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An orphaned boy tries to discover who is family is while enduring an abusive foster home.WATCH
From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. It's the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a name for himself, Stallworth bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. The young detective soon recruits a more seasoned colleague, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), into the undercover ...WATCH
A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps -- and become a porn star.WATCH
A rich brat (Alicia Silverstone) fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.WATCH
On the mean streets of Providence, Rhode Island, five friends struggle for a future in the mob-infested neighborhood known as Federal hill. Petty burglar Ralph (Nicholas Turturro of "NYPD Blue") and his drug-dealing friend Nicky (Anthony De Sando) are inseparable until a beautiful and privileged college student leads Nicky (Anthony De Sando) are inseparable until a beautiful and privileged college student leads Nicky to cross over to the right side of the tracks, leaving Ralph ...WATCH
Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan are two thieves who haven't got a prayer in First Sunday, a sinfully, funny comedy co-starring Katt Williams and Chi McBride. Sentenced to 5,000 hours of community service, Durell Jefferson's (Cube) life quickly goes from bad to worse. Realizing that the Lord helps those who help themselves, he eventually decides to help himself to the neighborhood church's building fund. Accompanied by his dimwitted partner-in-crime LeeJohn (Morgan), the two down-on-their-luck men ...WATCH
True story of a brand-new Canadian airliner running out of fuel in-flight and forced to glide to the nearest airfield.WATCH
While cheating on his wife with a hooker, a sleazy LAPD detective opens up the dreaded puzzle box, which sends him into his own personal hell consisting of gruesome murders, frightening monsters and agonizing memories of his countless misdeeds.WATCH
Adam Sandler and Kevin James star as best friends and fellow firefighters Chuck and Larry, the pride of their Brooklyn fire station. Chuck owes Larry for saving his life. Larry calls in that favor big-time by asking Chuck to pose as his "domestic partner" so his kids will get his pension. But when a fact-checking bureaucrat becomes suspicious, the two straight guys are forced to improvise as love-struck newlyweds. Jessica Biel, Ving Rhames and Dan ...WATCH
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.WATCH
When the Justice League comes upon a supernatural force against which even their powers seem useless, Batman assembles a second League of mystic heroes – the likes of Swamp Thing, the Demon, and Constantine - to help defeat this magical, otherworldly threat.WATCH
Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington gives a riveting performance in Spike Lee's breathtaking film on music and love. Talented trumpeter Bleek Gilliam (Washington) is obsessed by his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo (Joie Lee) and Clarke (Cynda Williams). But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend (Spike Lee), Bleek finds his world more fragile that he ever imagined. Stunning cinematography, a rousing score and superlative ...WATCH
Football on the field. Mayhem in the booth and the control room. Huge ratings in the morning papers. John Turturro portrays the reviled, revered and wholly remarkable Howard Cosell, heading a spot-on cast in the fascinating insider's story of the people and events that turned Monday Night Football into a nationwide phenomenon.WATCH
After six years of keeping our malls safe, Paul Blart (Kevin James) has earned a well-deserved vacation. He heads to Vegas with his teenage daughter before she heads off to college. But safety never takes a holiday and when duty calls, Blart answers.WATCH
From his discovery by a priest while serving time at the Missouri State Penitentiary to the infamous 'Phantom Punch' by Cassius Clay which effectively ended his career, the movie spans the years from 1950 to Liston's mysterious and untimely death in 1971.WATCH
Just released from prison, a man finds himself attracted to a wild and beautiful woman involved in gangs and drugs. When she lures him into a dangerous plot to kill her abusive husband, he realizes he's in too deep and tries to escape the situation.WATCH
Summer vacation is anything but quiet for the Recess kids when they must spring into action to prevent a renegade ex-principal from using a laser beam to alter the weather and create permanent winter -- thereby doing away with summer vacation.WATCH
Phil Winters struggles with a surreal existential crisis when he returns home from vacation to discover that he no longer exists in the eyes of his former friends and colleagues.WATCH
"Hot action star Charlie Sheen (TERMINAL VELOCITY) powers this explosive thriller about a terrifying plot within the U.S. government ... and the one man who can stop it! Sheen plays Bobby Bishop, a key presidential advisor who finds he's been targeted for murder by a ruthless professional killer! Suddenly Bishop is running for his life and is left with only two people he can trust: his longtime mentor Jake Conrad (Donald Sutherland -- OUTBREAK) and ...WATCH
Street Boss follows FBI Agent Phil Kerby on his relentless quest to bring down one of Detroit's most notorious mobsters, Tony Jack. Tony Jack owned the city and nobody ever stood in his way. The police were paid off and anyone who posed a threat to Tony, or his crew, ended up with a price tag on their heads. This all changed when FBI Agent Phil Kerby took the case and vowed to put an ...WATCH
When a super cyclone threatens the entire American eastern seaboard, a lone meteorologist and a petroleum engineer must battle the elements to stop the threat.WATCH
Based on the true story of Thomas Montgomery, a 47-year-old machinist with a troubled marriage who meets a teenage girl online. Thomas tells her that he is an 18-year-old boy on his way to Marine boot camp. Their relationship quickly evolves into cybersex and an engagement. Eventually the truth is revealed and when the young girl embarks on another online relationship with Thomas' co-worker, all three of their real and online lives begin to collide.WATCH
This comedy has you laughing out loud, when Gianni DiCarlo, an Italian-American actor is deported to Mexico by INS Agents. It's up to orphans to help him find his way back to America.WATCH
6 strangers are kidnapped and through governmental technology have proof they have all killed before and are told 5 will die this night, one may walk, and the six have 2 hours to decide who gets to live.WATCH
In the end of the 70's, the dysfunctional Kenneth Bianchi lives with his mother and is obsessed to join the police force. When his application is refused, his mother sends him to Los Angeles to live with his sadistic cousin Angelo Buono. Kenneth unsuccessfully tries to join LAPD, and Angelo convinces him to start a prostitution business with him. They force two girls from Tucson to work for them, but their competitors destroy their business ...WATCH
A Halloween prank turns a teenage party into a night of sheer terror. High school senior Ian Cranston (Kevin Zegers, Dawn of the Dead), the last blood relative of Ichabod Crane, finds himself facing what appears to be the Headless Horseman head-on!WATCH
While doing time, a professional quarterback persuades a fellow convict and former gridiron coach to prepare a group of jailbirds for a game against the guards. But the team is in for a little surprise when game time rolls around.WATCH
One December day around Christmastime I am in the city of Las Vegas talking to Harry the Horse about this and that, when I hear this yarn about a citizen by the name of Murray Crown (Tom Arnold), who runs a clip joint which he prefers to call a casino. It seems that this Murray Crown not only has the John Laws breathing down his neck, but it is also a fact that he is ...WATCH
An Internet security expert, struggling to balance work, her girlfriend and the raising of her teen daughter, is kidnapped and forced to hack into the FBI database and locate a woman in the Witness Protection Program.WATCH
All the animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes (Kevin James). Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get the girl of his dreams is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job to win her over. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk! To ...WATCH

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Check online CBSE 10th class Time table 2019
Latest Update : As per the official notification the CBSE board will going to conduct the exams from January 2, 2020
CBSE 10th class Time table will soon be updating on the official website. The CBSE exam time table can be downloaded from the official website.
The Central Board of Secondary Education, widely known as CBSE is one of the prime boards in India. The board is available in various states of the nation and has both government schools and private schools affiliated to CBSE. CBSE through the years have become one of the most trusted boards for most of the parents and students alike in India. The board has a very scientific and well oriented study pattern which enables the students to learn the higher concepts while brushing up the basics. The board which has completed half a decade serving the students and youth of the nation three years back, have their headquarters set up in New Delhi.
Check latest announcement of CBSE 10th Time table 2019
The board like most others in India conduct the 10th and 12th board examinations. However, recently in a move to reduce the stress on the students of the nation CBSE has made the CBSE class 10th board examination date optional for all, where the students can choose if they want to give the examination under the board or like the other years give an examination under the school authority. This helps students to be less affected by the study pressure and they are free to choose the level of pressure that they are able to take. Having said this, it must also be stated that after the exams are made optional a large dip in the number of the students giving the board exam has been seen. The class 12th examination however remains unaffected of all this and the students have to take the exam by compulsion. To pass they would have to get a bare minimum of 33% marks in the examinations, the CBSE 10th date sheet 2019 of which is declared by the itself. The examinations are held under high observation of the teachers and the students are evaluated by teachers from other schools, sometimes even from other states. CBSE is well known for the strict observers and the pattern of checking.
For students who would like to sit on for the board examinations at their class 10 level must check in for the detailed date sheet and date schedule so that they would know about the correct timing of the examinations and also prepare accordingly. The preparations of the boards is really a very long process and you surely cannot bear to loose your focus on the very last day or the last week of the examination. Thus, to get the new class 10 CBSE exam date sheet please check this site and click here for further information on the topic.
Class 12 examinations which are the most important of all the examinations in your school life should be taken good care of and must be planned and prepared well. The planning of the exams is also as important as the preparation of the students. One must know the correct routine of the examination to fare well in it. So, in case you need the latest class 10th Exam time table please click on the link given below and hope that you get the help that you need. You also can download the exam schedule of CBSE in PDF format.
All the best!
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The power of social media optimization has created a big impact to startup business. Though it is easy to setup accounts in different networks, make sure...


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February 02, 2017
Last summer, SportsRadio 94 WIP morning host Angelo Cataldi sent fans of gluttonous eating,
day morning drinking and partially clothed women into a brief panic when he hinted at the possibility of Friday's Wing Bowl, the station's 25th, being its very last.
