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loaded. AIM-7 missiles loaded on fuselage stations 4
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There are lots of designs out there that claim to offer compliance. You've done some research on the subject, haven't you? Do any of those swept seatstay designs really off any sort of suspension effect?
I may be one of the only people on the planet that feels this way but I think road bike suspension is the Holy Grail of road bike design. I've done years of work on this and was awarded a patent for the Serotta DKS design. It's patent number 6,109,637 and was awarded on August 29, 2000. It's fun to look up and you can easily Google it.
Road bicycles are the only high-speed device raced in the world that I can think of that doesn't employ some sort of device to improve traction. Everything from skis to cars to skateboards all employ suspension to great effect. Please note that I didn't list comfort as being the primary reason for suspension even though one could make a very good argument for how added comfort will reduce rider fatigue and make them more competitive in longer events. I see road bike suspension as being a means to keep the rear tire pressed against the road with the most constant force possible, full stop. I think the rear wheel travel need be no more than 10mm max and that as little as 5mm can be extremely effective.
A traditional road bike has near perfect front suspension in the form of a cantilevered beam. The fork is allowed to flex a lot. Just clamp your front brake on firmly and rock the bike back and forth and watch how much the fork moves. Even super stiff forks move a good bit and this acts as a form of trailing arm suspension. The front wheel encounters a bump and slows as it tries to go over the bump yet the rider's mass keeps the whole thing moving. The fork flexes rearward (and in the case of a properly designed curved blade fork compresses vertically) and then it rolls over the bump with very little interruption of the rider's momentum or with the tire's contact with the road.
The rear wheel is another matter entirely. With a traditional double diamond road frame the rear end of the frame forms a triangle and this triangle cannot move or at least cannot move in any meaningful way. So when the rear wheel encounters the same bump that the front wheel just sailed over it loads up the frame and that in turn loads up the rider and the rider then bounces off the saddle. This little bump redirected the entire mass and momentum of the bike and rider upward for just a moment and that has two effects. The first one is that there is a loss of forward momentum or speed and this obviously slows the rider down. Not a lot but we are constantly hitting small bumps in the road that do this and the cumulative effect is large. The second thing it does is lessen the pressure of the rear tire on the road. In many cases it loses contact altogether. Either way traction is compromised. If you are just rolling straight down the road without a need to turn or brake or accelerate traction is not a real issue. The rider doesn't need the to use the full limit of the traction of the tire. But if the rider is cornering, braking, or accelerating then it's a different matter. We've all gone around a fast downhill corner and had the bike all loaded up with the force of the turn and then hit a bump mid-turn and had to do some serious correcting to keep it all in line and on the road. Similarly we've all been sprinting at our limit for a townline sign at our local Tuesday night World Championships and had the rear wheel skip and bounce causing us to back off and/or correct to hold our line.
Well it takes very little rear wheel suspension travel to minimize or even completely eliminate the issue and I've spent more time working on this issue than I care to admit. The amount of time I've spent lying on the road with my face pressed against the cold hard ground so that I could see the rear wheel of the racers going by bounce is embarrassing. But that said it's a real eye opener when you do this. There is daylight under the rear wheel all the time. The front is stuck like glue and the rear spends a surprising amount of time skipping and bouncing along.
Tell us about your involvement in the Serotta DKS suspension system.
Way back in the day when I was the R&D department at Serotta, Ben was very cool and gave me lots of leeway to work on what I wanted to work on. I'd seen some of the bikes like Ritcheys and Litespeeds with a long graceful bend in the seat stays and wondered if it could be a benefit. Ben and I were walking around the Interbike show one year and every other bike had this same curved stay and they all claimed it made the bike more comfortable. I didn't give a damn about the comfort thing at all but I did care about the traction issue. Standing outside the hotel that night I suddenly had an idea of how to do it better.
So we went back to New York and I was excited to work on the idea. It turns out I was the only one that was excited but Ben let me do my thing as long as other stuff didn't slide too much. So the first thing I did was to make a frame like everyone else was doing (simple long radius curve from end to end) and put it on my testing table and load it up (like the rider was hitting a bump) to see where and how much it moved. Most of the current designs had no more wheel movement than a traditional straight stayed frame, or less than 1 mm. So I started playing with different radii and duration of bends and while I could do better than what was being offered it still wasn't worth the trouble in my opinion. I knew something else needed to be done to free up some movement. At the same time I was worried about fatigue issues where the stay attached to the seat tube and the dropouts. It was then that I flashed on the idea of putting a pivot at the bottom of the stay where is attaches to the dropout and then have most of the bend of the stay low so that most of the flex would take place there and not where the stay was welded to the seat tube. This not only took care of the fatigue issue but also allowed the stay to compress more allowing more rear wheel travel.
A this point I built a frame that had bolt on seat stays so I could make any configuration of stay I wanted and lab and road test them. Some stuff worked pretty well and some stuff really sucked. I ended up with the "J" curve design and it worked very well but I was concerned with it having too much travel and with it being bouncy. The stay was now acting as a spring but it had no damper to control its movement.
The next task was to figure out a way to damp the movement. What I originally wanted was rebound damping only and it proved very difficult to do in a simple and super light way. I then realized that if I gave it compression damping that it would have nearly the same effect because it would just interrupt the bouncing cycle. It was at this point that I developed the "strap on" which was a stainless steel strap with some special silicone made by GE to be an 'ultra damper', bonded to it. It was then bolted to the stay and acted as both a travel limiter and a damper. I ended up picking three different hardness's to give more or less travel based on rider preference and/or weight. The funny thing was that I gave this damper part the nickname "strap-on" knowing it's other meaning and we used the term inhouse and snickered about it the way boys do…… especially when one of the girls from the office would come out and ask if we had a strap-on or how a strap-on worked. Good fun. At some point the product was released and I couldn't believe that the Serotta catalog listed that part as a "strap-on." Somehow it got through editing.
In the end I think the design was successful. I wanted to continue to develop and refine it but at some point one needs to draw a line in the sand and call it good and sell some of the things. The design allowed for about 12mm of rear wheel travel for most riders, which I now think, was more than we needed. But it was a good first step and I would have liked to make the design more race oriented, more aero and lighter. But I had worked on the design for about 14 months and other stuff needed to be done so I moved on. I left Serotta shortly thereafter to move to Montana and to be in the big mountains and in the snow.
Serotta continued to produce and sell the bike for a few years after I left but it was never a big seller. I think that the sales and marketing folks there didn't like the time it took to explain what it did and how it did it when they could just push the normal offerings and make the same money. The DKS (Dave Kirk Suspension) now has a cult following of sorts and I get a few emails a week about it with questions about how it works and about finding a used one somewhere. They seem to command a hefty price on eBay at this point. I think over the years I've had all of the big three bike companies contact me as ask about the design. One engineer even pretended to be a customer interested in buying one when in reality they were looking for a way around the patent. I think the Specialized Zerts inserts deal is a good example of the design being tweaked and using different materials to get around the patent. I've never ridden one but hear some folks like them.
Do you ever build with it today?
No I don't. Even though I am listed as the inventor on the patent Serotta is the holder of the patent and it is their design. Some have told me they think this is unfair and I firmly disagree. Ben Serotta gave me a place to work and paid me well to develop the idea in the first place and without his backing it would have never been more than a napkin sketch in a bar at a tradeshow. He paid for it and he owns it. It was Ben that decided it should be called the DKS. I only found out it was named after me when the decals showed up and I was given one. I was honored then as I still am. Ben is a good man and treated me very well.
