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WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Compressus, a transformational leader in interoperability and workflow solutions for the rapidly growing healthcare IT market, today announced the integration of M*Modal's Speech Understanding™ technology with the MEDxConnect™ suite of healthcare interoperability and workflow solutions from Compressus. Specifically, the integration brings a next-generation speech platform to MEDxConnect users, providing flexible reporting capabilities and superior clinical documentation functions that increase productivity and produce cost savings for customers.
The unique interoperability solution provided by M*Modal and MEDxConnect was developed for initial installation at Outpatient Imaging Affiliates (OIA) in Franklin, Tenn., to meet the requirements of their progressive business model. As a result of this first phase of the implementation, OIA has been rapidly trending down in report turnaround time from 10 hours to less than two hours from the time the patient checks in to delivering the final report to the referring physician. The M*Modal-Compressus partnership has afforded OIA the opportunity to continue to stay competitive in the midst of the ongoing challenges in healthcare and imaging.
Hospitals and health systems continue to be faced with the challenge of increasing documentation requirements. The integration of M*Modal's Speech Understanding gives radiologists using the Compressus unified worklist a speech recognition tool that adapts to their workflow and offers many time-saving features that result in higher reporting throughput, better documentation, and enhanced profitability. Speech Understanding also automatically creates structured, encoded data in addition to electronic text, enabling many downstream uses and actions to be triggered such as documentation improvement alerts, critical test result alerts and more.
"Speech understanding technology is all about improving physician productivity, giving them a platform that's both intuitive and accurate in capturing clinical narratives," said M*Modal President Michael Finke. "M*Modal's expertise in speech recognition and cloud technologies provides radiologists using Compressus solutions with incredible flexibility, accuracy and time savings in creating workflows and reporting."
Designed to improve physician productivity, reduce Enterprise expansion costs and improve patient care and safety, MEDxConnect offers a vendor-neutral way to address interoperability and workflow simultaneously, so physicians can access critical information and images from anywhere in the enterprise and act on them with unprecedented efficiency and ease of use. MEDxConnect serves as an information hub that facilitates the easy exchange of patient information between data acquisition, medical imaging and clinical systems. Compressus has expanded on its user preference approach and MEDxConnect's flexible, vendor-neutral platform allows users to connect third party systems as a plug in. For example, billing systems, voice recognition, peer review, and other third party services easily plug into the MEDxConnect Enterprise Service Bus through web services and other methods of connectivity.
"Optimizing workflow efficiencies in a comprehensive way demands the best technologies that are intelligently integrated," said Janine Broda, Chief Marketing Officer of Compressus. "M*Modal gives us not only the best speech and natural language understanding technology, but also strong skills in integration and partnering that we require."
The MEDxConnect System supports best of breed subspecialty solutions and worklist customization. Using a vendor-neutral, highly scalable architecture, healthcare providers in virtually any department or subspecialty can access all of the patient information they need to make accurate diagnoses, including medical records, images, lab results, medications and more - from anywhere in the Enterprise - using a single worklist. The worklist shows and sorts orders according to priority, modality and other search criteria, enabling users to customize workflow and improve efficiency. It includes all relevant patient and order information, such as electronic notes and scanned documents, as well as prior studies and reports for comparison. The solution also enables workload balancing, allocating studies among available physicians according to user-defined rules, such as body part, modality, exam status or time.
About M*Modal
M*Modal is a leading provider of clinical transcription services, clinical documentation workflow solutions, advanced cloud-based Speech Understanding™ technology, and advanced unstructured data analytics. Recognized as the largest clinical transcription service provider in the U.S. with a global network of medical editors, M*Modal also offers voice to text solutions to capture the complete patient story, codifies the doctor's narrative to automatically populate EHRs and other key healthcare information systems, delivers computer-assisted coding to support ICD-9 and the transition to ICD-10, and provides highly advanced analytical tools for exploring the richness within the "unstructured" narrative for improvements in quality of care, greater physician satisfaction and lower operational costs. For more information, please visit www.mmodal.com, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
About Compressus Inc.