Cataldi, whose contract at the station is set to expire at the end of 2017, told PhillyMag that he was considering retirement after his current deal ends.
Many believed this also meant that Wing Bowl 2018 could be in jeopardy, making this the last one. And while he wouldn't rule out the possibility of 25 being the last — "25 is 24 more than I figured," co-host Al Morganti said at the time — he did say that his potential retirement would have little to do with whether or not the annual pre-Super Bowl event would live to see its 26th birthday.
"Wing Bowl will be here long after both Al and I are gone," Cataldi told PhillyVoice back in August. "We have absolutely no say on the future of the event. It is owned by WIP (and CBS) and they have total control over what happens to it. If we had our way, would the next one — the 25th — be the last? Maybe. But since we don't have that power, everyone can calm down.
"Wing Bowl isn't going anywhere unless WIP says it is."
Given the lineup they're rolling out on Friday — not to mention the fact that the Wells Fargo Center is sold out — it's not likely ending any time soon.
Wrestling legend Ric Flair will be on hand to deliver a "Woo!" or two or ten -- hopefully Jake Voracek and the Flyers aren't within earshot. The Nature Boy will be joined by Coolio and Catching Kelce runner up Veronica Harwood, who will be on hand to help pick this year's Wingette of the Year, which comes with a $5,000 prize.
And it's a safe bet that we see one or more unannounced special guest show up as well.
There will also be a special five-minute eat-off between five-time champ Bill "El Wingador" Simmons and reigning champ Molly Schuyler, who also won at Wing Bowl 22.
.@MollySchuyler and @ElWingador will have a 5 minute eat off during tomorrow's @WIPWingBowl! #WingBowl pic.twitter.com/G6kJwWoCBQ— SPORTSRADIO 94WIP (@SportsRadioWIP) February 2, 2017
The eating-contest portion of the event will be similar to recent years, with 14 minutes of wing consumption before the field is narrowed to the top 10. After another 14-minute feeding frenzy, the top two eaters will compete for the grand prize in a two-minute "Wing-Off."
However, no word yet on if there any of them plan to eat a whole cactus ... before the event even starts.
In addition to the main field, there will also be a "Legends" category this year featuring ten Wing Bowl veterans who for one reason or another — in the case of some it was due to large amounts of projectile vomit — have failed to take home the grand prize.
So what is that grand prize?
The overall winner receives a Hyundai Santa Fe, $10,000 in cash, a medal, and a championship ring. The winner of the "Legends" category gets a Harley Davidson FLSTF Fat Boy Motorcycle. But, if the "Legends" winner is also the overall winner, that person gets the Harley AND all the overall prizes as well. Not too shabby.
Here's a look at the eaters for both categories, as well as their odds for Friday morning (according to WIP).
Bill "El Wingador" Simmonds
Weight: 310 pounds
Wing Bowl 7, 9, 10, 11, & 13 Champion
Molly Schuyler
Weight: 127 pounds
Wing Bowl 22 & 24 Champion
Bob "Notorious B.O.B." Shoudt
Weight: 275 pounds
Odds: 2-1
Jack "Snack Jack" Diamond
Weight: 220 pounds
Odds: 10-1
Richard "Uncle Rico" Franceschi
Weight: 260 pounds
Odds: 10-1
Steve "Tart Tent" Buchanan
Weight: 230 pounds
Odds: 10-1
Willam "Skinny Dickey" Moebius Jr.
Weight: 190 pounds
Odds: 10-1
Michael "The Bucks County Gobbler" Warren
Weight: 250 pounds
Odds: 10-1
Daniel "Cobbler" Pisano
Weight: 187 pounds
Odds: 10-1
Al "Love Handles" Marnoch
Weight: 260 pounds
Odds: 10-1
Jason "Wings of Justice Height" Carr
Weight: 225 pounds
Odds: 10-1
Chris "The Chuggernaught" Krasley
Weight: 285 pounds
Odds: 10-1
Christopher "Chili Dawg with Fries" O`Brien
Weight: 200 pounds
Odds: 10-1
Monty "Moe Train" Wiradilaga
Weight: 245 pounds
Odds: 10-1
Brandan "Skin & Bones" Lyman
Weight: 178 pounds
Odds: 10-1
John "Oink Oink" Bradley
Weight: 245 pounds
Odds: 10-1
Dimitry "Ukraine Train" Schupak
Weight: 235 pounds
Odds: 10-1
Sean "Clowngelo HurtswhenIpee" Gordon
Weight: 225 pounds
Odds: 10-1
Matt "Blonde Mamba" Gyerman
Weight: 185 pounds
Odds: 10-1
Robert "Farmer Bob" Garges
Weight: 300 pounds
Odds: 10-1
Josh "Meat Sack" Domico
Weight: 285 pounds
Odds: 40-1
Gerry "Iceman" Spearing
Weight: 260 pounds
Odds: 40-1
Apostolos "Pittsburgh Paulie" Vasiliou
Weight: 350 pounds
Odds: 100-1
Dave "U.S. Male" Goldstein
Weight: 215 pounds
Odds: 5-1 (overall) | 2-1 (legend)
Dave Tiger "Wings & Things" Brunelli
Weight: 250 pounds
Odds: 7-1 5-1 (overall) | 4-1 (legend)
Matt "Sloth" Dutton
Weight: 275 pounds
Odds: 10-1 (overall) | 7-1 (legend)
Henry Goldey
Weight: 245 pounds
Odds: 10-1 (overall) | 7-1 (legend)
Doug "Damaging Doug" Canavan
Weight: 445 pounds
Odds: 12-1 (overall) | 7-1 (legend)
Jerry "Gentleman Jerry" Coughlin
Weight: 325 pounds
Odds: 20-1 (overall) | 7-1(legend)
Rick "Rick the Manager" Russo
Weight: 230 pounds
Odds: 20-1 (overall) | 50-1 (legend)
Charles "Eggman" Rifici
Weight: 200 pounds
Odds: 20-1 (overall) | 20-1 (legend)
John "The Building" DelVecchio
Weight: 275 pounds
Odds: 40-1 (overall) | 25-1 (legend)
Douglas "Obi Wing" Petock
Weight: 295 pounds
Odds: 90-1 (overall) | 75-1 (legend)
And if you're heading down but still haven't gotten permission from your boss, they've got you covered...
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And the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. John 6:37.
"This man receives sinners" and He turns away no one. We come to Him in weakness and sin, with trembling faith, small knowledge, and slender hope; but He does not cast us out. We come by prayer, often by imperfect prayer; with confession, and that confession faulty; with praise, and that praise far short of its merits; but He receives us. We come diseased, polluted, worn out, and worthless; but He never turns us away. Let us come again today to Him who never casts us out.
This promise is very wide, "The one (anyone) who comes." Anyone— no matter who they are—who really comes to Christ will find acceptance and blessing. The main thing is to get to Christ, to come indeed to Him. He has pledged Himself not to cast out those who come. Believe and pray that promise. The fact that we have sinned should not keep us away. Indeed when we have sinned there is all the more reason that we should come. Come today just as you are and Christ will not turn you away.--Anonymous
Prayer Requests
Pray for the Jr. High Winter Camp next weekend. Pray for clear roads and safe travel conditions. Pray that the Lord provides the necessary funds for parents of kids who truly want to be there but are struggling to pay the fees. Pray for Camp Pinewood to be ready for us. Pray for the leaders serving these kids to be so filled with the Holy Spirit that the fruit of the Spirit pours off of them onto the kids.
Please pray for Paige. She has been broken by the poor decisions she has made in her search for satisfaction yet she is still not turning towards God. Please pray that God would captivate her heart and she would turn to Him for her fulfillment.
Pray that the Lord will send a Christian family to rent the Fiolas' house—pray for a family that will love it and will continue to invite Jesus in because it was God who provided it and blessed the Fiolas with it four years ago.
Sarah Van Brunt, administrator of Send Hope Now, asks that we pray for her grandfather as he recovers from the first in a series of surgeries to help him walk. His spinal cord is extremely compromised and he may be paralyzed if the surgeries do not go well. Pray that he will be healed and understand that his healing is from the Lord.
Deb is requesting prayer for her injured knee. She is praising God that she has surgery schedule December 5. Continue to pray for His comfort for her during this Christmas season since she is not able to walk and has many family obligations; taking care of grandchildren, etc. Also pray that God will reveal His perfect will in her life.
Please pray for Derek and his wife. Their marriage is in jeopardy and they need God's guidance.
Please pray for Mary. Her dad is dying and her husband is in very poor health. Ask that Jesus will be her hope and comfort.
