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Monday, July 20, 2009

Ron's Alenaxes

My slant on how these things work

Alenax bicycles were an attempt during the 80s by a Taiwanese company to revolutionize the basic mechanical concepts underpinning bicycles by changing the rotary motion of the pedals to an up-and-down movement. This was supposed to approximate a natural walking motion.

The chainwheel has been replaced by two pivoted arms called transbars. The tunnel that a normal bike's crank would pass through has simply been blanked off on what are clearly generic bike frames modified for the purpose. The frames are heavy and nothing special, but not as heavy as other Chinese bikes I've ridden. The workmanship and attention to detail is pretty good, given the age of the bikes.

Gears are selected by moving a familiar, early style, non-indexed shifter. The shifter has a cable which bifurcates in front of the downtube to two cables which engage ratchets housed within each of the long arms of the transbars. Each transbar pivots on a fixed shaft near where the crank would be on a normal bike and is linked by a chain to a cog on the hub of the rear wheel. Gearchanging changes the arc of the transbars, effectively shortening or lengthening the pull of the chains on the rear wheel cogs.

Unlike normal bikes, there are two chains and two cogs. A connecting cable returns the pedals for the next downstroke of the rider's foot. As one pedal goes down, the other comes up.

There are a lot of clanks and clunks as the ratchets engage and, what Jan calls "cicada noises", as the two chains move back and forth with the up-and-down motion of the pedals. These are very much "character" bikes.

All the early ones that are in original and complete condition have a distinctive sidestand. Because of the construction of the bike, a sidestand won't fit anywhere else.

Alenax touring bikes in original condition also have distinctive "gold" trimmed pedals which adds to their cheesy charm.

In my opinion, they are an interesting failure and a lot of fun. They are also evocative conversation pieces and, in good condition, quite decorative. Buy one for a den or wall hanging; ride one down to the coffee shop and impress people with the whimsical side of your personality. I've already done that and now I need the space, so it's your turn if you want to buy some of the bikes pictured below.

Extra reading

Have a look at, the official Alenax site.

In fact, if you Google "Alenax" all sorts of stuff comes up, including my eBay auctions. Notable is an American named Jobst Brandt who has been highly critical of Alenaxes for about two decades ( I think he gets teased about this obsession on chat sites.

There are some other oddities here

New York Times article:

The Patent:

That's a copy of the original US patent, US04630839, above, where it all began, I suppose. If you click on the image, it will enlarge. This where I found it in the company of other oddities: I don't know how the enlarging trick works, but I think it's pretty neat.

My Alenaxes

The pictures below are of my collection. Brian Gilbert was the photographer. I had two more, a TRB250 men's MTB and a TRB1000 road bike. Both were virtual twins of the two pictured. The TRB250 was purchased off eBay for about $100. It was living in West End at the time. The TRB1000 was also purchased off eBay for about $40, but I had to do a fair bit of work to it (including new crank bearings and tyres)

I gave the TRB250 to a friend for his 60th. I rationalized this by telling him that Alenaxes choose their owners. He riposted that it was probably "one crank following another". He regards the gift as a loan. However, I don't regard his gift to me on my 60th (2 months before his) of a carton of Guinness as loan. No, not at all.

I sold the TRB1000 on eBay for $130 to a bloke in Sydney who has declined to give feedback. Maybe it was too big a shock. Ridgway's Cycles in Stafford arranged budget packaging and freight.

I should put in a plug for Ridgway's. Simon Ridgway and his crew are enthusiastic, friendly and helpful. They don't like Alenaxes at all, but they do fix them when I've been unable.

Alenax TRB100 child's bicycle

I bought this from Bicycle Revolution in West End a few years ago for $100. They saw me on the TRB190 on a city ride and told me they had one. I think it's my most valuable Alenax and I want $250 for it. Slightly unoriginal, but not butchered. The blue colour has supposed to have surfaced in the late eighties and I've heard stories of a few blue ones scooting around the 1988 Brisbane Expo.

Alenax TRB100 child's bicycle (detail)

This bike is a single speed. To make it go, you pedal furiously. 20 inch painted steel wheels and later alloy brakes.

Alenax TRB190 men's bicycle

Where it all began, with Alenaxes and me. I found this bike at the Pine Rivers Trash and Treasure about 6 or 7 years ago and bought it for $120. I rode it on a Brissie to the Bay about 6 years ago. One of the rear cogs broke in half, so I rode it home on one pedal. Simon Ridgway found a cog amongst his junk and fixed it. The bottle carrier is not original. It still has the original seat. Yours for $250

Alenax TRB190 men's bicycle (detail)

Another "Expo '88 blue" Alenax. Note the sidestand. The blues ones seem to have rubber pedals, like a normal tourer of that vintage. 27 inch chrome steel wheels.

Alenax TRB190 men's bicycle (detail)

This Alenax is a four-speed.

Alenax TRB190 women's bicycle

I bought this from Ridgway's years ago for $130, and it is now sold. The companion bike in every way to the men's bike. Another example of Alenax blue.

Alenax TRB190 women's bicycle (detail)

Also a four-speed and with the same sidestand. 27 inch chrome steel wheels.

*Now sold to Brian Gilbert.

Alenax TRB190 women's bicycle (detail)

Non-original seat, but a decent period item. I'd say this has done more work than the men's example.

Alenax TRB1000 road bicycle

I bought this bike about 3 years ago from a couple from Coff's Harbour. They managed to fit this bike and another Alenax into a very tidy 1975 Ford Escort panel van and deliver it to me in Brisbane on a visit. At $300 for the pair, I paid too much, especially considering they both needed work, but I wanted to get a road bike because it was the only Alenax type at the time that I didn't own an example of. I've since sold it. The road bikes are somewhat rare.

Alenax TRB1000 road bicycle (detail)

*Now sold to a bloke who wanted to get an Alenax group going.

The sidestand is fitted to the road bikes too. This has decent alloy 700c wheels and is fairly frisky if you wind it up. Same four-speed gears. I had to fit new crank bearings, tyres and tubes as well as a general service to get this bike mobile. The road bikes seem to come in one colour and this is quite original, including the seat, as you can see from the tear.

Alenax TRB250 women's bicycle

I was a bit surprised to find an original red bike in this style. I bought it on eBay for $60 and picked it up down at Redland Bay. It needed new crank bearings, but that was a very easy fix. With alloy 700c wheels and much better components, it seems to be for the female cyclist who wants to go faster than she would on a TRB190.

*Now sold to the sister of the bloke who wanted to get an Alenax group going.

Alenax TRB250 women's bicycle (detail)

Again, four-speed. The sidestand is missing, but I don't think it ever had mudguards. It does, however, have those gold-trimmed pedals.

Alenax TRB250 women's MTB

Another eBay score about 2 years ago from somewhere in Logan and was one of two Alenaxes I bought for $250. I had no idea that they made a Women's MTB. I don't think it had been used very much, but I've since put a fair few klicks onto it.

Alenax TRB250 women's MTB (detail)

Four-speed again, dead original and in very good condition. Note sidestand and gold pedals. Alloy 26 inch wheels. $250.

Alenax TRB250 men's MTB

The other MTB I bought the same day as the women's. It's done more work than the women's MTB, but is in very good original condition.

Alenax TRB250 men's MTB (detail)

Also four-speed, with the characteristic sidestand and pedals. Alloy 26 inch wheels. Now sold.

Alenax men's bicycle awaiting reassembly

The other bike from Coff's Harbour hanging from the rafters of my shed. It has a larger frame than my other men's TRB190 tourer. I've fitted new crank bearings to this one and had the 27 inch chrome steel wheels straightened at Ridgways.

