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Hands on: FRITZ!Box 7490 modem/router
With a super-fast 802.11ac wi-fi revamp, the flagship FRITZ!Box 7490 is the Swiss Army knife of prosumer modem/routers.
The FRITZ!Box 7490 is the successor to the two-year old FRITZ!Box 7390, which really raised the bar in terms of features to expect from a small/home office router. Home users with basic needs will naturally baulk at the new FRITZ!Box's $429 price tag and rightly so – even though you'll find it cheaper online. It's definitely overkill if you only need a basic wi-fi-enabled modem/router to support a handful of devices around your home. But if you're a power user looking for one with the lot, the FRITZ!Box 7490 should certainly be on your shortlist.
Support for dual Voice over IP lines makes the FRITZ!Box 7490 attractive for those looking to embrace VoIP at home, perhaps using the second line for a home office. There's Quality of Service to give voice data priority and PSTN fallback if your VoIP line goes down. But the feature which helps it stand out from the crowd is support for DECT digital cordless phones, which cope better with local interference than analogue cordless phones.
The FRITZ!Box can act as a base station for up to six DECT handsets, using either Fritz's own DECT handsets or third-party handsets. You've the ability to transfer calls between handsets and make internal calls, as well as set up call diversions and do not disturb times.
Along with your PSTN phone line, you can manage multiple VoIP numbers and assign them to different handsets. There are also Android and iOS apps which can make and receive calls. You can create multiple voicemail boxes and have your messages emailed to you, or else access them via the FRITZ!Box's web interface. As the icing on the cake, the FRITZ!Box can also act as a fax machine.
Of course none of this is news if, like me, you own the Fritz!Box 7390. The headline improvement with the new 7490 is 802.11ac wi-fi, which runs at 5GHz and is backwards compatible. There's dual-band support so you can run a 2.4GHz network at the same time for legacy devices. You can also set up a limited guest network.
When the NBN finally arrives on your doorstep, or you're shunted onto an HFC cable network, you can use one of the four Gigabit Ethernet ports as a Gigabit WAN connection to connect to an external modem without sacrificing speed. Until then, the FRITZ!Box can use your copper line and act as an ADSL2+ or VDSL modem. There's also support for 3G/4G USB dongles for tapping into mobile broadband.
According to the spec sheet 802.11ac wi-fi has a theoretical maximum throughput of 1300 Mbps but, as with all theoretical maximums, you'll never approach that in the real world. At a range of 1 metre, connected to an 802.11ac-enabled MacBook Air, I clocked data transfer speeds of 309 Mbps. That's more than triple the speed of my my old FRITZ!Box 7390, which can only muster 92 Mbps over 802.11n 5GHz.
Breaking the 300 Mbps barrier is a respectable speed for an 802.11ac router, but you will find others which are a little faster such as Apple's Airport Extreme. You will also find others with a stronger signal, such as D-Link's DIR-880L, which might be important if you struggle with wi-fi blackspots due to the design of your home or office. If this sounds like you, you might do better with an 802.11ac router like the Apple or D-Link which supports "beamforming". This lets the router deliver a stronger signal to distant devices. Keep in mind that 2.4GHz signals penetrate walls better than 5GHz, so switching to a supposedly slower network can actually improve the performance if you're far from the router.
Dip into the settings and you find that the new FRITZ!Box 7490 comes preinstalled with the easy-to-use Fritz!OS6 interface, which is also available as an update for the 7390. The update for the old FRITZ!Box was rather generous and nothing separates the 7390 and 7490 in terms of software features. You'll find support for VPN connections, static routing and Dynamic DNS – handy options which are sometimes missing from budget modems.
To keep things humming along the new Fritz!Box ups the processor from 500MHz to 600MHz and doubles the RAM to 256MB. It's also upgraded to USB3.0 ports for shared printers and storage. The move to faster USB3.0 support is welcome if you're relying on your modem/router as Network Attached Storage and there's built-in DLNA support. It's a handy option but if it's going to be the heart of your home entertainment system there will probably come a time when you're ready to upgrade to a standalone NAS, perhaps something with a powerful Intel processor from the likes of Synology or Netgear.
While it seems like overkill for many homes, the FRITZ!Box 7490 offers more advanced parental controls than you'll find on most consumer-grade routers. You can configure settings for individual devices or groups – with options such as allocating bandwidth allowances, setting time limits, filtering websites and blocking applications.
So what's the verdict? The speed boost of 802.11ac is tempting, but you'll only benefit if you own compatible devices. The new wi-fi standard has only been available in high-end notebooks and smartphones for the last 18 months or so. If none of your current gear supports 802.11ac it's probably worth waiting to until you upgrade that before before upgrading your modem/router – at which point it might be cheaper. Remember your broadband connection is the bottleneck, so you'll only see the speed boost when shuffling or streaming files around your home/office.
Regardless of wi-fi speeds, if you won't be using any of the voice features then the Fritz!Box 7490 is almost certainly overkill and you'll find better value for money elsewhere. You'd only invest in the new Fritz!Box if you're chasing advanced VoIP features and you're ready to make the leap to 802.11ac. If this sounds like your home or small office, then this might be your one modem/router to rule them all.
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This building is made of light.
Actually it's mostly glass, concrete, acrylic...but the effect is gorgeous and shimmering and lovely. My friend described his affinity for colour in the same way I feel about light...it's almost like your sense of taste in that you just want to devour it. As in, I'd like to eat this building...?
Reiss Headquareters in London by Squire and Partners
All I have today to share is this hook. But isn't it beautiful?
from My Scandinavian Retreat
Architecture 5¢ was started by John Morefield, an unemployed architect who set up a booth at a Seattle farmer's market last year when the recession began, and started giving out design advice for 5 cents. As an unemployed girl, I'm inspired.
Read the New York Times article here.
Read the New York Times article here.
Wow. So. Beautiful.
My friend is moving to Japan for a few months to study architecture, and hopefully she'll get to visit this weekend house, set on the mountainside of Izu-san in Japan.
And if she does she better call me immediately.
By Mount Fuji Architects Studio, photos by Ken'ichi Suzuki.
ps. remember when I was ogling over marble...this beats 'em all.
Via Yatzer.
delfin & postigo
I love the art in this apartment (especially the nooses - is that really the plural of noose? - above the bed)...it's dark, but in such a light and inspiring space...that, and I'm a sucker for midcentury modern. It's the Delfin & Postigo house in Madrid, home of fashion designer David Delfin and photographer Gorka Postigo.
Photos by Manolo Yilera
(better if you click on the images to view larger)
Via emmas designblogg
I know this is old news on the design front, but I'm excited to find an image to post on a BIG wall we have in our stairway...I think I'm going to go all mushy and nostalgic with a photo of Vancouver. But here are some great options from Your Wallpaper, a Swedish site, of course.
(Because I don't speak Swedish in any way, I'm using Printed Space)
I'm stacking my books "spines in" these days...just thought you should know.
