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You got my point exactly, and I completely agree with you on this.Mr Man wrote:tiltbillings I'm not sure if I understand you correctly but when you said "The second question relates to your comment: What to do with it?". Do you mean what to do with the teaching of rebirth?
If so I would say pick it up if you want. Put it down if you want. reflect wisely. investigate. use intelligence. See how it correlates. If you believe in rebirth or if you don't believe in rebirth don't let it be a burden. That is my advice.
Buckwheat wrote:I want to know how other Non-Rebirth Buddhists (NRBs - can I coin that?) resolve this issue.
Alex123 wrote:Buckwheat wrote:I want to know how other Non-Rebirth Buddhists (NRBs - can I coin that?) resolve this issue.
Be afraid of death, still cling to life, don't want to hurt loved ones. Without Rebirth, suicide would be in that case the quick shortcut to parinibbāna.
Sabbasava Sutta wrote:"And what are the ideas fit for attention that he does not attend to? Whatever ideas such that, when he attends to them, the unarisen fermentation of sensuality does not arise in him, and the arisen fermentation of sensuality is abandoned; the unarisen fermentation of becoming does not arise in him, and arisen fermentation of becoming is abandoned; the unarisen fermentation of ignorance does not arise in him, and the arisen fermentation of ignorance is abandoned. These are the ideas fit for attention that he does not attend to. Through his attending to ideas unfit for attention and through his not attending to ideas fit for attention, both unarisen fermentations arise in him, and arisen fermentations increase.
"This is how he attends inappropriately: 'Was I in the past? Was I not in the past? What was I in the past? How was I in the past? Having been what, what was I in the past? Shall I be in the future? Shall I not be in the future? What shall I be in the future? How shall I be in the future? Having been what, what shall I be in the future?' Or else he is inwardly perplexed about the immediate present: 'Am I? Am I not? What am I? How am I? Where has this being come from? Where is it bound?'
"He attends appropriately, This is stress... This is the origination of stress... This is the cessation of stress... This is the way leading to the cessation of stress. As he attends appropriately in this way, three fetters are abandoned in him: identity-view, doubt, and grasping at precepts & practices. These are called the fermentations to be abandoned by seeing.
Alex123 wrote:suicide would be in that case the quick shortcut to parinibbāna.
retrofuturist wrote:There is no nibbana in suicide, rebirth or not.
alex123 wrote:If there is one life, then when one dies, there will not be any post-mortem rebirth. All hindrances, all 5 aggregates, all fetters will cease.
Suicide would make death come quicker.
alex123 wrote:I hope there is one life only, and death=parinibbāna.
retrofuturist wrote:True, but that's not parinibbana.
retrofuturist wrote:Nibbana = parinibbana = amata (deathlessness).
tiltbillings wrote: What I see a lot in this thread are those who cannot accept the Buddha taught rebirth because it flies in the face of what they can accept as being true and so they go through a lot of mental gymnastics to make their point (unconvincingly).
reflection wrote:Buddhism isn't about belief, at least not for me.
Spiny O'Norman wrote:reflection wrote:Buddhism isn't about belief, at least not for me.
Same here, and I don't think that a belief in rebirth is necessary for Buddhist practice. But I do think the Buddha taught rebirth, and I'm puzzled by the amount of energy some people put into trying to disprove it.
Spiny O'Norman wrote: ...I do think the Buddha taught rebirth, and I'm puzzled by the amount of energy some people put into trying to disprove it.
Buckwheat wrote: Would anybody care to share some best practices for resolving the doubts that arise from clinging to the wrong view of materialism/annihilation?
The memories that came flooding back were so horrific that Lisa Nasseff says she tried to kill herself: She had been raped several times, had multiple personalities and took part in satanic rituals involving unthinkable acts. She says she only got better when she realized they weren't real.
Nasseff, 31, is suing a suburban St. Louis treatment center where she spent 15 months being treated for anorexia, claiming one of its psychologists implanted the false memories during hypnosis sessions in order to keep her there long-term and run up a bill
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Metta-4 wrote:And when 'awakened' from the hypnotic state, the person returns to their normal frame of reference and no longer thinks they are from Venus. This is the difference between hypnotically-induced past-life memories and those recalled by Arhants.


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Jun 12, 2005 at 4:38 am #1216265
I have found a new way to spend my money but do not know what I should be looking for. Is anyone into this activity? Looking over the entries at bikeforums.net it seems that they all could benefit from some light weight gear education. But it is I who needs the education now – I cannot figure out what kind of bike I can get. I am presently leaning towards what they call a comfort road bike, and have been directed towards a Lemond Big Sky SLT. I was told that since I claim to be able to tool around with loads under 15 pounds that I will not need a touring bike, which are heavier and not as fun to ride. Any knowledge would be great.
Buffalo, NYJun 12, 2005 at 8:49 am #1338070
Just as in backpacking, there are many separate activitiesm that can be classified as bicycle touring, you need to define what your primary activity is…
3-day tours vs. trans-am or trans-world; camping vs. staying in b&b; etc…
I would not get a 'comfort bike' for bicycle touring. I would (and did) get a touring bike or a fast-touring or randonneuring bike.
If you are only going to do local or close-to-a-bike shop touring you are safe with any frame. But, if you plan to do any remote or third-world touring, you'd be much better off with a steel frame (cr-mo) bike. I personally prefer steel or titanium bikes anyway and would never purchase an aluminum bike except for a full-suspension mtb (IMHO).
For a touring bike, do not get the popular few-spoke wheels, get normal traditional 32 or 36 spoke wheels, although if you are looking at mainstream bike stores, they may be as tough to find as UL gear at REI.
You will need to have some way to attach your luggage (as light as it may be) to the bike, so you will need rack attachments unless you use a Carradice-style Transverse saddlebag. I would also look for front rack attachments.
Other things you may want to look at are: front light attachments, fender attachments and room for fenders, room for tires larger than 28-32mm, gearing low enough for climbing big hills with your load (i.e. a triple or compact double).
Finally, most importantly, you will probably not be racing in your local crit series or Le Tour on your new touring bike so make sure it fits. Generally bicycle store employees will be completely unfamiliar with touring bikes and will size you on a bike based on the way Lance Armstrong looks on his bike. You will want the largest bike you can fit on for comfort over the long haul.
Sources for information include: the bicycle touring list @ phred.org, adventure cycling, Rivendell bicycle works, harris cyclery, vintage bicycle quarterly, randonneuring usa, Peter White Cycles.
For UL touring, I would recommend a randonneuring bike (randonneuring is ultra-distance, timed, self-supported riding). These bikes are light, fast, comfortable, and designed to carry a load. They will be difficult to find. Sources include: Heron Bicycles, Rivendell Bicycles, Wallingford Bicycles (Berthoud). Other good touring bike companies are: Bruce Gordon, Rodriguez, Co-Motion, ANT bicycles, IF has a nice fast-tour/rando bike as well.
THE source for panniers is Arkel OD. They make the best panniers in the world.
I hope that's not an overload. If I were to make it simple I would get a Heron Randonneur.
Good luck and have fun!Jun 12, 2005 at 4:12 pm #1338075
Dane BurkeMember
@daneLocale: Western Washington
I am leaving on a solo self-supported bicycle tour from Seattle to San Francisco this Friday. I am on an extremely tight budget, so I couldn't really get the kind of gear I wanted. I am on a super-cheap ($150 at Costco) mountain bike and I am carrying everything in my backpack except for a few items in a too-small handlebar bag.
