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PepsiCo makes big investment in India
PepsiCo, the US food and drinks giant behind the Pepsi-Cola, Walkers Crisps and Tropicana brands, is to invest $5.5bn (£3.4bn) in India by 2020.
The company said it planned to expand the range of products it sells in the country, and increase its manufacturing and distribution capability.
India is one of PepsiCo's largest global markets.
Chief executive Indra Nooyi said: "India is a country with huge potential."
PepsiCo, which has net revenues of more than $65bn, said there would be "a particular focus on rural expansion", with investment in selling and delivery infrastructure and an expansion of its collaborative farming programme.
The company, which also owns the Quaker and Frito-Lay brands, estimates that the investment will create more than 100,000 jobs, to add to the 200,000 it says it has already helped create since first investing in the country in 1990.
Its Indian business currently generates about $159m in annual sales for the group.
"We've built a highly successful business in India over the course of many years and we believe we've only scratched the surface of the long-term growth opportunities that exist for PepsiCo and our partners," said the Indian-born Ms Nooyi.
The government has been trying to encourage foreign direct investment by opening up the country to competition, in the teeth of sometimes fierce public opposition.
Marks and Spencer opened its largest Indian store in Mumbai on Monday, while Unilever has said it will increase its stake in Hindustan Unilever from 52% to as much as 75%.
India's annual economic growth rate has slowed to about 5%, its lowest rate for 10 years.


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Good Luck with Silver and A Spur
I have a confession to make… I really didn't want to have to admit this, but it's the right thing to do, and it tells the complete story of My First Barber dime find from my last blog.
You see, in that post I told you about the 1911 Barber Dime I found, but I didn't tell you the part about how I promptly lost said Barber dime… I know, who loses a Barber dime after finding one? Guilty!
Anyway, in an effort to go back and find my dime, I returned with the AT Pro 5×8 coil combo in search of what should be a hard hitting shallow dime tone. Easy to find, right? Especially if you know where you lost it. Well it wasn't that easy, and I gridded the area for a couple of hours when I got a feint deep tone on the AT Pro. Gotta love the ATP proportional audio on those deeper targets. I didn't trust it at first, and figured that it was probably deep iron falsing, but when I swung over the target, the tone again stayed consistent so I decided to dig it.
I knew the deep target couldn't be my Barber dime, but the tone sounded good…
About 7 inches down in great soil after two days rain, there it was laying flat in the bottom of the plug…
I thought it was a half dollar for a second there but quickly realized that it was too light to be a coin and that it was probably a token. It turns out that it's a good luck token, and that the original owner had probably stamped her name and place of residency on the token. Given the location of where I found it, she may have stamped it nearby or it's possible that she brought it here from Iowa and lost it here. Who knows, it's a neat relic and cool find either way. The reverse side reads "Good Luck."
After about another hour of detecting that general area and finding some clad here and there I went back to my car for some lunch. While sitting there I decided that I should go back over there with the E-Trac for a little while longer and look for my lost Barber dime.
About 30 minutes later while detecting right up against the edge of the field and taller grass, I got a nice high tone coupled with a 42 number on the E-Trac and got excited thinking that it might be my lost Barber dime. Using my pinpointer I brushed back the grass and saw a gray colored coin that resembled how I remembered my dime had looked.
I grabbed it and was looking at the back of the coin, the same side I had seen the very first time I had found the coin and realized that it WAS my Barber Dime! YES!
I was definitely hoping that I would find that dime again, and I did. Whew, now I can still call myself a detectorist, but I have to be honest, it is harder to find a coin the second time than it was the first time. This hunt I had the pressure on me to find that coin!
Later on my way home I decided to go detect a spot where an old school once stood. I've never had much luck there on old coins, but I figured that it would be a good spot to take the E-Trac in search of an old silver or two. Up the road a couple blocks is a very old house that I've been wanting to detect for a long time, so I decided to drive by there in hopes of seeing someone there at the property to ask permission, and apparently it was my lucky day because this time someone was there.
I met a nice couple who gave me permission to detect the yard and geared up and started detecting. The front yard had a few coins here and there, but the best find in the front was this old metal Child's boot spur.
It's a neat find, and I bet some little boy treasured it way back when.
Later I walked across the street to another property they owned and scanned the front yard where they had metal detected previously. About two feet from one of their plugs I got a nice high tone on the E-Trac. After swinging over the target a few times I knew that there was a good chance this could be a coin and possibly even a silver coin.
About 4 inches down, there it was a dime and I knew immediately that it was silver. It turned out to be a 1957 D Roosevelt dime! I was impressed, the E-Trac sure does let you know when silver is around. Sure, the coin has to be there to find it and just about any metal detector could have found that dime, but for a second time in a row the E-Trac helped me find silver. What can I say?
Moving back to the house where I started, I literally moved around back of the house where the 'driveway' ended and detected all along the edges and the entire driveway. I found several coins, including 8 old wheat pennies.
The oldest of which is a semi rare 1916 S Wheat Cent and a 1918 Wheat Cent.
It turned out to be a great day of detecting, I found a cool Good Luck Token, Found my previously found 1911 Barber Dime, and got to detect a property I had been wanting to detect for a long time and ultimately found another silver dime with the Minelab E-Trac.
That's a good day detecting if ya ask me!
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Lis Edwards
Two Capitals, group tour.
From day one it was just a great adventure.
We were lucky to be there on Moscow Day and had an unbelievable experience. All the people, costumes, music, dancing and fireworks and I'm sure we could have sat in the streets and had our food. I have never seen a city so clean.
The guides both in Moscow and St Petersburg were knowledgeable, service-minded, they couldn't do enough for us and went out of their way to suggest things and where to go in the evenings.
I loved the Russian food, but wish Bosch ? had been on the menu. I liked the Russian hotel in Moscow best, but both hotels were fine. We had problems with the air condition in St Petersburg, but the service was quick and polite to get it fixed.
The train journey through the countryside was lovely and made it possible to see more than just cities.
The castles and churches ,cathedrals and palaces were breathtaking, never before seen so much gold. Interesting to hear and see about the restorations being done, just incredible clever work done. It was surreal to visit all the places one has seen in books and on tv and films, just being there a dream come true. The tube stations in Moscow were magnificent and canal trip in St Petersburg, I could go on and on.
The weather was also fantastic while we were there. The group was just right, eight of us, but we agreed on everything, got together when we were on our own and explored the cities.
I have had a journey of a lifetime and made memories I will treasure for the rest of my life.
Lis Edwards


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In June 2017 GoBike sent this letter, GoBike Glasgow City Council Letter 06_17 to all newly elected Glasgow Councillors, ie to all 84 Councillors, Within minutes Councillor Elspeth Kerr, SNP, for Drumchapel/Anniesland replied, followed by others, and following a reminder after the summer recess, a grand total of 15, representing 10 wards, had replied. We offered them all a tour of the city or their ward, by bike or by foot. More replied once the tours started and by 16 October 21, ie 25% of the city's councillors had responded to us.
THESE RIDES ARE NOW BEING PROGRAMMED TO CONTINUE IN 2018, with the next one now planned for Friday 18 May, of Calton Ward 9.
11. Ward 13, Scotstounhill / Garscadden, Friday 01 December 2017
The 2 SNP councillors for Scotstounhill /Garscadden, Michael Cullen and Chris Cunningham (MSP Roseanna Cunningham's brother) toured Ward 13 with GoBike committee member, Alasdair Macdonald and member, Neil Lovelock, on Friday 01 December. They are all pictured above, in discussion with a local resident on the canalside.
10. Ward 5, Govan, cycle tour, Saturday 11 November 2017
On Saturday 11th November 2017, GoBike members Bob Downie and Andy Winter, and Rumina Kakati (who leads rides enjoyed by new, nervous and lapsed cyclists) met with Allan Young, the Green councillor for Govan ward, to go on a tour of some of the cycle facilities in the ward. Committee member Brenda Lillicrap organised the ride but was prevented from doing all but the start of the tour by a puncture. We were delighted that Allan was available to come out with us and hope that the other three ward councillors will be able to come for a similar tour in future. The invitation remains open . Our route took us out and back from Cessnock subway station, past Bell's Bridge, the Science Centre, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and Govan centre, all the while critiquing the cycle facilities we saw and used, good and bad.
Our start was in Walmer Crescent, a short one-way street with slow traffic, no junctions, and a sharp corner at both ends – ideal for the council's declared default of permitting contraflow cycling on one-way streets. Not yet though.
Picture 1, shown above: Start – Govan Ward 5 Tour 11/11/17, Rumina Kakati, Allan Young, Andy Winter and Bob Downie at Cessnock Station
Picture 2Map Route taken on Govan Ward 5 tour 11/11/17. Numbered points refer to photograph locations below
Our route initially took us north on the signed Cycle Route 7 along Cessnock Street, Brand Street – now with perpendicular parking for the new flats along the south side, a potential hazard for cyclists on this well-used route – and Govan Road. We able to see the 'improvements' being made connected with Fastlink. We wondered about the value of spending money on a grade-separated cycleway alongside a road where the only permitted traffic is buses and taxis – and there aren't any bus routes. There are much stronger candidate areas for cycle infrastructure spending even when the funding is ring-fenced for work connected with Fastlink.
