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Pflow Industries pioneered and has subsequently dominated the vertical reciprocating conveyor (VRC) category by taking a good idea and continuing to make it work for an ever-increasing variety of industries and applications. From a single-lift model in 1977, the core Pflow product line has grown to include six standard model series, each of which can be customized as needed to fit perfectly with the specifications of a particular customer. Sometimes the modifications are minor, and sometimes they are far more involved.
Recently Pflow customized two Series DB VRCs in a manner well beyond the norm for JL French Automotive Castings, Inc. of Sheboygan, WI.
In 2006 JL French was in the midst of a steady increase in business necessitating a redesign of the manufacturing floor to achieve greater production volumes. The most efficient use of the existing space required two separate areas where in-process castings needed to be automatically elevated to get to the next manufacturing module. In one area the lift was 14.5 ft and in the other it was 16.2 ft. The key requirement to the elevation mechanism was speed, with the common themes of low maintenance, reliability and safety also important. The castings were a uniform weight (between 12 and 16 lbs); but they varied in size and shape, and each had to be lifted individually.
Initially JL French worked with material handling experts on various system designs, each of which had prohibitive features:
The design collaboration between Pflow, JL French and the area material handling dealer resulted in a system with the following features:
Pflow Industries, Inc., the leading manufacturer of vertical conveyors designed to transport materials between two or more levels, has purchased The Langley Manufacturing Company located in Victor, New York.
According to Ted Ruehl, President of Pflow, "this is a natural product line extension as Langley has been designing and manufacturing high quality material lifting and dumping machinery for over 40 years." Ruehl sees excellent customer value in adding Langley's Sidewalk Lift, designed for basement storage to street level transfer of materials through sidewalk openings, as well as its line of dumpers.
The new offerings will be sold through Pflow's international network of distributors. Ruehl stated that Pflow also intends to keep serving Langley's existing customer base with replacement parts.
Pflow is coming off a record sales year in 2006 and Ruehl forecasts a "strong environment" for the material handling sector of the economy in 2007. He says Pflow continues to be interested in acquiring companies that offer high quality products in the material handling industry.
Since 1977, Pflow has offered total engineering, fabrication, and coast-to-coast installation services. At its headquarters in Milwaukee, company facilities include over 110,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space and a complete research & development center. Over 35% of Pflow's staff are engineers or R & D personnel.
Pflow lifts move materials of all shapes and sizes and are available in capacities from 50 lbs. to over 200,000 lbs. with unlimited vertical rise, and are especially useful in manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution operations. Mechanical, hydraulic, high-speed, high-throughput, and customized lifts are available, as well as fully automated systems. Applications, both interior and exterior, include mezzanines, balconies, through-floor, and elevator shafts.
Pflow also designs and manufactures a patented product called the Cartveyor™ Shopping Cart Conveyor which transports shopping carts from one level to another. Especially popular in multi-level retail stores, the Cartveyor is installed parallel and adjacent to an escalator and allows store customers to simply push their shopping carts in and ride the escalator next to their carts.
Pflow Industries has always focused on safety, advanced technology and creating solutions for specific vertical material handling problems. Visit this page periodically for the latest Pflow news. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please call Pflow at 414-352-9000 or Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
Pflow Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of a complete line of vertical conveyors designed to transport materials between one or more levels for over 30 years, has unveiled a new website www.cartveyor.com for its patented Cartveyor™ product.
The Cartveyor Shopping Cart Conveyor transports shopping carts from one level to another and is becoming increasingly popular as large retailers move into urban areas and build multi-level stores as opposed to expansive, single story layouts in suburban areas.
Several problems are created when shopping is done on multiple levels; one being the requirement to move customers with their shopping carts (or trolleys or buggies) between the levels. This problem is not easily solved with traditional means of vertical transportation. Elevators are not efficient for moving the high volume required, and inclined moving walkways take up a huge amount of retail space due to their requirement of being installed at a less than 12 degree incline.
Installed parallel and adjacent to an escalator, Pflow's Cartveyor allows store customers to simply push their shopping carts in and ride the escalator next to their carts. (The Cartveyor can also be equipped as a stand alone unit.) The Cartveyor incorporates many safety features, requires minimal maintenance, and is designed for years of trouble free operation.
The new website features a video of the Cartveyor in action.
A major U.S. retailer, who already used Pflow's vertical conveyor systems for moving pallets, challenged Pflow to solve the problem of safely and efficiently moving shopping carts between levels. Having successfully designed and built hundreds of continuous vertical conveyors for the United States Post Office and having over 35% of its personnel as engineers or Research & Development specialists, Pflow was more than up to the challenge as the Cartveyor demonstrates.
"Lean Manufacturing." What's that you ask? Perhaps a new carb-cutting diet from Dr. Atkins? Or better yet, a new invention by a team of global scientists that makes candy bars a healthy option as a midday snack?
It's neither, but it's something that should definitely be on a business' menu for success! "Lean Manufacturing" is all the rage in warehouses and manufacturing plants world-wide. In the vernacular, the term itself was actually coined by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones while conducting research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the workplace, "Lean Manufacturing " is a model of management designed to make the best use of space, tools, materials, equipment and knowledge that ultimately helps manufacturers save time, movement and, eventually money.
There's perhaps no better example in action than at New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc.—the global sporting goods industry leader which produces and ships 40 million shoes annually. Its fully-automated, state-of-the-art warehouse facility in Lawrence, Massachusetts boasts 250,000 square feet and houses 130 employees. Built in 1997, the warehouse has enabled New Balance to consolidate and streamline distribution of both domestically produced and imported products to retailers throughout the country. But more efficient material handling was attainable in large part due to "Lean Manufacturing", and in no small part due to Pflow Industries.
Aside from a series of logistical adjustments that were made, a significant improvement to the overall process was the installation of a Vertical Reciprocating Conveyor (VRC) from Pflow, a company recognized as being instrumental in actually creating the Vertical Conveyor industry. All in all, the efforts and updates have helped New Balance reduce the time needed to prepare and ship a full order from 17 weeks to just two.
Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Pflow has been the industry leader in the design and manufacturing of safe, vertical material handling equipment since 1977. VRCs from Pflow provide a fast, convenient and safe way to move goods to/from mezzanines, balconies, basements and between levels in multi-story buildings.
The New Balance warehouse, which contains a three-level mezzanine, has over three miles of conveyor belts running at any given time, and the shoes are processed in waves from a Tilt Tray sorter. One of the warehouse re-design's major initiatives was to catch costly mistakes made in processing, such as incomplete boxes of shoes that were incorrectly selected for shipment, before they reached the end of the line. Pflow's "lean" machine perfectly suited to serve the 1.5 million dollar tilt-tray platform was a Series M Vertical Lift that is designed in particular to alleviate problems that might occur in unit processing. If and when a wave is run without the correct shoe, the Pflow M1 is loaded with the correct shoe necessary to make the order whole, and then, with the touch of an elevator-like button, brought to the proper level for insertion.
The Series M Lift offers high performance and durability with a two-post mechanical design that is ideal for transporting large, heavy loads between two or more levels. Bob Knapp of Baron Industries in Burlington, Massachusetts, who sold and distributed the lift, knew that Pflow's Series M is also excellent for high-cycle, automated systems or frequent-use applications, such as the New Balance warehouse. Pflow engineered the machine for New Balance to meet the exact application and height requirements needed, and the carriage is lifted and lowered by a heavy roller chain attached to a motorized mechanical lifting mechanism.
While "lean manufacturing" didn't turn out to be a way to speed up the metabolism, for New Balance it did speed up its run to the top of the athletic shoe industry. By applying the techniques presented by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones, and seeking a higher level of performance with a little help from Pflow Industries, the Boston-based sneaker giant has dashed from No. 8 in 1995 to its current ranking of No. 4.
The Series 21 Vertical Lift, by Pflow Industries, offers efficient, vertical material handling and is equipped with patented safety features not available on other vertical lifts. The unit transports materials between two levels and is adaptable to mezzanine, through-floor, interior or exterior applications.
Designed for loads up to 6,000 lbs., the Series 21 is available with carriage sizes to 10' x 10'. The carriage—available in straddle or cantilever styles—is hydraulically lifted and lowered from level to level. The Series 21 Lift features 6" wide flange guide columns that are 66% heavier than other vertical lifts on the market, and oversized bearings and heavy roller chain ensure long-lasting performance.
