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One of the defining factors of the nuclear industry is its refusal to learn the lessons of the past. It's built a lousy reputation for trust and transparency and public confidence in the industry has been massively dented by repeated scandals and accidents.South Korea is a prime example.Last year, the Seoul government closed two nuclear reactors because "thousands of substandard parts" for them "had been supplied with fake warranties for over 10 years." The scandal saw engineers and suppliers sent to prison.So, logically speaking, rigorous safety checks must have been put in place since then to prevent a repeat incident, right? Wrong.Two more nuclear reactors in South Korea were shutdown on Tuesday and the scheduled start of two others was delayed. Why? Because an anonymous whistleblower revealed that "control cables had been supplied to [the] four reactors with faked certificates even though the part had failed to pass a safety test."
The Kori nuclear power plant, one of the closed sites
These control cables are used to send electronic signals to a reactor's control system in the event of an accident. Clearly then, they need to be in good order.But someone, or some people, certified them as safe even though these vital components had failed safety tests. This is terrifying and it took an anonymous whistleblower to bring it to light.After last year's substandard parts scandal, the South Korean government and nuclear authorities should have been making more stringent safety checks. What else is waiting to be discovered?
The Kori nuclear power plant is a certified threat to our safety
But this, it seems, is business as usual for the nuclear industry. We see these types of scandals time and time again. For 60 years nuclear power has had our money, resources and safety in its hands and we've had little in return but empty promises, lies and scandal. This is why Greenpeace says reactor designers and builders and other players in the nuclear industry, not just the operators, should be made responsible for their mistakes. Right now, governments have a protection scheme that shields the nuclear industry from responsibility – a responsibility that many companies simply disregard.Sign our petition to stop this.It's time to switch off nuclear power and look to renewables. The wind and solar energy industries don't deceive us or treat our safety in such a casual way. Let's put our faith in an Energy Revolution instead.
(Image: Samcheok villagers participate in a demonstration to oppose the planned construction of a nuclear power plant in their community, in Samcheok, 192km from Seoul. 04/28/2013 © Jean Chung / Greenpeace)
Justin McKeating has been blogging the meltdown of the nuclear industry for Greenpeace International since 2008. He is based in Brighton, UK.
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Hope they will fix them soon. A long lasting energy crisis in South Korea could make it dependent on imported fuels.
29 May, 2013 at 22:08
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Let's make two things clear: 1) nuclear energy in Korea is 100 % dependent on imported fuels, 2) this crisis - if it comes - would be triggered by...
Let's make two things clear: 1) nuclear energy in Korea is 100 % dependent on imported fuels, 2) this crisis - if it comes - would be triggered by nothing else than the this country's dependency on vulnerable, unreliable nuclear energy and deeply rooted dodgy practices of related industries.
30 May, 2013 at 12:54
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(Unregistered) Obi
What about Thorium Liquid Fluoride Molten Salt Reactors? Why can't GP get behind this revolution?
31 May, 2013 at 16:54
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@Obi - Greenpeace does not do alchemy. The thorium reactors are currently still far from being a revolution. They may reduce part of the radwaste prob...
@Obi - Greenpeace does not do alchemy. The thorium reactors are currently still far from being a revolution. They may reduce part of the radwaste problem and part of the limited uranium problem, they do not solve all of it and increase the chances of proliferation by the spread of reprocessing technology. Apart from that, commercial TLFMS reactors are still quite some time away and we need to peak CO2 emissions in 2015 - not in 2035! The technologies for the energy [r]evolution that is needed do not need to be developed on the basis of dodgy claims from an industry that has never delivered on its promises in the past - the technologies are already there: energy efficiency technologies and a host of renewable technologies.
Oh yes, and we did not talk about costs yet... Greenpeace / EREC's energy [r]evolution scenario (http://www.energyblueprint.info) will cost less than business as usual. Like the current generation 3, generation 4 nuclear reactors are prohibitively expensive. And the most they can do is push down greenhouse gas emissions with a few percent points, if at all, in 2050. We need to be more than 50% down globally by that time and 90% down in the OECD countries.
Short: GEN4 comes too late, offers too little, to a too high price, and leaves most of the drawbacks of nuclear power on the table. That's why :-)
5 June, 2013 at 12:15
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I should have been more explicit: by fuel I meant smth that we burn to obtain energy (gas, oil, wood, coal, etc.). These demand a continuous supply an...
I should have been more explicit: by fuel I meant smth that we burn to obtain energy (gas, oil, wood, coal, etc.). These demand a continuous supply and have a greater negative impact on environment than nuclear fuel. A nuclear station can work for 1-2 years without supplying. That makes them more independent from imports. I don't get why some call it vulnerable but it's clear that South Korean officials should make something with corruption and organised criminality. In any case it's not South Korean nuclear industry dodgy as there are other countries that nobody knows what the hell they are doing under the cover of peaceful nuclear energy.
3 June, 2013 at 23:30
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@hey - South Korea's alternative for dodgy nuclear is not coal, oil or a dash for gas. The alternatives are energy efficiency and a host of renewa...
@hey - South Korea's alternative for dodgy nuclear is not coal, oil or a dash for gas. The alternatives are energy efficiency and a host of renewable energy sources. You can find more details on: http://www.energyblueprint.info/fileadmin/media/documents/national/2012/05_gpi_south_korea_lr.pdf
We agree with you that fossil fuels need to be phased out and in OECD countries from electricity generation well before 2050.
We don't agree that you can compare the environmental impacts of coal and nukes easily. Both are harmful, both have to be phased out.
5 June, 2013 at 12:28
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The renewable sources of energy are dependent on climatic factors. While the previous civilizations did their best to decrease this influence, we turn...
The renewable sources of energy are dependent on climatic factors. While the previous civilizations did their best to decrease this influence, we turn back and hope for clear sky and wind for next centuries. This dependence causes significant variations of produced energy daily and seasonally (especially solar power). Also we don't know the effects of excecive exploitation of climatic sources of energy. In addition it would be an expensive investment even for South Korea. South Korean government would rather buy electricity from other countries or build some temporary fossil fuel power stations and extend the old ones. They invested a lot in nuclear technologies and it would be logical not to give it up. If we stop now we may never find others, yet unknown, possibilities radioactive elements and nuclear technologies.
P.S. I CAN compare the environmental impacts of coal and uranium: France (75% nuclear) have a much higher air quality than China (70% coal). Others can just ignore that fact.
8 June, 2013 at 23:32
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@hey - thanks for these interesting inputs.
People did not move away from renewable energy sources because of climatic effects. As Dutchman, I ...
@hey - thanks for these interesting inputs.
People did not move away from renewable energy sources because of climatic effects. As Dutchman, I have studied the change from wind energy to pump empty our polders to the use of steam engines. The reasons were the higher capacity that steam engines could deliver compared by the relatively low capacity of traditional wind mills. Current wind turbines dwarf the capacity of these steam engines again.
There is quite a bit known about influence of wind energy and solar energy on micro-climate. One of the reasons is that the construction of these plants always has to undergo an Environmental Impact Assessments in the countries where we have seen largest growth (Denmark, Germany, Spain, Portugal, US). It is not something that I think we should worry too much about.
Your remarks concerning Korea's investments in nuclear hit the nail on the head: we see it time and again how these economic arguments take over the priority that nuclear safety should have. However, your nuclear power stations were built with a lot of subsidy - they are currently largely written off.
