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I have higher arches and a fairly strong foot, and purchasing these shoes was a mistake. These shoes, like most other Capezio pointe models in my opinion, is much too soft, due to the poor construction of Capezio pointe shoes, where the outer sole is simply tacked to the bottom of the shoe using a single screw and little glue. There is not much reinforcement inside the shank and sole, thus making these shoes very very bendy. The extremely wide platform gave my feet the illusion of being boxy and wide. However, Capezio's new updates on this model ensures good comfort sur la pointe. If you have lower arches and shorter, more squared off toes, and if you prefer soft shoes, then these may be the shoes you were looking for all along.
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These look really good on my feet, but have poor arch support. They have lasted pretty well, but the inside came apart from the box.
glisse was my first pair of pointe shoes that lasted me 6 months(i was in beginning pointe so they lasted me quite a while. 0) than i switched to russian pointe rubin that i also liked but the box was all mushy after 4 months. Than i when back to glisse that lasted me only three months because i spilled jet glue all over the box, Than i got triumph that i have right now for two months and can't wait until they die because i don't like then at all. when they die ill go back to glisse and stay with them as long as i do pointe
I got these as a 'step up' from being on bloch european balance for about a year and a half, and at first they worked okay, but they completely died in under three weeks. (although I was taking about 4 full classes a week en pointe, but still) I could completely feel the floor through the box when they were dead and the upper part of the shank towards the metatarsal seemed to break in the most (though I must say, it made my arches look nice!!!) My feet are wider at the metatarsal which this shoe accommodated nicely, as well as not digging into my bunions on my big toe knuckle. The spaciousness of the box gave me a tendency to roll back onto my pinky toes, and I had to work really hard just to stay over. Overall, I've definitely worn better quality shoes and I suppose if you are looking for something comfortable and don't do a lot of intense pointe work these would work, but I know I won't be going back to them.
I wear a size 8 street shoe, average foot width I ordered a size 8.5 M. I wear DANZTECH 'Skinny Dips' toe pads and would have been better off purchasing these in a size 9 instead.
The shank was a bit thick and dug into my heel while I was standing flat. I don't have high arches, and these shoes died rather faster than I'm used to. I wasn't in love with these shoes, but when they were new they did 'push' me up onto pointe which was nice.
Age: 19-21
I have used this exact brand/size for several years! It fits my feet perfectly and the only problem would be... That they die easily! Mine are so dead that i just had to buy a new pair and it's only been a couple months. But i still love this brand and it's the only kind I'll ever use <3
i absolutely LOVED these shoes! However though, they did NOT last me long at all!!! I bought them the first week in June, and my right shoe broke the first week of August! This is my third year en pointe and I have extremely strong feet and high arches! I am going to get the extra hard shank this time and see how they work! Hopefully, they will last a lot longer than 3 months..... They molded to my feet so nicely and are SO comfortable! Yes, I do get a new blister ever week from them, but that is part of being a ballerina! HAHA!
these were my first pointe shoes, i heard they were good for beginners. idek what happened but they just... no. i got huuge blisters and my toes bled allll the time i had to stop in class and put tissues in my tights so they wouldnt get blood stains. and i wwas wearing thick gel toepads!! and also i think theyre just ugly. maybe some people like the square U box but it is just not tapered at all and like a gross lump not flattering. and the color is a BRIGHT peach. and they died very fast, the box was mushy after 5 classes or so, and they shank is semi-floppy.i like my grishkos and freeds.
I love my Capezio Glisse Pointe Shoes! This is my first year in Pointe. I have really high arches, but really wide feet, which I always thought would be a problem in Pointe shoes, but with these shoes, its not a problem! What I loved about these shoes (and why I chose them over the others when I tried them on) was that they are in fact comfortable, but they are also pretty supportive. They are a bit baggy in the heel, and they are pretty durable for me. I got through almost seven months with mine although I was only wearing them for about three or so hours a week. I would recommend these shoes to people, especially beginners! :)
Well I got these shoes this year for pointe, as I needed new ones. Though they were not fitted for my feet and required me to wear a lot more padding than I needed to. Also, after about 10 half hour pointe classes these shoes have basically started to de-shank themselves. The inside of the shoe has basically separated itself from the other part of the shank. all the way down. They also look like they are 2 sizes too big when they are about a half size too small. It's very baggy in the heel.
I have been wearing these shoes for several years and they fit my feet very well. They are meant for a wider foot with very mild tapering of the toes. I have been frusterated with them recently though because I order around 10 pairs a season and about 2 or more out of the ten have been of poor make. The bottom of the the platform on one shoe will be longer or there are lumps and bubbles in the platform as well. Since I have been wearing these for years without this issue I will continue to wear them but the recent workmanship (in the last year) has been disappointing.
I love this shoe! I have a pretty wide foot so I had to settle for Bloch. They were great, but they weren't perfect so I got some Glisse's. The first time I put them on it was magic! My feet looked a normal width and they made my strong high arch look great! Normally, when I first get a pointe shoe, I will try to point my foot and it will just look like a bad foot and for the shoe to form to my foot they would have to be broken. These shoes formed to my foot immediately and they were still strong! But I will say that they got pretty soft, but once I applied Jet Glue to the inside of the box and the shank, they were good as new. This shoe is not for everyone but I would recommend it for sure!
I have been wearing the glisse for 2 years. They are definitely my most reliable shoe. They are pretty hard to break in at first, but after that they stay at that perfect in between stage for a while (typically 2-3 weeks). I'd say one of the major drawbacks is that they have a high cut on the heel, so I have to dart them so I don't sickle. Also they start to "banana" if not broken in properly, but that might just be my feet. Yes, they are noisy, but the wide platform is great for turning and they mold to the foot well. Overall, I don't think this will be "my" shoe forever, but this is the best I've found yet.
These shoes are not flattering on my feet at all. They were extremely hard in the beginning and loud! Now they are too soft and look horrible. I personally do not recommend these shoes to anyone.
I have had these shoes 3 times, and I am fairly pleased with them. I have a narrow foot and they look very good on my feet. My only complaint with them is that they tend to get soft quickly.
These are hard to break in but once you've broken them in they feel amazing! I love them! I have a really strong arch and I've only done pointe for one year and I've had three pairs. I wear the extra strength ones. They feel the best and last longer.
For me it's a love hate relationship with these pointe shoes. At first, they are extremely hard to break in and very uncomfortable. However, once they are broken in and formed to your foot they are extremely comfortable and you will absolutely fall in love with them. I have always had a hard time finding a pointe shoe that is supportive enough while being flexible enough to roll through the box and arch. I alway get a normal strength shank and it does it's job very well. The only problem I have with these pointe shoes is that after a short period of time (it varies depending on the amount and intensity of pointe work I'm doing at the time) the edge of the box sinks in and breaks beyond usage. I usually figure this happens because I have a good arch and generally I'm just going over the shoes capability. However, all the other dancers who wear this type of pointe shoe have never had this problem. So like I said, it's a love hate relationship for me. Once they're broken in, they make my feet look great, I dance wonderful in them, they are very supportive, and I absolutely love them. They just have a short life span but I would definitely recommend these pointe shoes. :D
I started off on Gaynor Mindens and at first loved them, but as I danced more they started to hurt my feet and when en pointe, I had a hard time getting over the box and it didn't actually look like I was up. My friend had a broken in pair of Glisses and she let me try them during one of our pointe classes. Immediately I could get up over the box and roll through the shoe, something I could not do with the Gaynors. My dance teachers immediately noticed the difference and were amazed at how big of an improvement these shoes made. Love em!!! :)
I love these shoes! My feet are slightly wide, and the box of these pointe shoes fit perfectly. The only problem that I experience with these shoes is that my arch is super-strong and I break them really quickly. Also my boxes are ruined within 3-4 weeks. They show-off your arch really nice. I highly recommend them to anyone with wider feet.
