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The X Spectrum

One helpful way to categorize evangelistic approaches

In the missions world of church-planting, a helpful C1-C6 spectrum has been devised to define the degree of contextualization that a church is using in relation to the culture surrounding it. The concept has been developed by strategists John Travis, Phil Parshall and others. Read more: [1] [2] [3]. [4].

In conjuction with Create International, we propose a similar categorization of X1-X6 to define the conteXtual positioning of Christian websites (and indeed other media – radio, video, and literature). The Gray Matrix is an essential component for understanding this spectrum. We are not proposing that there is only one correct way of doing web evangelism. Different approaches and styles have advantages and disadvantages and can reach different target audiences.

Key supporting verses include 1 Cor 9:22: “by all means save some” and Luke 7.35: “wisdom is justified by all her children”.

However, the tragedy is that perhaps 99 percent of Christian websites fit the X1 category and that many others unwittingly exclude non-Christians.

Your feedback and suggestions for refining this concept are welcome.

Type Description Comments
X1 Target audience is in practice entirely Christian. Knowledge of way of salvation is assumed, not explained directly. High level of insider Christian jargon and concepts. Christian graphics may be used. (These characteristics are entirely appropriate for a site which is ‘inreach’ – edification and teaching of Christians.) Most Christian websites are X1. A few non-Christians may visit by accident, and seekers by intention, and even find some spiritual help, leading the site owners to naively believe that the site is also evangelistic. Many church sites are sadly X1.
X2 Target audience is Christian, but a way of salvation page/section is offered for any non-Christians who may visit. (Link may be part of site, or another site.) Remainder of site remains X1 in approach. This IE Day site is X2. All Christian websites should consider including at least one page targeting non-Christians. Some church sites are X2.
X3 Aims to communicate with both Christians and non-Christians, within the same set of pages. Considerable use of Christian language and concepts, but varying degrees of accommodation to the needs of non-Christians. Some church sites are X3. Sites which offer relatively segregated and appropriate material for Christians and non-Christians are better defined as, for example, X1/X4 hybrids. Non-Christians with a Christian background, or seekers, may find themselves comfortable within X3 sites.
X4 Primary target audience non-Christian. Assumes visitors have considerable prior Christian understanding, and uses Christian jargon. Gospel may be presented in Western, religious, formulaic terms. May have ‘Christian’ graphics, preachy style, or 'scattergun' use of scripture verses. Testimonies, if used, may unwittingly be written using language or issues only of interest to Christians. Outreach sites originating in a country where there is a high level of church-going and Christian knowledge may be instinctively written at X4 level. Within that context, they can reach ‘once-churched’ people successfully, but may not touch the ‘non-churched’. Their appeal to people near the bottom left-hand corner of the Gray Matrix is limited.
Uses X4 style to target another religious group (e.g. Islam) with an explanation of Christianity. May make limited attempt to modify or contextualize language and may be confrontational or even critical. (‘R’ in the code denotes ‘Religion’.) Upfront X4R debate-style or comparison sites may work well with those in the target group who like to debate.
X5 Target audience non-Christian. Assumes visitors have limited Christian understanding. Gospel presented in relevant terms appropriate to target audience with little jargon. Unlikely to use Christian graphics. Will probably use Bridge Strategy to draw visitors and identify with their interests, or address specific felt needs. Additional communication barriers may be broken by writing in the heart language of the audience, when they are not first-language English speakers. X5 sites can reach well towards the bottom left of the Gray Matrix. It is possible to write a church site at X5 level, but very few do this.

X5 sites work hard to understand how non-Christians think.

Uses X5 style to target a religious group (e.g. Islam), with an explanation of Christianity. Moderate level of contextualized language and identification with their religious concepts. X5R sites can also add Bridge Strategy gateway pages on cultural/general interest/felt need topics, which lead into the rest of the site.
X6 Target audience non-Christian. Assumes visitors have no prior Christian knowledge, and may be indifferent or hostile to the Christian message. Gospel presented in highly-contextualized or creative terms appropriate to target audience, in a non-formulaic non-religious non-Western style. Homepage of site may give little clue as to its Christian nature. Probably use Bridge Strategy to draw visitors and identify with their interests and needs. May be designed particularly for non-Christian affinity groups. X6 sites are designed to reach as far to the bottom left of the Gray Matrix as possible. They aim to identify completely with the visitor’s current interests and lack of spiritual understanding. E.g. a Bollywood site could reach India. Where possible, in heart language.
Uses X6 style to target a religious group. High degree of contextualization, using religious words and concepts from the target group in preference to Christian words, whenever possible. Seeks to identify with, and build on, elements of truth within the target religious group's beliefs and scriptures, and demonstrate their true fulfillment within the full revelation of Jesus. May use a ‘layered approach’ with few clues as to Christian content on the homepage. X6R sites are at the creative end of the spectrum in targeting other religions. They may be seen as controversial, yet can identify with individuals within other religions who would not consider visiting, or learning from, a more overt Christian site. X6R sites can also use gateway pages to draw people in on other topics.

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This post, for anyone who is interested, was inspired by a corridor conversation on things that do not belong together.

My apologies in advance to any scholar who does in fact look fetching in beach wear.

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I felt the calling..the rest fell into place

I felt the calling..the rest fell into place

Audrey Forbes, a Yoga Pranala graduate from the United States, has shared her success story with us.  From being passionate about Yoga, she pursued her dream to become a Yoga teacher.

Audrey, born and raised in New York, moved to the Seattle area right out of college in 1993 with a computer science degree. Having never done Yoga, in 2006 she started to become interested in Yoga.  She recalls:

“Around 2006 I felt I needed some regular physical exercise and time away from the house. As I was homeschooling three children (twin sons and a daughter), I needed something I could turn to so I could mentally and physically recharge at the end of the day.

“After having my twin sons, I struggled with back issues for many years. My last few months of the pregnancy really took a toll on my back muscles.

Since going to a gym wasn’t my thing, I was looking for an activity on a regular basis that would tap into more than just the body.

Hearing about Yoga one day, I decided to drop into some local Yoga classes. After six months of attending Yoga classes, my back issues were gone. It was like a mini miracle for me.

“I also found myself changing in other ways through the practice of Yoga.  My patience was increasing, and things that used to bother me weren’t so important anymore. I felt like an inner peace was taking over.

Yoga was affecting me, physically and mentally.

“It was fantastic….a transformation I couldn’t even have imagined.”

After practicing Yoga and noticing all the benefits, she started to think about Yoga as a lifestyle and even a possible career.

“My decision to become a Yoga teacher was actually serendipitous….

“My kids had gone on to public school for the high school years and my plan was to return to the software testing industry that I’d left when my twins were born. But it was problematic getting my foot back in the door, due to the recession that hit our country.

“Shifting gears career-wise, I began to rethink my path. I started my own redesign business and was doing some freelance writing on the side. Sitting in a coffee lounge one day during a writing session, I thought about Yoga teaching training and googled it.

“One of the searches turned up a place in Bali. On a whim, I went to the link which was Intuitive Flow’s Teacher Training. As I read the information, I thought how life-changing it would be to attend.

“I closed the page though and thought to myself: this was absolutely crazy. I wasn’t going across the world to a training for almost a month. But something drew me back to it within minutes and I opened the site page again: I couldn’t get it out of my head.

“After a few days, I mentioned the site and training to my husband, sharing that in my mind I was being pulled toward it and that it seemed inevitable where I was headed — Bali.

“I knew it was where I was supposed to be.”

So in 2013 she enrolled into the 200 Hour Intensive Yoga Pranala Teacher Training in Ubud and spent 22 days with Linda Madani, her team of experienced teachers and other enthusiastic trainee-yogis.

