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Thursday, December 10, 2009
The December issue of Lonny has arrived!
66 comments:
- Smitten Design said...
oh I can't wait to start reading!
- December 10, 2009 at 9:18 AM
- Supabloggasuprememama said...
I'm so stinking excited! you rock! ;)
- December 10, 2009 at 10:35 AM
- Maurenice said...
OMG....I am jumping up and down Michelle! I love love what I see so far! MUAHHHHHHHHHHH my girl!
- December 10, 2009 at 10:49 AM
- eva ravenstein said...
wonderful, as always, thank you!!! (now you must deserve a little break...maybe some a nice mulled wine and a good book, i'm reading everything by doris lessing right now:)
- December 10, 2009 at 11:03 AM
- LindsB said...
Michelle another AMAZING magazine put together by you and your team- I can not wait to sit down with a glass (or bottle) of wine and go through the whole thing!! The day Lonny comes out may just be my new favorite day of the month :)
- December 10, 2009 at 11:22 AM
- Angie said...
LOVED it!!! Esp the Mid Summer Outdoor Party!!!!!!
- December 10, 2009 at 11:47 AM
- chelsea said...
Thank you!!!! You are doing an amazing job with the magazine. The photography, styling and layout are just fantastic and I think it's one of the few magazines I am excited about right now.
I would LOVE to someday see it in the format of a website instead of a flip book, which I find difficult to navigate. It would also be great to be able to link to particular stories (maybe you can and I just don't know how.)
Thanks again for taking the initiative to create such an amazing magazine!
- December 10, 2009 at 1:38 PM
- Carol Johnson said...
I just read about Lonny in Vanity Fair over the weekend. As a marketing director for an interior design firm, I cannot tell you how refreshing this is. With all the recent shelters closing, my p.r. options kept on getting smaller. Now, a new door has opened. I thank you for being a risk taker and you can be sure you'll be getting emails from me with relevant story ideas for Lonny readers. Good luck Michelle!!!!
- December 10, 2009 at 2:13 PM
- Mango Gal said...
I absolutely loved it! Beautiful images and so inspiring!
Is there a way to access the first issue? I want to start printing them out so that I can keep them for future reference. Please e-mail me if there is. E-mail is attached to my profile.
- December 10, 2009 at 2:47 PM
- Happenstance said...
Hooray! Thank you for letting us know. I swear I've been checking almost every day for the last week now! Love your blog btw :) Congrats on the new issue, can't wait to peruse!
- December 10, 2009 at 3:12 PM
- the mouse said...
Ohmygosh it's stunning! Issue Two is even better than your First (is that possible?) Thank you for creating such a beautiful product... I can't stop reading!
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- December 10, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Wow. I think issue 2 is even better than the first. It is just blowing my mind.
- December 10, 2009 at 4:36 PM
- Kimberlee said...
yippee, an early christmas present, I'm spoilt! xx
- December 10, 2009 at 4:39 PM
- paula said...
It's brilliant! Love every detail. Thank you to you and your team.
- December 10, 2009 at 4:46 PM
- Lisa said...
I anyone else having an issue with the images in the magazine not loading? At lonnymag.com on about half of the pages I can just see the text on a red background :(
- December 10, 2009 at 4:57 PM
- Alaina @ Live Creating Yourself said...
Hurrah! Amazing, again!
My favorite piece is the one about J.Crew's Upper East Side store. I'll have to visit next time I'm in NYC.
- December 10, 2009 at 5:40 PM
- SimplyGrove said...
Cant wait to read all of it tonight!!! xx
- December 10, 2009 at 6:10 PM
- Jackie Von Tobel said...
It's absolutely fantastic and I am in awe of your hard work. What a great Christmas gift for all of us. Thank You !!!
- December 10, 2009 at 8:07 PM
- Whitney English said...
LOVE! amazing!! bravo!
- December 10, 2009 at 9:53 PM
- Suzy said...
Yay! Another great issue, congrats!
- December 10, 2009 at 10:48 PM
- kellib. said...
yay! looks fantastic! your short hair looks great michelle! happy holidays!
- December 10, 2009 at 10:59 PM
- Full House said...
Michelle...how do I even begin to tell you how much I love Lonny. Honestly, my night has been made now after I have read through Decembers issue. It is jam packed with so much inspiration. I was dying over J. Crew in NY.
Thank you so very much!
- December 11, 2009 at 1:06 AM
- the NEO-traditionalist said...
I really didn't think there was any possible way you could top the premier issue and yet, you've gone and done it! Amazing!!! Love the shots of J.Crew---one of my favorite shops on earth. Posted it on the NEO-trad this morning!
XXXX Kate
- December 11, 2009 at 11:02 AM
- Ivy Lane said...
Great issue Michelle!! I loved the story on J. Crew... what a gorgeous interior space! I would love to work there everyday amoungst all those pretties!!
- December 11, 2009 at 11:21 AM
- Katherine Lee said...
it was a great issue my dear! i'm so proud of you, and hope all is well in NYC!
xo katherine aka. urbanflea
- December 12, 2009 at 1:29 PM
- Julie said...
LOVE Lonny! LOVE the gold lame Kate Spade wall pic. LOVE everything really. Hope one day Lonny will be a real mag I can hold in my hands and read??
- December 13, 2009 at 10:48 PM
- Tobi Fairley said...
love, love, love the new issue. It is fantastic, gorgeous, stunning...I could go on and on! I know you are SO swamped but email me when you have time. I want to talk about your fabrics. xo Tobi
- December 13, 2009 at 11:19 PM
- Porchlight Interiors said...
Another fabulous issue Michelle...loved it (especially all the Paris bits since we will be there next month)! Tracey xx
- December 14, 2009 at 2:07 AM
- The Goods Design said...
Love it SO much I'm blogging about it today!
- December 14, 2009 at 1:03 PM
- stewart and james said...
<3 <3 <3
i used to wonder what tweens were doing - those are hearts, ya know.
- December 14, 2009 at 5:15 PM
- Laura Casey Interiors said...
hi Michellle- It's fabulous and my favorite read! Can't wait to the next one!
- December 14, 2009 at 10:43 PM
- Deane and McLoughlin said...
I absolutely love the mag! It is so fresh and new! I'm just dying to get my hands on some glossy pages though.
As convenient and cheap as it is to be able to access it online - I sit on a computer all day and would love to be able to curl up with the beautiful pages away from the dreaded laptop.
Otherwise beyond fabulous! Congratulations!
- December 15, 2009 at 12:10 AM
- emkaypì said...
Girl, you killed it again. STUNNING.
Is there a way to view the first issue for those of us who remembered things we wanted to print?
- December 16, 2009 at 2:24 PM
- prashant said...
wonderful, as always, thank you!!!
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- December 16, 2009 at 8:32 PM
- Oliveaux said...
So excited I can hardly contain it! Such a beautiful edition.....congrats! Ax
- December 17, 2009 at 5:04 AM
- Cashon&Co said...
i am dying over that black & white striped bathroom. great look.
- December 20, 2009 at 7:29 PM
- ms. spinach said...
*I* am dying over your black bow top on the editors letter. Where is it from?
- December 23, 2009 at 9:45 PM
- Peacock Blue said...
Hey Michelle, fantastic mag! You and Pat are one great team. A fabulous read once again! love it!
- December 27, 2009 at 4:12 PM
- kanishk said...
I would LOVE to someday see it in the format of a website instead of a flip book.
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- December 30, 2009 at 5:24 PM
- CDS said...
oh it looks so fantastic! hoorah!!
