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CHESAPEAKE -- The white tile floors, cinder-block walls and rows of steel bunks remind Raymond Riddick of the barracks he stayed in during boot camp in the mid-1980s.
"Only, the beds weren't bolted to the floor," the former sailor said while giving a tour of his dormitory at Indian Creek Correctional Center in southern Chesapeake.
Riddick, who's locked up following a string of car thefts, is one of about 60 former service members serving out criminal sentences in a new veterans dorm at the medium-security prison.
State corrections officials christened the wing during a ceremony last month, saying they hoped the program would change lives and prevent war vets from returning to prison.
Virginia is the latest in a series of states with large military populations, including Florida and Georgia, that have established veterans-only prison facilities to house and assist the growing numbers of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who find themselves in trouble with the law.
The Indian Creek dorm, open since spring, is one of two veterans wings started this year by the Virginia Department of Corrections. The other is in Haynesville.
About 2,000 of the state's 30,000 inmates identify themselves as veterans, though officials suspect the true number is larger. Many of them struggle with drug addiction and mental disorders.
"This dorm allows our veteran offenders a place where they can share ideas and have that camaraderie and that fellowship that comes with their shared experiences," said Jerry Mullen, a clinical supervisor who oversees the veterans program at Indian Creek. "We've developed a curriculum specifically to address post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse and other common issues faced by veterans."
The logos of every service branch are painted above the entrance of the dorm.
The men are supervised by prison guards with military backgrounds, and they are required to keep their beds and clothing shipshape.
Each is assigned a job with a military-themed title: The mess crew serves in the kitchen, the hazmat team is responsible for cleaning up spills, and the intel coordinator gathers information on veterans programs that might help inmates once they are released.
The voluntary program is open to veterans who have been honorably discharged, have shown good behavior and have fewer than two years left to serve.
Beyond the military-themed murals painted on the walls and the neatly made beds, signs that this isn't a typical prison facility can be heard in the nighttime screams of former soldiers struggling with PTSD, and seen in the bullet scars hidden underneath light-blue uniforms.
Counselors who are also former service members help the inmates work through mental health problems and encourage them to take responsibility for their crimes.
On a recent day, some of the veterans gathered in a common area and participated in a conflict-resolution scenario while others read quietly at their bunks.
One former soldier who served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan before being convicted of grand larceny in Chesapeake said he appreciates the efforts taken to help veterans with mental health problems. Even more needs to be done, he said, speaking on the condition that his name not be published.
The soldier was shot in the shoulder by insurgents in Iraq and suffers from PTSD. He said he hopes prison staff will do more to help inmates apply for Veterans Administration benefits.
"I give them credit for at least acknowledging that veterans need special attention and for trying to do something about it," he said.
Former Army Sgt. Richard Broome said the veterans program was exactly what he needed.
Broome, a former budget analyst at Fort Belvoir, was convicted several times of drunken driving.
The 42-year-old inmate said the program at Indian Creek helped him to take responsibility for his drinking problem and acknowledge that he could have killed himself or others every time he partied and then got behind the wheel.
Sharing space with fellow service members helped him to finally reach that point, said Broome, who served from 1992 to 2001.
"I joined the military because I needed that support and I needed that structure," he said. "I didn't realize I still needed it when I got out."


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Original Trinity Hymnal, #275
Zion stands by hills surrounded,
Zion, kept by pow'r divine;
All her foes shall be confounded,
Though the world in arms combine;
Happy Zion,
What a favored lot is thine!
Ev'ry human tie may perish;
Friend to friend unfaithful prove;
Mothers cease their own to cherish;
Heav'n and earth at last remove;
But no changes
Can attend Jehovah's love.
In the furnace God may prove thee,
Thence to bring thee forth more bright,
But can never cease to love thee;
Thou art precious in his sight;
God is with thee
God, thine everlasting light.
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AllTrails currently has over 200,000 members who have mapped over 45,000 trails. The trails includes routes and information on many different activities including hiking, mountain biking, skiing, and snowboarding.
It is possible to search for trails by location and the results are displayed on a Google Map. It is then possible to refine the trails shown by the driving distance from your location, the length of the trail and / or its duration.
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HAMPSTEAD, N.Y. – The VCU Men's Soccer team captured its second road victory of the season with a 3-0 win at Hofstra University on Saturday night.
The Rams improve to 7-5-0 overall and 2-2-0 in Colonial Athletic Association play, while the Pride fall to 5-5-0 overall and 2-2-0 against CAA opponents.
