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I live in NYC and would like to ride to work during the winter as well. What should one do to a mountain bike? a road bike? If you can also show products that you actually use that would be great.
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In the winter you will have to contend with:
1. Ice and snow on the road
This past winter I used the Schwalbe "Marathon Winter" tires for a 3-mile commute along a rural highway and town streets in central Vermont. Our winters are quite a bit more severe than NYC, but if you have ice on the streets that might be unavoidable, studded tires are a must.
At $74 a piece from Peter White Cycles, they aren't cheap, but they are decent in light/thin snow and fabulous on ice. Each tire has 240 tungsten-carbide studs, whose sharp (cylindrical) tips haven't dulled at all for me. While knobby plain-rubber tires will grip alright in snow-on-dry-pavement, as soon as a thin layer of ice forms on top of the pavement (either due to a melt-freeze cycle or packing by auto-tires) the rubber tires will very quickly loose any ability to grip and will send you down hard. With these tires I've had no problem riding a hundred yards on a large patch of black-ice on a fast downhill.
2. Wet
As freiheit mentions, your other big concern is being wet since even if it isn't raining, puddle-splash and lighter mist from passing vehicles will moisten you up. As well, your own tires will throw off a lot of water from wet roads (fenders are very helpful for this).
You have quite a few options to stay dry. Since my commute is only 3 miles, I wear gore-tex rain pants and jacket over my normal work cloths. I also keep a pair of shoes at work and bike in hiking boots during the wet months of October/November and then switch to snow boots January-March.
3. Freezing bike parts
When the air temperature is below freezing and your bike gets covered in moisture you can expect ice to build up. I keep my bike in my warm office at work (on some mats to catch the drips) and in an unheated shed at home. I haven't had repeated problems with freeze-ups, but did have to melt some ice off of the derailleur with a hair drier at home once. If you can get the bike warm at least once a day and keep it stored under a roof you shouldn't have too much build-up. Just remember to test your brakes frequently in case a layer of ice forms on your rims.
4. Cold winds
Due to the speeds of riding, you will almost always have at least 10mph of very cold wind to contend with. Your rain gear will help with that, but you also need to protect:
There are many options for gloves and mittens available, just make sure that you choose something wind-proof and waterproof. For the coldest parts of the winter I use a pair of gore-tex mittens marketed for skiing/snowboarding. I don't find the mittens to get in the way of shifting or braking on my commuter bike, but others prefer gloves for more dexterity.
There are many helmet-liners and covers available to keep your head warm under a bicycle helmet, but I just use a ski helmet (the Giro 9) since it has built-in ear protectors, changeable amounts of ventilation, and nicely fits goggles.
For most of the coldest months I ride with ski goggles. These keep the wind off of my eyes (which otherwise water a lot in the cold wind) and keep most of my face warm. They are also great for protecting the face when it is snowing or sleeting. On a few bitter cold days I've also added neck warmers to cover the lower part of my face, but usually the combination of goggles and the neck of my coat are enough.
5. Overheating
Counter-intuitively, my biggest challenge with winter commuting is staying cool. My commute profile is a broad 'w' with downhills at the start each way, a few small hills in the middle, and an uphill at the end. For the first large downhill I try to be a little on the cold side so that I can be comfortable for the rest of the ride. Often though, I bundle up a bit too much and overheat later. The best technique I've found (when riding in work clothes rather than changing) is to layer breathable sweaters or fleece so that I am just short of comfortable out of the wind, then add the wind-proof pants and jacket with the pit-zips and other ventilation open. The wind-proof material will keep most of the wind from cutting through while the ventilation openings will allow enough air circulation to stay cool.
I ride year round, and it can get very cold in January/February. Layers are your friend.
here's my winter riding gear:
The trick is the windproof shell. With that on, it's VERY easy to stay warm, even down to -30˚C or lower. And windproof layers on hands and feet. Wind is evil when it's cold. EVIL!
One trick I use is to put a layer of plastic between the gloves - I wear a thin wool lining glove, and a thicker Sugoi outer glove, and with a layer of plastic sandwiched between them, my fingers stay toasty. Same with feet - plastic between layers of socks.
Also, ski goggles definitely help when it's VERY cold, and when it's snowing a lot.
Of course, with all of the gear on, I look a little strange. But whatever...
And I agree with Adam - once bundled up, the biggest problem is staying cool. That portable sauna heats up fast (especially after a hill or two) and it's hard to cool down through all of those layers :-) It doesn't help when my water bottle freezes solid a few minute from home, either...
Your area gets colder than mine. I ride through winter, but mostly deal with rain, puddles and cold.
Basics: for wet conditions (puddles, rain), you need fenders (aka mudguards). The fuller the coverage the better, and mudflaps at the end are good. See this comment on the useful accessories community wiki for the specific model I happen to use. You'll also need to rainproof yourself, of course, but fenders will keep the rain from splashing off of the street onto you. Rear fender prevents the stripe up your back, front primarily protects your feet and ankles from splashing. They also protect the bike from that splashing. For my non-icy, non-snowy area, that's all I've equipped my bike with for winter.
For fresh snow or mud, a mountain bike with the kind of knobby tires typical for a mountain bike should be good. On a road bike, you might be able to mount cyclocross tires, but this could prove tricky depending on how much clearance your frame has. However, they probably plow your routes so that you'd hardly ever have to actually ride in snow. (you'll also want fenders for those conditions)
For ice (which can be left behind after plowing), you should look into studded tires. These generally look a lot like the knobby mountain bike tires, but there are metal studs in some of the knobs so that you get a bit of grip on ice. Most studded tires seem to be made for off-road stuff, but there are a few models with a smoother tread designed for use on roads where they might be a patch of ice here or there. You might find some cyclocross type studded tires you could get onto a road bike, but this is likely to be much easier to do on your mountain bike.
Never used any of them, but here's some examples of the more road friendly models of studded tires:
I rode all year round in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. What I found most useful was warm boots.
I wore winter boots like the ones shown. Though that link is to the -40C version. I also used the -70C version. Which in -35C weather (-31F) are actually quite comfy.
I found that the ankles rotated without a problem, and I could ride in them.
In wet weather, tucking water proof pants over the tops of the boots made for a very comfortable ride.
Please note that the above are intended as a guide for cold weather riding conditions (which are generally dry) and may not work for warmer (above).
Here's a summary of the recommendations on that site:
When you say plastic, do you mean cling-film, glad wrap, sandwich wrap type stuff?
In Melbourne weather I struggle with the balance between freezing for the first half and melting for the second - does windproof gear breathe properly?
I'd definitely recommend mountain bike style tyres for good grip, and a decent set of mudguards - you don't want to have to wash your bike gear every day.
During freezing winters, I think the most important thing to have is a commando balaclava. I borrowed mine to a friend and it was slow-cold ride without it the next day, actually got cold on that ride. I have used Miltec's commando balaclava and it is warm. You can find a variety of balaclavas here for 5eur. Please, note that you can find this kind of items as Used and very cheap because armies use them, so check your eBay for over-supply baraclava army or something like that, needless to pay for the next-new-sport-wear. Reuse.
