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Consolidation was about money. Fixing it is about democracy.
by Christie Maloyed
Some argue that the City-Parish Council rushed the charter amendments on Saturday's ballot; others complain these revisions have been too long in the making.
Fair representation has been the rallying cry since an attempt at full deconsolidation in 2011 and has since been adopted as the central message of the Fix the Charter political action committee, the campaign behind the proposition to create separate city and parish councils. Drawing leadership and support from many of those same reformers who created and sustained consolidation, this organization has carefully structured its case to advocate for "representation for all."
That appeal to basic American principles is an about-face of the economic pragmatism used to justify consolidation in the first place. First they wanted to save money. Now they want to save democracy.
All the rage in the 1980s and 1990s, consolidation was championed by chambers of commerce around the country as a way to increase efficiencies and decrease costs. Facing an economic crunch following the downturn in oil in the late-80s, the Lafayette Chamber was eager to support a path to ease business investment and reduce bureaucratic red tape. In 1992, Lafayette voted to consolidate city and parish governments, which took effect in 1996.
Lafayette wasn't alone in its experiment, and it's not alone in grappling with the downstream effects. The promise of economic savings, investment opportunities, and greater efficiencies drove cities and counties toward consolidation across the nation. On the promise of just such savings, Baton Rouge consolidated with East Baton Rouge Parish in 1949 and merged into a single metro council in 1982.
However, in EBR Parish today, while myriad economic battles rage, concerns about fair representation drive discussions about deconsolidation. Leaders of Baton Rouge's chapter of the NAACP have argued a split council is necessary to gain fair racial representation. While the racial split in EBR Parish is relatively even, the city of Baton Rouge has a majority black population. The consolidated Metro Council currently has 12 members, seven white and five black, disproportionate to the city demographics.
Meanwhile, St. George, a majority white community in the southeastern corner of EBR parish, hopes to incorporate into a separate city. Unlike in Lafayette, where the chamber nominally supports the proposal to split the councils, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber adamantly supports continued consolidation, opposing both the idea of splitting the Metro Council and also fighting the incorporation of St. George. While representation is a central concern of deconsolidation proponents, BRAC is concerned about the economic bottom line and argues any split will add cost and financial hardship.
Lest we think these issues are wholly a Louisiana phenomenon, calls for fair representation have rebounded worldwide in recent political debates. The Brexit movement in the United Kingdom sounded similar notes. Even at the risk economic inefficiencies and higher costs, supporters of Brexit demanded representation and control over their own political affairs. In the wake of recent political dustups, Lafayette citizens despairing of local political problems have used the social media rally call #Lafayexit to express their frustration.
While economic concerns were the driver behind the adoption of consolidated government, worries about adequate and fair representation have been central to subsequent opposition.
While economic concerns were the driver behind the adoption of consolidated government, worries about adequate and fair representation have been central to subsequent opposition. A short 15 years following consolidation, a charter commission tasked with considering revisions put the option of full deconsolidation to Lafayette voters. Though the proposal failed with 63 percent of voters opposed, hope for revision has never died. A 2013 charter commission took another shot with a plan that restructured the council to feature five wholly city districts and four wholly parish districts. The idea never made it past the council.
That last plan is the spiritual ancestor of the charter amendments before voters today. To be sure, the proposition balances representation, but it also comes with institutional costs, both literal and figurative. While the councils will have their respective legislative domains, a compromise between the two legislative chambers will be necessary to advance budgets. Mayor-President Joel Robideaux noted in his op-ed published Friday that unresolved conflicts between the councils could lead to gridlock. Of course, the mayor-president has a leadership role to play in this process; his office is responsible for crafting the initial budget proposal.
Despite the onus of leadership, Robideaux is correct to note the possibility of unresolved disagreements. Bicameral legislatures are particularly vulnerable to such stalemates. In fact, one reason the framers of the U.S. Constitution in 1787 favored a bicameral legislative system was to slow the process down and ensure only those measures with widespread support would advance for the executive's signature.
Because of the potential friction between the two councils, executive leadership is crucial. Unfortunately, the charter amendments leave the executive in a precarious position. While the councils will be separated, the mayor-president role remains united. Compromise may be the only path through that conflict, but that could be difficult to achieve should the mayor-president hail from Youngsville or Broussard or Carencro. Either way, there are executive challenges ahead.
While efficiency was the primary goal for consolidation, Lafayette voters are questioning whether the promise of efficiency at the cost of representation is a good bargain after all. When Lafayette first consolidated, the city was following a national trend. We now are poised to be a leader in a national conversation on the limits and benefits of consolidation.
Section: News + Notes
Topics: City-Parish Council, consolidation, Election 2018
Christie Maloyed is an associate professor of political science at UL Lafayette.
Connected law-enforcement booster nixes contentious surveillance contract with Lafayette PD
The secretly executed cooperative endeavor agreement between LCG and a private businessman to provide security cameras for the city of Lafayette quietly died more than six months ago.
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BIG QUESTION: Should Lafayette subsidize golf?
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"While many of the processes reflected in this report have already improved, we welcome these comparisons and use them to help guide us in our ongoing efforts to eliminate harm to any of our patients," adds Long.
Nationally, hospital-acquired conditions declined by 21 percent between 2010 and 2015.
"Our concern is the way the CMS is measuring these improvements. The data that is being presented is historical data — it is not an accurate snapshot of what is really happening at Memorial Healthcare. Additionally, CMS, as reflected in the Kaiser Health News report, seems to be more focused on whether the patient had the condition prior to arriving at the hospital, rather than the actual treatment of the patient in the healthcare facility," says Long.
A recent CMS report showed Memorial Healthcare outperformed most of the hospitals in the region for infection prevention. Furthermore, in the most recent CMS Hospital Compare report, Memorial Healthcare shows no difference in hospital acquired infections from the national average.
Based on information brought forward by CMS in 2014 regarding the current reimbursement changes, Memorial Healthcare renewed its efforts on improving metrics to benefit the health of its patients including, but not limited to, increased hand hygiene compliance, updating cleaning and disinfecting procedures, introducing UV light technology, antibiotic stewardship, and early detection of community-acquired infections like C-diff.
"The economic impact of the cut in Medicare reimbursement is not insignificant; however, we remain dedicated to implementing new strategies to directly address patient safety and patient satisfaction," concludes Long.


