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Date: Sunday June 24
Distances: 65 / 106 miles
Entry fee: £27
Website: Dartmoor Classic
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As with all successful events, a combination of the right people in the right place with the right product and a passion to make it work are what has made the Dartmoor Classic what it is today. This is a cycling event conceived, planned and organised by cyclists. Cycling runs through it like blood through a body, and that's the X-factor that makes the Dartmoor Classic bigger than the sum of its parts.
I've been exposed to the geography of this event several times over the last few years while covering sections of various routes for Cycling Weekly's 'Ride' feature. Ron Keegan is the driving force of Mid-Devon Cycling Club's figurehead organising duo; he is supported by Ken Robertson, who takes care of planning and logistics.
Together, they make the experience a good one for me and the guest rider and anyone else concerned. They care, they want this to be the best sportive in the country, and it shows.
Plenty of cyclo-sportives have well-thought-out, clearly marked routes set in beautiful parts of the country; they have a great goodie bag; they might have trade stands, refreshment tents and entertainment, but some fall short because they think that's all it takes.
It's not. The foundation, the most crucial thing, the thing that the Dartmoor Classic has mastered, is making sure that, whatever happens on the day, the experience of taking part is as good as it can be.
They certainly had their work cut out this year. The weather was not good, not for the end of June. It was raining and windy, but just half an hour before the scheduled start at 7am, the organisers found out that a massive tree had toppled over during the night and was completely blocking the route.
The tree fell at Holne Bridge and blocked off a key section of both the 65-mile and 104-mile routes. Dartmoor Classic chairman Stewart Bergman had to decide whether to cancel or divert. Ken Robertson knows every inch of Dartmoor and he was asked if he could come up with an alternative that wouldn't add or take away from the ride distances. He was confident he could and set off to mark out a 12-mile detour. In the meantime, all the marshals on the blocked section were contacted and redirected to new posts, while those who wanted to start at 7am were delayed by just 15 minutes.
Two-day affair
The rides are just part of the Dartmoor Classic story. Everything really starts the day before at the registration village, which has always been at the Abbrook Park Sports and Social Club in Kingsteignton, but next year will move to a new venue, Newton Abbot Racecourse.
The village was great. There was a live band, plenty for kids to do, good coffee, tasty burgers and they even had me selling a few books, which paid for the burgers. It was great to talk to people who were taking part next day, and who would all fair better than me.
Event sponsor Specialized had a stand, as did the sportive emergency service, Steve Joughin and his friendly Pro-Vision staff. He was wisely modelling a rain jacket that was selling like hot cakes, along with overshoes. You don't take overshoes to a summer event, do you? I mean, it was June. How bad can the weather get?
'Terrible' was the answer. The cold light of dawn was a stark contrast to the warmth created at Abbrook Park. Pleading unfitness, I opted for the 65-mile route and had high hopes of being able to stagger round it. Even the rain, which was heavy early on, didn't dampen my optimism, but a puncture while riding to the start did. Oh dear. This could go badly wrong, and it did. Another puncture at around 30 miles ended my day. Luckily my long-suffering wife was close by, so drove out and extracted me from the battlefield while the more heroic fought on.
Classic roads
Luckily for this report, I lived in Devon for a while and I've ridden most of the Dartmoor Classic's roads. So what I can say is that, if you can get in – the 3,000 places for 2013 filled up in just five days – you will be in for a treat.
Black-and-yellow direction signs, with some very useful warning ones, and an army of yellow-vested, red-flag-waving marshals will guide you around a peach of a route. Two peaches, in fact. On a half-decent day, Dartmoor is gorgeous; even on this windy, wet one, the area had an austere beauty. The lanes around Dartmoor are a little world of their own too. It's hilly, though, and hilly in a never-ending, up-and-down sort of way that makes riding here tough, even without the big set-piece climbs thrown in.
Riders start in waves with the 104-mile hardmen and women asked to go early; the 65-milers begin later. Timing is by chip so there's no pushing and shoving and you'll get one of the most entertaining ride briefings from Torquay's answer to John Bishop, the redoubtable Ron Keegan.
Both distances share the route to and from Princetown, the crossroads of the moor and home of the still impressive and quite frightening Dartmoor Prison, but there's a long climb to get there. Dartmoor was in a wild mood; even the hardy sheep and ponies that live on top of its wide-domed summit were sheltering behind the famous tors.
Dartmoor is the largest exposed area of the Cornubian batholith, which is granite that was intruded into local rocks as lava, where it cooled and solidified, exposed much later when the local rock was eroded. There's granite under most of the South-West but it breaks the surface only on Dartmoor, Bodmin Moor and in three smaller areas of Cornwall, plus the Land's End Peninsula and the Isles of Scilly.
Tors, outcrops of granite, look like piles of huge boulders sticking out of the thin soil skin. They give Dartmoor a haunted look that has inspired myths like a pack of headless hounds that run loose on the moor, the Dartmoor Black Dog, and the Hairy Hands that attack travellers near Two Bridges.
Princetown was the first food stop, where the products of event sponsor SiS and bananas from Fyffes went down well.
This is where the 65-mile and the 104-mile routes split, with the longer route heading south-west, then doing a north-to-south loop around the edge of the moor before heading back to Princetown; the 65-miler heads north-east across the moor from Princetown.
