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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain digital image storage and retrieval devices. The products at issue in this investigation include digital still cameras.
The investigation is based on a complaint filed by Ampex Corporation of Redwood City, CA, on October 21, 2004, an amended complaint filed on October 29, 2004, and a supplemental letter filed on November 5, 2004, alleging violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain digital image storage and retrieval devices that infringe a patent owned by Ampex. The complainant requests that the ITC issue a permanent exclusion order and a permanent cease and desist order.
The ITC has identified the following as respondents in this investigation:
By instituting this investigation (337-TA-527), the ITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case. The case will be referred to the Honorable Delbert R. Terrill, Jr., an ITC administrative law judge, who will schedule and hold an evidentiary hearing. Judge Terrill will make an initial determination as to whether there is a violation of section 337; that initial determination is subject to review by the Commission.
The ITC will make a final determination in the investigation at the earliest practicable time. Within 45 days after institution of the investigation, the ITC will set a target date for completing the investigation. ITC remedial orders in section 337 cases are effective when issued and become final 60 days after issuance unless disapproved for policy reasons by the President of the United States within that 60-day period.


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The volunteers of Project Elf spread magic to schoolchildren year round.
Terri Hozhabri and Laurie Tilley at the Project Elf headquarters with dozens of donated winter coats.
They aren't asking for a video game system or a Barbie doll or anything most children think they need.
These children just want a pair of socks, a warm coat or maybe some school supplies.
Project Elf is here to see that they get them.
Magically and without fanfare, the 5-year-old Project Elf program fills basic needs for thousands of Tulsa area schoolchildren every year. The volunteers — or "elves" — who donate both time and money don't just work around the holidays. These elves spread magic year round and it comes in a plain brown bag.
Project Elf co-founders Terri Hozhabri and Laurie Tilley started the organization when Hozhabri realized that children at her son's school were going without basic items, such as a pair of shoes or a jacket.
"Laurie and I decided that we can do something about this," Hozhabri says.
And they did.
The two Tulsans asked 30 friends to help gather items, and Project Elf was born. Now, the volunteers number more than 500 and the 501(c)3 nonprofit helps students in 70 schools.
The donated items, which once landed on Hozhabri and Tilley's doorsteps, have a home in office space supplied by the Warren Foundation.
Project Elf works to meet the needs of Tulsa schoolchildren without overlapping the efforts of other nonprofits.
"We are filling the gaps and deal directly with the schools so there is no red tape," Hozhabri says.
Project Elf's mission is to enhance the school learning environment by providing students with the basics. These include coats, shoes, clothing, uniforms, school supplies, backpacks, hats, gloves, socks and undergarments.
Tilley says a direct correlation exists between meeting a child's basic needs and his or her school performance.
"The kids can't concentrate on learning if they are cold," she says.
Hozhabri, who also serves as Project Elf's executive director, says the program works to "level the playing field" by also funding field trips, special projects and after-school programs at schools that would otherwise not have the money.
She says there is a story behind every need Project Elf works to meet.
"I will never forget the little girl who was wearing her grandmother's clothes, the elementary-school boy whose eyes lit up because he never had matching pajamas before or the boy who received new shoes to replace the ones that were duct-taped together," Hozhabri says.
School counselors, social workers and teachers who observe a need contact Project Elf directly. Material or monetary donations from the 500 volunteers fill the majority of needs.
If the needed item is not in inventory, a request is sent out to the elves.
The volunteers remain anonymous, just like Santa's elves. When the item arrives, a Project Elf volunteer either delivers it
to the school or it is picked up at Project Elf. Hozhabri says the program's goal is to fill every request within one week.
Diane Hensley, principal of Mark Twain Elementary School, says Project Elf helps her students and teaches them a valuable lesson.
"All of us can benefit and learn from helping others, and we need to instill that in kids very young, starting as young as 3 or 4 years old," she says.
In a school where extra change is hard to come by, the students at Mark Twain Elementary participated in a coin drive, raising $323 for Project Elf.
Project Elf volunteer and board member Jandra Jorgenson says the organization differs from other charities because the impact is immediate.
"There is a one-on-one cause and effect that we witness," she says. "A 'thank you' comes in many forms at Project Elf. Sometimes it is a smile, other times tears and, often, in handwritten notes."
In perfect penmanship, one note reads, "Thanks to your helping hands for giving me happy feet."
Another note, accompanied by the image of a grinning elementary-school girl, reads, "Thank you for the coat. My coat was stolen. My mom cried because she could not afford a new one.
"When I came home with one of those coats, my mom cried again but this time because she was happy. I love this coat because my favorite color is purple and I love glitter."
Still another reads, "Thank you for the supplies and tell Santa I said hi."
To learn how to become an elf, e-mail email@example.com. Community partner 918moms.com proudly supports Project Elf. Visit 918moms.com/blogs/news_in_the_918 for a list of needed items and donate the items at the KOTV The News on 6 headquarters, 302 S. Frankfort Ave.
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Also you need to make sure the Guitar mixer only has the Guitar Fader turned up as well or you will get feedback (we taped it down just in case an accident happened).
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Replicon necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 995 diseños de 302 diseñadores freelance.
Replicon, Inc. is the global leader in timesheet and expense management software. Replicon is the only company in the industry that provides a complete solution for all the time tracking needs of a corporation.
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Stumped by the Swim? 5 Beginner Basics
Don't let the first leg of a triathlon scare you off of the joys of triathlon.
by Lance Watson
Even though swimming is the shortest part of a triathlon, many view it as a "necessary evil." Let's face it: it's no fun competing in something that scares you, makes you uncomfortable, or is something you don't do well.
The swim portion of a triathlon is the thing beginner fear most when thinking of signing up for their first race. If swimming is your kryptonite and you're fairly new, (or brand new) to triathlon, I offer answers to the top questions I hear about this intimidating, water-based sport.
Can I still do a triathlon if I'm not a very strong swimmer?
Of course you can! And know that you're not alone in your worry. I have been part of many conversations with athletes that begin with "I am OK with the bike and run, but not the swim," or, more often than not, "I swim like a rock." The good news is that with the right training and preparation, most athletes can finish with no problems. Swimming will be all about maximizing your time in the water, taking advantage of a good instructor or swim group, and practicing swim drills specific to your weaknesses.
Get un-stumped: Be patient. Remember that everyone has to start somewhere, and a little progress each day adds up to an impressive result.