Our first major hurdle was where Govan Road joins Pacific Drive. At these traffic lights, cyclists are invited to behave like pedestrians and cross Pacific Drive to cycle westward on the north-side pavement. To cross, cyclists must wait for 3 individual sets of pedestrian controlled lights, the first to cross the two lanes of the Fastlink bus corridor (not available for cycle use), followed by lights for each lane of ordinary traffic. The presence of extensive pedestrian barriers makes crossing by more than 2-3 bikes at a time very difficult. The experienced cyclists will almost certainly ignore the invitation to use this crossing and travel westward on the road. Those new to cycling (or with tandems, trailers or cargo bikes) are discouraged by tight turns made more difficult by poles, railings and control boxes, especially when there are pedestrians or other cyclists to consider.
While manoeuvring the crossing we agreed that plans to designate the footway on the south side for shared use (right through the bus shelter, and next to the sparsely used Fastlink carriageway) were a frustratingly marginal improvement, and we wondered why no effort had been made to route cyclists behind the Village Hotel to get toward's Bells Bridge. There is already a crossing across Pacific Drive opposite the Bell's Bridge path, albeit one offset from the desire line and with yet more barrier/pole/box obstacles.
Picture 3CrossToPavement We were invited to behave as pedestrians and use the pavement on the north side of Pacific Drive (point 1 on map)
It was generally agreed that the new path from Pacific Drive to Bell's Bridge then continuing along the river in front of the BBC and the Science Centre was excellent. We wished it were possible for the riverside path to extend eastwards under the Clyde Arc Bridge. Back at Govan Road we continued westward and on to Golspie Street, which was re-engineered to accommodate the Fastlink carriageway. This gives it the appearance of a fast dual-carriageway, by-pass type of road, with its absence of active frontages and sweeping turns at the junctions. With the two directions of normal traffic using the single non-Fastlink carriageway it feels like a hostile piece of road for cyclists. This section is difficult to avoid for east-west travel because of the barrier of the lines into the subway depot. The layout of the both junctions on this stretch encourages drivers to make fast left turns, with the potential for left-hooking cyclists. The extensive pedestrian barriers at the junction with Harmony Row hem cyclists in in a manner that is worrying. There is nowhere for cyclists to escape if cars come too near.
Picture 4Barriers Extensive barriers at the junction of Golspie Street and Harmony Row (point 2 on map)
A newish, good quality pedestrian-cycle route took us the 200m from Golspie Street to Langlands Road. This was free of motor traffic and wide enough for cyclists and pedestrian to easily pass in both directions. A useful improvement would be a dropped kerb at the eastern end to allow easy access for west-bound cyclists without having to mingle with pedestrians at the pelican crossing.
Picture 5SharedPath Using the Golspie Street to Langlands Road cycle/pedestrian route (point 3 on map)
On Langlands Road significant sections of the advisory cycle lanes, only denoted by painted lines, were blocked by parked cars on both sides of the road. We understand these painted lanes form part of the 'active travel access' for the newly enlarged hospital. Allowing parking in cycle lanes shows that cyclists lack any real status on Glasgow's roads. Cycle users deserve better.
Picture 6CarsInBikeLane Cars parked in the Langlands Road cycle lane (point 4 on map)
We carried on along Langlands Road to the underpass beneath the A739, the busy dual carriageway leading to the Clyde Tunnel. This underpass gives cycle access to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, but the large amount of graffiti and general feel of dilapidation gives it an edgy feel. This is not a facility most people would like to use at night.
Picture 7Graffiti Pedestrian/cycle underpass beneath the A739 to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. A highly graffitied and unwelcoming place (point 5 on map)
The feeling of dilapidation continued on the west side of the A739 where the first entrance to the hospital had no dropped kerb as well as being very rough, and needing another tight turn to negotiate the bollards in the underpass entrance.
Picture 8HospEntrance Off-putting entrance to the QEUH. Note the lack of dropped kerb (point 6 on map)
We continued north beside the A739 on an excellent shared pedestrian/cycle path which continued along Moss Road. At the junction with Peninver Drive a new pedestrian/cycle crossing has been installed but the timing of the lights was so slow (about 3 minutes) that no one was inclined to wait and we all took the chance to cross when the traffic appeared clear. The timing of these lights needs to be reviewed.
Picture 9LongWait Very slow timing of the lights allowing cycle crossing from Moss Road to Peninver Drive (point 7 on map)
Onward to Govan Road where we noted that parking was allowed by the shops near the junction with Holmfauldhead Place. We were told that this parking can at times cause significant congestion leading to cyclists being squeezed on the road, with drivers overtaking without allowing sufficient space.
Picture 95ParkingSqueeze Govan Road near the junction with Holmfauldhead Place. A busy road restricted by allowing on-street parking. Cyclists get squeezed here (point 8 on map)
A major problem in this area is the difficulty that south-going cyclists have turning west along Govan Road when they exit the Clyde Cycle Tunnel. To cross Govan Road "by the book" is so slow and complex that few cyclists comply and simply cross Govan Road when and where they can. The lack of a simple and safe crossing is simply unacceptable.
Our tour concluded with a ride through the centre of Govan and discussion as to how a dedicated cycle route through the main street of Govan Road could be a significant feature as part of the area regeneration.
Overall we were underwhelmed by the cycle facilities that we saw and used in Govan. Short sections were excellent but on the whole we felt that most were let down by poor design and poor implementation. The biggest issues are the lack of interconnectivity between adequate facilities and the method the planners use to take cyclists across main roads by requiring cyclists to behave like pedestrians and use complex, slow, barriered crossings. These are tricky for inexperienced cyclists to manoeuvre through, and experienced cyclists are likely to ignore the lights and cross as and when they see a gap in the traffic. The perennial problem of cars parking in non-segregated cycle lanes remains an issue in Govan as almost everywhere else in the UK.
We hope that Councillor Allan Young will be able to use the information gained in this tour to inform him in his work as a councillor and as ever, GoBike are here to help should he (or any of the other three Govan councillors) have any further questions.
We have one more tour planned for Friday 01 December with Councillors Cullen and Cunningham around Ward 13, Garscadden/Scotstounhill. Then, unless we can choose daylight during the winter, we'll be hoping to resume in the spring – if councillors are minded to join us!
9. Ward 23, Partick East/Kelvindate, third tour, Walking Thursday 19 October 2017
On the evening of Thursday 19 October, GoBike Convenor, Tricia Fort, and member, Johnston Orr, met with Councillor Martin Bartos, for a short walking tour of Ward 23, Partick East/Kelvindale. We took more or less the same route that we had covered with the other 3 councillors for the ward, from near Byres Road along Highburgh/Hyndland Road to Great Western Road and we walked because Martin is not yet back on his bike following a collision with a taxi some time ago. This is the only ward where all 4 councillors have met with us, setting a great example to all the other wards! Johnston and Martin are pictured below:
From east to west, our discussion covered, first of all, Byres Road, which is currently being considered for redevelopment. Martin is concerned at the lack of ambition being shown in the current Glasgow City Council proposals. We have thus put him in touch with the GoBike grouping that is developing alternative proposals, see: https://space4peoplebyresroad.wordpress.com/2017/10/20/our-vision/ and the photo at the top of this blog is option 2 showing local access and a bus route with cycle lanes both sides. Remember that there's a ride-out tomorrow along the route – details in the link.
Our next point of discussion was the lack of access into Dowanhill for bikes from Highburgh Road. Caledon Street, Dowanhill Street, Beaumont Gate and Hyndland Street are all one-way southwards with no exception for cycles and the only legal option is to turn right into Crown Road South – which is on a bend, and it's a busy road. Contraflow cycling on one-way streets is the default position in Cycling by Design (clause 5.i.5), the City Council's chosen design guide, so why doesn't it apply here, where there is a toucan crossing to aid the passage of people with bikes up Dowanhill Street? It should also be noted that contraflow cycling would reduce traffic speeds on these streets.
Third, we noted the good intention of providing disabled parking bays, also noted on our walking tour with Councillors Kenny McLean and Martin Rhodes, which extend right out to the cycle lane – potentially increasing the number of disabled people in the area!
Fourth, we looked at the buildout at the end of the row of shops on Hyndland Road. The eastbound painted cycle lane, missing since the junction with Clarence Drive, reappears here, right on the bend and just at the pinch point where the road is at its narrowest. The buildout has been put in place apparently to provide 2 loading bays, which are being misused as parking bays – just where the cycle lane could have been.
Fifth, we noted the blockage in the access provided to Prince Albert Road; why is no action taken against parking at all these cycle accesses?
Sixth, we discussed the potential of access via Hughenden Lane to the sports facilities and Gartnavel Hospital and points further west.
Seventh, we looked at the junction of Hyndland Road with Great Western Road, a scene of constant red-light jumping by cars and constant misuse of the left-turning lane to go straight on to Clevedon Road. Why is no action taken to remedy this?
