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I'm loving what I see so far (apart from the top tube graphics, though that's really an insignificant issue for me.) I'm hoping to have a Campeur before the year is out.
I'm loving what I see so far (apart from the top tube graphics, though that's really an insignificant issue for me.) I'm hoping to have a Campeur before the year is out.
six jours, I cant speak for the opinions on the fender mounts, although I have never had a problem with any bikes mounting holes or whatever.
I do however find threadless forks just easier to work on and adjust. Nice to only have to use an allen key or two. The easy peasy stem changes are also a big kicker for me.
That said, threaded as you say is nice for small stem height changes, and if taking bars off for packing in a box for travel, a bit faster to do.
in the end, there are tons of bikes out there for sale with x parts, so this is just another option out there I guess.
Good catch on the braze on, though they are the drops are brazed on.
I'm a recovering retro grouch having bought a couple of Rivendell's to satisfy my nostalgia for my teenage years of riding. They are nice bikes with some great features, but I also like carbon and will mix and match old and new to get what I want. My retro-grouch comes out though when Shimano tries to sell Di2 to regular riders.
Oh I don't know... I had a 5-second fiddle with a Shimano Di2 bikes in a Swiss LBS a few weeks ago, and I would have the Ultegra version on all my bikes in a flash if the system wasn't so expensive.
It's a wonder the electronics experts haven't been putting together servos and switches and associated wiring to rig up their own. The principles and pulls are little different, as far as I can see, to what is used in radio controlled boats and planes.
I also worked on an apple orchard that used little servos with simple electric motors responding to impulses from a 12v battery to open and close irrigation solenoids covering acres. The environment in which they operated was quite hostile (including being submerged under water for long periods), and the thin-gauge electrical wiring from the batteries ran for half a kilometre or more under the ground, so I can't see any particular issue with longevity on a bicycle using for touring. Battery charging would be no more complex than for phones.
The company that needs to get its act together in this regard is Rohloff. An electronic system with one of its IGH would be sensational. Ideal for folding bikes and tandems in particular. Maybe Shimano already has one going...
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It's funny how much antagonism there is here for the threaded headset. There's probably considerably more cost and hassle for them to do this, so I assume they value the easy height adjustment of the threaded setup more than the easy adjustment of the threadless type. I have a whole box full of stems from trying to make drop bars comfortable on a threadless setup, and I'd much rather have threaded for my next drop bar bike. To me, it seems like a smart way to make their frameset stand out.
It's not a fault of the design, which I find to be somewhat more flexible that a fixed-length quill. And you can't flip a quill stem as an added fit option!
The issue of stem length is the same whether it's a quill/threaded stem or a threadless one... if it's not right, you still have to buy a new stem.
For touring, the threadless concept is handier because it's much easier to adjust bearing preload.
Having said all that, Europe is the home of the quill stem on new bikes. We've seen bikes with quills that must be around 300mm in length so riders can get that upright position that is so familiar.
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The frame is just out, so maybe next week they will sell the threadless version. I don't know what the history of their frames is, do they do that?
Actually, my one gripe is the price. 600 is pretty steep compared to LHT, Gordon, Nashbar, and some local places that source from Taiwan sources, and do an excellent job. But, it isn't all that bad, and if it is what people want, all the better.
Back a while Velo O was toying with a bike like this, but it was different, and sounded sorta cool. It was pretty heavy duty, and I think it was only coming out in 650b, which is not that sensible for a tank, but every now and again some whimsy is nice.
I kept a couple of mechanical bodies and some of my favorite manual focus lenses, but as digital came in, I realize that I just dont use them and havent put a roll of film in a camera for, who knows, maybe 8 years? All post prod stuff went from physically viewing negs or slides with a loup, and then perhaps to an enlarger, to scanning negs and slides, to then completely digital and on screen only from start to finish.
Weird to think of how it changed, and yes this stuff all cost waaaaay more than a film body, BUT, and a big but, it ended up being cheaper in long run as we didnt have to pay lab fees, or buy film, chemicals, etc etc.
When thinking of bicycles and if Di2 stuff will take over, I happen to think not. Even if the price comes down and down, for regular non-racing riders, the time saved is nothing, and unlike brifters (which I love riding with) electronic stuff still needs to be charged and this point that I believe, will still always be a lot more expensive than mechanical systems.
If in the future, I had the choice between paying , I dunno, 1500 bucks or 2500 for a similar bike but a grand more for a Di2 system, I would prefer to take the grand and use that to go on a plane ride somewhere and bike around said somewhere for a few weeks.
Will I be wrong on this, who knows? Will electronic shifting become so cheap that they end up on all kinds of bikes, even medium priced ones, and be pretty much bullet proof and have batteries that last for months?
As you said, as non competitive bikers, I think the cost vs snazzy factor will mean that mechanical systems will stay in place for a majority of riders. My wifes old hybrid is being used by our teenage son, and the 7 speed middle of the road derailleurs and twist shifters are still working fine after at least 20 years. I somehow doubt that electronic shifting systems will be so long lasting and cheap to maintain (let alone not have issues with wiring,contact stuff wearing out etc) and while snazzy stuff is always going to sell, regular reliable cheap stuff will always sell.
shall be interesting to see what time brings up and what stuff remains.
Ummm... people are spending over $1500 already on Rohloff hubs which arguably aren't worth the money if you have a derailleur system of reasonable quality.
The fact is, the cost of electronic shifting will decrease over time. As all these products have. The camera analogy is excellent -- who would think of using film these days, and the proof is in the bankruptcy of Kodak and the demise of Polaroid.