Established in 2000, Compressus Inc. (www.compressus.com) is a medical software company offering a proven interoperability and workflow platform to the rapidly growing healthcare IT market. Its MEDxConnect software is the first solution that indexes, integrates and routes all relevant patient medical information to the healthcare professional in real time, thus dramatically improving physician efficiency, reducing enterprise costs and increasing patient safety. The solution's workflow flexibility enables users to rapidly accommodate new environments, markets and regulations. The MEDxConnect products address the problems associated with integrating healthcare enterprises plagued by the challenges of workflow, and a lack of connectivity and interoperability between disparate islands of data in all specialties of medicine. The MEDxConnect System is a suite of offerings designed to manage the medical imaging workflow of a healthcare enterprise. It has the power to connect disparate systems and provide automated interoperability to the enterprise and allows an organization with disparate multi- vendor systems to function as one virtual enterprise.
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What corn variety is this?
I usually don't like 99% of the corn that we grow just because I find it too sweet. I was at my grocery store and saw this corn variety. When roasted, its soft but not as soft as sweet corn. Its also a little starchy. Its not sweet so it tastes absolutely amazing (to my taste buds :) ) Do you know what corn this is and your growing experiences? Links to seeds would also be helpful
Glass Gem is a flint corn (hard outer layer) not normally recommended for eating off the cob because of digestive problems. Doesn't mean it will hurt you or that you can't eat it, just that It is primarily used for popcorn, ground up for flour, or used as an ornamental.
As I said, there are many different varieties of multi-colored corn that can't be ID just from one ear. Most are grown as ornamental but are considered edible if picked early enough that it still retains some sugars.
If still tender, try and ear and see if you like it. But to put a name on it would be guesses only.
Yes it was harder than sweet corn but not very hard. Easily chewable. I ate it roasted but if you boil it (pressure cook with salt) I am sure it would be softer.
mav72 - Was it in an Asian Grocery store? I saw it at Zion Market which is an Asian Grocery store here in SoCal.
Hahaha Small word.... Yea it was at Zion Market. It was my first time there and I also took my mom, since she can't drive anywhere far. The last time I was in that building, it was Sears, maybe like five years ago. I tried to go to the original Zion Market before but never could find parking. That veggie section was a mad house I had my doubts taking my shopping cart into the warzone.


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Vibrant home abounding in light and color: Library House in India
The Library House is a vibrant home designed to be a peaceful oasis for a family of three by Khosla Associates, located in Bangalore, India. The architects were asked to create a relatively small program for a three bedroom house within a large 13,000 square foot plot of land.
Description from the architects: The brief for this house was a well articulated document that delved into the nuances of how this family of 3 wanted to live. The family, comprising an entrepreneur-industrialist, married to a bohemian writer and with a teenage daughter, wanted the house to reflect the diverse range of their lives.
Our clients wanted privacy from staff and casual visitors. Seeking a peaceful oasis from the stresses of life, the homeowners wanted space to breathe, a verandah to watch the rain fall and a garden to potter about in. They wanted an ecologically sensitive house, contemporary yet nostalgic about old Bangalore; and since they were avid readers, a space to accommodate their ever-growing collection of books.
From the road, a modest colonnaded Mangalore tiled walkway with wooden columns traverses a tropical courtyard and one enters the home via a light filled foyer.
The Library is given importance as a central space as it combines various activities for the family and provides an anchor to the house. The 750 square foot area has a 25 foot high gabled roof with wooden trusses and a bookshelf spanning over 30 feet. It is a casual space where the family congregates, where carefully demarcated areas for lounging, studying, listening to music, playing the piano, and entertaining are carved out in an open plan layout.
The generosity of space gently spills out via large sliding doors into an ample verandah, pool deck and garden. The interconnectedness of these areas allow for a grand and seamless living space. Comfortable clusters of seating in the verandah and deck interact with the library as well as the garden.
The house achieves a great degree of efficiency in generating most of it's own electricity via photovoltaic solar panels, and stores excess rainwater in a large underground sump.
The Library house juxtaposes different moods within its plan, modulating scale and creating an element of surprise as you enter, and a process of discovery as you move along. There is a layering of space and a continuing bricolage of old and new, global and Indian, that extends through all the spaces.
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Timeless home connected to natural beauty of the site in Woodside
Mountain Wood Residence is comprised of separate buildings arranged to create a variety of indoor outdoor spaces designed by Walker Warner Architects, located in the small rural town of Woodside, California. The home embodies the San Francisco firm's belief that architecture should be expressive, timeless, and always united with the natural beauty of the site. The beautiful interiors were designed by interior design firm Shawback Design Associates.
