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Brink Lindsey is vice president for research at the Cato Institute and author of The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed
Over the past quarter-century or so, the return on human capital has risen significantly. Or to put it another way, the opportunity cost of failing to develop human capital is now much higher than it used to be. The wage premium associated with a college degree has jumped to around 70% in recent years from around 30% in 1980; the graduate degree premium has soared to over 100% from 50%. Meanwhile, dropping out of high school now all but guarantees socioeconomic failure.
In part this development is cause for celebration. Rising demand for analytical and interpersonal skills has been driving the change, and surely it is good news that economic signals now so strongly encourage the development of human talent.
Yet -- and here is the cause for concern -- the supply of skilled people is responding sluggishly to the increased demand. Despite the strong incentives, the percentage of people with college degrees has been growing only modestly. Between 1995 and 2005, the share of men with college degrees inched up to 29% from 26%. And the number of high school dropouts remains stubbornly high: The ratio of 17-year-olds to diplomas awarded has been stuck around 70% for three decades.
Something is plainly hindering the effectiveness of the market's carrots and sticks. And that something is culture.
Before explaining what I mean, let me go back to the squid ink and clarify what's not worrisome about the inequality statistics. For those who grind their ideological axes on these numbers, the increase in measured inequality since the 1970s is proof that the new, more competitive, more entrepreneurial economy of recent decades (which also happens to be less taxed and less unionized) has somehow failed to provide widespread prosperity. According to left-wing doom-and-gloomers, only an "oligarchy" at the very top is benefiting from the current system.
Hogwash. This argument can be disposed of with a simple thought experiment. First, picture the material standard of living you could have afforded back in 1979 with the median household income then of $16,461. Now picture the mix of goods and services you could buy in 2004 with the median income of $44,389. Which is the better deal? Only the most blinkered ideologue could fail to see the dramatic expansion of comforts, conveniences and opportunities that the contemporary family enjoys.
Much of the increase in measured inequality has nothing to do with the economic system at all. Rather, it is a product of demographic changes. Rising numbers of both single-parent households and affluent dual-earner couples have stretched the income distribution; so, too, has the big influx of low-skilled Hispanic immigrants. Meanwhile, in a 2006 paper published in the American Economic Review, economist Thomas Lemieux calculated that roughly three-quarters of the rise in wage inequality among workers with similar skills is due simply to the fact that the population is both older and better educated today than it was in the 1970s.
It is true that superstars in sports, entertainment and business now earn stratospheric incomes. But what is that to you and me? If the egalitarian left has been reduced to complaining that people in the 99th income percentile in a given year (and they're not the same people from year to year) are leaving behind those in the 90th percentile, it has truly arrived at the most farcical of intellectual dead ends.
Which brings us back to the real issue: the human capital gap, and the culture gap that impedes its closure. The most obvious and heartrending cultural deficits are those that produce and perpetuate the inner-city underclass.
Consider this arresting fact: While the poverty rate nationwide is 13%, only 3% of adults with full-time, year-round jobs fall below the poverty line. Poverty in
The problem is not lack of opportunity. If it were, the country wouldn't be a magnet for illegal immigrants. The problem is a lack of elementary self-discipline: failing to stay in school, failing to live within the law, failing to get and stay married to the mother or father of your children. The prevalence of all these pathologies reflects a dysfunctional culture that fails to invest in human capital.
Other, less acute deficits distinguish working-class culture from that of the middle and upper classes. According to sociologist Annette Lareau, working-class parents continue to follow the traditional, laissez-faire child-rearing philosophy that she calls "the accomplishment of natural growth." But at the upper end of the socioeconomic scale, parents now engage in what she refers to as "concerted cultivation" -- intensively overseeing kids' schoolwork and stuffing their after-school hours and weekends with organized enrichment activities.
This new kind of family life is often hectic and stressful, but it inculcates in children the intellectual, organizational and networking skills needed to thrive in today's knowledge-based economy. In other words, it makes unprecedented, heavy investments in developing children's human capital.
Consider these data from the National Education Longitudinal Study, an in-depth survey of educational achievement. Among students who received high scores in eighth grade mathematics (and thus showed academic promise), 74% of kids from the highest quartile of socioeconomic status (measured as a composite of parental education, occupations and family income) eventually earned a college degree. By contrast, the college graduation rate fell to 47% for kids from the middle two quartiles, and 29% for those in the bottom quartile. Perhaps more generous financial aid might affect those numbers at the margins, but at the core of these big differentials are differences in the values, skills and habits taught in the home.
Contrary to the warnings of the alarmist left, the increase in economic inequality does not mean the economic system isn't working properly. On the contrary, the system is delivering more opportunities for comfortable, challenging lives than our culture enables us to take advantage of. Far from underperforming, our productive capacity has now outstripped our cultural capacity.
Alas, there is no silver bullet for closing the culture gap. But the public institutions most directly responsible for human capital formation are the nation's schools, and it seems beyond serious dispute that in many cases they are failing to discharge their responsibilities adequately. Those interested in reducing meaningful economic inequality would thus be well advised to focus on education reform. And forget about adding new layers of bureaucracy and top-down controls. Real improvements will come from challenging the moribund state-school monopoly with greater competition.
This article appeared in The Wall Street Journal on July 9, 2007.


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PHILADELPHIA — It's not the return of Al Golden, but Temple is hoping bringing back Matt Rhule is the next best thing — if not even better.
The former Temple assistant under Golden was hired as Temple's latest head coach in December, following Steve Addazio's departure for Boston College. Rhule, who spent five seasons under Golden and one under Addazio, is the Owls' third head coach in the last five years.
He now aims to engineer a turnaround from last year's 4-7 campaign, Temple's first losing season since 2008. In the three years prior, Temple had rebuilt itself from a program that was nearly abandoned in 2004 to a team that went 27-12 with two bowl appearances and one bowl win from 2009-2011.
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1. NEW CONFERENCE (KIND OF): Can you change conferences without actually changing conferences? One year after re-joining what was the Big East, Temple is now a member of the American Athletic Conference. Although Louisville and Rutgers are leaving in 2014, they're still on Temple's schedule in 2013. That figures to give the Owls at least two games against ranked opponents this season, when they host Heisman candidate Teddy Bridgewater and the Cardinals on Oct. 5 after opening the season at Notre Dame on Aug. 31.
2. THROW THE BALL: Under the run-happy Addazio, Temple averaged the fifth-fewest passing yards (120.8) in the FBS last year, ahead of only Army, Navy, Air Force and New Mexico, all of whom run the triple-option. But Rhule, in an effort to kick start the offense, is installing a new no-huddle, Pro Spread to balance the play calling and keep opposing defenses honest.
