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Inevitably, almost all battles about Internet content controls become battles about the effectiveness of Internet filters. That's because, from the start, many have held out hope that private filters can offer families, schools, libraries and others the opportunity to block objectionable content without getting government involved in the ugly business of Net censorship.
But there have always been filtering critics and, ironically, they come from two very different camps. On one hand, we often hear policymakers or pro-regulation activist groups lamenting the fact that filters are UNDER-inclusive, or miss too much objectionable online content. Indeed, rumors are that the Department of Justice is currently engaged in major effort to build a legal case against filters as an effective private blocking tool. If the government was able to successfully make such a case to the courts, it might help them undo a decade's worth of jurisprudence that has been built upon the belief that filters offered a "less-restrictive means" of addressing objectionable content compared to vague, over-broad government content control efforts.
Cutting in the opposite direction, many librarians, free expression groups and others have long criticized filters on the grounds that that they are far too OVER-inclusive. These critics consider filters to be fundamentally flawed because they often block access to sites that contain important information. Early examples included filters that blocked access to breast cancer websites because they contained the word "breast," or others that blocked access to Republican Majority Leader Dick Armey's website because the word "dick" was blocked by the filter. Moreover, the critics of filter over-inclusiveness also point out that, despite their technical nature, filtering technologies are ultimately quite stupid and depend on the subjective values / morality of their creators. For example, if a filter maker decides that websites discussing homosexual issues were offensive to him, then anyone using his software wouldn't be able to access those sites either.
These competing anti-filtering forces are still at war today. Not only is the DOJ trying to build a case against private filters, but new bills are being introduced in Congress and pro-regulatory critics are engaged in new efforts to question the effectiveness of filters. (They either want a government-approved filter or want online intermediaries to rid the Net of all content they find "indecent.") Meanwhile, filters have again come under attack from the folks up at the Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP), which is part of the Brennan Center for Justice. They have just released a revised edition of their "Internet Filters: A Public Policy Report," which mostly criticizes filters for their over-inclusiveness.
The report was authored by Marjorie Heins, Christina Cho, and Ariel Feldman. (Incidentally, Marjorie Heins is the author of one of the best histories of indecency regulation and government censorship efforts: "Not in Front of the Children: 'Indecency,' Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth." Highly recommended reading for those of you interested in this issue.)
In the updated FEPP study, the authors argue that the over-blocking problem hasn't improved despite the growth of the filtering market. Citing a litany of over-blocking examples from numerous independent studies and news reports, the authors conclude that "filters are still seriously flawed. They continue to deprive their users of many thousands of valuable Web pages, on subjects ranging from war and genocide to safer sex and public health.... There are much more effective ways to address concerns about offensive Internet content. Filters provide a false sense of security, while blocking large amounts of important information in an often irrational or biased way." In sum, they argue that the proposed cure (filters) may be worst than the disease (potential exposure to objectionable content).
As a fervent defender of freedom of speech and expression, it goes without saying that I am sympathetic to some of the concerns raised by the FEPP report. I hate to think that citizens, including children, are potentially being denied access to valuable information. On the other hand, we DO have a problem here that needs to be addressed somehow: Underage access to potentially objectionable material.
Clearly, every family has a different set of values when it comes to what types of media content are acceptable in their home (or at schools and libraries). While it's probably silly to generalize in this manner, let's try to break families into at least 3 basic groups in terms of how they assimilate children into the media universe:
(1) The "shield their eyes and ears" approach: Some families will prefer to take a very restrictive approach to their children's media exposure / education. They will want to block many different types of media / online content, perhaps using extremely restrictive methods and technologies. To this group, the over-inclusiveness issue associated with filters is probably a non-issue. They will be willing to make some sacrifices in terms of lost information / education to offset the possibility of unwanted exposure to what they regard as highly objectionable or morally repugnant content.
(2) The "talk to them about it" approach: Other families will take a more open, education-based approach to media exposure. They'll let their kids see and hear a lot more than parents in Group 1. And when their kids run into troubling stuff, they'll talk to them about it. But many of these folks will also take advantage of filtering tools, at least early in their children's lives.
(3) "Hear no evil, see no evil" families: Still others might not even think about the issue of blocking access to content, online or offline. They might employ some basic ground rules or perhaps use some rudimentary screening techniques, but not give it much more thought than that. The kids will largely be given free rein to go where they want and do what they want in the media universe. (Incidentally, this was my family when I was growing up. Of course, we didn't have the Internet in our homes back in the 1970s to deal with! It was just TV and VCRs.)
Let me again stress that I'm guilty of unfair generalizations here since most families are hybrids of these three models. Or, some families might adopt one of these approaches early in the life of their children (probably #1) and then switch to another (#2 or 3) later when their kids are teens.
Anyway, the reason I'm going through this exercise is simply to make the point that a significant percentage of the American citizenry would identify themselves are firmly in the first ("shield their eyes and ears") group. And even those that would self-identify with the second group (like my wife and me), would probably argue that, at least in the early years, they are probably employing something akin to a group 1 strategy.
The point is, a lot of people want to shield their kids from objectionable content. Some more than others and for longer than others. At a minimum, a large percentage of families will at least want to put a few "speed bumps" in the way to make sure that their kids aren't cruising down the dark alleys of cyberspace on their own.
And so we get back to filters. They are certainly flawed. Highly imperfect, in fact. Over-inclusive at times; under-inclusive at other times. But, at the end of the day, they are the best private sector solution we've got at our disposal as parents today. Of course, you could adopt a group 3 strategy and just turn a blind eye to some of the more troubling aspects of the Internet. But I don't think most parents want to do that. Do I really want to have a frank discussion with my very young daughter about some of the bizarre sexual perversions often on display in cyberspace? Uh, no. That's why, despite their flaws, I'll use filters until my kids reach an age when I feel comfortable gradually scaling back their use or eliminating them entirely from our computing devices.
And although Internet filters are "crude and error-prone" as the FEPP report suggests, I'm willing to live with it so long as:
(a) the government is not mandating that the filters be used or forcing their own filters upon us; and,
(b) there is a healthy market for competing filtering software / technology (for private use, of course).
Ironically, on this last point, the FEPP report almost seems to lament the fact that since they published their first report in 2001, the filter market has grown from about 19 major filters to over 133 today. Because all filters share certain over-blocking issues, FEPP seems to feel that the proliferation of more filters can only have negative consequences. But the fact is that not all filters share the exact same over-blocking problems. They don't all block the exact same sites or topics or code words. So let a thousand flowers bloom, I say (or at least 133). Competition among filters might actually help us get to a better world with more specialized blocking software to suit all tastes and needs. (Indeed, this is already the case. The wonderful "GetNetWise.org" website allows parents to search for filters that meet their specific tastes / values. See: http://kids.getnetwise.org/tools/ ).
