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My problem is that I am currently designing a GUI that can display a Binary Search Tree (BST) from user entered data, I have the code nearly all working apart from the painting aspect of it. So I can enter all the data and everything into the BST fine but when it comes to painting there is problems for example when I first run the program and enter a value I want to displayed when I hit the add button which is suppose to draw a circle with the entered value inside it the circle and number will flash up and then disappear, I don't understand this as when I print out the BST using methods the value is definitely there etc. And if I add it again it will stay up and not flash away, it only seems to happen on the first circle so any others I add after that stay first time. Another problem is that if I either resize or navigate away from the GUI the BST that is displayed will vanish, again it's still stored but the painted BST will disappear. I think it may be because I haven't implemented the paintComponent method right or some problem with the area I paint on.
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Exhibition dates: both 21st September 2012 – 6th January 2013
This is a meta-post where I have brought together photographs from the second exhibition Freaks, The Monstrous Parade: Photographs from Enrico Praloran Collection and all the good quality images of Todd Browning's cult film Freaks (1932) that were available online, since the museum only provided me with three media images (the first three) on a fascinating subject. By reflection, the photographs from Freaks have a strange correlation to the photographs that appear in the Howard Greenberg, Collection.
There is an interesting discussion by Amanda Ann Klein on her blog (see link below) about her students reaction to the film that she taught as part of her Trash Cinema class. She observes that, "Freaks preaches acceptance and… the belief that we are all "God's children." And yet, the film was intended to "out horror" Frankenstein through its fantastic display of disabled bodies…" but that her students did not see it as an exploitation film, in fact they approved of the revenge taken by the freaks on Cleopatra and Hercules at the end of the film, even though this seemed to replicate the very imagery Browning denounced earlier in the film. Klein insightfully notes that "it did prove to be an interesting example of how a film's reception can change dramatically over time."
The content of a work of art is never fixed by the author as the context and meaning of the work is never fixed by the viewer. As David Smail notes the truth changes according to, among other things, developments in our values and understandings. There can be many truths depending on our line-of-sight and point-of-view but a subjective non-final truth has to be actively struggled for:
"Where objective knowing is passive, subjective knowing is active – rather than giving allegiance to a set of methodological rules which are designed to deliver up truth through some kind of automatic process [in this case the image], the subjective knower takes a personal risk in entering into the meaning of the phenomena to be known … Those who have some time for the validity of subjective experience but intellectual qualms about any kind of 'truth' which is not 'objective', are apt to solve their problem by appealing to some kind of relativity. For example, it might be felt that we all have our own versions of the truth about which we must tolerantly agree to differ. While in some ways this kind of approach represents an advance on the brute domination of 'objective truth', it in fact undercuts and betrays the reality of the world given to our subjectivity. Subjective truth has to be actively struggled for: we need the courage to differ until we can agree. Though the truth is not just a matter of personal perspective, neither is it fixed and certain, objectively 'out there' and independent of human knowing. 'The truth' changes according to, among other things, developments and alterations in our values and understandings … the 'non-finality' of truth is not to be confused with a simple relativity of 'truths'."
Smail, David. Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1984, pp.152-153
Many thankx to the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne for allowing me to publish some of the photographs in the posting. Please click on the photographs for a larger version of the image.
Dorothea Lange
Migratory Cotton Picker
Eloy, Arizona, 1940
© Library of Congress
Courtesy of Howard Greenberg Collection
Ruth Orkin
American Girl in Italy
© Ruth Orkin
Courtesy of Howard Greenberg Collection
Henri Cartier-Bresson
© Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos
Courtesy of Fondation HCB and Howard Greenberg Collection
Walker Evans
Negro Church, South Carolina
© Library of Congress
Courtesy of Howard Greenberg Collection
Dorothea Lange
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
© Library of Congress
Courtesy of Howard Greenberg Collection
Leon Levinstein
Fifth Avenue
c. 1959
© Howard Greenberg Gallery
Courtesy of Howard Greenberg Collection
"The Musée de l'Elysée presents different approaches to collecting photography by means of these original exhibitions.
Howard Greenberg, Collection
Howard Greenberg has been a gallery owner for over thirty years and is considered today one of the pillars of the New York photography scene. While his position as a dealer is well established, little was known of his passion for collecting, presently revealed to the public for the first time. The primary reason to explain why it took so long to discover this collection is because building such a collection demands time. Only in time can the maturity of a collection be measured; the time necessary to smooth trends, confirm the rarity of a print, and in the end, validate the pertinence of a vision.
In an era of immediacy, when new collectors exhibit unachieved projects or create their own foundation, great original collections are rare. Howard Greenberg's is certainly one of the few still to be discovered.
The quality of a collection does not rely on the sole accumulation of master pieces but can best be assessed through a dialectical movement: a collection is the collector's oeuvre, a set of images operating a transformation in the perception not only of the photographs, but also of photography. This renewed perception is two-fold in the Greenberg collection; through the surprising combination of two approaches, the experimental practice of photography that questions the medium as such, bringing it to the limits of abstraction on one hand, and on the other, a documentary practice, carried out through its recording function of the real. This apparently irreconcilable duality takes on a particular signification in the Greenberg collection, an investigation of the possibilities offered by photography, a quest for photography itself, questioning what it is.
Howard Greenberg and his collection have largely contributed to the writing of a chapter of history. While contributing to the recognition of long neglected figures of the New York post-war photography scene, filling a gap, as gallery owner, Howard Greenberg, the collector, ensured the preservation of a coherent body by building over that period a unique collection of major photographs.
