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Senior Fellow and China Program Director, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Director of Peking University – Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy
Mr Zhi Liu is Senior Fellow and China Program Director with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Director of Peking University – Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy. Prior, Mr. Liu was Lead Infrastructure Specialist with the World Bank where he had worked for 18 years. He has authored and co-authored a number of academic papers and World Bank reports on the topics of metropolitan infrastructure financing, low-carbon city development, sustainable urban transport, motorization, and poverty and transport. He holds B.S. from Zhongshan University, M.S. from Nanjing University, and Ph.D. from Harvard University
Doctor, Senior Lecturer in Transport and Sustainability, Newcastle University
Dr Namdeo is a Chartered Environmentalist a Chartered Scientist and currently a Senior Lecturer in Transport and Sustainability at Newcastle University. He has special interest in traffic emissions and air quality. His research also covers the issue of air quality and health with a special focus on the personal exposure of population to air pollution. He is also involved in research on environmental justice and links between air quality, social deprivation and health; research bridging the gap between engineering, and medical and social sciences. Dr Anil Namdeo is also a visiting professor at the Anna University, Chennai, India.
Bernardo Guatimosim Alvim is a Senior Transport Specialist in the World Bank's Latin America and the Caribbean Region based in Brasilia. He has more than 25 years of experience in the transport sector having previously been a technical manager of the planning division of Sao Paulo State Agency, and leader of numerous consulting assignments with government and industry. He holds a PhD in Transport Planning from the Universidade de Sao Paulo, MSc in Transportation Sciences from the Instituto Militar de Engenharia, and a BSc in Civil Engineering from the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. His current assignment includes a broad section of lending and analytical activities in the transport portfolio with a focus on urban transport planning, mass transit investments, analysis of freight and logistics, and PPP project advisory.
Georges Bianco Darido is a Senior Transport Specialist in the World Bank's Latin America and the Caribbean Region, based in Washington. He is currently a team leader of urban transport investments in Brazil and Peru, including various technical assistance activities regarding sustainable transport, integrated land use planning, logistics, demand management, and public private partnerships. Before the World Bank, he was an international transport consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton, a senior research associate for the Center for Urban Transport Research/University of South Florida, and a traffic engineer. He holds a Master's in Transportation Systems from MIT, a Master's in Economics from Scuola Mattei (Italy), B.S. in Civil Engineering from University of Central Florida, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the United States.
Maria Inês Garcia Lippe is a transport specialist and works as an independent consultant with focus on demand modeling and feasibility studies for land use and transportation projects, and acts as a World Bank Consultant since 2010. She is currently involved on support for strategic plans for metropolitan regions and on how urban policies can contribute for transport solutions. She works on database models, indicators and systematized references for studies analysis. Before work as an independent consultant she worked at private consulting engineering companies as projects coordinator. She holds a degree in Civil Engineering from Escola Politécnica of University of São Paulo and also graduation in logistics.
Dr. Shomik Mehndiratta leads the World Bank's Transport practice's efforts related to climate change. In this role he provides technical and intellectual leadership to the Bank's global efforts on low carbon transport systems as well as enhancing the climate resilience of transport infrastructure. He has earlier served as the technical lead of the Bank's urban mobility practice. He has been at the World Bank since 2002 and in the period 2007-2010 he lived and worked in China. Most of his work in the Bank has been working on urban mobility issues with clients in East Asia, South Africa and Latin America. He is co-editor and author of an edited book on Low Carbon Urban Development in China. Prior to the World Bank he worked at CRA International, a business and economics consulting firm, based out of Boston MA. Shomik is an Indian national, and holds a PhD from the University of California at Berkeley and a eMBA jointly from INSEAD and China's Tsinghua University.
Professor in Civil Engineering, Transport and Public Transport Systems in Europe, University of Wuppertal, Germany
Carmen Hass-Klau is Professor in Civil Engineering,Transport and Public Transport Systems in Europe at the University of Wuppertal, Germany. She completed an Engineering Degree in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Berlin followed by an MSc in Urban and Regional Planning Studies and a PhD in Geography from the University of Reading. Professor Hass-Klau has completed projects for many organisations including the Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions, UK, the Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society, the Countryside Commission, and many local authorities. She has been an adviser to both the British and German governments and has been a member of the Swedish Transport Research Board. She is a former Project Visiting Fellow to the Warren Centre, University of Sydney, Australia.
Associate Professor, Transportation and Urban Planning, MIT
Christopher's teaching and research interests include the interelations between transportation and the built and natural environments, transportation system finance and policy, and integrated system modelling. Current research projects include: Future Urban Mobility; Making the 'Clean Energy City' in China; Travel Behaviour of the Baby Boomers; and, Implementing Bus Rapid Transit: The Institutional Dimensions. Zegras has consulted widely, including for the International Energy Agency, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Canadian, German, US, and Peruvian Governments, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and the United Nations Centrefor Regional Development. Zegras previously worked for the International Institute for Energy Conservation in Washington, DC and Santiago de Chile and for MIT's Laboratory for Energy and the Environment. He currently serves as the MIT Lead for the MIT-Portugal Program Transportation Systems Focus Area, on the Faculty Advisory Council of the Transportation@MIT Initiative, and on the Transportation in Developing Countries Committee of the Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council.
Darío Hidalgo, Director Reserach and Practice at EMBARQ
Dr. Hidalgo guides the EMBARQ Network's international team of transport engineers, urban planning specialists and environmental scientists. This team is involved in sustainable transport and urban development projects in India, Mexico, Brazil, Turkey, and China. He also coordinates the Observatory of the BRT-ALC Center of Excellence. He has more than 20 years of experience as a transport expert, consultant, and government official. He has taken part in urban transport projects and taught training courses in 10+ countries of Latin America, Asia and Africa. He has also been a lecturer in urban planning and is the author of 55 publications and conference presentations, including an extensive review of bus systems in developing countries. He holds Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in Transportation Planning from Ohio State University, and a Civil Engineering degree from Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. He lives with his family in Bogotá, Colombia.
Juan Carlos Muñoz
Juan Carlos Muñoz is Professor, Department of Transportation Engineering and Logistics of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (www.ing.puc.cl/jcm). His research areas are transport networks, traffic, logistics and public transport. In the latter area leads the Across Latitudes and Cultures Bus Rapid Transit Centre of Excellence (www.brt.cl) funded by the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations. It is also the Deputy Director of the Center for Sustainable Development (CEDEUS, www.cedeus.cl). During 2003 and 2004 he served as advisor to the Minister of Transport and Telecommunications for the Transantiago plan and in 2008 was designated as one of the 12 members of the committee of experts set up by the Ministry to suggest a course of action for the Transantiago project . He was a member of the Board of the Regional Metro of Valparaiso from 2007 to 2010 and adviser to the president of Metro de Santiago in the same period. It is also dedicated to the design of flexible work shifts for drivers of public transport and retail workers. Currently, the company co-directs Shift-UC (www.shift.uc.cl) dedicated to the latter objective by providing quantitative human resource problems solutions. He has been a consultant on planning and logistics operations of companies like Embotelladora Andina, ENAP and Bazuca.com. He is a member of the editorial board of several scientific journals.
Professor Wang, Executive Vice President and Research Fellow at the China Communications and Transportation Association, Beijing, China
Professor Wang served for many years as director and chief engineer at the State Developing & Planning Commission. For years, his research fields have covered development strategies and plans for communication and transportation, economic and technical policies for communication and transportation, key transportation construction projects, development and operation of international container transportation as well as plans, policies and development strategies for China logistics. Professor Wang has been a professor at Tongji University, Nankai University, Northern Jiaotong University, Beijing Spaceflight and Aviation University and at Southwestern Jiaotong University.