If I had a little more money, here are the things I would have looked into getting:
A commuting/touring bike, or possibly a recumbent(you could probably get by with 18 gears, I wouldn't want a bike with less than 21)
Aerobars (might not be compatable with a handlebar bag, if so I think a handlebar bag would be more important)
A Mirror
Rear Rack and Panniers (if you pack light and have a large handlebar bag, you don't need front panniers)
A good handlebar bag (with a plastic map case, make sure it keeps everything you need available to you while you are riding)
A cyclometer (I have a $15 Supergo one that works great, no need to spend lots of money here although you easily can)
GOOD FENDERS! (I rode in the rain yesterday and got completely soaked and covered with road grime)
Maybe a Frogg Toggs rain jacket, I don't think rain pants are necessary though.
A big spacious tent (I need more privacy than a tarp when I'm in non-wilderness campgrounds. My GoLite Hex is big enough to fit my bicycle inside too.)Jun 12, 2005 at 6:22 pm #1338078
Courtney WaalMember
Front racks aren't necessary for UL touring, but rear rack eyelets almost certainly are. Currently, I'm using my road bike with a clamp on rack, but it's heavier and no matter how tight I get it, it can shift if I hit a big enough bump in the road and might one day break my wheel. Real racks are safer and lighter. Cannondale's SR series has eyelets but the bikes are chock full of heavy crap that isn't necessary, and beyond that I'm unfamiliar with other non-touring bikes that have them. Trek makes a sub-$1000 tourer, though I'm not familiar with which model it is. You really don't want to tour with anything on your back, this includes camelbaks (I think we're all aware of how heavy water is). The added impact on your butt, hands, and lower back are more than enough reason, but it really increases your profile as well. I'd suggest you stick to a steel frame since it has a far more forgiving ride and you get lots of noisy notice before a steelie cracks. Aluminum frames are made for racing and are a very hard ride for long, day-after-day touring. They also have the distressing tendency to crack without notice (it happened to me, I only noticed it visually before the whole thing cracked through). Whatever bike you choose, the most important issue is the fit- don't skimp on fit issues. I'll second that Randonneuring bikes are a pretty good bet. Tourers are very inclined to love Brooks seats because they mold to your butt and are super after the break-in period.
I wouldn't consider touring on a recumbent (even though they have a cultish following) because they're hogs on hills, poorly balanced while loaded (usually the weight is carried behind the rear axle), and use parts that are hard to find while touring and you'll have to know how to do all the repairs yourself since most bike shops don't do recumbents. I think that they're touted most by people who never had a properly fitting bike. For the same supply issues, I'll suggest touring on standard width tires.
I can fit all my stuff into two Ortlieb front roller panniers and a WXtech dry bag that I secure on the top (they have tie-down points in convenient locations).
I'm continually amazed at what people will lug with them on bike tours. Some can't fit into front and back panniers, a top bag, AND a trailer. Things like coleman stoves, 6 changes of clothing, whole boy-scout-troop sets of cookware, and ginormous tents make plenty of checkboxes on people's packing lists and yet they wonder why they're hitchhiking up hills. 50-60 pounds of junk is a surprisingly common amount, with 70 pounds not being uncommon! I'm currently working on a UL bike touring pack list and I can post my current efforts on it if you ask.Jun 16, 2005 at 10:42 am #1338194
Amy StoneMember
Kit, I'd love to see your gear list when you finish it. My husband and I cycled the C&O canal (MD to DC) a couple of years ago, and while we fit everything in a pair of rear panniers (each), I'd like to cross the lighterweight philosophy over from hiking as well. We're moving in a couple of months and it would be great to tour some of the western US…Jun 21, 2005 at 8:09 am #1338344
You should check out the Great Divide Race and the bikes in it. The Great Divide Race is a solo unsupported off-road ride/race along the Great Divide Bicycle Route from Canada to Mexico, roughly paralleling the CDT. About 2400 miles and 250,000 feet of climbing.
From here (http://greatdividerace.blogspot.com/) you can follow the racer's progress. From here (http://www.greatdividerace.com/) you can read about the race and link to some of the rider's pages and their bikes and packing lists.
These guys/gals are travelling pretty UL.
BJun 21, 2005 at 8:18 am #1338347
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One interesting piece of equipment several guys are using is an auto windshield sun screen as a ground pad. These are the ones that are made of like 1/8 foam with a mylar layer.Jul 7, 2005 at 10:57 am #1338756
Kevin, there are so many styles of touring with a bicycle. You need to decide what you want to do before spending a lot of money.
I got back into touring last year with four weeks on French mountains. I had two panniers on my eight year old audax bike. This was a great trip and convinced me to buy a real touring bike, with fittings for front panniers. This is probably a good approach. Find out if you enjoy it enough to spend real money on a good machine.
Using high quality kit, with solid clicks when appropriate and silence the rest of the time, is pleasant but the real advantage lies in the total absence of breakdowns. Nothing, despite seven weeks (four on the audax, three so far on the tourer) of climbing big mountains with a full load of camping gear.
The audax bike was good, but the touring bike (26 inch wheels) was better. The steering doesn't get light on ascents and the descents are very stable. Seriously enjoyable. So far the new bicycle has had two tours – an icy week in February and two weeks in France in June. It has also proved far better than the audax for evening rides on the dreadful road surfaces we have over here on the Isle of Man. I had to go very gently with 700c x 25mm tyres.
The other style of touring which I have tried is with ultralight gear in a rucksack for mountain biking. Stowing the tarp at 5 a.m. and leaving a delightful wild pitch to start the first of several great descents was a real joy. Mild technicalities are possible with an ultralight rucksack. This was just a weekend trip. There will be more like it.
I pack pretty light, but on long tours the weight soon climbs. A good tool kit is great for reassurance. You'll want a solid lock for a good bicycle and they are very heavy. On a long journey, if you care at all about the area you are riding through, you'll pick up reading material. Maps aren't that light if you are covering hundreds of miles of back roads. Big-time cycle touring isn't really an ultralight activity.
By the way, the real reason to avoid a recumbent is the shortage of reliable equipment. A recumbent cyclist left Orange half an hour before me and was much faster, but I caught him up while he repaired a puncture. It turns out he had not been able to get kevlar tyres for his little wheels. And those chain lengths would worry me. The chain is the only thing needing attention on a good touring machine.Jul 11, 2005 at 6:26 pm #1338858
Well, last night I swore, promised and really explained it all to the boss, advising that I have chosen the bike and the only bike that I will buy for five years. We went to the shop tonight and I of course bought a different model. I had been leaning towards the Lemond Big Sky SLT, but then I checked out the Specialized Sequoia. The shop called the company (in Salt Lake or so they said) to find out if they had my size and it turns out that they are having a closeout on a 2004 carbon framed and tricked out version of the Sequoia, called the Pro. Now, being a founding Walking Bellie who will now roll, this was a deal to take, especially when I was told it was $1,500, which is less than lesser bikes cost. The company has a number of these left so if anyone is thinking of this sort of thing I would look into it soon. With an ultralight load this bike should rockJul 15, 2005 at 12:30 am #1339067
Courtney WaalMember
That's a great bike. I'd suggest giving some careful thought to the carbon choice, though. Carbon bikes start out very stiff (great for racing, not for touring) and then the resin will break down over time and vibration and ride a lot more loosely. This won't take long on an extended bike tour. They also don't handle crashing very well, a minor crash that would just requre component adjustment on a steel, ti, or aluminum bike on a carbon frame will require some very, very careful inspection and listening to make sure the frame isn't cracked or squeaking. Carbon gives you very little warning before it fails- which it does, as the frames are made for a lifetime average of 3 race seasons. You also can't clamp anything over the frame without damaging the top resin (I've seen it a million times) and sacrificing the structural integrity of the bike. My BF got a Specialized Roubaix (very similar to the Sequoia frame) a year ago and even under light riding it's already loosened up and the resin is breaking in places where things were rubbing the frame. They're great amateur racing or weekend warrior bikes, but are not suited for touring when it sounds like you're spending enough money to get a fine tourer.
