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Free Life Commentary,
an independent journal of comment published on the Internet
Issue Number 16
15th April 1998
The Attack on the Motor Car
by Sean Gabb
Early in 1991, Peter Paterson wrote:
If I had to make a prediction as to which of today's lawful and customary activities would be regarded as anti-social and undesirable in 30 years' time, I would choose private motoring.[1 ]
This might have seemed an unusual claim. There is almost nothing in the modern world so ubiquitous as the motor car. In 1989, at the peak of the last economic cycle, there were 24,196,000 licensed motor vehicles in the United Kingdom, of which 19,720,000 were cars.[2] Though not yet so universal as in the United States, car ownership in this country is widely spread. 65 per cent of households have at least the regular use of a car. 62 percent of eligible British adults —and 78 per cent of British men—have driving licences.[3]
Speaking generally, in 1989, the world contained 555 million motor vehicles, or 423 million cars—up from 53 million cars in 1950.[4] Again in 1989, worldwide car production was more than 35 million, or more than one per second.[5]
The car is at once a gigantic branch of the world's trade and industry and a way of life. In this country alone, it is estimated that one family in eight depends for its livelihood in some way on the motor and related industries.[6] To eliminate the car, or even seriously to confine its future growth, would mark at least as great a revolution as did its rise.
And yet, Mr Paterson was not at the time making an idle prediction. And three years' later, dislike of the car—if not yet calls for its abolition—is moving fast onto the agenda of each of the three main British parties. Futuristic scenarios, in which the car has long since been banned, are fast becoming commonplace in the newspapers.[7]
If we anatomise the anti-car movement, we shall see that it divides under a number of headings. These are by no means either mutually exclusive or closely allied. It is possible for one person to belong to many or all of the main factions in the movement. It is equally possible for him to belong to one only and to ignore or even despise all the others. This being said, we proceed in turn to the divisions, of which it is useful to make three: the nimbies ("Not in My Back Yard"), the greens, and the health activists.
As said, nearly two thirds of British households have regular access to a car. The figure is far higher in many rural areas – especially in those areas where the upper middle classes have their weekend or retirement homes. Those who own cars, though, cannot automatically be expected to approve of cars that are owned by others. More cars need more roads. These must often be built through open countryside. In the south of England, this will almost inevitably interfere with somebody's enjoyment of his property, or with the view from his property, or with his enjoyment of some other local amenity. Therefore the ferocious opposition to the building of new roads in rural and semi-rural areas—often from car owners.
The battle for Twyford Down is a good instance of such opposition. The Department of Transport first decided in the early 1970s to build a motorway from Winchester to Southampton, to pass round the Wessex hills. The middle class objectors had nothing against a motorway in itself—only to one that would inconvenience them.[8] They fought through the 1970s not to stop the motorway from being built, but to stop it from being built through their own outskirt of Winchester. By 1980, they thought they had succeeded, and only regrouped when they learned that the motorway would deviate by just a few miles and pass through Twyford Down.
Another instance was the local campaign against the East London River Crossing. Shooter's Hill is a middle class suburb of south London, quiet except for the main road over the hill. Since there are no railway stations within walking distance, and any walking at all must be done up and down very steep hills, there is a very high level of car ownership in the area. These car owners were horrified to learn that a motorway was to be built right past their homes, and they organised to stop the project. Unlike the Twyford Down campaigners, they had no places of great natural beauty with which to strengthen their argument. And so they invented one.
Oxleas Wood for generations had been a local rubbish dump, filled with broken glass and burned out cars. The motorway would go straight through it. After an army of local volunteers had removed the most obvious rubbish, it was suddenly proclaimed the last prehistoric wood in London, and therefore worth saving. The rest is too recent to need describing.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with trying to protect one's legitimate interests. Roads are an eyesore. They are noisy. They are dirty. They tend to lower the value of properties in their immediate area. It is no argument against the nimbies that they would have done their best to stop both the Industrial Revolution and the building of the railways. These developments, though of general benefit, were often promoted with a callous disregard for the property rights of many individuals; and had the authorities not taken the side of the big interest groups, the developments would still have taken place – if sometimes at a higher price in the short term.
Even where the nimbies are not confining their efforts to the protection of legitimate interests, they are not by themselves a serious threat to progress. They are not against cars—or against more cars, or even new roads to drive them on, if these can somehow be kept out of sight and mind. Otherwise, they are often open to various forms of bribery. Tunnels and deep cuttings can often conceal the appearance of roads—which, rather than the roads themselves, is all that is objected to.
This being said, they do become dangerous enemies of our industrial civilisation so far as they prepare the way for—and sometimes support the activities of—the next group in the anti-car coalition.
In a sense, most of the British population is green. We buy aerosols without CFCs, and washing powder without phosphates. Almost everything in the shops is designed, somewhere, somehow, to be "environmentally friendly". It is fashionable to respond to a vaguely green rhetoric; and since it is generally thought nicer to look from one's window over trees and fields than over roads full of cars, the nimbies make full use of it. To quote Rebecca Lush, writing from a place called Pitchpond Cottage in Warsash,
[t]he Department of Transport's nightmarish and insane roads programme will destroy 800 Scheduled Ancient Monuments, 160 Sites of Special Scientific Interest, 12 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, two National Parks and 30 National Trust properties, not to mention thousands of people's homes.[9]
As for the nimbies, roads are objectionable so far as they lead to the destruction of pretty places.
And pretty places, it should be said, include city centres. Undeniably, these are at present made horrible by the continual rumble and smell of traffic. There is disagreement as to what kind of heavy traffic most disfigures the cities. Some most dislike traffic that moves so fast that crossing roads becomes dangerous. Others most dislike perpetual traffic jams that bring all movement—including of the emergency services—to at best a crawl barely faster than walking.
But this alone is superficial greenery. A desire to preserve one's own area from building—or even other areas of natural beauty—is not incompatible with appreciating the benefits of industrial civilisation. The real greens are fundamentally opposed to modernity. They see it as an unnecessary and often dangerous development, which must be radically curbed, where not reversed. And they see the car as one of the most obvious and deplorable symptoms. Already, the roads needed for it are estimated to cover an area "3 times the size of Berkshire" in the United Kingdom alone.[10] It is also claimed to be the world's greatest polluter:
Some 20 per cent of all steel, 10 per cent of aluminium, 60 per cent of natural rubber, and up to 60 per cent of oil production goes towards the automobile—and car fuel accounts for only 10-20 per cent of the total energy needed to put a car on the road. The rest is turned into noise, heat and pollution.
More troublingly, no car manufacturer has really come to grips with the most serious potential environmental effect of the car – CO2. Carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, is emitted primarily when fuel is burnt. Cars are responsible for almost a quarter of total world emissions and, assuming demand doubles in the next generation, disaster would seem to beckon.[11]
"Disaster" here is seen as threatening the human race. Obviously, though, it only beckons, and for "the next generation". For the "deep greens", this is not the sole—or even the main—concern. For them, any threat to humanity is incidental. Their concern is for the whole planet.
Though it has many roots, deep ecology has been claimed as the creation of Arne Naess, a former Professor of Philosophy at Oslo University. He preaches that there is an "intrinsic value" to all forms of life, regardless of how useful these may be to humanity.