Gao Yue'e is a senior analyst with China Communications and Transportation Association
Henry Ford Professor for Biomechanics and Transportation Safety and Co-ordinator of the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Dinesh Mohan is Henry Ford Professor for Biomechanics and Transportation Safety and Co-ordinator of the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Delhi. His fields of research include: transportation (safety and pollution), human tolerance biomechanics, motor-vehicle safety, and road-traffic injuries. Professor Mohan has been a consultant on safety related matters to government departments in India, Nepal, Indonesia,Thailand, Bangladesh, Iraq and Libya and many automotive industrial houses. He serves as a member of the WHO Advisory panel on Accident Prevention. Professor Mohan holds a PhD and MS in Bioengineering, MS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and B Tech (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering.
Professor Geetam Tiwari obtained her B. Arch from the IIT Roorkee and Master of Urban Planning and Policy, and Ph.D. in Transport Planning and Policy, from the University of Illinois, Chicago. Currently she is TRIPP Chair Professor for Transport Planning at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and Adlerbretska Guest Professor for sustainable urban transport at the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. She has extensive research experience in dealing with transportation issues of special relevance to low income countries. These include development of bus systems and road designs that would make transportation efficient and safer. She has been working in the area of traffic and transport planning focusing on pedestrians, bicycles and bus based public transport systems. Some of her projects include Development of a Bicycle Master plan for Delhi, analysis of traffic on Indian Highways, crash analysis on rural and urban roads, public transport planning.
She has extensive research experience in dealing with transportation issues of special relevance to low income countries. These include development of bus systems and road designs that would make transportation efficient and safer. She has been working in the area of traffic and transport planning focusing on pedestrians, bicycles and bus based public transport systems. Some of her projects include Development of a Bicycle Masterplan for Delhi, analysis of traffic on Indian Highways, crash analysis on rural and urban roads, public transport planning.
She has published over 70 research papers on transportation planning and safety in national and international journals, peer reviewed seminar proceedings and edited four books on transportation planning and road safety. Prof. Tiwari received the International Velocity Falco Lecture Prize in Barcelona, the Stockholm Partnerships award for local impact, innovative thinking and a potential for replication or transferability, the Centre for excellence grant from Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF), and the Prince Michaels award for promoting road safety research. She is advisor to Urban Age series of conferences coordinated by London School of Economics since 2005. She is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion.
Dr Jason Mosomi Mochache, Chief Human Development Specialist and Planner, Uganda Country Office, African Development Bank
Director, Urban Movement
John is a traffic engineer, transport planner and urban designer with 29 years' professional experience that spans from strategic transport planning to concept design. Well known as a champion of better town and city streets, he was Director being responsible for Urban Initiatives' Movement + Streets portfolio before founding Urban Movement. John is an urban realm design advisor to several UK local authorities, including the City of Edinburgh, the London Borough of Ealing and Southend Borough Council, as well as a Design Review Panellist for Transport for London and Urban Design London. He is a Trustee of Living Streets, was a contributing author to Manual for Streets 2, and is a former Board member of the Transport Planning Society. He's an experienced trainer of other transport practitioners, a regular conference speaker and chair, and has been author of a monthly article in Local Transport Today on 'Transport in Urban Design' since 2005.
John's reputation is based on his project work, which has encompassed the conception, design, execution and management of a wide range of transport, traffic and street improvement projects in different types of settlement across the UK.
Arup/Royal Academy of Engineering Professor of Transitional Energy Strategies, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
John is also a special adviser to Arup in the areas of energy strategy and future transport systems. John is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Since his appointment at Cambridge, Professor Miles' research interests have developed in three particular directions, each of which is related to the energy strategy theme. These are electric vehicles (particularly wireless charging technology and its application to cars and commercial bus operations), electricity storage at consumer premises using intelligent battery-based systems, and the concept of 'Intelligent Mobility' (which seeks to enable more efficient utilisation of the transport infrastructure, thereby reducing the transport system total energy requirement). Outside Cambridge, Professor has been appointed by Government to sit on the UK Automotive Council, and chairs the Auto Council's Working Group on Intelligent Mobility.
John Polak is Professor of Transport Demand and Head of the Centre for Transport Studies at Imperial College London. He is director of the Intercollegiate MSc courses in transport and coordinates the Universities' Transport Partnership. He is a mathematician by background specialising in travel behaviour and transport demand modelling.
He is a past President of the International Association for Travel Behaviour Research, a past Council Member of the Association for European Transport, and past chair of the AET Applied Transport Modelling programme committee.
He is a member of the EPSRC Peer Review College and serves on the US Transportation Research Board's Committee on Traveller Behaviour and Values. He has served as an advisor to Transport for London on the design of LATS 2001 and the London Congestion Charging monitoring programme and to the Department on the quality assurance reviews of the NTS and of Road Freight Statistics as well as to the Singaporean and Norwegian governments on the modelling road pricing measures.
Professor Polak has extensive experience of working with the International Transportation Economics Association (ITEA) and its predecessors on a wide range of topics. He has been in the forefront of innovative transport model development in the UK for a number of years, contributing to the development of techniques for stated preference data collection, activity based modelling, econometric aspects of discrete choice modelling, the assessment of the welfare impacts of transport policy measures, the treatment of errors in revealed preference data.
John founded and leads JRA. In his first two decades of practice he completed over 100,000 square metres of commercial space in Central London, and has become one of the most respected and trusted architects in this hugely competitive market. In addition to new-build projects, John has been entrusted with some of the most sensitive restoration and retrofit projects in the city, including the refurbishment of the iconic art-deco Daily Express building on Fleet Street. In recent years he has seen the expansion of the practice's work into overseas markets, opening an office in Poland and designing projects in Copenhagen and Beirut. John's work is guided by the principle of contextual civic modernism, which he developed to explain the importance he places on preserving the historic fabric and character of our cities, whilst adding to them with modern buildings that enhance the experience of the city as a whole. Clients from both the public and private sector, including the City of London Corporation, Crossrail, British Land, Aviva Investors and Land Securities, have benefitted from this approach, which creates value for investors and minimises development risk by delivering high-quality, civic-minded architecture that maximises the potential of its site. John's commitment to furthering the culture of architecture is reflected in his regular lectures for institutions including Cambridge University and the Twentieth Century Society, his participation in the British Council for Offices, the City Architecture Forum and in JRA's sponsorship of the Architecture Programme at the Royal Academy of Arts. John is also a committee member of the City Architecture Forum.
Toyota Transport Research Institute and Hisashi Kubota, Saitama University
Katsutoshi Ohta is Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University, where he served as Professor and head of the Urban Transportation Research Unit from 1991 to 2003. He was recently appointed Professor of Urban Transport Planning in the new Department of Regional Studies at Toyo University.He holds an undergraduate degree and masters in Civil Engineering (Tokyo) and a PhD (Harvard) in City and Regional Planning. He is widely published in the field of transport as a leading authority in the field. His publications include Transportation Systems Planning (Gijutsu Syoin, 1988), Community Building with Transport (Kasima Syuppankai, 1998) and Socio-Economic Evaluation of Transport Investment (Toyou Keiza Shinpousya, 1997) (all in Japanese).
He has served as the Chairperson of the Japan Society of Civil Engineering and Technical Research Subcommittee on Transport Demand Prediction. He is also the Chairperson of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation Committee on the Improvement of Prediction of Future Traffic Flows. He advised the planning and decision-making of many transport projects at both national and local level as a member of the planning committee.
Ken Gwilliam, Independent Consultant, Economic Adviser, Transport The World Bank
Throughout the past decade transport projects have played a pivotal role in the support of economic development and poverty alleviation. Professor Gwilliam pioneered the use of evaluation and analysis in transport economics: "The main purpose of project economic analysis is to help design and select projects that contribute to the welfare of a country". He pointed out that analysis is most useful when used early in the project cycle. Professor Gwilliam worked on improving the Bank's analytical abilities and its preparedness to meet emerging challenges. He suggested that past performance has been well managed and effective, especially for intercity highway construction and rehabilitation, that for the Bank's approach to transport contributed to private sector development, particularly though private contracting of maintenance, project outcome ratings have shown a steady improvement since the early 1990s. He noted that that key elements of the strategy—sustainability, private sector involvement, and urban strategy—remain relevant today.
Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge
Kiril holds degrees in architecture, urban planning and urban design. Prior to joining the ReVISIONS team, he was an associate professor at the University of Cincinnati and a Marie Curie fellow at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, UCL. His research interests are centred on explorations of contemporary patterns of urban growth and change, and the evolution of urban form.
Mao Qizhi, Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Associate Dean of the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijng, China
Mao Qizhi is Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Associate Dean of the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University, Beijng, China. He has been engaged in research and teaching in urban and regional planning, urban design, infrastructure planning, and GIS/RS and virtual reality technology application in rural and urban planning. He has done research and consultation work for UNCRD, UNDP, CIDA, Chinese National Natural Science Foundation, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Education, and Beijing Municipal Government.
He currently serves as vice president of the World Society of Ekistics (WSE), advisor to the Rural and Urban Planning Consultative Committee, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of People's Republic of China, deputy director of International Cooperation Committee, Architecture Society of China, vice president of Beijing Urban Sciences Research Society, director of Historic and Cultural City Committee, deputy director of Urban Planning Specialty Education Steering Committee of Chinese Universities; deputy director of Beijing Urban Planning New Technology Application Academic Committee; and executive chief-editor, China City Planning Review.?Professor Mao earned his doctorate in engineering from Tsinghua University, a master's degree from Stuttgart University in Germany, and his bachelor degree in Architecture from Zhejiang University.
Yang JIANG Ph.D. Candidate
Yang Jiang is the Program Manager of China Sustainable Transportation Center (CSTC) founded by the Energy Foundation, and a Ph.D. candidate at Tsinghua University. He has been managing a variety of projects, including transit-oriented development, urban retrofit, non-motorized transportation system development and city-level carbon emission evaluation, in around seven cities in China; and conducting relative research to support national policy development in the above fields.
Mr. Jiang received his dual master's degrees of city planning and science in transportation from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2010, and bachelor and master degrees of architecture from Tsinghua University in 2007. Before joining CSTC in 2010, he had internship at the World Bank, IBI Group, Aedas Architects and China Academy of Urban Planning and Design.
Science City Professor of Transport and the Environment, Newcastle University
Margaret Carol Bell CBE is Science City Professor of Transport and the Environment at Newcastle University. Professor Bell was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to sustainable transport in the Queen's 80th Birthday Honours List in 2006. Her main contribution to knowledge rests with the queueing model for TRANSYT, ageing of traffic signal plans and pioneering research in assessment of impacts and management of traffic related environment, exposure and health. She has been instrumental in creating integrated research facilities including, with Professor Blythe, the North East Transport Observatory which forms the platform for assessing the performance of electric vehicles and delivers the modelling framework for investigating Regional Transport sustainability. Professor Bell is a member of the Research Council's Peer Review Colleges, Chair of the Smart Environment Interest Group of the ITS (UK) and has given evidence at the Transport Select Committee on behalf of the IET. Other areas of research include: development of congestion measures, forecasting air quality and duration of incidents with neural networks and fuzzy logic, evaluation of demand management strategies and traffic control policy on the environment.
Michael Batty, Bartlett Professor of Planning, University College London and Chair of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA)
Mike has worked on computer models of cities and their visualisation since the 1970s and has published several books, such as Cities and Complexity (MIT Press, 2005) which won the Alonso Prize of the Regional Science Association in 2011, and most recently The New Science of Cities (MIT Press, 2013). His blogs www.complexcity.info cover the science underpinning the technology of cities and his posts and lectures on big data and smart cities are at www.spatialcomplexity.info . His research group is working on simulating long term structural change and dynamics in cities as well as their visualisation. Prior to his current position, he was Professor of City Planning and Dean at the University of Wales at Cardiff and then Director of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) and the Royal Society (FRS), was awarded the CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2004 and the 2013 recipient of the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud. In 2015 he received the Founders Medal of the Royal Geographical Society for his work on the science of cities.
Senior Urban Transport Specialist, the World Bank
OP Agarwal assists and advises on all urban transport projects of the World Bank, across all regions. For nearly 30 years, he was a member of the civil service in India and as one his assignments he headed the urban transport division of the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. He was the key author of India's National Urban Transport Policy and also developed a five-year action plan for improving urban mobility in Indian cities over the 11th five-year plan. He was also the Managing Director of the Urban Mass Transit Company, a joint venture company in India, engaged in developing sustainable urban mobility solutions. He has a master's degree in Transportation and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
Transport Adviser, World Bank
Paul is an economist by training and spent the earlier part of his career as a Transport and Management Consultant based in Australia and the United Kingdom. From 1984 to 1993, he was Managing Director of Travers Morgan Pty and later Director on the Group Board based in London. In these roles, he carried out or directed numerous policy, regulatory, management and project studies covering all modes of transport. In 1993, he became Principal of Booz Allen & Hamilton's European transport management and technology consulting practice. Later he joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, with responsibility for the EBRD's railway sector lending. He joined the World Bank in 2003 as Transport Adviser based in Washington and is currently advising both on transport policy issues in the World Bank and on active assignments in China, Pakistan, Poland, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Southeastern Europe.
Director, Economics, Volterra
Paul Buchanan is a Partner at Volterra. He was previously director at Colin Buchanan, a leading UK-based transport, planning, urban design and economics consultancy. Mr Buchanan is an economist with many years of experience in planning, economic and financial evaluation of a wide range of public and private sector transport investments and policies. He has specific expertise in transport economic appraisal, development impacts of transport, financial and risk modelling. Mr. Buchanan has led the economic work behind many major projects including the Jubilee Line Extension and Crossrail. He overseas rail experience includes major rail projects in Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Bangkok, Bogota, Budapest, and Jakarta.
Professor, Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College London
Paul trained in clinical medicine and epidemiology as a Wellcome Trust Clinical Fellow at St Mary's Hospital London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He was lecturer, then senior lecturer and reader in epidemiology before becoming Head of the Environmental Epidemiology Unit at LSHTM 1990-95. He moved to Imperial College in 1995 when he was appointed to the Chair in Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine and Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. He also holds positions as Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine with the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Kensington & Chelsea PCT.
Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration, The Bartlett, University College London
Sir Peter was an English town planner, urbanist and geographer. He was the Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration at The Bartlett, University College London and President of both the Town and Country Planning Association and the Regional Studies Association. He was internationally renowned for his studies and writings on the economic, demographic, cultural and management issues that face cities around the globe. Hall was for many years a planning and regeneration adviser to successive UK governments. He was Special Adviser on Strategic Planning to the British government (1991–94) and a member of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Urban Task Force (1998–1999). Hall is considered by many to be the father of the industrial enterprise zone concept, adopted by countries worldwide to develop industry in disadvantaged areas.
Friesen Chair of Urban Studies and Director of the University of California Transportation Center (UCTC)
Robert works in the area of sustainable transportation policy and planning, focusing on the nexus between urban transportation and land-use systems. He is Friesen Chair of Urban Studies as well as Director of the University of California Transportation Center (UCTC), a multi-campus research center devoted to advancing economic competitiveness, sustainability and livability in the transportation sector. His current research focuses on the intersection of infrastructure, place-making, and economic development, integration of BRT and hybrid services, bikeway network performance, and sustainable transportation policies for the Global South.
Professor Cervero has and continues to serve as an advisor and consultant on numerous transportation and urban planning projects worldwide. He is the first-ever recipient of the Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning Research and is a two-time recipient of the Article of the Year Award from the Journal of the American Planning Association. In 2013, he was ranked among the top 100 City Innovators Worldwide by UMB's Futures Cities. He chairs the International Association of Urban Environments and the National Advisory Board of the Active Living Research Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and serves on the advisory board of the Future of Urban Development Initiative of the World Economic Forum, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Board of Scientific Councelors, and the American Planning Association's Emerging Issues Task Force. He was a contributing author to the recent IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change) Fifth Assessment and UN-Habitat's 2013 Global Report on Sustainable Mobility. Professor Cervero serves on the editorial boards of 8 academic journals, including Urban Studies and Journal of the American Planning Association, and is a faculty affiliate of a number of research units on the Berkeley campus.
