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MAF Webbit e-conversion
Herewith the tale of another conversion of a retired glow model to electric flight, culminating in a successful maiden flight at Shifnal MAC this week- for which kind thanks are extended to Tim Hooper, Barney and Bob for their invite, assistance, encouragement (bullying) and photography.
The Webbit was a small sports model that burst onto the UK modelling scene in the mid 1990's and was produced for a short time by the then Miniature Aircraft Factory consisting of Peter Kent (not to be confused with the later incarnation of the MAF that is still around now). The model is a 40" span high wing sports aerobat, balsa and ply box fuselage, all built up balsa semi symmetrical thick section wing, solid sheet tail surfaces, designed to take a .15cu in 2 stroke and bearing more than a passing resemblance to a small Wot-4. They also made a kit for a half sized Webbit, 20" span, called the 1/2A Webbit, which I have sitting in the cupboard and which we'll come on to later.
I saw this particular Webbit hanging up in the LHS as a second hand airframe some years ago and it turned out that this was the prototype for the line of kits. It was nice and lightly built and I snapped it up, stuck an OS 15Max in there, together with full sized radio gear and had a lot of fun with the model.
Here's what she looked like all those years ago as a glow model.
Last edited by leccyflyer; Aug 11, 2005 at 07:45 PM.
Now unfortunately just when I was starting to have some fun with the Webbit I attended a little local fly-in and, though the field was large and there was plenty of space, my little Webbit was sitting minding her own business next to my flight box when some BOZO decided it would be a good idea to reverse his car over my gear
The result was a torn off tail, a car exhaust stuck through the centre section of the wing and into the fuselage. Enough to ground the model for the day for sure. Returning home the Webbit was put in her usual place and forgotten about for a bit. They weren't massive repairs but the model was dirty and oily and sticky and she stayed like that for years.
After converting my Wot -4 to brushless outrunner power and all of my other models in the fleet I cast my eye over the Webbit and pondered an e-conversion. She's a lot smaller than the Wot-4 but the basic shape is similar and the same sort of conversion ought to be possible. First things first was the removal of that horrible icky sticky covering.
Now in the past I've struggled with stripping off Solarfilm, especially old manky oily Solarfilm but I reckon I have developed a method that works very well and I'll describe it here. I've mentioned the method on here before but this was an opportunity to take some piccies and I also submitted the tip to one of the UK mags but they haven't printed it yet.
The problem is mostly caused by the colour and adhesive layer delaminating from the clear covering film. That can be minimised by always using a warm, or hot, covering iron to soften the bond between the film and the wood, keeping the iron moving as the edge is pulled back. Even then we might get left with stubborn bits. Resist the temptation to try to pull the covering off cold and it'll make for an easier job.
Various methods can be tried to get rid of these, from picking at them with a scalpel blade, to sanding them off or attempts to remove them with solvents. These all have their drawbacks and the use of a solvent can drive the colour deep into the wood.
So here is my tip for aiding in removal of those scruffy leftover bits.
Take some ordinary wide parcel tape or clear tape, the stickier the better. Burnish this down over the stubborn bits and put the iron on the tape.
Then pull the tape back. The tape should come away easily, carrying the stubborn bits of film on the sticky side of the tape,
You can experiment with different angles and speed of pull, for best results, but it's a bit like giving your model a leg wax!
With a light sanding to remove any residual colour left in the wood your model should be ready for recovering. You can recover in a darker colour and you would never know that the model had been refurbished.
After the model was completely uncovered the tail section was repaired, adding a new rudder, the damage to the fuselage was repaired and the largest repairs to the wing centre sections were made.
On the Wot 4 I'd made a battery hatch underneath to allow the 16 cell subc pack to be inserted from behind and underneath. I decided that this would be the best way to do it on the Webbit and so a hatch was cut that would allow the batteries to rest directly onto the ply undercarriage mounting plate.
There was plenty of room inside the fuselage to fit the 8x1950FAUP pack that was intended for use use. The wing was originally retained with rubber bands but the dowels for the rubber band wing retention have been replaced with a pair of wing dowels, located through the front former, and commercial plastic wing bolt mounts bolted through the fuselage sides. It's a very tight squeeze for the aileron torque rod linkages that prevent the fitting of a ply wing bolt plate. The wing has been suitably reinforced with a ply skin over trailing edge in the centre section to carry the wing bolts.
A combination of weighing scales and Motocalc suggested that the optimal system from stuff that I had in stock was to use a brushless motor and 8 cells, so the Mega 22/20-3 looked suitable, on 8x1950FAUPs and with an 8x4 APC-E prop. That gave an AUW of around 50 oz, wingloading of about 17oz sq ft and about 90w/lb which should prove adequate.
Guidance was by Hitec 555 RX with HS85MG on elevator, via a nylon snake, Ripmax SD200 on rudder via a nylon snake and a single Futaba 148 on ilerons via those torque rods. A Jeti 40-3P ESC was the brains behind the motor operation. All of this gear fitted in without any major problems and the model was covered in Profilm (Oracover).
The front of the model was pretty oily, so that was cut off and a replacement nose block was constructed from balsa to act as a former to knock up a plastic cowl from a soda bottle using the trusty old heat gun. I covered this with aluminium tape rather than paint it and for a bit of fun. The Mega motor is mounted using one of Ernie Thorpe's Moorcraft space frame mounts. Some cooling air scoops cut from medicine spoons complete the front end.
There then followed a long delay before being able to maiden the model. She made a trip to Blackpool and was all set to make her first flight when the flying was closed for the day. So she never go her chance.
She made a trip to the club field, where she met up with Kev Mullarkey's newly completed 1/2 A Webbit. A lunatic little machine with CD Rom motor and 3s1P Lipos driving a Gunther prop and measuring exactly half the size of her bigger sister. Unfortunately the wind strength and direction (straight from the pits) didn't allow a maiden that day either.
The original intention for the pack was to use a flat pack of 8x1950FAUPS, but Kev Mullarkey had a spare 8 cell pack in a block configuration that ended up too tall for the use that he'd intented it and it fitted the Webbit perfectly. That pack is retained by two velcro seat belts. The hatch is retained by the usual method of servo horn offcuts that are screwed into hardpoints in the fuselage and rotate through 90 degrees to release the hatch. Nice and simple and it means you don;t have to take the wing off.
With the battery retention sorted out finally this week the Webbit took to the air again at Shifnal MAC.
Though it was windy, the wind was straight up and down the field, she tracked straight and took off with no major hiccups. The maiden flight was largely uneventful, lots of power there, excellent climb rate and plenty aerobatic enough for old Leccy- all in all a bit of an anti climax. The gathered Shifnal MAC pilots expressed their disappointment that there wasn't anything exciting in the way of the model being rolled into a ball on her maiden.
Tim shot some in flight pictures of the maiden with his fancy new digital SLR, reporoduced below and Youngleccy shot some video which he will put together when he gets a chance and which I'll upload to my gallery.
