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Is our bike scene too white? Local non-profit tackles the issue
Posted by Elly Blue (Columnist) on October 29th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
"The people riding and making decisions about bicycles is a white, middle class group."
— Alison Hill Graves, Community Cycling Center
The staff at Community Cycling Center, a 15 year old Portland-based nonprofit that aims to increase access to bicycling, has been doing some soul searching in the last few years.
In the process, community and programs director Alison Hill Graves says they started looking around the area they serve (a five-mile radius around their NE 17th and Alberta retail shop). "We saw a big divide in terms of who's riding bikes and who isn't."
Or, to put it more plainly, "The people riding and making decisions about bicycles is a white, middle class group."
Alison Graves
The result: The CCC is undertaking an initiative it calls Understanding Barriers to Bicycling. The effort is funded by a grant from Metro that comes with a social justice stipulation.
Their first step in the process was to spend much of 2009 meeting with area leaders and organizations, particularly those that represent African Americans, African immigrants, Latinos/Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. CCC staff told the groups about their work, and then asked questions about what might be preventing people from riding bicycles.
What they learned was eye opening, Graves said. "Affordability is a big barrier. But we also started hearing some deeper cultural, more challenging concerns, like that bicycling is an activity for white people or for Americans."
"There's the conversation about women going into bike shops and being intimidated. Think about being an immigrant… that option would never occur to them."
Language and class both pose significant barriers. "There's the conversation about women going into bike shops and being intimidated. Think about being an immigrant. We had conversations with people about where they'd buy a bike and they wouldn't even think of going into a bike shop, that option would never occur to them."
The CCC also commissioned two literature reviews — one on transportation and underserved groups, and one on community health initiatives — and sought out local histories and stories that would help them understand the experience of immigrants and people of color in Portland. All are available on the project web page, which they will continue to add to.
Their next step, already underway, is a series of community open houses and outreach events that will give them a chance to talk with more individuals about why they do or do not ride bikes.
Grants from Metro and REI will fund two pilot projects that will begin in 2010, each in conjunction with an affordable housing community — Hacienda CDC in the Cully neighborhood, and New Columbia in Portsmouth.
What the projects consist of will be guided by the relationships and lessons derived from this year's outreach.
A group of Somali women shared
their perspective at a meeting last week.
(Photo: CCC)
For example, "Somali women [we talked to] would ride with their kids, but don't know how," said Graves. The CCC could help with meeting these educational and equipment needs — "And we need to work with the city to make sure the Cully cycle track gets installed."
In other conversations, Graves said, Latino/Hispanic people have said that their biggest barrier to bicycling is that they don't know the rules and are afraid of being pulled over.
The exact pilot programs will be determined in early 2010, and be implemented that summer. Graves said she wanted it to be clear, however, that she sees this as not just a grant funded project but "a long term thing. It's not a program we're going to start and maybe stop some day — it's really the future of the CCC."
Part of that will mean organizational change and educating the CCC's own staff. "It forces us to think about how do we create an inclusive environment here? It pushes us internally as well. There will probably be some kind of facilitated, ongoing learning process."
And Portland as a whole may need to grow in this direction as well. "I think we have a lot of work to do to make bicycling more inclusive," Graves said. "I think while there's a lot to be proud of there's a lot of work to do, and that means sharing information, resources, and connection. And it means everybody thinking about equity."
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Yokota Fritz October 29, 2009 at 2:29 pm
This type of outreach is needed. Bicycle Colorado now makes their Safe Routes info available in Spanish. I've seen Chinese language bike promotion in San Francisco and I've heard of similar efforts around the country.
Dave October 29, 2009 at 2:36 pm
I think that's really great – transportation is really a major social justice issue, and it will be really good to see people actually looking into how to overcome barriers to providing a cheap and sustainable form of transportation to anyone in the city. I hope that others in the "bike scene" will be welcoming and want to help out – not in a condescending "we can help you" kind of way, but just a "bikes are great tools, here's how you can use them" kind of way. Sounds exciting.
Tony Fuentes October 29, 2009 at 2:51 pm
I think that "is our bike scene too white?" is kind of a specious question.
The focus of this effort is 1)facing that fact that there are barriers to access for members of our community; and 2) crafting solutions to eliminate them.
As outlined, these barriers are many and it isn't as simple as white/non-white.
The key ideas I take away from this post are "we have a lot of work to do to make bicycling more inclusive," and "it means everybody thinking about equity."
Needless to say, this is some exciting work being undertaken by CCC, Hacienda, and New Columbia. And it does make me thinking about what I can do on a personal and political basis to create a more inclusive and equitable transportation system.
Bahueh October 29, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Ha! you're looking for a more diverse community? you're not going to find it in pasty white Portland, Oregon…
Try DC…or NYC…anywhere in the SE?
sabes October 29, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Bahueh: diversity in the SE (assuming you mean SE USA). You're joking right? Diverse communities in the South?
Ethan October 29, 2009 at 4:15 pm
It is worth noting that there are often underlying barriers to doing things differently than our parents. In recreation, it is as statistically rare for a member of a minority to, say go camping, as it is for me (a white guy) to take up some sport that is wildly popular in an immigrant population.
The BTA has made a point over the years to connect the dots between the (at least partly) recreational "joy" of youth cycling and adult riding. For anyone that does not have that background, there is a lot of work needed to make it approachable and perhaps more importantly, fun.
old&slow October 29, 2009 at 5:02 pm
This surprises you?
By Blaine Harden
PORTLAND, Ore. — Already the whitest major city in America, Portland is rapidly becoming even whiter at its core.
"The heart of the black community is gone," said Charles Ford, 76, a black activist whose neighborhood in Portland has flipped in recent years from majority black to majority white. "There ain't no center anymore."
About 150 miles north in Seattle, the nation's second-whitest major city, the same process of downtown demographic bleaching is accelerating for the same reasons."
Today's post, in which I make nice with LADOT « BikingInLA October 29, 2009 at 5:25 pm
[…] A Boston cyclist writes about trusting total strangers with his life everyday. Portland asks if the local cycling scene is too white. Do mandatory helmet laws make cyclists safer — or just reduce the number of riders […]
Also, let's not forget that the bulk of Portland's bike infrastructure dollar is spent in wealthier, whiter, close-in neighborhoods.
Ex: Along inner-SE Hawthorne there is a N/S bikeway every ~7 blocks; but once you hit the other side of Mt. Tabor it drops quite dramatically…. then once you get past I-205 you're basically in a bike infrastructure desert.
Portland is great if you're one of the "haves" but if you're a "have not," then you're pretty lucky to just get a sidewalk!
cold worker October 29, 2009 at 5:44 pm
cycling isn't inherently a "white", "middle class" or "american" activity. i see people of color on bikes all the time. given portlands' predominant whiteness it's not a shock that the majority of cyclists are white and for sure, fewer of them are minorities. what sort of percentage split would make everyone happy? what is the specific goal of all this? what sort of changes would we supposedly see if more minorities were involved "the decisions" graves talks about? what "decisions"? cycling infrastructure?
not trying to rain on any parades, i want more cyclists on the road too. i don't care who it is. this just has warm and fuzzy p.c. overtones that seem odd to me. it's cycling. you just get on a bike and ride…
Q`ztal October 29, 2009 at 6:07 pm
sabes #5
Diverse communities in the South?
Um, yes. Lived down south. Actually saw LESS bigotry in South Carolina than in New England, the mid-west, or southern California. I'd say that has to do with awareness of the problem. This lead to educational programs that have helps the undecided and marginalizes the hate groups.
Self-segregation of communities seems much more defined here as if lines were drawn on a map.
Odd October 29, 2009 at 6:33 pm
funny, i see a lot of latin riders out where i live who don't give a damn about the rules of the road. no lights, riding against traffic, the list goes on
Schrauf October 29, 2009 at 7:20 pm
I think the outreach is positive. People don't ride for many different reasons, and the more we as a society understand, the more people we can encourage to ride.
One reason some ethnic groups ride less that I did not see mentioned yet (probably because it is a stereotype) is obsession with image. As in, obsession with fancy clothes and cars, even if you can't afford such. These people don't want to be seen on a bike.
It is ironic, given how obsessed your average white American is obsessed with image, but some other groups, on average, do appear even more extreme. Fortunately, in all groups, the obsession seems most acute with teens and young adults, and then gradually lessens with age and maturity.
I guess the solution is making cars uncool to young adults. If only that were easy.
Mike October 29, 2009 at 7:22 pm
I teach in North Portland. I also ride my bike around in between schools.
There must be people of color in Portland, cause the schools are full of their kids (including my son).
I see black people riding around the North Portland everyday.
I do commend any effort to reach out to anyone.
Steve B. October 29, 2009 at 7:27 pm
This is remarkably important! Kudos to CCC for taking this on.
Certainly, Portland has a small African American population, so almost anything in this city is going to appear overwhelmingly white, but this issue is prevalent throughout our country.
In Philadelphia, which is almost 50% black, there is a similar problem with larger scale adoption of bicycling as a practical means of transportation. But race may be just the symptom. Class, culture, and location are factors.
Duong October 29, 2009 at 7:43 pm
I've been cycling for 20+ years and my Asian parents are puzzled why I own $20k in bikes, when I own a perfectly fine running $20k car. I recall my mom being more worried about me riding my bike more than me driving my car. Yet in Asia, she shuttled me as a baby all over town on a bike harnessed to her with just a scarf and no helmet!
Cycling in Asia, for example is considered normal. But here in the US, Asians consider other Asians who ride bikes as poor, and those who drive are wealthy Asians.
So for US Asians, at least, it's more cultural perception.
On a side note: started racing CX this season and am always conscious about how many Asians cycling. I think I am the only Vietnamese racer of the 1500+ riders this season so far.
