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Discussion in 'Some Assembly Required' started by DRjoe, Feb 4, 2009.
Ahhhh, no one does sarcasm like an Aussie! errr Scot
You just wait mate I've might have something coming up that'll put a horn on a jellyfish
Technically I'm a pom but don't tell anyone
bush or beach
got that little thing yet?
Nope, next month
A legend in my own mind.
I am not meaning to pick on you. I love projects. My garage is full of them and I am like you, I always have more than 1 going at all times.
Currently I am building a BMW R80GS into an HPN Dakar replica sort of bike, but on a budget...
Then I am close to done on a 1965 Yami YDS3 2 stroke twin 305cc Cafe bike. I am very proud of how that one is looking. Lots of custom welding and frame mods, not quite to your level of stuff, but complete foot pegs and brake reconstruction as well as rear frame reshaping and a hand built rear tail section.
Then in the wings I have a Honda VT700 that I have all designed a Street tracker/flat track replica bike for. That one needs a complete motor rebuild like the smoker did so I have to wait for funds...
Then my daily driver is a 1949 Studebaker C-cab truck that I bought for $580 USD so you can imaging how poor of shape that was in. I have since completely welded up a a bunch of frame mods and for shortening the frame, fuel tank repositioning, front bumper tucking and some new 2 pot Corvette master cylinder and 7" dual diaphram power brake booster stuff all custom welded up brackets.
My input was just on the line of building something that already exhists.I like modding things into what will ultimately end up different, unique. I see guys take a vintage old car or truck and just set it on a new car chassis with AC and bew disc brakes, FI motor, yada yada....It is just a new vehicle then. I get that it LOOKS like an old vehicle, but it is not. It looses those cool old idiosycracies and character that made it cool. I still run drum brakes on my Stude and straight front axle, a 1963 Stude V8 with a carb, 3 speed on the tree....keep it old school.
I see those guys on that Cafe racer show take a cool old vintage bike and put disc brakes and a single shock on it and inverted forks and I dont get it. They sell R1s and GSXRs that way out perform a CB450 with new stuff on it. It is NOT a cafe anymore.
Leave the DR a DR imho. Keep it cool for what it is.
To take a DR and turn it into a KTM SE replica is cool from a fabrication aspect, but you have probably spent close to the money it would take to just buy an SE or something similar and just ride.
I feel for you on the explody motor issue. I did a minor rebuild on my Stude, new bearings and rings with a hone, big cam, full valve job with some porting only to have it spin a front rod bearing at 1000 miles, really bummed me out and made me park it for a while out of frustration and self blame for not completeing the rebuild and just have the rods reconned and turn the crank while it was apart....tried to save a buck ended up costing me close to $500 USD. Oh well.
Get back to it and I am watching with interest as to the outcome.
I don't agree with you at all Kelly, in fact I have an opposite view in some points.
If you have an older bike that you like and want to keep for whatever reason I am all for putting newer parts on it, as long as they improve performance/reduce weight/are more reliable, etc. And to me a well modded vehicle is always cooler than even the fanciest new stock Dukayasukati.
I personally don't really get the idea of staying with stock old parts unless we are really talking about a collectors item with value - in which case I probably wouldn't buy it anyway. If the drum brakes and the leaf spring/solid axle/etc suspension on my old car were shit, you can be sure that I would put on a set of big disc brakes with aluminum calipers and independent front and rear suspension with adjustable coilover shocks and adjustable sway-bars. In fact that's what I'm doing on my Cobra kit car.
And besides, nobody makes a good middle weight twin cylinder bike. The SE gobbles fuel and is not light enough, and Joe will probably build his bike for 1/5 of the investment of what a well used SE goes for in Australia.
Sorry I'm not sure i follow you.
The bike was never supposed to be a ktm 950se replica and I'm pretty sure that no manufacturer sells a air cooled 500cc twin cylinder dirt bike so I fail to see how you think I'm building something that already exsists.
Oh if I owned a 950se I wouldn't leave it stock, I would throw just as much time and money at it as I have done with the dr.
And if the human species never had a light bulb moment, or two, and thought to themselves, 'what if', among many other things, we wouldn't be having this discussion in any form.
Life could of course be a lot simpler if we all thought the same too. Boring perhaps, but we wouldn't necessarily know any different would we, so would it be boring? Arrrrhhhhgggg........
The DR has a unique combination of worthy core characteristics which is why why we like them. And then they have fundamentally crap suspension.
Get on with it Joe, people need to know
I am for improvements. Did not say NOT to improve things. My Stude has a V8 where it had a flat head straight 6.
My Cafe has about 20% more HP than it had and cool home made expansion chambers.
I love creative stuff and custom builds.
I guess I am just confused as to what you are trying to accomplish here. You started off talking about a KTM killer, not me.
What KTM are you killing? A nonexistant middleweight archaic tech aircooled heavy beast that does nothing well and is gutless. You are correct then, THAT KTM does NOT exist.
To have a built up DR motor in a cool customized chassis is SUPER cool to me. Nice simple air cooled and reliable bike in a good handling and welll suspended chassis is a GREAT idea. A gutless, heavy, overly linear powered, old tech air cooled twin is a mediocore chassis to begin with is nothing exciting now. Dont see the point. Then to brag about it being a cheap KTM killer is just BS talk. You can not have it both ways. You can not brag about something being a "killer" of something then have it suck and not admit it.
Build something cool. Have fun with it. But stop knocking other peoples bikes by saying yours is gonna kill it and then your bike does NOT do that, and THEN cry foul that it was never in the same class...this is a middleweight air cooled twin.....duh.
Just NOT into unjustifyed lip flapping I guess. I am more of a "put up or shut up" guy.
I just like seeing a cool build and that build standing on its own merit. Digging the hard work you are doing and the creative design, but it is NOT a Corvette or a Turbo Carrera. It is an old bike with an old twin motor in it, COOL. Dont make it what it is not and what it NEVER will be.
I overtook a ktm 65 the other day does that count?
Mate i think your taking my ktm killer comment a bit to seriously, even given the fact ktms a re buckets of crap i still wouldnt have been able to build a bike that could actualy kill one.
Even if we ignore the fact that bikes arent living things my bike doesnt have arms so it could never ring a ktm's neck
Geez mate joe's built a few killer ktm's
so ktm killer would be a walk in the park
that other dr he chopped rides like its on rails
but i believe all this time in the aussie sun has had a effect on on his humour
back to normal programming
I have had 3 KTMs in 12 years, NONE of them was crap. Sure they required a bit of set up to get them right, but once that effort was made, they were fantastic. The only bikes I have liked better have been my race YZs.
I have had 2 REALLY bad Kawasakis, total CRAP. I was racing MX then and had a shop give me 2 to race and after that year of racing them I CHOSE to PAY for Yamahas so I could finish a race. Hell twice I did not even get to start the race because they were crap.
I also had 2 Suzuki RMs in the late 90s that would buck you off for NO reason, Just random frame flex would kick sideways and spit you in whoops no matter who or how the shock was set up the frame just flexed like a noodle.
Never had that in a KTM. By FAR the best set up street legal dirtbikes on the market!!!! NOT perfect. BUT BY FAR the best we have now.
KTM bashing always cracks me up. Jealousy is an ugly beast. Bergs and Huskys are of course in the running with KTM for great DS bikes, but there is NO Asian bike out there that even comes close or is in the same market as as these Euro bikes.
