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The Work Plan 1996-1999 of the Ramsar Scientific and Technical Review Panel
The Ramsar Convention's subsidiary expert body, the Scientific and Technical Review Panel, held its 5th meeting in Hungary in June 1996 to develop its 1996-1999 Work Plan based on the mandates and requests voted by the Contracting Parties at the 6th Conference of the Parties in Brisbane in March 1996. At the 19th Standing Committee Meeting in Gland, 29 October-1 November 1996, the proposed Work Plan was adopted with several small amendments. References next to subject headings are to the Strategic Plan 1997-2002 and the Resolutions and Recommendations of the 6th COP. The composition of the STRP was adopted by the Brisbane COP.
Ramsar Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP)
1. Toxic chemicals (Operational Objective 2.3; Recommendation 6.14)
Mr A Smith offered to take the initiative and report to the STRP.
2. Economic Evaluation (Operational Objective 2.4; Recommendation 6.10)
Proposed action by STRP:
(a) STRP to co-opt an expert, through consultation by correspondence within the Panel, and if possible nomination by a CP. The aim would be to have the co-opted expert attending the next meeting of the STRP in April 1997; end of 1996
(b) the Bureau, in the meantime, will investigate which institutions/agencies have expertise in this field (e.g. IUCNs Biodiversity Programme and the Wetlands international Specialist Group) and establish activity in this field within the new MedWet/LIFE project. end of 1996
Bureau contacts: M Smart
3. Restoration and Rehabilitation of Wetlands (Operational Objective 2.6; Recommendation 6.15)
Proposed action by STRP:
(a) Bureau to develop a proposal for attracting funds, obtaining a secondment, or persuading a lead agency (to recruit a coordinator), to develop an analysis of what has/is being done, including what has worked and what has not (explaining methodologies), and prepare a report for the STRP meeting in 1996; report to be ready for 6th STRP meeting in April 1997
produce a final report and conclusions on the result of (a) for Standing Committee consideration in 1998; and
the activity should include the identification of ten best practice case studies, with which STRP members will assist on providing names of possible examples; final report by June/July 1998
a proposal for the content and organisation of a Technical Session at the 7th CoP should be submitted at the next STRP meeting in April 1997; and among those to be consulted should be interested CPs (e.g. Denmark, Netherlands, USA, UK, Sweden, Spain, Israel and others), as well as Wetlands International and other partners. pre-proposal for 6th STRP meeting in April 1997 final proposal by June/July 1998
Focal point : M Vegh in consultation with Palle Uhd Jepsen
Bureau contacts : M Carbonell
4. Education and Public Awareness (Operational Objective 3.1 and 3.2; Resolution VI.19)
Dr K Thompson offered to take the initiative on this subject and report to the STRP.
5. Ecological character (Operational Objective 5.1; Resolution VI.1; Rec. 6.14)
Proposed action by STRP:
a) test the guidelines on ecological character (point 2 of Resolution VI.1) based on the data provided by Ramsar Information Sheet;
(b) review the guidelines on ecological character in the light of the results (a) and the criteria guidelines. Incorporate the wise use concept in them, and incorporate the whole into the consolidation of Resolutions and Recommendations;
(c) test the effectiveness of the Montreux Record (point 3 of Resolution VI.1) at sites with or without Management Guidance Procedure and at sites which could/should be included in the Montreux Record;
To carry out (a), (b) and (c), the Bureau will contact CPs and managers of sites suggested by the Panel (see Annex I). Together with the Panel members, the Bureau will identify intern (or other) students, or locate adequate financial resources to carry out the analyses of these data and report to the STRP 1997. It was suggested that wetland managers and universities could be requested to test the definition and the guidelines at specific sites and report to the STRP by the end of 1997 so that it can report to the Standing Committee; regional meetings could also be used to test the definition and the guidelines. advance report to be ready for 6th STRP meeting in April 1997
(d) prepare a document to be presented at the next STRP 1997 reviewing the existing Early Warning Systems methodology; report to be ready for 6th STRP meeting in April 1997
(e) review and suggest methodologies and guidelines for assessing the threshold of change in the ecological character of wetlands taking special account of limnology, hydrology and keystone species; care should be taken with some indicator species, such as migratory birds, to ensure events occurring elsewhere do not introduce a bias. advance report to be ready for 6th STRP meeting in April 1997
Focal point : M Finlayson
Bureau contacts : T Jones
6. Montreux Record (MR) and Management Guidance Procedure (MGP) (Operational Objective 5.1; Resolution VI.1)
Proposed action by STRP:
(a) the Bureau will aim to increase the participation of STRP members and alternates in MGP missions; on going
(b) in the case of MR inclusions or deletions the Bureau should consult the STRP when appropriate, as indicated in Resolution Vl.1; on going
(c ) the Bureau should go ahead with those sites in urgent need of application of the MGP, including Greece (see Recommendation 6.17.1), or in regions with few, well-identified needs; advance report to be presented at 6th STRP meeting in April 1997
(d) in the case of regions with many CPs requesting MGPs the Bureau will provide information to the STRP and priorities will be set up at the STRP meeting in April 1997; report to be presented at 6th STRP meeting in April 1997
(e) the Bureau will prepare for circulation to the STRP a document, based on information from the Contracting Parties, listing the sites which are currently on the Montreux Record and which should be considered for application of the MGP; report to be presented at 6th STRP meeting in April 1997
(f) the Bureau will keep the STRP updated on MR site information. on going
Bureau contact : M Smart
7. Management Planning (Operational Objective 5.2; Recommendation 6.13)
Proposed action by STRP:
(a) Identify good examples of management planning and implementation, using the National Reports presented at Brisbane as an initial source of information. The final selection of the ten best case studies should cover the widest possible range of wetland types; Bureau action requested, end of 1996
(b) a letter/questionnaire to be prepared and sent out to all CPs and institutions which could contribute, including a request for information on the application of Ramsars Kushiro guidelines; and
(c ) the exercise should concentrate on Ramsar sites, especially those that have applied the Kushiro Guidelines in Management Planning, but not to exclude other good examples of wetland management planning; end of 1996
(d) the focal points, with the assistance of other STRP members, will identify 15 good examples to be submitted for review at the next meeting of the STRP in April 1997; February 1997 for distribution to all participants
(e) focal points should prepare a discussion paper for STRP in April 1997 reviewing the Ramsar guidelines and the integrated catchment approach concept, taking into account biodiversity in wetlands and the CBD; February 1997 for distribution to all participants
(f) a proposal for a Technical Session at the 7th CoP should also be prepared for the next meeting of the STRP in April 1997; pre-proposal for 6th STRP meeting in April 1997, final proposal by June/July 1998
Focal points: R Schlatter and M Komoda
Bureau contacts: M Smart
8. Ramsar Database (Operational Objective 5.4; Resolution VI.16)
It was agreed that Wetlands International, using data from other sources would prepare drafts of Information Sheets for those that had no sheet, and that the Bureau would submit these drafts for approval to the CPs concerned.
It was suggested that the present wetland classification could be tested against selected Ramsar sites, so that specific named wetland examples can be available to support the concern of the STRP over the present classification.
Proposed action by STRP :
(a) recommend full implementation of Resolution VI.16 concerning provision of information and maps for new sites; Bureau to request this information to CPs, deadline end of 1997
(b) recommend full implementation of Resolution VI.13 and Recommendation 5.3 concerning provision of information and maps for already listed sites. (This action will be supported by information provided by the Database manager); Database Manager has provided information already, action from Bureau on going
(c ) STRP members to send comments on the RIS "Explanatory Notes and Guidelines" document by 15 July, to the Bureau. This will include comments to call for greater detail on peatlands and coral reef descriptions (Dr K Thompson); requesting the inclusion of information pertaining to the management objectives at listed sites (Mr M Végh). The Bureau will attempt to provide a final draft by 15 August for the STRP to make final comments within one week; deadline postponed to 15 September 1996
(d) invite the Standing Committee to consider instructing the STRP to undertake a review (not necessarily modification) of the Ramsar Classification System of Wetland Type; await Standing Committee decision
(e) recommends the following order of categories in the RIS (see Annex I). done
Bureau contact : M Smart
9. Global review of wetland resources (Operational Objective 6.1)
UK has made available £ 30,000 for this task.
