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In 2006, Walmart made headlines when its vice president for corporate
strategy and sustainability, Andrew Ruben, told a congressional
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had spoken favorably of cap-and-trade, but Walmart made a bigger splash.
Not only was it America's second-largest corporation; it also had deep
roots in the country's coal-burning heartland.
But even as Ruben was delivering his testimony, Walmart's political action committee (PAC) was funneling a river of campaign cash into the coffers of lawmakers who would ensure that the U.S. did absolutely nothing to curb its greenhouse gas emissions. During the 2007-2008 election cycle, 80 percent of Senate campaign contributions that came from Walmart's PAC and large donors employed by the company went to senators who helped block the Lieberman-Warner cap-and-trade bill, according to data on political giving published by the Center for Responsive Politics. (When the bill arrived on the floor in 2008, it came up 12 votes shy of the 60 needed to overcome a filibuster.)
Over the last decade, Walmart has emerged as one of the country's largest funders of political campaigns. Its dollars skew heavily in favor of candidates who routinely vote against the environment. Since the company launched its sustainability campaign in 2005, 40 percent of the $3.9 million it has given to members of Congress went to those who have lifetime scores of 20 or less on the League of Conservation Voters' National Environmental Scorecard -- meaning they vote against the environment 80-100 percent of the time. Another 19 percent went to those who vote against the environment 50-79 percent of the time.
Walmart's largest donations have gone to some of the nation's most powerful climate-change deniers. Since 2005, Walmart's PAC has given $25,000 to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio ("the idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen that is harmful to our environment is almost comical"); $30,000 to Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. ("there isn't any real science to say we are altering the climate path of the earth"); and $29,500 to Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark. ("you can look back at some of the previous times when there was no industrialization, you had these different ages, ice ages, and things warming").
Walmart Spends Big to Help Anti-Environment Candidates
By Stacy Mitchell
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I recently started using Day One, a journaling app that's sleek and fun and has a popup feature whereby the app tells you, "Okay, write something." I've been using it mostly for sketching — a paragraph or two at a time just to keep the words flowing without any real thought to where they might fit. They all seem to have some commonality, and from that, I'm getting a sense for what the world they're describing looks like, which is a sort of neat emergent feature. Well, perhaps not a feature, but more of an intersection of how the app works and what I keep scribbling into it. Here are a few of the excerpts.
"What lands are these? They are the lands we lost, as men, to time, to declivity of the soul, and to outside forces against which we failed to rally. These lands once belonged to our fathers, sustaining us on their bounty, but then we grew proud, and in our pride we grew ignorant, and in our ignorance we debased ourselves and called it culture. Ours is not a legacy of culture, our legacy is a loss of the culture that once united us."
These words were spoken by Taraq, son of Haroun, before he turned his back on humanity and walked into the wilds, never to return. Some will say his bride bewitched him, but others know the truth: that Taraq did indeed fall in love with his beguiling bride, but that the choice to leave the realm of mankind was wholly his. Taraq has followed his wife into the life of the Good Folk, those who were ancient before even the first true Men could speak words. No more does he practice his huntsman's craft, for now he dwells in the world instead of merely being its guest.
Looming on the horizon is a castle penumbrated in a timeless twilight. I have watched the lords descend from the castle, thralls to their dead with-lord, to pull women screaming from their beds in the village below. They take them up the icy path, into that dark-shrouded castle and their screams linger in the cold air for an eternal moment and then end. I cannot say how often they do this, these awful lords, for the dread that oppresses me makes me fear and look away.
I hate this weakness in myself. I am powerless to stand against the lords from the shadow-castle, powerless to call out their evil, and too small to even raise my eyes to them. What is the greater crime: their boldness and inhumanity to men, or my selfishness and small misery in complicity?
The folk of the undertown whisper of the rogue's omen, that when a scandal sets the privileged against one another, low men suffer the most. In such ugly times, though, events occur after which those low men's fortunes change. Not everyone born in a barn need be a horse, to borrow another commoner's saying. And not every title need be granted at court.
Beneath the manor, beneath the lime and the chalk and the thousand-plus spiraling stairs that crept into the cavern within the mountain, the thing that gives horror to bloom floats, in its parallel of life, in the brackish, primeval fluid that nourished it before the time when gods claimed to have made the world. There, in that stagnant pool, it floats endlessly, glutting itself on the thought and fear of those who live in the valley below the pass. Through millions of tons of stone, it swells in metonymy with the emotional tides of Men who feel its evil and quake in idle dread.
Those who once dwelled in the manor couldn't have known the awful, cyclopean sect that stirred beneath them when they built it, looming over the pass. Some horrible, cosmic coincidence must have been at play or else, more likely, the creature reached out with its will and forced the construction of the castle, whether through some hellish minion or some more subtle machination. Although, to what end, none may guess.
Some of this should fit easily into the Pagan Lands material, but other stuff might find a place in some Vampire work (with a little retooling). The general sense here is that whatever world this is must ruly be an awful place, with all its rotten happenings and victimizations of the people who live in it. Or maybe it's the people themselves who are so awful, and they keep bringing ruin upon themselves. There's definitely a feeling of loss and fear going on.


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29 June 2006 – Tiago Monteiro is looking forward to race again at Indianapolis. In his debut season with Jordan last season the Portuguese MF1 Racing driver scored his first podium at Indy. Even though it happened under special circumstances he is proud to have made it on top of the podium.
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Daylight Saving Time 2013: Everything You Need to Know!by Free Britney at . Updated at . Comments
It's finally here. Almost.
Daylight Saving Time begins this weekend, and for Americans beaten down by a long, dark winter, it's a harbinger of spring and a reason for celebration.
It's also inherently confusing for some people.
Fortunately, THG is here to break it down for you and get you through this.
Here's everything you need to know about Daylight Savings Time 2013:
- It begins officially on Sunday, March 10 at 2 a.m.
- Time "springs" forward one hour at that time (see graphic above).
- Set your clocks ahead an hour before you go to bed Saturday. Boom.
