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Vermont women earn more than national averageFebruary 19,2013The Associated Press
Women's education and salaries have increased over the years, increasing their share of household income, but women on average still earn just 77 cents for every dollar a man makes.
In Massachusetts, where more people have bachelor's degrees than in any other state, the wage gap between men and women is the 13th largest in the nation.
Women in Massachusetts earn 77 cents for ever dollar a man earns, the same as the national average, according to the American Association of University Women, an advocacy group in Washington, D.C.
In Vermont, by comparison, women earn 87 cents for every dollar earned by men.
Counterintuitively, the wage gap expands as women move up the corporate ladder because there are fewer rules about compensation in upper management, said Victoria Budson, executive director of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School.
"It's incredibly important for people to understand that women's wages are key definers of a family's economic life," she said. "For the health of families, communities, and the state, it is imperative that women are paid fairly for their labor."
In households in which men don't have a college degree, women's financial contributions play an even bigger role. Men with lower levels of education were hit hardest by job losses during the recession, and wives' share of family earnings income surpassed husbands in these households, according to the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire study. Women married to men with a high school diploma or less provided 51 percent of the household income in 2011, a jump of 4 percentage points from 2009.
More educated men, on the other hand, tend to marry educated women, and these couples' earnings took less of a beating during the downturn, further widening gap between the highest and lowest incomes, said Andrew Sum, director of Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market Studies.
"At the bottom, women's share is going up largely because men's earning are going down," he said. "At the top, wives are both working more and earning more relative to their husbands, but their husbands' earnings are not declining."
Caitlin LoCascio-King, a lawyer in Auburn, Maine, quit her job in 2011 after she had a baby and started a part-time solo practice.
But she ramped up her hours last year when her family's health care costs increased and her husband's pay raises were not keeping up with the cost of living.
"My plan was just to bring in a little money to help my family," said LoCascio-King, 28, who has a 2-year-old and a 9-month-old and trades off child care duties with her husband, who works nights. "It has grown much bigger than that in large part because of the economy."
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Tyrone D. Lester Jr., 23, City of Norwich, Oct. 28, petit larceny and conspiracy sixth degree.
Larry J. Hall Jr., 40, City of Norwich, Oct. 28, petit larceny and conspiracy sixth degree.
Sara M. Hart, 20, Smyrna, Oct. 28, petit larceny and conspiracy sixth degree.
Justin E. Pittsley , 21, Cincinnatus, fourth-degree grand larceny and fourth-degree possession of stolen property.
Heather Diamond, 25, Sherburne, Oct. 28, petit larceny.
Russell W. Davis, 43 Oxford, Oct. 29, unlawful use of a debit/credit card, petit larceny.
Heather Llewellyn, 32, Norwich town, Oct. 29, bench warrant: petit larceny.
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Laurie S. Hitchcock, 20, South Kortright, Oct. 26, aggravated harassment in the second degree.
Todd K. Sage, no age given, Hamden, Oct. 29, driving while intoxicated and failure to keep right.
Patricia M. Closs, 34, Hamden, Nov. 3, third-degree unlicensed operation, failure to keep right.
Danielle G. Lister, no age given, Walton, criminal mischief in the fourth degree and harassment.
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Social media in the classroom provide unique opportunities for teaching and learning. This book helps you break through the hype, and shows you how to build a site in Drupal that incorporates the Web in your class, on your terms, to achieve specific learning goals.
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WHO Study: Forty Percent of Murdered Women Killed By Their Partners
A new WHO study also says men are six times less likely to be murdered by their partner.
"Most violence against women is by those who know her well and are supposed to love her," one expert says.
About 40 percent of women killed worldwide are done so by a partner, according to the World Health Organization's first global review of violence against women.
The problem isn't nearly as bad for men, who are six times less likely to be murdered by a partner than women, according to the review.
Heidi Stockl, a lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who led the organization's research, said in a released statement that the results show women are "disproportionately vulnerable" to violence and murder by an intimate partner, and that they have been "for far too long."
[PHOTOS: Obama Signs Violence Against Women Act]
Advocacy groups like the National Network to End Domestic Violence have long been sounding the alarm on the outsized problem for women. Cindy Southworth, a spokeswoman for the group says WHO's numbers aren't surprising.
"Women have less power in most societies. And violence against women generally is about misusing power against another person," she says. "So most violence against women is by those who know her well and are supposed to love her."