"Paperback Series" by Mary Ellen Bartley
We've just returned from Florence (swoon), and what I loved most was the marble everywhere (and the coffee.)
*Although I was not one of the apparently many people who try to smuggle pieces of it home in their luggage...there are huge boxes of marble rubble everywhere in the airport security...so funny.
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Bieber case draws attention to deportation issues
PHOENIX -- A 19-year-old foreigner receives a visa to live and work in the United States. But he has numerous run-ins with the law in this country.
He is accused of drag racing. He is charged with driving under the influence, resisting arrest and driving with an expired driver's license. He admits to police that he spent a long night drinking beer, smoking marijuana and taking prescription pills.
A neighbor accuses the same teenager and his friends of throwing eggs at his house and causing thousands of dollars in damage, spurring police to open a criminal investigation. On top of that, police repeatedly get called to his house for loud parties, and neighbors complain that he drives at high speeds through their neighborhood.
Legal troubles like these can often result in foreign workers having their visas revoked and deported. But that's not likely when you are Justin Bieber, one of the world's biggest pop stars.
Speculation over whether the Canadian performer could be kicked out of the United States has been swirling ever since Bieber was arrested last month in Miami Beach after being accused of drag racing.
As of Wednesday, at least 256,670 people had signed a White House petition calling for Bieber to be deported. "(Bieber is) not only threatening the safety of our people but he is also a terrible influence on our nation('s) youth," the petition says.
STORY:Bieber could face prosecution in felony vandalism case
Immigration experts say Bieber's legal problems could be enough to put his legal status in the U.S. in jeopardy.
But they also say it's unlikely that a celebrity as rich and famous as Bieber will be deported even if convicted of some of the charges he faces.
"I don't think it will happen," said Carl Shusterman, a former immigration prosecutor who is now a private immigration lawyer in Los Angeles. "He's a big moneymaker."
Another former immigration prosecutor, Monika Sud-Devaraj, agreed.
"He's such a high-profile case," said Sud-Devaraj, now a private immigration lawyer in Phoenix. "My guess is they'd have to run it up the flagpole to Washington before they got approval to do that."
Which raises questions about the subjectiveness of the country's immigration system at a time when deportations have increased to record levels under President Barack Obama's administration, immigration activists say.
"I think it gives you a very glaring example of how twisted the deportation policy is and how bizarrely administrated it is," said Rep. Raúl Grijlava, D-Ariz, a critic of Obama's deportation policies. "It's pointless to think of Justin Bieber to be deported because he won't be. Money and popularity have its rewards."
Last year, the U.S. deported 368,644 people, which included both immigrants in the country legally and illegally. Of those, 628 were from Canada, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. The majority of those deported, 241,493, were from Mexico, according to ICE.
A look at O-visas
According to media reports, Bieber is living in the U.S. on either an O-1 visa or a green card. O-1 visas allow non-immigrants from other countries who possess an "extraordinary ability" in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics to temporarily live and work in the U.S., according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
In 2012, 70,611 people received O-visas, according to the most recent statistics available from USCIS.
Green cards allow immigrants to live and work permanently in the U.S.
In 2012, 1,031,631 people received green cards, according to USCIS.
Generally, it's easier to deport people with O-visas than immigrants with green cards, Sud-Devaraj said.
The law states that non-immigrants admitted to the U.S. are "deportable" if they fail to comply with the conditions of their status, she said. "And some of the conditions are you can't commit crimes."
Under an O-visa, a simple DUI conviction could be enough to get you deported, Sud-Devaraj said.
It would likely take multiple DUIs, or an aggravated DUI, to get you deported with a green card, she said. Aggravated DUIs generally involve people whose blood-alcohol level was found to be much higher than the legal limit or if they were involved in an accident that injured or hurt someone.
Bieber was not involved in an accident and his blood-alcohol level was below 0.08 percent, the legal limit in Florida, according to media reports.
Any kind of drug conviction, however, can lead to deportation, even with a green card, Sud-Devaraj said. Bieber has not been charged with any drug offenses, although, according to media reports, he told police he had smoked marijuana and taken prescription pills before his arrest.
"Drugs are one of those categories that ICE considers ... far more serious than your run-of-the-mill offenses," she said.
According to media reports, Bieber also faces possible criminal charges stemming from his involvement in the egging of a neighbor's home that reportedly caused $20,000 in damage.
A felony conviction for the egging incident could cause immigration problems for Bieber, Shusterman said.
Still, he said none of Bieber's legal problems thus far are likely to get him deported, given that he is "a major star" who fills lots of concert halls and "creates lots of jobs."
And even if Bieber were to be deported, he could apply for a waiver that would allow him to return, Shusterman said.
"I am not holding my breath waiting to see if he gets deported," he said.
Who gets deported?
Some immigration activists are using Bieber's recent legal problems to call attention to the nearly 2 million people who have been deported since Obama took office.
"It opens the conversation about who is eligible to be deported," said Carlos Garcia, director of Puente Arizona.
In October, his group tried to shut down the Phoenix offices of ICE to protest Obama's deportation policies. About one in 10 people deported nationally last year was deported by ICE's operations in Arizona.
In a nod to Bieber, some undocumented immigrants have Photoshopped blond wigs on their Facebook profile pictures and written "Look. Now I'm undeportable," Garcia said.
Garcia said Bieber likely would be deported if he weren't a rich, famous, white Canadian.
But he said many undocumented immigrants also contribute to the economy. And rather than deport Beiber, "the rest of our community should be treated like him," he said.
Grijalva said Bieber's unlikely deportation, despite his legal troubles, shows how the nation's deportation system hurts immigrants from south of the border and favors those from the north.
He is one of more than 30 House Democrats who have called on Obama to suspend deportations until Congress passes legislation that allows them to get legal status.
"It is a deportation policy that is skewed to have maximum deterrence effect, and the deterrence is on the southern border. It's never been on the northern border," Grijalva said.
Some Canadians would agree.
Lyle Pederson, 70, is a retiree from Regina, Saskatchewan, who spends the winter months in Mesa.
About 150,000 Canadians live in Arizona, and about 750,000 visit each year, according to Canadian officials.
Pederson has noticed increased scrutiny from U.S. immigration officers while crossing the border from Canada since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But he said coming to the U.S. is still relatively easy for Canadians.
"Even when we think the U.S. border is tougher on us, there is no comparison with people coming from other countries, especially to the south," Pederson said.
"I do think we get preferential treatment, though not as preferential as it once was."


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From the Country That Brought You Socialized Medicine and Mass Muslim Immigration
The next great leap forward in social engineering from the Albionese, a new tax scheme under which instead of you getting paid by your employer, your employer send your check to the British Equivalent of the IRS, they take out what they think you ought to pay, and then give you what's left. Call it, 'The Government Eats First.'
It's just the next logical step after withholding, isn't it? And what could possibly go wrong with letting bureaucrats have your paycheck before you do?
