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06 March 2019
Employment & Immigration Turkey
First-instance decision
Supreme Court decision
The Supreme Court, as per its established precedent, recently found that the failure of employees to use appropriate language in their written workplace correspondence with superiors or colleagues constitutes a valid reason for termination.
The Supreme Court has adopted a balanced approach between the principle of termination as last resort and the employer's management rights in reinstatement actions filed by employees laid off by their employers due to workplace behaviour. The language used by employees in correspondence with colleagues and superiors is frequently discussed in Supreme Court decisions in this context.
In the 9th Civil Law Chamber's 13 January 2016 decision, the Supreme Court overruled a first-instance decision and decided that an employee's actions constituted a valid reason for the termination of their employment. The Supreme Court stated that the content of emails sent by the claimant to his colleague and assistant general manager had damaged the employment relationship between the parties and the harmony and productivity of the working environment, making it impossible for the employer to continue its employment relationship with the employee.
The employer terminated an employment contract based on just cause due to an employee's:
The claimant filed a reinstatement action, stating that the termination had been unjust.
The first-instance court ruled that:
The Supreme Court decided that although the employee's actions had not been serious enough to constitute just cause for termination and deprive the employee of his termination benefits, the employer could not be expected to continue the employment relationship given the wording, tone and language used in the emails that the employee had sent to his assistant general manager and colleague. As a result, the court found that the employer had been entitled to terminate the employment relationship pursuant to Article 18 of the Labour Act.
The Supreme Court based its decision on the following reasons:
The Supreme Court has once again drawn attention to the use of language in workplace communications. In the above decision, the court sought to protect workplace harmony and business continuity against personal conflict by allowing the employer to terminate the employment relationship based on a valid reason.
This approach has been reflected in a number of recent regional appellate court decisions. For example, on 30 March 2017 the Ankara Regional Appellate Court decided that an employer was entitled to terminate an employment relationship for a valid reason due to the accusatory language, wording and tone used by an employee in workplace correspondence, despite the fact that some of the objections that the employee had raised against her employer had been reasonable. The court emphasised that wording, tone and language are important when employees try to claim their employment rights. The appellate court's decision was unsurprisingly approved by the Supreme Court.
Although court decisions may differ depending on the facts of specific cases, it is clear that employees must use appropriate language, wording and tone in written workplace correspondence.
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Our first Sunrise elopement on the sands of Byron Bay was just spectacular!! Our couple had a vision of something so profound and how lucky we were to facilitate this experience!! Tomas & Saki's story of connection is so amazing, it's really incredible that they crossed paths at all, let alone get married in paradise. It would be in the busy city of Tokyo where Tomas was teaching and Saki would be in his class, that they'd first meet. Out of the millions of humans in Tokyo they would connect, the fire was lit and their story had begun! It wasn't always easy with them living 1000's of Km apart at stages, but Love is a powerful thing and Tomas & Saki have that special mojo!! It was so beautiful to see the Australian & Japanese cultures merging on the sand, gathering in the pre dawn light. Half way through the ceremony, the sun rose next to Cape Byron and it was just breath taking!! All of us revelling in this celebration.
The celebrations continued over lunch at The Balcony, after our gorgeous couple adventured into the Byron Hinterland for some photos and finished with a swim in the ocean. So much fun, so romantic and an incredible wedding alternative!!
Photog - Bird & Boy Photography / Blooms - Lolas Wild Flowers / Celebrant - Benjamin Carlyle / Styling - Table Jewels / Beauty - Kasey Walker Hair & Make Up / Video - Camp On The Hill
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Sean Aita
Sean Aita trained as a classical actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and has performed professionally in a wide range of genres on stage, film, television, and radio. He is an award winning theatre director and playwright. Performance highlights include appearing in Ingmar Bergmann's Hamlet at the National Theatre, working with Anthony Mingella in originating the role of Walter in one of his first plays Two Planks and a Passion, playing Sir Robert Chiltern in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband at the Westminster Theatre opposite Jeremy Sinden, and working in the West End musical Buddy. Sean moved into directing by observing/assisting at the Royal Opera House, and English National Opera before starting his own company Animus in London with fellow BOVTS actor Adam Henderson. He subsequently became Associate Director at the Royal Theatre Northampton, where he won the Checkout Theatre award for his play Yallery Brown, co-produced with Forkbeard Fantasy which subsequently transferred to Greenwich Theatre. He has had a twenty five year association with Vienna's English Theatre in Austria where he has written, adapted and directed work seen by over 200,000 young people each year. As artistic director of regional touring theatre company Forest Forge, Sean's work was short-listed for the Stage Award for Achievement in Regional Theatre, for his season of productions in 2005/06. At Forest Forge Sean produced the company's first ever international co-production with Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador commissioning award winning writers Nell Leyshon and Robert Chafe. As a writer Sean's play Bin-it won the live event category of the 2009 International Visual Communications Association Clarion awards recognising best practice in communicating the importance of CSR, sustainable development, social inclusion and ethical debate. Sean has published extensively on theatre and led acting workshops in Geneva, Mexico City and Los Angeles.
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Past productions
- Virtual Heroes, Viennas English theatre
- Quel Tartuffe, Theatre Francais de Vienne
- Cyrano de Bergerac, Theatre Francais de Vienne
- Director, Huis Clos, Theatre Francais de Vienne
- Director, Othello, Shakespeare in Styria
- Director, Le Petit Prince, Theatre Francais de Vienne
- Director, Twelfth Night, Shakespeare in Styria
- Director, L'Ecole des Femmes, Theatre Francais de Vienne
- Director, Antigone, Theatre Francais de Vienne
- Director, A Wild Weekend, Forest Forge
- Writer and Producer, To the Marrow, Forest Forge
- Director, As You Like It, Guildford Shakespeare / Yvonne Arnaud
- Director, Butler's Marsh, Forest Forge
- Producer, New Found Lands, Forest Forge
- Director, Twelfth Night, Guildford Shakespeare / Yvonne Arnaud
- Director, Le Malade Imaginaire, Theatre Francais de Vienne
- Director, The Country Wife, Forest Forge
- Director, Dangerous Obsession, Vienna's English Theatre
- Director, A Dog's Life, Vienna's English Theatre
- Director, Piege Pour Un Homme Seul, Theatre Francais de Vienne
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Prof. David Bridge (British) teaches at the Master's and MBA level. He is currently CEO of Bridge Interim Management Sarl providing CFO services to start up organisations throughout Europe. Prof. Bridge has more than 35 years of experience primarily with fast growing hi-tech Companies.
