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La Semaine du Vélib' et du Vélocouture Parisienne
We've heard much about the Vélib' Revolution in Paris. Marie was down there for a visit a while back and now it was my turn, together with Wifealiciousness. I was looking forward to seeing how the bike share programme worked and how it fit into the urban landscape of the French capital.
In short, I was astounded. It's hardly been a year since the Vélib' was thrust upon Parisians and yet the Vélib' has already become an iconic addition to a city hardly lacking icons.
This first photo doesn't even feature a Vélib' bicycle and that is on purpose. The Vélib' Revolution has spawned bike culture. Vélib bikes are everywhere, of course. There are 20,000 of them in the city. But what amazed me was seeing so many normal bikes. I've read that bike sales have increased since the beginning of 2008. Parisians have tried the Vélib and now many are investing in their own bikes.
Ah... there's a Vélib'. Wifealiciousness and I were in Paris for three days - sans enfants. Friday was spent visiting old haunts and certain shops we love. All the while we regarded the flow of bicycles in the streets. Who was riding them? Was it easy or hectic?
What is fantastic is that there is no one demographic group cycling on the streets. It's men and women, young and old. Couples, families, you name it. The key to any successful bike culture is to get women onto bikes. They are the group that is most likely to ride and yet least likely to actually do it, especially in urban settings. But the Parisiennes are out in force. Vélib' is short for Vélo Libre and Vélo Liberté - Free bike and bike freedom. The perfect name.
Wifealiciousness and I hopped on our first Vélibs on Saturday and never looked back. It takes three minutes on the machine at any bike rack to set up a subscription. One day, seven days or one year. All you need is a credit card with a chip in it, but when even the Chinese have chips in their credit cards, that's hardly an issue anymore. We took the one day subscription and were issued a card with a number. Each time we wanted to take a bike we went to a machine, typed in the number and selected a bike. In under a minute we were cycling away.
It's even easier with an annual subscription. You get a permanent card and you just wave it in front of the card reader next to each bike and the bike is unlocked.
Once again, it is segregated bike infrastructure that makes bike culture possible. You cycle, by and large, along existing bus lanes, although there are many dedicated and segregated bike lanes around the city.
The most fascinating thing is that motorists have already figured out how to deal with all the bikes. The cars watch for bikes and the cyclists take it easy [Style Over Speed... :-) ] and watch for vehicles. This karmic co-existence is remarkable, especially so soon after the introduction of the Vélib'.
I've driven in Paris many a time and it used to be a witches cauldron of automotive chaos. You get used to it, but it was always a nervy experience. Second only to Roma in my experience for stress. Riding through the city on a Vélib, however, is no great feat. It is liberating, glorious and it is easy.
If chaotic Paris can adapt to the sudden appearance of 20,000 Vélib bikes and thousands of normal bikes, then it should be no problem for other cities. Bike share programmes, segregated bike lanes, ease-of-use. Off you go.
The mentality of Parisians and the French in general is a big plus, but Paris is now the yardstick that all other cities itching for bike culture have to measure themselves by.
I'll post photos and commentary all this week - La Semaine du Vélib' here on Copenhagen Cycle Chic.
Riding Vélib bikes - shouldn't we just call it Vélib'ing? - around Paris is a breeze. I'm sure that to some the above photo, however, looks a trifle perilous.
Not to worry, though. Busses in Paris have frequent stops so you can usually stay
ahead of them. If you find yourself next to one at a light, they provide ample room for cyclists and, most importantly, they know the cyclists are there. Wifealiciousness and I were overtaken by busses a few times, but they drove slowly and gave us a wide berth.
Taxis in Paris use the bus/bike lanes, too, but even on speedier stretches along the Seine or Rue du Rivoli, taxis slow when overtaking bikes. Brilliant.
There is a sincere sense of 'joie de vivre' present in Paris these days, thanks to the bicycles. The system itself is so easy to use and the massive number of bike racks means that you're always within spitting distance of a Vélib. As the map below shows, Vélibs are widely available :-)
One thing that we noticed was that with the Vélib you get to see parts of Paris you would normally zip past on a Metro deep underground.
One evening we rode up to Sacre Coeur. It's a long climb up the mountain, especially the last stretch, with all the cobblestones of Paris-Roubaix combined with a Haute Categorie climb in the Pyranees. The Vélib bikes have three gears, like most normal bikes in European cities, and while getting up the mountain required a bit of muscle, it was no problem. The real hell was all the tourists up at Sacre Coeur, but we were the only ones on Vélibs, which was quite cool.
We didn't fancy running the gauntlet of tourists to get back down so we merely followed the road that cars take, down the backside of the mountain. We realised that neither of us had ever been on the other side. Who has? Millions of tourists climb up the front and back down again, like so many camera-toting Dukes of York. We discovered a hidden corner of Paris that we would never have visited without the Vélib.
The whole time we rode down streets we've never seen before, discovered cool shops previously unknown to us and generally experienced a whole new Paris.
Joie de vivre, indeed.
One of the best things we noticed about cycling in Paris was that Parisians have understood how sociable cycling is. Cycling in couples is a common sight in Copenhagen and by all accounts Parisians have embraced this sociability as well.
Couple contemplating directions.
Pere et fils in the bike box at the traffic lights.
Casual moment. He was pointing out various buildings to the girl as they rode.
A flock of Vélib's on the bridge.
Chic couple at an intersection.
An interesting aspect of this bike life in Paris is that the Vélib is seen on the streets at all hours. The metro closes early, compared to other cities, but the Vélib is always there for you. Nightlife in Paris is made so much easier.
We're getting ready to wrap up our love affair with Paris and Les Vélibs this week. There are a couple of things left, however. Firstly, some photos of les hommes doing their casual thang in the French capital.
Fly by.
Still going strong. And I just love his driving gloves.
Le shopping.
Any bike will do. Even if you have to borrow it. :-)
And then there's this chappie. Zipping along the Seine on his [what are they called?], casually smoking a cigarette. Tres cool. Trop cool.
What better way to wrap up Semaine du Vélib' here on Copenhagen Cycle Chic than with a little video tribute.
The music I used is courtesy a friend of mine, Jason McNiff. The song is called 'Bella Ciao' and it's from his latest album 'In My Time', which is available on Amazon.co.uk
He used one of my photos from New York for his album cover:
Which is lovely, of course. My son and I run around the house singing Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao Ciao Ciao! :-)
I love that it's an Englishman singing an Italian song in a Danish film about the French capital. Vive l'Europe... :-)
32 comments:
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- 13 May 2008 at 14:20
- my hyggelig said...