When I started my company I knew I'd revisit the idea at some point but also knew that there were changes I wanted to make if I could. The fact that I chose to work only in steel also required a major design change since the original DKS was titanium. I knew I wanted it to be firmer and to have less travel. I knew I wanted it to be less complex and cheaper to make and I knew I wanted it to look cooler. It was then that I developed the "Terraplane" design (Terraplane meaning "flies over the land"). I experimented with different tubing, bend radii as well and bend duration and then did a lot of road miles on prototypes to get the final design nailed down. Most riders will see 5mm or less of wheel movement with a Terraplane and one can't not feel the difference from a straight stayed bike while climbing or sprinting. It takes a sudden and large load to get the wheel to move and the rider cannot move that fast so it will not react to rider movement. So there is no mushy or 'MTB on the road' feeling that some expect. The Terraplane just gives a more hunkered down and calm feeling than a traditional bike. Some folks will get their new Terraplane and ride it for a few weeks and then get back on the bike they rode before and only then feel the marked difference in cornering and descending. It can be a real eye opener for some.
I've extremely proud of the Terraplane and how it performs. Some love the look of it and some hate it and I know I can't please everyone that way but I've never put someone on a Terraplane and had them not like the performance.
In your view, what are the pros, cons and challenges with regard to the development of suspension for road bikes? Do you think it would help that much?
I think that there are large gains to be had with a proper road bike suspension for the reasons I've listed above. I think the down side could be complexity and cost if the design isn't properly elegant. There were some suspension road bikes years ago that were really short travel versions of MTB designs and they sucked for road racing use. It has just too much travel, weight and complexity to work as it should for the road.
I think the big thing that will prevent a good design from being adopted by the masses, and therefore be used in the pro race ranks, is that the marketplace is just too traditional. I think the marketplace pats itself on the back a bit too much for how innovative and forward thinking it is when in reality it hates anything truly new. A change in material from steel to aluminum to titanium to carbon to whatever is just fine but to do something truly different and better has historically not been rewarded in the performance road bike market. Look at all the crap being thrown at the new Shimano electric stuff. It work and works well and my hat is off to them for even going there but it's not like it's gotten a very warm reception. I'll bet if they stick by their guns the marketplace will adapt and we will see the other two major players scrambling to catch up and we'll see little kids riding around our neighborhoods pushing buttons to shift.
It's going to take a bit of letting go of the traditional fashion of this industry to allow it to make any real jumps forward. Hell there are still interweb forums full of people arguing about which is better – sloping top tubes vs, horizontal tube tubes. It's all fashion and that is just the way it works. I am for the most part OK with that but it can be frustrating at times. What did that Billy Crystal character on SNL say years ago? "It's better to look good than it is to feel good"?
Thanks for the opportunity to address some of this stuff and thanks for reading.
Images pilfered liberally from Kirk Frameowrks and Serotta Competition Cycles
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Thanks for this very interesting interview. The framebuilders always seem to offer a lot of insight along with their passion. The interviews are fun to read.
Fascinating. And my friends call ME a bike geek.
Have recently been reading David Herlihy's "Bicycle," and it strikes me how hard it is, sometimes, for engineers to break clear of previous design orthodoxies.
Seem as though most progress is accidental.
Very interesting.
That's why I love the Terraplane you built for me 6 years ago.
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Interesting interview. Great bikes, Dave Kirk sounds like a cool guy.
The rear suspension described makes me wonder why the Moots YBB system – maybe a shorter travel, stiffer version – wouldn't work just as well. Klein had a similar system on their road bikes at one time also.
Running slightly fatter tires, with slightly lower pressure, would also offer a few millimeters of suspension as well – no?
Anyway, a fun read. Dudes like Kirk are artists who happen to make very fast art.
it's pretty interesting, and I'm all for more options to the mix: light bike, aero bike, TT bike, why not suspension bike.. but it's gotta be very niche how many people really experience any meaningful drop in traction of their rear wheel… I ride pretty bad surfaces and always have, but can count on one hand the times I've ever noticed any rear wheel traction loss, and thats mostly been on glacial cobbles, or on 18%+ climbs.
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Robot, this is a few years old by now, but Thomas Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions," provides some great insight into how scientific advancement occurs. He talks about both "normal science" and then paradigm shifts which produce major changes.
I reviewed this book for a course. Here is something I wrote, quoting him:
Kuhn follows the path of science from normal to revolutionary, concluding that "revolutions close with a total victory for one of the two opposing camps," in the scientific community.
Interesting to think about! Disc brakes on road bikes?…


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There may be one, or 2 paces depending on the mix of riders who show up. (A) Pace (15 to 17 mph) and (B) Pace (18 to 20+ mph). All riders will leave together at easy/moderate pace until out of town, then the ride can separate into groups. The distance, direction, and ride leader for each group will be decided each night depending on who and how many show up.
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This is the first in a four part series of short articles on the different types of resistance units found in turbo trainers.
Part 1: Wind Trainers | Part 2: Magnetic Trainers | Part 3: Fluid Trainers | Part 4: Motor Trainers
Wind Turbo Trainers
Wind resistance bike trainers are the cheapest of the turbo trainers and are always at the bottom of the range as far as price is concerned. With wind resistance bike trainers your pedalling drives a small fan attached to the unit. The fan is designed so that the harder you cycle the higher the wind resistance is that the fan generates. Because the fan is a fixed size it is not possible to change the resistance curve on your turbo trainer. However these turbo trainers do have a realistic feel to them as the resistance rises in direct proportion to the speed you pedal at.
Wind resistance turbo trainers main downfalls are the fact that it is not possible to adapt the power curve and also that they are very loud. Due to the direct relation between the speed of the fan and the speed at which you cycle, when you get up to speed on a wind turbo trainer the noise can in some cases be extraordinary. This means that you can not use a wind cycle trainer indoors or in any place where noise is a consideration.
The flip side of the fan is that wind bike trainers can produce a bit of a breeze which can help counteract the lack of wind that comes with stationary cycling.
Overall a wind turbo can be worth considering as a first turbo trainer if you can get your hands on a good brand cheaply. You will certainly get a good feel for what it is like to use a bike trainer, however for serious and regular cycle training you should opt for one of the other resistance types.
Pros: Good value, realistic feel, can provide cooling through the fan.
Cons: Loud, the resistance is limited.
Ideal if: You are new to indoor cycle turbo trainers or on a budget.
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Phishing and the mail delivery process
Learn how phishers can manipulate the mail delivery process with this tip.
The following is tip #2 from "Phishing exposed -- 10 tips in 10 minutes," excerpted from Chapter 3 of the book Phishing Exposed, published by Syngress Publishing.
All email headers contain the server and client information that controls the process of mail delivery. Many people who use email clients have probably heard of SMTP servers and POP3 servers. Within your email client you are asked to put in your email settings related to these servers, as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3.3 E-Mail Settings
Phishers take advantage of these settings to successfully perform social engineering against the average email user. To understand this concept a bit more, let's take a quick review of the email protocol.
