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Wednesday 2 January @ Outpost, 8pm $10 or b/o
David Doms
Thursday 3 January @ Outpost, 8pm by donation
Markus Nechay presents The Whimsy!
in memoriam David Cutler
Friday 4 January @ Outpost, 8pm $10 or b/o
"First Fridays avec Le Prestige":
Le Prestige
Chris Forkey - bass / John Glenshaw - drums / Kit Buckley - tenor sax / Scott Getchell - trumpet / Jeff Platz - guitar
Hard-hitting, chill-out, groove music. Searching for the perfect lounge.
Saturday 5 January @ OUTPOST 186, 8PM, $5/10
Chagall Performance Art Collaborative Presents
Fantasia on Breathing and Electronics-inspired music
With special musical guests Carol Rowntree Jones, Tsuyoshi Honjo and Paul Jacobs
This show starts at 8pm but come earlier for workshops in writing and Soundpainting at 6:30. Carol Rowntree Jones comes from England to share her poems and images of breathing projected sprinkled with Soundpainting interludes. Also, Dennis Shafer, Paul Jacobs and Tsuyoshi Honjo will share works for soprano saxophone by Heitor Villa-Lobos and Luciano Berio.
Carol Rowntree Jones – poetry / Tsuyoshi Honjo – soprano saxophone / Paul Jacobs – piano
ChagallPAC: Diana Norma – poetry / Dennis Shafer – saxophone
Tuesday 8 January @ Outpost, 8pm $10 or b/o
The Olson Pingrey Quartet
Randy Pingrey - trombone, compositions
Kathy Olson - bari sax, compositions
Mark Zaleski - bass
Austin McMahon - drums
The Olson Pingrey Quartet (aka the OPQ) started as a tribute to the subtle and strangely subversive modernism of the Gerry Mulligan/Bob Brookmeyer quartet. We've since found something interesting by continuing that tradition. You'll find our music to be lighthearted, but never frivolous as well as rigorous, but never academic. We combine the harmonic freedom of free jazz with the melodic vocabulary of hard bop and the quirky individualism of early swing. The unique timbre of the bari sax and trombone plus the lack of any chordal instrument really sets us apart from the average modern jazz group.
At this particular performance we'll be premiering some new compositions and arrangements.
You can check out recordings and learn more about the group here:
Thursday 10 January @ Outpost, 8pm $10 or b/o
Laurence Cook & Luther Gray Percussion Duo
Laurence Cook & Luther Gray – drums & percussion
Friday 11 January @ Outpost, 8pm $10 or b/o
Jeff Platz & New Industrial Policy
John McLellan – drums / Kit Demos – bass Scott Getchell – trumpets Andy Volker – saxes / Jeff Platz - guitar
Saturday 12 January @ Outpost, 8pm $10 or b/o
Dr T presents Visual Music Live featuring
Dr T – live video mixing with:
New Language Collaborative
Eric Zinman – piano / Glynis Loman – cello, aquasonic, voice / Syd Smart - drums
Sunday 13 January @ Outpost, 8pm $10 or b/o
mobius quartet + Ross Wallace Chait & Myles Emmons
mobius quartet
James Coleman – theremin / Derek Hoffend - electronics
Tom Plsek – trombone / Jed Speare - laptop
Ross Wallace Chait & Myles Emmons (Oberlin)
Ross Wallace Chait - percussion/guitar/loops/objects
Myles Emmons - double-bass/electronics
Ross Chait + Myles Emmons are a composing and improvising duo of avant-garde music out of Oberlin Ohio. Working with found objects, electronics and their respective primary instruments (percussion and double bass), the duo attempts to toe the ever-evolving line between atmosphere and abstraction, venturing from stark terrains often cultivated in silence, to wild outbursts of sonic extremities. Having performed with the likes of Tim Feeney + Vic Rawlings, The EAR Duo and C. Spencer Yeh with releases current and upcoming on ILSE Records and Welcome to the 21st Century, the duo continues to explore via free improvisation, graphic score interpretation and formal composition, how their musical growth will pan out.
"clean dispersed chamber/duo/kitchen/cutlery music[...]a clean cover, clean music, clean body, sponged & quiet[...]gets on with it, no fuss" - pyongyang plastics
New full-length release: http://welcometothe21st.bandcamp.com/album/single-play-2
Here is a link to our premier release on ILSE:
A video of our performance opening for C. Spencer Yeh:
Monday 14 January @ Outpost
[Private event]
Thursday 17 January @ Outpost, 8pm $10 or b/o
Charlie Kohlhase's Explorer's Club
Charlie Kohlhase & Matt Langley – saxophones / Jeff Galindo – trombone / Jef Charland - bass / Curt Newton - drums
Friday 18 January @ Outpost, 8pm $10 or b/o
Dave Bryant – keyboards / Tom Hall - tenor saxophone
Jacob William – bass / Eric Rosenthal - drums
Jacob William – bass / Eric Rosenthal - drums
Saturday 19 January @ Outpost, 8pm $20 or b/o
Matthew Shipp & Michael Bisio
Matthew Shipp – piano / Michael Bisio - bass
"American pianist Matthew Shipp's trio recently played the London jazz festival, presenting this unique and singleminded artist's most inviting balance of fearless improv with compelling themes and grooves. This duo session with that ensemble's bassist, Michael Bisio, exhibits much the same character and power. Shipp hits a keyboard with fearsome steeliness, but if his playing has a percussive punch that belongs in the tradition of Thelonious Monk and Cecil Taylor, he has their emotional and spiritual breadth, too. The title track is a hard-struck, enigmatic melody, prodded at and danced around by Bisio, that becomes a purposeful walk, a lighter contemplation, and then a flood of sound before the bassist's tumbling solo. The Queen's Ballad shows how well Shipp maintains the integrity of a song while finding ever-changing new melodies in it, and hitting chords that fizz with compatible dissonances. Uptempo pieces such as Swing Laser (on which Bisio scampers at twice Shipp's tempo) and the joyous, stamping Holographic Rag demonstrate how inventively this pair turn swing tunes into full-on, free-improv tussles. Bisio's rich bowed chords establish a prayer-like atmosphere on the awed and rolling Supernova. There's a dense, abstract-improv dreamscape for Shipp's brittle harmonies and prepared-piano effects on the closing Decay. It's free-jazz, but full of melody, and every sound counts." John Fordham, Guardian UK 13 Dec. 2012
Tuesday 22 January @ Outpost, 8pm $10 or b/o
Alan Chase / Steve Lantner Duo
Alan Chase – alto sax / Steve Lantner - piano
Thursday 24 January @ Outpost, 8pm $10 or b/o
Elan Asch
Friday 25 January @ Outpost, 8pm $10, $5 student ID
Brett Walberg Group
Brett Walberg - saxophone/woodwinds
Jeremy quick - guitar
Matt Mahoney - bass
Jungho Kang - drumsBrett Walberg Group is a forward thinking and lucid ensemble that has been together since 2007. This revamp of the BWG, including Jeremy Quick, Matt Mahoney, and Jungho Kang, is attractively spontaneous in their approaches towards the music. Brett Walberg has been striking out as a band leader and composer since 2004, and now runs bands in Quad Cities, IA/IL and in Boston, as well as, sessions in NYC and DC. Walberg will be releasing his newest record, "Progression" early Spring of 2013.
