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Family and Maternity Leave Around the World: How Does the USA Measure Up?
Lydia Long
In the last few decades, women have been dominating the workforce because having a single income family is no longer enough to maintain a middle class living. More importantly, women enjoy and want to have careers and be contributors in the workforce. However, women have increasingly faced challenges in balancing work with parenthood especially with the lack of paid maternity leave.
This imbalance has created a need for substantial policy in areas such as child care assistance, reproductive rights, and family medical leave. Women who become pregnant have to take time off work for recovery time, doctor visits, and to allow appropriate time for mother and child to bond. Due to the high expense of daycare, many women cannot afford to work full-time and being to cover day care expenses.
Often daycare expenses cost higher than what the average working mother will earn in a 40 hour work week. This cost analysis and barrier prevents many families from rising above the poverty level. In addition, many women, married and unmarried, often have the burden of the " unpaid second shift" which is taking on many of the domestic duties at home as well.
Some of the policy changes around the world came as a result of needed parental leave and a preschool provisions for children until the age of six. Germany and France were two of the first countries to get maternity leave. Currently, 128 countries provide paid and job protected child-birth leave. The primary factor which determines the way a country or state gives this benefit varies from place to place. However, it is important to note that some places provide longer leave times than others. For example, the United States has largely decided to make the majority of maternity leave in this country unpaid.
Eighty eight countries provide allowances for families, to help with raising them, and the United States is the only country which provides no such family allowances. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United States is the single least generous country in relation to its treatment of families.
It is disconcerting that the US and Australia are the only two countries that offer no federally mandated paid maternity leave. This is a huge barrier for families and single parents raising children. Notably, France is one of the countries that has provided the most benefits for women on maternity leave such as increased leave when having more children. For example, the child rearing benefit is more if they have more than two children.
The way the a state or country attacks these problems tells provides great insight into how they value maternity leave and child rearing. Out of all the countries studied, the United States lagged behind all others in the support and balance they give to families. Daycare was another benefited proved by many as a public services in countries like Germany. While many of the OECD countries provide this daycare regardless of income, the US only provides assistance for the abused and low-income.
The policies of Sweden and France are able to help provide women the ability to balance family and work. Whereas in the US, there are a large number of children at the poverty level due to policy decisions that do not support women and children post birth. Because of the lack of assistance in the United States, many women in single and working class families cannot afford to have day care, unless there is some subsidized program they can participate in.
Many women are forced to limit the time they work until their children begin school age. Public awareness on this issue needs to be increase in order to promote more advocacy and policy changes in these areas. Write your representatives on this matter, go in groups to speak to legislators, and set up community awareness events in your community.
I think the United States could learn from many of the policies and practices of countries like Sweden and France. This would give us the same opportunity to work full-time and pursue the American Dream. I think these countries as well as the other countries in the OECD have done a far better job to address the gender differences of women and men. As far as the United States, I feel that our policy makers have let us down. It's unfortunate that many policy makers do not realize that addressing these issues affecting women would be the best policies to uplifting everyone.
Conway, M. (2004). Women and Public Policy: A Revolution in Progress (3rd ed., pp. 175-189). N.p.: CQ Press
Henderson, S., & Jeydel, A. (2009). Women in Politics in a Global World (2nd ed., pp. 144-169). N.p.: Oxford University Press' Higher.
Related Topics:family medical leaveFMLAglobalillnessmaternitymaternity leaveMinimum Wagepart-time employmentpovertyUnited States
Lydia Long is the Politics Staff Writer for Social Work Helper. Her career goals includes working in social justice, policy, and community outreach/organizing. Lydia has work experience in progressive community engagement serving vulnerable populations in mental health and addiction. Lydia is a Masters of Social Work Candidate at the University of NC-Greensboro and NCA&T University Joint Program.
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Abortion Laws, Feminism, Politics, and Neoliberal Societies in Developed Nations
Simone Cooper
Re-conceptualizing restrictive abortion laws with a sex equality framework allow us to identify the limitations of women living in developed nations to act in a free manner with their physical bodies as men do. On many occasions, rules, regulations, and laws are enforced to reduce chaos/harm, but the same is similarly used to limit the freedoms of the individual which can also be oppressive in itself.
Historically, anti-abortive attitudes were prominent and common due to societies ignorance of scientific knowledge surrounding an embryo. Often when a pregnancy was declared, the fetus had already grown to a more formed stage which made abortion seem more of inhumane act. Early feminists radically opposed abortion claiming it was "child murder" that exploited both women and children. The core of the radical feminist's argument was to 'protect women at the embryonic stage', hence leading to the anti-pro choice view.
Today, the attitudes of radical feminists have progressed to campaigning to eliminate the 'root causes' which drives women to abortion such as providing access to free childcare, financial support and enabling access to practical resources. Modern feminism has not adopted the 'extreme' stances of the past which have led to tensions within feminist communities. Depending on the feminist spectrum, some radical feminists believe motherhood is an obligation of womanhood while others may renounce the obligation of motherhood despite being financially and resource able to do so.
Modern feminism is defined in a variety of ways which is then filtered through our many lived experiences. One of the most basic and foundational definitions of feminism is the "advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of the equality of sexes". The origins of the feminism began in the 1950s as a movement in the USA inspired by Betty Friendan's book, The Feminine Mystique, which inspired women to pursue goals of freedom and autonomy.
The feminist anti-abortion arguments come with a variety of justifications for its campaigns – religious (when does life begin?); scientific (damaging a females body?); conservative (securing the future of mankind); power (forcing restrictive laws on women to exert power and control, potentially for political grounds).
Let us contextualize some of the laws in developed nations where women are forced to abide by policies informed by these anti-abortion justifications:
• El Salvador – Illegal under every circumstance (rape, ill physical and mental health. Women can be jailed for up to a decade for performing the procedure. It is noted that low-income women who have miscarriages and stillbirths may be prosecuted due to being wrongly accused of abortion or homicide (White-Lebhar, 2018).
• Alabama, United States of America – Illegal under every circumstance. What is concerning about this case though, is that it was only just voted in (last month), meaning that the senator they have in office today, have these views.
• Northern Ireland – Illegal under every circumstance (including a result of rape). Medical professionals are afraid to provide their candid opinions about the health of the pregnant female and/or the fetus due to repercussions.
Under further examination, these laws celebrate a lack of individualization and are enforced by these powerful societal structures. Women are forced to adhere to laws derived from cultural and/or religious values in which they may not believe or practice. As Social Workers, our ethical practices use a person-centered approach with a systematic theoretical underpinning of self-determination for those we serve.
This approach applauds the unique and individual dynamic in one's life and that these dynamics are even more special when they interact with their environment (person-in-context). No one person's issue is perceived or dealt with in the same manner – social work theory acknowledges these humanistic values yet, we are forced to operate in neoliberal societies where under resourced service providers do not have the capacity and flexibility to approach each client uniquely.
Our role working within the abortion context means we can advocate change on multiple levels – through therapeutic supporting (counselling); by advocating for policy changes by sparking dynamic public discourse (policy); educating generations of women on abortion in an impartial manner (education) and much more. Our perspectives on the matter, and with feminism itself, comes from the top down – our attitudes are shaped by the leaders we have, whether they conflict or reflect our beliefs.
Relieving restrictions surrounding abortion isn't only about the freedom of choice for women, it's also an opportunity to examine and identify where first world nations fall short in imploring the sense of freedom we so frequently advertise to eastern societies and third world nations. Developed nations are allowing powerful politics driven by strong single-sided opinions often funded by the wealthiest ten percent of the world decide about life, death, family, and women health decisions.