Mosquitoes and musk-oxen have rights. So do trees, rivers, mountains, entire ecosystems. Humans have no business satisfying 'vital needs'—but there are too many of us and we are interfering too much. Shallow ecology seeks short-term technical fixes to improve the lot of humans—and humans alone. Deep ecology, by contrast, wants a whole new way of thinking and a new economic system.[12]
Variously ignored and laughed at before then, Professor Naess became famous in the 1970s when taken up as a guru of the New Age Movement. They go very well together. The New Agers are avowed anti-rationalists. They regard the Enlightenment as a great wrong-turning, and its notion of the universe as a machine, there to be tuned to human needs, as an abomination. They see ecology far less as a scientific hypothesis than as a religious imperative. To quote Robinson Jeffers, an American ecologist:
I believe that the Universe is one being, all its parts are expressions of the same energy, and they are all in communication with each other, therefore parts of one organic whole. This whole is in all parts so beautiful, and is felt by me to be so intensely in earnest, that I am compelled to love it, and to think of it as divine. It seems to me that this whole alone is worthy of the deeper sort of love; and that there is peace, freedom in turning one's affections towards this one God, rather than inwards on one's self, or on humanity, or on human imaginations and abstractions—the world of spirits. I think that it is out privilege and felicity to love God for his beauty, without claiming or expecting love from him. We are not important to him, but he to us. I think that one may contribute (ever so slightly) to the beauty of things by making one's own life and environment beautiful, so far as one's power reaches.[13]
Mr Jeffers is not alone. The various New Age religions—chief among them being the cult of Gaia—are increasingly a gathering point for Western religious sensibilities, for too long now suppressed by the timid secularism and conformity of the traditional faiths. For Tony Grist, a former Anglican priest, his new faith
'channels the wisdom of a time before a Bronze Age cavalry swept across Europe and turned peaceful farmlands into a military playground'.[14]
The religious are joined by former Marxists, disoriented by the collapse of their ideology, but still driven by some internal need to hate modernity. According to John Seymour,
'I was brought up an old-fashioned Marxist and used to think we could save the environment by rational argument. now, after everything that's happened to communism as the environment, I think we need faith.' Faith in what? 'It doesn't matter, any f a i t h ' . [15 ]
Not surprisingly, the deep ecologists have little fondness for humanity or any individual life form. The militants among them, who have gathered loosely together into the Earth First! movement, are disarmingly honest about what they want. One of its co-founders, David Foreman, who occasionally writes under the pseudonym Ms Anthropy, has considered enforced sterilisation as a possible answer to the perceived problem of excessive human numbers. Some of his followers have welcomed the AIDS epidemic as an alternative answer. Others have opposed the giving of foreign aid to Ethiopia for the same reasons.[16]
It would be easy to laugh at a group with such bizarre views – were it not so active a menace. Formed in the American south west during the early 1980s, the early members of Earth First! are said to have howled and gone about on four legs to emphasize their kinship with animals.[17] Their proclaimed mission, though, was rather more practical. Where others had spoken or at best demonstrated, they would take action. They would defend nature by "ecotage" – or ecological sabotage.
Writing in the Earth First! journal, Dave Foreman… exhorted his readers to sabotage hydro-electric dams, lumber mills and nuclear power plants to halt what he characterised as the destructive march of modern technology. Supporters of Earth First! see themselves as the new warrior class. 'Earth First! are warriors. And if you aren't a warrior, then I suggest you find another group', Mr Foreman would say at public meetings.[18]
Some of his British followers have tried to present a more respectable image:
At a gathering of the group held in April [1992], after much debate on whether they should even call themselves Earth First!, the assembly issued a statement saying they neither condemned nor condoned people 'who may feel moved to damage property', adding that such actions are the 'sole responsibility' of the individuals involved and that Earth First! itself followed 'strict principles of non-violence' when confronting destruction of the environment.[19]
There is, however, a more radical fringe movement within Earth First!—a fringe beyond the fringe. Calling themselves Earth Liberation Fronters (Elfs), its members believe in taking direct action. In their magazines and other occasional publications, they discuss ways of building condom and seed bombs, and general ways of causing damage to property. One writes:
A good way of fucking up diesel engines is to put zinc filings into it (sic). If you can't find those use water or sugar. Dismantling the sump is a good tactic; it really tears up the e n g i n e . [20]
The deep greens have a wide agenda. It ranges from saving the rainforests and the people who live in them, to stopping the trade in furs, to shutting down the nuclear industry, and much, much more. But they are most famous so far for their opposition to new roads. This is a tactical issue over which they can easily reach out to the general public. The nimbies, as said, have no inherent dislike of the motor car—only of those that are to be driven on certain new roads. But, as with Twyford Down and Oxleas Wood, they have been happy enough to join forces with the deep greens. After all, someone must be around to smash up the machinery by night and lie in front of it during the day.
For this reason, much deep green activity in this country has been connected with opposition to the Government's road building programme. This is seen as bad in itself, and bad so far as it allows more cars to move about at reasonable speeds.
Below, taken from the British press during 1992 and 1993, is a selective chronology of incidents connected with protests against cars or roads or both. Most incidents were a part of Earth First!'s "carmageddon" campaign:[21]
7 Dec 93: Some 200 protesters attempting to prevent the building of the M11 link road held an 8 hour battle with police in Wanstead, 20 people were arrested and 10 injured.
18 Oct 93: Seven environmentalists were arrested attempting to sabotage work on the M11-East London link road.
13 Sept 93: Earth First! activists squatted in two empty houses in Wanstead, east London, which were due to be demolished to make way for the link road connecting the A102(M) to the A12 and the M11 A court order will be required for their eviction.
23 Aug 93: Earth First! activists occupied three Tarmac offices in Wolverhampton; four people were arrested.
11 Aug 93: A judge issued a warrant for the arrest of Twyford Down campaigner John Spencer aka Mike Hamblett after he failed to appear in court to answer charges of contempt.
23 Jul 93: Seven people were gaoled for 28 days for contempt of court after they broke a court order ordering them to not to invade the site of the M3 extension at Twyford Down. They included Jason Torrance a leader of Earth First! in Britain. Five others are being sought.
12 Jul 93: 16 environmentalists were arrested in Newcastle-upon-Tyne while demonstrating against a proposed road building programme.
07 Jul 93: The government announced that it was abandoning plans for the East London River Crossing which would have resulted in the cutting of part of the 8,000 year old Oxleas Wood. The wood had been the scene of a growing environmental protest.
04 Jul 93: 27 people were arrested as hundreds of protesters invaded the site of the M3 motorway extension at Twyford Down, Hampshire.
16 Jun 93: Earth First! and other environmentalist activists disrupted the annual meeting of Tarmac in protest at its role in the M3 motorway extension over Twyford Down.
04 Jun 93: It was reported that 8 people have been arrested over
23 Oct 92: Animal rights activists protested at the International Motor Show against the use of animals by General Motors in crash tests.
10 Aug 92: Earth First! militants stormed the site of a road building programme in Hockley in protest at the road's cutting through Twyford Down. They locked themselves to trucks and held up work for one hour.
25 Jun 92: Earth First! activists blocked the newly opened Brighton bypass for an hour in a protest against road building.
29 May 92: 13 people were arrested as Earth First! militants attempted to cut through the banks of the River Itchen to flood the site of a road building programme.
22 May 92: The "Earth Liberation Front" in an effort to prevent the building of a road through Twyford Down blocked drainage pipes hoping to flood the site.
18 Apr 92: In a newspaper interview, an unnamed leader of the British Earth First! branch predicted that it would be only a matter of time before explosives were used in Britain against tropical timber importers and road builders.
22 Mar 92: Earth First! sympathisers were responsible for damaging site equipment at the Twyford Down motorway extension.
21 Mar 92: Six people were arrested during an Earth First! demonstration against a motorway extension being built at Twyford Down in Hampshire.
15 Feb 92: Six Earth First! militants were arrested during protests against a motorway extension in Hampshire.
In itself, none of this gives any great reason for concern. The nimbies and the greens are at best a nuisance. They have made loud noises. They have slowed or even halted some road developments. But the overall expansion of car ownership, and the building of new roads, have continued almost regardless.
In very recent years, however, these groups have been joined by one other, whose immense power against even the most entrenched and well-funded commercial interests cannot be exaggerated. The car and all that surrounds it has come into the sights of the various health activist groups. These cannot be bought off, except at the price of damaging and repeated concessions. They cannot easily be denounced as cranks or fanatics or self- interested hypocrites. Their joining the anti-car campaign is perhaps the most significant threat to the long-term viability of the motor trade and the car civilisation since the Middle East War of 1973. It may be still more significant.
The significance of their involvement is briefly put. Hitherto, the alleged environmental effects of the internal combustion engine had threatened nobody in particular. Most people gave as much serious everyday thoughts to the predictions of gloom as they now give to the prospect that a giant asteroid might collide with the Earth. The health activists, however, know how to frighten people by clearly explaining how they or their near ones are threatened as individuals.
The story of how they became involved is an interesting one.