- January 4, 2010 at 9:13 PM
- The Zhush said...
BIG fan...your blog, Rubie Green, Lonny...you amaze me!
- January 4, 2010 at 10:19 PM
- Jackie Von Tobel said...
Hi Michelle,
Are you or any of your staff attending Maison et Objet? We are putting together a meet & greet for a group of international design bloggers and new media who are in town for the show. We are working with show management to try to legitimize bloggers as "press" to allow increased access for us at future venues. If you are going to be in Paris we would love to have you attend. Please contact me at email@example.com if you are interested.
Jackie Von Tobel
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- The Goods Design said...
Thank you thank you for bringing us Lonny!
- January 12, 2010 at 5:21 PM
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I love the prints of these wall papers, very beautifully designed.
- January 14, 2010 at 6:59 AM
- House plans said...
I love the colors and the print patterns of the wall prints. It's gorgeous to looks at.
- January 14, 2010 at 7:00 AM
- Alaina @ Live Creating Yourself said...
Michelle, where have you been? I suspect working hard on Rubie Green and the next Lonny. Missing your blog posts. Hope you had a great holiday!
- January 20, 2010 at 9:17 PM
- pve design said...
pop over to see my give-away today -
I am ready for a new Lonny!
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- charles yehuda said...
the kids look fantastic. everyone looks so happy.....!
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I can't wait to start reading!
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T'm inlove with the prints of these wall.They are all stunning, restful rooms with personality,visually attractive and fantastic designs.love your post!
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – The Chaos Cloud has made another appearance in a U.S. state, this time descending upon Indiana.
The Cloud was not witnessed moving from its last target of Toledo, Ohio, either visually or by radar. However, it was spotted by early-risers hovering over Indianapolis, occluding the pre-dawn stars.
Ethan Madd, a city sanitation worker, told Weekly World News, "I have to get up at 4am to make my 5 o'clock shift. I opened up my blinds and I'll be damned if I didn't see a big grumpy face coming right out of the sky!"
It is unclear what the Chaos Cloud wants. Ohio and Indiana are in very close proximity, but some fear it may be a stronger connection than that.
"Ohio's a swing state, we're a swing state…" said Mayor Greg Ballard. "Who knows what the Cloud is after, but it should rest assured that we will be following voting protocol exactly!"
Weekly World News will continue to investigate this phenomenon of the Chaos Cloud's appearances prior to its prophesized 2014 touchdown.


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After several months of planning for your new restaurant concept, you find yourself in a meeting with your kitchen designer. It is time to select the equipment for your restaurant. Suddenly you find yourself buried under 47 catalogs and a list of options that, if stretched out completely, would circle the globe two and half times. This process can be a daunting task, unless you know how to proceed. This month, we will look at some of the important issues to consider when selecting the foodservice equipment for your facility.
Predict Your Own Future
Before you begin the process of selecting equipment for the current concept, consider what the future will hold for your operation. First, consider flexibility. Do you anticipate that the concept will change over time? If so, you should plan for the equipment to be easily modified or replaced over time. If the concept will succeed or fail with the current concept, then planning for flexibility is not as critical. Second, consider whether this investment is a long-term or short-term investment. If you plan to own and operate the facility for an extended period of time, it is in your best interest to invest in reliable, quality equipment. If, on the other hand, you intend to sell the restaurant or significantly modify the concept within the first few years of operation, it may be wise to invest in medium grade equipment that will suit your needs for the specified amount of time.
Review the Menu
Before you can begin the equipment selection process, you should have your menu established. It is possible to select the equipment without a menu, but doing so will result in a facility that is not specifically tailored to your operation. Too often, the end result from such an effort is a configuration that is less than ideal. For the following example, let's assume that your menu is available.
The selection of equipment for a facility should be methodical. The best way to approach this task is to review each menu item and list the individual pieces of equipment that will be required for preparation. The quantity of the product(s) requiring preparation will also influence the equipment selection process. Consider each ingredient and follow it through the facility from the time it enters the receiving area to the time it is returned to the kitchen after service. Take something as simple as a baked potato, and follow it through the facility. One mentor of mine appropriately referred to this as the potato trick.
The potatoes will be received in bulk. They first need to be checked and weighed in your receiving station. The equipment in a typical receiving station (addressed in the July 2002 column) is therefore required. Once the potatoes are accepted, they will need to be stored in dry storage. You can't keep them on the floor, so a dunnage rack will be required to make sure that your potatoes are stored six inches off the floor, per the health code. When it is time to make your baked potatoes, you will need to clean and scrub them. So … we need a sink. A two compartment is preferred to allow preparation of raw and ready-to-eat products simultaneously. Next, a work surface will be required to prepare the potatoes before placing them in the oven. Oh yeah, we'll need an oven and an exhaust hood system (in most cases).
Do you think you are done? Not quite. Once the potatoes are cooked, where will they be held? In a warming drawer? Under heat lamps? The storage configuration will vary based on your operational needs. The baked potato, after service, will need to return to the ware washing area for removal and cleaning of the serving piece. Only after considering how the trash will be removed, will this process be complete.
At the end of this process you will have a list of equipment required for the preparation of every component of your menu. Once the list is compiled, you can review it for consolidation and elimination of duplications in equipment. In some instances, this effort may result in a modified preparation method. For example, if you find that a piece of equipment is listed for the preparation of only one item, you may consider modifying the preparation method or eliminating the item altogether, if it is not a key component of the menu or concept.
Multi-Purpose Equipment
If planned in advance, the foodservice equipment in your facility can be selected and configured to serve multiple purposes, thereby reducing the need for specialized equipment. Perhaps the most underutilized piece of equipment in any kitchen is the mixer. The hub (or knobby thing, as many refer to it) on the front of the mixer is capable of fitting numerous attachments that will let you do anything from grind meat to grate cheese. Even better, these tasks can be performed while the mixer is running with product in the bowl. Unfortunately, the hub cover on most mixers is never removed, leaving enormous cost savings unrealized.
Another example of a piece of equipment that can be used for multiple purposes is the convection oven … with the cook and hold control option. That's right, some convection ovens offer a cook and hold option that, depending on your operation, can eliminate the need to purchase an expensive piece of equipment. This option allows the oven cavity to function in either a convection oven mode or a cook and hold oven mode. Consider the efficiency in using the convection oven during peak periods, and then setting up a slow roast to cook during non-peak periods. Let the equipment work for you … not the other way around.


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Those who comprise the societies of ignorance do not share the same lifestyle and outlook on the world. There are some among them who are totally ignorant of the morality of religion, and others that are known to be aware of the morality of religion and are knowledgeable of many commandments of Allah. Many among them would respond, if asked, that they believed in Allah.
Say: "To whom does the Earth belong, and everyone in it, if you have any knowledge?" They will say: "To Allah." Say: "So will you not pay heed?"
Say: "Who is the Lord of the Seven Heavens and the Lord of the Mighty Throne?"
