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CARSON, Calif. — Guillermo "Pando" Ramírez is one of the most perplexing players in LA Galaxy history.
His lone season in Los Angeles was mostly a bust, as he scored just one goal during the 2005 regular season. However, Ramírez hit perhaps one of the most skillful, and certainly one of the most important goals in Galaxy history when he volleyed in the game-winner at MLS Cup 2005.
Ramírez will finally return to The Home Depot Center on Tuesday when his Motagua side visit the LA Galaxy (7:00 p.m. PT, concacaf.com) in the first CONCACAF Champions League group match for both teams.
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"He's a pretty good guy, always has a smile on his face," Galaxy defender Todd Dunivant said of his former teammate. "I enjoyed Pando, so it will be fun to go against him. He's an aggressive player. I remember when he hacked down [Zinedine] Zidane out of nowhere against Real Madrid [in a 2005 friendly]. That got the attention of their team and it kind of woke them up a little bit."
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Dunivant, Ramírez and Landon Donovan all helped the Galaxy win the double in 2005. Dunivant led the team in minutes while "Pando" led the team — and all of MLS — in shots, yet managed to score just once before his majestic goal at Pizza Hut Park. The regular-season goal, meanwhile, was hardly highlight-reel material: Ramírez hit a penalty kick that bounced off the post, off Joe Cannon's back and across the goal line in a win over Colorado.
But Ramírez just had a bad season, teammates said. The same talents he had before and after were there in '05, although they did not surface very much.
"He's a goal-scorer, there's no question about it," Dunivant said. "He didn't score a lot of goals for us, but he scored the most important one. That was a goal-scorer's goal. That ball bounced out to him to the top of the box and he absolutely smashed it through about six guys. That was a great memory, something we'll always remember."
Ramírez, however, is not the only former MLSer on Motagua's squad. Amado Guevara (ex-New York, Chivas USA, Toronto FC) captains the side while Iván Guerrero (ex-Chicago, D.C. United, San Jose, Colorado) is also on the roster.
Like Ramírez, Guevara was a highly-touted import from Central America, but "El Lobo" delivered, winning the 2004 MLS Most Valuable Player award. Both Dunivant and Mike Magee played with Guevara and are familiar with what sorts of attributes the Honduran brings.
"First and foremost, he's a great guy," Magee said. "When he first came into the league, we came in around the same time and he was a great guy to have in the locker room and a great guy to learn from. His soccer IQ is second to none. He's obviously not in his prime, he's getting a little older. He's extremely smart so he's definitely going to have that team ready."
Magee and Guevara spent the first four seasons of their respective MLS careers together before Guevara was dealt in a blockbuster move to Chivas USA after the 2006 season. However, he lasted just four games there and was shipped to Toronto and wound up playing some time there with Dunivant.
Perhaps the constant movement in the last part of his MLS days will give Guevara motivation to show what he is still capable of.
"He's the captain of that team and he was the captain for us at New York at times as well," Magee said. "He definitely has a chip on his shoulder playing against MLS teams. He knows how the league works."
Having familiar faces on the opposing squad lets Galaxy players know a little of what to expect, but it also gives Motagua some insight on the club that they may normally not have. Does that benefit any side, then?
"Sometimes when you play these teams, you have no idea," Magee said. "It's hard to scout them and it's hard to know their style of play because you haven't seen them before, so obviously it's going to help us. But having said that, they get to tell their entire team exactly how our league works and Amado knows a lot of the players on our team. There are going to be no advantages."


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First, the new recordings. Capri Records Ltd. put out an outstanding November, 2003 recording from the Mike Wofford Trio. Live at Athenaeum Jazz. Recorded as part of the jazz series at the Athenaeum Library in San Diego, the fluid pianist Wofford hooks up with a great rhythm section of Victor Lewis on drums and Peter Washington on bass for a set of mostly hard bop that is at once swinging and cerebral. Highlights include their rendition of "Take the Coltrane," "Dex-Mex," Lewis's original tribute to Gordon, and a medley that begins with a solo reading of Leonard Bernstein's "Lucky to Be Me" and segues into a driving trio version of "I'm Just a Lucky So and So."
Bob Dorough may or may not be a familiar name. While he's well known to the thousands of fans that have seen the pianist and singer perform over the years, his clever compositions are known to a generation of Americans who grew up hearing them on the "Schoolhouse Rock" series on ABC. He plays two of the best of those songs and many other numbers on his new Sunday At IridiumCD, recorded at the famed NYC jazz club where he has a weekly gig. I'll tell you, it's a hoot to hear him lead the crowd in "Three Is a Magic Number." The Arbors Records release was recorded on two Sundays in February and April of this year and finds Dorough leading a quartet and hosting a variety of guests. The most notable of these are the Bobettes, a female vocal group patterned after Ray Charles' Raylettes who help out on "Comin' Home Baby" and "Electricity, Electricity." With his wry wit and still-present Arkansas drawl, Dorough comes off like a less-weary Mose Alison. This disc really makes you want to head to the Iridium to see the show in person.
The 2 CD set An Evening with Calvin Keys from LifeForceJazz Records captures for the first time on disc a 1994 concert in Berkeley broadcast locally on radio KJAZ. The inimitable guitarist leads a trio rounded out by bassist Tim Hauf and the late drummer Gaylord Birch through a series of a standards. Keys' playing is the embodiment of tastefulness and grace, never once letting his technique get in the way of telling the story of the song. His playing on "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most," both single-string and chordally, is achingly beautiful. The whole two hours or so of music really amount to a guitar clinic without ever sounding clinical, if you know what I'm saying. Great stuff.
2004 saw the reissue of some fine old recordings as well, with Bopland, Savoy Jazz's three disc recreation of the 1947 Elks Club concert in Los Angeles, standing out in terms of historical importance. The concert, featuring such great players as Dexter Gordon, Barney Kessel and Hampton Hawes was one of the first manifestations of bop on the West Coast; a full review can be read here.
The second half of Windows, Concord Records' two CD reissue of Marian McPartland dates from the 1970s, find Marian in fine form at the 1979 Concord Jazz Festival. Originally issued in 1980 as At The Festival, the disc starts with a swinging trio version of Cole Porter's "I Love You" and six other standards including the Chick Corea composition that gives the new package its name. Marian's lone original composition on the set is the tender ballad "In The Days Of Our Love," highlighted by her lovely solo piano introduction.
A pair of DVD'S released by Reeling the Years Productions qualify as must-have items for blues aficionados. Blues Legends: Memphis Slim & Sonny Boy Williamson Live in Europe features great performances from the 1960s recorded before a studio audience for European television; also included is a bonus segment with the legendary pianist Otis Spann from the 1960 Newport Folk Festival. Memphis Slim's performance is musically stunning, highlighted by the great fretwork of Matt "Guitar" Murphy and the exchange between Slim and Willie Dixon on "Rockin' the House." As for Sonny Boy, well, if you've never seen his leering, satyr-like visage singing and blowing harmonica, let's just say you owe it to yourself to pick this one up.
