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Best Hotels in Miami Beach
Things to see
Take a walk down the most iconic road in Miami Beach, the ever vibrant Ocean Drive. South Beach's main thoroughfare, the street is lined with colorful Art Deco architecture and features the famously ostentatious Versace Mansion. A shopping and restaurant hotspot, neon lights take over from the sun come nightfall. Whether you're taking a cruise or just fancy a look-see, Port Miami is an impressive site. Located in Biscayne Bay, the so-called "Cruise Capital of the World" is a hub of gargantuan cruise liners. For the thriving epicenter of South Beach, look to Lincoln Road Mall. Along the seven block outdoor mall you'll find rows of tantalizing eateries, breezy sidewalk cafés and a vast array of shops and boutiques. If that hasn't sated your urge to splurge, then Aventura Mall will. Just north of Miami Beach on the mainland, the sprawling shopper's paradise is home to over 300 retailers and is one of the biggest malls stateside.
Hotels in Miami Beach
As a playground of the rich and famous, there's certainly no shortage of luxury hotels in Miami Beach. Whether you opt for a fashionable boutique pad or a decadent beachfront hotel, 5-star accommodation in this city will grant you every amenity under the sun. Ocean views, pools, spas, and gymnasiums are all to be expected, along with a complimentary extra or two. Those with mid-range budgets can expect comfort, style, and service as well, with particularly well appointed rooms available in the more modest hotels. Those with less to spend will find some fantastic budget hotels in Miami Beach, along with a handful of comfortable hostels.
Where to stay
The South Beach and city center areas are where most of Miami Beach's action happens. Home to the legendary nightlife district and some of the best shopping, dining and cultural hotspots in Miami, you'll also find the famous Ocean Drive. For a more relaxing stay, tranquility can be found in the northern region of Miami Beach. Popular with families and couples, the area is less focused on partying, while still retaining lots to do. What's more, it's also home to some of the budget hotels in Miami Beach.
How to get to
With flights to and from North America, Latin America and Europe, most visitors to city will land at Miami International Airport. Located west of mainland Miami, getting to Miami Beach is relatively easy with the Airport Flyer bus. Leaving every 15 minutes, the Route 150 bus makes stops throughout the north of the city, down to South Beach. Those travelling on low-cost carriers from within the states may arrive at the smaller Fort Lauderdale International Airport. A free shuttle can whisk you to the nearby Tri-Rail train station. From there, you can travel to Miami International Airport, and hop onto the Route 150 bus as above.
When are the best times to travel to Miami Beach?With its bleach-blonde sand, aquamarine water, and pastel-hued Art Deco buildings, Miami Beach is all about fun in the sun – and fortunately the blissful weather complies all year round. April through to November is when most vacationers flock to the barrier island, and the hotels in Miami Beach naturally have higher rates during this time. If you want to bag hotels deals, visit in spring – there's plenty happening in town, with the Ultra Music Festival in March and Miami Beach Gay Pride in April.
What are the top must-see attractions in Miami Beach?Miami Beach is known for its historic Art Deco architecture, most of which dates from between 1923 and 1943. The Art Deco District in South Beach features around 800 pastel-colored Art Deco buildings, characterized by quaint porthole windows, nautical railings, and sweeping curves. Another landmark fixture is the city's lengthy palm-lined boardwalk. A popular spot to jog or stroll, this picturesque stretch is often dotted with local artists and lively street performers. The historic Freedom Tower with its rounded dome roof, meanwhile, pierces the city's skyline and features a museum.
What are the best types of restaurants and food in Miami Beach?Miami Beach offers plenty of must-tries, including the comforting Cuban sandwich, the sweet-tasting stone crab, and Floridian favorite key lime pie. There's no shortage of places to dine out, particularly in the South Beach area. Dotted about you'll find authentic Spanish and Italian restaurants, homely BBQ joints and steakhouses, classy sushi eateries, and chic waterfront restaurants serving up everything from contemporary American fare to fresh seafood. Whilst Miami Beach offers a cornucopia of international cuisine, Latin flavors are at the top of the menu.
What are the top things to do in Miami Beach?You can spend a whole week basking on the fine-white sands of Miami Beach and jet skiing in the warm waters, but this barrier island offers plenty of other things to do, too – from museum visits and historical walking tours, to gawping at celebrity-owned mansions from a tour boat. For outdoors adventure, Biscayne National Park and the Everglades National Park are minutes away and offer recreation aplenty. After hours, Miami Beach's neon-lit nightlife is legendary, with its beautiful people-packed clubs, trendy hipster hideouts, and chic cocktail bars.
What are some fun facts about Miami Beach?With its 800-strong collection of buildings, Miami Beach's Art Deco District is the best place in the world to see the distinctive architectural style – so much so it's earned a place on the National Register of Historic Places. Miami's history stretches much further back than this, however, and was once a regular hideout for pirates, with links to Blackbeard, Black Caesar, Gasparilla, and John Lafitte. Every Miami Beach vacationer remembers to pack their sunscreen, but did you know the lotion was invented in the city in 1944 by pharmacist Benjamin Green?
What kinds of public transport are there in Miami Beach?Many hotels in Miami Beach are dotted along the beachfront, making it a pretty easy city to navigate. If you're heading out and about to see the star attractions, then the bus is the main mode of public transport. Numerous buses serve Collins Avenue, Downtown, and the South Beach area, which should make getting to all the hotspots easy. If you're mostly in and around South Beach, you can also take advantage of Swoop Miami. This 6-passenger electric golf cart will take you wherever you want to go for free.
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Red Dwarf is currently back on our screens for its 11th series - once again on Dave. And by all accounts, it appears that the Boys from the Dwarf are enjoying every moment of the show's success. But it appears that it hasn't always been that way, as a recently re-emerged interview with Rimmer actor Chris Barrie reveals. Giz UK has obtained a copy of the article - which as far as we can tell, hasn't made its way online before.
It was November 1993 and the sixth series of the show had just wrapped. At the time Barrie spoke to Starburst magazine (which is still going today), about making the show - and in it, he revealed his discontent with the direction the show had taken. The mag quotes him as saying:
"As far as the actual character of Rimmer, I agree with some other journalists who said that in the latest series, and to some extend the fifth series, the character stopped developing and Red Dwarf became a visual effects show, with gags that existed and had been created in the third, fourth and part of the fifth series. In Rimmer's case, he has become the butt of the jokes, and I really don't think there's a place for as just being 'Mr Butt of the Jokes'. "Okay," continues Barrie, "in every series of Red Dwarf, you get a lot of funny lines to say and that's wonderful, but I think the entire cast will agree that we can return occasionally to the days of series two and three, like Marooned, for example, where we had long, interesting and funny dialogue about our characters and how they came about. People might say, 'Oh, that's revisiting the past', but I still think that clever writing could explore them more, and get some very humorous material from that".
It wasn't just the direction his character was taking either - there were also passive aggressive scripts, by the sound of it:
"I remember one instance that was probably in week two or three, where earlier in the week I had voiced my opinion that, somewhere along the line, we were lacking in a degree of professionalism. In the script, one of Rimmer's lines in the Starbug cockpit was, 'Can we have a bit of professionalism, gentlemen?' That's a classic case, and that in my opinion is rather a sly to the point of being nasty, unnecessary kind of thing to put in. It's lazy writing at best. I remember that example, because we all looked at each other and thought, 'Hey, we can't say a bloody sentence here without it going into the script!'"
The on-set tension Barrie implies here tallies with what fans may have suspected for some time. On some of the Red Dwarf DVD commentaries, Barrie and Craig Charles (Lister) refer to how a slight tension in their real-life relationship actually improved the on-set dynamic between odd-couple Rimmer and Lister, by making it more realistic.
The interview also reveals that Barrie thought the sixth series was weaker than previous - which is broadly in line with current fan opinion. In particularly, he wasn't a fan of the introduction of a number of running gags. The mag describes:
"In many ways, I was surprised they kept those running gags going backwards and forwards," he confesses. "I thought Rob and Doug wouldn't have done that. I really thought they'd treat the Cat sayings and Space Corps Directives like gold; they would put them out sparingly, whereas when you get three or four a series, that's not sparing as far as I'm concerned.
"When you get into running gags, that's the sign in the kindest description of it, that a series is really working. An unkind description is that you're really running low on new, original gags."
Fast-forward 23 years though and the good news is that it appears that Barrie's unhappiness with his role didn't last. Though he took some time out during series 7 in 1997, he returned fully for series 8 in 1999 and has been an enthusiastic member of the Starbug crew in the post-2009 Dave revival of the series. But this surprisingly candid interview provides a fascinating insight into the show during its peak.
Update (13:25): Dannii from Chris Barrie Fans has been in touch - it appears that our source had taken the images from her website (this wasn't made clear to us - and our pre-publication checks didn't spot this). She was also able to add some interesting context: That the interview was published during a time in Barrie's life when he was exhausted - as he was doing both Red Dwarf and The Brittas Empire simultaneously.