Within the typical setup for email, two ports are typically used: port 25, and port 110. Port 25 is the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and its job is to transmit and receive mail—basically what is called a Mail Transfer Agent, or MTA. An MTA is comparable to the mail carrier who picks up the mail and sends it off to where it needs to go. Just as the mail carrier drops off and picks up mail, so does the MTA. Port 110 is the Post Office Protocol, version 3 (POP3), and it is essentially the mailbox from which users pick up their mail up. This has an authentication process that allows users to log in and retrieve their email, which, in most cases, depending on your settings, is set to delete the mail from the server once you have completely retrieved it.
Raw SMTP Communication
A quick way to comprehend the operations of SMTP is to send an email using the Telnet protocol. Telnet is a communication protocol that allows you to connect to and communicate with a port in a terminal. In this case, we will Telnet to port 25 of mail.sendingemail.com:
me@unixshell~$ telnet mail.sendingemail.com 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to mail.sendingemail.com. Escape character is '^]'. 220 mail.sendingemail.com ESMTP
We have successfully established a session with the SMTP or ESMTP (Extended STMP) server, and it has given us a return code of 220. We can now send it commands. The commands typically used to send email are HELO, MAIL FROM, RCTP TO, DATA, and QUIT. Basically, five primary commands control the majority of the protocol.
To start, we have to identify ourselves by simply saying HELO:
220 mail.sendingemail.com ESMTP Postfix HELO sender.sendingemail.com 250 mail.sendingemail.com Hello sender.sendingemail.com [xx.7.239.24], pleased to meet you
As you can see, the server greeted us back and identified us by displaying our IP address. Technically, we could make up anything describing who we are; most SMTP servers will allow that because they know our IP, and it will mark our IP within the Received headers.
To send email after the meet and greet, we want to tell the mail server who the email is from and where it is going:
MAIL FROM: firstname.lastname@example.com 250 email@example.com... Sender ok RCPT TO: firstname.lastname@example.com 250 email@example.com… Recipient ok
This code states that the inputs we've entered are okay. In the real world, we would be rejected for the RCTP TO: from Telnet, since relaying to another network should be denied. But since we're on our own network and run our own mail server locally, this is allowed. Note that this is a quick and easy way to forge headers right at the MAIL FROM: and RCPT TO: fields. From our local network, we can put anything we want in both those fields and it will be accepted. This is one basis for some forgery; the other is the open relays, which we will get to shortly.
To send our message, we will use the DATA command:
DATA 354 Enter mail, end with "." On a line by itself Subject: Test E-mail
Here is my data that I would like to send to email@example.com. This is essentially the body of the message and we will close by skipping a line and entering "." -me
. 250 I6A2341RR Message accepted for delivery QUIT 221 mail.sendingemail.com closing connection
Note that the 250 return code revealed an ID for our message; this is the message ID we see in the headers on the way out. Once we tell the mail server QUIT, it will send our message. This is the internal protocol that SMTP works with. As you can see, it's simple and flexible, which is the exact reason the technology enables so many problems while also offering convenience.
The mail server infrastructure works in such an efficient fashion that we did not use only four servers but, at minimum, eight servers to deliver our e-mail. In the process of sending e-mail, we query multiple DNS servers to obtain information about where the mail servers are on the Internet.
Here is an example of the complete process for sending an e-mail (see Figure 4):
Figure 4 Standard E-Mail Infrastructure
- Create the email, specifying the From, To, Subject, and content.
- After you click Send, the mail client will access the DNS server of your ISP to locate your local mail server.
- The local mail server (mail.sendingemail.com in our example) receives your email and uses the local DNS to determine who sent it by doing a reverse IP lookup of Sender.
- After verification, the local mail server adds the headers and relays the mail to the mail.receivingemail.com mail server. To do this, mail.sendingemail.com has to look up what is called a mail exchange, or MX, record within DNS. This MX says, "Hello mail.sendingemail.com, mail.receivingemail.com is handling mail for receivingemail.com." Once that has been identified by our mail server, it can relay to the proper mail server.
- Once mail.receivingemail.com receives the e-mail, it applies more header information, including routing data and receiving time; checks the DNS server for a reverse lookup regarding mail.sendingemail.com; and looks up the user you for the domain it is handling mail for.
- Client email user Receiver contacts mail.receivingemail.com (again, local DNS is used), makes a request to the POP3 port (110), and asks to retrieve its email. The email is delivered to the email client, and Receiver happily reads the email.
Phishing exposed -- 10 tips in 10 minutes
Home: Introduction
Tip 1: Phishing and email basics
Tip 2: Phishing and the mail delivery process
Tip 3: Anonymous email and phishing
Tip 4: Forging headers and phishing
Tip 5: Open relays, proxy servers and phishing
Tip 6: Proxy chaining, onion routing, mixnets and phishing
Tip 7: Harvesting email addresses and phishing
Tip 8: Phishers, hackers and insiders
Tip 9: Sending spam and phishing
Tip 10: Fighting phishing with spam filters
This chapter excerpt from Phishing Exposed, Lance James, is printed with permission from Syngress Publishing, Copyright 2005. Click here for the chapter download.


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Tokyo Jungle positions the player in a world in which humanity is extinct. Predators roam the empty streets of Shibuya, Yoyogi park and beyond. You can side-scroll through these streets, make your marks, mate and sleep. The game play is sweet and simple. As a carnivore, you can hide to avoid bigger predators and hunt down the smaller ones. If you're a grass eater, you check for plants and occassionally get into a nasty fight. Tokyo Jungle is not an anthropomorph game but one that truly details the animal perspective: eat, sleep, struggle, fuck. But above all, it's about survival of the fittest. The rhetorics is strong and the perspective innovative. Tokyo Jungle is not a pet legend but a story of animals in a world long-abandonned.
The game play motivates survival and the kick of hunting. The excitement of hunting is hampered fast though because of the lack of new techniques. It's boiled down to occasion, timing and food, whereas actual hunts are also about smell, strategies and speed. Moreover, the animals grow hungry fast that killing becomes like grabbing objects and tokens. The lives of other animals are not more than coins or stars. Survival is mediated in a nineties way. If you die, you're dead, no matter how old your beloved puppy has become. I was reminded of the old Sonic games, The Lion King game and other side-scrollers I played – and never finished – when I was young. Except this time, I didn't let the game fool me. When you stop playing Tokyo Jungle, a save game emerges if you exit near your nest. The savvy gamer can copy that file on a USB stick and overcome immanent death through back-ups.
Though dying is part of the rhetorics of Tokyo Jungle and strengthens the survival argument, and though you progress a bit each time, after a few turns, it simply doesn't do. Tokyo Jungle is disapocalyptic in its own right, and the peril of dying certainly helps. Peeking over the small grass, looking at green dots at the map, you wonder: is that a large wolf in front of me or a deer that I could kill off? The invisibility of the potential threads creates suspense and makes for good game play because there is much at stake. The life signs could refer to anyting. If you survived all of the perils and mate, you get a generation of dogs or deers that function as extra lives.
Ultimately, Tokyo Jungle provides an animal-centred world in which the player is not a care-taker (like in Dogz), or the animal is portrayed as a trivial object (like in The Sims) or a mascotte (like in Epic Mickey). Still, the game is not there yet: it captures animals, but not quite. Because the characterization's rife with cuteness, it fails to draw an honest survival scenario. The extra option to dress up your bright-eyed bambi with funny hats seems almost morbid, but in a way, very loyal to Japanese culture. Playing Tokyo Jungle, I still wonder, am I the pet owner or the pet?