Keep up the good work Alison!
huey lewis October 29, 2009 at 7:55 pm
this is an ironic article on bikeportland given the amount of press/fawning over $3000+ dutch cargo bikes and "velocouture" worship (barf). custom hand-made shoes, wool knickers and tweed blazers are alienating, annoying, and unnecessary aspects to cycling imo. and i'm obsessed with cycling. imagine what that crap looks like to an outsider.
tent October 29, 2009 at 8:17 pm
While we're at it why not get a grant to take some minorities snowboarding or camping. Maybe we can get more minorities into hockey as well. What a waste of money.
tent #14, what a waste of money? What are you talking about although I think I know. Minorities just can't be into riding bikes can they? What a bigoted moron. Do articles like this just bring the neanderthals out of the woodwork?
Were bike shops ever intimidating to anyone else?
There are great psychological barriers to bike shops that go beyond cultural divides
The tight cluttered layout, the abnormally dark lighting (compared to a Walmart, Best Buy or any successful retail store), the confusing ranges of qualities of parts vs cost (browse the Shimano site for just mountain bike parts) and the overall higher prices are enough to chase off determined customers.
The customer service might me dynamite but the employees are usually cycle fanatics first, mechanics second, business managers third and then maybe sales people. That level of expertise, passion, knowledge and experience strikes fear in normal people; imagine the feeling you have when your car mechanic or IT/web guy calls you back before he said the work would be done to tell you …. ____. Fill in your fear.
You're at the mercy of the techie, the elite, who probably is not an elitist but looks and sounds like one. You have never spent more than $200 on a bike and can see no reason why a mid range bike, that does the minimum of what you are asking for, should cost greater than $1000.
I won't argue that cultural problem exist, being a white male of European descent, but I do think problems start when immigrants buy in to the "American Dream ™" that says having a car proves success.
Besides, aren't white people about to be out numbered as a nationwide demographic?
Good lord, another bigot! Q'ztal, bike stores are too confusing for non-white people! Am I in the 1950's deep south here? WTF! We have a small minority population here, I don't think the numbers of riders are out of the norm for the percent of the population. The responses here are mind numbing! I don't even know how to respond to statements like these! This is embarrassing!
Meep October 29, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Most people outside the Portland bike bubble are not eager to spend a whole lot of money on a bike when bikes here are overpriced. Plus, if you have generations of people who are accustomed to car culture in some way (or come from a background where bicycle = poor), you're already steps behind on helping someone.
Portland's not exactly a place I like cycling in. The weather sucks so you have to spend money on water-resistant gear, plus the topography is kind of crazy. I'm glad I live in the middle of town as opposed to 82nd or so… though I'd have more access to normal people food.
Not quite sure what's the point. Is it a matter of "the man" keeping people from riding bikes or could it be that they just don't want to. Riding a bike isn't exclusionary at all. It is cheaper than owning a car isn't it. I suppose extreme guilt drives people to create causes to fight for. I just hope they put a bike lane along cesar chaves ave.
suburban October 29, 2009 at 9:47 pm
I'm supporting Max
If you live in a poor neighborhood, you are lucky to get stop signs, sidewalks, street sweepers. I like the idea of multi-lingual maps, guides and signage, that's easy enough. The concept of 'outreach' and 'barriers to cycling' are idiotic inventions of persons who work in the non-profit and government sectors. If you are Somali, Dutch, Salvadorian or Chinook, if you want to ride, you ride. If your body tells you your bike should, for example, not have the BB so far forward and handlebars so high, you get a different bike. Bicycles are cheap and even good bikes are cheap compared to things with petrol engines.
I have never heard of a customer feeling intimidated in a bike store who did not have self-confidence deficits going in. Were they unprepared for questions like " what kind of riding do you want to do, or what's your budget?" Am I blaming an innocent victim? set me straight. It's ok to say " I'm having trouble communicating with you, may I please speak to a different sales representative"
Andrew October 29, 2009 at 9:53 pm
This is very important work. Props to the CCC.
wsbob October 29, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Sounds to me as though the people at CCC have done some good work in seeking to explore whether cultural barriers may be keeping more people from riding. I can understand anxiety about dropping into a bike shop to buy or get information.
To someone unfamiliar with bike technology and accessories, walking into a bike shop blasts you with a dazzling array of those things that can be overwhelming. It can take a while to make some sense of all you see. Add language and cultural issues into the mix, and it makes sense some people would just prefer to walk or take the bus.
Out here in good ol' Beaverton…Central Beaverton at least, there's quite a lot of ethnic diversity; Koreans, Chinese, Hispanics, Arabs… . Many Hispanics live right across the street from me. Some of them ride, but lots more walk. Having more of them ride might really help support the sense that more and better bike infrastructure is needed now. What I sense though, from observing great numbers of kids get off the school bus at the end of the day, is that many of them are already focused on the great American path to success consisting of car ownership and dependence upon one for getting where they need to go.
Matt October 30, 2009 at 12:56 am
Yeah, the headline is a white-guilt eye-grabber. The question is really Why don't more Portland minorities ride bikes?
cold worker October 30, 2009 at 2:49 am
old&slow: you are definitely pulling what you want to see out of tent and q'tzal's comments. tent is being sarcastic. and q'tzal is clearly, to me anyhow, stating that bike shops can be intimidating to everyone.
i don't know why you didn't call out schrauf for his statement (though i think he's just acknowledging the elephant in the room) when he said lots of people, ethnic groups, minorities, any number of sub-cultures, whoever, are obsessed with image (hip hop, i love you, since the first time i heard the older skater kids on my block playing Slick Rick when i when i was in third or fourth grade, but i'm looking straight at you. so many of the facets of your culture are self-oppressive and unhealthy it's absurd.)
t27 October 30, 2009 at 7:17 am
Good work reaching out to those who do not already ride.
Cycling is not only too white – it is too hip, too young and too urbane. Outreach to middle class, middle aged suburbanites anyone?
Sometimes the biggest barrier to riding is not infrastructure, cost or accessibility = it is cultural. Do people who I identify with ride? If the image of cycling is tattoos, dreadlocks and spandex, those who do not see themselves like this have difficulty seeing themselves on bikes.
Streetsblog Los Angeles » Today's Headlines October 30, 2009 at 7:21 am
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Steve October 30, 2009 at 8:14 am
"Graves said she wanted it to be clear, however, that she sees this as not just a grant funded project but "a long term thing. It's not a program we're going to start and maybe stop some day"
They have a history of making commitments and then pulling out. We'll see how long this lasts.
Post_Racial_America? October 30, 2009 at 8:30 am
This is the most relevent story I've seen on this site for a while. It's ok that the conversation is a little divisive. It's about image, class, race, culture, historical precedent, access, and more. In the end it is a story about equity in America. Equity in one of the whitest major metropolitain areas in America. As the best bicyling city in the US, Portland has a mandate and the responsiblity to lead in efforts to create equitable opportunities for people of all walks of life to connect with bicycling. Thanks to the CCC for doing the work and thanks to J Maus for covering it-
Streetsblog San Francisco » Today's Headlines October 30, 2009 at 9:08 am
[…] Bike Portland Asks: "Is Our Bike Scene Too White? Local Non-Profit Tackles Issue" More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill […]
chelsea October 30, 2009 at 9:52 am
Anything that gets more people on bikes is good for everyone.
Dave October 30, 2009 at 9:59 am
Funny, when I lived in San Francisco in the early 1970's you could have asked "Is cycling in SF too Hispanic and Asian?"
Is it actually a problem/issue? Do we have any numbers indicating that there is a smaller percentage of minorities riding than whites? I realize there seem to be far more whites riding, but as a percentage of white population? For example: 10% of 400000 (40,000) whites vs 20% of 100000 (20,000) minorities. Those numbers tell me that not enough caucasions ride.
I would also be interested in how and where the data was collected. Hawthorne Bridge or SE 122 and Powell? Please don't tell me this is based on BTA or Local Bike Shop data.
And lastly- why is it eye opening that that so many people don't want to drop a grand to get into cycling? Go to your LBS and asked to get outfitted for bike commuting. Eye opening would be all the "necessities" required for commuting and what they cost.
q`Tzal October 30, 2009 at 11:03 am
old&slow #21
Good job on the name calling and mud slinging!
As a white male, "The Man", I have no moral imperative to comment on the suffering that I have not observed to other cultures and races.
I have no reason to believe that it does not happen everyday.
If being a white male and having no direct experience with cultural or racial problems makes me a bigot then I have no idea how to fix it.
What I do feel I can comment on, in relation to this issue, is what any human being feels when approaching what is an self-isolated social group from the outside.
As a mostly white cycling community we have ensconced our transportation mode in fun and goofy activities; activities that look stupid and dangerous to people outside this social clique. It keeps us separate and thus we can't be part of the community as a whole.
As for the bike shops: look up any book on modern store design. There is no niche market that benefits from the stereotypical look of a bike shop. Circuit City looked similar in the early 1980's but changed because they wanted business from customers that weren't just audiophiles. The current bike market look, for medium to high end bicycles, is aimed at the bike-o-phile. I'm don't think bike shops can afford to make their "stores" like airport concourses but some changes could directly influence sales.
Get people hooked on non-toy bikes from an economic standpoint: it is much cheaper to maintain a repairable bike than a junk bike. Thus begins the process of "ownership" and "pride" in a much more fiscally responsible mode of transport.
Memo October 30, 2009 at 11:14 am
http://www.newgeography.com/content/001110-the-white-city A great article from new geography that fits in with this discussion about how many "progressive" cities have little diversity.
Good grief talk about liberal guilt (this coming from a liberal.) "Affordability"???? Your kidding right?
cold worker October 30, 2009 at 11:29 am
the image of cycling may be all that, but it's not cycling itself. cycling is cycling. the barriers to get people on bikes make no matter if white, black, latino, asian, etc. you will bike or you won't. there are not enough people on bikes in general. but what bugs me about super p.c. things like this is it looks to me like; hi, we're white people who do this thing that is really a better life choice, we're gonna help all you brown people get on board, ok? we're gonna make everything all better, don't you worry.