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SEGLIN: Blue Bloods police drama raises interesting ethical question
A recent episode of the CBS television series Blue Bloods raised the question of how far you would go to help a friend and colleague when you know rules must be broken to help him.
The show revolves around a family of New York City cops. Granddad is a former police commissioner. Dad is the current commissioner. One son died on the job. Two sons are currently on the job. A daughter is an assistant district attorney.
Dad, played by Tom Selleck, is a by-the-book sort of commissioner. It's clear from the storyline that he's made some delicate choices as he worked his way up the ranks, but he's a rules-based guy. His father, on the other hand, is what Selleck's character refers to as "old school." Sometimes the rules applied and sometimes he and his minions took matters into their own hands to get things done.
But Selleck's character occasionally finds himself in a pickle. Such was the case in a recent episode when his deputy commissioner of public information, a hefty fellow in his early 50s, turns in his letter of resignation. It turns out that when he was separated from his wife, the deputy spent a "lost weekend" in Atlantic City where a woman in her 30s came on to him in a rendezvous that ended with a hotel room tryst.
After the deputy got home, he received a letter from the woman's lawyer saying she would sue him for sexual assault unless he pays her $50,000. Viewers are assured no assault was involved, but that the deputy doesn't have the cash to pay even if he were so inclined. Rather than bring negative attention to the NYPD, he decides to resign.
Selleck's character is torn. He wants to honour his deputy's wishes, but hates to lose such an upstanding, loyal colleague whom he thinks is being treated unfairly.
So the question becomes: Does the police commissioner accept the resignation or does he find a way to make the deputy's problem go away? Ultimately, he confides in his father and asks him to lean on his buddies to make contact with the blackmailer, using whatever old-school ways they must, to resolve the matter. The commissioner doesn't want to know the details, just wants it done.
"Are you sure?" his father asks him, knowing his son's proclivity for playing by the book. He is and so the deed is done. By the next morning, the blackmailer's lawyer contacts the deputy and the matter disappears.
"What would you have done?" my wife asks me, recognizing that I am neither a fictional police commissioner nor Tom Selleck. The truth is that I don't know. But the choice the commissioner made seemed true to his character. He valued helping the deputy to retain his job and escape the blackmail more than he valued sticking to his code of always going by the book.
For the commissioner, placing that one value over the other was the right thing to do. But he must rest with the fact that he has gone from being a black-and-white kind of guy to one who now operates in shades of grey like his father had.
Ultimately, each of us may find ourselves facing such decisions where adhering to one value results in violating another. In such stark moments, the question in real life becomes whether or not we are prepared to make such decisions as well as how we live with them afterward.
Jeffrey L. Seglin is a lecturer in public policy and director of the communications program at Harvard's Kennedy School. Send your ethical questions to email@example.com


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Majestic Beasts in Population Scare
Extensive research into the population of such mammals as lions, zebras and giraffes has resulted in some alarming results, which in short show that the average for their population is down 59% since 1970. This news shows a large loss of large mammals across the continent of Africa which is something which those who run national parks must address and attempt create a solution which can bring about a steady increase. While the animal's welfare and security from extinction is the main priority here, many see this as an ever fading chance to some of the Earths gracious creatures for the last time.
The protection of animals within the national parks needs to be heightened, though at the same time major interference in their natural lives is something that should be avoided. Of course much of Africa's tourism income comes as a result of its national parks which offer safaris and the chance to see animals that most tourists will have only seen on TV or captive in a zoo. The Zoological Society of London conducted many aerial surveys which accounts for 69 species in 78 protected areas throughout Africa from the period between 1970 and 2005. These studies are the source of the information which has highlighted the decline in the animal's populations.
The good news that came from the studies is that the decline has begun to slow over the last decade or so and with the continuous improvement of the facilities and management the numbers should begin to return to normal.


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LUNENBURG, N.S. — A Nova Scotia distillery is sending its spirits on an around-the-world trip on a tall ship, promising it will taste better for the journey.
Four barrels of rum from Lunenburg's Ironworks Distillery will spend the next 15 months in the cargo hold of the three-masted tall ship Picton Castle.
The Lunenburg-based ship is best known for its adventurous sail training voyages, and "this will be their 7th and last complete around-the-world circle," said Ironworks co-owner Lynne MacKay.
They decided to mark its final around-the-world trip with rum that will be bottled upon return in May 2019 as 'Round the World Rum.
The tall ship had been scheduled to set sail out of Lunenburg on Monday, but the sailing was postponed until Tuesday or Wednesday.
MacKay said Captain Daniel Moreland is keeping the rum secure in the hold, under lock and key.
"Everybody's making jokes — 'You're sending rum barrels to sea and your expect them to come back whole, that's a joke!' But they're pretty well secured. We sent it out under the auspices of Excise Canada and all of those customs things so that what goes out will come back, and we have faith that it will," she said.
MacKay said the other main comment is "Why?"
"Aside from the sheer sexiness of the idea, there is theory and chemistry that supports the fact that rum at sea ages better. The movement of the ocean changes the nature of the aging process. The movement of the spirit in the oak actually makes it a more complex and interesting spirit when it arrives back on land," she said.
It's part of rum history: In the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries when Caribbean rum was shipped to the U.K. and other points, people noticed the spirit was much better at the end of the voyage than when it started.
Some of the Picton Castle rum has already been aging in Hungarian oak barrels for a few years.
"We're anticipating this one will come back kind of a medium amber colour, and we're not going to be fussing with that colour at all. We want it exactly the way it comes out," she said.
MacKay said the lengthy voyage gives them more than a year to promote the rum and the programs offered by the Picton Castle to train people how to sail such large ships.
Some of the proceeds from the rum will go to support the Picton Castle programs.
Ironworks Distillery opened in June 2010 in a renovated blacksmith's shop in the downtown of the coastal community, west of Halifax.
MacKay said they originally looked at making different spirits but felt a moral imperative to make rum.
"Just because of the history of Lunenburg, the history of the Atlantic Ocean, and the history of rum and sailing. So many things conspired to make it the logical choice," she said.
MacKay said a lot of people have asked to get their name on a list to be able to buy the 'Round the World rum, but said they won't consider a list until sometime next year.
Links to the voyage will be posted on the distillery's website and social media sites.
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Are the Noughties really the 90s?
We're on the brink of a recession, more and more of us are reactivating our Take That fan club memberships, and even Doc Martens are in the shops again. While the first half of the Noughties had us believing the 80s were here to stay, the leg warmers have finally slipped, giving way to a 90s revival, stated an article in The London Paper today.
It's not just the fickle world of fashion, with MC Hammer's saggy 'You Can't Touch This' harem trousers (sorry, I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole, even if Marc Jacobs says they're cool). The 90s are popping up all over the place.
From a softer-round-the-edges New Kids On The Block, Spice Girls and, this week, Boyzone, the charts could have you thinking you've regressed 10 years. Even the Gallagher brothers are on the comeback trail, with a new album. Amy Winehouse is the new Courtney Love, Pete Doherty our Kurt Cobain; Gordon Brown a not-so-grey John Major and Kate Middleton a younger Princess Diana.
The 90s revival has even crossed the Atlantic, with whispers of a brand-new series of teen drama Beverly Hills 90210 for next year. As the proud owner of a pair of silver 90210 hi-top trainers when I was nine years old, the news makes one person happy at least... It's just a shame the economy's in the same state as it was all those years ago, or I'd shell out for another pair for old time's sake!
Dan Pinch of PSFL.com, which reports on the latest innovations and trends, had his own explanation behind it all:
"As the kids of the 80s are increasingly distracted making families and paying off mortgages I guess it makes sense that the kids of the 90s (now in their twenties) are in control of youth culture. Stand by for combat trousers, Ragga-Jungle and Speed Garage in hipster bars near you very soon!"
What would you bring back from the 90s? We'd love to know - good or bad!


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BULLETIN BOARD: Oakdale, Lake Elmo, Maplewood & Ramsey Co. Review - November 12, 2017
Adult game night
Come to the Oakdale Public Library Nov. 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. to play tabletop games with fellow game enthusiasts. The library will provide games ranging from Uno and Connect Four to Splendor and Carcassonne, or you can bring your own to share. The Oakdale Library is located at 1010 Heron Ave. N.
Take Apart Party,
The Oakdale Public Library is hosting a Take Apart Party Nov. 18 from 2-3 p.m. See how electronics work on the inside by taking them apart. Participants will be provided with tools, safety goggles, and old electronics to dissect and explore. For ages 8-12, registration is required. The Oakdale Library is located at 1010 Heron Ave. N. Register at the library or call 651-730-0504.
Painting Pet Portraits
Come to the Oakdale Public Library Nov. 18 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and experiment with different kinds of painting, drawing and collage materials to make a unique, colorful and fun portrait of your favorite pet or animal. Various pattern, texture and mark-making techniques will be covered and multiple images created to take home. No need to bring your pet, just a picture to work from. Art supplies will be provided. For more information, call 651-730-0504 or visit the Information Desk. Registration is required, and the class limit is 20. The Oakdale Library is located at 1010 Heron Ave. N. Register at the library or call 651-730-0504.
Oakdale indoor market
The Oakdale indoor market is hosted at the Oakdale Discovery Center on alternating Saturdays November through March. The next market will be held Nov. 25. and will offer products from over 20 local vendors including baked goods, jams, cheeses, meats, canned goods, sweets, salsas, strudels, jewelry, essential oils and more. The Discovery Center is located at 4444 Hadley Ave. N., Oakdale.


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Fra Bartolommeo and the Vision of Saint Bernard: An Examination of Savonarolan Influence
Tadlock, Stephanie Lee
Colantuono, Anthony
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Fra Bartolommeo was considered one of the finest High Renaissance painters from the late fifteenth-century to the beginning of the twentieth-century, but there has been a void in recent scholarship regarding his contributions to the period. A staunch supporter of Savonarola, his works are largely religious in nature. Following the taking of his vows, it is believed that Fra Bartolommeo intended to permanently retire from painting. The Vision of Saint Bernard was the first painting executed by Fra Bartolommeo after his four-year retirement. At first glance, it is a typical depiction of a theme popular in Florence during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth-centuries. However, a reading of this image in connection with Fra Bartolommeo's mentor Savonarola, suggests the friar decided to return to his former vocation in order to promulgate Savonarolan ideas.