Of course, it is impossible to predict how our current knowledge about radioactivity could lead to new ideas. The ideas we have currently on the table are far from hope-giving, though: the so called Generation IV reactors prove a lot more complex, expensive and proliferation prone than so far assumed and it is unlikely that they would ever be able to reach commercial maturity before 2030... far too late to combat climate change. Nuclear fusion is even further away from reality. It is much more logical now to look at the already proven and working renewable technologies - also for Korea.
I fully agree with you that coal is a killer concerning air quality - and also has a huge impact on the climate. We need to phase that out as well. But to compare nuclear and coal on one or two criteria is a bit bland. Both create large problems, both need to be gotten rid off in favour of really clean and safe and abundant renewable energy sources.
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I want to mention one more time that wind turbines and solar panels are dependent and vulnerable on climatic conditions. The wind turbines would produ...
I want to mention one more time that wind turbines and solar panels are dependent and vulnerable on climatic conditions. The wind turbines would produce more energy in winter than in summer, but would be shout down in case of freezing or of storms. Solar energy needs constant clear sky. In the winter when the energy consumption is higher, it produces less electricity. Countries with the largest growth of wind energy exploitation that you've mentioned are either producing these turbines and try to minimize the effects of the economical crisis by encouraging these industry (US, Germany and Denmark) or are in high economical dependence on the first ones (like Spain and Portugal is dependent on Germany). In any case the rising of the number of wind turbines is also due to the subsidies. As the crisis hit worse Spain and Portugal, they refused to encourage the solar panel utilization and the Chinese producers like Suntech Power are declining in their production and income.
To me the nuclear power plants are quite safe because people are afraid of them as of hell and are doing everything to protect them. I'm not ignoring disasters like that of Fukushima or of Chernobyl, but I think that there are just examples of human stupidity and irresponsibility. Fukushima was designed to support tsunamis up to 5.7 meters however was built in a place where there were possible higher tsunamis. Chernobyl was left to a group of inexperienced workers for a kind of a night stress test. Both could be avoided.
The future domains of radioactive elements utilization doesn't only limit to the energy industry. If people would have stopped the research of the radioactivity because it is harmful, we wouldn't have nuclear medicine, gamma ray sterilization and seed preservation and researches of physiology of plants and animals based on nuclear isotopes usage. Also just like we started to use plutonium and have ideas of thorium usage in power plants we could find ways to disintegrate other actinides and current nuclear waste into less harmful elements. In this way the nuclear technologies could clean themselves and lead to the nuclear disarmament by making this process profitable. The nuclear plants don't represent a risk for nuclear proliferation as any country could secretly buy uranium from North Korea or from criminal organizations and enrich it in facilities masked as large hospitals or something else. Nuclear plants and declared research facilities are more suspicious and provoke more attention and control from other countries.
I agree that the nuclear fusion is something like science fiction as we don't have large amounts of deuterium and tritium required for commercial usage of this technology and we don't have much knowledge in this domain. However i don't agree that the renewable sources of electricity are proven because there is no country with strong economy that assures a high rate of consumed electricity from renewable sources. South Korea which is a leading economy in Asia can't rely on such unsteady sources.
It's not only the air quality that makes difference between coal and nuclear fuel. Paradoxically a large coal thermal plant is more radioactive than a similar nuclear plant. This is due to the traces of uranium and thorium in coal released in ambiance.
You can't name renewable energy clean just because it doesn't pollute in in the area where it's used. As long as steel for wind turbines and photovoltaic cells for solar panels are produced in China or as long China doesn't care about pollution I won't admit the cleanness of these technologies.
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@hey - Wind and solar are the only two renewable energy sources that are strongly weather dependent, but they are not the only ones. In Germany, tests...
@hey - Wind and solar are the only two renewable energy sources that are strongly weather dependent, but they are not the only ones. In Germany, tests were done with so-called virtual power stations - a geographically widely spread network of renewable energy sources, largely wind and PV, but also biogas, that together were delivering stable 24/7/365 demand coverage. Not only Greenpeace and EREC, but also McKinsey and PriceWaterhouseCooper have shown with studies that a 100% renewable energy system can work and is actually cheaper than business as usual.
Like all new technologies, at the start of introduction, there needs to be some support to create a market. That is what Spain, Portugal, Germany, Denmark have been doing with as a result that prices for RE have dropped very fast towards - for on-shore wind and biogas - competitive prices and for PV to grid parity. Off-shore wind is in early development, as is geothermal. And these prices continue to fall.
I have gone through both Chernobyl and Fukushima. I don't want to have to go through it for a third time. The catastrophe is too large. Over time, it is inevitable that stupidities are coming forward again, that reactors get old, that care is sloppy - we see near misses every year. As long as you concentrate something so dangerous, you run a risk. On paper it may look safe, in reality nuclear power plants are and remain a risk.
Greenpeace is not saying we should stop radio-medicine. What we do say is that it makes sense to move from reactors to accelerators, like is happening now in Canada and the US. Because in that way we reduce risk and costs.
Thorium reactors, like other GenIV reactors, are not a silver bullet. First of all, they are still under development and before 2030 not commercially available - if at all. And we need to peak GHG emissions in 2015! Secondly, they theoretically will reduce amounts of waste, but not all, so that problem continues. Thirdly, they introduce the need for large scale reprocessing - the most polluting link in the nuclear fuel chain, which also is a basis technology for proliferation - see North Korea. The U-233 that is produced in Thorium reactors can also be used in weapons. But Thorium reactors can also be used to produce more plutonium. If nuclear energy were to grown beyond the niche they are filling now, proliferation would become an even more serious issue than it is already. Thorium and other GenIV reactors cannot deliver what is needed, and what they can deliver, they deliver too late and against a far too high price.
Your remark about radioactivity and coal is plainly wrong. Coal emits less radioactivity than nuclear power - radioactive waste contains a lot more radioactivity than a coal power plant is emitting over its life-time. But even under normal operation, the amount of radioactivity emitted into the environment by mining, fuel enrichment, production, operation and reprocessing per MWh produced is for nuclear power higher than for coal. Nevertheless, there are many reasons to want to fight coal as fuel. Health effects, climate change, destruction of landscapes and human lives. Both nuclear and coal have to be phased out and Greenpeace is giving good and valuable ideas how that can be done.
Maybe you should take the time to read the Korean energy [r]evolution scenario I mentioned above and then come back.
Until now, you have done nothing more than repeat the mythology that is put up by the nuclear industry.
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Speaking of U-233 use in weaponry, during the cold war Uranium-233 had great potential for use in bombs, since if it could be detonated would of made ...
