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The Tigers are coming off of a 20-win season and return 10 letter winners from last year's squad including four starters.
Among the players coming back for new head coach Travis Williams are seniors Robert Covington, Jordan Cyphers and Kellen Thornton.
"We have some great senior leadership," Williams said. "Covington has been in the system for four year while Thornton and Cyphers have provided expereince in key moments."
The trio of upperclassmen combined to average 28.6 points per game last year, and each got off to a hot start in Monday night's 86-56 victory in the exhibition against Trevecca.
Thornton led the team in scoring against the Trojans, dropping 18 points on 8-11 shooting. The six-foot-eight post player also was 1-2 from behind the arc and tallied two rebounds and two steals.
Cyphers, meanwhile, had an off night shooting the ball from downtown in the exhibition- only connecting on two of his seven three-point attempts. The guard from Wichita, Kan. was still able to finish the game strong, bucketing 11 points and dishing out a pair of assists.
While Thornton and Cyphers were TSU's leaders in points, Covington was contributing in a variety of ways for the Tigers. Covington, who started at small forward against Trevecca, led the team in rebounds with 11 and chipped in 10 points. Covington also had a pair of blocks and a steal that led to an easy TSU bucket.
The Tigers will face a more serious threat on Friday night when the team travels to Provo, Utah for a game against BYU.
"BYU is a very talented and well-coached team," Williams said. "They are a very good three-point shooting team and they play extremely well at home, so we are going to have to go in there and execute offensively and defensively."
The Cougars finished 26-9 last year and won both of their exhibition games against Southeastern Oklahoma State and Findlay this season by a combined 75 points.
In BYU's recent 90-61 victory over Findlay, Tyler Haws was just one of four Cougars in double-figures, finishing with 19 points.
Brigham Young dominated Findlay on the boards as well as the scoreboard, out-rebounding the Oilers 50-24.
TSU is looking to win its first opener in six tries this Friday. The last win in the season's first game came in 2007 with a 90-80 win over Cumberland.
The Tigers' contest at BYU is also the first of a string of six-straight away games that spans until Nov. 21 with a game against Monmouth.
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Wonder why your children like to spend hours watching television every single day? If you have a habit of watching television, your children will develop the same habit, a new study says. In fact, how much time you watch television determines how much your child will watch television more so than your child's access, including having a TV in his or her room, as well as parental guidelines on TV watching and demographics.
The study appeared online in the journal Pediatrics on July 15th, authored by Amy Bleakley, PhD, MPH, Amy B. Jordan, PhD and Michael Hennessy, PhD, MPH from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Researchers used an online survey of 1,550 parents of children aged 0-17 as well as 629 teenagers whose parents were also participating.
We know that children learn behavior from what they observe in their worlds. In this case, researchers found because of that kids will watch TV if their parents do. But it also found that for most of the families interviewed, TV watching is a routine family activity.
The authors recommend that parents be good role models, and limit their own television watching if they want their children to do the same.
"Educating parents about the relationship between their own viewing and their child's viewing by helping them to become aware of the time they spend watching television may be a useful approach," the authors wrote.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children 0-2 don't watch any children, and that older children limit TV watching to less than two hours a day. For babies, evidence suggests that watching television hinders their language development, reading skills and short term memory. The AAP says it also causes problems with attention and sleep.
For toddlers and older children, watching television should be limited to two hours a day. Educational programming is best and can be an effective learning tool. Television also has an excellent ability to influence your child, good or bad.
It's also important to remember that when children are sitting in front of a TV they're not outside getting exercise, developing their vocabulary and language by reading, being creative, or playing.

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One of the things we were looking forward to the most on the schedule was "3D Twister" because we had absolutely no idea what to expect. We were imagining a giant cube or something, but had to know. It was at a dorm called Random Hall, so we headed there next. We went up to the 3D Twister game, but it was kurazy crowded, hot, and the line was way too long, so we had to ditch it. What was it like? Well, imagine 3 twister mats and a corner. One mat was on the ground, the other two were on the walls. Overall, not that exciting, too bad.
I took the time to explore and I found the bathroom with the Foo Display in it!
What's the Food Display? There's a website where you can type a message and select a music note. When you hit enter it sends the message to this little box in the bathroom so that the person in the bathroom can read it. It also beeps the note you picked. I find this fascinating, I'm not sure why.
I met up with the group again upstairs, where they had found Michelle, the girl from my school that also got into MIT. She joined the group for the rest of CPW. They were all sitting around on the ground trying to do logic/math puzzles. They were devilishly hard, we didn't even know what most were asking.
All of a sudden a ghostbuster ran by!
We left the crowded dorm to get some fresh air, and saw that there was food at a fraternity across the river. We hopped onto a SafeRide shuttle that MIT provides and drove over. I took the shuttle ride over as an opportunity to actually get a picture of me and Sara together. People at my school seem to think that Sara is a guy from Texas because I'd never met her. This was proof against.
Also, in the shuttle, somebody mentioned my last name, and then I heard a "Wait! Which one of you is Snively?" I raised my hand. Turns out there was an MIT blogger on the shuttle, Bryan Owens. We chatted for a bit about blogging, but soon we were at our stop, so we had to go.
We got to the fraternity and started eating, there were burgers and hot dogs. Look at how happy!
As we ate we played a game. The rules? Spin a coin and then stop it with your finger on its edge. Filmed!
Dumb game, but we enjoyed it. We had to leave soon, there was a formal meeting for all of the pre-frosh in the Rockwell Cage that we had to get to, so we hopped the shuttle and left. It was a very nice dinner!
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With my dad gone, along the way with my research, my mother was the one who became more and more excited with each discovery I made. Oddly enough it is my mom's line which I have so far been able to trace the furthest, with evidence which takes me back into the early 1740s. Sharing these family finds with my mom led to conversations we would never have had otherwise, little talks about the small moments of life, and the significant ones too. Mom's interest in my finds, stories that she shared, and conversations with her, all served as inspiration to push me further in my research.
Now Mom is gone too; my inspiration is gone. At times I am so caught by grief, it is as though I am drowning in it. It comes over me in huge crashing grey waves. Some days it will not let me be. The wisdom of a grief counsellor tells me to let the memories be the buoy that saves me, but in truth that suggestion only caroms off my mind. I find myself irrationally longing for more of those conversations, more of something I cannot possibly have. I miss the sound of my mother's voice. Daily I struggle to remember each intonation, the sounds of happiness playing on her words, and the sounds of sadness too.
On my desk there is a pile of documents all related to family history. I have not touched them in weeks, and feel little compunction to go through them.
When memories are not enough, where do I find inspiration now?
This afternoon, something changed in me. Alone in my home I began to look through my parents' wedding album. I found myself learning things I do not remember having known before.
One of my favourite photographs in the album is one in which my parents are cutting their wedding cake at their reception. I knew they had a reception, but I do not recall learning that it took place in the Cumberland Hotel on Westland Row in Dublin, a hotel which stood at Number 17 Westland Row from 1941 until 1967. I knew my parents married on 2 August 1954, but did not know they married on a Monday. Like many people, Monday is not my favourite day of the week, but now I have a reason to view it differently.
|Outside St. Patrick's Church, Ringsend, Dublin, Ireland
There is no denying it will be difficult, but when my memories are not enough, I will 'climb' inside that photograph album and try to feel the joy they felt on that day. When the time is right I will continue to seek and to build our family history, knowing the joy it brought to my mom and my dad.