There are no solidified answers on what restrictive abortion laws mean for women and feminism – whether regressive or progressive for the feminist movement. Whether we identify with feminism and all that it embodies or not, we are ultimately shaped by the societal constructs we were influenced by in our youth and our family values. However, context changes through life experience and transcultural immersions. Therefore, we must evolve individually and collectively.
Our society is ever changing in this way and essentially to be progressive on these fronts, decision making regarding policy should evolve towards being free of judgment, opinions, religion, and power – thinking about individual lives at the core is crucial. Some may view this perspective as idealistic, especially in countries where government structures have the funds to create change, but government money is alternatively utilized to support the community as a whole with supports mainstreamed, directly conflicting with the individualistic nature of social work approaches.
A Call to Action for Social Workers! The Time is Now to ELEVATE
Satara Armstrong
As we recognize March as Social Work Month, let's awaken that original passion in each other and build on our strengths and core social work values to make change and lead the way for others to do so as well.
My fellow social workers, the time is now to lead the way for our nation regarding human rights and human well-being. The shocking cruelty and violation of human rights that occur each day in our nation under the current administration not only violates our Code of Ethics, but is cruel, unjust, and the epitome of what we as social workers dedicate our lives to fight against—socialinjustice.
We cannot risk becoming desensitized to any injustice, despite hearing about a new, abhorrent policy, practice or incident, every day. Let's channel our frustration into collective action because this is our domain. We are the experts of social welfare, and we are uniquely trained to recognize social injustice and empower individuals, families, organizations, and communities toward positive social change.
It's what we do every day as social workers. Since we know how to do this, we should be leading the way. This social work month lets ELELVATE our dedication and translate it into collective action for social justice. I believe that in doing so, we honor of the many pioneer social workers who have blazed the trail for us and worked to give us many of the rights we now enjoy.
Every day I am in awe of our society and our government's attitudes and policies toward the most vulnerable people in our society. Racism, anti-Semitism, sexism and homophobia seem to be increasing at alarming rates (or perhaps are just more acceptably overt now) and this is resulting in more violence, conflict, and division among families and communities.
To me, that constitutes an emergency. Children are being legally separated from their parents, put in cages, often abused or neglected and "lost" by our government. If that isn't an emergency, I'm not sure what is. Banning PEOPLE from serving in the military, sending refugees back to their country of origin to face certain death, and women's reproductive rights at risk are all emergencies to me.
What do you think? What constitutes a national emergency to you? Whatever you answer, the good news is that we know how to deal with crisis as social workers and are bound together by social workvalues. So, let's do it. Someone has to, and why not us—this is our domain. Plus, we have a lot of professional strengths to build on.
• We know how to build on strengths.
• We know how to organize.
• We know how to educate.
• We know how to build bridges, not walls.
• We know how to empower individuals, families, organization, and communities.
• We understand human rights and human dignity.
• We know how to advocate on micro through macro levels.
• We know how to push through when we are tired because people's lives depend on us.
• We understand human behavior more than most.
• We know how to critique social policy.
• We know how to conduct research and translate it into practice.
• We know how to problem solve and are used to complex problems.
• We value diversity and we know how to celebrate it.
As a social work educator, I have the privilege of working with budding social workers every day. Their passion for social justice is raw and strong. However, as some seasoned social workers know, that passion may not go away, but it may grow tired, and frustrated by red tape, high case-loads and lack of support.
My fellow social workers, I ask you to ask yourself: How do you want to use your unique innate gifts and your professional skills as a social worker to help our nation awaken to the humanity of others? We cannot let human suffering being the norm or be a line item on news that people shake their head to and go on about their day. Jane Addams would not approve.
Increased Inmate Deaths and the Lack of Accountability
Tiffany Thompson
One year after the death of Sandra Bland on July 13, 2015, the Huffington Post compiled a list of persons who died in jail. In the following twelve month period, there were 811 deaths, most of which were the result of suicide. In fact, 253 detainees committed suicide in the year after Sandra's death, constituting 31% of all fatalities.
This heartbreaking statistic highlights a historical pattern; one of racial targeting and classism, poor management, health care oversight, and corruption. The criminal justice system fails our communities by allowing preventable inmate deaths while targeting the most vulnerable communities. These alarming trends in our prisons, jails, and juvenile detention centers have us wondering, why?
Experts examining suicide and death in our nation's jails reveal disturbing trends across the most vulnerable communities. A recent New York Times article, for example, Preventing Suicide in America's Jails, reveals in 2013 a total of 967 jail inmates died while detained in local corrections facilities. This statistic continued to grow the year after, even though the inmate population declined by 4%. Other authors and researchers cite poor management, inadequate health care, and perfunctory oversight as major culprits. Although these issues go mostly unresolved, they continue to institute a pattern of death and suicide.
Reasons Behind Inmate Deaths
Many jail fatalities are overlooked and underreported. Generally, jails are not required to disclose fatalities occurring within their facility to their community. Even the most egregious incarceration centers can go unnoticed by the community at large when they aren't being held accountable for deaths occurring in their own institutions.
Different from prison, jail stays are shorter (approximately 21 days) and most of the inmates have yet to be sentenced. Jail inmates could also be under the influence of drugs, alcohol, or have mental or physical health issues that correctional staff might be unaware of. For these reasons, many jail suicides occur in the first week of incarceration as indicated below by the Prison Policy Initiative.
According to KyCIR's reports in Kentucky's Grant County Jail, rampant corruption, employee incompetence, ineffective staff preparation, and inmate maltreatment were all present in the jail's culture. In an environment where accountability is minimal, inmates are more likely to be disregarded and mistreated, as is the case of Danny Ray Burden at Grant County Jail.
"Danny Ray Burden fell asleep mid-sentence as he was booked into the Grant County jail, toppling over on the bench where he sat. Prodded awake, he coughed, shook and pleaded for emergency medical attention. A blood test showed that the 41-year-old diabetic badly needed insulin. Instead of assisting with proper medical standards and medications, deputies put Danny Ray in a cell, where he was found unconscious just three hours after he had entered the jail on March 27, 2013. He died a week later."
Reflecting on the data, including the specific cases of Sandra Bland and Danny Ray Burden, who is at risk for jail fatality?
Vulnerable groups at correctional facilities include:
Persons booked for lesser crimes
Those without financial resources who are unable to post bond
Communities of color who are profiled by police and often receive harsher punishments
Sex offenders and those accused of vicious crimes
Why Death by Suicide?
For inmates whose lives were previously difficult, a brief jail sentence could prove traumatic. The most at-risk inmates may be experiencing withdrawal symptoms, a lack of access to prescriptions, and/or low availability of medical or mental health services. An inmate with a troubled emotional, mental, or physical state of inmates suffers even more while imprisoned, especially when our system neglects their basic needs.
Correctional facility detainees may have anxiety about unemployment, broken relationships, loss of residence, healthcare, or the inability to care for children. Without financial resources, these issues are compounded by the inability to pay a bond. And for black inmates, especially those in the 18 to 29-year age range, accruing considerably greater bail amounts than their peers in other racial groups isn't uncommon.
Suicide Prevention Strategies for Correctional Facilities
In Matti Hautala's article In the Shadow of Sandra Bland: The Importance of Mental Health Screening in U.S. Jails, the author examines the multifaceted environment of our American jail system and garners evidence-based recommendations for inmate suicide prevention.
The author suggests the initial entry procedure, including the preliminary psychological evaluation, acclimates the inmate to the criminal justice environment. This experience could have a lasting impact on the immediate future for that inmate; although alternative programs such as parole, probation, or mental health courts are recommended. Community supervision, rather than incarceration, is especially effective for those with psychological or mental health issues. Further recommendations include:
Psychological evaluation instruments and qualified evaluators
Proper procedures regarding medical records and treatment
Limiting the use of restraint and isolation
Frequent visual follow-ups, every 15 minutes, with suicidal or homicidal inmates.
The gross lack of culpability by local and state corrections personnel and increasing inmate deaths calls for advocacy and reform. Social workers, helping professionals, and concerned citizens must engage our political and community leaders in evidence-based dialogue and program development to reduce the number of inmate fatalities in our nation's correctional facilities.
By engaging with our local communities and representatives, together, we can hold our system accountable. We can force our jail and correctional facilities to say "mea culpa!" and reform our policies to prevent tragic and unnecessary death.


