From ugagrad93 at yahoo.com  Tue Mar 10 17:46:50 2009
From: ugagrad93 at yahoo.com (Greg Alexander)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:46:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Chat] CV Book Launch Party at Village Learning Place, March 14
Message-ID: <953638.7841.qm@web51111.mail.re2.yahoo.com>


Paul and I are pleased to invite everyone to the Book Launch Party at Village Learning Place, 2521 St. Paul Street, on Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m. for our book "A Brief History of Charles Village." The 128-page book explores Charles Village's transformation from its inception as a country retreat for downtown residents to a diverse neighborhood today composed of longtime residents, recent transplants, apartment renters and university students. 
 
Paul and I will be providing wine, soft drinks and will have some snacks on hand, too. We will also be selling signed copies of the book ($21.99 for the book, as well as a special CV gift set for $25). We'll accept cash, checks as well as credit/debit cards.

While Barnes and Noble, as well as Greetings and Readings, are having book signings later this month, we wanted to launch the book at a local institution such as the Village Learning Place. The publisher has also generously agreed to make a contribution to the Village Learning Place.

Hope to see you there!
 
-Greg and Paul
 
Greg Alexander
Freelance Writer/Editor
Editor, Mason-Dixon Arrive
2629 Guilford Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-243-3387
ugagrad93 at yahoo.com
www.gregoryjalexander.com


      


From dawnacobb at mindspring.com  Tue Mar 10 17:52:19 2009
From: dawnacobb at mindspring.com (dawnacobb at mindspring.com)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:52:19 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Chat] CV Book Launch Party at Village Learning Place, March 14
Message-ID: <31854277.1236721939387.JavaMail.root@mswamui-backed.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Greg: Thanks for the invite...I am bummed to miss this happening. We will be in Lake Tahoe...first trip ever.  I can't wait to get the book.  Have a great time.  Best wishes, Dawna

-----Original Message-----
>From: Greg Alexander <ugagrad93 at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Mar 10, 2009 5:46 PM
>To: chat at charlesvillage.info, discussion at charlesvillage.info
>Subject: [Chat] CV Book Launch Party at Village Learning Place, March 14
>
>
>Paul and I are pleased to invite everyone to the Book Launch Party at Village Learning Place, 2521 St. Paul Street, on Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m. for our book "A Brief History of Charles Village." The 128-page book explores Charles Village's transformation from its inception as a country retreat for downtown residents to a diverse neighborhood today composed of longtime residents, recent transplants, apartment renters and university students. 
> 
>Paul and I will be providing wine, soft drinks and will have some snacks on hand, too. We will also be selling signed copies of the book ($21.99 for the book, as well as a special CV gift set for $25). We'll accept cash, checks as well as credit/debit cards.
>
>While Barnes and Noble, as well as Greetings and Readings, are having book signings later this month, we wanted to launch the book at a local institution such as the Village Learning Place. The publisher has also generously agreed to make a contribution to the Village Learning Place.
>
>Hope to see you there!
> 
>-Greg and Paul
> 
>Greg Alexander
>Freelance Writer/Editor
>Editor, Mason-Dixon Arrive
>2629 Guilford Avenue
>Baltimore, MD 21218
>410-243-3387
>ugagrad93 at yahoo.com
>www.gregoryjalexander.com
>
>
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From volcheck at acm.org  Tue Mar 10 19:48:36 2009
From: volcheck at acm.org (Emil Volcheck)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:48:36 -0400
Subject: [Chat] CV Book Launch Party at Village Learning Place, March 14
In-Reply-To: <953638.7841.qm@web51111.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
References: <953638.7841.qm@web51111.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <f0ddf5c00903101648q4bc27ee8rb5f52b072cf2ea62@mail.gmail.com>

Congratulations, Greg and Paul!

--Emil

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 17:46, Greg Alexander <ugagrad93 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Paul and I are pleased to invite everyone to the Book Launch Party at Village Learning Place, 2521 St. Paul Street, on Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m. for our book "A Brief History of Charles Village." The 128-page book explores Charles Village's transformation from its inception as a country retreat for downtown residents to a diverse neighborhood today composed of longtime residents, recent transplants, apartment renters and university students.
>
> Paul and I will be providing wine, soft drinks and will have some snacks on hand, too. We will also be selling signed copies of the book ($21.99 for the book, as well as a special CV gift set for $25). We'll accept cash, checks as well as credit/debit cards.
>
> While Barnes and Noble, as well as Greetings and Readings, are having book signings later this month, we wanted to launch the book at a local institution such as the Village Learning Place. The publisher has also generously agreed to make a contribution to the Village Learning Place.
>
> Hope to see you there!
>
> -Greg and Paul
>
> Greg Alexander
> Freelance Writer/Editor
> Editor, Mason-Dixon Arrive
> 2629 Guilford Avenue
> Baltimore, MD 21218
> 410-243-3387
> ugagrad93 at yahoo.com
> www.gregoryjalexander.com
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From kzeese at earthlink.net  Thu Mar 12 12:24:34 2009
From: kzeese at earthlink.net (Kevin Zeese)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:24:34 -0400
Subject: [Chat] Invitation - Grand Opening Party
Message-ID: <E1Lhni6-00039z-GX@elasmtp-dupuy.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

FORWARD WIDELY
 
The future of transit in Baltimore may be beginning this Saturday and you
can be part of it -- and enjoy it.
 
Green Rider, see http://www.greenriderusa.com/, will be opening this weekend
and selling electric scooters. They're having a party on Saturday night to
celebrate.
 
Imagine what a different city Baltimore would be if clean Green Riders
dominated our streets rather than cars:
 
Silent -- no noise pollution
Affordable -- the vast majority of Baltimoreans could afford this transit
Clean -- no air pollution, no run-off for the water, no carbon emissions
Reduced Congestion -- they take up less space on the road
Reduced Bureaucracy -- no registration required, no insurance required
 
In other cities around the world electric scooters dominate, why not the U.S
-- why not Baltimore.  And, if mass transit increases -- as it should --
then these scooters can transport people from their homes to transit centers
where they can take subways, light rail, trolley, busses -- 
 
This could be the beginning of a revolution in transit.