Speaking of Airstrip One, Jennifer Saunders, the chick from Absolutely Fabulous, which you've probably heard of if you're gay, has been treated for breast cancer and is recovering. She is fortunate in being wealth enough to afford private insurance, since Britain's Nationalized Health Service routinely denies breast cancer treatments to women.
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$2,000,000 per Stimulus Job
Los Angeles spent $111 Million in Stimulus money and created… 54 jobs.
Helluva job, Bammy,
Because Being Michelle Obama Entitles You to Bitch About Everything
According to the smokin' hot First Lady of France, M'Chel Obama does not enjoy being First Lady.
"Don't ask! It's hell. I can't stand it!" Michelle Obama is said to have told French first lady Carla Bruni during a private conversation at the White House during an official visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy last March.
She went on to call the French "a race of p'taghs" and demand more blood wine.
Oh, Grow the Hell Up
Democrats counting on Bieber Fever to Save them in Midterms.
"We're trying to leverage Bieber fever," Campus Progress's Sara Haile-Mariam told POLITICO. "Most of his fans are 12 years old – we acknowledge that." Still, they hope that Bieber fans will "tell their parents. … The hope is to create something that goes viral and gets young people to be aware of the election."
Proving once again, the Democrats are the party of the childish, the Republicans are the party of teh grown-ups.
Hat Tip: That Gay Conservative
Agreed: COEXIST Bumper Stickers Are Teh Lame
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Sheriff Joe Gets Idiot Protesters to Respect His Authoritah
One last post too good not to pass along. OK, Hotshot, suppose you are Sheriff Joe Arpaio and you have a bunch of idiot radical protesters who think it's a great idea to chain themselves in a circle and lie down on hot pavement in Phoenix in July. What do you do? What do you do?
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Norman Cousins had just recovered from a life-threatening illness when he wrote his famous autobiographical book, "Anatomy of an Illness – As Perceived by the Patient" (1979 W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.). By the time of his writing, his doctors had long given up on finding effective treatments for him, let alone a cure for his demise. Mr. Cousins had to save his own life without outside help – and that he did. His medicine was laughter.
Left to his own devices, he decided to spend whatever time he had left watching funny movies and reading uplifting literature. Nothing negative or dysfunctional was allowed near him. In the end, he laughed himself not sick but healthy. By all accounts, Norman Cousin set a new record for the power of positive thinking.
I myself do strongly believe in the power of positive thinking. As a clinical healthcare professional, I have seen it working its magic again and again. "Positive thinkers" know how to motivate and inspire themselves and others, even in the face of overwhelming adversity.
It is not likely that we are born with a particular disposition, positive or negative, although opinions about the subject may differ. In any case, it is clear that positive thinking can be learned. Destructive thoughts can be changed and turned into constructive ones. For some people this may be harder than for others, but it is possible for everyone and at any stage in life.
Normally, we like to think that our thoughts accurately reflect the real world, that our judgment is more or less sound and that we have a realistic view of things. This includes the beliefs we have about ourselves. But we all experience now and then a change of heart, a sudden insight known as an "Aha!-moment," a disclosure experience, a revelation. When this happens, we may be forced to alter our old perspectives and adopt new ones.
Many of my clients who undergo significant lifestyle changes, voluntarily or forced by circumstance, face considerable challenges. Most are quite willing to modify their eating habits, quit smoking or drinking, increase their physical activity level and so on. But their thinking often remains untouched. What changes is their outside behavior but not their inner convictions. They don't take real ownership of their treatment and, therefore, they don't have a solid foundation on which they can build their future progress.
Positive thinking can be a tremendous asset in many ways, but especially as an instrument for healing. Positive thinking is not what some call a "Pollyanna" attitude, an overoptimistic, naive account of the world. Positive thinking, correctly understood and practiced, is a change of mind that taps into our inner, most powerful resources, which can help us to generate real change.
So I would like to invite you to answer for yourself the following questions:
• Do your thoughts provide you with a generally positive, hopeful outlook?
• Do your thoughts support your goals and aspirations?
• Do they motivate and inspire you to take action?
• Do they provide you with clear directions for your life's path?
• Do they enhance your self-worth?
• Do they make you feel satisfied with your life and your accomplishments?
If you can respond "yes" to most or all of these questions, you may already be moving in the right direction. If not, here is your chance to get started.
Timi Gustafson R.D. is a registered dietitian, newspaper columnist, blogger and author of the book "The Healthy Diner – How to Eat Right and Still Have Fun"®, which is available on her blog and at amazon.com. For more articles on nutrition, health and lifestyle, visit her blog, "Food and Health with Timi Gustafson R.D." (www.timigustafson.com). You can follow Timi on Twitter and on Facebook.


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Swim, bike and run through Emilia-Romagna's historic scenery.
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Race in one of the most glamourous towns along the Romagna coast with its combination of natural splendour and rich history. Discover the Italian lifestyle and share in the experience of Europe's most complete IRONMAN weekend.
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Bring your squad: 3 different distances on offer on the same weekend
Perched on the Emilia-Romagna coast—one of the most famous Italian regions for nature, art, and food just 20km from Ravenna—is the town of Cervia. This ancient fishing village, nicknamed the City of Salt, was known during the Roman Empire for its fine sand and wide, centuries-old pinewood. In the 1800s, Cervia became a renowned tourist destination, and in 1912 the garden city of Milano Marittima was created, quickly becoming one of the most glamorous seaside towns in Italy. For all these reasons and more, Cervia has been selected to host the biggest IRONMAN weekend in Europe, becoming the destination of athletes of all levels from around Europe and the world.
The adventure starts in the calm waters of Romagna, where athletes will take on the 1.9km swim course. Once completed, athletes will pass through the Natural Park of the Cervia Salt Pans, the natural habitat of pink flamingos, and bike for 90km surrounded by history and nature. Finally, the 21.1km run will take athletes through Cervia and past Milano Marittima's most prominent landmarks, leading athletes to become finishers of the IRONMAN 70.3 Italy Emilia-Romagna.
The 2020 IRONMAN 70.3 Italy Emilia-Romagna offers qualifying slots for the 2021 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship.


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ATLANTA (AP) - An ice storm gripped the winter-weary South on Wednesday, knocking out power to a wide swath of the region as the outages nearly doubled by the hour, and forecasters warned the worst of the potentially "catastrophic" storm was yet to come.
From Texas to the Carolinas and the South's business hub in Atlanta, roads were slick, businesses and schools were closed and people hunkered down. Just hours into it, sleet, snow and freezing rain had encased trees, sending them crashing into power lines. More than 200,000 homes and businesses across the region were without power and the number steadily increased. The storm came in waves of snow, sleet and freezing rain and forecasters warned relief with warmer temperatures wasn't expected until Thursday at the earliest.
Officials and forecasters in several states used unusually dire language in warnings, and they agreed that the biggest concern was ice, which could knock out power for days. Winds, with gusts up to 30 mph in parts of Georgia, exacerbated problems.
In Atlanta, where a storm took the metro region by surprise and stranded thousands in vehicles just two weeks ago, tens of thousands of customers were reported without power. City roads and interstates were largely desolate.