This collection of over 500 photographs was patiently built over the last thirty years and stands out for the high quality of its prints. A set of some 120 works are exhibited for the first time at the Musée de l'Elysée, revealing different aspects of Howard Greenberg's interests, from the modernist aesthetics of the 20s and 30s, with works by Edward Steichen, Edward Weston or the Czech School, to contemporary photographers such as Minor White,
Harry Callahan and Robert Frank. Humanist photography is particularly well represented, including among others, Lewis Hine and Henri Cartier-Bresson. An important section is dedicated to the Farm Security Administration's photographers, such as Walker Evans or Dorothea Lange, witnesses to the Great Depression years of the 30s. Above all, the collection demonstrates the great influence of New York in the history of 20th century photography with the images of Berenice Abbott, Weegee, Leon Levinstein or Lee Friedlander conveying its architecture and urban lifestyle. Commending its work and prominent position, and wishing to make his private collection available to a large audience, Howard Greenberg selected the Musée de l'Elysée to host his collection.
The Musée de l'Elysée and the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson jointly produce this exhibition which, after Lausanne, will subsequently be presented in Paris."
Press release from the Musée de l'Elysée website
Freaks, The Monstrous Parade: Photographs from Enrico Praloran Collection
American director Tod Browning (1880-1962) has a particular attraction for the uncanny. Freaks, his cult movie shot in 1932, is inspired by a short story written by Clarence Aaron "Tod" Robbins. Set in a circus, the performers are disabled actors. The movie caused a scandal when it was released and Freaks was soon censored, reedited, shortened, sometimes removed from theaters, and in cases banned in some countries. Not until the 60s, when it was presented at the Cannes Festival, was the movie acclaimed to the point of becoming a reference for artists such as Diane Arbus or David Lynch.
The Musée de l'Elysée presents a selection of some fifty vintage black and white silver prints, gathered by Enrico Praloran, a collector based in Zurich. This unique set is the opportunity for an encounter with the movie's strange protagonists, Johny Eck, the Half Boy, Daisy and Violet Hilton, the Siamese sisters, Martha Morris, the "Armless Marvel", or the Bearded Lady and the Human Skeleton. They all are artists for real, coming from the Barnum Circus.
The plot is transcribed in images through stills from the movie's major scenes, completed by set or shooting photographs, taking us behind the scenes, including on the footsteps of Tod Browning himself."
Press release from the Musée de l'Elysée website
Tod Browning (director)
Freaks (Cleopatra followed by the freaks)
Still photograph
Courtesy of Praloran Collection, Zurich
Tod Browning (director)
Freaks (Johnny Eck)
Still photograph
Courtesy of Praloran Collection, Zurich
Tod Browning (director)
Still photograph
Courtesy of Praloran Collection, Zurich
"Freaks centers on an enchanting preformer, Cleopatra, who entices a "midget," named Hans, into falling in love with her. They were called midgets then, now they are referred to as little people. The "midget" is in fact enaged to another woman who is incedentally, also a "midget," named Freida. Cleopatra was at first only trying to fool around with Hans and get money from him occasionally. She soon realized that Hans had inherited quite a large amount of money. She devises a plan to marry Hans and later poison him to inherit the money. Arguably, the most famous scene in Freaks is Hans and Cleo's wedding reception. The "freaks" reluctantly decide to accept her despite her "normality" and chant the notoriously disturbing yet hilarious quote, "We accept you, one of us! Gooble Gobble!" Afterwards, Hans then becomes very ill by Cleo's hand. He soon figures out her plan and the freaks become offended. They knew she could not be one of them. The film ends with a horrific and disturbing chase in the rain where the "freaks" follow her slowly and Cleo screams for her life. Her and her lover, the "muscle man," are caught and not killed, but worse. They become freaks themselves. They are mutilated, castrated, and deformed until they are the subject of a freak show. They became one of the "freaks" they hated so much…
One of the most gut-wrenching things about this films is the fact that every "freak" in the film was a real person with the same deformity their characters had. This gives the story a profound sense of reality, making the betrayal of Hans by Cleo all the more tragic. The film was extremely controversial when released and hated by audiences. The scenes where Cleo and the muscle man were mutilated had to be cut from the film in order to be shown in theaters. That footage has since been lost. In a viewing of the film, a sudden jump takes place after the freaks catch Cleo. The audience feels cheated. We have waited so long to see Cleo get her punishment. Part of that dissatisfaction adds to the mystique of this bizzare trip. The film was forgotten about until the mid 1970s where it was rediscovered as a counterculture cult film. A counterculture film runs counter to the the norm of society. Freaks is a great example of fame by taboos and controversy. It explores themes of humanity that are still relatively unexplored today."
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"Freaks is a tale of love and vengeance in a traveling circus…
In her essay "Intolerable Ambiguity: Freaks as/at the Limit," Elizabeth Grosz attempts to unpack our fascination with freak shows. She concludes that the individuals most frequently showcased in these spectacles, including Siamese twins, hermaphrodites, "pinheads" (microcephalics), midgets, and bearded ladies "imperil the very definitions we rely on to classify humans, identities and sexes – our most fundamental categories of self-definition and boundaries dividing self from otherness" (57). In other words, while we comfort ourselves by breaking down the world into neat binary oppositions, such as Male/Female, Self/Other, Human/Animal, Child/Adult, "freaks" blur the boundaries between these reassuring oppositions. She concludes, "The freak confirms the viewer as bounded, belonging to a 'proper' social category. The viewer's horror lies in the recognition that this monstrous being is at the heart of his or her identity, for it is all that must be ejected or abjected from self-image to make the bounded, category-obeying self possible" (65). We need the freak to confirm our own static, bounded identities. And yet, I think there is a certain terror that we may not be as bounded as we think. If the hermaphrodite can transcend traditional gender categories, then perhaps our own genders are more fluid. For many that is a truly horrifying thought.