Saturday 26 January @ Outpost, 8pm $10 or b/o
Jacob William 'Para' Quintet
with special guest JON DAMIAN - guitar
Forbes Graham - trumpet / Jim Hobbs - alto sax / Jacob William - bass / Laurence Cook - drums
Monday 28 January
Karen Webb dance workshop


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Purim!By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
And so, in the month of Adar, on the 13th day, things turned out the opposite of the way Haman had planned. The Jews assembled to defend themselves, which they accomplished easily. The rulers of the various districts in the empire even elevated the Jews' status because Mordechai had been promoted in the government. The Jews handily struck down their antagonists; in the capital of Shushan, there were 500 such enemies, including the ten sons of Haman. While the Jews were entitled to seize their enemies' property as the spoils of war, they voluntarily did not do so.
Ahasuerus told Esther how things had gone in Shushan and elsewhere in the empire. He asked if she had any further requests. She asked for one more day in the capital, plus that the bodies of Haman's sons should be publicly displayed. The king ordered that Esther's wishes be carried out. And so, the Jews of Shushan had another day in which they fought their enemies, and another 300 were killed. Across the 127 provinces of the empire, 75,000 were killed, but the Jews did not take the opportunity to seize their enemies' wealth.
The Jews in the empire fought on the 13th of Adar and rested on the 14th, but those in Shushan continued to fight on the 14th and did not rest until the 15th. This is why Jews who live in open cities celebrate Purim on 14 Adar, but those in walled cities celebrate "Shushan Purim" on 15 Adar. Mordechai recorded all these events (in what we call Megillat Esther – this very book!) and distributed to all Jews in the empire, instructing them to celebrate these days in perpetuity. This joyous occasion would be celebrated with feasting and sending food to loved ones, as well as giving gifts to the needy. The Jews agreed to this and re-accepted the Torah upon themselves out of pure love. (They had previously accepted it at Sinai, which was binding, but the whole experience then was a little intimidating. Here, they "renewed their vows" solely because they desired to do so.) The holiday was named Purim for the "pur," the lots that Haman had cast to choose the date of his plot. Purim was established as a universal holiday among the Jewish people, never to be revoked (not even in Messianic times). Esther reinforced Mordechai's letter with one of her own. Purim was firmly established and the Book of Esther was canonized.
In the list of the names of Haman's ten sons who were hanged, three letters are written smaller than the rest of the text: a taf, a shin and a zayin. The meaning of this was obscure for thousands of years, but is crystal clear in hindsight. Taf-shin-zayin corresponds to the year 5707. On October 16, 1946 (21 Tishrei, 5707), ten convicted Nazi war criminals were hanged in Nuremberg. Julius Streicher's last words, reported in Newsweek Magazine, were "Purimfest 1946."


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The 40-year-old actor also stopped by his Sardi's Caricature Unveiling with Victor Garber.
A few days earlier, Bradley was reportedly spotted making out with his rumored girlfriend Irina Shayk at Rihanna's Met Gala after-party at Up & Down "til 3 or 4 in the morning," according to Page Six.
Apparently, the couple was spotted "hanging out in a close group" with Kerry Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, and the Winklevoss twins. Then they went downstairs into "the karaoke room" where "they were making out…they were very close all night."
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Electric vehicles
September 28, 2012 — BarryKI have been waiting for this:
I should really have started "Barry's Other Blog" to write about these things. One of my pet peeves is "knowledge filtering", which means we get incomplete, misleading or wrong information.
Electric vehicles are an example. What is the real cost of these vehicles? This needs to cost based on the total energy required for the vehicle over it's operating life.
What is the environmental impact of manufacturing (and disposal) of these battery packs?
Username: FrogLeader
"Tesla is progressing nicely. I don't know how the program will work out but they are innovating the technology faster than other EV car makers. Here is a link to their recycling plan: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/mythbusters-part-3-recycling-our-non-toxic-battery-packs
battery recycle fees-tax
Username: Ted Dog
"Had to replace my RV/Caravan battery last week and I was ticked that my State of Texas charges its own (core) charge for hazardous waste disposal on new batteries. All parts of the battery is recoverable and remade into new batteries including the plastic cover. The US industry has very high percentage upper 90% of battery components made from old batteries. So this charge is completely unneeded. Just a money grab for a problem that does not exist.
stirling engine hybrids
Username: technosaurus
"Stirling engines are more efficient than gas, diesel and even turbines used by the power companies. I think it was AMC (now defunct) that produced a stirling powered car in the 70s, but it took a few minutes to heat up enough to actually go... needless to say it didn't gain a market.... but now we can run on battery till it is warmed up and it could run on any fuel (including burning garbage if you got desperate) Then you'd only need ~10 mile battery life and if arranged properly the stirling engine could use the sun as a heat source to trickle charge the battery throughout the day. Nifty fact: stirling engines can be used in reverse to cool to near absolute 0 ... just in case you want to add a flux capacitor ... oh wait, that was DMC Out of fuel? just pull over and throw some burnable litter or brush in.
The whole picture
Username: Doorknob
"Wrong You need to know the total pollution produced over the life of ALL options, not just electric vehicles. One step people usually forget is that producing fuel for cars at an oil refinery requires HUGE amounts of electricity. A large oil refinery can consume the same amount of power as a small city.