I consider myself in good biking and running shape but get out of breath really quickly in the pool. Why is this?
Swimming is both a highly technical and fitness-based sport. Therefore, it can be common for fit runners and cyclists to feel discouraged when they start swim training for triathlon. It can certainly be demoralizing feeling like you're doing a hill sprint half way across the pool.
Get un-stumped: Learn the proper way to breathe in the water. While training for land sports, we don't typically put much thought into our breath. As we push harder, our breathing increases instinctively. In the water, however, breathing is a technique that must be learned and practiced. Most beginner swimmers intuitively hold their breath when their face is in the water, and then quickly attempt a full exhale and inhale when turning to the side for breath. This creates a build-up of CO2 in the lungs and blood stream. It's no wonder then that the new swimmer feels like they're desperately gasping for air at the end of the pool.
Immediately after taking your breath, remember to slowly exhale through your nose and mouth while your face is in the water. Then, when you turn to breathe, you'll have gradually emptied your lungs in preparation for a responsive inhale. Just like there is a rhythm to your cadence with running or cycling, strive to create a rhythm with your breathing. (This may be breathing every three strokes to find balance and consistency; however, with increased effort comes increased respiration rates so alternating to a breath rate of 3-2-3-2 can still achieve this balance.)
Lap swimming in the pool looks really boring. How can I motivate myself in the pool?
When I hear this complaint, I always prescribe plain old fun. There are loads of ways to keep yourself motivated in the pool while simultaneously continuing to train to a new level. Some of my favorites are below.
Get un-stumped:
- Mix it up: While it's easiest to train by going to the pool and swimming a set distance or time, that's not really the best way to train. It's much better to use "sets" so you can work on different elements of form and fitness throughout your training. Try a pyramid set: 4x25 (yards/meters, usually one length in a short-course pool), 3x50, 2x100, 1x200, 2x100, 3x50, 4x25); or a descending/ascending set: (5x100, 4x100, 3x100, 2x100, 100). This helps break up the monotony of your workout.
- Add drills: Some of my favorites are catch-up, fingertip, fists, single arm, and sculling.
- Add toys: Pull buoys, kickboards, paddles, snorkels, etc.
- Join a swim group: Group swimming is great way to push out of your comfort zone, take the planning out of your swim workouts, meet some like-minded people and be held accountable.
- Get a coach: Take out the guess work by hiring someone more experienced to help guide you through your swim training. (Are you training without a coach? Click here and change that today!)
Do I need to train in open water to compete in a triathlon?
Swimming in open water is a very different experience than swimming in the pool. One of the biggest factors is not being able to use the bottom of a pool for guidance or direction.
Get un-stumped: Learning to sight—or see where you're going by strategically lifting your eyes and head during the swim stroke without interrupting it—is an incredibly valuable skill to master. Because of this, training in the open water several times before your race is a necessary part of a comprehensive triathlon program. Make sure to practice open water swimming with another person or a group for safety. (Joining a group for open water swims can also help lessen the potential anxiety around the chaos and closeness of swimming side-by-side with other people.)
If open water swimming is not readily available, check in with local triathlon swim groups as they may have set practices during the week when the pool can be used to resemble an open water format.
How can I reduce my anxiety while swimming in open water?
It's a good idea to have a few anxiety-reducing techniques in your toolbox prior to heading into a lake or ocean.
Get un-stumped: Warming up in the water prior to your event helps alleviate anxiety and allows you to get your bearings. Learning to control your breathing is a good way to reset yourself. If you start to panic, flip onto your back and take some slow, deep breaths. When you resume swimming, focus on full exhales under water and then try breathing more frequently to help keep calm. Another technique is to swim breaststroke. This stroke allows you to see where you're going more clearly while also giving yourself a chance to catch your breath.
Otherwise, the best way to reduce anxiety while swimming in the open water is practice, practice, practice. The more often you can expose to and familiarize yourself with the open water setting, the more comfortable you'll feel. Attend open water swim clinics so that you can learn the essentials of the specific skills you'll need in a friendly and encouraging environment.
Lance Watson, IRONMAN U Master Coach and LifeSport head coach, has trained many IRONMAN, Olympic and age-group champions over the past 30 years. He enjoys coaching athletes of all levels. Thanks to Lauren Babineau for her contribution to this article. For more training tips, visit LifeSport Coaching on Facebook or on Twitter at #LifeSportCoach.


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A Qualitative Analysis of Knowledge Transfer in Global Supply Chains: Case of Thai Distributer of Imported Products pp196-206
© Mar 2012 Volume 10 Issue 2, ICICKM 2011, Editor: Vincent Ribière, pp110 - 207
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This paper is the final phase of a larger research project that investigates knowledge transfer in global supply chains from the perspective of South East Asian reseller companies. In a previous study a theoretical model for knowledge transfer in global supply chains was developed and quantitatively validated for the case of Thai resellers of laboratory equipment where equipment resale companies (donors) provide training to their customers (recipients). Results from that previous study indicated that the transfer capability was the most important issue for the donor firms. Furthermore, the most critical factor for the recipient firms was their absorptive capacity in the form of certain capabilities for the successful utilization of the technical knowledge received from the donor firms. By adopting a qualitative sense‑making research approach and a two‑round focus group interview method for data collection and analysis the current study attempts to provide further deeper explanations for the results of previous quantitative survey. Five participants were chosen for two‑round of focus group meetings for this purpose.
Keywords: knowledge transfer, inter-organizational relationship, Thailand, South East Asia, global supply chain
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Melika.Zavareh necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 164 diseños de 56 diseñadores freelance.
We are a new brand and will start selling our products here in Sweden. We are focused on swimwear at the moment but plan to broaden our production to lingerie as well. The shops we work with are more Exclusive ones.
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We are getting an influx of new members in and would like to give this reminder to SCF Rules and Regulations:
3. Threads cannot be bumped until 8 hours has elapsed. This means you have to wait until at least twelve hours after your previous post, which includes the initial post that starts the thread.
In the racing forums this hasn't been a problem, but just a friendly reminder to every one.
15. Must Send First Rule. Any trader with less than 20 positive feedback will be required to to send first regardless of buying, selling or trading, unless a team manager or assistant team manager is willing to vouch for the trader under 20 feedbacks. The staff member that does vouch for a trader under 20 feedback is willing to back the trade if something goes wrong, with that in mind it would be of benefit to everybody to purchase INS on the package or DC at the bare minimal if a staff member is vouching for you.
