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'Save Our Cyclists' - The Times launches major cycle safety campaign
"Britain is failing cyclists," says newspaper as it outlines 8-point manifesto to make 'Cities Fit For Cycling'
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The Times, one of Britain's most influential newspapers, has this morning launched a major campaign to improve the safety of cyclists in Britain's towns and cities, outlining an eight-point manifesto to make conditions safer for bike riders and encouraging people to write to their MPs to urge them to take action. "Britain is failing cyclists," it asserts, and "it is time for a change of gear."
The front page of today's print edition of the newspaper carries the simple headline 'Save Our Cyclists,' accompanied by a picture of Mary Bowers, The Times journalist who remains in a coma three months after she was hit by a lorry just yards from the newspaper's headquarters in Wapping, East London.
Inside, a two-page spread outlines the background to the campaign, including statistics detailing the casualty toll among cyclists on Britain's roads, as well as an interview with the London Air Ambulance's trauma surgeon Major Thomas König and a column by Olympic road race champion Nicole Cooke who says "we need to do all we can to improve the safety of cyclists, especially those who are less experienced."
The article in the print edition (there is also briefer coverage on the non-paywall protected part of The Times website) also outlines the newspaper's eight-point manifesto for the safety of cyclists in Britain's towns and cities:
- Trucks entering a city centre should be required by law to fit sensors, audible truck-turning alarms, extra mirrors and safety bars to stop cyclists being thrown under the wheels.
- The 500 most dangerous road junctions must be identified, redesigned or fitted with priority traffic lights for cyclists and Trixi mirrors that allow lorry drivers to see cyclists on their near-side.
- A national audit of cycling to find out how many people cycle in Britain and how cyclists are killed or injured should be held to underpin effective cycle safety.
- Two per cent of the Highways Agency budget should be earmarked for next generation cycle routes, providing £100 million a year towards world-class cycling infrastructure. Each year cities should be graded on the quality of cycling provision.
- The training of cyclists and drivers must improve and cycle safety should become a core part of the driving test.
- 20mph should become the default speed limit in residential areas where there are no cycle lanes.
- Businesses should be invited to sponsor cycleways and cycling super-highways, mirroring the Barclays-backed bicycle hire scheme in London.
- Every city, even those without an elected mayor, should appoint a cycling commissioner to push home reforms.
The newspaper once known as 'The Thunderer' for its opinion-forming editorials also highlights the campaign in a leader that issues the damning verdict that "cycling in Britain, and particularly in London, is a shockingly dangerous pursuit. In the past decade, cyclists killed on our roads outnumber servicemen killed in Iraq and Afghanistan by a factor of two. In London, this number is rising."
The Times says that "making Britain fit for cyclists is not simply a matter of painting the occasional stretch of road blue, or of alerting drivers to the dangers they pose. In places, our cities must be re-engineered. Overhead platforms, reclaimed land alongside railways, time-shares on existing roads; nothing should be ruled out."
Highlighting the type of infrastructure from which cyclists in Copenhagen, where 80 per cent of people take to their bikes once a week, The Times acknowledges that "all of this will cost money, and lots of it."
Its proposed solution? "Two per cent of the Highways Agency budget should be earmarked for cycling, providing about £100 million a year."
In response to any thoughts among drivers that cyclists should be required to contribute to the cost of infrastructure, The Times points out that "the vast majority are drivers, too, and already do."
It adds: "The municipal nature of this campaign cannot be overstated. Britain is poised for a local government revolution, with elections for directly elected mayors across England expected by the end of the year.
"Those who wish to be mayor should be competing to transform their cities into world class bike-friendly zones. Cities ahead of the curve, such as London, should move faster. There should be a Cycling Commissioner directly responsible for cycling infrastructure and safety.
"Britain is failing cyclists," it adds. "In too many of our cities, the business of commuting on two wheels is unpleasant, dangerous and frightening. Many drivers and pedestrians rightly resent cyclists for their law-breaking; many cyclists resent drivers and pedestrians for their lack of savvy about their fragile companions on the road."
It's perhaps unfortunate that The Times didn't qualify that by saying "some cyclists," but that does highlight the point that the minority of riders who do break the law by riding through red lights or on pavements are also guilty of reinforcing negative perceptions among many drivers and pedestrians that all cyclists do so.
"All would benefit from a better cycling infrastructure, as seen by the way that, in many European cities, such problems do not exist," concludes the leading article. "Motoring is getting less dangerous, cycling should be doing the same. It is time for a change of gear."