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Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Writer: Michel Hazanavicius
Year: 2011
Cast: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman
To make a silent film that straightforwardly copies the style of the 1920s would be a gimmick. To put it simply, filmmaking has moved on. That is not to say that it has got better or worse – many silent films from that era are wonderful, but they are products of their time. Merely recreating an old-fashioned silent film in the modern age is impossible. It would seem hollow.
With The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius does not attempt to make a 1920s film, however much he borrows from them. Yes, it is shot in black and white in an old-fashioned ratio, the soundtrack is heavily reminiscent of the era, and there is no dialogue until the very end, but The Artist's strength lies in the way it uses these aspects of the silent film, and transforms them into something else – something modern and self-reflexive.
The film would not work otherwise. Its occasional breaks into irony are necessary, whether achieved by the use of sound or colour, or any other quirks of the style. The clearest example is during the star George Valentin's (Jean Dujardin) nightmare, which sees him thrust into a threatening world of everyday sound. The strength of the silent world that Hazanavicius has created means that the rift caused by sound is unnerving, but the irony is that the film, like any other, is not set in a silent world at all. The scene works because we can empathise, yet to empathise in that scenario should be absurd.
Our sophisticated position as viewers from a distant future makes the on-screen action appear quaint, but this only deepens our connection with the characters. The Artist maintains a relationship between the audience and the screen that is rarely seen. In a crowded cinema, there were few who didn't smile for the majority of the film, few who didn't laugh out loud, and few who didn't feel compelled to applaud at the end. If nothing else, The Artist is a charmer.
In part this is down to the story, which depicts a silent film star, Valentin, who falls in love with an upcoming actress, Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), before his career is ruined by the arrival of the talkies. His character is not entirely sympathetic, showing from the beginning a clear ambivalence to his wife and eventually becoming extremely jealous in the wake of Peppy's success, but the desire for him and the romance to succeed never deteriorates. Like any true silent film star, Dujardin is larger than life and infinitely expressive, which is where his charm lies. He is also permanently accompanied by his dog, Uggie, who more than once steals the show.
As it reaches its finale, the film becomes fairly dark. The black and white is used perfectly to deepen the mood and the music becomes increasingly melodramatic. Valentin's downfall is touching and his perilous position is starkly contrasted to the dancing and frivolity that come before it. That is the beauty of making a film in this way – the contrasts – it forces distinction and doesn't allow for subtlety, and if the film can bring the audience with it, as The Artist does, it makes for an enchanting experience.
There is nothing difficult or subjective about the film. It is designed to appeal to a wide audience, somewhat ironically given that many will dismiss it simply for the fact of its silence. It is very funny, and appeals to a sense of humour which everyone possesses to an extent, something most comedies are unable to do. However, it is not perfect. It is only gimmicky once, but unfortunately the gimmick comes at a crucial moment. It is a moment that has elsewhere been praised and will divide audiences, but one that is disingenuous and uses the medium in a way that manipulates the audience into thinking something has happened when it has not. Hazanavicius strikes a false note at the dramatic climax, and in a word the connection is broken. Bang! But only for a moment.


