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This scenario is reality for thousands men and women who are released yearly from incarceration in Milwaukee County. But for the last number of months, physical and spiritual help is available through a WELS volunteer ministry called Midnight Ministry.
Midnight Ministry is focused on sharing the Bread of Life with returning citizens as well as meeting some of their basic needs (food, water, and warm clothing) as they are released. Each returning citizen is offered a New Testament, a copy of Meditations, and information about local WELS congregations and WELS support groups for ex-offenders. Sometimes, Midnight Ministry is also able to offer bus tickets to those who need them.
Fortunately, since Midnight Ministry was organized a number of months ago, the Milwaukee County authorities are now releasing inmates at 9 a.m. in downtown Milwaukee, no longer at midnight. But the Midnight Ministry title remains, and a growing number of volunteers are involved on a daily basis (yes, returning citizens are released every day of the year in Milwaukee County).
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Poepol, Edited 10-21-09 Replaced "degrees" with correct mm.
The Rake is not adjustable.
Spare Parts Manual: Chassis Page 4
Owners Manual: Technical Data- Chassis Tightening Torques
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A. Not all 690s have adjustable Triple Clamps.
Does the top clamp have 22-24 and a part number 034.023
as the last six digits? If so proceed to B.
B. Remove front wheel, brake caliper and magnetic pick on left fork
leg. Remove front fender.
C. Look under lower Triple Clamp as in picture Three above. Is there
a 20mm bolt? If so, loosen. It is torqued to 60Nm and
Loctighted. If there is no bolt, you have a pressed on steering
stem. Stop, Do Not Pass Go. You don't have adjustable clamps.
D. Remove handlebar supports and hang with straps from above.
E. Remove headlight mask. Remove three 6 hex bolts
attaching the electrical hardware to top clamp.
F. At this point place a box or something soft under fork tubes
because you are about to drop them.
G. Loosen top and bottom 8mm triple clamp bolts securing left and
right fork tubes.
H. Loosen the 8mm collar screw, Remove the 20mm steering head
I. At this point the top triple clamp should lift up and off the bike.
J. The lower triple clamp should pull down and release from the
steering stem. See photo two. Note the two parallel sides to the
recess that capture the stem.
K. You now will find that the steering stem will rotate from the top.
L. With the marking Dot at the rear you are @ 24mm offset;
with it forward, you are @ 22mm offset.
M. Good Luck with the reassembly! Follow your Owner Manual
Torque values.
Notes; In the beginning, I was mistaken thinking the adjustment would change Rake Angel. Offset is the parallel distance forward of the steering stem. Unless I am mistaken, this increases or decreases Trail.
Have fun with the experiment. I won't know until this weekend what difference in feel will result. My bike was @ 24 mm as delivered. Now it is @ 22 mm.
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The Coyotes ownership saga has dragged on longer than it takes committed students to complete a college degree. But with a number of key issues approaching critical mass within the next month, the wheels are finally turning — and quickly.
Multiple sources confirmed to FOX Sports Arizona on Friday that the NHL has reached an agreement to sell the Coyotes to Renaissance Sports and Entertainment (RSE).
The next step to complete the deal is for NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly and RSE heads George Gosbee and Anthony LeBlanc to meet with city officials on Tuesday in an attempt to hammer out an arena management deal. That is the same day that the team will hold a press conference to announce a new deal for GM Don Maloney, as first reported by FOX Sports Arizona on Thursday.
Glendale council member Gary Sherwood said the meeting plan is the same as the one for the original meeting between the groups a couple weeks ago that had to be re-scheduled. Bettman, Daly and RSE will meet with Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers and then will hold two separate meetings, each to be attended by three council members.
"Gary (Bettman) told us all along that if the league had three suitors for the team, they wouldn't come to us until they had selected one that they felt was the best group," Sherwood said. "That is exactly has happened."
There is still wide disagreement over the cost of managing Jobing.com Arena, but Sherwood has been analyzing and preparing numbers that he will present to the council so that it can make a more informed decision. Sherwood said the plan is to hold an open workshop a week from Tuesday, but the report still needs more tweaking from what he termed a "task force" before it is ready for presentation.
It is believed that RSE wants between $13 million and $15 million annually to manage the arena, while Glendale only has $6 million budgeted, but Sherwood said recently that there are a number of ways to bridge that gap.
If RSE is not able to reach an agreement with Glendale, sources have said that John Kaites' group is still a possibility to purchase the team, as would be Greg Jamison's group if it could gather the necessary investors. But multiple sources have said that the NHL is no longer interested in dealing with Darin Pastor, whose bid was recently rejected by the league.
In the meantime, sources also confirmed that with Maloney now under contract, negotiations with coach Dave Tippett on a new contract are set to begin. Like Maloney, Tippett's contract was set to expire on June 30, but RSE views Tippett as a critical component, both from a coaching standpoint and from a financial standpoint when it comes to fan confidence in the franchise and investor confidence.
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Spent more than three days on the moon.Apollo 17 Lunar Module Flown Commander's Armrest Originally From the Personal Collection of Mission Commander Gene Cernan, Signed and Certified, with Signed LOA. This metal, right-side armrest has overall dimensions of 7.25" x 10.75" x 7" including brackets. There is a label on the top, "Pull Down Armrest to Release From Stowed Position", around which Cernan has certified and signed: "LM CDR Arm Rest - LM/ Flown as part of Apollo XVII Lunar Module Challenger Gene Cernan". This was the last of the six manned lunar landings. Commander Cernan, the last human to step foot on the moon, used this armrest inside the LM Challenger for more than three days while on the lunar surface. An interesting and unique relic from this important mission. Two photo prints of the LM simulator showing the positioning of this item in the lunar module as well as a NASA technical reference page regarding its design are included. Very fine condition with expected light wear and minor soiling. From the Steven R. Belasco Collection of Space Memorabilia.