While The Times isn't the first newspaper to launch a campaign on the issue – in April last year, The Independent launched its 'Save Our Cyclists' campaign, a year after sister paper the London Evening Standard issued a similar call, while The Guardian is also prominent in covering cycle safety – today's coverage is a further reflection of the topic moving into the mainstream and even assuming national importance.
In recent months, the safety of cyclists in London has increasingly become a focus of political debate, leading to it becoming one of the key campaigning issues in the run-up top the mayoral elections in May. Meanwhile, as reported on road.cc earlier this week, Team Sky's Geraint Thomas is supporting a 'Share The Road' campaign being launched through British Cycling's partnership with Fiat.
With Cooke joining the campaign launched by The Times, another of the country's leading cyclists is lending her voice to calls to improve the safety of Britain's legions of less heralded cyclists, those who use their bikes for leisure or fitness, or for getting to and from the shops. As The Times says, "Britain leads the world in competitive cycling; it is time that we did the same for the cyclists on our streets."
The front page article, written by Kaya Burgess, a friend and colleague of Mary Bowers, is a highly personal account that highlights the life-changing injuries suffered by just one cyclist on the streets of London in 2011, a year in which 16 riders in the capital, and dozens of others elsewhere in Britain, lost their lives.
Would The Times have launched its campaign had one of its own employees not been involved in such a horrific incident? That's impossible to say, but Burgess himself acknowledges at the start of his article that "the reality of any major issue is that it only really touches you when it comes close to home."
He concludes by saying, "too many cyclists have died on the streets of Britain. Too many families have lost their sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, husbands and wives. It is time for that to change."
The Times is urging readers to get involved in three ways, outlined on its website: First, to sign up to its campaign so they can be kept up to date with developments; secondly, to spread the word by social media on sites such as Twitter, where the newspaper suggest using the hashtag #cyclesafe; and thirdly, by writing to their MP.
The campaign has already received the support of Sustrans, the London Cycling Campaign, Roadpeace, the CTC, the Cycling Embassy of Great Britain, Russell Jones & Walkers Solicitors and the blogs Cyclists in the City and IBikeLondon.
Can't really fault the Times for launching their campaign and it should be welcomed. The Times is, of course, a Murdoch paper and is a stablemate of Sky - so there's crossover there, which helps.
What the Times doesn't appear to be calling for - not having read the article in full - is changes to legislation. Drivers would soon pay greater heed of cyclists if the consequences for injuring or killing a rider were more severe, or at least consistent. Road CC has done a great job of highlighting the many cases that come before the court and the relatively trivial sentences handed down to drivers.
If the assumption of criminal responsbility were to be placed on the driver (i.e. they had to prove the WEREN'T to blame, as I believe is the case in many European countries), it would focus minds far quicker and bolster the many road safety campaigners who continue their laudible work.
posted by philallan [14 posts]
2nd February 2012 - 10:25
I've commuted through London for the last 10 years, and if anything the roads seem to be getting more dangerous. If London really is "ahead of the curve" then perhaps they've chosen the wrong curve...
posted by oewg [1 posts]
2nd February 2012 - 10:31
Wasn't the Times the paper that printed Matthew Parris' 'What is smug and deserves to be decapitated?' article re cyclists?
I note he still wrties for them….
posted by richardccarter [1 posts]
2nd February 2012 - 10:31
If the assumption of criminal responsbility were to be placed on the driver (i.e. they had to prove the WEREN'T to blame, as I believe is the case in many European countries), it would focus minds far quicker and bolster the many road safety campaigners who continue their laudible work.
Just to be clear, some European countries place a presumption of civil liability on drivers involved in collisions with cyclists. However, an assumption of criminal responsibility would be difficult to get through, legally, and against the 'innocent until proven guilty' principle that underpins all criminal law here.
I agree that the presumed liability system seems like a much more sensible one - put the onus on the most dangerous to prove that they were taking proper care. And if they don't, their insurer picks up the tab and their premium goes up.
posted by step-hent [718 posts]
2nd February 2012 - 11:01
By tomorrow morning it will be forgotten.
The Independent did the same last year, the newspaper "launched a campaign".
Big front page splash, then.... nothing.
Edit: spotted this on LFGSS forum thread and it sums up my thoughts on reading the article:
"The language they use would put anyone off cycling. They've got the wrong end of the stick. Cycling isn't dangerous, (driving is). Why not a 'Tame our drivers" Campaign. I'd sign that one!"
posted by Simon E [2415 posts]
2nd February 2012 - 11:14
I pledged my support for an awesome campaign! - I posted my story and proposal ...