Doctor, director, Cambridge Architectural Research (CAR)
Dr Platt has been director at CAR since 1990 and its Chairman since 2001. He has produced many energy conservation studies and building user surveys. He ran the public consultation exercise for Cambridge Futures, on development and transport in the region. He produced a report on housing in the South East entitled Housing Futures for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, co-authored a study for CABE and the RIBA entitled Urban Futures and carried out a study of Cambourne for InspireEast. For the past three years he had focused on post-disaster planning and reconstruction. Dr Platt taught architectural research at the School of Built Environment at Nottingham University for five years. He is currently a member of the Cambridgeshire Quality Panel responsible for scrutinizing plans for major growth sites in Cambridgeshire.
Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction, University of Cambridge
Dr Ying Jin lectures on city planning, urban design, and urban modelling. He is particularly interested in understanding how technology, policy and human behaviour affect the development of cities and their infrastructure, and in using this knowledge for creating new design solutions.
His main research interests are computer models of cities, and urban history. He has extensive industry experience and directed multi-disciplinary teams in building and using computer models as experimental platforms to appraise policy scenarios that involve investment, regulation, pricing and promotional campaigns. Key projects include strategic planning of London and surrounding regions, sub-regional and local planning in the English Midlands, transport and energy scenarios for the European Union, and long term city region and transport plans in China and in South America. His interests in urban history lie mainly with the European Renaissance cities and the Chinese cities since the Tang Dynasty in the 7th Century.
Dr Jin leads urban modelling under the University's Energy Efficient Cities Initiative to create a new generation of conceptual and practical urban and regional models. These models are used to assess novel designs of buildings, transport and energy supply networks, and to identify effective solutions for reducing overall energy use whilst supporting economic, social and environmental objectives. He is a co-Investigator at the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction in the University of Cambridge, and for the Tsinghua-Cambridge-MIT collaborative Low Carbon Urban Design project. He is the lead convenor of the annual Symposia on Applied Urban Modelling since 2011.


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Machine Knitting.
Our machine knitting yarns are ideal yarns for domestic and industrial flat bed knitting machines. Also suitable for circular and sock machines.
Suitable for most knitting machines including, Brother, Silver Reed / Knitmaster, Passap, Shima and Dubied. The suitable thickness of yarn depends on the gauge of the machine being used, the most common knitting machine gauges are 2, 5, 7, 10, 12 and 14.
Helpful Hint:
Knitting machine gauge equals the number of needles per inch.
|2/8 to 2/10
|4 ply
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|2/16 to 2/18
|2 ply
|2/28 to 2/32
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Yarn thickness.
3 ends of 2/30 (1ply) make a 4 ply
2 ends of 2/30 (1ply) make a 3 ply
2 ends of 2ply make a 4ply
3 ends of 2ply make a double knit
2/8 = 4ply, 2/6 = double knit, 2/4 = aran thickness
Hand Knitting.
Yarn weight guide.
2ply - Essentially two strands of yarn spun together. Great for socks and gloves. Knit on 2 - 3.5mm needles.
4ply - Great for baby clothes, heavier socks and lightweight tops. Knit on 3 - 4mm needles.
DK or double knitting - Essentially double the weight of 4ply. This is the most widely used weight of yarn. Knit on 3.5 - 4.5mm needles.
Aran - Originally created for fisherman's jumpers. Use when DK isn't heavy enough and chunky is too bulky. Knit on 4 - 5.5mm needles.
Chunky - Associated with outdoor wear and winter jumpers. Knit on 5.5 - 7mm needles.
Super Chunky - A great weight for beginners because it produces quick results. Knit on needles that are at least 7mm thick.

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Two-month closure needed as part of major bridge rehabilitation project
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today announced that it will begin a two-month closure of Exit 30 on I-95 South on Thursday, October 11. The off-ramp is located close to the Massachusetts border in Pawtucket, and provides access to Roosevelt Avenue, East Street and parts of Pawtucket and Central Falls.
The closure is the first step in a $19.1 million design-build project that will replace four bridges that carry both directions of I-95 in this area. The existing Exit 30 off-ramp is interconnected with one of the bridge structures, and will be relocated and modified slightly to separate it from the bridge so construction can proceed.
During the closure period, motorists will be directed to follow a detour using Exit 29 (Downtown Pawtucket. Those needing to travel to East Street can turn left at the end of the off-ramp and follow Fountain Street northbound. RIDOT expects to reopen Exit 30 by mid-December.
Motorists should plan extra travel time to reach their destinations during this closure. The Exit 30 off-ramp carries about 3,400 vehicles per day.
The design-build project will replace two bridges that carry I-95 North and South over Roosevelt Avenue and two bridges that carry the highway over East Street. RIDOT will employ accelerated bridge construction methods, including building the new bridge superstructure components adjacent to the highway and rolling them into place when done. Bridge construction is expected to begin in Spring 2019 with one set of bridges installed next year and the other in 2020. The entire project is scheduled to be finished in Fall 2020.
The replacement of these four bridges will be funded in part by Rhode Island's tractor trailer truck-only tolling program.
The I-95 Corridor Bridges Project was made possible by RhodeWorks, RIDOT's ongoing commitment to repair structurally deficient bridges and bring Rhode Island's transportation infrastructure into a state of good repair, promote economic development, and create jobs. Learn more at www.ridot.net/RhodeWorks.
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What's in a good 401(k) plan? These 7 Elements Can Help Attract and Retain EmployeesJanuary 24, 2014 8:54 AM
According to a Wells Fargo study, 37% of people expect to work until they die. That's an alarming number, but one that you can use to your advantage.
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Saturn turns retrograde on April 6th until August 25, 2017. Saturn is about restriction and limitation; Sagittarius, ruled by expansive Jupiter, is positive and optimistic. Saturn's job, whether by transit or in your birth chart, is to provide enough pressure so that we confront what isn't working in our lives. Saturn will demand of us that we change it or let it go. Saturn in Sagittarius asks us to take on the responsibility of living according to our personal truths and principles and to be loyal to these.
With Saturn Retrograde in Sagittarius the time has come to review, revamp and revitalize our beliefs and morals. Saturn moves slowly and deliberately. He demonstrates that nothing is worth having if it is does not take time and work. Saturn shines a magnifying glass to examine our perceived altruism, willingness to learn and potential to expand, to become something greater than the Self. We must face and define our spiritual blocks with the knowledge that, in so doing, we effectively dissolve the power of lingering fear, hesitation and mistrust. Indeed, to know the problem is to know the solution. Saturn teaches that change is necessary to move forward. All things must come to an end. Nothing about Saturn is quick, easy or direct. Don't fool yourself into believing you'll get let off the hook without doing any work.
In addition to the hard work already before us, Saturn squares Venus in Pisces on April 21st. This aspect is normally challenging and with Saturn retrograde, it is even more so. This tense square will have us reflecting on our boundaries and self-worth. Toxic relationships that are standing in the way of our personal growth will be brought into the light under the intense scrutiny of this transit. Another domain of Venus is our finances. Take extra care with your checkbook and put off any major financial changes for a day or two.
If we approach this phase with maturity, patience and the courage to face some uncomfortable truths, Saturn's direct station will find us in a more functional position to apply the insight we have gained.
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What does the future hold for the retail jewelry business? Who better to ask than Sam Arnstein, a 50-year veteran of the industry who now consults with jewelers throughout the country, passing along his formidable expertise in sales training, marketing, merchandising, and store management.