If you want a good "middle weight" twin DS bike, get a BMW F800GS. That is a decent bike, still far from great.
The "perfect" bike does NOT exist and I do not see one anytime in the future. You just can not engineer a bike that turns like a CR450R, is stable like a YZ450 in the rough, street legal like a KTM, reliable like a DR {VERY unproven according to this thread}, comfortable like a BMW RT, long haul like Goldwing, Range like GSA, fast like a GSXR or a Ducati, and CHEAP to purchase...it is not there, not possible to build in this age of tech yet. Maybe in the future but not now.
PLEASE prove me wrong, I want one if it does come around. But NOW, and for the forseeable future, ALL bikes are a compromise on many aspects. A person needs to prioritize what he wants to do the most of and what he is willing to give up, then pick the closest bike to that he can find.
I am far from wealthy. I am just a carpenter that works for a company. agerage middle class family man. I LOVE MX, I raced it for MANY years and that is my riding style. I want an MX bike that has a plate on it. I have a BMW RT for my street touring and that is fine, but the KTM 450/525/530/new 500 is THE bikes for me. I change bikes every 2-3 years always looking for that next great bike that will fit more of my needs, it just is not there yet. Bikes are a priority to me and I ususally buy new because I want to ride and not have problems, it gets very expensive, but my ride time is valuable so crindgingly spend the money for new or newer good bikes.
Have fun, I really am not a dick here, just sharing my feelings. GO PROVE ME WRONG and build a 275lb MX bike that is plated for street and can comfortably tour for 500 miles a day back to back and get 300 miles out of a tank of fuel....PLEASE.
KTM bashing? Jealousy? You just don't get the humor here.
Joe - amongst other bikes - has a very trick built up KTM EXC rally bike (he built his own subframe tank, nav tower, composites fairing etc), and gets to work and improve his customers bike every day, among them 950 SE, 690 Rally etc. When he says he would throw time and money at those he means it.
Just let it go now, follow along if you want, or maybe stop by in a few years to see if Joe will actually build a bike that could kill a KTM. I'm still doubting that myself to be honest.
I think we're going to need a bigger boat.
I have let it go...
I am HOPING Joe actuall CAN and DOES reinvent the wheel here and build a better bike for less money.
I am the first guy to put my deposit down on his first production bike that accomplishes the task at hand.
Build on Joe
Bait's working well...
Hi Kelly lets put an end to this bull plop shall we.
Just for your clarification ill explain what the design brief was/is for the bike.
Firstly all I wanted to do was build my version of the dr650 and at no point did I believe it was going to be better than any other bike other than a stock dog rooter.
The ktm killer name tag was a joke, now humour seems to be a forren concept to you so I forgive you for going off the deep end about the ktm killer remark.
Once that engine went pop I decided I'd rather put a different engine in the frame, if you read back through the thread you will see that one of the requirements of the new engine was it had to be a low tech air cooled motor.
A few people suggested the gs500 motor because of it reliability and similar weight and power.
After trying to fit the gs motor to the dr frame I realised to many compromises had to be made so I decided I would can that idea and do some learning so that i can build my own frame.
The bike I want out if this is a light(ish) simple, air cooled, fuel efficient and good handling adv bike that I can take to the dessert with some gear on the back.
At no point did I ever seriously say that I was going to build a bike better than everything else out there (that project is for a different thread).
And you are correct about ktm's I actually spotted a real one yesterday from a distance and it looked ok.
And just so you know the point of this thread and bike build is the point is you don't have to get the point only I do.
Get the point now?
Have a nice day
Look out joes just had a cup of tea.
Watch out if has a long lie down ,way to much sense coming .
I am all good here. I do get alot of your humor and have not been offended. I do realize that you are just hassling us orange koolaide guys. I am just hassling you guys back more than actually having my panties in a bunch.
I have been on discussion boards way too long to get my feelings hurt of online differences...seriously, If I ever get down to Oz I will look you up and buy you a beer.
I want to ride whatever it is you build....I better plan my trip there for a few years down the road though then ehh...
I hope that if you went back and looked at my posts here imaging that I am laughing as I read and type you might see a funnier side...you are poking...I am poking...it is all good.
I am DEAD serious here, if you end up building something really cool I want to ride and maybe buy one...
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Miller was shaped by the Depression, which spelled financial ruin for his father, a small manufacturer, and demonstrated to the young Miller the insecurity of modern existence. After graduation from high school he worked in a warehouse. With the money he earned he attended the University of Michigan (B.A., 1938), where he began to write plays. His first public success was with Focus (1945), a novel about anti-Semitism. All My Sons (1947), a drama about a manufacturer of faulty war materials that strongly reflects the influence of Henrik Ibsen, was his first important play. Death of a Salesman became one of the most famous American plays of its period. It is the tragedy of Willy Loman, a small man destroyed by false values that are in large part the values of his society. Miller received a Pulitzer Prize for the play, which was later adapted for the screen (1951).
The Crucible (1953) was based on the witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, a period Miller considered relevant to the 1950s, when investigation of subversive activities was widespread. In 1956, when Miller was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee, he refused to name people he had seen 10 years earlier at an alleged communist writers' meeting. He was convicted of contempt but appealed and won.
A Memory of Two Mondays and another short play, A View from the Bridge (a story of an Italian-American longshoreman whose passion for his niece destroys him), were staged on the same bill in 1955. After the Fall (1964) is concerned with failure in human relationships and its consequences. The Price (1968) continued Miller's exploration of the theme of guilt and responsibility to oneself and to others by examining the strained relationship between two brothers. He directed the London production of the play in 1969. The Archbishop's Ceiling, produced in Washington, D.C., in 1977, dealt with the Soviet treatment of dissident writers. The American Clock, a series of dramatic vignettes based on Studs Terkel's Hard Times (about the Great Depression), was produced at the 1980 American Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. Later plays include The Ride Down Mount Morgan (1991), Mr. Peters' Connections (1998), and Resurrection Blues (2002).
Miller also wrote a screenplay, The Misfits (1961), for his second wife, the actress Marilyn Monroe (1926–62); they were married from 1956 to 1961. The filming of The Misfits served as the basis for the play Finishing the Picture (2004). I Don't Need You Any More, a collection of his short stories, appeared in 1967 and a collection of theatre essays in 1977. His autobiography, Timebends, was published in 1987.

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REMARKABLE!!! Lin Sanity does it again....on prime-time television vs NBA Champions....
Damn....I forgot JR Smith moves without the ball....we probably made the wrong player trade with Denver last season....Afflo/JR
REMARKABLE!!! Lin Sanity does it again....on prime-time television vs NBA Champions....
Damn....I forgot JR Smith moves without the ball....we probably made the wrong player trade with Denver last season....Afflo/JR
Wow, I haven't enjoyed watching bball this much in a long ass time! Also, anyone who sees J.R. as a bad signing should be slapped in the head. Dude just gives us another dynamic we didn't have. After the Melo trade everyone was saying we didn't have depth, well now look lol. BDiddy,Novak,Smith,Jeffries,Shump,Jorts. We have the depth and star power and have improved on D to have a chance. This team is only going to get better with more time together and full health. Forget the Philly's and Indy's of the world. Regardless of records, we ARE the 3rd best team in the East and are the only team that can legitimately stand up to Miami and Chicago when we are fully clicking and actually be at their level talent wise.
