2013年3月18日星期一

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The Karans' case

Dunes vs. property rights in storm-battered NJ
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    HARVEY CEDARS, N.J. (AP) — The sand dune that ruined Harvey and Phyllis Karan's view of the ocean allowed their beachfront home to see another day when Superstorm Sandy's surge crashed ashore. They still want the $375,000 a court awarded them for the blocked sunrise, though.

    The Karans were never against the dune, their attorney says; rather, they deserve to be compensated for the decrease in property value to their $1.7 million home. They have company up and down the Jersey shore, where thousands of homes were saved from the October storm because they had robust dune systems protecting them from the pounding surf. Many places that didn't suffered catastrophic damage.

    Most coastal homeowners want the government to build dunes and widen beaches near their homes. Yet some still refuse to give permission for the projects to proceed, citing the loss of precious ocean views and fearing governments could build boardwalks or amusement piers near their homes — something officials stress they have no intention of doing. The prospect of honky-tonk entertainment districts like the one in Seaside Heights, once home to the hard-partying Snooki and company of the reality show "Jersey Shore," is anathema to many in oceanfront neighborhoods where even smaller houses can go for several million dollars.

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won't begin such projects without signed easements from all the affected oceanfront homeowners that give them permission to access the property for the work. Sandy has only intensified an effort that had been under way since at least 2008 to get the holdouts to sign.

    But Gov. Chris Christie has little sympathy for lost views. "For the people that didn't want a dune to block their view, they now no longer have a house to block the view from," he said. "So, how about that choice?" He said he may seek to force the holdouts to submit the dune work, whether through eminent domain or some other governmental maneuver.

    Sandy has indeed changed some minds. Mantoloking, which was nearly obliterated by Sandy, has signed easements or verbal commitments from 120 of the 128 oceanfront owners it needs to proceed with beach work. And many of the towns on Long Beach Island are closing in on their final pockets of holdouts, five years after first asking.

    The Karans' case, which will be heard by the New Jersey Supreme Court this year, is the most highly publicized.

    Harvey Cedars, a narrow spit of sand in the northern part of the barrier Long Beach Island, has been battling with oceanfront homeowners for years over permission to construct protective sand dunes. The Karans refused to sign, and the borough used its powers of eminent domain to take the land it needed for the dune project.

    It included a 22-foot berm that, while offering protection from the killer storm, also blocked the couple's views of the water. That, they claim, reduced the value of the property by about $500,000, and they sued.

    "What people are saying to the Karans is, 'You should give your property to the government so that my property won't be damaged,'" attorney Peter Wegener said. "But if you take it, pay just compensation for it. They want to take people's property for nothing."

    Harvey Cedars had offered $300 to the couple, arguing the figure was fair, given the benefit of protection from storms that the dune project provided. A bill pending in the Legislature would force courts to consider the value of protection from storms that dune projects add to oceanfront homes when calculating damages for lost water views.

    Without such a law, as state Sen. Bob Smith put it, "you'd have to be a total jabootz" not to hold out for a six-figure payday in such situations. He's sponsoring a law to hold down court awards.

    Renate Early owns a small restaurant four houses in from the beach in Harvey Cedars, near the Karans. She has little sympathy for lost views, given what Sandy did to the shore.

    "If you don't like the view on the first floor, go look out the second floor," she said. "If we didn't have the dunes, we would have no store. It would have floated away. I'm positive of that."

    Several of the private beach associations in hard-hit Toms River are refusing to sign easements, to the great frustration of Mayor Thomas Kelaher.

    "They worry we might put a merry-go-round or a hot dog stand in their front yard," he said, rolling his eyes. "People are so crazy not to sign it. I just can't believe people are so obstinate."

    Ed and Patricia Newman live in the Holgate section of Long Beach Township, where dozens of homes were smashed to bits. But the home they have owned since 1999 lost only a bit of siding because of a decades-old dune system between them and the surf.

    "We had a good dune with lots of pine trees and bayberry bushes anchoring it in place," Patricia Newman said. "It saved our home."

