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Probike/Prowalk Gets Mn/DOT Press
Comment on Access Board's Draft Guidelines
Ohio to Fund $6.25 Million in Trails
Montreal to Hold Ped Safety Hearings
MN Transit Office Absorbs Sustainable Trans. Section
New York City to Spend $218 Million on Curb Ramps
Paradise Gets Hi Viz Crosswalks
Salt Lake Area Cities, Towns Rebuild Main Streets
Vancouver's Bicycling City Councillor Steps Down
North Texas' Low-Income Bike Commuters
Hyattstown Uses Sculptures to Slow Traffic
Hillsboro Gets "C-Minus" Bike Friendly Grade
Hamburg pushes Active Communities Agenda
Making Toronto's Ped Lights Work
New Signals Reduce Japan's Ped Crashes
Rensselaer Wants Walkway
Oakland Works on Ped Friendliness
Charlotte to Get $15 Million Greenway
Building a Walkable San Jose
According to an article in the September issue of the Minnesota
Dept. of Transportation's Newsline newsletter, "More than 500 biking
and walking advocates met in St. Paul for the national ProBike/ProWalk
Conference Sept.3 - Sept. 7. Participants -- planners, engineers,
police officers, professors, landscape architects, community health
specialists and bike and pedestrians coordinators -- journeyed from
more than 40 states plus Canada, Britain, New Zealand and Australia to
explore ways to incorporate biking and walking into the transportation
"'Transportation must
and can be part of community, rather than a
threat,' said Bill Wilkinson, executive director of the National Center
for Biking and Walking, the primary conference sponsor. Mn/DOT's
Bikeways and Pedestrians Section in the Office of Transit helped plan
the conference. During the opening session, Commissioner Elwyn
Tinklenberg stressed Mn/DOT's emphasis on creating transportation
choices and Minnesota's role as the nation's leader in number of miles
of bike trails. He also stated that every Mn/DOT transportation
improvement project requires that bike and pedestrian concerns be
"Mayors Randy Kelly,
St. Paul, and R. T. Rybak, Minneapolis, welcomed
the group to the Twin Cities. Kelly had proclaimed St. Paul the 'City
That Walks and Bikes' the previous week. He related that many St.
Paulites have taken the "Safe Routes" pledge¢to drive less each day,
drive the speed limit or less and choose to walk and bike more often.
Rybak advocated biking and walking everyday, not just as recreation on
Saturday and Sunday. 'Bikeways and walkways are designed to get
somewhere,' he said."
Source: http://www.newsline.dot.state.mn.us/archive/02/sep/11.html#5
Title: "Advocates for non-motorized travel converge on same path during
St. Paul conference"
Author: Sue Stein
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We recently received this note from Ellen Vanderslice of America
Walks: "If anyone has NOT yet checked out the new 'Draft Guidelines on
Accessible Public Rights-of-Way,' the Access Board will accept comments
on the draft through October 28. There will be a public hearing on
October 8 in Portland, OR. The draft guidelines are now the most
up-to-date information available about what you should be doing to
achieve accessibility in the public right-of-way, and as I understand
it, we have a duty to use the most up-to-date information in designing
facilities to be usable by people with disabilities.
"Some "big-ticket"
provisions that folks in public works might find
worthy of comment:
-required elevator if grade
change for a pedestrian overpass or
underpass is greater than 60" (the Board specifically seeks comment on
whether 60" is the right trigger)
-pedestrian-activated signal at every crosswalk on a roundabout to aid
those with visual impairment
-requirement for at least one 13' wide accessible parking space on
every block."
More information and the
draft are available at
For more information on
America Walks, visit:
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According to a Sept. 18th news release, "Standing along the historic
Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath, Governor Bob Taft today announced $6.25
million in Clean Ohio Trails Fund grants to 24 Ohio communities to
improve and expand the state?s recreational trail system.
"The awards represent
one-quarter of a total $25 million in grants for
recreational trails to be funded over the next four years through the
Clean Ohio Program, initiated by Governor Taft and approved by voters
in November 2000. Each grant requires a minimum 25-percent match with
local funds.
"'I am among the many
Ohioans who enjoy biking or hiking these trails
to take in the beauty of our state,' Governor Taft said. 'These Clean
Ohio Trails Fund grants will assist trail partnerships throughout the
state - each building an important local project that will help us
complete our vision for an interconnected statewide network of
Source: http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/news/sep02/0918cleanohio.htm
Title: "Taft Announces Clean Ohio Trails Fund Grants"
For more information on the Clean Ohio Program, go to:
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According to a Sept. 26th news release from the City of Montreal,
"Jeremy Searle, president of the city's permanent commission on
transport and service to citizens and cultural communities, is inviting
citizens to participate in public hearings on the issue of pedestrian
safety in the new city of Montreal. The hearings are to take place
Monday September 30th and Wednesday October 2nd at 7 p.m at Montreal
city hall.
"Representatives from
the St. Laurent borough will be present at the
hearings to unveil the dramatic results of a pilot project unveiled
this summer in St. Laurent designed to improve safety at pedestrian
crosswalks. Motorist compliance has risen to over 80 per cent at
unprotected crosswalks. As well, City of Montreal Police officials and
other experts will make presentations at the hearings.
"'It's important for
people to understand that pedestrian safety and
better traffic circulation are inextricably linked because traffic
moves faster when it interacts smoothly and not aggressively with
pedestrians,' Searle said. 'Members of the public have already shown a
keen interest in the work of this commission. They are now invited to
participate in these hearings so that the city can get their input on a
subject that touches the lives of all Montrealers...pedestrian safety
and better traffic flow.' Among the items to be discussed at the public
hearings are proposals to extend the pilot project for pedestrian
crosswalks in St. Laurent to other boroughs as well as examining the
question of whether to enforce regulations to keep cyclists off of city
sidewalks plus ways to get traffic moving faster.
For further information:
Jeremy Searle, (514) 872-5727, (514) 483-2561
Source: http://www.newswire.ca/releases/September2002/26/c5095.html
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According to an article in the September issue of the Minnesota
Dept. of Transportation's Newsline newsletter, "Mn/DOT's Office of
Transit increased by eight employees when the Sustainable
Transportation Initiatives Section transferred from the Office of
Environmental Services. 'We welcome this partnership and want to make
the transition as smooth as possible,' said Donna Allan, director of
the transit office. 'One thing we're working on is how transit,
bicycling and pedestrian travel can work well together.' In order to
acquaint transit staff with bike facilities in the community, the
office held a multi-modal staff meeting Sept. 10 at McCarron's Park in
Roseville to get a first-hand look at local bike facilities.
"Instead of checking
out cars from the Central Office garage, employees
arrived at the site a variety of ways. Ten staff members chose to bike
along the roadway and two bike trails, Gateway and Trout Brook, to get
there. Others hopped on a bus at Rice Street and University Avenue for
the trip. Still others vanpooled to the site or vanpooled to the
walking path and continued their journey."