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CARLSTADT, N.J., Sept. 21, 2009 – Over the last several years there has been a fundamental shift in the way designers work – projects have become more digital, and inspiration more spontaneous. Pantone LLC, an X-Rite company (NASDAQ: XRIT) and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, today announced myPANTONE™, an iPhone™ application for the changing needs of today's designer. myPANTONE gives graphic, digital, multimedia, fashion, interior and industrial designers the freedom to capture, create and share PANTONE® Color Palettes – wherever they go and whenever they find inspiration.
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BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Barry University women's golfer Nicky Ferre qualified for the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship after shooting 73 at Quail Ridge Country Club's South Course.
Ferre, a Weston, Fla., native who finished her freshman season at Barry in the spring, qualified after becoming one of three players to advance from a four-player playoff. NCAA Division II Player of the Year Annie Dulman, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., is the first alternate.
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MLK Day will feature poems, songs, speakers and service
An afternoon of volunteerism, an evening of inspiration
Poetry, music, oratory and volunteer opportunities abound in the annual Brandeis commemoration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The main event will take place beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Levin Ballroom. The keynote speech will be given by broadcast journalist-turned-minister Liz Walker. She is also founder of Liz Walker Journey Productions is an independent non-profit communications company that seeks to increase public awareness of human rights issues around the world and to create opportunities for community building.
A graduate of Harvard Divinity School and an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Walker traveled to southern Sudan in the summer of 2001 to look into the slave trade there. She was so outraged by the human rights atrocities she observed that she co-founded My Sister's Keeper, a grassroots initiative that advocates for women and children who are trying to rebuild their country and their lives. She returns to the country often, and My Sister's Keeper has constructed a school for more than 500 girls in southern Sudan.
Featured performers for the King memorial program, as described by the Associate Dean of Student Life Jamele Adams, chief organizer of the event, include:
- Brandeis' own jazz juggernaut Louise Grasmere
- the melodic duet of Darlene Zephyrine'12 and Erin Lue-Hing '12
- celebrated poet Usman Hameedi '12
- scholar-poet Leah Staffin '14
- scholar-saxophonist David Wheaton '15
- spoken-word powerhouse Kayo, accompanied by poet "Proverb."
The spirit and human embodiment of Dr. King will be further channeled through the delivery of one of Dr. King's great speeches by Jermaine Hamilton'13, Adams said. The Deland Senatus Unity Mass Choir, a gospel group, will sing.
Preceding the evening program, beginning at 1 p.m. in Levin Ballroom, the second annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Interfaith Service has been organized by Protestant chaplain Alexander Kern. Participants will be offered a wide range of volunteer service opportunities both on and off campus. Volunteers may register at that time or sign up online in advance.
On-campus activities include: Kids 4 Peace, a program for children under 12 to create prayer flags to send to Haitian orphans and homeless children in Massachusetts; a letter-writing-to-seniors project led by Brandeis MLK and Friends, the Brandeis Black Student Organization, and members of the Brandeis Haiti Initiative; a service learning workshop on Dr. King's teachings on and militarism, materialism, and racism, run by Mass Peace Action and a service learning workshop on restorative justice approaches to crime, led by DoRight Ministries.
Off-campus opportunities include creating care packages for children in need at Cradles to Crayons; serving food, visiting residents and cleaning at Community Day Center of Waltham; greening projects at Christ Church and Temple Beth Israel in Waltham; cleaning and organizing the racial justice library at Community Change Inc., and serving food for an MLK celebration with homeless children and families at the Home Suites Inn.
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Police say Kevin Jones, 33, was giving the victim a ride home from school when he assaulted her in the car. He had also given a second girl a ride home, but she left before the alleged assault took place, police said.
Jones, who is a husband and a father of two, faces two counts of criminal sex assault, and one count of attempted criminal sexual assault. He coached the varsity boys basketball team.
He has been suspended from EPIC.
The charges proved to be too much for the family of one of the victims. The victim's mother heard the details of the crime and yelled, "That's my child!" during the bond hearing. The mother was escorted out of the courthouse as she continued to be upset.
"I'd say it was more of an emotional outburst by family members trying to come to grips with the terrible crime that has been committed," said Brad Cosgrove, victim's attorney.
Prosecutors say onJanuary 17, he was giving two teenaged girls a ride home from a game.
"The offender drove both victims to an alley and parked his car and then got into the back seat of the car with both victims," said Joell Zahr, Cook County assistant state's attorney.
Jones allegedly unzipped his pants and tried to force one girl into a sex act, but she escaped. As she stood in the alley calling for a ride home, the teenager witnessed Jones engaging in a sex act with her friend.
Zahr said he offender drove that victim home while the other victim told a friend and teacher the next day. The victim who stayed in the car told her mother days later, Zahr said.
"There were other instances of inappropriate incidences by the coach," Cosgrove said.
A friend of the victim said the inappropriate conduct between the coach and the victim started a few months ago at Jones' daughter's birthday party, saying the coach tried to kiss the victim.
Jones' attorney denies his client has done anything wrong.
"At this point we're shocked about the allegations. He has led an exemplary life. We feel he is a very good guy and looking forward to going to trial and clearing his name," said suspect attorney Jeffrey Granich.
Jones also worked as a physical education teacher at LEARN Charter School on the South Side. On Friday, he was fired from that job.
The judge also ordered jones to have no contact with any children, except his own.
Jones is the process of getting his master's degree and is a deacon at his church.
"He should go to jail; you know right from wrong," a friend of the victim said. "I don't care she was underage or she came onto you. You should know that she's under 18. She's a little kid."
The victim's friend says the coach often made promises to female students like her.
"He actually comes off as a nice guy," the friend said. "He told me he could get me, like, scholarships."
Cosgrove, said the alleged sexual assault happened last week inside Jones' car while he was driving the alleged victim home.
There was another teenage girl in the car but she got out before the alleged assault took place, according to Cosgrove.
An attorney for EPIC Charter School said the school is cooperating with police and prosecutors. The South Side charter school opened in 2009.
The mother of the victim's friend says she is relieved authorities made an arrest.
"As a mother, I'm grateful. When you send your child to school, you don't expect your child to go to school and be raped," she said. "You think that their safety, as a parent, you don't concern yourself with things like that."


text: that is a very unfortunate and tough situation to read about. everyones input here is very good. in addition to the comments made: good kite instruction has come a long way from aggressively holding a "student" by the back of the harness. that is almost a telltale of a poor lesson, at this point. that may sound crazy, but it is generally true. if you are an instructor reading this and dont get what im saying, feel free to pm me and step up your game. if your at the beach, the guy holding the harness is not in a good position to help the person flying the kite, nor prevent an accident like this one. it has its time and place, but is really not the "default" best place to be in order to help your client or maintain control of the situation. if you see that classic instructor student setup, it may be a good reason to take a closer look at the situation. good kite instruction is very different than it used to be.


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Saturday, December 24, 2011
Why it must continue......
The next thing that got me thinking was announcing to a friend that our mutual friend was expecting a child-to this my friend said : " What's with all these people having kids ? I don't get it !". This made me want to say , " Well, how the heck did you and I get here ? Were we dropped out of a spacecraft ? Are we the only ones allowed to be born ?"=Of course I kept my thoughts to myself, after all...she had a valid point in that there is a bit of a population explosion that has been going on since before recorded history.
