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City of Eugene starts process to get e-scooters in town to curb carbon emissions
BlogNews by Henry HoustonPosted on 10/08/2019
From being thrown underwater to traveling short distances, e-scooters have been popular in Portland since the city brought them in. Now Eugene is in the early stages of inviting e-scooter companies to the city as a way to curb carbon emissions.
"The e-scooter industry has matured to a point where the city is ready to invite companies to bring their products in," says Rob Inerfeld, Eugene's transportation planning manager.
The city first has to change city code, which doesn't allow e-scooters on multi-use paths, he says.
Before the Eugene City Council hears a presentation from the city officials about e-scooters, staff will hold a public engagement period through a survey on the city's webpage Engage Eugene, Inerfeld says.
The use of e-scooters is part of the city's overall climate action plan to curb carbon emissions. In this case, encouraging people to use e-scooters for shorter distances, a transportation strategy called micro-mobility.
In January, Good Company, a Eugene-based consultant, conducted a greenhouse gas inventory of Eugene. In 2017, the largest source of community emissions was passenger and freight transportation, at 53 percent.
Because the city is using e-scooters to offer a low carbon option to encourage less driving, Inerfeld says part of analyzing e-scooter companies' fleets is to find out what their average life-cycles are. Sustainability is a big part of the program, so an e-scooter with a short lifespan can make its carbon footprint large, which defeats the purpose.
Inerfeld says the plan is to have a pilot program start in spring. He says he doesn't think that's too fast of a timeline. The city is more measured in approaching the e-scooter program than other cities that have invited e-scooter companies without much planning, he says.
In 2017, two e-scooter companies, Bird and Lime, brought e-scooters to 43 markets without the local governments' consent, forcing officials to fire back with cease and desist orders, according to a 2018 report by Portland Bureau of Transportation..
That PBOT 2018 report is the most recent look at the city's e-scooter program. The report found that 34 percent of Portland riders and 48 percent of visitors used e-scooters instead of driving or using a ride-hailing service — like taxis, Lyft or Uber.
Inerfeld says Eugene is looking to Portland's use of the technology. Portland is in a yearlong e-scooter pilot program, which ends in April.
The city will also decide how to charge fees — whether through permits, licenses or e-scooter fees — to offset any costs the city faces in overseeing the program.
After the City Council approves any city code changes, the next step is to request e-scooter companies to submit applications. From there, the city will score applications based on criteria partially crafted by Eugene residents.
A company might score higher with a low-income option, allowing borrowing without a smartphone and having e-scooters with a seated option for accessibility.
E-scooters won't be the first ride share program to come to Eugene. PeaceHealth's bike share program shows a demand for mobility transit options, Inerfeld says. The city could have as many e-scooters as there are PeaceHealth bikes, he adds.
To participate in the city's survey on e-scooters, visit Engage.Eugene-Or.Gov.

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The runways of Milan have seen designers use non-models as models more than once this week (Prada used Gary Oldman!), but Alberta Ferretti impressed us with her cast of characters the most. While her classically inspired dresses are a bit staid for our taste, she caught our attention by importing some fly New York ladies like Pop Africana's Oroma Elew, Wonderland Magazine editor Julia Sarr-Jamois, internet blogging sensation Hanneli Mustaparta and the little sister of the most famous new mother on the planet, Solange Knowles. Sometimes, the most important thing in fashion isn't the clothes as much as it is who's wearing them. Check out the rest of the cast.


What is a Normal Heart Rate in Your Age?
Heart rate, also known as pulse, is the number of times a person's heart beats per minute. A normal heart rate depends upon the individual, age, body size, heart disease, whether the person is sitting or moving, medication use and even air temperature level. Even feelings can have an impact on heart rate. For instance, getting excited or scared can increase the heart rate. But most significantly, getting fitter decreases the heart rate, by making heart muscles work more efficiently.
"Your heart is a muscle and similar to enhancing other muscles by doing activities, you can do the exact same thing with your heart," said Dr. Mary Ann Bauman, an internist at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City.
Understanding about your heart rate can help you monitor your physical fitness level, and it might assist you spot establishing illness if you are experiencing other symptoms.
Fast Resting Heart Rate Chart: What Is Normal?
The most convenient places to measure your heart rate are on the wrists or one side of the neck. For an accurate reading, put two fingers over one of these areas and count the variety of beats in 60 seconds. You can also do this for 20 seconds and increase by 3, which might be easier, Bauman stated. Using your thumb may be confusing since sometimes you can feel a pulse in the thumb, she said.
