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Thanks to the folks at Esaie Design Studios, TibiaeTech can now create a unique solution a Fashion Tech Coworking Space that will house Learning, skillsharing, Incubation and yes acceleration! It's also at the heart of a seriously under-served community… so we're hoping to start a trend and encourage others to come set up nearby!
We'll be announcing the full list of workshops and classes, calls for artist in residencies and Fashion Tech startups & coworkers Special features… we're pulling top notch fashion , tech & marketing together for a unique experience! Esaie Couture Design School
- Learn to sew – Hobby- Crafting- or starting a fashion line
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Saturday night Indie designer sales/Shopping events… pre-shop events on web sign up for details at http://tuberiam.tibiaetech.com Ok we'll need more space… LOL.. the fact is we're ready to ROLL ! This is definitely not my moms dress shop… or my dad's (a programmer's) office! Interested in being part of this space or workshops either in fashion, creative product development or tech [recaptcha_form]


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Looking for something to do? Tired of the high cost of sporting events? Tired of the well-paid (some might say over-paid) players who forgot about where they started? Tired of the owners cashing in on the audience and players? You have plenty of other options...
There are many options out there for the public to go and cheer on a player or a team of their choice. These other events would welcome an audience and in some cases they don't even charge for seats... and if they do it is usually less than the cost of a movie. Imagine that! Compared to the high dollar NFL or NBA or NHL or MLB games which will run one person > $30 just for a seat (some > $100) -- and forget about the extravagant food costs.
Have you considered your Alma Mater (high school, college)? Have you considered the 2nd or 3rd tier sports teams? Have you considered the women's leagues? Have you considered sports other than baseball, golf, or football... say track & field, volleyball, or...?
Here's a thought - consider the young sportsman playing hockey at the Midget (multi-level), Bantam, Mite, or Pee Wee levels. This level of sports is where those pro sports players get started. There's a lot of learning going on - not just the skills of playing a given sport, but the maturity of the player.
This is where the concept of sportsmanship is instilled into the player. There's a fair amount of action, there's a fair amount of mistakes, and yes you will even find a bit of bad behavior - but hey, the kids are human, get over it - because they do, they move on, and they learn!
What will you see at these young person events? Here's some pictures of a tournament Shari and I attended this last fall. There were teams from Michigan and Markham (near Toronto)... of 15/16 year old young sportsman, invited to Western Michigan University to play two days of hockey. It wasn't a major tournament, no real prizes, no celebrities, just a chance to work and practice the craft.
Near & Far
Something you will notice is the quality of these young kids. The Markham team happened to be outside the stadium when we arrived. Both of us were outfitted in the blazing Orange of our Little Caesars team - and one of the Markham players broke out of the pack and opened the door for us. That's right! You may get off the floor and continue reading... See if that will happen for you at a Pro event, or at the movie theatre, or even at your church...
We went to watch our nephew, Pearce, play hockey with the Little Caesars team. This team is sponsored by the company who owns the Detroit Red Wings - the Illitch family. You might have heard of them.
In the Detroit area, there are several top young teams - sponsored by companies, besides the Little Caesars team, there is Honeybaked (you might have had one of their hams), Compuware (owners of the Carolina Hurricanes and sponsor of Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute) - the Karmanos family, and many other supporters for which these lower level opportunities would not exist without their generosity.
Please know that these young sportsman are not on a free ride as they play in these games. Besides the effort at training and participating - each have participation fees they find some way to pay. Thankfully for many of these players, there are folks who step up and help kids who cannot afford the several thousand dollars in equipment, travel, and food costs that it takes to play. These folks could be your local hardware store owner, doctors, and grocers, etc. Commendations offered to these folks... who many times remain anonymous.
Lots Of Action
It's not as fast as the pro sports, but it can be every bit as exciting! Breakaways, surprising feats of athleticism, amazing blocks, smart plays, and even plays you wished you could take back... it's all there!
Listening and Learning
The players are learning. They need guidance, correction, and motivation. This occurs via the on-ice officials, the coaches, and yes - even the fans hollering from the stands.
Part of the Hockey Way!
No matter what happens during the game, reflection comes after... in the form of the handshake skate. Players and Coaches skate the line. Each team interacting with the other. Sure there could be hard feelings as a result of play during the game - but it's a game, suck it up and move on.
Earn It!
Many teams probably display words such as the ones above. These are displayed in the entry way to the WMU Hockey team locker. They really are good words for any of us to understand/use 'in our own lives'. In short... EARN IT.
Words To Abide By
Short motivation phrases - pointed out by my brother, Andy (in his best Vanna White impression). If only regular folks would read and understand what we expect from our young sportsman. There's so many 'if onlys' in our world - In short: just "LIVE IT".
Support Someone!
Young sportsman need support, not just monetarily, but someone to talk to, fans with butts in the seats. Give them a little of what they 'might' hear if they are skilled and lucky enough to move up in the league. This includes all those high school teams (not just the sports teams, but those others that compete or display talents).
Pondering Options
Some of those young sportsman have dreams of moving up, possibly even to the pro level. Will it happen? Who knows... but without dreams, what motivates?
So, get out there, go back and visit, support those young sportsman who are out there learning skills, competing, and having fun. You will find that your attendance will certainly be less expensive and you might find that your time is better spent at those events, then the pro events.
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Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, though most famous for his invention of the corn flake, also ran a very successful holistic sanitarium where the ill and infirmed would subject themselves to his unique medical practices. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 15 of the strangest restorative devices to ever come out of Battle Creek, MI.
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India's large number of software developers has top smartphone companies like Google and Apple trying to coax them to work on their operating systems.
Google on Monday said it will be training, over the next three years, some 2 million developers in the country on its Android operating system.
In a similar move, Apple announced in May it will set up a facility in Bangalore by early next year to help developers on best practices and to improve the design, quality, and performance of their apps on the iOS platform. That announcement came during CEO Tim Cook's first visit to India.
India will have an estimated 4 million software developers by 2018, by then the largest population of developers in the world. Currently, less than 25 percent of these developers are trained to develop and build for the mobile platform.
In contrast, almost all the future Internet users in India and many of the world's emerging countries will be mobile only, Peter Lubbers, senior program manager at Google Developer Training, wrote in a blog post.
The key elements of the Google program are "end-to-end" Android training, setting up training channels, and an associate Android developer certification.
The Android Developer Fundamentals course, which teaches final-year computer science students with Java programming experience how to develop Android apps, will be made available across public and private universities. The course will also be available at training institutes of the National Skill Development Corporation of India, a public-private partnership for skills development.
The course will be available as open source to everyone for free, Google said. After completing the course and building the apps in the course, students should be ready to take the exam for the Associate Android Developer Certification, it added.


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As a fitness icon and motivational mastermind, Shaun T has helped millions of people transform their bodies and their lives through his Hip Hop Abs, INSANITY, and CIZE workouts. But people who think of Shaun T as just a workout force are missing something. He has always focused on building inner strength first, then moving to the exterior. And that inner focus started in his own life. He became the man and motivator he is today after escaping from the abuse he suffered as a child, and fighting his way back from a 50-pound weight gain in his early 20s. He knows firsthand that you can't drop weight or enjoy better health until you overcome the mental obstacles that cause bad choices in the first place. In T is for Transformation, Shaun T unveils the 7 transformational principles that guided his progress through life and that are at the core of his incredibly successful workouts. T is for Transformation is a motivational master class as Shaun shows you how to become more flexible and resourceful, give everything you've got, and, most importantly, trust and believe in your path to success. The only real obstacles in life are the mental ones, and T is for Transformation can train you to achieve astonishing results in your own life, just as Shaun T has in his.
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Apple's latest and greatest iPhone is the best-selling phone on AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint in the month of October. To add an exclamation mark to that last statement the iPhone 4S was released on October 14, so it out sold everyone else in half the given time.
After selling 4 million phones in the first weekend it was expected that the iPhone 4S would produce some very impressive numbers. Something that might not have been expected is the fact the over a year old iPhone 4 is in the top three selling phones for each carrier. Sadly we aren't able to see which phone(s) bested the iPhone 4 and on which networks.
With the Droid RAZR coming out on November 11 it will be very interesting to see if it will be able to unseat the iPhone on Verizon's network. There does not seem to be any real contenders coming out in November for Sprint so it seems as though the iPhone is safe on that network. AT&T will be releasing the HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket on November 6, but with so few LTE areas it is very unlikely that they will have overwhelming sales.