*Now sold to a bloke who wanted to get an Alenax group going.

Alenax men's bicycle awaiting reassembly (detail)

No Alenax graphics on this one.

I don't just collect Alenaxes, I ride them. Jan and I have a regular 60km Sunday ride from the Nundah criterium track to the Redcliffe end of the Hornibrook Bridge and back. I might end up keeping one in the end. It's good to know such mad things are around and even better to own one.

A lyrical shot of the Alenax TRB250 men's MTB on the Shorncliffe foreshore on 22/10/08

Alenax TRB250 women's MTB at the Redcliffe end of the Hornibrook Bridge keeping company with Jan's Shogun MetroAT hybrid on 8/3/09


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Step By Step: Center for Biological Diversity presses forth

Well, let's see what the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) has been up to lately.  This group, either working on its own or in consort with other like-minded groups, often takes a more combative or proactive approach to environmental issues by using the courts to prod government agencies to address some of the many conservation challenges we face.

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Following the settling of a lawsuit between CBD and it's fellow conservation groups versus the National Marine Fisheries Service, the government agency proposed a new rule for shallow water commercial fishermen, who harvest shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico, requiring them to use Turtle Excluder Devices, or TEDs, in their nets.  Essentially escape hatches for the turtles, TEDs have already been mandated for deeper water but this new rule is a first for shallow water.  The one drawback is that Congress is considering budget cuts that may stymie implementation and enforcement of the ruling.

The dwarf seahorse - at one inch, the smallest seahorse in the United States - is one step closer to mandated protection.  CBD had petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for greater protection under the Endangered Species Act and the NMFS has announced that the seahorse may indeed be in need of federal protection.  Living in the shallow seagrass beds in the Gulf of Mexico, the dwarf seahorses numbers have been declining, apparently due to harvesting from the aquarium trade and health damage to both the seahorse and its seagrass habitat from BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Snakes may not be your cup of tea, but their numbers have not been doing well. Yet only 58 of the approximately 1,400 species receive any federal protection.  The Eastern diamondback rattlesnake has been particularly hard hit as it has seen its natural habitat reduced to a small percentage of what it was several decades ago.  Following a petition drive by the CBD, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a full review to consider whether the rattlesnake requires protection under the Endangered Species Act.

There are dozens of other new challenges that CBD is getting involved in, from the Keystone Pipeline to Arctic oil drilling to saving woodpecker populations, and much more.  The Center for Biological Diversity's weapon of choice still is the pressure exerted by legal action.  It may be frustrating at times as their lawyers weave their way with the regulatory morass, but the result often can be concrete results.

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Lazy Journalism...

get buck in here what the AP is guilty of in this article. Specifically this:

The Hawks are trying to build their fan support after making the playoffs last season for the first time in nine years. Despite taking eventual NBA champion Boston to a deciding seventh game in the first round of the postseason, Atlanta seemingly has yet to convince many fickle fans that the Hawks are as much worth the price of admission as seeing a superstar such as James.

Bullshit. I was there. Were more people in attendance to see James than the other six games I have been to this season? Yeah, probably...but so what? You think the Bulls, Wizards, Magic, Pacers, etc. etc. don't draw bigger crowds when LeBron comes to town? Of course they do. Hell, even for elite teams like the Lakers, Pistons, Spurs and soforth, the ticket gets a lil harder to grab when King James is in the building. This isn't an Atlanta thing.

Sitting in section 214, I was right behind a bevy of journalists "covering" the game on their laptops in the media row located between the 100s and 200s. One of those "journalists" was on Facebook for, no joke, half the fucking game. I'm fully convinced that was the AP writer that penned that junk.

The crowd was at least 80-20 in support of the Hawks. This wasn't Jordan coming to Atlanta in the mid-90s. The Hawks have folks excited and there was legitimate enthusiasm from the crowd as the game hung in the balance in the 4th quarter. I admit, I was wowed by watching LeBron, shouted "UUUUUUNNNNNNNNNGHHHHHHH" at his thunderous dunk, and thouroughly enjoyed watching him slice through the Hawks defense like a hot knife through butter. He's a great player. Great players awe you. There's no shame in that and wanting to watch them in person. Don't blame the Hawks fans for not showing up in droves and pumped out of their mind to watch one of our 17 games against the Bobcats this year.

Leaving Philips Arena, the crowd was chanting "A-T-L! A-T-L!," folks were commenting on Woodson's curious non-use of Acie Law and yelling "HOW BOUT THEM MOTHERFUCKIN' HAWKS!!!"...ok that last one was me, but whatever, it elicited an energized cheer. The Hawks have fans; and, they were there last night to cheer on their team, not LeBron's. To fall back on the "weak Atlanta fans" meme is lazy journalism, and whoever wrote that crap should be ashamed. Hopefully, though, he was able to catch all his friends most recent status updates and uploaded pictures on Facebook.

I'm excited as hell for Wednesday's game, and I will be there. I won't be at Monday's Bobcats game, but will be listening on the radio. Sue me.

the Internet nigger said...

lol i love this post, great coverage i see, i just met your blog, its good to see i wasnt the only one mad about the AP coverage, i wasnt at the game but i was in the game, of course, but yeah keep it up u got good stuff

i kno ill be at phillips for boston

JJ said...

I saw this same article the day it came out and thought the exact same thing. Unfortunately it is vogue for the national media to rip on all things Atlanta related. More specifically, state of Georgia related. Regardless of whether or not it is fact based ripping. No one can explain it.


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Thursday, February 07, 2008

Bruges, Belgium

bruges is an insanely old city in belgium. therefore lots of tourists, including us, go there. it was really beautiful, but also depressingly lonely. this side trip really made me realize that traveling to any city is really only cool if you know people and are doing cool things. i'm a terrible tourist, all i want to do is either sleep or work. see old buildings and museums? nah!

freshtopia said...

Really? I must be the world's best tourist then. All I want to do is sit around cafes, and stare at old buildings while drinking really strong coffee and eating pastries that I'm not supposed to be having.

Loved the hot turtle-on-turtle action.

ryanne hodson said...

on second thought
i guess the definition of tourist depends from person to person.
i too like to sit around and eat pastry and drink coffee. i also do love old buildings as well. hmm, i guess i'm a non-tourist tourist.

Sylvester Becker said...

I guess, Ryanne, you are an entrepreneur who loves her work and is so passionate about it that it is not work anymore. Work becomes life and you cannot be too long without it.

ryanne hodson said...

sylvester- that's a great way to put it, you're totally right!

Richard said...

cool turtles!

great video! thought-provoking in a positive way... great still-shot of the old building and the sky, btw.

yes, indeed: bruges is a strange city, albeit a very beautiful one... functioning in a soporific winter-sleepy way, it never recovered from since the 16th. century.

the automatic touristy mode one is then overwhelmed by, and subsequently swept into, can, could or even should be recorded in images that would cross-circuit the lethargy, into some sort of present, a "cool" presence, depending on a passionate "view" of things and situations.

old buildings and museums: yes. embrace them, see them, and transform the situation(s) and the people acting within them, into something different, with a renewed gaze.

your fine video inspired me to re-visit a local museum... and to record a possible oblique gaze on the act of seeing, in old buildings and museums.
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Tim said...

It's funny that you mention the loneliness of Bruges. My wife and I spent 3 days there this past summer, and thought the best part of the city was the way it empties out at night. We felt like we had the run of things. I guess one person's lonely is another person's idea of fun.

ryanne hodson said...

i think part of my fun is people watching as well. so an empty town feels just so....empty! it was really beautiful though, so i was relishing in it's oldness for sure.

erik said...

