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ifandco.comMay 14, 2013 ⋅ by Ben Baller ⋅ No comments
so I have to make an announcement to everyone.
the time has come to where I will not be making blog entries about my personal life in detail anymore. I have agreed to keep that to myself and family only. I had a great 5 year run with this and I will be sure to post some cool random things and jewelry, but not my trips and everyday outings or stuff like that. right now we are focused on making sure you have access to the best custom made jewelry in the world and that is right here at www.ifandco.com. we will be adding items to our online store as well as some current inventory jewels that we think you would be interested in as well.
REMEMBER, just because you don't see it on the store page, doesn't mean it's not available for sale! hit us up, we take custom orders 24 hours a day and we are in the process of also moving store locations to the west side by 2014.
my cousin James has taken on a big load of duties and will be handling a lot of the deals from this point on. of course with the guidance of me and Steve, but his job is to be the captain of the ship when we're not around. He's been doing a great job and James will also be posting some pics and things on here under his own account name.
thank you so much for all the love throughout the years and god bless!
the Ben Baller showMay 13, 2013 ⋅ by Ben Baller ⋅ No comments
I'm glad I walked away from this show but at the same time it's a sad issue…. You have to keep the grass cut low so that you can see the snakes in this business and if your team is filled with snakes then you might as well leave if you can. I mean, I don't have a hatred towards electus or LOUD, but now they know the difference of having me involved with a show I agreed upon to and shit like that. the second season was not only waaaay better made, but the shows were also longer and there were b story lines and things, but one thing they failed to realize is that they need me and real promotion to reach out to my fans. if I do not co-sign the show, then who cares? when we pushed it heavy and I had my fam and friends really pushing each episode, we would get over 100,000 views on the first day easy. then it would climb. I assume with my power today? I'd have over 500k on each episode of this season 2. but again, they didn't want to do the right thing so it's sad. it doesn't make me look bad because my fans know from my social media and announcement that I will not support the show at all… the good news is that I was fully released of my contract and now can do TV or do whatever. one thing for sure is that I will not do anything celebrity driven. it will be character driven.
p.s. I have zero affiliation with Danny Lee or Bo Bushnell so if any of my friends or business associates are reading, it's not that I'm on bad terms with them, or they are sworn enemies, I just do NOT have any type of relationship to them. not even a friendship so if they come up to you and say they produce the show or blah blah, it pretty much means nothing. Danny did a great job putting things together for this, but is not trustworthy in my eyes and Bo has been pushing me for years, but just couldn't close out what he thought he could and he also jeopardized some relationships that cost him people looking for his ass. in short, I could have done this show without them, they could not have done it without me. until they have a better or more successful show than this season 1 really? prove me wrong. when you see me talk about someone constantly and shout them out or embrace them, you will see how big they get as far as a following. my methods are certified. I could have helped them out a lot, but they did me so dirty I rather help the devil.
ZUMIEZ IN-STORE IN SEATTLE!!!April 17, 2013 ⋅ by Ben Baller ⋅ 8 comments
this weekend,
come hang out with your boy BB for a few hours and chill and also get some free giveaways from Neff and Zumiez and maybe myself 😉
should be a good time. weather might be sus, but that's ok. it's indoors!
I'll be doing my in-store for my NEFF watch release and if you have tried to get my watch online, you'll see it's pretty much sold out everywhere. so we're doing a re up at certain locations. again come down and kick it with your boy. you know I got mad love for the town and we got town business!
all the details are above on the flier!
maybe, I'll connect with macklemore while I'm out there!
who's gonna bring me something for 4/20? 🙂
so I will get to the korea blog, but I took over 500 pics and that needs to get down to around 100 at most. real talk, really would love to get it to 60 pics if possible, so it's not an easy thing… also my feelings and emotions about going to the motherland are so strong. made some amazing connections while I was there. again, I have to thank my boy Harry Kim and G-Dragon and Mina Kwon so much for their hospitality. I will get that korea blog up soon!!!!
much love….
and…. a couple weeks ago I made 3 hoop earrings(1 yellow gold only, 1 yellow gold with white diamonds and 1 black gold with white diamonds) for the baddest mofo in major league baseball right now and I got to deliver them to him yesterday. he wanted that Barry Bonds meets Lawrence Taylor swag and I took it a little passed that and modernized it a little and gave it what Balmain didn't give it in their current campaign 😉
Matt has always been super cool and on top of that, he plays for the Dodgers which is my only baseball team period. I grew up Dodger blue as a kid and always been about the DOYERS. and guess what else? another top A-List celeb under my resume. thanks to my boy Jerry Lorenzo for the assist
god bless.
see everyone I know in Seattle this saturday!
and everyone who knows me in the 206, come through!


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This month, I turned 40. While that number itself doesn't seem like some monumental change or drastic milestone worthy of a mid-life crisis, I do find myself thinking of a familiar passage from Psalm 90.
"The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom."
Psalms 90:10, 12 ESV
Well, that's bad news. At best, I'm at the half-way point… and I've never been super fit or strong, so let's be honest about those odds!
Obviously, this is biblical poetry and not some literal maxim about the extent of human aging. Thanks to modern medicine and the progress of civilization, we have folks who live much longer. Sadly, we all know people who never reach 70 years of age.
I can't find the source of the quote, but there's a phrase that comes to mind:
To be clear, I post this without any morbid contemplations of aging or death, without any fear of a life wasted, or opportunities missed. It's just the thought that comes to mind as I considered my birthday and the significance of turning 40.
Going back to Psalms, the only day that's guaranteed in life is your last, and there's no telling when it comes. Like a game of Russian Roulette played with years or decades, sooner or later, that final day arrives, whether you're 17 or 70 or 107.
I focus on verse 12–its reminder that there is an impending finality, its encouragement that wisdom is found by living in light of that truth. Not that I believe I can number my days, at least not with any fidelity… but I can remember that, however many there may be, that number is ticking down.
This forces a refocusing onto what I believe matters. My faith; my relationships; those I love; the sharing of good times and fellowship; ministering love and kindness and connection; sparking laughter in a heavy heart; simply being present in a hard time.
I've spent more time lately planning out tabletop games than writing fiction, because to me and several friends of my family, that connection and shared enjoyment around the table is something magical and exciting. Planning a role-playing game also scratches the creative itch of the writer in me… except I'm writing for an audience of 5 or 8 players instead of blog or book readers.
The pragmatic in me says "Yes, but isn't this a grand waste of time?" (At least, what little pragmatism hasn't been defeated by perpetual procrastination and my playful, lazy nature.)
But it's not about the game; it's about the people. Shared humanity and my faith both lead me to see lasting value where others might not.
For now, I still need to learn to number my days so I can live wisely. But I know that 80 > 70. So I'm off to the gym to hop on a bike, plot out some interesting stories for the next gaming session, and work on that "by reason of strength" thing.
What do you do to "number your days" or invest in what matters? Let me know in a comment – maybe it's an idea I could use too!


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This article examines the role of innovation in society, arguing that a failure of foresight in the practical design and development of innovations has been a significant causal factor in the crisis of global un-sustainability. It questions flawed assumptions about the nature of ecological and social change processes, and the worldview most commonly associated with modernism. In a diagnose, the dimensions of this failure reveal a "disciplinary dissociation", or the failure of disciplines to integrate in order to facilitate a process of innovation with a forward view. Finally the article proposes an alternative approach to innovation which utilises greater foresight, is inclusive of multiple disciplines, and has a greater sensitivity to social and ecological processes. This process is referred to as "anticipatory innovation."


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Apparently size used to matter.
I'm crossposting this awesome map from the strangers (also see blogroll to yr right) which I somehow missed before boarding a plane to Portugal.