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Penn State center A.Q. Shipley of Moon Township is the offensive lineman of the year and Iowa defensive tackle Mitch King was selected as the top defensive lineman. Freshman of the Year was Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor.


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Despite low trading volumes due to muted volatility in the market, the firm still performed well overall.
Monex Group, Inc, a Tokyo-based financial services company, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of its fiscal year ending March 31, 2019. In the report, it showcased updates on the business' developments in Japan, the US and the Asia Pacific region.
The results showed that despite low trading volumes and low volatility levels in the market, the firm still performed well overall. Its operations in Japan and the US reported strong increases in profits. However, the broker's APAC region did lag behind. This resulted in a total operating revenue of $111.4 million (12.4 billion yen). This was up 12 percent year-on-year.
In Japan, the company saw a continuous growth of net financial income. This is despite lower brokerage commissions which were a result of a decline in market trading volumes. However, systems-related costs were down in the first quarter, which helped boost income. Overall, the segment profit was $9 million (1 billion yen), an increase of two percent from the previous quarter.
Through its US Subsidiary, TradeStation Group, segment profit was $1.8 million (200 million yen). This was a significant increase of 183 percent when compared to the previous quarter. The increase in profit was largely due to new branding, pricing revisions, and streamlined onboarding tools. In fact, these have been the key drivers in the last five out of six quarters for the platform. Again, brokerage commissions were also lowered due to a low volatility market environment.
In addition, due to TradeStation's new branding and simplified offerings, the company was able to successfully attract casual traders/millennials. Not only did this increase their customer base, in the last 18 months new customers were on average four years younger than previously, the broker noted.
Looking at the Asia Pacific region, the results are somewhat less encouraging. One positive aspect is that Monex Boom Securities remained profitable despite lower trading volumes. However, as Monex Securities Australia had just started its operations, it reported a segment loss of $81,100 (9 million yen). Earnings for the region as a whole were down both quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year.
The firm's crypto operations also delivered disappointing results. In April this year, Finance Magnates reported that Monex had acquired local cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck. Before the acquisition, the exchange encountered numerous troubles including the largest theft in crypto history. As a result, the exchange suspended its service in January this year. Following this, only existing customers could sell their cryptocurrency on the platform.
This significantly limited the revenue stream even after the acquisition. In addition, Monex had to invest money into the exchange to strengthen its cybersecurity and internal controls. As a result of all of these factors, the segment reported a loss of $2.7 million (300 million yen).


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Stalin was the unchallenged dictator of the Soviet Union for so long that most historians have dismissed the officials surrounding him as mere yes-men and political window dressing. On Stalin's Team overturns this view, revealing that behind Stalin was a group of loyal men who formed a remarkably effective team with him from the late 1920s until his death in 1953. Drawing on extensive original research, Sheila Fitzpatrick provides the first in-depth account of this inner circle and their families. She vividly describes how these dedicated comrades-in-arms not only worked closely with Stalin, but also constituted his social circle. Stalin's team included the wily security chief Beria; Andreev, who traveled to provincial purges while listening to Beethoven on a portable gramophone; and Khrushchev, who finally disbanded the team four years after Stalin's death. Taking readers from the cataclysms of the Great Purges and World War II to the paranoia of Stalin's final years, On Stalin's Team paints an entirely new picture of Stalin within his milieu—one that transforms our understanding of how the Soviet Union was ruled during much of its existence.
Sheila Fitzpatrick is professor of history at the University of Sydney and Distinguished Service Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago.