“I had prepared myself for the training physically, to be able to endure the intensive days. The training was very well planned, and the location was beautiful.

“The staff was very nurturing and caring, and the training and activities were all very appropriate. I felt encouraged entirely in my choice after having attended the training. So many good memories, imprints on my soul for a lifetime.

I also loved the culture and the connections with spirit.”

“My understanding of Yoga shifted during this training, in the way that Yoga is not just a thing we do as a business, a job to go to, or to get out of the house.  I recognized it as a way of life and a tool to guide me through my days. I wanted to share that with others.

“I feel the knowledge of Yoga that has been given by way of the training has given me a connection to those who do Yoga all around the world. The transmission of this vital knowledge is a valuable link to generations of collective wisdom in action and searching within and without for the Divine.”

After the training, she started teaching immediately in Kent, WA.

“After completing the training and registering with Yoga Alliance as a 200RYT, I started immediately to teach.

“I worked with my husband to design business cards, ordered props, mats, etc…while I was in Bali and was ready to hit the ground teaching when I returned home.  My intention was to bring the light of Yoga to my local community, nurturing not just bodies but the soul sparks within people as well.

“After my first training, I taught as a mobile studio for six months. In March of 2014, however, various pieces fell into place and I signed a lease on a building and began my brick and mortar studio, Soul Spark Yoga.

“I have been teaching there ever since and have also added other teachers to the studio staff. The studio offers many classes a week, such as Yin Yoga, Yoga Pranala with Yoga Nidra, Yoga for Relaxation, as well as private classes. In addition to the regular classes, offerings of series classes happen every few months on topics such as Ayurveda, Gunas & Chakras, Pranayama and Mantra, and Yamas & Niyamas. Many students have found these “extras” to be nourishing and informative.

“In 2016 I made the decision to incorporate Mudra Pranala in the Yoga Pranala classes. The feedback regarding this was very positive and I feel very strongly that it sets the stage for a more mindful practice for my students as well as myself.

This practice is not common to Yoga studios in the States; however, it is my impression that it brings a special element to the practice that people are seeking.”

As time went by and she began to teach Yoga to more and more people, she realized that a Yoga teacher’s learning never ends. She felt it was necessary to continue her training and receive the 500 RYT with Yoga Alliance.

For that additional knowledge, she returned to Bali for the 300 Hour Intensive Yoga Pranala Teacher Training.

“I was very prepared for the next level of Yoga Pranala since I had been teaching for three years. My main impetus for wanting to go to the training was the therapeutic part of the training to prevent injuries.

“While we learn a great deal in the YTT 200 hour training, there is much more I felt that was needed to fill in the gaps as far as how to deal with students with injury, trauma, etc…

“The YTT-300 training did just that, with therapy training, more Pranayama, and also more hands-on training with students.

“I also appreciated the activities which galvanized our group, made our time meaningful, and nurtured us as teachers. I feel more confident as a teacher when students come to me with ailments as to how to help them more responsibly and support them.”

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Not Yet Curtains for BRICs

Chandra Mohan is an economics and business commentator.

NEW DELHI, Nov 24 2015 (IPS) - With Goldman Sachs folding up its haemorrhaging BRIC fund, is it curtains for the acronym that defined the investment bankers’ fancy for emerging markets? It certainly appears so after China’s stock market crash and a fast slowing economy triggered fears that the dragon will set off the next global recession.

N Chandra Mohan

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Brazil’s economy is experiencing its deepest recession in 25 years. Russia, too, is contracting due to the crash in oil prices and sanctions. India remains a haven of stability. South Africa’s growth is sluggish with very high unemployment. Against this dismal backdrop, what are the prospects of BRICs playing a vital role in the world economy?

Fourteen years ago, BRICs was very much an idea whose time had come. Goldman Sachs projected them as the future growth engines of the world economy. This acronym soon became a self-fulfilling buzz word with a life of its own. A focus on these leading emerging economies, especially since 2006, provided handsome returns that peaked five years ago. Since 2010, however, BRIC Fund assets plunged from $842 million to $98 million in end-September 2015 according to Bloomberg. With no hope for “significant asset growth” in the near future, Goldman Sachs threw in the towel on October 23, the last trading day for this fund.

These financials clearly reflect the fast-deteriorating growth prospects of the BRIC economies. They were expected to overtake the US in size by 2015. But this isn’t likely to happen. A decelerating Chinese economy, in fact, threatens the first global recession in 50 years without help from the US, says a rival investment bank. Russia and Brazil are doing much worse as they are highly dependent on commodity exports to drive their growth. As China is the biggest importer of oil, iron ore and other raw materials, this is bad news for their commodity-driven prospects. Only India’s track record is creditable as the fastest growing economy in the world.

Such concerns can only make this grouping – which globally accounts for one-fifths of GDP, 42 per cent of population, 17.3 per cent of trade, 41 per cent of forex reserves and 45 per cent of agricultural production – less cohesive to have geo-economic significance in the world economy. Analysts consider the BRICs to represent an alliance of middle -sized economies that could lead to a serious attempt to counter-balance the US, the most powerful economy in the world. This is far from obvious except, perhaps for Russia, that has faced the full brunt of US-led sanctions due to its intervention in Ukraine. This is less true of India that is deepening its relations with the US.

But the BRICs are far from happy with the US-led global financial architecture. A striking feature of all the seven statements issued at BRIC summits from 2009 to 2015 is that this grouping aims to promote peace, security, prosperity and development in a multi-polar, equitable and democratic world order. The grouping seeks a greater voice and participation in institutions of global governance like the IMF, World Bank, WTO and UN. The Durban summit in 2013, for instance, indicated that the WTO required a new leader who demonstrated a commitment to multilateralism and that he or she should be a representative of a developing country.

The formation of a New Development Bank (NDB) is in fact a concrete expression of the desire of BRICs to set up its own alternative to the US-led World Bank and IMF. NDB President KV Kamath has indicated that the bank would blaze a different trail than the Bretton Woods twins who impose an unacceptable conditionality on their loan assistance. In sharp contrast, the NDB is expected to place a greater priority on borrowers’ interests instead of the lender’s interests; that it would better reflect the expectations and aspirations of developing countries. BRICs, however, are not keen to position the NDB as a rival to the World Bank or IMF.

At a BRICs meeting ahead of the recent G-20 summit in Turkey, India’s PM Narendra Modi stated that India will guide the NDB to finance inclusive and responsive needs of emerging economies. India will assume the chairmanship of BRICs in February 2016 and the theme of its chairmanship will be Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions – the acronym lives on! PM Modi added for good measure that there was a time when the logic of BRICs and its lasting capacity were being questioned. But group members have provided ample proof of its relevance and value through action at a time of huge global challenges.

The good news is that the BRICs are cooperating and competing with one another for a place under the global sun. The seven summits from St Petersburg to Ufa testify to this. BRICs are the new growth drivers for low-income countries, especially in Africa, considering the growing importance of their trade and foreign direct investments in such economies. The BRICs may be passing through troubled times, but they do constitute a major consumer market. Incomes have grown as more and more people have joined the ranks of the middle class, resulting in greater demand for oil, cars and commodities in leading member countries like China and India.

But the grouping must seriously address the serious challenges of kick-starting its pace of expansion to power global growth as before. The BRICs may not be yielding returns to investment banks but they are in no immediate danger of fading into the sunset. Member countries after all take it seriously enough to set up a potential rival to the World Bank and IMF dominated by the US and Europe. Even if its creator has pulled the plug on the BRIC fund, the acronym will remain relevant in the future as well. Its resilience only exemplifies the profound truth of what the famous economist John Maynard Keynes stated long ago that the ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else!

