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This is listing is for a checkered flag with name. Racing fans, this listing features the phrase 'Big Brother' and your sons' name. Great for showing off who's having a little sis or brother. This design is available as a digital file, printed to iron on transfer paper, or a finished shirt. See above for pricing on each of these, and more details about each option are below.
Want to customize this design? Check out all the available options above. It is just a small additional cost to have these changes made. Provide the info on what you would like changed in the appropriate box and you will be charged the correct price at checkout. Change requests will not be honored if they are not entered here when purchasing.
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Finished Size of Design
About 7 inches tall and 8 inches wide.
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The digital file is one that you will print yourself at home. If you have never worked with a digital file, it is very simple and you do not need any special equipment! A regular home ink-jet printer will work perfectly. Iron on transfer paper can be picked up at a local craft store. transfer paper. If you have questions about the process, please feel free to ask. Be sure to check out my printing and completed shirts pricing above if you do not want to deal with digital files.
Included in the PDF File
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– Regular version of the design.
– Mirrored version of the design.
Digital files are very versatile. You can print as many times as you need! Make 1 shirt or 20. These would be great gifts for a party goody bag. Make shirts, bags, skirts, or aprons. Frame them up for unique wall art. The possibilities are only limited by your imagination!
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This design will be delivered to you as a PDF that can be opened with a free version of Adobe Reader. If you are thinking about using my designs for anything but personal use, please check out my policy page: http://www.scrapendipity.com/terms-and-conditions/
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Having this design printed to iron on paper will allow you to skip the step of printing yourself! Don't have a computer or just not good with them? This is a great option for you. The design will come already printed, so all you have to do is apply to a shirt that you purchase.
Included in Purchase of Printed Iron on
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– A small sample iron on with scrap fabric so you can try the process before you make your shirt.
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These designs are my own originals. Please do not copy, distribute, or sell this design. Any physical products made using my designs may be sold within reason. If it gets to a point where you are using a factory to create the physical products from my designs, contact me for a commercial license. No digital products may be sold with this design. If you have any questions about usage, please contact me directly.
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These designs are my own originals. Please do not copy, distribute, or sell this design. You may resell this shirt. You may not copy this design and resell it. No digital products may be sold with this design. If you have any questions about usage, please contact me directly.
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Yamaha's NTX900 Acoustic-Electric Classical Guitar easily accommodates a wide range of musical and playing styles and offers the perfect place to start exploring your music and nylon string sound. The versatile, contemporary styled NTX line is designed with thinner bodies, narrower necks, 14th fret neck joints, and cutaway designs to provide greate... Click To Read More About This Product
Yamaha's NTX900 Acoustic-Electric Classical Guitar easily accommodates a wide range of musical and playing styles and offers the perfect place to start exploring your music and nylon string sound. The versatile, contemporary styled NTX line is designed with thinner bodies, narrower necks, 14th fret neck joints, and cutaway designs to provide greater comfort and playability for today's steel-string acoustic and electric players. These instruments are perfect for adding nylon string tone to a wide range of musical styles from latin to jazz, pop to rock. Built on the thinline platform, the Yamaha classical guitar features a cutaway, for comfort when playing in the higher register fret positions.
This NTX starts with a solid Engelmann spruce top, for warm, balanced tone. The neck features nato, a softer wood, while the back and sides are flamed maple, giving a beautiful and wavy veneer. Also known as "curly maple", flamed maple is prized for its bright, stunning appearance. Hard and strong, it is often used for necks on electric guitars. When used for backs and sides it produces a crisp, clear, less resonant tone that cut through well making it great for lead playing.
The Yamaha NTX900 acoustic electric guitar also features the A.R.E. (Acoustic Resonance Enhancement), an original wood reforming technology developed by Yamaha. Through precise control of temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure, the molecular properties of the wood can be manipulated into a more acoustically ideal condition, similar to the molecular characteristics of woods in instruments that have been played for years. In NX Series guitars, this treatment results in a sound close to that of a vintage guitar that has been played for years. It produces a sharper tone while simultaneously controlling dissonance in the high range. Instruments that have undergone this process have received high marks from a great number of musicians. Their evaluations are nearly identical to those for guitars that have been played for years, and their comments often include terms such as "well settled," "mature," "warm," "excellent resonance," and "clear."
