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|21 Jun 2012
BSOD while using After Effects
This is my second time I've experienced the BSOD. The first caused me to re-install my OS because the PC was relatively new (custom built). The system is about 5months old even.
Now it has occurred again while editing in adobe after effects. I can surf the net, play music and open programs without any crashes. But when I use after effects it occurs. However the first time it happened I was not able to do anything as the BSOD appeared in a minutes time after boot.
I have the latest BIOS and have done systems scans yet nothing.
ALSO, I just inspected my Hardware and realised on my front fans have died. Would this cause the BSOD? Also, can I still use the system without the fan until the day when I can purchase one, as I have alot of work to get done.
I've attached the the dump files:
Thank you.
PS- first time posting hope it was clear enough
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|21 Jun 2012
Hi skec, welcome to 7F!
Just be careful if you have children or pets around, and warn the DW if you have one.
Your .dmps point to AfterFX.exe as the cause of your problem, and with it being graphics intensive, that would cause more heat build-up.
Some information to read up on for that 0x124 error, see #2: Stop 0x124 - what it means and what to try
******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR (124) A fatal hardware error has occurred. Parameter 1 identifies the type of error source that reported the error. Parameter 2 holds the address of the WHEA_ERROR_RECORD structure that describes the error conditon. Arguments: Arg1: 0000000000000000, Machine Check Exception Arg2: fffffa8007efa028, Address of the WHEA_ERROR_RECORD structure. Arg3: 00000000b67b2000, High order 32-bits of the MCi_STATUS value. Arg4: 0000000000000135, Low order 32-bits of the MCi_STATUS value. Debugging Details: ------------------ BUGCHECK_STR: 0x124_AuthenticAMD CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 1 DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT PROCESS_NAME: AfterFX.exe CURRENT_IRQL: f STACK_TEXT: fffff880`009bab08 fffff800`0322ba3b : 00000000`00000124 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`07efa028 00000000`b67b2000 : nt!KeBugCheckEx fffff880`009bab10 fffff800`033eeb03 : 00000000`00000001 fffffa80`07d44a10 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`07d44a60 : hal!HalBugCheckSystem+0x1e3 fffff880`009bab50 fffff800`0322b700 : 00000000`00000728 fffffa80`07d44a10 fffff880`009baeb0 000007ff`7d30c000 : nt!WheaReportHwError+0x263 fffff880`009babb0 fffff800`0322b052 : fffffa80`07d44a10 fffff880`009baeb0 fffffa80`07d44a10 00000000`00000000 : hal!HalpMcaReportError+0x4c fffff880`009bad00 fffff800`0321ee8f : 00000000`00000001 00000000`00000001 fffff880`009baf30 00000000`00000000 : hal!HalpMceHandler+0x9e fffff880`009bad40 fffff800`032dfaac : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : hal!HalHandleMcheck+0x47 fffff880`009bad70 fffff800`032df913 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KxMcheckAbort+0x6c fffff880`009baeb0 00000000`173e22be : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiMcheckAbort+0x153 00000000`00829e88 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : 0x173e22be STACK_COMMAND: kb FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner MODULE_NAME: hardware IMAGE_NAME: hardware DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 0 FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: X64_0x124_AuthenticAMD_PROCESSOR_CACHE BUCKET_ID: X64_0x124_AuthenticAMD_PROCESSOR_CACHE Followup: MachineOwner ---------
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|21 Jun 2012
Thanks alot @ ANAK
I've read the linked thread and have done most of the requirements... will give it another dust clean up tomorrow and do the necessary recommendations you gave.
I needs my AE back up;P so when the morning breaks I'll try to source a replacement fan. Will post back again to let you'll know how it goes.
Thanks alot!!!
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|27 Jun 2012
Hi again!
Its been difficult to source a same size fan for my thermaltake A90. I've placed a large fan directly to the opened side of the case yet the problem persist.
Is the problem occurring because the system is detecting malfunctioning component - the fan?
Would uninstalling re-installing after effects help in anyway?
Are there any other temporary solution I can use to adjust the heat level or the like? Lol.
My job is on the line at the moment...
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|27 Jun 2012
If you are doing any amount of overclocking stop, and return your machine to vendor specs.
It could even be the fan's controller, I believe that is located on the MB.
I don't know the specs of your after-effects, but this page may help: CS Cleaner Tool for installation problems | CCM, CS6, CS5.5, CS5, CS4, CS3
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Stop 0x124 - what it means and what to try
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|29 Jun 2012
Lol @ the bag of ice.
Well I did most of the 'Stop 0x124' instructions. Except for #6 'stress test...' As I did not get the free time.
I did reset the system to default where overclocking is concerned. I will disconnect the fan to from the MB and attempt the stress test.
What I've done is also placed a more powerful fan at the opened side of the case as well. It seems to keeps the system stable but I have not run AE in any intensive manner as of yet. Here I guess its really the heat.
Thank you. I will reply over the weekend and give feedback as I'd only be able to attempt the above in a few hours from now.
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Arsenic biochemistry
Arsenic biochemistry refers to biochemical processes that can use arsenic or its compounds, such as arsenate. Arsenic is a moderately abundant element in Earth's crust, and although many arsenic compounds are often considered highly toxic, a wide variety of organoarsenic compounds are produced biologically and various organic and inorganic arsenic compounds are metabolized by numerous organisms. This pattern is general for other related elements, including selenium, which can exhibit both beneficial and deleterious effects. Arsenic biochemistry has become topical since many toxic arsenic compounds are found in some aquifers,[1] potentially affecting many millions of people via biochemical processes.[2]
Arsenic toxicity[edit]
Arsenic is a cause of mortality throughout the world; associated problems include heart, respiratory, gastrointestinal, liver, nervous and kidney diseases.[2][3] Genotoxicity involves inhibition of DNA repair and DNA methylation. The carcinogenic effect of arsenic arises from the oxidative stress induced by arsenic. Arsenic's high toxicity naturally led to the development of a variety of arsenic compounds as chemical weapons, e.g. dimethylarsenic chloride. Some were employed as chemical warfare agents, especially in World War I. This threat led to many studies on antidotes and an expanded knowledge of the interaction of arsenic compounds with living organisms. One result was the development of antidotes such as British anti-Lewisite. Many such antidotes exploit the affinity of As(III) for thiolate ligands, which convert highly toxic organoarsenicals to less toxic derivatives. It is generally assumed that arsenates bind to cysteine residues in proteins.