Batteries for the Di2 already last for months now, so that is a non argument. In Europe, many (and I mean many) ordinary commuter and leisure bikes are specced with dynohubs. It's almost a matter of course to be running around with a dynohub, and B&M lights front and rear.
The touring subset is quintessentially conservative. Just look at the lather posters got themselves into over nun's suggested use of a CF frame for touring, and the UL thread in the early days. Aluminium was a material of the devil, until Cannondale produced some beauties. Now Ti has assumed Satan's mantle. And Ti -- well, why spend money on a Ti bike when you could use the change for a steel to buy a plane ticket? Except, Ti bikes are now ultra-competitive in the marketplace, and make quite nice, quick touring bikes (I have one).
And the ultimate indulgence for the quintessentially conservative touring cyclist? Spend an added $2000 or $3000 or more on a "custom" steel touring frame. I've never had an issue making an off-the-shelf frame fit me, so by the time I put a Di2 shifting system on it, I still would have cash left over for a darned good tour.
To keep this on topic. I would spend not the money on a Velo Orange frame. I got the Thorn Club Tours we are using now for not much over the VO price landed in Australia, and they have a much more substantial reputation.
Plus, I also know that after undoing the four bolts on the stem faceplate, the handlebars will come away without any trouble when packing the bikes, unlike some of the quill stems that need a strike with a hammer to break them free... and hammers are not common items to be found lying around airports.
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Oh, and I forgot... those new-fangled STI brifters... they aren't nearly as good as my old downtube or bar end shifters, can't be serviced in the field, and won't last you a decent tour without giving you heaps of trouble that will leave you stranded in the middle of nowhere.
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I think the real concern is that when they break they can be more trouble to fix, not that they will break. Though you are right that both are said. All info I have heard is they are super durable, who shifts more than racers. It is just the IF. And the IF happens to someone, don't they have the right to feel their own pain.
Overall hard not to imagine that everything we know would fall prey to enough time spent on the road. Not Rowanesque time, even as I look up to the mileage pinnacle you occupy, more like Heinz Stücke time. However, I guess we can't know since he rode such a simple bike most of the time...
Custom, basically people who buy custom frames want: to spend more money; buy more beauty or fit; or need something that is not at the mean, like a real crazy expedition worthy bike, or maybe a real light tourer that still mounts normal accessories. Or maybe they want S&S on a bike that is worth that. Price is normally not the issue. Most enthusiasts that I know who buy low end frames, buy so many bikes, that they could have bought several customs, no problem, same goes with the buyers of mid range components. At least if you buy the most expensive near the beginning, you know that there really won't be some magical formula discovered by a mid market purveyor, and you won't feel the need to stray. But that said, there are collectors at all price levels.
They also have a tendency to loosen. Back in the mid90s, there was a large cottage industry devoted to making locking mechanisms for mountain bikes to keep the headset from loosening. Before each ride, I would fill the tires of my mountain bike and check the headset. I'd check the headset mid-ride to make sure that the headset was tight and then replace the headset post-ride because it had loosened and pounded the bearings to mush. I haven't had any such problem with threadless.
As for height, Rowan is correct. Overzealous mechanics cut the steer tube too short.
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Yes, the VO is filling a niche.
And if everyone is realistic and honest, the more touring frame options that are out there and obvious to the buying public (as opposed to esoteric custom frame builders), the more awareness there is of touring, and therefore the flow-on awareness by retailers for touring specific equipment.
Surly has been a very significant contributor to that awareness, but it would be unfair not to recognise others such as Fuji and Trek which have been offering off-the-shelf touring frames for a mighty long time in the US and elsewhere.
Good luck to VO, anyway. I am sure there are some people who are going to assemble some nice looking tourers using that frame and other parts sourced from VO... but maybe with STIs or bar-ends and aero brakes levers.
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I haven't counted the number of threaded headsets I have worked on, but it's been about 30 years' worth. Some were/are better than others, but I've had roller bearing headsets go for many, many years without any maintenance at all - including one that put in a couple of seasons racing on cobblestones in the late eighties and which is still in use on my "primary" bike today. It hasn't needed adjustment since I installed it on that bike in 2008.
For my money, the only real advantage of threadless is ease of stem replacement, but that's offset by increased difficulty making height adjustments. As I personally find the need for height adjustments more often than length adjustments, that makes threaded better for me.
You say that about the ease of stem replacement, but the vast majority of old stems I've dealt with had to have the tape and the brake or shifter removed from one side to get the handlebars out, and then the whole process had to be repeated in reverse.
With threadless, undo four bolts on the faceplate and remove the handlebars without interfering with anything on the bars.
I can't see how it can be a problem increasing or decreasing height, or improving angle with threadless if the steerer tube hasn't been cut down too far to prevent this from happening.
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My method of adjusting the threaded headsets on the go is to leave the lock nuts loose, then every so often hit the front brake and reach down and twist the lower nut. Then later I hand tighten the two nuts. Keeps them on the road for decades.
Threadless has the advantage if you want to do a fork replacement. That's not something that happens on road and touring bikes all that often but is more common for mountain bikes. Recently I purchased a new suspension fork for one of my mountain bikes and was going to swap the old one to my winter commuter. Cobert goes to the interview at 10 minutes to the hour, I went out to my garage, disconnected the brakes, removed the wheel and fork from bike 1. Then I disconnected the brakes, removed wheel and the fork from bike 2, removed the crown race from bike 2, installed the crown race on the new fork for bike 1. I then slipped the new fork into bike 1, installed the stem, set the bearings, connected the brakes and replaced the wheel. I did the same to bike 2. By the time I got back in the house, the news was coming on at the hour or about 10 minutes total work. It took longer to type this then it did to swap two forks. That's the beauty of threadless...simple, quick and efficient.