I went to brugge / bruges for just one day last year (first time) to go to a conference. Had many magic moments that I got on film (but still have to edit).
The memory is still to good to meet with the disappointment of not having the talent to edit it the way it should.

willszz said...

I'm from Belgium :)
And did you know they are saying in your video in Dutch: "You do that in your free time! not on your work!" hehehe
Bruges is not that dirty and angry :)
I experienced a quiet and nice city ^^(with friends idd yes)


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That, it added, includes those who gathered in al-Rmeilan city in Hasaka province.

“Raising the issue of a federation or that of federalization would affect the territorial integrity of Syria, which goes against the Constitution, the national concepts and international resolutions,” the source said.

“Any declaration to that effect would be without any legal value and void of any legal, political, social or economic effect as long as it does not reflect the will of the entire Syrian people with all their political leanings and social spectra, who are all committed to the national unity and territorial integrity of their country,” the source added.

The source went on saying that “The main task for our people now is combating terrorism, and any deviation from this goal would be considered support for terrorism and for all those who try to weaken Syria and undermine the will of its heroic army in its endeavor for restoring security and stability nationwide.”

R. Milhem/H. Said

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WIP Wednesday – Brioche!

IMG_5746Seems like a couple of times a year, I go into a kind of “hermit” mode where I tend to forget about the outside world and either create, create, create, or I focus my energies on trying new things and working on new skills.  During my most recent phase of relative seclusion i started tinkering with brioche stitch but more specifically, two color brioche knitting.

Pictured above is one of my two color brioche swatches (a picture to show what each side looks like).  I know that it isn’t any huge surprise to you that I really enjoy colorwork but this is a whole new level of fun.  You take two different colors of yarn and create an amazingly soft and squishy fabric and the two sides are mirror opposites of each other.  It is mind bendingly wonderful!  Throw the technique known as syncopation into the mix and it gets even more interesting.

While the sample above may not look like anything special, it took me many, many tries to figure it out. I thank my lucky stars that I came across Nancy Marchant’s Craftsy Class, Explorations In Brioche Knitting as it is a wonderfully laid out class that walks you straight through from what cast on methods work best for each type of brioche knitting, increase, decreases, bind offs, and even the best way to sew in ends. This girl gives it two thumbs up!

So, over the next while, I look forward to playing around with this new knitting technique and eventually knitting a handspun version of Gina’s Brioche Cowl by Purl Soho.

What have you been up to?  Are you learning any new techniques or crafts?  Do tell!

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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Okay Why Not

So I got home last night, settled into my after work, chill state and I got the call, "You wanna meet us at the horses?" took me a second to figure out what the hell Amy was talking was opening day at Santa Anita, and Amy and her hubby, (Sexy Bitch for those that don't remember) were feelin' the pull. Now there I was, sipping on a glass of

could have, should have stayed home, but....I had never been, and something inside me was itching to cause a little trouble so

Not as much fun as I thought it would be. I'm not really a gambler, there were tons of kids there, (and can I just say, if you are getting your vice on...leave yer rug rats at home. I'm standing there watching these "grown ups" get sloppy, lose their shirts, scream...spit flying, bulging eyes..the whole deal, and these toddlers are running all over the place, skeeved me out) and the race itself was like less than a minute long. Seems like a lot of nothing if you ask me, but the drinks were wicked strong and we felt a little like royality, we paid the fancy $8.00 parking, (right up front) and seeing that Amy and I have all our teeth, well...we felt like super models.

Amy was being good, I was after a few

I knew I had better get some food. Now the grub at the racetrack, pretty grim and the boys seemed pretty done with losing money, (this is were Sexy Bitch and I are kindred souls, if we are gonna go out, it better involve more than a few drinks....a few hours and the chance of a cab ride home is likely) so figuring out where to eat had one stipulation....cocktails. So we ended up at

Yeah, the racetrack and Hof's Hut just another raging night for yours truly. The good news? I think I am still drunk and I have this half bottle of

Gonna be a long ass day, but least I have some strawberries and minerals in my moistureless mouth. Sigh.

Ron Washam, HMW said...

Gorgeous Sam,

Oh, those lucky strawberry and minerals...

I used to frequent Santa Anita many years ago when it was a very popular weekend attraction. Now it's largely as abandoned as a Republican Governor's wife. It's fun when you win and largely stupid when you don't.

Have a lovely day, Darling. A million kisses your way.

Your HoseMaster

vickibarkley said...

By the time I'm reading this, I'm sure you're well on your way to work. But, I'll see you at the tasting today, and hope your hangover is soon cured by something delicious. On a more scientific note, having just watched "Kinsey," I'm thanking you for your field research last night. Now that I feel like I've been, I don't have to go! I like to think of your exploits as part public service, part human guinea pig, and part voyeuristic indulgence for your readers.

Nancy Deprez said...

Yeah, I agree with you - racetrack not as fun as it could be. Many other outings I could think of that are nicer! Oh well, you get the experience!

And HoseMaster, funny comment about the "largely as abandoned as a Republican Governor's wife." Love it.

Samantha Dugan said...

Ron My Love,
The track was a bit depressing, may have just been where we were sitting but, it felt like we had landed smack dab in the middle of a "resisting evolution" meeting...would rather have been hanging out with a Republican Governor, that is saying A LOT.

That bottle of Joguet Chinon Rose went a long way in making the day suck less, that stuff was wicked! My pleasre, (or pain as it sometimes turns out) on the research front, your comment was a nice twist on an old memory. Years ago my Mom said, "It's like you have this, Svengali thing working for you" which of course I had to look up, (amazing how when you are in the 10th grade and think, "this is stupid...I don't need school" the shit that you find out you DON'T know later) and while at the time I thought it was wicked cool, later that kept popping in my head...and I didn't love it, your comment will replace that one...makes me feel less evil (big grin).

Yeah, I was expecting something more Vegas like....well or Reno at least, it was not. Hell, I had more fun at the casino in Hemet!

Arthur said...

You sound like you might have had a better time at the Arboretum - across the street.
My daughter loves going there.

Samantha Dugan said...

Did your daughter mention how strong the drinks are? (grin)


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FRIDAY'S PLAYOFF GAMES: Calvary, Savannah Christian host games in private school bracket

Savannah Christian and Calvary Day are smack dab in the middle of the split between public and private schools in the GHSA’s new Class A playoff format. The schools will host opening-round private school playoff games tonight in Savannah.

Savannah Christian will host Holy Innocents’ at 7 p.m. at Garden City Stadium. Calvary Day hosts Landmark Christian at 7:30 p.m.

With the new format, the road to the finals in the Georgia Dome will be shorter. Instead of a 32-team bracket, both the private and public schools will participate in separate 16-team brackets.

Calvary Day (9-1) went on the road for its first game of the season to face Landmark Christian in Fairburn and fell behind 21-0 at halftime. But the Cavaliers battled back to score 28 unanswered points in the second half to win. At the heart of the rally was senior quarterback Jake Clemens, who was 10 of 17 for 199 yards passing and a touchdown, while rushing for 140 yards and a pair of scores.

“We started out real slow that game before getting things going in the second half,” Clemens said. “I think our offense has improved a lot since then. Everyone has figured out their roles and we’re working collectively as a group.”

The Cavaliers did suffer a major loss when linebacker/FB/kicker Luke Stroud broke his leg in the Cavs’ win over Treutlen two weeks ago.
“Luke had been playing very well on defense; he was our leading tackler,” said head coach Mark Stroud, Luke’s father. “I’m brokenhearted for him as a coach and a dad, and I’m sorry for the team. But we’ve got some tough players who are going to step in and do a good job.”

