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McDonald Peak Climber's Log
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|From the east
Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2017
|The snow probably helped overall, covering the bogs, providing a snow bridge for the stream crossing, and making the SE face a straightforward snow climb. No bears or bear sign, amazingly. Trip report.
|Posted Jun 25, 2017 7:41 pm
|A grand summit
Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2015
|Summited approx. 12:30 pm MST via cliff lake route. From everything I've read the approach from the swan valley is far more forgiving as the trail is very developed up to heart lake. Beyond that late season the vegetation was fairly thinned out so the bushwack up to post creek saddle was not wretched, and we did find adequate climbers trails up and over the divide down to cliff lake. Camped at cliff and pushed for the summit the next day. Line of sight up around the east edge of McDonald will eventually take you up to ice floe lake. Stay high in the basin navigating class 3 cliff bands along the north edge of the lake up to the Ashley divide. Before reaching the divide we veered north directly to the now visible summit up talus slope to gain the summit ridge. The way down was simply a matter of retracing our steps. Snow was not an issue this late in the season (it was a long summer) but bring ice axe and crampons because that summer was unusually forgiving. Saw the goat that owned the mountain up there... an outstanding summit in an outstanding place.
|Posted Oct 5, 2016 12:04 am
|McDonald Peak
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2016
|Incredible area!!! I drove up the narrow road on the 4th of July and met up with Greg Jagielski at the Ashley Lakes TH where we camped. We got a somewhat early start and did the brushy/ bear grass traverse to Duncan Lake. That part kind of sucked, but from there it was a spectacular hike. The final 1000'+ we needed crampons and ice axe. Really awesome views in all directions, quite an awesome area. From just off the summit we were able to glissade down that steep 1000'+ which was a blast. Out and back in about 8.5 hours. Second Montana Ultra.
|Posted Sep 13, 2016 12:04 am
|Truly Epic
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2016
|17 hours of grueling unpleasant territory. It was more than just a hike. I lost and broke approximately 100-150 dollars worth of hiking gear. It rained just enough to soak the bush on the way down. I was soaked from head to toe for the last 2000 ft heading down. We hiked the last three miles in the dark. Was it worth it? Yes. It was unforgettable.
|Posted Jul 4, 2016 1:57 pm
|Most Annoying Traverse Ever
Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2015
|11 hours round-trip (which includes an hour on the summit) with Martin Shetter and Dave Creeden. The brush traverse and burned fallen logs near the start make this the most unpleasant route of 2015. We saw large grizzly tracks high on the mountain. While descending the steep snow slope below the summit I slipped on an icy patch and had to self-arrest.
|Posted Jun 21, 2015 6:12 pm
|McDonald via Duncan Lake
Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2013
|Great trip in from Mission Valley side below the Sheep's Head. Hit the summit on day one and returned to Duncan Lake for camp. We took an alternate route out trying to use Ashley Creek, but I wouldn't advise this route in July - brush and cliffs made day 2 a long one. AWESOME TRIP!
|Posted Jul 16, 2013 10:45 pm
|SW Face from the East
Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2012
|Awesome mountain! The bushwack from Heart Lake to Cliff Lake is NOT easy. Upper Post Creek drainage is absolutely one of the most beautiful places I've ever camped.
|Posted Jul 14, 2012 8:21 pm
|South face from Cliff Lake
Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2010
|Rare perfect window of weather right after the closure ended and it seemed that we were the only ones taking advantage of it! After approaching it for several years in a row without ever attempting to climb it, the suspense had built up. And we were not let down! What an awesome mountain! Hiked in from the east and camped at Cliff Lake. Mountain goats silhouetted on top of the south buttress from our vantage point at the bottom of the face. On the way back my dog was bluff charged by a bear on the east side of Post Creek saddle in the fog and rain that closed the door on the season.
|Posted Mar 5, 2011 2:34 pm
|Via Sheep's Head
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 1999
|Climbed up & over the Sheep's Head, across the glacier to the summit and back. On trail from about 0600 to 0100 the next day.
|Posted Jul 19, 2009 2:52 pm
|Timing is everything
|Lots of wet slab avalanches. Route choice and timing were critical.
Saw fresh sow and cub Griz tracks down in the forest.
|Posted Dec 28, 2007 6:54 pm
|Ashley Creek
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006
|Wow! This mountain has absolutely everything going for it—except trails! An unplanned two-day epic (13 & 16 hours respectively) with Bob Bolton and Duane Gilliland will, I sincerely hope, be the most memorable of its type I ever do. (If it's not, flowers can be sent to my funeral.)
McDonald Peak isn't "just another mountain"—get off on a poor route, and even with a GPS it becomes a monster. If someone injures a leg (which happened), if you're forced to bivy on an island in the snow just below timberline (also happened), if you've got nothing in the way of food to sustain through a grueling second day but munchies (a bit hard on the energy level), it's also a monster, and not a forgiving one, either.
Route-finding the second day was extremely difficult; Bob and Duane were amazing, talking each other through the possibilities. Those guys really know what it's all about!
Grizzly poop was encountered. Ripped-apart logs were encountered. No grizzlies were encountered.
Day two: 6 AM to arrival at vehicle at 10 PM, with one of the benefits of a northern-tier state being it was light all the way.
This is one outing won't leave my mind. I don't want it to.
|Posted Jul 7, 2006 6:02 am
|Bob Bolton
|Ashley Creek
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006
|saintgrizzly, Duane, and I drove my trusty 4Runner to the end of the "road" and camped, then started early, intending to round-trip this one in one day. To make a long story short, this isn't wise. We experienced route difficulties and other time-killers, and then if that wasn't enough I managed to strain or slightly tear a quad muscle on my left leg while still pretty high on the mountain, forcing us to bivouac about here. In the morning I tested my mobility and learned that I could walk with the knee straight or nearly so, and that I could descend by reaching down with the injured leg, keeping it straight on the landing. This of course slowed us considerably, not to mention more route-finding problems and brush bashing above the shores of the upper Ashley Lake. Suffice it to say that it was a 16-hour epic to get back to the car.