A further point of discussion was the type of cycle facility needed to encourage cycling. While a segregated cycle lane is needed on either side of Great Western Road, which is a major route into the city, a two-way segregated cycle lane would be far better than the current position on Hyndland/Highburgh Road if the Council persists in allowing the storage of private property (colloquially known as car parking) on the road but reduces it to one side only.
Martin asked about traffic evaporation when roads are closed to motor vehicles, or when access is reduced, and Johnston has provided this information:
"The economic case for building cycle lanes – https://www.citylab.com/life/2013/12/safer-streets-pay-businesses/7880/ from 2013 and a pretty comprehensive roundup from 2015 https://www.citylab.com/solutions/2015/03/the-complete-business-case-for-converting-street-parking-into-bike-lanes/387595/
Closing roads to cars and traffic evaporation – the Wikipedia page on Induced Demand is a good place to start as it leads into a section on traffic evaporation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand and the academic study referencing UK cases (I was wrong, there are some!) – https://web.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-051109-062746/unrestricted/D09_Traffic_Final_Report.pdf and the same studies referenced by the EU paper at http://ec.europa.eu/environment/pubs/pdf/streets_people.pdf
Plenty to digest there, and some of it is heavyweight stuff, so maybe try this news article on what Paris is doing right now for some real-world evidence from a European city's current policy decisions – https://www.fastcompany.com/3064157/when-paris-closed-a-major-road-to-cars-half-its-traffic-just-disappeared"
8. Ward 6, Pollokshields, Cycle Tour Thursday 19 October 2017
On the afternoon of Thursday 19 October, Councillor Jon Molyneux, Green Party, met GoBike convenor, Tricia Fort and GoBike members, Bill Fraser, who is also on Pollokshields Community Council, Bob Downie and Nick Kempe for a cycle tour of Ward 6. We were waved off from Pollokshaws Road at Shawlands Cross by Baillie Hanif Raja, Labour Party, who doesn't cycle but wished us well.
Details of the route planned for us by GoBike ride leader, Andy Preece are given here: Councillor Ward Tour – Pollokshields map and his notes are here: Councillor Ward Tour – Pollokshields We deviated slightly from the route and the actual route is shown here:
So, what did we notice apart from the information given in Andy's notes? We left our meeting point on Pollokshaws Road, the most heavily cycled route in Glasgow, that has next to no cycle facilities and went along Moss-Side Road, past Shawlands Academy. There were cars parked right along, with no sign of any assistance for parents or pupils who might want to cycle to school. We made our way over the railway at Crossmylook Station, with only an Advance Stop Line for anyone who wants to cycle to Hutchesons' Grammar School, and down into Titwood Road.
Springkell Avenue is a wide, quiet road, where all the houses have gardens and driveways – so why do they park on the road? We then came to this, where apparently a nearby housing development is having an adverse effect on the railway bridge:
Yes, there was room to get through on our bikes, so why isn't it signed for bikes as well as pedestrians? Where's the permeability?
At the end of Springkell Avenue, a pleasure to cycle on, we came to the path down to Dumbreck Road. Apart from the spreading vegetation over the path, there is no lighting on this path, nor on the section that goes all the way to Nithsdale Road – not a winter commuter route then! At Dumbreck Road we joined the carriageway; a tricky manoeuvre since the toucan crossing and lights seem to assume that someone on a bike will be going into Pollok Park not over the motorway towards Bellahouston Park. We checked out the exit from Bellahouston Park, thinking that quite a few families from the area might want to cycle to and from it. The only crossing over Dumbreck Road is a pedestrian one; there is no traffic signal for cars or bikes exiting the park.
As the picture shows, there are no cycle facilities on NIthsdale Road, a useful route across to the east of the ward, and with 2 lanes of traffic coming towards Dumbreck Road, it's quite a narrow access for bikes as well as cars. Later, we turned into Maxwell Drive, where cars park right over the painted cycle lanes, or are parked so close to the cycle lane that an opening door could seriously damage a bike and its rider.
We made our way to Albert Drive where the Community Council has put much effort into trying to prevent cars being parked at street corners. Double yellow lines have been painted on them all, but they are not mandatory until the necessary signs are in place. The signs are not in place – what an omission by the City Council!
On the eastern end of Albert Drive, we came upon a car parked on the cycle lane and then the cycle lane disappeared under a road narrowing scheme designed to protect the weak railway bridge:
So, one wonders, why wasn't the bike lane continued, but with segregation, to narrow the road? Where are people on bikes supposed to go? Into the narrow roadway or on the footway? After this point the cycle lanes disappear again under parked cars.
We took a left on Barrland Street to avoid the busy Pollokshaws Road but we did go to the eastern end of Maxwell Road, where there are no formal dropped kerbs to Pollokshaws Road but tarmac ramps were made for a running race a couple of years ago. Fortunately, they have not been removed.
The Community Council, we heard, are working towards improving Maxwell Road by liaising with house-builders and improving the parking situation.
We took a look at Forth Street, the home of Soul Riders, where recent parking changes included making the street one-way, and not exempting bikes. So, it's either a long detour or a technically illegal ride on the footway to get to their premises. Where is the encouragement to cycle? Where is the permeability?
At the new school on St Andrew's Road, we cycled along McCulloch Street, that has been nicely traffic-calmed, and which gives much better access to Shields Road and the crossing to the South-West City Way. From this cycle way, just about the best in the city, we made the awkward right turn at West Street Subway Station to travel along all the painted cycle lanes back to Pollokshaws Road and we finished our tour alongside the cars parked on the contraflow lane linking Pollokshaws Road with Eglinton Street.
The potential is there in this ward to encourage cycling, but a bit of enlightened thinking is needed to protect the existing cycle lanes and to improve access and permeability.
7. Ward 14, Drumchapel / Anniesland, Cycle Tour, Thursday 12 October 2017
Congratulations and a gold star to Councillor Elspeth Kerr, pictured above wearing purple, who doesn't own a bike but yet cycled 6.5 miles round her ward on Thursday with Anne Glass, from Drumchapel Cycle Hub, also pictured and GoBike Convenor Tricia Fort. We are indebted to Anne and the Drumchapel Cycle Hub for the loan of Elspeth's purple bike, shown above. The route we took, a shortened version of one devised by Andy Preece, is shown below:
Here's a guide to the route: Councillor Ward Tour – Anniesland & Drumchapel final
There are some busy main roads in this ward and we cycled on the footway along Drumry Road East, through the roundabouts to Great Western Road, then from the point where we left the canal path up Great Western Road to Knightswood Cross and again at the end of our ride along Drumchapel Road and back up Drumry Road East to the Hub. There are no cycle facilities on these busy roads and although it is not correct to cycle on the footway, it is far safer for someone like Elspeth, who is not confident on the road.
So, in this relatively poor area with fairly low car ownership, what did we see apart from the lack of cycle facilities? As Andy points out in his notes, when we crossed from the Great Western Retail Park to the south side of Great Western Road, the footway is shared. At the Glasgow boundary, with no change of width in the footway, this stops, and people on bikes are directed to the canal towpath. What if they want to go straight up Great Western Road towards Knightswood? Tough, and they encounter a lack of dropped kerbs if they do venture here on a bike or they are pushing a pram or a wheelchair.
We went on the canal towpath for quite a bit of this ride, and one has to be aware of pedestrians and dogs. There are ground lights for part of the way, but to ensure these are effective, vegetation must be kept back. At Lock 35, we crossed to the north side to look at the garden that has been developed by volunteers, including members of GoBike:
Back on Great Western Road, we noticed that, although laybys have been provided for parked cars, some drivers prefer to leave their car in the inside lane of this 3-lane road!
This picture shows 1 car in the layby, 3 parked in the inside lane, and 1 car actually moving in the middle lane. This doesn't leave much room for bikes, or buses. This dual carriageway, a major artery to the city centre, has plenty of room for a cycle way on each side.
At Knightscliffe Avenue we cut in round the Netherton Community Centre and onto the path, Temple Walkway, which runs from Glencoe Street right past the Community Centre and the disused Temple Swimming Pool to Shafton Road. The path has a good surface and could be used much more for cycling and walking if it were lit.
Shafton Road took us round, via Avenel Road to the canal, with a steep access path and we cycled west as far as Blairdardie Road Footbridge. From here, with no dropped kerb to help us down to the roadway, we made our way along Moraine Avenue, and to the path that took us under the railway to Essenside Avenue and more locations needing dropped kerbs:
Here, at the access to the path leading to Drumchapel Road, the fence is blocking the very bit of the kerb that is dropped, albeit only slightly. So, all in all, this is not an area that is active-travel-friendly, but with much potential for improvement.
6. Langside, Ward 7, Cycle Tour, Wednesday 11 October
On Wednesday evening, 11 October 2017, a group of GoBike members met Tanya Wisely, Green Party Councillor for Ward 7 to tour her ward and to see how the ward can potentially link into the proposed South City Way. The photo above shows, from left to right, Graham Muirhead, Meredith Muirhead, Tanya Wisely, Tricia Fort, Bill Wurthmann and Bob Downie at our meeting point, Langside Hall. This photo and the ones below taken by Ajit Panickar, a GoBike member who also joined us for the tour.