Proposed action by STRP:
(a) prepare draft terms of reference by 31 July 1996 for a consultant to execute the project, and circulate (the draft ToR) to STRP for comments (to be received until 31 August); deadline postponed to 15 September 1996, comments by 30 September
(b) a draft report to be submitted to the next meeting of the STRP in April 1997. 6th STRP-April 1997
Focal point: M Finlayson
Bureau contacts: T Jones
10. Criteria (Operational Objective 6.3 and Resolution VI.2, VI.3)
Proposed action by STRP:
(a) consider the possibility of establishing three clusters of criteria, as follows :
cluster 1. Representativeness and Uniqueness with special attention to hydrological functions, with the support of an expert on this issue. Focal point : K Thompson
cluster 2. Biodiversity (a) general and (b) specific taxa: e.g. birds/waterfowl and fish with possible addition of mammals, reptiles, invertebrates. The possibility of developing criteria based on communities such as mangroves, coral reefs, peatlands and karst might be considered. Bureau to contact appropriate institutions to ensure that there is enough data before proceeding. Focal point : Y Ntiamoa-Baidu
Note: Limnological aspects should be taken into account in both clusters 1 & 2.
cluster 3. Significance for Humans there is no consensus that this cluster is advisable or required. However it was agreed to prepare a first draft. Issues to be considered: cultural/ spiritual/religious/cosmological; traditional and other socio-economic uses; educational, research and recreational uses; benefits to humans of the ecological functions. These could be summarised under the concept of benefits and values for humans. Focal point : M Finlayson and A Smith
(b) focal points will present a report including proposals at the 6th STRP meeting in April 1997. To develop and prepare this report, Contracting Parties should be consulted, to obtain their general views, and Specialist Groups should be contacted about the "new" taxa and ecological communities. report to be ready for 6th STRP meeting in April 1997
Bureau contact : M Carbonell
11. Relationship between Ramsars STRP and the Convention on Biological Diversitys (CBD) Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advise (SBSTTA) and the Global Environmental Facilitys (GEF) Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) (Operational Objective 7.2; Resolutions VI.7, VI.9, VI.23)
Proposed action by STRP:
- Bonn Convention Technical Council: R Schlatter
- Global Water Partnership: M Smart
- International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI): M Carbonell
- International Association of Ecology (INTECOL): M Finlayson
- International Biosphere-Geosphere program (IGBP): M Finlayson
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): M Finlayson
- Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB): K Thompson
- SCOPE: K Thompson
- Society of International Limnologist (SIL): K Thompson
- South Pacific Regional Environmental Program (SPREP): K Thompson
- The Society of Wetland Scientists: A Smith
- Valdivia Group: R Schlatter
- World Heritage Convention: M Komoda
- World Water Council: D Blasco
- Working Group on Aquatic Birds (SIL): A Smith
- Wetlands International Specialists Groups: S Frazier
(a) establish links with the CBDs SBSTTA following the practice at this meeting, i.e. invite SBSTTA to send a representative to take part as observer in STRP meetings; invitation will be sent out for the 6th STRP meeting to SBSTTA
(b) encourage the SBSTTA and its Bureau to invite STRP to send a representative as observer to its meetings; Mr A Smith attending SBSTTA meeting in September 1996
(c ) the Chair of the STRP and the Bureau to explore possible similar cooperation with the GEFs STAP; end of 1996, invitation to be sent for 6th STRP meeting in April 1997
(d) invite WWF-International and BirdLife International to STRP meetings, as observers; informed together with mailing of minutes
(e) STRP members to obtain the agreement of the Chair of the STRP, through the Bureau, to represent Ramsars STRP at meetings of similar bodies or agencies. After participation in such meetings submission of a report to the Bureau is requested for circulation to all STRP; no deadline required
(f) prepare short half-page accounts, including objectives, ways of operating, potential interest of establishing links for Ramsar, and name of contact point (address, telephone, fax and email), and send to the Bureau by 31st July 1996 for circulation to all STRP, of :
deadline extended until 31 October1996
Bureau contact : M Smart
12. Small Grants Fund (SGF) (Operational Objective 8.4)
Proposed action by STRP:
(a) the Bureau to send to STRP members, on a regional basis, those project proposals for which it requires clarification, interpretation and, in general, technical advice on specific questions;
(b) should the Secretary Generals proposal for evaluation of the projects be approved by the Standing Committee, the decision on funding should be made by the Secretary General in consultation with the Regional Representative and the member of the STRP of the region concerned; depending on Standing Committee meeting dates for 1997
(c) STRP to analyze with the view of modifying, if necessary, the form used at present for project evaluation. The Bureau to send out a draft evaluation form to STRP for comments by the end of 1996, and to incorporate those comments in a second draft to be discussed at the next meeting of the STRP in April 1997. done, enclosed with minutes as Annex II
Bureau contact : M Smart
13. Future meetings
(a) STRP report to the 19th Standing Committee Meeting, 29 October - 1 November 1996, Gland :
Proposed action by STRP: At the invitation of the Chairperson of the Standing Committee, and as agreed at the 5th Meeting of the STRP the Chair of the Panel, Dr Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu, will attend the 19th Standing Committee Meeting and will present a report on behalf of the STRP.
(b) STRP representation at non-Ramsar meetings 1996/97 :
Proposed action by STRP: STRP members participating in technical/scientific meetings may represent Ramsar s STRP, but are requested to consult the Chairperson and the Bureau in advance.
(c) Date and venue of 6th STRP Meeting :
Proposed action by STRP: It was agreed that the 6th Meeting of the STRP should take place in Gland, from Tuesday 15th to Thursday 17th April 1997. Participants are asked to arrive no later than Monday 14th, and leave no sooner than Friday 18th April to allow three full days of work. It was further agreed, subject to review at the 6th Meeting, that the 7th Meeting of the STRP should take place in Gland, from 18th to 20th November 1997. Possible dates for the 8th Meeting of the STRP could be around 14-16 April 1998, but these are subject to discussion at the 6th Meeting in April 1997.


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New York City transit fares
The fares for services operated under the brands of MTA Regional Bus: (New York City Transit buses (NYC Bus), MTA Bus), New York City Subway (NYC Subway), Staten Island Railway (SIR), Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH), Roosevelt Island Tramway, AirTrain JFK and the suburban bus operators Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) and Westchester County Bee-Line System (Bee-Line) are listed below.
Current fares[edit]
Dollar bills and half-dollar coins are not accepted for fare payment on any buses that accept MetroCard, nor in fare payment stations for Select Bus Service buses. All fare payments must be made using MetroCard or coins (excluding half-dollars).[1]
Base fares[edit]
All fares are in US dollars.
|MTA Bus/NYC Bus: Local, Limited-Stop, Select Bus Service,
Bee-Line (except BxM4C bus), NICE, PATH
NYC Subway, SIR, Roosevelt Island Tramway
|Express buses
(MTA and
Academy bus X23/X24)
|BxM4C bus[2]
|Student MetroCard[3]
|AirTrain JFK[4]
(NYC paratransit)
(Nassau County
|$6 [6]
|$3 [6]
($75 for a book of 20 tickets)
|Transfer rules:
|Other notes:
Unlimited ride MetroCard fares[edit]
All fares are in US dollars. There is a $1 purchase fee for all new MetroCard purchases within the subway system or at railroad stations (except for expiring or damaged MetroCards or MetroCards bought as part of a UniTicket).[17]
|7-Day Unlimited[18]
|30-Day Unlimited[19]
|7-Day Express Bus Plus[20]
|10-Trip AirTrain JFK[4][21]
|30-Day AirTrain JFK[4][21]
|Full fare
|Reduced fare
All transfers with MetroCard are free from bus to subway, local bus to local bus, and subway to local bus. For transfers to express buses from local buses (except for the BxM4C), an additional US$3.50 is deducted from a Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard.[22] With coins, transfers are available to different local buses only, with some restrictions. All transfers are good for two hours. Transfers are available upon request when boarding only.[8][9][10]
There are no transfers to the BxM4C.[2]
SingleRide tickets are valid for one ride within two hours after purchase on local buses and the subway. One bus to bus transfer is allowed, no subway-bus or bus-subway transfer is allowed.
On the Select Bus Service routes except S79: customers paying with coins requiring a transfer must board via the front door and request a transfer from the operator. All other customers may board via any of the three doors on Select Bus Service buses only.[23]
Bee-Line customers needing to transfer to Connecticut Transit (I-Bus and route 11),[24] Transport of Rockland (Tappan ZEExpress),[25] Putnam Transit (PART 2),[26] or Housatonic Area Regional Transit (Ridgefield-Katonah Shuttle)[27] services must ask for a transfer, even if paying with MetroCard. The BxM4C does not accept paper or MetroCard transfers, but it does issue transfers to/from other buses and the subway.[2]
NICE customers needing to transfer to City of Long Beach N69, Suffolk County Transit, or Huntington Area Rapid Transit[28] services must ask for a transfer, even if paying with MetroCard.
