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A winner was selected from 40 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
Addison is a big seattle seahawks fan, and will be having a football theme Bar Mitzvah. We would like to have a professional logo for him to help complete the event. The Logo will go on Invitations, Bags, Foam Fingers, and more. Addison's initials are ALV and the date of the event is 10-17-09.
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Some of my favorite books of the past few years have been National Book Award winners from the Young People's Literature category. If you like having your heart ripped out, stomped on a few times and shoved back in your chest, you can't beat winners like Sherman Alexie's Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian or Kathryn Erskine's Mockingbird. Alas, they're both just regular ol' fiction. So I was excited to see that a fantasy novel had won this year.
Past authors who have won in this category with fantasy books include Ursula K. LeGuin, Lloyd Alexander and Madeleine L'Engle. First time author William Alexander's winning middle grade novel Goblin Secrets had a lot to live up to. And, though it has occasional flashes of brilliance, the story never seems to come together in a satisfying whole.
The novel takes place in the city of Zombay (a name that far too silly, conjuring thoughts of the video game "Plants vs. Zombies" – I imagine Dr. Zomboss getting his degree at the University of Zombay). It's a city of dark secrets that are slowly revealed. The Northside of Zombay is wealthy, with streets on a grid system and ruled by a mayor who turns out to be very corrupt, in his single scene. Across the Fiddleway Bridge and the Zombay River is Southside. Southside is full of twisting streets, poverty, docks and is ruled by Graba. Graba is a Baba Yaga-esque witch – she's on clockwork bird legs, not the house! but the house still moves! – who collects orphans to run errands for her. This includes Rownie, our hero.
Recently the Mayor has passed an anti-theater / anti-mask law in Zombay and Rownie's older brother Rowan may or may not have escaped arrest from the guard. The guard all have clockwork legs that force them to march everywhere, which make it seem like they should be easy to run away from, but apparently not. The guard captain also has clockwork eyes with gears for irises, which doesn't make sense, but does let Alexander write lines about the captain's "ticking gaze," which is fun. Rownie misses his brother, though he doesn't actually seem to have gone looking for him and it's not clear how long ago he disappeared – we learn of Rowan's disappearance in flashback – but the whole thing gets going when Rownie decides to steal from Graba and sneak off to see a Goblin play.
The Goblins are not technically citizens of Zombay and get to skirt the laws about putting on plays and wearing masks and they invite Rownie to do so too. It turns out he's pretty good at acting. The goblins, who were once human but have been Changed (with a capital letter) and prefer being called Tamlins – though the book usually doesn't, even after we've been told – also hate the mayor and hated by Graba. The Tamlins make up the third leg of the somewhat odd political plot of the novel, about citizenship and gentrification and fairness and unfairness of laws.
All three groups are looking for Rowan, though it's not clear why until pretty late in the story. Also, the floods are coming. Except they've never come before, it's just something people say. Theater is magical, except also there's literally magic. Aside from clockwork there are automatons which are powered by burning coal. Except coal isn't something mined from the earth – it's made from the hearts of humans and animals. Which can be replaced by clockwork to make slaves and mindless workers. The whole novel is broken up into "Acts" and "Scenes" instead of books and chapters. Though, these designations are merely cosmetic, not structural or indicating actual scene shifts. Which I think about covers the set-up.
Alexander cannot be faulted in any way for being unimaginative or unambitious, certainly. And his writing has a lovely and often poetic feel to it. There's particularly excellent sequence toward the end of the book of a puppet show that managed to combine the thrill of the illicit, the magic of theater, a possible threat to the Tamlin and provide a healthy dose of world-building and character history. It's also the only time the plays in the novel move beyond folk tales or morality plays into something more interesting. The play itself also provides a clue for the enmity between two parties who want the same thing. Though it may have left a little too much ambiguity. Despite sequences like this the story as a whole felt continually unwieldy and confusing.
Aside from Rownie's half-hearted search for his brother – the flap copy says he goes to the Tamlin play looking for his brother, though the text makes it clear he didn't know his brother knew the Tamlins – and the political shenanigans, general enslavement of people, etc., the threat of the book is the flooding of the Zombay River. This is introduced about a third of the way into the book, immediately undercut as a threat and also sounds like "winter is coming" from Game of Thrones. It wasn't until the last third of the book that I realized this was what the book was about. This wasn't the only time I got lost in Alexander's overstuffed world – the first few times he describes "diggers" I thought they were some sort of ghost story the street kids told each other and not clockwork-hearted slaves.
Like many child protagonists in fantasy, Rownie doesn't know much about the world around him and we mostly encounter things through his eyes. With the Tamlins, this is interesting: he hears a lot of lies and bad information and is disabused of his speciesist ideas. But with other topics, it's just odd. After angering Graba, Rownie throws himself from a window and then runs for his life. In the midst of running, Alexander introduces us to another fantastical creature that lives in the dust of Southside and then Rownie considers the possibility that Graba made one of his pursuers out of pigeons. Is this Rownie's flight of fancy? Is it literally possible Graba is that powerful a witch? It's another unanswered question, like how do people Change into Tamlin? Rownie flat out asks that two of the Tamlin. One can't remember because it was too long ago, though the older one he asks just tells him she won't tell him.
While ambiguity works for something like the magic behind the masks the Tamlin and Rownie wear, outright lack of clarity and too many questions just bog down the novel. For instance, one character tells Rownie that Graba keeps him around because he has "got a little talent for wearing masks," except Graba's kept Rownie for years and only the day before had he ever tried on a mask. And his doing so made her furious. By the end you can kind of puzzle out the witch's motivations, but not how she knew that Rownie would have this talent. All of this, and more, is jammed into a mere 150 pages. By the time it was clear what was important and what was atmospheric window dressing, the book was nearly over and the climax hinged on what had seemed to be a throw-away line in Act 1, Scene 1.
Perhaps I am being overly judgmental, because this seems like a book I should love: I'm a mask collecting, theater lover myself and am a stronger believer in challenging young readers with morally complex, sometimes ambiguous stories. Many of the ideas in the novel are fresh or at least interesting twists on the familiar, but they never caused me to feel anything particular for Rownie, or his lost brother. Perhaps if the plot had been broken up over two books, allowing time for Rownie to actively search for his brother or to have a couple adventures away from Zombay, there would have been space to make the stakes and risks clearer or to examine the possible morality of various choices (perhaps some Southsiders would embrace the mayor's plan if it means getting out from under the thumb of a witch).
Though I did not love Goblin Secrets, that doesn't change the fact that it's made a pretty serious splash for a debut novel. Alexander is an author willing to take risks and he's got an impressive imagination. After winning the National Book Award, it's likely we'll be seeing more from him. With any luck, his next entries into the field will have more solid narratives to support his flights of fancy.


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Fear Of the DarkRelease
of fear of the dark:
breathlessness, dizziness, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, feeling sick, shaking, heart palpitations, inability to speak or think clearly, a fear of dying, becoming mad or losing control, a sensation of detachment from reality or a full blown anxiety attack.
You are not the only one to suffer from fear of the dark. Most sufferers are surprised to learn that they are far from alone in this surprisingly common, although often unspoken, phobia.
Fear of the dark is an intense fear of something that poses little or no actual
danger. While adults with fear of the dark realize that these fears are irrational,
they often find that facing, or even thinking about facing, the feared
situation brings on a panic attack or severe anxiety.
Imagine what your life will be like when you know that you are not
"defective". When you can be confident and at ease in situations where you
used to feel your fear of the dark. And when you can talk about your former fear of the dark symptoms as though you are describing a movie where the
character is someone else, not you.
An Amazing Discovery
years ago, a psychologist specializing in phobias like fear of the dark, made an
amazing discovery.
kept up-to-date with all the leading therapies. And he tried them all. And no matter what therapy modality he tried, the cure
rate of phobias like fear of the dark was less than 5%. Oh sure, patients made progress. But it was only
incremental. And therapy took years, not months.
face it. It's possible that a small percentage of people would be
"cured" even if left alone.
he made an amazing discovery and his ability to eliminate fear of the dark soared to over 80%. He was so successful it
nearly put him out of business.
it didn't put him out of business, but it did--at least for awhile--create a
financial strain for the first time in his career. You see, he was able to
"cure" fear of the dark clients often in one session, rarely more than five or six.
was a radical change from years of therapy. And quite a hit to his income. Now
he has raised his rates. And you might be able to get an appointment with
him...if you have about $1,000 handy.
the "price" of success.
was the discovery? It was so simple, but nobody thought of looking there
it is, and it is called The Discovery Statement:
cause of all negative emotions
is a disruption in the body's energy system."
what he didn't say. He didn't say that it was in your thoughts, habits,
beliefs, strategies or any other thing (although they do play a factor).