It seems as though Apple is in a fantastic place sales wise leading into the holiday season. While we fully expect the iPhone 4S to remain the top selling phone for the foreseeable future, we are curious how long the iPhone 4 can compete.
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Outdoor rooms should be a comfortable, serene, and functional living area, and be an extension of your indoor space. The many types of landscape stone can help create a pleasant, functional outdoor living area. It can be used in the paving, walls, and other architectural pieces, and complement the color and the stone on your home.
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- Stone used: Concrete blocks, Lannon stone, fieldstone and timbers
- Allows to level a yard with a large slope, giving more space for a living area.
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- Stone used: Concrete block, Lannon stone, mortared stone or brick with cap stones
- Gives living area a sense of space
- Provides a sense of privacy
- Provides more sitting areas
- A nice piece of architectural interest
- Stone used: Concrete, Bluestone, Concrete pavers, brick, or Lannon Stone
- Use for sitting/conversational areas, reading, eating, lounging or grilling
- Stone insets break up the paving area into individual outdoor rooms, for example, an eating area and a lounge area. They can also give an illusion of an area rug.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Oil rose above $92 per barrel for the first time in more than two weeks on Monday.
Meanwhile, pump prices have risen to their highest level since early June.
Oil has gained nearly 20 percent since hitting a low of $77.69 in late June. That's meant higher pump prices for motorists during the summer driving season. The price of retail gas has increased about 29 cents since July 1, and is now within a dime of where it was a year ago.
Prices at the pump rose 5 cents over the weekend to a U.S. average of $3.619 per gallon, according to AAA, Wright Express and the Oil Price Information Service. Much of the increase was due to a spike in gasoline prices in the Midwest, where pipeline and refinery problems helped jack up pump prices last week by about 40 cents or more in some parts of Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin.
Benchmark U.S. crude rose 80 cents to finish at $92.20 per barrel in New York. Brent crude, which is used to price international varieties of crude, rose 61 cents to end at $109.55 per barrel in London.
Monday's increase for oil followed a big spike on Friday. That's when oil gained almost 5 percent after the U.S. government reported a surge in jobs growth last month, increasing optimism that the economy is on the right track. The pickup in hiring last month was far greater than analysts were expecting and marked the biggest increase since February. Still, the number of jobs added wasn't enough that investors are ruling out some sort of economic stimulus measures by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Other futures prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange:
— Wholesale gasoline fell .88 cents to $2.9222 a gallon.
— Heating oil rose 1.48 cents to $2.9409 a gallon.
— Natural gas fell rose 3.1 cents to $2.908 per 1,000 cubic feet.


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Two acts expected to rock Save On Foods Centre in Victoria this fall have said "catch you later."
First, country standby Dwight Yoakam cancelled his Oct. 29 show just one day ahead of time, citing "unforeseeable circumstances beyond his control."
Then Canadian power posters Marianas Trench followed suit, pulling the plug on their scheduled Thursday night gig and nine others shows on Oct. 28 because of illness.
"No one is more disappointed about this than I am," frontman Josh Ramsay said in a media release. "My throat infection and resulting scar tissue is serious enough that my doctor's diagnosis was for me to not sing a note until the New Year.
"However, I can't handle this forcing me to cancel a second tour in a row completely, so I've chosen to postpone the first half of the tour to give my voice a little extra time to recuperate. With enough vocal rest and medicine, I should be back in fighting shape in no time. Hope to see you all soon!"
The Victoria concert has been rescheduled to Feb. 12. Meanwhile, the Yoakam concert has been rescheduled for Jan. 12.
According to a statement released by the Save On Foods Centre tickets for each of the original dates will be valid for the original shows.
Those who purchased tickets over the phone or internet and may not be able attend the rescheduled dates can contact Select Your Tickets for refund at 250-220-7777. Those who purchased in person requesting a refund will have to visit the box office in person with their ticket(s).
Refunds for the Yoakam show will only be accepted until end of day business day, Nov. 30.


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VICTORIA – One of Canada's great entrepreneurial success stories in recent years is WestJet, the Calgary-based airline that is expanding across the country and taking on European routes.
Clive Beddoe, the founding CEO of Westjet, was famous for helping the cabin crew tidy up the plane before getting off a flight. And the company is also known for its profit-sharing program, with all employees referred to as "owners" who have a stake in the success of the operation.
I thought of this management approach when news emerged that the B.C. government was offering public service unions a new kind of contract, with a five-year term and wage increases tied to improved economic growth.
The surprising thing is that unions are accepting the idea, even though provincial growth must exceed the government's independent economic forecast council projections before it can take effect in a given year.
The generally non-militant Health Sciences Association was the first to recommend acceptance of a five-year agreement with only 5.5 per cent raises guaranteed. Then they were joined by negotiators for 51,000 health and social services employees, represented by the B.C. Government Employees' Union and other unions that have long been adversaries of the B.C. Liberals.
John Fryer, negotiator for the BCGEU going back to the epic battles with Social Credit governments and now a professor at University of Victoria, wasn't impressed when he heard the news.
"These deals reflect what happens when public sector unions back the losing party in a provincial election," he said. "Union bargaining power takes a trip down the pooper."
I think there's more than that going on. Perhaps today's union leadership is beginning to accept that its wage, benefit and pension arrangements look pretty good compared to the harsh reality of private businesses competing in a global economy.
I asked Premier Christy Clark if this new approach is inspired by private-sector profit sharing. She agreed that is the model.
"I think that's a great principle for all of us to work from," Clark said. "Until now, the growth of public sector wages has been completely insulated from changes in the private sector. And this is the first time we've ever been able to successfully link those two things. At this point it's still a small increment wage growth, but it's a big change, and I hope we can continue to build on it."
From an employee perspective, it is indeed modest. If real gross domestic product increases one per cent beyond the independent forecast used in the provincial budget, employees get an additional half of one per cent raise for that year.
Contrast this labour relations development with what's happening on the federal scene. A classic confrontation is brewing between the Harper government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada.
A key dispute is over sick days, which the government estimates are averaging 18 a year. PSAC currently has 15 "bankable" sick days a year, which the union president refers to as a "negotiated right."
It takes me back to my first union job, where I was warned never to take just one sick day. We negotiated for two at a time, so always take two, the union rep told me. Implicit in this is the mindset that employees should give as little and take as much as possible.
Looking through my files each December for the B.C. story of the year, I consider what is likely to matter five or 10 years from now.
This partnership approach to building the provincial economy is my pick for 2013.
Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.
Twitter: @tomfletcherbc


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(CNN) - In an interview with CNN on Tuesday, Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin did not shoot down the idea of accepting a proposal to run for president should the Republican presidential race lead to an open convention in August.
"Anything is possible. I don't close any doors that perhaps would be open out there, so, no, I wouldn't close that door," Palin said after casting her vote in Alaska's Republican caucuses. "My plan is to be at that convention."
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Speaking at a caucus site in her hometown of Wasilla to CNN's Paul Vercammen, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee declined to say whom she voted for on Tuesday.
Palin has long been calling for an extended nominating process, insisting a longer primary season will more thoroughly vet the eventual GOP nominee ahead of the general election.
"I believe the competition makes all our candidates better. Remember, there are five men running for president, and I think Barack Obama is the worst choice," she said.
She added that the ideal Republican nominee would be able to "bust through" what she called "Orwellian-Obama rhetoric and pandering."
Pressed on whether she would consider running for office in the future, Palin said she would "seriously consider" whatever she could do to help the country and "put things back on the right track."
"Anything I can do to help, I will be willing to help," Palin said.
The former governor also weighed in on the recent controversy over Rush Limbaugh's verbal attacks against a law student who advocated for contraception coverage.
Palin, echoing similar refrains this week from another top Republican woman, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, said the uproar over Limbaugh's comments were primarily driven by the left and argued conservative women face the same level of vitriol but without such an outcry.
"I think the definition of hypocrisy is for Rush Limbaugh to have been called out, forced to apologize and retract what it is he said in exercising his first amendment rights-and never is that, the same, applied to the leftist radicals who say such horrible things about the handicapped, about women, about the defenseless," Palin said.