Prior to founding Bridge Interim Management Prof. Bridge spent more than 15 years with Autodesk, a $2B+ US software company. He held a number of senior level roles in Autodesk in Europe, Middle East and Africa, including responsibilities for Finance, IT, M and A, Sales Operations and Sales Channel organisations.
Prof. Bridge has lived in the Suisse Romande region for more than 20 years and has extensive international experience having lived and worked in the US and Asia as well as Europe. He is a qualified UK Chartered Accountant with an MBA from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, UK and a Bsc in Computer Science and Accounting from Manchester University, UK.


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Mr. Lisk joins New Meridian after fifteen years at the College Board, where he was the Executive Director of System Partnerships and Outreach.
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Formerly Chief Strategy Officer for the WIDA Consortium, Mr. Markow helped develop standards, curriculum resources, and assessments for a consortium of 37 states in support of English language learners.
A Rhodes Scholar and former Teach For America educator, Dr. Mikuta is currently the President of Education at the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. Her experience also includes NewSchools Venture Fund, the Center for Reform of School Systems (CRSS), and The D.C. Board of Education.
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About : "Unable to login Windows 10 stuck on preparing Windows Screen"
You may unable to login to Windows 10 as it stuck on preparing Windows screen. Usually you see preparing for Windows screen when Windows is loading required services, drivers, or waiting to complete task and process. As a first step, you can just restart your computer and try logging in again. Still Windows stuck on preparing Windows screen. No warries this guide will show to how to resolve the "Unable to login Windows 10 stuck on preparing Windows Screen?" issues in your computer.
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RECOMMENDED: Fix this issue in 3 simple steps. Takes only 2 minutes.
1) Download repair utility.
2) Install program and click Scan button.
3) Click Fix Errors button when scan is completed.
4) Restart your computer.
Why and when this "Unable to login Windows 10 stuck on preparing Windows Screen?" error occurs
Usually you may see Preparing Windows screen when below points are true.
- Your computer is unable to load services.
- Windows has too many start-up items to load. Hence, it is taking time to load.
- Your user account profile may be faulty or not loading.
- Anti-virus is faulty or not allowing to load Windows.
How to fix "Unable to login Windows 10 stuck on preparing Windows Screen" error ?
Quick Note: Before making any changes in your computer, I suggest you to create a System Restore point, so that you can restore back your computer to previous working state if something went wrong.
Step 1: Reboot your computer in Safe Mode. Disable Start-up Items.
We shall go ahead and reboot your computer is Safe Mode to allow Windows load basic drivers and services. Learn how to reboot your computer in Safe Mode. Is your computer rebooting normally with did not stuck at Preparing Windows screen?
If Yes – Your computer is booting fine in Safe mode without Preparing Windows Screen – Then your Windows files are working as expected. So what is causing the Preparing Windows screen issue?
- Third party services on start-up are corrupted.
- Anti-virus is faulty or not allowing to load Windows.
Then let us learn How to manage start-up items in Windows.
In these steps, we are going to remove corrupted services and other items from Windows start-up. After removing start-up items, we are going to restart the computer in normal mode to make sure the computer is loading usually.
- Press Windows + R key at a time to bring up Run command.
- Click on Services Tab. Check Hide all Microsoft services. Click Disable all tab. Click Apply.
- Reboot the computer in Normal mode now. Is your computer booting normally without Preparing Windows Screen. If No continue with further resolution steps below.
Step 2: Correct User Profile settings in registry editor.
- Press Windows + R to bring up Run command and type Registry Editor. Click on enter.
- Navigate to the following key:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
- This will have a list of all user profiles on the PC. Click on each S-1-5 folder and double-click the ProfileImagePath entry to find out which user account it relates to. On one of them, you should see a path like 'C\Users\ACK' where 'ACK' is the username.
- You know which account is corrupt. So, look for a key with name RefCount and change the Value data to 0 and click OK. If it is not available, right-click in the right pane, and create it.
- Next, double-click on the key State, make sure the Value data is again 0 and click OK.
- Close the registry editor and restart your PC.
Learn more: The User Profile Service failed the logon User profile cannot be loaded
Steps 3: Create New User account or User profile.
- Go to Settings. You can get there from the Start menu.
- Click Accounts.
- Click Family & Other Users in the left windowpane.
- Click "Add a family member" or "Add someone else to this PC
- You can click on created user account to make it Administrator
- Select Administrator and click OK.
Refer this guide: How to create user account
Step 4: Repair System files Run System File Checker (SFC scan)
SFC is stand for System files checker. It is very useful tool in Windows. It can repair Windows files like DLL and services.
- Press Windows key to open the Start Menu.
- Type as command prompt or cmd in the search field.
- Right-click on Command Prompt. Select Run as Administrator.
- Enter the password if asked.
- Type as sfc /scannow on command prompt.
- Reboot the computer once it is completed 100%.
Step 5: Repair errors or bad sectors in hard disk drive.
CHKDSK is a Windows utility that can check the integrity of your hard disk and can fix various file system errors. To run it from Command Prompt, here are the instructions:
- Press Windows key to open the Start Menu
- Select Search
- Type-in CMD
- Right-click on Command Prompt from the search results list
- Right Click and Run as administrator
- In command, prompt type as below.
- chkdsk C: /f /r /x
The parameters for this command are:
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- /x option will force the volume you're about to check to be dismounted before the utility begins a scan
- If the C: drive is in use, type Y to run a scan at your PC's next restart. If so, exit Command Prompt and restart the computer.
Step 6: Disable or uninstall anti-virus.
Check your antivirus manufacturer's website for additional suggestions or Disable the antivirus software. And Disable the firewall in router. If you found outlook is working fine after disable the antivirus software, highly recommended to uninstall the same using their removal tool and reinstall it.
Follow below links to disable, uninstall or reinstall antivirus software from your computer
- How to temporarily disable any antivirus firewall
- Remove-reinstall Norton anti-virus using Norton removal tool
- Completely uninstall AVG products
- Disable Windows Defender in Windows 8/10
- Turn Windows Defender on or off in Windows 8
- Turn Windows Defender on or off in Windows 7
List of manual antivirus uninstallers:
Click the link associated with the antivirus software currently installed on your system and follow the prompts or instructions on the website. Once uninstallation is complete, you will need to restart your computer.