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I just received my Fly Pro, and I cant be happier. This is my second Moto (also have a Fantom Cross CX bike) as the Fly was bought to replace my 2004 Jamis Dakar Pro that was recently stolen.
Even though I loved the Jamis, I spent most of my time on my rigid singlespeed. So when I had to replace it, a hard-tail seemed the obvious choice. I had drooled over the Ti-Fly for almost a year, but didnt want to spend that sort of coin on a bike that was only ever going to get limited love.
I am 49 and weigh 185lb and rarely race. I wanted something lightweight but didnt break the bank. My only reservation was the Sid fork, as I had heard that it was best suited to lighter (<160lbs). I am not the most graceful rider and often end up taking the bumpiest option through rock gardens. So when I found out the 2009 Sid now came with 32mm stanchions and 4 of travel, it became a no-brainer.
OUT OF THE BOX UPS manage to deliver the box without any major impacts/damage (a first for them). The bike was mostly built up. However what was disappointing was the front disc was not mounted to the wheel and the caliper was also not mounted. You were also left to figure out the best routing for the brake line. Not a big problem, but I have no idea why they did this (the back was fully assembled). As for the rest of the bike, whoever put it together did a first rate job. Not only did I not find a single bolt that needed attention, they nailed both the front and rear derailleur adjustments...perfectly. Remarkably, they also aced my saddle height as well as my saddle-to-stem position. However, they did fail on the seat angle (they had it perfectly level and I like it minus 5 degrees). As Meatloaf once said...two out of three aint bad.
COMPONENTS I really think they aced this one with a great balance of quality, performance and budget parts. For a bike that sells for $1200, you cant have full XTR and Thomson/King components. You have to choose your parts wisely, and make compromises in the less critical areas. The XT rear D, and LX front D/shifters are a perfect example. As are the Ritchie bar/stem/seatpost. The jury is still out on the Vuelta wheelset, as I need to get a bunch of miles in before I am comfortable with the durability. My CX bike has Vuelta wheels and they have been outstanding. True out of the box and only one broken spoke (my fault) in approx 1,000 road miles. However, I am 185lbs and like to pick the odd fight with a large rock/tree etc, so I am interested to see how these light weight wheels stand up over the long-haul.
I never liked my XT hydraulic brakes on the Jamis, as I had all sorts of problems with them. My SS has BB7s and they are bomb-proof, so I was excited to see the Juicy 7s (until I read the reviews AFTER I bought the bike).
I did read a bunch of negative comments about the tires/saddle/cassette that to be honest, I did find this little puzzling. The FlyPro is a lightweight cross-country race bike, so what do you expect? If you cant climb a hill in 22/28, do you really think that you will save that much time dumping onto the 34t cog or even walking? Ride a singlespeed for a couple of months and learn how to climb.
The frame is by Kenisis, so I dont have any reservations about quality. I checked out all of the welds, and whoever glued these tubes together, sure knows who to lay down a sweet bead. Weld quality is outstanding.
THE TEST DRIVE WOW...unbefreakingleavable. I have never ridden a bike that was so fast out of the blocks, cornered like it was on rails and climbed like a caffeinated goat. I just love the way this puppy performs. Shifting is effortless (although switching from dual-control, back to traditional shifters does require a relearning curve).
The SID was a piece of cake to set up, with the setting printed right on the fork leg. You really have to work hard to get it wrong. The blow-off settings are suggested, but of course you can experiment. The same for rebound pressure. The lock-out is manual (lever mounted on top of fork leg), but very easy to operate (better than my old Fox).
As I said, acceleration is instant and feels almost effortless. I ride a lot of tight/twisty areas and I found I was much faster through these sections. Coming out of corners I found I was able to get up to speed much earlier.
The Ritchie bars are a little narrower than my old bars, and will take some getting used to. On one hand, I think they help a lot in the tight sections (probably one of the main reasons it handles so well) but out of the saddle climbs feel really strange. I would guess they are 1 to 2 narrower than I am used to. I really like to ream on my bars when I stand and stomp, so the narrowness takes some getting used to. Ill leave it a month or so before deciding their fate.
I did have some reservations about the skinny saddle. I love my Brooks and thought the Skye would take some getting used to. I have six rides under my belt, but to be honest I have zero issues. Certainly not as cushy as the Brooks, but more than adequate. Well see how my butt holds up after an epic ride.
If you read the Juicy 7 reviews you would have serious reservations about these brakes. Sorry to buck the trend but I love them. At the end of my first ride (1 hour road) they outperformed my XTs. Each subsequent ride they got a little bit better. Stopping power is fantastic and modulation great. I think this will get better with time. I havent experienced any of the turkey gobble people have been complaining about. They do squeal when they get wet, but then again, so do my BB7s/XTs. The minute they dry off...silence.
The other reviews that had me nervous were for the Kenda Klimax tires. Many people complained about side-wall tears and poor handling. I ride rocky/rooty terrain with a lot of hardpack clay/loose gravel. I dont have enough miles on them yet to give a fair assessment but from what I have seen so far I am impressed. I am sure there lightness is THE main reason for the explosive accelerated, but they are skinny, and no-way are they the claimed 1.95 I havent taken the callipers to them but would guess 1.75/1.80 max. However, they handle remarkably well for such a skinny tire (except on loose gravel). Given I am now riding faster through a lot of these familiar sections, in the dry I have yet to see anything they couldnt handle . When it gets a little damp, it is a different story. They certainly arent a great all-around tire, but on fast hardpack...they rock.
Climbing, this baby shines. It doesnt make much sense to me that a bike that is seven pounds lighter will climb that much better with a rider that weighs 185lbs. I cant explain the science other than...it just does. I fly up hills that once gave me trouble.
NEGATIVES To be honest not many. The Ritchie Hex foam grips are gonna have to go. I dont think grips themselves are that bad, but Ive had problems with sore hands for a long time, and had settled on Oury Rouges. I have been kicking around the idea of try-out the Ergon grips, I will also probably go with bar ends to see if that helps me with climbing, so I may end up trying out the GC2s (grip/bar-end combo).
The front cable tabs on the top tube are quite close to the stem. This forces the cable housing to rub on the head tube. The brake housing was deliberately left off this tab, due to the tight radius required. Certainly not a biggie, just a minor annoyance.
UPGRADES/CHANGES - The Klimax tires dont have a lot of tread so I will save those for when I race. For everyday riding I will go with a slightly heavy/longer-lasting/wider tire. I will throw on a set of 2.1 tires for everyday use.
Grips, I will probably change to Ergon.
I did purchase 2x lightweight aluminum bottle cages (32g) in red...killer looking.
I also changed the no-name seatpost clamp (silver) to a Hope (red)...also killer looking and MUCH faster.
Thats about it...
CONCLUSIONS If you are looking for a lightweight hardtail race bike that is ready to race out of the box and at a killer price, look no further. I am Canadian so buying from a US-based, direct-seller does come with some inherent risk. Sure I may run into warranty issues that may result in me having to ship the bike back south. But for the money I have saved, in my humble opinion, makes it a risk worthwhile.
Something tells me the singlespeed bike isnt going to get as much love in coming months...
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4.22 O ka Pili'Ohana ka 'Oi translated by CBS to Family Comes First
Original Air Date: May 9, 2014
When Grover's daughter is kidnapped by an old nemesis, he is forced to help steal $100 million in order to get her back. Meanwhile, Wo Fat escapes prison and heads back to Oahu.
It's kind of unbelievable that season four of Hawaii Five-0 is already over. It feels like it had just started. Where did the time go? Only good thing about this is that the hiatus will most likely be over just as quick. Or not. 😉
OK, let's start with the episode. I have to tell you I started this with a really good laugh.
So, let me get this straight. You want me to believe that Wo Fat made a bomb out of his pills, which he collected for weeks, hidden in his toilet? I guess there were no cell searches, or anything like that in that Super Max? AND after blowing up his cell in a manner that the door was blasted out, but didn't harm him in any way, he just walked out of there? Sure, I believe that. I'm sorry, but this was even dumber than the claw. Well, OK, maybe not, but close. 😉
And how did the guard even know which pills to give Wo Fat? There were no markings on the tray, no name tag or anything. Huh, I guess I pay too close attention to such details.
Oh, and one more thing, didn't you also think this looked like one of those video games? Most of it didn't look real at all. Bad CGI this time.
Call me hopeless and sentimental or whatever, but this made me really happy. I was worried that she would be cut out of the credits right away. Thank you for keeping her in.
So, with Wo Fat on the run we can come to the crime of the week. Right? Nope, not yet. We have to get the silly chase with the clown car out of the way first. Yes, it was kind of funny, but it was really just a stupid filler. Why? Because we didn't see how they ended up in that car. It would have made sense if we had seen that. I felt it was just there to throw something remotely funny at the fans. I'm sorry, but I was only mildly amused by it. Guess that is not really my kind of humor. And besides this was not the first thing I wanted to see after Steve survived being captured and tortured in last week's episode.
I thought it was funny when I saw the sneak peek, but back then I still thought it was part of a plot, or a chase, or the case. But it was not. It didn't serve any purpose other than… I don't even know what purpose it served.
What I did like though was the take down. And I think you're right, Danny, it didn't make any sense. But it did sound good.
I always have to smile at the intensity Steve does everything. I really love that about the guy. And I loved to see Duke again. I think it is really great that they always find a way to get him into the story.
And a little advice for the bad guy. I would be very careful where to tug that gun.
I'm sure Steve thought 'Damn I should have shot that SOB'. How often can they let him get away? I mean, really.
"Sort of punctual." Yeah, I kinda know such people. LOL
So, Ian is back. I liked how he orchestrated this kidnapping. I really think he's one of the best villains on Five-0. Such genius potential.
I loved it how Lou's first thought was to call Steve. It shows how much he trusts and respects him. That he didn't go through with his plan didn't change that. I think his reaction was understandable.
While Lou tried to figure out what to do next to get his daughter back, Steve got disturbing news about his mother. Well, to be honest that was what I expected. So, nothing really new there.
But how ridiculous was it that she could just walk in there and have a little chat with Wo Fat? Without it being monitored and without Steve being informed about it. I mean, come on, this is a Super Max Facility, no one just walks in there and have a talk with one of the prisoners, and for sure not with one in solitary confinement. That is just stupid. But hey, the whole thing with Wo Fat's escape was totally stupid.
I must say it was kind of shocking to see Wo Fat setting that poor guy on fire. What kind of person does that? That was really gruesome and sick.
I was sure when Steve got the call from the Governor it was about Wo Fat. The real reason took me by surprise.
So, we finally met Mrs. Grover. I hope to see her more often now; I really like the actress.
I totally had to smile when Lou got all his guns out. He and Steve can open a shop with their arsenal.
I loved it how Steve went to Lou. He could have called him, but I think he was worried and wanted to make sure that he was OK. Too bad Lou didn't tell him what was going on.
And The Sentinel comes to Hawaii in the form of Agent Novak. Wow, I can't believe how long ago this fun show aired. Anyway, something about his guy just didn't feel right. But I'll get to that again soon.
Silly observation, but those SWAT cars are of a beautiful blue. I thought they were a lot darker.
Oh, come on, Lou, did you really think that was what Ian wanted from you? A truck and a bunch of uniforms? Nope, he wants you to help him steal a little money.
Now comes a cargument I truly enjoyed. I loved it how Steve finally told Danny to stop it. Stop his insensitive and hurting remarks.
Yes, Danny might be right, but that is no reason to slap it in his friend's face. You just don't do such things. And I loved it that Steve said something about it.
And what was the stupid smirk when he asked about Catherine? Sorry, but I didn't believe for one second that Danny truly cared.
What I also loved was the fact that Steve and Cath are in contact. I liked how they handled this. Not really great, but it was at least mentioned. And you could see that Steve really struggled with this, there was a lot of emotion there. That I really liked.
So, how many of you recognized this guy?
What? Nobody? Come on, need a little help? Moonlight 1.02, the guy who knew 'what' Mick was.
OK, so just that we are clear on something. From this point on they got 20 minutes until they would intercept McG and his transport, right? Which would mean that Ian also only had 20 minutes to get to the airport, park his car get into the baggage claim area, which is a closed off area by the way, go behind the scenes, drive over the airfield, get into his car again and watch the take down? That is a very short amount of time to do all that. And why the heck did he drive over the airfield anyway? What kind of car was that he was then again sitting in?
I think Five-0 has a real problem with logistics and time-frames.
And another thing, SWAT cars are not cruising around like patrol cars. They are a special unit that is called in when they are needed. It was kind of ridiculous for them just to drive around and get access to the airport like that. But doesn't really matter.
Soon after we have the fake SWAT taking over the real SWAT and Five-0. That went pretty smooth. Until they discovered there was no money in the van. And here comes my first real beef with the show. You know, when I 'complain' about all those little things I do so because it is fun to point that out. But I very seldom really mind all those little things.
Not so with this. Show, do you really want to tell me, that Steve or anyone from Five-0 really would have gone on their little trip without checking their cargo? That is just stupid. No way would Steve not have checked if the money was secure before he got in the van. No way in hell.
Them not knowing they were driving around without the money is just ridiculous.
Hint for the bad guy. Do not manhandle Grover's buddy. He gets really mad about someone mistreating McG like that. 😉
That was pretty cool how they got out of that situation.
So, now they finally learn what was going on with Grover. And about Ian. Not such a nice surprise. Guess they never thought to hear from him again.
One thing is for sure they need to find Agent Novak to get that money back.
Now Five-0 was finally investigating a crime. Two actually. The kidnapping and the stolen money.
And with Kono's help back at HQ it didn't take them long to get a lead. Unfortunately when they get there… no money, and no Novak.
Of course Five-0 would not give up, so after just a short while they had a new solid lead. And a surprise visitor. That's right, Ian, he is the boss, and he still got it. 😉 Even though I thought it was kind of strange to let him go like that.
In true team spirit they would go forward together. Even if it was risky and Lou thought it was just his problem. But he's wrong about that.
And together they did it. They took down the gang, and they got the money.
By the way, do you think they have dents in their cars now?
Huh, that was for sure an interesting development. His daughter walked into a precinct, safe and sound? Didn't really see that one coming.
They didn't have to hand over the money, and father and daughter were reunited.
That was a nice touch with the Five-0 seal.
After they are reunited we learned how she got away and what happened to Ian. I think it's a real shame that he's dead. He was such a great villain.
But seriously? Wo Fat saved her? How did he even know that she was kidnapped, or where she was?
And he did it so she could get a message to Steve? Didn't he hear of a phone, email or even snail mail? This was just stupid again.
I loved it how Steve wanted to go with Grover and back him up when he talked to the Governor. It was clear that Grover's actions would have consequences.
Some might wonder why did Steve get away with it in 4.01 and Grover got fired? That is very simple. Five-0 did their stunt in a very public way. Their HQ was under siege and they took down a terrorist organization. That Steve also took out a SWAT team was only a small price to pay.
Besides, the Governor owed Steve one. I guess that was his payback from 3.14, or Steve simply has immunity and means back. Who knows. I mean, Denning never sent a new 'spy' after Lori left, now did he? So, maybe they do have an understanding. But Grover doesn't fall under that. But he will soon, and I bet the Governor is happy to keep him on the force. I think he understood why Grover did what he did but had no choice but to fire him over it. If he wanted to or not.
Anyway, in the end everything works out.
Of course Grover wouldn't be without a job for long. And playing golf all day long is for sure not his idea of a life.
So, he gets offered a spot on Five-0 and takes it.
So, that's it. Season over. Am I happy with the end of the season? Kind of.
Who says a season finale has to be dramatic? I mean, seriously, the fans will tune in next season either way. And do you really think any other person who by poor chance saw any finale sits down in awe and decides just because of that episode to watch next season? Highly unlikely.
So, we don't really need a big dramatic season ender with a huge cliffhanger. I don't really need that. Besides they will never be able to get any better than with the ending of season 1. So, don't even try it.
I am sad about that we didn't get Steve as the last picture though. That was kind of a tradition the last three seasons.
This was a really good solid episode. Would I have made it a finale of the season? Probably not. I would have used last week's episode as the last one. I think that would have worked better. But what do I know?
I had a huge problem with the development of Steve and Cath's relationship after the first half of the season. That felt very strange, like they didn't know what to do with her after Kono was back. But I'm not going to discuss that here again. Other than that I truly loved this season. For me this was their best so far.
And I have high hopes for season 5. Grover and McG will be just great together. He will be a perfect fit, especially since Danny won't be in that much or for that long. Don't get your knickers in a bunch. It's not a secret that SC doesn't want to be on the show full time. It's his choice. I feel sorry for his fans, which I am not one of, so I am very happy about that development. But can fully understand all the people that are not. Anyway, I loved Lou and Steve from the second they were together. They have a great presence on screen. And I love their friendship. A lot more than I like Steve and Danny. Their friendship is a grown up one. Without any nasty and stupid comments. There is trust and respect there. And respect is something Danny doesn't even know how to spell it. Yes I despise his character at times, and that is why I'm so very happy to have someone like Grover there for Steve.
Since he is a male new cast member, his chances are pretty good to survive Five-0 for a bit longer. I truly hope so.
So, what did I think about this episode? I think it was really good, I guess just shy of awesome. It was missing the last little kick to make it to the top.
But I did enjoy it, and I'm happy with a lot of the development in it. I loved that they at least talked about Catherine. And I'm very sure now that she will come back. Probably around Christmas. Episode 5.11 or 5.12. No idea how they will handle it, but I'm positive we haven't seen the last of her.
Wo Fat? I don't care about him. He is not an interesting character anymore for me. So I don't really care what is going to happen with him.
Before season 4 even started the EP said they won't drag out what the connection between Doris and Wo Fat is, we will learn a lot about them right away. As far as I remember we didn't learn anything about them. Doris was mentioned once or twice, and Wo Fat was not seen or heard of at all. But as I said that is the lamest and most uninteresting part of Five-0 for me. And his break-out and reappearance to save Grover's daughter was just lame.
But I'm going to lean back now and will be waiting for the hiatus to be over and the new season to begin. Won't even be that long.
I hope you will all tune back in for season 5.
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HUNTINGDON, Pa. - The Juniata men's soccer team drew with Waynesburg, 1-1, Friday evening at Gibbel Stadium.
What Happened: The Eagles started off a bit slow, getting pinned in their own half of the field before Juniata started to take control. Wyatt Page (King of Prussia, Pa./Shipley) scored one goal unassisted and almost scored another. In the 50th minute, Wayesburg tied things back up in the 50th minute. The Eagles had gotten away from their plan and Waynesburg punished Juniata for the mistake, tying the score at 1-1.
The next forty minutes were a battle with both teams getting good looks but not being able to score.
Overtime: Waynesburg had a grip on the first overtime and came close to ending the game multiple times. The Yellow Jackets came close in overtime but an excellent save by Andrew Yeich (Middletown, Pa./Middletown Area) kept the draw.
Looking Ahead: The Eagles will play Arcadia, tomorrow at 4:30