A trader assigned a must send first tag/badge on the forums is a trader who has been found to have multiple trading issues here on SCF or another website. Regardless of the type of transaction (buy, trade or sell), this trader must send first at all times. With this badge on it also means that a new member does not send first to a trader with a must send first tag/badge on the forums.
If both trading parties are under the 20 feedback mark, the transaction will be sent at the same time. No feedback count is better then the other when both are under 20 feedbacks on SCF. Although getting to 20 feedbacks is a lot, it is here as a protection measurement and not as punishment for signing up.
If 20+ feedbacks has been transferred from another confirmed site, then the member does not have to send first and the MSF message which appears under their name in the trade manager can be ignored. This does NOT apply to a trader with the must send first tag/badge.
Remember this is for the protection of all members. This applies to all transactions. If your selling and have less then 20 feedback you will be required to send first.
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This link will take you to all rules and regulations required on SCF.
Thanks you
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Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a general amnesty Tuesday for prisoners who committed political "crimes." Syrian state television said the amnesty covered "all members of political movements," including the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
The Syrian state TV report said the amnesty covers "crimes committed before May 31" and reduces criminal sentences for felony convictions in half unless a personal lawsuit is involved.
In Washington, the Obama administration voiced doubts over the amnesty offer.
"He's said a lot of things in recent weeks and months, but we've seen very little concrete action," State Department spokesman Mark Toner was quoted as saying by the AP.
Earlier Tuesday, Mohammad Said Bkheitan, assistant secretary general of the ruling Baath party, said mechanisms for a national dialogue would be announced within the next 48 hours. According to Bkheitan, it was "premature" to talk about constitutional changes that would allow challenges to Assad in the 2014 presidential election.


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Stanley Lewis
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Stanley Lewis (1905-2009) was reluctant to sell his art during his life-time. He kept all his major works. He later gave some to museums. He turned down offers from galleries, preferring to work without constraints, choosing to earn a much needed regular income through teaching (over 10 years at Newport School of Art and 22 years as Principal of Carmarthen School of Art). Stanley's art has period charm. It occupies a backwater (rather than the mainstream) of British Art - this is the unmapped territory that art historians will increasingly look at as accounts of 20th Century British Art are revised. His work is highly distinctive and he remained faithful throughout his life to a graphic and stylised manner developed early on in his career. Perhaps the most enduring aspect of his legacy is the remarkable cycle of paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy celebrating Welsh subjects: The Welsh Dress, The Welsh Mole Catcher, The Welsh Farmer, and The Welsh Dresser. There is arguably no other series of genre paintings in British Art which capture so evocatively Welsh identity. Stanley also strongly identified with the land: on the one hand his calling to art was a vocation; on the other his approach was disarmingly unpretentious: 'I must admit instinct has kept me on the straight-and-narrow path to carry on working my art into what I am: I am a farmer's son and I have never craved to be in any one else's shoes.' Stanley produced little in the way of major paintings during the last decades of the 20th century, though he did continue to draw, (often reworking earlier drawings), and increasingly put his energy into producing and publishing his book illustrations. In his 101st year, in 2006, Stanley published a last edition of drawings under the title: Adventures in Animal Town, using computer software (Photoshop) to add colour to the remarkable images which half a decade earlier, in black and white, had graced the pages of the South Wales Evening Post. (Fig. 2) Stanley first contacted Liss Fine Art (by email!), aged 101, wanting to know what had happened to his former mentors Thomas Monnington and A.K. Lawrence. Stanley's career spanned a large part of the 20th century. Yet the fruit of his labour was never publicly exhibited. This is the first ever exhibition of his work. Stanley put his longevity down to cigars, whisky and Michelangelo. He took great pleasure in helping prepare the notes in this catalogue. Recalling events from between 50 and 90 years ago it is remarkable how accurate his memory proved to be. It is sad that Stanley is not alive to see this exhibition. Asked, age 103, if he was finally ready for his first ever show, or whether he would like a little more time to prepare, he inhaled gently on his cigar and, with a puff of smoke and a faint chuckle, said: 'I think I am ready'. The day before he died he asked Jenni his daughter to type up his final wishes: '… And when my exhibition is up and running, open a good bottle of champagne and celebrate and think of me. No doubt I will be there in spirit to keep an eye on things.
Lewis was born in Cardiff. He attended Newport College of Art, 1923-6, and the Royal College of Art, 1926-30, teaching at Newport College in the 193os. After war service he became principal of Carmarthen School of Art for 22 years from 1946, then retired and with his wife founded the Pram and Toy Museum at Beckington, Somerset. He illustrated newspaper articles by his wife Min Lewis and her book Laugharne and Dylan Thomas, in 1967, and had one-man shows at various Laugharne Festivals. Showed for many years with Gwent Art Society, SWG and elsewhere and with Michael Ayrton and Enzo Plazzotta shared a three-man show at Bruton Gallery, Somerset. Newport Museum and Art Gallery holds his work. Lewis' show War Images there in 2003 was based on a large unfinished World War II painting and preparatory draw¬ings which the artist donated to the collection. His first retrospective, organised by Liss Llewellyn Fine Art in 2010, took place at Cecil Higgins Art Gallery & Bedford Museum.
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Well, seeing the groups, if Afg, Zim, Ban, Ire don't surprise any regular 8 teams in first group stage, that would mean NZ, SL, Eng, WI will be in one group and Aus, Ind, Pak, SA in another group of super-eight. [These groups are decided irrespective of where top 2 teams finish in their group. So if Afg and Eng beats Ind, Afg would replace Ind in super-eight group]
1st group (Eng, NZ, SL, WI)
England: They are going into the tournament without their best player (Kevin Pieterson) who becomes even more important in subcontinent conditions. He is probably their only batsman who can dominate a spin attack in turning conditions. They have two good bowlers in Broad and Swann. And a match winner batsman in Eoin Morgan. I expect them to beat NZ. If they can beat WI (which I don't expect them), they would go through.
New Zealand: NZ has always punched above the weight in ICC tournaments. They play well as a team and has couple of match winners in Ross Taylor and Brendon McCullum. They have a good containing spinner in Vettori and two decent all rounders in Oram and Franklyn. They are already missing a big player in Jesse Ryder which doesn't do them any favors. On a big day they rely too much on McCullum and Taylor to fire. At best I expect them to surprise one of NZ, SL, WI. I don't see them making the Semi Finals this time.