What a great and inspiring post for an equally great and inspiring city. I was excited to hear about the Vélib' bikes last year and it is great to see how well they are being received. Riding in 6" heels is probably way easier than walking in them... :) I can not wait to try one out some day.
- 13 May 2008 at 14:21
Carefully implemented, city bike schemes can be a great addition to a city.
Forced through by city councils in underhand deals with advertising companies, effectively privatising the public realm for the profit of the same company, they are nothing but bad news.
Dublin's is the latter version. I'm not holding my breath.
(Discussion on this subject from an Irish architecture discussion forum at the URL behind my name.) - 13 May 2008 at 16:50
- Michael said...
Interesting to note that you said setting up the card requires a credit card with a chip (smart card) in it.... as almost all American credit cards don't have this chip...
I have encountered some machines and grovery stores in Europe where I couldn't use credit because they required that your card have a chip - but is this program really limited to that as well?
I hope not, because by the looks of them, the massive American tourists often seen wandering around paris could certainly use a bike ride or two... - 13 May 2008 at 18:19
- Colville-Andersen said...
interesting point, ctesiphon. i'll check it out.
michael, i'm surprised that you don't have chips in your credit cards over there. it has pretty much been the standard for years. better security and ease-of-use.
i don't feel that the velib system is 'limited' by using smart credit cards. it caters to the vast majority who will use it.
Only 18% of americans own passports - of them there are many who are recent immigrants who wish to return home now and then. Then there are those who use the passports for ID and those who only need them to travel to Canada and Mexico. Those who actually travel abroad statistically visit Britain most. There are still many who visit Paris, but many of them are older tourists visiting in tour groups.
I don't know how many American tourists ending up in Paris are actually in the target group for using Vélib, but it doesn't seem very cost efficient for the City of Paris to cater to them.
The system caters to locals and frequent visitors, first and foremost. And it uses the technology that these people use. Then you have half a billion chip-equipped citizens in the EU, plus those European countries not in the EU, 120 million Japanese, the Chinese [travelling more and more] - and many of these people travel to Paris and are in the target group.
I still have a VHS machine even though my local film rental shop only rents DVDs. Technology rolls on. - 13 May 2008 at 19:46
- Michael said...
absolument! I couldn't agree more...
The funny thing is that as the US has slowed down and spent all it's time and energy and money on illegal, immoral, horrible wars over the last 8 years - the rest of the world has been moving on.
I recently read that we have moved from the Anti-American world to the Post-American world. The US just doesn't matter any more. - 13 May 2008 at 19:51
Although most US credit cards lack the "pouce" (chip) that is required for Vélib, I believe that American Express cards are nonetheless accepted (I'm not sure if they actually have a chip or not, though), so there is a way for some Amis to take advantage of Vélib when they are in Paris.
@alex - 13 May 2008 at 20:57
- Colville-Andersen said...
michael... do you have a link to that post-american world article? sounds interesting.
dupuy... indeed, you are correct. i've checked around now and that seems to be the case.
for a great laugh, read this article and especially the comments. - 13 May 2008 at 21:23
ROFL, thanks for the article link, had a good laugh. It pretty much lived up to expectations, conflated and all. Cultures apart, indeed. :-)
- 13 May 2008 at 22:25
- Michael said...
Here's the article on the post-american world:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/135380 - 13 May 2008 at 22:42
- Diz Rivera said...
Hi from Santa Monica, California. I love your site. I've enjoyed all (recent) posts as I mentally will U.S cities towards a more progressive bike culture. Santa Monica is a fairly bike-savvy city, but I love witnessing the explosion elsewhere. I have hope. Thanks again.
- 13 May 2008 at 23:03
- 2whls3spds said...
SOME of the American Express Cards have the chip and some don't. I didn't realize I was missing out on one ;-) I do travel a fair amount but so far my international travel has been fairly limited and to only a couple of days of business at a time. I hope to change that soon.
Aaron - 13 May 2008 at 23:45
- Michael said...
2whls3spds- true that some Amex have the chip - isn't it in the wrong place? It's in the center of the card, but that's not where it is on the european cards, right?
- 13 May 2008 at 23:47
- 2whls3spds said...
Not sure...my wife carries the card with the chip, but I believe you are correct. I only carry a single Visa card and I can assure you it does not have the chip.
Aaron - 14 May 2008 at 01:25
- Kristin Tieche said...
My Amex card has a chip in it, and I intend to use it in Paris this summer.
- 15 May 2008 at 02:03
- Matt Holden said...
Great to read about this system working in a big city ... there was talk of setting up a free bike scheme here in Melbourne (of the advertising-sponsored variety) but it seems to have foundered on our compulsory bike helmet laws ... we keep our fingers crossed.
BTW, the biggest innovation here is "Copenhagen lanes" (on one main city street at the moment) -- named after your city, of course ... bikes separated from traffic by a car parking bays ... the biggest hazard is people getting out of the parked cars ...
love your blog. - 21 May 2008 at 13:51
- Colville-Andersen said...
great to hear from all of you.
matt: melbourne is indeed cool. used to live there actually.
it's also one of the nine cities chosen by architect Jan Gehl as a fine example of a 'reconquered city.' Read this post about it. - 23 May 2008 at 12:12
- Unknown said...
Once implemented, the target group is not always as it was initially intended.
The tourists of Paris are part of the target group of the Veli'b, the option is there to use it. But it was positioned for the inhabitants, in addition for the public transport and to encourage people to leave their car at home. However for this last group there is no change in car usage measurable.
I read somewhere that the initial plan for Copenhagen was to offer commuters the possibility of using a bike in combination with other public transport. I am not sure who the current users are, but it seems to be that the system is mainly used by tourists. Most inhabitants of the city already own a bike, and use it rather than the city bikes. The question is actually if the success of the Veli'b is related to the amount of bicycles the Parisians own. - 10 June 2008 at 10:48
- Colville-Andersen said...
I agree, Myana. The Velib system was intended for Parisians. We saw very few tourists using them.
In other cities with new bike share systems, they are ONLY for the locals and you have to sign up a week in advance, etc.
In CPH, it's only the tourists and the occasional inebriated copenhagener on their way home at night.
nevertheless, the amount of bikes we saw and the ease of use the cyclists exhibited in paris is, i believe, a fantastic sign. - 10 June 2008 at 13:23
- Unknown said...
Absolutely, it is amazing to see the turnaround in attitude towards cycling in Paris. I would have never believed it if anyone told me 5 years ago that Paris would be accessible by bike nowadays and that it has become a quite common means of transportation for the Parisians.
Therefore I think it is an interesting situation for bike developments and I wonder whether this success would be possible for example in the Netherlands, where many people already have their own bicycle. - 10 June 2008 at 15:38
I loved this - we tended to think Parisian mentality (since post WWII) was an obstacle to bicycle use. This is sweet revenge.