Both routes do that section, and by the time the 104-milers were on it, things had dried out and the weather was getting quite bright. The moorland road from Two Bridges is mostly downhill and it leads to what I think is the best part of both routes – best not just because it's near the finish.
Doccombe is a beautiful climb.
It twists and turns upwards out of Moretonhampstead to just over 300m, then you swoop down much wider bends into the Teign Valley, which is a real jewel. The Teign is great company to have beside you on the mostly flat final 12.5 miles. It splashes and bubbles along merrily, and if it has rained a lot, then just before Whetcombe Barton you might hear the huge Canonteign Waterfall crashing into a tributary shortly before it joins the river.
At last you are in the welcoming arms of Abbroke Park (Newton Abbot Racecourse, next year) where you'll be given a gold silver or bronze medal depending on your time, a Dartmoor stone trophy and a great goodie bag. In 2012, you could have your picture taken on a podium with two podium girls from a local modelling agency – all about maximising the experience, they say.
Britain's favourite sportive
What has the Dartmoor Classic got that attracted your votes and made it your favourite cyclo-sportive of 2012? I think it's the quality of the experience on the day that swung it, but that's a quite glib phrase that hides a lot of work, and it was work that began many years ago.
Mid-Devon is an old club, over 80 years old, and a good one. A lot of good racers, the likes of Jeremy Hunt, Yanto Barker and Jonathan Tiernan-Locke, to name a few, were nurtured by Colin Lewis's school-of-hard-knocks methods. Lewis was a Sixties Tour de France finisher, a top British-based pro during the Seventies and later a hard competitor for many years in Mid-Devon colours.
The club didn't make its name solely by taking part in races; it has always promoted events too, and promoted with flare. The Launa Windows stage race became one of the most prestigious in the country during the Eighties. The club still puts on the South-West opener series each year, the Springtime Pursuits, and the Totness Vire Two-Day.
The events team could rest on their laurels but they haven't. Mid-Devon started successful initiatives to get youngsters into cycling, and they saw the potential of a cyclo-sportive to help their racing members. Part of the money raised from entries goes to the club and helps them tackle projects they otherwise couldn't.
Once they decided to organise the Dartmoor Classic, they did it with typical passion, and brought to bear all their organising experience and flare. While I've name-checked Regan and Robertson extensively, a lot more Mid-Devon members and associates make the Dartmoor Classic happen, and they deserve praise too.
Of all the things that go into a perfect sportive, organisational experience and ability is the crux. Passion is great, but if you don't know what you are doing, your event will flop.
Flair is great, but what looks good needs substance too. Mid-Devon put all three into the Dartmoor Classic: a passionate determination to make the experience all it can be, flair to attract sponsors and market the event, and it's all backed up by years of solid organisational experience and ability. Oh, and the Devon countryside helps too.
New venue for 2013
Classic changes
By moving the registration village from Abbrook Park to nearby Newton Abbot Racecourse, the organisers have avoided the uncertainties of proposed land development that were hanging over them. Abbrook Park is the venue for Mid-Devon's kids' section, Abbrook Aces, but the site manager Steve Sanders tells us: "With the number of participants and supporters increasing year on year, the move is in the best interest of the event's future."
Less than two miles from the original start, the racecourse is an unrivalled venue in the area, and future participants and visitors to the event will benefit from its permanent facilities. Inevitably, because the routes leading to and from the racecourse are more urban than those surrounding Abbrook Park, there are some traffic lights and pedestrian crossings to be negotiated.
Despite the move, most of the Dartmoor Classic's established route will be maintained. "With the slight shift south, there would need to be a tweak or two if we are to maintain similar distances of the past few years," Ken Robertson says. The 2013 event will be run again in association with Specialized, and full details can be seen at www.dartmoorclassic.co.uk.
This article was first published in the January 31 issue of Cycling Weekly. You can also read our magazines on Zinio, download from the Apple store and also through Kindle Fire.


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Luxury Realtor Mark P. Riley was charged with stealing more than $150,000 in fixtures from one of his homes in Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club.
According to Manatee County Sheriff's Office reports, First Bank of Florida repossessed the $3 million home at 6959 Westchester Circle. Upon completion of the repossession, First Bank agent Ted Allen found several of the home's fixtures missing, including the fireplace, granite counter tops, cabinets, carpets, plumbing and light fixtures, window treatments, interior doors, and appliances, the report stated.
The investigation is ongoing.
+ MCC board
OKs name change
In keeping with the debut of its first four-year program next year, Manatee Community College will be getting a new name.
The school's Board of Trustees on April 15 voted to change the school's name to the State College of Florida.
The change also includes a new sports mascot — a manatee waving a lance.
MCC is scheduled to start a four-year nursing degree in January 2010.


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Massive cuts to greenhouse gas emissions are needed in the next few decades to avoid "dangerous" climate change, a major international report has warned.
Output of carbon dioxide and other climate-changing gases has increased in recent years, despite efforts to tackle global warming, the latest study from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) found.
It is still possible to keep global temperature rises to no more than 2C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century, the level at which it is thought dangerous impacts of climate change will be felt.
But substantial reductions in greenhouse gases will be needed, through large-scale changes to energy supplies and use, as well as curbing deforestation and planting forests.
Emissions need to be reduced by 40% to 70% on 2010 levels by the middle of the century and to near zero by 2100, to make it likely temperatures will not go above 2C, the report said.