"I was very proud of the boys tonight," said VCU Head Coach Dave Giffard. "As teams continue to try and look for ways to break up our rhythm and make it difficult for us to play we have to be able to adjust and solve the problems that they present us. I was very pleased with our effort in that area tonight. As the night went on, the turf became damp, which made it more and more difficult to weight passes on and I think that really played into their hands. With all that being said, what got us the result was our team defending and dealing with a multitude of direct balls, restarts and long throw-ins. We worked hard and were determined to keep the shutout while we worked and did our best to play and create chances. Give Hofstra a ton of credit, they defended well and made the game very difficult for us."
The first half of play was played in the midfield, as neither team was able to muster any dangerous scoring chances.
Senior defender Nick Rich was the only player on either team to fire a shot on goal, in which his attempt in the 39th minute of play was saved by the Hofstra goalkeeper.
At the half, Hofstra held a 6-3 edge in shots while the Rams earned the half's only two corner kicks.
VCU got on the board in 76th minute of play as a result of an own goal by the Pride. A Hofstra defender attempted to head the ball back to the goalkeeper, but the ball rose over the goalkeeper's head and into the net.
The Rams doubled the lead just 10 minutes later, as Rich sent in a ball off a free kick from VCU's own defensive end inside the Pride's 18-yard box. Sophomore forward Jason Johnson tracked down the service and chipped the ball over the goalkeeper's head for his sixth goal of the 2011 campaign.
Junior forward Yoram Mwila tacked on an insurance goal in the 88th minute to bring the score to its final, at 3-0 in favor of the Black & Gold. Some nice combination passing between Johnson and freshman midfielder Charlie Ahn allowed Mwila to fire off a shot from the left side of the field and into Hofstra's goal. Mwila has now scored five goals for VCU this season.
"At the end of day, we had some good pressure on their center back which led to a miscue and an own goal before Jason had a brilliant finish to make it 2-0," added Giffard. "Charlie worked very hard to break up a play and slot Yoram, who finished for goal number 3. We all fought, worked hard and made our own luck in a match we ultimately deserved to win.
Hofstra finished with a 15-9 shots advantage and held a 4-3 edge in corner kicks.
VCU senior goalkeeper Josh Pantazelos notched his fifth shutout of the season in a contest he was not forced to make a save in. Hofstra's Robert Pellegrini finished with two saves in 90 minutes of action.
I couldn't be prouder of our effort" said Giffard. "Now we turn our attention to a very good JMU team on Wednesday. "
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Main events include the Blue Mountain Invitational Fast Pitch Softball Tournament, Air Band Competition, Lions Club breakfast, Pioneer Day parade, kids games in the park, Big 4 Tractor Pull, basketball tournaments, and fireworks.
The Pioneer Days celebration is an annual production of the Monticello Chamber of Commerce and the City of Monticello.
Friday events include Lawn mower races at the Southeast Utah Visitors Center, Big 4 Tractor Pull, and the first rounds of the softball tournament.
Saturday Events begin at 6:30 a.m. with the Blue Mountain Pioneer Day Family 5k beginning at Lloyds Lake. The Lions Club Pancake Breakfast begins at 7 a.m. at the ballpark pavilion.
A flag ceremony by the Army National Guard will be held at the San Juan Veterans Memorial Park at 7:45 a.m.
Lineup for the parade will begin at 10 a.m. at Monticello High School, the actual parade will begin at 11 a.m. with a children's parade beginning at 10:45 a.m.
Immediately following the parade, there will be booths and several activities at Veterans Memorial Park at the intersection of U.S. Highways 191 and 491.
The Big 4 Tractor pull will begin at 2 p.m. at the South East Utah Welcome Center.
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Sums it all up. Next time some dumb Republican wants to act all tough on this, play this for them. Then tell them to shut up and sit down.


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2 Undergrad Researchers Win Goldwater Scholarships
Scholars Plan to Conduct Doctoral Studies in Molecular Genetics and Biomedical Engineering
May 17, 2012
Truc Do doesn't give up easily.
As a sophomore in biochemistry last year at UT Dallas, her research on mitochondrial gene expression in Dr. Dennis Miller's molecular biology/genetics lab caught the attention of the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program.
Truc Do helped sequence influenza viruses during a summer internship.
The program awards scholarships to about 300 top students from a field of 1,000 nominated by faculty at universities nationwide. Do received an honorable mention. Though quite a national recognition in itself, she was hoping for a full scholarship.
Undaunted, she completed a second summer internship at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where she helped sequence influenza viruses, and applied again for the Goldwater program.
Her perseverance has paid off. This year, she garnered a scholarship, along with Abhishek Raj, a sophomore electrical engineering student who researched the application of shape-memory polymers to flexible electronics.
Abhishek Raj researched the application of shape memory polymers in flexible electronics.
It's the first time since 2009 that two UT Dallas students have won Goldwater Scholarships in the same year.