My bicycle is a six-speed Raleigh Sprite, black, upright handlebars, mixte frame - about what I'd need in Paris, as there are a couple of hills I couldn't do with a Dutch Omafiets without damage to my middle-aged knees.
Eventually I'd like to see a bicycle funiculaire up Montmartre and Méilmontant/ Belleville, about the only high hills that might be an obstacle to people of a certain age with joint problems (cycling is very good for many kinds of athritis, etc).
And, of course, it keeps people beautiful! Not necessarily model-slim, but toned, and aware of our bodies. - 3 July 2008 at 00:57
- ManfredKZ said...
Great article and photos, I have driven my car many times in Paris and always found the chaos stressful and exciting at the same time, especially going around "The Arche"!
ow here in Edmonton there is good news, I just read in the news paper this week:
"Let's watch what happens in pioneering Montreal, and consider a bike-sharing system for Edmonton. For all the wind about evironmental sustainability generated by the turbine of the human persuasion, any real progress must also begin at home.[...] For the past few years, some 100 cities - including the likes of Paris, Barcelona and Washington, DC - have hosted bicycle sharing programs. [...] Paris' Velib program has been a massive success, for example, where over 20,000 bikes have been used on 27 million rides.[...] Montreal is road-testing its own bike-sharing system that could serve as a template for other Canadian cities, including Edmonton.[...] with Montreal leading the way, Edmonton will have an appropriate model to study. The hope is City Hall will be doing just that over the coming year. Bike-sharing could well make sense here, at once improving the city's environment, along with the health of Edmontonians."
Very Good news, if only the political good will translates in concrete planning and action soon! Greetings from Edmonton, Canada - 3 October 2008 at 15:36
- Emaratioryx said...
Great article !!!
I'll make sure to practice cycling in Copenhagen first then I'll try Paris.. I loved this post :) - 16 February 2009 at 19:21
- M'dame Jo said...
I've heard that vandalism is actually quite a problem. It seems that 40% of the bikes are unusable.
Similar systems exist elsewhere. I've used them in Vienna and Lyon - and in Copenhagen about 12 years ago :-) - I don't know what the stats are, but vandalism doesn't seem threathen the system's sustainability. Is there less respect toward city property in Paris than in Vienna?
I don't really get how you can steal a Vélib' considering you have to give your credit card information though...
Well, hopefully it will still last... - 30 March 2009 at 08:37
- Colville-Andersen said...
the hype about the failures of Velib are greatly exaggerated. It is said the JC Deceaux, the ad company with the contract, has overhyped the negative aspects in order to get more money out of the city in the contract negotiations. these negative points have been thoroughly debunked in the press.
- 31 March 2009 at 10:44
what do you mean by "even the chinese"? that makes no sense, and you didn't even provide any sort of context to that statement.
- 20 April 2009 at 19:10
- treberden said...
The chappie smoking a cigarette is on a "segway", which is an electric human transporter...
- 28 September 2009 at 10:23
- Elodie said...
I think it's a great idea, here in London we have cyclists who can only ride in the street with the buses and cars, and it's completely nerve wracking to see them! I would love to cycle around the city, but you really do have to cycle in a pack for security. Hopefully London will follow the great example of bike-friendly cities like Copenhagen and Paris. :o)
Slim Girl Diary - 14 October 2009 at 12:12
Its one month since the Dublin bikes went live. Really successful over 25% more sign ups in the first month then the target for the year already they are planning an expansion. And why not I have always said is a nice city to cycle around. Small yet nicely formed between a wonderful bay and lovely rolling hills.
- 27 October 2009 at 13:14
- MTM / Bella Ciao said...
Bella Ciao is not only a song any more. Now it is also a bicycle. - Bella Ciao - La canzone della resistenza - La poesia della libertà.
Best from Berlin. - 6 December 2009 at 21:26
What a great blog! You would love Davis, California! :)
- 16 January 2010 at 19:45
- bedava oyun indir said...
Thanks bro
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In case you missed it, Paul Byrd signed a 2-year, $14.25M deal, with an option for a third year.
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Small towns are definitely not for me. Probably because I was born in one, raised in one, and eventually run out of one. The understanding was that I would one day return to Chamberlin California. After all, it is my namesake. What my father didn't count on however, was that once he sent me away, I would never come back—at least not until he was gone.
Which brings me to now, his wake, at the family winery that was supposed to be mine. It also brings me to her. The sweet girl I left behind. The girl who has since grown into the most beautiful woman I've ever laid eyes on—Laurel Anderson.
She's looking at me as though she wishes I was the one she watched get buried this morning. But she's out of luck. I'm alive and kicking. I'm also stuck in this town with nothing to do but wait until the will is read.
Well, nothing to do but see if I can seduce the pure and passionate Laurel, and change that anger I see in her eyes to something just as fiery…desire.
The last time I saw Noah Chamberlin, I was a doe-eyed innocent and he was the boy of my dreams. My future was all planned out down to the wedding dress, until one morning I woke up and he was gone.
You'd think after all these years, I'd feel the same blind indignation and rage that has haunted me since that day. Instead, the second I set eyes on him again, I felt something altogether unwanted and unexpected—lust.
If the rumors are true, he's only going to be in Chamberlin for a few days. I can handle that, as long as he stops looking at me as though he's thinking about the last time we were together.
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Parts of the region hit highs of 28C earlier this week, with Leeds enjoying its hottest day of the year on Monday, and more hot weather is on the way, with some areas of the country predicted to reach temperatures as high as 35C.
The unusually warm weather has the UK on track for the hottest June in more than 40 years, when the mercury rose to a sweltering 35.6C in the summer of 1976, while July's record stands at 36.7C, which was set in 2015.
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Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam (CALCAV)
October 25, 1965
In October 1965, 100 clergy members met in New York to discuss what they could do to challenge U.S. policy on Vietnam. Believing that a multi-faith organization could lend credible support to an anti-war movement often labeled as Communist, they created the Clergy Concerned about Vietnam. Martin Luther King, Jr., was one of the few black members and the only member from the South. After the group opened its membership to laypeople and changed its name to National Emergency Committee of Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam (CALCAV), King used the organization's platform in April 1967 for his widely acclaimed "Beyond Vietnam" speech that condemned the war in Vietnam.
In February and April 1967 King delivered two speeches devoted entirely to Vietnam. On 25 February 1967, King delivered "The Causalities of the War in Vietnam." He was eager to ensure his message would not be distorted and approached CALCAV to organize a public event where he could situate his position within the broader religious opposition to the war. CALCAV hired a publicist exclusively for the event, which was held at Riverside Church in New York City on 4 April 1967. King's speech, which drew over 3,000 people, provided his most significant endorsement of the anti-war movement to date. CALCAV published and distributed 100,000 copies of the Riverside speeches and King accepted an invitation to be co-chair of the organization.