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5544 - Carolina Surf
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Linens Provided FREE with this Home! Carolina Surf is a stunning newly built "coastal cottage" which is located at MP 14 in the Moongate subdivision of The Villages of Nags Head. This beautiful home is located directly across from the Villages of Nags Head private beach access, which is considered one of the top beach accesses in the entire Outer Banks. You also have access to a newly added private walkway right outside the pool deck that will take you directly across the street to the beach access. This handicap accessible beach access provides you with outdoor showers, restrooms, and a shaded gazebo so that you can enjoy your day at the beach. Carolina Surf also has the best ocean view in Moongate and is only steps to the beach! Since it's conveniently located near the Outer Banks Mall, which includes outstanding shops, restaurants and grocery stores (including a new Fresh Market), this is the place to stay in Nags Head. This property is also ideally located near Manteo and Hatteras Island offering you and your guests the opportunity for wonderful day trips. This house is the perfect coastal cottage with all the modern amenities you'll need. The lightly painted tongue and groove wood walls were inspired to give you that "vintage" Nags Head feel. Carolina Surf features a stunning King master bedroom suite that is located on the top floor. This suite has access to the deck, the comfy covered porch and a fabulous view of the Atlantic Ocean. Carolina Surf offers a family-friendly open floor plan for the kitchen, family room, and dining areas—plus you'll get to enjoy the best ocean view in Moongate from any location! You can also view the amazing sunrises and enjoy the ocean breezes beneath the covered outdoor porch with plush outdoor seating. There is also a table on the deck that is perfect for your morning coffee or quick lunches. The deck tower at Carolina Surf connects all three levels of the home and runs all the way to the pool deck—no need to head back into the house to get to the pool! Dinner is also a snap in the well-stocked gourmet kitchen that offers custom tile, full range and oven, microwave, dishwasher, spacious refrigerator with icemaker, tile backsplash, granite counters, spacious center island and cozy seating. The great room in this perfect beach cottage is equipped with state-of-the-art surround sound and entertainment system with free Netflix movies. During the evening just dim the lights and watch a movie on the 55" Smart LED HD TV as you relax by the glow of the fireplace – which is surrounded by beautiful natural tile and a reclaimed barn wood mantle. On the second floor of this amazing home, there are four spacious bedrooms--three are King bedroom suites, all with direct deck access with ample outdoor seating. The fourth suite is outfitted with Twin Bunks and is perfectly suited for the family with small children or for those who want a "kids only" room. The ground floor features one King master bedroom with a full bath. There is also a half bath in the game room which features a tiled floor with a 50" flat screen Smart TV, entertainment center, Champion Bank Shot shuffleboard, Arcade Legends video game, sitting area, wet bar, microwave, refrigerator, small service dishwasher, mini-kitchen and full washer and dryer. When you step outside to the pool deck, you can choose to cool off in the private saltwater pool that features a custom surface that is easy on your feet! This pool can also be heated for a nominal fee in the cooler seasons. Or you can pull up to the cabana bar, enjoy a beverage and watch the outdoor TV! The custom built cabana bar seats five is topped with a granite counter and has a wet bar and ice bin for keeping your beverages ice cold. There is also a full gourmet grill island so you can barbecue on the gas grill and enjoy your meal right out on the pool deck. You can also enjoy the new enlarged back yard that includes a professional grade putting green, natural sitting rock, chef's herb garden, chaise lounges, deck chairs and a large table with chairs. This is the perfect location for family barbecues, games and evening gatherings. Need to relax those tired muscles after a day at the beach? Just slip into Carolina Surf's six-person hot tub and unwind. While you're relaxing, you can enjoy your favorite music played through the outdoor speakers. Also located in the back fenced-in pool area is an enclosed private shower stall with plenty of room to change into dry clothes. Ready for some more fun? Head back into the recreation room to challenge your friends to a game of Champion Bank Shot shuffleboard or one of 150 classic video games with an authentic Arcade Legends stand-up console! Distance to Beach Access: Approximately 30 yards.
Five Kings, one Pyramid Bunk, one Trundle.
Private Heated Saltwater Pool (10'x20' -- pool may be Heated for $400 per week), Pool Side Cabana Bar with 42" Outdoor TV, Hot Tub, Gas Grill, Champion Bank Shot Shuffleboard Table, Arcade Legends stand-up Video Game, WiFi Internet Access (internet smart house) with Netflix Movies included, Keyless Entry, Wet Bar with small service Dishwasher, two Refrigerators, two Microwaves, Putting Green, Fresh Herb Garden, Sitting Rock overlooking the Pool.
Carport, entry, rec room with a shuffleboard table and Arcade Legends classic video arcade, King master bedroom with TV, private pool, half bath, laundry.
King bedroom with TV and deck access, connecting bath, King bedroom with TV, deck access, master bedroom with Pyramid Bunk and Trundle, TV, deck access, King master bedroom with TV, deck access.
King master bedroom with TV, deck access, half bath, living area with deck access, dining area, kitchen, half bath on landing.
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- Gas Grill
- Virtual Tour
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- No Pets Allowed
- Smoking Not Allowed
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- Private Pool
- Linens provided
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This upscale, semi-oceanfront community in Nags Head is located at milepost 14 in the Village at Nags Head. All Moongate guests will enjoy the private beach access with parking and bath house directly across the street from the community. Select homes will give you access to all the amenities of the Village at Nags Head, including Olympic sized community pool, child wading pool, tennis courts, clubhouse access and so much more! All homes offer top-of-the-line amenities and furnishings, private pools and hot tubs.


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Education Innovation Clusters Convening 2015
With schools' technology infrastructure strengthening, the market for education technology solutions growing, and the shift towards personalized learning gaining momentum, the new digital era in schools is approaching. Still, new tools, technologies and practices will fail to make a meaningful difference in students' lives if they are not developed using collaborative approaches that pull together the insights and perspectives of different sectors.
Communities around the country have taken note, creating "education innovation clusters" that bring together educators, startups, policymakers, investors, researchers, and community groups for powerful collaboration. These grassroots communities of practice enable innovators to cross boundaries, improving the shared understanding of needs and opportunities so that more effective and authentic tools and techniques can be developed to meet 21st century learning challenges.
On August 11th and 12th, Digital Promise and the U.S. Department of Education connected these communities with each other and with national education innovation leaders at the 2015 Education Clusters Convening, hosted by LEAP Innovations at Chicago's 1871, an entrepreneurial hub for digital startups.Entrepreneurs, investors, non-profits, researchers, funders, policy-makers, and educators from 93 organizations and 34 regions discussed how education innovation clusters can accelerate learning innovations.
Different models with different maturities
Clusters take many forms. They have varying interests, goals, sizes, and ages. Some are in fairly early stages of development, only a few months old, and others have been around for almost a decade.
RT @EdWeekMMolnar: #EdClusters15 is the http://t.co/25WHSjYyRk of education innovation. Meet each other! -Richard Culatta @rec54 #edtech
— Richard Culatta (@rec54) August 11, 2015
Below are some examples of the broad scope and diverse shape of America's education innovation clusters:
- In Pittsburgh, the Remake Learning Network has brought together over 200 organizations and over 2,000 individuals dedicated to building a vibrant learning innovation ecosystem in the region. Now eight years old, the network has seen a number of remarkable projects emerge.
@greggbehr @OfficeofEdTech @leapinchicago @1871Chicago @remakelearning Great to have you joining us, Gregg! #EdClusters15
— Digital Promise (@DigitalPromise) August 11, 2015
- In New York City, the Department of Education's iZone initiative has for several years been a leading example of a district–sponsored effort to breach the walls separating schools from entrepreneurial problem–solvers eager to help.
- In the hills of Eastern Kentucky, the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative has connected education leaders and economic development experts to help reinvigorate a depressed, resource-strained region.
- In Boston, LearnLaunch is a community delivering educational events, a selective accelerator program and a collaborative co-working space, dedicated to connecting, supporting, and growing Boston's education technology ecosystem to drive innovation and transform learning.
- In Kansas City, The Lean Lab and Think Big are part of an education innovation ecosystem supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
- In New Orleans, the non-profit incubator 4.0 Schools has connected entrepreneurial teachers, charter management organizations, community organizations, and research partners to help spark new innovations.
- In Chicago, ed-tech hub LEAP Innovations helps identify, pilot, research, and expand the use of innovative teaching and learning technology tools from pre-K to early college. LEAP is connecting entrepreneurs, tech companies, and learning scientists with educators and students.
- In Baltimore, Betamore works to connect universities, school districts, independent schools, state incubators, ed-tech startups, government officials and community organizations under the EdTech Maryland umbrella.
- Rhode Island's cluster is led by the Highlander Institute, a non-profit community of educators and professionals working to improve the educational experience of all learners. Its focus is on blended, diverse, and expanded learning. The institute partners with 12 districts and five schools, as well as funders, for-profit developers, non-profit developers, local government, universities, researchers, students, and families.
See @HighlanderInst @ #EdClusters15 RT @tvanderark: Inclusive & Iterative Plan Drives Rhode Island Forward http://t.co/Q8I7mnqhxB #EdPolicy
— Steven Hodas (@stevenhodas) August 5, 2015
- The San Mateo County iZone, a partnership between the San Mateo County Office of Education and the Full Circle Fund, is the central entity for this emerging cluster. It features a robust design-based research model and a focus on educator engagement and PD. Its deep partnership with the county will support 23 districts.
- In Charlottesville, the Jefferson Education Accelerator connects startup educational technology companies with learning scientists from the University of Virginia and other research institutions with local school districts to develop more effective and scaleable ed-tech products more quickly.
There are differences in how these clusters operate, who's involved, and how long they've been active, but all of these regions are working to strengthen the connective tissue of their learning innovation ecosystems, building communities that are better structured to:
- Spark 21st-century learning projects
- Enable promising approaches to spread more quickly
- Reduce redundancy
- Support effective cross-disciplinary and cross-sector partnerships
- Create stronger communities through better decision–making
- Allow problem–solvers to test their hypotheses more easily
Clusters as Innovation Labs
Clusters can rally around any number of issues. Most of the convening participants are interested in developing personalized learning solutions, for example. Others are interested in enabling more breakthrough learning moments for kids through hands-on learning opportunities like making. Yet others are interested in creating more innovative professional learning opportunities for teachers.