Kevin 
 
  

You are Invited to Attend
the Grand Opening Party
of Green Rider LLC
to view our new models of
Motorino Electric Scooters
on Saturday, March 14th
at 723 S. Broadway
in Fells Point, Baltimore
Starting at 6 PM
Drinks & Snacks Served

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From: SLG2700 at cs.com (SLG2700 at cs.com)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:22:42 EDT
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From ugagrad93 at yahoo.com  Fri Mar 13 17:44:21 2009
From: ugagrad93 at yahoo.com (Greg Alexander)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:44:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Chat] CV Book Launch Party at Village Learning Place, March 14
Message-ID: <356547.76001.qm@web51104.mail.re2.yahoo.com>


Hope to see you there!  We just got back from Eddies of Charles Village to buy snacks (where the book is also sold) and Lady G's for wine, so please join us tomorrow at 2 p.m.

Thanks,
Greg

Greg Alexander
Freelance Writer/Editor
Editor, Mason-Dixon Arrive
2629 Guilford Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-243-3387
ugagrad93 at yahoo.com
www.gregoryjalexander.com


--- On Tue, 3/10/09, Greg Alexander <ugagrad93 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Greg Alexander <ugagrad93 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: CV Book Launch Party at Village Learning Place, March 14
> To: chat at charlesvillage.info, discussion at charlesvillage.info
> Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 5:46 PM
> Paul and I are pleased to invite everyone to the Book Launch
> Party at Village Learning Place, 2521 St. Paul Street, on
> Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m. for our book "A Brief
> History of Charles Village." The 128-page book explores
> Charles Village's transformation from its inception as a
> country retreat for downtown residents to a diverse
> neighborhood today composed of longtime residents, recent
> transplants, apartment renters and university students. 
>  
> Paul and I will be providing wine, soft drinks and will
> have some snacks on hand, too. We will also be selling
> signed copies of the book ($21.99 for the book, as well as a
> special CV gift set for $25). We'll accept cash, checks
> as well as credit/debit cards.
> 
> While Barnes and Noble, as well as Greetings and Readings,
> are having book signings later this month, we wanted to
> launch the book at a local institution such as the Village
> Learning Place. The publisher has also generously agreed to
> make a contribution to the Village Learning Place.
> 
> Hope to see you there!
>  
> -Greg and Paul
>  
> Greg Alexander
> Freelance Writer/Editor
> Editor, Mason-Dixon Arrive
> 2629 Guilford Avenue
> Baltimore, MD 21218
> 410-243-3387
> ugagrad93 at yahoo.com
> www.gregoryjalexander.com


      


From william.schlegel at us.army.mil  Mon Mar 16 14:51:10 2009
From: william.schlegel at us.army.mil (Schlegel, William B CW4 RES USAR USARC)
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:51:10 -0400
Subject: [Chat] SENATOR THEATRE FORCED TO CLOSE,
	ROTUNDA TO FOLLOW PUBLIC TO CONVERGE FOR TOWN HALL MEETING
Message-ID: <E950151404104592B843953A27B2718D@Susan>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

SENATOR THEATRE FORCED TO
CLOSE, ROTUNDA TO FOLLOW 
PUBLIC TO CONVERGE FOR TOWN HALL MEETING 

BALTIMORE, MD, MARCH 15, 2009 - Senator Theatre management has announced that the screening of "Watchmen" on Sunday evening, March 15th, was the final first-run film to be shown at the renowned theatre in its 70 year history. The Senator's first film attraction on October 5, 1939 was "Stanley and Livingstone".

The exact date for ceasing first-run film exhibition at the Rotunda Cinematheque is not yet determined, but that announcement is likely within the week.

"This was a very difficult decision made after a great deal of soul-searching and deliberation with our key management staff, and my family. The economic realities are such that the show simply cannot go on at The Senator," said owner Tom Kiefaber. "The rising expressions of support from the extended community and beyond for The Senator and its future are encouraging, however, the revenue from first-run films in this economy has regrettably made it impossible for me to meet payroll for our loyal staff beyond this point."

A town hall meeting will be held at The Senator on Monday, March 16th at 7:00pm. Doors open at 6:15pm.

The newly-formed Senator Community Trust has called the Town Meeting and invited mayor Dixon and other city and state officials, members of Baltimore City's Senator Steering Committee and all other interested parties. The purpose of the Town Meeting is to seek public input and clarify the situation regarding The Senator's precarious and uncertain future. All concerned are encouraged to attend this pivotal public forum.

Theatre management plans to screen a variety of classic and cult films and concert videos to commemorate the end of an era at The Senator.

A schedule of special events will be announced on www.senator.com.

Contact
Tom Kiefaber 
410.435.3583 
info at senator.com
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From kwilsbach at speakeasy.net  Fri Mar 20 09:22:44 2009
From: kwilsbach at speakeasy.net (Kathleen Wilsbach)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:22:44 -0400
Subject: [Chat] SENATOR THEATRE FORCED TO CLOSE,
 ROTUNDA TO FOLLOW PUBLIC TO CONVERGE FOR TOWN HALL MEETING
In-Reply-To: <E950151404104592B843953A27B2718D@Susan>
References: <E950151404104592B843953A27B2718D@Susan>
Message-ID: <49C398A4.40108@speakeasy.net>

I saw something in the paper yesterday that quoted the
owner of the Charles as saying that if the Senator goes
on the auction block, he is planning to bid.
-Kathleen


From grayskull74 at yahoo.com  Fri Mar 20 13:12:16 2009
From: grayskull74 at yahoo.com (Daniel Grayskull)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:12:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Chat] Happy First Day of Spring!
Message-ID: <997678.53233.qm@web45413.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

I just wanted to wish everyone a vary happy First Day of Spring!
?
Hope everyone has a great weekend! 
?
?


?
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." 

T'plana-hath 
?
(Matron of Vulcan Philosophy)


      
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From volcheck at acm.org  Fri Mar 20 19:27:33 2009
From: volcheck at acm.org (Emil Volcheck)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:27:33 -0400
Subject: [Chat] Study of "Broken Windows" theory of crime prevention
Message-ID: <f0ddf5c00903201627m71d1df29l545cf2e5e0604339@mail.gmail.com>

Hello, neighbors,

I recommend this story in the online edition of the Boston Globe
which reports on a study in Lowell, MA that tested the "broken
windows" theory of crime prevention using a controlled experiment:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/02/08/breakthrough_on_broken_windows/
 .

--Emil

-- 
Emil Volcheck
volcheck at acm.org
http://EmilVolcheck.com/


From langwidge at comcast.net  Sat Mar 21 07:33:13 2009
From: langwidge at comcast.net (Christine Gray)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:33:13 -0400
Subject: [Chat] trash
In-Reply-To: <997678.53233.qm@web45413.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
References: <997678.53233.qm@web45413.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <006b01c9aa18$d6a11df0$6401a8c0@crg>

Would someone clarify the trash/recycling pickup.