The few that ventured out walked to the pharmacy, rode the train or walked their dogs.
"Even in the snow, you still have to do your business," said Matt Altmix, who took out his Great Dane, Stella. "After the first snow, we kind of got our snow excitement out of the way. But now it's more the drudgery of pushing on."
Stinging drops of sleet fell and a layer of ice crusted car windshields. Slushy sidewalks made even short walking trips treacherous. One emergency crew had to pull over to wait out the falling snow before slowly making its way back to the Georgia Emergency Management Agency's special operations center.
The combination of sleet, snow and freezing rain was expected to coat power lines and tree branches with more than an inch of ice between Atlanta and Augusta. Other areas would see less than an inch.
In normally busy downtown areas, almost every business was closed, except for a CVS pharmacy.
Amy Cuzzort, who spent six hours in her car during the traffic standstill of January's storm, said she'd spend this one at home, "doing chores, watching movies - creepy movies, 'The Shining,'" referring to the film about a writer who goes mad while trapped in a hotel during a snowstorm.
In Decatur, just outside Atlanta, Georgia State University student Matt Stanhope, 23, ventured outside to go to a pharmacy but then planned to stay home.
"Everything is just on pause," he said, gazing at vacant streets.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, sounding a far more upbeat tone than two weeks ago, warned people not to become complacent as the storm came in waves.
"Thanks to the people of Georgia. You have shown your character," he said. During the last storm, Deal was widely criticized for being unprepared and the state became the butt of late-night jokes.
In an early Wednesday warning, the National Weather Service called the storm "catastrophic ... crippling ... paralyzing ... choose your adjective."
The forecast drew comparisons to an ice storm in the Atlanta area in 2000 that left more than 500,000 homes and businesses without power and an epic storm in 1973 that caused an estimated 200,000 outages for several days. In 2000, damage estimates topped $35 million.
Eli Jacks, a meteorologist with National Weather Service, said forecasters use words such as "catastrophic" sparingly.
"Sometimes we want to tell them, 'Hey, listen, this warning is different. This is really extremely dangerous, and it doesn't happen very often,'" Jacks said.
He noted that three-quarters of an inch of ice would be catastrophic anywhere. But the Atlanta area and other parts of the South are particularly vulnerable: Many trees and limbs hang over power lines.
Around the Deep South, slick roads were causing problems. Three people were killed and one injured after an ambulance careened off a slick West Texas roadway and caught fire. Icy conditions caused the ambulance to lose control, veer off the road near Carlsbad, then flip upside down before catching fire, the Texas Public Safety Department said.
On Tuesday, four people died in North Texas, including a Dallas firefighter who was knocked from an Interstate 20 ramp and fell 50 feet. In Mississippi, two weather-related traffic deaths were reported.
Delta canceled nearly 2,200 flights on Tuesday and Wednesday, most of them in Atlanta.
For Bob Peattie of Bayshore, N.Y., and Lee Harbin of San Antonio, Texas, it was the second time in two weeks that their business meetings in Atlanta were canceled because of bad weather. Both work for a software consulting company were staying put at downtown hotel.
"In two weeks, we'll do it again," Harbin said, laughing.
They planned to work as long as the power remained on and they had Internet access.
"We can be sitting anywhere as long as we have connectivity," Peattie said. "You make the best out of everything."
Associated Press writers Ray Henry and Jeff Martin in Atlanta; Jay Reeves in Birmingham, Ala.; and Russ Bynum in Savannah, Ga., contributed to this report.


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Nebraska Region is home to the first ever RallyCross National Challenge (2005), and was host to the 2007 RallyCross National Championship
RallyCross is the most widespread and readily accessible form of Sports Car Club of America extreme dirt motorsport. A combination of performance stage rally and autocross, it takes place on an unpaved open lot where, like Solo, the course is delinieated by cones. No convertibles/soft-top vehicles are allowed to participate in RallyCross, and unlike performance stage rally, roll-cages are not required.
Classes are organized by drivetrain and modifications. And unlike Autocross, where an entrant's ranking is based on the single fastest run, RallyCross competitions are judged on the total of multiple runs.
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Lau Bak Livehouse
Lau Bak Livehouse at Freespace is a small bar and performance space presenting music from Hong Kong and around the world. As well as regular showcases highlighting the best of the local and international music scene, Lau Bak Livehouse also hosts workshops, film screenings and cultural events
Experimental Chinese Opera Series 2019
01.10.2019 to 24.11.2019, Studio, Xiqu Centre
Join us for three original experimental works offering a new perspective on traditional practices: The Chairs by the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe, Destiny of Rebirth by the Shanghai Yue Opera Group, and the Xiqu Centre's experimental Cantonese opera Farewell My Concubine (New Adaptation)
CCDC in Residence: Re-Mark
16.11.2019 to 24.11.2019, The Box, Freespace
A reflection on the relationship between body, space and memory, this thought-provoking new work by CCDC Resident Choreography Sang Jijia explores the landscapes of Hong Kong's contemporary culture, the city's collective memory, and the traces of the past that echo through the years
CCDC in Residence: VR Dance Video (22–24.11.2019)
22.11.2019 to 24.11.2019, The Studio, Freespace
Part installation, part experimental VR dance experience, this futuristic meta-fiction film by director Singing Chen and choreographer Chou Shu-yi, offers audience a unique look at the possibilities of moving image dance works
Experimental Kunqu Opera "The Chairs" by the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe
23.11.2019 to 24.11.2019, Xiqu Centre Studio 1
Experimental Kunqu Opera "The Chairs" by the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe on 27-28 September and 23-24 November 2019 are cancelled. Ticketing Enquiries: (852) 2200 0022
Park Tour and Workshop (December 2019)
01.12.2019 to 14.12.2019, Art Park
Join us for an introduction to the Art Park and discover the different tree species planted in the future park of the West Kowloon Cultural District
Sigg Prize 2019 exhibition
07.12.2019 to 13.04.2020, M+ Pavilion, Art Park
Six shortlisted artists selected by an international jury of the inaugural Sigg Prize, present a range of mediums, including sculpture, site-specific installation, video and performance. The work featured in this exhibition address pressing questions that resonate across contexts
Freespace Fest
13.12.2019 to 15.12.2019, Freespace and Art Park, West Kowloon
This December, join us at Freespace and the calm, green waterfront oasis of our Art Park for a weekend of indoor and outdoor multi-genre, boundary-pushing events and activities to mark the opening of Hong Kong's new space for bold contemporary performance
Rimini Protokoll – 100% Hong Kong
13.12.2019 to 15.12.2019, The Box, Freespace
Part theatre, part reality, 100% Hong Kong brings together 100 Hong Kong citizens live on stage. Responding to a series of questions – as performers, as people, as percentage points – they enact a series of ever-changing statistical groupings and create a thought-provoking living, breathing portrait of Hong Kong
Company Wayne McGregor – Autobiography
10.01.2020 to 12.01.2020, The Box, Freespace
Inspired by the sequencing of McGregor's own genome, Autobiography is performed by 10 dancers to a genre-defying soundscape by electronic musician Jlin and offers a mesmerising reflection on the fractured, multilayered nature of our lives and personal stories. Asian premiere
HK Ballet in Residence
06.02.2020 to 09.02.2020, Freespace & Art Park
Hong Kong Ballet take over our new venue with a four-day programme of indoor and outdoor ballet experiences for audiences of all ages. Events include the second edition of Hong Kong Cool: Ballet x Fashion and Yuri Ng's Ballet Classics for Children: The Sleeping Beauty
ON VIEW: Panorama
09.04.2020 to 19.04.2020, The Box & The Room, Freespace
Sydney-based choreographer, filmmaker and artist Sue Healey partners with performers from Hong Kong, Japan and Australia to present a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural production combining live dance performances, film installations and exhibitions. Joining the project from Hong Kong are dance artists Mui Cheuk-yin and Joseph Lee, and cinematographer Maurice Lai


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U.S.-listed shares of AVG Technologies NV AVG, +2.97% begin trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange. The Amsterdam-based company priced its IPO of 8 million ordinary shares at $16 each. Half the shares are being offered by AVG, and the other half by selling shareholders. In addition, certain of the selling shareholders have granted underwriters a 30-day option to buy up to 1.2 million additional ordinary shares if investor demand warrants.