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How Hindi speech can motivate anyone living in India
Dharampal
India is the land of languages and culture. Wide varieties of languages are there related to a certain religion. Some we can relate to our culture while others we can relate it to our well-being of creating a better world in all of us. Talking about the motivational speakers in Hindi, there are many motivational speakers in India to whom we can fully rely upon our better future.
Hindi is our first language. We all know, but very few people know that indeed there are certain inspirational public speakers in India who speak motivational speakers in Hindi that is a very prestigious job.
But while we talk about other languages like the international language the English, motivational speakers find honor in speaking in that particular language. English is been considered the language of high-class people in Indian society. Many people can speak in that language and find prestige in such language which is the worst thing in our society.
But while we talk about another aspect like their understanding by Indian citizens, then we can say that there is a certain percentage of Indian society who can't understand the English language. The English language is a language that is very tough to understand.
Another major factor is that these motivational speaker's speeches are only be heard by the people of high-class society. Because they are aware of all such facts like internet, digitization, etc. In short, if I need to say that they are in access to such utilities. Talking about the other class people, they get motivated through the world's best motivational speakers whom we call parents.
That is the hypothetical and philosophical thought. Motivational speakers are experts in their field. They have developed the course in this and hence, reliability on them is our prime thought in society. Awareness is very important. Concluding the thought, motivational speakers in India are in plenty and if they speak in Hindi can benefit society in lot means. Already been said that most percentages of Indian citizens don't understand this language hence there is a particular need for Hindi motivational speakers.
Why Hindi?
When a motivational speaker speaks in front of a large crowd, Hindi being the national language in India and almost everyone understands this language. Motivational speaking in India can benefit a lot in Indian society.
They bring that touch of culture and integrity. India is growing as quickly as a global economy and the language is very important for the conduct of business in the country. As we all know, that India is the fastest-growing economy in India after China. For a long time, India has been thriving to have its people read and speak English fluently initially as the status symbol. But now as an essential factor to boost an important youth's career opportunities and push the Indian economy to a large level.
Speaking Hindi is a vital part of conducting business in India. If any Indian were interested in tourism then speaking in Hindi would be favorable since India is the most popular tourist destination in India. It has a lot of architectural marvels, the center of natural medicine yoga and mediation treats, and a lot more.
Similar to Urdu, learning Hindi can also open the doors to another language in India and another part of the nation. You will be able to learn Sanskrit that is on a verge of extinction but you can save by learning natural writing. You will be surprised to know that 30% of Nepali grammar and vocabulary are similar to Hindi.
Yet another language that has created the chaos in Indian society is written in Devanagari script. The state of Gujarat is famous for its cuisine and business minds. You can able to understand Hindi, which means you can able to learn and understand another regional language as well.
Sound exercise for the brain
Hindi can also be a great exercise for the brain because most parts of the brain can develop fully due to learning Hindi as well as English. The way that Devanagari script is written from its left to right, use of vowels and consonants both the left as well as right hemisphere of the brain are been equally used when reading the syllabic script. But while we talk about English text, only the left hemisphere gets activated. But if we talk about both the hemisphere, then Hindi is the main language.
Yes talking about yet another part of speech, Hindi being an important façade. While we are standing among the large crowd we can easily understand their language with ease. This is how true Hindi motivational speakers are important.
Concluding the entire article, in short, it is worth noting that there are a certain group of people who can't understand our english language. That is where Hindi which is our national language comes into play. Speaking in Hindi can pose a vital impact on Indian society.
Thanks for your time out here in reading through the entire content. IF you found it interesting and worthy. Don't forget to share and make Hindi the evergreen language in Indian modern society. Have a great day. Cheers!
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Internet Neo-Nazis Are Trying to Build a White Supremacist Utopia in Namibia
They're sick of living with non-white people in the West, so they're trying to colonize Africa. Makes sense.
by Tom Sanders
February 12, 2015, 5:10pm
If you're white, racist and fed up with the grinding oppression of living in the West, where you're forced to rub shoulders with a small proportion of people who are not the same race as you, there's a new solution: move to Africa.
That's according to plans made by the users of one thread on 8chan—a cesspit for people who are too uninhibited in their internet vulgarity even for 4chan.
Here's how forum user "Kommandant" began his call for his white supremacist mates to join forces with him and create a new neo-Nazi utopia in Namibia [all sic]:
I just want to start by saying that no feat is too great, no task too arduous when done for the love of ones clan and ones blood. I have a hope for this future to prevail. And I know you can all see it too. It's an ember, but with just the right amount of breath it can become a raging fire. And all of Africa will see its beautiful glow in the night sky. Call it south West Africa, call it Rhodesia, Call it whatever you want.
Over the last couple of months, a motley crew of white supremacists, Latvian lawyers, and fertile women have heeded the call, in a last-ditch effort to save white culture. They have launched a project to found a new nation on the principles of "European Heritage," "Western Values," and National Socialism in the largely black country in southern Africa.
8chan's aspiring colonists believe that Africa is a lawless space where enterprising white people can carve out a slice of Empire for themselves. They are driven by what Kommandant calls a "love for a dying culture and a people under systematic attack" (i.e. white people). The forum users have decided that the best way to avoid this systematic attack is to found their citadel in a nation whose people were fighting an insurrection against white supremacists as recently as 25 years ago. Some on the forum seem to be in it for the racist lulz, but others seem to be taking it seriously.
The project is mostly overblown rhetoric but there have been some attempts to get organized. Over 150 people have volunteered to join as colonists, crude plans have been made for the foundation of the nation, and a popular vote has chosen the name "New Rhodesia"—after what Zimbabwe used to be called when it was trying to keep apartheid rule going.
A map posted by a forum user to help decide who is allowed in the colony
One of the more surprising problems with getting the whites-only colony off the ground is that non-white people want to join. As one completely exasperated user posted:
Can we stop it with the 'can I come here guys? I'm not white BUT'
No, you can't. It's intended for white people… It's not that we hate you (though I can imagine some very well do) it's that we don't want to live anywhere near you.
Don't want to live anywhere near non-white people? Better go to Africa then, mate.
The project lurched forward recently thanks to a burst of critical thinking from one user, who pointed out that the Namibian government might take issue with a 150 dollar store Colonel Kurtzs landing in their country and starting a nation founded on the principles of white supremacy. It took user "Curonian," a Latvian lawyer, to come up with the group's masterstroke—the creation of an NGO called the "Latvian-African Civil Welfare Project" which would be founded under the guise of, in one user's words, "helping the poor starving Africans."
The charity would provide them with the bona fides to establish their colony, until it was strong enough to get rid of any non-white people using means that neo-Nazis are more accustomed to. As one user put it: "Don't worry, we will act all tolerant while we are still under Namibian rule, but when we get independence all the non-whites will get the boot or the bullet."
The colonists have identified a few areas of Namibian land ripe to be settled, while "Operation: First Contact" has sent out feelers to attract local white Africans. Meanwhile, volunteers have been quick to explain the skills that they can offer to the New Rhodesian enclave.
One user states that he is "a white male who has lived around blacks the majority of my life, and speaks passable German." Others claim experience in logistics or military operations, while one aspiring Goebbels believes that his degree in Media Studies will help him "promote the cause of National Socialism."
Another user, describing himself as Polish with a BA in War Studies, claims to have "connections to the British Far Right" and more mainstream right wing organizations including the Conservative Monday Club, Western Goals Institute. He claims to be a, "real life acquaintance of a few UKIP MEPs, a few Tory MPs and personal acquaintance of [former UKIP MEP] Godfrey Bloom and Paul Weston"—a far-right politician with links to the EDL. There is absolutely no suggestion that those people or organizations are involved with, or sympathetic to, the aims of the colony.
Right now, however, there's one asset which trumps even supposed connections to British politicians—possessing a womb. The project has a bit of a gender imbalance. As one would-be colonist points out, "To prevent inbreeding, considering there's 200 of us max and we need 5,000+ to create a safe naturally selective gene pool, we need people who can reproduce plentifully." He hastens to add: "no gays."
One user, posting as "Concerned Citizen" calls herself a "white British 22-year-old female free of both disease or deformity." She seems to have missed her calling writing erotic fiction and describes herself as being, "in an impersonal sense, the ideal breeding stock." She put a pressing question for the project's high command:
Now I'm curious that if you guys ever wanted this little plan of yours to actually produce something, how exactly would you go about convincing women like me to leave with you? I genuinely want to know because a colony isn't going to last long without a potential next generation, and for that you require females, and for lack of females how would you prevent a colony from breaking down, violating laws put in place and raping every available female regardless of whether they're spoken for or not?
Weirdly, nobody seems to have come up with an answer as to why leaving home to hang out with some guys who go on and on about racial purity isn't a more appealing prospect. The question has been asked a lot, resulting in some navel-gazing about countries that have high proportions of women.
If they do ever manage to have any kids out there, one user has some insight into how to raise them properly:
Users have tended to prefer to play real-life Age of Empires, debating flag colors and military organization while more boring, practical matters get comparatively short shrift. That said, they have worked out that goading elephants is a bad plan:
Another discussion is what they should do for fun, given that "degeneracy," such as anime and homosexuality is off limits:
Maybe they can listen to this guy's poetry instead:
The main discussion of the project has moved from the public boards of 8chan to password-protected chat rooms, leaving some users concerned about the project's future. Whether this is a tactical decision to avoid exposure or a response to hostile criticism and mockery is hard to say.
A complex planning document
Unfortunately for the colonists, Namibians have cottoned on, with an article in the Namibian Sun newspaper, with the headline, "Racists hatch a Boer nation plan for Namibia." So I guess if they ever make it there, they won't be particularly welcome anyway.
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Willem Dorel (Fransː Guillaume Dorel) ( ? - 1174) was heer van Botroun, een leenschap in het graafschap Tripoli. Hij werd in latere charters ook aangeduid als Willem I van Botroun.