I also like to use winter goggles, more here. I have tried a few times with just classes and baraclava but noticed that my eyes become terrible dry/cold/hurting. The specific goggles, more in my reply in the link above, are not traditional skiing goggles. There are many extra good sides such as Reusability and Extendability with additional screens, I don't like skiing-style orangish-or-something-like-that-fixed-things, I have extra lenses for different circumstances that I like to swap. It makes them particularly good for touring because I can carry just one head-thing and all lenses separate. Now during spring and with snow, I use polarized lenses in ESS. When I am in rush, I just pick up old good SWDG because it is easier to switch between the sun-screen and the clear screen -- perhaps a reason why it is still in service. The ESS is better otherwise but switching screens is time-consuming. I am not a racer or anything like that so squeezing few milliseconds with physically attached lenses to the eye-body makes me no difference. I don't know whether the design has contributed to casual skiing goggles but I know the design is outstanding for casual cycling and touring because I don't like to have many skiing goggles, just many screens. Anyway for about 10USD from second-hand over-supply market, I cannot complain.
The only thing I'd add to the other suggestions are mud guards. Good mudguards ("fenders" in the US) are well worth getting to prevent the grime which is generally worse in the wet and nasty conditions.
I personally ride a mountain bike when there is snow or ice because I like having wider tires so all I have to do is be careful on turns when it comes to the slippery stuff. Ironically semi slicks generally haven't caused me a problem. I am used to riding off road though so I can deal with my bike trying to slide out to some extent.
If you're using a road bike a lot I'd recommend full 'sensible' mudguards. i.e. the sort that cover as much of the wheel as possible as opposed to mtb style flaps because as well as preventing you getting mucky they will prevent more of the frame and working components (like chain) from catching so much grime.
With mtb mudguards pay attention to the angles and adjust them as you need to to find what works. If you're leaving it parked in the outside avoid quick release mudguards (unless you want to cart around crud caked bulky parts).
You can also buy extra flaps to extend mudguards.
The only other I would add is very good lights - even during the day.
Having rear flashing lights, and another one higher on your jacket/helmet is a good idea.
Also check that you rear lights / reflectors haven't been covered by thrown up dirt.
I bought (and started to ride) my bike in February this year, in Toronto.
It has fenders and a rack, and bright blinking lights; and I have a pannier, and gloves and a jacket and waistcoat-shaped fleecy, and a hat or helmet.
The LBS I bought it from offers free servicing twice a year for the first two years.
A mountain bike: might you also need to winterize the suspension somehow?
Lots of good suggestions above.
I'll echo that you definitely need fenders. I recommend them for any commuting bike for any season simply because you'll be miserable riding on wet roads without them.
Of course, nice bright lights are vital. All the really good modern ones are now LED-based. I recommend planet bike super flash for the rear and a good quality front light like something from princeton tec. Lights are not needed to see the road in urban areas but mainly to alert drivers. I find that dawn and dusk are the times when you MOST need lighting, during those times the streetscape lacks contrast and that's when drivers are likely to miss details (like an oncoming cyclist).
Dealing with Corrosion
In the Northeast you'll have to deal with the accumulation of dirt and salt onto your bike. You'll want to get into the habit of wiping/cleaning/lubing the bike more frequently than in the warmer months (not just the chain, but all parts of the bike). Good idea to lube all bearings before the winter and again in the spring (if you're doing serious miles).
Here is an awesome guide/story on everything you need to know about winter bike commuting. "Frostbike" by Canadian cycling author Tom Babin.
He takes you through his journey on starting to bike commute in harsh Canadian Winters. Now he speaks around the world on winter cycling and bike infrastructure. He dives pretty deep into the subject. Really interesting little read and you can get it on Amazon. http://www.rmbooks.com/book_details.php?isbn_upc=9781771600484
Quick overview: History/roots of the first winter cyclists (gold miners apparently using bikes to get around frozen rivers from different gold mine sites and towns), the best bikes and gear to use, all the pitfalls of starting out and the most winter bike friendly cities in the world. Any winter commuter (or person thinking about starting) will appreciate!
Forget any type of "winter cycling gloves" below 40 deg (f). They all suck. Go with ski gloves and you'll be a happy peddler. Also, invest in a good full face balaclava.
I rode all winter last year in northern Indiana/southern Michigan. My bike is fixed-gear and I notice that the fixed-ness allowed me to control my acceleration and feel the road better, thereby eliminating nearly all slippage.


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The 5 Most Ridiculous Lies Ever Published as Non-Fiction
#2. Angel at the Fence and A Memoire of the Holocaust Years
This one's a double entry, thanks to two authors pulling the same stunt: heartfelt stories from the Holocaust. And as we're about to demonstrate in detail, there are many reasons to believe the Holocaust simply did not occur.
Ha, no. Just kidding. Seriously, don't take that out of context.
The Books:
Herman Rosenblat's Angel at the Fence is a touching and inspiring memoir, we're sure. It details his time in Schlieben, a sub-camp of the infamous Buchenwald concentration camp, as a 12-year-old boy. He is befriended by a local girl named Roma, who sneaks him apples and bread through the fence separating them.
Years later, in 1958, they meet on a blind date. The conversation turns to "horrific trials through which we have endured" (as it always does on dates, or at least ours, followed by an awkward silence over our salads). The couple realize that they have miraculously found each other again.
As incredible as that is, even more amazing is Misha Defonseca's tale in Misha: A Memoire of the Holocaust Years. Another harrowing tale of a child, alone, surviving WW II in battle-ravaged Europe, Misha sets out her astonishing journey. She walks from Belgium to the Ukraine in search of her parents, who had been captured by Nazis. She stabs to death a Nazi rapist. She is taken in and protected by a pack of wolves, even sharing in their kill... all of this before she's 11-years-old.
Wait a second...
The Bullshit:
In Rosenblat's case, not everything in Angel at the Fence is complete and utter lies. He did survive Schlieben. He and Roma did meet on a blind date in New York years later. But the part about how he knew her back then, and her sneaking food to him over the fence has been questioned by historical scholars who noticed that at Schlieben, the place where she was supposedly meeting him to pass food, was right next to the SS barracks.
As for Misha, some have found the idea of a seven-year-old making a 3,000 mile trek across Nazi occupied territory subsisting on mud and raw meat while being coddled by wolves a little hard to swallow. Not us. Around these parts, we call that "Thursday."
The Crash:
Upon his lies being exposed to the world at large, an apparently care-free Rosenblat defended his story in Angel at the Fence with, "I wanted to bring happiness to people. I brought hope to a lot of people. My motivation was to make good in this world."
We're not completely sure how his story was supposed to make us feel better about the Holocaust. Actually, a better defense would have been, "I survived the fucking Holocaust. You shut the fuck up now." Still, the publisher cancelled the book.