Transfer restrictions[edit]
There are restrictions on transfers, as noted below:
There are no out-of-system subway-to-subway transfers allowed (i.e. exiting the turnstile and entering again), with one MetroCard exception:[29]
- Between Lexington Avenue / 59th Street ( 4 5 6 <6> N Q R trains) and Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street ( F train)
Until 2011, an extra out-of-system subway-to-subway transfer was allowed between 23rd Street – Ely Avenue/Long Island City – Court Square ( E M G trains) and 45th Road – Court House Square ( 7 <7> trains). An enclosed transfer passageway was opened between the three stations in 2011, rendering this transfer unnecessary.
Additional exceptions may be added on a case by case basis, usually due to construction making a regular transfer unavailable.
For Pay-per-Ride customers, there is no free transfer back onto the same route on which you paid your fare, or between the following buses:[30]
- Manhattan:
- M1, M2, M3, M4: No transfer between uptown Madison Avenue and downtown 5 Avenue buses.
- M31 and M57: No transfer between eastbound and westbound buses along 57 Street. Transfers are available between buses travelling in the same direction, however.
- M96 and M106: No transfer between eastbound and westbound buses along 96 Street, even between buses travelling in the same direction.
- M101, M102, M103: No transfer between uptown 3rd Avenue and downtown Lexington Avenue buses.
- The Bronx:
- Bx1 and Bx2: No transfer between southbound and northbound buses on the Grand Concourse.
- Bx40 and Bx42: No transfer between eastbound and westbound buses along Tremont Avenue.
- Nassau:
- No transfers between bus routes that aren't listed on the timetable of the route on which you paid your fare. In essence, one can't transfer between bus routes that don't intersect.[9]
- Express:
- No transfers from any route to the BxM4C, even with a Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard. Transfers are valid, however, from the BxM4C.[2]
There are no subway-to-bus or bus-to-subway transfers without a MetroCard allowed, with one exception:
- B42 customers traveling from south of Flatlands Avenue in Brooklyn to the Rockaway Parkway subway station are transported directly into the subway system without having to pass through turnstiles (as the former trolley line had a loop installed within fare control). Likewise, the B42 Rockaway Parkway Line departs the Rockaway Parkway subway station within subway fare control.
Fare history[edit]
Below are the fares charged for single boardings on the transit lines and predecessors of the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA). Different combinations of transfer privileges and the abolition of double fares to the Rockaways have altered these fares from time to time. Since 1997, massively increased transfer privileges and pass discounts have lowered the average real fare significantly. According to MTA figures, only 2.1% of rides are single-ride fares.[31]
- $0.05 (1904 – 1948)
- $0.10 (1948 – July 1, 1953)
- Bus fare: $0.07 from 1948 til 1950 and $0.10 from 1950 til 1953
- $0.15 (July 2, 1953 – 1966)
- Bus fare: $0.13 from 1954 til 1955 and $0.15 from 1956 til 1966; 5th Avenue Bus line fare raised to 15 cents on 1 January 1954
- $0.20 (1966 – January 3, 1970)
- $0.30 January 4, 1970 – December 31, 1971)
- $0.35 (January 1, 1972 – August 31, 1975) (MSBA/Long Island Bus from 1973)
- $0.50 (1 September 1, 1975 – June 27, 1980)
- $0.60 (June 28, 1980 – July 2, 1981)
- $0.75 (July 3, 1981 – January 1, 1984)
- $0.90 (January 2, 1984 – December 31, 1985)
- $1 (January 1, 1986 – December 31, 1989)
- $1.15 (January 1, 1990 – December 31, 1991)
- $1.25 (January 1, 1992 – November 11, 1995)
- $1.50 (November 12, 1995 – May 3, 2003)
- $2 (May 4, 2003 – June 27, 2009)
- $2.25 (June 28, 2009 – December 29, 2010)
- $2.25 base fare (December 30, 2010 – March 2, 2013)
- $2.50 SingleRide MetroCard ticket fare
- $2.50 base fare (March 3, 2013 – present)
- $2.75 SingleRide MetroCard ticket fare
Express bus base fare[edit]
- $4 (?-February 28, 1998)
- $3 (March 1, 1998 - May 3, 2003)[32]
- $4 (May 4, 2003 – February 26, 2005)
- $5 (February 27, 2005 – December 29, 2010)
- $5 (December 30, 2010 – March 2, 2013)
- $6 (March 3, 2013 – present)
See also[edit]
- MetroCard (New York City)
- Pizza Principle, the connection between single-ride fares and a slice of pizza in New York City
- ^ Unlimited Ride MetroCard
- ^ a b c d e f http://transportation.westchestergov.com/images/stories/Schedules/Rte_BxM4C_TT_Spr13.pdf BxM4C schedule notes (page 2)
- ^ a b http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/Transportation/ServicesandEligibility/BusTransportation/default.htm NYC Department of Education, Student MetroCards page
- ^ a b c http://www.panynj.gov/airports/jfk-cost-tickets.html AirTrain JFK fare information
- ^ a b c d http://www.nicebus.com/Passenger-Information/Fares-Passes.aspx NICE's fare and passes information
- ^ a b c d e http://web.mta.info/metrocard/mcgtreng.htm MetroCard fares
- ^ a b c d e http://www.panynj.gov/path/fares.html Path fares
- ^ a b c d http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/howto_bus.htm "How to Ride the Bus", under 'Making Connections', MTA.info
- ^ a b c d e http://www.nicebus.com/_meta/routes_pdf/NICE-n6_MapSchedule.pdf NICE bus schedule for N6 (Local) and N6X (Express) - 'Fare Information' (page 2), nicebus.com
- ^ a b http://transportation.westchestergov.com/fares-and-metrocard Bee-Line fares
- ^ a b c http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/rebuildingtheRockaways.htm "Rebuilding the Rockaways After Hurricane Sandy: Current Service", MTA.info
- ^ a b http://web.mta.info/nyct/sir/sirfare.htm "MTA Staten Island Railway Fare and Transfer Information", MTA.info
- ^ a b c http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/bkln/b062cur.pdf#page%2011 B62 schedule page 11, MTA.info
- ^ http://new.mta.info/news/2012/12/13/free-transfer-staten-island-veterans "Free Transfer for Staten Island Veterans", 12/13/2013, MTA.info
- ^ http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/NewQ70LimitedStopService_brochure.htm Q33 transfers, MTA.info
- ^ http://web.mta.info/nyct/fare/rfindex.htm "Reduced-Fare" information, MTA.info
- ^ http://web.mta.info/metrocard/mcCombinationValue.htm About the $1 New Card Fee, MTA.info
- ^ http://web.mta.info/metrocard/mcgtreng.htm#7day 7 day Unlimited ride price
- ^ http://web.mta.info/metrocard/mcgtreng.htm#30day 30 day Unlimited ride price
- ^ http://web.mta.info/metrocard/mcgtreng.htm#30express 7 day Express Bus Plus ride price
- ^ a b http://web.mta.info/metrocard/mcgtreng.htm#jfk10trip AirTrain JFK Unlimited ride price
- ^ http://mta.info/busco/schedules/qm001cur.pdf QM1 schdeule fare information, page 2
- ^ http://web.mta.info/nyct/sbs/#payBx41 Select Bus Service fare payment, MTA.info
- ^ http://www.ibusexpress.com/fares/index.asp I-Bus fare structure
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20120302022836/http://www.co.rockland.ny.us/PublicTrans/schedules/TZX_Complete.pdf TappanZEExpress schedule, transfer connections (page 1)
- ^ http://transportation.westchestergov.com/images/stories/pdfs/SysMapENG28june.pdf Bee-Line bus map (page 1)
- ^ http://www.hartransit.com/fares.htm HART "FIXED ROUTE FARES" under 'CONNECTING BUS SYSTEMS'
- ^ http://huntingtonny.gov/content/13749/13863/17260/17204/17240/default.aspx HART fares
- ^ http://web.mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ Out-of-system transfer detail, MTA.info
- ^ http://mta.info/metrocard/termsreg.htm "Regular MetroCard Conditions of Use", MTA.info
- ^ Wilson, Michael (24 March 2009). "Who Buys Subway Rides One at a Time?". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/98a/pr079-98.html MAYOR GIULIANI ANNOUNCES EXPRESS BUS FARE REDUCTION FROM $4 TO $3 AS PART OF "ONE CITY, ONE FARE -- ONE METROCARD" PROGRAM


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Thursday gossip round up: Bodyguard claims he's biological father of Michael Jackson's son Blanket
Carey Mulligan and musician Marcus Mumford are reportedly getting married this weekend during a ceremony in the English countryside, according to Radar Online. "Carey and Marcus are counting down the days till they tie the knot. She is absolutely walking on air and can hardly contain her excitement," a source says. "They don't care that some of their friends think they are rushing things." The couple have been engaged for nine months and dating for about a year, though they first got to know each other as pen pals when they were teenagers. "It's going to be an amazing weekend as they will be surrounded by their closet family and friends," the source says."It's a dream come true for Carey."