This will require a shift away from investment in fossil fuels and a three- or four-fold increase by 2050 in the share of energy from low-carbon sources such as renewables, nuclear and power plants fitted with technology to capture and store carbon underground.
By the end of the century fossil fuel power plants without carbon capture and storage will need to be virtually phased out.
Measures will be needed to make transport cleaner, improve energy efficiency in homes, offices and industries and change behaviour to reduce energy demand, the report said.
Ambitious efforts to cut emissions could also involve growing crops which take in carbon dioxide and then burning them for energy in power plants fitted with carbon capture and storage technology, to actively take emissions out of the atmosphere.
Steps need to be taken immediately, as delaying action even to 2030 increases costs and makes it harder to keep temperatures from rising to dangerous levels, the report warned.
Emissions have increased by 2.2% a year between 2000 and 2010, compared to 0.4% a year between 1970 and 2000, with the recession in 2007-8 only temporarily putting the brakes on.
A failure to take more action than is already planned to curb greenhouse gases leaves the world at risk of temperatures soaring 3.7C to 4.8C by 2100, the experts warned.
The report from the IPCC on mitigating climate change is the third part of a wide-ranging international review into the issue.
The second part of the research, published two weeks ago and which focused on climate impacts, warned that the effects of rising temperatures were already being felt across the world.
Without action, climate change would increasingly threaten security, health and food supplies, exacerbate poverty and damage species and habitats, the report into the impacts of global warming said.
Otto Edenhofer, one of the experts leading the latest review, said: "Climate policies in line with the two degrees Celsius goal need to aim for substantial emission reductions.
"There is a clear message from science: To avoid dangerous interference with the climate system, we need to move away from business as usual."
He added that the review had found many pathways that led to a future which kept the world within the 2C goal.
"All of these require substantial investments. Avoiding further delays in mitigation and making use of a broad variety of technologies can limit the associated costs," he said.
Global growth is expected to be between 1.6% and 3% a year, and ambitious moves to reduce emissions would curb the increase by just 0.06 percentage points, the report suggests.
There could be negative side-effects of tackling climate change, the report says, but the economic estimates do not include the benefits of curbing rising temperatures.
There are also other advantages to cutting emissions, such as reducing air pollution which would improve human health.
Following publication of the report which involved hundreds of experts from around the world, environmental campaigners called for a shift away from fossil fuels to cleaner energy to drive down emissions.
Experts also called for swift action to tackle emissions. Dr Charlie Wilson of the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the UEA-based Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, said: "If we delay a concerted global effort to reduce climate change, it will lead to increased future costs, reduced flexibility, and an increased reliance on commercially unproven technologies.
"By contrast, taking immediate action to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy demand would be cost-effective, feasible, and it would provide multiple benefits to the economy, public health, and the environment."
Prof Sir Brian Hoskins, director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London, said: "The science shows us that we need substantial and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions if we are to limit the risks posed by climate change.
"This is not that difficult - we already have the technologies that are required and they will get better and cheaper in the years to come.
"Potential competitiveness issues, affecting a small number of very energy intensive industries, can be handled. We should stop wringing our hands and just get on with it."


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The second annual Taste of Temecula Valley will be held from from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday (April 28).
The event will take place in Town Square, 41000 Main St., Old Town Temecula.
Attendees will be able to sample from area wineries, restaurants, breweries and specialty vendors.
Admission is $10 per person 13 or older, which includes one "taste" ticket or a commemorative wine glass. Children under 12 are free. Additional "taste" tickets will be available for $2 each.
The event is sponsored by the Temecula Valley Foundation for Excellence in Education, with proceeds benefiting Temecula Valley Unified School District schools.


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Court strikes California law restricting concealed weapons
Judges strike down key part of state's permit system - split in circuits suggests issue heading to U.S. justices
California must allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed firearms in public, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, striking down the core of the state's permit system for handguns.
In a 2-1 decision, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said San Diego County violates the Constitution's Second Amendment by requiring residents to show "good cause" - and not merely the desire to protect themselves - to obtain a concealed-weapons permit.
State law requires applicants to demonstrate good cause, as well as good moral character, to carry concealed handguns, while leaving the permit process up to each city and county. The ruling, if it stands, would require local governments to issue permits to anyone of good moral character who wants to carry a concealed gun for self-protection.
"The right to bear arms includes the right to carry an operable firearm outside the home for the lawful purpose of self-defense," Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain said in the majority opinion.
He disagreed with federal appeals courts that have upheld similar laws in New York, New Jersey and Maryland, while endorsing an appellate court that struck down Illinois' absolute ban on concealed weapons in public. The split among appellate circuits increases the prospect that the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue.
The high court ruled in 2008 that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep a handgun in the home for self-defense, but has not defined its application to carrying weapons in public.
State's restrictions
In the same ruling, the justices said restrictions on carrying concealed weapons were "presumptively lawful," meaning that they would be upheld unless shown to be unreasonably burdensome. But the appeals court said the county's licensing system doesn't pass the Supreme Court's test because of the additional burdens California places on would-be gun owners.
California has long had some of the nation's strongest restrictions on gun ownership, and, according to the court, is one of only eight states that allow local governments to deny concealed-weapons permits. The state formerly allowed residents to carry unloaded firearms in public, with ammunition in a separate container, but repealed that law at the start of 2013.