"When I got the notification of winning the scholarship, I immediately speed-dialed my parents' number," Do said. "I had a lot of people to thank, especially my mentors Dr. Miller, Dr. Ernest Hannig, and Dr. Juan Gonzalez. It's a humbling and incredibly happy feeling."
A third UT Dallas student, Elizabeth Hanacik, a junior in the School of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, received an honorable mention.
Having such a prestigious program recognize three UT Dallas students makes it a "banner year" for the University, said Dr. Douglas Dow, coordinator of the Office of Distinguished Scholarships and associate director of the University's Collegium V honors program.
Elizabeth Hanacik, a junior in the School of Brain and Behavorial Sciences, earned honorable mention in the Goldwater Program.
"Twenty years ago, these awards were the monopoly of the Ivy League schools. We are competing at that level now," Dow said.
All three honorees are McDermott Scholars, and Do and Hanacik also have Green Fellowships, which enables them to dedicate a full semester to individual research in labs at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Do researched obesity and the role of the Sim1 gene in Dr. Andrew Zinn's lab. Hanacik focused on researching membrane trafficking in neurons in Dr. Robin Hiesinger's lab.
The Goldwater program is designed to identify and encourage top students nationwide who want to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. Dr. Dow said it becomes a golden key to fellowships and the top-ranking graduate schools in the country. Many of these promising undergraduate researchers also are rewarded with highly competitive scholarships.
"Abhi has been a true ambassador for UT Dallas and undergraduate research. He is a Renaissance man who understands both leadership and scholarship. His spirit and work ethic are representative of talented undergraduate researchers here that will continue to change the world in the elite graduate programs and beyond."
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Raj, who has worked in the Advanced Polymer Research Lab with Dr. Walter Voit since the summer before his freshman year, intends to pursue a PhD in biomedical engineering to eventually teach at the university level. He also plans to focus his research on the application of flexible electronics to the body, exploring how flexible electronics coupled with emerging technologies can be used in multi-electrode sensing arrays, cortical brain probes, cochlear implants and prosthetics.
"These biotechnologies will soon realize their immense potential in empowering doctors to improve patient diagnosis and treatment while empowering patients to interact with their world in new ways," Raj said.
Dr. Voit, an assistant professor of material science and engineering, said Raj has given presentations at major national and international conferences, and completed a summer research experience at Princeton University.
"Abhi has been a true ambassador for UT Dallas and undergraduate research," Dr. Voit said. "He is a Renaissance man who understands both leadership and scholarship. His spirit and work ethic are representative of talented undergraduate researchers here that will continue to change the world in the elite graduate programs and beyond."
After earning her bachelor's degree in biochemistry, Do plans to work on a PhD in molecular genetics and eventually enter academia as well as continue her research.
Dr. Miller described Do, one of his undergraduate researchers, as an "outstanding" choice for the scholarship.
"Truc is bright, enthusiastic and creative, and she loves a challenge," he said. "Although she was an undergraduate, it was like having an extra graduate student in my lab."
Hanacik, who researched tinnitus in Dr. Michael Kilgard's neuroscience lab at UT Dallas and also explored potential therapies for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, during a summer internship with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, plans to graduate with a neuroscience degree and then pursue a PhD in neuroscience.
Since 2005, seven UT Dallas students have received Goldwater Scholarships. The nationally competitive award is considered the premier undergraduate honor of its type. It's also a good harbinger of future success. More than 75 recent of Goldwater scholars have gone on to win Rhodes Scholarships for postgraduate study.
Media Contact: Robin Russell, UT Dallas, (972) 883-4431, [email protected]
or the Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, [email protected].


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Stacy Williams is a long time search marketer in Atlanta and I've known her and partner/husband Matt for about 3 years. Stacy is a long time Search Engine Strategies speaker and is equally adept in the SEO and SEM fields. At Search Engine Strategies Chicago, Stacy had a few very interesting things to say about search engines making modifications to campaign creative, match type and ad status without notifying the advertiser.
In this video interview, I asked Stacy to elaborate and she provided three specific examples. I hope someone from the search engines reads this and offers insight into why these things happen.
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In striking hard-anodized aluminum, Calphalon's sleek Contemporary Nonstick line features gently curved silhouettes detailed with sculpted stay-cool handles and interiors coated with a durable, multilayer nonstick finish. This versatile braiser is designed for searing and then slow cooking meats, poultry and vegetables; without the lid it can be used also for roasting, baking casseroles and even cooking frittatas.
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Duration: 07 DAYS / 06 NIGHTS
Grade: MODERATE
Duration: 07 DAYS / 06 NIGHTS
Grade: MODERATE
Arrival at Polonia airport Medan drive to Bukit Lawang with stop at crocodile farm, and several plantation for rubber and palm oil arrival at Bukit Lawang check in to hotel.