Username: Iguleder1
"Barry, as we all know, there are many reasons why you prefer the static /dev of Woof's skeleton. However, it seems recent version of udev rely on devtmpfs (yes, the kernel must be built with this support!), so udev doesn't have to create device nodes on its own. Since support for devtmpfs must be added to Woof, I think you should wipe that ugly /dev. Instead, a devtmpfs file system could be mounted on the initramfs /dev, then mount --move'd to the union file system's one. It works great here. The only problem is old kernels and udev versions - perhaps, 3builddistro could erase /dev's contents if they are recent enough, while the init script will decide whether a devtmpfs is needed.
Road use Tax
Username: bigpup
"Here in the United States, the biggest issue with electric powered vehicles. How do they pay for upkeep of the road system? Taxes are charged with each gallon of gas you buy. People who own electric vehicles do not buy gas. At present, electric vehicles use the road system, but do not pay anything to support maintenance and upkeep. This is becoming the unanswered question and debate in our state governments. How do we tax electric vehicles to fund road maintenance?
Real Cost
Username: Dougal
"Barry, electric cars are currently more polluting than hybrids, due to depending on fossil-fuel based power supplies, but that can obviously change with improving the technology -- plus battery charging is something solar energy fits well. Note also that for the "real cost" of petrol-based cars you need to include the pollution (direct and indirect)+expenses+environmental damage of the gulf war, the invasion of Iraq etc. and the knowledge that you are supporting some of the world's most odious regimes, where the rights of women, homosexuals etc. are pretty nonexistent.
death and taxes
Username: technosaurus
"Electric vehicles don't pay for road use [i]directly[/i], but they compensate by using [i]_locally_[/i] produced energy (currently and for the next 50+ years cheap, less polluting natural gas) The majority of politicians are too stupid to grasp the big picture of things like net {gdp, carbon footprint, local economic impact,...}, but its really not their fault. The average person can only comprehend 3-7 interconnected things, whereas this is a multifaceted problem/solution. These are the same guys that thought ethanol subsidies were a better idea than biodiesel - why? because most of their constituents drive gas powered cars, not diesel semis except that the same constituents would get more economic advantage from having the products that they buy shipped on biodiesel which is ~20 times more effective than ethanol production and would have less impact on the world food supply and would prevent the rampant cost of living increase caused by redirecting food to fuel ... fortunately for politicians (well U.S. republicans at least) that's just too complicated for the voters to understand because it only affects them indirectly. ...besides little ass electric cars do very little damage to the road and are a drop in the bucket and for now it is a good incentive to explore technology that could benefit the future without having to provide direct subsidies. These are the same guys that complain about the cost of government,but when the opposing party restructures health care to save $$, they whine about the (government) jobs that it eliminates. I would totally run for office to fix that kind of idiocy, but I just can't stand to work with totally dumb-asses. Note on republican comment: I am a conservative in principle, but refuse to identify with a party that as a whole does not value intellect, science, truth, technology, efficiency, respect or human dignity.
NiFe potassium battery
Username: Ted Dog
"Edison made an Electric Car using non-toxic parts in the 1900's. Iron, Nickle & purified wood ash. for the battery. Does not form secondary compounds that foul the battery during use, Like Lead Sulfate. 20-50year life, can be undercharged/overcharged left to discharge for months to years and still recharges. Problem One no one can 'Own' the royalty rights since that has long since expired. I also find it strange on a pure electric power, the distance traveled per charge has not really improved in over 100 years.
Username: aarf
"hydrogen now in perth http://www.hydrogenfuelsystems.com.au
Use less
Username: wognath
"Barry raises a vital issue: we want to believe technology will sooner or later solve our problems. I used to use this in my lecture about fuel cells http://muqchem.millersville.edu/H2car.jpg Applies to electrics too, of course. In my opinion, the only solution is "use less".
Username: aarf
"http://www.oceanweather.com/data/ the waves in the southern ocean when i post this are at least 50% green or more ie greater than 6 meters. yes we have technology to harvest waves that can then produce hydrogen. but if you want to be an ostrich thats up to you. i prefer clean air.
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2011 C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints Report
In 1982, 85 athletes gathered together in a boathouse at Harvard for the first ever CRASH-B Sprints. February 20 this year saw the 30th edition of what has gone on to become the World Indoor Rowing Championship. Since those early days, the race has outgrown a number of venues and is currently held at Boston University's magnificent Agganis Arena. This year, over 2000 athletes from 22 different countries took part, with competitors ranging from ages 14 to 93, with Stephen Richardson and Paul Randall both winning hammers (the traditional CRASH-B victor's prize) in the Men's 90-94 Hwt and Lwt categories respectively.
The fastest time of the day came from Conlin McCabe of the University of Washington, who won the Men's Open Hwt race in a time of 5:48.0. The quickest woman, meanwhile, was Estonia's Kaisa Pajusalu, who repeated her success of two years ago when she won the Women's Open Hwt in 6:41.3—an improvement of nearly eight seconds on her 2009 time.
For the lightweights, Danish legend Henrik Stephansen, the only lightweight in history to go under six minutes, won the Men's Open Lwt in 6:01.9, beating his national teammate Steffen Jensen by nearly three seconds. Denmark also brought home the bacon in the Women's Open Lwt race, with Sarah Jurgensen winning fairly easily with a time of 7:11.1.
In other notable races, former World Champion single sculler Jamie Koven beat a competitive Men's 30-39 Hwt field to win in 5:57.0 while the day's only world record was set by Roger Borggaard in the Men's 65-69 Hwt with a time of 6:41.4. The junior events also saw some strong races and, in the Men's Junior Hwt race, Sverri Nielsen won the Faroe Island's first ever gold medal at these championships with a time of 6:04.8. The Men's Junior Lwt event saw a terrifically tight clash with Jonathan Young of St. Louis RC just emerging victorious in 6:25.4. In the Women's Junior Hwt, Jeanne Ghuysen from Belgium rowed excellently to win with the very good time of 6:57.5. Anna Ionson, meanwhile, won the Women's Junior Lwt in 7:16.0, comfortably ahead of second place. One of the most exciting races of the day was in the Men's 55-59 Hwt, where former Kansas City Chiefs Linebacker Steve Krum opened up a big lead before hitting the wall with a couple of hundred meters to go, managing to hold off a fast-closing Walter Updegrave by just two-tenths of a second.
The day also saw the second-ever adaptive race at the CRASH-Bs, with nearly 70 competitors taking part in 26 different categories. Racing over 1000 meters, rather than the usual race distance of 2000 meters, the athletes got some of the biggest cheers of the day. The adaptive race now looks set to be a feature of these championships for some time to come.
