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#338 Wednesday, August 28, 2013
CenterLines is the bi-weekly e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking, a program of Project for Public Spaces. CenterLines is our way of quickly delivering news and information you can use to create more walkable and bicycle-friendly communities.
R-E-G-I-O-N-A-L and L-O-C-A-L--A-C-T-I-O-N-S
-> According to an August 12th UK.GOV release, "The Prime Minister announces the biggest ever single injection of cash for the country alongside plans to make roads safer for those on two wheels. £77 million (US$119.6 million) will be divided between Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Newcastle, Bristol, Cambridge, Oxford and Norwich, while the New Forest, Peak District, South Downs and Dartmoor will each share a slice of £17 million (US $26.4 million) funding for national parks. With local contributions, the total new funding for cycling is £148 million (nearly US $230 million) between now and 2015.
"The announcement includes a commitment from the government to cut red tape that can stifle cycle-friendly road design and to encourage changes to the way roads are built or altered. Councils will be expected to up their game to deliver infrastructure that takes cycling into account from the design stage.
"Prime Minister David Cameron said: This government wants to make it easier and safer for people who already cycle as well as encouraging far more people to take it up and business, local government, developers, road users and the transport sector all have a role to play in helping to achieve this...."
(For details, see Department of Transports Briefing on the Government's Ambition for Cycling: http://bit.ly/1fidXOx)
Source: http://bit.ly/1dOigDe
-> According to an August 12th Planetizen article, "Our annual list of the 10 best planning, design, and development websites represents some of the top online resources for news, information and research on the built environment.
"Every year, Planetizen recognizes ten websites as some of the best resources for urban planning, design and development... We've listed the websites alphabetically, not in a particular order of rank..."
Abandoned America: http://bit.ly/18AezNI
Source: http://bit.ly/1cKpWZq
-> According to an August 16th DC.Streetsblog article, "This week, complete streets advocates came together in Washington, DC, to celebrate the passage of the 500th complete streets policy. That happened in Memphis more than seven months ago, but perhaps the delay in marking the occasion was fortuitous: There are now at least 25 more policies to celebrate.
"Each of these policies is really just the beginning of a process of making change in how streets are designed. Those policies need to be implemented, and the idea of accommodating all street users--cyclists, transit riders, pedestrians, people in wheelchairs, children--needs to become second nature to city planners and engineers. Still, the beginning of 525 processes signals a true shift away from road design thats exclusively for automobiles..."
Source: http://bit.ly/16YC8ib
-> According to an August 26th PBIC News Brief, "The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center is pleased to announce the release of new bicycle and pedestrian planning teaching modules for undergraduate students.
"The Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation Short Series (http://bit.ly/16NCgPc) is designed to augment undergraduate courses in basic civil engineering and/or transportation planning. The series consists of three lessons covering Planning for Pedestrians and Bicycles, Pedestrian and Bicycle Facility Design, and Pedestrian and Bicycle Data and Performance. The modules are ideally suited to be integrated into an existing course, such as the first or introductory course in transportation engineering..."
Source: http://bit.ly/19XZcDz
-> According to a February 25th Polis article, "The city of Pontevedra in northwest Spain has become a leader in walker-friendly urban policy over the past 15 years... To further improve walkability, Pontevedra's city council produced a map that visualizes the distances and travel times between key places on foot at an average speed of five kilometers per hour. Known as Metrominuto (http://bit.ly/1fhJKPD), the map has color-coded lines that resemble those of a subway guide. The pink line from Peregrina Square shows that it takes about 14 minutes to walk from there to the train and bus stations... Metrominuto reminds residents and visitors that many automobile trips can be made in a more convenient, environmentally friendly and healthy way by walking..."
Source: http://bit.ly/XlvcpY
-> According to an August 27th LinkedIn ITE Pedestrian and Bicycle Council posting, "We've been working in Edmonton since 2006 to make our city more bike friendly...We've been collecting data on usage and holding focus groups and completing market research to understand our present and potential users. We've parlayed that into directed education and awareness campaigns about the infrastructure we are building, what they mean, and how people should be driving and biking on city streets. The most recent efforts on this are a series of stop-motion videos using LEGO to teach Edmontonians young and old about how to ride bikes and drive vehicles on city streets. [For instance, see Dial S for Sharrow: http://bit.ly/1dNZtIr]
"It is a continuation of our first video we did last year in support of a bike box installation which is now being used by a number of cities including Lima, Peru. You can find the [five] videos here: http://bit.ly/19Yc3Wu... we are more than happy if people elsewhere want to make use of them! Just acknowledge where the videos came from and let us know by emailing me: firstname.lastname@example.com..."
Source: http://linkd.in/18Zv46j (May require free LinkedIn ITE Pedestrian and Bicycle Council membership)
-> According to an August 10th TRB blurb, "The National Academy of Engineering has released a report (Messaging for Engineering: From Research to Action free download: http://bit.ly/16PMZft) that supports efforts by the engineering community to communicate more effectively about the profession and those who practice it. The report builds on the 2008 NAE publication, Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering (CTC), which presented the results of a research-based effort to develop and test new, more effective messages about engineering.
"The new messages cast engineering as inherently creative and concerned with human welfare, as well as an emotionally satisfying calling. The report summarizes progress in implementing the CTC messages, but also recognizes that there is potential to galvanize additional action and thus suggests specific steps for major players in the engineering community to continue and build on progress to date..."
Source: http://bit.ly/17lh4Cy
-> Over the past few months the CenterLines team has been hard at work planning changes for the newsletter. You won't notice a change in content, but you will notice (I hope) that it is easier to find the information you want. We will also make it easier to find the information you need--like the five most popular resources from this year's CenterLines, and important trainings, conferences, and events. By clicking http://bit.ly/16Q5D6V you will be subscribing to the most complete bike/ped training calendar on the web. Never miss an event! Stay turned for more changes...
Understanding Bicyclist-Motorist Crashes in Minneapolis MN (#325)
Mobility Playbook to Transform Car-Oriented Red Deer (CN) (#334)
Our Natural Environment: A Technical Review of the Interactions Among Land Use, Transportation & Environmental Quality (Second Edition) (#334)
Rural Walking in MA A Toolkit for Municipalities (#336)
Making Trails Count in IL (#328)
-> According to an August 16th Project for Public Spaces blog post, "Today, the smokestacks and steel mills that made the great city of Pittsburgh famous are mostly long gone. The City of Champions, as it is called, is now considered one of the most livable in the world, and many of the qualities that make it so also happen to make it a great city for biking and walking. (But then, is the link between active transportation and livability really a surprise to any of you?) Below, weve highlighted five distinctively Pittsburgh-y things that make this city a must-visit for anyone who gets around on two feet or two wheels. If you find your interest piqued, click http://bit.ly/13YRkPB to register for our free off-year gathering this September 19th to network and plan for the big Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place conference that will take place in Pittsburgh next fall..."
Source: http://bit.ly/15j1ULb
-> According to the August 8-80 Cities Newsletter, "Check out Indianapolis new Cultural Trail! (See Streetfilms 8:08 minute video: http://bit.ly/16towwt) Funded as a quality of life project instead of an infrastructure improvement, this 8-mile pedestrian and cycling trail connects different downtown districts and venues and has become a means of neighborhood revitalization. As the Cultural Trail was being built, abandoned buildings found tenants and existing businesses saw a major influx of business. A feeling of community from the added pedestrian and cycling traffic has also been inspired. The consequences of this great new facility are getting people out of their cars and participating in street life which overall are contributing to a downtown Indianapolis that is a more vibrant and people-friendly place."
Source: http://bit.ly/170oN98
-> According to an August 18th On Milwaukee.com article, "It's only existed for a short period of time, but the outdoor dining space on Murray Avenue between Divino Wine & Dine, 2315 N. Murray Ave., and Two Bucks, 2321 N. Murray Ave., has already been called a patio, the bump out and a parklet....
"Jim Plaisted, the Executive Director of the East Side BID, presented the idea as a new option to the current restaurant owners and they worked for months to make it happen. We approached the Department of Public Works with this idea, says [Andrea] Richards [of the East Side BID]. The Murray Avenue location is far enough away from an intersection, on a side street where there was a loading zone and two metered parking spaces.
"Getting permission to replace public, metered parking spaces with a private parklet posed a challenge, but Richards says that, because the East Side is one of the most walkable and bikeable neighborhoods in Milwaukee, they felt that this was a favorable trade-off..."
Source: http://bit.ly/17j9YR0
-> According to an August 20th State Smart Transportation Initiative post, "This health impact assessment (Getting on Board for Health: A Health Impact Assessment of Bus Funding and Access: http://bit.ly/13YgCgH) informed the development of the San Francisco Bay Areas Regional Transportation Plan. The assessment examined the equity impacts of the RTP within Alameda County, specifically focused on transit-dependent populations and the expected health outcomes that may result from changes to bus access as determined by RTP. Since transit-reliant communities are primarily low-income people of color, the HIA also determined the potential for differential impacts on these vulnerable groups. The HIA focused on the impacts that changes in public transportation could have on access to health and social services, basic amenities such as grocery and retail stores, and employment, and how these changes could impact health in bus-dependent communities."
Source: http://bit.ly/12JRyay
-> According to an August 15th Mobilizing the Region article, "The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) recently issued a draft plan of transportation projects it will be tackling from 2014-2017... Unfortunately for pedestrians and bicyclists, who jointly represent 27 percent of the total fatalities on New Yorks roads, it doesnt look like they are high on NYSDOTs priority list.
"The core of the problem may lie with NYSDOTs new "Preservation First" policy... [which] emphasizes fixing existing transportation infrastructure before building new or expanded infrastructure... a loophole in the policy appears to be preserving not just 1950s-era infrastructure, but also a 1950s-era mentality. In other words, cars first, with pedestrians and bicyclists fighting for scraps.
"It is widely recognized that one of the easiest and most efficient ways to incorporate more facilities for pedestrians and bicyclists is to add sidewalks and bike lanes to roads when theyre being repaired... the policy considers only repairs to existing sidewalks preservation projects, but the addition of new sidewalks will be considered capital investments that go beyond preservation. According to the STIP guide document, beyond preservation projects must pass an additional review by NYSDOTs central office in Albany..."
Source: http://bit.ly/16PxRyT
-> According to an August 20th The Atlantic Cities article, "Nearly three years ago, a Minnesota man named Charles Marohn published a piece called 'Confessions of a Recovering Engineer'... (Editors Note: See Quotes Are Us Section later in this issue)...Marohn... now travels the country spreading the word that things can be done differently--that Americas towns and cities can build streets that are safe and operate at a human scale, the old-fashioned way, and that they can save money and bolster their economies in the process.
"Thats exactly what the village of Hamburg, in upstate New York, has done. According to an article in the New York Times, the leaders of this community of 10,000 rejected the proposed widening of U.S. Route 62, the local main street, back in 2001... Main Street was rebuilt not as a high-speed funnel for cars, but instead as a pleasant shopping street with narrower traffic lanes, trees, and ample sidewalks. Roundabouts replaced intersections, and in the two years after construction was completed in 2009, crashes were down by 66 percent and injuries fell by 60 percent. Accidents in [the roundabouts] need a tow truck, not an ambulance, a transportation department official told the Times.
"Property values in the once-fading downtown have doubled and local business owners are investing millions in new projects. New residents have been attracted by the appeal of a village center where a simple walk up and down Main Street is a pleasure rather than something to be endured. Hamburg was, like many American towns and cities in the Rust Belt, in decline. Now it is thriving..."
Source: http://bit.ly/17f1rAx
-> According to an August 19th TxDOT release, "Back-to-school means back-to-traffic, and as students return to the classroom this fall, the Texas Department of Transportation calls on drivers to 'Drive Friendly. Drive Safe' to reduce crashes involving pedestrians and bicyclists.
"In 2012, vehicles on Texas roads struck more than 5,000 pedestrians resulting in 2,962 serious injuries and 481 fatalities. Vehicles also struck more than 2,000 bicyclists resulting in 1,450 serious injuries and 56 fatalities. Compared with the previous year, 2012 saw a 13.2 percent increase in pedestrian fatalities and a 19.1 percent increase in bicyclist fatalities..."
Source: http://bit.ly/14RhA8n
-> According to an August 20th TRB Journal article abstract, "Improving the efficiency of urban traffic operations along arterials is a priority for many agencies because congestion affects the movement of people and goods in many cities. Advanced traffic management systems are being implemented to optimize traffic signal timing in congested corridors. Pedestrians and transit users are even more exposed to vehicle emissions than are drivers. However, pedestrian exposure to traffic emissions is typically not a consideration when traffic signal timing decisions are made.
"The relationship between exposure to air pollution and traffic signal timing has not yet been fully explored or modeled. This paper quantifies the factors that contribute to concentrations of sidewalk-level particulate matter (1.0 to 2.5 ?m in diameter) at a busy intersection along an urban arterial in Portland, Oregon. The study is the first research effort to combine real-world, detailed traffic signal timing data (at 5-s intervals) and air pollutant concentration data..."
Source: http://bit.ly/18ZEIG1
-> According to an August 21st email message from Shane MacRhodes, "A new study, (Impact of the Safe Routes to School Program on Walking and Biking: Eugene, Oregon Study: http://bit.ly/1dOAFQp), the first to use a control-group and peer-reviewed process, shows that our Eugene Safe Routes to School program is effective at getting more kids walking and biking. We knew that but it's nice when the science shows it.
"This study demonstrates that Eugene's Safe Routes to School program has increased walking and biking as school transport modes. Education and encouragement programs were associated with a five percentage point increase in biking. Walking and biking increased most when schools implemented multiple SRTS interventions. While these results are particular to Eugene, they provide evidence of the positive impacts of the SRTS program and identify elements of the Eugene SRTS program that could be replicated."
-> According to the Reallocation of Road Space research report published in New Zealand this month, "This research project investigated the economic impacts of transport and road space reallocation in shopping areas located in central cities and along major transport corridors in New Zealand. It focused on three research questions. The first being to understand the retail spending of transport users; resulting in data that provides an average $ spent per user and primary mode of transport. The second element focused on identifying the road space allocation and design elements important to retailers and shoppers. Finally, a case study compendium was developed.
