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Bossie: Boos show Bush's challenge
A cattle call of potential Republican 2016 hopefuls in New Hampshire indicated problems among grass-roots conservative activists for two center-right politicians, Jeb Bush and Chris Christie, an organizer said.
David Bossie, the head of Citizens United, the conservative group that co-sponsored the Freedom Summit this past weekend, noted that when speaker Donald Trump mentioned Bush's comments on immigration being an "act of love" people in the audience booed.
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"People actually booed Jeb Bush, which I was, quite frankly, not expecting," he said. "He was very unpopular in New Hampshire and that caught me by surprise … it's not a good thing if you're part of the consultant class that are waiting in the wings for him to run, the Bush Industrial Complex that's out there."
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Bush, a former governor of Florida, made headlines earlier this month by declaring that people who remain in the U.S. illegally in most cases broke the law, but that "it's not a felony. It's an act of love" for their families. He has since defended his remarks but also tried to clarify them.
Bossie also said Citizens United, which co-hosted the event with the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, deliberately didn't invite New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
The GOP governor has seen his presidential prospects dented by the traffic jam scandal known as "Bridgegate," but he also has been viewed as too moderate by many tea party and other conservative groups.
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"Nobody asked where Chris Christie was," said Bossie, a frequent critic of Christie's. "No one missed him. And it's not just because of the Bridgegate issue. … We only invited conservatives, people who want to participate with the conservative movement and not stick their thumb in our eye."
Bossie said he did invite Bush but got no response about him attending. Others who did attend included Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
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New Hampshire has historically been hospitable to center-right candidates. But it's also a state Jeb Bush's brother, George W. Bush, lost to John McCain in the 2000 primaries, when McCain's brand as an independent maverick allowed him to connect with a majority of primary voters.
Citizens United will announce its plans for a South Carolina "Freedom Summit" soon, Bossie said.


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The SNAPSHOT feature highlights metalsmiths from around the world. This issue we go all the way to Israel where Dan Ben-Arye who is living and working in the Artist' village of Ein-Hod.


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Good To Great -- Still A Must Read
Near the top of virtually every list you'll see of the best leadership books, you'll find Good To Great, by Jim Collins.
The book, five years in the making, and published in 2001, addresses the all-important question of: Can a good company become a great company, and if so, how?
Some of the lessons from the book are:
- "Leadership is equally about creating a climate where the truth is heard and the brutal facts confronted."
- "Leading from good to great does not mean coming up with the answers and then motivating everyone to follow your messianic vision. It means having the humility to grasp the fact that you do not yet understand enough to have the answers and then to ask the questions that will lead to the best possible insights."
- "Good-to-great companies use technology as an accelerator of momentum, not a creator of it."
- "Engage in dialogue and debate."
- Good-to-great companies are those who have the ability to get and keep enough of the right people.
The five years of research that Collins and a team conducted to prep for the book consisted of examining 1,435 U.S., publicly traded companies and their performance over 40 years. The book focuses on 11 good-to-great companies.


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Controversial case: guilty ... not guilty
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To be very clear, these are the views and opinions reflected by Wick Fisher and not of the newspaper.
The verdict was obvious before the charges were even made. The way Florida law was written, Trayvon Martin should not even had his day in court. Morally, he deserved one; legally, he did not. The way the ticking-time bomb law was written in Florida, wannabe cop George Zimmerman, a trigger-happy vigilante was legally allowed to go a huntin'.
George Zimmerman's actions that tragic night had nothing to do with protecting society and everything to do with his passion for playing with cowboy justice. Back in the Wild West, a blind eye would have greeted his actions. Today, one thought America would have placed a little more emphasis on the "civil" part of the word civilization. Unfortunately, the law referred to as "Stand Your Ground" has proven civility to be limited. In many parts of America, this law will become a license to kill.
George Zimmerman was a legal gunslinger who exercised the new, poorly written "Stand Your Ground" law.
Technically, this case should never have gone to trial. You can either blame or thank the media that it did. Remember, the local police made the decision that night not to charge George Zimmerman with any unlawful act. In this case, the cops were correct. The law was on their side. Ethically, morally and especially historically, this incident came across as another cold-blooded murder for no other reason than the fact that the victim was an African-American; period. This case was no more complicated than that.
The same incident could have happened to Hispanics in Arizona or elsewhere. Two sets of justice prevail in my home state of South Dakota — one for whites and another for Indians. I mean no disrespect by the term "Indian" but if you live in South Dakota, you understand why it's used in this context. Racism in the Dakotas and elsewhere runs as deep as anywhere in the Deep South.
Trayvon Martin would not have gotten more than a second glance from George Zimmerman but for the color of his skin.
Decades ago, a Native American friend of mine got pulled over near Cloquet one night. The officer eventually charged my law-abiding friend with crossing the center line, a common police practice when no other illegal evidence turns up.
When my friend, a professor at UMD, went to a lawyer to fight this injustice, the lawyer stated, "You just got charged with a DWI."
"No," replied my friend. "I don't even drink."
"I meant Driving While Indian," replied the lawyer.
Fortunately, some things have changed since the days of the Wild West. Yes, they have even improved since Jim Crow ran his reign of terror in the Deep South. Despite this, a new archaic, life-threatening "Stand Your Ground" law is sweeping the nation. To me, it looks like a red-neck sport-hunting license to harass, intimidate and even murder minorities.
Hopefully change will come as it has in Carlton County, due in a large part to our no-nonsense sheriff, Kelly Lake. The buck stops at the top and Sheriff Lake has set a high standard since she assumed authority. Leadership such as hers has a trickledown effect that needs to be emulated by not just law enforcement, but particularly by lawmakers.
You can blame George Zimmerman for being an over-zealous want to be cop. You cannot legally claim him to be a murderer. It is the Florida State Legislature that has the blood on their hands.
I spent two full years as the only white person at a Native American school — the first as a 4-year-old first grader, a half century later as a librarian. One day the school counselor walked into my library and handed me a small wallet size card. It contained the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
"You probably won't need it, but I give one to all the kids as soon as they enter high school. Some day every one of them will need it," he said.
To George Zimmerman: You could have said, "Do you need a lift? I patrol the area; who are you seeing or why are you here?" or even, "I don't recognize you, can I be of assistance?"


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So first of all, macarons are made with almond flour, sugar, and egg whites, whipped to a meringue. They are then sandwiched with the an appropriate filling (ganache, buttercream, jam, curd, etc.) and the resulting sandwich is also (confusingly) called a macaron. An unique feature of the macaron cookie is called the "feet"--the uneven, ruffled skirt around the edge. Amazingly enough, you want feet on your macarons. The hard part about making a macaron mostly involves the meringue and folding in the tant-pour-tant (the one-to-one mixture of almond flour and sugar). One fold too many or too little will result in cracked and/or hollow cookies and no feet.
Another difficult part about making macarons is amassing the ingredients and tools needed to make them. Egg whites aren't hard to come by, but one tip that has been circulating around is that they should be "aged" at room temperature at least overnight and up to 72 hours. Sure it sounds disgusting, but any germs and bacteria that might grow would be killed in the oven and the aged egg whites hold a meringue that much better because more water has evaporated, leaving more of the structural proteins. Next, almond flour. If you can't find any you can always make it yourself with almonds and a food processor (although I'm not sure how you would get almond flour vs. almond butter) but luckily enough, Harvest carries almond meal in their bulk bins. Unfortunately, the almonds aren't skinned beforehand, so there's flecks of almond skin in the meal, but what can you do? (Actually, now that I think about it, maybe I can sieve the meal beforehand to try to get rid of the skin....) Anyways, you'll want to use the food processor to grind the meal even finer. One great tip I read is to use the food processor to mix the almond flour and powdered sugar so that you don't have to individually sift the two (which is great because I don't have a sifter, although I guess a sieve would work).
