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Do you know what 11-11-11-18 means?
11-11-11-18 – Do YOU think college students should know what these numbers mean?
Do YOU know what they mean?� I this as a question for a BONUS on a study quiz for my "American Government & Politics" students @UW-Whitewater last week.� A handful of the students accurately earned the FULL bonus credits.� A few noted "Veterans Day," but that was NOT the correct answer.� Most did not respond.� When I taught American History and AP US Government & Politics at Parker High School, I chose to require students to memorize the meaning of "11-11-11-18" and put it on a test as a high point question.� Do you think my practice was reasonable and appropriate?
TODAY is VETERANS DAY!� 11 am is the time when many ceremonies are held TO REMEMBER.� I know there will be a ceremony at 11 am today in the University Center at UW-Whitewater which will include a gun salute outside the Center.� I did encourage my students to attend the ceremony.� How are YOU observing VETERANS DAY today?
Reading newspapers online this morning, I appreciated the numerous OpEd columns and articles which focused on VETERANS DAY.
I appreciated Chris Marvin's OpEd column, "For today's veterans, service isn't over when the uniform is put away" published yesterday in the Washington Post.� Chris Marvin is an Army veteran.� He founded "Got Your 6," a campaign to bridge the civilian-military divide, in May 2012.� I encourage you to read the whole column.
I want to highlight a few points he articulated:
"I fought in Afghanistan. When people learn of my military service, I get a variety of comments — none more common than 'Thank you for your service.' My response sometimes surprises people. I look them in the eye and say, 'You're welcome.'
"For years, I struggled to find the appropriate response. I felt uncomfortable when thanked because I didn't know what to say. My friend and mentor Eric Greitens , who founded the Mission Continues, experienced similar feelings. He suggested that I simply reply the way my mother taught me.
"When I began to respond with 'You're welcome,' I was concerned that it shocked people. I wondered if I was being too flippant or prideful. Then I realized that their reaction said something about what 'Thank you for your service' now means in American culture. The phrase has become a reflex for civilians who don't know what else to say. Most people today play a minimal role in national defense beyond expressing gratitude to those who have served on their behalf.
"Many civilians may genuinely wish to have played a larger role in America's recent conflicts — if only from the home front. In lieu of participation, they offer thanks. Society has normalized this practice, with the result that some Americans consider uttering thanks to be a fulfillment of their patriotic duties."
How do YOU feel when YOU say, "THANK YOU" to a veteran?� What does it mean for YOU?
Chris provides valuable perspective, "Afghanistan is now our nation's longest war. Everyone who served in any branch of the military since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks volunteered to do so. Five million Americans knowingly and willfully joined and reenlisted in wartime."
"Post-9/11 veterans are asking to be engaged, empowered and held to high expectations. We yearn to be told by a grateful public that our talents are still needed here at home.
"This Veterans Day, on behalf of my fellow Afghanistan and Iraq veterans, I say to the country: There's no need to thank us. You're welcome for our service. But take a minute to talk with us. Ask us where we served, learn about what we did in the military and find out what's next in our lives."
I appreciate Chris' direct statement about the commitment of service by Afghanistan and Iraq veterans with the STRAIGHT FORWARD ASSERTION THAT WE THE PEOPLE NEED TO MAKE PLACES FOR OUR VETERANS!� Will YOU talk with a VETERAN today as part of YOUR observance of VETERANS DAY?
I read several other OpEd columns which I commend to you to read:
Phillip Carter, "For veterans, is 'thank you for your service' enough?"
Paul J. Caplan, "Just by listening, civilians can help veterans heal."
Mike Mullen and Steven A. Cohen, "A welcome-home gift for veterans: Jobs."
Let's make VETERANS DAY 2013 a meaningful day for our VETERANS rather than just an observance of a historic date and time:� 11-11-11-18.� What do YOU think?
John W. Eyster lives in the Edgerton area. He is an adjunct professor assigned with the online/distance education faculty of Viterbo University, LaCrosse. He continues his personal mission supporting democracy/civics education in Wisconsin K-12 schools through Project Citizen, We the People, Discovering Democracy (Milton HS). John is a community blogger and is not a part of The Gazette staff or management.


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TI cuts 1,700 jobs in OMAP shift
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SAN FRANCISCOTexas Instruments Inc. said Wednesday (Nov. 14) it will cut about 1,700 jobs worldwide as part of a previously disclosed plan to re-target R&D for its OMAP product line at the embedded systems market, away from smartphones and tablets.
Executives from TI (Dallas) said in September that the company would shift its R&D investment on the OMAP applications processor to focus on the embedded market, where they said the product line has an opportunity to capture a greater share of what it estimates to be an $18 billion market.
The announcement that TI would refocus OMAP caught many off guard because the product had notched a number of high-profile design wins. But analysts, particularly Will Strauss of Forward Concepts, said the trend in smartphones is toward integration of the applications processor and baseband processora trend TI can't keep up with because it began phasing out its baseband technology years ago.
At the time, TI also noted that Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.which together dominate the smartphone and tablet marketsdesign their own applications processors, leaving less of an available market for OMAP to compete in.
In an interview following TI's announcement Wednesday, Strauss said he was expecting TI to cut jobs after changing course with OMAP.
"We knew the hatchet was coming down. It had to," Strauss said. "They had a bloated operation there for the reduced market that they were facing."
But Strausswho said he was certain TI explored the possibility of selling all or part of the OMAP division prior to Wednesday's announcementsaid he was surprised by the number of jobs eliminated. "TI's way is usually more subtle," Stauss said. "But then again, we've got an overall market that is headed down right now."

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Update: 3 hospitalized after crash on Highway 14 bridge
TOWN OF JANESVILLE—An icy bridge was the primary cause of a head-on crash that sent three people to the hospital and closed Highway 14 west of Janesville for nearly two hours Thursday.
The crash on Four Mile Bridge sent a westbound Ford Escape spinning until it stopped with one rear tire over the side of the bridge's concrete side barrier. It was not in danger of falling into the Rock River, however, according to Rock County Sheriff's Office reports.
The Escape was driven by Cathy Venema, 54, of Darien. Venema's daughter, 20-year-old Shea Lahr of Clovis, N.M., was in the front passenger seat.
The Escape collided head-on with an eastbound GMC Envoy driven by Leslie Turkelson, 72, of Brooklyn, according to a news release.
Venema was initially listed in serious condition, according to the news release. She was later transferred to University Hospital in Madison, where she was in critical condition Thursday night.�
Turkelson was listed in serious condition Thursday night at Mercy Hospital and Trauma Center, Janesville, while Lahr was listed in fair condition at Mercy Hospital.
A third vehicle, a pickup truck driven by 38-year-old Chad Howlett of Evansville, sustained minor damage in the accident.
Turkelson was driving east on Highway 14 with Howlett's truck behind him. Investigators believe Turkelson lost control on the ice-covered bridge, causing him to cross the centerline, his SUV striking Venema's head-on.
Howlett drove past the collision, with the truck sustaining only minor damage. He was not injured.
The two SUVs blocked the highway in both directions. Janesville firefighters had to extricate Venema, Turkelson and Lahr.
All occupants wore seatbelts. No citations were issued and no further investigation is scheduled, according to the news release.
Cmdr. Troy Knudson of the sherriff's office noted that bridge surfaces often are the first to freeze in cold weather.
"The bridge had iced up. It was in particularly bad shape at that time," Knudson said.
The sheriff's office has asked the state Traffic Operations Center to inspect the bridge's side-barrier. The bridge remains open with traffic flowing freely, the sheriff's office reported Thursday afternoon.
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Rock County native invites hikers to discover glacier's gifts
Tess Mulrooney wasn't so sure she wanted to hike all of the more than 1,000 miles of the National Ice Age Scenic Trail in Wisconsin.
Then a group of women in their mid-70s put it to her politely: "Dearie, if we can do it, so can you."
Mulrooney began walking the trail in 2010 but was not committed to finishing it until 2012.
Through a Facebook group, she met more than a dozen hiking partners.
"Part of hiking the trail is having someone to share it with," she said.
This year, Mulrooney got serious about lapping up the miles.
The trail stretches from St. Croix Falls in the west, dips to Janesville and reaches back to Sturgeon Bay creating a giant S-shape. Maintained by volunteers, the footpath traces the southern edge of the last glacier that bulldozed through the state about 10,000 years ago.
About 600 miles of trail consist of official segments, marked by yellow blazes. The rest is on connecting routes, including rural roads.
On Saturday, Mulrooney is finishing the last leg of her long journey: a 5.7 mile walk from Rotamer Road in Janesville to Vernal Avenue in Milton.
The Madison woman is inviting people to join her as she becomes one of almost 100 who have completed the entire route since it became a work in progress in the 1950s.
Mulrooney hopes others will get hooked on hiking with the mastodons. The huge beasts roamed when monstrous flows of glacial ice sculpted Wisconsin, leaving behind depressions, hills and other gifts of the glacier.
