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A man sleeping in a car on Eastern Avenue sped away after apparently being startled by a Davenport Police officer checking on him.
Police were called to the scene around 8 a.m., for a report of a suspicious man asleep in a car. After the officer approached the car and tried to get the man's attention, he woke up and started to drive off. The officer tried to block the vehicle, but the man sped away.
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East Moline Police Department found the car around 8:25 a.m. and an investigation is underway.Catherine Asaro Rocks the House!
Sophrosyne’s Saturday Salon hosted author Catherine Asaro yesterday, and a terrific summertime crowd (peak concurrency of 40) were charmed and delighted by the award-winning author.
Catherine gracefully (and often hilariously) fielded everyone’s questions from astrophysics to robotics to romance.
Please see the full chatlog or the edited transcript for details.
We might be seeing more of Catherine around Extropia in times ahead, so check back often for details!
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We'll work on connectors to external data sources. For now, you have to retrieve the data from NeoLoad Web API and send them to the tool of your choice with some code.It’s surprising to think that Saracen hasn’t launched either a full-suspension 29er, nor a suspension e-Bike before, but today it has announced both.
Saracen Traverse
Let’s start with this ‘none-more-red’ full suspension 29er, the Traverse. Designed to be one of those speedy, trail/race/map-crossing/whatever kind of machines, Saracen reckons that there have already been fights in the office over who gets to borrow one to ride. Designed to be ‘both fast and playful’ the bike features 120mm travel up front and 100mm travel out back, rolling on 29in wheels, which instantly makes us think of a good few events that we’d ‘need’ one of these for.
Coming in a penny under three-grand, it’s a fair investment, but then it’s a pretty versatile machine. And while the press photos show it being launched off jumps the size of buses, we reckon it’ll see hard service mostly in the world of endurance racing, big days out, Scott 100 weekends and all that good stuff. The Traverse features a custom-butted alloy front triangle and a Toray carbon swingarm, designed to flex just enough to allow the suspension to do its thing, without needing rear dropout pivots.
The Traverse comes with a Fox 34 fork up front, matching the Fox Float DPS out back. Drivetrain is Shimano’s 1×11 SLX with fast-rolling Maxxis Forekaster tyres (in blackwall, which will please those who didn’t like Saracen’s previous dalliance with skinwalls). And front derailleur fans will find that you can run the bike 2×11 (or 2×10) if you want to…
Saracen Ariel E
And now on to the e-Ariel. Rather than making the mid-travel Kili Flyer into an e-bike, Saracen skipped over that and turned its electric intentions at the longer travel enduro machine, the Ariel. Launching last year with a chunky 165mm of rear travel, the Ariel was suddenly a bike worthy of very chunky trails (and I got to race one at the NoFuss Fort William Endurance Downhill last year as a trial by fire of it – which it did way better than I did…)
The Ariel E uses an alloy front end and carbon swingarm (with the same carbon linkage from the new Ariel LT that can trace its roots to the downhill Myst). Saracen maintains that the pivots are near-enough the same layout to give the electric bike a very similar feel to the conventional Ariel. Drive system comes courtesy of Shimano, in the shape of the E8000 STEPS motor – which is an XT level component. Charging is 5hrs for 0-100%, or up to 80% in just 2.5hrs, and Saracen claims that you can look forward to up to 100km of supported riding on a single charge. Depending on how bonkers you go on the three pedal-assist modes.
The Ariel E will retail for £5,299.99 and comes equipped with a Fox 36 up front, a Float DPS out back. Basically, all of the function of the burly trail machine of the same name, but with a motor to get you back up to the top. Rather than being a long-distance pedal-assist tourer, we see this being very popular in places like Innerleithen, the Lakes and Calderdale where adding an electric-assist helps you get more laps of your favourite descents without having to rely on a mate with a van to shuttle you back up – or spending the entire day on the climb. Whether that appeals to you might depend on you personal work ethic, but we’ve had plenty of days where that appeals.
With a similar price to the (admittedly all-carbon) Ariel Elite bike, we can see a few riders wavering between the two options.
Of both bikes, Simon Wild, product manager at Saracen, said: “Building great bikes is what we love to do; bikes we want to ride and bikes you’ll love. It was the usual labour of love with these two new beauties from initial design to testing and then finally into production. It’s safe to say all of us at Saracen are super excited to add these new steeds into our stable!”
Both bikes are available now from local Saracen dealers. More information can be found on saracen.co.uk.
YoKaiser February 16, 2018 at 12:25 pm
Reminds me very much of my mk1 Salsa Horsethief.
boco February 16, 2018 at 3:13 pm
Ebike, no thanks.
jamesoz February 16, 2018 at 10:08 pm
100km range, will the battery last longer than the frame bushes then?
johnnystorm February 18, 2018 at 2:43 pm
I was thinking along the lines of YoKaiser up there “how nice of saracen to make the spearfish now that salsa have dropped it”*
*Dropped in the old fashioned sense
sillyoldman February 18, 2018 at 9:06 pm
Jamesoz – full (massive) bearings in all Ariels inc this one for 2018.
jamesoz February 18, 2018 at 10:02 pm
Still wouldn’t touch one again.
simondbarnes February 19, 2018 at 12:05 pm
I’d definitely have a Traverse. I’d like a bouncy e-bike too but I would only buy one that is properly integrated – battery plonked on downtube is a big no for me.Erin Lash, CFA
Morningstar
erin.lash@morningstar.com
312-384-5435
Even though consumers are maintaining a tight grip on their purse strings, Kraft Foods (KFT) hasn’t backed down from showering the market with new products. For example, new products accounted for 10% of sales in 2011, up from 9% the prior year. Even more encouraging to us, however, is that Kraft isn’t launching new products at any cost, but rather is mindful of profitability (consolidated adjusted operating income jumped nearly 10% in 2011).
We contend that the firm’s dual focus of (1) investing in its brands, and (2) introducing products that resonate with consumers, should ensure that Kraft continues to win at the shelf.
Christopher Growe
Stifel Nicolaus
growec@stifel.com
314-342-8494
Kraft Foods (KFT).
The organic revenue growth was up +6.5% and featured relatively balanced growth around the world — U.S. was soft (+3%), followed by a surprisingly strong performance in Europe (+7.2%), and the usual robust growth in the Developing Markets (+11.5%).
As such, we approach 2012 with real confidence — the company anticipates 5% organic revenue growth (keep in mind that includes a 1% drag on sales from its SKU rationalization in the U.S.) and earnings growth of at least +9%, suggesting EPS of $2.50 or higher. Our model generally conforms to these estimates. We model organic revenue growth of +5% and EPS of nearly +10% to $2.51.
John Ransom
Raymond James & Associates
800-248-88