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(I am a former student) I am utterly stunned at how pathetic this school is. I was in ELP (extended learning program). Which was intended to enhance the advanced students' experience, but instead just slowed me down. If one kid didn't push themselves to finish a project on time (at the rare chance we were challenged) they weren't punished. So there isn't an incentive to do ANYTHING. Instead, we got to play board games. Certainly not the way I want to spend my time when I am supposed to be learning. I was bullied, but that depends on the person so I can't complain about that, not the school...although they handle it poorly...almost like it's accepted. At any account, we (my peers an I) were trained to test. Everything that we learned was always on the test. (Test: Benchmarks and AIMS) As a result many kids were not well rounded, just "book-smart". There are about 31+ kids per classroom. They got rid of great teachers. Teachers are not personalized at all. IDK how this school averages 4 stars. Gosh. Students are a reflection of the teacher's teachings, so if the teachers are so great, WHY are students unhappy and struggling?! Someone's lying to keep their ranks high.
Can you say no child left behind BUT don't push them ahead either? Just make sure you get the scores as they need and you'll be good. Not into clicky adult groups? Your child will become an outcast. Want to enjoy lunch with friends? No way! Silence and seating arrangements are for all grades. Get there early for a performance? Well the best seat you will get is center since they are all reserved. Like a teacher and wish for them for another one of your kids? Don't count on it, they go through teachers like paper and hire new ones out of school all the time. How many kids can you cram into a tiny classroom with one teacher? A ridiculous amount. Want to have some sort of field trip or hands on fun? No way again. No celebrating anything and no field trips due to budget. Are you a 5th grader? Count on them running out of food many times and get whatever is left of the main course "choices" Want to say hello to the principal? She doesn't see you if you aren't part of the click.
My child is a 2nd grader currently at ORE, and we couldn't be happier with the academic results she is showing so early in the year. I volunteer a couple times in the school year just so I can be a fly on the wall and see what methods the teachers are practicing, and so far, I am very pleased with their knowledge and effective teaching skills.
Cookie cutter boiler plate education system with mediocre education results at best. Build a few housing developments and schools then over glorify yourselves about your neighborhood schools for self gratification to sleep better at night.....The facts remain, the statistics do not lie, there are much better education options for children than Vail school district available in Tucson and throughout the state. In the state with the lowest education ratings in the US....it really is nothing to gloat about to be ranked number 53......the ratings and scores of the Vail school district have steadily declined since the year it opened.....down down down down, where it stops nobody knows. This is typical for newer communities though in all fairness. Vail is an old area but this recent growth in the last 15 years shows it's main population is newer to the area and the brand new schools and new people are losing their shine. The homepage for the district reads like a sales pitch, it's sad. Not to mention the untruth throughout, such as the claim of being the best school district in the state and such.
Ocotillo Ridge is an excellent school. There is alot of parent involvement in the school. The teachers are amazing and on the ball. They are great with the students and communicate well with parents. Your child will definitively thrive in this school. High quality education.
We LOVE Ocotillo Ridge Elementary School. When we moved to the Tucson area, my family took the time to research the best school district in the state. We chose to build our house and move to Vail, AZ because we consistently received feedback that Vail was one of the best districts in the state. We have not been disappointed. My two children have attended Ocotillo Ridge since Kindergarten and they both love the school. Great teachers, great administration, great students and friends. The neighborhoods are very friendly around the school and this area is perfect for young families. We love being a part of the school and community and feel very safe. Students can walk or ride their bikes to and from school from the surrounding Rancho del Lago neighborhoods. Our kids are constantly challenged and are motivated by the teaching staff to continue learning. The PTA is highly involved and there are numerous fun activities and planned family events. Their are a lot of after school programs to excel in leadership and extra-curricular activities as well as school sponsored field trips. We would not choose any other school or district in the state of Arizona.
ORE is a GREAT school!! I have been a parent with ORE since it opened almost 7 years ago. My two children have had amazing teachers that really care about their education as well as them personally. I volunteer as much as I can and everytime I do I feel so welcome & appreciated by the staff, teachers & principal. Our principal Mrs Holt is always around smiling & talking to the children. She leads the school well & you can tell that every decision she makes is to help make ORE even better. The parent & community involvement is very impressive. Its nice to see so many parents on campus on a day to day basis. It saddens me to see so many negitive comments about our school. I would strongly encourage those parents to come & spend the day with their child & get involved. Quit bashing & start helping!!!!!!
We are very happy with ORE! My three children have all attended this elementary school and I have been very happy with the education they have received. I am on the Site Council of the school, and have worked with the previous principal as well as our new one. They both exude professionalism, and have worked amazingly well with the children, staff and parents. I have been impressed with how quickly resources are pulled to help individual issues to correct and resume progress. I have been a room parent for 5 years and have volunteered in their classrooms once a week. If you want to know what is going on in your child's classroom and how and what their teacher is teaching, you need to be in there. I realize not everyone is able to come in regularly, but you can take a day off once in a while (especially at the beginning of the year) and get to know your teacher and observe how your child works in that environment. We could definitely use more parent/volunteer help (complaining from an arm chair is no help!!). Our PTA is incredible and really work hard to involve parents to meet our teachers' and school's needs. It's a well-run school, by an amazing community of teachers and parents.
I have been pleased with my experience at ORE. So far my daughter has had excellent teachers and a positive classroom experience. This year she has been pushed as part of the Advanced Math program. There are always those who liked a former principal more or less, and transition to a new one can be difficult. But, sometimes I think parents need to be patient as everyone learns their roles. I see my role as a supporting parent. I help in the classroom on a regular basis, volunteer with PTA, and try to support anything I think is beneficial to our students. I've met so many positive people by putting myself out there. There will always be teachers that are better than others, leaders I "click" with more than others, but that's real life.
My children have attended this school since it opened five years ago. We have been very pleased each year. Each of my four children have had excellent teachers who have helped prepare them for the future. There is a strong sense of community and school pride on campus. The leadership provides support to students, parents and teachers. I am proud to be an ORE parent. I would strongly suggest this school if you are looking to move to Vail.
We have been at ORE for 5 yrs now and would not go anywhere else! The teachers are exceptional, the leadership is amazing and parent involvement is fantastic! There will always be unhappy people everywhere you go, but I agree with the last parent, over 90 % of the families at ORE are very pleased with the education their kids receive. As for the 3rd grade team, you will be hard pressed to find a better team anywhere. People need to understand if there is a problem with your child and their learning, it needs to start in the home. Parents need to step up and take ownership for their children, including their education.
Funny to read the stories of the 5 bitter parents in the school. Please remember that there are over 600 kids at ORE and well over 90% of the parents and kids are very happy and proud to call ORE their community school! ORE, like all of the Vail Schools, are the best in the state. If you care about having high caliber teachers and if you want your kid challenged, then Vail and ORE are right for you. If you want teachers to fix your problem child and demand that teachers fix your neglected child because you are too lazy to help them at home, then you need to get your own house in order first before you start throwing rocks. The few problem parents and problem kids are well known in the school. They are the loudest ones that squeal about any perceived injustice to them or their child. Get over it. This is ELEMENTARY school. Don't be so dramatic and start being a good parent. Read to your kids. Help them with the basics. And quit your continual complaining about these top notch teachers. This is a great school!
I cannot recommend Ocotillo Ridge Elementary School. They teach to the test, teach to the benchmarks, teach to a point that the administrators have data to mull over.. ugh. Over the years our children have gone through the school, there have been many times I have had to overcome, redirect, and work on our child's self esteen when the adults at the school, from teachers and "parent helpers" have made cruel and/or harmful comments to or about my children or other children. I have observed others who bring forth obvous and terrible issues of the school's failures from bullying to teacher interactions, and several other issues. They kill the messenger, the person who has been victimized is effectively turned into the problem.. I just hate that. I really do. So, I learned a few years ago, to SHUT UP! Deal with whatever problem you have with the school when you get home, or get out of the VSD completely.