If you couldn't piece it out, the map is titled "Portugal is not a small country". Inferiority complex much?
Portugal, on the southwestern periphery of the European continent, is a medium-sized EU member state. Its population clocks in at 11th place out of 27 (10.59 million, in between Belgium's 10.66 million [10] and the Czech Republic with 10.40 million [12]). Size-wise, it's a bit further down the list: 13th (at 92.391 km2, between Hungary [12] at 93.030 km2 and Austria [14] at 83.871 km2).
Yet Portugal is loath to think of itself as a small country. Or at least it was, before its overseas empire collapsed. Built up over centuries of exploration, trade and colonisation, the Portuguese Empire once spanned four continents. The jewel in its crown was Brazil, but Portugal lost control over its South American colony in 1822.
By mid-20th century, Portugal still held on to Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Sao Tome & Principe, Angola, Mozambique, Macao, East Timor and its Indian possessions (Goa, Daman and Diu – three smallish footholds somewhat grandiosely labeled "Estado da India").
As the legend to this map indicates, all these territories together added up to an area larger than (Continental) Spain, France, the UK (mislabeled "Inglaterra"), Italy and Germany put together, explaining why, as the title claims, Portugal não é um país pequeno. If that sounds a bit defensive and self-justifying, that's no coincidence.
In the early 1970s, Portugal languished under a dictatorship determined to hold on to the vestiges of its former colonial glory. The increasingly costly and impopular wars against freedom fighters in Portuguese Africa eventually led to the overthrow of the regime, in a virtually bloodless military coup in April 1974, the so-called Revolução dos Cravos. This Carnation Revolution would lead to a swift liquidation of Portugal's overseas assets and ultimately to democracy within Portugal.
Portugal's African possessions were all granted independence. Indonesia took advantage of the turmoil "back home" to take over East Timor (India had forcibly annexed Goa etcetera in 1961). Only Macao remained in Portuguese hands, until 1999, when mirrorring Hong Kong's reversion in 1997, it was reintegrated into China. The Azores and Madeira, ethnically and geographically closest to the mother country, are still part of Portugal.
This map was sent in by Nuno D. Alves, who studied it in history class, when studying the pre-revolutionary dictatorship. "It is a propaganda map, suggesting that our country was important. Portugal's orientation towards its colonies, away from Europe, "was used to justify the isolationism of the regime, and its neutrality in World War II (…) [The map] shows the Portuguese colonies that remained by that time superimposed on a map of Europe, going on to compare surface size with the main European countries. All in all very silly."
you know what else is silly? ("what superboy?"). contemporary art. sometimes.
So how was my time in Lisboa? Foi ÓTIMO! Lisboa é uma cidade "feeeesh" (as they would say). It was unfortunate that my time there was so brief, but I know I will return, what with all my lusophone shenanigans.
And now I'm in South Africa. More on that later, eh?
Love from the Ethnographic Present,
Luz-do-Sol Superboy


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VLADISLAVS GUTKOVSKIS is waiting to hear if Rangers wants to sign him following his successful trial period – or he will look to clinch a transfer to Sparta Prague instead.
The Latvian striker impressed while at Murray Park last month and netted a hat-trick in a bounce game.
But the Championship leaders' boss Mark Warburton has yet to follow up his initial interest and Skonto Riga have had other offers for the 20-year-old.
The hitman was sent off for the Lavtvian Under-21s against their Estonian counterparts on Monday.
Gutkovskis said: "I was in Glasgow and I really liked it there.
"Rangers treated me very well and after the trial the manager spoke to me and told me they would be waiting for me once I got back.
"I felt I did very well. I played in a match and scored three goals and we won 5-0.
"My agent has told me about the interest from both Sparta and Dukla Prague, so there should be something soon.
"I have a year left with Skonto but everyone knows about their financial situation being not the best.
"I want to play abroad to improve my game and I am waiting on Rangers coming back to me to see if they want me."


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2007 Dec 1st US/Eastern
San Jose, Calif. – GES Inc., a semiconductor equipment engineering-service
company, today announced the addition of Dr. Dan Maydan, retired
President of Applied Materials, and Julien Nguyen, Managing Partner
of Concept Venture to its Board of Advisors.
"It is both an honor, and a validation of our business model, to have such
distinguished executives on our board of advisors. We plan to fully leverage
their vision, experience, and expertise as we continue to strengthen GES'
position in the marketplace. Along with our growing list of the world's
largest OEM customers, this is further affirmation of the increasing demand for
equipment outsourced services, to deliver solutions to meet customers' business
needs and priorities. "said Don Tran, the company's chief executive officer.
Dr. Maydan is a renowned technological pioneer and a champion of the semiconductor
industry. He spent more than 25 years at Applied Materials. From
1994 to 2003, he served as president of the Company and during this time Applied
became the world's leading semiconductor equipment manufacturer. Dr. Maydan
led the development of the Precision 5000(R), a revolutionary single-wafer processing
system that the Smithsonian Institution includes as part of its collection of technologies
that have helped shape society and the modern world. He has been a member
of the Applied Material's Board of Directors from 1992 -2006.
Dr. Maydan commented on the company, "The GES model of equipment engineering
partnering is fundamental to the evolution of OEM business models throughout the
entire hi-tech space. It is not just enabling for semiconductor equipment,
but also FPD, Disc-drive, solar and nanotechnology equipment. Without this
type of shared-cost basis, the end customer will be demanding more than the OEM
can afford to provide. GES is poised to capture major position in the market."
Prior to Applied Materials, Dr. Maydan spent 13 years managing new technology development
at Bell Laboratories. Dr. Maydan holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from
the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Physics from Edinburgh
University in Scotland. He has also been awarded Honorary Doctorates from the Technion,
the Israel Institute of Technology and National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu Taiwan,
republic of China. Dr. Maydan was awarded Doctor honoris causa from Edinburgh University
in Scotland. Dr. Maydan has been awarded 200 plus patents, is also the recipient
of the first ever "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Semiconductor Equipment
and Materials International (SEMI) organization, and is a member of the National
Academy of Engineering. In February 2005, Dr. Dan Maydan was inducted into
the Engineering Hall of Fame.
Mr. Julien Nguyen has 25 years of operational, entrepreneur and
early stage information technology investment experience. He led investments
for Applied Materials Ventures and Concept Ventures in companies such as Infinera (Nasdaq: INFN), M-Stream (acquired by Broadcom),
Devicescape, Grandis,
Takumi, Envision,
PixelOptics, with co-investors including August Capital, Benchmark,
Carlyle, Delphi, Kleiner Perkins, Matrix Partners, Sevin Rosen, Sigma Partners.
Julien Nguyen founded Applied Materials Ventures in 2001 and Concept Ventures in
2005, and has focused his investments on early stage startups in digital media,
communications, semiconductors, software and services.
"Vietnam offers a globally competitive cost base, a strong educated workforce
and provides an excellent geographical advantage for establishing customer service
center in Asia. GES has formed the perfect match, at the right time, with
the global growing demands for more talented engineers and high-tech technical supports."
said Julien.
Prior to his venture capital activities, Julien has been a distinguished and accomplished
technology entrepreneur. Julien founded or was part of the founding team for
four startups: Ezlogin (acquired by 724 Solutions), Novita Communications (acquired
by Planetweb), E-Motions (acquired by Sigma Designs), Radius (IPO). Julien
earned a Master of Science degree from Ecole Polytechnique in France (X77) and a
Post Graduate degree from Telecom Paris. Mr. Nguyen holds 21 patents granted in
the US. Julien serves on the board of Envision, Grandis, Takumi, and Sigma
Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM).