3. LESS IS MORE: Last year's running back tandem of Matt Brown and Montel Harris is gone from the Temple backfield, leaving the duties to what's likely to be a combination of Kenny Harper and Jamie Gilmore. The good news for the running backs: Temple will be passing more. "And that's much better for us. That's way better for us," Gilmore said. "I definitely think it helps us," Harper added. "It means there's not as many people in the box."
4. UNDER CENTER: Just who's running this new offense remains a question. Senior Chris Coyer, who started nine games at quarterback last season, has been moved to H-Back, and junior Connor Reilly, considered the favorite coming out of spring ball, has been bothered in camp by a sprained ankle. So far, Rhule has been holding an open competition between Reilly, senior Clinton Granger and true freshman P.J. Walker. Although Reilly remains the favorite, the coach has been heaping praise on Walker, who figures to be the future.
5. CHERRY MEANS STOP: Although it didn't last year. Temple suffered from a bad defensive combination in 2012, when it struggled to generate a pass rush or cover receivers down the field. So the tackling duties were left to Big East Rookie of the Year Tyler Matakevich, who became the first freshman in Temple history to record 100. If Temple can't get its defense sorted out, it's only going to put that much more pressure on a completely re-engineered offense.
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Walking into Truman's Gentlemen's Groomers at 120 East 56th Street in Manhattan, you'll find clients waiting for their services at a wood-paneled bar and sipping a pint of beer, glass of wine or a Grey Goose on the rocks, while watching Bloomberg News or World Cup soccer. The owners aren't trying to get guys drunk so they'll sit still for a manicure, but they do want to help them relax and to feel as if they are the most important person in the room.
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Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Brouillard Integral - Mt Blanc
It's been a while since I had a proper mission in the mountains, and had been a while since I had climbed with my buddy Jon Griffith. So it made complete sense to combine these two together.
Monday, 5 October 2015
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Courage... Determination... Raw Talent... Discipline... Drive... Self-confidence... These are all great characteristics of amazing athletes. Athletes also can have specific areas that they excel in such as power, strength, speed, balance... I regard mines to be my ''Off the couch performance''!
It's maybe not something I should be proud of, but is there any other test of endurance than sitting on your bum for a while then going for a jolly over the Grandes Jorasses?
Friday, 1 May 2015
North Couloir Direct - Dru
It isn't often that you will descend a route before you ever climb up the thing. However when I climbed the Lesuer route on the Dru a few years back, the easiest and safest descent is rappelling the Dru Couloir Direct. It was dark and whilst hanging in the air, due to it's steepness of the route, only the beam of my head torch would light up small sections of the route. I couldn't imagine how big your forearms would have to be to climb something this wild. Turns out not not big at all, cause Calum and I climbed it the other day!
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Ventriloquist - Coire an Lochain
A few days after climbing the Auricle with Mike & Ry, I traveled back up to the Gorms with Gav. We slept in the Cairngorm carpark in the back of his estate car, which was pretty comfortable. I manage to sweet talk him into doing Ventriloquist VII,7 with me. It was the original plan when I climbed with Mike & Ry on the Sunday, so it was still tickling away in my head. Also managing to get a good look at it from Auricle made me even more keen.
Monday, 26 January 2015
Auricle, Coire an Lochain (Cairngorms)
Frozen eye lashes, numb noses and frosty mono brows were the running theme of our days climbing in Lochain last week.
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Return to the motherland
I try to find the clues of where to go. The vague footprints that someone before me had left is a good indicator. ''Are we almost there?'' I look up briefly to try find my bearings, but immediately interrupted by a piercing wind on my face that makes me shy away. One step in front of the other is all I could do. the cathedral'as the guard the corries entrance tower over me.....
Wait a minute!! I can't write this flowery shite.... I'm back in Scotland! They'll beat me up for talking like this.
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
The North face of the Jorasses has many amazing routes that make their way up it's mass. One route that has been in my mind for the past few years is the Desmaison-Gousseault. It is situated on the left side of the Walker spur, and follows a series of ramps. The route has a variety of different climbing from chimney squeezes, open face ice climbing to steep rock climbing. I'm not going to go into all the history of this route on my blog, but as an outline;
Rene Desmaison and Serge Gousseault attempted the line in 1971. Due to difficulties the outing became a two week nightmare. They managed to climb to within 80m from the summit, but Gousseault collapsed with exhaustion. Leaving them stranded on the head wall. For reason still unknown, the rescue team arrived late. Once they did arrive Gousseault had been dead for three days and Desmasion was only just clinging onto life.
Desmasion returned in 1973 to finish the line with Giorgio Bertone & Michel Claret. Which I think says so much about Desmaison.
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There is NOTHING more environmentally friendly than having multiple children as the economies of scale leave the smallest footprint per person on our society. In a big family we are taught to share, to reuse things (hand-me-downs), to carpool (think of all the vans that large Catholic families drive) where as by nature single child homes are taught that things are disposable, not to be reused and that sharing is not an everyday part of life.
Not to mention only children are deprived of having siblings which can be one of the greatest gifts you could ever give a child.
Ultimately though how many children a couple has, be it 1 or 15, is between themselves and God and no one else. Many families are called to have only one child but that child bears the wound of not growing up with siblings.
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Beaver County emergency dispatchers say police were not treating Wednesday's situation at Ambridge Area High School as an emergency.
Rather, the building was locked down so police could go room to room searching for a weapon and to otherwise ensure that students were safe.
The school is located about 25 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
On April 9, a student at another suburban school, Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, was charged with attempted homicide and aggravated assault after he allegedly used two kitchen knives from his home to stab 20 students and a security guard.
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Everyone talks about collaboration in the workplace today but what does it really mean? How do you get from here to there? Every snake oil salesman is selling social something: enterprise social; social learning; social CRM; etc. For me boils down to three principles.
Narration of Work: This means actually talking about what you are doing. It's making your tacit knowledge (what you feel) more explicit (what you are doing with that knowledge). Narrating your work is a powerful behaviour changer, as anyone who blogs regularly can attest. Of course, I mean personal or professional blogs, not writing articles just to attract eyeballs and increase advertising revenue.
In an organization, narration can take many forms. It could be a regular blog; sharing day-to-day happenings in activity streams; taking pictures and videos; or just having regular discussions. Developing good narration skills, like adding value to information, takes time and practice, so don't expect overnight miracles.
Narration of work is the first step in becoming a social enterprise.
Transparency: This is an easy concept to understand but much more difficult to implement in the enterprise. It's switching the default mode to sharing. This can be enabled by social media but note that social media also make the company culture transparent. A dysfunctional company culture does not improve with transparency, it just gets exposed. Here's an observation from Ross Mayfield, founder of SocialText, in 2007:
But I'll also make one argument, about how the change in tools may be deterministic for changing culture and about cultural spillover. Blogs and Wikis are inherently more transparent than email, where 90% of collaboration occurs. Users are first gaining exposure to these tools as consumers, within consumer culture. The default in that culture with these tools is transparency and sharing. Corporate cultures vary. I can say that we see earlier adoption by corporations with healthy cultures and management practices such as 360 degree reviews, and adoption practices matter. But it should be noted that consumer culture spills over to corporate culture. And because this culture shift aids practice building, I'd assert that these tools will trend us towards transparency.
