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Ron English on Liberating BillboardsArts
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In an age of mass consumption, everything is marketable. Reacting to this, culture jammers reclaim public spaces and refigure iconic imagery, making us rethink the way we interact with dominant cultural paradigms. American artist Ron English dedicates his time to making illegal billboard ads. With satirical and subversive imagery and sloganeering, English makes people stop and think about how products, personas and ideas are sold to the public. In this very funny presentation at the Semi-Permanent conference, he gives a history of how his art came to be part of the urban cultural landscape.
Ron English is an artist and activist. His paintings were featured in the documentary "Super Size Me", and his work on billboards and public spaces has appeared in the USA, Europe and The Middle East. He says he hasn't been to gaol in a long time.
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lilly :
20 May 2009 2:15:14pm
i'm going to add you into my project for american history you have such interesting work.
Painter :
19 May 2009 9:43:06am
This is one of the best talks I've seen. I wish I'd been at SemiPermanent. Thanks for bringing me some of the sessions.
g3 :
13 May 2009 8:10:46am
" good work "
...keep on keeping on
TheThirdWay :
12 May 2009 11:03:44pm
The practice of culture jamming is wonderful thing; constructive, creative and intelligent. It is an example of grass roots culture trumping the awesome power of the multinational monsters of the P.R. industry. As culture jamming is in reality a community service promoting critical thought and rationality without the base end of personal financial gain, we should ensure practitioners are not crucified by the law on behalf of soulless and unaccountable foreign corporate tyrannies or their proxy here in Australia. Those of us interested in advancing democracy wholly endorse the practice of culture jamming as a legitimate and extraordinarily creative form of political dissidence largely tolerated in any genuine democracy.
DocMercury :
12 May 2009 8:06:03pm
Go for it!!
Especially if it means overcoating the tagged out walls of offense to visual aesthetics.
An obese Ronald or a hungover Crusty the clown would be better than someone vomiting their id-fettish all over the scenery.
12 May 2009 5:07:27pm
Sounds cool. But us aussies started on that trip long before anybody else!! Consider what Dr Arthur Chesterfield-Evans and BUGAUP did with tobacco advertising on billboards back in the 80's.
12 May 2009 2:28:18pm
Gawd! Is that you Ronald MacDonald?
Well, I have heard many people say "that eating too much at MacDonalds will make you look more like that"?
Melanie Lee :
12 May 2009 2:14:40pm
I really appreciate the effort and audacity some people show and make in counteracting the mass of media attention of products that, kill, damage and destroy our lives, health and environment.
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Overwhelmed by a gift.
Did you end up moving to AZ? If I remember correctly you were looking at applying for jobs in the area. First on my agenda would be insurance (if you have a bankruptcy you lose your safety net), and then I would pay back the family friend, set aside money for at least 6 months of living expenses and then see about payment plans for the remaining debt. I would rather have payment plans in your situation and try to sit on the money until things are more stable. Once things have stabled then I would pay off debt.
I would probably sit on it too since you guys are in a transition and the fact that you will probably have to pay taxes on the gift.
Gerta B.
O nice. So how much debt did you need to pay? If its only the 7 then I'd probably look into starting a roth IRA after putting away the 6 months of expenses. If your still looking for a job Id still do a roth IRA then bank the rest until you were stable.
Gerta B.
For now I'd definitely bank it, just in a regular savings account until you know what's going to happen with bankruptcy and others. If I remember right your husband is several years older than you and was very behind on retirement so I'd say overall that should be a priority for your family. Can you max a couple of IRAs for 2012 and 2013?
I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars.
isn't there some way the givers could say Oops, made a mistake, let me have those checks back. Until your BK finalizes.
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How much are you getting discharged in bankruptcy? Would the "right" thing to do be to not file and pay off your debt? I'm just playing devil's advocate here.


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Over three January days in his unheated Dayton apartment, 2013 Ohio University theater graduate Anthony Kochensparger forced himself to his desk (in all the layers he could manage) to write Milkwhite — a one-act play about a ballerina who goes to college, becomes involved with a girl and then cheats on her girlfriend with her dance instructor.
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It's award season in the theater world, locally and elsewhere, when past work is pored over to find outstanding productions and performances, accolades are bestowed, "thank you" speeches are made and egos are boosted or blasted.
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The last time Sarah Jarosz showed up in Cincinnati was during the MidPoint Music Festival last year. And I'd wager that the vast majority of people who should have seen her probably missed out.