It's great to welcome the Webbit back to the fleet.
Excellent model, Bri!
It's always nice to see an older design brought up to date, and the Webbit really is prime for this now with the ightweight and powerful e-power available these days.
Wouldn't it be nice if someone would re-issue the kit?
Last edited by tim hooper; Aug 12, 2005 at 04:09 AM.
I'm not sure who actually owns the design now, whether that was one of the MAF designs that were sold on to the glue people at Five Star/FMK or not. It isn't listed on their website http://www.fmkmodels.co.uk/ as one of theirs.
I've got the half-a Webbit kit half-built here as well. Kev's one goes great on a CD Rom motor and 3s1p 1000mah Kokam Lipos - a bit like my Little Mo, but with wheels.
Nice story Brian, as usual! I like the new cowl, makes it look almost scale something or other. It's neat to see the older designs fitting right in here. IMHO they make excellent relaxing flyers and are a great way to introduce new folk to our hobby.
BTW, have you got any pictures of that motor mount?
Hi Greg
I don't have a picture of the mountas installed in the Webbit to hand, but I do have one of the same kind of mount as fitted to my Sabre. The only difference is the front plate, which is drilled for an AXI2820/10 in the one in the picture and for a Mega 22/20 or 22/30 as the one in the Webbit. I've used this sort of mount, made by Moorcraft Enginering (mailto:email@example.com) in several of my models now. They are very strong and lightweight and available in a range of different sizes.
The webbit was produced by the MAF when peter owned it for steve webb models hence the webbit, although the MAF owned the rights to it. , we have all the templates etc, but have never made it as we werent sure about having webbys name on the model! and i didnt like the larger one, we did produce the smaller one for a bit under another name, were just relaunching all the kits again and it will be available, we mainly make kits only for the trade now, but ive just started putting some on ebay so people can get hold of them as i dont have time to answer the phone for retail enquirys all the time, emails do get answered!
We called the smaller one the wot-not , as i always thought it looked like a small wot4...., but it wasnt a wot 4 , wotnot 020!,
Not all the kits are listed on the websites as i dont have photos or display models of them, and i hate building models!, i am building a lot of models from the new kits to check the fit of the parts from the new tooling, all at the same time!
Last edited by FiveStar; Aug 13, 2005 at 05:14 PM.
Le Webbit est mort!
I was trying out some new budget Frsky 2.4ghz radio gear and I'm just thankful that I opted for the Webbit as a test bed, rather than fitting the new system to a new model, because the test revealed a weakness in the RTFM department by the pilot.
The result is a dead Webbit. Having survived limbo and balloon bursting. Having survived being driven over by a car, the venerable Webbit finally succumbed to me not reading the flaming instructions properly and trying to do a proper test. If I had just fitted it and flown, without a range check then I'm sure it would have been perfect.
However I decided a range check was a good idea with a new radio and proceeded to do one. That worked great, with my boy carrying the model about 25 yards away with the controls rock solid as I held down the range check button.
With the range check successfully passed the Webbit was put down on the grass ready for take off, throttle up and she accelerated across the field, pulled into a relatively gentle climb out and then at about 100m distance rolled gently inverted, continued the roll through a complete roll and impacted the flood embankment directly in front of us. All the stick waggling in the world didn't help.
I trudged across the field and started digging out the remains. The model was buried pretty much as far back as the wingseat, the fuselage was in bits, both aerials torn out of the RX and a total wreck, Consensus was that the model just flew out of range and there was no radio contact. Failsafe settings were closed throttle and other surfaces to neutral.
In the inevitable post mortem I sheepishly looked out the instructions from my flight box to read that the range check procedure involves pressing the range check button once to enter range check mode and then pressing it again to exit range check mode, making sure to check for the indicator lights. I hadn't done this and had just held the button down for the whole of the range check. So, my own fault I guess and a lesson learned there.
Luckily the motor seems to be okay.
It rained all yesterday morning and the ground was very soft. I feared the worst when I saw the crumpled cowl emege from under the soil, but the motor mount is barely deformed and probably reusable and, apart from having a coating of soil on the exposed windings at the front of the case the Mega 22/20-3 looks okay, the shaft isn't noticeably bent. I haven't actually run the motor yet though. Got an airframe waiting for it already
I'm not giving up on the Frsky radio system either, I just ordered a pack of micro coaxial cables with the appropriate tiny plugs on, to make up some replacement aerials and will give it another try - in a Zagi or similar.
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Archive for Thursday, December 8, 2005
Young Cats learn lessons the hard way
The final team results were flat out ugly as far as De Soto was concerned.
The Wildcats, a team that qualified four wrestlers to the state tournament a year ago, finished eighth out of eight Saturday in the Wamego Dual Tournament.
But De Soto coach Matt Jones wasn't disappointed when asked of his team's performance. Featuring a mostly novice squad of wrestlers, he said De Soto accomplished what it wanted to in the season's first meet.
"I was happy overall with it," Jones said. "The moves they did know, they were trying them, and the more they wrestled, the more aggressive they became."
Neil Erisman was the only Cat to avoid a loss. The senior swept his five matches at 171 pounds in dominating fashion and was De Soto's only consistent point scorer all day.
Shane Heffner, wrestling at 103 pounds, was the youngest, brightest performer among the rest of the team.
The freshman won two matches by pins, notching the first two wrestling victories of his life.
"Getting a pin and winning for a freshman in his first meet, it's pretty exciting," Heffner said. "I just love wrestling. It's pretty fun."
Filling only nine of the 14 weight classes, De Soto found itself 30 points down before every match. It was a deficit that would haunt the Cats all day. De Soto lost to Wamego 66-6 and Silver Lake 66-17, but fell to Herington by just the 30 points, 48-18.
De Soto then lost in the consolation round, 60-22 to Topeka Hayden.
Had Jones' young team been strictly concerned about winning, those numbers would have been devastating, he said. As is, he found the positives in the experience.
"The kids, in every match from the first to the last, got better," Jones said. "They were trying things. They were trying to be aggressive."
Aaron Donnell won one match by pin, as did Tom Beaver.
De Soto now heads down Kansas Highway 10 for the Eudora Tournament of Champions.
Kicking off at 2 p.m. Friday, then wrapping up starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jones said he will be hoping for better results in his team's second meet.
While he said he didn't expect to suddenly leap to the top of the class, he'd be more than happy to see his young Cats mesh the lessons of Wamego with his daily coaching.
"Maybe instead of just trying something this time, they can be successful with a takedown or not get caught on the bottom," Jones said. "They have plenty to work on. I just want to see that they're doing what we're teaching."
Jones said the team still won't be able to fill the varsity roster, but it shouldn't prove as dilapidating of a weakness as it did in Wamego. The wrestlers will be divided up into pools, and then each competitor will have a chance to qualify for a finals round.