By contrast, arsenic oxide is an approved and effective chemotherapeutic drug for the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL).[4]
Organoarsenic compounds in nature[edit]
The evidence that arsenic may be a beneficial nutrient at trace levels below the background to which living organisms are normally exposed has been reviewed.[4] Some organoarsenic compounds found in nature are arsenobetaine and arsenocholine,[5] both being found in many marine organisms.[2] Some As-containing nucleosides (sugar derivatives) are also known.[6] Several of these organoarsenic compounds arise via methylation processes. For example, the mold Scopulariopsis brevicaulis produces significant amounts of trimethylarsine if inorganic arsenic is present.[7] The organic compound arsenobetaine is found in some marine foods such as fish and algae, and also in mushrooms in larger concentrations. The average person's intake is about 10–50 µg/day. Values about 1000 µg are not unusual following consumption of fish or mushrooms; however, there is little danger in eating fish since this arsenic compound is nearly non-toxic.[8]
Arsenobetaine, one of the most common arsenic compound in nature. Also common is arsenocholine, which has CH2OH in place of CO2H).
Trimethylarsine, produced by microbial action on arsenate-derived pigments
Arsenic-containing ribose derivatives (R = several groups)
Cacodylic acid, formed in the liver after ingestion of arsenic
A topical source of arsenic are the green pigments once popular in wallpapers, e.g. Paris green. A variety of illness have been blamed on this compound, although its toxicity has been exaggerated.[9]
Trimethylarsine, once known as Gosio's gas is an intensely malodorous organoarsenic compound that is commonly produced by microbial action on inorganic arsenic substrates.[10]
Anthropogenic arsenic compounds[edit]
Anthropogenic (man-made) sources of arsenic, like the natural sources, are mainly arsenic oxides and the associated anions. Man-made sources of arsenic, include wastes from mineral processing, swine and poultry farms.[11] For example, many ores, especially sulfide minerals, are contaminated with arsenic, which is released in roasting (burning in air). In such processing, arsenide is converted to arsenic trioxide, which is volatile at high temperatures and is released into the atmosphere. Poultry and swine farms make heavy use of the organoarsenic compound roxarsone as an antibiotic in feed.[12][13] Some wood is treated with copper arsenates as a preservative. The mechanisms by which these sources affect "downstream" living organisms remains uncertain but are probably diverse. One commonly cited pathway involves biomethylation.[14]
Biomethylation of arsenic[edit]
Inorganic arsenic and its compounds, upon entering the food chain, are progressively metabolised (detoxified) through a process of methylation.[14] The methylation occurs through alternating reductive and oxidative methylation reactions, that is, reduction of pentavalent to trivalent arsenic followed by addition of a methyl group (CH3).[15]
In mammals, methylation occurs in the liver by methyltransferases, the products being the (CH3)2AsOH (dimethylarsinous acid) and (CH3)2As(O)OH (dimethylarsinic acid), which have the oxidation states As(III) and As(V), respectively.[2] Although the mechanism of methylation of arsenic in humans has not been elucidated, the source of methyl is methionine, which suggests a role of S-adenosyl methionine.[3] Exposure to toxic doses begin when the liver's methylation capacity is exceeded or inhibited.
Studies in experimental animals and humans show that both inorganic arsenic and methylated metabolites cross the placenta to the fetus, however, there is evidence that methylation is increased during pregnancy and that it could be highly protective for the developing organism.[16]
In humans, the major route of excretion of most arsenic compounds is via the urine. The biological half-life of inorganic arsenic is about 4 days, but is slightly shorter following exposure to arsenate than to arsenite. The main metabolites excreted in the urine of humans exposed to inorganic arsenic are mono- and dimethylated arsenic acids, together with some unmetabolized inorganic arsenic.[3]
Arsenic-based drugs[edit]
Despite, or possibly because of, its long-known toxicity, arsenic-containing potions and drugs have a history in medicine and quackery that continues into the 21st century.[17][18] Starting in the early 19th century and continuing into the 20th century, Fowler's solution, a toxic concoction of sodium arsenite, was sold. The organoarsenic compound Salvarsan was the first synthetic chemotherapeutic agent, discovered by Paul Ehrlich.[18] The treatment, however, led to many problems, causing long lasting health complications.[19] Around 1943 it was finally superseded by penicillin.
In vitro studies suggest that arsenic trioxide (As2O3) inhibits the proliferation of myeloma cells via cell cycle arrest as well as triggering cell death.[20] These results suggest that arsenic trioxide may be a clinically useful treatment in patients with multiple myeloma[20] or leukemia.[21]
Arsenic(V) as an electron acceptor[edit]
Arsenic (V) compounds are easily reduced to arsenic (III) and could have served as an electron acceptor on primordial Earth.[22] Lakes that contain a substantial amount of dissolved inorganic arsenic, harbor arsenic-tolerant biota. Although phosphate and arsenate are structurally similar, there is no evidence that arsenic replaces phosphorus in DNA or RNA.[23][24]
Arsenic(V) compounds typically feature the functional groups RAsO(OH)2 or R2AsO(OH) (R = alkyl or aryl). Cacodylic acid, with the formula (CH3)2AsO2H, figures prominently throughout the chemistry of organoarsenic compounds. In contrast, the dimethylphosphonic acid is less significant in the corresponding chemistry of phosphorus. Cacodylic acid arises from the methylation of arsenic(III) oxide. Phenylarsonic acids can be accessed by the reaction of arsenic acid with anilines, the so-called Bechamp reaction.
The monomethylated acid, methanearsonic acid (CH3AsO(OH)2), is a precursor to fungicides (tradename Neoasozin) in the cultivation of rice and cotton. Derivatives of phenylarsonic acid (C6H5AsO(OH)2) are used as feed additives for livestock, including 4-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzenearsonic acid (3-NHPAA or Roxarsone), ureidophenylarsonic acid, and p-arsanilic acid. These applications are controversial as they introduce soluble forms of arsenic into the environment.
Compounds of arsenic(V) containing only organic ligands are rare, the pre-eminent member being the pentaphenyl derivative As(C6H5)5.[19]
See also[edit]
- Arsenic compounds
- Extremophile
- Geomicrobiology
- Hypothetical types of biochemistry
- Organoarsenic chemistry
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George Barnett--born on 9 December 1859 at Lancaster, Wis.--entered the Naval Academy in June 1877 and graduated in 1881. Following two years of sea service as a naval cadet, he was appointed a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on 1 July 1883. After duty at various marine barracks on the east coast, as well as three years in Alaskan waters on board Pinta, he advanced to first lieutenant in September 1890 while serving in the steam sloop-of-war Iroquois.