text: Singapore is a dynamic island-city offering endless attractions and activities for travellers. Singapore is a perfect mix of ethnic brew consisting of cultures from India, Muslim Malaysia, China and even Thai to some extend against the backdrop of ultra-modern western commerce. Founded as a British trading colony in 1819, today, the island-city features some of the best attractions, best eateries, best hotels and even best iconic structures.


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Caroline Buckee, an epidemiologist of Harvard dreams that one day cell phones will warn common man of a malaria outbreak. Though it is strictly in the research phase, still there are hopes that this technology can someday become a life saver. The human mobility model is under research and development with the help of data available about this parasite. A World Health Organization report this year pointed out that more than 3.2 Million people is killed by the parasite every year. The reduction in incidence of the disease accounts to 29 percent globally and 30 percent in sub-African countries, this parasite does exist in many other nations of the world too.
WHO's Director General, Margaret Chan said that though there has been massive progress in controlling malaria still there is not room for complacency. Around 80 percent of the deaths are caused due to malaria in Africa and many other South-East Asian countries and approximately 3.4 billion people are still at risk of catching this disease. A great work has been done by the WHO mostly during the period of 2000 – 2012, where almost 3.3 million lives were saved from this deadline parasite.
Due to the concerted effort of proper funding and sincerity malaria mortality rates reduced by more than 44 percent globally and more than 48 percent on the African continent. Since 3.4 billion people are still at risk therefore it is quite imperative that it is further reduced and more funding comes in from the governments. If cell phone predicts the outbreak of a malaria attack, what can be better than that? The Harvard epidemiologist added saying that there are a massive amount of data available in terms of cell signals throughout Africa.
In Kenya alone, 15 million cell phones operate in different signal zones. These data collected from all the countries will be laid down to calculate and find out how the movement of people helps the incidence of malaria. If a chart is drawn out to pin-point the regional segregation of malaria incidence then through this mathematical model, a lot of preventive measures can be put in place to stop it. It may seem a bit far-fetched now, but who will hope if human do not? A malaria death not only reduces population but also bring down the overall income of any economy.
It is believed that a single malaria death causes the community to lose more than $39,000 in benefits, so it is quite a logical thing to invest in malaria prevention factors rather than losing that kind of money. In 2012 there was 206 million incidence of this disease which may feel like a lot, but compared to the years before 2000, it is nothing much.
Having understood all the facts and figures it is quite important to continue this kind of a progress in the coming years. So, if a cell phone can track down a malaria outbreak someday, Buckee will definitely be remembered in the history of mankind. WHO has already confirmed that from 2016 forward a lot of funding will pour in for this cause and so if some of it goes into the research of preventive measures like Buckee says, it would be best that can happen.
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- Your name, your family's name or your company's name will appear immediately on our website's
Capital Campaign Contributors list.
- Your own From the Ground Up certificate will be mailed to your home or office to commemorate your contribution.
- Your name or names will appear on a permanent wall display to be installed at the entrance to the new Fresno Aquarium's behind-the-scenes tour with name positioning commensurate with giving level.
Please select your block size on the form below (select your quantity at check-out), then enter your name or names exactly as they should appear on your certificate, on our website and on the future wall display. (To donate a block or blocks commemorating a Special Occasion, in Honor or in Memory of someone, enter their name or names and any other wording under Name(s) below.) When completed, click Add to Cart.
Campaign Goal: $730,000
From the Ground Up - Now that donations from people like you have enabled us to start our Aquaculture Building, you, your family and your company can now become part of the physical building that will be used to house the life support systems, lab and quarantine tanks for the entire Phase One Fresno Aquarium.
You will be able to enjoy the Fresno Aquarium Aquaculture Building as a stand-alone, usable Aquarium aquaculture facility while funds are raised to continue construction of the expansion areas above it.
We are now selling 5,100 concrete blocks needed to build the Aquaculture Building at $100 each for regular size (16"x8"x8") and $200 each for the large (16"x16"x8"). See the form above.
In total, there will be 2,900 regular and 2,200 large blocks in the Aquaculture Building.
Let's roll up our sleeves, put on our hard hats and keep construction moving forward!
You make all the a difference.
If you would like to find out how you can host a "Block Party" in your home, click here.
Campaign Leadership levels include $1,000, $2,500, $5,000 and $10,000 multi-block donors as well as higher CIRCLE OF INVESTORS sponsorship levels. Every block with a name on it is helping us continue construction on the nonprofit Fresno Aquarium property along the San Joaquin River adjacent to Highway 99. Generous multiple block donors and sponsors will allow us to start even sooner!
Donate using the convenient & secure PayPal form above or save our nonprofit the PayPal fees by simply mailing your check payable to Fresno Aquarium (write From the Ground Up on your memo line) to:
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5541 Columbia Drive North
Fresno, CA 93727
Aquarius Aquarium Institute is a 501(c)(3) public charity supported by grants and contributions from individuals, corporate sponsorships, charitable foundations, trusts and government sources. For information on exhibit sponsorships and planned estate giving, please click here.
To make a secure donation or become an Annual Charter Member with your VISA or MasterCard click on the donate button below your desired level and you will be taken to our PayPal page.
Please Note: A PayPal account is not required to donate. If you have any trouble, we are always happy to accept your donation by phone: (559) 490-3474
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Donations in any amount to the building fund for the Fresno Aquarium project are greatly appreciated and are fully tax deductible since no benefits are offered in exchange. For Honorary or Memorial Gifts, please include name or names in Special Instructions found on second page after entering your payment information.
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Starting at only $100 per year for an entire household ($25 for a Single Student), Aquarius Aquarium institute Charter Members sustain the ongoing operations of the organization and are vital to our success. Join us today and be a part of the exciting grassroots process to build the Fresno Aquarium!
Annual Charter Member Giving Levels
All levels listed below (except Single Student) are family memberships and include adult(s) and children sharing the same address. For gift memberships, please include name or names in Special Instructions found on second page after entering your payment information.
To see Annual Charter Member definition & benefits by giving level click here. Higher level donors and in-kind contributors enjoy even more benefits and privileges.
$25 - Single Student (w/ valid school i.d. number)
Annual Charter Membership - $100 Member Level
Annual Charter Membership - $250 Donor Level
(includes 2 fully-transferrable guest invitations)
Annual Charter Membership - $500 Contributor Level
(includes 4 fully-transferrable guest invitations)
Annual Charter Membership - $1000 Patron Level
(includes 8 fully-transferrable guest invitations)
To save our nonprofit credit card fees, you may also mail a check for your Charter Membership to:
Aquarius Aquarium Institute
5541 Columbia Drive North
Fresno, CA 93727


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Clubhouse Rules & Rental Policy
The Clubhouse was built in 2004 and is the central gathering place for City citizens. The Clubhouse is both a facility to serve the community and an asset to be preserved. With this in mind, the City strives to accommodate all Season Pass holders and other citizens while still maintaining the Clubhouse responsibly.
General Rules
No person or group may use the Clubhouse without making a reservation. Check availability and make reservations here. All Clubhouse and Pavilion reservations must be made online. *As of January 1, 2020 there will be a 3.5% convenience fee for all online payments.*
To rent the Clubhouse, a renter must be a Southside Place citizen over the age of 21 or have a Southside Place citizen sponsor the rental. The sponsoring citizen must be present at the event.
