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President Barack Obama excoriated Donald Trump's vision of America Wednesday night as he endorsed Hillary Clinton, telling Democrats Trump was betting he could get win in November by scaring enough people into voting for him.
"That is another bet that Donald Trump will lose," Obama said. "Because he's selling the American people short."
Here are the top moments of Obama's speech and of the rest of the third day of the Democratic National Convention, inside the convention hall and out.
"We Don't Look to Be Ruled"
Obama told the DNC he was ready to pass the baton to Clinton and asked his audience to reject cynicism and fear and summon what was best in the country.
"Tonight, I ask you to do for Hillary Clinton what you did for me," he said. "I ask you to carry her the same way you carried me. Because you're who I was talking about 12 years ago, when I talked about hope. It's been you who've fueled my dogged faith in our future, even when the odds are great, even when the road is long."
This election was not a typical one between Democrats and Republicans, he said. Republicans at their convention last week had presented a deeply pessimistic vision of a country turning against each other and away from the rest of the world.
"And that is not the America I know," he said. "The America I know is full of courage, and optimism and ingenuity. The America I know is decent and generous."
The United States does not depend on any one person, Obama said. It has never been about what one person says he will do but about what the country can achieve together, he said.
"We don't look to be ruled," he said. "Our power comes from those immortal declarations first put to paper right here in Philadelphia all those years ago. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that together, We, the People, can form a more perfect union."
There had never been a man or woman more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president, he said, not him, not Bill Clinton.
He acknowledged that Clinton had critics and had made mistakes, but compared her to the kind of citizen Teddy Roosevelt had once described — not timid souls on the sidelines but in the arena.
"Hillary Clinton is that woman in the arena," he said. "She's been there for us - even if we haven't always noticed. And if you're serious about our democracy, you can't afford to stay home just because she might not align with you on every issue. You've got to get in the arena with her, because democracy isn't a spectator sport. America isn't about 'Yes he will.' It's about 'Yes we can.'"
"Lying Is Second Nature to Him"
Vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine of Virginia, a U.S. senator and the state's former governor, mocked Trump's credibility and his repeated use of the phrase "believe me."
"Believe me?" Kaine asked. "Believe me?"
Trump's ghostwriter on "The Art of the Deal" has said that lying was second nature to him, Kaine said. U.S. Sen. John McCain's former economic adviser said that Trump's policies would result in the loss of 3.5 million jobs. His tax plan would leave the country $30 trillion debt, according to an independent assessment, he said. Charity after charity believed Trump when he said he would contribute to them, he said.
"Folks, you cannot believe one word that comes out of Donald Trump's mouth," he said as the audience chanted "Not one word."
"Our nation is too great to put it in the hands of a slick-talking, empty-promising, self-promoting one-man wrecking crew," he said.
Bloomberg: "I'm a New Yorker and I Know a Con When I See One"
Vice President Joseph Biden and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, another billionaire businessman from New York, went on the attack, calling Trump in succession a man of unbounded cynicism and a hypocrite.
His lack of compassion and empathy can be summed up in one of Trump's favorite phrases, Biden said: "You're fired."
"He's trying to tell us he cares about the middle-class," Biden said. "Give me a break. That's a bunch of malarkey."
America is strong and has held together because of its middle class, Biden said. When the middle class does well, the rich do very well and the poor has hope, he said.
"This guy doesn't have a clue about the middle class, not a clue," Biden said.
"He has no clue period," he added and the phrase quickly became a refrain on the convention floor.
Trump is appealing to fear, but Americans never bow, never bend and never break, Biden said.
"We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line," he said.
Bloomberg spoke to the convention as an independent. He was there, he said, to urge other independents to unite around the candidate who could defeat a dangerous demagogue.
"I built a business, and I didn't start it with a million-dollar check from my father," he said.
Bloomberg belittled Trump's business experience, calling attention to his bankruptcies, the lawsuits brought against him and the contractors who said he had cheated them.
He said he watched Clinton work with Republicans in Congress to get the money New York City needed to recover from the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. He did not always agree with her, but she always listened, he said.
"Truth be told, the richest thing about Donald Trump is his hypocrisy," he said. "He wants you to believe that we can solve our biggest problems by deporting Mexicans and shutting out Muslims. He wants you to believe that erecting trade barriers will bring back good jobs. He's wrong on both counts."
"Russia, If You're Listening"
Far from the Democratic National Convention, Donald Trump caused a stir on Wednesday when - at a time Russia is suspected of trying to interfere in the U.S. presidential election - he appeared to ask Russia to hack into Hillary Clinton's emails.
"Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing," Trump said during a news conference in Florida. "I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press."
His comments immediately drew condemnation, with the Clinton campaign accusing Trump of encouraging a foreign power to conduct espionage against his opponent.
"This has gone from being a matter of curiosity, and a matter of politics, to being a national security issue," Jake Sullivan, a Clinton spokesman, said.
Paul Ryan, the Republican speaker of the House, called Putin a "devious thug" who should stay out of the U.S. election.
Trump has said he doubted Russia was behind the hacking of the Democratic National Committee computer servers, but U.S. intelligence believe it was.
Clinton has said she deleted 30,000 emails from her personal email server, received while she was secretary of state, before turning others over to the U.S. State Department. FBI Director James Comey criticized Clinton's use of a private email server but recommended against her prosecution.
"Strong Women Get Things Done"
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the head when a man opened fire at a constituent meeting five years ago, walked onto the stage on the convention's third night to endorse Clinton as the candidate who would be able to stand up to the gun lobby.
"Speaking is difficult for me, but come January I want to say these two words: 'Madame President,'" she said.
She described Clinton as a tough and courageous woman who would fight to make families safer.
"In Congress I learned a powerful lesson: Strong women get things done," she said.
Giffords was among those touched by gun violence to speak — survivors or the relatives of whose who had been killed. They demanded what they called common-sense gun legislation, expanded background checks and other similar measures.
Giffords' husband, former astronaut U.S. Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, said Clinton would work to close loopholes governing who could buy weapons. Clinton is ready to take on one of the country's greatest moral failings at home -- the gun violence that is tearing up so many communities, Kelly said.
Erica Smeglieski, the daughter of the Sandy Hook Elementary School principal who was shot to death with five other staff members and 20 schoolchildren in Newtown, Connecticut, said she did not want to be addressing the convention. She wanted to be at home watching the convention with her mother, Dawn Hochsprung, with whom she had planned her wedding, she said.
"My mom was murdered so I'm here," she said. "I'm here for the mothers and daughters who are planning weddings so you get to watch your daughter walk down the aisle."
Felicia Sanders and Polly Sheppard, survived the shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, during Bible studies. Sanders said her son's last words were, "We mean you no harm." Two days later she forgave the shooter, she said.
Sheppard said the shooter, like those in Orlando and Dallas, had hate in his heart.
"Love never fails and so I choose love," she said.
Christine Leinonen's son was killed in the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. It takes five minutes for a church bell to ring 49 times for the victims but only a minute to fire 30 rounds with the weapon used to shoot her son, she said.
When she went into labor with her son, said Leinonen, who was then a Michigan state trooper, her weapon was placed in a safe. She did not object because she knew common sense gun policy saves lives, she said.
"Where was that common sense the day that he died," she asked.
Emilie Plesset contributed information to this article.