Halverwege de 12e eeuw volgde hij de uit de Provence afkomstige ridder Raymond van Agoult op als heerser van Botroun. Hun verwantschap is tot op de dag van vandaag nog onbekend gebleven. Men denkt aan de zoon van een zwager of bastaardzoon.

Willem huwde met Stephanie van Milly, een dochter van Hendrik van Milly, heer van Petra. Ze kregen samen een dochter genaamd Cecilia Dorel.

Toen Dorel in 1174 overleed, bekommerde zijn leenheer Raymond III van Tripoli zich persoonlijk over de erfopvolging en het feit dat Willems dochter Cecilia een huwelijkskandidaat moest krijgen. Raymond was van plan om zijn trouwe volgeling, de vlaamse ridder Geraard de Ruddervoorde aan haar uit te huwelijken en hem ook met het leenschap te belenen. Echter kwam er een Pisaanse koopman genaamd Plivano die 10,000 byzantijnse solidus betaalde aan Raymond III, om met Cecilia te mogen huwen. Zo Huwde Plivanus met Cecilia en werd leenheer van Botroun. Gerard de Ruddervoorde bleef hierdoor ongehuwd en sloot zich kort daarna aan bij de Tempelier orde, waar hij later het zelfs tot grootmeester schopte.

Referenties
 Wilhelm Heyd: Geschichte des Levantehandels im Mittelalter. J.G. Cotta, Stuttgart 1879, Seite 354 f.
 Charles D. du Cange: Les familles d'outre-mer. 1869. Nachdruck: Burt Franklin, New York 1971, ISBN 0833709321, Seite 257 ff. (französisch)

Persoon in de kruistochten
Persoon in de 12e eeuw

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Film historian Annette Bochenek presents A Night at the Oscars at the St. Charles Public Library on Tuesday, February 19 at 7:00 p.m.
We're rolling out the red carpet to get ready for the biggest, star-studded event of the year: the 2019 Oscars. Join film historian Annette Bochenek as she presents "A Night at the Oscars" on Tuesday, February 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the St. Charles Public Library. Bochenek will discuss the history of the Academy Awards, some of its memorable moments while profiling the Best Picture picks for this year. Attendees can enter for a chance to win our Oscar Night program basket.
Bochenek is a Ph.D. student and scholar of Hollywood's Golden Age. She hosts the "Hometowns to Hollywood" film series throughout the Chicago area. She has been featured on Turner Classic Movies, and writes for several film and society magazines.
Registration is recommended. Refreshments will be served. The St. Charles Public Library is located at One South Sixth Avenue in St. Charles. For more information, visit www.scpld.org or call 630-584-0076.


Communities in Cambodia are no stranger to the impacts of hydropower dams. Over the past decade, 55,000 villagers once dependant upon the Sesan River in Northeast Cambodia have become impoverished following the construction of the Yali Falls Dam upstream in Vietnam. Despite impacts remaining largely unaddressed, four more major hydropower projects have been built or are under construction on the river in Vietnam, forcing thousands downstream to move elsewhere to survive. Since 2003, Vietnam has started construction on a series of dams on the neighboring Srepok River and in Laos on the Sekong River, endangering Cambodian villagers downstream.
In 2005, the Cambodian Government approved its first major hydropower project - the 110 meter high Kamchay Dam. The contract to build and operate the project was given to Sinohydro Corporation, China's largest dam builder. This dam flooded 2,000 hectares of Bokor National Park, home to a number of endangered species and an important resource to local communities. High-level Cambodian and Chinese government officials pushed forward the Kamchay Dam's development in closed-door negotiations. The project's Environmental Impact Assessment report was only completed in 2011, just months before the dam became fully operational in December 2011.
Since 2007, five more major dams have been approved and a further twelve are known to be under study by Chinese, South Korean and Vietnamese companies. Of these projects, the approved Lower Sesan 2 Dam in Stung Treng province is of significant concern as the dam's significant impacts to fisheries and sediment flows will impact the Mekong River and be transboundary.
Another project of particular concern is the proposed Sambor hydropower project, located on the Mekong mainstream in Kratie province. If approved, it would have a massive impact on the Mekong River's fisheries and those communities dependent upon them for income and subsistence, as well as on endangered species such as the Irrawaddy dolphin. Another proposed mainstream dam, the Don Sahong Dam, located in Laos less than 2 kilometers upstream of the Laos-Cambodia border, also threatens Cambodia's fisheries if built. Another project currently being considered by the Cambodian government, is the Stung Cheay Areng Dam, which threatens 500 hectares of the Central Cardamon Protected Forest, along with important breeding grounds for the critically endangered Siamese crocodile.
In Cambodia, many feasible options exist to meet energy needs that do not destroy the rivers upon which many communities depend. While Cambodia's energy planning process currently remains closed to public participation, civil society organizations have begun to argue for more sustainable energy options for powering 21st century Cambodia's with decentralized generation.
International Rivers' Southeast Asia program is working with partners in Cambodia to support their calls for reparation for dam-affected communities and sustainable energy development in Cambodia.
Visit the websites of International Rivers' partners in Cambodia: NGO Forum on Cambodia, the Sesan-Srepok-Sekong Rivers Protection Network (3SPN), Fisheries Action Coalition Team, and the Cultural and Environmental Preservation Association.
Visit the websites of other organizations working on river issues in Cambodia: Probe International, the Australian Mekong Resource Center, and Oxfam Australia.
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È tradizionalmente considerata Valle del Messico o Valle di Anáhuac quella regione geografica dell'America del Nord  alimentata da un esteso sistema di fiumi e laghi - il più grande dei quali era il Lago Texcoco - nella cui conca si estende attualmente Città del Messico e gran parte della sua cintura urbana.