Those are "the branches".
energy system is "the root". And from this root the field of
Energy Psychology was born.
this discovery, other innovators have emerged in Energy Psychology. And they
offer solutions to emotional issues such as fear of the dark.
really nice feature of Energy Psychology is that in many cases self-help is
sufficient. In cases where a therapist is desired or needed, Fear of the dark Live Help can be provided over the phone. And since not much talking is involved,
the sessions are quick and affordable.
It Work for Everyone?
a word, no it doesn't. It's not perfect. It only works about 85% of the
time. But that is a radical shift from about 5% rate for some methods.
reason it may not work is that frankly some people are afraid to give up their
fear of the dark. Their identity is wrapped up in it. They have had their
fear of the dark so long that they don't know who they would be without it.
Fortunately, the same methods can be used to eliminate this fear first,
should it arise.
some people just love to talk about their fear of the dark. That's one reason why some
people may spend years in talk therapy. They love to have someone who cares
about them listen to their fear of the dark problems.
Psychology isn't about talk. It's about results. Fast, effective, lasting
lot of talking about problems keeps people in the "stuck" state and
is counterproductive. So people who really want to talk about their fear of the dark
because they are not really ready to let them go may not achieve optimal
results. People like this may be better satisfied with talk therapy, even if
it means extensive sessions, much higher expense and a lower success rate. But
it is what some people want and seem to need.
get me wrong. Effective Energy Therapists listen really well. And with
compassion. It's just that their focus is on the "root", not the
"branches". You may feel like you have truly been heard for the
first time in your life.
Energy Psychology is not perfect. And it's not for everyone, perhaps only 80%
or so of the population. Is it for you? Only you can decide. But it is worth a
try. With the guarantees offered, the only thing you have to lose is your
fear of the dark.
course, success rates for elimination of fear of the dark will be higher with a therapist,
Click here for Fear of the dark Live Help . But self-help is amazingly
effective. Especially with the improved methods and techniques of leading
edge developers in Energy Psychology such as Dr. Silva Hartmann. This is why
we have links to her ebooks on this site.
Fear of the dark does respond
really well to energy psychology.
psychology is an emerging method that is rapidly gaining favor because in
studies it is shown to be rapid, safe, effective and long-lasting. For more
information on a safe and effective way to eliminate Fear of the dark click here for Self Help Solutions.
suffer needlessly. Don't wait any longer to eliminate this unnecessary suffering
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CMT Names 2012 Artists of the Year
Congratulationss are in order for country heavyweights Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood. These seven artists have been selected as the 2012 CMT Artists of the Year. Each one had a banner year, so they certainly deserve this impressive and important accolade for a variety of reasons.
The winners were announced during a 90-minute special hosted by Rascal Flatts and actress Hayden Panettiere, who has quickly assimilated into the country genre thanks to her role as an up-and-coming singer on the new hit series 'Nashville.'
The CMT Artists of the Year special, which featured performances and appearances, will air again tonight (Dec. 9) at 7:30PM, as well as Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 12AM on CMT. All times are ET, so be sure and tune in.
The winners received their trophies from friends and colleagues, with Sheryl Crow handing off the award to Lambert, while Church received his from Kid Rock. Underwood's hockey player hubby Mike Fisher gave her the award (her second time winning) while Kenny Rogers presented Luke Bryan with his. Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens presented Toby Keith with his win. Aldean kept the baseball theme going, as Atlanta Braves infielder Chipper Jones gave him his award; it marked the 'Take a Little Ride' singer's third win. Chesney, a second-time winner, received his trophy from rocker Sammy Hagar, with whom he has performed.


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Oh, Moe, what have you done to us? While you were (are?) sleeping the UN decided to halt aid to Burma because the junta just keeps taking it at gunpoint to sell it; Beirut has been at least partially taken over by Hezbollah; there's just too much smack to talk about Mark Penn to even begin to contemplate adding links and, frankly, I'm just a little sick of talking about the primaries. So the Windy's Attackerman and I, in all my morning Glamocratic splendor, take on things we probably should've ignored, like the primaries, Russian goosestepping, Spencer's favorite strip club in all of Canada and Arianna Huffington's secrets about John McCain.
MEGAN: So, you want to talk Lebanon for a second? Also, are my eyes deceiving me or is the guy in that picture carrying his big machine gun with an arm that is no longer attached to a hand? And is that a statement on how intractable this conflict is that even people who have lost limbs in it and can't afford prosthetics just learn how to fire big ass guns with their stumps?
SPENCER: hezbollah has the most extensive social-service network in lebanon
it would hardly surprise me that an amputee, grateful for hezb's help after, say, an israeli artillery barrage decimated his home in tyre in summer 06, would grip up and help hezbollah seize beirut
those shiite militia groups are really good at hearts and minds
MEGAN: And, yet, reportedly, not great husbands. Probably also shit boyfriends. Anyway, so, moving on, how exciting it that, for the first time since the Cold War, Russia has decided to put its armory on display for a big political event! Political rallies: not just for goosestepping anymore!
SPENCER: wait wait why move on?
i don't do russia
my friends chris and rania are reporters in beirut
i turn to them for my lebanon news
but those assholes had to be in dubai when the shit went down
so, sigh
MEGAN: Except for the whole "it's safer in Dubai" thing.
SPENCER: ok now we can move on. what do you think of this russia stuff?
MEGAN: I think the new guy is cute except for the way that Putin's constantly elbow-deep in his ass to make him talk. That's a little off-putting.
SPENCER: did Putin work something out where he'll be prime minister or something after Medevedevedev becomes president? Or am I confused?
MEGAN: You're not confused, and he is PM right now, Meddie was inaugurated earlier this week as Pres and Pooty-Poot as PM (and, yes, I did watch Lil Bush last night, the second season is hilariously good).
Also, I'm sort of out of things to say on Russia unless the time I recount trying to negotiate with their guy on what should've been to them a relatively minor point in their WTO accession package when I was a lobbyist. It was minor to them, it was major to my industry and we were going to oppose the finalization of any agreement without them giving us something and the dude was super happy to talk to me about it because he wanted to stare at my tits. When he realized that I knew what I was talking about, he decided he didn't speak English and walked away, and the guy from the embassy just smiled at me with embarrassment.
SPENCER: the only point i can add about russia
yesterday at the bar a journo friend told me that the FBI got in touch with him
because they're "concerned" about a russian he MIGHT have come in contact with
MEGAN: I know something that will excite you to talk about though... the Pakistanis and Jay Hood.
SPENCER: he was commander of JTF-GTMO when i was there on a visit in 2005
MEGAN: Well, and the Pakistanis for some crazy reason don't want him in their country...
SPENCER: i mean
who was the genius that decided it would be a good idea to send the ex-commander of an island prison for muslims to the most volatile and restive muslim country on the planet
hood is not the problem
if you want a real military villain for gtmo, look no further than Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller
miller is more Legacy of Brutality than the fucking Misfits
MEGAN: I mean, is anyone involved in Gitmo, like, good?
SPENCER: he's the guy who told ricardo sanchez the most fateful mixed-message in the war on terror: "Gitmo-ize" Abu Ghraib, and here's how we do it over there, but oh by the way, we don't have to follow the Geneva Conventions and you do
kthxbai wink wink
the Navy guards who walk the blocks, they're good
those guys are like 18 yrs old and have to deal with detainees throwing shit-blood-puke cocktails at them
this one guard in 2005, she told me, you wouldn't believe what i go through to wash that out of my hair
MEGAN: Yeah, that sucks, it doesn't seem like it's their fault.
SPENCER: no more than it's the fault of the bank teller for your house going into forclosure
MEGAN: Not my house! I'm still solvent! Knocking wood furiously right now.
SPENCER: one quick gtmo story:
this one soldier who was my minder at the base was given liberty to get drunk with us at the officers club — and omfg is gtmo a weird but awesome place to get shitfaced — started to get rowdy when he learned that i had been to his favorite montreal strip club
"fuck yeah! you're my BOY!"
yelling at the top of his lungs at 3 am
then he quit the army and ran for congress in pennsylvania. true story.
MEGAN: Why have you been to a strip club in Montreal? Also, who has a favorite strip club in Montreal?
SPENCER: club supersex
it rules, that's why
me and my friends went there for the millenium & liked it so much we went the next year
the next new year's that is
great job not talking about the primary!
after yesterday's comment-thread disaster
MEGAN: Like, how big of a strip-club afficianado do you have to be to have picked out a favorite?