The mastodons are long gone, but geological reminders of when they lived still remain. Among them are conical hills called kames and rounded ridges called eskers. The unique landforms are better seen in Wisconsin than anywhere else in the world.
Mulrooney points out that Rock County is one of only 30 counties in the state with miles on the ice age trail. Some segments wind through Storrs Lake Wildlife Area, Milton and Janesville. The highest number of people Mulrooney ever saw on a trail segment was in Janesville, where she counted 29.
Some of the county's 50.4 miles are on roads connecting to the trail in Walworth and Green counties.
During the past two years, the National Park Service has held meetings to look at how to move more road miles to prairies, wooded areas and recreational trails to enhance the hiking experience, Mulrooney said.
An employee of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Mulrooney thought she knew her state well.
But walking across the countryside and through cities has taught her so much more.
"The trail gives you a reason to go out and explore places that you might not see otherwise," Mulrooney said. "I have all kinds of new little cities that I know and love to visit, including Rib Lake, Cornell and Mishicot."
In addition, climbing eskers and hummocks are great for developing leg muscles, she added.
Mulrooney grew up in Janesville and later Lima Center. After getting her degree in data processing, she moved to Madison.
When she finishes hiking the trail, she looks forward to helping friends complete the walk and urges others to begin.
"I want to be as inviting and encouraging of new people as the 70-year-old women were for me," she said.
"The trail offers such an intimate view of our state."
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Update: Freezing rain advisory, sloppy driving conditions continue
The National Weather Service in Sullivan extended a freezing rain advisory for Rock County and surrounding areas for 6 p.m. Thursday through the evening Friday.
The Rock County Sheriff's Office has issued a news releases asking residents to be aware of the potentially dangerous road conditions, and the Wisconsin State Patrol has advised that traffic on Interstate 90/39 has been slowed or stopped in spots from Janesville south to the state line because of slippery conditions and vehicle slide offs.
Freezing rain continued to fall off and on throughout Friday evening, and Rock County emergency officials reported a number of minor vehicle accidents as road conditions remain poor.
Weather forecasts indicate the potential development of a winter snowstorm this weekend, creating continued hazardous travel conditions. Forecasters are calling for between 6 and 10 inches of snow, with potential snowfall accumulation of an inch or more an hour starting late Saturday and continuing throughout the day Sunday.
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Evolutionary advantage of seeing 'upright'
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Evolutionary advantage of seeing 'upright'
Hi I feel I should preface this by saying I'm not an academic in any way, I'm just curious. Also I'm slightly sleep deprived and this is the sort of thing my mind turns to. So forgive me if this is all quite trivial.
Anyway my question is basically what I've said in the title; as far as I'm aware, all seeing animals have what we'd term 'upright' vision i.e. the ground is beneath them. This combined with the fact our brain corrects the upside down image our eyes actually receive and - according to wikipedia - one study shows that the brain, given time, will even attempt to correct an inverted image if one tries to intervene by wearing glasses that invert everything.* Seems to suggest there's some benefit to seeing the world this way.
However, I can't fathom why this would be. The fact it seems to apply to all animals would imply it's quite a useful trait. All I could think of was that there's some sort of outside property (like gravity for a bad example) that would skew the process of evolution in a display of sort of coincidental bias but then that wouldn't account for the fact our brains seem to have a preferred visual orientation.
Ultimately, if you've managed to trail through my ramblings, I'd be interested to know the answer - assuming there is one of course.
It's useful, because it's useful to know that the ground is below you and not above. I can hardly think about any creature (even imaginary), which would have ground above (unless we're talking about animals living beneath surface, but they still have the same organization).
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
Why is it good to know that the ground is below though? After all ones sense of where the ground is would still be the same it's just the visual perception of it that'd be different.
Also, in the Wikipedia entry, it notes that when you invert someone's vision they're able to function perfectly fine.
Or since you are talking a bout perception, is it really what we think it is. Our brain generate an image of the world that fits our perception so that I am used to that vision. As you say if it was inverted by special glasses, your brain would try to correct its visual perception to match the rest. But since it is only a perception, it does not matter how the image in the brain is being built as long as it is perceived as a coherent whole.
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without
any proof. (Ashley Montague)
Yes ultimately which way up we see is irrelevant but this is my point; it's peculiar that our brains would opt to waste energy flipping the image received by the retina when leaving it as is wouldn't seem to be an issue.
I can't imagine that if the human race had developed seeing the world upside down we'd be any different. However there must be some benefit to perceiving the world this way. I suppose it's possible that this is just an evolutionary remnant of some sort.
Re: Evolutionary advantage of seeing 'upright'
LOL - this is a fascinating question. The bottom line is that there is no such thing as "seeing upright" versus "seeing inverted". To see this, suppose you have a person who sees upright and another person who sees upside down. Since birth. Now try to devise an experiment to determine which is which. You cannot do it.
Re: Evolutionary advantage of seeing 'upright'
Hi Beany. Interesting question. I think it has something to do with the convex shape of the retina. The camera also has an upside down image. However this doesn't explain why the brain changes it. Except that our orientation is with the ground beneath. We can't walk on our heads. However we could walk as easily if we saw our feet and the earth, above us. Hey this is a really good question! Why should the brain go to the trouble of reversing the image? What possible advantage could their be to seeing the earth beneath us instead of above? It might be something to do with left right orientation and the earths magnetic field.
This is an excellent question. Like you said, why would the brain "waste" energy if it wasn't important? I think we should really examine what Darby said first. What evidence is there that the image is flipped?
Re: Evolutionary advantage of seeing 'upright'
This question is so interesting because the answer is not what you might expect at first glance. Your brain does not "flip" the image. As Darby said, it simply processes it. I think newborn babies haven't learned to process it yet. If you fitted a newborn with image-reversing glasses, they would learn to process it properly. Then, when they grew up and you had two adults, one with glasses, one without, you could never figure out which had the glasses and which did not by asking them questions, (except questions like "are you wearing reversing glasses"). I mean, any question you asked them about which way was up and down, you'd get the same answer. Ask them if their image is "reversed" and they would both say no, it looks fine. There is no "up" or "down" other than what you have learned. Their experience will be the same. If you took the glasses off the one person and put them on the other, then both would see things upside down.
Hypothetical question: Let's say I hoisted you upside down by your feet, and asked you to point "down." Would you point towards your feet or your head? If vision is "upright," so that "down" always corresponds to the lower part of your vision (like you're saying), then you should point towards your feet (even though most people would call that "up"). On the other hand, if down is defined as the direction that gravity is pulling you (vestibular sense), then down is towards the Earth, which is the opposite of "upright vision."
What I'm getting at is that your central assumption is wrong - vision isn't upright. What it actually is is integrated with your other spatial senses, specifically hearing, touch, and the vestibular sense. This "integration" process happens in the angular gyrus, a part of your brain located between the visual and motor cortices. You only assume your vision is upright because under normal circumstances all your senses are in agreement with your intuitive notion of what "down" is supposed to be.
Alternatively, imagine what it would be like if your vision was NOT in agreement with your kinesthetic senses. You would be able to see things, and recognize what they are, and see how they are positioned relative to each other, but you wouldn't be able to do very much with that information. If a predator was running towards you, you wouldn't know which direction to run in order to get away from it (as opposed to running closer to it). You definitely wouldn't be able to catch a baseball, or pick up a fork, or do anything that involved using vision to plan an action.
I suppose what I'm getting at is that a) you define "down" in terms of your senses and b) your senses should be in agreement with each other so you can form a coherent mental model of the world, therefore c) therefore down is usually whatever your senses tell you it is.
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Stomach bloating and weight gain
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OMG. Does my advice sound this ridiculous? Of course you will lose weight and your stomach will feel better if you just drank watered-down cranberry juice and fresh pears (not the non-nutritious canned pears where the nutrients have been destroyed and toxins added). But how long can you maintain that? How does it fit in with your lifestyle choices? And it is a symptom pacifier, not the cure to fix the problem in the first place. As soon as you stop, you will be right back where you were in the beginning.
And besides cranberry juice is for bladder infections. And it only provides an environment that the bacteria can not adhere to the endothelial cells of the bladder and urethra. You still need a bactericide/or your own immune system to kill the bacteria completely. Definitely a symptom pacifier, and weak at that. You need to have 100% cranberry juice several times a day, and 100% cranberry juice is not very palatable for most people's taste buds. Clinical trials have been done and are promising in keeping recurrenting urinary tract infections away when drinking the 100% cranberry juice for 12 months, but they were having a very high drop out rate in the trials and in the follow-up trials (not a loyal lifestlye choice perhaps?).
Also the cranberry fruit itself contains polyphenolic extracts that inhibit the growth and proliferation of breast, colon, prostate, lung, and other tumor cells, as do flavonols, proanthocyanidin oligomers, and triterpenoids. The unique combination of phytochemicals found in cranberry fruit may produce synergistic health benefits providing possible chemopreventive mechanisms such as apoptosis of tumor cells and anti-inflammatory activities including inhibition of cyclooxygenases. Of course this aspect is only being found in mice, and not in clinical human trials. Anybody want to eat cranberry fruit everyday? And in a quantity that would produce the same results found in the mouse experiments?
