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Mammals are the highest class of vertebrates and the female has mammary glands which secrete milk for the nourishment of young after birth. Mammals are warm-blooded and the majority of their body is covered with hair. Mammals give birth to live young (except the platypus and echidna, who lay eggs). They also have three middle ear bones.
Most mammals live solely on land, but there are several groups that have specifically evolved to exist solely in aquatic environments (dolphins and whales) one of which is the largest of all animals. Only one group has mastered the art of true flight (bats) although several have developed the ability to glide through tree tops.
Our Amazing Mammals
Binturong Camels Cheetahs Dingoes Echidnas Giraffe Goats Kangaroos Koalas Lemurs Meerkats Otters Possums and Gliders Red Panda Rhinoceros Tasmanian Devils Tigers Wombats Zebra
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What can you do to keep your mouth healthy?
- Brushing and floss daily
- Use fluoride
- Limit sugary snacks
- Get a dental check-up once per year
- Use a mouth guard for sports
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Daily brushing and flossing are important for oral health!
Brushing your teeth removes plaque build-up and food from your teeth and gums. This should be done after every meal for the best results and to keep plaque from building up and food from getting stuck!
The best regular-use toothbrush is one that has soft bristles. When the bristles bend and fray – usually every three to four months – replace the toothbrush. If you have been sick, replace your toothbrush sooner to help prevent the spread of germs.
Proper brushing is especially important, but how do you do that?
1. Hold the brush against your teeth with the bristles at a slight angle.
2. Use short strokes to gently clean two teeth at a time.
3. Inside the front teeth: brush with small circles using the tip of the brush.
4. Don't forget to brush your tongue! This gets rid of bacteria and helps keep your breath fresh.
Always rinse your toothbrush thoroughly after brushing and store it in a clean, preferably dry (to prevent the growth of bacteria and/or mold). Keep it away from other brushes.
Flossing cleans everything out from between the teeth and under your gum line – places your toothbrush can't get to. Do this once per day to prevent gum disease and don't worry if it's hard to do at first – it gets easier as you practice!
To floss properly:
1. Wrap an 18 inch length of dental floss around the middle finger of your left and right hand so that you can hold it steady.
2. Hold the floss between your fingers and work it between your teeth and slightly under your gum line by gently moving the floss back & forth.
3. Curve the floss along the tooth, sliding it into the space between the tooth and gum until you feel some resistance. Gently move the floss up and down to get rid of plaque. Repeat this motion on all your other teeth as needed – use a clean part of the floss as you go!
Good habits to get into!
In summary: Get yourself a soft-bristle brush and a container of dental floss and make use of them every day. This will prevent cavities, keep your breath fresh and generally improve your oral health so that, the next time you go to the dentist, you'll make them incredibly proud!
You can purchase these items at any grocery store and even some convenience stores, and you do not need an expensive toothbrush to do the job.

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The latest trend in self improvement is the bullet journal or the "analog system for the digital age." The system, invented by digital product designer Ryder Carroll, allows users to turn a blank notebook into a to-do list, diary, notebook, and sketchbook. The bullet journal is especially helpful for those with tasks coming from multiple directions, and who need an organized plan of action that favors rapid-fire note-taking and prioritization. With the increasing number of technological ways to store information, it is nice to see the traditional blank notebook receiving fresh attention.
While the blank notebook basks in the limelight, I thought it might be fitting to discuss the commonplace book, the long tradition of using a blank notebook for storing and organizing information for later use. The commonplace book differs from bullet journals in that it is devoted to knowledge-making, and not necessarily planning out one's life. A commonplace book is not a journal at all, as John Locke writes: "Commonplace books, it must be stressed, are not journals, which are chronological and introspective."
The commonplace book is an excellent tool for readers, helping memorialize words, phrases, quotes, passages, and images. Further, it creates an accessible reference book you can use forever and pass along to others. After providing an introduction to the commonplace book tradition, I will introduce my own experiences to help you start your own commonplace book. Like the bullet journal, you only need a blank notebook and a pen.
What is a Commonplace Book?
A commonplace book "contains a collection of significant or well-known passages that have been copied and organized in some way, often under topical or thematic headings, in order to serve as a memory aid or reference for the compiler" (Harvard University Libraries). These books are traditionally handwritten and may include drawings and clippings from outside sources. Organization is as unique as the writer, but information is arranged so as to ensure accessibility. As writer and poet Jonathon Swift explains in "A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet," the commonplace book keeps the remarkable in our memory:
A common-place book is what a provident poet cannot subsist without, for this proverbial reason, that "great wits have short memories;" and whereas, on the other hand, poets being liars by profession, ought to have good memories. To reconcile these, a book of this sort is in the nature of a supplemental memory; or a record of what occurs remarkable in every day's reading or conversation.
Commonplace books are a tradition spanning from the Middle Ages to today. The concept originated from commonplaces in ancient Greece and Rome, categories under which orators could place ideas, arguments, and rhetorical turn of phrases for later use. As most concepts in antiquity have, commonplaces would be re-purposed. In the middle ages and early modern period the florilegium (gathering of flowers) collected passages from religious and theological works (Harvard Libraries). The zibaldone appeared in fourteenth century Italy and was used by merchants to keep records of daily life and activities.
Its height of popularity was during the Renaissance and early modern period, where "students and scholars were encouraged to keep commonplace books for study, and printed commonplace books offered models for organizing and arranging excerpts" (Harvard Libraries). Although focused on the individual, commonplace books have been both published and passed down to later generations, a sort of autobiography of the mind.
Many famous thinkers and leaders kept commonplace books, including the following:
- Horror writer H.P. Lovecraft kept a commonplace book filled with "ideas, images, & quotations hastily jotted down for possible future use in weird fiction."
- Thomas Jefferson kept two commonplace books for literary matters and another for legal matters.
- Writer and activist Nancy Cunard kept a commonplace book full of quotes and poems by her friends.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau shared a commonplace book about poetry.