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Top Mother’s Day Gifts to Promote Self-Care

“A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.” ― Tenneva Jordan Mother’s day is just around the corner. On May 14th we get to celebrate the woman who is always in our corner, cheering us on, making countless sacrifices, thinking of everyone before herself, and loving unconditionally. There is no greater selfless person. Given their selfless nature, at the bottom of a mother’s priorities is self-care. As far back as I can remember I never saw my mom taking time for any sort of  indulgence. I rarely saw her in a workout outfit because there never seemed to be time for exercise. She ate whatever was fast and convenient in between carpools and PTA meetings. And she definitely didn’t make time for a spa day. For mothers, it’s hard to find the time and energy to […]

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How to Keep Your New Year’s Fitness Resolution

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Why Are Many Fitness Related Resolutions Doomed to Fail? We expect instant gratification and instant results from our workouts and fitness regiments. Just as we use Uber to avoid waiting for a cab and Tinder to avoid the long wait to find the perfect soulmate, we don’t want to wait for the results of say, waking up early to get a workout in or changing our already busy lifestyle to incorporate exercise. So, it can be difficult to stick to your resolution if you’re only looking for results in the mirror. Why? Because it can take longer than you think to see changes in your outward appearance. For many the reward does not justify the effort. Hence, many people jump ship before December comes along. Before you are able to say “resolution resolved.” The motivation is just not there anymore.

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New York Magazine: Calista Gingrich Has A "Stepford Alien Exterior"

Charlotte Hays

New York Magazine seems to be first out of the gate this campaign cycle with a profile of Calista Gingrich, a possible first lady who should either turn herself into a frump or be prepared for a lot of negative press from MSM scribes.

As might be expected, the piece peddles the same old same old liberal media clichés about the wives of Republican candidates. Author Noreen Malone takes aim at Mrs. Gingrich’s “famous platinum helmet of hair” and her “Stepford Alien exterior.”

A Stepford Alien exterior means being blonde and well-turned out and Republican—as opposed to being blonde and well-turned out and a Democrat.  Despite these potshots, the piece isn’t nearly as unflattering as one might expect, given the venue.

Mrs. Gingrich is portrayed as an intelligent woman who plays a key role in her husband’s campaign. (In the Gingrich marriage, it is Newt who charmingly fixes the "adoring gaze" on the spouse.)

The story delves mostly into how Newt and Calista have been able to make their “unconventional, modern marriage” acceptable to the GOP base.

Writers for magazines such as New York can probably forgive a helmet hairdo if you have an unconventional, modern marriage.

But one passage in the piece shows just how far from understanding conservative women members of the MSM tend to be:

The Type-A, high-achieving Republican woman (who might talk about traditional gender roles, but live her life somewhat differently) is newly popular on the right – as evidenced by the rise of the many “mama grizzly” candidates during the 2010 election – and it seems a model that could be just as well-received for a spouse, if packaged correctly.

Note to MSM: There is no hypocrisy between supporting “traditional gender roles” and having a high-powered career.

As conservative-leaning women, we believe that it’s up to women to decide for themselves which path they will take, whether at home or in the workforce.

Which reminds me…that was the subject of a recent debate in the Economist magazine between Christina Hoff Sommers, who says that women should do what they want to do, and Linda Basch, who says that women should do what liberal women want them to do.

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10 Things to Know About Your Full Service Caterer

The fact is, it’s hard to find one caterer that can truly provide a full-service experience for your wedding or event.  In addition, there are some elements of full-service that many brides and grooms are not even aware should be part of the service.  Here are some of the things your full-service catering company should provide for your off-site wedding or event:

  1. Catering:  This seems like an obvious item any full-service catering company provides, after all, it’s food, right?  Well, you may not know that not all catering companies offer the food choices you may want for your wedding.  It’s important to ask about things like custom menus, chef stations, selection of entrees and any deluxe options that may be available for a more personalized food selection for your wedding.
  2. Service Wait-staff, Maitre D, and Valet Services:  Having enough wait-staff for your size wedding, along with a Maitre D and being able to have them provided by the caterer providing your food gives you peace of mind that you do not have to make separate arrangements for these important individuals who will make your wedding special.  In addition, Valet parking services may or may not be available through your caterer, so don’t overlook this critical service.
  3. Fully Staffed Bar and Liquor:  Before we get into premium liquors and premium bar upgrades or beverage stations, it’s important to know whether or not your caterer has the proper liquor licenses for your venue.  Not all caterers can offer bar services, so if you are looking for a one-stop-shopping experience, bar service and staff is a critical aspect of your planning.
  4. Rentals:  From tents, flooring, tables, and chairs, to fine china, linens, silverware and glassware your caterer should be able to provide any and all rental items that you need for your off-site wedding.  In addition, having choices of color and style will give you options to set the tone and carry through your wedding theme, so be sure there are plenty of options to meet your wedding vision.
  5. Knowledge of Venue: Caterers can have experience with a variety of different off-site wedding venues and no one wants to be the “Guinea Pig” on their wedding day, so it’s important for you to choose a caterer that has the experience in working with the venue of your choice.
  6. Specialty Items: Your caterer should be able to offer specialty items for your wedding whether you desire an ice sculpture, a customized wedding cake or need resources for entertainment, photography, florals and décor, invitations and supplies, an officiant, limousine services, planners, and designers.  An established caterer will have all the resources to provide just about everything you will need to make your wedding day amazing!
  7. Planning Assistance:  If we haven’t covered all the bases above, then planning services should be a must-have from your caterer.  They will be able to help you through the process, provide you with valuable timelines and checklists to help keep your planning on track and on budget.  The catering manager will be your best friend, from the time you make your choice to the day of your wedding or event.
  8. Insurance:  Your caterer should be fully insured and licensed with a Certificate of General Liability, Workers Compensation, Automobile Insurance and if providing liquor with Liquor Liability.
  9. Health Department:  Check the records with the health department for inspection reports for your caterer. They should have a Satisfactory Sanitary Inspection filed with the county.
  10. Transport of Food:  Does your caterer have a refrigeration truck and storage containers for your off-site wedding to get the food there in a safe condition and proper temperature for your event?  What about during the event, will it be stored properly so that when served it is safe to eat?  These are very important food-safety items that many brides and grooms are not aware of.

Jacques Exclusive Catering provides full-service catering that can include all of the above items and more.  As part of our full-service off-premise catering, Jacques provides complimentary site inspections for whatever venue you choose.  This means that we have an extensive checklist that we go through on-site at the venue prior to your wedding to ensure your party runs smoothly. For more information about our wedding or event catering services, please contact us today.

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Seribu Rasa (Indonesian Food)

By Thibaud (Jakarta100bars)
Seribu Rasa is one of the most famous Indonesian/Malay restaurants in Jakarta. Located near the Plaza Indonesia roundabout, it is popular with locals and expats, and it is a good venue to experience some of the food specialties from the different islands of Indonesia.

I didn't find that the atmosphere inside was exceptional, except if you choose one of the private dining rooms around the fountain. The main room was actually completely full and noisy when we arrived, and I thought it lacked coziness. Also, we had to wait a few minutes before sitting so do make a reservation if you can (Phone number: +62-21 392 8892).

They have a great menu with a picture for each one of their dishes, making the picking easy. The prices are high for Indonesian food, but by international standards it is very affordable. You should not pay more that Rp130k (11 euros) per person for a large meal with drink.

I had the following:
Hokkien Spring Rolls (Rp30k)
Malay Kerabu Mangga (Rp29k)
Lamb Curry Bengalis (Rp82k)
Semilir Brastagi (Rp31k)
Overall: Both the appetizers were great, but I found that the lamb curry was too mild. It isn't the best Indonesian food I've had, but it is rare to have such a variety of dishes in one restaurant. This is the main reason why I recommend you to visit Seribu Rasa, and why I think it is OK to pay a premium.