O.K., this gets me to my point: Custom frame building is a bit of a 'Niche" market,job, whatever you want to call it. By far, most of the bikes that people ride are made in Taiwan or China and are perfectly fine, if maybe not the most durable bikes ever created. After my generation is gone do I care if the craft of frame building continues ? -Yes, I do care....but why should I care if I'm dead ? First of all, the large companies who produce bikes do not build custom and this would make bikes for really tall and/or short people impossible to get if small custom producers were extinct. I, for one don't want to leave the task of building custom bikes up to larger companies as they aren't suited for the job, just as small guys like me are not suited to churning out 1,000's of bargain priced bikes for the masses. My other point is this: Just because I and my contemporaries have had our run at this pretty special livelyhood doesn't mean that someone else can't have a go of it as well. We needn't become an extinct species. Sure, some of us have decades of working at a low wage before getting to the point where we are no longer struggling to survive-that kind of life-long dedication isn't exclusive to one generation.There are new folks who want to try as we did all those years ago and I for one don't feel like telling them to forget about it .......this is why I teach a class at UBI once a year-I believe in the viability of hand made bikes and I don't put a time limit on it.
While I am not saying that everyone who wants to be a frame builder can pull it off, a few hardy and creative souls will with a bit of luck and with the ability to fill a need in their respective cycling community.For example , I do not build in isolation-I am surrounded by folks who ride where I do, appreciate what I appreciate and really use the bike for all sorts of occasions. I might have a lot of customers in far flung places but the core is here in Santa Cruz and the greater Bay area-I do things for this community and they in turn support what I do. I really see that as a sustainable thing- whether I am building bikes or someone else is. Maybe my brand name does not need to continue after I am gone but all the tools I have accumulated over last 30-odd years will no doubt find their way to someone else with their own vision, their own approach. -The shit don't stop with me.
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"While I am not saying that everyone who wants to be a frame builder can pull it off, a few hardy and creative souls will with a bit of luck and with the ability to fill a need in their respective cycling community."ReplyDelete
^ this ^
i'd say the ratio of those "who want it to those who can pull it off..." is about the same now as it was in all the other generations you and i can cite. but like i wrote in our emails earlier today, without being open to change, we might as well not get in the batter's box.
it's not about standing your ground, living in a past that you think is better and should not have delivered the present we now have, and alienating others with a negative point of view; one should be open-minded and malleable enough to take what's there (or the baggage he's inherited) and make something new (or better) with it atmo.
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I agree. I started with lugs in the late '70's, fillet brazed in the '80's, tig welded in the '90's and started with aluminum and scandium in 2000, a year later added some carbon stays...I even built a ti frame in 1994. If you aren't willing to try new stuff, you'll be limiting yourself. The saying " don't knock it 'till you've tried it" reads more like " Don't try it 'till you've knocked it" by a lot of frame builders who are really stuck on "Ye olde methods" . Good though they may be, there's other ways to build. We have to adapt and/or be open minded.ReplyDelete
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"The saying 'don't knock it 'till you've tried it' reads more like 'Don't try it 'till you've knocked it' by a lot of frame builders who are really stuck on 'Ye olde methods' . Good though they may be, there's other ways to build. We have to adapt and/or be open minded."ReplyDelete
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it's not only about other methods and materials; folks in the trade, especially the older, more staid cats, need to acknowledge that manufactured goods and production bicycles are not the enemy. factory bicycles are not the enemy. in many cases, especially for most people, these are the correct choices. just because we are independent entities and may exist in the margins, and love what we do and the creative freedom that comes with it all - just because we have this on our side of the ledger doesn't mean our bicycles are better.
there's way too much us against them in this niche with regard to pre-made bicycles and the places that produce them. no one likes to be around glass-half-empty folks but many eff builders have this air of entitlement and all it does is alienate.
occupy grumpiness atmo.
There is a difference in what we do compared to the big companies. When someone pays us to build a bike , what they pay for is our labor, the materials we carefully select and our experience. What on pays for in a big-brand bike is a lot of marketing, some engineering and some profit for the top of the corporate food chain. There are some riding advocacy and some charitable things that these big corporations do but don't kid yourself....the bottom line is profit. I would like to think that what we as builders do is different and can indeed be better, otherwise folks would not seek us out.ReplyDelete
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"...but don't kid yourself....the bottom line is profit."ReplyDelete
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what is wrong with profit atmo? or, are you making a statement about how one arrives at it? sometimes i read the rants of the jaded and wonder if they want to control how much profit the sinyards and the burkes should be allowed to make. i am not concerned with what the big box bicycle companies do, or their financials. i think it's a good idea to keep your eye on your own plate and in your own kitchen rather than look around to see what others eat or how it's prepared for their table.
i get the "angry" thing and i get the "trying to even the score" thing. but when you continually rally against the bicycle industry for how it works in order for it to remain vital, you should look at it from their perspective too. it provides employment, families have income and security, and the masses have even more choices at more price points to buy bicycles. should those consumers' decide it would be nice to have something others don't or can't have, i am sure our names will make their radar. until that time comes, maybe think of industry as the gene pool that allows us to tap for a small percent of its most evolved patrons.
we can't do what they do, and they can't do what we do. the effbuilders who have something to offer will have work; those who live with a rain cloud above them will always be blaming the whether.
ps sorry for the deletions; i am not blogger reply savy.
I have nothing against the big companies, I merely want to point out the difference between a bike from a big company that costs $ 3,000 from China and a bike made by a small builder that costs $ 3,400 with the same equipment and where the dollars go. If the small builders like ourselves give up we will all be shopping at Walmart , working for Walmart and eventually discarded by Walmart. We have a choice.....unless we give that up.ReplyDelete
"I have nothing against the big companies, I merely want to point out the difference..."ReplyDelete
^ this ^
the choice is the same - only the eras have changed atmo. back in the bike boom 1970s era, folks who sold bicycles that listed for $600 (a fortune then) when we sold our frames for $180 had the same margins and incentives as now: to maximize the bottom line atmo. the only difference is that now, that small builder is likely to have brethren in the trade who have turned complaining and poor-mouthing into a varsity sport.
Boy, this is quite an exchange we have going here. Which brethren do you refer to ?ReplyDelete
rule number two atmo -ReplyDelete
never ask a question you know the answer to.
Yes, but those reading don't know the answer.ReplyDelete
Col. Atmo: You want answers?ReplyDelete
Sadoff: I think I'm entitled to.
Col. Atmo: *You want answers?*
Sadoff: *I want the truth!*
Col. Atmo: *You can't handle the truth atmo!