To make the macarons you need a mixer (a stand mixer is ideal but I'm too cheap so I just used a hand mixer), pastry bag (again, too cheap to buy so I just filled a large Ziploc bag and cut a hole in the corner), high quality baking sheets (I used my Pampered Chef stoneware cookie sheet), parchment paper, Silpat, or non-stick aluminum foil (I used parchment paper), a food processor (thanks, Carsten!), a candy thermometer, and ideally, a food scale.
There are two ways of making meringue for the macarons, the French way or the Italian way. The Italian way is a little more difficult and involves streaming boiling sugar syrup into the egg whites are they are being whipped but results in almost foolproof macarons as the Italian meringue is much more stable than French meringue. So I chose to try the Italian method. Since I didn't have a food scale (yes, I am cheap!) I used Lesley's recipe here which is "translated" from Tartelette's and decided to try my hand at making a hazelnut macaron with Nutella filling.
Hazelnut Macarons (based on Lesley's recipe)
Bake at 320° F for 12 - 15 minutes. After they are done baking, allow them to cool and carefully transfer them to an airtight container. Macarons can be stored in the fridge or freezer.
So ta-da! I made my first batch and didn't have too many issues: my macarons had feet, weren't hollow, and didn't have any cracks. The hardest part was actually piping the cookies as I had never piped anything before in my life, and I wasn't exactly using the best tool. The macaron batter is actually quite drippy so you really have to be careful if you aren't using a pastry tip. I would definitely recommend having your parchment paper already cut and spread out so that you can pipe all the macarons at one time. One site I read recommending drawing 1" circles onto the paper beforehand so you know when to stop piping and also where to place them. Another tip that I read on many, many sites is to let the macarons sit for an hour before putting them in the oven so that the top can dry out. I didn't really adhere to this with my first batch as I figured that by the time I had piped the last macaron, the first one would have already had a chance to sit a bit.
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P.S. I tried the peppermint macarons with peppermint chocolate ganache!


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OXFORD, Miss. - Patric Young scored 15 points, Kenny Boynton added 12 and No. 14 Florida rallied from a double-digit first-half deficit to beat Mississippi 64-60 on Thursday night.
Florida (16-4, 4-1 Southeastern Conference) fell behind 20-4 in the opening minutes and trailed 38-28 at halftime. But the Gators worked their way back thanks to lockdown defense and clutch 3-pointers from Boynton and Mike Rosario.
Young was 7 of 10 from the field despite playing on with tendinitis in his right ankle. Erving Walker had 10 points and nine assists.
Terrance Henry had 21 points for Mississippi (13-7, 3-3), while Nick Williams added 14. The Rebels shot 60.9 percent from the field in the first half, hitting all six of their 3-point attempts. They couldn't duplicate that success in the second half, making just 8 of 29 (27.6 percent) from the field.
Ole Miss got the pace it wanted from the very beginning, forcing Florida into a half-court, physical game. That negated the Gators' one major strength - superior guard play - and they struggled to find open 3-point looks for much of the game.
The Rebels went on a 14-0 run to take a 20-4 lead in the first 8 minutes before settling for the 10-point halftime lead. They made 14 of 23 shots from the field in the first half, and had an uncharacteristic good touch from long range. Williams hit four of the team's six 3-pointers, knocking the Gators on their heels.
Ole Miss came into the game as the worst 3-point shooting team in the SEC, making just 27.2 percent.
But Florida slowly climbed back into the game in the second half behind Young and some well-timed 3-pointers, including Scottie Wilbekin's with 10:11 remaining that tied the game at 46. Young's dunk gave the Gators a 48-46 lead - their first since the opening minutes.
While Florida was heating up, the Ole Miss offense was grinding to a halt and the 3-point shooting reverted to previous form. The Rebels scored only eight points in the first 12 minutes of the second half.
Rosario put the Gators ahead for good with 5:29 remaining, draining a 3-pointer for a 53-52 lead. Boynton gave Florida some separation minutes later, hitting consecutive 3-pointers to push the lead to 59-54.
Ole Miss pulled within 63-60 with 18 seconds remaining and had a chance to tie. But Florida's defense slapped the ball away from Marcus Aniefiok, who was trying to find room to take a 3-pointer, and Bradley Beal hit a free throw that sealed the victory.
The Gators have won six of their past seven games.
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First United Methodist Church of Orange on Sunday hosted Easter festivities for their congregation.
The event began with an Easter breakfast, followed by a service led by Rev. Stephanie Toon Glassman. The children had their regular program in the fellowship hall, which was then followed by an Easter egg hunt.
First United Methodist Church is located at 161 South Orange. The church hosts weekly Sunday School for adults at 9 a.m., followed by fellowship at 10 and worship service at 10:30 a.m.
For more information, visit fumco.org.
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. — The Coker baseball team spilt their non-conference doubleheader with Anderson University on Saturday, losing game one and picking up the win in game two.
The two teams will meet again on Sunday to complete their three game series at 1 p.m.
In game one, sophomore third baseman Fico Kondla (Miami, Fla.) went 3-for-3 and drove in a run, but it was not enough as the Cobras lost 11-2.
Senior right-hander Sean Tracy (Farmingville, N.Y.) (0-1) got the start for Coker going just two innings, allowing seven runs on eight hits.
Junior center fielder Chad Nader (Rock Hill, S.C.) went 1-for-4 with two runs scored, while senior right fielder Jake Frazier (Indian Harbor Beach, Fla.) drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.
Junior lefty Dan Meyer (Seaford, N.Y.) (1-1) went the distance for the Cobras in game two picking up the win, as four different Cobra players picked up an RBI in Coker's 4-3 win.
Meyer pitched seven innings with seven strikeouts for Coker, while allowing three runs on six hits with three walks. Junior shortstop Keith Wolf (O'Fallon, Ill.) went 2-for-3 at the plate, scored a run, and picked up an RBI. Juniors Tony Nolan (Olathe, Kansas), Frank Suarez (Miami, Fla.), and Kondla each had an RBI.
McDonald's Player of the Game- Dan Meyer
Meyer went the distance for the Cobras in game two allowing just three runs with seven strikeouts.
The McDonald's Player of the Game is presented by the Hartsville McDonald's and is given to the most outstanding performer during each Coker College home athletic event.


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I have a serious weakness involving air pistols. I like them all, but there are some days when a single-stroke pneumatic pistol is just the right thing for shooting casually at 10 meter pistol targets, knocking a bagful of dollar store dinosaurs off a fence rail, or chasing a wiffle golf ball around the yard.
Single stroke pneumatic pistols have a lot to offer. They are self-contained, so you don't have to fuss with CO2 cartridges, pumps or air tanks. Only one cocking stroke is required for each time you shoot it, so the effort per shot is agreeably low. Accuracy is typically superb. Triggers are usually good to excellent, and the report is generally pretty low. The downside of any SSP pistol, if you can call it that, is that they don't generate much power. You certainly wouldn't want to use one for hunting anything bigger than a mouse or maybe even a hornet. But even that is an advantage when you realize that you don't need a tremendously strong target backing to stop pellets from an SSP pistol.
So when Airguns of Arizona told me that they would be importing the FAS line of pistols, I couldn't wait to try one. A few days later, an FAS 604 standard pistol showed up in its foam-lined plastic case, and it makes a really good first impression. Stretching just under a foot long and weighing a smidge less than two pounds. The 604 is lovingly crafted out of metal and wood. I surmise that plastic must be some sort of dirty word at the FAS factory, because I certainly couldn't detect any on this pistol.
