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Rocinante wrote: »
Dave W wrote: »
According to this article in the Guardian there was testimony that he would have been able to stop if his bike had the legally required front brake. This seems like reasonable grounds to conclude that he had some culpability for the incident.
At 18 mph, it would take 0.82 seconds to travel the distance estimated by this "investigator". That's barely enough time to shout "hey!" or something less polite.
Someone on the jury had clearly passed GCSE maths.
Yes, seriously. I think it's much more likely that the jury convicted Alliston because they thought he was culpable in the pedestrian's death than that they did so because they just have a hatred of cyclists.
Debating whether I want to continue defending Alliston as he's a very unattractive character and not a good advert for cycle commuting (to put it mildly, but it should be born in mind that he is a very young man who had lost his father at 16, so may not be in the best place psychologically).
However, quite frankly it could have been me or any number of other cyclists in that dock.
Then perhaps you, too, should consider equipping your bike with a front brake. Meeting the legal requirements could go a long way to reducing a jury's judgement of your degree of culpability.
RooK wrote: »
Boogie wrote: »
Cyclists can be annoying away from roads and pavements too. I was walking my dog in the woods and a mountain biker came crashing down the hill, nearly hitting me into a deep ravine
The value of having biking-dedicated paths and trails seems obvious. It's a pity that all we can do is blame each other for suffering what we don't have instead of making things actually better.
I don't own the land, what could I do?
What can citizens do regarding the rules of their homeland? We can conceive and promote how to make them work best. This pedantic referral to the dysfunctional current state of the rules whilst also complaining about the resulting malfunction is an exercise for the small-minded.
Wise and entirely correct. Had a chat a week ago about our local city councillor and the seeming miraculous change that has had him speak at meetings and provide concrete proposals with actual drawings and costs for making a car-only area accessible to pedestrians including installing signals and pathways. This is someone I'd have previously dismissed as a stuffed shirt, interested only in the monied class of people. I'd say we both experienced "conversion".
I've read nothing in Rocinante's posts to imply they don't have a front brake. The issue is that any of us could have a pedestrian walk out in front of us too close for us to stop because of the laws of physics.
The only pedestrian I hit stepped out in front of me. I was cycling on the road, not travelling that fast as I was moving up the side of a queue of stationery cars waiting for traffic lights to change. She didn't walk to the crossing at the lights, but stepped off into the road to walk through the stationery cars, without looking. I had nowhere to go to avoid her, because there were cars to my right and the pavement with other pedestrians to my left. And yes I did try braking, but I still hit her and we both hit the ground.
BroJames Purgatory Host
As both a cyclist and motorcyclist, I have found moving past a line or lines of stationary traffic to be one of the most hazardous things. If the traffic is otherwise stationary, neither the occupants of cars or pedestrians expect anything else to be moving.
NOprophet_NØprofit wrote: »
Now you're just being foolish. I walk. A lot. I walk a dog daily on "shared use" paths. I cycle most weekdays. I drive as well.
And how do you feel, as a pedestrian, when cyclists blow past you too fast and too close, or fail to move out of the way when they're heading directly toward you?
I don't "blow through" anything, I fail to put my foot down and stop slowly rolling at some stop signs when it is safe to do so and when it is my turn to go. Car drivers don't fully stop at about the same rates as cyclists, if you care to check data.
As I have said repeatedly, I am not accusing anyone here of cycling misdeeds; I am citing some that I have witnessed frequently, and, often, been threatened by.
And, of course, we all know that drivers are a bigger threat to cyclists or pedestrians. As for not stopping fully for stop signs, are you saying that two wrongs make a right? Why can't you admit that cyclists are often a problem when they don't follow the rules?
Landlubber wrote: »
Fast cyclists round here do use the (30mph speed limit) carriageway but mostly in single file.
If there's a group of cyclists travelling together, riding 2 or 3 abreast is better as it causes less delay to motor traffic. Though, the delays caused by serious cyclists on a 30mph road are minimal - as said several times speeds of 20mph are not unusual, so they're only a little below the speed the cars would travel at if they weren't there.
I don't think that is the issue in this case - I think the jury was blaming the cyclist for not having a properly equipped bicycle, not for his inability to transcend the laws of physics. So if Rocinante feels as vulnerable to such a charge as Alliston was, I'm suggesting (for the sake of a snarky Hell comment) that a trip to the local bike shop may be in order.
I think the point being made was that the jury were wrong - not having a front brake made no difference to not being able to stop in the split second available. The prosecution in the end was furious cycling - apparently 18mph in a 30 zone was considered too fast. It's questionable whether a motorist would be considered to be going too fast in these circumstances
Rocinante Shipmate
<<sigh>> ok not done.
If the CPS were really concerned about the front brake issue, then a prosecution under the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) regs would have been appropriate. They didn't bring any such prosecution, instead they tried a punt on a very speculative manslaughter charge, with a fall-back of de facto speeding.
There was then a general moral panic at the idea of cyclists travelling at such outrageous speeds (20 mph! the very thought!), which was undoubtedly the desired effect.
Any experienced cyclist who is confronted by a sudden hazard at speed will first try to manoeuvre around it. Slamming on the brakes is an absolute last resort that invites disaster. (My brakes are fine, btw. They're in good shape because I try to ride in a way that minimises my use of them. Steady acceleration, steady deceleration.)
There are no jaywalking laws in the UK. Pedestrians are free to cross roads wherever they judge it safe. If your chosen crossing point isn't safe, that's your lookout: I have enough on my plate protecting my own life on the road without having to take responsibility for yours as well.
They may have been wrong; I haven't seen a thorough account of the testimony they heard. But Rocinante suggested that they convicted Alliston because they just didn't like cyclists, not because they (rightly or wrongly) thought he was culpable, and I think that's pretty unlikely.
Nobody's making you write this stuff, you know. You probably enjoy arguing on the internet as much as the next person. Don't pretend to be so put upon; if you want to stop, you can.
Yeah, I'm spending today in the garden, a much more productive use of time.
I think it's more subtle than that; that they convicted him because they thought 18mph was fast, unreasonably so - a speed that would have been considered cautious in a motorist.
BroJames wrote: »
My actual road experience as a cyclist has taught me that pedestrians often don't respond either to a shout from me or to a bell being rung.
Depends what you mean by "respond". The usual respond to hearing a shout is to stop, turn around, and try to figure out what the shouting is all about. And if you've just stepped into the path of a cyclist, then stopping and slowly rotating is probably not the response you need to make.
Alan Cresswell wrote: »
If there's a group of cyclists travelling together, riding 2 or 3 abreast is better as it causes less delay to motor traffic.
No, it doesn't. Motor traffic encountering the rear of your peleton has to slow down until it's safe to pass. The question of which arrangement of cyclists causes the least delay is entirely controlled by whether it is faster / easier for cars to pass a lane-wide, shorter clump of cyclists, or a longer line of cyclists at the side of the road. And that also depends on the number of cyclists. If we're talking about half a dozen or so, then single file is always better (6 cyclists nose-to-tail are short compared to the distance needed for a car to move to the right and move back to the left again). If we're talking about several tens, and there's a reason why they must remain in one bunch, then you might be right (assuming normal UK roads).
To pass a single cyclist a driver needs a clear lane to move into. And, that lane has to be clear for long enough to pass the cyclist. If there are half a dozen cyclists in single file then the lane needs to be clear long enough to pass all of them, if they're riding 3 abreast then the distance needed is reduced by a factor of three. Which allows a car to pass through a shorter gap in on-coming traffic, and hence pass the cyclists sooner.
Curse your appeals to logical deduction and assumptions of correct behaviour, Alan.
Clearly the single-file cyclists are so aligned to allow motorists to squeeze past them in the same lane. Because that's perfectly safe and never horrifying, thanks to the obvious right of way nature has a tendency to make for higher momentums.
To pass a single cyclist, the driver needs to move a car's width or so to the outside, in order to leave sufficient space between his car and the cyclist. To pass cyclists travelling three abreast, he has to move further across, in order to achieve the same separation between his car and the outermost cyclist. Three cyclists side-by-side occupy about a car's width of road, so the driver has to move twice as far across to pass your side-by-side cyclists as he does to pass a single cyclist.
He still needs a clear lane however far he needs to move over on the vast majority of roads. This is easier to achieve if the group is longer rather than wider. Riding two abreast has the advantage of forcing drivers to wait for a proper gap instead of squeezing between the cyclist and the oncoming traffic
Landlubber Shipmate
I really didn't mean to start the single file argument off: classic example of having no control over what happens once the post has been made. The cyclist in my anecdote was, in fact, alone. The rest was just context. Aagh.
A few weeks ago I read something about proposed revision to the Highway Code regarding cyclists, but I spent a fair bit of time last night looking for it without success.
Part of that was drivers overtaking cyclists, with a much more explicit statement than the current"as much space as you would give a car" to say move into the next lane. I know the current code has a photo of a car passing a bike in the next lane, but it doesn't actually say to do that.
The other part of the revision was about cycle position on the road. Not needing to be all the way to the left, but recommending the middle of the lane. And, changing the current single file on narrow roads and no more than two abreast with riding two or three abreast to reduce the distance a car needs to be in the other lane to pass. All with illustrations. Single track roads with passing places may need different rules. And, clearly riding slowly two or three abreast to chat will be annoying to other users, but my recollection was that it was aimed at commuters and others cycling to get somewhere quickly.
This blog (link) entitled Update The Highway Code to make cycling safer: why wouldn't you?, Alan?
It was a collective spluttering of "you shouldn't go so fast" like we all hear from time to time. Well sorry, but we can and it's perfectly legal. If you step into our path you may get hurt.
Try this on for size. Imagine this being said by the average driver of a motor vehicle going the speed limit on an average road, with regard to the cyclist who just blew through a stop sign in front of him. (For reference, the speed limit on surface streets hereabouts is generally 30 mph.)
"It was a collective spluttering of "you shouldn't go so fast" like we all hear from time to time. Well sorry, but we can and it's perfectly legal. If you cycle into our path you may get hurt."
I know, I know - #notallcyclists. Whatever. #notalldrivers either.
jbohn wrote: »
...Try this on for size. Imagine this being said by the average driver of a motor vehicle going the speed limit on an average road, with regard to the cyclist who just blew through a stop sign in front of him. (For reference, the speed limit on surface streets hereabouts is generally 30 mph. ...
Yes. But, as we have learned in this thread, it is simply much too inefficient to expect cyclists to obey stop signs.
Well, quite. And I could have sworn some were arguing that exercise is one of the points of cycling. I must be mistaken.
Realizing that this is Hell and over-simplifying is part of the deal, a bicycle is not a car. To expect bicycle riders to behave exactly like motorists is like expecting stand-up paddle boarders to follow the same rules as motor boaters.
We need laws for bicycles which are based on cycling as its own form of transportation, rather than a "bicycle is the same as a car" way of thinking. Never suggesting no laws or rules, and understanding that dickishness is part of universal human potential, but it would be even nicer if the laws that we are asking people to follow make sense. The physics of cycling mean that stopping every 250 ft is just not going to happen.
And when the sensors in the roadway actually can pick up the weight of a cyclist as well as a car and then the light will then change for me to go through, then I'll do what the light says. As it stands, the don't walk signal cycles, but if it don't sense a car, the traffic light never changes. So I either go through some red lights or get off the bike, use the stand and park it in the lane, walk over the pedestrian light "beg button", return to my bicycle and wait for the effing green. And I have to stand it in the lane because if I don't and cars come, I'm screwed for my left turn or getting into the line of traffic. If there are no cars, I'm simply not going to do all of that. Would you put your car in park, get out and push a button to cross an intersection? I'm going to wait until it is safe - meaning no cars - and we have no cars at all many times, which may differ place to place. I don't think I saw no cars in New York, Vienna, London...
Here's a study about drivers and cyclists which might help: Cyclists Are More Law-Abiding Than Drivers. "...new study, which also found that drivers tend to cause crashes and close calls way more often than road bikers,,,Everyone seems to break the rules, whether they're on two wheels or four. The big difference is that some do it on an 18-pound bicycle and some do it in a 4,000-pound SUV that can cause exponentially greater harm. "
And again, when walking, you're much more likely to have a crash with a car than a bicycle. I will never hit a pedestrian, never have. I have certainly had the opportunity.
Transportation is supposed to be the chief end of bicycling. But inconveniencing cyclists with tedious things like stop signs is apparently so absurd that some here dismiss the very idea of obeying the law. After all, if you blow a stop sign and get hit by a driver who can't stop in time, you may end up crippled for life, but it will clearly be all the driver's fault for, well, driving.