Day 02 : BUKIT LAWANG TREKKING LEUSER PARK
After breakfast at hotel then walking trough the bank of the river and crossing the river by traditional canoe and walking up the jungle to see the Orang Utan on the their feeding time. After feeding the Orang Utan tracking throuhg the Leuser National Park, walking around Leuser National Park is the time to experience many kind of flora and fauna as well enjoy the song of birds and Siamang "The Black Gibbon" and overnight in tent or shelter. (B,L,D)
Day 03 : CONTINUE TREKKING RETURN TO HOTEL
After breakfast prepared by tour guide continue tracking, today is full day walking and explore the rain tropical forest with their wild life living in their natural habitat. Afternoon return to hotel. (B,L)
Day 04 : FULLDAY WHITE WATER RAFTING
After breakfast drive by mini bus to Wampu river and arrival at starting point, starting your white water rafting adventure. During the rafting, the excellent opportunity to see the bird and wild life as white enjoying the two mild rapids. Arrival at waterfall at the bank of the river enjoying your shower and lunch will be provided afternoon arrival at the point stop enjoying coffee break before driving back to hotel. (B,L)
Day 05 : BUKIT LAWANG - BRASTAGI
After breakfast drive back to Medan and continue drive to Brastagi on the way stop at Sikupikap hot spring, arrival at Brastagi visit Batak Karo traditional village at Peceren, fruitmarket, Gundaling hill and afternoon check in to hotel. (B).
Day 06 : SIBAYAK VOLCANO CLIMBING - MEDAN
After early breakfast drive to the slope of Sibayak volcano and then start climbing to Sibayak volcano, where approximately at noon arrival on the top of Sibayak, after take a rest and enjoy it the view, start tracking back to Brastagu via different route where you will arrive at Lau Debuk-Debuk hot spring and you can enjoy swimming on the hot spring pool and then drive back to Medan, arrival at Medan check in to hotel. (B,L)
Day 07 : HOTEL - AIRPORT
After breakfast transfer to airport for your flight to next destination. (B)
• Accommodation based on twin sharing
• Air-conditioned transport
• Daily breakfast, 3x lunch, 1x dinner,
• Trekking ( included local guide, porter, tent and camping equipment)
• Rafting (included rubber boat, captain, life jacket and rafting equipment)
• Entrance fee
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• Warm cloth
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Ingredients and Preparation
- Preheat oven to 375º F.
- Cook the sliced leek in boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain and set aside.
- Mix together the eggs, milk, salt, and pepper.
- Spread the Canadian bacon, leek, and cheese out evenly over the pastry shell. Pour egg mixture into the pie shell and then sprinkle with parsley.
- Bake on one of the bottom shelves in the oven for about 40-45 minutes, until the egg mixture is set and golden brown on top. (Note: To test a quiche for doneness, first jiggle it a bit on the oven shelf to see if it's "set." If the center appears to be set, take the quiche out and stick a knife in the middle. The quiche is done when the knife comes out clean.)
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Ultimate Rocky RoadI couldn't decide whether to call this 'Ultimate Rocky Road' or 'Million Calorie Rocky Road'! This really is for special occasions when only chocolate will do – perfect for Christmas, the season of over indulging! The inspiration for using all of the chocolate bars came from the recipe from The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook, however I changed the rest of the recipe to suit my tastes and what I consider to more of a rocky road. I've suggested using Double Deckers (available in the UK), Snickers, Mars bars and Crunchies, however feel free to change the chocolate bars to whatever you like – mini Rolo's and Turkish Delight are both on my list to try next!
These also make lovely edible gifts, especially if you package them nicely. Either put some squares in a clear bag and tie with ribbon and if you want add a sprig of holly, or if you can find some mini loaf tin wrappers and make individual Rocky Road bars – a perfect, personal and delicious gift!
*A little tip – I don't recommend using Cadbury's chocolate for this recipe. I tried it and despite using very low heat it didn't melt smoothly and turned into a horrible, gritty mess! After a little searching on the internet I discovered that apparently Cadbury's milk chocolate is designed to melt in the mouth and won't stand up to any sort of high temperature! (I'm not sure if they are using a new recipe as I used to use Cadbury's all of the time without any problems.....)
2 Double Deckers
2 Snickers
2 Mars bars
2 Crunchies
135g Maltesers
100g glace cherries
100g dried cranberries
100g digestive biscuits
100g mini marshmallows
600g milk chocolate
150g butter
4 tbsp golden syrup
Edible glitter and edible gold stars to decorate (optional but so pretty and Christmassy!)
Line a rectangular baking tray (with deep sides) with baking parchment (or alternatively use little individual loaf cases – available from specialist cook shops or Lakeland).