I am highly disappointed in ORE. My daughter is in the third grade there, she has been having problems with math and reading since the beginning of school last year. She was alot slower than the other kids and she was aware of it, due to the teacher always making comments to her. We were only told she was having problems when she had her teacher conferences. It was always the same thing, we needed to work on certain things at home and to get a tutor. I mean aren't they the teachers. She told me several times she didn't have the time to help her in class,since she had 29 kids in the classroom. She told me they don't get paid for staying after school to tutor, that's why they need the parent's help. I feel like this is total B.S.! They are the teacher's! NOT the parent's!! My daughter hates the school, she was bullied on the playground by a few other girls, she would go to the sooooo called MONITORS and they don't do anything! All they do is stand there and gossip! She is now in her third week of school and is already crying because she doesn't want to go to school. She says they aren't learning anything all they do is test, test and more tests! I would not recommend this scho
An 8-year-old girl act Ocotillo Ridge Elementary School in Vail, AZ was, and is, an advanced reader. As is customary with all advanced readers in this school there are rewards for being academically astute. However this 8 year-old girl was informed she would not be able to participate. Why? You ask, well this student transferred to this school in the middle of the year, explains the principal. There are some questions, I have, in regard to leadership, but I hope the school addresses their prejudices, which may avert potential racism and exclusivity.
I am so disappointed with this school. It is our neighborhood school and I really want my kids to go to school with their neighborhood friends, but we struggle with the ridiculous way things are taught (no concept development, just follow the algorithm) to early childhood students. We moved here in 2009 from the east coast where I was a teacher with one of the top school districts in the US (FCPS) and I was told that I would not be considered for a position within the district. I was quickly offered positions with Catalina Foothills School District and Sunnyside, so I had no problem finding a job, but it really makes me wonder why they didn't want "my kind". I have realized that the VUSD believes strongly in a few things: hiring young teachers that will do whatever they are told and can be paid less and teaching specifically to the AIMS test so that the district can claim dominance. Providing an education that meets the needs of children and helps them grow and learn is not a proirity. Creativity and new ideas are not welcomed (from teachers or children). It's a very sad state of affairs. I want my children to be challenged to learn, not learn to take a test.
What a joke, the new principal does not care to make eye contact nor get to known students, let alone parents. The lunchroom is to be kept silent and you are disciplined if you laugh. In fact a whistle from the so called monitors is blown RIGHT next to the childrens ears. Rainy day schedules occur if there is clouds or cold (50's). Which means NO recess, no fresh air, no eating in the lunchroom (you eat in your over crowded classroom) and no exercise. Be prepared for teaching to the test. One teacher of the 6 years there was actually inspirational there. Another was let go. He wanted to be a principal but he didn't fit their "mould" he actually thought outside the box, inspired kids, had fun and had control. A favorite teacher of all kids yet allowed to leave the district. Very little teacher retention... We pulled our child and went to another district. I agree with another reviewer, a handful of parents run the show. They even get the front rows and musical programs! They secure them for themselves and their BFF group...
OCE is fantastic! The teachers are very well qualified, the principal is very communicative, and there is a very active PTA. The children and parents are very nice and I am overjoyed with the progress my son has made at OCE. Mrs. Brockman's kindergarten class was recommended to me by another parent and I can certainly see why. She is a fantastic teacher. There is homework but it is manageable and also touches on every subject in a fun creative way.
Awesome school-Great teachers and resources. My youngest son just finished up his last year at ORES-The school will be missed
This school is one of the worst schools I have ever seen. The principal does not run this school, he caves to a handful of teachers. Bullying of students is permitted, they do nothing to stop it. Overcrowded classrooms as well as teachers who teach soley for the purpose of passing the AIMS test (no creativity in the classrooms because they have to teach what is in the binder) does not equal a good education. Just because a school looks good on paper with excellent test scores does not mean it is a great school. Our child was bored beyond belief and we were told by the teacher 'I'm not allowed to give him any other work than what we are doing at the grade level' Needless to say, our child was pulled from the school and placed in private school in Tucson where he is much happier and challenged.
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In which one of the past decade's best singer/songwriters grows way up, out, and apart. Taut and emotive, Nastasia's voice can do nearly any acrobatic asked--and does--but more often it's sulking and even. It sways within slow, chamber-orchestrated waltzes and slowly stepping folk songs that are drawn but not sallow. The strings are a bit too immaculate, ostentatious even. And what's that, a French horn? Nastasia is a songwriter who could, in the past, devastate with a few well-placed, understated cello notes and an icy melody. With what sounds like an entire symphony backing her on Outlaster, the chill is blown-out. In its place are all-in, multistory dramatics.
Nastasia is more than 10 years on since her simple and sad heroin eulogy Dogs came out to surprising fanfare (after a Touch and Go rerelease), back before mainline indie-folk music hit big in its "weird" (Devendra Banhart and the rest) or "other" (such as Mirah, which hunts a little closer to Nastasia's stylistic home) forms. Outlaster is exactly what the title implies: living on. Not surviving, but supersurviving, outliving yourself and everything around. "What can forever but misery bring?" she sings on the title track. "A thousand years trailing forgotten friends."
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Share the road!
I'm putting my vote in for the Share-the-Road-with-Bikes campaign.
1.I love to bike.
2. Biking is a great way to conserve natural resources , exercise, and enjoy the day.
3. Biking on busy Philly streets is a frightening experience at times. Tired drivers, cell phone users, and a lack of dedicated space makes biking a fairly dangerous activity.
4. Mayor Street is a biker right? I saw him sporting a bike helmet a few times in the newspaper. Seems like he would naturally want to help out his fellow bikers and encourage cars to share the road.
Couldn't Disagree More
With all due respect of course.
I think bikers have more rights than most cities provide yet still manage to complain incessantly (not you, the collective). With bike lanes installed on all major roads, why can't I walk down the sidewalk anymore without having to jump to avoid bikers coming straight at me like bats out of hell? Why is it acceptable for bikers to not obey stop signs or lights? Why should I have to drive 5mph down a 25mph street at the end of my day because the biker in front feels a sense of entitlement and takes up the entire street rather than pull to a side? Sharing the road doesn't just mean cars willfully submit to anyone on a bicycle because they feel their contribution to nature is worthy of devout praise. I think it's fine if people choose to use bikes in the city, but that doesn't preclude them from traffic laws and basic courtesy. In true Philly form, you don't find much of either from bikers or motorists.
I've never been hit by a car. I've been hit twice in last year by someone on a bike as I walked, with one time resulting in a hospital trip. I've had one biker fly into the side of my car as I was stopped at a red light (not coming to a stop... STOPPED) and I have the dent to prove it.
I guess the point I want to make is, stupid people ride bikes and stupid people drive cars. Unless you can prevent stupid people from leaving the house altogether, there is no point in legislating what should be common sense.
I want to live in THAT Philadelphia
What bike lanes installed on all major roads?
The Bicycle Network
There's basically nothing in CC, South Philly, or Spring Garden/Fairmount/Northern Liberties. I did forget about the lane on 5th when you are going through the underground tunnel below the highway.
There is not a viable network, in any of those places (the heart of the city) where people live and work.
(West Philly's another story, though they sorta need the lanes what with the trolley tracks.)
So bike lanes aren't actually bike lanes unless they are in the neighborhoods that you like?