Sophomore Spencer Davis will take over as the Cavalier place kicker.

Landmark Christian runs the I-formation and relies on the running game of Jeremiah Kirkland, who leads the team with 1,563 yards rushing. Freshman quarterback Stockton McGuire has thrown for 675 yards. His favorite target is Josh Nobles, who has 36 catches for 530 yards.

Calvary counters with a more balanced offense. Clemens has completed 66 percent of his passes for 982 yards and eight touchdowns, while running for 927 yards and 18 scores.

Sophomore Robert Heyward (545 yards and seven touchdowns) and junior Derek Kirkland (334 yards and 10 total touchdowns) give the Cavaliers a diverse ground attack.

Clemens has multiple options in the passing game with Jordan Walker, Milan Richard, Khaliq Hughes and Ryan Jennings all making significant contributions.

The defense has also been solid, Mark Stroud said.

“Our defense has probably improved more than any team I’ve been around,” Stroud said. “They are really working together.”

Andre Wilson, Chandler Bennett, Justin James and Micah Culbreth man the front line, while Reagan Jones and A.J. Keane are part of a solid backfield. Matt Soss and Kirkland highlight a linebacker crew that has also played well.

If Calvary wins, the Cavaliers would face the winner of First Presbyterian and Brookstone, but Stroud doesn’t want his team looking past this game.

“We try to instill going about your business and being concerned about yourself,” Stroud said. “We can’t worry about who we play next. We need to focus on each play and execute it perfectly before going on to the next play.”

Savannah Christian vs. Holy Innocents’

Savannah Christian’s opponent, Holy Innoncents’, is coming off a 36-3 loss to Landmark Christian on Nov. 2. The Golden Bears (6-4) average nearly 200 yards rushing per game. They pass for about 62 yards a game.

“They are a lot like us with a run-oriented offense,” Savannah Christian coach Donald Chumley said. “They will try to beat you up front and run some play action off that. They are a very physical team.”

The same can be said for any team that Chumley coaches. This year’s Raider squad is full of young players, and he knew it would be somewhat of a rebuilding season after SCPS went 15-0 to win the 2011 GHSA Class A title game behind a group of 15 veteran seniors.

But opposing coaches know to never count out a team coached by Chumley. The Raiders lost their first two games of this season, before reeling off seven wins in a row — including a 21-20 win over Calvary, the Cavaliers’ lone loss of the season.

Savannah Christian (7-3) advanced to the Region 3-A title game, where the Raiders lost to Emanuel County Institute 48-14.

“We’re hoping that game opened the eyes of the players about how much harder we need to work,” Chumley said. “We know we are dealing with a younger group than we have in the past, but we need them to elevate their game.”

The Raiders are banged up and have lost junior linebacker Ahmad Johnson for the season. But they did get some good news on the injury front when they learned that sophomore standout Wade Benton would be available for the playoffs. Benton is a key player on both sides of the ball at defensive back and running back.

Freshman quarterback Chase Marini has improved dramatically since being thrust into the starting role when Brandon Thomas was hurt in the first game of the season. Marini has passed for more than 600 yards with seven touchdowns. Ivan Reese has been very effective at fullback, leading the Raiders with more than 700 yards rushing.

“Holy Innocents’ is strong up front, they come at you with a low pad level and do a good job filling,” said Reese, a senior. “We had ECI in our last game, and I don’t think we’ll face a more physical team than that this season. I think that helped prepare us, and I think we’re going to get the job done this week.”

The biggest weapon for Savannah Christian is multi-faceted senior Jalen Myrick. The University of Minnesota commit is a threat to go the distance whenever he touches the ball. He moved to free safety from cornerback this year and has been in on many game-changing plays defensively. He has rushed for more than 500 yards, and caught more than 20 passes for close to 500 yards while scoring 11 touchdowns.

“Getting Wade (Benton) back was huge for us, and we also have a key lineman coming back in Nick Korzik,” Myrick said. “Holy Innocents’ has a lot of good players. They fly to the ball and play hard. But we feel like we should be able to move the ball well against them. We feel like we match up well.”

The split between the public and private schools in Class A gave the teams in that enrollment division a bye week, and that means Chumley had extra time in the film room, where he is known to dissect an opponent for the smallest of weaknesses. Savannah Christian may be young, but they will be ready for this game. The winner will face the winner of Our Lady of Mercy/Eagle’s Landing Christian in the second round.


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Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Subject:Feed for new blog
Time:1:21 pm.
The simplest solution I could come up with was creating a syndicated account which can be watched from LJ:
The blog is at:
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Subject:New blog
Time:11:59 pm.
My new blog is at http://animalshapes.blogspot.com - see you there!
P.S. I'll soon set up a sindycated account for the new blog so the updates can be tracked from LJ too, so if you are following this account you might want to keep watching for now. I'll post the new information ASAP.
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Monday, November 24th, 2008

Subject:Searching photos on Flickr, ostrich feet, lobate feet
Time:11:42 pm.
Flickr is becoming better and better as a source of good animal photos, there are so many photos that now even an odd search like "ostrich feet" returns lots of useful results.
Unluckily it requires registration to get the full size images, and it is necessary to use Firefox + Adblock to get rid of the annoying "protection" which normally prevents from downloading images, but now it is worth it. Also needed is the Greasemonkey extension ( https://addons.mozilla.org/it/firefox/addon/748 ) to have access to this life-saving script, which displays on the normal Flickr pages a direct link to the largest size of the image if it is available, so it is possible to download the hi-res picture with a single click:
Apparently this script also works on Safari.

Some pictures which show well the overall structure:

Full leg with tendons well visible:
It's amazing how most of the red stuff here is just bone and tendons with skin wrapped around them. Almost no muscles. The big muscles which move the ostrich's leg are nearly one meter far from the fingers they move - the largest muscles are extensors and flexors of the fingers. Yet they have some of the most powerful legs among large animals, even able to kill a predator or a human with one kick... this is due to their tendons which are are very efficient at storing and releasing elastic energy.
Also impressive is the fact the "heel" (actually it's the massive joint between the tarsus and the first phalanges) never actually touch the ground. The ostrich is basically mounted onto huge, permanently tense springs. :-) I wonder if there are similarities with the kangaroo feet, even though their gait is very different.

Just cute ^_^

How can this be considered ugly? :-<
These are the best images I've ever seen of lobate feet, it's one of the fundamental types of bird feet, used to walk on swampland.
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Subject:Honeypot WIP - 2
Time:9:03 pm.
Finishing the gryphon painting...

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Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Subject:Honeypot WIP - 1
Time:1:36 am.
I should really use this blog more. Since I like to do a lot of planning for pictures I guess I can show WIPs more often, and going a bit more indeep on the things I'm learning and trying along the way.

So I'll start with one of the pictures I'm currently working on. I have drawn a lot of birds lately, mostly because of the book "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils" and the documentaries of the series "The Life of Birds". Either of them is beautiful enough to make anybody fall in love with birds, but if you are exposed to both in the same period, you are doomed... they will make you grow feathers.

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Monday, August 4th, 2008

Subject:Song of Uluru
Time:1:05 am.
She is a rather fast runner. ^_^ Mostly SFW but has what might be considered bare breasts (she is a bird and has air sacs on the chest with no nipples) so beware.
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Monday, January 7th, 2008

Subject:Feathers and claws
Time:8:47 pm.
A close up photo of two penguins with almost perfect feathers, showing the texture of feathers on their backs and how the size of feathers decreases near the flippers until they look almost like scales:

Not too much informative but still nice to see, a comparison of claws of different animals (follow the larger images link):
The cheetah's claws being not completely retractile are quite different from other feline claws... also never noticed before that an eagle's claws may be as long as a bear's!
Two more nice close-ups of tiger paws:
(EDIT: my skull obviously contains lemon-flavored jelly, because they are the paws of a leopard and a puma and the fur color shows it too.)