These are great shoes and Capezio is incredible! After having the wrong shoes you truly appreciate the right ones! These are them! They are great for everyone I have ever spoken to and my daughter loves them and they do not hurt her feet at all! I only wish that they lasted longer! :) Order 1.5 sizes bigger than street shoe if not already fitted and my daughter has a narrow foot and still needs WW. Enjoy!
I don't fit in a lot of shoes. So, I bought Capezio "Glisse" for myself. I love them!!! If you have a wide foot and long toes these are what you are looking for!
I left a review a while ago saying that these were really good shoes. They were, but they are already super soft and it's been less than a month.
These were my first shoes. They are one of the best shoes out there, the heel is baggy, but there are many ways to help that. I also have really wide feet and had to get the double wide and they worked great... They have a hard shank at first, but I broke them in, in about a week! I recommend these shoes to beginners and everyone also who is en pointe!!!
These shoes were my first and I love them!!! They are very good shoes and I recommend them to everyone!
I got these shoes for my first pointe class. I have a few complaints:
-they lose their color fast
-if you are a beginner, like me, they are hard to get up onto the box
-the shank weakens easily
-baggy in the heel
-slides off your heel unless it's tied PERFECTLY
Other than that, it's a great shoe. But, I recommend the Glisse Pro--addresses most of these problems.
I bought these for my first year of pointe (1 one-hour class per week). They did not last long at all. The box was much too soft so it molded more to my toes and did not flatten (so it was much harder to balance).
I have very weird feet that are HORRIBLE to fit in pointe shoes. I was about ready to give up on finding a good pair when I was fitted with these. A lot of the girls in my class use these too. They work on a wide variety of feet. They have a very square box, but I have extremely tapered toes. And yet have no problems with big toe pain. I just wear a toe spacer and stuff lambs wool in the bottom and my toes are happy even after a full class! As someone with a lower arch, I LOVE the soft skived shank. It doesn't show off my arch like my 2007s no, but it DOES form to my arch and support me through everything I do. I never wobble in this shoe because of the wide platform. I feel INCREDIBLY secure in this shoe. Most shoes refuse to stay straight on my foot (out of about 50 other pairs I've tried) stays straight so my platform is centered correctly. I love love LOVE this shoe. I will continue to wear it until I need a stronger shoe. This isn't a soft shoe, but it's not rock hard like Grishkos or Blochs or anything.
As a girl with a high arch and wide feet, I liked these shoes. Since I tend to wear out pointe shoes pretty quickly (a month would be pushing it), I chose to get the Extra Strength version, which has an extra hard shank. Though the box does wear out very quickly (I'd suggest using Jet Glue if you are like me), what I like about these is that the shank extends all the way to the tip of the box, adding extra support-especially when you are forced to dance on a dead box.
There are 3 reasons I give these shoes just 3 stars:
-Baggy in the heels
-The box breaks down quickly/flattens out too quick
-And the color fades within the first couple weeks
But overall, these are great shoes. I started with these, then bought the pros, then came back to these. On my 3rd pair of these and they're working great!
These shoes break-in very easily, and even with time for them to dry, they seem to warp... or at least mine did. They also lose color within the first couple weeks. There is WAY too much fabric on the heel, so I recommend getting the Glisse pros. Overall these shoes are a good starter. I wear a street size 7.5-8 and I got an 8.5W in these.
I am getting my third pair of these in less than two years of pointe. I have wide toes and wear a size 8 in street, and get size 8.5 WW for these. The shanks get soft really fast which I like, but I hate how quickly the platform and box get soft! They should make them available harder.
I really like these shoes. I have been on pointe for about 5 years and this is my second pair of Glisses. I feel very supported in them and they're great for balancing. My only complaint is that they can get a little bunchy at the heels. Nice shoe overall, though.
I love them! I don't have a great arch, but I remove the top nail on the shank and I can get over my box way easier! Soon, I'm going to buy my third pair!
I am using these shoes right now and they look great on my feet. When they are brand new, they look like Freed's. The only thing is they are not strong enough for me and they make my feet hurt a lot, but other than that, they are beautiful shoes. They also have a beautiful color too.
This is my pointe shoe! It is fantastically comfortable and easy to roll through demi pointe in. This shoe makes pointe less painful. I have fairly long toes and narrow feet but I am a double wide in these shoes so be careful with the widths! Get these shoes and enjoy!
This is the best ever! I started wearing these my 2nd year of taking pointe when they were new, and 6 years later, I am still wearing them! You just bend the shank (I take the nails out), and they are already broken in the first time you wear them! I have to say, they get "dead" VERY VERY fast, but they look beautiful, are comfy, and support while doing turns very nicely. Have fun with them!
These were my very first pair of pointes.
The platform was extremely easy to balance on and I was amazed at how much easier pointe turned out to be.
I have strong feet with medium arches and it took a while to break in to this shoe, in order for me to get up completely onto the box. At first I could very easily (almost effortlessly) roll up to about 90% up to pointe, but the last 10% to get totally on the box, was impossible until it was broken in more.
I did not find that they died (too) quickly for me. The shank usually dies first from back to front.
I also didn't need elastics. The heel stayed on very comfortable for me so I only used ribbons.
The box does seem like it is designed for square toes. Mine are tapered with my 2nd toe being really long. I used mini gel toe pads under my big toe, put inside my Ouch Pouches, and it fixed that problem. Though I think this might not be the best shoe for tapered toes, I strongly recommend using some kind of padding with this shoe. Overall, I think these are a great shoe for beginners because they are very forgiving and supportive. The only part that I did not like, was that the shank did not bend well at any part of arch that flattered my feet (it's not a very pretty shoe).
This pointe shoe is WONDERFUL for WIDE FEET with BIG ARCHES! These look sooo beautiful on my feet, and I have really wide feet. These shoes lasted me eight months, but they were REALLY broken by that time! They last about a month or two ... dancing 13 hours a week, but these shoes are wonderful! I also recommend (if you liked these shoes) Capezio Chasses-THEY ARE GOOD TOO!
I love these! They have a very flat stable surface to dance on. I have flat, narrowish feet and they fit my feet pretty well. I used to wear Chacott, but they broke in too quickly and there would be
no support =( These shoes are great for flat, square feet! GET THEM!
Eh. The Glisses were all right, but probably not for me. My arch looks FANTASTIC in them, but the box seemed too thin or something of the sort, and they started to hurt even after I broke them in (which didn't take too long, even with my crummy arches). If you can stand pain, I'd highly suggest these. Otherwise, hey ... good luck.
After using these shoes for about four classes, they completely died on me. I recommend getting the stronger shank if you've been on pointe for a while and have high/strong arches.
When I got them, I was in love with the Glisse. Now I hate them. I was experiencing extreme toe pain when up en pointe and it was never as comfortable as it could be. They were- and are- very flattering, but don't be fooled. Make sure your toes aren't smashing into your boxes if you get fitted for these! When I switched to Blochs, I realized how horrible my Glisses really were.
I had these shoes for a while and thought that they were the best ever. Then I started getting bunions, and they started to hurt. I then started to notice that they looked really bulky on stage. And on top of everything, during long rehearsals, since the shank was really short, it gave me huge calluses on my heels. I would not recommend this shoe.
These were my first pair of pointe shoes ever! I love them very much--- at first they hurt a lil' bit but once they were broken in they were great! A DEF MUST BUY!!!!