 

I finally bought both a yellow trash container and a yellow recycling bin.

 

I thought trashcans had to have lids/covers, yet the one I bought and the
ones I've seen do not have covers.  What does "one" do?

 

Also, are the items that are in the yellow recycling bins in plastic bags or
not 

 

Finally, does Poly still have a drop-off place for recycling old televisions
and computer items?

 

 

Thank you,

 

Christine Gray  

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From gewirtz at bellatlantic.net  Sat Mar 21 08:31:07 2009
From: gewirtz at bellatlantic.net (Stephen J Gewirtz)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:31:07 -0400
Subject: [Chat] [CVCBDQuad4] trash
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References: <997678.53233.qm@web45413.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
	<006b01c9aa18$d6a11df0$6401a8c0@crg>
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Christine,

Let me answer your questions in the order you asked them:

According to the City web site, 
http://www.baltimorecity.gov/government/dpw/recycle/bins.php , a limited 
number of lids for the yellow recycling cans are available at 111 Kane 
St. (across from Patterson High School) Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 
2 p.m. for $3 each.  I have not been there yet to get lids, but it seems 
to me that if I am going to keep a recycling can behind my  house to 
hold recycling between pickups as I would like to do, then I ought to 
have a lid on the can.  Yesterday, I asked David Hill about having CVCBD 
buy lids to resell at cost, and he said that he would look into it.  
Previously, he had told me that CVCBD would get lids when they became 
available.  I may go to Kane St. next week to try to get lids for my 2 
cans.  But the City does not require lids on the recycling cans, and 
there are no lids for the bins.  Some people have drilled holes in the 
bottom of the cans (the bins have holes already) in order to let water 
drain out of the cans when it rains.

It is unfortunate that the yellow recycling cans are an odd size for 
which lids are not available at hardware stores.  But if, as I expect, 
the City goes to its planned one plus one trash removal system on July 1 
(one pickup each week of mixed refuse from a 65 gallon trash can to be 
provided to each household by the City, and one recycling pickup each 
week, with a sizable cost saving for the City), then one can also label 
the old plastic trash cans as recycling (the City has bumper stickers 
available that you can put on the cans to so label them), and those cans 
hopefully have lids.

The City most emphatically does not want you to use plastic bags for 
recycling.  They say that plastic bags should be recycled at the stores 
that take them for recycling.  Also, I find that I need plastic bags for 
cat poop, and you probably need them for your dog's poop.

Electronic stuff (that actually contains a lot of toxic substances) can 
be dropped off at the Sisson Street transfer station (on the west side 
of Sisson between 28th and 29th Streets, basically at the bottom of the 
hill before you get to the JFX) any time that that transfer station is 
open.  Generally, that means Monday through Saturday, and you can look 
online on the City web site for the hours (summer and winter hours are 
not the same).  Regular trash and recycling can also be dropped off 
there.  About once every 6 months, you can drop other hazardous waste 
off at  Poly.

Steve.

Christine Gray wrote:
>
> Would someone clarify the trash/recycling pickup.
>
>  
>
> I finally bought both a yellow trash container and a yellow recycling bin.
>
>  
>
> I thought trashcans had to have lids/covers, yet the one I bought and 
> the ones I've seen do not have covers.  What does "one" do?
>
>  
>
> Also, are the items that are in the yellow recycling bins in plastic 
> bags or not
>
>  
>
> Finally, does Poly still have a drop-off place for recycling old 
> televisions and computer items?
>
>  
>
>  
>
> Thank you,
>
>  
>
> Christine Gray  
>
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From langwidge at comcast.net  Sat Mar 21 08:35:33 2009
From: langwidge at comcast.net (Christine Gray)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:35:33 -0400
Subject: [Chat] [CVCBDQuad4] trash
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Thank you, Steve!!!!!!!!

 

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Subject: Re: [Chat] [CVCBDQuad4] trash

 

Christine,

Let me answer your questions in the order you asked them:

According to the City web site,
http://www.baltimorecity.gov/government/dpw/recycle/bins.php , a limited
number of lids for the yellow recycling cans are available at 111 Kane St.
(across from Patterson High School) Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
for $3 each.  I have not been there yet to get lids, but it seems to me that
if I am going to keep a recycling can behind my  house to hold recycling
between pickups as I would like to do, then I ought to have a lid on the
can.  Yesterday, I asked David Hill about having CVCBD buy lids to resell at
cost, and he said that he would look into it.  Previously, he had told me
that CVCBD would get lids when they became available.  I may go to Kane St.
next week to try to get lids for my 2 cans.  But the City does not require
lids on the recycling cans, and there are no lids for the bins.  Some people
have drilled holes in the bottom of the cans (the bins have holes already)
in order to let water drain out of the cans when it rains.

It is unfortunate that the yellow recycling cans are an odd size for which
lids are not available at hardware stores.  But if, as I expect, the City
goes to its planned one plus one trash removal system on July 1 (one pickup
each week of mixed refuse from a 65 gallon trash can to be provided to each
household by the City, and one recycling pickup each week, with a sizable
cost saving for the City), then one can also label the old plastic trash
cans as recycling (the City has bumper stickers available that you can put
on the cans to so label them), and those cans hopefully have lids.

The City most emphatically does not want you to use plastic bags for
recycling.  They say that plastic bags should be recycled at the stores that
take them for recycling.  Also, I find that I need plastic bags for cat
poop, and you probably need them for your dog's poop.

Electronic stuff (that actually contains a lot of toxic substances) can be
dropped off at the Sisson Street transfer station (on the west side of
Sisson between 28th and 29th Streets, basically at the bottom of the hill
before you get to the JFX) any time that that transfer station is open.
Generally, that means Monday through Saturday, and you can look online on
the City web site for the hours (summer and winter hours are not the same).
Regular trash and recycling can also be dropped off there.  About once every
6 months, you can drop other hazardous waste off at  Poly.

Steve.

Christine Gray wrote: 

Would someone clarify the trash/recycling pickup.

 

I finally bought both a yellow trash container and a yellow recycling bin.

 

I thought trashcans had to have lids/covers, yet the one I bought and the
ones I've seen do not have covers.  What does "one" do?