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A Craigavon man accused of the murder of Lurgan man Marcell 'Junior' Seeley is to 'strenously deny' any involvement his solicitor told a court this morning (Monday)
Standing in the dock of Lisburn Magistrates Court, 24-year-old Mark Daniel Ward spoke only to confirm that he understood the single charge against him.
Unemployed Ward, from Drumellan Gardens, is accused of the murder of Mr Seeley on a date unknown between 9-13 October this year.
Mr Seeley (34) was found dead in his ground floor flat in the Dingwell Park area of Lurgan last Tuesday and Ward was arrested the following day.
It is understood Mr Seeley's remains had lain undiscovered in the property in the Taghnevan estate for a number of days before a relative found him.
Although no facts surrounding the death were opened in court today (Monday), a Detective Inspector from the murder investigation team told prosecution lawyer Nicola Auret he knew the circumstances and that he believed he could connect Ward to the charges.
Defence solicitor Christopher Logue said he was not applying for bail at this stage but that Ward "strenuously denies" any involvement.
Labelling the evidence thus far as "weak," Mr Logue told the court: "There is no forensic link to the deceased, no direct witness evidence to this man committing any murder - this is a weak case."
He said while he was not applying for bail today (Monday), the defence were trying to obtain an alternative bail address "away from the area" so asked for the case to be relisted in Craigavon this Friday.
Although the solicitor asked for Ward to be produced rather than be dealt with by videolink, indicating the bail application "may take upwards of two hours," District Judge Rosie Watters told Mr Logue "I don't think it makes any difference."
The judge remanded Ward into custody to appear in Craigavon Magistrates Court by videolink this Friday.

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These nine bags contain different grades of raw moxa. They range from coarse to fine. Moxa or Artemisia vulgaris is a plant that, once dried, can be burnt in a treatment known as moxibustion. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believes moxibustion stimulates the flow of the life force known as qi (chi) around the body. Qi is considered essential for wellbeing and health. The bags were manufactured in Japan. They were donated by a British TCM practitioner.
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Odessa Clay is accused of tattooing her 11-year-old daughter.
A North Carolina woman is in trouble with the law for tattooing her 11-year-old daughter, according to a published report.
Odessa Clay, 30, of Grantsboro in Pamlico County has been charged with one count of tattooing a person under age 18, WCTI-TV reported.
In North Carolina, it's illegal to tattoo a minor.
Clay was arrested and charged in late September after police in Havelock, where she used to live, found out she gave her daughter a small, heart-shaped tattoo near her right shoulder, according to WCTI. Clay, who herself is heavily tattooed, said she used her own tools.
"She asked me to do it," Clay told WCTI.
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Clay said she numbed her daughter's arm for the procedure and her daughter was never in pain.
Clay said she did not know that tattooing a minor is illegal. She told WCRI that she believes a former in-law reported the tattoo.
She is due in court next month.
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£4? Bargain, might get myself a couple!
Spin is a UK brand that's been around for just a year producing titanium frames and a whole range of components. The Spitfire Mk III is their full-on road race model and it's anything but standard...
When a new bike brand contacts us, one of the first questions we always ask is, 'Who's making the frames for you?' There really aren't all that many frame-building facilities out there, and most people go to an existing bike manufacturer to get their product made. With Spin it's different.
Spin was founded by a chap by the name of Drew Gill. He has been riding titanium frames for years and thought he could do better than any of the existing options out there, so he decided to give it a go.
Rather than taking a generic frame design and getting it rebadged, or even drawing up a bunch of designs and sending them off to a frame specialist to put together, Drew decided to get his frames produced in a family factory in China that mostly makes aerospace parts.
And it's not just frames that Drew has designed. He's also producing forks, seatposts, stems, quick release skewers, cassettes, headsets, hubs... all sorts. None of this is simply off-the-shelf stuff with the Spin logo stuck on. It's all designed from scratch and manufactured specifically for Spin. This is very, very unusual.
Frame and fork
There are two road frames in the Spin range: the Spitfire Mk II sportive machine and this one, the Spitfire Mk III. They're both titanium (the 3Al 2.5V variety), which Spin reckon is the best frame material there is.
The Mk III Supermarine, to give it its full name, is a race bike built to a classic geometry. Our XL size has parallel 73 frame angles, a 56cm seat tube and a 16cm head tube. That's the largest size that Spin make, by the way, so very tall riders are going to be out of luck. I'm nearly 6ft 3in and I was just about okay -but it'll depend on your individual dimensions, obviously.
Spin produce their own custom drawn tubeset; you might have guessed that. The head tube is CNC machined internally and it's externally triple butted to lower the weight while keeping material where it's needed for strength. It takes a 1 1/8in external headset with steel bearings - in this case Spin's own titanium Hendrix option.
The top tube is 'triaxial dimorphic' according to Spin. Eh? In plain English, it has a shield-shaped profile up front before ovalising as it dips gently downwards. The double-butted seat tube is round with a consistent 34.9mm outer diameter from top to bottom, and there's no alloy inner collar tucked inside the top.
The down tube, in contrast, is ovalised - standing upright to maximize contact with the head tube at the top end before shifting its axis so it lies on its side by the time it reaches the bottom bracket. It's 48mm across down here which is wide but nothing like as wide as some of the carbon-fibre monsters you see these days. The BB shell is 68mm, made for a BSA (English, ISO... whatever you want to call it) external bottom bracket. The chainstays kink out three-quarters of the way back towards the neat titanium dropouts while the seatstays are dead straight.
Lots of little details set the Spin frameset apart from the crowd. All the welds are beautifully done and you get really neat CNCed logos machined into the head tube, the brake bridge and the titanium seat collar, for example. There's a little pip on the seatstay for hanging your chain on when you take the rear wheel out while the cable stops and bottle cage bosses are welded in place rather than riveted. There are no eyelets for mudguards or a rack, by the way; this is a race bike.
The full-carbon fork - called Fork In Hell - is Spin's own. It comes with a 45mm rake and a 3K finish and weighs 380g with a 300mm uncut steerer.
The frame comes with a lifetime warranty covering manufacturing and material defects.
Buy the Mk III Supermarine as a frameset (£2,350) and you get the frame and fork plus the titanium Hendrix headset, the seat clamp, the stem, handlebar and the seatpost.
The stem and seatpost are both titanium and they're made in the same factory as the frame so they match it perfectly. The stem is a meaty affair with a solid, extremely wide (46mm) front plate. They're not taking any chances when it comes to the clamping.
The T-Zero post comes with an in-line clamp (there's no layback from the centre of the tube) that's really easy to adjust, and it's super-long - 400mm here and a 470mm version is available. Who needs a 470mm seat post? No one, apart from Brompton riders. Weight weenies can save a few grams by cutting it down to something a little less... extensive.
If you'd rather go for a complete bike, you can choose from various different builds. Our Spitfire MkIII came with SRAM's top-end Red groupset along with Rotor Agilis cranks - drilled out billet aluminium - and ovalized Q-Rings, designed to minimise the dead spots in your pedal stroke and so increase your power output.
Interestingly, the cassette is Spin's own milled out of a solid billet of 7075-T6 aluminium and it's a beautiful piece of work. Our 12-23 model (it's also available in 12-25 and 12-27) weighs a superlight 101g.