The Series 21 Vertical Lift is equipped with a heavy torsion bar that links the two hydraulic lift cylinders in order to equalize the load, eliminate twisting of the carriage and relieve stress on the guides, columns and carriage. As a result, the carriage remains level at all times for smooth, efficient operation. Dual, spring-loaded safety cams provide added protection against uncontrolled descent. The Series 21 Lift can also be equipped with Pflow's exclusive, patented DeckLock System that automatically locks the carriage into place at the critical upper levels and eliminates carriage bounce or drift.
The Series 21 also comes with a variety of standard safety features that meet or exceed code requirements. These features include 8' high mesh enclosures, safety gates at each level, safety chains and railings, overtravel protection, backstop panels and remote, heavyduty control stations. All safety gates are electrically and mechanically interlocked with carriage movement and lift operation. Velocity fuses prevent uncontrolled carriage descent in the unlikely event of a total hydraulic hose rupture.
Their Series DB has a lifting capacity to 100 lbs…Series C up to 200 lbs…Series D up to 3000 lbs…Series 21 up to 6000 lbs…Series M up to 8000 lbs…and Series F up to 30,000 lbs. So what happened when an application called for a load of 200,000 lbs? The Engineers and Research & Development personnel at PFLOW INDUSTRIES got pumped up to design a Special Vertical Lifting Solution!
AIA Architects of Reno, Nevada had a client that owned property on a lake but plans for the residence would require slightly more than your standard three, four, or even five car garage. This client owned dozens of expensive sports, luxury, and vintage automobiles and motorcycles.
A large above-ground parking structure would have been considered unsightly, so the obvious direction to go seemed to be down. But building a ramp would have consumed valuable real estate, and besides, no ordinary underground garage would do. AIA's client also needed room for three large recreational vehicles, a 55-foot offshore racing boat and a helicopter!
In response, AIA designed a parking facility or more precisely a "carriage house" consisting of three levels—two above ground and one below. The uppermost level has over 2,300 square feet of space including two bedrooms, two baths, a living room, office/den, kitchen and a deck overlooking the lake. The other two levels are for parking, featuring 2,000 sq. ft. at the driveway level and 6,100 sq. ft. below grade.
AIA's concept called for a hydraulic lift with a platform large enough to accommodate the largest vehicle—a 55-foot-long RV weighing more than 50,000 pounds. The lift needed to retract completely into a 13-foot-deep pit, followed by the 90,000 pound "lid" of steel and concrete that would double as part of the driveway when in the lowered position. Add the platform itself, and the total weight to be lifted would exceed 100 tons.
But it wouldn't be that easy; other factors were involved. So, knowing expert and experienced capabilities would be needed, AIA contacted Pflow to design and manufacture what would be a state-of-the-art lifting system.
The fact that the lift would have to fully retract into the pit and yet be flush with the driveway when raised would require that the platform guides terminate some distance below grade, which presented a formidable design challenge.
A shallow water table and environmental concerns would preclude a deep pit under the platform. In addition, the short length of engagement between the platform and guides would offer little help in keeping the platform level under uneven loading.
The Pflow team was not fazed by the complications. To ensure a level platform throughout travel, and to provide accurate positioning at loading and unloading points, a servo-hydraulic system was incorporated. Lifting is accomplished via six 12-inch bore telescopic hydraulic cylinders and a 75hp, 600-gallon hydraulic power unit delivering 160gpm. Oil is supplied to each cylinder through an independent hydraulic circuit with servo-proportional control valves for regulating flow. To track position, individual linear transducers are incorporated on each cylinder providing absolute position feedback to the multi-axis servo control module. Through this module, position, velocity, drive level, position error and many other values can be monitored in real time and plotted. The parameters for each axis can also be tuned independently.
With absolute position data available for each cylinder, important safety-monitoring functions are possible. The system automatically stops travel if any cylinder axis fails to follow the prescribed path within a pre-set tolerance, or if an axis goes out of synchronization with any other axis. A programmable logic controller is used to link the servo-controller to the rest of the system, receiving signals from position switches and other input devices, monitoring system status and controlling the operation of the hydraulic power system and the safety features. Fault diagnostics and audible/visual alarms indicate action required by the operator, either to reset the system or call for service. If the platform drifts downward at the upper level, it will automatically re-level.
It seems that no job (or load) is too big (or heavy) when Pflow puts its minds to it. The company also has lifts in operation handling diverse materials ranging from 50,000 pound paper rolls to 110,000 pound fuel cells.
With over 12,000 world-wide installations, Pflow Industries has been called on to answer many different problems. So, when Becker Ritter Funeral and Cremation Services called, Pflow came up with the solution. The Southeastern Wisconsin funeral home wanted to utilize its basement as both a car wash and storage area. In addition, they were looking for a trouble-free way to get caskets from the mortuary to the hearse.
The Series F Mechanical Vertical Lift was the solution, and Pflow custom designed one to meet Becker Ritter's needs. The lift transports the hearse (and the company's full-size van) from the outside parking lot to the basement, where the vehicles can be cleaned and kept out of Wisconsin's extreme weather conditions. Caskets can now be transferred to the hearse without going outside as well.
The four corner support and heavy duty construction of the Series F provides superior strength, reliability and long term performance. The Series F accommodates loads up to 30,000 lbs. and offers maximum flexibility in carriage size. The unit custom designed for Becker Ritter has an 8,000 lb. capacity and its 10'W x 22'L carriage makes it easy to drive the hearse on and send to the basement. Becker Ritter estimates their vertical lift from Pflow is used about 12 to 15 times a day.


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Alright people, enlighten me. Whats the deal with everybody riding fixed gear? What are the advantages/disadvantages? Why do you all do it?
Gotta get around somehow, right?
Because we have discovered the true secret to cycling... Simplicity.
Try drinking coffee, black.... no creme, no sugar....
Try drinking coffee, black.... no creme, no sugar....
Creme? Crap, I have been slummin' my whole life, just adding cream. Dammit...
Alright people, enlighten me. Whats the deal with everybody riding fixed gear? What are the advantages/disadvantages? Why do you all do it?
It keeps my anger genuine.
Advantages: General simplicity, quiet ride. Very direct connection to the bike: when your legs are going, the bike is going.
Disadvantages: Steep inclines. Fixies work very well in flat, urban areas. I think that's why there's so many folks from Chicago on this forum. If there's a real hill in Chicago, I've never managed to find it. If you're in a hilly town, go with gears. I won't ride my fixie to the bottom here in town (steep, and I mean steep, hill-- why else call it the bottom?) but I ride it to the fan all the time (very flat).
I don't drink coffee at all.
I guess simplicity is a common explanation for riding fixed. Though that's true, that doesn't quite explain it completely, at least for me. A coaster brake bike is just about as simple. And easier to master. To me, riding fixed is kinda like walking, but faster.
To me, the simpicity argument often goes out the window, since going fixie often involves buying more stuff. Seems most folks don't just own a fixie. They own a fixie in addition to the rest of their gear.
For some folks, there are bragging rights. Either in terms of the nice, specialized gear and/or the hardass attitude of gears being for *******.
Ultimately, I ride bike because it's kinda fun. I'm not a masochist, nor do I have anything to prove. My bike isn't much for showing off, at least not in the traditional sense. I run a fairly low gear, and at least half of my riding is at a fairly low speed, well below 10 mph. Fixed gear is just kinda fun.
There are big downsides. It's a lot of work. One gear can be a real pain in hilly areas. If you ever manage to "forget" you're on a fixie, you're liable to end up on the ground. And if you decide to go brakeless, the downside is obvious.
after spending way too much time trying to answer this in the past, the best way of doing it i've come up with is this:
why not?
sure, there's the simplicity, the hard ass attitute, being able to thumb one's nose at someone who's drivetrain cost three times as much as your bike, the "connected" feeling, etc. but it's really not about any of that.
i love that a fixed gear bike nearly eliminates the "vehicular" sense of transport. it really becomes an extension of your body more than a vehicle you drive or ride. i love the quiet of a fixie. i love the heightened sense of awareness of your surroundings you need to ride one, especially brakeless. plus they're so sexy.
gotta say after seeing my first fixed-gear I knew it was for me. must be innate. I've noticed everyone I've met who's into fixed/ss usually share a lot of the same personalities/interests. it kinda freaks me out.
how many fixies:
listen to non-mainstream music?
are vegetarians/vegans?
any more...