Also, I usually don't talk about drinks, but the Semilir Brastagi is a must-try. It comes from Sumatra, and it is made with Strawberry, Mint leaf, Cranberry juice and Monin grenadine.
Opening Hours:
Every day, from 11am to 3pm and from 6pm to 10pm

Seribu Rasa Restaurant
Jl. H Agus Salim 128, Jakarta, Indonesia
Phone number: +62-21 392 8892

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  1. hum not very busy...

  2. Seribu Rasa is actually always full, I took the pictures after closing time..

  3. Three times been in this restaurant coz the food is delicious and satisfying but I was always disappointed with the parking service. Arriving at the restaurant parking attendants always say that the park is full and i must use the valley and eventually always follow it by paying that the price includes low valley was only Rp 5000/price is not much ( as written on the walls of the building ) But I suggest it is better not to write the price on the wall if they were asked not accordance with the prices listed for each valley has always paid officials say Rp 7000, ok no problem for me still remains cheap price to pay for them) but that is not always pleasant valley officials say "for the valley Rp 7000 and for the tips up to you" :-) and it happens 3 times each I come and use the valley as I come every weekend because of the small parking so it's always full.
    Hopefully this incident will not happen again which caused me uncomfortable with the words "for the tip up to you" I am among those who are always giving tips without being asked.I might be lucky they did not say for tips Rp 100,000 which would be more than the price of valley :-)

  4. I think what he mean is valet service.
    The location does not have a lot of parking space, so you might need to use valet service.
    I never been in the restaurant, but if the valet price is Rp.5.000 it's very reasonable.
    I do not understand why he is complaining.
    Regular valet in the area is Rp. 25.000 without tip. And I usually tip minimum or Rp. 5.000

  5. 5000 is nothing he should come to oakwood valet 100.000

  6. I almost died because there was seafood instead of chicken (as ordered) in my springrolls and I am allergic to fish. My beef was disgusting.shit soup, shit service. Only good thing was my bintang but that's not their issue. I'll never come back.


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TAPI pipeline project to start in Dec: Turkmenistan Ambassador to Pak

The construction of TAPI gas pipeline project involving Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India will start from December 13, Turkmenistan Ambassador to Pakistan Atadjan Movlamov has said.

The ground breaking ceremony of 1,735-km long gas pipeline from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan and Pakistan to India (TAPI) will take place in Turkmenistan, Radio Pakistan reported Movlamov as saying on Tuesday.

The trans-national gas pipeline project is vital for economic growth of regional countries, Pakistan’s Inter-Provincial Coordination Minister Riaz Hussain Pirzada said.

He said TAPI project is vital for Pakistan’s energy needs and would strengthen relations between Islamabad and Ashgabat.

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An Urasoe City Police patrol car spotted a moped-type bike with a driver without a helmet early Sunday morning in the Takushi district of Urasoe, and started to give a chase.

As soon as the patrol car started the chase and the driver of the moped heard the siren, she lost her balance, the bike hit the curb and crashed into a utility pole on the side of the road. The driver was immediately taken to an emergency hospital.

The driver turned out to be a 16-year-old girl who doesn’t have a driver’s license. She suffered severe injuries on her back, legs, and chest, and had to have an emergency operation at the hospital.

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The Future of My Vacation

Dear My Vacation users,

I can announce big news regarding the future of My Vacation! My Vacation was my first iOS app back in 2010 and has been downloaded over 180,000 times!

As is clear though from the lack of activity on this blog my focus has moved onto other projects. I have always been committed to respond to support queries and make sure the app works on new devices. However, that does not go far enough and those of you using the app deserve more.

I imagined how I'd feel if I saw My Vacation updated without my doing, and it would make me feel positively happy :) I'd be pleased to pass on ownership for the good of the app, and of course for the freedom it would give me personally.

I have sold the app to a new company called Pixyax who have assured me preservation of your trips will be a priority and they will start improving the app again over the coming months.

“I am very excited about acquisition of My Vacation App by Pixyax. We will be releasing a new version by end of summer with new and improved photo/video editing and sharing functionality. We like to hear from My Vacation App user’s requests and recommendations on how to improve on this application. Please email your request to” Thanks Ben

Ben has just put up a holding webpage at, which should be your port of call now for news on the app. Any support queries should go through to

Thanks for those along the way who helped me take My Vacation from an idea to the app it became. I had some valuable design help from @stevedesigner and @_nickjones, business support from @maxgaet and Pitch & Mix, some intrepid testing by Harry Dixon, and was fortunate to include some superb compositions from @choiby.

Finally thanks to you who bought the app and supported me. I hope you have enjoyed being able to record and relive the memories of your travels, and will do for a long time to come!

All the best,

Do Notes

At the end of this month I'm going to remove Do Notes from the App Store. I created the app to solve what at the time I felt was a gap in the market for an app combining notes and lists, and I hope it was useful to others along the way!

It was healthy for me to have a side project to My Vacation, and maybe it was helpful in cross-promoting My Vacation in some way too. However, in Apple parlance, it was effectively a 'hobby' app, and I am focusing my time these days on other projects. I will be still happy to answer any support questions you may have.

Thanks, Tony

New Dropbox changes

One of the best ways to publish from My Vacation is to send to Dropbpox:

However, Dropbox have changed the way new accounts handle the Public folder. It is hidden by default. To enable this so that My Vacation Dropbox links can be viewed by those you want to share with, you need to click on this link:

Using My Vacation: A Case Study

I have just returned from a trip to Cape Town and Dubai, where I used My Vacation again to create a travelogue. I've exported the journal to Dropbox and you can view it here

I had space to pack my iPad and wanted to use my main camera, so I used My Vacation HD. My camera is a Canon PowerShot S95 which has served me well for the last couple of years, and the successor PowerShot S100 looks to be a good up to date choice too. I did also use my iPhone 4S camera for some shots, especially when the opportunity for a good panoramic photo came about, as you can see from the Penguins photo above!

Using the app I discovered a few little things that can be improved and may also be issues for you using the app. It also got me thinking about the process I go through when using the app, and whether this may be interesting to add as a blog article; a case study, if you like.

Before the trip

I create the trip and set the dates. Things I know at this stage e.g. Fly from Heathrow, transfer to this hotel, that hotel, I put in the title for the day in question. I enter high-level locations, like Dubai and Cape Town

I use the app to create to do lists and add things to pack when I think of them. You can also use notes to keep photos or write reference numbers.

During the trip

I typically update the journal every 2-3 days. It’s best to do it more often but of course, it’s not always easy. In the meantime I’ll be taking photos each day, deleting photos on the camera that I know didn't turn out well.

I’ve purchased an Apple Camera Connection Kit which I insert my camera SD card into, then put the connector into my iPad. The integration is very simple. Photos app automatically loads up and you click on thumbnails of photos you want to transfer. For purists, the RAW images are also transferred, although only the JPGs are handled by My Vacation.

By this stage you have piece of mind that your photos are in two places, so if you lose your camera you won’t have lost those photos.

What I found myself doing was using Photos app to crop photos. I’ll be looking to add this as a feature to My Vacation so this can be done within the app.

Then I go into My Vacation and import the photos. I’ll probably transfer most of the photos I’ve just brought into Photos. With all the photos in place I’ll go through a slideshow of them all. It’s always a nice experience for anyone on the trip to see the photos on a big display before they get home!

Some photos may be slightly wonky and need rotating. Whilst My Vacation cannot crop at the moment, it can rotate. It can also rotate by a single degree each way unlike Photos which can only rotate at 90 degrees.

With the fresh reminder from the photos I’ve just viewed I add the locations travelled to for that day, and then write my journal for the day.