Also see:
Santorum hits Romney as 'weakest candidate'
CNN Poll: Catholic support for Romney crucial in Ohio
Anchorage snow damages GOP caucus site
So Sarah is going to be the ringmaster for the circus that will be the Republican convention? What is it sweeps week? The whole republican primary has been a joke with each clown spending all their time telling us how incompetent the other is! Now to top it off they have chosen the person who almost single handed lost the last election for them to head up the 'finally'? They are doing irreparable damage to what was once a political party. Good Grief!
If Sara Palin "would do whatever she could to help the country".....she should stay is Alaska and shut up!
......ok, those that want palin to run in 2016 please raise your hands. Those with hands raised, please find free travel ONE WAY to Alaska and Wasilla.


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Shopping in Cuba
The slim, beautiful waitress walked over to me, and I gave her a friendly smile. My Spanish was poor, but I knew how to ask for what I wanted. "Partagas Lusitania," I said, pointing to the famous name on the menu. She shook her head. "No, we are out," she said, in very good, accented English. I moved my finger down one line. "OK, a Montecristo No. 2." The pyramid was only $8, a steal, and it was one of my favorite cigars. She shook her head again. "We are out," she said. Only a hint of concern flickered across my eyes. "Hoyo de Monterrey Double Corona?"
Now it was the waitress's turn to smile. "Maybe," she said, "you should take a look at the humidor." This was January 1996, and my first trip to Cuba was off to a bad, bad start. I expected more from El Relicario, the cigar bar and lounge at Cuba's finest hotel, the Meliá Cohiba. Only a few of the cigars on the menu were actually in stock in Relicario's humidor, among them a Partagas Serie D No. 4, which is what I ended up smoking that night. Worse news: the bar wasn't an exception. Most of the shops in Havana were out of my favorite smokes. The pickings were slim.
Hotels and cigar shops were low on most blockbuster names and sizes, except for Cohibas. Double coronas were impossible to find, the only Churchill in town was the Romeo y Julieta, and if you were in the market for shaped cigars, your choice was essentially limited to the Partagas Presidente.
Four years later, I'm back at the same cigar bar. I step cautiously into the dimly lit room and move right to the humidor. No menu is going to fool me this time.
I smile at the waitress and lift the top to the humidor. Different story. It's full of cigars -- big, small and in-between. I settle on what I couldn't get on my last visit, the Partagas Lusitania. I pay for it and head on my way.
Cuba has changed since my first visit. This time around, I drop in on four leading Havana cigar shops: the Casa del Habano at the Partagas factory, Cuba's busiest cigar store; Club Habana in the Miramar suburb of Havana, which boasts one of Cuba's finest selections of cigars; Quinta 16, aka the Fifth Avenue store; and the Casa del Habano at the Hostal Conde de Villanueva. I also shop at the smallish cigar store at the Meliá Cohiba, the hotel where I am staying.
All the shops are brimming with double coronas, Churchills, robustos and more. While most of the blockbuster names are easy to find, Cuba is full of bargains -- many boxes retail for less than $100. If you follow certain guidelines, you can even find truly outstanding, well-aged cigars.
If you're an American, the first time you enter a Havana cigar store is a bit overwhelming -- there you are, surrounded by the forbidden fruit. Even if you've shopped for Cuban cigars in other markets, you'll still be shocked by the prices. Cubans on sale in their home country sell for a fraction of their overseas prices. A box that might retail for more than $700 in Canada can be had for less than $300 in Havana.
For most of the cigar boom, Hoyo de Monterrey Double Coronas were like the Abominable Snowman -- often talked about but never seen. There were people who would saw off a right arm for a box of Hoyo Doubles. No need now. Each of the five shops on my visit has them on its shelves, $160 for a box. Other double coronas, including the Partagas Lusitania and Punch Double, are also $160. In contrast to my 1996 visit, double corona prices I see today are identical shop to shop.
(And yes, the $160 price is just that, no conversions needed. Cuban cigar stores price cigars in U.S. dollars and accept U.S. dollars for payment. No pesos need apply.)
The only exception to the double corona price, strangely, is the Vegas Robaina Don Alejandro, which sells for $185. Vegas Robaina is one of Cuba's newest brands, named after legendary tobacco farmer Alejandro Robaina. (See related article, page 201.) The cigars are everywhere I look, perhaps due in part to the premium price.
Churchills are also in good supply, and unlike the double coronas the prices vary widely from brand to brand. Cohiba Esplendidos are $383.75 per box of 25, nearly triple the price of some other Cuban Churchills. Bolivar Corona Gigantes, for instance, sell for $138.75 per box, Saint Luis Rey Churchills go for $136.25 and Punch Churchills, H. Upmann Monarcas and Romeo y Julieta Churchills retail for $147.50 (Romeos in tubes are a bit more at $185). H. Upmann Sir Winstons, which come in lacquered boxes, are more expensive than most Churchills, priced at $222.50 per box.
There was a time when Cohiba Lanceros were somewhat difficult to find, but they are abundant now, as are all Cohibas. The only size missing in some stores is the Siglo II.
Special cigars are in good supply, including two of the three sizes of the Reserve of the Millennium (Cohiba Pyramids, Montecristo Robustos and Cuaba Distinguidos, each brand packaged in ceramic jars of 25 cigars). All five shops I visit have the Cohiba Pyramids ($500) in stock, a few have the Montecristo Robusto, which sells for $265 per jar, and no one has the Cuaba Distinguido. Trinidad Fundadores, the commercially available version of the Trinidad brand, are abundant, available in boxes of 24 for $336 and cabinets of 50 for $675.
Not ready to spend hundreds of dollars on a box of cigars? Montecristo No. 3s and No. 4s sell for $95 and $72.50, respectively. For a bit less you can buy Diplomaticos, Montecristo's lesser-known counterpart. Diplomatico No. 3s are only $72.50 per box, and No. 4s are $55. Cuaba perfectos (not including the Millenniums) sell from $57.50 to $85 a box.
Most coronas are $87.50 per box, including Hoyo de Monterreys and Punches. Small cigars, which tend to get overlooked by novice shoppers, offer some of the better bargains in Cuba, and as they tend to sit unnoticed on store shelves, it's much easier to find some with a bit of age.
So what's scarce? Most Ramon Allones cigars, Partagas Serie D No. 4 robustos and every pyramid, except for the Vegas Robaina Unico ($132.50 for a box of 25). Shops are devoid of Montecristo No. 2s, H. Upmann No. 2s and Diplomatico No. 2s.
"All the pyramids are missing," says Enrique Mons Difurniau, sitting comfortably in the posh smoking lounge of Club Habana, the cigar store he runs in the Miramar suburb of Havana. "They sell out rapidly." Mons, who smokes five to six cigars a day, is one of the world's experts on Cuban cigars. Not only does he run one of Cuba's best cigar stores, but in the 1970s and 1980s he was head of quality control for Cuba's entire cigar industry.
"We always have the problem with the same sizes," says Mons, puffing on an unbanded lonsdale. That's not to say that certain people can't get their precious boxes of Monte 2s when they need them. "I keep some for my clients," he says, his personal defense against people who stock up on the blockbuster names and sizes in Havana, then resell them back home. "I keep them for people who smoke them."
Mons's store is luxurious and cozy. The back room has couches and tables, a bar along the far wall stocked with four types of Havana Club rum, and an espresso machine, increasingly common sights in Cuban cigar stores. Mons's main entrance opens to a spacious, glass-walled humidor stocked with cigars.
Several years ago, when Mons was interviewed by Cigar Insider, the monthly cigar newsletter from Cigar Aficionado magazine, he scoffed at the buying habits of Americans, who he said were only out to buy big brand names such as Cohiba and Montecristo. Today, he is a little more generous.
"They are more educated [now]," he says. "For me, it's better. There are more smokers, and there's a much higher level of understanding. They buy cigars here, and they keep them for a long time. They know cigars get better with age. There is a much richer culture now."
Good cigar retailers, such as Mons and Abel Diaz of Partagas, allow their patrons to crack open a box and examine the cigars inside before buying. Checking your cigars is especially important in Cuba, where wrapper color can vary considerably within brands. (You also need to check for beetle holes in your cigars, anywhere you buy.) One box of Bolivars might have wrappers the color of Connecticut shade, while another box's wrapper might look dark enough to be called maduros.
As I open my fourth box of Bolivar Petit Coronas at the Meliá Cohiba's cigar shop, the woman running the store stops me.