Source: http://www.newsline.dot.state.mn.us/full_articles.html#7
Title: "Transit Office staff bike, pool and "walk the talk" to reach
off-site staff meeting:
Author: Sue Stein
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According to a Sept. 13th article in the New York Times, "A group
representing thousands of New Yorkers in wheelchairs announced
yesterday that it had reached a settlement in a protracted lawsuit
against the city, and that the Bloomberg administration had agreed to
set aside almost $218 million to speed the installation of concrete
ramps at the city's 158,000 curb corners. The agreement was hailed as
an important victory for the city's wheelchair users, who - despite a
federal requirement put in place a decade ago to compel cities to
install such ramps - still must contend with 61,074 corners, most
outside Manhattan, where the curbs might as well be ramparts, because
wheelchairs cannot be rolled over them.
"'It's very simple,'
said Robert B. Stulberg, a lawyer who represents
the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, which sued the city in
1994, contending that it had made no plan to comply with the federal
law. 'If you're in a wheelchair and you pull up to a corner that's not
ramped, you literally cannot get to the other side of the street.' The
veterans' group, which successfully sued the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority in 1979, leading to wheelchair-accessible
buses and some subway stations, praised the city for settling the curb
suit, which had dragged on throughout the Giuliani administration.
The group said that the agreement was particularly heartening in light
of the fact that the city's Department of Transportation, which is
responsible for installing the ramps, has seen its resources stretched
thin as it has dealt with post-Sept. 11 street rebuilding in Lower
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/13/nyregion/13CURB.html
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Title: "City Agrees to Spend $218 Million to Make Sidewalks Accessible
to Wheelchair Users"
Author: Randy Kennedy
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According to a Sept. 26th story in the Chico Enterprise- Record, "A
dangerous Paradise crosswalk now marked by faded yellow lines may soon
light up like an airport landing strip. Public Works Director Dennis
Schmidt says he's taking a hard look at high-technology warning systems
for the Skyway crosswalk linking Fir Street with the Boys and Girls
"Two teen-agers were
struck there last spring. They weren't seriously
hurt, but the incident focused attention on the heavily used crossing.
In June, demonstrators, including the teens who were hit, carried
brightly colored signs through the crosswalk with such messages as 'Can
you see me now?' They asked town officials, as well as Boys and Girls
Club representatives, to work on improving safety.
"The crosswalk systems
vary in their sophistication, but all use a
series of strobe lights imbedded in asphalt. 'They're plenty visible
enough, even in daylight hours, to warn traffic that a pedestrian is
attempting to cross,' Schmidt said. Two such devices, activated by
pressing a button, are in use in Yuba City. Based on a rate of three
feet per second, pedestrians have a calculated time to cross the street
before the lights go off. More expensive systems sense pedestrian
movement and stay on until crossing is completed. Yuba City Public
Works Director John Wright said the two crosswalks, one in front of a
post office, the other at the entrance to a hospital, have
significantly improved pedestrian safety..."
Source: http://www.chicoer.com/articles/2002/09/25/news/news4.txt
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Title: "Skyway crosswalk could go high-tech"
Author: Greg Welter
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According to a Sept. 17th story in the Salt Lake Tribune, "Every
city wants bright lights and a big city center. Even Salt Lake Valley
suburban communities -- large and small -- are putting their money
where their main streets are, creating quasi downtowns or re-creating
historic city centers.
"Draper, South Jordan
and Taylorsville are erecting city halls to
anchor new pedestrian-friendly plazas. Here is a snapshot of the
valley's emerging suburban centers..."
Source: http://www.sltrib.com/09172002/utah/181980.htm Archive search: Yes
Title: "S.L. Valley Communities Revive, Restore Main Streets"
Author: Karyn Hsiao
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According to a Sept. 14th story in the Vancouver Sun, "...Most
people know [Gordon Price] as the bicycle-riding environmentalist who
has fought long and hard for alternative forms of transportation, from
bike routes to new transit initiatives. During the course of his
16-year career he helped create the system of cycling routes that now
almost encircle the downtown. Others know him as the man who organized
the Clouds of Change task force and report on air pollution or as the
city's first elected openly gay councillor. But the 53-year-old
politician -- who's retiring from city council this fall -- has shaped
the city in far more dramatic, if less visible, ways.
"If it weren't for
Price, the West End wouldn't be the model urban
neighbourhood it is today. And the Concord Pacific and Downtown South
neighbourhoods might not be emerging -- as they are now -- as
Vancouver's latest development success stories. Councillor Bikeways has
done more than any other elected official to shape the city and the way
we use it. Active in every stage of the decade-long downtown
residential housing boom that has transformed this city's core from raw
idea to livable community, Price may well be remembered by historians
under a different moniker: Dr. Raise Your Crane, the man who made
high-density living Vancouver's collective urban dream..."
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Title: "Mr. Price's neighbourhoods"
Author: Sean Rossiter
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According to a Sept. 23rd Fort Worth, TX, Star-Telegram story, "The
phrase 'bike to work' might bring to mind environmental activists or
affluent suburbanites who have access to neighborhood trails. But the
highest percentages of North Texans who ride bicycles to work live in
low-income areas, including a census tract south of downtown Dallas
that is majority African-American and a census tract that includes part
of the University of Texas at Arlington and is half Hispanic.
"Those are among the
results of a Star-Telegram analysis of Census 2000
information on North Texas neighborhoods. Here are other results:
- Areas where walking to
work is most popular include the neighborhoods
near the University of Texas at Arlington and Southern Methodist
University, and the downtown areas of Fort Worth and Dallas...
- Commuters who walk to work outnumber bicyclists by a nearly 10-to-1
ratio in Tarrant County..."
Source: http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/4133042.htm
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Title: "Bicycle commuting in low-income areas"
Author: Jeff Claassen
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According to a Sept. 19th AP story filed in Hyattstown, Maryland,
"The sculpture is as close to an official traffic stopper as the law
allows: A stick figure with an upraised, white-gloved hand, it is one
of 19 artworks that Hyattstown citizens have placed along a road in
hopes of slowing the cars speeding past their front doors. 'If you see
one, then all of a sudden, you start looking and, hopefully, your
initial reaction is to slow down,' said Linda Tetens, an artist who
helped organize the project. The Road Show, as residents call it, is
among the many approaches citizens nationwide have devised for dealing
with traffic problems that authorities won't or can't solve. Others
involve brightly colored flags, 'pace cars,' homemade speed bumps, even
a steel gate.
"Tiny Hyattstown, about
25 miles northwest of Washington, isn't even a
wide spot in the road. That is one of the problems its 65 residents
face in trying to slow drivers who ignore the 30 mph limit on Route
355, a state highway popular with commuters avoiding congested
Interstate 270. Some of the community's 200-year-old houses are right
beside the road, leaving little margin for parking ? which tends to
slow passing cars ? or other "traffic-calming" features such as
roundabouts and lane closings. Tetens, who created some of the
sculptures, said she and a neighbor once borrowed a police radar gun
and found the average speed was at least 45 mph..."
Title: "Md. Town Uses Arts to Slow Traffic"
Author: David Dishneau
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According to a Sept. 17th in the Hillsboro (OR) Argus, "Hillsboro is
in the process of becoming a bicycle-friendly community, but the city
still has work to do. So says the Bicycle Transportation Alliance
(BTA), which recently gave Hillsboro a C- grade on the alliance's
first-ever Bicycle-Friendly Communities Report Card. BTA graded 22
cities statewide. Other Washington County cities included Beaverton
(C), Tualatin (D) and Tigard, which received a flat tire grade for not
providing BTA with any information about its bicycle programs.