The only 2 pointe shoes I've worn have been this Glisse pointe shoe and the Glisse Pro. I prefer the Pro more because this shoe has more baggage at the heel and covers more of your arch. The Glisse Pro has a lower cut to show off more of your arch or to enhance the look of your arch if you don't have one. This shoe held up pretty well but I think the Pro is a better buy!
Only worn 'em for 1 class, but it was so nice! After blowing a shank on a different shoe after only 2 weeks, I knew it was time to switch. My feet are strong from 6 years of pointe, and I found that they were nice. Pinched the bunions, but oh well. Only one thing...and that's that I'm still trying to manage a balance on new shoes! But other than that, it's FANTASTIC!!!!
These shoes were my first pair and I love them. Mine did not break in that quickly and have held up for 4 months of pointe! They are great for people with bendy arches like mine. Good for people with wide feet also.
I liked these and hated them at the same time. I liked how they were not bulky and how they had a high vamp for my long toes, but I thought they broke way too quickly and really hurt the nail on my big toe. A friend of mine really liked them though, so I guess it just depends on the shape of your foot.
These shoes are very comfortable and do not cause a lot of blisters and pain, but they break in rather fast if you have strong arches and feet. They are great the very first wear, but don't count on them lasting for over two weeks!
These pointe shoes are so beautiful and amazing! They are comfortable and look lovely on my feet in the studio. My pointe teacher also loves them because they are attractive and also help me to perform well in class. Great shoes!
Its very easy for me to get over my pointes in these shoes, but when on demi-pointe, the vamp digs into the top of my foot, which hurts a LOT. Not my favorite pointe shoe.
These styles do come in a Extra Strength Shank: G102, 128, 121 and G117- DDS Customer Service (12/26/2012)
try aria pointe shoes my friend with really strong feet has them and they last her an average of 4 months (i used to have glisse) - Cupcakeballerina (12/26/2013)
Yes, I would definitely try the new Capezio Studio pointes, especially in the #7.5 shank (the hard shank). - Yulia (06/23/2014)
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Born 9 December 1954 in Rédange-sur-Attert in the western part of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker spent his childhood and adolesence at Belvaux in southern Luxembourg where his father worked in one of the big iron and steel factories. Life in this region, fief of the country's socialist and communist movements with its high population of Italian and Portuguese immigrants, was to leave its mark on him and through his father's trade union activities in the Luxembourg Christian Trade Union Confederation he quickly became acquainted with the realities of the workplace.
Having completed his secondary education at boarding school in Clairefontaine in Belgium, and having passed his baccalaureat exam at the Michel Rodange grammar school in Luxembourg in 1974, Jean-Claude Juncker enroled at the law faculty of Strasbourg University in 1975, where he studied for four years "without any enthusiasm" which did not, however, prevent him from graduating in law in 1979. In February 1980 he was sworn in but has never actually practised as a lawyer. It was also in Strasbourg that he first met his wife, Christiane Frising.
He had already been politically active in the Christian Social People's Party since 1974 and had impressed the party leadership with his public-speaking skills and analytical mind when in October 1979 he was appointed as the party's parliamentary secretary. His career rapidly took off at that point, and when in December 1982 a government post fell vacant the Finance Minister of the time, Jacques Santer, persuaded the Prime Minister, Pierre Werner, to appoint Jean-Claude Juncker, days before his 28th birthday, to the post of Secretary of State for Employment and Social Security, his two favourite policy spheres.
In June 1984, Jean-Claude Juncker won his first seat in the Luxembourg parliament (Chamber of Deputies). In the first government under Jacques Santer he held the posts of Minister of Employment and Minister of State for the Budget.
In 1985, Luxembourg took on the presidency of the Council of the European Communities and Jean-Claude Juncker was appointed to chair the Social Affairs and Budget Councils. This period also marks the start of his resolutely pro-European stance which is based on the firm belief that European integration is the only way of guaranteeing lasting peace in Europe and avoiding a repeat of past disasters and tragedies, which he himself knew all about insofar as his father had been forced to enrol with the German Wehrmacht in World War II and was sent to the Russian front.
After the June 1989 parliamentary elections, Jean-Claude Juncker embarked on a new step in his political career when he was appointed Minister of Finance and Minister of Employment. The finance portfolio is traditionally seen as a compulsory stage in the career of all future prime ministers of Luxembourg, and from that point on all the country's political observers in the country came to see Jean-Claude Juncker as the natural successor to Jacques Santer.
It was also during the 1989-1994 legislature that Jean-Claude Juncker ultimately proved himself to be an outstanding politician and statesman both nationally and at European level. In 1991, as chair of the ECOFIN Council he was one of the main architects of the Treaty of Maastricht and was responsible in particular for drafting whole passages of the section on economic and monetary union. It was also he who came to the rescue in the EMU negotiations in May 1991 by thinking up the « opting out » principle for the United Kingdom. In February 1992 he was one of the signatories of the Treaty of Maastricht.
His career nearly came to a dramatic end, however, when, after a serious road accident in the autumn of 1989, he spent two weeks in a coma in intensive care. .
In 1992, in Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker started preparing the biggest fiscal reform in his country's history. The reform itself came into force on 1 January 1993.
Between January 1990 and February 1995, Jean-Claude Juncker was also Chairman of the Christian Social People's Party.
In June 1994 he was re-elected to parliament and kept his portfolios under Jacques Santer as Minister of Finance and Minister of Employment. Following Jacques Santers' appointment by the European Council to President of the European Commission and his confirmation in this post by the European Parliament, Jean-Claude Juncker was himself appointed Prime Minister, Minister of State, by the Grand-Duke Jean on 20 January 1995. Even as head of government he retained the posts of Minister of Finance, Minister of Employment, and Treasurer.
He broke new ground as Prime Minister by taking a bigger part in representing Luxembourg abroad. He carried out many official and working visits throughout the world and often took with him a sizeable financial delegation. He was responsible for stepping up political and economic ties with many countries and gave special importance to development cooperation with countries targeted by Luxembourg cooperation. By 2001 Luxembourg was one of the top five countries in terms of development cooperation, donating 0.8 per cent of its GDP.
In December Jean-Claude Juncker was heralded by the international press as the "hero of Dublin" when he succeeded in the tricky task of mediating between the German Federal Chancellor Kohl and the French President Chirac on the question of the stability pact in connection with economic and monetary union.
The next Luxembourg presidency of the European Council in the latter half of 1997 provided Jean-Claude Juncker with the opportunity to draw attention to his ambitions for a more social Europe. The extraordinary European Council on employment in November 1997 saw the start of the Luxembourg process requiring member states to submit a yearly action plan to promote employment and to comply with quantifiable and verifiable criteria relating to job creation and the battle against unemployment. A month later, at the European Council meeting in Luxembourg, the European Union opened its doors to enlargement towards the east. The same summit also saw the creation of the Euro 11, the informal group of finance ministers taking part in economic and monetary union and since renamed Eurogroup.
In June 1999, the Christian Social People's Party came first again in the parliamentary elections and Jean-Claude Juncker, beating his own personal record, returned to power with a new government composed this time of representatives of the Christian Social People's Party and the Democratic Party, thus bringing an end to 15 years of coalition government between the Christian Social People's Party and the Socialist Workers' Party. Jean-Claude Juncker also retained the Finance and Communications portfolios.
Since being Governor of the World Bank between 1989 and 1995, Jean-Claude Juncker has also been Governor of the International Monetary Fund and Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (BERD).
On 6 July 2001 he was awarded the honorary title of doctor honoris causa by the philosophy department of the Westfalian Wilhelms-University in Münster, Germany.