Speaking of U-233 use in weaponry, during the cold war Uranium-233 had great potential for use in bombs, since if it could be detonated would of made a bomb much more powerful than the Uranium we use today, but a major flaw was found; even though it was extremely explosive, Uranium-233 emitted such powerful gamma rays that it interfered with the electronics of the bomb and essentially made it useless for bombs, this is why President Nixon axed the MSR program and went to the Light Water Reactors, we all know and love that meltdown. U-233 actually is very useful, not for bombs. After Uranium-233 is fissioned only 10% of by-products are left over and of the 10% leftover nearly all of the by-products can be fissioned as well. There are just 1% waste left over and that waste can be used to treat cancer and power space probes and rovers batteries. One of the isotopes left over from the fissioning of U-233 is Bismuth-213, a powerful cancer fighting isotope. Bi-213 is a powerful alpha particle that can be attached to an antibody which then will then go and find a cancer cell, attach itself to it and the Bi-213 particle will decay and release a single pulse of radiation through the cell, killing it and since Bi-213 decays only once vs today's cancer treatments which target cancer and healthy cells alike, Bi-21 will be like a smart bomb which only kills cancer cells. We can save the lives of over 3 million people per year by getting rid of fossil fuel air pollution and converting to a mix of wind, solar, hydro, geo and thorium, we can be like vermont which is powered by 80% nuclear, 15% hydro and close to 4% wind and 1% wood. Every year 3 million peopel die from air pollution every year! Even the worst nuclear accident in world history only killed 10,000 and caused approx 100,000 birth defects, but air pollution form coal, automobiles and gas plants are causing 3.5 million deaths per year and not to mention how many mroe birth defects from mercury poisoning. The real enemy here is the fossil fuel industry.
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We had the technology in the 1950's to construct LFTR reactors that are 100% meltdown proof and produce little to no radioactive and as a plus the...
We had the technology in the 1950's to construct LFTR reactors that are 100% meltdown proof and produce little to no radioactive and as a plus they burn waste and destroy it. Instead we are stuck with these water based reactors that are based on technology dating back from WW2. Alvin Weinberg warned the world about the water reactors we use today, because he knew that if cooling was lsot to the nuclear reactor, you can have a hydrogen explosion and a subsequent meltdown. had we built LFTR instead of the ancient Pressurized and boiling water reactors we use today, Chernobyl would've never happened, and even the Fukashima plant would not of exploded and melted down. The reactors we use today need constant human intervention to prevent a meltdown, while LFTR reactors are naturally meltdown proof and need no human intervention at all to prevent a meltdown. It is time we deactivate these bulky and dangerous dangerous reactors and fossil fuel plants and replace them with Wind, Solar, Thorium, Fusion and other types of clean energy. Please sign this petition for the meltdown proof LFTR reactor http://www.change.org/petitions/to-nuclear-regulatory-commission-department-of-energy-to-grant-licenses-for-meltdown-proof-liquid-fluoride-thorium-reactors-to-reduce-the-impact-of-climate-change-reduce-nuclear-waste-and-produce-leukemia-fighting-isotopes
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When you left me, as i knew you would,
you took half of my heart,
and left a piece of yours with me,
...and that was the start.
I was never good at waiting,
and now it is my fate,
to dream about you every night,
until each homecoming date.
It won't be long, I have faith in us,
its only three short years,
but in between, when we're apart....
I can imagine all the tears.
I'm proud of this path you take in life,
First boot camp, then 3 years at a base,
I'll have to come visit all the time-
I cant go that long without seeing your face.
What does the future hold for us?
Can bonded hearts survive all this?
3 years from now, I hope and pray
that we'll still be together- bliss.

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The armed forces yesterday launched a five-day series of computer-simulated exercises incorporating maritime patrol aircraft and attack helicopters that are scheduled to enter service over the next year.
The computer scenario, which simulates an attack from China and is part of the Han Kuang 28 series of military exercises, included P-3C "Orion" maritime patrol aircraft and AH-64D Longbow attack helicopters, among other platforms, to see how they would fare in a combat environment.
Taiwan has signed contracts with the US for 12 refurbished P-3C aircraft, which will provide a much-needed boost to the nation's anti-submarine warfare capabilities.
The aircraft will replace the aging S-2T marine patrol aircraft.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has used the P-3C to great effect in its efforts to monitor intrusions by foreign ships in its territorial waters and exclusive economic zone.
The military has also ordered from the US 30 AH-64D Longbow attack helicopters, whose main use will be for near-shore defense.
The first deliveries of P-3Cs and AH-64Ds are expected to begin within the next year.
The Ministry of National Defense confirmed that the exercise began yesterday, but did not provide further details.
However, defense officials said recently that the computer simulation would also include information and electronic warfare capabilities, two sectors in which US military officials are believed to be providing behind-the-scenes assistance.
Countermeasures to ballistic and cruise missile attacks, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles — all of which would likely play a role in the opening shots of war in the Taiwan Strait — will also be part of the exercise, reports said.
The five-day exercise, which involves the army, navy and air force, follows another five-day drill held in late April, which also simulated an attack by China.
The military also held a live-fire exercise at the Tri-Service Joint Training Base at Paolishan (保力山) in Henchun (恆春), Pingtung County, early last month following criticism that the exercises in April did not feature live ammunition.
Minister of National Defense Kao Hua-chu (高華柱) told the legislature recently that the military would incorporate lessons learned from this year's computer-assisted war games into next year's military exercises.
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New Filesharing Index Shows Filesharing Is Now Mainstream
from the you-can't-fight-culture deptBy now, many of you have probably read about Musicmetrics' new Digital Music Index. Musicmetrics took a whole bunch of filesharing data and approximated the location of each downloader in order to get a better understanding of who shares music. What it found isn't really surprising. A whole lot of people download music. While that in itself is marginally interesting, what is even more interesting is the idea that music filesharing has become mainstream.
With the numbers and locations that the index shows, you can see that despite the harsh penalties imposed on those caught filesharing, people still don't care.
The data shows just how mainstream filesharing is now. It isn't just members of Anonymous sitting behind their Macbooks downloading the obscure doom metal of Sunn O)))) the culprits are your next door neighbours, your relatives, your own kids and perhaps (probably) even you. That's the problem for the record labels who, along with the government, have tried to stigmatise the practice as much as possible. But those who have grown up getting whatever music they want for free are not suddenly going to become nostalgic vinyl-heads who are willing to pay £11.99 for a CD – to them it makes no sense and the rose-tinted memories of buying a physical record from an actual person don't exist. And the message that filesharing is stealing and equal with nicking a car doesn't hold much water when so many people are busy doing it.If so many people are filesharing despite the best efforts of groups like BPI to demonize the practice, what is there to be done? What do the actual musicians think? Well, this is where another interesting aspect of the index comes in. Not only does the index report on the location of those sharing, it also indexed the most downloaded artists. Using this data, Musicmetrics found that Ed Sheeran was the most downloaded artist in all of the UK. So what does he think? It helps him sell tickets.
I've sold 1.2 million albums, and the stat is that there's 8 million downloads of that as well illegally.If the record labels and the BPI were correct, Ed here would be slowly dying in a gutter somewhere, not selling concert tickets at £18 a pop. But the fact remains, he is. He is succeeding because these filesharers are becoming fans and want to support him. But why do they download instead of buy? What is stopping them? There are too many barriers or not enough options according to the Guardian.
Nine million people have my record, in England, which is quite a nice feeling.
I'm still selling albums, but I'm selling tickets at the same time. My gig tickets are like £18, and my albums £8, so ... it's all relative.
iTunes has been successful but it depends on a user having an Apple product to put the music on after they've paid for it, and an average kid doesn't have money lying about for an iPhone. Streaming sites like Spotify for music and Netflix, which offers a similar service for film and TV, are an interesting idea and growing rapidly, but at present they are still nowhere near popular enough to challenge torrents, filesharing and the attraction of free music.The recording industry has itself to blame here. With the high licensing fees it requires from online services like Pandora and Spotify, these services just can't grow to where they can actually compete. This is holding back the music industry more than it helps it. If people can't get the music they want from legal services, they will go to something else that is culturally accepted even if it is not legal.