As for Misha and the wolves... it took ten years for this obvious pile of deceit to be exposed. TEN. YEARS.
She first told the story at a Jewish temple on Holocaust Memorial Day. During a candle-lighting remembrance ceremony Misha asked to light a candle for the animals. The rabbi thought it was more than passing strange but allowed it and Misha's story spilled out. Everyone was very moved. She sold it to a publisher a short time later.
Eventually they discovered that "Misha Defonseca" is actually Monique De Wael and, though her parents were tragically taken by the Nazis, she never wandered across Europe and, in fact, was not Jewish. Monique's defense of this deception was, sadly, somewhat typical: It may not have been the truth, but it was her truth. In the dictionary this is known as a "lie."
Still, wouldn't it be awesome if it turned out the only part of her story that was true was the wolf thing?
#1. The Amityville Horror
The Book:
Nothing makes a spooky story spookier than the addition of, "Oh my God, you guys, I totally swear that this is totally, totally true. It totally happened. Totally." William Blatty used this to great effect with his book The Exorcist (allegedly "Based on a True Story" but in fact based a half-remembered article from 1949).
In the wake of all the cash The Exorcist made, along came George and Kathy Lutz. They were a normal family who purchased a house in Amityville on Long Island, New York and 28 days later were driven from it by TOTALLY REAL YOU GUYS demonic forces.
It turns out, the year before they moved in, that house hosted a brutal murder (Ronald "Butch" Defeo, Jr. blew away his family). His lawyer attempted an insanity defense which was kind of contradicted by the fact that "Butch" had done little things like pick up the spent shell casings to thwart the crime scene investigators. This will be important later.
Anyway, the Lutzes bought the house a little over a year after the crime and, they alleged, almost immediately bad shit happened.
They told and sold their harrowing tale to writer Jay Anson, who didn't bother to show up and look at the house, but instead wrote the book based upon the 45 hours of taped stories the Lutzes sent him, which we imagine went something like: "... so, then, like, this... pass the bottle, dude... I said give it to me! Fuck!... then this... stuff... um... SLIME, yeah, that's... yeah... this slime came out of the walls... dude we need to make a booze run."
Film rights were sold, money was made... and that's when it all started going to shit.
The Bullshit:
For starters, in the book the priest they had come and bless the house allegedly heard a voice say "Get out!", felt a slap on the face and suffered stigmata-like blisters. In real life, Father Pecoraro (who was apparently not in on the scam) denied anything happened. He even claimed in an affidavit that he never went to the house, but only spoke to the Lutzes by phone.
A possible reason given for this massive infestation of malignant spirits was that the Shinnecock (seriously?) Indian tribe used the local area as a place to ditch their insane, decrepit and dying tribe members. Which would be totally awesome except for the fact that they didn't. Ever.
Shinnecock Indian.
The Crash:
Remember Butch Defeo, the guy who committed all of those murders in the house that caused the haunting? Well William Weber, Butch's defense lawyer, came forward and claimed he and the Lutzes made the whole thing up over "several bottles of wine." Many lawsuits were filed, and the Lutz family continues to insist the story was "mostly true."
And really, why would they lie? Hey, did we mention that in addition to all of the book sales, NINE films have been made based on the story? And why not? It's totally true, you guys.
If you enjoyed reading about phonies you've never heard of, find out about the phonies who inspired you to never give up in 6 Inspiring Rags to Riches Stories (That Are Bullshit). Or get ready to really have your mind blown in 7 Movies Based on a True Story (That Are Complete Bullshit).


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Want A chance to win Skyrim for PC? (DWChat 8PM - End Of The Month Raffle) My *Final* Giveaway!
It's the last wednesday of the month so that means I'm going to start a game for DW.Chat Participants the community. It doesn't get much easier than this. At 8PM PST I will post a link here on how to enter the Raffle.
It's an easy form where you fill out your wootname, Steam Email Address, and whether or not you want to be entered for a chance to win Skyrim. Everyone gets one Entry from the ATC section, and if you want more you're going to need to be in DW chat to find secret codes that get you more entries.
Contest ends at 11:00PM woot time, and I start calling off names at 11:05. All you need to do is Respond when I call your name in DWChat and then you can pick a prize from the prize pile
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I'd also like to thank @raremonkey for his Very Generous prize donations. He really helped out in making this game great.
Good Luck everyone!
Anyone know of an Android IRC client? I'm on vacation with an Android tablet, Android phone, and have a meh wifi signal in the room, though on the deck outside the room the wifi is a bit better.
Feel free to check it out, read the rules and see what's going on if you can make it. As I said, Everyone can submit their first entry without a code at 8:00 PM when wootchat. Any blank entries before that will be deleted. Be sure to read all the rules in case you have any questions.
If you have any questions please ask them here!
@baqui63: i use andchat. it works pretty well
@cowboydann: more than happy to donate a couple games
Early Bird chirp (I hope this is where early birds are roosting. If not, where should i put it. <---be nice, please ;-)
@cowboydann: I see the word FINAL in the title. Is this the end of your giveaways? sob
@cowboydann: thank you for the chance to win stuff. i will be sitting this one out since i don't online game. the dannofcrap i got from you once has beaten out all the wootcraps for quality of stuff and wow factor. i am sorry to hear that you are leaving the deals.woot community. you were my idol here for a long time. hope life goes well for you.
one minor suggestion: that pink on pink is hard to read try a darker color for the print on that form.
From whence does your generosity flow, @cowboydann :) See you in the forum.
What's @moosezilla referring to? Are you really leaving us?
@okham: To clarify what @Moosezilla was referring to, no @Cowboydann is not leaving, this is simply the last giveaway is he holding.
@gmwhit: Unfortunately this is the end of my big big giveaways that I spend~50 dollars on.
I went way overboard this time, and it might be my last game. I Might start doing contests if people want to pay 8 dollars of shipping per DOC (that leaves me with 20 dollars + prizes out of pocket for 5 people). The way it's looking now though, We're going to have to see... I'm not sure. Next Month I plan on sending out one DOC and keeping it small and short... Mostly just about something fun to keep us occupied.
Sorry if I scared anyone into thinking this was byeforever. No way Jose. Not yet at least.
Also, Because there is a little confusion:
All entries that say yes, and get picked in the first draft of smaller games will be entered in a chance to win skyrim Also, I regret to say I opened up all my BOC's from woot, but I'm rebuilding them into one Amazing BOC. That will be another grand prize for EVERYONE who enters and gets picked first draft.
@grimskull89: That's what I thought, but it seemed awfully final and I always assume people know more than I do.
And I see he's clarified above. I'm going to try to stay up until then...
Awesome and thank you
Uhm, I just realized there might be people who want my BOC prize (I pieced together two bags of crap, I promise you'll enjoy it even though it's not a true sealed BOC) But don't like playing steam games. If you want to stay up till I do the raffle, come into DW Chat. I'll give an entry form for anyone who wants the BOC.