On 5 February 2002, at the Elysée palace in Paris, he was decorated with the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour by the French President, Jacques Chirac.

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ST GEORGE'S have been crowned Dorchester and District Evening League kings yet again, as their domination of the competition shows no signs of waning.
A five-wicket victory over Cattistock secured an eighth Division One title in the last nine years, though on this occasion they only ended up retaining their trophy by two points from Dewlish.
Steve Tucker and Billy Wall-bridge both hit 30 in Cattistock's total of 131-5, but Andy Legg's 42 propelled the Saints to another league triumph.
Second place went to Dewlish after they saw off Bere Regis, who could have overtaken them, by 76 runs.
Tom Hewish blasted 81 in Dewlish's 154-5 and that total proved to be more than enough as Bere Regis could only muster 78 in reply.
However, Bere did record a 62-run victory over Martinstown, with all-rounder Pete Macklin delivering a superb individual display.
He contributed 53 to Bere's 185-8 – Matt Rimmer took 4-44 for Martinstown – before finishing with figures of 5-9 in the oppositions' response.
Ed Nichols scored a defiant 64 for Martinstown who end the season one off the bottom of the top tier.
There will be a play-off between Plush and Abbotsbury to decide who goes down from Division Two.
The two sides will meet at Martinstown next Wednesday after both finished on eight points.
Plush could have avoided the play-off but they lost their final fixture to champions Snookes Pirates by seven wickets.
Plush made 118-6 batting first, Graeme Stephens scoring 46, only for Michael Irrgang's half-century to see the Pirates home.
Cerne Valley were one of four sides to finish on 12 points foll- owing a win over Puddletown – Simon Green struck 64 for Cerne.
In Division Three, Winfrith rounded off their season on a high with a win against Cattistock Seconds, while John Summers scored 43 in Cosmos' defeat of Puddletown RFC.


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One of which is our gay and grand return to the Crown & Anchor in Provincetown, MA over Memorial Weekend (more details & ticket info to come!) We also have new merchandise just in time for Valentine's Day. Hey, it's only February so you could still get our 2012 Ten Year Commemorative Calendar and have our fun faces in YOUR face for very close to an entire year!!!
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All The Kings Men is turning 10 YEARS OLD this April, and you better believe we're going to make a stink about it (and we don't mean in our Depends). We will be back performing for you at our favorite local haunt on March 9, so mark your calendars (Your ATKM calendars, that is) and keep your peepers peeled for more details to be announced soon!
And finally, we'd like to direct your attention to a new and hilarious comedy show by our very own Julee and Petey taking place this Tuesday in good ol' Cambridge, MA.
Additionally, there are a ton of exciting upcoming productions Karin is in...
And did we mention that Leighsa stars in movies?...
And that Maria lives in Vermont now?...
And that Katie is a dragon slayer (fus do RAH!)?..
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We just got word and we are sending it out to you first! Just in time, while we are still but 9 years old, we return to Oberon in Harvard Square for our first local show since October. We are so excited to be back performing for you in what will certainly be one kick ass show. Many more details and ticket information coming soon, so be on the look out!
THIS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7 @ The Lizard Lounge!!!
Introducing The Gibson/Antonellis Comedy Hour*, a new show by two members of All The Kings Men.
For years people have been hounding Julee Antonellis (ATKM, Women In Comedy Festival, (N)everclear) for more solo work, including her brilliant stand-up comedy and sketches. For nearly as long, people have been telling Jill "Petey" Gibson (ATKM, The Mary Dolan Show, Bent Wit Cabaret) she should really do a show with Julee, who is "hysterical" and "better looking than you". If you can't listen to people, who can you listen to? Plants? That's for people on drugs. Drugs!
So... here it is! Finally! A stand-up, sketch, musical show featuring Julee and Petey, in a night of pure comedy gold. After 6 years as collaborators on various projects, these two comedians bring their best work to the grand well-lit stage of the basement of the Lizard Lounge. No humans are left untouched as they pull apart every type of trivial, rude, wrong thing that everyone else does. Julee and Petey? They are perfection! The rest of the world? Not so much.
So please do come. Petey's leaving for Los Angeles to train with The Groundlings this summer, and Julee will probably be rocketing to fame and glory directly after this production so... you really don't want to miss it. It will be special.
Thank you.
The Gibson/Antonellis Comedy Hour show premieres Tuesday, February 7 at the Lizard Lounge. Tickets run $15 in advance and at the door, and are available online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/224458. Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm, and seating is very limited.
*The show is actually two hours. We find all good comedy is based in lies, so we decided to go whole hog and start with the title of our show; that's how you know it's funny.
February 5: Welcome to Sparkletown!
If you would rather see pasties than scoreboards (and you're much more likely to score yourself at this event), come check out ATKM's own Karin Webb and Mary Dolan in "Welcome to Sparkletown!" Some of the best and brightest in the Boston Burlesque scene, all under one roof for one night only.
Be there - Oberon, 8pm show, tickets available at: www.ClubOberon.com
March 4: Here & Now II: Mortality
This is a small show in a smaller venue, so if you're keen on the "Mortality" theme get your tickets early! Karin will perform a piece for this show that has never been done before, will never be done again, and any traces of which will be burnt as an offering at the end of their post-show procession to the party... Gallery 263, 7pm show, tickets at: www.HereAndNowBoston.com
March 16-17: Boston Tease Party presents BEAVER.
Karin's been "performing around" a bunch these days (typical), and has gotten herself involved in the wicked world of "Beaver"! If you missed the first run last summer, you have a chance to enjoy satire at it's height, and comedy at it's most outrageous... and if you DID see it already, you probably want to see it again (especially with Karin in the cast!)... We're at the Somerville Theater, 8pm, tickets available at: www.bostonteaseparty.com
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Mar 6, 2013 - The Associated PressCHEYENNE -- The Air Force Thunderbirds might not make their traditional appearance at Cheyenne Frontier Days this year because the team has been grounded by the budget battle in Washington.
Thunderbirds spokesman Maj. Darrick Lee said Tuesday that the team canceled about 58 appearances After April 1to save money amid mandatory spending cuts.
Lee says the cancellations will allow the Air Force to shift more flying time and resources into combat training. It wasn't immediately clear how much money the move would save.
The Thunderbirds were scheduled to appear at Frontier Days on July 24. They also canceled their traditional flyover and air show at the Air Force Academy graduation in Colorado in May.
This is the Thunderbirds' 60th anniversary year.
The U.S. Air Force announced last week that because of the federal sequester -- automatic cuts of $85 billion from this year's federal budget -- all Thunderbirds performances after April 1 are canceled.
Dov Schwartz, a spokesman for the Department of the Army in Washington said in an e-mail the Golden Knights sky-diving team also "is very much impacted."
According to an email from Ann Stefanek, a spokeswoman for the Department of the Air Force in Washington, D.C., "all aerial demonstrations, including flyovers, jump team demonstrations and participation in civilian air shows and military open houses will cease as of 1 April."
She attributed that to "per DOD (Department of Defense) direction" as a result of the looming cuts known as the sequester.
Stefanek added that "military musical and ceremonial units will not be permitted to travel beyond the local area immediately surrounding their respective duty stations."
The grounding of the Air Force Thunderbirds announced last week was the first indication of how sequester-driven funding cuts would affect civilian presentations. Several air shows around the county already have been canceled.