"As explained in a
report on the grades, BTA issued C grades to
communities that do little more than the minimum state requirements.
Generally, there are few innovative ideas and the community relies
heavily on other jurisdictions for resources. Riding a bicycle in the
community can be frustrating and dangerous in many areas..."
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Title: "Hillsboro earns low grade from Bicycle Transportation Alliance
on its first 'Bike Friendly' report card"
Author: Ian Rollins
For more information on
the BTA's report card program, visit:
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According to a Sept. 10th Detroit News article, "With
fitness-crippling factors such as obesity reaching epidemic levels in
the United States, finding a community that provides healthy options to
its residents is becoming more important. Hamburg Township's efforts to
provide active options for its present and future residents have earned
high marks from a state agency that has set out to determine what
communities can do to promote good health.
"In October, the township
will receive a Promoting Active Communities
Award from the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health and
Sports in Lansing. 'People are taking a more active interest in their
physical fitness as well as for the kids,' said resident Ron Murdock,
who serves on the township's recreation board...The township will host
a grand opening later this month for a newly constructed trail system,
boardwalk and playground at Manly W. Bennett Park. With its many
improvements over the past several years, Bennett Park has become the
township's centerpiece for recreation. But in order to qualify for the
governor's award, the township had to submit to a lengthy survey that
produced a snapshot of the entire community.
"The survey took into
account everything from government policies to
recreation opportunities afforded to employees of local businesses and
to students at area schools..'The survey is very holistic. It doesn't
just look at one piece of the community,' said Risa Wilkerson, the
Governor's Council Director of Active Community Environments. 'We look
at more than 100 local actions that would help make an environment more
suitable to physical activity.'
"...The number of overweight
children and adults in the state of
Michigan exceeds the national average, Wilkerson said. Communities like
Hamburg that provide physical activity options are doing something
about the problem. One of the major obstacles facing communities is
staving off the adverse effects of the automobile, which has made
travel easy and fast but has added to the increasingly sedentary
lifestyle of many Americans. Wilkerson said many people are now looking
for walkable communities, and that amenities in a community that enable
pedestrian travel are becoming more valued. 'Making improvements in
this area will not only attract new residents but new businesses as
well,' Wilkerson said.
"Hamburg Township Supervisor
Howard Dillman said a greenways committee
formed in 1997 has come up with a plan to connect about 80 percent of
the township's residents to a trail system that will connect to the
Lakelands Trail. Additional trails are planned to connect subdivisions.
'We're working toward creating a pedestrian network so people have ways
to get around the township without having to jump in a car,' Dillman
Source: http://www.detnews.com/2002/livingston/0209/17/c05l-582909.htm
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Title: "Hamburg gets high marks for its fitness"
Author: Mike Murphy
About those Michigan "Promoting Active Communities Awards"...
According to the Governor's
Council on Physical Fitness, the "Promoting
Active Communities Awards are granted to any city, township, charter
township, or village in the State of Michigan. Each community awarded
has made a commitment to create healthier environments, by removing
barriers to physical activity and encouraging residents to be more
active. The award accomplishes two purposes: It helps increase
awareness of the types of public policies and programs that remove
barriers to healthful physical activity, and it recognizes communities
that are making progress in this regard.
The Award is given in five
- Level 1--Communities have made a commitment to becoming a healthier
place to live and have begun to take steps toward removing barriers to
physical activity.
- Level 2--Communities have taken significant steps toward making it
easier for people to be physically active.
- Level 3--Communities have achieved significant progress toward making
it easier for people to be active.
- Level 4--Communities can document outstanding achievements in making
it easier for people to be active.
- Level 5--Communities are models of commitment to healthy, active
This year's awards went
Level 1: Detroit Southwest
Level 2: City of Charlevoix, City of Grand Rapids, Hamburg Township,
Harbor Springs
Level 3: City of Alpena, City of Battle Creek, Boyne City, Buena Vista
Charter Township, Clinton Township, City of Gaylord, City of Jackson,
City of Lansing, City of Marquette, City of Monroe, City of Mount
Clemens, City of Petoskey, City of Saginaw, Van Buren Township, City of
West Branch
Level 4: Escanaba, City of Kalamazoo
Level 5: None.
For more information on
the program, contact Gretchen Blink,
Coordinator of Marketing and Communications, Michigan Fitness
Foundation at firstname.lastname@example.com
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According to a Sept. 23rd Toronto Sun article, "You've pressed the
pedestrian crossing button. But nothing happens. So you wait a few
seconds, and press the button again. Still, the lights don't change.
Ever wondered if those pedestrian crossing buttons are actually hooked
up to anything?
"Les Kelman, director
of the Toronto's Traffic Management Centre,
insists they are indeed connected to the lights. And no, they're not
designed to frustrate people who can't afford a vehicle. But the way
they work is a bit confusing. There's basically a 'window of
opportunity,' as Kelman puts it, when the button will promptly change
the lights and make you happy. But press the button at any other time
and it might not seem quite so helpful.
"Consider your standard
intersection where a major street meets a minor
street. The traffic lights will spend the most time giving the green
go-ahead to traffic flowing on the m ajor street, while cars
approaching the intersection on the minor street will likely see a red
light. A woman, who wants to cross the major intersection on foot,
presses the pedestrian crossing button. But what matters is when,
exactly, she pressed it. The system doesn't check continuously to see
if the button has been pressed, only at certain times during the
traffic light's cycle from green to yellow and red..."
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Title: "Pedestrian crossing button is a matter of timing"
Author: Rachel Ross
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According to a Sept. 13th article in the Japan Times, "The number of
traffic accidents involving pedestrians fell to less than one-third
what they had been at intersections equipped with a new
pedestrian-friendly traffic light system, the National Police Agency
said in a study released Thursday. The system contains arrow signals
indicating 'straight ahead,' 'right turn' and 'left turn' to control
traffic flow so that vehicles do not turn onto thoroughfares when
pedestrians are crossing, police said.
"For research purposes,
the agency installed the system at 100
locations with a high number of accidents or heavy traffic. During an
experimental period from January to June, the number of accidents where
pedestrians were hit by vehicles dropped to eight at these locations
from 30 in the same period a year earlier, according to the agency. The
overall number of traffic-related deaths and injuries fell 40 percent
to 122 from 182 cases reported from the same period the previous
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Title: "Better traffic lights protect pedestrians, NPA finds"
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According to a Sept. 26th story in the Rensselaer Republican, "The
Rensselaer City Council considered the feasibility of a walkway to
Brookside Park from Countryside Subdivision at Monday night's meeting.
The walkway would provide a means of getting to the park from the area
without walking along the highway. 'It's a popular plan,' said Council
President George Cover. 'There's a lot of people who want walking
"Mayor Herb Arihood
explained the present idea was put forth by a group
of citizens from the area, but there have been similar plans in the
past, including a walking path around the perimeter of Brookside under
former Mayor and present council member Susan Smith. Arihood noted that
if the current plan goes through, then perhaps other plans and areas
can be included later. He added there are a lot of people who would
like to walk to the parks in the city, but there is no easy way to do
that now..."