In breakout sessions, Harrington Park's Adam Fried, Rowan-Salisbury's Andrew Smith, NYC iZone's Kara Chesal, LEAP's Chris Liang-Vergara, and Digital Harbor's Andrew Coy explored how clusters can enable more cutting edge learning projects to emerge. The takeaway? There is strength in numbers. There is power in partnerships. And when smart people come together, they can forge new learning pathways that benefit teachers and kids.
We also learned from Digital Harbor's Andrew Coy, that "you can't buy a makerspace. You have to make a makerspace."
How to organize and build clusters internally
A number of conference participants noted the challenge of breaking down silos and connecting people, even in small towns. A number of strategies emerged that can help communities build vibrant learning innovation ecosystems in their town. Participants noted that emerging clusters should:
- Keep the structure flat, avoiding a top-down model
- Be inclusive, not exclusive
- Lean on engaging events, with low barriers to entry
- Be proactive about engaging people from other sectors
- Engage teachers directly, early, and often
- Host showcase events to lift up great work
- Document local innovations online
- Create a network directory that allows members to meet others
- Engage traditionally under-included groups
How to build and nurture partnerships internally (with schools, researchers, funders, government, entrepreneurs, etc.)
The essence of clusters is non–traditional collaboration, working with new partners in new ways to develops new habits and toolsets. That's why we kicked off Wednesday's session with a panel of diverse perspectives on partnerships, moderated by Mozilla Foundation's An-Me Chung, and joined by Paul Green from the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative, Cambria Skvarka from 4.0 Schools, Shawn Rubin from Rhode Island's Highlander Institute, and Sarah Luchs fromNGLC's Breakthrough Schools.
Everyone agreed on two things: partnerships are deeply important and great networks aren't built overnight.
Pittsburgh's Remake Learning Network, perhaps the most developed cluster in the country, started as a pancake breakfast with just a table full of people. Eight years later, Remake has more than 200 organizations, including more than 2,000 citizens, engaged in their vibrant learning innovation ecosystem. It's important to keep in mind that it takes time to go from a few pancakes to a few hundred partnerships.
Here are a few interesting ways different folks are facilitating partnerships:
Tips for creating and nurturing partnerships around learning in your region. #edclusters15 pic.twitter.com/LihBB1QIMP
— Digital Promise (@DigitalPromise) August 12, 2015
How to put clusters to work in real-world learning environments
So what can all this community-building work mean for educators and students in real-world learning environments?
First, clusters can help enable school leaders to make better ed-tech purchasing decisions.
How do schools know what's worked for others, and how will they know if it's working for them? One approach to this need for better market information is through discovery and analytics software that present user and editorial reviews, provide lesson–embedded A/B testing of discrete content modules, or allow schools and districts to calculate the learning ROI of their deployments.
In a pre-meeting panel moderated by Sara Allan of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Karl Rectanus of LearnTrials, Jacob Klein of Motion Math, Elisabeth Stock of PowerMyLearning, and Tanner Higgin of Graphite, discussed the hows and whys of this approach.
"We don't know what works. Even worse, we don't know what doesn't work."
Second, clusters can help ed-tech entrepreneurs develop products that are more likely to improve learning outcomes (and more likely to scale).
This model turns classrooms and out-of-school learning environments into testbeds, where entrepreneurs, researchers, educators, and students come together to develop and assess ed-tech tools. First launched by the NYC iZone in 2012, school–based ed-tech testbeds have become increasingly popular, leading to rich technology implementation, authentic professional development on design thinking, collaborative product development, and teaching strategies. For software companies, the opportunity to engage with educators in their environments—not as customers but as co–developers—has led to a greater understanding of educators' real needs and constraints and more responsive products.
Testbeds are ideal cluster projects, either to get the cluster off the ground or as new work for an existing cluster. A panel, moderated by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Sara Allan, brought Erin Mote of InnovateEDU, Dr. Adam Fried of Harrington Park School District, and Chris Liang-Vergara of LEAP Innovations together to discuss how this looks on the ground.
"I love data. Like. I love data. A lot." Definitely love @erinmote passion here at #edclusters15 pic.twitter.com/Uzcxg4YKum
— Mike Baur (@mbaur) August 12, 2015
Visual notes from #edtech test-beds @sara_allan @erinmote @adamdfried #edclusters15 "Come on this journey with us." pic.twitter.com/XBseJ69rby
— Deborah Chang (@debryc) August 12, 2015
Supporting this work, Katrina Stevens from the U.S. Department of Education announced the release of a "Rapid-Cycle Tech Evaluations" solicitation – to help establish a high standard for low-cost, quick turnaround evaluations of educational technology, to build a technical working group, and to field test rapid-cycle technology evaluations to understand how to improve education technology application in the real world.
The critical role of research
Clusters can provide an opportunity to see which products "work," at least under a particular set of circumstances. But what do we measure? And how? And what do we mean when we say that something "works?" We asked our Director of Research, Aubrey Francisco, to explore these issues along with a group of practitioners who have been thinking hard about these issues, including Kara Chesal of NYC iZone, Dr. Edith Gummer of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kim Jacobson of San Mateo County iZone, and Amy Nowell of LEAP Innovations.
The panelists offered an invigorated and in-depth look at the role of research in education innovation. All agreed that measurement and evaluation is critical, but noted the many complexities and nuances of capturing reliable data. Ultimately, Dr. Gummer may have put it best: "It's not what works – it's what works for whom, under what conditions."
Communicating externally, and communicating with each other
APIs for Interoperability
Given that so many of the themes of #EdClusters15 centered on language, we thought it appropriate to close with a working session on developing common terms and vocabularies that would allow clusters around the country and around the world to interoperate with one another. Similar to an "API" to use a software metaphor.
Three groups were each asked to create a preliminary list of terms for different elements of testbeds. For example, when we say that this developer or this school is "ready" to participate in a testbed, what do we mean by "ready"? And what do we mean by "participate" or even by "testbed"? Collaborations represent substantial investments of time and energy and having these kinds of shared understandings at the outset can go a long way towards making sure they return value to everyone involved.
Over the next several months Digital Promise will lead a set of working groups composed of cluster practitioners to continue this effort towards a shared vocabulary.
The Remake Learning Playbook
During lunch, our friends from the Sprout Fund in Pittsburgh demoed the Remake Learning Playbook Gameplan app, which allows anyone to remix their own game plan to start supporting 21st century learning in their community. Now, you can hack the successful Pittsburgh model to see how you can remake learning in your classroom, library, community, or city!
Just launched at #EdClusters15: @remakelearning Playbook http://t.co/X7eWhzukN7 & http://t.co/7d4pkXgXJs pic.twitter.com/O4HoMt9c9X
— Dustin Cory Stiver (@DustinStiver) August 12, 2015
Convening Next Year
Continuing the tradition of raising one's hand and committing one's city to host the next convening of education innovation clusters, Shawn Rubin of the Highlander Institute nominated Providence, Rhode Island. We're coming for you, Providence.
Also, VIPs joined in
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel dropped by to add his unique perspective and infamous zeal to the conversation. The Mayor re-emphasized the city's commitment to this work, and reminded attendees that learning happens everywhere; everyone has a role to play to strengthen learning pathways for kids.
#Gladhandling: @tullman + @RahmEmanuel shaking hands & taking names for education innovation! #Educelerate #edtechdev pic.twitter.com/hkyoNBQlxG
— Christopher Nyren (@CNyren) August 12, 2015
Former North Carolina Governor and Digital Learning Institute Chair and FounderBev Perdue also spoke to the group, noting that educational technology is poised to transform the education system in a similar way that cars transformed personal commuting.
Richard Culatta, Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education, talked about how much this movement has grown. Culatta confessed that two years ago, he had to work the phones to get people to show up to the first Education Innovation Clusters convening. This year, folks were calling him to ask how they could get an invitation.
Heather Anichini, the President and CEO of the Chicago Public Education Fund reminded attendees that there's broad support for transforming education, including from a tremendous amount of teachers.
Illinois' Secretary of Education Dr. Elizabeth Purvis welcomed participants to the great state of Illinois, where we were thrilled to spend two wonderful days engaging with and learning from each other.
And last but not least, Digital Promise President and CEO Karen Cator discussed the potential of clusters as a model to better address grand challenges in education by fostering collaboration, incentivizing action, and catalyzing breakthroughs.
- EdWeek Article on the convening
- Remake Learning Playbook gameplan app, which was demo-ed at the convening
- Solicitation issued by the U.S. Department of Education on Rapid Cycle Test Evaluation
- U.S. Department of Education's Education Innovation Clusters homepage
- Education Innovation puts Kansas City on the Map
We were delighted to host the third Education Innovation Clusters convening, and we were thrilled to see that so many others enjoyed the event too. Certainly, there was a lot to absorb, especially for those new to this work, but we hope that in the years to come, this field only continues to develop and grow.
Thank you to all of those who attended the convening, and to all of the innovators who are propelling this work forward in communities across the country.
To keep up with our cluster work, please follow us on Twitter @DigitalPromiseand subscribe to get updates on clusters. See you in Providence!
well done #edclusters15 & thx to @DigitalPromise & esp @KatrinaStevens1 @stevenhodas for powerful event. here's to the year of the clusters!
