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Las Petacas
A wide spot with a stream in the Taos Canyon which has been turned into a campground. This campground is used by people as a place to spend the night, not as a place to spend time (when we spent the night here, most were gone a little after 8am). Part of this is probably due to the fact that this is the first campground you reach after you leave Taos. If you are looking for a better campground, continue up the road to either Capulin or La Sombra |
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Date: | 2000-08-10 |
Cleanliness: | 7. |
General notes: | When we visited, the toilet had a broken door handle. |
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Carson National Forest | US Forest Service | 2002 | 1:126720 | N | from Amazon (purchase) | Camino Real and Questa ranger districts and Valle Vidal Unit side of the map |
Guide to Indian Country of Arizona Colorado New Mexico Utah | Automobile Club of Southern California | 1998 | 1:0 | N | from Amazon (purchase) | Good overview road map for northwest NM. No scale is given on the map. The corner coordinates are approximate. |
Taos | BLM | 1994 | 1:100000 | Y | from Amazon (purchase) | |
Wildernesses of New Mexico | US Forest Service | 1981 | 1:1000000 | N | No online copies. | Base map with national forests, wilderness areas and highways. |
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Manufacturers with 'History': Does Continuity Matter?
When a small manufacturer with a history is acquired by a conglomerate, there are usually designers and marketing people assigned to manage the brand's "image." They research what it was that made the brand iconic, what associations the customer base has come to have with the brand name, and they incorporate these elements into the company's literature, advertising campaigns and mission statements. But is this sufficient?
On the other hand, there are brand names that, years after having ceased production, have been resurrected by a new owner who ardently tries to continue making the bicycles in the original tradition. René Herse was a French constructeur - a legendary framebuilder who created exquisite randonneuring bicycles in the 1930s-1970s. More than 30 years after Herse's death, the René Herse name was purchased by a man in Colorado, USA, and Herse bicycles are now once again being built - this time by an American framebuilder. Though I have seen only pictures, it is said that the new bicycles look and handle similarly to the originals. Nevertheless, is it the same manufacturer?
When thoroughly examined, there are in fact very few, if any, bicycle manufacturers that have maintained continuity throughout the years. There are brands, once synonymous with quality, that have been sold to lower-tier mail order companies. There are brands that have been acquired by international venture capital firms. There are brands that have been resurrected under new ownership. And there are brands that have switched owners a number of times since they first started out. What must a bicycle brand retain of itself in order for you to recognise it as a manufacturer with a long history, rather than think of it as a different company under the same name?
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- Phil MillerFebruary 17, 2011 at 12:15 PM
As a consumer, brand longevity must be coupled with brand integrity. That integrity is compromised when I see a brand going back into production that has been out of production for 10 years or more, in a different country, by new owners, with completely different frame materials and designs.
Were I to see that Alcyon or Serius bicycles were back in production, I'd be very suspicious. But I'd look, and if I saw steel lugged frames with relaxed angles, cream tires and a very retro look that reminded me of those beautiful French posters, I'd hunt one down and test ride it, maybe even buy it. But if they were Tig-welded, metal-flaked, plastic-seated, 27-geared, carbon-forked, made in China, I'd probably wipe a tear and turn the page. I was a graphic designer for many years and can tell you that marketing, branding and history does not often equal a good product. So where I am intrigued by longevity and sometime impressed with a manufactures history, that doesn't always translate to a quality product unless I have seen it, rode it and hear from people like you that know what their doing, that the product is sound and worth looking at. After that I am attracted to a look and feel, but only after it passes the form and function requirement.
For instance I had heard that Electra was just a fashion bike company and hadn't been making bikes for long. Their frames are not lugged and they use only chromoly steel tubing for the fork and the rest was aluminum. This turned me off, other than I liked the look and feel, but I wasn't going to buy a bike based on that. Then I went and rode it, tried a friends out for a month and then bought it cause it rode very well and I couldn't find an English Roadster at the time where I lived. This bike has turn out to be one very well built bike that has taken a beaten and is performing unbelievable well. I have driven many types of bikes over the 30 years or so that I have been commuting and it beats them all so far. I wouldn't have thought so and I would have argued with you if you told me this was going to be a good bike. My point I guess is that you can't tell anything about a bike no matter what the real history is until you own it and ride it. The proof is in the eating of the pudding, so they say.
:-)- NorthernMikeFebruary 17, 2011 at 12:52 PM
I miss my 1980s Raleigh Big Horn, sometimes.
The new Raleighs SUCK.
Sturmey Archer has some work to do on "continuity", also.
JoPo, the Finnish bike, used to be better.
This is such a depressing topic. - AnonymousFebruary 17, 2011 at 1:23 PM
I think that we have to be aware of why certain iconic brands are so important to us before we accuse the current holders of the banners we are so loyal to of being cynical or predatory.
If you love Bianchis because Fausto Coppi rode for them in 1948, does it matter much whether they are built with the same philosophy and to the same standards now?, or is just making fast bikes in a specific shade of blue/green and sending them out to battle enough. Most of their production back then was inexpensive consumer grade stuff anyway so the top line bikes were sort of an anomaly in any case.
I grew up thinking Raleigh made the finest bikes in the world because they embodied some noble "British" ideals and qualities that were superior to anyone else's. Besides being sort of xenophobic, That view is pretty far from the truth. It turns out that Raleigh were pretty ruthless in driving out competition and only made as good a bike as they needed to be as successful as possible. If companies that built arguably superior bikes were swallowed up or just driven under,well, so be it. I still think they built better bikes than most but I no longer feel like I need to choose sides. If the Raleigh of today builds bikes that are recognizable as "Raleighs" in some way than bless em'. If they build trendy junk than the name will mean nothing and won't seduce anyone.
The case of Rene' Herse is different. To me, that's like purchasing the trade name "Van Gogh" somehow and trying to convince people that by using the same materials, techniques and adhering to certain compositional themes that I am somehow connected to his original genius. I don't like it. I might buy such a painting or bike if it was attractive and reasonably priced but I'd probably ask that it not be signed. If Rene' was still alive and was somehow involved or if he had set this enterprise in motion before falling down dead I'd think it was a valid expression of his creativity. But I would still feel just a bit of a fraud telling my friends it was a "Herse".
If you really want to get me started(and I hope you don't), ask me how I feel about Mongoose. The little company from SoCal that, with a few others, made BMX a phenomenon and gave my 11 year old life purpose and meaning(don't laugh, I'm an unstable zealot and am capable of anything). To see nasty, misshapen junk, made of plastic and gas-pipe, dangling from the racks in Wal-Mart displaying the snarling, leaping rodent to which I pledged my allegiance in 1975...I despair.
Spindizzy Along these same lines. The list of American made, quality, lugged steel frames is this:
1. Waterford
2. All the other small 1-3 person shops.
That's it.
Waterford is an amazing anomaly. It doesn't
have the name of it's historical roots. But the owner sure does: Richard Scwhinn.
I don't think there is another American bike frame "Production" company, other than Waterford. They are the historical legacy of America's most storied "Name" brand, having originally been the Schwinn Bicycle spinoff of their highest quality "Paramount" line.And let's not get started about the most "American" of bicycle companies, Schwinn...(shudder)
Without even trying, I managed to purchase a bike last year from a company that's been around for over 100 years, Worksman. They are an anomaly, a bicycle company that still makes all their bikes* in the US, hasn't been bought and sold, bikes still look the same, etc. Sure, they aren't performance bikes or have a cachet that's coveted, but for brand longevity and integrity, it's one of the few.
