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Tell us your stories of how you made it home safely and Shared the love!
Written on May 17, 2013 at 8:04 PM, by Ian
Tell us your stories of how you made it home safely and Shared the love!
Share the love? Not much love was shown for the people of San Jose tonight. Where as I agree with the theory behind these rides tonight I saw an absolutley appauling rabble of loud obnoxious people blocking traffic, swearing, hollering and playing loud music riding through my neighbourhood at close on 10pm. The leaders of this movement should be ashamed at tonight.
With all do respect, you should be ashamed you didn't join us! There was plenty of families standing outside of their homes screaming and cheering us along! You're complaining about an event that happens once a month. You might want to think about moving to the country-side if you can't handle living in a city with a population of a million people. We're not doing anything bad, yes there were some bad apples but we're not all perfect. Also, you should be proud that a city as big as ours is getting together for one cause having fun, without any violence, and doing something good for the environment as well. May I suggest you get a bike and join us next time and see what you're missing out on!
Couldn't agree more. Sorry if we disturbed, but there are worse ways to blow off steam..
Couldn't agree more with you. Well said bike activist
You guys rock!! You all went past my house and I loved it! Totally wanted to join! Have fun and stay safe
Saw the group riding past my neighborhood. Looked like a lot of fun! Happy to see lots of lights, safety vests, and riders stopped at lights. Had I known sooner I would have pulled out my cruiser and joined!
First person to comment is just being a downer Lighten up a little jeez.
I can not believe this was called "the safety ride" there was NOTHING safe about the way I witnessed the people out tonight. It is hard as a driver not knowing this is going on until bam all these bikes. some have lights but not all bikes have proper lights and if I knew this was on my route tonight I would have selected a different route. It is dark and people are in the lane in front of cars. I love to bike but the bike lane is not wide enough for two bikes to fit side by side. Please stop these rides as not only are people riding thier bikes in the lanes of traffic but some also have music blasting so loud how would they even be able to hear a car was coming up right behind them? I'm not sure why it is ok for people on bikes to have loud music playing at 11pm in residential neighborhoods either. I find this behavior rude and completely inconsiderate for those who live on route. I think a better idea would be to go out on a Saturday morning when the sun is up so you are visible to drivers and maybe along the beach where the view is not that of angry people trying to second guess when you are going to dart out into traffic.
I'm most concerned about the flood of angry comments that utilize poor grammar and punctuation. Please take the time to edit your complaints before posting them using an updated word processing program such as Microsoft Word. Those green squiggly lines are indicators of missing commas, apostrophes and periods. Correspondingly, red squiggly lines are indicators of misspelled words. Such programs are widely available at low costs, and even free email programs are now equipped with spell check software that will help keep you from looking like an ignorant dipshit when complaining about a few thousand bicyclists getting together to enjoy a beautiful California night while you happen to be seated on your ever-expanding ass in front of your television as doubts and recriminations with regard to your own lack of invigorating spontaneity consume your thoughts and fears that true life fulfillment is just another fading whisper from a receding parade that doesn't even know you're there drown out the voices from the screen's ersatz representation of a life you wished you were living to leave you feeling hollow, defeated and defenseless. Until at last you take to the internet to project those misgivings onto a community whose pleasure in little things is a direct indictment of your lack thereof. In other words: get the f over it–it's a Friday, not a Tuesday, and it's a bike party, not a motorcycle rally.
That was awesome, Patrick. Couldn't have said it better myself…
There doesn't need to be loud music, screaming and just overall irritating behavior, especially so late at night! Have respect for the people of the neighborhoods, who are sharing their space with you. I didn't need me children or myself to be awoken to such rudeness. I don't see how this is the community building activity that it is meant to be. I've only heard good things about San Jose bike party. Now it changed for the worst. I'm extremely disappointed. And I will be calling the police.
We mean no disrespect annoyed neighbor but there was plenty of families standing outside of their homes cheering us along. If all you've heard is nothing but good things about SJ Bike Party then why all of a sudden it has changed for the worst? Sure there were some bad apples but nobody is perfect and there's always going to be a bad apple no matter where you go. This is a community-building event that only happens once a month which you should be happy about with all the violence going on in San Jose. We're just coming together for one cause having fun, without any violence and doing something good for the environment as well. May I suggest you get a bike, join us, and not judge a book by its cover. See what you're missing out on.
Most people were content riding along, but those who didn't are really creating a dangerous situation. With all major events I have been to there has always been SJPD around to help out with crowd control. With so many people is hard to get a kind, coherent response from a drunk rider who is there just to cause trouble. Even school events like a walk a thon, on school campus needed SJPD to be there just incase.
My question would be, where was SJPD to deal with these bad apples? I was already in a confrontation with some annoying people, who didn't care to turn their music down, so why am I going to risk my safety when I could have the cops deal with it?!
Are the police usually present on monthly rides?
Maybe if you were a part of the community you would see it as community building.
Calling the police really infuriates them.
By the time they come over to your residence you are most likely asleep and the -rolling- Bike Party is already gone. Good waste of public resources there just to feel an ounce of empowerment in your spectral life of single mindedness.
And just let you in on a little secret – the route changes every month – If you experience a ride right in your front door… it will most likely be a bi-annual event at best, for the entire year.
Whats hilarious is you most likely spent more time searching for this page than however long the ride was a distraction to you. You should come to grips with those anger management issues
Great route, great time.
My 3 year BP anniversary tonight, Music Madness!!!
Thanks to all the volunteers that make this happen.
I used to think that these rides were a great idea because it was to bring a community together but that is not what I witnessed tonight. How could you guys condone all of the yelling, loud music, and disturbing a peaceful neighborhood at midnight?!? I have a 3 year old that was awakened multiple times tonight because of someone blaring their music outside her window and people hollering to one another while they were riding by! Have your members never heard of headphones?!? Can this assembly not occur earlier in the day when people are not trying to sleep?
I gotta laugh at all these people from the "suburbs" who get upset about revelers passing their house ONE NIGHT out of the year. Try living downtown where you can expect drunken loudness until 3am *every weekend*. I just got home and it's hella loud.. chances are your precious will be stumbling through my hood in a few years..
That's why I don't live downtown where there are drunks out all hours of the day and night. ! I don't care if its once a year, it's the face that people are rude and annoying. That's not okay. I don't go outside your home and yell and scream. I don't use a forum for community bonding as an excuse to be annoying and drunk.
If you chose to live downtown with all the noise, that was your choice. Don't compare my neighborhood to yours.
There are drunk people yelling and screaming outside my house right now. Cars are driving by with their loud stereos booming. Too bad I don't have a website where I can go and complain about it.
It's your choice to live in San Jose; if you want silence 365 days a year, you might not want to pick a city of a million people as your home…
Look lady, your 3 year old doesn't have a job interview in the morning. I'm sure he will be fine. People being drunk and annoying is fun. I know its been a while since you have had fun, but you cant deny a 1000 peoples fun because of sound for a couple hours. Besides this will give you something to talk about at your next dinner party. There is nothing wrong with being drunk. You just forgot about fun.
Sorry you were disturbed, Mother. It's not our purpose. On a good note we only come to areas about once a year!
To address a few things: Headphones are illegal and dangerous. If we started earlier people would complain about traffic and not being able to get anywhere after work. We do our best to minimize the rudeness and chaos though we can't control the randoms.
