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The Evolution of Young Adult Cancer Awareness

Heidi Adams | Posted 06.04.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Critical Mass Cancer, Critical Mass, Generation Why, Livestrong Cancer, Youth Cancer, Cancer Young Adults, Young Adult Cancer Alliance, Suleika Jaouad, Cancer Support, Misdiagnosis Cancer, Healthy Living News
Heidi Adams

While much progress has been made, there is still far to go in order for newly diagnosed young adult patients to reap the benefits of that progress the instant they hear the words, "You have cancer."

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LOOK: Miami Beach Takes HUGE Step For Bikes And Pedestrians

The Huffington Post | Joey Francilus | Posted 10.11.2012 | Miami
Read More: Miami Beach, Atlantic Greenway Network, North Beach, Video, MIami Bike Scene, Critical Mass, Miami Around Town, Miami News, Miami Biking, Mid-Beach, Decobike, South Beach, Urban Biking, Miami News

Imagine running, biking, or walking the entire stretch of the Miami Beach oceanfront. Well, that dream is slowly, but surely, becoming reality: co...

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Is Critical Mass Getting out of Control?

J.J. Colagrande | Posted 12.02.2012 | Miami
Read More: Miami Events, Critical Mass, Miami Around Town, Biking, Miaim Traffic, Miami Community, Miami Biking, Miami Critical Mass, Miami News
J.J. Colagrande

Critical Mass is arguably one of the best events in Miami and has been for a long time. But, is Critical Mass getting too big? Or, more specifically, is it getting too dangerous?

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PHOTOS: Critical Mass Takes Over City For 20th Anniversary

Robin Wilkey | Posted 09.29.2012 | San Francisco
Read More: Video, Critical Mass 20th Birthday, Critical Mass San Francisco, Critical Mass, Critical Mass 20th Anniversary, San Francisco News

Thousands of cyclists descended upon San Francisco on Friday for the 20th anniversary of Critical Mass--a global biking event. Riders wore costume...

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PHOTO: Look Who Joined Critical Mass!

Posted 10.01.2012 | Miami
Read More: Miami Heat, Video, Critical Mass, MIami Bike Scene, Miami Heat News, Gabrielle Union, Dwayne Wade Critical Mass, Miami Sports, Critical Mass Miami, Dwyane Wade at Critical Mass, Dwyane Wade, Celebs in Miami, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union, Miami News

We knew LeBron James sometimes biked to work, but who figured Dwyane Wade would ever pop up in a Miami Critical Mass? The Miami Heat star and his ...

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PHOTOS: 20 Years Of Critical Mass!

Robin Wilkey | Posted 09.25.2012 | San Francisco
Read More: Video, San Francisco Biking, Critical Mass San Francisco, Critical Mass, Critical Mass 20th Anniversary, Critical Mass Anniversary, Critical Mass Sf, San Francisco Critical Mass, San Francisco Around Town, San Francisco Cycling, San Francisco Bike Race, San Francisco Bike Group, San Francisco News

Twenty years ago, on a Friday night in late September, 50 cyclists showed up on Market Street. Organized only by fliers and word-of-mouth, the leaderl...

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Detroit Bike Buff Shares Story Of Scorchers, Paved Roads, Detroit Wheelmen

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 04.28.2012 | Detroit
Read More: Video, Critical Mass, Henry Ford, Detroit Bike History, Detroit Wheelmen, Bicycle History, Detroit History, Detroit News, Detroit Bicycle History, Major Taylor, Tom Cooper Cyclist, Slidepollajax, Jack Vandyke, Good Roads Movement, Detroit Bikes, Detroit News

Although it may be difficult to believe, bicycles were once nearly as popular as cars in Detroit. In fact, they helped pave a path that allowed the au...

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Pick a Bike, Any Bike -- Just Ride It in D.C.

Seth Thomas Pietras | Posted 11.14.2011 | DC
Read More: Vintage Bikes, Dc Bike Share, Wash Cycle, Spezzotti, Critical Mass, Dandies and Quaintrelles, Worksman Industrial Newsboy, The Bike Rack, David Cranor, Coppi's Organic, Kgp Design Studio, Bicycling, Dc Traffic, Dc Bikestation, Bike, Fixies, Dc Bicyle Film Festival, Qualia Coffee, DC News
Seth Thomas Pietras

In a city often chided for not having character or community, I savor seeing bikes stacked dozens deep outside new bars, Critical Mass clogging our streets, and public debates about bike lanes.

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How to Seize Your Critical Mass Moment for Exponential Success

Nick Segal | Posted 08.20.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Success, Los Angeles Real Estate, Partners Trust, Critical Mass, Nick Segal, Real Estate Brokers, Los Angeles, Houses Sale, Business, Real Estate, Econony, Los Angeles News
Nick Segal

With any endeavor, we all start at the same place: with an idea and the dream to make it a reality. So if that is true, then why do some businesses really take off while others flounder and fail?

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GRAPHIC VIDEO: Car Runs Down 40 Bicyclists In Brazil

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Car Runs Over Bicyclists, Car Hits Cyclists, Car Hits Bicyclists, Car Hits Bikers, Car Hits 40 Bicyclists, Critical Mass Crash, Bike Culture, Car Bike Crash, Car Runs Down Bikers, Critical Mass, Car Bicycle Crash, Critical Mass Brazil, Car Runs Down Bicyclists, Car Injures 40 Bicyclists, Car Crashes Into Bicyclists, Video, Green News

(Scroll down for video) SAO PAULO (AP) — A motorist sped his car through a pack of more than 100 cycling activists in southern Brazil, sending ...