- Avast
- Avira
- BitDefender
- BullGuard
- CA Antivirus
- Comodo Internet Security
- CounterSpy
- Cyber Defender Early Detection Center
- Dr. Web : (Only registered Dr.Web users can access support content)
- eScan
- FRISK F-PROT Antivirus for Windows
- F-Secure
- G Data
- Kaspersky
- K7 Total Security
- LavaSoft
- Malwarebytes
- McAfee
- Microsoft Security Essentials
- Norman Virus Control/Norman Security Suite
- Norton (Symantec)
- Norton Security Scan
- Panda
- Panda Cloud Internet Protection
- Pareto Logic
- Sophos
- Spybot Search & Destroy
- Total Defense Anti-Virus (formerly CA Anti-Virus)
- Trend Micro
- Trend Micro Titanium
- Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Agent
- Vipre (Sunbelt Software)
- Webroot
- Windows Defender
- Windows Live OneCare
- Windows Security Essentials
- Zone Alarm
How to avoid this error "Unable to login Windows 10 stuck on preparing Windows Screen?"
Windows 10 stuck on preparing Windows Screen error occurs mainly when you have many items on Windows start-up, User account corrupted, anti-virus corrupted. Suggest you to enable only required services in start-up and remove unwanted services, as Windows may take time to load them. Optimize your computer to work faster and smoother. Do not install several anti-virus applications. As they conflict, each other create issues in your computer. Make sure your antivirus software is up to data and working fine.
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Gardai probe fatal road crash as man dies following collision with barrier in Dublin
It is understood the accident happened at around 6.30am
Gardai are investigating after a man in his 20s passed away following a serious road collision with on the Naas Road in Dublin.
The driver died following what officers called a "serious road incident" on the motorway shortly after 6.30am.
The stretch of road has remained closed all morning following the crash to facilitate an examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators but has since reopened.
A Garda spokesman said the man was fatally injured when the 4x4 vehicle he was driving collided with a barrier at Junction 2 near Kingswood.
He was taken to Tallaght Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Gardai wish to appeal for witnesses to contact Clondalkin Garda Station on 01 6667600, The Garda Confidential Telephone Line 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station.
Severe tailbacks remain on the N7 Naas Rd heading outbound, and motorists travelling out of Dublin are being advised to take the M50 to Tallaght or Lucan and not to take Red Cow exit.


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Coming up on March 30-31, Oak Hills Christian College will host the first annual Chinook days. Deriving its name from a meteorological term that describes warm west winds which usher in spring, our hope is that Chinook will usher students into a new season of their spiritual lives.
It's not just formal programming that makes Oak Hills the best Christian College in Minnesota. A great on campus college experience must include fun.
Sports on campus are not just for those who can play volleyball, basketball, or run cross-country. We have some intramural teams as well, for those who love to be active and compete but need a more relaxed atmosphere and something less time-consuming than a full-season team that travels.
We have a lot going on at Oak Hills right now!
Not only are we in process of constructing a brand new state-of-the-art residence hall, but we've also redesigned the main road and entrace to our campus. It is going to look amazing when it is done, with plans to widen it to 50 feet, and add sidewalks and light poles the whole way in! This is going to provide a really nice road into campus and a comfortable and safe walkway for our students to get from campus apartment buildings to the main quad. The plan is to have this work done before students get here in the Fall.
We also held our official groundbreaking ceremony for the new residence halls on Saturday. Many current students, alumni, staff, board members, and community members attended that. We had a short program beforehand and prayed for the new building too. You can check out the whole story on Lakeland News.
HOORAY for Real Transformation! New construction has begun at Oak Hills.
The crews have started tearing up sidewalks and are currently digging for the plumbing. The official groundbreaking is going to occur on May 7th right after this spring's wonderful Senior class graduates! When it's done this project will help make Oak Hills one of the nicest Christian colleges in Minnesota.
It is an interesting concept, watching the crews work while I should be doing work in my office, but seeing the start of this new building is too exciting of an experience for me. I've watched many students on the front porches of current residence halls watching the crews too. Maybe I should tell them to do their homework? I think they are just as excited to be moving into the new space as we are to see the new building go up. This is a great step to improving Christian college student life. Currently, many of our younger students are staying in halls that were originally built in the 1950's. As we continue to work towards our goal of being one the country's top christian colleges, this upgrade is perfectly timed.
One of the things that Oak Hills is known for is the tightly-knit community we foster not only among the students but also with the faculty and staff.
One of the most popular events within the school are the Hostetter Cookie Nights, when the entire staff, faculty, and student body are invited to come to a fellowship at President Steven Hostetter's house. There's nothing like a homemade cookie to make you feel like you belong.


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Uppy 0.28: A look behind the scenes
Monday Nov 5, 2018
0.28, we are introducing a new "Single Upload" mode, improving on the Status Bar plugin with a spinner and different pause/resume/cancel buttons. We'll also share some progress on bringing back unified locale packs and a Transloadit Preset 🍁
Single Uploads
Uppy has been flexible about uploading lots of things from the start. You can add files at any time, even after uploads have already started. This is neat, but not always the desired behaviour: sometimes, you just want to upload a few files together with a form. In that case, it's useful to allow users to only upload a set of files once. 0.28.0 adds some options to help with that!
An upload in Uppy terminology can be more than one file. Users can add a bunch of files and when they press "Upload", all those files are bunched up into an upload. They can then add more files and press the "Upload" button again: the new files are bunched into a second upload.
The new
allowMultipleUploads option in Uppy Core can be set to
false to only allow a single one of those uploads. Once an upload is started, the Dashboard and Status Bar no longer show "add files" and "upload" buttons. You can listen for a 'complete' event and then safely continue your app's form flow.
The Dashboard also has a new option:
closeAfterFinish. When
true, the modal Dashboard will automatically hide once an upload has completed. You should only use this option in conjunction with
allowMultipleUploads, otherwise it might close the Dashboard when the user isn't done yet! It can only be used with the modal Dashboard, when
inline is set to
false. "Closing" an inline Dashboard makes no sense :smile: You will see a warning in the console in both cases, so you don't have to remember all that.
Speaking of the Dashboard, it now also shows more statuses in the title bar: "Upload complete", "Upload paused", "Processing 5 files" and "Uploading 5 files".
Status Bar improvements
- ⚠ breaking We've added separate options for hiding pause/resume and cancel buttons. So now there are several options for buttons:
hideCancelButton. These options can be passed from the Dashboard, if you are not using Status Bar separately (most common case). See the docs for more info: https://uppy.io/docs/status-bar/.
- The Status Bar now features a spinner animation when upload is in progress.
- Encoding (with the Transloadit plugin, for example) and uploading progress now get different colors, so it's easier to tell what's happening, visually.
Locale packs
In the beginning, we used to have unified locale packs for text strings in Uppy — English, Russian, German, Polish, etc. Then we made a switch to per-plugin locales, and the ability to load one file with locale strings in any language (locale pack) was lost for a while. This release is the first step in bringing this functionality back.