- American suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton kept a commonplace book with "private notes, correspondence (to and from Elizabeth Cady Stanton), diaristic writings, literary transcriptions, and pasted-in engravings of various European tourist sites."
- Scientist Carl Linnaeus kept commonplace books to help systematize his findings.
How to Create A Commonplace Book: One Example
To keep a commonplace book you only need a blank notebook and a writing utensil; the content and arrangement is up to you as the compiler. I found my method has been developed through time and influenced by other commonplace books. Thus, I thought my own experience with this genre might provide you some ideas for starting your own.
As a child, I spent a lot of my time researching paranormal history and reading ghost stories and folklore. I was overwhelmed by the terminology and theories, and began keeping a notebook filled with handwritten notes, drawings, and articles I printed from the internet. It wasn't until later in life that I realized I was participating in the tradition of commonplace books. I still, to this day, keep a commonplace book on the occult.
When I approach a blank commonplace book, I designate two sections in the front (table of contents) and back (glossary). Then, I number the pages accordingly. Whenever I am ready to start a new subject of inquiry, I write a title in bold at the top of the new page and make sure I repeat that title in my table of contents. Other practices I have developed over time include:
- Instead of a glossary (in some cases), I made text boxes with key terms throughout the book, and then made an index in the back with the words and page numbers.
- For information that doesn't fit into a current section and does not warrant a new section (I call this "purgatory information"), I write it on a post-it and place it on the inside back cover. When its time has come, I simply move the the post-it to its new section.
- To highlight key materials, I use highlighting and color-coding.
- To enhance my understanding of complicated material, I occasionally create visual maps, tables, infographics, etc. For example, when reading about types of ghosts, I created a table that outlined their characteristics into columns.
- When a desired passage from a source is too long, I am not afraid to print or make copies of the material. I tape or glue it into my commonplace book, and then write notes in the margins or highlight.
- Materials I include in my "commonplace book pouch": colored pencils, a nice pen (I like Sharpie black pens), tape, scissors, stickers, and highlighters.
- I have used different notebooks for different commonplace books. My notebooks are usually lined, because I prefer writing. Though, I have used sketchbooks when my commonplace books incorporate more visuals than text.
- I always recommend using a sturdy notebook so your commonplace book will last (and may appear in an archive someday).
- I have been inspired by textbooks, so I often incorporate text boxes, sidebars, headings/subheadings, bulleted lists, etc.
- I have, inspired by Virginia Woolf, kept a list of books I have read and a list of books to read in some of my commonplace books (as a sort of appendix).
This is one compiler's approach to keeping a commonplace book. I suggest looking through examples online for ideas (I have linked some examples earlier and there's archive.org). I also suggest letting your first commonplace be a trial run. You will develop your own unique system over time, and you may create different systems for different types of commonplace books you keep. There are some rather dated guides for writing commonplace books too, if you are so inclined (You could start with Locke's A New Method of Making Common-Place-Books or Eramus' De Copia).
In The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future, Robert Darnton speaks to me in regards to why we keep commonplace books:
Reading and writing were therefore inseparable activities. They belonged to a continuous effort to make sense of things, for the world was full of signs: you could read your way through it; and by keeping an account of your readings, you made a book of your own, one stamped with your personality.
There is no system for keeping a commonplace book, like the bullet journal. The reasons to keep one are so varied and the subject areas so diverse. And, I fear promoting one might interfere with your own personal "stamp." Although you'll be inspired by a mix of compilers, this book in the end will represent you.
Blair, Ann. "Humanist Methods in Natural Philosophy: The Commonplace Book." Journal of the History of Ideas, vol. 52, no. 4, 1992, pp. 541-551.
Brueggemann, Brenda Jo. Deaf Subjects: Between Identities and Places. New York University Press, 2009.
"Commonplace Books." Harvard University Library Open Collections Program
Darnton, Robert. The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future. Public Affairs, 2009.
Locke, John. A New Method of Making Common-Place-Books, 1706.
McKinney, Kelsey. "Social Media: Nothing New? Commonplace Books As Predecessor to Pinterest." Harry Ransom Center: University of Texas at Austin, 2015.
Swift, Jonathon. "A Letter of Advice to Young Poets." English Essays: Sidney to Macaulay. The Harvard Classics, 1909–14.


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What Core Knowledge do Doctoral Students in Mathematics Education Need to Know?. Joan Ferrini-Mundy National Science Foundation. Conference on Doctoral Programs in Mathematics Education Kansas City September 24, 2007. core knowledge for doctoral mathematics education. purposes of
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Joan Ferrini-Mundy
National Science Foundation
Conference on Doctoral Programs in Mathematics Education
Kansas City
September 24, 2007
core Education Need to Know?
knowledge for
doctoral mathematics
purposes of
doctoral education
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context and trends
"…to educate and prepare those to whom we can entrust the vigor, quality, and integrity of the field …a scholar first and foremost, who will creatively generate new knowledge, critically conserve valuable and useful ideas, and responsibly transform those understandings through writing, teaching, and application … a 'steward of the discipline'…"
Chris Golde, 2006, Preparing Stewards of the Discipline, p. 5
"…I believe that a professional field like ours is different from traditional academic disciplines. It requires different talents and different kinds of knowledge, and it makes different kinds of contributions to society. Ours is an appropriately eclectic field. It requires advanced study and skills comparable to those in other professional fields that award doctorate, but a narrow focus on research isn't the right thing."
Jim Fey, 2001, Doctoral programs in mathematics education:
Features, options, and challenges, p. 57
"…U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers who will pursue careers in research and education, with the interdisciplinary backgrounds, deep knowledge in chosen disciplines, and technical, professional, and personal skills to become, in their own careers, leaders and creative agents for change… understand and integrate scientific, technical, business, social, ethical, and policy issues to confront the challenging problems of the future…."
National Science Foundation, 2007, IntegrativeGraduate Education
And Research Traineeship Program Solicitation
"The PhD program should be designed to prepare scholars who can provide normative as well as epistemic theory, research, and analysis in ways that place discussions about the enterprise in frameworks that are both analytical and morally defensible….a steward who is responsible for both the field of education study and the education enterprise."