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It's Pride Week in Cincinnati, a time to celebrate and support the local LGBTQ community, promote diversity as well as equality and just have a good time as a plethora of events takes over the city. The Pride party has been going all week and the fun continues tonight with the Skyy Vodka Pub Crawl featuring bars and clubs in Over-the-Rhine, Northside, Downtown, Newport and Covington. Shuttles run three loops with six busses stopping at 20 bars. A $10 wristband gets you on the bus all night and into any bars that have cover charges. Find details here. Cincinnati Art Museum's free Art After Dark series also takes a Pride theme this month. Stop by the museum before the crawl for performances by Young Heirlooms and the Cincinnati Men's Chorus, gallery tours, giveaways and more from 5-9 p.m. Bar crawl wristbands can be purchased at the museum or Millennium Hotel, Below Zero, Rosie's Tavern or Chameleon between 8-10 p.m. The much-anticipated annual Pride Parade steps off at 2 p.m. Saturday with a slightly different route due to streetcar construction: Seventh and Culvert streets to Vine Street to Fifth at Fountain Square, down Eggleston Avenue. The parade will end at Sawyer Point, where a family-friendly festival runs 3-9 p.m. There will be two entertainment stages (be sure to swing by the CityBeat stage!), rides and games for kids, food and drink. There will also be a public commitment/re-commitment ceremony at 6 p.m., free to all couples interested in participating. The ceremony will cap off with a couples' first dance. The festival ends with a fireworks display at 9 p.m. Find a full entertainment lineup here. And be sure to check out this week's Pride Issue. We've got interviews with local LGBTQ advocates, a calendar of events and more. The 2014 Cincinnati Fringe Festival is in full swing this weekend (continuing through June 7). We've previewed each of the 30-plus performances and will be posting reviews of every show as well — check them out here. Eccentric painter, sculptor, printmaker and collector of fancy antique oddities Hunt Slonem graces Cincinnati with his colorful, fabulous presence this week. The American artist has work showcased in more than 100 museums across the world — and now, Miller Gallery in Hyde Park. Perhaps best known for his neo-expressionist paintings of tropical birds and other animals, Slonem will be at the gallery for the opening Friday night. Meet the artist and peruse his works from 6-8 p.m.; The Exotic World of Hunt Slonem will be on display at Miller through June 29. Jane's Saddlebag in Union, Ky., is a unique attraction sprawling over 35 acres of land that features a general store, restaurant, wine shop, petting zoo, historic spaces and recreations. Located near Big Bone Lick State Park, Jane's is great for a weekend getaway close to home. Visit this weekend as they host their second annual wine festival noon-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Sample wines from 20 local and regional wineries and shop handmade items from more than 40 craft vendors. Tickets are $12 and include four tasting tickets, a wine glass and live music. Go here for more info. For more art openings, parties, festivals and other stuff to do this weekend, check out our To Do picks, full calendar and Rick Pender's Stage Door for weekend theater offerings.
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If you haven't found a couple of 2014 Cincinnati Fringe show that you're dying to see this weekend, you need to go to CityBeat's Fringe hub for some recommendations — including reviews of early performances of all 30-plus shows. But if you're still coming up short, there are more choices from area theaters. If it's fun you're seeking, you might want to stop by the Carnegie in Covington, where Showbiz Players is presenting Spamalot. It opens tonight and runs through June 8. You probably know that this very amusing musical (it won three 2005 Tony Awards, including best musical) is "lovingly ripped off" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. If you can repeat lines from that 1975 cult hit, then this is surely the show for you. Tickets ($21.50-$24.50): 859-957-1940 Although it's not part of the Fringe, Marc Bamuthi Joseph's red, black & GREEN: a blues surely could be. The hybrid performance work leads audiences through four seasons in four cities: summer in Chicago, fall in Houston, winter in Harlem and spring in Oakland. Memories, hallucinations, dreams and lamentations are set in shotgun houses and subway cars, on park benches and in father-son conversations. I haven't seen it, but people I know have raved about the power of the work, which ranges from hilarious to poignantly sad. Joseph is a spoken-word poet, and his work is meant to be a conversation starter about sustainability and community building. It's being presented on Friday and Saturday evening by the Contemporary Arts Center at the Aronoff's Jarson-Kaplan Theater. Tickets ($18 for CAC members, $23 for everyone else): 513-621-2787 This is the final weekend for The North Pool at the Cincinnati Playhouse. (CityBeat review here.) Rajiv Joseph's anxiety-filled drama is a sparring match between a hard-nosed vice principal who thinks he knows something and a student, the son of Middle Eastern immigrants, who has things he wants to keep to himself — but it's not what the school official thinks. In fact, they both have secrets that are slowly, painfully revealed. Great script, great actors. This one is definitely worth catching. Tickets ($25 for students; $30-$75 for others): 513-421-3888
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0 Comments · Wednesday, May 28, 2014
I've been a theater critic for almost three decades. I'm an optimist: I routinely attend shows hoping to be pleased or surprised. Doesn't always happen, of course, but I keep going back. Maybe that's a little crazy, but I've kept at it for all these years because our Cincinnati theater scene gets better and better, and I want everyone to hear about it.