Here's the route we followed: https://www.strava.com/activities/1225746006 and the map:
So, what did we experience?
- Streets between tenements with cars parked both sides, leaving little room for moving vehicles.
- Dropped kerbs blocked by parked cars – on Carmichael Place (at the end of the White Cart Cycle Route path) and at the end of our ride hampering cycle access to Balvicar Street from Pollokshaws Road.
- A very tricky road crossing from Sinclair Drive over Battlefield Road to Grange Road.
- No cycle facilities leading to the New Victoria Hospital, but there is a narrow cycle lane marked on the footway on Queen's Park Street, circling part of the hospital, which doesn't connect into any cycle lane at the Grange Road or the Prospecthill Road end.
- A nice, wide road past Hampden connecting Cathcart Road to Aikenhead Road, where there is then a very narrow shared footway with a long wait at the toucan crossing to cross to an equally narrow shared footway, part of the "Cathkin Braes Route".
- Cars parked on the roadway outside houses, leaving little room for bikes, cars, vans to move along and certainly not an environment where children could play outside their gardens.
- New flats and houses in Toryglen with no cycle lane access.
- A narrow, dark path from Prospecthill Circus to Polmadie Road; if this were widened and lit for its full length and the glass cleared regularly, and the junction area of Polmadie Road to Aikenhead Road to Dixon Road made less daunting for people on bikes it would provide an excellent link from Toryglen to Govanhill and to the forthcoming South City Way. Access to the South City Way from other parts of the ward is feasible – if the route could be continued around Queen's Park – on both sides (Langside Road/Queen's Drive and Pollokshaws Road), while a route through the park is fine for a leisurely cycle ride in daylight.
- The curious nature of some streets,eg Dixon Road, being adorned with blue signs indicating that this is a "Route recommended for pedal cycles on the main carriageway of a road". One wonders what the criteria are to merit the signage.
Some details of the route from Andy Preece, who devised the tour – although we deviated a little at the end to check out the access at Balvicar Street are here: Councillor Ward Tour – Langside v2
Car blocking the dropped kerb at the end of Carmichael Place where there is access to and from the riverside path through to Tantallon Road – and yes, the car is parked on the double yellow lines.
Aikenhead Road at Hampden
Car blocking the cut-through from Balvicar Road to Pollokshaws Road, the end of the route we took.
5. Victoria Park, Ward 12, Rickshaw Tour, Friday 06 October
On Friday 06 October Councillor Maggie McTernan, Labour Councillor for Ward 12, Victoria Park, toured part of her ward with GoBike committee members John Donnelly and Alasdair Macdonald and GoBike member Neil Lovelock. Councillor McTernan doesn't cycle so John took her, and Neil, round in the rickshaw he currently owns. After the ride she posted her photos and a commentary on her Councillor Facebook page; she has very kindly sent us the photos and allowed us to use her words to describe the ride. They are reproduced in bold below:
"The question you need to ask is, would you let your child cycle ahead of you?"
Thanks to Neil, Alasdair and John from Gobike for taking me on a cycle tour of my ward, Victoria Park, today – with an honourable mention for John, who powered the cycle rickshaw for non-cycling me!
If we want to cut emissions and improve health, we need to take seriously the cycle routes across the city – as John said, they should be safe enough for a child to use.
Most of us don't just use one form of transport – we walk, cycle, drive or take public transport depending on the situation. So our infrastructure should reflect this, supporting us to share our public spaces safely.
Cycle paths don't always have dropped kerbs – here, the entrance to the cycle path had bollards that were too close to allow the rickshaw through!
Double parking to block a cycle path, opposite a bus stop…
Some of the signage is faded, making it hard to follow cycle routes
There's good news too – this pavement at St Paul's Primary was widened in 2014, to improve safety for children cycling to school
The route that the group followed was devised by GoBike ride leader, Andy Preece and is given here: Councillor Ward Tour – Victoria Park map and his comments on features along the route are here: Councillor Ward Tour – Victoria Park
4. Partick East/Kelvindale, Ward 23, walking tour, 05 October
Clarence Drive
On the evening of Thursday 05 October, GoBike members Tricia Fort, Johnston Orr and Andy Winter met Labour Councillor Martin Rhodes and SNP Councillor Kenny McLean who represent Ward 23 Partick East / Kelvindale on the City Council to look at cycling conditions in part of their ward. Neither Martin nor Kenny cycles, but neither do they drive; they both walk or use public transport. We are grateful to them both for the time they took to walk round Hyndland and Dowanhill with us and here is a summary of the issues we discussed:
- Pedestrian/cycle crossing from Leicester Avenue across Great Western Road towards Gartnavel: We didn't visit this but after the report on our website from the cycle tour of 23 September with Councillor Tony Curtis, one of our members who lives in Kelvindale commented "it takes FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES to cross over GWR to the restaurant if you use the toucan." Andy confirmed this from the visits he has made to the sports ground there with his children. This is not conducive to active travel.
- Great Western Road: there is no cycle infrastructure on this road, apart from Advance Stop Lines (into which motor vehicles encroach, as we saw) and the part-time bus lanes that give some protection. This is a busy main road into town with fast traffic and deserves segregated cycle lanes to protect the people who already cycle on it and to encourage others to cycle.
- Great Western Road alternative: from Byres Road to Gartnavel there is the potential to create a quiet way along the terraces. This could then link into Shelley Road, and while this would not be suitable for people going right into town, it would encourage many to cycle in the local area.
- Cross roads, Great Western Road/Hyndland Road/Cleveden Road: at 6:30 in the evening this was a busy junction, with a lot of potentially dangerous driving practices. We saw motorists going through the lights when they had changed back to red, many vehicles on Hyndland Road using the left-turning lane to go straight on to avoid the queue of vehicles waiting to turn right into Great Western Road, vehicles were stopped in the Cycle Advance Stop Line and many appeared to be exceeding the speed limit. Despite all this, we saw a significant number of people on bikes, but, as Andy said, it is not a route suitable for children to cycle from Dowanhill and Hyndland through to Cleveden School. A simple solution at the traffic lights might be to ban the right turn from Hyndland Road onto Great Western Road, but this might push the problem elsewhere. Creating a cycle-friendly junction here would encourage more adults and children to cycle here, and should reduce motor traffic.
- Hyndland Road: cars parked on both sides, on a road that deserves a segregated cycle route to give access to the local sports facilities, schools and Glasgow University.
- Hughenden Lane: this provides a good route through to Gartnavel, but is currently over-parked. Parking controls are needed to allow access for residents and bikes. A left turn allows access through the new flats to Lauderdale Gardens and then to Clarence Drive and we saw several people using this route. Just a bit of work is needed to widen the ramped exit from the carpark at the back of the flats and parking needs to be controlled to free up the dropped kerb into Lauderdale Gardens to improve permeability for active travel.
- Clarence Drive: cars parked on the cycle lanes and on the footway, see the photo above. Parking restrictions are needed as is segregation of the cycle route.
- Hyndland Road, outside the shops: no cycle lane at all, but there are cycle stands and the wide footway improves the ambience of the area.
- Hyndland Road, at the end of the row of shops: the footway has been built out, apparently to provide two parking places outside the shops, but this is where the cycle lane starts again – on the bend, with the danger of cars etc cutting in.
- Highburgh Road: the parking bays are narrow, with many vehicles part, or fully on, the too narrow (only 0.5m) door opening zone and the cycle lane is minimum width too, meaning that the safe place to cycle is out in the vehicle lane. This narrowness is exacerbated by the two disabled parking bays that have been painted in; there is no door opening zone here at all! See the photos below. Parking, at most, should be on one side only, to allow the construction of a cycle lane suitable for all the people, young and old, in the area to use.
- Highburgh Road/Dowanhill Street junction: Dowanhill Street is stopped off at the south side of Highburgh Road but the crossing over Highburgh Road allows access for bikes travelling along the street, giving access to the school and a quieter route to Dumbarton Road than Hyndland Road. However, north of Highburgh Road, Dowanhill Street has recently been made one-way, southbound, thus preventing someone from cycling northbound, unless on the footway! This is despite there still being a cycle route sign at the location and, more pertinently, despite the statement in Glasgow City Council's design document "Cycling by Design" in 5.1.5: "Contra-flow Cycle Lanes. The default position should be to permit two-way cycling on one-way streets." We discussed this at length, and compared this area with the proposals for the Woodside mini-Holland, where permeability, ie through access, for bikes is being encouraged, whereas in Dowanhill it is being prevented. It is little surprise that one scheme has been produced by the parking section in Land and Environment Services and one by the cycle section. The alternative route for Andy, or his children, is to cycle up Dowanhill Street, turn left onto Highburgh Road and then do a right turn, on a bend, into Crown Road South – not an attractive prospect.