— Remi Holden (@remiholden) August 12, 2015
Excellent takeaways from #EdClusters15, can't wait to continue the convo in RI at the next convening! pic.twitter.com/vxrpmxo1hO
— Octavia Abell (@octavia_abell) August 12, 2015
On the need for more people in the "Do-Tanks" than "Think Tanks" in education. @DigitalPromise #edclusters15 I like this
— Alicia Herald (@aliciaherald) August 12, 2015


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Can a Better Vibrator Inspire an Age of Great American Sex?
By Andy Isaacson
May 14 2012, 12:03 PM ET 76
Sex toys have transformed into sophisticated and well-designed gadgets that take their inspiration from Apple not Hustler. But one company has a bigger hope: that a better machine could mean better sex for a repressed nation.
The sex toy as design object: the innards of Jimmyjane's Form 6 vibrator.
The offices of Jimmyjane are above a boarded-up dive bar in San Francisco's Mission district. There used to be a sign on a now-unmarked side door, until employees grew weary of men showing up in a panic on Valentine's Day thinking they could buy last-minute gifts there. (They can't.) The only legacy that remains of the space's original occupant, an underground lesbian club, is a large fireplace set into the back wall. Porcelain massage candles and ceramic stones, neatly displayed on sleek white shelves alongside the brightly colored vibrators that the company designs, give the space the serene air of a day spa.
Ethan Imboden, the company's founder, is 40 and holds an electrical engineering degree from Johns Hopkins and a master's in industrial design from Pratt Institute. He has a thin face and blue eyes, and wears a pair of small hoop earrings beneath brown hair that is often tousled in some fashion. The first time I visited, one April morning, Imboden had on a V-neck sweater, designer jeans and Converse sneakers with the tongues splayed out — an aesthetic leaning that masks a highly programmatic interior. "I think if you asked my mother she'd probably say I lined up my teddy bears at right angles," he told me.
Imboden was seated next to a white conference table, reviewing a marketing graphic that Jimmyjane was preparing to email customers before the summer season. Projected onto a wall was an image that promoted three of Jimmyjane's vibrators, superimposed over postcards of iconic destinations — Paris, the Taj Mahal, a Mexican surf beach — with the title: "Meet Jimmyjane's Mile High Club: The perfect traveling companions for your summer adventures." The postcard for the Form 2, a vibrator Imboden created with the industrial designer Yves Behar, was pictured alongside the Eiffel Tower with the note: " Bonjour! Thanks to my handy button lock I breezed through my flight without making noise or causing an international incident. See you soon, FORM 2."
Jimmyjane's conceit is to presuppose a world in which there is no hesitation around sex toys. Placing its products on familiar cultural ground has a normalizing effect, Imboden believes, and comparing a vibrator to a lifestyle accessory someone might pack into their carry-on luggage next to an iPad shifts people's perceptions about where these objects fit into their lives. Jimmyjane products have been sold in places like C.O. Bigelow, the New York apothecary, Sephora, W Hotels, and even Drugstore.com. Insinuating beautifully designed and thoughtfully engineered sex toys into the mainstream consumer landscape could push Americans into more comfortable territory around sex in general. Jimmyjane hopes to achieve this without treading too firmly on mainstream sensibilities. "Not everyone sits in a conference room and talks about vibrators, dildos, anal sex, clitorises — and we do," Imboden explained. "It's important for us to remain a part of the mainstream culture and sensitive to how normal people discuss or don't discuss these subjects."
Ten years ago, walking into the annual sex toy industry show for the first time, Imboden was startled by the objects he encountered. He had developed DNA sequencers for government scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and more recently he had left a job designing consumer products — cell phones and electric toothbrushes — for companies like Motorola and Colgate, work he found dispiriting. "It was imminently clear to me that I was creating a huge amount of landfill," Imboden told me. "I wanted no part of it." He struck out on his own, and found himself approached by a potential client about designing a sex product.
The floor of the Adult Novelty Manufacturers Expo, held that year on the windowless ground level of the Sheraton in Universal City, California, flaunted fated landfill of a different sort: a gaudy display of "severed anatomy, goofy animals, and penis-pump flashing-lights kind of stuff," Imboden recalled. These tawdry novelties dominate the $1.3 billion-a-year American sex toy market. They are the output of a small but cliquish old boys' network of companies you've probably never heard of, even if you have given business to them. One of these, Doc Johnson, was named as a mocking tribute to President Lyndon B. Johnson, whose justice department in the 1960s tried in vain to prosecute the late pornographer Reuben Sturman, the industry's notorious founding father. Sturman invented the peep show booth, and built a formidable empire of adult bookstores that for decades constituted the shadowy domain where such products were sold, usually to men.
The traditional Sturmanite sex shop (Reuters).
Imboden was inspired. "As soon as I saw past the fact that in front of me happened to be two penises fused together at the base, I realized that I was looking at the only category of consumer product that had yet to be touched by design," Imboden said. "It's as if the only food that had been available was in the candy aisle, like Dum Dums and Twizzlers, where it's really just about a marketing concept and a quick rush and very little emphasis on nourishment and real enjoyment. The category had been isolated by the taboo that surrounded it. I figured, I can transcend that."
At dinner parties in San Francisco, where he lives, Imboden found that mentioning sex toys unleashed conversations that appeared to have been only awaiting permission. "Suddenly I was at the nexus of everybody's thoughts and aspirations of sexuality," he said. "Suddenly it was OK for anyone to talk to me about it." It occurred to Imboden that the people who buy sex toys are not some other group of people. They are among the half of all Americans who, according to a recent Indiana University study, report having used a vibrator. They are people, like those waiting outside Apple stores for the newest iPhone model, who typically surround themselves with brands that reinforce a self-concept. They spend money on quality products, and care about the safety of those products. Yet, for the very products they use most intimately–arguably the ones whose quality and safety people should care most about–they were buying gimmicky items of questionable integrity. It's just that people had never come to expect or demand anything different–silenced by society's "shame tax on sexuality," as one sex toy retailer put it to me. And few alternatives existed.
Jean-Michel Valette, the chairman of Peet's Coffee, who would later join Jimmyjane's Board of Directors, told me: "I had thought the opportunities for really transforming significant consumer categories had all been done. Starbucks had done it in coffee. Select Comfort had done it in beds. Boston Beers" — the makers of Samuel Adams — "had done it in beer. And here was one that was right under everyone's nose."
Jimmyjane's success has inspired a growing class of design-conscious companies–including Minna, Nomi Tang and Je Joue–that are beginning to clean up an unscrupulous industry long cloaked by American discomfort around sex. LELO, a Swedish brand founded by industrial designers, creates up-market products with names–Gigi, Ina, Nea– that sound like feminized IKEA furniture. (Try Gigi on the SVELVIK bed!) OhMiBod, a line of vibrators created by a woman who once worked in Apple's product marketing department, synchronize rhythmically with iPods, iPads, iPhones and other smartphones.
An OhMiBod vibrator styled with an iPhone.
I asked Imboden what qualified him to design a vibrator, a device primarily intended for female pleasure. Imboden said he considers himself "decidedly heterosexual," but also "universally perceptive," and he suspects that the formative childhood years he spent living with his mother and older sister, after his father died of cancer when he was two, may have nurtured within him a certain empathy for the opposite sex. (His father had also been an engineer, also worked at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and ended up starting a dressmaking company called Foxy Lady.) "Ethan has an intellectual curiosity and an emotional maturity that doesn't stop him from exploring something that a man 'shouldn't,'" said Lisa Berman, Jimmyjane's C.E.O., who came from The Limited and Guess and is among the company's all-female executive team. "He is a real purist in the way he thinks, not just about engineering and design but the emotional connection that these products might assist in a relationship. He can do that better than anyone that I've met."
Imboden enlisted his mother and sister to help him start the company. These made for some strange moments, as in the time when his mom complimented him on a well-written description of how a vibrator could be inserted safely for anal use, calling out from across the room, "Ethan, you handled the anus beautifully." His friend Brian and other close friends invested initial seed money. Professional investors were intrigued but hesitant; here was a first-time entrepreneur, making a consumer product that was not, strictly speaking, technology (being the Bay Area this mattered)–and it was about sex. "They were scared of it," Imboden said. (Banks still refuse their business, citing vague "morality clauses.") Tim Draper, a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist known for backing ventures like Skype and Hotmail, thought differently. "He had a unique way of looking at the world, and a great sense for product design," Draper wrote to me in an e-mail. "He understood branding."
Little Gold, Jimmyjane's first vibrator, is a slender thing that could be mistaken for a cigar case. Imboden developed and patented a replaceable motor that slides inside the 24-carat gold-plated shell, which he engineered to vibrate in near silence. It is a portable, durable, and waterproof sex toy designed never to become landfill. For Imboden, it was merely a proof of concept. "It's an immediate of disruption of the associations that we have with sexual products," he said.
The trendy London-based apothecary, Space.NK, bought the concept, and displayed Jimmyjane right next to Marc Jacobs' new fragrances. Soon after, Selfridges, the high-end British department store, carried the company's products. For Imboden, debuting in European retailers was a deliberate end-run around American social taboos, and also made a sidestep of the sex toy industry entirely. It was a statement that products like vibrators did not have to be relegated to their own store or a discreet Web site. Premiering in lofty precincts before trickling down to the mainstream borrowed from a fashion playbook: Little Gold could be thought of as Jimmyjane's couture offering, its runway showpiece. A more accessible aluminum version, Little Chroma, now sells for $125 at Drugstore.com.