- Or stay up until 2 a.m., turn the clocks to 3 a.m. and hit the sack. Boom.
- Your iPhone should do this automatically. Your microwave not so much.
- Yes, this means losing an hour of sleep Sunday morning. Not cool.
- Especially if you have kids and their nap schedule is messed up. Weak.
- But you get an extra hour of daylight in the evening now. Sweet.
- The concept of DST dates all the way back to 1895.
- It was recently extended in the U.S. to save energy use.
- In 2013, Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, November 3.
- If you can't figure out how to change the clock in your car, don't worry. Just make a mental (or Post-It) note that it's an hour slow until 11/3.
- Arizona, Hawaii and Puerto Rico residents: Disregard.
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Volkswagen of America today reported sharply fewer sales for June over a year ago, down 22 percent as both the Passat and Jetta posted lower results for last month.
For the first six months, VW's U.S. sales are off 13.4 percent, but the company said in a statement that launches of the 2015 Golf GTI and Golf TSI will help give the automaker a lift later in the year.
Passat sales fell 33.6 percent in June to 7,222. A bright spot for Passat was that diesel sales were 32.1 percent of the total, the company reported.
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All You Need to Know about Lower Abdominal Pain
Lower abdominal pain is always related to pain and cramps which cause discomfort near the belly button area or just below umbilicus. However, there's much more to this disease. Pain in lower abdomen is caused by many different reasons. Hence, it can be associated with many different organs in your body including spleen, aorta, kidneys, appendix and uterus. Besides these organs, abdominal pain is also associated with all those organs which help in digestion, like small intestines, large intestines, stomach, liver, pancreas and gallbladder. This discomfortable in women is usually associated with ovaries-related troubles.
Causes of pain in lower abdominal
In case you are experiencing severe pain, it may be caused by bowel obstruction, inflammation, bowel perforation or appendicitis. Severe abdominal pain in women may be caused by the rupture of an ovarian cyst, ovarian torsion or a twisted ovary, pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancy. On the other hand, this pain in men may be caused by testicular injury or torsion. If you are experiencing cramps, they may be caused due to infection, inflammation, indigestion or gas. Endometriosis or menstrual cramps may cause this discomfortable in women.
At times, you may experience severe pain in waves. This may be caused due to kidney stones. Other reasons for this disease include hernia, shingles and trauma to the body. In simple words, hernia is caused when a muscle or tissue weakens and allows other tissues or organs to pass through it. Shingles is associated with varicella-zoster, a virus reactivating chickenpox. It causes rashes and forms stripes around the affected area on your skin. Shingles can be a very painful condition.
Usually, some patients experience sudden pain, which may be persistent, severe, worsening or recurring. It is necessary to be careful about it. It may be caused because of some serious reasons. Sometimes, you don't realize it, but it may be caused by some severe medical conditions. Therefore, if you experience severe abdominal pain, it is important to seek immediate medical attention. Some serious reasons for calling medical aid include vomiting blood, bloody stools, absence of bowel movements, rigid abdomen, serious injury to abdomen, sudden onset of severe pain, vaginal bleeding in women and so on.
In case you are unable to get any relief from it and it stays persistent, you need to seek medical care promptly, especially if your condition is worsening. If you are experiencing, bladder symptoms, loss of appetite, fever or unexplained weight loss, you should immediately call a doctor.
As mentioned above, there can be many different symptoms . Abdominal pain is caused because of different reasons and therefore, there are many different symptoms of this condition. However, they can be broadly divided into three categories :
Digestive Tract – Many symptoms of this pain are related to digestive tract. Some of these symptoms are clearly visible, while others need to be properly diagnosed for appropriate causes. Some of these symptoms include abdominal swelling, abdominal cramping, bloating, distension, constipation, bloody stool (black, red or tarry texture), gas, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, indigestion, frequent passing of stool.
Symptoms of Life-Threatening Condition – Some symptoms may indicate that there's something serious. If you notice these symptoms, you need to call a doctor immediately. Some of these symptoms include change in level of alertness or consciousness, unresponsiveness, passing out, high fever, bleeding while being pregnant, rapid heart rate or tachycardia, absence of bowel movements, vomiting, trauma or injury to abdomen, pelvic pain, sharp abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, blood vomiting, bloody stool and so on.
Other Symptoms – There are also some other symptoms you should look for. In case you experience these symptoms, you should start taking necessary precautions and consult a certified medical practitioner. Some of these symptoms include mild fever, body aches, muscle spasms, tiredness, palpable mass around pelvic area or abdomen, numbness around abdomen, burning sensation during urination, painful sexual intercourse, rashes and unexplained weight loss.
Lower Left Abdominal Pain
When an individual experiences this disease, it usually denotes a problem in the digestive tract as most of the organs involved in digestion are on the left. But there can also be other vital organs involved including one kidney and the left lobe of the liver.
lower right abdominal pain
Most of the times when people suffer from pain it's actually a sign that something is wrong with them, but when that is abdominal pain on the lower right side, then things start to get a bit worrying and confusing.
lower abdomen pain during pregnancy
Abdominal discomfort during pregnancy is as a result of several things ranging from hormonal changes, the growth and development of the baby to other internal changes within the stomach.
Treatments For Pain in Lower Abdominal
Fortunately, if you are experiencing mild stomach cramps, they may resolve on their own. However, it is only possible when mild stomach cramps are not accompanied by other symptoms. Proper treatment always depends on the exact cause or diagnosis of the problem. If you experience mild abdominal pain and cramps, you can use certain home remedies. There are also many over-the-counter medicines and antibiotics readily available in the market.
It is important to understand that consulting a doctor will still be crucial if you want some instant relief. A good doctor will be able to find the exact cause of the problem and provide proper guidance. He will be able to prescribe appropriate medication for your problem. On the other hand, a proper diagnosis will also determine if you need to undergo a surgical procedure. For instance, surgery is the only option for abdominal pain resulting from a very serious condition, like appendicitis.