About GES Inc. Founded in 2006, GES provides worldwide field service
engineering, design and engineering support, and manufacturing services to the semiconductor,
FPD production equipment and semiconductor manufacturing industries. The
company has operations in the U.S., Viet Nam Japan, and Taiwan.


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Study finds climate determines shapes of river basins
- Details
- Written by Jennifer Chu
Cambridge, Massachusetts - There are more than 1 million river basins carved into the topography of the United States, each collecting rainwater to feed the rivers that cut through them. Some basins are as small as individual streams, while others span nearly half the continent, encompassing, for instance, the whole of the Mississippi river network.
Town Hall To Discuss Modernization of the Columbia River Treaty Regime
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Washington, DC - U.S. Columbia River Treaty Negotiator Jill Smail will lead a Town Hall on September 6, 2018, in Portland, Oregon on the modernization of the Columbia River Treaty regime. The Town Hall is free of charge, open to the public, and will take place at the Bonneville Power Administration's Rates Hearing Room from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
11th Annual Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival Returns October 11 - 14
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The 11th annual Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival presented by Capital One (NYCWFF) returns to EAT. DRINK. END HUNGER. October 11 – 14, 2018. With more than 70 events taking place at locations across New York, 100% of the net proceeds benefit hunger-relief organizations No Kid Hungry® and Food Bank For New York City. While the complete schedule of events will be unveiled online at nycwff.org on Wednesday, June 6, and the Capital One Cardholder pre-sale begins on Monday, June 18, several highly anticipated dinners, signature tastings, hands-on classes, late-night parties and more are already set for the 2018 Festival.
Launching Negotiations to Modernize the Columbia River Treaty Regime
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The United States is pleased to announce the start of negotiations with Canada to modernize the Columbia River Treaty regime on May 29-30, 2018, in Washington, D.C. The 1964 Treaty's flood risk and hydropower operations have provided substantial benefits to millions of people on both sides of the border. The Treaty, a worldwide model for transboundary water cooperation, has also facilitated additional benefits such as supporting the river's ecosystem, irrigation, municipal water use, industrial use, navigation, and recreation. Modernizing the Treaty regime will ensure these benefits continue for years to come.
Denver Summer Festival Guide
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- Written by Visit Denver
Denver, Colorado - With its 300 annual days of sunshine and unmatched sense of urban adventure, Denver is an ideal destination for festival goers; and this summer, there are festivals of all kinds nearly every weekend. The recent announcement of Grandoozy – the newest festival from Superfly, the creators of Outside Lands and Bonnaroo – has catapulted Denver's festival scene to a whole new level. There is also the brand new Denver BBQ Festival; a completely revamped A Taste of Colorado festival; and the most robust Red Rocks Amphitheatre Summer Concert Series schedule ever.
Flows on Colorado's Arkansas River Expected to Stay Optimal for Rafting All Summer
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Salida, Colorado - Mountain run-off starts every rafting season strong, but later when many rivers are running too low for recreational activities, the Arkansas River keeps flowing thanks to the Voluntary Flow Management Program (VFMP).
Modernizing the Columbia River Treaty Regime
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- Written by River News Now
Washington, DC - The United States and Canada will begin negotiations to modernize the landmark Columbia River Treaty regime in early 2018. Certain provisions of the Treaty - a model of transboundary natural resource cooperation since 1964, are set to expire in 2024.
CDC Issues Updated Zika Recommendations
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- Written by RNN
Washington, DC - CDC today issued new guidance and information to prevent Zika virus transmission and health effects:
Environmental Documents Released on Project to Increase Salmon Facility Water Supply
- Details
- Written by IVN
Sacramento, California - The San Joaquin River Restoration Program has released a Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for a project to increase water deliveries, from 35 cubic feet per second to 55 cfs, to a California Department of Fish and Wildlife salmon conservation and research facility immediately downstream of Friant Dam, in Fresno County.
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Beyond The Sky
While shooting a documentary to expose the lies of alien abductees, a provocative filmmaker and his crew encounter a young woman with a dark secret who leads them to uncover a disturbing truth.
Genres: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Actor: Peter Stormare, Jordan Hinson, Dee Wallace, Martin Sensmeier, Don Stark, Ryan Carnes, Michael Benyaer, Claude Duhamel, Danielle Burgio, Toby Grey, Katherine Taylor, Travis Walton, Jodie Bentley, Maury Morgan, Thom Reed
Director: Fulvio Sestito
Country: USA


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The Younger Lady
|"The Younger Lady"
Right profile view of the mummy from KV35
|18th of Egypt
|Amenhotep III
|Ancient Egyptian Religion
The Younger Lady is the informal name given to a mummy discovered in the Egyptian Valley of the Kings, in tomb KV35 by archaeologist Victor Loret in 1898.[1] The mummy also has been given the designation KV35YL ("YL" for "Younger Lady") and 61072,[2] and currently resides in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Through recent DNA tests, this mummy has been identified as the mother of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun, and a daughter of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye. Early speculation was that this mummy was the remains of Queen Nefertiti, which remains possible, but DNA tests have not confirmed this and questions about that possibility remain.[3]
Discovery and identification[edit]
The mummy was found adjacent to two other mummies in KV35: a young boy who died at around the age of 10, thought to be Webensenu, and another, older woman, identified as Queen Tiye by the recent DNA studies on Tutankhamun's lineage.[3] All were found together, lying naked side-by-side and unidentified in a small antechamber of the tomb. All three mummies had been extensively damaged by ancient tomb robbers.
There has been much speculation as to the identity of the Younger Lady mummy. Upon finding the mummy, Victor Loret initially believed it be that of a young man as the mummy's head had been shaved. A closer inspection later made by Dr. Grafton Elliot Smith confirmed that the mummy was that of a female, although Loret's original interpretation persisted for many years.
Recently, autosomal and mitochondrial DNA tests have shown conclusively that the mummy is that of a female and that she was the mother of Tutankhamun.[3] The results also show that she was a full-sister to her husband, the mummy from KV55, and that they were both the children of Amenhotep III and Tiye.[3] There is speculation over the identity of the mummy from KV55 (sister marriage existed), with some Egyptologists, including Zahi Hawass, claiming the mummy is Akhenaten, and others, including anthropologist Joyce Filer, claiming the mummy as Smenkhare. This family relationship would lessen the possibility that the Younger Lady (and, by extension, Tutankhamun's mother) was either Nefertiti, or Akhenaten's secondary wife Kiya, because no known artifact accords either wife titles such as "King's sister" or "King's Daughter".[4] The possibility of the younger lady being Sitamun, Isis, or Henuttaneb is considered unlikely, as they were Great Royal Wives of their father Amenhotep III, and had Akhenaten married any of them, they would have taken the place of Nefertiti as the principal queen of Egypt. The report concludes that the mummy is likely to be Nebetah or Beketaten, daughters of Amenhotep III not known to have married their father, although he is known to have had eight daughters with Tiye.[4]
There is also a theory that the Younger Lady is Meritaten, daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, and wife of Smenkhkare, based on a study of the alleles inherited by Tutankhamun. The theory goes that Meritaten married Smenkhare, believed to be her uncle, thereby making Tutankhamun a maternal grandson of Akhenaten. The theory holds weight as inbreeding makes it harder to distinguish the generations, but there is one problem with this theory. Meritaten must be a mitochondrial descendant of Queen Tiye, or her mother Thuya, as the younger lady's mitochondrial DNA fits with her being Tiye's daughter. Nefertiti's lineage is nowhere specified, and if Meritaten is the younger lady, Nefertiti must be a mitochondrial relation of Thuya.[citation needed]
It has been suggested[citation needed] that, indeed, the Younger Lady is Nefertiti, as incest was not uncommon. This would mean that Akhenaten did marry his own sister and that he and Nefertiti are the parents of Tutankhamun. Furthermore, Nefertiti, who may have survived her husband, may be identical with Smenkhare and may have adopted this name if she took over the reign after Akhenaten's death (and having her daughter move into her official roles of chief priestess and 'wife'). All this is not proven, but should be mentioned as a further plausible scenario.[5] One difficulty posed by this identification is the mummy's age at death, because Nefertiti gave birth to Meritaten no later than year 1 of Akhenaten's reign and there is evidence that she was still alive during year 16.