Kolean please see this link and comment.
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRel ... ds/mp.html
Re: Stomach bloating and weight gain
I ran across this while Google-ing my condition. Ironically, I was (past tense) a molecular biologist about 25 years ago.
I've read through this thread and can't seem to find anything similar to my situation - so I thought I'd take a try at asking if anyone had heard of this.
I am a 56 year old male, in good shape, and have exercised regularly for many many years. I am not overweight (in terms of fat deposits), though I am 5' 10" and about 210lbs. I've been about that weight for 15 years. I have had GERD most of my life and am on medication for it - and have been for years. Its not much of a problem anymore.
I've always had some degree of a distended belly - even as a skinny child. In the past 10 or so years, I've developed a "water belly" for lack of a better word. I tend to drink a lot of water - 6-8 liters a day. This is even greater at times when I have done lots of exercise. I also take Adderall (amphetamine salts) for adult ADD - which tends to dehydrate me somewhat and make that water intake amount necessary.
I'll wake up with only a slightly distended belly. Through the day, I get bigger and bigger. I'm sitting here now (late at night) with a big distended abdomen which by morning will be greatly relieved. Even if I cut out the Adderall, I still need to drink a decent amount of water - especially on days I work out. I have no other medical problems that I am aware of.
I would think that water would flush things through and even prevent bloat - as I have seen lots of people here talking about drinking lots of water for relief, etc.
I am going to see my Gastroenterologist next month for a (routine) upper endoscopy. I will ask him about this - but most Dr's tend to either tell me its nothing or submit me to foolish tests and come up with no answer. I do know that my stomach is slow in emptying - but its been that way for years and water should not have an effect on it. I think my whole GI system is slow - part of the underlying causes for GERD I'm afraid. But it's not that slow.
Since all of the GI motility drugs have been removed from the market other than Motilium (domperidone), I may try that - though It's a bit difficult as its not a US drug, and has to be obtained from Canada or England (with Rx, of course).
Anyone have any ideas? I am baffled. It seems to get worse and worse as I get older. I have lots of UGI studies as I need to have my reflux issue monitored - and nothing unusual has ever been found other than slight gastritis.
Living with a football in one's stomach is really annoying. If I don't eat or drink - I don't have that problem - but thats not a real life! Help!
MichaelXY -
Mmmm. That was alot on a website to digest. I found myself agreeing with the website authors at times, but then at other times not agreeing because they just dismissed the idea. It is a heterogenous mixture of claims on both sides.
Overall, I looked at the concept that if the digestive enzymes did not help me, that they would not hurt me either and that I would be just wasting my money. So I proceeded to try them and found out that they did work for me. Now I do have to say that they are just a symptom pacifier, and that I am still looking into the cause of my symptoms (lower abdominal bloating during the day - especially after eating a meal, and bouts of painful constipation). I've done an allergen test and found out what foods I am "intolerant" of, and have tried to keep them out of my diet. I have also added certain foods to help me repair any damage to my GI tract that may have occurred during my unhealthy eating of my youth (fast food mostly): mostly vegetables, fruits, and whole grains.
While this might not help everybody, it appears to be at least helping me.
I also wanted to add for anybody else reading this, that I am careful about what I eat. I do not eat any fast food or processed foods from the grocery market, and so I make all my own meals from scratch (time consuming, so my choices are getting to be real basic, and possibly almost just a raw food way of eating at times - I will choose to eat an apple or some other fruit over making cookies or muffins).
I also have become a vegan over the last 7 years
- started cutting out red meat and pork out (for a year),
- then chicken (the next year after that),
- and then dairy (took me 2 years to do this. I am tempted to say that casein is addictive)
- I will admit to having eggs every once in awhile but have noticed that mucus builds back up in my lungs when I do eat them and have to swallow aggregates thru out the day.
I also like to do all the "greens" that are available, and have my own sprouting system, and actually like wheatgrass juice (with a lemonade chaser though).
I have also done yoga and have taken my experience with controlled breathing techniques and meditation to calm my stress down. I try to look at my life and my environment in a positive way, so that my stress hormones stay at moderate or low levels. I also exercise 30- minutes a day, preferably something outside with nature: a 3 mile trail run is my favorite exercise to do every other day during the summer/warm fall season.
I also take the supplements of omega oils, Vitamin B-12 (actually a B-complex), chlorella, vitamin D (blood test showed that it was low), and my newest experiment is resveratrol and nattokinase (still debating with the effects I am observing, so I am continuing to use both of them to see a long term effect).
Thus, I am doing alot of stuff from many different angles. Which I believe is what people should be doing, and not just focusing on the one symptom and the one medication.
Glad your open to input, aside from pepsinogen, most other digestive enzymes take place in the intestines, and any proteins that enter the stomach will most likely be broken down or denature. If you feel these suppliments help you, then who I am I to argue, but you must consider the facts when spending large amounts of money on suppliments. It is my intent that people consider these things prior to spending the hard earned dollar or Euro, what ever the case may be. Best wishes...
There is alpha-amylase and gastric lipase that is in the stomach.
But you got me thinking about pepsinogen and how it needs a pH of 3.5 for optimal activity, and at least a pH of 5 for activation. Vegans are known to have a basic pH constitution, and I wonder if my stomach pH is not optimal. Would explain the orange juice cravings I have been having whenever I want to eat (providing an acidic environment at the time of the meal). The thought of swallowing a ph litmus paper and throwing it back up doesn't thrill me. Wonder how I could check the pH of my stomach. A question for my doctor friend.
This sounds painful. Maybe not.
http://www.medicinenet.com/esophageal_p ... rticle.htm
Not painful, cause I can handle pain, but very uncomfortable, which is hard to handle mentally. I have a very strong gag reflex, so the string down the esophageal may be very uncomfortable for me. The capsule would be cool as it goes thru my whole GI tract while giving data. Talking about uncomfortable, I am probably going to have to get a colonoscopy soon. Though it is going to be so cool to see the insides of my colon and large intestine.
I red most of postings about stomach bloating, seems like there is no concrete answer, I do not want to discourage people who has these symptoms including me, rather is a good news for you and hope that will work for you. Being a religious person I fast once a year for at-least one month, that means have your meal it could be anything before dawn and then eat nothing, drink nothing till sundown then break your fast with anything. Sound very tough, in the beginning you will feel miserable, but after few days will be ok_
you will feel lot better energetic this is my personal past experience and if you add prayer with it, that will be even better. and if you want to ask my religion I am happy to guide you.
Give a try.
Oh, brother. Fasting is ill advised in my opinion. Setting religion aside, fasting can send your body into a spiral of so many health problems I cannot mention them all. It is ill advised to fast. Consider this, if god wanted you to fast, God would never have given you hunger hormones.
Eat my friends... Quit worrying so much about your shape, this is unimportant, those that will love you, will love you regardless of shape.
Fasting to me can just be a mental focus, If you can eat whatever you want, but only at certain times, then you still could have saturated fat-fried donut cakes in the morning before sunrise and then stuff yourself with a huge overlycooked non-nutritious meal at night (not good on the digestion filling one's digestive system with undigested food before bed is not a healthy way to eat).
I've only done liquid or juicing fasts for only a week. And I try to drink the raw juiced fruit/vegetable medley meal every 3 hours. And if you add raw spirulina to the juice then you have your protein for day also. Cleans/detoxifies you right out, and doesn't make your hormones flunctuate during the day or night. The only thing missing is the fiber, but if you add the pulp from your juicing, then you have your fiber also.
I don't worry about my shape. It is my insides that I worry about. How abused I have been in the past with the foods I have eaten! I have alot of cleaning to do.
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5-Speed Conversion!
What is a 5-Speed Conversion?
A 5-speed conversion refers to transforming a vintage 10-speed bicycle into a 5-speed by removing one of the two front chainrings and the front derailleur system (see before and after pictures above). In the end, the bicycle is left with a much simpler set-up of 5 chainrings in the rear, 1 chainring in the front, and a single gear shifter. It works much the same as a 5-speed hub, only the gears are visible rather than hidden inside the hub.
Why do this? Doesn't it mean you have fewer speeds now?
Hard question to answer, but I will try: The advantage of a derailleur over an internal hub, is that it allows for much wider spaced gearing. Riding the Mercier around hilly areas, I can get by perfectly well with just the middle 3 rear gears. The 2 extra rear chainrings provide a nice "just in case" buffer of one higher and one lower gear than I'd ever need, but the second front ring (which provides 5 additional speeds) and the whole front derailleur system (which switches between the two front rings) are useless entirely in the context of where and how I plan to ride this bike. Given my certainty of this, converting it to a 5-speed made sense, because it would simplify the handling of the bicycle and it would get rid of extraneous components. Also, this bike (as many older French bicycles) was originally designed to have a rear-only derailleur system. This is evident, because it has a braze-on (on the downtube) for just a single gear shifter. So converting it to a 5-speed reverts to a traditional design.
