text: 10 Wild Art Cars From Burning Man In late August, a community of more than 50,000 like-minded folks gathers for a week in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada for the annual Burning Man festival. Cars are not allowed as transport in this temporary small city, yet art cars called Mutant Vehicles are encouraged and even funded by a Burning Man foundation. These cars carry people and put on shows at less than 15 mph, and like the festival itself, they're about radical self-expression. By Phil Berg Email Comments 0 Share Back 4 of 10 Next Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Back Next Scott London View Thumbnails C.S. Tere: The Lost Machine Inspired by a pirate ship, Andy Tibbets of Portland, Ore., built this front-drive 27-hp three-cylinder hydraulic-powered machine to carry "fire sails" out into the desert. The 10-foot-tall hubless front wheel propels the C.S. Tere, and the rear wheels are steered from the Captain's Deck in the back. Eight specially designed nozzles located in the large mast spray propane to create the sheets of flame. Tibbets, who began designing the machine in 2004 and building it in 2008, recruited more than 100 people to help construct it. At The Lost Machine's debut in 2010, the hydraulic drive system acted up, so the whole thing had to be towed around the festival. But, Tibbets says, the fire displays made the effort worthwhile. Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Back 4 of 10 Next Return to Gallery Back Next Return to Slideshow Related Links


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Google's annual Zeitgeist reports has come out and shows Apple's iPad has taken the number one position for consumer electronic search queries in 2010. It also took the number two overall fastest rising search query behind Steve Jobs' favorite thing...chat roulette. Apple's iPhone 4 came in in the number two position in the consumer electronics category.
The iPad has had quite the year in 2010 taking home many honors which include the number three spot of the top 10 obsessions of 2010 and the number one spot on Time Magazine's top 10 gadget list of 2010. Not too shabby for a product that analysts claimed would be lucky if it sold 1 million units by the end of the year.
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Nominated for: Overhauling Arlington National Cemetery's IT strategy to address critical information assurance problems and develop systems for managing daily operations.
First IT mentor: Army Col. Maureen O'Connor, my boss in Iraq from October 2005 through October 2006. She reached out to me and provided the mentorship a junior military officer deserves; I am truly indebted. She taught me that the network and the systems on it are designed to support the soldier.
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Complex's Best Air Jordan IIIs Of All-Time
November 28th, 2011 by John Kim | 31 comments
With the year-long celebration of the twenty-third anniversary of the Air Jordan III coming to a close after this weekend's Black Flip drop, it's time to ponder all the Air Jordan IIIs in history. Which colorway made an impact for you? With several original colorways vying for the top spot and a number of Retro+ and Lifestyle colorways to have released over the last decade, one man's list may differ quite a lot from the next. Complex recently compiled their list of best Air Jordan IIIs of all-time, going with the recently re-released Black/Cement III as the best in history, and following it with thirteen other impressive selections. Check out a quick sampling of their list below, and let us know what your favorite Air Jordan III is!
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Yeah I agree you can't compare the 3 to the 11's at all. Every patent leather authentic Jordan I seen looks far better,has better quality materials, and definitely lasts longer. I still have my black and red joints from 2002 and they're still wearable.
First of all the 3's ARENT better than the 11's period! The 11's always sell out easily and it only comes out once a year....not the whole year like the 3's!
Db 3's are the best color way ever made. Black and red 3m, lasered red nubuck, and ice blue sole u guys are crazy if u don't think there the best Jordan ever
Honestly, I never was too big on 3's, because of the elephant print. But the White Cements and the Pure Moneys are my favorites. The White Cements were the first to help the 3's grow on to me, because it had very small touches of the red and black. Plus, they had the Nike Air logo. And the Pure Moneys just takes the cleanliness to another level. Just gotta watch where you step in those.
proud to say i own every 3 on their list except da mocha's... 3's always have been my favorite J shoe... but overall a great list, da blk cement's are obviously #1. especially after dis past friday lol... thought those "Do The Right Thing" 3's should of been in da top 5 tho.