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Since the first decade of the 20th century, internal-gear hubs, usually 3-speeds, have offered a practical, reliable gear-shifting option to the cyclist. With the popularity of derailer gears taking off in the early 1970's bike boom, internal-gear hubs went out of style in most US markets. This is unfortunate, because many casual or utilitarian cyclists are best served by this type of gearing.
Internal-gear hubs are more reliable than derailer systems, and require much less maintenance. The step-up ratios of their top gears make oversize chainrings unnecessary on small-wheel folding bicycles. Unlike derailers, internal-gear hubs can shift at a stop, very nice in stop-and-go urban traffic.
Internal-gear hubs tend to be heavier than derailer systems, and are slightly less efficient in some gears. The direct-drive middle gear can be more efficient than in a derailer system, as there is no drag from derailer pulleys. Most internal-gear hubs cannot have a quick-release axle.
If you are interested in old bikes, or the history of this sort of gearing, refer to my page on English Three Speeds.
Internal-gear hubs work on the principle of "planetary gearing."
The basic 3-speed hubs have a single "sun" gear solidly attached to the middle of the axle. 3 or 4 identical "planet" gears mesh with and revolve around the "sun" gear. The "planet" gears are surrounded by (and mesh with) a "gear ring" with its teeth on the inside (an inside-out gear).
As the planet gears, attached to a part called a "planet cage", revolve, the gear ring revolves 4 times for every 3 times the planet cage goes around. (Some models have different ratios.)
Hubs with more than three speeds use two or three planetary stages, and/or compound (stepped) planet gears with two or more sets of teeth side by side -- see John Allen's article describing these in more detail. Compound planet gears must be "timed" when rebuilding a hub -- aligned so the teeth of the different sections mesh correctly -- or else the hub will lock up and may be damaged.
In the late 1990's, internal gears underwent something of a renaissance, with the development of wide-range 7-speed hubs. Progress has continued since. Four different brands are currently available, with as many as 14 speeds. Three-speeds and five-speeds are still currently in production, and they offer an economical, practical alternative.
Older internal-gear hubs have an oil fitting on the shell. Oil lubrication generates less drag than grease and washes wear particles, dirt and water out of the mechanism. Use machine oil, not a spray lube or other thin oil. Unless a hub has sealed bearings, also use grease, to form a seal at the bearings and help keep the oil in.
The Rohloff Speedhub and the Shimano 11-speed are oil-lubricated. Other current internal-gear hubs are supplied grease-lubricated. As sold, they require periodic cleaning and replenishment of a special grease that does not make the pawls stick. Shimano sells a relubrication kit for grease-lubricated hubs. Still, many hubs are inadequately lubricated as sold, and frequent failures of grease-lubricated hubs due to water contamination have been reported in wet climates --see photos here. Better lubrication sidesteps this problem.
It is best to add oil to the lubricant regimen when rebuilding a hub, so it gets a clean start and you regrease the bearings at the same time. This is desirable even with a new hub. Follow the example shown in the photos from Aaron's Bike Repair (near the bottom of the page, after you get past the horror-show photos of rusted parts at the top). Use plenty of waterproof marine grease (as used in boat-trailer wheel bearings) for the bearing assemblies -- this keeps water out and oil in; use lightweight white lithium grease for the gears, especially with modern wide-mouth hubs that hold oil poorly; Phil Wood Tenacious Oil on the pawls and in the shell to slop around and get to where the grease didn't reach.
An internal-gear hub with a hollow axle may be re-oiled by removing the pushrod or indicator spindle and squirting oil into the end of the axle. The SRAM i-Motion 9-speed, disk brake model, can be oiled through a disk brake rotor hole. Plug all the holes with machine screws between oilings. On a hub which doesn't allow one of these tricks, you could install a Sturmey-Archer oil cap. Tools: #3 (or 5.5 mm) drill and a 1/4 inch 28 TPI tap. A simpler but less convenient approach is to unscrew the left bearing cone and squirt oil in past the left end of the axle.
Oil can accumulate on the hub shell, and can become a bit messy, but, big deal. On the other hand, if used to excess, oil can run down the spokes onto the rim, soften the brake shoe rubber and make a rim brake squeal and grab. This is hazardous in a front wheel, but the internal-gear hub is in the rear wheel. Cleaning the oil and brake-shoe rubber deposits off the rim restores brake function.
Also, it is best to store your bicycle in an unheated (but dry) area. When you take it out from a heated area in cool, moist -- or wet -- weather, the air inside the hub contracts, pulling in moisture. If you must store your bike in a heated area, be especially careful about keeping the hub oiled.Old Sturmey-Archer coaster-brake 3-speeds have an oil fitting, but other hubs with a coaster brake require a special high-temperature grease for the brake shoes. Some hubs use a different grease for the rest of the mechanism, so the pawls don't stick. A coaster brake in an internal-gear hub is, all in all, a poor idea because of the wear particles it generates, and because you can't use oil lubrication.
Oil lubrication may cause problems with a drum brake, by seeping out past the bearing and contaminating the brake shoes. Phil Wood Tenacious Oil stays in place better than most other oils. Unlike with derailleur bicycle, if you must store or transport the bike horizontally, lay it on its right side. This will prevent oil from leaking into the drum. Place something under the rear wheel to catch the drip, especially if you have just oiled the hub.
Shimano Rollerbrakes supplied with internal-gear hubs are outside the hub shell, avoiding the contamination problem. These use steel brake shoes inside a steel drum and require periodic lubrication with high temperature grease.
Internal-gear hubs typically use a single sprocket and single chainwheel. The chain is held in place by moving the hub's axle forward or backward in the dropout slots until the chain is just barely slack. Details of how to do this are in another article on this site. A bicycle with vertical dropouts must have an eccentric bottom bracket, or a chain tensioner must be installed.
As the chain wears, it lengthens, and it is more likely to fall off. It must be readjusted periodically. Technique for chain adjustment is described in the article on fixed-gear bicycles.
The axle is part of the gear train of an internal-gear hub. You can check this out for yourself. If you hold the hub shell or rim when the hub is not installed on the bicycle and turn the sprocket, the axle also turns -- backwards if the hub's drive ratio is lower than 1:1, forwards if higher.