"It's nice because they have more chances to wrestle," Jones said. "They won't just go out and face the top kids."
For Heffner and the other Cats still so new to the sport, more chances are all they're looking for.
"There's lots more to learn," Heffner said. "I want to improve a lot on knowing what to do. I need to get my strength up and get some new moves."
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Montparnasse - Goth (Traditional)
So its always kind of bothered me a bit that some goths like to really dump on modern goth styles and trends when in retrospect, goth has always mirrored the mainstream in terms of fashion in some point or another. Right from the very beginning goth was borrowing from the mainstream and vice versa. So i thought that i would break down 4 decades of goth fashion and their comparisons to popular trends and mainstream fashion to show you that goth has never been as original as you might think and that change and evolution is inevitable in all subcultures that involve fashion.
Of course we all know goth came from punk so obviously from the very
moment goth stood on its own two legs, it was already borrowing style inspiration from its punk roots, but it didnt stop there.
80′s style
The 80′s were known as a pretty outrageous time for fashion and with pop music dominating the radio and television it was understandable that pop stars were a huge influence when it came to fashion. Madonna was definitely one of the most influential fashion icons of the 80′s and though she was a pop princess on the radio, some of her style often dappled in the darker side of fashion. she often sported fishnet tops, black leather and religious symbols. much like Siouxsie Sioux. Leather, spandex, lace and pointy shoes were all trendy in the 80′s, but not just in goth, but much of the mainstream as well. Makeup was often bold in color and almost geometric in shape. And of course who could forget that hair? Goths in the 80′s went all out when it came to their hairstyles but they weren't the only ones wasting a whole can of Aqua Net in one day on keeping their hair gravity defying. Almost everyone in the 80′s at some point has backcombed, teased or crimped their locks all in the name of bigger hair.
90′s Style
Of course not every trend that was popular in the 80′s died as soon as the 90′s rolled around, and a lot of goths were still wearing looks that were common in the 80′s but much of goth fashion was becoming less punk and more romantic during the mid to late 90′s. The 90′s brought with it, a strange obsession with the occult. Shows like charmed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and movies like The Craft, began influencing certain fashion trends. Velvet dresses with combat boots became staples in both goth and mainstream fashion. 90′s hair became less styled and more free and many goth women began adopting the free flowing look that added to the mysterious seductress vibe. Makeup became less geometric. It was popular at the time for women to go linerless or wear darker more natural tones in a smudged fashion around their eyes. young goths were ditching the pointy shoes to go with the more popular platform style that the 90′s was known for.
2000′s Style
I think most of us can agree that the 2000′s had some really hit or miss trends in both goth and mainstream fashion and I can comfortably say that the 2000′s is seen as a rather embarrassing decade by many goths now. This was the time that a lot of misinformed young people were flocking to Manson concerts and Hot Topic and were eating up everything that they thought was goth whether it was or not. Many of the so called "goths" you saw on TV in the 2000′s were what we today consider mall goths. Mainstream fashion was really all over the place in the 2000′s and i think goth fashion was too. Pop stars were experimenting with strange color and style combinations and goths started experimenting with neon. Rave fashion had evolved and trickled over from the 90′s into 2000′s mainstream fashion and into goth as well in what is call cyber goth. In the 2000′s baggy pants became popular with young people and goths began sporting Tripp pants and other forms of cargo pants. Skater fashion clashed with the mainstream as well as with goth and you would often see goth teens wearing Avrils signature eye look paired with a fishnet top and black baggy pants. Stripped stockings became popular and high fashion was borrowing from goth more than ever. Thankfully romantic goth survived well enough that not every goth looked like a cross between a spice girl, a raver and a character from Invader Zim, but unfortunately there were a lot of misguided youths experimenting with a subculture that they didnt know enough about and with how many strange trends we blew through in the 2000′s its understandable why goth fashion was so all over the place.
2010′s Style
And suddenly we are stuck in this strange place between the 80′s and 90′s. Mainstream fashion in the past 7 years has really borrowed a lot from the past, especially the 90′s. But this time, its doing it in a simpler, more flattering fashion. The 90′s was cool right? Well if you're a 90′s kid like me then you probably jumped right on that 90′s revival train like the rest of us and you're riding it all the way through nostalgia town. Grungy ripped jeans, flannel and band Ts, chunky boots and tattoo chokers are all back in style and many goths are eating it up as well. But im going to give nu goth some credit here. Some of it is really nice. Black leather jackets, velvet, occult symbols and fishnets. Its almost like its paying an homage to 80′s and 90′s goth fashion. Of course a lot of nu goth style in 2010 was really ugly garbage but the style has improved over the years, encompassing other styles such as strega fashion and ninja goth. Witchy symbols are being worn by goths and mainstreamers alike. Long band T shirts over leggings and wide brimmed hats are everywhere. Shows like American Horror Story helped kick start the witchy fashion trend and everyone is buying it. I personally enjoy a lot of aspects of modern goth fashion because they remind me of the 80′s and 90′s. Even pointy shoes are coming back into style. Its possible that with the help of nu goth and mainstream fashion we may actually be able to kickstart a new generation of traditional goths and finally come full circle.
So goth has never really been original and just like every other fashion, its going to keep evolving over time and that's not necessarily a bad thing. Now that leather jackets and pointy buckle boots are coming back into style and more people are asking who Joy Division is after seeing one of their shirts hanging up in Forever 21, we are now closer to our goth roots than we have been in 2 decades. Goth fashion was always about experimenting and expressing yourself but even the best of us have fallen prey to trends, and thats not a bad thing. Fashion is something to have fun with, and if goth really does claim to be a subculture thats "all about the music" then it shouldnt matter how a goth dresses.
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I'm packing my stuff for WGT at the moment and jump from panic to excitement every minute :D Can't wait to see all the lovely people that have grown so close to my heart within the last year! 🌒🌕🌘
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but it's -- >> item 1, consent calendar, receive and file action police commission report of disciplinary action first quarter 2013. >> commissioners, are there any comments or questions regarding this report online item number 1? now, note that for the public, while disciplinary matters are confidential because of a california supreme court ruling in other employment law related matters, the numbers that this commission used to face the docket was at the time 77, 87 officers with charges pending. i am pleased to state for the record today i think we're less than 10. and that's a credit to the commissioners who do this on their own personal time along with the chief, the members of the police officers association, the office of complaints, their mediationses, their attorneys, people are working really hard to get these cases resolved to assure that we have our best officers back on the street and the
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with speakers during public comment. please limit your comments to three minutes. >> thank you very much, sergeant. first speaker, please. good evening, good to see you again. thank you very much. good to see you. glad to see you in good health and safe. now, as you know, i'm going to complain about the crime in the tenderloin. i'm sure you know that. now, once again, i'm very proud of the police officers that answer the call of duty and came into the area with hard core law enforcement action in february of this year. that's exactly what i wanted. but i wanted it to continue. i told you that in march at this meeting, in march i told you the same thing that i'm telling you now. now it's april and i am saying it again. the streets are filled with black crime. in february when law enforcement came in, they took a big bite out of crime. crime thought it was over for
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neither are any of the good police officers that are on my side. now, bring back hard core law enforcement. [speaker not understood] is a must. tenderloin crime has to be stopped. it's not the only district that has a bad crime area, but it is a district that has been overcome by crime for a long time. this district is disgusting. i believe in hard core law enforcement. i believe intact cal life. let's get busy and stop tenderloin crime. all crime must stop now. and i thank you very much. i'm going to turn this [speaker not understood] as i always do. and i would also like to say that i have a lot of respect for william bratton. and i would like to see eventually when william is brought into san francisco city to address crime here. he is a wonderful police consultant. he's hard core law enforcement and the need is a must. ~ thank you very much. >> thank you.