Lt. Barnett then served at the Marine Barracks at the Washington Navy Yard until June 1896 when he went on board the receiving ship Vermont in New York City. He reported to San Francisco in December 1897 for sea duty and then transferred to the protected cruiser New Orleans the following April, just in time for service in the Spanish-American War. Barnett's ship joined the Flying Squadron off Santiago de Cuba on 30 May, bombarded the harbor batteries on 6 and 16 June, and captured the French blockade runner Olinde Rodrigues on 17 July. Promoted to captain on 11 August 1898, he transferred to the protected cruiser Chicago in November of that year, serving in that ship during cruises to the Caribbean, the south Atlantic, and European waters.
Capt. Barnett came ashore for duty at Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington, D.C., in May 1901. Promoted to major shortly thereafter, Barnett next took command of a battalion that embarked in the auxiliary cruiser Panther in September 1902. The warship sailed to the Caribbean that month, where Barnett's battalion landed to guard the railway transit of the Isthmus of Panama. In January 1903, he took command of another battalion guarding naval facilities in the Manila Bay area of the Philippines. While there, Barnett also served in several ships of the Asiatic Fleet. Returning to Washington in April 1905, Maj. Barnett advanced to lieutenant colonel and served as the commanding officer of the Washington Navy Yard Marine Barracks for the next year.
When civil war threatened in Cuba in mid-1906, Barnett took command of an expeditionary battalion, later growing to a regiment, in September. Transported to Havana on board the cruiser Minneapolis, Barnett's force soon moved to Cienfuegos, where it deployed to occupy the towns of western and central Cuba. A large Army force relieved the marines in November, and Barnett returned to Washington in November 1906.
After commanding the Marine Barracks for a year, Lt. Col. Barnett took over the 100-man Marine Corps detachment at the American Legation in Peking, China, arriving there in early 1908. He returned to the United States during the summer of 1910 and assumed command of the Philadelphia Marine Barracks, in which billet he received his promotion to colonel on 11 October.
Over the next three years, Col. Barnett made repeated deployments to Cuba, in command of the 1st Marines, in order to quell serious domestic disturbances on the island. The most serious of these expeditions took place in 1912, when Barnett took the 1st Marines to Guantanamo Bay on 28 May. Most of the marines returned to the United States by early August.
Appointed to a four-year detail as Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps on 21 February 1914, Barnett led the Corps during a time of unprecedented activity and expansion. He worked hard to draw the Marine Corps into closer and more cordial relations with the Navy, directed several important expeditions to countries in the Caribbean, and administered the Marine Corps through its great expansion during World War I.
In April 1914, when American forces landed at Veracruz, Mexico, Barnett sent a reinforced brigade of marines to that city. He also stationed an expeditionary force off the west coast of Mexico later that year. When civil wars broke out in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic in 1915, Barnett placed a full brigade of marines in each of these countries to maintain order and keep the peace. Barnett also guided the Marine Corps as it expanded to 3,000 officers and 75,500 enlisted men during World War I--building training centers in Virginia and South Carolina, sending reinforcements to regular marine stations, and dispatching two Marine brigades to France.
Made brigadier general on 29 August 1916, Barnett not only shepherded the Marine Corps through its wartime activities, but also through the difficult period of demobilization and reorganization at the close of the war in late 1918. For his outstanding service, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by the Secretary of the Navy. Relieved as Commandant of the Marine Corps on 1 July 1920, he was given the rank of major general on 5 March 1921.
Major General Barnett served the remaining years of active service as Commanding General of the Department of the Pacific. He retired on 9 December 1923 and died on 27 April 1930. Major General Barnett was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
The first Barnett (SP-1149) retained part of her civilian name, while the second Barnett (AP-11) was named for Major General George Barnett.
(Tug: t. 194; l. 126'; b. 21'7"; dr. 9'3" (mean); s. 12 k.; cpl. 19; a. 2 3-pdrs., 1 mg.)
The Barnett--a steel hulled, single screw tug built in 1911 by John H. Dialogue of Camden, N.J.--was acquired by the Navy for use as a "section minesweeper" from the Steel Towage and Wrecking Co., of Galveston, Tex., who delivered her on 19 December 1917. Two days later, the tug--designated SP 1149--was commissioned for duty in the 8th Naval District. For the duration of hostilities, Barnett (the Navy seems to have dropped the definite article) operated out of New Orleans, sweeping the passes leading from the Gulf of Mexico to the main channel of the Mississippi River and carrying out district tug and tow services. On 17 July 1920, she was classified a harbor tug and designated YT 29.
On 29 December 1921, she was assigned to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where she performed general duty for the next 14 years. Decommissioned on 3 July 1936, Barnett was towed to the Norfolk Navy Yard by Allegheny (AT 191) arriving there on 11 July. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 19 May 1936. She was sold to the Lee Transit Co., of New York, on 24 September 1936, and was delivered to that firm on 3 October 1936.
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In politics, centrism or the centre is a political outlook or specific position that involves acceptance or support of a balance of a degree of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy or social inequality; while opposing political changes which would result in a significant shift of society either strongly to the left or the right.[1] Centre left and centre right politics both involve a general association with centrism combined while leaning somewhat to their respective sides of the spectrum.
Voters may identify with moderation for a number of reasons: pragmatic, ideological or otherwise. It has even been suggested that individuals vote for 'centrist' parties for purely statistical reasons.[2]
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The Australian Democrats is a centrist party with a social liberal ideology. Currently, the Palmer United Party with a centre to centre-right political position is the 4th largest political party in Australian Federal politics.
The utmost centrist party of Flanders has been the Volksunie, which not only embraced social liberalism but also displayed the national sentiment of the Dutch speaking Belgians who felt culturally suppressed by Francophones. The New Flemish Alliance is the largest, and since 2009, the only successor of that party.
Among French speaking Belgians the Humanist Democratic Centre is a centre-right or centre party as it is considerably less conservative than its Flemish counterpart, Christian Democratic & Flemish. Another party in the centre of the political spectrum is the liberal Reformist Movement.