Complex and dem lists... kinda borin of 'em.. anyway 4 me fire reds n.1!! Peace!!
My List as Follow: 1. Black/Cement 2. True Blues 3. Black Cats 4. Pure Money 5. White/Cement
I remember I seen some black and red 3 online a couple of years back on niketalk, I wish they would release those to the public.
for me the best IIIs have ever been true blues... but after they re-re-retroed em they are not so wanted
In my opinion the white cements 3s are the only retro 3s that look better with the jumpman instead of the Nike Air on it
DAM I MISSED OUT ON THE COOL GREY 3s. I STILL THINK THE BLACK CATS SHOULD BE UP THERE THO


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You are hereWGBH Evolution Series Receives Award
The National Association of Science Writers has awarded Richard Hutton, producer of the NOVA/Clear Blue Skies Evolution series, its Science in Society award in the Television category. Evolution, first broadcast September 24-27, 2001, but rebroadcast in 2002, was honored "for recognizing the impact the science of evolution has had on society for well over 100 years. Voices for Evolution
Over seventy-five years after the Scopes trial, the controversy over the teaching of creationism in the public schools continues unabated. On the front lines of the controversy is the National Center for Science Education — NCSE — the only organization entirely devoted to defending the teaching of evolution in the public schools. Among the tools that NCSE provides for those wishing to defend the teaching of evolution is its publication Voices for Evolution, published first in 1989 and then in a revised edition in 1995. Scott Receives Teacher Association Award
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The distinguished biologist John A. Moore, Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of California, Riverside, member of the National Academy of Sciences, and Supporter of NCSE, died on May 26, 2002. NCSE Supporter Ayala receives National Medal of ScienceOn May 9, Francisco J. Ayala, Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, was named by President Bush to receive the National Medal for Science, the nation's highest award for lifetime achievement in scientific research. Ayala will receive the medal at a ceremony at the White House on June 13. As the National Science Foundation's citationist wrote, "Ayala has revolutionized evolution theory by pioneering molecular biology in the investigation of evolutionary processes. Scott receives public service award from National Science BoardAt a black-tie dinner in Washington DC on May 7, 2002, Eugenie C. Scott, executive director of NCSE, was presented with the 2002 National Science Board Public Service Award. The National Science Board is the governing board of the National Science Foundation. Natural History Features Pro-ID Statements and RebuttalsThe web site of Actionbioscience.org, described as a "non-commercial, educational web site created and managed by BioScience Productions, Inc. to promote bioscience literacy," features an excerpt from the April 2, 2002, issue of Natural History. (Updated October 13, 2004: Actionbioscience.org is now an education resource of the American Institute of Biological Sciences and no longer associated with BioScience Productions, Inc.)
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Aviation experts have chopped the emergency helicopter down to size - with this micro version of mini-chopper designed to help rescuers to explore confined spaces that normal aircraft couldn't reach.
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The Romanian National History Museum in Bucharest has exhibited a rare collection of ancient gold coins that had vanished and have now been returned from the UK where the customs had held them.
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03/09/2014 2:10amBy pitting its own alternative legislation, courtesy of Rep. Marsha Blackburn, against the popular 'Prevent All Soring Tactics' (PAST) bill, this group demonstrates how determined it is to continue secretly torturing animals.
Nashville State scholarship program targets adults studying in STEM, hospitality fields
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Exploring Google Earth in Linux
Google Earth lets you view the world from space and zoom in on towns, roads, and even buildings. We'll show you how to travel the planet from your Linux desktop.
Google Earth [1] brings hi-res aerial views of the whole Earth to your computer desktop. The latest full release, Google Earth 4, integrates satellite and aerial images with Wikipedia text [2], 3D models, and photos from Panoramio [3]. We tried out version 4 in Linux and found the journey quite pleasing – but if you ever decide to integrate your own 3D model, you may need Windows or MacOS.
