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Then there are the immense costs of professors' pay and pensions. Ms. Murray noted that being a tenured university professor is one of the few jobs where you do less even as your time on the job increases, and your pay rises.
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Of course, the best solution for this problem would be to start privatizing parts of the UC and other state school systems. Why shouldn't they work like Chapman, Stanford, USC and other private universities, with the taxpayers off the hook and the poor given ample scholarships?
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|Lemon juice
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Combine crust ingredients in a 7 x 11inch baking dish.
Bake in a 400° F.
Oven for 10 minutes.
While crust is cooling, prepare filling by combining the egg whites, sugar, strawberries, vanilla, and lemon juice in the Bosch bowl.
Whip for a full 15 minutes.
In a separate bowl, whip the cream.
Fold into the strawberry mixture.
When crust is cool enough to handle, crumble all of the crust and remove onethird of the crumbs from the pan.
Lightly pack the remaining crumbs into the bottom of the pan.
Pour strawberry filling on top, and sprinkle with reserved crust.
May be made in advance and frozen.
NOTE: Two cups of fresh, mashed strawberries may be substituted for the frozen berries.
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Calories 377 Calories from Fat 190
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 21 g32.6%
Saturated Fat 11.8 g58.8%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 57.3 mg19.1%
Sodium 46.3 mg1.9%
Total Carbohydrates 42 g14%
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The Heather Ellis case that is occurring in Kennett, Missouri started nearly three years ago. Ms. Ellis joined a line at Walmart but was accused of cutting the line. She alleges that she was joining her cousin. You know...we have all done it..."You stay in that line while I stay in this line...if you get to the checkout station first I will join you." This seems pretty simple, but it turned into a racial debate that has divided this small town of 11,000.
Heather Ellis was a college student at the time of the incident and had no criminal history. One side of the story states that many white patrons yelled racial slurs at her when she went into the other line. She claimed that the employees refused to give her back her change and called the police. She states that one officer told her upon arrival that she needs to "Go back to the ghetto" and another roughed her up.
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To make a long story short, she didn't want to plea for a lesser charge with the police so today she is going through a trial facing felony charges and up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
I have my opinions of the case. I feel that there this has been blown way out of proportion and if she were to spend another day in prison justice has not been served. I realize that my opinion does not carry as much weight as those who were actually there because the only way that I know about the case is from what I read about. However, I want to make a much broader point in this case...how do you respond when police officers arrest you?
I am growing weary of hearing stories about people who continue to loudly express their opinion once police officers arrive. Professor Gates continued to express his disgust at the officer once he arrived and now Heather Ellis (from what I saw on the camera footage) was not walking away quietly. BOTH in my opinion should not have been arrested but BOTH in my opinion once the officers arrived needed to "SHUT UP!"
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You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say or do can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you. Do you understand these rights as they have been read to you?
My uncle, Chuck Smiley rest his soul, was one of the most fierce defense attorneys ever seen by Dayton, Ohio. He would continuously state that many times cases were lost before he was even called because those who were arrested would feel the need to have diarrhea of the mouth killing any chances of an acquittal well before he arrived to their defense. To those reading this right now, please read the ONLY four things that you are to say if a police officer arrests you:
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You do not display an angry attitude, you do not yell at the officer, you do not be incompliant, and you make sure that even if you think that they are in the wrong for arresting you in no way should you resist arrest! I am not justifying or condoning police brutality or police abuse of power...we absolutely need to fight against wrongful arrest and abuse of power...JUST NOT AT THE TIME OF BEING ARRESTED! Fight it with your attorney after the arrest, fight it through the system by lobbying for more regulations and laws to be put in place, picket, protest, and do whatever you need to do; but when the cops say to you that you need to go downtown because you are under arrest SHUT UP, COMPLY, DO AS YOU ARE TOLD, AND ASK FOR AN ATTORNEY!
Gates tried to be a martyr and he was dragged away in cuffs, Ms. Ellis walked away with her finger waiving and now she is facing 15 years. Both were right to be upset, but both were wrong as to how they handled it! This impulse behavior to act without thinking about the repercussions needs to stop and there is not a value that one can place on a sound/rational mind!
I hope the trend of abuse of power by the police comes to an end. I hope that Heather Ellis does not get 15 years in prison and should not serve another day in prison. I also hope that those in the community learn from this moment as to how to act when arrested...think first!
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Fifty Great Portuguese Wines
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A Tour of Portugal's Wine Regions
by Michelle Kwan
Portugal, surrounded by its venerable neighbors of wine making, has long been overshadowed by France and Spain when it comes to the ubiquity and prominence of its wines. Even paella and tapas (or petisco as it is known in Portugal) was until recently thought of as primarily a Spanish tradition with a Spanish heritage. But like Portuguese cuisine, Portuguese wines have a distinct character and quality that is worthy of discovery. Moreover, as the Fifty Great Portuguese Wines Tasting held at the New York Public Library recently demonstrated, there is no better complement to Portuguese fare than Portuguese wines. The diversity of flavors in its 250 grape varietals also make them good candidates for pairing with other cuisines; an array of cheeses, tapas and fruits at the tasting paired well with the vinho verdes, whites and reds on offer.