*Before some of you jump over this statement, I am aware that they have imported some bikes, sold under a different name. Anything that says "Worksman" is still made in Ozone Park, Queens, though.Continuity certainly matters if you're in the market for a new bicycle with an old name and expecting that classic quality. I think that also - sadly - lapses in quality can cause a brand's whole legacy to suffer. I'm thinking here of Schwinn - old Chicago Schwinns are classic, comfortable, sturdy, and beautiful to some beholders, but it seems there are so many crappy newer ones in big box stores and on the Craigslist market that the whole Schwinn name has been sullied. Or there is Spindizzy's example - I am maybe young and naieve, but I hadn't realized Mongoose had an honorable brand history at all.
ReplyDelete- Peppy (the amazing philosopher cat)February 17, 2011 at 2:05 PM
I think some things said here have to be taken in context. Yes, the new Herse company is... new. But what if they continue to make wonderful bikes for 30 years? There will come a point when the new company is just as well respected as their predecessor.
What I am saying is that it matters very much what new owners or even existing owners do with their legacy. Time will tell. They won't be able to hold on to their customers' respect if they continue to make garbage for several generations of new cyclists. No amount of name recognition will help there or even persist. It's important to renew and uphold the standards that made the original companies household names. If the new Rehe Herse company can do that, that is a tangible way in which they can gain and maintain continuity with history. Such a good question. What's the most important thing about a bike manufacturer? I would say its people. Do they have the experience, have they built enough bikes to know what works and what doesn't?
This reminds me of the camera world, in which a Japanese camera maker, Cosina, bought the rights to an old, old German camera brand, Voigtlander. They've come out with a line of rangefinder cameras and lenses branded as Cosina-Voigtlander that are highly regarded. In a sense, it's as if the brand has forced the company who owns it and builds for it to meet the expectations created by that brand. Luckily, the owner and CEO of Cosina seems to deeply respect the Voigtlander name, and has worked hard to build products worthy of this brand.
So on the one hand we may think of the intrinsic value of an able bicycle maker who doesn't have the benefit of a brand: he (generally they seem to be men) is essentially building his own. On the other hand, you can jump start your business by buying a brand and trying to live up to it.
I think that's why the discursive, opinionated (and sometimes meandering) writings of Grant Peterson work for him. He's created a brand by telling you everything he thinks about bikes and bicycling (and child-rearing, and low carb diets, and books, and....) so that you get a real sense of what he's like and what he cares about. I think it's very effective marketing- if you like his products and the philosophy that's associated with them.
This kind of high touch marketing is so important in this day and age in which anything can be built anywhere, practically 3D printed. So what are you buying after all? The product? Or the ideas behind it?You can't generalize anything!
In some cases, yes, the older was better, the new cheapened and running on the good will of the old name.
But I can think of one, Sturmey-Archer, as they have been bought out, that are introducing new, better designed hubs, than anything the old company had been producing for 50 years.Peppy - I am not questioning the quality of the new Herse bicycles; by all accounts, they are top notch. But think of it this way: If Rene Herse himself were alive today and continued to make bicycles during all this time, would his process remain stagnant, or would it keep evolving? I'd wager the latter. By replicating the bikes Herse made in his life time, it seems to me that the new company is limited to just that: period replicas. That's the biggest problem I have with it.
At the same time, I wouldn't go quite as far as Spindizzy and compare Herse to Van Gogh. Artisanship is quite different from fine art.- SteveCrowleyFebruary 17, 2011 at 2:28 PM
my thoughts exactly.
The "Raleigh USA" name was purchased by Huffy in 1982, and that's when they started to go downhill. I think they may be making a bit of a comeback with a few mid and high level steel road bikes.
One brand I will continue to be loyal to is Brooks, but of course they are still made in England, and they are pretty much the same as they have always been. That I am very thankful for. Continuity means not only continuous production, but consistent quality. Actually, I'd say that quality is what it counts even when there is some discontinuity in production. For example, KHS used to be a great manufacturer. I still have one of their MTB models from mid 90s and I wouldn't trade it for anything. When I was buying a new bike my first impulse was to look for another KHS. But, what I saw in shops made me unhappy, both aesthetically and mechanically. Later I found out that the company went down and was bought by some Chinese bicycles manufacturer just because of their name. Continuity? Not a chance! And I'm not from USA, so there's no patriotism clouding my judgement here.
On the other hand, there's Sturmey Archer. I have no experience with their products, but from what Sheldon Brown said, being bought by Koreans(?) made their product better! In his opinion, there's a lot of mythology being built about "old" Sturmey Archer that romanticize it but forgets all the faults. So, continuity? I'd say yes.
About above mentioned Rene Herse, if it is of good quality and is still the same design, then where is the problem? Especially since Herse family is still involved in some way (presuming that what is written on their website is true). Of course, if someone likes old timers, than obviously this is not the thing to look for, but otherwise, I like the idea old brands being resurrected with dignityAlso another good brand is Pashley. Their bikes are still lugged and hand made, very similar to Brooks in that respect.
A Pashely bike wouldn't be a right fit for everyone though, even though they make a good product. But anyone that doesn't like Brooks just doesn't get it. ;-) Just Joking, or maybe I am not.
-GarretI'm dealing with the same issue when it comes to pianos! One brand in particular, Knabe, has a long history. Pianos are still made today with that name, but without any connection (I don't think) to the people who were involved in its heyday. By the way, here is a little riddle... What is one physical thing that both pianos and bicycles have in common? Clue: you put your feet on them!
ReplyDeleteGarret - I owned a Pashley for a year, but ultimately didn't like how it handled and sold it. My husband still has his and is quite happy with it. The craftsmanship of the bicycles is impeccable as far as I can tell, and they very much are still made in England. Ownership did change hands though; not sure whether it was just once or more than that.
ReplyDeleteI recently tested a Cooper Bikes Sebring and was given to pause on such thoughts as you've raised here. Cooper Bikes are leveraging the name Cooper (of Mini Cooper fame) to give credibility and desirability to an otherwise anonymous frame. This could be seen as cynical marketing but I for one was prepared to buy into the myth for the sake of the enjoyment of the bike. I would do no less if it was a Bianchi or Raleigh..
Malvern Star has recently been resurrected here in Oz and we all know that what remains of the original Malvern Star is the name only. They've sourced a frame from China, put some stickers on it and marketed it as the child of the Malvern Star we all grew up on. We all know (or suspect) the truth and yet the magic (or maybe just nostalgia) of the name still rubs off.
