A classic now found on budget bikes. Very unpretentious, lightweight and inexpensive, it has been used for several decades. The disadvantages include less reliability and complexity of configuration.
In this design, a thread is cut on the upper cup of the column, and the head tube is fixed in it with a lock nut.
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A semi-integrated column (Zerostack) contains bearings (usually both industrial, in other versions there are combinations) and cups, completely pressed into the glass, only anthers can be seen from the outside. Despite the slightly greater complexity of the device and the cost, the combination is considered one of the best, since it does not protrude beyond the glass and allows you to set an arbitrary height of the steering wheel.
Types of bicycle steering columns
In this article, we will take a closer look at the types of steering columns and their difference.
The basis for determining the type of the steering column of a bicycle begins, of course, from the frame, or rather from its special front part under the well-established name “head tube”. Usually this part of the frame is a short tube of the standard diameter, where the fork stem is subsequently placed. There are many types of headtubes (as well as the bicycle frames themselves) and it is important to note that all the standards used are not compatible. Based on this, it is important to find out the type and diameter of the holes in the head tube of a particular frame in order to correctly select a compatible steering column for it.
The modern standard, also called Aheadset, thanks to the brand of the company that first introduced it. This design does not take on the load of fixing the fork, and there is no thread in it.
The column consists of upper and lower cups, each of which is pressed into the head tube, and a bearing is already installed in it, which is closed by a rolling ring. In this design, the setting rings and the stem are first installed, and then the steering tube is already fixed.
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Refers to the threadless type of systems. It differs from the rest by the absence of cups. In other words, the bearings fit directly into the head tube of the frame. There are no rolling grooves in the design. Integrated bicycle headset can contain exclusively industrial bearings.
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Systems of the presented type have the lowest weight and simplicity of design. However, they are quite difficult to recover from damage. In addition, there is a significant variation in sizes and models.
There are different sizes of bicycle headsets, and more specifically, individual head tube options. Currently, you can find the following types of glasses:
- Standard. size 30 mm.
- Integrated. Available in several sizes: 1/8 “(41.1mm), 1/8” Italian Standard (41.95mm), 1/8 “FSA Standard (41.6mm).
- Semi-integrated. range of sizes from 41.35 mm to 55.9 mm.
Each size has its own tolerances down to the millimeter. However, you should try to select glasses as accurately as possible in order to avoid fork backlash. Such an assumption will negatively affect the driving experience.
Semi-integrated columns usually contain combinations of standard and industrial bearings. The cups of such designs completely go into the inner cavity of the head tube. From the outside, only anthers remain visible.
A semi-integrated bicycle column has a rather complex structure and a high cost. Despite this, the systems of this plan are considered the most convenient, since they make it possible to set the required steering wheel height without any special difficulties.
A number of standards for integrated threadless columns are distinguished from others by the complete absence of cups. Those. bearings are directly pressed into the frame.
Accordingly, there are no rolling grooves, only industrial bearings can be used.
Along with simplicity and lightness, models of this type are difficult to repair (especially outside the workshop) and a huge range of sizes.
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Each of the listed columns has its own head tube, and none of the types are interchangeable. So, what types of glasses can be found:
- integrated. glass surface concave inward, truncated chamfers. There are four sizes: 1 “(26.35 mm), 1 and 1/8” (41.1 mm), 1 and 1/8 “Italian (41.95 mm), 1 and 1.8” FSA Standard (41.6 mm);
- semi-integrated. absolutely straight pipe without bulges and concavities, straight chamfer at 90 degrees with a depth of at least 15 mm. The range of sizes is slightly less, and there is no confusion with manufacturers by fractions of an inch: 1 “(41.35 mm), 1 and 1/8” (43.95 mm), 1.5 inches (55.9 mm);
- standard. similar to semi-integrated dimensions and shape, but usually even narrower and smaller. The standards are the same, but the dimensions are different: 1 “(30.05 mm), 1 and 1/8” (33.9 mm), 1.5 inches (49.57 mm).
All sizes have tolerances from half a millimeter to a millimeter, but these should be avoided to avoid fork play, which has a very negative effect on ride quality. It is clear that we are talking about these standards if the column is threadless.
Dismantling the front fork for parts
You don’t need to disassemble a part to replace it, but its repair will require you to “fit” into the mechanism and dig into it thoroughly. Let’s consider how to sort out a spring-elastomer type suspension fork:
- Unscrew the bottom fasteners with a hex wrench.
- Remove the spring compression adjustment bolt. Preload. It is the main damper travel adjuster.
- Remove the elastomer restrictor or damper.
- Take off the “pants”.
- Using a screwdriver, remove the seals from the pants.
Admiring the disassembled suspension fork: on the left. legs, on the right. “pants”
The main reasons why the fork squeaks, makes knocks and does not smooth out vibrations while the bike is moving include wear of parts, water and dirt ingress, lack of internal lubrication. We put in order:
- Remove all dirt from the inside of the pants.
- Thoroughly wipe the fork legs, spring and seals.
- Replace the defective part if necessary.
- Install the elastomer damper (fill oil through the nipple for the hydraulic fork).
- Lubricate the inner cavity. inject oil from a can.
- Install Mounting Bolt and Preload.
It looks like a do-it-yourself bicycle fork bulkhead. Is it needed for a new part? There is an opinion that a plug that has been sorted out at once will be better tuned and will last longer. Much depends on the quality of the kit, but it will be found out in real riding conditions.
Scheduled repairs are done as needed, bulkhead once a season. And of course, you shouldn’t forget about prevention. After each ride, remove dirt from the surface of the oil seals, lubricate, check the fasteners and integrity.
Assembly and repair
Due to its simplicity and low overall load on the steering gear, it does not often require repairs or maintenance. Nevertheless, some operations can and should be done by hand:
Regular maintenance. at least once a season you should disassemble the steering unit and check the condition of the bearings, clean it if it appears by abrasive from the rolling grooves, lubrication may be useful. Change parts in a timely manner if required.
Height change. if spacer rings are needed for non-threaded options, then even handlebar extensions are used on threaded steering columns. about this in the article on how the steering wheel is adjusted and how to remove it.
There is nothing difficult in independent work with the steering column. The main thing is to clearly follow the assembly sequence, because the diagram is quite simple, and not to allow distortions during pressing. There is a special tool for this, but it is quite rare, and almost everyone uses simple hammers and mallets, although an unbalanced blow can not only damage the cup or bearing, but also crack the frame.
As a result, after each session of working with the steering mechanism, you should check the integrity of all parts and the absence of backlash on the wheel, because it is quite simple to disassemble and fix them.
This element is a newer type that meets modern standards. For the first time, such a detail was presented by Aheadset, in whose Honor it was named. There is no thread here, and there is no fork fixing load on the column structure. This element includes two cups (upper, lower), which are pressed into the glass. Then comes the bearing and completes the entire rolling ring. With this design, the stem and the spacer rings are initially installed and only after that the steering tube is fixed.
Bicycle headset threadless
How is the installation of the steering column by pressing?
The vast majority of steering columns are installed or mated to the frame using the so-called press-in method. What he really is? Pressing-in is a way of combining / joining parts with each other “in an interference fit”, acting on them with a certain uniform external pressure. As a result of correct pressing, reliable operation of the entire mechanism or unit as a whole is ensured.
The steering column of a bicycle is most often installed in the frame in this way. Many cyclists mistakenly believe that to carry out such a difficult procedure, it is enough to use a hammer and literally hammer the head cups into the glass of the frame “through a piece of wood”. This approach is fundamentally wrong, since at the slightest mistake, the frame may be standing (the glass may crack), or damage the steering column itself, or lead to improper installation and further functioning of this component. To correctly install the steering column of a bicycle in its rightful place, there is a special tool called a steering column press, which is a rod with double-sided nozzles that rest against the steering column cups on both sides of the glass and evenly, evenly and coaxially recessed the steering cups inward. The tool is quite rare in everyday life and annoyingly expensive, but at the same time it is extremely necessary for everyone who wants to guarantee the correctness and durability of the steering mechanism.
Semi-integrated bicycle speakers
The steering column is of a closed type, the main elements of which are hidden. only the anthers remain in sight (the bearings are inside the glass). Structures of such a plan are considered the most reliable and are installed mainly on professional models, since they are quite expensive.
Semi-integrated speaker systems allow you to set the handlebar height required for a particular cyclist and type of riding. Self-installation is possible.