With most hubs, special anti-rotation washers keep the axle from turning when the wheel is installed on the bicycle. These washers engage flat surfaces on the axle, and have tabs that fit into the dropout slots. Different washers fit different models of hubs and dropout slot widths. Many newer hubs attach the shifter cable to a pulley that rotates around the hub's axle, between the right dropout and the sprocket. Depending on whether a bicycle has horizontal, vertical or reversed (track) dropouts, different washers are needed so the shift cable can approach from the front of the bicycle. Follow the instructions for each hub.
Anti-rotation washers for Shimano Nexus internal-gear hubs
A hub brake of any kind also must resist rotation. Brakes on internal-gear hubs use a reaction arm for this purpose, separate from the anti-rotation washer(s) for the gearing. You must install them too. The Rohloff internal-gear hub has such a wide gear range that some models use a reaction arm and others, an attachment to disk-brake tabs.
On a bicycle with rear suspension, the suspension's pivot is usually ahead of the rear hub. Because it tries to rotate the hub's axle, an internal-gear hub lifts the rear end of the bicycle, in gears below 1:1; the opposite in gears above 1:1. The resulting "pogo-sticking" reduces pedaling efficiency, to a degree which depends on the design of the suspension and the gear selection.
By selecting an appropriate-sized sprocket and chainwheel, the overall range of any internal-gear hub can be raised or lowered by any desired amount. Most current internal-gear hubs take 3-splined sprockets with 1 3/8 inch inside diameter, interchangeable among brands. These sprockets are available from various sources from 13-24 teeth, though some hubs can't accept the smallest sprockets.
A 3-lug sprocket for 1/8"chain. This sprocket has 22 teeth.
The Rohloff uses a special threaded sprocket; the SRAM i-Motion 9, G8 and G9 hubs and Sturmey-Archer 8-speeds use proprietary lugged sprockets; a few Sturmey-Archer models have 9 splines like a Shimano Freehub. Model numbers for these hubs end in "(N)".
Many of the common 3-lug sprockets are made for 1/8" chain -- wider than the chain used with derailer gearing. The wider chain can be used with thin chainwheels made for use with derailers, though special track chainwheels have teeth that are both taller and wider, and allow the chain to become looser before it could fall off. 3-lug sprockets for derailer chain are sold, stamped with raised sections around the hole so they fit the hub the same way as thicker sprockets. With the narrower sprockets, use chain made for a 7-speed or 8-speed derailer system.
A 20-tooth sprocket for narrower chain, shaped to fit the hub the same way as a thicker sprocket
The sprocket of most internal-gear hubs is held in position by a spring circlip (snap ring). The circlip can be pried off with a thin flat-blade screwdriver, and the sprocket can then be lifted off. Most sprockets made for this system (including those shown above) are "dished" so you can adjust the chainline by flipping the sprocket over. The circlip snaps on, also most easily by levering it into position with a flat-blade screwdriver. Some hubs will accept a smaller sprocket dished outward than inward, due to interference problems. Some hubs, have one or two spacer washers in addition to the sprocket. Changing the order in which the spacer washer(s) and sprocket are installed on the hub can adjust the chainline.
3-lug sprocket held in place by circlip
Except with a fixed-gear or coaster-brake hub, it is possible to double the useful life of a 3-lug sprocket by flipping it over so the wear is on the other side of the teeth -- as long as you can achieve a good chainline.
After re-installing the sprocket, it is a good idea to seat the circlip by going around it and tapping it lightly with a hammer and punch. This is especially important on a hub with a coaster brake, because the brake will fail if the sprocket slips off.
It is also fairly easy to modify any Shimano cassette sprocket that doesn't have a built-in spacer. These are available from 14-34 teeth. Shimano cassette sprockets have the same internal diameter as those used with internal gear hubs, but have 9 splines instead of 3. With a suitable grinder, 6 of the splines need to be removed, and the corners of the remaining three rounded off. A thin spacer washer may also be needed, because the cassette sprockets are a bit thinner than the stock sprockets. On a Sturmey-Archer (N) hub, you may use an unmodified Shimano Freehub sprocket, but you may still need the spacer washer.
You may also adjust the gear range by changing the chainwheel, though that is usually more expensive than changing the sprocket. If you install a larger sprocket or chainwheel, you also will need a longer chain.
Some internal-gear hubs also are available with Gates Carbon Drive belt drive. This has proven to be reliable but has its own special issues. In particular, chainline -- well, beltline -- is more critical than with a chain, and the belt must always be slack when removing and installing it. Levering it off the side of a sprocket will damage it, leading quickly to failure.
Go to Sheldon's Gear Calculator to scope out the possibilities. John Allen's table of internal-gear hub ratios allows you compare ratios of the different hubs.
All current three-speeds except for the Sturmey-Archer S3X fixed-gear hub have a wide range, with big steps between all of the gears. The way bicycle manufacturers commonly set up three-speeds, the middle gear is too low for level-ground riding, to keep the top gear from being completely useless. A 3-speed hub will serve you much better if you install a larger rear sprocket or smaller chainwheel, and use the top gear on level terrain. The low and middle gears are then better for acceleration and climbing. If you spin out on downhills, then you can coast.
Sheldon disparaged coasting, but really, occasional coasting is better than struggling up hills and having no level-ground gear! The top gear with a 3-speed should usually be in the range between 70 and 80 gear inches (5.6 and 6.4 meters development, 5.0 to 6.0 gain ratio), depending on your strength and pedaling style -- say, a 46-tooth chainring and 22-tooth sprocket with a 26-inch rear wheel. If the terrain where you ride is all up and down, with little or no level ground, you may want even lower gears than that. Clip-in pedals or toeclips and straps (practical only without a coaster brake) help you pedal at a higher cadence, so your power range is wider -- an advantage on any bicycle but more so on one with big steps between gears.
An internal-gear hub with 5 through 8 speeds generally works best if your level-ground gear is the second-highest gear, around 70 gear inches (5.6 meters development, 5.0 gain ratio, more or less depending on your strength and pedaling style). You will then have one higher gear for downhill riding or tailwinds. If you ride where there are no steep climbs, you may want the third-highest gear of a 7 or 8-speed hub to be the level-ground gear, so you don't spin out when you have a strong tailwind. All current 5-speed hubs have enough range for smart acceleration in urban riding. Hubs with 7 or 8 speeds also offer lower gears for climbing, and generally, smaller steps between gears.
If a hub has 9 or more speeds, you generally want to the level-ground gear to be the third-highest. Again, as with the hubs with fewer speeds, this depends on terrain.
Hybrid gearing uses an internal-gear hub along with derailer gearing. Sturmey-Archer and SRAM make 3-speed hubs with splines for an 8- 9- or 10-sprocket cassette. These hubs are especially useful on bicycles which can't take a front derailer, and on small-wheel bicycles, where the hub's step-up top gear makes an oversized chainwheel unnecessary.