For example, in one of the film's earliest scenes we witness the "pinheads" Schlitze, Elvira and Jenny Lee dancing and playing in the forest. From a distance they look like innocent, happy children. But as the camera approaches, it is clear that they are neither children, nor are they quite adults either. Thus it is the ambiguity here, rather than the disability itself, which is momentarily disturbing…
Grosz also mentions that "Any discussion of freaks brings back into focus a topic that has had a largely underground existence in contemporary cultural and intellectual life, partly because it is considered below the refined sensibilities of 'good taste' and 'personal politeness' in a civilized and politically correct milieu" (55)."
Amanda Ann Klein. "Teaching Todd Browning's Freaks," on the Judgemental Observer blog
- Grosz, Elizabeth. "Intolerable Ambiguity: Freaks as/at the Limit," in Rosemarie Garland Thomson (ed.). Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body. New York: New York University Press, 1996, pp.55-68
- Hawkins, Joan. "'One of Us': Tod Browning's Freaks," in Rosemarie Garland Thomson (ed.). Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body. New York: New York University Press, 1996, pp.265-276
- Norden, Martin F. The Cinema of Isolation: A History of Physical Disability in the Movies. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1994
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Freaks (with Siamese Twins Daisy and Violet Hilton)
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Freaks (shooting the wedding banquet)
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Freaks (Olga Baclanova as Cleopatra after her transformation into chicken woman)
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The Temperament of the Heart
Putting sins of the tongue to death requires more than just the cessation of slander, as important as that is. More fundamentally, there needs to be a mortification of the ungodly anger and malice that so easily well up within ...Read More
Grieving the Holy Spirit
Just as we experience the joy of restoration upon repentance, so we make amends for grieving the Spirit when we turn from our sin and seek to do His will. When we sense a distance in our relationship to God, ...Read More
What We Learned in Christ
Taking off our old selves — our Adamic natures that love rebellion — and putting on Christ is really a single act. We cannot live in Adam and in Christ at the same time, which means that we cannot refuse ...Read More
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John Calvin writes, "He whose life differs not from that of unbelievers, has learned nothing of Christ; for the knowledge of Christ cannot be separated from the mortification of the flesh." Scripture never asserts that sinless perfection is attainable before ...Read More
The Church is Holy
Through the blood of Christ, God sees His church as holy, although He is by no means ignorant of the sin that persists in our lives. Yet this declaration of holiness gives us confidence that we can make real progress ...Read More
The Mystery's of God's Purpose
Wisdom, the ability to put what we know into right action, seems to be in short supply these days, but Paul assures us that we have the wisdom needed to live for Christ as a gift of divine grace. The ...Read More
The Costs and Demands of Love
Are you hesitating to do something that godly love compels you to do? If so, then may Philemon encourage you to stop putting it off and move forward today. Insofar as we are able, we must seek to be reconciled ...Read More
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Consistent preaching of the gospel both to ourselves and to the world around us is necessary if reformation is to endure. We need to be reminded of the gravity of our sin and the greatness of our Savior in order ...Read More
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Worlds Collide with the Gyros Jibarito at Punta Cana
Chicago is a city where different cultures come together to create something new and exciting—and uniquely American. Dan Aykroyd was Canadian and John Belushi Albanian-American, but in dark suits and glasses they formed the quintessentially Chicagoan Blues Brothers. Enrico Fermi was Italian and Leo Szilard Hungarian, but together at the University of Chicago they put the U.S. of A. on the path to the Bomb. Tony "Two Ton" Cermak was a Bohunk tavern owner and Jacob Arvey a Jewish lawyer, but their innovations in voter retention and bootlegger outreach built the Chicago Machine into the pride of the nation.
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And on Kimball, a Dominican restaurant called Punta Cana found itself with a leftover gyros spit, and invented a fusion of two cultures breathtaking in its innovation: the gyros Jibarito. Whoa. Take a few minutes to let it soak in, if you need them. It's like suddenly understanding four-dimensional space or an entire sentence by Cormac McCarthy. I know.
The Jibarito, of course, is that Puerto Rican sandwich consisting of steak, lettuce, tomato, cheese and gooey mayo between two starchy flats of fried plaintain, invented here in Chicago at Borinquen two decades ago, and still available at the place of origin as well as most other Puerto Rican restaurants around town (see here for more). So what does adding gyros meat do, exactly?
Surprisingly, my first concern—that it would be over-garlicky and a weird mix of Greek-middle-eastern and Puerto Rican flavors—didn't prove true at all. The gyros meat takes an unexpected back seat to the customary Jibarito toppings, enough so that it actually stands out less on the sandwich than the normal steak does. It made me want to experiment with toppings that would push the Gy-barito further in a gyros direction, like tzatziki and onion.
But by the time you're thinking all those thoughts, you will probably have noticed something else about Punta Cana—it smells really good in there. A tiny kitchen with a buffet line about the size of a coffee table cranks out a remarkable variety of specials and cafeteria items every single day.
Chicken cluster on a fiery grill...
hunks of lechon (roasted pork) sit on display, mounds of potatoes and yellow rice are spooned up; on a given day you might also find oxtail stew or short ribs, and it's all good, tasty, and comfy.
This is a little neighborhood gem, and since the name of the neighborhood is Logan Square, it's a perfect choice for the next time you feel like venturing beyond the same old hipster spots and finding something new, cheap and for real right in your backyard.
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Which version of Tumble is correct? The powers are exactly the same Level 2 Utility, Encounter, Req. Acrobatics training. The difference is in the effect.
Player's Handbook (PHB) ~ Effect:You can shift a number of squares equal to one-half your speed.
Heroes of the Forsaken Lands (HotFL) ~ Effect: You shift up to your speed.
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
George Zimmerman and the Right to Violence (Part One)
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- Jim Cohen said...
Its been a longtime, almost 30 years since I was in a criminal courtroom, but I believe the Zimmerman defense has a flaw. It would seem his right to self defense claim may be loss by the fact that he was following/stalking Martin. Zimmerman failed to heed police calls to stay put, was a far distance from where he saw Martin. All of this, from media reports, would seem to at least question a self defense/stand your ground ples.