During the first post-War decade, the medical profession here and in other Western countries noticed a large and sustained increase in the incidence of lung cancer. Looking round for possible causes, the researchers came up with two possible candidates—car exhaust fumes and tobacco smoke. There had in the previous generation been great increases in both the number of cigarettes smoked and in the number of cars and other motor vehicles on the roads. Both exhaust fumes and cigarette smoke contained large numbers of possible carcinogens. There was scope for research in both areas. And yet, almost at once, the medical profession decided that tobacco was the culprit. During the next 40 years, the overwhelming balance of concern in lung cancer prevention campaigns was to be with the amount of cigarette smoking in society. To question, or merely to downplay, the orthodox view of the connection between smoking and lung cancer was to become professionally dangerous for any researcher.
Why? According to Dr Simon P. Wolff of the University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, the dumping of all blame on tobacco had little to do with the intrinsic quality of the research. The influential studies by Doll and Hill he regards as "unconvincing in comparison with earlier papers on the same theme", though these papers had had absolutely no effect on public opinion.[22] He sees the outcome of the early debate over what was to blame for lung cancer as largely the outcome of a commercial struggle. Cigarette smoking was ubiquitous in the early 1950s. The tobacco companies were going through one of their greatest expansions. National governments were heavily dependent on the revenues from tobacco taxation. Even so, the tobacco companies had nothing like the wealth and influence of the vehicle manufacturers and oil companies. These were the giants of the day. According to Dr Wolff,
[t]hey would certainly have had an interest in funding research into the putative link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer, supporting conferences to examine the link, and so on, thus rapidly influencing opinion. Given the relative financial stakes involved, the "blame battle" between the tobacco industry and supporters of motor vehicles was, judging by media accounts at the time, brief and one-sided.[23]
Today, however, the war against smoking has largely been won. It is prohibited on most public transport and in most public buildings. It is prohibited in many workplaces. Its advertising is circumscribed where not already prohibited. Increases in taxation have made the prices of tobacco products rise almost every year for several decades. There are insistent proposals to make the tobacco companies pay for the alleged ill effects of their products, either through yet heavier taxation or by making them liable at civil law for individual damage. That more than a third of the British population still smokes, and that the British Government remains as heavily dependent as ever on its revenue from the tobacco companies, is perhaps irrelevant. Unless there should be some quite unexpected change in social attitudes, cigarette smoking in this country, and in many others, has been dealt a killing blow.
Now, there is money in the anti-smoking campaigns—money as direct fees for paid advocacy; money as grants for yet more research into the effects of smoking. The anti-smoking movement" says Peter L. Berger,
is no longer a little band of lonely zealots. Rather, the movement is large, well organized, and providing employment as well as status to sizeable numbers of people…. [It] is most strongly represented among the most educated segments of the upper middle class (segments sometimes designated as the New Class or the knowledge class – broadly speaking, the intelligentsia). This stratum has a collective interest in government as against the private sector because, compared with other segments of the middle class, it derives more of its income and status from government expenditures and government programs.[24]
If smoking is indeed in automatic decline, what need is there for an anti- smoking movement. The answer is—very little. The natural response of the campaigners, therefore, has been to seek a new campaign. Here the work of Dr Wolff and others like him comes in very useful. For it is Dr Wolff's belief that smoking is often merely a joint cause of lung cancer.
That smoking cannot be held to blame for all lung cancers is acknowledged implicitly by studies addressing lung cancer risk associated with domestic radon exposure… and explicitly by the observation that rates of lung cancer are similar between smokers and non-smokers in rural China and are also an order of magnitude less than those in industrialized countries…. When the debate concerning lung cancer was initiated, it was a question of either air pollution or tobacco smoking. However, the evidence seems to suggest strongly that it is rather a question of "both/and".[25]
He concludes:
Certainly, tobacco smoking is a major contributory factor to lung cancer and to other diseases and should be eradicated from society [italics added]. However, tobacco has also been skilfully exploited as a smokescreen which has distracted attention from the air pollution associated with our uncritical (and still increasing) dependence upon motor vehicles.[26]
How very useful! One can almost imagine the sound of pneumatic drills, as the big guns cemented for so many decades into place are dug out and repositioned against a new enemy. Here follows a sample of the coverage, selected at random from a vast and growing file of cuttings:
Ian Key, "6 hours on M1 like smoking 20 cigarettes", Today, 26th July 1990:
Traffic pollution is now so bad that a six-hour motorway trip is as harmful to (sic) smoking 20 cigarettes.
That is the amount of carbon monoxide a motorist willhave inhaled by the time he has driven from London to yorkshire and back on the M1….
"Cancer risk from diesel fumes", The Daily Telegraph, 26th July 1990:
Diesel fumes which build up on our streets can cause lung cancer, a conference on pollution heard yesterday….
Kevin Eason, "Speeding 'adds to pollution'", The Times, 24th August 1992:
Nearly 13 million drivers were warned yesterday that they were polluting the atmosphere by breaking speed limits….
Jeremy Laurance, "Scientist links petrol fumes to leukaemia", The Times, 9th April 1992 (a long account of Dr Wolff's research[27]).
Peter Gruner, "Child leukaemia is 'linked with petrol'", The Evening Standard, 4th November 1993 (more about Dr Wolff).
Nick Nuttall, "Rural children 'are at increased risk from leukaemia'", The Times, 5th November 1993 (ditto).
Aileen Ballantyne, "Inflamed by fumes", The Times, 23rd November 1993:
…When consultants such as Dr Wilson estimate that several thousand people are suffering from a new pollution-related syndrome, it is perhaps time to ask whether the convenience of the car is worth the price in terms of our health….
Kevin Eason, "Pollution 'a bigger enemy than smoking'", The Times, 12th January 1994:
Air pollution could damage the health of more people than smoking, according to one of Britain's leading doctors….
Nick Nuttall, "Benzine levels well over limit in Britain", The Times, 3rd February 1994:
Inhabitants of British cities may be inhaling benzine, a cancer- causing chemical, at concentrations of six parts per million, but the Department of the Environment believes it is impractical to reduce this to the recommended one part….[28]
Tony Dawe, "Children at exhaust height are worst hit by traffic fumes", The Times, 18th February 1994:
Small children are most at risk from vehicle pollution, a survey carried out for The Times has revealed. Levels of carbon monoxide measured at the kerbside are much greater at 2ft 6in, where toddlers on foot or in push chairs inhale it, than at 6ft….
Then there is the smog that covered large parts of the country during the early summer of 1994. A combination of still air, unbroken sunshine and traffic fumes was alleged to have caused the worst mass outbreak of asthma ever recorded. Commenting on this, David McKie wrote:
Medical evidence has yet to prove the link between air pollution and the frightening rise in the incidence of asthma, especially among young children. But that is often the way of these things. The links between smoking and lung cancer, or between lead pollution and damage to children, weren't actually proved until well after most of the world had concluded they must be there, and governments had begun to work on that basis.[29]
It ought to be obvious that the car is presently undergoing the same process of demonisation as the cigarette underwent in the 1950s. The cigarette is continually alluded to in this propaganda, partly to supply a precedent for the new campaign, and partly to ease the transition for those activists now yet aware that the war on tobacco is becoming yesterday's news.
It should be noted that no defence is likely to work that relies only on the lack of proved connection between car exhaust fumes and many illnesses. Contrary to Mr Mckie, there is still no proven link between smoking and lung cancer or any other serious condition.
For many, then, the car is an object of hatred. As with cigarettes, there are few willing to call openly for its prohibition. But there are many who advocate measures that, sternly enforced, will tend to push it to the margins of Western life. Such measures include :
Stricter anti-pollution laws
The Government is being repeatedly urged to cut the amount of benzine released into the air by car exhausts. A final level is recommended of one part per billion. This is to be achieved by encouraging better engine designs, tougher MOT emission tests, and the phasing in of catalytic converters.[30]
There are further proposals to concentrate on particularly dirty vehicles. The authorities are to have the power to monitor passing traffic, and to stop and perhaps even fine the drivers of any vehicles found to be producing more than a permitted maximum of pollutants.[31]
Otherwise, the Police are urged to devote still greater resources to enforcing speed limits. According to a group called Earth Resources Research, traffic pollution could be significantly curbed if more drivers could be compelled to drive at or under the legal speed limit on motorways.[32]
But there are limits to what may currently be achieved by tightening the laws against pollution. There may come a time when the car can be made so clean that even the deep greens will go looking for something else to attack. This is not, however, a serious prospect at the moment. It is widely accepted that even the best improvements in engine design and the strictest pollution controls will be offset by increases in the number of cars. This for many requires some limitations on the use of cars.