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next speaker. i'll say for the record san francisco does not need william brat en. no, he doesn't. while we're saying things for the record, there is no such thing as black crime. first amendment right, but i feel like it's a matter of conscience for me now to make sure that i at least say that referring to crime as being done by one particular race. i think that you need to stop -- >> inoffensive -- >> next speaker. crime is neutral. >> thank you. i'm going to walk out of here. [speaker not understood], i consider you part of it. >> there you have it. william brat en is very respectful. good evening, clyde. [speaker not understood]. boy, my blood boils. i was going to talk about tasers, but it's funny [speaker not understood] i can't say anything, right? >> [speaker not understood]. okay. >> nothing more. i've been really pushing hard for the tasers.
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during the st. patty's day parade, i said i'm getting push back. he said, clyde, push harder. so, i talked to jane kim. i spoke to mayor lee, mayor lee says, clyde, it's not my cause. police commission and the board of supervisors. so, the board of supervisors was marching down market so i stopped them. i spoke to the supervisors. whew, it was cold, it was cold. i'll be honest with you. most of my [speaker not understood] are uninformed. i spoke to the [speaker not understood] coalition who is fighting it. and i sat down with her. she said, clyde, do you know how many people died from tasers last year? i said, how many? she said, 170. i said, ma'am, do you know how many people died in swimming pools ladthv year? -- last year? she said, no, how many? i said 900. she said, how do you know that? i said, google it. she came back. she said [speaker not
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understood] homeless people. how many people out of those 170 people that died were homeless? she said, i don't know. i said, look it up, ma'am. it was 12. the rest of them are not homeless people. we need these things. and i hope we get them. i might not win at the board of supervisors, but i'd like to win here. thank you. >> thank you, clyde. next speaker, neil. commissioners, and ladies and gentlemen in the audience, good evening. i welcome this opportunity to speak today. generally i speak on subjects not like tonight's. i'm bogged down right now with the law library and a lawsuit with the city and county of san francisco. we're up to 30,000 square feet. and the board of trustees at city college where salaries and pensions are rolling over 93% 69 overhead for city college where they have to close down buildings and classes.
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and that's generally been the gist of my comments over the last two to three years here at the commission. tonight i'm going to lighten your load by giving you a couple of examples of what i'd like to see going on on a few fliers i've gotten [speaker not understood]. one is, if i can show it right here, a part of that. the san francisco police department and sheriff's department is involved in hiring veterans -- the other veterans and myself coming back from iraq and iran and afghanistan war for the police department. i welcome it and support it. i hope they get to hire a few of these guys. they're up there at city college and i handed out a few of these. so, i welcome the opportunity to put a few of these fliers here and also for the people on the television to pass that around. secondly is that there is a
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secondary event for veterans. [speaker not understood] to the police department, but also related to the city and county of what they can do for them coming back from the war as it closes down here in 2013 and 2014. and that's been on the 19th with jackie supervisor aioto-pier will be there as well. -- jackie spear. last but not least, as commissioners you're informed of the golden state warriors against the san francisco police department for handicap game on july 1, which i'll put here for you as well. [speaker not understood] excuse me. sponsored by the [speaker not understood] association of the war memorial as well the police officers association. so, when you have that on your agenda out here for television land and get some of these officers as well as potential policemen out to this event. so, that's all i have for you is the [speaker not understood] and i appreciate your time on this. >> thank you very much. i'm going to leave them
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over here. >> thank you. any further public comment? hearing none, public comment is now closed. please call the next line item. >> item number 3, reports and announcements, 3a, chief's report, discussion, recent events, reveal recent activities, scheduling of the less lethal weapons recommendation including electronic control weapons. tasers. >> good evening, chief. welcome. >> good evening, commissioner. review of recent events, i attended the tsunami walk with department of emergency managements last weekend. also last weekend we did the department -- city agency's participate in a rib kickoff called the egg-stravaganza because it's on easter weekend. i have to report the police department won the first time in four-year. it started four years ago, actually in the bayview, and all proceeds from the rib cook off proceed scholarship
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programs to get kids who can't afford to get in the park and rec programs for the summer. so, it's a good thing, good time was had by all. and then on saturday night we went to the police fire sheriff public safety awards and 14 officers were recognized by the lion's international for [speaker not understood] all the way from the cloud [speaker not understood] saving the baby all the way down to officers just doing real conscientious traffic enforce many. it was a great thing. all the families were there. it was nice. with regard to crime, violent crime is up about 4% which we are working hard to get back down again in that arrest for violent crime are up 30%. so, with a little bit of luck we can get a handle on that. we continue to grapple with the realignment uptick in property crimes, especially burglaries for motor vehicles and, again, we want to ask the public to be
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really conscientious about what you leave in plain view in your car as auto burglaries are a problem and are the large portion of why property crime is up over 10%. we did have an officer-involved shooting. i want to thank commissioner [speaker not understood] and commissioner de jesus for being there last night. in keeping with our practice we had our community meeting at the -- i'm embarrassed, i forget the name of that church -- cornerstone church just up a block from mission station about a half a block away from where the officer involved shooting occurred. actually, i have a picture of the weapon that the suspect had in his hand where he had a group of folks at gunpoint. it turned out after he unfortunately had been hit by the officer's gun fire, that
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that was actually a replica gun. i don't think anybody looking at it here on television would -- or if you saw it for real, it certainly looks like a real gun. both the suspect [speaker not understood] the firearm and a second person that was hit by gun fire are at general hospital recovering from their wounds and hopefully they'll make full recoveries. both officers are okay. the officer that shot is on the standard pro forma 10-day administrative leave and he'll be coming back around to this body duty panel. i would ask the commission's indulgence. i'm going to leave my position in the hands of deputy chief beale at about 7:30. tonight is the ninth anniversary of the isaac he espinosa homicide, ask there will be a vigil for him at bayview at 8 o'clock. i wanted to make it out there in time for that. that concludes my first portion of the report. my second portion of the report
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may come as a bit of a revelation -- oh, one more thing. we have -- we're seeking the public's assistance in that on april 8th, just before 3:00 a.m. there was a robbery with a gun at happy doughnuts on the 2600 block of bayshore here in san francisco. during the robbery the victim was injured. the suspect, though, was stabbed by the victim. as far the victim of the robbery, he says he believed he stabbed -- the stab wounds he inflicted on the suspect were significant. we've been canvassing all hospitals and we have had nobody at any hospital and so now we're asking anybody that might know of anyone that suffered any major stab wounds over the weekend of april 8th to please inform the police department. you can call us at 5:53-10 71 any time ~. if you're nervous about your safety, you can call the