This is not an approach I would recommend, however I do know how I'd do it from that starting point if I were to repeat. Of course I won't do so because of my twin mottos - "So many mountains, so little time", and "Life is too short for repeats".
No grizzlies were encountered.
|Posted Jul 6, 2006 3:41 pm
|Fred Spicker
|West Face & Ridge from McDonald Lake
|Climbed August 1963
My first larger mountain, climbed with Larry Corrigan, Bob Lambeth, Don Munn Jr. and Don Munn Sr.
Our route was dictated more by transportation than by choice. I would not recommend this route, but it is doable. We took two and a half days.
We bushwhacked from Post Creek up the north-south trending drainage passing through Sections 18 and 19 and originating at the small glacier on the west side of the peak. Then we ascended the glacier, west face, and west ridge to the summit
We encountered a black bear and a sow grizzly with two cubs on the west face just below the summit.
|Posted Oct 15, 2005 12:48 pm


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RIGHT: Rhythm ID Going Head-to-Head Trial
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First received: September 6, 2005
Last updated: January 10, 2012
Last verified: January 2012
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RIGHT is a randomized, prospective, two-arm study that will assess the differential efficacy of VITALITY 2 implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) using Rhythm ID™ versus selected Medtronic ICDs.
|Device: VITALITY 2 Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Device: Medtronic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
|Phase 4
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Rhythm ID Going Head-to-head Trial
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Number of Patients With Inappropriate Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)/Ventricular Fibrillation (VF) Therapy (Shock or Antitachycardia Pacing [ATP]) After the Pre-Discharge Visit [ Time Frame: From date of pre-discharge until a minimum of 12 months follow-up until study closure ]An inappropriate therapy is defined as a VT/VF therapy, either shock or antitachycardia pacing (ATP), delivered for a supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). All events for which a VT/VF therapy was delivered and a stored electrogram exists were reviewed by an independent adjudication committee to determine the appropriateness of device rhythm classification and subsequent therapy delivery.
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- Time to First Inappropriate Shock Using VITALITY and Selected Medtronic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICDs) [ Time Frame: Time of event ]
- Positive Predictive Value (PPV) of Ventricular Tachycardia/Fibrillation (VT/VF) Discrimination Algorithms Found in VITALITY 2 and Medtronic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) [ Time Frame: Time of event ]
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Device: VITALITY 2 Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
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|Medical University of South Carolina
|Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425
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|Principal Investigator:
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|Medical University of South Carolina
|Principal Investigator:
|Ron Berger, MD, PhD
|Johns Hopkins University
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|September 6, 2005
|Results First Received:
|October 7, 2011
|Last Updated:
|January 10, 2012
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Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Heart Diseases
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In Edinburgh to launch their brand new books will be Ian McEwan, James Kelman, Will Self, Pankaj Mishra, Pat Barker, Gavin Esler and Louise Welsh while Zadie Smith, Howard Jacobson, Val McDermid and A N Wilson will offer exclusive previews of their forthcoming novels. Joining them in a packed programme will be over 800 authors appearing in 750 events and representing 44 different countries from Australia to Russia, Argentina to Nigeria. The prestigious James Tait Black Memorial Prize will be announced at the Book Festival, together with the Edwin Morgan Poetry Prize and the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the Year award. Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown will deliver the National Library of Scotland's Donald Dewar Lecture and John McCarthy will speak at the inaugural Frederick Hood Memorial Lecture.
In addition to world renowned writers, Edinburgh has always been the place to discover something new and, for the third year, Book Festival audiences will be encouraged to vote for their favourite debut novel. The First Book Award, this year supported by Anobii, a new social network for book lovers, features 45 debut novelists writing for adult and young adult readers including the actor John Gordon Sinclair, International Prize for Arabic Fiction winner Youssef Ziedan, comedian Russell Kane, Dutch author Herman Koch with the first English translation of his best-selling novel The Dinner, Edinburgh's own Jennie Erdal and the launch of one of the most eagerly anticipated books of the year, Liza Klaussmann's Tigers in Red Weather.
Broadcasters James Naughtie and Sue MacGregor have been invited to curate their own series of events in the programme as 2012 Guest Selectors. Naughtie will look at Britain Today with politicians Tom Watson, Paddy Ashdown, Alistair Darling, novelist Zadie Smith and poet Ruth Padel. Sue MacGregor will discuss A Survival Kit for the Information Age with Maajid Nawaz, Prue Leith, Charles Ferguson, Tessa Hadley, Sarah Hall and A L Kennedy. MacGregor commented "I'm delighted by a new bookish challenge – exploring how we deal with the Information Age, when ideas good and bad, current events and of course whole books can be flashed across the universe in a nano-second." The Guest Selector for the RBS Children's Programme is Vivian French who will explore The Power of Words Through Play while Chris Riddell will be the 2012 Illustrator in Residence.


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This is a discussion on Who Is From Texas & What Do You Carry? within the Member Meeting Place forums, part of the The Back Porch category; I felt that this would be a fun post to see the responses to! Who all here are fellow Texans (past and present!)? Where are ...
I felt that this would be a fun post to see the responses to!
Who all here are fellow Texans (past and present!)? Where are you/were you near and what do you carry?
I am about a hour north of Houston and carry a Glock23 IWB.
"No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
-Thomas Jefferson-
Willis, TX
Glock 23 ,IWB & OWB
Arlington, Texas
Kel Tex PF9
High Noon pocket holster
Smart Carry deep concealment
Garland, and carry
Walther P99 9m
or Sig P239 40SW
McKinney, Sigma VE .40 in a SUperTuck or DeepConcealment shoulder rig from time to time.
"Don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep." - Theodore Roosevelt
Whoa Paco! I grew up just south of where you are -- around Collin County!
"No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
-Thomas Jefferson-
Liberty, Texas
Ruger SP 101 3" .357 mag
Soon to carry S&W 1911 .45acp
Rowlett, Texas
Kimber 45
Psalms 144:1
Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.