What's up with that, RS?ReplyDelete
a few good men atmo...ReplyDelete
Don't lump me in that group.ReplyDelete
long live SOPWOMTOS.
steve - are you replying to me or to PS's post?ReplyDelete
Hey, Mr. Sachs.... "Basketball was a friendly planet!""....quoting from a movie-hmm, I really wish you would stay on topic. If you have a score to settle with someone I suggest that the comment section of my blog isn't a very effective place. Another thing.....are you on the payroll of one of the big companies ? Sounds like you are doing a little P.R. side work for somebody....just a hunch.ReplyDelete
"Another thing.....are you on the payroll of one of the big companies ? Sounds like you are doing a little P.R. side work for somebody....just a hunch."ReplyDelete
^ this ^
hey paul
no - unlike many who say it, i actually do work alone. i know this back/forth stuff is good for site traffic 'n shit but let's chat in the interests of transparency atmo. this post is a result of an email string you and i had 3-4 days ago so you know full well where i stand, and as you wrote, it's not too many inches from where you stand.
as far as the rest of it goes, no - i have no scores to settle at-fugcink-all. and i mean that with all the sincerity i can muster in this little reply box. but sometimes - not always - but sometimes i wonder why folks assume others are responsible for their happiness and success. heh? i read rants about profit, and marketing, and outsourced labor, and bad working conditions, and it appears to me that a certain kind of cat will always look for a reason that he's not succeeding because others are: "mike sinyard markets better than me", "john burke uses high school-ers to sand his frames", "the company that makes the ridleys gets frames from a factory with no windows or exhaust fans". it's always something. the odd thing is atmo that often it comes from cats in the industry who once also expanded past the one man/one frame gig, grew a work staff, decided to get some frames private labeled in taiwan or japan (i won't mention the C word...), and then failed. so what do we have left? what i see is that some whose model went past its sell-by date are now complaining that others who are successful are in their way as they fight for market share.
there's room for anyone who can do good work, and stand behind it, not alienate with his points of view, and seemingly enjoy his place in the industry. you and i both know, and have articulated, that we have more than our share of glass-half-empty guys in our group.
when i read the blogs, an internet threads, and go to shows and hear folks lament (and always have someone or something to blame...), i wish these cats would just state what they want (more money, higher prices, a tree that grows clients, less competition, more truth in advertising, a pill that would allow folks to dream about lugged steel frames - yada yada blah blah etcetera...) - i wish they'd let everyone know what and who is in their path to happiness and success, and develop a strategy going forward from there.
Well put , but aren't you just the least bit curious about " Chop 'em upshaw riglets" ?ReplyDelete
"Well put , but aren't you just the least bit curious about ' Chop 'em upshaw riglets' ?"ReplyDelete
^ this ^
i'm not stupid, bro. i went to high scoohol. you take that box in the picture, hold it to a mirror, and it reads, "i netted $11,000 in november atmo."
nice work, paul!
Wrong ! Wrong. It was actually $ 9839.49 for Nov. And Chop'em upshaw riglets are devices I made from old bontrager steerers for which to hold handlebar clamp assemblies for an extremely dangerous slotting operation done on the yes, you guessed it-chop saw. This was definitely not an OSHA aprooved operation and has been discontinued at my workplace.ReplyDelete
okay now you lost me atmo.ReplyDelete
what is OSHA?
Governmental agency in charge of occupational safety.ReplyDelete
Hey Paul - thanks for touching on this subject. You're absolutely correct - frame building in this day and age is a tight niche and what we build doesn't need to directly compete w/ the off the shelf bikes from where ever they are imported from. People that buy a custom frame are buying expertise and a relationship; and not just in materials or construction methods, but with someone that can translate their specific needs into an means of enjoyment that they can then have their own relationship with. A custom bike that is designed for a specific person, nothing will replace the joy of having something that's built for you - it's 100% yours. This is one of the most satisfying aspects of my job - the pleasure a customer gets from riding one of my bicycles.ReplyDelete
That said, I have tried competing w/ the volume producers at the bottom of the food chain. Guess what, it didn't work out, for a lot of reasons that I won't touch on here. But do know this, despite having some product built elsewhere, it never amounted to more than 10% of my business at it's peak, I never claimed to have 'built it' and went to great extent to make sure that customers were not confused to the origins. It was a royal pain in the ass and quite frankly, don't view it as being a great idea in retrospect. Can I take it back? No. Am I open to talk about my experience? Yes.
RS - Seems that you have a distasteful view of how some people operate, which you are entitled to. But as Paul asked (and now do I), name this person whom you feel is said groucho atmo. Talking in circles is ridiculous - get to the point.
Steve - Yeah buddy.
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2011 at 2:03 AM
"factory bicycles are not the enemy"ReplyDelete
No, they are not the enemy...but they are pieces of shit. I was looking at one of these "bicycles" the other day. As I stared at this object which came from one of the box stores, I was searching for any parts of value. The reality is that aside from the schrader tubes, brake cables and perhaps the ball bearings the entire bicycle was disposable. The crimes this bicycle represents in my mind are several. Many if not most end up as land fill and not even recycled. The parts bins of the future will not contain these un-tunable brakes and work-once derailleurs. The bewildered owner will cycle through several in a short period of time often becoming frustrated with bicycles in general. The designs themselves are often deleterious for the owners with geometries that can often only be described as weird or bizarre. A century of refinement and improvement in mechanics, materials and design out the window. Even in times of plenty it is foolish to persue this end. (one sad part is that they could do better)
Of course there is nothing wrong with profit. We all have to make one. However, it stands to reason that if these companies did not produce bikes at a low price point then effbuilders here would stand to make a better living. It is my opinion that there is at least something wrong with child labor, dangerous/heinous working conditions, environmental atrocities, culture destruction etc etc.
I can keep my eyes on my own plate with respect to what I do and how I do it. At the same time I can rant, rave, protest and speak out against what I feel is wrong and should change. In hopes of convincing one more person to vote with his/her dollars and buy a fine frame from Garro, Paul or Sachs. Other than trying to educate the consumer I suppose a tarrif or two might be in order. If someone can undercut US effbuilders because of what I would view as an unfair advantage (safety, enviro regs and labor issues) then Id be open to tarrifs that discouraged their import and encouraged domestic production. This would be good for us and good for them as it would not reward bad behavior.
So, now that the shit-talking is all done...Can you write me in your will and let me have that Campy tool kit? Please?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2011 at 10:43 PM
Yesterday I was kinds cynical. I am more optimistic today. Today I am thankful for the fleet of disposable bicycles out there. What better advertising for the handbuilt industry.ReplyDelete
China just seems like a long way away.....just sayin.ReplyDelete
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To win two of the biggest games of 1999, the Indianapolis Colts and St. Louis Rams both played similarly aggressive first-half football Sunday, repeatedly interspersing first-down passes with passing-down runs.
Proving that offense-minded teams can win that way that early--in an NFL game's first 30 minutes--Indianapolis got ahead of Miami by 14 points in the second quarter, when St. Louis opened a 21-point lead on Carolina.
The Rams needed a big fourth-quarter defensive play--an interception-touchdown--to hang on, 34-21, and win the NFC West title.
And the Colts needed two, long fourth-quarter field goals to beat the Dolphins, 37-34, in the most important AFC East game of the year, one in which Miami could have tied for first.
In both Miami and Charlotte, the home clubs lost because their offenses played safe, predictable football too long and came to the party too late.
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Second-Half Form Reversal
During the second half of the Indianapolis game, Miami's Dan Marino appeared to be the best quarterback on the field--as he normally is whenever his conservative coaches allow him to throw first-down passes.
Thus, the Miami crowd saw a striking second-half form reversal:
Attacking the Colts the way the Colts had earlier attacked the Dolphins, Marino caught up, 34-34, with a series of first-down passes to wide receivers Tony Martin and Oronde Gadsden that succeeded for the usual reason: On first down, their opponents played Miami to run the ball.
On one third-quarter move, Marino, who had spent much of the first half handing off to rookie running back J. J. Johnson, drove 55 yards on successive first-down passes, throwing to Gadsden for 22 yards and then to Martin for the 33-yard touchdown.
