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آیا فضیلت پاداش خود را دارد؟ تصمیم گیری های خود-قربانی به خاطر عدالت
Is virtue its own reward? Self-sacrificial decisions for the sake of fairness
Journal : Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Volume 89, Issue 1, September 2002, Pages 839–865
- پاداش - خود - ربانی - عدالت
reward, Self-sacrificial, fairness
We investigate the ways in which concern for fairness influences decision-making. We use a paradigm previously shown to illustrate circumstances under which a decision maker sacrifices some of his or her own potential for financial gain to punish or reward someone who has demonstrated a prior intent to be either unfair or fair to another person. By ruling out alternative hypotheses related to the original finding, we obtain evidence that "virtue is its own reward": Decision makers make self-sacrificing allocations, despite the absence of short- or long-term benefits for doing so. Extending the generality of this effect, we also identify circumstances under which the desire for virtuous fairness produces decisions that are not self-sacrificial and do reward someone whose motives seemingly include a willingness to exploit others. These special circumstances apparently indicate the decision maker's belief that "two wrongs don't make a right." Thus, these studies show that the fairness motive and moral concerns can influence decisions that have economic impact. We extend the range of effects in other studies to include condemnation of interactional injustice and we discuss implications of the overall set of studies in terms of three new foci for attention: A focus on the perpetrator, a focus on the victim, and a focus on the offensiveness of the act itself.
Moral judgment and the condemnation of others, including fictional others and others who have not harmed the self, is a universal and essential feature of human social life (Rozin, Lowery, Imada, & Haidt, 1999, p. 574). People undertake to punish others when they have no concrete or immediate "interest" in doing so—when they have nothing directly to gain by punishing, and there may be some risk or cost in doing so (Fiske, 1991a, p. 192). Are humans inevitably selfish? Can all human behaviors be reduced to self-interest? As the opening quotations suggest, we think not. They indicate that people sometimes seek to punish the moral transgressions of others—even those with whom they have no relationship—not only without any instrumental self-benefit but also (at times) despite burdens imposed. Violations of fairness norms fit that description, but, as we will show, existing organizational justice literature derives fairness-oriented reactions by assuming universal self-interest. We propose that such reactions reflect the presence of endogenous "deontic emotions" (from the Greek root deon for obligation or duty)—emotions elicited by perceiving the transgression itself, just as aesthetic emotions (e.g., the enjoyment elicited by viewing a dramatic sunset) are endogenous and intrinsic to the experience itself. The intrinsic, endogenous nature of such reactions is expressed in a common colloquial expression regarding moralistic reactions: "Virtue is its own reward." 1 To preclude self-interest, our research has respondents function as observers of a moral transgression between two parties with whom they have no relationship (i.e., as disinterested third parties in the sense of the opening quote from Fiske, 1991a). Our respondents never know the identity of either of the other two parties, the victim or the perpetrator. Respondents who express antipathy toward the perpetrator of a transgression or who punish that perpetrator at the cost of their own self-interests therefore act consistently with the opening quotes from theorists who hypothesized the existence of such behavior. In our final discussion, we speculate about possible links between our results and emergent theories on "deonance" (Folger, 2001; see also Cropanzano, Byrne, Bobocel, & Rupp, Byrne et al., 20012001), which aim to explain moral emotions and reactions to others' actions as morally creditable or blameworthy (see also the attribution-of-blame based Fairness Theory of accountability, Folger and Cropanzano, 1998 and Folger and Cropanzano, 2001). Our next section contextualizes the deontic approach by distinguishing it from two others.
We conclude by first reviewing how these studies rule out alternative hypotheses and thus support a deontic (non-self-interested) perspective. We also address the self-interest of impression management, including managing one's own impressions of oneself toward oneself. 8.1. Reviewing the evidence An author of the Kahneman et al. (1986) study described it as showing that participants "sacrifice money to punish an Allocator who behaved unfairly to someone else " ( Thaler, 1992, p. 24, emphasis in original). That is, their study focused on third-party observers rather than the victims of unfairness themselves. Before moving on to a further commentary about our own investigations, however, we must add two qualifications to Thaler's description. First, the reference to an "Allocator who behaved unfairly" mischaracterizes an important feature of the original study: That allocator ("U" for uneven, a person indicating a preference for an $18–$2 division) behaved unfairly in a more indirect manner than has most often been studied in the literature on organizational justice. The unfair "behavior" was only the indication of an intention (a preference for unfairness) rather than the infliction of actual harm, which makes the punishment of such unfairness—especially when made self-sacrificially—even more dramatic than in the usual studies of organizational justice. We investigated the role of intent as a specific focus in Study 4. Second, we must qualify the characterization of the reaction as the willingness to "sacrifice money to punish" intended unfairness. In the original Kahneman et al. study, those who sacrificially punished intended unfairness also simultaneously rewarded intended fairness—the confound addressed in our first two studies. The results of our attempt to disentangle punishment and reward in Study 1 confirmed Hypothesis 1a (predicting that participants would more often reward an Even partner sacrificially than an Uneven partner sacrificially) significantly, whereas the means for Hypothesis 1b (predicting that participants would be more likely to punish an Uneven partner sacrificially than an Even partner sacrificially) were in the right direction but did not reach conventional levels of significance. The latter tendency reflected a marked overall unwillingness to punish anyone in the two-person (Partner Knowledge) conditions we created as a special decomposition of the original Kahneman et al. paradigm. This interpretation is also consistent with the unexpected main effect for Payout in Study 1, such that an average of 83% of our respondents chose to reward sacrificially and only 10% chose to punish sacrificially. The dramatically reduced punishment in the two-person design led to the Study 2 logic—that we would have to eliminate a "two wrongs don't make a right" conflict between two moral motives. Study 2 used three conditions: (a) a replication condition from Study 1 of the two-party opportunity to punish an Uneven partner; (b) a replication condition from the KKT design of a three-party opportunity to punish Uneven and reward Even simultaneously; and (c) a new three-party condition, involving Uneven and someone allegedly from a prior experiment unrelated to allocations (revealing nothing about that person's intentions). The results confirmed our prediction. Again, no punishment of Uneven occurred in the two-party condition, which differed significantly from punishment that was equally high, regardless of whether the three-party condition contained an unrelated or Even partner. These results are the first in the KKT tradition to reveal self-sacrificial punishment of intended injustice unconfounded with a chance to reward justice. We turned next to generalizing this core finding in Studies 3 and 4. Study 3 extended that finding to the realm of punishing interactional injustice and also provided a further opportunity to remove that punishment from other effects achievable simultaneously. Prior to Study 3, all three-party variations on the Kahneman et al. paradigm linked the $6-for-oneself option not only with $6 for Uneven but also with $0 for someone else (e.g., in Study 2, either Even or a person from an unrelated experiment). The unrelated partner in Study 2 was not rewarded for fairness by the choice of the self-sacrificial option, but choosing it did prevent the unrelated partner from being punished by the $0 allocation that would have resulted from choosing the $6-for-onself option instead. One of the unique contributions of Study 3 therefore was the change that substituted $6 (rather than $0) for the unrelated partner in the $6-for-oneself option. Another contribution was the evidence for punishing an interactional injustice, thereby generalizing the original paradigm beyond circumstances in which the dependent variable—allocations of outcomes—remained in the same justice domain as that of the (prior) intended unfairness. Study 4 extended further generalizability in terms of both the circumstances of the prior unfairness and the dependent variable. Rather than focusing exclusively on a dichotomous measure of punishment allocations (which of two options chosen), we altered dependent measurement to tap a broader construct regarding the condemnation of misconduct (its offensiveness rated on continuous measurement scales). Study 4 also included manipulations of both group identification and intent. Whereas we had assumed a high level of intent held constant in the first three studies, its manipulation and significant effects in Study 4 provided confirming evidence to support that assumption and to demonstrate the important role of perpetrator motives more generally. Study 4 did not find effects related to the manipulation of group identification, but further exploration regarding boundary conditions for its impact might be worthwhile. Taken together, the results of these four studies cast doubt on the reasoning that self-interest, either material or social, is the sole, or even prime, motivator for people to attend to issues of fairness. First, in studies 1–3, a significant number of participants were willing to sacrifice their material self-interest in reaction to unfairness, even though there were no short- or long-term material benefits for doing so. We chose the Kahneman et al. paradigm as our starting point precisely because it provides such a severe challenge to the view of humans as maximizers of material outcomes. Its effects, especially in the expanded range revealed by our variations on that paradigm, also challenge a host of other conventional theories. Punishing unfairness in these studies does not reflect an equity-restoration response (cf. Adams, 1965), for example, because the punished person never actually created an inequity. Second, social self-interest, or group identification, also does not seem to explain these results. Note the role of the person with unfair intent in the original Kahneman et al. paradigm as well as in our initial extensions of it (Study 1 and Study 2). That other person's exact identity was unclear; in our versions, for example, s/he was allegedly a student in some other class who participated in a prior experiment. The intended unfairness was in that person trying to keep $18 out of $20 for him- or herself. Why would that threaten respondents' self-identity? They surely would not see that person's unfair intentions as an effort to exclude them from membership in a group important to their self-identities. True, self-identity based on acceptance by a group was developed as an explanation for violations of procedural justice rather than the distributive violations reflected by the punished person's unfair intentions. The evidence inconsistent with material self-interest as a motive, however, also runs counter to the only other explanation yet proposed in cases where material self-interest has failed to account for obtained findings! We also varied the identity of the unfair person both between and within studies. We can see no indication that this identity mattered to our respondents. In the first two studies, for example, the unfair person was another student—and perhaps it might be argued that students were willing to punish unfair intentions because the punished person had attempted to deprive a fellow student. Study 3 therefore created a situation psychologically removed from our undergraduates' close identification (i.e., full-time employees at an unnamed organization in a distant city). Despite some degree of identity-based remoteness, that study still produced a substantial indication of the desire to hold the perpetrator accountable for acts of interactional injustice. Similarly, Study 4 found condemnation of intentional unfairness (significantly stronger than when intent was absent), despite a context with no self-identity implications from group membership—namely when interactional injustice affected international gymnasts. We think it strains credulity to explain those negative reactions as based on a desire to feel accepted into the community of gymnasts, or to assume that our respondents would base self-identity on membership in that particular group. Note that we also failed to find an effect of group identification in Study 4, despite significant manipulation-check evidence for the impact of that independent variable. Null effects can be difficult to interpret, however, and we certainly would not be surprised to find the intensity of reactions varying as a function of empathy-based identification in other studies (e.g., caring more about what happened to a friend than to an enemy). Our studies open the door to a search for motives that go beyond both material self-interest and self-identity based on group membership. Although we do not claim that these investigations yield a proof for the existence of other motives or definitive clarification of their nature, we hope others will find this search worthwhile in light of the apparent inapplicability of motives addressed in the prior justice literature. In particular, we suggest discounting self-interest, either material or social, as the only explanation for the importance of justice. Is it possible, however, that we have just found another guise for self-interest? Following Greenberg (2001), Colquitt and Greenberg (2001) subsume all three views—not just the material and relational-identity but also the deontic—under self-interest. Greenberg (2001) argued that some roots of selfishness could still be the underlying motive, even when people seem to be acting deontically on principle (called "ostensibly moral motives for behaving fairly," p. 214). For example, virtuous-appearing deeds might simply reflect actions taken by people who want to "protect their self-images or to avoid feelings of guilt" (Colquitt & Greenberg, 2001, p. 221). We disagree. Holley (1999) is one of the many philosophers showing cogently that self-interest (called egoism in philosophy) as a universal explanation for all behavior becomes a definitional tautology incapable of disproof: "If all else fails, there is a strategy used by advocates of universal egoism to make their case airtight against any counterexamples. It involves claiming that a person must be motivated by self-interested desires because what moves her to act is always her own desires" (p. 42). In effect, this claim says "what I mean by a self-interested desire is simply any desire of the person who performs an action" (p. 42). The vacuous circularity in this tautological definition is clear: "In that case, the egoist has given us a way to claim that egoism is true, but the cost of defending the thesis in this way is to render it trivial" (p. 42). 5 8.2. Beyond self-interest: Quo vadis? If self-interest does not account for our results—if virtue really is its own reward—what is the next step? We do not pretend to answer that question but instead point in three directions other than concerns that focus exclusively on the self: Toward other people, toward the offender, and toward the moral precept that the offender violates. The first of those future directions, pointed toward other people, suggests focusing on victim's characteristics rather than exclusively on consequences affecting the self directly. Simply put, this affirms common sense: People sometimes experience outrage about an offense, even when it affects others with whom they have very little direct affiliation (e.g., a heterosexual's outrage about unfairness toward homosexuals or the offensiveness of genocide that does not threaten one's own ethnic group). The second suggested direction—attention focused on the offender rather than focused exclusively on the self—is more novel than the first and more unique than it might seem if viewed superficially. We argued against self-identity interpretations based on group inclusion or acceptance, but we do acknowledge that failing to condemn injustice could threaten a person's self-identity, which some might see as a nuance rather than a meaningful difference. Consider, however, the difference between observing someone's intended mistreatment of another person and asking the following two kinds of questions: (a) "What kind of person does that make me?" (e.g., in contemplation of doing nothing) versus (b) "What kind of person does that make you?" (e.g., referring to the perpetrator of offensive misconduct). We argue even more generally that responses to injustice may be driven by answers to perpetrator-focused questions such as, "Who does she think she is?" and "What does that act of injustice say about him?" in addition to the current emphasis on self-as-victim questions such as, "Am I a valued and respected member of this group?" and "How well will my long-term economic interests be served by this group?" Past theorizing and research on reactions to injustice typically have put the self in the victim position, whereas we call for treating those perspectives differently as a way to opening up new investigation arenas. We think that even a shift of attention to others as victims will fall short of providing a comprehensive perspective on justice unless the role of perpetrators also gets special attention. The Study 4 manipulation of perceived intent illustrates a perpetrator focus. We think a third future direction may have the most innovative implications—in part because it is the least explored. In abstract terms, we had referred earlier to a new direction pointing "toward the moral precept that the offender violates." Concrete examples include sacrilegious graffiti or the mutilation of dead bodies; or imagine a corporate entity that buys the Grand Canyon and converts it to an amusement park. All that we are saying is that certain actions seem horrific in and of themselves, and the capacity for moral outrage about such actions might transcend the specifics about the offender, the victim, and the group-based grounds for our own self-identity. Lest we seem to have traveled too far from the domain of organizational justice, we end on an applied note about implications for organizations. Consider a litigious society in which insurance companies and large conglomerates become the targets for law suits including class actions. If found guilty in U.S. courts, such firms are subject to payment for two types of damages: Compensatory and punitive. Compensatory damages provide payments to victims; punitive damages constitute an independent judgment about the offensiveness of the act itself (and also serve purposes such as expressing moral outrage over injury to the innocent). By pursuing research directions such as those illustrated by the current investigations and our speculative theoretical commentary, we think organizational scholars in the future can have much more to say about the determinants of such judgments than can be said based on the contemporary literature. If nothing else, we think our call for attention to virtue-as-reward effects regarding reactions to unfairness might help shed new light on citizen reactions to corporate conduct and perceived misconduct. We have shown that people sometimes sacrifice financial well-being to condemn (even if only privately) wrongful intent. The same people who give up a dollar in the laboratory will one day, if not already, own stocks—and might refrain from investing in a company on moral grounds, even if it offered a more attractive investment opportunity than that investor's other options.
پاداش احتمالی، بیکاری، و گردش مالی کاربردی
خطرات و پاداش ها در جهانی شدن ارتباطات از راه دور در اقتصادهای در حال ظهور
اهمیت جوایزهای جایگزین: تاثیر درجه مدیریتی
تفاوتهای بین فرهنگی در عواقب رفتاری از تحمیل سیستم های ارزیابی عملکرد و پاداش: یک تحقیق تجربی
پاداش ها به ملاقات یا ضرب و شتم انتظارات درآمد