Ultimately all manufacturers of any decent size will be knocking out bikes from factories, often in China. My wife's Bianchi is made in China, but it rides beautifully and is Bianchi Celeste blue. Unless we're prepared to buy a handmade frame from the local artisan then we'll have to buy into the myths of our manufacturers, and that's probably not a bad thing so long as their products are still great.I don't caim to know too much about classic bicycles and the like, but the only builder that comes to mind is Ellis Briggs based a few miles from me in north England. The business has been family owned for the last 70 years and they still produce top-quality bicycles to this day: http://customframebuilding.ellisbriggscycles.co.uk/.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousFebruary 17, 2011 at 5:18 PM
I take your point about Artists and artisans, if I overstated that I still think that there is a disconnect between the original and the unrelated successor. If the new Herse bikes become well loved on their own merits than they will still be referred to in future as the Rene' Herse bikes built by -----,in which case whoever ----- is has missed an opportunity to create their own reputation and make their own statement. Thats ok and might be the cost of breaking into an already crowded market of framebuilders. I buy lots of stuff that present me with bigger emotional conflicts but I don't have to like it.
Melissa, in the beginning of the whole BMX explosion(and it really was a big deal to us back then), Mongoose was one of the very best and one half of the big rivalry between Red Line (which still exists in a way, building some first rate stuff) and Mongoose (which doesn't), in this sort of thing there has to be a rivalry and you HAVE to choose sides. I chose Mongoose. Then it all went bad.
It's like if The Rolling Stones were to get old and soft and start playing crap and kept touring because they didn't realized they sucked and the money was good and people who didn't know better kept buying tickets because "The Stones are THE GREATEST ROCKINROLLBANDINTHEWORLD". Wouldn't that be horrible?
Spindizzy @Matteo: The parallels between bicycle and piano brand names and manufacturing are striking, but follow in the footsteps of much manufacturing: it's cheaper to make in Asia. Knabe, that storied American brand you mention, is now owned by Samick, the Korean manufacturer, which also produces pianos for Bechstein and others.
Is an old Knabe or old Cinelli better than a new one? It's hard to say, but they're both made in Asia today.Matteo & examinedspoke - It's the same story with fountain pens as well. Some of the famous brands dating back to the early 1900s still exist today, but in name only.
What bothers me about the "in name only" thing, is not so much the country of manufacture, but the lack of individuality. So many of the bikes made today look like they come from the same factory, despite their different brand names, histories and legacies. And chances are they did come from the same factory."What bothers me [is] the lack of individuality."
And yet, the quality of today's bikes is stunning. Some fan asked Greg Lemond whether bicycles were better in his racing days (mid-1980s) or now. His answer?
"Pretty much any bike you buy today is better than what I rode in the Tour de France."
Go figure.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/11/bikes-and-tech/technical-faq/ask-nick-the-best-bike-innovations-what-the-pros-really-ride-and-stretching-cables_151355Velouria- Worksman builds the same bike as they did 60 years ago: classic American balloon-tired cruisers. You have to like (or at least accept) that in order to want one. I own a Low Gravity cycle truck, basically a large basket cargo bike built onto a cruiser frame. Got mine used off of Craigslist here in Portland, you might find one pop up on Boston CL occasionally.
ReplyDeleteI think this depends on what you consider better. From a Tour de France point of view when you go from heavy metal to carbon fiber this is much better as weight means a lot, but to a commuter this is not a good thing, carbon fiber is a bad word and weight is not as much a concern. It gets even more complicated when you consider the difference between a Gazelle or Rivendell-Sam-Hillborne this become subjective, both great bikes, but which one is better? That would depend on taste and how the bike is going to be used.
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I think that some of the changes in these brands are appropriate to the maintenance of their image. Bianchi was, and is, primarily a manufacturer of road race bikes. If they weren't making lightweight, high tech, aggressive bicycles today then they would be disconnected from their history. The fact that they do make that type of bike (in addition to other types) in their heritage color provides adequate lineage in my mind.
Schwinn is another good example because they have always been a department store brand. The big difference between the Schwinn of yore and today's brand is what customers expect and are willing to pay for. My Stingray (thrift store buy when I was 13) was a great bike when I bought it in '93, probably 2 decades after it was made. It was durable, wheelied almost uncontrollably, and was a lot of fun. I bought a Suburban when I was in high school that was equally old and it worked great, was a bit heavy but wheelied shockingly well anyway, and was also very durable. Yet Schwinn wouldn't be able to sell those bikes today because department store bike customers want the cheapest option and are ok with purchasing disposable goods that won't last 20 years (or 10, or even 5 maybe) and get picked up in a thrift store by some kid in 2030. So Schwinn mostly makes crap because they understand their market. My 1998 Schwinn Home Grown xc-race mountain bike, however, was an outstanding bicycle (and yes, it did wheelie quite nicely, thank you for asking).
I might have gotten a little off-topic; I just mean to say that the long history of a company doesn't mean that the bikes are going to look today like they did back in the day. Some companies change their bikes dramatically while adhering to one, or some, core value(s) while others make bikes identical to the models of years past. Most have probably not been owned by the same person or family for the entire history of the brand, so buying new purely for the heritage of the brand is sort of silly. But how many of us (here, reading this) really buy bikes just because of the name on the headtube? brands are built by artists, entrepreneurs, mono-maniacs, freaks and engineers.
brands are bought by investors.
if investors have their brands run by managers, these brands - more often than not - are up for a slow death.
it can also happen though that investors have their brands run by artists, entrepreneurs, mono-maniacs, freaks and engineers... - not the rule yet but most likely the future.There are some bikes I'd want in my stable in a heartbeat. The new steel Raleighs (I'm thinking specifically of the Grand Prix and the International), the Masi Randonneur, a few of the steel Bianchis, etc.
However, with old companies, my experience is that I care less about their new products than their old ones. Huffy might be 70 years old, but I am not that interested in their stuff, old or new (though an old huffy balloner would be awesome!). Raleigh on the other hand, I think I'd take one of each of their bikes for any year from 1967 to 1980ish.
I will say this about Raleigh and far-east bikes - I've got a "derby" bike - a '93 Univega. TIG welded Tange chromoly. I love it. Rides well, good components (suntour all around), etc. Everything I'd want from a bike. Not necessarily pretty, but very well put together.
I have a Raleigh built Phillips (1967 or so). The lugs aren't set right, there's slag everywhere, and while it's certainly serviceable and looks good, the quality isn't there. The Raleigh Professional I have has file marks on the lugs. On the other hand, I have a Taiwanese built Raleigh Rapide mixte. Built beautifully, no slag, no separating lugs, and no file marks. Quality-wise, it's everything that the other bikes aren't.
Now, all of these are perfectly serviceable, and all are quality pieces, but (excuse the car analogy), it's the difference between a brand new car with a rattling dashboard and squeaky seats, and one that is silent...Chris Collins said...
"Along these same lines. The list of American made, quality, lugged steel frames is this:
1. Waterford
2. All the other small 1-3 person shops.
That's it."
Sorry but no that's not "it"........
Worksman is a 100+ year old AMERICAN cycle maker located in
NYC,NY. ALL of the bicycles they make are steel framed fully lugged and always have been.
As to branding......
IMO it's critical to keep "brand continuity" so that the mere mention of the brand name tells the listener what the product is as well as the products historical quality level.
People can be assured that if they buy that product today it will be just as good tomorrow. Toyota had "brand continuity" going to the point that most people just assumed that the Toyota they bought was as good ,or better, than any other competitors cars. Then Toyota slipped forever tarnishing decades of quality workmanship in the publics mind.