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UK Power Price to Double German on Wind, Solar: Energy Markets
June 15, 2013 by Jeff
Filed under Green Energy News
Electricity in the U.K. is poised to
cost almost twice as much as in Germany within two years as
Britain lags behind in building solar and wind plants.
U.K. power will be 85 percent more expensive than in
Europe's biggest energy market in May 2015, according to data
compiled by Bloomberg. That compares with an average premium of
17 percent over the past five years and 80 percent today, data
from Marex Spectron Group Ltd., a broker in London, show.
While Germany is seeking to consolidate its status as
Europe's biggest producer of wind and solar power by boosting
its share of renewables-sourced energy to 35 percent in 2015
from 22 percent last year, the U.K. is targeting 15 percent from
11 percent over the same period. Statkraft AS is closing money-losing gas-fed plants in Germany, while Macquarie Group Ltd. (MQG) and
Vitol SA are buying British power stations, betting on gains of
as much as 19 percent in U.K. prices by 2016, according to
Societe Generale SA.
"The U.K. has built significantly less renewables to
date," Ilesh Patel, a partner at Baringa Partners LLP, a
consulting firm that counts EON SE and Electricite de France SA (EDF)
among its clients, said in a phone interview from London.
"Germany has been on a fast-track wind and solar plan."
U.K. power will cost 53.16 pounds ($83.12) a megawatt-hour
in May 2015, compared with 33.21 euros ($44.21) in Germany,
according to fair value calculations on Bloomberg as of 12:47
p.m. in London. The British premium has averaged 8.51 euros over
the past five years, 21.49 in 2013 and was at 24.48 euros today,
Marex Spectron data show.
Consumers Pay
The gap may widen in coming years, according to Societe
Generale. German next-year power will cost 39.70 euros a
megawatt-hour in 2015, 6 percent less than the average during
the first three months of 2013, as U.K. prices rise 11 percent
to 59.40 pounds, Paolo Coghe, an analyst for the bank in Paris,
said in a June 12 report.
"High generation levels from zero variable-cost
technologies, such as solar photovoltaic and wind, are damping
German power prices and hurting plant revenues by reducing the
amount of time a plant might otherwise be called upon to
operate," Coghe said.
The lower German prices are no comfort for the 40 million
households in Europe's biggest economy. Retail prices have risen
17 percent since the end of 2009, according to Eurostat data
compiled by Bloomberg Industries. The nation has the highest
residential costs in Europe after Denmark as utilities pass on
the costs of solar and wind generation, Jonathan Lane, head of
consulting for power and utilities at GlobalData, a London-based
researcher, said by phone on June 12.
'Warning Signal'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government should take
steps to contain the cost of the switch to renewables as
households have so far borne the brunt through power bills
inflated by renewable-power subsidies while industrial users
have been shielded from the increased costs, the International
Energy Agency said last month.
"The fact that German electricity prices are among the
highest in Europe, despite relatively low wholesale prices, must
serve as a warning signal," Maria van der Hoeven, the Paris-based adviser's executive director, said May 24.
U.K. rates have risen more steeply than Germany's since
2011, according to Eurostat. The cost of meeting renewables
targets has contributed to rising bills, Centrica Plc (CNA), Britain's
biggest residential energy supplier, said in its full-year
results on Feb. 27. The company has more than doubled prices
since 2004, according to data compiled by uSwitch, a London-based consumer group.
Plant Closures
Environmental policies such as feed-in tariffs and
renewables-obligation certificates accounted for 9.4 percent of
Centrica's U.K. consumer rates last year. The Windsor, England-based utility said in October the policies would add an extra 40
pounds in 2013 after it raised average household prices by 6
percent, or 80 pounds a year.
U.K. electricity margins, the amount of spare generation
capacity available at times of peak demand, may fall to 4
percent in 2015 from 14 percent, the U.K.'s Office for Gas and
Electricity Markets, said in October. Coal-fed generation,
including EON's Kingsnorth plant and RWE AG (RWE)'s Didcot-A unit have
closed earlier than the 2015 deadline under the EU's Large
Combustion Plant Directive.
Statkraft, Norway's biggest utility, will mothball its 510-megawatt Landesbergen gas-fed plant in Germany from July 1, the
company said on June 6. The Oslo-based company shut its Emden
plant last year.
Macquarie, Australia's largest investment bank, bought the
540-megawatt Baglan Bay and 819-megawatt Sutton Bridge gas-fed
power stations in the U.K., the Sydney-based company said in
January. Vitol, based in Geneva, bought the 1,220-megawatt
Immingham plant, it said May 10.
Improving Outlook
"The outlook for gas generation in the U.K. is set to
improve over the next five years," Brian Potskowski, an analyst
in London at Bloomberg New Energy Finance, said June 12 by
phone. "We will continue to see interest in assets."
Profit from burning the fuel has dropped for three years
and closed at minus 56 pence a megawatt-hour yesterday,
according to Bloomberg calculations based on next-month power
and gas costs and emissions prices.
Britain is encouraging renewable energy by setting a floor
price for emissions costs, making it more costly to run fossil
fuel-powered stations. The U.K. makes utilities pay about 18.08
pounds per metric ton of carbon dioxide emitted for the year
through March 2016, the Treasury said in its March 20 budget.
That's in addition to a European carbon credit price of 4.92
euros a ton for December 2015 on the ICE Futures Europe
'Very Profitable'
The floor price will help keep power costs high relative to
continental Europe and boost baseload, or round-the-clock
imports, James Cox, a principal consultant at Poeyry Oyj, a
Helsinki-based adviser to governments and utilities, said May 8
by phone.
"In three to four years you would expect interconnectors
to be importing baseload into the U.K.," he said. "It's going
to be a very profitable time for anyone that has a power cable
from the U.K. to anywhere else."
To contact the reporter on this story:
Rachel Morison in London at
To contact the editor responsible for this story:
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The list for the 10 most beautiful hotels offer beauty, style and the ability to relax in a comfort that can not be offered at home. Take a trip and enjoy any of these mind-blowing hotels.
- Semiramis, Athens.This hotel provides only 51 rooms, but some of the most amazing rooms you have ever seen. They offer 4 rooftop suites and 6 bungalow accommodations. Color, architect and style are what knock you over when you take a look at this hotel, and being 340 meters above sea level you get privacy and an escape from the humidity. They also offer a Mediterranean restaurant and bar, high speed Internet, pool with sunbathing deck, an art gallery, gym, spa, DVD library, baby-sitting, secretary service, multilingual equipped staff and so much more.