Groups or individuals may rent one or all of the three rooms in the Clubhouse pursuant to the rules and rates outlined below. Please note that parties renting a single room shall only have access to that room. However, restrooms and the kitchen facility shall be available to all renters. In the event that separate groups have rented each of the three rooms, please remember that the kitchen and bathroom facilities must be shared. The maximum capacity for the big room is 160 people. For parties, the presence of one adult per 10 guests under the age of 21 is required.
All parties using the Clubhouse must leave the facility in good order and reasonably clean.
Renter's Checklist
- All trash must be bagged and placed outside the building at the curbside.
- All balloons and other party decorations must be removed from the walls, ceilings, etc.
- All toilets must be flushed, faucets turned off and bathroom lights turned off.
- Floors must be swept.
- The kitchen must be left as it was found. Do not open the dishwasher while it is in operation. If you must open the dishwasher while it is running, you must then restart it in order for the dishwasher to compete its cleaning cycle.
- All chairs and tables shall be restored to their proper closets.
- All lights, including the back patio light, must be turned off.
- All fans and thermostats must be set to the temperature described next to the system.
- To silence a triggered alarm, get the key to open the panel box. Press "Alarm ACK," "Aud SIL" and "Reset."
- IMPORTANT: When unloading supplies, equipment and materials for your meeting or event, you MUST use the dolly located in the tables and chairs closet in the clubhouse. This dolly is provided for your use to help protect the clubhouse floors from scratches.
- Located inside the interior closets are 18 round tables, 6 rectangular tables, 140 black chairs. You MUST use the table and chair dollies to transport this furniture from the closets to and from your event area. Set up and restoring the tables and chairs is the responsibility of each renter.
- All lights must be turned off. In both small rooms and the bathrooms, the lights turn on automatically when someone walks through the doors, and will turn off, with a delay, once the person leaves the room.
- During your event, do not turn the A/C below 65 degrees. After your event, please turn the thermostats back up to 84 degrees in the summer and 65 degrees in the winter.
- The exterior and meeting room doors must be locked before you leave the clubhouse. To ensure that the doors are locked properly, please make sure they are flush together and latched.
In consideration of your fellow citizens, please notify the City of any cancellations on a timely basis. There will be a $100 fee assessed for any UNRETURNED or LOST KEYS.
Failure to follow the cleaning rules outlined above shall result in the assessment of fines and loss of deposit. Fines, plus repair costs, shall also be assessed for any damages. The City of Southside Place will determine the amount of any fines. Renters who leave the Clubhouse in disorder and/or fail to pay fines in a timely manner shall forfeit any deposit and "good standing" status and their right to rent the Clubhouse. Members protesting the imposition of fines may appeal directly to the City Manager. A cleaning service is available for a fee of $200 (bathrooms, floor mop, kitchen, etc.). Renters are still responsible for bagging and placing all trash bags outside beyond the fence on the East side of the clubhouse.
Citizens will be asked to complete a rental agreement. Citizens hosting a function they plan to attend sign Agreement A, while citizens sponsoring sign Agreement B. Please return the signed agreement to the Southside Place Town Center.
Key Pick-up and Return is handled during normal business hours at the city administrative offices and the police department during after hours. A key return mail slot is located next to the front doors of Town Center. Failure to return keys will result in a $100 missing key fine, which will be billed to you/your organization. You will also be held accountable for damaged property. Please make checks payable to the City of Southside Place.
Additional Onsite Responsibilities
The City of Southside Place is enforcing "No Parking" on the south side of Garnet Street and on all other sides of the street adjacent to park grounds. Please inform your guests about this parking mandate to avoid ticketing. Food Trucks are an exception to this "No Parking" rule, but Southside Place police suggest any food trucks should park on the clubhouse side of Garnet Street between the clubhouse steps and the street corner by the tennis courts.
If you are using inflatables or other party /carnival attractions, the delivery and setup vehicles are NOT allowed to drive up on the grassy field area. Please ask vendor to use hand trucks and plywood for setup to protect the grassy fields. No exceptions.
In case of emergency, call Southside Place Police Department at 713-668-2341.


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Q. What is Accudemia?
Accudemia is a program the Library and Learning Commons uses to track types of student visits. By determining the most used services and observing usage patterns in the LLC, we can improve our service offerings for students. Accudemia is available at the sign-in stations located near the LLC entrances. When you log in, you will choose the type of service you intend to use (library services, tutoring, computer use and so on), the class you are working on, and your class instructor. That's all there is to it!
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Since being founded in Italy in the 1930s, Ariston has gone on to become a global expert in heating products and water heating. In 2011 Ariston launched its very first global advertising campaign, and since then, the brand's name has spread throughout the world..Give us a call
Not only that, though, we also offer a complete spares and repairs service. If something goes wrong with your Ariston product, one of our appliance experts, all of whom have between 12 and 35 years worth of experience, will go that extra mile to fix your appliance
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Felix Bremer assigned as Team Manager International Sales
Region of charge is ROE Rest of Europe, except DACH and BeNeLux
Entry date 1 April, 2017
As of 1 April Continental has enlarged its International Sales Team with Felix Bremer. Joining the bicycle tires team as Team Manager International Sales, Felix Bremer is in charge of the market ROE Rest of Europe, except DACH and BeNeLux.
For these regions Hartmut Bölts took over the responsibility recently.
As an engaged biker Bremer relies on more than six years of Continental expertise as former Key Account Manager for Commercial Vehicle Tires. The Continental family is pleased having Bremer on board. "We are happy to welcome him as part of our team and are looking forward to a successful collaboration", Darwin Zabala says, Head of Marketing and Sales.


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Yes, The Construction Group has over 30 years of experience in the Minnesota construction and remodeling industry. But we offer much more.
We go above and beyond what your normal home renovation contractor does. Our philosophy of open communication, attention to detail, and expert craftsmanship make all the difference.
To give you more peace of mind, we offer some of the best warranties in the industry, too. Read on to find out more about how working with The Construction Group will make a big difference in your remodeling projects.
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Making Cents USB Drive - Paul Milligan
This product—Making Cents—is a must-have tool to help you walk out your financial life according to God's plan for stewardship.
Paul encourages us, "We need to develop a stewardship, not an ownership, mentality. The Bible teaches us that God is the owner and we are His stewards. An owner provides, while a steward preserves. A steward will increase the value of the owner's assets with an attitude of passionate commitment. In today's culture, we are enamored with being the owner, the boss, and doing our own thing. But in the economics of the kingdom of God, He is the only one qualified to be the owner. Our Scripture reading today asks the question who, then, is that faithful and wise steward, not who is that faithful and wise owner. Determine today to be a faithful steward and leave the ownership to God."
(Making Cents includes a free 6-month subscription to the Basic Cents program.
Basic Cents is a money-management software program developed by Paul Milligan, the CEO of Andrew Wommack Ministries and an entrepreneur who has founded multiple successful corporations. Paul is also a minister of the Gospel and has revelation of
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Please scroll down to view our menu. We've got quite a selection of entrees and appetizers
for you to enjoy while you're our guests. You can also download a copy of our
menu in PDF format to print up for you to keep at home or in the office as a
quick reference.