Questa regione si caratterizza per essere relativamente pianeggiante ed essere circondata quasi completamente da diverse catene montuose, tra cui la Sierra Nevada che comprende le vette più alte del Messico: il Pico de Orizaba (5.610 m s.l.m.), il Popocatépetl (5.465 m s.l.m.), il Nevado de Toluca (4.690 m s.l.m.) e il Iztaccíhuatl (5.230 m s.l.m.). La regione è stata abitata sin da epoche remote, al suo interno fiorirono civiltà come quella di Teotihuacan (dalla quale deriva il nome náhuatl di Anáhuac) e quella azteca.

Voci correlate
Tenochtitlán
Messico
Messico (stato)
Città del Messico
Tempio ed ex convento di Sant'Agostino

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Q: How can I download a file from an S3 bucket with wget? I can push some content to an S3 bucket with my credentials through S3cmd tool with s3cmd put contentfile S3://test_bucket/test_file
I am required to download the content from this bucket in other computers that don't have s3cmd installed on them, BUT they have wget installed.
when I try to download some content from my bucket with wget I get this:
 https://s3.amazonaws.com/test_bucket/test_file
--2013-08-14 18:17:40--  `https`://s3.amazonaws.com/test_bucket/test_file
Resolving s3.amazonaws.com (s3.amazonaws.com)... [ip_here]
Connecting to s3.amazonaws.com (s3.amazonaws.com)|ip_here|:port... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
`2013`-08-14 18:17:40 ERROR 403: Forbidden.

I have manually made this bucket public through the Amazon AWS web console.
How can I download content from an S3 bucket with wget into a local txt file?

A: AWS cli has a 'presign' command that one can use to get a temporary public URL to a private s3 resource.
aws s3 presign s3://private_resource

You can then use wget to download the resource using the presigned URL.

A: Got it ... If you upload a file in an S3 bucket with S3CMD with the --acl public flag then one shall be able to download the file from S3 with wget easily ...
Conclusion: In order to download with wget, first of one needs to upload the content in S3 with s3cmd put --acl public --guess-mime-type <test_file> s3://test_bucket/test_file
alternatively you can try:
s3cmd setacl --acl-public --guess-mime-type s3://test_bucket/test_file

notice the setacl flag above. THAT WILL set the file in s3 accessible publicly
then you can execute the wget http://s3.amazonaws.com/test_bucket/test_file

A: I had the same situation for couple of  times. It's the fastest and the easiest way to download any file from AWS using CLI is next command:
aws s3 cp s3://bucket/dump.zip dump.zip

File downloaded way faster than via wget, at least if you are outside of US.

A: You should be able to access it from a url created as follows:
http://{bucket-name}.s3.amazonaws.com/<path-to-file>
Now, say your s3 file path is:
s3://test-bucket/test-folder/test-file.txt
You should be able to wget this file with following url:
http://test-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/test-folder/test-file.txt

A: *

*Go to S3 console

*Select your object

*Click 'Object Actions'

*Choose 'Download As'

*Use your mouse right-click to 'Copy Link Address'

*Then use the command:
wget --no-check-certificate --no-proxy 'http://your_bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/your-copied-link-address.jpg'

A: I had the same error and I solved it by adding a Security Groups Inbound rule:
HTTPS type at port 443 to my IP address ( as I'm the only one accessing it ) for the subnet my instance was in.
Hope it helps anyone who forgot to include this

A: Please make sure that the read permission has been given correctly.
If you do not want to enter any account/password, just by wget command without any password, make sure the permission is like the following setting shows.
By Amazon S3 -> Buckets -> Permisions - Edit
Check the Object for "Everyone (public access)" and save changes.permission setting like this - screenshot
or choose the objest and go to "Actions" -> "Make public", would do the same thing under permission settings.

A: incase you do not have access to install aws client on ur Linux machine try below method.

*

*got to the bucket and click on download as button. copy the link generated.

*execute command below
wget --no-check-certificate --no-proxy  --user=username --ask-password -O  "download url"
Thanks

A: you have made the bucket public, you need to also make the object public.
also, the wget command doesn't work with the S3:// address, you need to find the object's URL in AWS web console.

A: I know I'm too late to this post. But thought I'll add something no one mentioned here.
If you're creating a presigned s3 URL for wget, make sure you're running aws cli v2.
I ran into the same issue and realized s3 had this problem
Requests specifying Server Side Encryption with AWS KMS managed keys require AWS Signature Version 4

This gets resolved once you presign on aws cli v2

A: The simplest way to do that is to disable Block all public firstly.

*

*Hit your bucket name >> go to Permissions >> Block public access (bucket settings)

*If it is on >> hit Edit >> Uncheck the box, then click on Save changes

*Now hit the object name >> Object action >> Make public using ACL >> then confirm Make public

*After that, copy the Object URL, and proceed to download

I hope it helps the future askers. Cheers

A: I had the same mistake
I did the following :

*

*created IAM role > AWS Service type > AmazonS3FullAccess policy inside

*applied this role to the EC2 instance

*in the the Security Groups opened inbound HTTP and HTTPS to Anywhere-IPv4

*made the S3 bucket public

*profit! wget works! ✅

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Two of the parking lots at Ozarks Technical Community College's Springfield Campus will be available to the community on Saturday, July 2, for viewing of the Fireworks at the Field event at Hammons Field. The open lots are Lot N, located at the corner of National Avenue and Chestnut Expressway, and Lot C, located at the corner of Sherman Avenue and Chestnut Expressway; both lots are on the south side of the Springfield Campus.
The Industry and Transportation Technology Center, located on the east side of campus, and the Information Commons West, on the west side of campus, will be open for restroom access. OTC Safety and Security personnel and Springfield Police officers will be on campus during the event.
No fireworks, grills, outdoor cooking, skateboards, alcohol or tobacco will be allowed on Ozarks Technical Community College property.
The Fireworks at the Field event, sponsored by the Urban Districts Alliance, will include evening fireworks and live performances by RetroGnomes, Little Hoover's Big Band, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and Big Smith. Other downtown entertainment will include crafts at the Creamery Arts Center, ice-skating at Mediacom Ice Park and activities at the Discovery Center. For more information, visit www.itsalldowntown.com or call the Urban Districts Alliance at (417) 831-6200.