Description of the mummy[edit]
Grafton Elliot Smith provided an extensive description of the mummy in his survey of the ancient royal mummies at the beginning of the twentieth century. He found the mummy to be 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) in height, and judged her to have been no older than 25 years old at the time of death.[6] He also noted the major damage done by ancient tomb robbers, who smashed the anterior wall of the mummy's chest, and had torn the right arm off just below the shoulder.[7] Smith presumed that she was a member of the royal family.[7]
The Younger Lady has a gaping wound in the left side of her mouth and cheek. It had been thought that this wound, which also destroyed part of the jaw, had been the result of actions of the tomb robbers,[7] but a more recent re-examination of the mummy while it was undergoing genetic tests and CT scans determined that the wound had happened prior to death and that the injury had been lethal.[4] Julian Heath suggests that the wound was likely the result of an axe blow.[8]
Below her left breast there is another wound, likely to be the result of a stab wound.[8] In 2003, a scientific team from University of York, working under Joann Fletcher, examined the mummy. A member of the team realized that the face wound could have been a premortem wound, and not a postmortem wound as previously assumed. Instead of the Younger Lady's remains simply being mutilated after her death by tomb robbers motivated by malice, it seemed likely the Lady had been injured while still alive. The conclusion was considered uncertain.[9] At a later point, Ashraf Selim lent support to this theory. He noted that if the Younger Lady had been damaged following the embalming process, then bits of dried bone and flesh could be located in the mummy's wounds. Since no such findings occurred, he was certain that this was a pre-mortem wound. Further, Selim viewed the wound as too violent to be the result of an accident. The Lady had been injured in an act of deliberate violence.[9] The Egyptian Mummy Project which used a CT scan to examine the mummy, located "very few pieces of the relevant broken bones" in the sinus cavity. They concluded that the Younger Lady's face had been damaged before the embalming process, and likely prior to her death. Indeed, the face wound was determined to be a probable cause of death for the Lady.[9]
The missing right arm of the mummy was the cause of a minor controversy between researchers. Two severed arms had been located within KV35, and either one was thought likely to belong to the Younger Lady. One was a bent arm with a clenched fist, while the other was a straight arm. It was typical for Egyptian royal female mummies to be positioned with one of their arms bent and the other one in a straight position. The hand more likely to be positioned as bent was the left hand.[9] The Egyptian Mummy Project of Ashraf Selim examined both arms to resolve the controversy. The bent arm was compared to the Younger Lady's attached left hand, and was found to be too long to belong to the same woman. The bones of the two compared arms were also found "different in consistency". The straight arm was then compared to the Younger Lady's left arm. It was found to be of similar length and similar bone density, so the Project concluded that the straight arm most likely did belong to the Younger Lady.[9] The identified right arm of the Younger Lady has two breaks, "one in the upper arm and one at the wrist". The hand has been severed from the rest of the limb.[9]
A finding of lesser importance is that the Younger Lady has a double-pierced ear. Pierced ears were rather common for women of the New Kingdom of Egypt, including royals and nonroyal women. The Lady's pierced ear can not help researchers determine her identity or social position.[9] Similarly inconclusive for identification purposes was the discovery of a wig in KV35, which could have belonged to the Younger Lady. Supporters of the theory identifying the Lady with Nefertiti, pointed to the wig's perceived similarities with the type of wigs used by Nefertiti. They are fashion items used by Egyptian women of the same era, they can not help us identify the wig's user with the Queen.[9]
CT scan findings[edit]
Following the CT scan of the Younger Lady, more detailed descriptions of the mummy have been published.[10] A large defect in the anterior wall of the Lady's chest, and the disarticulation of the right upper limb (arm) are the main indications that the body suffered mutilation by ancient tomb robbers. Otherwise the mummy has been fairly preserved.[10] Despite previous disputes about the Lady's gender, the morphology of the skull and pelvis confirms that she was indeed a woman. The condition of the epiphyseal union and the closure of the cranial sutures suggest that the Lady was between 25 and 35 years old at the time of her death.[10] The Lady's height was 1,58 meters from the vertex to the heel. Her left humerus was 29.3 centimeters in length. Her left femur was 40.5 centimeters in length. Her left tibia was 35.2 centimeters in length.[10]
The base of skull was found intact. The back of the skull cavity contains the shrunken and desiccated brain and dura mater of the Lady. There is no evidence of embalming material within the cranial cavity. Researchers located an oval defect in the skull. It is located in the central part of the frontal bone, in front of the coronal suture. The defect has sharp, beveled, and festooned edges. The lack of evidence for attempted healing or sclerosis indicate that the defect was caused by a postmortem alteration of the body, probably during the embalming process. The embalmers likely used a sharp instrument on the skull.[10]
The left side of the lower face includes a large defect. The defect involves the Lady's left cheek, her left maxillary sinus, her alveolar process, and part of her left mandible. There are sharp edges in this bony defect, with no evidence of attempted healing or sclerosis. Fragments of the broken lateral wall of the left maxillary sinus were located within the antral cavity. Fragments for most of the Lady's fractured bones are missing, and were apparently not placed in her tomb.[10]
The soft tissues located next to the facial defect were relatively thicker than the corresponding tissues on the intact and uninjured right side of her face. On top of the facial gap and partly beneath the remaining skin, there was located a rolled embalming pack. The composition of the pack is undetermined, though researchers consider it probable that is composed of linen which has been impregnated with resin. A similar substance was located on the right side of the face, particularly the cheek and the mid-face. More clearly identified packs of linen were located in the periphery of the Lady's orbits, placed in front of the globes of the eyes. Resin was also located in the Lady's right nasal cavity.[10] The Lady's mouth is filled with linen. No embalming materials were placed within the Lady's throat.[10]
The auricles of her ears were found in much different condition. Part of the right auricle is missing, and can not be used to determine her appearance in life. Her left auricle is in a better condition, and two piercings were located in its earlobe. The Lady had a double-pierced ear.[10]
The Lady has several missing teeth due to her facial injury. Her left alveolar plate and part of her left jaw were fractured, explaining what happened to her teeth. One tooth is visible within her mouth. The fracture involved most of her left alveolar plate distal to the left first incisor. This incisor is among the missing teeth.[10] The right alveolar plate is in a better condition, though the sockets of the first incisor and the right canine tooth are empty, with these teeth missing. The rest of the teeth are still present, including a nonerupted third molar (wisdom tooth).[10]
The fracture of mandible involved the midline and the adjacent part of the left mandible. Her right and left first incisors and the left canine tooth were affected by this fracture. The sockets of the right second incisor, the left first molar, and the left second molar are empty, with these teeth missing. The first and second left upper molars are partially fractured. Both the right and the left upper third molars are nonerupted. Conversely, the Lady's upper right canine, premolars, first molar, and second molar are still present. This group of teeth has no visible attrition, and no occlusal irregularity of their surface.[10]
Research on the Lady's spine located a smooth lateral curve on the lumbar region (lower spine), with a convexity towards the left. This is an indication of lumbar scoliosis.[10] The limits of the curve have been determined. The upper limit is between the twelfth thoracic vertebra and the first lumbar vertebra. The lower limit is between the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae. The center of the curve is between the second and third lumbar vertebrae.[10] The scoliosis of the Lady is mild, with a Cobb angle of less than 20°.[10] Researchers found no evidence of structural abnormalities in the vertebrae, no fractures, and no congenital anomalies (birth defects). The researchers suspect that the Lady may not have actually suffered from scoliosis while still alive. The curved spine of the mummy may be a postmortem condition, resulting from the position of the body during the mummification process.[10]