Mera Bharat Mahan (India-related matters): Will Constitution Day become something to celebrate or to rue?
Will Constitution Day become something to celebrate or to rue?
The Government of India has recently announced that November 26 would from now on be marked as "Constitution Day". The question is of course: how come this government, which has done less than any other government in our history to uphold the Constitution, has seen fit to make this move?
Is the move entirely cynical – to provide opportunities to raise questions about the Constitution, and thus subvert it?
Or does it show Modiji, perhaps as a result of the defeat in Bihar, finally moving in the direction of the Constitution?
Meanwhile, it is worth considering that the Indian Constitution is a counter-cultural document – it was created by our Western-educated elites who were seeking to meld together into one nation what had been diverse and even opposed groups of people.
Not only were there hundreds of independent kingdoms to persuade, bribe, cajole and even blundgeon into joining the new nation of India, there was the enormous challenge of reforming our culture.
Throughout history, Indians had owed primary loyalty to their own family, kinship-group, or caste. How to move them into identifying primarily with the alien notion of a nation?
In our third generation of being an independent nation, it is clear that the project of creating a nation has made huge progress.
Bollywood has played its role, and educational and administrative institutions have played their role. More important, ordinary citizens have played their role, in treating fairly (e.g. in relation to jobs and even marriages) those belonging to other people groups.
But, as all of us know, not all Bollywood films have supported Constitutional norms. Not all educational and administrative institutions have been scrupulous about maintaining fairness and equality. Not everyone has upheld liberty, equality and fraternity.
Some individuals and groups have surreptitiously or openly subverted our Constitutional values. Indeed, some have fought with violence and openly false propaganda against the consequences of the Constitution's drive to weaken and abolish the prevalence of caste and gender disadvantage, and the restriction of behaviour, thought and other liberties which were so firmly established in our traditions.
In view of all that, it is also worth remembering that the Indian elite which was most involved in the debates in our Constitutional Assembly had considerable differences of opinion. That is clearly evidenced by the records of these debates from December 1946 to January 1950 – fortunately the records can all be easily consulted at http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/debates/debates.htm.
But, if you don't want to wrestle with all those debates, just consider that the "father of the Constituion", Dr B. R. Ambedkar resigned from the cabinet in 1951, when parliament stalled his draft of the Hindu Code Bill, which sought to enshrine gender equality in our laws of inheritance and marriage.
He was merely taking forward the principles and values of the Constitution, but was opposed by the same sorts of conservative forces as had violently opposed, a century earlier, the introduction of English as a language of instruction.
No wonder the Constitution has been described as 'first and foremost a social document. ... The majority of India's constitutional provisions either directly … further the aim of social revolution or attempt to foster this revolution by establishing conditions necessary for its achievement" (Granville Austin, historian and authority on the Indian Constitution).
How was this so? Because Ambedkar's text provided, in the Constitution, guarantees and protections for citizens' liberties, including the abolition of untouchability, freedom of religion, and the outlawing of all forms of discrimination. The system of reservations for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and Other Backward Classes was directly embedded in the Constitution by Ambedkar as a way of eradicating or at lessening the socio-economic inequalities and lack of opportunities for India's oppressed peoples.
The strife, tension and chaos we see in Indian politics today is the result of a clash between three things: first, the civilising momentum of the Constitution; second, the reaction of traditionally privileged groups upset at losing their privileges, and so fighting with tooth and claw to try to maintain their privileges for as long as possible; and, third, the assertiveness of those who had been conquered, subdued and suppressed, and who find in the Constitution a promise that is rarely fully delivered but which they now have the liberty and the means to try to insist is in fact delivered.
The government's move to create a Constitution Day will play a momentous part in either ensuring that the Constitution does deliver liberty, equality, fraternity and well being to all Indians, or in finally killing off our historically unprecedented experiment of creating a nation.
So far, our Constitution has served us well.
Even though there have no doubt been abuses here and there, we would do well to support it, not merely somehow marginally acknowledging it's existence, but also supporting it fully by our words and our deeds.