SPENCER: i think when you go to supersex there really is no close second
unless you count the lusty lady in SF which i hear is kickass and feminist but i've never been
my friend's exgf used to dance there
christ she was hot
MEGAN: You and I are pretty much going to disagree on the greatness of strip clubs.
I'm not deliberately ignoring, but, like what's happened in the last 24 hours? Clinton's still not getting out, Obama's ignoring that, McCain's still walking around being McCain. And Clinton doesn't have that much money right now.
SPENCER: did you see mccain's ad with his mom?
it's eerie how he looks older than his mother
MEGAN: I think that's just makeup. I saw his mother at the White House Correspondents Dinner. She looked old.
Oh, and Arianna Huffington says that McCain didn't vote for Bush in 2000, or he told a bunch of Hollywood types he didn't but he says she's full of shit.
SPENCER: i happen to know but only in an off the record way that arianna is right
MEGAN: I'm sure she's right, I just think it's funny that she's the only one out campaigning against McCain right now, and is less likely to be believed by the people she's trying to convince than even the other candidates.
SPENCER: you would have to be a saint to vote for the man who called racists in south carolina to say you fathered a black baby with a prostitute
or have no self-respect
MEGAN: Yeah, and McCain's no saint and he definitely has plenty of ego to go around.


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Robert Folsom Mayoral Papers
Biographical Note
Former Dallas Mayor and prominent land developer, Robert Folsom was born February 15, 1927 in Dallas, Texas. He grew up in Oak Cliff and is a graduate of Sunset High School and Southern Methodist University. In 1960-1966 he served on the Dallas School Board. Folsom defeated Garry Weber in a heated mayoral campaign in 1975 and served three consecutive terms.
Mayor Folsom has been described as straight forward and honest. As Mayor, he was committed to the growth of Dallas as a great modern city. He believed strongly in the city manager-city council form of municipal government at a time when it was considered to be "on the way out." Several building projects begun during his terms of office - Reunion Arena, Tollway and other highway improvements, and an Arts District - have proved successful. The Arts District was voted down in a bond election during Folsom's administration, but later proved to be a valuable project.
A controversial issue during the first mayoral race in 1975 and throughout Folsom's terms of office was integration. Due to a zoning proposal concerning private schools the problem id desegregation became a major issue in 1975. Folsom supported the private schools in order to prevent "white flight" from the Dallas area. He believed private schools would keep people in their neighborhoods and thereby retain the tax base. Folsom was also anti-busing which was another explosive side to the integration issue. Opponents often accused him of being racist based on this issue. In an oral history interview Folsom replied to this charge by saying he supported many minority issues, but those were never mentioned, only when he voted against an issue was attention given to the vote.
When asked, "Is Dallas a great city?" Mayor Folsom's response was, "Absolutely. It is the best city on this earth..."This was a strong convention. As Mayor, Robert Folsom worked to be sure Dallas remained great and continued to grow.
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Scope and Contents
The Folsom Collection is strictly papers dealing with the Mayor's office during Folsom's three terms. Included are correspondence, memoranda, special projects, and proclamations.
The City Council Files include items concerning Bill Nicol, Bill Blackburn, Lucy Patterson, Juanita Craft, John Leedom, Steve Bartlett and other council members. These files include special reports, letters, and memoranda.
The correspondence files are an excellent source when dealing with all aspects of the Mayor's involvement in city projects. Foe example the reports on city goals, Love Field, Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, Low Income Energy Assistance Programs, Housing and Urban Development, Health Department, Utilities, and Downtown Revitalization reveal interest of Mayor Folsom and specific issues facing Dallas during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
MA81-4 Robert Folsom Mayoral Papers, Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library
Processing Information
Processed by Dr. John Geers. Edited by Cindy C. Smolovik, Archivist
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Spyder Sense - 2012 Jeep Wrangler JK Unlimited RubiconPosted in Features on July 1, 2012
Hardcore builds are fun, but sometimes there's no need to use dynamite to swat a fly. Poison Spyder's latest JK shares the hardcore heritage of other Spyder builds, but does so in a package that calls on ready-made products from Poison Spyder and other industry luminaries.
"We wanted to do a build that was more like what the average JK owner would do," Poison Spyder's Larry McRae said. "The last JK we did was aimed at hardcore rock crawling, with parts like Dana 60 axles and an Atlas II transfer case. Those are awesome parts and there are definitely JK owners, including us, who push their vehicles hard, but we're aiming at the middle of the road this time."
The Dozer Orange 2012 JK Rubicon Unlimited on these pages might best be characterized as a "triple purpose" machine. First, it's got Jeep's new 2012 drive train, and serves as a rolling development lab for Poison Spyder's latest JK products. Second, Cheri McRae needed a new daily driver. Finally, this JK will see action on trails and at 4x4 shows and events all over the country.
Once home from the dealer, the trip from stock to stunning took a mere two months, thanks to the Poison Spyder shop crew and a smart selection of JK-specific parts. R&D was involved, but one-off custom parts were not. Cheri admits she thought the color was too "school bus-y" at first. Not anymore. With the Spyder parts from stem to stern, the Rock Krawler/Fox suspension, a set of 37-inch BFG Mud Terrain KM2s, and custom graphics to tie it all together, this Dozer Orange JK grabs and holds your attention for all the right reasons. This Poison Spyder Jeep is, quite appropriately, called "Venomous."
Of course, when Poison Spyder aims for the middle of the road, you've got to consider the source and remember Poison Spyder's heritage in hardcore. This JK might not have Dana 60s, an Atlas II, or custom fabrication, but 37s and a smart selection of ready-made parts are still going to take this JK over trails that lesser vehicles fear to tread. "Middle of the hardcore road" seems like a more accurate characterization.
This may have been a quick build, but it produced a capable JK that will go the distance. It makes perfect Spyder sense to us.
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Traditionally, during British summertime, we switch off our TVs en masse and partake in more outdoor pursuits instead. We'd all rather be having barbecues, playing swingball, or queuing in the rain outside Wimbledon for tickets to court 14. However, this is World Cup year, and that means sitting in front of the goggle box and savouring the talents of footballing superstars such as Messi, Kaka, and Emile Heskey.
So, that TV buying decision you've been putting off for a while is creeping up on you like a cartoon villain, and we're here to help. No matter the size or budget, we've tried and tested hundreds of screens in order to find the very best for everyone, and the one thing they all have in common is that they'll give you a World Cup experience you won't forget.
26ins and below
Best on a budget: Samsung LE26B450 (£300)
Available for £300 or less, this Samsung pint-sized LCD screen comes with three HDMI sockets and the company's tried and trusted DNIe+ picture processing, ensuring that despite its diminutive stature, its image quality is living room friendly.
It's only HD ready, with a 1366 x 768 resolution, but is compatible with a 1080p24 signal, even if it can't display Full HD pictures natively. And its built-in Wide Colour Enhancer 2 technology adds extra vibrancy and zing to the colourscape, most notably on greens - essential for footy action.
There's only an SD Freeview tuner on board, so the LE26B450 can't display HD World Cup broadcasts without a separate set-top-box. But the standard-def picture quality, including sharpness and motion stability, is so impressive, you probably won't need to invest in an external source anyway.
Audio isn't a strong point, with the down-firing 5W stereo speakers being perfunctory at best. However, this is a cracking little TV for the price and will certainly make the World Cup look fantastic, whether it's in the bed or living room.
Premium choice: LG 22LU5000 (£400)
Not only is LG's screen more expensive than Samsung's above, but it has a considerably smaller screen size. At only 22 inches, you would think that the LU5000 is definitely bedroom bound, however, it has a few surprises up its sleeve, and more bells and whistles than the Brazilian support.
For starters, its 1080p. Yep, a 1920 x 1080 resolution on a 22-inch screen. To be honest, the extra pixels (over HD ready panels) probably don't make a great deal of difference with video content, but if you want to double it up as a computer monitor, the count matters. And, it comes with a VGA port alongside two HDMIs and a set of component inputs, so even caters for those with older computers.
It's the picture quality that really matters though, and the LU5000 has a bonus in this area too. It features LG's proprietary picture optimisation wizard. The screen runs you through some easy to understand calibration demos and options, to make sure that the images are specifically tuned for your ambient surroundings. In short, technically at least, you get the best picture no matter where it's placed.
Naturally, like with the Samsung, being a small screen, this LG doesn't exactly have the meatiest audio performance, but at least dialogue and, therefore, commentary is clean and precise. And the in-built Freeview tuner gives just enough respect to video to give a cracking TV experience. Oh, and it looks nice too.