Virginia Richardson, Stewards of a field, stewards of an enterprise: The doctorate in education, pp. 251-2
"Doctoral education is organized around an intensive, real-world research experience that prepares students to be scholars capable of discovering, integrating, and applying knowledge…"
Council of Graduate Schools, 1990, cited in National Science Foundation U.S. Doctorates in the 20th Century, 2006
"…ensure the vitality of intellectual discovery and to promote an environmentthat cultivates rigorous scholarship"
Council of Graduate Schools, Mission Statement, 2007
"My years at Stanford were a time for tearing down and rebuilding my ideas of mathematics education….I think all of us were learning something more fundamental: to be able to adapt high-quality mathematics education practices to whatever context we found."
Jim Wilson, 2003,Development of a mathematics education community: A personal perspective.
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stewards of the discipline rebuilding my ideas of mathematics education….I think all of us were learning something more fundamental: to be able to adapt high-quality mathematics education practices to whatever context we found."
steward who is responsible for both
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STEWARDSHIP rebuilding my ideas of mathematics education….I think all of us were learning something more fundamental: to be able to adapt high-quality mathematics education practices to whatever context we found."
September 21, 2007—With lawmakers and school leaders alike stressing the importance of math, science, and technology (MST) education in preparing students for 21st-century jobs and careers, one might assume that parents and students would agree these subjects are crucial to their future success. But a new report challenges this assumption. According to the report, titled "Important, But Not for Me: Parents and Students in Kansas and Missouri Talk About Math, Science, and Technology Education," parents and students say they understand the importance of MST skills in general--but they don't see these as important for themselves.
Joan Ferrini-Mundy
Robert Floden
James Gallagher
Charles Anderson
Scott Ashmann
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Marco Meneketti
Michigan State University
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1. Characteristics of current leaders in mathematics and science education?
2. What led to their leadership and influence?
3. What has been their role as leaders?
4. Where will the next generation of leaders come from?
- national & state leaders; recent graduates
- wanted to span the variability of the field
- 8 arenas of leadership
- early influences & graduate education
- 3 career "episodes"
NSF, US Doctorates in the 20th Century, 2006
to advance and disseminate research on the causal effects of education interventions, practices, programs, and policies
Jim Fey, 2001. Doctoral programs in mathematics education: Features, options, and challenges, pp. 56-57
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It is the main responsibility of Directorate of Entrepreneurship to execute pre-incubation, incubation and acceleration programs. It is also their responsibility to organize trainings, consultancy sessions and mentoring programs for the entrepreneurs.
New Businesses New Ideas (YFYİ), which is being organized by ODTU TEKNOKENT since 2005, is Turkey's first and largest technology-based entrepreneurship program. Its fundamental aim is to encourage entrepreneurship throughout the country and to infuse this culture by motivating young people, especially the university students, for entrepreneurship.
New Businesses New Ideas Acceleration Program that is organized in cooperation with ODTU and ODTU TEKNOKENT, provides the appropriate environment for students and new graduates, who have innovative and technology-based business ideas, to implement their ideas and support them to become successful businessmen.
Successful entrepreneurs completing the program, in addition to the venture capital support provided, are given free office space at ODTU TEKNOKENT and benefit from any training and consultancy services for free. What is aimed with this program is to provide the support required by an entrepreneur for the realization of technology-based ideas hence the formation of high value-added technology companies. Therefore, the success of the program is determined by the number of successful companies and how far these companies achieve.
The biggest difference of YFYI from other similar programs, besides the tangible rewards, is the provision of miscellaneous training, counselling and mentoring supports to entrepreneur candidates. Each year, more than 100 entrepreneurs, by taking advantage of the mentoring and training supports, are able to render their business ideas more appropriate and realistic for the market and express more accurately their business ideas. Since 2014, a US Camp is also added to the supports given. This camp is organized in ODTU TEKNOKENT Growth Circuit Business Accelerator Center in San Francisco and entails training by expert trainers and successful entrepreneurs and networking opportunities.
While in 2005, YFYİ was initiated in the General Category only, in 2015 various categories such as health, energy, defense industry, information technologies, and consumer electronics have been included. Within these 12 years, more than 6.500 business ideas have been evaluated. The fact that the applications have grown apace during the years of organization is a demonstrator of the fact that each day more entrepreneurs are reached and that the interest in entrepreneurship has grown. The number of business ideas has also grown rapidly from 65 in 2005 to more than 1000, reaching more than 10 times of the initial in 2016.
YFYİ, that has facilitated the incorporation of more than 200 companies with 750 personnel employed within its lifetime of 12 years, besides creating employment, has been useful both in short and long term, by enabling technology development and spreading the culture of entrepreneurship.
In 2014, 8 successful teams have been awarded with the US Camp hence they had the opportunity to take trainings, to find business partners for their ideas through networking and to create customer relations. After this step, the teams made a debut in front of the investors to develop and grow their companies.
For detailed information, please visit www.yfyi.com
ATOM (Animation Technologies and Game Development Center) was established in 2008 by ODTU TEKNOKENT to promote entrepreneurship among university students and it serves as a pre-incubation center where students can develop their software ideas and projects with the possibility to establish their own companies. This structure was formed to inhibit the extinction of ideas and projects on digital gaming and animation owing to the lack of necessary finances even before the start of their commercial lives. Within the 600 square meters of open office space including the meeting rooms, this center provides the students, who are talented in the field of gaming, with the infrastructure, superstructure and trainings for development of games, animations and simulation as well as the possibilities to partner with companies in projects. In the end, the target to be achieved is to enable an ecosystem of university-industry collaboration in which new companies are formed and human resources are recruited in this field.
For teams that can survive the elimination phase, ATOM provides a one-year, three step support mechanism. The entrepreneurs, who can benefit from free office space until the incorporation of their companies, have the opportunity to study the sector and analyze the requirements of the investors and consumers to update their products or services with regard to the demands, while safeguarding their products against the hardships of the market. Within the scope of ATOM, which is the first pre-incubation center of Turkey, 25 of the 70 teams have been incorporated to companies. The center did serve more than 200 developers and young entrepreneurs, and until today, they have developed more than 150 games of different scales and reached more than 40 million game fans.