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Washington Senate Race Endorsements, MoveOn.Org and the Deaf Ears of Politicians to Whistleblowers
I got an email from MoveOn.Org last week. I am not sure how I got on their mailing list. In my blogs, I pretty much criticize everyone who I believe deserves it regardless of political party affiliation.
They were asking me who they should endorse in the Washington Senate Race (incumbent Senator Patty Murray (D) or challenger Dino Rossi (R)
They also left a space to write in a candidate. Then they left a space to write in explanatory comments. Against my better judgment, I wrote in a name in the write in slot and then explained why.
I explained that I had a problem with both the incumbent and the challenger. I clarified that the incumbent had a history of supporting her industrial campaign contributors and was willing to ignore her individual constituent's appeals to her for help when they were federal or industry employees being treated badly as whistleblowers, or threats to the corruption done by the employers. Her deafening silence has not endeared her to multiples people who've been standing up to the creeps pretty much on their own. She has been doing a lot of cheerleading for a particular very large defense contractor/aerospace corporation, despite their catalog of sins and continued mistreatment of their own employees and federal oversight employees. There is a very good reason she is known as the Senator from Boeing.
As far as her challenger, I explained that I considered him no better. He keeps whining and running for office, and his only lack is that he hasn't been in a position of power and authority so he can do exactly what Murray has been doing. So, there would be no difference; they are both disasters.
I explained that I had written in the name of my attorney, as I really found that despite commonly held views about attorneys and all the jokes, although I didn't always agree with my attorney politically, I found him to me much more ethical and honest than either of those candidates.
The next day, I got another email from Moveon.org, happily announcing they had endorsed Patty Murray who was going to help them stop all those corrupt corporations and contractors from continuing their campaign of fraud, waste, and abuse. It went on and on beyond that. After I got through shrieking and laughing myself out of my chair, I deleted it. (It's still in the trash file, should I need to get it out and post it on the blogs with annotations.) I am still plotting my blog post I will write about it.
Presently more than disgusted with nearly everyone,
Response from The Last Inspector:
LOL, G. Florence.
I know about intimately and agree with everything you wrote.
Murray did help me a tiny bit, albeit behind the scenes so as not to appear anti-Boeing.
The problem with most Democrats is they are too meek, albeit republicans are as meek in many ways (they have to be, as if they campaign honestly on what their agenda is, the vast majority of people will never vote for them).
If Murray and Democrats didn't always appear to be afraid of their own shadows on how they responded to every issue and just did what they wanted to do, they would be far more successful in the polls.
Being afraid to go up against the political power of an evil corporation like Boeing is illustrative of that.
Despite all of her bowing to Boeing, the evil management at the company stabbed her and all Boeing workers in the back by putting the second 787 line in SC.
That's what happens when you in essence make deals with devils like Boeing management.
However, despite their meekness in standing up to those forces more powerful than even a US senator, there still is no equivalency between Democrats and republicans, no matter how bad the Democrat is (except in the very few cases when the democrat actually acts like a republican when elected).
That is the falsehood that many spout out when their subconscious is desperately looking for reasons to justify voting for the other side.
Democrats are angels when compared to evil republicans, although there is never complete black and white, the following is as black and white as it gets:
Democrats are honest. Republicans are liars.
Democrats believe and legislate for what WJWD without wearing their Christianity on their sleeves. republicans believe and legislate for the opposite of what WJWD and then falsely proclaim themselves the "party of Christians and Jesus." They demonize Democrats, when it is actually themselves that are working for the head demon.
Democrats are the opposite of hypocrites; republicans are the worst hypocrites in existence. Just look at one issue–they impeached a president for lying about an affair, yet they now have several republicans in the Congress who have had affairs and even lied about them, yet their hypocritical supporters still support them, and few if any ask them to resign or ask for their impeachment (that would require not being a hypocrite).
Democrats work for the people, as the Constitution "wants," and only suck up to corporations because of our corrupt campaign finance system that gives corporations the key to politician's doors when citizens are shut out, and due to their meek natures (like Murray). Republicans work solely for corporations, and never for the people, only sucking up to the delusional and stupid people in the electorate around election time with lies and making up bogus wedge issues like the "Ground Zero Mosque," for they could never get elected if they campaigned honestly on their true beliefs. Like the devil, the only way they can convert souls is to deceive.
Democrats are the party of all sane true Christians. Republicans are the party of the American Taliban, who, like the Taliban, are doing the opposite of the "holy books" their faiths are based on. All those who fall victim to the false Christianity of the republicans will go to hell, if there is one. I am an agnostic, so I believe they can't go to a place that doesn't exist, but their sole legacy will be that they made the world hell while they were alive, whereas the democrats worked to make it a place more heaven-like and WWJD-like. If hell existed, and Jesus were alive, he would likely re-state that a republican's chance of getting into heaven is as likely as a 747 flying through the eye of a needle unscathed.
So, albeit Murray has hurt this whistleblower through almost total inaction almost as deep as my wife when she betrayed me, even I may hold my nose and vote for her, especially if she pledges to break the "senator from corrupt Boeing management" mantra. A vote for anyone else is a vote for Rossi, who is the very definition of the evil that is today's republican party. In evilness, there is no comparison. As noted, Murray is an angel compared to Rossi. If he gets in, things will be 100 times worse for us whistleblowers.
In all things perspective is needed. Anger can cloud our vision. In the long term, we need to fix the campaign finance system that republicans and the evil five on the Supreme Court back for selfish reasons, as giving more power to contribute to the powerful only enhances their goal of furthering our Plutocracy.
Once that is done, Democrats can be true Democrats, and stand up to the evils against the people like Boeing management. Rossi will always side with the evildoers.
Any republicans out there should get themselves exorcized. Anyone out there not under the influence like G Florence should regain their perspective before the election and get motivated. If you can't hold your nose and vote for Murray, work for any other Democrats out there like your country's and whistleblowers' fates depend on it, for it does.
Christian Republicans, and those "going toward the republican light (that leads to the opposite of heaven), repent now, while you can save yourselves from an earthly or unearthly hell that the republicans will attempt to bring back into existence if taking power again.