Sri Lanka: Being host gives them advantage. They have three excellent top order batsman in Dilshan, Mahela and Sangakkara. And excellent finishers in Angelo Mathews/Perara. Their bowling attack is good, a good death bowler in Malinga and their spin attack is decent with Mendis and new mystery kid the found in SLPL. I expect them to beat NZ, Eng comfortably which would make them go through to the Semi Finals.
West Indies: On paper they have the most T20 match winners. Gayle, Bravo, Russell, Sammy, Narine, Pollard, Smith all can win the match on their day. There problem is consistency which hasn't been there in ICC events of past decade. I expect them to beat NZ. Their game against Eng would be almost like QF. I expect them to beat one of Eng and SL and enter the last four.
So from this group I expect Sri Lanka and West Indies to go through.
2nd group (Aus, Ind, Pak, SA)
This group seems a really tough one to call.
Australia: They seem to have a balanced side. Two good dashing openers in Warner and Watson. In middle order, they have one of the best batsman in world in Mike Hussey. Also they seem to have found another good finisher in Glenn Maxwell. Add David Hussey and Wade and they seem to have batting order for most of conditions. They have a good bowling attack. Mitchell Starc looks the real deal. Stint with Yorkshire has done him a world of good. Also Pat Cummins and Hilfenhaus make good bwoling attack.One thing they lack is a match winning spinner which might hurt them in later stages. But I expect them to beat India and South Africa with a close game against Pakistan. This would qualify them for last four.
India: Once again India has bolstered their team with batsman and batsman. On paper, when in form they seem to have the best batting line up of the competition. But too many of their batsman are not in form. That aside, they have a good opening combination in Sehwag and Gambhir. Their number three Virat Kohli is currently one of top 3 batsman in world. Plus they have good fire power finishers in Raina, Yuvraj and Pathan. Dhoni and Rohit have struggled off late but still their batting is their strength if not thrown on a fast bouncy pitch. Problem with India is their bowling. They seem to have one good bowler in Zaheer, other than him none of their bowlers seems to pose a threat. Pathan, Ashwin, Balaji, Dinda all seem to be one level below the international T20 standards. Their biggest match in securing the last four place will be against Australia (which I expect them to loose considering in form Australian bowling) as I expect them to loose against Pakistan and marginally win vs South Africa.
Pakistan: They have the best bowling attack in the tournament. In Ajmal, Gul they have 2 best T20 bolwers around. Add Afridi, Hafeez, Razzaq and their bowling looks sorted for all conditions. Their weakness is their batting. In Nasir Jamshed they seem to have found a good top order batsman. Bringing Kamran Akmal gives them better balance. And Umar Akmal is their best batsman. Their problem is inconsistency of Nazir, Malik, Razzaq and Afridi. Each of them is a match winner on their day which seems to come once in a year. Despite that, their batting is going to have their workload reduced because of their brilliant bowling. Their toughest test would the game when their bowling/fielding will have one really bad day and they would have to chase 160+. Other than that they are the easiest pick for last four.
South Africa: They have two really good anchor-role batsman in Amla and Kallis, one really explosive- consistent batsman in AB DeVilliers and two good finishers in Albie Morkel and Duminy. But their batting still looks short of the fire power required with no back up considering how poor is their bowling. Dale Steyn is not a great T20 bowler especially in subcontinent conditions and Morne Morkel is inconsistent. They don;t seem t have a go-to-bowler when batsman are going all attack. They have a good T20 spinner in Botha with decent support from Peterson. I think they made a big mistake by not selecting David Miller and Imran Tahir which will hurt them against good oppositions. Kallis gives them a good balance in their side less so in subcontinet than in say like England. Even then, I don't expect them to beat Pak and Aus which doesn't qualify them for my top four.
So there you go, my Semi Final picks are Sri Lanka, West Indies, Pakistan and Australia


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Joseph Rykwert recalls Marcel Duchamp, whose work and influence is celebrated in a major new season at the Barbican
My first impression of Marcel Duchamp was of lean, slightly aquiline good looks – and great charm. Also vanity – not about his fame (which could be taken for granted) but about his looks, which he was willing to show to the humblest admirers – such as myself – posing as he played with his mounted bicycle wheel. A shame that the negatives of the occasion were purloined by a predatory publisher.
It was the looks and pervasive charm… which attracted the protagonists of the New York school to him
A visit to the exhibition, which has just opened in the Barbican Gallery, shows off the good looks. It includes many photos of him, including Man Ray's of Marcel in drag advertising a scent (eau de voilette – shady water) labelled Belle Haleine (another pun – fine breath). In drag he became Rrose Sélavy (yes, a pun again: Eros c'est la vie). It was the looks and pervasive charm, the sociability as well as the cutting brilliance and punning wit, which attracted the protagonists of the New York school to him: the dancer Merce Cunningham and composer John Cage; as well as the painters Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, whose contributions make up half the exhibition, which is in constant movement since John Cage's lucid and exquisite pieces are played on pianola-operated grands while every now and then dancers perform some of Cunningham's 'pieces'.
The New York group were deraciné individuals though, while Duchamp came out of a solid – I am tempted to say cozy – background, one of six children of the Duchamps of Rheims, prosperous business people, who were taught the rudiments of drawing by an indulgent, amateur painter grandfather; four of them became artists. The oldest brother, Gaston, called himself Jacques Villon and was a painter-engraver of great repute; a younger brother was the sculptor Raymond Duchamp Villon (who died young in 1918, having been gassed at the front), while a sister, Suzanne, was married to yet another painter, Jean Crotti, whom she met through Marcel. The siblings remained close throughout their lives and intermittently exhibited together.
He opined that not all artists were chess players but all chess players were artists
Marcel started painting young, moving from an initial Fauve manner to find himself quickly in tentative Cubism. The first Cubist picture here is of chess players. And chess would all his life long be Duchamp's other passion – he played in many international tournaments. He even opined that not all artists were chess players but all chess players were artists; and in the 1950s John Cage became his chess pupil. Of course, there was an overspill between his two activities – all Duchamp's work toyed with following the rules of a game and the dictates of hazard.