Source: http://www.urlocalmedia.com/rrp/todays/headlines/greenway.shtml
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Title: "Council considers city pedestrian walkway"
Author: Luke Dunscombe
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According to a Sept. 22nd Alameda (CA) Times-Star story, "One person
is struck by a car nearly every day on Oakland streets and more often
than not the victim is a child or a senior citizen. But two groups, the
city's Public Works Department and the Oakland Pedestrian Safety
Project, have been working to reduce these incidents and make Oakland a
more friendly place for walkers.
"In August, the nonprofit
Surface Transportation Policy Project called
Alameda County the 10th most dangerous in the state for pedestrians.
Although the report praised Oakland for its citywide pedestrian
education campaign and pedestrian master plan, it noted the city has 82
accidents per 100,000 residents. The report found that accidents
disproportionately injure and kill black and Latino pedestrians.
"On a recent tour of
Oakland streets, city Public Works Department
workers were proud to show off street improvements made in the last few
years. And although most Oakland residents may not have noticed, little
by little city streets are getting safer, they say. 'It is a priority
of the mayor, the city manager and the City Council to have the city be
more pedestrian-friendly,' said Niccolo DeLuca, public works assistant
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Title: "City takes steps on pedestrian safety"
Author: Laura Casey
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According to a Sept. 24th Charlotte Observer story, "Mecklenburg
County officials showed detailed plans Monday night for a 15-mile
greenway along Little Sugar Creek. The long-awaited project, to be
completed over the next 10 years, starts in Cordelia Park on North
Davidson Street and runs to the S. C. line.
"Planners hope the
asphalt trail will connect neighborhoods, promote
physical fitness, spur economic development and help restore water
quality in the stream. The price tag: $15 million for construction,
which can be expensive in areas that require underpasses or bridges..."
Source: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/4138381.htm
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Title: "Little Sugar Creek path detailed for residents"
Author: Richard Rubin
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According to a Sept. 21st column by San Jose (CA) Mercury News
reporter Joe Rodriguez, "On the final weekend of summer, San Jose on
Foot kicks off the shoes for the last time, grabs a cool one and
measures up the unwalkable city. After 15 different walks with 31 San
Joseans throughout this sprawling city, what did I learn? I remember
the very first e-mail response to my plea for the best places to walk.
It was from a senior citizen wary of traffic and street violence. 'I am
sorry to burst your bubble,' he wrote, 'but safety-first is still the
rule. I may like to walk about the city, but I shall stay in my own
back yard, which is behind fences and guarded gates.'
"Thanks for the warning,
but please consider my mission: San Jose on
Foot was an optimistic search for the city built for people, not cars.
These walkable places offer lessons on building a more livable and
exciting San Jose. I remember my walk in the Hamann Park neighborhood.
If there is beauty in the ordinary, and there is, then this 1950s
residential mix of city and suburb wins the pageant. But Hamann Park is
hemmed in by two freeways and two intimidating boulevards.
"It's disconnected
from other walkable neighborhoods. I found this sort
of isolation almost everywhere. The disconnect not only limits good
walks, it keeps the city from coming together. We remain a city where
freeways and computers connect but sidewalks and people do not. Still,
the good news is we have enough walkable places to offer hope..."
Source: http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/4121845.htm
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Title: "Let Walkable Places Build New San Jose"
Author: Joe Rodriguez
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-"A circus staged as a musical, as a play, a pantomime, a revue, or
even as dinner theatre. Suburban Circus is an award-winning musical. In
Australia during the State of Victoria's sesquicentenary celebrations
in 1985, Suburban Circus won a Best Musical competition and then the
overall first prize as Best Show.
"There are 16 skits
in this musical each about suburban life and all
with a circus theme. The jugglers are the refuse collectors who juggle
your rubbish. The high-wire act is the school-crossing supervisor. The
clowns are the parking cops who book motorists by squirting cream on a
paper plate and pushing it in the motorist's face ! Oi !..."
Subtitled "Fulfilling Another American Dream," by Joel S. Hirschhorn
and Paul Souza, Nat'l Governors Assn.
Subtitle: "For Land Use-Travel Behavior Research and Regional
Modeling;" by Kevin Krizek, University of Minnesota
Published by "The National Campaign to Stop Red Light Running," with
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CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs have bolstered their bullpen today by reaching a deal with free-agent reliever Koji Uehara, with the two sides agreeing on a one year $6 million dollar contract.
The Chicago Cubs have spent the offseason laying low for the most part, with most of their World Series Championship winning roster under club control for the near future. The Cubs have however quietly bolstered their bullpen this winter.
During the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in Washington D.C. the club acquired closer Wade Davis from the Kansas City Royals in a trade for outfielder Jorge Soler. On Wednesday the Cubs signed former Boston Red Sox reliever Koji Uehara to a one year, $6 million dollar contract.
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High levels of mortality, malnutrition, and measles, among recently-displaced Somali refugees in Dagahaley camp, Dadaab refugee camp complex, Kenya, 2011
© Polonsky et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013
- Received: 27 July 2012
- Accepted: 13 January 2013
- Published: 22 January 2013
Following a rapid influx of over 200,000 displaced Somalis into the Dadaab refugee camp complex in Kenya, Médecins Sans Frontières conducted a mortality and nutrition survey of the population living in Bulo Bacte, a self-settled area surrounding Dagahaley camp (part of this complex).
The survey was conducted between 31st July and 10th August 2011. We exhaustively interviewed representatives from all households in Bulo Bacte, collecting information on deaths, births, and population movements during the recall period (15th February 2011 to survey date), in order to provide estimates of retrospective death rates. We recorded the mid-upper arm circumference and presence or absence of bipedal oedema of all children of height 67-<110 cm to provide estimates of global and severe acute malnutrition.
The surveyed population included 26,583 individuals, of whom 6,488 (24.4%) were children aged under 5 years. There were 360 deaths reported during the 177 days of the recall period, of which 186 (52%) were among children aged under 5 years. The crude death rate for the entire recall period was 0.8 per 10,000 person-days. The under-5 death rate was 1.8 per 10,000 person-days. More than two-thirds of all deaths were reported to have been associated with diarrhoea (25%), cough or other breathing difficulties (24%), or with fever (19%). Measles accounted for a reported 17% of all deaths; this was due to a measles outbreak that occurred between June and October 2011.
Global acute malnutrition was observed in 13.4%, and severe acute malnutrition in 3.0%, of children measuring 67-<110 cm. Among children measuring 110-< 140 cm, 9.8% met the admission criteria for entry into the nutritional programme. Trends of decreasing death rates and malnutrition prevalence with length of stay in Bulo Bacte were observed.
We report high death rates and prevalence of malnutrition among this population, reflecting at least a partial failure of the various humanitarian and governmental actors to adequately safeguard the welfare of this population. An outbreak of measles and long delays before registration should not have occurred. The recommendations for measles vaccination among crisis-affected populations should be revised to take into account the epidemiologic context. Organisations must be sensitive and reactive to changes in the health status of the populations they assist.
- Mortality
- Malnutrition
- Refugees
- Measles
- Epidemics
- Vaccination
- Policy
Dadaab refugee camp is located in the North Eastern province of Kenya approximately 100 km from the border with Somalia. It was established in 1991, and, with an estimated 472,420 residents as of 8th July 2012 [1], is reported to be the world's largest refugee camp, comprising three camps: Hagadera, Ifo and Dagahaley.