The grip appears to be carved out of a single piece of hardwood and is fully ambidextrous. Grooves on either side of the top of the grip help to position the thumb and forefinger, and stippling helps the other three fingers to stay in position. Forward of the grip is a metal trigger guard which is integral to the metal receiver and houses an adjustable metal trigger.
At the forward end of the receiver is a pivot that allows the entire top of the receiver to rotate for the cocking stroke. The front sight, naturally, is located at the front end of the receiver, and the micro-adjustable rear sight is located at the extreme aft end. The whole thing is solidly built yet retains a certain amount of rakish style.
To ready the 604 for shooting, you press a small metal lever located on the left side of the receiver just about the pistol grip. This releases the rear end of the top receiver half so that it can pivot upward and forward. This pulls the piston back to the beginning of the compression stroke and exposes the aft end of the barrel so you can load a pellet in the breech.
Once a pellet has been loaded, grab it near the rear sight and return it to its original position. This pressures the action. The website says this takes about six pounds of effort, but I suspect it is a bit more.
There is no safety, so all you have to do now is take aim and shoot. Squeeze the trigger, and on the sample that I tested, the first stage came out of the trigger at about one pound, two ounces. Squeeze a bit more, and shot goes down range at 1 lb. 9.5 oz. The trigger is crisp and highly predictable, and the FAS 604 launched Beeman .177 Laser pellets at around 380 fps and RWS Meisterkugeln 8.2 grain wadcutters at about 345 fps.
In all, I found the FAS 604 standard to be fun, accurate, and built to last a lifetime or two. It saddened me to send it back.
Til next time, aim true and shoot straight.
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Fallbrook Giovanni Cornejo had his head under the hood of a car when he first heard the commotion. He looked up and saw a woman at the Shell station across the street trying to hold a man upright.
"I heard a frantic screaming," he says.
"The guy was falling down. She was trying to hold him up on his feet." At first Cornejo thought it was a prank, especially since no one at the busy station was helping the frantic woman. She ran toward people pumping gas. She "sounded angry" as she yelled for help, Cornejo says.
Cornejo called to his fiancée, Celine Weiler, who was inside the office of his used-car lot. Weiler came outside. The man had slumped to the ground, and the woman was slapping his face. Cornejo still judged the situation to be a prank, or maybe the man was drunk or had had a seizure.
But Weiler did not hesitate. She ran across Mission Road.
"Can you help me?" the frantic woman asked. The woman was trying to put the unconscious man into a Jeep. "He was just completely limp," Weiler says. "She was trying to pick him up. I think she was in shock. I asked her what happened. She said, 'He's been stabbed.'
"He was lying on the ground by his SUV. His T-shirt was totally blood-stained. I knelt down beside him and put both hands on the wound." Weiler says she took a sweatshirt lying next to the man, wadded it up, and applied pressure to his blood-soaked chest.
But Weiler says she saw "both eyes rolled back in his head," and she could hear gurgling sounds, as though he couldn't breathe. "I was pretty sure he didn't have much life left in him. There wasn't much of a pulse at all when I got there."
People began to come over, and the women asked for help. No one replied. No one helped. "She was trying to give him mouth-to-mouth," says Weiler. "But I could hear the blood gurgling." One of the bystanders suggested putting the victim onto his side to clear his air passages. The two women rolled him over, "and that was when all the blood came out of his mouth," Weiler says. "He was pretty much drowning in his own blood."
Then a female store clerk walked over, saying she had called 911.
The San Diego County Sheriff's Department crime report states the call came in on May 14, 2008, a Wednesday afternoon, at 17:17:00 (5:17 p.m.); the reporting deputy was Ray Abdou. The stabbing victim is listed as William Baker Jr. Records show his home address as Olive Avenue, only three streets from the stabbing scene.
Sheriff's deputy Sergeant David Martinez says that employees of the Shell station at 936 East Mission Road in Fallbrook made the 911 call, responding to "independent witnesses doing business at the store, who went inside to report the stabbing," which apparently happened in the driveway area of the gasoline station.
Inside the station's convenience store, customers and counter personnel can view at least nine screens showing live video surveillance of the property. However, the assault occurred during a busy time at this refueling spot on the main thoroughfare of downtown Fallbrook.
Employees of the Shell station declined to comment for this story.
Sergeant Martinez estimated that the patrol car carrying Deputy Mayne arrived at the scene within a "couple minutes" after police received the call. The backup car carrying Deputies Abdou and Crowley arrived shortly thereafter.
"I would estimate maybe about eight minutes a patrol car came up," Weiler says, adding that time moved slowly. She says the patrol car "came quickly," tires screeching. The officer jumped from the vehicle, immediately went to his trunk, and put on gloves. Weiler says the deputy knelt down, checked vitals, and took over applying CPR. He asked Weiler "to stay to answer some questions."
The public information officer for the North County Fire Protection District, John Buchanan, says the Fallbrook fire station got the dispatch call at the same time the police did, and paramedics were dispatched.
The victim was pronounced dead at 5:35 p.m. Buchanan says his records show the victim suffered one stab wound, two inches off center, to the left side of the chest.
Sergeant Martinez says that witnesses at the Shell station, including the victim's girlfriend, described a man and a woman fleeing the scene in a gray Honda Civic. One witness was able to provide a partial license plate number to deputies, who broadcasted a BOLO, "be on the lookout," to all deputies in the area.
Weiler says the victim's girlfriend told her, "Someone tried to jack our car!" Weiler asked, "Who?" The woman replied, "It was a guy and his girlfriend in a gray Honda Civic." Weiler says, "To me, the impression I got, they were strangers."
In these early moments, law enforcement suspected the situation was a botched carjacking, Sergeant Martinez says. There were conflicting reports at first, he says, as to whether the attacker and victim knew each other.
Sheriff's deputy Peter Alvarado and his canine partner Quandro were in a marked cruiser on Highway 76, south of Fallbrook, when Alvarado saw a gray Honda Civic. He turned on his red lights and siren, but the Honda failed to stop. The pursuit made for a strange chase on the clogged single-lane road, with the fleeing suspects, a female driving and a male on the passenger side, traveling south toward Oceanside. After crossing into the city of Oceanside, the car pulled over; then the male suspect fled on foot.
Sergeant Martinez describes the male suspect as white, with tattoos and shaved blond hair. He says that Quandro "made contact with the suspect, and the deputy apprehended him. The female suspect was detained when backup units arrived."
Carmina Bunnell, the alleged driver of the getaway vehicle, was questioned by authorities, but she was found to be "very cooperative," according to Sergeant Martinez, and was later released.
Travis Sean Hopkins was arrested and held on charges of murder in the first degree and robbery. It is alleged that he robbed William Baker Jr. of his backpack, stabbed him, then fled the scene.
Hopkins, born April 26, 1983, has a court record. Current court documents regarding Hopkins refer to "juvenile adjudications."
The first adult convictions appear in the public record in December 2001, when Hopkins was 18 years old; these are listed as California Penal Codes 245(a)(1), assault with a deadly weapon likely to produce great bodily injury, and 1192.7(c)(8), indicating that the assault conviction would count on Hopkins's record as a strike under the Three Strikes law.
In November 2003, Hopkins was arrested and charged with possessing and being under the influence of heroin. He pled guilty to one charge of possession, a felony. Probation was granted on January 23, 2004. Five months later, on June 29, 2004, probation was revoked due to violation of the conditions of probation, and a bench warrant was issued.
The superior court in Vista also has files with the name of the victim, William Baker Jr. These date back to 2004. Baker's most recent legal troubles are listed in a felony complaint filed on September 7, 2006, when Baker was charged with possessing heroin, a hypodermic needle and syringe, and drug paraphernalia. On September 19, 2006, he signed a no contest plea to felony possession of heroin.