And to Clarify
The entire stretch of Spring Garden St. has bike lanes that run from U City, thru Spring Garden, past Northern Liberties, and onto Columbus Blvd/Delaware Ave (which also have bike lanes)
No, it's hard because the comments are spread out on the page
I said that the ones I am aware of were all of Spring Garden and the Parkway, and stretches of 22nd and 11th (much of which have been since painted over). Then I said I had forgotten the part on 5th and I guess 6th that they have because of the highway separating No/Libs and Old City.
I also said that I think it is less of an issue in areas with less traffic density (not parts of the city I "don't like"; these are also areas where there's perceive to be more 'room' for lanes so there tend to be more lanes where they are needed less).
Anyway just like there are high volumes of driver-commuters in the 'heart of the city'--like maybe between the rivers and between Girard and Washington--there are a lot of bikers. And if you read that map for the red lines, not a lot of bike lanes. Certainly not enough to create a viable transit pattern for basic commuting.
That's How It Is
We live in a big city, it's tough to get around regardless of who you are or what vehicle you use/don't use. You mention 15th & City Hall, Chestnut, Walnut area. That's the most concentrated part of the city and it's tough for EVERYONE to go thru, why should bikers have it easier than everyone else?
Where there is space for bike lanes, there are bike lanes or should be. Where there isn't, drivers and bikers should share. But to say that drivers make conditions less safe for bikers/pedestrians without acknowledging the reverse is just plain ignorance.
And Larry's reference to location is dead on; people in center city tend to have a different view than people in Bella Vista, South Philly, etc.
With that, I'll stop b/c we've sufficiently hijacked Ray's post, for which I apologize.
Whether or not there is space is a question of priorities
It's funny since despite the sustained counter argument, there's real agreement that bikes and cars are being forced to share space through much of the greater central city given the lack of bike lanes, and that there is a conflict between the competing space needs of cars, bikes, and pedestrians.
I just think that prioritizing the minimum viable number of bike lanes in that area is necessary and desirable, because I think the current set up of sharing space is unsustainable for the safety of bikers and the collateral safety of pedestrians.
I really think you don't appreciate that given being forced into the same spaces, bikes cannot follow all basic traffic laws because that puts them at risk of collision with cars. The second problem would be helped by solving the first.
Also I'm not going to argue it
But plenty of people would probably be glad to sit there and explain "why should bikers have it [at least slightly] easier than everyone else". Probably for a lot of the same reasons that it's desirable to promote Philly Car Share.
We live in a big city, it's
We live in a big city, it's tough to get around regardless of who you are or what vehicle you use/don't use. You mention 15th & City Hall, Chestnut, Walnut area. That's the most concentrated part of the city and it's tough for EVERYONE to go thru, why should bikers have it easier than everyone else?
You don't think we should make it easy on people who leave cars at home, and not only keep our air cleaner, make us rely on less fossil fuels, but, keep more cars off the road to make it less congested?
what happened to the alligators?
I was looking back at this thread and was like, "who the hell is Jennifer?"
Then I saw a post I remembered you writing and, uh... it's you.
OK, it was totally confusing, but alliatoraterhater or whatever was also YPP's grooviest handle. You've gone to just Jennifer. Man. Replying to you is going to feel totally different now.
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I just started adding my first name to posts (so people wouldn't call me "Short") -- Jennifer was my inspiration.
We Are Not Talking About Deep Intimate Secrets Here
I like the name "alligatorateher" her too. It is certainly catchy, distinctive, memorable and creative. And Jennifer usually or always signed her name in the text of the post.
But we are not talking about deep intimate secrets here. We are talking about public views about public actions. I continue to believe that the more people are open as to who they are, the more substantive and credible the dicussions will be.
So welcome, Jennifer and welcome, Tim. Hopefully more people here will in time feel comfortable in following your lead.
I love Google
So, I googled Bicycle Friendly Cities, and voila! Here is a list of them, from website called 'bicycle friendly communities:'
Current Bicycle Friendly Communities
Platinum (1)
Davis, California (pdf)
Gold (7)
Boulder, Colorado (pdf)
Corvallis, Oregon (pdf)
Madison, Wisconsin
Palo Alto, California (pdf)
Portland, Oregon (pdf)
San Francisco, California
Tucson/Pima Eastern Region, Arizona (pdf)
Silver (12)
Austin, Texas
Bellingham, Washington
Chicago, Illinois (pdf)
Eugene, Oregon (pdf)
Folsom, California (pdf)
Fort Collins, Colorado (pdf)
Gainesville, Florida (pdf)
Jackson, Wyoming
San Luis Obsipo, Calif.
Santa Barbara, California (pdf)
Scottsdale, Arizona (pdf)
Tempe, Arizona (pdf)
Bronze (44)
Ada County Hwy District, Idaho
Albuquerque, New Mexico (pdf)
Ann Arbor, Michigan (pdf)
Arlington, Virginia (pdf)
Ashland, Oregon (pdf)
Auburn, Alabama (pdf)
Beaverton, Oregon (pdf)
Bend, Oregon (pdf)
Bloomington, Indiana (pdf)
Boca Raton, Florida (pdf)
Brentwood, California
Brunswick, Maine (pdf)
Burlington, Vermont (pdf)
Carmel, Indiana
Carrboro, North Carolina (pdf)
Cary, North Carolina (pdf)
Chandler, Arizona (pdf)
Chattanooga, Tennessee (pdf)
Denver, Colorado (pdf)
Flagstaff, Arizona
Gilbert, Arizona (pdf)
LaCrosse, Wis.
Lawrence, Kansas (pdf)
Longmont, Colorado (pdf)
Louisville, Kentucky
Mesa, Arizona (pdf)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mountain View, California (pdf)
Orlando, Florida (pdf)
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Presidio of San Francisco, CA
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Chicago, San Fran, DC... I demand a recount!
Anyway, I hear you that people should not ride on sidewalks. It is annoying, and not only dangerous for pedestrians, but for bikers who come across an intersection from a sidewalk at a speed where a car turning right could not reasonably see them.
But, it is many times not particularly safe for bikes. Why shouldn't we have a network so that, for example, if I take my bike, I don't have a choice of a)sitting in traffic while exhaust fumes are rained down on me, (recent studies have shown excercise in areas with high numbers of particulates in the air is just about as bad for your lungs as being lazy) or b)wiggling to the side, while cars whack me with their sideview mirrors.
In the last 6 months I have been hit by two cars. Or hit once, and then literally shoved by another, as a woman in an SUV didn't like that at a red light she thought I was in her way, and then proceeded to nudge me with her SUV, until she ran over my foot. I called the cops, she left.
Also, at least once a week or two, I get cursed out by speeding drivers who tell me to get out of the road.
Yes, cyclists complain and cyclists SHOULD break the law
One of my views that doesn't even sit well with other cyclists sometimes, but I firmly hold is in the best interests of everyone, is that responsible disobedience of traffic rules by bikes keeps bikers safer and cars less inconvenienced by us. When we run red lights, we get out of the flow of traffic. It's that simple. I'm all for it. Traffic laws make sense for cars since they are one ton weapons rolling around town. They don't make sense for bikes and we shouldn't have to abide by them as long as we're careful.
Though a lot of cyclists aren't careful, so that sucks. Oh well.
Cyclists should NOT go the wrong way down a one way street, however. This is confusing and dangerous and leads to collisions with fellow cyclists (which can inadvertently involve a car and suck for everyone). For some reason, going the wrong way down one-ways is REALLY, REALLY common in Philadelphia. I've biked all over and I've never seen this particular behavior so bad as I see it here.