Later that month, CALCAV endorsed "Vietnam Summer," a campaign promoted by King and the noted pediatrician Benjamin Spock to mobilize grassroots anti-war activists in preparation for the 1968 elections. Throughout the summer and fall, CALCAV chapters engaged in civil disobedience by protecting draft resisters, a departure from their more moderate tactics, such as petitions and vigils. The organization's second national mobilization was timed to coincide with the February 1968 release of a study commissioned by CALCAV documenting American war crimes in Vietnam. At the gathering, King led 2,500 CALCAV supporters in silent prayer at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknowns.
Following King's assassination, CALCAV increased civil disobedience activities, protesting against Dow Chemical (producer of napalm) and Honeywell (maker of anti-personnel weapons). By 1971 CALCAV had turned its attention to several other social justice issues, dropping "about Vietnam" from its name to become simply Clergy and Laymen Concerned (CALC). During the subsequent decades, CALC supported sanctions against South Africa, a nuclear weapons freeze, and the end of U.S. military involvement in Central America.
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Until shortly after the Civil War the well to do in New York City lived in private houses, and only the working class and the poor lived in multiple dwellings. By 1870 "French flats" had been introduced as a new concept in middle class living. They were distinguished from the tenement houses of the lower classes by amenities such as parlors, separate dining rooms, a small servant's room, and indoor plumbing. For further contrast, they also bore names adopted from French, English, and American cultural and historical sources. The apartment concept proved to be attractive and by 1900 half of the middle class were living in multiple dwelling units.
Several factors facilitated the move towards apartment living. Changes in the law in 1901 allowed buildings to rise to heights twice the width of the street, resulting in buildings of ten to twelve stories (especially along broad avenues). Also pivotal was the development of mass transit up Manhattan's west side when the IRT Broadway line subway opened in 1904. The Upper West Side experienced a boom in the erection of heavily ornamented grand apartment buildings in various architectural styles, but most notably Beaux-Arts. These new buildings offered apartments of nine to twelve rooms and many duplexes. The chambers were large, with high ceilings and lavish interior details, as well as well-appointed bathrooms and kitchens, and ample closets. Apartment buildings provided luxuries and conveniences not possible in most private dwellings. By 1929 almost all upper and middle class residents in Manhattan were living in apartments.
Alpern, Andrew. Apartments for the Affluent : a Historical Survey of Buildings in New York. [1975]
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_____ . Luxury Apartment Houses of Manhattan: an Illustrated History. (c1992)
Cromley, Elizabeth C. Alone Together: a History of New York's Early Apartments. (1990)
Douglas Elliman (Firm). The Douglas Elliman Locator: Plans of the Principal Apartment Houses East and South of Central Park. [c1923] 2v.
Hawes, Elizabeth. New York, New York: How the Apartment House Transformed the Life of the City (1869-1930). (1993)
Norton, Thomas E. and Jerry E. Patterson. Living It Up: a Guide to the Named Apartment Houses of New York. (1984)
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- Bring a saucepan of water to boil. Put the egg onto the spoon and gently lower it into the water. Lower the heat so the water is simmering, so it's not boiling and jiggling the eggs all over the pan.
- Cook for 4 minutes and then use a spoon to scoop out the egg. Transfer to an egg cup, slice off the top and eat. The yolk will be soft and runny (like the one on the cover) and the white will be just set.
Medium Boiled Eggs
- Follow the method above but allow the eggs to cook for 5-6 minutes before removing them from the water. The yolk, though still soft, is almost cooked and the white is fully set.
Hard Boiled Eggs
- Put the eggs in a saucepan and cover with COLD water. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 9 minutes. Remove from heat immediately.
- Remove the eggs from the water, slice the top off and eat. The yolk should be fully cooked and only slightly soft in the center. The white will be fully cooked. If you're not going to eat the eggs right away or are going to dye them, peel them for deviled eggs, or use them in another recipe, cool them under cold water to stop further cooking.
NOTE: Arrange the eggs in one single layer in the pan. Don't stack or overcrowd them in the pan. Also, there is no need to use a lid to cover the pot.
I have found it's easier to peel the eggs when they have cooled completely. I place the eggs in a bowl and cover with cool water. When the water and has come to room temp, I pour it out and add more cool water until the eggs have cooled completely.
Friday, March 14, 2008
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- 4 large eggs
- 2-3 tbsp. chocolate syrup
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- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 c. whiskey
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- 1/2 c. butter
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- 1/4 c. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3/4 c. chopped pecans
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13x 9 inch glass pan. Prepare cake according to package directions. Pour into pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Allow cake to cool slightly before pouring icing over the top.
To prepare icing, place butter, milk and cocoa in medium saucepan. Stir over low heat until butter is melted. Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time while continuing to stir until smooth. Stir in vanilla extract and chopped pecans. Pour over warm cake. Cool completely.
NOTES: This cake is best if made the night before or in the morning, so the cake has plenty of time to cool and set up. You can also use a different chocolate cake mix, if you have a favorite brand, but the butter in the recipe makes it extra rich and yummy.
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If the force-momentum equation is applied to an inviscid, incompressible fluid in steady flow, it may be shown that along any one streamtube:
where u is the velocity, P is the pressure and z is the height above a predetermined datum. This equation expresses the conservation of mechanical work-energy and is often referred to as the incompressible steady flow energy equation or, more commonly, the Bernoulli equation, or Bernoulli's theorem. All the quantities appearing within this equation have the physical dimensions of length and may be regarded as the energy per unit weight of fluid.
In hydraulic engineering, such quantities are referred to as "heads", and the sum of all such terms as the total head. H. Bernoulli's theorem expresses the conservation of total head along a given streamtube, and defines the balance between the kinetic energy represented by u2/2g, the potential energy, z, and the flow-work P/ρg, associated with the pressure forces.
The energy transfers described by Bernoulli's theorem are all reversible (or conservative), and no account is taken of the nonreversible (or non-conservative) changes through which mechanical work-energy is transferred out of the system or converted to internal energy. In particular, the work done against the viscous shear stresses or external forces (other than gravity) are neglected. These omissions provide the greatest restriction to the applicability of Bernoulli's theorem. All real fluids are to some extent viscous, and consequently, there will be some reduction in the total head due to the shear stress. This may be taken into account within Bernoulli's theorem by incorporating a head loss (ΔE), which is either determined experimentally or assessed from previous engineering practice. Tabulated values of typical head losses in a wide variety of pipe flows and open channel flows are given by Idelchik (1986) in Zipparro and Hasen (1993).