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Maddie & Tae drop in to chat with Kelleigh Bannen on 'Today's Country Radio' about their latest project 'Through The Madness, Vol. 2.' The duo discuss defining success on their own terms with "Every Night Every Morning" and confronting childhood trauma with in "These Tears."
Tune in and listen to the episode in-full anytime on-demand at apple.co/_TodaysCountry.
Maddie on Creating Two Projects with 16 Songs Total
Trying to put together a project, it's so scary because for us, we knew we wanted freaking 16 songs to be out and we were just manipulating how, "Okay, record label, how can we manipulate the situation to put out the most amount of music?" But I feel like sometimes it takes a while to figure out what songs belong together and which ones don't. And so it was really nice.
Maddie on Not Wanting to Release "These Tears"
"These Tears" was one that I really did not even want to share with our A&R. I was hiding it because we had written it and I was fresh out of therapy getting into my childhood stuff that I needed to work through. And I was like, "I really do not want the world to hear this song". And then we were just in the moment and Tae's like, "You got to play this." And so we did. And it ended up on the record and I was so terrified. But now that I listen to it, I'm so proud of… It's almost like my younger self is like, "Thank you for doing that."
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Maddie on "Well In Your World"
I had one ex in high school that he was such a great person, just not my person. So I had the concept "Well in your World" because of that, because I think it popped up that he got married or was having a kid or something like that. And I was like, "Man, I hope that he got everything that he wanted and has a wonderful wife and a wonderful life and all of those things." And I'm like, "Is there a way to write that, and not in this break up song…"
Tae on Having a Baby and Refocusing Your Love
There's a whole other level [of love]. And you're both, once your love was once just completely directed at each other. And then you have this separate being that's both of you. And all your attention goes towards that. It completely changes the dynamic in a hard way. It's definitely hard.
Tae on Having a Premature Baby
I think I learned to give up control, which is… I feel like I always felt like I was good at that until I was in the situation that I had no control of. And I realized how much I wanted control and I was like, "Oh shoot, I might struggle with this." Gave up control and gave up outcome. And that's what I learned was just able to trust in the divine, in what's meant to be is meant to be. And at the end of the day, I can hope for the best and wish for the best, but it's going to be what it's meant to be. And I was really surprised by my strength through it all.
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In the wake of unspeakable tragedies, we often rush to blame, judge, and take action. Our aims may be noble, but we skip over the crucial first step: grief.
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Emory Tate's Immortal Game
Posted bychessmusings July 12, 2020 Posted inUncategorized
U.S. Masters
Oak Brook, Illinois
White Emory Tate
Black Leonid Yudasin
Result 1-0
1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
And we have Sicilian, Najdorf. Black's last move prevents white from placing his knights or bishop on b5. Named after Miguel Najdorf, this opening has become one of the most widely studied in all of chess.
6.Bc4
With 6. Bc4, Emory chooses the Fischer-Sozin Attack where which was a specialty of Bobby Fischer. Invented by Veniamin Sozin, this line was hardly worth mentioning until Bobby Fischer played it in several key victories.
Yudasin wisely plays e6 to remove the influence of white's bishop from f7.
7.Bb3
Fischer and Tate both preferred this precautionary retreat as the bishop will almost undoubtedly end up on b3 after black plays pawn to b5.
7…Nbd7
Historically, The second most popular move behind 7… b5. Black's position remains flexible and the knight on d7 can now reposition to c5 to threaten the bishop on b3 and pawn on e4.
8.Qe2
Here the queen is setting the stage for an pawn thrust to the center with pawn to f4 followed by e5
8…Nc5
Black seems to be scoring well with this plan in the 21st century.
9.g4
This chaotic attack had only been seen once in 1967 (Garcia-O'Kelley, Costa Del Sol) and once in 1968 (Messing- Minic, Belgrade) and white did not win either encounter.
Daaim Shabazz states: (page 126)
"Black must react quickly. It is interesting that usually one would counter a flank attack by a central thrust, but Yudasin tries a flank attack of his own."
9…e5 $6 10.Nf5 g6 11.Ne3
11.g5 12 Nfxe4
11…Ncxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qc4
9…h6 10.g5 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Be7 12.h4 Nfxe4 13.Nxe4 Bxg5 14.Nxg5 Qxg5 15.hxg5 Rxh1+ 16.Kd2 Rxa1 17.Nf5
is a line Emory calculated during the game.
10.g5
Maintaining the initiative.
10…Nfd7
11.Bd5
After staring at the position for over 30 minutes, Emory Tate dares his formidable opponent to take the bishop offering.
11…Bb7
Yudasin decided against accepting the offering as capturing would have allowed Emory to enter the complexities he desired.
11…exd5 12.Nc6 Qb6 13.exd5+ Ne5
Here, Emory told me that he would have continued with:
14.f4 Bg4 15.Qe3 Nd3+ 16.cxd3 Qxe3+ 17.Bxe3 Nxd3+ 18.Kd2 Nxb2 19.Kc2 Nc4 20.Bd4
Where he felt the better player would win. and "I've always liked those odds."
12.Bxb7 Nxb7
Emory enjoyed the fact that he compelled both of his opponent's knights to retreat and felt like he was gaining the upper hand.
13.a4
Another fork in the road for black and both paths offer Emory something he desired.
13…bxa4
Capturing here as Yudasin does gives Emory a golden opportunity to be creative with a rook lift, a motif Emory loved to use with great effect. avoiding the capture with 13… b4 would have resulted in:
13…b4 14.Nd5
and then if:
14…exd5 15.Nc6 Qc7 16.exd5+ Ne5 17.f4
and certainly Tate is playing with initiative for the win.
14.Rxa4
And Tate was happy to have his rook enter the game.
14…Nbc5
Yudasin brings his knight back to c5 with a threat.
15.Ra3
But of course Emory preferred the Rook on the much more open third rank anyways.
15…Qb6
With every move, Yudasin is catching up on development.
16.O-O
Emory stated that he considered
16. Nd5 but wasn't comfortable with:
16…. exd5 17.exd5+ Ne5 18.f4 Qb4+ 19.c3 Nd3+ 20.Kd2 Qb7 21.fxe5 Nxe5 22.Re1 Be7 23.Qe4
23.Kc2 O-O
as black would have better piece organization and king safety.
16…Be7
17.Kh1
"This move is twofold: It increases king safety and now makes the g-file available for a rook battering ram. According to ancient Chinese philosopher and military strategist Sun Tzu, 'To surrounded enemy, you must leave a way of escape. Show him there is a road to safety, and so create in his mind that there is an alternative to death. Then strike.' Tate gives a glimmer of hope, and Yudasin flees . . . to safety?"
17…O-O
18.b4
It's hard to imagine that playing pawn to b4 here is actually the beginning of an attack on black's castled king. Attacks like these are literally out of this world which is why Emory's friends sometimes joked and referred to Emory Tate as extraterrestrial or E.T.
8…Na4
Certainly not:
18…Qxb4 $2 19.Nc6 Qb7 20.Nxe7+
19.Nf5
Tateshinkai!
Emory was extremely proud of this positional sacrifice and enjoyed stumping classes of advanced young students on this move. I took notes during one of these occasions and what follows is Emory's own analysis of moves suggested by students:
is worth investigation but after
19…Qxd4 20.Bb2 Bxg5 21.Rg1 Bf6 22.Nd1 Qb6
leaves black a pawn up.
19.Be3
was also suggested
19…Nxc3 20.Rxc3 Qb7 21.Nc6 Rfe8 22.Nxe7+ Rxe7