Early on, Imboden would also hang around celebrity gatherings, putting vibrators in the hands of influencers. After the Grammy Awards one year, he found himself walking across an intersection in front of a white low rider. Inside, two heads bobbed to music; "Snoop de Ville" ran across the side of the car. As Imboden jogged over to the front window, he reached inside his shoulder bag for a vibrator, and "it dawns on me that this is a perfect recipe for getting shot," he recalls. Snoop Dogg was behind the wheel, talking on a cell phone; a chandelier swayed gently above him. Imboden handed him a Little Something. "This dude just gave me a 24k gold vibrator," Snoop relayed into the phone. Then he turned to Imboden. "Thank you, my nigga. I'm gonna put this to work right now."
In January 2005, the Little Gold made it into the Golden Globe Awards gift suite, the freebie swag lounge that, in those days, A-list celebrities actually visited. "To have a non-fashion item like that at one of these showcases was really unusual and groundbreaking," Rose Apodaca, the West Coast bureau chief of Women's Wear Daily at the time, told me. "It was the hot item everyone was trying to get their hands on." Teri Hatcher and Jennifer Garner, by picking one up, became among the brand's first celebrity endorsers. Apodaca wrote about it in WWD's awards season special. "Suddenly there's this tool for sex being featured in the bible of the fashion industry." After Kate Moss was spotted purchasing a Little Gold from a Greenwich Village lingerie boutique — a "buzz-worthy bauble," Page Six wrote — Jimmyjane appeared in Vogue.
After the introduction of electric lights in 1876, home appliances were plugged in, one by one, beginning with the sewing machine and followed by the fan, the teakettle, the toaster and then, the vibrator. (The vacuum cleaner would come ten years later.) Ads for them appeared in Hearst's, Popular Mechanics, Modern Women and Women's Home Companion, among many others. A National Home Journal ad in 1908 for a $5 hand-powered vibrator, declared: "Gentle, soothing, invigorating and refreshing. Invented by a woman who knows a women's needs. All nature pulsates and vibrates with life." Another in American Magazine claimed that the vibrator "will chase away the years like magic…All the keen relish, the pleasures of youth, will throb within you…Your self-respect, even, will be increased a hundredfold." A Sears, Roebuck catalog in 1918 advertised a portable vibrator on a page (with fans and household mixers) of "Aids That Every Woman Appreciates."
Was this language camouflage for an orgasm? Were these vibrators also intended, with a wink, for masturbation? This has become the popular history of the device as written by Rachel Maines, a Cornell researcher, who argued in her 1999 book "The Technology of Orgasm" that electric vibrators replaced the hands of doctors who, from the time of Hippocrates to the 1920s, had been massaging women to orgasm as a treatment for hysteria.
Hysteria: The 17th century French physician Lazare Rivière's described it as "a sort of madness, arising from a vehement and unbridled desire of carnal embracement which desire disthrones the Rational Faculties so far, that the Patient utters wanton and lascivious Speeches." Today, this sounds a lot like normal functioning of female sexuality. But men long viewed it as a disorder. During antiquity physicians believed that hysteria was caused by the womb meandering around the body, wrecking havoc, yet by the 19th century the term had become "the wastepaper basket of medicine where one throws otherwise unemployed symptoms," as the French physiatrist Charles Lasègue put it. (The American Psychiatric Association finally dropped hysteria altogether from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1952, the same year it added homosexuality.)
Virgins, nuns, widows and women with impotent husbands were thought especially prone. Victorian physicians, especially in England and the United States, were wary of female arousal. They viewed it as a dangerous slope towards uncontrollable desires and ill health, and advised women against tea, coffee, masturbation, feather beds, wearing tight corsets, and reading French novels.
Maines argues that relieving women of this pent-up desire was a standard medical practice. She takes us back to the Greek physician Soranus, who in the first century A.D. discussed his treatment: "We…moisten these parts freely with sweet oil, keeping it up for some time," he wrote. Helen King, a historian and leading authority of Classical medicine at England's Open University, told me that a correct translation of this passage has him massaging the abdomen, the typical treatment for yet another female disorder–chronic flowing of female "seed"–for which rose oil was prescribed, along with cold baths and avoiding sexy pictures. Rather, King says, it is with the influential Roman physician Galen where we see the first explicit mention of genital massage to orgasm as a medical treatment. Galen discusses a woman rubbing "the customary remedies" on her genitals–sachets of Artemisia, marjoram and iris oil–and feeling the "pain and at the same time the pleasure" associated with intercourse.
But did doctors do the deed? Probably not in antiquity, King said–there was a taboo against such things even back then, and the task was likely assigned to midwives. References in the annals of medicine to genital massage are oblique, leaving a trove of circumstantial evidence, with some exceptions, like the British physician Nathaniel Highmore complaining in the 17th century that massaging the vulva was "not unlike that game of boys in which they try to rub their stomachs with one hand and pat their heads with the other." Maines believes that doctors considered this a tedious task, and not a sexual act, since sexual relations, especially in those pre-Clinton centuries, meant proper intercourse. However, if intercourse failed to relieve the symptoms of desire–only recently have we known that up to seventy percent of women cannot reach orgasm from intercourse alone–doctors prescribed hydrotherapy (the douche sprays in Saratoga Springs, NY were a popular destination for women whose husbands were at the racetrack) or an office visit.
In 1869 an American physician, George Taylor, patented a steam-powered contraption called the "Manipulator," in which a patient lay stomach-down on a padded table and received a pelvis massage from a vibrating sphere. The Chattanooga, a 125-pound apparatus that sold in 1904 for $200, was used on both sexes for various treatments including, the company's catalog described, "female troubles." All manner of inventions were marketed to doctors: musical vibrators, vibratory forks, vibrating wire coils called vibratiles, floor-standing models on rollers and portable devices shaped like hair dryers. They were powered by air pressure, water turbines, gas engines, and batteries. We don't really know how common the practice of massaging women with these devices actually was–Maines's book touched off a debate among sex historians, with some arguing that it was probably rare and considered quack medicine–but in any case, after the first electromechanical vibrator was patented in 1880, vibrators marketed for home use flourished. General Electric and Hamilton Beach both made handheld devices that looked like hair dryers, boxed with various attachments. (I recently found a 1902 Hamilton Beach vibrator listed on eBay for $25.99.) Women could now regain the "pleasures of youth" through their own devices.
For reasons that are not entirely clear, vibrator ads gradually disappeared from up-market magazines after the 1920s, and went underground. Fifty years later they would resurface — Hitachi's Magic Wand Massager first appeared in the 1970s and remains one of the top-selling vibrators, even though the company will tell you it doesn't make vibrators — and feminists in New York City began teaching women self-pleasure. By the 1990s, Bob Dole was talking about erectile dysfunction as the pitchman for Viagra, and the Starr Report described fellatio and a semen-stained dress, pushing the boundaries of acceptable mainstream media conversation.
And then, Miranda presented Charlotte with the Rabbit Pearl, a pink, phallus-shaped vibrator with rotating beads and animated bunny ears, on prime-time cable television.
Everyone in the sex toy business whom I spoke with credits "Sex and the City" with profoundly changing the way Americans now talk about sex toys. The Rabbit Pearl became an overnight sensation — "Talk about product placement," the vibrator's manufacturer, Dan Martin of Vibratex, told me. With clean, well-lit stores like Good Vibrations and Babeland; the Tupperware-inspired, sex-toy house gatherings for women known as Pleasure Parties ("Where Every Day is Valentine's Day"); and the Internet — which opened all kinds of new avenues for sexual adventure — women now had safe and discreet places to buy it. The Rabbit Pearl is still the top-selling sex toy, although the original from Vibratex has been knocked off so many times that "the rabbit" has become generic.
In an episode during the fifth season of "Sex and the City," Samantha walks into a Sharper Image to return her vibrator.
"We don't sell vibrators," the clerk tells her.
"Yes you do, I bought this here six months ago," Samantha replies, holding up the device.
"That's not a vibrator," he says, "that's a neck massager."
Within Sharper Image, that neck massager became known jokingly as "the Sex and the City vibrator," but in 2007, Imboden approached the company with the Form 6. Literally the sixth in a series of vibrator sketches — Imboden believes in minimalist names — the Form 6 has a curved, organic shape that is suggestive without being representational. It is wrapped completely in soft, platinum silicone, making it completely water-resistant, and charges on a wall-powered base station through a narrow stainless steel band, a novel cordless recharging system that Imboden patented. For these features, the Form 6 earned an International Design Excellence Award, the first time a sex toy had earned such a distinction. It comes in hot pink, deep plum or slate–non-primary, poppy colors that he believes convey sophistication. It is packaged in a hard plastic case inside a bright white box — "literally and figuratively bringing these products out of the shadows," Imboden said. And it has a 3-year warranty (this may not seem remarkable, but is for a sex toy).
"It was certainly controversial internally," recalled Adam Ertel, Sharper Image's buyer at the time. Sharper Image decided to try the Form 6 in a few stores — "a waterproof personal massager" is how they described it — and, to everyone's surprise, the Form 6 soon became one of the retailer's best selling massage items. They quickly rolled it out nationwide. "It was clear to all of us that we were treading on new ground," said Ertel. "We realized that the people that bought the Form 6 for its intimate nature may be a large group of consumers that people aren't strategically selling to."
The Form 6.