Moreover, let's not forget that, despite their many flaws, filters help us avoid the nasty alternative of government censorship. While the existence of all these filters will never stop policymakers or other critics from calling for more government regulation, they will at least provide us with an affirmative defense when cases go to court again and again. Private filters really do represent a "less restrictive means" of dealing with this issue and, despite over- and under-blocking flaws, will always be preferable to government regulation of online speech.
Thus, contrary to what FEPP argues, the cure is definitely NOT worse than the disease because if filters did not exist or were not used, government would have a much easier time justifying a role of itself as content cop for the Internet.
Of course, if the DOJ somehow convinces the courts to buy into the argument that private filters are not effective enough, we could be looking at a world where government imposes its own pre-approved filters on us. [And, as the FEPP report points out, that's what the government is already doing to libraries today as part of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) of 2000. That measure demanded that schools and libraries receiving federal funding MUST use filters or else lose that funding.]
But think of how silly it would be for the government to spend all this time and money making a legal case against the efficacy of private filters and then propose their own public filters as a solution. Would one big government filter for all of us be better than 133 private filters that can at least partially be tailored to our specific needs? I think not. We know that any government-approved filters would be over-inclusive in the extreme but they would probably also be under-inclusive and fail to capture much of the content (especially from overseas) that some found objectionable.
So, despite my continuing reservations about private filters, I remain convinced that the devil that you know is better than then one you don't. I can deal with the short-comings of private filters in terms of both over- and under-inclusiveness. A single government solution, by contrast, is just too frightening to think about.
Having said all this, I do hope that private filtering companies take a hard look at the FEPP report and search for ways to improve their technologies to avoid the sort of over-blocking that FEPP rightly bemoans. There's clearly a lot of room for improvement on this front.


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Dickson, Tenn. – The final day of the 2013 Ohio Valley Conference Championships has been cancelled due to heavy overnight and continued rainfall at the GreyStone Golf Club in Dickson. The 54-hole event will use the first 36-holes as the final results. Tennessee State finished in eighth place with a 588, +12, just one stroke out of seventh and seven out of third.
"We got out to a fast start on day, but could not hold on for the last few holes, bringing us back to the pack," said head coach Parrish McGrath. "When we were leading early in the round I knew we had to play mistake free on the last three holes to keep our spot near the top, but 16 through 18 brought us and a few other teams back to the pack. Day two brought more solid play from our first three with Andrew Warner shooting 3-over, which was a good score considering some of the bad bounces he had on the course."
Senior Cameron Scitern and Sophomore James Stepp earned a spot on the seven-man OVC Championships All-Tournament team after the two finished tied for third at 3-under, two strokes off the lead. This marks the first time in school history that two Tigers have earned a spot on the team. It is also the first time since 2004 a Tiger has accomplished the honor. Robert Dinwiddie, the only TSU golfer to make it twice, earned a spot on the All-Tournament team in 2002 and 2004. Robert Hunt is the only other Tiger, and the first, to be placed on the team in 2001.
"Having two players make All-Tournament is more of an indicator of their capabilities than All-OVC, since this is the only time they all go head to head against one another," McGrath said. "I am very proud of James and Cameron's play and decision making. Both were patient and managed the course very well.
"With James finding the fairways a little better on day two he was able to fire at more pins, which helped him birdie four of the last six holes and Cameron getting better on the greens each day I was looking forward to the third round," McGrath continued. "I felt both had a chance to win if we could get back out there Saturday."
Scitern, who was named to the All-OVC Team on Thursday evening, carded a 71 on day one and a 70 on day two to earn his third place standing. The senior dropped 21 pars and nine birdies over the 36-holes and finished tied with Stepp for the second most birdies recorded. Scitern led the tournament, along with UT Martin's Brendan Caballero, on par-5's shooting 7-under.
Stepp shot a 1-over, 73 during the first round, but bounced back with a second round best 68. The 4-under in a round was a tournament best and was matched by only two other golfers during the championships. The sophomore completed play with 21 pars and nine birdies. Stepp finished a third best in par-5 scoring at 4-under and fifth best in par-4 scoring at even.
"For James to be this close to the lead and have two more years should fuel the fire to keep him going this summer and be ready to be a factor in the OVC," McGrath commented. "Cameron played his style of golf from the beginning and validated his All-Conference selection. All a coach can ask his players to do is leave it all on the course, which Cameron did. It is a great end to a solid four years at TSU. He set the benchmark for how a golfer should play the game."

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The Dalles Nursing students at Columbia Gorge Community College had a tough time going against their healing instincts Tuesday to help a terminally ill "patient" die with dignity.
"This doesn't feel like a very successful simulation," said Shayla in a debriefing session that followed the death of "Alice Nyman," the name given the mannequin patient. The last names of students have been withheld to protect their privacy.
The scenario playing out with the life-like figure was that she had opted to forego treatment for an aggressive form of lung cancer. The job of the second-year students was to make it easier for Nyman to die by providing her with medication to dull the pain and keep her positioned to rest easily.
The adult model was computerized to breath, have a heartbeat, and speak — although she had little energy in the dying process to do more than moan her discomfort or answers to the nurses' questions.
When a distraught family member showed up and refused to allow Nyman's last moments to be peaceful, the second-year students were faced with an added challenge. Linda Quackenbush, who played the part of Alice's daughter, accused them of not doing enough to help her mother and then pleaded with Nyman to not abandon her family.
"Hey mom, just fight this some more – we're not ready to let you go," said a tearful Quackenbush, a retired employee of Columbia Gorge Community College.
The team of three student nurses called in a chaplain to deal with the weeping woman as Nyman's vital signs began to drop and she developed the "death rattle" in her throat that signaled death was near.
"We're making her as comfortable as possible," Gabe, one of the team, assured Quackenbush.
Behind the one-way glass separating the hospital and control rooms, a panel of instructors manned computers that controlled the vital signs of the
mannequin. They looked for opportunities to throw an unexpected twist in the scenario.
"As she's doing that (a student was injecting morphine into Nyman's intravenous tubing) decrease the respiration because that is going to help her breathe a little better," said Maureen Harter, coordinator of operations at the Rural Simulation Center.
In a nearby conference room, other second-year students watched the drama playing out in the nearby room through a video feed. They agreed that the addition of an unexpected visitor to the simulation scenario had ratcheted up the pressure on their peers.