- New Majestic Hotel, Singapore. This hotel provides 30 rooms that have each been designed by artists through out Singapore. They are comfortable, original and offer luxuries such as special mood lighting, claw-foot tubs, and special themes in the rooms such as the mirror room or hanging bed room. That is just the start, the staff and the food make this a place no one will ever forget.
- Hillside Su Hotel, Antalya. This hotel offers 253 rooms and an experience that is all about serenity. They offer a lot of serene colors, sharp architecture and just the feeling of luxurious relaxation. They have a blue flag beach, plenty of calming activities as well as food and shopping that are essentials on any trip.
- DO & CO Hotel, Vienna. This hotel offers an old-world style in luxurious settings. Think hard wood floors, leather, floor to ceiling windows and a sophistication that can only come from experience.
- Fujiya Inn, Yamagata. This hotel has 8 of the most modern rooms available. Being in the middle of the Ginzan hot springs offers plenty of relaxing, serene experiences with in walking distance. Three stories, all wood, and keeping with in the area design, it offers a chance to get away from it all and really relax.
- Hotel 71, Chicago. This hotel offers 450 rooms of style, urban design, and hip activities with in a stones throw away. Each room is large, modern, and offers every convenience you could think of. That mixed with being situated right on the Chicago river, there are plenty of activities to keep anyone happy.
- Aana Resort & Spa, Koh Chang. This hotel offers 71 rooms that are made to offer the relaxation one would want from a spa. Located on the Klong Praow Beach, there is beautiful nature surrounding the entire hotel including a riverside pool, private beach, plunge pools with views of the breathtaking nature and interesting rooms that are circular, roof top, or underground. Views, views, and accommodations is what makes this a place to be.
- Adriana, Croatia. This hotel offers 50 rooms and 9 suites, all of which are urban, sheik and offers the feeling of being in a club your entire stay. Things like frosted glass showers, bold splashes of colors and their roof top seawater swimming pool are just a scratch at what is offered here.
- Hotel Glo, Helsinki. This hotel has 144 rooms of modern luxuries in textures and colors such as leather, wood and rich browns. They offer such luxuries as sports, dining, culture and spa treatments for any of their guests.
- Nisbet, Nevis. This hotel offers a Caribbean flair mixed with a luxury no other Caribbean hotel can offer. They are on an unspoiled island, offering 30 acres of beauty with their great house and cottages mixed in between. The best part of your stay will be the staff that make it their mission to cater to your every need while staying with them.
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Five strangers. Countless adventures. One epic way to get lost.
Four teens across the country have only one thing in common: a girl named LEILA. She crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most.
There's HUDSON, a small-town mechanic who is willing to throw away his dreams for true love. And BREE, a runaway who seizes every Tuesday—and a few stolen goods along the way. ELLIOT believes in happy endings…until his own life goes off-script. And SONIA worries that when she lost her boyfriend, she also lost the ability to love.
Hudson, Bree, Elliot and Sonia find a friend in Leila. And when Leila leaves them, their lives are forever changed. But it is during Leila's own 4,268-mile journey that she discovers the most important truth— sometimes, what you need most is right where you started. And maybe the only way to find what you're looking for is to get lost along the way.
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Contemporary road trip? I'm there! From the offset I knew I would enjoy Let's Get Lost. I was luckily enough to meet Adi at Book Expo America in 2014 and he was really lovely, and I didn't hesitate in snatching up a copy. And then Faye from A Daydreamer's Thoughts read it and recommended it, so I knew I had to get round to it soon.
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And it is so interesting to see how she responds differently to each character, and how the characters enter, alter, and leave her. It did however seem very unrealistic! Not many teenagers take road trips, let alone by themselves, as well as picking up random strangers along the way?! No no no.
I didn't like how the different perspectives broke up the book. It was very definite, and apart from Leila, it just didn't make it flow very well. Each chapter I was having to get to know a new main character (again, discounting Leila) and I found this quite frustrating. It felt more like short stories, and the sad part is that a few of those I would have quite happily read longer stories of. And its always the case that I enjoy some stories more than others.
I'm glad we did get to hear things from Leila's point of view eventually, and I did really like the ending.
A journey of self discovery with a unique way of telling the story. I loved the different perspectives, but it just made the book feel very disjointed for me, and I would've liked it to flow better. A cute contemporary road trip with a difference! 3.5 sofas.


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Cindy and Hal made wonderful arrangements for a cruise to St. Michaels, featuring a 20-mile round trip bicycle ride to Oxford and back via the Bellevue Ferry. Eleven sailors put on their bike duds and helmets for the ride in beautiful weather. We enjoyed lunch overlooking Town Creek at Capsize, the former Schooner's restaurant. In the evening we celebrated our accomplishment over dinner at Ava's Pizza and Wine Bar. If only the headwinds that slowed the second leg of our bike trip had held out for the sail home on Sunday!


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By Kris Voakes in Nyon
Real Madrid director Emilio Butragueno believes friendships will count for nothing when Blancos boss Jose Mourinho and Galatasaray duo Wesley Sneijder and Didier Drogba clash in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
The draw was made on Friday morning and the Liga giants will fancy their chances of progressing after avoiding favourites Barcelona as well as Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich and Serie A table-toppers Juventus.
But Butragueno says despite the history shared between the Portuguese trainer and the Gala players who he coached - Drogba at Chelsea and Sneijder at Inter - the friendship will not affect Mourinho's desire for victory.
"They have an extraordinary relationship, but that happens quite often, and now they have different goals and they will do their best to help Galatasaray," he told Goal.com.
"Mourinho will of course want us to be here again for the semi-final draw and before the game and after the game I'm sure [they'll talk], but during the game we will be focused on our goals."
And the former Spain striker is well aware of the threat Sneijder and Drogba will pose.
He added: "Galatasaray are here because they deserve to be here. They have a very good team, and with Drogba and Sneijder they are stronger, so we have to be very respectful because they have shown they are very competitive.
"With the first leg at home, we need a good result to take to Turkey. There'll be an incredible atmosphere over there."
With Barcelona and Real Madrid having avoided each other in the quarter-finals there is now a possibility that the Liga giants could face each other in the final but Butragueno is only focused on the game at hand.
