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Villagers say the drains near their homes are not fit for purpose and unless something is done about it, they could be flooded again next time it rains heavily.
They were speaking at a meeting of Tring Rural Parish Council last night, where a large group of people gathered to voice their fears about the problem.
The meeting heard that Chapel Lane in Long Marston has been flooded four times since Boxing Day. The floods stretched down the street to its junction with Station Road, villagers said.
Most recently, firefighters had to use pumping equipment to remove water from a premises after being called there on Tuesday.
The woman who lives there told the meeting that she rang Thames Water and the Environment Agency, who did nothing, before calling for help from the emergency services.
She said: "Every night now when it rains we are in fear of flooding and yes, we can clear the ditches and the community yesterday was absolutely fantastic.
"But to have to call 999 to stop my house from flooding is a disgrace."
She asked not to be named in our article. The meeting heard that she and her neighbours had to buy their own sandbags to defend their homes from the floodwaters earlier in the week.
Keith Foster, of Chapel Lane, said: "This is threatening our village."
He said neighbours should form a group to ensure that all of the ditches are cleared, so rainwater can seep into fields nearby.
But villager Jim McMunn said: "We have had the water people round and they say the pipes are not fit for purpose - the drains don't work."
Meeting chairman Michael Tomlinson said Thames Water is responsible for the village's drains and the Environment Agency is responsible for looking after rivers and brooks.
Mr McMunn said: "If they are not doing what they are supposed to be doing, we are still going to get flooded."
Thames Water later said extra teams have been working 'around the clock' to deal with the widespread problems caused by extreme rainfall.
Floodwater is going into sewers designed to take only wastewater from homes and businesses, not rivers too, and the water company's network is under enormous pressure.
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Kevin Federline is all about expanding his brood.
E! News has confirmed that the celeb is expecting his sixth (!) child, the second with wife Victoria Prince. Her pregnancy is reportedly six months along, and the couple dropped some witty hints about the news through some photos.
The snapshots showed the pair at the beach, with Prince wearing a shirt that read "Federline" with the number six on the back, and "Juan Moore" (aka one more) on the front. And then, there's that growing baby bump.
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Federline and Prince had a whirlwind wedding ceremony in Las Vegas back in August. His leading lady married the former backup dancer in Sin City after the 35-year-old surprised Prince with a proposal during their trip. Federline got down on one knee and said, "Victoria Prince, will you marry me in two days, in front of 30 of our closest family and friends?"
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Creating an efficient DR strategy starts with determining the value of your company's applications and data. You can find the right mix of DR technologies to protect your data without breaking the bank.
|Establishing data's value
Risk-to-benefit actuarial analysis often shows the cost to meet an organization's DRobjectives for all applications and associated data. This leads to a budget-driven DR approach that may meet the DR requirements only for the organization's most vital application data. The rest of the data is either completely unprotected or relegated to a DR approach that falls short of organizational and regulatory requirements. This is also known as the DRGAP (gravely abysmal protection).
The DRGAP is the difference between the level of DRrequired and the level of DR that can be afforded, or the difference between the actual level provided and the level required.
What is cost-effective DR?
Depending on a company's needs, the definition of costeffective DR can vary considerably. For our purposes, cost-effective DR is defined as meeting the DR needs of the organization; the protected data is within compliance with regulations, and the DR process falls within the organization's budget. The ADCF is the key element to determining the proper balance between under- and overspending on DR protection.
Use the ADCF to determine the value of the data to be protected. One method that works well is to assign the data to four categories: mission critical, essential, important and less critical (see "Establishing data's value," this page). For each category, you must set the recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs). Next, each application and its associated data must be prioritized and assigned to a category. This isn't as daunting as it might appear. Ongoing surveys suggest that assignment should be based on application availability requirements, regulatory compliance and elimination of business risk.
|Setting RPO and RTO benchmarks
Once you know the RTO and RPO for each application (see "Setting RPO and RTO benchmarks"), you can provide an operational framework for valuing or prioritizing the data (see "Correlating data to RPO and RTO").
The next step is to determine which available DRoptions satisfy each application/data classification's DR requirements and to then match their total cost of ownership (TCO) to the budget. You'll likely find that one size doesn't fit all and a mix of solutions will be required.
DR options
The number of DR options is large and growing. Each technology has advantages and disadvantages, and solves different aspects of the total DR puzzle. Afollow-up article in a future issue of Storage magazine will examine the merits of each DR technology in greater depth.
Matching the appropriate DRtechnology to the DR requirements entails calculating the TCO for each technology option. The TCO includes all capital expenditures (CapEx) as well as operating expenditures (OpEx) for the expected DR lifecycle (see "Simple method for calculating TCO").
When correlating the TCO of selected DR options to each data value, it's likely there will be more data classified as mission critical or essential than the DR budget allows. And in some cases, the application server and its mission-critical data are geographically dispersed and it's not financially practical to use the DRtechnologies that are typically applied. Current DR regulations may be another key factor in this mismatch.
In that case, it may be necessary to relegate some applications and their data to a lower level of DR. Unfortunately, relegating a portion of the data to the important or less-critical data pools may not be a viable option. It may make the organization non-compliant with current regulations, raising the specter of significant financial penalties. Another issue may arise if the organization lacks personnel skills at the required locations to provide adequate DR.
Eliminating the DR GAP
Bridging the DRGAPrequires putting aside the belief that one product will solve all your problems. You need to consider a combination of DR technologies working together in a layered solution. It's the synergistic combination that enables the organization to meet its needs and requirements within its budget.