Williamson also makes an appearance on the third volume of The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 series, as do a who's-who of the genre: Buddy Guy, Skip James, Bukka White, T Bone Walker, Muddy Waters and Koko Taylor. Guy and others including drummer Fred Below--I always wondered what he looked like--accompany Big Mama Thornton on a rollicking version of "Hound Dog" that you can play for your friends who still think that Elvis (or perhaps Col. Tom Parker) wrote it.
2004 saw the release of many great live recordings. Some were new, others were long missing documents rightly restored for a new generation. Let's hope we'll see more of the same in '05.


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Tribeca Cinemas was the place to be last night as The Book Standard hosted its latest iteration of their Book Video Awards – this time for young adult novels by Meg Rosoff, Markus Zusak and Libba Bray. A lengthy cocktail hour (which also included an impressive snack display) saw folks from The Book Standard – including Book Trailerpark editrix Kimberly Maul (pictured with the New Yorker's Ron Toam), who bears an uncanny resemblance to Olympic gold medal winning figure skater Jamie Sale, and bon vivant Chuck Shelton, who was snapping away with his digital camera – Kirkus Reviews, and parent company VNU (for another week, when the ownership change results in a new name) mingling with those from Random House Children's Group, Inkwell Management literary agent Richard Pine, Bray (the only author in attendance) and the three filmmakers – Katie Koskenmaki, Jon Haller and Susan Muirhead. All three videos are now available online, and Maul's written up last night's proceedings as well.
I chatted with Haller about the making of his trailer version of THE BOOK THIEF (the best of the three, to my mind, perhaps aided by going over the agreed-upon length of 45 seconds) and was surprised to learn that the entire process took four weeks from storyboard to finished editing, with a two-day shoot and three days of editing included. It was a smart choice to focus the short film's attention on a scene in a bomb shelter, which gave it a claustrophobic, eerie quality (aided by shooting the scene, depicting the main protagonist telling a story, in a black box.) Interestingly, the trailer for Bray's A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY also featured a storytelling scene, while the one for Rosoff's HOW I LIVE NOW relied on action with voice-over. Whether the trailers will prove successful in promoting the books – all of which have been out for quite some time – remains to be seen, but TBS Managing Editor Jerome Kramer was impressed with both reaction and prospects. "Most teens spend the bulk of their time online, and the book industry needs to find ways to reach out to them," he said in the preamble to the trailer showings. "These videos are a great way to bring books to life in a way that they can understand."


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Speaking on the 'Today' show yesterday (06.07.10), she said: "I kind of lost myself for a little bit. I wasn't a druggie stripper. I was a very good person doing it. But I was kind of still embarrassed about it.
"I always knew that it was wrong. But the drugs and everything, that's what found me and accepted me."
The 25-year-old beauty – who has six-month-old son Hank Baskett IV with her NFL sportsman husband Hank Baskett – eventually realised the drug-taking wasn't her and gave up.
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i had this plane sold but due to logistics it is back up for sale.
up for sale is my half scale aeronca champ. yes, 50%. wingspan is 18 feet !!!!
this is a one of a kind plane that was built and flown by an elderly gentleman who had a full scale and copied it to half scale. that guy passed away and this plane sat in his hangar for a few years until a pilot friend of mine saw it and purchased it from his widow. the original fabric covering was in really rough shape so it has been stripped.
every single item on this plane was scratch built. the scale cockpit has working rudder pedals, seats, working throttle levers, and even the control sticks are hooked up to servos and move as controls are inputted from the transmitter.
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the motor currently mounted is an old mcculloch chainsaw conversion. i tried to start it and got it to spit but never turned on. personally i would put a single or twin with at least 100cc's or more.
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Prattville, Ala., offensive tackle Austin Golson received a text from a Prattville coach last weekend that said to contact him. What followed took Golson by surprise.
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For Golson, a 15-year-old sophomore, the offers were his first.
"I feel like I'll be good enough," Golson said. "But I never thought it'd be those two schools. I thought it would be just some little schools. I was thrilled. My family was really happy. My grandma almost was in tears. They were so happy."
Besides FSU and Southern Miss, two programs about which Golson said he knows little, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, LSU, Oregon and Tennessee also are showing interest.
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How Representative are Representative Workers? An Assessment of the Hypothetical Workers Commonly Used in Social Security Studies
An understanding of the financial and distributional consequences of Social Security reform requires knowledge about the actual life circumstances of participants, including the level and pattern of their lifetime earnings and when they retire. Some analyses of Social Security reform make simplifying assumptions about these characteristics by using "hypothetical workers" with set career paths. We seek to develop greater understanding about actual lifetime earnings patterns to compare with hypothetical workers and find discrepancies which lead typical hypothetical workers to produce a more favorable impression for defined-contribution pension reforms. We suggest modifications to make a more suitable hypothetical worker.
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- Whitehouse, Edward, 2007. "Pensions panorama: retirement-income systems in 53 countries," MPRA Paper 14797, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Steven Caldwell & Melissa Favreault & Alla Gantman & Jagadeesh Gokhale & Thomas Johnson & Laurence J. Kotlikoff, 1999. "Social Security's Treatment of Postwar Americans," NBER Chapters,in: Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 13, pages 109-148 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Mattingly welcomes heckling by Giants fans
SAN FRANCISCO -- The animosity of Giants fans toward the Dodgers has spanned two coasts and two centuries while sometimes reaching a fever pitch.
Manager Don Mattingly, though, likes coming to AT&T Park, and the more heckling, the better.
"I like the energy," said Mattingly. "The fans are kind of rowdy and it gives me a little feel of Boston. They try to get under your skin. I like that. It doesn't work, but I like just that they're trying. It goes in one ear and out the other."


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As mentioned in my Working on Android post, I've been using a mechanical keyboard for a couple of years now. Now that I work on Flowhub from home, it was a good time to re-evaluate the whole work setup. As far as regular keyboards go, the MiniLa was nice, but I wanted something more compact and ergonomic.
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Back in 2013 I was working exclusively on an Android tablet. Then with the NoFlo Kickstarter I needed a device with a desktop browser. What followed were brief periods working on a Chromebook, on a 12" MacBook, and even an iPad Pro.
It has been a while that I've written about flow-based programming — but now that I'm putting most of my time to Flowhub things are moving really quickly.
The idea of Full-Stack Development is quite popular at the moment — building things that run both the browser and the server side of web development, usually utilizing similar languages and frameworks.
With Flow-Based Programming and the emerging Flowhub ecosystem, we can take this even further. Thanks to the FBP network protocol we can build and monitor graphs spanning multiple devices and flow-based environments.
Jon Nordby gave a Flow-Based Programming talk in FOSDEM Internet of Things track last weekend. His demo was running a FBP network comprising of three different environments that talk together. You can find the talk online.
Here are some screenshots of the different graphs.
MicroFlo running on an Arduino Microcontroller and monitoring a temperature sensor:
NoFlo running on Node.js and communicating with the Arduino over a serial port:
NoFlo running in browser and communicating with the Node.js process over WebSockets:
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Taking this further
While this setup already works, as you can see the three graphs are still treated separately. The next obvious step will be to utilize the subgraph features of NoFlo UI and allow different nodes of a graph represent different runtime environments.