With this change, you can load a locale pack like so:
const uppy = Uppy({locale: german}), then still override specific strings in a certain plugin, if needed:
const uppy = Uppy({locale: german}) uppy.use(Dashboard, { trigger: '#pick-files', locale: { strings: { dropPasteImport: 'Something else here, %{browse} or this' } } })
The benefit to this is that there will be a central point of configuration for languages, so there could be language packs with strings for, e.g., Czech at @uppy/lang-cz (or @uppy/langs/cz) that would be very easy to contribute to (or use).
After Uppy 0.28.0, this functionality is technically possible, but we still need to update and publish locale packs for multiple languages.
Hosted Companion with Transloadit
When using remote providers such as Google Drive and Dropbox, so that your users can pick files from these sources, you can host Companion yourself, or use the one provided by Transloadit. And to simplify the latter, you can now use
Transloadit.COMPANION and
Transloadit.COMPANION_PATTERN constants in remote provider options:
const Dropbox = require('@uppy/dropbox') const Transloadit = require('@uppy/transloadit') uppy.use(Dropbox, { serverUrl: Transloadit.COMPANION serverPattern: Transloadit.COMPANION_PATTERN })
Please see Transloadit plugin documentation for more details.
Transloadit Preset
Lately, we've been working on a wrapper package around Uppy and the Transloadit plugin that will make common Transloadit-based workflows much simpler to implement. It's not ready just yet, but it should land in the next month!
This "preset" will provide three or so simple methods:
transloadit.form(), to enhance a form with existing file
<input>s with Transloadit encoding capabilities, powered by Uppy's resilient uploading plugins
transloadit.modal(), to show a one-off modal Dashboard that uploads to Transloadit's encoding backend
transloadit.upload(), to instruct Uppy to upload files, using your own UI instead
Stay tuned!
Other Cool Changes
- @uppy/core: ⚠ breaking remove
file-removedshould be enough, see #1069 for details
- @uppy/companion: ⚠ breaking Migrated provider adapter to Companion: saves 5KB on the frontend, all heavy lifting moved to the server side
- @uppy/companion: Removed an erroneous TypeScript dependency that added 40MB to the install size
- @uppy/thumbnail-generator: You can now constrain thumbnail height, thanks to @richartkeil, see #1096 for documentation (we are planning to add real Thumbnail Generator documentation soon, too!)
- @uppy/webcam: Fix getting data from Webcam recording if mime type includes codec metadata (#1094 / @goto-bus-stop)
- meta: Added integration tests (in real browsers, thanks to Sauce Labs) for @uppy/url, @uppy/transloadit and @uppy/thumbnail-generator 🚀
See full changelog (0.28 and 0.27.x patches) for more
See you in the next release!
The Uppy Team


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Normally, Daily News not a great source, but if Justin Raimondo (has been running antiwar.com since 1996, arguably most reliable non-partisan site on the net) is linking, it's almost certainly true.
Interesting, reports are that Flynn nixed idea of his former boss, Stanley MacCrystal, or James Mattis having positions in administration. It's interesting because if you've ever read the book "The Operators," by the little shit from "Rolling Stone" who got MacCrystal shitcanned for ragging on King Nigger when he was head of JSOC, both Flynn brothers were supposedly loyal to him beyond anything, which makes you wonder what has happened since then.
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May 21, 2019
The Bethpage State Park is an iconic all-American golf course that bridges history with sport.
The 2019 PGA Championship was held May 16-19 at Bethpage State Park, which has earned the moniker of "The People's Country Club."
The original estate was owned by the Yoakum family which comprised of more than 1,400 acres. Famed golf architect, A.W. Tillinghast, was hired to redesign the existing golf course as well as the construction of three more on the property: Black, Red, and Blue. In 1958, the height of the American Golf and Country Club was at its peak.
To help accommodate more players, Alfred Tull, acquiesced to the request made by Bethpage State Park officials to build another course. This new course would be called the Yellow course in keeping with the theme of the pre-existing courses.
Bethpage is known for its extreme difficulty and is not recommended for golf novices. It is consistently ranked as one of the top 100 most challenging courses in the country, which is why it was chosen as this year's PGA Championship venue.
Golf enthusiasts from far and wide ventured to Long Island, New York, to watch their favorite professionals in action. Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, Tiger Woods, Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, Rory McIlroy and many more compete for the $11,000,000 purse and PGA title.
Tiger Woods was the favorite going in on the heels of a Masters win, however, that was not to be the case. Brooks Koepka along with Dustin Johnson outplayed the old-guard (Mickelson and Woods) for the title win on the back nine. Koepka kept his cool and dominated while Johnson failed to capitalize on key shots that ultimately cost him the title. This was another gut-wrenching defeat for Dustin Johnson who has been the runner-up a number of times in majors.
Not only did he lose another PGA title, but he also was knocked off as the world's top golfer ranking, No. 1.
Koepka gained a comfortable lead going into round 4, but Johnson began to catch-up to Koepka's lead. Only two strokes separated them in the final stretch, then 1 stroke. Koepka -9 par and Johnson -8 par left the match too close to call. Fans started to chant "Dj, Dj, Dj!" for Dustin Johnson. It came down to the final chip and putt where Johnson shot the ball past the hole. He knew then a birdie was the only way to come out ahead, but given his bogey on No. 17 it was too little too late.
Brooks Koepka ended up winning by a two stroke margin.
Bethpage Black was Koepka's fourth overall win and second PGA tour victory. He joins the "pro" club along with Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan, and Jack Nicklaus who all have multiple PGA wins. Koepka also shares a consecutive victory with Tiger Woods who had back-to-back wins '06-'07.
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Hero King, Gazel Dwargo (英雄王 ガゼル・ドワルゴ Eiyū-ō Gazeru Dowarugo) is the fifth episode of the anime adaptation of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.
A fortune teller elf decides to predict Rimuru's destined one, showing him a vision of a girl parting ways with her family. When Vesta, the minister who ordered the swords, arrives and insults Rimuru, Kaijin punches him in anger, resulting in both him, Rimuru, and the other dwarves getting arrested and put on trial. During the trial, the Hero King Gazel Dwargo, who has a history with Kaijin, exiles him and his men, who join Rimuru as his team of artisans. After also exiling Vesta for his dishonest actions, Gazel, noticing Rimuru's connections with Veldora, dispatches a ninja to follow him.
While still at the bar, one of the elves working there offers to read Rimuru Tempest's future in order to find the person who he is destined to meet. In the crystal ball, Rimuru is treated to a vision of a woman and five children leading Rimuru to wonder who they are. Around the same time a local Minister, Vesta pipes up and questions Kaijin on what he's doing there when he should be trying to complete his order.