The full carbon bars are Spin's own too and so are the wheels. The slimline hubs run on sealed bearings and the freewheel comes with six pawls. The rims are full carbon, laced up with 20 spokes at the front and 24 at the rear. We won't go into too much detail on the wheels, though, because ours were a prototype version.
Oh, one other thing: those skewers are Spin's own too. They're called QuickLight Seriously Quick Release, the axle is titanium and ours weighed just 22g (fr) and 24g (r) which is pretty darn feathery. You can buy a pair separately for £39.99.
I could go on. There's loads to talk about here because so much of the Spitfire Mk III is unique to Spin... but hopefully you have the general idea by now. Cookie cutter, it ain't. Rather than being a frame and a collection of bits selected off the shelf, this is a unique bike - about as far removed from generic as you can get. Let's crack on with the ride report.
The ride
The main thing you notice about the Spin when you get the miles in is its smoothness. This is a really comfortable ride.
Like the rest of the country, we have some road surfaces around this way that the last couple of harsh winters have made interesting, to say the least. The Spin doesn't exactly isolate you from them, but it does make them more bearable. Rather than blurred vision and skipping about, you get a slightly dampened ride. It just smoothes over the bumps a touch.
When the road conditions aren't as bad as all that, you get a ride that stays comfy for hours. I felt fresh at the end of a century ride on the Spin. Well, no, 'fresh' is the wrong word, but as good as you can reasonably expect. Naturally, the saddle comes into play there and the Fizik Arione we had aboard our test bike is a proven winner with a little flex in the shell to prevent any jarring.
The fork and bar are important when it comes to comfort too and both performed well, helping to keep things smooth without turning the front end to mush. My only comment here is that there wasn't enough rearward sweep on the drops for my taste... but that's down to personal preference. The drop, by the way, is 140mm.
Our complete bike hit the road.cc scales at 7.12kg (15.7lb, size XL). To put that in context, that's a touch lighter than the aluminium-framed Principia REX (7.2kg, £3,299) that we tested recently and even a touch lighter than the carbon Comtat Aristo (also 7.2kg and £3,299,), but not quite as light as the Canyon Ultimate CF SLX 8.0 (£2,619, 6.96kg). All of these bikes are considerably cheaper than the Spin, though. Pay £4,800 on a carbon race bike and you'll probably get something lighter, but not by loads.
The Spin readily picks up speed when you put the power in. That lack of weight means there's not a whole lot of inertia to overcome so climbing is good. And although this bike isn't mega-stiff like the Onix Azzuro, it's certainly not flexy when you get out of the saddle and sprint. Stiff but not over the top, I'd say.
The SRAM Red groupset performs as you'd expect a pro-level groupset to perform. I didn't have to adjust it at all during testing (except for resetting the rear mech stops when I stuck on a set of benchmark wheels for a few rides). It's lightweight and it works reliably. You can go for Force or Rival if you want to save some cash.
I didn't notice any difference between shifting across Spin's own cassette and a standard SRAM model, by the way. In fact, I didn't even know it was Spin's design until the end of the testing period; I hadn't had a close look, admittedly, and just thought they'd stuck their own lockring on the end. And if you don't notice it, that's got to be a good sign; you don't really want to be noticing your cassette.
The only issue I had was with grabby braking on the carbon rims - but that's down to the wheels and/or brake pads rather than the callipers. Rather than providing a consistent performance, the tendency was for the brakes to slow you a bit, then a lot, which is common to a lot of wheels with carbon braking surfaces. Spin say it's something they're looking at. I didn't find the wheels especially stiff and I had a aero spoke snap, but Spin won't be using these on production wheels anyway.
Okay, so who should buy the Spin Spitfire Mk III? Well, for a start, there are those people who feel the lure of titanium. Lots of people go on about the ride quality as the main reason to buy a Ti frame. Personally, I'd be more tempted by its durability. Titanium doesn't corrode, it has good fatigue life and impressive tolerance to crash damage.
Everyone inevitably knocks their bike occasionally - putting it in the back of the car, shifting stuff in the garage or whatever. In my experience, a titanium frame will usually shrug it off. Plus, if a brushed finish like the Spin's gets scratched, you can clean it up in seconds with some wire wool and it's as good as new. If I wanted a bike purely to ride fast, I'd go for carbon fibre, but if I had to choose a bike that I could guarantee I'd still be riding in five years, say, I'd go for titanium.
There are plenty of titanium bikes out there, though; why go for the Spin? For a start, this is a really well-crafted bike with some attractive details. The workmanship is excellent throughout with no corners cut. We suspect that equally important for many people will be the fact that, with a frame and a large proportion of the components designed and make for Spin alone, this bike is pretty much the antithesis of a mass-produced model from one of the big brands.
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road.cc test report
Make and model: Spin Spitfire Mk III Supermarine
Size tested: XL
About the bike
State the frame and fork material and method of construction. List the components used to build up the bike.
Frame: 3Al 2.5V titanium
Fork: Full carbon Spin Fork In Hell
Seatpost: Spin Monolithic T-Zero titanium
Stem: Spin Monolithic Bi-Axial titanium
Groupset: SRAM Red (Force front mech)
Chainset: Rotor Agilis
Handlebar: Spin QuickLight Compact Ergonomic carbon
Headset: Spin Hendrix titanium
Cassette: Spin monobloc
Wheels: Spin Supersonic
Tyres: Schwalbe Durano tubulars
Tell us what the bike is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about the bike?
This is the road race bike in the range, whereas the Mk II is designed for sportive riding. It comes in a classic race geometry and it's lightweight.
Frame and fork
Tell us about the build quality and finish of the frame and fork?
The welds are really neat, the cable stops and bottle cage are welded in place, and the finish looks great.
Tell us about the materials used in the frame and fork?
The frame is full titanium - 3AL 2.5V - and the fork is full carbon.
Tell us about the geometry of the frame and fork?
It's a pretty standard road-race geometry. Our XL model has 73 seat and head angles.
How was the bike in terms of height and reach? How did it compare to other bikes of the same stated size?
Our XL model, which is the biggest available, came with a 56cm seat tube (centre to top) which really isn't that big for an XL. The top tube is 57cm. .
Riding the bike
Was the bike comfortable to ride? Tell us how you felt about the ride quality.
Yes, a smooth, buzz-free ride.
Did the bike feel stiff in the right places? Did any part of the bike feel too stiff or too flexible?
Yes, stiff but not over the top. It's not as stiff as the Onix Azzuro that we reviewed recently, for example, but it's still stiff.
How did the bike transfer power? Did it feel efficient?
Yeah, efficient. There's no notable flex when you crank up the power.
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? Pretty standard for a race bike.
Not quite as feathery as some carbon lightweights, although not far off
The drivetrain
Wheels and tyres
I broke a spoke, but Spin aren't going to use those spokes going forward
I broke a spoke, but Spin aren't going to use those spokes going forward
Your summary
Did you enjoy riding the bike? Very much
Would you consider buying the bike? If I was after a Ti bike, it would be on the shortlist for sure
Would you recommend the bike to a friend? Yes
Anything further to say about the bike in conclusion?
If you tot up the marks, this bike should get an 8 for performance, but I'm over-riding that because it doesn't reflect the exceptional workmanship on offer here, nor the durability of the titanium frame.
A value of 8/10 means it's very good, and I think that's a reasonable assessment compared to the Spin's rivals.