Included with this lot is a signed Letter of Authenticity on Gene Cernan's letterhead stating, in part: "I hereby certify that the Apollo 17 Lunar Module Flown Commander's Armrest accompanying this letter was flown with me to the lunar surface aboard the Apollo 17 mission December 7-19, 1972... This was the last manned lunar landing to date and the mission where the most time was logged on the moon... I retrieved it prior to the jettisoning of the lunar module that was sent crashing into the moon. This armrest is from my personal collection and has been in my possession since the mission."
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Many fruit vendors work hard plying the streets on foot, balancing a long pole with baskets at each end on their shoulders.
I stopped one & bought 2 kg of Mangoes (10 Mangoes) . Then I noticed a fruit I had not seen before. It was green in colour, like an apple but rounder. I was curious to taste them and the vendor was obliging enough to let me swap two of my mangos for two of these fruits. They had a bitter & sour taste which didn't appeal to me or my children and looked pretty bad (off white) after I cut them open them a few days later.
The mangoes however, were delicious. Unfortunately, they didn't travel well and a few were bruised by the time I got them back to Malaysia. Next time I'll just buy my mangoes at the local pasar malam!
I've since found out the name of the mysterious fruit-it is called the star apple. Please see the picture of what it looks like. The pulp of the fruit was off-white, similar in texture to a custard apple and came with large black seeds. My take on it is that I much prefer the taste of custard apples or sour-sop anytime.
What to pay: After some gentle bargaining, I got my mangos at 21,000 dong/kg.
(15,000 dong = USD 1.00)
It would be impossible to get starved in Hanoi - the centre of sensational cuisine. No matter where you come from, an array of restaurants providing foreign fares and Vietnamese cuisines are always ready to serve all your needs. Even vegans also find Vietnam an ideal destination for an appetizing vegan meal. It is not hard to find a high end Vietnamese and foreign restaurants that could offer you either local specialties or cuisines of your home country either. But perhaps, as part of the adventure, why don't you enjoy authentic Vietnamese fares as the way the local does, trying squat stool places at street side and humble restaurants in narrow alleys? This is the best way to belly up to real local cuisine and enjoy your trip the most. Plus, nowhere in Vietnam could you easily savor delicious cuisine from three main regions of Vietnam as Hanoi and nowhere in Hanoi could you easily find a decent restaurant as the Old quarter.
Get lost and find your own local favourite, and do not forget to share with me too.
1. Bún Chả from Bún Chả 34 Hàng Than
Luckily, the address is right there in the name (fairly common in Hanoi, thankfully). The place is full of scooters at lunchtime, and they even valet-park your two-wheeler if needed! The tree in front studded with nails and hung with keys is a good way to check that you're in the right place.
Bún chả is perhaps the greatest of Hanoi's dishes. You'll get a bowl of beautifully grilled pork, some in patty form wrapped in a leaf and some as sliced grilled meat. This will be floating in a rich fish sauce that also contains some slices of either green mango or green papaya. You'll also get a large hank of rice noodles that will likely be at least partially stuck together, and an assortment of fresh herbs. (This dish wouldn't be very Vietnamese without the pile of herbs!)
An order of fried crab spring rolls (nem cua bể) are a traditional accompaniment that you can take or leave. We take.
To eat, grab some noodles and herbs and mix them into your fish sauce pork. Add pickled garlic or chiles, if you'd like. Eat. Add more herbs and noodles. Eat. Et cetera. Fun and interactive, with each bite being a different combination of crunchy, funky, herby, spicy, meaty, and crisp.
Bún Chả 34 Hàng Than, 34 Hàng Than, Hoàn Kiếm, Hanoi.
2. Phở Tái Nạm from Phở Gia Truyền
Hanoi Phở is very different from that of Saigon. It's lower on the veggies, and the broth isn't generally as heavy on the sweet spices. Basically, I didn't think I was going to like it very much. Phở Gia Truyền (which seems to mean "old-style Phở") proved me wrong.
Small menu, usually a great sign in places like this. Your choices: Beef soup. Rare flank steak (tai nam). Rare steak (tai). Or well-done steak (think brisket - chin). Add a chicken egg, trung ga, if you want. Yes, again, we want. Also, they had the pot of broth going over these coals when we walked in.
And the Phở? Delicious. Perfect ratio of broth to noodles to meat. I love a good stocky soup in the morning. Kick it up with some chilies to get a good healthy sweat going, perfect if you may have overimbibed the night before.
Phở Gia Truyền is on 49 Bat Dan St, Hoàn Kiếm, Hanoi. Careful, as this is an early in the day dish; they can sell out by noon.
3. Bánh cuốn from Bánh cuốn gia truyền
Bánh cuốn are one of my favorite Vietnamese dishes. They're free-form dumplings, or tiny rolls, made with fresh rice paper stuffed with a ground pork and mushroom mix. Each tapas-size sharing plate comes topped with dried shallots and fresh sprigs of cilantro, and you can (and should) order some meats on the side to add texture. We chose a small plate of Chinese sausage and shrimp cake.
Bánh cuốn gia truyền does these beautifully. The rice paper is perfectly formed and perfectly fresh, just strong enough to hold the fillings together while being soft enough to offer your teeth very little resistance. Their nước chấm, or fish sauce dip, is one of the best we tasted in our three weeks in Vietnam; perfumed with ca cuongextract (I'll go into that more later) and with just the right amount of citrus.