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To run Google Earth in Linux, you need a desktop with working 3D acceleration. Apart from this, the software does not ask too much of your computer: a CPU with a clock speed of 500MHz and 128MB RAM are all it takes, although Google does recommend a 2.4 GHz CPU and 512MB RAM to avoid annoying screen refresh delays. Because Google Earth downloads the image data while you are using the tool, you also need a fast Internet connection. The box titled "Installation" tells you how to set up Google Earth on Linux.
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Foreword to the Second Edition of The Quotations of Chairman Mao
Foreword to the Second Edition of The Quotations of Chairman Mao -- Lin Biao
Published: Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Foreword to the Second Edition of The Quotations of Chairman Mao -- Lin Biao
Comrade Mao Zedong is the greatest Marxist-Leninist of our era. He has inherited, defended and developed Marxism-Leninism with genius, creatively and comprehensively and has brought it to a higher and completely new stage.
Mao Zedong's thought is Marxism-Leninism of the era in which imperialism is heading for total collapse and socialism is advancing to world-wide victory. It is a powerful ideological weapon for opposing imperialism and for opposing revisionism and dogmatism. Mao Zedong's thought is the guiding principle for all the work of the Party, the army and the country.
Therefore, the most fundamental task in our Party's political and ideological work is at all times to hold high the great red banner of Mao Zedong's thought, to arm the minds of the people throughout the country with it and to persist in using it to command every field of activity. The broad masses of the workers, peasants and soldiers and the broad ranks of the revolutionary cadres and the intellectuals should rcally master Mao Zedong's thought; they should all study Chairman Mao's writings, follow his teachings, act according to his instructions and be his good fighters.
In studying the works of Chairman Mao, one should have specific problems in mind, study and apply his works in a creative way, combine study with application, first study what must be urgently applied so as to get quick results, and strive hard to apply what one is studying. In order really to master Mao Zedong's thought, it is essential to study many of Chairman Mao's basic concepts over and over again, and it is best to memorize important statements and study and apply them repeatedly. The newspapers should regularly carry quotations from Chairman Mao relevant to current issues for readers to study and apply.
The experience of the broad masses in their creative study and application of Chairman Mao's works in the last few years has proved that to study selected quotations from Chairman Mao with specific problems in mind is a good way to learn Mao Zedong's thought, a method conducive to quick results.
We have compiled Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong in order to help the broad masses learn Mao Zedong's thought more effectively. In organizing their study, units should select passages that are relevant to the situation, their tasks, the current thinking of their personnel, and the state of their work.
In our great motherland, a new era is emerging in which the workers, peasants and soldiers are grasping Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong's thought. Once Mao Zedong's thought is grasped by the broad masses, it becomes an inexhaustible source of strength and a spiritual atom bomb of infinite power. The large-scale publication of Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong is a vital measure for enabling the broad masses to grasp Mao Zedong's thought and for promoting the revolutionization of our people's thinking. It is our hope that all comrades will learn earnestly and diligently, bring about a new nation-wide high tide in the creative study and application of Chairman Mao's works and, under the great red banner of Mao Zedong's thought, strive to build our country into a great socialist state with modern agriculture, modern industry, modern science and culture and modern national defence!


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Pick a correct answer in 20 seconds or less. If you manage to pick a correct answer in less than 10 seconds you will get a bonus! You pick answer by clicking with the left mouse button. There are 2 types of questions: 6 flags with the correct flag name in the center and a flag with 6 possible answers.
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Peoria Speedway will be Racing Once again on Memorial Day - May 25 after the Saturday May 16 Flooding of the Quarter Mile Dirt Track on Farmington Road in Peoria. The Flood Waters are Gone and Clean-Up by Track Crews and Fans are Nearly Completed as of Thursday - May 21, Says Track Owner & Promoter Sherrie Hamilton. Pit Gates will Open at 3:30 p.m. on Monday with GrandStand Gates Opening at 4;30 and Stock Car Racing with the Late Models - Modifieds - Limited Late Models - Pro Street Stocks & Hornet Street Stock Divisions to Begin at 6 p.m. on Memorial Day. For More Info See Poster or Call the Speedway at 309-673-3342. Stock car Racing Returns to Saturday Nights on June 6. See You at the Peoria Speedway !!!