I'm torn between and 8 and a 9 for the overall mark (taking performance and price into account). I'd better go with an 8 but it's a close run thing. Ask me tomorrow and it might be a 9.
About the tester
Age: 40 Height: 190cm Weight: 74kg
I usually ride: My best bike is:
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Expert
I regularly do the following types of riding: time trialling, commuting, sportives, general fitness riding,
Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. We send him off around the world to get all the news from launches and shows too. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now pushing 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.
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"Drew Gill ~ thought he could do better than any of the existing options out there, so he decided to give it a go."
A very noble sentiment, but something in the back of my head is telling me that this bike isn't going to be anything better than a Van Nicholas or similar.
Agreed. Nice to see some classic understated lines after a 3 year arms race of flowing carbon and assymetric everything but dangerous to believe that you can offer the ultimate in any field. Not keen on the lovely Ti being sullied by vulgar bright decals either. Better to etch your branding in with a metal like Ti. I'm an old fuddy duddy though. I own 4 bikes none of which are carbon and only one of which was built in China. Chinese plastic? All the ride comfort of a supermarket trolly..
It's very pretty and I like the titanium frame. But my pockets aren't so deep. It doesn't appear to have a Rolls Royce Merlin engine either, which was a key feature of the earlier Supermarine Spitfire models.
Is it available in Battle of Britain colours?
There wasn't a production MKIII Spitfire. There was a MKIII Seafire however, the carrier version used by the RN and this was developed from the MKII Spitfire.
I have to say, fantastic review. This is why I read road.cc.
Is the 3Al/4V titanium correct or is it 6/4? That's very unusual - most frames are 3Al/2.5V with the occasional 3Al/6V head tube.


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Thanks to Melece Hudson Salisbury, a Wanner cousin, for this photo.
She found this picture of John & Regina Wanner in a box of photos. I am glad she was diligent and sought out who they were rather than some of the alternatives.
It appears this might even be a wedding picture, or close to that time, of John & Regina.
I have shared the biography of John & Regina written by their daughter, Mary, before. Click on the link to read that history.
John George Wanner Jr was born 29 October 1870 in Holzgerlingen, Böblingen, Württemberg, Germany and died 5 January 1947 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. He had been married once already and had two children before this photo. After Regina passed away, he remarried two more times.
Regina Friederike Nuffer was born 26 January 1869 in Neuffen, Esslingen, Württemberg, Germany and died 10 March 1942 in Preston, Franklin, Idaho. She had been married once already and had one child before this photo.
Hopefully some day I can write a more comprehensive history of John & Regina.


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SSL Hack To Be Released Friday
Researchers at a conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina this Friday will describe an attack against "the SSL/TLS implementation of major Web browsers".
Unlike most other SSL attacks, this attack is based on an actual implementation flaw in the cryptography and not in the digital certificate model. They call it "a new fast block-wise chosen-plaintext attack." SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0 are both vulnerable.
The vulnerability has been known for a long time and is, according to some reports, fixed in TLS 1.1 and 1.2, both of which are many years old. But support for TLS 1.1 and 1.2 is rare among web servers and browser support is spotty. Internet Explorer supports it, but turns off the support by default. Firefox and Chrome do not support them.


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So for the army builders out there, how many are you getting.
I scored one of these with the final 5 this morning, and I like it too. I'm just afraid it is a lead in to more specially painted OT troops- oh wait, there is a black stormtrooper looking at me from my shelf.But it is a neat looking figure.
But I've definitely started to notice the stark differences in the Kashyyyk Trooper's uni and the Biker Scout that was repainted for this figure. At first I thought that the helmet was the biggest difference. But it also turns out that the boots are radically different as well. In fact, the 41st Elite Trooper has the same boots as the Galactic Marine. The other differences in the uni are negligible, but those really stand out. Hopefully there is enough talk about this on the various message boards that Hasbro will take notice and make a proper 41st Elite Trooper in the next year or two.
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Fort Bliss Army chaplain a spiritual adviser, serious athlete
By DAVID BURGE | El Paso (Texas) Times | Published: February 26, 2013
FORT BLISS -- To call Lt. Col. Karen Meeker a go-getter is kind of like saying El Paso is a little windy in the spring or LeBron James can play some basketball.
Meeker, the 1st Armored Division's new division chaplain, has some serious accomplishments both in the Army and athletically that make her stand out as elite by almost anyone's standards.
Meeker, 45, has completed five Ironman Triathlons since 2004; climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, last December; and has been a pioneer for women in the Army.
She is the only woman division chaplain in the Army right now and only the fourth overall in history.
She is also the first woman chaplain to serve in Special Operations and to qualify as a
Jumpmaster and Pathfinder, two elite designations that are described as difficult to attain.
Along with Master Sgt. Annie Jackson, the division's senior chaplain assistant, they form the only all-female team to lead a division chaplain's office.
"I'm really happy to be here in El Paso and at Fort Bliss," Meeker said. "I'm really honored to serve as the division chaplain for the 1st Armored Division and be on Gen. Pittard's team, to be the Iron Shepherd."
Meeker is single and is a United Methodist reverend.
"It's just me and Jesus," she said. "Work, worship and play is my life. For me, all three complement each other in a way that is life-giving."
Maj. Gen. Dana J.H. Pittard, commander of Fort Bliss and the
1st Armored Division, said Meeker is an "incredible asset to this division and installation."
"We are blessed to have such a dynamic leader, an incredible athlete and a great spiritual adviser," Pittard said. "Our chaplains do so much on behalf of our soldiers and families, and we are really excited about having Chaplain Meeker serve as our division chaplain."
Her previous assignment was as the executive officer for the Chief of Chaplains in Washington, D.C. She replaced Lt. Col.
Michael T. Klein, who is now deputy command chaplain for the European Command.
She took over her new duties on Jan. 22.
Meeker said she enjoys all kinds of athletic pursuits.
She started doing Ironman Triathlons while recovering from breaking her leg in eight places. She was hit by a car while riding her bike in 2003 at Fort Bragg, N.C.
She decided to do her first Ironman as a way to keep motivated during her rehabilitation.
An Ironman consists of a 2.4-mile open water swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a full marathon or 26.2 miles.
She completed her first Ironman in Panama City, Fla., in 2004 just 16 months after her accident.
She shuffle-jogged the first four miles of the marathon, walked the rest and used a cane for the final three miles. She finished in roughly 16å hours, just making it under the wire for the 17-hour cutoff.
Her last Ironman was in Lake Placid, N.Y., in 2010. Her best time ever was in Louisville, Ky., in 2007 when she finished in about 13åhours.
She also did an Ironman in New Zealand in 2009 while on a break during a deployment in Afghanistan.
"It was awesome," she said. "It was the perfect R&R for me."
Last December, she reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. The peak is 19,340 feet. Meeker called it a nontechnical climb that is 95 percent trail and trekking. She unfurled a small 1st Armored Division sign at the top to recognize her next duty station.
"We had all kinds of layers with us," she said. "As we were climbing, it would be sunny out and be nice and warm. Then, it's raining, sleet or hail."
Her athletic endeavors give an indication of what female soldiers are capable of, she said.