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The folks behind the Cappies program that recognizes high school theater productions and performances decided to establish a new recognition for the 2014 awards, presented on Friday, May 23, at the Aronoff Center.
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I don't have the bandwidth nor does CityBeat have enough space to write often about community theaters — groups of volunteers who produce and perform in shows, often for audiences in a specific neighborhood — but that's not because they don't do a good job.
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There are several good theater choices south of the Ohio River this weekend.The theater (and dance) program at Northern Kentucky University presents a truly varied array of programming — this season has included a play by Orson Welles, the legendary musical South Pacific, Shakespeare's As You Like It and more. The academic year's final production Monty Python's Spamalot, opened last evening, and it seems to be a perfect vehicle for a lot of onstage clowning. (In case you haven't been tuned in, the show is subtitled "A musical lovingly ripped off from the motion picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail," and many of the show's most hilarious moments are reproduced wholesale onstage.) But clowning can be serious work, and if you catch NKU's production, pay attention to the choreography (the work of NKU grad Roderick Justice) which is complex, amusing and very well executed by the cast of 25. Director Ken Jones keeps things moving; the actors get into the tomfoolery from start to finish, especially Kat Moser as the diva who's the Lady of the Lake and Bradley Goren as long-suffering Patsy (he's the one who clicks the coconut shells to simulate King Arthur riding on horseback, among other amusing moments). The show is a fine entertainment, if you're a fan of the low but articulate humor of the Python troupe. Through April 27. Tickets ($8-$14): 859-572-5464.Comedy of an entirely different sort is available at another Kentucky venue, the Carnegie in Covington, where Mary Chase's 1945 Pulitzer Prize winner Harvey is available through April 27. This is a piece of gentle humor from the past, about a slightly off-kilter guy who sees a six-foot-plus rabbit — he calls it a "pooka" — named Harvey, much to the dismay of several family members who are embarrassed by his behavior. Their efforts to get him committed to a local asylum go awry to much merriment and a message about being, well, gentle and sweet. This is good, old-fashioned fun. Tickets: 859-957-1940.If you prefer a well-written contemporary drama, this weekend is your last chance to see A Delicate Ship at the Cincinnati Playhouse. Anna Ziegler's new show (this is its world premiere) is a memory play that explores an unexpected chain of events triggered by a love triangle. It's beautifully staged by Michael Evan Haney with a cast of three actors who are just right for each of their roles. I gave this one a Critic's Pick when it opened; it's as good as anything I saw recently at the much-respected Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Tickets ($30-$80): 513-421-3888.
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You won't find cutting-edge material onstage at the Carnegie. The theater's managing director Joshua Steele has mastered two elements: He collaborates with a wide array of local theater artists and companies, and he produces works that are, by and large, familiar fare.
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Look at that face. That face proves that money can indeed buy happiness. It can also buy The NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars and the English Premier League's Fulham FC. Shahid Khan is a Pakistani-American billionaire who ranks 122nd on Forbes' list of the 400 richest people in America and is the 490th richest person in the world. Khan was born on July 18, 1952 in Punjab, Pakistan and moved to the United States at age 16. He attended the University of Illinois and made billions after buying and developing automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate. The 61-year-old is also the richest person in the world of Pakistani origin.
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To paraphrase sportscaster Dan Patrick you can't stop love at work; you can only hope to contain it.
The white people with the most interesting things to say in any situation involving race are the ones who shut up.
Employees at some point grow weary of the nonsense they inevitably must put up with: from a client, a customer, a co-worker, or pigheaded politicians.
The title of this post reflects my experience. I think this is unacceptable. What's your take?
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Binge reporting: The local media gets drunk
class=img_thumbleft>There's nothing like a new trend to get the local media salivating like a college freshman over a rail of Rumple Minze shots. In fact, a "trend" seems to be anything a reporter wants it to be, including a fad that is either long gone or never was.
Last year, for example, the Strib uncovered a scrubby little trend that was supposedly sweeping the nation: the need to clean. The cleaning fad could easily be illustrated, according to the article, through the availability of new high-design vacuum cleaner lines. Sure, Dirt Devils these days appear more George Lucas-inspired than your grandma's utilitarian and duct-taped crumb suckers, but keen marketing doesn't mean the nation is suffering from OCD. Just because Target has new space-age-inspired chairs doesn't mean we need to sit on our ass more, or that we will in 2014.
More recently, the local media has forced its readers to chug a diet of binge-drinking stories. But the "trend" to get wasted is hardly new.