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New! Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
New! Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Days of Wineless Roads. Bed and Breakfasting along the KATY
Twisting Down the Alley. Misadventures in tornado alley.
Why would one choose this over an LHT?
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These are trying times for Utah coach Kyle Whittingham, a man known for his steely resolve who is unaccustomed to staring up at the standings.
But sometimes in football, as in life, things don't always go according to script and now Whittingham finds his coaching mettle pushed further than in his previous seven seasons as the Utes' head coach.
"It tests you, there's no doubt about that," said Whittingham whose team is 2-5 and has started out 0-4 in the Pac-12 for the second consecutive year. "But tough times never last and tough people do. That's our mantra here. We're going to keep fighting. We're going to keep taking an uncompromising approach to what we're doing day in and day out. We're not going to give in."
If you're a Utah fan looking for something to hang your hat on, consider this. Last year, the Utes were 3-4 on Oct. 22 and many questioned whether their streak of eight consecutive bowl games would be in jeopardy. They proceeded to win four of their final five and then they beat Georgia Tech in the Sun Bowl.
And yes, the Utes take great pride in the fact that they have gone to nine straight bowl games and Whittingham's teams hold a 7-1 record in those games. And he's very much aware what's at stake.
"We understand, we can do the math," he said. "We're 2-5 with five to go and we have to come away with a minimum of four wins to continue the bowl streak. It's certainly a point of emphasis."
And when you look at Utah's remaining five games, none are against teams currently ranked in the top 25 (worth noting that Washington and Arizona were both ranked earlier this season) and the combined records of Cal, Washington State, Washington, Arizona and Colorado is 13-23.
"There are quite a few parallels between this year and last year," Whittingham said. "I think that's some experience that we can draw upon. We've been here before and we have to continue to respect our process. We have a preparation process and continue to do the things that have been successful for us and brought us success in the past. It's not time to panic or make wholesale changes. When you're in a situation like this, it does cause you to evaluate everything you are doing and take a good hard look at the process. But I don't believe it's a matter of wholesale change. It's just a few tweaks here and there."
Those tweaks could make all the difference. When you consider the Utes' last game against Oregon State, it might have been their strongest defensive performance of the year. But four turnovers by the offense -- including turnovers in the red zone -- left Whittingham rolling his eyes and his blood pressure rising.
"All I can say is there is a lot of parallels between life and football and you keep fighting and eventually things will turn," Whittingham said. "On this football team, there is no lack of effort and no lack of focus. Monday through Friday these guys handle their business. We just need to be better on Saturdays -- making those three or four plays, the momentum-changing plays that really determine the outcome. That's been our biggest problem is we haven't been able to make those plays."
With their third starting quarterback of the season -- freshman Travis Wilson -- about to make the third start of his career (first at home) this weekend against Cal, Whittingham said all they can do is keep plugging away. Things have turned in the past and he still believes they can turn in the present.
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BOSTON Mayor Thomas Menino is considering asking to postpone a voter referendum scheduled for Nov. 5 in East Boston and Revere on a proposed casino at Suffolk Downs.
The mayor wants to give Suffolk Downs time to find a new management partner after it asked Caesars Entertainment to withdraw from the casino application after state regulators raised concerns about Caesars in its background report.
Menino, who supports the Suffolk Downs proposal, says the process will move forward.
"It shows that the process put in place by the state gaming commission works and Suffolk Downs reacted as quickly as possible," Menino said. "Now they have to find a new operator of the casino and they have to do it in record time."
Chip Tuttle, chief operating officer of Suffolk Downs, says he's confident the Massachusetts Gaming Commission will ultimately deem the project suitable for a casino license.
"The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is clearly setting rigorous standards here, we have no problem with that," Tuttle said. "We have always been ready to meet those standards and earn a license."
Suffolk Downs is competing with two other proposals for the single casino license in eastern Massachusetts, including one in Everett from Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn.
Clyde Barrow, director for the center of policy analysis and a casino expert at UMass Dartmouth, says there's plenty of time for Suffolk Downs to find a new partner to manage the proposed facility.
"I wouldn't be surprised if Steve Wynn is even contemplating joining Suffolk Downs in a joint proposal. There's the Hard Rock, which was turned down in a referendum in West Springfield, they'll be looking for a new partner," Barrow said. "And I think so long as Suffolk Downs can get through the referendum, they're still a viable competitor when they go before the gaming commission."
The mayor's office says it would like to see Suffolk Downs have a new partner before it goes to a vote, and says it wants to work with the secretary of state and the gaming commission to explore options for postponing the vote.
Celeste Myers, with the group No Eastie Casino, says the recent developments will help its campaign against the casino.
"It already gives us fodder," she said. "It reassures us what we already knew and hopefully it kind of opens the eyes of folks who had faith in Suffolk Downs decision making."
Recent polls have shown voters lean slightly in favor of the casino.
"What's sitting there now is a racetrack. It's already Suffolk Downs. I think having something nicer there could only be better," said resident Dean Cerrato.
Lifelong East Boston resident Kenny Grifoni says it could provide economic opportunity.
"I'm for it. You've got to bring jobs to the neighborhood," Grifoni said. "You've got a total new influx of people that need jobs."
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Another Trojan leading the effort to document the genocide is Donald Miller, Leonard K. Firestone Professor of Religion, professor of religion and sociology at USC Dornsife, and executive director of the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture (CRCC). Miller is writing a book based on 260 interviews with orphans and widows who survived the Rwandan genocide.