If you're going to make it a 5-speed, why not use a 5-speed hub and ditch the derailleur system all together?
The main reason, is that no existing 5-speed hub could give me the same customised, wide spacing as a 5-speed rear derailleur. It's not just about how many speeds you have, but how useful each of those speeds are. Additionally, it would cost a ton of money to rebuild the rear wheel with a 5-speed hub, whereas the 5-speed derailleur conversion was inexpensive. And finally, I am trying to keep this bicycle fitted with traditional components, and French bicycles were traditionally fitted with derailleurs.
How was the conversion done?
Keeping in mind that the process will differ depending on your current set-up, here is what generally needs to be done, step-by-step:
1. Front chainring removal
Since you will only have one chainring in the front now, you need to figure out how to get rid of the second one. The main issue here has to do with how the crank arm is attached to the ring(s). On some bicycles, it is possible to simply remove the extraneous chainring and the remaining chainring will hold up the crank. On my Mercier, the two rings are a unit, attached to the crank via a proprietary bolt system. To make a long story short, we could not simply remove the extra ring. Rather than get an entire new chainring and crank system, it occured to me that perhaps the teeth on the bigger chainring could be filed off - turning the ring into a chainguard. I discussed the idea with metalworker and bicycle mechanic Jon Gehman, who is a reader of this blog, and he agreed that this was a good way to go. I then sent him the chainring for a "de-toothing" service, and he did a spectacular job.
Here is a close-up of what was formerly the larger chainring. Notice how beautifully the edge is done - giving it a professionally finished look.
2. Front derailleur removal
This was the easiest part. The Simplex front derailleur simply unbolts and removes. On the picture above you can see that the rainbow decal is a little worn where it used to be, but that is all.
3. Changing the shifters
The ease or difficulty of this step depends entirely on what sort of shifters you have to begin with. If your bicycle has separate (unconnected) shifters for the rear and front derailleurs, then you simply remove the one that controls the front and you are done. If your shifters are a unit, then you will have to remove them and install a single shifter instead. Above is a vintage Huret single shifter for mounting on the stem that I bought for this purpose. It's beautiful, "period-correct", and can be bought fairly inexpensively. The Co-Habitant installed the shifter and connected the cable to the derailleur.
Here is the Huret shifter installed on the stem. I am not 100% sure though that this is the ultimate solution. Originally, the Mercier had downtube shifters, and this is where the single braze-on is located. However, I do not understand how one is supposed to use downtube shifters on a near-upright bicycle. At least for me, and in traffic, they were too much to handle - especially given that the shifting has to be done with the right hand.
So now there is a cable stopper where the downtube braze-on is, and the cable then extends further to the stem. Though the Huret shifter is beautiful on its own, I am not sure how fitting it is here. For instance, the reason it is not all the way at the bottom of the stem, is that placing it here makes it hit the handlebar when it is moved all the way forward. Hmm, right? Your thoughts on this welcome.
Overall I am thrilled with the 5-speed conversion. The Mercier is light, easier than ever to handle, and now ready for its fate as Studio Bike. I admit that I am reluctant to send it over to the Studio and quite like having it here at home. But I also look forward to exploring a new neighborhood together... and to having less bike clutter in our apartment!
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i can see now how this shifter was designed for a stem with a longer reach (distance between quill and handlebar clamp). it seems that the short stem results in the shifter touching the handlebar when positioned farther down the stem.ReplyDelete
hmm... you could always adjust it so that you don't have to move the lever all the way forward to shift into the lowest cog.
Wow, that looks like it went over beautifully! I actually thought the larger front chainring was a chainguard that you had added, and had to go back and look again when you mentioned you left it on and just filed the teeth off. Whoever it was that did it did indeed do a beautiful job.ReplyDelete
I hope you can figure out the shifter issue to make it workable and comfortable for you.
somervillain - We considered that, but it would mean that the lever would be pointing towards the rider most of the time, which seems unsafe in the sense of posing an impalement risk if I happen to crash...ReplyDelete
Thanks portlandize, the chainring-to-chainguard conversion is indeed a work of art and looks beyond what I was expecting.
- AnonymousMay 7, 2010 at 5:05 PM
A wonderful explanation, aided by pictures, of the conversion process. As a relative newbie to the world of bikes, I wish more explanations of bike-related matters were as clear as this one.ReplyDelete
Very cool post. What kind of tool or machine is used to de-tooth the wheel?ReplyDelete
You seem to always think of more topics to post. I don't know how you manage to keep your blog so fresh and interesting...
Keep it up. Thanks
- SpindizzyMay 7, 2010 at 5:33 PM
AHH, Lovely, quirky French goodies for a charming old french becane.ReplyDelete
There is a chance that your shifter can be made to work better without modifying it. If you remove the screw holding the shifter onto the mounting band and slide the lever and the various washers and spacers off the post that it all rotates on, you MIGHT find that there are multiple positions that this assembly can be mounted in. If that is the case than just rotate everything one position anti-clockwise and re-assemble. If you don't find this fortunate state of affairs there are other options. The bottom metal arm(lowgear lever stop) that limits how far the lever can rotate down can have material removed from it allowing greater travel. It would not require many additional degrees of travel to gain a usefull amount of additional cable take-up. You would end up having the handlebar act as the highgear stop instead of the other existing metal arm and it would require a little trial and error on the part of the mech. who sets it up the first time but it would allow that shifter to be mounted lower on the stem. Maybe all the way down.
There are nice benefits to a long shift lever on a non-index shift bike, it requires less effort to move the lever which allows a little more friction in the system, which is good(within reason) on a system that requires friction to hold the derailleur in position. The other benefit is that for the same amount of cable travel, the lever moves a greater distance at the end where your hand grasps it making the sweet spot where the gear is properly engaged a bigger target, If you ever noticed that many of the old Schwinn 10speeds had long levers and wondered why, that was part of it. It was easier for people to find the gear when they didn't have to fiddle around moving a stubby lever around in tiny increments. I think Schwinn also liked long levers because it appealled to their desire to use the heaviest possible componant at every opportunity.
There is one more option to modify the shifter that would allow you to choose the lever position and be able to set-up and adjust the derailleurs in the conventional way, but it is not out-patiant surgery and requires just the tiniest bit of welding.
This bike of yours just gets sexier all the time. When I see pictures of it I start to have this fantasy with a Django Rhienhardt/Edith Piaff soundtrack and imagine the smell of great French cooking and quiet rides down charming Parisien streets with someone I have no business being with... Then some Renault dang near kills me at an intersection and I get in a shouting match with the driver and the Gendarmes turn up and it all goes to hell...
Can a one speed be converted to a three speed?ReplyDelete
Also, do you have an online address of where to get dress guards?ReplyDelete
Another advantage of the dérailleur is that it is both lighter and more efficient. What's more, you can always adapt to new conditions with a different rear cluster, or add a sixth gear if needed.ReplyDelete
- spindizzyMay 7, 2010 at 8:09 PM
Mon Dieu! How can Sr. Helga ask such a thing!! While the single to 3speed conversion is, how you say,"childs play", it is an affront to everything French!!! Have you seen a FRENCH 3 speed hub mon ami? I think NON! That particular endeavour requires the filthy english(small "e") Sturmey Archer contraption or the regrettably japanese Shimano item known the world over as the "tin can"(the"tin can.How revolting) Let us not even discover ourselves considering the overbearingly preposterous teutonic article deviously sold under the honorable FRENCH name Sachs... Why abandon the acme of mechanical perfection, THE DERAILLEUR!!!! Even the spelling of which is making me to tip my beret to the beloved Tri-Color!!! Did DeGaulle ride the excreble "3 speed"? Or Flobert, Camus, Marcel Marceu (admittedly his machine was invisible but we may be CERTAIN it was not so equipped)?! Of course not! It is not too late!!! You must abandon this fools quest immediately and submit at once to the gentle seduction of the DERAILLEUR!!!!ReplyDelete
I am finished.
Sr. Helga - To convert a single speed to a 3-speed you will need to rebuild the wheel around a 3-speed hub. This process has nothing in common with what I described here, since the derailleur is not involved.ReplyDelete
spindizzy, thank you. i haven't laughed so hard in ages.ReplyDelete
spindizzy - Yes, thanks indeed : ) And if it makes you feel better, I often wear a beret when out riding my mixte after a breakfast of omelette and brie.ReplyDelete
- Sr. HelgaMay 7, 2010 at 10:44 PM
mmmm, I couldn't laugh because I didn't understand a single word spindizzy said.... However, I found out what a derailleur is.ReplyDelete
Do you mean to tell me that single speed bikes are French?
I'm wanting to learn more about bikes...