Note: the Sequoia doesn't have rear rack eyelets. Any weight savings in the frame will be destroyed once you have to clamp a rack onto your seatpost (and they are not made for carbon seatposts).Jul 15, 2005 at 8:47 am #1339080
I was reminded of another good touring bike that is relatively cheap and available at any bike shop through QBP: the Surly Long Haul Trucker. An excellent buy in a touring bike.
BJul 28, 2005 at 7:12 am #1339642
Not sure what you mean by loosening up. Also, the model I have has the rear rack capability, and it received very nice comments in the artilce on Lightweight biking in Bicyling mag. I fgure as long as the load hauled is kept low all will be good, and I see no reason to go over 15, and more likely will be under 10Aug 2, 2005 at 11:46 am #1339792
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Im a big fan of Kona bikes, and so tend to look there before looking else where. When I was seriously considering buying a touring bike, I looked REALLY hard at the Kona Sutra. Life got in the way and I havent had the time to make a touring bike worthwhile, but the research was fun!
The Sutra looks like a really good choice for touring. Its not a top of the line racer, nor is it the lightest in the bike shop, but its made with durable components hung on a steel frame, and geometry that is designed for long days in the saddle… and a respectable price point to boot.
I realized Im biased, but if I were to buy a tourer, the Sutra would probably be it.
http://konaworld.com/shopping_cart/FrontEnd/Products/product_detail.aspx?productid=77&parentid=182Aug 2, 2005 at 10:37 pm #1339858
I agree with some of the previous posts. First decide what you are going to really use the bike for then make an informed choice. That being said, after eight thousand miles riding on two long wheel base recumbents, I can say with total confidence that you cannot find more comfortable bikes for road riding. They also make dramatically more sense when it comes to touring, with their (typically)low center of gravity and superior gear storing potential. Oh, and ….there also FASTER.Aug 4, 2005 at 8:06 pm #1339945
What kind (brand and model) of recumbent have you used? I am currently looking and there are so many choices: USS, OSS, long wheelbase, short wheelbase, etc.
ThanksAug 10, 2005 at 12:42 pm #1340146
This forum has a discussion on touring and one of the threads is called How light can you go? The answer seems to be very light indeed. One guy reckons 21 lbs including bicycle, but he isn't camping.
Whit, I've noticed that people who like recumbents really like them. The guy I mentioned in the tortoise and hare story above had four! I tried a three wheeler at a demo day. It was great fun in the corners, but couldn't be justified as I already have two bicycles and two kayaks.
On the Col de Jau I met a guy in a hand-cranked recumbent. He had climbed a 1500 metre (5000 feet?) high hill over a distance of about 46 km using arm power alone. More unbelievable was his speed down hill. Like a bullet!Aug 10, 2005 at 5:15 pm #1340156
Recumbents really are wonderful. If you have ANY interest in long distance road riding, they should definitely be considered.
To anonymous- I started on a Rans tailwind. At $1,000 (and less on ebay used) they are in my opinion a good value. But after 5,000 miles I "gave" it to my wife and bought a larger Rans V2. The tailwind has two 20″ wheels while the V2 has a 26″ wheel in back and 20′ in front. The larger back wheel adds a little cruising speed road comfort.
More to the point, I would personally buy an over seat steering (OSS) compact long wheel base or long wheel base bike. I feel that with all of the experience we all have with bike and automobile riding/driving having your hand in front of you in a panic/sudden swerve/wreck situation above seat steering is superior. I enjoy riding the open road and touring. Long wheel base bikes are in their element here as they tend to require less attention steering them while straight ahead cruising and also there tends to be more room to stow gear. I feel that they are more comfortable. Short wheel base bikes have the advantage in an urban environment as they have a significantly tighter turning radius and thus tend to be handier in close quarters. Most short wheelbase bikes also have heel strike issues (the heel touching the front wheel while turning sharply) and that can be a real problem in a panic turn. On the other hand some wrecks could theoretically be avoided on the short wheel base bikes because of their tighter turning. If you don't hit your foot on the front wheel!
John- the bottom line why recumbent riders are so in love with their bikes is that they are all former conventional frame riders who now ride without pain. Speaking from my experience, there is no neck pain at all, there is no wrist pain at all, there is no rectal pain at all, and your hands are never numb.
Give them a look!Aug 11, 2005 at 6:55 pm #1340189
Can I tap the experienced folks here? I am reading the bikeforums.net entries on touring and these people are talking of weights of at least 50 pounds. What the heck is going on there? I mean, there are towns for laundry and water sources abound, food can be bought or whatever. How can that segment be so locked in to such mammoth loads? We need a John O on wheels for salvation!Aug 11, 2005 at 8:54 pm #1340192
Ken HelwigBPL Member
@kennyhel77Locale: Scotts Valley CA via San Jose, CA
no need for the weight. same as backpacking. all the points you put forth make a lot of sense. maybe that is the next "lightening up" revolution.Aug 11, 2005 at 10:27 pm #1340193
A very interesting subject has been raised now on this thread. How can we adapt the already quite developed light weight backpacking approach to gear selection when considering the limitations and advantages of cycle touring? There is A LOT of cross over. Sleep systems. Cooking systems. Shelter systems. Clothing systems. Hydration. And if you use a recumbent bike with a Rans style seat…..PACKING OPTIONS. The incredible reality of recumbent cycle touring is that if your bike has the wonderfully designed standard pattern Rans style seat, many standard lightweight rucksacks will simply store your gear by simply hanging the pack by its' two pack straps over the back of the two seat posts. Forget about any pannier racks or bags. I know that Rans already sells all of that custom stuff. But you don't need it!. If you have a light weight approach, say app. 14 pounds or less pack weight, then it can work. Check out http://www.rans.com. Click on bikes, and look at the Tailwind, V2,and Stratus lines. Except for the Tailwind you have to add a rear rack (because the bottom of the pack will drag the rear wheel)but otherwise it's all intuitive.Aug 12, 2005 at 12:21 pm #1340215
Bicycles can cover huge distances and sooner or later, if you really enjoy seeing the world, you will find yourself in a country where you cannot speak the language and that is a situation in which it is hard to go ultralight. Temptation or good sense says carry everything you will need to fix all but terminal bike problems.
Closer to home we have bicycle thieves who learn from the internet how to defeat locks with the inside of a biro. Again, the temptation is to carry a lock known to resist attack for a significant period.