I commute by bike and train from Enfield going out to Welwyn Garden City each day, on the weekend I often cycle for fitness or to get somewhere. The luke warm treatment of cyclists by some parts of London surprises me, if I cycle into the East End I pass from The half-hearted provision given to cyclists in some areas is disquieting, if I cycle from Enfield through the East End I pass through boroughs where cycle lanes a coloured part of the pavement with lamp posts placed to tease through nice, one crosses the from side to side four times in two miles, dedicated well surfaced Dutch style cycle tracks in parts of Haringey to the Super Highways nearer central London. Partly because of this reason riders on mountain bikes with knobbly tires traveling under 10 mph through to road cyclists flittering around the 20mph mark ride on the roads and are grouped together by motorists.
It would be great to see Commercial driver training coupled cyclist training, a year or so ago I sat in the cab of a truck with a Met Police man, I can only describe the experience as humbling, having worked for a plant hire company I have driven trucks around yards and sat in the cab on London's roads but still when looking from a cyclists point of view I dug deep and began to give the drivers a bit more of a chance to see me. Back in Southampton in the early 2000's the city introduced bendy buses, late for uni lectures I pushed hard and passed a bus in a bus stop with just a glance to check it wasn't indicating – it wasn't. Moments later the driver pulled and immediately turned right folding me in between the front and rear sections – hard breaking and a shout saved me on that day – whose fault … possibly the question is would 360 training have helped … almost certainly. Yes.
So here's my proposal Online training for commercial drivers and cylists, from company van drivers to Class 1 drivers and similar for cyclists – no legalities, nothing bound up in red tape which will turn the revolutionaries in us off, but something based online, based around the Driver Risk Assessment part of the Theory Test , it would help cyclists and drivers see the road from each other's point of view both from a when both are driving perfectly through to our everyday driving style. It would be a big see change but there's no doubt it would see an increase in mutual respect and it starts with commercial drivers the knowledge would filter down to the grass routes level pretty soon – who would pay … who knows!
posted by RhysW [83 posts]
2nd February 2012 - 11:17
A good start from the Times. I hope they keep it up.
A good start would be to make learning to drive start with teaching on a bike to learn road wareness.
Also stricter penalties for careless and dangerous driving would help. Instead of treating driving as a right.
posted by thereverent [354 posts]
2nd February 2012 - 12:00
"Just to be clear, some European countries place a presumption of civil liability on drivers involved in collisions with cyclists. However, an assumption of criminal responsibility would be difficult to get through, legally, and against the 'innocent until proven guilty' principle that underpins all criminal law here.
I agree that the presumed liability system seems like a much more sensible one - put the onus on the most dangerous to prove that they were taking proper care. And if they don't, their insurer picks up the tab and their premium goes up."
thanks for that - i was always likely to get my facts wrong when responding first then thinking about it later! At least you knew what i was getting at!
posted by philallan [14 posts]
2nd February 2012 - 12:16
British Authorities national and local are failing all road users, the infrastucture, maintainance and design of our roads is abysmal, as is the lack of enforcement of road traffic legislation. We are falling behind many european countries. I feel much safer on unfamiliar Spanish roads than I do here at home (NE England)!
onward ever onward
posted by bikecellar [264 posts]
2nd February 2012 - 19:07
I'm staying in Michelen tonight. An ordinary town in Belgium. The town common sense approach to managing cyclists, traffic and pedestrians alike would be the envy of any town in the UK. In mainland Europe its increasingly the norm.
We are light years behind.
posted by couldgetacarforthat [19 posts]
2nd February 2012 - 23:35
What makes cycling safer is more cyclists on the roads. Not quite sure where a campaign that highlights how dangerous cycling is fits in with that...
posted by Rob Simmonds [257 posts]
3rd February 2012 - 0:45
[Edit - this is in reply to Rob Simmons' note above.]
And yet the Dutch, who don't seem overly keen on cycling on the road - but do seem keen as mustard on cycling - appear to have some of the safest cycling there is to be had.
As long as we obsess about everyone being able to cycle on the roads, mass cycling isn't going to happen. Successful cycling nations recognise that (for example) children and parents don't want to mix it with HGVs on the way to school, and provide them with pleasant, safe facilities which don't require the very well documented outright fear of cycling which is endemic in the UK.
posted by timlennon [229 posts]
3rd February 2012 - 20:23
With regards to the first point on the Times's manifest an audible truck-turning alarms would surely have to be turned on by the driver (like an indicator) and not all drivers do that!