The answer grasshopper are many and varied as the sands on the beach, for one man's transport is another man's answer to low maintenance riding, or another's answer to better spinning when on the geared bike. You do know LA trains on an FG. Pick your flavor and then ride. I started riding FG cause it looked cool, and then I was like hooked to the endorphin rush that a 25 mile ride could give me pushing big gear like a 52x16, and I thought I was the s**t. Now it's all about just being. There's no pretence with an FG you bring your game when you ride FG, you can win some sprints and get dusted. My current set up is 48x17, but tonight with fresh snow I rode 48x20 my best top speed was 15 mph. My average for the commute to work was 10.3 miles over 25 miles through 4 inches of snow and slush. My FG was right there, with no coasting, and no letting up, with full control. I may not go back to geared (what am I going to do with 15 geared bikes?).
I like the simplicity, the quiet, and the feeling of control. On a fixed gear when you need to slow down or stop you can ease down by holding back on the pedals a bit. I have both brakes in place for insurance, but I really seldom use them. To me fixed gear also is a taste of what cycling was like 100 years ago, a connection with our history. But most of all it is FUN!
some good explanations/testimonials are at
reading them about a year ago got me started building and riding fixies, and I'm now hooked like many others here...
If you're in a hilly town, go with gears.Disagree, there's plenty of hills where I ride, one that's 17% that I do on a regular basis and plenty more that are pretty close to that. I've also ridden it in the Blue Ridge Mtns. around Roanoke. It hurts sometimes, but that's what makes you stronger.
I don't want to discourage people from riding fixed just because they've got some hills.
Initially I thought it would help me build strength. I was always switching to an easier gear on my geared bike. Now I find myself on one of the fixies the majority of the time and I find that not only does it build strength, it also builds character. Nothing quite like blowing up midway up that hill...thinking about giving up and despite all the pain, snot and slobber seeing yourself through to the top.
Did that sound good?
I ride fixie for the Zen-like experience, being connected to the bike, me and the bike as one entity. Hard to explain, you really have to experience it for yourself.
It frees your mind from worrying about what gear you're in so you can spend more time enjoying the scenery. Also with the momentem of the pedals, it actually helps you up moderate hills faster.
1-Spinning is easier and faster than on a geared.
2-Climbing provides the same benefit that resistance training does on any piece of fitness equipment, where you can change the incline on a treadmill or the resistance on a stair climbing machine. The idea here is to get stronger, not to seek ultimate efficiency.
3-The legs both increase and decrease momentum, that is where the more connected feeling arises from.
4-Since the chainline is near perfect, and the chain is not navigating through two pulleys, fixies are usually quieter while pedaling. When the geared rider is coasting and the fixed rider is pedaling, the fixie is much quieter. You find that you do not miss the ticking sound of the freewheel. Off-road this provides a much better situation to observe wildlife etc.
5-In snow conditions, you have more confidence with speed modulation working both ways with the legs. Brakes can get you into tricky situations on icy corners etc; slowing with the legs provides more confidence.
6-"Raging against the machine" anarchist tendancies (against the marketing world) plays a part in the satisfaction, although money usually is still trading hands.
7-The rear deraileur on a geared bike usually takes a beating and gets out of alignment often, especially off-road. The drive train is shorter and easier to clean.
8-Lastly, there is a feed back effect from the moving rear wheel to the pedals, that is interrupted by the introduction of the freewheel. To me it is a symbiotic relationship with the result that flat-road riding especially, is faster ( I am not sure that this has been proven however.)
knees wear out. Looks to me like fixies will wear them out faster. There is also an extra hazard or two they don't talk about much.
barnaby reminded me of this. I was climbing a bastard of a hill in New Lennox, IL when I saw a baby deer less than 6 feet away. The hill was soo deep I was almost stopped dead and we just looked at each other. The minute my friend rolled up on his totally loud geared bike the fawn bolted. Off topic, but super awesome nonetheless.
Did somebody just say something? Hullooo?
Looks like I'm just hearing things, again....
knees wear out. Looks to me like fixies will wear them out faster. There is also an extra hazard or two they don't talk about much.
Despite people repeating statements about fixed gears tearing your knees up, I have yet to actually hear or read proof of this. Anyone have any?
What gear are you running on your fixie? I think a low, spinnable gear makes knee injury a non-issue. Some of my friends that have had knee problems said that spinning on their fixie has helped with building up knee strength. Might be something for you to consider.
Unless you can be more specific, you're on your own with your other non-talked about "hazards"
I would think pedals would have more to do with knee problems than the drivetrain, especially if you didn't gear the bike 53/11 or anything like that. Get speedplays and be in knee heaven.
After riding fixed, coaster bikes feel slippery and disconnected, like you can't really feel the road. Spinning in a non-optimal gear teaches you control over how much force you're applying and how evenly you spread that force over the pedal stroke. Being able to downshift or coast any time you want encourages wussiness. Fixed brakeless in city traffic is a good high.
I believe that fixed gear road bikes are the most efficient machine for transport. Yes, you have to get up and muscle up the hills and spin down them. But the incredable efficiency of a fixed drivetrain has to be expericenced to be believed. I often let friends try mine and most immediately comment on it. The effort to produce 20 mph on my fixed would only produce 18 mph on my geared ride. Even with hills, which I have here, the efficiency is still high. While climbing, your power output must be high with a fix, but you get up the hill much faster as well; so the total amount of work done more or less equals out.
I ride my fix commuting every day and on long Saturday rides, including centuries. I love the "flow" of the ride on the fix. I would say the only downside is the lack of freewheeling on the longer rides, to allow one to take a butt break from the saddle. On longer rides, I always like to see some hills later in the ride so that I can get up off my butt!
I ride fixie because it's a bombproof bike. I do almost no maintainence on my bike other than a monthly wheel-truing, chain-cleaning/tensioning, and weekly chain-lube. No cables to get loose, nothing to worry about. The parts never break and even if one does break, it's generally cheap to replace.
I also like the feel of it. I feel confident on it.
Steve Katzman
I agree with all the other reasons that the other posters gave. I'm surprised no one mentioned this however.
Personally, I ride geared bikes most of the time. However, there are days when I've got limited time to get in a ride, like an hour or so. If I take a geared bike on an hour ride, I get back feeling like I hardly got a workout. If I take my fixie road bike on an hour ride, I feel like I get a better workout. I would estimate the factor to be about 1.5. That is, for every hour you ride a fixed gear you can get about as much exercise as riding a geared bike 1.5 hours. All that from not coasting.
I guess I could get a similar effect from riding my MTB on the road with knobbies inflated to 30 - 40 psi, but that would be noisier and not as much fun. I like the position on the road bike better. Plus it's so quiet and smooth.
Bonus - when I first started riding fixed I was forced to pedal through turns instead of coasting. This is a good method of improving your cycling technique. Put low gears on and force yourself to improve your spin if you like, too.
In conclusion, in addition to being fun and being one with the bike, it is also a great training tool.
I ride fixie because it's a bombproof bike. I do almost no maintainence on my bike other than a monthly wheel-truing, chain-cleaning/tensioning, and weekly chain-lube. No cables to get loose, nothing to worry about. The parts never break and even if one does break, it's generally cheap to replace.
IMO, any bike that requires a monthly wheel-truing, chain-cleaning/tensioning, and weekly chain-lube is far from what I would call bombproof.
I also like the feel of it. I feel confident on it.
I alwya feel confident on a bike... until it fails. ;)
IMO, any bike that requires a monthly wheel-truing, chain-cleaning/tensioning, and weekly chain-lube is far from what I would call bombproof.
I alwya feel confident on a bike... until it fails. ;)
I understand your misconstruation of my post Shecky. Please allow me to explain what I said a little more in depth:
I do wheel-truing and chain maintainence not because it is a fixed-gear, but because I ride in a dense, urban environment. Riding over pot-holes every day can put your wheel out of true pretty easily whether your bike be geared, single-speed, or fixed. As for the chain, when one rides in a city you'll definitely get grit in your chain which needs to be cleaned out regularly. With regards to tensioning the chain monthly, there are two reasons for this: First, when you take your wheels off to true them you need to retension the chain as you put the rear wheel back on. Second, by putting a lot of torque on your chain (starting and stopping with it) it'll naturally get stretched out a little faster than a geared/ss chain might. Therefore you should retension your chain and replace it about once per year on a FG bike.
I hope you can see that this routine maintainence has very little to do with the fact that I ride a fixed-gear and has more to do with my love of my bicycle and my desire to have it last until the end of time. In fact, if you ride a geared bicycle in the city you'd probably have to do maintainence in ADDITION to what I do (including derailleur maintainence and brake systems) to have it last just as long.