bike lanes see no color.
cold worker October 30, 2009 at 12:06 pm
memo: so should white portlanders feel like crap because of historical migration patterns of african-americans post-slavery?
the end of that article says we portlanders should feel no pride for the city and policies we've built as there aren't enough minorities here. crap. so i guess that means we can just pack it up, most of you here can head back to the upper midwest and east coast, i'll drag my ass back over to vancouver. it's been fun, but way too white. so it goes. fail. if only there was a way to round up people of color, bring them here and let them serve our needs so we can feel good about everything.
KWW October 30, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Quit trying to shame people on race issues, and get back to shaming them on environmental issues, pronto!
drizzle October 30, 2009 at 1:04 pm
I repsect the effort, but PDX and the region for that matter is white as snow.
rrandom rider October 30, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Talking race is always difficult. In a town as "progressive" as Portland, we tend to think we are beyond those issues, but our homogeneity simply means that they are easier to ignore.
There is room for a rational discussion of whether this is a valid study or use of resources, but I doubt that it will happen. Instead it will be mud-slinging between "racists" and "PC white guilters". Sigh.
fredlf October 30, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Having worked in bike shops in some pretty poor towns, I think it's a class issue that keeps people from riding more than a race issue.
Riding takes time, and when you work at a non-livable wage job, there isn't much extra time. Factor in split-shifts and graveyard shifts too.
Riding takes money. People buy the only bike they can afford: big-box junk that becomes unrideable (and often unfixable) after 6 months. Even when they work, they are slow, uncomfortable and brake so poorly they are frightening to use. (I always wore my helmet when test riding a customer's Magna).
If these hurdles could be overcome, I think you'd see a lot more diversity in the cycling population.
Like, for instance, the government offering a sizable subsidy for people to buy bicycles? Other countries do it…
middle of the road guy October 30, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Equality does not equal sameness.
Even with equal infrastructure, I would not expect equal behavior between different cultures.
One of the biggest failings of the 'diversity' movement is to realize that diversity = difference.
To me, this seems like an extension of white values onto other cultures.
Ironic that the study is being led by a white woman.
ma October 30, 2009 at 4:02 pm
CCC board of directors seems pretty white, too:
http://www.communitycyclingcenter.org/index.php/about-us/board-of-directors/
joe adamski October 30, 2009 at 4:54 pm
If it works,it works. If it don't work,it don't work.
The goal of getting a wide cross section of a community involved in something is when it works for them. Distinctions of race/age/class are meaningless compared to the true yardstick: it makes more sense to do this than do that.
I look at the European attitude that I am a ( fill in the blank) that rides a bicycle because it makes more sense. I am not a cyclist,per se.
When we get 'there', we will have figured it out pretty well.
cee dub October 30, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Good points! I definitely agree on class issues-those of us who do physical work may not have any juice left for riding. And if the idea is to get everybody on bikes someone might want to start making affordable rides for people with mobility/physical problems-trikes, quads, hand powered,etc. Even minor owies that won't keep people from driving can make biking impossible. Maybe there'll be a shift in consciousness once people start getting older and body parts begin malfunctioning.
Pashful Gazelle October 30, 2009 at 5:59 pm
I agree Joe that we're getting there. Very slowly, but we're getting there. I live in inner NE, go to City Bikes a lot. Last week I went to CB to check out a couple of things and was approached by a couple of Latino gents halfway down the block. One of the fellows needed a tube to repair the bike that he rides down to the day laborer site on the corner. They sheepishly asked me(in Spanish, I'm Mex.-Amer.) if I could buy it for them. Even though they spend every day at the opposite end of the block, they we're too intimidated to go into City Bikes.
Yeah it sucks that they feel that the bike shop wasn't for them, but on the other hand, it's great that the guy was riding everyday. His bike is his transport.
Oh and to Odd(#12); funny, I see tons of white folk in my neighborhood(again inner NE) who don't give a damn about the rules of the road, riding without lights, against traffic, etc. Hmm, maybe it's not just a Latin thing. And it's definitely not worth getting worked up about.
tbird October 30, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Interesting debate to have that's for sure. I know in some of the more cycling friendly countries in Europe this debate is happening as well. As one earlier poster pointed out; for immigrants cycling is seen within their peer groups as poor and sub-standard. They expect affluence to be associated with the auto only, especially now that they have moved to a more "affluent" nation. So, I don't think this is unique to PDX or even the US at all. It's a cultural hurdle no matter where we are.
As for alienation, the performance clothing and uber-macho urban warrior image does more to alienate others from riding than does race. One step to making cycling more appealing to all folks, of all races/cultures is to make it less of an extreme sport and more about transportation.
I'd vote for the European model, where cycling is both an ordinary means of transportation AND an extreme sport. And a very popular one at that.
Vive Le Tour!
justin October 30, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Many ethnic minorities avoid cycling in Holland and Germany too. Never seen a Muslim woman/girl on a bike anywhere in the EU. Bikes symbolize poverty for many groups, I guess. Most of the guys I saw biking in Detroit would be driving a car if they could afford one. People never know what to make of me; I may be the first black guy they ever saw wearing a helmet and signaling left turns.
Joel Batterman October 31, 2009 at 3:51 pm
As a Michigander by upbringing, I think that the comment that "bikes symbolize poverty" for many (or at least inconvenience) gets to the heart of the matter. Perhaps a third of Detroiters can't afford a car. Since that sprawling metro region doesn't have any rapid transit, or much bike infrastructure to speak of, it's only logical that cars become an important symbol of upward mobility, perhaps just as significant as home ownership.
It seems like the middle-upper class white demographic had to get pretty well saturated with auto ownership before a few began to realize that total dependence on the auto might have serious costs. Of course, the bulk of those costs had been laid with the less fortunate, whose former means of transportation (foot, transit, etc.) were often made very inconvenient or dangerous, and whose neighborhoods were sliced up with asthma-inducing freeways.
Aaron October 31, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Elly thank you for writing about this. I have long been concerned about the homogeneous bike culture here. I thought that perhaps people from other cultures didn't feel included in the bike culture, but it seems that many factors play a role in this issue. Kudos to CCC for opening the doors for people from all backgrounds. I wish you the greatest of success in this program.
Vance Longwell November 1, 2009 at 10:15 am
Ya, I'm sure condescension will smooth things right over. Part and parcel of tying bicycles to the Church of Green movement. Basic marketing 101. Leave religion and politics out of it.
Maybe, black folks think you all look like a bunch-o-douche-bags and, rightly, are embarrassed to join the fiasco? Could be that. I know I'm embarrassed to ride my bike anymore, and I'm white even!
Richard Campbell November 2, 2009 at 12:03 am
Justin, this photo is from Copenhagen:
http://www.thirdwavecycling.com/images/copenhagen_woman_in_front_w.jpg
Cheek November 2, 2009 at 3:14 am
Great article. Good coverage
The comments here are particularly vicious and dismissive. Why do us white people feel so compelled to beat up or ridicule each other about race issues? That is not solving anything. It just divides us further and keeps us from constructive action.
Kudos to Graves and the CCC for overcoming the paralysis of guilt or apathy and actually deciding to do something.
Brian Johnson November 2, 2009 at 5:27 pm
I think the CCC is going to find out some interesting things.
However, I think that regardless of where we come from, in this country bicycles still, by and large, equal TOYS. This apprehension is further aided by fancy (and expensive) woolen riding pants and very expensive "utility" bikes.
Like the example given by Duong in #16, despite the fact that bicycles were a fact of transportation life in Vietnam, once in this country, bicycles were only for children and those too poor to own a car.
Thinking Big Thoughts: Bikes and Land Use « PDX Planning Commissioner November 3, 2009 at 8:00 pm
[…] How do we make sure these benefits are distributed fairly around the City? How do we bring great cycling to outer East Portland where the street grid tends to fragment, or SW Portland where topography makes cycling challenging? Will we need targeted encouragement to different demographic groups to help create ethnic and income-level equity? […]
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J.Chong December 30, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Look north to Canada in the big cities to monitor what happens at times on developments with respect to changing demographics & cycling.
An article on bilingual Canadian Chinese-English bike map. Give statistical info. for Toronto and Vancouver:
http://thirdwavecyclingblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/bilingual-multilingual-bicycle-maps-canada%e2%80%99s-first-chinese-english-bicycle-map-for-metro-toronto-a-legacy-of-eugene-yao-community-and-cycling-activist/
It's worthwhile to understand why huge swaths of the population don't engage or are perceived not to engage in cycling. Some of those reasons maybe cultural while other reasons might be lack of cycling infrastructure in certain areas of a city.
Why should we even care? If you want to build city-wide support and increase use of alternative transportation plus improve people's health, it will not happen en mass until one finds different tactics of making cycling easier for more folks.
Portland takes the 'bad ass' out of biking, part 3: The Community Cycling Center | Seattle Bike Blog October 20, 2010 at 12:32 pm
[…] and try to figure out what concerns kept people of color and immigrants from picking up a bike. From Bike Portland: What they learned was eye opening, Graves said. "Affordability is a big barrier. But we also […]
soren October 17, 2019 at 9:30 am
And ~10 years later it's still too white and middle-class.
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This lyre-shaped Art Deco sofa, by the famed Jules Leleu, is one of his most important pieces. It is rose-wood veneer on an oak frame. The back is slightly recessed, and the arm-rests are detached. Bronze detailing graces the front of the frame, and the sofa rests on four elegantly sculpted feet.
There were less than 5 of these sofas made by Leleu, according to Francoise Siriex, former collaborator of Leleu. The workmanship and design are extraordinary, and it is signed in ivory. Leleu often did not sign his pieces, and the fact that this sofa is signed in ivory indicates that it is a very special piece. It comes from an apartment in the exclusive 16th arrondisement in Paris, which was completely decorated by Leleu.
78 H x 215 W x 75 D cm.