Kiersten Stewart, director of policy at Futures Without Violence, similarly cited the power dynamic between women and men.
"The use of violence is the enforcement mechanism of power and control. And homicide is the extreme expression of that," she said.
[OPINION: Rep. Michael Burgess, Babies and the GOP's Problem with Sex]
But others worry the WHO study will minimize the fact that men suffer from domestic violence as well. Christina Sommers, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and author of "The War Against Boys," cautions that the WHO study shouldn't be used to "implicate the average man" for these crimes.
"Men commit all crimes more than women. Overall, men are more aggressive and more violent," Sommers said. "However, the vast majority of men are not violent criminals. There is a small subset."
But the problem may be about to get worse, at least in terms of treatment. According to the National Network to End Domestic Violence, more than 10,000 calls placed to domestic violence shelters in just one day last year asking for a bed or counselor were turned away due to a lack of resources. With sequestration due to slash federal funding streams to these shelters, the number of calls could increase.
"We're looking at these staggering numbers of domestic violence, and then these resources are just drying up," Southworth said.
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One of the Millennium Development Goals is to reduce maternal mortality ratios by three quarters by 2015. While there has been progress, the numbers remain very high, with more than 500,000 women dying every year as a result of complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Half of which in sub-Saharan Africa and a third in South Asia. In developing countries, a woman's lifetime risk of maternal death is 1 in 76, compared with 1 in 8,000 in industrialized countries. In sub-Saharan Africa, one woman in every 22 dies because of childbirth.
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Kaze should've blown up by now.
The Virginia-born, Durham-based MC (pronounced "kah-zee") has been a veteran of the Triangle hip-hop scene for more than a decade. He was there in 9th Wonder's apartment, splitting pizzas and making beats, years before 9th became the superstar producer he is today. He's emceed hip-hop open-mic shows in Chapel Hill, where a young Greensboro teenager named Jermaine showed up a few times to rhyme. (You may know him today as rising young star J. Cole.) He's done tours with Ghostface Killah and the Clipse and opened up shows for Common, 50 Cent, etc.
As the man himself says, "I've done every feasible thing that I know how to do."
Sitting in the Cary Barnes & Noble one recent Sunday afternoon, the 36-year-old Kaze (real name: Kevin Thomas) looks back on what he's accomplished these past 10 years – mostly, what he's done right and what he's done wrong. The ball started rolling in 2003, when he independently released his debut album, "Spirit of '94." A year later, his old pal 9th Wonder offered to remix the whole project, supplying his own signature beats. It was eventually released as "Spirit of '94: Version 9.0."
Even with 9th co-signing on him, Kaze wasn't a part of his Hall of Justus/Justus League circle. Being the type of artist who wanted to make a name for himself on his own terms, Kaze persevered. "I was on the outside of that, but it kind of left me in a situation where I had to, like, be independently creating opportunities for myself," he says.
Kaze did go on to land some short-lived opportunities. In 2007, he got signed to Rawkus Records, which released his 2008 album, "Block 2 the Basement."
"They dropped my album in the dark," he says. "Nobody even really knows if that album even came out. It's kind of a straight-to-digital release. I pressed my own copies just because I wanted hard copies available." Things didn't get better when he moved over to Universal Motown in 2009, where he released a mixtape with DJ Whoo Kid.
"I'm doing everything to create momentum," he says, "and the label situation did nothing for me."
By 2011, Kaze found himself right where he began, as another Triangle rapper looking for a shot. He admits to being on the verge of a nervous breakdown. "When you're just chasing the right to do this as an occupation, it's a constant fight and a war," he says. "And it's just, like, so many times, I've been this close and, after that last time for it to not have worked, to kind of be, like, have people ask what happened to you and, you know, have a son come into the world and I lost my job. It left me literally at square one."
It certainly didn't help that he has been in the scene for so long that people assume he's comfortable being a local favorite. "I think that, here, people are familiar with me," he says. "It's kind of a familiar – like, an old hat, in a sense. Where it's like, 'Oh, there's Kaze. He's right there. He's down the street.'"
Of course, he knew he had to change things up. "The defining thing that's helped me succeed has maybe also been the thing that's kind of slowed my progress. It's that it's been a one-man show with me for a long time, and based between Durham and Chapel Hill. And, now, at this point in my career, I'm looking to say, OK, what else can I attain or do based here."