"The data shows that sustainable transport users account for 40% of the total spend in the shopping areas and account for 37% of all shoppers who completed the survey. The data indicates the pedestrians and cyclists contribute a higher economic spend proportionately to the modal share and are important to the economic viability of local shopping areas. The study also identified that retailers generally overestimate the importance of on-street parking outside shops. Shoppers value high-quality pedestrian and urban design features in shopping areas more than they value parking and those who drive are willing to walk to the shopping precinct from other locally available parking areas."
Source: http://bit.ly/1dOigDe
-> According to an August 20th State Smart Transportation Initiative post, "... FHWA and many state DOTs, MPOs, and local jurisdictions are struggling with how to evaluate their TAP-funded and other active transportation projects...Many states and MPOs may have criteria for evaluating bicycle-pedestrian proposals for funding, but those criteria often dont take into account system-level benefits and costs. And compared with highway measures, metrics for tracking ongoing performance are scarce. Pedestrian and bicycle traffic counts are being done in some cases, but these do not equal performance measures.
"[SSTI] will survey our transportation agencies and others, and review the published literature, to identify best practices and ideas... Please let us know if you are interested in participating [and your] recommendations about who is already working on this subject: firstname.lastname@example.com..."
Source: http://bit.ly/147kXsN
-> According to an August CTS Catalyst article,"... [M]uch of the work surrounding Complete Streets to date has focused on creating policies and guidelines rather than investigating the processes and action steps needed to successfully implement projects. In an effort to fill this knowledge gap, researchers from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs have conducted a study [publication forthcoming] on the planning and implementation of successful Complete Streets projects. Associate professor Carissa Schively Slotterback and research fellow Cindy Zerger have examined projects from 11 locations across the nation ...
"The goal was to look at what it takes to move a community from Complete Streets concept to Complete Streets project, Slotterback says. We wanted to identify the critical factors that need to be addressed to advance implementation while also acknowledging diverse contexts, goals, and constraints....
"One of the most important overall findings, Slotterback says, is that thinking strategically about context is essential for success. Theres really no silver bullet or perfect recipe that works in all communities or all organizations, she says. The unique characteristics of a place need to inform how we make decisions and implement Complete Streets.
"Other key findings resulted in the following recommendations:
Source: http://bit.ly/13XqrLG
"Wider, faster, treeless roads not only ruin our public places, they kill people. Taking highway standards and applying them to urban and suburban streets, and even county roads, costs us thousands of lives every year. There is no earthly reason why an engineer would ever design a fourteen foot lane for a city block, yet we do it continuously. Why? The answer is utterly shameful: Because that is the standard."
- Charles Marohn describing his priorities that he learned in his training as an engineer
"The whole purpose of it is to just make the village realize that even though this is a state road, this is our Main Street. Its fleeting, its three hours, but for three hours just let people own the road, do what they want, make it up. Its your road."
- Mayor Brian J. Kulpa of Williamsville, NY where a longer-term effort is underway to 'take back Main Street,' but a short-term event is being held to give people a taste of the benefits of a walkable village core.
According to an August 21st NPR story, "Several vintage sports have seen resurgence among young people lately: roller derby, kickball and even bocce ball. But one century-old sport hasn't just found new fans; it's getting an urban makeover. Welcome to hardcourt bike polo... The game consists of teams of three riders who deftly maneuver around concrete courts on single-speed, fixed-gear bikes as they use mallets to whack a rubber ball toward each other's goal nets..."
WEBINAR "Comfort + Convenience = More Women Biking"
Date: August 29, 2013, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET
WEBINAR "Americans with Disabilities Act Resurfacing Technical Assistance" (Same content as previous webinars on August 20 & 21, archive available at http://bit.ly/12JqMyW)
Date: August 29, 2013, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET
WEBINAR "Outreach and Discussion on TAP Program Performance Information"
Date: August 29, 2013, 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET
WEBINAR "From the Driveway to the Trailhead: The Missing Link"
Date: * NEW Date* August 30, 2013, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET (.1 CEU)
WEBINAR "Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System (PEDSAFE) Webinar"
Date: September 4, 2013, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET
WEBINAR "Open ADA Question & Answer Session"
Date: *NEW Date* September 4, 2013, 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET (1.5 AIA CES, AICP CES, or LA CES credits; .15 UI CEU credits)
WEBINAR "Authentic Middle School Youth Engagement in Safe Routes to School"
Date: September 5, 2013, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET
CONFERENCE CALL "Boosting Advocacy with Health Impact Assessments"
Date: September 11, 2013, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET
WEBINAR "Smart Growth and Economic Success"
Date: September 18, 2013, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET
WEBINAR "Integrating Spatial Data to Develop Community Priorities"
Date: September 18, 2013, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET
WEBINAR "Lessons Learned from State DOT Activities Addressing Data for Decision Making and Performance Measures"
Date: September 23, 2013, 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET (1.5 PDH)
WEBINAR "2014 TRB 93rd Annual Meeting -- How to Survive and Thrive"
Date: September 24, 2013, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET (to be repeated live on November 19, December 17, 2013)
WEBINAR "Voices for Healthy Kids: Active Places Lets Get Moving to Help Underserved Communities"
Date: September 26, 2013, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET
WEBINAR "Using Photo-enforcement to Improve Pedestrian Safety"
Date: October 16, 2013, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET (.1 CEU, 1 AICP CM)
WEBINAR "Is there Safety in Numbers for Cyclists and Pedestrians"
Date: November 20, 2013, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET (.1 CEU, 1 AICP CM)
-> According to an August 21st Fast Company article, "... Maponics provides mapping data--such as boundaries of neighborhoods, schools, ZIP codes, and subdivisions--to all sorts of map-hungry companies, including Twitter, Foursquare, Google, and Trulia. Now Maponics is expanding into providing walkability data with a new tool that measures factors that other tools often fail to consider: proximity to amenities and accessibility...
"More recently, the company has started adding more information to its database--whether a certain neighborhood is more or less likely to have foreclosed homes, for example. One Maponics tools can break down neighborhood demographics data into 300 granular points and 19 categories, including population, ethnicity, race, education, and age group.
"With its newest tool, Maponics measures walkability in three categories: overall walkability, proximity to amenities (i.e. shopping centers, dry cleaners), and proximity to leisure (i.e. social and cultural options). When considering walkability, the company runs simulations through the road network to figure out how walkers get where they want to go. It's not just a matter of measuring proximity. It's accessibility. Can you get to places, or do you need to cross highway? says [CEO Darrin] Clement. It's no good if there are multiple complex intersections.
"In addition to walking, Maponics is also scoring other mobility options, including biking (elevation is taken into account), and public transportation (both how close various options are and where they go)..."
(See Maponics comparison of their Walkability data versus WalkScore: http://bit.ly/15iI1UF)
Source: http://bit.ly/1cfSg2b
-> According to an August ContextSensitiveSolutions.org newsletter article, "In our towns and villages, quality of life is critical to the well-being of residents and to the vitality of the economy. Thats why ContextSensitiveSolutions.org has added a new resource illustrating how CSS builds strong rural communities. The new Rural Livability Resource (http://bit.ly/17jR4HG) organizes case studies, policies, and reports into nine strategies that rural citizens and transportation professionals can implement:
Source: http://bit.ly/1dMchir
-> According to an August 12th National Association of Regional Councils release, "NARC launched its online livability tool, a comprehensive livability portal (http://bit.ly/14X5pxz) that offers a variety of resources and tools for local governments and their regional planning organizations. This online resource is the result of a two-year partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportations (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The project yielded 13 outreach workshops, 15 case studies and a Guidebook that identifies funding and financing options, provides strategic communication templates, and helps further local and regional livability efforts (Creating Livable Communities: An Implementation Guidebook: description: http://bit.ly/1d1pYv7; download: http://bit.ly/17196Ah). These tools are designed to help regions and local governments implement their community livability vision, while coordinating transportation planning elements...
"Working with the National League of Cities (NLC), the National Association of Counties (NACo), the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), the American Public Works Association (APWA), the U.S. FHWA and the FTA, NARC convened subject matter experts to investigate the challenges and opportunities in planning for and implementing livable communities. The partnership shared best practices to support the U.S. DOTs strategic livability initiative and the work done through federal interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities..."
Source: http://bit.ly/14X8Vbn
-> According to a guide released on July 19th by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "This guide to federal programs (The Partnership for Sustainable Communities: Leveraging the Partnership) is intended to help communities identify resources available to support their efforts to promote livable and sustainable communities...
"The Partnership agencies administer grants, programs, and technical assistance available to communities to implement the principles of the Partnership for Sustainable Communities. When these grants are offered, they will be announced on http://1.usa.gov/152nsfW. In addition, each agency maintains websites to track their own grant announcements...
* HUD offers funding opportunities to help communities realize their own visions for building more livable, walkable, and environmentally sustainable regions: http://1.usa.gov/1cfQZIr.
While the following funding and technical assistance programs are not a complete list of DOT, HUD, and EPA grant and technical assistance programs, communities, stakeholders, and the public can use this guide to identify opportunities to seek federal funding..."
Source: http://bit.ly/14CJFF9
Additional training opportunities are available on the National Center for Bicycling & Walking web site. Add your own items to the on-line calendar...it's quick and easy. Please be sure your calendar items pertain to training and workshops in the bicycle, pedestrian, or livable community fields. Go to:
-> CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: 14th National Conference on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities: Tools of the Trade, July 21-23, 2014, Burlington, VT.
-> CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Active Living Research Annual Conference, March 9-12, 2014, San Diego, CA.
-> CALL FOR POSTERS TRB Task Force on Understanding New Directions for the National Household Travel Survey, for presentation at the Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2014, Washington, DC.
-> CALL FOR POSTERS - on the Creative Use of Data in Transportation and Public Health Planning, Transportation Research Board 93rd AnnualMeeting, January 12-16, 2014, Washington, D.C.
-> CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for TRB Young Members Council session, "Emerging Professionals: Investing in our Future." Open to submissions by graduate student authors and members 35 years or younger, Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2014, Washington, D.C.
-> CALL FOR ABSTRACTS--For TRB Operational Effects of Geometrics and Geometric Design Committees for the Alternative Intersections and Interchange Symposium, July 20-23, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT.
-> September 8-9, 2013, NCATO Bikeshare Roundtable, Denver, CO.
-> September 9, 2013, Fort Collins on Foot and by Bike full-day workshop, Fort Collins, CO.
-> September 9, 2013, Denver on Foot and By Bike full-day workshop, Denver, CO.
-> September 9, 2013, Boulder by Bike half-day workshop, Boulder, CO.
-> September 9, 2013, APBP Bike Parking half-day workshop, Boulder, CO.
-> September 9, 2013, Complete Streets Design Implementation for Professionals Half-day Workshop, Boulder, CO.
-> SSeptember 9, 2013, Bicycle Counting half-day workshop, Boulder, CO.
-> September 9-11, 2013, 6th International Urban Design Conference, Sidney, New South Wales, Australia.
-> September 9-13, 2013, APBP Professional Development Seminar, Boulder, CO.
-> September 11-13, 2013 Walk21, Munich, Germany
-> September 13-15, 2013, Alliance for Bicycling and Walking Winning Campaigns Training, Helena, MT.
-> September 16, 2013, 5th Annual Oregon Transportation Summit, Portland, OR.
-> September 19, 2013, Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place 2013: Moving People Forward Summit, Pittsburgh, PA.
-> September 22-25, 2013, Transportation Association of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
-> September 24-25, 2013, 6th Annual Growing Sustainable Communities Conference - Midwestern Region, Dubuque, IA.
-> September 24-26, 2013, Second Annual National Health Impact Assessment Meeting, Washington, DC.
-> September 26, 2013, Navigating MAP-21, Charleston, WV.
-> September 29-October 2, 2013, American Public Transportation Association, Chicago, IL.
-> October 1-2, 2013, Mississippi Livable Communities Summit, Jackson, MS.
-> October 1-3, 2013, Every Body Walk! 2013 Walking Summit, Washington, DC. Questions:
-> October 2, 2013, Mississippi Bike Summit, Jackson, MS.
-> October 2-4, 2013, International Conference on Health Impact Assessment, Geneva, Switzerland.
-> October 3-6, 2013, Bike!Bike!2013, New Orleans, LA.
-> October 4, 2013, New England Bike-Walk Summit, Providence, RI.
-> October 9, 2013, International Walk to School Day
-> October 9-12, 2013, American Society of Civil Engineers 142nd Annual Civil Engineering Conference, Charlotte, NC.
-> October 17, 2013, Navigating MAP-21, Omaha, NE
-> October 17-18, 2013, How to Turn a Place Around, New York, NY.
-> October 18-20, 2013, North Carolina Bicycle Summit, Carrboro, NC.
-> October 18-20, 2013, Georgia Bike summit, Roswell, GA.
-> October 20-23, 2013, Rail-volution, Seattle, WA.
-> October 22-25, 2013, Association of MPOs, Portland, OR.
-> October 23-25, 2013, Placemaking: Making It Happen, New York, NY.
-> October 25, 2013, Wisconsin Bike Summit, Madison, WI.
-> October 25-27, 2013, Share the Road Celebration of Cycling, DeLand, FL.
-> October 27-29, 2013, NACTO Designing Cities Workshop, Phoenix, AZ. Info: firstname.lastname@example.com
-> October 27-30, 2013, Mid America Trails and Greenways Conference, Matteson, IL.
-> November 2-6, 2013, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
-> November 15-18, 2013, American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
-> November 25-28, 2013, Building Sustainable Communities, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
-> February 13-15, 2014, New Partners for Smart Growth, Denver, CO
-> March 3-4, 2014, 2014 Transportation, Land Use and Air Quality Conference, Charlotte, NC.
-> March 9-12, 2014, Active Living Research Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
-> April 9-11, 2014, Fifth International Transportation and Economic Development Conference, Dallas, TX. Info: Martine Micozzi at email@example.com.
-> April 16-18, 2014, 4th International Conference on Roundabouts, Seattle, WA. Info: Gene Russell, TRB ANB75 Committee chair, (firstname.lastname@example.com);
-> April 26-30, 2014, American Planning Association 2014 National Planning Conference, Atlanta, GA.
-> July 20-23, 2014, Alternative Intersections and Interchange Symposium, Salt Lake City, UT.
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Will Howard has been updating us on fisheries management resources. Included was the bad news on the initiative to ban trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna.
The amendment introduced by the EU and Monaco was defeated, with 20 votes in favour, 68 against and 30 abstentions "in the middle of much confusion about the voting procedures and mixed feelings of satisfaction and frustration from participants," CITES said in a statement.
I admit to puzzlement as to which participants would have "feelings of satisfaction".


