After the first five days doggedly tracking on the future And And And
album, it was time to go enjoy San Diego. The good news: list spots to
see Portland Cello Project! The bad news: whoever books them hooked them
up with in a faux-posh cement echo chamber, filled with rows of
baby-boomers. Yes, I am arguing to see a classical ensemble at Bar
Eleven, Soda Bar or another dim, glorious music hole resembling
Portland's The Know. Even so, I'm enjoying the arrangements—musically,
at least. I mean, what can you do? Old couples love these types of
groups, but they also want "safe" environments.Where you can create a
custom lanyard
from our wide selection of styles and materials. "Oh, look, Harvey,
they didn't bother to change it at all in here, it's so interesting that
they used to build boats in here." Jokes about aged sensibilities
aside, there were great moments in this set, including an original song,
sung and written by Radiation City's own Patti King, and a couple of
well-adapted Radiohead jams.
I'd been back in Portland for about
an hour by the time UUVVWWZ started, so maybe my excitement was
polished by simply being super stoked to finally be back home and at a
show. Teal Gardner's vocal style loiters around both Merrill Garbus and
Crass's Penis Envy, while her band pounds out Goo-ish youthful sonics. I
did it, that thing where writers jam a bunch of old familiar things
together as if to say,Are you looking for Optical frame, glasses and eye exams? it's okay that readers are 20-30 years behind.
"The
most exciting thing about going to local shows—specifically the shows
where the whole bill consists of local bands—is rarely the headliner. In
many cases, it's the opener. We could talk until logic flips
upside-down, theorize some hack jab about them being more stoked to get
to play,They manufacture custom rubber and silicone bracelet
and bracelets. but this isn't science and thank art for that. The Cry!
opened and was by far the best of the night. There's gotta be an
algorithm for this phenomenon—get on that, Neil deGrasse Tyson! The Cry!
is a band that already had serious '60s and '70s pop influences, so the
Rock'N'Roll Prom was almost too good of a fit. You had me at the
Turtles."
Blackwater Records has been throwing killer all ages
punk shows for years—first at their location on 20th & Morrison and
now at their NE spot on Russell just shy of MLK—and this is definitely
one of those shows. I've got this memory hammered in my mind of Bi-Marks
at The Know with their lead singer being instantly consumed when they
start, thrashing himself in a way that would be masochistic, if it
didn't look so fun, falling headfirst into the cinderblock that was
trying to keep the kick drum in place, but never missing a lyric,
playing what hardcore was meant to be.Online shopping for luggage tag
from a great selection of Clothing. The level of energy that will pour
out of these bands in one night could power a city for a week. And to
think, they convert regular pizza into such a thing.
You ever
wonder what it might be like if you were totally killing the game all
the time and had a great band with your close buds that ripped? I'd bet
something worth more than money that the Animal Eyes dudes could explain
how that feels. They're the kind of band that is very serious about
doing it for the right reasons—and it seems to have worked out
swimmingly for them, given that you just don't see someone not enjoying
an Animal Eyes set—but never letting reasons play their music for them.
Charts
have been blacking-out and shirking perfection around Portland's
basements, living rooms and venues for quite a while now.We sell 100%
hand-painted oil paintings for sale
online. I personally think that they walk a line that has gone largely
unnoticed—at least by a wide section of show-goers—that places them cuts
above. No frills or fancy necessary, just straight-up real band songs. I
could use a bunch of huge words to pigeonhole them, but they're better
than that 'cause "Let's make some good songs" rather than "We're the
new-new that'll crumble to the next new." Mrs. Magicians taps a similar
keg, and it is good.
The Firkin Tavern for mayor! What a
wonderful place. They've got it all—lottery, locals, liquor—and they do
my favorite thing in the #PDXMusic world: free shows (that are booked by
the headlining band) with a cut of the bar paid out to the bands. This
formula has produced an alarming number of the truly extraordinary shows
that I've seen in Portland, not to mention the countless bands that it
has drawn out of basements and primed to play venues. So with that in
mind, Firkin for mayor! P.S. The We Shared Milk is current'y doing a
Friday night residency there and tonight's looking killer as well.