is ok but still not as good as the move from the game.
19.Nxa4 Qxd4 20.c3 Qa7
and white has created too many weaknesses without compensation.
19.f4
is clearly a big mistake.
19…Nxc3 20.Rxc3 Qxd4
19.Nd5
Emory smiled when 19Nd5 was suggested by a young master.
19…exd5 20.Nf5 Rfe8 21.Rxa4 Bf8 22.Be3 Qb7 23.Rfa1
but upon close inspection is not as good as 19. Nf5 as black's king remains secure.
19…exf5
19…Nxc3 20.Nxe7+ Kh8 21.Rxc3 Rfe8 22.Nc6 Rac8 23.Be3
A most powerful knight move exposes black's weaknesses on both sides of the board.
20…Qd8
Black must retreat.
21.exf5
Suddenly it becomes easy to see how all of white's pieces can attack black's king.
21…Re8
21…Bxg5
has been suggested.
22.Bxg5 Qxg5 23.Rg1 Qh4 24.f4 Rae8 25.Qg2 g6 26.Rh3
but is something Emory was more than ready for.
22.Qh5
When there is blood in the water, Attack!
22…Nab6
Leonid Yudasin falters under the pressure.
22…g6 23.fxg6 fxg6 24.Qg4
and Emory would have had to pause his attack to relocate the queen because Qh6 doesn't work.
24.Qh6 Nab6
25.Nxb6 Qxb6 26.Qxd7 Bf8 27.Rf3 Re7 28.Qa4 Qb5 29.Qxb5 axb5 30.Rd3 Ra1 31.c3 Bg7 32.Rg1
Leaves white with winning prospects.
23.Rh3
And now Yudasin must hang on for dear life.
23…Nf8
Emory is assaulting his opponent's castled king with surgical precision.
24…Nxd5
24…Bxf6 25.Nxf6+ gxf6 26.gxf6 Qxf6 27.Rg1+ Qg6 28.Bb2 Re1 29.Rxe1 Qxh5 30.Rxh5 Ng6 31.Ra1
25.fxg7 Kxg7
Far from satisfactory for black but so are the other options:
25…f5 26.gxf8=Q+
25…Bf6 26.gxf6 Nxf6 27.gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 28.Bh6+ Ke7 29.Bg5 Kd7 30.Qxf7+ Qe7 31.Qxf6 Qxf6 32.Bxf6
25…Nf6 26.gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.gxf6 Bxf6 29.Rg1+ Bg5 30.Bxg5 Qd7 31.Bf6+ Qg4 32.Rxg4#
26.Bb2+ Kg8
Just a brutally perfect attacking technique on display.
27…Bf6
28.gxf7+ Kh8
29.Rg1
Emory's only inaccuracy in this attack was missing a mate in 6:
29.Qg4 Ne6 30.Rg1 Ng5 31.Qxg5 Re5 32.Qh6 Rh5 33.Qg7+ Bxg7 34.Bxg7#
But even this slightly inaccurate play leaves Yudasin with no chance of recovering.
30.Rxe1 Bxb2
31.Re8 Nf6
32.Rxd8 Rxd8
33.Qh6 Ne4
34.Qh4 Nf6
35.Rg3 N8d7
36.Qg5
And Yudasin is left with no way to stop the inevitable mate.
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Obama's children's book hits stores, sells well
He's the leader of the free world, and he's won a Nobel Peace Prize. But only now, by one measure, is Barack Obama finally truly famous:He's written a children's book.With "Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters," a picture book for readers three and up that hit bookstores Tuesday (it was announced in September), the president joins a long list of famous folk who've penned children's books: Mado
Nov. 17, 2010, 12:04 AM UTC / Source: The Associated Press
By JOCELYN NOVECK
He's the leader of the free world, and he's won a Nobel Peace Prize. But only now, by one measure, is Barack Obama finally truly famous:
He's written a children's book.
With "Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters," a picture book for readers three and up that hit bookstores Tuesday (it was announced in September), the president joins a long list of famous folk who've penned children's books: Madonna, John Travolta, Katie Couric, Will Smith. Paul McCartney, Whoopi Goldberg, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jay Leno. Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Martin, John Lithgow.
Even Obama's current secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton, wrote one — when she was first lady, a book of children's letters to White House pets. The late Ted Kennedy wrote about Washington as viewed by his dog. On the other side of the political spectrum, conservative commentator Glenn Beck published a Christmas picture book last year, and Lynne Cheney has written several children's books.
Obama, who is donating his proceeds to a scholarship fund for children of disabled and fallen soldiers administered by the Fisher House Foundation, isn't even the only president to pen a children's book. Theodore Roosevelt and Jimmy Carter wrote books for young people, and John F. Kennedy had a young readers' edition of his "Profiles in Courage."
Obama actually wrote "Of Thee I Sing" in 2008, after he was elected but before taking office, publishers said in September. It is illustrated by Loren Long, whose many credits include writing and illustrating the children's stories "Otis" and "Drummer Boy."
The book, published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, was already selling well Tuesday — it was No. 3 on Amazon.com Inc.'s children's best-seller list, and No. 15 on the site's overall list.
But Obama, whose previous works are million sellers ("The Audacity of Hope" and the memoir "Dreams From My Father") wasn't the top-ranked presidential author on the overall list: George W. Bush's "Decision Points" was No. 1.
BLTWY: Obama's new book gets reviewed by its target audience
On the cover of "Of Thee I Sing" is a whimsical drawing of Malia and Sasha, skipping along with Bo, their beloved dog.
"Have I told you lately how wonderful you are?" the book begins. It proceeds to celebrate 13 American heroes and heroines.
"Have I told you that you are creative?" Obama asks, before describing painter Georgia O'Keeffe, who "helped us see big beauty in what was small."
Albert Einstein, Obama writes, "turned pictures in his mind into great advances in science." Jackie Robinson, the pioneering black major league baseball player, "showed us all how to turn fear to respect and respect to love."
Sioux leader Sitting Bull, he writes, "healed broken hearts and broken promises." Singer Billie Holiday "sang beautiful blues to the world."
Obama's children's book already a hit
Hellen Keller "taught us to look at and listen to each other." Maya Lin designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial "to thank the many who fought for equality." Jane Addams, the social reformer and philanthropist, "opened doors and gave people hope."
Also honored is Martin Luther King Jr., who "gave us a dream that all races and creeds would walk hand in hand," and astronaut Neil Armstrong, whose lunar leaps "made us brave enough to take our own big, bold strides." Cesar Chavez "showed farmworkers their own power when they felt they had none."
Finally there are two former presidents: Abraham Lincoln, who "promised freedom to enslaved sisters and brothers," and George Washington, who "helped make an idea into a new country."
"Have I told you that they are all a part of you?" Obama asks at the end, as he walks off into the distance with his daughters.
It's not unusual that Obama, a successful author already, would want to write a children's book — presidents often like being associated with the cause of literacy, says Leonard S. Marcus, a historian of children's books. Obama, he says, is effectively using the device of writing to his own daughters as a way of speaking to all children. "He has something to say," Marcus says. "He has a sense of history, and of the hunger for role models."
Marcus likens Obama's book to a cross between Roosevelt's book of letters to his children and Kennedy's book, which emphasized heroes. The president's goals in writing it clearly differ, he says, from that of some celebrities, who write children's books as sort of a publicity stunt.
"It helps get the authors on TV," says Marcus, author of "Minders of Make Believe." "And publishers use these books as a way to lure customers into the bookstores, hopefully to buy something else." Among the more respected celebrity children's authors, he says: Jamie Lee Curtis and John Lithgow.
The 40-page "Of Thee I Sing," with a list price of $17.99, is part of a $1.9 million, three-book deal with Random House reached in 2004, according to a disclosure report filed in 2005, when Obama was a U.S. senator from Illinois. The other two books were nonfiction.