 

Also, are the items that are in the yellow recycling bins in plastic bags or
not 

 

Finally, does Poly still have a drop-off place for recycling old televisions
and computer items?

 

 

Thank you,

 

Christine Gray  

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From gewirtz at bellatlantic.net  Sat Mar 21 12:05:03 2009
From: gewirtz at bellatlantic.net (Stephen J Gewirtz)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:05:03 -0400
Subject: [Chat] [Discussion] More...  RE:  trash and rats
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Gary,

Unfortunately, the meeting Tuesday at Eastern High School conflicts with 
the CVCBD public meeting on the budget.  And if you are concerned about 
rats, be aware that on non-gateway streets (that includes all of Abell), 
CVCBD is only committing itself to pick up trash from its trash cans 
once a week.  David Hill will say orally that he will  pick up the trash 
more often, but so far CVCBD will not commit in writing to doing so.  
That means that trash may accumulate in the cans and may attract rats.

Also, be aware that CVCBD proposes to abolish its safety program.  There 
will be one full time position for a safety education coordinator who 
will run Citizens on Patrol and will come to your house upon request to 
tell you what you need to do to make  your house more secure (that is a 
service that Northern District already offers and that few utilize).  
The position is at best a half time position in terms of the work 
required, but CVCBD proposes that it be full time.  And that will be the 
entirety of the safety program, even though Sandy Sparks and her gang at 
Greater Homewood in 1994 used $30,000 of City tax money to put out 
propaganda promising us that we would have a total of 12 safety people 
patrolling 24/7 if we would only vote for CVCBD in the referendum.  So 
now, what was promised us will be no more.  It is a classic bait and 
switch (and Sandy Sparks has spoken in support of dropping the safety 
program).

You can let Mary Pat Clark know of your concerns about the new City one 
plus one trash plan.  The City does plan to provide every household with 
a 65 gallon trash can (with the likelihood that use of those cans will 
make it much harder for rats to get food from trash), so our old trash 
cans can then be recycled.  And the City will have to modify its trash 
trucks to handle the new trash cans.  In the long run, the once a week 
trash pickup plus once a week recycling pick up should save the City 
money, especially if people recycle more.

Another part of the plan is for pickups to be Tuesday through Friday, 
with special pickups on Saturday whenever trash has not been picked up 
because of a holiday.

Also, it would become legal to put trash out in the alley or on a 
sidewalk after 8 p.m. the night before a scheduled pickup (that is now 
illegal before midnight).  The one defect, and I have informed Mary Pat 
of it and she has promised that it will be fixed, is that the bill 
requires (as present law requires) that the trash can be removed from 
the alley or sidewalk immediately after the pickup.  Obviously, people 
who work during the day cannot comply with the current and proposed 
ordinance, so it needs to be fixed.

In my own view, it is a good plan.  It will save money, and it will 
reduce the rat population once the new trash cans are distributed.

I do not know whether the Sisson Street transfer station will continue 
to be open 6 days per week.  I hope that it will.

Steve.

gary letteron wrote:
> As you may know...
>
> The rules concerning trash may change this July 1st.  There's a public
> meeting about it this coming Tuesday, 3/24...  Somewhere opposite the 33rd
> street "Y."
>
> Changing to one plus one--one trash pick up and one recycling pickup a
> week--will take an ordinance thru council.  Which is projected to pass and
> be implemented this summer.
>
> Enforcement will be important to the effort...  The greener cleaner campaign
> has asked that the empty sanitation inspection positions in the City be
> un-frozen and filled.  With that would come enforcement of the law requiring
> that garbage be in a (metal?) can with a tight fitting lid, when and where
> garbage is put...  and many other solid waste/ trash pickup laws that have
> been overlooked for a few decades.  
>
> This is the biggest change in City proceedure in my memory.  Everybody
> should attend a public meeting on the subject, or otherwise get informed.
>
> -=G=-
>
> May the fleas of a thousand Chevrolets infest the arm pits of you and your
> family.
> -Unknown 
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From jwetmiller at yahoo.com  Sat Mar 21 14:49:35 2009
From: jwetmiller at yahoo.com (Jonathan Wetmiller)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:49:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Chat] [Discussion] Study of "Broken Windows" theory of crime
	prevention
Message-ID: <776889.43659.qm@web110206.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Interesting.? There was also an article in The Economist a few weeks ago about a series of? experiments in the Netherlands that reached similar conclusions:

http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12630201&CFID=48064737&CFTOKEN=30048721

-Jon

--- On Fri, 3/20/09, Emil Volcheck <volcheck at acm.org> wrote:

From: Emil Volcheck <volcheck at acm.org>
Subject: [Discussion] Study of "Broken Windows" theory of crime prevention
To: "Charles Village Discussion List" <discussion at charlesvillage.info>, "Charles Village Chat List" <chat at charlesvillage.info>
Date: Friday, March 20, 2009, 7:27 PM

Hello, neighbors,

I recommend this story in the online edition of the Boston Globe
which reports on a study in Lowell, MA that tested the "broken
windows" theory of crime prevention using a controlled experiment:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/02/08/breakthrough_on_broken_windows/
 .

--Emil

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From glue39 at verizon.net  Sat Mar 21 15:06:39 2009
From: glue39 at verizon.net (gary letteron)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:06:39 -0400
Subject: [Chat] Trees and tree maintenance
In-Reply-To: <776889.43659.qm@web110206.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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(This is a second try.  if it posts twice or more, my apologies.)

 

This Sunday at 10:00 AM, a few of us are meeting in front of the Benefits
District office, 2434 St Paul...  and will be pruning street trees in the
area--maximum effort: 2 hours.

 

All are welcome.  

 

For the future, we're planning tree maintenance one Sunday a month...
mostly mulching.

 

Sometime this spring, probably within the next 5 weeks, there will be a
serious Community Tree Planting--about 50 new trees coming into the
neighborhood.  (It might get split between 2 weekends.)  We'll need all the
help we can get.

 

Remember, our street trees are public property and belong to everybody.  A
person must be trained and have permission to work on them, or be with
someone who has that training and permission.  Bad pruning or other bad work
can seriously harm a tree!  ('nuff said there.)

 

If people are interested, we can set up a training with the Division of
Forestry.  Meanwhile, all are welcome, please join us.

 

-=G=-

 

 

May the fleas of a thousand Chevrolets infest the arm pits of you and your
family.