At the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show Cobra Electronics introduced a line of new radar detectors which, among other things, claimed to detect Ku band.
Ku band? Cobra's announcement had the competition scratching their heads. Nobody in the industry was aware of the arrival of a fourth radar band (frequency).
Ku band is a European frequency centered at 13.45 GHz, slightly above the ancient X band and well below K band (24 GHz) and Ka band (33.4 to 36.0 GHz). These three bands remain the only U.S.-authorized frequencies available to police radar here.
No domestic manufacturer has ever produced a Ku-band radar and, based on recent conversations with their chief executives, none has the slightest interest in doing so.
One manufacturer in recent years did consider Ku band for European sales. Government regulatory moves in the UK dramatically reduced the maximum allowable power output from police radar, effectively making this U.S. manufacturers' wares impossible to sell there. (Photo radar, with its ultra-low power output, and lidar (laser) remain their tools of choice for traffic enforcement.) For that reason, MPH Industries, one of the oldest U.S. radar companies, built a prototype Ku-band radar to see if it would address the European problem. After an evaluation, it was decided to use a modified Z-Series model instead. But it is a K-band unit.
I examined one of these, dubbed the Z-45, at the International Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference in Boston. The company had it on display to test domestic reaction, which proved to be underwhelming. MPH executives expressed no interest in releasing any type of Ku-band radar in the U.S.
In this country Ka band is the most common frequency and no business case can be made for dialing back the clock to produce an unwieldly Ku-band radar that no police department would buy.
Worldwide, only two models of Ku-band radar have ever been produced in quantity.
Some Ku-band photo radars were produced by French radar manufacturer Sagem in the 1970s and early 1980s.
The other model was also a 1970s photo radar, the TraffiPax Microspeed 09 Type 5.
One Ku-band radar was imported to the U.S., in 1990 for a test, then returned.
The first person to suggest that Ku-band radar may be about to appear in the U.S. was Carl Fors, who formerly did business as Speed Measurement Labs or SML. Aside from being the first to make this claim, Mr. Fors was also been the most vocal in repeating it, mostly on his website Speedzones.com.
With Mr. Fors as her source, assistant editor Amy Gilroy wrote in the August 8, 2005 issue of TWICE magazine (This Week In Consumer Electronics) that "...one police radar gun manufacturer is producing a prototype of a new Ku-band radar gun at 13.45 GHz, which could lead to police use of Ku guns as early as September of next year ."
Mr. Fors worked as a consultant for Cobra Electronics. According to a previously reliable, authoritative source he approached Cobra management in 2004 and convinced them that it could be made to appear that Ku band is coming to the U.S. Looking for a competitive edge, Cobra incorporated Ku-band into their new models and hinted that the threat was real.
Mr. Fors was the source of similar controversies. In 2001, on his Speedzones.com Web site he began warning of the arrival of a new radar detector detector called the MR5. He also wrote stories about the MR5 for law enforcement publications.
In his story "Detecting Radar Detectors", appearing in the November 2001 issue of Blue Line, a Canadian law enforcement magazine, Mr. Fors warned that "Terrorists could be using radar detectors to avoid police scrutiny" and "...according to research of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and Speed Measurement Labs, Inc. (SML) ...detector drivers travel on average 5-7 mph faster than drivers without the device."
Mr. Fors wrote: "Two companies have announced new detector/detectors that received the new lo [local oscillator] frequencies of radar detectors. Stealth Micro Systems of Australia is marketing their Stalcar RDD and Microwave Concepts of Boston has introduced their MR5."
According to State of Massachusetts and Suffolk County public records, the "Microwave Concepts" company name was fictitious.
Mr. Fors also failed to disclose that the MR5 was his own product, the prototype having been made at his direction by an engineer working for a radar detector company.
Perhaps also coincidentally, Mr. Fors at the time was working for a company with a name remarkably similar to Microwave Concepts. This is Applied Concepts, makers of the Stalker brand of radar. And in the only known photo of the MR5, it uses the same antenna mount supplied with Stalker radar units.
In his Blue Line story Mr. Fors reported that "...almost identical results were gained when using the Stalcar RDD as reported by the O.P.P. [Ontario Provincial Police.] ...The Stalcar RDD and the MR5 performed as advertised detecting and reporting all, old and new, radar detectors even those detectors claiming detection invisibility."
When we spoke with him, constable Cairns remembered it differently. According to Cairns, the OPP traffic coordinator, Chris Whaley, provided a quantity of different radar detectors and they performed a bench test before leaving the office. It was found that the MR5 was unable to detect several widely-sold, current-model radar detectors even at point-blank range. Cairns also said that when out on the road, the MR5 had extremely low audio volume, making it difficult to identify vehicles. It also had very poor range.
"Fors was pushing it [the MR5] really hard," Cairns said. "But it wasn't a very good unit. It looked like an older model BEL detector that'd been re-tuned to detect other radar detectors."
After the OPP expressed no interest in his MR5 and U.S. buyers failed to materialize, Mr. Fors removed all mention of the device from the Speedzones.com website. Shortly afterward a new RDD, this from a one-man Austin, Texas skunkworks, appeared on Speedzones.com.
It's unknown if Dallas-based Mr. Fors was acquainted with fellow Texas resident Heinrich Otters, who does business as Hill Country Research. However the HRC model is the only RDD to be displayed prominently and have its virtues described at length on Speedzones.com.
Like a lot of rumors, the Ku-band flap seemed a little too coincidental to be real. Now we know why.