Facebook is creating your "Year in Review 2016" videos, helping you celebrate all of your biggest moments of the year. The Facebook videos were wildly popular in 2015.
This year, the video shows you some of your most liked pictures from 2016. It tallies all of the things you've liked on Facebook this year, and thanks you for being a loyal Facebook user.
If you want to see your video, just be logged into Facebook and go to Facebook.com/yearinreview2016.
But, don't be discouraged if you get this message: Sorry! We're not quite ready for you. Come back soon. Remember, Facebook has 1.79 billion users! That's a lot of videos to generate. Keep checking back, as Facebook will continue to roll out the videos over the next few weeks.
Also, be on the lookout for scams. Some pages promise to create your "Year in Review" video for you, if you like or share their page, or install some third party app. Don't be fooled – you don't need to install any extra plugins to get your video.


Over the next few days, hundreds of people will be rewarded for years of hard work filled with blood, sweat, and concussions during one of the rare instances in life where picking up a phone call from an unknown number is a good idea: when you're waiting to get drafted by an NFL team. Plenty of players will be rewarded with millions of dollars for doing nothing more than signing and initiating a few pieces of paper, but bonuses aren't the only incentive when it comes to one pick in this year's NFL Draft.
Nobody really wants to get picked in the third round, but Pizza Hut is making the 78th spot a bit more attractive by offering a year's worth of free pizza to whoever gets scooped up. According to Total Pro Sports, the NFL's rebound pizza sponsor has dubbed this the "Pi Pick," as it's the 14th one of the third round— or "3.14" (while you could also stylize it "3-14," I'm assuming "Negative 11 Pick" just didn't have quite the same ring to it).
However, the player won't be the only person to benefit when they're drafted later than they'd probably like. Pizza Hut will also throw a party in the city of the team that selects the player, which means the people of Kansas City can expect some free pies coming their way barring any trades by members of the front office who are brave enough to dare the wrath of pizza fansscorned.
On the off chance you're as curious as I was, the average third-round pick takes home a guaranteed $756,000. I can only imagine how relieved they'll be to know they'll have something to fall back on if times get rough.


