Some cool sell a business images:
pilates studio sells out neighborhood with illegal billboard : the center studio, castro, san francisco (2012)
Image by torbakhopper
so what's an illegal billboard?
basically you fake like you have a contest and it gives advertisers a right to put a "promotional" billboard on the side of your building. they pay you for allowing them to put their billboard up.
this is after you have pulled a city permit to show off "your" sweepstakes or promotion on a sign on your building.
but then these companies (npa in this case) post corporate ads that have nothing to do with your promotion.
so using false pretenses, a loophole was generated in the law.
it's illegal and it's stupid and it defies the spirit of the law by splitting numbers and letters.
it's dishonest, but that's big business. and it's the neighbors who should be saying no, instead of selling out the community and defying the spirit of the law for their own personal gain.
it's also a relevant example of how corporations are infiltrating urban residential neighborhoods and schools.
but currently, as the city laws were unprepared for this form of attack, the ability to enforce this law has been wrapped up in litigation for quite sometime. this litigation has conveniently put a freeze on the enforcement side of the law. that is, it's illegal, but it can't be enforced.
so these companies, claiming to help "mom and pop" business, are spamming neighborhood communities with corporate advertising under false pretenses.
but here's where it gets sticky.
this lack of police enforcement hasn't stopped a person or group of people in the neighborhood from becoming so angry at the flagrant thwarting of the law that they now destroy the billboard's message when it is posted.
i guess from a residential standpoint, BOTH the original advertisements and the defamations make the neighborhood look run down. the billboard is an evolving eyesore.
the other neighborhoods where these "fake" sweepstake advertisements are taking place (the tenderloin, the mission, SoMa) are also the grittier and dirty parts of the city. it's truly one shy step up from illegal graffiti and draws graffiti toward it in ALL the other sections of the city i mentioned. ncpa KNOWS that their poster create graffiti and reactionary responses in all the parts of the city where they post. they don't care, they just post over them and cha-ching to ad revenue.
anyway, i'm tired of this particular war. ncpa is fine by me.
they're just cashing in where they can. that's their business.
my goal is to help both building owner/occupants (because you are the voice that should be speaking up, not random neighbors who have grown sick of the fight) and vandalizer to realize that if the billboard simply disappears contractually, the problem will be resolved. and the problem isn't ncpa, it's the people directly involved in the community -- the building owner/occupant and the vandalizer. it's these people who have created an eyesore sight.
the spirit of the law is clear -- billboards are not allowed in residential neighborhoods. and people who live by the letter of the law get lost in the details and end up crashing the ship for everyone else. what's the point in that?
how much revenue is this billboard actually generating anyway?
so much that the peace of the neighbor should be threatened?
Buying low and selling high
Image by Thompson Rivers
Peter Tsigaris (left), TRU Economics associate professor and department chair, interacts with Grade 10 students at St. Ann's Academy on Dec. 10, 2012.
Through the playing of games, students learned about buying low and selling high as well as consumption and the allocation of resources.
In this photo, Tsigaris takes cards from students in a buying and selling game. Working in groups of two, students received either a red or a black playing card with a number on it and told not to reveal the number to anyone other than their partner. Mimicking a trading floor, one student from each pair would then try to strike a deal with someone holding a card of the other colour.
Those with red cards posed as buyers and tried to make a deal with a black card of equal or lower value, thus illustrating buying low. And to illustrate selling at a profit, those with a black black card were trying to make made a deal with someone holding a red card of equal or greater value.
In another game involving Smarties candy, students learned about consumption and "the tragedy of the commons."
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Learn more about economics by reading Tsigaris's blog.
225-120 1937 DeSoto “Business Coupe”
Image by bsabarnowl
These DeSotoPhotos are courtesy of;
VanDerBrink Auctions, LLC Yvette VanDerBrink-Auctioneer/owner www.vanderbrinkauctions.com/
VIN#: 5581479
This is a very Rare 1937 DeSoto 2 door Business Coupe.
Nice and presentable, it is silver in color with nice rims.
The paint is decent but has some peeling in the door jambs.
There are some cracks and chips.
The trim is nice and the car is straight and basically complete.
It is an older restoration, the doors close very well.
The car has a flathead 6 cylinder motor with a 3 speed shifter on the column and OverDrive.
While the engine turns over it has some stuck valves.
The interior is brown Mohair that appears to be older restoration, original flooring, the seats are in decent condition with some wear and marks.
There is no radio but it has a clock.
It has a heater, the glass is decent. And overall the car is solid with very little rust seen.
The odometer reads 98,461 miles.
This is a very nice car and would be a great addition to any collection.
VIN#: 5581479
Lot 41B Sold for $ 8,500.00