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anonymous tip line at 574-4444. the suspect is believed to be a bald black male approximately 30 to 40 years of age, somewhere between 5'8" and 5'10" of a thin build and we believe the stab wound is in his upper torso. if anybody knows anyone who would fit that description, please let us know as we believe that is our outstanding robbery suspect and we're really concerned if the stab wounds were significant, if somebody is missing, let us know that, too, because we're afraid that maybe he just wandered off and never got the care at all and we may find him later. so, that's that. with regard to tasers, i know it's on the -- tonight on the agenda tonight for scheduling and at the risk of up siding clyde and in conversations with the chair of the panel and
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commissioner lost us, it would have been commissioner chan as well, i am going to ask that i withdraw my request for the pilot. ~ loft us clyde after the meetings, the way the policy has been defined so far, when and where something is like not adjacent to traffic, not in elevated areas, not on elderly, small, thin at risk people which is a vague definition, and on and on and on, i think that the constraints put on the officers are so onerous that they would be reticent to use the tasers at all. so, i think that a pilot -- when following through on the resolution to do the study, i think that that was a good thing. i think we heard a lot of good comments, but i think that the very officers that we would ask these officers, the cit
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officers feel that they would never use them. just the constraints are too rigid. i think that with this, commission, i appreciate the commissioners that have been supportive, but i think that there would be great fanfare and publicity that the officers got tasers when in reality it would be but 5% of the department. and then i think that the constraints are such that the officers would be reticent to use them. this would create so much pause in the minds of the officers it could actually put them and the public more at risk by having them. so, i still feel, as i said in the beginning, that we have a moral obligation to afford our officers something less lethal than a gun. i am still mystified, frankly, that we couldn't seem to make those that don't understand, understand that we were asking something short of a firearm when we already have guns, but that is what it is.
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so, i think -- and i've talked to people like stu hanlon and tim solard who have personal interest in this and believe wholeheartedly that we need something. and, so, i think that we'll continue our search for less lethal, but at least so far as today's taser has been described by a lot of folks and the acrimony with which it's been presented, i don't think i would be doing a service to the police department or the public by getting the tasers as currently prescribed. so, i think this commission has plenty of other thing to do. and rather than waste anybody else's time and allow anybody more upset, i thought i would -- i thought i'd make this comment before we even go any farther. so, i would leave it in the hands of the commission after that. but as far as i'm concerned, speaking for the police
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department, it's not something i'm prepared to push for at this time. >> thank you, chief. commissioner turman. >> well, on the issue of tasers , as one of the commissioners that sat on the panel to look into the matter, i do want to say this action -- this tonight was not scheduled for an action item of any sort, so, there was no vote or anything pending this evening. it was going to be a full-scale discussion on how we planned on analyzing the materials, the public comments, the scientific research and the other materials submitted to us, and then have that as well as other less lethal options looked at and then that committee to submit a recommendation to this police commission to vote on. so, it was not an action item for this evening. it was going to be a discussion
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on the process. in calling upon the chief yesterday and talking about needing to sit down and inform the public and the commission on how we wanted to proceed, he asked to discuss the issues with myself and commissioner loft us and they wanted some objective feed babbling. ~ feedback. we sat down, all the commissioners on this panel, as well as the chief and many other people, have read every single thing that's been submitted on this issue. we have heard comments from the public. we listened intently, regardless of the personal criticism some of us have endured, we've heard every single comment. and, yes, i join the chief in thinking that there is a gap between -- in our use of force.
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something less lethal than a gun is required, and we are going to continue on that search. so, for all the people who asked during this process why do tasers keep coming up, it keeps coming up because we need to examine the issue. and as long as i'm on this commission, i join the chief and the command staff as well as my fellow commissioners and members of the concerned public to make sure that we do the right thing by the people of san francisco. and one of the right things is to find that option, whatever it is. i think we're agreed that that option today is not tasers. certainly not the taser model that exists today. but does that mean we're not going to examine tasers again in the future? i can't say that. and there are other options out there that we need to look at. and i'm proud to have had the participation of a chief who is open to ideas and criticisms
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and gained plenty of information. i also want to express my personal thanks to commander ali for all the hard work that he put into this and for the information he gave us. and the chief as well as commissioner loft us and myself, we inherited tasers. we had never dealt with it before, and we think that we were the right people to at least start off this process along with commissioner chan. and as the conversation continues, i know i plan on staying personally involved with it. and, so, to the fact that the department has now withdrawn its request, there is no action item for us to continue on, but i do want to say that we are incredibly lucky to have a chief, a department, and a concerned public to review the issue in the way that we have. so, thank you, chief. thank you all for your time on this issue. commissioner loft us, i don't know -- >> yeah, i'm reminded of the
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phrase, isn't it like spring comes in like a lion and out like a lam? it feels like with tasers, the conversation has been really full of a lot of passionate debate, but it feels right to hear the way the chief explained his analysis. and certainly what i learned from the community meetings and reviewing so many documents is that oftentimes you learn more from listening than from talking. and i can say as a commissioner, we did a lot of listening. we evaluated the report. we spent some time with it. and i agree with commissioner turman that i want to commend the chief, the command staff, commander ali, commander karaya, throughout the entire process at certain meetings, the department would actually change the policy based on comments that were made the time before. and the chief continued to say throughout that everyone had given him a lot to think about and given us a lot to think
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about. i want to commend the collaborative spirit and commend the chief. i also want to say a number of community groups spent a lot of time and a lot of individuals came from all parts of the city. we were in the western addition in bayview, we were in the sunset. a number of organizations, and i don't want to call them out individually because i'll forget some that were really commit and had did a lot of work. i won't say that ultimately all of their findings or all of their positions about the police department were ones that i found to be in total agreement with, but i will say it is inspiring to watch members of a community participate in the process. and i think that this is a good example that when people with fresh eyes, as commissioner turman explained it better than i did, the two of us and the chief listened and struggled with what's going to you -- ultimately keep our officers safe and the community safe, i think we reached a consensus this is the right path moving forward. so, thanks to the chief and thanks to my fellow commissioner turman and chan.