Cars are ridiculous, too, though. A girl I know had a driver yell at her, "I pay taxes!!!"
What, and cyclists don't?
I like the PSA idea, but I didn't cast my "vote" for it (I mean, I'm not a member or anything so it seemed silly for me to vote, but what the heck?). It seems like a pretty easy thing to do. I can't imagine Street not loving it. So why push him on it? I bet he'd do it if someone gave him a phone call.
AS FOR SIDEWALKS: The only time I get on sidewalks is either for a minute or when CARS ARE REALLY FREAKING ME OUT!
The cyclists I usually see on sidewalks are the least skilled cyclists who are scared to ride in the street. I agree that they should not do it, but cars are psycho. What can I say?
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Location Location !!
I saw this thread and it raised an interesting issue about bikers. The feeling about bikers really seems to differ upon where one lives in the city. For example, in center City, 18th and Walnut and down locust toward Jeff Hospital, I continually hear people say the same things as Disgruntled. At the intersection of 15th and Locust, we have about 2-3 accidents every few months of bikers running into people as they are crossing the streets. The problem is even greater on Market, between 15th and 21 street, where courier services run their routes through out the day. I see at least 1-2 bikers every few weeks try and make it around a car only to get side swiped. They never seem to be bothered by it. Rather, they just pick themselves up and pedal away. They can really take a lickin !
But when I go into the Italian Market, Bella Vista and down through the Graduate Hospital area, people feel very strongly about their right to bike without crazy drivers knocking them off the road or cutting them off.
Both Anne and Disgruntled raise an issue which really cuts across neighborhoods throughout the city. With that, I think it may be difficult to legislate around this issue because it really does affect many different people in many different ways. Rather, maybe we could pass and/or better enforce existing legislation protecting both driver and rider. For example, lets really work at stopping the cell phone problem. Its easy to see people on cell phones driving around the city and I am sure it is responsible for numerous accidents on a daily basis. But also, lets pass (or better enforce) laws requiring bikers, especially couriers, to be respectful and mindful of their obligations on the road. New York Police, as busy as they are, routinely track down bikers, mainly couriers, and ticket them for dangerous riding. There is a great documentary on Sundance which describes how this problem is handled in NYC.
PS-I saw the Mayor with a helmet as well. Wasn't he supposed to take a bike ride with Brett Mandel last year? Did that ever happen?
Yours are really considered comments
but I think that there's a little bit of a false conflict when we talk about balancing rights.
The joke-snide "what streets are those?" line was because we have literally almost NO bike lanes in the city. I'm sure there is a map and I am sure I am missing a couple, but ... Spring Garden is great, lanes on both sides the whole way. And the Parkway. That's it, other than TINY pieces of 22nd and 11th, most of which are painted over, and the joke that was the abandoned attempt to make the right part of Chestnut bus-and-bike-only.
If there were bike lanes, it would be feasible/reasonable for bikes to follow normal traffic patterns and laws. Right now they can't, because there is literally no room for them and they have to defensively dodge cars in order to progress normally down the street. All sorts of difficulties arise then, because bikes are in positions to be hit by cars frequently and/or try to avoid this by putting themselves in the way of pedestrians.
And obviously bike lanes don't need to be everywhere, but a decent Penn Design student could tell you where you need them to give bikers viable access to the major transportation routes.
Essentially, what you are saying is that if you had bike lanes everywhere, all bikers would immediately obey all traffic laws and would never be reckless or irresponsible. Is that right? So basically when I got hit twice this past year by some jackass on a bike as I walked on a sidewalk, it really was my fault because I didn't do my part to give him a lane of his own?
Look, I am NOT against biking. I think it's great, and I am glad people can live in a city and still be into it. I would never look to limit or prevent your right to ride a bike down major roads. However, when we talk about sharing the road, I get annoyed when bikers immediately look to fault motorists without bothering to think of it from the other side. Yes, motorists can and often do make conditions unsafe. But so do bikers, the only difference is that there is an enforced legal framework to prosecute reckless driving. Bikers can still do whatever they want without repercussion. That's why a "Share the Road" campaign is a joke.
Larry is right. No one can benefit from such a policy change unless the entire city is willing to follow the traffic laws that already exist.
Not that I need to disclaim
And I don't know why I'm inclined to say this, but I don't bike exclusively. I walk a lot, and I take SEPTA. I'm pretty disinclined to any exercise (ask anyone on here that knows me, I also really like to be driven) so I don't even know how much I'd bike if SEPTA was not quite as inconvenient as it is.
But since SEPTA is inconvenient and does smell, I bike around sometimes. And so I know firsthand that there aren't lanes where they need to be for this city to fit your original claim, which was 'as bike-friendly as anywhere.'
The lanes don't need to be everywhere, as I just said, I think that a grad student in design could sit down with maps and traffic pattern data and tell us the minimum number and placement of lanes for bikers to be able to make the normal average trips that people make across the downtown and surrounding neighborhoods (obviously there's greatest need at places of high traffic density).
Cars don't have a monopoly on the road, they just have current priority. It is really silly to say this:
No one can benefit from such a policy change unless the entire city is willing to follow the traffic laws that already exist.
When simple recognition of a substantial cause of the problem--bikers and cars being forced into the same physical space--would probably go far to help. And if you're right and bikers still ride recklessly, there's logical grounds for what Larry is talking about.
But I bet there are less issues. It really is infinitely different to ride down Spring Garden and the Parkway with dedicated bike lanes and markings through intersections than it is to ride down 15th near city hall, or Walnut or Chestnut.
There's a great map
There's a great map. You can get it at any bike shop. I have it up on my wall at home, but there aren't enough and drivers routinely don't respect the lanes we do have.
Another problem for bikers are the darn trolley tracks. A lot of times I think drivers think I am being unreasonable about getting out of their way, but if I somehow find myself between trolley tracks I'm not going to swerve with a car right behind me and my skinny tires. Not that I want the trolly tracks covered over if they are being used, but I sure hate the unused ones down 12th that threaten to kill me every morning.
Mr. Farnese is right on going after the cell phone issue. Bikers shouldn't use them either. I get so mad when I see one of my cyclist brothers using them.
What cyclists really need though is to boost their numbers and band together. Nothing makes a ride safer than traveling alongside another cyclist. Or two others.
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A battle to the death
Personally, I'd like to see Street and the outgoing council members fight the rats at 15th and Market.
ok..enough hijacking
The Legacy Project has been a lot of fun for me because I had no idea if it would even get tihs far. I am really proud that there were 19 entries and tons of people voting so far. So, as interesting as the debate is above, if people have time, I'd really love to hear what the creators of the ideas or just plain old voters think of some of the proposals:
And regardless of what you think of bike lanes, Anne's point about Mayor Street and his love of biking is a good one...beyond just what we want, what legacy will Street want to leave the city?
I'm bad at voting (and all choices) but here goes!
The City's health centers are badly understaffed, but the Philadelphia Unemployment Project partnered with City Council to allot $1.6 million in this year's budget for needed workers. The problem: THE MAYOR WON'T SPEND THE MONEY! Someone needs to shame the mayor into spending these already-allocated funds, so centers can have the staff they so desperately need.
At the roll-out of the Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness, Mayor Street basically promised to provide 600 new subsidized housing units from the Philadelphia Housing Authority for families exiting emergency shelter at a rate of 25 per month. Mayor Street should follow through on this promise and leave a legacy behind as mayor who helped house families forced to emergency shelters by economic hardship, domestic violence, fire, sisasster, and more. Mayor Street also set-up a one-stop intake center for Hurricane Katrina victims in only three days. It would a wonderful legacy for him to leave behind if he could set up the same kind of comprehensive services, as quickly, to get Philadelphians out of shelters and into the services they need as soon as possible.