There are also some other treatment options like massage, physical therapy, nerve blocks, heat therapy, muscle relaxants and many different relaxation techniques. It is also important to understand that abdominal cramps and it may also be associated with social and psychological problems like personality disorders, depression, sexual abuse, troubled relationships, family crisis and other such problems.
If you believe that social and psychological problems have been troubling you in the form of abdominal pain, you can take help of counselling. Counselling and therapy will help you cope with these problems and relieve the discomfortable. You should also take adequate rest and apply heat to the painful area. You can use a hot water bottle to apply heat. Applying heat can also help women in treating cramps during menstruation.
Basically, treatment options for pain in lower abdominal always depend on the underlying cause. For problems like inflammation, ulcers or GERD, you can take medications. On the other hand, you can take antibiotics for changes in personal behaviour, allergies infections and so on. However, serious conditions like appendicitis and hernia need surgery.


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The man accused of shooting and killing a 10-year-old boy in Orange County appeared in front of a judge Monday afternoon. Billy Joe Lee is accused of killing George Allen "Bubbie" Toombs, the son of his ex-fiancé Tina Marie Toombs.
Lee was scheduled for a preliminary hearing today, but was granted a continuance. The Commonwealth's attorney had witnesses ready to begin the trial today, but Lee is requesting a new defense attorney.
Lee is facing charges of felony child abuse and neglect, shooting in the commission of a felony, discharging a firearm within the home with the death of an individual, and child endangerment.
Toombs is facing felony child abuse and neglect charges. She waived right to a preliminary hearing today, and is due back in court at the end of July.
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Malware authors subvert Windows Update
Malware authors might be able to subvert components of Windows Update to distribute viruses, security researchers at Symantec warn. Analysis by the security firm reveals that a recent Trojan distributed by email at the end of March 2007 used a Windows component named "BITS" (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) to download …
Closing the gate after the horse has bolted
Hmmm... surely this isn't a security issue per-se. What the researchers have shown is that *after* a Trojan has successfully got onto a users machine it can use all the facilities of the native environment to do what it wants... and surely we all know this by now!
In a simillar vein I have 'discovered' that once a Trojan has subverted my machine it can download software from anywhere using any method it wants! Is this *really* research or just headline grabbing?
not-much ado about nothing
BITS has loads of non-windows-update uses. We use it to distribute our own software updates over slow links between sites.
Restricting it to 'approved' URLs is a non-starter and would cripple a particularly useful piece of technology.
And as Rick says, it's only going to download ONCE you've got some malware already running on your PC - something has to initiate the job in the first place (and then mark it complete once finished). What difference does it make at that point how it has been downloaded?
And that's assuming said first-piece-of-malware didn't kill the firewall, or open-up the firewall to just allow itself to do the downloading, first...
As long as adding jobs to the queue is admins-only so those with no privileges can't slip through, this shouldn't really be much of an issue.
"Using BITS to download malicious files is a clever trick because it bypasses local firewalls..."
But surely, you have an EXTERNAL firewall protecting your local network from the outside world, no? Even if it's just the one in your ADSL router.
You DO have (and use) a firewall in your router, no?
Missing the point.
The previous comment about remote firewalls totally misses the point of using a windows service instead of another application.
The majority of "local" firewalls do application based port blocking - for example your virus may not be able to connect out, whereas IE can.
Remote firewalls cannot (unless they are very clever/expensive/integrated) filter based on the application making the connection - therefore since most of these downloads are likely to be via standard HTTP connections the firewall will be programmed to let them through.
Unless of course your machine isn't able to browse the web, at which point it's all moot anyway.
What they mean is...
What they mean is... windows software firewalls "protect" the host system by blocking or allowing particular processes from accessing the Internet, the local network or acting as servers.
Apart from the idiocy that MS inflicted upon any hope of *ever* securing a windows system by running pretty much everything through "svchost.exe" (block this and nothing works), this is a further way to allow external access that effectively bypasses a firewall. It's no more or less secure than "svchost.exe" however by throttling the bandwidth it's going to be less obvious to an end user that their system has been nobbled.
An external firewall would still have to filter the connection, and whether this happens as a result of a "normal" Internet HTTP connection or one running through BITS, the job is the same.
Next on El Reg: "Malware authors subvert TCP/IP"
Rick Taylor has it right. This has all of the scare-tactic feel of Steve "Raw Sockets" Gibson's rantings.
Seems that's all John Leyden writes about these days; Windows permits this, Windows permits that, Windows can hide terrorists under every file and folder. Whatever. Keep unwanted software at bay, and you'll avoid all of this before the fact.
Of course, the guy that practices safe computing is a nobody. But all hail the jerk who barely survived an attack. (Attributed to Orvile Fudpucker)
Suspicious Revenue streams: preventing viral infections
I wonder how we can make more money from our anti-viral software?
Let's rip this software to pieces, to find holes, then SCARE THE SH*T out of the punters.
And if they don;'t pay attention, perhaps the method just might slip out of the lab and propogate in the real world...
No! They wouldn't do that!