The stock cassettes sold with SRAM hybrid-gearing systems work OK, but I like other combinations better. The stock Shimano CS‑HG50‑8 8-speed cassette, 11-13-15-17-19-21-24-28, works well with a small wheel. On the older Sachs 3x7 system with the short 7-speed cassette body, the Shimano M cassette, 13-15-17-19-21-24-28, or the D or F cassette, 14-16-18-21-24-28-32 is good, or an 8 of 9 on 7 leaving off the smallest sprocket of a stock Shimano XT or XTR cassette -- 12-14-16-18-21-24-28-32. To use the 8 of 9-speed combinations, you need an 9-speed chain and an 9-speed shifter (or 8-speed shifter with alternate cable routing). It is also possible to build up a custom combination. Good 9-speed custom combinations are 13-15-17-19-21-23-25-28-32 and 11-13-15-17-19-21-24-28-32.
With any of these hybrid gearing systems, choose the chainwheel so the smallest sprocket and the hub's direct-drive middle gear give about 75 gear inches (6.0 meters development, 5.5 gain ratio). This is typically your level-ground cruising-along gear -- it could be a bit higher or lower depending on your strength. It is best to avoid using a very small sprocket, which will wear quickly -- though on a small-wheel bicycle, it may be more practical just to count on replacing the sprocket frequently, to avoid having to use an oversize chainwheel. Use all of the sprockets with the hub in its most efficient, direct-drive middle gear. Shifting the hub to the low or high gear gives you a couple of additional ratios at the top and bottom of the range, or a quick downshift as needed in urban traffic.
With any freewheeling internal-gear hub, you can have hybrid gearing using double or triple chainwheels. You must then also use a spring-loaded chain tensioner, which could be a rear derailer without a shifter and cable. In this way, you get to enjoy the quick shifting of the internal-gear hub in a hilly city such as San Francisco, and also have "bail-out" gears. Many hubs have splines wide enough that you could install two sprockets and shift them with a rear derailer. 13 and 15 teeth or 18 and 21 teeth split the wide steps of a three-speed nicely in half. Use derailer chain, and sprockets made for it. Use a modified Shimano cassette sprocket (see instructions) for the inner of the two. For the outer, use a dished sprocket also made for derailer chain. Such sprockets are usually stamped, like the one below, to fit in the space for a 1/8" sprocket. You may need to grind down the projections on the outward-dished side of the sprocket so you can fit all the necessary parts onto the hub's splines. With only two sprockets and/or two chainwheels, shifting is indexed even if the shifters are not!
A home-brewed hybrid-gear hub (Image courtesy of Mark Stonich)
Some internal-gear hubs are not rated for the stresses from extremely steep climbs and a heavy load, a potential problem with do-it-yourself hybrid gearing. Usually, manufacturers rate hubs in terms of the acceptable chainwheel/sprocket ratio, but this rating really amounts only to "we will make it so hard to pedal that you will get off and walk." Pushing a lower gear up the same hill actually stresses the hub less. A small rear wheel and smooth pedaling reduce stress on the hub.
1st | 33.4% | 2nd | 15.7% | 3rd | 15.2% | 4th | 15.7% | 5th |
See a parts list for the steel-shell version and for the aluminum-shell version
These are apparently only being sold in the Japanese market. Installation is very similar to that of Shimano 7-and 8-speed hubs. -- see the article on installing Nexus and Alfine hubs.
For specific gear info, use my Online Internal Gear Calculator
Thanks to Matt Dekker for providing the data on the Sturmey-Archer Sprinter.
Thanks to Aaron Goss of rideyourbike.com for advice on lubrication.
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February 28th, 2008, 10:06 AM | #1 |
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Cooper stt vs BFG mt
I use to have the old cooper stt's that has the same tread pattern as bfg mt's...cooper has changed their stt's and they now have a different tread pattern. Does anyone have these tires? Just wondering how they stack up against the old tread pattern?
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February 28th, 2008, 10:10 AM | #2 |
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i have a set on my 07 ram 285/70-17's, and have had them before like them very much, they are cheaper than most other tires too.
i know bbaxj has my old ones and they are holding up good. great in the snow, and not super loud on the highway. they look alot like another good $$$ tire, the toyo mt's |
February 28th, 2008, 10:44 AM | #4 |
i had 33x12.5x15 new stt's on my tj and loved them i even ran them the whole winter and they did just as well as pizza cutter tires. but i don't know how well they do on wear because sadly i don't own the jeep anymore.
February 28th, 2008, 07:24 PM | #7 |
I am currently running 35" STT's. Haven't had then long enough to give a "full" review, but so far I'm halfway impressed. In the deep snow they do quite well. A little noisier on the road than my BFG MT's were and a little harder to get a good balance. I hold out hope that they will grow on me more.
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February 28th, 2008, 08:37 PM | #10 |
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Thanks for the reviews guys...I think I am going to get a set, I have always had goodluck with coopers and I actually have a brand new set of off brand coopers on my Burb right now but they are AT's and I am looking to get something alittle more aggressive and I am going bigger.
I have 265 75 16's on it right now but I think I can fit 285's, it looks like I have the room. |
February 28th, 2008, 09:05 PM | #11 |
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I've got a set of the STTs in 35x12.5R17 on my truck. I've got around 15-20k on them I think and they've been great tires for me. Noise is there but nowhere near annoying, the siping works great(I'll never own another MT without it after these), they're smooth, wear fine, etc. I've been very impressed with traction in all conditions.....dry, wet, ice, snow, deep snow, dirt, mud, all that crap they do well. They don't seem to be wearing quite as well as my BFG MTs did but they more than make up for it elsewhere. I'm pretty hard on them and it should still be easy to get 35k out of the set.
March 27th, 2008, 10:43 AM | #14 |
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I have the STT tek 3's in 35x12.50x15 and love em. Last fall I had two Charter vans in my driveway (installing the new phone service) and I went around them and accidentaly slid into the ditch. The only problem is that the road commission just put in new drainage tubing and then cut it back leaving jagged edges. I thought for sure I was gonna slice the tire. The tire rubbed it pretty good and didn't even phase it. Plus, my neighbor has about 60k on his same tires (STT's) for his truck and with proper rotation, they still look good. I'd buy these tires again. Hope this helps some. Ohhh, I think I paid about $1250.00 for all 5 of my tires (35x12.50x15) after tax with the Discount Tire road hazzard warranty. That actually was a pretty good deal. They will replace side wall punctures from the trail under that warranty.
March 27th, 2008, 09:03 PM | #15 |
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I have a 2000 tj with 33's I had the old style STT's and some BF AT's just put on a set of new STT's I notice the that the new tires do very well in 2 inches of snow. The old design made my TJ a little unpradictable in light snow. The new design did alot better in simular conditions. I can't wait to try them off road. So far I really like the new tire. The old ones lasted about 40,000 miles without rotating. Mine were very noisy toward the last 5,000 miles of service.