As for trusting my bicycle? With a little bit of maintainence, I trust my bicycle completely.
i agree with DV. it sounds like routine maintenance to me, rather than the effects of a bombing on the ol' bicycle. i doubt if DV's wheels require a truing each month,in the sense that a very wobbly wheel requires a truing, but by making tiny adjustments to the trueness (truth?=P) of your wheelset frequently, you help assure a longlife of the wheelset.
as for chains, EVERYone who rides regularly needs to keep that chain loobed and clean if they want their bicycle to function properly. as for chain tension issues, i find it's easier to get the tension right on my fix than it is to put the rear wheel back on my mtn bike, with the jungle that resides in those dropouts.
so, yeah, if DV is brakeless, that saves some of maintenance. as does a lack of derailleurs (goshdurn pulleys!). the maintenance DV described is of the sort that any meticulous cyclist will perform on their bike. unless they have one of those shaft-drive bicycles. do they make shaft-drive fixies?
The reason I started to ride SS/fixed was many moons ago I was on my MTB and somehow my rear derailleur got sucked up into my wheel and pretty much crapped the bed. Luckily this happened at the tail end of the ride just before it started getting dark. A friend called me later that night and asked if I wanted to do an early morning ride the next day. Of course I said yes. But being young and having very limited funds and wanting to ride the next morning I picked a set of gears, shortened my chain and crossed my fingers.
That early morning ride was the best ride I'd had since I started biking. I climbed hills that I've never gotten all the way up before. I navigated the rocky trails like a bloodhound who has "cought the scent". Granted it wasn't a true fixed gear. I could still coast if I wanted to but I don't think that I did that much. Having the freedom of just looking at your surrounding concentrating on the course and not being concerned about what gear to be in and becoming "one" with the bike.
Eventually I bought a new derailleur form my bike, but that was long after I built myself a real FG bike.
I do wheel-truing and chain maintainence not because it is a fixed-gear, but because I ride in a dense, urban environment. Riding over pot-holes every day can put your wheel out of true pretty easily whether your bike be geared, single-speed, or fixed. Only if the wheel wasn't built properly. I constantly bomb stuff on my fully rigid SS MTB that is far worse than any urban environment ever dishes out and my wheels rarerly need to be trued. If I true them twice a year that is out of the ordinary. Even when I flat spot or dent a rim I barely have to touch the rim. The fixed gets thrashed on the streets, bunny-hopped, jumped and even taken on the trails sometimes and it holds up just as well.
As for the chain, I frequently lube mine. If you ride your bike a lot you need to.
Actually, a FG rear wheel should require less frequent truing than a multispeed cassette/freewheel type since it is dishless. There were shaft drive (via bevel gears) fixies about 100 years ago...Columbia made them (maybe other brands too?) and Major Taylor rode one ...don't know of any modern ones though...
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Only if the wheel wasn't built properly. I constantly bomb stuff on my fully rigid SS MTB that is far worse than any urban environment ever dishes out and my wheels rarerly need to be trued.
unless you're riding your SS MTB out on the trails 150 miles a week, you're comparing apples to oranges.
The fixed gets thrashed on the streets, bunny-hopped, jumped and even taken on the trails sometimes and it holds up just as well.
maybe you ride better quality wheels than he does. maybe he weighs more than you do. maybe he's more meticulous about keeping his wheels in true than you are.
or maybe you're exactly the same weight on exactly the same bikes in exactly the same environment with exactly the same amount of anal retentiveness, in which case yeh, your comparison is valid.
unless you're riding your SS MTB out on the trails 150 miles a week, you're comparing apples to oranges.You're right. Riding high speed through rock gardens is harder on your wheels.
maybe you ride better quality wheels than he does.My point exactly concerning wheel build. Because I'm certainly not running any high zoot wheels.
Ask any competent wheel builder and I'm sure they'll agree with this statement: If you are trueing your wheels monthly they weren't built properly.
DV I command you to stop trueing your wheels on a monthly basis! Also, because of your over zealous wheel trueing, it has been decided that you must immediatly submit a notarized bike maintenance schedule to this forum for approval. If you do not comply with this order we (Bikeforums members) will condemn you to 5 years Huffydom in which no amount of maintenance will keep you rolling. :rolleyes:
I do wheel-truing and chain maintainence not because it is a fixed-gear, but because I ride in a dense, urban environment. Riding over pot-holes every day can put your wheel out of true pretty easily whether your bike be geared, single-speed, or fixed.
There are millions of bikes out there doing daily heavy duty in similar environments going through life without ever getting their wheels trued. And are still reasonably true. Some of these put in decades of use like this. I have one myself. Many of these bikes are single speed coaster brake or three speeds, live outside 24/7, and are lucky to get a shot of WD-40 when the chain squeaks. I personally am a little nicer to my bikes. My three speed gets a few drops of 30wt motor oil now and then. :)
If you must have your wheels absolutely true, or just like messing with your bike, I can fully understand. But any bike that needs monthly truing doesn't fit into the bombproof category. Or at least has to get in line behind the afore mentioned coaster brakes and three speeds.
As for the chain, when one rides in a city you'll definitely get grit in your chain which needs to be cleaned out regularly. With regards to tensioning the chain monthly, there are two reasons for this: First, when you take your wheels off to true them you need to retension the chain as you put the rear wheel back on. Second, by putting a lot of torque on your chain (starting and stopping with it) it'll naturally get stretched out a little faster than a geared/ss chain might. Therefore you should retension your chain and replace it about once per year on a FG bike.
If you replace the chain once a year religiously, I suggest you might be able to omit ever really cleaning the thing at all. Unless it gets caked with mud or something. I have a pet theory about cleaning being worse than replacing.
In the end, I think of single speeds-fixed, free or coaster-as just simpler. I like to mess with bikes, too. But it's interesting, I find when I decide to stop repacking, readjusting and generally stop messing with one, it gets along fine without all the extra attention.
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Have any married female readers (or anyone else who's changed their name) had trouble getting through airport security with an airline ticket showing their maiden name, a photo ID showing their married name, and a marriage certificate? (Or the reverse, I suppose.) I ask because, although Becky changed her name with Social Security quite awhile ago, she only got it changed on her photo ID earlier this month, when she got her Tennessee license — and as a result, I'd gotten into the habit of buying plane tickets with her maiden name, so her ticket for our trip to Denver next month will say "Rebecca Zak." But now, finally, her ID says "Rebecca Loy," so this presents a problem. I just called Southwest Airlines, and was told they can't change the name, but that we should be fine if we bring the marriage certificate to the airport. I'm just wondering if anyone has personal experience with doing that, and whether it actually works.
As an aside, why the heck won't airlines change the name on your ticket in this situation? It can't plausibly be a security measure, because there is no security protocol implicated by typing your name into a text field when you purchase a ticket online — it's not as if you have to show ID or something — so changing it after-the-fact wouldn't somehow breach security. If it were a last-minute change, perhaps that would be different, but this is for a flight that's more than three weeks away. I understand why they won't let you change to an entirely different name, because that would open the door to an aftermarket of airline ticket resellers — scalpers, essentially. But how much of a black market could there be if name changes were limited to switching from Firstname X to Firstname Y? It would take an awfully elaborate scalping operation, with extremely well-targeted ads ("Is your name John? We have a ticket for you!"), to turn a profit doing that. So yeah, I don't get it. What's the rationale? Is it just blind adherence to policy? Are airline employees just pricks?
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The Dick Cheney Branch of the U.S. Government has closed down, replaced by a mere executive-branch department. ConLaw professors, you may stop rewriting your syllabi. (Hat tip: InstaPundit.)
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And by "little things," I mean fancy, comfy, expensive queen-size mattresses.
But let me start at the beginning. For most of our time in Arizona and Indiana, Becky and I slept on a luxurious queen-size bed that Becky inherited from her parents in the summer of 2003, when they sold their house in Buffalo and she bought her house in Mesa. We loved that bed. But alas, the mattress was getting old, and a few months ago, we finally declared it "shot" and threw it out. We disassembled the queen bed frame and moved our full-size bed, which had previously served as a guest bed, into the master bedroom in South Bend.