So lets hope that this year, we party like its 1999
Can you imagine how exciting a NBA Finals would be between these two teams?
Lin is always going to be a high turnover PG. You can't go into the lane like he does and not get stripped of the ball a lot. Have to live with it.
What a game! Can't wait to see this team when everybody is healthy.
Gotta be the most impressive win this team's had in over a decade...Maybe the most impressive, important win we've had since we had a victory against the Spurs in the '99 Finals...Seriously -- gimme a more meaningful win since '99? To get this win over the Champs w/o Melo and without STAT even showing up...Damn....And just the fact that we finally found a way to win a game like this is what impresses me the most about today...In the past, we would've hung tough but wilted under the pressure...Today I feel like we got over the hump so to speak...We took the Mavs' best punches (Dirk was phenomenal as I expected -- that dude just doesn't miss) and still stood tall. We rose to the occasion and got it done. HUGE WIN -- I just can't say enough man..
Lin is for real. To me, the man turned NY Knicks basketball around....Going out on a limb -- I don't care that we're currently a .500 team, don't care that Lin arrived late on the scene --- LIN'S THE MVP OF THIS LEAGUE RIGHT NOW!!
And JR Smith -- man, to come in here and play the way he did, with no practices and minimal time spent with the coaching staff to learn anything system-wise...he played great. Smith's a tremendous talent...As long as he buys in, he's gonna help us big-time.
Novacaine...Dude is just flat out a tremendous shooter...Might be the best shooter I've ever seen in my life...Gotta love that he's contributing in other areas too -- dude's actually playing solid defense and he's going to the glass a little too...Mike's gotta find a way to keep him involved once Melo returns. No ifs, ands or buts...
Glen Grunwald is the exec. of the year in this league HANDS DOWN!!!! If he doesn't become the full-time GM something's wrong...The Don will always get big props, as he deserves for building the foundation, but Grunwald has taken the front office work and everything Donnie did and built here to an entirely different level...Every single move the man's made has been GOLDEN and 100% on the money..Phenomenal job. What a beautiful thing how this has all come together the way it has. I could cry man!!! Tears of joy baby!!!! SKY'S THE LIMIT for this team right now!!!!!!!!!
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Bayonetta 2 will come "when the time is right," says Platinum
Platinum Games has given its strongest indication yet that we'll see spandex-wearing witch Bayonetta in action again soon, saying a sequel to this year's OTT action title will happen "when the time is right."
Vanquish demo set for September 2 on PSN and XBL
Vanquish producer Atsushi Inaba has said Platinum Games plans to release a demo for the game on Xbox Live and PSN September 2.
Top Japanese devs go crazy for 3DS - quotes of death
Some of the biggest name names in Japanese games development have gone on the record about how 3DS is a "perfect example," according to Capcom's Keiji Inafune, of the "three things videogames need to be successful."
New Vanquish gameplay video appears
Vanquish's latest gameplay trailer is here, showing more fast-paced action and plenty of violence. As you'd expect.
Platinum: PS3's a "sports car," 360's a "car that everybody's driving"
This won't end well.
Interview - Vanquish's Atsushi Inaba
Platinum Games doesn't make normal things. It just doesn't. Hair-clad butterfly witches, a game show about wanton murder, and all kinds of other kooky ideas are just another day at the office for Platinum's intrepid crew of oddballs. And in a world full of gray, stoic, gray shooters, the kind of zaniness that Platinum peddles […]
Platinum Games: MadWorld is a "reason to buy a Wii"
Platinums' Atsushi Inaba has said that MadWorld's a Wii system seller. "We've had positive feedback online from users who've said that this is a must-buy, that it's a reason to buy a Wii," he told Kikizo. Why Wii? It all boils down to "pick up and play" ability, apparently. "The main reason is we wanted […]
MadWorld creator: "Western developers are superior to those in Japan"
Atsushi Inaba – creator of MadWorld, Okami and Viewtiful – feels that Japanese developers are lagging behind their western counterparts. "To be honest, I think that western developers are superior to those in Japan overall," he said in an interview with Develop. "So we the Japanese developers should realize that we have to work hard […]
Final Fantasy's Yasumi Matsuno adds his talent to MadWorld
Yasumi Matsuno, designer for Final Fantasy XII has lent his hand to game scenarios on MadWorld. Apparently, he and Platinum's Atsushi Inaba are old pals. Looks like more reason to give MadWorld a try: if you are a fan of Final Fantasy XII that is. 1UP has more on this, and while you're hitting links, […]
Mad World online features part of ongoing "discussions"
Platinum Games confirmed at Game Convention that online Mad World features are being considered. Project head Atsushi Inaba said that the "game is for single-player, just for single-player," but the firm is "still in discussions and may have [online] features to announce." The comments came at the end of a lengthy presentation of the Wii […]
Mad World "at home" on Wii, says Platinum
Mad World creator Platinum Games has said to CVG that Mad World was developed for Wii because "it feels like a game that is at home." "We're really interested in the Wii platform so we wanted to create a really cool and stylish game for that," said Platinum's Atsushi Inaba. "As you can see [from […]
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|ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 Motherboard
|Reviews - Featured Reviews: Motherboards
|Written by Bruce Normann
|Thursday, 15 July 2010
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Passmark Performance Test Benchmark
I would have liked to see comparative benchmarks involving a Phenom II X4 945, which has the same 95W TDP as the 15-750.
Also, there are no comments about the Core Unlocking and Turbo Core performance.
My X2 chip wouldn't unlock unfortunately, so I can't offer performance comparisons for the Core Unlocker. The Turbo Unlocker is tough to measure accurately, as it is dynamic and doesn't always respond the same way every time. I will try and do some more testing and will update the review if I can get reliable results.
Thanks for the feedback.
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Discussion in 'Racing' started by STROM-CRF450X-990SMT, Jul 2, 2012.
How'd this Honda Dakar factory effort get to become a Brit thread?
I'm about to start an historical epic post from the Portuguese Discoveries to the Dakar times! After all the flagship will be piloted by Portugese Helder Rodrigues
It hasn't just a question with regard to Sam - still a team HRC one - also it couldn't - it would run out too quick - lol
Very nice list!
Where did you find that info? I'd be interested how many austrian riders have finished the dakar.
Can't help with the statistics but one thing is certain: the most famous non-finisher of the Dakar would be Austrian: Heinz Kinigadner
OUCH! ( but funny ) and true!
Come to think of it... an interesting statistic would be to find out who does have the most DAKAR dnf's...?
Kini wouldn't be a bad bet (he certainly among the most publicized)... but there could be someone else...?
From the current crop...
Pablo Cid de la Paz, 3 starts, 3 DNF's
Ivan Jakes, 5 starts, 4 DNF's
Chaleco, 5 starts, 3 DNF's
Jonah, 6 starts, 3 DNF's
Eric Palante, 9 starts, 5 DNF's
From an overall perspective, I am not sure who has the ultimate most.
What's more impressive are the guys who have been in it for years with no or only single withdrawals, Helder, Cyril, Pal Anders...
looks as though JONAH has the best record....... Just sayin'
Kini got (correct me if I'm wrong) 7 starts and 7 dnf's...
Haha ok, bit of a hijacking, ill get back in my box now! As for the stats, I found the Dakar retrospective book on the website, lists everything from the very first Dakar up until 2009, after that, it was a case of checking online..