They will say: "Allah." Say: "So will you not fear Allah?" Say: "In Whose hand is the dominion over everything, He Who gives protection and from Whom no protection can be given, if you have any knowledge?" They will say: "Allah's." Say: "So how have you been bewitched?" The fact is that We have given them the truth and they are liars. (Surat al-Muminun, 84-90)
But, in their hearts, they reject the truth that they affirm with their lips. For this reason, they do not live in a way pleasing to Allah. Instead of doing that which will earn Allah's favor, they live to satisfy their desires. They utter with their mouths that they believe because they recognize the reality. Everywhere they look, in whatever research they conduct, and in every aspect of every detail they observe, they encounter a superior intelligence. They comprehend clearly that nothing in this world is the result of chance, that every being, in its minutest detail, has been designed by Allah, the All-Mighty Creator, and that everything that happens is put into motion by Allah's power and dominion. For this reason, they affirm Allah's existence. However, in spite of that, they do not aim to conform their lives to the morality of the religion. The reason is explained in the Qur'an:
And they repudiated them wrongly and haughtily, in spite of their own certainty about them. See the final fate of the corrupters. (Surat an-Naml, 14)
Several among the societies of ignorance would wish to reject Allah openly. But, they also know that the perfection of the universe they live in cannot have come about by the operation of chance. Spiritually, they are in a quagmire; the solution they have devised for themselves is to ignore the proofs of Allah's existence, and to keep the matter from their minds. Their conscience is constantly reminding them of the truth, but they provide various excuses to suppress it. But, none of these excuses is in any way valid; their only purpose is to disguise their rejection of Allah.2012-01-21 14:34:45


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Harry Hopkins, Director of the WPA, believed that people were better off working for relief than taking the dole. From this belief was the basis of most of his work with the New Deal. He knew that "artists were starving the same as everyone else."1 As soon as he could he put artists, writers, and other professionals back to work. Below are some examples of putting artists back to work here in Jefferson County.
Storybook Mural by Carrie Hill, is located at the East Lake Branch Library. The 27' x 9' canvas mural includes Mother Goose characters such as Little Red Riding Hood, Little Miss Muffett, and the Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. In 1937, East Lake Library acquired the mural by Alabama artist Carrie Hill, commissioned by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Damaged by fire and water, the mural was restored in 1993 by Birmingham art conservator, John Bertalan.
Detail of Spirit of Steel, Fairfield, Alabama
Commissioned by the Department of the Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture (1934 - 1938) United States General Services Administration Fine Arts Collection
Detail of the Woodlawn High School Mural
Work on the Woodlawn mural lasted from 1937 to 1939. At 200 feet long and 6 feet high, the painting is one of the largest done by the WPA.
-- from New Deal/WPA Art in Alabama
1 McDonald, William F. Federal Relief Administration and the Arts : the Origins and Administrative History of the Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration.


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Living With the Samsung Galaxy S III
I've spent the past couple of weeks trying out a Samsung Galaxy S III, and I'm quite impressed. I find the basic hardware and software to be quite compelling and the phone works fairly well, even though some of the little extras Samsung added to the phone haven't really turned out to be all that useful.
The Galaxy S III is a big phone, with a 4.8-inch display tightly pushed into a metallic light blue or white case. Size-wise, that fits in between Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone, which has a 4.65-inch display, and the Galaxy Note "phablet," which has a 5.3-inch display. Compared with the Nexus, the S III is trivially wider and longer due to smaller bevels, and significantly thinner. As a result, it is easier to carry. I find I can navigate the OS quite well, even with my fairly small hands.
Above: Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note, and Galaxy Nexus
In the United States, the S III is based on a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 (MSM8960), while the Galaxy Note uses a Snapdragon S3 and the Nexus uses a 1.2GHz TI OMAP 4460. As a result, the S III feels a bit snappier. In other markets, Samsung is selling a version of the phone with its own Exynos 4 quad-core chip, but without LTE. That might be better for some high-end games, but in practice, the Snapdragon-based version seems to work very well.
The phone comes in 16GB and 32GB models (plus a quite useful micro SD card option) and is out or coming out soon on all the major US carriers.
As with the Nexus, the display is a Super AMOLED display with a 1280-by-720 resolution. This enlists Samsung's PenTile technology, which uses only two "subpixels" per pixel. It involves green subpixels, alternating with red and blue ones in what is known as an RGBG layout, as opposed to the traditional red-green-blue (RGB) subpixels used in most displays. That should make the display appear a bit less crisp, but in practice, I don't find this to be much of a problem. Note that the Galaxy S III's primary competitor, the HTC One X, has an IPS LCD display with traditional subpixels. I was more concerned about the auto-brightness controls. Sometimes the display looks quite good, but other times, it's a bit dark for my taste.
The 8MP camera is a big step forward from the Nexus' 5MP one. It has all sorts of new features, including an HDR mode to capture pictures with a lot of contrast, a smile shot that takes the picture only when the subject smiles (which only worked occasionally for me), and a burst mode that can take up to 20 shots in a row or take eight in a row and choose the "best shot." The front-facing camera is a 1.9MP version that supports the same features, though the photo quality isn't nearly as good. Overall, this may not be the best camera in a smartphone, but it is nice step up from the previous generation.
The S III has a larger standard removable battery (7.98 Watt-hours versus 6.48). In practice, I find it gets me through a day, but still I need to charge it each evening. Perhaps the most obvious difference is that the Galaxy S III has a physical home button and two capacitive light-up buttons (for menu and back) under the display while the Nexus puts its control buttons as part of its display. You must hold down the Home button to bring up thumbnails of recently run applications and to move among them. It's the same look as other Android 4.0 phones but uses a slightly different access method.
The version I tested had a blue metallic case, which some people think looks a bit plastic, but it felt ok to me.
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In short, the hardware is great, but the biggest difference is the software. While both the Nexus and the Galaxy S III run versions of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), the Nexus uses a plain version of the OS and the S III adds Samsung's TouchWiz Nature user interface on top. Nature has a "watery" look and sounds, which is fine but unnecessary. Essentially, it's just a different skin with different providers for some of the applications and a big start tile with the weather and the time. That's cool, I guess, though you could add similar widgets to any Android phone.
Indeed, while including all the Android features, Samsung really wants you to think of this as a Samsung phone. It asks you to set up a Samsung account in addition to your Google one (and potentially another one for your carrier). This is used to synchronize content among Samsung applications such as S-Memo (which I first saw on the Galaxy Note), and to set up a feature that lets you remotely track the movement of your phone. If it is lost, you can make the phone ring or even wipe it completely.
In addition, the Galaxy S III adds a variety of new features, including many of the camera options, its own voice command system, and a new way of navigating the system called "Smart Motion." This lets you do things like tilt the screen or tap in various places to navigate through lists, zoom in (which I don't find intuitive), turn it over, or place your palm flat on the screen to mute the phone (which is quite simple).
S-Voice is Samsung's voice recognition feature, effectively a Siri competitor. You say "Hi Galaxy" to wake it up, and then can ask questions. In general, I find it does ok. It's much better than the standard browser voice search feature on the Nexus with Android 4.0, but not as good at recognizing my speech as the iPhone's Siri or Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)'s voice-recognition software and far worse than Jelly Bean at providing real answers.
There are other phone features as well, many of which are buried a bit deeper in the menus. You can set the phone to unlock through a voice command. This worked fine in basic testing, though like Google's face recognition to wake up, I wonder about the security implications. Many business users will use a pin code or a password instead. The device also offers a number of phone commands, letting you answer a call by saying "answer" or take photos by saying "shoot." In most situations, I'm not sure how useful this is, but it does work.
Several of the features that sound pretty interesting will be mostly useful if the Galaxy S III and later phones that offer the features become incredibly popular. These include All Share GroupCast for document sharing and collaboration and ShareShot for automatically sharing photos among people at an event. I haven't been able to test these, but they would be more appealing if they worked on a broader range of devices. Similarly, the Galaxy S III has a feature called S Beam, which allows you to transfer content from one device to another by simply tapping the devices back to back. It's a great idea, but a bit too complex to set up. It will probably get more use in the Android Beam feature that Google is rolling out for the base Android platform.