Already in some European cities, private motoring is controlled on days when air quality is expected to be bad. Improvements in weather forecasting are making it possible to predict air quality as far as five days in advance. According to Mary Stevens of the National Society for Clean Air, "[t]his will allow you to manage air quality by making car bans practicable."[33]
The pedestrianising of city centres
This is a natural extension of the above. As said, increases in motor traffic are said to have seriously degraded life in the city centres. One proposed answer is to close these at least to private motor traffic. Cities once again would look as they did before the rise of the motor car. It would be possible again to walk from Trafalgar Square to Charing Cross, or to cross the Mall to Buckingham Palace without having to dodge speeding or crawling traffic. More people would move back into the centres. Damage to historic buildings —such as the Coliseum in Rome, turned by Mussolini into the hub of a gigantic roundabout—would be much diminished.[34]
Higher taxes on cars and petrol
To some degree, these are already with us. Taxation on both cars and petrol is significantly higher in Europe than in the United States. Even so, the European Commission has for some years been looking at still higher taxes. And just as with cigarettes, the run-up to every British budget day is filled with press releases demanding further increases in petrol excise duty. It is not enough that around 70 per cent of the price of a gallon of petrol is made up of excise duty and VAT. Campaigners lament the falling price of petrol in terms of average earning power:
Remarkable figures provided by statisticians at Shell show that it took the average worker in Britain just over 30 minutes to earn the price of a gallon of petrol in 1964. This year, that time has sunk to below 15 minutes.
In spite of the cost of discovery, shipping, refining and delivery to the pumps, petrol remains one of the cheapest commodities on the market in Britain today.[35]
Therefore the taxes on it should go up until at last it becomes more expensive in real terms, and fewer people can afford to drive their cars.
Curbs on advertising
The battle over cigarette advertising seems to have been lost. Prohibitions of advertising have had little measurable effect on the consumption of cigarettes, but they give immense pleasure to the anti-tobacco movement. Not surprisingly, there are calls for the legal control of car advertising:
The Government is considering curbs on car advertising featuring speed and performance and the main selling point…. It wants manufacturers to place more emphasis on safety and it may draw up a code of practice if the industry does not mend its ways voluntarily.[36]
By now, the parallels with the war against tobacco should not need to be emphasised.
More public transport
Virtually everyone who hates the private car loves public transport. It may be hopeless at the moment—as anyone knows who has every had to rely on it for getting about even the centre of London. But more public money can make it so clean, so quiet, so generally unobtrusive. There is hardly an attack on the motor car published that does not somewhere contain a paean to the railways, or to tram cars, or to some other form of public transport.
There are even proposals that it should be provided not merely subsidised, but free at the point of use.
In 1954 William Keystone, a former railway administrator, argued for a scheme for making rail travel "free" by a system of compulsory weekly contributions, as in National Insurance, from the employed population and from industry.[37]
Less travel
"Virtually everyone who hates the private car loves public transport". Some greens simply hate transport.
It has been estimated that in 1914 the average Westerner travelled 1,640 miles a year, 1,300 of them by foot. Now the figure is around 16,000 miles a year, of which only about 300 are on foot.[38]
It seems that people move around too much. Rather than live and work and be entertained where they please, they should go back to a past way of life, where they lived and worked in one place, and the roads were empty.
Yes, there are people around who hate the private car. Any arguments about the pleasure and utility that it has brought to humanity in this century are brushed aside with contempt. So too is the concept of free choice. As John Butter wrote to The Guardian some while ago:
I would rather be alive in a healthy world than rejoicing in my unlimited freedom of choice on a dying planet.[39]
1. Peter Paterson, "Will they drive us off the road?", The Daily Mail, February 12th 1991. Back to document
2. Department of Transport, Transport Statistics Great Britain 1979-89, HMSO, London, 1990. Back to document
4. Motor Industry of Great Britain, Automotive Statistics, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, London, 1990. Back to document
5. Figures supplied by US Motor Vehicles Manufacturers Association. Back to document
6. Ian Breach, "The coulds, can and can'ts", The Guardian, 27th October 1989. Back to document
7. See, for example, Peter Barnard, "Cars reach the end of the road", The Times, 24th August 1992. Back to document
8. "…no one questions the need for a motorway—or at least an improved road—around Winchester….", John Vidal, "Last ditch stand on Cobbett's patch", The Guardian, 20th March 1992. Back to document
9. Letter, "A Tarmaced World" (sic), The Ecologist, Vol. 23, No. 3, May/June 1993, p. 117. Back to document
10. Richard Askwith, "The Transport Crisis", Observer Magazine, 15th A p r i l 1 9 9 0 . Back to document
11. John Vidal, "Icons and engines", The Guardian, 18th October 1991. Back to document
12. Summarised by David Nicholson- Lord, Interview: "Greenest of them all: Arne Naess", Independent on Sunday, 31st May 1992. Back to document
13. Quoted by Walter Schwartz, "Faith, heresy and the fight for Eden", The Guardian, 27th December 1991. Back to document
16. David Nicholson-Lord, Interview: "Greenest of them all: Arne Naess", Independent on Sunday, 31st May 1992. See also: Walter Schwartz, "Anatomy of an eco- anarchist", The Guardian, 15th May 1992. Back to document
17. David Nicholson-Lord, "Eco-saboteurs rely on Krypton factor", The Independent, 5th December 1991. Back to document
18. Michael Dynes, "Bulldozers ready to cut through rural life", The Times, 28th February 1992. Back to document
19. John Vidal, "Sound and fury of the eco-worriers", The Guardian, 28th August 1992. Back to document
20. John Vidal, "Explode a condom, save the world", The Guardian, 10th July 1993. See also Damian Locke, replying to Mr Vidal's article: "I am sure that most Elfs abhor violence towards nature, people included. I believe that damage to machinery which is destroying our cultural heritage and our chances of a future is destructive in a positive sense and non- violent." ("Letters", The Guardian, 14th July 1993) See also Tony Maguire and Peter Gruner, "'Green firebomb' group set to attack business", The Evening Standard, 20th July 1993: "The tone of some of the material emerging from the Earth Liberation Front's supporters is more extreme than the Animal Liberation Front. In one leaked note ELF supporters, known as Elves, are told how to make incendiary devices and advised to make sure 'it doesn't get to incinerate anyone who doesn't deserve it'." Back to document
21. CHRIS—I'VE COPIED THIS VERBATIM FROM ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS YOU GAVE ME. I DON'T KNOW WHO WROTE IT, BUT SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS DUE. Back to document
22. Simon P. Wolff, "RE: Invited Commentary: How much retropsychology" ("Letters to the Editor), American Journal of Epidemiology, 1992, vol. 134, p p . 1 3 1 4—1 5 . Back to document
24. Peter L. Berger, "Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Ideological Issue and Cultural Issue", in Robert D. Tollison (ed), Clearing the Air: Perspectives on Environmental Tobacco Smoke, D.C. Heath and Company, Mass., 1988, pp. 85-86. Back to document
25. Wolff, op. cit.. Back to document
27. A brief bibliography of his relevant works:
"Internal combustion and cancer: Is non-occupational exposure to benzine as a result of motor vehicle usage a causative factor in leukaemia and lymphoma?", Experientia (1992) 48: 301-04;
"Child leukaemia: Curies or cars?", Nature (1990) 346, 517;
"Benzine on Wheels", Chemistry & Industry, 19th July 1993, p. 560.