The ban on openly carrying guns made it impossible for most law-abiding citizens in counties like San Diego to "bear arms" for self-defense, O'Scannlain said in Thursday's ruling. He said the Second Amendment guarantee of the right to "bear arms" must include the right to carry weapons outside the home.
The risk of armed confrontation "is not limited to the home," O'Scannlain said. He invoked the situations of "a woman toting a small handgun in her purse as she walks through a dangerous neighborhood, or a night-shift worker carrying a handgun in his coat as he travels to and from his job site."
C.D. Michel, lawyer for the National Rifle and Pistol Foundation and individuals who challenged the San Diego County system, said sheriffs in many rural California counties already comply with the court's standard by issuing gun permits to anyone who wants one for self-defense. But urban counties require evidence of a special need for a weapon, the requirement that the court invalidated, he said.
"The right to self-defense doesn't end at your threshold," Michel said. He said the ruling is "probably the biggest Second Amendment win" since the Supreme Court's 2008 ruling and a follow-up decision in 2010.
Ruling on hold
James Chapin, the San Diego deputy county counsel who defended the permit system, said the county will ask the full appeals court for a rehearing before an 11-judge panel. The ruling will be on hold while that request is pending.
O'Scannlain, one of the court's most conservative members, was joined by fellow conservative Connie Callahan in the majority, while liberal Judge Sidney Thomas dissented.
"Courts and state legislatures have long recognized the danger to public safety of allowing unregulated, concealed weapons to be carried in public," Thomas said. By allowing permits only to those who show a special need for self-protection, he said, San Diego and other counties strike "a reasonable balance between individuals interest in self-defense and the public's interest in limiting the proliferation of handguns in public spaces."
Martin Mayer, a lawyer for statewide organizations of law enforcement officers, endorsed Thomas' view. He said the ruling would lead to a proliferation of guns on the streets.
"The majority of peace officers killed in the line of duty are killed by guns," Mayer said. "If you have a domestic violence incident and a gun is available, it's more likely to be used. ... It increases the harm to law enforcement and to the public."
Read the ruling
The court's decision is online at http://tinyurl.com/nqv67a5.
Bob Egelko is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com


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Sgt. Edwin Rivera died May 27, 2010 at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., of wounds he received in a firefight in Laghman Province on May 20.
Last summer, six months before he was deployed to Afghanistan for the second time, infantry Sgt. Edwin Rivera sat in his car in the driveway of his parents' house in Waterford and explained to his mother why he was returning to war.
It was the sad faces of the children he had seen in Afghanistan during his first tour there in 2006, he said, faces that still reminded him of why American soldiers were there.
"When the U.S. soldiers drive by," Rivera told his mother, Gladys, that night, "the children will scramble like mad in the dust just to get thrown a simple pencil from us. They don't even have pencils. I was born for this. It's my duty to protect those families over there."
Now there is chilling immediacy to her memories, for Rivera has paid a high price for returning to those Afghan faces.
Rivera died Tuesday night at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., of wounds he received in a firefight in Laghman Province on May 20.
Rivera, a 2000 graduate of Waterford High School, left for Afghanistan in early January with the 1st Battalion of the 102nd Infantry Regiment, a Connecticut National Guard unit based in New Haven. Many of the soldiers, like Rivera, were on their second and third deployments to Afghanistan or Iraq. Rivera's 700-member deployment group, which included the 250th Engineer Company of New London, was the largest deployment of the Connecticut Guard since the Korean War.
Rivera's family lives on a winding street of modest, meticulously kept houses about a mile from the New London line. His parents are hard-working Puerto Ricans who moved here in the 1970s, raised a family and were proud to have their only son assert his identity as an American soldier, even after they faced the hardship of his first deployment in 2006 being extended from a promised 12 months to 15 months.
Rivera, his mother said, returned from that long posting in Afghanistan personally subdued and doubtful about the progress American troops were making there. But he gradually recovered his old cheer and, after returning to his job as an evening shift security guard at the Millstone nuclear power plant, dove back into family routines.
Rivera's wife, Yesenia, usually leaves home early for her job in a dental office, so Rivera dressed and fed their two sons, saw them off to the school bus and picked them up after school before reporting for his shift at the nuclear plant. After he learned he would be deployed a second time, Rivera bought a webcam for his computer at home so he and Yesenia could see each other on his occasional calls home.
Those routines changed after Rivera left in January. His children got off the bus at their grandmother's. On weekends, his father, Ceferino, performed all the chores and mowed the lawn at Rivera's house.
"The center of the family shifts back to my house when Edwin is gone," Gladys Rivera said. "I take the boys after school and, of course am overjoyed to have them. But it's also a daily reminder that Edwin is gone, so far away in a hard country."
And now, of course, there are the faces and lives of other children to consider - two American children.
Last November, while Rivera was preparing for deployment to Afghanistan at a training base in Indiana, Gladys found his son, Lorenzo, lying on the couch in her living room, staring at a photograph of his father in his Army uniform. Lorenzo was 4.
When his grandmother asked him what he was doing, Lorenzo said, "I'm just looking at Daddy. I miss him already."


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For what could be their final home game of the season, the Dodgers pulled out all the stops and had Will Ferrell handle today's player introductions. As one might expect, it was very Will Ferrell-y.
TBS didn't show it, but Ferrell did save his best line for last: He introduced starting pitcher Zack Greinke—who would later escape a bases loaded, no out jam in the first inning—as "today's winning pitcher."