As a result of the deteriorating humanitarian situation caused by the continued conflict in Somalia and by the failure of rains from October to November 2010, the number of Somalis seeking refuge in Kenya (and elsewhere in the region) has steadily increased. Between January and November 2011, 154,450 individuals were newly-registered in Dadaab, in addition to the estimated 63,000 refugees registered during 2010 [2].
In 2007, the Kenyan government closed the transit and registration facilities in the border town of Liboi due to security concerns, and, starting in August 2008, new arrivals were no longer allocated new plots of land. Without sufficient registration facilities to rapidly process them and without ready housing, the majority of new arrivals settled in the plains surrounding the main camps.
Médecins Sans Frontières has been working in Dagahaley since 2008, providing medical care and psychological assistance to the population living within the camp and its environs, estimated at approximately 123,833 people as of 8th July 2012 [1]. In August 2011, when the survey described herein was conducted, activities included nutritional interventions (in- and out-patient therapeutic feeding centres and supplementary feeding programmes). Médecins Sans Frontières operated programmes in five health posts, six ambulatory and six supplementary centres for nutrition programmes, and a 120-bed second level hospital with a further 200 beds serving as the nutritional stabilisation centre in the hospital. In addition, a network of community health workers actively sought malnourished children and other medical emergencies for referral for treatment.
In order to understand the health status and needs of the then-newly arrived population, Epicentre and Médecins Sans Frontières conducted an exhaustive survey of all households in Bulo Bacte (BB), an area of 'self-settlement' outside the camp of Dagahaley, and analysed the data collected during a measles outbreak that affected this population at the time of the survey. In this article, we present the survey estimates of death rates and malnutrition prevalence, and the age and sex breakdown of the suspected measles cases, and discuss the implications of the findings.
We conducted an exhaustive household survey in BB between 31 July and 10 August 2011. Enumerators were trained over the course of the three days prior to the survey commencing, with the questionnaire field-tested on the afternoon of the third day. The questionnaire was translated into Somali from the English original, and then back-translated into English to check for consistency in meaning.
All inhabited structures were visited by the survey teams and, when possible, a suitable respondent was identified, with whom the interviews were conducted. Owing to the small size of shelters in this context, the household definition used was "all individuals who regularly eat from the same cooking pot". Respondents were members of the household aged at least 18 years, and were usually the person identified as the head of the household. The purpose of the survey was explained to all respondents at the outset, and written consent (either signature or thumbprint) recorded for all participating respondents. In the case of there being no potential respondent present at the time of visit, enumerators were instructed to return to the household at the end of that day's session. If the household was still without potential respondent, the sheet was marked 'absent' and left unfilled. The enumerators recorded both the number of 'absent' households and the number of households refusing to participate in the survey.
We collected information relating to mortality during the recall period in all eligible households, which was used to calculate retrospective crude and under-5 year death rates. For any death reported during the recall period, information was collected from the household respondent regarding suspected cause or symptoms associated with the death. We also attempted to identify the timing of the death with the aid of a 'calendar of local events', which was constructed to help locate the death within the months of the Gregorian calendar. The recall period ran from 15th February 2011 (corresponding to Mawlud, a Muslim festival celebrating the birth of the Prophet Mohammed) to the survey date.
- a)
the age-specific prevalence of severe (SAM) and global (GAM) acute malnutrition for children of height 67-< 87 cm (proxy for children aged 6 – 23 months) and children of height 87-< 110 cm (proxy for children aged 2 – 4 years); and
- b)
the proportion of children of height 110-< 140 cm (proxy for children aged 2 – 4 years) meeting the admission criteria for entry into the nutritional programme (mid-upper arm circumference <140 mm).
Cochran-Armitage tests-for-trends were performed to explore the effect of duration of stay in BB on prevalence of acute malnutrition [4].
In addition to the above, we also collected information on arrival dates of individuals in BB, and information relating to basic needs that were used to guide the MSF programme response, but which we do not present here.
The study population included all people living in BB. An exhaustive method was selected because we wanted to stratify the results by period of arrival, location, and age-group, while retaining high precision in the results. In addition, this would have, in theory, permitted the detection and referral for treatment of all malnourished children in BB.
The MSF-supported health facilities in Dagahaley compiled a line list, which included information on age, sex, and within-Dagahaley origin for all patients with suspected measles. We analysed this information to describe the outbreak among residents of BB in terms of sex and age.
Data were double-entered into EpiData 3.1 software (The EpiData Association, Odense, Denmark) by two teams of two data entry clerks, and were subsequently cleaned and analysed using StataSE 11.0 (Stata Corporation, College Station, Texas, USA).
Death rates are expressed as deaths per 10,000 person-days, and calculated using mid-point population estimates for the denominator, taking into account deaths, births, departures and arrivals [5]. We calculated the prevalence of acute malnutrition using the definition that any eligible child with mid-upper arm circumference below 115 mm and/or bipedal oedema is severely acutely malnourished, while any eligible child with mid-upper arm circumference 115-< 125 mm without bipedal oedema is moderately acutely malnourished [6, 7].
Specific ethical approval for this survey was not sought, as the primary reason for conducting it was to guide MSF operations targeting the newly-arrived refugees in BB.
Between 31 July and 10 August 2011, 5,119 households were visited, of which 46 (0.9%) did not have a potential respondent present at the time of visit, and were therefore excluded from inclusion in the survey. The surveyed population included 26,583 individuals, of whom 6,488 (24.4%) were children aged under 5 years. The mean household size was 5.3 members. No households refused to participate in the study.
Number of deaths (%) by age and by place of death (N = 360), period 15 February – 10 August 2011, Bulo Bacte, Dagahaley refugee camp, Dadaab, Kenya
Age (years)
Before arriving in Dagahaley (%)
In Dagahaley (%)
Overall (%)
25 (23.2)
46 (18.3)
71 (19.7)
30 (27.8)
84 (33.5)
115* (32.0)
10 (9.3)
62 (24.7)
72 (20.0)
9 (8.3)
14 (5.6)
23 (6.4)
9 (8.3)
13 (5.2)
22 (6.1)
11 (10.2)
8 (3.2)
19 (5.3)
14 (13.0)
24 (9.6)
38 (10.6)
108 (30.0)
251 (70.0)
360 (100)
The crude death rate for the entire recall period was 0.8 per 10,000 person-days; this disaggregated to 0.6 and 1.0 per 10,000 person-days for the periods before and after arriving in BB, respectively. The under-5 death rate was 1.8 per 10,000 person-days; this disaggregated to 1.3 and 2.2 per 10,000 person-days for the periods before and after arriving in BB, respectively.