One afternoon in May, I joined Imboden at a meeting with Yves Behar to talk through ideas for the Form 4, their next vibrator. They met at Behar's downtown San Francisco design studio, fuseproject, around a conference table topped with some rudimentary prototypes that they would pick up and flex in different directions while discussing "torque" and "harmonics" and "programming sequences." On a counter along the back wall stood a desk lamp that Behar designed for Herman Miller. Behar is perhaps best known for creating the One Laptop Per Child computer and perhaps least known for designing both New York City's branded bike helmet and its official condom dispenser. The two had been friends for a while — Behar was an early advisor to Jimmyjane — before deciding, a couple years ago, to collaborate. "Isn't this that old fashioned Playboy mansion cliché, two guys coming up with products used for women?" Behar asked. "I don't know if it is because I have twenty-plus years experience of design or thirty years of sexual experiences. You put the two together and you can get to some really interesting places."
During the initial brainstorms, which included the women on their respective teams, some awkward workplace conversations, and plenty of giggling, Imboden and Behar identified three different functions that a vibrator should deliver. They decided to roll them out in a trio of devices — a collection they've named "Pleasure to the People" — all built upon a modular base structure that houses a common digital interface, wireless rechargeable battery and motor. They designed the Form 2, their first product, to be a "new interpretation" of the Rabbit Pearl. Its form is compact, resting ergonomically in the palm of the hand, with a novel shape that resembles a padded tuning fork or a portly, marshmallow Peep Easter bunny — suggestive enough of the iconic Rabbit to appear familiar to people, but amorphous enough that they don't dwell too much on what it looks like. "It's not just a lumpy random shape," Imboden pointed out. "I think there's a real sense of purpose in the forms which communicate that this is not an arbitrary act or a whimsical random thing we've created."
Through their design, Imboden wants to convey the sense that these are carefully considered objects–that someone is looking out for our sexual well-being, even if we have been conditioned to have low expectations. "I jokingly say this is an area where you really don't want to disappoint your customers," Behar told me. "And I think this is an industry that has treated its customers really badly." The Form 2 takes a symmetrical, organic form but they avoid emulating anatomy, because while "the penis is very well designed to accomplish what it needs to accomplish, a vibrator doesn't actually need to do those same things," Imboden said. One function it was not designed to accomplish was to stimulate a woman's G spot, but even if it did, mimicking male genitalia treads on psychological territory that Imboden would rather avoid. "While on the one hand that has its own excitement, there becomes a third person," he said, noting that some men feel threatened by an object they perceive to be a substitution for themselves. "People aren't necessarily seeking to have a threesome. Our goal has really been for the focus to be on you and your sensations and the interaction with your partner and not really to pull attention to the product itself. That's an element of why we make the products as quiet as they are. It's also why we make them visually quiet." Representational objects, like taxidermy hanging in a lodge, take up psychic space; figurative forms leave fantasy open to one's own interpretation. "Staying away from body shapes," Imboden explained, "is a way of keeping open provocative possibility, as opposed to narrowing it down to a provocative prescription."
The Form 3, the second vibrator designed with Behar, has a vibrating, ultra-thin soft silicone skin that flexes into the curve of the palm. The Form 4, the two men discussed that afternoon, should "deliver an oomph." Imboden believed they could achieve this by setting two motors to vibrate at different frequencies. Behar pondered an internal structure that would allow the vibrator to bend in various directions, similar to the neck of his Hermann Miller lamp. "Plus it makes it looks exactly like Barbapapa, my childhood hero," he said, referring to the popular French cartoon creature that looks like a pear-shaped blob and can change shape. "For each of these projects we came up with some funny metaphors," he told me. "It keeps you true to the original concept."
From a study released in 2009 by Indiana University, the first academic, peer-reviewed study to look at vibrator use, we now know that 53 percent of women and nearly half of all men in the United States have used a vibrator. This makes it nearly as common an appliance in American households as the drip coffee maker or toaster oven, The New York Times reported, and about twice as prevalent among American adults as condoms, according to Church & Dwight, maker of Trojan condoms, which funded the Indiana University study. Jimmyjane's own sales reveal that as many men as women, as many 25-year-olds as 50-year olds, and as many Virginians as Californians, per capita, are buying vibrators. At each phase of life, a sex toy might take on new meaning; perhaps, initially, as a way to explore one's own body, but later, within a long-term relationship, as a way to sustain excitement. Today sex therapists are hearing more discussion of what they call "desire discrepancies" — one partner wanting sex more, or less, or in a different manner, than the other. "Our bread and butter used to be orgasm and erection problems," said Sandor Gardos, a sex therapist, adding that self-help sources and Viagra have arisen to address those issues. "There's more discussion now around the subtle and complex issues of relationship and sexuality."
Imboden sees Jimmyjane as playing into that discussion around sex and well-being, not only as a peddler of "marital aids" — terminology still used by the handful of online sex-toy retailers catering to religious Christians — but as a trusted provocateur. Guests looking for condoms at W Hotels will find Jimmyjane's Pocket Pleasure Set in their room's mini bar, a slim package containing condoms, a mini vibrator, a feather tickler, and the "love decoder"–a piece of paper folded like an Origami fortune teller that engages players in titillating acts through a game of chance. "Everybody wants to try these new boundaries but they need a catalyst to make this happen," Imboden told me. "We are granting them permission by transferring the responsibility to us."
Behar and Imboden mixing work and play.
One day, I flew to Los Angeles with Imboden for a routine trip he was taking to different retailers that carry Jimmyjane. We started at Hustler Hollywood, an up-market sex emporium on a corner of the Sunset Strip, with a glass façade, bright lights and polished floors. Hard-core pornography was displayed just feet from an in-store coffee bar, arguably two things that should occupy different spaces, but the suggestion is to get over it. Presenting erotica stigma-free in the manner of a Barnes & Noble triggers the disorienting feel of a dark nightclub suddenly flooded with fluorescent ceiling lights, where everyone can see what you've been doing in the corner. But a fishbowl is precisely the metaphor of transparency Larry Flynt had in mind, and amidst this forthright statement of normalized sexuality (store motto: "Relax…it's just sex"), Jimmyjane is at home.
"With most other consumer products, like a pair of jeans, you have to convince people why they need it," Cory Silverberg, a certified sex educator and author who writes the Sexuality Guide for About.com, had told me. "With sex toys people come in already interested, and what you are doing is removing the obstacles. A lot of it is permission giving–saying that sex toys don't make you kinky, or that your boyfriend or girlfriend isn't good enough."
Imboden told me that Jimmyjane was the first to present sex toys in white packaging, and that retailers, accustomed to the candy-colored aesthetic, told him customers would never go for it. Several packages made by the company's competitors now have a cleaner, white look. Imboden picked one of them off a rack, and pointed out the words bullet-pointed on the package: body-safe materials, phthalate-free, waterproof. "You never used to see that," he said. European laws have driven much of the industry's attention to materials safety, but whether it is to be believed is something different. Sander Gardos, who founded MyPleasure.com, an online retailer of sex toys, had told me, "You cannot trust what's on the box–it has nothing to do with what's actually in there," recalling a manufacturer at a trade show in Shanghai who stood before a display of two boxes that contained the same product–one was labeled "100% TPR" (thermoplastic rubber), the other "100% silicone"–and then admitted both were made with PVC. "We have visited the Chinese factories that make all the toys that say 'Made in Japan,'" Gardos said. "There are tremendous quality control issues in this industry because it is completely unregulated."
A stand-alone glass case carried what the salesman distinguished as the "sex devices"–superior quality, more nicely designed, and higher priced products "that don't crap out," as he put it. Jimmyjane's products occupied two shelves. The case also displayed products by LELO and Minna. On another shelf was OhMiBod's Freestyle vibrator, which pulsates to music from an mp3 player. It bore a striking resemblance to the Form 6, down to its solid plum color and narrow metallic band.
Nearby, in West Hollywood, we stopped in at Coco de Mer, a luxury erotic boutique with outlets in London and Manhattan. With Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, who is an investor in the store, Imboden designed a custom version of the Little Chroma in black, with Stewart's lyrics etched into the aluminum and a leather cord threaded through the cap, along with a custom guitar pick. We then met Robin Coe-Hutshing at Studio BeautyMix, her store inside Fred Segal, in Santa Monica (which has since changed ownership). A wall behind the custom fragrance counter displayed Jimmyjane's vibrators, white porcelain massage stones (for which it won an International Design Excellence Award); and scented massage oil candles, which were the first candles of any kind to be formulated with a melting point matching body temperature, an innovation that makes them an effective emollient when poured onto the skin. In an environment of soaps, perfumes, and skin cream, Jimmyjane's bright color palette and white boxes fit as seamlessly as they had in a room of maid outfits and butt plugs. If Hustler Hollywood and Studio BeautyMix might represent almost dichotomous approaches to sex — the excitement of sexual fantasy versus the everyday made sexy — Jimmyjane works in both worlds by remaining agnostic.
We finished our tour in Venice, at A+R, the design store that Rose Apodaca, the former Women's Wear Daily editor, opened with her husband Andy Griffith. The store displays a compendium of home accessories from designers around the world. The Form 2 sits on a shelf behind glass wall display next to the Braun travel alarm clock by Dieter Rams, and is sometimes mistaken by customers, according to Apodaca, for a Japanese anime toy. In the adjacent case, beside colored glass vases in the shape of honey bears, are the Form 6 and Little Chroma. "We wanted to include these products in our mix because we wanted it to seem like a perfectly normal part of one's lifestyle," Apodaca told me. "Just like they'd have a great wine carafe or a filtered water bottle." When Sasha Baron Cohen walked into the store the week before I visited and learned what that Little Chroma was, he proceeded to browse the store picking up random objects and asking, "Does this vibrate?"
The Jimmyjane display inside Fred Segal.