This brochure of the Dutch government contains information about what you must arrange when you come to the Netherlands. The brochure is intended for persons entitled to asylum, persons forming a family and immigrants seeking family reunification.
For example, you must go to the authorities at the municipality in the place where you live.
Find information about work, about the rules. And what you can do if something is wrong.
Find information about Dutch customs. How we deal with one another.
Find information on the internet. Additional information can often be found on the internet. The text will state which websites you can visit.
The brochure is also available in many other languages.


The beauty and dynamism of a city where past co-exist with the present can be seen in the national capital, Delhi. It attracts people in hordes from not only India but from abroad as well. Delhi provides a perfect amalgamation of various things – rich culture, beautiful forts and monuments, museums, eye-catching architecture, scenic beauty, various groups of people and many more. To be precise, Delhi is the hub of all activities.
Delhi Sightseeing Tours delivers some of the best parts of Delhi in a single day. Those on a short trip to India can avail this option to enjoy the best of Delhi. This tour will allow you to enjoy diverse facets of Delhi. Red Fort located in Old Delhi is a massive structure built of red sandstone; it is a delight of the visitors. You will also get to explore Qutub Minar, the tallest minaret of India. The designs on the minaret are really very beautiful; it can be regarded as a superb piece of architecture. Jantar Mantar, basically an observatory really goes with the name. It is something very exciting. Included in the tour are the famous Humayun's Tomb and Safdarjung Tomb.
For those who have interest in spiritualism, there is something for them too. This trip will take you to the famous Lakshmi Narayan Temple popularly known as Birla Temple. Lotus Temple is another added attraction of the tour. This Bahai House of Worship is open to all irrespective of religion, caste and creed. The beautiful design of the temple with lush green surrounding will surely make you feel peace. Delhi trip any time of the year is something different and beautiful.
Jantar Mantar : An astronomical observatory, with masonary instruments built in 1724 by Maharaja Jai Singh-II, the mathematician and astronomer king of Jaipur. The instruments are intended to show the movements of the sun, moon etc.
Lakshmi Narayan Temple : Popularly known as Birla Mandir, it is a large Hindu temple built in Orissan style, in 1938, by the renowned Birla family. People of all faiths can worship at this temple.
Qutub Minar : Qutub Minar is an excellent example of Afgan architecture. The minar is 72.5 meters high victory tower, the construction of which began in the final year of twelth century by the Qutubu'Din-Aibak and was completed by his successors.
Red Fort : Built by Shahjahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal in Agra. The construction lasted from 1639 to 1648.
Rajghat : The simple square platform of black marble marks the place where the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi was cremated.
Humayun's Tomb : Built by Humayun's widow, Queen Haji Begum in the 16th Century , it is supposed to be prototype of the Taj Mahal of Agra.


Located in York, Pennsylvania, the Ardent Mills York facility was seized by Confederate Soldiers for a two-day period prior the Battle of Gettysburg. The flour was used to make Hardtack wafers to provide troops as part of their food rations.
Where Does York Get its Wheat?
The York community mill helps bring top-quality flour to the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. York receives Hard Red Winter and Hard Red Spring Wheat from many geographies, including from fields in Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska and the Dakotas.
The Ardent Mills York team is active in the community and often partners with the local food bank.
I serve my community because they have always been there when I needed them. Serving one's community is a symbiotic relationship; you get out of it what you put into it.


Last Friday was my day to enter my max pull-ups into my Skill Levels records at the gym. I did them when I was fresh and got 30.
Then we did a workout that involved one kettlebell clean and jerk, one burpee, as many rounds as possible in 30 minutes. Nancy and I were partners, she doing one thing while I did the other, trading off, and we hit 107 rounds. Our kettlebells were only 8 kilos so we were able to move fast.
"Bonding" meant we had to carry one of our three kettlebells everywhere we went. Each person had at least three bells out on the field all the time, light, medium, and heavy, for use with various drills and workouts. Mine were 12, 16, and 20 kilos, except on Sunday when I quit trying to be tough and chose 8, 12, and 16 kilos. The one I "bonded" with was a 16. Going across the field, through the gym, down the hall and to the bathroom with 16 kilos was a LONG walk. The weather was sunny and about 80 to 88 degrees, though breezy enough, thank goodness.
It was gratifying and reassuring to find that the workouts themselves were not especially hard by CrossFit standards. But the weekend as a whole was a real challenge to stamina, mental focus, knowledge absorption, and attitude. Certain habits of Pavel and the senior RKC trainers seemed more difficult for us trainees than necessary (such as: lying on stomachs as the default listening position on the grass; squat-thrusts for the group as punishment if people couldn't troubleshoot and correct someone's exercise form on the spot; and proto-military-style yelling as motivation during workouts). But actually these things kept us organized and attentive and efficient. The yelling during the workouts probably does really motivate some people. Once I realized that the workouts were no harder than anything I was used to, the yelling became sort of charming in a macho-man way. And you never had trouble hearing what they were saying.
My team leader and his assistants never yelled. In fact, they were all on the softspoken, earnest side, and I really liked them. They repeatedly taped and retaped my hands when my calluses threatened to tear, without making me feel like a wimp, and they let me know I was keeping up well. Several people were complimentary to me, and every time, it meant a lot to me because I was working so hard. I'm sure all the trainees probably felt well treated and supported as well. So, though in years past I would have been skeptical of this statement, I found the positive experience of the whole thing far outweighed the discomfort of working in the sun, being called on and evaluated, getting dirty out on the field all day, and the hollering.
On Sunday, we all got to train one or two neighborhood volunteers and we were evaluated for safety and knowledge. I had two volunteers. Assisting Dave at the gym with Team Survivor fitness classes last year, I found, had taught me to focus on my client and nothing else. Thank goodness. So I ignored the RKC who was evaluating me unless he said something. The hour with the volunteers went by fast and my trainees took instruction very well.
I set out to describe the certification weekend and after all these paragraphs all I've done is describe my personal take on it. Typical female I guess! Tomorrow I'll lay out the whole thing and leave the commentary out of it.
The following week, during our vacation in Chicago, friends and family asked what's the relationship between CrossFit and kettlebell training. The answer is that kettlebells are used by some CrossFit trainers as one of many tools in the toolbox.


Steal a Pencil For Me is a unique Holocaust story that pays tribute to the strength of the human spirit in the face of enormous hardship.
A man, his wife, and the woman he has fallen deeply in love with experience jealousy and heartbreak while housed together in the same barrack of a World War II-era concentration camp in Oscar-nominated director Michèle Ohayon's (Cowboy del Amor) unflinching look at love in a land ravaged by war. His marriage already failing when he and his wife were assigned to live in a concentration camp, Jack soon found comfort in the arms of new love interest Ina. Though his wife voiced vehement objection to the relationship, Jack continued to communicate with his newfound love in a series of furtively penned love letters. It was through these clandestine correspondences that Jack and Ina were eventually able to gain the strength needed to get through such a dark time, but as the war draws to a close all three survivors are forced to make some difficult, and potentially life-altering, decisions.
Not even Hollywood could invent a romance more extraordinary than this one.
Irrepressibly moving without being sentimental, Steal a Pencil for Me is a testimony to true love.
What makes Ms. Ohayon's movie special is its recognition that epic horrors don't erase private dramas.
Some may think the Holocaust has nothing new to offer up, but Michele Ohayon says otherwise.
There's incredible feeling behind Steal A Pencil For Me -- enough to sustain two lives throughout unimaginable hardship -- but the film doesn't bring much of it to the surface.
Michèle Ohayon's Steal a Pencil for Me offers a simple human story of dignity, levity and romance -- both unlikely qualities in the chaos and terror of Nazi-era Europe -- and exerts its own special charm.
Because the sheer scale of [the Holocaust] is incomprehensible, humanizing it, in a documentary like Steal a Pencil for Me, keeps it vivid.
An idiosyncratic, largely anecdotal story with larger reverberations.
Love conquers all, including the Nazi war machine and an angry wife, in Ohayon's new Holocaust documentary.
No first-person account of life in a Nazi concentration camp could ever be called 'romantic,' but the story of Jack Polak and Ina Soep -- comes close.
Ohayan creates a fluid pace, matching the account of the survival with present day footage of the couple lecturing younger generations to raise Holocaust awareness.


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Дэвид Гартли (Хартли) (, 1705, Армли, Йоркшир, Англия — 1757, Бат, Англия) — английский мыслитель, один из основоположников психологической теории, которая известна как ассоцианизм.