2013年2月16日 星期六
2013年2月3日 星期日
High school may get upgrade
The renovation and expansion of the Marshall Simonds Middle School is
coming to a close, but another major school building project may soon
be on the horizon in Burlington.
The School Department is initiating the process of seeking partial reimbursement from the Massachusetts School Building Authority for a potential project to upgrade the high school’s heating and ventilation system and make other interior renovations to the building.
The School Committee on Jan. 8 authorized the district to submit a “statement of interest” to the authority for the estimated $18 million to $19 million renovation, the required first step for a project to be considered for state funding.
Craig Robinson, the School Department’s director of finance and operations, said the district plans to submit the statement of interest by this year’s April 10 deadline.
The renovation, if it goes forward, would follow two other significant building projects Burlington has recently undertaken.
The $32.8 million Marshall Simonds project,We've got a plastic card to suit you.Nitrogen Controller and Digital dry cabinet with good quality. which began in June 2011 and is substantially complete, has involved renovating the existing 118,000-square-foot Winn Street building and constructing a 151,225-square-foot addition.wind turbine
Across the street, the town in July 2011 completed the $29 million construction of a new 80,000-square-foot Memorial Elementary School in front of the existing school, a 1952 building that was demolished that August.
The state is reimbursing about 52 percent of the eligible costs of the Memorial School project, and 54 percent for the Marshall Simonds one.
School Superintendent Eric Conti said that as a result of the projects, the two schools “provide a wonderful gateway into Burlington. I think they better reflect the quality of the people inside the buildings and are a wonderful reflection of the community” and its support for public education.
He said the projects also “allowed us to make a good case that as a community, we take care of the buildings we have,” he said, noting that before the Memorial School project, the town’s newest school was the high school, completed in 1971.
Robinson said the high school project is needed because of the age of the heating and ventilation system, which was original to the building. He said at 42 years old, the system’s boilers, air handlers, and compressors are all at or beyond their life expectancies.
“By changing that entire HVAC plant, it’s going to trigger other things that need to be [upgraded] and brought up to code — sprinklers, fire alarms,Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a smart card can authenticate your computer usage and data. lighting, other building improvements,” Robinson said. “And to do those things, we need to take the ceilings down.” He said all that related work would be included in the project.
Robinson said that the project would add 30 to 40 years to the life of the 365,000-square-foot building, which he noted is in good structural condition. The Cambridge Street school has a current enrollment of about 1,020 students.
Conti noted that the high school renovation is the next major project on the district’s long-term capital plan.Online shopping for luggage tag from a great selection of Clothing.
“We know our mechanical systems have to be replaced,” he said. “We are trying to be as proactive as possible. We understand it may not happen next year, but this is a multiyear planning process, as was the elementary school and the middle school. We need to start having that conversation now.”
If the state authority accepts the school into its eligibility period — the initial phase in the agency’s funding pipeline — the district would enter a 270-day period in which it would have to meet certain requirements to be invited to undertake a feasibility study.
Should that happen, the town would have to appropriate funds for the study that would evaluate potential options and select a preferred one. The authority would provide partial reimbursement for the study as well as for the subsequent preparation of a schematic design.
With the completion of the design, the authority’s board would decide whether to provide partial reimbursement for the overall project. Town Meeting would then have to appropriate full funding, a required step even though the state would later reimburse part of the cost.
A ceremony held Jan. 14 to mark the nearly completed Marshall Simonds School project was attended by Jack McCarthy, executive director of the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
The more than 50 people who showed up for the town's deliberative session at Saturday at the Weare Middle School found themselves waiting for more than an hour until some technical difficulties with the microphones could be worked out. The meeting started off with a discussion about bonding $675,000 for a new highway garage, a 33-year-old structure that has long since outlived its usefulness, according to Public Works Director Tim Redmond.