    Mantoloking — like most of New Jersey's hardest-hit areas, situated on a barrier island — suffered the state's worst destruction; every last one of its 521 homes was damaged, and scores were simply washed off the map. The storm cut a channel between the ocean and Barnegat Bay, severing the town in two before repairs filled the breach.

    The wealthy community has traditionally opposed beach replenishment and dune projects, although Sandy changed many minds and led borough officials to campaign for holdouts to sign their easements so beach protection can begin as soon as possible.

    Police Chief Mark Wright is mystified as to why all the oceanfront owners haven't signed yet.

    "What more needs to happen?" he said.

    Yet even after all the damage Sandy did, the fear of the public encroaching on heretofore private patches of the coast remains a powerful deterrent for some homeowners.

    Michael Becker, who owns an advertising firm, owns a vacation home on the ocean in Mantoloking. He signed — but only reluctantly.

    "I don't mind that the government would own the land they place in front of ours," he said. "All I ask for and didn't get is a clause saying they won't build a boardwalk or some other form of entertainment in front of our house. They say, no, they're not going to add anything. But it doesn't guarantee that the government can't add a boardwalk in front of our house. We only want to protect against what the government can do."

    Mark Donohue, whose father owns an oceanfront house in Mantoloking, supports the beach protection project. But he said his father, too, is concerned about what the government might do once it gets the right to some of the beachfront land.

    "This project should happen; it needs to happen," he said. "The common good is a good thing, but you can't just do away with private property rights."

    Clifford Lewis, an 89-year-old who has been sailing on Barnegat Bay since 1930s, had a large garden at his home in Mantoloking, known for its prize-winning chrysanthemums.

    "I am now too old to rebuild the garden," he said. "If the problem is not quickly resolved, beachfront people will lose significant value. To expect the state of New Jersey to assist us in a second debacle is ridiculous."

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    Wayne Parry can be reached at http://twitter.com/WayneParryAC

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    seasonal closures or closing the fishery

    High prices expected for Maine elver season

    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Last year's eel fishing season started strongly when prices rocketed above $2,000 a pound. High prices are again expected when the 2013 season kicks off Friday.

    Prices won't be set until the catch gets under way, but eel dealers say there's little doubt that they'll be high.

    "If the catches are great, the prices will go lower. If the catches are poor, the prices will go higher," said Mitchell Feigenbaum, owner of Delaware Valley Fish Co., which buys eels in Portland and ships them to China. "There's still ample demand for the product worldwide."

    The price that fishermen get for their eels has fluctuated wildly through the years, but spiked two years ago due to an eel shortage from Japan and export restrictions in Europe.

    Last year the price reached unprecedented levels. When all was said and done, they were worth $38 million — an average of just under $2,000 a pound — to fishermen, making it the state's second-most-valuable fishery behind lobster in 2012.

    The state has issued 413 licenses to fishermen who stake out spots along Maine's coastal rivers and streams, where they catch the eels in fine-mesh nets as they swim upstream during the 10-week season, which ends May 31.

    Besides the licenses issued by the state, the Passamaquoddy tribe issued another 237 licenses to tribal members last year, up from two the previous year. The tribe issued the licenses when the prices shot up, arguing they were entitled to fish what they wanted because state law didn't put any limit on tribal licenses.

    Tim LaRochelle, a harvester and eel buyer from Woolwich, and two of his fishermen friends parked their vehicles in a lot along a river outside of Portland on Thursday in preparation for the season ahead. They'll work the river in the weeks ahead, sleep in their vehicles and won't leave until the season is over, he said.

    He first fished for eels in the mid-1990s and recalls years when he was getting under $30 a pound. Fishermen typically haul in about two pounds per day.

    In years past, nobody ever thought prices would go as high as they have, he said. There were reports of fishermen making $10,000 to $20,000 a day last year.

    But he's thankful there's a strong appetite for eel dishes such as kabayaki in Asia.

    "Somebody said they eat eels like we eat hamburgers," he said.