Nevertheless, cycling has a long history of major, ultralight endeavours or raids. The riders involved tend to be racers who fancy a crack at some big passes. Shivering the night away in a bus stop is a bit of a cliche, but I know people who have done it. They carry almost nothing, cover huge distances and spend the occasional night in a B&B to recover.Aug 12, 2005 at 2:39 pm #1340231
Steve SmithMember
@bardsandwarriorsLocale: Wales
I've been putting together a light pack for a couple of years now with the help of the ultralight forums. I've taken it on a few short backpacking and touring trips, and just got back from a 6-day camping tour with a CTC group.
Base weight = about 14 lbs (would be under 10 lbs if I had money to spend), carried in:
– one 10 ltr pannier.
– a golite breeze (over half empty) bunjeed to the rack.
SHELTER. Living in the uk I need a tent with walls, due to open fields and changeable weather. I used a fly from an old 3-man tent + a vertical pole at the front (made from 2 short wooden poles held together with 2 jubilee clips). The bike is laid across the back where the fabric slopes down to the ground, and I sleep across the front. Weight 1.4k, will reduce to 0.7g when I sew my own design. The thin titanium pegs were invaluable for driving into hard stony ground near the road – something that cycle tourers will encounter more than backpackers.
Most of the others in the group used hotels, and carried similar weights or more. It was a lot of fun hammering up the hills faster than them, knowing that I wasn't being penalised for camping.
TOOLS. Perhaps tools + spares are the biggest difference between UL backpacking and touring. So with my eye on a future world tour, I've also been studying all possible repairs and itemising the lightest tools and spares which could be carried. I don't know of anyone else has done this, and if anyone's interested I'll upload the spreadsheet.
SteveAug 23, 2005 at 8:34 am #1340736
I am trying to figure out what a good back rack for my road bike (Specialized Sequioa – it came with those holes in the thing to put the rack to the frame). My shop just sells the standard (according to them) basic rack. Anyone have a specific shop to recommend for mail ordering a lightweight one? I just played with some idle thoughts and a comfortable,quick and dirty gear list, without food, water or medical stuff, is running around 8.5 pounds. If I add in tools and the other what nots, maybe I can top out at around 15 pounds. What the heck are these people pulling around? Just a slight alteration in the pattern of some items here would be great for ultralight biking, like a spinnaker poncho which could be used as a bike cover, etck
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2. Poncho grouncloth 10 o
3. Inflatable torso pad 10 o
4, Fanatic Fringe Quilt 2 lb
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7. Bike Top
8. Wind Top 5 o
9. Rain Top 10 o
10. Gloves
11. Helmet
12. Underpants 4 o
13. Lightweight Long Sleeve Top 10 o
14. Two Pair Socks (one worn) 5 o
15. Town Shoes 1 lb
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It is starting to get chilly out. Aside from Stevenson, does anyone know of VB Gloves out there?
How much more difficult are recumbents to get up hills than other bikes?
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check out Tubus.
they have several racks that are half the weight of others and still hold about 35lbs, more than enough for a light load.
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After completing 11th grade, Patricia Bosmans, attorney for the City of Sumner, was discouraged and bored. During the summer, she attended a psychology class at what was then Fort Steilacoom Community College. Her experience at FSCC helped guide her into her future.
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The small classes and attention from faculty that she received prepared her to pursue considerably more higher education. Bosmans earned a bachelor's degree in political science and history from University of Washington and a juris doctor degree from the University of Puget Sound.
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Award-winning composites engineer, Ryan Hauge chose to attend Pierce because of the small class sizes. Pierce prepared him well for his transfer to Western Washington University where he earned a bachelor's in composites engineering in 2000.
Hauge has worked at Integrated Technologies, Inc. (Intec), TREK Bicycle Company, and currently works for TORAY Composites. In all of his work his strong academic background, problem-solving skills, and analytic thinking are used to create, design and test materials for his projects.
While working for TREK, Hauge designed and built several composite mountain bike and road bike parts, including a new carbon fiber swing arm and the "drop" handle bar for the Madon. The Madon is the make of bike that Lance Armstrong rode during his 5th and 6th wins of the Tour De France. Hauge also won the Best Parts and Design for the 2004 Mountain Bike of the Year for the Gary Fisher, Cake.
"He has worked so hard and created so much in five years," says Sarah Hauge, Ryan's wife, "I can only imagine what he will do in the next five."
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After Pierce, Hillman transferred to Central Washington University. He is also a graduate of Philippine College of Criminology and earned a master's of science degree in strategic science from the U.S. Army War College.
Hillman was recently the brigade commander and completed a tour in Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom II. He has earned many awards and decorations including: Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters.
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After attending Pierce College, Ickes went on to earn a bachelor's and a master's degree and is currently completing his doctoral dissertation. Ickes still takes time out of his busy schedule to share his skills and knowledge with others as a guest speaker in classrooms, science fairs, and at Karshnew Museum community events.
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His education at Pierce prepared him for his career – he has worked at BMC West Building Materials for 28 years. Mangan is also active in his community. "Since the day his own kids started school, Wayne has had a positive impact on kids," says Bill Orrange.
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The water will be such a change from what residents have been drinking for the past 60 years that some might call to complain about the new taste, Oak Creek Director of Public Works Jim Photos said.
What's most important is that the water will be better. Safer, healthier, cleaner, he said.
It also could save the town money through preventing loss of treated water and by reducing man-hours and the use of chemicals.
"What really drove us to this was the fact that this plant is 60 years old," Photos said. At statewide meetings last year, Photos said he talked with community managers who were looking at replacing plants that were built in the 1970s.
"It's going to be modernized. It's something that's way overdue," he said.
Contractors are working throughout the winter to build a new water treatment building and bring in a state-of-the-art water treatment facility. Concrete for the building was set two weeks ago.
The installation of this new technology will mark one of the first times that it is used in the United States, with half a dozen treatment facilities of this type constructed in Australia and Europe.
The technology is a type of microfiltration, in which impurities are filtered out of water when it passes through a series of slim "straws" made of a strong membrane. Hundreds of thousands of straws form a bundle to filter hundreds of thousands of gallons of water during a day.
Water molecules can pass through the membrane, but pathogens and other contaminants cannot.
Microfiltration technology was developed more than a decade ago, said Ray Hamilton, public water unit manager for Carter Burgess, the planning company that designed Oak Creek's project.
Older microfiltration designs bring water through the straws and push it outside, trapping the contaminants inside the straws. But because the inside of those straws is only about the width of a human hair, they clog easily, Hamilton said.
The new technology, called the Axia system, sucks the water up through the straws, leaving contaminants outside the straws and clean water on the inside. The system also submerges the straw membranes, making it less likely they'll plug.
"It's an improvement over the old design," Hamilton said.
It's a good choice for mountain communities because of the presence of Giardia, a micro-organism that can be passed through water, he said.
Although the project is costing about $1.2 million, with about half of that devoted to buying the microfilter units, the town will save money because the new technology will require fewer man hours and less chemical use.
The town is funding the project with a $980,000 loan from the Colorado Drinking Water Revolving Fund, as well as with a $300,000 grant from the Colorado Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance fund. The town also will provide $250,000 from its capital expenditures.
The decision to pick the newest, though most expensive, technology is one that will benefit the town down the road, Mayor Cargo Rodeman said.
"Yes, it's the most expensive option, but it's also the option that will take us five decades down the road," Rodeman said.
Since the 1940s, the town has relied on sand filter technology. With that plant, raw water is combined with a chemical that makes some contaminants stick together so they can be removed easily.
Then the water is filtered through sand filters, which trap smaller particles. Finally it's treated with chlorine to kill bacteria.