"You're kidding me," I say. She's not. My invasive buying techniques are not welcome in her store. I put the boxes back on the shelves and walk out, but not before buying a five-pack of Montecristo No. 4s.
Other things aren't ideal in Cuba. Most of the well-known brands -- Cohiba, Montecristo, bigger Hoyos and Punch cigars -- are year 2000 production, and many wrappers are on the pale side. Some even have a green tint. I look at the cut feet of a few cigars before lighting them -- nothing dark. That and the unusually mild taste suggest that they were made without ligero, the most flavor-packed tobacco used to make cigars.
The two Partagas Lusitanias I bought ($17 each) at El Relicario don't have the punch this legendary cigar is known to pack. They are disappointing smokes. Other cigars, such as a pitch-black Vegas Robaina Don Alejandro ($7) bought out of a cabinet at the Fifth Avenue store, are simply good. And a few, such as the three-year-old La Gloria Cubana Medalle D'Or No. 2s I find on a back shelf at Fifth Avenue ($142), are sublime.
Three-year-old cigars? You can find them in Cuba, but you have to invest some time to search. Dig around. Check the box codes. Don't limit yourself to names such as Cohiba, Montecristo or Romeo y Julieta, because odds are someone has been there before you. Think small and think obscure.
In 1996, I followed a pair of more knowledgeable friends through a well-stocked humidor and watched them flip box after box upside down. I took note of which piles they lingered over. Ever hear of Gispert Petit Coronas? Neither had I, until I saw a box sitting there in Havana. It was seven years old and had the ridiculous price of $15. That's 60 cents for a cigar made entirely of Cuban tobacco. They were delicious, and tasted even better because I knew they were such a bargain. You've probably heard of Sancho Panzas. On the same 1996 trip I found a box of Sancho Panza Petit Coronas -- not the ideal size, but they came with a bonus -- five years of box age. They were $55.
Petit coronas and other small cigars tend to sit on shelves and catch some dust, while robustos, double coronas and Churchills are snapped up right away. On my most recent trip, I glance at the big smokes and pass them by -- the cigars are too young, the wrappers too pale. I dig through piles of petit coronas. Near the bottom, I find Partagas petits with three years of box age for only $65 and a box of three-year-old Rafael Gonzalez petits for $57. My colleague finds a cabinet of 50 Bolivar Petit Coronas for $130, a real steal.
Aged cigars are beautiful, rare things. As I tour the Partagas cigar factory, the quality control supervisor, Deborah Garcia Zulueta, brings out a box of Don Joaquims toward the end of the tour. The cigars inside are 48 years old, relics of a Cuba long gone by. Three workers color-sorting fresh cigars gather round the box and take a moment to stare at the cigars inside, which are older than they are. It's a simple moment that brings a smile to my face, a scene that makes the cigars I bought on this trip seem just a bit more precious than before.


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On recent local runs I've seen:
- An enormous tortoise. About a foot long. Or maybe more than one, since between Jonathan and myself we've spotted three in radically different locations. They can't swim, and it's hard to believe they could move that fast on land. Now we're thinking that someone's introduced a set of them into the environment recently.
- Our own local African elite. We've both spotted a rail thin, fast guy who looks to be possibly Kenyan or Ethiopian cruising along the path. I wonder who he is. He is much faster than the tortoise. Or me, for that matter.
- A man inexplicably wearing heavy ski mittens. We're talking thick space shuttle jobbies. He was wearing them this morning when it was 90 degrees outside. Shorts, tee shirt — and 10 lb. plastic mittens. Mental illness, medical condition or just garden variety eccentricity? You decide.
- A small bag of pot on the ground. Really! Just south of the White Plains train station. Needless to say, I now keep my eyes peeled while in that area now.
The last few days have been crazy hot. But not too humid, which has helped. The heat wave is supposed to break overnight. I sure hope so, because tomorrow morning I have to go run up and down a half mile hill five times.
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MONTREAL—As body parts in the heinous, videotaped murder that police attribute to a Toronto-born porn actor lie sealed in plastic at Montreal's morgue, police have confirmed the victim is the same person the Consulate General of China has identified as missing.
The investigation took on international dimensions Thursday as police sought the help of Interpol to find Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, who is believed to have fled to France. Police say they plan to charge Magnotta with second-degree murder and interfering with the dignity of a dead body.
Magnotta is the sole suspect in a bizarre and grotesque killing in which the victim was cut into pieces and body parts were sent through the mail. A foot ended up at the headquarters of the ruling Conservative Party of Canada in Ottawa. A hand was also mailed, destined for the Liberals.
Meanwhile, China's Consulate General in Montreal asked for the community's help to find 33-year-old Lin Jun, who hails from the east-central Chinese city of Wuhan. Family and friends, the consulate stated, lost contact with him on May 24.
More: Online reaction to video reveals a disturbing appetite for gore
Lin arrived in Montreal in July 2011. A spokesperson for the consulate said she didn't know why he came to Montreal or what he was doing here. A May 30 posting on its website is entitled: "Find Lin Jun."
A police source confirmed to La Presse on Thursday evening that Lin is the victim in the case and that he was a student at Concordia University in Montreal.
Police have said the video is authentic. "We have all the reasons to believe it is the killing," Montreal police Commander Ian Lafrenière said. Police also believe the victim in the video, an Asian male, is the same one whose body parts were sent to Ottawa.
The video was posted May 25 to a Canada-based website that deals with death and gore.
It shows the perpetrator repeatedly stabbing then dismembering the victim. It also appears to depict cannibalism and sexual defiling of the body.
In the background is the song "True Faith" by New Order, notable for its presence in the film American Psycho.
More: Toronto police admit they "could have done more" when lawyer flagged disturbing video
Police sources also said the victim was in a romantic relationship with the suspect. The two lived fairly close to each other in Montreal's west end.
Magnotta was born in Scarborough as Eric Clinton Newman. It appears he has lived in several places and police say he has adopted several different identities.
In 2005, he pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud under $5,000 and impersonation. He received a nine-month conditional sentence and 12 months probation.
There is no shortage of material about Magnotta both online and off, much of it impossible to authenticate. The bulk of it suggests self-promotion.
There are also mentions that raise questions about mental illness and possible links to notorious sex killer Karla Homolka.
A few years ago Magnotta tried out for a Canadian gay reality TV show called Cover Guy. "A lot of people tell me I'm really, devastatingly good looking," he tells the judges. "I'm very determined and every goal I put my mind to I surpass."
But the judges think he's too skinny for the contest and decline to put him through to the next round.
In posing for Toronto gay magazine Fab when he was 22, he tells the magazine he wanted to be a police officer.
There are photos of him with what appears to be a girlfriend. There are also online indications that he fathered a child. One video posits that Magnotta's child died.
Magnotta moved to Montreal about four months ago, according to the manager of a rundown apartment building where the suspect rented apartment 208. He said he moved to the city to be closer to his child.
On Thursday, Nina Arsenault, a former girlfriend, told the Toronto Star that Magnotta had a temper and "if it went on it was terrifying."
Arsenault, a transsexual who dated Magnotta 10 years ago, said he spoke very briefly of his family, but when he did there was "always red hot anger."
"He hated his dad. He hated his family and said they didn't understand him and he had to get away from him."
Arsenault said she saw him pick fights with people on the street during their three-week relationship.
The two met at Remington's, a Yonge St. strip club. Arsenault said Magnotta worked there as a stripper, adding he was also an escort and did live sex shows via web cam.
She said Magnotta exhibited a number of eccentricities, including banging his head in the shower and hitting himself quite regularly.
Magnotta is well known among animal activists, who have put together an online portfolio accusing him of being a torturer of cats and kittens.
A 2007 article under his name talks about mental illness.
"I am Manic Depressive or Bi Polar," it reads. "One day im normal, the next i cant get out of my bed and then next week I want to conquer the world lol."
A blog posting from January 2012 connected to his name extensively discusses the current whereabouts of Homolka. In a 2007 newspaper interview, he denied any links to her.
One neighbour, a former actor, called Magnotta the "coldest person you've ever met" and recounted how Magnotta asked him how to move from porn into regular acting.
An online interview from 2010, purportedly with Magnotta, indicates he started doing porn in Los Angeles at age 20.
He praised the business but warned, "You have to realize that after age 30 your career is basically over.