Speaking as a pedestrian, I have had far more terrifying encounters with cyclists in the last few years than with drivers. Perhaps that's because I stick to sidewalks (where cyclists and cars aren't supposed to be, and drivers actually obey the law) and crosswalks.
No one here (but you) has said that.
But lots of people have made the entirely cogent point - and one you plainly refuse to deal with - that 'the law' is designed for motor vehicles, and not other road users, and is such that it's not just inconvenient but also sometimes dangerous to obey its every jot and tittle.
Just because I am getting irritated by @Rossweisse's repeated iterations on cyclists on pavements, I went looking for actual data for the UK (link) - this is in answer to a FOI request asking about figures for deaths of pedestrians on pavements by both cars and bicycles, which are not kept in that form:
Table 1: Number of deaths where a pedestrian was injured in collision with
(a) a pedal cycle, or (b) a car, pick-up truck or van, England and Wales,
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Deaths (persons) |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year | (a) Pedestrian hit by | (b) Pedestrian hit by |
| | pedal cycle | car, pick-up or truck |
|------+------------------------------+----------------------------------|
| 2006 | 3 | 233 |
So the number of deaths of pedestrians recorded as being hit by a bicycle between 2006 and 2010 varies between 0 and 6. The number of deaths of pedestrians recorded as being hit by a car varies between 141 and 267. Please note that cars do not include lorries or motorbikes.
The most recent figures I've found in a cursory search are the 2015 figures (pdf), page 93
2 pedestrian fatalities caused by a bicycle compared with 212 by a car (254 c/f above)
10 pedestrian fatalities caused by motorbikes
Comparing all accidents involving bicycles and/or cars, however severe:
408 accidents between pedestrians and bicycles, 16416 with cars (18,274 c/f above)
945 accidents between motorbikes and pedestrians.
This is a referenced discussion about Cyclists riding pavements (link) from the Cycling Embassy. The link to the blog, Where is the Good Cyclist? (link) suggests that in the current environment it could be said the only "good" cyclist could be a non-cyclist.
PS @BroJames - it's a long time since I hit that pedestrian and the various bone breaking collisions with motorised vehicles cycling as a student, and I learned a lot from doing so . I have continued to cycle on and off as a commuter over the decades since.
Sorry, can't make any sense of this. I think it may a rather rubbish attempt at "whataboutery" citing a hypothetical cyclist and an "average driver". What is the relevance of the 30mph limit?
If a motorist obeying the speed limit ran down a cyclist who suddenly emerged from a side road with a stop sign controlling it, then it would be the cyclist's fault. No argument with that.
I never "blow through" anything.
You claim not be accusing anyone on this thread of anything, but you continually assert that all cyclists disobey signs, lights and the rules of the road. I call bullshit.
In this context, "blow through" is shorthand for "slow down, check carefully for traffic, and only if the way is clear, proceed with caution but don't actually come to a dead stop from which it's much more difficult to enter the main traffic flow."
Soror Magna Shipmate
Honestly, I can't remember a single close call with a cyclist that was as scary as the shit I see drivers do every day. It's natural to feel vulnerable and it's natural to be pissed at asshole cyclists. However, confirmation bias is also natural, and the facts show that a pedestrian is orders of magnitude more likely to be injured or killed by an asshole driver. And pedestrians get creamed in crosswalks on a regular basis around here.
A possible pond difference is that "Stop" signs are quite rare in the UK. The usual requirement is to "Give Way", which doesn't require anyone, motorist or cyclist, to actually stop if the main road is clear.
sionisais Shipmate
There is however a requirement that the motorist or cyclist approaching the Give Way sign must LOOK. In plenty of instances they do no such thing, but breeze onto the road expecting others to give way to them, as is the practice on motorways.
Again, "plenty of instances" means "I've seen this happen at least once and the fucker didn't die like they deserved to".
A bit more than that. Every Sunday we drive from Newport to Cardiff. There is a five mile stretch of motorway hich becomes the A48. There is a slip road not long after the motorway ends which has a "Give Way" sign and if three cars join the road, the driver off at least one won't look. I'll bet the house on it. Mrs Sioni, who does the driving, deliberately slows down approching this junction to avoid them.
So to clarify, this is drivers of motor vehicles, and not cyclists not motor cyclists? I mean, yes, obviously drivers do this all the time because they expect on slip roads that other traffic will see them trying to join the road and either pull out or slow down to allow them to keep moving.
They are, in fact, sharing the road, and such courtesy is laudable, even forgiving of others' mistakes and inattention. We should have more of this, not less.
Indeed, I'm all for making room for people joining the motorway, it's a complicated manoeuvre and we can all use a little help. The problem is if there are three lanes of bumper to bumper traffic and people still expect you to move aside for them. Move aside into what space, exactly? I believe in these circumstances you are officially supposed to wait in the slip lane until the road is clear. There would then be a high chance of getting rear-ended by someone less patient. Another reason why I try to avoid driving at busy times.
Call whatever you like; I have never said that. I do say, because I have observed on a frequent and regular basis, that too many cyclists do so. It's dangerous for all concerned.
...They are, in fact, sharing the road, and such courtesy is laudable, even forgiving of others' mistakes and inattention. We should have more of this, not less.
Ahh-men.
Safely sharing the road depends upon the courtesy and compliance of all who use it.
Closest I've ever come to being in a motorway crash has been joining when it's like that.
Ruth Admin Emeritus
Imagine this being said by the average driver of a motor vehicle going the speed limit on an average road, with regard to the cyclist who just blew through a stop sign in front of him. (For reference, the speed limit on surface streets hereabouts is generally 30 mph.)
I don't have to imagine a cyclist not following the rules of the road, getting killed, and the driver not being blamed. I can give you an example in my town from a few weeks ago:
Police said the bicyclist was riding west on the Seventh Street sidewalk just before the crash, but when he neared the crosswalk at Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, he started riding the wrong way in the eastbound lanes of Seventh Street.
The truck, a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado driven by a 41-year-old Long Beach man, hit the bicyclist immediately after he veered into the street, authorities said.
The truck's driver stopped and started giving CPR to the bicyclist in the bed of the truck, police said.
The driver cooperated with investigators, police said. He had a valid license and insurance, and alcohol was not a factor, police said.
Witnesses told police the truck entered the intersection on a green light, according to Long Beach Police Department Lt. Melvin McGuire.
And from last summer:
The preliminary investigation revealed the bicyclist, a white man approximately 50 years old, was riding his bicycle in a northwesterly direction across the northbound lanes of Downey Avenue from the east service road of Downey Avenue and Hedda Street.
The vehicle, a 2013 Hyundai Genesis, driven by a 20-year-old male resident of Hawaii, was traveling northbound Downey Avenue in the left lane approaching Hedda Street, the police report said. Upon seeing the bicyclist diagonally crossing Downey Avenue, the driver merged into the right lane of Downey Avenue to avoid the bicyclist. At the same time the driver was changing lanes, the bicyclist made a right hand U-turn into the same lane of Downey Avenue and into the path of the vehicle. The driver could not avoid the bicyclist and collided with him, police said.
You may not say it so many words, but it was you who first brought up cyclists in a thread originally about bad driving. Your response to any discussion of transport policy or infrastructure is to rant about cyclists. Your response to any cyclist here saying that they or the cyclists they know may not be baby-eating monsters who are out to kill as many pedestrians as possible, is to rant about cyclists. Ok this is Hell, the place for rants, but when your posts are simply cut-and-pastes of previous rants, which completely fail to engage with the foregoing posts, people are entitled to draw their own conclusions.
I absolutely get that in your neck of the woods there are a large number of inconsiderate cyclists. There's absolutely nothing I can say or do to change that. I am not those people. I am me. I try to drive and cycle as safely as I can. I also want to get to my destination during the reign of the present monarch, so sometimes I cycle quite fast.
The relevance of the speed is that you noted you are allowed to go that fast. So is our hypothetical motorist.
Glad to see we agree.
I'm glad to hear that. If the idiot I almost collided with just the other day had followed suit, I'd be a much happier motorist.
Nope - it's shorthand for "barely glanced sideways before riding bicycle into path of oncoming vehicles, very nearly becoming a Lycra-clad slice of road pizza".
I don't see anyone saying (and I'm certainly not) that all cyclists are horrible rule-breakers. Lord knows there are plenty of drivers that need to do better - and I'm sure I'm sometimes one of them. The attitude of a few pro-bicycle (and seemingly anti-motor vehicle) folks here is a bit much, though.
Yes, the pro-antelope lobby are wildly mistaken in their anti-lion sentiments. Guilty as charged.
Oh, so if the speed limit for bikes is 30mph, then the speed limit for cars is...also 30mph! It's the same for everyone! Oh I get it now! It's so obvious when you think about it!
...Ok this is Hell, the place for rants, but when your posts are simply cut-and-pastes of previous rants, which completely fail to engage with the foregoing posts, people are entitled to draw their own conclusions.
Nope, I don't do cut-and-paste, and I don't respond unless I have something relevant to add. The fact that you object to my point of view is not my problem.
I absolutely get that in your neck of the woods there are a large number of inconsiderate cyclists. There's absolutely nothing I can say or do to change that.
It's not just my "neck of the woods." I've been traveling a lot in the last several years (while I still can), and I have had these problems (as previously noted) in various parts of the United States, Great Britain, France, and Japan. In fact, the only times I encountered rude Japanese was when having to dodge kamikaze cyclists on the wrong side of sidewalks. They don't change their course for anyone.
I am not those people. I am me. I try to drive and cycle as safely as I can. I also want to get to my destination during the reign of the present monarch, so sometimes I cycle quite fast.
Yes, you are you, and you seem to be a jerk. You really do seem convinced that two-wheels-goo-oo-d, four-wheels-ba-a-ad - and the hell with pedestrians. And I really do believe (especially as someone who loved cycling and greatly misses being able to ride) in the proposition that we should share the road.
Perhaps the subject line for this thread should be changed to something that more closely approximates the sentiments expressed by you and a couple of other cyclists, like "Share the road, hell. Get out of our way!"
You really do seem convinced that two-wheels-goo-oo-d, four-wheels-ba-a-ad - and the hell with pedestrians.
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Having said that - little known point of law - outside of Royal Parks (and very occasional byelaws elsewhere), in the UK speed limits only apply to motor vehicles.
Contrary to popular myth, this has absolutely nothing to do with possession or otherwise of a speedometer. It's very specifically worded in the legislation to be a restriction on mechanically propelled vehicles only.
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Actually, this isn't 100% anecdotal. It's pertinent to why bicycles are not (and should not be) subject to registration, compulsory insurance and compulsory competence tests.
All three of the above, together with speed limits, are, all else being equal, infringements of liberty - specifically the right to free passage along the highway. They therefore have to be well justified. When motor vehicles were invented they didn't exist. They were introduced post facto as a result of a number of factors:
1. the massively increased cost of maintaining and expanding the road network to accommodate motor vehicles;
2. the financial cost of injury claims where motorists' errors cause accidents which can, because of the masses and speeds involved, be out of all proportion from the degree of error. Only much later was this extended to cover damage to third party property, incidentally - 1988 RTA IIRC.
3. the death and injury toll from incompetent drivers.
In all these cases these measures were introduced to address a problem of significant enough degree to restrict the freedom to use the road with a motor vehicle. This is not the case with cycling. No-one is claiming that cyclists cause no injuries via error or incompetence, but the degree to which they do so is so low that it does not justify compulsory liberty-infringing interventions.
This is why, by the way, your home insurance provider is willing to provide liability insurance which will cover you for cycling automatically and thus for no additional cost, whereas to be covered for motoring you need a separate policy costing at least a three figure sum.
When cyclists injure as many people each year specifically on the pavement - as drivers do, not even including people drivers hit as they're crossing the road - then perhaps there'll be an argument.
https://www.cyclinguk.org/campaigning/views-and-briefings/pedestrians
I would draw particular attention to the following snippets:
"In 2016, 43 pedestrians died in collisions involving a vehicle on the footway or verge. None of them involved a cycle.
From 2007-16, no pedestrians in Britain were killed by red light jumping cyclists, while around five a year were killed by red light jumping drivers."
Gracious Rebel Shipmate
Interesting. Doesn't the Highway Code still say:
'Don't ride more than two abreast. On busy or narrow roads ride in single file'?
That was one of the 'Six extra rules for cyclists' that I learnt verbatim when taking my Cycling proficiency test at the age of 11.
<Tangent>Just showing off now, how these things stick in the mind, but the longest cyclists rule from the 1970 Highway Code went as follows IIRC:
'On busy roads, if you want to turn right, it is often safer to pull in to the left side of the road and wait for a safe gap in the traffic coming in both directions, before you start to cross'</Tangent>