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Bradford Mountain 2011 Dry Creek Zinfandel – Wine of the Week Review
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Price: $22
Rating: 13.5/20
Region: Dry Creek Valley, California
Varietals: 91 percent Zinfandel & 9 percent Petite Sirah
Production: 1,700 cases
Alcohol: 14.5 percent
Tasting Notes: One of the labels owned by Truett-Hurst, Inc., Bradford Mountain was founded in the late 1990s and produces about 3,000 cases of wine per year. It lies on the western side of the Dry Creek Valley (Sonoma County), a region renowned for its Zinfandels. Some of the fruit that goes into the 2011 Dry Creek Zinfandel comes from the winery's historic Grist Vineyard, which was replanted in 2005 and is now certified organic. The wine boasts fragrant raspberry and Continue reading "Bradford Mountain 2011 Dry Creek Zinfandel – Wine of the Week Review" »
The Ultimate Mardi Gras Experience in New Orleans
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A Guide to Carnival and Mardi Gras in New Orleans
by Jenny Peters
If you're lucky enough to be spending Mardi Gras in the Big Easy, make sure to read this primer first. "Carnival" describes the weeks leading up to Mardi Gras Day (also known as Fat Tuesday), the day before Lent, the Catholic time of atonement, begins. And while some in New Orleans use that term, most just call all of the season of revelry "Mardi Gras." It actually begins on Epiphany, January 6; but the big celebrations and major parades really happen in the last two weeks leading into Mardi Gras Day (which is a city-wide holiday in NOLA).
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Truffle Extraordinaire Part 2
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by Sophie Gayot
It seems that chef José Andrés and his culinary team love truffles — and I am glad that they do. Last October, SAAM restaurant, the chef's tasting room at The Bazaar at SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills, started the second annual Truffle Season Dinner Series with a meal featuring white truffles.
But since black is beautiful, last week the restaurant started offering the black truffle experience. Throughout the 18-course prix-fixe menu, priced at $250 with wine pairings available, diners can discover the culinary creativity and talents of José Andrés, R & D chef Aitor Zabala, chef de cuisine Holly Jivin, and pastry chef Kriss Harvey.
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New Restaurants in Houston
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Hungry Houstonians, you're in luck — you have more dining choices than ever before, as there are many new restaurants worth a visit in Space City.
At the trendy West Ave. multi-use center in Upper Kirby, two new eateries are now open. Nara, a Korean/Japanese restaurant from chef Donald Chang that opened in the old Katsuya space, blends the flavors of Chang's native country with his experience as a sushi chef in Houston. Over in the next building, Food Network Star Susie Jimenez has opened Trenza in the former Alto space upstairs from Del Frisco's Grille. The name means "braid" and is a nod to the fusion food she offers: a blend of her native Latin cuisine with Indian and Asian twists.
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2007 Vall Llach – Wine of the Week Review
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Price: $95
Rating: 16/20
Region: Priorat, Spain
Varietals: 70 percent Cariñena, 15 percent Cabernet Sauvignon & 15 percent Merlot
Alcohol: 15 percent
Tasting Notes: In 1992, Catalan singer Lluís Llach and his childhood friend Enric Costa founded Celler Vall Llach. The winery's flagship bottling, Vall Llach is made from a combination of old vine Cariñena (Carignane) and newer plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. A big, powerful wine, the 2007 Vall Llach boasts heady blackberry, plum and mineral aromas. In the mouth, it reveals rich, concentrated fruit Continue reading "2007 Vall Llach – Wine of the Week Review" »
Hotel Giraffe, New York City – Review
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When it comes to choosing a great hotel, it isn't always about "location, location, location." But a convenient space in one of Manhattan's trendiest neighborhoods sure doesn't hurt. Named after owner/entrepreneur Henry Kallan's favorite animal, Hotel Giraffe enjoys an opportune spot on the corner of Park Avenue South and 26th Street in NoMad, or north of Madison Square Park, which is also home to a creative business community made up of architecture, Internet and design firms. The building was purpose-built in the late 1990s to house the Library Hotel Collection's Giraffe Hotel, which opened in 1999.
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The Inn at Pound Ridge by Jean-Georges
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What's Old Is New Again
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It's taken over twenty years for the colonial homestead that once housed the venerable Emily Shaw's Inn restaurant in Westchester County, New York, to be reborn as a fine dining destination. The building spent over 40 years as Emily Shaw's Inn, then a decade as The Inn at Pound Ridge, a short chapter as Emily Shaw's Inn at Pound Ridge, and several periods in between where it sat uninhabited, waiting for someone like chef-restaurateur Jean-Georges Vongerichten to restore it to its former glory. With a farm-to-table theme and an ambiance that is somehow elegant and rustic, modern and colonial, open and cozy all at the same time, it appears he has done that… and then some.