It's a great tourist attraction for San Jose and brings people together. It's livens up our City! We have now spread this idea throughout the country and to other countries as well. Hope you have a better day and rest assured we won't be in that area for a while!
I'm uploading photos from tonight's ride start now
Sorry about the lack of captions but I'm also processing photos from Friday's stage of the Tour of California right now. If you see yourself please leave a comment at the photo.
That was an awesome time for myself and my family tonight. It was a thrill to listen to my infant daughter waking up screaming multiple times because of the idiots who think riding through a residential neighborhood blasting music and screaming "Bike party!" is an effective community building exercise.
I appreciate your sarcasm. Sorry for the rudeness. I hope you were able to get some rest after the ride calmed dowm.
To M4NHO. We choose to not live downtown for a reason. You chose to live downtown for a reason. We must all live with the choices we make if I lived next to a bar I would expect rude people out late at night. For me and my house we enjoy the quiet of living on the outskirts. Please remember your safety is out concern as we are just trying to go about our lives. I do not understand how this can be done when if it were a marathon there would be permits issued people who live along the path would know ahead of time to make arrangements of needed. And there would be proper safety protocols followed.
If you live along the route, you "choose" to live in San Jose, a city with a population of close one million people. You choose to live in a city where thousands of the city's inhabitants get together every month to ride their bikes on public streets.
As you sagely opine, we must all live with the choices we make.
It's a Friday and this happens once a month, maybe once a year or less in your neighborhood. Isn't it worth it to know that 1000s of people are having a good time?
Had a great time but the amount of people (mostly punk teens on Fixies) without lights and any protection for their heads was scary. Saw too many wipe outs and people were obviously hurt smashing their unprotected heads on the Tarmac
This type of event breeds unfortunate youth to participate. As a community that promotes biking and safety this outlet is a great place to let mal content teens know what is really up. 1000's participate in this event monthly and the rules are stressed by the folks who care about this legal recreational outlet to the T. We teach and as this movement grows more and more get it.
Well said
What a fun event! Looks like a blast was had by all! I was driving against the flow of bikes on Coleman and there were quite a few bikers riding in my lane…riding at me…without lights. I was actually a little surprised when I saw them and thought, "Wow! I could have hit them so easily." Scary. I also saw a bunch of people texting and riding their bike in the "fast" lane of traffic and cars couldn't drive by at all as the biker wasn't paying attention.
I also have a 2 year old who was awakened by the noise, but I know it's a fun night and I'm glad our city is being active! Just wish it started earlier so we can see the bikers who don't have lights (a LOT of them) and aren't following the rest of the bike party whom I know are following the bp rules and having fun! Would love to join someday but I would not be screaming at 10pm past homes. Different if it were laughing and talking but obnoxious screaming for about 40 mins with sleeping babies isn't fun. Keep up the good time but please for those who are giving bike party an obnoxious name, please consider respecting the hundreds of other riders with great intentions! Ps: Nice stops at all the stop lights. I was impressed.
I appreciate your sane response… Its not just nagging or complaining. Thank you. Our volunteers do our best to provide the best bike party scenario in this thriving bright city.. Thank you for understanding.
People Stop your whining!! The party went on my street and i didnt mind it. The last time it went by hear was more than 2 years ago. It must of took about half an hour to go thru. Its not like it goes by every month and it takes forever to pass by. I do agree that sometimes you guys take up all lanes but i think its an improvement from years past. I know that a group of 2000 plus riders are going to get some bad apples but how can u control those few. As for calling the police, REALLY!!! they have more important things to do like solving the murders that took place this week. SUCK IT UP PEOPLE. I hope to join BP soon with my Niece and Nephew.
Thank you.
To the guy who jousted first against the black guy, PROPS! I hope you alright. That shyt was intense as HELL!
Intense for sure!!! hahaha Best Joust session in a long while!
I saw many crashes this time including one head injury that looked serious. He was not wearing a helmet.
Ironic that this was the "safety ride" considering how many people rode without lights or helmets. Seriously, is it worth risking brain damage and a life crippling injury to not have these? BP is a lot more dangerous than a casual ride.
Also saw a few bikers GRABBING ONTO MOVING CARS AND TRUCKS that were trying to navigate through the bike traffic. If you do any of these things please read the comments here and realize you're ruining it for everyone.
Other than that… Great route and ride, really enjoyed the music and seeing people outside their houses cheering us on. Seems like most of San Jose loves the bike party. Sorry for the young kids that were woken up by music: guessing it's rare for BP to go past your house, luckily it was a Friday and I'm guessing it's not as common as all the motorcycles and car exhausts, car stereos etc I hear when I'm at home!
First of all, great turn out last night. I have to take issue with the SJBP organizers for labeling this the Safety Ride…you must be joking. This would have been a great opportunity to organize the corporate and biker community in providing free or low cost lights for all the challenged and foolish riders I saw out there. Particularly disturbing was riding down the black pavement of Santa Teresa Blvd and seeing riders out there wearing dark clothing without any lighting or helmets cutting in and out of the far left lane in front of traffic. These cyclist were very difficult to see against the black pavement. Last week I happened to be riding by the scene of a bike vs car accident where the bike had no lights and the rider did not have a helmet. It is the law that all bicycles have at least a front light but fully 40% of the riders out there had none. You can continue to bury your heads in the sand for the sake of placating the minority, but if you are the well meaning cycling advocates I think you are, WE the majority do not appreciate the recklessness of the few and encourage you to solicit advice and help in making these rides SAFE.
This would have been a great opportunity to involve those groups. So… why didn't you? Labeling a ride SAFETY and getting people to think of safety gear as fun… sounds like an attempt to solve problems. Thank you for your internet activism.
Well, Justin, YOU are one of the organizers and YOU have the power to make a difference. Yet, YOU and the SJBP continue to look the other way despite the fact that YOU can and should promote safe bike riding. Start by telling those on YOUR website that unless they obey the rules of the road, bring a torch to light the way, that WE don't want them riding with us…I understand that it is a party, but there are certain rules that YOU should promote that WE should all follow. It is what makes US a civilized society.
Oh my God, I'm picturing Sirg wearing formal military dress and waving an admonitory cudgel at us a la Graham Chapman in Monty Python, which makes me suspect that Sirg is actually a satirical fabrication by someone who's actually smoking a ton of pot and blasting Led Zeppelin from a Sony boombox in their one-bedroom apartment. And by the way, ALL CAPS are the high gear of WINNERS who want to get their POINT across effectively and CONSISTENTLY–lower case letters are the low gear of losers.
They made the entire theme of the ride SAFTEY.. seems like they can and are promoting safe bike riding.
And do you really think people who disobey traffic laws are going to care about any rules set by bike party? who is going to enforce the rules?
The volunteers already contribute a lot.. if you think more should be done.. well then, maybe you ought to do it
To M4NHO: I don't think you quite understand that SJBP is not taking as active a role as it should in educating the general cycling population. As the organizers of the monthly bike rides, there is an obligation that goes beyond just publishing their recommendations on the website. There are so many other resources both in the community and the private sector that can be utilized if the organizers would just be more willing to be a little more creative in their outreach. Perhaps the SJBP is not as organized as I am led to believe…the status quo seems to be the rule of the day.