Law enforcement officials recovered the backpack allegedly stolen from Baker. Sergeant Martinez declined to reveal if the backpack contained heroin or drugs. According to the sergeant, Hopkins would not say if he knew the stabbing victim or if he and Baker had arranged to meet that afternoon at the Shell station.
Hopkins's first appearance in court on charges of murder and robbery was on Friday, May 16, two days after the alleged murder. Jack Campbell from the Public Defender's Office had been assigned as Hopkins's lawyer. Looking alert if not downright defiant, Hopkins appeared taller and heavier in court than the five feet nine inches and 160 pounds that sheriff's records give as his description.
On May 29, at a readiness hearing, Hopkins appeared more contrite and humbled. When deputies brought him into the courtroom, dressed in a bright orange jail jumpsuit and shackled at the waist and wrists, he made a kiss toward three people who described themselves as "friends and family."
"It's really, really sad that something like that would happen in Fallbrook," says Celine Weiler, the Good Samaritan. "It's really a peaceful place. It's really a family-oriented community."
It's ten days after the stabbing. Weiler is sitting in the modest office of her fiancée's car lot. Heavy gray storm clouds move in over us, unusually threatening weather for May. Later, funnel clouds and hail will be reported in neighboring Temecula, and the green avocado groves of Fallbrook's farming community will bend and sway under thrashing wind and rain.
Weiler says a sheriff's deputy told her and Cornejo there was nothing they could have done to save Baker's life. The wound was too severe.
Another readiness hearing is scheduled for June 23, and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 7. Hopkins is being held in lieu of $5 million bail.
Why was the driver of the "getaway" car released? The last time I checked, it was a felony for failure to yeild at the very least.


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Fox Hypes Daily Mail Article To Help Palin Promote "Death Panels" Lie
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld hyped a Daily Mail article that smears end-of-life care in Britain as "euthanasia," repeating the article's false claim that "130,000 elderly patients are euthanized prematurely" because of the health care system there. In fact, the kind of care that these patients receive is offered only after their doctors "agree that all reversible causes for their condition have been considered."
Gutfeld made his claim while the show he co-hosts, The Five, was hosting Fox News contributor Sarah Palin to discuss the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act. Palin again peddled the long-debunked claim that the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board is a "death panel" that "will tell you ... whether your level of productivity in society is worthy of receiving the rationed care that will be the result of Obamacare."
Gutfeld agreed with Palin and responded: "To your point, the Daily Mail in the U.K. reported that 130,000 elderly patients are euthanized prematurely because they don't have enough room for beds. Which goes to your point -- inevitably, this is what happens."
The Daily Mail article in question cites one British professor who claims that doctors in the U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) "are prematurely ending the lives of thousands of elderly hospital patients" under the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), "a method of looking after terminally ill patients."
But that Daily Mail article has already been discredited by a medical group with a membership of 4,000 U.K. doctors. The head of public policy at the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF), Dr. Peter Saunders, noted in a blog post that while it "is certainly true that 130,000 British patients per year are dying whilst on the LCP," it "does not therefore follow from this that the LCP is the cause of their deaths." As Saunders explains, only patients who are "imminently dying" can be placed on the pathway in the first place:
The Liverpool Care Pathway for the dying patient (LCP) is a treatment pathway used in the final days and hours of life which aims to help doctors and nurses provide effective end of life care.
It was initially developed between the Royal Liverpool Hospital and the City's Marie Curie Hospice in the later 1990s and recommended to hospitals by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in 2004.
Before a patient can be placed on the pathway the multi professional team caring for them have to agree that all reversible causes for their condition have been considered and that they are in fact imminently dying.
It is certainly true that 130,000 British patients per year are dying whilst on the LCP. But it does not therefore follow from this that the LCP is the cause of their deaths.
Saunders acknowledges that there may be people "who are being placed on the LCP inappropriately," but writes that the "overwhelming majority" of patients are receiving "much better care at the end of life than they would have had if [the LCP] had not been used." He also cites a 2009 audit of 155 hospitals that showed "where the LCP is used people are receiving high quality clinical care for the last hours and days of life."
Gutfeld's prediction about euthanasia "inevitably" coming to the U.S. doesn't make much sense -- under reform, the U.S. health care system will be nothing like Britain's. Great Britain has a "truly socialized" health care system in which care is delivered by government hospitals and doctors. The health care reform law doesn't abolish private insurers or even create a competing public option -- as PolitiFact has noted, the law "relies largely on the free market."


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Each recipient of financial aid receives an award letter which outlines a financial aid budget. This budget is our estimate of your total educational and living expenses for the academic year. Each student makes different choices and has individual expenses. Though a student may choose to borrow to fund some expenses that are not included in her budget (a studio room or an extra trip home for Spring break, for example), we package each student using the same basic assumptions. These assumptions are that a student will live in a standard room, participate in a meal plan, and travel home once during the year.
A student's financial aid can never exceed her budget and a student's Barnard grant aid is based on this generalized estimate of expenses. To arrive at Barnard grant aid, the financial aid office subtracts the expected family contribution (EFC) from the standard budget and then subtracts any self-help expectation (an expectation of borrowing and work on the part of the student for the year). Any remaining balance (also known as remaining need) is covered by grant aid.
Your Barnard bill reflects all charges payable to the College for tuition, fees, room, and board. This is different from the financial aid budget described above that includes expenses that are not reflected on your Barnard bill (such as books). Billed charges for room and board reflect the student's housing and meal plan choices. All Barnard Grant aid, state aid, federal aid and outside scholarship awards included on your award letter is credited to your bill (subtracted from the amount due). In addition, if the student or the parent has submitted a completed loan application, that amount will also be subtracted from the student's outstanding balance. The remaining balance should be paid by August 1 for the fall term, and by December 1 for the spring term.
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Since you mention the five steps of Self-Talk, I will assume you're reading The Power of Self-Coaching. Sometimes when there is confusion and a generic frustration with life, there could be an underlying reason such as a mood disturbance or a mild depression. Of course I cannot know or diagnose if this is the case for you, however I would suggest that you consider whether or not your mood is a factor in your sturggles. For example, are you generally pessimistic, prone to excessive worry, rumination or anxiety? If so, then I would recommend Self-Coaching (the green cover book) along with an evaluation/assessment from a mental health professional.
Although the Self-Coaching approach is similar in both books, Self-Coaching deals more with the insecurity-driven thinking (i.e., doubts, fears and negatives) that can create such life frustrations. Should you have any concerns about anxiety or depression, again, you should, before anything else, have a consultation with a mental health professional to assess what may be going on. Self-help can be an adjunct to therapy and together, are often quite effective. As you can see from my response, I've given you a generic response to your question. There is no way I can know what your specific needs are, but I do encourage you to consider more carefully what may be instigating your confusion, hesitations and frustrations.
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Japan's toilet business flush with success
The flush toilet is one of those Western imports that Japanese industry has adapted to its own special needs and then improved. Though you'll still find a lot of traditional Japanese toilets at older public facilities and in the countryside, the Washlet toilet, with that surprising little spray nozzle, has become so ubiquitous as to be a standard fixture in Japanese life.
Washlet is a registered brand name for Toto, which dominates the toilet bowl business in Japan, and though most histories of the Washlet start in the 1980s, spray function toilets (onsui senjo benza) have been around in one form or another since the 1960s, and number 2 Inax's Shower Toilet seems to be actually older than the Washlet. With traditional Japanese toilets there is no contact between the person and the porcelain, and when Western toilet bowls first made their appearance here, Japanese were perplexed by the seat for various reasons. Some were concerned about hygiene, while others simply found them too cold. The first improvement the Japanese made was to heat the seat.