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The Picanto GT has arrived. Ignite your daily drive with this turbocharged firecracker of fun.
Style never sits still.
Rocking a sporty look, both inside and out, the Picanto GT & GT-Line are simply irresistible.
A Step Ahead
With intuitive modern design, premium materials and the latest connectivity technologies, the Picanto is designed for serious driving enjoyment.
GT-Line grade shown.
A Compact That's Big On Space
Surprisingly spacious, the Picanto is a cut above the competition in space. Generous dimensions for head, shoulder and legroom are available even for your rear passengers, so go ahead and get comfy.
GT-Line grade shown.
A Car You Can Count On
Zip around the urban jungle with the vehicle that doesn't compromise on reliability and efficiency.
Heart of the Drive
The 1.0 T-GDI turbo engine combines efficiency, power and dynamic performance into one package, while the smooth running 1.25L MPI petrol engine provides frugality and agility for an excellent all-round performance.
1.0 T-GDI engine available on GT grade.
1.25L MPI engine available on GT-Line, X-Line & S grades.
Suit Yourself
5-speed manual transmission is available for those who prefer complete control.
Manual transmission available on GT, X-Line & S grades.
For Comfort
4-speed automatic transmission offers quiet operation and great convenience in the stop-and-go city traffic.
Automatic transmission available on GT-Line, X-Line & S grades.
High-Strength Chassis
The Picanto comes with 44% Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS). The increased rigidity of its reinforced chassis provides safety, improves stability, handling and lowers Noise, Vibration & Harshness (NVH) levels.
Rear View Camera & Reverse Parking Sensors
Rear parking sensors and rear view camera with dynamic parking guidelines are standard across the range, ensuring you will get in those tight parking spots while aware of potential objects behind you.
AEB (Autonomous Emergency Brake) with FCWS (Forward Collision Warning System)*
Using radar data the Picanto senses the potential for a collision with a car ahead and applies emergency braking to avoid or reduce the effects of a collision.
Electronic Stability Control with Traction Control System*
ESC & TCS aids optimal braking performance and directional control by delivering the right amount of braking force to each wheel, based on evaluation of engine torque and driving conditions.
Hill-start Assist Control
When at a standstill on an incline, HAC prevents you from rolling backwards. It gently applies the brakes when you lift your foot from the brake pedal, giving you time to switch your foot to the accelerator.
SRS Airbags
All Picanto grades come standard with driver & front passenger, front side and curtain SRS airbags.
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- Rear view camera
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- Rear view camera with dynamic parking guidelines
- Reverse parking sensors
- Android Auto™[B] and Apple CarPlay™[C]
- Cruise control with speed limiter
- Choice of Manual or Automatic
- In addition to S:
- GT-Line Exterior Package - contrast body accents, dual exhaust tip, body kit
- 16" Alloy Wheels
- LED Daytime Running Lights (DRL)
- Electric folding outside door mirrors with integrated LED side indicators
- Premium seats with red accents
- Premium steering wheel and shift knob
- Alloy sports pedals
- Choice of manual or automatic
- Sports Body Kit with SUV-styling
- Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) with Forward Collision Warning System (FCWS)[S]
- Rear view camera with dynamic parking guidelines & reverse parking sensors
- LED Daytime Running Lights (DRL)
- Android Auto™[B] and Apple CarPlay™[C]
- 16-inch Alloy Wheels
- Choice of manual or automatic
GT Manual
- 1.0L Turbo engine
- 5-speed manual transmission only
- Sports tuned suspension & Steering
- GT Exterior Package - contrast body accents, dual exhaust tip, body kit
- Premium seats with red accents
- Alloy sports pedals
- Premium steering wheel & shift knob
- 16" Alloy wheels
- LED Daytime Running Lights (DRL)
All information and illustrations are based on data available at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Contact your local Kia dealer for current information.
[A]Not all mobile phones will be compatible with the vehicle's Bluetooth® system. Bluetooth® is a registered a trademark of Bluetooth SIG Inc.
[B]Android Auto™ connectivity requires compatible Android device. See android.com/intl/en_au/ for more details. Android Auto™ is a registered trademark of Google Inc.
[C]Apple CarPlay™ connectivity requires compatible iOS device. See apple.com.au for more details. Apple CarPlay™ is a registered trademark of Apple Inc.
[S]Safety technologies are supplemental systems and do not replace the need for the driver to exercise care and attention. For more information about Kia's safety systems, please see your local Kia dealer or refer to your Kia vehicle's owner's manual.
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These Smart Tech Products Will Make Your Summer Vacation Better Than Ever
Some things never change, like how the months of June, July, and August mean the kids are out of school, adults are on vacation mode, and travel plans are being finalized. What has changed, though, is the technology we use when we travel. Devices have been making dramatic strides over the past few years, so whether you're planning a trip to a remote corner of the woods or the sunny shores of a foreign beach, AD surveys the seven best smart tech products to help make this year's summer trip the best ever.