-Unknown 

 

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From kzeese at earthlink.net  Sat Mar 21 18:56:47 2009
From: kzeese at earthlink.net (Kevin Zeese)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:56:47 -0400
Subject: [Chat] [Discussion] Study of "Broken Windows" theory of
	crimeprevention
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There is a lot of critique of the theory as well.
 
KZ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixing_Broken_Windows#Critics_of_the_theory

Critics of the theory


Critics point to the fact that rates of major crimes also dropped in many
other U.S. cities during the 1990s, both those that had adopted "zero
tolerance" policies and those that had not.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixing_Broken_Windows#cite_note-8> [9]

Other research has pointed out that the "zero tolerance" effect on serious
crime is difficult to disentangle from other initiatives happening at around
the same time in New York. These initiatives were 1) the police reforms
described above, 2) programs that moved over 500,000 people into jobs from
welfare at a time of economic buoyancy,[verification
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability> needed] and 3)
housing vouchers that enabled poor families to move to better
neighborhoods.[verification
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability> needed]

Alternative explanations that have been put forward include:

*	The waning of the crack epidemic.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixing_Broken_Windows#cite_note-SLATE1-9> [10]
*	Unrelated growth in the prison population due to Rockefeller drug
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_drug_laws> laws.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixing_Broken_Windows#cite_note-SLATE1-9> [10]
*	That the number of males aged 16-24 was dropping regardless due to
demographic changes and that abortion became legal.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixing_Broken_Windows#cite_note-FREAK-10> [11]

David Thacher (assistant professor of public policy and urban planning at
the University of  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan>
Michigan) stated in a 2004 paper that:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixing_Broken_Windows#cite_note-11> [12]

"...social science has not been kind to the broken windows theory. A number
of scholars reanalyzed the initial studies that appeared to support it ...
Others pressed forward with new, more sophisticated studies of the
relationship between disorder and crime. The most prominent among them
concluded that the relationship between disorder and serious crime is
modest, and even that relationship is largely an artifact of more
fundamental social forces."

Thacher goes on to state that: "These challenges to the broken windows
theory have not yet discredited order maintenance policing with policymakers
or the public."

In the best-seller More Guns, Less
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Guns,_Less_Crime> Crime (University of
Chicago Press, 2000), economist <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economist>
John  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lott,_Jr.> Lott, Jr. examined the
use of the broken windows approach as well as community and problem oriented
policing programs in cities over 10,000 in population over two decades. He
found that the impact of these policing policies were not very consistent
across different types of crime. He described the pattern as almost
"random". For the broken windows approach, Lott found that the approach was
actually associated with murder and auto theft rising and rapes and larceny
falling. Increased arrest rates, affirmative action policies for hiring
police, and right-to-carry laws were much more important in explaining the
changes in crime rates.

In the best-seller Freakonomics <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freakonomics>
, economist <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economist>  Steven D. Levitt
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_D._Levitt>  and co-author Stephen J.
Dubner <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_J._Dubner>  cast doubt on the
notion that the Broken Windows theory was wholly responsible for New York's
drop in crime. He instead noticed that years before the 1990s, abortion was
legalized. Women who were least able to raise kids (the poor, addicts and
unstable) were able to get abortions, so the number of children being born
in broken families was decreasing. Most crimes committed in New York are
committed by 16-24 year old males; when this demographic decreased in number
the crime rate followed.

Refutations of their analysis appeared in The Wall Street
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal> Journal
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixing_Broken_Windows#cite_note-WSJ1-12> [13]
and The Economist <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist> .
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixing_Broken_Windows#cite_note-Economist1-13>
[14] The former quotes economists at the Federal Reserve
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank> Bank of Boston, who
said, "[t]here are no statistical grounds for believing that the
hypothetical youths who were aborted as fetuses would have been more likely
to commit crimes had they reached maturity than the actual youths who
developed from fetuses and carried to term."
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixing_Broken_Windows#cite_note-WSJ1-12> [13]
Also, murder among the first post-Roe v. Wade
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade>  cohort was, in some states, 3.1
times higher than the last group born before legalized abortion.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixing_Broken_Windows#cite_note-SAILER1-14>
[15] These data show crime increasing after the advent of legalized
abortion, thus contradicting Levitt's and Dubner's conclusions. Furthermore,
increased rates of incarceration accounts for some of the decline in crime
rates discussed by Levitt and Dubner; the vicissitudes of the crack cocaine
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_cocaine>  business also account for part
of the rise and fall of crime rates during the period under
discussion.[citation
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed> needed]

In the Winter 2006 edition of the University of
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago> Chicago Law Review,
Bernard Harcourt <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Harcourt>  and Jens
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Ludwig> Ludwig looked at the later
Department
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development>
of Housing and Urban Development program that re-housed inner-city project
tenants in New York into more orderly neighborhoods.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixing_Broken_Windows#cite_note-15> [16] The
Broken Windows theory would suggest that these tenants would commit less
crime once moved, due to the more stable conditions on the streets. Harcourt
and Ludwig found instead that the tenants continued to commit crime at the
same rate.

In a further study in 2007 called "Reefer Madness" in the journal
Criminology and Public Policy, Harcourt and Ludwig find further evidence
confirming that "mean reversion
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_reversion> " fully explained the changes
in crime rates in the different precincts in New York during the 1990s.


  _____  

From: discussion-bounces at charlesvillage.info
[mailto:discussion-bounces at charlesvillage.info] On Behalf Of Jonathan
Wetmiller
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 2:50 PM
To: Charles Village Discussion List; Charles Village Chat List
Subject: Re: [Discussion] Study of "Broken Windows" theory of
crimeprevention


Interesting.  There was also an article in The Economist a few weeks ago
about a series of  experiments in the Netherlands that reached similar
conclusions:

http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12630201&CFID=480
64737&CFTOKEN=30048721

-Jon

--- On Fri, 3/20/09, Emil Volcheck <volcheck at acm.org> wrote:




From: Emil Volcheck <volcheck at acm.org>
Subject: [Discussion] Study of "Broken Windows" theory of crime prevention
To: "Charles Village Discussion List" <discussion at charlesvillage.info>,
"Charles Village Chat List" <chat at charlesvillage.info>
Date: Friday, March 20, 2009, 7:27 PM


Hello, neighbors,

I recommend this story in the online edition of the Boston Globe
which reports on a study in Lowell, MA that tested the "broken
windows" theory of crime prevention using a controlled experiment:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/02/08/breakthro
ugh_on_broken_windows/
.