Description from the architects: To create a variety of complementary indoor and outdoor living experiences, the architects arranged three zinc-roofed structures—a main house, an office, and a barn—around a loose central courtyard. The fourth structure—a pool house—comprises a row of three pavilions, constructed of the same understated material palette of wood, stone, glass and steel, as the main buildings.
The rustic stone barn, reminiscent of a beautiful ruin that has long stood on the land, stands at the front of the property, acting as a visual threshold and symbol of the updated rural vernacular.
An open passageway through the barn creates a dramatic frame of the entry facade of the main residence, which is contrastingly contemporary with its exposed steel and large expanses of glass.
At sundown, the house appears like a jewel box in the woods. Having completed other projects in Woodside and similarly picturesque locations, Walker Warner knows properly framing these views is crucial to properly contextualizing the building.
A material palette of stone and western red cedar is contrasted by contemporary elements of exposed steel, and large expanses of glass.
Walker Warner drew from the rustic surroundings and determined appropriate lines and forms for this particular landscape that spoke to their client's vision, all the while incorporating the highest levels of quality, integrity and craftsmanship.
The result is an artful, tranquil home with a respectful nod to the regional agrarian compounds and iconic forms that came before.
Photos: Matthew Millman
Stunning two storey bungalow in Singapore by HYLA
This sensational project is the new erection of two storey bungalow with an attic and swimming pool, designed for a family by architecture studio HYLA, located in Singapore.
From the architects: Formerly a semi-detached house, this site was converted to a bungalow. A lap pool is placed between the new house and the party wall, creating a private courtyard space.
The first storey opens up to this space with the living, dining and dry kitchen adjacent.
A unique spiral staircase connects the master bedroom to the study above.
Upstairs, the master bathroom features a rainforest tree in the middle.
The kids rooms are custom-designed to the children's own brief as are their bathrooms.
Here, the shelves are inspired by the shape of the Ligne Roset sofas.
HYLA Architects is an award-winning architectural practice headed and founded by Principal Architect Han Loke Kwang. HYLA's work seeks to be timeless, unique and personal. Our experience lies strongly in designing high end landed residential projects. The design belief has won the firm numerous awards including the Singapore Institute of Architect's Design Award and Architectural Heritage Awards by URA. Our work is regularly featured in monographs and magazines internationally, including the Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture. To be selected as one of the 1,000 exemplary works of architecture around the world is indeed a humbling accolade.
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Shoreditch Warehouse Conversion by Chris Dyson Architects
This project involved the conversion of a Shoreditch Warehouse by Chris Dyson Architects to create a family home, located in Shoreditch, a district in the historic East End of London, England. The proposal included the removal of a modern shed to the rear and a reinstatement of a courtyard at the rear of the property to bring natural light into the bedroom and en-suite. The industrial style home is comprised of 5,381 square feet (500 square meters) of living space.
To bring light deeper into the ground floor study space an existing lantern roof-light was replaced, walk on roof-light fitted flush with the adjacent new terrace. Inclined translucent panels installed below a new mesh access stair brings light even deeper into the plan.
A new timber privacy screen was introduced to shield views and noise to neighbouring properties while the enjoyment of the terrace and courtyard is experienced internally with the introduction of double glazed steel framed doors at ground level and double pivot doors to the new terrace.
CDA was founded in 2004 by Chris Dyson, a former senior designer at Sir James Stirling and Michael Wilford Associates, and more recently at Sir Terry Farrell and Partners. The practice is based in the historic Spitalfields area of London, where Dyson has lived and worked for 20 years, and where many of the practice's early projects are located.
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Extraordinary modern farmhouse in rural Texas by Olsen Studios
This extraordinary modern farmhouse has been designed by Olsen Studios, located just West of Preston Hollow, a neighborhood outside of Dallas, Texas. The farmhouse gives the impression of a Napa Valley Estate nestled amongst the large Pecan and Oak Trees of "rural" Dallas.
The simple board and batten, gabled structures are mixed with highly textured elements in the landscape to create a perfect visual balance for this Urban Dallas location.
Olsen Studios designed the house as a series of small pavilions connected by glass links. The structures weave their way through the existing trees and site amenities.
It incorporates a south facing courtyard and porch to take advantage of the Texas climate, and a north facing evening court to enjoy the rural streetscape and converse with neighbors.