At the end of the trip

After the trip I want to share some photos with friends on Facebook. The easiest way to achieve this with My Vacation is to indicate using the control that you like a photo on the photo view page. Then when you publish the trip you can filter by how much you like the photos and include, for instance any photos with 2 or more hearts.

I tag photos that I wish to export with two or three hearts. If you want to determine which photo is the cover for each day you may want to only tag those with three hearts.

For each of those photos that I give some hearts to I will also make sure the caption is entered and the location is right too. If you are importing photos from a camera that is not GPS-enabled this can be laborious to do for every photo. However each photo can be default take on the location of the previous photo to help reduce the effort placing each individual photo.

In terms of photos, I see the process of creating a good record of your trip is to go through several stages of filtering your photos. I have visualised this in a pyramid to explain what I mean:

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Truly Trivial: Who was the first superhero to appear in Detective Comics? (Hint: It wasn't Batman)

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Seventy-one years ago this week, Batman made his debut in Detective Comics #27. Together with Superman, who appeared the previous year in Action Comics #1, the Caped Crusader helped launch the Golden Age of Comics, and thereby became one of the most recognized, enduring, and profitable fictional characters in modern history.

Not bad for a guy who inherited a two-year-old comic title that he shared with other fictional detectives.

While Superman inaugurated Action Comics, Batman was simply the latest in an ongoing series of character experiments in the Detective Comics anthology title. Detective #1's cover story involved Ching Lung, a (more than vaguely racist) ripoff of Fu Manchu, and the only enduring character to emerge from that issue was hard-boiled pulp detective Slam Bradley, who was invented by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster -- the creators of Superman. In fact, Batman wasn't even the first superhero to debut in Detective Comics -- just the most successful.

Who was the first superhero to appear in Detective Comics?

A full seven months before Batman appeared in April of 1939, the Crimson Avenger debuted in Detective Comics #20.

Only serious comics fanboys have probably heard of The Crimson Avenger, who began life as a not-so-subtle imitation of The Green Hornet. Both the Avenger and the Hornet had a color-based title, an Asian sidekick (Wing and Kato, respectively), and a gun that fired knockout gas. The Crimson Avenger is considered the first DC Comics superhero, and as such the character is held in reverence by other superheroes in the DC Universe. By some accounts, the original Crimson Avenger's fedora, mask, and cloak are used as part of the member initiation ceremony for the Justice League.

As for Detective Comics, a number of far more recognizable characters have made first appearances in the still-ongoing title. These include:

  • Commissioner Gordon (Detective #27)
  • Robin (Detective #38)
  • The Penguin (Detective #58)
  • Two-Face (Detective #66)
  • The Riddler  (Detective #140)
  • Martian Manhunter (Detective #225)
  • Batgirl (Detective #359)

And those are just the guys you've heard of (you've heard of Martian Manhunter, right?), and doesn't include the dozens of other Detective-originating characters that inhabit the quarter-bins of comics fandom, and nooks and crannies of the Truly Trivial.


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From Small to Big: The Challenges of Staff Size

Five students. At the beginning of last year, that’s all I had in my newspaper production class. I wondered: How is anything going to get done?

Twenty-five: The current number of students in my newspaper class. I still wonder: How is anything going to get done?

The circumstances maybe the different, but the challenge is the same. Not having enough students to report, write, edit, take pictures, etc. is in a way–I’m finding–easier than having too many students to do the same things. Gasp! I know, but this is probably because we haven’t found a system that works for us yet.

Last year, the editor in chief and myself could keep up with everyone and everything. It was as easy as leaning back in our chairs and checking in with the other four people in the room. This year, we’re lucky if we talk to a few people individually each day. Things are chaotic some days; the classroom actually reminds me of my old college newsroom days at the Daily Iowan. It’s buzzing and it’s great–but every day a story or thing on the to-do-list slips through the cracks. There is NEVER enough time.

Let me step back. I advise the student-run website Niles West News. Last year, I penned a column on this site about my first year as an adviser. In their first year–those five kids (which grew to about 10 by year end), won an Online Pacemaker. It was one of the proudest moments of my life. We update daily, as most of the websites to watch do, and this provides a tense 42 minutes of class time. Most days, we publish at least three new stories, sometimes five. And then there’s videos, photo galleries, polls, social media updates, ticker announcements, scoreboard results, and comments to update or respond to. It’s the best 40 minutes of my day–but it’s also the craziest (next to getting out of the house every morning with my two yr old).

So, 25 students seems like 1,000 to me, after last year. Things are smoothing out, a little. I hope by October we are hitting our stride. Any advice on organization and management is appreciate. And I hope to report back here soon with some advice of my own.

What are your staff structures like? How does your staff accomplish its tasks? I’d love to know!

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What Is The Scope And Role Of Engine Tool?

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What is the scope and role of Engine Tool?
There may be a lot of people listen to me to write Engine Tool more articles, but forget the simplest application of the piston and what is the role, and today to give you a detailed review of what; Engine Tool is a large outward expansion The deformed metal elastic ring, which is fitted into the profile with its corresponding annular groove. Reciprocating and rotating motion of the Engine Tool, relying on the gas or liquid pressure difference between the ring in the outer surface and the cylinder and ring and ring groove between the side to form a seal.
First, the scope of application: Engine Tool are widely used in a variety of power machinery, such as steam engines, diesel engines, gasoline engines, compressors, hydraulic press. General Engine Tool installed in the piston ring groove, and the piston, cylinder, cylinder head and other components of the composition of the chamber work.
Second, the role: the role of Engine Tool, including sealing, regulating oil (oil control), thermal (heat transfer), guided (support) four roles.
        Seal: refers to the sealed gas, do not let the combustion chamber of the gas leakage to the crankcase, the gas leakage control to a minimum, improve thermal efficiency. Leakage will not only make the engine power down, but also make the oil deterioration, which is the main task of the gas ring;
        Adjust the oil (oil control): the cylinder wall of the excess oil scraping off, while the cylinder wall on the cloth with a thin oil film to ensure that the cylinder and piston and ring the normal lubrication, which is the main task of the oil ring. In the modern high-speed engine, special attention to the role of Engine Tool to control the oil film;
        Thermal conductivity: through the Engine Tool to the piston heat conduction to the cylinder, that is, from the cooling effect. According to reliable data that the piston top of the heat received by 70 to 80% through the Engine Tool to the cylinder wall and scattered;
        Support: The Engine Tool holds the piston in the cylinder, prevents the piston from direct contact with the cylinder wall, ensures smooth movement of the piston, reduces frictional resistance, and prevents the piston from knocking the cylinder. General gasoline engine piston with two air ring, an oil ring, while the diesel engine is used three air ring, an oil ring.
        The concept of knowledge is above these, the actual knowledge, have the old master or their own to explore it!
 The direction of installation of the Engine Tool includes two questions, which is the face up; the other is how the Engine Tool's opening position is determined, the Engine Tool is installed in different directions, the effect is different, the assembly must be given enough attention.
       Some of the domestic engine Engine Tool on the face of the installation direction of the logo, with the English alphabet "up" (up) or other letters, or increase the size of the number, be sure to make letters or numbers side up. If there is no sign, it should be carried out from the cross-sectional shape of the ring and the specific engine. The general shape of the cross-section of the cross-section should be facing down, the inner side of the door should be facing the door.
If the four-ring, the first and two-ring ring opening direction should be 450 with the piston pin centerline, and staggered 180 degrees each other, the third and fourth ring and the first and second at right angles, also With the center line of the piston pin 45, and staggered 180 with each other. If the three rings, the first ring should be with the piston pin center into 45 the rest of the road separated from each other 120.
The assembly order of the Engine Tool should pay attention to the upper and lower parts of each ring and the opposite of the ring itself.
       Foreign engine Engine Tool in the face are engraved with the words "UP" and increase the size of the number of some of our engine Engine Tool are also marked. When assembling, the side of the mark should be up (to be assembled according to the mark). If there is no mark, should be from the shape of the ring to grasp: If the Engine Tool with a section of the "incision" for the first ring, the installation of "incision surface" up. The cross section of the Engine Tool with "outer incision" for the second, third ring, the installation of "incision surface" should be down. The equipment will cause the engine to burn oil.