Miller, who has visited Rwanda 16 times and describes the country as a second home, began the project in 2001. The book's working title is Silent Tears: Trauma, Healing and Hope in Post-Genocide Rwanda.
"The last 100 interviews, which were videotaped, focused on ways in which survivors have attempted to reconcile with perpetrators of the violence against them and in some instances actually forgive the killers," Miller said.
He also asked survivors about the role of religion, during the genocide and later in their healing process.
"Religion cuts both ways for survivors since priests sometimes collaborated with the killers," he said. "Also, many survivors felt abandoned by God. And yet in the healing process, religion and the power of a loving community has sometimes been extremely important."
During his last trip, Miller felt new hope emerging for Rwanda's survivors.
"Some remain imprisoned by their past — and for understandable reasons. But many are having their vengeance on the perpetrators: They are succeeding. They are building new lives."
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The Silent Stones of Brittany
By DON WALLACE
Published: July 14, 1996
WE first saw them from the road: six towering slabs of unshaped grayish-white stone. Too orderly to be a natural formation, indeed almost human in appearance, they seemed caught in midtrudge across the windswept landscape -- a sextet of hitchhikers frozen by a sorcerer's curse.
As we sped past in our rented Twingo, my two guides, 9-year-old American boys, fell briefly silent with awe. For a week we had been planning this side trip from our August vacation in southern Brittany. Poring over a Michelin and a Nelles guide to the region, my son, Rory, and his friend Nicky had been smitten by the mystery of the stones at Carnac, the world's largest assemblage of prehistoric stone monuments. Now we were at the portals of the neolithic world.
As it turned out, the six pillars of Le Vieux-Moulin -- the largest of which stands 11 feet high and weighs over 10 tons -- were mere hors d'oeuvres for the feast of stones that is Carnac. Although Stonehenge may be better known to the English-speaking world, Carnac is the mother of all megalithic sites: over 10,000 stones erected in labyrinthine rows subdivide its rolling maritime countryside, marching forth over an area of nearly five square miles from its highly concentrated epicenter. Artificial mounds hide impossibly ancient tombs; tables fit for giants materialize in tranquil glades. Overall hangs an air of brooding enchantment that has spawned the Arthurian myths, fantasias of white-bearded Druids, and New Age astrological speculations.
For the past 6,000-odd years, civilizations have risen and fallen around the stones (called menhirs), tables (dolmens), circles (cromlechs) and tombs. The result is sometimes comic -- the 10-ton menhir leaning up against a creperie like an inebriated old man -- but it can also be disappointing. I'd learned this on an August visit three years ago with my family and parents, when, too pressed for time and lacking a plan, we spent a hectic hour hustling from parking lot to parking lot. In addition to seeing more dust than stones, we'd missed the spirit of the place. Since then we'd heard many similar stories from summer visitors (crowds are not a problem at other times of year): tales of crowded parking lots, fleets of idling tour buses, snack bars filling the air with the smell of pommes frites. As the mood of a neolithic site is, for all its monumentality, quite fragile, a plan seemed of some importance: one that avoided or neutralized crowds and savored the less-known or hidden sites over the touristy ones.
On this August day we came determined to penetrate the center of the mystery. Our first stop was the tourist information center in the middle of Carnac, where we picked up a good free map. Two minutes away by foot was the Musee de Prehistoire, with exhibits devoted to the archeological finds from the region's sites, and the latest theories about the neolithic people. Over a dozen rooms display beads, tools and jadeite axes taken from the archeological digs, accompanied by refreshingly unsentimental conjectures about the meaning of the sites, as well as the sort of cheerfully theatrical dioramas that most children (and not a few adults) find thrilling. Hopping in our car after too short a visit (the museum can easily take up a morning), we drove less than five minutes to the grandest of tombs, the Tumulus St.-Michel. COVERED in scrub oak and brambles, the tumulus is an artificial hill some 6,000 years old. From its base it seems inconceivable that human hands -- and primitive ones at that -- fashioned it. But in 1862 prefect Rene Galles of the Morbihan Polymathique Societe started digging a shaft from the top through 31 inches of dry stone, 5 feet of dried mud, then 26 feet of dry stone. There, by chance, he struck the entrance to the main burial chamber, undisturbed since its makers sealed it under a dome of stone and mud.
After greeting the docent at the tumulus's portal, Rory and Nicky dashed down the 390-foot tunnel, squeezing into every one of the 21 stone burial chambers, some quite low, some large as cellars and supported by stone pillars. I followed, pausing to read the English descriptions supplied with my admission. "Galles broke the 5,000-year-old silence and plunged his hands into dust as soft as flour . . . " He found jadeite axes, pendants spread on the floor, beads, burned offerings and "the cremated remains of the powerful and mysterious tenant of the burial mound." In some of the small side chambers, the skeletons of young girls had been found; in others, small cows.
We emerged on the other side of the hill, then climbed to its summit. There a small stone chapel housed a colorful mural by the Breton artist Alice Pasco portraying the history of the region, including a panel of Rene Galles excavating under the watchful eye of his fur-clad prehistoric ancestors. After taking in a sweeping view of the offshore islands of Houat and Hoedic and the rolling farmland of the interior, we descended through the oaks to our car. Next stop: the Alignments of Menec, Kermario and Kerlescan.


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Trends for the Future: Telepower
Opportunities and Teleshock Concerns
Joseph N. Pelton
Robert J. Oslund
The George Washington University
If the human species is to achieve success as a species, i.e. continuous development for an eon, that is to say a billion years, the most severe test will come in the 21st century.