A model of Archaeopteryx, photos from the Wikipedia page:
Isn't it adorable? I'd like to hug it... for some odd coincidence it seems to have the same mallard-like pattern of my gryphon Siria too.
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Subject:Holding breath
Time:9:51 am.
This swimming tiger named Odin is quite popular on internet, though only now I have been looking better at his photos and they show a detail which I'm finding quite amazing.
It is relatively obvious that he would keep the nostrils closed underwater by contracting the muscles around them:
Being able to seal the nostrils looks like an adaptation for swimming that other felines may have too and it is not so surprising, but in many other photos he has the mouth fully open and yet it seems that almost no air is escaping from it:
These nice videos show that even when he swallows slices of meat underwater he is releasing a minimal quantity of air:
So appearently tigers can keep the airways in their throat shut as well, at least for a few seconds.

Quick look to the site which makes you wish to be licked (more or less):
Lions sure don't get to swim as much as tigers in the wild, but the visible part of their throat looks pretty similar:

So maybe lions can do it too? Maybe all big cat lovers already know the answers, but to me this is quite surprising. :-)
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Friday, December 7th, 2007

Subject:Curiosity-driven photos
Time:6:38 pm.
Now that everybody seems to have a hi-res digital camera, Wikipedia is becoming one of the best sources of unusual and "curiosity driven" photos of animals, I mean photos which show as much as possible the animal's features rather than going for a dramatic effect or for technical perfection. The flying foxes pages are a good example and have some excellent photos which show their gross wing structure and many nice details. I think it would be next to impossible to find something like this on a photo book. Not that I've ever seen one about flying foxes!
(NSFW) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/Foxbat-8.jpg
(NSFW) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Pteropus_vampyrus_3.jpg

Even if slighly flawed these two are amazing, they give more anatomical information than whole yearly runs of many nature magazines. :-)

Also some cute babies:

From another site, this is the best bat skeleton I have seen so far:
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Subject:Beavers and skulls
Time:11:05 pm.
Closeup of beaver teeth. Some years ago I used to find very creepy the sight of spongy bones (and body tissues in general) like the ones at the base of these...
More photos, these can be enlarged to a decent size with right-click->View Image:
Two (smaller) views of the open maw:
Well anchored teeth appearently:
Altough some animals like the Barbirusa hog cling even more fiercely to their teeth, the lower one is so large it probably makes the jaw bone a lot stronger with its mere presence:

Also stumbled upon this page, there are some interesting high resolution reconstructions of the gross anatomy of an ancient relative of mammals with a beaver-like tail:
The shape of the shoulder blades is especially cute, appearently it had a large and rigid bone structure in place of the sternum and shoulders, much like a second pelvis and actually much larger than the lower one. The shoulder blades make me think of vertical levers. I'd really like to know how they were moved.
The back of the rib cage looks almost like a protection shell, which is also quite cute.

Excellent photo of cougar skull showing the thin bone sheets inside the nose which support the olfactory mucosa. It is so well preserved and with such perfect teeth that it makes me feel sorry for the cougar it comes from, even if it might be a reconstruction...
Same bones are also visible here, this time it is a coyote. There is a visible difference, they look much more branched and finely carved here. I guess there is quite some difference in the total surface of the mucosa (but in part I think it is due to the coyote being much smaller and needing more branching to fit enough sniffing surface in its snout).
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007

Subject:Two finished commissions
Time:12:02 am.
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Subject:"Happy Feet"'s Oscar
Time:10:04 pm.
I have heard very mixed reactions to this, but I think that it was a rightful choice even if my justification has probably nothing to do with the jury's.

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Monday, February 26th, 2007

Subject:Feathery sketches
Time:12:58 am.
This is a puffin trying to save a horribly drawn human girl after a bad dive too near to some rocks...Collapse )

This is a working class puffin at work in the market.Collapse )
Yeah, that's clichè work for a puffin, but then most people don't do original works. :-] I definitely need to finalize some of these pictures with humans now or I will never ever learn to draw them...

This is a depressed puffin.Collapse )
Absolutely NSFW.
I was just thinking that many old school furry stories were sympathetic to anthros exploited as sex slaves and dealt with themes such as liberation, becoming dignified creatures, etc. The concept of "furry liberation" was the fandom's badge of honor, actually. But now the furry fandom mostly accepts without problem the exploiting of anthros for porn and is mostly based upon it.
I know that in current western culture self-humiliation on the media is actually a way to gain sympathy and maybe even something similar to respect, but nevertheless something feels amiss. We have met the enemy, and he is really us...

And this is a baby puffin, about 3-4 years old.Collapse )
The are excellent swimmers. In fact they swim better and faster than adults since their wings develop faster than the body. They also develop swimming and catching instinct at a very early age, so a baby puffin has decent chances of surviving alone in the wild if there is open water nearby. The wing reach their final size about at the age of sexual maturity, around 13.
Fast developing wings also force babies to use a lot their pectoral muscles, thus developing them well without too much specific training required.
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Subject:Happy days
Time:10:46 pm.
I'd like to paint some more background but couldn't find anything interesting for now, so it's probably finished:
http://www.snowcovered.it/gallery_pics/2007/s_happy_days.html (NSFW!)
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Saturday, January 13th, 2007

Subject:Working on horses
Time:12:11 am.
A new WIP, this time gouache. Maybe horse-taurs don't have to be "stiff" and specialized like horses, I thought they could be a bit more flexible.
Sorry for the really poor looking scan, I could'nt make it any better than this for now. Ochre and sienna and blue over brown paper seems to confuse a lot the scanner. The blue is not a scanning artifact though, I've actually used it for the shadows.
I am now working on a couple commissions too, one for a painting which I've begun already and another with other taurs...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007

Subject:Notes on swimming anthros
Time:8:25 pm.
Some time ago I have seen the beautyful documentary series "The life of Birds" by David Attenborough and episode 4 made me notice that birds can actually be very good swimmers. I had never thought that morphs adapted for swimming and water life might be designed taking ideas from sea birds rather than cetaceans and fishes, but after seeing the swimming skills of cormorants, puffins and penguins I think that wing-propelled swimming could be the best option for a creature with humanoid legs. I'm now designing anthro puffins, a species more or less like this:

Emperor penguins are as large as a small human and can swim pretty fast. Not quite as fast as a dolphin, but an anthro dolphin with legs in the way of his tail would probably be slower and less agile anyway. Dolphins and fishes achieve their speed thanks to their very specific body shape and the flux of water around it and dolphins in particular rely on reducing turbulence to the absolute minimum to achieve their very high speed with minimal effort; their body shape and even their skin structure is adapted for that goal. They swim mostly by vertical movement of the tail.

For now I'm not thinking much about senses, only of the basic and external anatomy. Anatomical traits I would like for an anthro creature designed for water:

1) In general: better swimming skills, while being naked and not especially trained, than a trained human with fins and scuba gear. Else it wouldn't probably be worth the effort. She should be able to live a sea creature's life without any equipment or technology.
2) Either organs for breathing underwater or very good adaptations for holding breath for a long time.
3) Ability to walk and move decently on the surface.
4) Having a good top speed, probably a dolphin's speed is impossible to achieve but she should be able to catch fishes with teeth/beak, to make fast turns and to have some pretty good speed bursts, the latter two are things that a swimming human cannot do easily.
5) Energy-savy body and good endurance. They should be able to swim everyday for a long distance with a relaxed pace and saving energy.
6) Good thermal regulation ability in cold water. It is a complex problem because a big brain like a human's or cetacean's produces a lot of heat and there are blood cooling needs as well as insulation needs depending on the body part. But in general all the thicker parts of the body (head, torso, abdomen etc.) should be well insulated.