One thing he's definitely done is gone back to his independent roots. Earlier this year, he dropped a mixtape called "Black Kennedy," a collection of tunes that has the rapper discussing, among other things, his journey so far and what's he looking to obtain in the rap game at this point. The album also includes guest shots from local MCs like Jozeemo and Wreck-N-Crew.
Ultimately, even if he doesn't take the rap world by storm, Kaze wants to remind everyone why he's still doing what he does. "I do it because I love it," he says. "I do it because this is who I am. This is who I've grown to be. Because I do have a story to tell. Because I am part of Carolina's hip-hop landscape. Because I am a lyricist. Because I am a storyteller. Because I'm capable of making good music that's representative of our area."


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The St. Louis Rams have released wide receiver Torry Holt, a key member of the team's "Greatest Show on Turf" days.
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Releasing Pace and the 32-year-old Holt creates $14 million in
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By BRIAN SMITH
Three years in the making, but well worth the wait.
City and county officials came out Friday afternoon for the unveiling of a Texas historical marker at Chandor Gardens. Weatherford City Manager Jerry Blaisdell said the marker is just one of the things that makes the city great.
"It signifies the best part and why people come here, for our historical heritage," Blaisdell said. "The marker honors this historic property and is what makes Weatherford unique in so many ways."
The marker is placed at the entrance of the facility and is a fitting tribute to the Chandor family, according to Chandor Gardens Manager Karen Nantz. The garden is reportedly one of four peace gardens in the world.
Bill Warren with the Parker County Heritage Society, who wrote the application to have the marker granted, said the process involved several months of research before being submitted to the county level for review and editing application and then on to the Texas Historical Commission. Warren said the application for the marker was approved in Feburary 2011, but making the markers and inscribing them took the most time.
"We actually received the markers (in December) but with everything going on with the holidays, we decided to wait before having the ceremony," Warren said.
Warren praised Weatherford officials for helping with the nomination process. Former mayor Joe Tison told a crowd of about 50 people he was asked by resident Jamie Bodiford-Brinkley to buy the property back in 2001 but contended the city didn't have the money.
"I had never been out there and I saw the place and I knew we had to buy it," Tison said. "It's a wonderful way to get away from the hustle and bustle of daily life and enjoy some peace and quiet."
Tison said the city did not buy the property for now but for generations to come. He said the city parks and recreation department have done a tremendous job of keeping the facility up over the years.
Harold Lawrence, president of the Parker County Historical Commission, said he was proud the application was approved after some editing of what would go on the marker and said there are other markers being considered for county areas, including parts of the Bankhead Highway and the Mount Pleasant Colored School.


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Before I start talking about the Rapha City Rain jacket here's a large space for all you Rapha haters to fill without having to make the effort of scrolling down to the bottom to the comments section and saving you the bother of even reading the review (actually they will have scroll down to the bottom - ed - so might as well read the review on the way… except on Facebook where they can jump straight in… i'll stop now).
Right then, now that's out of the way, the Rapha Rain Jacket comes to you inside a really quite vibrant pink waterproof draw-stringed storage bag so whilst resting between jobs it can rattle around protected inside a courier bag, Rapha say it's to keep the jacket from damaging other belongings in your luggage but it's more likely to stop it being scuffed, frottaged and covered in awkward sandwich stains, or to stop the jacket getting tainted by any cheap tat you might put in there with it.
The jacket is obviously designed to be ridden in, the rear is tailored long for fit on the bike and there's a zipped stowaway pocket back there hiding a storm tail that can be pulled out for extra protection against spray, and because it's in the same vibrant pink as the storage bag, extra visibility too. The storm tail also has a reflective Rapha logo printed on it so you can let the headlights of those who trail in your wake know how much you've spent on your jacket. And let's not forget it's farrrrrr more stylish than plebeian mudguards. All of this is kept cinched tight to the waist with an elastic drawstring on the hem.
The arms are long enough to not leave a wrist-gap when stretched out on the bars and the cuffs are tailored to extend down the back of the hand for further coverage and secured with a Velcro wrist-strap. It took until the third ride to notice that the wrist strap is reversible with the alternate side being in contrasting neon pink reflective material, oh my. A little note of stylish safety, especially when indicating, and it matches the bum-flap. Internally the ends of the arms have light neoprene baffles for extra warmth and to stem the flow of cold and water past the wrists. Nice.