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Singapore's top executives are making more money than those in Hong Kong, with the gap expected to widen as living costs in the island republic rise, according to human resources consultant Towers Watson. Senior executives in Singapore earned 19 per cent more than their Hong Kong counterparts in 2013. Bloomberg
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A Russian court has handed down prison sentences of up to four years to seven anti-Putin protesters, including a 22-year-old student who investigators said threw an "unidentified yellow object of spherical shape" at a line of riot police. He insisted it was just a lemon. Associated Press
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Volume 14, Issue 1: Cave of Adullam
Stonewall Thompson
We Already Knew This
A scientific study at Cambridge University has determined that if you drug mice, and then make
them listen to loud dance music, it kills them. The study has been attacked as "despicable" cruelty by
animal welfare campaigners.
Credit-Where-Credit's-Due Dept.
We are not sure, but we think that Willow Creek Community Church has made it into the Cave
more than anyone else. Some folks know how to strive for excellence.
Yet Another Flyer
Another church, which shall remain nameless, but which almost certainly has "Community" in their name, has
sent out a flyer to get people to come to their services. There is a picture of a rocketship on one side of the card, and
a cheerful "Join as we launch!" on the other. Worshippers are exhorted: "Come in your jeans, t-shirts, and dirty
old ball cap..."
Those Darn Assault Weapons
A minuteman is the school mascot of a middle school in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. This minuteman used to hold, in the typical fashion, the kind of musket that these extremists used to carry around back in the day. But the principal of said school, saying that guns have no place at school, had the picture repainted,
sans gun.
Ultimate Forgery
A Christian catalog company had a little sidebar thingy entitled "Seven Creative Ways to Share Jesus." The first one was "Send a friend a greeting card of encouragement and sign it from Jesus."
Les Behind, as the French Say
We obtained an evangelistic tract called "Left Behind: The Message." After the message part, the suggested prayer starts this way: "Dear God, I believe in You, and I believe everything You say in the Bible is true. I believe the earth's last days are close . . ."
Sometimes we are tempted to think that the market on superstitious religious folly has been cornered by modern evangelicals. But then we get hold of something that shows that this kind of thing has been going on for quite some time now. So check out the products at monasteryicons.comespecially those magnet ones for the fridge.
Principled Decisions, Pt. XXXIX
The Western Division of the Salvation Army has reversed its earlier stand on same-sex partner benefits, and has decided to offer them. This move will allow them to compete for taxpayer money in San Francisco, which has an ordinance requiring city contractors to offer such benefits to their employees with domestic partners, whether married or unmarried, inboard or outboard. One spokesman for the Salvation Army said, "This decision . . . is made on the basis of strong ethical and moral reasoning that reflects the dramatic changes in family structure in recent years."
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The Kitikat Java Framework is a powerful but simple Datastore processing framework. A Datastore represents an in-memory copy of data. A program may retrieve the data from a data source, such as a relational database, manipulate the data, and then propagate the updates of the data back to the original data source or to a different data source. Once the data is retrieved, it is a disconnected, data source independent version of the data. A change history of the data is maintained to provide dynamic updates to a data source, and there are several levels of concurrency control provided for multi-user environments.
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By Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press
EAST LANSING — Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo today reinstated center Derrick Nix, who was suspended last week after facing charges of operating under the influence of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana.
Nix pleaded guilty at 54B District Court in East Lansing Thursday morning to a reduced misdemeanor charge of impaired driving. He is scheduled for sentencing at 1:30 p.m. May 11.
Nix, who will the team's lone senior next season, addressed the media at a news conference at the Breslin Center just after 1 p.m. Thursday. He said he was embarrassed. He said he let a lot of people down. He apologized to his coaches and his teammates and to Izzo's son, Steven, who is 12.
"From this point on, I've got to become a man," Nix said, wearing a suit as tears rolled down his cheeks.
Nix, 21, said he was going to "try to walk the straight line." And that "I realize I will be … watched. I want to be able to move forward … (and) refocus my whole life."
Izzo spoke after Nix and said he'd been contemplating how to move forward for the past week and a half. He said he and his assistants got together earlier this week and filled an eraser board with the relevant academic issues, social issues and team issues Nix will face in the coming months.
He said although Nix is back on the team, he will be closely watched and must meet certain criteria as the spring and summer progress. Izzo said those criteria aren't set yet.
"There is gonna be issues that I'm gonna have to determine yet," said Izzo, "depending what he does this summer, depending on how he acts."
Izzo suspended Nix indefinitely after news of his arrest. Nix was arrested at 12:20 a.m. April 3 at the corner of Lake Lansing and Abbot roads. He posted $200 bond that day and was released from East Lansing jail.
Izzo admitted it hurt him that Nix made the decision to drive while impaired after the coach had talked up Nix's potential as a team captain for next season.
"It did hurt me that I put faith in people," he said. "I think (Nix) has qualities. He made an idiotic decision."
Several former MSU basketball players were at the news conference to support Nix. Izzo said he'd spent a lot of time on the phone with many of them the last week trying to figure out what to do. He referred to the former players as "soldiers" and credited them with building the program, which is why he wanted their input.
Draymond Green, this year's captain, Mike Peplowski, David Thomas, Anthony Ianni, Russell Byrd, Mateen Cleaves and Tim Bograkos gathered in the back of the conference room at the Breslin Center.
"The program is the people that were here and built it," said Izzo, "you never leave a soldier behind."
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Video: 1,000HP Volar-e hits the race track
Applus Idiada, a Spanish design firm, recently unleashed on the race track the Volar-e, an electric concept race car. The Volar-e took center stage when it went around the Circuit de Catalunya just near Barcelona.
The concept electric race car has a combined output of 1,000HP and a torque of 737 lb-ft making it one of the most aggressive electric vehicles in the world today. The power comes from the combined output 4 electric motors dependent on a lithium ion battery pack.
The battery of the Volar-e consits of ten individual cells and has a 38 kWh rating. The maker claims that the battery pack can be charged within 20 minutes using a fast charger. The car is also equipped with a regenerative system that helps top up the system when driver hits the brakes.
The Volar-e features technologies that were developed by the Spanish firm in collaboratin with Rimac Automobili of Croatia. The latter also recently unwrapped its electric car that outputs 1,088 horses.
Applus Idiada claims that the Volar-e can rush from 0 to 62 miles an hour in just 3.4 seconds and can easily get to 186mph for its top speed. The maker did not mention the range of the vehicle but we guess it will be a bad PR since for sure the battery of the electric race car will be depleted quicker especially with aggressive driving.
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Posted on Feb 13, 2013
The world's fifth-largest defense contractor has developed a surveillance program that predicts your behavior by tracking the movement of your smartphone and mining public data from sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare.
Virtually unlimited amounts of personal data flow unprotected through cyberspace. That means the only remaining obstacle to a full-blown digital surveillance state has been the problem of how to quickly organize and analyze it. The Riot program (Rapid Information Overlay Technology) seems to remove that obstacle by enabling its controller to "gain an entire snapshot of a person's life—their friends, the places they visit ... in little more than a few clicks of a button."
In a video obtained by The Guardian (visible below), Raytheon's "principal investigator" Brian Urch explains how locational data can be obtained from photographs posted on social networking sites via smartphones.
"Riot can display on a spider diagram the associations and relationships between individuals online by looking at who they have communicated with over Twitter," Ryan Gallagher writes at The Guardian. "It can also mine data from Facebook and sift GPS location information from Foursquare, a mobile phone app used by more than 25 million people to alert friends of their whereabouts. The Foursquare data can be used to display, in graph form, the top 10 places visited by tracked individuals and the times at which they visited them."
Although Raytheon says it has not sold its software to any clients, mining from public websites by law enforcement is considered legal in most countries. In February 2012, the FBI sought help developing "a social media mining application for monitoring 'bad actors or groups.' "
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Memorial Day isn't just about celebrating the beginning of summer with a day off from work or school. It's not just about cookouts or a day at the beach. It's a poignant day of remembrance. It's a moment for all of us to honor the sacrifice and courage of those proud, brave men and women who make our American democracy possible.