The column consists of upper and lower cups pressed into the head tube with bearings installed in them, closed by a boot. The standard layout is also called “non-integrated”.


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Dispute which has prevented hundreds of patients in Wales from being treated at the Countess looks to have been resolved
A dispute which has prevented hundreds of patients in Wales from being treated at an English hospital looks to have been resolved.
Last month it was revealed the Countess of Chester Hospital would no longer take in outpatients from over the border after officials said they were not being paid sufficiently to look after them.
The move sparked widespread anger, particularly in Flintshire where a large number of people are affected, and the situation was branded ‘unacceptable’ by Welsh health minister Vaughan Gething.
Alyn and Deeside MP Mark Tami said he expected a resolution this week after he spoke with Health Minister Baroness Blackwood over the weekend.
Vaughan Gething AM, Minister for Health and Social Services has issued a statement today confirming that a resolution has been agreed, he said:
“As explained in the statement I issued on 11 April, regarding the unilateral decision taken by the Countess of Chester Hospital (CoCH) in relation to Welsh patients, engagement has continued at both Ministerial and official level with the UK Government to resolve the issue in the best interest of patients.
I can now confirm that cross-border healthcare arrangements for 2019/20 have been agreed.
My expectation is that the CoCH will honour the agreement reached and reverse the decision not to accept new elective referrals for Welsh patients.
Mr Gething says he remains “disappointed” with the action taken by the CoCH whilst negotiations were ongoing.
“This was wholly avoidable and a transparent breach of the agreed protocol on cross border healthcare.
What is evident is that changes introduced to the tariff costs in England since 2017 have created a complex set of issues in relation to cross border arrangements.
Wales will now have a seat on the Tariff Advisory Group.”
Minister for Health and Social Services added:
My focus during the last month has been in resolving the issue and moving quickly to agree a solution in the best interest of patients. I am hopeful the agreement reached provides re- assurance to Welsh residents that depend on cross border healthcare arrangements.”
Commenting on the news that North Wales cross-border healthcare arrangements have been resolved, acting Welsh Conservative Health spokesperson, Darren Millar AM, said:
“Although I’m delighted to hear that the UK Government has stepped in to help the patients of North Wales, it’s a great shame that it came to this.
The Welsh Labour Government already received £1.20 to spend on patients for every £1 spent in England, but thanks to characteristic abysmal planning by the Health Minister, the correct rates were not paid for several years to the English hospitals propping up the Welsh NHS, and warnings to the government were ignored.
Now that even more money will need to be provided by the UK Government for this financial year, Welsh Conservatives will be keeping a close eye on how the Welsh Government moves forward with this situation, holding it to account and ensuring patients are not left to suffer again thanks to its disastrous inability to plan ahead with our healthcare system.
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EA Cup QF
Date: 7:45 p.m. May 19, 2009
Venue: Regional Sports Centre
Ref: Derek Tomney
The old adage goes that when playing away, if you survive the opening exchanges you will silence the home support. Well that saying was turned on its head in this game. Rovers came flying out of the blocks from the first whistle and the away fans were in great voice. Playing with a very strong wind, the visitors did all the early pressing and Waterford struggled to find their bearings. The Dubliners didn’t convert their early pressure into goals and could even have been behind against the run of play in the eighth minute when the Blues’ joint top-scorer Willie John Kiely closed down a Barry Murphy clearance. The ‘keeper rifled the ball off the advancing Kiely but, as the stadium held its breath, the ball rolled just outside the upright.
The home side grew in confidence as the half progressed but Rovers still exuded an air of menace. On 25 minutes, Ollie Cahill produced a low drive from 25 yards which Michael Devine tipped around the post, and then in the 31st, Darragh Maguire rose highest from a Sean O’ Connor corner but was unable to keep his header down. Both sides were threatening to open the scoring and Waterford came agonizingly close in the 34th minute. Graham Cummins collected the ball on the right with his back to goal, the striker was challenged as he cut inside and the ball broke for John Kearney who drew a sprawling save from Murphy away to his left.
Four minutes later and it was again Rovers turn to come close. Tadhg Purcell flicked Eoin Doyle’s right wing cross across goal and just wide of Devine’s far post. The breakthrough arrived in the 42nd minute and it came for the home side. Alan Carey lofted the ball over the top of the Rovers defence and, with Maguire hesitant; Kiely nicked the ball and raced on into the box before drilling his shot low across Murphy. The home fans were ecstatic but their side’s lead only lasted three minutes. On the stroke of half-time the Hoops were awarded a free-kick on the half-way line. The wind carried Stephen Bradley’s delivery beyond the Waterford defence and the ball fell for Dessie Baker to lash home and level the sides up going into the break.
Rovers began the second-half in the same way they did the first. Immediately on the front foot, they almost went ahead five minutes after the restart. Baker was released down the right and crossed for O’ Connor at the back post, his header struck the underside of the bar and Purcell inexplicably poked over from two yards. It was a massive let-off for the home side and they responded positively.
On 59 minutes Cummins was felled on the edge of the visitors’ box and a free-kick was awarded. John Kearney stepped up and found the far top corner with a beautiful dipping effort. The home crowd erupted again and their team now looked determined to hold their lead. Hoops boss Michael O’ Neill turned to Saturday’s hero from the derby against Bohemians, Gary Twigg on 68th minutes, the prolific striker replacing the ineffective Purcell.
Rovers spent the next 20 minutes desperately trying to break down a resilient Waterford side that, crucially, had something to hold on to. Kenny Browne was a rock at the heart of the Blues’ defence and he and his teammates were outstanding in the final quarter of the game defensively. Rovers failed to fashion another clear chance and after four added minutes the referee confirmed an unlikely but deserved win for Stephen Henderson’s men.
It was Waterford’s eleventh game unbeaten in an amazing run of form in the league and cups. The Suirsiders sit second in the First Division and head to fellow title challengers Sporting Fingal on Friday. Rovers meanwhile will be desperately unhappy to be out of the cup at this stage and this result will go some way to dampening the joyous mood following their late victory over Bohs last time out. In truth they never really looked like winning this game but it took an excellent display from the home team to secure a semi-final place and a memorable win over their oldest rivals.
Waterford United: Michael Devine; Alan Carey, Seamus Long, Kenny Browne, Kevin Murray; Kieran Fitzgerald, Gary Dunphy (Paul McCarthy 88), David Grincell, John Kearney; Willie John Kiely (Kevin Waters 75), Graham Cummins. Subs Not Used: Kevin Burns, Paul Carey, Joe Mulcahy
Shamrock Rovers: Barry Murphy; Ollie Cahill, Pat Flynn, Darragh Maguire, Aidan Price (Padraig Amond 75); Stephen Rice, Stephen Bradley, Sean O’Connor, Dessie Baker; Eoin Doyle (Greg Cameron 57), Tadhg Purcell (Gary Twigg 68). Subs Not Used: Corie Treacy, Karl Coleman
Referee: D Tomney (Dublin)
Extratime.ie Man of the Match: John Kearney. The match-winner never stopped running and breaking up Rovers attacks and capped his performance with an unstoppable free-kick.


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François Servais, Fantaisie sur deux airs russes, opus 13 Urtext Edition by Yuriy Leonovich – 2021 cello & piano – 9 + 17 p.
Servais had a close relationship with Russia, Ukraine, and Poland, and his compositions reflect this. He first went to Russia in 1839–40.
According to Peter François, this is when Servais composed and performed Fantaisie sur deux Airs Russes for the first time. This Fantaisie is based on the songs Соловей (The Nightingale, 1827) by Aleksandr Alyabyev
(1787–1851) and Красный сарафан (The Red Sarafan, 1838) by Aleksandr Varlamov (1801–48). Servais dedicated this Fantaisie to Count Mikhail Vielgorsky (1788–1856), a Russian official, composer, and patron of the arts. Mikhail’s brother Matvey, an amateur cellist, was the dedicatee of Servais’s Morceau de Concert, Op. 14, and Felix Mendelssohn’s Cello Sonata No. 2.
Our edition is based on the first edition published by Schott 1854. The Richault edition was also consulted for the solo cello part. The sources were graciously provided by the Servais Society.


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Today in New York, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman denied a report that the league is preparing to take over the financially troubled New Jersey Devils.