—Joseph N. Pelton (2001)
Modern technological progress has often been described as a "one-way gate. " Once major innovations occur—regardless of whether they are helpful, harmful, or even both—they cannot simply be undone. They are almost always here to stay. Unlike the plot in "Terminator 2, " we cannot send people or machines from the future back into the past to wipe out technological errors. Spandex, nuclear weapons, birth control pills, Viagra, broccoli, indoor plumbing, musical videos, and chemical and biological weapons, in one form or another, are probably all here to stay.
It is easy to identify the many ways that satellites have improved global society, human life, and commerce. We can also glibly project many ways in which satellites will continue to aid humanity in the decades ahead. Yet like virtually all technologies and industries, satellites represent a double-edged sword. In the years ahead, satellites will not only bring us new telepower, but also teleshock or negative impact on our global society.
Satellites continue to transform our world in new and powerful ways, from peacekeeping to missile targeting, from global news to porn. Satellites represent what might be called an artifact of an ultra-information society, where services dominate economic growth, and knowledge and information represent ultimate


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NOTES: Data for 2008 are preliminary. Federal intramural includes federal intramural R&D and costs associated with administering extramural R&D. Funding for FFRDC performance chiefly federal, but any nonfederal support included in federal figures. State and local government support to industry included in industry support for industry performance. State and local government support to universities and colleges ($3,453 million) included in universities and colleges support for universities and colleges performance.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, National Patterns of R&D Resources (annual series). See appendix tables 4-3 to 4-10.
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As debut seasons in Super League go Manase Manuokafoa's at Bradford Bulls last term got off to a bad start and due to the club's financial problems gradually got worse.
The 28-year-old joined from Parramatta Eels ahead of the 2012 campaign but tore the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee before Christmas, ruling him out of the opening four rounds.
Manuokafoa, who starred for Tonga in the 2008 World Cup, returned to action against Warrington in March and played every game thereafter, establishing himself as one of the best overseas signings.
But, with the Bulls on the brink of meltdown at the tail end of last season, Manuokafoa's future was uncertain and he was linked with a move away.
However, rather than jump ship, the Australian-born prop penned a new two-year deal once the local consortium, headed by businessman Omar Khan, took charge of the club in August.
It was a risk as Bradford were only given a one-year probationary licence to compete in Super League but, on Wednesday, that was extended until the end of the 2014 season.
Manuokafoa's gamble appears to have paid off and, with a clash against rivals Leeds on Friday, he admits the good times are returning to Odsal under coach Francis Cummins.
"After what the club went through last year and what my family went through last season with me as a player, it was pretty tough," said Manuokafoa.
"But we stuck together as a team and credit to my wife too for supporting me and my son as well. I had them to get my head on it with a lot of wise words and it kept me in the game and kept me sane.
"I've been enjoying my rugby under Franny (Cummins). He's come in and managed to do a great job with us in pre-season and we're paying dividends on that now.
"But there's always room for improvement -- that starts this weekend with Leeds. It's a big, big, big game for us."
Elsewhere, Warrington prop Mike Cooper admits he'll be an unknown quantity Down Under in the NRL when he joins St George next season.
The 24-year-old has become the third player this week to move from Super League to the NRL - following Wigan duo Gareth Hock and Lee Mossop's decision to join Parramatta - although there is an agreement in place for him to rejoin the Wolves.
"It's something I've always wanted to do from an early age. The NRL has been something I've been really keen on," said Cooper, who will line up against Huddersfield Giants on Sunday.
"Nobody knows who I am in Australia and nobody has seen me play before, so it's like going back to square one."
Meanwhile, Catalan Dragons forward Jason Baitieri will miss Saturday's trip to Wakefield Wildcats, and possibly the rest of the season, after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament against the Giants last weekend.
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He said: "He has worked really hard to become one of the leaders and I know we will find the strength to overcome this new injury."
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Two Democratic lawmakers and the head of a national charter school group scheduled a news conference Tuesday to urge passage of a bill to end the charter school limit.
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The May 21 Cheers & Jeers editorial jeered Jeanne Harris. Well, jeers to you, too, Columbian editors.
My husband and I happened to see that city council meeting last year. We have been watching more since that meeting. There is an entertainment value there besides becoming familiar with the process of city government.
Without being prejudiced by prior council meeting observations, we were immediately struck with the obnoxiousness of the citizens who were speaking that evening. It was my first impression on all the council members. I thought Mayor Tim Leavitt was a little weak that evening and am happy to see his growth in governing and stronger presence.
I didn't like the editorial's use of adjectives "hot-headed" toward Jeanne Harris vs. "mild-mannered" colleague Larry Smith. The bottom line is there are two sides to every story. I'm here to state the opposite of your side.
I don't think Harris was out of line or had a "meltdown" that infamous evening last year. Those citizens irked me, and I only met them that day. Before she even used the phrase "gavel down," I was talking to my TV, telling Leavitt to be more assertive and stand up to the citizens.
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Never give up !! Forza Giulia Casoni !!!
Do you remember there is one player who was once hoped for a bright future ? However she has difficult years with many injuries, her passion for tennis is never allowed to cool down. It's difficult and needed much more time, but let's wait untill she'll come back to the WTA tournament again.
Yes, her name is Giulia Casoni !!
Tomorrow, Giulia has both of singles and doubles match. If she win, I wanna go to Gifu to cheer for her. In bocca al lupo !! :angel:
Centre Court
2nd Match CASONI Giulia (ITA) vs FUJIWARA Rika (JPN)
4th Match 1-ASAGOE Shinobu (JPN)/ MIYAGI Nana (JPN) vs CAMERIN Maria-Elena (ITA)/ CASONI Giulia (ITA)
Good luck Giulia :D
Giulia, Lubiani and Camerin play at the challenger tournament Fukuoka, Japan this week. Go girls !!