This way you could introspect the data passing through all the wires in a single UI window, and "zoom in" to see each individual part of the system.
The FBP ecosystem is growing all the time, with different runtimes popping up for different languages and use cases. While NoFlo's JavaScript focus makes it part of the Universal Runtime, there are many valid scenarios where other runtimes would be useful, especially on mobile, embedded, and desktop.
Work to be done
Interoperability between them is an area we should focus on. The network protocol needs more scrutiny to ensure all scenarios are covered, and more of the FBP/dataflow systems need to integrate it.
Some steps are already being taken in this direction. After Jon's session in FOSDEM we had a nice meetup discussing better integration between MicroFlo on microcontrollers, NoFlo on browser and server, and Lionel Landwerlin's work on porting NoFlo to the GNOME desktop.
If you're interested in collaborating, please get in touch!
Photo by Forrest Oliphant.
We just opened the Flowhub website for pre-orders. Flowhub is the collaborative development environment for NoFlo and other flow-based programming systems.
Wow, September was a busy month. As you probably know, our NoFlo Development Environment Kickstarter succeeded with 115% funding. Thanks everybody!
J. Paul Morrison invented Flow-Based Programming while at IBM in 1969.
I ran into the concept in 2011 while trying to figure out a better way to create software. I read his canonical book on the subject, and decided to try and implement it in JavaScript. Thus, NoFlo got started.
It has been an honor to have Paul as a mentor in the process. In late June 2013 we flew to Toronto to meet him. What resulted was quite a thorough code review of NoFlo's FBP implementation, and a video interview. The interview with Paul is finally online. Enjoy!
If you want to meet Paul in person, the next opportunity will be in the Toronto Flow-Based Programming meetup on September 11th. On the same week we also have my NoFlo talk in Zurich on the 10th, and Forrest's talk in Berlin on the 14th.
In other news, the NoFlo Kickstarter campaign just hit 96%. Please help us get it funded so we can bring better flow-based tools to designers and programmers everywhere!
Those that have been following my blog for a longer time know that I've been talking a lot about making the Linux desktop and mobile platforms location aware.
Thanks to the amazing advances in adoption of mobile platforms, this dream has more or less become true, especially in the more widespread Apple and Android ecosystems. All these devices know where they are, and developers are coming up with different smart applications to utilize this information.
The free software world has been at risk of getting left behind. GeoClue, the location framework designed for these environments was in a state of flux for a long time with very little happening to it. But now we have GeoClue2, a rewritten implementation of the original idea.
Zeeshan Ali spoke about GNOME's geo-awareness, which is undergoing a rewrite. Geo-awareness consists of four major pieces, he said. The first is geolocation, or the "where am I?" question. The second is the opposite; the user wants to find a different location: a particular address, a nearby restaurant or gas station, or other points of interest. The third issue is routing, finding the best way to get between locations. Finally, there is the user interface topic: locations, points of interest, and routes all need to be presented to the user on a map.
GeoClue2 can determine location from four different sources: coordinates from GPS devices (the most accurate), the location of nearby WiFi access points (which is accurate to just a few hundred meters), the location of 3G cellular towers (which are accurate only to a few kilometers), and IP addresses (which are accurate only down to the city level).
A major shortcoming that the new service addresses is privacy:
GeoClue2 also offers better privacy controls; the previous version of the library would provide the current location to any application; with GeoClue2, GNOME will require the user to confirm location requests from each application.
Kudos to Zeeshan and the others involved for keeping the location-aware dream alive!
I haven't personally been involved much in the free desktop world lately. This is mainly because I've been busy trying to change the worlds of web publishing and software development, but also because I don't really have a desktop at the moment. Instead, I do my work with an Android tablet and a web browser with an attached keyboard. But despite that, I hope this will be picked up not only by GNOME, but by the other Linux ecosystems as well.
Here is a video interview of me talking about the origins of NoFlo, the flow-based programming environment for JavaScript:
You've seen short pieces from this in the NoFlo Kickstarter video, but most of the material is new. This was shot when NoFlo turned two, and so I'm obviously spending some time talking about where things came from.
The video should work well to support the hacker's perspective of our funding campaign. Please support us and spread the word!
It is pretty amazing to think that since my last post on Friday, we've almost doubled the amount of contributions. Thanks to all the nearly 500 backers who have already helped us to change the world of programming!
The eagerly waited Leap Motion controller is now out, and reviews are pouring in. Most of them see the promise but find the current experience frustrating:
The growth of mobile web users is staggering. While some of us have been browsing the web on mobile devices for nearly ten years, most of the world population is only now getting there.


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Strawberry growing made simple -- an explanation of the 4 different types of strawberries (June-bearing, everbearing, day-neutral, and Alpine)
Growing strawberries at home is a relatively simple process, perfect for weekend gardeners or even for parents looking for gardening projects for children.
There are four categories of strawberry plants, each requiring different techniques for growing, maintenance and harvest. Rather than making a trip to the nursery and buying plants blindly, it's best to study the following descriptions and decide -- before shopping -- which type of strawberry is best suited to your own garden.
June-bearing strawberries.
These are the old-fashioned varieties your grandmother grew. In most parts of the country, they begin blooming in late spring and produce fruits in June (earlier in California). They produce only one crop a year, and begin to set buds for the next year's crop in the fall when the hours of available sunlight begin to wane.
Everbearing strawberries.
These modern hybrids are somewhat of a misnomer, as they do not really bear fruit continuously. Instead, they produce a moderate crop in June and another, smaller crop in August, with scattered berry production in between. However, in a single season, the total harvest from everbearing varieties is far less than amount of fruit produced by June-bearers, but it is spread out over a longer time frame. This is where the decisions come in -- for home gardeners who want to make preserves (and have the time to do so), a huge June harvest may be ideal. For weekend gardeners who just want to deal with a meal's worth of berries at a time, the everbearers may be a better choice.
Day-neutral strawberries.
Unlike the other two types, which rely on the shortening days of late summer and fall to trigger bud production, the day-neutrals produce flowers and berries continuously in cycles that last about six weeks from bud set to harvest. These strawberry plants will bear fruit from June through September. Though they are incredibly productive, they also tend to be labor intensive. First of all, the picking season lasts the entire summer. Failure to keep the plants picked, in some areas, may result in a fungal disease that is caused by rotting berries. Also, the plants themselves are more fragile than other types and may be more susceptible to the effects of weeds, insects, or drought.
Alpine strawberries.
These tiny, woodland berries are known as fraise-des-boise in France. They are much more common in Europe than in the States, where they are only likely to be found in gourmet desserts at four-star restaurants. Alpine strawberries produce small, roundish, intensely flavorful fruits all summer. The plants don't produce runners, so they are easily maintained. As they are evergreen, they can make an attractive edging to flower or shrub beds, or can be planted in their own patch.
Managing a strawberry patch closely is essential, due to the plants' tendency to put out runners. Each runner produces an offspring plant, which in turn sends out its own runners. Overgrown berry patches quickly become unproductive.