A drinking "binge" is when an adult male consumes five or more drinks in one period and an adult female four or more. Since early October, as many as 22 local stories have been reported on the supposed dangerous new trend of binge drinking, which the local papers and news channels would have you believe is harming the state's most precious resources: college students.
Still, according to the CDC, about two-thirds of all binge drinkers are over the age of 25, and the average adult goes on a booze binge about 7.5 times a year. Hardly healthy, but if it's not happening to privileged youth, it's just not that important or interesting, is it?
If tabloid journalism really is a new trend (the Strib said it was), then the Strib just might be getting the drunkest off it. Below is a rundown of the number of fear-based binge-drinking stories that ran over the last four months.
Binge-drinking stories since October:
Star Tribune: 6
St. Paul Pioneer Press: 3
Chicago Tribune: 2
Milwaulkee Journal Sentinel: 1
New York Times: 1
Los Angeles Times: 0
St. Louis Post Dispatch: 0
Washington Post: 0
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Not blooming (that should be) … Belotti passion vine! Really struggling this year … so sad:( & Clematis … Will Goodwin
Morning Glory 'Heavenly Blue' Blooming
Ipomoea tricolor
Cone Flower 'Fatal Attraction' Blooming
Echinacea purpurea
Hibiscus - Lavender Chiffon Blooming
Hibiscus syriacus
Hibiscus - Blue Satin Blooming
Hibiscus syriacus
Helioptrope 'Benary's Marine' Blooming
Morning Glory 'Minibar Rose' Blooming
Ipomoea tricolor
nice leaves, no flowers yet.
Butterfly Bush Blooming
Buddleja davidii
Beautiful — I really like the hibiscus.
Lovely flowers! Do you take the bougainvillea inside for winter?
Beautiful flowers. A bougainvillea in zone 6a…: surprising!
Thanks all :D
The Bougainvillea is in a pot and yes, it will either come inside or go to a local greenhouse for overwintering. They charge $30 to care for your plant all winter, which is about what you'd pay for a small-sized new plant each year. It would never survive our snowy winter, but does very well during the summer months.
Nice to find a greenhouse that will do that. I seem to kill most of the things I bring inside for the winter, so it would totally be worth it to pay someone else to look after it.
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Celtic Boyne Valley
Day Tour from Dublin
DEPARTURE TIME: 8:00AM (Arrive 10mins before) DEPARTURE LOCATION: Suffolk Street (See map) PRICE:€40 Adult PRICE: €35 Student – Senior – 13yrs / 16yrs PRICE: €20 Child 5yrs / 12yrs PRICE: Children under 5 free
Our 1 day Celtic and Boyne Valley tour brings you to some of Ireland's most ancient and historic sites. The majority of the tour takes place in County Meath, also known as the Royal County, which was the original ruling place of the High Kings of Ireland. Visit the passage tombs of Loughcrew where you will see 5000 year old artwork carved into the stone. We also visit the old town of Trim where you will get the chance to walk around the grounds of Trim Castle, the largest and best preserved Anglo-Norman castle in the country and the setting of the film Braveheart. Visit the famous Hill of Tara where the High Kings ruled from during the Iron Age. Another highlight of this tour is Monasterboise, famous for its many high crosses and round towers. We finish with a tour of Drogheda.
Day Trips From Dublin
I based myself in Dublin and signed up for 4 separate bus trips with this company. Every one was great. The driver/guide on each one was knowledgeable, professional and personable. I went to the Cliffs of Moher, Blarney, Giant's Causeway, and the Boyne Valley. All are worthy trips but I loved the Boyne Valley or Celtic tour the best. Most of our time was spent in the beautiful, scenic countryside, off of the highway. It was picturesque and historically interesting. Trip advisor May 2015
Celtic Boyne Valley Tour
Took this tour with Tony. It was a really fun day, with plenty to do and lots of interesting stories from Tony. I enjoyed getting a personable tour guide who was passionate about the sites he was showing us. Trip advisor May 2015
Wonderful Celtic Boyne Valley Tour
My husband, daughter and I took the Celtic Boyne Valley Tour a few days ago and had a wonderful time. Our guide Jim was both knowledgeable and interesting, really bringing history to life. The bus had approximately 26 people on board, which was a nice sized group, and Jim managed to keep us all on track throughout the day. The three of us all agree that we would happily take a similar tour in the future!