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>> commissioner de jesus. >> in this whole process, i attended one meeting in the tenderloin. but i want to thank our committee members on the commission for putting in all that time and energy. ~ and i was able to see the passion from the community on both sides and it was very interesting. but i also want to thank the chief, you know, because you have been able to keep an open mind and look at this and reevaluate it. i thank you, the department, and i agree that there should be something in the middle and we'll continue to look. but i'm just really pleased that we were able to resolve this in a way that involved everybody and, you know, i think it's a right resolution as well. so, thank you. >> commissioner kingsley. >> i would like to reiterate some of the things that commissioner de jesus said. i, too, was only at one of the community meetings, but have lived with this for a couple of years on the commission. and some of the other commissioner have lived with it even longer. and i think that this go around
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and discussion, you know, with the community has been a very fruitful one. i think the dialogue has a been very positive. and i know that it's required a great deal of time and effort, once again, on the part of the commission. but in particular, the three commissioners that worked on this -- and thank you very much for that. but also for commander ali and for the chief and the others in the department that spent a great deal of time looking very closely at this issue and examining it and attending meetings and so on. i really commend the effort and the very thoughtful approach that you've taken on this and respect your decision on it and your conclusion. so, thank you to everybody. >> i will say, sorry i missed the good stuff. [laughter]
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>> let me just [speaker not understood]. i like the fresh eyes that commissioner turman and commissioner loft us put on it because my eyes weren't fresh. [laughter] >> don't go that far. >> [speaker not understood]. i will say this. chief, i know you had your reasons, i'm sure. i just want to say this about the chief and i want to say this, nobody else has said, we know that every department, every major city in the state has these, and i know it's supported by a law of law enforcement agency and there will be a lot of law enforcement officer. so, chief, there's the community side but then there's the other side you're going to have to face and deal with. so, i just want to commend you for doing that in spite of that. good for you. that's what you believe -- >> you look for a synopsis of what you missed. it's not that i still don't think t
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When your job title is Professor of Trombone, you get used to the jokes. Bill Stanley, the University of Colorado at Boulder instructor who holds this obscure handle, has heard them all before, and he can prove it. "What's the difference between a lawn mower and a trombone?" he asks at one point. The punchline: "You can tune a lawn mower."
For people who have yet to fall under the trombone's spell, the answer to the question "What do you call a gathering of 500 trombonists from all over the world?" would probably be another zinger--like, perhaps, "A little slice of hell." But for Stanley, the query is no laughing matter. Rather, it's the most exciting musical event to visit these parts in ages: the 27th International Trombone Festival.
Sponsored by the International Trombone Association, a group made up of 4,200 trombonists from over fifty nations, the affair, which takes place from May 26 to May 30, is a five-day orgy of all things relevant to the sliding sleeved horn. The itinerary, accessible on the Internet at www.colorado.edu/music/itf, includes workshops, how-to clinics that deal with such pressing topics as "The Non-Orchestral Life of the Bass Trombonist" and "Trombonist to Musician--Bridging the Gap," along with other activities aimed specifically at the confab's registrants. But there are also oodles of trombone-blessed performances by a who's who of the world's greatest players, including Joseph Alessi, the principal trombonist in the New York Philharmonic; John Rojak, bass trombonist in the American Brass Quintet; and Steve Turre, an extraordinary jazz player--and many of the shows are open to the public. Among the splashiest are a May 27 concert at Macky Auditorium that features Juan Pablo Torres and Robin Eubanks (brother of Tonight Show bandleader Kevin Eubanks); a May 29 airing of "Mass for Mass Trombones," a piece for 77 trombones that gives new meaning to the term "heavy metal"; and a May 30 extravaganza at the Glenn Miller Ballroom that brings together a slew of jazz experts. Moreover, each day's activities end with jam sessions at Boulder's Walnut Brewery, a location that Stanley feels is quite appropriate. "There is a connection between trombones and beer," he says.
Of course, Stanley, who is largely responsible for bringing the festival to Colorado, sees a link between trombones and pretty much everything. His office, located on the CU-Boulder campus, is cluttered with horns, mutes and mouthpieces, its walls are hung with trombone-friendly art, and the screensaver that snakes across his computer screen reads, "University of Colorado Trombone Studio...why wait?"
In conversation, Stanley is equally trombone-centric; he just can't stop himself from singing the praises of this misunderstood instrument. According to his research, the first evidence of the trombone's existence turned up in a piece of religious art circa the 1400s in which an angel is seen blissfully toodling. Over the 500 years or so since then, Stanley reveals, "it's changed very little. You've still got the mouthpiece and the bell, and the slide still goes back and forth. That's its unique quality, and that's what makes it sound so beautiful." He points out that film composers have long understood the instrument's versatility. "A great example of that is Dances With Wolves," he says, "and Star Wars is another. When Darth Vader comes in, all of those big sweepy things--those are trombones."
Stanley first kissed a trombone at an early age. "I started playing in 1966, in fifth-grade band," he recalls. "I started on clarinet and played it for three months, but when we started playing high notes on it, I hated the way it sounded. So I went to the band director and said, 'Give me something lower.'"
Since making that fateful move, Stanley has been sliding along just fine. While earning credentials from the University of Kansas and the University of Illinois, he earned his keep playing in various groups, including the Chestnut Brass Company, a traveling trombone act. "We got in a big blue van and we drove, just like a rock band," he notes. "I made a living at it, but it was hard." Fortunately for his bank account, he landed a teaching position at CU in 1985. He acknowledges that trombonists have had a tough time finding a place in academia: "There are probably only a few hundred of us. It's not a huge number when you compare it to the number of piano professors in the world."
Likewise, there are extremely few female trombonists. In Stanley's opinion, far more men than women turn to the instrument, "for social reasons. Parents ask their female child what they want to play, and if they say, 'Trombone,' they say, 'Oh, no.' I know that happens. But there are many wonderful trombonists who are women, and three out of fifteen of my students are women."
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At first Stanley claims to be mystified by the trombone's relative unpopularity. "There are negative images about a lot of instruments, and I don't know why that is," he says. "But some of the finest musicians in this school are trombonists." He concedes, however, that the public at large doesn't view the trombone as a solo instrument, and composers are only now waking up to its possibilities. "Very rarely did a composer in the early 1800s sit down and say, 'I haven't written my violin concerto yet; I guess I should do that.' No, they were aware of a violinist, or knew one personally with a reputation as a great performer, and so they wrote a piece for them. Then people started saying they wanted to write a violin concerto as part of their standard repertoire--and that's what's going on with the trombone today. We're at that early stage."
If such progress continues, Stanley is confident that others will finally be able to appreciate the instrument that's been such a big part of his life. "I've spent over thirty years making beautiful sounds on the trombone, so it can be done," he points out. "When it's played well, it's a sound unlike any other in the world. It's a sound that, in many ways, is very close to the human voice, especially in the way that we change notes. The spectrum you can get in colors of sound is unlike any other instrument. I think that's why we play it."