The collar is cut high up onto the neck, fitting right under the chin and all the way along the hair line at the back providing as weatherproof barrier round the neck as you can without resorting to a dry-suit. For comfort the waterproof zip is offset to the right so it doesn't rub annoyingly under the chin and it has flaps both inside and out to further halt wind and rain, while the inside of the collar is lined with a lightweight fleece. Snuggly.
Despite the claims of a high breathability fabric extra ventilation is provided by vents between the shoulders underneath storm-flaps and a perforation of holes under the armpits, again protected by a flap.
Storage is minimal on the Rain Jacket, there's a single pocket in the front on the left, understated and just right for putting gloves in when at the cashpoint or keys once the bike is locked, there's a small internal chest pocket that's about the right size for some credit cards and other small valuables. Out back there's a single right-handed pocket, with a waterproof ring-pull zip for ease of fumbling, again, it's not a large pocket, just there for essentials and the Rapha essential/pointless bit of sewn-in bon mot.
Also wonderfully minimal is the branding, with the just the Rapha logo embossed on the left sleeve, the dark blue is a colour that works better in the pub or office than on the bike where a lighter colour might be nicer for dim days, dark nights and myopic motorists. It's perfect however for those who want to look smart on the bike, or have to look tidy wherever they arrive without draping dripping faded and grubby dayglo yellow-wear, moist from both the inside and out over the back of the door. It's the sort of thing they can manage in other countries whilst cycling, why can't we do it here?
The Rapha City Rain Jacket has clearly been designed by someone that has had enough of wet and rainy city riding and commuting, everything fits just–so and all the damp gaps in the other rain jacket's armour have been plugged by this Rapha one. The neck sits high enough to stop those annoying rain drops that fall straight down the back of the neck on more capacious garments, the arms are long enough to prevent that cold and tedious inch of wrist-gap left by those jackets designed by someone that doesn't get in the drops and the overall cut of the City Rain Jacket is snug enough that it doesn't flap about in the wind and rain, yet roomy enough to fit 'normal' clothes underneath, and despite being so comfortably sealed against the elements the jacket thankfully breathes so well that you don't get just as soaked from internal precipitation.
Having a Rapha City Rain Jacket in the wardrobe, or hidden in the bike-bag, brings a wry smile to any rainy day when you look out the window at enough water smashing out the sky to sink the bravest heart and drown most waterproofs and realize that it's mostly irrelevant with the Rapha jacket on. Step out into the tempest and the jacket will shrug it off; light drizzle means nothing, rain is merely a tedious annoyance and in the usually lethal to jackets combination of gale force wind and sideways rain the Rapha City Rain Jacket performs flawlessly, keeping all of the wet out and letting all of the sweat out, making the epic entrance to the coffee shop both stylish and dry. Impressed.
The Rapha City Rain Jacket is a lovely bit of schmutter, the fit is absolutely spot on when hunched over the bars, but still stylish when propping up bars. Details are essential yet minimal and put there by someone that does a lot of urban riding, and the fabric and design of the jacket keep the rider completely removed from any moisture. Yes this Rapha Jacket is expensive, what do you expect, although if you're quick the current £180 Rapha winter sale price will help a bit on that score, ultimately whether you think it's worth it or not probably depends on how much you don't want to arrive somewhere looking like you've just cycled through the rain.
road.cc test report
Make and model: Rapha City Rain Jacket
Size tested: Dark Blue, Medium
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
Rapha say their City Rain Jacket is stylish cycling functionality designed for very wet conditions. Created with a more urban aesthetic than the lighter-weight Rain Jacket, this piece is durable, windproof and highly water-resistant. The jacket comes with a waterproof bag to keep the jacket from damaging other belongings in your luggage.
That ticks all my boxes.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
Waterproof fabric, fully-taped waterproof seams, highly-breathable membrane, zip-away, high-visibility storm tail and neoprene cuffs for warmth.
It's not a light stowable jacket, but then it's not designed to be.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
Perfectly, it made riding in the rain a pleasure, almost.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
The fit, the waterproofness, the pink bits. It not looking like a cycling jacket.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
Nothing, apart from the price, natch.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes.
Would you consider buying the product? Yes, in the sale.
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes.
About the tester
Age: 42
I usually ride: It varies as to the season. My best bike is: The one I\'m on at the time
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: road racing, cyclo cross, general fitness riding, fixed/singlespeed, mtb, Fun
I've got one of these and I flippin' loves it.