Another interesting potential feature is "TecTiles," which lets you use near-field communications (NFC) tags to open a website or to download content using a peer-to-peer Wi-Fi network. Samsung has been running billboards with this feature and it has worked great for me, but it will be more useful if more people do it.
It also has a number of minor features that can be useful. A Smart Stay feature senses when you are looking at the display, so it doesn't dim while you are viewing it. This is buried in the menus but works pretty well for me. Another feature is called "Pop Up Play," which lets you take an HD video and put it in a little window that goes on top of other applications, allowing you to do other things like email or browse while watching a movie. I'm not sure I need it, but I see why others might like it.
In this era of smartphones, many of us are calling less, but the Galaxy S III has some intriguing features designed for that. One nice thing is a series of "reject messages," preset text messages the phone can send when you get a call during a meeting.
Overall, the Galaxy S III is the strongest Android phone I've used. From a hardware standpoint, it and the HTC One X seem to have the best specs. Samsung's unique software is a mix. Some of it is quite nice, other features are quite helpful, and almost anything you don't like is optional. It takes a bit of time to go through the menus to set some of these features, but there's a lot of power and there are many choices. I expect it will get an upgrade to Jelly Bean that will make it even more appealing. It's an extremely impressive phone.
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- Top ten ... controversial collisions
Controversial collisionsLaurence Edmondson November 8, 2011
Following the sixth collision of the season between Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton in India, we look back at ten of the most controversial coming togethers in F1
Schumacher v Hill - 1994 Australian Grand Prix
Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill come together at Adelaide in 1994 © Press Association
Mansell v Senna - 1987 Belgian Grand PrixThe 1987 Belgian Grand Prix had to be restarted following a huge accident involving Philippe Streiff and Jonathan Palmer, but it was a subsequent collision between Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna that was the main talking point after the race. Senna took the lead at the restart but Mansell was quicker and attempted to pass around the outside of the Fagnes chicane on the first lap. The pair entered the corner side by side but soon ran out of asphalt, made contact and spun off in unison. Senna beached his Lotus in the gravel and was out on the spot while Mansell struggled on for another 17 laps before returning to the pits with damage. As soon as he was out of his car, Mansell made a b-line for the Lotus garage and took Senna by the scruff of his overalls, dangling his rival a couple of inches off the ground. Veteran F1 journalist Alan Henry later wrote: "The message he was seeking to convey was unmistakable."
Senna v Prost - 1989 Japanese Grand PrixA frequent addition to F1 crash compilations, the collision between Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna at the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix was one of the most controversial of all time. On lap 46 the McLaren team-mates, who were fighting for the title with Prost holding a 16 point lead, came together at the final chicane as Senna went to overtake the Frenchman. Prost turned in on his team-mate and the pair tangled wheels before coming to halt in a run-off area. "I know everybody thinks I did it on purpose," Prost said later. "But what I say is that I did not open the door, and that's it … he tried to pass and for me the way he did it was impossible, because he was going so much quicker than usual into the braking area. As we came up to the chicane, he was so far back. When you look in your mirrors, and a guy is 20 metres behind you, it's impossible to judge, and I didn't even realise he was trying to overtake me. But at the same time I thought, 'There's no way I'm going to leave him even a one-metre gap. No way'. I came off the throttle braked - and turned in." As Prost climbed out of his crocked McLaren, Senna managed to re-start his car and continued down the escape road with some help from the marshals. He went on to win the race but was later disqualified for missing the chicane after a lengthily meeting with FISA officials. The decision meant Prost was world champion while Senna, infuriated at the decision, had to wait 12 months to get his own back...
Senna v Prost - 1990 Japanese Grand Prix
Ayrton Senna collides with Alain Prost at Suzuka © Getty Images
Schumacher v Villeneuve - 1997 European Grand PrixMichael Schumacher came to the final round of the 1997 championship with a chance of winning Ferrari's first title since 1979. As in 1994, he went into the finale with a one point lead and once again he was prepared to defend it at all costs. His challenger for the title was Williams' Jacques Villeneuve and on lap 47 the Canadian attempted to pass on the inside of the Dry Sac corner. Schumacher - in a similar move to the one on Hill three years earlier - turned in on him, breaking his Ferrari's suspension but leaving the Williams with minor damage. "The car felt very strange," Villeneuve said after being crowned world champion. "The hit was very hard. It was not a small thing." Schumacher was later disqualified from the championship by the FIA.
Schumacher v Coulthard - 1998 Belgian Grand PrixA wet race at Spa-Francorchamps exploded on the 24th lap, when race leader Michael Schumacher came to lap the recovering David Coulthard. Schumacher's title rival was Coulthard's McLaren team-mate Mika Hakkinen, who was already out of the race, and Ferrari boss Jean Todt had been down to McLaren to request that Coulthard get out of the way. The McLaren duly lifted to allow the Ferrari past but stayed on the racing line while doing so and Schumacher, unsighted by spray, ploughed into the back of the McLaren. After making it back to the pits Schumacher stormed up to the McLaren garage - along with numerous TV cameras - and had to be restrained as he shouted to Coulthard: "Are you trying to f***ing kill me?"
Piquet v Salazar - 1982 German Grand Prix
Nelson Piquet throws a punch at Eliseo Salazar after their collision at Hockenheim © youtube
Hunt v Mass - 1977 Canadian Grand PrixBeing taken out by a backmarker is one thing, but it's quite another when the backmarker is your team-mate. Such an incident left James Hunt livid at fellow McLaren driver Jochen Mass during the 1977 Canadian Grand Prix and he ended up taking out his aggression out on an unsuspecting marshal. Hunt had been in a tight battle for the lead with Mario Andretti when the pair came up to lap Mass. As Hunt attempted to pass his McLaren team-mate on the inside the pair made contact and he ploughed into the catch fencing at 100mph, puttingh him out of the race. "I was right up his chuff," Hunt explained. "I was forced to go left … then he suddenly moved across to the left, hit the brakes and waved me through on the right. But I was committed and couldn't avoid him … I hit him right up the arse." After clambering out of his car, Hunt stood on the side of the track angrily waving his fist at Mass. When a marshal tried to usher Hunt away, the 1976 world champion responded with a crisp right hook that laid the marshal out cold. Hunt immediately tried to apologise but was later fined $750 for walking on the track and $2000 for thumping the official.
Hill v Bandini - 1964 Mexican Grand PrixGraham Hill arrived at the final round of the 1964 world championship in Mexico City with a five point lead in the driver's standings over Ferrari's John Surtees and a nine point lead over Lotus' Jim Clark. A top two finish would secure him the title if Surtees won and third would be good enough if Clark, who started from pole, took top honours. Things got off on the wrong foot, however, when the elastic on his goggles broke before the start and the delay sorting them out dropped him to 10th. He fought back to third by lap 12 but started to come under pressure from Lorenzo Bandini, who dived up the inside of the BRM on several occasions but failed to pass - prompting some fist waving from the usually-composed Briton. On lap 31 Bandini made an even more opportunistic lunge and the pair made contact, spinning the BRM backwards into the barrier. Both managed to rejoin the race, but a bent exhaust restricted the performance of Hill's engine and he had to make a lengthily pit stop for repairs, ruining his shot at the title. There were some suggestions of foul play after the race, given that the title went to Bandini's Ferrari team-mate Surtees, but BRM team boss Louis Stanley was having none of it: "After the race accusations were slung around. Some said that Bandini had deliberately crashed the BRM as part of Ferrari tactics. I was reluctant to agree. By temperament Bandini was fiery and impulsive, a fearless driver but never guilty of doubtful tactics … Before we left the circuit Dragoni, Ferrari team manager, Forghieri chief engineer, and Bandini came to the pit and apologised. Bandini was in tears. Everyone shook hands. As far as BRM was concerned, the incident was closed."