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I am not sure how it all started, this fascination with KOMs and stats and PBRs, etc. I want to blame the triathletes. How can you trust someone that never wears sleeves on their jerseys? It is mostly two wheeled navel gazing if you ask me, perhaps a natural outgrowth of our fascination with all things relating to ourselves. "Enough of me talking about me...tell me what YOU think about me!", etc.
I actually have, at one time or another, used a heart rate monitor, bike computer, and a GPS. I have long since forgotten about HRMs...I figure that at this age, if my heart is still beating then that is good enough for me because one day it will cease to do so. I do not need a HRM to tell me when that happens. Bike computers can be handy, especially on road bikes if you are doing organized centuries, etc. Less so on a mountain bike. Carry your bike or push it for a while and see what that does for your computer's accuracy. Now GPS, that is handy. That is a great tool, although you can rely on it too much, but it can keep you on a predetermined course even in the dark, etc.
I guess that some of my disinterest in all this micro-managing of my ride experiences is due to the fact that I have no use for a real training plan and I have no illusions of podium appearances anywhere. Could care less. I just want to ride my bike. And if I am slow at it, I will ride more, ride harder, ride less to rest, or just enjoy the day anyway despite my speed or lack thereof.
So if you are a contender or a serious, serious competitor, I get it. But that is so few and far between, this whole game of stats and numbers seems to be just another phase of this generation's addiction to information. Gimme' more info, give it to me faster, etc, like somehow that brings meaning to the experience. I think it just brings increased anxiety, if the truth be known, and we as a society have enough of that already, along with a decreased ability to separate the truly important from the merely transient.
So when I do a new route, I typically figure it out in hours. And from then on, Route A is a 3 hour ride, Route B is a 5 hour ride, etc, based on my average pace. I will grab the GPS every so often and run the miles the first time I ride something new, but even then that is rare. Usually I know how long something is in miles from someone else telling me. Cool enough.
But the biggest reason that I care little for how many gigawatts I generated or my average endorphin level over the .5 Miles of Hell KOM route or my heart rate adjusted for altitude and bran muffins over the last 24 hours is that none of that enriches my basic experience of just riding a bike across the surface of the earth.
And that is something that I never tire of doing, and while it may not be my reason for living...it is not, by the way...it is a wonderful, hard, freeing, sweaty, adventurous, child-like pursuit of the horizon and what it promises.
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1500 4-Door 4WD
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Quick Specs
Gas Mileage 13 mpg City/17 mpg Hwy
Engine Gas V8, 5.7L
EPA Class No Data
Style Name 1500 4dr 4WD
Drivetrain Four Wheel Drive
Passenger Capacity 6
Passenger Doors 4
Body Style Sport Utility
Transmission 4-speed electronically-controlled automatic transmission w/OD
Rear Door Type Panel Doors
Weight Information
Curb Weight - Front (lbs) 2826.1
Gross Axle Wt Rating - Front (lbs) 3600
Gross Combined Wt Rating (lbs) 11,000
Curb Weight - Rear (lbs) 2441.4
Gross Axle Wt Rating - Rear (lbs) 3750
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating Cap (lbs) 6800
Interior Dimensions
Front Leg Room (in) 41.7
Second Shoulder Room (in) 64.8
Passenger Capacity 6
Second Head Room (in) 38.9
Front Shoulder Room (in) 64.7
Second Hip Room (in) 59.7
Front Head Room (in) 39.9
Second Leg Room (in) 36.2
Front Hip Room (in) 59.9
Exterior Dimensions
Width, Max w/o mirrors (in) 76.8
Ground Clearance, Front (in) 9.6
Side Door Opening Width (in) NA
Wheelbase (in) 117.5
Overhang, Rear w/bumper (in) 46.2
Rear Door Opening Width (in) 61.4
Height, Overall (in) 75.0
Ground Clearance, Rear (in) 8.6
Step Up Height - Front (in) NA
Length, Overall w/rear bumper (in) 199.6
Ground to Top of Load Floor (in) 30.5
Side Door Opening Height (in) NA
Overhang, Front (in) 35.8
Rear Door Opening Height (in) 34.2
Step Up Height - Side (in) NA
Cargo Area Dimensions
Cargo Area Length @ Floor to Seat 2 (in) 52.2
Cargo Box (Area) Height (in) 40.8
Cargo Area Length @ Floor to Console (in) NA
Cargo Area Width @ Beltline (in) 61.4
Cargo Volume to Seat 3 (ft³) NA
Cargo Area Length @ Floor to Seat 3 (in) NA
Cargo Volume to Seat 1 (ft³) 118.2
Cargo Area Length @ Floor to Seat 1 (in) 77.8
Cargo Box Width @ Wheelhousings (in) 48.4
Cargo Volume to Seat 4 (ft³) NA
Cargo Area Length @ Floor to Seat 4 (in) NA
Cargo Volume to Seat 2 (ft³) 66.9
Fuel Economy
Fuel Tank
Fuel Tank Location Behind Rear Axle
Fuel Tank Capacity, Approx (gal) 30
Aux Fuel Tank Location NA
Aux Fuel Tank Capacity, Approx (gal) NA
EPA Fuel Economy Est - City (MPG) 13
EPA Fuel Economy Est - Hwy (MPG) 17
Performance Specs
Displacement 5.7L/350
Engine Order Code L31
SAE Net Torque @ RPM 330 @ 2800
Fuel System SFI
Engine Type Gas V8
Engine Oil Cooler NA
SAE Net Horsepower @ RPM 255 @ 4600
Trans Type 4
Third Gear Ratio (:1) 1.00
Clutch Size (in) NA
Transfer Case Gear Ratio (:1), Low 2.72
Drivetrain 4-Wheel Drive
First Gear Ratio (:1) 3.06
Sixth Gear Ratio (:1) NA
Transfer Case Model New Process 241
Trans Description Cont. Automatic w/OD,
Fourth Gear Ratio (:1) 0.70
Trans Power Take Off NA
Transfer Case Power Take Off NA
Trans Order Code M30
Second Gear Ratio (:1) 1.63
Reverse Ratio (:1) 2.29
Transfer Case Gear Ratio (:1), High 1.00
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Fifth Gear Ratio (:1) NA
Trans PTO Access NA
Seventh Gear Ratio (:1) NA
Brake ABS System (Second Line) NA
Drum - Rear (Yes or ) Yes
Brake Type Power
Front Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) 11.57 x 1.25
Disc - Front (Yes or ) Yes
Rear Drum Diam x Width (in) 10.0 x 2.25
Brake ABS System Four Wheel
Rear Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) NA
Disc - Rear (Yes or ) NA
Steering Ratio (:1), At Lock 16.3
Steering Type Speed sensitive pwr
Turning Diameter - Curb to Curb (ft) 40.7
Steering Ratio (:1), On Center 16.4
Turning Diameter - Wall to Wall (ft) 44.6
Spare Tire Order Code QGA
Rear Tire Capacity (lbs) 2064
Front Tire Order Code QGA
Spare Tire Size P245/75R16
Revolutions/Mile @ 45 mph - Rear 682
Front Tire Size P245/75R16
Spare Tire Capacity (lbs) 2064
Rear Tire Order Code QGA
Front Tire Capacity (lbs) 2064
Revolutions/Mile @ 45 mph - Spare 682
Rear Tire Size P245/75R16
Revolutions/Mile @ 45 mph - Front 682
Spare Wheel Size (in) 16 x 6.5
Front Wheel Size (in) 16 x 7
Spare Wheel Material Steel
Front Wheel Material Aluminum
Rear Wheel Size (in) 16 x 7
Rear Wheel Material Aluminum
Spring Capacity - Front (lbs) 3600
Axle Capacity - Rear (lbs) 3750
Stabilizer Bar Diameter - Front (in) 1.18
Suspension Type - Front Indep Torsion Bar
Axle Type - Rear Semi-floating
Shock Absorber Diameter - Front (mm) 36
Spring Capacity - Rear (lbs) 3750
Axle Ratio (:1) - Front 3.42
Stabilizer Bar Diameter - Rear (in) NA
Suspension Type - Rear 2-Stage Multi-Leaf
Axle Capacity - Front (lbs) 3925
Shock Absorber Diameter - Rear (mm) 36
Axle Type - Front Independent Driving
Axle Ratio (:1) - Rear 3.42
Safety Features
Air Bag-Frontal-Driver Yes
Air Bag-Frontal-Passenger Yes
Air Bag-Passenger Switch (On/Off) No
Air Bag-Side Body-Front No
Air Bag-Side Body-Rear No
Air Bag-Side Head-Front No
Air Bag-Side Head-Rear No
Brakes-ABS Yes
Child Safety Rear Door Locks Yes
Daytime Running Lights Yes