Just be there at the end the raffle and I'll put the link up
@cowboydann that's good to hear, because as i've said before, i only have time for ONE Quitter's Cake per week. although i'd happily send you a radish or something.
I will be there!
Thanks as always, CBD!
Along with @raremonkey and @jezebelseven I'd like to take a quick moment to thank everyone who has helped me out the past.
Thanks @jumbowoot for stepping up to the plate not once, but twice! (Wootathalon, Whiskey Stones Guessing Game) and maybe 1 other time I'm forgetting.
Thanks @wootkalira, I was just joking around in DW.Chat asking "who's buying me [20 frying pan] on home.woot?" and she bought me one, no coupons, even paid the 5$ shipping to get it to me. So thanks a lot!
Also: very generous ~anonymous~ wooter who sent me over $40 to help run my contests for two more months. That was really, really great. No matter how many times I declined you wouldn't let me say no. It was very helpful and thanks anon!
The biggest thank you is to the community. You have saved me so much money this last year that it's been easy to give back with these fun(?) games. I just want to make sure you all know there is no way I could do all this by myself, many of generous wooters helped!
Ugh, Major Facepalm!!!
Thanks @Narfcake for donating an entire Box of crap along with a big bag of California Packing Peanuts! It was very very helpful in my last send out, definitely got a lot of interesting reactions with some very funny craps... Maybe somebody will posts pictures here :P
Thanks @Gideonfrost for sending out a Calendar BOC, and inspiring that whole give away.
Thanks @SkippyKJ for that massive massive BOC Including the wootofflights I desperately wanted, and the Pink woot shirt along with some rare (for me at least) woot-monkeys! Along with all the other items that got thrown into that huge Calendar/Monkey BOC event.
Thanks @agingdragqueen for the help with the forms and support with getting these arranged.
Thanks to the rest of the staff members who let this happen, and thanks again to the community, if you guys weren't so much fun I wouldn't enjoy this and I wouldn't do it. Ah shucks, running out of room. Thanks for everything. You're all great! <3
Thanks for your generosity, but I have to shower and sleep. :(
I'z is confuzzled. What time does chat start? I thought it was 9:00 woot time, but @cowboydann makes it sound like it ends at 9:00 woot time if I'm translating between time zones correctly...
@neuropsychosocial: It used to be 9:00 Woot time, but we bumped it up an hour to 8PM WT so east coasters who go to bed ~10 could join us for the fun.
@jsimsace: I'm starting to wonder if you'll ever make it to a DWChat ;) Alls well I'll catch ya eventually.
Thank you @SkippyKJ for donating 2 BOC's for a Flash Raffle in DW.Chat. Congratulations to @Kophia and @OkHam - I hope Skippy sends you some wonderfully crappy crap
If you follow me on Twitter you'll find another secret code waiting for you there to get you more entries into the Skyrim Contest.
also, Apologies to @kalira for calling her @wootkalira, I always tag you wrong
Hurry up though, Raffle starts at 11PM Woot Time. Prizes start going up in 45 minutes and you need to be in DW Chat to claim them.
@cowboydann: thanks for sponsoring! and thanks @skippykj for the crap :)
@cowboydann for president.
Last 10 minutes to join up. Raffle starts in DWChat in 15 Minutes. Polls close in 15 minutes.
@cowboydann: I showed up. That was the best I could do. I didn't sign up for anything cause I'm not a gamer, but thanks for all you do here!
@cowboydann: I'm so impressed. I couldn't make it to chat tonight but I wanted to at least say wow.
Thanks as always @CowboyDann for all that you do. It was fun.
Congratz to @Jezebelseven who won Skyrim! and @Kalira who won the BOC!!
That was a lot of fun. All the winners can be seen **here!
Thanks to everyone who played. That was a crazy fun game
@slydon: Thanks a lot :3 Unfortunately this might be my last game :P We'll have to talk about it in future wootchats and see what I'm going to do.
@AdmanCS thanks for donating games under jez's name too!
@cowboydann: Another great contest!
Had all kinds of fun, and we had quite a few new people wander into the room and stay, and better yet a few of them won stuff!
Good times, good times indeed.
@cowboydann: Thanks again! And let me know if I can somehow contribute to the next one again! :D
@cowboydann: Thanks CBD! Was my first DWC Raffle and it was a lot of fun! I honestly don't know how you can keep your sanity with so much to keep track of. Thanks for the 2 games, I am looking forward to playing both....tho I have a feeling I might need a therapist after playing Amnesia!
@cowboydann: Thanks for the update! I was actually planning to make it this week, heh (theme of my life, basically). Sounds like everyone had a great time with the games! Hope you're able to find a way to continue the games that you run - and hope that you'll consider accepting some community support so that the games don't bankrupt you.
@cowboydann as the lucky receipient of a DOC (better than last few offical BOC I was able to score) in the past I will miss the games, wish I could have been active in the DWChats but it gets kind of tough to plan for anything in the evenings trying to get 4 kids ready for bed. Hopefully after a little time off these games can get started up again.


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Borderlands 2 furthers the distinct blending of First Person Shooter and Role Playing genres to create the true evolution of the Role Playing Shooter. Team up with up to three other players for four-player online goodness or go old-school with two-player split-screen couch sharing mayhem as you spend hours leveling up your character and equipping them with one of the millions of badass weapons. Borderlands 2 features a new visually stunning array of procedurally generated guns, shields, grenades, artifacts, enemies and more. Choose one of the four new character classes to be taken through a carefully crafted and connected story to all new and surprising environments across the living planet of Pandora. Make new friends, arm them to the teeth and fight alongside them on your relentless quest for revenge and redemption.
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Borderlands is an excellent FPS. I played so much I had to quit to let my index finger heal.
I haven't played Borderlands 2 but a friend tells me it is even better than the first one. $39.99 is the best price I've seen on it.
I'm SO tempted to buy it.
I wonder if I can get a Dr. to give me a cortisone shot in my finger?
@cebooher3: Take the shot, take am advil, or fight through the pain because it's beyond worth it.
Borderlands 2 is just awesome and it improves on the original in every possible way. There is more freedom in how to build your character, a much, much stronger story with fantastic voicing, way more interesting enemies and landscapes... It's utterly amazing and that goes triple if you have gamer friends to play online with, because the co-op is truly a work of art. My girlfriend and I have never been so addicted to anything.


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Hi I shot this VR with the Sony NEX-7 & new Rokinon 8mm f2.8. I find the combo a nice setup. Small and light, The camera can deliver very good image quality and the new Rokinon is the sharpest fisheye I have shot with so far. Below is a VR done of Sean Tucker's stunt biplane shot with the NEX-7, Rokinon 8mm, a small Gitzo tripod and the NN M1 ( the rotator is rather large for this camera ) . I shot 6 images around then 1 image up and 2 down. The 2nd shot looking down is with the camera rotated 180 degrees from the first shot then in Photoshop I blend the two down shots so I don't have the arm protruding from the NN M1 rotator in the image. I have one additional shot of the down shot without the rotator/tripod in the plane to then blend it into the seat so no tripod is seen. After stitching the equirectangular image renders out to be about 300mb.