"Women bring a lot to the table," Meeker said. "Even this past Olympics, women athletes were doing amazing things. Our female soldiers are the same. They bring so much to the fight, physically, mentally, emotionally. They just bring a lot. I just thank God I am a United States citizen where I have this opportunity to serve the nation and God in uniform."
As a chaplain, Meeker said her role is to provide religious support for soldiers and their families anywhere, whether stationed stateside or deployed. "It allows the soldier the right to exercise their freedom of religion," she said.
Earning designations like being a Pathfinder allows her to be closer to the soldiers she serves, she said.
"Army chaplains are with the soldiers day and night through all kinds of operations," she said. "It allows that gateway for being with the troops, from PT to any operations. That's where we are. Chaplains are out there with our soldiers, taking care of them and their families. Having these qualifications has allowed me to be with them and be that ministry presence."
Meeker, a native of Shickshinny, Pa., said she grew up in a family that put a premium on serving and giving back.
She also knew she was being called by God to serve as an Army chaplain from the time she was in high school.
"I definitely grew up in a family and community where giving back to the country is very important," she said. "We don't have a lot of career military in our family, but we've served and done our part to give back to the nation."
Meeker has been on active-duty with the Army since 1997. She has a bachelor's degree in classical Greek from Bucknell University and a master's in divinity from Harvard Divinity School.


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20 Designers, 20 Favorite Palettes
Designers share some of their favorite color combinations
Jamie Drake
I am currently in love with the refreshing and calming combination of pale lilac and mint parfait. I recently used this luscious palette in the guest bedroom of an 1838 house on Long Island. The combination of these two colors from the cool side of the spectrum is surprisingly warm, due to the dash of red in the lilac. It is a sophisticated recipe for making country look chic.
Photo courtesy of Wouter Vandertol
Charlotte Moss
The combination of amber, citrine, aubergine and peridot suggests warmth and the richness associated with jewel tones. The mix of paisleys, oriental rugs and leopard chenille suggest worlds far away.
Photo courtesy of Charlotte Moss Interior Design Group
Amanda Nisbet
Even though money is tight, one can always find comfort in a green color scheme. My walls are lacquered a yummy pea green. I've used graphite gray to soothe and Imperial yellow to pop the space. The colors are classic yet the combination is modern.
Photo courtesy of Tony Williams
Barclay Butera
I really love mossy greens, chocolates with touches of raffia and pattern. This color palette is fresh, comfortable and easy on the eye.
Photo courtesy of Mark Lohman
Molly Isaksen
Neutral rooms allow you to add color and depth with accent fabrics, objects, and accessories. For instance, a beautiful vase full of peonies, an assortment of books, or an antique textile used as a throw or made into a pillow can create layers in a room and prevent the neutrals from feeling bland. In this room I used a deeper neutral such as the gray/blue fabric on the beds to add a subtle contrast and drama to the pale backdrop. I think the end result is tranquil and soothing while also sophisticated and chic.
Photo courtesy of Karyn Millet
Elizabeth Dinkel
I like to use unexpected color combinations. For example a soft, relaxing hue such as Robin's Egg with a strong accent like a warm Terra Rosa can be extremely beautiful and chic.
Photo courtesy of Jean Randazzo
Matthew Patrick Smyth
Our clients have been reacting to jewel toned colors recently. Perhaps it is a subconscious reaction to the times; this gold and lapis blue combination lifts the spirits.
Photo courtesy of Peter Margonelli
Joe Nye
Paprika walls (Benjamin Moore) are a strong counterpoint to the basic one-fabric-scheme that is a Clarence House red, green and black stripe. The intensity of the red makes your pupils dilate, makes people feel good, and creates a happy environment in this beach-side bungalow.
Photo courtesy of Joe Nye, Inc
Sherrill Canet
When staying "in" seems to be the prefered option a warm and cozy place at home is what my clients are requiring. This deep dark chocolate and vibrant coral library is all embracing yet exciting and the perfect backdrop to a lovely afternoon or evening at home.
Photo courtesy of Tria Giovan
Alex Papachristidis
A timeless scheme, and mix of colors that I adore, all comes together in this Braquenié fabric of cream, tobacco, blue, and yellow that was the inspiration for this Kips Bay room. I find this color combination both sophisticated and versatile. It looks beautiful with a variety of materials and finishes like wood, stone, bronze, lacquer and gilt and works well with solid and textured fabrics.
Photo courtesy of Stewart O'Shields
Michael Smith
This is a bedroom in London filled with 20th century furniture-with yellow and white Fortuny on the walls. This "maizey" yellow is almost a neutral, in a way, and creates a modern and sunny palette.
Photo courtesy of Michael Smith, Inc.
Barbara Barry
I love gold, chocolate, and ivory in fabrics, woods, and metals. It feels rich and festive and chic. Like liquid sunshine on a cloudy day, it can warm your spirits, and by night it glows like candlelight and sparkles like jewelry.
Photo courtesy of David Meredith
Michael Berman
Persimmon and black, I have always loved a deep orangey tone like this persimmon color for dining rooms, especially smaller, more intimate spaces. The warmth radiates off the walls and always sets a beautiful backdrop for antiques, ebony wood and soft modern furnishings. I find myself using dark, graphic colors like this black/green for doors and trim in almost every project these days-it gives a crisp and contrasting outline in a home that recalls classic Architectural Engravings.
Photo courtesy of Grey Crawford
Barry Dixon
I never tire of the helios gamut of colors. Glowing ember golds, blood oranges, and muted, winey clarets fold into one another when used together. A room in these colors is warm even before we turn up the thermostat.
Photo courtesy of Edward Addeo
Kendall Wilkinson
I love combining the edginess of red and freshness of yellow and anchoring them with timeless black-you can make this trio work for any season or any mood, and it puts your personality forward.
Photo courtesy of Kendall Wilkinson Design
Ellie Cullman and Tracey Pruzan
We've moved past green and beige, the colors of money. And in the spirit of the economy, we've moved into red. On a more serious note, we do love to use colors in our interiors, and right now, red feels passionate and energetic. We also try not to decorate according to what's in fashion, and red is always a classic choice, rather than a trendy or "in style now" choice.
Photo courtesy of Cullman & Kravis
Thomas Jayne
We painted this coat room red to transport it into being an individual space of its own. It seems slightly risky to use this color, which might be why I like it so much. This particular shade is brick, which feels energetic, confident, and protective. Furthermore, it combines well with blue, which is increasingly popular again after a seeming hiatus in residential decoration.
Photo courtesy of Thomas Jayne Studio
Connie Beale
For as long as I remember, shades of turquoise have appealed to me. As an accent against greens and creams, as shown in this living room, it lifts the palette without jarring the restfulness of the space. Turquoise can provide a terrific spark without being overwhelming as a red or orange accent might. It's a cool color though its impact can be quite warm.
Photo courtesy of Connie Beale, Inc
Robert Couturier
A color palette is determined by the client preferences and by the interior architecture of each project. For me, there is really no trend to this. One thing I never do is beige! To me color signifies the soul of a room, a house or an interior, and beige has no soul.
Photo courtesy of Robert Couturier & Assoc.
Betsy Burnham
I love gray-blue. The paler tones are very chic for walls, and used with crispy white trim, remind me of oxford shirts or old school writing paper. The mid-tones I've used on wood. The darkest grey-blues I've used in all kinds of ways-from shutters on my own home's exterior to the entry walls of an art collector client. These go from classic to dramatic depending on the use and remind me of fine men's suiting. Best of all, you can accent these grey-blues with everything from Hermes orange to aubergine and mustard yellow. They make for a slightly "off" yet very sophisticated palette.