We have already considered what an alternate reality would look like if the music industry had actually accepted change and innovated instead of following its current fight-and-impede approach. By sticking with its current approach of fighting the will of fans, the industry has not only left money on the table, but has made itself culturally obsolete. The fans have already moved on from what the record industry is offering to something better. They have built up a culture around filesharing, and that culture has become mainstream.
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Cloud Computing Technology Contributors of 2009
10Gen, 3Leaf Systems, 6fusion International, Absolute Performance, Ajaxo, Alentus, Appirio, Appistry, Aptaria, Arena Maxtronic, Arista Networks, Asankya Networks, BitRock, BlueLock, Boomi , Box.net, Canaan Partners, Casdex, Chris Richardson Consulting, CITTIO, Cloud Architects, Cloud9 Analytics, CloudRamp, CloudScale Networks, Cloudscape.ws, CloudWorks, CNI Systems, CohesiveFT, CollabNet, Concentric, Cordys, Cronus Partners, CSRware, CuperTek, Cycle Computing, Dataline, Dell, DNAmail, eBay, Elastra, Engine Yard, Enki Consulting, Enomaly, Excelian, Flexiscale, Forrester, Fortress ITX, G.ho.st, Gear6, GigaSpaces, GoGrid, GraphLogic, GridGain, IBRIX, InfoQ, IntelePeer, IronKey, Iterative Designs, ITO America, Jamcracker, Joyent, JumpBox, Just Skill, Kaavo, Linxter, Mohr Davidow Ventures, MessageLabs, Mimecast, Model Metrics, Moderro Technologies, Moka5 (MokaFive), Mosso, Netmagic, NewServers, Ocarina Networks, Panorama Software, Parabon Computation, Parallels, ParaScale, Patni Computer Systems, Peer1 Networks, Platform Computing, PLX Technology, ProjectLocker, Promise Technology, Qlayer, QlikTech, Rackspace, RampRate, Red Hat, Reliance Globalcom, RightScale, Robson Taylor, Rogue Wave, rPath, Salesforce.com, Sapotek, Saugatuck Technology, ScanSafe, ServePath, ServiceCloud, SIMtone, SkillSoft, Skytap, SmugMug, SOASTA, Solace Systems, Spiceworks, SpiderOak, Symphony Services, Tap In Systems, Teneros, Terremark, Transitive, Trend Micro, Union Square Advisors, Unisys, Univa UD, uTest, Vertica, Weber Shandwick, Widen Enterprises, XCalibre, Zabovo.com, Zeus Technology, and Zuora.
Virtualization Technology Contributors of 2009
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AJAX & RIA Technology Contributors of 2009
3Tera, Abaque, Accenture, AccuRev, AccuSoft, Active Endpoints, Active Inquiry, ActiveState, Actuate, Adaptive Blue, Adaptive Path, Adobe Systems, Afrous Dashboard, Agitar Software, AGOSYS, AJAX 13, Akamai, Alfresco, Allurent, Alpha Software, Altova, Amazon.com, Appcelerator, Appeon, Apple Computer, Applibase, , AppTrigger, Apress, Aptana, Aragon Consulting, Art & Logic, Ask Pivot, Asperon, Astreya, Atlassian, Aztecsoft, Azul Systems,, BackBase, Barracuda Networks, Baynote, BEA Systems, Bizwhazee, Black Duck, Blogtronix, BlueFolder, BlueTie, BondDesk, Borland, BOSSdev, Bottomline, BScaler, Bungee Labs, Burton Group, CambrianHouse, Canoo Engineering, Cassatt, Cast Iron, Catalyst Resources, Cenzic, Chordiant, CIGNEX, Cisco Systems, Cision, Citrix Systems, Claria, Clearspring, CodeFlare, Codign, Coghead, Cognizant, ComponentArt, ComponentOne, Conference Guru, Coradiant, Corent Technology, CoreSpeed, Corizon, Crescendo Networks, CSS Group, cStar Technologies, CSW Group, Curl, Cybage, Cynergy Systems, Dapper, Dassault Systèmes, DataDirect, Day Software, dCongo, deCarta, Dell, Denim Group, Denodo, Design Universe, DeviceAnywhere, Dialcom, Dice.com, DiscountASP.NET, DotNetNuke, Drangonfly, DreamFace Interactive, Dynamic Toolbar, DynaTrace, EffectiveUI, Egnyte, Ektron, Elastic Path, Elementool, EMC, Encanvas, ENOVIA Matrix One, EnterpriseDB, Ephox, esnips, ESRI, Etelos Systems, etouch, Evans Data, Exadel, ezAJAX, F5 Networks, FeedbackFX, Fig Leaf Software, Finetooth, Fiorano Software, firstRain, FiveRuns, Foldera, Force10 Networks, Fortify, Forum Systems, Fotango, Freewebs, froglogic, Funambol, FundingPost, Furtherahead.com, Fusion Technologies, Gaggle.Net, GemStone, genius.com, Genuitec, Gizmox, Glassbox, GoGrid, Gomez, Inc., GreenHat, GreenPoint, GridApp Systems, Groupware Technology, Helmi Technologies, Hitachi America, Hosting.com, HostMySite.com, HP Software, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Ibiza Software, IBM, ICEsoft, ILOG, Impetus, iNetOffice, Infinilogic, Infragistics, Ingres, Inimit, Innominds, Innoopract, inpowr, InsideView, Instancy, Instantiations, Integration New Media, Intel, IntelliObjects, Intelliun, Interactive Networks, InterSystems, Isomorphic, IT Mill, ITtoolbox, JackBE, JadeLiquid, JasperSoft, Javeline, JBoss, JellyCloud, JetBrains, Jive Software, K2, Kaazing, Kapow, Keynote Systems, KonoLive, Krugle, Laszlo Systems, Lightstreamer, M/Gateway, Magic Software, Mainsoft, Manning Publications, Marathon Technologies, Mashery, Mashmatrix, MaxiScale, MB Technologies, Metia Software, Microsoft, Midnight Coders, Molecular, MomentumSI, Morfik, Neocleus, Neotys, Netfective, Netmite, NetSuite, Nexaweb, Nextapp, NextAxiom, NextDB.net, Nirvanix, Nitobi, Northwoods Software, Novell, Novulo, OASIS, ObjectWave, OpenLink, OpenLogic, OpenSpot, OpenWave, OPNET, OpSource, Oracle, OrangeHRM, OSS Nokalva, Parasoft, Passport Corporation, Pentaho, Perforce, Pervasive Software, Primavera Systems, PushToTest, QLogic, Quasar Technologies, Quest Software, Rackable Systems, Radialpoint, RadView Software, Rearden Commerce, Recursion Software, Red Hat, Roaring Penguin, Salesforce.com, SAP, Saven Technologies, Scalix, Servoy, SkillBuilders, Skyway, SL Corporation, SlickEdit, SnapLogic, SOA Software, Software AG, Software FX, Sonic Software, SoonR, Splunk, SugarCRM, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, iAnywhere Solutions, Symphoniq, TeaLeaf Technology, Tele Atlas, telerik, ThinkFree, TIBCO Software, TriveraTechnologies, Valtech, Visual Mining, VMware, Vocus, WatchFire, WaveMaker, Web Spiders, WebAppCabaret, Webtide, Wipro, WSO2, XAware, Xenos, Xythos Software, Yahoo!, Zapatec, ZCubes, Zimbra, ZOHO, and Zoovy.