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On 2nd and 12, Manning Can't Do It
Extending a classic form reversal, Indianapolis in the second half ducked into the shell that Miami had inhabited in the first half.
Most of the time, unaccountably, the Colts asked quarterback Peyton Manning to hand off to running back Edgerrin James on first down and throw only on later downs.
In other words, for most of the second half, the Colts played conventional NFL 1999 offense, playing into the hands of a Miami defense that Coach Jimmy Johnson had built for that kind of offense.
On one series, for example, after Jimmy Johnson's fast and nimble defensive players had thrown James for a two-yard loss on first down, Manning was required to throw on second and 12.
Predictably, that pass was intercepted and returned for a touchdown.
Play-calling had changed Indianapolis' gathering rout into an even game.
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Colts Can Beat Jacksonville
It seems likely now that the AFC's representative in the Super Bowl next month will be the winner of the Jacksonville-Indianapolis game.
The Colts in their current eight-week winning streak have come that far that fast.
When they were playing their game during the first half in Miami, nearly every Indianapolis play was either:
A Manning pass or fake pass.
A James run or fake run.
In a word, the Colts mesmerized Miami.
On the plays when Manning slipped the ball to James, the Dolphins' cornerbacks, having bought into Manning's pass-play fakes, were repeatedly down the field and out of position covering Indianapolis receivers.
On the first-down plays when Manning faked handoffs to James, the Dolphins' linebackers, having bought the fakes, were struggling forward to tackle James as Manning's passes went over their heads.
An offense that can do that to Miami can do it to Jacksonville.
* * * *
Edgerrin's Team Fakes Out Miami
On every NFL defensive team, the cornerbacks in every game have two priorities.
On pass plays, they retreat to cover the other team's wide receivers.
On running plays, they come forward, where, on the edges of the line of scrimmage, they are coached to force ballcarriers inside.
The force play is indispensable to running-play defense. But in Miami Sunday, when James was running the ball for Indianapolis in the first half, nobody was there to force him inside.
Miami's defensive backs were all running with Indianapolis' receivers.
The Colts' aggressive play-calling, combined with the Manning-James fakery, had removed an essential defensive ingredient.
As one result, James gained 130 yards and scored twice.
James is the NFL's great new running back--a fast 6-footer who at 216 pounds combines agility with power.
But Miami wasn't overpowered Sunday. It was faked out.
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Runs No Safer Than Passes
The play that put Miami in a 17-3 bind in the first quarter was a 25-yard touchdown run by Indianapolis strong safety Chad Cota who, instead of standing deep for the pass that might have come his way if Miami had thrown more often, was standing at the line of scrimmage as the play began.
There he picked up a Dolphin fumble and easily carried it in.
The player who fumbled that time was Jimmy Johnson's prize rookie, tailback J.J. Johnson, and it happened on a first-down play.
That's when Johnson likes to run Johnson--in part because runs are considered safer than passes.
Explaining themselves, conservative coaches sometimes say that when you throw the ball, only three things can happen, and two of them are bad.
But nothing is really safe in football. And against today's defenses, bad things can happen on running plays, too.
For example:
Three tacklers can hit you at the same time.
The first man in can tackle you while the second goes for the ball.
The first man, gambling, can throw his head into the ball.
This time, three Colts hit Johnson. Simultaneously. That can hurt.
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Marino Great As Ever
The Miami-Indianapolis crowd saw a vintage Marino performance.
The man still has almost all of his talent.
Thus, on occasional scrambles against Indianapolis, he threw the deep-out pass with all of his old power.
And on all three of his touchdown throws Marino invariably illustrated that he still has whatever it takes: long-ball accuracy, medium-range zing, short-range touch.
He remains one of the great passers of the century. But in recent years, because Jimmy Johnson prefers running plays on first and second down, the coaching staff has graded Marino--downgraded is more exact--on third-down production.
And on third down, no passer can be consistently effective.
A third-down pass is a test of defense, not passer.
So the Marino story is, in a sense, a sad story.
Though a Super Bowl champion in ability, he may never get back there because his coach, a great one, misunderstands one thing only: pass offense.
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Coaching Is the Difference
The quarterback of the future is, in any case, Peyton Manning, who has one advantage on Marino: an understanding offensive coach, Tom Moore.
Even though Moore goes into a shell occasionally, he does understand that it takes a constant run-pass threat to budge a modern defense.
Hence when Moore is on his game, you never know whether the next Colt play will be a Manning pass or a James run.
By contrast, you nearly always know that the next Miami play will be a run--unless it's third down.
Amazingly enough, the Indianapolis head coach, Jim Mora, is as conservative as Jimmy Johnson.
When he was in New Orleans, Mora's offense was as predictable as Johnson's.
But with a 93-78 record in New Orleans, he was a winner there--the only one the Saints have had--so you know he's head-coach material.
And you can surmise that after Mora employed Moore for one year in New Orleans, 1997, he realized that at last he had an offensive brain on his staff.
The Colts are where they are largely because, on offense, Mora defers to Moore.
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Greene's Late Hits Hurt NFL
In Charlotte, North Carolina, Sunday, Ram quarterback Kurt Warner threw his first two (of three) touchdown passes before Panther linebacker Kevin Greene smashed him after the ball was gone on another pass play.
It was the first big hit of Warner's career.
He was dropped like a boxer downed for a count of four or five--and that, obviously, was Greene's intention.
Although the league will probably rule that it wasn't a late hit, I'd say it was.
Greene, head down, kept sprinting toward Warner for a long moment after he could have held up.
A few minutes thereafter, Ram linebacker Todd Collins, drawing a bead similarly on Carolina quarterback Steve Beuerlein, held up, and only brushed the passer.
I've seen Greene do it his way before.
His late hits hurt the NFL as much as the passer.
He should be punished.
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New Trio of Giant Winners?
What did it take to create the most surprising score of the week--maybe of the year?
That score, in Sunday's battle for New York: Giants 41, Jets 28.
And the explanation lies in an amalgamation of three new Giant performers: reborn quarterback Kerry Collins, rookie running back Joe Montgomery, and sudden signal-caller Sean Payton.
Payton, the quarterback coach of the Giants, was appointed to his new role by the club's former signal-caller, Coach Jim Fassel. On Sunday, he involved Collins and Montgomery in the offense in much the same way that Indianapolis, in most games, has used Manning and James.
Payton got three touchdown passes from Collins and 111 yards from Montgomery, the Giants' second-round draft choice from Ohio State who, with perfect 1999 dimensions--228 pounds, 5 feet 10--was making his first NFL start.
The big winner, with 341 passing yards, was Collins, the despised quarterback who had been hounded out of Carolina and New Orleans.
Collins hasn't really been the same since he took an illegal hit two years ago that was much like the hit Kurt Warner took Sunday from Kevin Greene.
Some quarterbacks need longer than others to get over such a trauma.
Collins, perhaps, is over his at last.
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Raiders Turn Back a Good Team
The 6-6 Oakland Raiders beat a solid team Sunday when they took care of 8-4 Seattle, the conqueror this season of Buffalo, Green Bay and Kansas City.
The Seahawk drive to a third-quarter touchdown, which closed Oakland's lead to three points, 17-14, seemed to be the beginning of something pretty good.
Or, for the Raiders, not so good.
The Seahawks set up that touchdown with a barging first-down run by Ricky Watters out of a four-receiver formation, and they scored it on a slick Jon Kitna pass down the middle to erstwhile holdout Joey Galloway.