I have seen French three-speeds. However, they had either Sturmey-Archer or Sachs rear hubs. The former est anglais, and the latter is German. (Ironically, during the 1980's, Sachs would acquire several major French component manufacturers such as Huret and Maillard.) So, yes, there is something juste about a derailleur on a French bike. Also, as Steve pointed out, the system is ligher and more efficient, and allows for a greater range of gear choices.ReplyDelete
What you've done is, in a way, similar to what I'm going to do with the Miss Mercian I'm building. It will have a single chainring in the front and an 8-speed cassette in the rear.ReplyDelete
However, my chainguard will be different from yours? Remember that chainguard with the floral cutouts you showed on an earlier post? I've just acquired one of those, and it's going on the Miss Mercian. And it will have fenders, porteur handlebars, stem, seatpost and "retro" water bottle cage from Velo Orange.
All I need now is the frame! That's expected in mid- to-late July.
Justine, I can't wait to see your frame, and I am curious what you think of that chainguard (quality-wise, and how easy it is to install). I will be getting a proper French-style chainguard for this bicycle in addition to the outer ring. More on that later : )ReplyDelete
That chainring looks fabulous, utterly natural.ReplyDelete
I was wracking my brain for a moment trying to figure out how he did it.
(I think I know. I'm starting to "get" machining.)
La Belle Mercian is getting cooler and cooler with each step. I'm sure it's without trepidation-she knows she's going to get a ride in at least weekly, even if it's just going out for Cafe Au Lait.
Et Spindizzy, Vous êtes un raie de gaieté et émerveillement. Sacre Bleu!
Corey K
- SpindizzyMay 8, 2010 at 7:13 AM
I don't know what came over me, sometimes I get lightheaded after too much boullabaise and wake up wearing clogs and a striped jersey with an accordian in my lap.ReplyDelete
I think that the best way to remove sprocket teeth is to carefully cut them off with a hacksaw or bandsaw (using a 32tooth per inch blade) and not cutting too close to the bottom of the valley between the teeth, Next, using a benchmounted disc or belt sander and laying the chainwheel flat on the sanders shelf, sand the remains of the teeth down to the point where the valley just dissapears, then using a VERY light touch ,keep the chainwheel flat on the shelf and gently touch the edge along the sanding belt or disc and sort of roll it along,don't use any pressure and keep it moving. If you are making more than a few sparks at this point you a using too much pressure. You are only trying to remove a bazillionth of an inch at a time. After a few(or a bunch)times around the ring you should have a nice smooth, round edge. I like to finish the edge with a good mill file so that there are no tool marks and if it is steel I recommend some wax or paint to keep it from rusting.
Aluminum chainrings are the easiest to do because they are so soft but they are also the easiest to screw up for the same reason. If you have a hacksaw and a good file you dont need the powertools but you will need ALOT of time. If anyone wants this done I will cheerfully do it for them for the cost of a John Coltrane C.D. or two, see the photos above for an example of my work(dang, now my secret identity is revealed and I'm going to have to behave myself on this blog...).
- SpindizzyMay 8, 2010 at 7:42 AM
Msr. Corey, do not be speaking your absurd foriegn languages to me, mon ami. The French language she is an encumbrance to all, including the french... The illusion of fluency is of sufficiency for me...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 8, 2010 at 8:57 AM
Interesting upgrades!ReplyDelete
I just had my 5-speed mixte changed from a downtube shifter to a thumb shifter, and it's made a huge difference for me. Maybe I should get around to posting the pics...
Sr. Helga: while I can't say I'm as well versed in bike knowledge as some of the previous posters, there are often French 3-speeds made with derailleurs. (They LOVE a derailleur.) You can see them posted on ebay.fr or http://www.velo-vintage.com/ if nowhere else.
To Sr. Helga and anyone else who wants a three speed:ReplyDelete
The best way to get a three-speed is to find an old bike (e.g., Raleigh) that is already a three-speed and to make sure the gears work. I would convert a derailleur or single-speed to an internally-geared three-speed only with an older (up to the early 1970's or thereabouts) Sturmey Archer hub. Quality on the later ones declined precipitously because SA never replaced or retooled their machinery. It was so bad that when SunRace bought SA about ten years ago, they found that they had to scrap nearly all of the physical equipment.
I don't recommend the Shimano three-speed hubs. (I'm not anti-Shimano, so this isn't a screed.) I have had two of their three-speed hubs, and neither lasted me more than a year of commuting. And, when I did ride them, I was breaking spokes about every 100 miles or so. Someone who knows about these things tells me that the reason I and others have broken a lot of spokes on the Shimano three-speeds is that the flanges are very thin.
I have no expereince with the Sachs three-speed. But from what I hear, they're not as good as the older SAs.
Anyway, Velouria, I really like your chainguard.
- AnonymousMay 8, 2010 at 1:10 PM
"Gear-hubs with a large number of speeds (Rohloff SPEEDHUB excluded) are generally less efficient than a properly lubricated and adjusted derailleur system in new condition. Less sophisticated gear-hubs such as the 3-speed hub (with only a single epicyclic stage per high/low gear, and direct drive in second gear), when run-in and properly lubricated, are however able to match the efficiency of similar quality derailleur systems, because the chain is properly aligned and does not run through jockey wheels of a chain tensioner. In real-world conditions, derailleur gears are much more likely to suffer inefficiency due to poor lubrication, extreme wear, excess dirt or inaccurate adjustment."ReplyDelete
Although the derailleur is indeed lighter and matches this type of bike better, I don't think it is more efficient. Also, a new SRAM or Sturmey archer 5 speed hub will have the same range of a 12-28 cassette, so there isnt't any considerable difference in range either. It is a matter of lightweight and historical matching vs simplicity and maintenance free option.
My Pashley's 5-speed SA hub has amazing range. You can't get started in 5th and you probably couldn't exceed 7-8mph in 1st.ReplyDelete
It's true that my Motobecane has derailleur gears, but I much prefer the IGH setup. So much so, that I considered getting a light road frame with track drop-outs and installing the spare 5-speed SA hub that we have from Velouria's Pashley conversion.
- HerzogMay 8, 2010 at 2:18 PM
Justine, innnnteresting.ReplyDelete
Do you remember whether your Shimano hubs were 333 or 3s? I've heard awful things about the 333, but I use a 3s and I like it for its smooth shifting.
I've also broken a few spokes on my rear wheel, although I never thought it might have something to do with the hub. I just assumed that the wheel was low quality and lost spoke tension over time.
Love the conversion to 5-speed!ReplyDelete
I just got done cleaning/polishing the Huret double stem shifters on my wife's 1975 Raleigh Sprite and they look great. I was considering replacing the front derailleur, also Huret, because the cage had completely worn thrnough from chain rub. Fortunately, I scored a NOS Huret cage on ebay. Don't know how I'd survive without it.
Well done and gorgeous as usual. I love the concept of using the large outer ring for a guard. I may have a candidate...ReplyDelete
@Sr. Helga; I purchase skirt guards from Morgan Imports in NC (look down near the bottom of the page).
Of minor grammatical interest the word "derailleur" means to derail and was used quite often in the context of train wrecks...how civilized is THAT?
- AnonymousMay 10, 2010 at 2:01 PM
Nice ride!ReplyDelete
I see your Huret shifter is in good condition. Unfortunately, mine is not so good. The pin that goes through the outside cap (over the bolt) has broken. Do you have any insight as to how this could be replaced or fixed? Might you know what an unbroken pin looks like or how it is installed?