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text: On September 23, 2012, about 0430 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172B, N8059X, was substantially damaged following impact with the Atlantic Ocean. The certificated commercial pilot was not found and presumed fatally injured. Dark night visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the flight, which departed from Herlong Recreational Airport (HEG), Jacksonville, Florida, about 0242. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to information provided by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, the pilot was reported missing by a clergyman on September 25, 2012. According to the clergyman, he had last spoken with the pilot about two days before the accident flight, and during the conversation the pilot confided difficulties he was undergoing in his personal life. The pilot also joked during the conversation, "I should just fly my plane into the ocean." During a subsequent investigation by the Sheriff's Office it was revealed that the pilot's airplane was also missing, and his vehicle was parked in the airplane's hangar at HEG. Review of electronic access records at showed that the pilot last entered the airport on September 23 at 0204. Additionally, upon searching the pilot's vehicle, the officers discovered a hand-written suicide note that was dated September 23, 2012 at 0225.Radar information provided by the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Jacksonville Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), showed a primary radar target with no associated transponder beacon departing the vicinity of HEG about 0242. The target tracked northeast over the city of Jacksonville, Florida, before it turned southeast bound and headed out over the Atlantic Ocean. About 22 nautical miles east of Saint Augustine, Florida, the target began tracking north. About 0422, the target began maneuvering until the final radar target was observed at 0429, about 21 nautical miles east of Mayport Naval Station (NRB), Mayport, Florida (30 degrees 23.219 minutes north by 81 degrees 0.378 minutes west).Radar tracks recorded by three other radar facilities showed a similar primary radar target departing from HEG and terminating over the Atlantic Ocean within 20 seconds of the data recorded by Jacksonville TRACON.About 1230, a commercial diving vessel recovered an approximate 4-foot by 4-foot section of aircraft debris at 30 degrees 22.764 minutes north by 80 degrees 59.140 minutes west, about 1.2 nautical miles southeast of the final recorded radar target. After receiving notification from the FAA regarding a missing aircraft on September 25, the US Coast Guard undertook a search for the pilot and the airplane in the vicinity of the last observed radar target and where the aircraft debris was recovered. The search subsequently ceased on September 26, and neither the pilot nor any additional wreckage was recovered.Photographs of the recovered debris were forwarded to the airframe manufacturer and later identified as exhibiting features consistent with those of the inboard wing section and fuel tank of a model year 1961 Cessna 172B. Additionally, a placard allowing for the use of unleaded automotive gasoline was observed adjacent to the fuel filler port. Review of FAA airworthiness records for the accident airplane showed that a supplemental type certificate allowing for the use of unleaded automotive gasoline was filed in January 1988.


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Richard Garza, 56, was hit near the Irving Park station in the 3900 block of North Avondale Avenue, according to Fire Media Affairs.
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GTA IV website prompts outrage
Grand Theft Auto IV is once again at the centre of controversy. But this time people aren't complaining that the game's too violent, because they're more concerned about the discovery of a so-called paedophile website. In the game, an internet café allows the player to access a child pageant website called …
pah ffs
@ too far - you sum it up mate - you havent played the game and to be honest havent even read anything anyone has written OR the article.
the fact it says that there is a link to a dodgy sounding site. you click the link and there is a police warning - clicking again prompts a massive police response and you will, no doubt, be killed in a few seconds (5* is now rock on this game compared to otehr versions)
you see... its saying this is what happens when you do something THIS bad! if the generally savvy people here cannot grasp simple things then how the hell are daily heil readers going to?
@ "Cheers Mark, I thought the 360 version was better. I notice you can't even make out the people in the shop on the PS3 version and a lot of detail is lost. The only thing the PS3 version seems to do better is the text on the sign at the top but everything else is a lot less clear and far more blurred. Presumably this is down to the lower resolution, the PS3 just can't bang out enough pixels like the 360 can." - wtf? the 2nd image looks wayyy better than the first! cant you see this? the lack of colour depth (360 looks like a GIF ffs lol) and complete lack of anti-aliasing?!?! im sure the ps3 could whack out at 1080p if they used no AA and 16bit colour depths... BUT this isnt a console debait is it! why do xboxers always crash ps3 threads?
now, the fact is that this is a tiny pic blown up. the fact is that both games look pretty good on both consoles, but compared to my other ps3 games the graphics are, imho, sadly lacking.
@ "I like the fact that you have spoken about the Mandatory install the the makers of GTA4 complained about and are on record saying they spent alot of time with sony trying to get a fix to this problem and yet sony wont be able to fix said problem for sometime." - wtf? then they are retards at rockstar... every other game for the ps3 i have seems to do an install somehow so why the hell cant rockstar get ot working properly...
@ David Gibson - mate - seems we all missed this too. i totally agree. i find the USA's fascination with dressing little girls like cheap hookers sickening. also the kids and parents all seem unbearably annoying. i do feel sorry for the kids, having parents like they do!
@ "And there we have it. Another case of HD sources require HD output. Sounds simple, but it's another case of putting the cart before the horse. All this Blu-Ray and HD malarkey is sold as a revolutionary solution to a terrible problem that, in reality, didn't/doesn't truly exist. Only one step away from punting a hardware reliant OS in order to push hardware sales (hello Microsoft)." - you seem to have lost what a HDMI cable can do mate. if like me the poster went from an Sd to a HD TV the differnce CAN be massive. the game is made in HD and downscaled to SD for none-HD people. this means distortion of the image. also SD cannot handle the massive array of colours that HDMI 1.3 spec can bring. so therefore you have better image quality and much better colour depth. i will agree though that SD on a ps3 isnt that good. simple things like you cannot output RGB via scart to an SD TV for movies! and the fact the refresh rates seem locked at 30fps in SD rather than 60fps + in HD. i do agree with Sun and Hail comments tho :)
@ "...So it's fine to run drugs, murder people, and gang rape 'ho's' " - wtf? i dont see any gang-raping hos in this game.. to my knowledge you pay for them to get onboard...
Actually I'm not sorry
For being a complete w*nker.
Its just the way I am really, it's mainly due to the fact that I sit at home dry humping my PS3 for most of the evening while scouring the internet for shreds of evidence that make my sony love machine a worthwhile purchase thus making my life seem significant in some manner.
Hopefully one day i'll get a life. Don't hold your breath though.
I wish i could play Halo 3, there's actually nothing on the PS3 i enjoy playing. I have started to force myself into playing games like Metal Gear, Uncharted and Ratchett and Clank which I would never have considered before. Its just that there isn't anything else half decent to play.
A few hundred years ago children were treated like mini-adults as soon as they could walk and talk, now they are treated like gods till they are 30 years old.
Is it just me or does the world seem to have gone from extreme to another? Yes children are vulnerable and should be protected, etc., however I want to vomit everytime someone hides behind the children to push an agenda.
If we want to raise children in a protective bubble, why don't we hand all of our children over to the state to be raised in child communes where they will be protected from evil and will be raised as perfect citizens only doing and thinking state approved things. After all Big Brother knows best.
*end rant*
So if GTA IV is that bad... then we should ban any game that involves killing someone else or committing an act of violence termed "bad"
Oh damn... there goes the entirety of the known gaming world.... and TV..and Movies.