If the product gets stripped of "brand continuity" i.e. like Schwinn did when it was sold, then the name becomes a sick joke having nothing left of "brand continuity".I have to second the Sturmey Archer product being built today is in many cases better than the old. I have several old Raleighs and love them and their Sturmey Archer hubs. But, the new Sturmey Archer is no slouch and is building a very good product again. It's nice to know that new owners don't always go downhill and cheapen a product. The new Raleighs, well, the jury is still out. One of my friends just bought a new Raleigh this week. I will be watching and comparing "what was" with "what is".
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M. Pewthers, Schwinn definitely was NOT always a department store brand. Until the buy-out in 1992(?) every Schwinn was sold in a genuine Schwinn dealership, assembled by genuine bicycle mechanics and supported by the company to the point of being able to order the exact replacement for ANY part on a current bike and a surprising number of older models. They weren't all old fashioned retro models either.
Of course all this contributed to their demise(among other things) but it wasn't that long ago when grown men with families worked for Schwinn dealers as mechanics and were the equals of other respected tradesmen(sometimes women too)like the milkman or the person at the T.V. repair shop. When I used to go to Corpus Christi to the Schwinn shop as a kid I would spend as much time gazing at the owners latest Corvette as I did at the new BMX bikes in the store. I don't know if it was "better" but it sure was different.
Spindizzy - M. PewthersFebruary 17, 2011 at 10:57 PM
Sorry, that was a bad mistake on my part, Schwinns were not sold in department stores. Though not all of the authorized dealers were bike shops specifically (some were hardware or automotive stores), they usually could perform service on the bikes which is far more than most department stores offer. I stand corrected. Spindizzy--You are right on Schwinn NOT being a department store brand. From about 1950-1990ish, they were probably the only American bicycle maker that didn't sell stuff in department stores. Most others would sell re-badged bikes to places like Sears, Montgomery Wards, Western Flyer, etc. But Schwinn stopped doing that after WWII and you could only get them in Schwinn authorized dealers.
M. Pewthers, do a little research about Schwinn before you say statements as fallacious as "Schwinn has always been a department store brand." (emphasis mine) There are plenty of books out there about Schwinn history.I agree that bike makers evolve. So if Rene Herse were alive today, he'd probably still be making hand-brazed steel bikes, but they wouldn't be the same as what he made 40 or 50 years ago. However, I suspect that his craftsmanship would still be up to his old standards.
That is the reason why I object to "resurrecting" venerable names. As nice as the new Herses are, I don't think they're what Rene would be making today. Something similar can be said for those mass-market brands that were resurrected by e-Bay retailers. I'm talking about Dawes, Motobecane, Windsor and Mercier and Cinelli. The bikes being sold under those names today are built in the same factories. However they might have evolved from their old bikes, I don't think they'd have produced the stuff that bears their names now.- heatherFebruary 18, 2011 at 2:48 AM
Continuity matters in that one expects more from sacred bicycle names-but these major bike companies have been producing nasty blobs of aluminum for years. Plus all the bikes are made in a few factories in China or Taiwan so one can't say one aluminum blob is any better or worse. It is more sad than anything to see that they threw away their integrity, quality and cowtowed to the bottom line above all else.
It's all about profit and making as much product as possible rather than making a better product that can be ridden for years. It is sad to see what companies today make that in the past were regarded as excellent bicycle builders. Another issue of disposability and cheapness is these great companies having moved all manufacturing to Asia leaving heaps of people unemployed and losing an industry and skills. And now we are left with huge holes in our economy because we can't make anything.
My old raleigh is a beautiful bike and by no means top of line, my old clunky low end gitane is a beauty to behold and even my 89 trek is beautifully built.
It's great that steel bikes are being built again by the major companies on some level, but the quality isn't there and all still made in those same factories. Even Surly who shower themselves in Minneapolis pride, or SomaFab in San Francisco coolness do not build their own bikes. yep, manufactured in the same factories as all the other bike companies.
I hold more stock in independent, young and emerging companies building bicycles in the old-I mean well made way. Rivendell is an excellent example of holding onto the art of bike building and marketing themselves in a great way. It doesn't hurt that their bikes are gorgeous to behold. They also find the best builders in Japan and now Taiwan more to build their bikes along with US made by waterford etc..
I also love Grand Bois. Their site is just too cute, the bicycles are breathtaking. They fulfill a niche of french nostalgia while building their own name. Ditto for Velo Orange for reproducing parts and bicycles in the french tradition. So, I found the Rene Herse site awhile ago and was perplexed. I mean it just isn't right. The guy could have introduced a bike building company in the spirit of Herse, but to use the name is misleading and probably sacrilege.
Masi is another example of using a brand to exude a history.
Brooks has had a tumble of a time but never stopped making beautiful saddles.
Sturmey Archer was not doing very well and was bought by a company in Taiwan. I read that the company bought all the equipment and sent it to Taiwan quickly realizing it was all crap and set out to redesign everything and get new machinery. They have some work to do on rebuilding Sturmey Archer's reputation, but I hear good things about the new gear.
There similar issues in the camera world. I do have a voigtlander Bessa camera. Cosina has a long history of building cameras and I see no reason why they insisted on buying the Voigtlander name for their rangefinder series. It isn't relevant or honest nor does it make much sense other than competing with Leica with a german sounding name. Voigtlander has little cashe that I know of other than alluding to the past when Voigtlander made strong incredible cameras. But ALL the camera companies used to build cameras to last forever.
The Bessas are not built like leicas in any stretch of the imagination BUT work really well, are practical and affordable to mere mortals.
As it stands, the small bike builders making beautiful lugged steel bicycles that ride like the wind and last forever are still in the niche realm like Leica and cost a great deal of money. It would be great if one of these esteemed bike companies would open a factory, hire people in Europe, Canada or the US and build great lugged steel bicycles on a large production scale that are more affordable like Cosina and say yes we're _____ made. This issue was crystallised for me last night; I rode 10 km uphill to visit my father on a Raleigh Twenty, whose design was completed in the mid 60s. I rode home downhill on a Raleigh P1000 whose design dates from the last decade. Despite the ride there being uphill, I found the Twenty both faster and more comfortable than the P1000 on the way down.
Raleigh exploits its history as a marketing advantage, but the bikes built now have little to do with the bikes they used to build. In saying this however, I would make an exemption for Raleigh of Denmark, who still manufacture high quality bikes in the tradition of Raleigh of old (Including the DL-1)The histories of Raleigh, Schwinn and other long established bike companies have parallels throughout the manufacturing sector. Whether it's autos, clothing or electronics, manufacturing jobs migrate to low-wage countries. It's a fact of life in capitalism, and the brands "evolve" over time.
Given that, it's thrilling to see so many small frame builders and bike-parts companies thriving. They are the true innovators.Wow! This topic has spawned lively responses. Most of us are highly invested, wanting the industry to stick to it's roots and be ethical. Shows how much we love our bikes and that our choice of bicycle has a lot to do with the history of it's manufacture. We are bonded, connect to our bikes in such away that we need to know that they have not only been made well but that the company that manufactures them is ethical.
I just found this very interesting and realized that I too am heavily invested in where my bike comes from and why.
Velouria, thanks for posting this topic; it has opened my eyes to why I look at certain bike manufactures and partially why I make the decisions that I do. Also, thanks for the Feedback about the Pashely Roadster. I have been waffling back and forth between three very different types of bikes, LHT, Big Dummy and the Pashely.The Rev said...