The first is simple, and maybe doable through public pressure, right? The second's sort of vague, but I really like the idea of tying up either of those committments. Some of these other ideas--including what I assume are yours, Ray, and the one about tying variable abatements to LEED certification, and the other about making simple SEPTA improvements like schedule and map availability at bus stops...those should be picked up again at the very beginning of the next adminstration, or broached to council members starting now.
Also, man, if we could finally get the public access thing going. See, I am bad with wish lists and all sorts of decisions.
PS hijacking again, I can't help it: it is fundamentally illogical to say that bikers must follow all existing traffic laws just like cars do, and to complain that bikers ride in the street where cars should go (e.g. "Why should I have to drive 5mph down a 25mph street at the end of my day because the biker in front feels a sense of entitlement and takes up the entire street rather than pull to a side?"). You can't have it both ways, all the obligations and none of the rights.
Re Bikers
I don't have a problem sharing the road with bikers, provided they follow traffic laws like stopping at stop signs and red lights and riding with traffic. They should allow cars to pass too--provided cars can do so safely.
I do have a problem with bikers on the sidewalk. Unless you are a child, there is no reason for you to be riding on the sidewalk coming up on pedestrians who have to shuffle out of the way. Bikes belong on the road.
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You are from South Philly...
I know you know how it works.
How about "bikers should stop at stop signs to the extent Philadelphia drivers do" ?!
My top two also, with the tax abatement proposal... and speaking
of hijacking the thread.
My pet peeve about bikers in Philly: Get the hell off of West River Drive!!!
Look, I don't bike much these days, but I've biked a lot in the past and am very "pro-bike." But I'm sick of these showoffs in spandex who need to bike on the road along West River Drive (I know, I know, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) so we can all see how fast they can bike.
There is a huge sidewalk along that road. If you need to bike on a road somewhere to train or get your workout - pick a road that isn't so curvey with so many people who have so much trouble staying in their lanes with their cars driving at 60 mph. I have seen a horribly serious accident with a biker on the Drive, and while I can understand some people get their adreneline kicks in various ways - riding a bike on that road is just plain stupid and endangers the drivers as well as the bikers.
Whew! Now I feel better.
Yeah, it's sort of nuts
Actually, it's not technically a sidewalk but a bikepath meant for us to use. Yeah, where they build a road for us we should use it, no question. You can get going pretty good on that side of the loop, too. You might have to slow down every now and then but it's not too bad. I've trained on it plenty.
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for the record...
neither the SEPTA nor the LEED certification was mine...mine is the home ownership for you young people.
But yeah, your comments are right on. The submission of proposals was pretty open and we put up most of the ones we got (some just did not meet the basic scriteria). However, I am voting keeping in mind which are something that ANY Mayor could achieve in this timespan and which would appeal to a specific target (Mayor vs. Council vs. Admin).
As Dan points out somewhat obliquely below, Ramos, Campbell and Savage all have legacies they may want to leave behind too--and especially Ramos, as an at-large has a wider scope.
Yeah, sorry
I meant the one(s--I think there were two that sort of dealt with increasing homeownership, maybe one generally and one for younger people) that I assumed were yours AND the other two (LEED + SEPTA).
To clarify some more, I do not think the LEED/tax abatement thing should be picked up as part of this project, because I think it'll take more deliberation about what we actually want to give away with any abatement renewal etc etc. But I think it should definitely be on the table and talked about here, by PFC members, and by others.
Let's be realistic. The Mayor and Council only have a few months left. Why focus on issues that cannot come to fruition in that time frame? Let's instead concentrate on what they have done while in office. It is a little late to create such a broad wish list. We should be discussing their accomplishments instead. Just a thought.
i got reality for ya
When Hurrican Katrina struck, the Mayor got an empty school, and put all of the services families seeking emergency shelter and permannent housing would need and created a one-stop between multipl agencies in THREE DAYS.
It is reality that not everything we have wnated to happen over past 8 years has, but it's also reality that the Mayor can move mountains if he wants to.
We have six months left. We can give up and let things go on auto pilot or we can try to get some good stuff to happen.
check again
Things can happen quickly, finding shelter and having agencies get together in a time if crisis. But some of the proposals here will not happen by January. The may get started and that is great but to create wish lists of things to happen in a few short months is futile. Our energy should be focused elsewhere.
any problem voting for my and Sam's first choice, asking/pushing the mayor to release the money approved for funding the public health centers?
Could be done in a day. Hell, maybe a couple minutes.
I agree
I agree that City Health Centers needs more funding, as do Police and Fire, Libraries, Parks, and judging by this posting apparently bicycles. Health Centers are definitley needed and need more funding. The problem is that this city is losing citizens and those numbers are not being replaced. Businesses are leaving and we are hard pressed for new ones coming in. All of that amounts to less revenue in this city. If we choose to fund more health centers, police or any other program the money has to come from somewhere. Healthcare is a serious issue nationwide and more people need to be brought to the table to resolve it, such as the state and federal agencies working with the local municipalities. Could the mayor just sign over more money in minutes to aide our health centers, probably but it would only be a drop in the bucket and wouldn't solve the overall problem.
Reality Pop Quiz
How long do you think City Council worked on the rental suitability law that was passed? Do you think, maybe, it had something to do with the fact that Council wanted to... give Rick Mariano a legacy?
Oh that reality!
reality check
Some change is easier to lobby and pass than others. What I am trying to say is be realistic about it for this group specifically- those leaving in January. I could go back and forth all day about Mariano but that is beating a dead horse. Old news not worth discussing. Stay focused on the now and what can REALISTICALLY be accomplished.
Wow, this is so very wrong -- there's plenty they can still do.
The Health Center issue is obviously my favorite and all the Mayor has to do is use the money. He's got PLENTY OF TIME. He doesn't have to seek any approval of anything. He just has to okay the expenditures. He doesn't want to because he doesn't think the Council should have increased the Health Center budget so he's not using the money right now. He did it last year, too.
The benefit of him acting is two-fold: one) the healthcenters would work better and serve more people sooner, which is going to improve the health of citizens. two) if he hires the new folks and gets the money flowing, the next mayor can't really stop it.
Nutter has spoken positively of the health centers in the past and seems to be for them, but I dunno. The guy seems like a budget hawk to me, so I'd rather open the taps now and start getting folks the treatment they need and leave the next mayor to manage it and find innovative ways to tighten up the management and services at the centers.
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Bikes = Very Good; Bike Campaign as Legacy Project = Not So Good
People, please contextualize here.
The mayor and this council leave office in 4 months and 11 days. To lobby for, gain approval for, fund, create and start airing a brand new ongoing series of public service announcements for anything, even something as wonderful as biking in the city seems really, really farfetched. It's a great initiative to take to Mayor Nutter or Mayor Tauben..oh, hell let's just say it'd be a great thing to suggest to Michael once he's mayor in January.
And maybe it's something someone could push for in Harrisburg, should anyone reading this thread happen to find herself or himself in the State Senate or the State House in, say, 2009.
But it's not something that's likely to happen in the wee bit of time we have left with the present city government. Four months is not long. And the clock is ticking.
So let me please make a pitch for Funding City Health Centers. This is doable. The money is already there, but--unbelievably, ludicrously--Mayor Street just won't spend it.
So as the pitiless summer sun beats down on uninsured children and old people, critical staff positions at the city's health centers go unfilled. Avoidable misery needlessly goes unchecked. Check out Chris Brennan's excellent Urban Warrior column on this very subject that starts with the sobering fact:
Two out of three former public health commissioners say funding city health centers is not a priority for Mayor Street.