Your resting heart rate is your pulse when you are calmly sitting or lying. It's best to determine your resting heart rate it in the early morning prior to you rise, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). For adults 18 and older, a typical resting heart rate is in between 60 and 100 beats per minute (bpm), depending upon the individual's physical condition and age. For children ages 6 to 15, the normal resting heart rate is in between 70 and 100 bpm, according to the AHA.
But a heart rate lower than 60 doesn't always mean you have a medical problem. Active people often have lower heart rates since their heart muscles do not need to work as hard to maintain a constant beat. Athletes and people who are very in shape can have resting heat rate of 40 bpm.
A resting heart rate lower than 60 might also be the outcome of taking certain medications. "Many medications individuals take specifically medication for blood pressure, such as the beta blockers, will lower your heart rate," Bauman said.
If combined with symptoms, a low heart rate might signify an issue.
"A low heart rate in somebody who is having dizziness and lightheadedness might suggest that they have an abnormality that has to be taken a look at," Bauman said.
There is no definitive medical recommendations on when a resting heart rate is high, however a lot of medical specialists concur that a constant heart rate in the upper levels can put too much stress on the heart and other organs. If an individual has a high heart rate at rest and is experiencing other symptoms, doctors might analyze his or her heart function, Bauman said.
Knowing your heart rate during workout sessions can help understand whether you are doing too much or not enough, the AHA says. When individuals work out in their "target heart zone," they acquire the most benefits and improve their heart's health. When your heart rate remains in the target zone you know "you are pressing the muscle to obtain more powerful," Bauman said.
An individual's target heart rate zone is between 50 and 85 percent of his or her maximum heart rate, according to the AHA.
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You can either manually compute your heart rate during exercise or use heart rate displays that wrap around the chest, or are consisted of in sports watches.
Nevertheless, that's not to say that working out without getting the heart rate up to the target zone has no advantage, Bauman said.
" So many individuals just aren't doing any workout that I worry less about them reaching their target heart rate and more about them getting out and moving their body," Bauman said.
Reducing a fast heart rate.
Pulse rates can spike due to anxiety, stress, dehydration and overexertion. Taking a seat and taking sluggish, deep breaths can normally decrease your heart rate. Working out and getting trimmer will usually reduce heart rate, too.
A variety of conditions can influence your heart rate. An arrhythmia causes the heart to beat too quickly, too sluggish or with an irregular rhythm.
Tachycardia is usually considered to be a resting heart rate of over 100 beats per minute, according to the National Institutes of Health, and typically caused when electrical signals in the heart's upper chambers fire abnormally. If the heart rate is closer to 150 bpm or higher, it is a condition called supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). In SVT, your heart's electrical system, which controls the heart rate, is out of whack. This normally needs medical attention.
Bradycardia is a condition where the heart rate is too low, usually less than 60 bpm. This can be the result of problems with the sinoatrial node, which acts as the pacemaker, or damage to the heart as an outcome of a heart attack or heart disease.
Some individuals confuse high blood pressure with a high heart rate. Blood pressure is the measurement of the force of the blood against the walls of arteries, while pulse rate is the number of times your heart beats per minute.
There is no direct connection in between the two, and high blood pressure does not always lead to a high pulse rate, and vice versa. Heart rate goes up during laborious activity, however a vigorous workout may just modestly enhance high blood pressure.


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Title II: What Chilling Effects?
Alantown Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading 5/14/2015
ATLANTA, Ga. -- Gigabit Cities Live 2015 -- When the FCC started weighing the imposition of its Title II common carrier regulatory regime on broadband providers earlier this year, many of the top US broadband execs went practically ballistic.
With almost one voice, the top telco and cable execs direly warned that the imposition of utility-style regulation on broadband service would have a chilling effect on their ambitious expansion plans. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) officials even threatened to halt their planned expansion of their GigaPower service if the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) didn't heed their warnings.
But the Commission went ahead anyway and adopted the dreaded rules in late February. Telco, cable and wireless interests promptly responded by seeking to defer the imposition of the regulations and challenging the rules as unconstitutional in federal court. (See FCC Adopts Title II Rules .)
So what's happened in the 11 weeks since the FCC passed its strict new net neutrality rules? Has the Gigabit movement ground to a screeching halt?
Well, not exactly. In fact, if anything, the Gigabit service launches and deployment announcements by the nation's leading broadband providers have only picked up speed. Consider the following cases:
Google Fiber Inc. said in late March that it will expand its reach to Salt Lake City. That followed its late January announcement that it will offer 1-Gig service in Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville and Raleigh-Durham.
CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) said in early April that it will launch Gigabit service in parts of Wisconsin. That followed recent rollouts in Missouri, the Denver area and elsewhere.
Cox Communications Inc. announced at INTX last week that it will extend its GigaBlast service to parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Rhode Island, Oklahoma and Virginia this summer. That will follow its earlier launches in Phoenix, Orange County, Omaha and Las Vegas.
Likewise, Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) said at INTX last week that it has started deploying its new Gigabit Pro service in Nashville and will soon move into Chicago. That followed its earlier announcements about rolling out Gigabit Pro in Atlanta, Chattanooga, Miami, Jacksonville and parts of California. (See Cablecos Going Gaga Over Gigabit.)
Last but not least, even AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced just yesterday that it will bring its GigaPower service to Nashville next week, making that its tenth major Gigabit services market. That launch will follow recent rollouts in Atlanta, Miami, Chicago and elsewhere.
Of course, all these Gig rollouts could conceivably still come to a screeching halt if the Title II rules go into effect on June 12 as planned. But there have been no threats by the broadband providers to do so lately.
In other words, it seems to be full steam ahead for the US broadband industry. So much for the chilling effects of Title II, eh?
— Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading
KBode 5/19/2015 | 9:33:34 AM
Re: Also... So true. Unfortunately, with a fairly unskeptical press, that winds up being more often than not. ;)
kq4ym 5/18/2015 | 10:57:34 AM
Re: Also... Kind of like politicians, you an catch them fibbing whenever they open their mouth? It's only part of the PR business to put out the work you don't like some change and just hope someone might take you seriously enought to get your way with them.
Duh! 5/15/2015 | 12:05:39 PM
You can't take these things seriously Washington reality, Wall St. reality and real reality are not necessarily the same.
Anyone who is even semi-sophisticated in the ways of Washington expect a certain amount of Kabuki theatre when significant regulation is in play. Both sides of the Open Internet proceeding indulged in more than a little posturing, drama and hyperbole. See also: CO2, Dodd-Frank, anything having to do with oil and natural gas production.
In the real world, service providers respond to ROIC, competitive threats and the whims of senior management. I truly doubt that anything in the Order will break the business case for any justifiable deployment.
KBode 5/14/2015 | 4:46:23 PM
Also... Not to mention that most of those same companies are on record at conferences recently stating that Title II won't change the way they do business in the slightest. Yes, Comcast's plan to hit 18 million users with two gigabit fiber service certainly sounds like chilled investment to me...
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Orle (Municipality, Zagreb County, Croatia)
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Flag of Orle - Image by Željko Heimer, 20 September 2016
Presentation of Orle
Flag of Orle
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Former symbols of Orle
Zagreb County (Croatia)
Croatia: Local flags
The municipality of Orle (1,975 inhabitants in 2011) was estabiished in 1996, separating from Zagreb. The municipality is made of the villages of Orle (107 inh.), Bukevje (425 inh.), Čret Posavski (91 inh.), Drnek (308 inh.), Obed (51 inh.), Ruč (223 inh.), Stružec Posavski (75 inh.), Suša (113 inh.),Veleševec (430 inh.), and Vrbovo Posavsko (152 inh.),
Željko Heimer, 28 September 2016
The flag and arms of Orle are prescribed in Article 5 of the Municipality Statutes Statut (Općine Orle), adopted on 22 November 2001 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 30 November 2011 in the County official gazette Glasnik Zagrebačke županije, No. 22.
The flag is described as in proportions 2:1, blue with the coat of arms in the center.
Željko Heimer & Marko Vitez, 28 September 2016
Coat of arms of Orle - Image by Željko Heimer, 20 September 2016
The coat of arms is divided per fess. The upper part is azure (light) blue, a horse head issuant argent surrounded with a mullet and crescent or in the respective cantons. The lower part is vert per chevron or a water lily proper per chevron azure.
Former symbols of Orle - Images by Željko Heimer, 20 September 2016
The former symbols of Orle were prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi Općine Orle, adopted on 22 November 1996 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 12 December 1996 in Glasnik Zagrebačke županije, No. 18.
The flag is divided blue-yellow-blue (1:2:1), with the coat of arms set in the upper half (of a vertical flag). The same flag be used for horizontal hoisting, that is, without any rotation of the coat of arms.
The coat of arms was similar, but with the colours of the two bottom chevrons inverted.