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Karuna Reiki® is the spiritual essence of Universal Compassion. This is a magnificent energy which blends perfectly with the Universal Love vibration of Usui Reiki to support profoundly deep healing. Karuna Reiki® uses symbolic keys and mantras which have specific purposes for: Earth healing, transmuting fear, releasing issues stemming from the past, karma and abuse. There are special frequencies for: clearing cellular memory, grounding, manifesting, and creating peace. It is required to have at least 6 months of experience at the Usui Reiki Master level before taking Karuna Reiki classes.
Holy Fire Karuna Reiki® Master training
3 day class includes both practitioner and both Master levels.
Karuna Reiki® Level I ~ Day One
You will be attuned to and learn how to do sessions with four Karuna Reiki® Level I symbols:
- The first symbol prepares the client for deep healing and is useful with past life issues, to release karma and deeply seated issues on the cellular level.
- The second symbol supports deep healing and can break up unhealthy patterns we unconsciously use to insulate ourselves from the truth, thus shattering delusion and denial. It helps us to heal the shadow self.
- The third symbol fills the person with love and restores balance.
- The fourth symbol completes the Karuna Reiki treatment by bringing the client back into the body and reestablishing grounding.
Karuna Reiki® Level II ~ Day Two
You will be attuned to and learn how to do sessions with four Karuna Reiki® Level II symbols:
- The first symbol improves learning, communication, creativity and links you more strongly with the Higher Self.
- The second symbol supports physical manifestation, grounding and the healing of the human race.
- The third symbol empowers the self, heals co-dependence, empowers goals and helps to heal the earth.
- The fourth symbol creates peace and trust, releases fear and panic and helps insomnia.
Holy Fire Karuna Reiki® Master training Level I and II~ Day Three
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Misplaced priorities
By Steven Martinovich
It's refreshing to see in societies that seem to be in cultural decline concern over the destruction of two giant Buddhas carved into a cliff centuries ago in a remote part of Afghanistan. Cultural and political leaders representing nations from all political and religious strains have decried the destruction of the Bamiyan statues as nothing less than "abominable," as UNESCO head Koichiro Matsuura stated.
The statues' destruction is indeed a sad event for the cultural history of the world. Afghanistan, now known as the site of a failed Russian war and continuing unrest, was once an important centre for Buddhist knowledge. That faith was displaced centuries ago by Islam, a largely tolerant religion that, like Judaism, prizes knowledge. It is well known that Islamic scholars saved much of the basis of Western knowledge, in the form of ancient Greek and Roman texts, after the fall of Constantinople in 1453 at the hands of Mehmed II.
That aside, the ironically titled Taleban Information Minister, Qudratullah Jamal, announced March 12 that, "The destruction work is not as easy as people would think. You can't knock down the statues by dynamite or shelling as both of them have been carved in a cliff. They are firmly attached to the mountain," demonstrating metaphorically perhaps that while knowledge is difficult to suppress, it can be obliterated.
It is comforting to note that Islam itself has largely not been blamed for the actions of the Taleban. Representatives from the 55-member Organization of Islamic Conference visited Taleban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and argued strenuously that the statues, and other treasures from the nation's pre-Islamic era, should be saved. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak even dispatched the mufti of the republic, the country's most senior Islamic authority, to plead with the Taleban to save the statues. Despite that, there is concern that Islamic treasures may come under attack from Buddhists, creating an even more dangerous atmosphere in the Middle East.
Lost in all the hand wringing over the demolition of the statues, which few can admit they had heard of before the outcry by academics, is the real tragedy of Afghanistan. While politicians denounce angrily the cultural crimes of the Taleban, they have remained largely silent over the fate of the more than 100 000 starving refugees in Herat - only a few hundred miles from Bamiyan - and the more than 60 000 refugees living in a Pakistani camp near Peshawar. As a recent report stated, nearly 170 000 refugees have fled to Pakistan in the last six months alone, a nation already host to more than two million Afghan refugees.
It's interesting to note that the destruction of two statues has provoked more outcry and media coverage than the brutal conditions imposed by the Taleban on Afghanis under their control. Afghanistan is a nation where women are prohibited from laughing out loud and educating themselves, and those are the pleasant things one can say about the Taleban's treatment of women, their enemies are slaughtered and any dissent is dealt with severely. To add to the misery of that nation's people, the Taleban continues to battle the remnants of Afghanistan's former government and a nationwide drought means hundreds of thousands are starving. Their situation may only get worse because donor nations may be more reticent to send aid to the nation because of the Taleban's decision.
The destruction of the two Buddha statues was a cultural crime no less heinous then the widespread destruction of cultural landmarks in Yugoslavia during its civil wars. Your author remembers fondly walking along centuries old bridges, visiting churches ransacked by participants of the Crusades and standing in the spot where Gavrilo Princip shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferninand in 1914, all places which no longer exist today thanks to the monstrosity of those civil wars. The difference is that we didn't forget about the human tragedy when we saw the pictures depicting the destruction of those particular cultural landmarks, a mistake many people seem to be making today.
Steven Martinovich is a freelance writer in Sudbury, Ontario and the editor in chief of Enter Stage Right.
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Here is another clip from the footage taken by Maurita Roman at Le Carnival des Autres from back in May. This one is not as consistently strong as "Until I Die (Rum Blues)" was, but it's the only other complete video of an entire song – or a two song sequence in this case.
So yeah. It's a somewhat frantic push of "Michael in the War," segueing into John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance." And of course, I never know the verses. Just the chorus.