But in that crisis, the Raiders regained the momentum with a touchdown of their own, then held on to win, 30-21.
This has been something of a hard-luck season for the Raiders, who, if you could change three or four plays, could be a division winner.
They're one of two AFC West also-rans who will be heard from next year. The other is Denver, which lost strangely again Sunday, 16-10, on an 80-yard Kansas City punt return by a fading specialist, Tamarick Vanover, who was reportedly about to be cut.
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At Last: A Tip on the Broncos
Media reports out of Denver that quarterback Bubby Brister lacked an adequate knowledge of the Broncos' playbook four months ago, when he replaced retired John Elway, do more to explain the defending champions' plight this season than almost anything else that's happened--including Elway's retirement.
During the exhibition games that Brister played for Denver last August, as any observant sports fan could see, he seemed repeatedly tentative and confused.
In brief, after occasionally outperforming Elway in 1998, he didn't appear to be ready for 1999.
That was, at the least, surprising--given the fact that Brister had known for six months that he was Coach Mike Shanahan's man.
Shanahan has been criticized in Colorado ever since he gave Brister the hook two weeks before the regular season began.
One writer wrote: "Any veteran player evaluated exclusively on exhibition-game performance is being unfairly evaluated."
Yes, perhaps, unless he's a quarterback who doesn't know the plays.
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It Isn't Just Elway
Considering Shanahan's record in Denver--where in his third and fourth seasons as a head coach he won the last two Super Bowls--the verbal abuse he's had to take there only a year later has set a precedent that ought to discourage other bright, young football men from aspiring to be NFL coaches.
The conventional wisdom in Colorado is that Elway's departure brought on a Bronco collapse, but that is a gross oversimplification.
If he were with the team now, Elway couldn't be doing a great deal better than any other passer minus running back Terrell Davis and the other injured Bronco starters, among them wide receiver Shannon Sharpe and the three Bronco defensive leaders who are on injured reserve and gone for the year: linebacker John Mobley, free safety Eric Brown and defensive lineman Alfred Williams.
Add in three other handicaps there--the year's toughest schedule, improving NFL pass defenses (which are all much better than Elway faced for most of his career) and the fact that every opponent is pointing for a rare two-time champion--and you have a recipe for just what's happened to the Broncos.
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Selected Short Subjects
The 8-4 Buffalo Bills, the league's bye club this last Sunday, will get running back Thurman Thomas back from injury for their upcoming game with the Giants and, presumably, for the rest of a December schedule of games that the Bills can win. Their big one will be played on Jan. 2 at home against Indianapolis. If the Bills are no worse than a game behind the Colts--on the second day of 2000 in blizzard-prone upstate New York--they may have a shot that afternoon at the AFC East title.
The Rams' best 1976-95 blocker, Jackie Slater, played in 259 games in various U.S. cities, setting a league record that Tennessee's Bruce Matthews broke Sunday. Though the Titans fell in Baltimore, 41-14, Matthews became the first-ever offensive lineman to play in 260 NFL games. A 1980s All-American at USC, Matthews is the most durable and efficient of the many blockers the Trojans have sent to the pros. Consider both him and Slater as future Hall of Famers.
Matthews on life in the NFL: "What I enjoy most about being an offensive lineman is the anonymity."
One of the more curious stories of a curious year exploded this week out of St. Louis, where the Rams charged that executives of both the Detroit Lions and Tennessee Titans wired up their stadium loudspeakers this season to pump in louder crowd noises than their in-person fans could create. The Rams said an NFL spokesman confirmed it--and if true, it's a violation of NFL rules. In any case, one of the major offseason tasks confronting the league is how to level the playing field for the hundreds of visiting players who can't hear their own quarterbacks now because so many thousands of hollering hometown people are guilty each week of unsportsmanlike conduct.
The Green Bay-Chicago game Sunday may have lacked some of the glamour it had long ago when it was the USC- UCLA game of pro football, but it's seldom been played with two better casts of receivers. One reason Chicago has won more often this season than any other cellar dweller is that Coach Dick Jauron and his receivers coach, Mike Borich, have developed three of the NFL's finest wideouts: Curtis Conway, Bobby Engram, and the third-year pro who stands third in NFL passing yards gained, Marvin Harrison. The Packer three are Antonio Freeman, Bill Schroeder and Corey Bradford. On a miserable, windy, rainy day in Chicago, where Green Bay won, 35-19, five of the six caught at least one pass each--all but Harrison.
Explaining things with a reference to his new receivers, Packer quarterback Brett Favre said: "They're not as talented as (Minnesota's) Randy Moss, but they're close."
And now in the NFC Central, Green Bay is close. The Packers, still a Super Bowl threat, have reached an eminence one game behind the leader, Detroit, a team that can be beaten occasionally in its next four--at Tampa Bay, at Chicago, at Minnesota and against Denver.


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Your "From the Crew" article in the recent issue of Home Power was great ("Energy Lessons in Action" in HP158.) I agree that showing your kids actual numbers is a very effective way for them to understand the concept of energy usage.
A very helpful energy-saver is an "occupancy sensor"—a replacement for a light switch. As the name implies, it has a motion detector that turns on the lights in a room when someone is present, and turns them off after the room is vacated. These are available at almost every hardware store around the country, and the cost range is $20 to $28 per switch. They are as easy to install as a new light switch. The nice thing about these switches is that it eliminates the need to constantly remind (both kids and adults) about conserving energy.
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In which issues concerning the profession of philosophy are
bitched griped about
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Mostly a friendly reminder - if you itemize your deductions, don't forget to include "Research expenses of a college professor." <- that's the IRS so we're official.
Don't include: Commute, lunch with co-workers, or expenses to improve professional reputation.
Include any unreimbursed ordinary or necessary expenses: "An expense is ordinary if it is common and accepted in your trade, business, or profession. An expense is necessary if it is appropriate and helpful to your business. An expense does not have to be required to be considered necessary."
I figure that at least includes conference expenses and probably professional memberships.
-- Second Suitor
* Obviously I'm not a tax professional and all that, if you have a real question ask someone who knows!
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"An expense does not have to be required to be considered necessary."
*head explodes*
- March 10, 2012 at 12:02 PM
"List of Nondeductible Expenses
•Illegal bribes and kickbacks"
Well, damn.
- March 10, 2012 at 3:06 PM
- CTS said...
@March 10, 2012 3:06 PM:
What? I found that reassuring. :-)
- March 10, 2012 at 5:05 PM
Many academics should also use Schedule C to report honoraria (from textbook reviews, speaking gigs), book royalties, and any other revenue separate from your employment as a professor. The deductibility rules are somewhat more generous than Schedule A-Form 2106. Your business is something like "higher education consulting." You can get in very serious trouble if that revenue is not reported somewhere on your tax return and it doesn't fit under A-2106.
Use A-2106 for all the expenses related to your salaried work as a professor (union dues, travel to professional meetings, professional memberships, etc.) You also have to report the reimbursements you get (most likely, travel), but the rules for deductions on the tax form often exceed what you've been reimbursed, so you come out ahead.
- March 12, 2012 at 8:00 AM
I am pretty sure you cannot count as an expense professional membership. That looked like one of the things in the list of what you can't deduct in the file you linked to.