"It made it such a great experience because all of us just froze when she came in," said Shayla after Nyman's body had been prepared for viewing and transport to the local funeral home.
During the debriefing session, the 12 participating students initiated a discussion with Harter about the notification process for family members when one of their patients was near death. They also discussed the signs a person would exhibit when his or her bodily functions started to shut down, such as cold extremities and veins that are blue in color due to a lack of oxygen in the blood.
The end of life scenario was only one of four run Feb. 26 under the oversight of Diana Bailey, who supervises training for second year students. The sim lab was made possible by a $1.25 million in federal grants from the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education.
"I can turn on the light bulbs and connect the dots with the sim lab and that's a very powerful gift," said Bailey.
This spring, CGCC officials expect to receive almost $300,000 from a share of revenues generated by a statewide bond sale. That funding will be used to replace worn out equipment in the sim lab and install state-of-the art mannequins, including an automated child model, and an electronic medication administration system.
Bailey said sim sessions each semester are an important part of student training because "while it's not real, we suspend disbelief."
"It's a powerful, powerful tool because students can tap into critical thinking and skills without putting a patient at risk. In the sim lab, mistakes are welcome because you learn from them," she said.
Administrative assistant Angela Johnston runs the computer that regulates the patient's heart rate, respiration and other vital signs. She also steps into the sim lab as a distressed family member when the occasion calls for it.
On the morning of Feb. 26, she was the elder sister standing by the bedside of her 6-year-old brother, Tenneson Miller, who had been struck by a car after riding his bicycle into the street.
Although pediatric trauma victims are typically transported to Legacy Emanual Hospital or the Oregon Health and Sciences University, both in Portland, Bailey wanted to provide nursing students with some exposure to these types of cases.
"We do have some fun with them (students)," said Johnston about the sim lab scenarios.
Overseeing the entire nursing program is director Doris Jepson, who has a list of applicants waiting to get into the college's signature program. She said a maximum of 24 out of 90 applicants are selected to start the program each year and the pace of study for about 48 students in both classes is brisk, with a heavy emphasis on math and science.
"The interesting part of nursing is that you are there when the patients come in, you are there when they leave – and everywhere in-between," she said.
Jepson was one of the original instructors in the program that began in 2001 and brings to her job more than 30 years of experiences in various nursing positions.
She said students must complete pre-requisite courses – good writing skills are also necessary — before they can even apply to get into the rigorous program.
"The process is very competitive," she said. "We keep them quite busy; it's all part of getting them engaged."
She said the top 60 applicants are chosen by the essays they submit on the subject of nursing and these candidates are winnowed down to 40 by an interview panel. That number is reduced to the final 24 through further scrutiny and another 10 individuals are placed on a wait list in case one of the chosen applicants changes his or her mind.
Jepson said, even if a student makes it through the screening process, several individuals each year find out they can't keep up with the workload — or handle the exposure to bodily fluids and trauma that is part of the profession.
For that reason, she said it is important to provide students with real-life exposure to patient care. She said that is only possible due to the assistance granted by the four hospitals and one surgery center in the Mid-Columbia region, as well as physicians and medical staff at numerous clinics.
As a result of time spent in clinical study, Jepson said CGCC's graduate nurses enter the workforce with knowledge about most aspects of patient care.
"All of these people help make it happen," she said. "We believe very strongly that hands-on experience is the best way to teach because people learn by doing."
Jepson said the college instituted a nursing program in 2001 at the request of the medical community to meet the growing need for medical personnel. She said the program's good reputation helped all of the 2012 find jobs in the field, despite the sluggish economy.
"You name a facility in the area and I would almost bet we have one or more graduates working there," she said. If students decide to pursue their four-year degree, Jepson said the college has a co-admission agreement with Linfield College in McMinnville that allows for a seamless transition into an advanced study program.
In addition to Bailey, she said four other faculty members in the nursing program trained at CGCC, left long enough to get their masters and then returned to train others.
Some of CGCC's graduate nurses have moved on to work in other states and one has even gone into a combat zone of the Middle East to provide medical care to U.S. troops.
"I think it really helps that this community understands the powerful thing that we are doing here; not only for the area but for the state and nation," said Jepson.
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In addition to his goal, Rogers won a season-high 19 faceoffs and lost just six (photo courtesy Patrick Shanahan).
POTSDAM, N.Y.-Andrew Himelson scored in overtime to lift Clarkson to a 2-1 win against the Harvard men's hockey team Friday night at Cheel Arena.
After the Clarkson defense withstood some pressure from the Crimson (7-18-3, 7-11-3 ECAC Hockey) early in overtime, Himelson one-timed in a Matt Beca pass out of the corner at 3:11 to lift the Golden Knights (8-22-3, 4-15-2) to the win. Karpowich finished with 20 saves, while Harvard's Ryan Carroll made 21. Doug Rogers scored for the Crimson.
The Crimson maintained its edge in the race for a home playoff series next weekend, as competitors Brown and Princeton both lost.
Harvard dominated territorially in the first period but had only six shots and no goals to show for it, while limiting the Golden Knights to four shots. The Crimson's best chance came off the stick of a falling Pier-Olivier Michaud from the left side, but Karpowich made a pad save and Harvard could not convert on the power play after Michaud was pulled down.
The teams played another scoreless stanza in the second. Clarkson held a 9-5 shots edge, with five of those chances coming during one power play. Carroll continued his strong play in the Harvard net, and Karpowich made his best stop on Luke Greiner. The CU netminder got his left arm on Greiner's shot from the left side on the rush.
The offense picked up quickly in the third period. Rogers got the Crimson on the board just 49 seconds into the frame, taking advantage of a neutral-zone turnover by the Golden Knights and wristing a shot over the blocker of Karpowich. Clarkson tied the score just 11 seconds later when Louke Oakley put the puck into an open net following a bad bounce for Harvard behind its own net. The goalies again took over from there, with Carrroll making key stops on Beca on a wraparound attempt and a breakaway.


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LONG BEACH, Calif. - In a rematch of the 2012 Big West Championship game, Long Beach State was able to exact its revenge against UC Santa Barbara on Saturday evening in Walter Pyramid. The 49ers thwarted a second-half comeback by the Gauchos and took a 52-45 victory in their first meeting of the season.
With the loss, UCSB falls to 5-9 on the season, to an even 1-1 in Big West play and 3-3 on the road. Long Beach State improves to 9-5 overall and 2-0 in league games. The 49ers improve their home record to 8-2 and extend their current win streak to five straight.