    With elvers worth so much last year, law enforcement officials issued 300 summonses and another 98 warnings for elver violations, mostly for fishing without a license.

    Marine Patrol Maj. Alan Talbot said this year could also be a busy one for his officers.

    "We've heard the price is still going to be very high," Talbot said. "I've heard anywhere between $2,000 and $3,000, but who knows. It's hard to tell until the season starts."

    State officials have expressed concerns over how many licenses the Passamaquoddy tribe might issue this year, said Rep. Walter Kumiega, co-chairman of the Legislature's marine resources committee. Officials want to issue enough licenses to allow fishermen to reap benefits, but not so many that the state is in violation of federal fishing regulations, he said.

    There is no cap on how many licenses the tribe can issue, but the Marine Resources Committee last week endorsed an emergency bill that would limit the tribe to 200 licenses, while giving the Houlton Band of Maliseets tribe 16 licenses and allowing for another 25 nontribal licenses. The full Legislature is expected to vote on the bill this week.

    Another concern is a recent stock assessment of American eels that concluded that the eel population is technically depleted in U.S. waters.

    The population along the eastern seaboard is at or near historically low levels due to a combination of overfishing, habitat loss, predation, environmental changes, disease, toxins and contaminants, food web alterations and turbine mortality, according to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, which is based in Virginia and regulates the eel fishery.

    As a result of the stock assessment, an ASMFC eel management board has drafted a proposal looking at potential new management measures for glass eels — the type harvested in Maine — as well as silver and yellow eels, said Kate Taylor of the ASMFC. Management options include quotas, gear restrictions, seasonal closures or closing the fishery, she said.

    Glass, yellow and silver eels are all the same eel, but at different life stages. Glass eel harvesting is prohibited in all states except Maine and South Carolina, and only Maine has a significant catch. Yellow eels, and silver eels to a lesser extent, are harvested commercially in several states, primarily for food and for bait for recreational fishermen.

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has also been petitioned to review whether eels should be listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. A 2007 review found that federal protection wasn't warranted.

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    2013年3月14日星期四

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    2013年3月13日星期三

    R4i SDHC 3DS ～ 【特集】今、ここにある「バブル」～生かされぬ教訓と性

    円、95円台後半＝ロンドン外為【ロンドン時事】8日午前のロンドン外国為替市場の円相場は、良好な米国の経済指標を背景とする円売り・ドル買いが継続、1ドル＝95円台後半まで下落した,牝５＝橋田。正午現在は95円70～80銭と、前日午後4時比1円10銭の円安・ドル高。　【関連記事】 〔マーケット情報〕株と為替の最新市況 【特集】為替相場の理と奔流～金融緩和で円、物価は,　Bグループでは、Fリーグ勢が苦戦を強いられた？～ 【特集】今、ここにある「バブル」～生かされぬ教訓と性（さが）～ 【特集】その時、日本の首相は？！～「プラザ合意」からバブル経済へ～ 〔写真特集〕宰相の系譜～明治・大正から現在～
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    m3 ds real ＊英文の訂正により、３段落目の「１０５２万件」を「１０５億２０００万件」に訂正します

    訂正：2012年の米公共交通機関利用が過去2番目の高水準＝調査［ワシントン　１１日　ロイター］　業界団体の米公共輸送協会（ＡＰＴＡ）の年次調査によると、通勤のための公共交通機関利用が２０１２年は過去２番目の水準となった。

    雇用情勢の改善が背景で、大半の公共輸送機関が集中する東海岸地域でハリケーン「サンディ」による被害がなければ、利用はさらに伸びていた（ＡＰＴＡメラニファイ会長）とみられている。

    ２０１２年の公共交通機関利用は前年比１．４９％増加。電車、バス、通勤・通学用電車の利用は１０５億２０００万件（訂正）だった。

    輸送種別毎に見ると、地下鉄などの重量軌道が１．４２％、軽量軌道が４．４７％、通勤用電車が０．５２％、バスが１．２％、それぞれ増加,昨年１２月に続く２カ月連続の１５％増となった。種別を問わず利用増が見られた,　また、暗黒星雲は星の誕生場所としても知られており、「ループス3」とこの星団も密接に関係している。一部の軽量軌道については、路線の延長や新設により利用が増加した。