Jewelry is Arnstein's life. He started working in his father's store in Vancouver, Wash., when he was still in high school and wound up spending 11 years there, until his father sold the business to Zales. He then spent 27 years at Weisfield's Jewelers, moving up from sales associate to store manager, divisional manager, operations manager, and finally to regional vice president of the chain. It grew to 73 stores before it was purchased by Sterling Inc. of Akron, Ohio.
Of all the jobs he's held and of all the settings he's worked in – from independents to chains, from credit stores to guild stores, from small-town locations to malls and urban settings – consulting is his favorite. "I love what I'm doing now," he says.
Some basic elements of the jewelry business haven't changed in the five decades of Arnstein's career. The reasons people buy jewelry remain essentially the same. Platinum is in again. And the bridal business is still a big part of any store's revenues.
In other ways, though, things are radically altered, thanks to the pervasiveness of computers, the dominance of shopping malls, the influx of women in the workplace, and the erosion of consumer confidence in virtually every profession.
JCK recently spoke with Arnstein, the well-known creator of a video sales training program, The Practical Approach to Selling Jewelry. He shared his perspectives on trends affecting jewelers today and ventured predictions about the future.
The mixed blessing of computers. "Computers changed the industry because they made information readily available and helped people run their businesses better," Arnstein notes. "But the flip side is that retailers initially saw computers as a panacea, while they're really just one in a set of tools."
One risk, he says, is letting newfound statistics carry too much weight in store management. "You can't just drastically reduce your offerings to focus on the 20% of goods that your inventory management software identifies as accounting for 80% of your sales. You have to use your intuition, as well. Customers still want to see an assortment of jewelry, and they also seek out those unique pieces that may not necessarily turn over several times in a year."
A new and growing risk associated with computers is that as consumers use them to research prices on the Internet, they're increasingly able to access wholesale prices for gems and jewelry. That puts real price pressures on independent jewelers, who have to compete with retailers with significantly lower overhead, such as high-volume chain stores, television shopping networks, and, increasingly, Web-based jewelers.
The malady of the malls. Malls didn't exist when Arnstein started out. Now they're everywhere. "Malls fostered the growth of small chains because the independents felt they had to open up in new mall locations to protect their market share," he says. "While these locations lead to greater sales volume, the impact on expenses and the time required at the shop is considerable. Also, because people have access to so many jewelers at one location, it made marketing a lot different and eventually depressed prices as well."
Having a presence in a mall also sucks independent jewelers into the high-volume, low-markup game because they have to compete with the mass merchandiser located a few doors away.
Why consumers are suspicious. Virtually every profession – law, medicine, journalism, retailing – has been hurt by an erosion in consumer confidence over the past few decades. "Consumers today are only concerned about whether they're getting their money's worth," notes Arnstein. And their suspicions are fueled by media reports of undisclosed or unstable enhancements. "That places an even greater premium on integrity, trust, and expertise," he notes.
Even without the media exposés, the nature of the product itself tends to ignite suspicions: Most people would find it difficult to place a value on a piece of jewelry or to identify particular gemstones and distinguish them from synthetics.
At the same time, Arnstein warns, "Salespeople have to be careful not to use product knowledge as a substitute for sales ability. You can't just give the customer a short course in diamonds and expect them to make a purchase."
A related problem: "Treating diamonds as a commodity gives consumers just enough information to be dangerous. They're using the grading system like a model number, and we have to educate people that no two diamonds are alike."
Crime isn't going away. One of the most dramatic changes Arnstein has witnessed is the growing prevalence of crime. He fears even more lies ahead. "Crime adds to jewelers' overhead because we may be talking about armed guards and possibly restricting access to stores through buzzers. This is a particular issue in malls," he notes, citing their inadequate security measures and long hours of operation.
Why the future looks bright. Despite the jewelry industry's problems, Arnstein's overall forecast is optimistic. One bright spot: the growing premium placed on designer jewelry brands. "Designer jewelry is one of the salvations for the gross margin crunch that the industry has suffered in recent years," he notes. "'Designer' seems to imply more integrity to the buying public, and that can move prices upward."
Consumers' tastes also have become more sophisticated; hence the growth of the concept of a "watch wardrobe" and the increasing popularity of colored gemstones above and beyond rubies, sapphires, and emeralds.
Arnstein expects to see more designer brand lines and higher-end jewelry available at the discount retailers and QVCs of the world – which are being forced to compete with high-end independent jewelers on both product quality and customer service.
And he anticipates that independent jewelers will continue to carve out a larger and more profitable niche as they become more sophisticated in managing their expenses and inventory. Independents also are benefiting from better access to competitively priced products at the major industry shows that have emerged over the past decade. Furthermore, they're increasingly able to buy direct from suppliers either in person or through the Internet.
Mellowing into wines
At 65, Sam Arnstein still has no plans for retirement. But when he does decide to take it easy he has definite plans: to travel to South America, Italy, and Australia, where he has lectured on jewelry topics under the auspices of Jewellery World (Australia's national jewelry trade magazine).
He also hopes to develop greater expertise in his longtime hobby of wine-making. Over the past 20 years he's learned to create cabernet sauvignon, merlot, shiraz, chardonnay, and sauvignon blanc. But he's never had the chance to pick grapes at harvest time and to immerse himself in the science of wine-making.
Looking back over his 50 years in the industry, does Arnstein have any regrets? Perhaps one: that when his father offered to sell him his store back in 1959, he did not accept.
"The gutsy decision would have been to buy it. At the time I was just 26. I didn't have a lot of responsibility, and all I knew was working for my dad," Arnstein says. "Financially, I probably would have been a lot better off, but the education I've received instead has been tremendous."


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This isn't what I had planned to share with you but after watching this I fell the need to share this with you.
Ingrid Nilsen is one of the most inspiring people to me. We all know that I am a youtube junkie. I look forward to each and everyone of her videos. She is the most beautiful, inspiring and most well put together person I know. She has been in inspiration for many of the things that I have accomplished in my life this far.
Yesterday she posted this video.
I had no idea what it was about. I saw that she had posted a video and I clicked on it to watch. Before I get into this, I must tell you that most of my friends are gay, in one way or another. No gay happy, but Gay LGBT. Being around people that are gay does not bother me on bit.
I had no idea, until her video. I am so happy for her that she is finally out. I could see the stress she has been under build up over the past several years and when she finally just said it yesterday, I could see the stress falling off. It is never easy to tell people something that intimate about you. I went through something similar. We all go through phases. I dated a girl in high school and we kept it from just about everyone, parents included, except for our closest friends. We did that because we weren't sure if it was a phase or if we really were gay. It turned out to be a phase for me, her, not so much. And she is now happily married to her partner. But when my mother found out and questioned me about it, I was terrified. My parents are a bit on the older side, so I was harder for them to except my experimentation.
I completely understand why she battled with it. People are mean, its just their nature. If something is out of the norm, its hard for people to accept.
Ingrid, if you are reading this, which if you are, please leave me a comment, I would love to get in touch with you. I am so happy for you, and I don't want to you to get discouraged. People are in shock and are in a society where homosexuality is new and a growing trend. Just remember that there are people out there that truly support you. I am one of them. Your journey is just beginning, and it will not be an easy one, but just remember that you did not choose this path, it chose you. You are such a positive person and a role model. We are the same age, in two different parts of the country, but I will always be there for you supporting you. Stay positive. You go Girl!


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Today, January 5th, I sit in class reflecting on the last two weeks. Less than 24 hours ago, I was walking around in a T-shirt, surrounded by beautiful palm trees and sunshine. Now, at 2: 13 pm on a Tuesday, I am sitting in this g-d forsaken chemistry class, and I can't help but keep drifting back to those happier times. But now, in an attempt to capture the last of those good times, I will recap my vacation instead of listening in class (great start to the semester, I know).
So when I left Montreal, we were having some sort of crazy heat wave. How crazy? Well on Christmas Eve, the outdoor temperature was about 17°C (in my 22 years of living, I have never experienced this before).