But good luck to them anything is better than nothing.
posted by FATBEGGARONABIKE [734 posts]
5th February 2012 - 16:35
Another thing lacking from the eight-point "call" is a campaign to require the retraining of road designers. The standard of road design in this country is woeful. A new bypass on my way to work just last year installed so-called cycle facilities that were dangerous, pointless and frustrating. I managed to get the bollards at the ends (supposed to stop motorcycles using the path) removed, but the only way to use the roundabout is to come off the path and mix it with two streams of traffic -- the cycle path takes you right into the path of the traffic and loses the right of way.
What we need is:
1. Compulsory training for all planning officers concerned with roads. County Councils should plan to send a certain number this year and do all over the next two years.
2. To support the change of culture in planning offices, a National Centre of Excellence should be set up to which all plans must be sent for comments and approval -- until best practice becomes entrenched.
3. Requirement to consult local cyclists over any new schemes / road changes.
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I didn't do yoga for a while after that semester. I probably didn't start doing it more than one a month until last year in November, where I did Bikram, or hot yoga, 3-4 times a week for a month. (Those Bikram studios feel SO good in the winter.) After than month, I bought some yoga DVDs and started practicing at home (see this post for the DVDs I have).
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Most yoga studios have special deals for first time students. Either the first class is free or they offer dramatically reduced rates for unlimited classes your first week or month with them, no strings attached. Also, most studios offer free or donation suggested community classes. Ask your local studio (or Lululemon Store) what days and times these classes are :)
Here's my main message: If you are interested in getting started or are looking for new classes/teachers/styles to try out, there are plenty of affordable options out there. Whether you want to take a class in the studio or in your home. Today, I wanted to pass on to you these great low or no cost yoga websites that I've come across:
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Sadie Nardini's YouTube Channel (I'm I love this girl. I just ordered her book Road Trip Guide to the Soul on Amazon and I'm going to order her Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga Power Hour with Sadie Nardini DVD next.)
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Question of the day: What is your favorite type of yoga if you practice?
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Too bad Obama's 401(k) didn't consist mostly of Chrysler bonds. The administration's handling of the GM and Chrysler situations was just this side of Hugo Chavez's playbook. Of course companies can make money when you let them dump their obligations.
Look at Obama in those goggles and tell me he is not a doppelganger for Urkel.
Don't bet against America? Obama bets against America every time he takes over an American business. He bets that he can do better than the lifeblood of America.
Otherwise, just another day redefining success by simply ignoring the costs of his actions.
Which were? A company was quite possibly saved. What is your problem with that, other than that a Democrat did it? Ditto the bailout: there was no time to sit back and see what might have happened without a bailout, or wait for an "orderly" process, or whatever partisan trash Boner is selling today. It was a time for action, with few or no perfect options. This mess began under a Republican administration, and like a lot of other messes it left behind, Obama has had to make the best of the cleanup. Critics are loudest when an opponent has to clean up after them.
I am one of those auto worikers who job was saved, although I had to relocate to keep my job I thank President Obama for his action!!!!
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St. John broke a 2-2 tie with 3:50 left in the first quarter as he scored off an assist from freshman attackman Tim Skeen (Baltimore, Md./Towson). The goal was the first in a three-goal run that gave the Generals a 5-2 lead early in the second quarter. The Marlins (8-4, 1-3) countered with a man-up goal by sophomore attackman Brett Morris (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) off an assist from senior attackman Dan Hofmeister (Williamsburg, Va./Hampton Roads) with 6:15 left in the half, but the Generals (8-4, 1-3) ripped off two more goals, including one by St. John, for a 7-3 lead at the break.
Senior midfielder Perrin Monroe (Washington, D.C./Phillips Exeter) scored unassisted 50 seconds into the third period for an 8-3 advantage. The Marlins got on the board again with 13:09 left in the third quarter as sophomore midfielder Drew Smythers (Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle) scored unassisted, but Lalli recorded six saves in the quarter, including several point-blank stops, to keep the Marlins at bay.
Skeen finished with one goal and three assists, while sophomore attackman Ned Rider (Manakin-Sabot, Va./Collegiate) notched two goals. Monroe added one goal and one assist.
Virginia Wesleyan received single goals from five different players, while sophomore goalkeeper Tom Skartsiaris (Lynnbrook, N.Y./Lynnbrook) stopped 12 shots.
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Where is the Outrage?
The people who did quite heroic acts during the Holocaust to save Jews or other targeted people were usually ordinary people whose only distinguishing trait was that in ordinary times they usually did the right thing--helped the homeless, were open to others, did the decent acts of every day life that I too often am too busy or too guarded or too cynical to perform. My detective, V I, acts out of a sense of noticeable outrage, but the person she's most often outraged with is me, not some anonymous member of the larger world. I've always been afraid that when the chips were down I would be a collaborator, not a resister.