"Time is your biggest enemy."
With files from Betsy Powell and Patty Winsa
Also on the Star:
Video: Luka Magnotta auditions for reality television show
Stephen Harper's political guru made grisly foot discovery at Tory HQ in Ottawa


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The 85 rules of cycling from http://www.velominati.com/blog/the-rules/
The Rules:
It is forbidden for someone familiar with The Rules to knowingly assist another person to breach them.1
No matter how good you think your reason is to knowingly breach The Rules, it is never good enough.
It is, absolutely, without question, unequivocally, about the bike. Anyone who says otherwise is obviously atwatwaffle.
Your mind is your worst enemy. Do all your thinking before your start riding your bike. Once the pedals start to turn, wrap yourself in the sensations of the ride – the smell of the air, the sound of the tires, the feeling of flight as the bicycle rolls over the road.
Under no circumstances should one be rolling up their sleeves or shorts in an effort to somehow diminish one'stan lines. Sleeveless jerseys are under no circumstances to be employed.
Valid options are:
- Match the saddle to the bars and the tires to black; or
- Match the bars to the color of the frame at the top of the head tube and the saddle to the color of the frame at the top of the seat tube and the tires to the color where they come closest to the frame; or
- Match the saddle and the bars to the frame decals; or
- Black, black, black
Fair-weather riding is a luxury reserved for Sunday afternoons and wide boulevards. Those who ride in foul weather – be it cold, wet, or inordinately hot – are members of a special club of riders who, on the morning of a big ride, pull back the curtain to check the weather and, upon seeing rain falling from the skies, allow a wry smile to spread across their face. This is a rider who loves the work.
Climbing is hard. It stays hard. To put it another way, per Greg Henderson: "Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don't stop when you're tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired." Sur la Plaque, fucktards.4
Sean Kelly, being interviewed after the '84 Amstel Gold Race, spots his wife leaning against his Citroën AX. He interrupts the interview to tell her to get off the paintwork, to which she shrugs, "In your life the car comes first, then the bike, then me." Instinctively, he snaps back, "You got the order wrong. The bike comes first."21
While the minimum number of bikes one should own is three, the correct number is
n+1, where
nis the number of bikes currently owned. This equation may also be re-written as
s-1, where
sis the number of bikes owned that would result in separation from your partner.
- Rule #13/ If you draw race number 13, turn it upside down.
Paradoxically, the same mind that holds such control over the body is also woefully fragile and prone to superstitious thought. It fills easily with doubt and is distracted by ancillary details. This is why the tape must always be perfect, the machine silent, the kit spotless. And, if you draw the unlucky Number 13, turn it upside down to counter-act it's negative energy.
Team-issue shorts should be black, with the possible exception of side-panels, which may match the rest of the team kit.
Black shorts, or at least standard team-kit shorts, must be worn with Championship jerseys and race leadership jerseys. Don't over-match your kit, or accept that you will look like a douche.
Championship and race leader jerseys must only be worn if you've won the championship or led the race.
Wearing Pro team kit is also questionable if you're not paid to wear it. If you must fly the colors of Pro teams, all garments should match perfectly, i.e no Mapei jersey with Kelme shorts and Telekom socks.
Cyclocross is a middle-ground. Best to wear cross-specific kit: skin suits only. No exceptions.
Cyclocross is a middle-ground. Best to wear cross-specific kit: skin suits only. No exceptions.
These are:
- If your quads start to burn, shift forward to use your hamstrings and calves, or
- If your calves or hamstrings start to burn, shift back to use your quads, or
- If you feel wimpy and weak, meditate on Rule #5 and train more!
Knickers, vests, arm warmers, shoe covers, and caps beneath your helmet can all make you look like a hardman, when the weather warrants their use.
Cycling caps can be worn under helmets, but never when not riding, no matter how hip you think you look. This will render one a douche, and should result in public berating or beating. The only time it is acceptable to wear a cycling cap is while directly engaged in cycling activities and while clad in cycling kit. This includes activities taking place prior to and immediately after the ride such as machine tuning and tire pumping. Also included are cafe appearances for pre-ride espressi and post-ride pub appearances for body-refueling ales (provided said pub has sunny, outdoor patio – do not stray inside a pub wearing kit or risk being ceremoniously beaten by leather-clad biker chicks). Under these conditions, having your cap skull-side tipped jauntily at a rakish angle is, one might say, de rigueur. All good things must be taken in measure, however, and as such it is critical that we let sanity and good taste prevail: as long as the first sip of the relevant caffeine or hop-based beverage is taken whilst beads of sweat, snow, or rain are still evident on one's brow then it is legitimate for the cap to be worn. However, once all that remains in the cranial furrows is salt, it is then time to shower, throw on some suitable après-ride attire (a woollen Molteni Arcore training top circa '73 comes to mind) and return to the bar, folded copy of pastel-coloured news publication in hand, ready for formal fluid replacement. It is also helpful if you are a Giant of the Road, as demonstrated here, rather than a giant douchebag. 5
If it's not cold or wet and you are still wearing shoe covers because you're a pussy, your name is probablyGeorge Hincapie.
This includes while discussing cycling in the workplace with your non-cycling coworkers, serving to further mystify our sport in the web of their Neanderthalic cognitive capabilities. As the confused expression spreads across their unibrowed faces, casually mention your shaved legs. All of cycling's monuments are measured in the metric system and as such the English system is forbidden.
Or at least be relatively more expensive. Basically, if you're putting your Huffy on your Rolls, you're in trouble, mister. Remember what Sean said.
When photographing your bike, gussy her up properly for the camera. Valve stems at 6 o'clock. Cranks around the 30 degree mark. Not 90 or 180. No bidons in the cages.
- Rule #27/ Shorts and socks should be like Golidlocks.
Not too long and not too short. (Disclaimer: despite Sean Yates' horrible choice in shorts length, he is a quintessential hard man of cycling and is deeply admired by the Velominati. Whereas Armstrong's short and sock lengths are just plain wrong.) No socks is a no-no, as are those ankle-length ones that should only be worn by female tennis players.
White is old school cool. Black is cool too, but were given a bad image by a Texan whose were too long. If you fell you must go colored, make sure they damn well match your kit. Tip: DeFeet Wool-E-Ators rule.
Saddle bags have no place on a road bike, and are only acceptable on mountain bikes in extreme cases.
Either Co2 cannisters or mini-pumps should be carried in jersey pockets (See Rule #31). The only exception to this rule is to mount a Silca brand frame pump in the rear triangle of the frame, with the rear wheel skewer as the pump mount nob, as demonstrated by members of the 7-Eleven and Ariostea pro cycling teams. As such, a frame pump mounted upside-down and along the left (skewer lever side) seat stay is both old skool and euro and thus acceptable. We restate at this time that said pump may under no circumstances be a Zefal and must be made by Silca. Said Silca pump must be fitted with a Campagnolo head. It is acceptable to gaffer-tape a mini-pump to your frame when no C02 cannisters are available and your pockets are full of spare kit and energy gels. However, the rider should expect to be stopped and questioned and may be required to empty pockets to prove there is no room in them for the pump.
If absolutely necessary, in a converted bidon in a cage on bike. Or, use one of these.
Hydration packs are never to be seen on a road rider's body. No argument will be entered into on this. For MTB, they are cool.
Legs are to be carefully shaved at all times. If, for some reason, your legs are to be left hairy, make sure you can dish out plenty of hurt to shaved riders, or be considered a hippie douche on your way to a Critical Mass. Whether you use a straight razor or a Bowie knife, use Baxter to keep them smooth.
On a mountain bike.
Road helmets can be worn on mountain bikes, but never the other way around. If you want shade, see Rule #22.
No Aviator shades, blueblockers, or clip-on covers for eye glasses.
- Rule #37/ The arms of the eyewear shall always be placed over the helmet straps.
No exceptions. This is for various reasons that may or may not matter; it's just the way it is.
You should not make a habit of riding without eyewear, although approved extenuating circumstances include fog, overheating, and lighting condition. When not worn over the eyes, they should be neatly tucked into thevents of your helmet. If they don't fit, buy a new helmet. In the meantime you can wear them backwards on the back of your head or carefully tuck them into your jersey pocket, making sure not to scratch them on your tools (see item 31).