However, Kaijin explains that he already sent in all twenty of the long swords he was made to complete, surprising the noble. Deciding to quickly change the topic, Vesta comments that he's more concerned that a lowly slime has been let into such a high-class establishment and makes his displeasure known by dumping a mug full of alcohol on Rimuru.
Kaijin, thoroughly enraged by Vesta's disrespectful behavior punches him cleanout. Though Rimuru is initially concerned that this will cause trouble for Kaijin and the bar Kaijin asks that Rimuru take him to his town to act as the artisan that Rimuru required. Unfortunately, Kaijin's brother Kaidou is forced to arrest the four dwarfs and one slime and keep them as a prisoner until their trial.
Once inside of the prison again Rimuru realizes that he left Gobta tied up in the cell, who is still asleep. Rimuru wakes the sleeping goblin and informs him that if he wants out of his silky prison he will have to summon his Tempest Wolf and get himself out. Kaijin apologizes for his behavior and explains to Rimuru his history with Vesta.
Originally, Kaijin was a captain of one of Seven Orders of Royal Knights under King Gazel Dwargo's command and Vesta was his aid. Unfortunately, one day one of Vesta's projects, the Magisoldier Project, spectacularly malfunctioned as a result of Vesta's rush, and Vesta pushed the blame on Kaijin who was forced to resign. Since then Vesta constantly makes unreasonable demands of the Dwarf Smith trying to get him into trouble.
Despite that Kaijin insists that Vesta isn't a bad person at heart and believes that he might be better if Kaijin leaves, which is another reason why the dwarf wants to go work for Rimuru. Likewise, the three brothers intend to follow Kaijin under Rimuru's employment. The next day the five are called into court and quickly realize their trial has been rigged.
Since the five aren't allowed to speak unless spoken to their lawyer speaks instead, who makes it quite clear that he has already drafted their confessions. Vesta meanwhile has dramatically exaggerated his injuries and collected eyewitness testimony stating that Kaijin and his accomplices attacked Vesta unprovoked while he was in the middle of a drink.
Before the five can be sentenced however Gazel asks Kaijin if he ever intends to return to his employ, to which Kaijin says no. The four dwarfs and one slime are banished never to return to the city. Alone with Vesta, the King questions him on if there's anything he would like to say to him before he too is banished from the Kingdom.
Gazel reveals that he knew who really was responsible for the Magisoldier failure all along, but because of his high hopes for Vesta did not expose his lie but now his antics have gone too far. Gazel reveals the Hipokte Grass potions that Rimuru created that is superior in ability to the ones that they can create, and now because of Vesta all of their ties have been cut off with that slime.
Thus a teary-eyed Vesta is thanked for his service, before being led out of the court never to return, his dream of one day being of use to the King utterly shattered. The brothers Kaijin and Kaidou have a heartfelt farewell while the King looks on, he instructs an elven assassin to apprehend the lawyer before sending her to spy on Rimuru, acknowledging him as a threat on par with the missing Veldora.
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- Destined One
- Five Children
- Tempest Wolf
- Veldora Tempest (Mentioned)
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- Henrietta
Adaptation Notes
This Episode Adapts the Following Material:
- Light Novel Volume 1: Empowerment
- Chapter 3: Through the Dwarven Kingdom
- Manga Volume 1
- Chapter 6: The Fated One
- Manga Volume 2
- Chapter 7: The Hero-King's Judgement
- To Be Added.
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Cognitive dissonance is perhaps the most fundamental concept for an understanding of undue influence and coercive control.
Every now and then, a great genius lights up the world and creates a new perspective. Leon Festinger was such a one, and his cognitive dissonance is one of the most important ideas of the last century.
New ideas take time to root and are usually ignored or opposed before they can be accepted. Darwin's natural selection and the acceptance of the unconscious mind are two examples of this.
Festinger's work has transformed psychology. But still his name had not entered Microsoft's spell checker, more than 60 years after his profound discovery.
Festinger realized that reason does not necessarily inform our decision-making. Instead, we usually hold on to our beliefs and adapt – or ignore – the facts that conflict with our beliefs. Any conflict between behavior, emotion and thought creates an unpleasant sensation, much like the grating dissonance between two or more inharmonious musical notes. To end this uncomfortable feeling, we will tend to reject the source – even when that source is very hard evidence indeed.
Prejudices are basic to paradigms – sets of beliefs that govern our view of the world. In Ken Burns' wonderful Jazz documentaries, a white aficionado explains that as a child, at the beginning of the twentieth century, in the Deep South, he was led to believe that black people were inferior to whites and incapable of intelligence.
He suffered overwhelming cognitive dissonance when he first saw Louis Armstrong perform. Armstrong was quite evidently a genius. His creativity was fundamental to the development of jazz and his virtuosity transformed trumpet playing and singing in all genres of popular music.
The young white man understood that he had been fed false information, and was able to resolve the cognitive dissonance by rejecting that information. His ability to change his perspective is a lesson we should all take to heart, because all too often we follow our beliefs instead of the evidence.
There is no doubt that the paradigm shift that ended racial segregation in the United States was accelerated by the genius of black performers. Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson, Nina Simone, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Harry Belafonte and a host of others showed that black people could burst with talent.
Incidentally, prejudices against Jews were challenged at the same time, through the likes of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and the many composers of jazz standards and musicals (most of whom were Jewish). Many of the most talented comedians and classical musicians have also been Jewish.
While idiotic prejudices continue, they are less prevalent and are no longer supported by law, as they were well into the 20th century.
This post is an excerpt from Jon's new book, Opening Minds – The Secret World of Undue Influence, Coercive Control & Manipulators, scheduled for release in the fall of 2019


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1991: Michelle Akers leads the U.S. to victory in the first ever Women's World Cup
On Nov. 30, 1991 Michelle Akers, center, scored two goals for the U.S. to win the first FIFA World Championship for Women's Football. She is seen here holding the trophy together with teammates Julie Foudy, left, and Carin Jennings, right.
1999: Brandi Chastain scores goal in penalty shootout to beat China
On July 10, 1999 Brandi Chastain scored the fifth and final goal in a penalty shootout to lead the U.S. to victory over China. Her famous celebration made the moment one of the most iconic in sports history.
2003: Nia Kunzer scores a 98th-minute goal to defeat Sweden in the final
On Oct. 12, 2003, Nia Kuenzer of Germany scored the winning goal against Kristin Bengtsson of Sweden during overtime in the final. She became the first woman to win the German title "Goal of the Year" for her late-game shot.
2007: Brazil's Marta scores to defeat the U.S.