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Hand of God 2010 Old Vine Malbec – Wine of the Week Review
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Price: $75
Rating: 15/20
Region: Mendoza, Argentina
Varietal: 100 percent Malbec
Production: 780 cases
Alcohol: 14.5 percent
Tasting Notes: Venture capitalist Jon Staenberg founded Hand of God Wines in 2006. The previous year, he had visited Argentina and rekindled an earlier friendship with fellow Stanford MBA alum Santiago Achával of Achával-Ferrer. With the acquisition of two estate vineyards and Achával acting as co-founder and winemaker, Hand of God released its first two wines in 2013. The 2010 Old Vine Malbec comes from the eight-acre Stolen Horse Vineyard, planted entirely to Malbec in 1922 Continue reading "Hand of God 2010 Old Vine Malbec – Wine of the Week Review" »
Celebrate the Year of the Horse
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by Sophie Gayot
If the New Year celebration based on the Gregorian calendar only lasts for a single day, it is not the case for the Chinese New Year, as it lasts fifteen days.
For the Gregorian calendar, celebrations are held on December 31, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day is a holiday. The lunisolar Chinese calendar determines the date of Chinese New Year, so it changes every year. For 2014, it started on January 31st under the sign of the horse, so you have until February 14 to celebrate.
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"Use tongs when turning the brats over the coals. You don't want to lose any of the savory juices encased in the sausage. [Brats should be] grilled to a deep brown color (not burnt)."
If you're not ready to assemble your sandwich right away, there is a Sheboygan-approved method for holding bratwurst: Simmer 2 cans of beer with 1/4 cup butter and a thinly sliced onion. The brats can be kept hot in this mixture until ready to eat.
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Kotoko Coach Takes Edubiase Defeat In Good Fate
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Asante Kotoko coach Maxwell Konadu has conceded his team did not do enough to merit a win against New Edubiase.
The Porcupine Warriors suffered their first defeat of the season on Wednesday in Berkwai amidst allegations of harsh treatment by the home side and unfair officiating.
But the ex Ghana striker who succeeded Bogdan Korak as Kotoko's coach at the beginning of the campaign insists his team produced a below par performance hence the defeat.
"I have heard several interpretations to our defeat against Edubiase but I'd say we didn't play well enough," he told Accra-based Hot FM.
"I want to congratulate Edubiase, they played very well and deserved the win so I take the defeat in good fate.
"We now have to move ahead and work towards our next game against Dwarfs."
Despite the loss, Kotoko maintained their stewardship of the Premier League as close contenders; Berekum Chelsea and Hearts of Oak all failed to capitalize on Kotoko's stumble of which Konadu is at least relieved of.
"We lost but somehow due to results elsewhere we still find ourselves on top of the Premier League which is at least a consolation but we have to pick it up from there," he said.
The trio are now all pegged at eighteen points each but Kotoko leads due to their superior goal difference ahead of the week 10 fixtures this weekend.
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India is seeking to purchase 1 million additional tons of oil from Iraq under the terms of the UN oil-for-food program.
This follows its purchase of 1.5 million tons of Iraqi crude during the previous round of the oil-for-food program, which ended in December.
With an additional 1 million tons of oil, India essentially will use up all the Iraqi crude it has been allocated. The country originally received a 2.5 ton quota from the UN Sanctions Committee.
Speaking to the Press Trust of India at the Petrotech 2001 conference, which was held this week in New Delhi, Ram Naik, said that he expected the delivery of the Iraqi oil to stake place during the current fiscal year.
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For the third time in four years, the Republican Party of Orange County will feature a conservative Latino at its big Flag Day fundraising dinner, this time bringing freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for the June 14 fete.
On one hand, Cruz (pictured) is a warmly welcomed face in the party after 71 percent of Latino voters favored Barack Obama in 2012. On the other hand, Cruz wants to omit a path to citizenship from any immigration reform package – a provision Latinos particularly want.
(May 8 update: Cruz today introduced an immigration reform amendment that in fact calls for a ban on those in the country illegally becoming citizens. Here's my story on that, with reaction from Scott Baugh and Los Amigos' Amin David. That amendment failed on Thursday.)
County GOP Chairman Scott Baugh has taken his own strides toward the Latino electorate, as seen by his increasingly public support for immigration reform.
That includes a pathway to citizenship for those in the country without documents "so long as there is zero advantage over anyone else who is going through the normal citizenship process," Baugh said in February.
Cruz, meanwhile, is trying to slow the role of the bipartisan Senate "Gang of Eight" immigration reform proposal, with the citizenship clause a primary concern.
So I asked Baugh why he tapped Cruz, especially now. And Baugh found room in the much nuanced dance of Republican immigration reform to both reiterate his previous statements and say he supported Cruz.
"I would tend to agree with him that citizenship and the other issues are very separate and should be dealt with separately," Baugh said. "We can solve the issue of border security, employee verification, bring the people out of the shadows and give them documentation first. If you include citizenship, it could doom the bill."
The Flag Day invitation plays up the possibility of Cruz running for president, including an enthusiastic, "Meet the future leader of the free world!"
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There are, believe it or not, 33 species of mosquitoes in the British Isles. Given the potential increase in global warming, and the huge increase in international travel, could tropical diseases establish here, in the decidedly untropical British Isles?
The answer is almost certainly No - there has to be a critical mass of infected people, mosquitoes capable of transmitting the disease, and fresh victims, otherwise the disease just peters out before it starts, and the UK simply doesn't have the numbers. But just to be sure, there has been quite a lot of research into the subject recently.