Best on a budget: Toshiba 32RV635 (£400)
A 32-inch screen is, essentially, the ideal size for a small living room, and this Toshiba TV is an absolute snip for £400. Not only is it a Full HD panel, and therefore capable of playing 1080p24 Blu-ray content through one of its four HDMI ports, but it features the company's proprietary Resolution+ picture processing.
Resolution+ is an in-built upscaling technology, the like of which is usually found in DVD players or Blu-ray decks. It takes a standard definition picture source, cleans and improves it, finding extra details and sharpening edges, and displays the end product at 1920 x 1080 pixels. Essentially, SD pictures get a welcome make-over in the set itself. It certainly gives a massive helping hand to Freeview footy broadcasts, which can otherwise suffer all manner of strange image artefacts.
The RV635 is also a deft performer with HD content, and is ripe for exploitation using a V+HD, Sky+ HD, Freeview HD or Freesat set-top-box. Its sonic talents are less spectacular and merely do an average job, but, for the price, there's few 32-inch screens out there that can match its appeal.
Premium choice: JVC Xiview LT-32WX50 (£2500)
Coming without an in-built tuner, the 32WX50 is not actually a TV as such, but then, it's not even on sale in conventional stores or online. Instead, it's been designed specifically for the lucrative custom installation market, something JVC is adopting for all of its screen business from now on.
Firstly, that means that you can only order one through a dedicated home cinema installer. And, secondly, that it may cost you even more than the, cough, two-and-a-half grand price ticket.
Admittedly, it's debatable whether it's worth such a lofty price point, but JVC certainly gets the basics right. A detachable speaker bar provides excellent stereo performance, especially for its size and thickness, and an edge-lit LED backlight affords the 32WX50 superb black levels.
The backlight also allows the screen to be a mere 7mm thick (25mm at its thickest point). It's a move that cries out for wall-mounting.
Of course, with no tuner, it'll need to be fed a diet of STB-flavoured pictures, but, with genuinely high-class, high-end processing going on under the hood, the display will certainly give those with expensive tastes a great view of the World Cup.
Best on a budget: Sony Bravia KDL-37EX503 (£720)
It'd be a strange World Cup TV round-up without a Sony, especially as the Japanese manufacturer is the official consumer electronics brand of the 2010 tournament, and thankfully, this set is an absolute shoo-in for this category.
To begin with, it has a Freeview HD TV tuner, allowing you to watch the BBC and ITV's coverage in glorious high definition for free. Of course, that's only if you're in a compatible area, and have a signal strength strong enough to maintain a decent service, but it's a highly welcome feature. And, even if you're not currently fed HD broadcasts, at least it doubles as a normal Freeview TV regardless.
Then there's its net capabilities, and Sony's excellent soon-to-launch World Cup video-on-demand service, which let you watch highlights of every tournament since England's victorious campaign in 1966 through its online hook-up. A multitude of other documentaries and footy-focused features are available too, and VOD is only one cannon in its net-based arsenal.
But, ultimately, the reason for this LCD TV's inclusion in our round-up is its absolutely stonking picture and audio prowess. The Full HD 37EX503 has Sony's legendary performance, but for a bargain basement price. Impressive? You betcha.
Premium choice: Loewe Connect 37 Media Full HD+ 100 DR+ (£3000)
We've got to be honest, you won't be buying the ridiculously long-named Connect 37 Media Full HD+ DR+ for its picture quality. There are many better screens out there for video playback, HD or otherwise, and they cost far less than the three-grand price ticket slapped on Loewe's TV.
Nor would you buy it to fill a house with cacophonous stereo audio, booming soundtrack or classical jazz alike. It has capable audio performance, but not anything outstanding.
Nope, the main reason you would buy this specific telly is its looks. Its design. Its aesthetics. If you're a footballer and most of your furniture is designed by Philippe Starck, this is the screen for you. That's not to say it doesn't have several reasons to turn it on, it's just that it looks very, very nice when it's switched off. It is, in modern parlance, "well fit".
Its Connect name is also a clue as to the set's other main feature, a wealth of internet connectivity features, including media streaming abilities and access to internet radio. And there's an in-built 250GB hard drive to record, pause and rewind TV from the press of a button. Essentially, with the Connect 37, you need never miss a match. Although, maybe a credit card repayment or two.
Best on a budget: Samsung UE40B7020 (£900)
Taken from Samsung's 2009 range, this 40in LED TV is essentially the same as the 40B7000 bar the colour of the exterior bezel. The nuts and bolts are identical, so its an amazing bargain at £900. Indeed, shop around and, because the company has now introduced its summer 2010 tellies, you may even pick one up for less.
Without a shadow of a doubt, the B7020's major selling point is its picture performance. The edge-mounted LED backlight, when combined with proprietary filtering technologies, provides some of the deepest black levels seen outside of a Welsh coal mine. And it sports a colourfield so vibrant and bursting with life that you might want to wear sunglasses.
The company's 100Hz MotionPlus picture processing genuinely aids the fast-pan nature of football coverage (as long as you switch it to the lowest setting) and there's a real mastery with high definition detail that gives Blu-ray content an almost 3D feel.
Unfortunately, as it is from last year's range, the 7020 only sports an SD Freeview tuner, and the company's Internet@TV connectivity is limited here, but for pure TV and football watching, there are few better 40in screens on the market. And none for the price.
Premium choice: Samsung UE40C8000 (£2,000)
It may seem odd to have two Samsung 40in LED TVs in this category, but they are genuinely here on merit. And it would be more scandalous to not include the C8000, especially as it is one of the first 3DTVs to hit the streets.
Unfortunately, that's largely irrelevant for enjoying the World Cup as the UK isn't showing the tournament in 3D. It's being filmed with 3D cameras, and will even be broadcast in other countries, such as Japan, in three-dimensions, but we're staggering someway behind in this country when it comes to adoption of the new tech.
However, this screen will come into its own after the last penalty has been blasted over the bar. There are plans to release highlights packages in 3D on Blu-ray, and, obviously, they'll work with the C8000.
For now though, this is one amazing telly anyway. And, with full Internet@TV compatibility, including access to LoveFilm's movie rental service on demand, it has a feature list as long as Peter Crouch's arms.
Picture quality is also superb, and Samsung has performed minor miracles getting such superb audio out of an extremely thin footprint. In all, the 3D is merely the icing on the cake. For this, £2k seems cheap.
46ins and above
Best on a budget: LG 50PK790 (£880)
With so many LCD and LED TVs dominating the smaller screen sizes, it only seems fit that the monster category should contain two plasmas. The technology is held in high regard by movie fans and AV-holics alike, and for good reason. For motion and colour accuracy, other techs are still playing catch up.
This LG plasma TV offers an amazing big screen experience for an extremely competitive price point. It has no need for fancy refresh rate-based boasts as it doesn't have any problems with motion blur or juddering, and its green colour presentation is, quite simply, stunning. It's almost as if it was designed with the World Cup in mind.
And, with an in-built Freeview HD TV tuner, it probably was.
There are caveats to such as attractive price tag, though. LG's NetCast online service isn't, perhaps, as fleshed out as other company's offerings. And its DLNA functionality is fairly limited - even though it does stream MP3s, JPEGs, and DivX HD/MKV files. But these niggles disappear when Aaron Lennon's haring up the wing in full, smooth motion, and its Bluetooth connectivity is a gimmick we're particularly fond of.
For getting your mates 'round to watch a match, this 50incher does the job superbly and is an absolutely steal.
Premium choice: Panasonic TX-P54Z1 (£4,300)
There is no better TV to watch football on than Panasonic's flagship screen, fact! The Z1 features all of the company's highest-end processing and technologies (apart from 3D), but also has one unique aspect that justifies the lofty pricing: Wireless Full HD.
Coming with a separate media box, into which you plug all of your external sources, it can transmit full high-definition 1080p24 signals across a room and onto the screen with absolutely no lag or stuttering whatsoever. You can even have all of your content devices in a different room entirely (the signal can penetrate thin-ish walls).
Admittedly, for this to work, the screen needs to have a receiver add-on bolted to the bottom, which looks like an ugly carbuncle when wall-mounted, but at least it gives a level of freedom seldom seen.
Of course, this amounts to little for the actual viewing experience, but we can safely say that the Z1 excels in this area too.
As a plasma it, like the LG, has no problem with fast motion and green colour rendering. However, Panasonic's picture processing makes even standard definition pictures look full of detail and life. Of course, it looks better with HD action pumping through its veins, but at least you won't have to worry about adding a set-top-box under the telly, leaving you free to throw your rattle at the wall after yet another penalty shoot-out.