Traction Control No
Night Vision No
Rollover Protection Bars No
Fog Lamps No
Parking Aid No
Tire Pressure Monitor No
Back-Up Camera No
Stability Control No
Basic Miles/km 36,000
Basic Note NO Deductible
Basic Years 3
Corrosion Miles/km 100,000
Corrosion Years 6
Drivetrain Miles/km 80,000
Drivetrain Years 8
Roadside Assistance Note Commitment Plus includes - Toll Free Assistance # 1-800-462-8782 New Vehicle inspection, full tank of fuel, 3,000 mile inspection, maintenance & oil change, roadside assistance, alternate transportation available for warranty related repairs, trip interruption protection, trip routing, vehicle service history
Warranty Note BUMPER TO BUMPER PLUS
Other Specs
Cooling System
Total Cooling System Capacity (qts) 17.0
Maximum Alternator Capacity (amps) 100
Cold Cranking Amps @ 0° F (Primary) 600
Maximum Alternator Watts 1200
Cold Cranking Amps @ 0° F (2nd) NA
Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. (lbs) 2000
Dead Weight Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. (lbs) 2000
Fifth Wheel Hitch - Max Tongue Wt. (lbs) N/A
Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Tongue Wt. (lbs) 200
Dead Weight Hitch - Max Tongue Wt. (lbs) 200
Fifth Wheel Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. (lbs) N/A
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Cimber Sterling grounded all flights effective immediately after filing for bankruptcy Thursday morning.
The Sonderborg, Denmark-based carrier had operated for nearly 62 years since its founding as Cimber Air in 1950. It gained the Sterling brand when it bought Sterling Airlines in 2008.
About 25 planes made up the Cimber fleet, consisting of ATR-42 and ATR-72 props, Boeing 737-700s and CRJs.
The airline's route network was contained entirely within Europe.
Cimber had suffered financial difficulties over the past couple of years, leading to its partial sale to Ukrainian billionaire Ihor Kolomoyskyi in 2011.
A Google Translate version of the company's statement in Danish:
Cimber Sterling bankrupt – all flights are provisionally canceled
The Board of Cimber Sterling has decided to ask the company bankrupt and has therefore been filed for bankruptcy with the court in Sønderborg on Thursday 3rd May 2012 at. 06.30.
The consequence is that all flights from that time are canceled. If you should have been off with Cimber Sterling today will unfortunately therefore be futile to go to the airport. We apologize sincerely.
Cimber Sterling is registered in the Travel Guarantee Fund. That means you could get the ticket refunded if you simultaneously with the purchase of the ticket has purchased a bankrupt insurance. You will be contacted directly by the fund. If you befiunder up abroad and have a bankruptcy insurance, you will also be transported home free. Read more at Rejsegarantifonden.dk
However, if you are abroad and have not purchased a bankrupt insurance, the journey is unfortunately lost, and you must, unfortunately, even pay for alternative transport home.
If travel is purchased through a travel agent is the agent responsible for ensuring the implementation journey. Contact organizer for more information concerning. refund.
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350 :: The Most Important Number in the World
Let's say you occasionally despair for the future of the planet. In that case, the place you need to be this week is the website for 350.org.
Every few minutes, something new arrives at our headquarters, where young people hunched over laptops do their best to keep up with the pace. News that activists in Afghanistan—Afghanistan—have organized a rally for our big day of action on October 24. They'll assemble on a hillside 20 kilometers from Kabul to write a huge message in the sand: "Let Us Live: 350."
Or news that there's all of a sudden a 350 website in Farsi to help organize the rallies taking shape across Iran. Or maybe a short story exactly 350 words long from the great writer Barry Lopez. Or the news flash that the World Council of Churches has endorsed the 350 target, and is urging its 650 million members to ring their bells 350 times on October 24. Or…
But wait—what's 350? It's the most important number in the world, though no one knew it even 20 months ago. When Arctic ice melted so dramatically in the summer of 2007, scientists realized that global warming was no longer a future threat but a very present crisis. Within months our leading climatologists—especially the NASA team led by James Hansen—were giving us a stark new reality check. Above 350 parts per million carbon dioxide, they wrote, the atmosphere would begin to heat too much for us to have a planet "similar to the one on which civilization developed and to which life on earth is adapted."
That was terrible news. We're already at 390 parts per million, and rising two parts per million per year. That's why the Arctic is melting, why deserts are spreading, why the Himalayas are melting. And it's why we need much faster action than most big governments are currently planning. They're focused on old, out-of-date targets: 450 ppm, say, which would allow a slower and easier transition to a post fossil-fuel society. But the research is clear that it's suicidal. Earlier this month, for instance, the journal Science reported on a landmark new study, which showed that when carbon levels got that high in the past, sea levels rose 75 to 120 feet.
So here's the good news. The planet's immune system is finally kicking in. When we started organizing 350.org 18 months ago, the task seemed a little ludicrous—we were a small band, mostly recent college graduates, with little money. How were we going to get the world behind an arcane piece of scientific data?
But it turns out that everywhere around the world there are people deeply worried about the planet's fate, and given even a small platform to stand, on they're willing to shout their loudest. At this writing, activists have scheduled events in about 170 nations, which is pretty much all the nations there are. (Nothing in North Korea yet). There will be thousands and thousands of rallies: bike rides that cover 350 kilometers, climbers high on the melting slopes of Mount Everest, even the cabinet of the government of the Maldives holding an official underwater meeting to send a 350 resolution to the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen.
Some of these actions are so beautiful they make you weep: around the dwindling Dead Sea, Israeli activists will form a giant human 3 on their shore, and Palestinians a 5 on their beach, and in Jordan a huge 0. The message: even in places with deep divisions, people understand that the crisis that faces us now calls for real unity.
You're a part of this planet. Feel good about the rippling message now going out around the earth: if we shout it loud enough, even our leaders will hear. Already 92 nations have endorsed a 350 target (albeit the poorest countries on Earth). But we need you involved, too. Right now: figure out an action to join on October 24, or start one of your own. And use your email address book to send out an alert—in a wired age, you can be a useful Paul Revere. Or, to go back to my earlier metaphor, if the earth has an immune system, then you're an antibody. Get to work!


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A turbocharged, hybrid Toyota MR2 could be right around the corner.
A week ago that would have been really hard to believe. But a report from Autoweek yesterday says Toyota has big plans for its model lineup, as the automaker intends to introduce 11 new or redesigned vehicles by 2012. The plan would introduce all-new hybrid vehicles and more-efficient gasoline engines that use turbochargers and direct fuel injection.