For example, you may need to use server-to-server replication to a centrally located disk array for remote application servers. From the central location, that data can then be backed up to tape and/or snapped to a DR disk array. This would require fewer backup server licenses and allow better disk array storage utilization.
|Correlating data to RPO and RTO
In another example, a continuous snapshot appliance replicates primary data onto a low-cost serial ATA (SATA) RAID or a massive array of idle disks (MAID) array. Then the RAID or MAID array asynchronously replicates the data over long distances to a DR site.
A third example may include an appliance-based distributed backup system that replicates remote sites to a central appliance. At the central facility, the data is then written to tape, MAID, etc. This leverages the DR target platform used for disk-to-disk replication as well.
The possibilities are endless, and each organization will have different needs. The trick is putting together the right combination of technologies that meets the needs at the lowest possible price.
|Simple method for calculating TCO
Choosing DR partners is as important as the technologies that vendors offer. Careful attention must be paid to the following:
- The DR partners will work together. No one needs finger-pointing when problems arise.
- Partners should support the final solution.
- The total DR solution data must always be in a recoverable and usable state regardless of where the failure or disaster occurs. Usable also means as up-todate as possible based on the RPO.
- Database management systems can link to and recover from the DR data.
- The total solution must work with all current and planned organization applications, operating systems, storage, storage infrastructure, platforms, etc.
- With data storage growing exponentially (estimates are between 30% and 100% per year), the DR solution must scale with it. Assuming a 50% growth rate, DR for a terabyte of storage today will need to scale to more than 11TB in just six years.
- To maximize control and minimize multisite DR skills (to keep TCO low), it's indispensable to have a centrally located cross-system management console. Central consoles ought to provide an at-a-glance view of the state of all current, active DR configurations. The central management facility should allow initiation of any action that's required, regardless of the DRsolution's location. This means no IT personnel are required at the primary application server, allowing for "lights out" DR.
- Minimizing the need for user involvement (again, to lower TCO) calls for increased automation. Automated recovery from common failures, including server reboots, application crashes and network failures, can significantly reduce or eliminate the need for human intervention.
Meeting the DR requirements of the organization and regulators has become a challenge of sizable proportions. Matching DRrequirements, data and ITskills to the budget too often leads to a large GAP, but this DRGAP can be mitigated--and even eliminated--by building a sound DR foundation. There are six steps to establishing this foundation:
- Classify each application and its data into four categories: mission critical, essential, important and less critical.
- Determine the required RPO and RTO for each class of data.
- Determine the available DR options per class of data.
- Establish each option's TCO for the expected life of the implementation.
- Objectively evaluate the skills required at every DRlocation.
- Match the data, DR options and skills to the budget to determine the breadth of the DRGAP.
Employing multiple DR technologies instead of trying to force one size to fit all will help to shrink or eliminate the DRGAP. This approach takes more time to plan, implement and iron out the kinks, but the benefits are too compelling to ignore.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT Lightweight's struggles continued on the Charles River at the 54th running of the Biglin Bowl - an annual race between MIT, Harvard and Dartmouth. In their last home race of the 2008 season, the Varsity Lights had difficulty sustaining the cadences needed to stay in the hunt.
Dartmouth took a slight lead in the first quarter of the race with Harvard three seats down and MIT trailing by another five seats. As Harvard and Dartmouth pulled away in the second quarter of the race, the Engineers never hit their rhythm, rowing at 35 strokes per minute to Harvard's 36 and Dartmouth's 38. Giving away strokes in the body of the race proved too costly for the Tech which finished 15 seconds behind a photo finish between the Big Green and Crimson. Dartmouth prevailed, earning its fifth Biglin Bowl and 2nd in four years.
Dartmouth 5:51.8
Harvard 5:51.85
The freshman racing was closer, providing MIT its most promising results in some time. The 1F battled Dartmouth all the way down the course but came up short, losing to the Green by two seconds. Harvard crossed the line ten seconds ahead of the Engineers.
Harvard 6:13.3
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The Second Freshmen faced a field of four other boats including the Harvard and Dartmouth 3V's as well as the Harvard 2F and 3F. Getting needed race experience this early in the season was exciting for this group of novices.
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OAKLAND, California–July 25, 2011–The California Genealogical Society (CGS) announces publication of Raking the Ashes: Genealogical Strategies for Pre-1906 San Francisco Research, second edition, a guide to circumventing the enormous record loss in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. This authoritative book by Nancy Simons Peterson, Research Director at CGS, is a must have for researching San Francisco ancestors, providing invaluable guidance on which records were lost in the 1906 earthquake and fire, which records survived, and where to find them.
Peterson alerts the reader to lesser-known sources, recently published references, and newly discovered documents. Sources are clearly identified and evaluated, while graphics, statistics, and historical background enrich the text. Not limited to San Francisco, Peterson's solutions for working around lost records and her emphasis on casting a much wider net than is customary will be especially welcomed by researchers wherever natural disasters have destroyed historical documents. First published in 2006, the second edition has been substantially updated and expanded.
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David Herchik isn't one of those designers whose signature style asserts itself as loquaciously as a Louis Vuitton logo. Look carefully at his work, though, and certain themes emerge. "I'm a big advocate of mixing strong pieces of furniture together, with each piece having its own bold lines that are a blend of both curves and rectilinear motifs," he explains. Proof of that approach is his recent design of a venerable Georgetown home overlooking the Potomac.
Built in 1911 for the two sisters who founded the Georgetown Garden Club, the house has aristocratic bones that demand their due. "The design had to be fitting for the grandeur of the architecture," David confirms. His floor-to-ceiling draperies, rich silk damasks and cut velvets, custom rugs, and oversize lighting, along with a few well-edited antiques, all honor the architecture. "At the same time, I wanted spaces to feel really soft and elegant," he says.