Биография
Дэвид Хартли родился в 1705 году в окрестностях Галифакса, Йоркшир в семье священника, изучал богословие. Его мать умерла через три месяца после его рождения. Его отец, англиканский священник, умер, когда Дэвиду было пятнадцать лет. Позднее стал заниматься медициной и выбрал её в качестве профессии.

Основной труд Гартли — «Размышления о человеке, его строении, его долге и упованиях» (). В нём развивается учение о вибрациях в нервной системе, а также представление об ассоциации идей как универсальном механизме психической жизни. Вторая часть труда посвящена рассмотрению богословских проблем.

Сын Дэвида Гартли был членом палаты общин и изобретателем.

Примечания

Литература
 Н. Д. Виноградов. Дэвид Хартли и его «Наблюдения над человеком». — В сборнике: Л. М. Лопатину. М., 1912.
 С.К. Кудрин, Е.М. Чудинова. Классификация взглядов Дэвида Гартли в истории философии. — М.: Журнал философских исследований, Том 5, № 3. — 2019.

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Go global or stay local? Part one
By Graham Medcalf May 28, 2020 No Comments
Graham Medcalf talks to intrepid independent-agency owners and some globally-aligned stalwarts to interrogate the advantages and disadvantages of advertising independence.
"We have the best people doing the best work in the best environment we can create," boasted John Steedman, executive director of WPP AUNZ, in an AdNews interview at the end of 2019. But is that true? Are global agencies employing the best people and doing the best work? Or is it a case of good people spread between independent agencies and the multinationals?
Certainly, there is validity in the contention that the global giants have the edge when it comes to training and development, but isn't this often a case of bringing younger employees up to speed while some of the best talent heads off to create their own agencies and work for themselves in a free, more inspiring environment that best serves their innate creative talent.
In true advertising speak, Peter Hogan, chief executive of Omnicom Media Group Australia and New Zealand, told AdNews in the same issue: "Agencies need to improve their navigation across the consumer journey and hone their attribution capabilities to prove and drive a marketing return."
In New Zealand's independent agency environment, we are a bit more down to earth and the success of the local independents centres on creating long-term client relationships, based on a personal relationship with senior people rather than depending on international alignments.
While it seems a number of the major marketing companies feel safer dealing with big name agencies, this comes at a cost in terms of speed and fees. Indies have to build their reputation over time and through the work they do, showing that they can do it again and again and again.
Without question the resources made available through global alignment give a substantial advantage but being in a group-aligned agency environment often makes it surprisingly difficult for smaller subsidiaries, in markets like New Zealand, to benefit fully from what the networks are able to provide. Promises of access to all sorts of IP can be difficult to attain and the reality is it often doesn't fit with the local market.
Having said that, there are plenty of benefits which local independent business-owners envy, especially the investment in operational infrastructure like finance and HR.
Indies miss out on global new business. As Rufus Chuter, chief executive of Together, told NZ Marketing: "This can be a double-edged sword as sometimes the global deals aren't in smaller markets' favour."
It is always nice to be handed business and access to global research is of great value. Although it isn't impossible to build similar and more relevant tools locally.
In attracting the best talent, independents have to work harder to provide their people with development opportunities, especially overseas. The ability to transfer within a network has always been a draw-card for people wanting an OE or to experience life working in another market. This is not impossible to achieve as an independent, but it is harder.
While himself benefiting from international alignment, FCB chief creative officer Tony Clewett admits a healthy mixture of independent and global agencies helps contribute to New Zealand's brilliant advertising landscape and keeps the big boys on their toes. "This country has a fantastic reputation for its innovation and creative thinking, so the current mix of both certainly seems to be working."
It's true an agency like FCB has certain advantages when it comes to partnering with larger clients – with access to the aforementioned global resources and best practices, but there's also plenty of local businesses looking for similar-minded local agencies.
Tony Bradbourne, co-founder of Special Group, agrees. His contention is that the whole 'independent' vs 'non-independent' debate is a bit out of date.
Tony Bradbourne
"At Special we now have over 100 staff over two offices in Auckland and Sydney (and more to come). We work on some of the world's biggest brands – Red Bull, Uber, Uber Eats, Smirnoff, Tourism New Zealand, Disney Plus, etc. So, I personally think the debate should really be 'Is it 'time's up' for traditional multi-national agencies?"
What he alludes to is true. A great independent is obviously better than a poor multinational and vice versa. Better, is always better.
"An independent agency spends more time focusing on their client's business, and their own business, rather than wasting a single minute constantly reporting back to foreign headquarters or sending request forms to Sydney or New York for approval before you can buy a paperclip, let alone a new laptop for a new valuable staff member. We all know the stories," Bradbourne says.
There is a counter to this view. Although being part of a larger network, agencies like FCB and DDB in New Zealand have always run and acted more like independent agencies. Sometimes our distance from the rest of the world can be a distinct advantage.
The excellent creative work being offered under the direction of Clewett at FCB and by Damon Stapleton, DDB regional chief creative officer for Australia and New Zealand, has probably less to do with global alignment than with the undoubted creative talent of the individuals concerned.
Across his decorated career, Stapleton's creative leadership and ability has earned him substantial recognition both regionally and around the world. Stapleton has won more than 500 international awards including 60 Cannes Lions (including a Titanium, Innovation and Grand Prix). 35 of those have been won in the last five years at DDB NZ, but his talent was bought, so to speak, by an astute DDB Australia/New Zealand chairman and chief executive Marty O'Halloran.
Having a heritage
In all the talk about finance, client relationships, strategy, head office reporting and the business side of the industry, we often forget that the creative product is the central dynamic of advertising and regardless of the proliferation of delivery channels in the 21st century, the big idea, like in the Mad Men days of the 50s, 60s and 70s is still where the rubber meets the road.
That moment when you realise that Huxley the dog in the Vodafone 5G ad is not going to be put to sleep; or the tug on the heartstrings when the little boy tearing down the beach, being pursued by a lifeguard, smiles at the camera in the Sky Sport ad, is when you understand storytelling is what we do.
Storytelling and the passion and competence in the way we deliver it is what makes great advertising. And it doesn't really matter whether you are working at an independent or global agency, whether you are big or small, talent is where success diverges from mediocrity.
Stapleton oversaw both the Vodafone and Sky Sport campaigns. The resource that a network agency like DDB gives him certainly helps but his talent was developed elsewhere in a different market and one tends to think that the awards and great advertising are a confluence of innate talent and the development of that talent under the tutelage of John Hunt at Hunt Lascaris TBWA in South Africa, as much as the freedom and resource given to create good work under the strong business management of DDB NZ chief executive Justin Mowday.
It was Hunt, in an interview with NZ Marketing in 2010, when he was here to judge the Axis Awards, who commented: "It's peculiar, there's more fresh, original thinking happening on the outskirts of the empire rather than in those over-structured, torturous, heavy-laden, big city agencies like London and New York."
What he meant was that in countries like New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, the quality of advertising produced, exceeds the size of the industry in those countries and is created despite, not because of, international ownership. Globally-aligned agencies in this country in particular, act more like independents than multinationals.
"Winning awards and creating great advertising has more to do with the ethos of the agency than anything else."
Stapleton says to NZ Marketing.
"Whether you are in an independent agency or part of a global network, it always comes down to the intention of the place in which you are working. When I worked at Hunt Lascaris, it was very clear what the rules were. The building had memory, you knew you had to perform, you had to do great, not just good work."
Many who have worked in network agencies have experienced a situation where the 'intention' was not clear, and the heritage of consistent great work is not there.
At DDB NZ Stapleton works in a well-resourced agency, with a lot of capability, the right intention and a heritage of award-winning work. This makes it easier to continue in that mould.
Damon Stapleton
"The ethos of the network gives a road map," he says. "I get exposed to things globally, where I see what's happening in Europe, New York and elsewhere. I guess it's a fusion between the capability of the agency you are in, with the philosophy of the network."
There is no doubt that there are great agencies in bad networks and bad agencies in predominantly good networks, but the sweet spot is where you have both. An agency is not a building, it is the people who work there, and talent determines the quality of the offering. With talent comes passion, and a great agency, whether an independent or a networked agency, creates the environment where the talent and passion can be expressed. Agency people work long hours and if you take the passion out of the agency, you will not succeed. You can't teach people to care. Passion is the driver for success.
"There is a conundrum with creative artistry," Stapleton says. "You have to make money and deliver a return. But the way you make a profit is counter-intuitive. By doing things that don't make sense to the guys with spreadsheets, is how you make the spreadsheets better."