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Toshiba Tecra A3X review
A no-frills laptop that'll suit the corporate user
By tech.co.uk staff
The chassis is built of silver and black plastic
An affordable, no-frills laptop that will suit the corporate user
Not the most powerful unit on show
Toshiba has been producing laptops for 21 years with the bulk of its business aimed at the corporate user. The Toshiba Tecra A3X (£561 inc. VAT) is a standard model within the corporate range and has been designed as an office tool.
To this end, you'll find decent value for money, but the machine lacks cutting edge features.
Powered by an Intel Celeron M 370 chip, which runs at 1.5GHz and is supported by 512MB of DDR2 memory, there's a reasonable amount of performance to be had, but don't expect this machine to handle anything other than everyday tasks. This was borne out with a MobileMark 2005 score of 187.
The chassis is built of silver and black plastic and while we found the main body to be solid and robust, we were disappointed by the two small hinges holding the screen in place, as the panel tended to rock gently back and forth as we typed. The 15-inch TFT panel comes with a standard 4:3 aspect ratio and a native resolution of 1024 x 768 (XGA).
Graphics come in the form of an integrated Intel 915GM chipset, which uses a portion of system memory, in this case up to 128MB. You won't be able to run anything too complex using this adapter, but for office tasks and browsing the Internet it's more than adequate.
The keys are of a good size with plenty of travel, but we found the keyboard to be rather spongy, so typing proved tiresome after a while. The touchpad is of a good size, but the mouse buttons are small. Fortunately, both are accurate.
Fitted with an 802.11a/b/g adapter you'll be able to connect this machine to any Wi-Fi network with ease. Tecra machines use a standard array of peripherals, so if you're buying a number of machines for an office, you can share resources, such as docking stations and peripherals.
Weighing in at 2.6kg, this is a fairly lightweight solution. Sadly, battery life wasn't up to standard, with our tests recording a result of 137 minutes.
To keep costs down, you'll find the optical drive is an older DVD/CD-RW drive, which means you can write CD-R discs, but not DVD-R. You can read data from DVDs, either as programs or DVD movies, though.
The Tecra A3X isn't the most attractive or specified machine, but at this price point sacrifices have to be made. Where the Tecra excels is in its usability and shared resources with other members of the Tecra family, making it an affordable option for a company rollout. Philip Barker, Michael Browne
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Our 4 years, and the events that shaped them
Sean McMinn
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As our time at Cal Poly winds down, give yourself a pat on the back, seniors. You did it — or 40 percent of you did, according to Cal Poly's four-year graduation rate.
But for those 40 percent of you, you're here! It's almost over.
Now it's time to look back on all our memories from these past four years in college. Remember the Harlem Shake video in the University Union Plaza that went viral online?
One of your finest moments, Cal Poly.
We were dropped off in front of the residence halls, met our roommates and were told over and over about something called "Learn By Doing" — this was college.
The San Francisco Giants won the World Series just days after Cal Poly beat UC Santa Barbara in soccer, reinforcing the idea that sleeping at college was something that just doesn't happen.
On the web, "Double Rainbow" and "Hide Your Kids Hide Your Wife" somehow kept us entertained through the entire year (which was fine, because anything was better than the high school sensation "Friday").
We tried to watch Charlie Sheen as he boarded the crazy train, but Secure Mustang Wireless kept freezing YouTube right before his punch lines.
Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong started at Cal Poly in February 2011, long before any of us cared about Student Success Fees or semesters. Some of us are still confused about who that well-dressed man talking to us in the Starbucks line is.
Across the pond, Kate Middleton married into the royal family. The late-night wedding stateside meant we had to stay up to watch it. It also meant resident advisers finally had a program they knew people would come to: Popcorn and Princesses.
The year wrapped up with the announcement that a Navy SEAL team had killed Osama Bin Laden, and students at politically active campuses across the country took to the streets in celebration. Meanwhile, we continued to study for midterms.
When we returned to campus from summer, we learned that women's volleyball coach Jon Stevenson had been fired by new Athletics Director Don Oberhelman. An internal Cal Poly report detailed several instances of alleged misconduct by Stevenson, including inappropriate hugging and kissing of volleyball players.
Stevenson died in 2012 from an accidental drug overdose.
As the year moved forward, so did the Occupy Wall Street movement growing in Zuccotti Park in New York City. The protests spread across the country, even inspiring a few people to set up tents in an Occupy SLO movement.
Down the road from Occupy SLO, two San Luis Obispo High School students belted out their lives' trials and tribulations on "Hot Problems," the viral video that made our ears nearly bleed. It's debatable if this was a larger problem to society than Rebecca Black.
Legendary Apple CEO Steve Jobs died our sophomore year. Watching his Stanford commencement speech, we all briefly considered dropping out of school and doing something crazy, like starting an Internet provider that could bring Wi-Fi coverage to an entire college campus.
Talk began of the Student Success Fee in November, and by the middle of the year, it was on the forefront of our minds. Paying just to have "success" didn't sound like the most compelling reason for a new fee, but administrators drilled into our heads the very real financial problems Cal Poly was facing. The fee eventually passed in a narrow advisory vote and the Cal State University (CSU) system approved it for our campus in March.
Junior year
As talk settled down over the Student Success Fee, Armstrong brought forward an even more controversial plan to Cal Poly: switching to semesters. Months of research and student opinion surveys pointed the campus firmly in the direction of staying on quarters, but the CSU's all-knowing wisdom said we should start switching "by the end of the decade." No updates yet on what that means.
Far more inspiring than watching administrators duke it out through the CSU's bureaucracy was the Red Bull Stratos leap — otherwise known as "watch a crazy Australian jump from space and hope he doesn't go splat." Fortunately, he landed safe on the ground and all us non-physics students wondered what the hell just happened.
Obama secured his re-election in fall, and we all learned about "binders full of women" and "horses and bayonets."
In the same election, Proposition 30 passed, bringing more money to Cal Poly. Between that and the Student Success Fee, we thought there might be some leftover cash to improve Secure Mustang Wireless.
A strange site started popping up on our Facebook news feeds, filled with GIFs, lists and cat videos. Buzzfeed had won the Internet, and our Steve Jobs-esque company would never be as successful. Oh, well. Good thing we stayed in school.
We came back to school barely a month after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively knocked down Proposition 8, bringing gay marriage to California. But within weeks, a different diversity issue at Cal Poly would take the stage.
"Colonial Bros and Nava-hos" was the alleged theme of a fraternity party off campus that drew national attention to Cal Poly for its insensitivity toward Native Americans and women. Greeks kind-of-sort-of apologized, free speech advocates criticized Cal Poly for its response to the party and the investigation was eventually dropped.
The annual UC Santa Barbara soccer game gave us one final hoorah with a nail-biting … draw … but it was OK, because other sports were exciting this year.
Baseball held its first-ever regional tournament at Cal Poly after a monumental season where they were ranked as high as No. 1 in the country and won the Big West championship for the first time in school history.
Men's basketball made it to the Big Dance, and we held out the tiniest bit of hope Cal Poly would win a national championship. The Mustangs won a tournament game in Dayton, Ohio before running into the juggernaut that was Wichita State on national television. Or, if you were on Secure Mustang Wireless, you saw the CBS loading screen for two and a half hours.
Just in time to stop us from having fun, Cal Poly administrators and the mayor tried to shut down pre-graduation drinking. We were like, "OMG" and the bars were like, "LOL, nope."
Then, as us and our peers at UC Santa Barbara were starting to get excited for graduation, the unthinkable struck way too close to home. A gunman in Isla Vista tore into the college town one Friday night, killing six and wounding several others before taking his own life. In a moment of solidarity between rivals, some of us wore blue and gold to school and others came to an on-campus livestream of UCSB's memorial for its students.
And here we are, ready to graduate. Beyond these events, we've had plenty of our own stories to tell from our time at Cal Poly.
And there will be plenty more to bring back with us for our visits — as alumni.
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A Conversation with Leslie Mandoki and Tony Carey of Mandoki Soulmates
Too often we get trapped into thinking that music is limited to what we see and hear in our immediate area. We forget how big the world really is and that the one constant throughout the world is music. I recently sat with Leslie Mandoki, Hungarian-born, residing in Germany, and Tony Carey, American-born, also residing in Germany, about the upcoming live stream from the Mandoki Soulmates.
Please press the PLAY icon below for the MisplacedStraws.com Conversation with Leslie Mandoki and Tony Carey (There is a brief loss of video between 11:55-12:26).
Leslie Mandoki was born in Hungary and escaped the iron curtain by running through a tunnel to freedom. This was just the start of his journey. Leslie has worked with people like Phil Collins, Lionel Richie, and Chaka Kahn. He has served as musical director for such animated Disney films as Mulan, Tarzan, & Bother Bear. Since 1992, he has been the driving force behind the worldwide musical collective known as Mandoki Soulmates. The Soulmates feature such artists as Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Bobby Kimball (Toto), Jack Bruce (Cream), Al DiMeola, Randy Brecker, Bill Evens, Nick Van Eede (Cutting Crew); Tony Carey (Rainbow), and many others.
Tony Carey first came to fame as the keyboardist in the classic Dio-led lineup of Richie Blackmore's Rainbow. He has had a long and successful career both under his own name and recording with Planet P Project with songs like "A Fine, Fine Day", "I Won't Be Home Tonight", "My Radio Talks to Me", and many others.
Together, Leslie and Tony give a history of this worldwide band and discuss the upcoming live stream event (the link is below). Find out how all of the musicians come together to unite the world in music and how they are finally ready to introduce American audiences to the passion and power of the Mandoki Soulmates!
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Several weeks ago, I got to interview my friend Paul Penn.
The poems above are taken from the anthology Bleeding Hearts All For You in Seven Shades of Blue. Find more of his creative works on Instagram and purchase a T-shirt on his website. All links are below.