- Byres Road: heavily parked on both sides, even though studies show that most people arrive here by foot, bike, subway or bus, this busy road with many shops, pubs and restaurants has a high accident rate. We need active travel input to the current consultations. Here's the link to a GoBike supported group event on 22 October: https://space4peoplebyresroad.wordpress.com/2017/10/04/ride-for-a-better-byres-road/
- Dowanside Road: under the Dowanhill parking controls this has been made one way and yet, even with cars parked both sides, there is plenty of room for contraflow cycling, see the photograph below. We have contraflow cycling in other parts of the city, the nearest to here being Dalnair Street from Old Dumbarton Road to Yorkhill Hospital. We need more.
- Beith Street: we didn't walk this far but, with all the student accommodation here, it needs cycle lanes.
The main points from this tour are that, while we need good quality segregated cycle lanes on our main roads, we need the access and the permeability in our local areas for people to get out and about in their neighbourhood and to reach the main roads that will take them to school, to work, the shops or the art gallery etc.
3. Partick East/Kelvindale, Ward 23, cycling tour, 23 September
GoBike member, Johnston Orr, trying to cycle along the Colleges Cycle route on Highburgh Road towards Byres Road. Note the car encroaching on the very narrow door opening zone and the car parked right across the bike lane!
On Saturday 23 September, GoBike convenor, Tricia Fort, and Johnston Orr met one of Partick East/Kelvindale's 4 councillors, Tony Curtis, Conservative, for a short tour of the ward – but lots of discussion. Tony is very keen that all road users obey the Highway Code and relevant legislation, behave responsibly and respect each other, follow guidance when it comes to staying safe on a bike and he is keen to get Police Scotland to address parking and speeding infringements.
Our route was from outside the bar/restaurant 1051GWR on Great Western Road at Gartnavel, up to Highburgh Road and along into Hyndland and Dowanhill. The points discussed concerning cycle infrastructure were:
- The possibility of a cycle link from the western end of Devonshire Terrace through to the front of bar/restaurant1051GWR; this would allow people to cycle from Devonshire Terrace along the existing footway, if it were cleared of vegetation and widened, to access Hughenden Lane or Shelley Road.
- The reduced hours of operation of the bus lanes on Great Western Road and the lack of any cycle infrastructure on this major artery into the city centre.
- Hyndland Road from Great Western Road to the top of Clarence Drive; this is a main route, as Tony pointed out, and yet there is no cycle infrastructure.
- The poor condition of many roads, and many cycle lanes, in the city, and in this ward.
- The positioning of the cycle lanes on Hyndland/Highburgh Road from Clarence Drive: currently the cycle lanes are on the outside of parking bays. The door opening zone is too narrow, only 0.5m rather than a realistic 1.0m, and many cars were poorly parked, encroaching on the narrow door opening zone.
- Irresponsible parking, such as right across the cycle lane.
- The confusion of the signs on Dowanhill Street; had there been cycle lanes here previously? (And why was one car parked facing the wrong way on a one-way street?)
- The apparent contradiction between Glasgow City Council's policy and action on one-way streets, particularly those streets that are changed from two-way to one-way ostensibly to allow parking on both sides, with respect to maintaining access for people to cycle. The references here are: Glasgow City Council's Strategic Plan for Cycling, page 28 referencing their use of Transport Scotland's design guide, Cycling by Design which states in section 5.1.5 on page 52, under Contra-flow Cycle Lanes, that "The default position should be to permit two-way cycling on one-way streets." This is very pertinent for areas such as Dowanhill, where two-way streets have been made one-way under new parking regulations, and for Partick, where new parking regulations – and new one-way streets – are about to be introduced. This means some significant detours for people who wish to cycle.
- GoBike's view is that cycle infrastructure should be provided where people cycle and our analysis of Strava and other cycle-counting data is here on our website. Great Western Road, as a main artery into the city centre, has significant numbers of people cycling along it, as does Byres Road, on the edge of this ward, but neither has any cycle infrastructure.
Partick East/Kelvindale is currently the home of the most cycle-interested councillors in the city. All four councillors have responded to our invitation to walk or cycle round their ward! There has been a nil response from many other wards.
2. Anderston/City/Yorkhill, Ward 10, tour of Garnethill, 22 September
On Friday, 22 September, Tim Pearson, GoBike member and Peter Hayman, GoBike committee member toured the Garnethill part of Ward 10, Anderston/City/Yorkhill with Councillor Christy Mearns from the Green Party. Tim and Christy are shown on the photo above, just about to enter Garnethill from St George's Road, and Tim's summary of their discussion with photos of points of concern is here: Garnethill Ward Bike Tour 22 Sept 2017
- Maryhill and Hillhead wards, 15 September
The first tour was held on Friday 15 September and covered parts of Maryhill ward, no 15, represented by Councillor Jane Morgan, Labour, and part of Hillhead ward, no 11, represented by Martha Wardrop, Green. Alasdair Macdonald and Tricia Fort of GoBike attended and the route we took is here: http://cycle.travel/map/journey/50398 and notes for the tour provided by Andy Preece are here: Councillor Ward Tour – Cowcaddens & Maryhill It was excellent to hear that the councillors share our concern about accessibility through stopped-off streets, see this photo of the west end of West Princes Street and this rather poor access into Duart Street off Maryhill Road:
They seemed surprised to hear that an advisory cycle lane, such as the one on Garrioch Drive and this one, below, on Shakespeare Street, do not give drivers the option of parking in them but just to enter them while moving to avoid other road vehicles. However, to prevent parking council staff need to arrange for double yellow lines to be installed at the same time as the cycle lane (it's not rocket science)
Another surprise was that, unlike other European countries where two-way cycling on one-way streets is the norm, it is not the norm, certainly not the legal norm, in Glasgow – sadly.
We also looked at many places where access, not only for bikes, but for prams, mobility scooters etc could be improved with dropped kerbs; this relatively new access path from new housing to the Kelvin Walkway is a case in point:
And, while the Kelvin Walkway is fine for leisure, we did point out that the A81, Maryhill Road is a main commuter route, not just for cars, but bikes and thus should have segregated cycle lanes.
A further thing in our tour was this path from Cadder Road near Gilshochill Railway Station. It does have lighting, which can just be seen under the trees, but wouldn't encourage more people to cycle, and walk, if the vegetation were all cut back?
Further tours are now being planned, with the next one, Garnethill, with Green Councillor Christy Mearns scheduled for Tuesday 19 September.


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You wouldn't think that the WWE or the wrestling industry is asking all that much when it wants its wrestlers to stay clean and out of trouble. The company pays them a lot of money, and they take them around the world and make them Superstars, to which they become heroes and legends to millions of adoring fans.
There's money and fame and all sorts of other perks that come with a job that asks its athletes to play fight for a living. What could be so hard about that?
Still, many professional wrestlers like to take all those gifts and throw them away. These wrestlers abuse drugs and alcohol, let money and status get to their heads, squabble with their significant others, and forget the art of entertaining the fans. These wrestlers simply threw away how hard they worked or the breaks they were given as they climbed the ladder to success. In the end, they made stupid decisions and threw up obstacles in their own career. Some decisions were so bad, it forced these wrestlers to kiss their careers goodbye.
This list takes a look at 20 former wrestlers who threw it all away because they couldn't get control of their personal demons. And, we're not just strictly talking about disasters related to substance abuse. We're including personal demons such as boyfriends and girlfriends, greed, and self-control. Each of these wrestlers had their own form of personal demons. These stars may have passed away, they may have gotten themselves fired, or they may have done both. Who are these 20 good-to-great former wrestlers who made awful life decisions? Keep reading and let us know if we missed any.
Just for fun, we threw in a wrestler who didn't actually do anything wrong or illegal. He simply overreached and believed that he meant more to the business than he actually did. Can you guess who this person was? I'll give you a hint: he's now got his own podcast!
20 Mr. Perfect
While he was seen as one of the greatest in-ring performers, Mr. Perfect's relationship with the WWE was never the greatest. Even before 2002, when he was part of the 'plane ride from hell', Curt Hennig was the type of talent who had issues backstage. A real practical joker, he was often part of the hazing or bullying crew that got on the case of wrestlers who weren't always well-liked.
Finally, after the WWE had seen enough, he was fired. Hennig went to TNA, but it was really the beginning of the end of his career as he had burned too many bridges. Tragically, on February 10, 2003, Curt Hennig was found dead in a Florida hotel room at just the age of 44. The cause of death was determined to be acute cocaine intoxication.
19 Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Hacksaw Jim Duggan may be one of the first All-American gimmicks the WWE really pushed as a potential main event character. Duggan's never-wavering love for the U.S.A. was everywhere. He carried a 2x4 to the ring and chanted "U.S.A, U.S.A" during his entrances and matches. He won the first ever Royal Rumble, and he'll be forever remembered as one of the most beloved characters in WWE history.
With all that momentum and the promotion the WWE was putting behind him, in 1987, Duggan and The Iron Sheik were pulled over and charged with marijuana and cocaine possession. The WWE fired both of them. Duggan later commented on the incident realizing that had he been smarter, he was "on the fast track" to greater things, maybe even being the WWE Champion.