"thanks for the Feedback about the Pashely Roadster. I have been waffling back and forth between three very different types of bikes, LHT, Big Dummy and the Pashely."
I keep asking the Co-Habitant to write a review of his Roadster, but at this rate I may have to write it on his behalf. Be aware that the Pashley is heavier than the Surly LHT. But it is a cushier ride and more suitable as a transportation bike if you ride in "nice clothing" at all. Also, it amazes me that the Co-Habitant rode it not only all last winter, but also this winter. He took almost no "snow days" despite the blizzards, and says that his Pashley was just fine on the roads.This topic is why I can't bring myself to purchase a brand new bike from most of the popular manufacturers. There was a tiny stint back in 2005 where I owned a Bianchi Pista for all of 3 weeks. It was alright, lightweight, but in all honesty it really didn't feel like a bike that would hold up to the normal wear and tear of commuting. But that was just my own impression.
Next to that, the newest thing I've ridden was a Dahon MuP8 which, again, had the aluminium frame and brand new components. But again, it just didn't have that sturdy, bullet-proof "quality" feel to it that I've come to expect from my heavy, steel Raleighs.
The Electra Amsterdam intrigues me (there's a lot of dealers around here who sell them) and some other brands of production bicycles (Brompton, Gazelle, Batavus, Pashley etc) but I've still got this weird tic about buying new bikes that might take a while to overcome.
Oh, and I guess I should mention that my first bicycle was a late 70's purple Schwinn with a banana seat that had strawberries on it. I rode that bike into the ground and then, once I outgrew it, I gave it to the neighbor's kids, whose children are riding it today. Now THAT is a bike to be proud of!- AnonymousFebruary 18, 2011 at 4:38 PM
Ah yes the anonymity of modern bikes.
I race an updated Gazelle Champion Mondial from around 1979 or 1980. Back then, Gazelles were definitely not "artisan" bikes. The lugs are quite crude and the paint was fairly sloppy, but this makes them unique. I actually like the look of the lugs, although they are not finely filed, and it looks like whoever did the pinstriping did it in about 2 minutes. These imperfections give it character. A modern, factory built bike looks pretty much the same as every other brand. The craftsmanship is the same. No little quirks to distinguish them. Plus they only last a fraction of the lifespan of a well built steel frame. Waterford is really interesting. I bought a used Waterford touring frame and fork, a T-22 "Adventure Cycle". Waterford offers what's called "Provenance Reports" which are copies of the original order and the build schematic of the bike frame. I called Waterford to ask about them and upon the phone being answered I heard "Waterford, this is Richard" ... Mr. Schwinn picked up the phone. He was nice. I gave the bike's serial numbers and said how I wanted to get the report. It was almost a fifteen year old frame, and he remembered it and the person who had ordered it. He told me the color before I mentioned it to him. I was amazed.
So, what I know. They are a "Production" company. I think the have variously swelled and shrunk over the years. I know they had an off-the-shelf series of bikes, and as a service any frame you ordered they would modify the dimensions for a little coin. Not full custom, but variations on their basic frames. Occasionally they make frames for Rivendell on contract. And they do full custom bikes. One cool thing is they will take any Paramount and they offer full 'original' restorations. They have all the details, drawings, records, sticker, colors, etc.
Lastly, they are "Waterford" beautiful silver brazed lugged steel....but they have another tig-welded line "Gunnar Cycles USA." which are less expensive.
They are an anomaly. I'm happy they exist and I'm really happy I have one (though Majestic Purple is not my first choice in colors.) Last winter I took it on its maiden tour down the Baja Peninsula.


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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Wisconsin miscellany
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After seeing the way our trees get butchered - yes, that is the right word - by our local councils, I'm a firm believer in power lines being laid underground. Saves all that pesky "poles and lines getting hit by lightning" too. We have new subdivisions being built in some areas of Australia where all the power lines etc are placed underground. The streets and yards look so clean and tidy without all those poles and wires. There are still street lights, but the wires come up from under at each light pole.
ReplyDeleteI'm with River. Our local council doesn't do the butchering of trees in your yard they send a request (order) for you to do it. Street trees get mutilated. One near us last year was chopped down despite the nesting birds sheltered in it. And the council had been told about the birds. By several people. I wept and swore.
Rant over - welcome back. I loved your comment about Jazz the malevolent. Still smiling thinking of it.yeah they do that here too. I understand why but I really hate it. They mangle those poor trees. it's like having a healthy limb amputated. and the ones they split right down the middle taking the heart out of the tree. guaranteed to split in two once they get big enough and the limbs reach out far enough. the city of Houston has an organization that plants trees which is a good thing except that they can be pretty stupid about it. they will plant trees in the easements right under or next to power lines which means that once they mature, the power company will come along and mutilate them.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing that the power company went to such trouble to spare a tree. It has long been a pet peeve of mine that public utilities have such brutal contempt for the beauty and necessity of trees. It pains me to see ham-handed workers butchering healthy mature trees without a thought for those that treasure them.
ReplyDeleteAnd I see your trusty car just turned over 100,000 miles. What a good car! Just another piece that feels good to have in excellent running order. Life is good in so many wonderful ways. Sorry about the grub thing. I looked it up and, yup, the pictures looks pretty close in all regards. Welcome home!


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TODAY is School Election Day
School Election Day across New York State is Tuesday, May 15, as voters will choose the board members who make decisions on millions of dollars in public spending.
Officials throughout Putnam's six school districts are encouraging residents to get out and vote.
Area Boards of Education have experienced perhaps their most difficult budget preparation ever, as they sought to keep tax levy hikes within the 2-percent tax levy cap mandated by Albany (some exceptions allowed the cap in a few districts to be slightly higher than 2 percent). Many political experts regard the law as a back-door way by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to impose at least some spending discipline on municipal governments and schools, though taxpayer advocates note that any increase, even at 2 percent, is still a burden on taxpayers.
In addition to deciding the fate of school budgets for the 2012-13 school year, voters will have an opportunity to elect members to various Boards of Education.
On the budget front, all three area districts are looking at budget increases: Garrison is offering a $9,475,913 total budget, representing a 1.66-percent budget-to-budget increase and a 2.23-percent tax levy increase; Haldane a $21,927,476 total budget, representing a 1.38-percent budget-to-budget increase and a 2.44-percent tax levy increase; and Putnam Valley a $45,270,917 total budget, representing a 0.83-percent budget-to-budget increase and a 1.97-percent tax levy increase. According to the state's calculations, all three districts are within the allowed cap plus exemptions.
The Haldane School District has three seats up for grabs including those held by retiring Board of Education President Joe Curto and trustees Evan Schwartz and Peter Henderson. Henderson and Schwartz are seeking reelection and new candidates Jon Champlin and Evelyn Carr-White are also in the race.
In Putnam Valley, school trustees positions held by Guy Cohen and David Spittal are open. Both men are seeking reelection with a third candidate—
Ralph Smith—also in the running.
Three school board seats will also be decided in Garrison. The positions are currently held by Carol Mc- Cullough, Christine Foertsch and Raymond O'Rourke. Foertsch and O'Rourke are seeking reelection. Newcomer Theresa Orlandi is also on the ballot.
Serving on a school board is strictly voluntary as trustees receive no remuneration for their community service.