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Rugged. Good call quality. Long battery life. Powerful LED flashlight.
Huge. Outdated UI. Few features beyond voice.
Bottom Line
The Kyocera DuraPlus is a massive brick of a push-to-talk cell phone that uses Sprint's new Direct Connect service.
The Kyocera DuraPlus ($69.99) should come with a heavy machinery warning: If you drop it, it may cause damage to the machinery. The DuraPlus is a gigantic brick of a push-to-talk cell phone, and one of the first to hook into Sprint's next-generation Direct Connect service. It's a lot like Kyocera's recent DuraMax ($69.99, 3.5 stars) and DuraCore ($49.99, 3 stars), but trades their flip-style form factor for a slab design that may be easier to use out in the field. The DuraPlus is good for voice-only, push-to-talk communication, but it's a massive phone with few other features.
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Colleagues passing my desk kept stopping to comment on the huge size of the DuraPlus. At 5.3 by 2.2 by .9 inches (HWD) and a whopping 6.7 ounces, the DuraPlus is definitely not going to fit in your pocket, but it'll fit on your tool belt. Though the virtually indestructible Sonim XP3300 Force ($525, 3.5 stars) is another huge handset, it wears its size more gracefully than the DuraPlus does. The DuraPlus's exterior is made mostly of grippy, scratch-resistant black rubber, with metallic accents on the front.
The DuraPlus is a rugged phone that meets military specification 810G, which makes it resistant to dust, extreme temperatures, low pressure, rain, salt fog, shock, and vibration. It can also be submerged in up to 3 feet of water for 30 minutes. The phone survived numerous drops to the floor of the PCMag Labs, along with half an hour's worth of submersion in a container of water. A plastic screw secures the battery cover tightly, but you can easily unlock it with your fingernail.
The phone's 2-inch, 320-by-240-pixel LCD looks sharp. The font is a little small by default, but you can make it larger. The keypad has too many function keys, but at least all of the keys are large, raised, and well-spaced, which should make it possible to dial while wearing gloves. One of those function keys activates the surprisingly powerful LED flashlight on top of the phone, which may come in handy depending on your work environment.
The DuraPlus is a dual-band EV-DO Rev. A (850/1900 MHz) device with no Wi-Fi. Reception is average and voice quality is good overall. Voices sound rich and clear in the earpiece, but while the volume goes loud, it isn't loud enough to be heard in a noisy work environment. The speakerphone, however, is very clear and goes super loud, which is something we felt was lacking on the DuraCore and DuraMax. Calls also sounded good through a Jawbone Era Bluetooth headset ($129, 4.5 stars) and the Nuance-powered voice dialing worked well. Battery life was excellent at 9 hours and 27 minutes of talk time.
Direct Connect
Sprint's new CDMA push-to-talk system combines the fast Internet speeds and nationwide coverage of Sprint's CDMA network with the instantaneous push-to-talk of the old Nextel iDEN network. That's great, but it doesn't really matter for a device like the DuraPlus, which isn't built for heavy Web access.
You need to be in a Sprint coverage area in order to use the DuraPlus, but you can still make push-to-talk calls to Nextel iDEN subscribers. Direct Connect supports Call Alert With Text, which sends an audio alert and text message to another subscriber, along with Group Connect, which can connect 20 subscribers together at once. You can also use the Direct Connect button to mass-message up to 200 Direct Connect subscribers in one shot, or to send recorded messages to email addresses or handsets via text message.
For this review, I tested Direct Connect between two different DuraPlus phones. It takes about a second or to initiate the connection, after which transmissions are nearly instantaneous. Voice quality is clear and you should no trouble hearing someone, even in a noisy environment.
Apps, Multimedia, and Conclusions
Rugged form factor and Direct Connect aside, the DuraPlus is an almost featureless feature phone. The main menu is the same 12 icon grid that Sprint has used on many flip phones in the past (including the DuraCore and the DuraMax), which gives the phone a dated look and feel. To make things worse, this interface requires at least nine button presses to perform simple tasks like pairing a Bluetooth headset. There's an Access NetFront 4.1 browser for reading WAP pages, but the screen is too small and browsing is slow. There's support for TeleNav GPS Navigator, which gets you voice-enabled, turn-by-turn directions, as well as Sprint Family Locator.
There's a nonstandard 2.5mm headphone jack on the right side of the phone for voice headsets. The phone has a meager 64MB of free internal memory and no microSD card slot, but without a music or video player, this shouldn't be an issue.
If you need a loud, rugged, brick of a phone to shout commands through, the Kyocera DuraPlus is a decent choice. For the same price, the Kyocera DuraMax is a slightly smaller rugged flip phone, and adds a decent camera and a microSD card slot to the mix. The Kyocera DuraCore costs $20 less, and is essentially the same phone as the DuraMax, minus the camera. If those phones aren't loud enough for you, and you don't mind sticking with Sprint's steadily declining iDEN network, the Motorola Brute i686 ($139.99, 3.5 stars) gets you very loud push-to-talk, albeit for a higher price. And if you're really looking to take advantage of Direct Connect, the Motorola Admiral ($99.99, 4 stars) is a rugged Android smartphone with excellent multimedia features, as well as access to more than 450,000 apps in the Google Play store.
Continuous talk time: 9 hours 27 minutes
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let's play dress up
March 23, 2010
I couldn't help but notice that Aldo have a superbly cute campaign for spring 2010. Jessica Stam hasn't been around for ages, maybe because she apparently put on 5 pounds, shock horror! Maybe she discovered Ballerina biscuits?! Well of course she looks unbelievably stunning and her feline face lends so well to the kitschy pictures shot by Terry Richardson; or the guy with the glasses as I tend to remember!
By the way, as with all posts, this content isn't sponsored, I just really love the campaign! I also love/hate how at the beginning of spring you make all these plans of how you will dress during the summer. Sometimes this is great because, if you have a vision, you end up buying things you really love and impulsing. But as I found last summer, I just didn''t have enough cool places to wear my planned outfits! Things tend to fall into a super casual meet ups with friends or a night out, I never seem to have the inbetween daytime events that daily-outfit-photo bloggers flounce around in heels for. Then again it seems some girls wear 5 inches to the supermarket! This isn't really the norm around my little high street but in the summer I do get a lot wear out of vintage dresses. And I realised why I go off vintage in the winter; because a vintage dress is light and airy but I don't want to be snuggled into something that's thick with the second hand smell. Do you feel the same? Thankfully eBay is inundated with cute 60's, 70's and 80's summer dresses; Brits should utilise the US site!
But back to Jessica, these shots are totally things I want to wear for summer. There's nothing especially new but the hair is very cute and it's a reason why I don't wear accessories ever. I've tried but it's so weird to have something gangling around! The vibe here is uncluttered and carefree. I also like the way the polka dot cardigan is belted and put with little shorts and ankle socks. We all own a cardigan right?
This isn't even all the pictures! I've chose the most retro ones, but check out the video above for more and the Swedish Glamour magazine site for them all. The sandals worn with the ankle socks aren't really that mary-jane inspired, but maybe that's better because they're much more versatile? Although you do feel like you need some summery heels, but then when it's hot and sunny, I never want to clomp around in uncomfortable heels!
From excessive watching of The Hills (funny research for fashion job interviews, haha remember Stephanie's for People's Rev. in The Hills?), I'm a bit obsessed with bare legs for summer. I always wear sheer black patterned tights if I go on a night out, mostly heart or bow print at the moment. But I feel like you can wear even more makeup and have even bigger hair if you cut down your outfit, so just a dress and amazing shoes would be very cool. My go-to Topshop platform heels bit the dust a while ago and I only have the bright pink pair I randomly got from Dorothy Perkins, which aren't always practical. So while browsing the Aldo site I saw they'd made some trend sections and one was for nude shoes. Ah how great would fabulous makeup and big hair and a fierce but cute dress be with nude heels and bare legs? Hopefully would look totally cool but in a very effortless way, like you've just put on such a plain pair of heels but they're actually very cool. And I always read in magazines that nude heels are really flattering as they lengthen your legs.
The Aldo pairs are £70 each and seem quite high, but the shape is faultless. On a totally different wavelength, how about fabulous makeup, big hair, a fierce but cute dress, and some statement shoes? The Irregular Choice shoes on the right are on the Schuh site right now but wouldn't the bows drag on the floor? If you had to remove them it would be such a shame! But I found the shoes on the left in the Irregular Choice webshop and they look hottt! The peep toes is a worry for incoming stilettos of other dancing girls but I love a chunky heel with a platform.
I just had to show you this pair I also found while browsing, hahaha! Imagine if you were on a bus or something and someone got on with these. Undoubtedly fabulous but I think these could be too much on the kooky side for me! I thought the white part of the wedge was cut-out at first!
Disaster struck on Saturday night when my laptop suddenly went to battery power so the power cable seems to have broken. Or at least I hope it's only the cable! Therefore I have no internet access, no way to call home, no way to do work, no way to listen to music or watch films/TV, nada! I'm utilising the school computers all day for school work but for the past few nights I've had literally nothing to do... nothing! Like I've got about three books here and one is a Swedish tour guide, I've reread all my magazines, and there's no more to buy despite them being about a fiver each too! I'm flying hope in under 2 weeks now so there's not long to wait. It's not the end of the world! Or at least that's what I'm trying to tell myself... now I've been sat at this library computer for four hours and must take a break, but I can't go all the way home and come all the way back again. But we must always look on the bright side, so at least this is a way I can check out all the cute Swedish students for the final time! The boys here have the best complexions and cheekbones. Have a nice week!