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Dodge is now a "muscle" brand, but it started out by making a car which was just about as far from muscle as it gets.
The Dodge family arrived in North America in 1629; in the 1830s, Ezekiel Dodge traveled from Massachusetts to Michigan, where he repaired boat engines. Ezekiel and his wife Anna had two daughters and eleven sons, including Daniel Rugg Dodge, who eventually took over the business.
Daniel had two children by his first wife, and after she died, married Maria Duval Casto, and had three children: Della in 1863, John Francis in 1864, and Horace in 1868. Horace and John, both red-haired, learning the machinists' trade from their father; Ellis Brasher noted, "John was quieter and a better machinist. Horace was the leader and financier, making sure the no one took advantage of the pair. The brothers were inseparable."
Horace and John worked in various parts of Michigan, until they were both hired by the Murphy Iron Works in Detroit, 1886. They later crossed the river to Windsor.
In 1896, Horace created a dirt-proof ball bearing at his home workbench; he shared credit with John in the patent. The next year, they worked with Fred S. Evans to make a bicycle under the Evans & Dodge name.
The brothers, increasingly diverted by sales of automotive parts, returned to Detroit and started their own shop in 1902, after selling their share in the bicycle business; then they moved from Beaubien Street to Hastings and Monroe.
Their high quality led Ransom Eli Olds, father of the Oldsmobile and the first automaker ever to use an assembly line, to their door. He had the dodge brothers make thousands of engines and transmissions for his curved-dash Oldsmobile starting in 1902; Oldsmobile made 30% of the cars built in the United States in 1903. The brothers also sold parts to other automakers, giving them a thriving business.
Meanwhile, Henry Ford had gone through two bankruptcies, and was having a hard time finding financers or suppliers who would provide parts on credit. He finally approached the Dodge Brothers, who, in light of Ford's past, drove a hard but fair (given the risks) bargain. The Dodge brothers gave up their other customers, borrowed $75,000 for tooling, and created the production drawings and all mechanical parts for Ford's new company. According to Thomas McPherson (in The Dodge Story), the brothers also redesigned the car's rear axle, engine, and other key parts, which may have made the difference between Ford's past failures and his new success.
When Ford started making its first cars, Dodge reportedly had 135 employees making parts, and Ford had 12.
Dodge Brothers built every part of the Ford car except — depending on the source — the seats and tires, or the seats, body, tires, and radiators. The Dodge Brothers profited both by building the car, and by owning stock in the company, getting $10,000 in dividends in the first year — well under their investment but a good start.
Henry Ford grew eccentric, allegedly fearing red-heads (like the Dodges), hiring thugs to beat "trouble making" employees, imposing religious demands on his workers (enforced by house visits), and sponsoring a newspaper to blame Jews for all the world's ills. Money and fame may have affected the Dodges, too, though they continued their hard work. They wore identically tailored suits, according to James Mays, and would not read mail unless it was addressed to both of them; they also raced boats, and most sources say they partied hard, drinking and carousing in workingman's bars.
The incredible Dodge Main plant in Hamtramck was started in June 1910, completed in the same year, and staffed with five thousand workers ($6 million in annual payroll); the unusual 24-acre multi-story plant had the assembly line moving from floor to floor, eventually becoming extremely complex. [Stories] According to Greg Kowalski, one reason for choosing Hamtramck was because it was on two railroad lines, once of which went straight to Ford's new plant.
John and Horace Dodge were in sharp contrast to Henry Ford when it came to employee care; they did not invade their houses or dictate religious practice, but did have a fully staffed medical clinic, a department to look after workers' social needs, and, perhaps most significantly (and a fore-runner of Silicon Valley and 3M), a machine shop called "the Playpen" where men could fix or invent things after hours. Employees were served huge platters of sandwiches and pitchers of beer at lunch hours, paid for by the company. In the heat of summer, beer was served in the afternoons in the foundry and forge. A 1916 memo to an employee, provided by Bob Steele, demonstrates their attitude.
Henry Ford eventually built his River Rouge plant to replace the Dodge Brothers — and to swap the Dodge Brothers employees with people making less, and easier to control or replace at a moment's notice. Once done, Ford did not need the Dodge Brothers. The brothers had already been planning for independence.
The Dodge brothers knew the Model T's weaknesses, and had suggested improvements, but Henry Ford refused. This was their chance to make a far better car, at a slightly higher price.
In 1913, Dodge Brothers announced that they would stop building Ford cars and would design, build, and sell their own car. Even as they built their last Fords, the Dodge Brothers greatly expanded their manufacturing plant and built a new national sales network and advertising campaign. Part of their strategy was building the first on-site test track of any automaker, anywhere, to ensure quality.
Even the first Dodge had a 35-horsepower four-cylinder L-head engine, far better than the Fords, with a rare-for-the-time 12-volt electrical system and an all steel Budd-designed body. The cars weighed 2,000 pounds and, at $785, were nearly double the price of the Model T, leaving the cheap field to Ford. (Accounting for inflation, $785 in 1914 would be around $18,685 today.)
In July 1914, Dodge Brothers was formed; on November 14, the first Dodge car rolled off the line, priced far higher than the Model T but supplying much more, including an electric starter (the manual starter favored by Ford was responsible for many injuries). Mike Sealey wrote that Dodge's first dealer was Cumberland Motors of Nashville, Tennessee, which remained in business until the late 1960s, proudly advertising their status as "World's First Dodge Dealer." There were 22,000 applications for Dodge dealerships before production even started.
According to Walter McPherson, the driver of the first Dodge Brothers car in the photo below was Guy Ameel. Just 249 cars were built during 1914, all black touring cars with wooden-spoke wheels, real grain leather, sliding-gear three-speed transmissions, a cone-faced clutch, and a 2,250 pound total weight. Famously, when asked why Dodge Brothers would leave Ford to sell their own cars, John Dodge said, "Just think of all the Ford owners who will someday want an automobile." (This quote has been written in different ways.)
Willem Weertman wrote in Chrysler Engines 1922-1998 that the brothers worked with George Kierman to create the "Dependable Dodge Four" engine, an L-head design wtih a forged steel crankshaft, three main bearings, and open combustion chamber, and gear-driven camshaft. It had separate engine and gear oil supplies, unlike the Model T, and, through its life, displaced 212 cubic inches or 3.5 liters (Ford's engine was 177 cubic inches), putting it into the range of the 1960s-2010s six-cylinders. The car had a rear-mounted gasoline tank unprotected (in factory trim) by a bumper, and the then-common vacuum tank system.
The engine had a rotary oil pump driven by the camshaft, with a gravity feed to get it to the camshaft and main bearings; the connecting rods had splash troughs so they were lubricated when they hit the bottom of their strokes. They also had a centrifugal water pump for forced circulation of coolant, which Ford had given up by this time. With a 4:1 compression ratio, the car was not sensitive to "bad gas," but generated just 30-35 horsepower at 2,000 rpm (gross). No torque rating is known.
The intake air was warmed during cold weather, by routing it across the exhaust manifold and engine block, to improve drivability; the driver could manually switch this system to a fresh-air supply and avoid boiling the fuel. Moderately complicated, but easy to use and understand, the setup did not need an intake manifold.
The three-speed manual transmission had a floor shift and multiple-dry-disc clutch, with a semi-floating rear axle. The wood-spoke wheels were held together by wire bands (later replaced by steel bands). The electric starter, once the engine was running, became a generator to refill the battery. A flat leather belt drove the fan whenever the engine ran, while the water pump was driven by the crankshaft.