“If the suggestion is we’re going to take over the Devils, it’s not accurate,” said Bettman, per Rich Chere of the Star-Ledger.
Not accurate, perhaps, because a Devils sale could be imminent, according to The Record’s Tom Gulitti.
While it’s tempting to compare the Devils’ ownership situation to that of another problem NHL franchise, the Phoenix Coyotes, it’s not really appropriate to do so.
The big difference between the two situations is that relocation was only an option for the Coyotes. The Devils, by all indications, are staying put in Newark. What’s really needed in New Jersey is a deep-pocketed ownership group that can haul the club out of debt.
CSN Philly has more on the story, with a quote from deputy commissioner Bill Daly — “…to the extent it suggests that league is intending to take over the club, it is inaccurate” — as well as one NHL governor who says there are buyers for the Devils.
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Scored 13 goals in 54 games last season.
Jul 3, 2015, 10:00 PM EDT
He was sentenced in September, 2013.
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Spent the last three seasons in the KHL.
Jul 3, 2015, 7:44 PM EDT
Buffalo also signed Cal O’Reilly, who played last season with the AHL Utica Comets.
Jul 3, 2015, 6:43 PM EDT
He signed a six-year, $36 million deal with Columbus.
Jul 3, 2015, 5:44 PM EDT
“Joel is a quality veteran player who can score but also plays an extremely hard-nosed brand of hockey.”
Jul 3, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT
Could make things interesting next season.
Jul 3, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT
Brings a wealth of success, experience at AHL, collegiate levels.
Jul 3, 2015, 3:12 PM EDT
$52.5 million extension.
Jul 3, 2015, 2:50 PM EDT
“This long-term commitment that assures he will be an important part of our team for years to come.”
Jul 3, 2015, 2:37 PM EDT
“They gotta come in and knock somebody out of the box.”
Jul 3, 2015, 2:12 PM EDT
A one-year, two-way deal for the ex-Islander.
Jul 3, 2015, 1:00 PM EDT
Charlie Huddy, Pascal Vincent and Wade Flaherty all inked three-year extensions.
Jul 3, 2015, 12:46 PM EDT
Expected to battle Brian Elliott for the starting role in St. Louis.
Jul 3, 2015, 12:23 PM EDT
“It’s an exciting time to be a part of this organization.”
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Bobby Sanguinetti to Buffalo; Sharks grab Mark Cundari.
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Where he “contributed to the development of Jonathan Quick, Jonathan Bernier and Martin Jones.”
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How patiently will he wait?
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The 44th overall pick at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
- Brandon Saad brings championship experience to Blue Jackets 12
- Sharks sign Joel Ward to three-year deal 16
- Sabres lock up O’Reilly through 2022-23 56
- Locked in: Columbus signs Saad to six-year, $36M deal 25
- Oilers sign McDavid to entry-level contract 24
- ‘Hawks would like to re-sign Oduya, but still working through ‘financial hurdles’ 17
- Trade: Caps acquire Oshie from Blues for Brouwer, Copley and draft pick 73
- Voynov takes plea, gets 90 days in jail plus probation 60
- Curtains on Broadway: Martin St. Louis calls it a career 36
- Discuss: Where’s the best fit for Alex Semin? 23
- Blockbuster: Kessel traded to the Penguins (131)
- Trade: Flyers send Rinaldo to Bruins for 2017 third-rounder (105)
- Trade: Jackets land Saad; Anisimov and Dano headed to Chicago (93)
- Bypassing a buyout? Kings terminate Richards’ contract for ‘material breach’ (90)
- Trade: Caps acquire Oshie from Blues for Brouwer, Copley and draft pick (73)

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On Thursday, Dwyane Wade filed court documents to request that his transgender daughter have her name and gender legally changed.
According to reports, Wade is requesting that his daughter, born, Zion Malachi Airamis Wade, be able to change her name to Zaya Malachi Airamis Wade legally.
Dwyane claims to have complete authority to make choices on his daughter’s behalf in the petition he filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court. His ex-wife and daughter’s mother, Siohvaughn Funches, was also aware of the legal proceedings.
In 2020, Dwyane said that his daughter started referring to herself as she/her during an appearance on The Ellen Show.
He recalled how Zaya, who was 12 then, had returned home and informed her family that she was interested in talking and requested that she be called Zaya rather than Zion.
“We’re just trying to figure out as much information as we can to make sure that we give our child the best opportunity to be her best self,” Dwyane told Ellen.
Dwayne has expressed on several occasions that he worries about his daughter’s safety while she lives as a transgender woman.
“As blessed as it is for my daughter to have parents who can support her, I’m still afraid every moment she leaves the house,” Dwyane said. “And not just because of gun violence, but because of the way people perceive her in this world.”
Zaya has also been open about her difficulties as a young transgender woman.
She recently told Blavity that she acknowledges that transphobia “still exists” and is “widely common.”
“There are genuinely people out there who think that you’re a kid, this is a phase, or you don’t actually know what you’re talking about,” she said. “I know that I’m trans, and it’s not like one day I just went, ‘I want to try out being trans.’ No. So just suck it up. We are who we are.”

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Gul Dukat and timed inking tests
Published by Suisei at 20/02/2021 à 15h45
So as promised last time, today I'm going to talk to you about drawing, and even more precisely about inking techniques and timed tests.
I had been thinking for months about making a black and white illustration and inking it several times with different techniques while timing myself to see which one was the fastest. This approach is part of my search for optimization in the time it takes to produce my comics.
So there are all the drawing tricks, 3D, Clip Studio Paint's tools, the programs and softwares developed by myself with which I saved a lot of time, but there is still this inking phase whose execution time tends to resist any form of compression.
At the beginning of the year 2021 I made a penciled illustration, and it seemed to me to be a perfect candidate for the exercise: a character, scenery elements and various texture effects.
The illustration in question:
To introduce you a little bit to the man, it is Gul Dukat a villain from the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine series, a humanoid alien with some reptilian attributes.
This is my favorite character of the show.
You know me now, I like charismatic bad guys with complicated stories. x)
Let's go back to the illustration itself.
Concerning the pencil phase, I refined it more than necessary, but it's because I wanted to make a beautiful illustration and it was my pleasure. That said, I still used some tricks to make the work easier.
Basically, I drew the different elements of the illustration separately and then scanned and assembled them by computer. This allowed me to draw them carefully without getting bogged down in their interaction and optimize the final composition.
Then I printed copies of the final composition that I have already shown you in magenta for my timed inking experiments.
I have made exactly 6 versions of them, as follows. (You can click on them to enlarge them).
Well, if you have the impression to see 6 times the same thing, it's normal, the goal is obviously to have an identical or almost identical result with different methods, the finality being to get the fastest one to use it on my next comics projects.
Let's go through them to dissect the different methods.
The first version, I made it with liners.
It took me 5 hours. The main drawback of this method is that the clip on the liner cap presses on my « comic artist ball ». A callus ball that formed on my middle finger over time by dint of drawing, where the pencil rests. And after a while it's painful, so it limits the duration of the work sessions.
Then comes the brush version.
This is the version that took me the longest: 6 hours and 20 minutes.
The main waste of time is during the inking of the background. It has many geometrical shapes and the brush is unsuitable for that. On the other hand, for the character, it goes just as fast.
In any case, the holding of the brush is pleasant, the handle is thin, so it never hurts me. I can work as long as I want with this technique.
It is difficult to evaluate at this resolution, but overall the lines drawn with the brush are cleaner and sharper than those drawn with a liner.
So! Longer, but prettier and more pleasant.
Then, the 3rd version I made it entirely with the graphics tablet and the software Clip Studio Paint.
This attempt is the fastest so far: 4 hours 15 minutes.
The inking of the character does not go faster the flaw being that the pen slides much more easily on the tablet than a traditional technique on paper, so it is more difficult to control the line and I use a lot of ctrl+Z. Moreover, the pen tip does not deform under pressure, so it is more difficult to anticipate the width of the line and you have to repeat the process several times.
The big advantage on the other hand is for the background and its geometric shapes (circles, parallel lines, ellipses). The rulers integrated in Clip Studio Paint allow you to draw them really quickly and cleanly.
Also, for all textures and particle effects, I created a lot of brushes for Clip Studio Paint. So, I only had to make a click to draw each of the stars.
As on this version I had the impression that I was wastig time on the character, so I decided to try a hybrid technique: the brush for the character, the CSP for the rest.