Enclosed dog run type entry to this Modern Farmhouse, with antique console and limestone floors.
The interior is filled with natural light and views, and is appointed with the Owner's incredible collection of local artisan paintings and sculpture.
The great room with limestone fireplace and ebonized oak cabinetry.
The home office space features a sliding antique barn door.
The kitchen showcases ebonized oak cabinets, stainless steel appliances, silestone counters and natural white oak floors.
Freestanding Queen Victoria tub in modern bath.
Olsen Studios began its creative existence with founding Principal Jamie Olsen Ali. She started the firm with the simple concept that buildings are experienced from the inside out, and that architecture and interior design should be developed together. As a full service design firm, Olsen Studios creates integrated buildings and environments to last a lifetime.
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Westboro Home showcases light filled interiors in Ottawa
Westboro Home was designed to revolve around a two storey light filled raised garden courtyard by Kariouk Associates, located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The contemporary residence was completed in 2013, sited on a narrow lot in a downtown neighborhood.
Design Challenge:
The site for this home was a narrow lot in a downtown neighborhood, which carried with it extensive code limitations on side windows. A further challenge was negotiating the difference in grade between the two neighboring lots: an already steeply sloping site, the neighbors to the West raised their rear yard an additional 1.5 meters, ultimately creating a difference in neighboring lot heights of approximately 2.5 meters.
Design Solution:
The design of the home revolves around a two storey, light-filled raised garden courtyard. The garden takes a "bite" out of the tight, permissible building area, however it allowed for an extensive amount of glass that otherwise, due to restrictive building code requirements, would not be possible. The courtyard's lot-line side remains open, while its three interior sides are filled with windows and bring natural light into the heart of the home on both living floors. The courtyard is filled with ornamental plantings, and while it serves as a "daylight-magnet," it also serves as a lush, visual focus for each of the primary living spaces of the home.
Upon stepping into the foyer, one is immediately presented with a series of linked views that unite the very front of the home to the very back of the property. The opposing wall of the interior foyer is entirely glass and shows the exterior, raised garden courtyard; this view continues through the courtyard and joins the interior of the formal dining room; this view then extends to an exterior garden bridge over the lower rear yard that ultimately joins visually to the interior of a three-season reading pavilion set in the rear yard.
A sense of privacy is created, despite the numerous and large windows that were achieved, as the main living areas begin a full-flight above street level; a slate and glass entry stair and walkway create a generous arrival point for visitors. Likewise, the entry stair/foyer volume is clad in white masonry in order to visually advance and welcome visitors towards the walkway (while the volume housing primary living spaces as well as the garage below is clad in black clapboard in order to recede from the sidewalk). A continuous visual and spatial gap cuts entirely through the home between the light and dark volumes; an open-riser stair is inserted into that void, set against the backdrop of the garden courtyard.
Photos: Courtesy of Kariouk Associates
Corte San Pietro Hotel in Italy by Daniela Amoroso
Corte San Pietro Hotel is an abandoned structure that was beautifully restored into a luxury hotel by architect Daniela Amoroso, located in Matera, Italy. Matera is one of the most ancient cities in the world and its territory contains the evidence of human settlements as from the Palaeolithic times.
The Sassi districts, World Heritage site, are the original urban core of the city and, based on natural caves, they have been further extended over the millenniums to be turned into even more complex structures.An intricate network of streets, alleyways, inner courtyards and neighborhoods overlooked by habitations of all sizes, ancient defensive walls, towers, warehouses, wine cellars and cisterns. A never-ending excavated and built system.
In the very heart of the Sassi district, an abandoned structure in disuse dating back to the XVII. C and which surrounds an internal courtyard has been restored and reinvented to be turned into new spaces of a 5,381 square foot (500 square meters) hotel.
Useless architectural contaminations and superfluous layers of pavement have been removed, uncovering the original tufa stonework topped with vaults: the historical structure has been laid bare, as an architectural evidence to confront and dialogue with. In this search for essence, authentic, pure space free from excess, we can recognize the Wabi spirit conceived by the Belgian Axel Vervoordt.
The historical places, full of an attractive identity, harmoniously and precisely combine to the comfort and to the refined and elegant design.