And that brings me to these times. Last week, the Supremes let stand a lower court ruling that allows the San Diego welfare department to break into the homes of welfare recipients without a warrant to make sure they're not committing fraud. This is not a violation of the 4th Amendment for some reason that I don't understand. I wish I could believe they would break into the home of Dick Cheney's friends and former co-workers, who have been living on government welfare for 7 years, enriching themselves at our expense, but of course that will never happen.
I guess what I want to know is, where is the outrage? Where is the outrage when the Supremes announced that women's health is irrelevant to questions about abortion? Where is the outrage about the many thousands of American dead in Iraq, the many hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who have died, the millions of Iraqis who have become refugees, the forty or fifty thousand Americans maimed for life? Where is the outrage over the cost of this unjust and pernicious war, now at $1.6 trillion, and likely to be doubled that--in a country which can't afford health care, public transit, or good schools?
I would like to be the person heroic enough, moral enough, to take action, but all I do is grumble and go Christmas shopping. No wonder V I is outraged with me.
Sara Paretsky
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Thought-provoking and disturbing post, Sara. I hate to present apathy and self-interest as answers to your question,but I believe they are at least factors. These last eight years at least have created the belief that no matter what we've been taught, the privileged few make the decisions and our voices don't matter. During the last election, I talked to so many younger people who didn't see any reason to vote since, to paraphrase them, "nothing will change anyway. We may rail against injustice but don't believe our single voices joined together will count for much." That feeling seems to be growing, although perhaps with the right candidates in 2008 we'll see a change. How much and how quickly remains to be seen.
Even now, people protesting the war are labeled unpatriotic. No one wants that stigma...we qualify our opposition by stating we support the troops, just not the government that sent them there.
And, we've somehow given birth to another "what's in it for me" generation, more concerned about material things and getting ahead than anything else.
Yes, I'm talking in generalizations, and certainly there are concerned people of all generations. Maybe we just need someone with guts and passion to push us. If only we could open our windows, stick our heads out, and scream "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore" and then act on those words.
- Jean said...
I'd love to say that I disagree with Maryann, but I can't. My only comfort is the reminder that I'm not alone in my anger and frustration. I've always found enough hope to work and fight for the beliefs I support. The last seven years have left me numb, frightened and yes, almost without hope. I have to believe that there's enough to continue.
- spyscribbler said...
Well, part of it is "outrage overload." To be perfectly honest, when I read your post I was appalled. Then I had a sinking feeling in my stomach, like, oh no, I can't worry about that, too!
There is so much going on the world, it's difficult to figure out where to focus my outrage.
I've been feeling, though, that we are not leaving a better world for the next generation. And isn't that supposed to be the responsibility for every generation?
- Libby Hellmann said...
I think you're being hard on yourself, Sara. Part of the problem is that with the issues you mentioned, we all have time to contemplate the repercussions of acting in outrage... we know we might be penalized, ostracized, or humiliated if we do what we think we ought. And so we don't do anything.
Barb's post honored a man who didn't have time to think... who did what he did probably out of instinct. What's to say you -- or I -- or anyone else -- wouldn't do the same thing, given the circumstances?
Hard to say. I don't know.
I believe, V I would think you hero of heroes.
Most of us who have come to know V I Warshawski though your writing know how V I reacts, disregarding danger and what other people think, thinking the best of her clients and what our free society expects.
As a reader, you are my hero as you are the hero of all the readers of V I.
Let no one under estimate the appreciation we have for you. We are certainly proud of you and what you bring to the plate. You are as Chicago as Chicago can be.
Thank you, and don't stop writing we love you.
I am outraged a lot of the time, and I try to do what I can even though I too am still engaged in the world of shopping, watching movies, and enjoying myself. I send a lot of emails and petitions to my senators and representative. I donate to NARAL Pro-Choice and Oxfam. I vote 3rd party to the chagrin on my friends. I boycott Wal-mart even as family assure me my feeble consumer activism is just a drop in the ocean. And I make an effort to find healthy and environmentally conscious products and choices for our home.
Still, I do sometimes feel pretty hopeless about the big things. Bush says Iran's dwindling nuclear program makes them more of a threat; then says "hey morons, here's a mortgage rate cut! a tax rebate! By the way, spend money this weekend!" I try to vent to friends and family and see what they think and share a little bit of my anger without being too preachy. It's slow progress but I have to believe that communication about these issues helps swell the tide of dissent and make people more thoughtful.