Some problems of the "classic" anthro cetaceans I've seen and drawn so far (like in http://www.snowcovered.it/gallery_pics/2004/s_haven.html ) with the above points:

1) Assuming he has legs with webbed feet:
- He could have legs which move up and down along with the tail seconding its movement. But this is weirdly redundant while the simpler solution (only the tail) works really well on most animals. The base of the tail has to be very muscular and thick, and legs need to be muscular as well in order to be useful for walking, so it seems hard to make all the needed muscles fit. Not counting the extra thickness required by insulating fat.
- He could keep the legs more or less motionless in some position which doesn't disrupt the tail's movement. But the tail needs to move a lot in order to give a good push, so the legs would probably be in a position where they increase resistance to the water flux.
- Ho could have some unusual leg structure so the legs are placed on the side of the body and can be used like the feet of diving birds (cormorants etc.) as a secondary swimming device. The tail would be the main propeller and the legs would serve for manoeuvering and for a small extra pus without getting in its way. But diving birds are all quite goofy on the ground and such legs wouldn't probably be very good for walking.

2) Cetaceans are very good at this. The blowhole on the top of the head is not perfect for being on the ground though, it is exposed to things falling from above, which is not good and can be awkward in many cases. Artist APIS has shown a blowhole in a different position, which is interesting but probably not much fit for fast emersion and breating the cetacean way:
The back of the head could be a better position for breating (by Mike T.):
Yet it is hard to reach with hands and this can be dangerous, and I think it is not easy to design a good neck with such a setup. For now I don't have better ideas yet.

3) Related to 1. Is a large dolphinlike tail good when you need to work in a office? Take the bus? Sit on a human made chair? Use a toilet made for humans? Run fast? Climb a ladder? Do a complex manual work like carpentry or masonry? Probably not. I like such tails and I'm giving it to my Elysius gryphons for now but maybe it is not such a good things.

4-5) It is very hard to do comparisons because cetaceans and humans swim in very different ways, and figuring out an intermediate model of swimming is eve harder. In general turbulence is bad and legs are going to cause turbulence with their mere presence, so basing the swimming skill on a tail movment which is further disrupted by them doesn't seem nice.
Humans are best fit for water than many other large mammals but must resort to very complex swimming techniques to minimize the waste of energy. I don't know much about professional swimming, but I'd guess correct freestyle is a good compromise between speed and energy use for a human. According to the 1991 Guinness Book of Records the longest distance covered with continuous swimming by a human was 481,5 km in a quiet river in 84 hours and 101,9 km was the top distance in a pool in 24 hours, but I couldn't find any information on the styles and equipment used for such records. Incredibly I can't even find the speed records of swimming with fins. Anyway a human's top speed is about 2,5 m/s, that is 5-7 times less than the average speed for small cetaceans:
For the above records the average speed turns out to be 1,5 m/s and 1,17 m/s, so the gap is huge even for swimmers with an exceptional endurance who probably know well how to spare energy during long swims. At this point I'd really like to know the speed and endurance records for dolphin beat swimming, but even that wouldn't give many clues on the possible efficiency of an antrho dolphin.
Penguin swimming speed is more comparable to human speed, for example a traveling (relaxed) speed of about 2 m/s and double that speed for short fish chase:
During migration they travel for days at 0,7 m/s average, but this number doesn't take into account hours of resting and fishing, so probably they can keep the traveling speed for several days:
So they can't keep up with cetaceans but they are almost twice as fast as humans on endurance swimming. Not bad.

6) The insulation is mostly given by fat under the skin in cetaceans. One problem is the neck. A cetacean has almost no neck and cannot bend the head, but an anthro one would definitely want to bend the head 90° so he can stand and look forward. So he'd probably get some strange "love handles" on the throat and have wrinkles in other places on the body. Not a problem by itself, but this means he must have a certain amount of loose skin around and this would be another source of turbulence. Appearently seals and penguins have less problems here because fur and feathers can conceal small wrinkles and trap air bubbles, which leaves the outmost surface of the body smooth.

Still looking for more information...
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They probably look a bit unusual. :-) I recently realized I am dependant on pencil and eraser whenever I want to do a complex picture. The fact is I actually do a lot of anatomy and perspective errors when drawing and spend a lot of time correcting them, but now the time required for corrections in my pencil pictures is really getting out of hand, and I correct so much that I feel I'm no longer being honest about my skills.

So I am going to set aside pencils for a while and experiment more with undeletable media, with no pencil sketch underneath. For example with India ink, which I haven't used in a long long time...
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Subject:Meal with friends and other things
Time:12:17 am.
It's done:

Also updated the junk section:
- Kirins have three eyes, they are herm and they are Made in India. Well, my kirins do at least. Sticking a thirs eye on an equine muzzle doesn't look easy though.

- Flying foxes under test.

- Forest foxtaurs, tree climbing enabled. :-)

The last idea sparked from discussions over the Stellar Foxtaurs of Bernard Doove and how they are adapted to their respective niches. I tried to design a creature which looks more or less like a foxtaur but is even more adapted for a forest environment by having all prehensile limbs. The tail is similar to the chakasa tail, with a "finger pad" for better grip, but in this case the pad runs for the entire length of the tail. In general I think they can be more adapted than a regular foxtaur in other environments too, especially in cramped ones where being good runners is not very important but having a flexible body is good, for example in cities and inside all sort of vehicles.

The underlying idea is the old gorillataur one, but these foxtaurs are much smaller than a gorilla so I looked for orangutan and babboon references.

On the ground thought they walk like gorillas, on the knuckles of their middle hands, because it looks a quite good gait. They cannot run or march as well as most canids do, but they can still reach a fair speed on short distances. They have more or less the same mass of an average human.
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Subject:Dreamwalk Journal
Time:11:02 pm.
I've just found a really weird comic in 3D graphics (not worksafe):

It shows many crazy and very interesting ideas, and cute designs of anthro insects. I like the slightly toony eyes and bee heads, altought they could have been more insect-like as for most other insects. The spider heads and the giant dragonfly are especially well built.
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Friday, September 1st, 2006

Subject:Sources of good anatomical information
Time:6:02 pm.
For people willing to learn unusual and complex things this is a golden age like few others in history. I mean, before the internet how much hard it would have been for a non-biologist (and even for many biologists) to find penguin anatomy sheets?
And what about some thylacine sheets?

Got there from this wonderful blog:
The author appearently browses university and library catalogs looking for old illustrated books, among which there are often anatomy books (and many beautyful books onmany other subjects, including old fable books etc.).
As I am growing more interested in animal anatomy I find these books are invaluable. Older anatomy illustrations may not be as easy to read as modern ones, but they have some important advantages for artists:
- Illustrations were meant to be beautyful and not just schematic. Thus the authors used to portray bodies from unusual points of view and taking some (usually small) degrees of freedom in the representation. This often allowed them to show better the shape of certain body parts which are not easy to figure out basing on the standard sections illustrated in medical anatomy books. Some authors also indulged in very complex poses and compositions, especially in the oldest books:
- They were often shaded with great care, because no photographs were available and thus they needed to represent volumes correctly. Thus they are often a very good reference for understanding volumes.
- Since they were less schematic, they were more accurate and showed exactly what the author was seeing, rather than omitting details like lesser veins. Also I have found that they used to represent in a much more accurate way the blurring of cartilage tissue into muscles (e.g. in animal legs).
- They stress a lot compared anatomy.