So, I arrived in Florida at around 1 am, and it was party time. My family was waiting for me at the airport, and we basically had a pizza party at 2 am. I had one goal for this vacation: to get through my list of restaurants. I know this sounds crazy, because normal people look forward to sit and relax on the beach. Well call me crazy, but I look forward to hitting up my local favourites all year. #FoodFest2015
The first night I went to my beloved BurgerFi. It's a Five Guys-type burger chain that is always a must for me. I warn you, this is not a diet-friendly list.
The next day became a beach day. Now, here's why I am not fond of the beach: you have to schlep everything you need (chairs, towels, snacks, books, parasol etc) to the car, drive to the beach, carry everything onto the sand, sit there for 3 hours, and then repeat in reverse. Personally, it just seems like a lot of effort. However, this time I had an impromptu photo-shoot, which had some people observing me curiously, but, #DoItForTheBlog.
That night I went to this amazing Greek restaurant in Fort Lauderdale called Greek Islands Taverna. If you like Greek food, this place is a must (the grilled octopus is to die for).
The next day we went to one of my absolute favourite lunch spots in Florida. If any of you are Diner's, Drive-In's and Dives fans, this place was featured on their show. It is called La Camaronera, and it is a little gem of a seafood joint, tucked away deep into Little Havana. I warn you, this is not a glamorous place, and in a little bit of a "sketch" area (like that would stop me!), so best not to get lost around there.
Thursday was New Years Eve, and while I didn't do anything spectacular, I spent it with my family, drinking Costco Margarita mix (surprisingly good) and Champagne. I call that an overall success.
The next day, I spent the day reading the Mindy Kailing book "Why Not Me" by the pool. If you like The Mindy Project, read her book. I was honestly laughing out loud to the point where an elderly man came up to me asking me how I was so focused on reading in such a loud place. It's a hilarious page-turner, that's how.
The next night, I was going to my aunt's house for dinner, and took that as an opportunity to play with makeup (you know, because if I mess up, and look like a raccoon/street walker, at least only my family will judge me). I actually got a few compliments on this smokey look, so I think I will post a tutorial about it.
As the food fest continues, I will let you know my favourite place in all of Miami for pizza. It is called La Dolce Vita (translation, the good life) and their prosciutto and arugula pizza is one for the books.
After stuffing my face with pizza, I wanted to go to the Gulf Stream, a place full of shops and restaurants, to see the annual light show they do with all the Christmas trees. But sadly, on January 3rd they no longer do that… it's not like I was waiting all year for it or anything.
The last night's restaurant was the big one. Joe's Stone Crab is one of South Beach's most famous restaurants. They are not open all year, and are infamously known for having a minimum 2-hour wait (they don't take reservations). The first time I attempted this restaurant, I was not prepared for this, so ended up leaving. But this time, I came mentally prepared with my game face on. It was worth it, end of story. Go there and bring cliff bars for the wait if you must, because it has taken the crown for best restaurant of the #FoodFest2015.
I woke up the next morning, packed, took this picture (I may be smiling, but I am crying on the inside), got on the plane, and arrived to -20°C weather. It was rough. I survived. It is now 3:12 pm and I am still not listening to the teacher. Oh well.
I hope you all had a very relaxing and joyful winter break! Hopefully you will have a more positive and motivating outlook regarding going back to school than I (lol).
My ranking of the restaurants:
5. BurgerFi
Honourable mention: Chipotle (duh).
Ps. Yes I have noticed that I am doing the same pose in every picture. Long ago I found something that works so I'm running with it (don't judge lol).


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Charles McCarthy and John Harrison were described by the Standard's court reporter as 'urchins'. We should probably understand that to mean that, in the late 1870s, they were young members of the working class. Youngsters like these played on the streets and were often associated with the so-called 'criminal class' that exercised contemporary commentators like Henry Mayhew and James Greenwood.
From the early 1800s discourse concerning youth crime focused on reform and the importance of education, good parenting, and work opportunities. It was argued that younger criminals needed to be separated from older ones, to avoid corruption. There was also a long standing concern about gambling, particularly by children and youth.
The 'new police' who patrolled London's streets from 1829 were actively involved in the enforcement of laws that prohibited gambling, especially amongst the young. In April a police constable had arrested Charles and John for gambling in the streets, and so they were produced before the magistrate at Bow Street. However, they made a bold attempt to deny the charge, and in doing so reveal a little about the sort of passtimes that children got up to in the late 1800s.
They were accused of gambling on a Sunday (which made it worse, as they should have been in church) by an unnamed PC. They were 'tossing for halfpence' and this was, the paper's correspondent reported, quite a common offence; there were 'a dozen similar cases on a Monday'. What made this worthy of writing about was the bravado the boys displayed.
The eldest lad denied they were gambling, they were just 'having a game [of] "back"'. This involved tossing a halfpence coin up into the air and trying to catch it on the back of the hand. This is still a child's game today, (although I suspect there is probably a mobile phone app for it now…).
The boy showed the magistrate (Mr Flowers) what he meant by taking out a coin and flipping it in court. 'Why we only had a ha'penny betwixt us. That ain't gambling', said the youth.
The justice turned to the policeman and quipped:
'I fear these boys have been reading the Act of Parliament for the purpose of evading its provisions', drawing laughter from the courtroom.
Did they have more than penny on them, he asked? They did, said the constable, 'There were a penny and a halfpenny lying on the ground close to them, your worship', adding, 'they are always at it'.
That was probably the most damning statement. Under the law the constable was probably correct in arresting them but what happened next shows how's unfair the Victorian justice system was to youngsters like these two. They were indulging in a pretty harmless game of chance, with little actual 'gambling' going on. Hearing the constable's evidence Mr Flowers turned to the lads and said:
'Ah that looks bad. You must pay a fine of 1s each, or be imprisoned one day'.
Just what good a day in prison would do for these two is questionable, nor do I imagine they could easily get hold of two shillings between them unless their parents were able to intervene. So probably these lads got a taste of Victorian 'justice' and came out a little less disposed to respect the law in the future.
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The destination was highly requested from our boys! It was quite convenient for us also since we already had an idea of what to expect.
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Ok! That's true, but I just don't feel like this in Rome!
We tried to keep our trip low budget, as much as possible of course, since we were 4 people traveling. And believe me, this is not a small task in the middle of the economic crisis with only one wallet 'active' in the family.
This trip was a bit 'against all odds'. We knew time was passing us by and if not now then when would we "create" traveling memories with our kids? Those are very strong memories that live forever!
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We did not regret it, not even once.
The driver was appointed by the property company that rented the apartment to us. He picked us from the airport and left us in front of our building! The man was extremely extrovert and communicative and shared with us lots of useful information.
Some things we already knew from our past travel to Rome, some other info was totally new.
He introduced a new dimension of Rome.The 'Star of Rome'
If you have already traveled in any new place, you know that the most important thing is to find orientation. Understand where is what! The easier we get oriented the faster we get to know and enjoy the place.
There are many cities in which you can achieve this easier than in others.
Rome is one of these easy to adjust to cities. As soon as we implemented the driver's idea, everything became easy and clear! The center of the city is the status of Vittorio Emanuele , the first king of United Italy. In other words the center is Piazza Venezia, where the statue is.
Let me explain myself.
All the roads that lead to the most interesting monuments and beautiful areas of the city begin from this exact position. They spread around the Piazza like star rays .
So, we draw a cross with the statue in center. We decided the time we had to spend in each of the quarters depending on the number of the sights we wanted to visit and we were ready to go!
To be clear in a simple way:
This "star advice", although it may sound a bit simple it is extremely useful. In Rome there is a lot to see and a smart sharing of your time is absolutely necessary. Moving quickly without getting lost is lifesaving.
Rome is an "endless" city although you can walk easily and have a good first taste of it within 3-4 days.