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Photo of the Day: Air Drop Testbed
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Today's POTD comes from the facebook feed of Friends of the Tank Museum. This is a picture of a testbed built as part of a British program to test the impact of a tank being dropped by aircraft with a parachute. The tests showed that the hull took considerable damage from the drop. As the other pictures in the post show, this mock-up later ended up on a range as a target and is presumed to have been scrapped at some point. View the entire photo gallery at the facebook page for Friends of the Tank Museum.
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Photo of the Day; T-14 Armata
August 29, 2017 by tankandafvnews 3 Comments
This picture of a T-14 Armata tank was taken by Steven Zaloga at the Army 2017 show outside Moscow at the Patriot Park in Kubinka. More pictures of the show can be seen at this facebook post.
Filed Under: Modern Vehicle News Tagged With: Armata, patriot park, T-14, Zaloga
Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: FCM 36
Nicholas "The Chieftain" Moran from World of Tanks takes a look at the French WWII era tank FCM 36.
Filed Under: Historical Vehicle News
NYT: Mark Renton of the Museum of American Armor
Earlier this month the New York Times ran a profile piece on Mark Renton of the Museum of American Armor at Long Island. The title of the article is Keeping the Tanks Rolling. Jeeps and Cannons, Too, it's worth a read.
OLD BETHPAGE, N.Y. — The well-being of the intimidating fleet of tanks, cannons and jeeps at the Museum of American Armor on Long Island is held securely in the greasy hands of Mark Renton. Mr. Renton is the museum director, though the title might be slightly lofty. After all, he is the museum's only salaried employee and he cares little for paperwork or administrating.
But if you need someone to drop a new motor in a Sherman tank, or build a 1940s jeep completely from spare parts, Mr. Renton is your man.
In a hangarlike building here, Mr. Renton restores and maintains one of the few operational fleets of World War II vehicles and artillery in the country. There are 45 military vehicles, and the artillery includes antiaircraft and antitank guns, although the guns no longer fire.
Photo of the Day: Ordnance in a Box
This picture shows some old ordnance in a cardboard box that we recently dropped off at the Dixon IL police department. The box was dropped off by an elderly gentleman who had an affiliation with a nearby gun range and appears to contain a M9 anti-tank rifle grenade. The munitions were taken to a nearby garage and later disposed of by the county bomb squad. The Dixon Police department posted a picture of the box on Twitter with the message "If you find an unexploded WWII anti-tank round in your home, PLEASE, don't drive it to the police department in a cardboard box. Call us and we will come to you to help dispose of it."
Book Alert: British Battle Tanks: British-made tanks of World War II
August 23, 2017 by tankandafvnews 1 Comment
Osprey Publishing has released a new hardcover book by David Fletcher titled British Battle Tanks: British-made tanks of World War II . This book is a follow-up to last years book British Battle Tanks: World War I to 1939 . For those familiar with the WWI book, this new book follows the same format, although with a slightly higher page count (280) than the previous book. This is a well illustrated book, with photos, drawing or charts on every page accompanying the text. These books are both published in association with the Tank Museum at Bovington. Author David Fletcher served for many years as the Museum historian and is widely regarded as one of the most knowledgeable researchers on the topic of British armor.
Publisher's Description:
Building on the earlier volume dealing with British armor of the First World War, this is the second of a multi-volume history of British tanks by renowned British armor expert David Fletcher MBE.
This volume traces the story of the British use of the tank through the early years of World War II, when Britain relied on its own tanks built in the late 1930s, and those designed and built with limited resources in the opening years of the war. Plagued by unreliable vehicles and poorly thought-out doctrine, these were years of struggle against an opponent well versed in the arts of armored warfare. It covers the development and use of the Matilda, Crusader, and Valentine tanks that pushed back the Axis in North Africa, the much-improved Churchill that fought with distinction from North Africa to Normandy, and the excellent Cromwell tank of 1944–45. It also looks at Britain's super-heavy tank projects, the TOG1 and TOG2, and the Tortoise heavy assault tank, designed to battle through the toughest of battlefield conditions, but never put into production.
Filed Under: Book News, New Book Alerts Tagged With: Bovington, british tanks, David Fletcher
100 Years Ago: British Tank "Fray Bentos"
In August 22 of 1917, the British Mark IV tank named "Fray Bentos" experienced the longest tank action of the war, being caught in battle for 60 hours. Commanded by Donald Richardson, a wholesale grocer who named the tank after a brand of canned meat, this tank became trapped near enemy lines during the Third Battle of Ypres. Despite almost all the crew being wounded, they were able to fight off repeated attacks by German forces. Eventually, with the crew out of water, they decided to risk an escape, running back to British lines. Remarkably, during the entire period of the action, only one crew member was killed. The crew of the Fray Bentos would be awarded for their bravery, becoming the most highly decorated tank crew of the war.
Of course, there is much more to this story. Fortunately, several articles have appeared recently marking the centenary of this tank and her brave crew. Click on the links below to find out more of this story.
The Tank Museum – Tank 100 – Trapped: The Story of Fray Bentos
The Telegraph – The Siege of Fray Bentos: the World War One tank heroes who survived 72 hours trapped in No Man's Land
Daily Echo – The incredible story of tank 'Fray Bentos' is being told at the Tank Museum
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Metro Wants Your Southeast Seattle Ideas
Posted on May 18, 2012 June 12, 2012 by Martin H. Duke
The Old 42 (photo by the author)
Metro is collecting ideas on how to improve service in Southeast Seattle:
This spring Metro is holding conversations with community organizations, bus riders, and residents of southeast Seattle about transit options in their community. Our goal is to learn about ways to make transit easier and more inviting to use. At every conversation, we ask people to tell us which transit options they use, why they use them, and how these services can be improved. We leave every conversation with a better understanding of how people travel around their community.
Please take a few moments to share your thoughts and ideas >>
Areas of emphasis seem to be ORCA card access and dirty and/or dangerous stops. It also raises the possibility of stopping the 8 at Mt. Baker and resurrecting the old 42, but stopping in Pioneer Square instead of traveling downtown. I first caught wind of this idea late last year.
I think there are two ways of looking at this. One is that the set of one seat rides enabled by a revised 42 is pretty strong: retail along Rainier, the I-90 freeway station, and Little Saigon. To this Columbia City resident, the 8's set of destinations between Mt. Baker and Madison Park don't seem nearly as attractive: Garfield HS and Central District retail.
On the other hand, current service to the former set of places is extremely frequent, making transfers less painful than they would be to the 8. And the 8, by providing access to a whole different part of the city, offers better access to a whole network of cross routes. In other words, the 8/42 switch might increase the number of one-seat rides, but the advantage of a gridded network is turning the dreaded three-seat ride into two-seaters. The 8 does better at this.
From an access perspective, switching the 48 with the 8 would be the best of both worlds. It would provide access to the Rainier corridor and (in 2021) the freeway station, while still providing a one-seat ride through the central district.
However, both the 48 and the souped up 42 don't solve the most serious problem with the 8: that it is too unreliable southbound to serve as a Link shuttle. This can only be solved by splitting the 8. Doing so in Madison Park would preserve connections and reliability, as MLK is seldom congested. It is a better use of resources than the alternatives.
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GuyOnBeaconHill says:
The current 8 is really 3 different routes: lower Queen Anne to Capitol Hill/Madison Pk (8N), Madison Park to Mt. Baker TC (8M) and MBTC to Rainier Beach (8S). The N and S sections have pretty good ridership, but ridership on the M section is weaker. My first suggestion would be to look at extending the QA-Capitol Hill route to Madison Park and maybe eliminate the 11. I think this new route could almost support 10 minute frequencies during rush hour and 15 minute frequencies at other times. Would Madison Pk riders freak out over losing the 11, but getting better headways? To replace service on Madison Street between downtown and 23rd Ave Metro could look at switching the 43 to Madison along with the 2S.