Another source of excellent anatomy information are pages of university courses. For example this gallery (WARNING: gruesome dissection photos) has many high resolution photos of bones and organs of sea lions:
On other university sites I have found things as useful as sections of dog fingers and photos of bones with superimposed illustration of transparent muscles showing exactly where they attach on the bones.

Some sites of the trivia kind can also be useful for learning compared anatomy, for example this archive with hundreds of photos of... yawning animals.

Some pages can be more controversial. This site has an extensive collection of photos and information about cats, including many pages on deformities and mutations:
Showing in detail things like cyclopean stillborn kittens is on the brink of morbidness, but in this case it is done in a quite scientific and respectful way, and I found it useful for understanding certain things about deformities. In the end you cannot learn without noticing on your own details in real examples. The people who took the photos often had no clue on what to do in the unexpected event or didn't want or know how to suppress the kitten, so taking the photos likely didn't make the kitten's suffering longer, and seeing this site may spare the shock to other people later so they can have more resolve to do what must to be done.

There is a lot of useful stuff waiting out there...
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When "Feelings" Are Paramount, Freedom Withers and Dies

Bruce Thornton diagnoses what's wrong with today's "progressive" university campuses:
Worst of all, the spread of this intolerance throughout universities makes impossible the very purpose of higher education: to broaden students’ minds by allowing what Matthew Arnold called “the free play of the mind on all subjects” and by familiarizing them with the “best which has been thought and said in the world.” That ideal has now become scarce on our campuses. As [Charles] Sykes wrote over 20 years ago, “Once feelings are established as the barometer of acceptable behavior, speech (and, by extension, thought) becomes only as free as the most sensitive group will permit.” This is precisely the state of affairs in American universities today, where the old notions that truth is a liberating force and that suffering teaches, and the great classics that embodied these and other verities of the human condition, have been sacrificed on the altar of victim politics and its aggrandizement of institutional power. So our universities now produce “snowflakes,” as some have called them, students with fragile psyches and empty minds.
"Snowflakes": too funny. I've always thought of them as hothouse flowers--orchids, say--who cannot thrive outside their artificial environment.

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As World Trade Organization ("WTO") Members relentlessly pursue new regional trade agreements to achieve even faster economic growth than the extraordinary numbers posted by global trade rules, the smaller number of parties and their greater cultural affinity have led negotiators to address the intersection of trade and human rights to an extent unparalleled in the culturally disparate and near-unmanageable, 150-plus member WTO itself. These new provisions have used trade's huge power to improve worker rights, secure environmental protections, and make initial inroads toward defending indigenous populations from trade's adverse effects. Employing the perspectives both of trade negotiators and students of this halting progress toward the integration of trade and human rights, we have concluded that the single greatest barrier to engaging in regional trade agreements ("RTAs") openly and unequivocally to reduce global poverty through human rights implementation is the near-impenetrable complexity of human rights norms.

Captured within dozens of United Nations human rights treaties and a growing corpus of customary international norms, human rights law embraces literally hundreds of specific entitlements, each by U.N. guarantee designated as indivisible, interdependent, and interrelated. This foreboding array of obligations, each ostensibly of equal rank, whose legal intricacies are sometimes beyond the experience and training of trade ministries, explains the reluctance of trade negotiators to undertake the responsibility for further integration of trade rules with human rights, and does so more credibly than the oft-cited reason that trade rules succeed only when they single-mindedly pursue economic growth.

The breakthrough in worker rights may be attributed directly to the International Labor Organization's ("ILO's") endorsement, at WTO urging, of four core human rights standards inarguably tied to international trade. The ILO's Work Declaration chooses those core standards for workers that are inarguably and inextricably linked to trade without downplaying the importance of the hundreds of worker protections identified in dozens of other ILO conventions. This choice has freed trade negotiators to concentrate on incorporating these core worker rights in regional trade agreements, a manageable task that has met with great success.

Encouraged by the ILO precedent, we identify those core standards in each of six categories of human rights that are so closely linked to trade and so fundamental in importance that their exclusion from RTAs cannot reasonably be argued. We justify in some detail our selection of those core aspects of the human rights of women, indigenous cultures, health, the environment, and democratic governance that stand at the same level of importance to trade as do the four core labor standards identified by the ILO. With respect to the core labor standards, we explain in greater detail the specific obligations placed on states for implementation of worker rights in RTAs.

By identifying a limited and manageable body of fundamental human rights standards in those human rights fields most closely affected by trade, we believe that trade negotiators may more successfully use RTAs to accomplish the symbiosis of trade and human rights that is inherent in their basic objectives. This symbiosis can accomplish the goal of increased economic growth together with increased standards of well-being of civil society.

We begin our study with the most difficult case to make: that there are core standards in the emerging right to democracy that must be included in RTAs regardless of the form of governance of the parties. We next take up the human rights of women most often implicated by trade liberalization and proceed, in turn, to treat the core human rights of health, of indigenous populations, and of workers. We conclude by identifying core standards of the emerging human right to a healthy environment.


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Tim Powell, Revitalizing Jefferson’s Vision for Preserving Native American Languages

Revitalizing Thomas Jefferson’s Vision for Preserving Native American Languages

On September 28th, the Scholars’ Lab welcomed Tim Powell, Director of Native American Projects at the American Philosophical Society where he oversees the Native American Endangered Languages Digital Archive. Dr. Powell is also a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Consulting Scholar for the Penn Museum. He has worked closely for the last ten years with the Eastern Band of the Cherokee and Ojibwe Bands in northern Minnesota. He has won three NEH grants to create Gibagadinamaagoom: An Ojibwe Digital Archive.

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Thomas Jefferson began the Native American language preservation project while President of the American Philosophical Society (APS) from 1797-1815. The APS recently received two Mellon Foundation grants to digitize its entire Native American audio recordings collection, totaling more than 3000 hours. The collection contains invaluable linguistic and historical recordings that scholars and Native American communities are using to bring languages back from extinction. The project also raises important questions about the meaning of Digital Humanities in august archives. In his talk, Tim introduced us to these efforts and discussed how cross-institutional work in the world of cultural heritage organizations might serve as a model for academic digital humanities writ large.

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I was delighted to be a guest on the Skeptically Speaking radio show/ podcast recently – I spoke with host Desiree Schell about why toilets (and other related forms of sanitation) are so great. In fact, the whole episode is dedicated to the topic of “Sewer Science,” and also features University of York’s Alistair Boxall discussing pharmaceutical contaminants. The previous episode focuses on municipal water systems and water fluoridation, and there are many other fascinating health-related episodes on the site available for downloading or online listening.

My past posts on sanitation in the developing world include “From the Broad Street Pump to Flying Toilets: Cities’ Need for Sanitation” and “In Praise of Toilets.”

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    March 21, 2011

    Awesome! Untouchables, composting toilets…

    It would be really interesting to hear more on this blog about composting toilets. Also water recycling is really interesting. Dehydrate pasteurize toilets also seem like a workable solution.

    Cloudcroft New mexico, and Windhoek, Namibia are currently practicing toilet to tap water recycling – direct water recycling. The issues are very interesting, but this sort of thing is very important and may be required in many many more cities as global warming produces water shortages.

    In the 50s, Chanute Kansas was forced to recycle all their water toilet-to-tap with of course only the technology they had back then for a couple of months.