Pro mechanics do it because it makes it easier to find the valve. You do this because that's the way pro mechanics do it. This will save you precious seconds while your fat ass sits on the roadside fumbling with your CO2 after a flat. It also looks better for photo opportunities.
Quick release angle on the front skewer shall be an upward angle which tightens just aft of the fork and the rear quick release shall tighten at an angle that bisects angle between the seat and chain stays. It is acceptable, however, to have the rear quick release tighten upward, just aft of the seat stay, when the construction of the frame or its dropouts will not allow the preferred positioning. For Time Trial bikes only, quick releases may be in the horizontal position facing towards the rear of the bike. This is for maximum aero effect.9
If it's preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run, it is not called a bike race, it is called duathlon or a triathlon. Neither of which is a bike race.
But if you absolutely must be a jackass, be a funny jackass. Always remember, we're all brothers and sisters on the road.
In order to find the V-Locus, a rider's handlebars on their road bike must always be lower than their saddle. The only exception to this is if you're revolutionizing the sport, in which case you must also be prepared to break the World Hour Record. The minimum allowable tolerance is 4cm; there is no maximum, but people may berate you if they feel you have them too low.
A maximum stack height of 2cm is allowed below the stem and a single 5mm spacer must always – always – be stacked above. A "slammed down" stack height is preferable; meaning that the stem is positioned directly on the top race of the headset.
Handlebars will be mounted parallel to the ground or angled slightly upward. While they may never be pointed down at all, they may be angled up slightly; allowed handlebar tilt is to be between 180 and 175 degrees with respect to the level road. The brake levers will preferably be mounted such that the end of the brake lever is even with the bottom of the bar. Modern bars, however, dictate that this may not always be possible, so tolerances are permitted within reason. Brake hoods should not approach anything near 45 degrees, as some riders with poor taste have been insisting on doing.
The seating area of a saddle is to be visually level, with the base measurement made using a spirit level. Based on subtleties of saddle design and requirements of comfort, the saddle may then be pitched slightly forward or backward to reach a position that offers stability, power, and comfort. If the tilt of the saddle exceeds two degrees, you need to go get one of those saddles with springs and a thick gel pad because you are obviously a big pussy.
No full beards, no moustaches. Goatees are permitted only if your name starts with "Marco" and ends with "Pantani", or if your head is intentionally or unintentionally bald. One may never shave on the morning of an important race, as it saps your virility, and you need that to kick ass.
You may as well get "tryhard wanker" tattooed on your forehead.
If you find you need it, try pointing your bike up the hill for a change.
As a courtesy to those around you, your kit should always be freshly laundered, and, under no circumstances should the crackal region of your shorts be worn out or see-through.
Aerobars or other clip-on attachments are under no circumstances to be employed on your road bike. The only exception to this is if you are competing in a mountain timetrail.
If you are riding down a mountain, you must first have ridden up the mountain. It is forbidden to employ powered transportation simply for the cheap thrill of descending. The only exception to this is if you are doing intervals on Alpe d'Huez or the Plan de Corones and you park your car up top before doing 20 repeats of the climb.
When wearing cycling kit and enjoying a pre or post ride coffee, it is only appropriate to drink espresso or macchiato. If the word soy/skim latte is heard to be used by a member wearing cycling apparel, then that person must be ceremonially beaten with Co2 canisters or mini pumps by others within the community.6
Never buy bikes, parts or accessories online. Going into your local shop, asking myriad inane questions, tying up the staff's time, then going online to buy is akin to sleeping with your best friend's wife, then having a beer with him after. Online is evil and will be the death of the bike shop. If you do purchase parts online, be prepared to mount and maintain them yourself. If you enter a shop with parts you have bought online and expect them to fit them, be prepared to be told to see your online seller for fitting and warranty help.
Ride predictably, and don't make sudden movements. And, under no circumstances, are you to deviate from your line.
You are not, under any circumstances, to employ the use of the washer-nut and valve-stem cap that come with your inner-tubes or tubulars. They are only supplied to meet shipping regulations. They are useless when it comes to tubes and tires.
Under no circumstances may your saddle have more than 3mm of padding. Special allowances will be made for stage racing when physical pain caused by subcutaneous cysts and the like ("saddle sores") are present. Under those conditions, up to 5mm of padding will be allowed – it should be noted that this exception is only temporary until the condition has passed or been excised. A hardman would not change their saddle at all but instead cut a hole in it to relieve pressure on the delicate area. It is noted that if Rule #48 and/or Rule #5 is observed then any "padding" is superfluous.7
Signal a left turn by pointing your left arm to the left. To signal a right turn, simply point with your right arm to the right. This one is, presumably, mostly for Americans: that right-turn signal that Americans are taught to make with your left arm elbow-out and your forearm pointing upwards was developed for motor-vehicles prior to the invention of the electric turn signal since it was rather difficult to reach from the driver-side all the way out the passenger-side window to signal a right turn. On a bicycle, however, we don't have this limitation and it is actually quite easy to point your right arm in the direction you are turning. The American right-turn signal just makes you look like you're waving "hello" to traffic.
This pattern continues until it falls sharply and suddenly.
Bicycles must adhere to the Principle of Silence and as such must be meticulously maintained. It must be cherished, and when leaning it against a wall, must be leaned carefully such that only the bars, saddle, or tires come in contact with the wall or post. This is true even when dismounting prior to collapsing after the World Championship Time Trial. No squeaks, creaks, or chain noise allowed. Only the soothing hum of your tires upon the tarmac and the rhythm of your breathing may be audible when riding. When riding the Pave, the sound of chain slap is acceptable. The Principle of Silence can be extended to say that if you are suffering such that your breathing begins to adversely effect the enjoyment of the other riders in the bunch, you are to summarily sit up and allow yourself to be dropped.10
Mirrors are allowed on your (aptly named) Surly Big Dummy or your Surly Long Haul Trucker. Not on your road steed. Not on your Mountain bike. Not on your helmet. If someone familiar with The Rules has sold you such an abomination, return the mirror and demand a refund, plus interest and damages.
Nobody likes a wheel sucker. You might think you're playing a smart tactical game by letting everyone else do the work while you sit on, but races (even Yellow Sign Sprints) are won through cooperation and spending time on the rivet, flogging yourself and taking risks. Riding wheels and jumping past at the end is one thing and one thing only: poor sportsmanship.
Rides are to be measured by the quality of their distance and never by distance alone. For climbing rides, distances should be referred to by the amount of vertical covered; flat and rolling rides should be referred to by their distance and average speed. For example, declaring "We rode 4km" would assert that 4000m were covered during the ride, with the distance being irrelevant. Conversely, a flat ride of 150km at 23kmh is not something that should be discussed in an open forum and Rule #5 must be reviewed at once.7
Any walking conducted while wearing cycling shoes must be strictly limited. When taking a slash or filling bidons during a 200km ride (at 38kmh, see Rule #68) one is to carefully stow one's bicycle at the nearest point navigable by bike and walk the remaining distance. It is strictly prohibited that under any circumstances a cyclist should walk up a steep incline, with the obvious exception being when said incline is blocked by riders who crashed because you are on the Koppenberg. For clarification, see Rule #5.7
Know how to train properly and stick to your training plan. Ignore other cyclists with whom you are not intentionally riding. The time for being competitive is not during your training rides, but during competition.
Cables should create a perfect arc around the headtube and, whenever possible, cross under the downtube. Right shifter cable should go to the left cable stop and vice versa.
Forgo the data and ride on feel; little compares to the pleasure of riding as hard as your mind will allow. If you are not a Pro or aspire to be one, then you don't need a SRM or PowerTap. To paraphrase BSNYC, an amateur cyclist using a power meter is like hiring an accountant to tell you how poor you are. As for Garmins, how often do you get lost on a ride? They are bulky, ugly and superflous. Cycle computers should be simple, small and mounted on the stem. And preferably wireless.
Remove it from your frame before the next training ride because no matter how cool you think it looks, it does not look cool. Unless you are in a race. In which case it looks cool.
When not worn, helmets are to be clipped to the stem and draped over your handlebars thusly.
Cycling is not an excuse to litter. Do not throw your empty gel packets, energy bar wrappers or punctured tubes on the road or in the bush. Stuff em in your jersey pockets, and repair that tube when you get home.12
When racing in a criterium of 60 minutes or less the second (unused) water bottle cage must be removed in order to preserve the aesthetic of the racing machine.13
- Rule #80/ Always be Casually Deliberate.