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The Clover Park School District (CPSD) is the fourth largest school district in Pierce County, Washington, United States, and the 28th largest public school district in the state.

Location
The Clover Park School District is located directly south of Tacoma, Washington in the city of Lakewood. The district includes  within the western area of Pierce County.

CPSD serves the majority of Lakewood, North Fort Lewis, the Joint Base Lewis-McChord community (the district boundary includes almost all of the boundary of Fort Lewis and much of the McChord Field territory), and portions of Parkland and Tacoma.

Schools
Clover Park is composed of 17 elementary schools, four middle schools, two high schools, one alternative high school and Harrison Preparatory School (grades 6-12). The district also serves two specialty schools within Western State Hospital.

Starting with the 2009-2010 school year, Harrison Prep offered grades 6 through 12 only, to allow for an International Baccalaureate (Middle Years Program).

Demographics
On average, the CPSD student body is approximately 39.66% Caucasian, 13.05% African American, 27.85% Hispanic, 4.53% Asian American, and .83% Native American.

Racial discipline policy
Data from Washington schools indicated that black students were disciplined more often than white students. "Are you dispersing discipline across the ethnicities, the racial groups, equitably", asked a district superintendent, "are you disciplining African-American boys more than you're disciplining white boys?" <

Military influence
There has been a significant military influence within the district due to its proximity to Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Each of its two senior high schools are home to two Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) programs. Clover Park High School has an Air Force JROTC program, and Lakes High School has an Army JROTC program.

About 31% of students within the district live on a military base while 40% are funded military dependents. From 1985 to 2011, there have been 90 appointments to military academies from CPSD.

References

External links
 Clover Park School District website

School districts in Washington (state)
Lakewood, Washington
Education in Pierce County, Washington


There has been a lot of press reports and comments on social media questioning the validity of NYDC. Some have questioned whether NYDC is a properly approved entity, whether budget has been approved, or if funds are used appropriately.
Over the weekend, NYDC organised a special Roundtable meeting with members of the Myanmar Engineering Council, Myanmar Engineering Society, Myanmar Architect Council, the Association of Myanmar Architects and various other learned stakeholders at the function hall of the MES. Our Planning and Development Head Ms. Alicia Aye Aye Khine explained the salient points of the New Yangon City Socio-Economic Master Plan (SEMP) subsequent to which I chaired the Questions & Answers Session.
We have been quiet, but that doesn't mean we have not been busy. August has been a hectic month as we plough through documents and conduct various negotiations and discussions.
Here I'm happy to update you on a few key things.
Planning a city from scratch is a bit like having a clean sheet of paper to draw on – it could be daunting, while at the same time, exhilarating. It has been done before, all over the world. We see success stories such as Singapore; with the city-state today reaping the fruits of its master planning. Diligently laid out in the 1960s, good planning transformed the newly-independent country where nearly three out of four people lived in slums, to what we see today, a thriving, modern city. Poor city planning or the lack of planning, on the other hand, would sow the seeds of urban ills.
I've noticed that lately the debate between developing 'wasteful white elephant' buildings versus the inclusion of shiny skyscrapers and luxury housing in the New Yangon City has been a keen focus for commentators, social media bloggers and the public. Therefore, this is what I will cover in this week's discussion.