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Liga Dekmeijere (LAT) vs. Nana Miyagi (JPN)
Q vs. Q
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Zi Yan (CHN) vs. Jolanda Mens (NED)
Rika Fujiwara (JPN) vs. 7-Julie Pullin (GBR)
8-Yuka Yoshida (JPN) vs. Mirielle Dittmann (AUS)
Q vs. Miho Saeki (JPN)
WC-Maika Ozaki (JPN) vs. Giulia Casoni (ITA)
Jin-Hee Kim (KOR) vs. 4-Mi-Ra Jeon (KOR)
6-Samantha Stosur (AUS) vs. WC-Tomoko Yonemura (JPN)
Adriana Barna (GER) vs. Lauren Breadmore (AUS)
Francesca Lubiani (ITA) vs. Shiho Hisamatsu (JPN)
Ayami Takase (JPN) vs. 2-Maria-Elena Camerin (ITA)
Go Giulia! :D
Giulia is playing at Galatina, Italy this week as qualifier and will face the 5th seed Sofia Arvidsson. Dai Giulia !!
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(1)Angelika Roesch (GER) vs Francesca Lubiani (ITA)
Maria Emilia Salerni (ARG) vs (q)Kaia Kanepi (EST)
Maria Geznenge (BUL) vs (q)Margalita Chaknashvili (GEO)
(7)Marie-Eve Pelletier (CAN) vs Alyona Bondarenko (UKR)
(3)Martina Sucha (SVK) vs (q)Svetlana Krivencheva (BUL)
(WC)Jarmila Gajdosova (SVK) vs (q)Borka Majstorovic (SER)
Zsofia Gubacsi (HUN) vs (q)Joanna Sakowicz (POL)
(5)Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) vs (q)Giulia Casoni (ITA)
(6)Andreea Vanc (ROM) vs (WC)Claudia Ivone (ITA)
Magdalena Zdenovcova (CZE) vs Bahia Mouhtassine (MAR)
Nathalie Vierin (ITA) vs (LL)Jana Hlavackova (CZE)
(4)Arantxa Parra (ESP) vs Yuliana Fedak (UKR)
(8)Melinda Czink (HUN) vs Tiffany Dabek (USA)
(q)Maret Ani (EST) vs (WC)Vittoria Maglio (ITA)
(JE)Maria Kirilenko (RUS) vs (q)Tina Schiechtl (AUT)
(2)Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) vs Olga Kalyuzhnaya (RUS)
Giuloa lost 3-6,4-6 :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:
After playing chellenger tournaments, Giulia will come back to the WTA tour at Palermo, Italy. Dai Giulia !!
Schaul (1) vs bye
Sun vs Kanepi
Sesciorenau vs Musgrave
Schruff(5) vs Kapros
Kurhjacova(2) vs bye
Fedak vs Haidner
Dhenin vs Van Boekel(WC)
Fislova(6) vs V. Bondarenko
Voracova(3) vs Casoni
Dell'Angelo vs Schneider
Ani vs Disderi
Mouthassine(8) vs Sassi
Santangelo(4) vs Abramovic
Stellato vs Errani(WC)
Yan vs Hovtat(WC)
A. Bondarenko(7) vs Zheng
Giulia, ranked number 217 this week, will play at the qualify of US Open !!
It was just 2 years ago that she played her last performance in Grand Slam. Buona fortuna Giulia !! :bounce:
Re: Never give up !! Forza Giulia Casoni !!!
Do you remeber Giulia Casoni?
I loved her, she was my fav with Pennetta... in 2000 she had a great tournament in Rome, where played amazing matches.
It's a pity she couldn't repeat those results
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Funding for the GEC and other geriatrics training programs are authorized under Titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act. Congress distributes these funds through training grants administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
RIGEC's interprofessional programs are offered to clinicians, professionals and trainees within the health care fields. A majority of our attendees stem from nursing, social work, medicine, pharmacy, and allied health; however, a variety of other professionals and direct service workers will attend programs including individuals from nutrition, dentistry, optometry, theology, recreation, public safety, and senior living/residential care.
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In July 2015, RIGEC became one of the 44 organizations in 29 states to be awarded a HRSA training grant (Cooperative Agreement #U1QHP28737) to implement the Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP). The purpose of the GWEP is to improve health outcomes for older adults by integrating geriatrics into primary care delivery systems and maximizing patient and family engagement. Learn more by viewing URI Press Release.
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Please find our final issue of 2012, 33:3. The issue continues our pattern of presenting new and innovative research on both courts and court administration. As in our previous issues, this issue has interesting readings for the various segments of the audience for the Justice System Journal. As always, we hope that a broad spectrum of our readers will find the ideas and evidence presented in this issue interesting and relevant.
Our first three articles examine state courts and their political environments. The first, by Professor Greg Goelzhauser, examines the important and timely issue of judicial independence in a very novel and innovative way-through examining case disposition times. Goelzhauser finds that courts with judges who enjoy less independence dispose certain types of cases more quickly. As he notes, the findings have implications for our understanding of judicial independence.
Our next article, by Aman McLeod of Florida Coastal School of Law, analyzes the institutional structure for appointing judges and finds that the structure matters in determining gubernatorial appointments. Professor McLeod's study reveals that while governors prefer to appoint nominees of the same party, the probability of a cross-party appointment increases if the state uses a judicial nominating commission and if an opposition party controls the legislative body that must confirm the nomination.