In many practical cases, the energy loss (ΔE) will be small in comparison with other terms in Bernoulli's equation. In particular, if the cross-sectional area of the flow reduces (i.e., the flow is convergent and therefore accelerates), the turbulence levels will tend to reduce. In this case, the energy losses are small and the changes in both the pressure and velocity are well predicted by Bernoulli's theorem. If the flow diverges, however, the turbulence levels will increase and significant energy losses may result. In this case, Bernoulli's theorem is inappropriate, and should not be applied.
The conservation of mechanical work-energy may also be applied to unsteady flows. Integration of the Euler equations produces the so-called unsteady Bernoulli equation. The most commonly used form of this equation arises when the flow is also irrotational (zero vorticity):
where Φ represents the velocity potential. In this case, the equation is expressed in terms of the component pressures rather than energy heads. However, the limitations discussed previously still apply, and the equation should not be applied if there are significant nonconservative energy losses. A full derivation of the Bernoulli's theorem, in both its steady and usteady form, is given by Duncan et al. (1970).
Duncan, W. J., Thom, A. S., and Young, A. D. (1970) Mechanics of Fluids. Edward Arnold, London.
Idelchik, I. E. (1986) Handbook of Hydraulic Resistance, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., Washington.
Ziparro, V. J. and Hasen, H. (1993) Davis' Handbook of Applied Hydraulics. McGraw-Hill Inc., New York.
- Duncan, W. J., Thom, A. S., and Young, A. D. (1970) Mechanics of Fluids. Edward Arnold, London.
- Idelchik, I. E. (1986) Handbook of Hydraulic Resistance, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., Washington.
- Ziparro, V. J. and Hasen, H. (1993) Davis' Handbook of Applied Hydraulics. McGraw-Hill Inc., New York.


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What appears in the image is supposed to be a sculpture of a being who, in 1758, called himself Homo sapiens. Well, actually, Carlos Linneo did it. That famous namesgiver was a great Swedish poet dedicated to Biology. Rousseau and Goethe venerated him. It was not God who named the animals. Not even the human animal, who seems to have named itself.
Homo sapiens. Human being. Are we before logical dancers, pure symbols, "nothings" that want to be something in a living consciousness? Are consciousnesses always "human"? Is it me, the one who now writes, a human being? Are you also that being? What is exactly a human being?
Before exposing what happens in my mind when the dancer "Human Being" dances in it, I suggest to take a look at the following ideas, questions and perspectives:
1.- The scientist-naturalist-evolutionist story: the matter [See here "Matter"] in which that story believes that story (its universe), suddenly, at a specific point of its temporal unfolding, produces something prodigious: the so called "human being". It is also said that that being is the "place" where the entire universe contemplates itself. Current state of that narration: in the first version of this article (2013) that narration affirmed that the first modern human being (with body and behaviour equal to ours) would have appeared in the current Ethiopia 195,000 year ago. They are the so-called men of Kibish, discovered in 1967 by Richard Leakey. But, apparently, since 2017 there is another place on the planet (in the known universe) that now has the honor of being our first cradle, our very first outbreak: Jebel Irhoud, in Morocco (315,000 years).
2.- The human being as a genetic sequence. "The human genome". When exactly does matter begin to be a "human being"? When does it stop being? Is the genetic code the essence of the human? What limits of difference, of deformity, of distancing from the basic model of "human genome", are admissible in order to continue talking about "human being"?
3. Models of human body. Hatha Yoga: the body as a spiritual shuttle. The Platonic model: body/ bad versus soul/good). The human body and its tension with society. I suggest reading this work: Peter Brown: Body and Society, Columbia University Press, London 1988.
4.- Shakespeare (The Tempest): "We are such stuff as dreams are made on". We? What is that?
5.- Bible. Corinthians 3, 16-17: "Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person; for God's temple is sacred, and you together are that temple".
6.- Kant. We are citizens of two worlds. One of them is knowable by human beings. The other one is not. And we are destined to fly towards infinity. Towards Philosophy. We can not help it.
7.- Another reading that I consider unavoidable: Max Scheler: Die Stellung des Menschen im Kosmos [The Human Place in the Cosmos]. There is an English translation by Manfred Frings (Northwestern University Press, Evanston 2009).
8.- French structuralists. The end of the human being. Everything is a meta-human structure. [See Levy-Strauss still in Spanish].
9.- Political humanism. Construction and custody of political systems based on the sacralization of the individual human being. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But what happens if a human being is no longer clearly identifiable? I suggest reading this book by Francis Fukuyama [See here still in Spanish]: Our posthuman future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York 2002.
10.- I also consider worth reading these two books of Yuval Noah Harari: 1.- Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow. 2.- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind.
I share some personal reflections now:
1.- Michel Foucault said [See here still in Spanish] that it is not men who make speeches, but speeches that make men. The goddess Vak said something similar – more than three thousand years ago – in the Rig Veda hymn that inspires my logical ballerinas.
2.- "Human being" is a word. We are not human beings. Poetry [see] -the group of logical dancers who have managed to survive in "our" mind- makes us see ourselves as human beings. Or not. One thing is our essential self ("metalogical") and another our "logical" self: what we see of ourselves through the linguistic-poetical filter. From what unnameable abyss comes that Poetry that configures, that bewitches, our look, that Poetry that makes us see ourselves as "human beings"?
3.- As I stated in "Progress" [See here], I believe that the "human being" does not demand a concrete form -not even a specific genome. Human beings might be philosophers capable to love (and dream and make others dream), no matter if adopting the form of centaurs, or of purple clouds, or of a small, never visited lake in Segovia full of magical living beings. This is not a definition of what we are. It is a suggestion of creativity, of poetization, of identification. That what we essentially might be, beyond Poetry, is ineffable. And, lets say it again, Poetry is not "human": "human" is an outcome of Poetry.
4.- We might say, from the metaphors, always from the metaphors, that we are a shadow, or a "magical nothingness": something unnamable, unthinkable, imperceptible that (creatively) dreams worlds: that creates/dreams human beings and is able to identify with them. And also to religate to them [See "Religion"]. Or do not religate. The Samkya system: to know that one is not the phenomenal (we are not the "matter" and its forms).
5.- We are not the products of our imagination. But maybe it's more fascinating to believe we are.
I do anyway madly love human beings, those mysterious creations. And I cannot help it.
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Everyone goes through life experiencing enough mistakes and resulting damage that, by the time they are old enough, they have regrets. They say hindsight is 20/20 and when you look back at your life you will know what moments you should have changed. However, we want to help you out. Forget hindsight. We've compiled a list of the 37 things you must not do or else you will definitely regret them at the end of your life. Just read through these and trust us. It'll be worth it.