The current garage, which Redmond described as a pole barn, houses the town's refueling station, but lacks both a ventilation system and a fire detection and suppression system. There's nowhere to wash the vehicles and no separate welding area for maintaining town equipment, and the garage is lacking in other health and safety areas.
Some residents were concerned that $675,000 wouldn't be enough money to build a garage large enough to meet future needs, so an amendment to add $100,000 to the cost of the project was proposed. Voters, however, ultimately decided against the increase. The 10-year bond wouldn't increase the tax rate, according to Redmond, because it would go into effect at the same time the bond for the town's safety complex was retired.
Over the objections of Police Chief Gregory Begin and other residents, the proposed operating budget was reduced by $10,800 to $4,883,567, with $10,000 of that reduction coming out of the police department's overtime budget. The town had an audit done of police overtime by Municipal Resources Inc., which determined that there could be some cost savings if some policy and coverage changes were made. Begin said the reduction in overtime could result in less coverage, but the reduction - made by amendment - was narrowly approved, 24-23.
Collective bargaining agreements for both the police and public works employees survived the deliberative process unscathed. If voters approve the one-year agreements in March, the police will be looking at a 3.5 percent cost-of-living increase along with step increases for some officers, and the DPW workers could see 5 percent pay increases.
The School Department is initiating the process of seeking partial reimbursement from the Massachusetts School Building Authority for a potential project to upgrade the high school’s heating and ventilation system and make other interior renovations to the building.
The School Committee on Jan. 8 authorized the district to submit a “statement of interest” to the authority for the estimated $18 million to $19 million renovation, the required first step for a project to be considered for state funding.
Craig Robinson, the School Department’s director of finance and operations, said the district plans to submit the statement of interest by this year’s April 10 deadline.
The renovation, if it goes forward, would follow two other significant building projects Burlington has recently undertaken.
The $32.8 million Marshall Simonds project,We've got a plastic card to suit you.Nitrogen Controller and Digital dry cabinet with good quality. which began in June 2011 and is substantially complete, has involved renovating the existing 118,000-square-foot Winn Street building and constructing a 151,225-square-foot addition.wind turbine
Across the street, the town in July 2011 completed the $29 million construction of a new 80,000-square-foot Memorial Elementary School in front of the existing school, a 1952 building that was demolished that August.
The state is reimbursing about 52 percent of the eligible costs of the Memorial School project, and 54 percent for the Marshall Simonds one.
School Superintendent Eric Conti said that as a result of the projects, the two schools “provide a wonderful gateway into Burlington. I think they better reflect the quality of the people inside the buildings and are a wonderful reflection of the community” and its support for public education.
He said the projects also “allowed us to make a good case that as a community, we take care of the buildings we have,” he said, noting that before the Memorial School project, the town’s newest school was the high school, completed in 1971.
Robinson said the high school project is needed because of the age of the heating and ventilation system, which was original to the building. He said at 42 years old, the system’s boilers, air handlers, and compressors are all at or beyond their life expectancies.
“By changing that entire HVAC plant, it’s going to trigger other things that need to be [upgraded] and brought up to code — sprinklers, fire alarms,Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a smart card can authenticate your computer usage and data. lighting, other building improvements,” Robinson said. “And to do those things, we need to take the ceilings down.” He said all that related work would be included in the project.
Robinson said that the project would add 30 to 40 years to the life of the 365,000-square-foot building, which he noted is in good structural condition. The Cambridge Street school has a current enrollment of about 1,020 students.
Conti noted that the high school renovation is the next major project on the district’s long-term capital plan.Online shopping for luggage tag from a great selection of Clothing.