We went for dinner, but I'm pretty sure they're open for lunch as well.
Bánh cuốn gia truyền is at 14 Hàng Gà, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi.
4. Miến Lươn from Nhà Hàng Miến Lươn
Lươn means eel in Vietnamese, and that's what you'll get here - teeny fried eels served in a variety of ways, from soups to porridges to atop glass noodles. The menu is short and sweet, like many of the places we enjoyed in Hanoi.
Logan and I both ordered the Miến xào lươn, on Gastronomer's brilliant recommendation. This is glass noodles, topped with fried tiny eels, bean sprouts, and egg, garnished with those savory fried/dried shallots, fresh cucumber, and purple shiso. It also came with a side bowl of rich, thick broth.
Nice and eel-crunchy and fresh and herby and soft with noodles - and of course with lots of side sauces and fruits to customize your dish!
Nhà Hàng Miến Lươn is at 87 Hàng Điếu, Hoàn Kiếm, Hanoi.
5. Bun Rieu and Bun Oc
These slightly sour/sweet/spicy, crab or snail soups are very popular on the streets of Hanoi. They make a good breakfast, full of revitalizing liquid and just enough protein to start your day off right.
I just didn't care too much for the version we had. Too much fishy crab pastey, not enough sour spicy - the balance seemed a bit off to me. But it's worth a try at one of the many places that line the streets. Please let us know if you find a version you really like!
We had our bun oc and bun rieu at 34 Cầu Gỗ, Hoàn Kiếm District.
6. Xôi from Xôi Yến
Xôi is a super simple dish - it's meats of your choice on a bed of sticky rice. I liked the Xoi Xeo, which is topped with mung bean paste and dried shallots as well as meat.
Simple, cheap, and filling, and while we were there a mobile karaoke dude set up in front, adding just that little extra touch of special.
Xôi Yến is at 35B Nguyen Huu Huan, Hoàn Kiếm, Hanoi.
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Although most hotels offer bottled water in the rooms, it is usually twice (or more) as expensive as it is in a supermarket.
What to pay: A large bottle of water will cost around 5-6000VND in a supermarket as opposed to 15000VND+ in a hotel of tourist shop.
To many, the image of Vietnam is one of its women wearing those native conical hats (called non la in local language) - and this remains true even today, with the ubiquitous street vendors being the most visible models of these iconic hats.
But this is not a tip about the hat, but of the vendors, who sell mostly fresh fruits and yummy street food. But it is not unusual to see vendors selling other goods such as plastic ware (picture 4).
This Intimex is quite easy to find. Just head across to the other side of the road from Hoan Kiem Lake on Le Thai To, go down the alley.
Just before you enter there is a desk where you must leave any bag with the attendant. You will be given a ticket with a number on it. Your bag is then put in one of the lockers. It is completely safe to do this. Don't lose your ticket for you will need it to get your bag back!
What to buy: Bottled water, soft drinks, crisps, chocolate. Other general foodstuff.
What to pay: Water 2L; (depending on brand) about 7,000 VND.
Pepsi can; 4,500 VND. Pepsi 2L; 10,000 VND.
(last date visited: April 26, 2007)
a) Apple Chips (25grams) - 3,000 dong
b) water (1.5 L) - 8,000 dong
c) oreo - 10,000 dong
d) rice crackers - 9,000 dong
e) strepsils - 7,000 dong
f) battery - 96,500 dong
g) tiger balm - 7,000 dong
What to buy: (last date visited - July 14, 2006)
a) coffee - 5 boxes @ 13,000 dong = 65,000 dong
b) tray cay say - 5 pcs @ 18,000 dong = 90,000 dong
c) water - 5,500 dong
total - 160,500 dong
There are no specialty "bottlo's" in Vietnam. Grog is available in the many little 7-11 style supermarkets all over the country. In Hanoi, we found a little supermarket near our hotel in P Hang Bong, north-west of Hoan Kiem Lake.
Many different colours of Johnny Walker, ranging in price, the red label went for around US$17, up to the blue label, around US$160 (prices current March'08)
I was happy to stick to the beer, much cheaper.
Fancy what Chinese cuisine is made up of, albeit Vietnamese style? Check out Pho Lan Ong in the Old Quarter. You will find dried seafood, mushrooms and other local foodstuff.
What to pay: Wouldn't know, would have helped if Mum's around
It's market ,not a private shop or supper maket as US and Europe ,so no name ,sorry.
What to buy: If u r fan of sea food .Here is place ,u can find a hundred kinds of sea food in Ha Long market ,fresh ,still alive ,some kind of crab,shimp and fish ...that I never see in my life .Many Euopean news come here to take a short film .It's interested to see how wonderful sea product here .
What to pay: Need negociation half of price ,some places agree to cook right the way 4 u ( steam )if u agree to wait .
I found a good place to buy food & beverage, they are near Embassy of Sweden, they also have a website: http://thucphamplaza.com with free delivery service.
What to buy: Belgium Beers, Canned Fruits, Mineral Waters, Siro, Biscuits, Chocolates, ....
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Jeff Stelling says Steve Bruce deserved the chance to put things right against Wolves and Blackburn.
Last Updated: 01/12/11 1:01pm
Ellis Short wrote in last Saturday's programme notes that there was no need to panic about Sunderland's form.
One very unfortunate defeat to Wigan later, the chairman appears to have done just that and sacked Steve Bruce.
After 25 minutes of that game, Paul Merson said Sunderland should have been 5-0 up. They battered at the door but didn't get what they deserved.