The current system has been in operation for about 60 years, so it's not automated.
In the next few years, regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will have stricter filtering standards. At that time, the town probably would have to replace its system anyway, said Stan Gale, Oak Creek's water and sewer plant operator.
"You either have to upgrade or else you're going to violate the regulations and you get fined and you have to replace the plant anyway," Gale said.
The improvement also marks what the town hopes to be the first step in a series of infrastructure improvements that will better serve residents and make the town more desirable to new residents, he said.


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7000? Do you mean the DVH-P7000 ? That unit is just an indash DVD player - no screen. The AVX-P7300DVD has a screen and a DVD player, and the AVX-7300 has screen but only plays CDs.
The AVH-P7490DVD is the latest with included Dolby Digital decoder and 6 amplified channels and uses the AVX-P7300DVD head unit. If you can find it for less than the MSRP of $2800, then it's a pretty good deal.
I looked at both 7300 units. The 7490DVD package was not in stores at the time. The Poineer units weren't bad, the colors were just not as sharp as the Clarion and Kenwood. Otherwise, the quality of the picture was very good. It could be how the stores had them setup, too.
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Adolescent is an important index to evaluate the strength of a country in the future. Adolescents shall not only be consumers to waste the benefit, they can turn into the producers who provide the service. From previous studies, adolescents who volunteered to do anything help others people had a positive attitude in personality development, and they had lesser anti-societal behavior than other teens. In my research, I hope I can give them a stage that they can show themselves, and the most important thing is they can find achievements, self-respect and identification from this stage.
My studies is about using qualitative research method to investigate the students who are members and have a hand in volunteer service. I had talked to eight students, and the context could divide into five categories: motivation, service experience, the thought after service, any setback in the volunteer services and solve methods, and the suggestion about future work.
From the talk, I had got some results about the adolescents,
1. The sub-culture language had seen in this talk with these adolescents.
2. The motivation about these adolescents participate in service club was multiple, but the most common one was peer solicitation.
3. Based on the previous successful experience with children, the adolescents would participate in service club.
4. Adolescents who participate in volunteer service were pluralistic. From volunteer service, they had their own idea to make the activities well. In addition, from school service, donated egg cake was the most profound impression on them.
5. Training adolescents in the preparatory courses for participating in the actual work was helpful, however, some services not directly related to the curriculum, they would think that was silly.
6. The teacher made an important role in the pilot, and the adolescents always depended on her assistance.
7. The course about reflection made the students think what were they wrong in volunteer service.
8. In personal growth, the young volunteers who participated in the work began to have different views about their life. In personal development, they had enhanced the receptiveness of empathy, and tried to learn how to use positive attitude in facing their emotions.
9. From participating in the volunteer service, it could help the teens to enhance interpersonal interaction, but the parents had fewer interesting to share children s performance in volunteer service.
10. From volunteer service, many adolescents had frustration with the peers, but they were willing to face the problem in positive attitude and resolved it.
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Nestlé focuses on Mexico as a key market and has introduced low-priced coffee sticks in two different sizes. Although this has impacted sales of coffee in larger packs, the loss was more than compensated by overall category growth. In the South American and South African beverage market, by contrast, SAB Miller and ABI have been able to increase prices ahead of their competition as they have leveraged strong distribution platforms and dominant brand positions in markets such as South Africa, Colombia and Brazil.
"Many consumers who began trading down during the recession were positively surprised by the quality of private label products compared to national brands. This will make it more difficult for leading brands to justify price premiums, withdraw promotional support or widen price gaps."Tom Bishop, Advisory Services, Ernst & Young LLP
The global recession and smarter consumers have made effective pricing strategies more important than ever as consumer products companies seek to combat the twin risks of pricing pressures and input cost inflation.
The global recession reset consumer's perceptions of value and price. They maintain a cautious outlook and we expect them to continue to buy less expensive products and shop around.
Consumers select brands based on:
During the recession, consumers were surprised to find lower costing items could have good quality, according to Morgan Stanley research. This will make it difficult for leading brands to win back consumers.
Consumer products companies face more pressure because of the return of input cost inflation. This started to rise in mid-2010, according to Morgan Stanley data.
To make up for these losses, companies are more likely to scale back on promotions rather than increase product costs.
In the long term, we're likely to see agricultural commodity prices rise, too. Why? The growing middle class in developing countries are likely to move to a protein-rich diet. This will put upward pressure on agriculture commodity prices.
Faced with a squeeze on pricing and input costs, consumer products groups are responding by investing in their brands.
Spending on marketing to increase brand equity can help improve pricing power because pricing power is based on more than just price. It's also based on the attributes, qualities and benefits of the brand.
However, price is exactly what many companies focused on during the downturn. This can be harmful, because companies can enter a downward spiral with each other continuing to lower price without seeing sales increase.
Many companies don't understand return on investment (ROI) from trade promotion spending as well as they should.
For example, buy-one-get-one-free promotions reward existing customers rather than drive brand penetration.
Companies need to become smarter with trade marketing by focusing relentlessly on the ROI associated with this spend. Manufacturers need a crystal-clear understanding of promotional events by brand, size, event type, account and season. This means having the right systems, processes and evaluation techniques, scaled and sized appropriately to an organization's resource and capabilities.
Companies need to introduce consumers to their brands at a price point that is consistent with income levels in the local market to promote category expansion, as well as taking infrastructure and distribution capabilities into account.
Pricing pressures are unlikely to diminish. The strategy for overcoming them is to spend smart instead of just spending more.
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SimpleUPC – now it's easy to add product info, nutrition, and images to your app!
It was June 2010 and I was pounding my head on my desk. We were starting to build our next generation mobile coupon application – Pushpins but were missing one key piece, Universal Product Codes (UPCs).
The way our app would work is that a user would scan the barcode of a product and it would return all the mobile coupons related to that product. Shoppers could then instantly redeem them in-store by just swiping their store loyalty card. Cool, right?
We were ready to go. We had a inventory of coupons and stores to deliver them in. But none of those barcodes that you see on the back of the products at the grocery store! We searched far and wide for a national database. It had to exist, right? WRONG!
What we found were a bunch of options, that just didn't work for small businesses like us.
- Too Expensive: Large company who wanted to license their UPC database for $100k+ per year.
- Pain in the A$$: Consultants who wanted to license databases for $25K+ per year.
- Inaccurate & Wrong: User generated databases with millions of UPCs, but incorrect product info.
- Too Basic: Basic APIs (e.g. Google Base), which were limited & had some sketchy info (Guns = Baby Food?).
Rather than forking over a ton of money or going with something that wasn't any good, we decided to build something better.
Over the past few months, we've been working to bring product data to the masses through an easy to use API. The very same API we use for our own app, Pushpins.
Today, I'm proud to announce, SimpleUPC, an easy and affordable way for web and mobile developers to integrate rich product information, nutrition, and high-quality images to their applications.
Not only will it tell you the UPC, 0-12000-00050-8, is for Diet Pepsi, but also:
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Wandering - Thanks for the welcome.
I guess I've been lucky my wife has let me go offshore as often as she has. It sure has been a great experience builder - and a great time too - for me.
I would love to get a small boat, and I know now is a great time to buy. It's in my plans for sure but has to wait for my finances to get back on track. No income from my end is an issue for now, and probably part of my wife's concern.