18 Sunny
Is there a bigger train wreck in the history of wrestling than Sunny? There are all sorts of rumors that her entire tenure in the WWE was full of promiscuity, selling herself to get her next fix, and basically acting like an idiot. In fact, if you keep an eye on the behind-the-scenes comings and goings of wrestling, you'll see that she still pokes her nose around and says some pretty wacky things.
You can see her now on wrestling sites all over the place talking crap about other wrestlers, trying to stay in the spotlight or simply looking to make a dollar. She's had personal feuds with other active competitors. But at the end of the day, most people tend to take the side that Sunny is not on. It's hard to trust an attention-seeking junkie who makes up nearly half of the things she says in an effort to stay relevant. It's a shame, too. She used to be one of the most attractive people in the entire industry.
17 Jake Roberts
Jake "The Snake" Roberts was arguably the most popular wrestler of the 1980's and early 1990's—perhaps even popular than Hulk Hogan. But, Jake was a party-goer. He liked to go out on the town, get wasted, behave inappropriately, and ultimately gained a ton of weight. He made terrible decisions about his career and wound up in WCW on a fraction of the salary he was making in the WWE. When his WCW career ended, he came back to the WWE but wasn't at all the same guy.
Roberts spent years trying to get clean but he always fell off the wagon. There were actually a couple movies that centered around his struggles. When he met Diamond Dallas Page, he finally started getting his act together. By then, it was too late to save his career, but at least DDP was able to save his life. Roberts was truly on a path to death.
16 Carlito
Known as "Caribbean Cool," Carlito had the makings of a great mid-level to high-end heel character. He was able to get heat from the crowds, had great feuds upon his arrival, and would have had a long career if he had just stayed healthy.
At a young age, Carlito developed a bad painkiller addiction, and as he fell from grace, he also proved to be his own worst enemy when it came to solving his problems. Instead of taking the hand of the company who offered to send him to rehab, he publicly bashed them. Finally, the WWE released him after several refusals to enter rehab.
Carlito has since gone on to wrestle on the independents and internationally. He still has an opinion about pretty much everything. That said, it appears that he's finally clean. It sounds like the WWE isn't 100% sure, though, because despite the fact that he could be a strong personality and talent for him, the WWE doesn't seem to want to rehire him.
15 Lex Luger
Luger was never considered the most talented wrestler in the world, but he had the million-dollar look. After Hulk Hogan left the WWE, Luger was pinned as the next big thing, but it didn't pan out. He went to WCW at the start of the "Monday Night Wars," and they basically used him and his popularity at the time for the WWE to earn a quick rating boost. He was never really going to be their guy.
He later got into to darker side of the industry and spent time with Miss Elizabeth who was also into using and abusing. Police were called to their home on a number of occasions. When Miss Elizabeth had passed away due to a bad mix of pills and stimulants, Luger was arrested with all sorts of recreational vices in his home, and most people viewed him as responsible for her death. He has since gotten clean and worked with the Wellness Policy of the WWE, but Luger suffered a nerve impingement in his neck that led to temporary paralysis.
14 Test
Test was a Canadian-born wrestler that got discovered by happenstance. WWE officials convinced him to give wrestling a try. Thanks to his looks, he came in and had a strong mid-card career. Unfortunately, Test was also stuck in a vicious cycle.
After being released by the WWE and failing in TNA, he announced his retirement while on tour in 2009 and when he wrestled his last match in February 2009. In March of 2009, the wrestling world was shocked when it was announced that Test had been found dead in his apartment after an accidental overdose of Oxycodone.
He was a gifted performer for having not really taken the traditional route most wrestlers take to reach the WWE. But, most of his career was riddled with personal demons that ended up costing him his life.
13 Umaga
Edward Smith Fatu, known as Umaga, was an American-Samoan wrestler who was part of the Anoa'i wrestling family. For those who don't know, he was connected to Rikishi, The Usos, and Roman Reigns.
Fatu was released in June of 2009 from the WWE due to a violation of the Wellness Policy and refused to go into drug rehab. He had a massive substance abuse habit that wound up costing him his life. In a WWE Network short film, the Usos discussed his sudden passing with sadness because he never got to see them do their thing in a WWE ring. He was instrumental in getting them started in sports entertainment.
In December of 2009, Umaga suffered two heart attacks. The cause of death was ruled as acute intoxication of hydrocodone, carisoprodol, and diazepam (Valium).
12 Lance Cade
Mostly known as a protege of Shawn Michaels and then tag team partner with Trevor Murdoch, Lance Cade didn't have a very long career in the WWE. However, he was viewed as someone who had a chance to be a big deal before he was quickly released for "bad judgment." Cade had suffered a seizure on an airplane and had to receive emergency medical treatment. The WWE wouldn't let someone go for a seizure if the seizure wasn't drug-related.
In 2010, Lance Cade entered a rehab facility. Later that year, he was admitted to the hospital for breathing problems. He died soon after. It was announced by a coroner that Lance had died from drug intoxication that had aggravated a weak heart (cardiomyopathy). Cade was only 29 when he died. He never fulfilled his potential as a wrestler.
11 Kerry Von Erich
If you know the von Erichs, then you know a very famous wrestling family. You also know that there's no family more tormented by personal demons. Kerry von Erich went on to be the most celebrated of the family getting a stint in the WWE as Texas Tornado. Despite his success, he fell victim to drug abuse at an early age.
In 1984, things started to unwind. His brother, David, died a mysterious death due to stomach issues. Then, in 1986, Kerry had a motorcycle accident that nearly killed him. He badly injured his right foot, and after not giving it proper time to heal, it had to be amputated (which he kept a closely guarded secret). Kerry became addicted to cocaine, Valium, and painkillers. He was arrested for possession of cocaine and then got arrested again for trying to forge a doctor's prescription for Valium. While dealing with his substance issues, two of his other brothers killed themselves and ultimately, haunted by his demons and loneliness, Kerry shot himself through the heart in February of 1993.
10 Miss Elizabeth
Miss Elizabeth was mentioned earlier due to her connection with pills and Lex Luger. It appears that she herself wrestled with personal demons prior to that as well. As manager of Randy "Macho Man" Savage, there were rumors that she was often mistreated and mistrusted to the point that a jealous Savage forced her to go everywhere with him. When they split, she had to maintain a storyline with Savage, and that couldn't have been easy. When things finally ended, she moved on to Luger. Clearly, she had a habit of picking the wrong guys.
When she got too far into things with Luger, it was a downhill slide that unfortunately led to her untimely death. There were reports of physical abuse, Luger driving under the influence with Elizabeth in the car, and finally, a 911 call that Luger made saying Elizabeth wasn't breathing. She was never revived. The cause of her death was a mix of painkillers and vodka.
9 Ryback
Ryback simply believes that he offers something to the wrestling industry even though he clearly doesn't. His personal demon is his desire to look at himself as something that's irreplaceable when clearly, the WWE replaced him pretty easily. In fact, they replaced him with the real wrestler Ryback was so often accused of copying.
Ryback first made the news for being a knock-off of Bill Goldberg. Fans didn't really buy into his whole monster baby-face gimmick. They didn't hate Ryback, but fans had more fun chanting Goldberg's name at events than they did cheering for a guy who looked like him. Likely bitter, Ryback began to spout off at the mouth. He kept pitching bad ideas to Vince McMahon, complained that he wasn't being used or booked properly, and then campaigned for equal pay and benefits for talent. That was pretty much it for him, and his contract wasn't renewed.
To this day, he still tries to get noticed by pitching terrible ideas or making statements most believe aren't true. His latest is that he was set to wrestle the Ultimate Warrior before Warrior passed. It's like Ryback has a little red demon on his shoulder giving him terrible advice.
8 Davey Boy Smith
Davey Boy Smith started his career in Stampede Wrestling. He and the Dynamite Kid were offered contracts to wrestle in the WWE as a tag team known as the British Bulldogs. Shortly after their arrival, their popularity shot through the roof in battles with the Hart Foundation.
In the early '90s, Davey Boy's use of steroids and growth hormone became an issue both publicly and behind the scenes. He was caught getting substances shipped to himself. As a result, he was removed from WWE programming. Well, it's not as if he was the first wrestler to be taking such substances, though, as he was quickly forgiven and eventually made a number of returns. Unfortunately, a spinal infection, addiction to morphine, pain killers, sleeping tablets, and muscle relaxants saw him in and out of rehab.
In May of 2002, Smith suffered a fatal heart attack. An autopsy revealed steroid and growth hormone use were partially to blame.
7 X-Pac / Sean Waltman
Originally known as the 1-2-3 Kid, Waltman was an original member of The Kliq and later joined D-Generation X at the height of their popularity. For a guy who knew how to hitch his wagon to the right people, he also knew how to fall off the wagon time and time again.
His downfall began in the early 2000's when, like a few members of The Kliq, Waltman got into drugs and alcohol. He couldn't get control over his substance use. There were also rumors that he was difficult to work with and that he couldn't stay sober. One time, he collapsed at an airport, which led to his WWE release.