Sirg, you talk about how these volunteers have an "obligation" to do this or that. The truth is these people don't have any obligation to do anything.
If you feel something ought to be done, you are just as capable as anyone of performing outreach. Have you contacted anyone at bike party asking how you could work with them to help achieve YOUR vision? Have you contacted any bike shops or other companies who may be interested on sponsoring or donating lights?
AGREED! Bike Party is all of us. Yes, there are volunteer organizers, but nothing is stopping any of us from a) volunteering, b) leading by example, or c) helping to create a safer event for all and still fun.
Now matter how loud and how often I yell "Car back – bike party right lane", there's still some who either don't listen or don't care. All we can do is "remind" people of the correct behavior — we can't/shouldn't enforce it.
The SJBP shills are at it again. I have made recommendations to your organization only to be rebuffed and given the standard answer: Do it yourself. I stand by my points…you are not as organized as you lead us to believe and you are more interested in maintaining the status quo for whatever your secondary goals/intentions are. You should be working as a cohesive group to lobby the various community and corporate entities out there. Use your imaginations, my friends!
Sirg, I think you might be right when you say, "Perhaps the SJBP is not as organized as I am led to believe…" I think it's more of a loosely knit group of volunteers than anything else. If something gets done, it usually means that some volunteer has taken something and run with it themselves. You mentioned that there are other resources that are available that could be utilized. Perhaps if you share some of those ideas here, someone might be interested enough to run with them, or work with you on a project if you are interested in helping as well.
"I have made recommendations to your organization only to be rebuffed and given the standard answer: Do it yourself."
LOL.. "shills".. go back to ur bridge dude.
A few other comments on your post. There are people who make their way around the start points selling reasonably priced or low-cost lights. I've seen several groups do this at various rides through the years, and one particular woman seems to be there at nearly every ride. The "How We Ride" rules are posted on the website and on every ride posting, right above the route information. I personally don't want people riding with us if they can't follow the rules, but unfortunately most of the scofflaws don't care if I want them there or not.
… and in case anyone reading this thinks it's cool to ride without lights at night, remember that getting flattened by a car isn't really cool at all.
Well, there you go again, Ian, moderator for the SJBP comments section. If the SJBP has lobbied City Hall on behalf of the cyclists on pertinent issues, I would think that perhaps you could all put your heads together and come up with a more coherent and engaging policy that all bikers would want to follow. "Two heads are better than one; 30-50 heads are even better".
Spliffer, I have no allegiance to the SJBP organizers and am presenting an unsolicited outside, possibly myopic opinion of what I see going on at the party. It is not my intent to smear or discredit your organization. We suffer from a poor reputation in the general non-cycling public and in many of the communities we ride through every month. SJBP can start by inviting the press to the organizing meetings and pre-rides so that they can get the word out to the general public that the majority of riders are ordinary citizens like themselves, not the biker fiends that reside in their thoughts as we ride through their neighborhoods. Get the word out…use the power of the press, including all of the local community news organizations. Court the general public and be relentless about this. We want to be part of the community…don't let the foolish few spoil the party for the long suffering majority.
SJBP is no stranger to local media:
SJBP was mentioned in Bicycling magazine:
and there was this photo essay from the City of Sunnyvale (be sure to read the captions as well):
There has been occasional TV coverage as well.
lso, SJBP volunteers do actively participate in bicycle advocacy activities. You see them presenting at City Council meetings (eg: http://sanjose.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=5953), participate in giving input to local papers (http://www.sjbikeparty.org/archives/3402) and to the local governments (http://www.sjbikeparty.org/archives/2488). There was a SJBP team at Turning Wheels for Kids.
SJBP itself isn't an organization per se, so the only voice it has is the voice of its volunteers.
Moo, this is a good start and I applaud the efforts made so far, but they fall woefully short in building an effective coalition that benefits the SJBP and the community at large. One or two articles a year are just not enough to get the word out. In addition to ongoing dialogue with the news organizations, why not court the smaller and larger corporations in the area by holding workshops and the posting of flyers advertising the Bike Party throughout the city. Start by emphasizing the safety concerns and rules, riding with the basic equipment for the nighttime forays, and emphasize the pure exhilaration of riding en masse on those city streets that so terrorize us at any time other than the Bike Party rides. More responsible riders will in the long run enhance the standing of the SJBP.
Sirg, I think we agree that more positive press coverage would help getting our message out more clearly. We don't exactly control what the news media chooses to report. In fact, you're probably more likely to get substantial press coverage if you do something that impacts the community negatively :(. There actually have been more articles written on smaller blogs and news sites that I didn't bother to cite.
I also like some of your ideas, although I'm personally fond of posting flyers. I especially like the way you wrote about, "the pure exhilaration of riding en masse on those city streets that so terrorize us at any time other than the Bike Party rides."
But as has been mentioned before, someone would have to step up and run with it. Perhaps someone will be inspired enough by these posts, but I really don't know. Someone with time, desire, and good media and PR skills.
I think the SJBP web site should have a standard page that is up from 10pm to 2am during every ride.
The page should have a 'resident feedback questionnaire' where residents could vent their gripes and
feel like they are being heard. No need to clutter up the site with the complaints and inevitable responses.
Neither side ever accomplishes anything, the citizens just want a chance to complain, so give it to them so we can roll past the conflict.
To avoid confusion, I'm not saying a volunteer has to waste their time responding to the input, just give the residents an outlet for their frustration. Kind of like writing to Microsoft or GM.
classic! great suggestion.
For all those who want to complain… If someone gave you a pot of gold you would say its to heavy to lift. Crawl back under your rock and we will see you in 2 more years.
Great ride to everyone out there. hopefully we can get more people to ride safely and keep the group growing. Met people that came from outta state to ride last night. We are making history.
As an old person, I don't much care for the young fixie hooligans who disrespect BP's How We Ride. But I hope that the uptight suburbanites (who all seem to have babies who can't sleep through shyt) realize that when the hooligans are riding with us, they're not tagging or racing around by themselves wearing dark clothes or whatever it is they do. BP does, for good and bad, provide cover for dumbassery on two wheels. But don't be fooled into thinking that the dumbassery is caused by BP. If you rode your bike more often, you might start to understand.
I just want to add that we shouldn't be ganging up on the young kids on "fixies", the fixed gear bikes. They're out there having fun like all the rest of us, and for God's sake–they're teens who're riding bikes! We should all hope that more teens would be so into biking! They don't seem at all bad or on the whole disrespectful. They just have a bit more of that nervous teenage energy that we all had at one time, and good luck getting teens to wear a helmet. C'mon. Lastly those bikes are cool. In terms of efficiency of design they're beautiful, and I don't know how they ride them so well without breaks, I'm pretty impressed.
Your comment is just plain tom foolery trying to justify the actions of irresponsible riders just because they are reckless teens. It is precisely because of this behavior that SJBP needs to get a better grip on things, change the culture, and perhaps make a difference in not making SJ such a car centric city. I am all for having fun but not at the expense of creating animosity towards our biking community from those drivers that share our roads. Riding defensively with a WELL MARKED/LIGHTED bike and obeying the rules of the road AND HAVING FUN should be our main goals. We are sharing the roads with the cars, not owning it!
Not saying all Fixies are bad apples but I think that riding a bike with no brakes, lights, helmet in the dark wit thousands of bikes probably isn't the best idea or right place for them.