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Monday, September 5, 2011
Disneyland 5K
3 comments:
- MJ said...
LOL love the star wars mickeys! especially goofy's boxers hihi. Well done on the 5K also :)
- September 5, 2011 at 2:11 PM
- Joanne Kennedy said...
How fun! I was thinking about doing this but I was way to lazy to get up that early :)
Good for you guys for going. Looks like you had a blast.
- September 5, 2011 at 4:55 PM
- dana said...
OMG...I didn't realize the run STARTED at 6:00 a.m....my body would have revolted!!! :) The one I did on Labor Day started at 7:30 and I was still half asleep. I can say I sure was on the trip across town to get to the venue.
I am so PROUD of you and your family....doing this wonderful run together!!! I look forward to seeing how you progress getting ready for the next 5K run!! Yay for you!
L, Dana
PS when I did "The Oz Marathon" in April (I did the 5K run part) there were several folks who dressed up like Wiz of Oz characters. It was great. There was also a wedding ceremony that happening on the starting line right before the run started AND there was a wedding party (bride and bridesmaids) who ran together...with matching t-shirts that said "bride", "bridesmaid"....it was so great to see folks really having fun with it! Love how the folks dressed up at Disney!
Going out for a run in a bit. I have another 5K on the 17th....there are hills on that one...my time will stink that day...I just want to complete it without having to stop and walk. My son, niece, exercise teacher, a couple of friends AND maybe my doctor are all doing that one, too! PLUS ...it's just blocks away from our house! :)
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During the holiday weekend, I was invited to a Seder. I gladly offered to bring dessert, but little did I know how many restrictions there are during the Passover holiday. This was not my first Seder, but previously I had not had the responsibility for making dessert. Instead, I simply took it upon myself to drink the four required glasses of wine and to eat a large amount of food.
Since the Seder normally has multiple courses, I decided that I would make a light dessert. My first idea was to make macaroons. Classic French macaroons are made with ground almonds, sugar and egg whites and are often sandwiched with either an almond filling, a flavoured butter cream or chocolate ganache. I thought I would make different flavours of macaroons by using various types of ground nuts in the batter. The three types I chose were hazelnuts, pecans and walnuts. I enjoy these three, and they are amazingly versatile in baking. I also had never before experienced hazelnuts, pecans and walnuts in macaroons. Each produced lovely cookies that highlighted their delicious flavours. To compliment the macaroons, I made a roasted almond ice cream.
*Note: If you want these macaroons to be kosher for Passover, you need to substitute the icing sugar for a kosher for Passover version. Kosher for Passover icing sugar can be made by pulverizing 1 cup of granulated sugar with 1 Tbsp of potato starch in a food processor. I have found, though, that you may taste a little potato starch flavour in the Kosher icing sugar.
French macaroons:
100g icing sugar
100g ground almonds (With each type of macaroon, I substituted 100g of its particular nut. When I ground the nuts in a food processor, I found it helpful to add the icing sugar for a finer grind.)
35g egg whites
70g granulated sugar
20g water
35g egg whites
Makes approximately 60 cookies – 30 cookies when filled and sandwiched.
1. mix icing sugar, ground nut and egg whites in a mixer w/ a paddle until incorporated. set aside.
2. in a thick bottomed pot, bring granulated sugar and water to a boil, 107ºC – 110ºC (like an Italian meringue)
3. whip egg whites with a whisk attachment to medium peaks and add sugar and water mixture. whip until mixture cools to body temp.
4. fold the nut mixture with the meringue until incorporated. do not fold too much.
• add a little colour to make pastel coloured macaroons.
• pipe out dots, roughly the size of a loonie (3cm) in diameter
• it is helpful to let macaroons sit for 15 minutes after piping, so that the mixture can settle before placing in the oven; this results in a macaroon with a nice foot
Bake at 160ºC for approximately 15 minutes in a double pan.
If you want to sandwich these cookies…
macaroon filling:
80g almond paste
40g butter
mix together until fully incorporated and soft, pipe neatly into French macaroons.
roasted almond ice cream:
1 cup cream
1 cup whole milk
1/2 cup sugar
5 egg yolks
150g roasted almonds
Makes approximately 500ml
1. roast almonds in the oven at 350ºF for 5 to 10 minutes.
2. boil cream and roasted almonds, let simmer and then sit for 30 minutes.
3. in another small pot, add milk and half the sugar and bring to a boil. In a small bowl, mix sugar and egg yolks. Then temper egg yolks with a small portion of the heated milk. Once tempered, add the rest of the egg mixture into the milk and bring mixture up to 85ºC or until it coats the back of a wooden spoon.
4. let the mixture cool and then add in the cream and roasted nuts. Let the mixture sit in the refrigerator over night or until completely cool, at least two hours.
5. put the mixture through a fine sieve. process in an ice cream maker.
Saturday, April 15, 2006
5 comments:
- linda said...
They sound lovely! And good tip about adding icing sugar to the foodprocessor...I'll try it next time.
- Sun. Apr. 16, 02:44:00 a.m. EDT
- Dianka said...
Oh my gosh, these look heavenly!! Macaroons are my favorite! Yours turned out perfect.
- Mon. Apr. 17, 12:59:00 p.m. EDT
- sam said...
Hi Linda,
Thanks for the comment.
Hi Dianka,
Macaroons are fantastic! Nice blog btw.
- Mon. Apr. 17, 09:59:00 p.m. EDT
- Ivonne said...
You must have been reading my mind. I wanted to make french macaroons over the weekend but couldn't find a recipe that I was happy with. I have the Martha Stewart baking book and she has a recipe in there but I was skeptical. I often find that her recipes don't work out.
But now I have yours to try.
They look wonderful!
- Tue. Apr. 18, 11:50:00 a.m. EDT
- sam said...
Hi Ivonne,
I hope you do try them. They are easy and delicious!
- Mon. Apr. 24, 12:26:00 a.m. EDT
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19 June 2015
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Dreaming the Maldives (how do you do, after you have visited them only once, not to fall in love immediately and not to dream every day when you can come back?) and having become a little (nay, very, very much) headstrong in wanting to see the manta rays, behold, I begin to study WHERE I might stay the next time to get more chance to fulfil my dream and, in parallel, I start to investigate prices and schedules of the airlines that fly from Venice to Malè. This happened at the end of January (this year, of course).
I thought that I would NEVER have chosen Emirates, because, unfortunately, this Airline has good times on the outbound travel to Male, with a stopover in Dubai for 2 hours and 55 minutes, but TOO waiting time at the same airport on the return journey (seven hours and 40 minutes !!!!!). And unfortunately this is the time which is always the same every day of the week and which I had also noticed last year ... .I hope it will change, at least in the future ... no one complains, besides me?
I checked other airlines, but they did not give much other choice ......they have or disproportionately higher prices than Emirates (which at that time brought really good offers), or in any case higher prices and stopovers only slightly more advantageous as duration, when even not worst.
Pulled a deep sigh of resignation (in having to spend so much time in Dubai, after you are already tired of the trip), I booked on Emirates.
The trip will begin on April 30.
Thank goodness Paola made her beautiful review on this airline! With her experience, I refrained from selecting a "special meal"! ... Already I did not care much, let alone think about spending a lot of time with the tray in front because I was served among the first ... it is better to avoid it!
However, that, to which I really have not wanted to give up, was the window seat, during both directions, when we get at around seven thirty in the morning, and when we depart at 23 in the night and maybe we will not see anything because it is dark ... but you never know, maybe I can see some illuminated island .... I will tell you how this my first experience "Emirates" will be , in May, to return
Meanwhile, I hope I don't encounter difficulties in transit in Dubai, which I don't know and that I guess is huge ... maybe Paola can reassure me or explain to me how to do to not lose us ... perhaps, from this point of view , it would have been almost better that the duration of stop was on the contrary, the longer in the first part of travel, ... ..but no, we would have arrived later to Male and we would have lost precious minutes to live in this paradise !!!
Travelled May 2015
1 July 2015
Very Good
The service on board
the waiting time during the transit in Dubai
Our relationship with this airline has started very well, since before our departure.
The night before leaving in fact I was surprised to find in my mail an email sent to me by Emirates, which reminded me of the booking details and that I could do check in on line, saving time at the airport.
I had never received such reminders with the other airlines used so far.
Flight almost on time (we started from Venice at 16.10 with 20 minutes delay) and very quiet, made in two sections (Venice - Dubai and Dubai - Male) with the same type of plane, a 777-300ER.
The seats were those required at the time of booking, next to the window, quite comfortable for your legs. Unfortunately we were sitting on rows of three seats, and my husband and I were blocked by a third passenger who never got up, and we didn't want to disturb him.