After being limited to a season-low 14 points in the first half – which ties for the fifth lowest first half output in program lore – UCSB was able to come back from a 20-14 deficit with a 11-2 run that gave them their biggest lead of the game with 15:19 on the clock.
A seesaw battle would ensue as the game was tied eight times throughout the half with neither team holding an advantage of more than three points. With 1:41 to go, the Gauchos tied the game for the last time when Melissa Zornig secured the ball on the defensive half, passed it to Nicole Nesbit who drove up the left side of the court and made a lay-up while being fouled. She sank her free-throw to tie the game at 44-44.
Long Beach responded with a lay-up by Devin Hudson to regain the lead. The Gauchos then began to foul. The 49ers were able to sink 6-of-8 free throws down the stretch and UCSB was unable to find the bucket that would get them back in the game.
UCSB had commanded much of the early possession of the game, but the defensive slugfest remained scoreless until Sweets Underwood nailed a free-throw with 17:41 on the clock. Jackie Luna Castro's jumper just over a minute later pushed the Gaucho lead to 3-0, but UCSB would make just 1-of-7 attempts from the field in the opening eight minutes.
Long Beach finally got on the board when Chantel Dooley made a free-throw, the first of 11 made by the 49ers in the half. Two more from Dooley at the charity stripe tied the game for the first time with 13:02 to go and an ensuing 9-3 run put Long Beach ahead for the first time with 5:47 on the clock.
By the time the clock expired on the first half, the 49ers had climbed out to a six-point lead behind seven points from Dooley. The Gauchos shot just 22.7% (5-of-22) in the half. Long Beach did not fair much better, shooting 26.7% from the field, but their 16 trips to the charity stripe eclipsed the Gauchos' five.
Nicole Nesbit, Sweets Underwood and Angelei Aguirre fueled UCSB's second-half comeback. Nesbit scored nine of her team-leading 15 points in the final stanza; she also finished with a team-best five assists. Underwood – who finished the game with her fifth double-double of the season (12 points, 12 rebounds) – scored eight points in the second, as did Aguirre.
The Gauchos shot an improved 43.3% (13-of-30) in the second half and out-rebounded the 49ers, 38-28, for the game. They struggled with foul trouble late in the game, however, as three seniors fouled out.
Long Beach State was led by Alex Sanchez's 12 points, nine of which were scored in the second half. Mary Ochiltree had a team-best five rebounds.
UCSB will return home on Thursday, Jan. 10 to host Pacific at 7 p.m. and UC Davis on Saturday, Jan. 12 at 2 p.m. in the Thunderdome. To purchase tickets, call (805) 893-UCSB, visit the Ticket Office in the Intercollegiate Athletics Building on campus or click here to purchase online.
Both games will be broadcast live online at UCSBgauchos.com and Saturday's game will air on AM 1290 KZSB. A live video stream of all games can be found at BigWest.tv.


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|Date of composition: 1802
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Grassroots Program subgrants are offered by the Community Council for the Arts annually.
Grassroots Program subgrants are offered by the Community Council for the Arts annually. The program is a partnership between the North Carolina Arts Council and the communities of the state. The State of North Carolina provides its major support of local arts projects through this program by allocating funds to the counties on a per capita basis. The Community Council for the Arts acts as the Designated Partner for Lenoir County.
This year, the arts council awarded eight subgrants to Lenoir County organizations through this program.
As the partner with the NC Arts Council, the arts council is responsible for making grants to other organizations in the county so that they can produce their own arts programming. Any non-profit, tax-exempt organization in Lenoir County can apply to the arts council for Grassroots subgrant funds. Non-profit arts organizations and/or non-profit organizations with an arts project/program are eligible with all applicant organizations having been in operation for at least one year.
Individuals are not eligible for funds. Generally the call for Grassroots subgrant applications is made by the arts council in August/September of each year. Grant funds must be spent according to the approved application by May 31, 2013.
This year the arts council awarded eight organizations in Lenoir County Grassroots subgrants, totaling $9,700. The awards are for the following organizations and their respective programs:
- Lenoir County Cooperative Extension Service/Farmer�s Market organization
Artistic fee support for the design concept and installation of a mural on the newly acquired annex building of the Farmer�s Market
Award: $2,000
- Southeast Elementary School: Brenda Griffin
Fees for the purchase of tickets for students to attend the performances of two professional theatre touring companies for the presentations of �Warriors Don�t Cry� and �Stage Hands�
Award: $600
- Southeast Elementary School: Anne Kornegay
Artistic fee support for the creation of sandwich boards by students as a way of �celebrating and advertising� Southeast Club�s favorite books.
Award: $300
- Kinston-Lenoir County Friends of the Library
Artistic Fee support for the Annual Storytelling Festival
Award: $600
- Lenoir Community College
Professional musician/vocalist fee support for the annual presentation of �Messiah�
Award: $2,000
- Preservation of Grainger Hill Complex
Fee support for the presentation of the professional theatre company Theatre IV�s performance of �Twas the Night Before Christmas�
Award: $1,000
- Lenoir County Chapter North Carolina Symphony
Total payment for the presentation of the fifth-grade student annual education concert
Award: $2,000
- Northwest Elementary School
Artistic fee support for multiple performances from the professional touring theatre group �Young Audiences of Virginia� of the production �The American Dream�
The Community Council for the Arts applauds these organizations for the quality of the programs for which they sought subgrant assistance. Each of these efforts provides an enhanced quality of cultural life for the citizens of the community and excellence in arts education.
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GREENWOOD, S.C. – Phillip Brown posted a double-double and Matt Mendell hit six 3-pointers, leading Georgia Southwestern to an easy 93-45 victory over Hiwassee College Thursday afternoon in the final round of the Bearcat Holiday Classic at Finis Horne Arena on the campus of Lander University.
Brown had 22 points, 18 rebounds and three blocked shots to lead the Hurricanes, who improved to 6-2 on the season. Mendell made his first six attempts from behind the arc before finishing 6-for-7 with 18 points.
Talmadge Bell added 15 points for Georgia Southwestern, Colin Slotter scored 11 points, and Trayce Macon added 10 rebounds. Tyler Gunnett paced the Hurricanes with five assists.
Zack Williams led Hiwassee (2-13) with 23 points, hitting 10 of 20 shots from the floor. He was the only Tiger to shoot well from the floor. The team went only 17 of 62 (27 percent) from the field, and Williams' teammates were only seven of 42. Hiwassee was two of 14 from 3-point range (14 percent) and nine of 17 from the free-throw line (53 percent).