    ただ昨年第４・四半期は、巨大ハリケーン「サンディ」上陸の影響で、前年同期から減少した。

    ２０１２年の公共交通機関利用は、記録のある１９５７年以来最大だった２００８年以来の高水準。メラニファイ会長は、燃料価格上昇と渋滞を嫌うムードが、公共交通機関の利用増につながったとしている。

    「サンディ」の被害が最も甚大だったニューヨーク州とニュージャージー州では、少なくとも４万１６００人の雇用が失われたが、同会長は、全利用中約６０％を通勤が占めたと指摘した。

    ＊英文の訂正により、３段落目の「１０５２万件」を「１０５億２０００万件」に訂正します。【関連記事】 2月米非農業部門雇用者数は23.6万人増、景気の底力示す ホーム・デポ第４四半期予想上回る、住宅市場回復・サンディ需要で 米ロウズ第4四半期業績が予想上回る、サンディ復興が後押し 米ＡＩＧ第4四半期は40億ドルの純損失計上、航空機リース事業売却で 米ＵＰＳ第4四半期利益が予想下回る、13年利益見通しも
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    『銃・病原菌・鉄』のジャレド・ダイアモンド来日講演　全文書き起こし（1／2）（1/7ページ）もっと見る科学未来館で講演するダイアモンド氏ニコニコニュース(オリジナル)　世界的ベストセラー『銃・病原菌・鉄』でピュリッツアー賞を受けた進化生物学者ジャレド・ダイアモンド氏が2013年2月11日、日本科学未来館で講演を開いた。講演では、新著『昨日までの世界』の内容をふまえ、高齢化社会に我々がどうすべきかを部族社会をヒントにして語った。ニコニコ生放送でも一部始終が配信されたこの講演を、今回は全文書き起こして紹介する。■ 「日本にまた来られたことを嬉しく思っています」　本日、日本にまた来られたことを嬉しく思っています。3回目の訪問になりますが、日本はとても美しい国です。皆さんは幸運なことに日本に住んでいるわけですが、私は残念なことに短い間しかご訪問できないのです。今回は妻と一緒に来日しました。私の妻には日本人の親戚もおり、親戚との再会を嬉しく思っています。　これから講演を始めますが、それが皆さんにとって実用的な価値があるかどうか知りたいので、まず最初に挙手をお願いしたいと思います。2つの質問をしますので、どちらかに手を上げてください。　皆さんの中で、「65歳以上の方」、もしくは「65歳以上長生きをしようと思っていらっしゃる方」、あるいは「ご両親や祖父母が65歳以上まで生きた、もしくは現在65歳以上でご存命の方」、これらのグループに入る方は挙手してください――たくさんですね。いま手を挙げてくださった皆さまは、私の話に実用的な価値があると思われるでしょう。　では「65歳以下の方」、または「65歳以上は長生きしたくないと思っていらっしゃる方」、そして「ご両親や祖父母が65歳までは生きられなかった方」、こちらのカテゴリーの方も手を挙げていただけますか――あまりいらっしゃいませんよね。あるいは、恥ずかしいと思っていらっしゃるのでしょうか......。確かに、皆様には、個人的には直接関係していないかもしれません。しかし、それでも私の話す内容は興味深いと思っていただけると思います。■ 「高齢者問題」を部族社会から考える　それでは、今日は、現代の伝統的社会で年をとっていくことについて話したいと思います。このトピックは、私の最新の著書『昨日までの世界』ではわずか１章にしか書かれていません。その中では、伝統的な小規模部族社会と、われわれが住んでいる大きな現代社会をあらゆる側面で比較しています。この新しい本の他の章では、子育て、高齢者、健康と病気、危機とそれに対する反応、紛争解決、戦争、宗教、多くの言語を話すこと――こういったものも比較しています。　さて、ここにお集まりの皆さんもまた、大きな先進工業国家に住んでいます。決まった場所に定住し、中央集権の国家が決定を行い、国民は読み書きができ、本やインターネットから情報を取る――そんな社会に住んでいるわけです。