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Is there any director manlier than Paul Verhoeven? (Maybe Paul Schrader, but that's a debate for another time.) Based on Robert A. Heinlein's "juvenile" (that's what they used to call YA novels back in the day, kids) novel of the same name, Starship Troopers is equal parts action movie and social satire, albeit it's a very sneaky social satire that most casual viewers won't pick up on. (If you're familiar with Nazi propaganda films you'll catch onto it fairly quickly.) The story of three childhood friends played by Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, and Neil Patrick Harris who join Earth's military invasion of an alien planet for nothing other than the fact that humans find the aliens living there really, really scary is a pure adrenaline and testosterone rush of extended, laser filled battle scenes.


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Hangzhou West Lake Yuanjin Inn offers comfortable accommodation in Xihu District. The property is located a 10-minute walk from Leifeng Pagoda and the West Lake. It features free WiFi in all areas.
The hotel is a 12-minute drive from Hangzhou Railway Station. Hangzhou East Railway Station is located a 30-minute drive away. It takes 50 minutes to drive to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport.
The guestrooms offered by the property are all equipped with air conditioning and a TV. The private ...bathroom is fitted with shower. An electric kettle is available. Some rooms enjoy a mountain view.
West Lake Yuanjin Inn Hangzhou has a 24-hour front desk offering tour and ticketing services. Luggage storage is available for free. The property offers free bicycles. Parking is available for free.
|No. 179 Kuoshiban Yuhuangshan Road


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Stony Brook University announced today the establishment of New York State's first undergraduate School of Journalism at a public university. The new School, which will begin offering a Bachelor's degree program in the Fall 2006 semester, will offer one of the nation's first courses in News Literacy, designed to help students use their critical thinking skills to judge the credibility and reliability of the news.
The announcement was made by Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny, the University's president, who also said that Howard Schneider, former editor and managing editor of Newsday, has been appointed Founding Dean of the new Journalism School. During his 17-year tenure in those positions, Newsday captured eight Pulitzer Prizes.
"Our Journalism School fills a large gap in undergraduate public education in the State," said Dr. Kenny. "For the first time, students will be able to attend a publicly-supported undergraduate School of Journalism in either the SUNY or CUNY system. Having Stony Brook as its home provides the opportunity to combine a first-class journalism education with the study of liberal arts and sciences at one of the world's leading public research universities."
Several other colleges in the state system offer journalism majors, some as part of other departments. CUNY is launching a graduate school of journalism in the Fall.
Dr. Kenny noted that the an important element of the new School is the Advisory Board, a group of alumni and award-winning current and former TV, radio, and print journalists from such media outlets as The New York Times, USA Today, Newsday, Bloomberg News, ABC, CBS, NBC, Cablevision's News 12 Long Island, and Time Warner's NY1 News who will provide guidance and encouragement as the school moves forward.
Schneider explained that the time is ideal for the new School. "The media world is in the midst of a revolution. Digital technology is disseminating a flood of information – and disinformation – every day," he said. "Never before has there been a greater need for independent-minded, thoughtful, and well-trained journalism graduates. This is the School's mission."
He noted that the School has a second mission. "Students who have a passion and aspire to a career in journalism but who can't afford the tuition at private universities will no longer be shut out of a top-flight journalism program. More than half the students at Stony Brook are the first in their families to attend college. Many of them have the tenacity and intelligence to be terrific journalists. They need to be a part of the media's future."
Schneider noted that the Journalism School will offer one of the most comprehensive and innovative programs in the nation. Students will be required to earn 47 credits in journalism, a number that is believed to be one of the highest in the nation (typically, programs require 30-36 credits within the journalism major). Students also will need to earn an additional 80 credits outside the journalism core, including required courses in one of four multi-disciplinary concentrations drawn from across campus: Global Issues and Perspectives, Public Affairs, Society and Diversity, and Science and the Environment.
"We think this will be one of the most exciting undergraduate journalism programs in the country," Schneider said. "The emphasis will be on fundamentals and innovation. Every student will graduate with a passion for the public interest and the courage to do the right thing in the face of unprecedented media competition."
Kinsey Wilson, an executive editor of USA Today and USAToday.com who is serving on the School's Advisory Board, concurred: "Technology is transforming the way people consume news and information. Stony Brook's program promises to combine journalism fundamentals with a forward-looking approach that will define how journalism is practiced in the future."
Students will study reporting, writing, producing, editing, and ethics and be prepared for an evolving multi-media future. All students will take courses in broadcast, print, and online journalism, as well as the unique News Literacy course. They also will be required to participate in a special Writing Immersion laboratory before advancing in the program. In addition, they will have internship opportunities at major media outlets on Long Island and throughout New York City.
The University is engaged in a national search for faculty to help direct key aspects of the program, with the goal of having at least four full-time and six adjuncts in place by the Fall of 2007. Several adjuncts are already in place for this Fall, including two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Robert W. Greene and eight-time Emmy Award winning journalist Doug Geed. Greene is former assistant managing editor and investigations editor at Newsday and former president of Investigative Reporters and Editors. Geed is an anchor, reporter, producer and host of the Emmy Award winning program "The East End Show" on News 12 Long Island.
The University is planning the construction of a "newsroom of the future" on campus, which will serve as the program's primary teaching space. As envisioned, it will allow students to work across all media platforms and replicate the environment of a fast-paced, multi-media newsroom. Students will be able to distribute their work to traditional outlets, as well as to consumer devices ranging from cell phones to set-top boxes. The "newsroom of the future" will be linked virtually to smaller newsrooms planned for the University's Manhattan and Southampton campuses.
"This is one of the most comprehensive and ambitious programs in journalism education," said Greene, an Advisory Board member. "It anticipates the needs of tomorrow's world, where news professionals need to be skilled in more than one medium, and teaches students to approach the news process with courage, intelligence, and an ethical imperative."
In addition to Wilson and Greene, the other Advisory Board members are: William Ahearn, executive editor, Bloomberg News; Tom Bettag, executive producer, The Koppel Group, Discovery Network and former executive producer, ABC's "Nightline"; Joye Brown, columnist, Newsday; Ann Cooper, former executive director, The Committee to Protect Journalists; Pat Dolan, news director, News 12 Long Island; Scott Higham, a Stony Brook alumnus and Pulitzer-winning reporter, The Washington Post; Richard Hornik, former economics correspondent and editor, Time, Inc; Jonathan Landman, deputy managing editor, The New York Times; Dave Laventhol, former publisher, Los Angeles Times and Newsday and former president, Times Mirror Co.; Marcy McGinnis, former senior vice president, CBS News; Arlene Morgan, associate dean, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and former assistant managing editor, Philadelphia Inquirer; Steve Paulus, senior vice president and general manager of news and programming, New York 1 News; Ira Rosen, producer, "60 Minutes" and former senior producer for investigations, ABC's "Prime Time Live"; and Daniel Slepian, a Stony Brook alumnus and producer, NBC News' Dateline.