For detailed information please visit www.atom.org.tr
In 1992, with the main goal of establishing incubation centers for technology development, ODTU KOSGEB TEKMER was founded in cooperation with KOSGEB. ODTU KOSGEB TEKMER, which continues its operations to support technology-based businesses within ODTU TEKNOKENT, provides the entrepreneurs with infrastructural services such as office space, Internet, meeting and conference rooms, technical, administrative and financial consulting services, University facilities, and the support for R&D, innovation and industrial projects.
In addition to ODTU KOSGEB TEKMER, other thematic incubation centers are also present. ODTU MEMS that hosts enterprises involved in Microelectromechanical Systems was initiated in 2007 and assists the start-up companies to survive under market conditions with the services and financial supports provided. The technology-based start-up companies are supported for two years and continue their operations as technopark companies upon graduation.
In "Teknogirişim Incubation Center" physical space, office and necessary infrastructure is provided to newly established companies that are in incubation stage, hence the Teknogirişim companies, which are supported with appropriate training, mentorship, consultancy and financial support, since, within the scope of Teknogirişim and TUBİTAK 1512 Entrepreneurship Multi-phase Program are eligible for this support.
In addition to the existing incubation programs, ODTU – Halıcı Software House Incubation Center was set up in 2013, to contribute to the development of young and new enterprises that are especially involved in information technologies. In this center, individual or corporate entrepreneurs are provided with office services, hardware and management support, access to financial resources, critical business and technical support services. Entrepreneurs that are accepted to this center receive training, consultancy and mentoring services as well as consultancy in publicity and marketing. Moreover, financial and legal support is provided in addition to networking activities to raise funds for their businesses. ODTU – Halıcı Software House Incubation Center started to accept first batch of its entrepreneurs as of 2014.


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Camping Soline is an attractive and green holiday park. It offers two types of identical comfortable chalets, furnished for six people. The only difference is the location of the chalets. Chalet HR-23210-01 is further the park at least 100 metres from the sea. The HR-23210-03 is closer to the sea, namely between 50 metres and 100 metres away. Both types have their own veranda with garden furniture.
Classification: Ground floor: (hallway, Living room(double sofa bed), open kitchen, Bedroom with bathroom(2x single bed, shower, washbasin, toilet), Bedroom with bathroom(double bed, shower, washbasin, toilet))
air conditioning, terrace, garden furniture
These costs are charged on site. They are not included in the rental price.:
Deposit; € 100
Final Cleaning; Mandatory: € 30
Pets; Max. 1; € 8/night (Pets will only be accepted if communicated before arrival)
Bed linen; Included
Bath towels; Included
Kitchen linen; Bring your own
Electricity; Included
Gas/Oil; Included
Wifi; Free
Tourist tax; Mandatory, indication: € 1,10 /person/night
Service charges; Mandatory € 1 /person/stay
Centre 2.0 km., Forest 100 m., General supplies 1.0 km., Public transport 2.0 km.


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By Jeannine Williamson | January 2016 | 10 minute read
Israel offers a host of diverse and unique experiences, from famous Biblical sites, modern city experiences and fly-and-flop breaks by the Red Sea.
"Recommend visiting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, to see the dramatic contrasts between the two largest cities. Tel Aviv is a modern, non-stop, cosmopolitan city, whilst Jerusalem is steeped in history"
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Jaw-dropping Jerusalem: With more than 3,000 years of history, Israel's capital, largest city and centre of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian religions is a must-see
City living: Tel Aviv is a buzzing 24-hour city with fantastic night life, beautiful beaches and cool cafe culture
Swim without sinking: Strike a classic pose floating in the salty Dead Sea, where it's impossible to sink (and fun trying to get your feet back on the bottom!)
Tuck in: Known as the land of milk and honey, the food in Israel is super-fresh and nothing less than tasty: Jaffa oranges, cheap and tasty falafel and gourmet restaurants in the big cities
Herod's high spot: The impressive ruins of Mesada, King Herod's mountaintop fortress overlooking the Dead Sea, can be reached via the winding 'snake path' or cable car
Desert adventure: Around 160,000 Bedouins live in the Negev Desert. A meal under the stars with entertainment is a great way to learn about their culture
Back to nature: A traditional, communal way of living, a stay on a self-supporting kibbutz is a must for eco-travellers and visitors in search of a simpler lifestyle
Luxe-life: There are plenty of upmarket hotels for discerning clients. Dan Hotels is the largest luxury hotel group and its countrywide portfolio includes Jerusalem's landmark King David Hotel
Marine moments: Snorkel and dive with dolphins at Eilat's Dolphin Reef attraction and then chill out with a floating massage experience complete with underwater music
Shopping and sunsets: Jaffa, the ancient Arab port south of Tel Aviv, has a maze of winding streets lined with small shops and art galleries, plus waterfront bars that are the perfect spot to watch the golden sunset
My Israel experience
There are times when you need to take things with a pinch of salt, and this was certainly one of them. Driving along the Dead Sea coast the white-tipped 'waves' created a perfect optical illusion of movement on the totally still water, but on closer inspection they turned out to be saline formations.
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Because it's not till weeks later that the traffic violation notice from a comes. Did an offense occur? Was it fair? Was the sign covered by vegetation (very common in Europe)? Something that would almost certainly be waived if stopped on the spot by an actual policeman, becomes a $250 post trip bill.
So cancel that card, pronto.
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Because it's not till weeks later that the traffic violation notice from a comes. Did an offense occur? Was it fair? Was the sign covered by vegetation (very common in Europe)? Something that would almost certainly be waived if stopped on the spot by an actual policeman, becomes a $250 post trip bill.
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And what about the 99% of the cases where the driver was at fault, often by not taking time to know the local laws!