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The Conversation

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Deepak Chopra, Conversation, Critical Mass, Healthy Living News
Deepak Chopra

"The Conversation": Deepak HomeBase at ABC Carpet and Home, New York City Dec. 21, 2010 from Better Days Productions on Vimeo. What do you think of ...

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Not Just a Friend: One Palestinian's View of Israeli Activist Jonathan Pollak

Ayed Morrar | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Budrus, Separation Barrier, Jonathan Pollak, Critical Mass, West Bank, Israeli Occupation, Israel-Palestine, Jonathan Pollak Jail, World News
Ayed Morrar

Jonathan Pollak's upcoming imprisonment highlights the support of some Israeli activists for Palestinian-led unarmed protests, and the Israeli government's effort to crush our joint struggle.

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Critical Mass Takes to the Streets in Guatemala City

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Environment, Guatemala, Critical Mass, Biking, Latin America, Bicycles, Green News
Tracy L. Barnett

When I saw on Twitter that Masa Critica Guatemala was planning a ride my first weekend here, I decided to drop them a line to see if they might have a bike to spare.

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Patrick Pogan, Ex-NYPD Officer, Convicted Of Lying Over Bike Clash

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Patrick Pogan Body Slam, Critical Mass, Patrick Pogan Convicted, Critical Mass Video, Patrick Pogan NY Cyclist, Patrick Pogan, Christopher Long, Critical Mass Police, New York, New York City, New York News

NEW YORK — A former police officer was convicted Thursday of lying about his Times Square clash with a bike-riding activist, as seen by millions...

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Bike Attack Cop Goes On Trial (VIDEO)

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Police Brutality, Video, Critical Mass, Cyclist Attack, Critical Mass Video, Patrick Pogan, Police Video, New York News

NEW YORK — A Times Square tourist's amateur video is in the spotlight at the trial of a former police officer accused of assaulting a bike-ridin...

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Youtube Videos Raise Questions Of LAPD Misconduct

Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Lapd Youtube, Lapd Cyclists, Critical Mass, Laps Bicyclists Confrontation, Lapd, Video, Los Angeles News

Another video raising questions about LAPD conduct has surfaced on Youtube this week, prompting an internal affairs probe. The LA Times reports: Los A...

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City Pays $98,000 To Critical Mass Cyclists

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Critical Mass Lawsuit, Critical Mass, Nypd, Critical Mass Video, Critical Mass Police, New York, New York City, New York Police Department, Video, New York News

The city has agreed to pay $98,000 to five cyclists who took part in the Critical Mass bike ride in March 2007. The cyclists had filed a lawsuit claim...

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Choose Your Epidemic: Tea Parties or "Yes We Can"

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Tea Party Movement, Critical Mass, Social Contagion, Tipping Point, Elena Kagan, Mavens, Group Psychology, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

Social contagion -- a term invented by researchers to describe how influence spreads from one person to another -- is real but invisible. For instance, you run a higher risk of being overweight if a friend of a friend is overweight.

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Advancing Women into Financial Leadership Boosts Bottom Line

Linda Basch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Women, Women in Business, Critical Mass, Women in Finance, Diversity, Business News
Linda Basch

There's a foolproof way to shift away from high-stakes gambling in the financial sector that makes perfect economic sense: hire more women.

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Shocking: A Post-Automotive Times Square?

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Bloomberg, Cars, Bicycling, Automobiles, Times Square, Transportation Commissioner, Critical Mass, Environement, New York City, New York, Green News
Steve Rosenbaum

The change in New York's most congested real estate is an acknowledgment that the car culture that has gripped both the city and the country may in fact be, for the first time in half a century, beginning to retreat.

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10 Places Not to Yell: "Thom Yorke Is Retiring" (He's Not)

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Chris Martin, Lars Von Trier, Bonnaroo, No Logo, Sigur Ros, Naomi Klein, SXSW 2009, Music, Portland, Tim Burton, Harvey Weinsten, Portland Is the Bike Capital of the World, Critical Mass, Tim Geithner, Thom Yorke, UC Davis, Kdvs, Coldplay, Radiohead, Andrea Chalupa, Oregon, Big Bopper, Portland Oregon, Entertainment News
Andrea Chalupa

The one place you could yell it is Iceland, let Sigur Ros know if they ever had a chance of touring American stadiums, getting Yorke out of the way could be it.

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Critical Mass Cyclist Attack Cop Indicted

Treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Bicycle Culture, Critical Mass Cop Indicted, Critical Mass Cop Charged, Critical Mass, Bikes, Critical Mass Attack, Green News

You may recall us posting this video in July, where a New York cop "toppled" a cyclist participating in a critical mass ride. While bikes are quick, t...

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The Intelligence Community: Our Retarded Giant

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Dnc, Critical Mass, I-Witness, Cia, Activism, Protesting, Democratic National Conference, Spying, Intelligence Community, Republican National Convention, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Protesters, Denver, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

It won't be your grandmother's hippie protest at the DNC -- this time around, the police presence will be huge, suspicious activity will be loosely defined and cataloged in a huge national database.

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'Critical Mass' Bicyclist Assaulted By Police Officer (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Bike Culture, Nyc, Critical Mass, Excessive Force, Nypd, Police Brutality, Bike, New York, Green News

Critical Mass, the bicycle-awareness bike ride that occurs monthly in many cities, often has run-ins with authorities, who aren't so keen on public th...

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Does a New Start Have a Chance?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Critical Mass, Collective Consciousness, Berlin Wall, Barack Obama, Political Change, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

Obama was right to mention the Berlin Wall multiple times his speech because the Wall was not pushed over by force, unless you mean the force of consciousness. Can the same magic strike again?

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