--Emil

-- 
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volcheck at acm.org
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From ugagrad93 at yahoo.com  Sun Mar 22 13:33:01 2009
From: ugagrad93 at yahoo.com (Greg Alexander)
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:33:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Chat] Barnes and Noble book signing
Message-ID: <133080.11112.qm@web51108.mail.re2.yahoo.com>


Paul and I will be at a book signing for our Charles Village history book on Monday at 7 p.m. at Barnes and Noble in Charles Village. Hope to see you there!

-Greg

Greg Alexander
Freelance Writer/Editor
Editor, Mason-Dixon Arrive
2629 Guilford Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-243-3387
ugagrad93 at yahoo.com
www.gregoryjalexander.com


      


From SLG2700 at cs.com  Mon Mar 23 17:19:40 2009
From: SLG2700 at cs.com (SLG2700 at cs.com)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:19:40 EDT
Subject: [Chat] CVCBD Annual Meeting
Message-ID: <c63.419d6094.36f956ec@cs.com>

Neighbors:

The CVCBD Annual Meeting to discuss the 2009-2010 budget is set for TUESDAY, 
MARCH 24, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at Lovely Lane United Methodist Church, 2200 Saint 
Paul Street.  The prior email had the day of the week incorrectly listed.

Sharon L. Guida
2746 Maryland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-889-0436 (home)
410-467-4409 (work)
410-467-4410 (work fax)
410-960-1139 (cell)
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From: SLG2700 at cs.com (SLG2700 at cs.com)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:14:55 EDT
Subject: [Chat] Fwd: CVCBD Annual Meeting
Message-ID: <c64.42ed8eb2.36f955cf@cs.com>

Dear Neighbors:

See notice from Ron Griffin, our Quad 3 representative and President of the 
CVCBD Board of Directors. If you care about the February decision of the 
Benefits District Board to recommend the elimination of safety patrols in Charles 
Village, you should not miss this meeting.

Sharon L. Guida
2746 Maryland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-889-0436 (home)
410-467-4409 (work)
410-467-4410 (work fax)
410-960-1139 (cell)
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From weinsteinm at aol.com  Tue Mar 24 17:43:53 2009
From: weinsteinm at aol.com (weinsteinm at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:43:53 -0400
Subject: [Chat] Friday,
	April 17 at St. John's Church: Urban Agriculture Gala!
Message-ID: <8CB7AE0C2CB9B5C-81C-DB7@WEBMAIL-MY26.sysops.aol.com>

A friend sent me info about what sounds like a great upcoming event: The 1st Annual Baltimore Urban Agricultural Gala on Friday, April 17, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. at St. John's Church, 2640 St. Paul St.? 

There are details on their website at www.baltimoreurbanag.org.? ? Check it out!? 

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From grayskull74 at yahoo.com  Wed Mar 25 19:13:09 2009
From: grayskull74 at yahoo.com (Daniel Grayskull)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:13:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Chat] (no subject)
Message-ID: <592635.22172.qm@web45413.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

 
I wonder if I attended the same meeting because my memory of last nights events vary from those stated by Mrs. Floyd
Joan Floyd wrote:

Steve, please feel free to post this brief report:


Last night, the Benefits District held its annual 'hearing' on the proposed budget for 2009-2010, which was passed out to those in attendance.

The 'cash-strapped' and 'limited' Benefits District will ONLY be asking for an increase of 16% percent in surtax revenue over last year, when the increase was ONLY 18% over the prior year, according to 'Executive Director' David Hill, who is asking for $65,000+ for himself, not including benefits.

The figures that were posted on screen, mentioned and handed out in paper format do not match your statement.

Apparently, no one is suggesting a downward adjustment of the surtax rate to fit with current economic realities.
You know perfectly well that any changes to any rates must bedone according to bylaws and that it is the City that finally decides, not the Benefits District

Has there ever been a Benefits District budget hearing that was more poorly attended by the public? Not in my recollection. The staff, Board members and 'special guests' far outnumbered the 'regular folk.'

Many of us regular folk, have lives. Many of us Regular folks like myself have jobs and in somecases have far commutes. I almost did not come to the meeting, I came directly from work. I did so , so I can get the information first hand and pass them on to my neighbors given that many of them due to previous obligations were unable to attend. One neighbor was unable to attend due to the fact she was out of state, and My own Mother was unable to attend because she has the flu.

Supposedly the Board meeting to approve (rubber-stamp? ) this larger-than- ever surtax budget will take place on Tuesday, April 14th at 7:00 pm at the new Benefits District office on St. Paul Street.

This meeting , like all meetings are posted on the website. I will certainly be there.

When asked for verifiable qualifications for all voting Board members, including the address of the property owned, David Hill responded in a way that suggested he does not believe we 'regular folk' are entitled to that information.

Again , were we at the same meeting? Mr. Hill stated that if anyone wanted to contact other members they can send an e-mail or call?and it can be forwarded, and if those people wanted to respond they can do so. You made the suggestion that the persons personal e-mails and home addresses be posted on the site. Is the Mayor's personal home address on the Baltimore city website? ..no. In this day an age of identity theft and stalkers, if I was on the board I would not want my personal home address posted on a website where someone might find it and Gods know what?could possibly?happen.


When asked what number of voting Board members is considered a quorum, and what number of votes is considered to be needed to approve a budget, 'President' Ron Griffin first declined to answer these basic questions, and quickly became very un-presidential in front of the staff, Board members, and 'regular folk' who were in attendance.

Of all people .. You know for a fact that the question you asked is something related to the current law suit (brought by you) and that Mr. Griffin was in no position to respond given the litigation at hand. It seemed like you were backing him into a corner for a response you perfectly well know he could not have nor was he under the authority to respond to. Your question was not only unethical, but also shows in my eyes that you wanted to back him into a corner. Any lawyer would inform you of that.


'Regular folk' to Mr. Griffin: You are not the 'President' of a private organzation. You are the 'President' of the Board of a small local government. You don't get to keep this kind of information close to the vest.

"Regular Folk"?to ?Mrs. Floyd, you don't represent all of us "regular folk", you especially do not represent me, my family or my friends. We can represent our selves individually, perfectly fine, thank you.

And so it goes.

End of Line...