Just an idea for the next "safety themed" ride I'd maybe suggest a small fee to join/ride so that you get your name/tag/band or whatever and maybe have a BP organizer check you in for the bare minimum (Helmet & lights). If you don't have those things I really don't think you should be allowed to be part of it. I don't know but if it continues the way it did last night I worry that someone will die and that's all she wrote:(
You are absolutely right, Shark. Every month, I witness near misses, collisions, and injuries. Yes, there is something empowering to ride with thousands of others in the Bike Party who share the same exhiliration of riding our city streets unfettered and not having to worry at all times about oncoming cars. But it is only a matter of time before someone is serious injured for life or is killed, and SJBP has an obligation to do everything in its power and to use its influence to promote safe riding skills.
Great ride Friday night. The route was super easy and clear to follow- thank you organizers! Overall I think it was a pretty safe ride with everyone enjoying themselves.
Taggers at the second stop- do that sh*t on your own time or own rides (Yeah I'm talking to the dude with the dreads and the bearded hipster who is old enough to know better). I love 'street art' and well thought out pieces. Tagging the side of a department store, where you are only being seen by PEOPLE BOOING YOU until it is painted over, is bad for everyone. I'm sure if it weren't for Bike Party, you would not have thrown-up there, so don't hide behind the 'community' of BP.
Folks complaining. I hear you, but get over it. I am sure you have (at one point in life) been loud when exiting a Giants game, Niners game, or some other Music Festival/event- which probably irritated and annoyed residents. That's what happens in a society, sorry.
Yogi, I just think the small timers are so stupidly-irrational, that they don't to even consider, that they are many bicyclists with cameras witnessing their ill advised actions.
Who knows? Photos of these guys, in the act of commission, could appear online for all to see; even law enforcement, or could be submitted to the store in question, that could lead to a messy, if not, co$tly legal imbroglio for dumb scofflaws and their families.
Folks better wake up to the fact that cameras are everywhere. You cannot hide behind Bike Party, under any presumption of anonymity, because if you do; you are just as idiotic as the Boston Marathon Bombers.
You can never assume anything in public these days, especially when you are at events, like Bike Party, with thousands of people with smart phones, all equipped with cameras.
If anyone is interested, i have uploaded the photos i have shot from April and May to my Facebook account. The full res files are also available, so have at them.
Bike Night
In reply to Jason, it would be nice if Everyone who took photos could post them up here! I really want to see myself and my friends!! THANKS A BUNCHH!
Yes, agreed. Love to see shots of me. Hard to get behind the camera.
Thanks Nat!
I'm sad to see that bike party hasn't changed much. It's just as much a parade of bikes that have a large portion of it filled with disrespectful, rude, and obnoxious people as it's been for some time. It's unfortunate. Bike party could be so much more about being a part of the community rather than a representation of the cyclists we all hate.
What happened with the crazy chick in the Prius?
What happened with the crazy lady in the Prius?
To the ASSHOLE who stole my friend's mountain bike and switched it with their crappy bike: YOU SUCK!!! You need a good swift kick in the throat.
Bike Party is no place for people like you. Be aware of your bikes people, even for a second.
Sucks to hear that, can't outrun and outride karma…
Folks, lock up your bikes at the stops!! Even a cheap cable lock is usually good enough (probably bike party is the only place to use a cable lock) to prevent "opportunist thieves".
I lock up my 90s crappy mountain bike at the stops- just so I can not worry too much about it, and enjoy the party. Also locking a few bikes together works too. Be safe- never fun to walk home…
Yes, I definitely agree with locking up or having friends watch your bike vigilantly at a stop. What was awful about this situation is my friend stopped to fix a flat tire and just after he pumped it up and looked away for a moment to return the pump, the bikes were switched. It didn't even happen at the regroup, it was at Jack In the Box on Branham. But yes…everyone needs to be careful about their bikes where ever they are.
Thanks for the share. Didn't realize this was such a big issue. I left my bike with some strangers when i ran into Safeway, but lucky for me, it was fine.. That said, last year i had my mountain bike stolen right off the back of my car in Saratoga. Funny thing was that it was locked on the car and parked right next to a Starbucks.
I rode the 5/17/13 SJBP and witnessed all of the "How We Ride" Rules violated. In every posting here and on the Facebook wall when someone points out the violations, the ignorant responses are basically, "We're having fun" or "If you don't know how to have fun, shut up or stay home" or âLighten upâ. To those of you that carry this selfish and narrow mindset, I ask you to tell us how breaking the rules is to the rides benefit? I understand itâs to your selfish immediate gratification to break the rules and let loose with the excuse being it's a party so you can do whatever you want to "have fun", but how does that benefit the ride? Afterall, you want the ride to continue, right? You want your venue for âfunâ every 3rd Friday of the month, right? Well, thereâs far less chance of the ride enduring if you continue to provide evidence of reasons to have it shut down. I know that thereâs a wide range of bike riders taking part in the rides. There are many that know etiquette and safety rules and some others who could care less. Whether youâre an avid cyclist or a family guy whoâs dusted off the old clunker you are the image of the general cycling community when you take part in SJBP. Please consider that responsibility when you take part.
I donât understand how âhaving funâ is the rational for lack of safety. You can't respect the ride and your community (as requested by the rules) and still have fun? Maybe safety will be a factored into your equation of fun when someone you know (husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend/friend/child) is dying in front of your eyes as he/she is pinned under a car that ran them over. That sounds like fun, huh?
People, a teenager died today riding his bike to school on the East Side. It was 730am in daylight. A sad reminder that when a car and a bike come together, the bike rider losesâ¦everytime. At 10pm at night, itâs really just sheer luck that more people are not killed or injured during SJBP. But maybe thatâs the fun of it for some of you.
I enjoyed the Safety Ride a lot. Yeah there were some Ninjas. Yeah more people should stay in the right lane. Even so it was a great evening. Took some pictures that you can see at:
I'd say at least a few dozen people got more safety gear just because this was "The Safety Ride". I'm hoping they keep wearing the stuff into the future!
I haven't been on a Bike Party ride for a few months, but I'm betting that this last Bike Party really wasn't all that different from previous Bike Party events. I'm sure many of you are too young to remember, but all of us older guys started cycling when helmets really didn't exist. The only helmets were those leather things that the pros wore and you never saw anyone on the street wearing one. The vast majority of us survived. Yes, I shake my heads at those who ride without helmets and lights, but what are you gonnna do? I say keep putting the word out about riding with helmets and lights front and back and for those who continue to ride without them, I say Darwin is at work. Sad but true.
Lights at night are necessary to be legal..I ride lidless to keep from being a target. There are many reasons why helmets are dangerous and the main stream propaganda present that disclaims on the contrary needs to be absolved. We'll see who's sucking liquid out of a straw sooner M. I ride my bike..you chose to complain about nonsense.
Dude, last year, a close friend of mine — on his first Bike Party — innocently, fell off his bicycle and smacked the back his head on the pavement. His helmet sustained a four-inch fracture, and it died a hero while preventing him from sustaining a serious cranial injury.
I shudder to think what a high price my friend would've paid for an absolutely bad decision that night.
But, I really don't sweat it 'cause, I never allow any of my friends to ride with me without helmets — like great friends don't let their friends drive drunk.