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie know how to celebrate a happy occasion. The newly engaged couple reportedly packed up their family and took a private jet to Ecuador and then a luxury yacht to the Galapagos Islands, where they're vacationing at the Royal Palm Hotel, according to People magazine. "We were informed that they arrived at the airport in Baltra yesterday," a source says. "Then they made their way over to a villa in the Galapagos Islands." Pitt apparently popped the question at Christmas after spending a year working on the design of the engagement ring.
Though they've only been dating six months, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are reportedly ready to settle down in the suburbs, according to Us Weekly. The two actors "have been looking around different areas of Connecticut," a source claims, citing a recent trip the pair took to the posh suburb of New Canaan to sightsee. "They love getting out of the city and appreciate a slower pace." Another source says that moving in together is the next logical step, given how close they've become. "Ryan is practically living with her already," the source says. "When he's at her apartment, it feels like home."
Britney Spears has reportedly accepted a $15 million offer to become a judge on the U.S. version of "the X Factor," joining L.A. Reid and boss Simon Cowell, according to TMZ. Spears would take over one of the seats left vacant by Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul, who left after the first season. Scherzinger and Abdul reportedly earned a combined $4 million for their work on the show. "I would love to have her on the show," Cowell previously said of Spears. "I think she's a fascinating person."
Madonna admits she may need to enforce some stricter parenting measures at home after a photo was published of 15-year-old daughter Lourdes smoking a cigarette. "I think I need to be, maybe, tougher," she says during an interview with the "Today" show. "I'm probably not as tough as I should be." It probably doesn't help that Madonna herself is seen smoking in her latest music video, but she insists that's just a prop and that she is not a smoker.
Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, Matt Fiddes, claims the late singer's youngest child is actually his biological son — and he's willing to prove it. Fiddes says Jackson even told him the truth after baby Blanket was born. "I sat there and asked the question, 'Is Blanket my child?'" Fiddes tells the Daily Star. "He said, 'He's my child, Matt, but I used your sperm to produce him.'" Standing in his way, though, is Michael's mother, Katherine Jackson, who has sole custody of the child. "Katherine's worried we will come after the estate and will tell the kids the truth," Fiddes says. "But to me the truth is the big issue, and that's why I want to take it further. I'm a self-made man, I don't want or need their money. All I want is access if he's my child, to take him out, and spend some time together."


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w/ Sebastián Cruz Cheap Landscape Trio , Chia's Dance Party , Nilko Andreas Guarín , Flórez/Gallo Duo , Alejandro Zuleta Vallenato Collective , Pablo Mayor's Folklore Urbano Orchestra , Daniel Fetecua and Pajarillo Pinta'o Dance Company , Gregorio Uribe Big Band , M.A.K.U. SoundSystem , and Grupo Rebolú
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Traditional, jazz, rock, dance, classical, and urban sounds collide as Pablo and Anna Mayor present the 9th annual Encuentro NYC Colombian Music festival. Colombian musicians unite on one stage as they do each year, in a celebration of Colombia's rich traditions and modern innovations told through the voice of New York-based Colombian artists. The festival will feature six hours of back-to-back performances featuring the rhythms of cumbia, puya, currulao, joropo, and bambuco, among a myriad other styles, both as they have developed in New York and in their traditional root forms.
This year, the energy will reach new heights with the newest voice on the world stage, MAKU Soundsystem (featured at globalFEST 2011). Their driving rhythms are grounded in Afro- Colombian traditions and their gaitas come from Colombia's indigenous heritage (like their name), as they present their music with the freedom of young Colombians hailing from urban Queens.
The annual Encuentro/Encounter of Colombian Musicians in New York music festival, founded by Colombian bandleader, pianist, and composer Pablo Mayor and his wife flutist Anna Povich de Mayor, continues its effort to provide a platform for Colombian artists in New York to present their art, while bringing these treasures to the attention of the international audience.
The festival coincides with PAMAR'S Latin American Culture Week, using the opportunity to showcase Colombia's rich musical heritage and developments to the broader international and Latin American community. The six-hour extravaganza will begin with a dinner set featuring the sophisticated Andean sounds of Alejandro Flórez-Tibaguí, gaita, bullerengue, and other Afro- Colombian rhythms with Grupo Rebolú (for those who wish to dance from the beginning), New Orleans jazz-with-a-Colombian twist (drummer Martin Vejarano's Chia's Dance Party), Caribbean vallenato with Alejandro Zuleta Vallenato Collective, and other artists ranging from rock to classical guitar (including Lucía Pulido's right-hand man Sebastián Cruz and his Cheap Landscape trio), gradually transforming as the night unfolds into an all-out dance party with Pablo Mayor's driving Folklore Urbano Orchestra and the wildly fun Gregorio Uribe Big Band. Special guests to include Limon Dance Company's Daniel Fetecua and his Pajarillo Pinta'o Dance Company. The energy in the room will erupt once MAKU takes over as the closing act, and the audience is guaranteed to leave dancing!
Proud to participate at PAMAR' s 7th annual Latin American Cultural Week in NYC leave dancing!
$20 GA, $15 for minors with legal guardians, at the door
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This event will be streamed live online through LPR's Concert Window channel, beginning at 4pm.
About the Founder and Producers:
Pablo Mayor, ENCUENTRO NYC founder and prodder, from Cali, Colombia, is known for his work as bandleader, pianist, educator, promoter and producer of Colombian music. Director of his own group the Folklore Urbano Orchestra (which mixes traditional Colombian music , dance styles, and jazz harmonies/orchestration) and the Pablo Mayor Quintet (a smaller version of the large ensemble), he currently holds the position as Director of Jazz and Colombian music at the Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts in Manhattan.
Formerly Professor of Jazz—Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, and having arranged songs for several recordings of Totó la Momposina in Colombia, his work in NYC has been presented by organizations such as: Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, ID Studio Theatre Performance and Research Center (director German Jaramillo), Orquesta Broadway (as pianist and arranger), Turtle Bay Music School (annual Colombian music residencies with Folklore Urbano), Carnegie Hall, 92nd St. Y, among others. Mayor holds a B.A., M.A. Jazz Arranging/University of North Texas.
Anna Povich de Mayor, ENCUENTRO NYC co-producer, is a flutist, producer, and educator from the USA. Aside from work with various classical chamber ensembles, she dedicates much of her time to performing and promoting Colombian music here in New York City and beyond with her husband Pablo Mayor, and his renowned band the Folklore Urbano Orchestra. She is on the faculty of Turtle Bay Music School in Manhattan, where she teaches flute, coaches chamber music, and directs an annual residency on Colombian music and dance at PS 267, PS 59, and PS/IS 217 on Roosevelt Island. She currently is on the artist roster of Associated Solo Artists, Flushing Town Hall Educational programs with her program "Cumbia for Kids," and has worked with such organizations as Carnegie Hall (Musical Connections program and Neighborhood Concerts programs), the 92nd St Y (Musical Introduction Series), the American Composers Orchestra/VIA's outreach programs, and has directed and curated concert series with the Queens library and Le Poisson Rouge, Manhattan. Anna holds both an MM and a DMA in flute performance from SUNY Stony Brook. She is also a full-time mother of two children, Nicolás (5 1/2) and María (3 months).