Chop up all of the chocolate bars into small pieces (I cut them into small slices then each slice in half) then add to a large bowl. Roughly chop the maltesers and add to the rest of the chocolate bars. Do the same with the cherries and add to the bowl along with the dried cranberries. Break up the digestive biscuits into small pieces (I like a mixture of sizes and some crushed up rubble as well) and add to the rest of the ingredients then finish by adding the mini marshmallows. Stir everything together so that it's well mixed the set aside.
In a separate bowl add the chocolate, butter and syrup. Place the bowl over a pan of barely simmering water and gently melt everything together until smooth and evenly melted. Remove the bowl from the pan and leave to cool for a few minutes before adding to the bowl of ingredients. Stir really well so that everything is covered in the chocolate then pour the mix into the lined baking tray and press down with a spatula or the back of the spoon. Refrigerate for a few hours or overnight if you wait that long.


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Merida were just down the road at Ashton Court in Bristol today, showing off their 2009 wares, so we popped along to check out their latest road offerings. And there was lots to see: road bikes, time trial irons, cyclo cross machines, urban workhorses - you name it, they have it covered this year with a bigger range than we've seen previously in the UK. We had a first ride on a couple of the range and also managed to blag four bikes for full testing, so look out for them soon on road.cc.
Top of the pile on the road side is the new Scultura Evo, a new monocoque which sits above last year's frame which Merida are continuing to produce and sell on at a lower level - a trend we're seeing more and more among big manufacturers. Merida told us that it costs around £200,000 to tool up to produce a new bike such as the Evo, so it's not surprising that they're trying to recoup that investment over more than a single year. The new frame is (Merida claim) in the top three in the world where stiffness to weight ratio is concerned, and the sub-UCI Team 20, with SRAM Red drivetrain and Mavic SSC wheelset comes in at a mote under four grand. There's a poor man's Ultegra SL version for £2,300. The old Scultura, with its quirky lugged-effect monocoque carbon frame, looks good value at £1600 decked out with Ultegra transmission and Mavic Aksium wheels. We've got the the top-dollar Evo in the back of the car, so it's compare and contrast time - how will it stack up against the Cervelo we had last week?
Lots of manufacturers have cottoned on to the the £999 cycle to work scheme limit, which used to be a bit of a gap in many manufacturer's ranges, and Merida are no exception. Their offering is a hydroformed Alu frameset with 105 gears and Shimano RS10 wheelset, whichwe would have probably been more impressed with had we not seen Boardman's carbon-framed, Rival-equipped, 17.3lb machine for the same money last week. Also, the paint job is a little pedestrian, especially compared to the foil logos and green swirls of the Evo.
Time trial bikes are on the agenda too this year. There's only one frame - a good looking Aluminium offering with smoothed welds for extra slipperiness - and three build specs. £3299 buys you the wishlist Warp 9, including Zipp deep section wheels and TT-specific SRAM Force switchgear, but for a very reasonable £1399 you get the Warp 5, a proper out-of-the-box TT bike with Ultegra bar-end shifters and FSA aero brakes: it's worth spending the extra over the £1199 Warp 4 which has standard STI levers. All three bikes feature the now-ubiquitous two-position seatpin, the Warp 5 and 4 get an extraordinarily wide Selle Italia NTI saddle that looks like it's fallen off a downhill bike - still, plenty of nose to perch on... We've nabbed the Warp 5 for testing, watch this space.
The cyclo-cross range has two frames and three specs. Top of the pile is the CC5, which gets a lightened frame and a Ultegra/105/FSA component mix that looks tough enough for a race season. Aksium wheels complete the package and the bike comes in at £1099. The CC4 at £899 is only half a rung down in terms of componentry, but is built around the heavier frame, and the £699 CC3 features Tiagra 9-speed
On the city streets there's any number of different bikes to choose from. The Speeder range is Merida's Sirrus/FX-alike, and the £629 T3 certainly seems to be giving the big boys a run for their money in terms of spec. Okay, you don't get the carbon chainstays of the £650 Sirrus comp but you do get a higher spec transmission with Ultegra mech and outboard BB, and uprated wheels and controls. We've yet to weigh the T3 but we're expecting it to come in under the Comp, and we have one to test so we'll see how it compares to the benchmark bikes in terms of the riding experience. One thing to note is that the long top tube and stem make it ride at least a size bigger than what's printed on the seat tube, so bear that in mind when you go for a test ride - the 55.5cm bike fitted testers who'd usually be looking at a 58cm frame. There's a hub-geared version (though you're better off looking at the S'Presso, below), and two other spec levels - T2 and T1 - coming in at £499 and £399 respectively. There's no Cyclescheme-friendly £999 urban machine though, which is a shame given how much they've managed to cram into the T3.