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Multiple auto scrollers on one page
In this example I have three auto scrollers that loop endlessly in two different directions. Each scroller has a different speed. In the code on this page I've set up event handlers that pause and start the auto scrolling when you move the mouse pointer over the scrollers. Most people take it for granted that you can create as many instances of a plugin as you want on a single page and they will not interfere with each other, but this is not always true. In my work I often find plugins that work great as long as there's just one of them at the same page. If I try adding two or three instances of them on the same page they stop working or behave irrational. The reason in 9 cases out of 10 is that the developer has not isolated the instances from each other. When they share, access and alter the same data the result is chaos. This is something I've spent hours preventing from happening in Smooth Div Scroll.
If you experience a flickering in the layout when the page is loaded this could be caused by the fact that internally Smooth Div Scroll uses $(window).load when it's time recalculate the scrollable area and start the auto scrolling when content is loaded through AJAX. The reason for this is that
The CSS for this page looks like this. Please note that since the images are wrapped in link tags, I have set a style for them instead of the actual images inside them. Since link tags are not block elements by default, I have forced them to display as block elements. Otherwise Smooth Div Scroll will calculate their width to zero:
#logoParade, #logoParadeTwo, #logoParadeThree
width: 500px;
height: 75px;
position: relative;
div.scrollableArea a {
display: block;
padding-right: 25px;
float: left;
...and here's what the jQuery that initializes the scrollers looks like:
$(document).ready(function () {
autoScrollingMode: "always",
autoScrollingDirection: "endlessLoopLeft",
autoScrollingStep: 1,
autoScrollingInterval: 45,
getContentOnLoad: {
method: "getAjaxContent",
content: "ajaxContent.html",
manipulationMethod: "replace"
autoScrollingMode: "always",
autoScrollingDirection: "endlessLoopRight",
autoScrollingStep: 2,
autoScrollingInterval: 5,
getContentOnLoad: {
method: "getAjaxContent",
content: "ajaxContent.html",
manipulationMethod: "replace"
autoScrollingMode: "always",
autoScrollingDirection: "endlessLoopLeft",
autoScrollingStep: 1,
autoScrollingInterval: 15,
getContentOnLoad: {
method: "getAjaxContent",
content: "ajaxContent.html",
manipulationMethod: "replace"
The jQuery code for the event handlers looks like this:
// First logo parade
$("#logoParade").bind("mouseover", function() {
}).bind("mouseout", function() {
// Second logo parade
$("#logoParadeTwo").bind("mouseover", function() {
}).bind("mouseout", function() {
// Thirs logo parade
$("#logoParadeThree").bind("mouseover", function() {
}).bind("mouseout", function() {
As you can see i the code for the event handlers, I've taken advantage of chaining several methods on the same selector and inside the functions I've used $(this) as the selector when calling the smoothDivScroll method.
What does the AJAX content look like?
I've recieved some questions regarding the AJAX bit. What sort of content can you load and what does it look like? This functionality is not really unique to Smooth Div Scroll since I just use the one of the standard methods supplied by jQuery to load content using AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript And XML).
Internally Smooth Div Scroll uses the jQuery method $.get() to load content when the plugin initializes. When it comes to Smooth Div Scroll you probably want to load what is commonly called a page fragment. This is a piece of HTML code that is not a complete page. In the example above, the page fragment that is loaded looks like this:

If you for some reason can't load a page fragment, you can load an entire HMTL page and use filterTag to filter out just the part of that page that you want to load into the scroller.


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The Alpha-1 Kids program is dedicated to providing support, education & information for parents and families of children affected by Alpha-1.
A Patient Information and Resource Referral Line assists parents in obtaining information, locating resources and expert physicians on Alpha-1 throughout the nation. Telephone: (877) 346-3212.
A Peer Guide Program links parents with other parents as a source of information and support to families hearing the diagnosis for the first time to those who have been coping with the deficiency for years.
A Genetic Counseling Program is a resource for parents. A certified genetic counselor can answer all questions regarding Alpha-1, its genetic implications and considerations for additional family testing. Telephone: (877) 228-7321 ext. 326.
An Alpha-1 Kids Virtual Support Group meets every other month and covers specialized topics for parents. Recordings of these calls are available on our website.
Robert Seigman Memorial Scholarship Fund
Travel scholarships are provided to newly diagnosed and returning families to attend the Alpha-1 Foundation's annual National Education Conference through the Robert Seigman Memorial Scholarship Fund. A Kids and a Teen room provide the opportunity for parents to attend the conference while their children are enjoying activities with other Alpha children and teens. Activities are planned for both groups and staffed by parents. To apply for a scholarship, email Cathy Horsak at email@example.com.
From A to ZZ
Alpha-1 Alphabet
(Age 8 & below)
Not the Only Alpha-1:
A Kid's Guide to Alpha-1
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A Teenager's Guide to Alpha-1
For the answer key for the word search puzzle in the 8-11 book, click here.
VA Alpha-1 Connection Support Group
VA Alpha-1 Connection Support Group Meeting - Richmond, VA
Reno-Tahoe Alpha-1 Support Group
Reno-Tahoe Alpha-1 Support Group Meeting - Reno, NV
Celtic Connection 2020
Thank you to our generous program sponsors.
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Sheri Scouten
Sheri grew up just north of San Francisco, California. She spent the first few years out of school on an extended road trip that wound up in Alaska where she stumbled onto a shuttle driver job for a river company out of Anchorage. After a couple weeks, she went out on her first river trip and found a passion that has gotten her through life. She started whitewater guiding and pushed off the shore rowing one stroke ahead of 'growing up'.
The water has carried her all over the world, from the jungles of Costa Rica to the beaches of Belize to the gorge of the Zambezi in Africa. Moab, Utah has been home base and Sheri guided the big water runs of Cataract and the Grand Canyon for almost three decades – where does the time go? Although she has hung up her guide paddle, she has never hung up her love for everything 'boat' and you will still find her out on the water in anything that floats.
The water has now brought her to the Pacific NW and the Wet Planet family where she will be joining us as part of our behind the scene support crew. While no longer guiding the boat, she still loves to share her passion and get people on the river to experience the wonders that only happen on the water. And after she checks you in at the front desk you might just pass her putting in her kayak for a quick river run!
Interested in becoming part of the Wet Planet team? Check out our Employment Opportunities.


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"You don't have to be 'gifted' to learn to draw like a master, but you need to have the right instructions on how you learn it."
Hi! Are you ready to join the hundreds of other art students who are using the Charles Bargue Drawing Course as an established approach to learn how to draw? – then click the button below. The Charles Bargue Drawing Course is the collected set of knowledge from centuries of academic art education and is beeing used in classical art academies throughout the world. It was developed and widely used in the mid 19th century as a foundational exercise for fine art training until modernism began to neglect skill and technique. Since the comeback of traditional values art schools and academies have been formed which follow this proven approach of the great masters as an essential process in understanding the principles of shape, proportion, value and form.
Charles Bargue is mostly remembered for his Cours de dessin, one of the most influential classical drawing courses conceived in collaboration with Jean-Léon Gérôme. The course […] was to guide students from plaster casts to the study of great master drawings and finally to drawing from the living model.
Among the artists whose work is based on the study of Bargue's platework is Vincent van Gogh, who copied the complete set in 1880/1881, and (at least a part of it) again in 1890.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bargue
In a classical atelier you start by copying two dimensional references – the Bargue plates – as perfect as possible. This teaches you to see distances, lengths and angles as well as shading. First you would make few general guidelines – the rest is built up through observation and correction. Also check out the Frequently Asked Questions.
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Charles Bargue Drawing Course digital download package:
3 videos: Figure drawing, Plaster Cast Drawing, Master Copy
+ 2 bonus videos: Cast Drawing ´Ear´, Comparison with the computer
+ 20 Hi-res Bargue plates
+ detailed instructions as PDF
+ 2 free ebooks
+ 140 academic drawings
This digital download package contains 20 Hi-res Bargue plates in a restored version for printing them out on your desktop printer or in a copy shop. Note that this package contains nudity. If you feel offended by nudity please abstain from buying.
This digital download package contains:
- 3 step by step videos (1 x Figure Drawing, 1 x Bargue Plaster Cast Drawing, 1 x Master Copy – Nude woman by Pierre Paul Prud'hon)
- 2 bonus videos (1 x Cast Drawing of an ear plaster cast, 1 x Instructions on how to compare your drawing with the computer)
- 20 Bargue Plates
- 3500 x 4900 pixels
- instructions on how to approach the drawing exercises
- eBook "The Practice and Science of Drawing" by Harold Speed
- eBook "The Human Figure" by J.H. Vanderpoel
- 140 academic drawings
- instant download – no shipping, no waiting
In the internet you can find numerous sources for pirated Bargue plates – scanned from the book by Gerald Ackerman. Although the original Bargue plates are older than 100 years and thereby belong to the public domain, scans from this book are illegal. Additionally the prints in this book have suffered over the many years and have stains and are dirty.
The Bargue plates in this digital download package have been restored so that there is no stain or dirt distracting you.
So here is the 100% legal Charles Bargue Drawing Course with 20 restored Bargue plates in high resolution for $12.90.
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P.S. Want to learn more about how you can learn classical art?
When you've done several Bargue Drawings you are ready for the next step in learning realistic drawing. Take a look at my other website www.cast-drawing.com for further information.
In case you'd like to get even more information on how the classical ateliers teach to draw and to paint like the old masters you can visit my website www.classicalatelierathome.com.