He went on to try his luck in TNA, but was in and out of rehab facilities the entire time, had gotten involved with Chyna (Joanie Lauer), produced a s*x tape, and struggled to maintain sobriety. He seems to be doing better now and has appeared every so often in WWE Network original productions or at Hall of Fame ceremonies. He's arguably in the best shape of his life but it's too late for Waltman when it comes to his wrestling career in the WWE. The trick for him at this point is just to stay clean.
6 Chyna
Chyna was easily one of the most dominant figures in sports entertainment during the 1990's and early 2000's. She was aligned with Triple H and part of D-Generation X but later stood alone, often competing with men in the ring and winning titles in the WWE.
After realizing that Triple H and Stephanie McMahon were having an affair, she went to the wrong person for an explanation. Vince McMahon didn't care, and he certainly wasn't going to side with Chyna. She was eventually told that her services were no longer needed and things went from bad to worse.
She was never able to get over the betrayal and in an effort to stay relevant, she posed for Playboy starred in several adult films and got hooked on different types of medication. She was in the process of filming a documentary about her comeback when she passed away.
5 Mr. Kennedy (Ken Anderson)
Ken Anderson isn't exactly considered a junkie like some of the people who made it to this list. In fact, while he may be someone who used drugs on a regular basis, it appears that because of only one or two instances at most, he was released. That was due to an on-the-spot test administered by TNA back in March of 2016.
What qualifies him for this list is both that failed test and his inability to keep his mouth shut. He got himself in trouble with the WWE by botching a move in the ring with Randy Orton. Perhaps he shouldn't have been fired for it and his release wasn't his fault, but he couldn't keep quiet. Then, he went to TNA. After being released, he told them to f*ck themselves at an independent wrestling show. It seems as though every time he lands somewhere, he has a tendency to mess it up for himself.
4 Alberto Rel Rio
Alberto Del Rio is quickly earning a reputation as the fastest growing disaster in the wrestling industry. His personal demon is that he can't seem to stop himself from gaining all sorts of negative publicity.
First, he had a social media staffer in the WWE fired for making a derogatory remark (Del Rio struck that worker, by the way). Then, when he came back to the WWE, he was nothing but a pain to work with. He had a beef with all sorts of wrestlers, and when things weren't to his liking, he asked for his release.
He went to TNA (now GFW) and tried to carry that company but, like he always does, got in trouble again. This time, it was more alleged abuse toward Paige (his fiancee). He was stripped of the title by GFW, and it's fairly obvious that he will never be brought back to the WWE. He's consistently threatening some talents over social media and has called out Triple H on numerous occasions.
3 Dynamite Kid
Dynamite Kid had concerns that he wasn't big and strong enough when he first got started as a wrestler. Small but talented, he got into steroids and used them as a way to make his personality more believable. Unfortunately, he abused them way more than he should have. He got others into them and, with the amount that was in his system, became unpredictable and a little crazy.
He had a terrible reputation backstage. He threatened all sorts of people and years of steroid abuse mixed with a rash of injuries sustained in the ring eventually led him to be disabled. Before he knew it, paralysis already took control of his life. Today, he's confined to a wheelchair and looks to be in worse shape than almost any other former wrestler in pro history. He's had heart issues and suffered a stroke and, overall, just isn't doing well.
2 Paige
If you've ever felt like someone you know can't seem to get out of their own way, you're probably describing Paige. People want to feel for her, but it seems like no matter what she does, she's in the middle of a controversy and always the common denominator.
First, there she was almost losing her job in the WWE due to behavioral issues. Then, there were the nude photos and a s*x tape with Xavier Woods that leaked. This was all while dating Alberto Del Rio who, as mentioned earlier, had his own demons and a history of abuse. Paige is still technically under contract, thanks to a movie The Rock is producing about her family. But, if the WWE only could and not have it made for a bad public relations nightmare, they'll likely release her immediately.
1 Scott Hall
It's hard to make a list like this and not place Scott Hall at the top of it. The good news is that Hall seems to have gotten over the worst of his demons and is on the road to recovery. He's one of the lucky ones who lived to tell his story.
To chronicle Hall's legacy, even when it doesn't include his substance abuse, is fascinating. From his rise in the WWE to his departure to WCW, first-ever guaranteed favored nations contract, and as a founding member of the NWO, his time in the wrestling industry has some incredibly-storied moments.
In 1983, Hall was charged with second-degree murder after shooting a man in an altercation outside a nightclub. Scott pled self-defense but later admitted to killing the man in an interview with ESPN. During the 1990's, Hall couldn't control his substance abuse. His wife divorced him. In 2010, Hall was arrested at a bar in Florida for being drunk and disorderly and for resisting arrest. TNA let him go after he'd run out of options.
It wasn't until he started working with Diamond Dallas Page that he started to get things turned around.


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The crowning moment of any opening service: the last leg of the torch relay and also the light of the Olympic caldron. Inbee Park, the golfer, is among the final torch bearers. Two associates of those combined North and South Korean women's hockey team, Chung Su-hyon of North Korea along with Park Jong-ah of South Korea, take the flashlight up the stairs. Along with the protagonist chosen for its highest of Olympic honors is … Yuna Kim, the hugely popular figure skater who won the golden medal in 2010 and the silver medal in 2014. She's a beloved celebrity in South Korea and usually referred to us "Queen Yuna."
A unified Korean team of athletes marched out together carrying the unification flag as the Korean president, Moon Jae-in, seen from the stands near Kim Yo-jong the sister of the North Korean leader.
The Olympics could have renewed hopes of a unified Korea to get a while, but perspectives about becoming one nation again have changed as the last time South Korea hosted an Olympics, the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul. In general, younger South Koreans are somewhat less favorable of reintegrating with North. In fact, a recent poll demonstrated that over 70 percent of South Koreans in their 20s were against reunification. They have been more interested in domestic problems, like unemployment, and a few believe reuniting the peninsula would be difficult for the South.
The one-man Tongan team is cross country skier Pita Taufatofua. He even caused a stir at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, at which he had been a taekwondo athlete, by carrying the flag shirtless and greased up. And because of these frigid cold temperatures Games … he's been doing it. A startling, as well as perhaps foolhardy display given the weather, but the crowd absolutely roared as he made his way through the scene. No body received a greater reception here in Taufatofua.
The Olympic flag, also lifted by means of a volunteer instead of an athlete, has been transported before this Russian team. Or more precisely, the "Olympic Athletes out of Russia." The lack of the Russian flag a part of this punishment for Russia's state-backed doping program at the Olympics four years back. But the Russians still possess a solid group in excess of 160.
Missing from the bunch of athletes in Russia was Viktor Ahn, a small track speed skater of Southern Korean warrior. He was one of the athletes banned from competing in the Pyeongchang Games. Competing here would have been significant due to his career. He was one of South Korea's best skaters and won his very first three Olympic golds while competing for South Korea. However, after a bitter falling out with South Korean sports officials, Ahn changed his allegiance to Russia.
Vicepresident Mike Pence waves at the enormous American determined — at 242 it's the largest ever for any country at any Winter Games. The U.S. also got the opportunity to go out to "Gangnam Style," undoubtedly the most successful Korean pop song.
Two Time golden medalist Shani Davis skips opening service.
Not everyone was delighted about the selection of Erin Hamlin whilst the United States' flag bearer.
And on Friday, he had been a Noshow from the Olympic Stadium for the parade of athletes.
In a vote of American team agents this week, Hamlin and Davis have received four votes. A coin flip was used as a tie breaker, also Hamlin won.
"not a issue," Davis inserted from the tweet. "I will wait until 20-22."
Davis, competing at his fifth and final Games, included the hash tag, "#BlackHistoryMonth2018."
Davis didn't appear with the rest of the U.S. long trail team in its press conference on Thursday afternoon.
That looked to be a running theme of those Games so much better. For example, Brian Hansen, one of Davis' teammates, " tweeted two group photos of this team on Thursday, also Davis was missing out of.
Impersonators draw on a crowd throughout parade.
There was some commotion at one section of this stadium midway through the parade of athletes after donald-trump and Kim jong un — or, instead, the impersonators of them — appeared close to the bottom row of stands.
There was the famed red baseball cap and red power tie. There was the famous grin haircut.
Spectators and associates of the news media dashed down to snap photographs of this imitation Trump and Kim, who were happy to ham it up to the cameras.
Finally a team of perturbed-looking ushers came down and broke up the crowd, forcing the pair to leave the stands.
The Trump lookalike seemed a bit flustered as he worked his way up the steps. The Kim look alike might possibly be heard telling him in English, "Walk slowly."
They ducked into a concourse, a pack of supporters within their wake.
The parade of states follows the Rings.
The backbone of almost any opening service is the parade of states. When there are always a myriad of outfits and glimpses of athletic celebrities, its sheer span may examine even the most densely fascinated fan. Tonight's is advised to run for nearly one hour. The athletes are being released alphabetically, therefore why are Norway and Netherlands near the front? As it's alphabetically by the countries' names in Korean. Unless that is one of one's eloquent languages, then that this method will provide a dash of the unexpected.