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According to producer Ken Atchity, the director for Ripley's Believe it or Not will be announced this October:

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Little Italy continues to grow and become a better place to visit and live.  The most recent addition to the neighborhood is Piazza della Famiglia – a 10,000 square foot public plaza with apartments above and 16,000 feet of retail and restaurant space surrounding.  This plaza was formerly a short block of Date Street but per an agreement between the developer, H.G. Fenton, and the City of San Diego the street was vacated and a beautiful public space was created, paid for by private dollars.

The plaza isn’t fully open yet but a few of the businesses are and when I stopped by today on a sunny, gorgeous day around noon there were people chatting and having coffee, a family walking their baby in a stroller, and a number of passersby traversing the plaza on foot and bicycle.  There’s currently a small tent set up with leasing information for the two apartment buildings that H.G. Fenton built next to the plaza – Vici and Amo – which add 125 units to the area.

Here are a number of photos I took of the plaza.  The Little Italy Farmer’s Market (every Saturday and the best in the region if you ask me) will soon return to Date Street and the scene is going to be better than ever.

It’s awesome to see the neighborhood and the City choosing a public space over a handful of mostly free parking spaces (metered during part of the day) that previously occupied the plaza space.  For a comparison I checked out the two closest similr streets, which are similar size – Cedar and Fir.  When I stopped by Cedar had 10 total vehicles parked and Fir had 20, including one person moving from one meter to another and a parking enforcement vehicle looking for ticketing opportunities.  Needless to say, these streets that are devoted to cars and parking had zero persons enjoying the square footage occupied by the empty traffic lanes and parking spots.

Fir Street – 20 empty cars
Cedar Street – 10 empty cars

Which would you prefer for your neighborhood? 15 empty cars on a block, or a beautiful public plaza with shops, fountains, tables, and a place to sit and enjoy life? This sort of opportunity is available in spaces across San Diego, if we choose to embrace it.  More likely we’ll see massive amounts of additional free street parking across the city, as soon to come to North Park, due to the City making it easier than ever to quickly give over more public land to parking.  I’d prefer more plazas, trees, and life – hopefully you’ll join me in working for the same.  And don’t forget to check out the Little Italy Farmer’s Market – a great start to the weekend for locals and visitors alike.  I’d recommend taking a bike-share bike, hopefully by the time you visit the local business association will have stopped sabotaging those programs in Little Italy.

Want To Be An Airbnb Host in San Diego? Good Luck – You’re On Your Own

The City of San Diego continues to discuss options for regulations and rules around short-term rentals on sites like Airbnb.  Short-term rentals are rentals for less than a full calendar month and have been the topic of discussion at a number of City Council and committee hearings over the last few years.

I recently received an inquiry from a San Diego resident that would like to rent out one or two bedrooms in the home they live in – sharing a room or home with guests is often referred to as “home-sharing”.  Home-sharing is frequently brought up in the short-term rental debate with both sides typically saying there is no issue with this type of activity.  (However, home-sharing is the only type of short-term rental I’m aware of that the City of San Diego took to court, and ultimately the judge decided that this type of activity is not allowed under current rules and issued a fine to that host.)

The prospective host in this case was looking to do the right thing and get clarity from the City before hosting on Airbnb.  They contacted several City departments regarding how to fill out the right information for the Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate( “TORC”), if a Business Tax Certificate is required, what taxes they need to pay, and if there are other regulations they need to follow for lawfully renting out rooms via platforms such as Airbnb.

On the response to the prospective host, the city was clear and straight-forward in providing the process to register for the TORC, what kind of taxes the host would need to pay, etc.  The Transient Occupancy Tax (i.e. hotel tax) is not part of the debate and proposed short-term rental rules – it is already in place and collected (and in the case of Airbnb remitted for all hosts on the platform each month by the platform itself).

However, in regard to other requirements for operating an Airbnb, the prospective host was directed to consult the Development Services Department (in charge of Land Use and Development). Surprisingly, when the host reached out to Development Services they were told  that since there are no official regulations or rules around short-term rentals, this kind of activity is currently not allowed in San Diego.  That’s when the host reached out to me, as part of my efforts with the Short-Term Rental Alliance of San Diego (STRASD) – seeking clarity the city couldn’t provide and how they should proceed.

The contradiction between the responses from different City departments is confusing but accurate.  Yes – you can register and pay the taxes for this sort of activity.  No – you can not engage in this type of activity in the first place.  This is the current status of short-term rentals in San Diego, at least for home-sharing situations.  It still seems that whole-home short-term rentals may be on firmer ground, although the current City Attorney has declared all short-term rentals illegal. [Note: the previous two City Attorneys held a different position, that short-term rentals were not illegal.]

This sort of lack of clarity is harmful to potential hosts like the one highlighted in this post – a San Diego resident seeking to improve their economic position and do so in a straight-forward and compliant manner in the type of short-term rental that is roundly approved of and supported.  We need clarity to support residents like this and should encourage this type of widespread entrepreneurial opportunity to give citizens more options and ability to chart their own desired course.  Hopefully in the months ahead we will see clarity that gives certainty to current and potential hosts and guests and that supports the opportunity that platforms like Airbnb and others gives to many thousands of San Diegans.

A screen shot of some home-sharing options currently available on Airbnb (taken 4-19-2018)

29th Street – North Park’s Newest (Free) Luxury Parking Lot

Thanks to a request from the Mid-City Parking District a number of streets in North Park will likely soon be converted from parallel on-street free parking to head-in on-street free parking.  The following list of requested changes will result in an increase of 254 parking spaces, using more of our public land to store empty automobiles.  The proposed changes were discussed at the March meeting of the North Park Planning Public Facilities and Transportation Subcommittee – minutes including discussion can be found here.  The proposed changes are on the agenda for the North Park Planning Committee consent agenda for Tuesday, April 17.

The proposed changes are spread across a large section of North Park, but the stretch of 29th Street is particularly interesting to me.  29th Street is the site of the North Park Parking Garage – a 100% taxpayer funded parking garage with low rates that rarely breaks even (and in the most recent year likely lost money due to popularity of biking, walking, and Uber / Lyft – financials aren’t yet out to verify performance).  Here’s a map of the blocks of 29th Street and cross streets proposed to be converted to head-in parking (identified in red).

There are a number of reasons to oppose these conversions:

  • Climate change and health – Increasing automobile parking runs counter to the city’s Climate Action Plan goals to move mode share away from automobiles.  Bringing (and parking) more cars in North Park brings more air and noise pollution to the neighborhood, in addition to the potential fatalities and injuries that are common from automobile use. Giving away even more of our public realm to parking is a bad idea.  Increasing and encouraging more automobiles in North Park also runs counter to the promotion of the area as a walkable neighborhood. At a time when bike-share, scooter-share, and ride-share options are plentiful and increasing we shouldn’t be increasing the amount of parking for private vehicles.
  • Aesthetics and safety – This stretch of 29th Street is full of beautiful Craftsman homes.  The average age of the homes on the block is around 90 years old.  Parallel parking creates a standard car edge so visibility down the street for pedestrians, drivers, and residents is clear.  Head-in parking creates large variances (think of an extended cab pick-up, which are for some reason incredibly popular in San Diego despite the urban environment lacking steers and I-beams to carry around, parked next to a small sedan).  Pulling in and out becomes more dangerous for those traversing the street.  Additionally, the headlights from the vehicles at night are aimed directly into homes which are mostly at street level. I can’t imagine most residents would enjoy the additional lighting from the street.
  • Unneeded and counter-productive – Most of the houses on these streets already have off-street parking, many have full length driveways and garages.  The housing density (number of residents per unit) is almost certainly less than it was 50 years ago, as the average American household size has fallen almost by half.  If the housing is nearly a century old and the households are smaller than they have been in the past it seems unlikely that residents are clamoring for more parking on the street to bring in more traffic and noise.