In his 1992 article (op. cit.), Dr Wolff approvingly quotes another writer as calling the outcome of the "blame-battle" as a fact less of medical research than of the sociology of medical science (J.P. Vandenbrouke, "Invited comment: How much Retropsychology?", American Journal of Epidemiology, 1991, vol. 133, pp. 426-27). How ironic that the reception of his own work—especially on an alleged link between vehicle exhausts and leukaemia]—has become another fact of this medical sociology. Back to document
28. Intercut in this article is a report headed "Passive smoking link to cot deaths"! Back to document
29. David McKie, "Wanted: a politician who will finally clear the air", The Guardian, 18th July 1994. Back to document
30. Nick Nuttall, "Government urged to cut benzine levels", The Times, 3rd February 1994. Back to document
31. Tony Dawe, "Traffic wardens may gain powers to fine polluters", The Times, 21st May 1994. Back to document
32. Paul Brown, "Speed limit enforcement urged to cut health and climate risks", The Guardian, 24th August 1993. Back to document
33. Nick Nuttall, "Forecast on fumes may halt drivers", The Times, 18th April 1993. Back to document
34. Da vi d Bl ac k, "T ra ff ic—fr ee ci ti es co ul d he lp bu si ne ss es , Th e Independent, 7th August 1990 . Back to document
35. Kevin Eason, "So you think petrol is dear?", The Times, 31st January 1992. Back to document
36. Nicholas Wood, "Curbs possible on car adverts", The Times, 4th November 1989. Back to document
37. Colin Ward, Freedom to Go: After the Motor Age, Freedom Press, London, 1991, p. 89. Back to document
38. "Teach yourself Ecology", Third Way, No. 17 (about June 1993), p. 15. Back to document
39. John Butter, "Free and driving to destruction", Letter to the Editor, The Guardian, 27th August 1991. Back to document
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This was the first day in a really, really long time that I am not just wiped out now at the end of the day. It's weird and wonderful at the same time.
I think my weekend rested my body, mind and soul. I had a lot of time to think about what is going on in my life, in the lives of my children and to pray.
God has put very specific things on my heart to pray for my daughters about. Sometimes I wonder if they know just how much I love being their mom and just being together with them. I hope they never doubt my love or commitment to their well being.
Having bipolar disorder is interesting. Sometimes interesting good and sometimes interesting more harder. Very rarely do I get more than one day that my body and mind are not warring against each other. Once in a blue moon, like tonight, I imagine this is what it must feel like to be normal.
No busy head, no mood swings, my body is just at peace. My mind isn't noisy. No I don't hear voices but my mind is just noisy a lot. It's hard to explain.
A big fat tear just ran down my cheek because I wish that I could feel this normal everyday. And the tear was because it just isn't so. And then I reminded that this life here on earth is temporary. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that when I die I'll go to Heaven. I also am comforted here on earth because I know that the troubles in this life are only temporary.
I'm just on the first part of eternity. This stint here on earth. And someday God will wipe the tears from my eyes and my body will be healed. What joy that will be.
Until then I get to trust Him for my everything. For my children, for my job, health, family and future. But I will sleep well tonight knowing that the God who hung each star in the sky not only knows me but knows me intimately. He knows how many hairs are on my head this very instant.


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Perhaps someone should point out to the Israeli government that being a democracy and a bully-nation are not mutually exclusive conditions. Once again, as in countless times in the past, Israel finds merit in its political choice for the Jewish people – only living democracy in the region – using it as if that had superior redeeming value against its treatment of the Palestinians or its continuously deceiving conduct in seeking peace – this time in its rejection of the 2012 NPT conference focusing in making the Middle East a WMD-free zone. Israel, for obvious self-serving reasons, has failed to join 189 nations of the world in becoming a member of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
It took 15 years for the Arab nations sponsoring the banning of nuclear weapons in the Middle East to get the support and consent from the US and the other nuclear powers, but it seems that the Obama administration jumped the gun by not clearing this consent with Israel first. So as it continually happens when acting without first obtaining a proper imprimatur, embarrassed America had to backtrack – we never learn, it appears – by way of its senior officials headed by US National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones.
On Tuesday, June 1st, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in this his second visit to the White House in just nine weeks, will no doubt be reminding his host, Barack Obama – and maybe the president's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel – that in matters concerning Israel, the script must be written not in Washington but in the Holy Land.
Meantime here is our hapless president trying to multitask his decision-making in crisis after crisis, from an economy headed for greater disastrous depths – regardless of the booster shots of confidence by the government to an ignorant citizenry – to the current irreversible environmental disaster that will finally show people that capitalism's gamble has always been funded by the people. Let's face the truth in front of us: the culprit of what is happening in the Gulf of Mexico has less to do with corporate malevolence by BP, and more with a predatory capitalism defended and emboldened by governments that are neither of, by, or for the people: a joint corporatism which is in essence fascism.
Americans, fundamentally citizen-consumers as most of their brethren in the western world, are so concerned with the implications of a lower standard of material well-being that there is no room in their minds, or in their consciences, for how other people on this earth may be suffering because of unnecessary wars; usually wars of our own creation. And it is this almost universal economic concern in the population that helps muffle the few anti-war voices which have always existed. Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and other places… they all appear so distant from us thanks to a prejudicial press coverage!
Whether it was an effort by Obama to ingratiate himself with the hawks at the Pentagon, and the conservative politicians that dream of empire, the president made it abundantly clear from the outset that he would not deviate from this nation's past war culture, even if wrapped with the vestments of peace. And that he, elected leader who was expected to bring change to a country presumably clamoring for it, was more inclined to proceed cautiously with ideological compromise; his willingness even extending to making the Afghanistan conflict his very own war.
So here we are, sixteen months after Obama took the reins of the nation, with more US troops in Afghanistan (94,000+) than in Iraq, tripling the number of two years before. It should come as no surprise that of the 1,000 Americans dead in that war to date, 43 percent of them have occurred since Obama took office, a period of time amounting to only 15 percent of the total since Afghanistan was invaded as punishment against a Taliban government which had permitted Osama Bin Laden's Al-Qaeda to set up training camps there.
So what does Obama and his military "viceroy", Gen. Stanley McChrystal, have to show for this expensive military effort and 430 US military dead? Nothing, really… for by even the most optimistic accounts, this last campaign has been a failure: a government in Kabul tabbed as totally corrupt; mirage gains in expelling Taliban from cities, such as Marjah, that see them come right back – Kandahar being the next major offensive; a poor region more interested in receiving economic aid than in meeting the needs of their occupiers… for, after all, the Taliban are their own people, while Americans and their NATO allies are not; and a population clearly upset at the price they are paying as civilians are being killed – something cold-bloodedly accepted by military standards as collateral damage – at the rate of 10 Afghans for every American GI (well over 6,000 during the past three years).
Whether Obama's war in Afghanistan, the fluid situation still existing in Iraq, or the unbearable at-war predicaments faced by Palestinians in Gaza, you won't hear much from Americans these days. The economy rules the day… now compounded by the reality that we could end up with a trillion-plus dollar disaster at the Gulf if the gushing spill isn't capped soon… a cost that will be shared, willingly or not, by all Americans.
Should we be surprised at the corollary reached by people like Anwar Al-Awlaki, the Yemeni cleric born in the United States, who blames the American civilian population because "the American people, in general, are taking part in this and they elected this administration and they are financing the war"? This is certainly food for thought.
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This elaborate and creative racetrack, video game and music video was designed and filmed in one night. There were three talented drivers who successfully drove around the racetrack in precise synchronization behind the wheels of Lexus' NX CUVs. Since the video was filmed at night, the lights and lasers added an even more exciting element to the upbeat soundtrack from Will.i.am and Lexus.
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Day #1 in Los Angeles: Lunch at Amandine Cafe & Bakery on Wilshire in Santa Monica.
I chose to seat my loner self in the backroom so I could have privacy while I tried using their free WIFI. It wasn't until later that I realized I wasn't alone and that they also have outdoor seating in the back. My phone was being a moron and I wasn't able to connect to the internet so I ended up just looking out the window and watching kids play.
Chicken Baguette ($8.75) & Americano ($2)
A generous amount of chicken breast. However, the sandwich was a little on the bland side and the salad dressing was very salty.
I would've probably just gone to Literati Cafe a block closer to my apartment because they serve equally decent breakfast/lunch and desserts.