The Speeder is fast, the S'presso is cool. That's Merida's thinking, anyway, and the £729 i8-D model is certainly understated and classy. The chocolate lustre finish looks lovely with the black Alfine running gear, and you also get the excellent Alfine disc brakes to boot. Geometry is more relaxed than the Speeder, and it's more geared for cruising the coffee shops than burning up a long commute. The two lesser models are a bit more ordinary, with 27 speed transmissions and black or white paint.
Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.


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Portrait of a Lady on Fire is its own, wondrous, magnificent thing.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
An article about today's noon premiere of a new movie about architect Benjamin Marshall at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
An article about the screening of Horace Jenkins' "Cane River" on Friday, November 1st, at the Academy Film Archive in Los Angeles.
Scout Tafoya's video essay series about maligned masterpieces celebrates Steven Soderbergh's Solaris.
An article about today's noon premiere of a new movie about architect Benjamin Marshall at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
An FFC on Gavin Hood's Official Secrets.
A celebration of Yasujiro Ozu, as written by a Far Flung Correspondent from Egypt.
A piece on Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, and Joe Pesci, and what they've meant to the career of Martin Scorsese.
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A film is a terrible thing to waste. For Roman Coppola to waste one on "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III" is a sad sight to behold. I'll go further. For Charlie Sheen to waste a role in it is also a great pity.
I stop not: For Bill Murray to occupy his time in this dreck sandwich is a calamity. Of Charlie Sheen, we've seen more than enough, at least until he gets his act together. But there's a sad shortage of Bill Murray performances, and his work here is telephoned in as if Thomas Alva Edison had never been born.
Sheen plays a caricature of his public persona in a production design beyond his wildest dreams. Elliot Hostetter. Remember that name. The feverish colors and images that he conjures up in "Charles Swan" are the reason I kept watching, ready to examine every scene for its look but not its content. At times I caught myself trying to look beyond the actors, annoyed that they were blocking valuable background space.
Every detail has been pushed to 11 on the "Spinal Tap" scale. Take Charles' classic Cadillac. Its seductive curves have been restored not merely to how it looked coming off the assembly line, but to represent how it looked in its designer's imagination. On one side, Charles has painted two eggs. On the other side, two strips of bacon. What were you expecting? A horse and carriage?
Near the beginning of the story, Charles' girlfriend, Ivana (Katheryn Winnick), leaves him. So distraught is he that he packs her shoes in a plastic bag and hurls them over the side of Mulholland Drive. This sets in motion a chain of events that ends with the Cadillac parked in a swimming pool with Charles inside. I pitied the automobile.
Swan the Third owns a design studio, that, in the 1970s Pop Art style, has a giant toothbrush leaning against a wall. The loss of Ivana leads to him indulging an orgy of the sexual hunger that must have inspired her exit through the gift shop. Curiously, although he encounters countless beautiful scantily undressed young women in both life and his fantasies, his primary object doesn't seem to be the stake but the sizzle. Scantily Attired. You remember her. On the old Bob and Ray radio program, she was the never-heard twin sister of Natalie Attired.
After the swimming pool incident, Charles suffers an unspecified chest attack, and experiences hallucinations. One involves Ivana's group, the Secret Society of Ball Busters. In one hallucination, Charles and his best friend, Kirby (Jason Schwartzman), are on horseback in the Old West and come upon Ivana and other almost nude Indian maidens who beckon them forward before warrior women on horseback attack them with bows and arrows.
That's when we see Charles' agent, Saul (Bill Murray), step forward to offer advice. The name Saul is possibly a homage to the great designer Saul Bass, which may be obscure for today's audiences but nowhere near as obscure for them to recall that Charles Swan is the name of the hero of Marcel Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past."
Watching the movie, I found myself thinking at the screen: Give it up, Charlie Sheen. It's getting old. The purpose of this film didn't last long enough for it to justify being released.
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New CDW report finds opportunity for increased use of business-related mobile apps
VERNON HILLS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CDW LLC (CDW), a leading provider of technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare, today published The Mobility Edge: CDW's 2012 Small Business Mobility Report, which is based on a survey of 752 mobile device users and IT professionals from U.S. small businesses in five industries about their use of smartphones, tablets and laptops. The report focuses on trends in small business use of mobile technology, such as: bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and use of productivity-enhancing apps; the challenges of mobility, such as managing security of mobile devices and reducing the risk they pose to company networks and data; and what small businesses can do better with the advanced capabilities of today's mobility solutions.
The survey found that almost all small business users surveyed (94 percent) believe their mobile devices make them more efficient, and most (67 percent) believe their companies would lose competitive ground without those devices – which may explain why IT managers surveyed report that 89 percent of their employees use personally-owned mobile devices for work. There is some risk, though, and just 51 percent of those IT managers say their company has an effective strategy for managing and securing all of those additional devices.