Number of deaths, and crude and under-5 death rates, by duration of stay in camp, period 15 February – 10 August 2011, Bulo Bacte, Dagahaley refugee camp, Dadaab, Kenya
Mortality measure
Duration of stay in camp at survey date
<3 months
3-6 months
>6 months
Crude death rate per 10,000 person-days (deaths/person-days)
Under 5 death rate per 10,000 person-days (deaths/person-days)
Reported causes of death as percentages of total deaths (overall and according to place of death), period 15 February – 10 August 2011, Bulo Bacte, Dagahaley refugee camp, Dadaab, Kenya
Cause of death
Before arriving in Dagahaley (%)
In Dagahaley (%)
Overall (%)
21 (19.8)
66 (26.8)
87 (24.6)
Cough/breathing difficulties
27 (25.5)
56 (22.8)
83 (23.5)
Fever with/without shivering
30 (28.3)
38 (15.5)
68 (19.3)
4 (3.8)
55 (22.4)
60* (17.0)
During or just after childbirth (within 1 month)
6 (5.7)
4 (1.6)
10 (2.8)
1 (0.9)
8 (3.3)
9 (2.5)
Accidental trauma
4 (3.8)
1 (0.4)
5 (1.4)
During pregnancy
1 (0.9)
3 (1.2)
4 (1.1)
Intentional violence
2 (1.9)
2 (0.8)
4 (1.1)
2 (1.9)
3 (1.2)
5 (1.4)
8 (7.5)
10 (4.1)
18 (5.1)
106 (100)
246 (100)
353** (100)
Prevalence of acute malnutrition among children measuring 67-< 140 cm, by duration of stay in camp, Bulo Bacte, Dagahaley refugee camp, Dadaab, Kenya, August 2011
Degree of malnutrition
Duration of stay in camp at survey date
Cochran-Armitage test-for-trend
<3 months
3-6 months
>6 months
% (n/N)
% (n/N)
% (n/N)
67 - <110 cm
Severe acute malnutrition
p = 0.09
Global acute malnutrition
p < 0.001
67 - <87 cm
Severe acute malnutrition
p = 0.06
Global acute malnutrition
p = 0.001
87 - <110 cm
Severe acute malnutrition
p = 0.89
Global acute malnutrition
p < 0.001
110- < 140 cm
Mid-upper arm circumference < 140 mm
p = 0.002
A trend of decreasing malnutrition prevalence with length of stay in BB was observed (Table 4). Among children of height 67-< 87 cm, this trend was strongly significant for GAM (p = 0.001), and showed a tendency for SAM (p = 0.06). Among children of height 87-< 110 cm, this trend was strongly significant for GAM (p < 0.001), but there was no relationship for SAM (p = 0.89). Among children of height 110-< 140 cm, there was a strongly significant trend of decreasing proportion of children meeting the admission criteria for entry into the nutritional programme with length of stay in BB (p = 0.002).
Of the 619 cases of suspected measles detected in Dagahaley, 256 (41%) originated in BB, of which half (49%) were male. The median age of suspected cases originating in BB was 23 years [Interquartile range: 15 – 30 years; range: 1 – 56 years].
This survey revealed an alarming situation; both crude and under-5 death rates, and the prevalence of SAM and GAM, were at emergency levels in the outskirts of a refugee camp which was served by several international NGOs and UN agencies [8].
The recall period coincided with an outbreak of measles in Dagahaley, which began in June and continued until October 2011 [9], and which partially explains the increasing under-5 death rate observed; 17% of all deaths were reported to have been caused by measles. As a result of the two decades-long civil war in Somalia, vaccination coverage among all ages has declined to the point that outbreaks of infectious diseases such as measles are increasingly likely. Indeed, there was a simultaneous measles outbreak among newly-displaced Somalis in Kobe refugee camp in Ethiopia and in several places in Somalia, including the capital Mogadishu [10, 11]. Outbreaks of measles among populations in crisis are common and well-documented, such that the routine vaccination of children aged 6 months to 15 years, supplemented by mass vaccination campaigns, is widely accepted as one of the most important public health interventions for averting preventable morbidity and mortality among crisis-affected populations [8, 12–14].
This measles outbreak was preventable; the essential lessons from past mass displacements should have been learned, and a suitable aggressive vaccination strategy implemented at an earlier stage [16–19]. We report that, if the deaths reportedly due to measles are excluded from the calculation, death rates after arrival at BB fall from 1.0 to 0.8 per 10,000 person-days (CDR), and from 2.1 to 1.8 per 10,000 person-days (U5DR). In other words, it could be argued that it was these deaths, attributed to the measles outbreak, which elevated the death rates to above the emergency threshold. However, this supposition assumes that those individuals who died from measles otherwise had zero risk of death; as severity of measles is influenced by nutritional status, we believe that this assumption is not valid and therefore that this would be an incorrect and unfair conclusion [20, 21].
In mitigation, the population most affected was that which had recently arrived, containing a large proportion of families unregistered by camp management due to the overwhelming arrival rate of these refugees. The late establishment of the registration centre and vaccination at arrival permitted the development of a pool of susceptible individuals in BB. In addition, the measles outbreak in Dagahaley was characterized by an unusual age distribution; the median age of patients recorded in the outbreak line list was 23 years, with 75% of patients aged 15 years or older, suggesting that a wider age group could have benefitted from vaccination, an observation reported earlier following a measles outbreak in a refugee camp in Tanzania [16]. However, the current 'one-size-fits-all' recommendations are to vaccinate all children aged 6 months to 15 years, and do not take into account the context-specific epidemiology, which in this case included a highly immunologically-naïve population due to the breakdown of health-care services arising from the ongoing political crisis in Somalia [22, 23].
Early identification of the unusual age-distribution of measles cases would have helped guide vaccination policy in this setting. Indeed, the disaggregation of deaths attributed to measles by age and by month (Figure 3) shows that age distribution of measles cases was detectable in June 2011, at an early stage of the epidemic. However, this would have required information that was not available at the time: low health facility utilisation rates and under-resourced community-based surveillance of epidemic-prone diseases meant that most measles cases occurring before July were not detected. In July 2011, by which time an outbreak had been declared and active community-based surveillance strengthened, more data were available which led MSF to advocate for a wider target age group for the RVC planned for early August, but this advocacy was unsuccessful due to the limited resources available for that particular campaign. The target age group for vaccination at registration was, however, expanded to include all individuals aged 9 months to 30 years. Owing to the failure of the August RVC to halt the epidemic, which peaked in August and September [9], adults aged 15–30 years were the target age group for the subsequent RVC.
More recent arrivals were in a significantly worse state, which was reflected both in death rates and in nutritional status. We found trends of decreasing death rates with length of stay in BB, such that those residents who had arrived more than six months prior to the survey date had death rates well below the emergency thresholds, while those who had arrived within three months of the survey date had death rates which were above the emergency thresholds. Individuals who had been resident in BB for an intermediate length of time were found to have death rates at an intermediate level.
Similarly, we found a higher prevalence of acute malnutrition and children meeting the admission criteria for entry into the nutritional programme among those children who arrived during the three months prior to the survey than among those children who arrived earlier. The same pattern was reported in a subsequent survey conducted in BB [15].
- a)
a high concentration of deaths in the period immediately prior to the survey date (in particular, due to the measles outbreak), which may have resulted in artificially elevated death rates among recent arrivals due to the relatively low number of person-days contributed by these individuals (in other words, a low denominator rather than a high numerator used in the calculation of death rates); and
- b)
higher mortality among those children with poor nutritional status on arrival: both recovery and death have the effect of decreasing the prevalence of malnutrition by removing these children from the numerator in the calculation of malnutrition prevalence. Those malnourished children who had recently arrived had had less time in which to reach either of these outcomes.
Delays in registration and food distribution were reported by many residents, and may partially account for the high mortality observed among residents of BB. We report higher death rates among individuals after having arrived in BB than before; although this suggests that conditions are worse for individuals once they have arrived, the death rates prior to arrival are subject to selection bias. Therefore, while the death rates reported for the period within the camp should be considered to be reflective of the experience of the population while in the camp, those rates reported for before arrival should not be considered generalizable to the population of Somalia during the recall period.