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Pretoria - Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele on Monday urged law enforcement officials to crack down on illegal drag racing after three people were killed in an apparent drag race at the weekend."Law enforcement officers are expected to know where these illegal drag races are taking place and they must stop the racing before it even starts," he said.Ndebele said that law enforcement should not be afraid to confiscate vehicles or suspend licences if it would prevent illegal drag racing."We are calling upon law enforcement agencies to do everything possible to put an end to illegal drag racing, especially in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.The department would even assist to arrange legal races, but illegal drag racing would not be tolerated.Two people died on the scene and a third died later in hospital after crash involving two vehicles in Gezina around 20:00.The two cars crashed into two other cars, which were not taking part in the race.One of the vehicles crashed into a pole and burst into flames and the other broke apart when it hit another pole.SynchronisationTshwane safety and security spokesperson William Baloyi said the city of Tshwane had approached engineers for advice on how to make Voortrekker Road safer after the death of the three in an apparent drag race at the weekend.Tshwane safety and security spokesperson William Baloyi said: "We are looking at a multitude of possible solutions." One of the options under consideration was for the city to change the synchronisation of robots on that road so that not all robots were green at the same time.Another option was building speed bumps, but that came with a different set of problems. "That is a very busy road and speed bumps might contribute to traffic congestion during heavy traffic flow."He said the city was waiting for feedback from engineers before any decisions would be taken.The DA called on the city's mayor on Monday morning to "intervene immediately to stop the illegal racing in Voortrekker Road on Sunday evenings", said Moot councillor Elmarie Linde in a statement. "We have submitted two petitions in the last four years requesting action, but to no avail."It is time that the mayor visits Voortrekker Road on a Sunday evening to see for himself what is happening there," said DA councillor Hendrik Fourie of Ward 53.
They have just introduced vertically placed banana shape speed bumps in Spain. It does not bugger up the suspension like traditional horizontal placed bumps but forces the car to slow down as it has to turn slightly to avoid going over it. It has had a very good reception. Just a thought.
The police have more important things to do. Like eating donuts and extorting bribes.
So true!!
We had drag racing in Voortrekker since the 60' on Sunday nights; nobody got killed; must be the quality of drivers are deminishing.
Solution is speedbumps that are OK at 60km but would damage a car at higher speeds. It would be easy for engeneers to calculate and build.
Please don't do speed bumps. You guys don't maintain them. They are difficult to see when all the paint has come off them and the warning signs have grown legs and walked away.
Solving crime is a mission impossible for these guys, i can't see how they goin to get this right.
Please open the legal races again, open the tracks, make the airstrips available. Then you dont have to stand next the road and watch or race for that matter. They sell turbos, chargers etc, you use it but cant feel the full effect because there is no legal place to go. The next best thing the road past your work. If they dont, well there is plenty of 400 m strips in GP.
You know what - I agree with you. England has "track days" where you can take your car for a race as well as many open drag race meets. The after market performance industry is HUGE in SA but the end result is not catered for. If you've got nowhere to take your new R250 000 machine, then the street is the only option.
They should rather focus on preventing farm murders than securing suicide hotspots.
You so right, three people die due to their own stupidty, and everyone is up in arms, Farmers die on a daily basis and nothing is done.
Thanks for seeing my point Brian.
Brian don't be doff. those three people could've killed many more innocent bystanders, pedestrians and motorists. Think of Jub-jub.
Is streetracing illegal?, is murder illegal? I guess so, well then one is not more than a crime than the other. If you a street racer, you are no different from a thief or murderer, you do not obey the law, you do not respect others, and you know you are busy with the wrong things. All of us need to take personal reponsibility and start to do the right thing.
The Metro has been warned 100's of times. They made available a strip 45 km from town. Absolute stupidity. People will not drive 45 km to race. Tarlton is over a 100 km away. There are many steerts in Pretoria they can close on Sunday nights. We talk about a Metro whose traffic officials cannot even do point duty or traffic control. How do you expect them to close roads for drag racing. They can charge a small fee of R50 and have the ambulances and tow trucks on the scene and have safety in place. The drag racers will just move from street to street until the Metro comes to the party.
This is stupid. Have you considered the possibility of damage to business premises along the road? I heard the one guy's engine landed in an adjacent business showroom. Do any of you really think any insurance company will allow this. Don't be stupid guys. These people as sick and we try to help them. To hell with all of them.
How they can`t even stop the sale of illegal dvd and junk at the traffic lights , now you want them to stop drag racers with fast cars Good Luck
Ag, f#ck please - is drag racing now the flavour of the week at the metro police. Rather use that single braincell that is shared between the members of the metro and see how you can stop murders, rapes and theft. But no, it is now again a case of: "Daardie vark, hy denk hy kan jaag by my straat, aikona, ek sal hom gee die robot en die speed bump, eish die moena hy is slem"
The issue of drag racing is the peak point of most of South African drivers, especially in urban areas like Tshwane and Joburg,to show how disrespect for the law is in this country! The challenge that we have in Johannesburg is that of communities demanding speed humps in every road just to mitigate the anarchy caused by disrespectful, unlicenced and negligent motorists. Can law enforcement officials do the work that they are paid for!Pedestrians are no more walking on the pavements built for them, innocent and law abiding citizens are afraid on the roads of South Africa! Simply because thugs have taken over roads of that we have built with taxpayers money, and police are seriously unwilling to act decisively on these criminals. This is not tolerable South Africans!
hmmm, it'll be soon forgotten, metro only cares now because of the amount of attention that this has received. Elections are when?
Like so many other law related issues in this country, nothing will happen. They just saying something now because people died and it's in the news. The ministers - all of them - are too busy lining their pockets and driving their expensive cars to give a flying hoot about the people they are supposed to serve! Maybe if they stop taxi drivers with their own street drag every day, then other people will see that the police mean business. Let's get back to basics please!!!
Putting speed bumps in Voortrekker road will have a huge effect on traffic, I live nearby and know how traffic looks during peak hours. The drag racing has been going on for years now. The metro has tried "putting" a stop to it, but as soon as the racers see the metro they just don't race. Then after a couple of weeks the metro decides OK, no more races is going on, so job well done...WTF... The next week all racers are back. They should have people there EVERY sunday night, for something the call VISIBLE POLICING... As soon as the racers see metro around they wont race. But they think being there a couple of Sunday nights, and seeing nothing they have solved the problem, they just come back as soon as metro leaves.
@IBI you make a good point, try and make a speed bumps that's OK with 60 km/h but not at higher speeds. If you drive down Voortrekker at 60km/h you will get all the traffic light green, and that helps a lot with traffic in peak hours.
Just take vehicles and suspend licenses and HEAVY fines... Would be some suggestions... But they cant even enforce basic traffic laws, now we want the metro to work as well... NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN
As long as they kill themselves let them drag race. Its like a once off thing. So why the big fuss.
Use your brain cells to work out how to protect the farmers, the people we rely on for our daily meal.
Look, if they want to kill themselves, then fine they can do it somewhere where there are no other people. But right now they are putting many innocent people at risk. Imagine your child being mowed by one of these chaps. Imagine one of them losing control and crashing onto a family member of yours who's minding their own business in the opposite lane. Isn't that what Jub Jub and his friend did?