Guitarist, composer, bandleader, Sebastián Cruz's most recent instrumental project the Cheap Landscape Trio includes musical elements from his Colombian roots rubbing against elements of urban New York City life: multi-cultural mesh, recycling, discarding, minor epiphanies, major cacophonies and modern jazz and other languages. Sebastian has performed throughout the U.S., Europe and Colombia, at such venues as Mozart-Saal from Vienna's Kozerthaus, Joe's Pub, BAM Café, Symphony Space, Summer Stage-Central Park in New York, A-Trane in Berlin, Jazz al Parque and el Anónimo in Bogotá, among many others.
His compositions have awarded him a Van Lier Fellowship from Meet the Composer in 2010 and an ASCAP award in 2002. He has scored several plays by directors Pedro Salazar and Javier Gutierrez, documentaries, short animation, and feature film "Buscando a Miguel."
Sebastian has a Master degree in jazz guitar performance from the Manhattan School of Music, and a BFA in jazz guitar from the City College of New York.
CHIA's Dance Party is a New York City-based Quintet. The band delivers a unique musical experience where infectious danceable grooves mix harmoniously with extensive compositional and improvisational work. The quintet performs original material inspired by the Colombian rhythmic and melodic traditions, yet explores different genres and compositional approaches. CHIA's Dance Party has a distinct sound as a result of the diverse background of its musicians. Ben Stapp, an exceptional tuba player brings his vast experience in experimental, Jazz and classical music. Alex Terrier on soprano sax delivers the best, virtuosic sounds of modern jazz. Justin Wood on alto sax and flute adds adventurous and fearless contemporary sounds and concepts. Rafi Malkiel on Euphonium brings his Middle Eastern, Salsa Dura, and Colombian sounds to complement this stellar ensemble. All of these sounds are catalyzed by musical director and composer, Martín Vejarano on Drums.
Colombian Born Guitarist Nilko Andreas Guarin has performed throughout the United States, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, Brazil, Germany, France and Portugal, and among numerous prizes is the recipient of the Colombia Exterior Award 2006, given to Colombians who have distinguished themselves outside of their native country, and "The Recognition award", 2008 given by the city of New York for his contribution to the Arts.
Originally from Bogotá Colombia, pianist Ricardo Gallo and guitarist Alejandro Flórez have been generating several projects that relate contemporary musical expressions to the musical traditions of their homeland. In this duo project, they present their own pieces inspired by the music from the Colombian Andes. Alejandro Flórez plays in this project tiple and bandola, two traditional string instruments from the region. Gallo and Flórez explore the possibilities of improvisation and composition departing from the sounds of these instruments.
Carrying the Zuleta's family legacy, a long line of great Vallenato musicians, New York based pianist, composer, singer and producer Alejandro Zuleta, presents an exciting journey into this alluring Colombian musical tradition from the Caribbean coast of Colombia.
Traditionally played on acordeón, during the last couple of years Alejandro has explored ways of translating this Vallenato acordeón repertoire to the piano. The result of this exploration is the unique sound of the Alejandro Zuleta Vallenato Collective, that performs regularly at Terraza 7 (NYC). The band presents an exciting journey into traditional Vallenato music—filled with catchy melodies, contagious rhythms, and true to the spirit of "La Parranda". The group also gives space for creative and engaging spaces of solo and collective improvisation.
This powerhouse 12-member orchestra seamlessly fuses the danceable swing of traditional Colombian rhythms with the lush subtleties of contemporary jazz harmonies and unique arrangements. The ensemble is driven by a rhythm section deeply grounded in traditional Colombian music. Like a feisty chef, leader Pablo Mayor then adds explosive horns and soaring, colorful vocalists to produce a tasty, sultry, addictive blend! Pablo Mayor, pianist/composer/arranger/producer, has dedicated the last 13 years to writing, producing, and promoting Colombian music. And his medium to reach the global community is his orchestra Folklore Urbano. The band presents Colombian music in Pablo's unique style—-elegant, sophisticated (think Duke Ellington), while all along adhering to a strict philosophy of groove. Pablo is a seasoned writer, and his experience playing in dance bands goes back to his teenage years growing up in Cali, Colombia. He's been pianist and arranger for the 50-year old Cuban charanga band Orquesta Broadway for the past 13 years, and he's been commissioned to write for Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Big Band in NYC. FU showcases Pablo's skill at orchestration and his in-born drive to produce music that stirs his audience to get up and dance if and whenever possible! (*note his frequent collaboration with Colombian dancer Daniel Fetecua and his Pajarillo Pinta'o dance company) The band is now an establishment in NYC, and has appeared throughout Canada, the USA, and Colombia at such renowned venues as: Chicago World Music Festival, Houston's Miller Theatre, Detroit's Symphony Hall (Festival of Colors), Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Milwaukee Latino Arts, Festival International de Arte (Cali, Colombia), SunFest, Quebec City Summer Music Festival, Ottawa Blues Fest, Toronto Harbourfest, etc.
With the founding of Pajarillo Pinta'o in 2003, Artistic Director Daniel Fetecua Soto has started to investigate the fusion of traditional dances and rhythms of Colombian Folklore with the principals of modern dance and German tanz-theater. Pajarillo Pinta'o took its first steps as a traditional Colombian Folkloric dance ensemble while Colombian founder and artistic director Daniel Fetecua Soto was a student at the Folkwang Hochsule in Essen, Germany.
Later his choreography became shaped by not only his cross-cultural studies of Colombian traditional dance at Universidad Nacional in Colombia, but by his newly acquired experiences and training in dance-theatre, modern, and contemporary dance-notably, his position in the world-renowned Jose Limon dance company.
The culmination of this training and performance history has birthed a movement that interweaves the rhythms, music, choreographic structure and rites of the native dances of Colombia, with the lyricim and neo-expressionism found in contemporary dance.
When he was 17 years old, Gregorio Uribe decided to learn about different
music techniques and genres by backpacking and performing in streets,
buses and beaches around South America. After this experience, Gregorio
earned his Summa Cum Laude degree at Berklee College of Music in Boston
where he was influenced by jazz arranging, which induced him to create a
very unique project:
Gregorio Uribe Big Band is a 16-piece musical experience that blends
Afr o-Colombian r hythms with funk gr ooves and power ful big band
arranging. This music machine brings together musicians from many
countries around the world that, under Gregorio Uribe's leadership and
vision, create a masterpiece of Latin rhythms.
M.A.K.U Sound System is an immigrant band form New York City. With most of its members hailing from Colombia, M.A.K.U embodies an active quest for identity through sound and bodies in motion. Born in 2010 the band has independently released two full-length albums, one EP, and toured across the country with their fiery grooves.
M.A.K.U's distinctive sound is enriched with a variety of musical backgrounds brought to the table by each of its members. Although not inherently discernible there are hints of Cumbia, Psychedelic-rock and Caribbean grooves. It all comes together through a DIY attitude of getting things done, from composing to releasing independent records, M.A.K.U is as much about the music as it is about a way of life.
On stage MA.K.U juxtaposes traditional Colombian percussion, drum-set, synthesizers, electric base, guitar and sizzling horns, creating an explosive performance filled with unshakable grooves. Lyrically M.A.K.U talks about the realities of everyday people encompassing love, hardships, culture, and the immigrant experience but with a positive, spiritual and sometimes humorous spin.)
Is an Afro-Colombian musical ensemble comprised of some of the finest Colombian musicians in the United States. The group came out of the desire of Ronald Polo (vocalist/composer/gaitero) and Morris Canate (master folkloric percussionist) to promote the rich musical traditions of their ancestors; the Afro-descendents of Colombia's Caribbean coast.
It is their belief that these folkloric traditions should continually evolve over time and with the ideas of new generations of folklorists, a belief surely reflected in their music.
The original compositions of Ronald Polo forge new paths for Colombian music while respectfully remaining faithful to its ancestral roots. In the process, they create a truly unique musical and cultural experience.
From traditional songs to original compositions, the entirety of Rebolu's repertoire is loaded with energy, history and danceability. Their unique reinterpretations of traditional Afro-Colombian rhythms such as Gaita, Tambora, Chalupa and Bullerengue, among others, make it extremely well suited not only for festivals and cultural events, but also for nightclubs. We hope you listen and enjoy..
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I am pregnant, and my husband just found out that he has MS. What are the chances that my unborn child will be unhealthy?
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US Mint to issue Chaco Culture coin set on April 17
The United States Mint said it will begin accepting orders for the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set – Chaco Culture National Historical Park on April 17.