Jim Cohen, Santa Fe, NM
- August 2, 2012 at 11:23:00 AM EDT
You really need to spend a lot more time with the evidentiary record before you continue pontificating like this. And just for the novelty of it, you might begin from the premise that Zimmerman is not guilty of any crime, and see just how much credible evidence to the contrary you can find. Wallowing around in the issue with this notion of a "scuffle," without asking what evidence shows Zimmerman acted unlawfully towards Martin, just won't do. We're talking proof of murder here.
- August 3, 2012 at 6:18:00 AM EDT
- mary said...
In these cases how does anyone decide what is right or wrong. Any decision from any court would at best be a 50-50 decision
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Pivot3 Named to Forbes' List of America's Most Promising Companies
Pivot3 Named to Forbes' List of America's Most Promising Companies Feb 2013
Leading video surveillance and VDI storage solutions provider recognized among the most promising companies in America
Austin, Texas – February 6, 2013 – Pivot3, a leading supplier of video surveillance and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) storage appliances, today announced it has been recognized in Forbes' annual ranking of America's Most Promising Companies. Pivot3 ranked number 74 on the list of 100 privately held, high-growth companies with bright futures.
With nearly 600 customers across the globe, Pivot3 provides purpose-built, scale-out storage and compute appliances for video surveillance and virtual desktop environments. Pivot3's flagship vSTAC™ product family delivers seamlessly converged, highly available shared storage and virtual server appliances for modern virtual server and data workloads. Today Pivot3 is the global market leader in IP SAN storage for video surveillance with over 7000 appliances in use around the world ensuring the storage of critical video security data.
Forbes based this year's list on a number of variables, taking into consideration company sales and employee growth, quality of management teams and investors, margins, market size and key partnerships. While making its final decisions, Forbes turned to CB Insights, a Manhattan-based data research firm that specializes in assessing private companies. To refine its search, Forbes enlisted CB Insights' Mosaic software which scans 45,000 sources to measure a company's health, gathering myriad signals into a final score that Forbes then used as an initial guide in producing the list.
"It is quite an honor to be recognized in Forbes' List of America's Most Promising Companies," said Rich Bravman, chief executive officer at Pivot3. "To be acknowledged by such a well-respected publication is a great achievement for our team and a testament to our technology, and more importantly, a marker of our commitment to our customers' success. We have an extremely bright future ahead of us, as we have leading storage technology solutions, an increasing breadth of customers, strong partnerships and rapidly expanding market opportunities."
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Pivot3's flagship vSTAC™ product family delivers seamlessly converged, highly available shared storage and virtual server appliances that are purpose-built for modern virtual server and data workloads. Pivot3 ships purpose-built vSTAC appliances for different target applications including virtualization, video surveillance and virtual desktop infrastructure. Pivot3 is the global market leader in IP SAN storage for video surveillance with the vSTAC Watch. The latest addition to the product family, vSTAC VDI or "View in a Box," provides virtual desktop infrastructure for VMware View deployments.
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Pivot3 was founded in 2003 on the idea that today's stack of virtual servers, shared storage and networks could be converged to drive down complexity and cost while dramatically increasing scale-out performance. Today, Pivot3 has over 600 customers across the globe that have deployed in excess of 7000 Pivot3 vSTAC™ converged storage and compute appliances. Pivot3 products converge storage and compute in the video surveillance, virtual desktop and virtualization markets, and have seen particular success in the public sector, transportation, gaming, education and retail vertical segments. The company has won numerous awards and was selected by the Wall Street Journal for the prestigious "2011 Next Big Thing" category. To learn more about Pivot3, visit www.pivot3.com.
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Well – I thought winter was on its way. But the last couple of days have put me into a tail spin. In the 90s this weekend. I'd also taken a couple of days off from the bike (yes – that does indeed mean my #15mpd slipped.) The result – I actually felt better and stronger than I can recall feeling recently. What gives? The season winds down and I seem to be peaking? Well, at least I can say I reaching peak performance just in time for Worlds.
Except, of course, I don't actually race. *Sigh*
Not only have I not been riding in the last few days – I haven't been writing much here either. Hell, I haven't even been keeping up with my favorite blogs. I did, however, spend some time watching my daughter kick some arse on the soccer pitch (Go Sac Blaze!) I've spent some time with the family, and have been laying the ground work for some significant career changes. (No – I haven't turned pro. Still holding out for the right contract.)
And thus I find myself once again on a train, trying to figure out what is going on the world of two-wheeled, pedal powered motion.
BikingInLA.com related a story that added some interesting perspective about helmets and low-speed impacts. It would seem that helmets, in fact, may be once again rising in the heirachy of cycling debates as the discussion spreads to other forums. It is indeed nice to hear cycling discourse on non-cycling specific web sites that is not all targeted to either Lance Armstrong, running stop signs or "all pro cyclists dope" rhetoric. Speaking of Lance Armstrong, you apparently don't need to be a Nike sponsored Texan to get Nike cycling shoes. I'm not joking when I say I honestly didn't consider Nike as a cycling shoe manufacture for anyone but those associated with Mr. Armstrong. All the while I'm still suffering from pain due to my overly wide feet – my new Sidis still not meeting my requirements unfortunately.
And speaking of equipment not meeting needs, apparently I do not possess a multi-tool that has the necessary size hex driver for a loose crank arm. This was unfortunately pointed out to me on Sunday's CycleFolsom Groupetto ride, when I couldn't help my poor fellow rider with just such an issue. Looks like Topeak may have a tool that fits the bill. My lack of a multitool wasn't the only inadequacy deomonstrated to me, as Felonious Fast Phil once again whipped up a blistering pace as the Groupetto ride split not once, but into three different groups. I completely popped trying to bridge back up to the lead group of OZ, Kevin and others that broke away after the final water stop. To make myself feel better, I still keep telling myself that I took the mid-point sprint to Discovery park, though (More accurately I just stuck on other folks wheels and never felt any direct wind in my face – aka win by backhanded sneakiness) Oh yea – did I mention that Phil was shaking a long walk out of his legs – a walk that took him to the freakin' summit of Mt Whitney on the Friday before the ride??