One of the problems is leakage of confidential information from the police. They get a tip off, and then 'somebody' in the police tells the dragsters where the cops are going, and when the cops get there, nothing is happening. Corruption in the police has a lot to do with their ineffectiveness to stop this thing.
Too many men have watched the movie "Fast and Furious" and think it is cool to try the same. This practise should defininetly be BANNED, in a way that it will be impossible to cheat the system.
Maybe you must look at your blue light cronies as well ........ They drive like they on a race track.
"Law enforcement officers are expected to know where these illegal drag races are taking place and they must stop the racing before it even starts,"
Yes, they DO know because the Metro chops (sorry, cops) take part in the illegal street racing down Voortrekker on Sundays.
And it is street racing, not drag racing. I wish reporters would get it right and not suck such tripe out of their thumbs when writing an article. If you want to see DRAG racing, go to Tarlton.
I do not condone this practice and am glad that something is going to be done about it BUT, what is going to be done about the high number of un-roadworthy Taxis and other vehicle that pose a danger on the roads and are the result of even a higher number of annual road deaths????? What about the general lawlesness which is being condoned on our roads (stop streets being treated as yields, not wearing seats belts), even by traffic officials? What about people who drive 40km/hr on a freeway (these people are just as dangerous as those who speed) which makes it quite clear that the driver has no confidence therefore does not have a license. Address this before starting to focus on one fatal accident!!!!!
What a load of crap !!! 3 people die and all of the sudden stop drag races ! what about all those vehicles that arnt road worthy??? Trucks killing people by the day ! taxis driving with no lights no breaks ! and every accident 10s of people die !!!
Maybe the cops should stop harassing innocent people and focus more on the real problems!! Speedbumps aren't an option there, as traffic is too heavy on that road!! The congestion will be terrible!!
Says the famous (notorious?)Sbu Ndebele - the one that got away with it all - tenderitis, nepotism and not doing his job properly, etc, etc.
Call on "law enforcement" to investigate your own dealings first?


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SAN DIEGO ---- When he made his Padres' debut on June 25, 1993,Trevor Hoffman wore No. 34.
That experiment only lasted for the remainder of the season as Hoffman, who was traded to the Padres in a June 24 deal that sent Gary Sheffield to the Florida Marlins, started poorly.
The next season, Hoffman switched to 51, a number the Padresannounced Thursday they will officially retire later this season.Hoffman, whose 601 saves are the most in major league history, willjoin Tony Gwynn, Steve Garvey, Dave Winfield and Randy Jones as theonly Padres players to have their numbers retired.
The ceremony will be held at the conclusion of the Padres' 1:05p.m. game against the Marlins on Aug. 21 at Petco Park.
"I can recall quite vividly walking in Jack Murphy Stadium(later Qualcomm) for the first time after the inaugural season withthe Marlins," Hoffman said. "I wasn't prepared for the trade. Thelast thing I would have thought about at the time was somethinglike this happening.
"To have it start the way it did ... it's very special to me and my family."
Hoffman, a Rancho Santa Fe resident, retired in January andconcurrently took a position in the Padres' front office as aspecial assistant to club president Tom Garfinkel after spendingthe final two seasons of his career with the Milwaukee Brewers.
A seven-time All-Star who finished second twice in National League Cy Young voting, Hoffman amassed 552 of his saves in partsof 16 seasons with the Padres.
Hoffman was part of a young core that helped the Padres surprisethe National League West by winning the 1996 division title on thefinal day of the regular season.
Known for a stellar work ethic, Hoffman also helped the team windivision titles in 1998, 2005 and 2006 and to a World Seriesappearance in 1998.
Hoffman wore No. 51 when he made his major league debut in 1993 with the Marlins, who were an expansion team that season.
He said he preferred to wear No. 15, the number worn by his brother, Glenn, during his prep days, but Marlins manager Rene Lachemann already had possession of it. He switched to No. 34 when he joined the Padres and went 2-4 with 4.31 ERA in 39 appearances.
With manager Bruce Bochy already wearing 15, Hoffman chose No.51 for the 1994 season, opting to flip his preferred number becausehe figured he would never be asked to change numbers.
Hoffman came to the Padres along with pitchers Andres Berumen and Jose Martinez in exchange for Sheffield and reliever Rich Rodriguez ---- a deal that was widely criticized at the time for being a salary dump.
Martinez and Berumen played a combined 44 games for the Padres while Hoffman pitched in a team-record 902. Now, Hoffman's legacy will be immortalized above the batter's eye at Petco Park.
"It's a complete honor," Hoffman said."I'm looking forward to celebrating it with everybody."


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'Agatha Christie's Poirot & Marple: Fan Favorites' Gives Us Some Classics, No Duds
This set is a good point of entry to an overwhelming oeuvre.
Agatha Christie Poirot & Marple: Fan Favorites CollectionDistributor: Acorn
Cast: David Suchet, Geraldine McEwan, Julia McKenzie
Network: ITV
Release date: 2013-01-29
Agatha Christie wrote a heck of a lot of books, and sold a heck of a lot of them, too—she remains the world's best-selling English author even today, more than 35 years after her death. British television, never one to pass up a good book that could be made into a lively TV show (see also: I, Claudius), has seized with typical gusto the opportunity to dramatize Dame Agatha's oeuvre. Agatha Christie's Poirot has aired on the ITV network since 1989; its companion series, Agatha Christie's Marple, has run since 2004. The Poirot stories number some 70 episodes, the Marple, 23. Both series have more episodes forthcoming.
With such an abundance of material out there, the casual-but-interested viewer might be forgiven for feeling rather overwhelmed. Where to start? The Poirot and Marple Crime Anthology Collection? The Poirot Definitive Collection? The Poirot Classic Crimes Collection? Marple Season 1, or 2, or 4? It's all so confusing. And I haven't even mentioned the dozens of movies and hundreds of hours of previously-produced television programming, much of it available on DVD.
Dedicated Christie-watchers will no doubt have their own preferences, but a newcomer to the party could do worse than turning to the Poirot & Marple Fan Favorites Collection. This collection consists of episodes which, as the title suggests, were chosen by fans of the show as the best of the series thus far. While not every episode knocks it out of the park, there are more hits than misses, and it's handy to have a selection of stories featuring each of the detectives—six for Poirot, five for Marple.
In general, the Poirot stories are gripping and well made. David Suchet is utterly perfect as Poirot; it's tough to imagine anyone else playing the part, and his mixture of dandyish egotism and high-minded brilliance strikes the perfect note. (Plus, he refers to himself in the third person. How cheeky is that?) "Murder on the Orient Express" is a story that will be familiar to many because of the 1974 film starring Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman and Alber Finney; the plot is the same here, of course, but the game cast does its best to make you forget that other version, and for the most part succeeds. The performances are strong, and it's fun to spot Hugh "Lord Grantham of Downton" Bonneville and Barbara "Black Swan" Hershey among the many guest stars.