The number of days mentioned is not chosen by chance. Each Greek have usually 3-4 days to dedicate to the eternal city. If any of you are wondering whether 3-4 days are enough to meet the city, the answer is Yes! It is!
You can get a very good idea of Roman life in 3-4 days!
As I mentioned at the beginning of my post, we visited Rome with two teenage boys (12,5 and 14).
If you are interested in finding out if Rome is a good choice for teenagers, the answer again is Yes! It is. Here are some reasons why kids will love it!
- It is very easy to walk in Rome, no great difficulties. We stayed at the Fontana di Trevi (I highly recommend this area). The longest walk we had was around 40 minutes' walk from the Fontana until Trastevere, passing through the "Jewish Ghetto". Another long walk was from Fontana di Trevi to the Colosseum, almost 25 minutes long.
- The city is very vivid historically and architecturally. Those two things impressed our boys very much. There were young people everywhere, especially in the neighborhood we stayed. Everything seemed so cool to them!
- There is pizza, ice cream and pasta practically everywhere!
- The Italian language is very "happy" and the roman mentality so close to the Greek, so they found it very easy to adjust and connect. "Una faccia una razza"
- There was Wi-Fi in the room!!!!!
- We made the "difficult visits" as easier as painless as possible. That was the Vatican and the Roman Forum (I leave the Colosseum out of this category because they couldn't wait to see it). If you want to achieve that with your kids , make them watch "The Gladiator" before you hit the road to Rome.
- The hours spent at Villa Borghese were amazing! Specially the rides with the electric-pedal cars and the "Segway" just made the boys sooo excited and happy!
Our return to Athens was quite adventurous!
Our scheduled flight was in the morning of an October day in 2016 (can't remember the date), the day of a very destructive earthquake in Italy, close to Rome. I cannot really describe what happened in the Fiumicino airport. For some seconds (very long ones) we felt like we were in the Titanic. Everything was moving from the east to the west: tables, chairs with people on them, luggage … Everything!
We only had a short delay, nothing frustrating really. Coming from an earthquake prone country, we felt less anxious than others. We got hold of ourselves very quickly.
The earthquake wasn't enough to ruin the sweetest taste Rome left in our souls!
So, we said goodbye to the "star of Rome" with the secret hope to see it the soonest possible. Unfortunately, now it's March 2018 and I still haven't been there yet. Already miss it!
So, wish me the soonest!
If I was to give you only piece of advice, especially to all of you who haven't been to Rome yet this would be it
"buy the damn ticket and leave now! What are you waiting for????!!!!"
Rome is a great and popular destination. Please do not hesitate! Share with us any orientation and other navigation tips you found helpful in getting around in Rome! Leave your comments below or contact us here.
Don't forget! I am looking forward to seeing you in my Newsletter for fresh news and more psychotherapeutic destinations!
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Facebook has removed four pages run by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, explaining that the channels repeatedly violated the site's policies against hate speech and bullying.
The decision to take down the four pages is the strongest censure of Jones' behavior by Facebook yet. Last week, the company removed four videos shared on Jones' channels and gave the radio host's personal profile a 30-day suspension. However, this did not affect the output of pages run by Jones and his associates, which kept on uploading new content.
Now, though, four of these Facebook pages have been removed altogether. These include the Alex Jones Channel Page, the Alex Jones Page, the Infowars Page, and the Infowars Nightly News Page. Visiting any of these pages now shows the message: "Sorry, this content isn't available right now."
In an apparently unconnected move, Apple has also removed content made by Jones. Five of Infowars' six podcasts were removed from the iPhone maker's iTunes and Podcasts app. The company said in a statement: "Apple does not tolerate hate speech."
Facebook explained its decision to remove the pages in a blog post titled "Enforcing Our Community Standards." The post makes clear that the pages were unpublished not because they shared fake news (an activity that Facebook executives have repeatedly defended), but because they violated the company's community standards, particularly its rules against hate speech and bullying.
"While much of the discussion around Infowars has been related to false news, which is a serious issue that we are working to address by demoting links marked wrong by fact checkers and suggesting additional content, none of the violations that spurred today's removals were related to this," said the blog post.
The rest of the post details how Facebook's "strike" system works to judge which pages and individuals have broken the site's rules enough to warrant a ban. This system has been criticized in recent months for its seemingly arbitrary and opaque nature. A recent undercover documentary detailing the work of Facebook's moderators adding to the criticism, when it showed that the company repeatedly let far-right fringe groups exceed the usual number of strikes for bad behavior.
According to Facebook, Jones' four pages were taken down for "glorifying violence" and "using dehumanizing language to describe people who are transgender, Muslims and immigrants."


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This meal was inspired by the Spicy Sushi Bowl in Vegan Bowl Attack!: More than 100 One-Dish Meals Packed with Plant-Based Power by the author of the blog, Vegan Yack Attack.
My kids have always loved Japanese food – my husband and I lived in Japan for a couple years early in our relationship and we're nostalgic about the food and culture. My picky eater has always been a fan of cucumber rolls and they eat edamame like peanuts. The flavours of Japanese food are as familiar to them as Canadian food – going out for sushi has always been a special treat for us.
So the first time I made this sushi bowl for them (without the spicy mayonnaise topping – I saved that for the grown-ups), I was pleasantly surprised when it was a hit! Rice, edamame, cucumber, mango, avocado and nori cut in strips – what's not to love?! It's like sushi night without all the fuss.
Tonight's meal doesn't follow the recipe – we're making it based on the ingredients we have on hand and with a different sauce. The spicy mayonnaise is great but when I have sushi, it's the wasabi flavour I crave for the extra kick. So instead of a Sriracha-flavoured mayo, I'm making a wasabi mayo. It starts with an excellent homemade vegan mayonnaise.
The vegan mayos available at the grocery store are great but they're not cheap. So when I got The Homemade Vegan Pantry: The Art of Making Your Own Staples, it paid for itself quickly through its Classic eggless mayonnaise recipe. It takes about five minutes to turn soy milk, mustard, apple cider vinegar, salt and oil into a great mayo. The book has a lot of other great recipes too – author Miyoko Schinner is known for her vegan cheeses. I highly recommend it.
Spicy Wasabi Mayonnaise
- 3/4 cup vegan mayonnaise
- 2 Tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 Tablespoons sesame oil
- 2 Tablespoons wasabi
Blend and chill while the other food is being prepped.
To assemble the bowl, we started with brown rice and topped it with edamame, sweet potato, cucumber, avocado and cubed tofu that we fried in garlic, ginger, sesame oil and soy sauce. I cut a nori sheet into strips and sprinkled them liberally on top of the bowl with sesame seeds. My daughter had a bit of the wasabi mayonnaise, which wasn't very spicy but was a nice blend of flavoured that tied the bowl together nicely.
More on frying tofu
If you haven't fried tofu much, it couldn't be simpler. Fry the garlic and ginger in sesame oil until browned and fragrant and add the cubed tofu. Fry it on medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until the edges are crispy. When it looks ready to eat, add a few splashes of soy sauce and continue to cook until the sauce is absorbed. The tofu will absorb the flavours it's fried in so feel free to change the flavours according to your preferences.
Other options for topping your sushi bowl: grated carrots, fried shiitake mushrooms, mango or steamed broccoli. You can set out all the toppings and let the kids top their rice as they please – that way, they're more likely to eat their whole dinner without complaining. Good luck and enjoy!


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Hello again!
Well although we didn't plan it we decided to take a drive to Seward today because Jason really wanted to shoot his gun so bad and we really want to make the most of our time here and right now the most time we will have is until the end of February, however Jason could leave at any time! So although it is ABSOLUTELY FREEZING outside we decided later than usual that we would get ready and take a drive.. everything else can wait!
So we got in the car, got the oh so important Starbucks and headed down the road. I took a ton of pictures today although as I mentioned on the snapfish album it was all through the truck window because it was just WAY WAY TOO cold to have the window down driving down the road! But I still think I got some good pictures, I know they are probably pictures you've seen a million times but I swear it never gets old, and the pictures don't even do it justice.