I'm still trying to reach contacts from other greater Sacramento area cycling groups as I continue to research my series of writups. Hammerin' Wheels – I'm looking to you now. If any members are reading this, please get in contact with me – I'd love to talk to one of the leaders about the group's history, focus and direction.
And finally, I've had my eye on MetriGear for some time – a startup company that was working on a product that embedded ANT+ capable power meters right in the spindles of pedals. According to a recent announcement, they've now been purchased by Garmin. The connection there is obvious. What is unclear is what effect this will have on the time to market for the much anticipated (and somewhat delayed) Vector product.


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We asked Pocono Record readers on Facebook to share
We asked Pocono Record readers on Facebook to share
their critters-in-cars stories. Here's a sampling:
Wayne Pratt: When I lived in the Poconos, chipmunks got into the heater box in my car (twice) and it cost several hundreds of dollars to remove all the acorns they had cached in there. "� I remember the service manager at the Hyundai dealer showing me a large brown bag of nuts that the service crew removed. Had to take the dashboard apart to get at it.
Dave Mumbauer: Last year, mice went up my exhaust pipe on the motorhome. When I started it, sticks, grass, material "� came out the pipes. Motor didn't seem to have much power. I had to cut pipe off and clean it out, BIG MESS $$$$ "� So now, I've made wire mesh wraps to cover the pipe ends, no more issues here.
Then, there was the summer last year when I accidentally left the garbage in the camper, the raccoons climbed up the ladder to the roof, broke into the skylight, chewed the wires to the fan. They also broke into the air conditioner vent and tried to get in there.
Sean Balint: Chipmunks, I think. They brought about 50 acorns into my heater fan. When I turned the heat on, they were all bouncing around, sounded like popcorn popping!
Gwendolyn Schoenmakers: How about hornets trying to make their home inside one of the car doors and behind the lid of the gas tank. That year we had a lot of hornet activity around the house, apparently they thought the car an interesting option for yet another nest.
Shiela Summerton Kempka: Had forgotten bird seed in the back of my car last winter. Caught eight mice total, was a nightmare. No damage to anything just found bird seed stashed all over my car.
Richard Krajewski: Had some field mice in the truck's air cleaner box. Some of them ate the soybean-derived insulation on the wires. One got into the cabin heater. Lot of repairs. I was sorry for the one that tried to make a home out of the muffler.
Terry Williams Edwards: Died in the engine compartment, had to take it to dealer to get it taken out. Boy, oh boy, did it stink.
Sandra Winters: Small groundhog "� crawled into engine. "� We saw it happen, otherwise I would have never known. The kids scared it out with golf clubs "� still have the pictures "� no one would have believed us otherwise! He tried going back a few times.


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Panorama of Brno city center - Liberty square (Namesti Svobody). The picture was taken during Christmas markets when the Christmas tree was lighted.
Brno is Czech's second largest city. It's a place full of peaceful country folk who drink more wine than Bohemians, their Czech friends to the west. Brno hasn't been trampled by many tourists, so it has quite a different character than the capital city, especially from the eyes of a visitor.


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Errant UFOs aren't the only reason to look to the sky in Norway these days. Terje Sorgjerd recently captured this ethereal time-lapse footage of the northern lights.
Says Sorgjerd,"I spent a week capturing one of the biggest aurora borealis shows in recent years. Shot in and around Kirkenes and Pas National Park bordering Russia, at 70 degree north and 30 degrees east. Temperatures around -25 Celsius."
Be sure to also check out Sorgjerd's claustrophobic shots of Bangkok's Maeklong Market, where the train rolls through fruit-and-vegetable stands 8 times daily.
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The Tribeca Film Festival will open with the world premiere of "Shrek Forever After" on April 21.
The annual New York film festival, co-created by Robert De Niro, announced the selection Monday.
"Shrek Forever After" is the fourth film in DreamWorks Animation's "Shrek" series. It stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas.
The film is being advertised as the "final chapter" in the "Shrek" series. It's also the first "Shrek" released in 3-D.
The ninth annual Tribeca Film Festival runs through May 2. The rest of its slate will be announced in the coming weeks.
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At RPM, sustainability is more than just simply "greening" our products and operations. It's about putting into play practices that will drive the continued existence and growth of our business, in turn benefiting our customers, employees, suppliers, communities and shareholders. RPM applies the principles of sustainability through its:
In its simplest terms, sustainability is all about creating and maximizing long-term social, economic and environmental value for the greater good of future generations. In many ways, it ties back to the operations, processes and products an organization has in place.
At RPM, we look at sustainability through a broader lens by applying its principles to those most impacted by our company – from employees, customers and suppliers, to communities and shareholders. Over the years, RPM has come to focus on what we call the five "Ps" of sustainability: products, processes, people, place and prosperity.
In keeping with RPM's entrepreneurial culture, execution of these five "Ps" is carried out by our operating companies. We believe that the foundation of sustainable business practices is most effective at the operating level, which is closest to the markets and customers our company serves.
Many of RPM's products, services and processes drive sustainability by helping our customers minimize their environmental footprint. Energy efficiency, zero landfill, renewable resource use, greener chemistry, life cycle analysis, LEED support and emissions reductions are just some of the many customer expectations that RPM meets every day.