Turned into refined hotel rooms, the former habitations at the ground floor overlook an internal courtyard which, thanks to long and accurate restoration works, is characterized by an original stone pavement called "a chiancarelle".
Enlightened with candle lights in the evening, the courtyard becomes very cozy and intimate, giving a sense of protection.
The rooms located all around the courtyard are rigorously monochromatic, characterized by chestnut brown shades, from the beige of the stone to the brown of the wood and the weathering steel. Soil, stone pavement and the natural colour of the stone become wall, ceiling and sitting.
The constant search for a connection between the various inner rooms and the landscape is the very base of this combination of local stone, wood and iron in each single room with different proportions according to a linear and essential design. Poor elements usually combined to a country style become light and modern.
The linen curtains of the entrance doors skillfully made by hand let a bright light reach the first area of each room dedicated to sitting/living area and relax whereas the following private areas carved out from the rock face, are enlightened through skylights from the vaults. These small windows, from above, allow beams of light to alternate with large dark intimate areas.
Tufa arches introduce to bathrooms, intimate and cozy spaces featured by niches and cavities now containing large stone bathtubs or showers.
The interior design is based on restored vintage furnishings and typical tools. Nature and timeworn objects perfectly suit each single room through various furnishing elements: old benches in century-old chestnut tree become either doors, shelves or tables, old wooden chairs frames become towel holders, tree logs become stools or bedside tables.
The whole hotel develop horizontally all around an area, the courtyard, characterized by slight differences of level and surrounded by five rooms, the reception hall and the breakfast room, in an ancient typical system which features the whole structure.
Under the hotel, below ground, are located eight bell-shaped cisterns, evidence of the former system for the collection of the rainwaters and excellent example of sustainability. Rainwaters were forwarded through gutters, drainpipes and channelings down to the cisterns connected to the habitations. Cisterns are visitable through narrow inner passages. Going through the changeable silence of a cave and adapting ourselves to these dark environments means to be immersed into another dimension, where it is possible to seize the deepest and ancestral meaning of these places, of this land. It is a place where to feed our souls and feel a strong well-being.
From the entrance in Via B. Buozzi, visitors are greeted as in a private house in the graceful and cozy reception, elegantly furnished, through which it is possible to access the private courtyard.
Photos: PierMario Ruggeri
02 House encourages luxury outdoor living in South Africa
02 House was designed as a modern and luxurious single story property by Daffonchio & Associates Architects, located in Hyde Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. The house is set on a secluded, tranquil stand surrounded by established trees. The main house consists of 2 wings: the living wing and the bedroom wing. Both wings have long, low roofs which appear to float over and past them. These roofs are supported on external steel posts, as all of the walls stop short of the ceiling, with clerestory windows on top of all internal and external walls.
The clerestory windows allow views of the trees from inside the house, and admit a soft, diffused light into the house during the day. At night, the ceilings are lit up by means of fluorescent lights concealed below the clerestory windows. This creates a soft, ambient light, and enhances the floating effect of the roofs. The deep overhangs of the roofs and the generous concrete aprons around the house extend the house into the garden both spatially and visually. The deep roof overhangs also shade the glazing in summer, protecting the house from solar heat gain.
Along the full length of the northern side of the living area is a 16 meter long floor to ceiling motorized frameless glass sliding door. When opened, the door disappears into cavity walls, and the living area effectively becomes an open covered patio, with 2 large cavity sliders on the south side opening onto a secluded courtyard.
The entrance door was designed by South African artist Marcus Neustetter. It comprises a sheet of laser cut steel on the outside and laser cut walnut on the inside, with clear glass in between to let light shine in during the day and out at night. The laser cut image originates from a Google Earth image showing the topography of Johannesburg and the surrounding areas. The minimalist architecture, expansive spaces, soft natural daylight and white walls in the house serve as a backdrop for other artwork throughout the house.
The ecopool has been designed to read as part of the garden, with gravel banks acting as the transition between the garden and the pool, and planted wetlands blending visually with the surrounding landscaping.
Photos: Adam Letch
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Yangon, Myanmar - Three years ago, tens of thousands of vehicles flooded into Myanmar's largest city after international economic sanctions on the country were eased.
Now, Yangon's asphalt arteries are gridlocked. What was once a 15-minute commute from the downtown area to Yangon International Airport - just 16 kilometres away - can now take as long as 90 minutes during peak traffic. In 2007, there were about 180,000 vehicles on the city's streets, but that number has now nearly doubled, according to the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC).