Elsewhere, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" features a typically convoluted plot that involves upper-crust aristocrats, an inheritance worth a fortune and some very bad behavior. In fact, it's striking how many of these stories contain both these elements: aristocrats and money. Maybe it's just the particular nature of this selection of episodes, but I was struck by how frequently the motivation for the murders came down to simple greed. And more often than not, the milieu was the rarified world of the British upper class.
Perhaps for this reason, the episode I enjoyed most on the entire set was "The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb", largely because I'm a sucker for all that ancient Egypt stuff, but also because the change of scenery it afforded was a great relief. The sight of the immaculately preened Poirot bouncing in a Land Rover through the Valley of the Kings was one of the highlights of my viewing.
Sadly, the Marple episodes were less compelling in the main, despite the fact that the core concept of a brilliant outsider snooping about crime scenes—in this case, an elderly woman that nobody takes very seriously—is a strong one. But the stories cleave even more consistently to the "wealthy aristocrat/socialite/industrialist dies with a sizeable inheritance" storyline, with only occasional variations. It must be said, too, that the two actresses portraying Marple are considerably less arresting than David Suchet's Poirot. Geraldine McEwan is possessed of an maddening simper and a squeaky voice that suggests nothing so much as a large rodent. Julia McKenzie is better, playing the role straight but without much panache. It's left to the show's rotating cast of guest stars—Derek Jacobi, Zoe Wanamaker et al—to inject some verve into the proceedings.
That said, these stories are engaging enough to keep most voiewers watching. Christie well knew the value in providing a little setup before the bodies start to arrive—and once they did, to keep compounding the confusion with more confusion. Even if not every episode is riveting, all are competently told and acted, and the visuals are consistenly lush.
Newcomers may be disappointed that there are no extras whatever in this set, a surprising choice considering that it's essentially a repackaging of previously-released material aimed at drawing in new viewers. In any event, it's the stories that are the main draw. And the mystery, of course.


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Dead Sushi (2012)
Directed by Noboru IguchiGenres - Comedy | Sub-Genres - Horror Comedy | Run Time - 91 min. | Countries - Japan |
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A famed sushi chef's daughter runs away to a remote hot springs inn after getting fed up with her father's ultra-strict working habits, and uses her many years of training to save the lives of the guests when a twisted former researcher perfects a method of creating killer sushi. Keiko's father is one of the most respected sushi chefs in Japan. He always gives 110%, and he expects the same from his daughter. Determined to live life on her own terms, Keiko lands a job at a serine inn surrounded by soothing hot springs. Unfortunately for her, both the employees and the pharmaceutical specialists staying there on a work retreat take no small amount of pleasure in mocking the new addition to the staff. But when a disgruntled former employee of the firm shows up at the inn with a bizarre formula that transforms delicious sushi into rampaging monsters, only Keiko and her unique skill set can save them all from being eaten alive.
daughter, disgruntlement, formula, karate, monster, pharmaceutical-industry, retreat [sanctuary], revenge, serum, sushi


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Social networking site Facebook generated significant revenue and profits in 2009, according to sources who spoke to the Reuters news agency.
As Facebook is privately owned, it is not required to publicly publish its accounts and the company has so far declined to comment on the latest speculation regarding its financials. However, Facebook board member Marc Andreessen had publicly stated last year that the company was on track to generate $500 million in revenue in 2009. If the latest information is true, it seems Facebook comfortably surpassed that target. In addition to surpassing revenue expectations, one of Reuters' sources claims that the company also generated profits in the tens of millions of dollars.
Reuters quotes a source as saying:
"They are downplaying their performance … There's no upside in getting people's expectations high, it's always better to go low."
People have been speculating for a while now that Facebook is getting ready for an IPO. Such rumors were fueled back in November by the news that Facebook had restructured its stock in a way that mirrored Google's pre-IPO stock-shuffle.
Many commentators seem to find the new information very plausible; public companies prefer to downplay their performance and then out-perform analysts expectations. If Facebook was planning to go public, it would do well to adopt just such an approach prior to the IPO.
Facebook reported in December that it had hit 350 million users, up from 150 million less than 12 months previously. It makes money through its advertising platform, which mines user information to allow advertisers to deliver very targeted ad campaigns, as well as through the sale of virtual goods (e.g. a picture of a flower, which can be purchased and gifted to another user).


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Assistant Professor in Psychology
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Field of Specialty
The intersection between clinical psychology, depression, gender, development, emotion regulation. Specifically: gender and developmental differences in and risks for depression; Risk, resiliency and depression prevention; emotion regulation, self-focused attention, rumination and reflection; mindfulness, coping, and development; psychosomatic obstetrics and gynecology and affective disorders (i.e., postpartum depression and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder)
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Brown Social Science Center 128
Ellen J Wright
Professor Wright is currently working on predictors of different forms of emotion regulation and self-focused attention, particularly rumination, reflection, and mindfulness, and in distraction, and how those forms of emotion regulation are related to depression and anxiety and responses to trauma. This research is undertaken using a developmental framework
Brickman, S. & Wright, Ellen J. "Profiles of post-trauma adaptation after the 2013 Boston marathon bombings." International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Chicago, IL. November 2017.
Brickman, S., & Wright, Ellen J. "Moderators and mediators or emotion regulation on post-trauma responses following Boston bombings.." Eastern Psychological Association. Boston, MA. March, 2017.
Brickman, S., & Wright, Ellen J. "Emerging Adulthood and the Impact of Age, Coping and Emotion Regulation on Distress and Growth following the 2013 Boston Marathon." Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX. April 2017.
Li, L., & Wright, Ellen J. "Effects of couple's empathy on relationship satisfaction: attachment as mediator." American Psychological Society, Boston, MA. May 2017.
Wright, Ellen J, & Alchanati, R.. "Inter and intrapersonal predictors of emotion regulation: Hanging on, pondering, looking away.." Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada. March 30, 2011.
Wright, Ellen J., & Alchanati, R.. "Rumination and reflection: A cross-cultural examination of self-focused attention.." (2011).
Wright, Ellen J. "Trapped in negative self-focus: The implications of emerging self-focused emotion regulation and increased depression risk following pubertal onset in females.." Society for Research in Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA. March, 2010.
Beardslee, William R., Wright, Ellen J., Gladstone, Tracy R.G., & Forbes, Peter. "Long-term effects from a randomized trial of two public health preventive interventions for parental depression.." Journal of Family Psychology 21. (2009): 703-713.
Yang, Jiong, & Wright, Ellen J. "Relationships among gender-related traits, loneliness and self-esteem." Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO. April 2009.
Beardslee, William R., Wright, Ellen J., Gladstone, Tracy R.G., & Forbes, Peter. "Long-term effects from a randomized trial of two public health preventive interventions for parental depression.." Journal of Family Psychology 21. 4 (2007): 703-713.
Beardslee, William R., Gladstone, Tracy R.G., Wright, Ellen J., & Cooper, Andy B.. "A family-based approach to the prevention of depressive symptoms in children at risk: Evidence of parental and child change." Pediatrics 112. (2003): 119-131.