I find your wanted disregard of the law disgusting - do the fine pay the fine - best of all do not blame it on such shoddy things that the OP raises which are extremely unlikely to be the cause.
the iconic Ugly American IMO!
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What does cancelling the card have to do with anything? The rental company only charges the fee for providing your address/info to the police, not the traffic ticket. Even cancelling the card, you might only avoid the info fee, but the ticket will likely be mailed to you.
In Italy, it's usually a camera that snapped your pic during the violation and the rules are one year to get the ticket to you.
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It's the cameras that are disgusting.
Yes, but the $50 "info fee" is almost worth canceling the card over on its own.
Happy to live in a place where only drivers can be fined, not license plates. Better to pay police officers to police than use these cameras.
And where was the flash? We thought we were safe because we never saw a flash.
Everyone else was driving faster anyway.
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Well, Tom I am sorry to tell you that there are a lot of places IN the United States which use speed cameras and those most definitely DO fine license plates.
I suppose we could get into the inevitable never-ending discusion about whether or not speed cameras are effective in changing behavior. We could also get into a discussion about whether or not people who get speeding tickets AT ALL are ones you want living near you, too.
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tom_mm: I get it, you sneak children into hotels rooms, and cancel credit cards to avoid legitimate responsibilities . . . great lessons you are teaching your kids.
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Well here we have a lot of traffic cameras and speed limits have just been changed from 30 to 25 to reduce the number of accidents/deaths of pedestrians.
And yes, the car rental agency will find you here too - and you can expect the fine to be $250 and up.
Again- you need to man up and stop being such a whining wuss.
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It's possible that you may not receive a ticket. We never did. We weren't even sure what we did. We received a letter from Avis telling us that they would be charging us a fee, which they did.
It can be very confusing driving in a foreign country, even when you DO attempt to learn all the traffic signs.
We just returned from a trip to Austria and there were lots of cameras everywhere. Our GPS warned us of most if not all of them. Sometimes, there were signs warning of radar but other times there weren't.
What we found strange is that many people were driving faster than we were and we wondered why. They should know that there are cameras and they'd get a ticket but didn't seem to care.
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I wasn't actually driving, but can attest to completely normal driving that day fitting in with everyone else.
Next time I will get a credit card that gives oodles of points or miles and waives the annual fee the first year, use it enough to get the bennies, rent the car in Europe then cancel it upon returning. East Germany circa 1978 big brother problem solved.
40 euros to forward your address to the police? Hardly a reasonable fee.
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Happy to live in a place where only drivers can be fined, not license plates. Better to pay police officers to police than use these cameras.
Don't drive in San Francisco.
40 euros to forward your address to the police?
Similar fees are levied by U.S. car rental agencies.
I think that you should give up driving altogether.
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BTW,cancelling your credit card doesn't work. By T&C of your card, you are responsible for all charges arising during the period of card ownership, even if the charge doesn't come through months after. So provided they can show the charge relates to an incident that occurred when you owned the card, you are still liable to pay it.
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<Happy to live in a place where only drivers can be fined, not license plates.>
<Everyone else was driving faster anyway.>
<can attest to completely normal driving that day fitting in with everyone else. >
How old are you? If you are over 15, you should know that that is the lamest excuse in the book. I hope you are foolish enough to try it on one of those actual police officers by whom you so look forward to being stopped.
"Officer, I was just following everyone else!"
If you think that will save you, please try it.
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<Happy to live in a place where only drivers can be fined, not license plates.>
Forgot to add, don't drive outside your home state, then, because it's one of the last bastions of camera-less policing.
Look on the bright side: soon you'll have drones to whine about!!
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What country/countries were you in?
"Completely normal" driving does not mean you didn't violate some regulation. Did you drive into a town (of any size) that day?
"Everyone else was driving faster anyway." Do you know that it was in fact a speeding ticket? Was there never a time all day that you were driving faster than other cars?
"Something that would almost certainly be waived if stopped on the spot by an actual policeman..." And you know this because....?
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Haahaa...just as I was logging on to ask a question about this type of thing I found this discussion.
Just opened the mail and found what I think is a speeding ticket from France ("exces de vitesse")??
We were never stopped by a police officer. Do they have cameras recording your speed in France? This was in Realville. I remember it as a very small town.
Of course I will pay the fine if this is the case.
Next question: do you go to a bank and have them issue a check? The fine is 45 euro if we pay on time. The document is in French (of course!) and tests my limited traveler's French.
Hope someone can give some advice on how to handle this. Thanks.
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Do they have cameras recording your speed in France?
Yes. The leeway in terms of speed is very small. French friends mentioned getting ticketed for going 2 km. above the speed limit in a tunnel.
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For France, isn't there a reference to an online payment option somewhere on your ticket?
Something like this?
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Greg: you just nailed it! Under the "payment par carte bancaire" is the internet site you reference above.
Without your help I never would have figured this out.
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greg--just completed the transaction. Super easy and would never have figured it out without you!
It definitely was a speeding camera.
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Where was the flash? Several years ago.
Cameras are digital, small and generally don't flash nowadays.
Don't speed and you won't get a fine.
DH collected another fine a couple of weeks ago. €56. Yes he was speeding and coughed up of course.
I get heartily sick of posters complaining about being caught breaking the law. You aren't being targeted because you are a tourist, you are being targeted because you broke the law. Pay up and stop moaning.
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Interesting posts in a fascinating thread. Human nature makes compelling reading.
A number of our fellow posters should probably not be driving in France.
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This type of complaint seems to becoming more common.
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Some 8 kilometers south of my house on the D 933, there is a speed camera which is the subject of a lot of complaint. There is a sign warning of it 500 meters in advance, but the camera is at the boundary where the limit drops from 90 KPH to 70 KPH. The camera frequently catches cars with drivers who seem to think that the speed limit means only that they should start slowing down after they pass the sign.
The police are there frequently catching northbound drivers who think they can be doing 90 from the time they see the end of restriction sign, not merely after it.