On Sept. 27, 2007 Marta of Brazil scored one of the most memorable game winners in the history of the Women's World Cup. The goal won Brazil the semi-final match against the U.S.
2007: English forward Kelly Smith kisses her boot after scoring back-to-back goals against Japan
It wasn't just through her skills that England's Kelly Smith captured the world's attention. Her famous celebration after scoring against Japan on Sept. 11, 2007 cemented her as a Women's World Cup celebrity.
2007: Germany beats Brazil in the final
The Sept. 30, 2007 final was truly a contest between an unstoppable force (Brazil had 17 goals the way to the final) and an immovable object (Germany had not given up a single goal). In the end Germany prevailed, holding onto their perfect defensive run, winning the game 2-0 and becoming the first team to win back-to-back Women's World Cups.
2011: Team USA beats Brazil in the quarterfinal
After 120 minutes of regular time and extra time, the U.S. and Brazil were locked in a 2-2 standoff in the quarterfinals on July 10, 2011. Abby Wambach scored a late-game equalizer to push the game to a penalty shootout where Hope Solo made two diving saves to bring the U.S. to victory.
2011: Japan defeats the U.S. to win the World Cup
Only months after the devastating earthquake off the coast of Japan, the Japanese clenched their first Women's World Cup victory on July 17, 2011. After a close match that ended tied 2-2, the game was decided in a penalty shootout, 3-1 in favor of Japan.


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The Golden Hour
Posted on July 09, 2015
Have you been watching the Wimbledon? I caught a few of the later matches last week and as the sun was going down it lit up the court, transforming the players into mythical warriors with golden auras. Even the midges were tinged with magic!
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PHOTOS: Arctic Monkeys add nuance to blues rock at Bill Graham Civic
SAN FRANCISCO — Rock icons Arctic Monkeys, on tour supporting new album Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, made a stop at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Saturday for the first of two sold-out shows in the City.
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Mini Mansions
8 p.m., Sunday
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Tickets: Sold out.
The Arctic Monkeys played a diverse set that included cuts from 2013's AM and older material in addition to the new LP. The band's 90-minute set incorporated unexpected hints of funk and soul amid the more traditional and heavily blues-influenced riffage. Deep, thundering drums rumbled across the auditorium while frontman Alex Turner belted out restless and gritty lyrics. A synthesizer added some surprising sonic diversity and nuance to the waves of distortion.
The Arctic Monkeys had a large band on stage, using two percussionists, two guitarists, a bassist and a keyboardist while constantly switching out instruments to fit the needs of the set. The band's technical versatility was especially impressive toward the latter half of the show, when Turner and co. softened their musical aesthetic to construct warm melodies. This was unlike the Arctic Monkeys of past albums, when the band focused on minimal, no-nonsense rock and roll. The Saturday show demonstrated the range and technicality of the Arctic Monkeys. Surges of violent distortion contrasted with sharp, clear vocal hooks. Turner and Jamie Cook added subtle levels of texture to the band's soundscape with their guitar-playing.
Songs like "I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor" highlighted the Arctic Monkeys' high-energy stage presence. The aggressive, fast-paced and seemingly endless attack of the song left fans chaotically dancing and jumping around. The band didn't leave the audience with much time to process these songs before jumping into the next one.
Following a lengthy set, the Arctic Monkeys returned for a three-song encore that ended with the popular anthem "R U Mine." By that point, the room had turned into a dancefloor.
Openers Mini Mansions started the night off with a series of bluesy pop ballads. The band's 30-minute set highlighted the vocal harmonization between lead singer Michael Shuman and keyboardist Tyler Parkford. Mini Mansions' clean-cut, drum-heavy pop allowed Shuman's and Parkford's lyrical melodies to clearly shine above the in-your-face instrumentation that the band employed. This focus allowed Mini Mansions to build a haunting and enchanting atmosphere that rose above the band's bluesy rhythms.
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First, hope you and the Calfee folks are all healthy and still able to work during the pandemic.
Second, thanks again for all your assistance as I was building my bamboo frame. I finished the frame and built it out with fun SRAM gravel components. I'm enjoying riding it and getting lots of compliments about it. It really rides well.
Since this is the first frame I've ever built, you and Craig's videos were indispensable.
I might change a few minor things that didn't quite work as planned. For instance,
- I thought I had put in chain stays to allow for 650×42 tires. I installed 650 x 38 Gravel kings but even those were too wide. I have switched to 650 x 33. They will be fine. I focused on getting the outside edge of the chain stay on the bottom bracket. To get spacing I wanted, I think I should have tapered the chain stay a little bit. Does that make sense?
- I should have paid closer attention to intersection of head tube and down tube. I had plenty of room to have that joint several millimeters above the bottom of the aluminum tube. But I had it very close. With a Dremel tool and some sanding, I made it work.
I raise this point so if you ever issue any "addenda" to the videos, you might mention that.
Best and stay healthy during these crazy times.
On July 4, 2010, Joost Notenboom and Michiel Roodenburg, began a 20 month bicycle journey from Deadhorse in northern Alaska to the Antarctic Peninsula south of Ushuaia. Their mission was to take one bottle of icy Alaskan water from the Beaufort Sea down to the seas around Antarctica in a symbolic effort to complete the natural water cycle and raise awareness for the global water crisis that is leaving over 1 billion people around the world without access to safe and clean drinking water.
This incredible adventure took them through sixteen countries and across roughly 30.000 km of paved and unpaved roads, mountain passes, and dirt tracks. The trip started above the Arctic Circle and other regions along the way included the Alaskan and Canadian wilderness, the forests of the Pacific Northwest, the desert areas of Baja, the rainforests of Central and South America, the Andes highlands of Peru and Bolivia, the steppes of Patagonia, and the ice sheets of Antarctica.
To make this an even greater challenge, Cycle for Water was the first ever attempt to do all this by cycling the entire route on bamboo bicycles. This was a critical component towards minimizing the team's carbon footprint and to demonstrate that many challenges can be overcome by using sustainable solutions.
We received this email from the Cycle for Water team on March 30, 2012. In their own words;
"Twenty months ago, me and my buddy Joost started cycling from Alaska, going south on two of your bamboo bicycles. I'm very happy to report that we made it to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the America's after a 12.000 mile trip. It was the first successful cycling expedition from Alaska to Argentina on bamboo bicycles!
The bamboo bicycles performed perfectly and after putting in the bamboo spokes at your workshop, did not have any problems with broken spokes whatsoever.