There is a large defect in the anterior wall of the Lady's torso. The viscera (internal organs) were removed by the mummy's embalmers, with the exception of the Lady's heart which is still visible within the body. The heart was apparently never moved. The embalming incision has been located in the left inguinal region. This tissue gap is 56 millimetres in length and 135 millimetres in depth.[10] The torso contains both linen fibers which were mildly smeared with resin, and with linen packs treated with resin. One of the resin-treated linen packs was placed within the pelvis. The pelvic floor has a large defect, possibly used during the mummification process to remove the viscera. This would be an example of perineal evisceration.[10]
The left upper limb (arm) of the Lady extends beside her body, with the hand placed over the left hip. There is a complete transverse fracture of the proximal portion of the shaft, in the right humerus. The fracture has gaping ends. There is no evidence of attempted healing or for the formation of a callus in this area.[10] The disarticulated right upper limb (arm) has been placed beside the body. The right hand has been broken and completely separated from the wrist. This hand has been placed at the feet of the mummy.[10]
The lower limbs (human legs) have also been damaged. The left iliac crest contains small fractures. The inferior pubic ramus also contains similar fractures. Due to the lack of evidence of healing, it is likely that all these fractures were part of the postmortem damage to the Lady's body.[10] The right tibia has a defective area at the front of the distal shaft. The defective area extends 33.5 millimetres above the ankle joint. The metatarsal bones of both feet are broken, and missing from the body. The phalanx bones of both feet are also missing.[10] There is a subcutaneous (hypodermic) filling at the back of the Lady's right hip region, where her buttock is located.[10]
Researchers have noted some peculiarities in the mummification process used on the Lady. The evisceration of the body and the stuffing of the torso with embalming materials were standard parts of the mummification process used during the entire reign of the 18th dynasty. This was not the case with the intact skull base and lack of effort to remove the brain, seen in the case of the Lady. This process had been used on early rulers of the 18th dynasty, as seen in the mummies currently identified with Thutmose I, Thutmose II, and Thutmose III. By the time of the later rulers of the 18th dynasty, when the Lady lived and died, the process had changed. All mummies from this later era contain some treatment of the brain, in attempts to remove it from the body. The mummification process used on the Lady seems like a throwback to an earlier era.[10] Another peculiarity is the evidence that the people behind the mummification process were trying to repair and cover injured areas of the body. They used subcutaneous fillings and packs to remodel the injured left side of the face, the contralateral side of the face, and the right hip region. This was not part of the regular efforts of an embalmer.[10]
The results of the CT scan support the idea that the Lady's facial injury took place prior to her mummification. The researchers consider this to have been a perimortem injury, happening either shortly before the Lady's death or following her death; in the short period between the death and the mummification. Either way the embalmers would have started work on an already damaged body. The lack of signs of healing would support the idea that the Lady received a mortal wound, and her body had no time to attempt recovery. The nature of the injury, however, could not be fully determined. The small fragments of bone found within the maxillary antral sinus, at least indicate the direction of the trauma. Something was "pushing" the bones within, rather than "pulling" them out.[10] A heavy object hitting the Lady's face would have such an effect. If not an intentional act, an accident involving the Lady receiving a strong kick from an animal would have the same result. A horse would have sufficient strength to kill with its kicks.[10] In any case, an acute facial trauma to a living woman would cause severe shock and bleeding. Then this shock and the bleeding would likely cause her death.[10]
While the CT scan researchers thought the Lady's death likely to be violent or accidental, they were less certain of what caused the skull defect and the defect in the anterior wall of the body. Whether they were perimortem or postmortem injuries to the body could not be determined. They could be the result of the same mysterious lethal incident as the facial injury, or caused long after the Lady's death by the ancient tomb robbers.[10]
Hermann Schögl, a Swiss Egyptologist, agrees with the medical and DNA findings of the teams working under Zahi Hawass, but disputes several of the identifications of the royal and noble mummies. Schögl agrees that the head injuries which the Lady received were lethal, and has suggested that she was killed in a chariot accident.[11] Schögl believes that the Younger Lady is Nefertiti, and that she was killed in a chariot accident during regnal year 14 of Akhenaten's reign. However, the archaeological findings from Akhenaten's reign seem to indicate that Nefertiti was still alive during regnal year 16, two years following the date Schögl has chosen for her death.[11] Marianne Eaton-Krauss, another Egyptologist, finds Schögl's alternative royal genealogy for the 18th dynasty and his attempted reconstruction of the final years of Akhenaten's reign to be rather unconvincing.[11]
Natalia Klimczack, a historian and journalist, reports that several Egyptologists consider it likely that the Younger Lady may be Kiya. Kiya was one of Akhenaten's queens, but disappears from the historical record by regnal year 12 or 13 of Akhenaten's reign. Her time of death is not indicated in the primary sources. As Aidan Dodson, an Egyptologist, has pointed out, several of the monuments and objects originally dedicated to Kiya were later usurped by other royals.[12] A Pharaoh whose identity is unclear was buried in Kiya's coffin instead of her. Relief representations of Kiya were altered to instead depict Meritaten and/or Ankhesenamun. To Aiden this suggests that Kiya had fallen from grace, and that there was an effort to erase her from the historical record.[12] The premortem facial injury of the Younger Lady would fit this theory. The Lady did not die of natural causes, the facial injury indicates that she was murdered. If she was Kiya, this would explain her sudden disappearance from the historical record and efforts to remove her depictions in it.[12]
Historical record[edit]
Marianne Eaton-Krauss has called attention to the apparent absence of the Younger Lady, as Tutankhamun/Tutankhaten's mother, from the available historical record of Ancient Egypt. As of the 2010s, nobody has been able to find an inscription, a relief, or a statue dedicated to this young Pharaoh's mother. KV62, the tomb of Tutankhamun, contains memorabilia from his life and reign. None of these items ever mentions his mother.[11]
There is a contrast between the Younger Lady and a number of influential queen mothers from the later reigns of the 18th dynasty, who had a large presence in the reigns of their sons. Tiaa served as queen mother to Thutmose IV, Mutemwiya as queen mother to Amenhotep III, and Tiye as queen mother to Akhenaten. It seems likely that Tutankhamun/Tutankhaten never had a queen mother, indicating that the Younger Lady (or any other mother) had died before his rise to the throne.[11]
Despite the Younger Lady being daughter to a Pharaoh (Amenhotep III), full sister and probable wife to a second Pharaoh (Akhenaten), and mother to a third Pharaoh (Tutankhamun/Tutankhaten), she herself does not appear to have been a prominent figure in her lifetime. Willeke Wendrich, an Egyptologist, considers it likely that the Lady was a minor wife or a concubine to Akhenaten, rather than his Queen.[13] Wendrich notes that the Pharaohs of Egypt typically had multiple wives. This often resulted in multiple sons serving as viable heirs to the throne, and potential competition between the sons to gain the right to succeed their father.[13]
Face reconstruction[edit]
On 7 February 2018, The Younger Lady was featured on the 7th episode of the 4th season of Expedition Unknown titled "Great Women of Ancient Egypt". On the assumption that she is indeed to be identified as Nefertiti and using preserved remains, modern technology and artistry, a team led by Expedition Unknown's host Josh Gates presented a reconstruction of what The Younger Lady would have looked like in her full royal regalia.[14] The bust was created by French paleoartist Élisabeth Daynès.[15]
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- ^ a b c d Hawass Z, Gad YZ, Ismail S, Khairat R, Fathalla D, Hasan N, Ahmed A, Elleithy H, Ball M, Gaballah F, Wasef S, Fateen M, Amer H, Gostner P, Selim A, Zink A, Pusch CM (February 2010). "Ancestry and Pathology in King Tutankhamun's Family". JAMA. 303 (7): 638–47. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.121. PMID 20159872.