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Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's State of the State address on Wednesday was well received. The governor hit the right notes, rallying legislators behind a centrist agenda.
With more fiscally conservative Democrats than ever, and the largest Republican presence in 80 years, West Virginia's leaders are making more careful choices. They are softening their rhetoric and concentrating on what they can do together.
"This is not Washington, D.C., where partisan bickering has subverted the legislative process," Tomblin correctly observed in his speech.
"This is West Virginia, where the Republican and Democrat, liberal and conservative, come together, resolve differences, and take decisive action.
"This ability was made clear, when we came together and overwhelmingly passed legislation to develop the Marcellus Shale, create jobs and provide economic benefits to the entire state."
The governor's speech reflected widespread consensus on a number of issues:
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Officers from all over Alabama came together for the 17th annual k-9 seminar.
"This is just an opportunity for k-9 handlers to get together to network, share information, gives them a chance to come down and work in other areas, work with other people, get different ideas, different training techniques." Dothan Police Corporal William Wozinak said.
The k-9 dogs went through many real life scenarios, such as sniffing out drugs.
"We have narcotics detection, explosive detection, patrol training, area searches tracking." Wozinak said.
The Dothan Police Department has nine k-9's, eight of which are trained for both drug and protection situations.
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Wozniak says it's great to train together with other agencies to prepare for situation like the hostage situation that is still going on.
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Old City Cemetery is more than a graveyard. It's a landmark that tells a story about Lynchburg's past, but for more than a century the tale has been incomplete.
"It's always been a mystery," said Ted Delaney, assistant director of the cemetery.
The property near downtown Lynchburg is home to more than 2,200 Confederate soldiers, buried 150 years ago during the American civil war.
Most of the graves are marked, except for one section near the entrance.
"The records indicate that there are about 100 to 120 soldiers buried in this area that have individual graves and row numbers, but there's never been a marker on the ground to reflect that," said Delaney.
A few weeks ago, cemetery officials set out to solve the puzzle. They hired an archaeologist to locate the lost soldiers.
"We were pretty sure we would find graves, but really had no idea we'd find so many," Delaney said.
With just a little digging near the surface, Randy Lichtenberger discovered the graves of about 50 men.
"One of the things that surprised us was the ease with which we could see them," said Lichtenberger, director of cultural resources for Hurt & Proffitt, Inc. who is serving as the chief excavator for the project.
"I think it's really important to the descendants of the people buried here to be able to walk out and say 'hey, here is my great-great grandfather," Lichtenberger said.
"We have decendants that visit us almost every day or every week, trying to figure out their ansectors and where they are buried," said Delaney. "It means a lot to us and to them to take them to a grave and say this is exactly where your ancestor is buried."
Delaney will finally be able to do that. Once all of the graves have been located, they'll be mapped out and eventually marked.
"It's going to add to how we tell a story," said Delaney. "It'll make a better tour and better interpretation to have the spots for each of these soldiers."
Lynchburg's undertaker during the civil war kept excellent records, so cemetery officials have names and information about the people located in the newly discovered graves. The task now will be figuring out which grave holds which person.
Reseachers don't want to open the graves to get the information they need. It's believed that most of the lost solders died of smallpox and cemetery officials don't want to risk exposing themselves to the disease.
Cemetery visitors can see the excavation project in action on May 3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and and May 4 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Anyone seeking information about the project can e-mail ted Delaney at email@example.com.


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from the polls this November. And let the Democrats take over Congress. My wishful thinking? Not at all. Rather the wish and hope of Richard Viguerie, one of the most prominent and influential conservative Republicans. It was his direct mailings starting in the 1960s that helped boost conservative candidates to office - like Reagan. This guy knows the score.His column in today's Washington Post is very revealing - whether you are conservative or liberal. I only wish my "liberal" friends had half the backbone that my conservative friends have. We would not have our milk-toast Rick Larsen representing us in Congress. We would have Democrats in Congress who would speak out on issues instead of watching polls on issues and then speaking things the majority likes. Larsen pays more attention to which clothes he will wear than the issues. He sometimes changes clothes a dozen times a day I am told. All to identify with the group he is shaking hands with or speaking to.