Now, I know that two wins in 13 league games is nowhere near good enough - and the frustration has been building for quite some time - but Short's change of heart seems quick - even by chairmen's standards!
I'm been quite surprised at how many people have come out in the last 24 hours and said Steve was too old-school or tactically naïve.
Sunderland were impressive at Bolton in October and very unlucky to lose at Manchester United last month; ok, home draws against Aston Villa and Fulham weren't quite what the fans wanted but they weren't disastrous results either.
Surely a man of Steve's integrity deserved at least the chance to put things right in the upcoming games against Wolves and Blackburn?
This time last year Sunderland beat West Ham with a goal from Jordan Henderson.
That side included Darren Bent (sold), Asamoah Gyan (loaned out), Danny Welbeck (back at Manchester United), Henderson (sold), Nedum Onuoha (back at Manchester City), Anton Ferdinand (sold). Craig Gordon was in goal - he's yet to play this season due to injury.
Any side would feel the loss of a striker of Bent's quality, especially given Gyan and Welbeck have disappeared and Fraizer Campbell's injury problems, and struggle to deal with so much upheaval in the space of a year.
Steve has spent big bringing in new players and, while some haven't worked out, his critics seem a little harsh.
Connor Wickham was always going to be one for the future - he showed enough promise before he was injured - and Stephane Sessegnon has been a good signing. Keiren Westwood is decent in goal.
The players who have let him down are the ones that most Premier League fans would have thought great signings; for example, Craig Gardener has scored once in five league starts. Nicklas Bendtner continues to divide opinion.
I'm sure most football fans would have said that Gardener and David Vaughan were good purchases but it hasn't turned out that way - so far.
Plenty of people's names are being bandied around as potential successors to Bruce, including Mark Hughes, but I say be careful what you wish for.
Mark is a friend of mine and his name is right in the frame but last season he guided Fulham to just two wins in their first 13 league games. Sound familiar?
I'm not saying Mark wouldn't do a great job for Sunderland; he probably would. I just wonder how much of a difference there is between Hughesy and Steve.
Steve's sacking - 109 days into the season - might just be the start of the blood-letting. I'm certain that other Premier League chairmen will take note of Short's decision and perhaps those with similar thoughts will decide now is the time to follow suit.
I guarantee that by the time December is over at least one other Premier League manager will be relieved of his job.
One of my little bugbears resurfaced this week when Mario Balotelli was sent off against Liverpool.
Balotelli picked up his first booking for tugging Glen Johnson's shirt, much as Bolton's Ricardo Gardener fell foul of the officials against Swansea.
That's all well and good but why is it that referees are so willing to give yellow cards for a tug back in any area of the pitch outside of the penalty area but not in the box, where they turn a blind eye to every grappling match that goes on?
Surely the same rules have to apply all over the field? I'm not saying that pulling on the shirt is such a cardinal sin that it merits a booking but if it does, then it's about time that referees had the bottle to start handing out bookings and penalties for the same sort of thing in the area.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Win and move on. That seems to be the Miami Heat's approach right now as it enters its first extended road stretch this season. So even though the Heat couldn't put away the lowly Charlotte Bobcats until late in the fourth quarter, coach Erik Spoelstra and his players were satisfied for the most part with their 105-92 victory at Time Warner Cable Arena. Dwyane Wade scored 29 points, and LeBron James had 27 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists, and the Heat opened a four-game road trip by winning their sixth straight and improving to 20-6 for the season. Miami led by as many as 19 in the first half, then had to go to work again after the Bobcats got as close as two in the final eight minutes. "We want to take care of business away from our arena," Spoelstra said. "We've been home for a long time, but we know the next three weeks we'll be out the majority of the time, so regardless of who we're playing, we want to build that mentality. "I thought we cam...
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The internet is no meritocracy
Meritocracy, noun, "a system in which the talented are chosen and moved ahead on the basis of their achievement." — Merriam Websters.
The internet is not an equal playground. I thought this is obvious to all but I was wrong. Many think that as long as you're online, you are just a line of text. And that your awesome content, eg, will rise to the top. This thinking claims that we cease to exist as men and women, white and black, African and American; we become citizens of the net. And that we can all be achievers, if we're good enough.That's what the Internet Founding Fathers thought back in the beginning.
But that isn't true. There is plenty of misogyny online; POC bloggers are still left behind or shunted off to virtual reserves; and expensive bandwidth still prohibits many people all over the world from becoming active on the internet. It helps to be a white man in a white collar job who has access to fast broadband that doesn't switch off every half an hour or so. It really does.
So please do not think the internet is the Great Big Hope. Yes, sure, we can't see that someone is fat but when you write a fat acceptance blog or when you write a personal blog that upset people — for whatever reason — you do put your safety at risk. Even software programmers can receive death threats.
This myth of meritocracy is so entrenched that very few are aware of it. Similar to fish swimming in water. Or the Matrix. And everyone has been born into this prison for the mind.
Racism on the internet
Blogging While Brown isn't always fun. Whenever someone at a newspaper or an online media house makes a list of the top blogs, chances are that the list will feature very few POC bloggers. Gina McCauley, a WOC blogger, said that
"Black bloggers link to other black bloggers, and progressive white bloggers link to other white progressive bloggers,"
There are few such studies on this subject, and David Sasaki's blog post caused a big fuss in SA last year. But it's true that white bloggers have mostly white blogging friends to whom they link. Either that or they just tend to read blogs that other white people write. There's no branching out to read voices other than theirs, with experiences that differ to theirs. These apologists will claim that they read the best of what the web has to offer, regardless of who the author is. And they'll probably also use the all-too-familiar catchphrase to ensure that we know they aren't racist — "My best friend is black, ya know?".