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Social Issues and Satire (young adult fiction)
From Wiki
Article in Young Adult Fiction category.
Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande
- Mena has just started high school but instead of enjoying what she had looked forward to as the happiest time of her life, she finds herself completely isolated and on restriction for life it seems. From a conservative fundamentalist Christian family, her social world revolved completely around her church youth group, until she is kicked out of church for writing a letter apologizing to a gay high school boy, who attempted suicide during a campaign of harassment by Mena's church friends. Without meaning to, her letter implicates specific teens in the church, and lawsuits follow, including one aimed at her parents, who now barely speak to their daughter. When her science class begins a unit on evolution, Mena again finds herself on the wrong side of her old church and friends, as they mount a vocal campaign in the classroom against the teaching of evolution, and in favor of the theory of intelligent design. Her one bright spot is her new science partner, brainy, yet funnily attractive, science nerd Casey, though she has to lie to her parents and sneak around in order to work with him after school on their science project. Could she be falling in love? Somewhat belied by the chatty first person account, this book is actually a serious, informed look at the controversy over the teaching of evolution in our schools.
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
- Roy Eberhardt is new to South Florida, and so far, he's unimpressed. He hasn't made any friends and Dana Matherson, the school bus bully, is making matters worse. Roy finally finds something to interest him when he spots a barefooted boy running away from the school bus. Intrigued, Roy follows the boy. Roy learns that the boy, known only as Mullet Fingers, is trying to stop the construction of a pancake house to protect a family of burrowing owls. An environmental protest follows, complete with alligators, sparkly poisonous snakes, Rottweilers, a cranky construction boss, the police, a girl named Beatrice Leep, and the mysterious Mullet Fingers. It turns out that Roy finds more than enough excitement in new neighborhood. Now if only he can get involved without getting into trouble! Check out the movie based on the book!
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. Konigsburg
- Whenever anyone at Camp Talequa asks Margaret Rose Kane to participate in anything, she says, "I prefer not to." Since her parents are in Peru, the camp director has no choice but to call her uncles Alex and Morris to pick her up. Margaret is happy to spend the rest of her summer with them at their home: 19 Schuyler Place. In the backyard stand three towers built of scrap metal, glass and porcelain. The uncles have worked on the towers for forty five years and consider them a work of art. But now some of the neighbors are protesting the towers and ordering that they be removed. Outraged, Margaret sets out to save the towers. Along the way she learns about friendship, history, and fighting City Hall.
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
- Lina Mayfleet wants to be a messenger for the City of Ember. On Assignment Day she picks a job in the pipeworks. Lina is disappointed until Doon Harrow offers to trade with her. As Lina delivers messages around the city, she learns that all is not as well as the mayor would lead people to believe. The stores of food and supplies left long ago by the Builders are running out. Frequent blackouts make Ember's citizens nervous and afraid of being in the dark forever. Doon is learning similar things in the Pipeworks. Much of the system, including the generator, is in disrepair and no one seems to have a permanent solution. When Lina discovers a long-lost tattered document, she believes it will lead her to a city she has often imagined. Can Lina and Doon fill in the blanks in the message and find a way to another place before Ember's lights go out forever?
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
- Twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest. See, last Christmas Eve, huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mom. The Boov also declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod. Gratuity's story involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo.; a road trip in a hovercar to find Gratuity's mother (including a stop at the Happy Mouse Kingdom in Florida); and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. Along the way Rex touches on colonization and imperialism, environmental issues and consumerism, and other touchy subjects - but that in no way detracts from the endearing and amusing story.


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Posted by Word Camel on January 10, 2002 at
Dropping H's from the front of words is generally considered a 'no-no'. It caused me years of frustration in the UK where I searched in vain for the location of places like 'atfield, and scowered the dictionary looking for the word 'ump - as in "She got the 'ump because we were late."
Now that I am back on the other side of the pond, I am bothered by the word 'herb'. In American English it is considered proper to drop the 'H' from the front of the word. It is also dropped from the word herbage. And yet - and this is where it gets weird - it is not properly dropped from the words, 'herbaceous', 'herbal' or 'herbalist'.
Does anyone have any idea why the 'h' is dropped or why the inconsistency? I'm also interested to know whether there are any other words in American English that follow the same principle? I can't think of any.


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Memories of hot pot have always involved family and friends around one or two boiling pots of broth on hot plates, set upon the dining room table and enjoyed over conversation, often during the holidays such as Lunar New Year. Sometimes, it was simply the way my mom handled a meal when there were going to be a lot of people coming over for dinner. Raw cut meats, vegetables, bean thread noodles, and tofu were laid out on the table, waiting their turn to get dunked, cooked, then retrieved before being dipped into a personal bowl of XO sauce
beat with a raw egg, and eaten.


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The War Report: A WSJ Roundup of Global Conflict
From the ongoing Syrian civil war, to pockets of armed Morsi supporters outside Cairo, to a deadly terror attack at a Nairobi shopping mall, the WSJ looks at September's active conflict zones.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
I ... the the ... the continuing clashes in the least hotspots as well as disturbing new developments on the African continent ... we started YouTube ... the ruling military conducted raids near Cairo true doubt lingering pockets of our ... supporters of deposed President Mohammad Morsi ... Mr ... the civil war in Syria is now several side ... both moderate and extremist rebel groups are still fighting the forces of sorrow us up ... but they're also fighting amongst themselves over who would replace him ... the was ... worried that extremists may have the upper hand ... civilians continue to be targeted by bombings in Iraq ... suicide bombers in cars and on foot stock in several locations across the country this month ... including a funerals for both Sunnis and Shiites ... in ... the al Qaeda affiliated Somali inner Group also bought the credit for what the shooting spree a shopping mall ... filled with disabilities ... the boxes of retaliating against Union forces inside Somalia ... Apple been trying to help restore order after decades of chaos ... violence flared up again in the disputed territory of Kashmir ... separatists rated Indian police station before hijacking a truck in attacking an army camp fifty miles away ...


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For occasional insomnia, the following herbs and supplements (found at natural-food stores) may be especially effective. Be sure to discuss supplements you're interested in with your health-care practicer.
Probably the most well-known herb for sleep, valerian works by calming the nerves and relaxing the muscles. Since it's often described as smelling like dirty socks, take it "down the hatch" as a dropperful of tincture or a 500-mg capsule rather than sipping it as a tea. Keep in mind that for some people, valerian has a stimulating effect; try it on a weekend, just in case. You'll know quickly whether valerian works for you. If you're taking sedatives or medicine for depression or anxiety, use valerian only under the guidance of a health-care professional.
This supplement is synthesized to match a hormone produced within the pineal gland, a pea-sized organ in our brain that regulates the body's internal clock. Melatonin supplements "can be helpful for shifting bodies back into a rhythm," says Donald Yance, an Oregon-based clinical herbalist and certified nutritionist. Though 3 mg supplements are commonly sold in stores, he advises patients to start with 1 mg. Yance cautions against using too much, saying "it's not wise to use a hormone as a drug." As with valerian, you should notice the effects of melatonin quickly.