In a press release,US Mint said the set, priced at $9.95, contains two uncirculated quality Chaco Culture National Historical Park quarters – one each from the United States Mint facilities at Philadelphia and Denver, and one proof quality coin from the United States Mint at San Francisco.
The coins are mounted on a durable plastic card that includes a brief description of the national historical park and the coin design, as well as a Certificate of Authenticity on the back.
Collectors may also purchase the America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Sets through the bureau's Online Subscription Program.
The United States Mint, created by Congress in 1792, is USA's sole manufacturer of legal tender coinage and is responsible for producing circulating coinage for the Nation to conduct its trade and commerce.
The United States Mint also produces proof, uncirculated and commemorative coins; Congressional Gold Medals; and silver, gold and platinum bullion coins. – BullionStreet
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Accept your colleagues as they are and work on yourself instead
Great musicians dispel their own ego and give themselves up completely to the composer in order to recreate his music.
Every member of a quartet must be prepared to listen. They must also be curious, disciplined and have a sense of humour.
How players get on with one other is the greatest challenge for a quartet. One needs to learn both how to criticise and how to react to criticism oneself.
Almost all music is chamber music – even a solo sonata – because it is a constant exchange of voices and instruments.
I always look forward to going on stage. I imagine the expectation of the people in the audience, who are prepared to leave their everyday life for a while to experience something special. I am very touched that I am able to move something in them.
With teaching it is very important to decide whether or not, in addition to passing on technical and artistic skills, one also wants to be a psychotherapist.
People's preconceptions of the viola have changed a lot in the past twenty or thirty years. Thanks to some magnificent performers, it has freed itself from a Cinderella-like existence. Anyone who doubts this cannot be taken seriously.
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The DOOH Network Operators Conference offers a high-level, 35,000-foot perspective on the state of the industry. The conference serves as a meeting place for brand marketers, ad agencies and network operators, covering what each constituent needs to know about digital place-based media and its role in the evolving digital landscape. The conference addresses present and future issues and challenges, including how the medium is measured, who sees it, how effective it is, where it's located, what it costs and where it fits in the media buyer's planning.
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|3:00pm -3:15pm
|3:15pm - 4:00pm
|"Reducing Total Cost of Operations - Strategies for New and Established Networks" - Randy Dearborn | Loren Goldfarb Details
|4:00pm - 5:00pm
|"How to Generate Advertising Revenue for Digital Signage" - Susan M. Danaher | Christina Radigan | Fred Schonenberg | Daniel Wilkins Details
Welcome & Introduction - Sean Whiffen
9:00am – 9:10am
Sean Whiffen is the co-founder of AutoNetTV, which launched broadcasting in 2005. Since then, the company has grown to several thousand automotive locations throughout North America – each of which pay to receive the program content in their lobbies. Whiffen oversees production, network operations, and technology, and is heavily involved with strategic alliances, marketing, and the development of new initiatives. AutoNetTV works with virtually every company in the automotive aftermarket, including Exxon Mobil, Valvoline, NAPA, and Meineke. The AutoNetTV program has won the Best Consumer Video award from the Car Care Council three years in a row. AutoNetTV has grown beyond in-store TV programming to add several complementary products and services to increase revenue and customer retention.
"Keynote: Location Is the New Cookie - Understanding the Role of DOOH in the Mobile/Local Ecosystem" - Asif Khan
9:10am - 9:45am
Marketing today is quickly transitioning from a world of point solutions centered on a single media type to a view of integrated media connected by location. This session will focus on the importance of understanding the daily life of the consumer, as they continuously shift location, device and media type and the role that marketers must play in leveraging this knowledge to deliver a message that is personal, contextual and relevant.
Asif Khan is a proud Canadian and veteran tech start-up, business-development and marketing entrepreneur with nearly 15 years of experience. He is currently focused on working as a consultant, speaker and venture capitalist to the location-based marketing services community. In support of this, Khan recently formed the Location Based Marketing Association, an international group dedicated to research and education in this space.
Prior to launching The LBMA, Khan has worked with companies as diverse as Limited Brands, IBM, Baxter Pharmaceuticals, Molson-Coors, Communispace, BestBuy, American Airlines, Cineplex Entertainment, ING Bank and Sears. . You can tune in to his weekly video podcast — This Week In Location-Based Marketing — every Monday.
An avid technology evangelist, Khan holds degrees in economics and management sciences from the University of Waterloo, blogs at www.betakit.com and www.streetfightmag.com and can be found on Twitter @AsifRKhan.
"Mobile & Social Interoperability Standardization" - Stephen Freitas
9:45am - 10:00am
New mobile and social interoperability standards are aimed at creating cohesive social media content and engagement models for the out-of-home (OOH) industry. There is an inevitable union between OOH and mobile, and these standards allow media agencies to plan OOH campaigns across multiple providers and platforms with continuity. This session will explain how these guidelines are helping OOH media companies build backend systems that are consistent across a broad OOH enterprise by providing standards that can be used by third party systems developers when constructing mobile programs. The presentation will also unveil a new OOH industry mobile touchpoint marker.
Since 1999, Stephen Freitas has been the chief marketing officer for the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, the leading trade association representing the outdoor medium. In his role, Freitas is an industry spokesman who advances the business of outdoor advertising with education and advocacy throughout corporate America. He joined OAAA after spending 10 years developing high-profile marketing programs for Clear Channel Communications and Eller Media Co. as senior vice-president of marketing. Prior to joining the outdoor advertising industry, Freitas worked as an agency media planner in San Francisco and at Chevron USA for eight years. He is a graduate from the University of California, Berkeley.
"How Mobile Marketing Is Igniting the Digital Out-of-Home Business" - Ian Dallimore | Mikhail Damiani | Jeff Gunderman | Rick Robinson
10:15am - 11:00am
The convergence of mobile integration with digital out-of-home (DOOH) media is impacting the way consumers engage with brands. Digital out-of-home media companies are igniting the potential of mobile technologies by introducing new best practices that are establishing standards across the out-of-home industry making the combination of out-of-home and mobile easier. This session will focus on current DOOH campaigns that integrate mobile and how new best practices will help brands take their message further.
Ian Dallimore began his career with Lamar Advertising Company in 2004 where he worked in events and sports marketing. In 2005, he transitioned to national sales where he worked directly with OOH buyers and strategic teams for national agencies. Dallimore became Lamar's first digital OOH strategist in 2007. In his current role as director of innovation & digital strategy, he works with national clients and agencies to devise strategic plans utilizing DOOH. Dallimore also works hand-in-hand with Lamar's digital network operations to drive innovation within the medium through the use of technology like XML feeds and various social platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. He also focuses on innovation through the integration of mobile and OOH as well as the use of big data and digital OOH.
Mikhail Damiani is the CEO and chairman of the board of Blue Bite. Damiani directs all aspects of Blue Bite's business and operations and has spearheaded the company's NFC efforts with its mTAG Platform. He is also responsible for the company's strategic partnerships, sales and client management. Prior to Blue Bite, he was an investment banking analyst at GCA Savvian, where he focused on technology M&A and completed more than $1 billion in transactions. Damiani received his B.S. degree in finance and management from The Stern School of Business at New York University.
Jeff Gunderman is president of EYE Corp Media, an out-of-home (OOH) media company that specializes in connecting brands and consumers in many of America's most iconic retail environments. The EYE Corp network consists of both static and digital signage and a fully integrated mobile solution "Amplify" that incorporates NFC, QR, SMS, Bluetooth and Geo-Fencing to enable brands to better engage consumers and offer richer experiences with real time metrics and reporting. Gunderman is passionate about the integration of mobile and social media with out of home and helped lead the creation of mobile and social best practices and standards for the OOH industry with the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA). He regularly writes and speaks on the subject.
A member of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) Hall of Fame, Rick Robinson is a long-time out-of-home (OOH) media advocate, creative consultant, public speaker, fine artist, teacher and writer. His 26 years in the business have included stints as a local salesperson for Ackerley Airport Advertising SF, business development manager for Gannett Outdoor SF & LA, and national creative director at Outdoor Systems & Infinity Outdoor for several years until he opened up MacDonald Media's LA office in July of 2001. New York-based MacDonald Media plans and buys OOH for Nike, PCI Gaming, EA, Old Spice ESPN, FMB Bank, Alaska Airlines, KIND Bar, UGG and many others.