Senior Instructor for Tactical and Defensive of Texas
Retired LEO
NRA member
TCHA member
Fort Worth, TX
Springfield 1911 fullsize .45 Auto
Frisco and in 8 months when my plastic comes in LOL a G19 with my newly ordered crossbreed supertuck. Also been shopping for a Kel Tec PF9 for pocket carry
Sugar Land, TX
Kahr CW9
Kimber Ultra Carry
"Texas can make it without the United States, but the United States can't make it without Texas!".... Sam Houston
Retired LEO
Firearms Instructor
NRA Life Member
Kel-Tec P11 IWB
"No Free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -Thomas Jefferson
Houston around Beltway 8 and I-10. Carry either:
Kimber Tactical Ultra II (45 ACP)
Kahr MK9 (9mm)
S&W 3913 (9mm)
The last two are somewhat rare carry's unless I'm just stuffing the Kahr into my jeans pocket. FWIW, I only use Tucker leather. He is in Houston and makes some fine holsters and belts. So good that he tends to have a 6-8 month backlog on belts but I've been lucky enough to find holsters in stock at Collectors Firearms.
SE Texas Patriot Guard Rider, NRA Patron, TSRA Life Member
DFW area
S&W model 60, in pocket
Colt Commander .45, K&D holster


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Dog, dog, cute and loyal
A pet for anyone even the royal! Cherished by young and old, But will you do what you're told?
Living in human's houses, You eat food as much as ounces
Barking all day and night, Giving children massive fright
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Dog, dog, how much we do for you
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A couple years ago, I contacted via the tex a guy in Minneapolis, MN regarding a Fiat 600 he was converting to a bicycle drivetrain. I lost his info in the past few years and would like to get back in touch with him. Does anyone know who this is? (I tried Eurowerks earlier with no luck)
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Better OPC interoperability: Help for system integrators
OPC Foundation is helping system integrators and distributors gain marketshare and provide quality services in deploying different vendors' products. End users seem likely to benefit greater interoperability.
Scottsdale, AZ – The OPC Foundation integration of analyzer devices into OPC Unified Architecture Platform
The Foundation's original focus was vendors who were developers of shrink-wrap products and the provision of specifications, technology, and certification for multivendor interoperability.
From a user perspective, the trend is to leverage system integrators and distributors of custom systems via products from multiple OPC vendors. Custom software will improve user systems through custom OPC components that complete integration projects. OPC needed to provide a mechanism and membership class to help integrators and distributors design, develop, and certify custom software. User expectations are that integrators will increase proficiency through OPC technology.
"Initially, the system integrator makes the end-user happy by putting together a system that consists of certified OPC products from multiple vendors," says Thomas Burke, OPC president and executive director. "However, problems sometimes arise as small pieces of custom software are developed to extend the functionality, which then compromise the integrity of the system. Frequently, that simple little OPC component was not developed exactly to specifications, so making things work together is difficult…We are calling on the myriad of OPC system integrators out there who routinely use OPC to solve problems in the field to sign up and help raise the overall quality and reliability of OPC products."
The Foundation is creating a new SI&D membership category with a fixed fee of $1,500. "For this the SI&D member gets access to OPC specifications and reference implementations (sample code) on which to base his products," explains Burke. "Our free Compliance Test Tools are also available to him so he can self-certify his own custom OPC components. A special listing of SI&D members will be kept and end users will be actively encouraged to use these members for their projects."
The launch of OPC's Unified Architecture covers all levels of enterprise connectivity, often outside the direct automation arena. Burke urges users to join now. New specialist SI&D training events are planned, together with a series of Webinars;.a new certification scheme will award successful trainees the Certified OPC Provider' status.
Burke adds, "We are now establishing a network of new test lab services to ensure top product quality and reliability, particularly for Unified Architecture components, and our goal is to ensure that all developers, including the new SI&D membership, take full advantage of the services we offer."
Also, from Control Engineering , see Better interoperability: OPC Foundation certification test lab .
In February, OPC Foundation announced support for
OPC Foundationhas launched a program aimed to help increase market share for system integrators and distributors and to help members
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Measuring community engagement with sustainability: 'Living for our Future'
Donlen, Julian, Condon, Linda, & Tourney, Anne (2005) Measuring community engagement with sustainability: 'Living for our Future'. In Social Change in the 21st Century Conference, 28 October 2005, QUT Carseldine, Brisbane.
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Research in social marketing shows that information alone will not lead to behavioural change in individuals, particularly in relation to sustainable practices which are broad ranging and require new ways of thinking and acting. Change is more likely to occur through social contact with individuals who have made the change and demonstrate positive outcomes. This project sought to engage and inspire long-term behavioural change with members of the Boroondara community to: • reduce use of natural resources • reduce production of waste • decrease use of car transport • increase use of products made from recycled or non toxic materials, and • improve community engagement. The program recruited participants through established community groups into two workshops: a control group and an action-learning group. The methodology of engagement was based on social marketing techniques and focussed on providing information that participants could choose to act upon. Decisions to act and behaviour changes were measured using surveys, ecological footprint measurement and workshop activities. The research findings have been analysed to gain a deeper understanding of the most effective engagement processes to use with communities to promote action for environmental sustainability. The key outcomes of the research findings include: analyses of differences between the two groups; participation rate; behaviour change towards sustainability; feedback on the barriers to action tested; uptake of incentives and environmental initiatives; social impacts and program evaluation. Results of the research will be used to develop on-going engagement on environmental sustainability with communities throughout Victoria.
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At admission, members of the patient care team provide comprehensive assessments of patient needs.
They then work together to create an individualized treatment plan and provide ongoing care designed to help the patient regain his health and work toward his rehabilitation goals.
The patient care team holds weekly team conferences to discuss and re-evaluate the patient's progress and goals. In addition, the services of an audiologist, vocational counselor, home medical equipment vendors, driver education instructor, and wheelchair/orthotic-prosthetic technicians are provided on the unit through referrals to outside agencies.
We encourage family participation and are dedicated to educating and supporting family members whose lives are impacted by their loved one's medical needs. The patient care team holds regular family conferences to involve them in the rehabilitation process and to prepare them for meeting the patient's discharge needs.