Good food (in the standard, in line with that received with Qatar or Turkish Airlines), but better in the first section, from Venice to Dubai; in the second part, even after choosing a dish made with chicken rather than another, a hostess came to apologize, saying that it was finished!
Very good service on board and rather welcome the unexpected offer of a great ice cream!
Screens with entertainment proposals were very rich and well working, but even in this regard I have not found anything more than other airlines so far known ... certainly nothing to do with the services that are in charter flights, there is no doubt about it, but maybe I expected a little more, given the reputation of Emirates
Huge and spectacular the Terminal 3, during the transit in Dubai. A colorful crowd of people, of all races, nationalities and ages, was moving along long hallways, spectacular and sparkly, in a succession of shops and attractions. We even crossed an indoor garden, with trees and a little swimming pool with a small waterfall, and we saw in a showcase a huge geode of amethyst that left me stunned for its size.
As I had been anticipated by friendly people, we had no trouble finding the directions to get to our departure gate for Male, despite the enormous size of the terminal.
The return trip was heavy enough for us, due to waiting time, as we had imagined.
We started from Male at about 11 pm, after waiting for more than five hours. Certainly this was not a fault of Emirates, we knew we'd arrived at the airport in the afternoon, as the seaplanes cannot fly with the darkness, but it was inevitable that fatigue began to be felt.
All right in the first stage of the journey, from Male to Dubai: we were only we two, in the three seats of our row, so we also widened ourselves and we rested a bit.
Once in Dubai, the terminal seemed to me even bigger and more spectacular than the first time. I felt like a delighted child, who was walking with the nose up, looking left and right. There were restaurants and shops to no end and even a high wall that looked like a huge waterfall. Following the signs to get to the departure gate we even got on a fast train, and moving is not lasted a few seconds, as I had thought when I had got on! The most pleasant thing was then to find in a waiting room some chairs, similar to beds, with a supporting-legs that allowed us to feel almost relaxed, with your legs raised (never seen similar chairs in other airports!) ... shame that at the beginning they were all occupied.
When we could finally fill a couple of them, the waiting time has become less heavy, but always very long (7 hours and 40 minutes!).
It was hard to sleep some with people who moved, children who were complaining (poor babies) and announcements of flights.
In the second stage of flight I was also able to get some sleep, but not my husband, who arrived home very tired.
Great the Emirates Airlane service (once again we were offered ice cream!), but the plane was really full and you could not move much.
If it weren't for the waiting time so long, I approved this airline with honor... to evaluate in future choices!!
Travelled May 2015
20 June 2014
Service on board, Entertainment system
I flew twice in my life with Emirates Airlines, always in Economy Class, but I must say that the service, entertainment system and meals were first class.
It called my attention the great variety of nationalities of the members of the crew, which gives the possibility of talking with them in your own language without needing always to use english language.
New Dubai´s airport terminal is very good and you can find there many different services and also the Duty Free is very complete, and, if you need support or guidance, the staff there was very friendly.
I strongly reccomend flying with Emirates if you are planning to travel to Maldives.
Travelled June 2012
2 October 2013
On board services
I fly with my wife five time in the last three years with Emirates Airline, always in economic class but the services are always to top level.
Onboard entertainment, services, staff and seats are the best over any other experience.
The dubai airport is very cosmopolitan and you can find any kind of service (restaurants / hotel / shops).
Clear indications for any traveler and support from anyone from staff.
Travelled August 2013
15 April 2013
The politeness and service
The uniform of the air hostesses
It has been a fantastic experience travelling with emirates airways from Greece on August 2012. First of all there was no delay on department hour, secondly from the first moment I got in the airplane I felt the absolute luxury of the place, it was like a very large living room and the seats were very comfortable while on the contrary most airlines have airplanes with very small setas, thirdly during the travel there always were an air hostess with a big smile on her face, who spoke Greek to every move I make to ask me if I need anything. The food was anazing and right on time, The refreshments were really cool and there were plenty of them no matter how many times someone asked for one. Everything on that flight was dreamy. I hope I can try this experience again in ths near future.
Travelled August 2012
14 April 2013
The Service
I am somewhat partial as to why I love Emirates as my favourite airlines. I have been a Gold member for years and as of April they introduced a Platinum card, to which I am happy to say that I qualified for.
How am I so partial in my favourable assessment. Well it is easy to count the attributes. Here are a few:
1) The vast network Emirates has built connecting me to the world. Pick and choose and you are there in a few hours.
2) The impeccably high Service level of the multi-lingual crew that are so courteous and helpful at all times.
3) The fleet of planes is brand new, with the best inflight entertainment, and always spic and span.
4) The service you receive in the Emirates lounges that are now in so many airports around the globe.
5) The wine list whether in First or Business class is to die for.
6) The service level of the ground staff should anything go wrong is so personalized that you forget the anger or problems that may have occurred.
7) The convenience of the free of charge chauffeur service available in so many cities.
8) The re- confirmation of your flights? Not necessary as they are always guartanteed.
9) The ease of navigating through their web site.
10) The ease with which you can redeem your skywards points.
11) The upgrades that you get when you least expect them.
12) The 4 hour 3:30 am flight to Male is Pefecf. You arrive at in Paradise at 8:30am local time!
And no I don't work for Emirates, but I am a most loyal fan!
Fly Emirates and see the difference for yourself.
Travelled February 2013
3 December 2012
Very Good
Drunken man moved next to us
Emirates flights good as usual, with polit service, adequate food, good choice of movies etc. However, on one of our flights from Dubai to Male, after taking off a passenger stumbled down the aisle and sat next to us. Because we had already departed I can only assume he was originally sat somewhere else and perhaps asked to me? He was intoxicated, absolutely no control over his body. During take off (5 minute period) he slumped onto my partner 5 times and didn't wake up. We had to physically push him off. His breath was vile, from 2 seats away, it was making me feel ill. I don't normally ask to move or compain but it was unbearable. I asked them to move us or him. The first stewardess didn't do anything, so 10 minutes later I complained again.l They eventaully moved him to first class, where they accidentally picked up our duty free and gave it to him (we didn't notice till it was too late).
I think it was wrong of them to move him from his original seat and put him next to us and wrong they let him board the aircraft in the first instance as he was so drunk.
Travelled October 2012
28 September 2012
Ontime flights and fantastic service
Landing back in the UK
Would just like to say that Emirates Airline, Has to be one of the most highly standard airlines at a very reasonable cost.
We used Emirates from Heathrow Via Dubai to Male. After we took of we had such great service and could not fault anything, Cabin crew very friendly and efficient,clean cabin and seating spacious.
Food was a very high class, alongside good beverages.
Travelled April 2012
25 September 2012
Very Good
Entertainment, food
Seating is cramped
What we liked most about flying with Emirates was the entertainment and food. Entertainment was up-to-date and offered a really wide choice. Food was also excellent, however, people beside our seats did not receive the meals they wanted as some meals ran out.
The major drawback for us was that the space feels pretty cramped, it would have been great to stretch your legs during long-haul flights!
Travelled March 2011
9 September 2012
Very Good
upgrade !!!
distance from aircraft to airport
I always fly with Emirates whenever I can. This time it was ex LGW via Dubai to Mumbai and back. I just think this airline reeks class even in cattle class ! There were some problems at check in, due to a passenger having some kind of difficulty and we had to wait a long time but didn't mind at all and the lady in charge of the check in queue kept apologising and we kept saying, no problem ! I especially love it that she upgraded us to business when we got to the plane, although the irksome young girls next to me were irritating in the extreme, that was not the fault of Emirates. Trouble is, it's spoilt me, I want to fly business all the time.......not that I can. I find the distance from the aircraft to the airport is a bit of a long haul (pun intended) but I think it is because of the major renovations taking place. I love Dubai airport as a stopover and there is the most amazing iced yoghurt type place at the far end near the fish restaurant and the fruit yoghurts are amazing - husband didn't like the chocolate he chose but the fruit ones are lovely. $10 for the large size which takes some eating so I'd go smaller to be honest.
Travelled April 2012


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Tuesday, 19 May 2009
21 comments:
- Oldarney said...
just change the styling on the download buttons. Change the color, or better yet wrapp em in a div tag apply some padding an insert a gif animated download graffic aligned left, or a bonkey icon with a windows or mac logo.
- 6 June 2009 at 19:58
- bonkey said...
Yeah good thinking, the ads make them kind of hard to see. Not sure if Blogger will let me do that, but I'll give it a go.
- 7 June 2009 at 05:55
- Oldarney said...