One of the things we learned on this trip was the importance of teamwork; not only the two of us working together, but also all the people and organizations that supported us along the way. In short, we couldn't have done it without you and the bamboo bicycles. The bikes created so much attention and together with our mission to raise awareness for the global water crisis, which is leaving 1 billion people on this earth without access to clean drinking water, we were able to get a lot of press and media interested. Our highlight: 6 interviews with CNN.
Along the way we spoke at many schools, universities and companies. And the bamboo bicycles were always in the center of attention.
Long distance bicycle touring on bamboo bicycles is not a very common thing, but I hope we inspired some people to choose bamboo.
Last cool thing I wanted to mention; we actually took one of the bikes with us to Antarctica where we cycled a couple of miles on the ice. We think this might be the first time a Calfee Design/bamboo bicycle made it to the icy continent, the last true wilderness on earth.
Thanks again for all your support and the great bicycles, of course. They are truly pieces of art, but very functional at the same time.
Kind regards,
Joost and Michiel
PS; find attached a couple of pictures of us and the bamboo bikes!
Concreet Table
A flat table is key to building straight frames. Melamine chip board is fine for awhile but it will eventually warp, especially if left outside. Build a long lasting, warp-proof flat table out of reinforced concrete with a poured epoxy surface. Find a mostly flat floor to work on. Lay down a strong plastic sheet (Visqueen) that's at least 4 mils thick. Continue to instructions
Cable Stop Guide for Bamboo
Causes, Prevention and Fixes
Splitting of bamboo is caused mainly by rapid changes in moisture content of the bamboo. This
can be caused by rapid changes in relative humidity of the atmosphere, or the bamboo being dried
unevenly, or getting soaked and then drying out too quickly. Some bamboo species are more
prone to splitting than others. And thinner walled bamboo is more susceptible to splitting. Lastly,
the septums of the bamboo (those little walls at each node) can cause splitting even if the bamboo
dries out slowly. The septum does not shrink along with the rest of the bamboo when it dries and
it resists, causing a split right at the node. That's why we drill out the septums.
Another cause of splitting is uneven wall thickness, which is caused by the bamboo leaning at
more than 45 degrees while it grows. Those sections are found in the lower half of the "leaner"
and can split because it dries out unevenly – similar to "reaction wood" in wood working.
The best way to prevent the bamboo from experiencing rapid changes of moisture content is to
properly dry the bamboo and later, seal it with a waterproof coating. The best coatings are two
part automotive clear coats. But special equipment and a practiced technique are required for
those. Epoxies also work but as a water proof outer coating, will turn yellowish from solar UV
exposure and won't protect casting tape, which also breaks down under UV exposure. Of the rattle-
can sprays, the UV resistant Krylon clear seems to hold up the best. Before coating, it is very
important to sand or peel the outer skin off the bamboo because that is made of a waxy material
that resists any coating.
With bamboo bicycles, riding in the rain can allow water to accumulate inside the seat tube if you
ride without a rear fender (mudguard). Water can splash up to the back side of the seatpost and
drip down into the slot of the seat binder, making it's way to the bottom of the seat tube, where it
can collect and eventually soak into the bamboo. Preventing water from entering the seat tube
with a silicone sealant at the slot can help. Another method is to allow the water to enter but
provide a drain hole at the bottom of the seat tube for it to exit. The professional method is to fill
the lower half of the seat tube with an expanding polyurethane foam and paint the inside of the
upper portion with a waterproofing sealer. This also seals up any passages between the seat tube
and the down tube.
There are three levels of splitting: minor, small and severe.
A minor split is a very small crack that one can catch with a fingernail. They generally don't
penetrate to the inside of the bamboo. These can be easily fixed with cyanoacrylate adhesive
(super glue) which wicks its way into the deepest part of the crack. A razor blade can be helpful in
getting the glue into the ends of the crack.
A small split is about half a millimeter to a full millimeter wide. These can sometimes penetrate
through to the inside of the bamboo. They can be fixed in a two step process: First with super
glue as above, that is let dried for a few hours and then the wider sections are scraped out with a
razor blade. The second step is to fill the wider portions with a strong epoxy based adhesive like
JB WoodWeld. This may not work on longer splits.
Severe splits have two main methods of repair: The first is to open the split as wide as possible and
fill the inside of the bamboo with two-part expanding polyurethane foam. Don't try to compress
the bamboo to close the split. Just let it close down naturally but prevent the expanding foam from
expanding the bamboo by using zip ties or hose clamps. After the foam has hardened, dig out the
foam from the split area and fill in the wall thickness with epoxy soaked hemp fiber or other strong
The second method for severe splits starts with filling the bamboo with the expanding foam but
instead of trying to fill the crack with fiber/epoxy, you overwrap the whole tube with an epoxy
soaked cotton fabric, this covers up the bamboo but can offer an interesting style with various
printed patterns.
It's all about the Bamboo
We offer our bamboo bicycle frames in all frame styles and geometries. We enjoy this flexibility as we do not use forms or molds to join the bamboo tubes. As a result, there is no imposed constraint. We are able to miter and join the bamboo tubing at any angle to support complete personalization of the product.
While they have long been popular with enthusiastic racers and endurance road riders, owing to our bamboo's amazing strength they are increasingly seen in Cyclocross, Mountain and Touring dress. These bamboo frames are much stronger than the carbon frames so popular in these categories. This inherent strength lends itself to mounting and even integration of key accessories such as racks, fenders and lights. Interestingly, all of our frames, carbon included, are Gates Carbon Drive and Rohloff Speedhub compatible. You can imagine the visual and functional elegance of a belt driven, internally geared bamboo bicycle with matching fenders, rosewood bottle cages, complimentary cork grips and even an integrated rack.
Calfee Bamboo bikes have won awards for Best Road Bike, Best Off-Road Bike and Peoples' Choice Award at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show. Further, they've been featured by Time Magazine, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, Discovery Channel and the BBC, to name just a few of many. Check out the very thorough editorial reviews from road.cc and Cycling Weekly for some objective feedback from discriminating industry insiders.
If you are in the market for a bicycle frame that is more comfortable, more durable, more beautiful and far more unique than the carbon and metal, look no further than a Calfee Bamboo.
How these measurements affect stability :
Rake and Trail:
Fork Rake is also known as Offset, which more accurately describes what it is: the hub's offset from the steering axis. Not to be confused with the curvature of the fork blades, which some people think of as "rake". Straight blade forks can have plenty of offset. Fork offset determines trail when considered with head angle (and the diameter of the wheel). Trail is best thought of as the tire patch "trailing" behind the steering axis. Fork offset for road bikes usually ranges from 40 to 55 mm, generating trail figures from 50 to 63 mm. 57mm of trail is considered by many to be an ideal combination of stability and agility. More trail is nice at high speeds (motorcycles usually have 80 mm of trail) but can feel sluggish at slower speeds.