With the independents, the passion lies in ownership and there is something about 'independence' that attracts some of the best creative thinkers. Dave Droga, John Hegarty, Dan Wieden, Mark Waites, Stef Calcraft, Libby Brockhoff, and Robert Saville – all started and ran or run independent agencies. Wieden & Kennedy and Mother are still fiercely independent and leading the world with their work.
Bradbourne has a strong belief that the agencies that produce the creative work that moves the entire industry forward – are all independent. But again, seeing the stature of the work coming out of some of the local, globally-aligned network agencies, I would disagree. Talent at whatever agency is what moves the industry forward and you can find this across the board. As Jamie Hitchcock, creative partner at The Enthusiasts, commented to NZ Marketing: "The point is that independent or global, it all comes back to the quality of the people working on the business."
Bradbourne has a right to his view. Special Group opened in Sydney five years ago to provide the same level of strategic and creative thinking for their clients on both sides of the Tasman. Special Group now has over 100 people across the two offices and work with Tourism New Zealand, Red Bull and Uber Eats in both countries and has won 'Agency of the Year' titles in both markets.
Regardless, many an indie owner or independent talent dream of being bought by a global entity and the examples of multinational agencies buying up successful independents cover decades. As recently as August this past year Publicis Groupe ANZ announced the acquisition of New Zealand independent, full-service media agency MBM.
Michael Rebelo, chief executive of Publicis Groupe ANZ, told StopPress: "New Zealand is an important growth market for the Groupe and the acquisition of MBM is the first in a series of investments we will be making in the region to further strengthen our existing brands and grow new capabilities here."
So, the desire for the global agencies to absorb local, independent talent is as prevalent as ever.
Speaking to NZ Marketing, Rebelo is adamant that the only thing MBM, and another acquisition, Affinity ID, have really lost in joining the Publicis Groupe is their independence on paper.
"The last thing we would do after buying two incredibly successful companies full of talented people and winning business, is to come in and start telling them what to do. We want to amplify and strengthen their offering, learn from them and enable them to do more of what they do best, then get out of the way and let them do it."
Scale and access to additional expertise is a gain and the two former indies now have the ability to work together with our other agencies, under the Publicis "Power of One" offering. They are already working with fellow group agencies Saatchi & Saatchi, Starcom and Zenith.
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In an era when artists and architects sought to present function and simplicity of design above all else, Prouvé's 1969 filling station was a brilliant answer to the need for roadside filling stations that could be quickly and simply constructed and moved according to the burgeoning needs of the French freeway system. Jean Prouvé (1901–1984) was a 20th-century pioneer in the innovative production of furniture and architecture, imbued with the creative philosophy of a group whose principal aim was an art/industry alliance offering access to all. As a founding member of the Union des Artistes Modernes alongside Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand, Prouvé developed a "constructional philosophy" based on rational fabrication and functionality. Seeking to make a clean break from the past and struggling against elaborate designs in style at the time, artists of the union developed and produced art, architecture, and furniture that emphasized design over decoration. "All notions of embellishment aside… We believe that buildings must equal automobiles in quality… the host of possible variations requires a minimum of components," wrote Prouvé in 1963. Jean Prouvé was fascinated by the materials of modern industry, beginning with an exploration of the technical resources of metalworking—first with wrought iron, then with bent sheet steel—for metal joinery, furniture, and architectural components.
Prouvé believed that "a building has to be made of the smallest possible number of elements," and the filling station for Total is an exploration of just how far this maxim could be applied. Asked to create a model by the oil companies as a response to the growing number of tourists utilizing French highways for their travels, Prouvé came up with nearly two dozen concepts for filling stations before landing on this design.
Inspired by the Dymaxion dome house designed by Buckminster Fuller in the 1920s, the architecture of the filling station uses a central core and one-piece shell panels for each of its 13 sides. This minimalist approach meant the structures could be quickly assembled, allowing them to become functional and profitable filling stations quickly. The station's nearly circular shape allows the structure to be configured in a variety of ways while still being easily identifiable from the road—a requirement of Prouvé's client. The simplicity of its design combined with the innovation of the materials previously used exclusively in the automobile industry makes this piece as revolutionary as it was popularly embraced. With the Total filling station, Prouvé produced perhaps the most technologically advanced, functional architectural work of his storied career.
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Discussion in 'Mountain Biking, Trials and BMX' started by postman, 12 Jan 2008.
Have seen the bike.Trek 4300.So i now have a choice to make.Disc or not.What should i pick and why?
I've got discs on one bike and love the stopping power .
Are you going to be able to get a ride on the different versions before you buy?
In the dry a GOOD set of V-brakes will stop you just as quickly (if not quicker) than most xc oriented discs . However, in the wet or mud discs really do come into their own.
BTW, no idea which brakes the Trek 4300 comes with but some mechanical disc brakes really are worth avoiding. They're under-powered and require constant adjustment.
As redbike says avoid Mechanical Disk brakes, V-brakes are better if set up correctly. But if you want to ride through the winter good discs make a difference. Before I had discs I finished many a winter ride walking downhill as my brake pads had disappeared!
PS it's a great little bike, I love mine to bits - he's just had a new fork for christmas, really good ride!
I agree with punky, not all mech disc brakes are poor- the avid range is generally regarded quite well, and I've had Shimano mech disc brakes that are effective. They just need more adjusting than hydro systems as they usually only have one moving pad. The main reason for agreeing tho' is the ease of upgrading, as you already have disc hubs and wont need to upgrade the wheels straight away and may well find that the mech brakes suit you just fine.
Thank you everyone for the helpful hints and ideas.I have been from Staffs to Los Angeles reading the reviews in mountain bike threads.A decision has been made i will go for 4300 with v brakes £300.This bike will be used mainly on tow paths and local paths around waterways.Never intended to go serious mtb.To answer Bonji i wish to extend my leg it felt as though i was putting too much pressure on the knees,something i wish to avoid after having two ops one one knee already.Now just have to get the money out of the household budget.
Thanks for that.Did see it myself.But i will support lbs,can drop in anytime.
Double pot ( or more ) hydraulic.
Mechanical ones usethe same brake cable that a V-brake would use. Generally cheaper and performance generally on a par with a good set of V-brakes. You can get more advanced ones whose power is better than V's, but at that price for them, you start to enter entry level hydraulic prices. Generally, with a mechanical you generally have 1 pad side that moves under cable pull, and the other pad side static. the static side pad ( normally the spoke side ) can have its distance from the disc adjusted by means of an allen key, so you need to run it quite close to the disc ( which can cause scuffing ) . The moving side then gets pushed against the disc, and then against the static pad to clamp. This slightly bends the disc as it does so and I found that in some cases this lead to uneven wear of the pads ( a little like toeing in brake pads would cause uneven wear ) and that you did need to fettle with the distance to get it right. The upside of mechanica discs is that they are simple and cheap.
Dual Pot ( or more ) hydraulic.
These are the real deal. Instead of 1 moving side and 1 static side, you have a caliper piston on both sides pushing both pads against the disc in an even manner. This means that the pads clamp the disc without bending it and equal force and wear on each side. There are a ton of different versions from the various manufacturers and its a hugely debated topic. Even the base model versions from the likes of Shimano nowadays are outstanding compared to V-brakes ( personally speaking from experience ) .
You've already decided, but I'd suggest, that it may be worth waiting and buying an aftermarket upgrade to disc brakes. PLaces like CRC and the like often do deals on full hydraulic systems ( dual pot calipers ) and these are likely to be a better long term fit.
you are better off buying a bike with hydraulic discs now rather than upgrading in the future.
to switch to discs you would need new wheels with disc hubs and if the shifter/gear lever is one unit, then new shifters as well as brake levers.
I seem to manage ok without disks. I think they they are a bit of a gimmick aimed at weekenders.
Errr, no. Definately not a gimmick, the cable ones on cheap supermarket bikes maybe..... But I really wouldn't fancy riding the trails without my disc brakes now. The power, reliability and mostly maintenance free issues also help! I've had discs pinging while they cooled down, and steam coming off them when wet. There is nothing wrong with Vee brakes when set up well, but they are not a match for disc brakes.
I will agree that the very cheap mechanical discs are gimmicky.
However, I don't agree that discs in general are just for weekenders. On wet muddy trails discs are significantly better. Definitely not a gimmick and definitely worth while. Having got used to the power and modulation of high end hydraulic discs I certainly wont be switching back to V's in a hurry.
I suppose quite a bit depends on where you're riding. On a dry ride along a family trail / canal side then you probably wont notice any advantages over V's. But if you're riding down a steep muddy trail thats so wet it looks like a river then discs are worth every penny.
Hydraulic discs are definitely better, but I did manage to MTB for 10 years or so with V brakes/ cantis. I don't think they should be your first priority on a cheaper MTB - focus on the frame and wheels as they will have more effect on how it rides.