SOA / WOA Technology Contributors of 2009
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How can one allocate an object in a function with a new command and add it to a list, and keep it even after the function returns?
To be more precise, here is the C++ equivalent:
void myfunction() { MyClass* myobject = new MyClass(...); mylist.add(myobject); } void someOtherFunction() { MyClass* myobject = mylist.at(2); // The object has not been deleted }
At some point, I would simply callto deallocate my object when I wouldn't need it anymoredelete myobject;
I tried doing the same with Java, but my object must be getting deleted when the function terminates because I get a null reference exception
void myfunction() { MyClass object = new MyClass(); mylist.add(object); }
Does anyone know the way I can do this in Java? Also, how can I delete the object?


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Though this post focuses on one special mother it is dedicated to all moms, especially my other grandmother, Daisy, and my own mother.
In honor of Mother's Day I dug up a beautiful piece my Tio Lucho wrote a few years ago about my maternal grandmother. I hope he doesn't mind me sharing it with the world and that my attempt to translate it into English does it some justice. If I remember correctly, the family portraits I chose to showcase just how cute my Nana was were taken at the urging of my Tia Ilka, the youngest and most photo-obsessed of my mom's siblings. Given that we lost Ilka in 1997 and Nana in 2000, we are truly blessed to have these professional photos of my grandmother with all of her children as adults.


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Back Home Panama City Beach Information - A-Z Directory ("A"= Attorney "C"= Church "R"= Restaurant) Add Your Business
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Camp Bragg near Lewisburg, Tennessee
Sunday, May 10th 1863
Dearest Sallie, as our Sabbath morning inspections is over, I will respond to your very affectionate letter of the 21st' with which I reed' day before yesterday evening, bear, you can scarcely imagine how glad I am to receive a letter from her who is ever dearest and nearest to me on earth. I would gladly read one every day, it is almost the only pleasant thoughts I have just to think over past pleasures, and anticipate future ones. Oh!, that it may not be far distant in the future, when I shall again realize the sweet society of those I think of daily and dream of frequently. Dear, I have no good news to write this time except the victory at Fredericksburg, VA, which you have doubtless heard of ere this. We have reed, rather bad news here for the last few days. Gen Van Dorn is reported killed here - was killed by a certain Dr. Peterson or Petres in the act of seducing his, (the Dr's wife). It is a considerable loss to the confederacy, but I say any man that would be guilty of such a thing, ought to be killed. Col. Wheeler is reported captured by the Feds, but old Forrest is still at his post doing his duty - captured 1600 Yanks at Rome, Georgia the other day.


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This is my quilt for 2012. It was a work in progress during the whole year and I completed it by January 2013. I found the Bramble Berries Fabric by Buggy Barn and fell in love with it. The pattern was re-created from a picture/pattern floating around on Pinterest. But I felt like it needed more so I added the border. I've never put this much work into a border before! I can honestly say that the border took me as long as the main part of the quilt. Lots of sewing time!! The picture above does not show the quilt with the finished binding on it. The binding was done in the main red fabric (same one as inner border).
I honestly couldn't tell you how much fabric I used in this since it was a work in progress. I calculated everything by graphing the pattern out and calculating each size and cut of the blocks. But I can tell you that I used 6 1/2 yards of 60" minky on the back.
The machine quilting pattern is called Petal Pushers. When I found it I thought it was a great fit for the fabrics in this collection. And I love how the back side turned out. I have been using Minky on the backs of my quilts for a while now and still love it! I love how it quilts out and the pattern that it creates on the Minky. Since this quilt was King Size I used up almost a whole cone of thread. I guess that's the downside of a smaller/thinner pattern.


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The late Prof. Josef Schwarz (17/02/1917 - 25/12/2013) counts as one of the most influential Tyrolean artists of all time. He was a dedicated, private man who, from 1938, earned his living as a teacher and later as a Headmaster in Telfs, Tirol. His prolific output ranges from oils through watercolour and graphic works to wood blocks and carvings. He lived and worked in Telfs from 1946 until his recent passing on Christmas Day 2013.
Images are currently being uploaded. Please check back over the comming weeks to see more of Sepp's work.


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- Race:
- Malaysian Grand Prix
- Championship:
- FIA Formula One World Championship
- Drivers:
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- Kimi Räikkönen
- Circuits:
- Sepang International Circuit
A McLaren one-two threatened to derail Ferrari's season as Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton headed the pack home in Malaysia. Hamilton's result made him the first rookie since Peter Arundell in 1964 to score podium finishes on his first two outings in F1.
Alonso looked the stronger of the McLaren-Mercedes drivers throughout but Hamilton raced hard to move ahead of the Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa in the early stages of the race. After a quiet middle of the race, the Brit found himself on the defensive in the final laps as Raikkonen forced a way back onto the tail of the McLaren. They finished just a second apart with Felipe Massa fifth after he spun thanks to a chop from Hamilton - for which the British driver later apologised. With Massa having qualified on pole and Raikkonen third, it was a disappointing result for Ferrari.
Alonso's win wasn't without difficulties as his radio had stopped working after 10 laps and was concerned that the team wouldn't be ready to receive him for the first fuel stop. Team principal Ron Dennis took over control of the old-fashioned pit board to confirm all was well and Alonso was on his way to his first McLaren win.
Nick Heidfeld took fourth in the dependable BMW-Sauber, with Massa fifth after his spin. Giancarlo Fisichella was sixth for Renault while Jarno Trulli (Toyota) and Heikki Kovalainen rounded out the points' scorers. It was Kovalainen's first point in only his second grand prix, but this was rather overlooked with the storming efforts of Hamilton once again.


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Kyoki – The Ultimate Challenge by Nyx Digital
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May 16, 2012
Filed under App DB, Entertainment, Games, iPad Apps, iPhone Apps
Flick counters at each other, pairing off the colours so that they disappear; clear the table to progress to the next level. Combine all the great tricks of pool such as plants, doubles and trick shots to clear each level in the fewest number of shots.
Fire a counter towards another counter by touching the counter and quickly wiping your finger across the screen in the direction you want the counter to go in. A short fast wipe will make the counters go fastest, while a slower, longer wipe gives you more control.
Each of the different colours has a different attribute that needs to be considered when taking your shots. The red counters are super fast! The yellow counters are really heavy; like a wrecking ball. The blue counters fade really slowly so you can use them in play after they've hit their target.
For each stage you can see your score as a percentile of everybody playing the game so you need to find the shots that separate you from the pack.
Developer Website: http://www.kyokigame.com/


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Make Memorable Moments at Cape Town's Only Aquarium
Throw a party unlike any other at the Mother City's underwater wonderland
Throw a party unlike any other at the Mother City's underwater wonderland
Embrace your inner yogi outdoors
Book via Whatsapp: Workday-perfect nail treatments with free rinse and discounts on all waxes every Wednesday
Celebrate with a VIP Stellenbosch and Winelands helicopter ride and lunch experience – from Cape Town's V&A Waterfront Helipad at special rates this Wednesday
A talented 10-piece cast impersonates music legends to perfection
Wednesdays only: Gorgeous vintage cocktail dresses to realistic historical costumes for rent from Emmy-nominated designers' workshop
A new cut of meat and a select wine pairing with chef Pete Goffe-Wood raises the steaks
Warm at the fireplace inside or sip Corona on the Sunset Deck in shorts and slops (while the kids are occupied making their own pizza) on Sea Point's hidden sea view spot
Loved by locals, House of H now does delicious new lunch specials – from boerie rolls and ice cream to chicken vetkoek – every Wednesday for just R50
Tuck into two lamb burgers and fries for the price of one every Wednesday
The vibrant diversity of District Six comes alive with an exhibition about a famously fabulous resident known as Kewpie.