An identically priced roadster joined the touring car in 1915; the touring car itself was becoming popular, especially with the farmers treasured by Henry Ford, for its durability and relatively high fuel economy. Around 45,000 cars were reported as being built in 1915. The Dodge Brothers lost money for their first few months of production.
In their first full year (1915), they were America's third best selling automaker. The brothers tripled the plant's size as they prepared for higher volumes, and John Dodge crash-tested a car into a brick wall at 20 mph to study the results.
In 1916, a Dodge Brothers advertising campaign coined the word "dependability," which soon was listed in the dictionary. Their other slogan was "It speaks for itself," though then it would not need the slogan. Late in the year, Dodge Brothers added "winter cars," essentially the touring car and roadster
with removable hardtops and snop-on side glass windows made by a supplier; these sold for $950. A center-door sedan was also launched, though few were sold.
1916 also saw a dry multiple disc clutch replaced the original cone setup, and a wheelbase change to 114 inches (this may have taken place in 1917) from 110 inches.
Test driving a 1922 Dodge Brothers car
Henry Ford was not happy that the Dodges were using his dividends to build cars, and in 1916 stopped paying dividends. The Dodges sued and got $19 million in back dividends.
Then, to try to trick the brothers into selling their shares, Ford announced that he was retiring, and leaked a story to the Los Angeles Examiner wrote that he was creating a new company to build a cheaper car, undercutting the existing Ford and making the shares worth much less.
The Dodges suspected a scam, especially when mystery buyers offered them $7,500 per share. They still auctioned their shares, achieving $12,500 per share, gaining $25 million. Ford's "new company" ended up being a chimera and he went back to work.
One major 1916 publicity gain was the sale of 150 cars to the U.S. Army. General John Pershing famously used Dodge Brothers cars over treacherous roads and open land to catch Pancho Villa, and then-Lieutenant George Patton Jr. used three Dodge Brothers cars in the first mechanized cavalry charge in United States history (with 15 soldiers). Patton would later state a preference for Dodge trucks in World War II.
Dodge Brothers did not have a truck line, though Dodge would later be known for their trucks. In 1917, though, responding to pressure from buyers and dealers, and probably not wanting people to make an inferior truck out of their chassis, they started experimenting with the idea, then in 1917 made an ambulance for World War I use; it spawned a civilian version, the screen-side Dodge business truck, with a thousand-pound payload, selling for $885.
In 1917, Dodge dropped to fourth or fifth (depending on source) in U.S. sales, but this was also the first year they started exporting cars to Canada. They sold around 90,000 cars, but Chevrolet's rapid success pushed them downward a notch.
In 1918, Dodge produced over 60,000 cars, along with a 155 mm gun recoil system for the Allied forces (mainly the French army), still engaged in fighting World War I; the artillery system required a new plant, and they sold with an overall profit of one penny, foreshadowing Chrysler's World War II work (but not by any means the standard for American automakers).
In contrast to World War II, when automakers completely stopped civilian production, American cars kept rolling off the lines during World War I. In 1919, they'd made 400,000 cars; they also launched an enclosed fourdoor sedan during the year.
At this point, the Dodges were quite wealthy. Hamtramck Historical Commission chair Greg Kowalski said,
I firmly believe that if it weren't for John and Horace Dodge there really would be no Hamtramck today, it would have been absorbed by the city of Detroit. They changed the whole destiny of the community.
The Dodge brothers were fascinating characters. They were two of the most colorful people in the history of this city, they were loyal, devoted brothers. They were also brawlers and drinkers and did all kinds of wild things. They would get into fights and all kinds of trouble.
... they literally bought their way into Grosse Pointe society. One of the brothers built the Rose Terrace mansion, they had their yacht there and they tried to get into Grosse Pointe society. But Grosse Pointe society would have nothing to do with them, because of all the trouble that they had in the bars of Detroit. But by pretty much underwriting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, they bought their way into high society in the Detroit area.
I firmly believe that if it weren't for John and Horace Dodge there really would be no Hamtramck today, it would have been absorbed by the city of Detroit. They changed the whole destiny of the community.
The Dodge brothers were fascinating characters. They were two of the most colorful people in the history of this city, they were loyal, devoted brothers. They were also brawlers and drinkers and did all kinds of wild things. They would get into fights and all kinds of trouble.
... they literally bought their way into Grosse Pointe society. One of the brothers built the Rose Terrace mansion, they had their yacht there and they tried to get into Grosse Pointe society. But Grosse Pointe society would have nothing to do with them, because of all the trouble that they had in the bars of Detroit. But by pretty much underwriting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, they bought their way into high society in the Detroit area.
While attending the 1920 New York Auto Show, Horace fell ill with pneumonia. John rushed to his bedside where he sat idle for days. John caught pneumonia almost immediately and died ten days later. Horace lingered on for a few more months and then died. Ironically, this was the first time Dodge Brothers jumped up to become America's second best-selling car company.
The brothers' wives inherited all of the company, worth around $60 million; they were smart enough to promote Frederick J. Haynes, who had been with the brothers since the bicycle days, to run the company. He set up a joint ventures with the Graham Brothers, to turn Dodge car chassis into trucks. The company continued to improve its cars, and maintained its #2 place in 1921, albeit with a sales drop to 81,000. They also expanded their Canadian presence, starting by using an old wharf building in Windsor as a small assembly plant and import center.
By this time, Dodge Brothers had sizeable worldwide sales, reflected in the globe on their logo, possibly due to the use of their dependable cars in the European war.
An expansion in 1922 provided the ability to make 600 cars per day. The car was made lower, despite a taller radiator; and Budd steel disc wheels were added, supplementing the wooden wheels; and the iron pistons were replaced with aluminum versions. Dodge Brothers also launched the first all-steel car in the industry, a business coupe (essentially a two-door, single-row-seating sedan). Still, the company fell to sixth place in sales. See our review of a 1922 Dodge Bros. Touring Car.
In 1924, Dodge Brothers opened its first major Canadian plant, in Walkersville, Ontario; started using a new semi-ellipitcal spring for the rear suspension; lengthened the wheelbase to 116 inches; finished a major expansion that allowed production to hit 1,000 cars per day using 20,000 people; put louvers on the hood; and gave the entire car a lower appearance. Automatic windshield wipers replaced the single hand-operated wiper. Roy Chapman Andrews took three Dodge Brothers cars on a 10,000mile, fossil-hunting expedition into China and inner Mongolia. With these changes and this publicity, Dodge Brothers recaptured third place. Still, the Dodge wives decided to sell the company.
In 1925, the same year Walter Chrysler formally took over and renamed Maxwell Motors, and Dillon, Read, & Co.—a financial firm — purchased it for $146 million in 1925, the largest transaction in history to that point. They outbid General Motors, which showed a serious interest in one of their largest competitors. Dillon, Read replaced Mr. Haynes with E.J. Wilmer, as head of the company, despite Dodge Brothers' success under Haynes.
The one millionth Dodge was produced, and production exceeded 200,000 cars.
For 1926, the started using a six-volt electrical system, with a separate starter and generator. The distributor moved from behind the water pump to the accessory housing, and geared directly to the camshaft. Midyear, a new sheet metal air cleaner was added; and they started using a five-main-bearing crankshaft (none of this caused the power rating to change). They also took over the Graham Brothers company entirely, moving from being partners to being owners; the Grahams had just become members of the Dodge Brothers board, but at this point they left the company for a new venture, Graham-Paige.
Dodge Brothers, though, dropped to fourth place in U.S. sales, and fell to seventh in 1927, possibly prompting their owners to cast about for a sale.