Although the Liberal Party of Canada was the dominant centre-left party for most of the country's history, it lost that title in the 2011 federal elections to the Conservative Party of Canada. The Liberals have typically positioned themselves as being more moderate and centrist than the Conservatives, putting them somewhere between the centre and centre-left. The Liberals are currently the third-largest party in Canada's House of Commons. The unrepresented United Party of Canada has a similar platform.
France has a tradition of parties that call themselves centriste. The most notable centrist party, often also called liberal, was the Union for French Democracy, created in 1978. Among its successors belongs the small Centrist Alliance, the most successful of them is the Democratic Movement of François Bayrou, founded in 2007.
Zentrismus is a term merely known to experts, as it is easily confused with Zentralismus ("centralism", the opposite to decentralisation/federalism); so the usual term in German for the political centre/centrism is politische Mitte (literally "political middle", or "political centre"). Historically, the German party with the most purely centrist nature among German parties to have had current or historical parliamentary representations was most likely the social-liberal German Democratic Party of the Weimar Republic (1918–1933).
There existed during the Weimar Republic (and again after the Nazi period) a Zentrum, a party of German Catholics founded in 1870. It was called Centre Party not for being a proper centrist party, but because it united left-wing and right-wing Catholics, because it was the first German party to be a Volkspartei (catch-all party), and because his elected representatives sat between the liberals (the left of the time) and the conservatives (the right of the time). It was, though, distinctly right-wing conservative in that it was not neutral on religious issues (such as on secular education), being markedly against more liberal and modernist positions. The main successor of Zentrum after the return of democracy to West Germany in 1945, the Christian Democratic Union, has throughout its history alternated between describing itself as right-wing or centrist, and sitting on the right-wing (with the Free Democratic Party in its social liberal moments sitting at its left, in the centre, and themselves sitting at the centre, with the FDP in its classical liberal moments sitting at its right, in the right-wing). The representatives of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, although they have, since the 1990s, many times referred to themselves as "the new middle" (under influence of the Third way of the time), feel less at ease in describing their party as centrist due to their history and socialist identity.
Alliance '90/The Greens was found in 1993 as a merger from the East German Alliance 90, a group of centrist/transversalist civil rights activists, and the (West) German Greens. The Latter was a coalition of various unorthodox-left politicians and more liberal "realists". This Bundestag party also hesitates in using the term centre, although it does distance itself as well from the tag of left (which identifies it, for the moment, as a transversalist party). The transversalist moderation of the party and its position in the Bundestag in the middle of the way, between the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats (while the FDP has its seats at the right of the Christian Democrats) also points somewhat to The Greens being a more or less centrist party.
In the state parliaments of specific German states there are other specifically regional parties which could be identified as centrist. The South Schleswig Voter Federation, of the Danish and Frisian minorities in the state of Schleswig-Holstein has currently a centrist political position, although in the past the party usually leaned to the left. In the German presidential elections of 2009, 2010 and 2012, it supported the candidates of the Social Democrats and the Greens. In Bavaria, the Free Voters party present at the state parliament may also be seen as a centrist party.
In the Republic of Ireland, the two main political parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, both claim the political centre ground, but seem to mostly lean to the centre-right and be mostly made up of centre-right memberships.[3][3][4] The two parties have shared broadly similar policies in the past, with their primary division being perceived as being steeped in Irish Civil War politics. Fine Gael is aligned to Christian democratic parties in Europe via its membership of the European People's Party, and is described internationally as centre-right by the likes of Reuters.[5] The consensus in analysis seems to be that Fiana Fáil is mostly centrist, expanding to the centre-right space, and that Fine Gael is mostly centre-rightist, expanding also to the centre space.
In the Netherlands, four parties have, more than once, sent members into the cabinet. From them, the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) tends to be centre-right and the Democrats 66 (D66) centrist.[6]
Livable Netherlands was originally a centrist political movement of local grass-root parties with an anti-establishment touch similar to early D66. However, the party entered in 2002 national parliament with a right-wing populist programme based on security and immigration as the major issues.[citation needed]
The fundamentalist Protestant ChristianUnion has a transversalist position that can be confused with a certain kind of centrist position, in so far it is left-leaning on social issues, immigration and environment, and right-leaning on drugs issues and euthanasia.
New Zealand[edit]
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In New Zealand, the main current centrist party is the United Future party, founded by a fusion of a previous centrist social liberal party and a previous Christian conservative party. United Future currently has one seat in the New Zealand parliament, supporting the current Government led by the National Party alongside ACT and the Maori Party.
Nordic countries[edit]
In most of the Nordic countries, there are Nordic agrarian parties. These share in addition to the centrist position on the socio-economic left-right scale a clear, separate ideology. This position is centred on decentralisation, a commitment to small business and environmental protection. Centrists have aligned themselves with the Liberal International and European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. Historically, all of these parties were farmers' parties committed to maintaining rural life. In the 1960s, these parties broadened their scope to include non-farmer related issues and renamed themselves Centre Party.
Neither the Centre Democrats (a now defunct centrist political party) nor the Liberal Alliance (a political party founded as a centrist social liberal party but that now is a classical liberal/Austroliberal party), both of Denmark, are rooted in centrist agrarianism.
The Third Way is a small centrist Palestinian political party active in Palestine. Founded on 16 December 2005, the party is led by Salam Fayyad and Hanan Ashrawi. In the January 2006 PLC elections it received 2.41% of the popular vote and won two of the Council's 132 seats. The party presents itself as an alternative to the two-party system of Hamas and Fatah.
The national party which Spanish voters most traditionally consider to be the closest to the centre, according to several opinion polls, is the Union, Progress and Democracy (this popular perception is, though, rejected by the party itself, which classifies itself as transversalist and not centrist). Electors also consider as centrists the Convergence and Union coalition from Catalonia and the Basque Nationalist Party from the Spanish Basque Country.[7]
United Kingdom[edit]
In the late 1990s, the traditionally social-democratic Labour Party, under the leadership of Tony Blair, began to move towards a centrist Third Way policy platform, creating the New Labour movement.
Traditionally, however, the party commonly seen as holding the centre ground is the Liberal Democrats, a social liberal party placed between the centre left and the radical centre (or on the radical centre itself). In March 2011, Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, stated that he believed that his party belonged to the radical centre, mentioning John Maynard Keynes, William Beveridge, Jo Grimond, David Lloyd George and John Stuart Mill as examples of the radical centre that preceded the Liberal Democrats' establishment in 1988. He pointed to liberalism as an ideology of people, and described the political spectrum and his party's position as follows: "For the left, an obsession with the state. For the right, a worship of the market. But as liberals, we place our faith in people. People with power and opportunity in their hands. Our opponents try to divide us with their outdated labels of left and right. But we are not on the left and we are not on the right. We have our own label: Liberal. We are liberals and we own the freehold to the centre ground of British politics. Our politics is the politics of the radical centre."