Off the beaten path way to see Celtic sites
We really enjoyed our day trip to Loughcrew, the Hill of Tara, Trim Castle and Monasterboice. Gabe was our driver and tour guide and he was very knowledgeable and entertaining. Trip advisor June 2014
excellent extreme ireland celtic boyne valley tour with barry
Day bus tour may 2015 with Barry from Extreme Ireland – who was very knowledgeable and amusing. Early rapid fire commentary on political and historical events and little amusing asides was reminiscent of Robin Williams in Ms Doubtfire. He didn't talk all the time, which would have been too much but walked with us – taking some of less traveled tourist sites – seeing ancient celtic religious, burial and kingship sites, abby ruins, trim castle where Braveheart was filmed, monastery with interesting graveyard , and a small town with a modern church and bloody history from cromwell times Left from molly malone statue at a civilized hour of 8 am returning at 6 30 — much less bus time than most other tours and considerable walking. Wonderful trip. thankfully no rain which would have made brief but strenuous hill climb less pleasant. Fascinating info on celtic religion and transition to Christianity. Adequate stops for bathroom facilities, coffee, lunch for purchase in a traditional pub. 27 people on bus, which apparently was more than usual, but was fine.


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Skip to comments.Military mom without childcare goes AWOL
Posted on 11/15/2009 4:28:16 PM PST by Lorianne
The U.S. Army is dealing with an emotional and complicated case involving an Oakland woman. She's a single mother, scheduled to be deployed to Afghanistan, even though she has no one to care for her 11-month-old baby.
The woman is a 21-years-old single mom, who was almost on her way to Afghanistan. However, she is not the only one. A report released last month says 30,000 single mothers have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 9/11.
For now 11-month-old Kamani Hutchinson is being cared for by his grandmother, Angelique Hughes of Oakland. A few days ago she flew to Savannah, Georgia after learning the Army had put Kamani in Child Protective Services.
(Excerpt) Read more at abclocal.go.com ...
What the hell is this woman doing in the Army?
I don't know how to feel about this. While I do pity her position, she put herself in it, and TBH, it's situations like this that end up making others have to deploy all the time, while some don't ever go at all. *sigh*
It's the failure to have a family care plan that got her in the rest of the trouble. Maybe they ought to put unmarried female personnel on mandatory Norplant so they can serve without the distraction.
My daughter (who already has three young children) has the kindergarten-age child of a single (recently divorced) mom -- now stationed in Iraq -- living with her.
If the military is going to put women in combat zones, they, at least, should recognize that they may have needs that most male soldiers simply avoid...
Problem solved
I think men have to have a family care plan as well.
Or the 29,999 others?
Well, I do!
This PC Crap has to stop. How the hell are we supposed to fight a war with young women still suckling their babys?
Send her home where she belongs.
Semper Fi
An Old Man
They chose to join the military, right?
Agree, it's the lack of a family care plan.
Where is baby-daddy?
*sigh* is right. Guess I'm a dinosaur. They used to put pregnant females out of the military. Don't see why they quit.
While I agree with that as far as it goes, it was the change to a one theater level of military readiness that caused our members of the military to be over-utilized during this campaign.
Clinton allowed the numbers in the military to dwindle to the point we didn't have a two theater level of preparedness, and Bush made it official during his first few years in office.
I stridently disagreed with him on this matter. I'm sure you can see why. It's personal for you.
I guarantee!
Hubby says any single parent, male or female, has to have a family care plan if they have custody.
That kid wasnt issued in her seabag (or rucksack, whatever the Army calls it)
The Army has the rep of being a good baby-daddy, at least in peace time. The Army has health benefits, day care, etc. I read an article about this a few years ago. In some circles, you don't need to rely on some man; you can have the joy of a baby, and not the hassle of dealing with the father.
It makes me sick to think of the depths to which the image of fatherhood has sunk. There needs to be a national renewal of the importance of and respect for good fatherhood.
It's socio-economic, according to something I read awhile back. The higher up you go on the social ladder, the less likely a person is statistically to have a child out of wedlock. The college graduate women are much more likely to realize that kids are raised better with two parents. Lower income/less educated women are less likely to feel they need a man to help raise a child.
Define a "single mother" please.
This is one of those "hide my sin" expressions.
Usually nobody knows whether this was a young promiscuous woman who had a baby out of wedlock.
A divorced woman with children.
A widow with children.
WHAT is a single mother in this case?
These women should not be in the Armed Forces at all.
I respectfully disagree here. Women were the ones who demanded that they be allowed to serve in combat roles. The army's job should be to fight and not solve family related problems. Those who can solve their problems at home and not complain about them should be the ones defending others.
>> involving an Oakland woman
Armed with that tidbit, I'm pretty sure I can fill in the rest of the details.
Probably chose to get pregnant with the hope of avoiding deployment, but the attempt did not work?
This can also happen to men who get custody of the child/children and then are deployed.
A 21 y.o. single mother, and she enlisted in the military because....????? Where is the father? Seems the logical solution would be for the baby to live with daddy while mommy's in the war. (brave new world indeed)
"A report released last month says 30,000 single mothers have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 9/11."
She was a good servicemember and served her tour. She never had to deploy, but she has a strong family that I'm sure would have been there for her. That's not always the case, though.