-- Joan Floyd

Mr. Daniel-Raphael Hernandez-Acosta


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From grayskull74 at yahoo.com  Thu Mar 26 13:21:29 2009
From: grayskull74 at yahoo.com (grayskull74 at yahoo.com)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:21:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Chat] 2009 Budget Hearing thread
Message-ID: <180223.93143.qm@web45404.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>



My opinons and or comments are in blue :-)
?
HERE WE GO
Mr. Wilson:
Daniel:
?
As I requested Mr. Jeff Millard to post the audits, (which by the way
have never been posted, even though Jeff >requested David Hill do so), why not post the material you received at the CVCBD meeting so that the entire community can read it and judge for themselves? If you find a discrepancy in what Joan Floyd reported about the salary of Mr. Hill, post what was printed so that the community can read it. 
?
I was going to scan them yesterday morning and post , but then I discovered that they have already been posted on the CVCBD website, so why waste my time scanning when it has already been posted? .. Here is the link, in case you missed it 
?
http://www.charlesvillage.org/budget/
?
Maybe if you came to meeting being such a concerned resident, you would have found that out. 
?
I am an advocate of letting people see for themselves exactly what was
printed so that they can make their own judgments. All you have to do is scan the document and add it as an attachment to your response.
?
Again.. It's on the website, has been since yesterday
?
Ms. Floyd has done more for this community in her attempts to keep it
functioning in a proper, legal format than any other that I am aware of and has continuously attempted to keep the community informed. Her organization is by far one of the largest organizations in the area, if not the largest and her comments reflect the opinions of her
organization, rather than just her personal observations. If we had
more like her in our neighborhood it would be a far cleaner and safer community, which would probably be accomplished without the requirement of any "Benefits" District.
?
>From my observation, her "reporting" is biased and heavily filtered to suit an agenda. And speaking of proper, legal format, I still believe that her pushing a question regarding something that is still in litigation to a person who clearly was not able or not allowed to answer given that said question is still part of the litigation was unfair and unethical to say the least. From my observation, it looked like she wanted to back them into a corner and demand an answer right away. 
?
And let's not forget that she demanded that the personal e-mails and home addresses of board members be posted online so people can verify their legitimacy of being on the board. Which I can understand the e-mail part.. But putting one's personal residential address online these days is not only asking for identity theft, but could open a whole can of problems. 
I know if I was on the board or any community board, I would not want my personal home address up online for everyone to see.
?
I'm sorry I was lead to believe that the CVCA was one of the largest community groups in the immediate area.
If memory serves me and from what I have been told, Mrs. Floyd is the head of one of TWO organizations that represent the Remington Neighborhood. And according to what I heard via the grapevine by friends and acquaintances who live in Remington, it was allegedly?Mrs. Floyd's "Comments & Opinions" and the inability to accept different opinions and plans of action, is what allegedly caused the creation of a second Remington Neighborhood group. 
?
And let's say for the sake of Argument that the Benefits District is dissolved. What next? Who or what will fill in the void? Another organization? The city? Residents to volunteer? 
?

?
Christian
?
Mr. Daniel-Raphael Hernandez-Acosta
?
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"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." 

T'plana-hath 
?
(Matron of Vulcan Philosophy)

--- On Thu, 3/26/09, cwilsonportlight at cs.com <cwilsonportlight at cs.com> wrote:


From: cwilsonportlight at cs.com <cwilsonportlight at cs.com>
Subject: Re: [CVCBDQuad4] (unknown)
To: CVCBDQuad4 at yahoogroups.com, chat at charlesvillage.info, CVCBDQuad1 at yahoogroups.com, davidhill at charlesvillage.org, discussion at charlesvillage.info, mclarke at baltimorecitycouncil.com, Officers at abellimprovement.org
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 11:55 AM






Daniel:

As I requested Mr. Jeff Millard to post the audits, (which by the way have never been posted, even though Jeff requested David Hill do so), why not post the material you received at the CVCBD meeting so that the entire community can read it and judge for themselves?? If you find a discrepancy in what Joan Floyd reported about the salary of Mr. Hill, post what was printed so that the community can read it.? 

I am an advocate of letting people see for themselves exactly what was printed so that they can make their own judgements.? All you have to do is scan the document and add it as an attachment to your response.

Ms. Floyd has done more for this community in her attempts to keep it functioning in a proper, legal format than any other that I am aware of and has continuously attempted to keep the community informed.? Her organization is by far one of the largest organizations in the area, if not the largest and her comments reflect the opinions of her organization, rather than just her personal observations.? If we had more like her in our neighborhood it would be a far cleaner and safer community, which would probably be accomplished without the requirement of any "Benefits" District.

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From william.schlegel at us.army.mil  Sun Mar 29 08:01:54 2009
From: william.schlegel at us.army.mil (Schlegel, William B CW4 RES USAR USARC)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:01:54 -0400
Subject: [Chat] Fw: OpenStreetMap Baltimore Mapping Party - rescheduled -
	Saturday April 04, 2009 at 11:00 AM until Sunday April 05,
	2009 at 4:00 PM
Message-ID: <FA694C90C3ED4D26BA0A1877D062DEF0@Susan>

Here is another chance to use a GPS to map your neighborhoods.

Baltimore, MD Mapping Party
Saturday April 04, 2009 at 11:00 AM until Sunday April 05, 2009 at 4:00 PM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Nelson" <russ at cloudmade.com>
To: <baltimore-interested-parties at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 12:55 AM
Subject: OpenStreetMap Baltimore Mapping Party


> Hi.  No, I haven't subscribed you to a mailing list.   This email is 
> going to 6 people who
> sent me email about the previous attempt at a mapping party in  Baltimore 
> in
> late February.
>
> I'm hosting a mapping party in the city next weekend (April 4th and  5th), 
> and NO I will not cancel it, come hell or high water!  A mapping  party is 
> a social event where you meet other people interested in  maps, and we 
> help each other improve OpenStreetMap.  It's fun, and you  get a sense of 
> why the great artists would paint and overpaint until  they felt satisfied 
> that they'd captured everything they saw.
>
> I have GPS receivers to loan out to people.  I'll show you how to use 
> them to gather location information, and edit OpenStreetMap.  Even if  the 
> weather is bad, we can do online mapping off aerial photos.
>
> A new feature added in the last month is faster Mapnik rendering, so  that 
> if you make edits during the afternoon of next weekend, by the  time you 
> get home, those edits will likely be rendered and visible for  all to see. 
> Very exciting!
>
> Here are the details.  Please share this email with anyone you know  loves 
> their community, likes to walk, hike, and bicycle, or makes maps.
> http://community.cloudmade.com/event/custom/generic/show/131
>
> --
> Russ Nelson - http://community.cloudmade.com/blog - 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:RussNelson
> russ at cloudmade.com - Twitter: Russ_OSM - 
> http://openstreetmap.org/user/RussNelson
>
> 