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We open with an awful spindly blonde girl's voice piercing the night. "I love blindsides!" cries Assley (Ashley). Giggle, giggle, smirk, smirk. Hey Assley, come here. I want to show you something. It's called my fist in your face. I've never punched a person in my life, but I'll get all Teresa Guidice on your ass if it'll make you shut up. You see, Assley is under the impression that she's played some sort of a good game up until now. With Tattalie (Natalie) as her BFF, they're now the last two girls left. Squeee! It's never occured to them that the microchips planted in their hips are controlling their every move and all Rob has to do is push a few buttons on his remote control. Push. Assley brings him water. Push. Tattalie washes his socks. Push. Assley prepares his crispy rice. Push. Tattalie wipes his ass. I don't know what sort of intel centrino product Rob is using in his device, but even Small Wonder had a mind of her own. I look at Assley and Tattalie and all I'm greeted with are blank stares and absent-minded twirls of their hair. At least Small Wonder knew how to clean and make jokes. The same cannot be said for the Fembots.
Over on Rhode Island (Redemption Island), a lovers quarrel looms. Mascaroni (Andrea) arrives all cute and fluffy, but the Pretty Pony (Matt) is holding onto a whole basket of hurt and betrayal. Mascaroni was supposed to be his Fembot and had she gone to the Jim Bellino School Of Christianity, she would know that whatever the man says, goes. If he tells you to bend over in your Alexis Couture, you do it. If he outs you in front of Boston Rob destroying any chance you ever had of winning Survivor, you shut your mouth and take it with a smile. Thankfully for us, Mascaroni has no idea who Jim Bellino is (neither do you unless you watch Real Housewives of Orange County) and even though the Pretty Pony is awfully pretty, he still screwed up her game. The worst part about it is that Pretty Pony doesn't even realize it. He didn't realize it when it was happening and he doesn't realize it now as it's being explained to him. Strategy and thinking ahead and evaluating gameplay and logic are just little dusty things that aimlessly float by the brain of the pony. They're too little to notice and too tiny to catch. His Survivor lies in a book. A book written 3500 years ago. A book with a talking snake and a man who built a boat big enough to house all the creatures of the world. That's Pretty Pony's Survivor. And he's soooo close to getting those perfect Jesus abs so no one better screw this up for him now.
And then, AND THEN, Rooster (Ralph), oh so debonaire and gentlemanly, tells Mascaroni she has to sleep outside with the chickens. She "dun wahpped Rob's arse wit terlet payper un naow issa paybayk." Stately, polite, newly religionized Mike laughed in the night while the piously devout Pretty Pony cackled into the breeze. Is that what Jesus would do gentlemen? Would Jesus make a girl sleep in the mud? Is that what it is says in that Bible you're always pretending to read? Please, show me the passage where it says, "Be a complete dick and make a hard-working girl sleep in the dirt." To hell with all of you.
This brings us to the big Rhode Island duel. Awful, stupid, exhausted, why are we still doing this, Rhode Island duel. After enduring a night of Christian men kicking sand in her face and making her use a live turtle for a pillow, Mascaroni is spent. She's a jumble of emotions and no matter how hard she tries she just can't keep it in. Not only did her tribe turn on her, those woman-hating holy men flicked pebbles at her head all night. She's tired, she's hungry and she doesn't have a friend in the world right now. It's ok Mascaroni. Go ahead and cry. I would've cried too. Right after I shoved bible passages up those Rhode Island bastards asses, I would've cried for how chivalry is indeed dead.
Ok, for today's duel, you're going to move a handle through a long table maze. At the end of the table maze, you're going to use that handle to smash a box and retrieve a bag of puzzle pieces. Use the puzzle pieces to solve a puzzle and if you're anywhere in the top three, you can stay in the game. Remember Survivor's new motto: Just don't be last. Survivor's ready, go.
So, everyone grabs their handle and slide, slide, slide... Rooster gets an early lead with Mascaroni furiously focusing on her handle right behind him. Mike begins to make some strides while the Pretty Pony literally stands there, yawns and makes a fart of a suggestion that he's even trying. For a second I thought that maybe he just didn't care anymore, but then I figured it out - he's letting God do all the work now. With a shrug of his shoulder and a ho-hum look on his face, Pretty Pony has turned over his entire game to God. If God wants the handle to move, it'll move. Rooster, however, isn't lettin' God do a damn thing. He powers through the maze and smashes his tile first. Mike finishes second while Mascaroni takes to talking to her handle and Pretty Pony continues to wait for the Holy Spirit. With an incredibly early lead, it's all but a certainty that Rooster will win this thing except... the little wheelies in his brain don't seem to be turning at a normal rate this here mornin' and puzzle makin' is hard! Puzzle making is hard and since this particular puzzle required some rudimentary spelling, it was next to impossible for poor Rooster. MIKE, ANDREA AND MATT STAY ALIVE!!! Buh bye Rooster. At times you were delightful and at times you were infuriating. Please get your spark back soon and let me know when you whip out the new 'shine. I'll bring my banjo.
Back at Murlonio, we're at DEFCON 3. There is a rice situation and the enemies are hostile. Confidence is high. I repeat, confidence is high. Global Thermonuclear Warfare is imminent and I've got a call in right now to the President. Joshua won't quit playing the game and Phillip won't put on his pants. It takes only 18,000 calories to feed a woman, but it's takes 456,000 calories to feed a man. The data on the MiG might not be accurate, but the morse code chewing is all we have to go on at this point. Once we can get central command back online we'll be able to verify the data. Until then, Rob and Grant think it's best to vote out that sneaky Assley. She doesn't want to eat and something about her is really creepy. Duh. I've been saying that from the beginning!
Uh oh, I have word from NORAD that we're taking it down to DEFCON 2. Grant is a big strong guy who needs his extra rice and Tattalie and Assley are not willing to comply. I repeat, they are not willing to comply. Return fire if fired upon. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of lollipops. You have the right to an attorney. Should you not be able to afford an attorney, Lawyer Dave will do it for free because he can't stand that pscyho Phillip either. Special Agent Phillip Sheppard has gone rogue and we fear he's teamed up with Nikita. If he gets his hands on one of the black boxes, he'll color all over it and we can't have that. Those black boxes contain national security secrets and crayolic Sheppard scrawl would only minimize the severity of the situation. Present, ARMS. Forward, MARCH. I don't know what I've been told. I don't know what I've been told! But Phillip Sheppard's gettin' old. Phillip Sheppard's gettin' old! Sound off - 1,2! Sound off - 3,4! Break it on down - 1,2,3,4 - 1,2... 3,4!