Certainly your writing, Sara, is invaluable to this discussion for me! I talk about Writing in an Age of Silence and even the recent "teenage V.I." story in the Sisters in Crime anthology all the time. Your work has especially made an impact on me by tying the recent history of Chicago into these global issues, and in broadening my understanding of Chicagoland's complex communities. Even through your blog you have an impact on your readers and peers.
It's a frustrating world, but don't discount the power of art to change things for the better. :)
I've been outraged since Bush Jr. bought the election the first time. I used to be pretty apolitical, but as our government's corruption grows daily and it seems like most people don't believe it or don't care, I've become almost too aware of all that's going wrong with Bush & Co. But I am only one man; my outrage can only burn for so long. I'm outta gas. I feel like no one else cares. I feel like if they did, Bush would have had his warmongering, lying ass impeached a long time ago.
I dunno. Where IS the outrage?
- Dana King said...
I'm outraged about the San Diego decision, too (not as much as the Spousal Equivalent), but it's not the Supreme Court I'm upset with; it's the California government and legislature.
Much as we'd like to think so, it is NOT the Supreme Court's job to enforce fairness and justice. They interpret and enforce the laws in light of the Constitution. I haven't read much on this (I have a bit of skyscribbler's outrage overload), but I suspect the winning legal argument had something to do with landlord/tenant law, and who actually pays the rent.
That doesn't make what they're doing right; it does make it legal. The recourse is in the hands of the California legislature. (Arnold could also issue an order for it to stop, I suppose.) The legislature allegedly answers to the people, the voters. Unfortunately, they don;t seem to be as outraged as we are. So, in the end, I agree completely with Sara's point about outrage; I just think it needs to be a little more precisely directed.
Thank you for your comments--thatguy and hawk3ye, I am very honored by your opinion. I agree with spyscribbler that there's outrage overload, and with libby--many of us are a tad nervous about the repercussions of what we say and do. I wonder if we started going to prison, or took to the streets, would that mobilize a public demand for action? Anyway, it's Hannukah, a time for thinking about rising up against oppression.
Happy Holidays Sara
- Roy D. Schickedanz said...
Thatguy sends his season's greetings, wishing V I a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years. These seasonal greetings have been sent from the heart of V I Warshawski country, here at 114th and Torrance.
Those stumping grounds was verified by a photograph of V I in some tall grass at the entrance of our plant on the east side of the street, appearing on the back dustcover of The Age of Silence.
The outrage you have spoken about has seemed to grab little or no concern. There are people today, having heard first hand, blaming the Clinton administration for the current state of affairs as if Bush and gang can do no wrong!
In the same breath, they raise the name of Hillary (Clinton), finding she cannot do a better than Bush. But Hillary and everybody else running today can do a better job, and the person that must take over the reigns of our country has a hell of a mess to cleanup.
This administration has destroyed almost every branch of government.
Sara, I think this is a wonderful post. I'm 22, and I feel sick nearly every time I turn on the news. I never know, however, what to do! My lowly little voice screaming out on my friends-only blog every once in a while doesn't really do a whole lot. I berate myself because I'd love to take to the streets - if only someone else would organize it and it didn't interfere too much with work, school, and internship.
But honestly - if I was outraged at every damned thing this administration does that is worth the outrage, I don't know if I could get out of bed in the morning. Where to start?
By the way - I just finished Blacklist, and I LOVED it. I've always liked the VI books but I felt this was a bold (and true) stand and it excited me that you took it. THANK YOU!


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State Sen. Malama Solomon, former Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Commissioner Stuart Hanchett and about 20 other Native Hawaiians are members of an exclusive group.
While on DHHL waitlists for ranching or farming homestead lots, they obtained month-to-month revocable permits for pastoral or agriculture land from the agency, according to a Star-Advertiser analysis of DHHL data.
The moves allowed Solomon, Hanchett and the others, who (with one exception) were nowhere near the top of their lists, to start farming or ranching on trust lands right away, forgoing a years-long wait while keeping their place on the homestead lists.
Some beneficiaries say a system that enables a few people to bypass long waits as others ahead of them languish for years without getting any land is not right and needs to be changed.
"It's definitely not fair," said KipuKai Kualii, who has been waiting for nearly 30 years for an agricultural homestead lot on Kauai.
Questions about the fairness of the first-come, first-served process add more weight to beneficiary concerns that DHHL's revocable-permit program is broken. A Star-Advertiser investigation has found that the program suffers from a lack of published rules, lax oversight and selective enforcement, and some beneficiaries say the flaws reflect not just incompetence, but corruption.
"I think it's purposeful," said Maui beneficiary Blossom Feiteira, president of the Association of Hawaiians for Homestead Lands. "It's mind-boggling."