United States[edit]
Independent candidate H. Ross Perot garnered nearly 19% of the popular vote in the 1992 Presidential election. His "get under the hood" campaign focusing on balancing the budget has been one of the most successful centrist efforts in U.S. history,[8] but he did not carry a single state in the Electoral College. He went on to form the Reform Party and run a second time in the 1996 Presidential election with less success.
A late 2011 Gallup poll of Americans' attitudes towards government reported that 17% expressed conservative views, 22% expressed libertarian views, 20% expressed communitarian views, 17% expressed centrist views, and 24% expressed liberal views.[9]
Americans Elect, a coalition of American centrists funded by wealthy donors such as business magnate Michael Bloomberg, former junk-bond trader Peter Ackerman, and hedge fund manager John H. Burbank III, launched an effort in mid-2011 to create a national 'virtual primary' that would challenge the current two-party system. The group aims to nominate a presidential ticket of centrists with names that would be on ballots in all 50 states. The group banks on broad cultural dissatisfaction with the partisan gridlock in Washington, D.C. The Christian Science Monitor has stated that "the political climate couldn't be riper for a serious third-party alternative" such as their effort, but the "hurdles Americans Elect faces are daunting" to get on ballots.[8]
Journalist and political commentator E.J. Dionne wrote in his book Why Americans Hate Politics, published on the eve of the 1992 Presidential election, that he believes American voters are looking for a "New Political Center" that intermix "liberal instincts" and "conservative values." He labelled people in this centre position as "tolerant traditionalists". He described them as believers in conventional social morality that ensure family stability, as tolerant within reason to those that challenge those morals, and as pragmatically supportive of government intervention in spheres such as education, child care, health care as long as budgets are balanced.[10]
In addition, Washington political journalist Linda J Killian describes the current situation in her book The Swing Vote. She writes that Americans are frustrated with Congress and its dysfunction and inability to do its job. A growing number of Americans are not satisfied with the political process because a number of factors from influx of money into politics and the influence of special interests and lobbyists. The book classifies four types of independent voters including "NPR Republicans", "America First Democrats", "The Facebook Generation" and "Starbucks Moms and Dads" who will be big determinates of Swing votes in the 2012 Presidential election.[11]
Currently, centrists in the two major US political parties are often found in the New Democrat Coalition and Blue Dog Coalition of the Democratic Party. [12]
See also[edit]
- ^ Oliver H. Woshinsky. Explaining Politics: Culture, Institutions, and Political Behavior. Oxon, England; New York, New York, USA: Routledge, 2008. Pp. 141, 161.
- ^ "Probabilistic Voting and the Importance of Centrist Ideologies in Democratic Elections" Enelow and Hinich, The Journal of Politics, 1984 Southern Political Science Association
- ^ a b Iran Daily – Dot Coms – 05-31-07, Bertie's Challenge, 5th paragraph
- ^ Irish Poll Hits Fianna Fáil, 2nd paragraph
- ^ "Irish opposition party says IMF/EU deal too costly". Reuters. 12 December 2010.
- ^ Politieke Barometer: D66 middenpartij bij uitstek.
- ^ DISTRIBUCIONES DE FRECUENCIA MARGINALES DEL ESTUDIO 2909 CUESTIONARIO 0 MUESTRA 0, CIS-Centro de Estudos Sociológicos (see Question number 27) (Spanish)
- ^ a b Jonsson, Patrik (July 29, 2011). "Americans Elect launches centrist third-party bid amid Washington dysfunction". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
- ^ Ekins, Emily (August 29, 2011). "Reason-Rupe Poll Finds 24 Percent of Americans are Economically Conservative and Socially Liberal, 28 Percent Liberal, 28 Percent Conservative, and 20 Percent Communitarian". [[Reason (magazine)|]]. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
- ^ Dionne, Jr., E.J. (Winter 2000). "Why Americans Hate Politics: A Reprise". Brookings Research. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ "4 Types of Independent Voters Who Could Swing the 2012 Elections", Linda Killian, Feb 2 2012
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/centrist-democrats/
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Religious Belief and Public Morality
Respectfully, and after careful consideration of the position and arguments of the bishops, I have concluded that the approach of a constitutional amendment is not the best way for us to seek to deal with abortion.
I believe that legally interdicting abortion by either the federal government or the individual states is not a plausible possibility and even if it could be obtained, it wouldn't work. Given present attitudes, it would be "Prohibition" revisited, legislating what couldn't be enforced and in the process creating a disrespect for law in general. And as much as I admire the bishops' hope that a constitutional amendment against abortion would be the basis for a full, new bill of rights for mothers and children, I disagree that this would be the result.
I believe that, more likely, a constitutional prohibition would allow people to ignore the causes of many abortions instead of addressing them, much the way the death penalty is used to escape dealing more fundamentally and more rationally with the problem of violent crime.
Other legal options that have been proposed are, in my view, equally ineffective. The Hatch amendment, by returning the question of abortion to the states, would have given us a checkerboard of permissive and restrictive jurisdictions. In some cases people might have been forced to go elsewhere to have abortions and that might have eased a few consciences but it wouldn't have done what the Church wants to do—it wouldn't have created a deep-seated respect for life. Abortions would have gone on, millions of them.
Nor would a denial of Medicaid funding for abortion achieve our objectives. Given Roe v. Wade, it would be nothing more than an attempt to do indirectly what the law says cannot be done directly; worse, it would do it in a way that would burden only the already disadvantaged. Removing funding from the Medicaid program would not prevent the rich and middle classes from having abortions. It would not even assure that the disadvantaged wouldn't have them; it would only impose financial burdens on poor women who want abortions.
Apart from that unevenness, there is a more basic question. Medicaid is designed to deal with health and medical needs. But the arguments for the cutoff of Medicaid abortion funds are not related to those needs. They are moral arguments. If we assume health and medical needs exist, our personal view of morality ought not to be considered a relevant basis for discrimination.