Sexism and the internet
Women are slut-shamed for the tiniest thing. Many comment threads — on blogs and on forums — start off civil but descend into chaos. Few of the tops users of any social community are women. Why? Could it perhaps be that men still have greater access to technology and that they still have more free time than women do? Women still do most of the household work and this means they have little time left for themselves, never mind editing Wikipedia. But, I forget — "There are no women on the internet." And the few women who are on the internet — who aren't men with boobs, or boys — tend to get demotivated when they constantly observe how male-centric, ie, old boys club, the intertubes is.
And yes, social conditioning is also at play here. How often do young girls not feel that they aren't qualified to speak or write about a topic? I see it in myself, too. I'd far rather edit a Wikipedia article than post a new one. Unless it is client related, of course. And most of the time I would only correct the grammar, not the facts. So perhaps it is based on personality and on gender. Not sex. Gender constructs shape our world and we all have to dance along; gender is a performance. And the perfect version of female gender — as per 1950s magazines and books — is unfortunately passive, coy, intellectually dull, and sexless.
Internet economics
Bandwidth isn't cheap in most developing countries, some websites are considering limiting content to developing countries, and sometimes that interesting video you want to watch isn't available or can not be viewed in your region. Other sites that restrict access based on geographics are Hulu, Pandora and Spotify. Techcrunch did a great article on how to get around these restrictions; however, the people who read Techcrunch are still an elite minority.
Lo-fi sites and broadband access
Computers are as big an indicator of economic success: not everyone can afford a Mac; fewer still can afford or be bothered to get proper software.
So yes, our hypothetical internet user has a 3G-enabled cellphone on which to use the internet. But the screen is tiny and the keyboard is as tiny; 2 things that might deter them from commenting on blogs or writing their own blog to promote their brand. Yes, they benefit by being on the internet already but very many things deter their full enjoyment of what the internet can offer: Flash websites, web browser compatibility, censorship, broadband cost.
Mobile web browsers are far more advanced than they had been 2 years ago. But they're still getting a couple of things wrong. And the general public does not know that these browsers exist. Especially not with companies building 'lo' versions of their sites. These versions are supposed to bring the internet to the masses. Um, OK. How will that happen when the masses can only access a 'lo' version of a news site?
Internet reception is one of the biggest factors that limit uptake. South Africans get different signals, depending on where they are. The signal could change from 3G to EDGE by just moving the cellphone around a bit. That messes with the user experience and could lead to frustration aka 'watching paint dry'. A few European countries — France, Switzerland, and Finland — have either declared internet access a 'human right' or have declared it a 'legal right'. Other countries that have short-term and long-term broadband speed plans are Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Denmark and Taiwan. And the UK government has a 245-page pdf available on their Digital Britain initiative, which aims to introduce a universal 2 Megabit/s line internet access by 2012. And the Federal Communications Commission — US-based — released a 168-page report on how to get all American citizens wired up, and by when.
I'm not even going to contrast this to South Africa — with promises of broadband for the masses; however, there are a few private initiatives that wants the South African government to adopt a broadband strategy.
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Even Web 2.0 has a Digital Divide
Back before the internet became mainstream in South Africa — 2004, I think — my then boyfriend got me to download Opera Mini for my k700i. I was reluctant to do so; I didn't think I needed the internet on my phone, too.
My resistance didn't last long and I have been using this browser ever since. I'm an Opera Mini Missionary. So I find it surprising that some people still choose to use the default browser of their phone. Unless you're using a phone with Windows Mobile you should consider getting a proper browser.
But this isn't my biggest gripe, actually. My biggest gripe is with companies who build these mobile sites. I'm not sure whether anyone tests it out first. Or perhaps the tester thinks the end-users won't be interested in building content.
So this means that it's difficult, nay, impossible, to edit a Wikipedia page by using the mobile version. I played around with the default web browser of my k800i yesterday. The page looks terrible and takes long to load. The information that gets displayed is perhaps only a quarter of what one can see on the 'real' web; the page on grammar is divided into three pages.
I also tested the local iAfrica site. I'm not impressed. The News24 site is even worse than iAfrica. The font is small and users cannot comment on articles. Is this the Web 2.0 Digital Divide?
Not even Opera Mini is perfect: it doesn't recognise predictive text; however, the browser of my phone does. But Opera Mini just makes life so much easier. So I can't imagine switching. Unless someone develops a new mobile browser that can use predictive text when typing in a Google query *and* doesn't ever convert sites to the mobile version.
But not many people know about Opera Mini or alternative mobile browsers. Hell, most people do not even know that any WAP-enabled phone can connect to the internet.
So what does this mean for us in South Africa? Most black people do not have access to the traditional web. But almost everyone has a cellphone. The purpose of the internet is no longer just to get information; it is to get information, be entertained and create content. And it is pretty damn impossible to create any type of content with a mobile browser.
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Spurs memory No. 29: Manu snatches a bat on Halloween night
Another day, another memory. Here's another in the list of the most memorable moments in Spurs history. Manu catches a bat to celebrate Halloween Date: Saturday Oct. 31, 2009 Place: AT&T Center, San Antonio Score: San Antonio Spurs 113, Sacramento Kings 94. Manu Ginobili's career has been dotted by many memorable plays and moments. He's […] [Read More]
Most memorable Spurs moments countdown starts Monday
It might be Sean Elliott's Memorial Day Miracle. Or the times that lottery balls decided the history of the franchise, leading to an eventual string of title victories. It might be the time when Manu Ginobili caught a bat or when George Gervin and David Robinson won scoring championships on the final day of the season. […] [Read More]
Would the Spurs be interested in Baron Davis?