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Mileage tax for California drivers proposed in…
Mileage tax for California drivers proposed in state Senate
By Steve Scauzillo | Southern California News Group
May 7, 2014 at 4:38 a.m.
INDIAN WELLS — The governor's secretary of transportation discussed with Southern California city leaders last week an unprecedented state bill that would authorize a first-ever pilot program to tax motorists by vehicle miles traveled, according to the chief executive officer of the Southern California Association of Governments.
The bill, SB 1077 by state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, gives the California Transportation Agency, the Department of Motor Vehicles and other agencies authorization to track vehicle miles traveled by motorists in a yet-to-be-determined city starting in January 2016, according to the language in the bill.
If approved, the pilot would be the first in California but the third in the nation, behind similar test programs in Washington and Oregon, said Sharon Neely, transportation expert with the Southern California Association of Governments.
DeSaulnier's bill would use a "miles-based fee" to replace the state gas tax, now at 52.9 cents per gallon. Presumably, if a VMT tax were implemented nationwide, it also would take the place of the federal excise tax on gasoline, which is 18.4 cents per gallon.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced that the balance on the Federal Highway Trust Fund will reach zero on Aug. 29. The federal excise tax that fills the fund has been dropping due to more fuel-efficient cars on the roads.
SCAG has been a proponent of finding a new way to collect money to rebuild highways, freeways, bridges, pedestrian and bicycle paths and mass transit such as light-rail and subways.
A VMT of $0.05 per mile starting in 2025 would raise $110.3 billion a year for six Southern California counties: Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Imperial, according to SCAG.
But the idea of charging a fee for the number of miles traveled instead of a sales tax or excise tax did not sit well with SCAG members from San Bernardino and Riverside counties, where the geography and sheer distance causes people to drive more than residents in Los Angeles County.
"We have isolated area where people travel 40 miles to get to a doctor," said Anne Mayer, executive director of the Riverside County Transportation Commission. "It (VMT) is really tough for counties like San Bernardino and Riverside with huge geography and people spread out."
Even Los Angeles County's Metropolitan Transportation Authority Executive Director Art Leahy said a VMT "would be a tough sell." His agency, with a $5.5 billion budget, is one of the best funded in the nation and that is mostly from local sales tax measures approved by county voters.
Steve Scauzillo


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This is the Python implementation of the cMonkey algorithm based on the original R implementation by David J. Reiss, Institute for Systems Biology.
A complete set of documentation for installation and running of cMonkey is on the project's Github Pages.
There are also developer and user discussion groups.
Please report all bugs or other issues using the issue tracker. Please direct any and all questions to either the developer or user discussion groups.
The file can be either in your file system or a web URL.
Make a gene interaction file. The example data file mentioned above was generated from Biogrid around 10/6/14.
Find an RSAT mirror that has .raw chromose files and feature files. In the above example, we use Homo_sapiens_ensembl_74_GRCh37 from the main RSAT database. To annotate these we use 'protein_coding.tab' and 'protein_coding_names.tab'. In principal, other annotation files such as 'processed_transcript' would work just as well.
Adjust the upstream region searched, and perhaps modify the code to search for know TF and miRNA motifs rather than de-novo motifs. NOTE: Modiyfing the motif search step is non-trivial.