This version took me as long as the one entirely digital. It seems impossible to reduce the work time on the character below 3 hours and I have confirmation that digital mainly saves time on the geometric patterns and elements and effects that can be drawn with brushes.
I leave these tests a few weeks and then I had a new idea.
Here is the result. I let you guess which tool I used, you have 4 hours before I pick up the papers. :p
Well, I stop making you marinate, here is the answer in picture. :p
And yes! It's simply a mechanical pencil! :p
The idea was to see if I work faster than with the usual inking methods and if by playing with the contrasts in the scan I could make it look like inking.
For this version, it took me about 5 hours. I was a little faster for the character than the other attempts, but for the background, it's always the digital that wins hands down.
The problem with the mechanical pencil is that to have an intensity of black roughly constant is that I hold it strongly to press down enough for a long time and I ended up crushing my thumb, so I had a hard time finishing the background. I think it slowed me down quite a bit at the end.
So! No tool is perfect on its own.
As a result, I still had one last thing to test: making the character with mechanical pencil and the background with graphic tablet.
And this time I managed to go below 4 hours of work. :D
3 hours and 40 minutes more exactly.
I managed to ink the character in 2h20 then before moving to the background I had to do some cleaning up because of an unwise choice to do some textures partly in pencil and partly in digital. I think I have a way to spare a few more minutes of work by optimizing some choices.
I'm happy to have finally carried out these timed tests.
Used alone, there is no ideal tool. Now I know that, once again, it is in the hybridization of techniques that I will have to look for optimization.
I have the idea that in the future I should imagine a small roadmap to ink or at to clean my comic pages. I will put all this into practice in the next project.
That's all for today!
Next time I will make again a small compilation of our online Drink'N'Draw sessions.
Have a nice week-end and see you soon! :D
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Advancing the design of the Blade Compressor®
by Lontra and James McNally
Increasing understanding of the performance of a revolutionary blade compressor in real world environments to validate the theoretical analysis and advance the design of Lontra’s Blade Compressor®, refining its performance across multiple industry applications.
Creating multiple test beds capable of measuring many channels at high and low speeds simultaneously through a smaller portable system based on CompactDAQ for existing test cells and a test cell based on PXI with double the channel counts ready for future designs, joined together by LabVIEW software that can run on either hardware platform.
Test Bed Expansion
The first challenge was finding a suitable data acquisition system to manage large channel counts and log at fast acquisition rates to sample data every rotational degree of the compressor up to speeds of 4,500 rpm. The data gathered could be used to help the company’s development, increase efficiency even more, and validate predictions that were the basis for the earlier concept design.
“It is almost unheard of for a company our size to have testing facilities of this quality and capability. While we’re a relatively small firm, we’re focused on developing and licensing our IP, so we need world class data. Most test bed specific systems fail to satisfy our requirements,” said Carl Godden, Test and Development Manager at Lontra. “They’ll offer large channel counts but without the high-speed acquisition capability required to monitor pressure waves during the compressor cycle. With some large channel count systems, the ability to log at say 25 kHz requires another low-channel-count, high-speed system to be used alongside during testing, which is not ideal. The NI hardware and software justified itself, it covered all the requirements on our measurement chain all in one system.”
With this in mind, we chose the CompactDAQ system. This robust, portable system initially allowed us to transfer the DAQ between the two test beds that existed at that time. We added modular C Series data acquisition cards to support pressure, temperature, voltage, and current sensors. We used an NI 9401 card as an angle encoder input to read positional data. LabVIEW development software delivered flexibility on measurements and post processing.
We needed to improve understanding of the pressure dynamics within the compressor and a new model compressor, which required more channels. This drove our interest toward the modular PXI platform. We then had to provide a generic test bed code that could run the two systems.
Our NI field engineer advised us that our requirements and expertise would benefit by getting assistance from an NI alliance partner. We contacted James McNally from Wiresmith Technology to assist with the software development. Wiresmith Technology provided an easy working relationship with good feedback on ideas and prompt turnaround times on development. They tracked the work backlog effectively to prioritise the correct items without losing sight of additional ideas and features.
At the heart of the system is the DAQ hardware. The CompactDAQ and the C Series modules delivered the required signal conditioning for thermocouple, platinum resistance thermometer (PRT), pressure, voltage, and current measurements.
In PXI, the NI SC Express range provided signal conditioning for temperature and pressure measurements whilst multifunction DAQ cards offered the more regular voltage and current requirements.
The NI-DAQmx driver’s channel expansion capabilities meant that despite using multiple I/O cards in both systems, the majority of the advanced synchronization abilities of the chassis were configured automatically for faster development and great confidence in the final solution. We added calibration support through the use of NI-DAQmx scales and a local database based on SQLite, so the technicians could apply system-level calibration to the measurements. To give immediate design feedback, some of the channels also calculate the real-time efficiency of the compressor under test.
Despite different hardware, we could reuse the majority of code as both systems integrate easily with LabVIEW through the NI-DAQmx driver. We developed a hardware abstraction layer developed with LabVIEW object-oriented programming to include the few required changes in a single software application, reducing the support burden of two separate code bases.
The DAQ subsystem captures samples at 25 kHz and passes them into a couple of data paths:
1. The high-speed path transmits data at the full rate to angular graph displays and the high-speed logging module. When the operator chooses to, he can start a high-speed log to a TDMS file to capture transient tests. This delivers the additional information needed for Lontra to understand the system and push the efficiency higher.
2. The other data path down samples the data to 10 Hz using the built-in processing functions in LabVIEW. This is then used to update the displays as well as provide continuous background logging so that we can analyse long-term running trends.
Another key area of the software that needed to be flexible and scalable was the user interface. Here took advantage of an xControl provided on the LabVIEW Tools Network by Saphir called XTabs. We could set up a dynamic, tab-based user interface so technicians can add as many displays as required for the amount and type of data they need to view. Each tab becomes a separate loop in the LabVIEW code, which we send data to through user events. We also leveraged the Mission System Control Suite to give the displays a more modern feel.
Lontra now possesses a generic test code to run on all of its test bed systems. The code requires minimal user input by technicians and engineers and reduces test setup times significantly, increasing overall test efficiency.
“It took Thomas Edison 10,000 prototypes to perfect the lightbulb. James Dyson improved on that with just 5,000 for his vacuum cleaner. Thanks to our world-class CAD, and analytical modelling facilities and test bed labs, our very first production prototype is still running today with our first customer. The system based on CompactDAQ ensures we can continue to refine our simulations, helping us expand the range of applications for our award-winning Blade Compressor.”
The flexibility of the configurable user interface allows us to create specific individual tests dependent upon the scope of work being carried out. The additional ability to load stored calibrations into individual test configurations and flag any out-of-range calibrations has assisted with ensuring consistent, accurate traceable data, which is vital for the development of Lontra products.
The complete hardware and software packages offered by NI in conjunction with Wiresmith Technology have increased our test efficiency and accuracy. Lontra can also further develop and optimise data analysis simulation techniques for future product design. The ability to correlate simulations against improved quality test data will ensure future Blade Compressor® simulations are optimised; thus, reducing design and development time and time to market for the Warwickshire-based company.


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HOUSE TOUR: Inside the completely remodeled LA apartment that once belonged to LINDSAY LOHAN
In the living room of antiques dealer Lee Stanton’s Los Angeles apartment, the circa-1790s marble-top table, 1920s Italian inlaid desk, and 1810 Swedish stools are all from his shop, Lee Stanton Antiques; the custom sofa is upholstered in a wool by Rose Tarlow Melrose House, the 1970s light fixture by Robert Sonneman is from Downtown, and a rug by Kerry Joyce for Mansour Modern tops a floor of Belgian oak planks from Exquisite Surfaces.
A pair of circa-1810 French chairs and a Belgian cocktail table in the living room; the 1780s walnut bookcase is Italian, and the paintings are by Giovanni Giuliani.
The dining room’s 1890s pendant lights and chairs, which retain their original leather, are French.
Stanton in his living room; the circa-1820 Swedish armchair is upholstered in a fabric by Rose Tarlow Melrose House.
The guest room’s French table and drawing date to the early 1900s, and the circa-1810 bookcase is Italian.
In the master bedroom, an 1880s French painting hangs above a bed dressed with custom bedding by Mirabel Slabbinck, with a bed skirt and bolsters in a Jasper fabric; the armchair is upholstered in a Holly Hunt leather, the circa-1900 English chest was originally used on the White Star cruise line, and the wall mural is by Tamara Codor.