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Derbyshire entertainer Bernie Clifton hopes to convince TV viewers he's not just a funnyman on an ostrich when he stars on BBC One show The Voice tonight.
The 79-year-old, who lives in Barlow, found fame in the 1970s and 1980s for appearing in popular shows like Crackerjack, Seaside Special and The Good Old Days.
He is perhaps best known for riding around on yellow puppet Oswald the Ostrich – but now Bernie wants to show off his vocal talent.
Bernie started singing as a teenager but "buried" his voice as he developed his variety act.
He started working with a vocal coach three years ago.
"The more the voice came out, the more I realised that I really ought to try and find a vehicle for it because I wanted people to know there's more to me than the ostrich," he said.
"How could I get a job singing on TV? There's just no chance. But then I thought of The Voice. I went through the process like anybody off the street.
"I auditioned anonymously under my real name, Bernard Quinn. I just queued up with everybody else, but without my family or manager in case they tried to talk me out of it.
"As I got audition after audition, the producers asked me to sit down and tell them about myself and then the truth came out. It's been a magical kind of a trip."
As he approaches 80, the entertainer is looking to the future.
The more the voice came out, the more I realised that I really ought to try and find a vehicle for it because I wanted people to know there's more to me than the ostrichBernie Clifton
"I've got a regular show on BBC Radio Sheffield, it goes out at weekends. Apart from that, I'm doing any gigs that come around," he said.
"I'm also looking forward to putting out an album soon. I'd love to get into some form of musical theatre. I'm pretty happy with where I am at the moment."
See how Bernie gets on by watching The Voice, which features coaches will.i.am, Boy George, Ricky Wilson and Paloma Faith, at 7.30pm.