“We know our mechanical systems have to be replaced,” he said. “We are trying to be as proactive as possible. We understand it may not happen next year, but this is a multiyear planning process, as was the elementary school and the middle school. We need to start having that conversation now.”
If the state authority accepts the school into its eligibility period — the initial phase in the agency’s funding pipeline — the district would enter a 270-day period in which it would have to meet certain requirements to be invited to undertake a feasibility study.
Should that happen, the town would have to appropriate funds for the study that would evaluate potential options and select a preferred one. The authority would provide partial reimbursement for the study as well as for the subsequent preparation of a schematic design.
With the completion of the design, the authority’s board would decide whether to provide partial reimbursement for the overall project. Town Meeting would then have to appropriate full funding, a required step even though the state would later reimburse part of the cost.
A ceremony held Jan. 14 to mark the nearly completed Marshall Simonds School project was attended by Jack McCarthy, executive director of the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
The more than 50 people who showed up for the town's deliberative session at Saturday at the Weare Middle School found themselves waiting for more than an hour until some technical difficulties with the microphones could be worked out. The meeting started off with a discussion about bonding $675,000 for a new highway garage, a 33-year-old structure that has long since outlived its usefulness, according to Public Works Director Tim Redmond.
The current garage, which Redmond described as a pole barn, houses the town's refueling station, but lacks both a ventilation system and a fire detection and suppression system. There's nowhere to wash the vehicles and no separate welding area for maintaining town equipment, and the garage is lacking in other health and safety areas.
Some residents were concerned that $675,000 wouldn't be enough money to build a garage large enough to meet future needs, so an amendment to add $100,000 to the cost of the project was proposed. Voters, however, ultimately decided against the increase. The 10-year bond wouldn't increase the tax rate, according to Redmond, because it would go into effect at the same time the bond for the town's safety complex was retired.
Over the objections of Police Chief Gregory Begin and other residents, the proposed operating budget was reduced by $10,800 to $4,883,567, with $10,000 of that reduction coming out of the police department's overtime budget. The town had an audit done of police overtime by Municipal Resources Inc., which determined that there could be some cost savings if some policy and coverage changes were made. Begin said the reduction in overtime could result in less coverage, but the reduction - made by amendment - was narrowly approved, 24-23.
Collective bargaining agreements for both the police and public works employees survived the deliberative process unscathed. If voters approve the one-year agreements in March, the police will be looking at a 3.5 percent cost-of-living increase along with step increases for some officers, and the DPW workers could see 5 percent pay increases.
2011年6月3日 星期五
Record Low Temperatures Possible Tuesday
A frost advisory is in effect for our area for Monday night through Tuesday morning. Temperatures are forecast to drop into the middle 30s, but ground temperatures could fall to freezing and create a frost. Low lying areas - like river valleys - will likely see to coldest temperatures. Certainly, bring in potted plants and cover tender bedding plants if you can.
Warming temperatures will return Tuesday with southeast winds around 10 mph for the afternoon. Enjoy nice sunshine with high temperatures around 70.
Fair skies are expected for Tuesday night with low temperatures in the low to middle 40s. Still way below normal, but plants should not have problems.
Mostly clear skies and continued warming temperatures are forecast through the weekend. Temperatures should be back in the middle 70s Wednesday and around 80 Thursday. Upper 80s are expected for Friday and lower 90s will likely be with us Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
We could be looking at elevated wildfire risk as we get into Sunday.
Warming temperatures will return Tuesday with southeast winds around 10 mph for the afternoon. Enjoy nice sunshine with high temperatures around 70.
Fair skies are expected for Tuesday night with low temperatures in the low to middle 40s. Still way below normal, but plants should not have problems.
Mostly clear skies and continued warming temperatures are forecast through the weekend. Temperatures should be back in the middle 70s Wednesday and around 80 Thursday. Upper 80s are expected for Friday and lower 90s will likely be with us Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
We could be looking at elevated wildfire risk as we get into Sunday.
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