A slight shift in the app.
With the North Koreans deciding just a month before the start of Winter Games to ship a delegation, there is time to correct the opening ceremony series. Five hours ahead of the start of the starting ceremony, Song Seung-whan, a South Korean actor and popular theatrical producer who directed the series, said that he previously just tinkered with one particular segment of it to reflect northkorea's presence. (He would not offer any spoiler alarms)
Looking relaxed in a black turtle neck sweater and jeans, Mr. Song said that his main concern from the run up into the service was that cold. A couple of days back, when temperatures plunged below 0 degrees Fahrenheit, dancers were given spikes for his or her shoes to make sure they may dance in arctic conditions. Mr. Song said that engineers have been also concerned that the countless of electronic devices being deployed for the ceremony might not work from the freezing temperatures, however "we tested them at the rehearsal, plus these were fine."
As it turns out, the current weather on Friday night was practically balmy, expected to fall just to approximately 28 degrees.
Mr. Song said he struggled to maintain the series, which includes 1,300 performers and another 700 volunteers in 1 scene, within a "not a lot of budget" He declined to state what that funding was but noticed with a laugh: "It had been much less than Beijing."
Thomas Bach, gold medalist, opens the Games.
Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, makes his appearance.
Kim Yo-jong the sister of North Korean leader Kim jong un, is also in attendance, along with the North's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong-nam. President Moon Jae-in of all South Korea shook hands with Ms. Kim temporarily.
Allow the ceremony begin.
There are several odd reasons for the site for the service, Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium. Seating 35,000, it's dwarfed by the kind of this Maracana (78,000) which played host in 20-16. Secondly, it's solely for the service, but perhaps not any sporting events. Third, it's temporary. It will be demolished after the Games. And lastly it is an odd condition, a pentagon. Look for many other "5" symbolism in tonight's show.
It is cold, but everybody's prepared.
The predictions were authentic: It's pretty cold here.
Temperatures dipped to approximately 28 degrees as fans started to input the scene one hour or so before the service, and steady winds made it feel much chillier than that.
Reports emerged during the week which dozens of spectators attending a rehearsal last Saturday ended up leaving early due to the extreme cold weather. But several fans away from the scene on Friday declared themselves prepared to face the chill.
"I am out of Buffalo," stated Mary Salvador, who had traveled from New York to join a set of Korean adoptees from across the USA. Moment early in the day, she had pulled on a couple of shadowy shorts. Pulling hand warmers out of her pocket, she added, "you will want these. We've been using them days"
The ceremonies at the last two Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia and Vancouver, British Columbia were indoors, and also cold temperatures were not an issue at those Games, anyway.
Organizers here were proactive addressing the weather. Each attendee at the scene received a package that contained hand and foot warmers, a wool hat, a poncho, a blanket and a heated seat cushion.
"Just wear layers and coatings to guard your self from the end," said Lauri Leppanen, 38, who had been seeing Turku, Finland, along with his partner, Sanna Saarinen, 35. "I'm wearing merino wool, and this is pretty comfy."


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Subsea Energy Australia is holding the annual Subsea Suppliers Forum on Wednesday 18th October 2017.
Join us at CORE between 5pm and 7pm during this free event! A great opportunity to see the latest subsea technology, meet operators and suppliers in a relaxed environment.
Subsea Energy Australia's Suppliers Forum proved to be a great success in previous years. Chairman of SEA, Marius Martens, said "the goal of the forum was to provide a low cost opportunity for Australian subsea companies to provide an entry point to present their goods and services to larger local companies and operators. Feedback from the attending operators, contractors and participants was that the event was a resounding success." Marius went on to say "with a strong turnout from last year and this year's collaboration with SUT's Celebratory 10th Autonomous Underwater Technology Technical Conference, there is no doubt this year's event will be bigger and better than before."


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David Bowie's First Single In A Decade Hits Number #1Written by Marc Zanotti on January 9, 2013
David Bowie's first single in ten years, Where Are We Now, has gone straight to number one. As reported by NME, Bowie has returned and taken out the top spot on the UK iTunes charts on the day of its release.
Bowie's return saw the celebrated singer pass the likes of Taylor Swift, Rihanna and will.i.am's Scream & Shout featuring Britney Spears on his way to number one.
The single's success has apparently inspired bookies to give Bowie's forthcoming album The Next Day 6-1 odds that it'll go number one, and 9-1 odds that Bowie will have an official number one single off the album in the UK.
The Next Day is expected for Australian release March 8 and DIY has posted an image of the cover art. The cover (included below) is a edited version of the photograph from Bowie's 1977 album Heroes.
Jonathan Barnbrook, the artist behind the image, explained the reworked album cover design on his blog.
"We wanted to do something different with it – very difficult in an area where everything has been done before – but we dare to think this is something new." He wrote. "Normally using an image from the past means, 'recycle' or 'greatest hits' but here we are referring to the title The Next Day. The "Heroes" cover obscured by the white square is about the spirit of great pop or rock music which is 'of the moment', forgetting or obliterating the past.
"However, we all know that this is never quite the case, no matter how much we try, we cannot break free from the past. When you are creative, it manifests itself in every way – it seeps out in every new mark you make (particularly in the case of an artist like Bowie). It always looms large and people will judge you always in relation to your history, no matter how much you try to escape it."
Dave Bowie – The Next Day – Tracklist
'The Next Day'
'Dirty Boys'
'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)'
'Love Is Lost'
'Where Are We Now?'
'Valentine's Day'
'If You Can See Me'
'I'd Rather Be High'
'Boss Of Me'
'Dancing Out In Space'
'How Does The Grass Grow'
'(You Will) Set The World On Fire'
'You Feel So Lonely You Could Die'
Deluxe Version – Bonus Tracks
'So She'
'I'll Take You There'
Watch: David Bowie – Where Are We Now


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Mac Fruit Attraction China
|Exhibition project that is part of Horti China, to be held from 22 to 24
November 2017 at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Shanghai.
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Rimini, 11 th May 2017 – Italy has a negative import-export balance but there is room for huge growth. These are the trade relationships in fruit and vegetables between China and Italy. Cesena Fiera , along with IFEMA and Vnu Exhibitions Asia, has decided to focus on China, which is also the Partner Country of this edition of Macfrut. In fact, they jointly created Mac Fruit Attraction China
China is particularly interested in Italy, as highlighted by the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Italy, Li Ruiyu, during the Macfrut presentation in Rome. Up to today, only kiwifruit can be imported in China, whose market has recently decided to open up to oranges, with apples and pears shortly to follow. This is why the increasingly intense trade relations between the two countries are now offering important opportunities for Italy's fruit and vegetable industry. Last year, Italy exported fruit and vegetable produce worth 27 million euros , a 12.8% increase on the previous year (source: ICE). The fact that exports from EU countries to China amounted to about 50 million euros gives us a picture of Italy's key role in this market.
Moreover, analysts predict further growth margins and various signs of this are evident. In the next few years, the European domestic market is not expected to grow significantly in production or consumption. Therefore, the future of the fruit and vegetable industry is linked to its ability to develop in international markets. In addition, the lower shipping costs and reduced transit times allow for new business opportunities in new countries. And this is where China plays a leading role.
There are also signs coming from Chinese consumers, who prefer imported fruit: on the one hand, the prestige associated with the consumption of imported fruit, especially from brands from the Western world and, on the other hand, the guarantee of safety that these products generally offer.
Mac Fruit Attraction China
Organised by IFEMA and Cesena Fiera, the two trade fair organisers for the major fruit and vegetable producers and exporters – i.e. Spain and Italy – Mac Fruit Attraction China is a meeting place for Asian traders and for the international fruit and vegetable trade. The event is a new platform offering business opportunities to participating companies, so that they can make new contacts and establish partnerships in the Chinese market.
Mac Fruit Attraction China will be held as part of Horti China, organised by VNU Exhibition Asia, and will involve the whole fruit and vegetable industry, both Chinese and international, from seeds to technology, but also packaging, logistics, marketing and services.
After creating Mac Fruit Attraction MENA, with a second edition held this year from 22 to 24 April in Cairo, this is yet another key element of the international strategy adopted by IFEMA and Cesena Fiera, which increasingly represent a consolidated platform for the internationalisation of the fruit and vegetable industries in both countries.


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Buffalo Bills rookie receiver Sammy Watkins would like to thank New England cornerback Darrelle Revis for teaching him a thing or two about getting open.
A week after being limited to a season-low two catches for 27 yards against the Patriots, Watkins responded by putting on a show against the Minnesota Vikings last Sunday. He finished with a season-best nine catches for 122 yards, and two touchdowns, including a 2-yarder with 1 second left to seal the 17-16 victory.
Watkins chalks it up to the lessons he learned from facing Revis, a five-time Pro Bowl selection.
It became Watkins' latest step in showing glimpses of playing to the dynamic potential that led the Bills to draft him fourth overall.
Buffalo (4-3) plays at the New York Jets (1-6) on Sunday.
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