On the five main roads running east to west in downtown Yangon, pedestrians often move faster than motor vehicles. A city-wide ban on bicycles and motorbikes is forcing many to walk through congested roads - weaving between cars in makeshift parking spaces that are replacing Yangon's once wide and plentiful sidewalks.
As a result, the region saw 506 traffic-related fatalities in nearly 3,000 vehicle collisions last year, police officials told local media organisation Mizzima. This was a 6.5 percent increase in fatalities since 2012, which saw 475 road deaths from around 2,100 collisions.
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With the city's population of five million expected to continue growing and little being done to develop road infrastructure, experts warn that traffic accidents will likely become even more frequent.
"Vehicle growth and use is changing very rapidly and, with this congestion, pollution and road safety are becoming worse very rapidly," said James Leather, the Asian Development Bank's principal transport specialist. "Action must be taken to support sustainable urban transport at the earliest opportunity."
Without a sustainable plan, Leather said, Yangon may begin to take an unhealthy piecemeal approach to transportation infrastructure that prioritises vehicles over pedestrians - which would only worsen the situation.
"Some parts of Asia are now trying to reverse decades of investment into roads for private vehicles, and instead invest in public transport and public spaces," he said. "Yangon should leapfrog these lost decades and strive for a transport system that serves the people, not the car."
Since economic sanctions were lifted, Myanmar has become one of the fastest-growing countries in southeast Asia, with the Asian Development Bank predicting growth in the country's economy by 7.8 percent in each of the next two years.
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With Yangon now home to more than half of the country's total workforce, the city has become home to countless new development and infrastructure projects.
"Given the [limited] availability of space and location for developments, it is possible that nobody has paid any attention to the traffic issues," said Richard Emerson, the Myanmar country manager for international realty firm Savills. "There seems to be an understanding that it is an issue, and those involved are willing to wait on it for the near future."
Emerson said that, while modernising the cityscape may not immediately affect development projects, authorities will at some point have to consider imposing stricter regulations, such as requiring that new projects have parking spaces allotted.
In April 2013, the YCDC and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) unveiled a plan to deal with the traffic problem. "A Strategic Urban Development Plan of Greater Yangon" advises the construction of more efficient public transportation options, upgrading traffic navigation systems and decentralising the heavily populated downtown business district.
The report also noted that Yangon suffered from an "extremely high" rate of traffic accidents, with pedestrians especially at risk.
According to a YCDC transportation official, who asked not to be named because they were not authorised to speak to the media, the city's ability to develop the necessary infrastructure has been limited by budgetary restraints as well as a lack of interconnectivity between municipal departments. "We have tried to implement change, but we do not yet have the technology to do so, while the budget is another problem," the official said.
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There has been no indication when or if the plan will be implemented. Meanwhile, Yangon's population continues to grow by 2.6 percent a year. The city's population is expected to nearly double to 10 million by 2030.
At the same time, more and more vehicles clog the roads. According to the Myanma Port Authority, more than 230,000 vehicles entered the country's ports between 2011 and the end of 2013, while other government data suggest that 66 percent of the country's vehicles are driven in Yangon.
"Now is the time to say something about offsetting any future growth [in vehicle numbers]," said Megan Quirk, an urban planning fellow at the Yangon Heritage Trust. "There are only limited ways to get in and out of the city and the city is put under a lot of pressure."
Quirk said one of the major problems that has arisen in recent years was the conversion of many of the city's pavements into parking spaces. "I personally find it heartbreaking," she said. "The overall space in Yangon has been given up to cars and not pedestrians - and I think that's regrettable."
In addition to the high number of cars on the road, Quirk said the problem had been worsened by Yangon's roughly 30,000 taxis. "That's more than double [the number of taxis] in New York."
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LOS ANGELES — The jurors who convicted five former city councilors of stealing taxpayer dollars from a struggling Los Angeles suburb that became a national symbol of political greed were told repeatedly that the scheme's real villain was a man not even in court.
The defendants, their lawyers and even some prosecution witnesses said the true mastermind who put in place the scheme that bilked the city of Bell out of $5.5 million was disgraced former City Manager Robert Rizzo. He is expected to face his own trial on similar charges later this year.