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text: MurphyDawg Posted November 12, 2003 Ah what a pleasant day in northern Ohio! So I could hardly resist the urge to take a wonderful cigar, a superlative bourbon, and some heady humor out onto the front porch this afternoon for a little enjoyment. First the cigar: Name: A. Fuente Hemingway Signature Size: 6 X 47 Shape: perfecto Wrapper: natural Some Backround: From the creators of the famous Arturo Fuente Gran Reserva line come a line that is truly earned the name of Masterpiece. In the old days, father and son, Carlos Sr. and Carlos Fuente Jr. used to make, maybe twenty cigars a day just for themselves to smoke and enjoy. That first cigar is what is known today as the Hemingway Signature 6" x 47. The Signature was introduced in 1983 and that was the only shape available until around 1988 when they introduced the Classic and the Masterpiece. About that same time Carlos Sr. wanted to develop something totally different, unseen in cigars. So they started fooling around with a very short cigar, which was only for their own personal use. That cigar became the Short Story. Today they make all these cigars and also a few very limited shapes such as the Work of Art, Best Seller, Untold Story or the Between the lines as well as others. These cigars are extremely difficult to make so their production is very small. Carlos Sr. and Carlos Jr. accumulate the limited production of these cigars in the aging rooms and usually release them around the holidays, something special for their fellow cigar smokers to enjoy. A light chocolate stick with few veins and nary a visible flaw, this one just looked like a gem to begin with. Being a perfecto it was a cinch to light, even with a regular match. Almost immediately I was surrounded in a plethora of round silky smooth smoke. This cigar started of sweet, with notes of brown sugar, cinnamon, and honey, very very mild. It burned perfectky even and left light silvery ash with a snow white outer casing that held firm until reaching about an inch in length. Draw was easy but not too fast and it smoked at just the right pace for me. About 1/2 way through it started taking on this dark choclate quality in taste and this fascinating menthol tingle around the edge of my mouth that was quite entoxicating. The last third did gather in intensity a bit, with white pepper and this spicy sweet feel that I could not put my finger on becoming predominate. I smoked this puppy down to a nub, and only stopped when it became impossible to hold onto anymore. Very refined, if you want a milder smoke to accompany something very special, this may be your call. The whiskey: W.L. Weller 19 year, 90 proof is definately that something special. It ranks easily in the top five of my favorite bourbons, and due to its limited avaiability (and ceased production) it only gets poured on very special occasions. I had a feeling this would be one of them, and I was right. The bourbon was fruity with hints of apples and elderberries, and had this fantastic undertone of barrle notes and brown sugar molasses that had me enthralled. Also quite refined, this was a great compliment to the Hemingway, as was the herf to the bourbon. One might not initially think of comics as the perfect compliment to these two, but dont knock it till you try it. While "The Far Side" may not be for everyone, it seemed to fit in nicely there. My conclusions are simple: Hemingways deserve a place in every discerning cigar enthusiasts humidor, and if you can find it, WL Weller 19 should be hoarded. It is that good. I look forward to doing this one again. TomC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The Chicago Artists Resource has teamed up with StoryCorps Chicago to bring you "Conversations with CAR". Through this collaboration with StoryCorps, the Chicago Artists Resource interviews Chicago-based artists about their personal experiences and their impact on their creative practice.
This week's featured artist is Janice Bond.
"In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction." – Audre Lorde
With a zeal for the creative and imaginative, Janice Bond is a curator, strategist,and advisor specializing in arts and culture. A combination of "Northern edge", "Midwest will", and "Southern hospitality", Bond's forward thinking and high energy approach has been utilized over the past decade in a range of both communications and creative initiatives. Her insight has also been an integral part of developing various communications plans from independent artists to "Fortune 100" companies.
The debut of her company SAVANT | SAVANT (Now Bond Creative Advisors) in 2009, began the incalculable journey of Janice leading stellar collectives of great artistic minds and institutions as a consultant. From Dakar to Detroit, local art exhibitions to international music festivals, her continued interest and investments in arts and culture stems from her passion for developing more impactful, shared, restorative, and sustainable creative economies globally. In the community, she lends her time to multiple organizations and institutions as a gracious speaker, board member, volunteer, and mentor. From 2013 to 2015, she was appointed and served as Director of Arts and Culture at IMAN with a focus of using art as a tool for social justice and restorative healing on Chicago's Southwest Side and beyond.
Janice opened Gallery ONI in 2014, a contemporary art gallery and cultural space located in Chicago,Illinois dedicated to promoting the work of women artists of color. As a visual/multimedia artist, her original paintings, installations,and collective soundscapes focus on multidimensional human perspectives and identity, sacred geometry, sound frequencies, and indigenous fractal patterns found in various cultures and urban landscapes.
In 2015, The Art Allies was launched, an initiative created to educate and develop more visual art collectors and arts entrepreneurs in major cities all over the world.
Upcoming Events
September 2, 2016 | 7-11pm - EVERYTHING MUST GO! Art Fair at Heaven Gallery
September 6, 2016 | 8-10pm - Presenting at PechaKucha Night Chicago at Martyr's
September 16, 2016 | 6-9pm - Opening Reception for I,Be a group exhibition at Elephant Room Gallery in Bridgeport
September 16, 2016 | 7-10pm - Third Friday at Zhou B Art Center featuring "GENESIS" in collaboration with Reisha at Tye Johnson Gallery
September 17, 2016 | 6-9pm - Opening Reception for "Terrain" a solo exhibition at William Hill Gallery
StoryCorps' mission is to preserve and share humanity's stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. For more information, please visit https://storycorps.org/.
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During a reportage dedicated to climbing the highest summit in geographic Europe, Mount Elbrouz (5642 metres, Russia), the photographer Anthony Nicolazzi swapped his two 24-70 and 70-200 F/2.8 pro lenses for one sole lens system: the brand new Tamron 16-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD. The objective: to favour versatility and restrict oneself to a minimum of weight. Here is an account of this experiment performed in extreme conditions.