Beardslee, William R., Versage, Eve, Salt, Patricia, & Wright, Ellen J. "The development and evaluation of two preventive intervention strategies for children of depressed parents." Rochester Symposium on developmental psychopathology, Volume IX. Developmental approaches to prevention and intervention. vol. IX Ed. D. Cicchetti & S. L. Toth. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1999
Beardslee, William R., Wright, Ellen J., Salt, Patricia, Drezner, Karen, Gladstone, Tracy G., Versage, Eve, & Rothberg, Phyllis C.. "Examination of children's responses to two preventive intervention strategies over time.." Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 36. (1997): 196-204.
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|Psychological and Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Health
|Introduction to Psychology
|Abnormal Psychology
|Adolescence and the Transition to Maturity
|Research Methods and Laboratory in Psychology


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The Trek Domane SL 6 Disc Road Bike 2017 offers a new level of reliability in terms of braking with the Shimano RS685 Hydraulic Disc brakes. Descend and corner in new, inspired confidence and ride harder than ever before with Trek's IsoSpeed technology that provides compliance over rougher terrain.
Trek Domane SL 6 Disc Road Bike 2017
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The Trek Domane SL 6 Disc Road Bike 2017 offers a new level of reliability in terms of braking with the Shimano RS685 Hydraulic Disc brakes. Descend and corner in new, inspired confidence and ride harder than ever before with Trek's IsoSpeed technology that provides compliance over rougher terrain.
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Trek Domane SL 6 Disc Road Bike 2017
The Trek Domane SL 6 Disc Road Bike 2017 has been developed to enhance braking in every weather condition imaginable and inspire confidence in the corners for greater enjoyment and overall ride quality. Using Shimano RS685 Hydraulic Disc, Flat Mount brakes alongside Vision Metron 40 Disc LTD wheels, everything remains stiff when sprinting, and efficient when climbing. Exactly what you need in a bike that combines some of the lightest, most high-performing components in the cycling industry.
Throughout the Trek Domane SL range, Trek have incorporated their lightweight, stiff and strong 500 Series OCLV Carbon, which when combined with their full-carbon fork, Endurance Geometry and IsoSpeed technology, becomes one of the most high-performing and functional frames on the market. Trek haven't just slapped these features onto the Trek Domane SL 6 Disc Road Bike 2017 without any development though, they've used their arsenal of riders to push the technology to the next level.
Fabian Cancellara is known for his ultimate domination in the Spring Classics, with a riding style that is so finely tuned, he's able to advise on how his bike needs to be altered. Winning the Paris-Roubaix takes some serious skill, with some serious technology to boot, and that's why the Trek Domane has been developed.
Using Trek's 500 Series OCLV Carbon frame, the Domane is lightweight enough to increase efficiency, but strong enough to remain stiff in a range of varied terrain - but this isn't just down to the frame, though. Strenuously developed over numerous years, Trek's revolutionary IsoSpeed technology delivers great compliance by allowing the seat tube to move back and forth, isolating the rider from the road without negatively affecting steering, cornering or power transfer.
IsoSpeed is also adjustable, ranging between cobble riding and full-out sprinting stiffness, claiming to be as stiff as the Emonda. The rear end is five times as stiff as other seatposts, whilst the front end is 10% more compliant than others in the market. Simply take a 4mm Allen key and unscrew the lower bottle cage bolt, slide the IsoSpeed slider up for a stiffer ride, and down for a more compliant ride.
Shimano Ultegra 6800, 11-speed is the pinnacle of reliable, fast-shifting gearing the mechanical world, and this is why Trek have used this prestigious drivetrain to enhance the ride feel of the Domane SL 6. A wide range of gearing provides enough versatility to suit every rider's riding style, whether that be to attack the climbs or sit back and spin through the gears, allowing you to stay comfortable and push your performance when it suits you.
The Trek Domane is specifically designed for long, endurance rides, and this is why Trek have incorporated their endurance geometry with a taller headtube, longer reach and slightly longer chainstays to make the Domane smoother and more stable over longer distances. The E2 head tube, lower BB90 bottom bracket and oversized chainstays enhance its superior stiffness and excellent ride quality.
Bontrager Race Lite IsoZone handlebar adds to the comfort of the IsoSpeed range, dissipating road vibrations by 20% compared to other stiff handlebars, whilst Shimano RS685 Hydraulic Disc, Flat Mount brakes give the versatility of riding in wet weather, knowing you'll stop at the point you need to with its reliable and powerful braking prowess.
Vision Metron 40 Disc LTD wheels add to the performance of the Domane SL 6 Disc with a deeper rim construction for enhanced aerodynamics, but remaining shallow enough to ensure you're as efficient as possible in the climbs and nimble enough around corners.
Vanishing mudguard mounts add to the Domane's versatility, allowing to fit mudguards up to 45C, with tyres accommodated up to 32C on disc brakes and 28C for calliper brakes.
Trek's 500 Series OCLV Carbon frame and Domane full carbon fork combine for a lightweight, durable and efficient ride
IsoSpeed technology increases compliance in both the front and rear end, for a more comfortable ride over rougher ground
Shimano Ultegra 6800 drivetrain gives a more in-tuned feel with the bike, inspiring you to push harder up the climbs and faster on the flats
Shimano RS685 Hydraulic Disc, Flat Mount brakes inspire confidence in the corners and provides powerful braking in all weather conditions
Taller headtube, longer reach and slightly longer chainstays provide a smoother, more stable ride
E2 head tube, BB90 bottom bracket and oversized chainstays increase stiffness and ride quality
Bontrager Race Tubeless Ready wheels and Bontrager R2 Hard-Case Lite 700x32c tyres offer more grip and traction in testing conditions
Image shown for representation of colour way only, specification subject to change at any time. Bicycles do not come with pedals unless otherwise specified.
- FRAME: Trek 500 Series OCLV Carbon, Front & Rear IsoSpeed, E2 tapered head tube, BB90, Flat Mount disc brakes, Power Transfer Construction, hidden mudguard mounts, internal cable routing, 3S chain keeper, DuoTrap S compatible, Ride Tuned seatmast
- FORK: Trek Domane carbon disc, E2 tapered steerer, 12mm thru-axle
- HEADSET: Integrated, cartridge bearing, sealed, 1-1/8" top, 1.5" bottom
- STEM: Bontrager Pro, 31.8mm, 7 degree, w/computer and light mounts
- HANDLEBAR: Bontrager Race Lite IsoZone, VR-CF, 31.8mm
- FRONT BRAKE: Shimano RS685 hydraulic disc, Flat Mount
- REAR BRAKE: Shimano RS685 hydraulic disc, Flat Mount
- FRONT DERAILLEUR: Shimano Ultegra 6800, braze-on
- REAR DERAILLEUR: Shimano Ultegra 6800 11-speed
- SHIFT LEVERS: Shimano RS685, 11-speed
- CASSETTE: Shimano Ultegra 6800, 11-32, 11-speed
- CRANKSET: Shimano Ultegra, 50/34 (compact)
- CHAINRINGS: 50/34 (compact)
- PEDALS: Not included
- FRONT WHEEL: Vision Metron 40 Disc LTD
- REAR WHEEL: Vision Metron 40 Disc LTD
- FRONT TYRE: Bontrager R2 Hard-Case Lite, aramid bead, 700x32c
- REAR TYRE: Bontrager R2 Hard-Case Lite, aramid bead, 700x32c
- SADDLE: Bontrager Affinity Comp, cromo rails
- SEATPOST: Bontrager Ride Tuned carbon seat mast cap, 20mm offset
UK Delivery Options
Free Delivery on all orders over £30
Estimated delivery within 4 working days (a delivery charge of £1.99 for orders under £30.00 will apply)
CollectPlus Delivery - £1.99
Have your order delivered to your local shop for just £1.99! For Highlands and Islands, please allow up to 5 working days. Orders can be shipped to UK CollectPlus locations specified on the SigmaSport.co.uk website where they will be held awaiting collection for a period of 10 days.