Conclusion: For anyone to be throwing a fit....is like complaining about a single grain of sand...on a beach thats miles long.
You want a solution to your problem?
The frakking parents who allow there kids to play such things without parental guidance.... try that on for size.
For anyone to throw a fit over this... is just waisting there time.
I can think of worse games out there that are many times more graphic.
I ignore these stupid articles because I know that the problem is not the bloody game...but the idiot at the controls.
After reading all the flaming...
May I be the first to say...
It's fake, man you're all so lame, I slept with your mom...
Oh wait... You mean this isn't break.com?
Its a stupid story and although i usually enjoy reading the sun (not much thinking involved) this is a step too far and they are clearly just jumping on the bandwagon!
"Will somebody please think of the children?!"
I think it's the possibility of people /thinking/ of the children that started this whole silly hoo-hah!
it's like it's 2001 all over again
The media completely missing the point, getting worked up and then looking ridiculous?
Brass eye?
Let's go stamp on some crabs.
Little miss DeSchoolmeester
Have just read the article. And the comments. Agree with all about the whole "can't see any CP, SWAT team jump on from great height" etc and this is a desperate attempt to look for a problem that isn't there.
One other point. The website contains the word "lacy", presumably a reference to the clothing style a la "lace-like or made of lace". Mr Welsh-Dutchman has named his daughter "Lacey" (with an "e").
So he is miffed that the website contains 80% of the letters in his daughter's name. Is he serious??? Lets review his worry here:
The fictional website that doesn't exist and shows no images and summons the whole of Liberty City's police force has a string of letters in the middle of the website that sound similar to but are not the same as the first name of his child and several thousands of other children in the world?
Does he wear a tin foil hat and avoid the cracks in pavements? What a fueckweit (am sure Jason will understand this as he doesn't notice the letter "e" in words, apparently)
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Taser use still plateau'd among firearms cops
The latest quarterly figures on English and Welsh police use of Taser electro-stun weapons have been released by the Home Office. Tasings overall are up as more plods tool up with the jolt-weapons; but use remains broadly steady among firearms teams, the only police to have been equipped with Tasers for long. Home Secretary …
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"Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, about whom a distinct whiff of impending disaster seems to hang at the moment..."
That's a tad biased and irrelevant even for el reg's reporters. Whether it's true or not it has no bearing on this story.
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Come on Jaqui, own up it's you isn't it.
Everyone else like shafting the government that shafting them.
Please can we have these confetti dispensers fitted onto the plods boots and truncheons? Perhaps it would slow down the use of them as well.
I thought that the logging and "confetti" was only applicable when the taser was fired, ie, not in "gratuitous police torturings" where, presumably, you would do one of your common or garden "drive stuns".
@Jamie Kitson
Actually, that's a good point.
How about a sticker dispenser, so if you get drive stunned you get a little gold star embossed with a unique ID stuck to your clothes?
Actually, given the current government it's more likely that they'd use "drive stun" to staple a £200 bill to your body. Then give the police incentives to drive-stun passers-by.
Good to see that they're using the "threaten" option rather than just reflexively tasering people, and it's good to see that they've not just gone out and tasered everyone who looked at them funny or was in posession of an offensive wife.
I mean I'd rather they weren't available, but at least they appear to be avoiding utterly excessive usage. We just need a police helmet-cam now and there'll be no worries about unneccesary police brutality.
@ Anonymous Bastatrd
Having a go at Jacqui Smith is always relevant.
@Jamie Kitson
I'd be surprised if the taser didn't log drive stuns, even if it probably won't be able to use the pretty coded confetti option in a drive stun.
As such, police torturing would cause a nice log of drive stuns (And some very agitated press, no doubt). Ofcourse, there's always the good ol' 12v battery option.
who's statistics ?
and where did these statistics come from? the police authority? the government?
.. and we're really supposed to believe those numbers?
Why bother with tasering
When a good clubbing can kill the innocent just as well>
Read the post...
"These incidents are reported as part of the Home Office figures."
@ Adam
Check out TASERCAM - They're using the hell out of it around here.
liquid defence
I do wonder how the police would react if you threw water on them and their taser if they threatened you? Even the dumbest of piggies must know that water and electricity are hardly a safe combination, and would think twice about using a taser when they are wet.
How about if you pour water (or better, saline) on yourself if threatened with one of these? I've seen talk of metal mesh lined clothing possibly making a taser useless, but how about wet clothing?
The figure you need to know is 6 metres. If you are further away than that, the cables will stop the darts short.
@Liquid defence
I hope you're not suggesting they aim below the belt!
Jackboot Jacqui, bless 'er, said ...
"Tasers are making a real difference on our streets, not only keeping the public safe but also protecting our police officers,"
"When I walk down the street, people rush up to me and say; 'Jacqui, please can we have more police with tasers, more ID Cards and more porno on expenses?' And I say to them; well, yes, but it's 'please MAY we have ...'"
Looks like I'll have to step up my efforts to get a right royal electroshock tasering at the hands of plod.
@Adam Foxton
Down here in Hampshire whenever I go out on a weekend the coppers on foot patrol with their tit-hats all have helmet cams, I think they're making them general issue here.
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"Death doesn't discriminate and neither should love," Neketta Dean says with a look of hope on her face.
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The Town of Tunica marked the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America with an expanded Patriot Day program.
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A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man reportedly tied to a nine year old crime in Tunica County.
On March 7, 2002, a rape, armed robbery and burglary were reported at 1108 Sears Street in Tunica. Investigators have been working the case since then. On Tuesday , Sept. 13, Sheriff K.C Hamp announced that a suspect was slated for arrest in the case.
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A joint undercover operation by the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics and the Special Operations Division of the Tunica County Sheriff's Department has resulted in the arrest of 27-year-old Terry Cooper of Memphis, TN and the confiscation of 4,050 pseudoephedrine pills.