That was the title for this year's Amenity Forum conference held at the Pirelli Stadium in Burton on Trent on Tuesday, 9th October. A record number attended representing all areas of this diverse and important amenity sector.
The conference programme began with three presentations focussing on policy change. Grant Stark, from the Chemicals Regulation Division of HSE, reported on the achievements to date in the UK implementation of the Sustainable Use Directive. It was confirmed that much progress had been made by the sector in all areas. Grant then described recent policy changes as well as the important current review of the UK National Action Plan, directly related to weed, pest and disease management. He emphasised an integrated management approach and a need for greater emphasis on continuous professional development going forward. Jonathan Newman from the Environment Agency took to the floor to focus in on water specifically, with quality issues being key to his presentation. Jonathan also referred to the publication of an over-arching chemicals strategy and identified some current concerns reiterating how the amenity sector could help the country meet current water quality targets.
Richard Davis then provided an excellent account of pesticide regulation and the work of the Expert Committee on Pesticides of which he is a member. His presentation also gave some of his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities of future UK regulatory changes post BREXIT. During breaks in the conference, delegates visited the exhibition area where almost 20 amenity related organisations had stands – and there was opportunity to network and discuss matters.
The second element of the conference comprised speakers from various sub sectors of amenity describing the challenges in their areas and of course the opportunities. Speakers included Neil Strong from Network Rail, who spoke of the responsibility for 52000 hectares of trackside. This was certainly not the easiest of areas to maintain and he spoke of developing techniques and approaches being taken. Guy Barter from the RHS turned attention to the home and garden sector, examining current issues and challenges. Whilst there is not as much detailed information on this sub sector as some others, it is very important. Guy discussed integrated approaches to weed management and called for more research in this area. Steve Hodgson, Chief Executive of the Property Care Association, then provided a very valuable insight into the issues of weed management in the built environment, which often creates specific challenges – especially in terms of invasive weeds.
Other presenters included Duncan Jones from Hortech who looked at the challenges facing contractors, as well as Steve Isaac, Director of Sustainability at the Royal and Ancient, who provided information on an ongoing project aimed at creating sustainable golf courses for the future.
The conference also had opportunity to focus on alternative approaches. Francis Bayliss from Royal Holloway, University of London, reported on research into biological control. In particular, she discussed her own current research entitled ''Can soil ecology be aided by microbial inoculants?'' Whilst at the outset seeming very technical, it was clear her research has much practically to offer in how we approach amenity management in the future. Andy Richardson from the Allium and Brassica Agronomy Centre looked at alternative approaches to weed, pest and disease control and how findings in his own area of commercial horticulture might translate to amenity. It was a presentation which sought to challenge and at times provoke but one that was certainly well received in the hall.
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In his conclusion, John Moverley, referred to the words of Charles Darwin in that ''It is not the strongest of the species that survives but the one most adaptable to change.'' John also introduced the development of an all embracing assurance scheme for the sector allowing those who employ organisations to undertake work can be sure of their professionalism and qualifications.
At the end of the event, all agreed that it had been another extremely valuable and informative conference and made a note of next year's event as Thursday 10th October 2019.