"Special Guest Speaker: Digital Place Based Media's Opportunity in Today's Advertising Ecosystem" - Barry Frey
11:00am - 11:30am
Special Guest Speaker Barry Frey will speak about the changing media landscape and its effect on consumers and advertisers. The talk will also indicate the arenas in which digital place-based advertising can affect and lead. He will cover industry trends across different disciplines from creative to digital to native advertising. Attendees will be able to see the opportunities and challenges in driving revenues today and tomorrow from the rapidly changing advertising marketplace.
Barry Frey is a media and marketing visionary with extensive leadership credibility in building interactive, television and other and cross-platform media businesses for marketers.
Frey joined the Digital Place-based Advertising Association (DPAA) as president & chief executive officer in May 2013. In this role, he oversees all operations of the organization, the trade association that represents leading digital placed-based networks, and works with the advertising community that is actively engaged in planning, buying and evaluating the effectiveness of the medium.
Immediately before joining DPAA, Frey was a senior advisor at Sonenshine Partners, a New York-based investment bank that provides integrated strategic and financial advisory services. He worked with clients in the television, digital and advertising categories, helping them develop successful growth strategies in a rapidly changing business landscape. These clients included Active Video Networks, Microsoft, The Weather Company, Vme Hispanic Network and others.
Before joining Sonenshine, Frey spent more than seven years as architect, marketer and chief revenue officer for Cablevision's digital and advanced advertising business. As executive vice president, advanced platform sales, he oversaw the company's digital transformation of advertising sales. He led the creation of new revenue streams by building what was widely credited as the leading advanced TV ad business in the U.S.
At Cablevision, Frey also built and ran the company's Internet and mobile sales operations. He brought to market an array of digital TV and Internet products including branded content, dedicated ITV and VOD advertiser channels, household addressable television plus a plethora of rich data, analytics and robust optimization tools. His leadership with internal teams, senior level ad agency colleagues and marketers led to many notable and newsworthy advertiser partnerships with companies including Disney Vacations, U.S. Navy, FX Network, Mars Inc., BMW, Unilever and Sony Corp.
Earlier, as managing director international sales and business development for USA Networks, Frey created some of the first multimedia advertiser agreements in U.S. advertising and helped launch syfy.com. In his international role, he built the global sales and marketing infrastructure for the networks. He was a key member of the launch teams for domestic and international channels and oversaw sales and marketing teams around the world.
As senior vice president media for the National Basketball Association, Frey drove the TV, print, radio, Internet businesses and marketing partnerships while reporting to NBA Commissioner David Stern.
Frey serves on the board of the International Radio and TV Society. He frequently speaks on the future of media, advertising and television at conferences in the U.S. and in Europe, including The Future of TV Advertising Forum (London), TV of Tomorrow (NY, SF), The On Screen Summit, VOD Summit (NY) and The International M & A Summit (NY).
He also has amassed many industry innovation and achievement awards from, among others, Advertising Age, MediaPost, The Jack Myers Report and the Cable Advertising Bureau.
"Building Investible Value in a DOOH Network" - Mark Boidman | Mike DiFranza | David Ingraham | Steve Nesbit
12:30pm - 1:30pm
In order to address the increasing number of network operators looking to grow their business through acquisition or financing, we have assembled a panel of top industry executives to discuss the key components of digital out-of-home (DOOH) networks that create "Investible Value." This session will focus on fundamental competencies that are truly important to investors including scalability, reach, ROI, standardization, lease vs. purchase models, business plans and technology. The session will address the top 5 Do's and Don'ts in building an Investible Network.
Mark Boidman is a managing director at Peter J. Solomon Co. ("PJSC"), a leading investment bank in New York City, where he has senior responsibility for covering companies in the advertising sector, including digital signage and digital out-of-home. He has been involved in many of the big out-of-home industry deals. Prior to PJSC, he was at Barclays Capital, where he was head of the firm's Out-of-Home Advertising, TV Broadcasting and Radio coverage. His clients have included Branded Cities, Cox Enterprises, DirecTV, Fairway Media, Lionsgate Entertainment, RMG Networks, Scripps Networks, TiVo and Van Wagner. Prior to Lehman, he was an attorney in the M&A Group at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Boidman received joint LL.B and B.C.L degrees with Distinction in 2000 from the Faculty of Law at McGill University. Prior to law school, he studied business at McGill's Faculty of Management.
As the founder and former president and CEO of Captivate Network, Mike DiFranza is one of the leading authorities on digital place-based media. Under his leadership, Captivate Network grew to become the leading digital media company reaching on-the-go professionals throughout the workday. DiFranza was one of the founders and served as the chairman of the Digital Place-Based Advertising Association (formerly OVAB) for the last seven years. Today he leads Otter Hill Advisors, a consultancy focused on working with small to midsize businesses to develop strategies and execution plans to accelerate growth. DiFranza is an active speaker at industryevents. he was named one of MediaWeek's 50 Most Influential Executives in Media and has been quoted or featured on CNN, FOX Business, CNBC, BusinessWeek, Time Magazine, The New York Times, as well as numerous trade publications.
David Ingraham joined M/C Partners in 2006 and focuses on investments in a variety of media and communications industry segments, including colocation and managed services, marketing and information services and new and traditional media. Ingraham has worked with M/C portfolio companies such as AccentHealth, Legendary Pictures and Fusepoint Managed Services. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of AccentHealth and SpinMedia. Previously, Ingraham worked at Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a media-focused private equity fund in New York with over $1 billion under management. While at VSS, Ingraham worked on investments in the yellow pages, publishing and information services industries. He earned his B.A. in psychology from Skidmore College and his MBA from the University of California - Berkeley.
Stephen Nesbit is EVP, chief marketing officer for RMG Networks. Prior to joining RMG, Nesbit served as the president of Reflect Systems Inc. and has been in the digital signage industry since the late 1990s - initially with one of the founding companies in digital signs, Next Generation Network Inc. (NGN). He served as the executive vice president of operations, international and business development for NGN since 1999. He served as chief executive officer and founder of NetCard Systems Inc., an Internet e-commerce start-up company from 1998 to 1999. From 1994 to 1997, he was a vice president for Sandia Imaging Systems Inc. After the sale of NGN, Nesbit served as the president and chief operating officer of MarketForward Corp., a digital media and advertising company owned by the worldwide advertising and media company Publicis Groupe S. A. in Paris. Nesbit began his career at IBM in the Data Processing Division where he held numerous sales, marketing and management positions both in the field and at HQ. He has also held positions at Wang Labs, BBN Communications (the original architect of the Internet), Bytex (inter-networking) and Micrografx (software). Nesbit earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and was awarded an MBA from the Indiana University Graduate School of Business with concentrations in Finance and Marketing.
"International Spotlight: Band Outernet" - Marcos de Almeida Amazonas | Lyzbeth Cronembold
1:30pm - 2:00pm
With its sight set on providing information and advertising for the World Cup in Brazil in 2014, Band Outernet has nearly doubled its digital out-of-home network from 12,000 to more than 20,000 screens. The company has a presence in airports, buses, bus stations, subway trains, subway stations, trains, train stations and kiosks. In this International Spotlight, Band Outernet's CEO Marcos Amazonas and director of technology and operations Lyzbeth Cronembold will share the trials and tribulations, joys and triumphs of building and operating one of the largest DOOH networks in the world.
Marcos Amazonas' rise to CEO of Band Outernet S.A. caps a long and illustrious career in the fields of broadcast and cable TV. His experience ranges from his first postion in production of Sesame Street for Globo Networks (1973-1975) to his former role as president of cable company TV Cidade (1997-1998). His awards include APCA: Best Radio in São Paulo (Radio Gazeta FM), Prêmio Colunistas: Best TV Programming (TV Gazeta) and APCA: Best TV Sport Programming (ESPN Brasil). During his career, he has served on the board of directors of ESPN Brasil, board of HBO Brasil, programming committee of Galaxy Latin America, member of the Brazilian Subscription Television Association (ABTA) and president of NEOTV - Brazilian Subscription Television and IP TV. He graduated from the Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política in São Paulo, Brazil, with a B.A.
Lyzbeth Cronembold is an IT executive with experience in telecom, IT services, media OOH, digital TV and Internet. A professional focused on business development and strategic alliances in the field of IT technology, she has been responsible for two start-ups in the ISP market. She also worked at Portugal Telecom Group for five years, and in April 2007, she was a member of the Technical Exchange between Brazil and Japan for the deployment of digital TV in Brazil. Since 2010, Cronembold has served as director of technology and operations at DOOH Band Outernet, a company belonging to the group Bandeirantes Radio and Television. She has been responsible for the start-up and expansion of mobile digital out-of-home technology (MDOOH) technology in public transport in the cities of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre and Brasilia.