I won't complain though because I love having options. Nothing gourmet here but it's a good place to grab a bite and hang out with your computer.


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Today's interview is with Hasan Dimdik, Wiki Ninja and member of the Turkish Avengers Team!
Here is Hasan's profile:
Here is some Wiki statistics about Hasan:
- 50 Wiki Articles
- 254 Article Edits
- 131 Wiki Comments
- 93 4+ Star Ratings on Turkish Wiki Ninja Blog Posts
And here are some of Hasan's Wiki articles:
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services Kurulumu (tr-TR)
- Active Directory msDs-deletedObjectLifeTime & TombstoneLifeTime (tr-TR)
- Exchange Server 2010 Owa Logosu Degistirme (tr-TR)
- SCOM 2012 Exchange Server 2010 Management Pack Import (tr-TR)
Now let's get to the interview!
Who are you, where are you, and what do you do? What are your specialty technologies?
Hi! I live in Izmir. I believe that Izmir is one of the most beautiful cities in Turkey.
it has many places to see which smells history. To mention about myself;
I have been working in IT section for 3 years. I want to improve myself on Active Directory ve Exchange Server. I was graduated from European University of Lefke. I have attended System Management in BilgeAdam in Izmir. I have been system manager on Microsoft platforms for 2 years. At the same time I have Windows Server 2012 Mcp and Mcsa certificates.
My position in the firm; To ensure the full completion of the infrastructure, networking, security and installation of active devices as well as the servers regarding all the systems under the body of whole groups of the company by participating within the each phases of the process. As well as to manage more than 30 server operating systems, Active Directory, domain structures, WSUS, Exchange mail servers. Maintenance of servers, backups, failure detection and removal. Making Virtualization features (hyperV2 and vmware) and new additions to the system. Dispersion of more than 1500 clientin IP dispersion in the university and college campuses, management of Exchange (2010 and 2007) mail servers, to intervene in failure and ensure it to work 24/7. Additionally I provide the backups and the security of the whole system.I provide automatic backup and adjustment of process by making Windows server (2003,2008,2008 r2, 2012 & R2) installation necessary optimization at the customer side.
What are your hobbies? What do you do in your free time?
I spend most of my free time by reading books. My family is especial for me and I enjoy going somewhere with them. I love watching movies and my favorite films are ''The Series of Godfather'' and ''The Lake House''.
And; indispensable of my life is Sports….
I like painting and there is a case study below;
What are your big projects right now?
I took part in virtualization projects with e-Solutions company about 2 months ago. In this project, We have completed the process of approximately 40 physical servers to virtual with VMware Converter Standalone transportation and the Active Directory Migration and Exchange Server Migration. I actually took part in Veeam Backup & Replication 's establishment in a VM and all VMs on cluster for the backup on the NAS; raising of Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010 SP3; transport of all physical servers to virtual and creation of ADCs. For the moment I do not have a specific Project.
Besides your work on TechNet Wiki, where do you contribute?
I have been writing in www.hasandimdik.com that I set up by myself. At the same time I have been writing inwww.ituzmanlari.com and www.mshowto.org . Also I have sharings in Microsoft Curah
What is it about TechNet Wiki that interests you?
In general; I am interested in Active Directory and Exchange articles.
On what Wiki articles do you spend most of your time?
I read Active Directory and Exchange articles gladly, I also follow the other articles for general information.
Who has impressed you in the Wiki community, and why?
For me, all our friends are so precious and experts in their fields but if I should say the names; Ugur Demir in Exchange field, Yavuz Tasçi and Davut Eren in Active Directory field who impressed me by their quality articles.
Thank you to Hasan for all your contributions to the community! Please join me in thanking Hasan!
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19 November, 2008
I'm leaving for field work tomorrow morning and will be absent until christmas - unless I find internet access. The Southern Upper Rhine Graben between Freiburg and Basel will be my hunting ground. Check out some previous posts for more details. To prevent spam I activated the comment moderation. If your comments should not show-up then I didn't have a chance to access the internet.
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Best of luck in the field, and have fun!
- 20 November 2008 at 00:35
Good luck, don't freeze, and enjoy the Rogenstein. ;-)
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- Lost Geologist said...
I'm very lucky - without asking the family whose vacational flat I am renting provided me with internet access! That's what I call good service! The road down was very exhausting because it was raining extremely for 2/3 of the way but we got here safely. (My parents insisted in seeing my thesis mapping project for a few days).
Monday I have a meeting with my supervisor from the geo-survey so I guess I start real work on thuesday. Occasionally I will post some fotos of the area.
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If you're looking for a house to rent in Audubon, you will find some amazing options in this thriving community. You'll find many nice places for rent here as well as many luxury apartments, furnished apartments, and one, two, three, or four bedroom single family homes. Just be sure to give yourself at least a month to find a rental in this community, as rentals are highly sought after here. Check online listings and the local paper and of course be sure to visit the streets of town on foot or by car to find the best spot for you. Try driving around Egypt Road and South Park Avenue to get a feel for the city. Be sure to come equipped with the kind of information most landlords require today: your ID, credit report, and bank statements or W2s.
There are two distinct neighborhoods in Audubon. And in both of them, you'll find yourself, perhaps, putting up a bird house. Come on, this is an ornithologists' delight. But you don't have to be fond of feathered friends to live here. A little birdie told us it's a great place to live.
South Trooper Road: This is the perfect neighborhood for those who like to be right in the middle of the action of the community. Here you will find a blend of apartments as well as single-family homes along quiet tree-lined streets. Easy access to the Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary, as well as the Jeffersonville Golf Club, make this enclave a real gem.
Egypt Road: Here you can discover many peaceful single family homes on the edge of the scenic Club at Shannondell Golf Course & Country Club. There are also some good condos and apartment complexes in the neighborhood as well.
Audubon is a great place for bird lovers to live - it is one of the main locations of the United States Audubon Society and is also home to many species of beautiful native bird species as well as other beautiful animals.
Everyone who comes through Audubon knows that this is the ideal spot to enjoy all four seasons in their full glory. Spring and summer are mild and full of blooming flowers and many glorious birds in flight. The fall season brings colorful leaves falling along the main streets of town, and the winter offers peaceful light snowfall perfect to get cozy in. This lively community offers educational opportunities for kids at the Audubon Society every few months, and adults can fall in love with taking fishing trips and refreshing swims down at adjacent Catfish Island across the 422 Highway.


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Just got the heads up from Mariko, a local blogger:
"We got the frozen custard at a frozen yogurt place in Mill Valley. It's right off the main Mill Valley exit in Strawberry Village (you can see it from the freeway--it's on the east side). It's called Woody's, I believe. They only have vanilla in the frozen custard, but it was tasty and very creamy and nearly killed me (lactose intolerance). The pumpkin frozen yogurt was also very good."
Anyone tried it yet? If u do please report back.
From a google search:
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i thought i should have posted this the other day but for some reason i didnt, an so im posting now...
i had been gone fora while and upon returning ive learnd that for some odd reason stone giants are giving me kill exp of between 8-21 exp per kill, i was at a point in my life where stonies werent given me anything for quite sometime before i left. at first i thought maybe when all the new critters came out some of the older ones got a boost or bump or something but... in anycase i think someone needs to look into this an untill then i think ill stay outta giants. my apologies for what has now become apparent to me as a misuse of a bug issue.
ps ive gained about 6000 exp off of this mistake if those in power feel they should put them back on me.


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Can a Christian really be perfect this side of Heaven?
Of course not, but God calls us to be perfect. And against the standards of God's perfections, our imperfections are glaring-yet he does not reduce his standards or lower his expectations. What's a believer to do?
In The Perfect Christian nationally acclaimed speaker and teacher Dr. Tony Evans calls believers back to God's demand for perfection. Evans suggests that the answer lies within the problem: "The God who burdens us with the demand also provides the ability, strength, direction, and support we need to grow into greater conformity with His character."
With powerful biblical teaching, heart-grabbing insights, and unforgettable anecdotes, Evans challenges you to "March in a new direction in keeping with the perfect demands of our loving heavenly Father." The end-of-the-chapter "Test your Perfection IQ" questions invite you to consider how close to perfection you are now and how you can grow from there.