Finally, our trio of articles about state courts and their political environments concludes with a study by Professor Susanne Schorrp of Georgia State University. Professor Schorrp examines the constraints on judicial decision making imposed by the political environment, and her findings suggests that public opinion and gubernatorial pressure can constrain judges who are very concerned with legitimacy.
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One of the quietest cities in Vietnam, charming Hoi An is a must for culture buffs. Ancient buildings line the picturesque streets of the old town which are intact, having managed to avoid the ravages of war. This former tranquil fishing village is jam-packed with history and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Hoi An is a great place to really get up close and personal with the real Vietnam, her people and her past. The old town offers countless historical walking tours and is easy to navigate on foot or by hiring a bicycle. 12th century pagodas rest alongside locations once bustling with traders from the west in the 17th century, when Hoi An was one of Asia's most important trade ports.
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Making new friends and keeping old ones — from as far away as the other side of the world and as nearby as just around the corner — is one of the rewards that keeps the International Women's Friendship Group going strong after nearly 11 years.
The biggest perk, of course, is learning different languages and about other cultures — and then there's the food, a smorgasbord of American and international goodies.
Since its first meeting in October 2003, the friendship group has allowed these ladies who lunch to learn about each other's cultures and languages, too.
"We try to support each other," said group founder Jeanne Hoffner, a Mount Laurel resident who also operates a small business tutoring non-English speakers in both language and culture.
Added Janna Horton of Mount Laurel, a 10-year member who has also taught English to non-native speakers, "Women need socializing and culturization. They need outside stimulation."
The free, nonsectarian group meets every third Wednesday of the month in the basement of Moorestown's First United Methodist Church. It boasts an active roster of about 40 women, with as many as 20 showing up each month.
While many members are from Japan and China, there are women from Brazil, Puerto Rico, Turkey, Iran and Russia among the other nationalities represented.
Most of the women from foreign countries are here temporarily while their husbands are on assignment for their companies.
About half the group is local residents, some longtime members and others relative newcomers who find out about the club through word of mouth.
The seeds for the club were planted when Hoffner was an undergraduate student at the University of Rhode Island, her home state, studying psychology during the mid-1970s. She had a Japanese boyfriend for a while, and met other native Japanese who fueled her interest in their country. She spent two post-graduate years on a cross-cultural exchange, living in Kyushu and researching drinking customs, culture, problems and rehabilitation near Tokyo.
Her next stop was the University of North Carolina to earn a master's degree in public health. There, she met her future husband, Ken, who specializes in industrial hygiene and safety. As the pair met more students from other countries, they started a friendship outreach ministry in Chapel Hill.
Next, the Hoffners moved near the University of Maryland, where Jeanne Hoffner, by now a young mother with a daughter and a son, began a friendship group for the wives of international students, many of them Japanese women who felt isolated and disconnected from Americans.
"I would get together with Japanese women to do flower arranging and have lunch with them once a month. I would listen, and I heard a lot of misunderstandings about American culture. I thought, 'These people need an American friend, so when they don't understand something, they can ask about it in a safe environment.' "
After the Hoffners moved to Mount Laurel in 2001, their son began taking piano lessons with the son of an Asian couple. "The husband was Japanese and worked for Subaru. His wife was from Taiwan and invited me into her circle of friends," Hoffner recalled.
Those newly formed relationships evolved into the International Women's Friendship Group and its first meeting in autumn 2003.
Members continue to look forward to each meeting. Hoffner usually sends out a general topic for the women to think about every month, so they can come to meetings prepared to talk about a subject. One recent idea was bird-watching. Activities have ranged from sushi-making and origami to learning German songs and celebrating international holidays.
At least once a year, Hoffner plans a "show and tell meeting," where members are asked to bring in three items and talk about them. Sometimes, members will show up with guests who may become the center of attention.
"We also like to celebrate people as they leave us, and we do holiday parties at Thanksgiving and Christmas," Hoffner said.
Eva Priestley of Mount Laurel joined the group last summer after Hoffner chatted her up at a local craft show. "I came and liked it. The group is so varied," said Priestley, a native of Berlin, Germany, who teaches creative writing to senior citizens.
"I find the girls from Japan and China so fascinating. It's also informative," Priestley said.
Evesham resident Consuelo Fernandez is here while her husband, who works for the Spanish navy, is finishing up a three-year assignment as a liaison at Lockheed Martin in Moorestown. The couple have a 3-year-old daughter and expect to return to Madrid this summer.
Like others in the club, Fernandez initially came to practice her English-language skills but has stayed for the friendships.
"After a while, it feels like you are part of a group and have real friends," said Fernandez, who learned of the group from the wife of the officer her husband replaced at Lockheed Martin.
Vicky Pan, whose husband works for a research company, is a Canton, China, native who has been here for more than 15 years and was introduced to the group two years ago by a member from Russia. Now living in Mount Laurel, she has two sons who attend Springville Elementary School. "I learn about different countries and cultures," she said.
Tokyo native Haruna Fujita , whose husband works for Subaru, has been living in Cherry Hill for the past three years. "I come here to share friendship, for help to improve my English, and for good eats," she said.
The culinary offerings might include a hearty soup, appetizers from Northern Europe, deviled eggs, an array of salads and sandwiches, and desserts ranging from American apple pie to Japanese daifuku mochi, a soft rice-based cake filled with sweetened red bean paste.