- March 13, 2012 at 8:33 AM
"Dues to Chambers of Commerce and Professional Societies
You may be able to deduct dues paid to professional organizations (such as bar associations and medical associations) and to chambers of commerce and similar organizations, if membership helps you carry out the duties of your job. "
- March 13, 2012 at 10:25 AM
"Dues to professional societies" Yes, you can deduct them. http://www.irs.gov/publications/p529/ar02.html#en_US_publink100026912
- March 13, 2012 at 12:16 PM


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Sept. 23, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A week after earning NEWMAC Doubles Team of the Week plaudits with Melissa Diskin in the No. 2 spot, Anastasia Vishnevetsky received her second conference award, this time paired up with Leslie Hansen at the No. 1 position.
The duo recorded an 8-0 victory over their opponents from Mount Holyoke College en route to an 8-1 team decision. Vishnevetsky has yet to surrender a game in doubles action as she and Diskin dismissed their foes from Springfield College the previous week by an 8-0 margin.


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Edson Buddle is on his way to the Colorado Rapids.
The LA Galaxy announced on Friday that they have traded the 31-year-old forward to the Rapids in exchange for Colorado's first round MLS Supplemental draft pick and allocation money. The move comes after the Galaxy acquired the rights to Colin Clark and William Hesmer in Stage Two of the Re-Entry Draft.
Buddle re-joined the Galaxy in February after a brief stop with German second division club Ingolstadt 04. The forward was limited to just 25 appearances in all competitive competitions during the 2012 season after undergoing right knee surgery in May. The U.S. World Cup veteran also made a pair of appearances during LA's 2011-2012 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals defeat to Toronto FC in March.
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Highland's Call
Added Nov 4, 2013
Mykolayv, Ukraine
A simple but effective suit, very warm. The colourstyle of the fabric reminds me the Ukrainian Carpathians (mountains) thus the name was born ( although I'm not sure what it will remind after burda's playing with pictures but anyway…:-))
I was very short of fabric: at first I bought a small piece for a skirt but after my coming home, I thought that I want a suit and am skillful enough to make a suit without too many expenses. So, here we are – me and my suit:-) The fabric is really thick and warm so while I was working it occurred to me that to make a coat – that is the right and stunning thing would be of the fabric… hmm:-)
So, as the fabric is warm, I wanted a skirt with a one-piece band and I had to choose very thrifty pattern for a jacket to satisfy my ambitions :-) And, of course, all the stripes had to coincide in all the control points of the both items and the symmetry should be kept.
For the skirt I chose the pattern from from Burda magazine 2/2009, #128 and the idea for the jacket was taken from Diana Modern (Ukrainian issue) 10/2013, #9. The latter suited me because of one-seamed sleeve and the zipper instead of buttons, and collar-free :-); I also made it a little longer and omitted a peplum.
The suit is very comfortable and colourful and my colleagues came up to me today for telling compliments:-)
Material Notes
Double woolen jersey with addition of some p/a (I guess), the fabric is very dense and keeps the shape very well, besides it's of a good quality because I almost had no problem with joining the stripes – a couple of pins were enough to get a nice seam ( as a rule, when the fabric is thin, it takes me all my pins reserve to keep the stripes or checks on the spots:-)).
For the lining I used dense viscose silk ( I guess it would be good to make a parachute ).
And, the most impressive, it took 1.80m x 135cm of the fabric to sew the suit. All the parts were cut across.
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Nov 7, 2013, 09.50 AMby Anne Wagenhauser
Great outfit from a lovely fabric! Colours & print suit you, great job!
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Nov 7, 2013, 08.14 PMby Oksana Starzhynska
Thank you very much:-)
Nov 6, 2013, 08.12 PMby MandieW
Great colors for you. So simple and pretty!
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Nov 7, 2013, 08.13 PMby Oksana Starzhynska
Thank you very much;-)
Nov 5, 2013, 05.19 PMby liliv-1
I have told you before that I looove your style!!! You must be the most well dressed lady in Ukraine and sure you are one of my favorite sewers here. I like very much the suit…keep sewing and posting you are a great inspiration;)
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Nov 5, 2013, 10.02 PMby Oksana Starzhynska
Thank you, liliv, very much! Your words are friendly, flattering, pleasant and encouraging as always:-)) I promise to do my best:-))
Nov 5, 2013, 12.15 AMby schnui
Really lovely suit Oksana and it is a shame the photos are so dark as I am sure the colours of the fabric would be beautiful. You have sewn it perfectly and I can imagine that your work colleagues gave you many lovely compliments. Well done.
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Nov 5, 2013, 06.01 AMby Oksana Starzhynska
Thank you, very much for a nice comment!
The only way to add the pictures was to make their brightness three times less. I'm very sorry about all the crafters who add their projects and see Halloween images instead of their work.
Nov 4, 2013, 10.07 PMby puffinlove
I love your suit! Very versatile, and obviously warm enough for "playing" in the garden :-) And I am impressed by your economical cutting!
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Nov 5, 2013, 06.05 AMby Oksana Starzhynska
Thank you very much! The seller couldn't believe me when I came back to buy more ( but not much!) fabric with the intention to make a suit:-)
Nov 4, 2013, 08.21 PMby kisses
Love the fabric and you made in the perfect emsemble
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Nov 5, 2013, 06.06 AMby Oksana Starzhynska
Thank you very much, kisses!
Nov 4, 2013, 05.37 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Really lovely Oksana! You look like you are in a modern fairytale :) Great job – and I like the jacket with zipper very much. The nice thing with this lovely outfit is that you can use it seperate or together :-)
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Nov 5, 2013, 06.09 AMby Oksana Starzhynska
Thank you very much:-) To visit an either modern or an old fairytale is always good:-) And you are right as for separate wearing.
Nov 4, 2013, 05.36 PMby Mary Athey
Oksana wow!!!! This is one fabulous suit and you look gorgeous in your photos. The fabric is so lovely and you teamed it with the perfect top. Great work, i love it x
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Nov 5, 2013, 06.10 AMby Oksana Starzhynska
Thank you, Mary, for both the compliment and the adding:-) The fabric is really great.
Nov 5, 2013, 06.35 AMby Mary Athey
I would love a suit like that oksana x
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Since modern world associates Tantra with sex, I took a peep into Tantric sexual literature. Several books and articles are available on Tantra and most of them just arouse sexual curiosity. Some confuses the reader. But some western scholars have done detailed study on the subject.
Here I am sharing some of my findings:
- It is hard to give a particular period to Tantrism. Most scholars believe it is pre-Vedic. Shiva and Shakti are main gods in Tantrism. They are a symbol and represent the male and female. Some Tantric texts are conversations between Shiva and Shakti.
- It has close relation to the modern Advaita philosophy of Shankarachraya, the oneness of all being. So, Tantrism believes that the 'first life energy' is present in all of us and we can invoke it in our activities in daily life including sex.
- Foreplay is of great importance in Tantric Sex. But Orgasm is given little importance. The period just before orgasm is of utmost importance. Tantric sex tries to maintain that particular effect for a long time – in fact for hours. This is often misunderstood as prolonged orgasm.
- The ardhanarishwara, half-man or half-woman, concept is a part of Tantrism. Touch, kissing, breathe all are used to create the energy by the partners. The partners unknowingly join in the cosmic dance – don't mistake it for real dance. They gaze at each other and keep the eyes open in foreplay and forget about their surroundings. Several different types of touch are practiced in Tantric sex.
- There are several rituals, movements, touches and exercises in Tantric sex but it should not be practiced without the help of a knowledgeable person.