Cubism led him to a fascination with movement: first with the mechanical turning of a coffee mill or a chocolate grinder, but later even more with the recording of animated motion, and this led to his unique amalgam of Cubism and Futurism in what was to become one of his most famous canvases, the Nude Descending a Staircase of 1913. Refused by the Paris Salon, it was first shown in New York in 1913. The next rejection was even more famous: the white porcelain urinal, called Fountain and signed 'R.Mutt', was submitted to the Society of Independent Artists in 1917. It was not the first of his 'found objects' – commonplace things (a snow shovel, a bottle rack) from hardware stores, which he transmuted into 'works of art' by his say-so. Like the others, Fountain was immediately aestheticised by being photographed. Although the submitted urinal is now lost, replicas abound (including a smart one in stainless steel) and a number of performance artists (at least one of whom was arrested for it) have tried to return it to its former state by peeing into it. Deconstruction?
'Nude' is the heart of the first part of the Barbican show
Fountain is discreetly shown at the Barbican, but Nude is the heart of the first part of the Barbican show, and is neighboured by a related painting, a strange amalgam of the mechanical and the visceral: The Bride. Some elements from that painting reappear in the most brilliant and innovative work from that first period; known colloquially as The Large Glass. Its full and enigmatic title is The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even. Duchamp fabricated the seductively elegant painting in silver and tin foil, oil paint, lead graphite, dust and varnish, all between two sheets of glass; he declared it definitively unfinished in 1921; though another feature was added when the glass broke in transport in 1923, and he would then decide that the cracks in the glass were the operation of chance on the work. Two replicas of it exist (without the cracks). One is in Stockholm (the one on show at the Barbican) and another is in the Tate, made under Richard Hamilton's direction.
Duchamp married Teeny Matisse (once the daughter-in-law of the painter) in 1950, and they lived until his death in Paris (where there was a group of old friends and family) as well as in New York and Cadaqués near Barcelona, where he was a neighbour of Salvador Dalí. It was in Cadaqués that he picked up the heavy barn door which was pierced with two peep-holes to look at his last work, the unique Étant Donnés (roughly translated the title is Given: 1 gas-light 2. falling water) on which he worked from 1946 until his death in 1968; it is now installed with much of his other work in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He was very defensive when quizzed about it: ('there is nothing to see, it's all covered with dust…') and it is too complex and fragile to be moved, even though he left a handbook for its assembly. The only remedy is to go to Philadelphia and peep through the holes.
It is a century since Nude Descending a Staircasewas first rejected in Paris. Since then Duchamp – with a growing crowd of artists – has transformed our idea of what it is that they do. How does that affect architecture? I think that must be left to another article.
Exhibition: The Bride and the Bachelors - Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg and Johns, runs from 14 February until 9 June at the Barbican Art Gallery, London. It is part of the Barbican's Dancing Around Duchamp season
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Dr Alice Roberts travels back to the Ages of Bronze and Iron where she examines the two Hebridean Bronze Age skeletons known as the Cladh Hallan mummies. Not only do they appear to have been mummified, new analysis has revealed they are made up of a jigsaw of different people.
Analysis reveals that the two mummies are made up of three people belonging to mitochondrial haplogroups U or U5, T1 (not U, U5) and H (not U, U5 or T1).
A short video is available on YouTube Cracking the puzzle of the Cladh Hallan Bodies. The full programme can be viewed on BBC iPlayer at Digging for Britain - Series 2 - 3. Age of Bronze and Iron.
It can also be downloaded to your computer to view (which will expires after 30 days). I am not sure if either of these features are available outside the United Kingdom.
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Messed up my ethernet!!!
I messed up my ethernet settings somehow.
Now when I log on (RHEL4 Dell Lat D820)
I get this:
ed@localhost ~$ sudo /etc/init.d/network start
Setting network parameters: OK
Bringing up loopback interface: OK
Bringing up interface eth0: tg3 device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
I *thought* I had a Broadcom
Does anyone out there have the config files or instructions as to how to rebuild my network connection?
There must be some way that, when you first install, the installer detects what cards are on the machine and sets up all the /etc/*. Where is that? How do I run that?
I've tried running
Applications > System Settings > Network
I create an eth0 device of Ethernet type.
I pick the Broadcom Tigon3
Then I go back and add a new device and connect it to eth0.
When I activate:
tg3 device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
I've tried other hardware profiles to no avail.
Also, what is PCMCIA? Is that anything related to ethernet?
Under the hardware browser it shows O2 Micro, Inc. Unknown device 7135
I am at wits end.


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Yarl's Wood death detainee named
An immigration detainee who was allegedly denied medical assistance before dying has been named.
Christine Case, 40, died on Sunday at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre in Bedfordshire.
The Home Office described her death was "sudden" and "unexplained".
Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said claims she was denied medical assistance would be investigated.
Allegations that staff at the centre, which is run by Government contractor Serco, then refused the local NHS's offers to help other inmates who were distressed after the death will be also be analysed, he said.
Mr Brokenshire was speaking i n response to an urgent question by shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper in the Commons.
John Tolland, director of Yarl's Wood, said that Ms Case had been at the centre for 10 days.
She was given a "full medical assessment" by a doctor when she arrived, he said in a statement.
He explained that she became ill "soon after getting up" on Sunday.
" Her room mate activated the alarm and an officer came immediately, assessed the situation and summoned our emergency response nurse by radio," he said.
"We have 24-hour, seven-day urgent medical cover on site at Yarl's Wood. The nurse was at Ms Case's side within three minutes and started treating her, while telling the control centre to call for an ambulance and asking for further backup from the centre's own medical staff.
"Because this incident happened during the changeover between the night and day shifts, there were actually more nurses available than at any other time during the day, and a number of these went to Ms Case's assistance.
"The NHS East of England Ambulance Service responded immediately, and despatched a rapid response car, an ambulance and a Magpas air ambulance.
"Sadly, despite the efforts of the attending doctor, paramedics and the centre's medical staff, Ms Case did not regain consciousness and was pronounced dead at the scene."
He added: "I n the aftermath of this terrible event we have spared no effort in supporting the other residents in coming to terms with the death of a popular and respected member of our community here.
"Our clergy have played an outstanding role in this. On Sunday morning, for example, our pastor spoke to the congregation at our weekly Christian service about Ms Case's passing. We also brought in additional care and welfare staff on Sunday and they remain on hand to help."
He said Ms Case's death would be investiga ted by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.
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posted on Friday, October 27, 2006 - 12:06 pm
Hi, I have a couple of questions and would appreciate any insight that you are able to provide.