DHHL's main program for getting beneficiaries into homes is through homestead leases, which include agricultural and pastoral ones. The revocable permits generally are for land that lacks infrastructure and is not suitable for homesteading but can be used for ranching and other purposes.
Beneficiaries told the Star-Advertiser that DHHL should establish a fairer process for awarding revocable permits, offering them first to Native Hawaiians and giving beneficiaries at the top of the waitlists first crack at any ranch or farming lands that become available.
That is especially important given that the permits can last years and that so few ranch or farming homestead leases have been issued over the past several decades, according to beneficiaries. On Kauai, for instance, no new agricultural or pastoral leases have been awarded since 1986.
In response to the Star-Advertiser's findings, the department is placing a 60- to 90-day moratorium on the issuing of any new revocable permits and will look for ways to make the awards more transparent and productive, according to Deputy Director Darrell Young. As part of that review, the agency will re-examine how awards are decided and to whom they are offered.
Young noted, however, that revocable-permit land is offered "as is" and typically has no infrastructure, making the property unsuitable for homestead use.
If the land's projected development is many years away, it potentially could be leased out through the permit program.
When DHHL offers land for pastoral or agriculture homestead leases, which last 99 years, it typically provides the infrastructure. But funding problems have slowed such work.
For residential homesteads, the cost of providing roads, water and sewer ranges from roughly $170,000 to about $500,000 per lot, depending on the terrain, according to DHHL.
Though DHHL has no published rules about the revocable-permit process, someone who is the first to ask about a parcel the department determines can be rented out on a short-term basis typically will get the land, according to department officials.
In the cases of Solomon and Hanchett, both beneficiaries told the Star-Advertiser that the department approached them to ask whether they were interested in renting particular parcels, and they accepted the offers.
Solomon is paying 99 cents an acre per month for 106 acres in Waimea on Hawaii island. The parcel, with green rolling hills and ocean views, is above Hawaii Preparatory Academy, the most expensive private school in the state. Solomon has had the permit since 2000.
Hanchett, who served on the Hawaiian Homes Commission from 2005 to 2011, is paying $1.84 an acre monthly for 316 acres in Moloaa on Kauai. Hanchett received a permit for the land, which also features rolling hills and ocean views, in 2003, well before he became a commissioner.
When Hanchett received the permit, he was far from the top of the waitlist for a ranching homestead lot on Kauai. At the end of 2011 he was No. 187, DHHL data show, still facing a years-long wait. He applied for the homestead in 2001.
At the end of 2011, Solomon was No. 74 on a pastoral waitlist for Hawaii island. She applied in 1981.
More than 26,000 applicants are on waitlists for homestead lots statewide, and the majority are seeking agricultural or farming land.
Alan Murakami, a Native Hawaiian Legal Corp. attorney, said beneficiaries who use the system to get permit land quickly should not be condemned, given the failures of the state to fulfill its mission of adequately funding DHHL and getting people onto homestead lots more quickly.
Murakami agreed that the first-come, first-served nature of the program and a lack of transparency "basically victimizes the ignorant."
Hanchett said he had been repeatedly inquiring about the possibility of securing a parcel elsewhere on Kauai when the Moloaa one became available, and the department asked whether he was interested in that lot. He said he did not benefit from any inside knowledge of the program.
But Kauai beneficiaries said those at the top of the pastoral waitlists would have liked to have had a shot at getting the Moloaa land.
DHHL, however, does not have a public process for letting beneficiaries know that land is available on a month-to-month basis.
Asked whether he thought the system was unfair, Hanchett replied, "Maybe so. But it wasn't my fault. Up to that point I was just following the rules and regulations."
DHHL is investigating Hanchett for what he acknowledged to the newspaper is an unauthorized home he built on the Moloaa property before he became a commissioner. The revocable permit prohibits residential use.
Solomon said the department offered her a permit for the Waimea parcel because the property was landlocked by an adjacent 125-acre pastoral homestead lot issued to her mother, Flora Solomon. The elder Solomon moved to the Waimea lot in 1997.
Besides Solomon and Hanchett, the Star-Advertiser found about 20 other beneficiaries who have month-to-month permits for ranching or farming property while on homestead waitlists for that type of land, according to the newspaper's analysis of DHHL data through June 2012.
One beneficiary was 3,000-deep on an agriculture list when she obtained a permit for five farming acres on the Big Island in 2010. Getting permit land doesn't affect one's status on the waitlist.
Of the nearly two dozen who obtained permits, Hanchett and Solomon received the largest parcels by far.
Their rent also was the cheapest — not unexpected given that larger parcels, on a per-acre basis, tend to be priced lower than smaller lots involving the same general use.