This had several immediate consequences, most of them relating to the fact that the full-size bed is much lower to the ground than the queen-size bed was — so, for instance, Robbie can now put his head on the bed and poke us with his cold nose in the morning, if he so chooses. Also, it's less convenient to put a drink or snack on the tall dresser while studying or watching TV in bed, because you have to reach really high up to get it. Things like that. But the smaller size of the bed itself didn't really bother us at first.
Then Becky got pregnant.
She's only three months along, so you wouldn't think this would be a big deal yet. You'd be wrong. For whatever reason, starting as soon as we arrived here in Knoxville, we started having problems sleeping on the full-size bed. It seems something about being pregnant causes Becky to toss and turn more during the night — she says she loses circulation in her legs, or something, and so has to move around — and thus to effectively "claim" more of the bed as her own. And who am I to argue? If the democratic process is followed, Becky has two votes; I only have one. :) Besides, consider this hypothetical sample conversation. Brendan: "But honey, your 'half' of the bed is actually like 60 percent." Becky: "Oh yeah, well, I'M PREGNANT, so shut it. When you start dry-heaving from morning sickness, and having to pee every 45 minutes, then maybe you can have half of the bed." As you can see, I lose that argument every time.
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The Knoxville News-Sentinel's "Connected" blog outlines the local details for Friday's iPhone mania. (Hat tip: Jay.)
There's a chance I might be going to the Apple Store with Jay on Friday, if he ends up buying an iPhone. If so, I will of course have blog coverage. If nothing else, I'll probably head over before 6:00 PM to take pictures of the line. :)
Incidentally, you may or may not have noticed that my left-hand sidebar was counting down to the wrong day (tomorrow instead of Friday). I just fixed it.
P.S. A question occurs to me. Some airlines have policies that forbid the use of cell phones, even in "airplane mode," which I presume is because otherwise it's pretty much impossible for flight attendants to effectively enforce the rule against cell phone use in flight. (I remember once chafing at the factual inaccuracy of a pre-flight announcement stating, "There is no such thing as airplane mode.") Well, with Steve Jobs calling the iPhone "the best iPod we've ever made," I wonder if those airlines will start changing their tunes now. (The iPhone does have airplane mode, in case you were wondering.) If the airlines don't allow people to use their iPhones in flight for listening to music and watching movies, they are going to have some seriously ticked-off passengers on their hands. If I paid $600 for the "best iPod ever" and then couldn't use it on a flight, especially a lengthy one, I'd be one unhappy camper. In fact, if I were an iPhone owner, this would almost certainly become a consideration in which airline I fly.
Drudge is reporting a large power outage in New York City… at least 30 blocks out, trains stalled.
UPDATE: The power is back on. A lightning strike reportedly caused the outage, which at its peak left nearly 375,000 homes and businesses without power, cut subway service and forced the evacuation of the Met.
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Scientists say a lake in Siberia may be the impact crater from the Tunguska meteor of 1908. (Hat tip: InstaPundit.)
Former Tennessee great and Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning hung out with the USC Trojans on Tuesday, treating John David Booty to a 90-minute, one-on-one workout. Peyton (or "Mr. Manning," as the USC players called him) was at the Coliseum to shoot a TV commercial, and he wanted somebody to practice with afterward. The Trojans were, of course, happy to oblige. (Hat tip: Andrew.)
Dr. Jeff Masters has an excellent post on today's 50th anniversary of Hurricane Audrey, a Category 4 storm which killed approximately 550 people in southwestern Louisiana, making it "America's deadliest hurricane disaster between the time of the New England Hurricane of 1938 (682 killed) and Hurricane Katrina of 2005 (1833 killed)."
Audrey hit much the same area that Hurricane Rita did two years ago, with similar force. But Rita only killed one person in southwest Louisiana. Why?
The answer is preparedness. Rita was a massive Category 5 hurricane several days before landfall, giving people plenty of time to receive the warnings and evacuate. Warning systems are much better now than in 1957, and Cameron was deserted when Rita hit. But Audrey did something hurricane forecasters still fear could cause a high death toll in the future, despite our better warning systems–rapid intensification with a sudden forward speed increase overnight, bringing a much stronger hurricane to the coast far earlier than expected. If this nightmare scenario happens to one of our major cities in the future, another Audrey-like death toll could easily result.
Of particular interest, and concern, is the rationale people used to stay put: "Many residents had heeded calls to evacuate from Audrey's 100 mph winds and predicted 5-9 foot storm surge that afternoon. But the old timers, familiar with how the surrounding dunes had protected Cameron in the past, stayed put. It was, after all, June, and severe hurricanes in June were almost unheard of. Besides, the storm was not expected to hit until the following afternoon, so there was still time to evacuate in the morning if things looked bad." Of course, that turned out not to be the case, and many of those "old timers" died. Alas, even with better forecasting technology and warning systems, you still hear that sort of thing today.
Luckily, we've got nothing to worry about in the Atlantic at the moment. Margie Kieper writes: "Large amounts of dust continue to sweep off the coast of Africa with the waves of SAL that have accompanied each tropical wave. This pattern shows no sign of changing. The large amount of stable dry air will likely prevent anything from getting started in the Atlantic for quite awhile."
That said, I really find the headline on this LiveScience article, "Where are All the Hurricanes?," offensively stupid. The article itself is ultimately fairly accurate, pointing out that it's only June, but the headline — echoed by InstaPundit, and by others no doubt — and the lead paragraph ("with just two storms to date, and neither one a hurricane, you might wonder where all the action is") are just completely ridiculous. A website called "LiveScience" shouldn't be misinforming the public in this way. Not to put too fine a point on it, but anyone who "might wonder where all the action is" is completely ignorant of the climatological reality. (And yes, the article says "Be patient, history suggests" in the second paragraph — but that weak rebuttal doesn't make up for premising the whole article on a faulty, scientifically invalid question!)
Two tropical storms, and no hurricanes, as of June 27, makes for an unusually active season so far, not an unusually inactive one! (On average, there is approximately one tropical storm every two years prior to June 30.) That's not to say it won't ultimately be a below-average season — there are some indications that might well be true, as I wrote on Sunday — but "Where are All the Hurricanes?" is, at this point, completely and utterly the wrong question. It would be like asking, on November 1 in New England, after two small October snowstorms, "Where are All the Blizzards?" It just makes no damn sense.
P.S. If you think I'm overreacting to a mere headline, and a lead paragraph that's sorta kinda corrected/clarified by the rest of the article, look at how other some bloggers are responding to the story (via Technorati and Google Blog Search):
Irrational Optimism: "Live Science reports that the season is, so far, off to a late start."
Yeah, Right, Whatever: "Wasn't this supposed to be another global warming-induced high hurricane year?"
Patrick: "[The media] must be pretty sad. How can we push Global Warming if the planet won't work with us?"
Misstuned: "Scientists predicted a big hurricane season this year. So where are they?"
Dogwood Pundit: "Where Are All Of The Hurricanes? We're waiting."
Moonage SpaceDream: "Andrea and Barry…fell apart pretty quick and no harm was done. But, the weird thing is, that's been it. Since late May, we've had none. No warnings, no false alarms, nothing. I thought I was the only person noticing this, but Livescience finally had to ask what happened to all those storms."
Tiscendorf: "this is year three that hurricane predictions have been the worst ever and have fizzled. Must be all that damn global warming…you know…causing bad science…not bad weather."
This is all despite the fact that it's totally inaccurate to suggest that the "lack" of hurricanes through June 27 is in any way unusual, or somehow suggestive of a slow season to come. (Again, it may ultimately be a slow season, but the fact that we've had "only" two tropical storms and no hurricanes so far is not evidence to support that position!)
Incidentally, this article was, of course, pushed by that clear-headed, unbiased science expert, Matt Drudge. And he too echoed the headline — "Where Are All The Hurricanes?" To which I answer, Nowhere, yet! Just like you'd expect, if you knew what the hell you were talking about! ARGH!!
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Model, VJ and now an RJ - Teejay Sidhu has straddled in all mediums of entertainment.
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An unna boot dressing is a commercially prepared gauze bandage saturated with zinc oxide. This gauze is covered with an outer wrap to provide support and compression. It is used to treat slow healing foot, heel, or leg ulcers by decreasing the swelling in the leg. This dressing may be left in place from one day to two weeks.
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With more and more top-drawer bodyboards coming out each month, the bar has truly been raised. Beautiful curves, crisply finished tails, impossibly flat slicks and super sharp rails are now the very minimum that we expect from our sticks. Your new board will be better than your last, and it's out there somewhere: you just have to find it!