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Exile on Main Street In the Nose's column on Sowebo's declining business district (11/1), there was an allegation made that Baltimore Main Streets "went looking for neighborhoods that are already a success." Nothing could be further from the truth. Try selling that premise to the winning neighborhoods that fought hard and competitively to earn the Main Streets designation. The seven neighborhood business districts that make up Baltimore Main Streets--Belair-Edison, East Monument Street, Federal Hill/South Baltimore, Hampden, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington Boulevard, and Waverly--represent a cross section of the city's commercial corridors. Yes, each of these business districts has particular assets, but each also has specific challenges to overcome. Do we believe that they have a chance to make great strides under the Main Street initiative? Absolutely. But to suggest that they are unqualified "successes" is a stretch.
Baltimore Main Streets and the resources it provides are not a panacea for all of the ills that face a community. But what Baltimore Main Streets does is focus resources, energy, and investment on our neighborhoods' business districts. This focus will result in healthier, safer, and more prosperous communities that better serve the entire city.
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Dead Men DrinkingRegarding the feature "Charmed Afterlife" (10/25), it seems that much attention has been garnered by the haunting tales surrounding the Club Charles and Zodiac Restaurant in the 1700 block of North Charles Street. There is a compelling historical anecdote to this mystery that may be of considerable interest to fans of the subject. The Club Charles and Zodiac exist today on the exact location of what was once the dead center of Rutter's Graveyard!
Way back when, at a time when Charles Street petered out into a cow path well before reaching the Jones Falls and Guilford was the king's deer park (should the king of England have gotten it into his head to come a-hunting deer in the colony known as Maryland), a prosperous man named Jonathan Hanson operated a mill in the Jones Falls valley near the current site of Penn Station. About a decade before the American Revolution, Hanson laid out a plot of gently sloping land above Jones Falls as a graveyard for his two wives and many of his descendants. His mill workers, servants, and slaves were also buried there. Later, the graveyard was principally used by the John Rutter family and his many descendants, servants, and slaves, hence the name.
The earliest known marker from Rutter's Graveyard was dated 1770. The last known burial there was in 1838. By then, Baltimore was rapidly expanding and the Victorian "cemetery" idea was becoming more fashionable than the graveyards of the past. The expansion of Charles Street across the Jones Falls came at about the same time as the opening of Green Mount, Baltimore's first cemetery (and the fourth or fifth to open nationwide). All the Hansons, Rutters, and their highborn kinfolk were reinterred in Green Mount. However, it seems that the unmarked (or poorly marked, with wooden crosses) graves of the lesser classes were not moved. It is likely that earthen fill from new construction along North Avenue and surrounding streets covered the area of Rutter's Graveyard to level the grade between North Avenue and the approach to the bridge over the Jones Falls. Thus, it is probable that some 20 to 30 feet below the Club Charles and Zodiac, the mortal remains of some hard-working early Baltimoreans still lie.
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Gore-ing Ralph As I awakened from a very short night's sleep after the most harrowing election night in history, I took some solace when I picked up a copy of City Paper last Wednesday, thinking the deadline limitations of weeklies such as yours would mean an issue relatively free of presidential politics. After several issues stuffed with pro-Nader propaganda, God knows we readers were due a break.
Then I turned to Jesse Walter's silly letter (The Mail, 11/8). Walter, like most who hanker for a third choice in national politics, seems to fulminate from the mistaken notion that a president can somehow rule by decree. As inconvenient as it is to such arguments, a president can do virtually nothing about campaign-finance reform without the "advice and consent" of Congress. The same holds true for health care, defense spending, and any form of helping programs that may ring one's chimes. Admittedly, the candidates of both major parties do little to underline this bit of political reality, but implicit in their respective messages is the idea that providing congressional representatives of their party will facilitate delivery of their programs. What really fries my cookies about the third-party crowd is their simplistic lust for executive power. Despite what they may think, both the Democrats and the Republicans did not appear like magic out the Constitutional ether. Seat by seat and office by office, they gradually built up slates of candidates and showed voters some results. Eventually, they gained enough believers to get where they are today.
Pretenders like Ralph Nader, Ross Perot, Patrick Buchanan, Harry Browne, and others too numerous and trivial to mention want to start at the top. With no elective experience, no legislative experience, and certainly no governing experience, they can't be bothered with working their way up. I might have some respect for Nader if he had lowered himself down from on high and maybe run for Congress, say, 20 years ago when his ideas were fresh, but no. The reason Nader thinks there is no difference between Al Gore and George W. Bush is that for a rich white guy with a law degree there isn't. Nader will be fine no matter who is elected, but what about people like me? If Bush is ultimately elected and takes the economy into the tank by giving away the surplus and returning to deficit budgets--and it is virtually a sure thing that he would--numerous points will be added to interest rates and I won't be able to buy a house, a car, or a goddamn washing machine. Does Nader care? Hell, no.
I suggest the Green Party find some fresh young candidates for local and state offices and ready some choices for the primaries for seats in the House of Representatives. A little hard work in those areas can actually lead to victory and the chance to make a difference. Running a burned-out husk like Nader spouting ideas that almost made the Democrats obsolete 15 years ago is a waste of time and effort, serving only egotistical jerks like cartoonist Tom Tomorrow, who doesn't even have the guts to use his real name and is so mired in elitist cynicism he wouldn't know a legitimate idea if it bored into his brain like a drill bit.
Joe Roman
This reply to Jesse Walter is written the day after the election, with the presidential outcome still unclear. What is crystal clear, however, is that the Nader vote caused Al Gore to lose Oregon and other states and perhaps--fatally--Florida. This was confirmed by none other than Ralph Nader, who publicly gloated over it. That'll teach 'em, he told a rally audience.
Walter's letter was a reasonable reaction from someone who apparently mistook the nature of the Gore-Nader debate. What Jesse thought he saw were "Democrats" using scare "tactics." Actually, the launching of the Nader candidacy at this time was being questioned not by Democrats, but by seasoned activists, including charter members of the Green Party. These folk had no illusions about the two capitalist parties, or about Gore, but recognized that the Republicans and their "Contract on America" spelled a very real right-wing threat, and therefore posed the greater immediate danger.