Meanwhile, Georgia Southwestern shot well from the floor, making 33 of 64 overall (52 percent), including 15 of 20 free throws (75 percent) and 12 of 27 from behind the arc (44 percent).
The Hurricanes had a large 53-29 edge on the boards. Georgia Southwestern's bench out-scored the Tiger reserves 33-13.
The Hurricanes dominated from the outset, building a 9-0 lead in the first four-plus minutes of the game with Brown scoring seven of those points on a layup, a dunk off a pass from Evan Mobley, and a three-point play.
Williams scored Hiwassee's first points of the game at the 16:34 mark and Joel Bailey made a basket in the paint to pull the Tigers within 14-7 with 13:26 left.
But Georgia Southwestern put the game away with a 23-7 run with Brown scoring six and Bell and Mobley five apiece. Mendell's first 3-pointer of the day completed the run, making it 37-14 at the 1:40 mark. It was 39-18 at the half.
Mobley's 3-pointer upped the Hurricane lead to 42-20 with 18:11 left. Then Mendell hit five 3-pointers in as many attempts over the next several minutes, making it 51-26, 60-30, 65-31, 70-33 and 76-33. Jamon Hawkins followed with a 3-pointer of his own, upping the lead to 76-33.
Bell's 3-pointer pushed Georgia Southwestern past the 80-point mark and Brown's dunk made it 83-36 just inside five minutes to go.
Slotter's basket in the paint gave the Hurricanes a 50-point lead, 88-38, with just over two minutes left.
Slotter's free throws with 1:32 remaining pushed Georgia Southwestern past the 90-point mark, making it 91-40.
GSW opens Peach Belt Conference play on Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Storm Dome against 13th-ranked USC Aiken.
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This is the third and final proposal unveiled by MBTA officials that will help deter the T's projected $180 Million budget shortfall next fiscal year. This final scenario will be submitted for approval by the MBTA Board of Directors on April 4th and the new changes will go into effect on July 1st.
This plan was created after MBTA officials spent months traveling around the state asking customers their thoughts on T cuts and fare increases at a series of public meetings. "We've spent the last two months out at 30 hearings listening to customers, and our proposal I think reflects what we've heard from our customers," said MassDOT Secretary Richard Davey, "Overwhelmingly, we heard from folks that they were opposed to cuts in service."
This final proposal is much less drastic than the two scenarios that proceeded it. Under the new plan fares would be increased about 23% on the subway and bus system. A one way subway fare with a Charlie Card will hit a high of $2.00 and a one way bus fare with a Charlie Card will rise to $1.50. Also, a monthly link pass will be hiked up from $59 to $70.
The controversial service reductions that were laid out in the first two proposals are much less severe in this new scenario.
Under the plan the T will only eliminate four of its over 200 bus routes and reduce trips on 14 other routes. Weekend commuter rail service on the Greenbush, Plymouth/Kingston, and Needham lines will also be discontinued. Weekend green line E branch trollies will be stopping short of Heath and terminating at Brigham Circle station, allowing riders to reach the Longwood Medical Area and the MFA.
The the T's ferry service, which would have seen a huge reduction in service, will only see increased fares and the elimination of the Quincy ferry on weekends. Ferry fares will be raised about 35 percent
Along with the cuts in service and fare increases the MBTA has also found other sources of revenue to close their budget gap. They will be transferring $51 Million from the states Motor Vehicle Inspection Trust Fund (which is reserved for projects that will help improve air quality), $5 Million from the states snow and ice removal surplus, and $5 Million from leasing the North Station Garage.
According to MassDOT Secretary Richard Davey, although this proposal will help the MBTA close their projected budget shortfall for next year, it is only a temporary band aid and the agency is likely to be in the same position next year.
You can check out a full set of documents on the new proposal HERE
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Roger Federer advanced to the quarter-finals of the bet-at-home Open – German Tennis Championships in Hamburg on Thursday, after defeating Jan Hajek 6-4, 6-3 in the third-round.
The Swiss is playing his first tournament since dropping to fifth in the world rankings last week, his lowest position in over a decade, after his shock second round loss to Sergiy Stakhovsky at Wimbledon in June.
But the 17-time Grand Slam champion made things difficult for himself on the clay-court surface, as he needed five match points to see off his Czech opponent.
He will next face home player Florian Mayer in the last eight. Mayer came through his contest against eleventh seeded Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 7-6, 6-2.
Federer, who has won the tournament three times previously, could face Wimbledon quarter-finalist Fernando Verdasco in the semi-finals.
The 31-year-old feels he is growing in confidence as the tournament progresses.
He said to atpworldtour.com: "I'm just still looking for the timing and the rhythm here, but the longer I stay in the tournament, the more confident I am that I'm going to play better and better as the tournament goes on."
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Stateside blends meet Gulf trends
Celebrity mixologist Kathy Casey brings her extensive beverage knowledge to the region and shares her creative touch with industry professionals from across the Middle East
Last month saw celebrity US mixologist Kathy Casey pay a visit to Dubai, where she hosted a workshop and roundtable in conjunction with flavourings provider Monin for key players from the UAE's beverage industry.
Held at Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates' intimate 1897 Bar, the event gave attendees the opportunity to enjoy an in-depth discussion on the future of the industry, as well as allowing Casey to share her knowledge of global trends and her experiences of the regional market.
Trends during tough times
According to Casey, who has appeared on various television and radio shows in the US, the global beverage industry has continued to perform well during the economic crisis.
"I think people are drinking a little less when they go to bars, but they are still going out — and happy hour promotions have become huge business for many," she observed.
Casey said that throughout the downturn everyone had been "all doom and gloom in the States", citing the willingness of outlets to cut costs in the face of lower customer spending as a major problem.
"In America right now people are not putting very much emphasis on training and are cutting training programmes, which I think could be a mistake," she said.
Casey asserted that halting beverage innovation was another unwise cost-cutting tactic being employed.
"When we come out of the recession everyone's going to want to go out, spend a little money and party," she said.
"They are going to want to go to those places that are doing new and innovative things, so I think it's important to always be thinking forward, regardless of what business you are in."
Staff comparison
While in the UAE, Casey spent time working with the bar team at recently-opened Fairmont Bab Al Bahr, Abu Dhabi, aiding the development and service standards of the hotel's beverage staff.
"They were all very engaged and I think we found some absolute superstars," she commented. "When we went out in Abu Dhabi, however, the scene was definitely on the green side; it took a while for someone to engage our table and generally no one followed up on whether we would like another drink."
Commenting on the differences between bar staff in the US and the UAE, Casey suggested American bar staff possessed a degree of arrogance absent in the bar workers she came across in Abu Dhabi.