Anyway - back to Viguerie. This is good news for this fall for Democrats and liberals. But it also means we will face a more conservative Republican candidate for President in 2008 - but a true conservative Republican would keep us out of war, protect the environment and reduce the deficit - three things liberals support. The political debate will return to social issues - the classic battleground between conservatives and liberals.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- This is a first for me. I've never had a column published on this day.
I know I'd remember because it's the birthday of actors Donald Sutherland, David Hasselhoff and James Cagney, along with comedienne Phyllis Diller, financier John Jacob Astor, war hero John Paul Jones and reality show producer ("Survivor," "The Apprentice") Mark Burnett. It's also the birthday of my nephew Christopher, my cousin Millie, my friend Rachel Rogier -- and me!
Birthdays are always a time for me to take stock of where I am. It's fortunate, too, that mine falls near the middle of the year, because I can look at goals I set in January and see how much (or how little) I've accomplished -- with the realization that I've still got almost half a year to go.
I write myself a letter every January and have it mailed to me around my birthday (thanks, Burning Bowl Ceremony!). This gives me a chance to reflect on lessons I've learned so far in each year. My friend Barbie Dallman does this with a different concept each year. She picks something like "courage" or "forgiveness" and focuses on that characteristic for an entire year. I can only imagine how many scenarios must come her way as illustrations.
My sister, Paula, gave me the book "The Secret Life of Birthdays." It breaks down every day of the year and downloads interesting information in the arenas of health, meditations, planetary influences, numerology and general advice. That's how I found out what Donald Sutherland and I have in common -- although I'm sure his card is probably just late.
As I write this several days before the July 17 publication date, I'm under the influence of strep throat. I'm not sick very often. When I do get under the weather, though, it also causes me to reflect. I'm drawn to look at the pace of my recent activities to see if my immune system may have been worn down to make me more susceptible to catching something.
You guessed it! I've been burning the candle at all ends. Work, family, travel, graduate school and home projects have all been tugging at me. So it's no wonder I've been given this timeout to recoup and rebalance. I just wish it hadn't come with the added dimension of a sore throat that feels like daggers are being stuck in it when I swallow! Oh well, this too shall pass.


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Tom Fox, vice president for leadership and innovation, Partnership for Public Service
"Now more than ever, the Service to America Medals is a great program for not just honoring federal employees, but for leaders who are interested in motivating and engaging their people, " said Tom Fox, vice president for leadership and innovation at the Partnership for Public Service, which runs the program.
With budget cuts and an atmosphere of anti-federal employee in the public discourse, feds are facing tough times. "It's not enough for agencies to simply do 'business as usual,'" Fox said. "They need to find new and innovative ways to achieve their mission and goals because the expectations aren't going away, just some of the resources are."
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For the first time this season, Dustin Pedroia is getting the day off.
Jose Iglesias will fill in for Boston's superlative second baseman, and while it's hard to ever say that Dustin Pedroia's glove will not be missed, if there's any player that can make that true, it's Jose Iglesias. He'll shift over to second in Pedroia's absence, with Will Middlebrooks and Stephen Drew manning the left side of the infield.
Oh, and Iglesias is batting second. And Daniel Nava is batting third. That's a thing. What's our record again?
Boston Red Sox (42-28)
Right, that's it. How on Earth?
- Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
- Jose Iglesias, 2B
- Daniel Nava, RF
- David Ortiz, DH
- Jonny Gomes, LF
- Mike Carp, 1B
- Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
- Will Middlebrooks, 3B
- Stephen Drew, SS
Baltimore Orioles (39-30)
- Nick Markakis, RF
- Manny Machado, 3B
- J.J. Hardy, SS
- Adam Jones, CF
- Chris Davis, 1B
- Matt Wieters, C
- Danny Valencia, DH
- Steve Pearce, LF
- Alexi Casilla, 2B
Starting Pitcher -- Miguel Gonzalez
Jon Lester has a nice record against the Orioles. Which would be encouraging if he were playing at all like Jon Lester right now. It's probably past time that they skip a start with him just to try and figure out what's wrong rather than keep on throwing him to the wolves, but with the current issues surrounding Buchholz and all the roster movement forced by doubleheaders and extra-innings games, that hasn't been an easy thing to do.