It's on sale at the moment too - almost bargainous now that it's forty quid less...
I can't afford it, therefore it's crap. And so on...
Seriously, this looks ace.
Yeah sorry - I don't care how good it is, I'm not spending more on a rain jacket than I spent on my last pair of wheels - If that makes me a "hater" (nice pigeon holing of your readers btw) then so be it
I can't afford one either but that doesn't make it a bad jacket… and I'm not sure you are saying that either, Jo's comment is I think aimed at those who think that it does.
Plus from a kit reviewer's point of view it does get a little wearing when you're objectivity and honesty is called in to question if you give some pricey clobber a good review. Although strangely that only really seems to happen when it comes to Rapha reviews
Wearing Rapha is more a sign of affluence than practicality or performance. There's really not a lot to like about this brand IMHO.
so it seems the comment at the top of the review about not bothering to read the review (or any Rapha review) is wholly justified
i'm lucky enough to have had the chance to wear a wide selection of clothing brands over the years and the Rapha gets pulled out by choice more than the others because it's both practical and performance led, i apologise if that comes from someone who has actually worn it rather than just having an opinion on it, i'm sure most people who have actually worn Rapha would agree.
I've been lusting after this since it came out. If it's as good as the road Rain Jacket then it's going to be a top piece.
On the subject of Rapha hating - I buy their kit because it's really well made and therefore lasts longer than other makes, it looks fantastic, it fits my body shape perfectly and it comes with a free repair service so if I deck it I can have my clothes fixed. I also buy it because it pi$$es people off.
The problem Rapha have is an image problem ... where other manufacturers have different ranges to cater for different budgets, Rapha only cater for the high-end of the market.
Plenty of brands do this - looking at comparable gear, Swrve and Chrome are aiming at a similar market and are not wildly different in price (a little cheaper, perhaps, but not what I'd call a different ball park making it a different market). I don't see what the issue is with aiming at the high end - if they make things that work really well and look really good, why would they not price it as high as people will pay for that combo? And why should they be criticised for doing that?
Have to say that I love Rapha clothes but never pay full price for them (usually get them for half price or less in the sale) - the quality and attention to detail is second to none.
The Paul Smith Merino top that I got for £50 is worn every day and is great quality.
Just received the Rapha Bomber Jacket which I paid £80.75 (sale price plus 15% discount), and at that price it's a great buy.
Only Rapha items that I own that I'm not to keen on are the cream base layers which have so many sweat stain marks that they look like they've been used to mop up the urinal floor in a train station toilet.
As per usual, I see we have our two camps forming:
camp 1: people who *have* worn it saying it's good. and expensive.
camp 2: people who *haven't* worn it saying it's bad. and expensive.
draw your own conclusions on that one
The main issue is whether or not the rather steep asking price is justified by the quality/performance/styling/etc
vecchiojo reckons it is, and he's worn it. you reckon it isn't, and you haven't. i'm sure he has a wardrobe full of jackets to compare this one to.
Wearing Rapha is more a sign of affluence than practicality or performance. There's really not a lot to like about this brand IMHO
that quote shows who the biased one is here, IMO. like vecchiojo says, you didn't bother to read the review at all, just looked at the price and got your fingers and opinions out.
I managed to pick up the Paul Smith version this weekend for £105 (from a small Paul Smith shop in London near Bond St), which I was very happy about. Used it twice, and it's awesome. Looks good on the bike, looks good off the bike (even though it's purple ), it's very breathable, and there are some lovely touches, as stated in the review.
They've still got some small and mediums left if anyone wants one.
As for price: I wouldn't have paid the RRP.
some people know the price of everything and the value of nothing
in my wardrobe i have some cycle clothing that at the time of purchase was ridiculously expensive but as it's still being used over ten years later that expense has slowly been forgotten as it's flowed into value, in fact some of it has been handed on to friends who still use it on a frequent basis, adding further value
i feel the Rapha City rain Jacket will be one of those bits of clothing i shall be pulling on in a decades time
some people know the price of everything and the value of nothing
in my wardrobe i have some cycle clothing that at the time of purchase was ridiculously expensive but as it's still being used over ten years later that expense has slowly been forgotten as it's flowed into value, in fact some of it has been handed on to friends who still use it on a frequent basis, adding further value
i feel the Rapha City rain Jacket will be one of those bits of clothing i shall be pulling on in a decades time
That's true — they're good "investments" if you amortise the cost over time. I've bought some Rapha gear at full retail price, and don't look back and regret the expense at all. It's lasting well, and still performs.