"Revenue Models & Strategies for Network Success" - Tom Filla | Scott Kushner | Nanxi Liu
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Depending 100 percent on traditional advertising revenues has possibly gone the way of AOL … Too many networks are failing because of their total dependence on advertising revenues alone. Our industry needs different sources of revenues, or at least different ways of generating revenues, in order to survive, let alone thrive. Some networks charge subscription fees, while others charge for creative development. This panel will explore and present several suggestions of ways to diversify the revenue models for greater success within our industry.
Tom Filla is founder of Launch Marketing, one of America's largest privately owned direct marketing agencies with over $50 million in ad spend under management. Launch entered the digital signage space in 2009 and currently manages sign networks for more than 100 companies. Filla has presented on direct marketing across multiple industries.
MediaPlace founder and CEO Scott Kushner has a background in entertainment, coupled with a grasp of place-based media and in-store marketing, all of which makes him exceptionally well qualified to lead a full-service provider of alternative media content and marketing services. In 1993, he created MediaPlace, setting out to build a niche creative boutique to serve today's changing specialty retail landscape. Its subsidiary, the In-Store Sports Network (ISSN), provides in-store television programming and advertising placement for America's top sports-lifestyle specialty retailers. MediaPlace also services a number of other lifestyle categories with its custom content solutions.
Nanxi Liu is CEO and co-founder of Enplug, an exclusive digital signage network that built the first real-time, interactive advertising platform with social media integration. Along with the Enplug technology team, she developed hardware and software for seamless viewer interaction with digital signs via mobile devices. Liu is a recipient of the Dell Social Innovation Awards and a former Clausen Center for International Business & Policy Fellow. She graduated from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
"Reducing Total Cost of Operations - Strategies for New and Established Networks" - Randy Dearborn | Loren Goldfarb
3:15pm - 4:00pm
Our panel of three industry veterans represents diverse business and media environments with different challenges — corporate , single vertical and mixed venue place-based — yet they all share the common goal of managing profitability and risk. This session that will focus on the practical insights and techniques to improve cost management of your digital out-of-home (DOOH) network. The group will discuss cost control across technology selection, technical operations, creative services, content acquisition and organizational control. If you are responsible for the success of a DOOH network operation, this session will provide the essential methods and perspective required to drive down the total cost of operations.
Randy Dearborn is vice president - multimedia and guest technology, for MGM Resorts International, one of the world's leading hotel and gaming companies headquartered in Las Vegas. He has been with the company for 19 years and has played an instrumental role in the development of fixed and mobile digital media technology, including content, hardware and software. Dearborn's previous work experience includes Disney, Four Seasons and Marriott Hotels. He is currently serves as chairperson for the Clark County School District/College of Southern Nevada (CCSD/CSN) Joint Technical Skills Committee as well as the Program Advisory Board for The Art Institute of Las Vegas.
Loren Goldfarb has worked in media as a writer, producer and executive for more than 20 years. He co-founded Everwell, a digital signage network in healthcare facilities. Goldfarb helps shape Everwell's business and content strategy and oversees the operations and video production teams. Before co-founding Everwell, he served as VP of production at Home Front Communications, a broadcast public relations firm in Washington, D.C., where he provided strategic counsel to federal government agencies, Fortune 500 companies and national non-profits. Goldfarb's television credits include Dateline NBC, PBS HealthWeek and ABC's Nightline, among others. He's a frequent speaker at DSE events.
"How to Generate Advertising Revenue for Digital Signage" - Susan M. Danaher | Christina Radigan | Fred Schonenberg | Daniel Wilkins
4:00pm - 5:00pm
A panel stacked with industry veterans from both sides of the table will come together for a candid conversation on how to "sell" digital signage to marketers. Discover how agencies evaluate digital signage and the parameters by which they assign media value to a network or sign display. Learn what agencies and advertisers require in order to buy advertising space on a network and advice on how to best pitch it to them. You will also hear from network operators that have had successes in "selling into agencies." Discover what works and what doesn't!
Susan Danaher took the helm as EVP/CRO at Adspace Networks in April of 2013. She brought to Adspace a unique industry perspective from her time as the DPAA President/CEO. Danaher has a blend of agency experience (in research, planning and buying), an understanding of how to grow a medium from her work in cable television during its formative years, as well as experience at a VC-backed, entrepreneurial digital out-of-home company (Reactrix). he has put all of these skills to work in leading Adspace Networks' sales team, and driving incremental revenue in 2013.
Before joining Adspace Networks, Danaher led the DPAA as its president and CEO, sat on its board in 2007 and 2008, when the organization was known as OVAB. At the time, she was president of Reactrix Systems Inc. Reactrix provided interactive media experiences, based on projection technology, in shopping malls and theater lobbies. At Reactrix, Danaher developed new distribution channels and sold the medium to numerous Fortune 500 advertisers.
Danaher joined Reactrix from MTV Networks, where she spent 13 years (1993-2006) in a variety of ad sales roles. As executive vice president/general sales manager from 2001-06, she oversaw sales for Nickelodeon, Nick on CBS, Nick@Nite, Noggin, TV Land and Spike TV, as well as for various MTV Networks web properties, Nick Recreations and Tours, Nickelodeon Hotel and the Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. Family magazines.
Before joining MTV Networks, Danaher was vice president, western region ad sales manager for Turner Broadcasting Company from 1988-93, overseeing national sales for TBS, TNT and Cartoon Network. She joined Turner in 1988 as an account executive.
From 1985-1986, Danaher was an account executive in the ad sales group at USA Network, following six years on the agency side of the business with Benton & Bowles (media planning) and Young & Rubicam (media research).
Danaher earned a bachelor's degree from Hamilton College in 1979.
Christina Radigan is the director of marketing & communications for the Outdoor Media Group of Companies, the out-of-home division of Omnicom Media Group. A 17-year media veteran, Radigan is tasked with educating the organization and clients on new and emerging media, respective research, initiatives and trends. Her expertise spans the industry, including digital place-based, cinema, non-traditional and traditional out of home. She oversees the development of the organization's extensive marketing resources, establishing best practices and guidelines upon which the company plans and buys the medium. She is also a staff member of the Omnicom Foundations Faculty, training all levels of staff about out of home. Her agency tenure includes media planning roles at Opt-X advertising, Euro RSCG & Outdoor Services. Her account roster has touched virtually every category from casinos to pharmaceuticals to retail. She has been with OMG for eight years. Radigan is an active leader in the out-of-home industry serving as board member on the Digital Place-based Advertising Association (DP-AA) and DSE Advertising & Brand Council. She is also on the TAB Digital Committee, working to develop audience metric guidelines for digital OOH bulletins and displays.
Fred Schonenberg currently runs the national sales force for Zoom Media & Marketing, as EVP national sales. In addition, he oversees pricing, marketing, content strategy and research. He joined Zoom in 2005 and has guided the video-centric selling strategies that have built Zoom into the largest fitness digital media company in the world. Zoom also runs one of the most successful nightlife networks featuring interactive digital screens, static media and award-winning experiential offerings. He is a member of the DPAA Digital Convergence Committee and president of the Trinity Ad Club. Prior to Zoom, he was the CEO of IntroAgent.com, the first on-line aggregator for the corrugated box industry. Schonenberg graduated from Trinity College where he was a member of the 1994 Final Four Men's Basketball Team.
Daniel Wilkins is a media professional specializing in out-of-home, digital place-based and social media strategy. In January 2008, he launched the first ever privately held media agency solely dedicated to the planning, buying and management of digital place-based media campaigns, called n2. In Spring 2009, n2 won MediaPost's "Best Branding Campaign" and "Best Integration of Multiple Digital Out-of-Home Networks/Platforms" for their Team Fox campaign on behalf of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Wilkins was honored in Spring 2009 with the Apex Society's "Power 30 Under 30" award for his professional accomplishments, as well as his volunteer work related to Parkinson's disease research and patient care. In 2010, he co-founded the Wilkins Parkinson's Foundation, which serves to create an alliance between various Parkinson's related non-profits and offer media and marketing services to those entities pro-bono. In August of 2012, he successfully negotiated the sale of both of his companies, Wilkins Media Company and n2, to a private investment group. Wilkins currently sits on a number of industry related advisory committees and oversees NPRP Outdoor Media's Atlanta office.


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