Who knows? Maybe the Orioles prove the cure. It seems unlikely, though. They haven't exactly been the cure for much these past two years.


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Not even Twitter can save us now
It was a number that leaped off the page at me.
According to national survey conducted by Samara, a non-profit group that promotes civic engagement in Canada, only 10 per cent of respondents had volunteered for, donated to, or joined a political party in the previous five years. Only 17 per cent had taken part in a political discussion on social media, or written a letter to the editor on politics or a political issue in the last year.
Reading this reminded me that I recently also read that only 20 per cent of Canadians still smoke.
Imagine that. More people smoke than use the brave new tools of social connectivity to discuss political issues. All this at a time when smoking is considered unfashionable, and the internet makes it so much easier for us to engage, debate, organize and mobilize.
Smoking and politics: bad habits that Canadians are slowly convincing themselves to give up altogether.
The survey results are a source of profound concern for Samara. "At a time when technology could make some forms of engagement easier than ever, Canadians are stepping away from formal politics," it states. "Politics will only improve when citizens demand change, and when working within politics is better understood and viewed as a critical part of citizenship."
Social media has been a tool of devastating engagement and mobilization in Asia. It was a key element in the Arab Spring movement. It is the megaphone for a new generation. It's a ubiquitous presence in political movements that defy the status quo and work to defeat the forces of suppression and oppression.
Contrast that trend with North America, where social media is the tool we use to efficiently share pictures of what we ordered for dinner the night before.
For those who have abandoned all interest in politics and government, let's look at what is created in the absence of citizen engagement.
The first area of concern is the state of political discourse. The reality now is that those few still involved in politics to have among the worst attitudes towards government and public policy. Far too many of the still-politically active Canadians are unbridled partisans who are more interested in laying waste to opponents than engaging in any kind of debate.
Rampant partisanism, which manifests in pointless and uncivil debate, does not produce better policy or programs. It stifles innovation and gridlocks government from doing anything truly bold and beneficial for society. As a result, we get government that worries more about winning elections than good government. And opposition politics that is more about disagreeing with the government than making better policy or programs.
The other troubling trend is that lower interest in politics and lower voter turnout means that an increasingly smaller constituency gets to make all of the important decisions in the country.
As it stands right now, only about one-quarter of all registered adult voters pick the party that gets to lead the country, or the province.
In the 2011 Manitoba general election, 199,069 Manitobans helped elect a NDP majority government. That's 25.62 per cent of the total registered voters in that election. Federally, the Conservatives received 5.83 million votes, or about 24.33 per cent of all registered voters.
We should all study the identities of those still involved in politics. Then, we should ask ourselves whether these folks really represent us, or represent only their own and other special interests? And, perhaps more importantly, what we're going to do when a handful of citizens control government, and all our lives, and we stood by and watched it all happen.
There is something we can all do to help turn this trend around. Tweet a link to the Samara report to your followers. Post it on your Facebook page. Start a new trend where expressing concern about the pathetic state of citizen engagement is the main reason why you use social media.
You can post it right beside the picture of the ceviche you enjoyed last night.
Bomber transit adventure: no one got left behind
For those of you following my Bomber game-day transit deliberations - all two of you - here is the final report.
Went at 5:30 sharp to the Osborne Street rapid transit station to take the 161 Super Express to stadium. The 161 did not materialize, for reasons not entirely understood by the two dozen Bomber fans waiting with us at the platform. At least one 161 did appear northbound from the U of M campus, leading some to speculate the root STARTED at the U of M. If that's so, that's dumb given the need to move people south.