The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in all three districts, and are located at the Garrison School Library; the Haldane Elementary/Middle School Building, Room 105 (use Bell Parking Lot); and the Putnam Valley Elementary School, at 171 Oscawana Lake Road.
District | Total | Budget | Budget to Budget | Tax | Levy | |||
Haldane | $ | 21,927,476 | total | 1.38% | increase | 2.44% | increase | |
Garrison | $ | 9,475,913 | 1.66% | increase | 2.23% | increase | ||
Putnam | Valley | $ | 45,270,917 | total | 0.83% | increase | 1.97% | increase |


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- Establish and maintain appropriate "utility incentives" for community-based energy development
- Devise and seek adoption of "public incentives" that support projects with substantial societal benefits.
This goal recognizes that certain technologies will require taxpayer support in addition to support from the two percent "ratepayer cap".
3. Engage rural electric cooperatives along with rural elected officials and business interests to identify economic development opportunities associated with community-based energy development.
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The Hulk #18
- Story by
- Jeph Loeb
- Art by
- Danny Miki and Whilce Portacio
- Colors by
- Dean White
- Letters by
- Richard Starkings
- Cover by
- Ed McGuinness and Whilce Portacio
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
Ah, the self-contained retrospective story where self-knowledge is gained and we gain a greater appreciation of a character. These types of issues are always good to win over critics and fans alike as a writer really sinks his or her teeth into the inner workings of a character and deliver an equal measure of entertainment and insight. Oh, if only that were the case here, as Jeph Loeb and Whilce Portacio delve deep into the mind of Samson (no longer Doc) to reveal… daddy issues and a self-loathing related to his intelligence? Hulk comics are often lacking characters with those particular hang-ups, of course.
The issue is told via a therapy session between Samson and an unseen, shadowy therapist whose identity is sure to surprise no one when it's finally revealed. The two go through the character's history and point out how despite his great intelligence, all Samson really wants to be is big and strong. So, he becomes big and strong, but no one cares because the Hulk is bigger and stronger and being big and strong is all that matters, right? That Samson's most recent appearance prior to Loeb's "Hulk" run in "Thunderbolts" featured the character strong, confident, and totally secure in himself and his abilities is not mentioned, ignored in favor of playing up his never being asked to join the Avengers.
I can't help but look at Samson's self-loathing, his turning his back on his intelligence in favor of brute strength as somewhat representative of this series as a whole where 'big' and 'dumb' seem to be the catchwords. Issues are filled with fights lacking any sense of internal logic, preferring to have 'cool' moments like the Red Hulk punching out the Watcher. After all, this is a comic where the 'next issue' page features the quote, "The strongest there is IS the smartest there is." And Doc Samson turning his back on everything that makes the character unique and interesting just sums it all up somehow.
That this issue is supposed to be meaningful and insightful isn't helped by having While Portacio drawing it, since subtlety and nuance of emotion and character aren't his strong points. Characters posing with awkward looks on their haphazardly-rendered faces is more the standard here as you wonder if Samson is angry or requiring the use of the bathroom with the odd grimaces he constantly displays.
It's hard to do insightful when the message of the book is forget intelligence and embrace big stupid fighting and your artist is known for pin-ups not storytelling. Perhaps if there were a stronger case presented here for why Samson takes this ill-advised turn, this issue would be more tolerable, but it comes across as undoing much of the work done by previous writers and striping the character of the elements that make him interesting. Then again, if "Hulk" was lacking anything, it was angry, stupid guys who just want to fight.


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Go to sleep my baby,
Close your big brown/blue eyes,
The angels are above you,
Peepin' at you dearly from the skies.
The Great big moon is shining,
The stars begin to peep,
And it's time for my little Pi-ka-nini
To go to sleep.
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Solar power comes of age
SOLAR power has finally become a viable option, driven by falling prices for photovoltaic panels and the soaring cost of oil, say proponents of the alternative energy.
Rooftop panels, which could last for 25 to 30 years, will now pay for themselves in just six or seven years, claim advocates. Until recently, the pay-back period was up to 20 years.
The cost of solar cells has fallen by as much as 49.5 per cent since the start of 2011, according to the PVX spot market index, which tracks the monthly wholesale costs of the industry.
"China is manufacturing dirt-cheap panels," said Roger Chang, president of the Jamaica Solar Energy Association. "Most of the companies that made solar panels in the US have moved their manufacturing to China."
The other main factor is the high cost of oil, currently US$102 ($8,800) per barrel.
"It's a win-win if you get into solar … so long as the price of oil is above US$100," said Curtis Deenah, a technical information officer at the Scientific Research Council. "It's a matter of market conditions; You never know what's going to happen there."
Oil prices peaked in 2008 at US$147, but as recently as 2009, in the depths of the global recession, they fell to around US$30 a barrel.
Several organisations and businesses have already switched to solar power, most recently, Sandals Resorts International, which announced in November that it had teamed up with Panasonic to launch the region's first ecovillage hotels.
The company, which belongs to the same group as the Jamaica Observer, hopes to turn a profit on its investment in seven to eight years, said its CEO, Adam Stewart.
ATL, another member of the group, recently set up an energy solutions division.
Jamaica is blessed with abundant sunshine, an average of 3,000 hours a year in Kingston, although that falls by a quarter in more mountainous parts of the island, which tend to have heavier cloud cover.
The regulatory framework is the main remaining barrier to broader uptake of solar power.
Under the "net billing" rules now being finalised, small residential producers could feed power to the JPS grid, but the price they would receive, some US10c/kWh, is a fraction of what they currently have to pay to draw down electricity, around US40c/kWh.
Commercial producers tend to do better, since they generally use more electricity during the daytime, whereas residential producers need more power after the sun goes down.
The new rules will also deal with wheeling — the cost a company would have to pay for transmitting electricity through the grid from its solar power generators at one location to its commercial or industrial operations elsewhere.
The Office for Utility Regulation is awaiting final input from JPS, but is so confident of the new rules that small producers can already make applications, said Ambassador Peter Black, a consultant to the watchdog agency.
Germany, a world leader in alternative energy, and the University of Technology are jointly hosting a sustainable energy event in Kingston next month where suppliers from the European giant will present their ideas for dealing with Jamaica's sky-high power costs.
Some 100 companies have been invited to the four-day event.
In addition to solar power, Jamaica is thought to have potential for generating electricity with wind and water, including six to eight hydro projects.
Germany's Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme has provided technical assistance to the Laughlands Great River Hydroelectric Project in St Ann, which has the potential to produce up to two megawatts of power.
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Christmas stockings are fun to knit because you don't have to be exact on
the size, you can use up leftover yarns and you only need to make one. For this stocking
I used handspun yarns.
Starting with a Red coloured yarn, Cast on 55 stitches or adjust to the desired size.
Width at Top:
8 inches
Length to Heel:
12 inches
Total Length:
17 inches.
Knitting Motifs:
Continuing in the light green colour as background, knit the Name of the person the
stocking is for. Here are the motif patterns for a knitted
Remember that you are starting the stocking from the top so you will need
to knit the letters upside down.
Continue knitting the sock in various colours and designs using the motif patterns
below, or have fun and make up some of your own.
The Heel of the Sock
Knit in patterns until the leg of the sock measures 10-12 inches.