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Mobile Marketing Association opens new mobile advertising guidelines for public review
By Dan Butcher
August 10, 2009
The MMA is a global nonprofit trade association established to lead the growth of mobile marketing
The Mobile Marketing Association has opened a public review period for the latest version of its Global Mobile Advertising Guidelines.
The MMA guidelines are designed to provide an industry-standard framework that encourages the worldwide growth of mobile advertising while protecting the consumer experience. The review period for the new version 4.0 guidelines, which will be published in September, runs through Aug, 31 and is open to the public, MMA members and MMA partner organizations.
"There is a strong globalization effort that is underway here at the MMA, and the guidelines are only applicable in North America in its current form," said Mike Wehrs, president/CEO of the MMA, New York. "We're not just exporting what we have, but truly trying to globalize the guidelines.
"We're finding commonalities wherever possible, but we're also addressing localities to formulate a single set of guidelines so brands don't have to reference many standards for the content they're producing," he said. "We also have to remain relevant to the marketplace.
"Web standards do change and new capabilities are brought to the market all the time, so we want our standards to remain current and state-of-the-art to help people develop compelling content based on the current standards."
Mike Wehrs is president/CEO of Scanbuy
The Mobile Marketing Association is a global nonprofit trade association established to lead the growth of mobile marketing and its associated technologies.
The MMA is designed to clear obstacles to market development, establish mobile media guidelines and best practices for sustainable growth and evangelize the use of the mobile channel.
The more than 700 member companies, representing 40-plus countries worldwide, include all areas of the mobile media ecosystem.
A draft of version 4.0 of the mobile advertising guidelines is available for download at http://www.mmaglobal.com/mobileadpublicreview2009. Anyone can leave feedback for the MMA in the public review forum.
By making each new version of the Global Mobile Advertising Guidelines available for public review, the MMA wants to ensure that this resource meets the needs of the entire mobile advertising ecosystem.
The new guidelines include several major updates and additions:
The MMA's new Universal Mobile Advertising Package (UMAP) provides industry-standard ad units.
The Mobile Application section has been expanded from North America-only to worldwide.
There is an expanded MMS section, including new ad units and guidelines, an expanded Mobile Video & TV section with new ad units and guidelines, and an expanded Mobile Applications section with new ad units and guidelines.
There's been a focus of the MMA to involve the consumer more, reaching out to them beforehand rather than just waiting till after the release of guidelines and getting complaints.
"The industry gets together to review the document and after that there's a period of public comment," Mr. Wehrs said. "Rather than just have things change, especially now that it's more globalized, we're trying to deliver something that consumers find valuable and desirable and that they don't perceive as spam.
"We wanted them to know that the MMA would be responsive to their input," he said. "This is a pretty significant revision with an eye toward growing mobile investments in Latin America, Europe and APAC.
"We need to be addressing the broader membership and communities that we serve, so you should expect to see us involving our international members more and more going forward."
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6 bedroom detached house for sale
Munstead Heath Road, Godalming, Surrey GU8 4ARGuide Price £2,350,000
Property Description
Key features
- 4 reception rooms
- 6 bedrooms
- 5 bath/shower rooms
- Garaging
- In all about 1.9 acres
Full description
Tenure: Freehold
Munstead Plat occupies an enviable location, just 2 miles to the south of Godalming. Munstead Heath Road is an attractive and much sought-after rural lane between Bramley and Godalming and lies in the heart of the Surrey Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The nearby town of Godalming offers an extensive range of local amenities, including the main line station from which there is a fast and frequent service to London (Waterloo), with journey times from around 47 minutes. A more extensive selection of shopping, leisure and cultural amenities will be found at Guildford. The A281 and A3 provide ready access to London, the south coast, Heathrow and Gatwick airport and the national motorway network.
There is a wide choice of both state and private schools in the area, including Aldro, St Catherine's, Prior's Field, Charterhouse and Cranleigh. Recreational opportunities include golf at several nearby clubs, including Bramley and The West Surrey; polo at Cowdray Park and Ewhurst and racing at Epsom and Sandown Park. In addition, the surrounding area provides unrivalled walking, riding and cycling.
Munstead Plat, believed to date from the 1940s, has colour washed elevations, with tile hanging to the first floor, under a pitched tiled roof. On the ground floor there are four reception rooms, an open-plan kitchen/breakfast/family room, utility room and cloakroom and shower room. The first floor comprises a master bedroom with dressing room and bathroom, four further bedrooms, one with en suite shower room, and family bathroom. The second floor provides a guest suite and a further room provides a home office.
The house is approached by a sweeping drive, flanked by trees and rhododendrons, leading to a parking area. The neighbouring cottage has right of way to part of the drive. There is a garage with an open-bay garage attached. The gardens to the front and rear of the property are a particular feature, beautifully presented with mature plants and shrubs. The enclosed pool area boasts a pool house with two changing rooms and a brick built barbecue. On the east side of the property a terrace provides an ideal area for outside entertaining. Enclosed by a wild shrub and flower hedge and espaliered trees, the vegetable garden has raised beds.
Photographs taken May 2011 and April 2012. Details prepared April 2012.
6 bedrooms, dressing room, 4 bath/shower rooms (3 en suite), entrance hall, sitting room, dining room, family/games room, home office, study, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, cloakroom and shower room. Swimming pool, pool house, garage, open-bay garage, gardens, in all about 1.95 acres.
From Guildford town centre, follow the A281 south towards Horsham, going through one roundabout at Shalford. After 2.5 miles, turn right into Foxborough Hill Road. Continue ahead into Munstead Heath Road and, after 2 miles, just after passing a water tower on the left, the entrance to Munstead Plat will be found on the right.
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text: They're known for their football skills, but brothers Peyton and Eli Manning are showing off their rapping talents in a brand-new music video. And OK, the rap is actually inspired by DIRECTV's new Fantasy Zone channel, but either way, you need to watch the Mannings rap about showers full of tiny footballs, end zones with waterfalls, and more. Unfortunately, you don't get to see too many of Peyton's famous dance moves [1], but you do get to see Eli float through space. Watch the hilarious rap video above, then check out more viral videos [2]!


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The Sun-Times is reporting that a 22-year-old Chicago woman has been arrested and charged with a felony after taping 4 minutes of "New Moon" during her sister's surprise 29th birthday party. (Update: the charges have now been dropped.)
Managers saw the woman taping and called the police, who examined the camera (a digital still camera that also takes short video segments) and say they found "two very short segments" that totaled no more than 4 minutes.
The alleged felony movie-taper says she was taking pictures of her family before the film and that nobody warned her.
From the Sun-Times:
"We sang 'Happy Birthday' to her in the theater," Tumpach said.