Found naturally in green tea, this amino acid raises levels of GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), a relaxation-inducing chemical in our brains, and can ease anxiety-induced insomnia without grogginess. Yance often recommends 200 to 600 mg before bed to his patients. You should feel the effects quickly.
Sleep-Inducing Tea
For a relaxing bedtime beverage, Yance suggests combining several herbs as follows: Passionflower and skullcap soothe agitated nervous systems and can help with mental chatter; oat seed strengthens the nervous system and helps people who are too tired to sleep; and chamomile provides a gently relaxing base.
1 chamomile tea bag
30 to 60 drops passionflower tincture
15 to 30 drops skullcap tincture
15 to 30 drops milky oat seed (Avena sativa) tincture
Pour boiling water over tea bag and let steep for five minutes. Remove tea bag, and add drops of tincture to tea. Stir in a touch of honey if desired. Sip and enjoy.
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Jul. 21 (GIN) – Nairobi-based author Okwiri Oduor was the highly-acclaimed winner of this year's prestigious Caine Prize for African writing. The much-awaited selection was announced last week in Oxford, England.
The award carries a prize of 10,000 British pounds (about $17,000) for the 25-year-old Kenyan who was among the top five writers shortlisted for the prize.
Oduor's story – "My Father's Head" – is a narration of grief following the death of the narrator's father as she encounters a priest who counsels her to cherish his memory. She tackles issues regarding memory, loss and loneliness in the backdrop of the old people's home where she works.
In an interview with Nana-Ana Kyerematin of AfriDiaspora prior to the announcement, she explained its origins. "I was estranged from my loved ones for a while. I thought of it as being in exile—from home, from them, from myself. During this time, I thought a lot about mortality, about the meaning of home and the spaces that one inhabits while there."
Panel of judges' chair Jackie Kay called 'My Father's Head' "an uplifting story about mourning – Joycean in its reach." Oduor "exercises an extraordinary amount of control and yet the story is subtle, tender and moving. It is a story you want to return to the minute you finish it."
Nigerian author Ben Okri gave the keynote address with the theme "Freedom". He recalled the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, noting that their fate hangs over us all. In addition to short story writing, Oduor directed the inaugural Writivism Literary Festival in Kampala, Uganda in August 2013, and penned a novella, The Dream Chasers. She is a 2014 MacDowell Colony fellow and is currently at work on her debut novel.
Described as Africa's leading literary award, the Caine Prize returns to Kenya after leaving Zimbabwe from multiple award-winning novelist Noviolet Bulawayo in 2011 for her short story Hitting Budapest. The Caine prize is awarded annually for a short story by an African writer published in English.
With this prize, Ms. Oduor may spend up to a month as a writer-in-residence at the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice at Georgetown University in Washington. She will also be invited to the Open Book Festival in Cape Town in September 2014, the Storymoja Hay Festival in Nairobi and the Ake Festival in Nigeria. w/pix of O. Oduor
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A buyer's guide to the Indoor Cycling Bike
As with all cardiovascular apparatus, Indoor Cycling or Spinning Bikes also provide a series of benefits for users:
- · Strengthen and tone the lower body: legs, thighs and glutes.
- · Combine aerobic and anaerobic workouts thanks to changes in rhythm.
- · Guarantee low impact physical activity and are suitable for any age.
- · Burn off fat and reduce volume.
- · Work and tone the core (abs) intensively.
- · Improve stamina as the intensity of the workout increases.
- · Help to reduce stress and enhance concentration.
- · Enable diverse and varied workouts (individual, group, with music, etc.)
Before buying an Indoor Bike, there are a series of aspects which you should bear in mind to ensure the right choice.
- 1) Type of transmission
- 2) Braking system
- 3) Weight of the flywheel
- 4) Adjustment possibilities
- 5) Monitor and console
1) Type of transmission: belt or chain
Indoor Bikes have the pedals connected to the flywheel in two different ways, such that when the user begins to pedal, a rotation of the flywheel is generated. This is called transmission, and may be by belt or chain. Transmission by chain is the most economical and offers a more realistic sensation, more similar to that of a racing bike, but is a noisier option and requires more maintenance. On the contrary, transmission by belt is quieter and requires less maintenance, but is also more expensive.
2) Braking system: magnetic or friction
Braking on a Spinning Bike can be by friction or magnetic. Braking by friction (pads) is most common in the domestic environment, mainly due to cost. In this system, pads rub against each other and exercise pressure on the flywheel to reduce speed or to brake. Magnetic braking is more common for top of the range Indoor Bikes aimed at professional use. In this system, the flywheel brakes using electromagnets that follow the indications transmitted by the user through the monitor. This is more expensive, but unlike friction brakes, is much more quiet and does not require any kind of maintenance.
3) Weight of the flywheel
The flywheel is the element of the bike that turns the pedal axle and transmits the different resistances to vary intensity during workouts. The greater the weight of the flywheel, the smoother and more fluid the sensation when pedalling, and the greater the possible variation of the resistance, which means more demanding workouts can be handled.
4) Adjustment possibilities
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Earth Day is Sunday April 22nd, so this seems the perfect time to take a look at 'going' green with funerals and burials.
We live 'green.' Why not die green? The term "green" refers to a practice that is not harmful to the environment – something that is natural. For many, a green funeral and/or burial are ethical choices, a simple decision to go back to nature.
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Natural burials date back thousands of years. This is how we've buried our dead for centuries. But natural burial fell out of favor during the Civil War. That's when embalming was utilized in order to transport bodies back home to be buried. By the end of the nineteenth century natural burial had dropped off, and by the mid twentieth century funeral homes were playing a major part in the private ritual of death and burial.
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Contrary to popular thought, you do not have to have the deceased embalmed. Embalming is never required for the first 24 after death. Also, you have a set amount of time to bury a body before embalming may be required according to your state law. According to Funeral Consumers Alliance, http://www.funerals.org/ "There is no public health purpose served by embalming." However, the Federal Trade Commission does allow funeral homes to require embalming for public viewing.
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A traditional funeral and burial includes several elements. Among them, transportation of the deceased, embalming, a viewing, a religious or memorial service, possibly a few words at the grave side, a plot, casket, opening and closing of the grave, a vault and liner, and a grave marker. When added up, a traditional funeral and burial will cost around $10,000!
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A green funeral can be held outside in a natural setting, at a loved one's home, or at a special place of remembrance. A funeral home is not required. With a green or natural funeral, the body is not embalmed and no toxins are used to preserve it.
Each year, 22,500 cemeteries across the United States bury approximately:
30 million board feet of hardwood (caskets)
14,000 tons of steel (vaults)
2,700 tons of copper and bronze (caskets)
1,636,000 tons of reinforced concrete (vaults)
827,060 US gallons of embalming fluid, which includes formaldehyde.
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A green burial is one that is done with a biodegradable container, which is nontoxic to the environment such as a cardboard or wicker coffin. Wicker coffins may be woven from willow, seagrass or bamboo and pine.
Shrouds are also an option and are still used in many cultures and religions including Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Christianity. A shroud is a long piece of cloth, usually made of cotton or linen in which the body is wrapped. The shroud is then placed directly into the grave without a casket.