Below are a few specific examples from among the hundreds offered by RPM's operating companies:
By transitioning its product packaging from aluminum pails to innovative cardboard boxes with plastic liners, Stonhard created an eco-friendly solution. The boxes cost less to produce and ship, require less storage space and can be easily broken down on the job site for recycling. This unique packaging prevents more than 4.8 million one-gallon pails and quart cans from being dumped into landfills annually.
When it comes to RPM's internal operations, the expectations for sustainability are simple: we lead by example. Our operating businesses do this by taking a proactive approach to managing their environmental impact. Among recent highlights are:
When considering employees from the perspective of sustainability, RPM founder Frank C. Sullivan was ahead of his time. His philosophy, when he established the company in 1947, was to "Hire the best people you can find. Create an atmosphere that will keep them. Then, let them do their jobs." RPM continues to practice this philosophy today by providing its employees with:
Incorporating these sustainable practices enables RPM to continue to hire the best employees and retain them throughout the course of their careers.
RPM has a long history of sustainability through its many products that renew, repair and protect materials and promote energy efficiency. Among those products are Rust-Oleum's small-project paints that give household items a new life, DAP's caulks and sealants that make houses and buildings more energy efficient, and Carboline's corrosion-control coatings that extend the life cycle of materials and protect them against harsh environments.
RPM employs nearly 15,000 employees and operates 156 manufacturing facilities in 26 countries. No matter their spot on a map, our company and its subsidiaries strive to be good corporate stewards in everything we do by:
Through these actions, RPM makes a positive impact on the communities in which it operates and helps them to thrive.
Embracing sustainability by way of RPM's products, operations, people and communities is certainly rewarding on many levels. A positive byproduct of these efforts is that they extend to RPM's bottom line, thus allowing our shareholders to continue to prosper.
RPM has increased its dividend for 46 consecutive years, enabled by its continually strong operating cash flow. This sustained dividend performance places RPM in an elite category – joining only 41 of all publicly traded U.S. companies that have consecutively paid an increasing annual dividend for this period of time or longer, according to the Mergent Handbook of Dividend Achievers. In addition, RPM's total return to shareholders, including both capital appreciation and reinvestment of dividends, has considerably outperformed the S&P 500 Index for the past ten years.
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The Star-Ledger
January 3, 2013
Hurricane Sandy could end up costing private insurers even more than the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center did, an economist for the insurance industry said today.
Insurers could end up paying out as much as $25 billion to cover damage from last year's superstorm, according to an estimate by risk-modeling group RMS, which supplies data to the insurance industry. Meanwhile, insurers have paid out about $24.6 billion in claims and losses arising from the attacks on New York, said Robert Hartwig, president and economist for the Insurance Information Institute, on a webinar presented by Munich Re, a global reinsurer.
The exact cost of Sandy damage won't be known probably until later this year, Hartwig said. But estimates show that insured losses may not only exceed the 9/11 attacks on New York, it could be more than the 1994 Northridge, Calif., earthquake, which cost insurers $23.9 billion, and approach the $25.6 billion price tag of 1992's Hurricane Andrew, he said.
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Donna McCall of West Chester, Pennsylvania, was haunted by her childhood crush on Butch Patrick, the actor that played the blue-skinned widow-peaked boy on the 60's sitcom, "the Munsters."
At age 55, McCall, a former Philadelphia Eagles cheerleader, reconnected with her teen infatuation, and now she and Patrick, 57, are set to wed.
"My first crush was Butch Patrick," McCall told the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat.
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McCall used to write Patrick fan letters as a teenager, and she said the two of them had written sporadically over the years. McCall resumed their correspondence this past spring.
Patrick told Philly.com that he received many fan letters over the years, "but not from a lot of cheerleaders."
In May, the two arranged to meet for the first time at a vampire convention, "Dracula Con II," in Philadelphia.
As if it were scripted to be, the two hit it off, and are now set to be wed.
"I met him for the first time," McCall told the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, "but I feel like I've known him forever."
Currently, Butch Patrick works as a Halloween party consultant, appearing at birthdays or corporate events with other Munster-costumed characters.
No word yet on whether "Monster Mash" will be played at the reception.


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What we've seen presented in this thread as a proposal for this site is no longer the plan.
The site has grown. No new renders have been made public.
Meh. It's not bad, but that's its only strength. If done right, will make a nice background building. Not every building needs to be an attention-wehoring blockbuster. Materials and finishes will make or break this structure.
What we've seen presented in this thread as a proposal for this site is no longer the plan.
The site has grown. No new renders have been made public.
soho pharmacy & thompson chemists are much better, nicer, friendlier than any chain drugstore
It looks like that plan ^ has been shelved.
The gang who owns this site tore down a 200-year old house for nothing. Literally. NOTHING ...
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Heres a closer look at Renzo Pianos much-anticipated condominium tower planned for a full block-front in West SoHo, between Broome and Watts streets. Dubbed The SoHo Tower, the 25-story building is being developed by way of a partnership between SHVO, Halpern Real Estate Ventures, Itzhaki Acquisition and Bizzi & Partners Development. The team picked up much of the development site in 2014 for $130 million, and yesterday, the Commercial Observer reported theyve secured the final portion of the project site at 555 Broome Street for $9 million.
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Why Sandy-Damaged Restaurants Are Staying in Flood Risk Neighborhoods
"My great-grandmother started this in the 1930's, and she created a sauce. And, with that, we're still here through the years," says Helena Randazzo, daughter of owner Paul Randazzo, of the legendary, eponymous south Brooklyn restaurant that earned a star from the New York Times last year.
"When the storm came, everything was ruined. We didn't really have the money to go on, but we did it for them. We're still in a deep hole. The only reason we're going on is because we've been here so long and we have to. Too much pride."
Hurricane Sandy devastated Randazzo's, which sits on a block in Sheepshead Bay that straddles the water and was once home to shouting, surly longshoreman. These days, the boats tend to be for recreational use. The restaurant received some financial support from "loans and funds," Helena said, but nothing from FEMA. "It didn't work," she said. Her own house, she told us in September, is still being fixed.
