| 'Bikeability:' Does the region have the right stuff?
Cyclists ride past the Roanoke River on Saturday, a spot growing in popularity with bikers, runners and walkers. The greenway is an asset as the League of American Bicyclists comes to Roanoke this week to check out how bicycle-friendly the area is. Related Want to ride? Roanoke-area cyclists with the Blue Ridge Bicycle Club will ride 30.5 miles today to show the region to visitors from the League of American Bicyclists. To ride, show up at the Hotel Roanoke at 1 p.m. A helmet is required, but a reservation is not. See the route at www.routeslip.com/routes/68872. A Bicycle-Friendly Community is one that scores high marks for: Bike lanes on streets, bike trails, bike parking and a bicycling master plan Easy access to information that teaches safety to motorists and riders of all ages Ample promotion of bicycling through events, signs and other support Enforcement of practices that keep riders and drivers safe Efforts to continually improve bikeability Drop the keys According to the 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey, 25 percent of all trips are made within a mile of the home, 40 percent of trips are within two miles of the home, and 50 percent of workers commute five miles or less.
The rules on plagiarism, (with full credit to MLK)
Deval Patrick of Massachusetts are not, as Hillary Clinton put it in last Thursday's University of Texas debate, "change you can Xerox," an inappropriate use of another's words: Patrick was advising Obama on his speeches and encouraged Obama to use the lines. Rule No. 3: If it's from a widely known source, such as the Bible or the founding documents of America, it's not plagiarism. King's speeches, like most civil rights oratory, drew on two primary sources: The Bible and the founding documents of America. King quotes the Declaration of Independence and the Bible in "I Have A Dream," but he does not always attribute the sources. He says "we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream," for example, but does not acknowledge he is quoting God's words to Israel in Amos 5:24.
2007 Subaru Forester Sports XT Review
"Crossover" means a motor vehicle that offers a cross between carlike comfort and SUV style, with SUV ground clearance. The car is usually some sort of family sedan, and your typical crossover is really the contemporary station wagon. Your typical crossover is practical and roomy, and can hold people and cargo in almost endless variation. Your typical crossover is also, for the enthusiast driver, about as exciting as the family sedan in its ancestry, which is to say "not very". The Subaru Forester XT is a little different, as the car in its ancestry is a WRX. Or, to be more exact, a WRX STi. Coming from that gene pool, boredom is guaranteed to be banished. The Forester debuted a decade ago as the first Subaru made expressly as a crossover, following in the successful footsteps of the Legacy-derived Outback and smaller Impreza Outback Sport.
Murray v Wawrinka as it happened
So it's 3-3 and only two games have been won on serve. Who'd a thunk it? "Some very passive rallies from both players, perhaps trying to size each other up. Stan has a better serve but andy a much better return, all makes for an entertaining match. Ps Wawrinka has a piggy nose." Seb on text 81111 Murray 3-2 WawrinkaWawrinka's forehand has been a little Jekyll and Hyde this afternoon, some have been dealt with more power than a Floyd Mayweather uppercut, while others have been more misdirected than a Steve Harmison loosener. But he is slowly beginning to find some sort of rhythm and he wins his first game on serve without too many issues. Murray 3-1 WawrinkaAbsolutely brilliant from Murray, mixing up volleys, drop shots and lobs in a 37-stroke rally at 30-15, but follows the sublime with the not very good with his first double fault of the match.
Gold meddlers
When the pair came off their bike, the accident was said to have happened in Glyfada but it was dealt with by traffic police from Kifissia - in the north of Athens. Confined to hospital they were unable to make a meeting with the IOC who subsequently gave them an extra 72 hours in which to explain their non-appearance. That allowed time for the Greek Olympic Committee to withdraw the athletes from the Games yesterday. When they face the IOC on Monday, the pair are likely to be facing a two-year ban from the sport. It was the worst possible lead into Friday's opening ceremony, especially as Kenteris was due to light the flame, but Jacques Rogge, the IOC president insists the Games are big enough to overcome the embarrassment. "We have had big doping cases before that have not damaged the quality of the Games," he said.
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