Divide the stitches and place half the stitches onto a stitch holder, or leave on 1 or
2 double point needles.
The back of the heel is knit using half of the sock width (27 stitches)
Changing to red coloured yarn, continue in plain knit until the back of the heel
measures 1-1/2 inches.
Turning the heel:
Start the turning on the heel on the right side of the work.
Knit 16 stitches
Knit 2 together, Knit 1, Turn
Purl 7, purl 2 together, purl 1, Turn
Knit 8, knit 2 together, knit 1, Turn
Purl 9, purl 2 together, purl 1, Turn
Knit 10, knit 2 together, knit 1, Turn
Purl 11, purl 2 together, purl 1, Turn
Knit 12, knit 2 together, knit 1, Turn
Purl 13, purl 2 together, purl 1, Turn
Knit across the following row
Pick up 7 stitches along the side of the heel
Change yarn to Dark Blue.
Knit across the stitches that were left on the double pointed needles or stitch
Pick up 7 stitches along the other side of the heel.
Knit in the round for the rest of the sock.
Decrease at the gusset of the sock:
Knit across the top part of the sock (27 stitches)
Knit across the 7 picked up stitches
Knit across the bottom heel of the sock
Knit 5 stitches across the picked up stitches, Knit 2 together.
Knit across the top part of the sock (27 stitches)
Knit 2 together, Knit across the remaining 5 picked up stitches.
Continue knitting in the round, decreasing as above at the gusset points, for 4 more
rows ( 56 stitches)
Continue knitting in pattern motifs until the foot of the sock measures 3-4
Toe Decrease:
Change to red coloured yarn for the toe of the sock.
Knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 22, knit 2 together, knit 2, knit 2 together, knit 22,
knit 2 together, knit 1 (52 stitches)
Knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 20, knit 2 together, knit 2, knit 2 together, knit 20,
knit 2 together, knit 1 (48 stitches)
Continue to knit as above, reducing 4 stitches per row, until 16 stitches remain.
Sewn Toe Cast-Off:
Break yarn, leaving a tail about 4 times as long as the
circumference of the sock.
Thread a tapestry needle.
Sew forward (right to left) through two stitches as if to purl, leave the stitches
Sew backward (left to right) through one stitch as if to knit and remove the
Repeat from * until you run out of stitches. Work in tail on the inside of the sock and
trim any excess.
Knitting Without Tears: Basic Techniques and Easy-to-Follow Directions for Garments to Fit All Sizes
Machine Felting
To strengthen and thicken the sock so that gifts don't stretch
the sock out, I machine felted it after sewing in the yarn ends.
I have a front loading washing machine. I put the sock into the machine – by itself and
ran a rinse cycle using warm water.
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All across the internet people are getting excited by what Delfino can give us. I've always been intruiged by delfino. Good ballhandling and driving ability. Decent passing and vision. I'm thinking he's one of those guys that makes the offense flow smoother by just doing the little things like moving the ball or forcing the defender to defend all three options (shoot, drive, pass). Anyone thinks he can take Mo's minutes? aside from summer league, I've only been able to see highlights and while I love Mo's ups, I prefer Delfino penetration to the basket a lot more. I guess we'll see as the season progresses.
you know i thought we would have mo and carlos on the floor at the same time, and one of them would be at the 3.
I don't think either of them play the three that well as they don't have the heighth but Mo and Delfino each bring a lot to the game. I am not sure who I like best because they both have some interesting qualities but are different, it may be we have to decide on one and try to get a three with the other.
By giving him opportunity and more minutes, I definitely think he can be as good as Manu Ginobbli. One thing for sure, he's much bigger than Manu. He is as quick as Manu too. Defensively, should be better than Manu. He played pretty well in the Olympics too.
Delfino But can Delfino fly across the court backwards and land on other players' ankles when an opposing player so much as glances at him? :D
C'mon Merc be nice, he isn't the matador he was last season. I like what Delfino does and want to see him play more. I'd like to see him on the floor with Rip and Arroyo.....and Evans on the floor with the starters.


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Me Gusta! :D
You're amazingly fast with incredible amount of gathered data! I love you Wowhead!
Oh, I totally forgot... What was with ranged slot items? Did they really removed that slot or what?
Erm, oh? Were they turned into offhands, or just... aww... grey trash? O.oAnyone have info about hunters in that regard?
Hunters ranged were turned into their main hands weren't they? And the melee weapons are just there for vanity purposes now...least, last I heard.
The Onyx Panther mount is JC Crafted :DSearched around abit and found this info:" The Onyx Panther will be craftable by Alliance Jewelcrafters that have reached level 600 in the profession. The materials needed to craft this beautiful mount are as follows:Vermilion Onyx x1Wild Jade x4River's Heart x3Imperial Amethyst x4Primal Diamond x1Serpent's Eye x1Living Steel x1Large Obsidian Shard x20 "Game is still changing, but fingers crossed it stays this way ^__^
IS THERE SERIOUSLY STILL NO NEW MOUNT ACHIEVMENT WTFQQ RAGE!Ok calming down. this stull all looks awesome, that half assed blizzcon trailer did not to MOP justice, this expansion looks like its going to be awesome.
Wow, Druid glyphs looks very, very cool! I can't wait damn it.
The glyph changes seem to be really centered around pvp. Not sure how beneficial to everyone that will be.
During Divine Shield, you can invoke your Hearthstone 50% faster bubble hearth you say?
i cant choose between the all those epic druid glyphs!
I have only one request Blizz, let us make all 50 toons on one realm for the altoholics that like the server they're on. Shouldn't hurt being you can only play one toon at a time. I really hate the idea of having to delete a good one for a new one. :(:(:( Please help us out and give us that option, pleeeeaaaase :) with a cherry on top :D! TY for all your hard work for our fun time !
I'm super excited about some of the druid glyphs. Aquatic form not so much because I rarely use it. My main is feral/feral and I have a resto/balance alt. I can't wait for the glyph of stars, I've always hated moonkin form.


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We are having a 'real' winter this year in Northern VA, so there have been no opportunities to do any astrophotography. A double-shot snowstorm over the past week has kept me in the house, but has also given me a chance to process some astro photos I took in December 2009.
The pictures were taken with a (Hutech modified) Canon 50D DSLR, Orion 80mm ED APO telescope, Orion Atlas GoTo mount. The Atlas mount was guided by Skywatch 80mm refractor and Orion Starshoot Autoguider using PHD guiding software.
I am experimenting with image stacking software (REGISTAX 5) to enhance astro pictures I photograph. Here are two pictures I have produced using Registax.
M42 - The Orion Nebula. I shoot this nebula a lot because of its beauty and brightness. Above and left of M42 is M43, a much fainter nebula nebula with a light blue glow surrounding a grouping of stars. I hope to get better pictures of M43 before Orion slips into the western sky.
[Total exposure time: 12 minutes, (6 x 120 sec.) with the camera set at ISO-640.]
Two objects are pictured in this image:
(1) NGC-2024 (the Flame Nebula) is located just left of the brightest star (Alnitak).
(2) IC434 (the Horse Head Nebula) is the dark cloud (that some say looks like a horse head) located along the edge of the reddish gas cloud that trails downward and to the right of Alnitak.