There's something about a new board that makes you want to surf it more. Is it going to really make you rip? What will the new core feel like? Is it going to have that zing that will take your riding to the level of a Kingy, a Player or a Rawlins? Is this your time?!
You wouldn't paddle out an unknown reef without sizing it up first Р same goes for buying a board. Give yourself a shortlist of what you want the board for, and ask yourself these crucial questions before you go anywhere near a shop…
• What water temperature will I be riding in?
• What's my style (prone, drop knee, stand up)?
• How's my bank balance (and do any mates owe me money!)?
• What's my height and weight these days (have you been hitting up the pasties since your last purchase…)?
Armed with this info you can make a more educated decision about the perfect board for you, and ultimately ensure you've got the right tool for a very important job…
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TAA Tools is changing the way they charge for upgrades and updates.
Beginning June 1, 2009, TAA Tools will start a new maintenance fee policy whereby customers pay annual software maintenance fee equal to 20% of the current new license fee. The installed version license includes support, tool updates, new versions, and software upgrades.
Today customers are invoiced an upgrade fee when they upgrade their operating system software to a new version. Many of our TAA Tools customers have expressed a desire for TAA Tool to charge a fee once per year rather than to have a fee "surprise" them as they perform an OS upgrade. This new policy adheres to the fee schedules of IBM and the software industry in general, thus allowing the customer to budget for the annual fee along with other budgeted system items.
Summary of changes from Upgrade pricing to the Annual Software Maintenance Agreement:
The software maintenance fee is equal to 20% of the new license fee for the installed version.
Version upgrade fees will no longer apply to customers covered under the software maintenance agreement.
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V5R3 is not a supported release therefore a maintenance fee is not applicable.
If software maintenance is allowed to expire, the software maintenance fee plus a calculated prorated adjustment will be due.
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TAA Tool updates and refreshes will continue to be available.
Customers will receive invoices for software maintenance on their anniversary date beginning June 1, 2010.
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I wrote this for my 'Phil Town Live' students on FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2010. I'd just loaded up at $27 but I think what I wrote is worth reading for a lesson on what to look for when everyone is afraid to buy the stock because Jim Cramer is saying its going to go under.
Since I've taken a long position in BP (meaning I own the stock and will make money if the stock goes up), I thought I'd discuss the possibility of total disaster for my investment – BP goes bankrupt.
Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you know BP had one of their Gulf of Mexico deep drilling rigs catch fire and kill 11 guys. The platform then sank and when it did the mile long drilling pipe hanging off the bottom of the platform snapped off and the pent-up pressure in the hole gushed oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Initially BP reported the gusher was about 1000 barrels of oil per day but now they think it may be as high as 60,000 barrels a day. They are working on containment with robots at 5000 feet below the surface and have partially contained the well. Within 6 weeks they will have completed two wells that will take the pressure off this broken pipe and end the flow. Oil has washed ashore on Gulf Coast states beaches and some environmentalists are calling this spill the biggest environmental disaster in US history. In addition, people have been killed and injured and jobs and investments have been lost. Estimates of damages runs from billions to trillions and over 300 lawsuits have been filed against BP. Cramer thinks the lawsuits will force the company into bankruptcy.
Why would anyone invest? In particular, why did I invest at $27?
Here's why:
These are all my opinions. I could be wrong and Cramer could be right. Either way, for sure, this is not an investment for an amateur. This investment is going to have to be closely watched. But I do believe I like the way this looks very much.
Reports are starting to come in that the spill isn't going to turn the corner and move up the east coast. Oil is being absorbed in deep water and may not affect much of anything more than it already has. The impact to the Gulf States is major but well within BP's ability to pay the damages and may not be as bad as originally projected. In other words, right now things are starting to look better.
Is it too late to get in? No. I think, if you do the 4Ms on this business and you decide you like it, you may find the price right now just about as attractive as it was at $27. But do not buy this without a plan. In the Tuesday and Thursday night investing Talks I will be discussing ways of mitigating my risk on this investment as it unfolds.
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Raleigh, NC – The Pleasant Ridge & Ramsgate Community Watch, building a safe and informed family community, celebrated National Night Out 2009 with over 80 neighbors and representatives from our local Fire, Police, and EMS departments.
I'm eating chocolate cake and trying to decide what was best about Tuesday night. The cake is left over from the Pleasant Ridge & Ramsgate Community Watch National Night Out (NNO) 2009 celebration. This was our fourth one, and by far our best. Shelia (the event coordinator and also Secretary) truly outdid herself this year. Where do I start? Target, the NNO sponsor, donated water, freezer pops, beach balls, and more. They even sent some employees that came out and helped us get set-up. Other local businesses helped out too. Steve from Grocery Boy Jr., WRAL, NBC 17, Wal-Mart, Tarts Produce at the Farmer's Market, CPI Security, were just a few of the donaters for goody bags. Ben once again provided our sound system. (more…)


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Festival promises writers with Buckeye State ties
Literary event to include author visits, food, music and more
First row, left to right: Ellis Avery, Carla Buckley, Rae Carson, Bob Hunter, Daniel Kirk. Second row, left to right: Robert Olmstead, Raul Ramon y Sanchez, Emilie Richards, P. Craig Russell, Sharon Short
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More than 100 Ohio authors — along with live music, food trucks and hundreds of books — will be featured at the seventh annual Ohioana Book Festival on Saturday.
The free festival, presented by the Ohioana Library, will take place from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center, 546 Jack Gibbs Blvd. No tickets or registration is required.
Programs will include panel and round-table discussions as well as book signings. Books by participating authors, all with Ohio connections, will be for sale.
The 10 featured authors:
• Ellis Avery — The author of The Teahouse Fire, The Smoke Week and The Last Nude and winner of the 2013 American Library Association Stonewall Fiction Award is a Columbus native who teaches fiction writing at Columbia University in New York.
• Carla Buckley — The central Ohio resident has published two novels: Invisible and The Things That Keep Us Here. She was a finalist for the 2011 Ohioana Book Award for fiction.
• Rae Carson — The young-adult novelist has written the fantasies The Crown of Embers and The Girl of Fire and Thorns, named one of the American Library Association's top 10 fiction books for young adults in 2011. She lives in central Ohio.
• Bob Hunter — The Dispatch sports columnist has published Saint Woody: The History and Fanaticism of Ohio State Football and A Historical Guidebook to Old Columbus: Finding the Past in the Present in Ohio's Capital City.
• Daniel Kirk — A native of Columbus, Kirk lives in New Jersey. He has written and illustrated more than 30 books for children, including Library Mouse: A Museum Adventure.
• Robert Olmstead — The professor of English and director of the Ohio Wesleyan University creative-writing program is author of the novels Coal Black Horse and The Coldest Night, a 2012 Publishers Weekly pick for best books of the year.
• Raul Ramos y Sanchez — The Cuban-born author grew up in Miami and has lived in Ohio since 1968. He has written three novels (American Libre, House Divided and Pancho Land) and developed the public-TV documentary Two Americas: The Legacy of Our Hemisphere.
• Emilie Richards — The former Cleveland resident, now living in Florida, has written more than 70 novels in the genres of romance, suspense, paranormal and futuristic fantasy. Her most recent book is One Mountain Away, first in a new series.
• P. Craig Russell — The Ohio native, a graphic novelist and illustrator, lives in Kent. He has created graphic-novel adaptations of Neil Gaiman novels and an ongoing series of Oscar Wilde fairy tales.
• Sharon Short — The resident of Centerville has written 11 books, including her most recent novel, My One Square Inch of Alaska, about siblings escaping the strictures of an Ohio industrial town in the 1950s.
Linda Hengst, executive director of the Ohioana Library, said the authors represent "every major literary field and genre."
During the week before the festival, featured authors and other authors will participate in outreach programs in public venues as well as schools.
For more information and a festival program, visit www.ohioanabookfestival.org.


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Title: Russia in Europe
Map Maker: Anthony Finley
Place / Date: Philadelphia / 1827
Coloring: Hand Colored
Size: 11.5 x 9 inches
Condition: VG
Price: $34.00
Inventory ID: 14334
Decorative and detailed map of Russia in Europe, from a rare late edition of Finley's New General Atlas. Wonderful color.