The best means to that end was color. "The palette of yellow-gold, cream, and slate-gray gives the design a soft sophistication," explains David, who used the colors to weave together the large formal living room and the adjoining dining room, repeating the living room draperies' embroidered silk on the dining room walls.
Yet however beautifully executed, color isn't too reliable for revealing whether a design is David's--he is as comfortable wielding intense, saturated hues and jewel tones as he is the softer classics that he used in this home. (One look at the rich garnet walls and bright accompanying hues of the lobby he designed in last year's Washington Design Center Showhouse proves his attitude toward color--it's all about what's appropriate for the location, client, and even his own mood. And BTW: He's contributed to 13 showhouses.)
Because of its articulation of the fluid and the linear in tandem, neoclassical, not surprisingly, is David's favorite design period. "I love it because the pieces really relate to a mixing of the genders--they're not too hard, they're not too fluffy." Neoclassical references appear not only in his residential work, but in most of those 13 showhouse rooms, as well as in his Capsule Collections furniture.
Still, a period purist? Not really. David knows when to let a design chill in the moment, out of 18th-century reach. This home's casual family room is proof. The master bedroom's jazzy, overscale rug motif and its beautifully funky painted-mirror chest reveal yet another truth: David also knows how to let go and just have fun.
Photography: Gordon Beall
Architect: David Jones Architects, 1739 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009; 202/332-1200, davidjonesarchitects.com.
Interior design: David Herchik, JDS Designs Inc., 528 8th St. N.E., Washington, DC 20002; 202/543-8631, jdsdesigns.com.
"I always mix the male and the female form together--the yin and the yang," David Herchik says. The living room's ivory-lacquered armchairs, whose arms sweep out in graceful curves from their rectangular backs. And there's good news for admirers: The chair is available through the first of Edward Ferrell+Lewis Mittman's Capsule Collections, a new launch, with David as the debut collection's designer. The armchairs are only one example of his affinity for a yin-yang combo. "Even the living room coffee tables combine male and female shapes," says David, noting that their rectangular bleached-oak tops feature a counterpoint of inlaid circles.
Round black table (custom, maple with macassar ebony): Serban Furniture, 858/755-3012, serbanfurniture.com.
Pendant light over table: antique.
Chairs opposite mantel ("Georgetown Lounge Chair" #CH6460, by David Herchik, EF+LM Capsule Collection): Edward Ferrell+Lewis Mittman, 212/888-5580, ef-lm.com.
Chair-cushion fabric ("Albero Bello" #10146-10): Donghia, 914/662-2377, donghia.com.
Fabric on sides of chairs ("Milano"/Alabaster #9250-06, by Hunt Leather): Holly Hunt, 312/661-1900, hollyhunt.com.
Drapery ("Aliplo"/Gold, Cocoa #SB 8347 1612): Old World Weavers, 212/355-7186, starkwallcovering.com.
Drapery trim: discontinued.
Drapery hardware: Lundy's Ornamental Iron, 800/468-6040, lundysiron.com.
Area rug (custom, "Bhutan" #66821A): Stark Carpet, 212/752-9000, starkcarpet.com.
Wall paint ("Shimmer" #C448): C2 Paint, c2paint.com.
Sofa ("Drago" #2303, discontinued); fabric ("Cashmere Velvet"/Cream #10149-10); gold pillow on sofa: Donghia, 914/662-2377, donghia.com.
Coffee table (custom, "Tavolino Wood & Iron Coffee Table" #F-TB04): Formations, 310/659-3062, formationsusa.com.
Chairs by mantel (custom) Edward Ferrell+Lewis Mittman, 212/888-5580, ef-lm.com.
Chair fabric ("New Wave"/Soleil #AB 0004 6512): Old World Weavers, 212/355-7186, starkwallcovering.com.
Cabinets behind chairs: antique.
Table lamps ("Bell Lamp"/Gold #ML-1034, by Robert Kuo): McGuire Furniture, 415/241-1228, mcguirefurniture.com.
Mantel (18th century-style fireplace #DL-FP11): Dennis & Leen, 310/652-0855, dennisandleen.com.
Art above fireplace (Pretty As a Picture, 2010, by Robert C. Jackson, oil on linen): Gallery Henoch, 917/305-0003, galleryhenoch.com.
In the living room, a custom mirror crowns a Rose Tarlow table.
Mirror (custom, based on design by David Herchik): Edward Ferrell+Lewis Mittman, 212/888-5580, ef-lm.com.
Table under mirror ("Standard Stafford Table" #225): Rose Tarlow-Melrose House, 323/651-2202, rosetarlow.com.
Table lamp ("Athena Alta Lamp" #80048): Donghia, 914/662-2377, donghia.com.
A nailhead-trimmed chair in Old World Weavers fabric stands near a circa-1865 French cabinet.
Chair (custom) Edward Ferrell+Lewis Mittman, 212/888-5580, ef-lm.com.
Chair fabric ("New Wave"/Soleil #AB 0004 6512): Old World Weavers, 212/355-7186, starkwallcovering.com.
Cabinet behind chair: antique.
A pair of Donghia "Saratoga" sofas covered in green "Oxytone" from Donoff Textiles makes the family room--part of an addition by the current owners--invitingly comfortable. The "New Leaf" area rug from The Rug Company was custom-colored.
Sofas ("Saratoga" #1803, discontinued): Donghia, 914/662-2377, donghia.com.
Fabric ("Oxytone"/Forest, by Donoff Textiles): The Walfab Co., 800/329-0188, walfab.net.
Small-leaf pillows ("Vidal" #10202-772): Zimmer + Rohde, 866/627-6899, zimmer-rohde.com.