So umm yeah, that happened. Las Vegas almost got bombed by the Soviets and Rob figured out that splitting up Tattalie and Assley is the next move he needs to make. Those two are a dreaded couple - just like Rob and Amber were a couple and like Pretty Pony and Mascaroni were a couple. The only problem is that instead of driving them apart with the air raid siren noise he makes with his mouth, Phillip Sheppard is driving those two closer together and making Rob's job all the more difficult. Tattalie catches the scent of uncertainty on the wind so she scurries to Rob to make sure that she's still safe. Rob tells her she'll be fine just as long as she keeps doing what he says. He whips the remote control out of his pocket and *turnie turnie of the knob, push of the button, click* Tattalie has been activated and she'll no longer question Rob's demands. Rob tells her the next person to go will be Assley. Tattalie nods dumbly, turns around and bumps into a tree.
Night falls and Assley has been doing some thinking. She thinks that maybe Grant should go home next. Rob looks at her horrified because clearly she's gnawed the microchip out of her own hip. No wonder she wasn't hungry for rice earlier! Rob suggests that maybe Phillip should go first, but Assley's reply was, "No!". And then she ate her face. Later, Rob tells Grant what Assley said and he says, "What a snake!" I second that. She is a snake. A stupid, pointless, slithery snake. Not even a poisonous snake or a snake that kills rodents. Just a cheap dime store rubber snake that you'll eventually sell at a garage sale. Tattalie, on the other hand, is innocent and pure - that's according to Rob, not me. I think Rob sees her as a little sister which is cute and whatnot, but it still doesn't change the fact that she's a waste of my time.
And now we arrive at the Immunity Challenge. Survivors have to use large fish hooks to retrieve bags of puzzle pieces. They'll then use those pieces to complete a puzzle in the shape of a fish skeleton. To make it a little more interesting, they will do this challenge with one arm tied behind their back. In addition to Immunity, the winner will also get a Reward of Survivor room service where a three-course meal delivered to them back at camp. Survivors ready, go!
Blah, blah, blah, fish hook, sand, bags. Grant and Rob take an early lead with Phillip and Assley behind them. Grant continues to do well as Tattalie lies in the sand and makes sand angels a la Kelly Bensimon. Puzzle, puzzle, puzzle, bone, bone, bone, those are fetching sand angels Tattalie! Phillip gets word that Joshua now wants to play Tic-Tac-Toe so off he runs back to central command. It's now down to Assley, Grant and Rob. Grant fucks up his last bag, Rob starts sticking bones into various holes (that sounded dirty - ha!) and shitty shit shit ASSLEY WINS IMMUNITY AND REWARD! Doody. She picks Tattalie to join her and maybe someone somewhere cared, but I didn't. I just want this to end already!
I interrrupt this particularly crappy blog to make a public service announcement. I hate this season of Survivor. I HATE IT! There's no drama, no evil, no excitement, no injuries. Oh sure, it was entertaining for the first 3 or 4 episodes, but after that it's been a big ole giant crapfest that I've been desperately trying to make funny. I know mentally I've checked out. I'm writing this in between opening packages from Amazon, chewing on a Twizzler and taking part in a friends online chat about autism. It's like if I could do anything other than write this post, I'll do it. I'm thinking about brushing my dog next. So yeah, that's where my head is at right about now. Anywhere but here.
Back at camp, Rob is bummed. I am bummed and Rob is bummed. A sort of desperation and futility hangs in the air. Grant wanders off swinging his shirt around and trying to hide the impending doom he'll eventually feel. Meanwhile, Assley and Tattalie shriek and embrace openly. "We won! We won!" they cry. Phillip Sheppard shot them both in the head with his finger and then ran off to assassinate those sand angels he saw on the beach. He doesn't trust a life form that blends into it's environment so easily. Hasta la vista sand angels.
Now comes the hard part. Rob doesn't want to vote Grant out, but he kind of has to vote Grant out. Between the three remaining possibilites (Grant, Phillip, Tattalie), Grant has the highest chance of actually winning at the end. He's been relatively nice to everyone, he's strong in the competitions, he's had no major drama with anyone, and I doubt the Zappas harbor any real hatred of him. Believe me, I'd much rather see Phillip or Tattalie go home, but it really wouldn't make much sense at this point. So, off Rob goes to appease everyone and make Grant feel ok about everything. And by that I mean, he lies to Grant. There's nothing wrong with lying to Grant. I'd lie to Grant. I'm not even on Survivor and I'd lie to Grant. I'd say, "Hey Grant, love your hair!" and that there would be a lie. See? Easy.
The Reward arrives along with it's very own waiters. There was pizza and brownies and nachos and pasta and cake. None of that really interested me though. What caught my attention was the What About Bob? reenactment that followed.
Those two pigs were mmm mmm mmming Dr. Leo Marvin right back into the funny farm. They were licking food off of each other's faces, giggling while guacamole fell down their bikini tops and just generally being major assholes. Here's my thought on being a gluttonous pig on Survivor: what goes in, must come out. I always cringe when people go way overboard with the food rewards because you know they're going to be paying for it later. Knowing it would happen to these two useless lumps of skin made me all warm and fuzzy inside. My favorite part of the scene was watching them double over in pain. Cramps twisting their stomachs with their intestines lurching around inside and all the while they petted each other and cooed. From a few feet away Rob and Grant hoped they choked on their food or they own tongues - whichever was quicker and more painful.
So Tattalie is all worried now because Assley picked her to have the Reward. She gets some face time in with Rob to make sure everything is still cool between the two of them. Rob assures her that everything is fine - as long as Assley suffers a long and painful death in the very near future. Everything will be just dandy if Tattalie does what she's told and doens't start doing anything crazy... like thinking.
And now we arrive at Tribal Council. Assley starts talking about how great it feels to wear the Immunity necklace so I got up out of my seat, took a hot fireplace poker out of the hearth and plunged it into my solar plexus. I was making gurgling noises, but it drowned out what Assley was saying on the tv so, win win. Dimples turns his attention to Rob and Rob admits that he's vulnerable, but hopes that everyone sees that Grant is the bigger threat between the two of them. Oh Puh-lease. Grant couldn't threaten a silkworm. He'd pet it and make friends with it. He'd make tiny dresses for it and tuck it in at night into the silk sheets he hand embroidered for it. That's how threatening Grant is.
Assley begins to speak again so I hurled my body, front side down, onto a marble floor. The fireplace poker was still in there and it hurt so good. Assley went on about how close she is to Tattalie and Dimples pointed out that bombs were going off in all the boys' brains at that moment. I believe it. Her voice could make a bomb go off in the Middle East if she really put her mind to it. Homeland security should snatch her up.
The discussion turns to family and Rob is pretty straight forward. He's playing for his family. He wants to give them a better life. They keep him going. Nice, sweet, ok. Grant, however, just mentions the word "fiance" and he topples over into a soggy mess of tears. Two words: Pussy. Whipped. I don't know, but if some guy started crying over not seeing me for roughly 40 days, I'd have his bags packed by the time he returned home. You cry over kids. You cry over death. You don't cry, on national tv, because you miss your fiance. You're a football player for chrissake! Man up.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York State's decision to lift a four-year ban on natural gas drilling faced further delay on Tuesday after officials conducting a key health impact study asked for more time to form their conclusions on the divisive issue.
The New York Department of Health, which has been commissioned to study how the drilling process known as fracking affects public health, said the review is ongoing but that a few more weeks are needed due to the "complexity of the issues".
"As we have been reviewing the scope of these studies, I have determined that the DOH Public Health Review will require additional time to complete based on the complexity of the issues," said health commissioner Nirav Shah in a letter to Joe Martens, commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
The health review, and a parallel environmental impact study being conducted by the DEC, will form the basis of new regulations that could open New York's borders to drilling once again.