text: We have our Feb 2006 Giveaway winner! She is from Baltimore MD and her name is Faye Peters! Hopefully she will have a photo to share with us. Thank-you to all who entered in Feb and good luck to all for the March giveaway! Remember, it is free to enter our hair products giveaway and 100% free to receive your package if you win! Every month for the past year, we have given away over $1000 worth of hair products to lucky winners.


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Happy Chinese New Year!
Today is the Chinese New Year. It is now the year of the Dragon. The Oriental Dragon is a symbol of good fortune. I wish you all some good fortune.
When we order Chinese, I normally do not order Orange Chicken. It is just too expensive to try something new unless it is at the buffet. My oldest daughter is always asking me to cook up a Chinese dish. My oldest daughter loved this dish. We served our chicken with rice.
When we order Chinese, I normally do not order Orange Chicken. It is just too expensive to try something new unless it is at the buffet. My oldest daughter is always asking me to cook up a Chinese dish. My oldest daughter loved this dish. We served our chicken with rice.
For the marinade and sauce
3/4 cup chicken broth, low sodium
1 1/2 tsp orange zest, finely grated
3/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
6 Tbsp white vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tbsp fresh ginger, grated
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 1/2 lb chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces
1 Tbsp plus 2 tsp cornstarch
2 Tbsp cold water
For the chicken coating
3 large egg whites
1 cup cornstarch
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 1/2 cup canola oil
- In a saucepan, add the chicken broth, orange zest, orange juice, vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, and cayenne pepper. Whisk well.
- Remove 3/4 cups of the mixture and add to a large zipper lock plastic bag.
- Add the chicken pieces to the bag and remove the excess air before sealing.
- Refrigerate for only 30-60 minutes in the refrigerator.
- Heat the saucepan mixture over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer.
- In a small bowl, whisk the cornstarch and water until smooth.
- Add the cornstarch mixture to the saucepan.
- Continue to simmer until the sauce becomes thick and translucent about 1 minute. Remove from heat to cool.
- Whisk the egg whites until frothy and add to a pie plate.
- Heat the oil in a large pot or Dutch oven. Heat the oil to 350 degrees.
- In a second pie plate, combine the cornstarch, baking soda, and cayenne pepper.
- Drain the chicken of the marinade and pat dry with a paper towel.
- Coat the chicken in the egg whites and then coat in the cornstarch mixture. Shake off any excess coating.
- Carefully add the coated chicken to the hot oil. Work in batches so the oil isn't over crowded.
- Turn the chicken in the hot oil.
- Cook the chicken until golden brown or until cooked through about 5 minutes.
- Remove the cooked chicken with a slotted spoon and transfer to a plate lined with paper towels.
- Make sure the oil is at 350 degrees before repeating with the remaining chicken.
- Coat the cooked chicken pieces with the sauce.
-People born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are suppose to be warm hearted, energetic, charismatic, lucky at love, and egotistic.
-People born under the Dragon are natural born leaders.
-Some famous people born under the Dragon sign are Joan of Arc, Susan B. Anthony, Florence Nightingale, John Lennon, and Bruce Lee.


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CE100 Acceleration Workshop
Two-day acceleration workshops held twice a year focus on promoting cross-company and cross-sector collaboration. Members create Co.Projects - collaborative ventures with the objective of enabling their transition towards a circular economy. In addition to collaboration, the acceleration workshops provide opportunities for members to learn about the circular economy through plenary sessions and forum sessions.
Collaborative projects (Co.Projects)
Co.Projects are opportunities for formal collaboration between CE100 members. Co.Projects are driven by members, for members, with a focus either on research initiatives or pilots. Co.Projects leverage the CE100 network with the aim of overcoming challenges, and exploring opportunities, faced by organisations making the transition to a circular economy that they may otherwise not be able to address in isolation.


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Episode VI
_The Nazren uprising is over. Out of the chaos, Senator Organa's agents return to the starship RESURGENCE with new data essential to discovering the origins of the mysterious SARLACC PROJECT.
Fearing that swift Imperial action will invalidate the compromised information, the Imperial traitor ADMIRAL VARTH has reassembled Organa's agents for a dangerous trip to the heart of the EMPIRE. There they must continue their desperate search for the Sarlacc Project, under the oppressive gaze of the Empire itself…_
Your resistance team has accepted a mission into the Core Worlds region of the galaxy given by Admiral Varth and supported by Captain Verana of the Resurgence. Your objective is to locate the design team of the Sarlacc project which has been determined to be located on Imperial Center, formerly Coruscant. You know only that encrypted transmissions have been detected related to the project originating from the government sector wherein can be found, among other notable buildings, the Imperial Senate Chamber, the Emperor's Palace and the now abandoned Jedi Temple.
Your team's starship has been impounded by Imperial Customs Agent Talee under suspicion of carrying contraband cargo but more importantly due to the maltreatment perceived by the agent that she has received by a number of your team mates. The fee imposed upon you in order to free the starship from its landing platform is 17,000 Imperial credits. Additionally, the ship is to undergo a more thorough customs inspection which may result in further fines and/or imprisonment.
The inspection has been delayed, however, due to a late crisis situation involving the announcement over all Imperial channels from a deranged half-human, half-cyborg noble named Archa Sabis who plans to litter the surface with billions of Imperial credits at precisely midnight. As a result, the entire planet is on heightened alert status resulting in the diverting of military and local security resources to track down the mad being and to increase the overall security of notable buildings and public areas. The Imperial Center's skylanes are noticeably heavily occupied by Imperial forces.
At this point, your first task is to determine what equipment to bring with you as you begin your investigations and to locate transportation.


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Program Description
New trends in library instruction are moving away from "one-shot" sessions (that try to cram everything a student might need into a single library visit) and instead are moving towards more "integrated" approaches that connect students to the library in multiple ways throughout the semester.
The FLPP partners faculty members and librarians to pilot such integrated approaches throughout a semester.
There are a number of ways these partnerships can be imagined:
- a librarian can offer multiple brief library instruction sessions during the course of the semester (and even sit in on a class or two)
- a reference department member can serve as an "integrated librarian" in person or via the eLearn platform
- a librarian can contribute to the development of assignments and identification of resources for completing them,
- the librarian and faculty member could create customized tools designed specifically for the course, such as blogs, wikis, games, tutorials, etc.
Up to eight faculty members (full-time or part-time) are selected to participate each year. Faculty can choose to offer the course featuring the faculty/librarian collaborative component either in the fall or spring semester. We welcome applications from all faculty interested in collaborating with a librarian; we are particularly interested in receiving applications from faculty interested in exploring how librarians can provide online support to classes through eLearn and other online platforms.
Benefits to Faculty
All faculty who are chosen to participate in the FLPP will receive:
- $500 stipend
- One-on-one assistance from a reference librarian. That assistance can include, among other things, ongoing visits to the classroom, creation of learning tools, online library instruction in eLearn, identification and acquisition of resources, etc.
- New learning tools (class pages, lesson plans, course-specific resources) that can be incorporated into your teaching
- The opportunity for your students to establish an ongoing relationship with a reference librarian who has in-depth understanding about their course, its contents and their research responsibilities
- The opportunity to share the results of your experience with the Stonehill community
Responsibilities of Faculty
Faculty participants will be expected to:
- Attend a one-day institute held in early summer (2015 FLPP Institute will be held Monday, May 18th)
- Attend a follow-up meeting in August (for Fall 2015 participants ) or December (for Spring 2016 participants)
- Actively collaborate with partner librarian to develop course syllabus
- Continue to collaborate throughout the chosen semester
- Participate in assessment of the project
- Share the results of the project with members of the Stonehill community


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[Adopted 8-23-2006 by Ord. No. 1163[2]]
Editor's Note: The tax heretofore enacted by ordinance was levied for the calendar year 2011 at the same rates and under the same term applicable on 12-31-2010 by Ord. No. 1168, adopted 12-8-2010. Further reenactments are on file in the Borough offices.
Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former Art. VI, Per Capital Tax; Realty Transfer Tax, adopted 12-22-1993 by Ord. No. 1047, as amended.
The Borough of Milton adopts the provisions of Article XI-D of the Tax Reform Code of 1971 and imposes a realty transfer tax as authorized under that article subject to the rate limitations therein. The tax imposed under this section shall be at the rate of 1% on the transfer of real property situate in the Borough of Milton subject to equal sharing of the tax with the Milton Area School District so long as it collects the same tax.
The tax imposed under § 219-36 and all applicable interest and penalties shall be administered, collected and enforced under the Act of December 31, 1965 (P.L. 1257, No. 511, as amended, known as the "Local Tax Enabling Act,"[1] provided that if the correct amount of the tax is not paid by the last date prescribed for timely payment, the Borough of Milton, pursuant to § 1102-D of the Tax Reform Code of 1971 (72 P.S. § 8102-D), authorizes and directs the Department of Revenue of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to determine, collect and enforce the tax, interest and penalties.
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 6924.101 et seq.
Any tax imposed under § 219-36 that is not paid by the date the tax is due shall bear interest as prescribed for interest on delinquent municipal claims under the Act of May 16, 1923 (P.L. 207, No. 153) (53 P.S. § 7101 et seq.), as amended, known as the "Municipal Claims and Tax Liens Act." The interest rate shall be the lesser of the interest rate imposed upon delinquent commonwealth taxes as provided in Section 806 of the Act of April 9, 1929 (P.L. 343, No. 176) (72 P.S. § 806), as amended, known as the "Fiscal Code," or the maximum interest rate permitted under the Municipal Claims and Tax Liens Act for tax claims.
The provisions of this article shall become effective on and be applicable to any documents made, executed, delivered, accepted or presented for recording on or after October 5, 2005.


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Leading and Learning
It is important to be around people that have the right kind of attitude, being happy about what they are doing.
Kevin Garnett
This past week marked the last session for the school leader Google workshops that I facilitated along with two of our school board's Technology Resource Teachers. The sessions were established to support leaders as they begin the process of utilizing the GAFE suite in their daily work as we prepare for an upcoming Google Summit, sponsored by our school board, and ultimately to prepare for a switch to the Google platform for both staff and students.
Organizing and facilitating these sessions was a considerable undertaking and I could not have tackled the task without the support and collaboration of the Technology Resource Teachers, Ryan and Jerry. I cannot thank them enough for their work. What came out of theses sessions was a greater sense of community and collaboration amongst colleagues that are now immersed in a growing digital learning landscape. Each participant was engaged in the learning of a considerable amount of new information and processes all within a collaborative environment that allowed for open questions and risk taking. Looking back we have clearly met the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards of practice involving establishing a digital age learning culture and supporting excellence in professional practice. (ISTE Standards, n.d.) What remains to be undertaken is the use of these new skills within the context of our individual learning communities, essentially practice through the use of the applications.
The quote at the beginning of this entry comes from Kevin Garnett, power forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association. Kevin has been a key player for the teams he has played for over his career because of his skills and team leadership. I chose this specific quote for two reasons. First it summarizes the atmosphere that was present during the Google sessions. Each participant was eager to learn and share from and with colleagues regardless of what level of experience each had with using the GAFE previously. School staff and board staff came together to support each other with the shared spirit of contributing to something that will have a tremendously positive impact on student learning. Through my discussions with colleagues and a feedback survey I was very pleased to find that everyone felt the same way and that they were happy to have the opportunity to work and learn alongside each other.
From the beginning there was very strong participation in the voluntary sessions. The numbers of participants continued to grow as the project unfolded and both myself and the co-facilitators were pleased to see the vast majority of principals and vice-principals attend regularly. This brings me to the second reason why I chose the Kevin Garnett quote. During the Celtics run to the playoffs in 2009, Garnett sustained a knee injury that sidelined him with the possibility of missing the playoffs. Although he was not obligated to attend, Kevin would dress for practices and join the team on the bench. Despite many warnings from his coach, Doc Rivers, Kevin couldn't just sit and watch as his replacement was learning the system. Garnett would mimic the plays and every move the new forward was making on the court. At one point coach Rivers ended the practice early just to ensure his star player would rest his knee. To me, this mirrors the actions of my colleagues as they kept asking questions and becoming more involved in the workshops. Remember these sessions were voluntary. These school leaders could have chosen to only attend the sessions that interested them or the one session that supported their present work such as Gmail. Instead these leaders chose to attend as many sessions as possible and they were co-learning with the facilitators every step of the way when they could have easily 'rode the bench' on the sidelines. They worked as life-long learners eager to improve their skills and I know that each of them will continue to practice even when the season is over. I am looking forward to more learning with them as we continue towards the Google Summit in April.
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Bruce Springsteen was honored as the 2013 MusiCares Person of the Year. At a gala event in Los Angeles, superstar artists paid tribute to the legendary singer, songwriter and performer with inspired versions of some of his most memorable songs.
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IT officials raid TN Chief Secy Rao's residence in Chennai
| Updated: Dec 21, 2016 16:27 IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Officials of the Income Tax Department on Wednesday conducted a raid at the residence of Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary M. Rammohan Rao in Anna Nagar. Rao, who was appointed the Chief Secretary in June 2016, holds the additional charge of Vigilance Commissioner and Commissioner of Administrative Reforms. Raids are being carried out across the country by the Income Tax Department in the wake of the burgeoning fake currency racket post demonetisation. (ANI)


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Ozone Park, Queens-based developer New Generation Development filed plans yesterday to bring a 13-story hotel to Long Island City.
The 188-foot-tall property at 37-10 24th Street would hold nearly 46,000 square feet of space. There would be 122 hotel rooms, a restaurant and bar. Gurpal Cheema, who runs the development firm, razed the one-story warehouse on the site last year.
For years, industrial laundry plant Jung Sun Laundry Corporation occupied the site, providing cleaning services to nearby hospitals and eateries, BuzzBuzzHome reported.
Last year, Sina Mahfar of SMA Equities filed plans to develop a 12-story, 87-unit project at the nearby 41-18th 24th Street, as previously reported. [BuzzBuzzHome] — Mark Maurer


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This page will give you direct access to your personal member profile, updating your contact information, printing your giving statements and event registration - all in one place!
Why do we use CCB?
Community is an essential part of being known in a local church. Church Community Builder (CCB) is an online tool designed to help us connect with others in the life of Crossover Church beyond just Sundays. CCB not only provides information about the people, the groups, and the volunteer opportunities at Crossover, but also allows you to view your giving records and update your contact information to make sure you receive important communication from the church. It's the communication hub for all things Crossover.
How do I use CCB?
A great way to learn CCB is to login and spend some time browsing around and checking out all the features.
Who has access to CCB?
Anyone can request to receive a login to CCB. If your email address is in our church database, you will automatically receive an email with a link to activate your account and set your password. The basic level of access to CCB will allow you to update your contact information and view your giving history and even upload your own photo for your profile.
In circumstances where someone is misusing the online community, the church staff may restrict or block access to CCB.
Is CCB Secure?
Church Community Builder works hard at making sure that all of your data is secure (CCB statements on security). CCB lets you control what information you make available to other users of the online community. While it is encouraged to make more of your information available to other members of Crossover for building community, you are able to opt out of the online directory completely or determine what information in your profile is visible to specific sets of people.
Please note that church staff is limited to access only information necessary to do their job.
How about my 2016 Giving Statement?
Crossover uses CCB to provide you with your year-end giving statement each year. This can be accessed from any computer where you have wi-fi and can connect to CCB. Crossover no longer mails out paper versions of your giving statement, however, you can request one by contacting our church office.
Instructions on how to access your 2016 Giving Statement:
- Login to CCB. You can use the link below to set up your account if you haven't done so yet.
- After entering your username & password, click SUBMIT.
- Now that you are logged in, go to the upper right corner and click on " Go to my profile."
- Under your basic information,there are several gray tabs: select FINANCIAL then
- select INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY.
- Under printable statements select GIVING STATEMENT.
- Under Quick Date Range select LAST YEAR
- Click on RUN REPORT
- Right click anywhere on your report to print.
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