I have been triying to achieve incremental backups to my FTP server. It has turned out to be a nightmare. "Backup Modified files only" doesnt work at all. It keeps overwriting the files. Ive waisted nearly 20gb of upload on testing. I give up, ive been looking EVERYWHERE for an answer to my problem. So far nothing.
I believe the problem might be that the date modified doesnt appear on FTP servers. Thus the only way to do incremental to an FTP would be to create a log file. maybe later i may look at the code and make it work.
- 7 June 2009 at 10:34
- bonkey said...
I think FTP date modified depends on the server - most FTP servers should give date modified.
- 8 June 2009 at 07:07
- Oldarney said...
your right FTP does display it. And my server (webhero, i no it stinks but i didnt choose it) supports it. So that leaves bonkey as the culprit... its rather strange. Filezilla is able to display the date modified of all the files.
- 8 June 2009 at 09:24
After fighting Acronis Crap for too long..you came along...found your software tonight..it looks great..
BUT when I tried to do a complete backup it gave the error:
"Java heap space"...what in the H...
is that? Just when I thought I could do it on my own..this occurs.
Like to do incremental backups about every 10 days...but now this error?
Thank you for writing WITHOUT Greed in mind!! Your kind!
Really a old doctor too! Shrink! Yuk! Best Regards !
- 9 June 2009 at 12:24
- bonkey said...
DoktorDave - Java heap space error basically means that your backup has too many files. Bonkey isn't the most efficient beast.
You can pass vmargs specifying a bigger heap size ("bonkey.exe -vmargs -Xms128M -Xmx128M"). Good summary of the parameters here: http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/5578. You may also want to play with the heap size arguments in wrapper.conf.
You could also divide your backup into two or more backups; or think about which directories can be left out.
- 12 June 2009 at 08:15
- Oldarney said...
Ok i take my old comment back. Bonkey does do the incremental backups on my server, however, it does it so slow that it seems like a normal backup. You know what bonkey needs? threading. Filezilla gives me 8x the speed when i thread the downloads. Compared to single threading FTP clients. anything to make the incremental syncs a snap.
- 12 June 2009 at 08:17
- bonkey said...
That's a great suggestion. Fortunately the code is open source, so you're welcome to contribute!
- 17 June 2009 at 01:06
Now, why can't you have a page that at least DESCRIBES THIS SOFTWARE ?
It's really annoying - all you know is it's some backup software. Care to describe it a bit - the functionality and feature - it might just help many people out there.
Please feature this information somewhere prominently.
- 21 June 2009 at 19:57
- bonkey said...
That's a great idea, I should really do that. I'll add a post when I get a chance.
- 23 June 2009 at 15:35
I keep getting an error message when I try to open Bonkey. I just downloaded the software and tried to start it up for the first time. It directs me to a log file in the configuration folder. Any idea what's going on?
- 24 June 2009 at 11:47
- bonkey said...
Most likely problem is that you have an old version of Java. Try updating Java.
- 24 June 2009 at 12:47
Hello Bonkey,
Is this software active and being developed at this time. I am trying to use it for S3, it is very difficult to get going from machine to machine. I understand that you went opensource and that you want/need help but I am not a software developer but simply looking for info on what is being done. This software is very good and offers something that nobody else seems to offer, The ability to backup to local disk as well as S3.... If the S3 was more reliable this would be a powerhouse!
- 7 August 2009 at 01:13
- bonkey said...
It's actively supported - what is the problem you're having with S3? It should work fine.
- 8 August 2009 at 22:54
@Anonymous Mike
This program backed up to S3 on every XP and Vista machine I installed it on.
Everything worked perfectly for me except when I tried to backup to S3 using encryption. I experienced random packing errors.
If, and when this is fixed, bonkey will be back on my machine in a matter of minutes!
- 9 August 2009 at 22:50
- bonkey said...
Yes, known problem with encrypting to S3 I'm afraid, to do with predicting the length of the resulting content. Recommended to use S3 without encryption at the moment as all traffic is sent over HTTPS in any case (ie encrypted in transit); or to backup to an encrypted local location and then from there to an unencrypted S3 one.
- 11 August 2009 at 05:45
- lageir said...
I guess I don't get it.
I want to back up files from one external harddrive to another . . . that's all.
Can your software do that? Can't see how to define a group to back up and, more importantly, where to back it up to.
The help menu isn't very helpful, it just gives general ideas/processes, but not step-by-step instructions. Can you tell me how to do that or direct me to somewhere that does?
Thank you.
- 1 September 2009 at 07:54
- bonkey said...
1. Add a location for each external hard drive by right clicking in the Locations list and choosing 'New location'.
2. Then click on 'Create a group' under 'Actions'.
3. Set the target for the backup group as one external hard drive (the one you want to copy to).
4. Navigate to the other hard drive under locations and drag and drop files from there into the backup group.
That should be it.
- 2 September 2009 at 16:35
- The-Saint said...
He guys,
Bonkey seems to be what i'm searching for al long time, to backup my homefiles with sftp to my server.
But there is one problem, is there any possibility that Bonkey does real inkrementel Backups, just only overwrite the old version so that you can have 30 version of the last 30 days backup. Maybe with hardlinks or something like that? Because my backupfiles are too great for complete backup, but sometimes i could need the old version of files.
So i thank you for reading.
- 15 February 2010 at 20:04
- bonkey said...
Hi Heko,
At present there's no incremental backup. Having a mode that only copies files which have changed, but doesn't overwrite the old ones, would be nice - I'll add it to the list of things to add to Bonkey.
- 16 February 2010 at 08:39


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I met my friend Amy at Spot Coffee on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo NY yesterday. We actually schedule "coffee talk" where we support each other, listen to each other and coach each other. She is a journalist, triathlete and blogger. You can follow her blog, Byline To The Finish Line here. She writes about her training experiences, challenges and triumphs. Today she is running her first ever bike trail wine tasting. How cool is that?
What started as a "lets have coffee and pick each other's brain" has blossomed into a lovely friendship. As I think of it, she is the only person I see regularly that I am not related to nor that I work with. Amy was the first person to encourage me to write about my weight loss experience and transition into healthier living.
Scheduling friend time has been life giving to me.
I can no longer eat an entire breakfast so Amy and I shared the omelet. It is filled with pepper jack cheese. The bread is lightly buttered toasted wheat focaccia. Still, I threw out several pieces of bread and part of the eggs. But, to me, that is ok because I got the taste and experience I wanted.
Breakfast was good but "coffee talk" was great!
Have a yummy day!


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Top 25 Capsules
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita State will carry its pursuit of perfection into the Missouri Valley tournament.
Cleanthony Early scored 19 points, Ron Baker added 13 and the second-ranked Shockers rolled to a 68-45 victory over Missouri State on Saturday, easily putting away a team that had given them fits this season.
Relying on the same stubborn defense that carried it on last year's improbable March run, Wichita State (31-0, 18-0) became the first team since Saint Joseph's in 2004 to enter its league tournament unbeaten. The Shockers will have a first-round bye in St. Louis next week.
Missouri State (19-11, 9-9) had them in trouble when they met Jan. 11 in Springfield, Mo., but the Bears blew a 19-point second-half lead and ultimately lost 72-69 in overtime.
They never came close to making it a game Saturday, trailing by double-digits in the opening minutes.
No. 1 FLORIDA 79, LSU 61
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Dorian Finney-Smith scored 16 points, and top-ranked Florida used a season-high 13 3-pointers to extend its school-record winning streak to 21 games.
Casey Prather and Michael Frazier II added 14 points apiece for the Gators, who also won their 31st straight at home.
This one was never in doubt.
Florida (27-2, 16-0 Southeastern Conference) scored the first eight points, opened up a double-digit lead with consecutive 3-pointers from DeVon Walker and Finney-Smith and put the game away early in the second half with a flurry of points in the paint.
Johnny O'Bryant III led the Tigers (17-11, 8-8) with 18 points. Jordan Mickey added 14 points and 10 rebounds for LSU, which lost its seventh straight on the road.
No. 12 VIRGINIA 76, No. 4 SYRACUSE 56
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – Malcolm Brogdon scored eight of his 19 points during a decisive second-half run and No. 12 Virginia clinched the top seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
Akil Mitchell added 12 points and nine rebounds and Mike Tobey and Justin Anderson scored 11 each for the Cavaliers (25-5, 16-1 ACC), who won their only outright ACC regular season title 33 years ago – 1980-81 – when Ralph Sampson was a sophomore. The victory was their 13th in a row and the final buzzer brought hundreds streaming onto the court.