1.) Not traveling when you had the chance. Traveling gets harder as you get older, as more people depend on your presence, day-to-day and it ends up becoming more expensive to bring more people with you.
2.) Not learning another language. You probably took years of another language in high school. You should put it to good use.
3.) Staying in a bad relationship. It may feel hard to get out of a bad relationship, but it's not worse than staying in it and wasting everyone's time.
4.) Forgoing sunscreen. It may not seem like much, but sun damage adds up over the years, causing wrinkles and discoloration.
5.) Missing the chance to see your favorite musicians. You never truly know when your favorite band might break up, so seize the day.
6.) Being afraid to do things. Fear can paralyze us, but we can't let it.
7.) Failing to make physical fitness a priority. As you get older you'll realize how important it is to take care of your body.
8.) Letting yourself be defined by gender roles. Define yourself, don't let society do it.
9.) Not quitting a terrible job. You may need to pay rent or provide for a family, but you can't force yourself to be miserable every day.
10.) Not trying harder in school. Grades are important, but what's more important is learning how to apply yourself and be dedicated.
11.) Not realizing how beautiful you are. There are many definitions of beauty and you shouldn't think you're unworthy of someone's attention.
12.) Being afraid to say "I love you." Loving another person is a precious gift, even if that same love wasn't returned.
13.) Not listening to your parents' advice. They have a lot more experience than you'll want to give them credit for.
14.) Spending your youth being self-absorbed. There is more to the world than just you and eventually you'll realize that.
15.) Caring too much about what other people think. When you're older, you'll realize that the opinions of others don't factor into your true happiness.
16.) Supporting the dreams of others over your own. Being nice is one thing, but sacrificing your happiness isn't worth it.
17.) Not moving fast enough. Don't hesitate to make decisions, you'll end up regretting wasting time.
18.) Holding grudges, especially against those you love. Choose to let go of your pain, instead of dwelling on it.
19.) Not standing up for yourself. Just because others may disagree with you, it doesn't mean you have to abandon your principals.
20.) Not volunteering enough. There are countless reasons to help other people, especially when they are needy.
21.) Neglecting your teeth. Flossing and brushing may seem annoying, but it's much better to take care of your teeth while you're young instead of losing them later.
22.) Missing the chance to talk to your grandparents before they die. They hold a lot of knowledge and they will only be around for a little while.
23.) Working too much. You're going to miss the good parts of life, or be too stressed to enjoy them, if you do.
24.) Not learning how to cook one good meal. It'll add to your family and friend get togethers more than you can ever imagine.
25.) Not stopping to appreciate the moment. Quit texting or taking pictures and realize what you are doing when you are doing it.
26.) Failing to finish what you start. Every day is an opportunity that shouldn't be squandered.
27.) Never mastering one awesome party trick. This seems silly, but just think of how many amazing memories you can create.
28.) Letting yourself be defined by cultural expectations. If your family or country thinks you should do something for a career, you're not forced to. Never.
29.) Refusing to let friendships run their course. Sometimes people drift apart. Forcing that connection could do more damage than good.
30.) Not playing with your children enough. Kids are joyful and innocent. You should be choosing to fill your life with this joy, not avoiding it.
31.) Never taking a big risk (especially in love). Taking a bigger risk can pay off more than taking a smaller one.
32.) Not taking the time to develop contacts and network. It may seem like schmoozing, but it'll help your career in the long run.
33.) Worrying too much. Worrying, especially about things that haven't happened yet, is useless.
34.) Getting caught up in needless drama. Drama can be addictive, but there is no point. Don't get off on how bad your day is.
35.) Not spending enough time with loved ones. We are all on this earth for a limited amount of time, don't take that for granted.
36.) Never performing in front of others. This may not be your true calling, but trying it at least once is an important life experience.
37.) Not being grateful sooner. Learn to say thanks and learn to mean it. So many parts of your life will improve if you do.
It's never too late to change your life, so start by avoiding these things.You won't regret it. (See what I did there?) Share this article with your friends so they can have the same advice.


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Episode 168 – Harry Katz
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"What connected Levine and Herblock was the fire in the belly, the outrage against people try to impose their power over the powerless, who try to disenfranchise people, who try to manipulate the laws for personal gain or prestige."
Harry L. Katz, former head curator of prints and photographs for the Library of Congress, joins the show to talk about his new project on David Levine, his love for Herblock, how his work on the Civil War and baseball differs from Ken Burns' work on same, what it was like to assemble the LoC's archive of 9/11 photography and pictures, the process of learning how to see images critically, the tragic story of Arthur Szyk, and more! Give it a listen!
"Baseball was a way for people to avoid talking about religion."
We also talk about growing up Jewish in New England, why the 1840s and 1850s are (currently) his favorite era in American history, the Boston Atheneum's post-Civil War project to collect Confederate material, the terrifying experience of seeing Feiffer's "Munro" cartoon as a little kid, and why the famous and powerful enjoyed being caricatured! Go listen!
"People always see what they expect to see. I first look at face value, then I draw back to start fresh. What is it? What does it portray? What is it made of? If you do that, you've got an understanding that's far richer."
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Author and curator Harry L. Katz was born in Lexington, MA and educated at Middlebury College and Tufts University, where he earned a M.A. in Art History. Between 1983 and 1991, he served as Assistant Curator of Prints and Photographs at the Boston Athenaeum. Between 1991 and 2004, Harry served as Head Curator within the Prints and Photographs Division at the Library of Congress (1991-2004). A specialist in American and European works on paper, he curated two dozen exhibitions at the Library of Congress and led the Library's unparalleled initiative to collect pictorial works representing the events and aftermath of 9/11. Now an independent curator, he is the author of numerous books examining American art and culture including: Mark Twain's America: A Celebration in Words and Images (Little, Brown and Library of Congress, 2014), Civil War Sketch Book: Drawings from the Battlefront (W.W. Norton, 2012), Herblock: The Life and Works of the Great Political Cartoonist (W.W. Norton and LC, 2009), Baseball Americana (HarperCollins and LC, 2009), Cartoon America: Comic Art in the Library of Congress (Abrams and LC, 2006), Life of the People: Realist Prints and Drawings from the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, 1912-1948 (Library of Congress, 1999), and Eyes of the Nation: A Visual History of the United States (Knopf and LC, 1997). His work has been featured in such magazines as American Heritage, National Geographic, Civilization and Smithsonian.
Credits: This episode's music is Nothing's Gonna Bring Me Down by David Baerwald, used with permission from the artist. The conversation was recorded on a pair of Blue enCORE 200 microphones feeding into a Zoom H5 digital recorder. Intro was recorded on the same setup. Photo of Mr. Katz by me.