Today, she has her college, married a great guy and is getting on with life.
Is the same type of PC crap that got 13+1 killed in Ft Hood?
Indeed. I'm sure all the details that show how the mom, Alexis Hutchinson, was negligent or just too lazy to follow standard pre-deployment procedures in having a workable family care plan and keeping her chain of command updated on her current situation after her unworkable plan fell apart have been ommitted so that we can make the Army look cold and uncaring.
Common sense has been outlawed. You will have to report for re-education.
I am NOT going here ....
Not again.
Things happen, birth control doesn't always work. So what are you going to do?
My nephew had to have a plan while he was serving active duty and he was a single father with sole custody. The plan was my sister, the children's grandmother. Specialist Hutchinson had a plan, but her mother couldn't handle it all.
This is a very complicated situation that needs to have a solution that doesn't encourage these young parents to go AWOL nor to get pregnant to get out of deployment.
What could the command be thinking, by allowing someone like this in the army? I guess its just PC thinking or something.
Army personnel should be people who can be deployed anywhere in a flash- and who can support their dependents on what the military pays.
That's why, traditionally, young single men without dependents fill the lower ranks in the military.
Women in the military another benchmark in political correctness . Let those with children serve state side only or discharge them at their request . I do believe women should be able to serve their country and many , many have served with distinction . I salute those patriotic souls .
I thought the Army boarded you out if you didn't have a famliy care plan for your kids in case of deployment.
My single, unattached in anyway nephew has been in the Marines for 5 years and has not been deployed once. He is so furious about it he is getting out. My daughter is in the Air Force and was deployed within 11 months of graduation. He was quite jealous. Especially after he made fun of her joining the Air Force.
I agree. But just because a man is young and single, doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't have dependents.
My then-husband and I had been married three years and were told that I wouldn't be able to have kids. With the knowledge of this, we enlisted together. Right out of basic training we got pregnant. When our daughter was 8 months old, we got pregnant, again. I think the Army agreed with my body.
I got out after my three years because of my motherhood.
Not all soldierettes with children planned it.
Yep. It is insidiously working its way into all aspects of American life. It will destroy this once great nation. Those children will be emotionally damaged, but, of course, that is what these marxists want--more dysfunctional, non-thinking Americans.
Young men who have dependents that can't be supported on a buck private's salary shouldn't be accepted either for enlistment-whether they are single or married.
Or instead just don't let them deploy at all. . . .but wait. . .that would put undue hardship on males in service (and their wives and children) as those men take up the slack for the single moms. So, the men that are responsible are now double-tapped to not only look out for their own family, but for the single mom, too. But hey, the military is supposed to be a social welfare child-care agency, anyway. . .this going to war stuff is sooo dated.
Single mothers are required, required by regulation to have a plan when it comes to deployment. No exceptions.
The "simply avoid" comment was uncalled for attack against all men.
Yes, you are correct.
Well the Army owns you when you are enlisted and you might want to think ahead before getting pregnant when serving! Now when she is caught she could go to the brig and the kid directly to fostercare.
Why horonable? After shehas went AWOL I'd think a general discharge would be more appropriate?
How many of "these things" do you supposed are planned?
Sometimes exposure takes, and sometimes it doesn't.
I'm sorry he didnt't get to go, but I was referring more to people that have to cover for women like her. Women Marines get away with this kind of stuff all the time. They can just keep getting pregnant and never have the responsibilities (PFT's, deployments, etc) that my husband and others do. I don't feel it's right. It makes me sound like a child to rant about it not being fair, I know, but he goes so much. This last deployment was really bad, both for him and for our family, but we did what we were required to do. She should have to do the same. If not, then she should not be in the Army. Period.
When both parents are soldiers, it gets sticky.
No sympathy. It is not the military's responsibility to provide daycare for unwed mothers. These women wanted combat duty, equal treatment' etc. The slut got herself into this situation. Discharge her from the Army.
All of these women in the military, and the rest of the men are hiding behind their skirts. I've never agreed with the concept of women in the military, except in auxilliary positions. All due respect goes to them, but it's totally unnecessary for women to be fighting the battles men should be fighting.
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I don't know if going to a 2.25 tire will be OK because my bike originally came with a 1.85. And does it matter if they are kevlar or wire beaded and what's the difference?
I don't know if going to a 2.25 tire will be OK because my bike originally came with a 1.85. And does it matter if they are kevlar or wire beaded and what's the difference?
I can't tell you if the new width will fit or not. You'll probably have to do some measuring to figure that out. But the kevlar bead tires are lighter and foldable. That's really nice if you're planning an extended bike trip you can keep a tire or two in your pack.