But, all the local drivers know that this is a particularly dangerous stretch of road, because of its configuration and the many homes and businesses that front it. Since the speed limit was dropped and the camera installed, the number of accidents has dropped substantially and there have been no deaths on this stretch of road.
I too chafed at speed restrictions in the towns along the highways until I started living in one. Now, I am very careful about the speed limits, take advantage of the crosswalks, and have no sympathy for the complaints of people who are cited for violations.
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This type of complaint seems to becoming more common.
First World problems.
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Janis nailed it--I was just realizing this is our same Tom who wants to cheat hotels by stuffing his kids in the room after hiding them in the car, and complains that they charge by the person. He IS a piece of work.
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In the US, driving at the speed of the flow of traffic is a common practice, and if that is what you are used to, then it can seem odd that you are ticketed when others are speeding also. But in Europe, that driving strategy is no longer a good idea, as everybody is probably getting tickets if they are all driving faster than the speed limit.
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To be fair, there are so many speed cameras nowadays, that locals are starting to get fed up and find it's becoming a source of revenue.
Pay up, Tom, like the rest of us.
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Don't drive in Orlando because the cameras are everywhere. Tom, do you take the toilet paper from hotels?
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betty: YES, Avis (Budget) and I realize the police may not pursue it overseas. I do feel way better about arguing down the price of the rental since they were not honoring the reservation terms. Ended up wanting about 95 euros over my printed out reservation, but I only pressed them on the 80 euro one way charge because my printout clearly said "one way fee 0 euro".
county: France, maybe it was the instance where we were caught behind a truck in an intersection and left it on a solid red? This is the kind of thing a human officer would never pursue, but a camera just takes a snapshot with no context.
45/56 euros is quite small for a moving violation.
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<< the same guy>> and he's still pushing our buttons.
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<I get heartily sick of posters complaining about being caught breaking the law. You aren't being targeted because you are a tourist, you are being targeted because you broke the law. Pay up and stop moaning.>
I like this response so much, I nominate as the default for such threads.
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>>>Next time I will get a credit card that gives oodles of points or miles and waives the annual fee the first year, use it enough to get the bennies, rent the car in Europe then cancel it upon returning.<<<
I suggest you don't go back.
>>>40 euros to forward your address to the police? Hardly a reasonable fee.<<<
It seems you fail to read the contracts you sign. The fee is always listed for providing your info to the police (including rentals in the US). It's a similar amount on US rentals.
I wonder if names will start getting entered in the various systems for deadbeats that stiff the rental car companies by cancelling their cards?
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License plates are fined where I live, also, by traffic cameras. The registered owner of the car is responsible for paying it. So if it weren't you, you'd have to get whoever was driving it to pay you, which seems fair.
But the OP apparently did do it, just doesn't want to pay. I also wonder what the CC has to do with it, but in fact, even that wouldn't work as people can charge to your card if it's been cancelled if they had an agreement, it just gets transferred to your new card number (if it's the number issue). If you totally cancelled the card and didn't get another, I still think if someone charges to it, the company can come after you, legally, if they had an agreement to do so.
IN point of face, some US company just charged to my card (B of A Visa) when they didn't have a number because it had changed about a year ago, and I had never given them the new one. It was one of those magazine scams where they say you agreed when signing up 2 years ago to have it renewed automatically. Now, in fact, I do remember that but they said I'd have the opportunity to decline when renewal time came around and they'd ask me. Well, they didn't (they claim they sent a postcard which I mysteriously never got, even though they had my email address). To my amazement they did cancel the charges and refund it when I complained, but the moral is -- they didn't even have my current CC number and they could charge to it somehow because they had the prior one.
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I received a speeding ticket in Germany which caught up with me when I arrived back in the States. I wouldn't have broken the speed limit on purpose, but I obviously did so. I was caught dead to rights and have no problem with paying the ticket and the rental car company for their handling of the ticket.
My problem was how to do it. For some reason, I was unable to wire money to the police jurisdiction or to the Avis/Budget Group International. Maybe the bank officials/tellers I consulted were a bit dim.
The 9 hour time difference between my city and Europe were a problem, since I couldn't seem to get up at 4:00 a.m. to call the police jurisdiction. I finally just gave up and sent 30 euros cash by registered letter, which cost $15.However, that was cheaper than the $35 I'd have had to pay if I'd been successful in wiring the money.
The car rental company was difficult, too. I thought I'd paid with a credit card, but apparently that didn't go through. Then I sent 30 euros cash (another $15 registered letter) to an address on the letter I'd received from Avis/Budget.
Either I neglected to put the cash into the envelope or there was some other kind of foul up because Avis sent me a threatening letter. I called Avis again and faxed my credit card into to a number I was given. I have no idea whether the problem has been solved.
The original ticket wasn't the problem for me, nor was the charge from Avis/Budget. It was how to pay the [email protected] things.
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It's important to read the driving rules of the country your visiting.
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People spend more time deciding on a restuarant then thinking about something that is potentially the most important thing they will do on vacation.
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I drove by my old high school the other day and today I found out there is a camera nearby that caught 6,000 speeders in ONE DAY last month. It is from the off-ramp from a highway, not from the kids. Very few kids drive to that HS.
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Oh, gosh, I finally got a return receipt for the letter containing 30 euros that I had sent to Avis/Budget in Oberursel, Germany, where the headquarters is located.
I had sent that letter on August 29. Later I saw 30 euros in my desk drawer, which made me wonder if I'd really included 30 euros in the letter, or if the 30 in my desk drawer are just extra.
Anyway, I assumed they had not received the letter containing the cash, since after I sent the letter, I received a letter threatening to set a lawyer on me.
That's when I faxed my credit card number to Avis/Budget.
So I don't know where I stand. I haven't seen any charges on my credit card.
Geez, what a mess!
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>>It seems you fail to read the contracts you sign. The fee is always listed for providing your info to the police (including rentals in the US). It's a similar amount on US rentals.<<
Actually, I still have the contract and this fee is not listed there. Other fees are listed, for example the adminstration fee for processing a damage claim, but not this fee.