"In the US there are definitely bartenders who know what they're doing, but a lot of them have an attitude; whereas everyone here was so gracious, hospitable and charming," she remarked.
Casey added that she felt the lack of bar experience she came across at the Fairmont was more an opportunity than a hindrance.
"I was very encouraged that the staff were so interested and I really feel that it was OK that some of them were not trained, because now they have learnt properly," she said.
A tweet future
During the course of the roundtable discussion, a major trend Casey flagged up was the growth of social media.
"Twitter is one of the biggest tools you are going to be able to use as an outlets," she advised.
"When you have a special event you can host a tweet-up event; you can make a social page for your bar, for yourself, or you can set up online groups.


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The Andalucian Friend (Hardcover)
A Monumental International Crime Thriller That Brad Thor Calls ""The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" meets "The Sopranos.""
Enemies Are Everywhere
When Sophie Brinkmann--nurse, widow, single mother--meets Hector Guzman, her life is uneventful. She likes his quiet charm and easy smile; she likes the way he welcomes her into his family. She quickly learns, though, that his smooth faCade masks something much more sinister.
Guzman is the head of a powerful international crime ring with a reach into drugs and weapons that extends from Europe to South America. His interests are under siege by a ruthless German syndicate who will stop at nothing to stake their claim. But the Guzmans are fighters and will go to war to protect what's rightfully theirs. The conflict quickly escalates to become a deadly turf war between the rival organizations that includes an itinerant arms dealer, a deeply disturbed detective, a vicious hit man, and a wily police chief. Sophie, too, is unwittingly caught in the middle. She must summon everything within her to navigate this intricate web of moral ambiguity, deadly obsession, and craven gamesmanship.
"The Andalucian Friend" is a powerhouse of a novel--turbo-charged, action-packed, highly sophisticated, and epic in scope--and announces Alexander SOderberg as the most exciting new voice in thrillers in a generation.
About the Author
Alexander SOderberg has worked as a television screenwriter and lives in the countryside in the south of Sweden with his wife and children. "The Andalucian Friend" is his first novel.
Praise For…
"Epic... The Andalucian Friend is a crime novel that mixes familial drama — the Guzman crime family is drawing comparisons to Mario Puzo's Corleones — gang wars, the illegal gun trade, break-the-rules cops and unspeakable violence…The scope of this novel is sometimes astounding and always fascinating."—USA Today
"Scandinavian crime fiction finds a new voice in Alexander Söderberg. . . .[a] dark, intricate debut novel."—Los Angeles Times
"[A] tense, accomplished debut. . . . Complex but swift, well-written and often grisly. . . . There are enough aspects left unresolved to look forward to at least two more books of deadly peril, with new danger at every turn." —The Wall Street Journal
"Takes up Stieg Larsson's mantle in icy, brutal style. . . . This adrenalized debut leads you into a European drug ring and introduces an unlikely heroine who's caught in the crossfire." —Entertainment Weekly
"An enjoyably offbeat thriller about rival gangs fighting over an international drug-smuggling route. . . . [Söderberg] writes with feeling about the crushing psychological stress felt by both cops and criminals."—The New York Times Book Review
"A timely thriller [that] adds some gritty saturated color to the minimal black-and-white palette of Nordic noir. . . . Intriguing." —Mystery Scene
"Imagine The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets The Sopranos, then crank up the intrigue and rip off the knob. Alexander Söderberg has penned an awesome thriller you won't want to miss." —Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Black List
"One of the many wonderful things about Alexander Söderberg's novel, The Andalucian Friend, is how it upsets our expectations. His cops act like gangsters, while his gangsters (some of them) attain a startling sort of nobility. Söderberg has created an entertaining, engaging, and wonderfully bloody-minded world. He's a great storyteller. It's that simple." —Scott Smith, author of The Ruins
"The international cast is packed with compelling bad guys, the plot is intricate and urgent, and the dialogue is tense and true and sometimes even funny. A joy-ride of a read." —Chris Pavone, author of The Expats
"Get ready for another round of hype in which one more heavily promoted Scandinavian thriller will be touted as 'the next Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.' It's a shame, really, because this gripping crime novel, the first in a trilogy, deserves to stand completely on its own. Yes, it's set largely in Stockholm, and, yes, it stars a woman of remarkable strength and resiliency, but Soderberg, a veteran screenwriter, is a very different kind of writer than investigative journalist Larsson; this novel is much faster paced than Dragon Tattoo, and while the multiple characters are richly complex, the narrative rumbles ever forward without Larsson's emphasis on backstory and research techniques. When we first meet Sophie Brinkman, an unassuming nurse and single mother, she seems the polar opposite of Lisbeth Salander. That changes slowly but inexorably after Sophie gets to know one of her patients, the suave Hector Guzman, a charming family man but also—as Sophie eventually discovers—the head of an international crime ring. (Comparisons to the Corleone family are also inevitable and not entirely unjustified.) Soon enough, Sophie finds herself in the middle of a gang war as Guzman's family battles a rival Russian contingent. Throw in a gaggle of rogue cops and Sophie's old boyfriend, who turns up out of nowhere with a history of his own, and you have a multistranded plot that holds together as exquisitely as finely wound silk. But, as with the Larsson trilogy, it's the woman at the center who sparks the engine. By novel's end, Sophie has realized that 'she was bigger than she had dared to see.' We see it, too, and are ready to follow her anywhere." —Booklist (starred review)
"A tale of cutthroat mob bosses. . . . Söderberg writes exceptionally well-drawn and sympathetic characters . . . and has the chops to move a story along with the best of them."—BookPage
"Excellent. . . . [A] jam-packed plot." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Söderberg is masterful." —Kirkus Reviews


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George Putnam, a publisher, wanted a woman to fly across the Atlantic so that he could publish the story. Amelia was chosen because she looked a lot like Charles Lindbergh and she was nick named ''Lady Lindy'' because of that.
At first she only rode across the Atlantic with two other male pilots, Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon, because she couldn't read the instruments on the plane. Everybody congratulated her after they made it across the ocean but no one gave the two men any notice because the newspapers only talked about Amelia. Even president Coolidge congratulated her. She felt bad about that and later decided to prove that she could fly across the pacific ocean as the pilot. She made it across the Atlantic solo on May 20, 1932. She was famous and in all the papers, President Hoover gave her a medal. Later in the fall of 1932 she flew from Hawaii to California and then to Washington D.C. Ten men had died trying to make the same flight. President Roosevelt congratulated her for that amazing flight.