Tyler Ennis and C.J. Fair scored 13 each for the Orange (26-3, 13-3), who lost for the third time in four games. Syracuse played much of the game without ailing Jerami Grant because of a sore back.
No. 21 MEMPHIS 72, No. 7 LOUISVILLE 66
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Chris Crawford hit a 3-pointer with 1:36 left to put Memphis ahead to stay, and the Tigers swept the season series from the Cardinals.
No. 21 Memphis (22-7, 11-5 American Athletic Conference) trailed 65-57 with 4:45 left when Michael Dixon Jr. scored six straight, jumpstarting the Tigers who scored 15 of the final 16 points.
No. 7 Louisville (24-5, 13-3) went cold after taking its biggest lead. The Cardinals didn't score again until Chris Jones hit a free throw with 40.3 seconds to go.
Montrezl Harrell scored a career-high 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Russ Smith scored 15 of his 19 points in the first half. Luke Hancock had 11.
Dixon finished with 18, and Geron Johnson scored 15 points. Austin Nichols added 14, and Crawford finished with 12 points, going 4 for 5 from beyond the arc.
XAVIER 75, No. 9 CREIGHTON 69
CINCINNATI (AP) – Justin Martin had 19 points and a career-high 16 rebounds on Saturday, and Xavier led most of the way in front of the largest crowd in the 14-year history of the Musketeers' arena.
It was a long-awaited rematch for Xavier, (20-9, 10-6), which lost one of the Big East's most wide-open games at Creighton in January.
Martin led the way. The junior guard helped Xavier control the tempo and build a 13-point lead early in the second half that was more than enough.
Creighton (23-5, 13-3) couldn't catch up despite 27 points by Doug McDermott, who leads the nation in scoring.
McDermott had 35 points during the Bluejays' 95-89 win at home on Jan. 12, a game that showed the reconfigured Big East was a whole different conference. Xavier had more going for it in the rematch.
CONNECTICUT 51, No. 11 CINCINNATI 45
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Shabazz Napier scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead UConn.
The Huskies (23-6, 11-5 American Athletic Conference) won despite going without a field goal for the game's final 7 1/2 minutes.
But they held Cincinnati (24-5, 13-3) to just 13 baskets on 48 shots.
Napier, the Huskies' player of the year candidate, bested Cincinnati's, Sean Kilpatrick, who finished with 16 points.
UConn led by one at halftime. But the Bearcats had just one field goal in the first 7 1/2 minutes after intermission, and Connecticut went on a 13-4 run over the first 11 1/2 minutes to open up a 39-29 lead.
The Bearcats were able to cut that to three points late, but UConn hit five free throws down the stretch to hold on.
ILLINOIS 53, No. 18 MICHIGAN STATE 46
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Tracy Abrams scored 12 points, leading Illinois past slumping Michigan State.
The Fighting Illini (17-12, 6-10 Big Ten) have three straight victories for the first time since winning four in a row from Dec. 21 to Jan. 4. That successful stretch included a win over then-No. 23 Missouri.
The Spartans (22-7, 11-5) have dropped two straight and six of their last 10 games. They were full strength for the first time in nearly two months, but simply weren't good enough to beat a streaking team that seemed more inspired.
Branden Dawson returned from a broken hand and played for the first time since Jan. 21, when he helped Michigan State beat Indiana to improve to 18-1 overall and 7-0 in conference.
Michigan State's Gary Harris had 19 points.
No. 19 NORTH CAROLINA 60, VIRGINIA TECH 56
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) – James Michael McAdoo scored 15 points to lead No. 19 North Carolina to its 11th straight victory.
McAdoo hit 6 of 9 from the floor for the Tar Heels (22-7, 12-4), who started Atlantic Coast Conference play 1-4 and have not lost since. The Tar Heels haven't won this many games in a row since opening the 2008-09 season with 13 straight victories.
McAdoo scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half, including 10 after the Hokies had cut the Tar Heel lead to 42-40 on a basket by Jarell Eddie with 8:54 left in the game. North Carolina answered with seven straight points, with McAdoo scoring the last two points on a basket with 6:57 left to make it 49-40.
Leslie McDonald added 14 points and J.P. Tokoto finished with 12 for North Carolina.
Eddie led Virginia Tech (9-19, 2-14 ACC) with 18 points.
No. 23 SMU 70, UCF 55
DALLAS (AP) – Markus Kennedy scored 18 points, Nic Moore had 11 of his 13 in the second half and SMU took another step toward its first NCAA tournament berth in 21 years.
The Mustangs (23-6, 12-4 American Athletic) improved to 15-0 at home, with the last nine coming at newly renovated Moody Coliseum, going into their final home game Wednesday night against seventh-ranked Louisville. The Cardinals lost to No. 21 Memphis 72-66 on Saturday.
Moore, who also had game highs with six assists and four steals, had consecutive 3-pointers for a 45-27 lead with 13:53 remaining, pumping his arms wildly as he stomped up the court with a loud roar from the sixth sellout crowd since Moody reopened in January.
Isaiah Sykes had 18 points to lead UCF (11-16, 3-13).
OKLAHOMA 77, No. 24 TEXAS 65
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) – Isaiah Cousins scored a career-high 24 points and Oklahoma gained ground in the race for second place in the Big 12.
Buddy Hield hit four 3-pointers and scored 17 points for Oklahoma (21-8, 10-6), which entered the game in a four-way battle with Texas (21-8, 10-6), Kansas State and Iowa State behind Kansas.
After Saturday, all four teams will have two games remaining.
Oklahoma committed a season-low seven turnovers while completing a regular-season sweep of the Longhorns. The Sooners have won three of the last four games in the series after Texas had won 12 of the previous 15.
Cameron Ridley had his eighth double-double of the season with 19 points and 14 rebounds for Texas, which has lost three of its last four games after winning nine of its previous 10, all in league play.


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While AT&T won't be announcing their Q4 2012 financial results until January 24, they just couldn't help but slip out a teaser regarding record smartphone sales in the quarter. How record? 10 million devices, up from 9.4 million in Q4 2011. That includes iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone, but based on previous quarters, that's likely to skew hugely towards Apple and the iPhone 5 launch. Ralph de la Vega, president and chief executive officer for AT&T Mobility, said:
We had another incredible quarter of smartphone sales as the mobile Internet continues to drive strong growth in wireless. These are the industry's most valuable postpaid subscribers with average revenues twice that of non-smartphone subscribers. During the quarter, we averaged more than 110,000 smartphone sales a day as customers flocked to our leading portfolio of the latest Android, Apple and Windows devices. Combine that with the nation's largest 4G network and lightning-fast LTE network that now reaches more than 170 million people and you'll understand why customers continue to choose AT&T in record numbers.
Last year 7.6 million of those 9.4 million activations were iPhones. That's 80%. This year, the iPhone 5 launched during Q4. AT&T mentions Android before Apple in their statement (maybe alphabetically?), but it'll be interesting to see how the ratio shakes out this year.
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As you've no doubt seen on other cocktail blogs, tickets for Tales of the Cocktail went on sale Tuesday, April 1. Click on over and have a look at the events. The talks that appeal to me most, at this point, are these:
- Research Drink Recipes and Collecting Drink Books (assuming I arrive on time for it)
- The green hour absinthe ritual and Musee de l'Absinthe (how louche!)
- Hausgemacht: A Look into Modern Nano-Distilling (led by Matt Rowley, whose book, Moonshine!, I reviewed back in November)
- Artisan Still Design and Construction (I may or may not have a personal interest in constructing a still, but I certainly want to better understand the processes that go on in distillation)
- Juniperlooza
- Molecular Mixology
- To Have and Have Another (I love Hemingway, so this merely requires me to be awake by 10:30 am)
- Cocktails with a Kick: Absinthe Returns to America
- Essential Guide to American Whiskey (the site says, "[t]he wit and banter of these presenters is sure to entertain you…". Having met them both, I can well attest to that.)
- Jerry's Kids: The Life, Drinks and Legacy of Professor Jerry Thomas
- Rye Nation ("It's a beefsteak when I'm hungry, rye whiskey when I'm dry")
- Sensory Perception in Mixology
- Cracking the Egg
- Regional Trends in American Cocktails
- The Cafes of Paris
- The Gentleman's Companion
- Famous New Orleans Spirits
Some of these conflict with each other, unfortunately, so I might need to clone myself by then.
To the left, you should see a banner for the Tales blog. I will be contributing to that soon, so please add the RSS feed to your reader.
Some of you have asked whether Mrs. Bitters will be attending Tales with me. We're not sure yet. It may be the case that she'll arrive on Friday and stay until Sunday.