Watching airfare from Halifax to PHL for my voyage this August.
|Sounds like you're doing it right. You've already been offshore more than many. Consider finding a used trailer sailer or weekender to satisfy your weekly sailing need. If you introduce your wife to it, pick a nice day with light wind. See you on the water.
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Hi All,
I've been lurking on SailNet for years, and decided it was time to come clean and start posting on a limited basis.
About me: mid 40's, married, 2 kids, and no boat. My wife hasn't caught the sailing bug, but my 12 y/o son has. If you have any ideas for how to open my wife's mind to our son's growing love for sailing, I'm listening. I'll probably start a thread on that topic over on the Cruising and Sailing with Children area, unless there's one already going.
My first exposure to sailing was about 16 years ago as a catamaran passenger/tourist, island hopping in the Caribbean. From there, I learned how to turtle a friend's Laser on a local lake, and then decided it was time to take a Basic Keelboat class on the Chesapeake. Since then, I've had a blast sailing Sunfish on local lakes, and ocean swells on Little Bay in Sint Maarten.
I also try to get out once a year with some sailing buddies for an off-shore voyage, if the timing is right. I've sailed 24 hours non-stop (4 hours on/ 6 hours off) from SW Harbor, ME to Rock Hall, MD and Halifax NS to Rock Hall, and had a great time on both. I've sailed with the same group of guys off the coast of ME, and sailed from Rock Hall, MD to Hampton, VA. This year, I'm on the leg from Rock Hall to Halifax. My exposure is rather limited, but the people I've met sailing are some of the nicest, most caring, and fascinating people.
Any way, I know that the SailNet community is a great bunch of people too, and I look forward to learning more, and sharing what I can.
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|The wrinkle pattern on polymeric surface is explained by chemical stresses. We solved the anomalous transport equation to obtain the concentration of solvent in polymeric film. The anomalous transport consists of case I and case II transport. From the concentration distribution, we calculated the chemical stresses in the specimen. Then we found the total mechanical energy including bending, stretching, and solvent-induced stresses. The wrinkle pattern appears when the total energy is negative. Based on this criterion, we derived the wrinkle wavelength as a function of specimen thickness and uptake period, desorption time, and resorption time of solvent. Fig.2 shows the wrinkle wavelength as a function of temperature and absorption time where the solid and dashed lines are obtained from the theory and experiment, respectively. The experimental data are in good agreement with the modelling prediction for short absorption times, but the former is slightly greater than the latter for long times. The wavelength is increased with increasing absorption time and temperature. The compression stress increases with uptake period. The formation of wrinkle pattern is required both compressive stress on the surface layer and rigid substrate. The desorption and resorption are necessary conditions to produce the wrinkle pattern, but not sufficient.
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looking to crew on weekends in central FL
Hey Check out Boca Ciega Yacht Club in Gulfport. They offer a great Sailing school twice a year. And there seems always people willing to share a ride.
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Kenmore Medical Centre provides primary care services to its registered list of approximately 12,500 patients. The surgery doctors and nurses offer a wide range of clinical skills and the whole surgery team is committed to providing good quality care to our patients.
In order to maintain good quality services the surgery limits registration only to those patients residing within the defined practice area.
Non-UK citizens registering with the surgery are advised that doing so may not necessarily entitle them to free access to other NHS services (eg hospital treatment) and they are advised to clarify their individual situation with the Eastern Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group.
This website is intended to help you make best use of the surgery facilities and we are grateful to the Kenmore Patients' Group for their significant contribution to the content and layout.
Medical Emergencies
In an emergency dial 999 for an ambulance. Accident and Emergency Departments are located at your nearest hospital:
• Macclesfield District General Victoria Road Macclesfield 01625 421000
Management Of Sudden Chest Pain In Adults
It is important that there is no delay in your being assessed and treated for a possible heart attack if you experience sudden chest pain. The quickest way to do this is to dial 999 – telephoning the surgery will only cause delay. Once an ambulance call has been made the crew will notify the Accident and Emergency department that you are on your way.
This will alert the cardiac team to be waiting with equipment and drugs – with a heart attack, the quicker these drugs are given the more effective they will be.
You do not need to be concerned that your pain may turn out not to be a heart attack – there can be false alarms – but getting to A & E without delay offers the best chance of a good outcome if you are having a heart attack.
(This advice has been disseminated by the Macclesfield A&E Consultant to all surgeries in the area.)
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For patients in wheelchairs or who are unable to climb the steps at the main entrance, there is a lift access from inside the main entrance which will take you to the ground floor reception area and then to the first floor consultation rooms. If you require assistance with the lift, please press the bell.
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Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIA) are often called "mini strokes" for good reasons -- the short-term symptoms can mimic a stroke and up to 10 percent of first-time sufferers often experience full-blown strokes within as little as 90 days. Despite the well-known statistics, no post-TIA regimen exists to help prevent future strokes -- but this might be changing.
Indiana University researcher Marieke Van Puymbroeck on Feb. 24 discussed preliminary -- and promising -- findings that a modified version of cardiac rehabilitation was effective at addressing some of the risk factors for stroke in just six weeks. The most common risk factors for stroke -- hypertension, physical inactivity, elevated lipids and diabetes -- also are leading risk factors for heart disease.
Van Puymbroeck, one of four researchers discussing TIA-related research during a press conference at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2010, is teaming up with Bloomington Hospital, in Bloomington, Ind., to look for a possible post-TIA treatment. She said more research and treatment options are needed to help people who experience a TIA reduce their risk for stroke, which can be debilitating and deadly.
"This is a health issue but it's also a policy issue," said Van Puymbroeck, an assistant professor in IU's School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. "There needs to be greater access to rehabilitation after TIA in order to prevent future strokes."
Van Puymbroeck's study is following 14 first-time TIA sufferers who agreed to participate in a modified version of the second phase of cardiac rehabilitation, which is a well-established program nationwide. This second phase generally is conducted at a hospital on an out-patient basis and involves monitored aerobic exercise, resistance training and health education.
The participants saw improvements in blood pressure and physical function.
"High blood pressure is the number one risk factor for stroke, so to see such a large reduction in the six-week period is really exciting," Van Puymbroeck said. "We didn't track medication change, which could account for this, so we also need to be cautious."
Here are some of the findings:
The study participants, ages 44 to 85, began the program within a month of their TIA, participating in 1.5-hour sessions three times a week for six weeks. Van Puymbroeck said the American Heart Association and American College of Sports Medicine both encourage aerobic activity all or most days of the week, working up to 60 minutes per day, as well as strength training for individuals who have high blood pressure or have had a stroke. She recommends that people get tested by their physician before starting any exercise program. She said the study will check in on the study participants six months and one year after they began their rehabilitation.
The study was jointly funded by the School of HPER's Leisure Research Institute and the Bloomington Hospital Foundation.