Click on each menu for a downloadable PDF. Prices may change as inflation goes up. :(


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Posted: Mar 07, 2018
Gainesville, FL – Santa Fe continued their hot start to Mid-Florida Conference play on Wednesday afternoon, defeating Florida State College-Jacksonville 13-7 in Gainesville. The win improves the NJCAA #5 Saints to 21-4 and 3-0 in MFC play. They've now won seven games in a row, their second winning streak of at least seven games this season.
Devin Hemenway started on the hill and tossed seven innings, allowing five runs, three of them earned, and struck out eight.
The Saints took a 7-0 lead through three innings and appeared to be cruising to another win. FSC-J had other ideas and after scoring three runs in the fourth to cut into the SF advantage, completed the comeback in the eighth, scoring four runs, three of them on a triple that was lost in the sun by the Saints center fielder Parker Beiderer.
With the score knotted at 7-7, Santa Fe poured it on in the bottom half of the eighth. Beiderer lead the frame off with a walk after a patient at bat and Mikey Navarrete sacrificed him to second. Garrett Mathes made the Saints execution count, singling home Beiderer for the 8-7 lead.
Not content to be just a run up, Cade Westbrook knocked in two runs with a double to left and two batters later Brock Edge added an insurance run to make it 11-7.
Capping the wild afternoon, Jeff Misener hit a no doubt homerun (1) on the first pitch of his first at bat that cleared the street in the air in right field for the final 13-7 margin.
Garrett Mathes earned the win in relief, tossing 1.2 innings for his third win of the year. Offensively he was 2-for-3 with two runs scored, a homerun (1) and two RBI. Westbrook finished 2-for-5 with a double, two runs, and two RBI, and Brock Edge was 2-for-4 with a double, one run scored, and one RBI.
The Saints will host a non-conference game on Friday, March 9 when they battle Kalamazoo Valley Community College (MI) at 3:00 p.m.
For complete schedules, stats, and more information please visit www.santafesaints.com.


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Your Trusted Painting Contractors
As the second largest city in Texas, it's no surprise that San Antonio is home to many businesses, warehouses, retail locations, hotels, hospitals and other facilities. To stay protected and in good quality for the long haul, all of them will need expert painting services at one point or another.
When your building needs painting contractors in San Antonio, come to Raider Painting — the best resource in the Lone Star State and beyond! If you have a commercial or industrial location that needs painting work, we're here for you. Talk to us about coating floors, walls, machinery, masonry, equipment and more — whether you have support beams at a Northwest Side industrial site or flooring in a downtown parking garage that needs a refresh.
Backed by close to three decades in the industry, Raider Painting has the experienced professional industrial and commercial coating contractors in San Antonio that can get your job done quickly and efficiently. As one of the leading painting companies in San Antonio and beyond, we focus on creating fantastic finished projects for our clients — the kind that look great for years to come.
Services we offer in San Antonio
Our full range of services includes everything from steel structural coatings to interior and exterior wall paint. We work with diverse clients in San Antonio — such as high-rises, office buildings, sports stadiums, restaurants, communications facilities, shopping malls, residential homeowners associations, schools, hotels and more.
To give you a better idea of the painting solutions we provide in the area, here are a few examples of our services:
- Deck and floor coatings: Protection for decks and flooring from everyday wear and tear, traffic, deterioration and corrosion.
- Structural steel and machinery coatings: Coatings that protect structural steel, machinery and equipment from harsh chemicals, environmental hazards, corrosion and humidity.
- Tank coatings: A better way to prevent leaking, rust or corrosion — as well as a solution that mitigates potential damages from contamination.
- Interior and exterior painting: Clean, fresh appearances for building walls and structures.
- Waterproofing and elastomeric: Protection against water damage that can damage your building's structural integrity.
- Intumescent, epoxy, FDA and other special coatings: Specialty coatings such as FDA-approved painting for food safety, epoxies for hard surfaces and intumescent coatings for fire protection.
Raider Painting has the comprehensive product knowledge and industry experience to help you protect, coat and waterproof your San Antonio buildings and equipment. No matter what sort of industrial or commercial painting you need, talk to us.
Why Raider Painting?
When you're looking for commercial painting in San Antonio committed to quality, there's no better resource than Raider Painting. We'll see your project through to completion, meet your deadlines, stay within your budget and leave your facilities in better shape than when we started. If you're interested in learning more, contact us today!


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375g Spaghetti
50g Butter
1 Tablespoon Vegemite
Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil and cook pasta until al dente (which is usually what the packet tells you to cook it for minus 1 min). Drain but save a cup of pasta water.
Return the pot back to the heat and melt the butter, add the vegemite into the butter with a little of the reserved water and combine. Return the pasta back into the vegemite mixture and stir to coat the pasta.
Serve whilst hot.
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5 Best Fabrics For Women Clothing In Summer
Summer is considered as the most fashionable season for the modern women as it gives liberty to try various fabrics, patterns and styles in women clothing. From modern clothing to ethnic wear, women kurti and rest all the female clothing receives a complete makeover in the summer season. At times, all these options create confusion. If you too get confused with all the available options, here is a fabric guide for you to choose from.
The Traditional Cotton
Well, this is undeniably the best option for the hottest season of the year-summer. It's trendy, comfortable and stylish at the same time. It keeps you cool in humidity and it absorbs sweat to let your skin breath. You can pair cotton printed kurtis with almost any bottom wear to look stylish.
The Blended Silk
We know that silk seems too heavy fabric and perfect for only winters. However, the blended silk is a softer variety of this fabric. This softer version is lighter and too ideal for the summer season. If you purchase office wear kurtis online, you should definitely go with this fabric. It looks stylish and perfect for office wear and small functions.
The Stylish Linen
If you prefer wearing lighter fabrics in the summer season, the stylish linen is specially crafted for you. This fabric is light, breathable and super comfortable. It reflects heat and allows air flow, which makes it perfect for women clothing in the summer season. You can wear linen trousers, linen women kurti and linen women dresses in the summer season.
The Magical Khadi
If you get bothered by excessive heat, this one is just for you. The magical khadi has super absorbing and super cool properties. This looks awesome in casual as well as formal clothes. You can confidently wear this fabric in the summer season.
The Contemporary Rayon
This one is super trendy and stylish. Chemically treated naturally cellulose produce fibres, which is rayon. This is a cool and comfortable fabric for the summer season. It absorbs moisture and sweat giving it a place in the list of summer fabrics. Rayon floral print long kurtis looks perfect for any girl.