The master bath is sheathed in Siberian white marble by Walker Zanger, the tub is by Kohler, and the fittings are by Dornbracht.


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PHILADELPHIA — In March 2020, the Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief (SOAR) created the Families of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund (soar-us.org/ffsrf) to assist the families of fallen Armenian service personnel by providing direct financial support and children’s enrichment assistance. The fund aims to build strong and loving bonds with each family and to follow the widows and children through the years to assure that no children of fallen Armenian soldiers are ever institutionalized.
In fall 2020, SOAR mobilized its efforts and immediately addressed the humanitarian crisis in the region. Among SOAR’s many initiatives included providing support to the orphans and institutional staff displaced from Artsakh to SOS Children’s Village in Kotayk, Armenia, where they remain. SOAR also shipped two sea containers of food, clothing, medicine, and personal hygiene supplies.
To proactively address the overwhelming post-war need in Armenia, SOAR has established a Fallen Soldiers Support Center in Yerevan (Vagharshyan Street 24/6, Apt. 38) coming April 2021 as a non-residential facility that provides economic assistance, grief counseling, academic tutoring, job placement, and other services to families of soldiers killed or severely injured in battle. The overarching goal of the Center is to offer compassionate and holistic support to spouses, children, and families grieving the death of an Armenian soldier killed or wounded in battle.
In post-war Artsakh and Armenia, SOAR now provides families of fallen soldiers with financial assistance, emotional support, improved housing, and vocational training. “While the loss of our fallen Armenian soldiers is itself a tragedy, the war has had the secondary effect of leaving children fatherless and mothers and families without their primary breadwinner,” says SOAR Executive Board Chairman George S. Yacoubian Jr. “We invite all Armenians to join SOAR to assist these families so that the widows of our fallen Armenian soldiers can withstand their darkest hours and emerge as confident and resilient caregivers for their children.”
In commemoration of SOAR’s new center and the 106th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, honored artist Hayk Melikyan will perform a virtual piano recital on April 25 premiering the piano transcription of Whispering to the Wind from Alessandro Scarlatti’s Tigrane Opera. To purchase tickets, visit soar-us.org/haykforheroes.
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We love cars here at Digital Trends, but we don’t love everything about them. Something that’s right at the top of every car owner’s list of things they despise about car ownership? Defrosting a vehicle’s windows on cold winter mornings.
Fortunately, researchers from ETH Zurich in Switzerland are on the case — and their solution involves some pretty darn cool tech. What they have developed is a solar-activated nanoscale-thick coating consisting of two different materials, gold and titanium dioxide. Together these materials have a unique sunlight-absorbing property, rendering them capable of defrosting frozen windows rapidly. The combined material can do this without affecting the transparency of the glass in the windows.
“Our so-called ‘metasurafaces’ can inhibit or remove frost by absorbing sunlight, a renewable energy source, and heating,” Efstratios Mitridis, a PhD candidate in the Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies, told Digital Trends. “By tuning the coating thickness, we can render them transparent at the same time. These metasurfaces can be deposited on a variety of commercially important substrates, including glass and acrylics. Balancing transparency and absorption is the key to effective icing prevention and deicing for applications requiring visibility.”
The researchers have so far tested their ultra-thin absorbent nanocoating on commercial materials. However, Dr. Hadi Eghlidi, another researcher on the project, told us that commercializing the coating will pose additional challenges going forward. “[This will require] large-scale and cost-effective fabrication of the coating, a milestone which we are currently working hard to achieve,” Eghlidi said. “In parallel, we are working on new designs and materials to improve the performance of the coating — for example, to achieve more transparency or a higher temperature increase.”
ETH Zurich isn’t the only research lab working on a solution to this problem. Last year, we wrote about another innovative research project coming out of Virginia Tech, where investigators developed a special water-repellent aluminum surface that traps millions of tiny air pockets underneath a sheet of frost growing on the surface. This also speeds up the rate of thawing significantly.
A paper describing the new ETH Zurich work, titled “Metasurfaces Leveraging Solar Energy for Icephobicity,” was recently published in the journal ACS Nano.
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Shimla: Noman, a truck driver was beaten to death for allegedly smuggling cow. After Dadri incident in which 52-year-old Muslim resident of Basara, Mohammed Akhlaq was lynched, another dadri like incident took place in Shimla, HP where a truck driver was lynched for allegedly smuggling cow.
Police received a tip-off that a truck carrying smuggled cows was in Sarahan. When they reached the tip-off location, they found Noman was critically injured. He was rushed to the hospital where the doctors declared dead on arrival. The body of Noman has been sent for postmortem.
Police suspects right-wing involvement in the lynching.


Five northern states, Chandigarh to meet for uniform VAT on petrol diesel
Haryana finance minister Capt Abhimamyu will be hosting his counterparts from neighbouring states of Punjab, Himachal, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi and union territory of Chandigarh on Tuesday.Updated: Sep 24, 2018 11:01 IST
With the BJP-led government at the Centre turning the heat on states to tame fuel prices, Haryana has taken the lead by inviting neighbouring states for fixing a uniform rate for value added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel.
Haryana finance minister Capt Abhimamyu will be hosting his counterparts from neighbouring states of Punjab, Himachal, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi and union territory of Chandigarh here on Tuesday.
A senior official of Haryana excise and taxation department said the states will have to make collective efforts for uniform rate to avoid revenue loss in districts bordering states with lower tax.
Interestingly, opposition Congress in Haryana has been demanding that Abhimanyu slash VAT rates to provide relief to the common man while the Congress government in Punjab has been refusing to do so. Punjab finance minister Manpreet Badal has maintained that the state cannot afford to forego revenue from VAT on petrol, which is highest in north India.
For a uniform rate, Punjab may have to slash tax to bring it at a par with states bordering it as they may not agree to enhance their tax slab on petrol to 36%.
Some states may also have to hike the rate to ensure uniformity. After a similar meeting of FMs of northern states in 2015, the Aam Aadmi Party government at Delhi had hiked VAT rates as they were lower than Punjab and Haryana.
The VAT rates are highest in Maharashtra followed by Andhra Pradesh. In north, Punjab charges the highest VAT of 36% on petrol and 17% on diesel. Himachal charges 26% VAT on petrol and 15% on diesel. Chandigarh charges 19% on petrol and 11% on diesel and Haryana 26% on petrol and 16% on diesel.
The central government, which levies Rs 19.48 a litre of excise duty on petrol and Rs 15.33 on diesel, has been nudging states to cut VAT rates saying they get all of the VAT collection plus 42% of central excise collections.
Punjab has been demanding that the Centre bring fuel prices under the goods and service tax (GST) regime.
Till that happens, state’s petroleum dealers association has been demanding that Punjab government should lower tax slabs as they were benefitting neighbouring states.


Cutting Wheels Market
Cutting Wheels Market Analysis By Wheel (Straight Cutting Wheels, Depressed Center Cutting Wheels), By Disc Material (Cast Iron, Steel), By Abrasive Type (Aluminum Oxide, Silicon Carbide), By Grit Size (Coarse, Medium, Fine, Very Fine), By Application, By End-use - Global Insights 2032
Analysis of Cutting Wheels market covering 30 + countries including analysis of US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Nordics, GCC countries, Japan, Korea and many more
Cutting Wheels Market Outlook (2022-2032)
In 2022, the global cutting wheels market stands at a valuation of US$ 2.24 billion and is predicted to reach US$ 3.48 billion by the end of 2032. Worldwide demand for cutting wheels is anticipated to increase at a CAGR of 4.5% from 2022 to 2032.
Increasing industrialization across regions is expected to bolster the consumption of cutting discs and other industrial equipment over the years to come.
Cutting Wheels Market Size (2022E)
US$ 2.24 Billion
Forecasted Market Value (2032F)
US$ 3.48 Billion
Global Market Growth Rate (2022-2032)
North America Market Share (2022)
Europe Market Share (2022)
Key Companies Profiled
Cutting Wheel Sales Analysis (2017-2021) in Comparison to Market Growth Forecasts (2022-2032)
Cutting wheels are thin discs made of metals or alloys used for cutting purposes. They are mostly used with grinding machines to perform several operations. Cut-off wheels perform cutting operations in optimal time with high precision, they are cost-effective hence reducing overall production cost, and have a lower downtime for changeover.