These warnings to Nader came not from "liberals" but from people who had long been in the trenches fighting, among other things, for a real third party, including labor, minorities, peace forces, women, and environmentalists, and who saw that such a party, which needs careful, patient organization, was not the order of the day for this election. The only way to defeat the greater right-wing threat was to use the major parties' own contradictions against them, by electing Gore. Whether they succeeded will likely be known before this letter is published. If we failed, it's not an outcome for Nader to gloat over. No one ever expects a rose garden either way, but a Republican White House, Congress, and Supreme Court may make even Ralph see the point.
Howard Silverberg
Who's Schooling Who?I suppose it probably too late to put in my 2 cents, but I had to respond to Mr. David Tufaro's letter (The Mail, 11/01). I agree with him that public education is a vital issue on which to base one's vote for a presidential team, but I find it laughable that he would blame the Democratic leadership's policies for our "failing public schools." In my opinion, our current leaders have done an admirable job of trying to repair the dismantled system left by their predecessors, Ronald Reagan and George Bush. Like any slow-to-change organization, our current school systems' woes can be traced back to Reaganomics.
In case Mr. Tufaro doesn't remember, Mr. Reagan glibly cut funding for the public schools, including the Title I program, which was founded by Democrats and aimed at helping children from lower-income families get the extra help they needed in school. Ask Robert Lekachman, one of America's leading economists, who stated in his book Greed Is Not Enough: Reaganomics that, "The $36 billion of budget reductions, a 1981 administration triumph, are sums squeezed almost completely from appropriations targeted at low-income Americans."
And does Mr. Tufaro think that if Maryland sees any extra money thanks to our high median income that a large share of it will fund a turnaround for Baltimore City schools? It's more likely that it will go to Montgomery and the other counties in which the top wage-earners reside.
Suppose those "poor minority families" he mentioned would, under Bush's plan, get vouchers in hand. Are the private schools just going to open their doors, add a few desks and chairs (thousands), and absorb the public-school population? Get real.
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Preetha Reddy , Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited, has been re-designated Executive Vice-Chairperson of the company
Realtor and businessman Kuppendra Reddy has got elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka on JDS ticket.
Dr Reddy's Laboratories announced the launch of Rebask cream for daily moisturization. Rebask cream is an advanced, Ceramide dominant, non-greasy and quick absorbing formulation that helps in moisturization of skin.
Union minister S Jaipal Reddy leads by a wafer thin margin in Mahbubnagar LS seat
Dr.Reddy's also announced that Abhijit Mukherjee, President, Global Generics has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer. He will be responsible for both the Global Generics and Pharmaceutical Services and Active Ingredients businesses.
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd announced that its board of directors has decided to have separate roles of the Chairman of the Company and the Managing Director and CEO. In this regard the board has appointed Satish Reddy as chairman of the Board. He previously held the position of Vice-Chairman, Managing Director & COO. GV Prasad will continue as the CEO and has been appointed as the Co-Chairman and Managing Director.
Dr Reddy's Laboratories announced that its board has decided to have separate roles of the chairman and Managing Director and CEO. It has appointed Satish Reddy as chairman. He previously held the position of Vice-Chairman, MD and COO. GV Prasad will continue as the CEO and provide leadership to the company in an executive role. Prasad has also been appointed as the Co-Chairman and MD.
State leaders of AP including Jaganmohan Reddy, Raghuveera Reddy, and Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu paid rich tribute to former N Janardan Reddy who passed away early in the morning.
Dr Reddy's Laboratories announced that it has launched moxifloxacin hydrochloride tablets, 400 mg, a therapeutic equivalent generic version of Avelox (moxifloxacin HCl) tablets in the US market on March 4, following approval by US Food & Drug Administration.
YSR Congress party chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy to revive his party in Telangana state. He will relaunch Odarpu tour in Nalgonda in the second week of March and decided to hold public meeting in Khammam on March 5.
President Pranab Mukherjee was presented a copy of the biography on Dr Prathap Chandra Reddy at Rastrapati Nilayam. The biography, &lsquoHealer:Dr Prathap Chandra Reddy and the Transformation of India,&rsquo is authored by journalist and biographer Pranay Gupte. The book&rsquos publication comes on the occasion of Dr. Reddy&rsquos 80 th birthday, and the 30 th anniversary of the founding of Apollo Hospitals.


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Women Bike
Women Bike
In 2009, women accounted for just 24 percent of bicycle trips in the U.S. It's time for that to change. That's why the League launched Women Bike — the first national advocacy initiative to encourage, engage and elevate more women bicyclists in the United States.
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The popularity of bicycling is skyrocketing nationwide and interest among women is rising, too. More than 80 percent of American women have a positive view of bicyclists and two-thirds think their community would be a better place to live if riding a bike were safer and more comfortable (Princeton Survey Research Associates national poll, September 2012). Still, women are underrepresented as riders and leaders in many aspects of the bicycle movement.
As the energy and interest to get more women on bike grows, we need to share our collective knowledge, build a network of female leaders and start working on targeted programs that put more women in the saddle and at the forefront of the movement. The purpose of Women Bike is to serve as a central source of information, inspiration and community.
Creating pathways for women of diverse backgrounds to embrace biking as an everyday activity that improves lives, and changes perspectives on how we move through our communities, our world and our lives.
To change the face of bicycling by getting more women on bikes and participating as riders, advocates and leaders to create strong communities and celebrate the joy of riding a bike.
- We believe in the power of women to create change.
- We believe that by uniting our efforts we are stronger.
- We believe that women should be equally represented in the industry, in advocacy and in retail.
- We believe biking should be accessible to women of all backgrounds.
- We believe the time is now.
Tina Bechler, Seattle Bike Works
Tina grew up in Seattle and after graduation from UC Santa Cruz became a bike messenger in both San Francisco and Seattle, traveled extensively by bicycle throughout Europe/Mexico/Central America, attended the United Bicycle Institute to study bike repair, became trained as a Wilderness First Responder, and returned to school to study Outdoor Recreation Management & Education. Cycling has always been a personal passion and part of going back to school was finding a way to share her love of being outdoors and seeing the world by bicycle with the youth of Seattle. Since 2003, Tina has worked at Bike Works, a non-profit whose mission is "Building sustainable communities by educating youth and promoting bicycling", where she is currently the Program Director. She also serves on the Youth Bike Summit Steering Committee.
