are sick. |
BIBI is an outspoken socialist running in southwestern pa. Good luck there. |
You should read her resume and learn some actual facts about a woman who is far more accomplished than you appear to be. |
It hasn’t been a month and a half since Cardi B gave birth to her first child, but she was looking more than ready to show off her post-pregnancy body on Monday at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards. |
As the VMAs were taking place on Monday night, Cardi took to Instagram to post a photo of herself wearing a velvet purple gown by Nicolas Jebron, as specified by a report from Elle. This was followed up early Tuesday morning, shortly after the annual ceremonies had wrapped up, with a second photo of her wearing the sam... |
Aside from the revealing dress she wore at the VMAs, Elle noted that Cardi was also decked out in $4 million worth of jewelry and wearing a new, short haircut as she made her first red carpet appearance since she and Migos rapper Offset became parents to newborn daughter Kulture Kiari Cephus on July 11. |
While Cardi B’s Instagram photos seemed to focus on post-pregnancy body positivity, as suggested by the captions “K mom” and “Momma bear,” Elle’s report featured several other images of the “Bodak Yellow” rapper at the VMAs as she showed off a less serious side, hamming it up for the camera while still wearing the same... |
As detailed by a report from NME, Cardi B had quite the memorable MTV VMAs on Monday night, as she opened the event by declaring that the “liberals” had voted for her as the “empress.” While she was addressing the audience, she was cradling a bundle covered by a pink blanket, giving the impression that she might have b... |
Despite rumors from publications such as Hollywood Life that suggested Offset was unhappy with Cardi B’s baby reveal fake-out, the 25-year-old rapper went home with a solid, three-award haul from this year’s MTV VMAs. NME noted that Cardi won awards for Best New Artist, Best Collaboration for the song “Dinero” with Jen... |
"Best Practices for Teaching Discussion as Part of High School Common C" by Mitchel Stengel, Leah Nolan et al. |
Instructional discussion is a teaching method used in many classrooms across grade levels. In fact, the Common Core State Standards promote the use of instructional discussion in secondary classrooms (Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2018a). Students, however, are not always taught best practices for engaging in... |
Skoda Octavia price in Pune starts from ₹ 18.29 Lakh (Onroad Price Pune). Skoda offers Skoda Octavia in 11 different variants. Out of these Skoda Octavia versions, 6 are powered by Petrol, whereas, 5 are powered by Diesel. Skoda Octavia Corporate Edition Diesel is the base version, which comes with a price tag of ₹ 18.... |
Mumbai: The rupee fell, ending two days of gains, on speculation the central bank (Reserve Bank of India) sold the currency to stem a rally that eroded export earnings. |
A stronger currency encourages imports while making goods and services shipped overseas more expensive to customers abroad. Record stock purchases by global funds helped push the currency to the strongest in almost a decade last month. |
“There was speculation of the central bank buying dollars probably to help exporters," said V. Rajagopal, chief currency trader at Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd in Mumbai. “That was enough to keep the rupee under pressure." |
The rupee fell to 39.41 against the dollar at the close of trading in Mumbai from 39.405 on 7 December, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. |
The government lowered customs duty on some imported goods and eased some credit terms for leather and textile exporters to help them cope with the rupee’s 11.3% gain this year. |
The rupee rose earlier on Monday on speculation overseas investors will buy more equities to benefit from India’s record economic growth. |
The local currency rose to the highest in more than two weeks as funds abroad purchased more stocks than they sold for five days through 6 December, the longest buying streak in almost two months, according to Securities and Exchange Board of India. |
“I think investors’ confidence is deep and strong and should help bringing in more flows," said Vikas Babu, a currency trader at state-owned Andhra Bank Ltd in Mumbai. “The rupee should sustain its advances in the near term." It may rise to 39.20 by the end of next week, Babu said. |
Overseas funds have more than doubled their investments in stocks this year to a record $16.5 billion (Rs65,010 crore) as economic growth in the year ending in March will match average 8.6% pace of the past four years, according to the central bank. |
GLORXX is back with more of his macabre wit. |
Tactless blunder, or generous gift? |
Rock, scissors fear a trap. |
Doesn’t feel very nice, does it? |
But can they claim surprise? |
Yes, Vogue runs photos of all sorts of women, whoopee. |
Begun, the veggie wars have. |
Correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s sort of the point, yes? |
Thus is the unholy alliance consecrated. |
Mumbai: Star India and Zee Group, two leading electronic media conglomerates in the country, on Thursday came together to form an alliance for distributing television content. |
In a landmark deal announced here, Star Den Media Services Pvt Ltd and Zee Turner Ltd will form a a joint venture to combine distribution of their respective channel bouquets in the country. |
Currently, Zee channels are distributed by Zee Turner Ltd, a joint venture company of Zee’s parent Essel Group and Turner International, which runs channels like Cartoon Network and Pogo in India. |
Star channels, on the other hand, are distributed by StarDen, a 50:50 joint venture between Star India and Sameer Manchanda’s DEN Networks. The newly formed company, Media Pro Enterprise India Pvt Ltd, will be a 50:50 joint venture between Zee Turner and Star Den Media Services and would jointly aggregate and distribut... |
Zee Turner Ltd is an existing 74:26 joint venture between Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) and Turner International India Private Limited (TIIPL). |
Commenting on the deal, Zee Entertainment Enterprises CEO and MD Punit Goenka said: “The Indian Television market is growing rapidly and provides ample opportunities for the JV company to create value." |
Star India CEO Uday Shankar said that coming together of “the two leaders will lead to a larger consensus around a growth blueprint for the Indian electronic media industry". |
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