Ongoing patient and family support is available through the Stroke Club's monthly meetings which provides education and resource information in a social forum.
The case manager is the link between the family and the members of the patient's care team. The case manager keeps family informed about patient progress and helps them make discharge plans and preparations. In addition, the case manager serves as the point of contact for insurance issues, working closely with the family and the insurer to identify and address any potential problems.
Upon discharge, patients participate in our follow-up recovery program, which promotes a continuation of progress toward independence. The Outpatient Follow-up Program at University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Institute may include the following:
A part of the University of Maryland Medical System since 1985, University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute has full access to the vast resources of a major academic medical center, benefiting through an exchange of clinical expertise and research opportunities. All physicians on the Stroke Unit are faculty members of the Department of Neurology at the University, ensuring continuity of medical care.


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Election Day 2010: Town Clerks Working A Long Day
11/02/10 7:50AM By Mitch Wertlieb
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After months of debates, rallies, political ads and phone calls, Election Day is finally here. In Vermont, voters head to schools, fire stations and town clerks offices to make their picks for governor, lieutenant governor, and other down ballot races from state senators to high bailiff and every thing in between.
Each community sets their opening time for polling stations, but all have to be opened by ten. Huntington was one of the first towns to open, and VPR's Mitch Wertlieb spoke with town clerk Heidi Racht to see how it's going so far.
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I am the middle child in a family of three girls, so it is no shock that I am drawn to sister stories – sisters who love each other, sisters who hate each other, sisters who hurt each other, sisters who give up everything to protect each other – as long as there are sisters, you can bet I will give the novel a try. Enter stage left, Mary Hogan's novel, 'Two Sisters'.
The two sisters of this story's title are older sister, Pia, and younger sister, Muriel. Muriel and Pia have a bitter and rivalry-fueled relationship, largely due to their mother, Lidia – a spoiled, selfish, cruel, priest-seducing, less-than-stellar mom. The gist of the plot circles around over-weight and imperfect Muriel who was cruelly treated by both her mother and sister all through her formative years. Muriel was made to keep the family secrets, namely that perfect daughter Pia was in fact the result of a secret sexual affair between Lidia and her priest, while Muriel was the daughter that Lidia never really wanted.
I wanted to feel bad for Muriel. I wanted to feel outraged for her. That never really happened. And while I strongly disliked her mother Lidia, I really liked Muriel's sister, Pia. I cared most about Pia and her struggle, her story. Even though Muriel is meant to be the heroine and main focus of this sister tale, I was most satisfied when I was reading about ill-fated Pia and generally uninterested when reading about Muriel and evil Mom, Lidia. Pia's character was well-developed and intriguing, she was a combination of selfishness/perfection and selflessness/helplessness. Although she was cruel to Muriel, she was still incredibly likable and more down-to-earth that any other character that author, Mary Hogan, created.
As the novel came to a close, I really didn't care what happened to Muriel, or Lidia, or the mother/daughter relationship. I was done with the story, several chapters before the ending, at the conclusion of the sisters' reconciliation and ability to finally forgive and accept each other. I placed down this book feeling as though I might have read this story wrong. Can you read a story wrong? Literature professors might say yes. Or is the ability to internalize a story how you chose and explore traits of humanity through fictionalized characters the real beauty of literature? Ultimately, Mary Hogan's story made me think, and that is all I really want out of a book anyway – so I say, give this story a read and let me know what you think.
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RATING: 4 {out of 5} stars | ★★★★☆
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Designed by Steph Dekker, the Liverpool based designer behind Tula Moon, this illustrated print of the iconic Liverpool Waterfront is perfect for anyone who has visited or loves the city of Liverpool. Illustrated using a patchwork style, the print takes inspiration from 50's, 60's and 70's style to create a unique and vibrant look.
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Low Maintanance Meadow/Prairie Yard
I want to establish a low maintanance yard with lowest cost. Read books and it seems to me a meadow/prairie yard is the way to go. One reason is, it does not need mulch at beginning as ground cover does, another is, it just need mowing once a year.
I have a big front yard and I want to have the front section to be meadow, with middle some plants/bushes and lawn in the back. I am thinking of putting white clover as the meadow, it will look green and will have nice little flowers. The house is in the area that is very hot and dry in the summer (above 90 degrees). The clover is said to be drought tolerant, but I also heard that it needs water. Does anybody know with this climate condition, how much water is needed for the clover once it's established? How long time to establish it and how much water is needed during this time period?
I read quite some threads here trying to get rid of clover, but after I read this article, I really like clover. But if it is really that good, why I never see anybody has a clover yard?
Any other plants would you recommend for my goal?
I even mix in white cover seed in my bags of contractor mix,...
Red clover is also good for the dirt, but tends to grow taller than the white...
'course, I also consider anything I can push the lawnmower over, 'n it's green in June, as a Lawn....
How much water is required to maintain the clover lawn? Compare to grass?
Your neighbors, homeowners association, etc. going to let you build a front yard environment that is likely to go to seed? If you plant clover, all your neighbors are likely to have clover whether they like it or not. Nothing against clover in the right place. Part of my extended family are beekeepers and they plant clover amidst apple trees to yield really yummy honey.
How big a yard are we talking? Where exactly in the Bay Area? You mentioned temps above 90 so I am guessing you are toward Concord or up North of Sausalito? As you know, the climate changes rapidly as you get inland from the Coast.
Anyhow, check with your county and UofCalifornia extension folks for recommendations on native plants to incorporate into the landscape. In case you do not know, xeriscaping is the term for what you want to do and there are great ideas online and especially in the library under that topic. It is a great concept and I wish more people were into it. Basically it is about using native plants but in a tastefully landscape designed fashion.
Think also about incorporating drip irrigation in whatever you choose. Water is going to become a big deal in your part of the World (and really could tear your State in half politically) really soon. With drip you can keep your landscape going, water in gallons per hour instead of gallons per minute and put water only where you want it. It is much healthier for plants and better for soil management too. I started using it ages ago when still out your way and practicing landscape design during a major drought. I never stopped even when water was plentiful again.