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Fast performance. Good voice quality. Slim.
Tired OS. No Wi-Fi. Lacks a standard-size 3.5mm headphone jack.
Bottom Line
The HTC Snap is a solid, capable Windows Mobile business device, but at $149, there's not much about it that will steer Sprint customers away from the cutting-edge Palm Pre or the upcoming BlackBerry Tour.
The HTC Snap is an example of Microsoft's new position in the smartphone market: selling business-oriented, low-cost, Windows Mobile smartphones, while conceding the cutting edge to RIM, Apple, Palm, and Google. Like the Samsung Jack on AT&T, it's a solid device, but aside from its brisk performance, it doesn't stand out.
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The Snap is a typical Sprint dual-band (850/1900 MHz) EV-DO Rev A handset. There's no Wi-Fi radio, which is becoming more and more of a disappointment these days. Call quality on the Snap was fine overall, with a well-balanced tone in the earpiece and decent wind rejection in the mic. Reception was slightly weaker than my benchmark BlackBerry Pearl 8130 on Sprint, though the Snap had no trouble holding onto an EV-DO signal even in rural areas northwest of Boston. It paired automatically with a Plantronics Voyager Pro Bluetooth headset; hands-free calls sounded smooth and clear. The speakerphone also sounded good, with plenty of volume for outdoor use. Battery life was just average at 4 hours and 27 minutes, despite the large 1500 mAh battery.
Boot up the Snap and you'll find a home screen that leans toward simplicity rather than clutter. Press the control pad down and the Snap scrolls through common tasks, such as voice mail, new e-mail, calendar appointments, and a local weather forecast. Inside, there's a Qualcomm MSM 7225 CPU running at 528 MHz, along with 256MB ROM and 192 MB RAM. These specs are plenty for making Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard feel fast in daily operation.
For e-mail, the Snap syncs with Microsoft Outlook and Exchange Server and supports Microsoft Direct Push E-mail. The Snap also features HTC's cool Inner Circle feature, which launches with a dedicated key (at the bottom right corner of the QWERTY keyboard). Inner Circle lets you add important contacts from your address book and then consolidate e-mail from them in one place, regardless of which e-mail account received the messages. The Snap can also view and edit Word and Excel documents but can't create them from scratch. It can display PowerPoint presentations, but not edit them.
For Web browsing, the upgraded Internet Explorer Mobile 6 offers zoom support and a mouse cursor. But I still recommend Skyfire 1.0 for proper mobile Web browsing. The Snap's instant messaging client works with AIM, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger. Sprint users who sign up for a Simply Everything plan will get all of the carrier's usual smartphone niceties on the Snap, including the excellent TeleNav-powered Sprint Navigation, live Sprint TV, and Sprint's NASCAR and NFL Mobile Live portal access.
There's no standard-size headphone jack; HTC includes a clumsy, bulky dongle in the box for wired headphone use. Music sounded clear and bright over a paired set of Motorola S9-HD stereo Bluetooth headphones, though it took two tries to get them to pair properly. You can also buy music over the air from the Sprint Music Store. The Snap played transcoded WMV movies in full screen mode at a beautifully smooth frame rate. I was all set to declare the handset a great video player, until I realized that the audio kept falling out of sync with everyone's lips within moments of starting files.Next: Camera >


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#PitToilet Death exposes Apartheid thinking.
Our radio is on Radio 702 all day, I listen, I smile, I use this station, their presenters and their listeners / callers, as a barometer to measure the level of Apartheid, that still exists in our country.
For the past eight years, this media community, have attacked President Jacob Zuma, and the ANC, 700 corruption charges, rape, State Capture, you name it.
I have a little respect for President Jacob Zuma,he is the only Black leader who has blamed Apartheid for the problems we face today.
The 702 radio community, would criticise the President for blaming Apartheid, they would loudly acclaim that Apartheid is dead and buried.
Kaalvoet de la Harpe, on a daily basis will tell his international tourists that Apartheid is still alive and well, that he does not respect the Apartheid Museum as Apartheid is not dead, the day that he finds white people visiting the communities in the Rural Villages and Townships, Kaalvoet would celebrate the end of Apartheid.
Back to the Pit Toilet death, and my sympathies to the family, the school principal, the school teachers, and the school community.
702 Apartheid and Racist comments that are heard, are something like the following one;
The Government should be ashamed, it is because it is a black child, that they only value the child's life at R 450 000,00.
The Presenter accepts this, allowing the 702 community to escalate their anti-government, black on black abuse, leaving the community to believe that, had this child been white, and had the government been white, the parents would have been paid R 2 000 000,00.
Why does Kaalvoet link the comments heard on Radio 702, to 'Pit Toilet Death exposes Apartheid thinking'?
The comments never refer to the fact that 80% of all blacks living in rural village communities, use Pit Toilets, they have no option.
Most of the black people living in the informal squatter communities, use the 'Plastic Toilet" system, and when the bowl is full, a child would drown if a child fell into the bowl.
The elders, the parents, the families, need to protect their children from Pit Toilet Deaths, and Plastic Toilet Deaths, on a daily basis.
How do they achieve this?
Many keep the door locked, forcing the children to use the ground, many young children are skilled at protecting themselves.
When it gets to the school environment, the Principal and Teachers, may have 300 children, most, 'skilled' at keeping themselves safe in the face of the Pit Toilet, and an accident can happen.
The Radio 702 community, show no empathy for the Principal, the Teachers, or the community, facing issues that are directly linked to our mutual heritage.
The Radio 702 community, call for the Government to pay the additional R 1 550 000,00 to compensate the family fully, but have we heard of caller, one Presenter, even mention the millions of children, that need to survive the Pit Toilet Death, every day.
To the White South Africans, and elite Blacks, Colonisation and Apartheid caused the Pit Toilet Death problem, if it was not for the Coloniser, our Blacks would be the wealth of South Africa today, the Townships would not exist today, Black Poverty would not exists, and our Rural Villages would have developed off the elite and middle class blacks, if we had allowed it.
Please do not attack, unless you give some Enlightened Thinking to the problem.
Kaalvoet de la Harpe


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All Cardio Pilates classes are at the Potrero Hill Studio
Cardio Pilates is on a summer hiatus until September 4th!
Schedule: Mon./Wed./Fri./ 9:15am – 10:30am
- $35 – Drop-in
- $165 – 5 pack
- $315 – 10 pack
Are you looking to add a cardio element to your Pilates practice and enjoy the great outdoors? Then this is the perfect class for you.
An invigorating and inspiring workout. Cardio pilates combines outdoor stair walking/running, interval training and Pilates based circuit training using mat, foam rollers, light weights, springboards Pilates arcs and Wunda Chair.
Mixed level, appropriate for pre/postnatal/diastasis or just plain human.
P.S. Did you know you can book classes in advance via your phone easily with the MindBody App? Click the button below, download, and type "Preggo Pilates" in the search to find the class schedule with Stephanie's offerings + book direct with more ease!


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Scandinavian Airlines' A330 Makes World's First Green Approach
Flying circles around the airfield ad nauseum before making that final approach does more than merely annoy eager passengers. In the process, the plane burns massive amounts of jet fuel and spews clouds of noxious emissions in to the air.
Having accepted that airplanes aren't going to be flying on ethanol any time soon, Scandinavian Airlines has adopted a greener flight advent method known as Continuous Descent Approach (CDA). The technique doesn't utilize any hi-tech equipment not employed during normal flight. Instead, the plane follows a different descend trajectory, which drastically reduces the use of engine boost. Last week Scandinavian Airlines' Airbus A330 completed its first transatlantic commercial flight using CDA .
According to Flight Global, the "green approach is estimated to save approximately 150kg (330lb) of aircraft fuel and 470kg of carbon dioxide per landing and builds on SAS's experience of more than 2,000 A-CDAs using its Boeing 737 fleet in Sweden."


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Washington, DC— Hydrogen—the most abundant element in the cosmos—responds to extremes of pressure and temperature differently. Under ambient conditions hydrogen is a gaseous two-atom molecule.
Washington, DC— A team including Carnegie's Malcolm Guthrie and George Cody has, for the first time, discovered how to produce ultra-thin "diamond nanothreads" that promise extraordinary properties, including strength and stiffness greater than that of today's strongest nanotubes and polymer fibers.
Washington, DC— Gallium arsenide, GaAs, a semiconductor composed of gallium and arsenic is well known to have physical properties that promise practical applications.
Washington, DC — A team of scientists led by Carnegie's Lin Wang has observed a new form of very hard carbon clusters, which are unusual in their mix of crystalline and disordered structure. The material is capable of indenting diamond.
Washington, DC—Breaking research news from a team of scientists led by Carnegie's Ho-kwang "Dave" Mao reveals that the composition of the Earth's lower mantle may be significantly different than previously thought. These results are to be published by Science.
Washington, DC—New research shows that a remarkable defect in synthetic diamond produced by chemical vapor deposition allows researchers to measure, witness, and potentially manipulate electrons in a manner that could lead to new "quantum technology" for information processing.
Washington, DC—Table salt, sodium chloride, is one of the first chemical compounds that schoolchildren learn. Standard chemistry textbooks say that sodium and chlorine have very different electronegativities and thus must form an ionic compound with a well-defined composition.
Washington, DC— Life originated as a result of natural processes that exploited early Earth's raw materials.