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Paul-César Helleu est un peintre et graveur français, né à Vannes le , et mort à Paris (7 arrondissement) le .

Il inspire à Marcel Proust le personnage du peintre Elstir dans À la recherche du temps perdu.

Biographie
Né dans une famille  à la sensibilité artistique, le jeune Paul, a trois ans quand il subit la mort de son père, receveur des Douanes (et peintre amateur) en 1862. Paul-César Helleu entre tout d'abord chez les Pères de Picpus, à Sarzeau, entre 1866 et 1872, puis  envoyé à Paris au lycée Chaptal, à partir de 1873.

En 1876, il est admis à l'École des beaux-arts de Paris dans l'atelier de Jean-Léon Gérôme, mais c'est par les peintres de plein air qu'il est surtout attiré. Il se lie d'amitié avec Whistler et Sargent, puis avec Claude Monet qu'il rencontre chez Durand-Ruel lors de la deuxième exposition des impressionnistes.

Pour survivre (de 1880 à 1890), Helleu travaille chez le céramiste Théodore Deck pour qui il exécute des décors de plats. Il y fait la connaissance de Giovanni Boldini avec lequel il sera lié par une très longue amitié.

Avec Jacques-Émile Blanche, il partage un goût passionné pour l'Angleterre depuis un voyage à Londres en 1885. La même année, il fait un essai de gravure à la pointe sèche avec une pointe de diamant offerte par James Tissot.

En 1884, Madame Guérin lui commande un portrait de sa fille Alice (1869-) — , ainsi que l'évoque Robert de Montesquiou — dont il tombe amoureux et qu'il épouse deux ans plus tard. Le pastel réalisé à cette occasion ainsi que La Gare Saint-Lazare seront présentés au Salon de 1885.

En 1886, déjà remarqué dans plusieurs expositions, il refuse avec son ami Monet de participer au huitième Salon des impressionnistes, malgré les sollicitations d'Edgar Degas.

À la fin des années 1880 Paul Helleu, et sa jeune épouse, Alice, séjournent à Fladbury, dans les Cotswolds en Angleterre. Le peintre américain John Singer Sargent inspiré en partie par les œuvres impressionnistes de son ami Claude Monet, y réalise à cette période des portraits dont le naturel contraste fortement avec ses portraits commandés réalisés en studio.

En 1888, Robert de Montesquiou lui achète un lot de six estampes. De cette rencontre naîtra une amitié profonde avec l'écrivain qui le mettra en relation avec sa cousine, la comtesse Greffulhe. Invité par cette dernière en séjour dans son château de Bois-Boudran, il fait d'elle une centaine d'esquisses, dont très peu seront exposées, et qui appartiennent pour la plupart à des collections particulières. Dès cet instant, l'artiste pénètre dans la société parisienne et devient un portraitiste à la mode.