You can download the pdf here: http://www.dakar.com/dakar/2013/us/history.html
Thanks! Great resource!
Jaap van der Kooij , 17 starts from the top of my head, 17 DNFs....
Trying again in 2013...
Now that is one very rich Eddie the Eagle!! :eek1:eek1:eek1
What's the story?
He owns a few small chip shops and his friends keep sponsoring him, trouble he has is a lack of base speed to make it through. Plus the fact that he tried 14 times in Africa, which was a totally different ball game alltogether if you ask me.
He has plenty of great stories, including waking up in an egyptian army hospital after getting lost, breaking all his bones, being found, recovered and shipped to that hospital, trouble was that there was misscommunication in the bivouac and nobody was informed where they had flown him to...
Google translate this http://www.adversus.nl/lifestyle/interviews/jaapvanderkooy/
I just got a call from JCR to prepare roadbooks for the guys to use to test the new bikes over here in a month or so. Seems they are serious about getting the bugs worked out in some tough terrain while having some good roadbook navigation practice at the same time.
Wish I could come!
Hog You are such a TEASE!
We'll be expecting photos. Glorious, full-colour hi resolution photos
Hi Scott!
That's also the word here. HRC had something new already developed that is now being modified with Helder's suggestions / requirements.


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Not even a month into office and the state's "new sheriff" has already determined the staffing equation that served the previous governor well is suddenly obsolete. Of course, according to the governor's spokesman, Beebe has not decided to fill the five positions as of yet. But come on, who asks for the authority to hire five more positions and then doesn't?
The governor is urging the passage of Senate Bill 134, suggesting it is needed to hire and retain the most qualified people. While we agree the state of Arkansas needs to be able to compete to attract the best and the brightest, we would caution more employees at higher wage levels doesn't necessarily equate to better government.
We would expect individuals moving from the private sector to the public sector to make some wage sacrifices. An individual interested in a government position, must possess not only the skills to do the job, but also a high level of altruism. Part of what is wrong with government at all levels today is the disappearance of unselfish concern for what's best for the public. If an individual generally desires to serve, then wage concessions should not be a huge factor.
If wage issues are a concern, then the person is probably not the best candidate for the position, regardless of talent.
Back in the 1970s, government bodies at all levels increased the salaries of positions in order to compete with private enterprise. Today, many of the jobs found in the public sector pay better than similar jobs found in the private sector. If the state needs to raise wages to attract individuals to certain positions, we suggest the state is probably overpaying for some positions as well.
If the governor feels what's best for Arkansas is to hire more and pay more, we say fine, but prove it by providing hard and fast comparisons of all positions to the private sector - not just a simplicistic explanation of needs. Finally, explain to Arkansans what they are going to receive for the more than $500,000 that will fund the additional positions and raises.
If we're going to be asked to invest more, we certainly want a sizeable return on our investment and have a right to know.


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L.M.;You struck a note when you said "flavorless". Salt has a significant role in the flavor of the finished pizza crust, and many other foods for that matter. Maybe your dough formula is lacking in salt as compared to your target dough/crust. Maybe as a first step I would suggest that you make a couple doughs with increasing salt levels from where you're presently at. While we normally recommend salt levels in the neighborhood of 1.75% of the total flour weight, I've seen it as high as 3% too. If you go much beyond 3% the finished crust will begin to take on a bit of a salty taste.Tom Lehmann/The Dough Doctor
That would probably be a great idea, but since my kitchen scale died a while back and I didn't feel like waiting until I got a new one, I carried on the old fashion way. I've since procured a new one, and I suppose once I zero in on something I'd consider calling my own, I'll get it down on paper in weights. Laziness really. I can't leave the scale out or the kids will break it...like the previous one. And sometimes I just don't feel like going to the minimal effort to go get it from it's secure hiding place. I figured the amount of DME based on 2% of the flour's weight from the original recipe I started with......Flour.....40.00 ouncesWater.....22.00 ouncesADY.....0.625 ouncesSugar.....0.50 ouncesSalt.....0.75 ouncesOil.....0.875 ounces
Is there really that much difference between brands of high gluten flour?
This is a blast. I love pizza; and actually ate it pretty much every nite when I was at college...decades ago. Anyroad, now I have a kind of different issue. I believe I have the dough perfect...recipe listed below. Problem is that when I take it out of the refrigerator, punch it down and let it rest while it comes up to room temperature; when I go to sheet it, it doesn't hold it's shape...it shrinks back. I try letting it rest longer and it does make it sheet better, but everything I've tried it still takes maybe a good 10 minutes to get it stretched out to the full size of the pan. I know that this is because of the high gluten flour, but how do ya'll...or even pizza places for that matter...get it stretched out and sheeted? I've heard of dough relazer, but I'm very hesitant to add anything like that to my precious dough. Is it something simple like I'm kneading too long and making too much gluten?High Gluten Flour (100%).....534.43 gramsWater (63%).....................336.69 gramsADY (0.75%)........................4.01 gramsSalt (3.0%)........................16.03 gramsOil (2%).............................10.69 gramsSugar (1%)..........................5.34 gramsTotal (169.75%)..................907.2 gramsI typically add the yeast, water and sugar to the stand mixer and stir for 2 minutes on setting 1 with the paddle; then I add half the flour and stir for 5 minutes on setting 1 with the paddle; I cover and let rest for 20 minutes; then I add the other half of the flour, the salt and oil, and when it comes together I knead for 10 minutes on setting 2 with the hook; I let it rest again for 20 minutes and then place it into a covered greased bowl in the refrigerator for 1 to 3 days.


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BENNINGTON -- Those dreaming of a getaway cabin in the woods may soon have their wish through a new National Geographic Channel television series filming in the local area this summer.
Currently in casting, "Building Wild" will challenge star designer/builder Paul DiMeo of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" to construct new and unique camps in the farthest wildernesses. No roads? No electricity? No resources? No problem. Seeking applicants who own a remote piece of land, promotional material touts that "just getting there should be half the battle."
At the helm of the new series is George Verschoor, an executive producer for the Extreme Makeover home improvement show.
"(Building Wild) is a new series we're producing for National Geographic," Verschoor said in a recent interview. After making dreams come true on the home building show over nine seasons, "a lot of people would like to have a cabin built in the woods." A native of Hoosick Falls, N.Y., Verschoor likened returning to the area to work on the series to a homecoming. "That's my goal."
When DiMeo, a master carpenter who "knows not only how to design but also to build," conceived of the series focused on secluded wilderness escapes, Verschoor said the local New York/Vermont area sprang to mind. "Paulie loves the outdoors. ... I'm from the area originally, from Hoosick Falls originally. ... Camps are a big part of life in the Northeast."
"We're looking to do several cabins in the area over the summer," he continued. "Knowing a lot of people here love the outdoors ... (the ideal candidate is) someone who has land in the wild somewhere."
"The harder to get to the better."
The show's producers are looking for plots with some spectacular feature, from mountain tops to remote lakes, and variety among the multiple planned builds. "We're looking for a wide variety of people who enjoy the outdoors for different reasons," Verschoor said, with people's interests represented in their camps: for hunting or ice fishing, using reclaimed items like old barns or an abandoned school bus.
The ideal candidate should also be able to have fun and be a part of the build -- and they shouldn't be shy about being on camera. "Someone who has a willingness to put their skin in the game," Verschoor said.