The aforementioned factors are expected to drive the popularity of cutting wheels across several industry verticals. The high rate of replacement is also a major factor will drive the market potential of cutting discs.
Increasing construction activity, rising metal cutting activities in several industry verticals such as aerospace, marine, automotive, and increasing technological advancements in grinding wheel manufacturing are other factors that favour cutting wheels market growth.
However, increasing popularity of other cutting procedures such as laser cutting, water jet, and plasma cutting is expected to have a restraining effect on overall cutting wheels market growth.
Nevertheless, from 2022 to 2032, the cutting wheels market is predicted to expand at a CAGR of 4.5%.
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What Factors Play Pivotal Roles Shaping Demand for Cutting Wheels?
“Shipments of Cutting Wheels to Increase in Parallel with Rising Industrialization”
Increasing industrialization is expected to boost the establishment of manufacturing and industrial facilities which in turn will drive consumption of industrial equipment over the years to come. Governments across the world are launching supportive initiatives to boost economic development through industrialization. The aforementioned factors are expected to result in increased metal working activity and hence are anticipated to favor cutting wheels market growth potential.
Diamond cutting wheels, steel cutting discs, porcelain cutting discs, aluminum cutting discs, wood cutting discs, and fabric cutting wheels are some major products that are anticipated to witness high demand across the forecast period.
“Increasing Popularity of Alternative Cutting Procedures Hinders Growth”
Over the past few years, the popularity of plasma cutting, laser cutting, and water jet cutting has been increasing due to their ease of use. Increasing research and development activities are expected to result in new cutting technologies which could result in a drop in demand for cutting wheels.
These factors are expected to have a hindering effect on the cutting wheels market growth through 2032.
How Can New Entrants Earn a Place for Themselves in the Global Marketplace?
“New Companies Can Focus on Developing Novel Manufacturing Processes for Industrial Equipment”
The cutting wheels market is competitive and fragmented in nature and this provides equal opportunities for established as well as new market players in the industry landscape. New entrants can leverage the use of new manufacturing technologies to create better industrial equipment for specific applications in several industry verticals.
- Founded in February 2022, Foundation Alloy, a start-up specializing in high-performance metal manufacturing, raised US$ 10.5 million in seed funding in May 2022. The seed funding round was co-led by The Engine and Material Impact. The start-up claims that its technologies can manufacture parts by using less energy and create less waste, thereby making the process more sustainable.
New entrants can focus on creating manufacturing processes that are more sustainable in nature as stringent mandates to conserve the environment are being implemented across the world.
Which Regional Markets Should Cutting Wheel Suppliers Invest In?
“Asia Pacific to Provide Highly-Rewarding Business Opportunities”
The cutting wheels market in the APAC region is anticipated to be a highly lucrative one owing to the presence of robust industrial activity in this region. Low production and labour costs in this region have fuelled the establishment of major manufacturing facilities and uplifted the industrial sector which is expected to drive the demand for industrial equipment through 2032.
China cutting wheels market in 2022 stands at a valuation of US$ 188 million and holds a significant market share of 8% in the global cutting wheels industry landscape.
Supportive government initiatives to promote industrialization in economies such as India, China, and Japan are expected to prominently drive sales of industrial abrasives in these countries.
The market for cutting wheels in Europe accounts for a 26% market share in 2022 and holds a revenue total of US$ 575 million. Increasing investments in the manufacturing sector and rising industrialization in this region are expected to influentially drive cutting wheels market growth in this region.
Countries such as Germany, France, and the U.K. are expected to be at the forefront of the Europe cutting wheels industry throughout the forecast period.
More valuable regional insights can be obtained in this latest cutting wheels market research report released by Fact.MR, a market research and competitive intelligence provider.
Cutting wheel manufacturers are focusing on launching more efficient cutting discs to enhance productivity. Cutting wheel vendors are also investing in the development of more durable wheels that can last longer and make faster cuts.
- In June 2022, Saint-Gobain Abrasives, a leading industrial equipment provider, announced the launch of its newly upgraded Norton Gemini grinding wheels. These cutting discs don a new premium alumina grain and are made from advanced bond technology.
Key Segments Covered in Cutting Wheels Industry Research
Cutting Wheels Market by Wheel Type :
- Straight Cutting Wheels
- Depressed Center Cutting Wheels
Cutting Wheels Market by Disc Material :
- Cast Iron
- Other Materials (Nickel, Alloys, Titanium, Aluminium)
Cutting Wheels Market by Abrasive Type :
- Aluminum Oxide
- Silicon Carbide
- Aluminum Zirconium
- Seeded Gel
- Diamond Cutting Wheels
Cutting Wheels Market by Grit Size :
- Coarse (8-24 CAMI Units)
- Medium (30-60)
- Fine (70-180)
- Very Fine (220-600)
Cutting Wheels Market by Application :
- Metal Cutting
- Ceramic Cutting
Cutting Wheels Market by End-use Industry :
- Metal Working
Cutting Wheels Market by Region :
- North America
- Latin America
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Currently, the global cutting wheels market is valued at US$ 2.24 billion.
Sales of cutting wheels are set to reach US$ 3.48 billion by 2032.
The cutting wheels market is expected to rise at 4.5% CAGR.
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While rebels were reported looting of firearms and ammunition in Kidapawan City early November, now the rebels are allegedly after relief goods transported to Tacloban City. Several reports claimed that they attempted to snatch away relief supplies badly needed by locals affected by the super typhoon. It was said to be just a meager portion of the Php13.174 billion assistance needed by calamity victims for relief and rehabilitation, but the shipment would have been a huge help to hunger-stricken communities fighting for survival. So, who are the real victims here? Let’s see when the table has been turned.
A few days before the reported ambush, the Communist Party of the Philippines has mobilized its troops and called for assistance to calamity victims. Next thing we know, reports quoting Col. Joselito Kakilala surfaced that a 15-man group of the New People’s Army staged an ambush against a relief convoy guarded by the 903rd Infantry Brigade in Brgy. Bolocawe, Matnog, Sorsogon at around 5:25 in the morning on November 12. The attempt was luckily foiled by the soldiers resulting to two dead rebels and one injured. Sources further stated that one of the fatalities was identified as “Ka Abel” of the Sorsogon Provincial Unit, now short not only of a commander and a follower but also of several firearms and explosives. Among the recovered weapons were a baby Armalite 0.45 pistol, M-14 carbine, and M-16 rifles.
Now, it turned out the “ambuscade” angle was not even true according to a report recently published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer citing Capt. Mardjorie Panesa, Public Information Officer of the 9th Infantry Division, who said the incident was a rebel encounter. Although Col. Kakilala concurred that no ambush took place, he contended that “there was just a supposed plan to ambush potential convoy” based on the text message sent by Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares to the PDI. Has the military resorted to propaganda to divert public attention over the slow progress of relief operations and let the rebels take the heat? However, the apparent slow response of the national government to bring aid to typhoon victims was no propaganda. It has been much publicized by international news teams and recognized by the United Nations. The military might not want to play the same cards used by the rebels when the Apolonio Mendoza Command of the NPA accused AFP personnel as the perpetrators of the Php10 million DSWD 4Ps fund heist in Quezon last month.
Meanwhile, the release of abducted barangay executives in Loreto, Agusan del Sur by the NPA was made official. The five newly elected officers will be freed soon within the month upon the suspension of military operations in the province according to the Southern Mindanao NDF spokesperson.
If there’s real threat from the NPA, it would have been from Leyte Provincial Operations Command directly affected by the calamity’s devastation. A series of rebel attacks within the 4th quarter of 2012 led to at least 24 fatalities and 18 casualties on the government’s side. Yet, there were no verified assaults by armed rebels against locals in the area except the circulating rumors of armed men breaking into the city. On November 13, an initial report in Ormoc City via social media broke out on the alleged NPA ambush of a relief convoy at the Carigara junction on its way to Tacloban City. But, none of these are helping the inhabitants struggling for food, water, and health supplies whose misery was aggravated by the budding panic attack. Consequently, a native folk just died due to scarce medical supplies while eight locals in Alang-Alang, Leyte passed away after they ransacked an NFA warehouse.