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Water's Edge 311
Garden City Beach - Ocean Front
- Complex: Waters Edge
- Type: Condominium
- Location: Ocean Front
- Property Type: Condominium
- Bedrooms: 2
- Bathrooms: 2 full
- Sleeps: 7
Bedding Types: 1 King, 1 Sofa Bed, 1 Bunk
Water's Edge 311 is a two-bedroom, two-bath oceanfront condo located 0.6 miles north of Garden City Pier. This professionally decorated condo includes a fully-equipped kitchen complete with Quartzite counters, Quartzite composite sink, stainless steel appliances including a dishwasher and microwave, two coffee pots (Keurig, drip), as well as a washer, dryer, central heat and air conditioning, ceiling fans, granite bathroom counters, and ceramic plank tile throughout. Other amenities include three Samsung Smart TVs (cable, 50-inch master, 65-inch living room), two DVD players, and Wi-Fi. Sleeping accommodations include one king-size bed, one twin-over-double bunk bed set, plus a queen-sized sofa bed. Common area amenities include an outdoor swimming pool with swim-through to interior pool (excluding October-April when the indoor pool is heated), indoor/outdoor hot tub, outdoor showers, two elevators, on-site gift shop, lounge, and restaurant, and ample covered parking. No trailers or golf carts. No smoking. No pets. Check-out maid service is included. Linens not included. Complete linen and bath package is available for $120, sheets and pillowcase only available for $60. Maximum occupancy: 7
Conveniently located close to some of the best area attractions, Garden City Beach is directly south of Surfside Beach and ends on a peninsula at the mouth of Murrells Inlet. One of the most renowned attractions in Garden City Beach is the Pier at Garden City. Other attractions include Marlin Quay Marina, Gulf Stream Cafe, Original Sam's Corner, and Sara J's Seafood Restaurant.
Just south of Garden City Beach is Murrells Inlet, a seaside community that is considered to be the "Seafood Capital of South Carolina", but is also home to some of the nation's best golf courses. Once primarily a fishing village, the town is best known for the Murrells Inlet MarshWalk, a half-mile long boardwalk overlooking a pristine salt marsh, and the many award-winning seafood and barbecue restaurants along Highway 17 Business in the central business district.
Brookgreen Gardens, a sculpture garden and wildlife preserve built on four former rice plantations, is located slightly south of Murrells Inlet. It features several themed gardens with American figurative sculptures placed in them, trails through several nature reserve ecosystems and the Lowcountry Zoo.
If you're looking for places to shop, Inlet Square Mall, The Market Common, Coastal Grand, Myrtle Beach Mall, Broadway at the Beach, Barefoot Landing, two Tanger shopping outlets, countless strip-malls, and many more shopping facilities are all within an easy drive from Garden City Beach. Looking for some entertainment, take in a show at Alabama Theater, Medieval Times, The Carolina Opry, Pirates Voyage, and Legends in Concert. And don't forget about Ripley's Aquarium, Alligator Adventure, Hard Rock Cafe, Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, and The Pavilion Nostalgia Park.
Other points of interest close by include the waterfront community of Georgetown, the third oldest city in South Carolina and second largest seaport in South Carolina, and historic Conway with its downtown Riverwalk area nestled on the banks of the Waccamaw River. Both towns include fine dining, shopping, and historic sites.
Surfside Beach, Garden City Beach and Murrells Inlet are all close to Waccamaw Hospital and several urgent care facilities.
Whatever your desire, whatever your need, the south strand offers a little something on everyone's to-do list. We have a variety of restaurants, retail stores, miniature golf, entertainment venues, charter fishing, water sports... and of course, nothing but relaxation.
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"When I first heard about the decision, I was speechless," said Sonny Vaccaro.
Speechless as in he never thought this day would come.
Vaccaro is the former sneaker marketer turned anti-NCAA crusader, and he was talking about Friday's decision in the O'Bannon case – the one in which Judge Claudia Wilken ruled that the principle of amateurism is not a legal justification for business practices that violate the nation's antitrust laws.
Although he is not a lawyer, Vaccaro is as responsible for the O'Bannon case as anyone. (Disclosure: One of the O'Bannon lawyers works for same law firm as my wife. She has no involvement in the case.)
Vaccaro first got the idea for the lawsuit in the late 1990s, around the time that ESPN bought Classic Sports Network for $175 million. ESPN Classic, as it was renamed, replays games from the past, many of which involve college teams. The players in those games have long since left college, yet they have no rights to their names and likenesses, just as had been the case when they were in school.
How, wondered Vaccaro, could that possibly be OK?
Vaccaro is probably best known for coming up with the idea of the "sneaker contract" during his heyday as a marketer for Nike. That's a deal in which a college coach receives payment for having his team wear a particular brand of sneakers. In the 1980s, still with Nike, he took the idea a step further, paying a university to have all its athletes wear the same brand. There is not much question that Vaccaro helped fuel the commercialization of college sports. Though, as he likes to remind people, "the schools could have turned the money down. They never did."
In 2007, Vaccaro quit his final job in the sneaker industry – he was at Reebok at the time – to devote his time to fighting the NCAA, an organization he had come to loathe. He began going around the country making anti-NCAA speeches at universities. Five years ago, while in Washington to make a speech at Howard University, he had dinner with a lawyer friend and laid out his idea of bringing a lawsuit revolving around the names and likenesses of former college athletes. Before long, he was put in touch with Michael Hausfeld, a plaintiffs' lawyer who was looking for a high-profile case to run with.
And one other thing: He found Ed O'Bannon, the former UCLA basketball star who became the lead plaintiff. Or, rather, O'Bannon called Vaccaro after seeing an avatar, clearly based on himself, in a video game, asking if he had any recourse. Vaccaro, in turn, put O'Bannon together with Hausfeld. And the rest, as they say, is history.
In the cool light of day, Wilken's decision does not appear likely to radically reshape college sports. The relief she granted the plaintiffs is likely to put some money into the pockets of athletes who play big-time football or men's basketball. But it is certainly not going to make anybody rich, and the average fan won't even notice the difference. It is not like the kind of change that took place when major league baseball players gained the right to become free agents in the 1970s. For instance, she ruled that players still won't be able to endorse products for money. In so ruling, she bought into one of the NCAA's core views – namely that college athletes need to be protected from "commercial exploitation."
What is radical about her decision – and what could pave the way for further changes in other lawsuits – was her dismantling of the various rationales the NCAA has put forth over the years as its justification for insisting on amateurism as the bedrock of college athletics. Assuming her decision stands up on appeal, the NCAA will lose its ability to argue that amateurism is so noble an ideal that, in and of itself, it justifies anticompetitive behavior.
"Do I wish the decision had gone further?" Vaccaro said Monday. "Sure. It vindicated people like me, who have been voices in the wilderness for so long."
"We have exposed them," Hausfeld said. "We have gotten rid of their implicit immunity from the antitrust laws."
In March, another antitrust suit was filed against the NCAA, by Jeffrey Kessler, a lawyer best known in the sports world for bringing the suit that gained free agency for professional football players.
Kessler's suit is much more ambitious than O'Bannon's. He is arguing that the "matrix of restrictions" (as he put it to me) that prevent universities from deciding how to value and compensate players is anticompetitive and violates the antitrust laws.
Thus does O'Bannon now pass the baton to Kessler, as the NCAA's critics begin the next leg of this race.
It is not like the kind of change that took place when major league baseball players gained the right to become free agents in the 1970s.


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Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the Killing Fields are not the nicest places to visit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, but they are very thought provoking. These locations exhibit the insanity that Pol Pot released on his country. It is so crazy. It is incomprehensible. In my point of view, it is important to know the brutalities of the Khmer Rouge to understand modern Cambodia. Even though these are creepy places filled with sadness, to me, it is a must-see for anyone visiting Cambodia to be reminded of the madness that happened in the past and in order to prevent a re-occurrence in the future.