1) When trying to predict a time-varying outcome using a time varying covariate, how can I assess if the covariate is exogenous or not? (both the variables are continuous)
2) If the covariate is not exogenous, is there some estimation method with in Mplus that will produce unbiased estimates (Like Heckman 1976).
Thank you.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 9:12 am
Mplus lets you model time-varying covariates as a function of time-invariant covariates. For example, gender and home background influence the number of math courses taken in a certain grade, in turn influencing math achievement. The substantive theory and time-ordering of events decide on the particular modeling.
William Dudley
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Thanks for the note. I would like to go a little further on this if I might. I am working on a grant revision in which I propose a model similar to the "parallel process linear growth model as shown on page 215 of the version 2.9 user guide. The reviewer comments"
There are some serious potential problems with the analyses proposed in Aim 3, which intends to assess changes in one type of outcome (urinary and sexual) as a function of changes in other types of outcomes (psychological and general QOL). In other words, some of the outcomes will be treated as time-varying covariates for the purposes of these models. Biased estimates of both fixed and random effect will be obtained, however, unless the time-varying covariates satisfy the condition of being exogenous variables. A variable is exogenous, or external, if current and prior values of the outcome variable do not predict subsequent covariate values, conditional on current and prior covariate values.
Our aim is
Aim 3: To examine how trajectories of change in sexual and urinary function are associated with trajectories of change of general QOL and psychological functioning.
I think that the reviewer has interpreted our approach as using time varying covariates rather than as two parallels models that are related.
SO my question is: With a parallel model, do we have to worry about the problems outlined above with regard to endogeneity? If not why?
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Authorities on Thursday are again searching in and around Lake Ellenor in south Orlando for a missing woman, a day after a judge decided to return custody of her children to their father, the only suspect in her disappearance.
On Wednesday, more than 30 people from the Orlando Police Department and the Orange County Sheriff's Office searched the area near Lancaster Road and Orange Blossom Trail, not far from where the last ping on Michelle Parker's phone was registered.
Parker, 33, disappeared Nov. 17 after dropping off her 3-year-olds twins with their father, Dale Smith. The same day, an episode of "The People's Court" aired nationwide featuring the couple in a dispute over a $5,000 engagement ring.
Dive teams and search crews on boats searched the lake while cadaver dogs helped search around the lake. The search area is less than two miles from Smith's father's house, as well as where Smith works.
"It breaks my heart to think that somebody would throw my daughter's body in a lake," Yvonne Stewart said.
On a Facebook page, Parker's family said T-shirts -- referred to as "walking billboards" -- are being sold for $10 at the command center at Oak Ridge Road and Orange Avenue. Organizers hope the shirts will prompt someone to come forward with information about Parker.
Police have not said what prompted the new search.
The Police Department officially named Smith, 40, as a suspect in Parker's disappearance on Monday.
On Tuesday, the Department of Children and Families took custody of the couple's boy and girl twins from Smith, but a judge dismissed DCF's petition to place the children in protective custody and returned the toddlers to Smith.
The judge said there is not probable cause sufficient enough for him to sign the petition and Smith is not an imminent risk to the children.
The judge said that if the children had witnessed anything regarding the disappearance of their mother, they would have said something when they were interviewed by investigators on Tuesday.
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Smith recently retained prominent Orlando attorney Mark NeJame, who has previously represented the Anthony family and Tiger Woods. Parker's family is represented by Matt Morgan of Morgan and Morgan.
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I have made some really bad decisions in my life. But fortunately I made a couple of really good decisions that put the bad ones in proper perspective.
In 1968 I decided to follow Jesus. I believed that He was the way to be forgiven and justified from my sin. I was fifteen years old and unfortunately my early teaching was short on grace. But that legalistic church got the Jesus/salvation part right. That decision kept me from going down some very dangerous paths during the tumultuous cultural changes of the late '60's. I cannot imagine how my life would have played out apart from that declaration of faith in Christ.
In 1975 I made another great decision. I decided to ask Joni Banks to be my wife. Great decision 2 would not have happened without great decision 1. We met at staff training for the organization formerly known as Campus Crusade for Christ.
July 17th marks our thirty-sixth year of marriage. Joni has hung in with me and trusted God when I was, frankly, not so trustworthy. She has never tried to change who I am but she has always challenged me to develop my unique design in partnership with the God who loves me. She has prayed for me and our boys more than I can even comprehend. When our marriage monitor flat lined a few years ago she did not give up.
I did the American guy thing for many years. I worked too much. I took my young bride for granted. I craved success and praise for my accomplishments. And too often I left her chasing rambunctious boys and wondering if her husband valued her. I failed to lead her well spiritually for too many years. We have endured some really hard things. The death of a daughter. An armed invasion robbery in our home. Cancer. Yet we are happier than we have ever been. How can that be possible?
We have learned one important lesson that is communicated so well by my friends at Truefaced.
"The abundant life is comparing God's character, faithfulness and ability with my particular circumstances and believing that God's character trumps my circumstance."
And that statement is absolutely true. I have heard so much stinkin' bad teaching that the abundant life means financial blessing, perfect health and relational bliss. Our experience has been financial ups and downs, health problems and seasons of marital joy and despair. For many years I thought I was doing something wrong. Where is this abundant life? And I finally figured it out. The abundant life is all around me. A wife who stayed with me until God could get my attention. Three honest, bright and Godly sons (more good work by Joni). Great friends who have my back and love me even though they actually know me. More stuff than I will ever need and enough left over to give to others. And trusting a God who is trustworthy.
Through all of the tough times and bad moments God proved faithful and trustworthy. He redeemed every heartache and every trial. God refined us through the storms and His love did trump our circumstances.
A song by James Taylor fits nicely here regarding both of my "great" decisions. "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You" expresses my heart toward both my Lord and my wonderful bride. But since a wedding anniversary is being celebrated allow me to concentrate on that event with these lyrics sung by "Sweet Baby" James.
I close my eyes at night
Wonderin' where would I be without you in my life
But you brighten up for me all of my days
With a love so sweet in so many ways
An' I wanna stop, thank you, baby
I just wanna stop, and thank you, baby
How sweet it is to be loved by you
I cannot imagine where I would be without her in my life. Like many couples we had the verses of 1st Corinthians 13 read at our wedding. The Message has a fresh take on the familiar passage.
Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
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Government delegates are meeting in Paris, from January 31 to February 12th, to negotiate the near-final text of the proposed UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity.
The Convention is meant to protect each country's ability to make media and cultural policy that favors cultural diversity – for example, strong support for public service, nonprofit, and community media; local ownership requirements; language requirements; dedicated airtime for local films and music; grants and support for local musicians, filmmakers, and other cultural workers, and a range of other measures. If successful, the convention could provide a kind of legal defense against attacks on media and cultural diversity under the so-called 'free trade' deals.
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Zuckerberg group lines up pieces
SAN FRANCISCO — After weeks of anticipation and a shaky start, the new political advocacy group backed by Mark Zuckerberg launched Thursday with a list of top Silicon Valley CEOs and a notable team of strategists.
The group is called FWD.us, as in Forward U.S., and its initial push will be on the immigration front. Other than Zuckerberg, its 11 founders include Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, and John Doerr, the venture capitalist who has backed Google and Amazon.com. Marissa Mayer, Yahoo's chief executive, and Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, are among FWD.us's major contributors.
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And the organization comes armed with a recognizable list of political players from both sides of the aisle: Rob Jesmer, a former executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee; Bush White House veterans Dan Senor, who also served as Rep. Paul Ryan's chief adviser during his vice presidential run, and Facebook executive Joel Kaplan; Joe Lockhart, former White House press secretary for President Bill Clinton; Jef Pollock, the Democratic pollster; and Alida Garcia, former Latino vote deputy director for the Obama 2012 campaign. She will be the group's director of coalitions and policy.
Zuckerberg wrote in an op-ed in The Washington Post on Thursday that he met a middle school student recently who is an undocumented immigrant and who is unsure if he will be able to go to college given his immigration status.
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"We have a strange immigration policy for a nation of immigrants," he wrote. "And it's a policy unfit for today's world."
What exactly the group will do is undetermined at this point, but ads, campaign support, public communications and grass-roots organizing are all in the mix, said someone familiar with the organization. On its website, FWD.us, the group has posted testimonials from its members.
Last week, the group's co-founder and president, Joe Green, issued an apology after a leaked prospectus listed as members the names of executives who had not committed to the effort, such as Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, POLITICO reported.
Now the group is hoping to move past that misstep, which included what struck some as an Orwellian-sounding name, "Human Capital," and an assessment that the group's members control "massive distribution channels." Green said he regretted some of the document's phrases.
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With its official unveiling, FWD.us will place its initial focus on the passage of comprehensive immigration reform. Tech companies want to increase the number of H-1B temporary visas for high-skilled foreign workers as well as lessen the wait times for green cards for their workers.


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Thursday, April 7, 2011
The Unique Minister Mentor
PM Lee took special precaution to avoid mentioning the considerable number of booboos committed by his eminent father. He had also taken the trouble to avoid mentioning the constant vitriolic criticisms that MM Lee received at the hands of the new media, in particular the criticism that MM Lee is drawing $3m plus of the taxpayers' money annually for doing nothing but "forecasting" in his own words. There were also frequent calls in the internet that he should retire and not waste the taxpayers' money. These disclosures would give a lie to PM Lee's sentimental statement that his father is a unique Minister Mentor.
In fact MM Lee is an incorrigible highfalutin character who often opened his big mouth to make booboos to the chagrin and embarrassment of his prime minister son, only the latter will find it unfilial to show it. Before the American presidential election in 2008, MM Lee appeared to be disdainful about the prospects of the black American candidate Mr. Barack Obama becoming an American President. He described Mr. Barack Obama as a "flash in the pan". He was rooting for the white candidate Mr. John McCain and considered the election of a black American President to be apocalyptic. President Obama is a magnanimous person and when MM Lee unabashedly entreated a meeting with the President in October 2009, he was overwhelmed when President Obama described him as "one of the legendary figures of Asia". That made him look rather foolish after calling Mr. Barack Obama a "Flash in the pan".
Another booboo of the Minister Mentor occurred in 2009. He made deleterious comments in the National Geographic magazine in which he protrayed Sigaporeans as less hard-driving and hard-striving so that it became necessary for the Singapore government to bring in Chinese immigrants as a counter-measure. This caused a furore in Singapore.
His latest gaffe is his disparaging comments on the Singapore Malays/Muslims in his much-hyped but doubtful repute book:Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going. He commented that other communities have easier integration than Muslims because they tend to be "distinct and separate". This caused an uproar in the Malay/Muslim community with the Association of Malay Professionals (AMP) coming out in a scathing attack on the Minister Mentor. It was up to the Prime Minister to issue a statement dissociating the government from MM Lee's disparaging comments. It had taken MM Lee more than a month to come out reluctantly with a statement to say "I stand corrected" but no apology. Whether the Malay ground was convinced of the sincerity of MM Lee's belated statement was a moot point.
PM Lee is right in saying that his eminent father is a unique Minister Mentor but unique in making booboos. In this respect he has no equal and it will be an insult to the intelligence of the electorate if he is nominated to stand in the General Election.
5 comments:
- sgcynic said...
LKY MAY have been exceptional, but his views and speeches chracterises his disdain for his fellow people. Imagine if Confucius were similarly disparaging of the common folk, would he have been respected as a great teacher?
- April 7, 2011 at 4:21 PM
- Gary said...
Maybe we should let him carry on to discredit himself more and more until he is naked!
That way, he will pass on as a discredited liar.
As Goh Keng Swee did when in office: He always give people all the rope they need to hang themselves with!
- April 8, 2011 at 12:15 AM
- Alan Wan said...
Our MM is also unique in another peculiar way.
It seems many Singaporeans will be looking forward to celebrate the day our so-called father kicks the bucket. Of course there will also be some who will be shedding tears but hopefully it is not crocodile ones.
- April 9, 2011 at 6:39 AM
The comment was actually directed at GCT who has been having similar ambitions of seeing his son enter politics and vy for the position of Prime Minister. shortly after, GCT with his comment about how the terms of Ministers should be limited to 2 terms. The Lee side then retaliated by showing LBH the door.
- April 12, 2011 at 8:11 PM
- Dyxalic said...
You might be critical of the Minister Mentor, but you most likely do not understand the respect and admiration the international community gives to our Minister Mentor.
Yes, Obama was elected, but look at what has happened to the US today. He has not been able to successfully carry out any of his plans. Healthcare is a complete failure, the US army is still in Afghanistan. Relations with China are worsening again, and unemployment is still at 9%. More than 60% of the economic stimulus money has not been doled out to the public.