Yeah, I know; to you, I am just relating nonsense.
We should all respect and applaud Bike Party's safety policy.
I follow the rules and respect BP's safety policy both while at the function and when I'm out and about. No where does it say a helmet is required by participants over 18 and if it did I wouldn't ride in it. Maybe your friend should have taken a closer look at the rules and not gotten so wasted that he fell over backwards. Unless he/she is a two year old on training wheels, they don't get a pass. It appears you do let your friends ride drunk which in a group ride like this creates a safety issue for everybody.
The only issue i have ever had on a bike was when i was riding through some trees and my helmet caught a branch and nearly snapped my neck. Knock on wood i never fall and hit my head, but its not Darwin at its best to choose NOT to ride with a helmet. Its a choice. There are a lot of ways to get injured and die from things that, in hindsight, we can all say it was Darwin at its best. Helmets, i believe, do more good than harm for people. It could one day save my life. But staying indoors and never leaving the house could kill you just as easy as taking some chances outside in the real world.
Funnily, I never feel as safe riding on city streets as I do when I'm riding with SJBP! Every day I watch out to try to avoid ending up as a hood ornament on some distracted motorist's car, but for a few hours each month I am a part of hundreds/thousands of bikes together where WE take the streets and the motorists have to watch out for us!
I couldn't agree with you more.. Its an awesome relaxing ride. You feel a sense of protection, and what makes one aspect of it awesome, is that you can ride on some of the most dangerous streets in San Jose without any fear of getting run over by some idiot.
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Wow, lots of comments.
I remember when I had Sirg's umbrage.
I've mellowed a lot since then though.
Bike Party is Bike Party. It is what it is. Like it or leave it. You ain't gonna change it w/o a significant group effort.
So I've got a question for you problem solvers out there.
Let's say, for the sake of discussion, that SJPD started kettling our rides (click my name for the wiki).
What solution would you propose?
I'm not hatin', I just wanted to steer it towards SOLVING problems, not inflaming them.
To be able to kettle bike party, SJPD would need mutual aid from other police departments…. it's basically not going to happen. SJPD is pretty much completely hands off when it comes to BP. It's not like the route is a secret.. if they wanted to they could easily make their presence known.
btw sweet test ride tonight.. next month's ride is gonna be hella tight
If SJPD started Kettling, I think it would throw off the main point of bike party. Which is to have fun! Cops are pigs and personally, when I am around them, I feel like some crap is going to go down. I would rather keep Bike Party as it is. Why change something that works?
Feb MVPD def had mutual aid with sheriffs dept.
The question wasn't, would or could, it was:
What solution would you propose?
If SJBP had a compelling reason to solve this,
would we? could we? Solutions anyone?
LOL ok well I don't see the point of asking for solutions to a non-existent problem. Kettling is an aggressive crowd control techique.. it's not like police are going to go from being almost totally hands off to kettling without quite a few steps in between. But, if somehow police got enough forces together to kettle 1000s riders that are spread out over a few miles, there is not much that could be done about it, except try to find an escape route and get as many people through it before it's closed down.
I've been doing BP for about 3 years now and i have to say that in some areas it has improved. I see more people using lights than when i started. I also see the group has grown to over 4000 riders in the summer months when there are mor complaints. Trying to manage or get a group that size to follow all the rules is impossible, especially with the younger generation. When we travel thru santa clara, mtn view or milpitas we usually have police on motorcycles following and hiding at major intersection. With everone knowing that they are riding with us, it still doesnt stop the fools from breaking the laws. Ya they give out tickets but it continues to happen ride after ride. Talking with the police officers, they say that it is impossible to stop an event this size from taking place on public streets as long as it is moving.
Bike Party thrives in Baltimore!!!
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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Yeesh, those are a lot of angry comments.
I missed out on this ride. Google Maps decided to be confusing by insisting on routing me through the Los Gatos Bike Trail and being really nondescript about where I get off, and by the time I could get there, I was late.
I love the bike party, but I'd like to suggest the Ravens being a bit more proactive in shutting up the drunken bikers. The last bike party I was in had a shirtless trio of hooligans treating the place like it was Critical Mass – threatening drivers, weaving in and out of traffic, etc.


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HOUSTON, Oct. 16 -- The US Coast Guard on Tuesday lifted a 20-day ban on imports of liquefied natural gas through Boston harbor, which some feared might become a target for terrorist attack.
The ban imposed Sept. 26 by Coast Guard Capt. Brian Salerno, captain of the Boston port and commanding officer of the USCG Marine Safety Office there, was lifted following a report last week by marine insurer Lloyd's Register of Shipping that there is little danger to that city from a LNG explosion or fire.
That report acknowledged that an explosive projectile or bomb could rip open the refrigerated tanks that keep the natural gas liquefied at -260° F. That could release a nontoxic cloud of gas in enough volume to spread 3.7 miles. But since natural gas is lighter than air at ambient temperatures, it would tend to move up, rather than out, and would be more likely to burn than explode before dissipating into the air, said the report.
That report was commissioned by Distrigas of Massachusetts LLC, which operates the LNG import terminal in Everett, Mass., outside of Boston.
The Lloyd's Register conclusions also were verified independently by Roger Roue, technical adviser at the Society of International Gas Tankers & Terminal Operators, a nonprofit organization that promotes high operating standards and best practices for gas tankers and terminals around the globe.
Responding to an earlier inquiry by OGJ Online, Roue said there have been "no serious fires and no explosions" involving LNG tankers or terminals "during the 40 years that LNG has been transported around the globe by sea.
"Understandable as they are in the aftermath of the tragic events of Sept. 11, the fears being expressed in the Boston area are, in my opinion, entirely without foundation," he said.
Nevertheless, Distrigas officials agreed to "certain permanent changes" in security for the Everett terminal and the operation of LNG vessels in Boston's harbor that are not being imposed at the other two operative US LNG terminals (OGJ Online, Oct. 3, 2001).
The end of the ban on LNG imports through Boston harbor was timely, with local temperatures in the 40-60° F range Tuesday.
The Distrigas LNG imports supply 15%-20% of the total annual demand for natural gas for all of New England. The Everett terminal and its area network of LNG storage facilities supply 35% of New England's peak demand during winter when interstate transmission lines to that market are filled at to capacity.
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One can demonstrate one's respect for national symbols with such ribbon on these May days (and later, as well), having attached it to car antenna, clothing or, perhaps, to a backpack. A white-red-white ribbon would also look nice tied on one's forehead as a hair decoration or on a tree near the house entrance.
Ask for the ribbons in the offices of the MFF (Independence Ave. 80-73; tel. +375 17 280 8863) or of the Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) Party (Charnysheuskaha St 3, tel. +375 17 284 5012).
The white-red-white ribbons will be also distributed by the MFF activists some of these days in different cities and towns of Belarus.
The referendum of 1995 was the first referendum in the history of the independent Belarus. It was held on May 14 on the initiative of President Alaksandr Lukashenka. After the referendum, the Pursuit coat of arms and the white-red-white flag were replaced by the slightly modified symbols of the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (the coat of arms with wheatears and the red-and-green flag). In addition, Russian was given the status of the official language. One can say that another wave of Russification began with that referendum.


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NEWBURGH – Two Air National Guard members are being credited with capturing a man who robbed the night clerk at a Town of Newburgh motel Saturday night.