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Payer Litigation: What Do We Do Now?PDF Orange County Bar Association
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March 12, 2015
Andrew Selesnick spoke at the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) Health Care Law Section's March Meeting on "Payer Litigation: What do we do now?"
The payer-provider community has been grappling with recent appellate court rulings that are impacting how they conduct business. During this session, Andy provided an overview of current developments affecting reimbursement, overpayments, and measures of recovery. He also offered best practices on how to effectively navigate through the thorny process of payer disputes and litigation.
Topics covered included:
- An overview of the Children's Hospital Central California v. Anthem Blue Cross, Centinela-Freeman Emergency Medical Associates v. Health Net, et al., and other significant cases affecting provider-payer litigation;
- Analysis of reasonable value;
- Measures of Recovery;
- Effective Strategies to Mitigate Risks for Disputes and Litigation;
- How to Develop a Practical Disputes and Litigation Plan;
- And More!
At the conclusion of this session, attendees:
- Understood how to value provider services in the marketplace;
- Learned how to approach provider-payer litigation and how to develop a winning strategy;
- Received tips on payer litigation; and
- Recognized the potential pitfalls in the process and how to avoid them.


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Printable Leprechaun Hat Craft — Now with more Beard
Got a wee mischief-maker at your house that could use a seasonal appropriate costume? How about a printable leprechaun hat craft that includes a kicky beard and eyebrows?
My daughter is going to go nuts for this combo and I CAN'T WAIT to tape a little beard onto my baby boy's face.
I love a craft that results in a photo op and general hilarity.
Materials needed:
-Scotch Tape (or beard tape is you want to get super professional)
-Glitter (optional)
-3 Sheets of Paper (2 green + 1 orange is recommended, but white + crayons works great too.)
Download the leprechaun hat and beard templates, then simply follow the directions on the sheets.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Printables by Juliann Law for Today's Mama is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at http://www.faboolous.blogspot.com/.
Other posts you might enjoy...
Free Printable Shamrock Garland
Free Printable Shamrock Tag
Rainbow Leprechaun Treasure Hunt