A few downsides, I wish the camera had a wire remote trigger in but the IR remote works extremely well even in bright sunlight. The Rokinon 8mm on the NEX-7 has color shift at the corners but I use a free app called cornerfix that will correct it. I do not have the same issue when I shot with a Sony NEX-5n the images look fine but since the raw image files are smaller so will be the equirectangular image.
Here are the images. Enjoy Dennis
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NEX7R8 by d.biela, on Flickr
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Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill!
As summer starts to fade, the heat has finally relented: today will be sunny with a high of only 82 degrees. Clouds may crop up here and there, but there is very little chance of rain.
Before we get on to upcoming events in the neighborhood, let's first spotlight something notable from this weekend. Yesterday was the first of an annual gay pride celebration in Bedford-Stuyvesant, News 12 Brooklyn reported. Bed-Stuy Pride 2011 was held in Von King Park and organized by the Audre Lorde Project — which advocates for gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and gender-non-conforming people of color.
Looking ahead, tomorrow night is the next meeting of the Myrtle Village Green organization, which is fighting to turn an empty lot at 913 Kent Avenue into space that's available for public use. Tomorrow's meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. and will be held at the Campus 117 Library of Brooklyn High School for Leadership and Community Service and Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School at 300 Willoughby Avenue.
The Master Pioneer Awards, which honors practitioners in the natural hair care industry, will pay tribute to four local stylists in their benefit gala at the Brooklyn Museum next month, they announced today. Anu Prestonia of Khamit Kinks, Diane C. Bailey of Tendrils Hair Spa, Marion Council-George of Designer Braids and Trade and Nekhena Evans of New Bein' Enterprises are among the 10 stylists who will be honored at the ceremony. "The Masters" are scheduled for September 18, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Brooklyn Museum. Tickets are available here.
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Breathing - Not So Natural?
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There is nothing more important than breathing. That should go without saying. Strangely though, we?ve all forgotten to breathe at some point, especially in the midst of strenuous athletic activity. This shows, more than anything, how breathing is something that needs to be practiced. It does not, it seems, come naturally. I encourage the students in my classes to stay aware of their breathing no matter what the intensity of the exercise. If you become aware of the breathing at lower cadences and lower intensities, you practice the habit of rhythmic breathing and your body is more likely to hold this rhythm when stressed. Like music, breathing should be independent of your cadence, and I recommend deep, slow, controlled breathes, no matter the pace of the legs. This can help you stay relaxed at higher cadences. Most important, is finding the rhythm that is most comfortable for you (we all have different lung capacities and fitness levels and this may lead you to a different breathing rhythm.) What matters is that you practice your rhythm, stick to it, and execute the same pattern throughout the class. Change takes energy, a consistent breathing pattern is preferred, as it well help you to conserve energy. Talk about breathing, demonstrate good breathing, and keep your students aware. Practice good habits, and they?ll become good habits!Share


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Sharif Eyes Improved U.S.-Pakistan Ties
LAHORE, Pakistan—Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whose party is leading the early vote count of Saturday's election, told The Wall Street Journal he would seek improved ties with the U.S. if, as looks likely, he returns to power.
Mr. Sharif's party was leading in 125 out of the country's 272 parliamentary constituencies, according to initial results, far ahead of other rivals. Along with independents and smaller parties, the party seemed well within reach of forming the next government.
"The relationship with the U.S. was quite good when I was in power," Mr. Sharif said in an interview as he watched the vote count in his Lahore headquarters. "I'd like to take this relationship further. We need to strengthen the relationship."
On the campaign trail, Mr. Sharif shied from condemning the Pakistani Taliban, who, in turn, focused their attacks in the run-up to the elections on the secular parties of the previous governing coalition.
In the interview, Mr. Sharif said he was confident he would find an agreement with the U.S. on controversial issues, such as American drone strikes against al Qaeda-affiliated militants in the tribal areas on the Afghan border. The drone strikes are highly unpopular in Pakistan, and Mr. Sharif's main rival in the campaign, former cricket star Imran Khan, pledged to shoot down the American drones if elected to power.
"These are the concerns that the Pakistani people have," Mr. Sharif said when asked about the drone strikes. "We'll need to address these concerns. I'm very hopeful and confident about that."
Mr. Sharif also offered an olive branch to neighboring Afghanistan, whose President Hamid Karzai has frequently accused Pakistan of sponsoring the Taliban insurgency in his country.
"We need good relations with Afghanistan," Mr. Sharif said. "We will be supporting it as a whole. We have no intention to take any sides there."
Turning to Pakistan's giant eastern neighbor, India, Mr. Sharif noted that, before army chief Gen. Pervez Musharraf ousted him in a 1999 coup, he worked hard toward a detente with New Delhi.
"We'll pick the threads where we left. We want to move toward better relations with India, to resolve the remaining issues through peaceful means, including that of Kashmir," he said.
This time in power, he added, he didn't expect to deal with a hostile military establishment.
"There is no problem with the military," Mr. Sharif said. "I don't think the military is responsible for what Musharraf did—he did it in his personal capacity. The military should not be blamed for this."


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Mysore pak is a popular south indian sweet and we all love this.We make this during each deepavali and this year I thought I should post the recipe.This recipe comes from my mom who is an expert in making mysore pak.Here is the recipe for Ghee mysore Pak, hope you all like it …
1 cup Bengal gram flour
2 cups Sugar
1/2 cup Water(for sugar syrup)
1 and 3/4 cup pure Ghee
1/4 cup Oil
- Melt the ghee and mix a tbsp of hot ghee with flour.Mix it well and keep aside.
- Meanwhile prepare the sugar syrup by boiling the sugar and water,till one sting consistency is reached.
- Sprinkle flour at this stage and stir it constantly without forming lumps.Don't add all the flour at a time,sprinkle little by little.Make sure that the flour is blended well with syrup.
- Mix the oil with hot ghee and again heat it.Mixing of oil gives soft texture so please don't skip this step.Pour the hot ghee little by little and stir constantly.After few minutes the ghee gets absorbed completely.Keep the flame low-medium at this stage.Once the ghee gets absorbed stop adding the ghee and stir constantly.
- After few minutes the mixture become frothy and leaves out the ghee.At this stage remove from the stove and transfer it into a greased tin.pat it well for even distribution.
- Cut into pieces when it is still warm.Let it cool for sometime and turn back into a tray.
- Here is the Mysore Pak is ready.
Here is the soft and delicious ghee mysore pak pieces for you :)Sure it Melts in Your Mouth.


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When editing a CV on CSO, there's no section to add references to your experience or education - usually containing a mailing address and a phone number.
I have a number of previous employers and tutors - it would be valuable for this reference information to allow a potential employer to contact my previous employers.
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All three of these words mean "to start", but what's the difference between them and where are they used?