このような社会では、ほとんどの人たちが60歳以上まで生きていて、食べ物は自分たちが作らず、他人が作った物を食べて生きていると思います。　しかし、忘れてはいないでしょうか。こうしたさまざまな習慣は、600万年にもおよぶ人類の歴史の長い進化の中では、ごく最近に起こったものです。いま申し上げた色々な習慣は、1万1,000年前には、世界のどこにも存在しませんでした,R4i フレッシュな選手が首位を走り、実力者たちがそれを追いかける大混戦の様相を呈してきた。その中のいくつかは――例えばインターネットの登場や、ほとんどの人たちが60歳以上まで生きている状況など――わずか100年、もしくは10年から20年の間に起こった大きな動きです。つまり、われわれの先祖は伝統的な部族集団の中でずっと生きてきたのであり、人類の進化という時間軸を考えれば、ほとんど昨日までそういう暮らしをしてきたとも言えると思うのです。　500年ほど前に、ヨーロッパ人が世界中に進出していきました。それまでは、すべての大陸の大部分に存在していたのは、部族社会です。最近では、部族社会も国家の管理下に置かれるようになっています。まだ国家の管理下に置かれていない部族社会はありますが、ニューギニアやアマゾン川の流域といった限られた地域にしかありません。しかし、部族社会は人類の歴史のほとんどの社会形態だったわけで、現代の大規模社会よりもはるかに多様性を持っています。大規模社会では共通の特徴として、政府があって、ほとんどの国民同士は個人的な面識がありません。アメリカ、中国、日本、イスラエル、ドイツ、アルゼンチン......どこであれ、大規模社会にこの傾向は見られるわけです。■ 部族社会は社会の「自然実験」を何千回も行ってきた　それに対して、部族社会には、たくさんの大きく根本的に違う点があるのです,「うちの子のお土産に」と買っていくお客さんが多いという福島県福島市郊外の小さな街のパン屋さん「ぱんぴあ　さくま」。部族社会というのは、どうすれば人間社会を運営していけるのかという、ある意味での自然実験を何千回も行ってきた結果、非常に多様性が高い社会運営のノウハウが実践されているのです。そこから学べることは多いと思います。　例えば、いまの日本において「子どもの自由がどこまで許されるべきか」を考えてみましょう。そのときに、「自由が少ない、もっと放任するべきだ」と考えていたとします。しかし、ここで日本人たちを自然実験の中に置くことはできません。　例えば、47都道府県の中で実験をするとして――火やナイフを与えてもいい16県を選び、別の16県はちゃんと親に従わなければいけない厳しい県にして、それ以外は現状のままと決めて、３つの集団に日本を分けたとします。そして、子どもたちを実験対象にしたとしましょう。そうすれば40年後には、対象の子どもたちが大人になり、その比較から自由を少なくした方がいいのか、与えた方がいいのか、いまの程度でよかったか、という質問に答えることができるかと思います。でも、残念ながらこのような実験はできないのです。　しかし、伝統的社会では、自由な環境で子育てがされている社会や、そうでもない社会というのが、事例としてたくさんあるのです。伝統的社会の実践は、いまの日本やアメリカの社会よりも多様性があるのです。そこから学べる可能性はあるし、実用性も高いと思います。高齢者への対応の仕方や、どうやって健康を維持しているかなど、われわれがいま心配しているさまざまなことについても伝統的社会から学べるはずです。　部族社会は原始的で、また惨めで、軽蔑（けいべつ）されるものとするのは間違っています。しかし、幸せで平和な社会だと理想化するのもまた、違います。部族の習慣について知ると、中にはぞっとするものもある一方で、いいなと思ったりうらやましいと思うものもある――そして、中には自分たちでも取り入れることはできないものかと思うものもある、というわけです。 高齢者を遺棄する５つの方法 前のページ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 次のページ
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