From langwidge at comcast.net  Mon Mar 30 20:45:08 2009
From: langwidge at comcast.net (Christine Gray)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:45:08 -0400
Subject: [Chat] retractable dog  leashes
Message-ID: <008701c9b199$f0bf20a0$6401a8c0@crg>

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/safety/2009/03/retractable-leashes-pose-pro
blems-for-people-and-their-pets.html?EXTKEY=I5B0A18

 

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From grayskull74 at yahoo.com  Tue Mar 31 10:29:33 2009
From: grayskull74 at yahoo.com (Daniel Grayskull)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:29:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Chat] [Discussion] retractable dog  leashes
Message-ID: <294672.29874.qm@web45402.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

GREAT ARTICLE!? I'm going to pass it around to all my friends who have dogs.
?
I have a dog, and one of the first things the worker at the SPCA told us is to never use one of those retractable leashes when walking our dog. 
?
Not only are they dangerous to the person, but also to the dog. I was told about instances where the walker of the dog would accidently let go or the spring mechanism would give, flying out of the person's hand and hitting the dog? in the head causing it major injury or death.
?
I use a regular leash (about 6ft long)?with a built in handle. 
?
Besides regular leashes are more affordable then those fancy retractable ones. 


"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." 

T'plana-hath 
?
(Matron of Vulcan Philosophy)

--- On Tue, 3/31/09, Christine Gray <langwidge at comcast.net> wrote:


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Subject: [Discussion] retractable dog leashes
To: "'Charles Village Discussion List'" <discussion at charlesvillage.info>, "'The Charles Village Chat List'" <chat at charlesvillage.info>
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 12:45 AM








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From gewirtz at bellatlantic.net  Tue Mar 31 13:55:38 2009
From: gewirtz at bellatlantic.net (Stephen J Gewirtz)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:55:38 -0400
Subject: [Chat] Fwd: Please help spread the word
In-Reply-To: <49D25531.5010508@smart.net>
References: <49D25531.5010508@smart.net>
Message-ID: <49D2591A.2070001@bellatlantic.net>

Here is some information about a session in the neighborhood next Monday 
promoting a single payer health plan.  If you are not familiar with the 
issues, you may want to attend.

Incidentally, we already have a single payer plan for seniors; it is 
called Medicare.  As one who has Medicare, I can say that it works quite 
well.  The problem with many single payer plans outside the U.S. 
including the one in Canada is that they are underfunded.  On the other 
hand, medical care in the U.S. generally costs much more than it should, 
since we support a huge insurance industry.  But the overhead costs for 
Medicare are very low (except for the Medicare HMOs which get more money 
than traditional Medicare thanks to subsidies thrown in by Republicans 
under Bush).  Anyway, if you are interested, you can attend the session 
at St. John's on St. Paul St.

Steve.

Bill Harvey wrote:
> Steve,    I sent you this notice last night but I've since gotten a 
> message from Chris Wilson suggesting that you might be able to help 
> spread the word by sending this to lists in Charles Village that 
> you're active on- and, really, anyone around Baltimore you think might 
> be interested in this. And why don't you try to make one of these 
> sessions!
> Thanks,  Bill Harvey
>
>
>
>     Here's a good quick sum-up of where things stand:
>     Dave Lindorff, "Why do we need a health insurance industry?"
> COUNTERPUNCH 3/26/09    http://www.counterpunch.org/lindorff03262009.html
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++
>
> RSVP    RSVP
>
>
>    ELEVENTH SESSION: Monday, April 6, 2009
>    St. John's United Methodist Church
>    St. Paul St. at 27th St., Baltimore
>    7:30
>
>
>    WHAT: One time study sessions on what a single payer health insurance
> system could look like in the United States. Each month the topic will
> be the same and we'll cover pretty much the same ground.
>
>    THE TOPIC: "Single payer" is a technical sounding term that simply
> means that only one agency will pay for medical services- this in
> contrast to the roughly 1500 insurance companies now operating in the
> US. Private insurance companies would be effectively eliminated from the
> medical market. The rough model for most single payer advocates in the
> US is the Canadian system. Another way of simplifying: An expanded and
> enhanced "Medicare for All."
>    The main national vehicle for single payer is HR 676 whose principal
> sponsor is Congressman John Conyers of Michigan. www.healthcare-now.org
>    Among major party presidential candidates only Dennis Kucinich was a
> single payer advocate. There are also single payer bills in many state
> legislatures,including Maryland.
> http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/bills/hb/hb1186f.pdf
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>    READING: Around 20 pages of basic introductory material. The focus
> reading will be the 8 page "Executive Summary" of THE LEWIN REPORT, a
> 2000 study of the prospects for reform in Maryland.
> www.mdsinglepayer.org/links.htm
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>    THE GOAL: To help dispel some of the fog that surrounds the
> health care reform debate today. Whereas most people are concerned about
> the issue and open to a discussion of alternatives, the advocacy of
> "universal coverage" by politicians with many varied proposals has left
> many of us understandably confused.
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>    WHEN: the first Monday of every month, 7:30 p.m., beginning on
> November 5, 2007 and every first Monday thereafter- December 3; January
> 7, 2008...
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>    WHERE: St. John's United Methodist Church, 2640 St. Paul St., at the
> corner of 27th St., Baltimore.
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>    HOSTED BY: St. John's Church, a great activist church for more than
> 3 decades.
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>    CONVENER: Bill Harvey has been active on this issue since 1989 and
> works with HealthCare Now of Maryland- formerly Maryland UHCAN
> [Universal Health Care Action Network]:   www.mdsinglepayer.org
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>    *****
>    At every session we'll pass the hat to help St. John's defray
> costs.
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>     RSVP    RSVP
>    If interested, please contact me ASAP. The next session is only a
> week away. I'll need to get you the packet of readings, and it would
> be good to have contact info for anyone who plans to be there in case
> there's a cancellation or other change in schedule. THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM
> for latecomers.
>    If you miss this session, you'll still be able to sign up for a
> later one.
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>    PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD. Feel free to forward this message to any
> lists or individuals you think might be interested.
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> Bill Harvey
> 410-467-7756
> bharvey at smart.net
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