Large-leaf pillows ("Bahia" #LF4340-02, by Liberty): JDS Designs, 202/543-8631, jdsdesigns.com.
Three-tiered table: Sparrows Antiques, 301/530-0175, sparrows.com.
Table lamps (antique dolphin table lamps): Marston Luce Antiques, 202/333-6800, marstonluce.com.
Coffee table ("Iron Ball Coffee Table" #F-TB02): Formations, 310/659-3062, formationsusa.com.
Drapery ("Serenza," discontinued): Zoffany, 800/395-8760, zoffany.com.
Wall paint ("Seedling" #C188): C2 Paint, c2paint.com.
Area rug ("New Leaf," by Suzanne Sharp): The Rug Co. 212/274-0444, therugcompany.info.
Holly Hunt chairs and a custom table are lit by a custom Venini chandelier. Walls sport a Fadini Borghi fabric. A Donghia mirror hangs at the fireplace.
Table (custom, mahogany with mahogany crossbanding): The Rist Corp., 202/646-1540.
Chairs ("Standard Sienna Dining Side Chair" #S10-SC): Holly Hunt, 312/661-1900, hollyhunt.com.
Chair fabric ("Royal Hide"/Pewter #RH63): Edelman Leather, 800/886-8339, edelmanleather.com.
Chandelier (Venini 12-arm oval chandelier): custom.
Wall upholstery and drapery ("Olimpia"/Girasole #I6432-002, by Fadini Borghi): Pierre Frey, 866/707-1524, pierrefrey.com.
Mantel (18th century-style fireplace #DL-FP11): Dennis & Leen, 310/652-0855, dennisandleen.com.
Mirror over mantel ("Gemini Mirror" #90023, discontinued): Donghia, 914/662-2377, donghia.com.
Area rug ("Blossom IV"/Royal Gold): Odegard, 212/545-0069, odegardinc.com.
An antique lantern from London illuminates a David Iatesta table. The area rug and stair rug are both from Stark Carpet. The painting is by artist Richmond Burton.
Pedestal table (custom, "Rent Table" #11-0703-C): David Iatesta, 410/604-0360, davidiatesta.com.
Hanging lantern: antique.
Area rug ("New Oriental Hand-Knotted Tibetan," #NOT268719A); rug on stairs ("Squared Circle" with carving/Taupe and Cream): Stark Carpet Corp., 212/752-9000, starkcarpet.com.
Wall paint ("Coconut" #C336): C2 Paint, c2paint.com.
Art in stairwell (by Richmond Burton): Cheim and Read Gallery, 212/242-7727, cheimread.com.
In the master bedroom the custom "Rosettes" carpet from Stark injects dynamic movement into the serenity created with custom-painted walls by Donald Kaufman Color. An antique French chaise is covered in a Pollack fabric. The painted-mirror bedside cabinet is from Mitchell Yanosky Custom Finishes.
Bed (custom, "Eaton Bed," king size #50223): Donghia, 914/662-2377, donghia.com.
Bed fabric ("Elsa"/Seine #2020-02): Brentano, 847/657-8481, brentanofabrics.com.
Bedding: Abrielle Fine Linens, 202/364-6118.
Mirrored cabinet with decorative design: Mitchell Yanosky Custom Furniture Finishes, 410/467-2211, mitchellyanosky.com.
Table lamp ("Wabi Sabi Alt Lamps"/Crème #80059): Donghia, 914/662-2377, donghia.com.
Drapery, pillow on chaise ("Tying the Knot"/White #8300-00): Bart Halpern Inc., 212/414-2727, barthalpern.com.
Art behind bed (Three Seconds with the Masters-Reaching, 2008, archival print, by James Osher): Addison/Ripley Fine Art, 202/338-5180, addisonripleyfineart.com.
Wall paint (custom): Donald Kaufman Color, donaldkaufmancolor.com.
Ceiling and trim paint ("America's Cup" #C064): C2 Paint, c2paint.com.
Carpet (custom, "Rosettes"/Brown, Blue, designed by David Herchik): Stark Carpet, 212/752-9000, starkcarpet.com.
Daybed: antique.
Daybed fabric ("Flow"/Robin's Nest #5057/04): Pollack, 212/627-7766, pollackassociates.com.
The master bathroom's floor by Renaissance Tile and Bath is laid in a custom mosaic design by David, who re-covered the vintage chair and ottoman in periwinkle "Tides" from Perennials. Architect David Jones executed the redo, including the new vanity.
Tub ("Amma" #7242): BainUltra, 800/463-2187, bainultra.com.
Tub faucets ("Mackintosh"): Lefroy Brooks, 718/302-5292, lefroybrooks.com.
Tub surround: R. Bratti Assoc. Inc., 703/549-1135, rbratti.com.
Wall paint ("Oxygen" #C287); ceiling paint ("Architectural White" #C016); trim paint ("Pearl" #C304): C2 Paint, c2paint.com.
Flooring (custom mosaic): Renaissance Tile & Bath, 404/231-9203, renaissancetileandbath.com.
Chair and ottoman: vintage.
Fabric ("Tides"/Periwinkle #780-140, limited edition): Perennials, 888/322-4773, perennialsfabrics.com.
Vanity mirror ("Marchesa Mirror"/Clear with Amber Pins #8348-01): Donghia, 914/662-2377, donghia.com.
Sconces flanking mirror ("T-8 Baton" #9752, 28 inches): Boyd Lighting, 415/778-4300, boydlighting.com.
Vanity sink (oval undercounter sink); faucets ("Mackintosh Lavatory Faucets"): Lefroy Brooks, 718/302-5292, lefroybrooks.com. Available through Renaissance Tile & Bath, 404/231-9203.