The Khmer Rouge regime was led by Pol Pot, who was a communist. He ruled the country from 1975 to 1979. He wanted Cambodia to be rural, classless, and he banned ownership of anything. He also abolished money, religion, and made everyone wear simple black clothes. He also banned people from leaving their present area and prohibited more than two people meeting at one time to prevent discussion of his regime. If a group of two or more people were caught talking, they were often sent to prison for interrogation and then execution. The Khmer Rouge arrested and eventually executed the members of the former government, intellectuals, professionals, university students, and even targeted ethnic groups such as Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese, Muslims, Catholics, Laotians and Buddhist monks who lived in Cambodia. It is estimated that approximately 3 million people out of a total population of 8 million Cambodians were killed at the time.
As soon as we arrived at the entrance gate of both Tuol Sleng and Killing Fields, we were greeted by men and women with missing limbs and who were desperately thin and begged for money.
It was a moving experience! It is so hard to believe that these cruelties happened very recently. I wonder what Cambodia would be like today if this Khmer Rouge regime had never taken place.
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum:
Unlike any other museums, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S-21) is very simple, but it displays the distressing part of Cambodia's history. The building had once been a high school. The grassy area in front of it looked like the place where the children would have gathered and played during their break time. However, when the Khmer Rouge had taken over the country in 1975, schooling had been abolished, and they had used the school field as an area of torture.
The site has four main buildings named A, B, C, and D. Building A has the large cells, for special prisoners. Building B contains the galleries of photographs of the prisoners that were taken when they arrived at the S-21. Building C where the small prison cells are, some are made of wood dividers, and some are bricks. Building D is where you can find the instruments of torture.
As we walked through the cells, we saw the photographs of the victims (men, women and children), the metal beds to which the victims were chained, the blood stains that were still on the floor, the skulls in the cabinets and the instruments they used for torture. All these speak volumes and is very heart wrenching. Personally, I found every part of it very difficult to see as it brought me face to face with the horrors and atrocities. It is so sad to think about all the people who had their lives taken away from them by the Khmer Rouge.
Below are the photographs of the tools that the Khmer Rouge used to torture the prisoners. The first photo was where they tied the victim with a rope on the ankles and hung the victim upside-down for so long and dipped the head into huge pots filled with hot water.
I did not expect that I would be so affected, but as soon as we entered the first room in the first building and saw the blood sprinkled on the ceiling, I felt bummed out. You cannot visit Phnom Penh and not to learn what these people have been through.
Choeung Ek, The killing Field:
Choeung Ek is one of the killing fields in Cambodia as it is the site of a mass grave of the victims of the Khmer Rouge who were killed in the period 1975-1979. It was also where the Khmer Rouge regime executed the victims who were kept by the Khmer Rouge in Tuol Sleng. It is such a place of tragedy and horror. The place was very peaceful, serene and perfect for reflection.
The tree below is called the Killing Tree because it was where the executioners used to beat the children.
Another tree below is called a Magic Tree. It was used to hang a loudspeaker to prevent the moan of the people to be heard by the people outside as the prisoners were being executed.
We were chilled to realize that not all bones and teeth had been excavated, and our horror reached a peak when we found out that we had just walked on a tooth so small that it could only have been that of a very young child. We proceeded extremely carefully then, with tears in our eyes. We had a really good guided audio tour and it took us around the place explaining what happened and telling the tales from survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime very clearly. We could stop, sat on the bench and replayed an episode from the audio tour.
- The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is in the center of town and close to most hotels. The Choeung Ek, Killing Field is about 17 km south of Phnom Penh (approximately 45 minutes tuk tuk ride out). I suggest to bring a scarf or mask because the roads are very bumpy and dusty.
- I recommend that you should see the Tuol Sleng before the Killing Fields as the information flows better and it gives you a clearer picture of what people went through, if you wish to do things in this order.
- The Tuol Sleng and the Killing Fields are not suitable for young children as there are visible human remains such as bones, skulls and some terrible photos.
- The tour can be done with or without a guide. We didn't get a guide for ourselves and it was OK. At the end of the exhibit, we met one survivor and we were proud to shake his hand and bought his book which was written in English.
- It is very confronting, so be prepared for a lot of emotions.


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BC: By Dominique Wyckoff
FC: Scrumptious Reese vs. Sufficient Snickers
1: As we all know there is a massive amount of candy in the world. We all prefer a type of candy. Every candy has a different maker. They are also eleven different types of candy. But in some other person opinion there is no other candy in the world for them, but that certain one. We have Butter Fingers, Snickers, Queen Ann, Mr. Good bar, Wonka bar, 1,000 Grand and Reese. Reese has a sensational shape and texture compared to snickers.
2: Reese has been around for 82 years. The Reese was born in 1928. So not only is it older and been around longer. It has a lush taste, nothing is better than chocolate and peanut butter. The flavor isn't over whelming. It doesn't have too many ingredients for your mouth to find. The peanut butter and the chocolate compliments each other very well. With the peanut butter being salty, and the chocolate being sweet it cancels the over whelming of two sweet and to salty.
4: Reese is also a very creamy piece of candy. It is an easy eats, small and can save it for later. With the milk chocolate and special made peanut butter. It is also safe to eat. With how soft it is and how easy it melts. People with braces can eat Reese, It will not break there brackets. You can also feed this soft lush cream candy to infants. This candy will not harm children; it is also not such a choking hazard. There is also less calories in the Reese candy then most candies.
6: As for snickers, they have a lot of ingredients in there candy. This can be very bad because the taste becomes over whelming and it also carries a lot more calories. The caramel and chocolate and sweet cookie in it, makes the candy way to sweet. Because of all the extra ingredients, with all the sweetness in it, it can cause you to gain weight. Also too much of everything is bad for you. But that does not mean eat Reese all the time because too much is really bad.
7: Reese is more superior then snickers. Some candies may be better than Reese. But Reese beats snicker by a lot. There are different types of Reese. There are different types of Snicker. There is different everything's. Nothing is the same not even the same candy bar you've ate all your life, or your shoe's you may get the same look and brand but there will always be something different about them compered to your old ones. Just like candy, There is always a difference, wither its caramel, or vanilla, or even if it taste the same. There are many different verity's of candy in the world.


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I will confessto being jealousof the street poetwith his antique typewriterand handwritten sign(though I did wonderwhy it wasn't typed)but then I heard him say"there areteapots out thereyou can make"so I kept walkingthinking that the lesson isso much dependson context
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I love this bit of whimsy because it refreshingly surreal with touches of Lewis Carroll.ReplyDelete
I love the idea of street poets: it is very Gabriel Garcia Marquez. And of course, context is all.ReplyDelete
I too love the idea of street poets. Wonderfully meditative write, Marian 💕ReplyDelete
Street poets (and street artists, in general, to be honest) hold a special place in my heart. Like your poem suggests, everything depends on context... and those who art on the street become the content of their art. And I love that.ReplyDelete
This made me smile.......a poet's utterances are not always, or even often, profound.ReplyDelete
Ah the life of a street poet- such freedom in utterances. ...ReplyDelete
it is very Gabriel Garcia Marquez. And of course, context is all.ReplyDelete
Oh yes, there are always teapots to be made... and there is a context for that too..ReplyDelete
Exactly. Loved this.ReplyDelete
the lesson isReplyDelete
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In many such instances opportunity lurks for them to exploit the situations.Nature is such. Rightly so Marian!
Street artists, poets, and musicians always capture my interest, but then, well, there are teapots to be made.ReplyDelete
Love this Marian!