Victoria's Secret, a $5 billion retailer ubiquitous today in American shopping malls, was founded in San Francisco in the 1970s by a Stanford Business School graduate who felt embarrassed buying lingerie for his wife in a department store, and set out to create a more inviting atmosphere for men. Soon, picking up a vibrator in a shopping mall, or a store that sells home accessories, cosmetics or lattes may seem rather conventional. It nearly is already. One of the faster growing categories in terms of sales at Walgreen's, the nation's biggest drugstore chain, is sexual wellness. Walgreens has been selling a vibrating ring–a gateway sex toy–made by Trojan since 2006, except in the seven U.S. states where it is illegal to do so; Target and Wal-Mart sell them as well. Amazon.com currently carries just under 80,000 sexual wellness products. Sales of "sexual enhancement devices" in mass food and drug retailers (excluding Wal-Mart) increased by 20 percent for the year that ended April 15, according to SymphonyIRI Group, a Chicago-based market research firm. Yearly sales of sexual products through home-party direct sales, like Pleasure Parties, are more than $400 million. "Vibrators are already mainstream," said Jim Daniels, Trojan's former vice president for marketing, who estimates the market for vibrators in the US to be $1 billion–more than twice that of condoms.
Trojan, along with Durex and Lifestyle, are among the large companies now developing vibrators that a place like Walgreen's might start to feel O.K. about selling under florescent lights. Trojan has introduced the $60 Vibrating Twister–the condom maker's third vibrator model. For a trial, Philips Electronics launched a line of "intimate massagers" under their Relationship Care category. "These big multinational companies are realizing there is a ton money to be made," says Cory Silverberg. "They will change things more significantly than the political feminist sex stores and some of the more interesting manufacturers like Jimmyjane." Mainstream manufacturers and retailers are couching these products as being good for sexual health–that it's not just about getting turned on, or being kinky, but about being healthy, like exercising and eating well. "That's not exactly a change in our comfort with sex", says Silverberg–it still will be some time before sex toy ads become as acceptable as Viagra commercials–"it's a marketing ploy, but it will give people permission to try something they want to try anyway."
Johnson & Johnson's KY re-launched its own brand with what it's calling "intimacy enhancing products for couples," including a topical female arousal gel "scientifically proven to enhance a woman's intimate satisfaction." "I look at it as the final frontier of the women's movement," says Dr. Laura Berman, a prominent TV sex and relationships therapist who incited a vibrator buying frenzy after appearing on "Oprah" with various devices. "Women now feel more entitled and free to explore their own sexual responses."
As sex toys become just another personal electronic device, our expectations of them and how they are used are bound to change. Imboden has been considering this scenario for years already, quietly developing technologies that he says will "fundamentally alter the way that we interact with these products." Imagine wearable sensors–embedded in clothing, or a bracelet–that operate according to heart rate, blood pressure and skin response. Imagine devices that communicate via a personal area network, connecting sexual partners in ways they don't even realize.
One afternoon at Jimmyjane's offices, Imboden told me that he believed the companies that will succeed in making sex toys are those that are forthright, trusted and accountable, like an intimate partner. He paused, then added — "and give great orgasms" — just before it became an afterthought.


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^ Too bad.
Oh well, maybe some European will come along and do something bright. They're not afraid of color in Europe.
^ Too bad.
Oh well, maybe some European will come along and do something bright. They're not afraid of color in Europe.
When that relatively little brownish brick building with the funky balconies (center of Zip's last photo) went up in the '80s it was the biggest building on that blockfront -- and at the time seemed huge for what was around it.
Now it be dwarfed by the newcomers -- and looks sadly "Kaufmanesque" ...
Before the newcomers, that building reminded me of a motel.
6/23: This building, though dull, sort of completes the block. Before, Meier's towers stood somewhat on their own. Now, they have a little brother, almost a premonition from the north of better, bigger things to the south. (Did that make any sense at all? )
It'd be better if they kept the bright blue...but it's still alright.
When you gotta go, you gotta go.
9 bathrooms; 5-1/2 half-bathrooms. What's a half-half bathroom?
From City Realty:
Hudson Blue now being offered as single-family house
When it was erected by Horizen Global, which is headed by Michael Yanko, the 10-story building at 423 West Street facing the Hudson River was planned to contain 8 condominium apartments.
Designed by Patrick Han, the very attractive building, which has been known as Hudson Blue, was notable for the thin diagonal pier on its mostly glass facade. The building, which is 23.5 feet wide and between Perry and West 11th Streets, has a setback at the ninth floor. It is just to the north of the three modern mid-rise buildings designed by Richard Meier for two different developers.
It was planned to have a part-time attending lobby with limestone floors and a fireplace and all apartments would have fireplaces and balconies or terraces and the building has private storage areas and a wine cellar. Prices initially for 1,245-sq. ft.-units with 1.5 baths were to start at about $1,990,000.
Times have changed and in December the building was listed with just six units.
Now, however, the developer is offering the building as a single-family home. The property is now listed as a 15,000-square-foot, 21-room house with 11 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms and five-and-a-half half-bathrooms and is listed by Mara Flash Blum of Sotheby's for $21 million.
She told CityRealty.com that the change in strategy is "because we have substantial interest in the whole building over individual unit."
At $21 million, it might be considered a bargain because of its river views and the fact that another townhouse now under construction at 2 North Moore Street, several blocks south in TriBeCa has only six floors with a total of about $11,300 square feet and a $35 million pricetag. It has 5 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 4 powder rooms, a garage and a 47-foot, heated lap pool.
There are other choices.
The 45-foot-wide, 22,000-square-foot mansion at 22 East 72nd Street that has been occupied for several years by the Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, has been placed on the market with a $75 million pricetag.
It has grand interior spaces and was designed in 1922 by C. P. H. Gilbert for Julius Forstmann, a wool merchant. It was acquired a few years ago by Aby Rosen and Michael Fuchs for about $15,650,000.
that's nine full baths and five half-baths
ali r.
{downtown broker}
A half half bath is a small closet you pee in when ur drunk


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Wind and Rain
The weather is terrible here at the moment, making it impossible for us piggies to go outside to play, not that I mind, I don't want to go out to play, I'd much rather snuggle up inside with Poppy and keep warm 😎
Percy and Ben are back for their holidays along with Spencer. Spencer has a new forever friend called Gertie; Poppy's being moaning lately that the guinea pig house is getting over run by boars, so you can imagine that she is very pleased about Gertie!
Ben has had a bath and everyone has had nail trims so my forever mummy is being kept very busy, but that's how she likes it… I prefer to lounge around in the hay trays all day, but each to their own 😛


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I've always loved a good smoothie or glass of juice; refreshing, sweet and an easy way to get a vitamin and mineral boost without downing pills and potions. I've had food processor for a while that's good enough to make smoothies with, but I've never made my own juice – instead relying on shop-bought ones that are often too sweet or filled with additives. So when Currys challenged me to come up with a recovery juice recipe after a workout at Virgin Active I was excited to try the juice maker.
Currys sent me the amazing and futuristic Philips HR1863 juicer, a 700w stainless steel contraption that turns even the hardiest of veg into a lovely, clear juice.
The Workout
With my life a blur of CrossFit and running, I decided on a Yoga class to compliment my strength training and flexibility goals. Virgin Active have a fantastic range of Yoga styles across their studios, and I opted for an Ashtanga Yoga class for its balance of powerful postures and deep stretches and twists.
The class was just what I needed with my back and legs singing at the stretches. I couldn't wait to get home and have my juice to help my muscles recover.
The Juice
I chose a mixture of anti-inflammatory ingredients and those that would help promote tissue repair for my juice recipe, with a mix of carrot, apple, lemon, ginger and kale.
Carrot, along with the apple and kale, is a source of beta carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the body. Vitamin A is an antioxidant which helps protect against free radicals in your body, and also has an anti-inflammatory effect.
Kale also provides vitamins E, K and also copper and calcium to help with inflammation, blood clotting, and tissue and bone repair.
The vitamin C from the lemon and apple helps to produce collagen, the building blocks that the body uses to repair tissue. It also helps to protect against harmful substances in the body.
And ginger gives a whole range of vitamins and minerals to aid health and repair, including the B vitamins, vitamins C and E, and calcium, iron, magnesium and potassium, as well as giving a nice zing to the juice.
The Recipe
3 carrots, whole
1 lemon, peeled
1 apple, whole
Handful of kale
1-1.5 cm of ginger, whole
Simply juice… and enjoy!
The Juicing Machine
When I first unpacked the Philips HR1863 I was a little confused as to why it had suckers on its feet. It was only when I turned the on switch that I realised this was to stop it moving around the work surface as the grater spins!
Chucking the fruit and vegetables in whole I was amazed at what easy work it made of the carrot, apple and ginger. The waste compartment allows for enough to make 2 litres of juice (depending on the fruit/veg you choose) and the jug itself is perfectly placed to catch all the lovely juice as it trickles out of the spout.
I would recommend getting an anti slip mat to go underneath the jug, as the vibrations from the machine sent it across my marble work surface so I had to hold it in place, but I'm sure with a mat underneath it would stay put.
Overall, the juicer is a fantastic addition to my kitchen appliances and I will be taking advantage of being able to try loads of different delicious juices at the flick of a switch.
To buy your own Philips juicer for just £79.99*, head to Currys website here. Or you can search their full range here.
* Price correct at time of publishing.
Thanks to Currys for letting me try this impressive piece of kit, and Virgin Active for the lovely Yoga class!


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