In Rainier Valley the 8S is fine at 15 minute headways; but in the M section, running at 15 minute headways is a very generous allocation of precious service hours. It may be expensive to lay a bus over, but running it empty is also costly. Metro needs to examine where the riders along the 8M section are going and how they should efficiently get to their destinations.
It's good to hear that Metro is seeking community input before they come up with any service change proposals. There are lots of archived threads at STB about the proposed 2S, 4S and 14 restructures where where plenty of ideas have been floated.
The 2S does not operate on Madison, and putting the 43 on Madison would preclude the current use of articulated coaches on the 43 (and due to the night/Sunday through route, on the 44).
Once U-Link opens, I really like the idea of splitting the 8 at its elbow (as Martin suggests), and combining the north part of the 8 and the 11, but until then, I doubt Madison Park riders will go for a transfer.
Kyle S. says:
If we follow through with the Madison BRT service, they won't have to transfer to get downtown.
zefwagner says:
Remember that the 8 will stop right across from the Cap Hill light rail station, so riders from Madison Valley would actually have two really good options to get downtown: Connect with the Madison BRT line or connect with Link. Total travel times would probably be about the same as the current 11 due to more direct routes and high frequencies of service. I endorse this idea.
"Would Madison Pk riders freak out over losing the 11, but getting better headways?"
Do you have to ask? Of course they would. But it may be reasonable to reduce the 11 to peak-hours-plus-a-few-midday-runs, and make the 8 the main route from Madison Park. But there would still be freakouts.
Morgan Wick says:
How about interlining the 8M/S with a pseudo-revived 42 at 30 minute headways each?
I think the 8S deserves 15 minute headways from RB to MtB. At MtB it could become the 42 to Downtown/Pioneer Square via Dearborn. It might seem extravagant to operate the 42 @15 minute headways on Rainier Avenue between MtB and downtown, but if it allows the 7 to skip some stops between 12th/Jackson and MtBTC (see below), I'd want to look at that idea.
If the 8M is eliminated and more hours are allocated to the 8N/11 services and the 4S is extended to MtBTC (and perhaps straightened out so it doesn't wander through the Judkins Park neighborhood), I think there might be enough bus service to keep people happy.
Real-time bus arrival signs would help make transfers more tolerable. Just a basic monitor, showing a web interface, would do just as good as any overpriced gimmicked-up device that gets a direct GPS feed. The roving security could be trained to monitor that the web interface is functioning, and the monitor hasn't disappeared since his/her last loop.
Letting those waiting for the bus know they have 20 minutes to wait is also good for helping business around the station.
The 42 advocates who came to the hearing had one good, solid argument on their side: the unreliability of the 8. There was a suggestion of terminating the 8 at Mount Baker Station and having the 42 take over its MLK service.
That said, a group of students presented a petition to save the 42 in order to save the one-seat ride between Rainier Beach, Franklin, and Garfield. That's what I heard them say. So, I think there is a market for connections between Rainier Valley and the Central District (albeit partially for infrequent riders who may not understand all the bus routes, as exemplified by this misinformed petition), and this market would be served *best* by having the 48-south take over the MLK local service, since the 48-south provides the best anchor (UW) and one-seat rides to the longest swath of intermediate destinations in a straighter line.
The 48 should be electrified and connected to the 7, with some other route picking up the Mount Baker-Downtown segment of the 7. There are far more riders on Rainier than MLK, especially when you subtract out MLK riders within walking distance of a Link station for whom a bus connection to the UW is irrelevant.
The fix for the unreliability of the 8 is to split it as Martin suggests.
I have a hard time seeing the political possibility of pairing the 7-south with the 48-south until I-90/Rainier Station opens for service. Even then, the one-seat riders might not be interested in the faster travel time with a transfer to East Link.
One other route with ridership problems in Rainier Valley is the 9. It does well during peak hours in the peak directions, but off-peak and against the flow it isn't getting good ridership. Once the FH streetcar is operating and U LINK starts, there won't be much reason for the 9, so Metro should start looking at what the future holds for the 9. The 42 could serve as a local stop route between downtown and MBTC and the 7 could be expressed between 12th/Jackson and Mt. Baker, stopping only at Dearborn, I-90 and Walker and saving 7 riders a few minutes on every trip.
Expressing the 7 like that is an astoundingly bad idea, but I like the idea of a MBTC-Downtown route, and I think the 9 should die. As I mentioned above, the best idea is to connect the 48 and 7, have a "42" serving MBTC-Downtown, and invest all the hours saved from cutting the 9 and truncating the 7 to improve service on the 7, 8, 14 and 48.
Oh, and delete the 7X too.
Why is faster service on the 7 between the ID and Mt. Baker an "astoundingly bad idea"?
Several reasons:
* We spent hundreds of millions of dollars building a fast transit service between MBTC and the west part of the ID, it's called "Central Link".
* Your "express" wouldn't be much faster or more reliable on the outbound as you still have to get through the choke point/parking lot on Rainier between Jackson and Dearborn.
* It would cost significantly more money, as you wouldn't get the cycle time benefit of consolidating the 7 and 48. You still have to pay to slog through downtown.
* Your proposal would also require dieselizing one of those routes on Jackson (or spending a fortune on express wire). By contrast, electrifying the 48 requires only a mile and a half of new wire and shifts a significant chunk of service away from diesels and onto trolleys.
I haven't heard any serious talk about the 7+48 combo. I won't label it an ABI (astoundingly bad idea), but I'm guessing it won't get much traction in the community.
Expressing the 7 from 12/Jackson to MBTC wouldn't require any additional wire or conversion to diesel under existing condition. If the 48 is wired there would be one stop where there might be a conflict, but that could be worked around. Other than that, there aren't any conflicting trolley routes between 12th/Jackson and MBTC. I'm also presuming that a new 42– replacing the 8–would have 15 minute headways and travel on Dearborn.
The key to radically improving transit service in the Rainier Valley is providing frequent robust EAST/WEST service to Link Stations and key destinations.
I would think de-expressing the 9 and making it the main Rainier route, and maybe changing its northern terminus, would be a better idea than these 42 revival ideas, at least after U-Link and the FHSC opens? Is there something wrong with that that I'm missing?
https://seattletransitblog.wpcomstaging.com/2010/10/25/rainier-valley-mobility/
https://seattletransitblog.wpcomstaging.com/2010/10/30/7-of-9/
https://seattletransitblog.wpcomstaging.com/2011/04/29/capitol-hill-mobility/
https://seattletransitblog.wpcomstaging.com/2011/05/13/capitol-hill-mobility-2/
Matthew 'Anc' Johnson says:
When you say de-Express do you just mean improving frequency or adding stops?
PS, was there really a STB blog post titled Seven of Nine?!?!?
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Dirty/dangerous stops … many bus stops along Rainier avenue, while located near streetlights, are also often covered by a thick canopy of trees, blocking much of the light from the overhead streetlights, making the bus stop a dark, shadowy, uninviting place. Trees are great, but bus stops need to be as open and inviting as possible, especially at night.
Matthew Johnson says:
Funny enough, I rode the 8 home to Columbia City from Victrola on Cap Hill last night. The 08:45 run was about 10 minutes late. Seemed pretty well utilized, but yes, when I got on at 15 and John more people were getting off than on. This pattern continued for the next couple of stops then few on or offs until we got down in the RV where it picked up again.
Once U-link opens I doubt I will ever ride it. But I very much have mode bias. To go DT I walk past the 7 stop at Alaska and Rainier to get to Link at MLK.
Oh, and off topic but kinda related, last night a guy already on the 8 went up at Mount Baker TC and asked the driver if the bus went to Columbia City and she told him to get off and get on the next 7S that came by. WTF?!?! I tried to yell up at him just to stay on till MLK and Alaska but he didn't hear me.
And as soon as I hit reply I thought of another time I rode the 8 this week. On Tuesday to go down to the U-haul at Graham grab a pickup for a couple hours. Be nice to build an express line southbound so that we can get some infill stations along RV Link.
I don't think riders around Graham St need an express, I think they need the 8 to run on time, and more frequently nights/Sundays.