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About 39,000 Verizon landline and cable workers on the East Coast walked off the job Wednesday morning after little progress in negotiations since their contract expired nearly eight months ago.
The workers, members of two unions — the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers — represent installers, customer service employees, repairmen and other service workers in Connecticut, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., for Verizon's wireline business, which provides fixed-line phone services and FiOS Internet service.
"We're on strike to maintain good jobs and maintain our standard of living," said Keith Purce, president of CWA Local 1101 which represents about 3,500 workers in Manhattan and the Bronx.
Standing on a picket line in Manhattan with hundreds of union workers, Purce said they were prepared to stay out "as long as it takes."
He said talks broke off last week and no new talks were scheduled.
Verizon spokesman Rich Young said the company was very disappointed that union leadership has called a strike. He said it has trained thousands of non-union workers to fill in for striking workers and "we will be there for our customers."
The workers' latest contract expired in August.
Outside a Verizon office in Philadelphia's Chinatown section, dozens of striking workers gathered. Edward Mooney of the Communications Workers of America said the issue was about keeping jobs from going overseas.
Between 300 and 400 union members walked a picket line outside the company's office in downtown Albany, where workers set up an inflatable "greedy pig" and rat, said Mike Panzerino, treasurer of CWA Local 1118.
"We're tired of fighting with the company," Panzerino said. "All we're asking for is a fair contract and they don't want to give it to us."
The unions say Verizon wants to freeze pensions, make layoffs easier and rely more on contract workers. The telecom giant has said there are health care issues that need to be addressed for retirees and current workers because medical costs have grown and the company also wants "greater flexibility" to manage its workers.
Verizon also is pushing to eliminate a rule that would prevent employees from working away from home for extended periods of time. In a television ad, the unions said the company was trying to "force employees to accept a contract sending their jobs to other parts of the country and even oversees."
"The main issues are job security and that they want to move workers miles and miles away," said Isaac Collazo, a Verizon employee who has worked replacing underground cables in New York City for nearly 19 years.
"We have a clause currently that they can't just lay anyone off willy nilly and they want to get rid of that," said Collazo, a single father of three children. "I feel if the company had the opportunity, they would just lay people off."
But Young said the unions' talk about offshoring jobs and cutting jobs is "absolute nonsense."
"These contracts have provisions that were put in place decades ago. ... They need to take a look at where the business stands in 2016," he added.
Verizon said in a statement Wednesday that it "has activated its business continuity plans as customer service remains the company's top priority."
In August 2011, about 45,000 Verizon workers went on strike for about two weeks.
Verizon Communications Inc. has a total workforce of more than 177,000 employees. In its statement, the company said it had been willing to participate in mediation if the unions extended their strike deadline, but that the unions instead called a strike.
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In 2001, the University of North Texas (UNT) decided to replace Wooten Hall's original steam boilers, which served as the main junction of a four-building hydronic loop. The challenge was to find a boiler that could increase efficiency, decrease costs, and be maintenance-friendly. After extensive research, Utilities Supervisor David Young discovered AERCO Benchmark boilers at a trade show.
"We ordered three BMK2.0 units for the Wooten building," Young said. "When they arrived, we nearly fainted. We couldn't believe boilers so small could manage the needs of a 228,000-sq-ft facility."
The BMK2.0 models replaced two steam boilers that were much larger. Each compact BMK2.0 boiler occupies a 12-sq-ft footprint and can be installed in pairs with zero side-wall clearance.
"Imagine replacing a boiler the size of a pickup truck with one the size of a refrigerator," Young said.
In January 2001, prior to the installation of the BMK2.0 condensing boilers, the Wooten building used 2,250 Mcf of natural gas. With the BMK2.0 boilers in operation, gas usage dropped to 798 Mcf in January 2003. By January 2007, usage was down to 418 Mcf.
"Another key benefit was that the units required very little maintenance," Young said.
Based on the success of the Wooten building retrofit, additional Benchmark boilers were installed as replacement equipment and for new-construction projects across the UNT campus. That track record led to three BMK2.0LN boilers being specified for a new chemistry building on campus. However, the engineering firm contracted to design the building switched to lower-cost copper-fin alternatives. Within a few months, energy costs were higher than expected, and the copper-fin units were not up to the overall load requirements.
"Sometimes, engineers don't talk with the maintenance groups," Young said. "The engineer and the school's building-system board thought money could be saved by switching to the copper-fin boilers. But they only looked at the initial costs, not the bills that come in every month."
On paper, the two 3.5-million-Btuh atmospheric boilers were enough to satisfy the requirements of the chemistry building. However, "The boilers need to run year-round, for heating in the winter as well as to control humidity in the summer months," Young said. "Despite higher-than-anticipated fuel costs, the copper-fins did meet the lighter Texas heating loads for most of the year, but once the outside temperature dropped below 50°F, the boilers could not keep up. We pushed them until they couldn't run any harder and one burned out."
After a year, UNT decided to replace the copper-fin boilers with the three BMK2.0LN boilers that were specified originally. From the moment the 6-million-Btuh-capacity plant came online in February 2008, savings were realized, and all loads were met easily.
"In April of 2007, the copper-fin boilers used 1,638 Mcf of natural gas," Young said. "In April of 2008, we cut that by more than half — down to just 739 Mcf."
In addition to their condensing design, the BMK2.0LN boilers feature a 20-1 turndown ratio, minimizing cycling and temperature overshoot. This turndown and condensing operation can deliver operating efficiency of up to 99 percent, creating substantial seasonal fuel savings.
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Public Pressure Is Slowly Ending the War in Afghanistan
by David Swanson
Feints and baby steps in the direction of eventually ending a massive crime are not enough. Hoping to meet a distant deadline for ending a war that cannot be justified for a single day is not enough. A new misunderstanding should not be piled on top of other fictional accomplishments (the closing of Guantanamo, the complete withdrawal from Iraq, universal health coverage, etc.). But if we don't understand that we are beginning to move things in the right direction many among us will lose heart and others will miscalculate.
This is what the Associated Press had to say on Thursday morning as we prepared to march on the White House and the Treasury to demand a serious effort from Obama in France to bring the G20 (and the Congress) to back a financial transaction tax, and as planning continued to protest the ever-less-popular Obama's expected authorization of a disastrous tar sands pipeline:
"A senior U.S. official says the Obama administration is considering shifting the U.S. military role in Afghanistan from primarily combat to mainly advisory and training duties as early as next year. If this approach is adopted it would mean a reduction in American combat duties in Afghanistan sooner than the administration had planned. But it would not mean an early end to the war. The U.S. and its NATO partners agreed a year ago that coalition forces would complete their combat mission by the end of 2014. Advising and training Afghan forces would gradually become a more dominant part of the mission, particularly after the U.S. completes the withdrawal of 33,000 'surge' troops by September 2012. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because no decisions have been made."