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始まる is an intransitive verb. Hence, it does not have a direct object, ex "Something starts ".
始める is a transitive verb. Hence, it has a direct object, ex "Someone starts something".
開始 is a noun. You can make it into a verb by adding suru.
This is an extension of Dono's response.
開始 contains two kanji, 開く meaning to open and 始まる/める which we know from Dono means begin. Not surprisingly, 開始 can take on either single character in certain circumstances. To demonstrate this I have posted some examples of how 開始 gets used as a verb with する from the Apple dictionary below. In general compound verbs like this get used in more formal/written Japanese.
Note: I agree with Taylor's comment, fair question but if this is the first time you have come across this kind of thing then I should take this as one example and get ready for lots more cases like this or other variations.
かいし【開始】:(an) opening; a beginning; commencement
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Fusty Old Baseball Brings the Crazy
Sometimes it seems like baseball can't do anything to compete with football. There are so many compelling baseball story lines this season (Yasiel Puig and the Los Angeles Dodgers, the ascendant Pittsburgh Pirates, Miguel Cabrera, Jose Fernandez, the luxuriant, fish-catching beards of the Boston Red Sox) and yet football hogs the national conversation, the television ratings, the weekends and the noisy spaces in between. Why does behind-the-scenes drama from the miserable 0-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers feel like a bigger story than the prolonged excellence of Joe Maddon and the dollar-store Tampa Bay Rays? It's enough to give a sport a complex, make it feel insecure. Can't the Summer Game get a little attention and worship? The underappreciation is comical. Football shines from a marquee. Baseball gets a sandwich board.
Baseball is trying. It may not be able to offer a prime-time dynamo like Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson—who, er, chose the NFL over baseball (!)—but it is trying to increase its autumn mind share with its newish, expanded postseason. Last season, baseball added a second wild card to its playoff format, trying to spice up a party it had previously tried to spice up, only to drive everyone bananas. The long complaint was that the single wild card diminished baseball's divisional races—why crush yourself winning the AL East or the NL Central, the theory went, when you could just slip into cruise control, blast the John Fogerty and motor into a best-of-five playoff series with a cushy wild-card spot? Designed to widen the appeal, the wild card seemed to undermine the process.
The response was to fight crazy with crazier—adding another wild-card spot to make the whole proposition dicier. Two wild cards meant that before either wild-card qualifier got into a divisional playoff series, they would have to play a do-or-die single-game elimination. Win one, or done. No more blowing off the division race. No more September coasting. The playoff net would be widened, but a trapdoor was carved into the floor.
You could look at this "enhanced" wild card in a couple of ways. You could be a fuddy-duddy and groan about the dilution of baseball's fussy, old-school postseason, and then complain about your oatmeal and the line at the pharmacy and the lack of Walter Matthau movies on cable. Or: You could view baseball not as a museum piece but a living thing—and see the re-evaluation of the playoffs as a way to goose a beloved sport.
And this season, fruitfully, you have craziness. At least in the American League—so, half-craziness. The National League race is sort of a slumber party—St. Louis, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh look poised to hoard the Central title and the two wild-card slots, unless Washington finds a miracle (even here, you see the influence of the double-wild-card system; that Central title looks massive). But in the AL, it's madness. The following teams are still in the mix: Texas, Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Baltimore, the Kansas City Royals, the Yankees…and, if I'm not mistaken, the Milwaukee Bucks, the Vancouver Grizzlies, Biscuit, my neighbor's orange tabby cat…and I think the Alabama Crimson Tide.
That's a lot of action shoved into one telephone booth, with not much of a season left. It's hard not to feel a little sentimentally charged for the Royals (no playoffs since 1985, when Bud Selig was a toddler) or the Cleveland Indians (Terry Francona…who had any idea this guy could manage!). Simultaneously, it's hard not to hope for a little extended bedlam. What about a three-way tie…or even, deliciously, a four-way tie, a scenario in which, if I am reading this confusing handbook correctly, the four qualifying tied teams will play a second, separate 162-game series in another dimension. (Sports Illustrated's Jay Jaffe came up with the fantastic term "team entropy" to describe pulling for deep-September baseball chaos.)
A second wild card is beautiful, democratic anxiety. One-and-done, of course, is brutal. If your team is chasing a wild card, you're promised everything and not much at all. You get yourself emotionally invested, and it could all be over in a few hours. You could be an also-ran of an also-ran. (Do you remember who lost last year's wild-card one-game playoffs? Let me help you: the Quebec Nordiques and the Tempe Thunder Unicorns.) It's like getting dressed for a wedding and being told you can't come to the reception. But it's an upgrade for a game that needed one. Baseball feels alive. Baseball feels consequential. Football? It's early. Football will be here for a while.
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What is the main difference between a Barbell Deadlift and a Clean Deadlift? I watched these two videos over and over again and, despite each paging saying that the exercises work out different primary muscle groups, I still cannot see what is so different between the two. IN the Clean, the guy does a full squat for some reason before lifting the weight, but it looks like both exercises lift the weight using the same motion. Determining any other difference between the two really puzzles me. Thanks a lot.
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The difference is in the set up. The full squat is part of the clean deadlift, although the person takes the slack out of their body before the pull so the distinction of a clean deadlift from a conventional deadlift is more of splitting hairs than anything. Your sticking point (or weak point) in the lift is usually dictated by the bar position relative to your feet when you start:
(This info from Paul Carter in his Strength-Life-Legacy eBook)
Double overhand or hook grip is good on warmup sets, but eventually the bar will get too heavy for your grip with these. That's when you need to switch to a mixed grip. Mixed grip stretches the bicep of the suppinated hand (the hand facing away from you), so it is very important that you do not try to flex that bicep at all during the lift. If you follow these steps you won't have any problems:
Deadlift is the ultimate posterior chain movement as far as muscle recruitment goes:
Completely agree with the above. Clean presses however do positively impact your deadlift strength and performance, so it is always good to include both in your routine. Here is some possible benefits of the clean exercise.


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Q: Our family often goes camping over the summer. How can I protect my kids from getting Lyme disease?
A: There are some things you can do to protect against exposure to Lyme disease, which is caused by a germ (spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi) that is spread through the bite of a deer tick. Certain areas of the United States report more Lyme disease than others. Not all deer ticks carry the germ; in fact, a majority of them don't. The local health department can give you information about the risk where you live.
Although it makes sense to avoid areas where Lyme disease is most common, this is not always possible or practical. Try to dress your kids in protective clothing, use insect repellents, and do daily "tick checks." Choose light-colored clothing, so you can see the ticks more easily. Wear long pants and tuck the pants into socks to decrease exposure. You can carefully use DEET (10 percent concentration for children) on the skin, but wash it off well with soap and water when you come indoors. When you walk in the woods, try to stay in the center of the trails.