Town Police allege Joseph Arbing, 58, of Boston, MA, approached the clerk in the Comfort Inn motel on Lakeside Road and demanded money. He did not display a weapon.
Police Officer William McLean was the first to arrive on the scene within seconds.
Arbing fled through the front doors at the same time as off-duty Air Guard Master Sgt. Antonio Latona, Jr. was in the lobby and gave chase as the suspect fled behind the motel.
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Hugs are a great way to tell someone you love them & brighten their day. All of our hug books brightened our day in story time! We read A Hug for You by Margaret Anastas, How Do You Hug a Porcupine by Laurie Isop, Kitty's Cuddles by Jane Cabrera, and Big Hugs, Little Hugs by Felicia Bond. Not only did we practice hugging, but we blew some kisses in our rhymes and learned how to say "I love you" with our hands in sign language. After our story time was finished we decorated paper hearts in honor of Valentine's Day.
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Still in the saddle: Seniors help youths in horse therapy program
Growing older does not mean you have to slow down and spend your evenings watching "Wheel of Fortune."
A few women have taken their maturity and wisdom and found a way to use it to benefit children.
Gayle Hart, 68; Loretta McBeath, 80; and Peg Smith, 71, volunteer with the Hendrick Home for Children's equestrian program. There, they interact with children during equine therapy under the leadership of Lora Jones, program director for the horse program and recreation director for Hendrick Home.
"These women are very valuable," Jones said. "They have been a big help, and their heart is definitely in the right place."
Smith, who has been volunteering with the program for 1½ years, has donated horses of her own for the program.
"Being a volunteer here has been a privilege," Smith said. "My main purpose while volunteering for the program is to be an encourager."
While helping with the equestrian program and donating their time with the equine therapy, the women also believe they get something in return.
"There's nothing more that's good for the heart than being around a horse and a child," Smith said. "I feel like I am the winner because I get to see these children diffuse fear and learn how to trust; I am truly blessed."
The children of the home have a special connection with the volunteers as well.
"Gayle, Loretta and Peg are some of my best friends," said 10-year-old Peter Tuyisenge, originally of Tanzania. "They help me learn new things and I love seeing my friends every week."
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Bradie Ewing is one of UW's four captains for 2011.
Four seniors will carry the tag of team captain for the Wisconsin football team this season after a vote of their teammates Sunday.
Fullback Bradie Ewing and first-year quarterback Russell Wilson will represent the Badgers' offense as captains, with defensive lineman Patrick Butrym and defensive back Aaron Henry elected on the other side of the ball.
The announcement of captains by head coach Bret Bielema in a team meeting capped a busy day for the Badgers.
Despite the fact the team had a day off from practice, the players spent more than two hours signing autographs and posing for photos as part of Football Family Fun Day at Camp Randall Stadium. The annual team photo, as well as shots of each position group, followed before the Badgers met as a team.
Ewing played in all 13 games as a fullback last season and scored three touchdowns -- one rushing and two more receiving.
Wilson transferred to UW from NC State, where he was a three-year starter at quarterback and a three-time All-ACC selection. He totaled 93 touchdowns in his Wolfpack career -- the second-best mark in ACC history.
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Home Office to pay £224m to defence firm Raytheon
The Home Office is to pay out £224 million to defence firm Raytheon, including nearly £50 million in damages, after an Arbitration Tribunal found the Government department unlawfully terminated the company's contract to provide the eBorders programme.
MPs to quiz senior Home Office figure on abuse claims
A senior Home Office civil servant faces a grilling by MPs over its handling of child abuse allegations made over a 20-year period.
Permanent secretary Mark Sedwill will appear before the Home Affairs Select Committee to face questions over the quality of a review he commissioned last year.
As Theresa May announced new inquiries to Parliament yesterday, the Home Secretary said she was confident that the work commissioned by Mr Sedwill was "carried out in good faith".
However, she added that with "allegations as serious as these the public need to have complete confidence in the integrity of the investigation's findings".
Govt: Changes to vetting and barring 'common sense'
The Home Office has hit back at claims changes it introduced to law which check and prevent sexual offenders from working with children have allowed predators to slip through the net.
It remains the case that anyone committing the most serious offences is still automatically barred from working closely and unsupervised with children.
The coalition Government introduced changes to the barring regime to apply common sense levels, but if someone applies to work with children any serious criminal records or police information are still considered when checks are carried out and, if necessary, they will be barred.
The changes strike an appropriate balance between avoiding unnecessary intrusion into people's lives and ensuring that children and vulnerable groups are protected.
Home Office confirms deportation of Nigerian family
A Nigerian mother who appealed against her removal from the UK, saying she feared her daughters would be subjected to female genital mutilation, has been deported.
The Home Office released a statement saying that Afusat Saliu "was not considered to be in need of protection".
The statement also pointed out that Ms Saliu's appication to stop deportation had been turned down by the courts on several occasions.
"The case has gone through the proper legal process and our decision has been supported by the UK courts on five separate occasions, while the European Court of Human Rights declined an application to halt the removal."
"We can now confirm that a Nigerian family were successfully removed to their country of origin today."
Mother fearing FGM believed to have been deported
Supporters of Afusat Saliu, the mother of two who fears her daughters will be subjected to female genital mutilation in her homeland of Nigeria, believe she was deported last night, the Guardian has reported.
Home Office: Nigerian mother 'not in need of protection'
A Home Office spokesperson said:
We consider every claim for asylum on its individual merits and in this case the claimant was not considered to be in need of protection.
The case has gone through the proper legal process and our decision has been supported by the UK courts on five separate occasions, while the European Court of Human Rights declined an application to halt the removal.
Government 'has failed miserably' on FGM deportation
Anj Handa, a friend of Afusat Saliu, who set up the petition on campaigning website Change.org, said:
We have been thwarted at every turn and the Government has failed on so many counts in this case.
The Home Office has failed to stick to its own guidelines on so many counts and have failed Afusat and her daughters miserably.
The Government had a chance to show leadership on the issue of FGM and again have failed miserably.
Mother fearing FGM to be deported to Nigeria tonight
A mother who fears her two daughters will be subjected to female genital mutilation in her native Nigeria has been told she will be deported tonight.
Afusat Saliu, 31, and her two daughters Bassy, four, and Rashidat, two, were seized by officials on Wednesday and were due to be flown to Lagos but were given an overnight reprieve.
Human rights activists representing Ms Saliu said that she was expected to be deported with her daughters at 7pm from Heathrow airport.
Friend of deportation case mother thanks supporters
A friend of the mother who, along with her two daughters, faces deportation to Nigeria has thanked supporters who have signed a petition calling for the Home Office to review the evidence.
Anj Handa wrote on Twitter:
Just under 124k petition signatures for #Afusat+babes. Didn't expect this when I started it! http://t.co/hOs3Rbsfuq
Home Office will not confirm if deportation delayed
A Home Office spokeswoman would not confirm if the deportation of Afusat Saliu and her daughters to Nigeria has been delayed, saying it does not comment on individual cases.
Ms Saliu told ITV News she fears her two daughters, four-year-old Bassy and two-year-old Rashidat, will be subjected to female genital mutilation in her native Nigeria if they are deported.