The Wall Street Journal ran into some similar criminal but respectable leakers of "national security" information, who will no doubt be joining Bradley Manning this afternoon:
"The Obama administration is exploring a shift in the military's mission in Afghanistan to an advisory role as soon as next year, senior officials told The Wall Street Journal, a move that would scale back U.S. combat duties well ahead of their scheduled conclusion at the end of 2014. Such a move would have broad implications for the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. It could begin a phase-out of the current troop-intensive approach, which focuses on protecting the Afghan population, in favor of a greater focus on targeted counterterrorism operations, as well as training the Afghan military. A transition to a training mission could also allow for a faster drawdown of U.S. forces in the country, though officials said discussions about troop levels have yet to move forward. The revised approach has been discussed in recent high-level meetings involving top defense and administration officials, according to people involved in the deliberations. No decisions have been made, officials said, and policy makers could consider other options that would adjust the mission in other ways, officials said. Officials said agreement on a formal shift to an advisory role could come as early as a North Atlantic Treaty Organization meeting in May — in the heat of the U.S. presidential election campaign. Some officials have drawn comparisons to President Barack Obama's 2009 decision to switch to an 'advise and assist' role in Iraq and to declare a formal end to U.S. combat operations there. In Iraq, after mid-2009, troops were largely confined to their bases. Security conditions in Afghanistan are different, however, and will likely require U.S. troops, particularly Special Operations forces, to continue to accompany their Afghan counterparts into battle after the U.S. takes an advisory role. Defense officials said the U.S. still would be directly involved in many combat operations, though increasingly with Afghan forces in the lead."
On the radio last Thursday morning I heard another (or one of the same) "officials" explain that in "places like Kabul and Helmand Province" the U.S. military had been unable to identify anyone who should be a "target."
That's never stopped them from kicking in doors before.
The first point to understand here is that, however real this change turns out to be, the explanations for it are sheer hogwash. This war has been a disaster on its own terms for over a decade now. There's been talk of shifting to a "training" role for most of the past decade. It was possible to discover last month or last year or several years ago that some provinces were more violent than others, that the occupation was fueling the violence and proving counterproductive, and that payoffs to the Taliban meant U.S. dollars were funding both sides of a continuing catastrophe. U.S. troops could have all been locked up in their bases until flown home at any point in the past decade. Why leak this proposal now?
It's not because Afghans are fighting back. That's not new. It's not because the financial cost is stratospheric. That's not new, and it funds important presidential campaign "contributors." It's not because the Pentagon and NATO no longer want a permanent presence and weapons bases in Afghanistan, not to mention a pipeline. All of that, as far as we know, hasn't changed or been abandoned. What has changed is that people in the United States, and in Europe as well, are in the streets, the squares, and the parks. On a daily basis marches through DC streets are shouting "How do you fix the deficit? End the wars, tax the rich!" The media coverage has changed. If the polling on support for the Afghanistan war continues its current downward trend, before long this war will be as unpopular as Congress. But it is the passion and the action that has changed in this moment, not the polling.
Congress is also coming face-to-face with the possibility of being forced into some minor cuts to the world's largest military budget. Weapons makers are extremely serious about imposing any such cuts on troops rather than on our brave weapons. This brings us to the danger of de-escalations. If large U.S. troop deployments to hot occupations are scaled back, but U.S. bases continue to be built around the world, mercenaries continue to be hired, missile "defense" stations continue to be deployed, drones continue to slaughter without "risk to [U.S.] human life," our success will be far from complete. Transforming war is not the same as ending it. Robotic warfare will not reduce the risk of long-term blowback, will not eliminate punishing economic costs and environmental damage, will not lessen the pressure on our civil liberties at home, and will not mean an end to the direct immoral and illegal killing of members of the non-U.S. 95% of humanity.
The proper course at this moment is not to declare an end to our activism, and certainly not to utterly destroy our activism by pledging our allegiance to a politician or a political party. What we must do now is renew our public pressure, organizing, educating, and occupying, invigorated by the fact that the White House itself is unable to hide the fact that we are becoming a force able to push back against the war machine. This is a time, just as November 2008 should have been, to redouble our investment in mobilizing nonviolent pressure for peace and justice.
The Declaration of the Occupation of New York City has just been amended to include a powerful denunciation of wars and military spending. We must continue to connect foreign and domestic issues, continue to build awareness that there is only one pot of money being misspent on militarism instead of on human needs, and continue to put our bodies in the way.
David Swanson is the author of War Is A Lie (from which this piece is excerpted) and Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union. He blogs at davidswanson.org and warisacrime.org, where this article originally appeared.


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Believe it or not, the beginning of the Eagles 2014 season is rapidly approaching. Players will report back to the NovaCare Complex on April 21 for the start of the Eagles offseason program. Join us as we count down until the Eagles are back in town ...
The most receptions that any Eagles player has ever had in one season were 90. The Eagles have had some great wide receivers throughout the history of the franchise, from Harold Carmichael to Mike Quick, and even DeSean Jackson, but none of those players ever eclipsed 90 catches. That feat was performed by running back Brian Westbrook.
Arguable one of the greatest receivers out of the backfield that the NFL has ever seen, Westbrook was as multi-dimensional as they come. He caught 90 passes in 2007, breaking the previous record of 88 catches set by Irving Fryar in 1996. Jackson came close to breaking that mark this season, finishing his Pro Bowl 2013 campaign with 82 receptions.
Also, the second-longest run in Eagles history went for 90 yards. In December 1982, Wilbert Montgomery ran for 90 yards and a score against the Houston Oilers.
First Player To Wear 90: LB Aaron Brown (1985)
Current Eagle To Wear 90: DL Clifton Geathers (2013-present)
The Eagles chose defensive tackle Corey Simon with the sixth-overall pick in the 2000 NFL Draft to help shore up the defensive line. Simon recorded a career-high 9.5 sacks in his rookie season, and he became a key run-stopper during the Eagles' successful streak of the early 2000s, starting in four NFC Championship Games, as well as Super Bowl XXXIX. The Florida State product recorded 32 career sacks with the Eagles, and represented the Eagles in the 2004 Pro Bowl following a strong 2003 campaign. In five seasons with the Eagles, Simon was a fixture of the defensive front, missing just two games.
Simon left the Eagles as a free agent in 2005, and went on to play for the Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans before retiring from football in October of 2007.
Other Notable 90s: DT Mike Golic (1987-1992), DT William "The Refrigerator" Perry (1993-94), DE Darren Howard (2006-2009)


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