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www.nadfas.org.ukNADFAS REVIEW / SPRING 2011 9EVENTSSCHEDULEFriday4.00pm onwardsArrival and Registration6.00pmBar opens. Free welcome drink.7.00pmSupper8.15-9.30pm1st Course Session11.00pmBar closesSaturday8.00 - 9.00amBreakfast9.30 - 11.00am2nd Session11.00pmCoffee/Tea break11.30-12.45pm3rd Session1.00-2.00pmLunch; bar open2.10pmBuses depart for visits4.15pm approxTea at visit location5.30pm onwardsArrive back at Farncombe6.00pmBar opens7.00pmSupper8.15-9.45pmRecital11.00pmBar closesSunday8.00-9.00amBreakfast9.30-11.00am4th Session11.00amCoffee/Tea break11.30-12.45pm5th Session1.00pm Lunch2.00pm onwards Students depart, unless staying for Sunday night.PriceThe per-student price for the weekend is £261.50 single and £241.50shared, including tuition, accommodation, transport, visits and the recital. We would also like to offer NADFAS students the opportunity to extendtheir stay in this lovely and fascinating area. Any student wishing to stay on for Sunday night will be welcome to do so at special rates as follows:Bed and Breakfast: Single £37, Double and Twin £32 per person. Fordinner, bed and breakfast, subject to at least 10 people booking it, Single £53, Double and Twin £48 per person. Bookings should be made by 9 August 2011.To book your Farncombe study weekend, please contact Mandy Morrisonon 0333 4568 580.This course will review the sources,effects and limitations of these bigideas by discussing a range ofhouses with their contents andgardens. It will include a visit toRodmarton Manor, a key repositoryof these ideas.THE TUTORNADFAS-accredited lecturer StevenDesmond MA, FIHort, FLS, is anindependent landscape consultantspecialising in the conservation andmanagement of historic parks andgardens in Britain and Europe, andan architectural historian. Beginningas a professional gardener, helectured for 15 years at Colleges ofHorticulture before embarking on asolo career. His time is now dividedbetween advisory work on historicgardens for clients such as theNational Trust, lecturing for a rangeof organisations including OxfordUniversity and NADFAS, andleading tours of historic houses andgardens in Britain, Ireland, France,Germany and Italy. He broadcastson his subject for BBC Radio 4 andwrites for Country Life.THE COURSEThis course looks at the elite of themedieval workforce - those whodid the stone-carving, the wall-painting, the stained glass and thewoodwork. Their legacy lies inhundreds of old churches, seriouslyin need of re-evaluation. Focusingon great works that are often takenfor granted, the course aims todevelop our understanding of howand why theywere made, whatinfluenced their style and form, andto make connections betweendifferent worksand media, settingthem in context. A visit to severallocal churches will allow the courseto ferret these out while looking atitems from this great legacy.THE TUTORNADFAS-accredited lecturer TimPorter trained as a musician buthas always studied history, and histwo fields have cross-fertilised. Formany years he worked in touringtheatre; writing music, scripts, andsometimes directing his own works,including the folk-opera Sir Gawainand the Green Knight. Tim left thetheatre in 1986 to pursue a careeras an itinerant lecturer, and nowsplits his time between Music andMedieval History. He has anintimate knowledge of the churchesof the Cotswolds, informed by awide knowledge of churches andother medieval buildings across thecountry. He works for two museumsand several adult residentialcolleges as a specialist tour guide,and as a freelance on a largelecture circuit. Photography is anessential sideline, enabling him toproduce the fine slides for which hehas become well-known.Medieval English Craftsmen: Ways ofLooking at their Works with Tim Porter
10NADFAS REVIEW / SPRING 2011www.nadfas.org.ukEVENTSMembers attending this year's AGMshould note there are still ticketsavailable for the following events:The National Chairman'sreceptionStirling Castle and the Church of the Holy RudeUndressing Mr Darcyat WintonHouse, Jupiter Artland,Archers' Hall (afternoon) Tales of the Old Townwalking tour For more details please contact:firstname.lastname@example.com book a place on any of theabove events, or for the AGMitself*, please use the order forms included in the summer,autumn and winter 2010 issues.* Voting Societies who cannot bein attendance at the AGM pleaseadvise us by contacting JessicaBarr: email@example.com; 020 7430 0730 ext 244AGM UPDATEWe are pleased to announce thatNADFAS President ChristopherLloyd will be signing copies of hisnew book, In Search of aMasterpiece(see page 6 for fulldetails), directly after the AGM. CROSSING BORDERS, CROSSING TIME, ASHMOLEAN MUSEUMLECTURE AND TOURPlease complete the form below in block capitals, mark your envelope'Ashmolean' and return to Jessica Barr, NADFAS House, 8 Guilford Street,London WC1N 1DA (Tel: 020 7430 0730). Please include large SAE.Title:.... Name: ............................................................Address: ............................................................. Post Code: ...............Telephone: .................. Email: ...........................Title: .... Name: ............................................................Address: ............................................................. Post Code: ...............I would like the following tickets: Lecture and tour£49 ticket Quantity .......................Optional cream tea £8.50Quantity ......................I enclose a cheque for £ ................... payable to NADFAS or debit my Mastercard/Visa/Maestro/Delta (delete as appropriate)Card no.???????????????????Start date????Expiry date????Security code???(last three digits on back of card)For Switch/Maestro: 'Valid From' date ................................. Issue no. ..........Signature ............................................... Date ..............The new Ashmolean Museum in Oxford -'Crossing Borders, Crossing Time': lecture and tourThursday 7 April 2011 from 10.15am-4pm Exeter College, Oxford University/Ashmolean MuseumThe new £61m extension tothe Ashmolean Museumfeatures 39 newinterconnected galleries and aninnovative method of displayingobjects to illuminate the theme,Crossing Borders, Crossing Time.This demonstrates links overcenturies between peoples ofdiffering cultures who learned newideas and technologies from eachother. To illustrate this newperspective, in nearby ExeterCollege distinguished internationalspecialist in European ceramicsAnton Gabszewicz will lecture onthe evolution of Early EnglishPorcelain, exploring its origins inChina and Japan, tracing thethread of its development throughthe Middle East to Medici Florence,Meissen and Sèvres and thence toChelsea and Bow. During theafternoon small groups will have aone-hour guided tour of theAshmolean's treasures, including,but not concentrating on,ceramics. The museum also offersa choice of self-guided tours (egceramics, 18th-century countryhouse, textiles and archaeology),which members may follow for theremainder of their visit, or they maybrowse at will if they prefer.Optional tea (cream tea andcake) will be available at TrinityCollege whose gardens will also beopen to members (cost £8.50). Exeter College offers overnightaccommodation from £60 perperson - contact the college direct(Meena Rowland 01865 279654 email@example.com).10.15-10.45: Registration,Exeter College10.45-12.00: Anton Gabszewiczon Early English Porcelain 12.15-13.45: Lunch, Exeter's Hall14.00-16.00: Ashmolean visit16.15-17.15: Tea in TrinityCollege (optional)Cancellation policy: A refund, minus an administration charge of £5, will bemade until two weeks prior to the event booked.NADFAS AGM 201111 May 2011 Assembly Hall, Edinburgh


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Argentina's fans roar during World Cup viewing at local bar
By John Liu, The China Post Tuesday, July 8, 2014, 12:08 am TWN
Two of the world's best soccer teams, Argentina and Belgium, faced off in the World Cup quarterfinal on July 6. Both teams had a 3-0 winning record in their respective group contests.
While Argentina boasts possibly the world's best player, Lionel Messi, the Belgium team also has many talented players. The contest between the two was a much anticipated game, as reflected in the strong turnout at the Taipei sports bar Brass Monkey last weekend.
Soccer fans could be seen gathered at the bar on Fuxing North Road well before the game started at midnight local time. Some even booked their seats in the bar several days in advance.
The bar has a great deal of experience in preparing for this type of world event. In addition to several TV sets hanging near the roof, two big screens with rows of seat in front of them were set up, allowing fans to see the game more clearly. With air conditioning providing a welcome retreat from the hot outdoor temperature and bottles of Heineken on hand in a theater-like environment, it makes sense that people come to sports bars instead of watching the games at home.