- ^ a b c Hawass, Z; et al. (2010). "Ancestry and pathology in King Tutankhamun's family". JAMA. 303 (7): 3. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.121. PMID 20159872.
- ^ Michael E. Habicht, Nofretete und Echnaton, 2012, Koehler & Amelang, ISBN 978-3733803810
- ^ Smith, G. Elliot. The Royal Mummies. p.40. Duckworth Egyptology. 2000 (Reprint from original 1912 edition). ISBN 0-7156-2959-X
- ^ a b c Smith, G. Elliot. The Royal Mummies. p.41. Duckworth Egyptology. 2000 (Reprint from original 1912 edition). ISBN 0-7156-2959-X
- ^ a b Heath (2015), p. 180
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hawass, Saleem (2016), p. 131-132
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Hawass, Saleem (2016), p. 80-83
- ^ a b c d e Eaton-Krauss (2016), p. 10-11
- ^ a b c Klimczack, Natalia (January 3, 2016). "Kiya - The Most Mysterious Woman of Amarna". Ancient Origins: Reconstructing the story of humanity's past. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ a b Than, Ken (February 17, 2010). "King Tut Mysteries Solved: Was Disabled, Malarial, and Inbred". National Geographic News. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ "Black Twitter roasts TODAY show for Queen Nefertiti reconstruction that looks like a white woman - theGrio". theGrio. 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ^ "A new, anatomically accurate bust depicts Queen Nefertiti—but with fair skin". Newsweek. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- Eaton-Krauss, Marianne (2016), "Alternative interpretations of the DNA data", The Unknown Tutankhamun, Bloomsbury Academic, ISBN 978-1472575630
- Hawass, Zahi A.; Saleem, Sahar N. (2016), "D. The mummy of the Younger Lady of KV35", Scanning the Pharaohs: CT Imaging of the New Kingdom Royal Mummies, American University in Cairo Press, ISBN 978-9774166730
- Hawass, Zahi A.; Saleem, Sahar N. (2016), "The Search for the Mummy of Queen Nefertiti", Scanning the Pharaohs: CT Imaging of the New Kingdom Royal Mummies, American University in Cairo Press, ISBN 978-9774166730
- Heath, Julian (2015), "Notes: Chapter 4:Controversies and Scandals in Egyptology", Archaeology Hotspot Egypt: Unearthing the Past for Armchair Archaeologists, Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN 978-0759124028
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Tetsujin 28
The discovery of the Madara rocks changes Shotaro's entire outlook on life. Confronted with the true horror of the bagume, he must re-evaluate not only his views of his father but also his lifestyle and, most importantly, what exactly his relationship with Tetsujin is. Meanwhile Dr. Bigfire and the criminal organization known as the PX Syndicate join hands, forcing an emotionally unprepared Shotaro to once again take up his controller and fight, with potentially disastrous results.
Tetsujin continues to gain momentum in its penultimate volume, while still lacking that extra spark that would boost it from mild entertainment to engrossing epic. It hasn't the epic scope, emotional intensity, nor narrative ruthlessness with which director Yasuhiro Imagawa's Giant Robo carved out a reputation as a modern classic, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a good time to be had here.
This incarnation of Tetsujin has always had some trouble with eliciting an emotional response from its audience. It has the advantage of choosing dilemmas that are easy to sympathize with, but the scenes often pass so quickly (or are drowned in a swirl of conspiracies and narrative twists) that they never get the chance to sink their claws in and drag the audience into the character's pain. The convoluted script wasn't such a problem in previous volumes where stories were restricted to a handful of episodes, but with the show winding towards its conclusion with a continuous storyline, things have gotten unnecessarily complex. As if covering for its problems with emotional involvement, the show throws intertwining conspiracies, enough antagonists to fill the red-herring barrel in an Agatha Christie novel, and a veritable parade of robots at its audience. There is some enjoyment to be derived from unwinding the twisted threads of the narrative and guessing at the true motivations and relationships of all the various players, but the less-than-stellar results make the effort feel somewhat wasted.
No, the real fun in this volume is the evolving relationships and characters. Shotaro must come to grips with how powerless he is on his own, and with his father's crimes. Despite his own personal difficulties, Chief Otsuka comes through for Shotaro, displaying the depth of his paternal devotion to the boy. Nikoponski and Chloroform begin showing signs that their goals aren't as nefarious as first implied, and even Dr. Bigfire and the head of the PX Syndicate get a chance to prove just how compatible and comfortable they are with each other. But the real surprise this volume is Ms. Takamizawa, who in one fell swoop transforms from slappable hanger-on to indispensable ally. The family atmosphere that grows between her, Murasame, and Shotaro is simultaneously funny and strangely warming. Takamizawa for the first time becomes not just tolerable, but likable. That's a serious turnaround for someone who was absolutely insufferable just two episodes previous.
Not much has changed in terms of the technical qualities of the show. The character designs and the backgrounds still have integration issues, the animation still manages to look better than it really is because of Imagawa's canny use of atmospheric effects (rain, snow, falling debris), CG effects (particularly explosions) and his skill at composing memorable images. This time out, the real standout is the climactic revelation about the source of Tetsujin's power. To say more would be unfair, but it is horrific, grotesque and riveting all at once. The background art still stands out so much that it only draws attention to how simple the characters look. And the mecha are still so silly that taking them seriously is very, very difficult.
The score is a full-blooded symphonic effort that the director utilizes wisely, using it to raise tension and add excitement to the battles, while allowing quieter moments to carry themselves of their own power without drowning them in music. The opening and ending are still the old-school choral chants that graced previous episodes. On a side note, Hideaki Anno fans may recognize the ending theme as the music used for the recaps that began each episode of His and Her Circumstances.
Like the other elements of this show, the dub has become comfortably familiar. It has the same strengths and weaknesses as previous installments. It is almost anally faithful to the original, the actors all have their characters down pat, and it sometimes reaches the same overripe heights of hamminess that the original aspired to. It also suffers from the weird pauses and awkward pacing that afflict many dubs that attempt to be too accurate, and the pronunciation of Japanese names is sometimes inconsistent. If you liked the dub before, you'll still like it here, and if you wanted to send hate mail to Geneon for the last volume, then get your pen and vitriol ready, because this volume won't change your mind.
As if making up for the simplicity of the episodes at the halfpoint of the series, Tetsujin hits high gear, uncovering conspiracy after conspiracy. The Byzantine mess of plot threads—as welcome as they may be to some—threaten to overwhelm the fun character moments that give this volume its real charm, which is problematic in a show that already has trouble getting the audience to invest in its characters.
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As long as we continue to deform our built environment to accommodate high-speed, high-volume automobile traffic, people will continue to die. It's really that simple.
By Ryan McGreal
Published November 03, 2014
A pedestrian is dead after being struck by a vehicle on Cootes Drive between York Street and West Street.
The pedestrian, a 19-year-old man, was crossing Cootes Drive northbound in front of the McDonald's restaurant on Saturday, November 1 at 7:08 PM. A Honda Civic driving westbound on Cootes struck him and he was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
He died on Sunday, November 2 at 1:30 PM, the city's 12th traffic fatality and 4th pedestrian fatality of 2014.