We must keep in mind always that we are a nation of laws—when we like those laws, and when we don't. The Supreme Court has established a woman's constitutional right to abortion. The Congress has decided the federal government should not provide federal funding in the Medicaid program for abortion. That, of course, does not bind states in the allocation of their own state funds. Under the law, individual states need not follow the federal lead, and in New York I believe we cannot follow that lead. The equal protection clause in New York's constitution has been interpreted by the courts as a standard of fairness that would preclude us from denying only the poor—indirectly, by a cutoff of funds—the practical use of the constitutional right given by Roe v. Wade.
In the end, even if after a long and divisive struggle we were able to remove all Medicaid funding for abortion and restore the law to what it was—if we could put most abortions out of our sight, return them to the back rooms where they were performed for so long—I don't believe our responsibility as Catholics would be any closer to being fulfilled than it is now, with abortion guaranteed by the law as a woman's right.
The hard truth is that abortion isn't a failure of government. No agency or department of government forces women to have abortions, but abortion goes on. Catholics, the statistics show, support the right to abortion in equal proportion to the rest of the population. Despite the teaching in our homes and schools and pulpits, despite the sermons and pleadings of parents and priests and prelates, despite all the effort at defining our opposition to the sin of abortion, collectively we Catholics apparently believe—and perhaps act—little differently from those who don't share our commitment.
Are we asking government to make criminal what we believe to be sinful because we ourselves can't stop committing the sin? The failure here is not Caesar's. This failure is our failure, the failure of the entire people of God.
Nobody has expressed this better than a bishop in my own state, Joseph Sullivan, a man who works with the poor in New York City, is resolutely opposed to abortion, and argues, with his fellow bishops, for a change of law. "The major problem the Church has is internal," the bishop said last month in reference to abortion. "How do we teach? As much as I think we're responsible for advocating public policy issues, our primary responsibility is to teach our own people. We haven't done that. We're asking politicians to do what we haven't done effectively ourselves."
I agree with the bishop. I think our moral and social mission as Catholics must begin with the wisdom contained in the words "Physician, heal thyself." Unless we Catholics educate ourselves better to the values that define—and can ennoble—our lives, following those teachings better than we do now, unless we set an example that is clear and compelling, then we will never convince this society to change the civil laws to protect what we preach is precious human life.
Better than any law or rule or threat of punishment would be the moving strength of our own good example, demonstrating our lack of hypocrisy, proving the beauty and worth of our instruction. We must work to find ways to avoid abortions without otherwise violating our faith. We should provide funds and opportunities for young women to bring their child to term, knowing both of them will be taken care of if that is necessary; we should teach our young men better than we do now their responsibilities in creating and caring for human life.
It is this duty of the Church to teach through its practice of love what Pope John Paul II has proclaimed so magnificently to all peoples. "The Church," he wrote in Redemptor Hominis (1979),
which has no weapons at her disposal apart from those of the spirit, of the word and of love, cannot renounce her proclamation of "the word…in season and out of season." For this reason she does not cease to implore…everybody in the name of God and in the name of man: Do not kill! Do not prepare destruction and extermination for each other! Think of your brothers and sisters who are suffering hunger and misery! Respect each one's dignity and freedom!
The weapons of the word and of love are already available to us: we need no statute to provide them. I am not implying that we should stand by and pretend indifference to whether a woman takes a pregnancy to its conclusion or aborts it. I believe we should in all cases try to teach a respect for life. And I believe with regard to abortion that, despite Roe v. Wade, we can, in practical ways. Here, in fact, it seems to me that all of us can agree.
Without lessening their insistence on a woman's right to an abortion, the people who call themselves "pro-choice" can support the development of government programs that present an impoverished mother with the full range of support she needs to bear and raise her children, to have a real choice. Without dropping their campaign to ban abortion, those who gather under the banner of "pro-life" can join in developing and enacting a legislative bill of rights for mothers and children, as the bishops have already proposed.
While we argue over abortion, the United States' infant mortality rate places us sixteenth among the nations of the world. Thousands of infants die each year because of inadequate medical care. Some are born with birth defects that, with proper treatment, could be prevented. Some are stunted in their physical and mental growth because of improper nutrition. If we want to prove our regard for life in the womb, for the helpless infant—if we care about women having real choices in their lives and not being driven to abortions by a sense of helplessness and despair about the future of their child—then there is work enough for all of us. Lifetimes of it.
In New York, we have put in place a number of programs to begin this work, assisting women in giving birth to healthy babies. This year we doubled Medicaid funding to private-care physicians for prenatal and delivery services. The state already spends $20 million a year for prenatal care in out-patient clinics and for in-patient hospital care. One program in particular we believe holds a great deal of promise. It's called "new avenues to dignity," and it seeks to provide a teen-age mother with the special service she needs to continue with her education, to train for a job, to become capable of standing on her own, to provide for herself and the child she is bringing into the world.
My dissent, then, from the contention that we can have effective and enforceable legal prohibitions on abortion is by no means an argument for religious quietism, for accepting the world's wrongs because that is our fate as "the poor banished children of Eve."
Let me make another point. Abortion has a unique significance but not a preemptive significance. Apart from the question of the efficacy of using legal weapons to make people stop having abortions, we know our Christian responsibility doesn't end with any one law or amendment. That it doesn't end with abortion. Because it involves life and death, abortion will always be a central concern of Catholics. But so will nuclear weapons. And hunger and homelessness and joblessness, all the forces diminishing human life and threatening to destroy it. The "seamless garment" that Cardinal Bernardin has spoken of is a challenge to all Catholics in public office, conservatives as well as liberals.
We cannot justify our aspiration to goodness simply on the basis of the vigor of our demand for an elusive and questionable civil law declaring what we already know, that abortion is wrong. Approval or rejection of legal restrictions on abortion should not be the exclusive litmus test of Catholic loyalty. We should understand that whether abortion is out-lawed or not, our work has barely begun: the work of creating a society where the right to life doesn't end at the moment of birth; where an infant isn't helped into a world that doesn't care if it's fed properly, housed decently, educated adequately; where the blind or retarded child isn't condemned to exist rather than empowered to live.


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Access to boating, fishing, desert four wheeling (rentals available), golf and desert walking & exploring. You can also take a cruise to the local casino across the lake, or enjoy many lake cruises to historic Indian petroglyph's or Laughlin's casino's.
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Per night minimum is 3 nights. Nightly rate is $250 per night.