One limitation of this study is that we did not use a validated verbal autopsy technique when obtaining information on cause of death as this was not a principal objective, and therefore these results should be interpreted with caution. We did not use standard case definition for measles deaths (any death within one month after rash onset); it is likely that some of the deaths associated with diarrhoea, cough or breathing difficulties and fever were in fact cases of measles. Event calendars and height sticks were used to approximate events and ages, which can lead to misclassification. However, less recall bias is expected for the most important events, such as deaths of household members [5].
Another survey conducted in September 2011 reported higher levels of malnutrition and mortality in BB than we observed [15]. This may be due to the measles epidemic, which reached its peak in August and September; it is frequently reported that levels of malnutrition are increased in the weeks following an outbreak [20].
This survey revealed unacceptably high death rates and prevalence of malnutrition in the outskirts of a long established refugee camp, albeit among a recently-arrived population. Although the levels of malnutrition may be partly explained by the poor health of new arrivals, the high mortality among refugees after their arrival in Dagahaley reflects a failure of the various humanitarian and governmental actors to adequately safeguard the welfare of this population. While the massive influx of refugees did pose enormous difficulties, outbreaks of measles and long delays before registration (which permits access to food distributions) should not have occurred. The recommendations for measles vaccination among crisis-affected populations should be revised to take into account the epidemiologic context [24].
These results highlight the necessity to rapidly detect the acute worsening of a protracted crisis, combined with the prompt adjustment and scaling-up of programmes (from routine activities to incorporating emergency response) at the earliest signs of such a worsening. Organisations charged with the responsibility of providing services for vulnerable people must be sensitive and reactive to changes among the population they assist.
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An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the richter scale hit in the Washington, D.C. area today at 1:51 EDT. The shaking was felt as far away as New York and New England and Canada. The majority of the shaking was in in Virginia and the USGS says the epicenter is Louisa, Virginia just southeast of Charlottesville and northwest of Richmond. Federal buildings including the White House were evacuated. The USGS says quakes in this region of the country are rare , but not unprecedented. There were no immediate reports of injuries. This is a developing story, to read more, click here.


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The trifoliate maples, Acer griseum, Acer mandshuricum, Acer nikoense and Acer triflorum, are refined 20-30 foot tall trees that originate from Japan, China and Korea. They offer varying degrees of exfoliating bark and excellent fall color. Acer triflorum is used as a street tree in my garden and is past peak but some of the bright burnt orange foliage, which rivals the best sugar maples cultivars, remains.
Acer griseum x 'Gingerbread' is a cross of the best known trifoliate, Acer griseum, and the less common Acer nikoense. It is the last of this family of trees to color. It will peak in a week or so and will climax with a pronounced russet-red color. 'Gingerbread' has the increased vigor of a hybrid. It is a much faster growing tree than Acer griseum and is a full zone hardier to Zone 4. I have used 'Gingerbread' as a patio tree near the terrace. Even after I planted the 10 foot tall gangly sapling in 1998, the terrace was compltely sunny. Now, twelve years later, the ugly duckling has turned into an elegant swan, and I have to limit the plants on most of the terrace to shade/part shade lovers.
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The storm did bring some cooler temperatures and while the kitties were enjoying a morning on the screened-in porch, I decided to bake. Pumpkin came to mine as the day was still overcast and cool. It's a favorite flavor in our house and the aroma of spices while baking just gave it a warm feeling. The rich taste of pumpkin was enhanced with cranberries and pecans, but also molasses, which was a favorite of my dad's. He poured it on his pancakes and like him, I love the unique taste it brings to my baked goods.
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2 3/4 cups King Arthur all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp. Pumpkin Pie spice
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups canned pumpkin puree
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup buttermilk*
3/4 cup dried cranberries (or raisins, dates, currants)
3/4 cup chopped pecans
*If you don't have buttermilk, add 1/2 tsp. cider vinegar to milk and let set for about 5-7 minutes.
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Some handy tips for blogging
Quite a few people starting new blogs have asked me in recent months for some tips. I generally tell them all the same thing; it's all down to hard work, well written pieces, exposure and above all else, organisation.
Behold, my trusty "Blog Box"
In this pretty little storage box lies almost everything I use to get organised and create content for my blog.
You've got your notebook, your sharpies, your big post-its, medium post-its, pencil case full of multicoloured pens for optimial colour coding, washi tape, a ruler, hole puncher (largely unused, but just in case!) and camera. Also used in the process of organising this blog are: a smartphone, a tablet (occassionally), more post-its and organiser. And yes, they are all necessary and all lend to what you see before you! So how do all of these things combine to help stay organised and consistent when running a blog? Well, first things first…
Schedule your Time
When I first started blogging (a million years ago) I did so sporadically. I would blog whenever I was at a gig, or anytime some new music was brought to my attention. That was it really. It didn't really go anywhere and it wasn't until I launched musicandeverything.com with a stronger plan in place that I experienced success, or at least what I call success. I completely put this down to scheduling time to write blog posts and therefore becoming consistent.
Whether you allow yourself set days to plan and write posts (every Monday and Tuesday for example) or you sit down at the end of week and plan what days and evenings you are going to write so it doesn't fall by the wayside or take over your life. I opt for the latter, prefering to sit down on a Sunday morning and plan out the days I'm going to create content.
This is where the organiser comes in. I found it too messy and hectic using the calendars on my phone and tablet for planning when I was going to write certain posts, so I went back to my old reliable paperchase organiser for writing down when I was planning to publish certain posts . I simply write it down, check it frequently, mark off particularly urgent ones with a little post-it tag that I have clipped in the front of the organiser and tick it off when I'm done. It's also a good move to pick an evening/day out of the week when you take photographs for your upcoming blog posts.
Plan your content
This is so important if you want to run a consistent blog. I always make sure I have a number of ideas to feed off which I update every month in the big pink notebook you can see in the Blog Box picture.
I draw a line down either side of the page, write down all my ideas, mark an S on the left hand column if I have it schedule to write in my organiser and tick it off on the right hand side when it's completed. I don't just mean planning for the week, I mean planning for the month, maybe for two months and always having on hand some intriguing ideas that you can publish when you experience a content lull. If you find you are low on money and can't buy products to review, or you're not going to a lot of interesting events to talk about, it's handy to refer back to this list to see what kind content you can produce out of your past, untapped ideas.
Schedule your posts
If you're pressed for time it makes sense to bulk prepare a number of engaging blog posts that you can schedule to go live over the week. This helps keep things flowing at a consistent level, and it also means that you're not writing every single day; unless of course you have the time to. To the best of my knowledge all popular blogging platforms have a scheduling tool whereby you can delay publication. This is especially handy if you work or go to school/college because it means you can schedule posts to go out at optimum readership times: Morning time, Lunch Time, Evening Rush Hour and late at night, without worrying about how you will fit in the time.
Keep a small notebook handy
Yes, another notebook. I always have a notebook in my handbag and a pen close by to jot down any ideas that spring to mind, to take note at events and to simply scribble down any blog related thoughts I have. I even use it to plan out blog posts on the go so I can just type them up when I get home. It is your best blogging friend!