Hanging light ("Sorenson Pendant," 14-inches #HL2616.14): Remains Lighting, 212/675-8051, remains.com.
Mantel: original to house.
Washington, D.C., designer David Herchik.


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- Is it possible to change the level rewards (they are not really a motivation)?
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2013 Honda Gold Wing Audio Comfort specifications, pictures, reviews and rating
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|Riders all across the globe dream of owning a Honda Gold Wing. Because they know it's a machine that can make your riding dreams come true. Of course there's the Gold Wing's list of features, second to none in the touring-bike community.
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|Honda Gold Wing Audio Comfort
|67.1 out of 100. Show full rating and compare with other bikes
|Price as new (MSRP):
|US$ 23990. Prices depend on country, taxes, accessories, etc.
|Engine and transmission
|1832.00 ccm (111.79 cubic inches)
|Engine type:
|Six cylinder boxer, four-stroke
|Bore x stroke:
|74.0 x 71.0 mm (2.9 x 2.8 inches)
|Valves per cylinder:
|Fuel system:
|Injection. Programmed Fuel Injection (PGM-FI)
|Fuel control:
|Single Overhead Cams (SOHC)
|Computer-controlled digital with three-dimensional mapping
|Cooling system:
|Transmission type,
final drive:
|Shaft drive (cardan)
|Multi-plate with diaphragm spring in oil bath
|Overdrive, electric reverse.
|Fuel consumption:
|6.72 litres/100 km (14.9 km/l or 35.00 mpg)
|Greenhouse gases:
|155.9 CO2 g/km. (CO2 - Carbon dioxide emission)
|Emission details:
|Meets current California Air Resources Board (CARB) and EPA standards.
|Chassis, suspension, brakes and wheels
|Rake (fork angle):
|109 mm (4.3 inches)
|Front suspension:
|45mm cartridge fork with anti-dive system, 4.8 inches travel
|Rear suspension:
|Pro Arm® single-side swingarm with Pro-Link® single shock with computer-controlled spring preload adjustment with two memory presets; 4.1 inches travel
|Front tyre:
|Rear tyre:
|Front brakes:
|Double disc. CBS three-piston caliper
|Front brakes diameter:
|296 mm (11.7 inches)
|Rear brakes:
|Single disc. CBS three-piston caliper
|Rear brakes diameter:
|316 mm (12.4 inches)
|Urethane. Waterproof cover.
|Physical measures and capacities
|Weight incl. oil, gas, etc:
|410.1 kg (904.0 pounds)
|Seat height:
|739 mm (29.1 inches) If adjustable, lowest setting.
|1,689 mm (66.5 inches)
|Fuel capacity:
|24.98 litres (6.60 gallons)
|Other specifications
|Color options:
|Ultra Blue Metallic, Candy Red, Light Silver Metallic, Gray Metallic
|Carrying capacity:
|Saddle bags, top box, glovebox
|Factory warranty:
|Three Years. Unlimited milage. Transferable.
|Model ID: GL1800
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Midtown is an ideal destination for visitors who want a hotel near some of the best shopping and entertainment in the city. Locations like the Hilton Times Square, Crowne Plaza Times Square, InterContinental, and Element by Westin put guests steps from Times Square and Fifth Avenue. The Jewel Facing Rockefeller Center enjoys a location so prime it's featured in the name. Guests here can snag a room with views of Rockefeller Center or St. Patrick's Cathedral. Visitors who can't wait to glimpse the Statue of Liberty can get a spectacular view from their hotel room in the Ritz-Carlton Battery Park, the only luxury hotel on the waterfront. Rooms where guests can't easily see the iconic statue with their bare eyes feature telescopes for a closer look.
New York City room shares and home rentals offer a truly unparalleled way to experience the city. With more than a thousand rentals available on Airbnb, travelers can find nearly any type of accommodation in this city. Reserve space on a friendly host's couch for less than $50, or find a private room in a shared apartment for under $100. Some of the best deals available are for renting entire apartments. Travelers can book a one-bedroom apartment for rates comparable to a budget hotel room in the city. With access to a full kitchen, guests can save even more by preparing meals at home than dining out at pricey NYC restaurants. Instead of searching for cheap hotels in New York City near Central Park, visitors can rent an apartment or private room overlooking this iconic attraction for far less than the price of nearby hotel rooms.
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Visitors can find several cheap hostels in the city with accommodations a fraction of a New York City hotel room's cost. Some hostels even offer private rooms at rates that are about half of what hotel rooms run. Most hostels offer communal kitchen facilities that help travelers pad their budgets even more by making it easy to prepare simple meals from scratch. Travelers who don't mind foregoing a little privacy for the sake of a lower rate can slash their travel expenses significantly by opting for one of the many New York City hostels. Many visitors particularly enjoy the opportunity that these hostels present to get to know fellow travelers and congregate in cozy common rooms. Hostel stays offer a cheap and highly social way to experience New York.
If you want to stay near John F. Kennedy International Airport, the Comfort Inn JFK Airport, Best Western Jamaica Inn and Fairfield Inn by Marriott JFK Airport are reasonable choices. Near LaGuardia Airport, some options include the Parc Hotel Flushing, Clarion Hotel LaGuardia, and LaGuardia Plaza Hotel. Airbnb options are also available here.
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Manhattan is one of the most popular boroughs in New York for travelers taking in the sights. Many of the most iconic spots in the city are found here, including Central Park, the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, and Times Square. Spanning 12 miles north to south, Manhattan encompasses many diverse neighborhoods.
Harlem, the hub of African-American culture in New York City, is home to the Apollo Theater, Studio Museum in Harlem, the Black Fashion Museum, and the African-American Wax Museum.