Here’s a photo gallery of each block of 29th Street to get a sense of the housing and parking.  The street is very wide but as you can see, there is hardly a lack of parking although this may vary according to time of day.

Perhaps the worst bit of all is residents have basically no say in this process.  The parking changes were requested by a parking agency and I don’t believe any residents of any of these streets were part of the application – apparently the mission of parking agencies are to maximize the amount of parking for vehicles.  Residents will have a chance to respond negatively to the proposals, a written notice will be sent out.  Who does the notice go to – property owners or residents? (Not sure.) Are the mailings certified delivery to ensure receipt by intended recipients? (Guessing no.)  Even if the letters are addressed properly, and received what are the odds they are read or understood? (Not likely.)  The standard to oppose is that a majority, more than 50%, of the notices sent out must be returned in opposition.  If you’ve ever done a survey or mail response campaign you probably understand there is essentially zero chance of ever seeing a 50% response rate to any issue.

If there is demand from the residents on the impacted streets then an Opt-In approach would pass with flying colors.  I suspect that there is not support from the residents given the above many reasons this is a bad idea.  In either case, I believe the North Park Planning Committee has discretion on this matter to evaluate as they deem most appropriate. I hope they’ll opt to consider the impacts of yet more automobile-focused use of our land in this urban environment and reject this proposal to bring yet more traffic and parking and associated ills to the area.  For reference, here’s the evaluation policy for this sort of proposal.

In addition to this conversion being a bad idea there are better options for the excess roadway that does exist.  Some of those better options are:

  • Reduce the road width and increase the size of the housing parcels (increase the public right-of-way usable by property owner) – this would increase home values and the tax base, bringing in funds via property taxes, and allow for planting of trees or other use.
  • Install a bike lane to enable more residents to bike to work or school.
  • Do nothing. The status quo, although mostly a vista of asphalt, has real potential and we shouldn’t discard it for more unneeded free parking. Not to mention that once granted it is very difficult to repurpose parking area to other uses, as recent debates in Hillcrest and elsewhere have underscored.
  • My favorite – Dreaming big I’d love to see Balboa Park connected to the new North Park Mini-Park, located at 29th Street and North Park Way via a beautiful greenscape.  My proposal would greatly reduce the street size of both 29th Street and Granada Avenue to something like below – going from 54 feet of street space to 16 feet (paired one-way streets, one North-bound and one South-bound with one side of parking) and adding 19 feet of green space to either side of the two streets.  That’s a lot of additional greenery, quieter roads, and an increase in parking on each lot of one space per driveway. (Although I would guess many residents would do as they currently do and opt for more productive uses of their land than parking vehicles and utilize for gardens, play areas, chicken coops, hop scotch, and other options.)

If you have an opinion on this proposal you can attend the North Park Planning Committee Hearing on 4/17 or contact the group via email at info@northparkplanning.org.  Additionally, on my street – Granada Avenue – I’ll be working with the other residents to proactively state our opposition to this sort of conversion.  You can consider doing the same as it seems likely the many over-sized roadways in San Diego will likely follow 29th Street in becoming a parker’s paradise.

Video Game Building – My New Favorite Building in Downtown SD

Formally known as the Shift “Next Level Apartments” this recently erected building in the East Village portion of Downtown San Diego looks like it was designed for a video game.  The colors and the odd angles and shapes throughout feel so strongly like they stepped out of an early Halo game or something similar.

The building is bounded by 15th Street and 16th Street as well as J Street and K Street, a full city block.  Will be interesting to see it fully tenanted and up and running – the street scene in East Village continues to ramp up in a major way.  The units are priced from $1700 – $4500 although the available units ranged from $2795 for a 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom to $3920 for a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom.

Prop 13 On My Block

Property taxes are typically described as a wealth tax – they are taxes levied on assets held rather than transactional taxes like income taxes (applied to wages as earned) or sales taxes (applied to goods when purchased).  Property taxes are applied to the same property each year.

Back in 1978 Proposition 13 was passed in California to place a limit on property tax increases.  Per Wikipedia, Section 1. (a) of Proposition 13:  “The maximum amount of any ad valorem tax on real property shall not exceed one percent (1%) of the full cash value of such property. The one percent (1%) tax to be collected by the counties and apportioned according to law to the districts within the counties.”

Proposition 13 also placed some rules on how the value of a property is assessed or re-assessed.  Again, per Wikipedia: “Proposition 13 declared property taxes were to be assessed their 1975 value and restricted annual increases of the tax to an inflation factor, not to exceed 2% per year. A reassessment of the property tax can only be made a) when the property ownership changes or b) there is construction done.”

I was curious about the impact of Prop 13 on property taxes in San Diego after seeing some listings on Redfin and Zillow that had astoundingly low property taxes.  For example, the Banker’s Hill property shown below, currently for sale for $1,697,955, carries an annual property tax levy of $136.97.  That effective tax rate of .008% is far below the 1% established under Proposition 13.

I decided to take a look at the property values and property taxes on my block in North Park.  The houses are all pretty similar (outside of one empty lot that was purchased by a local church and razed for a small and scarcely used parking lot).  Below are the property values (per Zillow Zestimate) and property taxes paid (per San Diego County Treasurer website).  I’ve listed all the properties on both sides of the street but removed the addresses for privacy reasons.

Summary of property value estimates and property taxes on a block in North Park

Despite the homes on the block having pretty similar property values the amount of taxes paid and effective tax rate vary quite a bit.  I found it interesting to see the differences in a very small area of town summarized together.

A Lovely Stroll Through Banker’s Hill

Banker’s Hill is a hilly, pretty neighborhood just North of Downtown San Diego and to the West of Balboa Park.  It has a wide variety of old mansions, new condos, restaurants, churches, and everything in between.  It has a quiet vibe but I would guess this will shift in the next couple of years as there are quite a few new housing units being built and one would expect supporting businesses – more coffee shops and restaurants, gyms, professional offices, etc. – to open to cater to the new residents.

I’m often in Banker’s Hill and have established a route I like to walk or run that has a good mix of nature trails in canyons, park space, and residential areas.  I typically put a podcast on my phone and then go out for a break from work and listen to something interesting.  I wanted to share my route with others that might be interested in exploring Banker’s Hill a bit more.

Here’s a map of the route I generally take although I frequently shift portions of the route.  Start just East of the intersection of 6th & Laurel at the statue of Kate Sessions.  Head north on one of the sidewalks (or walk on the grass) through the western portion of Balboa Park to Spruce Street and head West.  This will bring you to the Spruce Street Bridge which you can cross and then take the meandering Curlew Street down to the bottom of Maple Canyon, which you can use to complete the loop and then cross the Quince Street Bridge to finish up.  I finished this route today at the new James Coffee location at 2870 Fourth Ave, Suite 107, San Diego, CA 92103.

Overhead map and elevation chart

Following are a few photos from today, there are also a number of wonderful buildings (new and old) to look at.  Hope you enjoy the area and this route!

Kate Sessions – mother of Balboa Park
Spruce Street Bridge
A photo from the Western portion of Maple Canyon
This house is mostly hidden and located in Maple Canyon. It has a great assortment of plants and a rustic look.
Quince Street Bridge crossing Maple Canyon. New construction underway in background.