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'Freedom of Speech': Franklyn Williams, Whose Mouth Was Duct Taped Shut by Judge, Has More to Say
Alberto LuperonAug 6th, 2018, 2:45 pm
The man who went viral for his court outburst in Ohio did it again. Franklyn Williams, known for having his mouth taped shut last week, had one more thing to say before being led out of court Monday.
"Freedom of speech. No duct tape," he said. "Freedom of Speech. No duct tape. With the hashtag."
Jump to the last 45 seconds in the video above to see it.
Williams definitively pissed off the judge last week for talking out in court again and again. He didn't stop in spite of being told he'll have his turn to speak.
"Mr. Williams, I'm the judge in the matter," said Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge John Russo. "Shut your mouth and I will tell you when you can talk. You got it?"
Deputies ended up taping up Williams' mouth with red tape. Footage caught attention from a lot of media outlets, including ours.
And with attention came blowback.
"I've been doing criminal law my entire career and I am troubled by the Judge's actions. Unacceptable," said criminal defense lawyer and Law&Crime Network Analyst Julie Rendelman. "I've never seen such a thing."
He could've been removed from court until he calmed down, she said. "But to put tape over his mouth?"
Elizabeth Bonham, a staff attorney for the ACLU of Ohio, also blasted the move.
"Everything about this is wrong," she said.
This time, though, authorities didn't seem to pay Williams much mind, and he was led out of the courtroom without incident, as it was the end of the hearing.
He was in court again Monday to discuss issues surrounding his 24-year sentence in an armed robbery case. Russo said that Williams made 60 interruptions in 54 minutes. He argued that precedent allowed for the gagging of a defendant to "keep order in the court," but he apologized, saying his decision might've eroded trust in the bench.
Russo offered to recuse himself from the case, but the defense actually opposed this. A defense lawyer cast doubt on whether the defendant is competent to face court, and said Williams had an "inability" to communicate with his attorneys as recent as Monday.
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Phantom's Lady Rose started following 6/23 - Gerry at Disneyland - week Social Media pics June 25, 2014
New outtakes from AD shoot
Phantom's Lady Rose replied to becozy's topic in Hot New Gerry Pics/Vids
I'm convinced now that they are from LA, not NYC...sorry for jumping to conclusions without thoroughly examining the pictures. Like I said, my main focus was on what he had on, his hair style, etc...being so identical to the loft pic of him sitting in the chair on the front of AD. These are from LA, I realize that now. Again, sorry...my bad...
These pictures are from his NY loft, NOT his LA (Los Feliz) home. In a couple of the pictures, you can see the Hudson River behind him (he's standing on his rooftop garden it looks like. But these are additional pictures from the Architectural Digest shoot and are from his Chelsea Loft in Manhattan, NYC, NOT LA. But they are beautiful pictures, and love the one of him holding the Robert Burns book, undoubtedly, one of his own books on Burns. FOOTNOTE: In looking closer at the pictures, they MAY be from the LA/Los Feliz house. I was going mostly by him with the same shirt, jeans, hair and jewelry/bracelets on that he has on in the NYC loft AD picture (the one of him in the chair on the front of the magazine). The pictures could be from LA, but even the interior of the house looks more like the NYC loft than the pictures we have seen of his Los Feliz house. Quite confusing photos here.
MGP Poster!
The poster is STUNNING...one of the most beautiful movie posters I have ever seen...Someone wrote that the poster alone could win an Oscar...not much of an exaggeration there....it is just BEAUTIFUL...I hope the movie makes it to our area...I don't like this "limited release" thing at all, and may end up having to drive a distance to see it. RockNRolla finally came here, though, so hopefully MGP will as well. Peace.... Tense
Gerry's Celtic shirt up for auction
Phantom's Lady Rose replied to framolamdu's topic in All things Gerry
CONGRATULATIONS to Kris Kelly...who had the winning bid for Gerry's shirt in the Celtic Charity Fund Auction...that was one well deserved win...I could not be happier for her... Cheers.... Tense
Gerry Narrates Dolphin Movie
Phantom's Lady Rose replied to phoenixgirl's topic in Na Nai'a: Legend of the Dolphins
For anyone interested in the Dolphin Movie narrated by Gerry, I contacted the producer and director for information as to how to get the DVD when it is released. It won't be released until 2012, but he sent me this email, which tell how to pledge with different amounts for different items including the DVD (I did a $40.00 pledge today), through Amazon.com. Also, whatever you pledge, your credit card will not be charged until August 23, when the pledges are all to be submitted by, and only then will credit cards be released, not when you make your pledge prior to August 23. Here is the email I got from Jonathon Kay. jk@dolphinmovie.com to me show details 1:10 PM (2 hours ago) Aloha Tense! Thanks for your message. We are almost finished the movie NA NAI'A LEGEND OF THE DOLPHINS but are needing to raise funding for final edits, final music, and final changes to the film to prepare it for distribution and funding for conversion of the movie to 3-D so that it can be projected in theaters in 3-D across the US and internationally! We have created a webpage at the site below at which you can make a pledge now and get a DVD of the film when the film is completed and released on DVD. Your support of this important film about the dolphins, their message to humanity, and the importance of their survival, by making a pledge at this time on the site below can really make a difference in the completion of NA NAI'A LEGEND OF THE DOLPHINS and in getting the film into distribution in theaters so that everyone can see the film and take part in supporting the dolphins and the global conservation of the oceans of the Earth! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2053154235/na-naia-legend-of-the-dolphins Please share the following webpage link with your friends so that they can participate too and pre-order DVD's of the movie NA NAI'A LEGEND OF THE DOLPHINS! Sincerely, Jonathon Kay Director MAGIC FACTORY PRODUCTIONS INC. Producer/Director NA NAI'A: Legend of the Dolphins
Shooting Mar 28 in Shreveport
Phantom's Lady Rose replied to PebblesRocker's topic in Playing For Keeps (aka Playing the Field)
I surely hope that filming will be from March-May, as my son and I are planning a road trip to Shreveport in mid-April. If the dates do change, we can change our plans accordingly, but we need to know for sure when the dates of filming are going to be.
Gerry at Scottish Ballet
Brian has the twin girls, Rachel and Katy, and Lynn and Jim have Sarah and Niehm (not sure on that spelling, may be Niemh), but it's the Gaelic spelling of what we would pronounce "Neve." I think she is the youngest of the two of Lynn's girls. None of them were Cinderella in the play. Gerry surely does dote on all of them, though, and they love their Uncle Gerry...as evidenced in all the pictures of him with them. (Rachel and Katy at "Nim's" premiere, Sarah and Neihm at "HTTYD" premiere.... Peace and Love this Holiday Season to ALL.... Tense
10/22 - Starz Develops Allan Pinkerton Limited Series With Bob Cochran & Gerard Butler
Phantom's Lady Rose replied to irish's topic in Hot New Gerry News
Found a very interesting article about the possibility of Gerry being a "contender" to be another Clint Eastwood...what we have been talking about lately.... http://www.seattlepi.com/movies/429231_film42134411.html Just scroll down...it's very interesting.... Peace, out.... Tense
Gerry attends "Memphis" on Broadway
Phantom's Lady Rose replied to Rendita's topic in Hot New Gerry Pics/Vids
I can understand Gerry spending more time in NYC than he does in LA (having lived in LA for three years while going to UCLA back in the late 70's)...and I know it has grown/improved since then...but still, there is so much more to do in NYC, the theater, socialilte parties, benefits out the wazoo, the restaurants are so upscale and fabulous there, just sitting at an outdoor cafe, watching the people is entertainment in itself, the museums, art galleries, Greenwich Village, The Bowery, Times Square, Broadway, there if far more to do and far more "color" in NYC than in LA...LA is just 99% movie industry, and not a whole lot else. They have plays, and good restaurants, but their nightlife consists mostly of clubs and the Hollywood/actor bunch...whereas NYC is a melting pot of everything, and just a more interesting place to be. And the paparazzi are not "quite" as tenacious and annoying as they are in LA. Given the choice, I certainly would choose NYC over LA...it's just a "funner" place (I know that's not a word, but I like it...).... Before anyone jumps at me thinking I am criticizing or downing Los Angeles, I'm not at all. LA has it's attributes, but there just seems to be more of a diversity of things to do in NYC as opposed to LA. More choices of places to go, people to see, things to do. LA has a lot, but I think NYC has more. LA's focus is mainly on the movie business, NYC's focus is on everything.... Peace, out.... Tense
I TOTALLY agree, having Gerry do the voice-over narration would be absolutely wonderful.... Peace, out.... Tense