En 1893, il entame une série de vitraux de cathédrales et, dès l'année suivante, il change de thème et peint dans le parc de Versailles.

À ce propos, en 1894, Paul Helleu est au sommet de sa carrière. Le tableau qu'il présente au Salon cette année-là, Les Grandes Eaux du bassin de Latone, et qui représente l'un des bassins de Versailles, est si grand qu'il lui faut être soutenu par une armature de métal. Le tableau reçoit un excellent accueil. Néanmoins, c'est surtout en tant que portraitiste de l'aristocratie que le peintre est reconnu et c'est dans ce milieu qu'il trouve les femmes qui l'inspirent. C'est néanmoins sa femme Alice qu'il représente le plus souvent dans ses tableaux et qui reste son modèle préféré.

En 1897, il expose au Salon du Champ de Mars ses peintures versaillaises et des marines.

Helleu est un artiste novateur qui s'attire l'admiration et la curiosité de ses contemporains. À l'inverse du goût prononcé de l'époque pour les intérieurs sombres, en 1889, il fait peindre en blanc les murs de ses appartements parisiens du  boulevard Pereire, puis du  rue Émile-Menier.

Helleu est bientôt sollicité de toutes parts : en 1895 il expose à Londres, où le catalogue de l'exposition est préfacé par Edmond de Goncourt, ce qui consacre sa notoriété. Il rencontre alors Marcel Proust qui lui est présenté par Montesquiou, et débute avec lui une relation profonde qui inspirera à l'auteur le personnage du peintre Elstir dans À la recherche du temps perdu ; comme Elstir, Helleu est passionné par la mer. Proust avait émis le souhait de faire graver son masque funéraire par Helleu. Dès son décès, alerté par le frère de Proust, Helleu gravera donc son portrait, sur son lit de mort, dès le 18 ou 19 novembre 1822.

Au plaisir du yachtman, qui passe le plus clair de son temps sur de superbes bateaux  sur lesquels il invitera ses modèles, le bateau devenant son atelier, le peintre ajoute de nouvelles sources d'inspiration aussi bien dans les toilettes des femmes que dans ses visions de l'eau et du ciel, tantôt voilé, tantôt bleuâtre.

Le « style Helleu », qui caractérise l'élégance ou le raffinement et la grâce féminine obtient un immense succès tant à Paris qu'à Londres ou à New York, où il se rend à partir de 1902. En 1912, on lui passe une commande pour décorer le plafond du hall de la Grand Central Terminal de New-York, sur le thème des signes du Zodiaque : une voûte étoilée, traversée d'un zodiaque aux signes d'or et d'une voie lactée argentée.

Paul-César Helleu meurt en 1927, des suites d'une opération (péritonite), alors qu'il projetait une grande exposition de ses peintures avec Jean-Louis Forain.

La carrière d'Helleu a été couronnée de grands succès notamment par la gravure, et les pastels ; son œuvre comporte ainsi de nombreux portraits gravés, notamment féminins, qui illustrent l'esprit de son époque où la frivolité, et le culte du passé se confrontent à la civilisation industrielle. Les huiles (marines) les plus « impressionnistes » de son œuvre, ne représentent, hélas de l'aveu du peintre lui-même, qu'une part moins importante de sa production.

Selon Arnaud Moulin, en 1904 :

Paul César Helleu et Alice Louis-Guérin eurent quatre enfants dont Jean Helleu (1894-1985), peintre officiel de la Marine, et Paulette Howard-Johnston (1905-2009) qui a légué l'ensemble de sa collection (huiles, pastels, pointe sèches, dessins et mobilier issu de l'atelier de son père) au musée Bonnat de Bayonne, devenu ensuite le musée Bonnat-Helleu.

Distinctions
 .

Œuvre conservé

 Musée Bonnat-Helleu, Bayonne.
 Projet de dessus de porte pour salon de musique, sanguine, sanguine et pierre noire, 36 x 59 cm, Gray (Haute-Saône), musée Baron-Martin.
 "Portrait de jeune fille au turban bleu", huile sur toile,(don de sa fille) et 7 dessins, Musée La Cohue , Vannes.

Réception critique

  — Robert de Montesquiou
  - Waldemar-George
  - Claude Roger-Marx
  — Jean-Paul Crespelle
  — Eugène Rouir

  — Gérald Schurr
  ou encore  — Colette, dans La Retraite sentimentale

Expositions

 Musée de la Cohue, Vannes, 1991.

Références

Annexes

Bibliographie
 Henri Bouchot, « Helleu », Art & Décoration, tome XIII, janvier-, pages 77–86 (consulter en ligne).
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Liens externes

 Page dédiée avec de nombreuses reproductions sur jssgallery.org

Peintre français du XIXe siècle
Peintre français du XXe siècle
Peintre portraitiste français
Peintre breton
Graveur français du XIXe siècle
Graveur français du XXe siècle
Graveur à la pointe sèche
Graveur en couleur
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
Naissance en décembre 1859
Naissance à Vannes
Décès dans le 7e arrondissement de Paris
Décès à 67 ans
Décès en mars 1927