Proponents say New York communities that allow drilling in the Marcellus shale, one of the country's largest gas deposits, will produce jobs and revenues for local economies. Opponents warn that the process of fracking, needed to extract gas from shale, can contaminate water supplies and increase harmful emissions.
The health study delay will push back the publication of the DEC's environmental report, known as the SGEIS, the deadline for which is Wednesday, which in turn will delay the drafting of Governor Andrew Cuomo's drilling regulations, the deadline for which lands on February 27.
If the February 27 deadline is missed it could force the administration to restart the regulatory process, which would include another period for public comments, potentially holding up the process for months.
In response, Martens said he may issue drilling permits before the final regulations are issued if the DOH concludes that fracking does not pose a health risk.
"If the DOH Public Health Review finds that the SGEIS has adequately addressed health concerns, and I adopt the SGEIS on that basis, DEC can accept and process high-volume hydraulic fracturing permit applications 10 days after issuance of the SGEIS."
Fracking has ballooned into a major political issue in New York, where the stakes are high for landowners and energy producers alike. Town hall meetings on the subject draw large partisan crowds, some townships have banned drilling and lawsuits on both sides are emerging.
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How to ride your own Tour de France
Were it not for the doping accusations, the risk of crashing and the sheer bloody agony, riding the Tour de France would be a great way to see Western Europe's largest country.
Who hasn't watched the peloton of oaken-thighed riders slide past a field of sunflowers and dreamed they were freewheeling under Gallic blue skies?
With this centenary-year Tour passing through some of France's most spectacular scenery -- from Corsica to the Champs Elysées via the Pyrenees and the Alps -- the dream is even more vivid.
But it needn't be just a dream.
You too can ride in your very own Tour de France -- here's how.
French affair
Like cheese and general insousiance, cycling is a way of life in France and there's no better way to appreciate the country's bucolic landscape than from the saddle of a bicycle.
Nor is there a better way to work up an appetite for cheese and … well, let's just leave it at cheese.
Freewheeling round Europe's best cycling cities
In the weeks after the Tour de France (running from June 29 to July 21 this year), the whole country basks in a cycling afterglow.
Towns that briefly hosted the riders proudly display race regalia and locals treat anyone on two wheels with a level of respect usually only accorded to Belgian crooners.
France might not normally be as cycle-friendly as other European nations, such as the Netherlands or Denmark, but its drivers generally respect two-wheeled road users, giving them plenty of space.
And it has better weather than the Netherlands and Denmark.
And better restaurants.
Picking your route
There are benefits to choosing a ride that follows a Tour de France stage.
You get a pre-planned route on smooth roads that are often still marked with the Tour's directional arrows. You get convenient start and finish points in towns now obsessed with cycling.
You also get bragging rights.
But wouldn't you need those wooden thighs to do it?
In fact, the ride needn't be too arduous if you pick and mix your stages.
In 2008, I cycled stage 18 of the Tour, beginning with a long downhill from the Alpine town of Bourg-d'Oisans which meant I barely had to move a muscle for the first 70 kilometers.
I should have called it a day at that point because, after completing the rest of the ride, I couldn't move a muscle for another 70 hours.
Breathtaking cycling routes worldwide
This year's Tour offers several relatively flat outings, the most level being stage 12 from Fougères to Tours.
And there's nothing to stop you tackling stage 8 backwards -- if you clip off the first 30 kilometers and start atop the Col de Pailhères, the next 100 kilometers is nearly all downhill.
If recreating the precise Tour isn't your thing, there are gentler options.
Consider trying the permanent cycling trails on the breezy Atlantic island of Ile de Ré, the preposterously well-organized route along the Loire Valley, which offers bike rentals, accommodation and luggage transfers, or the extensive network in pancake-flat Normandy.
For the highly unmotivated, there's also Vélib, the pioneering Paris bike hire scheme.
What you need
You'll need a bike. France has plenty of rental outlets if you don't want the hassle of taking your own.
You won't find the $20,000 machines used by Tour riders, but as Germany's Jens Voigt showed when he finished a 2010 stage on a budget racer borrowed from a child, it's not the bike, it's the rider.
You need a little fitness.
Obviously if you're breaking your tour up into 10 or 20 kilometer sections, you won't need much. But if you're planning stage 18's double assault on the Alpe d'Huez, then you'll need legs like pistons, lungs the size of airships and a bellyful of determination -- or steroids.
How to prepare for a 10,000-kilometer cycle ride
It's a good idea to buy maps beforehand.
Rest stops in France seem to relish stocking random charts detailing anywhere but their own surroundings. One store clerk explained to me the logic behind this: "If you are here, then you do not need a map because you are not lost."
And, yes, he did that French shrug thing while explaining it.
If you are following a stage of the Tour and you're short on maps, good news: cycling fans have waymarked the route by defacing the road surface with words of encouragement to their favorite riders -- and, for some reason, crude cartoons depicting male genitalia.
It's a good idea to get someone to support you. Bulging cycle panniers are tough to haul over the smallest hills, so try to persuade a more sedentary friend or partner to transport your luggage to your next destination.
Some companies will arrange transport, but usually only on set routes.
Where to stay
Most French towns have a good selection of hotels ranging from luxurious to dirt cheap, often with the emphasis on dirt.
Outside of peak periods, you can generally pitch up anywhere and find a room. Most hotels will have secure bike storage or turn a blind eye to you sharing a room with your ride.
You can usually find low-cost, clean rooms in cinderblock stopovers that loiter near main highways.
But while chains such as Fasthotel or Mister Bed (links in French) might offer you the opportunity to marvel at a bathroom molded entirely from one piece of plastic, they can be miles from any restaurants.
A sometimes better option is the network of independent hotels assembled under the Logis de France umbrella. These offer both rooms and restaurants, which can be unexpectedly delightful or downright bizarre.
Either way, they love cyclists and cycles -- and at least you'll get a meal.
Bumps in the road
The weeks following the Tour de France are a great time to go as peak summer temperatures begin to ease while cycling passions remain high, but main roads can be choked during the last weekend in July when half of France is heading out on vacation and the other half heading back home.
It's also worth putting a bit of planning into lunch and dinner stops.
French eateries are hopelessly rigid when it comes to opening hours and if you miss their brief midday or evening windows, you could end up too hungry to finish your own tour.


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Estonian Kissing Day
According to The Repository Of All Knowledge And Wisdom In Our World (aka, Wikipedia) today might be a Valentines-ish type of day in some remote corner of the world or potential worlds. In fact, I'm almost 63% sure that today is, in fact, "Kissing Day" in the western region of Estonia.
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We're seeing profits from cheap money, but we still don't know the consequences.
The stock market had its biggest sell-off in five weeks Wednesday, thanks to more evidence of meager job growth. The official March jobs data come Friday morning as stocks are just below all-time highs.
Don't confuse the record high stock market earlier this week as proof the U.S. economy has healed from the Great Recession. Instead, for many Americans, household budgets remain under significant pressure, nest eggs remain shattered and job security is tenuous.
There was a time when half of American households made more than $52,000 per year, the unemployment rate was about 4.5%, we were paying an average of $2.76 per gallon for gasoline and the stock market was hitting record highs. That's not today. Except for the stock market. But are you better off now versus 2007 when the Standard &Poor's 500 last traded at these levels?
Compared with the fall of 2007, median household incomes have dropped 4%. Home prices are down 16%. And gas is well over $3.50 a gallon. While a new strength for the stock market is worth celebrating, it changes little for most households.