Be sure to look for ticks on your children from head to toe every day. Remember that for a deer tick to even transmit the spirochete, it usually requires the tick to be attached to the skin for at least 24 to 48 hours. When you do "tick checks" everyday, the chances of getting the disease are greatly decreased. Once you do find a tick (and they are quite small), it should be removed carefully. Applying Vaseline, nail polish, alcohol, or hot matches to the skin are neither helpful nor appropriate ways to do it. Use tweezers with gloved hands to gently pull the tick straight out without twisting or squeezing the body. Finally, clean the site after the tick is removed.
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Well, first off, it should be a metaphor, not a simile. :) Ahem...
A great metaphor recasts the familiar or mundane as something strikingly different yet truly parallel. It gives a startlingly vivid picture or brings a surprising insight. A bad metaphor fails to achieve the parallel, or the fresh insight, or both. The element of surprise is an important part of a great metaphor. If we saw it coming from a paragraph away, it is far less effective; a metaphor can be bad merely because it is a cliche.
Some personal favorites:
"The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees/The moon was a ghostly galleon, tossed upon cloudy seas" (Noyes)
"The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes" (T.S. Eliot)
"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player/That struts and frets his hour upon the stage" (Shakespeare)
"Out of the mocking bird's throat, the musical shuttle/Out of the Ninth-month midnight" (Whitman)
A bad metaphor is like your 81-year-old Portuguese grandfather. Really, only close family members and people from that region can even understand him at all, and even then he's talking nonsense half the time, and he talks for far too long about things most people are unfamiliar with.
A good metaphor is a lot like a mime - it neatly conveys the essence of the idea in mind and requires no additional explanation.
A really good metaphor is much like Marcel Marceau - original, memorable, and even alliterative.
A good metaphor will parallel or easily invoke the idea you're trying to convey, without extraneous or irrelevant details. It resonates with the audience and may add to the core idea.
A poor metaphor has baggage of its own, doesn't track with the original concept, is too clunky, too esoteric, needs too much explanation, or becomes absurd.


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Another excellent article, Ms. Schumacher, and this article should be kept 'online' for years (sigh)! THE JS 'ARCHIVES' CAN WAIT!
An excellent, well written piece Mary Louise. There is a period "between styles" when a building (or car or toaster or house), falls out of fashion. During this period, there is a significant danger of the building being destroyed. This happened during the modernist period with "the clutter of the Victorian". Countless beautiful architectural gems were destroyed in Milwaukee and other cities around the world. Now we mourn their loss. Ironically, we are now in the phase with modernist buildings. Many have been destroyed because their aesthetic has fallen out of fashion. Some day we will mourn their loss as well.
The War Memorial Center was the bright new architecture of its time. Like its new post-modern neighbor to the south, it was used as a backdrop for car ads, weddings, and other photo ops to show how forward looking Milwaukee was at that time. How soon we forget. Perhaps someday, the Calatrava will be in danger of destruction. Viewed as an eccentric eyesore on the lake front. It's critical for people to view buildings from other periods with educated eyes, with an understanding of the innovation and beauty they manifested in the time they were created.Hide replies
Agree. I remember taking the bus with my arts minded older sister to Downtown from our very modest rental on S.18th and Greenfield in the 60s. The building always seemed glamorous and exotic to me. The permanent art collection pieces from the 1960s became old friends that I had to "visit" every time.
I also very well remember the national student film festival of 1969 held there when I viewed a chilling short film by a young film student by the name of George Lucas. The film was entitled "THX1138; The Electronic Labyrinth."
This building is as iconic to Milwaukee as the Mitchell Park Domes and the Calatrava.
Mark, to your point about "between styles" -- I had a moment yesterday at of all places The Brookfield Mall. On the north end of the mall, the entranceways are classic modernist arches. As I passed them on my way to chain restaurant attached like a growth to another part of the mall, I had a starting moment. Suddenly those arches looked wonderful to me. OK OK I know this is not good architecture. But for so long I thought they looked icky and yesterday I felt fond of them. p.s. I love the Saarinen, particularly I love walking inside it.
oops that should be startling moment not starting moment. typingtoofast
Mark, you are so right. It was hard not to think about the Calatrava and what its fate might be in 50 years while working on this article. Looking at the massive number of clippings from the 1940s and `50s, it was like re-reading the articles from the late 1990s and early 200s. The leads were dead ringers for each other. But, you are so right, at some point, MAM's wings will need to be replaced, the concrete repaired. It will be expensive. MAM may need a whole new generation of champions someday.
Great to see all those old photos of the lakefront. Any chance we can see the master plan you mentioned?
I too think this is the best building in Milwaukee, strictly as visionary architecture. Beyond that, many personal memories increase its value for me. Taking art classes there when I was young was exhilarating, just as all the other events I attended there. Please restore it!Hide replies
Tiamet, I only have a copy of the microfiche article, which is not great. I am going to try to track it and some additional materials down however. I also want to track down the film that was made. There is a great clipping, showing Milwaukeeans jammed together on the street just to watch the filming. The film was used to raise awareness about the capital campaign, then the largest in the city's history.
After reading your article with you naming the War Memorial building as your favorite, I have to ask... Have you been inside this building? The offices, interior, carpets,etc look as though they have not been touched since 1957, the concrete slabs on the ground of Fitch Plaza teeter unsteadily, the cantilevers are in disrepair, the list goes on and on...
The War Memorial Center (Milwaukee County if we're splitting hairs) who is the administrator of that building should be paying more attention to preserving and maintaining the place, after all it houses the city's most valuable asset (MAM's collection) underneath it, and now sits as an underused environment that will crumble into the lake one day unless managed properly.Hide replies
Howard, this is the caption from photo 21 in the PHOTO gallery:
"The beautiful Saarinen-designed stairwell that once lead from the War Memorial library to the art center's entrance. Today, it leads to an exit."
The credit for photo 21, among others in the gallery, belongs to Ms. Schumacher.
Perhaps after you finish looking at all the photos, you will apologize to Ms. Schumacher, Mark Hoffman, and their editors.
Howardamitz, the disrepair of the building was a great part of what inspired the column actually. I've spent a great deal of time in the building, inside and out. As noted in the piece:
"Worse, it is visibly crumbling. Our state's most important memorial, upstaged by the Calatrava, the new icon on the block, is in a shameful state of disrepair, as we've recently reported."
You'll find a link in that passage to an earlier article that details the problems with the War Memorial buildings and the implications for the art. What I did not get into in this piece -- and may in a future column -- is who or what should have operational control of the War Memorial. What I can say is that this building needs a better advocate than it currently has.
What an achievement, fearless, pragmatic, poetic, and accessible. An amazingly compact integration of Milwaukee history, art, and culture. Among my favorite parts:
"While art serves a lot of purposes, I think it really comes down to two. It either connects us to the human experience or anesthetizes us against it. The proliferation of memorials after World War II, with their flags and quotations, were sometimes the latter, more about the sense of meaning than actual meaning. They were a salve.
There is a fine line between the kind of Minimalism that provokes an instinctual reaction and the geometric abstraction that is just sort of blank. Saarinen created one of the most visceral examples in the country two years before Maya Lin, whose Vietnam Veterans Memorial is considered the exemplar of an abstract memorial, was even born.