Ah the Dreaded R@ph@ debate rears it ugly/beautiful head yet again. Price vs poseability factor..I mean performance.
I have been in both camps despite owning several R@ph@ garments. The quality is usually always top notch...I have never paid full price for any R products bought.
...I am not a racing snake, does that make me a poseur? I am not in it for any investment value...I will wear my cycling gear until it either is destroyed thru my own clumsy endeavours/washing machine mishaps/size issues...(me getting lardier).
I couldn't justify the price of a jacket such as this due to financial/economic 'displacement' ...i'm skint and I think the wife and kids would appreciate food more than a Rapha jacket...but if I had spare cash and found the fit suitable...I'd have 3 in different colours to suit my mood on the day...or I'd buy something equally as useful, whatever the price...
I think a lot of people despise the big R brand due to their 'ethical business' practice...threatening 'underdogs' etc..remember the (s)TØRM in a Teacup issue...ah well each to their own...contenders ready.....
let the war of words commence...(yet again)
The big pink arseflap is totes amazeballs.
It looks like a sexy lady baboon's arse. Or a prolapsed bum-gland. Or some sort of sub-cultural signifier of deviant lusts.
I like it.
I bought the Rapha-Paul Smith version (same but in black) when it went on sale on the Rapha website […]
Ditto, but at a lower price, making it a better alternative to the Gore coat that I'd been considering, due to the less emphatic "bike" styling. Discreet until you drop the bum flap, which as an ageing punk, amuses me.
As long as you're not buying cheap stuff, most good quality clothing will last a decade ... I have an Addidas sweatshirt that has lasted over 35 years, and many other items of quality clothing that I've had for well over a decade. You don't always need to pay high-end prices to get durability.
A bit of a generalisation. I have two year winter club tops by Vermarc that are knackered and a Rapha winter top at three times the price bought in 2007 that looks brand new. You get what you pay for and I wonder if someone with a 35 year old sweat shirt is really qualified to discuss 'high end' at all? If only Millets had a cycle range eh? : )
Silly me. You're probably right....
Either this is either brand manager heaven or hell, I" m not sure which but if we believe Henry Ford then it is heaven
I came late in life to road cycling and simply looked for decent kit that was not neon, the choice is limited and Rapha stands out in that group as a bit elegant. Add to that a commitment to quality and it starts to have another level of appeal difficult to ignore if you have a little extra change.
It may not be for everybody and i suspect that aspect is in the brand profiling (don't you love marketing) so we should not all agree on this. In a world where it is possible to spend £1700 on a set of wheels it is surely possible to sell a jacket for £220 and applaud the maker
I have some Rapha kit and it is good stuff, the winter jersey is especially effective and I love it. I didn't go for the tights preferring Mavic but do have several base layers and a pair of touring shorts, very good fit and pretty smart - as I'm 61 and in management I probably won't be sporting them at the next board meeting
£105? or £150?
£105 if you're talking about the Paul Smith Rain jacket… I was tempted in the sale, all gone now though
£105 in the tiny near Bond Street store. Stickered at £120 — they put it through at £105.
Spendy but lovely, as ever. I would dearly love one of these but I won't be buying one unless they knock about a ton off the price due to ongoing domestic austerity measures.
I broadly agree with the get what you pay for argument but I do think Rapha go slightly beyond that point and edge into the realm of the piss take. Good luck to them I say.
Every once in a blue moon I'll be able to buy a Rapha item (like my completely gorgeous pink Stowaway jacket) and for as long as quality stays as high as it is, I will relish those opportunities.
£105 in the tiny near Bond Street store. [...]
Avery Row, 'twixt Brook Street and Grosvenor Street - I always find something good there. Be warned - it's completely rammed on Saturdays.
ah never been a rapha hater but i think i might be join that elite group.
just bought the team mitts and found a made in china label. first and foremost i have no issue with chinese made products. the thing i have issue with is a company pretending and implying british through and through.
shutt vr are better priced and british made so i will stick to them and torm now.
the gloves are lovely but £50(i paid 30 in the sale) they charged £4 delivery, would have only cost £2.70 recorded, they were just regular post.
i assume the ceo of rapha starts bbq's with £50 notes. so clothes at 3x times the price and no usp apart from the fact they have a teeny splash of pink.