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Tom - every rental terms and conditions I've ever seen has something about this sort of thing.
For example here is Hertz version in Germany.
>>f. If we are required to process road fines, parking fines or any other fines relating to the time the vehicle was in your possession, you will be charged an administration charge for dealing with it. You will also be responsible for paying any fines.<<
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Folks do not read the fine print and then complain about being cheated!
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I have also seen admin charge in T&C of every rental in Europe.
For example, Avis has this wording for European rentals:
The fines charged to the Customer and/or Avis for any violation of the Road Code and/or infringement of other applicable regulations during the rental period, as well as a 35.00 Euro flat rate + VAT, as administrative fee for each such fine;
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The 35 euro number (no VAT) is correct, it's not 40 like I thought. Funny they would not put such an apparently frequently used fee in the contract itself (unless it is in French on the back without the fee amount specified).
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PLEASE--stop confusing Tom with facts. He HATES when you do that.
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Gretchen, thank you for the chuckle!
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What rankles is that the fee is charged before knowing what the infraction was and whether it was even valid. It sure seems punitive even if Avis/Budget calls it a fee.
I guess I should just write off the whole experience as a quintessentially European one, like being invaded by Putin.
I do rent cars in the US all over and have never run into this. There are only 500 communities in the US that use these cameras and even then rarely outside of school or contruction speed zones, never the wholesale blanket-the-countryside approach seen in France.
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Yes, it's in your contract, but you are still ignoring it. From their t&c:
En vertu du Code de la route, en tant que locataire du Véhicule, vous êtes pécuniairement responsable du non respect du Code de la route, et devez régler vous même, dans les délais requis, les amendes imposées à ce titre dans le cadre de la location.
A défaut, Budget communique vos coordonnées au Tribunal de police, qui vous adresse l'avis d'amende majorée.
Dans tous les cas, Budget vous facture, pour chaque contravention, une indemnité forfaitaire (35 €) pour le coût de traitement administratif supporté par Budget pour communiquer vos coordonnées et vous envoyer l'avis d'amende majorée ou de contravention.
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The rental company gets a request from the issuer of the fine for details of who rented the car at that time. They do not see the details of the infringement or fine, and even if they did since they weren't present when it took place there is no way they could know if it is "valid" or not.
One of these days you will encounter something similar in the US with a rental car.
Meanwhile I hope you keep your opinion of Europeans to yourself and stay on your side of the Atlantic.
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>>What rankles is that the fee is charged before knowing what the infraction was and whether it was even valid. <<
It has nothing to do w/ the validity of the infraction. It is an administrative fee to provide your detail to the relevant police/court entity.
>> . . . and stay on your side of the Atlantic.<<
Oh great ?! Now WE'RE stuck w/ him.
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If you don't like the process, you can certainly avail yourself of your rights.
Option 1: Go back to Europe, request a hearing date, make your plea of innocence, sit your trial, hear your fate and pay the fine there.
Option 2: Pay up and pipe down.
As to option 1, at least you'd get a second trip out of it.
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Canceling the credit card gains nothing. The credit card was valid at the time of rental and the rental agency can charge that card again. A late charge on the card is valid and you have agreed to it. Now it will become an additional fight between you and your credit card issuer when they try to collect. Now we are talking about your FICO score. You want to put that on the line for a few dollars and the principle? Get smart. Only tilt at windmills when you can win.
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I do rent cars in the US all over and have never run into this. There are only 500 communities in the US that use these cameras and even then rarely outside of school or contruction speed zones, never the wholesale blanket-the-countryside approach seen in France.>>
YOu haven't traveled very much in the US. They are all over my state (Maryland) and nearby DC and they certainly are not only in school or construction zones. IN fact, I don't know of any in school zones where I live, they tend to be on rather large, major streets where a lot of people might travel and speed. Since you obviously have no knowledge of where they are in the US, I'm sure you are quoting some source that made that statement, as well as it being "only" 500 communities. That's actually a lot, and it tends to be around cities, of course. And they aren't all over France, anyway, they also tend to be on major roads there.
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<I do rent cars in the US all over and have never run into this. There are only 500 communities in the US that use these cameras and even then rarely outside of school or contruction speed zones, >
Apparently, you don't rent cars "all over" the US, because Christina is right, cameras are all over the DC area and in many places in Florida, and CA...but do please limit your travels to places you can speed without being caught.
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Sorry Janis, maybe you'd better come back over this side .
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I will bet that there is over a hundred communities in Colorado that use cameras. Denver even has mobile cameras mounted in the back of white, non-descript vans that move around from location to location. The hot areas now are the school zones.
Chicago is another hot bed especially on intersections. That we know from personal experience. Maybe Christina meant to say 5000.
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So cancelling a credit card after you've made an agreement with it for penalties as per contract - that lets you off the hook - I would think the c card company would still go after you for charges incurred while the credit card was active - or charges that were agreed to in the contract you used the credit card on?
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It really shows Tom's level of sophistication. Charges are rolled over to a new card--OF COURSE.
He is "thinking", if you can really call it that, of about places you assign your card for automatic payments. He is SO sophisticated and knowledgeable!! LOL
BUT it probably DOES indicate the number of places he HAS been able to leave in the dust for automatic payments.
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Interesting if true, 50% of drivers captured by speed cameras in France are foreign (in summer months).
Reference for the 500 US communities cited earlier
of course that's red light camera only, speed cameras are much rarer.
About the various quotations from the Avis websites about administrative fees, not sure that they are valid unless in the contract, and the contract we signed has no specific 35 euro fee in any language, I will post scans tomorrow since nothing else will satisfy this surly crowd. There is general language about such a fee, however.
Gretchen, what if the card is canceled and no new card is issued?
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Gretchen, what if the card is canceled and no new card is issued?
Not Gretchen, but the card issuing Bank would still have your address (unless you also plan to move residence to avoid this $250 fine) and would seek payment from you.