In this summer when healthcare has grabbed more headlines than at any time since 1993, in this summer of Sicko (don't believe cynics and weird post-Cold War Cuba haters, it's Moore's best since Roger and Me), save one vote for some immediate relief for the city's uninsured.
Save one vote for Funding City Health Centers.
There are certainly other worthy, possibly workable, choices available. Jennifer identifies Helping Homeless Families with 600 new subsidized housing units, and Ray nominates Making Home Ownership Easier for Young and Working Philadelphians through new grants. Those ideas not only sound great; they just might be possible in the next four months. They're getting my other two votes.
And please keep biking safely and happily this summer, and keep encouraging biking right into the next administration.
But maybe consider voting for something else for the (very short) time being.
Looking forward to seeing you all at the PHILLY FOR CHANGE PICNIC July 29 @ Clark Park
My Top Three
My top 3 all have the same theme: An engaged citizentry that partners with government to keep its city clean and beautiful. I believe that a clean city will ultimately lead to a safer city. People will feel better about themselves and where they live. If you think about it... just take a look at the 10 most deadliest sections of the city. I'll give you 3 things they all have in common: 1) they're filthy; 2) the people are disengaged and do not hold each other accountable for the success/failures of their community (hence, there usually is no strong community group); and 3) they have very weak commercial corridors. Without knowing anything about Philly and its neighborhoods, you would know everything you need to know about most neighborhoods by walking down one of their commercial corridors.
What do the best neighboprhoods in Philly have? Well, they have clean neighborhoods, a strong community group and an engaged citizentry, and strong commercial corridors. If we want to change Philadelphia, we have to change the culture of our people. There is nothing the government can help the most at-risk neighborhoods with, unless the community meets it halfway. The Mayor can help begin the process, however, the community has to do their part to help sustain it.
Let's Clean Up Our Beautiful City
Our perception of ourselves in Philadelphia is unhappily influenced by our trashiness, highlighted recently by a comparison with New Orleans. Mayor Street can organize and lead his entire cabinet, city agency leadership and staff and volunteers who respond to his city-wide call for volunteers, to spend a Sunday to "Clean Up Philadelphia." The Mayor could specifically commit to spending the day riding along with PPA tow trucks to continue to remove abandoned cars from the street and then he could help install and plant gigantic planters along the Parkway as a sign of his commitment to beautifying the city. (I'm actually in favor of promoting weekly citywide block clean-up, going back to two-time-a-week trash pick, and doing a single stream, weekly recycling program)
Put the Pressure on Abandoned House Owners
Mayor Street made a lot of progress earlier in his term removing abandoned cars from the street. The results of NTI which tried to get rid of abandoned houses, however, has been mixed. In his last six months in office, Street should prioritize getting rid of abandoned houses by sending a team of city inspectors to out liens on homes that are determined not be the primary residence of the owner. This would force absent home owners to fix up or sell their properties. The incremental taxes, fines or profits from the sale of abandoned foreclosed properties in default under the program could pay for the administration needed to operate this program. There is no reason there should be tens of thousand of potentially affordable housing sitting vacant throughout the entire city for decades at a time.
Neighborhood Preservation Through Neighbor Action
Ask Mayor Street to create a new commission to work with the school reform commission, the PTA, local colleges and universities, the teacher's union, and the DA's office, etc. to connect neighbors with community organizations, local schools, non-profits, businesses, historians from the universities who can share what the neighborhood was once like, in order to build stronger and communities throughout the city that will care for one another and have a stake in its progress. Stakeholders in the neighborhood will come up with goals for their neighborhood and will partner with community organizations to make these things happen. It will build a stronger sense of who neighbors are and individuals will hopefully feel more accountable to each other.
Priorities and dreams
Funding the health centers would be my number one priority, followed by making housing affordable and providing housing for the homeless.
I can't help but comment on the bike debate, though. I am a 52 year old bike commuter and my route from Germantown to W. Philly is through E. Falls, down the drive and then to Penn. I stay on the road except for the last two blocks, where I drive carefully along the pavement ( the students are still snoozing at that hour) rather than on 34th Street which does have a bike lane which is consistently blocked by trucks or cars illegally parked. For the most part, I guess, since I am an old lady, I ride like an old lady, and the Evil Knieval types buzz by me. Having a set of wheels seems to exponentially increase our sense of entitlement (my pavement, my street) and aggression—two fold and then four fold. The four wheelers are more likely to flatten you though.
From a public health point of view, encouraging the average Joe or Joanne to get out of the car and onto the road would be really beneficial in many ways. We are in the middle of an alarming national health crisis; the obesity epidemic is affecting minority populations the hardest. It is not a matter of aesthetics; the preventable outcomes are an alarming rise in type II diabetes, hypertension, and arthritis. . Making the streets safe for bike commuters could be a way of starting to address that. What if there were safe corridors to elementary schools and high schools?
What if bikes were made freely available and there was plenty of room to lock them up at schools and work?. What if there were safe corridors for commuters to come from South Philly, southwest Philly, North Philly , the Northeast, etc to work downtown?
There is also a lot of recent literature on the benefits of regular exercise on depression, mood, etc.
The city is the perfect landscape in a lot of ways—we are relatively flat and there are enough side streets, even in center city, to make a safe bike grid. The big obstacles I see are safety, not only from cars or other bikes, but from crime. The second which I think is more PR and would be easier to overcome, would be to convince people that biking is for just about everyone, not only the spandex clad on titanium frames.
Community Bike Programs
I remember hearing about some program, somewhere, where bikes were made available without charge at central locations. I know that some cities make space available for bike commuters to lock up their bikes and use lockers and even showers in free public facilities.
Has anyone heard about the success of such programs?
It would be nice to have a Philly bike share (but at no cost to the member) along similar lines as Philly car share. Maybe you could design a bike so that a member would get some kind of special key that would unlock the bike and also make the bike functional - so that it would be useless to any potential bike theif that wasn't registered as a member.
three Washington, D.C. area
three Washington, D.C. area cities: Annapolis, MD, Alexandria, VA, and Arlington, VA.
here is where I got the info: http://web.mit.edu/dzshen/www/about.shtml
Dickinson college and Madison
They are springing up all over. Dickinson college has them. Madison Wisconsin does it. I don't know that they are really tremendously helpful, though. Kind of cute, but people need bikes of their own to really use them. Bikes are plentiful, though. There are so many wasted bikes out there.
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Totally sweet
but like so much depending on solid civic society and us transcending the lesser parts of our human nature, apparently they've more often than not fallen "flat": on the failure of the commons, problems in Lexington KY (including a professor appropriating a bike and trying to rationalize it!), and links to some other articles).
In terms of bike-availability, the bike church in West Philly helps people with parts and learning to fix their own bikes. It's cool.
PS for the record, I am totally with DE II on the people in spandex. Too-sporty people really freak me out.
Check out this link:
It's about a bike sharing program in France that's a lot like PhillyCarShare, but for bikes. Very interesting.
Yeah from what I read it looks like there are workable/working programs in a couple other countries, but the ones I read about in the US often seemed to turn out comically. Commonly in college towns though, don't know how that plays in.
Definitely a nice idea.
In Madison
I think they shifted it to be a very, very inexpensive longterm bike rental program run out of the major bike retailer in town's shop. I think that makes a lot more sense. I have no doubt that programs like this would be endlessly abused. Sad but true.
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Spandex and 80's music
if this really were a progressive city, both would be banned within city limits.
Thanks for the link, DeWitt
Maybe you're not such a bad guy afterall.