Dynex Capital Inc. DX, -0.24% raised net proceeds of about $120 million as a result of closing on a previously announced public offering of more than 13.3 million shares of common stock, the Glen Allen, Va.-based company said. The secondary offering included 832,487 additional shares purchased by underwriters at a public offering price of $9.12 a share.
Underwriters of Verastem Inc.'s initial public offering fully exercised their over-allotment option, buying an additional 825,000 shares of common stock at a price of $10 each, the Cambridge, Mass.-based biopharmaceutical company said. Last week, Verastem VSTM, +3.03% sold 5.5 million shares, 1 million more than originally planned, at the $10-a-share price.
Along with the company reporting fourth-quarter and 2011 results as well as giving its 2012 financial outlook, the board of AvalonBay Communities Inc. AVB, +0.83% approved a dividend increase of nearly 9% on common stock. The new dividend of 97 cents a share is payable April 16 to stockholders of record as of March 30, the Arlington, Va.-based company said.
Wednesday earnings recap
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters GMCR reported a net profit of $104.4 million, or 66 cents a share, for the first quarter ended Dec. 24, up from $2.4 million, or 2 cents, earned in the same period during fiscal 2011. On an adjusted basis, the Waterbury, Vt.-based company said it would have earned 60 cents a share. Quarterly sales reached nearly $1.16 billion from the prior year's $574.1 million, largely reflecting the company's recently completed Van Houtte acquisition. The consensus of analyst estimates in a FactSet Research poll had been for Green Mountain to earn 36 cents a share on sales of $1.06 billion. The company cited strong holiday sales of its K-Cups and Keurig single-cup brewers, with gross margin widening to 29.1% in the latest quarter from 25% a year earlier. Green Mountain also maintained its full-year financial forecast and pegged adjusted profit at 60 cents to 65 cents a share to go with sales growth in a range of 45% to 50% for the second quarter.
JDS Uniphase JDSU posted a loss of $10.2 million, or 4 cents a share, for the second quarter ended Dec. 31, a reversal from the profit of $23.6 million, or 10 cents a share, that the Milpitas, Calif.-based company generated in the same three months during fiscal 2011. Quarterly net revenue fell to $412.8 million from $473.5 million in the year-ago period. On an adjusted basis, the optical-networking technology company said it would have earned 15 cents a share for the latest quarter. Analysts in a FactSet survey had, on average, been looking for JDS Uniphase to show an adjusted profit of 10 cents a share as well as $390.9 million in revenue for the quarter.
Qualcomm Inc. QCOM, -2.79% posted net income of nearly $1.4 billion, or 81 cents a share, for the first quarter ended Dec. 25, up from $1.17 billion, or 71 cents, earned in the same period during fiscal 2011. On an adjusted basis, the San Diego-based supplier of wireless components said it would have earned 97 cents a share in the most recent quarter, as revenue jumped 40% to $4.68 billion. The FactSet-derived consensus had been for an adjusted profit of of 90 cents a share on revenue of $4.56 billion. And for the second quarter, management projected adjusted earnings of 91 cents to 97 cents a share on revenue in a range of $4.6 billion to $5 billion. Analysts' consensus stands at 89 cents a share and $4.49 billion, respectively.
Allstate Inc. ALL, -0.43% posted fourth-quarter profit of $724 million, or $1.43 a share, up from $296 million, or 55 cents, earned in the year-earlier period. Quarterly revenue reached $8.24 billion from the prior year's $8.09 billion. The consensus in a FactSet-compiled poll had been for Allstate to earn 97 cents a share on $6.74 billion in revenue. The Northbrook, Ill.-based insurer cited a steep drop in catastrophe losses, generating sizable growth in both its property-liability and financial businesses.


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There are something like four billion games on today, give or take. Use this space to talk about all of them. Should I dedicate an entire open thread to Duke-UNC later tonight? You tell me. For now, here's a rundown of some of the games you'll be able to see.
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Pittsburgh at UConn on ESPN. Memphis at Tulsa is on CBS and Wake Forest at Georgia Tech is on ESPN3/Fullcourt. VMI at UNC-Asheville is on ESPN2.
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Cincinnati at Villanova is on ESPN and Georgetown at Marquette is on ESPN3. Either LSU at Auburn or Washington at UCLA will be on CBS, depending on your location. Tennessee State at Murray State will be on ESPN2.
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Lousiville at Syracuse is on CBS and ESPN has Vanderbilt at Tennessee. Alabama at Ole Miss, Texas A&M at Oklahoma and Missouri at Texas Tech are all on ESPN3.
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No. 2 Picnic at Tanjung Rambutan Waterfalls (recreational)
This Tanjung Rambutan waterfalls is just next to the Sultan Azlan Shah Dam in Tanjung Rambutan. There are notices put up to warn about the risk of communicable diseases, which is a risk that comes with almost all water sports.
GPS Coordinates: N 04 40.208′ E 101 11.945′
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Gunung Lang got another enterence?
Excellent write up – Emily
You could also consider including The Enlightened Heart Tibetan Temple, Tambun & Eco Park, Taman Sri Botani to your list…
Thanks for your suggestions. Quite overwhelmed with the many things to do in Ipoh for free. Took me one full day just writing this post, not inclusive of the time spent visiting these places for photos and GPS Coordinates!
Thx for ur recommendation.Next time go Ipoh must have a visit.
Wish to go there in the future!
Thanks Emily for sharing this to us.