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Green cemeteries are just that – natural and green. Pesticides, herbicides and some fertilizers are not allowed. They do not allow metal coffins, concrete vaults or headstones. Instead the body is put in a degradable coffin or shroud and placed in the grave with a flat rock, plant or tree serving as the grave marker. Some green cemeteries are using GPS coordinates to locate graves.
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Natural cemeteries also dig the graves by hand, and the body is laid to rest without equipment. Landscaping is made up of plants and trees native to the area, with the cemetery resembling a woodland. England has over 200 green cemeteries while in the U.S., a the idea is just catching on. But the trend is growing. Many traditional cemeteries are opening sections that are only for green burials. The Green Burial Council http://www.greenburialcouncil.org has established the United State's first certifiable standards for funeral providers, cremation facilities and cemeteries regarding green burial. To locate a natural burial site, visit http://naturalburial.coop/USA/
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|Stone Marker
Green funerals and burials are much less expensive than traditional ones. Burial in a green cemetery can run from $1,000 to $5,000, including the plot, opening and closing of the grave, and a one-time charge for perpetual care. The majority of the cost for green burial goes for maintenance, landscaping and conservation of the property.
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There are other ways to go green in death. Cremation is another option. Remains may be placed in a biodegradable urn and buried, dropped over water, or scattered. If you decide to urn the remains, you can still go green with an urn crafted from handmade paper, rock salt or bamboo.
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|Biodegradable Urn
Cremation can run $1,000 to 2,000 before burial, if desired. Most green cemeteries have a donation charge for scattering remains of $200 to $300. Burying cremated remains can run from $200 to $1,000.
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Water burial is another option for a green burial. This can entail a full body sea burial where the unembalmed body is wrapped in a shroud before being lowered into the water. Or you could choose cremation and have the ashes scattered over a body of water, or put in a water urn and dropped into it. You might rather choose to have your cremains become part of a man-made (literally) reef. http://www.EternalReefs.com offers several options including having the manmade reef added to a living coral reef.
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You can consider being buried on your own plot of land. Home burial is an option and is allowed in most parts of the United States. Check your state's laws on acreage requirements. Home funerals are also allowed but may require the assistance of a home funeral practitioner or a licensed funeral home director. Again, review the laws for your state.
According to AARP – 21% of people over the age of 50 would prefer an eco –friendly, 'green' end of life ritual as opposed to a traditional funeral. Maybe its time we 'got back to nature' and started respecting not only the planet, but ourselves as well. Green burials follow the natural cycle of life, returning the body back to the earth in the least obtrusive manner.
"Ashes to ashes – dust to dust." Indeed - How true! How green!
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SO I WATCHED ARGO, the Ben Affleck movie about the 1979 hostage crisis in Iran.
Those of us of a certain age remember the hostage crisis quite well. Until September 11th, nothing in post-World War Two American history garnered more media attention and public discussion, save perhaps for the Vietnam War.
I thought the movie started strong but ended weakly. The closing sequence, especially, was contrived and overwrought — not to mention historically inaccurate.
But it's the airplane scenes that we're here to talk about:
The Boeing 747 is one of the movie's stars. The iconic jet makes numerous appearances in the period colors of British Airways, Iran Air, and — at the end, during that ridiculous escape scene — Swissair.
The 747 is the Empire State Building of jetliners. It's no longer the biggest or the flashiest, but it's still the grandest and most historically significant. And any movie set in the 70s, particularly one focused on what was such a huge international story, come on, if there's gonna be an airplane, it has to be a 747.
I'm reminded of the line from that old Nick Lowe song…
"Seven forty seven put him in that condition,
Flyin' back from a peace keeping mission…"
I don't know if the British Airways jet that brought CIA agent Tony Mendez into Tehran really was a 747. And the Swissair plane that carried the six Americans to freedom was, in fact, a Douglas DC-8. But that's not the artistic license that irks me.
What irks me, for starters, is that these airplane scenes were, quite clearly, digitalized fakes. Even a child could see this. The shot of the BA flight descending into Mehrabad airport looked like something an eighth grader had put together on his iPad. It was so goofily phony that it was hard not to laugh out loud.
The Swissair scenes, in the film's closing minutes, were no better. What a waste. There's the 747, front and center of one of the coolest moments of the past 40 years. Except that it's rendered in a sort of CGI-lite. There's one shot, of the plane's left wing, where they didn't even pretend to make it real. The intake of the number one engine is just a two-dimensional black circle. As the kids say, WTF?
As the movie comes to a close, we see the superimposed jet accelerating down the runway, chased along by a phalanx of Iranian military vehicles and police cars. These cars and trucks miraculously keep pace until the nose gear begins to lift. I'm unaware of any jeeps or police sedans able to drive 170 miles-per-hour, but who knows what secret weapons the Iranians had in 1979.
And by the way, what you see in Argo is a -300 series 747, with the extended upper deck and traditional (no winglets) wing. Swissair did operate the 747-300 for a time. The trouble is, it didn't take delivery of the first one until 1983, four years after the events portrayed in the film.
That's cheating a bit, I know. It's really not fair that I can give them a pass for using a 747 in the first place, yet be offended by which variant was depicted. Here I am complaining because they used the wrong kind of the wrong plane.
Still though, if you're going to show a plane at all, at least show one that actually existed at the time. Not bothering to do so is laziness. The choice of going with a 747 instead of a DC-8 can at least be argued on dramatic grounds. Going with a model that hadn't been invented yet is simply incoherent.
You mean to tell me that with the millions of dollars lavished on the production of a major film, that Affleck and company couldn't have gotten hold of an actual, chronologically correct 747 (it would have been the -200 variant) for a couple of simple runway scenes? Several 747-200s are still flying, and I'm sure the owners (cargo companies mostly) would have been happy to lease one out for a few days. Dozens more are mothballed in the deserts of California and Arizona, within driving distance of Hollywood, any one of which could have been painted up in the appropriate colors.
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Earlier on, I was impressed that they got the period livery for British Airways exactly right, including the typeface used in airport signage. There's also a very quick shot of the tail section of an Iran Air 747. Here too, though you don't see it for more than a second, the livery is correct.
But then, with Swissair, they blow it. The colors shown, with the black and brown striping and the full red tail, weren't used until 1980. They've got the wrong plane and the wrong paint job.
Here is a Swissair 747 of the correct make, in the correct livery.
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— Ironically enough, I watched Argo while flying from Japan to the US — on a 747.
— Swissair ceased operations in 2001 after 71 years of flying. The national carrier today, Swiss International, is often and incorrectly referred to as Swissair.
— In the early 1990s I lived just down the street from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, where Affleck and his buddy Matt Damon had been high school students.
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Mueller told The Associated Press in a phone interview from Albany, Ore., that he felt compelled to make his views known because sheriffs have not had much of a say on the vice president's anti-gun violence task force. Mueller said his constituents have been repeatedly asking his deputies about what will happen if new gun restrictions are adopted.
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The sheriff figures Biden probably won't even receive his letter, but "it needed to be said, so I said it."
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Mueller said some other sheriffs expressed support for his stance, but he does not know of any who have pledged to take similar action in regard to potential gun laws. Holly Russell, executive director of the Oregon State Sheriff's Association, did not respond to phone and email messages left late Tuesday afternoon.
Linn County is largely rural and politically conservative. Fewer than 40 percent of its registered voters supported President Barack Obama in November. Mueller said most households in the county have guns.
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