Hostfully Host Spotlight – Our Place in San Diego

I’ve been using custom online guidebooks from Hostfully for about a year to share recommendations and property information with our guests in San Diego.  I really like the platform and functionality, especially the ability to send a PDF, print, or link to the guidebook for easy guest use.

Hostfully recently started a regular series of articles featuring hosts using the platform – the “Hostfully Host Spotlight”  and this week they decided to feature our property in North Park and some favorite recommendations in San Diego.

You can check out the profile article at the below link.  Cheers!

(If you’re an Airbnb or VRBO host in San Diego and interested in Hostfully please feel free to drop me a line and we can chat.)

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Observatory North Park – Estimated Attendance + Economic Impact

There’s been quite a bit of neighborhood angst in North Park about Observatory North Park – a historic theater in the heart of the neighborhood converted to a concert venue a few years ago.  Recently the City Councilmember for the area hosted a Festivus-style Airing of Grievances about the venue.  I live a couple of blocks from the venue and other than an occasional bit of noise haven’t had any complaints about the venue or patrons.  My thoughts generally align with this piece by Jeff Terich of CityBeat.

I was curious about the overall impact of the venue on the neighborhood in terms of patrons and dollars – how many people are attending concerts and bringing energy, liveliness, and money to North Park.  I live a couple of blocks away and it seems to be quite popular but I hadn’t seen any numbers about the average attendance, etc.  Here’s the response I got from an Observatory representative (received on 8/11/2017) on this topic:

“Our capacity is 550 seated or 1100 standing. We do between 12-25 shows per month with the average of most shows being about 80% sold.”

Let’s do a bit of math to get a monthly estimated total of attendees:

Average capacity: 825 [(550 + 1100)/2]  (assuming half seated shows and half not)

Average shows per month: 18.5 [(12 + 25)/2]

Average attendance per concert: 660 (825 x 80%)

Total attendance per month: 12,210 (660 *18.5)  ———>> In a year that would be an estimated 146,520 attendees.

What does this mean for the larger North Park economy?  As a rough estimate, this infographic from event organizer / platform Eventbrite is what a quick Google search yielded.  It’s a bit dated, from January 2015, but as I don’t currently have a data analyst on staff I’m going to run with it.

Eventbrite Infographic from January 8, 2015 – https://www.eventbrite.com/blog/infographic-how-much-do-people-spend-on-a-night-out-in-san-francisco-ds00/

Based on the above, the average non-ticket spending (snacks, drinks, transportation) would be $47 per person, in addition to the average $35 ticket. Multiplying the annual attendance by this $47 per person in spending would yield a direct economic impact to North Park of $6,886,440.  A good portion of this, especially the drinks category, may occur inside the Observatory venue or attached West Coast Tavern.  The wide variety of restaurants, cafes, and bars in North Park would also receive some of this money.

Prior to Observatory opening there wasn’t a major concert venue in North Park and I’m glad there is a place where music lovers can attend a wide variety of performances.  (I’m not much of a concert goer myself and haven’t attended a performance at Observatory other than the Christmas program for Jefferson Elementary, for which the venue donated the space and support services.)  I see Observatory as the type of place that most neighborhoods would pay lots of money or tax breaks to attract – a place bringing money, jobs, and attractions.  Hopefully Observatory will continue to listen to neighborhood concerns as well as operating as a top-notch place to enjoy a night out in San Diego.

Observatory North Park with throngs of attendees waiting to enter, taken 7/19/2017.

Airbnb Co-Hosting – Have You Heard About This Program?

New Airbnb Feature Likely To Be A Boon For The Platform
Airbnb has a feature currently only available in a number of cities around the world – Co-Hosting.  The current list, below, includes 25 cities although additional cities are being rolled out per my conversation with an Airbnb representative this week.

Cities currently offering Co-Hosting on Airbnb – San Diego’s on the list!

So what is the Co-Host program about?  Basically, it’s a way for a property owner (a “Host” in Airbnb parlance) to add another Host (the “Co-Host”) to a listing.  You can tap a friend, relative, neighbor, or experienced Airbnb huser to manage your property for you.  This is a huge growth opportunity for the platform and one I’m surprised is not getting more publicity.  I’d guess this is because they’re currently in test mode and working out any bugs in the program.  In addition to assigning management rights to an Airbnb listing, the Co-Host option allows users to set fees (management fees as a percentage of gross earnings or fixed fee, cleaning fees, etc.) and the platform will automatically split earnings and distribute to both the Host and Co-Host per the Co-Host settings.

There are a number of reasons why someone might want a co-host for their property.  The hassle of managing a property isn’t for everyone and to be able to hand off some or all of that responsibility will be attractive to some.  For others, travel schedules or work demands might necessitate a co-host for short periods of time or seasonally.  I can see myself wanting to add one of my children as a co-host to our listings in the future and giving them limited management rights to gradually give them control and responsibility for their own business.

In addition to existing Airbnb Hosts it’s easy to see how the Co-Hosting option could enable landlords to allow long-term tenants to utilize Airbnb in a monitored and responsible way.  Between landlords, existing hosts, and the growth in the number of hosts in general I see a lot of growth potential for co-hosting.  It should also allow Airbnb to retain hosts as there’s an option to avoid the hassles of managing a listing but still have the earnings, flexibility of schedule, and other benefits the platform provides.  Airbnb has built a huge user base complete with reviews and other data and strengthening that base and building on it will be a competitive edge for the platform against the many competitors in the field.

I recently became a Co-Host here in San Diego and am excited for the opportunity.  As one of the most experienced SuperHosts in the area I’m comfortable with taking on another listing to manage and hopefully the Host will see a benefit from the reduced workload for the property.  If you are considering a Co-Host in San Diego you can find my profile at the below link.  I’d be happy to talk with you about co-hosting and my experience and expertise.

Have a great day!

The current co-host options that are on offer, as of 4-28-2017.

Wondering if Airbnb offers Co-Hosting in Your Area? You can find out by logging in, and checking at the bottom of the menu bar.  If Co-Hosting is an option for you, there will be a section labeled “Management” with a sub-section “Co-hosts” on your menu bar.  You can directly invite someone you already know as a Co-Host or use the “Find a co-host” option to search by location for experienced hosts.

How Many Calories Do I Burn Biking to Work?

A few years ago when I started biking to work it was primarily due to a desire to improve my fitness.  I was working a lot of hours and found it difficult to find time to get to the gym.  I figured that a little moderate exercise (like walking) to start and end the day would be a good way to ensure at least a nominal amount of physical activity each day.

I’ve continued to bike since that first trial and now bike for most of my daily tasks – groceries, meetings, work, etc.  I’ve been pondering the exercise impact of the biking I do and wanted to do a rough estimate.

This online calculator is pretty handy to ballpark the calories burned biking.  There are many others but the few I tried out gave similar results.

For a typical 3 mile ride in the city I burn about 200 calories so a round-trip would yield 400 calories burned.  For a daily commute and with 2 weeks off for vacation that’d be an even 100,000 calories in a year.

If you’re looking for a way to get a bit of exercise each day, trying out bike commuting might be worth a try.  Bonus: it’s really fun.

Recent used bike purchase – hybrid mountain bike purchased for $90.

CORRECTION: After posting this I received feedback from a couple of people with more knowledge than I that calculators like the one used above overestimate the calories burned biking by quite a bit.  Per their estimates, including a tracked ride, the rate per mile for biking should be around 25 calories.

Based on this number, the total for the 3 mile ride, 6 miles round trip would yield a total of 150 calories burned and an annual total of 37,500 (not 100,000).

I’m leaving the original post and this edit in case others have a similar issue regarding online calculators for this purpose.


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