In the meantime, Stanley supports the International Trombone Association's mission to spread the trombone gospel. "They do a lot for teaching the trombone and getting music written for it," he says. "And taking it to a level where people won't make jokes about it."
The 27th International Trombone Festival, through Saturday, May 30, College of Music, CU-Boulder, $12/$8 students and seniors per event. Call 492-5469 for information on shows open to the public.


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The Roseland School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday named Mary Goe Balcerak to the five-member board after the resignation of Steve Velasquez.
Balcerak, 52, was sworn in Wednesday and is expected to serve out the remainder of Velasquez's term, which ends in November. Balcerak, a community volunteer and consulting arborist, said she is likely to run for a four-year term in November.
Balcerak came in fourth out of four contenders in a race for three seats in 2010.
The district narrowly avoided a special election after Balcerak failed to receive three votes in earlier voting. Amanda Hernandez, daughter of sitting board member Sondra Beam, was also in contention for the post.
Beam abstained from the votes and discussion, leaving three board members to decide on the post. It was at least the second time the board has addressed the vacancy since early February. The board had until Sunday to make the provisional appointment or schedule a special election.
The cost for the special election was estimated to be approximately $22,000.
"I don't have kids," Balcerak said. "I am just really interested in serving my community."
"I'm just really impressed with what the school district is doing to help this segment of kids to become successful."
Staff Writer Kerry Benefield writes an education blog at extracredit.blogs.pressdemocrat.com. She can be reached at 526-8671, kerry.benefield@press democrat.com or on Twitter @benefield.


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Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority Sharjah Commerce Tourism has unveiled a massive road show across major European cities along with a number of tourism and hospitality sector partners from May 19 to May 23.
The first part of the European road show includes Austria, Germany and Switzerland, assisted by the European overseas office.
HE Mohamed Ali Al Noman, Chairman of the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority said that Europe is a major outbound tourist market for Sharjah that still has potential for growth as evidenced in this year's figures, with more than 250,000 European tourists during the first quarter of the current year which shows an increase of 22 per cent over the same period last year.
Mr Noman emphasized that this year there is so much to promote Sharjah, with 2014 being the Capital of Islamic Culture and 2015, Sharjah is recognized as the Capital of Arab Tourism it is particularly important to ensure the world hears this message. The European road show is part of the Authority's strategy for the current year to proactively promote Sharjah's tourism experience with its distinct cultural heritage, particularly at a time when the Emirate is marking its crowning with so many world accolades. He expressed his hopes that this campaign would open new markets in Switzerland for Sharjah.
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PAGLIARO, Heloisa; MENDONCA, Sofia and BARUZZI, Roberto. Fertility and reproductive health of women Suya (Kisêdjê): demographic and cultural. Cad. CRH [online]. 2009, vol.22, n.57, pp.479-491. ISSN 0103-4979. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-49792009000300004.
Since 1970, the Suyá, an Indigenous people, inhabitants of the Xingu Indigenous Park (MT), has been experiencing a demographic recovery, as well as it has been happening with other Brazilian Indigenous peoples. Recent studies analyse the reasons that have led to a reversion of the long depopulation process undergone by Indigenous peoples in Brasil. The conjecture that the Suyá's demographic recovery was due to social and cultural changes that reflected in their reproductive behavior was the reason for this study that describes their fertility levels and patterns between 1970 and 2007. Data is based on continuous vital statistics and field research. Results analysis is grounded on their sociocultural system and historical knowledge of the Suyá's reproductive health.
Keywords : Suyá; Indigenous demography; fertility of Indigenous women; Brasil's Indigenous peoples.


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Everton maintained their push for European football next season with a resounding win over Reading at Goodison Park.
Three fine strikes from Marouane Fellaini, Steven Pienaar and Kevin Mirallas gave the Toffees a deserved 3-1 win after failing to win their previous two in the Premier League.
Everton made two changes to the side that eased past Oldham Athletic in the FA Cup, Jan Mucha replacing Tim Howard in goals and Fellaini coming on for Phil Neville.
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And Pienaar got Everton's second after 58 minutes, collecting the ball on the halfway line from Fellaini before charging towards the Reading goal. The winger cut inside on his left foot on the edge of the area before unleashing an unstoppable strike into the top left-hand corner to put his side into a commanding lead.
It was almost three for the Toffees a few minutes later when Mirallas' tremendous close control in the area saw him drill past the far post where Fellaini was running in for a tap in, and a terrific performance from Mirallas deserved a goal and he scored it just minutes later, hooking the ball in at the near post after Pienaar's through-ball.
Jobi McAnuff had Mucha sprawling at the left-hand post with a great shot before Stuart Taylor stopped Hunt turning in Robson-Kanu's cross.
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The Trade (Threshold Music 2000)
The Trade is infused with the soul of the American landscape. Produced by award-winning producer Bil VornDick, and recorded in Nashville, the arrangements feature a rootsy stringband sound with a contemporary rhythm section.
Track Listing
1. Pat Do This
2. Troy
3. Chautauqua Day
4. The Trade
5. Ballad Tree
6. Anderson Grade
7. Lazy John
8. Rainbow Sign
9. Somebody Loves You
10. Crossing the Platte
11. Counting Freights
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Dana Robinson - Vocals, Mandolin, Banjo and Guitar
Viktor Krauss - Bass
Robert Bolin - Fiddle
Kenny Malone - Drums
Rob Ikes - Dobro
Lui Collins - Harmony Vocals and Guitar
Dar Williams - Harmony Vocals
Johnny Hiland - Electric Guitar
Rose Sinclair - Banjo and Accordion
Produced by award-winning producer Bil VornDick and recorded in Nashville on 2 inch analog tape with vintage microphones, and tube preamps. Bil has either produced or engineered multiple Grammy Award winning albums by various artists including: Alison Krauss, Bela Fleck, Mark O'Connor, Jerry Douglas, Maura O'Connell, Doc Watson, and Ralph Stanley.


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Miuccia Prada: "'Commercial' Shouldn't Be an Insult"
Miuccia Prada: "'Commercial' Shouldn't Be an Insult"
>> Bold as she is in the designing arena, Miuccia Prada is less than forthcoming in other areas — she won't speak her sons' names on the record, despite the fact that she'll talk about their political leanings, and she won't publicly admit to admiring any designers — "I've said before but not now" — or well-dressed celebrities. W grills Miuccia about all this and more — including a potentially incriminating photo of her husband and Prada CEO Patrizio Bertelli which has set off gossip — in their September 2009 issue.
She's not letting the economic crisis affect her.
"The only difference that I noticed is that you have to be more and more yourself. What is really selling is what is really Prada. You can't do some generic bullsh*t."
Same goes for those pictures of her husband, who she calls "Bertelli," looking cozy in the subway with a blond woman.
"Gossip — gossip is everywhere, so what do you do? Of course, I pay attention, but after, what do you do? Nothing."