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Home » Health News » What are the links between violence and mental illness?
What are the links between violence and mental illness?
When there is news of a violent attack, we sometimes hear that it could be related to mental illness—which may make us ask whether the violence could have been predicted or prevented. Current research and perspectives on associations between violence and mental illness are presented in the special January/February issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
"[T]he articles in this Special Issue serve to summarize important facets of the complex connection between mental illness and violent behavior, and to illuminate the potential for mental health practitioners and researchers to play a more productive role in preventing violence," according to an introduction by Guest Editor Jeffrey Swanson, Ph.D., Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine.
Expert insights on treatment and prevention of violence related to mental illnessViolence and serious mental illness are two "top tier" public health problems in the United States. However, it's difficult to demonstrate and understand the connections between them, if any. Research suggests that only a small fraction of violent acts occurring in the community—three to five percent—are attributable to mental illness. "The large majority of the perpetrators of violent crimes do not have a diagnosable mental illness, and conversely, most people with psychiatric disorders are never violent," Dr. Swanson writes.
Representing a broad range of intellectual and clinical perspectives, the Special Issue articles "reflect both the multifaceted nature of the problem and the importance of interdisciplinary research to inform effective interventions and policies to try to solve it." Topics include:
Mental health treatments to prevent violence. Two articles review current research and practice on medications and behavioral therapies to reduce hostility and aggression, focusing on schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders. While there's evidence that some treatments do work to reduce violent behaviors, it remains unclear how they work—especially in these two fundamentally different disorders.
Violence against family. Caregivers and other family members of people with serious mental illness are often victims of violence; evidence suggests that 1 out of 5 family members are affected. In addition to usual risk factors such as substance abuse and not taking prescribed medications, family dynamics may contribute to these events.
Violence risk assessment. Assessing the risk of violence in individual patients poses difficult challenges for mental health professionals. An expert column addresses the real-world situations in which these assessments are done, where clinicians "must balance ethical and clinical concerns at the intersection of safety with coercion and fairness."
Mass shooting events. A "Perspectives" article offers insights into the role of mental illness in mass casualty shootings. The authors propose a strategy for studying the complex causes of these tragic events, with a broader collaborative role for psychiatry in trying to prevent them. Researchers should "deliberately reject the stigmatizing assumption that psychopathology is the main driver of a mass casualty shooting."
Gun violence prevention. Dr. Swanson is lead author of an article making the case for state laws allowing psychiatrists or other professionals to petition for court orders to remove firearms from patients who pose an "imminent risk" of harm to themselves or others. A growing number of states have enacted extreme risk protection orders—sometimes called "red flag" laws—enabling law enforcement to temporarily remove guns from people with behaviors indicating imminent risk of violence. An accompanying "Disruptive Innovations" essay discusses the potential advantages and challenges of this role for mental health professionals.
Dr. Swanson voices the hope that the Special Issue articles will provide a useful guide to future research toward meeting two critical, complementary goals: "to meaningfully reduce the toll of violent injury and mortality in the population, and to safely and respectfully integrate people with mental illnesses into community life, with the acceptance and support that will allow them to thrive."January 13, 2021 – When there is news of a violent attack, we sometimes hear that it could be related to mental illness—which may make us ask whether the violence could have been predicted or prevented. Current research and perspectives on associations between violence and mental illness are presented in the special January/February issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
Gun violence prevention. Dr. Swanson is lead author of an article making the case for state laws allowing psychiatrists or other professionals to petition for court orders to remove firearms from patients who pose an "imminent risk" of harm to themselves or others. A growing number of states have enacted extreme risk protection orders—sometimes called 'red flag' laws—enabling law enforcement to temporarily remove guns from people with behaviors indicating imminent risk of violence. An accompanying "Disruptive Innovations" essay discusses the potential advantages and challenges of this role for mental health professionals.
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PODvocative
A PODvocative person is one who confronts the unconventional with courage. Each week, NYC-based millennials Farheen and Sheetal will host a "PODvocateur" to share their unique perspectives. Through this exchange, we hope to foster a sense of togetherness and understanding, acknowledging that each of us has something to learn from seemingly ordinary people, who share their extraordinary points of view. We spotlight Ismaili Muslim voices, those that bravely confront topics that may be traditionally taboo or unaddressed within the community. These Ismaili PODvocateurs are offering their unfiltered outlooks, with guests including LGBTQ+, nonpracticing, mid-thirties-and-single, and many other Ismailis. We hope you will hear and learn from their stories, and, in doing so, continue to be unapologetically PODvocative yourselves.
By #ThePodsGuy - May 22 2020
Amazing podcast talking about some incredibly important issues within the South Asian community. Cannot wait to hear more episodes and learn from a brilliant and diverse group of guests!
Rank #1: Noor on Serving in the Military & Surviving Abuse
Content Warning: Military Combat, Sexual Assault, & Domestic Violence
Noor James was the first-ever Ismaili female West Point Academy graduate. She then served abroad as a First Lieutenant in the armed forces, where she was sexually assaulted, far from her family and support system.
After returning to the US and earning her law degree, Noor married, but quickly realized her marriage was not safe for her after she was physically harmed by her partner. Noor's decision to divorce impacted her mental health as she tried to understand her next steps.
Shortly thereafter, Noor was happily in an interfaith and interracial relationship. After feeling sick on a trip, Noor found out that she and her boyfriend were expecting. Noor shares the rollercoaster of emotions she felt: happiness and excitement, but also anxiety about what her family and community members would think. Additionally, during another pregnancy later on, Noor suffered a miscarriage, and describes the impact this had on her emotional well-being.
Noor's story is full of resilience at every turn. We hope all of you learn from her and her immeasurable strength.
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Rank #2: Tazim on IVF and its Physical & Mental Challenges
For the third episode of our motherhood series, we bring you a powerful story surrounding IVF and the challenges that accompany this process.
At first, Tazim wasn't sure whether motherhood was right for her. She had a career and a life that she loved, and didn't know if children were in the cards. Once she did decide that she wanted to be a parent, she wasn't able to get pregnant right away. She then pursued In Vitro Fertilization.
In addition to the physical toll that IVF takes on the body, Tazim dives into the challenges that we don't often hear about. She shares how she had to tell her boss and all-male team at work that she would be late everyday due to her doctor's appointments. She shares how she pursued therapy to help her decide if she wanted to put her body through IVF a second time to give her son a sibling. She shares her internal conflict when deciding what to do with her embryos still in storage.
Tazim's story is not uncommon, but it is often not discussed. We hope her story educates and inspires our listeners.
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Rank #3: Neelum on Delivering her Baby 5 Months Early
At barely 23 weeks pregnant, Neelum was rushed to the hospital one night after significant bleeding. She was going into labor 5 months early.
Neelum talks us through how she felt robbed of a traditional pregnancy, a baby shower, creating her child's nursery, and even packing a hospital bag. She also shares the significant obstacles her child had to overcome during his months-long stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The health challenges faced by both Neelum and her son were considerable, and she shares how we can better support mothers in positions like hers. She talks us through her emotional and nontraditional path to becoming a mother, and her resilience permeates throughout her story.
Rank #4: Aliya on Divorce & Single Motherhood
We are so excited to bring you the first guest of our motherhood series. Over the course of eight weeks, we will be spotlighting women whose paths to motherhood deviated from the traditional image.
Today, we sit down with Aliya, who is the dictionary definition of resilience. Originally from Dallas, she moved to the Bay and got married at a relatively young age. When she realized the relationship was no longer fulfilling her, she pursued a divorce, but she always knew in her heart that she wanted to be a mom. So, she did her research, talked to other women and single mothers who had pursued similar paths, and had her son on her own. The journey, however, was not without its hardships. She shares how friends, family, and community members reacted, and what her and her son's relationships with the Ismaili community have been like.
She is a brilliant, inspirational woman that we can all learn so much from. We're so thankful she shared her story with us.
Rank #5: Fazila on Being an NYC Frontline Worker & Freezing her Eggs
It's our first episode of Season 2!
Fazila is an ER doctor that served on the front lines during the height of the pandemic in New York City. She tells us how this impacted her mental health, after already having struggled with anxiety and depression throughout her life. She also shares her experience of working abroad in hospitals in Tanzania.
Plus, Fazila waited until nearly age 40 to get married and talks us through her decision to wait. She details the process of freezing her eggs and how it empowered her to control and take charge of her future. She gives advice for women who may be considering the IVF method. Her story is full of resilience, strength, and inspiration.
Rank #6: Bonus Episode: Nadia from Indian Matchmaking
In this bonus episode, we sit down with Nadia from Indian Matchmaking to reflect on her time on the show and her life since it aired.
She dives into how she landed a spot on the reality show, how her family and friends reacted, and whether she was happy with the way that she was portrayed. She also shares what was "real" within the show, and whether or not cameras on dates hindered her from establishing connections. And, she opens up about the discrimination she faces, and faced on the show, for being Guyanese.
Plus, Nadia answers some listener questions!
Rank #7: Sheetal & Farheen Reflect on Season 1
It's our season finale! Join our co-hosts as they look back on their most challenging, most rewarding, funniest, and cringiest moments of Season 1. These two also share how this season has changed them, inspired them, and surprised them.
Plus, find out what to expect in Season 2!
Rank #8: Nureen on her Partner's Conversion into Islam
In part 3 of our interfaith series, Nureen discusses her previously interfaith (now same-faith) and interracial marriage. Her partner, Akil, is Trinidadian and converted to Islam and joined the Ismaili community.
Nureen candidly shares what the conversion journey was like for them and the challenges they had to overcome throughout. She dives into the impact that Akil's embrace of Islam had and continues to have on her relationship and marriage, and what initially drew Akil to the Ismaili faith and the Ismaili Muslim community. Plus, she shares how Akil has now integrated into the Ismaili community.
Note: Nureen makes references to ITREB throughout this conversation. ITREB is an Ismaili institution that oversees the conversion process and curriculum.
Rank #9: Raeesa on her Hindu-Muslim Identity
In part 2 of our interfaith series, Raeesa tells us what life was like growing up in her dual-faith household: her father identifies as a Maharashtran Hindu and her mother identifies as Ismaili. Raeesa and her brother were raised within both faiths, practicing each one and attending its festivals and rituals with regularity. Raeesa shares how this upbringing has shaped her views on organized religion, what part of each faith she has personally connected to and had challenges with, and how she hopes to engage with these faiths with her own future family. Now, Raeesa identifies as Hindu-Muslim, still actively partaking and finding meaning in both religions.
Rank #10: Armina on Interfaith & Interracial Marriage
Armina's partner, Mike, is Catholic and identifies as white, while Armina identifies as a Pakistani Ismaili Muslim. She details their love story, how their families reacted, and what Mike's presence and attendance at Ismaili events are like. Armina also discusses the unexpected challenges her marriage poses, as well as what her interfaith wedding ceremony was like.
Plus, Armina explains what questions or comments she's tired of hearing (hint: think babies and conversion). We also examine the fetishization of mixed beings and why that rhetoric is harmful. She ends with advice to anyone in a similar situation.
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Hundreds of elk stream across road in video taken near Ellensburg
UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 16, 2019
Screenshot taken from video shot by Puget Sound Energy showing hundreds of elk crossing a roadway near Ellensburg in January 2019. (Puget Sound Energy)
By Eli Francovich elif@spokesman.com(509) 459-5508
Hundreds of elk streamed across a road near Ellensburg last week. The migration was caught on video near Puget Sound Energy's Wild Horse Wind and Solar facility.
The animals are starting their yearly migration.
Roads, particularity major interstates, pose a huge danger to the large ungulates and really any animal trying to get safely from point A to point B.
Freeways and roads disrupt natural animal migration paths, leading to increased mortality and fragmenting habitats.
It's estimated that 1.2 million dogs die on American roads every year and more than 5 million cats perish. One oft-cited, although dubious, statistic claims that more than 1 million animals die on U.S. roads daily.
The New York Times reported in 2007 that wildlife-related crashes increased 50 percent from 1990 to 2004. At that time roughly 200 people died each year in wildlife-related car accidents.
Projects like the I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition are attempting to build animal over and under passes across key stretched of I-90. So far there are six undercrossings and one overcrossing east of Snoqualmie Pass.
The Washington project was initially modeled after an underpass and overpass in Banff National Park, which crosses over the Trans-Canada Highway.
Since that overpass opened 20 years ago, it's estimated that 152,000 animals have crossed safely.
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Man Sentenced To A Year In Prison After Attacking Employee Over Mask Policy
A Minnesota man has been sentenced to serve a year in prison after attacking a Menards employee over a mask policy, The Associated Press reported.
Luke Oeltjenbruns is accused of hitting the lumber store employee multiple times in the head with a piece of wood after objecting to the store's mask mandate policy.
Authorities later found Oeltjenbruns sitting alone in his pickup truck in another store's parking lot, according to a Minneapolis Star Tribune report published in April.
A slow-speed chase ensued where police officer Steven Sickmann got up on the truck's running board and reached through the window.
Oeltjenbruns then closed the window on Sickmann's arm and drove off, crashing into police vehicles, according to the filed complaint.
As Sickmann tried to grab a hammer to break free, Oeltjenbruns took the hammer and hit the police officer in the head, the Star Tribune reported.
Oeltjenbruns's wife, Robbie Lynn Oeltjenbruns, said during his sentencing that her husband suffers from depression, anxiety and PTSD from his time in the military, the AP reported.
Luke Oeltjenbruns pleaded guilty to charges of first- and second-degree assault in the incident.
After his time in prison, he will also serve 10 years of probation during which he will perform community service, attend therapy sessions and write letters of apology to the victims, the AP noted.
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Authored by: Paul Wiener
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Patrick Aloysius Ewing is a Jamaican-American retired basketball player who spent most of his professional career as the New York Knicks' starting center. Named as the 16th greatest college player of all time by ESPN, Ewing was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2008. He became an assistant coach for the Orlando Magic in 2007 and in 2010 he coached his son Patrick Ewing Jr, who played for the Magic in the 2010 summer league.
Complete with gripping on-the-court action, this biography provides a close-up account of Ewing's life and career, including his introduction to basketball on a Cambridge playground, his college years at Georgetown University, and his emergence as an NBA star.