Beneath it all, was the art."
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Thanks for the kind words, John. I've been thinking about the role of culture in society quite a lot. Oddly enough, a novel, is the latest thing to spur some of this thinking: Kazuo Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go." Have you read it? It was recommended to me by a fellow critic, Charlotte Frost, who was a fellow at the Center for 21st Century Studies at UWM this last year. People think of it as a book about cloning. It isn't. it's a book about, among other things, the role of culture in our lives.
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Thank you Mary Louise, for a great article on what is my favorite building in Milwaukee. When I first moved here in the 1960's, I lived only a few blocks away and spent many happy hours there. I continued to visit after I moved to the west side and when my children were old enough, I introduced them to this not-so-hidden gem on the lakefront. They especially enjoyed visiting after spending a few hours at the Lakefront Festival of the Arts. Four years ago I attended a wedding there and was distressed to see how much that lovely building had deteriorated. (Still, a fantastic venue for a wedding!)
The Sydney Hih building is more connected to our military sons and daughters then the Saarinen. Members of Wisconsin's famous Iron Brigade met in 1880 on the upper floor of the Sydney Hih/Nicholas Senn building and decided to form a permanent organization dedicated to supporting and improving the lives of Wisconsin's war veterans. This was the first organization of it's kind in Wisconsin and laid the groundwork for present day war veteran assistance programs.
The Sydney Hih/Nicholas Senn Building has a direct connection with the advancement of military medicine and is the only building in the City of Milwaukee that has a direct connection with the first steps taken toward creating war veteran assistance programs in Wisconsin.
The famous Surgeon, Dr. Nicholas Senn, experimented and researched numerous procedures related to battlefield surgical techniques in the basement of Sydney Hih. His work saved countless american soldier's lives.
Why are none of you supporting the "Save Sydney Hih" movement?Hide replies
1wb, you don't help Sydney Hih by diminishing the Saarinen.
From 24 May 2012:
"Gathering stories about the Sydney Hih"
I knew all the other background except for the Iron Brigade.
"Those Damned Black Hats! The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign
By Lance J. Herdegen
(April 2009 Civil War News)"
If you can document that, it's big. If you could get a couple of companies of Civil War re-enactors, in uniform, in front of it, and photos of them and the building, it might help.
I didn't diminish the Saarinen at all. I merely brought up the fact that Sydney Hih was built by a world famous military surgeon whose battlefield surgical techniques, perfected in the basement of Sydney Hih, saved countless american soldiers lives. The building is directly related to the military history of Wisconsin. And if it's demolished it will be an insult to the men and women who serve in the armed forces.
The Saarinen is not facing demolition. It needs much deserved rehabilitation but Sydney Hih is the one that needs "saving". Part of the problem is that citizens have not been allowed access to the true history of Sydney Hih. Even the Journal Sentinel, although we are extremely thankful they are covering the topic, has failed greatly in explaining to the people why Sydney Hih is important. Jim Stingl's recent article about Sydney Hih was really disappointing to everyone involved in the Sydney Hih struggle. His inability to accurately describe the contributions of Nicholas Senn, and his complete dismissal of the importance of the West Side Bank was borderline offensive. He brought up the fact that a porn shop once existed there, but failed to include any mention of Prophet Blackmon. Prophet Blackmon's art is now hanging in the Smithsonian, some of which he made at Sydney Hih.
I apologize if you took my statements the wrong way, but we are involved in a war of information right now, and too many in our community, especially those in power, want to label Sydney Hih as just some run down place where a bunch of hippies did drugs and painted pictures. When in fact, the building has positively played a role in almost every aspect of Milwaukee history and the culture of it's people since the 1800's.
Save the Saarinen, hell yeah! Let's do it. But don't forget about Sydney Hih, it should be on the top of everyone's list of buildings that need saving.
I didn't see this in today's print article...or in some of the past ones about it over the year (and if I missed it, I apologize)...but I remember as a child in the 1960's, my father taking me to the lakefront and showing me the building. At the time, I didn't know what a "Roman Numeral" was, so I had to take out a hard cover encyclopedia (no Internet at the time, remember) and actually look up what they meant on the front of the building. I am sure that most young people today, as well as many adults, do not have a clue as to the "why" or "what" the art tile on the front facade of the building stands for.
"Unveiled on Veterans Day 1959, the 1,440,000-piece mosaic features Roman numerals representing the dates of World War II and the Korean Conflict"
Great article! Given the deep and dedicated interest in all of this city's remaining historic structures and the new generation of preservationists that appear to be rising up, would it make sense for the city/county to undertake a truly comprehensive preservation/development plan? A plan that would carefully balance historic preservation and new development within a single framework? A long-range vision for the city that would secure the safety of these older structures as "anchors" around which any new development could thoughtfully arise. Create a cooperative team of preservationists (citizens), and City and County officials all working toward the same goals (rather than the competitive system that appears to approach each building as an individual battle to be fought, as seems to exist now). Establish a temporary moratorium on demolition of any structure (over a certain age), while a city/county-wide plan is developed that would catalogue all of these structures, determine their rehabilitation needs, and collectively work toward their rejuvenation.
It seems that this could really be something truly transformative that would garner a great deal of national and international attention for the city (and for an individual city planner - someone like Rocky Marcoux). The happy by-product of which would be that such an effort would make the city much more amenable to top-tier new development.
I am not suprised that mayor barret, the barret admin., and Common Council "10" have had NOTHING TO SAY on this issue(s). Considering their 'quest' for a $56M, tra-la-la trolley; WAIT, THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION HAS YET TO DETERMINE WHO WILL PAY FOR THE RELOCATION OF UNDERGROUND POWER & COMMUNICATION LINES! Make that a $87M, tra-la-la trolley; WAIT,the barret admin. has yet to determine who will maintain the tra-la-la trolley! Make that (with cost overruns) $116M , with an annual maintenance budget of $29M. WAIT, THERE'S MORE WITH AN APPARENT, BELIEVABLE VOTER REFERENDUM CICRCULATING. I have no idea, how much that would cost.Hide replies
Oh God, first we have choo choo, poop water and now tra - la -la trolley? While in favor of improving our transit via light rail, KRM or high speed rail, I am not a big fan of the trolley. However your (what appears to be) Sykjes/Belling drivel make your comments immediately appear irrelevant...
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The acronym LASER describes a process, not equipment. Modern usage is lasing for the process, and laser has become an ordinary noun. So for multiple devices operating on the LASER principle: "lasers" or "LASERs". Preferably the first, without all caps.
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For example, if my domain is: mysite.com -- then I'd like to be able to create as many addresses, and mailboxes as I want @mysite.com. Such as: email@example.com
Note that I do not want to use any control panels, such as Ensim, Plex, or Cpanel.
What software do I need installed to accomplish these tasks, and could you point me to any tutorials on the installation, setup, and configuration of the software.