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Sure, America and Americans are showing signs of healing from the deep financial wounds of the Great Recession. Home prices are climbing again. Unemployment is dropping. Even U.S. manufacturing is enjoying a boomlet after a decades of decline. But the real economy is not reflected on Wall Street. After all, it is a market of stocks. And with corporate profits at record levels, who wouldn't want to own a small slice of that pie?
The majority of Americans, that's who.
While the statistic varies slightly from source to source, most surveys suggest roughly half of households have a financial interest in the stock market. Those that do don't have much invested. The Economic Policy Institute finds a third of "small investors" really are small. Very small. They own less than $10,000 in stocks. Though that might be big money to them, it's chump change on Wall Street.
This rising stock market tide is not raising all boats because most Americans aren't more than ankle-deep, if that.
Even so, the halo effect of record high stock prices can't be denied. It's much better living in an economy with an upward sloping stock chart than the cliff dive and subsequent financial devastation that happened between September 2008 and March 2009. Household net worth now totals $66 trillion, driven by the twin recoveries in the real estate and stock markets. Both of those rebounds have been staged with cheap money courtesy of the tally keeper of Americans' net worth: the Federal Reserve.
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Critics argue that the money created by the Federal Reserve's strategy is phony. But the stock gains partially driven by the effort aren't. It's too bad more Americans aren't directly profiting.
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When the electrically powered boiler that provided heat for a 17-story bank in Topeka, Kan., shut down one winter day, the building manager immediately called the electrician who typically serviced that system to troubleshoot the problem. Shortly after opening the doors to one of the two control cabinets, the electrician was severely burned by electrical arcing that destroyed the control panel. Even after a four-month recovery, his injuries still limited certain activities. That was March 1973. Why cover a case that happened almost 30 years ago? Because this incident demonstrates a timeless lesson for each new generation of engineers and electricians: Proper electrical testing is just as important today as it was decades ago, and a lot of electrical equipment installed in the mid to late '60s is still around for engineers, contractors, and plant facility personnel to troubleshoot, service, and maintain.
After the accident, a personal injury lawsuit followed. The principal defendant was Manufacturer A (electric boiler system). The plaintiff's attorney called Manufacturer B (limit switch) as a codefendant on the assumption that it had provided a defective limit switch that caused the accident. Manufacturer B's attorney retained me to assist in its defense. To put the accident into perspective, let's take a look at the system specifications and operating conditions surrounding this particular piece of equipment to better understand why this accident occurred.
System description
Designed and installed in the late '60s, when utilities offered special low rates to users who installed "electrically fueled" heating systems as a way to boost their base load, the electric boiler system provided supplemental heat for this office tower during the winter when the amount of recycled waste heat from the facility's cooling unit wasn't sufficient to heat the building.
Two 480V, 3-phase 1,500A feeders supplied power to separate control cabinets. A 1 kVA, 480/120V transformer provided the control power for the system via a transfer switch connected to the 480V feeder. The boiler contained 225 resistance heater units rated at 10kW each. These were connected in 75 delta loads for a total load of 2,250kW. A 3-pole contactor controlled each delta load. Photo 1 shows one of four panels that housed these contactors. A 20-step controller from Manufacturer B (Photo 2) operated the contactors in groups of three or four to modulate the heat rate for the boiler system to match the required heating load. If the temperature of the hot water deviated from the specified set point, the step controller would increase or decrease the heat rate accordingly. With sensors to shut down the unit in the event of a low-water or over-temperature condition, the boiler was designed to "reset to zero heat rate" in case of a shutdown.
After digging back a little further into the boiler control system's records, I uncovered a curious detail. Installed in 1969, the boiler had burned down four times prior to the incident in March 1973 — in fall 1969, fall 1970, fall 1972, and January 1973. Each time the system burned down, the original installing electrical contractor rebuilt the unit, and the boiler manufacturer sent a representative to the site.
In fall 1973, while building the system for the fifth time, the electrician discovered the "reset to zero heat rate" circuitry wasn't functional. A normally closed switch was intended to open when the step controller was moved off of the zero heat rate position. Under this circumstance, if the control voltage was shut down, the recycle relay would open and prevent control voltage from being applied to the contactors controlling the heating elements. With the recycle relay open, the step control unit would return to the zero heat rate position when power was turned back on. The arm of the limit switch failed to bear on the cam. Therefore, the normally closed contacts never opened, and the recycle relay was always energized when control voltage was present. The electrician used a limit switch with an arm that properly contacted the cam to replace the original. Armed with the facts from the past, it was time to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
The investigation
After thoroughly testing the original limit switch, I found it to meet all of the operational specifications of Manufacturer B for that particular component. I calculated the inrush current of the 3-pole power contactors to be 0.5A. Thus, if all contactors were simultaneously energized, the 1kVA control transformer was loaded to 375%.
Standard open-circuit/short-circuit testing methods determined the impedance of the control transformer referred to the low side as 0.879 ohms. If 76 contactors were energized simultaneously and the available control voltage was 110V, then the voltage at the coil of the contactors would be 76V, which is 12V less than the "pull-in voltage" for these contactors. Thus, for some heat rate setting less than full, the contactors would chatter rather than pull in solidly. This chattering would cause arcing, arcing would create ionization of the air, and ionization of the air would initiate ground-fault arcing from some of the components energized at 480V. The appearance of the burned cabinets is consistent with this theory.
The judgment
Manufacturer A was unable to provide any credible evidence of written test procedures and/or detailed test data that were applicable to this product, nor could it produce any written test procedures or data that were applicable to the recycle relay subsystem. Although representatives of the electric boiler manufacturer had been on-site during each of the five builds, they never recommended testing the recycle relay subsystem for correct operation. Engineers from Manufacturer A, who designed the electric boiler control system, were the ones who specified the cam and the limit switch associated with the recycle relay subsystem, which were added to the step control unit. Based upon the findings, Manufacturer B's attorney filed a motion for summary judgment to remove his firm as a defendant in this case. The judge granted this motion in late 1979, more than six years after the accident.
Although it happened almost 30 years ago, this case demonstrates a valuable lesson for all electrical professionals. Overlooking regular electrical testing can prove to be inconvenient, costly, counterproductive, dangerous, and sometimes fatal. In this case, Manufacturer A could have prevented the accident if it had performed a few simple tests, including:
- Testing the prototype unit to verify correct operation of the recycle relay subsystem. If this had been done, someone would have clearly discovered the incorrect limit switch — regardless of a possible design or manufacturing error.
- Testing each production unit to ensure they met all functional specifications. This test would have prevented the first accident.
- Prescribing, in writing, complete functional testing of the rebuilt electric boiler control system after it was rebuilt on-site following the first accident. This test would have prevented the second accident.
Rummer is an engineering consultant and expert witness in courts throughout the central United States.


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Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company G, 328th Infantry, 82d Division. Place and date: Near Chatel-Chehery, France, 8 October 1918. Entered service at: Pall Mall, Tenn. Born: 13 December 1887, Fentress County, Tenn. G.O. No.: 59, W.D., 1919.
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Nationally, the number of taxpayers filing from home computers is up 7.5 percent.
So far this year, the average refund is $3,034, up about 1.1 percent compared to the average refund amount for the same time last year. Almost 88 percent of refunds to date have been directly deposited into the accounts of taxpayers, instead of by paper checks.
By the end of February, more than 48 million tax refunds nationally had been issued by the IRS – an increase of 5.6 percent compared to the same time last year.
At the end of the fourth week of the filing season, the IRS had received almost 40 percent of the returns it expects to receive during 2014.
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