Dorothy Nichols, Shebeest
After completing her law degree at the University of Denver, Dorothy went to work for USA Cycling and has been in working in the cycling industry in some capacity ever since. Dorothy was brought on board to start Cycling's original NORBA series, a seven race national series. She was in charge of running the series and managing grassroots MTB events nationwide. She also started the National MTB Patrol program in conjunction with the National Ski Patrol. Since her time at Cycling, she has been a UCI International Commisaire and USA Cycling National Commissaire, participating annually in domestic and international events. Her following career moved landed her at Yeti Cycles in Durango. She was brought in as the purchasing manager, but very quickly, found herself as the manager for Yeti's professional race team. This assignment took her around the globe where she organized and supported Yeti's race team effort in total. Dorothy worked for Todson, where she was the Director of Event Marketing. Her duties were not limited to events and relationship management but also handling the identities, social media and web pages for all of the brands under the Todson umbrella. Dorothy currently works for shebeest as the National Sales Manager. She lives with her husband, Brad, in Denver.
Nichole Noel, Black Women Bike DC
Nicole Preston, American Diabetes Association
Nicole is the Managing Director of Tour de Cure, a fundraising campaign with 90 cycling events nationwide that has grown from 26,000 riders to more than 62,000. Through the Tour de Cure, Nicole promotes cycling to new audiences as a means to improve health and reduce the incidence of diabetes. Nicole rides regularly, in various modes: at low speed with family on the paths around the Washington, D.C. area, at moderate speeds in various cycling events around the country and in high-speed pace lines on timed segments. Nicole is also on the League's Board of Directors.
Lori Richman, Quality Bicycle Products
With 30+ years of leadership and organization development experience, Lori serves as the Director of Organization Development for Quality Bicycle Products, helping QBP grow as an extraordinary business through vision, purpose and core values, clarity of expectations and direction, and effective internal communication. With QBP for over 13 years, Lori is a passionate life-learner and uses her own mistakes and human frailties as a springboard for personal and company growth. Lori has an MA in Org. Leadership, is a committed bike-commuter, and learns how to be a better person from her dogs and her son.
Leah Shahum, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
Leah Shahum has served as Executive Director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition since 2002. For four years prior, she was the SFBC's Program Director. Before coming to the SFBC, Leah worked as a journalist for a local newspaper and a national magazine. She graduated from Duke University in North Carolina with a degree in political science and a focus in women's studies. Leah most recently served on the Board of Directors of the SF Municipal Transportation Agency. She previously served for five years on the 19-member Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, and Transportation District. She is also a San Francisco representative to the state Democratic Party.
Caroline Samponaro, Transportation Alternatives
Caroline Samponaro is the Senior Director of Campaigns & Organizing at Transportation Alternatives New York City's leading transportation advocacy organization, with a citywide network of tens of thousands of supporters committed to reclaiming New York City's streets for people by ensuring that every New Yorker has safe space to walk and bike and access to public transportation. Caroline is one of the nation's foremost advocates for urban bicycling and has spearheaded New York City's rapid transformation into a bicycle-friendly city since 2006. Caroline has directed campaigns that address all areas of bicycling, from developing new neighborhood bike lane networks, encouraging growth in the number of daily bike commuters, to leading national roundtables of experts on public bike share systems. Caroline is frequently quoted in the New York Times, Bicycling Magazine and New York Magazine, and she is a sought-out speaker on urban bicycling culture, the growth of cycling among women and the history of bicycling in America. Caroline lives in Brooklyn and holds a BA in Cultural Anthropology from Columbia University.
Sarai Snyder, Girl Bike Love / Cyclofemme
Since her first mountain bike ride, Sarai has spent much of her time advocating for and working in the cycling industry. While running a bike shop she noticed the need to get more women riding bikes. She soon founded Girl Bike Love and created CycloFemme, a Global Women's Cycling Day. Sarai now rides and resides in the cycling mecca of Boulder, Colorado.
Elysa Walk, Giant Bicycles
Elysa Walk joined the bicycle industry in 2004 with Giant Bicycle, Inc. Prior to that, she worked in the software industry as an Operations Manager, running the operations of a fast growing telecommunications management software company for 10 years. Elysa took full responsibility for Giant USA as General Manager in 2007. Since that time, she has grown the company by forty percent, and has launched many ground-breaking initiatives, such as a women's specific bicycle brand called Liv, and the "Link" annual Giant dealer convention. She is known for making Giant a great place to work and fostering a coveted employee culture. Elysa serves on the boards of Bikes Belong and the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association, which includes now serving on the Executive Board of People For Bikes as Treasurer. While a graduate with a bachelor's degree in Business Management from the University of Southern California and an MBA from Pepperdine University, Elysa is first and foremost a cyclist of all kinds. She can often be found riding roads, cross-country mountain trails, gravity parks, or just her local commute. She completed the Tour de Taiwan, a 600-mile ride around the island of Taiwan with the Giant executive team in 2011, and regularly participates in Giant-sponsored triathlons or charity rides. Elysa has a bicycle family, and is regularly riding with her husband and two teenage children.
Susi Wunsch, Velojoy.com
Susi Wunsch is founder of the New York City-based website velojoy.com, a growing online source of news, events, how to's and stylish gear for city cyclists and the "bike curious." The site is dedicated to attracting more people to riding bicycles by demystifying and celebrating the joys of two-wheeled transportation. Wunsch, who has a background in marketing and freelance writing, serves on the board of directors of the New York City advocacy organization Transportation Alternatives and supports a variety of pro-biking causes. She also contributes to Bicycling and Momentum magazines. Wunsch joyfully uses her bicycle, as well as Citi Bike share, for year-around transportation and is a weekend road cycling enthusiast.
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