Schneider, the Founding Dean, was a reporter and editor at Newsday for 35 years. He has been a member of the Pulitzer Prize judging panel three times. In 2003, he received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism Alumni Association.
For the past year, he has been working with Dr. Kenny, Stony Brook's Provost Robert McGrath, and faculty committees on campus to shape the new School's mission and develop its curriculum. The New York State Department of Education approved the new major in June. The program will incorporate an existing minor program that has been headed by Paul Schreiber, a veteran reporter and editor at Newsday and the Miami Herald. Schreiber will be a key member of the new School's adjunct faculty.
More than 100 students are already registered to take journalism courses in the Fall, and it is anticipated that several hundred will declare it as a major over the next five years.
Enrollment in the nation's journalism schools grew almost 30 percent between 1999 and 2004, according to a survey by the University of Georgia's James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communications and Research. Moreover, the UCLA Higher Education Institute reported recently that journalism is the third most popular major in the arts and humanities, after fine and performing arts and English.


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A few summer's ago we used a free Lego Lapbook & lessons from Homeschool Share. It was just one of those fun school things & the boys really enjoyed it. Their favourite part was the daily lego challenge & since then they've asked me a million times if I have any lego challenges for them. They've participated in the Lego Challenge blog, but not on a regular basis.
A week or so ago it was quite hot & humid, the kind where you close all the blinds, pull the outside shade protectors down & huddle in the shade with a bottle of water until you run to the beach. Yeah, that kinda hot. Instead of hiding, though, we decided to finish off Harry Potter & The Chamber Of Secrets. We started it sometime in 2010 I think. The books are amazing to read, but it was often pushed to the back of the pile when something else came up, a library book, a school book, a long forgotten book on the shelf.
Morgan bemoaned the fact that I never finished reading it to him & that he'd really like to not only finish it but move on in the series. On this particularly hot & muggy day I grabbed the book & just started reading. They are the type of book that after only reading a few sentences you feel like you've read pages & pages, so beautifully descriptive & full of information. So we read & read, & each time I tried to put the book down they'd cry for more. We finished it that week & have since moved on & finished book three as well.
However, on this particular hot day, after visiting the beach for hours & reading for hours there was a very listless eleven year old who wanted to bake cake pops. He was so disappointed when I told him that I thought unwise as turning the oven on would make the house hotter, so instead I said, "But I do have a lego challenge for you!"
I challenged him to build a scene from the book we had just wrapped up, any scene he wanted from his own imagination. We lost him for hours buried deep in the lego pool. {No, really it's a pool of lego!} When he emerged later he had the above scene all built up. He asked me if I knew what it was & was ever so delighted when I said, "Of course I do! That's Harry after he's defeated the Basilisk & he's about to throw the fang into Tom Riddle's diary. Ginny is the red head laying off to the side still waiting to wake-up. But, really I love the fact that you included the Sorting Hat & the Sword of Gryffindor!" Of course that was nothing to the elation when Mr S walked in & knew what it was without descriptions.
You knew what it was too, if you read the book, right?


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Getting more and more known for his real name, Barac, half of the NoiDoi crew decided in 2012 to extend his solo works. Dedicated to good vibe and harmony, this artist warms up our souls and brings a smile on.
Born with a soft spot for music, he managed to gather years of musical experience, which can be felt and tasted in his productions just like a fresh opened bottle of an old wine.
The last couple of years were very busy for the young artist, Barac being present in many cities across Europe: London, Paris, Saint Petersburg, Ibiza and not to forget his magnificient performances at Sunwaves (Romania).
From a production point of view Barac has released his first solo EP (Voyetra) for romanian label Naural, also made his appearance on Rhadoo's fabric 72 compilation with his track "Frou Frou".
In the near future you can expect a new remix from Barac and if you want to dance on his groove, you can see him live in Sofia (Bulgaria) on 27 December.


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Know the Right Savior
21Not everyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.22On that day many will say to me, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?" 23And then will I declare to them, "I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness."
—Matthew 7:21-23
Sometimes, the people with the most exposure to the Gospel are the least likely to think they need the Good News. Oh, they may say that Christ is their Savior because it's the right thing to say, but a personal relationship may be lacking. Because they have such knowledge of how they should live according to biblical principles, many times they think they are saved when in fact, they are not. It is very possible to live so "above" others morally that we don't see how desperately we need a Savior. Why? Because people become their own savior without even realizing it.
You can speak the right language and not know your Savior. You can know the right biblical answers and not know your Savior. You can look and act the part of a Christian, bringing others to know their Savior, and still not have the right Savior.
It is just our natural bent to want to be our own savior. That's why these verses in Matthew can be so convicting. Every time we read them, it should stop us in our tracks and make us evaluate just who or what is our savior. We must be mindful that how we live is a testimony or witness to who we serve.
Paul tells us in Ephesians 4:1, "To walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called." The keys words are worthy and called. How we act is hugely important for the reputation of the Lord who called us. We wear His name on us at all times. If you are a parent, think of how you feel when your kids do something that is just awful. What's goes through your mind? Right or wrong, you probably think of how their behavior makes you look. It's no different with how our behavior can sling mud on the reputation of our Heavenly Father. This is one reason why behavior matters.
Now go back to the verses above. Read them slowly and ask yourself if how you live is for your own reputation or for that of God. If you call yourself a Christian, why you act the way you do, whether it's good or bad, reflects on the true nature of that relationship. You just might need to know the right Savior.
—Trent Griffith
· What motivates me to live like I do?
· What excuses do I give myself to act sinfully? Does my bad behavior ever make my Father look appealing to others?
Prayer – Dear Father, I truly want You to be my heavenly Father. I want to be desperate for Your grace all the days of my life. I want to be motivated by an intense desire to see Your will lived out through me. Help me not to make myself my own savior, and alert me when I begin to. In Jesus' name, Amen.


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So hot
(can't you see it's burning?)
So freezing
(can't you see it's cold?)
'Lets reduce the world to this' she says
Your eyes on my curves, my lips on the small of your back
(or the nape of your neck)
or pretty much everywhere
pretty much e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e.