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RoboForm Lite Password Manager
by roboformopera
RoboForm Lite password manager (RoboForm as a button) is a pure Opera extension that does not require the regular RoboForm installer and is 100% free. We are aiming to add as many RoboForm features to this as possible.
- This extension can access your data on all websites.
- This extension can access your tabs and browsing activity.
Feedback from users
Reviews and ratings
If you've found this extension like I did after your Roboform went missing in Opera you came to the wrrrrrong place. There are a couple of steps they had me take to add the full version from the chrome store to opera that worked that they have on their website.
Roboform can easily be installed in Opera and you will use the regular Roboform icon and dialogs.
Select the Roboform icon from the Show Hidden Icons. Open Roboform and select Options. Click the button with three dots for Chromium based browsers. Drag the Roboform icon on the dialog into the extension window, any where. Roboform will install itself on the address bar.
Not as nice as the full version but really dependable and easy to use. A real life saver! Happy user for 8 years.
the best
very nice
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Nice, but why not allow the full-featured Roboform plugin that worked in Opera 12 to work as well?
While I personally use the full version of this app, I cannot recommend highly enough this product.
I've been using RoboForm Password Manager for many years now, and it has kept me safe and made my life so easy while browsing, as I only have to remember one password.
Just make it yours, and don't look back.
anilbabuji - If you are using the full version, as it sounds like you are, it does work with Opera, and I've never had a problem adding it. If you want to add it to Opera, either double click on the .exe and re-install it, and it will automatically add Opera, or else choose RoboForm Everywhere, the cheapest way to get this program, and it will allow you to install it on whichever browser you choose, and also will sync them all. I personally have 492 passwords protected and easily synced between three browsers.
Hope this will be of some help, anilbabuji.
Fine app.
Does not work :(


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L.A. band The Soft Pack's rad new video features an increasingly absurd, awesome and insanely messy cafeteria food fight with the kids from Kick-Ass: Chloe Moretz, Clark Duke and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Directed by Mean's Kashy Khaledi. This is just the latest installment of Mean's ongoing series of cinematic mash ups– more to come!
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Dream-In at The HammerPublished April 14, 2010 by Graham
What a midnight delight! UCLA's Hammer Museum is hosting a "Dream-In" on May 1st:
Dreamers are invited to camp out in the Hammer courtyard and collect any dreams that occur during their stay. The evening will feature experimental dreaming workshops, concerts, and bedtime stories, followed by a waking concert in the morning, all facilitated by a dreamy batch of local artist-psychonauts. The following day museum patrons may encounter dream reenactments, workshops, and napping music during their visit.
The event is in honor of seminal psychoanalyst Carl Jung's Red Book, currently on exhibition at the Hammer. Tucked away from the world in the deep recess of the Jungian archives until 2009, the Red Book is a long sought-after personal journal illustrated and written by the famed doctor between 1914 and 1930, detailing imaginary encounters with biblical prophets and slithering serpents. Here are a couple of the luscious psychedelic illustrations from the book:
Tim MacphersonPublished April 9, 2010 by Graham
Tim Macpherson's glimmering glossy photos of childhood imagination are a potent reminder that even against the aesthetically oppressive environment of a beige suburban carpet, you can do some serious dreaming.
John PhamPublished April 7, 2010 by Graham
Long-lost astronauts, homicidal bloggers, baseball legends and wayward skaters all find a home in John Pham's captivating comic series Sublife (published by the always on-point Fantagraphics Books). With only two issues on the street, Sublife has already established an achingly familiar universe in all of its disparate ongoing narratives. Deftly juggling the melancholy of Adrian Tomine's Optic Nerve with some Cormac McCarthy-inspired apocalyptic action and plenty of skillfully subdued deadpan humor, Pham proves himself a master of multifarious emotions and artist stylings.
Giant Robot 2 is hosting a solo show of Pham's gorgeously vibrant gouache paintings this weekend, entitled Living Space. Go check it out, and do yourself the favor of picking up a copy of Sublife.
Ahorn MagazinePublished April 5, 2010 by Graham
German photographer Daniel Augschöll is a young master of the scenic. Whether he's capturing the weightless beauty of light dabbled on a grove of trees or a serenely quiet car frosted over with morning dew, his work is intrinsically linked to the landscape. Naturally, nature seems to be the visual theme underlying the online magazine he edits with Anya Jasbar, Ahorn. The newly released 5th issue of this carefully curated portfolio of photographers from across the globe is brimming with beautiful work ruminating on the intersection of human shelter and the organic.
Disappearance DiaryPublished April 1, 2010 by Graham
Have you ever wondered what life would be like if you just abandoned everything? What would happen if you ran away from home without warning? Veteran manga artist Hideo Azuma's illustrated memoir Disappearance Diary answers that question in fascinating detail. Several times in his life, Azuma unexpectedly ditched his career and family without so much as a plan. Disappearance Diary outlines the rugged realities and comical encounters that emerged out of his uncertain, venturesome lifestyle, from shameful dumpster dives to the strange characters Azuma encounters as a manual laborer, and the moral uncertainty of stealing food from neighboring hobo encampments.
Livia CoronaPublished March 30, 2010 by Graham
How do we know what the world is like? As mainstream media talking heads attempt to explain things in abstract, flatly spoken proclamations, the value of rogue photojournalists and artists like Livia Corona rises exponentially. For instance, consider the following fact: Mexico is building an average of 2,500 units of low-income public housing every day. As a statistic, sure, that sounds kind of impressive, but it'd likely slip from your mind without a second thought if it weren't for Corona's illuminating images. For the past few years, she's been documenting the human impact of these otherworldly suburban tracts in a series called Two Million Homes for Mexico, and the results are breathtaking.
Thor Drake x Lance BangsPublished March 29, 2010 by Graham
Daredevil Thor Drake, the man responsible for some of the craziest mini-bike stunts in Jackass Number Two, is living the dream. What kid doesn't want to grow up to do crazy tricks, weld together trampolines and bounce down the street? Thanks Lance, for allowing us to vicariously live like Thor– if only for a few minutes.
Johan WillnerPublished March 23, 2010 by Graham
Swedish photographer Johan Willner's images of boyhood strike a strong emotional chord. His work deftly emulates the social uncertainty and ambiguous violence that often come coupled with the inevitably awkward stage of pre-adolescence. It's that time in your life when you just want to turn invisible, but no matter what you do it feels like everyone's looking at you. These could be still frames from a surreal film about evolving familial relationships and uncomfortable father-son moments. "What did you do?" the adults in Willner's Boy Stories seem to be asking with their accusatory glances. "I don't know, what did I do?" thinks the viewer, along with the boy who honestly can't figure it out.
I'm HerePublished March 19, 2010 by Graham
It's here, just in time for the weekend! We first brought you word of Spike's new movie last August, when it was still just a "secret robot short film." After the Sundance premiere in January, Nieves released a zine, Opening Ceremony designed flipbooks and a window display, and now finally Absolut has posted I'm Here in its entirety online. Go check out the robot romance if you're 21 or older, and stay tuned for even more radness surrounding this lovely short!