[Total exposure time: 16 minutes (6 x 16o sec.) with camera set to ISO-640.]
Hope to post more images soon.
Clear Skies!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Constellation Orion Revisited
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Jim, gotta be the best picture you've taken. The stars are so "in-focus" and the color is fantastic. Maybe I will someday be able to take pictures like this. NOT!
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Salman Khan is back with his Chulbul Pandey avatar, but going by the trailer of Dabangg 2 we have to admit that the macho actor's histrionics look repetitive. We hope that at least the romance between the film's lead pair will offer some novelty
Every time Salman Khan appears on the big screen we just can't resist whistling and clapping like a true Bollywood fan. But when bhai repeats his hysterics…err…histrionics….we worry if the macho star can sustain his magic in the days to come. Click here to read more -


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This film features examples of:
- Alleged Lookalikes: The woman only spots one of the two Hopper operatives in night time, making it harder to distinguish their Palette Swap. On top of that, she's seen Hopper no. 1 without the helmet once, but because of aforesaid problems with color perception, she doesn't know that it him who saves her later since he keeps the helmet on this time, AND she comes across Hopper no. 2 in the daytime and thinks that's the one who saved her. That would make sense in the show, where for the longest time, only small details kept them from being 100% identical. But this being the big-budget remake, the producers knowingly pimped out the suits with heavy detailing just to make sure you weren't counting arm-stripes to tell them apart.
- Alternate Continuity: Of the original TV series.
- Battle Couple: Snake and Cobra.
- Calling Your Attacks: Averted by the Double Riders. Old fans can still name them by heart anyway.
- Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: The Kaijin must undergo regular blood transfusions to avoid their bodies fatally rejecting their implants. Somehow, this trope is avoided with Hongo, but played straight with Ichimonji.
- Darker and Edgier: Of the original series. Which was fairly dark to begin with...
- Dying as Yourself: Cobra, who remembers who he really is after he and Snake are mortally wounded and dies after giving Snake a flower.
- Fake Shemp: Hideyo Amamoto posthumously reprises his role as Dr. Shinigami via archive footage.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
- Not My Driver: Spider's Modus Operandi at the beginning of the film.
- Pragmatic Adaptation: The film renders aspects of the original series more realistically; for starters, rather than casting People in Rubber Suits as the Kaijin, they are now armored humans like the Riders.
- Red String of Fate: Literally, with Haruhiko inadvertently getting hooked on an unraveling thread from Miyoko's red sweater as he tries to run away.
- Remake Cameo: Hiroshi Miyauchi (the original Shiro Kazami/Kamen Rider V3) as Tobei Tachibana.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Ichimonji is noticeably alot more meaner than in the original show.
- Tragic Monster: The Hoppers/Riders, as well as Shocker's agents Snake and Cobra.
- Transformation Sequence: Averted. When Hongo spins the wheel on his driver, we cut to the already-suited Rider as he puts his helmet on. (You'll hardly even notice at that point that he is suited, as the suit is less spandexy than the Toku norm. It fits the darker, more "realistic" film.
- What If?: The film answers the question of what if Hongo didn't escape getting Brainwashed and Crazy.


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The NYPD is working with the U.S. Department of Defense to develop technology that can detect concealed firearms at a distance.
The device will be able to read a form of natural energy emitted by people called terahertz, and if something is obstructing that energy, the device will highlight that object on a person's body.
"This technology has shown a great deal of promise as a way of detecting weapons without a physical search," said police spokesman Paul Browne in a statement.
Some civil libertarians said there may be a potential upside to this new technology.
"If we take the police department at their word, that stop-and-frisks are necessary to get guns off the street, then this technology — if it were to work, if it were to be implemented — should reduce the stop-and-frisk numbers dramatically," said Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union.
But Lieberman said the technology would raise other potential civil liberties problems.
'It does implicate the right of privacy," Lieberman said. "The ability to walk down the street free from a virtual police pat-down is a matter of concern."
The police have repeatedly defended their stop-and-frisk practice as an important crime-fighting tool that gets guns off the street.
Browne said the department employs other strategies to reduce the number of illegal guns in circulation, including undercover investigations, gun buy-back programs with the public and partnering with clergy leaders to deter gun violence in minority communities.
But Browne said this technology would allow police to tackle gun violence more aggressively.
The device would be placed in a vehicle and could scan an area for weapons. The police said the technology is currently being tested but so far is only detecting weapons from four feet away. They hope to increase the distance to about 80 feet.
Browne said the department will roll out the new technology as soon as it meets their requirements. Source
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couple lift questions
Ok Im going to buy the rough country 4in lift and I was wonder if anyone does the 2in space with a 4in lift to make a cheaper 6in lift? Will I have to change my brake lines out with a 4 or 6in lift. Also I know with a 4in lift I can do the tranfer case drop but what about a 6in lift? Do can i do a drop on that or do i have to do the yoke slip?
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Lot 1: Eight volumes Lafcadio Hearn
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A senior teacher with more than 30 years' experience who was accused of assaulting a pupil said she had been through a "living hell" for 18 months as the case against her was thrown out.
Judi Sunderland, 56, of Eccleshill, Bradford, was accused of using too much force when she restrained the 13-year-old pupil in a corridor outside her office at a Bradford secondary school in December 2003.
She walked free from the city's Magistrates' Court yesterday after the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence against her in relation to the charge of common assault.
Ms Sunderland, who has been suspended since the incident 18 months ago, said her treatment had been unbelievable and that she was still in a state of disbelief and shock. She said: "It's been a living hell. I was hung out to dry for 18 months. I haven't been able to plan anything or get on with my life. I was a teacher with 33 years' experience and an exemplary record.
"Anybody with less strength of character might have been in a much worse situation than I am. I made a professional decision in a professional manner. I went through 18 months of hell for doing my job. I'm certainly not going to be able to put it all behind me. Now there will be an internal inquiry in school and I'll have to relive all this."
She said she was planning to have a party and was uncertain whether she'd ever be able to return to teaching - her career for 30 years.
"If I'm honest with you, I'm not sure it would be possible to carry on teaching. I'm of retirement age, but had this happened to a young teacher ... that's what's so awful," she said. "Somewhere in all this it's been forgotten that I was the person who was attacked. No one ever said I've done anything to him, like hitting him, it's just that they said I used too much restraint, which I disagree with."
Ms Sunderland said she took the job as an advanced skills teacher at the school, teaching health and social science, in September 2003, just three months before the incident happened. She said she wanted to help improve the school's record when she took the job, but was was left feeling "very isolated" after the school offered her no support.
She said the only contact with the school was a letter suspending her. But she praised the "excellent" support from her family, friends and her teaching union, the NUT. An NUT spokeswoman said: "One has to question why this case has even been allowed to use up tax payer's money and leave a valuable teacher on suspension for so long."
A West Yorkshire Police spokeswoman said she could not comment on cases that had fallen through.
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Saturday, April 23, 2011
Happy Easter!
Like Peter Cottontail, just wanted to hop in to say Happy Easter!
We've been busy making cookies [eggs, bunnies, tulips, crosses], pickled eggs and beets [a family tradition] and other Easter goodies.
And we've been cleaning house too. All the family members are pitching in to make this chore quick and easy.
What do you have planned for Easter? Leave a comment, won't you?
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