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WISE gives two awards for contest at Chippewa Hills High School
Emily Grove
BIG RAPIDS — Two students from Chippewa Hills High School were honored on Monday for their winning submissions in an art competition put on by Women's Information Services, Inc.
WISE challenged students to show what a healthy relationship should look like through written or visual submissions.
The school's guidance counselor, Kathy Collins, invited WISE to speak to students on multiple occasions last year and this year as part of the counseling curriculum offered monthly to the students.
The counseling curriculum is a monthly program that focuses on relationships with peers, teachers, family members and their relationship with themselves, Collins said.
For two days each month, the curriculum is administered to students by staff, who are very supportive of the program.
"We want to teach life skills," Collins said. "Schools teach academics, but we also hope when our students leave us they have some great life skills to help them in relationships and other aspects."
WISE wanted to follow up on their visits, so they created the contest, Executive Director Kelley Samuels said.
Megan O'Neil, a senior, was selected as the winner for her submission and Morgan Stroud, a freshman, received second place.
O'Neil received $100 and Stroud received $50. The awards came out of money donated to WISE's Moms Uplifting Moms campaign.
"We really believe successful moms uplift their children, so while this contest was about the students, we wanted to show they had involved, supportive moms helping them to be successful," Samuels said.
O'Neil and Stroud were both happy to be chosen as the winners for the contest. They agree having the curriculum on relationships taught at Chippewa Hills has been beneficial for the students.
"We had an assembly on domestic violence and some kids really aren't aware what that looks like," O'Neil said. "This contest was a good way to get it out there and educate kids on what a healthy relationship looks like."
Barbara Landgraf, sexual assault advocate for WISE, was pleased with the amount of great submissions they received.
Landgraf said speaking at the school has been a great opportunity and eye opening experience for students.
"Ideally we'd like to get into all the local schools," Landgraf said.
The submissions for the contest are on display at the WISE administrative office, located at 115 South Michigan Avenue in downtown Big Rapids. They also will appear in the Pioneer's Arts and Education publication in May.