She also took pictures of family members in the theater before the film began, but an usher who saw the photo session never issued them a warning, Tumpach said.
As ads and previews ran on the big screen, she fiddled with the camera — which she got in July and is still learning how to work — and was surprised to see it took clear videos of the screen.
The footage she shot also includes the pre-film commercials, as well as her talking about the camera and the movie.
"You can hear me talking the whole time," Tumpach said.
She plans to fight in court the felony filed against her because she said she did nothing wrong — and certainly didn't try to secretly tape the movie.
"It was never my intention to record the movie," she said.
The theater managers decided to press charges, so the woman spent two nights in jail and faces up to three years in prison.
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I'll always be glad to take you back
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Bonnie, this is my favorite old Ernie Tubb song, so please correct the words:
Though they tell me that you have strayed dear, that your're traveling on that other track, Afer all they really just don't know you, And I'll always be glad to take you back. (You see, 'straight' doesn't work -- she has 'strayed' and he's saying he'll always be glad to take her back)
And then it is "when you find the cards against you stacked." My husband and I listened to that song when he came back from WWII. I am now 81, and that song brings back precious memories.
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Same boat... left all mine in ALAC as the Clip+ played them fine...
dBpoweramp Music Converter does an amazing job if you are in Windows.
That's still a little too bricky for me but looks nice together. It took me a while to get the Studio because it's a little fat. I said the Heir 90 because the 90 ohm impedance should be a nice fit.
Not enough for the 4s for most but the Heir 90 is supposedly effecient enough.
Well, the c3 can power the er4s but not perfectly - at volume 40 and with shure olives it is listenable without an amp but it can't go particularly loud. Actually, I wouldn't look into impedance that much as usually there's more to it than just ohm load and output power. For instance the new Vsonic Vc02 is particularly hard to drive with the c3 and its impedance is only 16ohm - even slightly harder to drive than the er4s.
Yeah, efficiency is really hard to comprehend sometimes. For instance that VC02 is insane - it has 16 ohm impedance and 100db sensitivity and is harder to drive than the 100 ohm, 100db er4s. Go figure.
As I know C3 does not has LINE OUTPUT capability. Are you using the headphone OUTPUT as the audio source to your external amp?
In this case are you "double" amplifying your audio source?
Will it sound worse rather better because you're also amplifying the noise from the internal amp in the C3.
In addition, will it damage your headphone/earphone with "double" amplification?
Any comment?
Yeah, it's double amping. No, it doesn't sound worse because the C3 has a very clean headphone out output. No, doble amping won't damage the headphones
The SNR for C3 is 97dB. Comparing to high end DAP, usually the SNR is beyond 100 dB.
Has anyone used the audio noise filter for the output source from C3 before line into the amp?
That's plenty quite enough and really, it's only a little like double amping. The HO is kind of like a strong line amp with a gain control.


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Lot 4: Marlene Dumas (b. 1953)
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Jule, die Vrou
oil on canvas
49 1/4 x 41 3/8 in. (125 x 105 cm.)
Painted in 1985.
"I don't have any conception of how big an average head is, I've never been interested in anatomy. In that respect I relate like children do. What is experienced as most important, is seen as the biggest, irrespective of actual or factual size. In the movies everything is larger than life and yet you experience that as real(istic), all my faces are much bigger than human scale. From blowing up to zooming in, for me the 'close-up' was a way of getting rid of irrelevant background information and by making the facial elements so big, it increased the sense of abstraction concerning the picture frame. The elimination of the background also did away with the place of being, and environmental context.
"As the isolation of a recognizable figure increases and the narrative character decreases (contrary to what one might initially assume that this lack of illustrative information would bring about), the interpretative affects are inflamed. The titles re-direct the work; however do not eradicate the inherent ambiguity. One cannot interpret the painting of Julie - die Vrou without entangling some of the root metaphors applied not only to the female, but to the idea of portrayal in general."
(Marlene Dumas, as cited in Miss Interpreted - Marlene Dumas, exh. cat., Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 1992, p. 30).
Installation view of The Eyes of the Night, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, 1985
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Artist or Maker: Marlene Dumas (b. 1953)
Amsterdam, Galerie Paul Andriesse, The Eyes of the Night Creatures, 1985.
Kunsthalle Bern, The Question of Human Pink, July-August 1989, no. 8.
Eindhoven, Van Abbemuseum, Miss Interpreted, March-May 1992 (illustrated in color, p. 31).
Literature: D. van den Boogerd, B. Bloom and M. Casadio, Marlene Dumas, London and New York, 2002, p. 119 (illustrated in color, p. 118).


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DETROIT — Earlier this week, Bruins center David Krejci referred to teammate Reilly Smith as playing like "a 10-year vet." And maybe there's a reason for that.
Smith grew up with two older brothers, Rory and Brendan, both of whom are also professional athletes. So Smith spent his time with the older kids, tagging along, playing with them. It's something that shows around a locker room in which he often seems like one of the seasoned players, rather than one who had just 40 NHL games under his belt coming into this season.
"I think that he's always had that," said Brendan Smith, a defenseman for the Red Wings, who hosted the Bruins at Joe Louis Arena Wednesday night. "I think he's a little bit more mature than his age [22]."


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Kim Kardashian's nose is distinctly different now in spite of the fact that she insists not having a nose job.
Judging by the before and after photos, you can easily observe the apparent difference in the shape and size of Kim's nose.
It has to be noted that a Los Angeles plastic surgeon and UCLA professor who specializes in nose jobs has marked up photos of Kim Kardashian's face, stating they illustrate his "forensic analysis" of how her nose has changed.
Dr. Jeffrey Rawnsley believes Kim has had a nose job, and he's posted his photo illustrations on his website.
Dr. Rawnsley perceives "subtle" changes. "Kim Kardashian's plastic surgeon must have known that s/he was messing with near perfection," he claims.
It has to be said that questions surrounding Kim Kardashian and plastic surgery, including a nose job, have come up in the past.
When Kim appeared on "Nightline" in 2010, she insisted she did not have a nose job and, after a consultation, decided against getting one.
"I'm totally not against plastic surgery. I've tried Botox before. That's the only thing that I've done. I've never had my nose done. What's funny about my nose, it's my biggest insecurity. I always want to get my nose done . . . I went to the doctor, I had them take the pictures, he showed me what it would look like and it just didn't - I wouldn't look the same."
"I hate the bump on the side of my nose but am way too afraid to mess with my face!" Kim continued.
The question is: "What did Kim Kardashian state on her blog about her nose job?" Check out below...