The envisioned camps will be eclectic and small, without running water or electricity. Filming will begin this summer with the series initially focused around southwestern Vermont and neighboring New York, within an hour or two's drive stretching to the lower Adirondack Mountains.
Casting is scheduled to take place through the month of April. "(We're looking for) people who love the cabin culture," Verschoor said. "What makes their land special, what makes them special."
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a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Oct 19, 2007 at 9:49 am
Looks like Benest, who leads the city council around by the nose, is attempting to keep another act of malfeasance by city employees out of the press.
Will the City Council have the guts to stand up to him and demand accountability. Considering all the recent scandlas that have plagued the city, isn;t it time we were told the truth??
Isn;t also time for the city to cut all ties with Benest?
Kudos to Larry Klein for bringing this matter to our attention.
a resident of Southgate
on Oct 19, 2007 at 10:02 am
This is truly outrageous.
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 19, 2007 at 10:12 am
Kudos to Becky Trout for another terrific piece of investigative journalism. She's the best the Weekly has.
Is it not time for Frank Benest to be fired? It's very difficult not to put the label "cover-up" on this. The explanation that they are "balancing" other factors seems very strained to me.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Oct 19, 2007 at 10:31 am
It is abundantly clear to me that there should be a written record of these incidents and investigations. It is clear that Benest and the City Council are trying to keep these new incidents out of the public eye.
As the article states, the Weekly had to go to court to force the city to release the records of the utilities scandal--one can imagine in the future, the city telling the newspapers that there are no records.
looks to me like this is another ploy by the city to avoid having to release information about embarrassing and costly incidents involving city employees.
Drekmeier's position is disappointing, while Yoriko's position, while not surprising (I am sure she will want to appoint a commission to study the matter) is also disappointing from the "leader" of our city
a resident of College Terrace
on Oct 19, 2007 at 10:37 am
Good move by Frank, to keep the sharks from their gossipy feeding frenzy. Watch them circle and whine because there's no food today.
Working inside City Hall is already pantopticaon-like. Let 'em breathe.
I'm also wary of a City Council member or two feeding one or another city empoyee to the sharks, just to keep them happy. We'll wait and see on this one
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Oct 19, 2007 at 10:45 am
Malfeasance at city hall, involving any employee that is paid with our tax dollars should be made public once an investigation is concluded.
WE have seen recently two examples of the "good old boy" network at city hall trying to cover up this kind of behavior (Untilitied scandal, Emily Harrison suspension).
This type of "business as usual" shenanigans has no place in our city.
It is time for our elected city council to deal with these issues in a forceful and timely manner and stop wasting time with peripheral issues, like climate change.
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 19, 2007 at 11:11 am
No finished work product, no money.
It is indeed time for Benest to go and for anyone who supports this crap to go with him.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Oct 19, 2007 at 11:59 am
It's difficult to understand how our city, which used to be fairly well-run and was always scrupulously open and honest, has come to seem so a secretive and corrupt.
Is this Frank Benest's fault? The Council's? The citizenry for failing to be vigilant?
I don't know the answer, but I am grieving for the city that I moved to forty years ago because it was such a wonderful place to live.
How sad for us all.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Oct 19, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Drekmeier might be waiting for his orders from the Chamber of Commerce.
This article is just a teaser. Lets have the real news.
a resident of Community Center
on Oct 19, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Since when does the Chamber give orders to any Councilmember????
a resident of Ventura
on Oct 19, 2007 at 2:08 pm
The City Council will remove Benest as City Manager when the corporate community represented by the Chamber of Commerce and the local growth coalition that benefits economically from intensified land use conclude that the voters will defeat bond measures for a police station and library as long as Benest is City Manager.
Once those who benefit from the decisions Benest and the Council have made over the past eight years realize that Benest must go, it will be easy for them to decide that it makes more sense for him to leave this year instead of waiting for the Council Members elected in November to take office and terminate Benest's employment.
It is much easier to pretend that the newly elected Council Members represent different economic interests than Benest and the current Council represent, if those taking office next year have no history of voting for Benest's proposals.
If Benest is removed by a Council that includes retiring members Beecham, Cordell, Mossar, and Kleinberg, the voters can go back to sleep and not notice that both candidate Sid Espinosa and Sunny Dykwel, the wife of candidate Dan Dykwel, are on the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce.
If the corporations and real estate investors who have benefited from Benest's tenure as City Manager are concerend that one of their favored candidates will be defeated in the November election if Benest is still City Manager on election day, then the Council will get rid of Benest before the election.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Oct 19, 2007 at 2:23 pm
I'm not sure I agree with all of Grad Student's reasoning, but his conclusions are right on.
The only way we citizens can protest the hijacking of our city by special interests and petty corrupt officials is to vote down their requests for more money, and to stop electing candidates from the "business as usual" sector of our establishment.
Don't vote for more bond money for these guys, and don't elect the selected successors to the current council. That's the only way we'll change this mess we're in.
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 19, 2007 at 2:52 pm
It is still our city, not theirs. Don't burn down the house to get rid of the rats.
a resident of College Terrace
on Oct 19, 2007 at 3:14 pm
"Don't burn down the house to get rid of the rats."
And don't built two houses, when only one is necessary. Defeat these two bonds, then support one that eliminates the Dowtown library branch and builds a police station in its place.
a resident of Downtown North
on Oct 19, 2007 at 4:35 pm
It's interesting that most of the posters have already condemned the employee who was investigated. We still have a country where a person is innocent until proved guilty.
Also most are not addressing the fear an employee has if he/she is named in public when complaining about harassment. If the charges are baseless, he/she is likely to be freer from harassment. If the charges are found to be true, then disclosure of the complainant is appropriate.
I like the journalistic position Jay has taken and the reasons for it.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Oct 19, 2007 at 5:27 pm
If our beloved Vice President can do it (energy taskforce attendees) why can't the city manager?
a resident of College Terrace
on Oct 19, 2007 at 5:31 pm
"It's difficult to understand how our city, which used to be fairly well-run and was always scrupulously open and honest, has come to seem so a secretive and corrupt."
Easy answer: close, then open your eyes. It's a mirage, caused by those who live to feed on gossip and innuendo. The only scrupulous thing around her is the scrupulous nature of certain residents who won't be satisfied until they know how every minute of every city employee's time is spent, with a daily reporting out on the city website (which nobody will be able to find). There, I've offended everyone :)))
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 19, 2007 at 8:50 pm
I believe I was condemning a flawed process and the father of flaws.
a resident of another community
on Oct 20, 2007 at 12:34 pm
I think every place has rats, Most of these rats must hide from the light of day. Fearing they will be found out by the public or someone or some group who will not stand for there type of actions/leadership.
When these rats find a leader bold enough to try and steal the cheese from out of your had. These other rats rally behind him/her and feel it is there time to take over.
I think the few rats that have been living and working in The City of Palo Alto have found there leader. Mr Frank Benest
The City of Palo Alto has given me so very much. I paid them back with good service and a promise that I made to myself to do the best job I could. The City of Palo Alto once was a very good place to work. I always felt that I was lucky to work there. I would brag to my friends in the Fire Service about this.
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The City that had given me so much had now started to take everything away. The City did not start to do this and I think the City would not do this,however,there are people who lead/run this City and they will and have done this to me,other employees and the citizens of Palo Alto and it does not stop there.
