
Coastal Conservation League is advocating in the statehouse for home rule, which allows local communities to address local problems with local solutions.
Shoreline reform issues often pit property rights activists against those advocating a balance of private and public rights on area beaches. Since the 1980s, the state has adhered to a written policy on beach management that discourages further development beyond a point where the ocean is likely to reclaim anything built. The Coastal Conservation League, collaborating with many coastal communities, beat back an attempt to eliminate that baseline that prevents development from moving closer to the ocean, maintaining healthy beaches and attracting tourists to our area.
Coastal Conservation League is focusing some of its advocacy efforts on one 150-acre, ecologically sensitive area on Kiawah Island being eyed by a real estate and resort developer. To the horror of many Kiawah residents, Kiawah Partners proposes to build 50 luxury homes on the fragile lick of land called Captain Sam’s Spit. To do so, developers must build a road to the development, and to do that; they must build a concrete wall to keep the Kiawah River from swallowing up the road.
In the latest round of arguments, the state Supreme Court unanimously struck down the company’s attempt to build that wall, but it has proposed a work-around that is now before an Administrative Law Court. “This is a textbook example of inappropriate development,” Cedzo said.
A pod of bottlenose dolphins, deer, bobcat, terrapins, songbirds and other wildlife has borne witness from the shore of this decade-long legal battle waged by the League and others against the development. While the battle goes on, hurricanes batter the spit while tides erode and accrete it with regularity.
These are three top priorities of the community-based organization’s Land, Water & Wildlife program. The League finds itself on the front line of fights affected by or with implications for larger issues like climate change and the shape of community development. For more information about Coastal Conservation League, visit https://coastalconservationleague.org/.NorthPort leaned on the heroics of former Brgy. Ginebra guard Paolo Taha to stun the playoff-bound Gin Kings, 98-96, Sunday night in the 2019 PBA Governors’ Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
The 28-year old Taha, who spent 2 seasons with the crowd darlings, came off the bench and made two big plays during the crucial stretch of the payoff period as the Batang Pier improved to 5-6 and formally secured a ticket to the next round.
Micahel Qualls paced the Pido Jarencio-mentored squad with 30 points to go along with 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. Sean Anthony added 18 while Christian Standhardinger chipped in 17 plus 11 boards. Kevin Ferrer had 11 markers while Taha finished with 7.
Justin Brownlee led the Gin Kings’ losing cause with 30 points while Stanley Pringle and LA Tenorio contributed 18 and 15 points, respectively.
Brgy. Ginebra dropped to 7-4 and will await the results of the games on Wednesday to determine its opponent in the quarterfinal round. The 2017 Governors’ Cup champs will enjoy a twice-to-beat advantage.Should you be interested in large format prints, we recommend you buy them directly from us: we post-process each image taking care of the printing materials, giving you the best result.
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Hey folks, how are we all?
Back now? Ok, I’ll carry on.
Anyone who know’s me well enough will know I enjoy all kinds of music, though it has to be said, I find it incredibly difficult to want to listen to something other than Lady Gaga. Actually in fairness, I’ve struggled to even manage that with me spending an enormous percentage of my time at work, so in reality I should probably give you guys a list of whatever weird music they got the rights to play in work every day – share the joy.
No, I’ll keep that all for myself.. instead I’m going to list a selection of tracks I’ve kept pretty much on loop for the past month that will either make me look really unique and interesting, or just bizarre (I suspect the latter).
K-Pop has had a following in the western world for quite a while now (probably since the 90’s), but in the past few years more and more people have been swept up by Japanese and Korean culture. While you might think, ‘What the hell is K-Pop?’, chances are you’re already quite familiar with one artist.. remember Psy’s Gangnam Style? Yep, you’re a K-Pop expert and you didn’t even know it!
Well actually you’re not even close, but at least you’ve got an idea of what I’m talking about.
The funny thing about this band is that I became a fan accidentally. I was showing my friend one of Crayon Pop’s music videos, ‘Bar Bar Bar’, because they were touring North America as Lady Gaga’s support act on the Artpop tour and there was a slim chance they would also be doing the European leg. Anyway, we ended up watching quite a few videos and then I couldn’t get the songs out of my head. I think it must have been a similar situation for my friend too, because now we’re both big fans.
In terms of discography, when they say ‘mini album’, they mean it. Combining both ‘albums’ gives you about 7 tracks to enjoy, but I suppose that makes it easier to catch up if you’re a new fan. They’ve also released odd singles with other K-Pop artists and a Christmas song… I know what I’ll be adding to my Christmas Spotify playlist!
So what do Crayon Pop actually sound like, aside from weirdly catchy? Well K-Pop generally can be a combination of genres, but Crayon Pop specifically is like taking pop music of the west and injecting it with a couple of large doses of steroids. Full on electronic music with dance-y beats and happy sounding lyrics, it’s guaranteed to either annoy the hell out of you (because it’s so happy) or have you dance along to the fun-sounding song.
My three favourite songs (though I love them all), are ‘Saturday Night’, ‘1,2,3,4’ and ‘Fm’ which coincidentally has one of the best music videos I’ve ever seen, so that’s 100% worth a look!
I’ve loved Mark Ronson’s music for years now, and watching his Glastonbury set this year reminded me of how awesome he i s as a producer.
Anyway, as I now spend the majority of my time at work (reluctantly) listening to the ‘radio’, I’ve noticed a couple of good songs slip through in amongst the rest of the rubbish we’re subjected to. This includes ‘Daffodils’ by Mr Ronson (or it did up until a few weeks ago..), which I always tend to hum along to.. I don’t often sing at work anymore, it saves embarrassment for both myself and the customers.
It’s quite different to what you would expect with it being called ‘Daffodils’, but Ronson is well known for experimenting with many different styles of music. Listening to it, the track has a slight 70’s feel to it with a funky (ugh, surely there’s a better word than that..) bass & lead guitar tune, perfect for cheering one up during a lengthy, trying day at work!
I rather enjoy Fleetwood Mac, and am always listening to their music at least once a day.
That doesn’t mean I have no other ‘seasonal’ favourites; a month or so ago I’d have probably said my favourite was ‘You Make Loving Fun’ (though I don’t really care for Christine McVie as a singer), but now it seems I’ve gone full circle and have ‘Silver Spring’ on repeat.
Stevie Nicks has been called a Romantic many times, and this song is one of many of her songs that embody the label. This song sums up the whole ‘one that got away’ emotion, when I’m having a ‘boo hoo forever alone’ kind-of day, but you can also quite happily enjoy this song regardless of your current emotion or relationship status.
 I’ll admit I’m cringing a little in including this (because it’s one of the more well-known classical pieces, like Tchaikovsky’s ‘Swan Lake’), but I’ve been obsessed with this suite for a long time; way longer than just the month of August.
The Proms season opened over a month ago now, and I tried desperately to bag myself a pair of tickets to see ‘The Planets’ being performed. Instead I was forced to listen at home on BBC Radio 4 which was ok, but as a musician I love watching others play, almost as much as I love playing myself.
It’s fair to