Kurt Helin of Pro Basketball Talk.com broached an interesting subject earlier today when he predicted eight players who likely would be waived with the upcoming amnesty clause comes into play when the lockout is settled. Most of the names were predicatable, including veterans with bloated contracts like Rip Hamilton, Rashard Lewis and Gilbert Arenas. But […] [Read More]
ESPN.com predicts challenging future for Spurs
The state of Texas has accounted for seven NBA titles since 1994, with the Spurs claiming four, Houston two and Dallas notching the most recent championship. The "Texas Triangle" has traditional been a source of power teams. It might not be quite as rosy in the future. Chris Palmer of ESPN.com has an interesting breakdown […] [Read More]
TP continues Swiss watch endorsement deal
Life is good for Tony Parker. Sure, he's not playing much basketball these days because of the lockout. But he's dating a beautiful and glamorous French beauty queen. And he has more endorsement deals than he can count. Parker is continuing one of his most prestigious commercial ventures as the spokesman for the Swiss-based Tissot […] [Read More]
Hey Spurs Nation: Are you happy to see Kobe KO'd on 'The Simpsons'?
There likely is no more divisive player in NBA history than Kobe Bryant. Many see him as a self-absorbed player who lives for his own statistics. Others have never forgiven him for running Shaquille O'Neal off the Los Angeles Lakers. And some consider Bryant one of the greatest players in NBA history. And for Spurs […] [Read More]
The NBA reaches out to the ABA when it needs to
As the lockout drags on, the NBA is celebrating any "feel good" story it can wrap its hands around. So it's understandable that George Gervin and the wild and wacky ABA is getting a lot of run on the league's various programming platforms. There's a very interesting interview with Gervin currently posted at NBA.com. He […] [Read More]
Spurs license plates go on sale today
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Martin: Team USA 'ready' and 'excited' for Olympic playoffs
Feb 17, 2014, 7:56 AM EDT
The United States' men's hockey team has captured the nation's attention with its superb play in the preliminary round. That combined with America's silver medal finish in 2010 has set the bar high for this tournament.
Team USA is eager to meet those high expectations.
"We're ready, man. And we're excited," defenseman Paul Martin told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
"I like a lot of what I've seen of the way this team's come together. You can see it in how we've adjusted to the big ice, forechecking better, defending smarter, using our speed. It feels good."
You could make the case that the Americans looked came out of the round robin looking better than any other team. Russia, which lost to the United States and followed that up with a shaky performance against Slovakia that ended in a shootout win. Canada swept its Group, but still needs to find its groove offensively. Meanwhile, the Swedes had the most dominant showing of any team thus far, but their offense is looking a lot less intimidating without Henrik Sedin, Johan Franzen, and Henrik Zetterberg.
Of course, how a team looks right now has to be taken with a grain of salt. After all, the Canadians didn't look great in the preliminary round during the 2010 tournament and they still ended up winning gold.
That doesn't mean America's success to this point was meaningless though. They've gained confidence and displayed team chemistry. Those are invaluable traits going forward.
- steverolley - Feb 17, 2014 at 10:47 AM
Best play of the tournament so far
But I bet there won't be a story about this
- 950003cups - Feb 17, 2014 at 3:31 PM
I've never seen Patrick Kane up his game to this level. He's everywhere. Its like there are 2 of him on the ice.
- bobc74 - Feb 17, 2014 at 8:42 PM
"You could make the case that the Americans looked came out of the round robin looking better than any other team." What?? Doesn't anyone proofread these articles???
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I was a hard-charging, "get-it-done" marketing executive working in Corporate America. I had a high-powered job creating marketing that even I did not want to read, although management insisted. "Buzzwords sell" was the mentality: "We have game-changing, breakthrough technology that is shifting paradigms, and reframing KPIs…." If *I* didn't want to read this stuff, imagine what customers thought! It was awful…and I didn't want to create it. This is a special kind of torture…and I'm sure there is a layer in Dante's Inferno for this kind of stuff!
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Then one day, I was asked to create a campaign for a new product that was so filled with jargon, I suffered a jargon-monoxide poisoning attack. "How the hell does this BS create customer trust?!" More of this in the world doesn't serve people – it hurts them and it hurts the companies who create it. I left to develop a better way with less jargon and more humanity and meaning. I ended up creating a company that banned jargon and embraced storytelling and humor, so that my clients could better connect with customers as people and get better results by doing it. "Keeping it Human" means making a great human connection, and having fun because humor is human. When customers feel a connection, and that a company "gets" them and their human challenges, they are more likely to be loyal. That's what matters – real connections.
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The Ottawa Senators moved quickly to add insurance with their top goaltender out of the lineup. They acquired 6-foot-7 Ben Bishop from the St. Louis Blues on Sunday for a second-round draft pick in 2013. Bishop has been among the best goalies in the American Hockey League this season. He joins the Senators less than a week after Craig Anderson had surgery for a severed tendon in his right hand. He cut his small finger while preparing food. Bishop, now the tallest goalie in the NHL, was to have become a free agent this summer but agreed to a one-year extension as part of Sunday's trade.