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Since the 2000 (S)election where 5 Republican Judges illegitimately installed a Republican President, progressive discontent with the direction of the judiciary has grown. Stung by decisions by a "Liberal" court during the Civil Rights era which ruled in favor of Civil Rights for Minorities and tore down much of the Jim Crow System, the conservative's obsession with stacking the courts and the Judicial System reached fevered peaks. The result after three Republican Presidencies in the last 30 years has produced a Judicial nightmare where minorities have no hope of receiving justice or respect for their Civil Rights in courts dominated by conservative sycophants and conservative minority appointments whose singular qualification is to share skin color…
And to have the same respect for other minorities as a KKK Grand Wizard at a lynching.
The Supreme Court of the land, and it's 5 member conservative majority has become a joke, not because of issues with strict constitutionalism or contructionalism – but their complete and entirely a whore of the Republican Party even to the extent of bending and breaking their own strict constitutional standards.
President Obama finally got the "party" going at the SOTU, at the SCUMUS 5 decision to prostitute our Democracy to the highest bidder, whether that bidder be domestic or foreign.
Democrats Declare Rhetorical War on the Supreme Court
President Obama's public undressing of the robed Supreme Court justices seated in front of him at the State of the Union address turned heads and drew rebukes from Republicans.
But his words were downright genteel compared with what's been said on the Senate floor the past two days. Democrats on Capitol Hill accused conservative court members of deciding cases specifically to benefit the Republican Party.
Criticism of the court by lawmakers is nothing new, and those tensions are exactly why the American system of government enshrines a separation of powers between the three branches of government. But Democratic senators seem to have declared political war on the Supreme Court.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., for instance, said on the Senate floor Friday that he sees the court's recent decision to allow unfettered corporate and union spending on elections (though not as direct aid to candidates) as an overt bid by the majority conservative bloc to pursue "Republican political goals."
Whitehouse pointed to the recent decision recognizing corporations as having the same right to free speech as individuals.
//"Connect the dots," said Whitehouse. "Republicans are the party of the corporations. The judges are the appointees of the Republicans, and the judges just delivered for the corporations. It is being done in plain view."
In the wake of that decision, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said, "The Supreme Court just predetermined the winners of next November's elections."
Schumer, who was in charge of Democrats' successful Senate election strategy in 2006 and 2008, has teamed with Rep. Chris van Hollen, who ran a similar effort for House Democrats in 2008 and is still in charge of their election efforts, to write legislation to essentially undo the court's decision.
Whitehouse also described recent interpretations of the 2nd Amendment inventing "a new individual constitutional right to bear arms that no previous Supreme Court had noticed for more than 200 years…"
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will more obliquely demonstrate liberal frustration with the Supreme Court at a photo op Friday. He plans to appear with Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of liberal frustration with the Supreme Court. She is the former Goodyear Tire employee whose discrimination suit was not factually disputed, but overturned by the Supreme Court on a technicality about when exactly the statute of limitations should run out on her case. Democrats in Congress passed The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009 to counter that decision. It was the first piece of legislation President Obama signed into law.
"There can be little doubt that the conservative bloc is laying the foundation for future right-wing activism in a seemingly deliberate and concerted effort to expand its political philosophy into our law," said Whitehouse on the Senate floor, adding, "and, of course, always, always, always the dramatic changes observably fall in the direction of the Republican Party's current political doctrine."
//He was more direct in his speech: "One bedrock principle in our democracy is that the will of the people should be supreme, except in very limited circumstances. In the judicial context, this means that courts should hesitate before striking down statutes enacted by congress, but it seems that that's not so when core tenets of the Republican platform are involved. And it's not just this one case. There is a pattern that is discernible when these five men get together to strike down laws of congress they don't like and make new law more to their liking. The pattern is not just discernible, it is unmistakable, it is undeniable. It appears, indeed, to be without exception."
On Thursday, Sen. Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Democrat who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, called the ruling on corporate election spending a "threat to the rule of law" and said it is one example of "a willingness of a narrow majority of the Supreme Court to render decisions from the bench to suit their own ideological agenda."
Two interesting things about the Constitution. First, there is no set size for the Supreme Court. The president may appoint as many members as he pleases. There is absolutely no Constitutional reason additional justices cannot be appointed at this time to eliminate the 5-4 majority.
Second, while Associate Justices are indeed appointed to their position for life, it's ambiguous as to whether the role of Chief Justice is a lifetime appointment. What I mean by that isn't that the appointee can be removed from the court – only that it's unclear whether he can be removed from the Chief Justice position, wherein he would become an Associate Justice just like the other members of the court.
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Series starts 11/2
Game 1: Friday, November 2nd | ||
Pistons | 116 | Final |
Magic | 92 | |
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Game 2: Monday, January 21st | ||
Pistons | 100 | Final |
Magic | 102 | |
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Game 3: Friday, January 25th | ||
Magic | 93 | Final |
Pistons | 101 | |
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Game 4: Tuesday, February 19th | ||
Magic | 103 | Final |
Pistons | 85 | |
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Coverage: FSDT
7:30 PM ET, February 19, 2008
The Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI
Top Performers
Orlando: R. Lewis 20 Pts, 4 Reb, 4 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk
Detroit: R. Stuckey 16 Pts, 4 Reb, 4 Ast, 1 Stl
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- A blowout at the Palace of Auburn Hills is nothing new.
The surprise Tuesday night was that it was the Pistons getting routed. Detroit trailed the Orlando Magic by as many as 26 points and its 10-game winning streak was snapped with a 103-85 loss.
"I certainly didn't foresee that happening," Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said. "A lot has to go right for us to beat the Pistons like that, especially on a night when Dwight Howard scores eight points and Hedo Turkoglu goes 4-for-13."
Detroit extended its win streak to double digits with a lopsided victory over Indiana on Feb. 13, but knew it would be tough to keep its intensity through the All-Star break.
"You hate having a break when you are on a winning streak, because it messes with your momentum," said Chauncey Billups. "That's not an excuse, because we feel like we should have come in here and played better than that. No one likes losing like this."
The Pistons looked fine early in the game. On the first possession, Rasheed Wallace blocked a dunk attempt by Howard, his All-Star teammate and the new dunk champion.
Detroit, though, couldn't stop Orlando's outside game. The Magic shot 65 percent on 3-pointers in the game, hitting 13-of-20.
"We started the game saying we didn't want to let Dwight dunk, but you can't take away dunks and 3-pointers," Billups said. "You've got to give up something. They got hot and stayed hot."
The Magic outscored Detroit 63-37 over the second and third periods, shooting 56 percent and holding the Pistons to 24 percent.
"We played a good second quarter and a great third quarter," Van Gundy said. "We knocked down a lot of shots, but it was our defense that stepped up."
Howard didn't have a great statistical night, but Van Gundy felt he was the difference in the game, especially in Detroit's 17-point third quarter.
"Dwight had eight points and eight rebounds, and there's been other nights when he's gone 20-20, but this might have been his best game of the season," he said. "In the third quarter, he made it virtually impossible for Detroit to get any offense going inside. He changed every shot."
Howard said that his 2-of-9 shooting night, starting with Wallace's blocked dunk in the first 20 seconds, spurred him to a better night defensively.
"I wasn't able to get anything going offensively, so I knew I needed to pick it up on the other end," he said. "I guess it worked."
The Magic had been the last team to beat Detroit, winning 102-100 at home on Jan. 21. The Pistons avenged the loss four days later, but couldn't do it again Tuesday.
"We should have played harder than this," said Detroit coach Flip Saunders. "We didn't need to come out and lay an egg like that in the second half."
Even though they are the only team to beat Detroit in the last month, and they've now done it twice, Van Gundy doesn't think the Magic will have any advantage in a possible postseason matchup.
"This is big for our guys, because we know how good that team is," he said. "But this is only the regular season. Detroit has been through the wars, and we'll have to play at a much higher level than this to beat them in the playoffs."
Former Piston Maurice Evans added 16 points for the Magic, including eight in a 14-3 run that helped Orlando put the game away in the third quarter. Orlando finished with six players in double figures.
Rookie Rodney Stuckey led Detroit with 16 points, but only two of Detroit's starters scored 10 or more. Richard Hamilton had 12 and Wallace 10.
Game notes
The band Bon Jovi was in attendance, one night before performing at the Palace, and was honored as part of the arena's 20th anniversary celebration. ... Chauncey Billups, Detroit's third All-Star, finished with nine points on 3-of-13 shooting. ... Stuckey has scored in double figures in six of his last seven games.