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Song of the Day "Where Did You Go?" By Valencia
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Today's song of the day is "Where Did You Go?" By Valencia. This song is off their sophomore album We All Need a Reason to Believe. This band has a fun, pop rock sound that is really catchy. Currently they are on the Say No to Neon Tour with Houston Calls, Artist vs. Poet, Fight Fair, and Meese. Get their album now on and Check out their tour dates here


Asher is approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of I-40 and 34 miles (55 km) east of I-35. Nearby cities (with 15,000+ population) include Ada, Oklahoma (21 miles south) and Shawnee, Oklahoma (27 miles north). Asher is located two miles (3 km) west of Chisholm Spring, once the site of a trading post operated by Jesse Chisholm, for whom the famous cattle trail was named. A Chisholm family home and cemetery are also located in Asher. Nine miles east of Asher is the Sacred Heart Mission Site.
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 393 people, 161 households, and 106 families residing in the town. The population density was 491.25 people per square mile (187.14/km2). There were 184 housing units at an average density of 230 per square mile (87.6/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 75.8% white and 13% Native American, with the remainder of another race or mixed race. The population included 10 Hispanic or Latino individuals.
There were 161 households out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, half (49.7%) were married couples living together, 16.1% had a single householder with no spouse present, and 34.2% were non-families. Individuals living alone accounted for 29.2% of households. Individuals living alone who were 65 years of age or older accounted for 14.3% of households. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.01.
In the town, the population was spread out with 27.7% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.5 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $35,962, and the median income for a family was $44,444. The per capita income for the town was $17,340. An estimated 9.2% of families and 12.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 20.8% of those age 65 or over.
Asher dates back to 1892 when George "Matt" Asher, from Clay County, Kentucky, purchased land in Oklahoma Territory from a Shawnee estate salesperson to set up his farm home. The post office was established November 26, 1901 when the postmaster of nearby Avoca, Oklahoma, George A. McCurry, moved the Avoca post office and his store to the new community that would become Asher. This was done without permission from the government and left Avoca without a post office. According to the tale, McCurry was given a home and store building as payment for moving the post office to the new settlement. The town was named for Mr. Asher, who supplied the land with the consideration the community would carry his namesake, though he never lived there. There was a sale of public lots in 1902.
Asher is the last remaining post office in the original Avoca Township, which also included the towns of Sacred Heart Mission, Osmit, Avoca, Meanko, Boyer and Violet.
Rock Island Train Depot, Asher OK - 1902. The station was located at the west end of Main ST, west of what is now US 177. The Stationmaster, Bill Bailey, is pictured.
On October 12, 1900, the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf (CO&G) bought the Shawnee to Tecumseh Railway branch from the Tecumseh Railway Co. and promptly extended the branch to Asher. For the next 40 years, Asher would serve as the termination point for the branch and its engine, "Old Beck". Rapid construction of railroads opened up 400 square miles (1,000 km2) of a fertile section of the South Canadian River valley to shipping facilities. Asher was the trade center and market of the area. Further development came when, on January 15, 1903, The Jennings Company closed on 1,000 business and residence lots. The Jennings Company advertised investment in the growing town and new factories and industries of various kinds soon located in Asher.
Asher and the new settlers had hopes of creating a large city. However, the settlers were disappointed when the towns of Seminole and Konawa were built and took away much of Asher's trade. The people of Asher would not give up, and pulled together town resources and constructed a bridge across the Canadian River. The state then used the bridge in its construction of State Highway 18, drawing a small amount of trade to the area from nearby cities, such as Ada. Before the construction of the bridge, those south of Asher could only cross the river when it was shallow enough.
Asher, originally a cotton farming community, suffered in its early years from crop losses caused by boll weevils. Farmers were then dealt a further blow when the town's first two cotton gins were destroyed by fire. These setbacks compounded the loss of trade and left the town in dire straits.
Graham Hotel on Asher's Main Street, 1918.
In 1927, oil was discovered in and around the town. Asher sprang up almost overnight to serve the needs of the oil workers. It was also around this time that executives moved into Asher and purchased enormous amounts of supplies and merchandise at inflated prices. There were many businesses in town including feed and grocery stores, jewelry stores and drug stores as well as banks, barber shops, hotels and a small theater. Many leading families of Oklahoma, such as the McAlisters, the O'Dells, the Patterson's, the Campbells and the Byruns, lived in the town. There were also many doctors with offices in Asher. For a while, Asher became prosperous.
Tecumseh, Oklahoma was originally the county seat of Pottawatomie County. In late 1930, a long-standing war between Shawnee and Tecumseh escalated when voters approved measures to move the seat to Shawnee. A spin-off of this feud was the move for the creation of a new county, to be named Petroleum County. The new county would be composed of prime oil-producing land, including the southern half of Pottawatomie County and portions of Seminole, Pontotoc and McClain Counties. The move was started by Tecumseh supporters who wanted to make Shawnee's county seat victory as hollow as possible by removing the most valuable section of the county. Asher was slated to be the county seat and it was planned that the greater part of Tecumseh would move down to form an impressive community. There was a paper--The Petroleum County Times—produced, meetings held and petitions circulated. However, the measure never progressed further as times were not favorable for the creation of a new county.
The oil boom ended when only four wells proved to be profitable. Once again, Asher was in danger of dying out. Fortunately, another oil well was found just west of the town. This time the people connected to the well were local citizens and were cautious and conservative in their estimates and spending. This led to a small but steady production of oil in the community. Asher was dealt another setback in 1967 when SH-18 was taken out of commission and traffic was diverted west of town on the new US Highway 177. Businesses migrated to the new highway and many storefronts in the original town were closed. The final business, Green's Market, which was located on Division Street (old SH-18) closed in 1985, after serving the community for 40 years. Several businesses on US-177 remain, mostly serving those traveling through the area.
In 2001, Asher celebrated its 100th anniversary. The town, along with others in the county that had passed the centennial mark, was honored on a centennial monument dedicated September 21, 2007. This date was chosen to coincide with the Oklahoma Centennial. Other Asher honorees were the First Baptist Church, which was founded in 1902 and Asher School, which was established in 1903. The monument is located in Centennial Park, on the grounds of the Santa Fe Museum, in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Below is a time table of major events that occurred in Asher as well as surrounding communities whose events affected Asher's history.
Asher FBC then First Methodist est.
1967 Asher segment of SH-18 is replaced with US-177, diverting traffic from town.
Asher's Post Office was established on November 26, 1901 when it was moved from nearby Avoca.
Below is a list of Asher Postmasters.
1 Sept 1950 Perry H. Townsend, Jr.
Asher Public Schools is an independent school district. It has an elementary school (grades Pre-K to 8) and a high school (grades 9 to 12). The school was established in 1903. In 1913, there were four other school districts within three miles (5 km) of Asher—Clover Dale, Gravel Hill, Avoca, and Pleasant Hill. The schools were small, consisting of only a room or two. Basic facilities were at a minimum. Talk began of consolidating all of the schools into the Asher district. This was later accomplished, presumably around the time Asher's new school building was built in 1929.
Asher Schools' main and original building (after consolidation) was constructed in 1929. The building would later receive two additions, to either end. The center of the facility originally served as the schools' gym, before being converted to an auditorium when a new gym was built in the 1940s. An extensive renovation was completed in late 2006 on the original building. The work was made possible by a $1.295 million bond issue that was approved by residents in February 2005.
Asher School, the Indians, participates in baseball, softball and men and women's basketball. Probably no small town is known as well for a sport than Asher is. For forty years, from 1959 to 1999, Asher had the winningest high school baseball team in the nation, led by head coach Murl Bowen. In those forty years, Asher won 2,115 games, lost only 349, hauled home forty-five state championship trophies and fourteen state runners-up, and sent dozens of players to college and minor-league baseball. No high school in history, public or private, has won as many games as the Asher Indians. A book was written about a man who once played baseball for the Asher Indians, called The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town, although the book was not written about him playing ball for the Indians. The baseball field in Asher was named after Murl Bowen for all the winnings he led Asher to in his coaching years that he was there, and his ever-lasting impression that he left on all Asher citizens. Up to this date, even after slipping into retirement, you can still see Mr. Murl Bowen at the school's basketball games and boys' baseball games.
Asher also has chapters of the Business Professionals of America (BPA), Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) and the National FFA Organization (FFA). Asher 4-H and FFA regularly captures the top sheep honors at livestock shows.
Asher receives the following television stations off-air.
The following newspapers are circulated in Asher.
District Judge J. Knox Byrum. Born in Asher in 1904, Judge Byrum was admitted to the bar on 1927, elected to the state legislature in 1928, served as a Shawnee municipal judge from 1930 to 1934, elected county judge in 1934 and later became a district judge. Knox is now deceased.
Coach Murl Bowen. Bowen coached the Asher Indians from 1959 to 1998. Coach Bowen's teams won 2,115 games, lost only 349, hauled home forty-three state championship trophies, and sent dozens of players to college and minor-league baseball. Coach Bowen is now retired from Asher and lives north of town.
Ron Williamson. Williamson is the primary character in John Grisham's first work of non-fiction, The Innocent Man. He graduated from Asher High School in 1971 and played baseball for the Indians. Williamson went on to play minor-league ball for the Fort Lauderdale Yankees before beginning a downspiral that ended with him being arrested and sent to death row for a crime he was eventually cleared of. Williamson died December 4, 2004 due to cirrhosis of the liver.
Will Hunt. During his high school years at Asher, he won multiple state titles and was named the 1989 Oklahoma Player of the Year. In college, he won national honors at Seminole Junior College (now Seminole State College) and Louisiana State University (LSU). Later he was drafted into Minor League Baseball by the Detroit Tigers and also played with the independent Northern League. Hunt briefly coached the Indians in baseball and basketball following the retirement of Coach Bowen. He is now an Oklahoma City firefighter and resides in Tecumseh.
Cody Whitney. A 1999 Asher graduate and current resident, Whitney was an actor when he was young, in the television shows Young Riders and Webster and the TV movie Red River. Whitney is now a PBR (Professional Bull Riders, Inc.) bullrider.
Jerry Adams. Graduated Class of 1989. Established himself as a professional musician and music teacher. Jerry toured the United States as well as Europe with several stars of note, and performed several times on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. As well as his own success, he continues to inspire students at a "School of Rock" style of Music School: Pellegrino's School of Music in Springfield, Missouri. Jerry and his family reside in Nixa, Missouri and he performs at the Baldknobbers Country Music Theatre in Branson, Missouri.
Shane Coker, an Asher High School graduate of 1988, also played baseball for Coach Bowen Fall of 1984 to Spring of 1988. Upon graduating from Asher, Shane was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds, where he played for a few years. Upon returning home, he is the current Athletic Director and High School Baseball coach for the Asher Indians since August 2006. He has led his current high school team to one state tournament appearance and as of Spring Season 2010 has outscored his opponents 177 to 94.
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^ "Family of Jesse Chisholm to meet Friday at COJC". Shawnee News-Star. 2007-03-14.
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^ a b c d e f "This is Oklahoma". Oklahoma's Orbit (Oklahoman). 6 March 1960.
^ a b "Sleepy Hamlet Sees 'End of an Era'". Shawnee News-Star. 1985-06-09.
^ "Monument dedication set for today". Shawnee News-Star. 2007-09-21.
^ a b c d "Asher Townspeople Struggle to Keep Hamlet Alive, Well". Shawnee News-Star. c. 1985.
^ "Asher Prepares for Town Celebration". Shawnee News-Star. 1977.
^ a b c d Holt, Brad. "asherok.info :: School Renovation". Retrieved 2006-11-03.
^ Kennedy, Authur Ward (1995). They Came from Everywhere and Settled Here. Konawa, OK: Kennedy Library of Konawa. p. 166.
^ "Asher, Oklahoma (OK) Detailed Profile". Retrieved 2006-11-03.
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^ Grisham, John (2006). The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. Doubleday. pp. 29–30.
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^ "Sheep Trophy Goes to Asher's Thompson Family for 10th Year". Shawnee News-Star. 1998-03-13.
^ "Oklahoma Baptist University Alumni". Oklahoma Baptist University. Archived from the original on 2006-12-09. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
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^ "Asher's Whitney is Riding High". The Oklahoman. 2005-01-28.
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1.Place a digit 1-9 in every white cells of the grid so that no digit is repeated in any sequence of vertically or horizontally connected white cells.
2.A number to the left and above each such sequence is a result of the following operation: Multiply first two digits (from left to right or top to bottom) in the sequence, then add the rest (If there are any).
Background: This is one of 21th WPC puzzle. I saw two puzzles of this type in the 21th WPC. One of them was in Part 2, Assorted, Blackjack. The other one appeared in WPC Finals. If I remember correctly both puzzles had 21 theme. In part 2, I spent so much time for solving that one. I could solve top half of the puzzle, but I cannot say samething for the bottom half of the grid.
Bu yazı Instructions içinde yayınlandı ve kakuro, puzzle, WPC olarak etiketlendi. Kalıcı bağlantıyı yer imlerinize ekleyin.
Part 2 was Blackjack and Part 8 was Assorted I guess.