Really dunno got so many FREE places to visit at Ipoh!!! 🙂
IPOH is such a nice place to stay =)
Muzium darul Ridzuan i thought need to pay for entrance fee>< haha ……. now i know ady^^ can go visit loo=)
WoW so many places of interest to visit in Ipoh and free.
Now know where to take my outsstation friends beside all the makan, makan……haha
Thanks Emily, we need more Ipohian like U. Keep it up
must pay a visit there when i travel to Ipoh next month!
Good writeup Emily. I have an appreciation for Ipoh's history, the people, the diversity in religion beliefs, places of worship and the beautiful natural surroundings. However, I draw the line at visiting libraries and mental hospitals on my vacations !! That said, the grounds and vast open space of the Bahagia Ulu Kinta Hospital is wonderful.
Hi Ritchie!
It's not everywhere in Malaysia one gets to visit a mental hospital. There are only two – the second, smaller one is in Tampoi, Johor.
So, it is an attraction, though may not be everyone's preference.
Thank you Emily, I am fm Perak but lost touch after many years of piling in KL. I'm planning a trip down memory lane with friends and yr info will make our trip interesting.
Thank you very much for your kind comment, Elsie. Hope your friends and you will have a great time in Ipoh!
Also do check out my list of popular Ipoh food here:
Thank you very much for this informations! I'm from Europe and I'm visiting some kinsman here in Ipoh for a few months. I started to feel very bored, because they didn't have much time for me and I have to plan the days by myself. I was looking for something to do and now I've found. Thank you very much.
you should add waterfall at ulu chepor.
try to climb at the top of ulu chepor..
boleh mandi manda di atas sana..
Thanks for sharing these information about Ipoh. Now I know what to do on my next trip there! 🙂
I've seen ur post about recreational places and places to be visited around ipoh and some other places. I have a kind request for u to upload indian places to be visited as mostly the places were based on malay and chinese. Forget about indian Muslims places that is totally islamic. We r in multiracial country, that hv to acknowledge every part of ethnicity. GOD wont punish if you post article and interesting places to be visited pertaining to indian society like big temples, indian food restraunt and so on. I hope u will consider my request and we must stop against discrimination.
Hi Rajan,
First of all, thank you very much for your comment.
Perhaps you didn't follow my blog as closely as you should, as I have written numerous posts on Indian culture and religion, places of interest and food over the years.
The following are just some of them, for your reading pleasure.
Bar.Racuda Restaurant & Bar, Ipoh
"Spices of India" Indian Buffet Lunch
Thaipusam Night Bazaar @ Little India, Ipoh
Ipoh's Little India
Sri Subramaniar Temple Gunung Cheroh, Ipoh
Having said this, I am always open to suggestions to increase this list on places of attractions in Ipoh that are free-of-charge to visit, as well as my food list Ipoh's MUST Eat.
If you have friends who run food and beverage outlets, do inform them of my blog as an avenue for them to promote their menu. They may contact me through my blog, as you did.
Once again, thank you very much for your feedback and I hope to hear from you again.
Thank you Emily!
Definitely have to check this out the next time I'm in Ipoh! My dad is from Teluk Intan which is quite near. Haven't had the time to venture around Ipoh much. 🙁
is the public transportation is good in Ipoh?
Or do we need to rent a car? Anyone know about the price for rent a car? can Indian driving licence holders drive a car in Ipoh?
Hi Thouseef,
No, public transport in Ipoh is not that reliable. However, you can use Uber around town.
See this post: http://www.emily2u.com/uber-now-in-ipoh/
As for car rental in Ipoh, I know of this company: http://www.asiacarrental.com.my/
I have to clarify that I have not used their service before so I don't know how good they are.
I am not sure if Indian driving licence is valid in Ipoh (or Malaysia in general). It would be better if you could convert it to an international licence.
thanks for the info! The hill is beautiful! will visit there my next ipoh trip!
thank you Emily for the information, hope I'll be there 😉


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As anticipation for the baseball season begins to build, 2K Sports is bringing the heat by unveiling the music soundtrack for Major League Baseball® 2K10, the next iteration of the popular Major League Baseball® 2K series. Featuring an eclectic array of sounds chosen to enhance the virtual baseball experience, the artists selected for this season range from rock legends Pearl Jam* and Social Distortion, to rap pioneers The Sugarhill Gang and Black Sheep, along with popular up-and-coming acts such as Cage the Elephant and Phoenix.
"I couldn't have put together a better soundtrack that reflects the spirit of baseball fans if I created it myself," said Evan Longoria, All-Star third baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays® and cover athlete for Major League Baseball 2K10. "Every game needs a killer soundtrack, and that's what we definitely have in Major League Baseball 2K10."
Beyond its mix of musical genres, the Major League Baseball 2K10 soundtrack also received some assistance in the selection process by Longoria himself, who helped to hand-pick the inclusion of the hard-rock band, Tantric. Longoria's personal favorite Tantric song, "Down and Out", will also serve as his walk up song throughout the actual MLB season. In a unique partnership between SPIN magazine and 2K Sports, bands also had the opportunity to participate in a special contest to be featured in Major League Baseball 2K10. The gritty indie funk band hailing from San Diego, Hotel St. George, was selected as this year's contest winner. The Grammy award-winning French alternative rock band, Phoenix, and their new single "Lisztomania" will also make its way on the soundtrack to get fans pumped for the game.
Fans can now listen to all of the featured songs online at www.2ksports.com/beats/games/mlb2k10.
Complete track list for Major League Baseball 2K10:
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• Black Keys - "Your Touch"
• Black Sheep - "The Choice is Yours"
• Boss Martians - "Hey Hey Yeah Yeah"
• Cage the Elephant - "Judas"
• Daughtry - "Every Time You Turn Around"
• Hotel St. George - "It's the Blues"
• Iggy Pop - "Lust for Life"
• Jet - "Start the Show"
• LCD Soundsystem - "Time to Get Away"
• Pearl Jam - "The Fixer"
• Phoenix - "Lisztomania"
• Ryan Adams - "Magick"
• Social Distortion - "Bad Luck"
• Tantric - "Down and Out"
• The Sugarhill Gang - "Rappers Delight"
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DAMASCUS, Syria - Ruqayya was pregnant when she fled the embattled city of Deir ez-Zor, in north-eastern Syria, with her husband and two young children. The family took refuge in Al-Areesheh camp, in Al-Hasakah Governorate - but Ruqayya's ordeal was not yet over.
DAMASCUS, Syria - Fatima and Rasha welcomed new children into the world on the same day - an experience that would be completely unremarkable if not for their circumstances. Both women are living in uncertainty after fleeing the conflict in northern Syria, part of a wave of displacements that continues to grow.
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Based on results of the Agreed-Upon Procedures Reports and Office of Inspector General Audits of CFC Campaigns, we have noted several accounting areas that require guidance. This memo addresses those areas. The procedures outlined in this memo should be implemented during the 2005 campaign.