If your yard is huge, you might look into hydroseeding. It is typically thought of in context of a great way to plant turfgrasses but you can use it with any bulk seed and California does for groundcovers on highway embankments and so forth. Hydroseeding involves mixing fertilizer, seed and a material that forms a mulch/crust in a slurry and spraying it on prepared soil. Seeds establish fast and there is no need to top dress or mulch manually. It sticks to slopes.
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Favorite spot in Rochester: Pittsford Farms Dairy followed by a stroll along the canal. Personal Interests: I love sports, being outdoors, reading, and going to the movies. PM&R/research interests: Fibromyalgia research. Maria Vanushkina, M.D. (PGY2) Nickname: Black cloud Care to explain its origins: I hail from Seattle; clearly it's a reference to the city's notoriously rainy weather. How do you like your coffee? In large quantities through an IV if at all possible; I'm attempting to transition to tea. Previous Lives: Starbucks supervisor; chiropractic assistant; analytical and formulations scientist for a biotech company. Guilty Pleasures: Binge watching entire seasons of TV shows with my cat. Favorite spot in Rochester: Fuego Coffee Roasters, Dog Town, Village Bakery, Abyssinia, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, and AJ's Beer Warehouse. 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Personal Interests: iphone application development, sculpting, music, digital painting PM&R/research interests: Bioengineering and robotic devices to aide with rehab, EMG, pain, spine, & MSK. Adam Michalik, D.O. (PGY1) Nickname: N/A Care to explain its origins: N/A How do you like your coffee? Black Previous Lives: N/A Guilty Pleasures: Cheesecake Favorite spot in Rochester: Yet to be found Personal Interests: Hunting, Fishing, Soccer, Outdoor-related activities PM&R/Research Interests: Sports and Spine James Snyder, M.D. (PGY1) Nickname: Jim or Jimmy Care to explain its origins: Because I'm not nearly fancy enough for 'James' How do you like your coffee? Irish Previous Lives: Quality control manager for a steel wire manufacturing plant, valve and process control equipment and application engineering sales rep, oil and gas process design engineer. Guilty Pleasures: Children's movies, wings at least weekly, singing in the shower. 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Last September, Brazilian referee Silvia Regina de Oliveira was suspended for allowing Santacruzense's game-tying goal to stand even though the ball was stroked home by the ball boy. (video)
Earlier this month, another Brazilian ball boy committed a more egregious but less effective transgression when he smacked
Botafogo-Riberao Preto goalkeeper Marcao with an iron bar. (video)
Ball ball Carlos Marcio dos Reis, who was
taken away by security and subsequently suspended for 30 days, left the ball sitting by an advertising board, then whacked Marcao as he went to retrieve it.
Marcao was not injured and
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Give 'Em What They Want
It's not basketball season yet, but XXL has a major case of fourth-quarter fever. If the 2006 rap game was a hoop game, it would be characterized by one thing—bricks. Of the major hip-hop releases this year—from stalwarts like Mobb Deep, Busta Rhymes, T.I., Ice Cube, Cam'ron, LL Cool J, Ghostface Killah and B.G.—exactly one, T.I.'s King, had achieved platinum sales as XXL went to press. Maybe Nas is right, and Hip-Hop Is Dead. If only Nasir could release that highly anticipated aforementioned long-player. Which brings us to the fourth quarter…
There's hope yet for hip-hop in '06. The rap rumor mill is buzzing with gossip that the last three months of the year will be particularly star-studded. Of course, we never shy away from rumors. So here's our take on what's in store for hip-hop as '06 comes to a close.
Jay-Z: The Prez is coming out of retirement sometime, and like another G.O.A.T. born in Brooklyn, Hov's known for his fourth-quarter play. But is he comeback Jordan from '95 or '01?
Lil Scrappy: Lil Jon's protégé's stepped it up since he burst on the scene two years ago. Now, backed by both the King of Crunk and 50 Cent, Scrap should be good to go.
Clipse: The Kings of Coke Rap have been repeatedly blown off by their label, and lately they've been beefing with their longtime benefactor, Pharrell. Maybe drugs are bad after all.
The Game: He's been talking about The Doctor's Advocate almost as long as the Dr.'s been talking about Detox. Okay, not quite. But if Game drops an album without Dre's advocacy—or beats—will anybody care?
Nas: With his label president mulling moves of his own, it might be best for Nasir to think about '07. But Def Jam seems determined to put God's Son out. Maybe it's part of Jay's diabolical plan…
Ludacris: He claims "War With God" is about himself, which makes us think Luda's a bit loony. But 'Cris is a clutch fourth-quarter performer, so expect him to come through.
Baby/Lil Wayne: They put out "Stuntin' Like My Daddy" and no one really cared. Maybe they should hold this Daddy stuff 'til next Father's Day, and drop Wayne's solo at the end of '06. But the labels never get it right.
Young Jeezy: Da Snowman's making noise with "I Do This." But with Hova's plans undetermined and Nas on the schedule, the stars of '01 might steal the Thug Motivator's thunder.
Lil Jon: The ATL's been all snow and snap since the King of Crunk last released an LP of his own. But we'd bet our pimp cup Jon will still have something for the masses.
Snoop Dogg: The Doggfather's promising the Blue Carpet Treatment for late '06, and he's usually true to his word. Except for that thing about quitting weed.
Read the rest of the 360 section in XXL's October 2006 issue (#85).


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Report: Rove slush funds have aired 27,683 ads since August 1
Two weeks ago, I flagged [1] a report by our partner organization Political Correction documenting how the GOP slush funds promoted by Fox News political analyst Karl Rove had aired 17,360 ads between August 1 and October 11. Rove's little elves have been busy since then -- American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS have funded more than 10,000 additional ads between October 11 and October 24, according to a new Political Correction report [2].
Notably, 15,210 ads since August 1 have been aired by Crossroads GPS, a 501(c)(4) organization that does not disclose its donors.