Like Polaroid moments
In which I capture your skin
With my photographic fingers
Of kinetic lust
But just call me beautiful
& that's what I'll be.
Just tell me about poetry
And that's what I call you.


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NOTE: Otherwise known as Untamed Impala, Ruban Nielson is another psychedelic auteur who works far less universally, between his layered sonic intricacies and his new album Multi-Love about his experience with two simultaneous long-term partners. Typically studio-bound, the patrol-capped Nielson's bass- and falsetto-driven new songs sounded less like a DIY project in between frantic miniature drum solos onstage while crowd members hoisted up uh, a giant Pikachu-topped cupcake. At the behest of an audience, his stuttering, tricky beats and snaky basslines recalled N.E.R.D. and his squeaky-hinge wah guitar sounded un-oiled as ever as he crouched repeatedly to make those effect pedals sing.
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6. So Good at Being in Trouble
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8. Stage or Screen
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ISUP Review: Airis 9' HardTop Stubby SUP
The Airis 9' HardTop Stubby is the ideal board for traveling, rivers, surf and flat water cruising.
Don't let the shorter 9' length fool you. This board rocks and is extremely easy to maneuver and paddle.
It is super stable, extremely rigid and well made. It is a lot of fun to use and would suit a smaller person, kids, or someone who wants a super compact board that can still hold a lot of weight.
Quick Stats
- 9 feet long
- 31 inches wide
- 6 inches thick
- can hold up to 225 lbs.
- has one large rear skeg
Material: This ISUP uses the Walker Bay patented AirWeb construction which makes for a very stiff board.
Pros: Stable, rigid, high quality construction, light weight and easy to take anywhere, rear fin for better tracking, unique fiberglass steps to stand on, functional backpack/carry bag, bungee tie down cords up front for securing gear
Cons: Not as fast as the longer boards – to be expected, the fiberglass steps make this board just slightly bulkier when deflated and rolled up.
More In-Depth Info
The 9' Stubby is ideal for several groups of people…
- Those who want to paddle down rivers
- Those who want the ultimate compact and convenient board for traveling
- Shorter people or even kids
- Those who want to take their board in surf
Even though the Hardtop Stubby in my opinion is better suited for rivers and surf, it also has a large rear fin that helps it track well in flat water.
I would not hesitate to take this board on a lake or even in ocean bays.
The Stubby only weighs 20 lbs. and rolls up into a very compact package. It would be very easy to take this board on an airplane or anywhere you want to go.
The compact size makes setting up the Stubby a snap.
Simply take it out of its carry bag, unroll, inflate and away you go. I would say in total it takes about 5 minutes.
The Airis ISUP's come with a great high-pressure pump that allows you to inflate the board so that it is extremely rigid.
Although I personally prefer using an electric pump, this hand pump works quite well.
Quality of Construction
The Airis inflatable SUP boards are constructed using Walker Bay's Airis high-pressure construction. Walker Bay is a well-known rigid hull inflatable boat company and 'Airis' is their line of inflatable kayaks and inflatable stand-up paddleboards.
They claim that their patented AirWeb construction creates the most rigid inflatable SUP in the world.
When these boards are inflated properly they do feel very rigid.
The material is tear and abrasion resistant and with a little care they will last a very long time.
The best part is that because these boards are manufactured in North America, you are getting a very high quality product for an excellent price.
There are four main factors that I think contribute to the great performance of the Stubby.
1. Rigid Construction – As mentioned before the construction is solid. A rigid board is always going to perform better as there will be no flex or dragging.
The rigid construction makes for a solid performance.
2. Fiberglass Steps – This board is totally unique in that it has EVA covered fiberglass steps to stand on. The fiberglass steps give the board that extra rigidity to really make it excel.
3. Large Rear Skeg – The rear skeg is a nice feature as it really helps the Stubby to track well in flat water.
Even though this board is shorter in length it will still paddle well on lakes and ocean bays… as well as be a lot of fun to maneuver.
4. 6" Thickness – The advantage of a 6" board is that it can support a lot more weight and still perform well. You will find it has no flex in the middle and is extremely stable.
Shorter boards are known to be more 'tippy'. However the extra thickness of the Stubby makes it very stable while still being able to turn and maneuver easily.
Important Features
There are several features that contribute to the HardTop Stubby being a good buy.
- The AirWeb patented construction as mentioned before is a big highlight and makes for a high quality and solid ISUP
- The 6" construction provides extra support and stability
- There are D-rings and front bungee cords for securing gear, water bottle, etc.
- It has premium one-way valves that make inflation and deflation easy
- Comes with a high-pressure hand-pump which includes an adjustable valve for two way pumping and a pressure gauge
- Comes with a backpack/carry bag that makes it easy to bring anywhere.
The great thing about inflatable stand-up paddleboards is that they are extremely convenient.
You can transport them in the trunk of your car, bring them on a larger boat, in your RV or even on an airplane. You can take them anywhere because they are so easily portable.
A smaller board is even easier to bring absolutely anywhere. You can also store inflatable SUP boards in a closet or in any small space.
It is very stable so great for any person of any age to use and because it is inflatable it does not hurt as much if you should fall.
The Downside
The downside is typical of any board under 10' long. It does not get the same speed when paddling.
For this reason, the Stubby is not considered a touring board. However for recreational fun, it is awesome.
I also find that although the fiberglass steps are a cool feature they do get in the way a little when rolling this board up and storing it away.
However once you get the hang of rolling this board back up when deflated, it's not such a big deal.
Final Thoughts
The 9' Stubby is 6" thick and well made. For this reason any person of any size can enjoy the advantages of paddling a shorter board while still getting the same support and stability needed.
This is a great option for someone who wants a shorter board that can hold a fair amount of weight.


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Leighton Meester - Teen Choice Awards Best Actress!
Leighton Meester holds up her winning surfboard at the 2010 Teen Choice Awards held at the Gibson Amphitheater on Sunday (August 8) in Universal City, Calif.
The 24-year-old actress won Choice TV Actress: Drama for her work in Gossip Girl, beating out co-star Blake Lively, One Tree Hill's Sophia Bush, House's Olivia Wilde, and The Secret Life of the American Teenager's Shailene Woodley.
Leighton, who was busy shooting Gossip Girl earlier this week, wore a white hot Emilio Pucci dress, Cathy Waterman jewels, Christian Louboutin shoes, Salvatore Ferragamo clutch.
Congrats, Leighton!!!