When asked what got them through the devastation, Helena said, "Coming back strong. Wanting to be here another 35, 45, 60, 80 years. We built it a little stronger. It doesn't look the same, and I'm still not used to it. But eventually it will feel like it used to, maybe."
The restaurant is not the only thing that's changed. "It's still not back to normal. We had a nice few days in the summer. But it doesn't feel like our neighborhood people are around. There were a lot of homes around here that were affected, and a lot of people just disappeared. They just didn't come back to their houses to fix them."
In some of the neighborhoods hardest hit by the hurricane, many ignored by the rest of New York during the best of times, not everyone returned after the clean-up crews left. My own great aunt never came back to her home in Breezy Point, where she had lived for decades and my father played as a child. Flood waters destroyed the house's electrical system, and mold invaded. At her advanced age, repairing it was too great a task.
One year after the storm, rising insurance costs drive many residents out of historic communities like Breezy Point and Long Beach. And as climate change becomes more severe, some are wondering what may happen to areas along the coast.
As some flood zone residents accept buyouts of their property, others are asking: are longstanding coastal communities at risk of another massive flood worth redeveloping? For some restaurants, the answer is an unequivocal yes.
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Down in the Financial District, where businesses struggled like nowhere else in Manhattan, the beloved Barbarini Alimentari was inundated with six feet of water. Owners Claudio and Linda Marini and Adriana and Stefano Barbagallo lost nearly everything, from inventory to furniture imported from Italy, on their $1,000,000 investment. Their losses were compounded by the slow pace of getting back to square one.
"If you're a small business and you lose your income and your business, every day is costing a lot of money. This was a pretty substantial business we had, to lose it overnight is just devastating," Marini told us.
Their restaurant never reopened, but the owners stayed. They opted to amicably split ways, a decision that took some time because of the scope of rebuilding and the hurdles required to get out of their lease. The Barbagallos elected to open a new restaurant in the Barbarini space, while the Marinis felt that, if they were going to start from scratch, they wanted to be on higher ground. They will be opening a new restaurant and salumeria, DaClaudio's, sometime early next year.
Barbarini didn't have the legacy of Randazzo's. But it did serve a community for seven years and grew a loyal following. The Marinis didn't want to abandon that. "We didn't want to just pack up and leave," Linda told us. "We see our customers all the time. They encourage us day by day."
Community support has helped the Marinis soldier on. But they have other reasons to stay. They want their children to grow up surrounded by people who know them.
Ben Schneider, co-owner of Red Hook's The Good Fork, which reopened on New Year's Eve, spoke in similar terms of the support he and his wife, chef and co-owner Sohui Kim, received from customers, and how it pushed them to reopen. He admitted that they would experience many of the same problems in the event of another Sandy—"there's only so much we can do; we have limited space and have to use all the space we have"—and that they are taking a calculated risk. Relocating was too expensive to be considered, and, in any case, he felt that customers wanted The Good Fork they knew and loved.
"It's a very difficult business, but also one that we love. I didn't want [Sandy] to be the way we went out," Schneider said. "It became quickly apparent that this was the way a lot of other people felt too. The amount of support to want us to stay open was really amazing, and made it a no-brainer that we would rebuild."
But nowhere else, perhaps, was the decision to stay harder to make than in the ravaged neighborhoods of Staten Island's South Beach. There seaside restaurants like John and Joe Toto's, whose owner lost his home and restaurant, and Marina Cafe, suffered so much damage they did not reopen until this summer. Their prolonged closures were not the product of complications like Il Brigante's geothermal nightmare or red tape, but pure devastation. When I went to Staten Island the week after the storm, we drove by the remains of Puglia By The Sea. All that was left was a sign and some support structures. It looked as if the restaurant had been ripped out of the ground and tossed out to sea.
Among the Midland Beach restaurants devastated by Sandy was the long standing pizzeria Nunzio's. The pizzeria has been in owner Robert Whiteaker's family since 1942, and he himself has run the place for the last 44 years. Whether he should be or not, Robert is not afraid of another Sandy coming anytime soon. He spoke plainly of his commitment to his business and the place where he grew up.
"I like to give back to the community, and I like to work," Whiteaker said. "I got nothing from insurance, but there was never any question of closing. I used all my own money, and I'd do it all over again. Everybody came back and more. Our customers are faithful, I work here seven days a week and I see the same faces here day after day."
While Robert Whiteaker's Nunzio's is deeply woven into the fabric of Staten Island, other chefs and restaurateurs we spoke with owned places that were considerably younger. Jersey City's Thirty Acres was less than a year old when Sandy hit and suffered comparably insignificant damages.
Mom and pop owners Alex and Kevin Pemoulie knew they wanted to open in Jersey, but their decision to open Jersey City was based, largely, on wanting a walkable location. Sandy entrenched them in their community in a deeper kind of way.
"I don't know how everyone else feels, but to me it felt like the city came together after Sandy in a way that I just hadn't seen before. It's just like everybody was really trying to take care of each other, a lot of people were homeless and had no power for weeks," Pemoulie told us. "We opened up our restaurant and it was kind of like a town hall. People would just come in and hang out all day. We met so many new people, and they're still our customers now. We got closer. Not just as business owners, but as citizens."
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PPS University Prep School accepting applications
March 11, 2008
Parents of current 8th grade students may now apply to send their child to the District's new University Prep 6-12 School opening for the start of the 2008-09 school year.
The school, in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt), will open in the Milliones facility, beginning with the 9th grade. Applications will be available at any district school serving students in grades 6-8, the Office of Student Services, 341 S. Bellefield Avenue in Oakland, or by visiting the district website at http://www.pps.k12.pa.us.