Tamron announces development of F/2.8 fast ultra-wideangle zoom lens with VC*1 (Vibration Compensation), world's first* in its category
Watching the sun set over the ocean is a really special experience. And of course you want to take some magnificent photographs to capture these impressions. Yet the photographic equipment is not so easy to master. Without a stand and the correct exposure setting, the results are usually less spectacular than one would hope. Here are four tips from our Tamron expert to enable you to easily capture fantastic photographs.
August 15, 2014, Saitama, Japan – Tamron Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Morio Ono), a leading manufacturer of precision optics, has announced that the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) has presented its European Lens 2014-2015 awards to two Tamron lenses; 16-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD MACRO (Model B016) for "European DSLR Zoom Lens 2014-2015" and SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD (Model A011) for "European DSLR Telephoto Zoom Lens 2014-2015."
Photographer Peter van Bohemen would never have imagined that he would one day go travelling with a 600mm telephoto lens. But he has now done just that twice: He flew to America with the new Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5.6-6.3 Di VC USD in the spring – and then managed to even smuggle it along with him on a family holiday in the summer.


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Yomito Hirasaka (比良坂ヨミト, Hirasaka Yomito) is a shinobi from Yumegakure's Hirasaka clan that appears in Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna Drive.
Yomito is generally a calm and gloomy person, often referencing the dead, their souls and feelings. He, like his friends, Ryuka and Taisa, wanted revenge on Naruto Uzumaki after he was framed by Gensui for the destruction of his village, and referred to him as a beast. During battle Yomito is quiet but once he activates his transformation he becomes more into the battle, making various comments with his attacks.
Yomito wears long-sleeved upper clothing with orange and brown colours and brown pants tucked in bandages wrapped around his lower legs. He wears the Yumegakure forehead protector on his left arm and the mask used for his Transformation Technique on his right. He wears brown gloves with open fingers and shinobi sandals similar to those of Sasuke Uchiha. Yomito also wears the traditional hood of the Hirasaka clan which is purple in colour and spots a strand of dark green hair between his eyes and some more to the sides. He has pale green, pupilless eyes and wears fade pink lipstick. Out of all the known characters from Yumegakure, Yomito is the only one without facial markings.
Out of all the characters from Yumegakure, Yomito has shown the largest arsenal of ninjutsu. He showed the ability to levitate using his chakra, similar to, but not to the same extent as Gensui Amagiri. He can send out multiple fast jets of chakra through the ground and throw out his mask as a projectile. If the mask hits, the target will become confused and may attack their own allies. Yomito has also shown skill in the Body Flicker Technique. When using it, a small purple flash is created instead of smoke.
Through the use of the Summoning Technique, Yomito is able to summon heavily-muscled, rock-flinging monsters known as Nuiba to fight by his side. His most powerful technique, however, is his Transformation Technique, which enables him to turn into a giant Oni-like creature with tremendous earth-shattering strength. This was achieved by placing his mask over his head, bearing a sealing tag similar to the kind Gensui used.
Plot Overview
Yomito first appeared alongside Ryuka and Taisa during the fake Nine-Tails' attack on Yumegakure, prepared to face it alongside his friends. However, Enzo, the village chief, stopped them, stating it was beyond what they could handle. After their village was destroyed and Gensui was supposedly killed by the Nine-Tails they all wanted revenge on Naruto Uzumaki, thinking that Konoha had betrayed them.
Yomito later appeared after Ryuka was defeated by Team Kakashi, stopping her from continuing her fight, stating they can't loose her yet. He then left with her.
He appeared again later on, leading a group of Hirasaka shinobi to stop Team Kakashi from reaching the remains of Yumegakure for investigation. After his fellow clansmen were defeated, he confronted Team Kakashi together with his summoned monsters. He proved to be no match for them, so he activated his Transformation Technique. However, even in this form, Yomito was defeated after Team Kakashi figured out his weak point. Even after his transformation wore off he was still determined to fight, but Taisa arrived to save Yomito, stating it's too early to die yet and escaping into the Forest of Mythic Beasts.
After Team Kakashi arrives to see what remains of Yumegakure, Enzo confronts them along with his fellow clansmen but proves to be no match. Yomito, Ryuka and Taisa arrive after his defeat, ready to fight again, but Enzo gives Ryuka the assignment of going to the lava cavern to unsealing the Three-Heads together with Yomito and Taisa. Sometime after they leave, Gensui, who everyone thought to be dead, appeared and revealed how he tricked everyone so the Three-Heads could be unsealed, which could only be done by the Tenro clan. In the end, Enzo asked of Team Kakashi to stop Ryuka from unsealing the Three-Heads.
As Ryuka was about to unseal the Three-Heads, Team Kakashi arrived and Naruto tried to convince them that Gensui is alive and that Naruto was framed, but Ryuka doesn't believe him and the three team-up to fight Team Kakashi. After they get defeated they each use their transformation technique, first being Ryuka, then Taisa and finally Yomito. After each is defeated and their transformations wear off, Ryuka once again tries to release it and, after Naruto's last plea fails, succeeds. However, Gensui arrives and attacks her, taking the orb needed to control the beast from her. After that, Gensui attempts to finish Ryuka off, but Yomito steps in and takes the blow for her, incapacitating him for a short while. Gensui then transforms Taisa into a false Two-Tails, but Team Kakashi manage to save him, after which Yomito and Ryuka tend to him.