Historically malaria wasn't just possible in the UK, it was common. "Ague", believed now to be the vivax form of malaria, was endemic in salt marshes around England. The last recorded major outbreak of malaria was on the Isle of Sheppey in the Thames estuary , as recently as 1918.
So why no malaria now?
Well, not all mosquitoes can carry all diseases, and only 5 of the species in the UK can even carry the parasite, of which four are very rare and hardly ever bite humans anyway. The other, Anopheles atroparvus, will bite humans given half a chance, and was probably responsible for much of the Ague in the past, but it only lives on salt marshes, and it isn't even very common there. Many fewer people work on the land these days and the native strain of vivax parasite has apparently died out (no one is quite sure why) so the numbers simply aren't present. But the 1918 epidemic does give a salutary warning of what is possible.
Soldiers breaking up mosquito habitats in Kent, 1918 (Wellcome Library)
Thousands of soldiers returning from campaigning in Macedonia were quartered in and around the salt marshes of the Isle of Sheppey. Unfortunately, many were infected with malaria and suddenly a critical mass of carriers was reached causing a mini epidemic. There were infections throughout the barracks and even 330 cases in the local population. However, a campaign of insecticide spraying and marsh draining (against the mosquito) and dosing with quinine (against the parasite) managed to bring the numbers back down, and the epidemic disappeared.
Dengue Fever
Dengue Fever is endemic in parts of South America and Asia, and so quite likely to enter the UK in infected travelers, especially as there is no vaccine. The good news is that no native vectors have been found (yet) , and the main international vector, Aedes aegypti, dies off rapidly in the wonderful British climate. Another vector, Aedes albopictus is a little hardier, but it would need quite a lot of global warming to establish.
West Nile Virus
If British mosquitoes were ever to be more than just a nuisance, this might be the reason. WNV is basically a virus of birds, and is present in many migrating birds as they pass over the UK, or stop here. That in itself would not be a problem, except one of the commonest British mosquitoes, Culex pipiens, feeds on both birds and humans, and so makes an excellent bridge. Approximately of 80% of human WNV infections are without symptoms, which is not necessarily a good thing as it allows a reservoir to build up in the population without medical intervention, and there is no vaccine. Thus a critical masses of carriers and vectors could theoretically develop.
An example of what could happen comes from the New York epidemic of 1999, where 7 people died, and there have been outbreaks in Israel and Romania. But the risk is still very low, mainly as the mosquito and virus are both relatively rare in the UK, and both prefer birds to people anyway, humans are a dead end for WMV transmission.
So, in conclusion, the consensus seems to be that there probably won't be anything to be concerned about. If you are bitten by a mosquito in the UK don't worry - just swat it and move on.
Gould EA, Higgs S, Buckley A, & Gritsun TS (2006). Potential arbovirus emergence and implications for the United Kingdom. Emerging infectious diseases, 12 (4), 549-55 PMID: 16704800
Lindsay, S., Hole, D., Hutchinson, R., Richards, S., & Willis, S. (2010). Assessing the future threat from vivax malaria in the United Kingdom using two markedly different modelling approaches Malaria Journal, 9 (1) DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-70
MEDLOCK, J., SNOW, K., & LEACH, S. (2006). Possible ecology and epidemiology of medically important mosquito-borne arboviruses in Great Britain Epidemiology and Infection, 135 (03) DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806007047
For UK malaria see also an excellent site at the Wellcome Library (http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2012/04/item-of-the-month-april-2012-on-indigenous-malaria/)


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Recap - Lakers Defeat San Antonio 98-84
The Spurs were burned for 26 points by Metta World Peace on Wednesday as the Lakers picked up a 98-84 win at AT&T Center.
Los Angeles was an underdog by 10 points and came through with an ATS victory for bettors. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 202.5.
Los Angeles got 21 points from Pau Gasol and another 16 points from Andrew Bynum. Ramon Sessions contributed 5 assists, while Andrew Bynum cleaned the glass with 30 rebounds.
The Spurs got a 22-point performance from Danny Green, who was supported by 14 points from Tim Duncan. Tony Parker had 8 assists in a losing cause for San Antonio, while Kawhi Leonard grabbed 5 rebounds.
The Lakers hit the break leading 48-43 before taking care of business in the second half.
The rebound battle favored Los Angeles as they grabbed 60 boards, while San Antonio only had 33.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Yuliya Snigir rides a Yamaha R6 for 'A Good Day to Die Hard'
Apart from the usual explosive action you'd expect from a Die Hard movie, one more reason to watch A Good Day to Die Hard is Yuliya Snigir, who's character in the film – Irina, a Russian mobster – gets on and rides a Yamaha R6. The actress and the bike were both present at the movie's premiere in London last week and, we have to admit, Ms Snigir looks suitably hot on the lean, lithe and powerful Yamaha. This is one movie we certainly want to watch!