In the end, legal experts said, making Rizzo the villain may have had some impact on Wednesday's mixed verdict in which Bell's former mayor and four former City Council members were convicted of 21 counts of misappropriating public funds but found not guilty of 21 other counts. A sixth former council member was acquitted of all charges.
Jurors, meanwhile, deadlocked on about half of the more than 80 counts prosecutors filed. They were to continue deliberations on those charges Thursday.
"It's a lot easier to point the finger at Rizzo who received the most ill-gotten gains," said Rebecca Lonergan, a former federal prosecutor and law professor at the University of Southern California. "It gave them a bigger bad guy who wasn't sitting next to them."
Mark Werksman, a defense attorney not involved in the case, agreed.
"People lower on the rung always have the opportunity to deflect blame to try and attribute it to people higher up," he said. "That seems to be what happened here."
Still, Werksman said the mixed verdict was clearly a victory for prosecutors.
"There is no way to characterize this as anything but a serious loss for the defendants," he said.
The convictions were the first to come after revelations more than a year ago that Bell's leadership had illegally raised taxes, business license fees and other sources of income to pay huge salaries to the city manager, police chief, City Council members and others.
City records revealed that Rizzo had an annual salary and compensation package worth $1.5 million, making him one of the highest paid administrators in the country.
His salary alone was about $800,000 a year — double that of the president of the United States.
The six former City Council members were each paid about $100,000 a year.
Former Bell Mayor Oscar Hernandez and former Council members Teresa Jacobo and George Mirabal were each convicted of five counts of misapprorpriating public funds. Former Councilman Victor Bello was convicted of four counts and former Councilman George Cole of two.
Prosecutors declined to say what sentences they may face until the other charges are resolved.
Former Councilman Luis Artiga was acquitted of all charges. The pastor of Bell Community Church broke down in tears and pointed heavenward as the not guilty verdicts were read.
"I said, 'Thank you, Lord,'" a beaming Artiga, surrounded by his wife and four children, said outside court. "I never lost faith. I knew it, I just knew it."
The convictions all related to the defendants being paid for sitting on Bell's Solid Waste and Recycling Authority, an entity they could not prove had been legally established or did any work. Artiga was not on the City Council when it was created.
Records show the authority met only one time between 2006 and 2010 and there was no evidence any waste was ever collected or recycled.
Many of the still unresolved charges relate to the council members' work on other agencies that prosecutors also say were created only to boost their salaries.
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Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 3/27/15
TED 2015: Truth and Dare was held in my hometown of Vancouver from March 16-20. Have a listen to tween pianist Joey Alexander (featured at TED) perform Giant Steps while perusing our curated nonprofit tweets of the week:
- Gene: Read Erin Bradrick's Basic Legal Considerations Before Launching a Planned-Giving Program in The Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Council of Nonprofits: Frequent Q we are asked: "Is it ok to pay a commission on $$ raised?" NO! http://buff.ly/1AJM90F [Ed. Just one of the issues discussed in "Ethical Fundraising" article.]
- Debra Beck: Nonprofit governance toolbox: The Gene Takagi effect http://bit.ly/1HalOjr [Ed. An unexpected acknowledgment from one of the country's leading governance experts. Thanks Debra! And thanks to the American Bar Association Bar Services for its kind related tweet too!]
- BoardSource: Have you read this note from @npquarterly on "Fatally Incurious Governance"? You should: https://rlm.ag/1IcpGI
- Nonprofit Quarterly: TRENDING: Seven Ways Your Nonprofit Can Avoid Mirroring Practices That Perpetuate Inequality http://hubs.ly/y0DWWz0
- For Purpose Law: "A Reminder to Nonprofit Employers"
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- Nonprofit Times: #IRS Stats Show Huge Jump In Tax-Exempt Approvals, Applications in 2014 http://ow.ly/KKTXU #nonprofit #philanthropy
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- NGOSource: Can Mark Zuckerberg Redefine Philanthropy for a New Generation? HT @GenWeSolve @RockefellerFdn http://ow.ly/KNKlg
- Rick Cohen: Cohen Report looks at the progressive & less progressive politics of "fourth sector" social enterprise movement here http://goo.gl/RE8b7q
- McKinsey on Society: "How @Etsy's IPO could spark investor interest in #BCorps," from @dennisaprice http://ow.ly/KozmW via @Entrepreneur


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