As Politico's Ken Vogel reports [3] this morning, Crossroads GPS was "spun off" of the original 527 organization because potential donors were "leery of having their names disclosed." Meanwhile, Rove and the right-wing media continue to use misleading spin [4] and false equivalences [5] to defend those anonymous donations.


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Character sprites are one thing, but as far as backgrounds go Infinity engine games simply mop the floor with everything that was out at the time. Maybe only Commandos games came close. Take your tilebased Diablo and stick it where the sun doesn't shine, because it looks fugly compared to IE.


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A s a direct result of the nation's worst natural disaster, a new client, Mrs. Breaux (not her real name), was sitting across the conference table in early January, barely three months after Hurricane Katrina changed the face of New Orleans forever. Mrs. Breaux's home, located in the Mid-City section of New Orleans, suffered severe damage and was uninhabitable. Nonetheless, she was one of the lucky ones. Unlike many of her neighbors, she had insurance and her adjuster promised a check within days.
The problem: the check would be made payable to her mother, who died 35 years ago. Because the client's mother's estate had never been opened, the mother still was both the record owner of the property and the insured under the flood and homeowner's insurance policies. Now, like thousands of other Katrina victims, Mrs. Breaux required legal help to negotiate the insurance check and clear title so her family home could be either sold or refinanced to pay for needed repairs.
It is impossible to determine how many estates in Louisiana will need to be opened and how many titles will need to be cleared, but one effect of Hurricane Katrina has been to highlight the local custom of not opening estates (called "successions") unless needed to clear title for a sale. Now, following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, clearing title is necessary to negotiate insurance settlement checks made payable to "owners" who have been dead for years; to sell property that cannot be rebuilt or repaired, or simply to move to higher ground; to refinance homes needing repairs but with no or inadequate insurance coverage; and to take advantage of federally financed recovery programs designed to compensate "owners" for up to $150,000 in uninsured losses. To further complicate matters, ownership of the home often is divided among several co-owners in multiple generations, requiring the opening of several estates to clear title.
Unfortunately for thousands of low- and moderate-income homeowners, Louisiana does not provide an economical means of accomplishing this. Even though Louisiana law provides for an immediate transfer of ownership at death to the "universal successors" (heirs or remaindermen) and to particular legatees, La. Civ. Code Ann. art. 935 (West Supp. 2006), most title examiners will not approve title in the absence of a judicial proceeding and a judgment of possession formally recognizing the new owners. This is true even though the Louisiana Civil Code provides specifically that before the qualification of the executor or administrator, a successor may exercise rights of ownership both for the successor's interest in an asset of the estate as well as for the successor's interest in the estate as a whole. La. Civ. Code Ann. art. 938 (West Supp. 2006).
Louisiana does not permit real estate to be held in a joint tenancy with a right of survivorship
Several factors appear responsible for the large number of unopened and unsettled estates in Louisiana. First, unlike virtually all other U.S. jurisdictions, Louisiana does not permit real estate to be held in a joint tenancy with a right of survivorship or in a tenancy by the entirety, under which ownership of the family home would pass immediately to the surviving joint tenant or surviving spouse by operation of the law and outside of probate. In Louisiana, real estate (known as "immovable property" in the civil law) cannot be owned in a joint tenancy with survivorship rights, a form of ownership that seems to work exceedingly well in other jurisdictions for the vast majority of taxpayers who are not concerned about federal or state death taxes or overfunding the marital deduction.
Although joint tenancy with right of survivorship is simply not recognized in the civil law for land, Louisiana has made limited exceptions. Bank accounts payable on death to a survivor are authorized (a law initially enacted as a mechanism for securing another layer of insurance protection through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation). Similarly, U.S. savings bonds that are designated as payable on death to a named beneficiary are given effect as a result of case law. See Free v. Bland, 369 U.S. 663 (1962) (holding that federal regulations governing U.S. savings bonds prevail over state law to the contrary). No serious efforts have been undertaken to permit real estate to be owned in joint tenancy, perhaps out of a concern that the proposal would likely be opposed by civilian attorneys and lawmakers as yet another encroachment of the common law into Louisiana and another potential erosion of Louisiana's forced heirship law. Generally, Louisiana's heirship law requires that a portion of the estate go to children age 23 or younger or to children of any age who are permanently incapacitated when the parent dies. La. Civ. Code Ann. arts. 1493, 1495 (West Supp. 2006).
Increasing the number of titles to be cleared is the state's community property regime. Louisiana is one of nine community property jurisdictions in the United States. Except in those cases in which the family home was inherited by one of the spouses (and thus constitutes separate property), the existence of community property means that the number of potential owners of family homes has doubled because, in most cases, the home is acquired with community funds from the marriage during the existence of the community. Further increasing the number of potential owners (and estates to clear) is the effect of Louisiana's laws on the succession to property in intestacy. For community property, if an intestate decedent leaves children and a surviving spouse, it is the children who inherit the deceased spouse's one-half interest in the family home, subject to a legal usufruct (roughly equivalent to a life estate at common law) in favor of the surviving spouse that will terminate on death or remarriage. La. Civ. Code Ann. arts. 888, 890 (West Supp. 2006). With community property, the surviving spouse will be the intestate heir only when there are no children or more remote descendants. La. Civ. Code Ann. art. 889 (West Supp. 2006). If the home is separate property, the children inherit the home in intestacy to the exclusion of the surviving spouse. In fact, with separate property, a surviving spouse will not be an "heir" when there is no will, unless there are no children, no siblings (or descendants of deceased siblings), and no parents surviving the deceased spouse. La. Civ. Code Ann. arts. 891–894 (West Supp. 2006). The effect of Louisiana's intestacy laws is to further fragment ownership of the home, creating more co-owners and more estates to settle to clear title.