Herzog: The first one I had was a 333 that came with a Miyata three-speed. The second was a Nexus three-speed that came with a Breezer. I no longer have either bike or hub.ReplyDelete
This is great! Any chance this conversion could work in reverse? For example, I have a 3 speed cruiser that I'm hoping to convert to a 5 or 10 speed to give me more speed so that I can use it as a commuter. Thoughts on whether this is feasible and what I'd need to do? I'm a complete bike newbie.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 12, 2011 at 2:51 AM
AS FAR AS REMOVAL OF MATERIEL ON OUTER CHAINRING FILE OFF EXCESS OR CUT OFF W/ HACK SAW FIRST THEN MOUNT A PIVOT PIN OF APPROPRIET SIZE SAME AS MIDDLE OF CHAINRING OR BUSHING HOLDING CRANK MAY BE PARTIALY SQUARE BUT CONCENTRIC MOUNT ON TABLE OF BELT SANDER(4x36)at center spin slowly w 120grit belt finish with wore out 400grit w rouge violla!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 12, 2011 at 2:58 AM
I HAVE A 1974 CAMPANIA 10 SPEED THE CABLE BROKE FOR FRONT DERAILER AND FRONT DERAILER WAS DONE I PULLED THIS BIKE FROM THE DUMPSTER!!! SO I PULLED THE CABLE AND FRONT DERAILER UNSCREWED THE SMALLER CHAINRING 5 BOLTS AND HACK SAWED IT OFF WHY PULL THE CRANKS TOOK 20 MINUITS ITS FAST AND FUN THE COPS HATE ME!!! NOT BAD FOR 50 BUCKS INCLUDING NEW TIRES AND TUBES AND GREESEReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 24, 2011 at 10:39 AM
I realize that this a year old, but if anyone's interested, on a recent trip to France we saw a LOT of French city bikes, mostly mixtes but not all, with 3 speeds - with derailleurs! The French bike manufacturers only wanted 3 gears on their city bikes but couldn't bring themselves to use S-A hubs?!ReplyDelete
My guess for the way that the teeth were removed on the outer chain ring is by use of a lathe. Simply turn the outer surface smooth. I assume that a professional metal worker has a lathe and the knowledge needed.ReplyDelete
WRT the single stem-mounted shifter, and (what I take to be your dilemma with asymmetry): I've seen a number of "single stem-mounted shifters" (always on the right-hand side), with a complementary bell on the left-hand side. It seems fitting, given one's willingness to shift with the right hand, that one's left hand might also play a roll. (ring a roll? play a ring? ring a bell!)ReplyDeleteReplies
My son just converted my 1972 Peugeot mixte to a 5-speed and mentioned that I could place a bell where the front shifter used to be. It wasn't clear how we could do that, or what type of bell works. Do you have any suggestions, directions?Delete
Nice to see someone else championing 5 speed conversions. I impulse bought a customised cro-mo vintage racer a few months ago for next to nothing only to discover it was a 5 speed when I got it home (but still had the front derailleur attached). After removing the FD, it only took a couple of rides for me to realise that this sort of 5 speed set up is absolutely brilliant and was perfect for the city, I also love how it looks. I'm a total convert to the idea now and I'm about to customise my newest bike in the same way.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 19, 2013 at 7:19 AM
I've often considered a 10-speed to be unnecessarily complicated. My old Dawes Galaxy tourer had ten speeds, but I've now got it in pieces pending a complete rebuild, and I plan to build it up as a 5-speed, with a single chainset I salvaged from an old shopper bike. Curiously, despite the shopper being fitted with a wide chain, the chainring has narrow teeth suitable for a derailleur chain. Maybe it was swapped at some point. It's cottered, but at least it'll give it the vintage look, in keeping with most of the other components. Five speeds should be more than adequate.ReplyDelete
Hello, thanks for this post and comments! Did you have to replace the chain with a shorter chain after the conversion? I'm in the process of converting my Fuji 10 speed to a 5 speed and need to replace the old chain. I'm not sure if I should get a 10 speed chain or a 5 speed chain. Appreciate any advice you may have on that. Thanks!ReplyDelete
That chainring work is so gorgeous. A couple of years ago, I converted a 1980 Fuji Gran Tourer to a fixie. For gear ratio and chainline, I am using the smaller chainring. The large 52 tooth chainring bite my eye all the time. Thanks for the nice idea here. I have a bench grinder so I am thinking to draw a circle on the large chainring and then slowing grind off these 52 teeth.ReplyDelete
I've been looking at converting my 21 speed bike down to 1x7, and all the videos and such I've seen specify that you need something on the inside and outside of the chain ring to keep the chain from bouncing off...your chainring converted chain guard works for the outside, but do you anticipate needing anything on the inside? Why or why not? It would be so much ease for my project r if I don't end up having to do that.ReplyDelete


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Kim Duncan, Women's Basketball 1981-1985
Brian Shehan, Baseball 1989-1990
Ed Harris did an outstanding job as UNC Asheville's Athletic Director. He helped guide the athletic program from NAIA to Division I status. During his tenure, the athletic teams at UNC Asheville had a great deal of success. The women's basketball program won the 1984 NAIA national championship. The men's basketball program reached two District 26 championship games and enjoyed a school-record 22 victories in the 1982-83 season. The men's soccer team reached the District 26 championship game in 1984. From 1982 through 1984, Bulldog teams compiled a 209-111 overall record in all sports for a .653 winning percentage.
Jerry Green led the UNC Asheville men's basketball program from a struggling NAIA team to a Division I winner during his nine-year career. He led the Bulldogs to seven consecutive winning seasons and an overall record of 150-108. His 58 percent winning percentage is the highest of any UNC Asheville basketball coach. During his tenure, Coach Green guided UNC Asheville to the District 26 championship game for two consecutive years. He led the program to its best three seasons in school history with a 22-9 record in 1982-83, 21-10 in 1983-84 and 20-9 in 1985-86. Coach Green coached Asheville to some of the biggest wins in school history, including victories at UNC Charlotte, Western Carolina and California.
Kim Duncan enjoyed a fabulous career at UNC Asheville. She finished her career as the school's second all-time leading scorer with 1,975 points and third leading rebounder with 888 rebounds. Kim helped lead the Bulldogs to three straight winning seasons and the NAIA national championship in 1984. She scored the second highest amount of points in school history with 659 in the 1983-84 season. Kim was UNC Asheville's leading scorer in the 1984-85 season with a 17.8 average. She was named as a first team NAIA All- Tournament performer in 1984. Kim was a four-year starter for the Bulldogs and is the school's all-time leader in games played with 129.
Brian Shehan produced one of the greatest baseball careers ever at UNC Asheville. He was an all-conference player at first base in the 1988 and 1989 seasons. In 1989, Brian set a single-season record for home runs (19), RBI (59), slugging percentage (.786), doubles (14) and total bases (140). He was ranked nationally in 1989 for home runs, RBI, slugging percentage and total bases. Brian finished his career as the school's all-time leader in home runs (42), RBI (163), doubles (52) total bases (391) and batting average (.352). He currently holds seven different UNC Asheville hitting records. Brian was a four-year starter for the Bulldogs and was the second player in school history to be drafted by a major league team when the Montreal Expos drafted him in 1990.
2005 Hall of Fame Class- Inducted on September 25, 2005
Tom Hunnicutt, Sr., Administrator 1993-2000
Jenee Cross Daniely, Women's Tennis 1988-1991
Ulrich Dietrich, Men's Soccer 1981-1984
Tom Hunnicutt served as Athletics Director from 1993-2000 and did an outstanding job building the athletic department into the success it is today. Highlights of his tenure included the men's basketball program winning two consecutive Big South Conference regular-season titles (1997 & 1998), the women's cross country team winning four Big South Conference championships (1994, 1995, 1998, 1999), and the women's soccer team winning the 1995 Big South Conference title. Under his leadership, Hunnicutt increased fundraising by more than 100 percent. He strengthened the department by creating more coaching and administrative positions.
Jenee Cross Daniely enjoyed a fabulous tennis career at UNC Asheville. She helped lead the Bulldog program to Big South Conference championships in 1988 and 1989. Daniely was undefeated in Big South Conference singles play in 1988, 1989 and 1990 and won three straight singles championships. She was the Big South Player of the Year in 1988, 1989 and 1990.
Ulrich Dietrich was a four-year letterman on the men's soccer team from 1981-84. He was a starter in the midfield his entire career and helped lead the Bulldogs to three straight winning seasons. Dietrich was an All-South and All-District performer for three years and was a NAIA All-American nominee. He finished his career second all-time in assists with 37 and ninth in points with 51.
2007 Hall of Fame Class- Inducted on February 15, 2007
Mike Grace, Men's Basketball 1970‐1974
Patrick Britz, Men's Soccer 1987‐1991
Danielle Meyer Harrison, Volleyball 1990‐1993
Jill Young Booth, Women's Soccer 1993‐1996
Mickey Gibson enjoyed an outstanding two-year college career for the Bulldogs. He was an All-District selection twice and was an Honorable Mention All-American as a senior. Mickey is 17th on the career scoring list at UNC Asheville with 1,179 points despite only playing two years. He holds the single-season record for highest scoring average with a 23.3 mark set in the 1969-70 season. Gibson helped lead the school to its first ever District championship in 1969 and a trip to the NAIA National Tournament. He holds the school record for most points in a game with 44 and field goals in a game with 20.
Mike Grace was a three-year starter for the UNC Asheville men's basketball team and helped lead the Bulldogs to the 1971 District 6 Title and a trip to the NAIA National Tournament. He holds the single-season record for assists in a season with 205 set in the 1973-74 season. Grace is currently the 20th all-time scorer at UNC Asheville with 1,136 points.
Patrick Britz was a four-year letterman for the men's soccer team and is UNC Asheville's Division I leader in goals with 37 and points with 102. He was nationally ranked in goals scored (16) and points (39) in 1988. Britz was an all-conference selection as a sophomore and was a Big South All-Academic selection for four consecutive years. He was an Academic All-American nominee for three years.
Danielle Meyer Harrison was the Bulldogs starting setter for four years and is third all-time on the career assist list with 5,187. She helped lead UNC Asheville to three straight Big South Conference regular-season championships and two tournament titles. She was the Co-MVP of the 1992 Big South Conference Tournament. The Bulldogs were 35-6 against Big South opponents during her career. She was an all-conference selection twice and was part of the 1991 UNC Asheville team that was selected to the National Invitational Volleyball Tournament in Dayton, Ohio.
Jill Young Booth was a three-time first team all-conference goalkeeper for the Bulldog women's soccer program. She was the Co-MVP of the 1995 Big South Conference Tournament and is the holder of most career shutouts at UNC Asheville with 25.