Last night, Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson was flooded with more than a thousand tweets urging him personally to step in to block the flight.
He later tweeted:
Call upon UK & Nigeria governments to do all they can to protect Saliu family & ensure they aren't put at risk of FGM http://t.co/qyGIIqWPLQ
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i have a cheap bag that i want to experiment with. it has a good shell, fairly waterproof and breathable, and it's filled with a crappy synthetic material that does a very poor job of insulating. i'm pondering the task of restuffing this bag with 800 fill down. am i crazy or am i crazy?? i can't even loan this bag to any friends as it's too heavy in the summer and not warm enough in the winter.i think that i can open the baffles along the zipper side by removing the zipper and replacing it while i'm at it with a better one. i can fill the bag easily through the baffles. i'm considering removing the insulation on the bottom and just making it a sort of a quilt. this bag looks to be a fine candidate for an upgrade and i think that i can get the bag i want with a bit of work.any ideas anyone?
Most (if not all) synthetic bags aren't baffled so before you could restuff the bag with high quality down you'd have to add them. The stitch lines on synthetic bags are typically there to stabilize the synthetic insulation and keep it from tearing apart, thus developing cold spots. Adding baffles and then stuffing the bag might be more trouble than it's worth because you'd basically have to tear the bag completely apart, add the baffles, then the down. On the other hand since you already have the material and you like it, it's definitely cheaper than buying a new bag or purchasing the materials from scratch. Guess you just have to decide if all the effort is worth it to you. (Although I've never heard of a baffled synthetic bag, I could be wrong so maybe your bag actually does have proper baffles, although I doubt it, rather than the normal stich stabilization and/or shingle construction. )
bobby c,Ryan has good advice there; you would have to install baffels. Even if you like the shell material, it may have so many stitch holes after you remove the quilting stitches that it will shed down badly. However, you might consider removing the old polyester insulation and installing something good like Climashield from Thruhiker or 3D from Outdoor Wilderness Fabrics. Either one can be edge stabilized (along the seams joining the 2 shell halves) and spot quilted by hand every foot or so. See any of the many posts on making synthetic quilts for details. Both Climashield and 3D perform nearly as well as down, although no synthetic is as comfortable as down when the temperature gets up a little.
ahhh yes, i assumed those were baffles and they're just a bit of stitching in the synthetic. well, quilt it is then. i don't think i can satisfy my need for a good bag unless i try to make one myself. i've talked myself into and out of every bag in the degree range and price i want and it's either buy one to just get by, or wait and buy the one i want, or make the one i want. i have access to an excellent seamstress, and all she charges is beer, so that quilt is looking better and better.
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I've had a little shop on Society6 for a while now and have to say that I am a big fan of both their service and all the other amazing artists who have shops with them. Just the other day Society6 announced that they were making throw pillows available. So exciting! I immediately reworked my William and Margaux illustrations to make them pillow-ready. You can find them in my shop here.
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When I started The Full Plate Blog, my goal was to combine my personal chef/make-ahead meal expertise with the daily demands of being a busy mom. I loved the feedback from all of you, sharing your mealtime success stories after you gave my recipes a whirl. More and more busy parents feeding their families well-- even on the busiest of days.
It's hard to believe that when I started this blog, five years ago, my youngest was napping 2x/day. The blog was a creative outlet, and gave me a sense of purpose beyond what I viewed as my first priority: being a balanced and happy mom. And over the years, this blog has really taken off, winning multiple awards and garnering a bigger and bigger audience.
But the rhythm of my days has changed so much in five years.
And so, I have made the difficult decision to take a break from blogging.
Temporary or forever? I'm not sure. If I really miss it, I can always come back… or I'll find a way of sharing my recipes in a way that encourages a more healthy lifestyle for myself.
I want to thank all of you for supporting The Full Plate Blog. It's been an awesome run. Your tales of how it changed mealtimes for the better made me smile. And while I was always surprised to be stopped in the supermarket aisles, I loved helping you figure out how to encourage a picky eater, successfully reheat some masterpiece straight from the freezer, or quickly gather the ingredients for a dinner you could whip up when you got home from chauffeuring kids to and fro.
I intend to leave all of the recipes-to-date up so you can continue to access your favorites, either by typing an ingredient into the search bar, or scrolling down the right hand column to access the various categories. And, the instant download to help you master make-ahead meals will still be available for purchase {at the sale price} through the summer months, so fret not about what the heck's for dinner.
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When I started working on GNU C++ in 1987, I could almost feel the course of history changing with every line of code I wrote. When I started Cygnus Support in 1989, I was convinced that it was only a matter of time before companies began to realize that proprietary software restrictions did nothing to help their competitive advantage and everything to harm it. And though early funding for my work came from government agencies (US DARPA in 1987 and French INRIA in 1988), I never quite expected to be visiting and promoting open source in Malaysia [short version] [longer version]. Yet such is the reach of open source software! Now the Government of Malaysia proudly reports an astonishing 97% adoption rate for open source software in this new report:
I'm running a BOF at OSCON on Wednesday night July 21st at 7PM, with the declared purpose of adopting an Open Source Definition for Open Data. Safe enough to say that the OSD has been quite successful in laying out a set of criteria for what is, and what is not, Open Source. We should adopt a definition Open Data, even if it means merely endorsing an existing one.
Will you join me there?
On April 20th, 2010, a methane gas explosion ripped apart the operational oil rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico. This accident has become a catastrophe - the largest oil spill in US history. It has damaged the entire ecosystem of life in the Gulf. The ocean waters and shorelines of Gulf states all the way to Florida and the Mississippi river delta continue to be ravaged by the gushing oil. The spill is affecting millions of people, marine life and wildlife.
Those of us who follow the growth of open source in the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China) know that both Brazil and India are leveraging open source at a rapid pace towards economic development.
When I said recently that we still need the Open Source Initiative (OSI), it started a flood of comment. There's no doubt that we need OSI - but we need a better OSI. The one we have now is just too small to be effective and too mired in past successes; a renaissance is needed. You can help.
Earlier this month, the OSI board held elections for the organization's committees. Board members interested in working on OSI initiatives such as membership, education, policy and economic development, outreach submitted their candidacy to the board. Based on the slate of candidates, the board voted the following chairpersons to lead each OSI initiative for the next year.
Open Source Software has come a long way in the last decade. It has gone from being bleeding edge to becoming mainstream. Every aspect of computing, from the operating system to web applications, has examples of open source software.
As the open source ecosystem grows, the need for talented developers, collaborators and open source experts has burgeoned. Increasingly, Universities want to incorporate the teaching of open source technologies, techniques and business models into their curricula to meet this growth.
It was more than a month ago that I started my pilgrimage to Texas to prepare for and participate in a court case in East Texas, but it still seems like only yesterday. As Groklaw aptly reports, opposing counsel pressed not only the question of whether Red Hat and Novell infringed three patents originally issued to Xerox corporation (which later fell into the hands of a non-practicing entity), but argued before the jury that there was a fundamental conflict between property rights and open source software--a conflict they wanted the jury to resolve in their favor.
While I have been processing the events of the trial, playing and replaying lines of questioning over and over in my mind, I've barely been able to keep up with the extraordinary changes to both the competitive landscape and the competitive rules of the technology industry. Having escaped from one rabbit-hole, I appear to have fallen down another directly.