Waited 25 mins and finally caught a 162 to the stadium. There were a ton of buses moving southbound on Pembina Highway. So many that we were able to leap frog several and didn't have to make every stop. It was a semi-express and got us into the stadium in 25 minutes.
Total time needed to get to the game - 50 mins. Not bad.
Left the game the moment the Bombers turned the ball over on downs in the last gasp of the fourth quarter. Our seats were in the south end of the stadium - right where all the buses were parked for the return trip north. On the way home, hopped on a 160 and was back to Osborne Station in just 21 minutes. Very impressive given that the buses met Pembina Highway at Chancellor Blvd. and had to travel all the way back up past University Crescent.
Transit works fine now that they have more buses and dedicated lanes near the campus. However, we did leave two hours before opening ceremonies. If we wanted to arrive closer to game time, I'm not sure how the experience would have unfolded.
The bottom line: transit worked pretty darn good last night. But not even a flood of additional buses and cops to direct traffic could help the team on the field.
The great game-day deliberation continues
I can't be absolutely sure because I was only able to check every five minutes all afternoon, but I'm going to suggest that Winnipeg Transit finally posted updated transit information for Bomber game days at 4:40 p.m. Tuesday. I'll let you decide whether, based on previous commentary, that was "urgent" enough.
The information posted on its site is helpful, although I did find it a bit incomplete. And the presentation is very cumbersome.
For example, it did not contain information about the temporary diamond lanes (open buses and bicycles only) that will be established to help get buses into and out of the campus on game days. That information was contained in a great story by WFP reporter extraordinaire Bartley Kives. The diamond lanes will be in effect on Bishop Grandin and University Crescent. Why is that information important? Consider my dilemma.
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My family has a number of transit options. We could jump on a 161-Investors Group Field express bus on the transitway near Confusion Corner that goes from Jubilee (end of transitway) to the U of M campus without making a stop. Winnipeg Transit will start running those buses every 15 minutes starting at 5:30 p.m. However, there are no diamond lanes on Pembina Highway, so it's quite likely this "express" route will be anything but.
A better option may be to take the Route 3 Super Express Bus from the St. Vital Arena (on St. Anne's Road just south of Bishop Grandin). This is appealing because there are supposed to be temporary diamond lanes on Bishop Grandin that should help funnel the express buses onto Pembina Highway and then University Crescent.
The small point here is that more complete information would help people figure out the best route to take.
The Investors Group Field website, which is really just an extension of the Bomber site, still contains no information about transit routes in and out of the campus. On the home page, there is a box to click for transit information. However, all that is contained there is a map showing parking options on campus. There appears to be a spot where transit information is supposed to go, but there is currently nothing there -- not even a link back to the Winnipeg Transit site.
I'm also a bit confused by the fact that all the express transit service begins at 5:30 p.m. Depending on which of the 10 express park and ride options you choose, it is easy to see how it would be 30 minutes or more before the buses would arrive at the Fort Garry campus. That puts the express buses right in the teeth of the busiest traffic on game day. Would it be beneficial to start some of the express routes at 5 p.m. for the real keeners? If you are riding express routes from Kildonan Place, McPhillips Street Station or Assiniboia Downs, a 5 p.m. departure might make sense.
Lastly, as a suggestion, wouldn't it make sense to create a space on the IGF site that allows bars and restaurants to advertise if they offer game-day parking and shuttle services to the game? Right now, it's hard to find that information.
A final decision on transit options has yet to be made at my house. I'm sure, like me, you can hardly wait to hear what route we choose.
Urgency is another way of saying, 'I care.'
Like many of you, I have read and heard much over the past two weeks about the experience of getting to and from the new Investor's Group Stadium -- home to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and sundry other sports and entertainment events. I get to experience, first hand, the game-day experience on Thursday, when I take my family to see the regular season home opener.
We haven't yet decided how to go to the stadium. Might hitch a ride with friends. (Carpooling is the intelligent person's solution to traffic problems after all.) My wife, a regular Winnipeg Transit passenger, has suggested we try out the Bomber express buses from a park and ride site. Just for the experience, I thought that might be the ticket.