Rats like this are a reason why Palo Alto,America and the world for that matter are not the places they should and could be. Left unchecked these rats will take over.
How much money can be saved by not writting a report? How expensive is paper? Since when does and why would an Attorney advise anyone not to write something down. In an investigation??? is that fish I smell??
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a resident of College Terrace
on Oct 21, 2007 at 8:27 pm
"Since when does and why would an Attorney advise anyone not to write something down."
Sad. There is a difference between full disclosure, and the compulsive reporting out of every gaffe - intended or not - that happens inside City Hall walls.
The press has a right to ask any question; it alsoo has a responsibility to weigh how much benefit will be gained from finding the answer to any one question.
a resident of Meadow Park
on Oct 22, 2007 at 10:34 am
I agree with the many commenters who say that Benest and the current council members must go. It is outrageous to devise a method to ensure that the results of an investigation, paid for with our money, into the actions of one of our employees, will be kept from us.
I believe we, the citizens of Palo Alto, do have a right to know of "every gaffe" committed by our employees. BTW, I was once a City employee myself.
a resident of College Terrace
on Oct 22, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Do stockholders know every inside detail within a corporation? No.
Granted, public agencies are supported by taxpayer dollars, but on available evidence it appears that most corporations run more efficiently than government. Might that be because corporate management - although properly burdened with some governmental and stockholder oversight - is not burdened by the same levels of meddling diligence desired by citizens who constantly whine about "how we know better".
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 22, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Someone wrote –
Do stockholders know every inside detail within a corporation? No.
Corporations do not have the power of a city government. There can be no comparison between the two. The purpose of a corporation is to manage assets and make a profit for the stockholders. If the stockholders cared to know every detail of the corporation's activities, they could impose that requirement on themselves vis-à-vis their corporate charter. There are no/few public laws that restrict corporations from revealing whatever level of detail to the stockholders that the stockholders care to know.
Transparent access to government information is a necessary lynch-pin in maintaining a level of honesty and integrity that will facilitate trust in the voters and residents. Given the city of Palo Alto's previous record of withholding "work product" from the city council and the public, generating even less paper by authorizing "oral reports" can only be seen as attempting to end-run any auditing of such matters after the fact. Such actions also make it difficult to understand how litigation against the city could be defended when the city officials could not produce documentation that contradicted the claims of someone suing the city (as in the case of a disgruntled employee).
The ball is in the council's court now. It will be interesting to see if any of the current crop of council candidates will be having anything to say about this—such as the one who is promoting "open government" on his campaign flyer.
a resident of Southgate
on Oct 22, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Mike's argument for less public access to what the city is doing is another way of letting Frank Benest say "Trust Me". With respect, given the utility scandal and other incidents mentioned in this thread, I don't hink Benest merits that level of blind trust.
a resident of College Terrace
on Oct 22, 2007 at 2:55 pm
I'm not arguing for less access; I'm arguing for "reasonable access". This town is way overboard in the way that its citizens think they should be involved in municipal operations. The level of diligence desired by some is absurd.
There is a difference between transparent government, and government weighed down with the unreasonable desire to know *everything* that goes on at management level, including the press.
Why don't we have teh Weekly, Daily and the same meedling core of citizens here review all applications for employment, and stand on hiring committees? The latter, especially, would be enthralled by this prospect. Wanna bet?
a resident of College Terrace
on Oct 22, 2007 at 2:56 pm
btw, we often hear from those who cry "universal transparency" that "government is inefficient". Gee, I wonder why?
a resident of Southgate
on Oct 22, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Given the performance of some employees hired through the existing processes - including particularly the top management of the City - I would think review by any "meedling" core of random citizens would produce better results.
People are asking for more transparency because our city government is self-evidently inefficient,sometimes corrupt, and is and not correcting itself on either measure.
Sunshine is the best disinfectant, and the city needs a major dose of it. This is why we're seeing the posts in this thread that we are.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 22, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Someone wrote –
we often hear from those who cry "universal transparency"
that "government is inefficient"
These two points are not mutually exclusive. If all of the meaningful records were on-line and accessible via a reasonable search engine, then there would be no issue of lack of transparency and lack of efficiency.
A commitment to e-Government would go a long way to solving the basic complaints about lack of transparency. Recently, the San Jose City Council approved the recommendations of a "sunshine task force" which was convened after several incidents resulted in the removal of the San Jose Mayor. While this task for is still working, it came up with a number of initial recommendations which Palo Alto could do well to implement also. The most important point was that of an on-line calendar for many of the topic officials and managers. Having this sort of openness would go a long way to dealing with transparency. Once implemented, the cost of maintaining such a calendar would be minimal.
a resident of another community
on Oct 22, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Mike; This is not Berlin 1940, You once asked for substance and the truth. Then you choked on it. Could not handle it. For many the truth is very inconvient.
You want to compare Private companys to Public Government. That is like compareing apples to elephants.
If this City was a Private Company it would have been out of money and history a long time ago. I think several people might be looking out from behind bars. Enron?
You also like to stretch issues to make them look like something differant. You will try to compare living in Palo Alto to living on Mars if you think I will get you some where.
You like Frank so much,He is your buddy. Well then let him run your life. Trust him? Good luck.
You sure beleive in or like to hide things.
I think it is time for you to turn to channel 101. Lost in space is on.
a resident of another community
on Nov 29, 2007 at 1:28 pm
The absence of an oral report means that the employees making the harassment complaints are prevented from verifying whether their comments to the investigator have been accurately reported, and learning whether any other person interviewed by the investigator has made comments that the complainants believe to be false.
Journalists learn to report the Who, What, When, Where, and How (and sometimes the Why) of a story.
The Weekly article says that the investigator was hired on June 13, 2007, and that there were complaints from three employees.
Missing from the story are the dates of the alleged harassments and what the high-ranking person was alleged to have done.
It would be helpful for the public to know those additional details to be able to place in context the decision to have an oral report.
I realize the Weekly may believe that reporting those details could identify the Weekly's source(s) to the City Manager, the City Attorney, and the accused manager if only one of the three employees who complained of harassment is willing to provide the date and substance of the alleged harassment, or if there were more employees harassed than the three employees whose complaints initiated the investigation.
But the details would better inform the public.
I might even put it on page one of my newspaper.
By the way, you might be interested in my opinion of the recent Council election:
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Ho-hum, just another thrilling home win
If there were a sobering part of the Giants' recent string of wins, it's that they entered Tuesday night's game against the Diamondbacks having won five of their last six games by either scoring the go-ahead run in their last at-bat or by shutout.
So how did they open against the Snakes? By taking the lead in their final at-bat AND by shutout.
Is it selfish to ask the Giants for a boring 7-2 victory?
Maybe, but we'll take the 1-0 victory over the Giants.
With his eight scoreless innings Tuesday, Tim Lincecum now has not allowed a run in his past 17 innings of work.
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The surprising news came on which two players the Giants sent down to make room for Torres and DeRosa: infielders Ryan Rohlinger and Emmanuel Burriss.
We knew Rohlinger was going. He had hardly played since getting called up when Pablo Sandoval went on the shelf. But the decision to keep outfielder Darren Ford.
It leaves the Giants very thin on infielders on the bench. With Torres and DeRosa in the lineup Tuesday, it left the Giants with a bench that consisted of catcher Eli Whiteside, infielder Miguel Tejada and outfielders Pat Burrell, Darren Ford and Nate Schierholtz.