And yes, we Singaporeans are not as hardworking and hard striving as the Chinese. The young generation, especially people like you don't know the meaning of hard work. You expect everything to be handed to you on a silver platter. Ask your grandfather how he had to live without meat for months, or how everyone had to use second hand textbooks. The immigrant Chinese came from poorer backgrounds, yet are willing to work longer and harder for less. Reflect on how Singaporeans lazy even though they have such a higher standard of living.
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It used to be that you could deduce what someone was doing based on where she was. Sitting in an office typing? Probably doing work. Camped out on the bleachers during a soccer game? Must be off the clock.
But now at 10 a.m. on a Tuesday you might be Facebooking your old college roommate. And at 10 p.m., you could be in a bathrobe and clay mask conducting serious business (while catching up on reality TV).
Thanks to portable technology and a shifting work-life landscape, duty and play have become strange bedfellows -- and not only because you occasionally fall asleep next to your laptop.
We're all living in a permanent state of Elsewhere, says sociologist Dalton Conley, author of "Elsewhere, U.S.A." Conley, who coined the term "weisure" to describe this hybrid of work and leisure, says that since we're physically able to work around the clock now, we often feel we're in the right place only when we're in two places at once.
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Psychiatrist Daniel Siegel, M.D., author of "Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation," says that to experience true leisure, we can't just zone out in front of the TV. "Leisure sets the stage for creativity and novelty, which research suggests can keep the brain young," he says.
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Why Small Employers Are Struggling With the Healthcare Law
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Yemen's Oil Minister Mohammad al-Khadem al-Wajih said Wednesday that a new oil well had been discovered in the eastern province of Hadramut with an estimated production capacity of 16,150 barrels per day (bpd).
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Women's Road Race - end of lap 7
If you didn't catch our corrections to the lap 6 posting - Sue Palmer and Anne Samplonius were in the peloton that was 1:52 down, Lyne Bessette was not. At the end of lap 7 the situation is basically the same, but Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr) has increased her lead to 1:53 over the lone chaser Elisabeth Chevanne (Fra) and to 2:18 on the pack of 35. Palmer is still in the pack, but Samplonius has dropped just off the back. Erin Carter is still in the race, but 5:15 down. We believe Bessette has abandoned, as has Nicole Freedman of the USA. There is now less than 30 kilometres to race.
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Ok, so maybe we're just a bunch of southern softies, but the rain has brought problems beyond just a few pairs of wet socks.
I cycle five miles to work each day, with a few options to play with, one of which is the River Wey towpath, a lovely traffic-free route in dry weather.
Another route is a fiddly cycle path, involving a few steps and a bridge you have to walk over.
Unfortunately, both of these routes are currently under deep water in many places and have considerable postdiluvian damage to embankments and surface.
Back on the road again
So, the only options left are the main road routes. But even there, clogged drains and the sheer abundance of rainfall has left huge puddles. Ever since I hit an underwater pothole while cycling along a flooded lane, I've avoided cycling through deep puddles - but doing so sometimes obliges cyclists to ride right out in the centre of the road. This requires anticipating where the puddles are and when to start signalling to other road users your intentions - all fine for experienced cyclists, but nerve-wracking for novices, who normally would be using the flooded cycle path.
Most drivers are, of course, pretty good at understanding that cyclists don't want to cycle through deep puddles and give space accordingly, but it only takes one idiot to take chances and try to overtake just as cyclists are moving out to avoid an obstacle.
This is why we need to ensure that even the busiest routes include decent facilities for cyclists - we shouldn't expect cyclists to exile themselves onto picturesque - but occasionally very damp - towpaths and back route cycle paths.
Potholes galore!
The rainfall - and lack of drainage - has also led to potholes forming and the edges of lanes washed away. One street near me that was top dressed just a couple of months ago has seen a complete failure of the surface.
When (if?) the water finally drains away, there'll be lots of candidates to be uploaded to Fill That Hole, CTC's pothole reporting website. We've had a roaring start to January, with over 70 potholes a day being reported to the site.
Within a month, thanks to funding from the Department for Transport, we'll be issuing an update to our iPhone app to make reporting even easier - an app for Android phones is also in the pipeline.
What to wear?
And finally, there is the issue of clothing. A full set of waterproof gear - jacket, trousers, booties - ensured that my wettest ever commute this morning left me mostly dry, but not everyone can afford this sort of equipment for the few days each year where you will get truly soaked, if all you are doing is cycling to work.
And what do you do with it when you get to work? Here at CTC we have a drying room, showers and lockers, and the office was designed to cope with cyclists arriving in wet gear.
Of course, one option could be to get off the bike when the weather is this bad, but if, like me, your bike commute is a) the quickest way to work and b) the best way to start the day, the alternatives - even in pouring rain, aren't worth contemplating.
We've just launched comments on the CTC website, and we'd like to hear your stories of how the rain and floods have affected your cycling.
Where there are large puddles idiots will drive through them like idiots and if I'm on an adjacent facility I will be soaked.
The splashes from today's puddles were over head height, I saw the idiots coming and stopped out of range.
Perhaps improved drainage would be a better fix.
As a "pensioner" cyclist and not a particularly active one at present. I believe that anyone who cycles anywhere and at any time must use common sense if they want to stay in one piece and safe. If you cant see the surface on which you are riding you must be an idiot. If its water, you are not immune to the affects of gravity , you will sink !!. If it's dark and you have no lights you must be another form of fool, only bats and perhaps owls can fly at night. So if the conditions are not safe don't ride your bike!!!!.
Cycling through the rain and floods - not so bad flooding wise where I am here in east Scotland, but still above average rainfall for this time of year. I cycle 33 miles from home to Aberdeen once a week and in the past month it has rained every time so much so that the National Cycle Network path being an old railway route is like a bog for the last 12miles into Aberdeen.
The alternative is cycling on the main road with eyes in the back of my head prior to taking the puddle avoidance manouvere and this road can get quite busy it's not much fun-sort of like an obstacle course. Still by the end of it, despite being wet and out of my comfort zone (cold toes, hands etc) it's still worth it...it's invigorating and makes you feel alive. The other plus point is that it toughens you up so that when the Spring weather does eventually arrive cycling is easier and more pleasant.
I say bring on the wet challenges, they can't last forever; can they!