Made fresh right in front of you, with your choice of sauces and toppings – this is one dinner special you don't want to miss
Discover South Africa through its flavours and traditions at a family-table event that's made for sharing
Finally, there's a place in Cape Town where you can get exceptional home, camping, tactical and survival gifts for men and women – and it's open till 7pm. Head for Just Like Papa on Harrington Street
Though auditions for 2018 are closed, Cape Town did us proud during SA Idols Season 14
Indulge all your senses by trying the delicious wine and sweet pairing at Under Oaks in Paarl
Le Bonheur Reptiles and Adventures offers patrons a 20% discount when they stay at this beautiful location
A hike a day gets the funds raised. This guy is hiking Table Mountain every single day of the year for charity
Celebrate the midweek mark with discounted cocktails, 2-for-1 local craft beers and ciders and uninterrupted 360-degree views of the Mother City
The head-banging, guitar twanging rockin' good times are back


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One year ago this week with any hopes for a bowl game long since vanquished, Colorado football fans were left to debate which members of its coaching staff should be fired.
CU officials decided to fire them all when the end of a miserable 1-11 campaign finally arrived. They then turned to coach Mike MacIntyre in early December, hoping he could work the same magic here that allowed him to completely overhaul the San Jose State program in just three seasons.
A year later, it's looking like former athletic director Mike Bohn might have finally hired the right guy to lead the Buffs on the gridiron in one of his final major decisions before he was also fired in the spring.
MacIntyre has directed the Buffs through another challenging season of too many lopsided losses, but he has coaxed four wins from a team that most believed might be capable of three at best. He also has CU playing meaningful games in November. Heck, even late November.
The Buffs (4-6 overall, 1-6 Pac-12) have arrived at senior day in Folsom Field, the final home game of the season, with their bowl hopes intact. Sure, they might be on life support just waiting for No. 23 USC to finish them off, but at least there is a legitimate reason for fans to spend 31/2 hours shivering in the stadium Saturday night.
"These seniors have been through a lot" MacIntyre said. "It would be great to send them out with two home wins in a row and then give them something to really shoot for on the last Saturday of the season. So, that's what we hope to do and that's what we need to do."
A victory over the Trojans seems extremely unlikely, but certainly not impossible. Despite its recent successes under interim coach Ed Orgeron, this is still a USC team that lost at home to Washington State earlier this season and gave up 62 points to Arizona State leading to the firing of former coach Lane Kiffin.
If the Buffs can pull it off, they would give themselves an opportunity to play for a bowl game berth next week at Utah in the regular season finale. The NCAA gave CU a waiver earlier this fall to count both of its wins over Football Championship Subdivision opponents toward bowl eligibility after CU was forced to add Charleston Southern to its schedule following historic September flooding in Boulder that cancelled a home game with Fresno State.
USC (8-3, 5-2) is coming off an impressive win over Stanford last week and could have plenty riding on this game as well. When kickoff arrives, the Trojans should know the outcome of the UCLA-Arizona State game. If UCLA wins, the Trojans' hopes of winning the South Division and advancing to the Pac-12 Championship game in two weeks will still be alive, providing sufficient motivation to beat the Buffs.
If Arizona State wins Saturday, the Trojans could take the field lacking the motivation to be at their best, especially in temperatures that will dip into the 30s during the game.
A CU loss guarantees a sixth consecutive season without a bowl appearance and extending the school record for consecutive losing seasons to eight.
The Buffs haven't fared well against the Pac-12's elite teams this season. They have played three of the top four in the standings losing to Oregon, Arizona State and UCLA by an average margin of 34.6 points.
"I believe that this game will be different because we are going to come out with the fire," CU quarterback Sefo Liufau said. "We have something to prove. Obviously we haven't performed as well in the Pac-12 as we would have liked, but this week is another opportunity to come out and perform really well. Most people probably don't think that we can across the nation, but I know that we can and I think our teammates also know that we can."
The Buffs will have to create turnovers without giving up any, make plays in the kicking game and Liufau must find a way for the Pac-12's least productive offense to overcome the conference's second-ranked defense.
"Offensively, we just have to just be able to finish drives and put drives together," said junior wide receiver Paul Richardson, who could be playing his final home game with the NFL his next stop. "We can't just kick field goals and put that on our kickers and special teams to make 50-plus-yard field goals. We have to punch the ball in and that is on us. That is on the playmakers on offense executing."
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Standing at 4-0 on the season and ranked 13th in the nation by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and 16th by D3football.com, the Birmingham-Southern football team returns to its home field this weekend to face Austin College, Saturday at 1 p.m. in Panther Stadium.
The Austin Kangaroos stand at 1-3 on the season after losing to Sewanee last weekend, 31-10.
This will be the sixth meeting between the programs, who were both previous members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (to which Austin still belongs). BSC won last year's meeting in Sherman, Texas, 34-10, as well as the games in 2010 (44-21) and 2009 (35-28). The Panthers hold a 3-2 record against the 'Roos.
BSC recently opened Southern Athletic Association play, defeating Rhodes last weekend in Memphis, 16-2. Seniors Aaron Sherrill and Shawn Morris scored touchdowns, while junior Ryan Laughlin had a field goal. Senior Nick Gordon led the Panther defense with 10 tackles, including seven solo tackles, two sacks, a forced fumble, and a pass break-up. For his efforts he earned SAA Defensive Player of the Week honors.
So far this season, Morris leads the BSC rushing effort with 317 yards and five touchdowns on 49 carries, followed by junior Joseph Moultrie with 300 yards and five touchdowns as well on 29 carries. Senior quarterback Jimmy Stainback leads with 546 passing yards and is 28-42 with one interception. Sophomore Sam Vermilyea leads the receivers with 174 yards on eight catches with three touchdowns.
On the defense, senior Andrew Shannon leads with 24 tackles (14 solo), followed by Gordon with 22 (14 solo). Senior Cory Corcoran leads with 2.5 sacks, and sophomore Ty Keenum has three pass break-ups.
For Austin, quarterback Noah Jesko leads with 1,013 yards and is 86-175 with five touchdowns and nine interceptions. Travis Zambiasi is also 78-138 with three touchdowns, five interceptions and 705 yards. Brogan Funderburg leads on the ground with 203 yards on 48 carries and three touchdowns, and Jordan Schell leads with 638 receiving yards on 37 catches with four touchdowns. Kenneth Eneh leads the 'Roo defense with 87 tackles (37 solo) and three interceptions.
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Note – I was working on this post when I saw the news – if accurate – that Obama's advisor on financial firm compensation Kenneth Feinberg is not going to cap pay or reveal any names.
The G20 countries are said to be coming up with agreements on limiting banker pay. All will be announced later today, but the world is rightly upset that we have allowed Wall Street (my shorthand for the banks, financial firms, insurance companies, ratings companies, etc. that greedily took the risks that led to the economic collapse) to risk the world's economy, while continuing to reward executives with lavish, extreme compensation.