    Plus IIRC indirect recycling, where the water sits for some time in a body of some sort for a while between toilet and tap doesn’t change the contaminants much compared with direct recycling…

  2. #2 Liz Borkowski
    March 21, 2011

    Thanks, Paul! I’m glad to know there are other people out there who are interesting in composting toilets.

  3. #3 Dick
    March 22, 2011

    One good place to get information about composting toilets is the Resource Institute for Low Entropy Systems (RILES). They have projects underway in several countries, sometimes in conjunction with sustainable development and ecologically sound water supply. See http://www.riles.org/index.html


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What Does Ethanol Do in a DNA Extraction?

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Extracting DNA is a key first step in molecular analysis.
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Before DNA can be sequenced, tested or analyzed, it must first be extracted from cells. Cells contain many other molecules like proteins and lipids; however, and a scientist naturally wants to get a solution of DNA that's as pure as possible. Common methods of DNA extraction involve the use of isopropanol or ethanol in one step of the process.

Both ethanol and isopropanol mix well (are miscible with) water, but they have lower dielectric constants than water, meaning that their ability to shield positive and negative charges in the solution and keep them segregated is much poorer. The dielectric constant for water, for example, is 78.5, while the constant for ethanol is 24.3. DNA is negatively charged, so it's attracted to positive ions in the solution like potassium or sodium. Ethanol has a poorer ability than water to keep the positively charged ions and the DNA apart.

Ethanol also makes the DNA less soluble for another reason. Since the ethanol molecules can form interactions called hydrogen bonds with water molecules, they decrease the number of water molecules available to hydrate the DNA. Between this effect and the lower dielectric constant, the ethanol basically causes the DNA to aggregate with positive ions in the solution, forming a solid or precipitate at the bottom of the tube. Precipitating the DNA serves to make it more concentrated because other contaminants in the solution are not precipitated at the same time.

The ethanol wash also serves to remove low-molecular weight contaminants like salts and detergents. The salt chosen may vary depending on whether it's necessary to precipitate the sodium dodecyl sulfate detergent from an earlier step; potassium dodecyl sulfate, for example, is insoluble and will precipitate, so using potassium acetate in an alkaline lysis can remove the SDS before the ethanol/isopropanol is added. Ethanol can also be used to precipitate RNA for much the same reasons, although precipitation of RNA will typically require more ethanol.


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In 2006 Rico recorded a new CD titled Japa Rico - Rico Rodriguez Meets Japan. It's the result of a long lasting relation with Japanese musicians.

JapaRico 2006 C500

Cover of Rico's 2006 Japan only release

CD: Sony Music Associated Records AICL 1753 /Japan

(p) 2006 Sony Music Associated Records Inc. (Tracks 1-10, 12, 13)

(p) 2006 Victor Entertainment Inc. (Track 11)

(c) 2006 Sony Music Associated Records Inc.

Manufactured by Sony Music Associated Records Inc.

Tracks & Credits

Most credits are written in Japanese (what I cannot read or write). In cases I only note an ? - for excuse

  • Japa-Rico Super Session: "Man From Wareika" (Rico Rodriguez) 5:50; ?'s for dr, p, hammond org, tb, tb, as, ts, Kuubo (b), Nargo (trumpet). Recorded by "?" at Hal Studio.

Good and with pressure

  • "?": "L-O-V-E" (Milt Gabler/Bert Kaempfert) 3:54; ?'s for tb, as, bs,keyb, b, g, perc, dr, Nargo (tr), Gamo (ts). Recorded and mixed by "?" at Avaco Creative Studios.

Rico sings; at the end two tbs give a short solo, nice piece. Some say that he hasn't a voice to sing. I love this voice.

  • "?": "Monkey Man" (Frederick Hibbert) 2:29; ?'s for g&voc, dr, tb, ts, b&voc.

Recorded by "?" (Recording Studio Kiss) at Studio Vox. Mixed by "?" at Hal Studio. Some girls are faster than fast; ska with a slight South Sea flavour.

  • The Zoot16: "Cleopatra" (Don Drummond) 5:34; The Zoot16 (voc, g, b, keyb, dr), Little Master (keyb), ? for sax, ? for add. adviser. Recorded and mixed by "?" at Zoot Sunrise Sounds.

A too much too strange (for an old man like me) version; but Rico is the attraction of this party tonight. Let him go ...

  • Kodama And The Dub Station Band: "More" (Biz Ortolani/Nico Oliviero/Marcello Ciorciolini) 5:37;  ?'s for tr, g, keyb, b, dr. Recorded & mixed by "?" at Studio 450, Idea Studio.

Romantic with an "ob ob ob" as bass sound, it's Kodama.

  • The Miceteeth: "Quando Quando" (Tony Renis) 3:17

This song remains what it ever was.

  • Tucker + Afra & Incredible Beatbox Band: "Ghost Town" (Jerry Dammers) 3:33 - Afra (human beat box), ? (human beat box), K-Moon (human beat box), Tucker (Yamaha electrone, Roland SH-3A synth). Recorded and mixed by Hajime Naito at Zero Studio.

A damn bad version - I hate this one because I love Jerry Dammer's original and Rico's extraordinary solo on the old 12".

  • "?": "Rico's Mood" (Rico Rodriguez) 3:24; ?#s for b, ts, g, perc, dr, Hakase: keyb. Recorded by "?". Mixed by "?" at Hal Studio.

  • Skaymates: "Far East" (Words: Skaimates/Music: Rico Rodriguez) 4:42; ?'s for Skaymates on voc, dr, b, g, perc, as, tr, tb, chorus, ? for support musician (accoustic g). Recorded by "?" (Studio G) at Studio G, mixed by "?" (3rd Wave) at Studio G.

This is my favourite! It's minimalistic, with fun, a very special solo by Rico, full of distant joy.

  • Cool Wise Men: "First Conversation" (Cool Wise Men) 4:55; ?'s for upright b, tb, tr, ts, p/pianica, g, dr. Recorded by "?" (King Cobra) at Sound Arts. Mixed by "?" at Studio 1970.

Quite interesting; a bit jazzy.

  • Scoobie Do: "Enjoy Yourself" (Herbert Magidson/Carl Sigman) 4:37

Too strange; I can't get used to it - how did Rico manage to follow those Scoobie Dos; I love Prince Buster's and the Specials' versions. This one - I can't. But Rico must love his Japanese friends a lot ...

  • Dubsensemania: "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller) 5:18; Ras Takashi (pianica), PJ (dr), Lui (g), Ras Kanto (binghi dr, perc), Ryotaro Harada (b), Aki (sound effects), Ken (keyb). Recorded by "?" (Avaco Creative Studios at Avaco Creative Studios. Mixed by "?" at Avaco Creative Studios.
  • Jungle Roots Band: "Danny Boy" (Words: Frederick E. Weatherly/Music: ?) 5:56; Kuubo (b), ?'s for org, g. kette/accordion, bura dr, Guan Chai (kette), Mochie (kette). Riddim track recorded by "?" at Toike Moveable Studio. Over dubbed by "?". Mixed by Kuubo. Prod. by Kuubo.

Rico sings a song about the end of live and about love; great but very sad in spite of it's optimistic text! Rico expresses every facette of feelings.

All tracks: Rico God Son Rodriguez (trombone, vocal & voice)

Prod. by "?" 'Gucci' "?" of Rakstone Records Supervisor: Kuubo All Rico's instrumentals & voices recorded by "?" at "?", except "L-O-V-E", "First Conversation", "Danny Boy" mastered by "?" - (Bernie Grundman Mastering)

Design by 7Stars Photography by "?"

The crowned king: Label of Rico's 2006 release

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