Additionally, parents can pick up an application at any of the information sessions: Wesley Center, 2701 Centre Avenue, March 25, 6-8 p.m .; Reizenstein Library, 129 Denniston Avenue, April 1, 5-7 p.m .; or, Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8, 810 Arch Street, April 2, 5-7 p.m.
Completed applications can be returned in person to the Office of Student Services or mailed to the attention of Cate Reed at 341 S. Bellefield Avenue, Room 128, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (Oakland).
"This new flagship school is the centerpiece of our high school reform efforts," said Superintendent Mark Roosevelt.
On February 27, the Board of Directors approved the opening of the University Prep 6-12 school, beginning with a 9th grade for the start of the 2008-09 school year. This new school is open to 9th grade non-magnet students, who would have been previously assigned to Pittsburgh Schenley.
Additional applications are available to any student in the district with preference being given to students who live in the Hill District. In addition to its deep partnership with Pitt, University Prep features a parent center, college and career center and professional development center designed to ensure communications between teachers, students, administrators and partner organizations.
The school will begin with the 9th grade, growing over time to serve students in grades 6-12.


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Beef Meal, Ground Rice, Corn Gluten Meal, Wheat Flour, Rice Bran, Poultry Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Natural Flavors, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Dried Egg Product, Vitamin E Supplement, Dried Kelp, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Choline Chloride, Ferrous Sulfate, Iron Oxide, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Biotin, L-Carnitine, Manganous Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Niacin, Garlic, Potassium Iodide, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin (source of Vitamin B2), Vitamin A Supplement, Copper Sulfate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Copper Proteinate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid.
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Crude Protein (minimum) 28.00%
Crude Fat (minimum) 12.00%
Crude Fiber (maximum) 4.00%
Moisture (maximum) 10.00%
Linoleic Acid (minimum) 3.50%
Calcium (minimum) 1.00%
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Phosphorus (maximum) 1.30%
Zinc (minimum) 240 mg/kg
Vitamin E (minimum) 140 IU/kg
Ascorbic Acid (minimum)** 35 mg/kg
L-Carnitine (minimum)** 15 mg/kg
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First ingredient is a named meat product.
Insuficient meat products, extensive use of low quality grains, fat of unidentifiable origin, and other controversial fillers.
The first ingredient in the food is a named meat ingredient, and the second is a decent quality grain.
Corn gluten meal is the third ingredient. Corn is difficult for dogs to digest and thought to be the cause of a great many allergy and yeast infection problems. The AAFCO definition of corn gluten meal is the dried residue from corn after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup, or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm. In plain English, that which remains after all the nutritious bits have been removed. Wheat flour is a grain fragment (filler). The use of wheat is a significant negative: wheat is believed to be the number one cause of allergy problems in dog food.
Poultry fat is an ingredient of unidentified origin for which it is impossible to determine source or quality. Unidentified ingredients are usually very low quality. AAFCO define this as obtained from the tissues of poultry in the commercial processes of rendering or extracting. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of fatty acids and contains no additions of free fatty acids. If an antioxidant is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative".
Beet pulp is another controversial ingredient it is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs than egg product. We note that this product includes synthetic vitamin K, a substance linked to liver problems and that is progressively being removed from better quality dog food products.
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NEW YORK, NY—Loews Hotels & Resorts launched Loews Hotels Social Reservations, a booking tool that allows guests to book hotel stays directly via Twitter.
From Tuesday, November 19th, Loews will add Twitter as a distribution channel for 16 of its properties (excluding the Orlando hotels), allowing the booking process to take place in an entirely new platform.
To complete the booking, consumers type #BookLoews in a tweet to @Loews_Hotels to express interest and will be prompted by one of the brand's Travel Planners to start a Twitter conversation. As soon as the guest is ready to make a reservation, the Loews Travel Planner will tweet them a link to a secure chat conversation to process personal and payment information in a secure, PCI-compliant, digital environment.
"As we continue to evolve and build on our social media strategy, we are focused on meeting the needs of travelers throughout each stage of the travel continuum," stated Piper Stevens, director of social media, Loews Hotels & Resorts. "When it comes to reservations, we recognize that giving consumers the option of booking efficiently on a network where they are already engaging on a daily basis is going to set us apart and grow our consumer base in a meaningful way."


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As everyone is well aware, the upcoming "Avengers" movie is a star-studded affair both in terms of the actors and the characters they're playing, and the solo movies ("Iron Man," "Captain America," "Thor") are being used to introduce some of the gang like Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow, Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury and, now, Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye.
The clip below is our first glimpse of "The Town" star as Marvel's purple-costumed archer...but only if your blink reflex has been partially paralyzed. It's a brief cameo, is what we're saying.
It's not a definitive look at the character, but it does seem as though they have wisely given him the more "modern" look he sports in the recent Avengers reboot "The Ultimates" and not, you know....this.
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Twenty-six cyclists finished a 400-mile ride from Newtown, Conn. to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to advocate for gun reform.
The riders, who called themselves the Sandy Hook Riders, included 26 professional, top amateur and masters cyclists. Each represented one of 20 children and six educators killed during the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Team 26 wore green and white jerseys, the Sandy Hook colors.
"This incredible team of parents, teachers, veterans, and many more has sent a message loud and clear to people across the country that the time for common sense gun reform is now," U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said in a statement.
"Today they bring that message straight to the U.S. Congress. We know that passing common sense gun reform will be tough, but with strong grassroots efforts like the Sandy Hook Ride on Washington, Congress will get that message and we will get this done," he said.
The group left from Sandy Hook Elementary School on March 9.
In addition to the 26 cyclists, others rode along for some or all of the ride, including Connecticut congressional representatives and members of the Virginia Tech Victims Cycling Team, according to U.S. Rep. Jim Himes' office.
Organizers sold vinyl decals online and in local stores to fund food, tires and hotel costs for the riders and their support staff.