Orders placed are normally dispatched within 2 working days.
Priority 1st Class Delivery - £2.99
Estimated delivery within 2 working days. For Highlands and Islands, please allow up to 5 working days.
Next Working Day Delivery* - £4.99
A guaranteed tracked courier delivery, place your order before 3pm, deliveries are made Monday to Friday.
Saturday pre 12 Delivery - £4.99
Saturday delivery orders must be placed by 1pm Friday and are only available on items in stock in our warehouse. Orders are prioritised through our warehouse and are delivered on Saturday pre 12pm by courier. Package must be signed for upon delivery.
Sunday pre 12 Delivery - £4.99
Sunday delivery orders must be placed by 1pm Friday and are only available on items in stock in our warehouse. Orders are prioritised through our warehouse and are delivered on Sunday pre 12pm by courier. Package must be signed for upon delivery.
Reserve and Collect** - FREE
Reserve & Collect from either our Sigma Sport store in Hampton Wick or our Collection Point in Esher. Just select the Reserve & Collect button in the basket. Please note that bikes orders will require a 10% deposit before we build your bike. We will contact you for payment after you've placed your order.
* Next Working Day delivery is only available on items in stock in our warehouse and excludes pre- order items. Next Day refers to the next working day, Bank Holidays will add an extra working day to the estimated delivery lead times. UK next day excludes Saturday deliveries. This service is not available to some remote postcode areas. Please contact us for help.
** Reserve and Collect Collections - Clothing, parts and accessories: Next day. Orders placed on Friday, Saturday or Sunday will be available for collection after midday on the Monday (excluding Bank Holidays). Bikes: 72 hours if in stock at store, collect in up to 7 days (sometimes quicker) if in stock at our warehouse. Please note that bikes orders will require a 10% deposit before we build your bike. We will contact you for payment after you've placed your order.
London Same Day (Order Before 1pm)
We offer a Same Day delivery service into London. The cost is £25.00 under 2Kg and £35 over 2Kg. Place your order before 1pm, deliveries are made Monday to Friday. Please note this option excludes bicycles.
More information on our Same Day delivery options.
Bike Deliveries
All our bikes are fully checked and tuned and tested by our Cytech qualified mechanics and then securely packaged, ready for despatch. All you have to do is add the pedals, rotate and tighten the handlebars. Typically we can deliver your bike in 4 - 5 working days.
Deliveries are made Monday to Friday on a pre-12pm delivery. One of our customer service team will be in contact to arrange a convenient day for delivery.
More information on all our UK delivery options.
International Delivery and Returns
We ship to over 100 countries using DHL for fast and reliable delivery. For European countries we now offer free delivery with a minimum spend, see the table below.
For all other countries please add your items to the basket and proceed to the checkout where we will display the delivery cost.
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Free UK Returns
We offer a free returns service for our UK customers. Sigma Sport will happily refund or exchange any item purchased at Sigma Sport, excluding Sigma Sport gift vouchers and personalised products except when faulty.
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With all the talk of Chris Brown and Rihanna getting back together apparently Drake isn't a fan of that either! Reports are coming in that Drake and Chris Brown got into a fight last night! It all went down at the WIP nightclub in NYC. The two artist started throwing blows and bottles over Chris' ex girlfriend, Rihanna, who Drake is rumored to have hooked up with.
According to TMZ, the two artists and their entourages got into this big ol brawl and five people were injured as a result, including Chris who sent out a tweet a series of tweets that were then deleted. One tweet said, "How u party wit rich n—– that hate? Lol… Throwing bottles like girls? #shameonya!"
Then Brown posted an Instagram photo displaying a gash on his chin, allegedly from a bottle thrown at his chin after what is being described as a brawl that left five people injured.
NYPD arrived on the scene after receiving a call between 4 and 5am. Chris and Drake had already left the club when the cops got there. Who's your pick to win if Chris and Drake go at it again???
UPDATE!! TMZ is reporting that Drake had nothing to do with hitting Chris Brown and the fight wasn't over Rihanna. Sources say Chris Brown was hurt when Meek Mill hit him with a bottle A rep for Drake tells TMZ … "Drake did not participate in any wrongdoing of any kind last night at W.i.P. He was on his way out of the club when the altercation began." I don't think this is the end of this drama… Let's just hope no one seriously gets hurt. We all know what can happen in the world of hip hop.
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The huge wooden megaphones capture and rebound the twitters and howls of the forest, enabling passerby's to feel more at one with the land.
Deep in the Estonian woods, a large-scale acoustic installation exists on the forest floor, amplifying the magical sounds that abound in the serene setting.
Built by a group of interior architecture students, the huge wooden megaphones capture and rebound the twitters, howls, and coos of the forest, allowing passerby's to feel more at one with the land.
As Bored Panda shares, the king-size megaphones blend contemporary architectural space with wilderness and are accessible to hikers and nature lovers for free.
The objects were placed at such a distance and angle that the sound feed from all the three directions creates a delicate unique sound at the very centre.
Amazingly, the megaphones can also be used as a sitting and resting area or even as a stage. Birgit Õigus authored the idea, and the group was instructed by designers Tõnis Kalve, Ahti Grünberg and architecture office b210.
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Would you like to have the opportunity to learn from the many successful blind people across the country? Are you interested in joining with others to increase opportunities for blind people? Consider joining the National Federation of the Blind!
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You don't need a new computer
It's hard to believe, but it just might be possible to live without a snazzy new computer with multiple, blazing fast processors. Stephan Harding apparently does it, and writes great books at the same time. Here's what he said about writing Animate Earth in an email to me this weekend:
I wrote a lot of Animate Earth on the Apple Mac 'emate' – a very small seed
pod-like machine designed for children in the early 90's. A delight to
use – grey screen with black letters – very 'old fashioned'. One can use
the emate outside – the screen is best seen in the sun. So I wrote outdoors
during my travels – Arizona, Australia, etc. Easy download to PC. They
cost almost nothing on Ebay – I have three of them. Could write a little
piece on the joy of using them.
So there you have it. No need to buy something that took a huge amount of energy to produce and that you'll be frustrated with inside of 8 months. Go for something tried and true; to paraphrase Parliament Funkadelic, free your mind of computer consumerism and your path to a small eco-footprint will follow.


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