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text: My name is Kayla and I am Mountain View Smiles's Registered Dental Hygienist. I have been working with Dr. Pirouznia since 2013. My goal is to help educate and raise awareness about patient's oral hygiene to ensure a healthy lifestyle. My hobbies include traveling and spending time with my family.


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For the city of Amsterdam, the renowned agency KesselsKramer developed a book about the people of Amsterdam.
I was asked to do a small inventory about the different cultures from which Amsterdam is built. In reality the Amsterdam community is much more diverse but because of limited space in the book I decided to concentrate on the most specific cultures that can be found in Amsterdam.


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Considering Homeschooling
I know I've mentioned before that I've been thinking about homeschooling and if it could be the right choice for our family. I go back and forth with wanting to take the plunge and being too scared to actually do it. None of my friends or family members homeschool and I'm pretty sure that they all think I'm out of my mind for even considering it, but that hasn't changed my thinking. I can't seem to get it out of my head and so I've decided that the only way to make a decision is to talk to someone who actually homeschools to find out more. It's different in every state and there's so much information out there that it feels very overwhelming to try to figure it all out on my own.
I recently reached out to someone I "met" on Instagram who lives in the same city and homeschools her two children who are about the same ages as mine. I have never reached out to anyone like this before, but felt compelled to do it because I just can't seem to shake the feeling that homeschooling would be a great fit for our family. I plan to take a notebook and ask lots of questions. I'm looking forward to learning more so that I can weigh the pros and cons and hopefully make the best decision. I'm not sure if we can even start homeschooling this year or we'll have to wait until next year, but I'm excited about the possibility.
I will definitely post more about it after my meeting today.


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The goalkeeping position in soccer is much like the quarterback position in the NFL.
At times, the keeper gets too much credit for a win, and too much blame for a loss. While defense is a team game, the goals against average, wins, draws, losses, and shutouts show up big as a goalkeeping stat. At one time, those numbers held by young Union goalkeeper Zac MacMath were not flattering.
Right now, the numbers for MacMath are good and getting better, at the perfect time – with this stretch drive towards the playoffs.
If the 22-year-old can keep these recent numbers, then the Philadelphia Union can and will qualify for one of the five playoff spots in MLS' Eastern Conference.
With nine games remaining, the team sits in fourth place in the competitive Eastern Conference. The club's next test is Sunday at New England (7:30 p.m., Comcast SportsNet).
Here are some of the reasons for the improved play of MacMath:
Repetition, Repetition, Repetition
In sports, it's all about the reps. Mac Math is a fresh faced, just turned 22-year-old keeper who is only in his third season. He was rushed into the No. 1 spot in the 2012 season when Faryd Mondragon returned to Colombia on relatively short notice. In his first year as a starter he was able to see the highs and lows from his spot in goal. In year No. 2 as a starter he has also seen those highs and lows.
The lows include giving up four goals to the Los Angeles Galaxy, followed two games later by five goals against versus the Montreal Impact.
But the highs are four shutouts in his last five games. Furthermore, MacMath has cut his goals against average in half over the last 10 games.
Familiar faces
With the exception of a Jeff Parke and Raymon Gaddis injury and a one-game suspension to Sheanon Williams, the back four has pretty much stayed intact this season along with defensive midfielder Brian Carroll. It takes time to gel with a back four. Only Sheanon Williams was a starter at right back for the entire 2012 season. Okugo became a regular when John Hackworth replaced Peter Nowak as the club manager.
So at the start of the 2013 campaign MacMath and the back four was not an experienced unit in terms of playing together.
Oka Nikolov
Even though he has not played in an MLS game, the signing of Nikolov to me is the biggest reason for MacMath's improvement. When Nikolov arrived he was not ready to compete for a starting job because he had not played in a league game in a few months.
However, one look at his resume and one would think that at some point, he would definitely compete for minutes in goal. I'm a believer that competition brings about the best in people, and I think this is the case here.
Even if Zac is supremely confident, when you and the team are conceding too many goals, and a very experienced goalkeeper is brought in, it would have to make you wonder about job security.
Before the Nikolov signing, MacMath's goals against average were 1.60. After the signing of the German keeper, his GAA over 10 games is .008, dropping his season number to 1.29.
That's not what I'm thinking. While I believe the reps and familiarity with the back four are a part of the improvement, I do feel that the Nikolov signing is the biggest factor.
MacMath is a very talented young goalkeeper who has had to experience a lot in his three years as a pro. He is currently among the league leaders now with nine shutouts. With 20 shutouts in his career, he is the youngest goalkeeper in MLS history to achieve that milestone. He's one win away from 11 which would beat his personal best of 10 from last season.
He's still young and learning, so no one is making a claim that at the present time that he could rival the league's top keepers like Nick Rimando, Jimmy Nielsen and Donovan Ricketts, but those guys are all 10 plus years older than MacMath.
Over the next nine games he'll experience more highs and lows.
If those highs can outweigh the lows, the Union will benefit and most likely return to the playoffs.


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Financial reality and the coming DOOM !
wally reacted to juzcallmesnake for a post in a topicTake a moment and consider my thoughts on the BIG SQUEEZE China is investing in countries like Panama Venezuela and other nations in south America many of the leaders there think of America as the problem why they are not prosperous. Consider a day in the future where the movie RED DAWN becomes a reality. The Chinese have been well known for thinking decades ahead they have oil needs and we sell oil in the market, if China could co-opt all the oil in Latin America and since they operate and maintain the Panama canal seems like our oil would not be so easy to sell if they undercut our prices and with the NEW PANAMA CANAL wider deeper and better, we would be out in the cold as it were. coal is able to be burned cleanly but we wanted to sell it to the open market and the only market place would be Africa's west coast and we / America is not beloved there and China would surly cut prices just as we have done to effect political gain or penalize countries we did not see eye to eye with. I see a reverse bungholing coming within the next 10 years one of our largest banks has bought in to Venezuela to the tune of 2.5 billion and the Bolivar is basically worthless i think 1 American dollar is worth 900 Bolivar on the black market. If your wondering it was President Carter that "gave away" the Panama canal back to Panama who decided that it was better to lease it to China instead of paying to maintain it now it is all China's baby and since they market the world over it was a damn good deal for them it allows them the whole earth for their products and access to all the oceans and seas with their fishing vessels. Our counties people are retarded to a 4 year policy and political will then they go to sleep for 4 more years, we are waking up but most still have no clue as to international policy and political pressures externally. and I have zero faith in our educational system to think outside the box or beyond socialistic measures and draconian rule and hand over our government to a one world bureaucratic government that is willing to use euthanasia to solve the huge unfunded social programs like social security and welfare too old too sick too feeble to many boys or girls or too many children period. Imagine workman's comp with the ability to kill off those that do not make the grade ! Oprah is thinking of running in 2020 let's take a look under the hood on who her friends are and what or why some who don't like her ----
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September 4, 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Our Link Crew team of upperclassmen will be here to greet the newest members of our school community! Freshmen are encouraged to come for the entire morning orientation followed by a barbecue at noon.
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Will I grow more or am I done growing?!
Question: Will I grow more or am I done growing?
Oh, and also, I eat a normal amount but I exercise a LOT because I'm really into dance.
You are still 13, there are still many years to come for you to continue growing. some may stop growing at the age of 16 and we can predict if our heights will be the same as our parents. Since you are still young, you can take a vitamin that will help you progress in growing. Vitamins will still be useful at your age than taking it after 18-19 years of age.
i can reallty say if you will grow are not bet i cann give you some examples of what happen with me and my cuzin i'm 32 and i'm 5'6 (i've been 5'6 since i was 14) my cuzin was 5'3 untill she was 20 then she had a grow spurt now shes 5'10 dont stress your self out about it eat lots of veggies and good luck
Statistically girls stop growing around 18-19 so you still have time to grow. Don't stress.
You don't have to worry about your growth. Body grows uptill you are 24 to 25 years old!