Yomito later appears carrying Ryuka after Shikamaru and the others saved her after she was transformed into a false Nine-Tails by Gensui. After Ryuka states her dream of building a village where no one is bound by grudges and everyone can wear a smile on their face, he asks if it's even possible. Enzo then states that is it, as long as they have bonds.
After the end credits, Yomito is seen alongside Ryuka and Taisa when Konoha is helping rebuild Yumegakure. After Yamato shows off his Wood Release, Yomito says that they will have to work hard not to lose to Konoha, to which Ryuka replies it wouldn't hurt for him to be more cheerful.
- His clan name, Hirasaka, may be a reference to Yomotsu Hirasaka (黄泉平坂 or 黄泉比良坂) from Shinto mythology, which is the slope that descends into Yomi (黄泉), the land of the dead in Shinto mythology. His given name is a possible reference to this underworld as well.
- (To Naruto) "I'm surprised you can show your face around here. But… You won't go any further. I'll finish you off. I'll defeat you and offer you to sooth Lord Gensui's soul. Regret your foolishness in the next world. Prepare yourselves!"
- (To Team Kakashi) "Our ancestors lost their lives before their ambitions were fulfilled. Today, I will lay their regrets to rest!"


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Manring emphasized substitutions for "our current plastics portfolio" because the company's goal is to offer renewable-content resins that are drop-in replacements for existing products. This would save customers the time and expense of requalification for automotive, electronic, and other applications—problems facing introduction of entirely new biobased polymers. He indicated that this has been one factor that has slowed acceptance of Sorona PTT.
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To save money I have been trying to make seitan at home, but I'm having problems.
I have been following three recipes but kind of doing a certain recipe method with pieces of another recipe. I know this is bad but I didn't have the yeast so I had to find out how to compensate for that.
Also I have only been baking the seitan since I did not have any sort of vegan broth.
I make the loaf of the gluten by kneading it and then attempt the "stretching and folding" technique. I don't understand what kind of texture to work towards because the past times I have made it no matter what it comes out the same.
Also I don't know how to make them retain a shape. After bacon they come out as shriveled looking peices of bacon. I tried adding some baking powder but then they just turned into beef-flavored buiscuts. I simply cannot get it to be the consistancy or size of store-bought seitan.
If anybody has some tips or can clarify the process for baking the seitan please let me know. Thanks.
OK, did you say that you don't have any yeast? It shouldn't take any yeast.
You're using vital wheat gluten (or vital wheat gluten flour) right? If you use any given recipe, and you use it correctly, and you knead it for a while, you'll be fine!
You say you don't have any vegan broth. That's fine, it can be cooked without any broth. But, usually, the seitan recipe itself calls for broth. I mean, you can use water, but you also want the seitan to taste good, and not too plain. Get some vegan bouillon cubes or, failing that, you can make your own -- I make the recipe for the "chicken" bouillon in the book Vegan Slow Cooker and keep it in my freezer.
If you use a recipe correctly, the texture should be fine. As far as cooking without broth goes, though, you have two good options. You can wrap the seitan in tinfoil and steam it, or you can wrap it in tinfoil and put it into a pot of water and bake it in your oven. I recommend the first choice. Most recipes should be divided into four parts and wrapped in the foil. You can make them a "sausage" shape, or you can make them square, or whatever you want, really.
Good luck.
The first time I made seitan I bombed at it. I tried using freshly ground whole wheat - but I think my wheat wasn't ground fine enough. The second time I used all-purpose flour and followed a recipe I found on youtube.com from the delectableplanet.com user. It worked pretty good. If you don't have access to vital wheat gluten flour - that one works. I finally found out what vital wheat gluten flour is called in my part of the world. Gluten powder - which I think you might be able to find at most Asian markets for half the price of that Bob's red mill stuff.
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Hubs has tried out a variety of firewood cradles since purchasing the property back in 2004. While they've all worked, each had a number of design issues. Until now.
He built this hefty cradle in an ideal location near the house (creating a shorter schlepping distance, YES!), with strong lumber and metal support braces to keep it from toppling over. Ever the artist, he gave it a dark wood stain and an eye-catching green roof so that we can actually enjoy looking out the kitchen window all winter long at our wood pile. The concrete blocks underneath provide an additional level of fortification. The wooden dowel running the length of the cradle will be used to hold up a tarp, for keeping out the moisture that accompanies winter snowstorms and spring rains.
This project, like any learn-as-you-go one, wasn't without it's fair share of snafus. Halfway through, Hubs realized he hadn't put down enough pressure-treated 4'x4's to provide a flat bottom for stacking the wood (apparently, he told me that, upon this discovery, he laid down in the driveway for a minute and almost cried). Never one to walk away from a challenge, he re-jiggered and tweaked the design until it achieved his ideal, both structurally and aesthetically.
There was a time when new nightclubs, fancy cocktails imbibed at said nightclubs, and dancing the night away with my fancy cocktail at the nightclub were the things that got me excited. Now, it's firewood, cradled with care in a lovingly built wood shed. I still dance, and sip, only now I do so in my flannel p.j.'s, surrounded by my fellas, enjoying the warmth offered by a glowing hearth and a content heart.
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