There are many "urban legends" out there about Butch and Sundance and what actually happened in Bolivia. Some "historical" accounts are that both were killed in Bolivia, there are other "historical" accounts that say that after they sent Etta Place back to the US for her protection, that Harry Longbaugh (Sundance) was killed, but that Robert Leroy Parker (Butch) survived, and returned to the Hole in the Wall to live out the rest of his life with Etta Place (where she had resumed her life as a schoolteacher. Neither of these theories have been able to be concretely proven, even though they have accounts from Butch's family, nothing has been proven one way or the other. It makes for interesting "stories around the campfire" though...I would like to think that Butch survived and came back as reported by some, but as of now, nobody really knows the real truth.... Peace, out.... Tense
Pinkerton's agency were in pursuit of Butch and Sundance - they were responsible for taking in most of the Hole in the Wall Gang. When Butch kept asking Sundance "Who are those guys?" it was the Pinkertons who were tracking them. Joe Lefors, who was one of the best and known trackers during that time (I think he was part Indian, but not totally sure on that), was the one leading the trackers, and I think either Butch or Sundance mentioned him in the movie. Joe Lefors was hired by Pinkerton to help track Butch and Sundance, but it's sketchy whether or not he actually became employed otherwise by Pinkerton, but some reports are that he was. I think Lefors always wore a straw hat/skimmer. Peace, out..... Tense
The only other thing that I can add to this is that as a producer, that would give him BETTER access to what is out there, and greater choices as to what he wants to take on to star in next. More will be visible to him and accessible to him during the times he's producing. He won't be "hidden away," but rather smack dab in the middle of all of it, and better able to pick and choose projects than if he were just acting in one particular movie, waiting for the next one to come along. As a producer, he'll know more of what is out there quicker than waiting for his agent or manager to tell him what's available. So the theory of him being "out of sight, out of mind," doesn't fit at all. As I pointed out before, there are more actors/actresses out there with their own production companies now than not, and they don't always star in the movies they produce. or direct (as a good many have ventured into directing as well). None of them have "disappeared" from sight, and neither will Gerry. I don't think Gerry will ever stop acting...it's his passion, what he loves more than anything (next to Miss Lolita....), but extending himself in this direction, can only mean good things. I'm as big a fan as anyone out there, probably more than many are...and I'm rather "selfish" where Gerry is concerned as well. I would love nothing better than to see him on screen several times a year, but I also see this move into producing as a very positive move on his part, in the advancement of his career, and it's a good and positive thing. I have to trust Gerry, that's all part of being part of his support system and "Team Gerry," that we all have been for so long now. This is just another "adventure" in GerryWorld, and I'm anxious for this ride to continue on...as I feel that it's going to be a very interesting ride to be on with Gerry, and cheering him on every step of the way. Let's try to see the glass as half full, instead of half empty...it's all good. He's working, doing what he loves to do, and he's nowhere near leaving any of our lives. Just another accomplishment that will bring him bigger and better things, and all of us will benefit from it all. Quite frankly, I'm anxious for him to get into maybe get into directing eventually...he certainly has the chops for it, and as astute to the movie making business as he is, I think he would do fabulously in directing. Peace, out.... Tense
I agree totally with what Patsyb has said...and from where I sit, it seems that there is a panic going on that is quite premature and unnecessary, at least at this point in time. Gerry has taken on another production role. But we have no idea what else is in that great pipeline of projects that always seems to be there, even when we are not aware of what or when. Lest we not forget RockNRolla, when he was half way shooting the movie before we even knew it existed. Gerry is full of surprises, even when it comes to his work. Just because there is not anything publically announced just yet, beyond the Pinkerton project, does not mean that there is nothing there coming up for Gerry. Gerry is an actor, first and foremost. That is his passion, and he's not going to "fade away" into the sunset from acting. We have not seen the last of him up on that silver screen, not by a long shot. And at this point, we don't know if he will star in the Pinkerton project as well as executive produce it. But whatever the case may be, we need to look at this as a positive move on his part. He is going the way of Eastwood, Cruise, Hanks, and the list goes on and on. He's broadening his horizons, stretching those long, beautiful legs, spreading those wings...getting his finger on all the pulses of movie making. I fully expect him to move into direction eventually, and that would be a REAL gem in his crown. Remember that all of Clint Eastwood's Oscars have been for what he did BEHIND the camera... I don't understand why anyone would object or feel anything but elation for Gerry for this. He is a very capable and astute businessman, and as was pointed out by another poster, you have to spend money to make money. I have all confidence in Gerry that he knows exactly what he is doing, and as his fans and supporters, we all need to trust him and fully support his decisions. He may cut back a bit from time to time from acting, but he's not going to stop acting all together. He may be more "selective" in his choices of movies now, and producing in the meantime is a pretty good "filler" and way to make money to put back into ET productions and a means for acquiring rights for projects, like "The Septembers of Shiraz" which is years away from being made, but what a good choice for a future ET production that will be. Gerry is on the path of being a real movie "mogul..." and his talents are going to grow, and grow...He's an A-lister now, and is always networking with the biggest and the best in the industry. And as I said above, we don't know what's in that pipeline...there could be 3-4 projects on the horizon that just have not been announced yet....and I think we all should just take a deep breath and sit back and relax, and just wait for the next news. Gerry has had a very grueling past couple of years, with all the BH Ballyhoo and all that he suffered and incurred during that time. Then the two movies, back to back, Coriolanus and MGP. The man HAS to be totally exhausted, and I expect that he needs a fairly extensive vacay, at least some time off from it all, to recharge his batteries and ready himself for the next project. We have no idea what he's "up to" right now, aside from his L'Oreal deal, but you can bet that he's not sitting on his laurels, letting the world pass him by. That's not his style. Also, remember, that "Playing the Field" - previously "Slide" is out there, and still very much on the active list, so that could be the next thing we hear of. My point is simple...to not get worked up over this, it's a very positive and lucrative move on Gerry's part to get into some production. None of this means that he is leaving acting or that we'll never see him on the screen again. I trust Gerry, and have confidence that he knows what he is doing, and that whatever decisions he makes will be the right ones, for himself, as well as for us, his fans. I'm extremely excited about all of this, as it will further show the powers that be, as well as the viewing public, the mettle that he is made of and the extensive and great talent that he is. He's following some of the greatest of the greats and he deserves the full support of his fans. I respect the opinions of everyone here. Opinions are like backsides, we all have one, and all should be respected, even if we don't agree. I hope that I have not offended anyone with my opinion, and that what I said above will also be respected, even if you don't agree. Peace, out..... Tense
9/29 - Gerard Butler to produce 'The Septembers of Shiraz'
Phantom's Lady Rose replied to Paisleyscot's topic in Hot New Gerry News
I see this as a very POSITIVE move on Gerry's part...he's expanding those wonderfully talented wings in the right direction, and I don't think that he will ever give up acting, just maybe not as much as he has in the past...Alan made the comment during LAC that Gerry/ET would be getting into more producing and Gerry not acting as often in the future, so we have been prepared for this to come about. He may do less acting now, but he will still be very much involved in the business, and we will still be there for him, those of us who are real, bonafide fans of his. To not support his production efforts is saying that we don't support his career. This is what he wants to do. And I foresee him getting into directing eventually as well...look at Clint Eastwood, he does all three, very successfully, and Gerry may well be headed in that direction of acting, producing, and directing. I think he would be a crackerjack director, he has that savvy knowledge and talent. There have been some on other sites to say that they won't see the movies that he only produces...that's craziness...those movies are still a part of Gerry, and should be supported for him just as much as those he stars in. Anything with his name attached to, either as star, producer (or maybe ultimately director - wishing here...) are ALL a part of him and as fans, we should embrace every one of them and give him our full support. This is just my humble opinion here, and I for one, am happy that he's doing what makes him happy. At the end of the day, that is all that matters. I do not see anything but good coming out of all this, for him, as well as for his fans. We are on an incredible journey with him, and this is just another adventure in GerryWorld that we will follow him through. Peace to all... Tense