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About CNS
The National Council of Rubber Tappers is a Brazilian non-profit organization that serves as a platform to advocate the social, economic, cultural and environmental rights of the traditional forest population in the Amazon. When it was founded 20 years ago by Chico Mendes and his fellow activists, the mere idea of extractive reserves (RESEX) where communities work collectively, harvesting the natural resources in a sustainable manner, was revolutionary and met with fierce resistance. Today these RESEX have become an integral part of federal policies towards development in the Amazon; more than 70 extractive reserves have been created so far, apart from indigenous lands.
CNS's success is the result of many years of peaceful advocating, mobilizing the communities and standing firm in the face of violence. The Council has always been and continues to be a bottom-up grassroots organization. Its leaders are rubber tappers, small farmers and other extractivists of the reserves, who continue to live and work in their communities. Apart from lobbying and campaigning for the rights of the forest people, CNS is actively proposing and implementing agroextractive projects: building capacities in the sustainable use of natural resources, sustainable fisheries, and social organizing; environmental justice; strengthening commercialization of fair trade natural products; environmental and health education; and creating sufficient infrastructure within the reserves in terms of schools, health posts, etc.
In all its activities, cooperation has been a focus for CNS. In the states of Acre, Amapá, Tocantins, and Amazonas, the Council has established successful and productive partnerships with state and local governments; it has partnered with the Amazon Working Group (which was actually born out of a CNS initiative) and seeks dialogue with communities that still apply harmful practices of agriculture. Despite repeated threats, attacks and violence against its leaders, the best known being the assassination of Chico Mendes in 1988, CNS continues its way of nonviolent action.
CNS is organized in regional coordinations with a board of directors comprised of representatives of each extractive reserve and an executive board:
President (Manoel Silva da Cunha); Treasurer; General Secretary; Secretary of Production, Commercialization and Cooperativism; Secretary of Education and Communication; and Women's Secretariat.


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Let it be known that I detest goody bags at kids' birthday parties. They're little bags full of crap that will soon end up in your vacuum cleaner and down in your floor vents until the end of time.
Let is also be known that I love this sidewalk chalk party favor idea from Maggie at Mighty Girl. It's small, it's singular, it's useful, and it can be used up! Perfecto.
Even better, Pier 1 Imports has Stripe & Dot Sidewalk Chalk on sale for just $1.48 right now.
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As part of my 'getting back to constructing' process, I decided from the start that I should begin with the easiest and most trivial projects that I have at hand. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, it builds confidence and allows me to relearn small sets of skills at a time without jumping […]Read More
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Kifisia has been the thorn in our heel this season. Our first meeting with them in our home gym was probably our worst match of the season as we lost 1-3. After the game is when our head coach and assistant coach decided to leave the program. Since then Freddy has taken over and done an amazing job.
Kifisia is in Athens. The team has made a few changes since the first round with their line up. They came out in the first set ready to play and it seemed like every ball was going their way...didn't feel like a lot was going right on our side. One of their left sides and their opposite killed us. Their middles were touching everything which made it easy for their defense. They just plain beat us in the first set. The second set was much the same. A lot of smiles on the other side of the net without a lot of worries.
After the second set our morale was pretty down. I spoke with our captain, Kravarik, and told him it is just not our day but we have to keep going so we might as well continue to fight. We came out blazing as a team in the 3rd set. We got a lot of productivity out of Zenia who came in for Ryan towards the end of the second set. He was blocking balls and putting away some important ones. Rodrigo has a really sore shoulder so we weren't able to use him as much as we like to. In the 3rd set our middles got really involved and we started to gain confidence. The momentum swayed our way and we took the 3rd and 4th sets with conviction.
The 5th set is always anybody's game. The game was back and forth with Kifisia leading in end 12-10 or something like that. We fought back to take the lead 15-14 but Kifisia took it right back. In the end we lost 20-18 where we got stuck in one of our worst positions...Rotation 1 :/ I failed to put the ball away twice...on the second chance the libero made a mediocre dig but they somehow managed to pop the ball up on the 10 ft line where their OH hit the ball of his elbow for a kill and the game. It was pretty hard to lose that match after we fought so hard to come back but this is sports. Kifisia played better than us and they deserved the win.
On to the next vs Olympiakos. Gonna be a battle.


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There's this boy, you see …
Isn't that the way all tragic stories start, the way all hearts get broken?
There's this boy, and even though I love him he loves someone else. And even though I would give anything to be the one he chose, I'm not. And even though I prayed so much that God would let it work out this time, just this one time, please, God, can you act like you care about me … it didn't work.
There's this boy, and I think he's beautiful and our personalities just mesh and I want to be his best friend for life. But he loves someone else.
And the hardest part of this isn't that a boy loves another girl more than me.
The hardest part is that I've had this odd thought: God, I guess, must love this other girl more than me.
The hardest part is that I've had this odd thought: God, I guess, must love this other girl more than me.
For a long time that's the only explanation I had, the only reason I came up with for why she got the boy and I didn't. God shone his light on her life and not mine, he decided to favor her and not me, that she's blessed and I'm not.
Unlike her, I'm a little overweight, I struggle with depression, I'm not confident, my face lacks beauty, I'm a few sizes too big, and my mind is broken in ways unimaginable.
I've been told that if I work out and eat well I'll be happier and I'll be prettier and someone will finally be able to love me.
In my darkest moments, those are the thoughts that accost me.
But I don't think they're actually right. There's this part of me that rebels against all those voices – others' voices saying I need to change, and my own voice saying God loves me less.
That's the part of me that still believes, that still raises my hands in joyful worship and gets "He is here" tattooed on my forearm to remind me that I am never alone.
I've been so lonely lately. I've taken to wandering through Manhattan after work at midnight, crying and letting loneliness wash over me. Any time I'm not with people, I am crushed by the awareness of my solitude.
But I'm not. Alone, that is. That's the whole point of my tattoo, is that I'm never alone. That God is with me.
And maybe the boy didn't choose someone else because God loves me less. Maybe it's just that God wants me to focus on Him right now.
Maybe this is a season for me to realize the overwhelming and constant presence of God in my life and bask in that.
I want someone to love me. I want to stop being depressed, stop feeling like I'm in a box that only death will release me from. I've been struggling with suicidal thoughts again lately, because I'm lonely and overcome.
And something stops me every time. A friend, or overwhelming weariness, or the simple fact that I want to live, dammit.
I want to live.
I want to love.
I think that's what I'm supposed to focus on right now. Not a boy. Not his girl. Not my lack of being her. I need to focus on living for something greater and loving someone greater.
I need to focus on living for something greater and loving someone greater.
That's not me trying to oversimplify it or saying it's gonna be easy, or that I'm gonna be happy from here on out. I'll probably still call my friends crying at 1 am (shoutout to Chi) or have the urge to hurt myself or wonder if God really loves me. But despite all that, I am still gonna try.
Because I want to live. I want to love. And I'm refusing to be just another tragic heartbreak story. I'm not just another broken girl. I feel like my mind is beaten and battered and bent but that's not the end of me. I'm lonely and sad and unrequited love sucks, it really sucks, but it's not the end of me. It can't be.
Karis is a grad student at NYU in New York City. Her writing has appeared online with Seventeen as well as Good Housekeeping. She blogs at karisrogerson.com. To stay informed about all her writing, sign up here.


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