so some poor f++ker gets paid 0.26p per hour, max of 1 hour per jersey? sports wool slab £10 -£20 a meter maybe? delivered to your door for £160. happy christmas
yours sincerely russ raphahater parkin
ah never been a rapha hater but i think i might be join that elite group.
just bought the team mitts and found a made in china label. first and foremost i have no issue with chinese made products. the thing i have issue with is a company pretending and implying british through and through.
shutt vr are better priced and british made so i will stick to them and torm now.
the gloves are lovely but £50(i paid 30 in the sale) they charged £4 delivery, would have only cost £2.70 recorded, they were just regular post.
i assume the ceo of rapha starts bbq's with £50 notes. so clothes at 3x times the price and no usp apart from the fact they have a teeny splash of pink.
so some poor f++ker gets paid 0.26p per hour, max of 1 hour per jersey? sports wool slab £10 -£20 a meter maybe? delivered to your door for £160. happy christmas
yours sincerely russ raphahater parkin
Rapha are pretty open about where they manufacture - aside from the leather gloves which used to be made in britain (and I don't think are anymore) their stuff has always been manufactured in the far east. It's the same for most top end brands - the cost of purchase is not relative to the cost of manufacture alone, it's based on a combination of manufacturing costs, design and research costs, marketing costs and the price of similar goods.
What I'm sure Rapha would say you pay for is design (meaning both fit/cut/materials and styling) and r&d. What i'd say you pay for is a bit of design and a combination of performance, styling and branding.
You can get similar stuff for less - you mention Shutt VR and Torm. I have some of both of their kit. Shutt is decent, but I ended up sending some of it back because the cut wasn't consistent and everything apart from the first jersey felt flimsy. Torm is good too, but the range is pretty limited.
The thing I struggle to understand about the so-called 'haters' is that Rapha isn't doing anything unusual - they make stuff that works very well, and that a lot of people think looks good, and they charge a premium for the combination. Why does that make them hateworthy? If it's too expensive, just don't buy it. I'd love to own a Ferrari, but I can't afford it (and if I could I probably couldn't justify the expense). It doesn't mean I hate Ferrari and think they are ripping the world off with their overpriced supercars. If Rapha were pushing up the price of essential, life-giving items, I'd understand. But they are unashamedly a luxury brand, and no-one could claim that they need Rapha stuff to survive but can't afford it. So what's the justification for hating them?
i spoke to their marketing manager since this post. i stand by it being overpriced to a point but in terms of fashion clothing i know this happens massively. i have sort of forgiven them but maybe suggested they make it clear that they are very much not made in the uk. and i still stand by the gloves are lovely! oh and in terms of cut of garments thats irrelivant unless you have a taylor whos a dab hand with lycra/sportwool. torm stuff fits me perfectly, rapha and shutt can be variable, thats not their fault, its mine and my love of pies and my funny shape generally.
I never thought they were anything but open about the fact that there stuff is made in China, (despite all the classical styling which I suppose doesn't shout Far East Manufacture) they had a very interesting blog posting on their site not long ago all about KTC the company that makes their clothing http://www.rapha.cc/made-in-china
And to be fair to them they are also a lot more open than some other high end cycle clothing brands about where their garments are made
Once again, an item on Rapha generates the most comments. Like Apple on a tech website, haters gonna hate, yet Assos appear to escape the VFM criticism. Go figure!
back to my last post, got a voucher code through and decided to get the bomber jacket on their clearance. paid out of my own money £75 post voucher (and had £55 in paypal anyway)all i can say is all is forgiven, THE finest piece of clothing ever bought. there is no way this is being used for cycling, it could be ridden in but ultimately its a pub jacket with a bum drop. love it. but jersey wise i will still stick with torm/shutt. simple economics etc


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"Heroes of the Hardwood" makes its debut in this edition of The Tribune-Democrat.
"Heroes" is the extension of our statistical spotlight on area student-athletes. Our "Legends of the Fall" football stats package has run on Thursdays for the past decade or so.
While some label me a statistics nut and local sports history buff, I must admit that compiling a dual statistical package for 29 area PIAA teams that play boys and girls hoops is a bit more complex project than the football package.
But with the help of area coaches and resources such as team/league websites and the comprehensive MaxPreps.com, the numbers eventually added up.
The goal is to run the compilation weekly, accompanied by a column highlighting some of the players' accomplishments.