Hamilton Police ask any witnesses to contact Detective Constable Wes Wilson at 905-546-4753.
Cootes Drive is a particularly problematic street for safety because it functions as a four-lane, 80 km/h highway as it runs along the Desjardins Canal between the western edge of McMaster University and downtown Dundas.
The design of Cootes inevitably creates a conflict between pedestrians emerging from an urban, walkable environment where it's safe to cross the street and drivers emerging from a highway environment where it's safe to drive at very high speed.
Regardless of who is found to be 'at fault' in this tragedy, the real culprit is the street itself, which is designed for fast driving in blithe disregard of its surroundings, which can reasonably be expected to contain people.
The posted speed limit on Cootes drops from 80 km/h to 50 km/h about 200 metres east of East Street North, or around 600 metres east of where the collision took place.
However, not much else about the street changes with the reduced speed limit. It continues to look and feel like a four-lane highway until York Road, where it finally reduces to a lane in each direction.
A human body can reasonably withstand a collision with a hard metal object moving around 30 km/h or slower. As the speed of the hard metal object increases, the likelihood that a human body can survive collision drops exponentially toward zero.
At 32 km/h, a pedestrian has a 5 percent chance of dying in a collision. At 48 km/h, a pedestrian's risk of dying in a collision jumps to 45 percent. At 64 km/h, a pedestrian's risk of dying reaches a devastating 85 percent.
We can thank the laws of physics for this: the kinetic energy of a moving object increases as a square of its speed. In other words, a vehicle going twice as fast has four times as much kinetic energy, not just twice as much.
Not only is a pedestrian exponentially more likely to die in a collision as speed increases, but also the collision itself becomes exponentially more likely since the vehicle's stopping distance also increases as a square of its speed. In other words, a vehicle going twice as fast takes four times as far to stop.
It is possible for a city to reduce its traffic fatality rate toward zero. The City of Vancouver, for example, has committed to the goal of "zero traffic-related fatalities" through a series of changes that will sound familiar to anyone who has been paying attention: increasing the share of trips by walking, cycling and transit; reducing automobile speed limits to 30 km/h; using bumpouts and neckdowns to reduce dangerousu vehicle speeds; establishing more neighbourhood greenways that prioritize walking and cycling over cut-through driving; widening sidewalks and adding crosswalks; adjusting signals for longer pedestrian crossing times - do I need to go on?
Vancouver has already enjoyed some dramatic successes. Its rate of pedestrian fatalities is already among the lowest in Canada. It has only had one pedestrian fatality so far this year in a city of over 600,000, compared to four pedestrian fatalities so far in Hamilton, which has a smaller population.
More broadly, Vancouver has managed to increase its population density while reducing the number of vehicle trips, mainly through a series of land use and transportation policy choices that favour walkable, mixed-use development over automobile-dependent sprawl.
Vancouver refuses to widen streets to accommodate more single-occupant vehicle trips. Hamilton blocks new developments on streets that are already four and five lanes wide in case we might decide to widen them even further.
Vancouver invests heavily in high-quality transportation and rapid transit - including its famous Skytrain system, which Hamilton actually turned down three decades ago. Meanwhile, many of Hamilton's leaders are poised to turn down a fully-funded rapid transit system again, in a staggering refusal to learn the painful lessons of past bad decisions.
As long as we continue to deform our built environment to accommodate high-speed, high-volume automobile traffic, people will continue to die. It's really that simple. Hamilton is the second most dangerous city in Ontario for pedestrians, a predictable result given the fact that our city is riddled with streets designed for deadly automobile speeds.
Nine of the 15 successful candidates for Mayor and Council responded to our policy question asking if they support a Vision Zero initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities.
Mayor-elect Fred Eisenberger, Ward 1 Councillor-elect Aidan Johnson, Ward 2 Councillor Jason Farr, Ward 3 Councillor-elect Matthew Green, Ward 4 Councillor Sam Merulla, Ward 9 Counicllor-elect Doug Conley, Ward 10 Councillor Maria Pearson, Ward 12 Councillor Lloyd Ferguson and Ward 13 Councillor-elect Arlene Vanderbeek all submitted responses. Of the nine, Ferguson was non-committal and all the other candidates were supportive.
Pearson, who successfully ran for re-election in Ward 10, may have put it best: "Of course! Who would not support the elimination of pedestrian and cyclist deaths?"
Who, indeed. The question is: will this mayor and council have the policy understanding and political courage to implement the changes we know we need to make in order to achieve this goal?
By Fake Name (anonymous) | Posted November 03, 2014 at 12:02:33
I assume the city's fix will be yet-another speed trap like they do at the other end of Cootes' instead of actually fixing the highway's obvious design problems at its endpoints. Police are perfectly happy to capitalize on our safety concerns by making a profit off of speeders. Every time I drive Cootes, I have to obsessively stare at the speedometer to remind myself of the speed limit.
By Anon (anonymous) | Posted November 03, 2014 at 12:09:56
I suspect that Lloyd was non-committal at the city wide level and whole hog on board for his own ward.
By jason (registered) | Posted November 03, 2014 at 13:08:38
Ferguson was non-committal eh? Should we post pics of chicanes, roundabouts, road diets to include bike lanes, nice sidewalks and less car lanes from Ancaster? What he means is "I'm not overly worried about people dying in the inner city. But in Ancaster? Zero is absolutely the goal".
By notlloyd (registered) - website | Posted November 03, 2014 at 14:44:13
I think thoughts (and prayers for those who pray) should be the top of the agenda for both the pedestrian's survivors and family, and the driver (who we are told is in complete shock) and his family.
By slowdown (anonymous) | Posted November 03, 2014 at 15:29:28 in reply to Comment 105879
Part of my thoughts and prayers for the affected families is nobody else should have to go through this tragedy.
By davidjenkins (registered) | Posted November 03, 2014 at 15:26:20
Keep in mind the Cootes Drive was Ontario Highway 102 by design. Over time there has been a "reverse" use attempt made to create it into a regular city road. Trouble is that no physical changes have been made other that to add stop lights at Olympic and again at Saunders.
One solution would be to narrow down to one lane each way at each end of this road. Between McMaster bridge and Main Street and at East Street where Cootes merges with King Street.
By slowdown (anonymous) | Posted November 03, 2014 at 15:28:12 in reply to Comment 105880
These 'street used to be' arguments aren't persuasive to me. King St. through downtown Dundas is Ontario Highway 8, should we get rid of the meter parking and make it 4 lanes again?
By DavidJenkins (registered) | Posted November 03, 2014 at 15:31:01
On Cootes Drive as you approach the McMaster Bridge from Dundas there is a radar speed reminder unit permanently installed at the bridge. It does little to slow traffic. The traffic lights at the Sanders Blv pedestrian crossing helps a little. Still a bad area for speed.
Comment edited by DavidJenkins on 2014-11-03 15:33:03
By moylek (registered) - website | Posted November 03, 2014 at 15:45:13 in reply to Comment 105883
On Cootes Drive as you approach the McMaster Bridge from Dundas there is a radar speed reminder unit permanently installed at the bridge. It does little to slow traffic. The traffic lights at the Sanders Blv pedestrian crossing helps a little. Still a bad area for speed.
Au contraire: it is a fabulous area for speed, with two wide lanes in each direction, open vistas, and a broad centre median. Which is precisely the problem.
By DavidJenkins (registered) | Posted November 03, 2014 at 15:39:10
I mentioned Cootes Drive starting out as a highway because that is how it was designed. As times have changed Cootes is being treated by some as a regular city street and as a highway by others (drivers). The parking along King Street in downtown Dundas slows traffic. One useable lane each way. Cootes hammers two express style lanes into that. Narrow Cootes into one lane each way approaching East Street and keep it single lane to King.