One day she decided that she would fly across the world! She would do it in her special plane, a Lockheed Electra 10E. The journey began on June 1, 1937 from Miami, Florida to San Juan, Puerto Rico and then on to South American and Africa.
After many days flying she made it to New Guinea on June 29.
On July 2nd she left New Guinea with 1,000 gallons of fuel. The wind started to get stronger but nobody knows if she knew that. The last message she sent was at 08:00 GMT. She was not far from Howland island in the pacific but never made it to the island. She and her co pilot, Fred Noonan, were never seen again.
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A pizza vending machine that's been serving up the popular snack to Europeans for the last few years is set to make its debut in the US.
It has to be said that when we first heard about the Let's Pizza vending machine, we imagined it chucking out a soggy, microwaved, unappetizing piece of mush, so imagine our surprise to discover it actually makes fresh pizza while you wait — and it doesn't take particularly long, either.
Created by Italian Claudio Torghel and distributed by A1 Concepts in the Netherlands, the Let's Pizza machine takes just 2.5 minutes to knock out a whole pizza — and that includes making the dough.
Ronald Rammers, CEO of A1 Concepts, talked to Pizza Marketplace about the machine. "We have our own facilities where we produce the toppings and it is possible to create any kind of pizza – meat, fish, vegetarian, any kind," Rammers said. "Each pizza machine is connected to the Internet to control stock. If necessary, besides the standard services, the operator will re-stock. Each pizza machine contains ingredients for 200 pizzas."
The machine, which will charge around $5.95 for a 27-centimeter (10.5-inch) pizza, will eventually be located at places like malls, airports, hotels, supermarkets, universities, (your bedroom?) and gas stations.
He added, "Let's Pizza is a huge success in Europe and especially in Italy. That was proof for us that we have a very good pizza."
A video demonstrating how the machine works (check it out below) is keen to drive home the fact that no people are involved in the making of the pizza, guaranteeing "total hygiene" with a product "untouched by humans hands."
The Let's Pizza vending machine is set to appear in the US over the summer, in time for October's National Pizza Month. The only question is, in a country that's already home to more than 60,000 pizzerias, will there actually be any room for a pizza-making vending machine?
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The Dairy at the University of Maryland offers an old-style, 1930s or '40s ice cream parlor feel.
COLLEGE PARK, Md.—Going to The Dairy at the University of Maryland is like going back in time—in more ways than one. Not only is this retail shop contained in a space that, according to head baker and pastry chef Jeff Russo, "has an old-style, 1930s or '40s ice cream parlor feel about it," the ice cream itself is a definite throwback to a time when Americans didn't worry so much about fat in their diets.
Making history: Ice cream has been made on the campus of this 34,000-student university since 1924, and the recipe still contains the traditional allotment of 14% butterfat to give the ice cream its creamy texture. The Dairy, which is located in Turner Hall, sells ice cream in cones, cups, sundaes, sodas and milkshakes, as well as half-gallons to go.
"Back in the 1930s, they actually produced ice cream at The Dairy," said Russo, whose department took over the manufacture of ice cream in 2004. "[Demand] outgrew the amount of production they could do there, so it went to the animal science department and they manufactured the ice cream for years. Now we out-produce whatever they did many times over."
How much, exactly? "We do over 10,000 gallons a year, and it's [still] one person, one machine," Russo said. Special flavors with mix-ins are added by hand, such as real mint leaves for the mint ice cream, or the hand-toasted shortcake squares in strawberry shortcake ice cream, which are folded in as they are deposited.
"This really is micro-batch," he adds.
Russo will even add liquors, such as real spiced rum to make his double rum ice cream, to the mix—first burning off the alcohol, of course.
Russo, who has been with the university for about 15 years, oversees the ice cream manufacture process, as well as the bakery needs of the UM campus.
"I'm managing both. It's like two different animals; you handle them differently," Russo said.
For the ice cream unit, he keeps track of bulk production days and keeps inventory on the batches.
"It's not an everyday focus," said Russo, who previously worked in culinary operations for Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria and Plaza hotels and was once corporate chef for the former Shearson Lehman Hutton Mortgage Corp. "I test and try to come up with new flavors a couple of times a month. It's pretty much a turnkey system now. We do a lot of ice cream for specials."
For example, when the university's science division launched a research project on comets, the scientists wanted a celebratory ice cream flavor. Russo came up with Comet Crunch, which became so popular, "we were shipping it across the country to California," he said.
The flavor featured a double chocolate ganache—Russo makes his own, never using a base—and is made in the traditional Philadelphia style of ice cream making, which is non-egg. It's the most common method of ice cream making, he said.
Ice cream production is particularly important to the university because of its long
history on campus but also because of its history in the capital city of Baltimore, where the first commercial ice cream plants launched in the 1850s, Russo said.
Flavors galore: As part of UM's outreach to kosher dining students, Russo has already converted 19 of the campus's 22 ice cream flavors to kosher standards. He then created a unique Milk & Honey kosher homage, featuring honey and salted almonds (to cut the sweetness of the honey).
Flavors often come and go, based on popularity or just the need to do something different. Some of the flavors currently offered are: Mom's Apple Pie, Fear The Turtle, Strawberry Melba, Wacky Larry's Malt Whisky, Pancake @ Late Night, Mochalotta Mote and Cream Filled Cupcake.
Flavors and names sometimes come on whim, he adds. "Whatever comes to mind, or if a customer or department on campus wants to come up with something," Russo explained. "For example, they do tours for potential students, and someone had the idea to call an ice cream flavor 'Let's Tour S'More.' So we came up with a s'more ice cream for that."
Russo admitted to being a bit of a perfectionist, continually experimenting with a flavor until he gets it "just right." He's currently working on a bread pudding flavor, for which he's been testing added chunks of brioche and croissant to give it the "bready" taste he wants.


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This report analyses the way residents of Australia's seven capital cities (the six state capitals
plus Canberra) have travelled to work over the last 35 years. It uses data from the census,
which has included a question on the mode of transport used to travel to work since 1976.
Key findings
• The number of cars driven to work each day in Australia's capital cities has nearly doubled
since 1976, from 2,027,990 to 3,942,167. Just under two-thirds of the increase is due to
growth in the workforce; the remaining third is due to a shift away from more sustainable
transport modes: public transport, walking and car-pooling.
• After two decades of rapid decline, public transport usage rates commenced a revival in
1996. The revival began slowly, but the five years to 2011 saw the biggest increase in public
transport mode share seen since 1976. There has been a corresponding fall in the share of
workers travelling by car, although the fall in the car driving rate has been dampened by
continuing declines in car-pooling. Adelaide, Canberra and Hobart have missed out on this
public transport revival.