While admitting that keeping three reserve outfielders is unusual, manager Bruce Bochy said he kept Ford because he brings a dynamic that the Giants are sorely missing: Speed.
At least on Tuesday, Bochy was right.
In the bottom of the ninth after Buster Posey led off with a walk, Bochy had Ford run for Posey.
Ford stole second base without a throw. Then one out later, Ford scored on a double down the left field line by Cody Ross. If Bochy had stayed with Posey, it would have been runners on second and third with one out — instead of a 1-0 victory.
The win was Giants' fourth in a row, and sixth in their last seven. It improved the Giants' home record to 8-5 on the season. Of those eight home wins, seven are one-run wins, including five walk-off wins. Sunday's 3-0 win over the Rockies was the lone "yawner" at home.
So, really, Giants. Could we please get a 7-2 victory?


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I guess this may sound morbid to some and especially so in a culture in which we flee from death and live in denial of its power and inevitability, but I have to throw in my lot with those giants of the faith. I try to make books on death a regular part of my reading diet and find that they always challenge me.
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You are going to die. Take a moment to let that sink in. You are going to die. One morning the sun will rise and you won't see it. Birds will greet the dawn and you won't hear them. Friends and family will gather to celebrate your life, and after you're buried they'll return to the church for ham and scalloped potatoes. Soon your job and favorite chair and spot on the team will be filled by someone else. The rest of the world may pause to remember–it will give you a moment of silence if you were rich or well known–but then it will carry on as it did before you arrived.
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The first part of the book introduces the enemy and what Wittmer does exceptionally well is remove some of the romance that Christians may attach to death. Though we have hope in death–hope secured by the resurrection of Jesus Christ–we should never forget that death is an evil intruder in this world, that, as the title of the book suggests, it is the last enemy. He warns,
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Get an overview of this hotelSt. Maarten All Inclusive resort with 2 outdoor pools and kids pool.
Popular property highlights
On beach
Adjacent to the airport and an 18-hole golf course on the Dutch side of the island, this southwest-coast Sint Maarten resort facing Maho Bay features a 137-meter (150-yard) beach along the Caribbean Sea.
Day, night pleasure
Sonesta Maho Beach All Inclusive Resort Casino & Spa includes 2 large pools and kids pool, a swim-up bar, a water park, and a health spa on site. Diversions after sunset include the Casino Royale, and 40 shops and restaurants.
Balcony or terrace
Rooms feature balconies or ground-floor terraces and wireless Internet access. Sonesta's rooms are available on an All-Inclusive Plan.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us! Opens in a new window.
Sonesta Maho Beach All Inclusive Resort Casino & Spa
Resort Amenities
All-Inclusive Details
All-inclusive room rates at Sonesta Maho Beach All Inclusive Resort Casino & Spa are available. These rates are higher because they include onsite food and beverages in the room rate (some restrictions may apply).
Gratuities and taxes
Gratuities and taxes are included. Additional gratuities at guests' discretion are accepted.
Food and beverages
- All buffet and à la carte meals, snacks, and beverages included
- In-room minibar (all beverages included)
- In-room liquor dispensers
- Meals and beverages at companion properties
Activities and facilities/equipment
All onsite activities and use of facilities and equipment are included.
Water activities
- Snorkeling
Land activities
- Fitness facilities
- Tennis
- Aerobics
- Water fitness
- Onsite entertainment and activities
- Onsite live performances
- Theme parties
Not included
- Golf green fees
- Use of golf cart
- Use of golf equipment
- Miniature golf
- Motorized water sports
- Sailboats
- Scuba-diving certification
- Scuba-diving excursions
- Scuba-diving lessons
- Snorkeling excursions
- Tennis lessons
- Tennis racquets
- Windsurfing equipment
- Bottled wine
- Bottled liquor
- Airport transfers
- Childcare
- Laundry/dry cleaning services
- Spa/beauty facilities and services
- Activities and services offered by independent operators
- Offsite tours
- Transportation to offsite activities
Resort Amenities
In addition to a 137-meter (150-yard) beach, the resort's seafront extends another 91.5 meters (100 yards), with railing-lined terraces providing strolling space 7.6 meters (25 feet) above a rocky shoreline. A wooden gazebo jutting over the water offers views of the bay and the open sea. The resort offers guests beach towels and umbrellas.
Across the street from the Sonesta Maho Beach All Inclusive Resort Casino & Spa's reception area, a casino offers slot machines, video poker, craps, roulette, blackjack, and poker. This Sint Maarten casino is open around the clock for slot machines, and early afternoon to early morning for table games. (In addition, a room adjacent to the resort's lobby that's open from early afternoon to late night contains 52 slot machines.)
The Maho Marketplace, which occupies this St. Maarten resort's street front, contains 40 shops, specialty stores, restaurants, and cafés, as well as a business center with wired Internet access (surcharge), a scuba-diving center, and a piano bar. Shops remain open until 11 PM.
Lined in wood and mirrors, the 418-square-meter (4,500-square-foot) Maho Serenity Spa features 5 treatment rooms, each with a different decor, scent, and sound-and-light scheme. The spa offers massages, body wraps and scrubs, beauty services, hydrotherapy, and Vichy showers. Couples treatment rooms are available. Advanced reservations required for spa treatments. It includes a complimentary mirror-lined fitness center containing cardio and weight machines as well as free weights.
The resort throws a weekly beach party with live entertainment for guests to unwind. Maho's entertainment team schedules activities including beach games, movies on the beach, and karaoke. Other activities include a kids' program Monday - Saturday, volleyball, aqua aerobics, dance classes and bingo.
- Waterslide
- Water park
- Number of outdoor pools - 2
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Children's club
- 24-hour front desk
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Computer station
- Conference space size (meters) - 2230
- Number of meeting rooms - 7
- Terrace
- Luggage storage
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Concierge services
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Conference center
- Designated smoking areas
- Shopping on site
- Pool umbrellas
- Outdoor tennis courts - 4
- Total number of rooms - 406
- Number of floors - 10
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Casino
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Number of bars/lounges - 3
- Full-service spa
- Free water park access
- Beach umbrellas
- Swim-up bar
- Free breakfast
- Conference space
- Billiards or pool table
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Meeting rooms 3
- Coffee shop or café
- Beach sun loungers
- Free WiFi
- Pool sun loungers
- Sauna
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Children's club (free)
- Nightclub
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Children's pool
- Spa services on site
- Number of restaurants - 5
- Conference space size (feet) - 24000
- Beach towels
- Television in common areas
- Arcade/game room
- Wedding services
- Garden
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Water park access (complimentary)
- Outdoor pools
- Children's pool
- Waterslide
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Free Wi-Fi
- Outdoor tennis courts
- Children's club (free)
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Arcade/game room
- Playground on site
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Furnished balcony
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Minibar (stocked, free items)
- Turndown service
- Designer toiletries
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Shower only
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Down comforter
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
Palms Grill Restaurant & Bar - Enjoy cozy ocean-view dining at this restaurant with and an a la carte menu of salads, sandwiches, pizza, and pasta as well as grilled favorites such as burgers, ribs, steak, and fish. Breakfast (seasonal), lunch, and dinner are served daily.
Ocean Terrace Restaurant - This air-conditioned restaurant with additional seating on ocean-view terrace serves local and international dishes for breakfast, lunch, themed-dinner buffets nightly. An a la carte menu is offered certain nights, also. Casual dress code.