Brass Monkey's manager, Max Murphy, stressed that it is all about "creating the atmosphere." Staff use a microphone to announce the lineup of each team before the game starts. People wear the shirts of their beloved teams, yelling and cheering. It makes all the difference.
People got excited that night. When Argentina's Gonzalo Higuain scored the first goal five minutes into the game, thundering cheers resonated inside the bar. It appeared that the majority of those in attendance were cheering for the South American team.
The replay on the big screen showed how the ball went into the net from three different angles.
A slight rivalry among fans began to surface a little while later, as a group of people standing in the middle began to cheer "Belgium! Belgium! Belgium!" Although outnumbered in the bar, they were not deterred.
When asked why he supported Belgium, Will Barnard from England said it went back to 1986, when Argentina faced off against England in the World Cup quarterfinal. Argentina's then soccer star Diego Maradona scored a goal with the so-called "hand of God." To Barnard, the "goal" should not have counted, and for this reason, he is not supporting Argentina.
In regard to why he was rooting for Belgium, Barnard said that unlike big soccer nations such as Brazil and Germany, Belgium is a relatively small nation, has no of controversies surrounding it and is "too small to hate," he said half jokingly.
Wearing Argentina's blue-and-white striped jersey, 29-year-old Alex Chang from Canada said he likes Argentina mainly because of its star player Messi, who is able to create striking opportunities on his own instead of relying on fellow players' assistance, according to Chang. He has already booked his seat at the bar, to watch Argentina and Netherland face off in the semifinal on July 9.
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Alexander Murray reviews Ronald Witt's The Two Latin Cultures and the Foundation of Renaissance Humanism in Medieval Italy in the TLS , and has some high compliments for this sequel to In the Footsteps of the Ancients: The Origins of Humanism from Lovato to Bruni . He commends, for example, Witt's attention to the French sources of the Italian Renaissance:
"The Italian Renaissance is incomprehensible without the 'twelfth-century renaissance' first announced by Charles H. Haskins in 1927, radiating from northern France. France had previously learned much from Italy. But from around 1120, until Dante's time at least, it was mainly Italy that learned from France. Not only French romance and epic, but French translations - free translations, and including adaptations - of classics, rained on Italians so heavily as to provoke, finally, a proprietorial interest in their own Roman past. The provocation had been needed. Witt's inventory of Italian historical writing before 1230 shows how little there was, before it shot to glory after 1300."
Where Witt fails, he argues, is in his coverage of theology. Though "references to 'theology' occupy one column in the index of The Two Latin Cultures ," what Witt presents under the heading is "cardboard, a one-dimensional form of thought that contrasts sharply with "the author's multi-dimensional understanding of grammar and rhetoric." The superficial treatment of theology leads to historical errors:
"An effect of [Witt's] devotion [to humanism] is that the lifelong Christian loyalties of Petrarch and Bruni (in Petrarch a tormented loyalty: his brother was a Carthusian), and the near-deathbed conversions of Mussato and Coluccio Salutati (Bruni's predecessor as Florentine chancellor), come over as impurities, failings."
Murray provides one extended example of the powerful influence of fervent Christianity, and its endorsement by Renaissance figures: "In 1424, a priest from the Observant Franciscans of Siena came to preach in his order's church in Florence, Santa Croce. In one sermon he contrasted the wealth and intellectual fame of the city with its moral collapse. The Florence he depicted was not the benign meritocracy that Bruni had described in Ciceronian Latin in his Laudatio of the city, in 1404. The friar spoke instead of the city's rash of boy prostitution, of paedophilia so chronic that Italian families refused to hire Florentine tutors for their young, and of infanticide - newborn babies buried alive at night in privies and back gardens, or thrown from the Ponte Vecchio. The church was packed. No one spoke. They knew it was true. Many went afterwards for sacramental confession. Later, the visiting friar had a message from the Signoria to say, you must come again. It was from the Chancellor, Leonardo Bruni."
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The first night in Atlanta, Albert toured the football facilities and ate dinner in the Sky Box overlooking Grant field. Saturday he spent his morning at breakfast with the coaches, toured the recreational facilities and met with academic advisors in the afternoon, then finished the evening with a visit to Coach Gailey's house for dessert. Albert mentioned that the dessert was a model cake of Coach Gailey's home.
Albert and his Senators teammates finished the season with a 10-2 record, including a thrilling 38-31 double overtime victory against Tuscaloosa County. Albert said the game was "exciting" despite the fact that it was extremely cold and wet that night. Unfortunately his hopes for ending his high school career as state champions ended when the Sparkman High Senators were eliminated in the 2nd round of the state playoffs.
With football season over, Albert has no plans on playing any more sports this year. Recently he's settled into his off-season weight-training program to focus his efforts on the goal of getting "bigger and stronger" before he arrives on Georgia Tech's campus next summer.
When asked what his plans were for the holiday season, Albert said he would be "visiting relatives in Florida for the New Year." While there, Albert is intent on going to the Gator Bowl to watch his future teammates play West Virginia.
On signing day, Albert plans on meeting the "Georgia Boys" at ESPN Zone in Atlanta to sign their letters of intent. Albert elaborated that not only are the recruits in this class forming close friendships, but the parents are becoming close also. In fact, his own mother and Kyle Jackson's mother are collaborating to get the "Georgia Boys", Albert, and possibly some other recruits together on signing day. Albert looks forward to seeing this same chemistry lead to victories on the field for the new recruiting class and their future teammates.


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Former teacher arrested for alleged inappropriate behavior with students
NEW BERN, CRAVEN COUNTY - A former New Bern High School teacher has been arrested for alleged inappropriate behavior with students at his home.
Deputies arrested Frank Dolan just before 5 p.m. Friday and charged him with three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor (including marijuana) and two counts of providing alcohol to a minor. Dolan was released on a $6,000 bond, according to investigators.
Jones County Sheriff Danny Heath said his deputies are also investigating claims from the students that games involving nudity were played at Dolan's home, located on Rock Creek Drive in Jones County.
"We interviewed all the victims and what we're getting was everything was happening at Mr. Dolan's residence. A lot of inappropriate activity, especially coming from a school teacher," said Sheriff Heath.
But Dolan told NewsChannel 12 the allegations are a big misunderstanding. According to Dolan, some of his students came to his home to play water pong on May 9. But one of the students got water on his shorts, so he had to take them off. The student was naked below the waist when his grandfather arrived at the home, Dolan said.
The student's parents reported the incident to New Bern High School, Dolan told NewsChannel 12. Dolan was then suspended with pay for the remainder of the year, according to a school official. His contract was not renewed for next year.
Bradley Vasquez said he has lived down the street from Dolan for seven years and has been hanging out at this home since 2012.
"His policy is if you're going to do it, I suggest you don't. But if you do, don't bring it here," said Vasquez.
Vasquez added that Dolan is a mentor to the students and would never let any illegal activity happen in his home.
"If this was a bunch of young kids hanging out at a 21-year-old's home, this would not be an issue. The fact that there's an age gap, suddenly red flags go up and people start to read into things," Vasquez told NewsChannel 12.
Sheriff Heath and District Attorney Scott Thomas requested the State Bureau of Investigation to look into this case, said Noelle Talley, a spokesperson for the Attorney General's Office.