1.85 to 2.25 hmmmmm. If the 2.25 tires fit between the stays I guess they would work, but those are going to feel HEAVY when you make the switch. If it came with 1.85's I bet it is an XC bike I'd stick around 1.95 to 2.1 at the max. Tire widths vary between brands, also allow some frame clearance in the back for mud and warped wheels. You may consider a 2.25 on the front with something narrower in the rear as there is usually more room on the fork and more traction up front is a good thing.
Check the documentation that came with the bike. You'll be able to find maximum wheel sizes there. I'm thinking tho, if it came with 1.85, that was what it was made for
Fitting a larger tyre on the front shouldn't be a problem as there is usually always plenty of space. All you need to do is grab a tape measure!
However, the rear wheel fitting through the frame may be a problem with a 2.25" tyre. Again, get out your tape measure!
An entire wheel assembly with rear cassete and 2.25 tire can be moved with your pinkie finger. The difference between a 2.25 and 2.1 or 1.85 tire is irrelevant when compared to you body and frame mass. If you perceive a difference in acceleration, it's likely the loss of mechanical advantage from using a larger diameter wheel.Originally Posted by DirtPedalerB
I would think the diameter is around the same if not exactly the same. A heavier tire will take more energy to spin up to speed and I'm sure most 2.25 tires weigh more than most 1.85 ties. Also the wide tires will have bigger contact patch which adds more friction again increasing preceived weight. Wheel weight is the most important to the response of the bike, body and frame mass can't really be changed as a variable when we are discussing changing between tires. So I say he will feel like he is riding a slug .. especially if he goes with a more knobby tread pattern than he has allready. But I seriously doubt they fit.Originally Posted by willtsmith_nwi
I'm assuming it came with a 1.85, that's what the website had for a like model. I bought it used so I have no manuals or anything for it. It currently has 2.0 on it. Basically I'm in need of some new tires, and I found some maxxis that got really good ratings, but only comes in 2.35.
A carpenter ant weighs more than a mound ant. Which one takes more effort to pick up?Originally Posted by DirtPedalerB
Indy tires are wider than Nascar tires. Which car is faster?
These facts have nothing to do with the questions that are asked. And they are exactly the same as the things you are saying. I can take two ball bearings from the same line on the same day and I GUARANTEE that their mass is not the same. The reason is simple, the statement makes no sense because there is no parameters on what equality means. An engineer will define a precision with with equality can be assessed. But real objects that exist in the real world cannot be measured EXACTLY so we must define thresholds for the sake of making conversations meaningfull.
You say that it will take "more energy". You have failed to define what levels of energy is relevant and perceptable. You say wider tires are "slower" because there is "more friction". But had you looked at your physics more carefully you would have discovered that the frictional force is the mass times the coefficient of friction (Ff=mµ. And the coefficient of friction for a material is independent of surface areas since the increased surface area decreases pressure. Did you know that the low pressures that racers so desperately seek in their tires also increases the surface area?
Like I said before, increasing the wheel diameter (the tire is the outermost portion of the wheel) changes the effective gearing ratio. This is probably explains the "sluggishness" you perceive. This is no different than the "sluggishness" you feel when shifting from 7th to 8th gear. Put a 2.5" tire on your rim and you will still be able to push it with your pinky. Just imagine how relevant such a mass is to the largest muscle groups in your body in and around your hips and thighs?
As an afterthought, I am well aware of changes of moment in inertia as the mass in a rotating body increases in radius. I am trying to convince you that it is pretty much irrelevant unless you are a serious endurance racer.
In general for off road, wider tires are often better as they more easily conform to terrain. The benefit of this is two fold. First, you get increased traction as more of the tire is actually in contact with the trail and you are more likely to be in contact with a surface that will hold. Second, the yielding nature of the pneumatic tire is beneficial as deflect from irregular trail features. The alternative is bouncing the bike up and down. That bouncing is no good. It is a translation of perfectly useful forward kinetic energy into heat energy from flexing the tires. When one conserves kinetic energy, we are not so blindly eager generate it with promises of lesser inertia moments that have never been calculated with reference to the overall inertia of rider mass plus non-rotating bike mass plus rotating mass to determine whether it's even remotely relevant.
willsmith - dont be a complete ****, because your just making a fool of yourself.
Tell me this, if weight on the wheel mattered nothing, why do XC riders use 2.0tyres? Why do we use light tubes? If weight at the wheel mattered nothing, why wouldn't all XC riders use thorn proof downhill tubes for example? Its a combination of weight and contact with the ground (aka friction).