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When your boyfriend takes you on a helicopter tour, you know you're in for an amazing adventure. Then you realize this is it…he's popping the question! Your San Diego helicopter tour just turned into an unforgettable moment in your life – you're getting married!
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Ryan Jay De Los Santos wanted to make the long awaited marriage proposal to his future bride "surprising and memorable". He did just that by taking her on a helicopter ride around San Diego along with a special message in the sand of The Hotel Del Coronado!


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package com.github.e13mort.stf.console.commands.connect;

import com.beust.jcommander.Parameter;
import com.beust.jcommander.Parameters;
import com.beust.jcommander.ParametersDelegate;
import com.beust.jcommander.converters.FileConverter;
import com.beust.jcommander.converters.IntegerConverter;
import com.beust.jcommander.converters.URLConverter;
import com.github.e13mort.stf.client.FarmClient;
import com.github.e13mort.stf.console.AdbRunner;
import com.github.e13mort.stf.console.commands.CommandContainer;
import com.github.e13mort.stf.console.commands.ConsoleDeviceParamsImpl;
import com.github.e13mort.stf.console.commands.cache.DeviceListCache;
import io.reactivex.Completable;

import java.io.File;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

@Parameters(commandDescription = "Connect to devices")
public class ConnectCommand implements CommandContainer.Command {
    private final FarmClient client;
    private final AdbRunner adbRunner;
    private final Logger logger;

    @ParametersDelegate
    private ConsoleDeviceParamsImpl params = new ConsoleDeviceParamsImpl();
    @Parameter(names = "--my", description = "Connect to currently taken devices")
    private Boolean connectToMyDevices = false;
    @Parameter(names = "-l", variableArity = true, listConverter = IntegerConverter.class,
            description = "Connect to devices by its indexes from the results of previous \"devices\" command. E.g. \"-l 1 2 5\"")
    private List<Integer> devicesIndexesFromCache = new ArrayList<>();
    @Parameter(names = "-f", description = "Read connection params from a file", converter = FileConverter.class)
    private File storedConnectionParamsFile;
    @Parameter(names = "-u", description = "Read connection params from an url", converter = URLConverter.class)
    private URL storedConnectionParamsUrl;
    private DeviceListCache cache;

    public ConnectCommand(FarmClient client, AdbRunner adbRunner, DeviceListCache cache, Logger logger) {
        this.client = client;
        this.adbRunner = adbRunner;
        this.cache = cache;
        this.logger = logger;
    }

    @Override
    public Completable execute() {
        DeviceConnector connector = chooseConnector();
        return connector.connect();
    }

    void setDevicesIndexesFromCache(List<Integer> devicesIndexesFromCache) {
        this.devicesIndexesFromCache = devicesIndexesFromCache;
    }

    private DeviceConnector chooseConnector() {
        DeviceConnector connector;
        if (connectToMyDevices) {
            connector = new MyDevicesConnector(client, adbRunner, logger);
        } else if (!devicesIndexesFromCache.isEmpty()) {
            connector = new CacheDevicesConnector(client, adbRunner, logger, devicesIndexesFromCache, cache);
        } else if (storedConnectionParamsFile != null) {
            connector = FileParamsDeviceConnector.of(client, adbRunner, logger, storedConnectionParamsFile);
        } else if (storedConnectionParamsUrl != null) {
            connector = FileParamsDeviceConnector.of(client, adbRunner, logger, storedConnectionParamsUrl);
        } else {
            connector = new ParamsConnector(client, adbRunner, logger, params);
        }
        return connector;
    }
}

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A collection of short stories by some of the best names in YA this focuses around a theme of winter romances and I believe I am going to love every second. I am very interested in reading some of the stories particularly as I have heard of the authors but never read their work, its a great chance to have a taster of what they are like. Thank you to MacMillan for sending this over!
Now this is not a children's book but I have heard amazing things about Mal Peet and could not pass up an opportunity to read this incredible sounding book. The Murdstone Trilogy sounds dark and kinda depressing which really is what I love from my adult books. I will hopefully get round to reading this very soon! Thanks David Fickling Books!
The wonderful Michelle at Much Loved Books got me these two books signed by the authors during an event I was meant to go to in August. Unfortunately I couldn't make the event due to a funeral so Michele kindly got the authors to sign these (and got Sarah J Maas to sign a bookmark) and she sent them to me. Bookish blogger friends really are the best, thank you so much Michelle!
Lovely books! Michelle is brilliant!
YAY glad they arrived in one piece. I've not heard of The Murdstone Trilogy so I'm looking forward to seeing what you think of it.
You've got some really awesome books this week, I hope you enjoy them.
Throne of Glass is amazing. I hope you love it as much as I did!