The sales drop may have caused the company to create a more powerful "Fast Four" engine, which was launched in mid-1927 for the new 108-inch-wheelbase Model 124. It kept the same block and displacement, according to Willem Weertman, but switched to a conventional intake and exhaust manifold setup, an indirectly driven oil pump, timing / generator chain, and a distributor on top of the head. It still had a flat belt to drive the fan, eschewing the newer V-belts, and kept splash lubrication, despite Chrysler's successful full lubrication; these changes and a slight increase in compression (to 4.1) helped boost power to 40 @ 2,400. This engine was only used for one model year, but it powered the Model 124 to 60 mph or a sustained 50 mph.
The company also switched to a single-plate clutch, shortly afterwards going to the SAE-standard H-shift pattern for the manual transmission.
Midyear in 1927, Dodge Brothers launched their first six-cylinder, the Senior Six, on a 116 inch wheelbase, advertising the sedan at a pricey $1,595, with a 224 cubic inch, 60 horsepower engine. This L-head straight-six was rather different from the original engine, and included turbulent combustoin chambers, full pressure lubrication, seven main bearings, a V-belt drive for the water pump and fan, and other features that appear to have been borrowed by the advanced Zeder-Skelton-Breer engines used by Maxwell and Chrysler. Designed by Dodge Brothers, it was built by Continental Motors, which also supplied the Zeder-Skelton-Breer-designed Flint engine to Willam Durant.
1928 was a big year. They finished the changeover to six cylinders, using a 208 cubic inch Standard Six and Victory Six (58 hp); the Standard Six used a 110 inch wheelbase, the Victory a 120 inch wheelbase (the Senior was put onto that same wheelbase midyear). Then, in July, not long after the engine changeover was finished, Dillon, Read, & Co. sold Dodge Brothers to Chrysler Corporation for $170 million.
Chrysler already had a truck range, Fargo, based on Plymouths, which was phased out in the US, and continued as a label for Dodge trucks in export markets. They also had a brand they had started to compete directly against Dodge Brothers — DeSoto — which they moved slightly to make room for the Dodge Brothers range.
Chrysler engineers went over the Senior Six and bumped it to 78 hp, mainly by increasing the bore (so it was now 242 cid) and compression ratio. The Victory and Standard Six were combined into one carline, starting at $995.
In 1929, Chrysler brought the first downdraft carburetor to the industry — used on Dodges as well as other Chrysler cars— and Dodge Brothers had sales of 124,557 cars, but again ranked as the #7 automaker. The Depression hit late in the year, and over the next few years, many automobile companies went bankrupt. Chrysler survived it through numerous tricks, including combining dealerships to sell multiple brands, and offering employees the choice of layoffs or a pay cut (they took the latter).
Both of the Dodge Brothers engines were phased out in 1930, and replaced by a 190 cubic inch Chrysler six, with 60 hp and 120 lb-ft of torque (in 1930). During the life of Dodge Brothers as an independent company, they had used just four engines, in three displacements. They sold an impressive 90,755 cars for the year, which was also the first year for a factory radio in a Dodge Brothers car.
The 1930 Dodge also included the first ever Dodge Brothers eight-cylinder, a straight-eight with 221 cubic inches (smaller than the old six) and a downdraft carburetor. The Six now had a 109 inch wheelbase.
In 1931, "free wheeling" was added, the roadster was dropped late in the year, and Chrysler's top engineering department added factory rust-proofing, automatic spark control, and valve seat inserts to dramatically increase the lifetime of the valve seats.
For 1931 or 1932 (depending on the source), Avard Fairbanks created a Ram hood ornament [story] in exchange for a new car.
For 1932, Chrysler's Floating Power engine mounts were added, and an automatic clutch became optional, as Dodge slipped to seventh place with model year production of 27,555. One of the brands above them was Plymouth, launched the same year Dodge Brothers was acquired by Chrysler Corporation.
1933 brought slanting V-shaped grilles, raked radiators, longer hoods, and a quiet, helical-gear transmission; the price of the Dodge Six dropped to $585.
Depression sales and the success of the newly priced Dodge Six led the company to drop the Dodge Eight in 1934, while adding 117 and 121 inch wheelbases; for a single year, an independent coil sprint front suspension replaced the leaf springs. Steel wheels replaced the wood spokes. Visibly, the cars were completely redesigned, and said to be the most attractive in America. The company added the industry-first automatic overdrive transmission. Production shot up to 95,011, despite the Depression.
The end of an era came in 1935, when the Dodge Brothers Corporation was absorbed by the Chrysler Corporation, no longer a wholly owned company; this was part of a corporation-wide change, with Plymouth Motor Corporation and such also becoming divisions. The new division was not called Dodge Brothers, but simply "Dodge Division." The story could stop here, but the cars remained labelled as Dodge Brothers for some time yet.
With sales remaining low throughout the industry, Dodge Brothers dropped to a single 116 inch wheelbase; having an interior temperature gauge (a Chrysler first) let the company put the radiator cap under the hood. 1935 also brought new 3/4 ton and one ton trucks, both based on the standard 1.5 ton pickups. Production reached a new high of 158,999, and the company hit the industry's #4 position, with Chevrolet at #1, Plymouth #2, and Ford #3.
For 1936, production rose to a record 265,005, and wiring for a radio antenna was added for the first time, along with an all steel roof. 1937 brought a "safety interior" with recessed knobs, flush-mounted gauges, curved door handles to prevent snagging, built-in defroster vents, and better safety padding on the back of seats (mandatory seat belts were still decades away). A new hypoid rear axle let engineers drop the floor, and industry-first fully insulated rubber body mounts for a smoother ride.
1938 model-year production was less than half that of the 1937s, falling to 114,529, though the new Dodge Truck plant opened in Warren, Michigan, to become part of the massive "Dodge City" complex. The company made its last convertible sedan. The Dodge Brothers logo and name were phased out in the middle of the year, after growing wings and having an abstracted globe background during Chrysler ownership.
Just one year later after the final Dodge Brothers-labelled car were the 25th anniversary cars, dubbed Luxury Liners, with new fastback styling, an integrated trunk, headlights built into the fenders, coil-spring front suspension, and a V-type windshield. They made 179,300 Dodges in 1939.
Dodge Brothers' second buyer, Chrysler Corporation, officially ended in 1998; a portion of what remained of the company was ejected in 2007, only to be purchased by Fiat, which renamed itself to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
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I recently had surgery to go from over to under. My surgeon says he was unable to go under the muscle saying they were to overdeveloped/thick.. Needless to say I ended back over the muscle with visible rippling. Was he being truthful? I am a Powerlifter/bodybuilder.
Can Chest Muscles Be Too Overdeveloped to Go Under?
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Body Builder Pectorals
Dear Jacqueline Phenix: The simple answer is yes. If the muscle is too powerful it can displace the implant laterally or superiorly. If saline was used a switch to silicone gel may help. You could also consider coverage with acellular dermal matrix to camouflage the rippling. Please discuss all options with your plastic surgeon.
Bodybuilders and implant positioning
If you have thick pectoralis muscles and are bench pressing 200 pounds then over the muscle may be an option. I would not use saline filled implants in this situation due to the risk of rippling. Under the muscle may cause the implant to push out laterally.
Can Chest Muscles Be Too Overdeveloped to Go Under?
Although I, like most surgeons, generally prefer to place implants below the muscle, I do usually place implants above the muscle in bodybuilders, whose strong pectoral muscles tend to push the implants too low and too far toward the sides, both early on and later.
Surgeons can use and under the fascia approach to somewhat decrease the chances or rippling, and/or use the new "form stable" implants that are less likely to ripple.
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