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In 2005, at the age of 22, studying philosophy at the National University of Colombia, I was an atheist, both by choice and conviction, and had been so for a few years. I was very liberal, and involved in a rather complicated relationship.
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The first few days spent in Paris passed by wonderfully. However, when I arrived in Marseille, the city in which I would work and study, once again my heart became enveloped in shadows and darkness. Between the time I dedicated to my studies, work, and relaxation, the days passed by, and I began to miss my family, my friends, the comforts of home and, in general, my Colombian homeland.
Little by little the loneliness was destroying me and plunging me back into depression, which I tried to offset with food and entertainment. One day as I walked to the port, trying to kill a little bit of free time, I passed by a Catholic church. I was taken aback by seeing that there were people in the church, I decided to go inside in order to feel accompanied. From that day on, I began to go to the church frequently. I would enter, sit down, and look at the people, and being with them made me feel good.
Several days passed by on the same pace, and I would have continued with this routine were it not for an unexpected event. One afternoon, I entered the church through the side door, as I normally did. I was crossing the central aisle to go to the opposite side when I sensed someone gazing at me from the altar. Immediately I turned towards my observer, yet to my surprise there was no one physically there—there was just a white circle, perched on a golden stand. For me, at that time, the Eucharist meant nothing.
The sensation of being observed didn't go away; I tried to move around the church, and I hid behind a pillar in order to avoid this uncomfortable gaze. Nevertheless, the sensation remained. Finally, I decided to turn and confront the one who watched me. It was in this precise moment that, without realizing it, I fell down on my knees. I received the certainty that not only did God exist, but that he also resided there, in that small piece of bread. I cried like a little girl that has been lost for a long time, and has just found her mother once again. I couldn't hold back my tears, and I didn't understand what had happened to me. I stayed there for a long time—I don't know how long it was—down on my knees, crying.
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More on Lost: Missing DHARMA Initiative Video?
This is actually pretty cool regardless of whether or not it turns out to be legit. Supposedly this video is another "lost" portion of the Hanso Foundation instructional film strips that we've seen on Lost. Check it out - there's no narration, which bugs me; just some ominous music accompanies it. I will say though, it does look like the real ones we've seen on the show.
A few things that seem off though? Why does the DHARMA logo change for each of the company's divisions? If that makes no sense, watch it and you'll see what I mean. And who's the bearded guy that looks like Paul Giamatti at the end of it? Plus, why couldn't we understand what founder Alvar Hanso was saying? It's almost as if his voice was muffled on purpose. Then there's the date. It was "copyrighted" 1981... did the other videos from the show have a copyright date? I couldn't remember.
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POTSDAM - The Board of Directors of the St. Lawrence County Arts Council has completed an extensive search and is pleased to announce that Rebekah Wilkins-Pepiton has been selected to fill the position of executive director.
Ms. Wilkins-Pepiton is a visual artist and arts educator living and working in Canton. She holds an MEd in Art Education from the University of Idaho, and completed her BA in photography at Wayland Baptist University.
Ms. Wilkins-Pepiton moved to the north country during the summer of 2012 after serving with the U.S. Peace Corps and living in Southwest China for two years. Before moving to China, she taught high school visual art in Colorado, where she developed Pagosa Springs Fine Arts Magnet Academy. She also worked as public relations & marketing director for Square Top Repertory Theatre, based in the Four Corners Region.
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I recently encountered something I would consider an absolutely genius ministry idea. I hesitate in calling it a "ministry" because someone out there might try to turn it into a methodology or a program and empty it of its power. But, I found a guy who buys used bread machines from local second-hand stores, cleans them up, and waits for the Lord to show him who to give them to.
In the course of his daily life, Jim will talk with people and engage them. He talks to the poor, the depressed, and the spiritual seeker, They are just a few of the types who make eligible receivers of bread machines. Jim identifies needs in people and then asks them if it would be ok to come over give them a bread machine and then show them how to use it. Jim carries the ingredients for the first few batches of dough as part of the gift and then the baking begins.
They are taught to bake bread as Jim demonstrates, but thats not all. Once all the ingredients are put into the machine, there's nothing left to do except wait and talk, pray, or counsel with people. As Jim puts it, when the smell of fresh-baked bread fills the house it opens the mouths and hearts of the people within. The fragrance of fresh bread leads to the fragrance of Christ (2 Corinthians 2:15). Jim uses this simple idea to make disciples of Jesus.
That's being missional! What a simple and effective way of inserting the gospel into an environment that is without it.
I'm curious…
What innovative and non-threatening ways do you have of reaching in to other's lives?