Midtown boasts some of New York City's best shopping and entertainment opportunities. Visitors can also experience Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick's Cathedral. The elite Upper East Side is home to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, and Madison Avenue. Head to the Upper West Side for a family-friendly vibe, with attractions like the Children's Museum and Central Park.
Chelsea has long been known for its thriving arts district. Now the area also boasts the elevated promenade known as the High Line. The Financial District and Wall Street are common destinations for business travelers. Battery Park, at the tip of Manhattan Island, is also a major draw with ferry service to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.
Central Park, of course! This nearly 900-acre urban oasis lies in central Manhattan, bridging Midtown and Uptown. Here you can find a zoo, an ancient Egyptian obelisk, two restaurants, a carousel, 21 playgrounds, and the resevoir, where you can take a rowboat out for a spin. Staten Island also offers a vast natural retreat, just a short ferry ride from Manhattan's bustling metropolis. With 12,000 acres of parkland and beaches, this borough provides a quiet setting. Popular attractions include the Staten Island Zoo, Staten Island Museum, Staten Island Children's Museum, Historic Richmond Town, and Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden.
Queens offers several family-friendly attractions for travelers with children. The New York Hall of Science has more than 450 hands-on exhibits to explore, and the Queens Zoo features a charming petting farm.
Travelers who want a taste of historic New York City should head for Brooklyn. Brooklyn Heights is one of the city's most historic neighborhoods. This is a protected New York Historic District and home to the Brooklyn Historical Society Museum. DUMBO, short for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, is a popular destination for visitors who look forward to strolling the Brooklyn Bridge, browsing the DUMBO Art Center, or attending the annual Art Under the Bridge Festival.
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New York City has the largest subway system in the world, with 468 stations that serve 24 lines. Routes are designated by letters or numbers and serve the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. Staten Island is served by the Staten Island Railway. Most people traverse NYC with the subway, so if you want to travel like a local, subway is the way to go
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National Wildlife Refuges among areas closed by shutdown
October 06, 2013 at 09:28 AM
The Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — The federal government's partial shutdown has placed more than 128,000 acres of wildlife refuges and other lands off limits in Illinois, including a prized swath of hiking and hunting territory on the edge of the Ozark foothills that contributes millions of dollars to the area's economy.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Saturday nationwide closures, including eight wildlife refuges around Illinois. All recreational activities at those locations — including hunting, fishing, environmental education and public events — have been canceled. The agency also shut several offices and facilities around the state.
Those closures are in addition to the recent shutdown of more than 56,000 acres of recreational land managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Illinois, including Carlyle Lake, the state's largest man-made lake.
The wildlife refuges include Crab Orchard, a popular area of woodlands, grasslands and wetlands that juts into a lake to the west of Marion in southern Illinois. It sits on the edge of the Ozarks and draws around a 1 million visitors a year, the most of the eight closed refuges. Its recreation programs generate $25 million a year, according to the agency.
The shutdown hits at an especially bad time because so many of the refuge's visitors come in the fall for the waterfowl and deer hunting seasons and for educational programs, agency spokesman Chuck Traxler said.
Others pour in to see the hundreds of thousands of Canada geese that use the area as a rest stop along the migratory route known as the Mississippi Flyway.
"This is prime time for hunting, fishing, just getting outside because the weather is so beautiful, enjoying scenery. Unfortunately all those lands are closed," Traxler said.
Throughout its eight-state Midwest region, the agency has put more than 800 employees on unpaid furlough and closed more than 1.2 million acres of federal public land.
The closed Illinois refuges include Chautauqua, Emiquon and Meredosia in the central part of the state. In the south are Two Rivers, Middle Mississippi, Crab Orchard and Cypress Creek.
The only one in the northern part of the state, Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge, straddles the Illinois-Wisconsin line. However, because it was authorized just last year, the Illinois side is not yet open to the public as the agency works to acquire land there.
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When gardening steals your mind
The voice on the phone was husky and full of humor. "Oh," it purred, "We've got you, haven't we?" And that was my initiation into full-on vegetable obsession.
The Voice, as I like to call it, belonged to Carol O'Meara, spider expert and passionate den mother to hundreds of Boulder County Master Gardener volunteers. I'd phoned to see if I could take the series of 10 eight-hour Master Gardener classes in Boulder instead of my home county because it would work better with my schedule. It was 2008, B.R. (Before Recession) B.O. (Before Obama) and B.G. (before home gardening was a social movement). But I knew that the small corner I'd converted from weedy eyesore to xeric perennial garden had wreaked its own conversion on me, and I wanted to do more, know more, plant more, read more, seed more, and when I tried to explain all that to O'Meara, her throaty chuckle of recognition became the mile marker for the beginning of our friendship.
The classes electrified me. From the first words out of CSU landscape professor David Whiting's mouth — "Gardening is transformational" — I believed. I knew that if my conversion experience had made me a freak, I was at least in splendid, interesting, stylish, erudite company.
I fell in love, passionate, all-consuming, adrenaline-pumping, head-over-sloggers love with the plant world. The soil triangle fascinated me. Bug parts blew my mind. The only thing that failed to excite me was grass identification (I blame increasing nearsightedness). I took my textbook on vacation with me and actually read it. Each Friday for three months, I'd spend eight hours in class, then arrive at my night-shift job completely buzzed. I was drunk, high from having sipped from a fathomless well of mysteries and surprises. No matter how long I lived, I thought, I would never run out of things to learn about this new world, a world that had been right at my feet every day of my life. It felt a little as if I'd lost my mind.