"CDW's report says that small business users consider productivity and business apps on mobile devices to be game changers that make them more efficient and competitive," said Jill Billhorn, CDW vice president, small business. "They want still more apps to help them manage unique aspects of their businesses, and the prospect is for dramatic growth in tablet use. That expanding demand, though, also means growing need for solutions to manage and secure mobile devices, as only a fifth of small business IT managers say their company has deployed or even plans to deploy such a solution."
The report found that mobility benefits extend beyond small business employees to owners and customers alike. Sixty percent of users surveyed believe that mobile devices lead to improved communication between field and office personnel as well as increased availability to customers – resulting in better customer service.
"We are a catering company, and our delivery system wouldn't work a fraction as well without smartphones," said an owner/partner of one food services firm.
"We now manage all orders on a shared calendar, which is easily accessible by smartphone. All employees now have instant access to our production and shipping schedule, which is invaluable in the field," said an executive with one manufacturing firm.
CDW's 2012 Small Business Mobility Report includes findings specific to five industries with a high potential to benefit from mobile innovation: construction, food services, manufacturing, professional services and retail. The report offers perspectives on aspects of mobility unique to each of those industries, focusing on top benefits, how mobile devices have changed the ways small businesses operate, the mobile offerings small businesses use to communicate with customers, and deployment/use rates of laptops, tablets and smartphones. For a copy of the complete report, please visit http://www.cdw.com/smallbusinessmobility.
About CDW
CDW is a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government, education and healthcare. Ranked No. 32 on Forbes' list of America's Largest Private Companies and No. 270 on the FORTUNE 500, CDW was founded in 1984 and employs more than 6,900 coworkers. For the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2012, the company generated net sales of more than $9.9 billion. For more information, visit www.CDW.com.
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A 545,000-ton corn shipment also containing MIR162 was turned away last week, according to Xinahu.
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Will U.S. Arm Al-Qaeda In Libya?
The American public must not be part of the coalition of the gullible. It's time to reject this war for corporate oil greed in Libya. It's time to demand for a genuine ceasefire by both sides in Libya and negotiations open to all Libyans so that they can create their new dawn and dispensation.
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So now the mission in Washington has turned from saving the civilians of Benghazi, or "Charlotte" as President Obama cynically put it on Monday, to whether to arm the insurrectionists in Libya, according to a frontpage story in today's New York Times.
At some point all lies and deceptions begin to get exposed. It's about connecting the dots.
It's all about the oil. The United States foreign policy has never been guided by morality or the world's "conscience" as President Obama said on Monday. If this were the case, the coalition of the "willing to invade countries with oil" would have done something to save innocents in Congo, and the Ivory Coast and Darfur. One million more Rwandans would still be alive today.
Do we even hear any talk of Darfur or Congo anymore in major corporate media? This is obviously not only a reflection on our corporate-dominated governments but also on our corporate-dominated pliant media. An analyses by any interested reader will see that corporate media coverage is often in congruence with U.S. foreign policy.
All you have to do is read statements and press releases from government or watch the news conferences by senior government officials and you pretty much know the lead in the newspapers the following day.
What is the reservation with arming the rebels? Why have they not been armed already beyond providing them air force coverage by NATO as is now the case?
Fear that elements of the rebels are actually members of Al-Qaeda, according to the report in the Times. Well isn't this what Muammar al-Quathafi said from the very beginning of the armed conflict?
Thank God for the Internet. Readers can do their own Google search and confirm that in fact al-Quathafi had warned that the West would be arming Al-Qaeda. Yet the greed for Libya's oil wealth is so phenomenal that people should not be surprised if the West, urged by France's Nicolas Sarkozy who is desperate to recover his political career takes its chances and goes ahead and arms Al-Qaeda. Sarkozy now trails in polls Marine Le Pen leader of the ultra right National Front which is France's equivalent of the American Tea Party. Sarkozy is abusing U.S. resources to fight his political campaign, not in France, but indirectly through a Libyan "victory" to boost his poll ratings.
As for the oil? Yesterday The New York Times reported --even though buried on page 8-- that Benghazi through Qatar is already negotiating hundreds of millions of dollars worth of oil sales in territory it has seized. What was it that the bearded German intellectual said about the corporatists manufacturing the rope with which they hang themselves?
When asked about the possibility of arming the rebels Obama told NBC: "I'm not ruling it out, but I'm also not ruling it in."
The American public must not be part of the coalition of the gullible. It's time to reject this war for corporate oil greed in Libya. It's time to demand for a genuine ceasefire by both sides in Libya and negotiations open to all Libyans so that they can create their new dawn and dispensation.