Update: And here's the 2016 Yamaha R6 - unchanged mechanically, but now available in Yamaha's yellow-and-black 60th Anniversary livery
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Hanging out with the Biker Gangs of Tanzania
It doesn't matter that Tanzania's bikers only ride cheap, Chinese-built motorcycles and that they do not have access to fancy gear. They still ride because it sets them free...
Based in London, Kit Oates is a professional photographer who works with publications like Timeout, Flamingo, The Chap, The Observer, the Japanese edition of Vogue and various others. He's also been a guest lecturer on photography at the University of Westminster and Eton college and, when not photographing, he says he attempts to refurbish his 1971 VW Camper van.
Kit recently visited Tanzania to do some photography for an American company organizing a volunteering program in Patandi, a small village in the East African country. There, Kit also happened to meet and photograph some of the country's biker gangs and as he got to speak to these bikers, he got some interesting insights into the biking culture there. Here's Kit's story, in his own words:
I was mostly photographing at local schools and orphanages and soon realized that the opportunities the kids had after graduating were limited compared to the opportunities available to students back home in England. Industry was lacking in this part of the country, and most students were destined for a life tending the family farm or hawking souvenirs to tourists.
So it was with keen interest that I began photographing the groups of bikers. Not just a few, but lots, sitting on the edge of the highway, some hanging out, some looking for work or something to courier. In a country of huge unemployment and poverty, they seemed to be so far removed from trouble, casually hanging out as if they didn't have a care in the world.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Lawson AWD motorcycle looks promising, makes us wish for a 2WD superbike
We have to admit, we like the idea of two-wheel-drive (2WD) / all-wheel-drive (AWD) on a motorcycle. Provided that issues like extra weight and steering/suspension response are taken care of, a powered front wheel on a bike should make for extra traction and could possibly redefine the whole riding experience. There have been some well-publicized attempts at using AWD on bikes in the past, though there doesn't really seem to be any interest in this from mainstream motorcycle manufacturers. We don't know if that's because AWD technology is too expensive or too complicated for production bikes but whatever the reason, we do think it's a pity that no manufacturer seems to be interested in developing this technology.
Now, while mainstream manufacturers aren't interested, talented individuals continue to work on AWD bikes and the latest such machine that we've come across is the Lawson all-wheel-drive bike, which is based on a production-spec KTM 300 EXC. With AWD equipment (front drive chain, sprockets, U-joints etc.), the Lawson bike still only weighs about 13 kilos more than the stock KTM and its creators claim that the bike is easier to ride off-road, climbs steep and rocky hills more readily and steers better in sand, mud, snow and loose rocky terrain. They also say the bike is 'greener,' since it 'surmounts obstacles by traction, not by digging trenches.'
Dale Han on motorcycle design: "We are in a transition period of both evolution and revolution..."
Based in Alberta, Canada, Dale Han is a young motorcycle designer who's done a bit of design work for companies like Suzuki and BRP and who's now working as a freelancer. We saw some of his work on LinkedIn and Coroflot and found it interesting, so caught up with him for a quick chat. If you're looking at getting into motorcycle design, or even if you just have a passing interest in motorcycle design, what Dale has to say might be interesting for you:
"In these tough times of recession, finding design work in the motorcycle industry has been difficult. What I've learned from this experience is that location, a wide variety of skills and interests both in and outside of motorcycles, networking, and exposure are all necessities in this business. Location is a tricky issue, getting a visa to work in a foreign country is a bit tough right now. Thank goodness for good friends and networking – sites like LinkedIn, Coroflot, and motorcycle forums are all helpful in getting exposure. Falling back on other skills like clay or CAD modelling can really help pay the bills when there isn't design work available."
"I have always had a love for vintage bikes. Every era had something special to offer – British parallel twins from the 60s and Italian bikes from the 70s are some of my favourite bikes to draw inspiration from. Other notable bikes are the Bimota Tesi 1D, and I think this has got to be on everyone's list the Britten V1000! My all-time favourites are the bikes from the machine age. There seemed to be a great deal of experimentation with frame and engine design as well as the packaging bikes from the 20s as well as bikes from the 30s to the 40s. The stark contrast between these periods has always intrigued me. There approach from innocence and naive exploration of form in the 'Roaring 20s' to this stark conservative mechanical function in the 30s is a lesson in how quickly the social mood and mentality can change."
Triumph Speed Triple R Dark announced
Triumph have announced a new special edition of the Speed Triple R – the 'Dark.' The bike has been created in collaboration with custom paint shop, 8 Ball, and only 30 units of the Speed Triple R Dark will be produced. Technical specifications remain unchanged though the Dark will come with a colour-matched belly pan and fly screen as standard.
"Employing the very latest creative paint shop techniques, Triumph has created a striking crystal midnight black veil effect over bright scarlet red. The bike's livery is airbrushed in intense white with a smoky aged appearance. Both sides of the tank carry a hand airbrushed union flag adding to the craftsmanship and allure of the bike," says a press release from Triumph.
The new Speed Triple R Dark will be available at Triumph dealerships from next week and the bike is priced at £11,549 OTR.