There were some good, workable ideas in that article - that would solve the problems that have plagued some of the exisitng community biking programs.
It would be nice to see one of them happen. Unfortunately, our City officials are too busy with expanding the Convention Center and building casinos to waste their time with creating healthy and environmentally beneficial alternatives that would reduce traffic congestion and parking problems.
You gotta have your priorities, you know.
52 Is Not Old
Urevick, 52 is not old in today's society. You should have many, many years of productive life ahead of you.
I hope I keep biking that long!
You know, sometimes I think I'll reach an age where it will seem silly for me to still be biking to work. I hope I never give in to that silliness! You give me hope!!!
Bikes are just the best things ever.
The groups I love are the "bike gangs." Inner city kids who make really flashy bikes and ride around together. Usually low-riders. Those are awesome. Love 'em!
(((if it isn't pretty clear, I generally favor bikers over everyone else. what can I say?)))
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People should bike to work until they are 90
...but you know what they should NOT do?
They should not ride a skateboard if they are over the age of 16!
Unless you are professionally paid to do stupid pet tricks and it is your job (and even then - kind of a weird job!)
I do not understand why I see 25-year-old men wearing Pacman or Legend of Zelda tshirts, jeans, and skater shoes riding skateboards to their "content management" jobs around Philadelphia. I do not.
Your adolescence may have been the best time of your life but it is gone and it is not coming back and it is time to move forward! This applies to many aspects of hipster life but the skateboard thing is one of the worst. (Wait until this generation starts balding - and still keeps riding skateboards. And you thought the Boomers were bad with their Harleys.)
There is an entire show devoted to this topic, called "Arrested Development," it is very funny bt also very sad.
Sorry Ray for that - I hijacked!
My picks (just me two cents)
1. City health centers
2. Making homes affordable again! This is such a big deal but no one talks about what a problem it is.
3. How could we lose 23,000 trees without planting new ones?
Also in the same category:
Also in the same category: Def Leppard or Ramones or Johnny Cash baby tshirts on infants in strollers. No no no.
Yes I have seen these things. The spawn of Bella Vista gets hipper every spring and I can't stand it.


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By Laura (Hunter '03) Rose
Student A is a senior communication major who has been on the dean's list every semester. He's been named a Who's Who Among American College Students twice, and this year was voted Homecoming Ambassador.
He freelanced for The News Tribune in Tacoma and interned with The Olympian, Olympia's daily newspaper. During his time at PLU he has worked as a resident assistant, a reporter for The Mast, a concert usher and a Red Carpet Club host for the admission office.
Student B is a Lute athlete. He's played baseball and tennis while at PLU, and was named to the Academic All-District Team for tennis last year in honor of his athletic and academic talent.
Surprise! Student A and Student B are the same person.
Tyler Ochsner '07 has contributed greatly to PLU over the years. But his time as a student athlete might not have been possible. PLU's status as an NCAA-Division III school means student-athletes cannot receive financial aid purely for sports. That's where scholarships and support from Q Club and Lute Club really come through for students like Ochsner.
Ochsner and his brother, Justin Ochsner '03, are first-generation college graduates. He said his Q Club scholarship is a "big deal" to his family because it gave him a shot to get his bachelor's degree.
"You're giving opportunities to people who wouldn't have them otherwise," he said.
He applied to 10 different schools, but when he visited PLU he knew it was the place for him. Ochsner said PLU was the only campus where people would greet the tour guide by name. "PLU is in a different league. The people are warm, genuine and sincere," he said.
"My Q Club scholarship is a huge part of my financial aid puzzle and it kept me from needing to get another job so I could focus on other activities and academics. I'll forever be grateful to all the people who made that possible," he said.
Ochsner said travel expenses for tennis trips are almost always paid for through Lute Club gifts. Lute Club also provides equipment for the team and pays the rental cost for practice and tournament space.
Ochsner said his three years as a resident assistant made the biggest impact on his life and those around him.
"I came into college as a follower, being the youngest in my family. Being a (resident assistant) threw me into the leader role. It gave me a chance to be a 'big brother,'" he said.
After graduation this May, Ochsner hopes to become an admission counselor for PLU. "It would allow me to give back to PLU what PLU has given to me," he said. "I can help other students find their way."
Ochsner would also be interested in working for Teach for America, AmeriCorp or World Teach. He said being at PLU made him realize that he wants to have a direct effect on other people's lives.
"I have had ample opportunities outside of the classroom to be a leader and be in a community that values relationships. PLU has molded me and made me understand my own values," he said.
Quality education has always been the mission of Q Club. Support to Q Club provides assistance to deserving students as they prepare for lives of service. It guarantees that PLU graduates are equipped with the knowledge, skills and ability to think critically, interact with others and understand their role in the global community.
Lute Club contributions assist the athletics department with team travel, recruiting, equipment and other tools necessary to ensure teams sustain a competitive advantage over their rivals. Your investment in Lute Club provides for the development of tomorrow's leaders athletically, academically and socially.
Laura Rose is assistant director for annual giving/Q Club. More information about giving to Q Club and Lute Club is available online at www.plu.edu/deve or by calling the Office of Development at 253-535-7177 or toll-free at 800-826-0035.
Photo top: Tyler Oschner '07 is both an excellent student and an athlete who has benefited from the support of Q Club and Lute Club.


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At Novell we've been planning a special internal event that will run this week, from June 25th to 29th. We're calling it Hack Week. During Hack Week, our entire Linux engineering team — hundreds of people — will be working on whatever Linux or open source projects interest them. Everyone will work alone or in teams, on existing open source projects or new ideas of their own. No one will tell them what or what not to do — it's a free week for free hacking, driven by individual passion.
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Melbourne Rebels fly-half Kurtley Beale has been recalled to the Wallabies squad for the Test series with the British and Irish Lions.
The Australian Rugby Union confirmed in a tweet that Beale has rejoined the squad along with five others who will be confirmed on Tuesday.
Beale has been through a troubled Super Rugby season, having sat out for six weeks with a broken hand before being suspended for an alcohol-related incident with Rebels team-mates in Durban, before breaching behavioural guidelines after reappearing against the Chiefs.
Having now undergone a rehabilitation programme, Beale had been playing club rugby for Randwick before being reselected to play for the Wallabies.
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By: Lt.Col. Joanne T. Farris
The one service Nevada National Guard woman can depend on when they return home from active duty is quality gender specific health care. The Veteran's Administration
(VA) Woman's Veteran's Health Care Program recently launched a cultural change campaign to get the word out to returning Woman Veterans. The campaign quotes,
" Please don't call me mister. Think twice about how you address her. It's our job to give her the best care anywhere."
Woman in the Nevada National Guard comprise of 27% of the force, which equates to over 800 female soldiers. The amount of females in the Nevada Army National Guard is slightly higher than the national average of 14%. During the past two years over 457 female soldiers deployed in support of operations. This number comprises of over 50% of the female force.
According to Capt. Laura Boldly, the first female commander from the Nevada Guard to deploy to Afghanistan, "Woman in the military need access to health care especially gynecological care both when they deploy and after. There is a lack of gynecological care on the battlefield as well as at demobilization stations. The demobilization physical did not include any female gender specific health checks such as cervical cancer screenings or monograms."
The VA will spend $241 million this year on gender-specific care such as cervical cancer screenings and gynecology according to Patricia Hayes chief consultant for female Veterans health at the VA. Female veterans can get any medical service they need. At each VA Medical Center nationwide, a Women Veterans Program Manager is designated to assist women Veterans. They help coordinate all the services from primary care, medical services. Mental Health, and Sexual Abuse Counseling.