Michael Arnold says:
I SO agree with you about a LINK station at Graham!!
Bruce, I am talking about an express Link line for the Airport and points south. That way we could get some infill stations along RV Link.
Something like the light blue Line here:
http://seattlesubway.org/vision/
Depends on whether he meant the station or the actual Columbia City.
Guy appeared middle aged and in decent health. It's quite an easy walk (downhill) from the 8 stop (Columbia City Station) to DT Columbia City.
Or if you walked over 1 block south to Edmunds, no (discernable) downhill grade at all to be right in the heart of the village.
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We'll have an open thread about Metro in about eight minutes if you can hold your horses that long.
Apparently the route 42 is good for immigrants or something?
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/uwelectioneye/2012/05/15/immigrant-lightrail-bus-cuts/
Tonya says:
Please don't forget the Orcas/Graham residents. It's a 15-20 minute walk to a light rail station even if you (as I do) live two blocks from the tracks itself. Your other options are to climb east or west over some pretty steep hills. There are plenty of people who ride the 8 from Orcas/Graham to get to the light rail stations. When I don't bike/light rail, I ride the 8 from Orcas/Graham all the way to Denny/Westlake, and those residents certainly are in need of a way to get to transit that doesn't involve a .75 mile+ walk to a station. It's fine for me personally, but my observations are that others can't make that trek as easily.
I cringe about the suggestions to end lines/force transfers at the MBTC, as most of my south-end friends will do anything to avoid that area. It's incredibly uncomfortable and feels very unsafe. I've had nothing happen to me, but my hackles are up every second I am there. If I have to wait there for any period of time I'll buy a coffee and linger in Starbucks. I'm forutnate to be able to afford that, however.
Matt L (aka Angry Transit Nerd) says:
I'm with you. The gap between the Columbia City and Othello stations is unacceptably large for in-city service.
Agreed. The folks around Graham really did get screwed on this.
Yeah, and I'd be much more into forced transfers at MBTC if the infrastructure for transferring didn't suck. Getting from the TC to the station is confusing and vaguely nightmarish. If that connection were actually improved I'd consider it.
Martin mentioned a potential major improvement to transfers (and traffic generally) at Mount Baker if SDOT (or whoever) comes up with the cash and gumption to push it through:
https://seattletransitblog.wpcomstaging.com/2011/05/07/potential-relief-for-mt-baker-transfers/
That's cool; I missed it when it was posted. It seems pie-in-the-sky, but still very cool.
JohnS says:
whoever indeed. DPD is working on it, but it's not going to be free; in-lane stops on Rainier would sure make transfers to/from LINK easier though.
I'm at MBTC at night on the occasions (infrequent) when I'm there. I agree it's not the safest-feeling environment; the street lighting is poor, and the area under the LINK station (as has been discussed here many times) does not feel particularly safe.
People don't go to central MLK on the 8, they go through it. Most people are on the bus when it leaves Mt Baker, and they're still on the bus when it reaches Broadway. Only a single-digit trickle of people get on or off between Yesler and Madison. Some of them will surely switch to Link when Capitol Hill station opens; others are probably one-seat riders who want a bus to Broadway and Seattle Center.
The 48 used to run to Rainier Beach before its tail was switched to the 8. That was a bad move because the bulk of ridership is on central 23rd and south MLK, and 23rd is closer to Boren-to-15th where a lot of destinations are. I don't care whether the route is called 42 or 48 as long as it's 15-minutes frequent. North of Jackson it could go to Intl Dist station, Boren-Seattle Center, Broadway, 12th, or 23rd.
Actually, if it goes Rainier Beach – MLK – 23rd – Jackson – Intl Dist station, that would fill the Jackson Street gap we've been pointing out, where east of Rainier has only the 14 and is underserved.
yes, and those of us who actually live in the CD who use the 8 aren't real excited about giving it up. Splitting the line in two, yes, that makes sense.
And we still have to get to Link once Cap Hill station opens…which logically means taking the 8 to Broadway.
Keith says:
Not to be overly pedantic, but the 8 serves Madison Valley, not Madison Park.
If splitting the 8 is mentioned, I have to mention my preference for splitting it AT a Link station, rather than at an arbitrary commercial district between 2 stations. I'm not picky about which station, I just think people on that leg of the 8 should not be forced to backtrack to the wrong side of downtown (or worse, ride a slow bus into downtown).
The 8, as a downtown bypass, can be a massive trip-time boon to riders on the section between MBTC and the upcoming Capitol Hill station. This is only possible if riders on that strip of the 8 can get to both stations in a 1-seat ride. Otherwise you force half the potential riders through an extra bottleneck.
^^ This.
I'd step back and begin with a clean sheet of paper. Then, I would examine three types of routes. 1. Creating Day-Long, Long-Distance Trunk Routes: A trunk north-south route that emulates light rail or RapidRide (stops 1/2 to 3/4 mile apart) with high frequency and limited stops that would run from UW/ULink to Mt Baker TC and then out Ranier, ending up at Othello or Ranier Beach. It would run at least every 15 minutes from 5 AM until 9 or 10 PM. A second similar trunk route that runs east-west (Union? Jefferson?) but then runs south at 23rd, with routing south of Mt. Baker to another area unserved by other higher-speed service. 2. Creating Local Routes: A set of neighborhood circulator routes to serve local trips and those transferring to/from trunk routes, especially for shoppers, seniors and teens. These should probably run in at least a L or a C to connect districts and trunk transit stations/centers with reliable, short-distance trips. A new short route using the 7 alignment but only between the International District and Mt. Baker TC and back would be awesome! 3. Reducing Service on Unreliable, Slow, Long Line-Haul Routes: Once these are laid out, then revisitng the major trunk routes to see how many of those riders would switch over to the new services. Today's slow line-haul routes require lots of buses to operate, and few people find the experience desirable. The more riders that can switch from slow-moving, high-frequency bus routes to these other services could really empower Metro to improve the overall bus productivity, mainly by getting riders on faster-moving buses. Consider that a route that operates at 7.5 mph takes Metro twice as many buses to serve the same frequency as one that operates at 15 mph.
What kind of frequency would you foresee for your neighborhood/circulator routes?
Good question, JohnS. I think that it really depends on the reason that people are making the trip on a route. I see the circulator headways between 10 to 20 minutes depending on demand — because any less frequency then transit becomes undesirable for a short trip. Circulators that serve shoppers could be infrequent until 9 or 10 AM, and then be frequent the rest of the day as well maybe as during evenings and on weekends depending on business hours. Circulators that serve people going to doctors and hospitals would likely be at the highest frequencies between 8 and 5 on weekdays. Circulators feeding employment districts would be most frequent during the hours people are going to/from work as well as lunchtime.
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By Jessica Morris on December 3, 2019
The provisions of the Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (the Act), which was signed into law on 26 June 2019, were commenced on 2 December 2019.
The only provisions which are not yet in effect are sections 2(1), 9 and 21, which will automatically come into operation on 26 December (i.e. 6 months from the passing of the Act on 26 June 2019).
The Act amends the Copyright and Related Acts 2000 and introduces certain recommendations of the Copyright Review Committee from their 2013 Report titled 'Modernising Copyright'. The Act also recognises exceptions to copyright permitted by the Information Society Directive 2001/29/EC. The Copyright and Related Rights Acts 2000 and 2007 may be cited together as the "Copyright and Related Rights Acts 2000 to 2019".
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There is an exception for the use of copyright works to permit caricature, parody or pastiche without infringing copyright of the material.
The defence of 'fair dealing with performances' is also expanded to exempt criticism or review of a work, for the purposes of recording current events or for education, research and private study. This will also include any work on economic, political or religious matters by media businesses.
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A number of exemptions introduced by the Act relating to education, research, and statistical data collection facilitate the continued use of copyright materials in classrooms.
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