The results from the Agreed-Upon Procedures show that, for the most part, payroll offices are providing the required reports to campaigns. We have met with the one payroll office that was not meeting this requirement and expect the situation to be resolved shortly. The reports from the payroll offices are to be used by campaigns to compare the amounts being received and number of employees with deductions to the campaign's pledge tracking system. For the 2005 campaign, all campaigns should be tracking receipts by payroll office. Discrepancies should be brought to the attention of the payroll office and/or the Office of CFC Operations (OCFCO) as soon as possible so that resolutions can be made in a timely manner. Procedures for tracking receipts were provided in CFC Memorandum 2003-4 and, in greater detail, at the CFC Workshops in 2004. If your campaign financial staff needs assistance with this process, please contact the OCFCO at (202) 606-2564 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Howard Stern's sidekick, comedian Artie Lange, has been hospitalized in New Jersey, his reps said Saturday.
The ex-MadTV comedian is suffering from an as-yet-unknown ailment, his camp told E! Online.
"We can confirm that Artie is in the hospital," Lange's rep said. "Artie has chosen to keep all information on this matter between him and his doctor.
There will be no further comment," the rep said.
Lange, 42, has dealt with health problems including substance abuse in the past. He was also busted in 2009 for a DUI, under the influence of prescription sleeping pills.
The comedian has been absent from his gig on Howard Stern's Sirius show for the past month and has canceled his stand-up tour until February, his Web site said.


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A large male dolphin stranded himself Sunday morning May 18, 2008, on the coral on the beach just beside Villa La Bella, an American owned bed and breakfast, on Isla Mujeres, Mexico. Their quick actions resulted in a successful rescue and release.
Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo MX (PRWEB) May 18, 2008 — . One of the workers Luis Alberto Romero Trujillo at Villa La Bella spotted the distressed dolphin around 8:45 AM Sunday morning when he went to hang the hammocks in the yard overlooking the beach. He quickly notified Curtis and Ashley Blogin, American owners of the bed and breakfast, and the two raced to see what they could do to help.
The dolphin was quite large, and the two could not move him at all. Curtis kept water on the dolphin while Ashley raced back to the house, gave directions to the location to the police, and phoned Pepe, the island vet. Curtis yelled for help from a small crowd that was gathering on the cliff above, and a couple of men climbed down the rocks to help Curtis get the dolphin back into the water.
Unfortunately the dolphin was so exhausted and disoriented that it was swimming sideways and kept running into the large rocks just off the shore. Ashley and Curtis got in the water and acted as human bumpers between the dolphin and the rocks; however, the dolphin finally found a sandy path to the beach and stranded itself again.
The dolphin had bite marks on his nose and tail as well as injuries from the coral on his side. While waiting for the Navy and other rescue boats to arrive, the island vet Pepe
With the harness safely attached the boat slowly led the dolphin to deeper water beyond the reef where they could remove the harness and lead the dolphin back to the south end of the island where a deep-water channel is located. By the time they got the dolphin to the Puenta Sur, the dolphin had time to rest, regain his strength, and swam away on his own.
While it is only speculation, the male dolphin appeared to be a 20- 25 year old male weighing more than 350 pounds. Based on the dolphin's injuries, he had been in a fight with another dolphin and sustained damage to his body and sonar, which is located in the nose. Between being exhausted from the fight and having his ability to navigate damaged, he beached himself accidentally.
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Mirage Gp 8 Le Mans 1975
Vern Schuppan / Jean Pierre Jaussaud
by Phil Wicks
The 1975 Le Mans was a milestone for the event; because of the world wide fuel shortage, the organisers decided to set an example by putting fuel consumption restrictions on all the cars competing. They were also limited to how many times they could refuel!! Faced with this challenge, English motor racing guru John Wyer took up the gauntlet. He had planned to retire during the year but postponed the event in order to prepare and run a pair of newly built cars in the race. Some of the biggest names in endurance racing were engaged and preparations went ahead for the event. Derek Bell and Jackie Ickx were to drive one car, and Aussie Vern Schuppan and Frenchman Jean-Pierre Jaussaud were lined up for the other.
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On raceday, the Mirages took the lead from the start and drove through the afternoon to darkness. The racing had settled into the night stint with the two Mirages in front when the No.10 car developed alternator problems and dropped back six laps behind the leaders. After an incident where the Decadenet Lola shed its rear body work, the race order saw the 'Gitane' Ligier move up the leader board. The Cosworth DFV engines used by Mirage and Ligier were known to have exhaust cracking issues but Ligier had pre-empted this problem and had altered the design of their exhausts to allow them to be changed quickly thus allowing them to move into second position. Later in the race the Mirage No. 11 car regained the lead and eventually won the twenty four hour event by one lap! Positions fourth to eleventh were all taken by Porsches.
So how do we capture all that drama with this model....pretty hard really, but I must say here that this is another of those models which need the wide open spaces to perform properly. If you are buying this for a home racing circuit then be assured you will not be able to get the best out of it. This model sports the orange 'Hurricane' motor which is rated at 22,000 rpm and will need room to use it.
So let's have a look around first to find out what first attracted us to this model??
First and foremostly you would have to have been dead a long time if you didn't go for the Gulf Livery; probably the singularly most popular livery to date and one that usually puts another $50.00 on a model's price on eBay!! The blue and orange has been around for many years now and never fails to attract.
Pulling it from the box there is also a multi lingual instruction sheet. This tells you how to adjust the several screws and bits around the model for optimum performance. The model is not that complex but if you are new to this type of model and haven't 'tinkered' before, then I suggest you take a few minutes to read the notes before proceeding to adjust anything.
Once again, and as with the Metro 6R4, this is a very thin bodied model! And this time the body weighs 15 grams! But it is a very attractive 15 grams. Tampo is good but there isn't that much of it to worry about. At the time of the original car advertising was still modest on most racing cars and apart from adds for brakes, shocks and tyres, there's little else on the model to adorn the flowing lines.
Front light detail is fair, but, hidden behind the clear covers they are fairly insignificant. Back end detail is very basic too and on the real thing I would be sure there would have been a bit more going on detail wise. One of the few prominent features at this end (the exhausts) look to have been glued on out of align which was a bit sad, but no matter.
Topside parts are minimal too; the mirrors stick out into the roll over zone so be prepared to loose one or both when racing with slotcar ruffians! The rear wing is sturdy enough and should remain intact after the hardest of impacts; and I'm not sure who is the driver depicted here, maybe one of you could enlighten the rest of us?
One initially alarming site were the three magnets in the chassis. Expecting the model to get stuck hard and fast on a piece of plastic track I was surprised when it didn't offer that much more magnetic adhesion than most models. The magnets are not 'full strength' type magnets and they offer what must be a calculated downforce for this model.
Taking the body off, the layout inside is that of another minimalist model, designed for racing first and showing second. The motor is mounted in a separate pod which seems to be the current trend now, and the chassis does not seal the underside of the model but just sits there with the naked edges revealed. Again. Not what I was expecting but who is to say that there is anything wrong with that?