Monday, February 11, 2013
2014 Honda CTX700, CTX700D are probably the world's dullest motorcycles
Honda seem to have taken it upon themselves to build the dullest, most boring motorcycles in the world. After the NC700X and CBR500 series, they've announced the 2014 CTX700, which is, presumably, a motorcycle, but could just as well be a toaster, sewing machine, microwave oven, washing machine or any other household appliance.
"Made for travel with an efficient fairing and windscreen up front, the CTX700 boasts features that make it an ideal partner for exploring all that the open road can offer," claim Honda. The bike is powered by a liquid-cooled SOHC 670cc parallel-twin and has a regular 6-speed gearbox, while the CTX700D gets an automatic dual clutch transmission (DCT), which allows riders to either use a fully automatic mode or use paddle-shifters to shift gears without having to use a clutch. The CTX700D also gets ABS.
So why should you buy a Honda CTX700 or CTX700D? The 'benefits' that Honda claim for the CTX are an upper fairing and windscreen that divert wind around the rider, adding to comfort and reducing fatigue, abundant torque in the low-end and midrange for easily accessible power, crisp throttle response, linear and smooth power delivery, an engine balancer shaft that quells vibration for smooth operation and rubber-mounted footrests that add to rider comfort. Yawn…
Jon Parsons' three-wheeled motorcycle pushes performance boundaries
As you can see in the video here, Jon Parsons' three-wheeled motorcycle is an idea that seems to work. Now if only this idea can be grafted on to a ZX-10R Ninja...
Not all of us believe that two wheels are adequate for a motorcycle. Jon Parsons certainly doesn't. A UK-based chartered engineer who's currently working as a designer with an aerospace company, Jon set up his own outfit, Dynamic Design Studio, back in 2006 in order to develop an in-line three-wheel motorcycle. "I have been riding motorcycles since I was 16 and have owned mopeds, touring bikes, sportsbikes, trials bikes, motocross bikes, enduro bikes and quads. I ride regularly and enjoy motorcycling in mainland Europe," he says. We quite liked his 3-wheeled bike – it looks pretty interesting and by at the way it goes (see video above) seems to be quite a capable machine really.
We caught up with Jon for a quick chat to understand a bit more about how and why this 3-wheeled bike exists. Here's what he had to say:
On how he came up with this idea for building a 3-wheeled motorcycle
Two events triggered me to think about 3x2x2 bikes. The first was while I was watching the first Weston-Super-Mare beach race. The motocross and enduro bikes really struggled to get enough grip to get over the largest dunes. I considered possible solutions like having more tyre contact with the sand to stop the wheel from 'digging in' and give the necessary grip. A wider tyre or even two wheels side by side (like a trike) would do this, but the resulting bike would not be able to lean into corners like a conventional bike. The answer appeared to be three wheels in a line and for this to work the wheels would need to be able to move up and down independently, and the rear wheel would need to be driven and steered.
Friday, February 08, 2013
2013 MV Agusta Brutale range gets switchable Bosch ABS
What goes hard must stop harder. And with Bosch's 9MP switchable ABS, the 2013 MV Brutale range should be able to do just that...
According to a press note from MV Agusta, all 2013 Brutale models – the Brutale 1090, Brutale 1090 R and Brutale 1090 RR – are now available with ABS. The latest Bosch 9MP ABS is used on the entire range and this offers 'Normal' and 'Race' mode operation. Bosch's 9MP ABS is said to be the lightest, most compact ABS unit for motorcycles and incorporates internal pressure sensors that work together with independent wheels speed sensors to give the ECU all the information it needs to allow maximum deceleration without loss of control.
The Bosch ABS can be switched off by the rider at any time and, on the Brutale 1090 RR, there is a Race Mode which can be utilized specifically on the race track or during aggressive street riding. Cool, eh? :-)
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
The Doctor is happy with the 2013 Yamaha YZR M1
"I'm very happy about the first day of testing with the M1. After two seasons away I was able to come back on the bike and remember the good feeling I always had with it. I am also happy because I was quite fast from the morning," said Valentino Rossi yesterday, after the first test session in Sepang, aboard the 2013 Yamaha YZR M1. "We worked on the settings to make some improvements and we made some good steps. In the afternoon we started to work on the new parts for the season. It's just the first test but the potential is high and I am in a good position, I am in fourth place but not far from the other three guys. I am very positive that we can improve over the next few days but I'm happy with the start," said The Doctor, who was initially the fastest rider during the majority of the morning session, though he ended the day in fourth place, behind Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez.
So, is Valentino Rossi going to be able to win the 2013 MotoGP world championship? That may or may not happen but at least The Doctor has a fighting chance now…
Saturday, February 02, 2013
Makoto Hirano: "If Honda had given up oval piston development, there wouldn't have been any VTEC"
Only Honda could have done the oval-piston NR, says Hirano and he's right of course. Even after two decades, the NR represents unsurpassed engineering brilliance...
Honda produced just 300 units of the NR and that was back in 1992 – more than two decades ago – and yet, for us, that bike remains one of the most intriguing, deeply fascinating motorcycles ever built anywhere in the world. Some of that fascination is down to the NR's oval-piston engine, of course – the NR's massively complicated four-cylinder 750cc engine had 8 valves per cylinder and two conrods per piston, which allowed the engine to function as a V8. No, honestly, we don't really understand how it worked, but the fact that it did, and that Honda actually built a streetbike – one that cost US$50,000 back in 1992 – around this engine was some kind of a miracle. And it really doesn't matter that with 125bhp at 14,000rpm, the NR engine's output doesn't really look anything special today, when compared to modern-day 750cc sportsbikes.