Social media posts claimed that, “NPA rebels allegedly ambushed Tacloban-bound relief trucks at the Carigara junction,” but PNP Public Community Relations Group later slammed unverified reports. The police force has already sent 600 additional personnel to Tacloban City while over 200 others from Davao were deployed to Leyte to maintain peace and order. The Department of National Defense also posted a hotline for law enforcement concerns in Tacloban City since looting has been rampant in the area. According to the Task Force Commander in the city, the public may text 09166251554 for peace and order concerns in the area and the PNP will respond to reports.
In the wake of super typhoon Yolanda, Tacloban City was turned into a jungle where the rule of the game is back to survival of the fittest. Looting was reduced to some sort of necessity rather than a criminal act justified by the sense of “self-preservation” although it is limited to basic commodities for self-sustenance. Otherwise, getting killed would be justified by trespassing or theft like the breadwinner of a family who got shot dead allegedly for an attempt to steal automobile battery. Does the poor man need to die like a rebel for batteries when he could have been driven away with the mere sight of a gun? Too bad police augmentation didn’t make a difference at all.
It is the death of the defenseless, underprivileged, and poor peasants that once fueled the ideals of the CPP-NPA-NDF. But with current conditions across affected areas, where people has to struggle not only for basic necessities but also for physical security, the government might just lose locals to the revolutionary government, especially after Eastern Visayas has been reported to have incidents of mass surrender. It would be a bigger loss than trucks of relief goods that could be replenished in a day or two.
Agaw Armas Group in Mindanao
There’s no truth to the ambush of relief convoy by the rebels, but that doesn’t mean the incidents of weapon snatching weren’t true. The latest confirmed incident took place on November 1 when alleged members of the NPA “agaw armas” group assaulted and killed a barangay official and injured a village peacekeeper in Brgy. Malinan, Kidapawan City. Authorities ruled out the angle of political killing since the motive of the attack was “weapon gathering” with the rebels fleeing from the crime scene with .38 revolver, .45 pistol, M-14 rifle, and M1 30 Garand. Security analysts find weapon snatching common when it comes to rebel activities as new recruits have been obligated to gather weapons as part of their training.
Without a doubt, weapons are imperative to armed struggle that firearm smuggling has been controversial. It was mid-2013 when the alleged smuggling of AK-47s caught the attention of the government and later merited an investigation. Several months of probe over the supplier of smuggled weapons for the NPA led the authorities to intercept some high-powered rifles early this month from Tulunan, North Cotabato. Government troops engaged in a car chase in T’boli, South Cotabato on November 3 to recover a cache of AK-47s supply from the rebels, according to 27th Infantry Battalion spokesman.
With several firearms for the NPA seized by the AFP, the rebels are likely to compensate for the lost weapons by raiding houses of retired military personnel, as well as, PNP and AFP headquarters. Government intelligence on the rebels’ weapon gathering activities has to be as efficient as AK-47 smuggling. Or else, such efforts to curb smuggled firearms for the rebels will not serve their ends.


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a photograph by Alazanto, Kevin Davis, our son who died on this day from cancer in 2010
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This is a beautiful photograph Tom.
I am now thinking about you and Ethel. And I am counting my many blessings just for today. Sending you both love.
I look into the tree and see the light. Thinking of you Tom, and Ethel, and Kevin who lives inside love.
“Love’s not time’s fool…”
My thoughts are with you and Ethel. Six years… I know that when it comes to grief for one’s child it’s still like only yesterday. Such a beautiful photo… It has a spiritual quality.
Such a striking and beautiful photograph from his eye and mind.
I don’t know you, but I can send my condolences. I cannot fathom the loss of a child. I know people who never do get over it. Peace, love, Aloha.
Thank you for your words. Love Ethel
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Product options are basically selections for the exact type of product the customer wishes to purchase. It allows you to offer various options without having to create different products. Examples of options might be different colors, sizes, models, etc. of your products. Options show up as a select box on the page and you can have as many options per product as you would like. Product options are very complex in CFWebstore® and you will find many ways to use them, and ways to save time in keeping them up-to-date. You can add options immediately after creating a new product, or at any time in the future. You can have standard options that are used by many products at once, or custom options created specifically for a single product. A note on options for IE users: Some users of Internet Explorer may have problems creating and editing options due to default IE settings in later versions. To modify, go to Tools – Internet Options and click on the Security tab. You may want to add your site as a Trusted Site and modify the settings just for trusted sites to use a lower security setting. Otherwise, just click Custom level on the first tab. Scroll through the options to find the one labeled “Active Scripting” and set it to “Enable”.
The Product Options tab will show any current options for the product with buttons to Edit or Delete these options. Options will be marked if they are used to adjust inventory levels and/or SKU numbers. There are also buttons to Add a Standard Option or Add a Custom Option and a link to Edit Standard Options if you need to add a new standard option to the system first.
First, let’s explain the difference between Standard and Custom options a little more in depth. Standard options are created separately from the product and include the name of the option and how it is displayed to the customer, the choices and their prices and weights. All products using this standard option will have the same choices, with the same price and weight modifiers, but you can selectively turn them on and off for different products as needed. Each product can set different SKUs and inventory amounts for the option as these would
typically always be unique from product to product. This allows you to easily modify the options used by many products at once if for instance you need to add a new color or size for all the products that use that option.
Custom options are specifically created for an individual product. You must enter and edit all the information directly from the product admin for that product alone. When creating an option, keep in mind whether you might want to use the option for other products, and which method will be easiest to handle updates with.
So, let’s try adding a standard option to your product. Click Add a Standard Option. Enter the following items:
Select Option - Choose the standard option you wish to use for this product (created in the Standard Option Manager).
Display – Allows you to turn this option on and off.
Priority – Used to determine the order of the option if there are multiple options for the product. If no priority is entered, options will be displayed in the order they are added.
Click Add Standard Option to add the new option to the product. You will then receive another page allowing you to make specific changes to this option for this product.
SKU number – Allows you to change the product SKU according to the option selection. Please note that only one option can change the SKU so be sure not to enter SKUs on multiple options for one product.
Num in Stock – The amount in stock for each option choice, used for inventory tracking. Only one option can be used for inventory as. While currently you can set the SKU and stock amount on different options it is *highly* recommended that you use the same one, as future releases will most likely require this.
Show? – Allows you to turn specific option choices off. This is useful for instance, if a particular choice is not available for this product.
Click Update Option to finish adding your standard option.
Adding a custom option is a little more complicated. Click Add a Custom Option to get started. You will then be prompted for the number of option choices you wish to have. For instance, if you wish to create an option for color with choices of red, green and blue, enter ‘3’. The software will then create a form for the specific number of choices. Enter the following information for the option:
Message to Display – This is the prompt that will be displayed to the user with the option.
Description in Cart – You can add a short description with the user’s selection for the option in the shopping cart. This is particularly useful for products with multiple options. Leave blank if you just want to display the choice selected.
Require a Selection – If set to ‘Yes’ the store will require the customer to select one of the choices for this option. Otherwise, it is optional.
Display in Store – Allows you to toggle this option on and off.
Show Price on Selections – These settings are used for how the option will display prices. You can set it to hide prices (usually used if the option does not adjust the price), show the amount added (for instance, +$1, + $2, etc.) or show the total product price with this selection. Generally with the last setting, you would hide the price on the product page as well.
Priority - Used to determine the order of the option if there are multiple options for the product. If no priority is entered, options will be displayed in the order they are added.
Additionally, you will need to enter the following for each option selection:
Choice Name – The name of the option, displayed on the drop-down list and in the shopping cart and invoice.
Price – This is the amount that will be added to the base price for the product.
Weight – Amount added to the base weight of the product
SKU Number – SKU number, if any, for this option selection. Please note that only one option per product can adjust the SKU number.
Num in Stock – The amount in stock for this selection, used for inventory tracking. Only one option can be used for inventory as well.
Order – This sets the order for the option choice. Leave blank unless you want to re-order your option choices.
Show? – Used to toggle this specific option choice on and off.
Delete – Check this if you want to delete the option choice. This option will be disabled if the option has orders in the system used for inventory tracking.
Click Add Custom Option to add the option. Any choices not filled with at least a name will not be added to the option.
When editing a custom option, you have the option to add new selections to the list. Just enter the number of additional selections you need and the new rows will be added to the screen. You can also remove an option choice by clearing the Name field for that choice.


Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Nabil Bentaleb is facing six weeks on the sidelines after undergoing surgery on his latest injury, according to Sky Sports.