Went to Winnipeg Transit's website and found out that the page with all information on how to get to and from the stadium on game day is down. No information at all. Nothing as well on the Bomber website. It's all being updated, and team officials have promised that it will be available sometime Tuesday afternoon.
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As I write this, it's now officially Tuesday afternoon. In fact, it's just after 12 noon. Nothing yet. I'm going to watch carefully to see what happens in the next few hours.
It's a bit difficult for me to understand why the updated information is not already posted. I do understand that the Bombers and Winnipeg Transit want to get it right. We all want them to get it right. But there appears to be a lack of urgency at work here. And in case you didn't know, doing something urgently is one surefire way to show people that you really care.
To be fair, how are we to judge both the planning to date and the response this week? Much has been said about the hassle of getting in and out of the stadium site for the Bombers' pre-season game. However, if we're really trying to be fair, we need to admit the gridlock that accompanied that game was as much a result of unrealistic expectations as it was poor transit and traffic planning.
By all accounts, the biggest traffic problems ensued after 6 p.m. at the bottlenecks of University Crescent and Bison Drive, the only two routes into the U of M campus. I think it's fairly easy to assume that a good number of football fans approached the trip to the new stadium much like they did when attending the old stadium. Which is to say, thousands underestimated the challenge of getting to a stadium with only two access points.
The Free Press reported that it took more than an hour to go by bus from downtown (U of W to be precise) to the stadium on pre-season game day. That is a pretty long time. However, those of us who are regularly forced to travel Pembina Highway during the afternoon rush hour would could tell you that it could take 30-45 minutes on any day to go from downtown to the University because of the Pembina gauntlet between Jubilee and Bishop Grandin. It has taken me 20 minutes just to get from Jubilee to McGillivray on some particularly bad days.
If the first step to fixing a problem is to admit you have one, then join me in admitting that we as a community completely underestimated the challenge of getting to the new stadium. If you were caught in a traffic jam at 6:30 p.m., you did not leave enough time to get to the stadium.
True story. Good friend of mine who has season tickets took his nine-year-old daughter to the pre-season game. He lives in Fort Rouge, so drove down Osborne/Dunkirk, cut across St. Vital Road to River Road and whipped down to Bishop Grandin. Then it was a hop over to Pembina, skip to University Crescent and jump to one of the pass-controlled lots on the U of M campus. By his account, he left at 5:30 PM and was out of his car touring the new stadium at 5:45.
It literally did not take him any longer than it normally does to get from his house to U of M. Lucky? Perhaps. But my friend gave himself 30 minutes more than he would have normally if attending a game at the old Polo Park site. That's a lesson for all of us.
If the Bombers and Winnipeg Transit can be faulted for anything, it is assuming that you can go small at first, and then ratchet up the response after you actually experience a game-day crowd. I think the better approach would have been to call in the extra traffic cops, use the dedicated bus lanes, call in more park-and-ride buses and otherwise overcompensate, and then scale it down. But that's just me.
Remember, I'm the guy who thinks that there should be updated game-day Transit information posted on the site now.
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About Dan Lett
Dan Lett came to Winnipeg in 1986, less than a year out of journalism school.
Despite the fact that he's originally from Toronto and has a fatal attraction to the Maple Leafs, Winnipeggers let him stay.
In the following years, he has worked at bureaus covering every level of government – from city hall to the national bureau in Ottawa.
He has had bricks thrown at him in riots following the 1995 Quebec referendum, wrote stories that helped in part to free three wrongly convicted men, met Fidel Castro, interviewed three Philippine presidents, crossed several borders in Africa illegally, chased Somali pirates in a Canadian warship and had several guns pointed at him.
In other words, he's had every experience a journalist could even hope for. He has also been fortunate enough to be a two-time nominee for a National Newspaper Award, winning in 2003 for investigations.
Other awards include the B'Nai Brith National Human Rights Media Award and nominee for the Michener Award for Meritorious Public Service in Journalism.
Now firmly rooted in Winnipeg, Dan visits Toronto often but no longer pines to live there.
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