Team Stat Comparison
Points | 103 | 85 |
Rebounds (Offensive-Total) | 11-17 | 9-24 |
Assists | 18 | 17 |
Turnovers | 14 | 13 |
Steals | 6 | 9 |
Blocks | 6 | 8 |
Fast Break Points | 10 | 8 |
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) | 24 (1/0) | 21 (1/0) |
Largest Lead | 26 | 7 |
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Game Leaders
Points | R. Lewis 20 | R. Stuckey 16 |
Rebounds | D. Howard 8 | A. McDyess 14 |
Assists | H. Turkoglu 6 | C. Billups 5 |
Steals | J. Nelson 2 | A. McDyess 3 |
Blocks | D. Howard 4 | R. Wallace 4 |
Team rosters: Orlando | Detroit |


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Very good restaurant warm welcome splendid setting menu vary beautiful presentations is very important for my girlfriend serve vegetarian dishes. Correct price no complaints perfect
We won free tickets for a show incl. dinner. Free dinner? Sounds great! But actually the (mediocre) dinner was not for free because they rip you off with the drinks. Cheapest white wine on the list was over 40 Euros. Simple bottle of water (and they keep pouring it into your glasses!) 9 Euros. Unpleasant experience.
THis restaurant is part of the Tigerpalast venue so you can eat dinner and follow it with a show. My expectations were fairly low but I was pleasantly surprised by how good the food was here. We were a private party of around 50 people but we had Michelin standard cuisine, the quail starter was great, the Beef fillet was... More
Dear Martin, thank you very much for your comment. We are very pleased to hear that you enjoyed your evening at the Tigerpalast. We much appreciate that your kind words concerning the high quality of our food and our show. We would be very happy to welcome you again at our restaurant and variety theatre. Kind regards your Tigerpalast-team. More
Tigerpalast offers a combination of a very good restaurant with a varieté show. The artists of the show are all high caliber - you can think of it as a muchh smaller version of cirque du soleil, but of similar quality. The tickets for the show are quite pricey (around 100 EUR) as is the restaurant. But food quality and... More
This restaurant is unique because it is really three different facilities on one property. First is the theater and this features all sorts of special shows and acts, from musicals to magic shows. The seating is intimate and the shows very popular. Second is the Bistro restaurant, which is often combined with the theater shows for groups. A cellar space... More
Possibly the best gourmet restaurant in Frankfurt with 6-course menu which doesn't put you to sleep. Extremely romantic if you manage to get one of the booth for 2. Dining here is like taking a journey to heaven and back!
good food, nice service, expensive, i´ve only eaten there during the shows, which was nice but you have nearly no space to eat
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I've decided to make this week Real Rooms week. Yes all the rooms I show are real but many of them have been styled and designed by magazines and professionals. But many of you have absolutely stunning rooms which deserve to be shared with other children's design lovers like yourselves.
To kick us off, here is a room of a little boy named Shepherd (great name BTW). Being from Texas myself, the room has a great subtle western feeling without necessarily having a "theme".
1 - What was the inspiration for your room?
I wanted the room to reflect things my husband likes...from the blue walls and bedding to the burn orange pillows and valances (he is a proud Texas Longhorn).
2 - What was the first piece that you purchased for the room?
Longhorn cowhide rug.
3 - What is your favorite aspect of the room?
I love the daybed with the trundle. We have already used it so much, from late night feedings to having my nieces spend the night.
4 - Now that your room is complete, what would you change or do differently if you could?
I had professional pictures taken a couple of times and I would have left more wall space for those to be hung. I am currently trying to refigure and it is hard!
Thank you Whitney for sharing this fabulous nursery! I personally love the Ikat upholstered stool with your cowhide rug. See you tomorrow with our next reader's room!
Photos taken by Christi Cosper of Candid Chic Photography


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McCain Speech to Shed Light
On Judicial Philosophy
May 6, 2008
John McCain steps out of his comfort zone Tuesday to address his judicial philosophy, a hot-button matter for social conservatives that encompasses abortion, guns and gay rights -- all topics on which Sen. McCain has rankled the right.
On nearly every score, Sen. McCain agrees with conservatives, but he has made a series of exceptions to their orthodoxy. As a result, while liberals think he is a conservative, conservatives fear he is a liberal.
These never have been matters that animated Sen. McCain's quarter-century in politics the way military or spending issues have. And while he considers himself religious, the likely Republican presidential nominee rarely speaks in public about religion or his personal faith.
Combined with his record of breaking with the party line on issues such as immigration, torture and campaign finance, this has led to a sense that Sen. McCain is something of a moderate on social policy as well. That impression hurts him with the social conservatives who form a critical part of his party's base, but it could help him with independent voters this fall.
It is hard to satisfy both, and when asked, Sen. McCain always emphasizes his conservative credentials. "I think I've been very strong on, quote, 'conservative social issues,' " he said in an interview.
At Tuesday's speech at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., he will articulate a conservative judicial philosophy and the principles he would use to appoint justices to the Supreme Court. That includes "strict interpretation of the Constitution" and antipathy for "judicial activism," a McCain adviser said.
In the past, he has praised Supreme Court justices Antonin Scalia, John Roberts and Samuel Alito.
Judges are a key issue for conservatives, who have concluded that they can't advance their agenda unless they have backing from the courts. The Tuesday speech is likely to tell them what they want to hear.
But Sen. McCain's record offers evidence for both sides of the culture wars. On nearly every hot-button issue, Sen. McCain has a "yes, but" answer.
Yes, he opposes abortion, but he supports federal funding for research using tissue from aborted fetuses and embryonic stem cells. Yes, he is opposed to same-sex marriage, but he opposes a U.S. constitutional amendment banning the unions.
Yes, he has voted to confirm a string of conservative judges, but he annoyed hard-liners when he participated in the "Gang of 14," a group of senators who banded together to preserve the rights of the minority (at the time, Democrats) to filibuster judicial nominees. He will address his role in that controversy Tuesday.
"Somewhat unfairly, a lot of conservatives feel that he sold out," said Curt Levey, executive director of the Committee for Justice, a conservative advocacy group. "He's been strong on judges, but he still has something to prove."
By any measure, Sen. McCain's positions are more palatable to conservatives than are those of Sens. Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, a point that activists on all these issues make.
But Sen. McCain's public appearances reinforce the idea that these issues aren't at the top of his priority list.
In town-hall meetings, Sen. McCain makes a point to explain his positions on terrorism, taxes, the economy, energy and health care. But in his prepared remarks, he never mentions abortion, same-sex marriage, judges or gun rights. When asked, he often responds quickly and moves on.
"Imagine if you were an economic conservative and someone never talked about tax policy unless they were asked about it," said Charmaine Yoest, a vice president at the Family Research Council, a conservative advocacy group focused on social issues.
Asked whether she thinks Sen. McCain really cares about the abortion issue, she said, "I don't know, and that's his problem."
When asked in February what social issues are most important to him, Sen. McCain didn't directly answer. "It's hard for me to rank them because a lot of us who are social conservatives focus on what we think are the threats to them," he said. "It's not so much that you have priorities...It's very difficult for me. I can't prioritize them for you."
In January, he was discussing the type of judges he would appoint to the Supreme Court and said: "It's not social issues I care about. It's the Constitution of the United States I care about."
On abortion, a number of people believe that Sen. McCain supports abortion rights. He doesn't. At a town-hall meeting in March, he vowed: "I will continue my commitment to rights of the unborn so we can give every soul the chance to exist on this Earth."
Yet nearly one in four women who support abortion rights and also support Sen. McCain believe that he shares their views, according to a Planned Parenthood Action Fund survey of women in 16 battleground states.
Planned Parenthood, which supports abortion rights, also found that about half of these supporters weren't sure about Sen. McCain's position. Just under 20% knew his stand on abortion but supported him anyway.
In fact, with the exception of fetal-tissue and stem-cell research, he has a long and consistent voting record opposing abortion. He supports sex-education programs that promote abstinence until marriage without any mention of contraception.
On gay rights, he opposes same-sex marriage and voted against employment nondiscrimination legislation. He supports the current "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military and opposes expanding the federal hate-crimes law to include sexual orientation. But he also opposes a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman, saying it violates states' rights.
On gun rights, he opposed the assault-weapons ban and mandatory waiting periods. But he co-sponsored legislation requiring background checks at gun shows. The National Rifle Association was bitterly opposed to limits set in the campaign-finance legislation Sen. McCain spearheaded.
The candidate will address these issues directly on May 16, when he speaks at the NRA's annual meeting. "He's had a stellar voting record with us," said NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam, "but we've also had a couple of high-profile disagreements."