Sky Sports reports that the Algerian picked up a knee problem playing for Tottenham’s U21s last Friday, and will miss all but their last two games of the season.
Bentaleb’s campaign has been so disrupted that his absence will not be a major blow to Spurs in their chase of Leicester City in the Premier League title race.
But the 21-year-old still has the potential to be a great asset to Mauricio Pochettino in the long term, and could impact like a new signing upon returning next season.
The youngster showed real promise when he broke through under Tim Sherwood and established himself as a first-team regular in Pochettino’s first season in charge.
This year has been a major disappointment. He mustered two league starts in August, and two more appearances off the bench before succumbing to an ankle injury.
Bentaleb’s only top-flight football since has been two minutes against Crystal Palace in January, as he has struggled to win his place back in a settled Tottenham team.
He has played three full games in the FA Cup and made two substitute outings in the Europa League since December, but seems to have been used as a last resort.
Eric Dier and Mousa Dembele have excelled alongside each other in midfield, while Ryan Mason and Tom Carroll have been ahead of him in Pochettino’s pecking order.
Yet he was anything but a last resort the previous season. He made 25 league starts, and was handed a five-year contract by the club in July 2015, as The Guardian reports.
Carroll has been preferred to Bentaleb time and again this season, and yet his contract expires in the summer, according to WalesOnline – an indication that he is not considered as good a long-term investment as Bentaleb, and may only be filling in for the Algerian.
Although Tottenham have kicked on this term, not enough has happened on the pitch to make Pochettino change his mind about Bentaleb’s prospects at White Hart Lane.
So it must be something else. The two options; attitude or fitness. It could be either, it could be both, but injuries have certainly played their part in his development stalling.
Pochettino puts his young squad through a lot, and Bentaleb also represented his country at the 2014 World Cup, and the Africa Cup of Nations the following January.
Fellow youngsters Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Dier have largely withstood Pochettino’s demands without injury. Bentaleb has been less fortunate, but should not be written off.
He has a battle on his hands to dislodge either Dier or Dembele in midfield, but the latter has had his own fitness problems, and the former has arguably been overworked.
Dembele’s absence would weaken Spurs less significantly, and Dier would not have had to start 46 of 48 games this season, if Bentaleb was fit and in the form of 2014-15.
Bentaleb is far more capable of pushing the Dier and Dembele pairing than Mason or Carroll. He has the physicality to play for Pochettino’s Spurs and the technique to match.
Return to pre-season injury free and with a willingness to learn and work hard, and Bentaleb could work his way up to becoming a highly valued member of Pochettino’s group.
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The first week of September is usually a slow one in the industry, but Nintendo really sent a jolt through the industry last week when its latest Direct unveiled a slew of new games. Chief among them, Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition and the out-of-left-field Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise. It was truly a great Nintendo Direct for all different types of Switch owners.
We cover those games and more on this newest edition of Podtoid. In the show, Dan gives us the rundown on Control, Chris gushes over River City Girls, Charlotte talks about her experience with the original Persona, and Occams details his hatred of needlessly complicated skill trees. All that, plus listener questions, on Podtoid Episode 414.
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Simplify Meal Time
Meal Time can be one of the most stressful chores of the day. Here are some tips to make Meal Time faster, easier and more enjoyable while saving money and spending wisely.
A Menu: Plan Your Meals – Many people have successfully prepared dinner for many years without using a menu. Iʼm not one of those people. The planner in me needs to…well…plan. Having a menu has completely changed the way I prepare meals for my family – for the better. Hereʼs how:
1. Create 6 to 8 weeks of menus. Use the same 6/8 menus, just rotate through them over and over. Remember that a menu is simply a tool to organize your meal planning. It guides your shopping and makes dinner time less stressful because you know ahead of time what you will prepare. You donʼt have to change what or how you eat – your meal times will just be more organized. Start by writing down meals that your family enjoys eating.
2. Each menu week can be 5 or 7 days depending on your familyʼs habits. I only plan 5 days each week because we eat with our Community Group on Sunday evenings and typically eat out or eat leftovers on Saturdays. Larger families may need to prepare more meals than smaller families as left overs will not be as abundant.
3. Donʼt overlook “cheat meals” that you prepare from time to time – itʼs perfectly acceptable to have Grilled Cheese as one of your menu items. In fact, I would recommend having at least one or two “cheat meals” every week (the bigger the family, the more cheat meals you should plan). Itʼs important to not get burnt out on cooking, so quick easy meals are necessary. Any meal that your family enjoys is an acceptable menu item – sandwiches, frozen pizza, tacos, cereal. Just because you now have a menu doesnʼt mean you have to cook a three course meal every night.
4. Add variety – Once youʼve got a list of meals that your family enjoys be on the lookout for new recipes that you would like to try. Since youʼre rotating 6 or 8 menus you donʼt want to have the same dish too many weeks or youʼll get bored quickly. Also make sure each week includes variety – you donʼt want to prepare a chicken dish five days in a row (unless you really love chicken). Plan each week so that there is a variety of foods.
5. Cook ahead – As much as possible, cook food ahead of time so that when it comes time to prepare dinner some of the work is already done. This is especially helpful with meat – chicken and ground beef can be cooked (and chopped up) and frozen ahead of time. Then you just have to pop it in the microwave for a minute or two to thaw and throw it in your dish. Youʼd be surprised by how much time you save when your meat is already prepared.
Stockpiling – One of the most powerful tools in the quest to reduce your grocery spending.
1. Build your stockpile by purchasing items when they are on sale rather than when you are about to use them. Keep in mind that store sales run in cycles and something that is 50% off this week will be 50% off again in 6 – 8 weeks. You only need to purchase enough to last your family until the next sale cycle. In other words, donʼt buy 18 boxes of spaghetti if youʼre only going to eat spaghetti three times in the next two months.
2. Use your menu to guide your stockpile purchases. Now that you have a menu you know exactly what items your family will eat. You arenʼt buying random items just because they are on sale – youʼre buying exactly what your family will eat.
3. Learn the “best price” on items you use often. For instance, I know that in my area boneless, skinless chicken breast is never going to be less that $1.99 a lb. So, whenever I see this sale, I purchase enough chicken to last through the entire sale cycle (for our family this is about 30 – 40 lbs.). Is buying 30 lbs. of chicken excessive – maybe. But, Iʼd rather buy 30 lbs. at the sale price of $1.99 per lb. than to buy it at regular price each week – which is generally $4.99 a lb. Thatʼs spending $59.70 in one purchase versus spending $149.70 over a couple months. Stockpiling, in this example, saves me $90.
Simplify Coupons – Using coupons can greatly reduce the amount of money you spend on feeding your family. Just remember that your time is valuable too and strive for balance when couponing.
1. Use your menu when selecting coupons to clip and save. If youʼre family never eats peanut butter there is no need to take the time to cut out the peanut butter coupon and file it away in your coupon system.
2. Consider purchasing coupons from an online coupon source rather than rummaging through the weekly paper. I have used CouponClippers.com for a while now and while I may not have access to as many different coupons I save a truck load of time and energy by having someone else do the sorting and clipping for me. The amount of time I save is more valuable to me than the two or three more dollars I would save at the grocery store.
3. Limit the number of stores you visit. By only shopping at one store each week you not only save shopping time but also preparation time. One store means one add to browse, one sale cycle to learn and one stop to make. Or, at the most, shop two stores – one grocery store and one drug store. Drug stores often have better deals on toiletry items and paper goods. It would be well worth your time to learn one drug store system as well as one grocery store in order to save money each week.
Important Tip – Be flexible from week to week. If your week is exceptionally busy, donʼt stress over meal time. You can pick and choose easy meals or substitute a few “cheat meals” or grab take out. Itʼs also important to be flexible with your ingredients based on items in your stockpile. For instance – spaghetti is on your menu for this week but youʼre all out of ground beef and it isnʼt on sale. Rather than paying full price consider eating the spaghetti without meat or check to see if frozen meat balls are on sale or substitute fresh veggies such as zucchini, squash or asparagus (youʼd be surprised how well marinara sauce can hide the taste of veggies from your kiddos).
As with any organization tool, a menu is just a tool – it should be helpful for you not something that makes you feel trapped or stuck in a certain routine. Modify your menu as needed so that youʼre comfortable and your family is happy.
Visit the Organizing Tools section for additional tips on family organization.

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