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During my first visit to the Kinect Accelerator program here in Seattle I only had time for a brief demo from Manctl and frankly was too distracted by Ubi-Interactive. Last week, I got time for more in depth look at Skanect from the French duo of Nicolas Burrus and Nicolas Tisserand.
Skanect is described as a "low-cost 3D scanner based that used Kinect for Windows". Okay, nothing remarkable about that given the projects we have seen to date, including KinectFusion from the Microsoft Research team in Cambridge.
And then the guys fired up their demo. WOW!
As the Kinect sensor is moved around, much like Kinect Fusion it captures new views of an object or a room and automatically computes a metric 3D model in real-time. The output is remarkable and I sat watching it with Nate Lanxon my reaction was the same as his
Nate wrote up his thoughts on wired.co.uk last weekend.
My mind leapt to a recent post about 3-D printers. Could Skanect's output be sent to such a printer? Of course responded – and the output can also be imported into popular 3D software applications such as Meshlab or Blender.
The stated mission of the Nicolas's is "to enable the masses to capture the world in 3D". I'd say they're well on their way and look forward to seeing how they fare at the upcoming demo day for the Kinect Accelerator.


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Tutors should help students to reflect on their skills and experience, both within and outside of the curriculum, in an academic context and where appropriate, use this reflection to assist the student to formulate action plans. Tutors should be the main contact within the academic discipline, helping students to maximise their academic opportunities. Tutors should also direct students to other sources of academic guidance within or beyond the School.
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Tutors should actively listen to students, providing encouragement and support as appropriate. Tutors should also offer guidance and advice on the availability of appropriate support concerning study, financial and other matters offered by the University where these are affecting the student's ability to complete their studies successfully. To do this effectively, it is essential that Tutors are aware of and liaise with their Senior Tutor, other parts of the University, and the Students' Union.
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Rodgers' 112 passer rating out of the shotgun is No. 1 in the NFL
Green Bay - Here are a few statistics that were provided to me today on the shotgun formation that Aaron Rodgers likes to run so much (courtesy of STATS LLC):
• Rodgers had 434 attempts out of the shotgun this season, which was the sixth most in the league.
• He completed 295 of those passes, tied for No. 4 in the league for most shotgun completions.
• He completed 68.0 percent of his passes out of the shotgun, No. 3 in the league behind Peyton Manning (70.5) and Matt Ryan (69.9).
• He averaged 8.18 yards per attempt out of the shotgun, which was No. 2 in the league to Colin Kaepernick (8.57). (Rodgers had 434 attempts to Kaepernick's 101).
• Rodgers had a 112.0 passer rating out of the shotgun, No. 1 in the league.
• Rodgers was 295 for 434, 3,551 yards, 30 TDs and four INTs passing out of the shotgun this year.
Also, it was kind of funny when Rodgers mentioned "being a shorter quarterback…" he liked the gun because he could see the field better. For someone who is sensitive about his height, he brought it up on his own.
"Yeah. I'm not the prototypical size," he said with no hint of sarcasm. He's 6-2.
Otherwise, it's clear Rodgers is comfortable in using the shotgun so much.
"I think the league in general is going to it more. I really feel like it's a bottom up, top down sport," said Rodgers. "Stuff that happens in high school gets to the pros and the pros gets back down to high school. The spread offense, really, the last 10 years has gone from more of a high school up and through the college ranks in the NFL. And more quarterbacks are using the shotgun. Some are doing the pistol and doing more run formations out of it.
"Crazy enough – I think we're a little more conventional in the shotgun than most teams. We're not doing the read option stuff, we're just doing some runs and pass mixes."
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Residents of the English town of Northampton have been disturbed by the recent appearance of an sinister anonymous clown. Alan Moore is probably not responsible.
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IT'S just a piece of wood with four wheels and probably, the overrated counterpart of cool, but to John Rex "Dandoy" Tongco, a longboard "saved his life."
A longboard is obviously the extended variant of the mainstream skateboard. Contrary to myth, longboarding is not a residue of skateboarding.
The sport's extremity requires the rider to wear a helmet, hand gloves, knee and elbow pads and the proper pair of kicks. Safety first.
Dandoy only skimmed the waves in his teens, in Lapu-Lapu where he's from, or wherever his board took him and his buddies. To explode as a phenomenal someone was not even (in his) thought. The interest evolved into skateboarding, until Dandoy saw the potential of the next version, which only drew a handful of takers in its early days.
A customized skateboard with reshaped deck and wheels from roller blades was the best longboard Dandoy could assemble back then. Nailing stunts in barefoot was already possible. A progressive circle called Grupo Nopo surfaced and became influential to the transition of the young gun.
Dandoy fell in love with the risk. There was no stopping the raw talent from realizing something he couldn't imagine himself not doing. But along the trail, his education was compromised, not because of longboarding but because of domestic constraints. He's the second of four siblings; the son of a tricycle driver who kept his head above water for the family.
The circumstance eventually paved the way to a web of opportunities. The radical kid got out there, swerved, grinded and popped into the scene as the "Double D."
Looking up to icons Adam Colton and Adam Stokowski, Dandoy, who got discovered for his freestyle maneuvers, is his own rendition of the game with his goofy yet sometimes regular foot stance. In a trip to Siquijor, he pulled the eponymous Siquijor Trick, a varial flip trick in skateboarding seemingly impossible to land in a longboard.
Dandoy attracted a network of sponsors including Loaded, Orangatang, DC Philippines, Driftwood Local Ent. and My Life On Board.
A lineup of exposures rolled in and cemented the career of the teenage champion of the 2010 Singapore Push Don't Pollute Tournament (his first international stint), the 2011 Rimba Alam Downhill Jam in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and the 2012 Thailand Slide Jam and Slalom Competition. Dandoy ended second at the 2013 Rimba staging, the same year he was awarded by the local government of Lapu-Lapu during the city's 52nd Charter Day celebration.
His break came when his fluidity impressed the Canadian professional skateboarder Patrick Switzer of Greener Pastures Offshore, a global online longboarding web-series aiming to catapult to the field "sick" riders who are confined within limitations and perhaps insecurity.
Together with fellow recruits worldwide, Dandoy was sensational in the five-part documentary filmed in Tenerife Island, Spain last year.
"The Philippines has been sending representatives to the international arena, however, longboarding and skateboarding are still 'unregistered' in our country. It's a privilege to break the irony," Dandoy related.
He's excited for new horizons yet he sticks to his roots. He's still fond of local spots, Cañang Marcelo Luna in Oslob, Cebu, being a favorite. He's also a constant participant at the annual Visayan Longboarding Trilogy every summer.
Dandoy still longs for education. He is now waiting for the result of a recently completed ladder program. In the ups and downs of the cruise, so to say, he continues to support his family and how natural that sympathy for the needy is! Dandoy is currently involved with relief efforts in the longboarding community for Haiyan survivors.
A random boy surfing the waves under the scorching Wednesday afternoon sun probably looked insane to the average audience. The curious were probably bothered in their heads.
"I gave up academics before because I had to. As a dropout, I could have blended with bad influences, vices for one. Luckily, I was introduced to longboarding, to 'fun with direction' as how it was injected to me by a good mentor Juan Duazo. I got stoked. I chose life," was the rationale of the 20-year old podium-finisher.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on January 20, 2014.
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