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When, in the early morning, in a mist of cloudy weather, you enter your office, sit down and start working, what do you hear, what do you smell? Human voices, the perfume of freshly made coffee, sun rays shining a light on your working table?
After having worked long hours you return home and in your bedroom, in the silence of the night, you can sleep knowing that the following day you'll get up again, in a mist of cloudy weather.
Solving wars, finding impossible solutions, achieving equality, relieving the plight of millions is your everyday task and we all agree the challenges related to these goals; we all understand that not all can be solved in few years; we feel sympathy for the major difficulties you encounter.
But what if, one night, just one, you'd decide to stay up and think?
To think about the life of millions of Syrians, trapped in a never-ending war, a never-ending fight for life. Imagine you were among these people, what would you do? What would you want?
You'd want to get up knowing you are not going to fear bombs anymore, because the Syrian skies are finally free from airstrikes, free to be normal blue skies.
You'd want to know that you are going to eat today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow.
You'd want to walk in the streets, breathing clean air and living.
You'd want a life to be lived in dignity and with rights.
Tonight, just tonight, don't go to sleep. Imagine you were in Ghouta, trapped in Ghouta, and your children were praying God to give them the gift of one more day of life, the gift of a calm death without suffering. Imagine you had lost your children and, hopeless, you were walking the streets shouting at airstrikes "I don't fear you". At this time, you would cease to be alive, you would be a ghost residing in Ghouta, waiting for your besieged country to be freed from the inhuman plight that is war.
And tomorrow morning it will be much easier to put all your efforts at the service of peace.
You have to find solutions for Syria and its people, the world is watching and waiting for you to sit down and finally negotiate a durable peace for our brothers and sisters.
Please have faith, be compassionate, and sympathetic.


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Newsletter Sunday, March 24, 2019 Third Sunday in Lent: Worship at 8:00 & 10:30 am The Gospel for this Sunday: Luke 13:1-9 Click Here to Read.
Thursdays in Lent at 6:00 p.m.
Interested in donating a soup or a dessert? Please call or text Nancy Pike at 608-332-4370 or email at pikenancy56@gmail.com. Come for a light dinner and a chance for fellowship before Lent Worship.
Interested in getting to know other parents at Lake Edge? If you keep meaning to say more than "hello" to other parents while you dash off after your own kids, here's your chance! Meet us in the church basement from 3-6 pm on Saturday, March 30. We'll have pizza & space for the kids to play. Let's share what drew us to Lake Edge & how we can connect & support each other during the longest-shortest years. Contact Karen Odegaard (karen.odegaard@gmail.com) or Kaelin Fontaine (kaelin.fontaine@gmail.com) to RSVP or with any questions.
Pastor Zelle will be leading child-appropriate instruction on Holy Communion. She will be using a resource called "A Place For You" which is both simple and profound, and can help anyone grow in their faith and understanding of this sacrament. Attendees will also help make bread for use in the next day's worship.
Plan to join us! Rain date, April 20.
Racial Justice Coalition Invites Muriel Simms, author of the book "Settlin': Stories of Madison's Early African-American Families". Copies of the book are available at church, so you may read it before Ms. Simms' talk!
Forms for purchasing Bricks are found under the Jumbotron in the Fellowship Area.
We are now collecting items for this year with a goal of 150 Kits. For February, we are focusing on donations of Sturdy Combs. The other items in the kit are: Bath Towel (20" x 40" to 52" x 27" (light weight, dark colors recommended) Nail Clippers; Toothbrush (adult size only); Combs (sturdy); Soap (Bath-size- 4oz to 5oz size - 2 bars per kit). A basket is provided for your donations on the bookcase in the Library hallway. Thanks for your help. Global Outreach.


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Silly me. I had always assumed the Victoria Falls poured out of Lake Victoria. Well, I was wrong! They are over 1,000 miles apart. Lake Victoria is bordered by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, while Victoria Falls lies far south and forms part of the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Victoria Falls would be the final destination of our Africa safari.
But first, the Okavango Delta had a few more gifts for us on our early morning drive to the airstrip. We all bundled up against the chill, said farewell to the camp staff, and boarded our Land Rovers for the very last game drive of our tour. There were lots of familiar animals, looking especially beautiful in the golden glow of the sunrise.
Then…more good luck! We got word of a second leopard! This time we were joined by several other vehicles, but the cat seemed quite unconcerned and continued napping in its snug bed on the stump of a broken tree. What a wonderful way to end our Okavango Adventure!
We had to leave the leopard to hurry to the airstrip where we found our luggage already lined up along the runway. Can you spot the two rebels in the group? Rob and I always travel carry-on only, so we had chosen not to use the big duffel bags provided by our tour company. It certainly made our bags easy to spot!
Can you spot the rebels' bags?
And here are the two rebels!
One of our planes narrowly missed a herd of zebras bolting across the runway!
After our flight, the bust trip to Victoria Falls included a stop at a Cultural Center where we were greeted by musicians and treated to a lunch of authentic local food and drink. I didn't take notes on the foods offered, and most were delicious, but I do remember that there were a few I was too timid to try.
Victoria Falls was quite a different experience than any we had had in Africa before. The town is small but obviously caters to a tourist crowd, with lots of attractive shops, upscale hotels, and even a Kentucky Fried Chicken! (Not that I count that as an actual asset.) We were guests at the lovely Shearwater Explorers Village, and after a short greeting and orientation, we settled into our modern hotel rooms…quite a change from our tent on the Okavango!
Our room - From our front door, we could see mist rising from Victoria Falls.
The town of Victoria Falls is in Zimbabwe, and the nearby Zambezi River forms the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia. Later in the afternoon, Charles took some of us on a walk to the bridge over the Zambezi Gorge for our first glimpse of the Falls. We got only a taste of what was to come the following day, but even from a distance, the falls were spraying us with the mist that rises from the gorge.
The next day was our only full day in Victoria Falls, and we were offered a choice of a variety of excursions to fill the day, from helicopter rides to elephant rides to bungee jumping into the gorge. Rob and I chose to spend the morning browsing the town and the attractive shopping center next to our hotel. Some of the artwork was stunning, but too large to pack into our little carry-on bags, so I was content just to admire the many craft items on display.
The rest of our day was much more exciting with a visit to the mighty Victoria Falls and a thrilling zipline adventure.
Dr. David Livingstone was the first white explorer to observe the falls.
We enjoyed a very informative lecture about his life and wonderful work here.
Sometimes the mist almost completely obscured the view.
Thoroughly drenched, Rob and I returned to our hotel for a little rest before our next adventure, the zipline that took us from Zambia to Zimbabwe, right across the Lower Zambezi River Gorge. Of all the ways of crossing a country border, this was certainly the most thrilling! We were picked up by a shuttle at our hotel, and taken across the bridge to the sports center in Zambia, where the tourist could choose between bungee jumping, a gorge swing, and the zipline. There is no way you will get me to jump off a bridge on a bungee, or swinging over the gorge on a thin cord, so the zipline seemed like the safest selection. I was encouraged by the professionalism of the staff and the heft of the equipment. We were soon suited up in a tight harness and ready to go! The line stretched from a platform on the edge of the cliff over to another platform under the huge bridge. Rob went first, which helped me screw up my courage, as he made it safely across and was met at the other side and helped onto the bridge.
I hope they weren't marking us so they could identify our bodies when we went plunging to the bottom of the gorge!
Rob looks pretty confident just before his zipline adventure!
With heart beating wildly, I stepped forward for my turn. The attendant strapped me into the equipment, handed me a Go-Pro and some instructions, then shoved me off the cliff! Wow! The whole ride took only a few seconds, and I tried to take it all in, looking at the falls in the distance and the rushing water in the gorge far below. I did get frightened when my cord twisted me around so I could not see where I was going, but the well-designed zipline slowed down well-before reaching the other side, where I was met and helped out of my equipment by other friendly attendants. Whew!
I was not as calm as I appear!
Our final evening of the tour was upon us, and it was a very special one. Our tour group gathered and traveled to a pier on the upper Zambezi for a lovely evening boar ride along the swollen river. As we enjoyed dinner on the boat, we shared our travel memories, snapped photos of the swollen river and the beautiful sunset. What a lovely way to end a very memorable trip!
We traveled with a great group of people!
The Zambezi was very high...overflowing the banks of the little islands that dotted the river.
Entertainers on the boat. They sang the original (and correct) version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."
Farewell to Africa - but not for the last time!