2008 Hall of Fame Class- Inducted on February 21, 2008
Paul Allen, Men's Basketball 1981-1984
Dave Hart Sr., Community Member At Large 1993-2009
Elissa Mount, Volleyball 1991-1994
Rebecca Gallaher, Women's Cross Country 1994-1998
Paul Allen enjoyed an outstanding career for the Bulldogs. He finished his career as UNC Asheville's third all-time leading scorer with 1,693 points. Paul was an All-District 26 selection twice and led the Bulldogs in scoring for four straight years. He is the only player to ever accomplish that in school history. Paul helped lead UNC Asheville to three straight winning seasons and two berths in the District 26 title game. He was a member of the winningest Bulldog team in school history when the 1982-83 team finished 22-9. Paul still holds the school record for best free throw accuracy in a game when he went 13-of-13 during the 1982-83 season. Paul Allen passed away October 2014.
Dave Hart has been an invaluable contributor to the UNC Asheville Athletics Department since 1993. He has been a consultant for the Athletics Department during that time and advised three different Athletic Directors. The Dave Hart Golf Tournament has been held since 1996 under his leadership and raised more than $300,000 for student-athlete scholarships. Dave has been a part of numerous search committees that have helped hire coaches and administrators. His contributions to UNC Asheville Athletics will be felt for generations. Dave Hart, Sr. passed away March 2009.
Elissa Mount enjoyed a sensational career for the Bulldogs. She is UNC Asheville's all-time career leader in three different categories. Elissa is the all-time leader in kills (1,775), digs (2,179) and attempts (4,993). She was an all-conference performer as a junior and senior and was a part of two Big South Conference championship teams as a freshman and sophomore. Elissa helped lead UNC Asheville to its first ever post-season tournament as a Division I school when the Bulldogs were selected to participate in the 1991 National Invitational Volleyball Championship.
Rebecca Gallaher was an all-conference performer in Cross Country for all four years she competed and is just one of seven student-athletes to do that in league history. She helped lead UNC Asheville to two Big South Conference titles and two runner-up finishes. In track and field, she won seven different individual titles during her career. Becky was named Big South Scholar Athlete of the Year for Outdoor Track in 1997. She was named Academic All-Region in 1997 and 1998.
2009 Hall of Fame Class- Inducted on February 19, 2009
Trish Wyatt, Women's Basketball 1981‐1984
Bamford Jones, Men's Basketball 1974‐1978
Aytekin Yildiz is UNC Asheville's all-time offensive leader for men's soccer with 53 goals and 126 points. He holds the single-season record for goals with 20 and points with 46. He was an NAIA All-District selection in 1982 and 1983 and helped lead the Bulldogs to the District 26 title game in 1984.
Trish Wyatt was a member of the 1984 NAIA Women's Basketball National Championship team. She was a four-year starter and finished her career as the program's fourth all-time leading scorer with 1,606 points. The Asheville native is the school's all-time leader in assists with 424. She hit the winning basket in the national championship game against Portland.
Bamford Jones is the school's all-time scoring leader for men's basketball with 1,919 points. He was the Bulldogs' leading scorer in three different seasons. Jones was an NAIA All-District selection and Honorable Mention All-American in 1977 and 1978. He holds the single-season record for field goals with 270 and the career record with 835. Jones once scored 42 points in a game, the third highest scoring game in UNC Asheville history.
2010 Hall of Fame Class- Inducted on February 25, 2010
Josh Pittman, Men's Basketball 1994‐1998
Helen Carroll, Coach 1981‐1984
Lorelee Smith, Volleyball 1994‐1998
Marc Rosenbalm, Baseball 1987-1991
Josh Pittman was named 1997 and 1998 Big South Conference Player of the Year, one of only three athletes to be so honored. He led the Bulldogs Men's Basketball team to two conference regular-season championships and finished as the school's fourth all-time leading scorer with 1,547 points, the most in the program's Division I history. He was selected first-team All-Conference twice and All-Tournament once.
Helen Carroll guided UNC Asheville Women's Basketball to the 1984 NAIA women's national basketball championship in her third and final season as head coach. The 1983-84 team finished with a 32-5 record, the best in the school's athletic history. She compiled a career record of 64-32 for a winning percentage of .667 that is still unmatched by any UNC Asheville coach.
Lorelee Smith concluded her Volleyball career with 5,904 assists, the most in the history of UNC Asheville and the Big South Conference. She also set the school and conference record for most assists in a season with 1,852 in 1996. Smith was chosen the 1997 Big South Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year following her senior season and twice earned All-Region All-Academic honors.
Marc Rosenbalm has remained UNC Asheville's all-time leader in complete games (13), shutouts (4) and earned run average (3.21) for nearly two decades in baseball. He set the school's season records for wins (11), shutouts (3), innings pitched (117.2) and complete games (11) as a senior in 1991 while being named first-team All-Big South and All-Tournament. He also led the Big South with a 1.50 ERA in 1990.
|2011 Hall of Fame Class- Inducted on February 25, 2011
George Gilbert, Men's Basketball 1976-1980
Mackenzie McCoy, Women's Soccer 1995-1998
Ty Wigginton, Baseball 1996-1998 (Accepting on behalf of Ty Wigginton, Bill Hillier)
George Gilbert played Men's Basketball for UNC Asheville from 1976 through 1980 and was a four-year starter. He is the school's fifth all-time leading scorer with 1,523 points. George averaged double figures each season he played for the Bulldogs. He is second all-time in career assists with 460. George was the career leader in that category until three years ago. George is fifth all-time in career free throw percentage at 81.8 percent.
Mackenzie McCoy played Women's Soccer for UNC Asheville from 1995 through 1998. She is the second leading goal scorer in school history with 39 and second in career points with 86. Mackenzie led the Bulldogs in goals and scoring in three of her four seasons. She helped lead UNC Asheville to the Big South Conference championship game three times in her career. In 1995, Mackenzie led the Bulldogs to the Big South Conference championship with a 1-0 upset victory over nationally-ranked UNC Greensboro. She was a first team all-conference performer three different times in her career. In 1998, Mackenzie was named Big South Scholar Athlete of the Year and was nominated as an Academic All-American three times.
Ty Wigginton played Baseball for UNC Asheville from 1996-98 and was the Bulldogs starting shortstop. In 1998, he enjoyed one of the best seasons in the history of our program. Ty was named National Player of the Week. In six games, he hit six home runs, drove in 20 runs and hit .680 for the week. Ty set a single-season and Big South record for doubles with 26, total bases with 149 and runs scored with 59. He was named as a first all-conference performer and led the Bulldogs to the semifinals of the Big South Tournament. Ty tied a school record for most home runs in a game with three and total bases with 15. He was drafted by the New York Mets in June of 1998 and four years later he became the first UNC Asheville player to ever make it to the major leagues when he played for the Mets in San Diego. Ty is still in the big leagues today and last year was selected to the Major League All-Star Game while playing for the Baltimore Orioles.
2012 Hall of Fame Class- Inducted on February 24, 2012
Tony Bumphus, Men's Basketball 1974-1978
Lisa Rhodes coached the Bulldog volleyball program from 1989-1993 and led the Asheville program to three Big South Conference regular-season championships, two tournament titles and the school's first ever post-season trip in the Division I era. The Bulldogs won the 1990, 1991 and 1992 regular-season titles and compiled a 22-1 Big South regular-season record during those years. Counting Big South Tournament play, Rhodes teams were 29-2. In 1991, Asheville was awarded a berth to the National Invitational Volleyball Tournament in Dayton, Ohio. The Bulldogs were the first volleyball program in Big South history to go to a post-season tournament. In 1992, Asheville finished with a 32-6 record and became the first team in league history to go unbeaten in the regular season and in the league tournament.
Tony Bumphus played Men's Basketball for the Bulldogs from 1974 until 1978. He was a three-year starter at Asheville. He is 10th all-time in career points with 1,429 and is the program's second all-time leading rebounder with 968. His 8.0 career rebounding average is the second highest in school history. Bumphus produced 606 field goals, the fourth most in school history. He also played in a school-record 121 games for the Bulldogs.
2013 Hall of Fame Class- Inducted on February 23, 2013
Mike Roach, Men's Soccer 2000-2001
Vicki Giffin was a four-year starter for the women's basketball program from 1993-97. She was the Big South Rookie of the Year in 1994. As a senior, Vicki was named Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Big South Player of the Year. She completed her career as the program's third all-time leading scorer with 1,701 career points. Giffin currently holds the single-season record for field goal accuracy, career record for free throws made and single-game record for steals. She was twice named UNC Asheville Female Athlete of the Year and was an Academic All-District selection for two years. Giffin was an All-Conference performer for three straight years.
Mike Roach was a two-year starter for the UNC Asheville men's soccer team. He was a key player for the Bulldogs at the midfield position when Asheville won the 2001 Big South Conference regular-season title. He was the 2001 Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men's soccer. Roach then became in 2001 the first Bulldog student-athlete in the Division I era to be named to the Academic All-America first team. In addition, he was the 2002 Big South Scholar Athlete of the Year along with being the 2001 and 2002 UNC Asheville Scholar Athlete of the Year.