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|Deposits: Reservation/Security deposit due with reservation confirmation and 50% of rent due two weeks prior to arrival. (negotiable depending on duration of stay) Pets need to be approved of prior to reservation. Owner must be responsible for any damage done or soiling/poop removal and cleaning from outside. Deposit not required, but fee will be with held from security/damage deposit if pet(s) visit is a messy one. Thank you!
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|Other Fees: $500 security deposit minimum. Cleaning fee $150.
Debbie Owens
San Clemente, Ca.
August 17, 2013
We recently rented this house for four days in August to visit family that live in Havasu. What a wonderful home to have the perfect family time in! The pool was wonderful, with plenty of outdoor seating and BBQ. The home was fabulous and very, very spacious. We will rent this again for sure! Debbie was a pleasure to deal with as well-very responsive to our needs.
Whittier, California
July 25, 2013
We had a wonderful family vacation. The property is in a great location. It was very clean and had everything we needed. The pool was a wonderful bonus after a day on the river. The owner was very accommodating! Thank you Debbie.
Danny Young
Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia Canada
July 27, 2012
We would stay here again & recommend it to our friends. Very nice properity, centrally located & great pool. Clean & comfortable. Good communications with owner.
Art Flow Amado
June 18, 2012
This home made our Memorial weekend memorable. One of the best homes i've been in by far. Debbie also made this stay one of our best. AWESOME owner. If I had 4 thumbs I would give her 4 thumbs up. AWESOME HOME, AWESOME SPARKLING POOL . . Best vacation ever . . .Thanks Debbie for everything . .
Brent Frew
Edmonton, AB
June 15, 2012
We stayed in this house for one week in the month of June and were absolutely thrilled with it. Not only was the home beautiful with tonnes of ammenities the pool and yard was even better. Debbie was amazing to deal with in getting this home rented and she made sure the house was in great condition upon our arrival. There are lots of features to the home that were not listed ex. multi color lights in the pool, outdoor stereo system etc. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone without question. One of the best holidays we have ever taken.
Wade Kassen
Dawson creek, B.C
May 21, 2012
Beautiful property with an amazing back yard pool area. Spent most of our time in or next to the pool!! Our own private oasis! The house had plenty of room for six adults to have privacy or gather together! Debbie and the pool boy were amazing hosts- to the point that we extended our stay an extra week!! We will definitely be back!
Neil Slade
Northwest Territories, Canada
April 16, 2012
What a great place to relax!! The house had plenty of space for my family and grandkids. We enjoyed BBQ'ing in the evenings and the pool was a great way to cool down on those hot days! We loved the area we were in and plan to return!
Felix Biggers
Redlands California
December 31, 2011
The home the service and everything was outstanding.
Jeff Arnett
Aliso Viejo, CA
October 26, 2011
Debbie was very easy to work with and checked in with us to make sure everything was ok. The home is beautiful and very relaxing. Our children had a blast in the pool. We are definitely coming back. The garage is HUGE and plenty of room for a boat and the master bedroom is very big as well.
Cheryl Charlton
Parker Dam, California
September 6, 2011
This home is beautiful. It's even nicer than the pictures. Located in a great neighborhood, close to everything you'll need. Debbie makes you feel like you are her personal guests in her home. We spent most of our time on the patio and in the pool. Great experience. We'll be back.
Joe DiNoto
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
August 21, 2011
We have been renting homes instead of hotels for our summer vacations in Havasu for many years. None have been impressive enough to return.....until now. Debbie's home is beautiful, clean and simply the perfect place to spend a week. Can't wait to return next year.
Tracy Griffin
California, USA
July 24, 2011
This home is just perfect! It has all the comforts of your own home & much more! Would recommend it to all my friends & family. It's clean as a whistle & the owner is just a doll to deal with! We all had such a great time..will stay here again for sure!!! (:
Harold Wellema
Orange County, Ca
July 6, 2011
This home is one of cleanest and best kept vacation homes I have ever seen. The house is like brand new and shows lke a model. The master suite is off to one side of the house so you can have some great privacy and the (2) other bedrooms are large and very well appointed. The garage is huge and the pool is spectacular. We came to Havasu for a long weekend on the lake and this house was the perfect place for our family to relax and spend some real quality time. Debbie made the whole experience very smooth and easy so we will be back for sure!
Amanda Van Brunt
Fontana, Ca
June 11, 2011
We just arrived home from our week long vacation in this gorgeous house and what can I say, Its gorgeous!!! We had a blast! The house and pool were amazing. So conveniently located to everything. The house has everything you could ever want or need while on Vacation. Debbie was fantastic through out the our trip from the beginning to the end. We will definitely be back SOON!
Daniel Reed
Goodyear, AZ
June 9, 2011
Home away from home is the best way to describe this property. The property is in excellent condition and provides easy access to all Lake Havasu has to offer.
Andre Aronica
Scottsdale, Arizona
May 18, 2011
I don't know where to begin! The home was so inviting and cozy, the views were incredible, and the backyard was the perfect place to relax after an active day on the lake! We rented the house for the Desert Storm Poker Run weekend and it was close to everything: the launch ramps, marinas, and London Bridge hotel were just minutes away! Debbie herself was great! She made sure we were 100% ready to go all the way up until our arrival. When we arrived at the house there was a nice welcome letter and tips on all the "house goodies" (BBQ, outdoor sound system with iPod connection, etc.). We even got a text asking if she could do anything to make our stay even better! Debbie was such a great person to work with throughout our trip - would highly recommend her and this home to anyone looking for stress-free accommodations! We will definitely be back next year! :)
Andre Aronica
Scottsdale AZ
May 14, 2011
Hey Debbie! Thank you so much! We've really enjoyed our stay! The house was so welcoming and cizy and we really appreciated your generosity with letting Bolt stay and allowing us extra time to check out. Next time we are in town we will be in touch ;-) Andre & Aubrey & Bolt
Kayla Benson
Boulder, CO USA
March 28, 2011
My friends and I spent a week in this gorgeous home for Spring Break and can't say enough good things about it! The neighborhood was nice, safe and quiet and we were close to the entertainment and the lake, although the house and the pool were so nice we hardly wanted to leave. Debbie was very helpful and always available, renting from her was a breeze! Definitely a place we would love to stay again!


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I know, I know . . . it's too soon to be thinking about Christmas already! If you're like me, when I walk into a store this early and see Christmas decorations, I hate it—just let me enjoy the autumn! But three things happened in the last couple of weeks that make this challenge seem appropriate.