I use it so often that it has become somewhat of an accessory so I always make sure I have a nice one, usually purchased in Paperchase.
Have a blogging system in place
Finally, a system that works for you has to be in place. There is no sense scheduling time and writing down your ideas if you don't have a solid system in place. Find one that works for you, with the equipment you find will help you navigate through your plans clearly and productively.
Here is my system (I have no super secrets that I wouldn't be willing to reveal!):
Write down my ideas in Le Gran Pink Notebook
Plan keywords and SEO content for those ideas (that's a whole other post that'll write if you're interested, let me know in the comments.)
Schedule the posts in my organiser
Mark key posts with a post-it
Mark blog series and competition runs in the organiser with washi tape and a sharpie.
Plan social media content, normally using my little notebook
Schedule social media non-specific to posts
Make to-do lists on Google Keep and in the organiser for particularly hectic times
Write and schedule posts
Promote posts
Start again!
So there you have it. There is a lot to organising a blog effectively and I am sure that various bloggers will all give you their own hints and tips that work for them. This structure is likely to evolve further down the line as you find your feet in the world of blogging.
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NVIDIA Announces the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Graphics Card at $699
NVIDIA today unveiled the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics card, its fastest consumer graphics card based on the "Pascal" GPU architecture, and which is positioned to be more affordable than the flagship TITAN X Pascal, at USD $699, with market availability from the first week of March, 2017. Based on the same "GP102" silicon as the TITAN X Pascal, the GTX 1080 Ti is slightly cut-down. While it features the same 3,584 CUDA cores as the TITAN X Pascal, the memory amount is now lower, at 11 GB, over a slightly narrower 352-bit with GDDR5X memory interface. This translates to 11 memory chips on the card. On the bright side, NVIDIA is using newer memory chips than the one it deployed on the TITAN X Pascal, which run at 11 GHz (GDDR5X-effective), so the memory bandwidth is 484 GB/s.
Besides the narrower 352-bit memory bus, the ROP count is lowered to 88 (from 96 on the TITAN X Pascal), while the TMU count is unchanged from 224. The GPU core is clocked at a boost frequency of up to 1.60 GHz, with the ability to overclock beyond the 2.00 GHz mark. It gets better: the GTX 1080 Ti features certain memory advancements not found on other "Pascal" based graphics cards: a newer memory chip and optimized memory interface, that's running at 11 Gbps. NVIDIA's Tiled Rendering Technology has also been finally announced publicly; a feature NVIDIA has been hiding from its consumers since the GeForce "Maxwell" architecture, it is one of the secret sauces that enable NVIDIA's lead.
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Listen to the loud silence of the Bharatiya Janata Party while the Congress party is getting an earful from the media and public for slapping sedition charges in Karnataka against Amnesty International India. There is nary a squeak from the BJP.
In fact, the BJP must be delighted that the Congress government in the state, led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, booked Amnesty International India for sedition after it hosted an event in Bengaluru to discuss human rights violations in Kashmir. The BJP's student wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), had made a huge fuss about the event, and the Karnataka police filed a first information report based on its complaint that anti-India slogans were raised at the venue.
Had the two parties not been political rivals, they could high-fived each other for excellent team work. "The government won't remain quiet on such issues, we will take action," said Siddaramaiah.
The actions of the Siddaramaiah government show that the Congress isn't all that different from the BJP when it comes to dealing with dissent in troubled times, which is when our freedoms are truly tested. This also makes it harder for the Grand Old Party to mouth pieties the next time that the BJP government cracks down on civil liberties.
For the Opposition to lose its authority to, well, oppose, is never a good thing. But it is especially dangerous now, when the ABVP and other right-groups are making a concerted effort to silence those who they claim are unpatriotic, and shutter events and publications that, according to them, show India in a bad light. Just last week, they managed to stop the circulation of Pondicherry Central University's Student Council magazine Widerstandfor its "anti-national" material.
READ: Congress Party Has Appalling Double Standards On Women Entering Temples
Some might shrug and say that it is naive to criticise the Congress Party of opportunism when it is practically the norm for all political parties to change positions depending on whether they are in or out of power. We have to look no further than the Modi government's U-turns over the past two years.
Unfortunately for the Congress, its hypocrisy in this instance stands out in sharp relief because it follows just months after the terrific row it raised over the Modi government slapping sedition charges against students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for raising anti national slogans.
In both cases, slogans against India were raised at events that the ABVP members were protesting against, and in both cases those slapped with sedition charges claimed that they were not the ones raising slogans. The JNU event was organised to commemorate Mohammad Afzal, who was hanged after being found guilty of plotting the terrorist attack on the Indian parliament in 2001. The Amnesty International India event was organised in Bengaluru to highlight human rights violations in Kashmir at a time when the Indian government is struggling to control the outbreak of violent protests in the Valley.
When the BJP was in the doghouse over the JNU row, Congress Party Vice President Rahul Gandhi dashed off to the university campus in a show of solidarity with Kanhaiya Kumar and other students charged with sedition. The Congress lawmaker from Madhya Pradesh, Jyotiraditya Scindia, told the Lok Sabha at the time that "using words did not amount to sedition."
"So then I ask you, why did the Delhi police make Kanhaiya Kumar an accused in the sedition case. It is because Kanhaiya did not agree with RSS ideology," Scindia had said. "Who will teach us the meaning of nationalism, there can be a difference between your thinking and our thinking."
After the Amnesty International India episode, the "thinking" of both parties doesn't seem that different. The next time that the Congress party waxes indignant, the BJP government is sure to ask why Karnataka police charged Amnesty International with sedition, and why the ruling Congress party leadership did not condemn it.
READ: Why JNU's Kanhaiya Kumar Did Not Commit Sedition, And Won't Get Convicted For It
Part of the problem is that the Congress itself does not know how far it is willing to go to protect free speech. That is why it had absolutely no response, except to create a ruckus, when BJP lawmaker Anurag Thakur asked why Gandhi had made a trip to the JNU campus to stand with students who had organised an event to commemorate someone held guilty of terrorism and where slogans calling for the destruction of India had been raised.
Kanhaiya Kumar might not have raised the slogans but slogans had been raised at the JNU event without any objection from those present, including Kumar. In response to Thakur's query, Gandhi did not say that while he may not agree with the students, he supported their right to raise slogans calling for the destruction of India, as long as it was only words. Which is why, in light of the Bengaluru police's actions, his visit to the JNU campus seems more and more like a spot of political opportunism.
All of which only makes the Congress Party look weak and indecisive. Even now, the party's high command has chosen to distance itself from the actions of the party in Karnataka, rather than make clear its displeasure.
Instead, senior Congress Party leader Jairam Ramesh has tried to make a facile distinction between the two events, saying that while one was organised on a university campus by students, the other was organised by human rights activists.
Assuming that Gandhi stood by the JNU students because raising slogans does not constitute sedition under Indian law, why is he not standing in solidarity with the human rights activists. The law of the land makes no distinction between students and activists.
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House of Tayo for Africa Fashion Week – London
Hello people, I've been as happy as they get of late, for a number of reasons.1) God has been good..scratch that God has ALWAYS been good! 2) I'm almost done with school..wait, but how's a year to go almost? I must be 3) I'm super happy BECAUSE…the Fashion industry in Rwanda is taking on […]Read More