The chassis is fitted to the body with two screws, and the pod is secured to the chassis by two screws at the rear and what looks to be an adjustable screw and bracket at the front. Turning this screw raises or lowers the front of the pods slightly, and influences the magnetic downforce to the front of the model. At 7.5 m.m. the guide has enough depth for most tracks and will in fact be too deep for some home tracks, and there is no spare guide supplied for this eventuality!
The front axles are stubs, something I like to see. There are issues enough on a lot of models with front wheel drag and the only other option to overcome this is to set the axle up to clear the track. On this model you can play with the front axle height and still have a firm front end, much better than some other independent front ends I have come across. Front wheels are plastic, unlike the rears which are machined aluminium with anodised inserts.
The motor is clipped tentatively in the chassis but the saving grace are the two screws holding it in at the gear end. There is a brass pinion and an alloy angle winder gear very similar to those seen in models that run Slot.It chassis'. The axle bushes are firm too and there is an alloy collar on the rear axle for centering the axle in the chassis. Gear mesh is pre set by the left hand axle bush. If you want to run a tighter fit you will need to add a fine shim or two between the gear and the axle bush.
Ont the track the model runs well and initially on magnabraid was impressive even without the tyres being trued. It was predictable when pushed hard through hairpin and sweeper alike and was also a very quiet model compared to most. Brakes are also good and initial acceleration seems to be adequate. There was no consistent deslot pattern but I did feel the back of the model was a bit too heavy compared to the front. In a non magnet situation there may well be the necessity to add some significant ballast to the front to keep it down in the sweepers, although the deep guide does work well.
On plastic track (Scaley Sport) once again the model is well behaved, and pretty unshakeable in all but the tightest hairpins. Again, the guide is marginally deep for Scaley Sport track and will be far too deep for older plastic tracks such as Ninco, SCX and Scaley classic (plexytrack). If you have older track consider replacing the guide rather than trimming it, it is too useful for trimming and you never know, you may have the opportunity some day to run it on a 'deep slot' circuit!
I tried to get on to the Avant Slot site, but it has been under construction for some time now. There is an alternative at the link below but this seems to be a year out of date as far as models go.
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I found this model drove very nicely and no doubt in its class it will be a great racer, but it will need plenty of space to show what it really can do! Another nice model from Avant Slot and not a bad price. At this moment in time I have not been able to locate an Australian retailer so it looks like an overseas purchase. Not to worry, remember, when you purchase from the UK you will be entitled to get the model minus the VAT (eq. GST) which is currently 20%!!
Many thanks to fellow Brisbane racer Tim Dillon for the opportunity to review this model


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Johnny Depp - Kids' Choice Awards 2013 Winner!
Johnny Depp proudly holds his blimp trophy on stage at the 2013 Kids' Choice Awards held at the USC Galen Center on Saturday (March 23) in Los Angeles.
The 49-year-old actor won the award for Favorite Movie Actor for his work in the flick Dark Shadows.
Johnny beat out The Amazing Spider-Man's Andrew Garfield, Men in Black 3's Will Smith, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days' Zachary Gordon to be the favorite among the kid voters!
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Be under no illusion: those who seek investment advice from their bank are likely to pay a high fee for a very limited service.
Following a shake-up of the way investment advice is paid for, new reserarch shows that the high street banks will impose hefty upfront fees that can swallow up to 3pc of the money being invested.
Nationwide Building Society is charging a 3pc upfront fee and Lloyds 2.5pc, according to Money Marketing, the trade journal for financial advisers, while HSBC will charge a flat £950 upfront fee. RBS will charge £500 a fee to set up a financial plan, then charge equivalent to 1.5pc of the assets being invested.
Most banks will also levy ongoing charges. Nationwide and RBS, for example, will charge 0.5pc a year, while HSBC will charge a flat fee of £499 if customers want a financial review after 12 months. These charges may be reduced for customers with assets of £100,000 or more.
These charges are solely for the "advice" given, and do not include any investment costs or product charges.
Customers should be aware though that despite paying these advice charges, the high street banks are offering only a very restricted range of investment funds. In some cases customers are offered only the choice of the bank's own funds.
New rules, known as the Retail Distribution Review (or RDR) came into force at the end of last year. These stipulate that those selling investment or pensions can't take commission payments from product providers. Instead, advisers must charge an upfront fee, or take an charge, agreed in advance with the customer, from the money thye are investing.
It is hoped that this will remove adviser bias, and make charges far more transparent, with customers able to see what they are paying for advice, and what they are paying to the product provider.
However, despite charging hefty adviser fees, most banks are only recommending a limited range of investment funds. These high street banks and building societies are largely recommending "funds of funds", which have been criticised for being expensive, as there are two tiers of management charge.
Here, customers are "risk assessed". Their score will determine which portfolio of funds they invest in. However, a charge is also made to a fund manager to monitor these portfolios and make changes when appropriate.
Santander has not disclosed its charging structure. The bank suspended its investment advice service last month over suitability concerns. Barclays meanwhile has stopped offering investment and pension advice altogether. Instead it offers an online execution-only service.
Many financial advisers will charge far less, and will have a far broader range of products to advise on.
Jason Hollands of Bestinvest said these charges did not look competitive. For Bestinvest's managed portfolio service, customers don't pay any upfront fee and will pay an ongoing charge of just 1.25pc. This will include all platform charges and an annual review.
He added: "When we invest in funds we will target 'clean' share classes which will have no initial fees and typical annual management charges of 0.75pc. There are no transaction fees when switches occur or new investments are made."
Patrick Connolly of the financial advisers AWD Chase de Vere said: "The headline charges are broadly in line with the rest of the financial industry. However, whether they represent value will depend on the quality and independence of the advice given."
He said there was a danger that banks made additional money through selling their own overpriced products, and could still be incentivised by providers to include them on their panel of providers.
So what will your bank be charging?
Lloyds Banking Group
Min investment: £100,000
Upfront fee: sliding scale, starting at 2.5pc on first £300,000 invested
Ongoing charges: Free financial reviews where there is no new investment
Advice charges will apply where there is new investment, if this exceeds £300,000 advice charges fall
Platform charge: 0.1pc to 0.6pc depending on amount invested
Min investment: £50,000
Upfront fee: sliding scale starting at £950 on assets up to £75,000, then 1.3pc on assets up to £150,000
Ongoing charges: Free reviews within 12 months, then £499 plus VAT for review on assets up to £500,000; £950-plus VAT for larger portfolios
Platform charges: 0.39pc a year
Nationwide Building Society
Min investment: No minimum
Upfront fee: 3pc regardless of investment size
Ongoing charges: 0.5pc charge per year
Platform charges: 0.24 to 0.65pc a year, depending on amount invested
Min investment: no minimum
Upfront fee: 1.25pc for assets up to £500,000 (then reducing). Plus flat £500 fee for "financial plan"
Ongoing charges: 0.5pc, plus VAT, capped at £2,000 a year. Or £500 if clients want a new plan and have not paid for ongoing advice.
Platform charges: 0.11pc to 0.175pc
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