I think the compensation problem goes well beyond just these companies. We have reached a point of great concentration of wealth, and most of the income also going to an already-wealthy few. I also think there is a simple set of solutions to the problem:
First, return to pre-Reagan levels of taxation. This way after a person makes a lot of money the public begins to benefit as well. This is an incentive issue: if you don't have the financial incentive to lie, cheat, steal, destroy solid companies and take away people's pensions, health care and jobs, then maybe you won't. If you start having to pay serious taxes when your income gets above a certain level then you have to start thinking about making an honest living. If it takes you a few years to build a vast fortune instead of being able to do it all with one windfall you start to think long term and work to build solid companies that make things and depend on the rest of the infrastructure being there for you. (If certain hedge fund managers are taxed at 90% they will "only" take home $100 million a year or so.)
Second, we need to start thinking about how to get back some of those ill-gotten gains. Now that a very few people control most of our resources the idea of a wealth tax should be explored. Ger the money from where the money went.
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'A lot of that is down to the wheels and tyres, which my scales say weigh a whopping 5.75kg on their own'.
Wow, I'm amazed that is even possible!
Raleigh may have a proud British heritage, despite being sold to the Dutch, but the Sojourn has American ancestry. It's been available across the pond for some years now but it's taken a while to find its way here. Style-wise it takes a few cues from recent North American disc based touring machines with a touch of MTB in their DNA. Think Kona Sutra or Salsa Vaya but with a slightly less compact frame.
It's a very handsome bike: the retro paintjob is very pretty, the painted metal mudguards are stylish and the whole thing is topped with a Brooks B17 and matching Brooks leather bartape. That paintjob looks a bit brittle though, with big flakes missing around various bolts and fixtures.
At first glance it certainly looks like a smart bike that deserves a price-tag somewhere north of a grand. Look closer however and some of the components seem out of place. The disc brakes are BB5s, not the best in class BB7s. The shifters are Sora, not Tiagra. The rear mech is Alivio, not Deore, the tyres are cheap and heavy Vittoria Randonneur Crosses and the hubs are cheap as chips Shimano M435s. None of these components are truly bad but they are definitely not what you'd expect on a bike at this price. All of a sudden the expensive Brooks saddle and tape start to look like a bit of gloss designed to increase sales appeal to people who might not spot the cheaper bits underneath. Perhaps I'm being unkind here, but I'd much rather have a basic, no-name saddle if it meant having BB7s, a better mech and some nicer tyres. An experienced friend who used to work in the business thought it was an £800 bike, which seems closer to the spec than the £1100 list price.
All those budget parts mean that it's a hefty lump of a bike. According to the road.cc scales it's 14.5kg, on the heavy side for a tourer at this price. A lot of that is down to the wheels and tyres, which my scales say weigh a whopping 5.75kg on their own. The wide metal mudguards don't help either, they are beautiful, rattle free and easy to setup, but heavier than chromoplastic.
The biggest distinction between a 'classic' tourer and the Raleigh is, of course, the introduction of mechanical (as opposed to hydraulic) disc brakes. I've been riding BB7 discs on my Kona Dew Drop for a few years now and absolutely love them, so I'm definitely a fan. I find them more powerful and reliable than other brakes, which is just what you want when you've got 16kg of fully loaded tourer to stop. Sadly Raleigh have specced Avid BB5s on the Sojourn. Little brother to the mighty BB7s they are much harder to dial in, with just one dial on the inside calliper. That can make alterations (necessary with mechanical discs, which aren't self-centring, unlike hydraulic discs) more awkward as the only way to adjust the outer calliper is to fiddle with the cable. BB5s are definitely what you'd fit if you were building your bike to a very tight budget – but seeing as the price difference between them and the BB7s is about £27, and that's at full retail, it's an odd call on a £1100 flagship tourer. That said, they do work pretty well, so take my grumbling with as much salt as you feel necessary.
Shimano Sora takes care of shifting duties, mated to an Alivio rear mech. Gearing is a reasonable spread with a 30/34 bottom gear that should get you up most things, no matter how heavily laden.
For all my gripes about spec and price, the Sojourn does come fully loaded, with the mudguards and rack thrown in. The rack is a no-name item and only rated to 18kg which seems a little modest if you like a bigger load. It's okay though and the broad top gives a good platform for extra loading. The frame also has a few nice touring touches like a pump peg and spoke carrier complete with spare spokes. The rear wheel has 135mm mtb spacing, ideal if your hub explodes while on tour.
Throwing a leg over the bike for the first time produced further grumps. It felt slow, really slow, hardly surprising when you consider the weight of the wheels. After a few (hundred) miles it started to grow on me, the ride is very plushy and this is an extremely comfortable bike even if the handling is a little stodgy. As a test I swapped out the wheels with the ones on my Dew Drop. Lighter wheels and tyres (Conti Gatorskins) meant a slightly harsher ride, but much better rolling resistance and acceleration. As the tyres alone account for 1300g of the wheel weight I'd consider swapping them at point of purchase. Weirdly I found that it actually climbed better than any bike this heavy and slow has a right to, even on some vicious Devon chevrons. I'd guess that a combination of low gears and even lower expectations mean that chugging up a cliff at walking pace becomes normal and there's just no point trying to go faster. Consequently I'd just sit back, push against the weight and twiddle my way up in good order, rather than pushing hard and arriving as a sweaty heap having saved a few precious seconds.
In the end I did over 500 miles on the Sojourn. We never became best friends but it did get me up some pretty brutal hills and handled well when fully loaded (full disclosure: illness meant a planned mini-tour never happened, so I tested it with fully loaded panniers and a 100k audax). Although I wasn't sorry to see it go I didn't begrudge the time I spent on board. For what it's worth, I'm also testing the Surly Long Haul Disc Trucker and a Dawes Super Galaxy (reviews to come). Both have better kit and are lighter, faster and more fun to ride than the Sojourn, but they're also a tad more expensive. My money wouldn't go on the Raleigh but if you can cope with the various shortcomings (and a simple change of tyres would make a big difference) and can find it at a sensible price then the Sojourn is a nice bike and worth considering.
Smooth riding tourer but very heavy and modest spec for the money.
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Make and model: Raleigh Sojourn
Size tested: 55cm
State the frame and fork material and method of construction. List the components used to build up the bike.
Material: Frame - Reynolds 631 butted CroMo Fork - 4130 CroMo fork with cast crown
Weight: N/A
Gender: Unisex Adult
Gearset: 27 speed Shimano gears - Sora 50/39/30T chainset with 11 - 34T HG50-9 cassette.
Brakeset: AVID BB5 disc brakes for road with Shimano 160mm centre lock rotors.
Wheelset: Freedom Ryder 23 Trekking double wall rims on Shimano M435 hubs with Vittoria Randonneur Cross 700C x 35c tyres.
Controls: Avenir 200 Series 31.8mm Short drop handlebar on Alloy ahead stem bar with gel tape on 3D Forged stem & 1 1/8" alloy A-headset.
Finishing Kit: Brooks B17 aged leather saddle on an alloy micro adjust seat post. Wellgo M21 Alloy pedals with leather straps. Full length steel colour matched mudguards.
Frame: Reynolds 631 butted chromoly touring frameset
Forks: 4130 chromoly touring fork with cast crown.
Tell us about the materials used in the frame and fork?
Oversized 631, so it's pretty heavy.
Tell us about the geometry of the frame and fork?
How was the bike in terms of height and reach? How did it compare to other bikes of the same stated size?