• The revival of public transport has occurred mainly on rail systems, which have recovered
the ground lost during the two decades of decline to 1996. The share of workers travelling by
train is now higher than at any time since 1976, and in Perth is three times as high as 35 years
ago. Buses and (in Melbourne and Adelaide) trams have been less successful, with current
usage rates still less than half those of 1976.
• Walking is the most sustainable of all travel modes, and makes a significant contribution to
work travel in Hobart, Canberra and Sydney. Walking receives little support from policy
makers, but despite this, walking rates increased in the decade leading up to the 2006 census.
However, walking rates have declined since 2006 in all cities except Canberra and Perth,
suggesting that a renewed policy effort is required to improve conditions for pedestrians.
• Cycling is of negligible importance as a travel mode for work trips in all cities except
Canberra. It is not clear that increases in cycling have come at the expense of the car, since
higher cycling rates are usually accompanied by lower walking rates. Cycling receives much
more attention from policy makers than walking, even though it plays a much smaller role in
the journey to work: one possible reason is that cycling is by far the most male-dominated
transport mode, reflecting the gender composition of the transport planning profession.
• Despite the publicity devoted to its transport problems in recent years, Sydney is Australia's
sustainable transport capital, with by far the lowest mode share for car driving, the highest
share for public transport and above-average rates of walking. More cars are driven to work
each day in Melbourne than Sydney, despite the latter's larger workforce. Public transport
grew rapidly in the five years to 2011, reversing a decline over the previous five years.
Despite this, the state's infrastructure advisory body is recommending that funding be
redirected from rail to road, based on projections that the census data has shown to be
• Melbourne has the second-highest public transport mode share, but the lowest rate of car
pooling and below average rates of walking: as a result, car driving is higher than in Brisbane.
Melbourne has experienced the fastest growth in public transport mode share of all seven
capitals since 1996, but had the most rapid decline in the two decades before then: because
the earlier decline was much greater than the recent increase, Melbourne had the biggest
decline in public transport usage, and the biggest rise in car driving, over the 35 years since1976,
except for Hobart. Given the recent revival in public transport, it is strange that the
Victorian government's top transport priority is an as-yet-unfunded east-west road tunnel
estimated to cost between $12 and $15 billion. No serious analysis has been presented to
justify this project, which if it proceeds would likely put a stop to the revival of public
• Census figures also cast doubt on recent rail patronage figures from Sydney and Melbourne.
Travel to work by rail in Sydney grew faster between 2006 and 2011 than published
patronage data, while travel to work in Melbourne grew more slowly. This suggests that
patronage estimation methodologies may have underestimated rail patronage growth in
Sydney and overestimated it in Melbourne.
• Brisbane has the second-lowest rate of car driving among the seven capitals, and has also
experienced a revival of public transport over the last three censuses. However, the growth in
public transport over the last five years has been slower than in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth:
indeed, rail usage rates are now higher in Perth than in Brisbane. Public transport growth has
been held back by the City of Brisbane's large program of tunnel, bridge and motorway
• Adelaide is Australia's 'car capital', with the highest rate of car driving among the seven
capital cities. This is the result of low public transport usage and low rates of active transport
(walking and cycling). In the five years to 2011, Adelaide missed out on the public transport
revival that occurred in other larger capital cities: public transport mode share stagnated,
while both walking and cycling rates declined. These trends are the result of the abandonment
over the last 30 years of the Dunstan government's pro-public transport policies.
• Perth has had the most impressive turnaround in public transport of any capital city during
the period covered by this study: it is the only city where public transport mode share is
higher than in 1981. A concerted community campaign, backed by skilled planning and
budgeting, has revived the city's rail system, which now carries more passengers than
Brisbane's. This success suggests that Perth can be a model for other Australian cities,
particularly Adelaide.
• Canberra has experienced a sustained decline in public transport, and a steady rise in car
driving, for the last two decades (apart from a temporary reversal during 2001-06). The
current car driving rate is the highest ever recorded, something that has not occurred in any
other capital city except Hobart. Public transport mode share actually declined slightly in the
five years to 2011: Canberra was the only one of the seven cities where this occurred. The
problems are the result of poor transport policies, which have focussed on road construction,
while reversing the successful public transport approach employed in Canberra until the late
• Hobart has relatively high rates of walking, but public transport has been declining, and car
use growing, since the Tasman Bridge reopened in 1977. The current rate of car driving is the
highest on record. No serious attempt has been made to improve the attractiveness of public
transport, while facilities for pedestrians also require attention.
Policy implications
These findings show that the time has come for a radical reorientation of transport policy in
Australian cities. In the past, policy makers who favoured roads could claim to be following
public preferences, expressed in mode share trends, but now that public transport is gaining
ground at the expense of the car, policy makers are still stubbornly clinging to road-based
solutions. The recent revival of public transport has, except in Perth, been achieved with
relatively little policy support, suggesting that serious pro-transit policies could create
greenhouse gases and oil security than continued road-building, which will only add to the
rising car volumes choking our cities.
The census figures suggest that Australian cities, while lacking the urban density of European
cities, can achieve European-level mode shares by providing European-quality public
transport, along with substantially improved conditions for pedestrians. State and territory
governments need to change their transport policies, which remain dominated by roadbuilding.
They also need to create effective capacity for transport governance, management,
planning and research to ensure that investment in sustainable transport delivers value for
money. The Federal Government's Infrastructure Australia agency proposes a national debate
about public transport: we agree, but argue that this debate must include public transport's
role in reducing the need for major investment in urban roads.
Some may be offended with the statement "Cyling is of negligible importance for work trips..." which does not surprise me at all. I was surprised however with the reported contribution of walking.
I was also surprised at Canberra's bad rating afa car transport. But on reflection it may be consistant with my opinion that if enough money is poured into highly useable fast roads then people will mostly use it regardless of most other factors. Possibly why Perth has trouble filling better quality seats on cleaner transport than some other cities do with grotty old fleets.
I suppose that my policy advice would be for cities to maintain at the current level what roads they have, let any increased demand flow elsewhere and fund and develop those "elsewheres" accordingly. Unfortunately a recipe for electoral disaster.


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Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision between a car and a pedestrian in Brimington.
At about 5.45pm yesterday, a red Vauxhall Astra was in collision with an elderly woman on the A619 Chesterfield Road, near to Bradley Way.
The woman was taken to the Northern General Hospital with a head injury. She also suffered a broken wrist and cracked ribs.
Witnesses or anyone with information is asked to contact the East Midlands Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 101.