We made it all the way down to Seward basically and pulled into a gravel pit so Jason could shoot, I was going to but I don't do well with the cold and just couldn't stand out there that long, besides.. I really had to pee. I was standing out there watching thinking if I didn't pee than I would have to stop at one of those crappy disgusting germ infested plague ridden out house bathrooms and I just could bare the thought of freezing my ass off while catching some foreign disease! So I made good use of my empty Starbucks cup and tinkled in that! HAHA! That's right lady and gents, I went outside!!! However I feel that the fact that I did it in a Starbucks cup adds quite a bit of class. HAHA!
So we drove home along the ocean to an absolutely amazing sunset.. unfortunately the damn camera died!!!
We just got home and Jason is making halibut and chips for dinner and we are going to have a quiet night. We really had so much to do today and I really did plan to do it but we have so little time here that we feel the need to take advantage of it as much as we can. This week we will get stuff done, I'm not too worried about it, we are practically experts at packing and moving.
You know as much as I am ready to leave Alaska I will absolutely miss its beauty.. I don't think we will ever see the things we've seen here anywhere else. The scenery is definitely not what I dislike about living here. I'm always ready for our next adventure but sometimes the idea of leaving familiarity is really hard.
I hope you all had an amazing weekend and enjoy the pictures!!


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Karl Binford is what's written on your partner's birth certificate although it is not even his birth mention. Arkansas is where he and his wife live. Administering data source is his prof but he plans on changing doing it. What he delights in doing is to play badminton yet he would give it shifting upward. Check out his website here: http://beatlogique.com/


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Source: Thomas Becker, UPEI Athletics
After a long layover, the Panthers opened the New Year the best way possible, with a lopsided 5-0 win over the Dalhousie Tigers Friday night.
Following Beau McCue's second period tally, the roof caved in on the Tigers as defencemen Austin Levi and Casey Babineau and forwards Cody Payne and Brent Andrews each scored in the final period, putting an end to the Panthers' seven-game losing streak. McCue and Andrews led the way with two points apiece (one goal and one assist).
"We felt great all week in practice, but there's no replacing having success in a game to build our confidence," said head coach Forbes MacPherson, who implemented a new game plan focused on defined roles for his players.
For the team's captain, the win couldn't have come at a better time.
"We had a little over five weeks to clear our heads and get back on track," Andrews said. "We utilized that time well and tonight it showed."
It was a grind-it-out affair in the opening period, with both teams playing energized in an attempt to build momentum for the second semester run.
On a power play at the 4:25 mark, the Panthers mishandled a blue line pass, leading to a Tiger breakaway. But goaltender Matt Mahalak stood tall to deny the scoring threat.
Mahalak did his part, recording 21 saves on the night to keep the Tigers off the scoreboard.
"He made some key saves that were difference makers," said MacPherson.
Tigers goaltender Joe Gladnick matched Mahalak save for save, stopping all six shots he faced in the period.
Dalhousie was strong defensively, using effective poke checks to limit the Panthers' good looks, holding them without a shot on goal in the last six minutes of the period.
That didn't last, though, as the Panthers came out of the intermission firing at will, making Gladnick's night uncomfortable while outshooting their opponent 17-8 in the frame.
After killing off a pair of penalties, it was UPEI's turn to strike fear in the Tigers goaltender. Late in the period, the Panthers offence awoke and delivered shot after shot, until McCue broke the deadlock with his fourth goal of the campaign.
UPEI's momentum carried into the third period as the Panthers opened the frame with the man advantage. And they didn't disappoint. At the 1:44 mark, Levi fired a laser from the top left circle past a helpless Gladnick, doubling their lead 2-0.
The Panthers' power play unit delivered again midway through the period when Payne notched his 11th goal of the season, giving them a comfortable 3-0 lead. Babineau and Andrews added a pair of goals less than two minutes apart for the 5-0 final.
The Panthers look to make it two in a row on Jan. 7 when they take on the St. F.X. X-Men at MacLauchlan Arena. Puck drops at 7 p.m. The Tigers head to UNB to take on the Varsity Reds, also at 7p.m.


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The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office learned Wednesday the Second District Court of Appeal (DCA) denied the agency's petition to review an administrative order dictating responsibility related to the security of court facilities.
The decision follows a lengthy review of the order, issued by the 12th Judicial Circuit's chief judge, telling the sheriff's office it is responsible for providing security at specific court-related facilities and to search citizens entering those facilities for firearms. The order was issued in March, only days after Senator Greg Stuebe was stopped when he tried to enter the clerk's office while armed. With concerns related to citizen's constitutional rights as well as the agency's exposure to personal liability for restricting access to non-court public government buildings, the sheriff's office removed deputies from three Sarasota County locations including two Clerk of Court offices and the Criminal Justice Center in downtown Sarasota.
Due to the impasse between Sheriff Knight and the judiciary, the agency's general counsel filed a petition for the DCA to review the order to seek clarification as to whether the chief judge has the authority to dictate security measures including stopping citizens from carrying weapons and firearms into buildings other than courthouses. In the order received today, the DCA stated the chief judge can direct security measures in court facilities however, decisions regarding the procedures, techniques, protocols, personnel, and equipment to implement such security is at the Sheriff's discretion.
Sheriff Knight is disappointed in the decision of the DCA but respects the court's directive. As stated and argued before the DCA, the sheriff's office takes its role of protecting citizens while balancing their constitutional rights very seriously; as is evident by the more than 5.5 million dollars spent annually on the security of Sarasota County court facilities.
Beyond today's denial, Sheriff Knight's concerns remain that the court did not address the issue related to Florida State Statute 790.06 and the constitutional rights of citizens. As Judge Badalamenti stated in his concurring opinion, "All in all, the concerns raised by the Sheriff in his petition are issues for Sarasota County and our State's legislature to ferret out, not the courts." Sheriff Knight agrees and urges law makers to address this issue immediately.
"While this ruling helps clarify the responsibilities of local sheriff's offices, it still fails to address the biggest concern I have which is the rights of our citizens," explains Sheriff Knight. "I have already spoken with Senator Stuebe and expressed to him Judge Badalamenti's comments regarding the legislature's need to act. I am pleased to say Senator Stuebe recognizes this and has agreed to move this issue through the legislature as expeditiously as possible. My staff is currently reaching out to personnel from court administration to provide a workable solution to courthouse safety and the protection of constitutional liberties."


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Exam is coming up and I have no choice but to put my development life on hiatus and focus on my text books. ( CS 245 Logic and Computation is actually fun) Anyway, here is a list of stuff that I have worked on and planning to finish them up during the semester break after exam until the start of next school semester in September.
Iron cook 's main objective is to provide a portal for anyone to randomize their meal plan for the week and have the grocery list generated on their mobile devices. It's the CS446 course project that me and my group mates have been working on since May 2010 and currently we have the back-end web service and android client cores ready.
HKGolden Samurai
Another web service for exposing HK Golden API to native clients. As of now, the caching mechanism has been implemented and more UI work has to be done. The final product will be consumed by HKG maize, which is the first (and only) client for HK Golden on android devices.
University of Waterloo Login
A simple portal for passing the username + password when logging in the uw-wireless network. (Credentials are needed everytime a client joins the network and Firefox/Chrome doesn't allow users to store their credentials on the browser)
After working on iron-cook.com extensively for the past 3 months I noticed a rewrite is required to follow the django/python/app-engine convention.
StudyTimer is a small utility I wrote for myself. Basically it's a timer that switches between "study period" and "break period". Currently the skeleton of the client application is there and I have yet to implement the server side stuff.
Haskell + OpenGL ES/DirectX – I have always wanted to learn functional programming and do some geometry work with openGL/DirectX (XNA on Xbox360, windows phone 7) , hopefully the 30 days vacation is enough to learn these stuff.