"When I look back at it, I'm not sure if we were experimenting with cutting-edge technology or obsessed with foolish ideas," says Toshimitsu Yoshimura, speaking to Inspire magazine. "We didn't think much about whether the engine would actually turn over or even whether it would be practical at all. We weren't worried about those things since we just wanted to make it work. To create anything, you must put your heart and soul to it. The development of oval piston engines impressed that upon me, as well as on the other young engineers," adds Toshimitsu, who was one of the engineers who actually worked on the development of the Honda NR's oval-piston engine.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
2013 MTT Y2K could be out by July this year
According to a report in Autocar, Marine Turbine Technologies (MTT) are now working on a new version of the Y2K hyperbike, which is expected to be launched in the US and in Europe by mid-2013. Fitted with a Rolls-Royce C-20B gas turbine engine that produces 420 horsepower (100bhp more than the original Y2K that was launched in the year 2000), the 2013 MTT Y2K, which is currently undergoing wind tunnel testing in the UK, is expected to have a top speed of more than 440km/h. And since the original Y2K was able to accelerate from zero to 320km/h in 5.4 seconds, the new one should be able to do it in a bit less than that.
Other new bits on the 2013 MTT Y2K could include things like carbonfibre wheels, carbonfibre full fairing, an aluminium alloy chassis, bigger brake discs with radial-mount calipers at the front, a 240-section rear tyre and in keeping with developments in technology that have happened in the last 10 years, more advanced electronics, including ABS. The price hasn't been confirmed yet, of course, but expect to pay about US$200,000 for the privilege of owning the world's fastest, quickest accelerating jet-propelled motorcycle…
Source: Autocar
Saturday, January 26, 2013
MZ Vintage Racer sketch makes us wish for a revival of the German brand
Back in 1906, one Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen, from Denmark, bought an empty cloth factory in Zschopau, in the Erzgebirge region of Saxony, in the former East Germany. Rasmussen went on to build steam-powered cars in this facility (under the DKW name) and was also building some very basic motorcycles (essentially bicycles with small engines strapped on…) at the facility by the early-1920s. By 1929, motorcycle production had gone up to 60,000 units per annum and DKW was the biggest motorcycle manufacturer in the world.
In 1956, the motorcycle division of Rasmussen's company was renamed Motorradwerk Zschopau (MZ), which is German for 'motorcycle factory at Zschopau.' MZ did well for themselves in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, winning the prestigious International Six Day Trial (ISDT) from 1963-67 and then again in 1969 and 1987. Their one-millionth motorcycle – an MZ ETS 250 Trophy Sport – rolled off the assembly line in Zschopau in 1972, and their two-millionth motorcycle, an MZ ETZ 250, was produced in 1983. After that, however, MZ ran into trouble since they weren't able to keep up cheaper and more modern motorcycles from Japan.
The 1990s were bad times for the company, with MZ being renamed to MuZ, being bought out by Malaysian Corporation, the Hong Leong Group in 1996, and finally stopping motorcycle production in 2008, after the Malaysian backers withdrew their support. There was a revival of sorts in 2009, when former GP racers Ralf Waldmann and Martin Wimmer bought the MZ brand and while the company currently only makes an odd bunch of scooters, there are rumours that they will launch a 600cc sportsbike based on their Moto2 racebike.
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Oh Baby
October 7th, 2013
Just darling.
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Just darling.
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Aawwww, what a beautiful dress….Bless her Heart. When there's nothing else to say……' Bless your Heart', always fills in that awkward moment.
as a southerner, that is ALWAYS my fallback strategy……
She looks like she's about to flip the bird.
I think this is the same baby that's on the next page submitted by Brad. Same look, same hair do, similar outfit. If it ain't then it's their twin!
If this baby has a twin brother, I work with him.
This is adorably awkward. <3
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Warren Gatland has a propensity for mind games but when he said his team for the start of Wales' challenge for a hat-trick of Six Nations titles was arguably his hardest selection, there was a ring of truth.
During the November internationals, Gatland was beset by a litany of key injuries but now he has the rarity of a virtually full-strength squad to select from. Such is the battle for places that not even being match-fit is sufficient to make the starting line-up for even the biggest names.
Captain Sam Warburton, despite being declared fit, will start the match against Italy from the bench, with Alun Wyn Jones taking over the captaincy, as he did for the British & Irish Lions finale when Warburton was unfit.
But merely being named in the squad following a shoulder injury which has ruled Warburton out since the Test against Australia two months ago is an indicator of how integral he is to Gatland's plans.
Warburton could yet start the match. Dan Lydiate was included in the starting line-up but he is a doubt, having left the camp early Tuesday to fly to Paris after his girlfriend went into labour.