I guess that means my theory that some older Toyota models are better than current ones will go down the toilet…
Of the 11 new hybrids, only four will be updates to current models. The other seven are either all-new models or hybrid versions of vehicles that previously didn't have the option. Pure speculation here, but that could mean a hybrid RAV4, a hybrid Venza, a hybrid Land Cruiser… (Okay, probably not that one.)
Frankly, new hybrids for Toyota isn't a topic that's even remotely exciting. It's the turbo/direct injection news that has my interest piqued. There's no word yet on which models will benefit from either technology first, but the initial round of products should also come equipped with start-stop technology in addition to the DI and turbo. Sweet.
In my mind, a Camry four-cylinder turbo is exactly what Toyota needs, especially if it wants to keep up with new industry leader Hyundai and its very cool Sonata, which now offers an optional turbo engine upgrade. Even more exciting, though, is the distinct possibility that a rear-wheel-drive turbocharged FT-86 sports car could appear (possibly as the Scion FR-S). Or, better still, that reborn MR2. Heck, that would even be cool as a hybrid, as long as all appropriate turbos were bolted in place, too.
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There's no doubt that Focus bikes have made a big splash in the UK since Wiggle introduced them a few years back, none more so than the Cayo Expert which has won rave reviews.
No wonder then that there are such high hopes for the Expert's latest incarnation for 2009, the Cayo Expert SRAM decked out in a mixture of SRAM Red, (rear mech and levers) and SRAM Force (front mech and brakes) with various other bits of high end SRAM componentry filling in any other gaps in the drivetrain.
This is a race-ready bike, although racers might would probably want to upgrade the Mavic Ksyrium Equipe wheels, that would equally serve you well on any big day in the saddle be it a sportive, longer club run, or just a weekend blast throught the hills with your mates.
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Does it deliver? Yes it does. This is a good bike, no mistake – if I was in the market I would seriously consider breaking with tradition and buying off the peg especially if Wiggle offered some way for customers to vary the spec.
I looked forward to every ride on the Focus and in the month or so I had it clocked up about 500 miles. For the money it is a great buy stacking up very favourably against other complete bike packages, and looks particularly good as bike prices go up.
Buying a complete bike is pretty much always going to be a more cost effective option even if you do end up immediately changing some of the original equipment out of either performance considerations or just from personal preference – wheels are the obvious place for manufacturers to save money and this bike is no different. The plus for the buyer (or the best way of rationalising spending money on more wheels) is that you've already got yourself a set of training hoops.
Given the hefty list price of SRAM groupsets as aftermarket components the Expert Cayo looks even more of a bargain, but then would anybody seriously consider buying these components at list priceto build up their own bike?
SRAM Red is a fantastic addition to the customer choice category, it's certainly top level stuff, but it didn't perform any better than any other top spec gear I've used. Coming to the for the first time the levers took a little getting used to. It was amazing light to change down, a bit less so changing up and you couldn't drop down a number of gears at once as you can with Campag.
I also prefer having two separate methods of changing gear – not all from one lever which caught me out on a number of occasions. In a race it could be your race losing move – although I've got to admit the pros don't seem to have any problems on that score. I did find myself unintentionally changing down whilst climbing or going over rougher roads. This was due to my hand position on the hoods and my fingers tending to rest on the levers. No doubt with time I'd get used to it. I could certainly get used to the SRAM Force brakes which were superb and I really like the shape of the lever hoods which reminded me of old-school Campag.
Speaking of Campag it seems to me this bike's biggest rival is likely to be it's Campagnolo equipped stablemate - the Cayo Expert Campa which for the same money sports a fair smattering of Campag Chorus and of course benefits from the same superb frameset.
An exceptional bike and a very good value package, worth checking the Campag option too
road.cc test report
Make and model: Focus Cayo Expert SRAM
Weight: 7.8 Kg 17.3lb (18lbs incl Look Keo Carbon pedals)
Size: 54cm
Price: £2249
Frame: Focus Cayo Light UD Carbon Frame
Fork: Focus Cayo Race UD Carbon Forks
Rims: Mavic Ksyrium Equipe, QR
Front Hub: Mavic Ksyrium Equipe, QR
Rear Hub: Mavic Ksyrium Equipe, QR
Tyres: Continental Grand Prix 700x23c
Cassette: SRAM OG-1070 10 speed 12-26
Crankset: SRAM S950 compact 50/34
Shift Levers: SRAM Red DoubleTap
Rear Derailleur: SRAM Red
Front Derailleur: SRAM Force
Chain: SRAM PC-1050
Brakes: SRAM Force
Stem: FSA OS-150C
Handlebars: FSA Road RD305
Headset: FSA Orbit
Saddle: Fizik Aliante Delta
Seat Post: FSA SL-280
Material: Unidirectional carbon
Method of construction: bonded
Build quality:
Generally superb although the seat tube bottle bosses were not perfectly in line which meant a large bottle stuck out to one side meaning your knee grazed it from time to time.
Any other comments on build quality:
Everything was put together very well – cable stops on every cable. For once I didn't really have to adjust/check anything which is rare in my experience for an 'off the peg' bike.
Frame geometry:
Head angle 72.5°
Seat angle 74°
Did the frame configuration work for you in terms of:
54cm c –-c is the size of frame I would normally go for – and unsurprisingly it felt just right.
Reach was also fine - I was able to set the bike up almost as a mirror image of my own summer bike.
Handling was fantastic. Was this solely down to the stiff frame, geometry etc or did the fine ride from the new Conti 24mm have a contributing factor. The fact is it felt smooth, responsive and cornered with a level of confidence that tempted you to push it just a bit further.
Was there any toe clip overlap with the front wheel?
No problems here – even with my big feet!
Was your general impression that the bike felt: stiff in the right places, but comfortable where it counted?
The Focus was extremely comfortable on any ride, flat and fast, lumpy, challenging and long. I rode it on rides up to 80 miles and became very attached to this bike in more ways than one! Quite often, I find it takes a while to become comfortable on a bike and feel that it is performing as you expect. Not so with the Cayo. After an initial concern that all was not well, which proved to be a problem with one of my own supplied pedals, the bike felt fantastic.
The frame is really stiff and felt like it wasn't wasting any of your effort at all. The frame may have been let down a bit by the wheels which whilst being pretty good were not, in my opinion doing the frame justice.
Just stiff?
If so, was it stiff and efficient? Yes to both
Did it cause you any discomfort? Very little discomfort – even the saddle which looked chunky, was really comfortable.
Was the bike's stiffness purely down to the frame or could different component choices (tyres, seatpost, handlebars) have softened the ride without sacrificing efficiency?
I think the bike is a great all round package built round a fantastic frame set..
Which components (including the frame) contributed most to the efficiency and comfort of the bike?
Certainly the frame, the drive train was a joy but more on that later. The bars and stem were great with little flex.
Which components (if any) most detracted from the comfort and efficiency of the bike?
As mentioned earlier, I would have liked to try some better wheels. The Mavics are great all rounders, but a decent lightweight pairing may have added a bit more to the bikes all round performance.
Did the bike accelerate quickly from a standing start?
It did accelerate quickly due mainly to the stiffness of the frame (plus the power in the riders legs of course!) and the drive train
Did the bike accelerate quickly for a sprint?
I didn't sprint on it much but I have no doubts that it would not be the reason for anyone losing a sprint!
Did the bike feel stable at high speed?
Absolutely rock solid
Did the bike feel stable at cruising speed?
As above
Did the bike feel stable at low speed?
As above
How did the bike behave when cornering on the flat?
Felt sure footed in the dry. In the wet, the tyres would let it down.
How did the bike behave when cornering on descents?