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North Lido Beach remains an undeveloped and pristine haven for beach goers, but its days as a nude, or partially nude beach ended in the 1980s.
One of the most popular and controversial beaches in Sarasota from 1977 to 1985 was North Lido Beach, boasting a relatively isolated pristine stretch of sugar white sand perfect for basking in the sun and flanked by the clear and inviting azure water of the Gulf of Mexico in which to swim.
The city of Sarasota had bought this stretch of sand from the Arvida Corp. to protect it from development. And as it was away from the flocks of beach-goers who mostly gathered near the pavilion further south — and protected by dunes and trees and lack of vehicular traffic — it soon attracted nude sunbathers. That included unsavory men looking for action, and also sunbathing topless females, who gave North Lido a European flair.
Naked men were verboten by law, but the topless women were not. As Police Chief Earl Parker explained to those who thought our very moral fiber was at stake and we were on a jet to Hades, "Since the Supreme Court ruled that breasts were not sex organs, a topless woman is as legal as a topless man."
And that, for a time, was that.
So North Lido continued to draw sun worshipers: men in G-strings; topless women throwing Frisbees, relaxing on towels, sauntering alongside the water's edge; walking past surprised tourists averting their children's eyes, and (occasionally) their own, and local voyeurs and spring-breakers of all ages.
Many locals anchored their boats near the shore and between dips in the gulf and swigs of beer, gazed at nature's bounty. For many it was all great and harmless fun.
For many it was not.
'See what happens'
The standard bearer for the pro-topless contingent was 35-year-old Genie O'Brien, president of the North Lido Sunbathers Association, and self-described "pest or thorn or adversary, or worse to the City." She had never before battled city hall, but felt strong enough about the issue to take on City Manager Ken Thompson, the city commission, the city attorney and the city police department.
After complaints from nearby condominium owners, who were scouring the area with high power binoculars, and concerned citizens, the city proposed a ban which called for a fine of $500 and up to 60 days in jail.
As the day of reckoning drew near, what was being billed as "one of the world's largest topless beach parties" was organized, and joined by locals and out-of-towners. Hundreds of free-spirits were expected to attend in a last hurrah.
When the city ordinance prohibiting topless bathing passed on Feb. 19, 1985, O'Brien and her group wanted to take the issue to court and have it declared unconstitutional. She was quoted the next day promising "to go to the beach, take off my top and see what happens." Nothing happened, but friends raised $800 just in case O'Brien needed to be bailed out of jail.
She and her group sought a temporary injunction against the ban on public nudity, but it was turned down by Sarasota Circuit Court Judge Stephen Dakan for failing to meet the legal burden.
In O'Brien's view, as she recalled those days, many in the Sarasota Police Department wanted to see the ordinance challenged and struck down. She believes that Thompson advised the police not to arrest her to avoid a showdown in court.
To bolster this notion O'Brien noted that it took her four straight days of trying to be arrested by going topless before an officer finally put her in the back of a squad car. She said after phone calls between Thompson, Chief Parker, the city attorney and the arresting officer, she was "quickly un-arrested" and given a ticket instead.
All of this was making national news. Even the Playboy Channel sent a representative down for a look-see and conduct interviews for a documentary about North Lido — all and all an embarrassment for the rather staid city government wishing nothing so much as that it would all just go away.
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On July 18, 1985, O'Brien finally had her day in court before Sarasota County Judge Alan Dakan (Stephen Dakan's brother), who overturned the ban, calling it so vaguely worded that the general public would have difficulty understanding what constitutes indecent exposure. Represented pro bono by Joe Cardoza, whom O'Brien described as a wonderful human being, she and her group were "relieved and excited."
In October, a couple who had met at the "nude beach" thought it would appropriate to wed there. According to the Lakeland Ledger, the bride, the groom and the attorney who performed the ceremony were attired in G-strings. It was not reported what the family of the bride wore, but 40 friends and onlookers were in attendance. After the ceremony, the bride was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct.
O'Brien says the end for topless sunbathing in Sarasota came when the John D. MacArthur Beach State Park on the east coast at North Palm Beach was put off limits to nude sunbathing in an ordinance that was upheld by the Supreme Court. Wording for that ordinance was incorporated into the Sarasota measure, and that was the end of the line.
As for the rest of the story, O'Brien, Thompson and his wife, Barbara, became great friends. O'Brien called him her mentor and it was he who suggested that she get in the business of selling seashells. Thompson loaned O'Brien the money to open a business in shelling that she carries on to this day.
North Lido Beach remains the undeveloped and pristine haven for beach goers from around the world envisioned by the city commission.
Its reputation as a place to go to let it all hang out?
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