Napoli Pizzeria - Featuring a traditional brick oven baking original Neapolitan-style pizza. A la carte menu.
The Point Restaurant - Italian cuisine is served in an air-conditioned dining room or open-air dining. Mouth watering dishes are paired with amazing selections from the wine cellar (wine list at additional cost). Casual elegant dress code.
Ascot Pub & Sports Bar - Located across from the Casino Royale in the Maho Village, the Ascot Pub & Sports Bar offers a satisfying menu of English pub fare, such as fish and chips, in a relaxed, casual setting. Watch your favorite sport event on over a dozen high-definition TV screens with international channels, from horse racing and soccer to the NFL, NBA, and MLB.
Nearby Things to Do
Washed by the Caribbean Sea, a 137-meter (150-yard) beach in front of the resort is part of a 366-meter (400-yard) crescent of sand fringing Maho Bay. (From time to time, airliners approaching the airport skim the bay and land on a runway near the resort's beach). The resort also includes a sand sunning terrace with a bay view. The resort has beach towels, sun loungers, umbrellas for guests' use.
A free-form pool with swim-up bar on one end and swim-through waterfall on the other arcs for 67 meters (220 feet) through the resort's central garden. Adjacent is a plunge pool bordered by coralrock walls into which a 5-step rock waterfall spills. Above the resort's rocky seafront, a gently inclined path leads up through a tropical garden to a 14-meter-long (45-foot-long) irregularly shaped pool. A sundeck surrounding the pool offers panoramic views of the Caribbean Sea.
Onsite activities include beach volleyball and table tennis. Use of snorkeling gear is complimentary for guests. Motorized watersports are not available on Maho Bay. However, they're widely available on the island, as are scuba diving, kayaking, boat cruises, fishing, horseback riding, mountain biking, kite surfing, and other activities. Mullet Bay Golf Course, an 18-hole layout, lies just 804 meters (a half-mile) from the resort.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.
- Snorkeling on site
- Water skiing nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Beach volleyball on site
- Windsurfing nearby
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Ziplining nearby
- Playground on site
- Boat tours nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
Spa Services
Lined in wood and mirrors, the 418-square-meter (4,500-square-foot) Serenity Spa at Sonesta Maho features 5 treatment rooms, each with a different decor, scent, and sound-and-light scheme.
The spa offers relaxing spa treatments that include massages (Swedish, Deep Tissue, Tension Relief, Reflexology, Hot Stone, Mom-To-Be, Hangover, Serenity), facial enhancers (Eyes Contour Treatment, Honeyed Lips), body treatments (Aromatherapy Body Wrap, Slimness Fondant Wrap, Sunburn Rescue, Aloe Treatment, Three Tea Ginger Scrub, Rosemary & Mint Scrub, Tropical Sunrise Scrub), hydrotherapy baths, and steam dome treatments, all designed to restore, rebalance and rejuvenate.
A complimentary mirror-lined fitness center containing cardio and weight machines as well as free weights is also available on site.
Couples treatment rooms are available. Advanced reservations are required for spa treatments. Serenity Spa is open 8 AM to 8 PM daily. The fitness center is open 7 AM to 10 PM.
Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult. Guests under 14 are not allowed in the spa.
- Number of treatment rooms 5
- Outdoor treatment areas
- Couples treatment rooms
- Massages on beach
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body treatments
- Body scrubs
- Facial treatments
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Ayurvedic treatments
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Sauna in spa
- Minimum age to access spa is 14
- Massages
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Resort Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 5 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Resort fee
Optional extras
- Self parking fee: USD 5.00 per day
Resort Name
- All Inclusive Sonesta Maho Beach
- Maho Beach Resort & Casino
- Maho Beach Sonesta
- Sonesta All Inclusive
- Sonesta All Inclusive Resort
- Sonesta Maho Beach All Inclusive
- Sonesta Maho Beach All Inclusive Casino
- Sonesta Maho Beach All Inclusive Resort & Casino
- Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino
- Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino All Inclusive
- Sonesta Maho Beach All Inclusive Resort & Casino Lowlands
- Sonesta Maho Beach All Inclusive Lowlands
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the resort prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Up to 2 children 5 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Here is the recording of my recent "explorinar" on Weebly.
Explorinar: Weebly – Easy Webpage Creation from Thomas MacEntee on Vimeo.
What's Weebly?
Are you looking for an easy way to create a website? With free hosting and minimal ads? Weebly employs an intuitive "drag and drop" method to create vibrant and dynamic web pages. We'll explore this technology to learn how it can be used for family history websites, genealogy society websites and more!
What's an Explorinar?
A casual exploration of a website, an application or some other program that could be useful to genealogists and family historians. Explorinars are free and limited to 100 participants. There are no handouts so please take notes.
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The "Talk of the Town Tables" fundraiser will once again be hosted by The Russellville Symphony Guild on Feb. 9. This annual event will be held at the Lake Point Conference Center at 6 p.m. he evening will begin with heavy hors d'oeuvres, a silent auction, live music, and will be followed by a steak dinner served at 7:30 p.m.
Proceeds will be used to bring the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra to Russellville for a concert on April 6. Proceeds are also designated for the Guild scholarship funds which provide scholarships to local high school music students.
Tickets for this popular event are $60 and may be purchased from any Board member or by calling Judy Murphy at (479) 967-1177.
Pope County Library Board of Trustees to meet
The Pope County Library Board of Trustees will meet Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Heritage Hall located next to the Library.
High School to host All-Region Band clinic
Russellville High School will be hosting the Region 9 All-Region Jr. High and Sr. High Band Clinic on the High School Campus and at the Center for the Arts this coming weekend, Jan. 18-19. Students from across the region will be assembled into two Junior High All-Region Bands and two High School All-Region Bands. The students will participate in a two day clinic concluding with concerts on Saturday afternoon.
Guest clinicians are Denise Tenney from Cabot, Randall Standridge from Harrisburg , Charles "Chuck" Booker from Ft. Smith and Hal Cooper, from Russellville. Junior High students auditioned on Dec. 8 and High School students auditioned on Dec. 15 to achieve the honor of making the All-Region Bands. The concerts will begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday and are free to the public.
Committee to host Old Timers game
The Pottsville After Prom Committee will host an Old Timers Game at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16 at the High schools John Needham stadium. The concession stand will have a chicken dinner available, there will also be a raffle and lots of fun!
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materials -- low-density chemical products like explosives or
plastic guns.
In a measure to placate a disgruntled public, the Democratic-controlled U.S.
Senate has moved to make it illegal to share images taken in the scans.
Under the pending provision in the Security Screening Confidential Data Privacy Act,
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USD fine.
Supposedly the scanners don't have the capability to save or transfer pictures.
Recent documents from cases involving the
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capabilities, but they are regularly used.
The bill is sponsored by Senators Charles Schumer (NY-D) [profile] and Ben Nelson (Nebr.-D) [profile] and
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The BRP is a national treasure. I have ridden every mile of the parkway, but never all in one trip. The narrative, videos, and pics did an excellent job of depicting the riding experience on the parkway. I hope to do an end to end trip someday.
What I am most impressed with, is how well the National Park Service has been able to preserve the sense of soltitude you get when riding along the parkway.
This has been a challenge I'm sure, since there a few places where encroaching civilization is just a few hundred feet from the roadway.