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Great White Singer Jack Russell and Wife Involved in Boat Crash
Great White singer Jack Russell recently found himself involved in a boat crash of all things, but in this case he was happy not to be the cause of the trouble.
The singer told Metal Sludge that he and his wife were kicking back aboard their boat when they heard a huge boom. It was another drunken sailor who had collided into the rear of their vessel. Russell says, "I went onto the back deck and this drunk guy in a sailboat had crashed into the back of our boat. Fortunately the damage to ours was minimal and he had insurance. I took his info and had him shove off before Harbor Patrol showed up. No sense in him going to jail. After all, his boat suffered some serious damage."
Russell says he and his wife shared a laugh afterward, as he joked, "I'm just glad it wasn't the other way around." He adds, "It's nice to be sober again. Until next time, remember don't drink and sail."
The singer and the remaining members of Great White have been at odds ever since Russell left to address his health issues. After hearing he wasn't welcome back and that the group had replaced him, he formed his own version of the band called Jack Russell's Great White and the two acts are currently battling over who owns the rights to the moniker.
Great White are known for their 1989 hit 'Once Bitten, Twice Shy,' but perhaps are even more known for their involvement in one of the worst tragedies in rock history, when their 2003 show at the Station Club in Rhode Island turned into an inferno that killed 100 people.
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A new set of neuroanatomy drawings by Santiago Ramón y Cajal was installed in Building 35.
The drawings date back to the turn of the last century when Santiago Ramón y Cajal shared the Nobel Prize (1906) with Camillo Golgi for their work on the structure of the nervous system. We thank our partners at the Cajal Institute in Madrid, Spain for making this exhibit possible. You can see the original drawings, or touch 3-D prints of enlarged drawing details, until September.
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Michael Potter Exhibit Launched
Swan, Jeremy (NIH/NICHD) [C] posted on May 14, 2018
U.S. National Library of Medicine Photograph by Ernie Branson The Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum opened twin historical exhibits in the Clinical Center in May honoring two NIH greats: Dr. Christian Anfinsen, who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in chemistry; and Dr. Michael Potter, winner of a 1984 Lasker Award. Anfinsen and Potter began their careers at NIH in the 1950s, when molecular biology and genetics were new fields. They expanded both fields by asking questions that led to deeper understanding of basic biological functions. Their commitment to science influenced their personal lives as well.
Continue reading about the launch in the NIH Record: https://nihrecord.nih.gov/newsletters/2018/05_18_2018/story5.htm
Online Exhibit - Curiosity & Collaboration: The Work of Michael Potter (1924-2013) https://history.nih.gov/exhibits/potter/
See the video from the Potter Exhibit Dedication here: https://history.nih.gov/exhibits/potter/video.html
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