I spent the lulls in my workdays surfing seed-company websites. I dog-eared nursery catalogs. I longed, oh how I longed, to trade in my
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Joan Gussow that spring, and checked out or reserved every garden book the Denver Public Library offered. I started the blog you're reading now. I drove two-lane highways home whenever I could, rolling down the windows to smell the soil beginning to thaw. I planned a garden with my best friend; great big trucks lumbered west from town to dump compost and topsoil on her few acres. Technicolor crops — white eggplant, purple carrots and beans and tomatillos, yellow cucumbers, painted squash, black watermelons — danced across my dreaming eyelids.
Infatuation doesn't last. Every new lover, every new undaunted gardener eventually runs smack into the limits of soil, climate, time, available money, available space, or pure bad luck. But then, if you let it, gardening deepens in your soul. You find ways. You share your seeds. You hook your friends. Your pleasures become theirs, which become yours again. You miss spring, so you plant a fall crop. That extra tomato you tucked into a corner and harbored zero hope for, puts on a burst of growth and pumps out a crop. Or while you're thinking about something else entirely, lettuce seeds planted in a "why not" moment turn from tiny sprouts into a snack, into something you can harvest for dinner.
If you're new to this game, I hope you're hanging in. I hope you're being gentle with your mistakes, savoring something you planted and keeping your eyes open to all the burgeoning around you. This year in my xeric corner, the sunset hyssop came back or reseeded itself, I don't know which, after a year off. Yesterday morning a hummingbird had found it. I didn't do a thing except neglect it.
I think it's the suspense that gets us. The psychologists say that intermittant reinforcement is the best way to cement a behavior, and if gardens don't give us that, I don't know what does. A garden is never finished, never completely predictable.
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Avalanche assistant coach David Quinn is not taking calls from the Boston Globe, and through the Avs' PR folks, he declined to talk to me today after practice. Quinn is probably one of a handful of former Boston University players in line to interview for the Terriers' head-coaching job that will be available when the legendary Jack Parker steps down after this season.
Avs coach Joe Sacco, who is from Medford, Mass., and also played for Parker at BU, might also have interest in one of college hockey's best jobs. But Sacco didn't have much to say about the BU opening after practice today, before the team flew to Minnesota for Thursday's game against the Wild in St. Paul.
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Another candidate for the BU job came to me today: George Gwozdecky. The longtime University of Denver coach, 59, is close friends with Parker, soon to be 68, and Gwoz is still without the contract extension he has sought for the last four or five years. Gwoz's current 12-year deal expires after next season, following DU's first year in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.
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Total U.S. consumer spending increased 0.8% in February 2012, according to U.S. Commerce Department data, indicating a modest advance in the slow-moving economic recovery.
The recent increase in consumer spending may be attributed in part to higher gas prices, but it also suggests increased discretionary spending and an upsurge in consumer confidence, as more jobs were created early in the year and consumers took on more debt. By the end of April, however, the economy seemed to weaken again.
America's buying habits have been well documented. In 2009, the latest year for which comprehensive data is available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans spent $1.13 trillion on discretionary purchases.
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Apparel Products and Services
Dry cleaning, storage of clothing, rental of clothing, jewelry and watch repair are included in this category. Total Purchases: 0.5%.
Despite the well-known health hazards of smoking and chewing tobacco, Americans continue to use tobacco products. Total Purchases: 0.8%.
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This is a broad category that includes sports equipment, photographic equipment and supplies, hunting and fishing equipment, bikes, boats, balls and other sports equipment. Total Purchases: 0.8%.
Every variety of alcoholic beverage, including straight and mixed drinks, beer and wine are included in this category. Most of these beverages are consumed at home, according to the data. Total Purchases: 0.9%.
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Americans love movies, musical concerts and sports events, and spent more in this category than they spent on goods and services for personal care. Total Purchases: 1.3%.
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The more income per household, the more is spent on hotels, motels, vacation homes and lodging for weekend getaways, or for longer vacations. Total Purchases: 1.4%.
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Also included in this category are video games (hardware and software), cable TV connections, and DVD and CD players. Total Purchases: 2%.
Americans are a generous people, and this virtue - or extravagance - is illustrated in the amount they spend annually on gifts. Total Purchases: 2.2%.
Food Not Consumed at Home
Eating out, including fast food and traditional restaurants, and leisurely venues, account for a larger percentage of meals not consumed at home. This category also includes food obtained from vending machines, mobile food vendors and delivery services.
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Some essential purchases for the same period included the following:
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Consumer spending and the U.S. economy go hand in hand. When one increases, so does the other. What Americans buy and what percentage of their purchases are spent on non-essentials reflects their interests, habits and vices. What America buys, therefore, is an economic self-portrait of the average American consumer.


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Reality Check: Burger King's 'Fire-Grilled Ribs'
Would you like fries (or onion rings or chicken tenders) with that?
Editor's note: John M. Edwards has reviewed a handful of fast food burgers for A Hamburger Today's Reality Check series—Burger King's Iron Man Whiplash Whopper, The McDonald's Angus vs. Burger King's XT, and McDonald's Mac Snack Wrap. Today he's bringing Reality Check beyond burgers with a review of Burger King's new ribs.
When I got the call from Serious Eats to tackle Burger King's new 'Fire-Grilled Ribs,' I was so elated I broke into song. "I want my baby back baby back ribs," I started singing as I headed for the nearest BK. Could it really be possible to get great ribs at a drive-thru? (Bass note: "Barbecue sauce.")
Burger King recently introduced a new line of ribs to its menu, offering them in six- or eight-piece value meals. Note the term "piece." Though as an American adult I ought to know better, having looked at the BK Menu at the drive-thru, I expected ribs at least four or five inches long. When I opened the box, I found riblets no longer than 2.5 inches. That, in and of itself, is not bad; Applebees used to make pretty solid riblets with a barbecue glaze. But these were not Applebees ribs.