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>>> I will post scans tomorrow since nothing else will satisfy this surly crowd. There is general language about such a fee, however.<<<
Scan the backside as that is often where you find such things. It's a lighter print than the rest of the contract. Although I don't see the point since you already admitted the fee language is there.
>>>Reference for the 500 US communities cited earlier
of course that's red light camera only, speed cameras are much rarer.<<<
Red herring. Has nothing to do with you violating laws in another country nor is it accurate as it lists my state as not having any cameras and they do.
>>>Gretchen, what if the card is canceled and no new card is issued?<<<
Doesn't matter.
***Note that it won't help for you to cancel your credit card when you return home. The date on which you signed your rental agreement and gave your credit card details to the rental company will predate your cancellation and the car contract will still be honoured by the credit card company which, one way or another, will extract this money from you.***
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Tom - give it up. Why do you think it is strange that a lot of visitors are caught in summer. Summer is when the vast majority of foreigners visit/drive . . . And most locals know where the speed cameras are.
You did owe the money and if you had cancelled the cc you'd still owe the money and would likely take a hit to your credit rating.
You sure do have an odd take on things.
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They are revolutionary, they are fearless and they are so much determined to uncover lies and hidden realities. They are all armed, women and men, with a wide lens that defines citizen journalism. Cameras, smartphones, computers, projectors, an open space, you name it, Mosireen is all about documenting and highlighting the truth wherever they go, spreading itto counter the state media machine. All of Mosireen's footage is either contributed by individuals, who were present at these events, or footage that Mosireen's volunteers and staff have shot themselves. We sat with Morsireen's team to find out how alternative media are tools of resistance in revolutionary times.
"The initial idea of a media collective started post the 18-days in Tahrir when there was a pressing need to document the first army attacks on protesters during the sit-in for ousting Ahmed Shafiq, Prime Minister at the time", Lobna Darwish, one of Mosireen's founders explains to us. With the birth of groups like No Military Trials, Morsireen was able to join in those campaigns by supporting causes with media coverage of testimonies evidencing violence and army violations against civilians. Post the infamous torture and virginity checks on 9th of March 2011, Morsireen's search for a space to work was unprecedented according to the few members we spoke to.
By the beginning of May 2011 Mosireen's founders established a central location for their scattered work, and began to organize according to events and the revolution's needs especially in terms of media coverage. "The main idea was to counter the biased state media or even privately owned mainstream media, and spread the news about the revolution from a street-level perspective", Salma Said says.
One of the main services of Mosireen is archiving, which began even before Mosireen was founded in the 18-days in Tahrir in the "Media Tent." "Many activists at the time felt the urgent need to collect all footage showing police violence knowing that it will be useful in the future for documentation purposes to tell the story of the revolution from the people themselves, or for legal-use to convict those violators", Said explains. Morsireen continues to do this work until today by collecting all images from the revolution and incorporating it into their video production, and archive it into what will be known as the people's archive of the Egyptian revolution.
They have used this archive in many ways to tell the story of the revolution with simple editing that they have done; they were able to share it with others via YouTube over the Internet or Tahrir Cinema in Tahrir Square via projectors and deserted advertising billboards."Mosireen encourages all groups or individuals in different provinces across the country to download, and share the stories of the revolution told by the people themselves over the streets and squares of Egypt not just the Internet", Darwish emphasizes.
Since Morsireen is a non-profit collective and its work is licensed under creative commons, the main aim for their work is for the footage and the message of them to spread; to push the boundaries of the mainstream revolution's discourse to become more reflective of the people's discourse of what really is happening documented by the people involved themselves, which mostly doesn't get cover by traditional media outlets. This in many ways is a collection of what already exists in many of average people's Nokia phones and being transferred over Bluetooth in metro cars and microbuses; Mosireen collects all and any footage that they could find and turns it into a beautifully edited short videos highlighting the truth told by the common people.
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"All this was because Morsireen volunteers, staff, and/or supporters were present to capture those iconic images of the revolution that no one can ever forget;the tortured face of Abody at the Occupy Cabinet sit-in, the death of Sheikh Emad Effat, the army dragging dead bodies in the trash, the death of Alaa Abdel Haddy, and the Kazeboon campaign", Said tells us. "Mosireen was able to push the mainstream media discourse because traditional media didn't possess images of the frontlines or were not allowed to be present close to the action when individuals, activists, or Mosireen staff were right there geared with professional cameras capturing every bullet and tear-gas canister being thrown at the frontlines of the battlefield, so the traditional media was almost forced to show the footage of what was happening at these events from the camera angle of Mosireen and their likes."This is when citizen journalism became the focus of traditional media because they were not present at the frontlines of these events, so they were forced to use our footage, shot and edited by citizens", Darwish says.
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During most clashes, Mosireen relies on various people's images that they collect and produce into one or two videos, so it is the best of all parts to tell the most honest story about a certain moment or a specific event. "These little efforts from numerous people are what make Mosireen's work unique. Most of the iconic images that went viral were from people who were present at the time an event took place, and someone who knows someone who knows us directed us to them to get the footage and put it in the story about that event like what happened with the Christians in Dahshour", Darwish explains.
Another big part of Mosireen's work is providing training workshops, renting filming gear, or the space to use editing equipments. The aim of conducting photography, filming, and editing workshops in Cairo and also other provinces is to empower citizens with the skills to be able to do Mosireen's work on their own and encourage them to start similar collectives. "The idea is to not have one source of information or footage whether TV or us, but to have various sources coming from everywhere, and to encourage others to spread news relevant to them in their own ways and means", Mostafa says.
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One of the easiest ways one can contribute to Mosireen's successful initiative is to simply share and spread their videos whether from their YouTube channel, and by visiting their office in Down Town Cairo to learn more about their activities and events or visit their website Mosireen.org. Mosireen is a self-funded independent collective that largely relies on the generosity of others to be able to continue their very-much-needed work, so every donation and volunteer help cement this inspiring media collective resisting commercialized agenda-driven media. With the explosion of citizen journalism and the emergence of Mosireen and other independent media tools, the naked truth will shine on for everyone to see.


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