The front end is surprisingly aggressive for a touring bike, very low. I measured it at 93cm to the top of the bars, the same as the bars on my fast audax bike. The Dawes Super Galaxy is 98cm to the top of the bars and that's with another 5cm of upward adjustment in hand!
Was the bike comfortable to ride? Tell us how you felt about the ride quality.
The fat tyres and steel frame give a very smooth and comfortable ride, it's a proper armchair.
How did the bike transfer power? Did it feel efficient?
No, you're always pushing against heavy, dead tyres.
Was there any toe-clip overlap with the front wheel? If so, was it a problem?
How would you describe the steering? Was it lively, neutral or unresponsive? Slow and reassuring, this is a tourer after all.
Tell us some more about the handling. How did the bike feel overall? Did it do particular things well or badly?
It's a bit of a barge, to be brutally honest.
Which components had the most effect (good or bad) on the bike's comfort? would you recommend any changes?
I didn't rate the tyres but they do offer a smooth ride, albeit a slow one. I wouldn't bother with the Brooks bar tape, or if I did I'd fit padding underneath. It doesn't offer much cushioning at all. The front end could be a little higher, it's a little aggressive for a touring bike.
Which components had the most effect (good or bad) on the bike's efficiency? would you recommend any changes?
Tyres and wheels. They blunt acceleration and dull the ride.
Better than you'd expect - just sit back and twiddle.
An £1100 bike deserves better.
Tell us some more about the drivetrain. Anything you particularly did or didn't like? Any components which didn't work well together?
Shimano Sora works fine, so long as you get on with the thumb button (I do) but it's a budget option. The rear mech is even cheaper. Alivio, on a £1100 bike? Really? You'd expect to see a £20 mech on a budget hybrid, not a top of the range touring bike.
They go round, but very slowly
Very, very heavy.
Again, corners have been cut here I feel.
Tell us some more about the wheels and tyres.Did they work well in the conditions you encountered? Would you change the wheels or tyres? If so, what for?
The wheels and tyres are the biggest let down on the bike. They're very heavy, I weighed them (inc tyres and cassette) at around 5.75kg for the pair. That's 1.25kg heavier than the wheels and tyres on my (much cheaper) Kona Dew Drop. The tyres offer a very comfy ride but they are a cheap option and weigh 650g each (manufacturers figures). The hubs are another of Shimano's ultra budget Alivio range (M435s) which is too cheap for a bike at this price. Word on the net is that they aren't that well sealed either. If I was buying this bike from a shop I'd be negotiating for a wheel and tyre swap before dropping any cash.
I like Sora.
Sora shifters last well, despite being less sexy than Tiagra and above.
Tell us some more about the controls. Any particularly good or bad components? How would the controls work for larger or smaller riders?
I like Sora, not everyone does. The brake/gear lever does have a very long sweep, which makes fitting a bar bag even more of a problem than it already is.
Anything else you want to say about the componentry? Comment on any other components (good or bad)
I can't help feel that Raleigh have tried to sprinkle a little Brooks fairy-dust on the Sojourn. Yes, the saddle and tape look classy and are very traditional, but fitting them means you get bog-standard cheapo bits elsewhere. I'd prefer a basic saddle, BB7s and some Deore.
Did you enjoy riding the bike? Yes, more than I expected.
Would you consider buying the bike? No - too expensive for the level of kit and too heavy overall.
Would you recommend the bike to a friend? With a hefty discount, maybe.
Anything further to say about the bike in conclusion?
I enjoyed riding the Sojourn, but it's too heavy and too expensive to be a serious contender.
Age: 42 Height: 5' 8 Weight: er....85kg
I usually ride: Kona Dew Drop, Dawes Century SE, Carlton Corsa My best bike is: Guess SC1 scandium
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: time trialling, commuting, general fitness riding, fixed/singlespeed, Audax and long distance solo rides
Hi, I have BB5s on my Pompetamine, they dial in from the outside and have an inside dial that needs to be turned with an allen key now and again. I've only needed to dial the inside pad in every thousand miles or so. I don't have any reason to consider the raleigh but having a Brooks appeals to me more than what the groupset is. It's a touring bike so keeping a specific cadence up comes second to the ability to take the country side in from a comfortable perch. I'd have liked to see better tyres though, Top Contacts or Marathons.
I have a Salsa Vaya. It was an extravagant purchase and I live in dread of a road.cc review of a similar machine that declares that it's far better value than the Vaya.
Glad this one isn't it.
The Vaya, even with rather hefty wheels as mine has, is quite charmingly sprightly.
'A lot of that is down to the wheels and tyres, which my scales say weigh a whopping 5.75kg on their own'.
Wow, I'm amazed that is even possible!
Yup! To be totally fair, I'm using a pair of fishing scales (the type that you dangle things from) so they aren't pinpoint accurate, but you can feel the heft of the wheels when you pick them up and the wheels on my Dew Drop are much lighter on the same scales.
Hi, I have BB5s on my Pompetamine, they dial in from the outside and have an inside dial that needs to be turned with an allen key now and again. I've only needed to dial the inside pad in every thousand miles or so.
Then you have BB7s, which have a dial on the inside and out. Trust me, I've just been out to double check. The BB5s only have a dial on the inside. The Pomp I tested a while back had BB7s too.
I don't have any reason to consider the raleigh but having a Brooks appeals to me more than what the groupset is. It's a touring bike so keeping a specific cadence up comes second to the ability to take the country side in from a comfortable perch. I'd have liked to see better tyres though, Top Contacts or Marathons.
It's not the cadence, it's the longevity and quality. Saddles are a personal choice and my preference would be for a B17, but plenty of people don't get on with them and it's an odd choice when other parts are from the bargain bin. The tyres, for example, really are quite horrible.
I have a Salsa Vaya. It was an extravagant purchase and I live in dread of a road.cc review of a similar machine that declares that it's far better value than the Vaya.
Glad this one isn't it.
The Vaya, even with rather hefty wheels as mine has, is quite charmingly sprightly.
You won't like my review of the Surly Long Haul Disc Trucker then! Very similar bike (I think I'm right in saying that Surly and Salsa are boutique brands owned by the same company, hmmmmm.... ) but possibly a bit cheaper. It's very, very nice btw.
Thanks for your detailed review, Rob!
I am surprised that one of the more important shortcomings (apart from the brakes and cheapish-Shimano mess) was not mentioned in your review: Lack of lighting system. I mean it has no hub generator and lights fitted. On a touring bike? I don't get it, seriously!
Also all the other bikes you mentioned above (Kona, Surly, Dawes, Salsa) come without. What do they think? That travel bikers stop riding as soon as it hits tea time? Or that we like getting killed for lack of rear lights? No pretty paintjob or spare spokes let you live if hit by a lorry in dusk.
Also, when touring, it's not like you can easily charge batteries every day either. So battery lights on a travel bike are no option really, only last three hours anyway.
If you estimate the cost of fitting all the upgraded kit to make it truly travel fit, you are probably almost better off buying a fully-kitted bike like a Koga.
Just my 2 cents...
Thanks for your detailed review, Rob!
I am surprised that one of the more important shortcomings (apart from the brakes and cheapish-Shimano mess) was not mentioned in your review: Lack of lighting system. I mean it has no hub generator and lights fitted. On a touring bike? I don't get it, seriously!
Would I be right in thinking that you are a Continental reader, possibly Dutch or German?
Touring bikes in the UK rarely, if ever, come complete with built in lighting, so it wasn't something that I considered when rating the bike.


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