Head Tube Angle
Also known as the steering axis, this angle influences stability in combination with fork offset by controlling "wheel flop", or the tendency for the wheel to turn when leaned. A steep head angle is more upright and takes less effort to turn the front wheel, especially if there is too much rake or too little trail. A shallow head angle will want to turn too quickly when leaned if there is too little trail or not enough offset. So most shallow angle bikes have plenty of fork offset to compensate. Head tube angles range from 71.5 degrees to 74.5 degrees. Generally speaking, with a proper fork rake to yield a trail from 55 to 60 mm of trail, the head angles in this range are fairly stable at high speeds. The steeper head angle bikes are a little more agile, or require less effort to steer. People are usually very good at adapting to various head angle bikes if they have the proper trail.
Wheelbase, Weight Distribution and Front Center
Head angle also influences wheelbase and front center, which affect weight distribution. Ideally, a rider should have 45% of the bike + rider's weight on the front wheel and 55% on the rear wheel. (easy to check with a bathroom scale) During high speed descents, proper weight distribution will give the rider confidence in the turns. Too much weight on the rear wheel (common with ultra short chainstays) makes seated climbing more challenging by making it harder to keep the front wheel on the ground. A long wheelbase is nice to have at high speeds, but if too long, it makes it harder to maneuver in a group of riders or just interacting with one rider. There is no rule of thumb about proper front center. Weight distribution is the key measurement. Some people worry about toe overlap. Front center is a handy measurement to see if a bike will have toe overlap when comparing to a known bike.
Bottom Bracket Drop
BB drop seems to have settled at 7 cm for most road bikes. It's low enough to provide a low center of gravity yet it's high enough to allow pedaling through corners without scraping a pedal. 8 cm is used by some builders and can feel more stabile. But the rider should use low profile pedals and not very long cranks. Pedaling through corners is riskier with a lower BB drop.
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Standard frame measurement terms
ST: Seat Tube: Measured from the center of the bottom bracket along the center to a point near the seat post binder. The exact location of this point may vary between manufacturers depending on the frame design. The main purpose of this would be as a reference point and, if located at the seat binder, would indicate whether your favorite seat post would be clamped above the minimum insertion line.
TT: Top Tube: Measured from the frame size point horizontally to the steering tube axis.
STA: Seat Tube Angle: The angle of the line passing through the bottom bracket and frame size point relative to the horizontal.
SB: Setback: (used as a more accurate way to measure seat tube angle) the horizontal distance from a vertical line passing through the bottom bracket to the frame size point.
HTA: Head Tube Angle: The angle of the steering axis relative to horizontal.
HT: Head Tube length: The length of the head tube (not including headset components)
How to compare frame geometry:
1: Measure the seat tube from the center of the bottom bracket to the point where you want the seatpost to exit the seat tube. Subtract 1 cm. That is the seat tube length and reference point for the next two measurements.
2: With the bike on a level floor, measure horizontally from the seat tube length point to the center of the steering axis. That is the effective top tube length.
3: If you don't have the published seat tube angle for your frame and you don't have an accurate protractor or "Angle Finder", you can measure setback. To do this, hang a plumb bob from the top tube so it passes through the center of the bottom bracket axis. Put a piece of tape on the top tube to mark the spot. Measure horizontally from this line back to the frame size point. That is the frame setback. Seat tube angle can be calculated from setback and seat tube length or you can simply compare setback directly.
4: Measure the overall length of the head tube, not including any headset parts. Measure the spacers between the headset and the bottom of the stem that you will be using. On a new frame, increase the head tube length by the total thickness of spacers you wish to remove.
5: Measure from the floor to the top of the top tube at the point where you would stand over the bike. That is the standover height for that bike.


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Bottle Drive Reminder - Saturday, Jan. 13
Happy New Year to all – hope the holidays went well for all.
A note from Kevin and the parents organizing the bottle drive this Sat – a reminder that it starts at 9:00 at Glanford Bottle Depot. Both groups were talked with today about making their best efforts to make this a success and that unless at work, sport, or something prior and important that all are expected to contribute. The plan is that all come in at 9:00 with full trucks, cars, trunks, etc and drop off – some stay to sort, some move on to get more.
Unfortunately there are approx 4 or 5 bottle drives going on in the Claremont area this weekend but we will be papering the area anyway – important on the day to make sure we only take what is allocated for us and not others (our not attached will be a different colour and easy to see).
The most important piece and I have encouraged, impressed upon, told is that ALL guys paper their own neighbourhood/area. The target from each person's house and neighbourhood should be $50-100. If we all can bring in $300 as Mace boys did doing this format from own houses and neighbourhood then what we get around Claremont will be a bonus (I've already collected from my friends, my house, my parents, and I'll have a truckload!). I have attached a document to be used around your homes. I'll also put in your son's hands tomorrow.
I plan on being there approx 10:00 to help.
Many of the boys in gr 12 have trucks and can drive but ideally a few more parents with trucks would be helpful too.
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City of Henderson Public Works Director Linda Leyen updated Henderson City Council members on the progress city staff has made regarding the transition from public to private solid waste removal in the city.
According to Leyen, two companies showed up for a conference with the city on the subject. It was at that conference that requests for proposals (RFPs) were submitted to the private companies.
Leyen told members that bids are required to be submitted by July 14, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. She said at that time the bids would be tabulated and brought to the council.
The city department director told the council that bid requests were for many levels of service, from back door service to curbside pickup with semi-automatic loading.
Currently, Henderson offers once-per-week back door trash removal and twice-monthly recycling pickup.
Member Mike Rainey asked if trash trucks would be disposed of if the city opts for private sanitation. Leyen replied that trucks would continue to be maintained for leaf pickup and yard waste service. She went on to say that the city would continue to pick up tires, appliances, and furniture.
Council member Mary Emma Evans asked what would happen to city workers currently employed in sanitation. She was told by Leyen and Assistant City Manager Frank Frazier that the provider would be obligated by its contract with the city to make employment available to city sanitation workers, with the stipulation that they pass a background check and a drug test. Truck drivers would be required to have a commercial driver's license.
The city already requires these as a condition of employment.
Evans continued to insist that "they would probably lose their jobs".
Member Garry Daeke asked Leyen and Frazier is they would look at the history the prospective providers have in providing services to other cities.
Frazier said that city staff would "look very carefully" before bringing a recommendation to the council.
Evans indicated that she was still "suspicious". Daeke assured Evans that the companies had stated that their pay, benefits, and insurance are better than what the city currently offers.
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