Another factor contributing to a general sense of lack of urgency in opening estates and clearing title is that the time period for probating wills following the death of the decedent is virtually unlimited. Under the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, a will may be admitted to probate within five years after the judicial opening of the succession of the decedent. La. Code Civ. Proc. Ann. art. 2893 (2006). Accordingly, if no estate has been opened in court, the time period during which a will may be filed for probate is unlimited. The Louisiana legislature has recognized the widespread practice of not opening estates and provided a significant incentive to do so. In 1997 the legislature effectively repealed Louisiana's inheritance tax. The inheritance tax now does not apply to estates of persons dying after June 30, 2004, but only if the estate has been judicially opened not later than the last day of the ninth month following the death of the decedent or if a judgment of possession is rendered before that date.
In other jurisdictions with lengthy or expensive probate proceedings, revocable living trusts that become irrevocable at death frequently are used to avoid probate and to transfer property to survivors quickly. Although Louisiana's Trust Code would permit the use of revocable living trusts for exactly this purpose, several factors contribute to their lack of use. First, trusts are a common law vehicle that has been imported into this civilian jurisdiction by adoption of a Trust Code that attempts to balance civilian concerns with the law of trusts, but Louisiana has no widespread tradition for using trusts. Second, persons in Louisiana are more accustomed to the use of usufructs as trust substitutes. Usufructs in favor of the surviving spouse can arise in intestacy or may be granted or confirmed by will. A usufruct—which essentially divides ownership between a usufructuary (with rights to use the property and enjoy its income) and one or more "naked owners" (remaindermen)—is viewed as simple and routine and does not require a trustee or even a separate bank account.
Another factor inhibiting the use of revocable trusts for home ownership is a 2003 order of the Louisiana Tax Commission that directed parish (county) assessors to deny the homestead exemption for most revocable living trusts. In May 2006, the Louisiana legislature approved a proposed constitutional amendment (H.B. 389) that would make clear that revocable living trusts qualify for the homestead exemption. It will be presented to the voters for approval in a statewide election on September 30. The importance of this exemption cannot be overstated. In Louisiana, the homestead exemption is constitutionally protected and shelters the first $75,000 in value of the family home from most property taxes. One criticism of the system is that, depending on where a person lives and his or her relationship with the parish assessor, the "assessed" value of real property often is far less than the fair market value. Before the 2003 Louisiana Tax Commission order, different assessors in different parishes took different legal positions regarding the applicability of the exemption to living trusts. Because of this uncertainty, attorneys sometimes were reluctant to advise clients to place their homes into living trusts and risk losing the homestead exemption. The author was able to obtain private letters from certain assessors that the homestead exemption would continue to be available for a home placed in a revocable trust, but such letters were of questionable validity and certainly were not binding on future assessors.
The number of title issues popping up after Hurricane Katrina is ironic in light of Louisiana's streamlined probate procedure.
The number of title issues popping up after Hurricane Katrina is ironic in light of Louisiana's streamlined probate procedure. Unlike jurisdictions in which formal probate is mandated and creditors are required to file formal claims in the probate proceeding (delaying the distribution of assets and curtailing other acts of administration in the interim), Louisiana allows two separate fast-track options. When no administration is required, it is possible literally to open and close the estate the same day through a procedure called a simple placing into possession without administration. La. Code Civ. Proc. Ann. arts. 3001–3062 (2006). The rights of the deceased's creditors are not prejudiced (they still can make claims against the heirs who accept the estate), and the liability of heirs and legatees (called the "successors") is limited to the value of the property actually received, valued at the time the heir or legatee receives it.
In 2001, Louisiana adopted an independent administration law for cases in which administration will be needed—for example, when there are debts to settle, property to sell, or a federal estate tax return to file. Under Louisiana's statutory scheme, once an independent succession representative has qualified in court, he or she then may generally administer the estate as a trustee would independently administer a trust, without any requirement to seek or obtain court approval. Generally, the independent executor or independent administrator is not required to go back to court until the estate is ready to be closed and distributed. The independent administration option is particularly useful for the vast majority of estates in which there is no conflict and the heirs and legatees are in agreement. It is available for both testate and intestate estates. For estates in which there is conflict among the heirs or legatees, full administration may be appropriate, and this option is retained.
Louisiana also provides a nonjudicial procedure to transfer assets for "small" ($50,000 or less) estates, but this procedure is available only if the decedent died intestate and without any real estate other than a cemetery plot. Some practitioners have discussed whether to make the procedure available as an economical means of clearing title to homes now owned by multiple parties and generations (and requiring the opening of several estates to clear title), but at this point no legislation has been presented to the legislature that would permit nonjudicial proceedings to transfer title to real property even in small estates.
Numerous factors contributed to the lack of urgency in opening estates and clearing title, which resulted in legal title to many tracts of land being held by multiple parties and generations. The widespread devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita will prod property owners to clear title in order to negotiate insurance settlement checks, sell property, refinance loans, and take advantage of federally financed recovery programs.


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Jean Pascal returned from a 19-month layoff to unanimously outpoint Aleksy Kuziemski on Friday night despite fighting the final six rounds with only one hand because of a shoulder injury. Pascal (27-2-1), the former WBC light heavyweight champion from Montreal, had his left shoulder worked on between rounds and threw only rights in the last six rounds of the 10-round bout. The right-hander still landed power punches in nearly every round against Kuziemski (23-5). Two judges scored it 98-90 and the other had it 100-88 for Pascal. Pascal bounced back from a crushing loss to then-45-year-old Bernard Hopkins in May 2011.
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Best Of :: Food & Drink
First things first: Tacos are the working man's food. Unpretentious. That's exactly why they are best served on the side of a road, next to a dive bar, out of a truck. Cue Tropical Tacos. The truck is placed right smack dab on the seedy strip of road that makes State Road 84 the ideal environment for taco enjoyment. Just place your order at the window and take a seat at the communal table — you might make some new friends ranging from men in suits to migrant workers in coveralls. Just $2.25 gets you an al pastor taco — juicy pork marinated in chili, spices, and pineapple on a corn tortilla with onions and cilantro. The truck accepts only cash, but if you find yourself paperless, don't fret. The neighboring American legion has an ATM — and beer — on hand for your convenience.