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Wow, I hear some strong angry opinion here and someone who seems who knows what is best for everyone. Umm, no abortions? Is it ok if a woman that makes a million a year decides she wants to have a child alone, or do you think she must marry someone as well. Dont like atheist? Jewish ok with you? Maybe single millionaire mothers, atheists, and jewish should not be able to vote either, how about those with brown eyes?
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SME-I disagree with "what are the poor doing with a car". A single woman with a couple of kids living in public housing, may work and make 15 k a year-this is poverty. How do you suppose she gets to work. There are many jobs that are not in walking distance or have bus service. Look around at some of the local vehicles-they arent luxury. This person may get income based housing, medical card, food card, even free daycare-but at least they are trying. If this same person made 20K or so more, they would not have the public benefits and would be about the same financially. I give credit to those who try, but think less of these poor even try, and do work the system too often. So it still falls on the middle class-who's quality of life continues to decline. The middle class is just getting poorer-and its not getting better.
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The 'Middle Class' is going the way of the DoDo Bird...becoming extinct as manufacturing and production jobs have moved overseas to increase the 'bottom line' of the 1percent who rule America.
As many Democrats know 'We, the people' have been lied to for decades. America is NOT A DEMOCRACY IT IS AN OLIGARCHY!
The US government does not represent the interests of the majority of the country's citizens, but is instead ruled by those of the rich and powerful, a new study from Princeton and Northwestern Universities has concluded.
The report, entitled 'Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens', used extensive policy data collected from between the years of 1981 and 2002 to empirically determine the state of the US political system.
We have become a nation of serfs to the GOP oligarchs!
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Budman, too many RIDING on the wagon, not enough PULLING the wagon.
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Soaring Food Inflation Full Frontal: Beef, Pork And Shrimp Prices Soar To Record Highs Tyler Durden's pictureSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 04/15/2014 17:29 -0400
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Buried deep on the website of the U.S. Census Bureau is a number every American citizen, and especially those entrusted with public office, should know. It is 86,429,000.
That is the number of Americans who in 2012 got up every morning and went to work — in the private sector — and did it week after week after week. All told, including both the welfare recipients and the non-welfare beneficiaries, there were 151,014,000 who "received benefits from one or more programs" in the fourth quarter of 2011. Subtract the 3,212,000 veterans, who served their country in the most profound way possible, and that leaves 147,802,000 non-veteran benefit takers.
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good one troll.
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Rich politicians? But politicians' salaries aren't high enough to make them "rich." How did all our career politicians get rich?
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sme,politicians with their hands out.political welfare.when you are getting nothing for your money[lots of it].the rich in private industry have earned it.the rich politicians haven't.
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I Googled rightiswrong. Google took me to whatareyoustupid? I won't try that again.
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Cowtrans, "abusive free market system that exploits the people, makes foreign wars, then eliminates jobs through technology" Blah blah BBWHAHAHAH!
So now you liberal loons want to put Bill Gates and Sergi Bren in prison for creating technology that makes man more efficient???
Sorry you started a business to make horse shoes but that was YOUR CHOICE, learn to LIVE with the consequences of being out of touch, #oldphart.
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rightis, they buy a lot of gas. They just buy it with someone else's money. Ha,Ha,Ha, Tell me some more stupidity.
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SME,So your saying 50 percent of the country never buys one drop of gas,Ha,Ha,Ha, Tell me some more lies.
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A loaf of bread costs the same whether the buyer has food stamps, is middle class, or is wealthy. The burden is with the middle class, who are working harder and have a declining standard of living. Many middle class do not spend as much on food as what is provided by welfare per person-they can't because of the cost of housing, utilities, keeping vehicles running so they can work, etc. As the middle class approach retirement, it is even more bleak-many will end up below poverty level as health fails or in retirement.
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Oh boy...
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Men and women who work in extreme conditions, inhale fumes and dusty contaminants, and avoid equipment and traffic for safety have bigger tax burdens than the extremely wealthy who gained so much from those who kept shipping lanes open and manufactured freight moving. Republicans want to make it harder for working people to feed and educate children and don't want all hard-working people to have affordable health care.
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yawn... calrants, you're not the first person who, after a lifetime of laziness and failing to achieve success in the free market, whined that the free market system was "abusive." But if that makes you lazy, low-achieving loons feel better about yourself, whine away. Make that First Amendment proud. LOL
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You teabaggers make me laugh...funny stuff, troll, loghead,sme. This is the response of a government (read: the people)to an abusive free market system that exploits the people, makes foreign wars, then eliminates jobs through technology and outsourcing to increase profits and consolidate it's nefarious accumulation of wealth that has reached the point of vulgarity.
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the middle class[working poor group] has and always will be the backbone of this country.when they are gone is when the welfare will stop.we have welfare at the top[politicians with their hands out] and bottom[moochers of the system].they all want a free ride on the backs of the middle class without contributing anything.the roads still s-uck.
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coffee, The federal (tax payers actually) have spent 3.7 TRILLION on 80+ means-tested (poverty programs) in the last 5 years! So your 480 billion in 100 years is nothing! Funny stuff.
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So Demorat Wvcoffee disagrees with the headline. Typical Demorat who doesn't think you're taxed enough. Remember that at election time.
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Another BS headline! Over the past century, the federal government has pumped more than $470 billion into the oil and gas industry in the form of generous, never-expiring tax breaks.
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All taxes combined take over 50% of the working peoples money. Income. Federal, state, county, city. Property taxes, sales taxes, fees to drive, fees to you name it. The income tax from earned income is but one tax area. The air we breath is not taxes yet, but soon may be. Many are paying taxes and fees for the removal of the waste that goes into your sewage system. It seems that every Govt. level wants more money all the time. We have created a monster that needs a constant stream of money.
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