First, I demonstrated a Halloween project at our first two regionals last month, and several demonstrators mentioned how great it was to see it early enough that they could incorporate it into their Halloween workshops and classes. Second, we've actually started work on the Christmas cards we send to our vendors, so I've been thinking a little bit about Christmas cards anyway. . . Third, our Holiday Mini Catalog, which is packed with holiday products, was released.
It's likely that many of our demonstrators really are working on Christmas cards already, and next month would be too late. So indulge me a bit, OK? Let's share Christmas card ideas this month.
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A child will be absolutely mesmerized watching as Puff, the Magic Dragon Musical Waggy comes to life and plays his beloved song and moves his head to the music! This wind-up plush toy is an absolute joy to watch and listen to!
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Based on the Knuffle Bunny Book Trilogy by Mo Willems, meet Knuffle Bunny! With embroidered eyes, a velvet nose, a luxurious soft velour, bean-filled body, ears lined with shiny velvet and a fluffy chenille tail, this big Knuffle Bunny is so soft and huggable you'll be sure he's never lost or left behind as he was in the story!
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Youngsters will leap to lift the pages of Monday the Bullfrog, the huggable puppet whose mouth houses the sturdy pages of a fun multiconcept book! Rounded to act as layers of Monday's tongue, the pages detail what the amphibian eats each day of the week. The cleverly textured pages will tickle fingertips and funny bones while revealing clues to what's next on Monday's colourful menu. The plush clues that protrude from the pages range from shimmery wings to a twinkly glow-in-the-dark snack, and the story ends with a mirrored surprise ending! A unique and fun way to introduce your preschooler to textures, colours, critters and days of the week.
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MEXICO CITY – In a place as crowded as this sprawling metropolis of 21 million with an estimated 3.5 million vehicles, local government has started to push cycling as a way to improve mobility throughout the city.
"Studies have shown that around the world people on average use the bike for between 30-45 minutes, in which time you can cover around 8 kilometers (4.9 miles)," said Tanya Müller, municipal director of Urban Reforestation, Parks and Bicycle Paths in Mexico City. "[In Mexico City], 50% of journeys made are less than 8 kilometers, so the bike sometimes becomes more efficient than the car."
In order to help cyclists navigate this ever-growing city, the Mexico City Government has also recently released the Urban Cyclist Manual, which provides comprehensive guidance for cyclists in the city – a move to help promote cycling as a viable method of transport.
ECOBICI provides stations around the city where users can borrow a bike using their ECOBICI card, later leaving the bike at any station in the network.
Since the installation of the first ECOBICI stations in February 2010, the number of bicycle trips has increased by 40%, with about 100,000 trips made daily by more than 30,000 cyclists, according to Mexico City's government.
The network has a six-week waiting list for those wishing to apply for membership.
Müller helped coordinate the development of cycle lanes for the ECOBICI project.
One of the biggest surprises of the ECOBICI plan has been the demographic spread of its users, Müller said.
While most participants are between 25 and 30 years old, many 45-to-60-year-olds are also participating in large numbers, Müller added.
Indeed, such is the success of the ECOBICI that phase 2 and 3 will begin in 2012, when 186 miles of bike paths will be created throughout the city and 2,800 bikes will be added to the network, catering to an estimated 49,000 users – more than doubling the current tally, Müller said.
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The new emphasis in cycling in Mexico City represents a return to times more familiar to Armando González.
An avid cyclist at 74, he joins with cycling group Bicitekas every Wednesday at 9 p.m. at the iconic Independence Angel statue in Reforma Avenue to cycle the city at night.
González, who has cycled his whole life in Mexico City, said riding a bike is safer and more practical than driving a car.
"Those who work close to home should cycle to work and as such, help cut down on pollution," he said.
Yet, cyclists still struggle to find their way in the city's chaotic traffic as bicycle-only lanes are scarce.
Cycling enthusiast Ivette Sánchez, 32, said the government should "invest more in well thought-out cycle lanes."
"While advances have been made, many cycle lanes do not link up to create proper networks, thus failing to facilitate cycling in the city," Sánchez said.
Her criticism echoes a growing movement of citizens applying pressure on the government to consider city cycling as an initiative worth serious investment.
The 5% campaign, a civil society initiative that asks federal, state and local governments to set aside 5% of the transportation budget to developing and supporting cycling, has received great coverage on social media and has spurred the so-called "wikicarril," an initiative where members of pro-cycling organizations have painted cycle lanes on roads throughout the city.
Meantime, transeunte.org is an online source aiming to create a forum for mobility and better urban living in Mexico.
Jorge A. Gordillo Matalí, member of transeúnte, said it is important to implement provisions for cyclists in order to improve the quality of life for everyone living in the nation's capital, where it's common for many to spend "two hours a day stuck in traffic."
"We can create more enjoyable cities and reclaim public spaces and see people walking and cycling more," Gordillo Matalí said.
But Müller said a lot more work needs to be done to make Mexico City a more habitable space, despite the success of the ECOBICI program.
"We have to invest [in alternative transport], not just to promote greater equality, but to ensure a better and healthier future for all," she added.


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Name: The Journal of hand surgery
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Leishmania Mexicana
A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals including rodents. The Leishmania mexicana complex causes both cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS) and includes the subspecies amazonensis, garnhami, mexicana, pifanoi, and venezuelensis. L. m. mexicana causes chiclero ulcer, a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) in the New World. The sandfly, Lutzomyia, appears to be the vector.
A disease caused by any of a number of species of protozoa in the genus LEISHMANIA. There are four major clinical types of this infection: cutaneous (Old and New World) (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS), diffuse cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS), mucocutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS), and visceral (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL).
Leishmania Braziliensis
A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania viannia that infects man and animals. It causes cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS), diffuse cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS), and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS) depending on the subspecies of this organism. The sandfly, Lutzomyia, is the vector. The Leishmania braziliensis complex includes the subspecies braziliensis and peruviana. Uta, a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the New World, is caused by the subspecies peruviana.
Mastocytosis, Cutaneous
Skin lesions due to abnormal infiltration of MAST CELLS. Cutaneous mastocytosis is confined to the skin without the involvement of other tissues or organs, and is mostly found in children. The three major variants are: URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA; diffuse cutaneous mastocytosis; and SOLITARY MASTOCYTOMA OF SKIN.
Benign epidermal proliferations or tumors; some are viral in origin.