She likes Marc Jacobs »
Bertelli handles the hiring, even for Prada's design assistants, because she has little patience for the process and likes to keep a distance from her staff. Some former staffers, according to W, consider the house of Prada not the warmest of workplaces
"I decided not to care. If you become so aficionado, too affectionate, and they leave, you suffer. Of course, I have a few people in the company that are very near to me. But the others, you know that they come, they want to do a career and they leave, and so you have to learn not to suffer."
Prada says of her Fall 2009 Prada collection: "Usually my ideas come from what I don't want to do, or what I find is old. I was really fed up of couture." As for her Fall 2009 Miu Miu collection, she thought "everyone would hate . . . because of the heavy fabrics." And she's not afraid of being commercial by throwing "the perfect sweater, the perfect black dress, the perfect coat" into her runway collections:
"Sometimes you do too much fashion and forget the basics. When you say 'commercial,' it shouldn't be an insult, like something is not beautiful. It has to be best in the sense that [it's] really what people want to wear to look beautiful and elegant [in]. I wouldn't have been thinking of all this stuff if there was not a crisis. The crisis obliges [us] to really focus also on what really makes sense."
She admires one designer in a nonfashion way.
"I have a mutual respect for Marc Jacobs. We worked together in Venice. He's nice."
And also admired "six girls, really well dressed" who were at this year's Venice Biennele, W reports: "Yet while some of the women are celebrities, she won't go public with names. Or outfits. Before describing one woman's particularly interesting ensemble, Prada goes off the record: 'Don't write it down.'"


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Splash page of story is drawn by Herb Trimpe and lettered by Morrie Kuramoto. Werner Roth's splash was apparently rejected, and was likely discovered in inventory and used as a pin-up in Kid Colt # 227, Dec 1978. Although it's attributed to Al Hartley, it looks to be the work of Werner Roth, and is even inked by Sal Buscema, who inked the story in this issue. Info per Nick Caputo, February, 2013. Part 1 of 2. Story concludes in Western Gunfighters #2.


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Legends of Dawn - Review @ Noobfeed
I spent days looking for reviews for Legends of Dawn and found only one. The site is called Noobfeed and the score given is 60/100. It's a fair score considering the state of the game.
As for me I consider it a disappointment with potential if fixed, and Dreamatrix is patching the game at least. Here is a snip of the review.
Jumping into the world of Legends of Dawn is a cruel and encumbering task from both technical and gameplay viewpoints. Due to its rough form, it feels like a beta with a large array of technical inconveniences (lack of point-and-click movement, buggy camera, buggy animations, etc). Gameplay-wise, it is not for everyone as it makes little to no effort to help the player and will require heavy exploration, understanding and good use of the manual. Coming from an indie team, one cannot expect the level of polish and attention that a triple-A title may receive. Legends of Dawn is receiving continuous support from Dreamatrix in the form of patches and improvements. In the near future, it may evolve to meet the call for a proper old-school RPG.
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Coming off a win in the Trojan Toss Up Tournament, the Oak Ridge boys basketball team was 14-0 and brimming with confidence for Thursday's game with 5-9 Yuba City.
The Trojans fell behind early, but feeding off the high energy at home with a loud crowd in attendance, they rallied late to seal a 75-66 win against the Honkers behind Bryce Scott's 32-point night.
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Oak Ridge turned up the defensive heat and pulled away in the fourth to wrap up the victory.
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Defense was the difference; Will Findlay pulled down nine rebounds and racked up four blocks as well. Findlay also added 11 points and Tyler Simms scored eight.
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Telling Euro Fortune
The German Finance Ministry is handing out fortune cookies. [You can't make this stuff up.]
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"Beware of Greeks seeking bail-outs."
"Bring back Ludwig Erhard."
"There is a man named Berlusconi in your future."


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This being the case I didn't arrange a ride this weekend, so we could spend some time together. Last night she revealed that one of her friends is coming to stay tonight, that they'd be out all day today and that the house needs cleaning.
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For a guy who plays the most visible position on the football field, Tony Romo's actual quarterbacking skills are the subject of a lot less discussion than just about everything else in his life. His relationships with receivers, buxom blondes and Jason Witten get broken down with the kind of scrutiny that's usually reserved for the way that quarterbacks throw the 17-yard out pattern.
Kerry Byrne, writing for SI.com, cuts through the pop culture side of Romo to try and paint a picture of him as a quarterback. The painting he comes up with is worthy of a spot at the Louvre. Romo is currently number two all-time in passer rating, behind only Peyton Manning, and third on the historical list when it comes to yards per attempt. Romo is the active leader in that metric, and Byrne also points out that he's got the third-best winning percentage among current quarterbacks.
All in all, it seems like a pretty impressive argument against every Romo doubter that ever popped up in a sports bar. Problem is, football isn't baseball. All the statistics can tell you is that Romo isn't a bad quarterback, which is the answer to an argument that no one with any sense was making in the first place.
The passer rating ranking, for example, becomes a lot less impressive when you realize that Chad Penningon, Daunte Culpepper and Marc Bulger are also in the top 20 all-time while Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman, to name two Cowboy quarterbacks that you'd take over any of those three in a heartbeat, are further down the list.
Yards per attempt plays out pretty much the same way, probably because both stats are slanted in favor of the modern game with its protections against hitting quarterbacks and prohibition on downfield contact. Not that it matters, since winning percentage is the most telling stat anyway. The two guys ahead of Romo are Tom Brady and Ben Roethlisberger, whose fingers sparkle a lot more when they wave at people in restaurants and whose names are beneath Romo's on the other two lists.
Staubach, Aikman, Brady, Roethlisberger and Romo. Which one of these things is not like the other?
In the end, the statistical argument works about as well as promoting an airline's food, in-flight movies and leg space while trying to ignore the fact that they crash 72 percent of the time. Ultimately, the only thing people care about when they're flying is that they arrive safely.
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I'm Still Standing: From Captive Soldier to Free Citizen—My Journey Home
Johnson gained national attention as America's first black female prisoner of war. She was in the 507th Maintenance Company convoy ambushed on March 23, 2003, in Nasiriyah, and captured with five other soldiers including Jessica Lynch. One might call Johnson's presence in a firefight a compound accident. She was a cook who had enlisted in 1998 hoping to earn money for her education and perhaps "meet a nice guy," and was a cook with the 507th, which existed to maintain Patriot missiles. But she was sent with the convoy, and the bullets Johnson took in both ankles did not ask for her military occupational specialty. Though objectively treated well enough by her Iraqi captors, she was wounded, female, and black: three reasons for being afraid. Rescued three weeks later in a daring raid, Johnson emerged with a Bronze Star, a case of post-traumatic stress disorder, and an unwanted celebrity status sufficiently resented by the system that she left the army. Johnson endured her captivity with courage and emerged with honor. With the help of former army reservist Doyle, she vividly, simply, and unpretentiously tells her tale . (Feb.)
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