It's sure footedness actually caused me to be a bit more 'adventurous' on some challenging descents I know. Particularly because the brakes were so powerful and progressive, which may of course be down to everything being brand spanking new.
How did the bike perform on climbs?
Brilliantly – very stiff and frankly a joy to climb on.
How would you describe the steering?
It was perfect in my book
Why would you say this was? What part did the handlebars and/or steering geometry play in this?
All of the above, hands off the hoods, bike was a dream. (not recommended of course).
Were there any situations where the bike handled differently than it generally did?
No it was all really good and as the miles clicked by, the better it felt.
Which components (if any) contributed to the positive handling traits of the bike, or did most to overcome any negative ones?
The gear change and drive train worked faultlessly. Took a little while to get used to and did cause some mis-changes.
Which components (if any) did most to detract from the positive handling traits of the bike?
None really
Drive train
(Front and rear mechs, cassette, chainset, bottom bracket, chain + shifters)
Rate the drive train for:
Performance: 10/10
Durability: not sure
Weight: 9/10
Value: 6/10 – as an after market buy, really dear
Best bit(s) if any? Shifters, chain set – and looks good
Worst(s) if any? No complaints but in my opinion, rear mech looks ugly compared to Campag top spec and £300?
Wheels + tyres
Rate the wheels + tyres for:
Performance: 8/10 wheels – 10/10 tyres
Durability: not sure but seemed fairly bomb proof
Weight:10/10 nice and light but still felt solid on the road.
Comfort: 9/10
Value: 8/10
Best bit(s) if any? The wheels were OK but not matching the spec of the rest of the bike.
Worst(s) if any? none
(Handlebars, stem, brake levers, brakes)
Rate the controls for:
Performance: 10/10 - brakes superb
Durability: 9/10
Weight: 9/10
Comfort: 9/10
Value: 7/10 – I know SRAM is coming down in price but…
Best bit(s) if any? Handlebars very comfortable – hoods as nice as old Campag
Worst(s) if any? None
Other components (saddle, pedals) 8/10
Best bit(s)? Saddle looked too bulky for my liking, but was in fact very comfortable.
Worst bit(s)? Seat post was very down spec but that said, good fine adjustment.
Did you enjoy riding this bike? Yes I did – very much
Would you consider buying one? Yes, but I think I would opt for a less expensive drive train and gear change option and spend the extra on better wheels if I could.
Would you recommend one to a friend? I would, but also with the above comment
About the tester
Name: Test Pilot 1
Age: 48
What size bike do you ride? 54cm c-c
Bike you ride most often? Kinesis Racelight Gran Fondo Sportive/winter bike
Best bike (if not the one above)? Flandria FCS1 – Campag Record/Neutron Ultra plus a Fondriest TT bike with all sorts of wheels and a Daccordi Steel retro – Campag Record Delta Goupset.
How long have you been riding? 35+ years
How often do you ride? Currently 250miles/week
Which best describes your riding ability: Very experienced to Expert
Type(s) of riding you do: All sorts, but not road racing anymore – too dangerous these days
If you race, at what level? See above
If you time trial what is your PB? Have been sub 4hr for 100, can still knock out a 56 min 25 on a good day and can give a good account of myself on the Chain Gang.
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The floodwaters are expected to push many rivers to all-time record high levels and may spur life-threatening landslides
Despite its weakened status to a tropical storm, Florence has deluged parts of the North Carolina coastline with torrential and historic amounts of rain. Many areas in southeastern North Carolina have endured 15 to 30 inches of rain and up to another 15 inches could fall.
The rain is resulting in a catastrophic flooding in southeast North Carolina which is spreading into the interior, reaching even into the population centers of Raleigh and Charlotte. Already, the event has already broken North Carolina's state record for most rain in a tropical storm or hurricane, with a preliminary report over 30 inches.
The floodwaters are expected to push many rivers to all-time record high levels and, toward the mountains of western North Carolina and southwest Virginia, may spur life-threatening landslides.
The Associated Press reports the storm may unload 18 trillion gallons of rain on the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. "Florence's 18 trillion gallons is as much water as there is in the entire Chesapeake Bay," its article says. "It's also enough to cover the entire state of Texas with nearly four inches (10 centimeters) of water."
Onslow county, located about 50 miles to the northeast of Wilmington, has been hit particularly hard. The National Weather Service office in Newport, North Carolina, (located on the eastern edge of Onslow County) recorded a storm total of 23.75 inches just after midnight. And as of Saturday morning, several other locations scattered across the county were on the verge of passing the 20-inch mark.
A citizen weather observer posted a total of 30.58 inches of rain in Swansboro, which is in Onslow County, and would be a state a record for a tropical storm or hurricane if verified. While the amount is unofficial, it would shatter the old record of 24 inches - set near Wilmington during Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Many locations in southeast North Carolina are likely smash this old record by the time the rain ends.
Florence is forecast to "drop almost double" the volume of rain over the state compared to Floyd, tweeted Ryan Maue, meteorologist for weathermodels.com.
Since making landfall at Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina on Friday morning, Florence's forward speed has slowed down dramatically, with the storm's center of circulation only about 100 miles away from Wrightsville Beach a full 24 hours after landfall. The storm's slow and parallel movement to the coastline created several bands of heavy rain, capable of producing 2 to 4 inches of rain per hour, sitting over the same locations for essentially the last day and a half.
Florence will continue to move very slowly to the southwest on Saturday, which in turn will drag the axis of heavy rain bands to the southwest as well. That should spell some relief for the inundated areas of Onslow County, but unfortunately puts the city of Wilmington, southeast coastal communities of North Carolina and northeast areas of South Carolina in the line of fire instead.
Through Sunday morning, over a foot of rain is expected to fall in and around Wilmington, adding to the 6 or so inches of rain the city has already received from Florence. One model even shows the potential for an additional 30 inches, although that may be overdone.
The heaviest of the rain should gradually taper off in southeast North Carolina throughout Sunday.
Most of the rivers in northeast South Carolina and eastern North Carolina are experiencing moderate to major flooding and, in some cases, many continue rising well into next week as floodwaters from the interior flow downstream.
The Cape Fear River in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is forecast to rise an astonishing 45 feet by Tuesday.
Flooding concerns extend beyond the coast of North Carolina as well. Flash flooding has spread into Raleigh and will expand over Charlotte as well, where flash flood advisories are in effect.
As the storm center shifts further inland, counterclockwise rotation around the center of circulation will continue to pull in loads of tropical moisture from the Atlantic ocean and pushing up against the more rugged terrain of central and western North Carolina.
The elevation will serve as a forcing mechanism for the abundant low level moisture being dragged in by Florence, essentially creating an ideal environment for torrential rain and the possibility of mudslides, especially Sunday into Monday. Through Tuesday, 5 to 10 inches of rain, and isolated 15-inch amounts, are forecast to fall across central and western North Carolina and southwestern Virginia.
Florence will ultimately lose its tropical designation sometime Saturday, but the storm will continue be a danger as it starts to turn north by Sunday afternoon. However, there remains a large amount of uncertainty in the ultimate track of what will become post tropical storm Florence.
Computer models mostly show the remnants of Florence tracking into western North Carolina on Sunday afternoon, before making a sharp turn to the north/northeast as the storm begins to get picked up by the jet stream over North America. However, there is still some disagreement among the models as to how much of the storm center motion is to the north versus to the northeast.
If the storm tracks further to the west and up into the Ohio River Valley, the worst of the heavy rain and associated impacts of the storm would be centered to the west of the Washington area and more focused toward western Pennsylvania and eventually interior New England. However, if the storm takes a more easterly track, much of the Mid-Atlantic would be exposed to a period of heavy rain and even the threat of some severe weather late on Monday and into Tuesday.