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One thing you haven't really heard in the steroid era of Major League Baseball are Tigers being linked to PEDs. Sure Alex Sanchez was one of the first suspended under the League's new zero tolerance policy but who remembers former Tigers leadoff man and centerfielder Alex Sanchez who was the master of the two strike bunt? However MLB's latest investigation into performance enhancing drugs centered on a clinic in Coral Gables, Florida has surfaced some pretty high profile names including Alex Rodriguez (again), Gio Gonzalez of the Washington Nationals, Nelson Cruz of the Texas Rangers, Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers and Jhonny Peralta of the Detroit Tigers? Yeah Tigers fans you heard that right, Tigers shortstop Jhonny Peralta has been named in some documents of Tony Bosch, the director of the Biogenesis wellness clinic in question according to SI.com. Peralta brings to 12 the number of baseball players connected to Bosch's notes, and adds to one of the two threads that have eme...
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It became official at 4 pm today. Mike Wallace will receive a first round tender but will not be franchised. The Steelers did not have the money for it. This is what has been expected all a long. The Steelers will give Wallace $2.7 million this season. He will be an unrestricted free agent next season if no long term deal is reached.
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"I think people see the willpower and determination and how much that performance meant to me and that song. I guess it touches people's hearts," Dennehy said of his Virginia performance during an interview with What's Trending host Shira Lazar.
And as if that weren't amazing enough, Dennehy tells Lazar that he's actually a multi-instrumentalist, playing the piano, bass and cello—all with his feet.
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By Joe
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Comments about Nashbar Rodeo Mountain Pedals:
Although the pedal installed easily, there's a design flaw that prevents the cleat from reaching and securing to the clip. The pedal's cage has these raised nubs on both sides that are likely meant to provide traction for a casual shoe. However, these nubs too high on the clip side; the cleat can't get close enough to secure into the pedal. And this was with a Nashbar brand bike shoe.I'm used to clipping in with SPD and look style pedals, and I couldn't make these work even after adjusting the tension on the clips. Other reviewers commented on sanding down the pedals' nubs to make shoes fit. You shouldn't have to physically change the product to make it work for its original purpose. I'm returning the pedals and will buy a pair without a the nubs.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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These pedals were not compatible with the SPD Shimano brand shoes I had to get. It looks like these pedals were designed to work only with same brand shoes - not cool at all! My own mechanical skill and ingenuity overcame the problem.
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Last word in casual pedals
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About Me Casual/ Recreational
I ride for a variety of purposes: exercise, casual, and commuting, and although I prefer being locked into the pedal, I sometimes ride with regular shoes. To be clear: I never put on spandex outfits with italian corporate logos nor do I lube down my hairy body with grease before a ride, although I used to compete in triathlons. These pedals are affordable, reliable, and allow me to keep one set of pedals that serve all my needs. I had to tighten the springs with a simple turn of the screwdriver to keep my SPD cleats securely in place, but since then, these have been exactly what I need for all my riding. A few months ago, I also picked up Nashbar sandals, which are for bike shoes what these are for pedals. No awards for style, but all very practical.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Great Pedals!!
By Biking JT
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These pedals are for my mountain bike that I normally ride on the road. This is my second pair of these and the last pair lasted me over 6 years and 2400 miles. One of the clips on the right pedal finally broke a screw and it kind of came apart. I was not disappointed at all, considering the amount of time and use I got from them. When I go off road or when I wear sneakers while riding casually, I simply use the other side of the pedal and it's like any other pedal. The non-cleat side is plenty large enough for stability with any kind of shoe. I would highly recommend this pedal set for anyone that might be using a bicycle for multiple purposes.
Great Pedals for Touring
By longdistancetourer
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These are the only 1-sided cleat pedals that I can find that have the shoe pressing down on more than the cleat. The shoe actually presses on the pedal, too. As some others mention, this feature does make these difficult to get used to at first as the foot and shoe are rather close to the pedal, and, at times, requires one to use a heavy file or sander on some of the nobs that stick up from the pedals. But, on all other pedals like these, the rider just presses on the cleat part of the shoe. This is OK for expensive, carbon-fibre-soled shoes, but most off-road and touring shoes are made of softer material that starts to bend, after 3 or 4 rides, when the biker just presses the foot on the cleat part of the shoe. As a result, the cyclist's foot gets sore in the middle. Instead, with these "Nashbar Rode" pedals, the foot presses on the horizontal cross-pieces of the pedals as well as the cleat and this distributes the foot-pounds around on more of the foot's surface.
Rodeo does what it says.
By Ladder34
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My first try with clip-ins. I am very happy. Should have tried this 30 years ago.
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Needs modification to work for me.
By DaveSki
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Tried to use these with a pair of Shimano XC-50 MTB shoes but the nubs on the cleat side of the pedal stick up above the cleat surface and interfere with the lugs on the bottom of the shoe. Makes it hard to engage the cleat and even harder to rotate my foot far enough to disengage. These may work OK with a different shoe. I didn't want to carve up my new shoes so switched to a non-SPD pedal. I will probably grind the nubs off the pedal platform and try again since I think it would be handy to have a big cage/platform on one side to use regular shoes and an SPD cleat side to ride clipped in. These don't allow much float so getting the cleat placed correctly is a little tricky and time consuming.Also in the little time I used them the bearings felt very rough compared to the cheap plastic pedals they replaced.
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Love them, 1st time using clips
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I have used clips at Spin class for years and decided to try them out on my Road bike. I have a 150 mile Road bike trip coming up and I want to try them on the trip to see if they make any difference rather then just wearing my sneakers with no cages. They do have a nice large platform so I can revert to my sneakers if I want too. They do takes some getting use too as does anything but I think they have been easy enough to use during my training trips that I will do fine as long as no one stops to quickly in front of me. I have my fingers crossed.