2014 Hall of Fame Class- Inducted on February 28, 2014
Rod Healy, Men's Basketball 1967-1971
Alison Gehringer was a three-year starter on the UNC Asheville women's soccer team. As a midfielder, she helped lead the Bulldogs to two trips to the Big South Championship game and one title in 1995. She earned first team Big South All-Conference honors in 1995, 1996 and 1997. Alison was the co-MVP of 1995 Big South Conference championship and was named to the All-Tournament team in 1996 and 1997. She finished her career with 19 goals 17 assists and 55 points. In 1997, Alison was named as the Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was an Academic All-America nominee in 1996 and 1997. In 2014, she was named to the Big South All Decade team for the 1990's.
Rod Healy was a four-year letterman for the Bulldogs men's basketball program and helped lead the program to two District 6 championships and two trips to the NAIA National Tournament. He completed his career as the program's all-time leading rebounder with 1,121 rebounds. Rod also holds the record for most rebounds in a game with 30 against Belmont Abbey that occurred in the 1969-70 season. He finished his career with 1,334 points. Rod led the Bulldogs in rebounding for two straight seasons and was the team's top scorer as a senior. He was an Academic All-America Honorable Mention in 1971.
2015 Hall of Fame Class- Inducted on February 20, 2015
Hilary McKay Williams, Women's Soccer 2002-2005
Andre Smith, Men's Basketball 1999-2003
Eddie Biedenbach was the Head Men's Basketball Coach for the Bulldogs for 17 seasons and helped lead Asheville program to five Big South Conference regular-season championships, three tournament titles and three trips to the NCAA Tournament. He finished his coaching career as the schools and Big South's all-time leader overall with 256 victories, 156 conference wins, and 20 tournament victories. Eddie was named Big South Conference Coach of the Year three different times. Furthermore, He was the first coach in Big South history to lead a team to both the post-season NIT and NCAA Tournaments. He led Asheville to two NCAA Tournament victories.
Hilary McKay Williams was a four-year starter for the UNC Asheville Women's Soccer Team. She completed her career as the schools and Big South's all-time leader with 53 goals. Hilary set a single-season record with 21 goals scored in 2003. She is the school's all-time leader with 22 assists and 122 points. Hilary was the 2002 Big South Rookie of the Year and the 2005 Big South Player of the Year. She helped lead the Bulldog program to two Big-South Conference regular-season championships in 2004 and 2005 and three trips to the Big South Championships in 2002, 2003, and 2005. Hilary was a three-time first team All-Conference performer and a member of the All-Tournament team once.
Andre Smith was a four-year starter for the UNC Asheville Men's Basketball Team and was the Big South Rookie of the Year in 2000 and Big South Tournament MVP in 2003. Furthermore, Andre was a first team All-Conference performer in 2002 and 2003 plus an All-Tournament selection in 2000 and 2003. He helped lead the Bulldogs to the 2003 Big South Conference Tournament Championship and a bid to the NCAA Tournament. Andre finished his career as the program's sixth all-time leading scorer with 1,495 points. He is second all-time at UNC Asheville with 223 career steals and seventh with 358 assists.
2015 Hall of Fame Class- Inducted on October 23, 2015
Mike Gore served UNC Asheville for 29 years (1986-2015) as Associate Athletics Director of External Affairs, Sports Information Director, softball coach for the program's final season (1992) and Interim Athletics Director (2003-04).He oversaw media coverage of the Bulldogs' athletics programs with exemplary dedication, meticulously compiling statistics for women's sports by longhand even before the NCAA required him to do so. For three decades he exhibited anunwavering commitment to his duties and the student-athletes who crossed his path, helping guide the athletics department through the transition to Division I and the numerous changes that ensued. His contributions have left an indelible mark on the school he called home.


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The Fjord Pony, named Gemma, was grazing Monday at the edge of a meadow when it got too close to the edge and fell.
After searching for the horse for hours on Monday, workers at the Redmond stable finally found the animal perched on a 4-foot by 6-foot ledge.
On the other side of the ledge is dense vegetation and a steep, 40-foot drop.
Tuesday morning, rescue workers with the Washington State Animal Response Team used ropes to reach the horse.
They were hoping to clear a trail to walk the horse out of the steep ravine, but after analyzing their options, the team decided to call King County search and rescue team to lift the 800-pound horse.
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Tornado watch issued for Rock, Walworth counties
JANESVILLE--A tornado watch is in effect until 4 p.m. for parts of southern Wisconsin, including Rock and Walworth counties, according to the National Weather Service.
Dane, Dodge, Green, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Washington and Waukesha also are affected.
Earlier, the agency issued a tornado warning until 10:30 a.m. for Racine, northwestern Kenosha and eastern Walworth counties.
At 10:12 a.m., a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Bohners Lake or near Lake Geneva moving northeast at 50 mph, according to the weather service.
The storm was capable of producing a tornado and quarter size hail, according to the weather service. Radar indicated rotation.
Mobile homes can be damaged or destroyed during tornados. Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles can occur. Flying debris can be deadly to people and animals. Tree damage is likely.


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Sunday night standoff ends peacefully
JANESVILLE—A Janesville man is in custody after a four-hour standoff Sunday night.
Daniel J. Eldridge, 39, of 2 S. Martin Road, was arrested on charges of domestic disorderly conduct while armed and failure to comply with an officer's attempt to take a person into custody, according to a Janesville Police Department news release.
Police were sent at 8:28 p.m. Sunday to Eldridge's home after receiving a report of a suicidal subject armed with a handgun. Other occupants of the home had already fled the scene when police arrived, the release stated.
Upon arrival, police made phone contact with Eldridge, who refused to come out. The Janesville SWAT team and hostage negotiators were called to assist. Two hours later, Eldridge still refused to come out, so pepper canisters were thrown into the house.
At 12:30 a.m. Monday, Eldridge surrendered and was taken into custody without suffering any injuries, according to the release.
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JANESVILLE—A man accused of shooting through a door and wounding his sister was arrested Wednesday. He is expected to make his initial appearance in Rock County Court on Thursday.
Sidney M. Johnson, 20, Huntley, Ill., was visiting his family in Janesville on Jan. 8 when he heard noises, thought it was an intruder, and shot through the door, police have said.
Johnson's 13-year-old sister suffered wounds to her arm and torso.
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European Central Bank President Mario Draghi opened a new front in the battle against the debt crisis after cutting the benchmark interest rate to a record low today.
Speaking in Bratislava, Draghi signalled that officials may take the unprecedented step of charging banks to park excess cash with the ECB overnight and that another reduction in the main rate is possible.
"We will look at all the incoming data and stand ready to act if needed," Draghi said at a press conference in the Slovakian capital after the ECB cut its key rate by a quarter point to 0.5 percent. Asked if further action could include taking the deposit rate negative from its current level of zero, he said: "We will look at this with an open mind."
The euro fell on the prospect of a negative deposit rate, which would amount to the ECB venturing into territory few others have dared to tread. With the 17-nation economy mired in recession and risks to the outlook "on the downside," Draghi is ramping up his response.
"At last, the fastest contracting region in the world no longer has the highest central bank policy rate of all major developed economies," said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit in London.
Draghi said the ECB will continue to lend banks as much money as they require at least until mid-2014, extending the policy by more than a year. Previously, the ECB announced six-month extensions. It has also started to consult with European institutions on ways to improve the flow of credit to companies using collateralized loans.
"All the options are still very open here, our thinking is very much in a preliminary stage given the complexity of the issue," Draghi said. Still, "to ensure adequate transmission of monetary policy, it is essential that the fragmentation of euro-area credit markets continue to decline further."
The euro dropped after his remarks, falling as low as $1.3075 from $1.3192 at the start of the press conference.
A negative deposit rate may discourage banks from parking excess liquidity with the ECB overnight, potentially prompting them to lend the cash instead. On the other hand, it could hurt banks' profitability by lowering money-market rates, possibly hampering credit supply to companies and households and reducing banks' incentive to lend to other financial institutions.
Denmark is currently the only country in Europe with a negative deposit rate.
Draghi said while there are "unintended consequences" from using this tool, the ECB is "technically ready" and would "address these consequences if we decide to act."
The ECB narrowed the so-called rate corridor around its benchmark today by leaving the deposit rate at zero and reducing the marginal lending rate to 1 percent from 1.5 percent.
Taking the benchmark any lower would invite a cut in the deposit rate in order to maintain that corridor. Draghi indicated that some officials wanted to reduce the main rate by 50 basis points today.
"He not only kept the door for a further refi cut open and implied that some members had argued for a 50 basis-point cut, he also revealed an open mind about a deposit rate cut," said Christoph Rieger, head of fixed-rate strategy and Commerzbank AG in Frankfurt. "Irrespective of whether this cut materializes or not, this statement should keep rate speculation more underpinned."
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