"Star Magazine is saying I had plastic surgery to make my nose and lips smaller! Why would someone want smaller lips?! LOL
In the first photo I am about 15 lbs heavier than the second photo! Your face always looks different when you lose weight, plus with the contouring on my nose it gives the illusion of a thinner nose. I actually think my nose looks smaller in the first pic than it does in the second. It's ridiculous… it's all about the makeup and the angle from which the photo was taken! See the pics below":
"It's no secret I contour my nose now to make the bump go away! I guess it's a compliment to my makeup artist that he does such a good job contouring my nose that it appears smaller. But hey, Star mag thinks it looks smaller… yay! My dream come true, hahaha!" Kim wrote.
"Stories like this are so funny! I love that there's a Dr who I've never even met giving his "professional" opinion on my face!" Kim added.
To conclude, Kim Kardashian looks different, but to be fair she undeniably lost some weight and changed her make-up. So, what do you think? Did Kim mess with her nose?
I have a lot of young patient's who bring me pictures of the "Kim Kardashian nose job" during their pre-operative visit at my Los Angeles office. What I'm impressed with beyond her natural beauty, is that these young patients could even recognize Kim Kardashian's plastic surgery. It is a subtle change, but does all the wonderful things that finesse rhinoplasty can do. Kim Kardashian's plastic surgeon must have know that s/he was messing with near perfection. But the human perception can be highly fickle, and anything that distracts from the beautiful symmetry of someone's eyes will undermine our attention. This is a subconscious phenomenon that is with us from an early age. Many of my rhinoplasty patients are very articulate about these subtlties.
Here's what I notice about Kim Kardashian's plastic surgery from a rhinoplasty surgeon's point of view. I see a visual line that extends around the eyebrow to the nasal tip. This is the line that forms a frame around the eye on each side. We want it to be a clean concave line. In the before picture, this line starts out flattenned at the brow, then turns concave, and then turns convex toward the tip, giving it a "pear" shape. Her nasal tip is relatively large though reasonably sized given her prominent eyes. Her nasal tip is under-rotated, pointing down especially when she smiles. The post-operative picture shows clean, symmetrical concave visual lines surrounding the eyes. The contour of her lower/tip cartilages have been reduced and refined. Kim Kardashian's nasal tip has been rotated up in a way that reveals the underside of her delicate nostrils and shortens her nose to a length similar to that of her brow if it were turned 90-degrees on its side.


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Fired Apple employee claims Jobs promised him job security, files wrongful termination suit
A former employee who coordinated Apple's famous keynote presentations and claims to have introduced the iPhone maker to Siri, Inc., filed a wrongful termination suit against the company last week after reportedly being assured job security by late co-founder Steve Jobs.According to the complaint filed with the California Superior Court in Santa Clara County, Wayne Goodrich said he was fired in December not due to performance issues, but for what Apple called business reasons, reports Bloomberg Businessweek.
Goodrich, who began work at Apple in 1998, was the "executive producer" of the company's famous keynote presentations and claims to have collaborated with Jobs in planning the events. The complaint goes on to say that Goodrich played a "key role" in coordinating major product launches, including those for the company's bread and butter iPhone and iPad devices.
In the complaint, the presentation guru said he was the first Apple employee to meet with representatives from Siri, Inc. and introduced the startup to the Cupertino tech giant. Apple later acquired Siri and incorporated its virtual assistant technology into the iPhone 4S.
At issue is a purported one-on-one meeting with Jobs following the late CEO's return from medical leave in 2005, in which Goodrich was allegedly promised he would have always have a job at Apple. In 2010, Jobs reportedly reassured Goodrich that he would be offered another job if his then-current position was compromised or if the co-founder was no longer with the company. It is unclear if records of the meetings were kept.
This express promise by Steve Jobs was consistent with a practice that Steve Jobs had, acting on behalf of defendant Apple, of promising job security to certain key employees who worked directly with him for many years, Goodrich said.
Steve Jobs explaining the Retina display at 2010's iPhone 4 keynote event.
The plaintiff's lawyer, Phil Horowitz, claims Apple fired Goodrich to avoid paying out the restricted stock he earned during his tenure at the company. The value of the stock rose from $97.40 per share when it was awarded in 2008 to some $635 per share as of the suit's filing date. Goodrich is seeking undisclosed damages for the lost restricted stock, wages, benefits and emotional distress in connection with the alleged breach of contract and unfair business practices.


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Samurai Jack Intro - Remake Latino
Samurai Jack Opening remake by latin animators
4.39 / 5.00 7,146 ViewsThis was made for Titmouse, Inc's annual "5 Second Day"
We make cartoons year round, but one day of the year we all say "screw it" and make something of our own. The shortest they can be is 5 seconds.
This year I got ambitious, and made this heartfelt tribute to Mega Man.
A gigantic thanks goes out to Tommy Robin aka Ockeroid of Newgrounds, who provided me with tons of great 8-bit music, and went out of his way to learn a program just to make it.
Hope you guys like it!
*3/21/2010: Thanks for making this a daily feature, true believers! Makes the 25 hours I stayed up making it, well worth it!
Ooooh, Front Page too! I feel justified in making this thing. Who knows, maybe I'll make more.
Well, It's kinda nice. Can't give a bad rating, But can't give my best for such an old flash. Call me Critisism Man, But the music kinda set me off from the whole "Mega Man" theme.
Well... that was awesome O_O I love the mega-man style fused with awesome humor!
Defiantly adding you to my favorite artists
I like it. Nostalgic with good humor to boot. I like how the Rick man is fairly nonchalant about the whole scenario while Boss mans attitude was over the top. Id love to see more
I would totally play the hell out of this game!!!
You should make it a game!!!!!


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An Interview with Dr. Robert M. Hutchins
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Educational philosopher Dr. Robert M. Hutchins (1899–1977) is interviewed by journalist Howard Langer in this 1958 recording. At the time of the interview, Hutchins, the former president and chancellor of the University of Chicago, was the president of the Fund for the Republic, which he described as a foundation dedicated to "defending and advancing the principles of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights." Dr. Hutchins discusses issues the Fund sought to understand and address that "the founding fathers never contemplated," including large government bureaucracy, mass media communication, and labor unions. Dr. Hutchins also talks about his ideas for improving education in America, first and foremost by finding ways to "indicate that education is a serious matter." Liner notes include a transcription of the interview.
Year Released 1958Record Label Folkways Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Copyright 2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1958 Folkways Records
Language(s) English
Subject(s) Instructional; Music--Juvenile; Spoken word; United States History
- Howard Langer - Producer
- Robert M. Hutchins - Artist
- Irwin Rosenhouse - Designer
- NY Post, Calvacca - Photographer (Cover)
101 | Introduction | Robert M. Hutchins | 4:34 | ||
102 | The Basic Issues Program | Robert M. Hutchins | 8:00 | ||
201 | American Education | Robert M. Hutchins | 9:24 | ||
202 | Free Press | Robert M. Hutchins | 4:19 | ||
203 | For Young People | Robert M. Hutchins | 3:59 |


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