Those who've read my previous columns know that I'm not against fast food, in any large sense. I like Burger King. I love their fries. So, in the interest of fairness, I'm going to approach these ribs in two different ways.
As far as fast food goes, these ribs are great. They're actual pork, the tips of pork short ribs, and don't have that artificially composed taste (nor the occasional nub of cartilage) that the McRib has. And for a drive-thru, the meat is quite tasty: it doesn't have, say, the watery, salt-infused fake taste of a headless, featherless Kentucky Fried bio-bird. The naked meat is pretty appealing—you're not dealing with a cotton-corn-syrup bun, nor gritty pink tomato and weak lettuce. Thirty minutes after eating, I didn't have that Fast Food Hangover; I still felt like a human being. They're salty, you can taste fatty, meaty pork, and the meat comes clean off the bone. I would definitely go back.
However, as someone who likes ribs more than he likes fast food, these ribs fell short. They all tasted like they had been microwaved. Most were shiny, with an eerie glisten—the kind normally reserved for the free fried chicken you get with a delivery over $30 from a Chinese restaurant. Of the eight I tried, three or four fell off the bone; the others required some serious chew. The glaze on the outside was so dried that it cracked and crisped. Basically, inside of the six or eight you get, they're hit or miss.
Then there's the price. For $9.98, I got eight riblets—maybe four normal-sized ribs. (Plus fries and a soda.) I seem to recall paying $9.99 for a half-rack of ribs, plus fries, at Damon's Grill back home in Pittsburgh. And those are smothered in a real, tangy barbeque sauce. With a new promotion, I expected Burger King to introduce a special sauce for the ribs. Instead, I got the regular BK BBQ sauce (which is better than McDonald's, but still, I had high hopes).
Burger King, I'm sorry. This is good fast food. This is different fast food. It sure beats one of my last fast-food taste tests—what one commenter referred to as McDonald's "Shit Taco."
But you've stepped up the game so much—in price and in concept—that I have to consider these ribs real food. And in that regard, they suck. Even Chau-Chow City (Boston, lemme hear ya) serves up better ribs, and they're a hell of a lot cheaper. Mr. King, they tasted like they'd been lying around, not recently flame-broiled, and that's not something I'm used to from you.
Final thought: you should only sell these in the North, and out West—because the South and Texas are probably going to laugh in your face.
Fun with Fast Food
- Burger King's A.1. Steakhouse XT and a Look at Their New Broiler »
- Talk: Burger King ribs? »
- Talk: Are you gonna try Burger King ribs? »
- Big Burger Showdown: The McDonald's Angus vs. Burger King's XT »
- The Mac Snack Wrap, Big Mac in a Tortilla »
- Reality Check: The Iron Man Whiplash Whopper at Burger King »
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- McDonald's Fries In Your Kitchen
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(Reuters) - A band of severe weather that left at least three people dead in tornadoes and heavy storms in the southeastern United States pushed up the East Coast on Sunday, bringing record high temperatures to Philadelphia and New York City and ice storms to parts of New England.
The eastern half of the country was getting a "plethora of winter weather" just days before the Christmas holiday, according to the National Weather Service.
"This storm is bringing a little bit of everything, from rain, flooding and wind, to ice and snow in some areas," said NWS meteorologist Bruce Sullivan. "What is really extraordinary about this system, though, is the warm air."
The system is expected to linger over the East Coast until Monday, snarling road and airline travel for millions of people during one of the busiest travel periods of the year. Major airports in Philadelphia and New York City were experiencing delays Sunday because of wind and visibility, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
About 500 flights were canceled Saturday in hub airports in Chicago, Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth, according to aviation tracking site FlightStats.com
The unusual storm system brought a brief winter heatwave to northeastern cities, with Philadelphia and New York City logging record high temperatures on Saturday. The temperature in New York's Central Park topped out at 65 degrees, breaking a 2011 record of 62 degrees, the NWS said, while temperatures in Philadelphia reached 67 degrees.
In Washington D.C., the temperature was hovering "about 40 degrees warmer than normal," Sullivan added.
Sunday was expected to be even warmer across the region, he said.
Farther north, New York state, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine were pummeled by an ice storm after the warm air hit an arctic layer, he said.
Thousands of people across New England were without power on Sunday and motorists were urged to use caution after up to two inches of ice coated roads and power lines. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a winter ice storm emergency in four counties in the state's north and west.
The powerful storm system tore through the southeast on Saturday, spawning at least one confirmed tornado and leaving at least three people dead.
Two adults died when the car they were driving in struck a fallen tree in the road in Jasper County, Mississippi, county coroner Randy Graham told Reuters.
Another man was killed in Coahoma County when his mobile home blew over in high winds, the NWS confirmed on Sunday.
A tornado touched down in the city of Redfield, Arkansas, damaging several homes and downing tree limbs and power lines.
Tornado sirens rang in Nashville Saturday evening and a car lot in Louisville, Kentucky, caught fire after nearby power lines were toppled.
Widespread damage from the storm system was also reported near Dermott, Arkansas, in the southeast corner of the state, where five homes were badly damaged, 15 suffered minor damage and four trucks were blown off a highway, said David Cox, a NWS meteorologist in Jackson, Mississippi. Two people were injured, he said.
"We are thinking it was a tornado," Cox said. "We had quite a bit of rotation and quite a bit of damage." The storm hit at about 5 p.m. local time, he said.
Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere in New York, Tim Ghianni in Nashville, and Kevin Murphy in Kansas City, Missouri; editing by G Crosse