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Haeckel's Tale () é o décimo segundo episódio da primeira temporada da série televisiva Masters of Horror. Estreou na América do Norte em 27 de janeiro de 2006. Primeiramente George A. Romero deveria dirigir o episódio, mas foi substituído por John McNaughton devido a um problema de programação.

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Baseado no conto de Clive Barker, este filme de terror picante conta a terrível história de Haeckel, um jovem estudante de medicina que acredita ser capaz de ressuscitar os mortos. Perdido numa noite chuvosa, próximo a um cemitério, Haeckel encontra um velho sinistro que lhe oferece abrigo, junto a sua jovem esposa. Quando ela sai para a sombria floresta que cerca a cabana, Haeckel recebe a instrução de não segui-la, haja o que houver. Mas ouvindo gemidos e urros sombrios, Haeckel desobedece o seu anfitrião e se torna parte de uma terrível orgia de zumbis.

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Gerard Plunkett .... Dr. Hauser
Steve Bacic .... John Ralston
Derek Cecil .... Ernst Haeckel
Pablo Coffey .... Chester
Christopher DeLisle .... Elise's Dead Husband
Micki Maunsell .... Miz Carnation
Tom McBeath .... Wolfram
Elizabeth McQuade .... Young Woman
Jill Morrison .... Rachel
Jon Polito .... Montesquino
Leela Savasta .... Elise Wolfram

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Filmes baseados em obras de Clive Barker
Episódios de 2006

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A couple of nights ago, I posted a link to an article on my Facebook feed about the SNAP (or "food stamps") program. The NY Times article, "In the Shopping Cart of a Food Stamp Household: Lots of Soda" (written by Anahad O'Connor), suggested – and was reinforced by the headline and photo used – that families on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) spend their benefits on junk food and soda.
I had linked to another Facebook post by a gentleman named Joe Soss. Mr. Soss provided a rebuttal of that NY Times article, suggesting that the original study was misused in the article. Since then, Talk Poverty has also picked up the story and expands on Mr. Soss' original post. While the article seems to question whether families receiving SNAP should be able to purchase "junk food" with their benefits, the underlying USDA survey actually found very few differences from the spending habits families on SNAP and those who are not.
My post sparked the passion of several of my friends, and I have a huge amount of respect for the amazing women who shared their feelings. They came into the conversation about SNAP benefits from very different backgrounds, and those experiences created the strong feelings that they have on the topic. Unfortunately, sometimes that passion can cloud our ability to address each other with empathy and respect, and it was the first time that I felt compelled to delete a Facebook post.
How much fraud happens within the SNAP benefits program – and how much does it matter?
Should those who receive SNAP benefits be restricted in what they are allowed to purchase, limiting junk food and other non-essential food items?
There was a heated discussion about the prevalence of SNAP benefit fraud in the Facebook thread. One individual has witnessed individuals who have sold their benefits (or food purchased with their benefits) for cash, and suspects that those individuals have used the money to support a drug habit. For this reason, it is extremely hard for her to feel positively about the program, particularly as an unemployed mom who struggles to make ends meet for her own family and does not qualify for the benefits.
It's really hard to argue with that experience. The official statistics on food stamp fraud show that there is a 1.3% rate of "trafficking" in SNAP benefits, according to a 2013 USDA report. (These appear to be the most current numbers.) What is critical to understand is the definition of this fraud: "Trafficking" is defined as users who trade their SNAP benefits to food retailers for cash, typically at a discount. Individuals who may purchase and then sell the food for cash would not fall under this type of fraud, and these incidents are likely not captured in the total fraud statistics.
There will always be some individuals who seek to abuse the system; creating a 100% fraud-proof system is impossible, and we'll spend far more taxpayer dollars trying to eliminate fraud than the cost of the fraud itself. The SNAP program is one of the most efficient federal programs in terms of administrative overhead (~7% of total budget, with 93% going directly to beneficiaries) and in error rates in distribution. And the benefit that it offers to our entire society by reducing extreme poverty and providing a safety net for families and individuals to get back onto their feet during difficult times is significant.
Limit the Grocery Items Available?
The second issue, and possibly the more contentious one, was an issue of whether or not SNAP recipients should be more restricted in the grocery items that they may purchase. Should someone on SNAP be able to purchase junk food and soda? What about steak and lobster? How about exotic and expensive fruits and vegetables? Organic items that are more costly?
There are rules established on SNAP benefits that limit what can be purchased to food items, excluding things like prepared foods. However, beyond that, the individual beneficiary makes the decisions about what foods to purchase. Here is where things get complicated.
Are there some choices that would appear better than others? Of course. I will admit to having judgement if I see someone buying expensive food items using their SNAP benefits.
Can such a purchase be justified for special occasions, or if the individual has truly saved up for something? Maybe. Maybe not.
Should I be allowed to have an opinion because I'm a taxpayer? I understand why the answer feels like it should be yes, but no. We all deserve the dignity of personal decision making, and even if you are receiving government assistance, you are an individual with the ability to make decisions for yourself.
Setting limits becomes a slippery slope. If we don't allow the purchase of lobster, should we also take away expensive fresh vegetables? If we start limiting items based on cost, then junk food is more attractive, because it's cheap. If we also limit food that does not provide high nutritional value (and that has been proposed in Tennessee), we start to narrow down the choices exponentially. We end up with a program that provides almost no value, and has higher overhead costs to manage the regulations.
Should the SNAP program – and all government benefit programs – be continuously monitored and held accountable for results? YES. So many people are opposed to "big government" because of the waste and inefficiencies in the programs, and they are not wrong. Many government programs are poorly managed, with little oversight and no accountability. We need to stand up as voters and demand that oversight – and insist that we fund programs that work – and change or remove programs that don't. We also have to admit that no program is without issues – cracks that folks can fall through, and loopholes that others can sneak through. We do the best to patch those holes and keep moving forward.
SNAP works in a highly effective and efficient manner. This is one of the good ones, and we really need to work to protect it.
PLEASE keep talking to each other and sharing your point of view. If something makes you angry, help the rest of us to understand why. I know you don't all agree with me – and I hope you will tell me why and help me to learn. Comment, ask questions, provide links, or suggest further research!