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excellant quick on and off pedal
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after stopping at a red light, my left foot did not engage in the light weight road pedal and the pedal ate my left leg from ankle to knee. my fault trying to hurry, but this new pedal allows for quick start without fear of not clipping in and slipping off.
Effort needed but good pedals
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I use my bike mostly for commuting to work ~5-10 miles and I wanted a pedal that I could use with my clipless shoes or regular shoes. I have been using old nashbar clipless pedals with no platform but those were annoyingly small to use with regular shoes. I installed the rodeos yesterday and had a horrible time trying to get my shoes in and out of the pedals. There are metal spikes sticking up that prevent the shoes from clipping into the pedal. This morning I cut them off using tin snips and sanded down the front until smooth but the front of the pedal cage still prevents the shoe from being flush with the pedal clip. I will probably have to sand the front down more. I hope all the sanding doesn't change the integrity of the pedal. Honestly for the price I would say that they are worth it, but only get them if you are willing to put in a couple hours of effort to get them to fit correctly.
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Dallas police fatally shoot man who stole TASER
Salvador Munoz grabbed the ECD from police and pointed it at them before he was killed
DALLAS — Dallas police officers say they killed a man after he took a stun gun from an officer and pointed it at them.
When officers tried to handcuff a man at the location, police said the man struggled and grabbed a stun gun being pulled from its holster by the officer.
Police said witnesses heard the officers yell at the man to drop the stun gun. When he didn't, an officer fired his gun at the man, killing him. The man was identified as 22-year-old Salvador Munoz. Police said his criminal history shows arrests for drug possession and delivery, resisting arrest and assault on a public servant.
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An elderly peasant woman from the Basque village of Zuggaramurdi, María de Zozaya was swept up in one of the largest witch hunts in European history. Between 1609 and 1614, some 2,000 people (the majority children under fourteen) were brought before inquisitors at Logroño on charges of witchcraft, satanism, and other heresies. In November 1610, María de Zozaya and ten or eleven other accused—mostly women—were convicted of witchcraft in a public ceremony (auto-de-fé) that included reading a summation of the charges against each defendant; María's charges filled forty pages. Half of those convicted, María de Zozaya among them, had already died in prison and were, thus, burned in effigy.
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The Steve Irwin and the Brigitte Bardot are struggling slowly northward through another storm.
Sea Shepherd's Brigitte Bardot departure from Fremantle
The Sea Shepherd scout vessel Brigitte Bardot was struck by a rogue wave that cracked the hull and severely damaged one of the pontoons of the vessel, while fighting heavy seas in pursuit of the Japanese whaling fleet. The Brigitte Bardot was at 51 degrees 42 minutes South and 99 Degrees 21 minutes East or 1500 miles southwest of Fremantle, Western Australia at the time.
'We are watching the Brigitte Bardot very closely,' said Captain Paul Watson. 'The seas are getting rougher and the winds are increasing and there is a great deal of pressure being put on the damaged pontoon of the Brigitte Bardot. It looks like we will have to struggle through these conditions for another 24 hours.'
The crew of the Brigitte Bardot are wearing their survival suits around the clock. A story in a Western Australian newspaper claiming that Sea Shepherd abandoned the crew of the Brigitte Bardot is false and misleading. The Japanese government security ship Shonan Maru #2 continues to tail the Steve Irwin and the Brigitte Bardot.
The Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker continues to pursue the Japanese whaling fleet. It may take two weeks for the Steve Irwin to rejoin the chase, but last season the Bob Barker was successful in shutting down the whaling operations on its own.
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A Frazier Park woman pleaded no contest Tuesday to a misdemeanor child endangerment charge after a Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputy found a child left in a Honda Civic outside Target on Magic Mountain Parkway.
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Maurianne Alyce Clark, 27, received a sentence of three days in jail, 15 days of community labor not involving children, a 52-week parenting class and three years of informal, or summary, probation, according to a spokesman with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
Sheriff's Station deputies responded Sunday to a call at 4:45 p.m. from a concerned man who noticed a 9-month-old female infant sitting alone in the backseat of a car for about 30 minutes.
The witness claimed he checked on the child periodically after contacting deputies, according to a Sheriff's Station arrest record. The child did not appear to be injured in the incident.
When the deputies arrived on scene, they found the doors unlocked and the engine running, according to Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station reports.
They checked on the status of the 9 month old baby girl, who was sleeping, while another deputy on scene asked the store's management to put out a notification regarding the vehicle in hopes the owner would come outside.
Inside the car, a deputy found a cellphone, which, he later determined through the course of his investigation, was engaged in an active call and being used as a baby monitor.
The deputy asked the owner of the phone to return to the car, and in three to four minutes, Clark, who works in a child-care facility, returned to the scene with her boyfriend.
The deputy noted the air conditioning was on low, but the car was warm, according to the incident report.
After questioning Clark and her companion, Clark was arrested on a felony child cruelty charge for endangering her child and booked in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Several factors were evaluated by Deputy District Attorney David Jacobs, who ultimately reduced the charges to a misdemeanor, a District Attorney's Office spokesman said.
"The child wasn't in the car for that long, the air conditioning was left running, she left a cellphone inside the car turned on so she could hear it, and she has no prior criminal history," said Ricardo Santiago, spokesman for the District Attorney's Office. "Because of that, it was determined that a misdemeanor would be appropriate."
Deputy Josh Dubin said regardless of what's left in the car with the child, it's always dangerous to leave an infant alone in a vehicle.
"Within minutes, your car can reach well over 100 degrees," Dubin said. "In 10 minutes, a car can heat up at least 20 degrees fahrenheit, and cracking a window does little to keep a car cool."
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Source: Santa Clarita News