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Editorial: Impeachment: an Issue of Ethics, Not Politics
When we talk about impeachment, the discussion often returns to political strategies and upcoming elections. In reality, it's just a matter of whether or not the president is abiding by the law. Impeachment is included in the United States (US) Constitution in order to hold all Americans accountable, including the president. After Speaker Nancy Pelosi began impeachment proceedings on September 24, 2019, the only relevant question is: has the president committed a crime?
On September 25, 2019, Trump released the transcript of his phone call to the Ukranian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, in which he asks Zelensky to speak with the Attorney General of the US about investigating 2020 democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's actions. Democrats are claiming that Trump was abusing his power. Not only was he asking for foreign involvement in a US election, but he was also insinuating that he would unblock the $390 million in military aid designated for Ukraine if Zelensky helped his 2020 campaign. While it has yet to be legally proven, there is reason to believe Trump has committed a crime, which calls for the beginning of impeachment proceedings.
In her announcement, Pelosi made a critical point when she said, "No one is above the law." Sitting presidents — as well as those who have served their terms — need to be held to the same standards as every other citizen. Lack of previous impeachment actions, despite countless political and personal scandals, has further enabled Trump's sense of immunity. Asking a sitting president of a different country to meet with the Attorney General of the US and discuss a political opponent is completely unscrupulous.
In its own way, the Berkeley High School (BHS) community has experienced its own election interference and fraud. In March of 2019, two candidates in the BHS Associated Study Body (ASB) leadership elections were disqualified from the race. One of the BHS students running for ASB President had signed in to over 550 BHS students' individual email accounts and voted for their own candidacy. Any person who runs for office or a position of power is asking for the trust of their future constituents. If that promised trust is broken, there must be repercussions for that person's actions. In this example, the BHS student body set their trust in the ASB candidates, and ultimately were deceived by one of them. Still, the trust that was broken was counteracted with an investigation conducted by administration. Similarly, when Trump took his oath of office he made a promise to uphold the Constitution and, within that, a promise to continue the legacy of democracy that the US holds. What he has done with regards to alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election and attempted exchange with the Ukrainian president has tarnished the reputation of America as one of the first and strongest democracies. Choosing not to investigate this behavior and apply appropriate consequences would be condoning it.
In simple terms, Trump has not earned the trust of the American people. He should be stripped of his credentials and criminally charged. His high ranking title should not be enough to protect him from the law more than anyone else. Whether or not his administration values it, Trump is meant to be a public servant. He has made a commitment to the American people, so it his responsibility to follow through. His own political agenda should never be put above the wants and needs of the population he has vowed to serve.
Despite Speaker Pelosi's announcement, the representatives of the House and the Senate are far from agreement on the matter. Given that the House and the Senate are so divided, it is unrealistic to assume that Trump will be impeached or removed from office, but the actions that took place still justify a full investigation. Regardless of the possible outcomes, the impeachment process should continue to play out publicly for the American people to see. History judges silence harshly, so it is essential that impeachment proceedings take place to claim what's left of the dignity and honesty that belongs in the White House.


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Your honeymoon is the foundation of celebratory love after exchanging your marriage vows, leading its ways into your married life together. It is important enough to be worth a great deal of effort to make it a perfect memory after your wedding and to carry you through the years that lie ahead but with the reliance of an expert honeymoon planner for a non-glitch experience. AfricanMecca has precedential tailor-make expertise and personal experience in hand-picking small, romantic accommodations in pristine safari and beach destinations that results in superlative dream honeymoon safaris of Africa -- the ultimate outback for passion and adventure, a place to be alone together and to delight in the unspoiled natural world around you. AfricanMecca recommends a honeymoon starting with a relaxed, private location to chill out after the wedding excitement and long haul travel, where you can get to know each other, undisturbed by anything more than the night calls of ambient wildlife and birdsong in the morning. Stay in a tent or banda, in a tree house or a recreation of a colonial expedition safari, an African boma, a sophisticated Art Deco or a bohemian villa, a country bush home, or a fly camp tent separated from the stars only by a mosquito net. Spend time in united activities that bring out the spirit of adventure in both of you. Sharing fun, laughter, effort, new discoveries and achievements are the best way to begin your new life together. How do you prefer to relax? Do you imagine lounging on a sundeck beside an infinity pool overlooking a waterhole visited by elephant and varied antelopes? Visit Sanctuary Swala on a tour of Tarangire with AfricanMecca. Can you see yourselves walking hand in hand along a silver beach, fringed with palms, beside an azure sea? Both The Palms and Baraza in Zanzibar are premier high-end, luxury residences set in magnificent gardens with impeccable personal service and beautifully presented cuisine with an option of a private plunge pool. Does a campfire in the bush appeal to you or a full silver service dinner with champagne by candlelight beneath an African moon? Sample a flamboyant Maasai and mainland fusion with a view of Kilimanjaro at Shu'mata Camp. Do you see yourselves toiling up Kilimanjaro on an active honeymoon, canoeing on the stunning Momella lakes among stilt-legged pink flamingos or snorkeling amongst brilliant fishes on a coral reef in Pemba? All these ideas and more are possible on a honeymoon safari in Tanzania. Horse-riding, tennis, archery, bird watching, game walks on the veldt, following the Great Migration in a customized 4x4, tracking chimpanzees on Mahale Mountains, joining a Maasai dance or a special blessing ceremony, or even enjoying a Serengeti hot air balloon safari ending in a champagne breakfast with a sensual massage on your return.
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With every bike from XTR Pepo I can start with a story about how amazing his work is, that he's a true legend and a master builder. Just like this time ;). Pepo is simply one of the best custom bike builders out there. Most of his latest builds are bikes inspired by endurance racers. He also likes Ducati's a lot. Not surprising, since Jose "Pepo" Rosell has a long history with this brand. And to be honest, I don't mind. His bikes are awesome! After a list of endurance racers, most Ducati's (and this BMW), Pepo created something different.
If we say cafe racer, we see a lot of the same base bikes like the Honda CB, BMW R-series, retro Triumph's and so on. The Honda Shadow is not such a "usual suspect", but that's the kind of challenge Pepo likes. It's called "Spitfire".
Pepo always puts in a lot of work, let's summarize some of the main customizations.As you can expect, a full list of mods is provided by Pepo, which you can find below the images.
In order to change the chopper stance of the stock Shadow, the frame is heavily modified: Pepo created a new sub-frame and swing arm. Pepo also likes to shop parts from other bikes and used the complete front from a Kawasaki ZX6R with a Suzuki GSXR750 clip ons and brake pump. The clutch lever is from a GSXR600 and the headlight is from a Mash (!) 125. The gas tank comes from a Yamaha YBR125 and the gas cap also from a GSXR750. The foot pegs are from an R1. Parts fabricated by XTR are the front mud guard, the rear (carbon) mud guard, gear lever, air filters, seat and upholstery and the license plate holder.
The master builder did it again: he turned a scrappy machine into gold. Check out the full modification list below.
PS. Don't forget to check out this Honda Shadow café racer.
XTR carbon fiber rear mudguard.
Suzuki GSXR 750 brake pump.
Regulables and foldablke cnc machined brake and clutch levers.
Suzuki GSXR 600 clutch lever.
Suzuki GSXR 750 clip ons.
Yamaha R1 cnc machined ergal footrest.
MOTOSTION revised and tuned engine.
SuperMario exhaust system and megaphones.
Yamaha YBR 125 modified fuel tank with Suzuki GSXR 750 gas cap.


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