Warburton is not the only fit player to miss out on a start. Gethin Jenkins was cleared for his 102nd Test at prop but the Wales management opted against it because of his injury problems in recent Six Nations campaigns, while the centre Jonathan Davies, recovering from a pectoral muscle injury, will play for the Scarlets at the weekend as Wales host Italy at the Millennium Stadium.
Of his selections, Gatland admitted: "This is the hardest team we've picked for a long time, whether it's the starting XV or the bench."
Dan Biggar, who was integral to Wales' Six Nations title win a year ago, can consider himself unlucky to miss out to Rhys Priestland at fly-half and Gatland admitted as much, reasoning the lack of runners at the Ospreys, in contrast to Wales' rampant back line, had harshly counted against him. Biggar does not even make the bench, the versatility of James Hook offering more options as and when required.
A year ago, Wales had a dire opening 40 minutes to their Six Nations against Ireland. The threat provided by the Azzurri will be a softer start but Gatland is wary of complacency, saying: "We need to make sure we get out of the blocks and don't get caught with our pants down."
He was asked how important history was, as Wales attempt to be the first team to win a hat-trick of Six Nations titles. "Massive," he said. "There's the potential to do something special. It's nice to talk about that and focus on that."
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B.A. Rice is a poet from Texas who lives in Los Angeles.
The impossibilities of translation are seldom as overtly formalized as they are in Damion Searls's version of Elfriede Jelinek's 1998 play er nicht als her, and for good reason — the play is a monologue built from the sentences of two writers, Jelinek and Robert Walser, and its obsessive focus is the tension between silence and polyphony. As Searls reminds us in his afterword, the last thirty years of Walser's life were spent in an insane asylum, but his "sanity" may have been fully intact until he died. This autobiographical ambiguity informs the play's intense ambivalence about speech as a container for thoughts — just as any number of actors could, according to the vague stage directions, perform fragments of the monologue (and therefore destabilize its presentation as a monologue), the utterances of an individual can be thought of as an endless assertion of newborn voices, as strange to the person who spoke them as they are to the listener. For some this sense of inner multitudes may seem familiar from Whitman, but Jelinek's tone is turned inward and far from exuberant. She seems curious about what drove Walser to submit to silence within the institution of the asylum, and whether this decision might have more to do with sanity than its pathology-shrouded opposite.
Her Not All Her, the Searls version, changes the play into something even more meaningfully weird. As Searls explains in his afterword, a correct rendering of the title in English would be He Not All He. The transgendered version, then, establishes the work as Searls's own, an original, analogous to the ways Walser's originality is collapsed into Jelinek's in her text. It's an inspired decision that makes Searls's own role as translator something of a conceptual performance, an exposure of translation's inherent failure that perversely enhances the play's linguistic themes. An element of visual poetry furthers the subversiveness — occasionally, the German sentences appear between the English lines in an impolite orange font, like a clamoring ghost of the original work, placing the author in a submerged role alongside the older author whose ghost hovers throughout the play. This gives new emphasis to the term paratext, and it looks surprisingly nice on the page. It's a confident move for a translator to make, and it adds to my sense that Her Not All Her is, like Anne Carson's If Not, Winter, a new work that also functions as a fine translation of an older one, and an opening up of possibilities for more radical forms of literature.
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The biggest issues with books like The Subsidiary often have to do with their underpinnings—when we learn that Georges Perec wrote La Disparition without once using the letter E, we are impressed. Imagine such a task! It takes a high. . .
Following The Infatuations, Javier Marías's latest novel seems, like those that have preceded it, an experiment to test fiction's capacity to mesmerize with sombre-sexy atmospheres and ruminative elongated sentences stretched across windowless walls of paragraphs. Thus Bad Begins offers his. . .
Death by Water, Kenzaburo Oe's latest novel to be translated into English, practically begs you to read it as autobiography. Like The Changeling, as well as many other works not yet released in English, Death by Water is narrated in. . .
Jocelyne Saucier's Twenty-One Cardinals is about the type of unique, indestructible, and often tragic loyalty only found in families. For a brief but stunningly mesmerizing 169 pages, Twenty-One Cardinals invited me in to the haunting and intimate world of the. . .
We know so very little; so little that what we think to be knowledge is hardly worth reckoning with at all; instead we ought to settle for being pleasantly surprised if, on the edge of things, against all expectations, our. . .
Many of Virginie Despentes's books revolve around the same central idea: "To be born a woman [is] the worst fate in practically every society." But this message is nearly always packaged in easy-to-read books that fill you with the pleasure. . .
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer's La Superba is appropriately titled after the Italian city of Genoa, where, after escaping the pressures of fame in his own country, the semi-autobiographical narrator finds himself cataloguing the experiences of its mesmerizing inhabitants with the intention. . .
It took reading 44 pages of Intervenir/Intervene before I began to get a sense of what Dolores Dorantes and Rodrigo Flores Sánchez were up to. Recurring throughout these 44 pages—throughout the entire book—are shovels, shovel smacks to the face, lobelias—aha!. . .
As presaged by its title, contradiction is the theme of Peter Stamm's novel, All Days Are Night. Gillian, a well-known television personality, remains unknowable to herself. And Hubert, a frustrated artist and Gillian's lover, creates art through the process of. . .