By Ted Mitchell (registered) | Posted November 03, 2014 at 21:47:14
That area looks like it was designed by the roads department on crack. e.g Baldwin St. wtf? And then they haha got creative with names like West St, East St North... and let's make it twice as wide as it needs to be even though it feeds into narrow slow King St, what a riot you guys are!
The difference in speed limit 50 at both ends and 80 in the middle of Cootes just doesn't work. It's asking for velocitization. Road diet Cootes and in the mean time reduce the speed limit to 60-70 in the middle.
By H1 (anonymous) | Posted November 04, 2014 at 13:21:20
Was the driver speeding? The incident took place in a 50Km/h zone. Reducing the speed from 80 to 50 would have made no difference in this case if the driver was doing the posted 50K limit.
By kevlahan (registered) | Posted November 04, 2014 at 13:30:04 in reply to Comment 105909
You are right: the road design (multiple straight wide lanes, no distractions or obstacles) encourages people to drive at unsafe speeds for pedestrians no matter what the posted limit is. The road needs to be designed for the speed we want, and traffic engineers have a big toolkit now to achieve this (narrow lanes, reduced number of lanes, add parking, bumpouts, chicanes etc.).
The road design itself should send the signal to drivers: slow down, there are lots of things to watch out for here.
By H1 (anonymous) | Posted November 04, 2014 at 13:52:11 in reply to Comment 105910
the initial investigation has shown the car was not travelling excessively and the driver, who was alone, was not impaired. redesigning the road would not make a difference in this case.
By kevlahan (registered) | Posted November 04, 2014 at 14:47:26 in reply to Comment 105918
Other cities, like Vancouver and New York, are deliberately and successfully using street design changes to reduce the number of deaths and injuries.
"Traffic fatalities in New York have indeed fallen significantly, from 701 in 1990, to 381 in 2000, to an all-time low of 249 in 2011. The city has become nationally and internationally recognized as a leading innovator in safe street designs. At locations where the New York City Department of Transportation has made major engineering changes since 2005, fatalities have decreased by 34%, twice the rate of improvement at other locations. But it is still not enough. We can, and must, do better."
Or, they could have just decided to blame inattentive pedestrians and drivers and leave it at that.
Comment edited by kevlahan on 2014-11-04 14:50:21
By Ryan (registered) - website | Posted November 04, 2014 at 14:04:06 in reply to Comment 105918
A pedestrian struck by a car going the legal 50 km/h speed limit has about a 50 percent chance of dying. If the car is going 30 km/h, the chance of dying in a collision drops to just 5 percent and the collision itself is far likely to happen in the first palce.
This isn't about assigning blame. It's about a street design that reduces dangerous speeds so there are fewer and less severe collisions.
Cootes Drive is a dangerous street design. It's a four-lane thoroughfare running right into a built-up urban environment with lots of pedestrians. It's a tragedy just waiting to happen.
We can wait for inevitable collisions to happen and attempt to lay blame, or we can redesign the street so the collisions stop being inevitable.
By notlloyd (registered) - website | Posted November 05, 2014 at 18:48:09 in reply to Comment 105920
Do you think people on Cootes Drive should travel at 30 KM (18.6 miles) per hour?
Comment edited by notlloyd on 2014-11-05 18:49:23
By bikehounds (anonymous) | Posted November 05, 2014 at 19:18:32 in reply to Comment 105993
maybe not on the hill but inside downtown dundas? yes. what's the rush?
sure a few lives might be saved, but MILLIONS will be late!
By notlloyd (registered) - website | Posted November 05, 2014 at 20:30:30 in reply to Comment 105995
Well, using that logic, a better question might be why don't pedestrians cross at the light? No one would die and no one would be late. But that is not the question. I didn't ask why. He already answered that part. Taken literally, Ryan's suggestion is that automobiles should be limited to 30KMPH or 18.6 mph. My question remains; should a roadway like Cootes be limited to that speed?
Comment edited by notlloyd on 2014-11-05 20:35:10
By bikehounds (anonymous) | Posted November 05, 2014 at 20:50:52 in reply to Comment 105998
And I answered, yes, perhaps in town it should be. As opposed to the section on the hill which probably doesn't need to be restricted to 30 since it has a separated bike and pedestrian infrastructure and no destinations.
By Lets rubber coat the sidewalks (anonymous) | Posted November 04, 2014 at 13:43:47
Too bad he didn't walk the short distance to the crosswalk at York rather than jaywalking, an unnecessary death and emotional trauma to the driver who hit him could have been avoided.
By DowntownInHamilton (registered) | Posted November 04, 2014 at 21:22:25 in reply to Comment 105915
Shh. Hardcore RTH'ers don't like that kind of comment, regardless of the truth behind it. It's easier to just tear out the road, plant lots of flowers, or maybe just convert it into more bike lanes (even though there is one just a hair away that runs parallel to Cootes, and is even separated by a grassy median AND a tall fence) or just do away with all vehicular traffic.
Question: Would this have occurred if there was just an LRT running down the street?
By me again (anonymous) | Posted November 05, 2014 at 14:11:04
Looking at it in Google Maps, I can see there is insufficient roadway lighting, which would have made it dangerous to cross the road.
Also, there is a channelized right turn to the west, which means drivers in the WB right lane will drive without expectation of a need to stop or slow down until they get to the channelization.
I certainly wouldn't try to cross that street at that location. There's too much there that I'd have to pay attention to, and no refuge at the median or illumination to protect me. Not trying to blame the pedestrian here, but that's a rather uncrossable road.
By Dundasian born and raised (anonymous) | Posted December 04, 2014 at 11:50:50
I've lived and walked around Dundas my entire life. For those of you who don't know the area, there are crosswalks at almost every block. I feel like the real issue here is following the PEDESTRIAN RULES OF THE ROAD. These are things that we have been taught at a very young age. Why jaywalk across the road, at night, in a dimly lit area, when there is a cross walk steps away from where the incident happened. If these pedestrian rules are not followed, of course there are going to be more accidents involving vehicles and human bodies. Sure, lower the speed limit more, add speed bumps.. but if people who walk around this area don't also follow these rules, then all of this will be pointless. Even if the cars are going slower, and the chances of fatally are lower in the chance that pedestrian is hit, the bigger issue is PEDESTRIANS STILL RUN THE RISK OF GETTING HIT IF THEY TOO DONT FOLLOW THE RULES. I feel for the family who lost their son, absolutely. But I also know the driver of the car, who was not driving recklessly and will have to live with this accident for the rest of his life.
By Ryan (registered) - website | Posted December 04, 2014 at 12:05:50 in reply to Comment 106573
Here's the thing: if the goal is to reduce the incidence and severity of collision injuries, telling people to be more careful just doesn't work. What works is acknowledging that people make mistakes, and designing our public spaces so that mistakes are less likely to be fatal.
One way to do this is through Sweden's Vision Zero approach:
The Vision Zero is the Swedish approach to road safety thinking. It can be summarised in one sentence: No loss of life is acceptable. The Vision Zero approach has proven highly successful. It is based on the simple fact that we are human and make mistakes. The road system needs to keep us moving. But it must also be designed to protect us at every turn.
I believe you when you write that you feel for both the family of the pedestrian who was killed and for the driver of the car, who now has to live with what happened. No one should have to go through the trauma and tragedy of serious injury or death in a traffic collision.
And that is all the more reason to stop relying on the "train-and-blame" approach to safety, which doesn't work. What works is designing the system so that the predictable mistakes in judgment that go along with human nature don't leave people mangled, killed and traumatized.
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