In northern Nevada, the VA Woman's Health Care program Coordinator is Ms. Zola Ferguson. Most unique about Ms. Ferguson, is she is an Iraq and Afghanistan war Veteran and a member of the Nevada National Guard which gives her the much needed competencies to assist woman in the Nevada Guard with services available. Ms. Ferguson stated with a lot of enthusiasm, "Lots of energy is being put in the Woman's health care program. Woman are the fastest growing population of Veteran's nation wide. The amount of woman registered at the northern Nevada continues to grow at 7% per year with an anticipated enrollment number for females of 2,500 by 2015. At the Reno VA, woman can get Gynecological care by a female physician. So far this year, I am happy to announce The Northern Nevada VA has funded 12 deliveries since 2010 through the woman's health care program!"
Coming home can be a difficult transition for any soldier, but especially for female soldiers. Getting gender specific care immediately can be critical. "Getting the word out about access to woman's health care is crucial." Said Ferguson, "You earned the care through your service – use it!"
For more information regarding the Woman's Heath Care Program contact Zola Ferguson, MS, PA-C, Women Veterans Program Manager at 775 786-7200 Ext. 1767.
(Lt. Col Joanne T. Farris leads the Command Information Section for the Nevada Army National Guard as a traditional soldier. Full-time, she is a employee at the VA Sierra Nevada Health System where she works in Human Resources.)


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"Today's Students: Tomorrow's Aerospace Workforce". The 39th
biennial conference for educators across North America will be held
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Marriott Hotel in Arlington, VA.
"AOPA enthusiastically supports NCAE and NCASE 2008," said AOPA
President Phil Boyer. "AOPA and its members are committed to
expanding the pilot population, and to do that, we recognize how
important it is for educators to develop and share strategies to
include aerospace concepts and issues in today's mainstream
NCASE brings together more than 2000 educators from across North
America for a two-day forum focusing on the integration of aviation
and space concepts into core curriculum subject areas, with an
emphasis on "hands-on, minds-on" sessions applied to National
Standards and Standards of Learning. Representatives from aviation
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The NCASE agenda will include several tracks, including science
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technologies using aerospace education as the theme, outreach in
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This Sample CD is a beautiful collection of stunning resonant textures and dreamy atmospheric pads, HOMEGROWN 800 provides inspirational source material for the creation of evocative soundscapes, classy Chill-Out grooves, and funky intelligent dance music. Indeed, the depth and quality of sounds on this sample CD evoke many musical reference points, including The Orb, Brian Eno, David Sylvian and Air.
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One Direction
Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan had never crossed paths before they found themselves competing against each other as soloists on X Factor.
Yet just a few short months later, thanks to an amazing twist of fate, the teenagers comprise the country's hottest boyband and are embarking on a career that is sure to turn global, working with some of the greatest producers in the music industry today.
During the ten weeks of live shows, One Direction covered songs as diverse as Natalie Imbruglia's 'Torn', Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida', Kelly Clarkson's 'My Life Would Suck Without You', Kim Wilde's 'Kids In America' and Snow Patrol's 'Chasing Cars'.
They were voted into third place and say they had mixed feelings: disappointed at not winning, but aware of how far they had come since those days practicing in a bungalow with no idea how to harmonise.
There was no question that the group would disband or give up their dreams. They were called to a meeting with Simon Cowell after a Christmas back home with their families in their respective homes: Liam (Wolverhampton), Harry (Cheshire), Louis (Doncaster), Zayn (Bradford), and Niall (Westmeath, Ireland), and told they were to be signed to Syco.
Harry says: "Simon Cowell was telling you your life was about to change! It was weird."
Louis adds: "We came from nothing, and had no experience as a group at all. By the time we came to the end of the show, we were a completely different group. We worked so hard, and achieved so much. We also became really close mates – we're just all so grateful that we got along so well from the start. It's quite sad actually – even when we go home now or have a day off, we are still texting each other!"
After some discussion they knuckled down to record with legendary names including Steve Mac, who has worked with Westlife, JLS and Leona Lewis; Rami Yacoub (Backstreet Boys, Bon Jovi, Britney Spears), and Matt Squire (Good Charlotte, 3OH!3, Panic! At The Disco, HIM).
Other producers credited on the album include Toby Gad (Beyonce, Fergie, Alicia Keys, The Veronicas), Red One (Lady Gaga, Sean Kingston, Jennifer Lopez), and Savan Kotecha, the X Factor vocal coach who has worked with the likes of Britney Spears, Usher and Enrique Iglesias.
Niall says: "These guys are amazing. Basically, name one of the biggest hits of the past ten years, and the guys we worked with will be behind them. "To even meet them was incredible. To work with them was even better!"
Their single, What Makes You Beautiful (Rami Yacoub / Carl Falk / Savan Kotecha) was released on September 11 with the biggest pre-order in Sony single history. It landed in at number one and had the highest first-week sales of the year, shifting 153,000 copies in seven days.
The long-awaited album is out now, and the boys hope it will appeal to fans of both sexes and all ages. Louis says: "I want people to listen to it and say, 'Wow, is that One Direction?'. It's not too cheesy - I think it's the kind of album that guys will like as well as girls
"I'd like to surprise people. We're not a typical boyband." Zayn adds: "It's upbeat, and has a really distinct One Direction sound.
"We've all got quite different sounding voices and our own individual style, so we can play up to that and play to each of our strengths."
Outside of music, the boys are proud to be Ambassadors for Nintendo, and their second book, Dare to Dream, was released on September 15 and shot straight to Number one.
One Direction have already achieved a great deal in such a short space of time. And if their meteoric rise to stardom continues at the pace it began, it won't be long before One Direction are global icons.


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Cover Letters
The cover letter is a letter of application for an advertised position or a letter of inquiry about a position you desire. It introduces you to an employer by covering your resume each time it is sent. Cover letters are meant to complement the information contained in the resume. Never send out a resume by mail without a cover letter.
Thank You Letter
This letter should always be sent within 24 hours of the interview. A thank you letter should be sent to every employer with whom you interviewed. Otherwise, send it to the Human Resource Director or the Chairperson of the screening committee. Use the letter to thank the individual for his/her time. Mentioning a specific topic discussed in the interview can serve as a reminder to him/her of the interview and strengthen your candidacy.
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James G. "Jim" Neuner passed away on Monday, October 28, 2013 at the age of 85.
He is survived by Kathie, his wife of 29 years. He is also survived by his brother, Joseph J. Neuner and his wife Luanne of Olathe, KS and three sons from his first marriage, James G. Neuner, Jr. and wife Deborah and their twin daughters, Kelly and Michele of the Woodlands, TX, Kenneth B. Neuner and wife Nori and their daughters Clair and Kendall of Dallas, TX and David B. Neuner and wife Maggie Hays of Portland, OR.
Mr. Neuner attended the University of Kansas and Rockhurst University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree. He was a member of Sigma Chi Men's Fraternity. Mr. Neuner was a veteran of the Korean War where he was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge and other medals of recognition. He was the only one in his Regiment chosen to attend Infantry Troop Leadership School. Jim's favorite sports were golf, fishing and hunting. He was a private pilot with over 900 hours as pilot in command. Mr. Neuner spent his entire business career in the oil and gas industry as an independent producer.
Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the memorial Mass on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, 2260 W. 21st Avenue, Covington, LA 70433 at 2:00 PM with visitation on Wednesday from 1:00 PM until Mass time.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in memory of Mr. Neuner to be made to St. Joseph Abbey.
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Laura Mullis, 71, of Chickamauga, Ga., recently won more than $142,000 in the Georgia Lottery, the third time she has won money in the drawings.
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