Who care's? We all know Wider tyre = more contact with the ground. Ever wonder why road racers use very thin tyres? YES its called FRICTION! They go FASTER believe it or not with the same pedal efficeincy! You really shouldn't have brought this 'technical' stuff into it as we all know a thinner tyre will roll faster then a wider tyre, and we all know that if you have a 2.35" tyre and the same tyre in 1.90", say a Kenda Nevegal with a nice and nasty tread pattern...you sure are going to feel a difference in weight and that WILL be noticeable when riding. Even if its only a small difference when climbing, still noticeable.You say that it will take "more energy". You have failed to define what levels of energy is relevant and perceptable. You say wider tires are "slower" because there is "more friction". But had you looked at your physics more carefully you would have discovered that the frictional force is the mass times the coefficient of friction (Ff=mµ. And the coefficient of friction for a material is independent of surface areas since the increased surface area decreases pressure. Did you know that the low pressures that racers so desperately seek in their tires also increases the surface area?
I'm sure there are many people on here who have noticed this over there long years of riding...
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A 26X2 and a 26X2.5 have the same diameter. the only difference is the width. you can find slight differences in height of tires in any size, but they bulge at the bottom to about the same distance from the rim depending on pressure.Originally Posted by willtsmith_nwi
pushing something with your pinky has no relevance.. I'd imagine you can push a nascar tire with your hand and an indy car as well with about the same force.
I'll stick to relatively skinny light tires
Last edited by DirtPedalerB; 08-19-06 at 08:54 PM. Reason: bad wording
A 26x2 and a 26x2.5 has a contact patch about the same. Also remember, there is no standard for measuring tire width. An IRC Mibro in 26x2.25 actually measures out to be 1.95, while a Michelin XC tire in 2.1 measures out to be 2.2. so I would have to say, it depends on the tire.
Why do some baseball players wear the same unwashed jock strap when they're on a streak? People conjure up all types of faulty reasoning to explain phenomenon they have experienced.Originally Posted by blue_neon
For DirtPedlarB, the casing of a bicycle tire is not rigid enough to hold a fixed height. If you take a tire and put it on a narrow rim, it will increase the diameter. If you put it on a wider rim, the tire will increase in width and decrease in height. And yes, lower air pressure will increase the size of the contact patch and lower the mean effective diameter of the tire.
I point out the relative ease of moving the tire absent the rider to give you some reference to what you are talking about. The pinky is virtually a vestigal limb with barely any strength whatsoever. Yet you can easily move the wheel with one of those big old nasty 2.5" tires on wide downhill rims. You could not even remotely do this when the bike is loaded. The reason is that the moment of intertia in the wheel is virtually insignificant compared to your body mass. Furthermore, the energy to get that wheel moving is conserved in it's motion AND once the wheel is up to speed and remains there there is no more penalty for acceleration (which really wasn't significant in the first place).
In the end, please buy whichever tires you wish. But please realize that their are other factors to tires that are far more significant than weight.
So go ride your bike with the rear tire at 40psi and then go ride it at 20psi .. I guarantee it's harder to pedal at 20. But the 20psi tire will have a lower effective diameter so it should be easier according to this logic and what you said about friction not depending on area before.Originally Posted by willtsmith_nwi
I agree that it depends on the specific tire and ride whatever you feel comfortable with, but there is a penalty for big cushy tires.
weight doesn't matter too much, but the big tires deflect more so I'd say the width is more important than weight. The spacing of the knobs is the main thing I look at though. A tighter spacing will roll better, but may reduce traction. It's all a compromise when it comes to tires.


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I respect all of you guys opinions and I know that I do not fully understand as well as I should the magnitude of the risk of trading VXX. I am heavily hedged against my VXX positions and on a daily basis rarely see huge swings in my overall account value. Because of multiple Bull put spreads and bear call spreads, when market tanks, I lose very little, and when the market rally's back, I usually get what I loss back, plus a small percentage gain. The gains have been steady over time, and most of that has been from theta decay.However, the volatility of VXX has offered me multiple opportunities to set up new short positions, then purchase other spreads to offer at least some protection against the disasters that you mention above.I do need to gain a better understanding of how to calculate precisely what my Delta, Vega and Gamma risks are, and how much that might impact my portfolio during the throws of a market crash.When I am positioned with a significant amount of holdings with naked VXX calls, you can believe that my overall account is in a position to protect against a major pullback in the market.I did luck out, and missed the big jump in the VIX in early August, for I had gone to cash just prior to that, and missed a move that could have been damaging to my account, if played incorrectly.I am reluctant to expose the size of my account, amounts of my trades and even specific trades that I make to the general public. But, at this late stage in my current VXX trade , I have shared info on some of my holdings that I typically keep to myself.My account is not massive, but large enough to allow me to make the kind of trades that I describe. As you are aware, account must meet certain requirements to place certain trades such as naked calls. You must also reach a high trading level in order to short calls.I do appreciate the advice everyone so willingly provides on this board. The comments have certainly inspired me to learn more about the greeks that obviously are essential to understanding ones risks when trading options.
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