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The two lines in question...
Anaru: "Wuan-piisu ino"
Horny middle-aged ephebophile: "Wuan-piisu, asatte..."
... or something like that :heh:
"You should squeeze the pus out of a wound. However, since he's rotten to the core, if you squeeze it all out, there might not be anything left".
Oh, Tsukuro, you... :heh:
The "is Menma a ghost or a hallucination?" debate can hopefully be laid to rest now. There's no doubt she's a ghost, since she revealed something only Menma, Yukiatsu (and apparently Tsukuro) could have known.
Not much to say about this episode. I seem to be the odd one out here, I find it very interesting and enjoyable to follow, but this anime doesn't really pull on my heartstrings. They're trying a little too hard in my opinion. Menma crying every episode is getting old.
But still it makes more sense to me bringing as an excuse to go shopping (even very liberally translated), rather than watch a kid's show.
In other words, it is very strange how Naruko got stuck with such friends, she is way too naive :heh:
But no one said anything about going shopping, just something like "we're off. Naruko-chan says she not feeling too well. Also, I have school early tomorrow, after all, and I want to watch One Piece too"...
Loved the episode as usual. Though I wasn't really sold on Menma's crying (I kind of felt 'numb' to her now, it's like I already know she's gonna cry every episode), but Yukiatsu's scenes are really well done. It's better than any soap operas on air here. :heh:
I enjoyed the awkward conversation between Anaru and Yukiatsu on the train, as well as everything with Tsuruko in it. I'm hoping we're finally getting to know more of this ice queen next episode.
And my, Poppo scared me on the last part. It's like he's lost it with his expression. Poor guy :(
This episode was quite good, other than the stereotypical rape guy, and the annoying crying. The characters are starting to behave like people, although it still strikes me weird that half the group seems to need a serious talk with a psychologist. Yukiatsu seems to have had a sudden mental reversal, but it's not too bad as his character now is much more real (the way he was talking with Naruko worked well), Poppo seems to have his own mental problems, Jinta is a NEET, and Naruko seems blissfully naive. End of the episode strikes a good question though, Why is Menma here? Why only to Yukiatsu? If ghosts can exist and appear to people why hasn't Jinta's mother seen him? You'd think he'd have a greater connection to his mother than a friend that died 5 years ago.
Looking a lil' crazy there, Poppo. :uhoh:
Thank God someone stepped in to prevent Anaru from being impure. In all seriousness though, she may be naive, but if I were a high school girl in a pretty dress, it wouldn't cross my mind that he's out to forcefully take advantage of me. Guys can be such jerks. Well, I hope she's learned her lesson now and finally ignore her
I don't get why people are complaining about Menma crying. She cried before yes but the tears at the end were very different.
Before it was sadness for friends and family or just childlike tears (think of when a child tries to have her friends make up and end up crying), but the one that end...ouch.
It's pure frustration. She doesn't know what she is and why she's there. Her friends are broken and she's helpless. First Yukiatsu, then Poppo is begging for her attention and she can't reach them.
Good job with Yukiatsu though. I've never really been on his hate bandwagon but it's good his wounds, deep and rather unhinged, are starting to heal. And hey he saved Anaru then tested her for the lulz.
...but we haven't learned yet why he blame himself for her death. :uhoh:
Oh, and it's confirmed Tsukuro is in love with a worthless guy and she can't help it. Too bad for Jinta's Harem end.
One last thing, I'm waiting for Jinta to throw his lot in. He has serious justifications for his passivity, but eventually he'd have to step up and do what he could for Menma and himself.
The last scene with Poppo calling Menma had me thinking he might have developed a thing for young girls because of her. He's visited Thailand three times now, judging from his map, hasn't he? I hear the lolita sex industry is pretty developed there. Then he visited Vietnam, and Dubai, and all these other really shady places across South-East and South-West Asia. Dude is obese and a few years off from becoming a full-fledged pedophile. Hopefully the Super Peace Busters save him as well.
Great points by both of you, and I largely (if not entirely) agree with both of you.
Yukiatsu has actually become the character that interests me the most in this anime. Every scene with him in it in this episode was great, and he had some excellent dialogue.
I also liked Tsuruko in Episode 5, who indeed had the wittiest line of the episode.
However, I also think that Okada is laying it on a bit too thick when it comes to Menma and her crying. If this was something like a 3 or 4 episode OVA that would be fine, but sustaining this high level of heavy emotionality for seemingly every episode of a one cour run is not something I'm capable of, I have to admit. I too am growing numb to Menma as such.
He DID use One Piece, the anime that comes on Sunday mornings, as an excuse to get out. He said he has to go since he gotta get up early in the morning, and don't want to miss One Piece. His friend goes dude that's day after tomorrow.
Later, Anaru tries to get out of the situation by asking him hey you don't want to miss One Piece right? To which he replies nah, that's day after tomorrow.
Japanese is my native, and I'm telling you, they ARE referring to the anime One Piece.
Malkuth is probably not a One Piece fan to know why this is imporant. ;) Then again, I think the whole situation was done tongue-in-cheek.
So Yukiatsu admits that he feels responsible for Menma's death. Since we still don't know the details behind her death, i'm assuming he feels responsible because of they way she turned him down and she became all flustered. At least a little tough love from Tsuroku helped him to stop cross-dressing. I wonder if he believes Jintan now ecause he knew about the hairpin that he gave Menma.
Tsuroku's lines were great once again. Didn't expect her to fid and keep the hairpin though. She really likes Yukiatsu but just frustrated that he won't get over Menma. Not surprising that she would still act normal around him though.
Anaru really has to ditch those girls. Any indication of how bad they were can be seen when they said they would stop being friends just because she's been a little distant from them recently. Also they expected something to happen when she left. She really is naive but she should pick up on these things, especially f she changes into sexier clothes.
Never liked Yukiatsu, but glad he followed her. I guess he picked up on Tsuroku's hint about the change of clothes. Though don't get why he asked about her virginity, kind of random. Like her cute reaction and being flustered about him asking her out though. Also being flustered about talking about Jintan. Didn't understand what he meat about both being left behind.
Jintan really has to step up and deal with why Menma is here. Felt bad when he side-stepped her asking to grant her wish. The guy is the least busy out of anyone possible but uses that as an excuse. At least he realized that he shouldn't have said that.
Popo finally showed a side of him that wasn't so happy go lucky. Was he replaces flowers by the river? I'm assuming that's for Menma. Also when he was eating dinner with Jintan, he looked totally desperate to see her. He really does miss her as well. Felt bad when he kept asking to see her and to help grant her nirvana. At least Jintan stepped up and made him stop, but the Menma was already crying by that point.
Team Broken Hearts! These two need to get together, if only to spur Tsuruko and Jintan (well, maybe not Jintan) into some drastic action.
This show is so depressing, but It's so enjoyable :heh:
Here's what I don't get... Menma can physically interact with things... why don't she just do something around the others to let them know that her spirit is indeed there... and communicate to the others that way? Its pretty apparent that she desires to talk to everyone about something...
While Naruko should definitely ditch her current ho bag friends, she still has to be comfortable around any new set of friends she would be around. I don't think she's there yet with her childhood friends. But that's pretty much where we're heading.
However, I personally find people slowly starting to believe Jintan as more gratifying than having the big revelation in one go. At the same time, Menma's desperation about her inability to do anything to support her friends adds a lot to the drama.
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