Whilst riding in cold and/or Rule #9 conditions replete with arm warmers, under no circumstances is there to be any exposed skin between the hems of your kit and the hems of your arm. If this occurs, you either need to wear a kit that fits you properly or increase the size of your guns. Arm warmers may, however, be shoved to the wrists in Five and Dime scenarios, particularly those involving Rule #9 conditions. The No-Gap Principle also applies to knee and leg warmers with the variation that these are under no circumstances to be scrunched down around the ankles; Merckx have mercy on whomever is caught in such a sorry, sorry state. It is important to note that while one can wear arm warmers without wearing knee or leg warmers, one cannot wear knee or leg warmers without wearing arm warmers (or a long sleeve jersey). It is completely inappropriate to have uncovered arms, while covering the knees, with the exception of brief periods of time when the arm warmers may be shoved to the wrists while going uphill in a Five and Dime situation. If the weather changes and one must remove a layer, the knee/leg coverings must go before the arm coverings. If that means that said rider must take off his knee or leg warmers while racing, then this is a skill he must be accomplished in. The single exception would be before an event in which someone plans on wearing neither arm or leg warmers while racing, but would like to keep the legs warm before the event starts; though wearing a long sleeve jersey over the racing kit at this time is also advised. One must not forget to remove said leg warmers. 16
Unless you are followed by a team car, you will repair your own punctures. You will do so expediently, employing your own skills, using your own equipment, and without complaining that your expensive tyres are too tight for your puny thumbs to fit over your expensive rim. The fate of a rider who has failed to equip himself pursuant toRule #31, or who knows not how to use said equipment, shall be determined at the discretion of any accompanying or approaching rider in accordance with Rule #84.17
Consistently with The Code Of The Domestique, the announcement of a flat tyre in a training ride entitles – but does not oblige – all riders then present in the bunch to cease riding without fear of being labelled Pussies. All stopped riders are thereupon entitled – but not obliged – to lend assistance, instruction and/or stringent criticism of the tyre mender's technique. The duration of a Rule #84 stop is entirely discretionary, but is generally inversely proportional to the duration of the remaining time available for post-ride espresso.17
All descents shall be undertaken at speeds commonly regarded as "ludicrous" or "insane" by those less talented. In addition all corners will be traversed in an outside-inside-outside trajectory, with the outer leg extended and the inner leg canted appropriately (but not too far as to replicate a motorcycle racer, for you are not one), to assist in balance and creation of an appealing aesthetic. Brakes are generally not to be employed, but if absolutely necessary, only just prior to the corner. Also see Rule #64.18


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Atmosphere, Eyedea — The Stick Up
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Hoes and tramps
Buts and sluts
Bitches tricks
Tits and butts
[Verse 1]
Bitches be dreamin for this eight inch demon
And when you hear me screamin, I'm about to free the seamen
Wipe myself off on your couch cover
If she talks any trash I'll flash my box cutters
Cause I'm rougher than any pimp you've had in your life hoe
I talk soft, walk tall, carry a rifle
Kill that bullshit cause if baby gets trifled
I'm lacing the liquor with some piss and some Lysol
Roll in a shit-brown Lincoln, eatin' a sticky bun
Spot-check the block, big one is gonna gimme some
Cause I'm a freak, I like the girls with tattoos
I once got busy in a Burger King drive-thru
I take 'em two at a time, make 'em both say my name
Ain't never had three, but best believe that I'm game
And that's the key game, girl I fit words like scrabble
The inner-city cowboy with the thick herds of cattle
Cruisin' lake street, gene pool ridin' shotgun
Got the flyest tricky's from the Mississippi to Boston
I've got a house full of porn to keep the vibe warm
The doors always open honey, come out of the storm
Yo I got daddy's little girls, ones that always stay true
I've got an uptown girl she dyes her pubic hair blue
And I've got a bitch that lives in Kenwood, rich townhouse flavour
She travels on business I'm gettin' down with the neighbors
I got a freak that drives the bus, shows me love with free rides
One hundred hoes in St. Paul but only one from east side
Got a Bloomington bitch with a pool in her apartment
Rug burns all over from fucking her on the carpet
Got the mega-mall hoes, make them all work the food court
Yo hit me up with a chicken soft taco and a couple of Newports
Got a stripper bitch with body jewels and fake titties
And a hoe that lives in Fargo for when I escape the city
But my favorite one, out of all of 'em, is YOUR girl
I sway the tongue never once have I been forceful
She lays it on like its a job that she loves
Who's lips is these? the response is always slugs
[Verse 2]
The Richfield bitches freak the lip gloss and hairspray
Downtown women that like to fuck on the staircase
North side chicks, south side chicks, suburban chicks
Love to open married women up to the pervertedness
Disturbing your relationship, excuse my morals
I'm working with the way I trick 'em out, silly mortals
The words I kick, the sport I play
Now what to say when I'm sittin at this buffet with these tasty morsels
[Verse 3]
Crusin down the street in my babies mom's caprice
February got the windows cracked, wearin a fleece
Hit the bus depot, yo boo you kinda cute
Gimme nine and a half weeks and I'll have that freak flippin two
Distribute and come across the?
I know its hard being young girl, let me soothe the pain
I understand you baby, straight up I understand
Now lift up your ass so I can pull these fuckin' pants down
The only ones I don't do is those under eighteen
Or at least I keep that shit a secret if you know what I mean
I got sluts that love to give head, and I like to watch
The way they move their tongue up and down my…
Motherfucker! I can't believe your sittin down here
Recordin' some bullshit like this
(Hey man it's just a song, it's just a song, it's like a joke)
Oh, you wanna be a pimp eh? you better take your ass over
To that neglected girl you got there.
(Why you always trippin' on me in front…)
Motherfucker, you got a kid, how you rhyming about some bullshit like this?


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cool, can't wait till someone does a full tarp.
Here is a link from Ed Speers home page that talks about making Silnylon seam sealer. Mabe if the proportions were modified its along the same idea.
What I lack in knowledge I MORE than make up for with opinions.
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Have you thought about using a squeegee to apply the silicone? Maybe soaking the fabric, laying it out flat, and then using a squeegee to go over the fabric, sorta like screen printing a shirt. You may also be able to just lay the fabric out flat and pour the diluted silicone on the fabric, and then go over it with a squeegee.
Using a squeegee would remove extra silicone and it would probably do a good job of forcing the mixture into the fabric and it would give you a pretty even coating.
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What about an old wash basin and ringer, mix everything in the tub, soak the fabric then run it through this :
You would want a newer one than this one.
I've been thinking about doing this too... Glad to see someone made the first plunge...
From my point of view using something that dries faster is NOT an advantage. The idea I would think is to get as much penetration as possible rather than coating the surface.
My idea was to make a big enough pot to soak the fabric in all at once. Even leave it soak for some time. My experience with dying was that it takes a fair bit of time for full wetting. So I figured the same here...
Then I was thinking of hanging it out on the clothesline to wipe down and let dry.
Also considered doing a very thin mix and multiple applications.
WOW, great thread.
I for one am tired of the limited color choices offered by the makers of silnylon, seems thay have the Henry Ford mentality of: "Give them any color they want, as long as it's black".
I'm going to try this!
I too think that a few coats of "too thin" may be the way to go.
Would spraying it on with a paint gun work? I'm thinking the pressure would force the sylicon into the fibers. Spray one side (While hanging up?) then the other. Repete? This would also be a really good time to be wearing a respirator, and eye protection.
Again, this is a Great thread!!
When you have a backpack on, no matter where you are, youre home.
PAIN is INEVITABLE. MISERY is OPTIONAL.
You could probably make some interesting colour shifts by using coloured silicone too...


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For my Gaming in American Culture class today, we spent a good two hours or so playing board games.
As a means of practicing different ways of analyzing games. Not for fun.
Except… There was a lot of fun being had in my group.
Because we played The Barbie Game: Queen of the Prom.
In case you can't read it through the box glare, the tag line for the game is "A fun game with real life appeal for all girls."
Developed in the 1960s.
If that doesn't tell you everything you need to know, I don't know what will.
That being said, I'm still about to tell you everything you need to know because by God this game is phenomenal in how atrocious it is.
Yet, we need to talk about some decent aspects of the game first. Namely its aesthetic presentation.