A quick glance across the boys stats reveals the all-around success of Blacklick Valley senior Dalton Cesarz, whose 319 points and 29.0 scoring average led the area entering the week. Cesarz also averaged an area-best 13.6 rebounds a game with 150 boards. His 39 steals were good for 3.5 a game.
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Johnstown sophomore Tashayla Smith led the area with 15.2 rebounds a game. Richland senior Katie Gehlmann had an area-high 5.1 assists a game (61), while Westmont Hilltop senior Erin Rodgers had 4.7 assists a game.
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— LEWISBURG — The cooler temps in the Valley are welcome right about now as the Lewisburg Community Pool shut down Monday while a pool pump is repaired.
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Critically acclaimed veteran sportswriter Frank Fitzpatrick takes readers courtside for one of the greatest upsets in college basketball history, the 1985 Villanova/Georgetown national championship showdown
A veteran Philadelphia Inquirer sportswriter and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Frank Fitzpatrick has long followed and covered Villanova basketball. In all that time, nothing compares with the Wildcats' legendary 1985 upset of Georgetown—a win so spectacular and unusually flawless that days after its conclusion, sports columnists were already calling it "The Perfect Game."
The game, particularly its second half, was so different from what observers expected—so different, in fact, from what anyone had ever seen that a shroud of myth almost immediately began to envelop it. Over the years, the game took on mythological proportions with heroes and villains, but with a darker, more complex subtext. In the midst of the sunny Reagan Administration, the game had been played out amid darker themes—race, death, and, though no one knew it at the time, drugs.
It was a night when the basketball world turned upside down. Villanova-Georgetown would be a perfect little microcosm of the 1980s. And it would be much more. Even now, a quarter-century later, the upset gives hope to sporting Davids everywhere. At the start of every NCAA Tournament, it is recalled as an exemplar of March's madness. Whenever sport's all-time upsets are ranked, it is high on those lists, along with hockey's Miracle on Ice. Now, through interviews with the players and coaches, through the work of sociologists and cultural critics, through the eyes of those who witnessed the game, Fitzpatrick brings to life the events of and surrounding that fateful night.
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"A veteran Philadelphia sportswriter revisits the thrilling 1985 NCAA national championship basketball game… [Fitzpatrick] insightfully deconstructs the racial framework surrounding the game, the appalling bigotry aroused by Thompson's disciplined, unsmiling, walled-off Georgetown team, and he reminds us of the cultural impact of the Hoya-inspired boom in athletic merchandising and the merger of hip-hop and basketball. An unforgettable game recalled in all its glory, but with its warts remembered too." --Kirkus
"Fitzpatrick profiles all the key players as well as the coaches, tracks the schools' journeys to the finals, and provides an appropriately breathless account of the game, which was one of the last to be played without the three-point shot or a shot clock. Ranked as one of the greatest upsets in college basketball, the 1985 title game continues to give hope to underdogs everywhere. A very intelligent bit of basketball history." --Booklist
"The Villanova Wildcats' victory over the Georgetown Hoyas in the 1985 NCAA men's basketball championship remains one of the greatest surprises in sports history… Veteran sportswriter Fitzpatrick (And the Walls Came Tumbling Down) is at his best weaving the stories of the two schools and their basketball personnel." –Publishers Weekly
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"Fascinating. . . . One of the best books ever written on the rise and fall of a great college football coach." —Allen Barra, San Francisco Chronicle
"A rather startling success ... [Fitzpatrick] relies on his own tenacity and attention to detail with just the right amount of historical perspective." --Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Praise for And the Walls Came Tumbling Down
"Brilliant." —ESPN.com "An admirably researched account of the barrier-shattering championship game that slam-dunked segregated college basketball. . . . Fair but devastating in its portrait of persistent prejudice, this is a landmark account of a landmark event." —Kirkus Reviews
Praise for You Can't Lose 'Em All
"A fascinating look inside team dynamics ... Afine baseball book, sure to be savored by fans for years to come." --Booklist
FRANK FITZPATRICK has been a sportswriter for The Philadelphia Inquirer for more than thirty years. He has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and his numerous awards include first place from the Associated Press Sports Editors in the Best News Story category. He is also the author of Pride of the Lions: The Biography of Joe Paterno, as well as And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Kentucky, Texas Western, and the Game That Changed American Sports. He lives in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
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CREDIT(S)(1958, Rev. § 52-577p; 1993, P.A. 93-286, § 1.)