Jacques Bruna is a man of many hats. A musician, a lyricist, a friend, a family man. In this case, Jacques (or "Bleubird") is a bartender, and a damned fine one at that. Working at Laser Wolf for just a little under a year, Jacques tends bar "to make helicopter cash," he says. Still, Bruna takes pride in his work, describing all of the hours there as "happy" when asked for advice on the best time to come in for a drink, and everything is "special." Ask him for a recommendation and Bruna will tell you that Laser Wolf "only serves the best beer, so you can't go wrong!" He knows your name, remembers your face, and if he doesn't say much, it's because he's listening. Fast with his wit, Bruna is even faster on his feet. When one night, a regular suddenly started looking ill and feeling even worse, the man stepped up when no one else would to drive this friend and patron home safely (because no one else knew how to drive stick). Don't rely on the bartenders at Laser Wolf as a regular cab service, but that is the stuff a Best Bartender is made of. "He really wasn't doing so good," Bruna says. "I had never seen him like that. Bartender or not—why wouldn't you help someone if you could?" After all, the sign on the door does say "No Jerks."
No category is more hotly contested than Best Pizza. Everyone has an opinion, and with so many former New Yorkers living in our midst, most of those opinions are negative. (We get it. New York has the best pizza.) But Annie's Pizza & Subs meets all the requirements for a perfect pie: Slices are bigger than your face. There's a good sauce-to-cheese ratio. And when you bite in — scalding the roof of your mouth a little because you just couldn't wait — the cheese stretches the length of your arm before breaking loose yet doesn't slide off in a cheese avalanche. At Annie's, when you fold the slice at the top, grease drips down your arm, and the tip of the floppy slice points downward at a 45-degree angle. Feel free to argue that you can't get good pizza down here and write an essay extolling the magical properties of New York water in the baking of pizza dough. After rousing from our pizza-induced coma, we're going to actively ignore you and eat another slice.
Run by Mohod Flafil and his wife, Hanna, this is not just a falafel stand. The goods here range from yogurt soda to hookah tobacco to halal meats from the deli. If you've been hunting down a rare ingredient or craving some baklava, this well-organized, clean, brightly lit little shop is the place to stop. Then, of course, there's the falafel. Hanna (who prepares the food) is not stingy — there are plenty of crispy chickpea balls in the nearly foot-long tube of pita bread — which is baked and delivered to the shop every day but Sunday. A falafel sandwich comes with tomatoes, onion, pickles, and tahini sauce, but they will gladly leave off any topping you don't want. The falafel meal includes a drink and a piece of baklava. (Do NOT skip the baklava.) Falafel balls are also available minus the sandwich for 70 cents apiece.
Tucked away in a converted house on the outskirts of Delray Beach's Pineapple Grove is the juiciest, meatiest, most delicious burgers that can be found in South Florida. On the corner of NE Third Street and Third Avenue, the appropriately named 3rd & 3rd creates burger magic. A firm brioche bun cradles a perfectly seared patty of luscious beef with lettuce, tomato, onion, and choice of pepper jack, cheddar, Swiss, or blue cheese. Those ingredients alone make for the perfect burger. Add the balsamic red onion jam and you have yourself a match made in heaven.
Traditional fries have an old-school appeal that means they'll always be the most popular kid in school: the quarterback, the letterman, the prom king. But like the intense, art-school loner who charms all the ladies, there's something special about the orange-hued uniqueness of a sweet-potato fry. And when they're hand-cut and fried to a light, gentle crisp, it's easy to pass up your average-joe potato. At the family-owned Gilbert's 17th Street Grill, you can pair 'em with a juicy burger or make 'em your main course — they're downright addictive. They'll come out piping hot, sitting coyly atop newsprint. Place your order at the counter and sit a spell in the casual, no-frills dining room. Once you've inhaled an order or two, you may need to be rolled out. But a tryst with these homemade treasures is well worth the aftermath.


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One bike every 13 seconds. One-hundred fifteen bikes in a 15-minute period.
That's what newly installed bicycle sensors recorded during a recent evening rush hour on the 15th Street cycle track – a massive number considering the bike lane itself is just two years old.
TDM TAKEAWAY Data collection is crucial to understanding how people use bike infrastructure.
TDM TAKEAWAY Data collection is crucial to understanding how people use bike infrastructure.
Darren Buck, the head of the Washington D.C. Department of Transportation's bicycle program specialist, which installed the sensors, said they are the first 24-hour, 365-day counting mechanism used by DDOT to measure bike traffic. DDOT conducts manual counts annually at 50 locations throughout the District, but now it will have a dataset large enough to start projecting future usage.
"How many more we would see if we put in the next one?" Buck asked. "We want to be able to say, if you build it, x number of people will come."
Sensors were installed on the Metropolitan Branch Trail and the Eye Street SW eastbound lane on September 26. The 15th Street cycle track sensors were installed on October 26 So far, the 15th street cycle track's busiest day was Tuesday, October 28 (the afore-mentioned day with one rider every 13 seconds), with 2,391 riders. The Met Branch Trail hit its peak on Tuesday, September 30 with 894 riders. Data from the Eye Street SW counter was not provided.
"Once you have a more complete picture, it helps you prioritize things and that could be things like plowing or leaf cleaning or coming up with a good sequence [for traffic lights]," Buck said. "This is really the start of a structured, permanent automated counting program for us."
Eventually the data will be open to the public, but for now, the focus is ensuring data accuracy and understanding what else needs to be collected to get a more complete picture of cycle traffic in the District.
For biking enthusiasts looking for a more DIY-approach to cycle counting, New York City-based Tomorrow Lab has created a $199 traffic counter that will allow individuals to measure traffic across up to two vehicle lanes. Ted Ullrich, one of the founders of Tomorrow Lab, brought one of his counters to the most recent gathering of Mobility Lab's Transportation Techies.
Currently the sensor can't tell the difference between cars and bikes, which is a problem on mixed-use roads. But the best news: all of the data is available to the public here.
Photo of 15th Street by Elvert Barnes. Photo of Darren Buck by M.V. Jantzen.