There's some cacophony on first glance, but the board itself is quite well laid out and screams art deco.
The box itself also comes with this nifty stage for all of the different relevant cards and bank money:
Don't worry, I'll get into what these mean soon enough.
Our version of the game, provided by the professor, also happened to include some extra charm in the way of additional player pieces:
So the game is pretty and well laid out.
Unfortunately, that does not save it from being a perfect window into the sexist ways of the 1960s.
So what is the "real life appeal for all girls" that this game boasts?
Well, obviously the ultimate goal is to become prom queen.
In order to make the arduous journey to prom, there are three things that you (presumably as one of four different Barbie girls™) need to collect along the way.
- A prom dress — This one actually makes a decent amount of sense.
- A steady boyfriend — Not just a boyfriend. You can get a boyfriend, but he won't be REAL until he asks you out at a football game and you go steady. Also these are your choices:
- The presidency in a school club — Seriously, how do you expect to be prom queen if you aren't even the president of the drama club? You plebe.
With all three, you can achieve true supremacy.
Oh, and that's only half a joke. The game is designed to make it harder for players to catch up if one is ahead. For instance, most of the club spaces are specific, so players who land there after you cannot receive the same presidency.
Though they may not want to considering how inept the drama club is.
On top of that, two players cannot share a single boyfriend, so it might be harder to find the stragglers.
That said, boyfriends can't be THAT hard to come by. Especially if you're the most popular girl in school.
Or you get set up on a double date.
Or you know that some loser is an exploitable secret admirer.
Or even better, just pick one out of a hat!
It's amazing that I never scored a boyfriend during our playtime when there are so many of them getting thrown about.
… Though that said I might not have wanted one, when date time includes things like this:
So finally, there's the prom dress. I saved this one for last because it's arguably the most interesting as a game mechanic.
There are four dresses. The cheapest is $30 and the most expensive is $65.
In 2019 that sounds dope as hell. However, this is also Inflation: the game.
You start with $25 and make (typically) $5 at most. One of the few exceptions to that rule is a perfect example of why players who aren't quick enough to get the cheap dresses are basically screwed.
All things considered, these goals might not seem like that much compared to a game like Monopoly, where you need to own the entire planet, build out hotels and literally bankrupt all of your friends (as well as your friendships with them).
But what I haven't told you is that The Barbie Game has one four-sided dice.
So you're moving around the board at a snail's pace. While there are a number of spaces and "surprise" cards that allow you to go to whatever part of the board you want — arguably the only semblance of strategy in the entire experience, there are an infinitum more ways to wind up getting sent back home.
We found that this in itself was an interesting commentary on the nature of a teenage girl in the 60s only being able to go out to do one thing at a time before forcibly getting dragged back home for any number of reasons.
But you know. 2019 foresight again.
To extend the game's runtime even further, there are a few different spaces which do literally nothing.
There was some 2010s time traveler in the room when they made this game who threw in this sarcastic Internet-era joke, I swear.
We didn't get to finish a full game, so unfortunately I can't regale you with the triumphant story of some lucky prom queen. But I hope if nothing else, this gave you a very interesting look into the mindset of people more than 50 years ago.
Good thing we've moved past this kind of stuff.
Oh wait that's right, this was a reprint of the game.
We haven't learned shit.
Luckily my group played a much better game soon after to wipe away the tears.


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Cattlemen's College Measuring Feed Efficiency
Published on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 12:30pm
Volatile input prices and unpredictable markets have brought the issue of feed efficiency in the beef industry under more intense pressure than ever before. While accurately predicting feed efficiency remains difficult, cattlemen like Colorado rancher Lee Leachman and researchers like Pfizer's Ron Green believe they are inching much closer to answers about how producers can maximize the results of the feed they're putting into their animals. The two men will provide a presentation, "Measuring Feed Efficiency," for Cattlemen's College at the National Cattlemen's Beef Association at the 2009 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Tradeshow.
"We've been measuring individual feed consumption and conversion on our cattle and the results are quite surprising," Leachman says. "Conventional wisdom has always told us that high gaining cattle were the best feed converters, but our data is proving that this is not always the case."
By the Spring of '09, in test periods lasting between 80 and 120 days, Leachman will have measured actual feed intake on over 450 head of cattle and gathered data showing what the animals actually ate in comparison to what they were predicted to eat. The cattle's body weight, gain, and composition were used to predict how much feed they needed to support their growth. Leachman says he's finding that appetite and feed conversion vary greatly from animal to animal.
"At this point in the cattle industry, we believe that feed efficiency offers more economic gain than selection for any other trait," Leachman says. "We've been feeding a high roughage diet that's typical for breeding stock and is designed to result in about three pounds of gain per day. At this rate of gain, we see variation in consumption from 15 pounds of dry matter a day up to 30 pounds of dry matter per day. Researchers suggest that efficiency differences are mostly at the cellular level. Thus, it makes sense that we cannot see the differences phenotypically – we have to measure actual consumption."
Leachman says the EPD's cattlemen use to select some traits are helpful, but won't effectively identify cattle that efficiently convert feed.
"Cattlemen should use EPD's because there are economic advantages to that process," Leachman says. "But our traditional growth EPD's are not reliable indicators of feed efficiency. At this point, there are two strategies cattlemen can utilize to select for feed efficiency. One is to utilize genetic markers and the other is to buy bulls or semen from producers who are measuring actual feed intake."
Leachman's data is showing that the correlation between gain and consumption is about 60 percent. The additional 40 percent is made up of a variety of other factors. He believes "stacking," breeding bulls proven to possess high feed efficiency to heifers with the same trait, will lead to even more efficient cattle in the future.
"The progeny out of our best sires right now will convert with half a pound less feed per pound of gain," he says. "It seems very likely to us that within one generation we will increase the improvement to about one pound of feed less for every pound of gain. At today's prices on a yearling fed animal, that pound is worth about $50 per head. Over the next 20 years, I think we'll see an enormous change in feed efficiency in beef cattle."
Leachman explains that he expects that the industry will eventually reduce the average effective feed conversion rate from the current average of 6.5:1 down to 5:1 or eve 4.5:1.
"Over the next 20 years, with this type of genetic selection, we can potentially reduce amount of feed needed to grow a pound of gain by 20 percent," he says. "The DNA tools that companies like Pfizer are starting to provide will allow producers to put that efficiency to work for them."
Green, Global Director of Technical Services, Pfizer Animal Genetics, says his company is seeing rapid growth in development of technology used to identify genetic markers that predict feed efficiency. He expects that new products in 2009 will significantly enhance the applicability of DNA testing for genetic improvement of feed efficiency.
"We've been focusing our efforts on net feed intake (NFI), a trait that measures how much an animal actually consumes as compared to what it is predicted to require for a given level of gain " Green says. "We've searched for genetic markers, or regions of the bovine genome that describe the variation we see for that trait, as well as for daily feed intake and gain. What we are targeting is a DNA marker panel that predicts an economically meaningful percentage of the genetic variation in this trait, expressed as a molecular value prediction. While the initial tests that have been made available in the market have scratched the surface in this area, the new panels are expected to move the technology to this level in a form like an EPD.
Green points out that, while current DNA tests are evolving rapidly, they do offer an improved means of gathering feed efficiency data for genetic improvement and precision management.
"Collecting meaningful NFI phenotypic data for genetic evaluation requires substantial investments of capital and time ," he says. "Not many seed stock breeders are in a position to invest in technology that will measure individual feed intake for each one of their bulls and then evaluate those data to identify feed efficiency traits, not to mention extending that to the cow herd. The biggest opportunities for the cattle industry in genomics technology are for these kinds of economically critical, but very difficult to measure traits - feed efficiency, fertility, and disease susceptibility."
Green, who is working with Leachman and other seedstock producers in this area, believes NFI will become more and more critical as demand for commodities and energy sources continues to build around the globe and increased focus is placed on environmental sustainability.
"As we look to the future, there's an obvious need to address this issue," he says. "We need to find the most creative ways we can to do that. I believe we're at a stage now where producers should step back and look hard at the technology that's becoming available to them. Producers should be looking at everything that's available and what's coming on the horizon to see if they can enhance feed efficiency and other economically relevant traits that work on the input/cost side of the profit equation. Within the next two years I expect we'll see major advances on all fronts in addressing these needs."