Yamaha's ART (Acoustic Resonance Transducer) pickup system is purpose designed to offer the most natural, dynamic and expressive electro-acoustic sound on the market. Proprietary multi-layer contact sensors perfectly combine ultra-wide dynamic range with outstanding feedback rejection for the most accurate and natural performance sound. The Yamaha NTX900 uses a 2-way system with contact pickups mounted on the treble and bass sides of the guitar bridge. To reduce unwanted feedback caused by vibration the NX Series contact pickup uses an additional multilayer damper to ensure the tone is captured in its purest form. Complementing the warm, full mid-range of the nylon-string tone, the System 61 preamp allows individual volume control over the treble and bass side pickups, allowing you to get the perfect blend for your style. The System 61 preamp also features a 3-band EQ for sound shaping and an on-board tuner.
Dressed in a natural finish, this Yamaha acoustic electric guitar will turn heads and ears with its construction, beauty and sound. And thanks to the pickup system, amplification is a cinch. Case sold separately.
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8 MAC Face Brushes You Should Have For Faking Flawless Skin
8 MAC Face Brushes You Need In Your Arsenal
129 Powder/Blush Brush ($34.00) is your best bet for general blush application. Seriously, I'm constantly reaching for this brush whenever I go to apply colored blush. If you can only afford one face brush, this is the one I recommend getting first, because it can apply blush, highlighters, and do a little bit of buffing in a pinch. It's thick, dense, and deliciously soft on the skin. (And don't be fooled by the 129 in the brush sets–it is not at all the same in regards to quality.)
138 Tapered Face Brush ($52.00) is a domed-shaped brush, much more tapered than many powder brushes. It's excellent for both highlighting, shaping, and contouring the face–whatever tickles your fancy!
165 Tapered Cheek/Highlight Brush ($34.00) is like a thinner, smaller version of the 138, and it's $18 less–so if you're on a tight budget, you might think about picking up this one instead. I love, love, LOVE this one for highlighting. The tapered end really makes placement of highlighting powders ridiculously easy.
168 Large Angled Contour Brush ($32.00) is THE brush to have handy if you ever want to sculpt and shape your face. The angled, slightly-fluffy-and-not-overly-dense brush is perfect for making cheekbones pop, jawlines thin instantaneously, and polish the face.
182 Buffer Brush ($45.00) is an essential face brush to have. I love it so much that I have two, because it is so phenomenal and perfect for a variety of jobs. Ultimately, buffer brushes are designed to finish your face, whether it's blending contouring and blushing colors together, applying loose powder, or just blending all your face products together. You can buff out harsh blushes by moving this brush in small circles, so you can wear Frankly Scarlet blush without fear. I love it to apply foundation personally, as it gives a polished, streak-free result. Worth every single penny.
187 Duo Fibre Brush ($42.00) is a must-have brush if you love mineralize skinfinishes. Yes, it is indeed a fabulous brush for applying those delicious baked goodies MAC puts out from time to time. The way the brush is designed uses a blend of goat and synthetic fibers and it allows for softer, lighter application of product. It's also known as a stippling brush (for those trying to find a dupe), and it works well with highlighting (if you don't need so much precision).
188 Small Duo Fibre Face Brush ($34.00) is a smaller version of the 187 Duo Fibre Brush, and it works in similar ways. However, I do find that this brush is not a substitute for the 187, but more like a complement. This brush works best with creamy products, like MAC blushcremes and cream colour bases. In the summer, I love wearing blushcremes layered with a powder blush for more long-wearing color in the hotter months!
195 Concealer Brush ($22.00) recently debuted, and it is superior to the 194 Concealer Brush. It's a thin, firm bristled brush that holds its shape and easily applies concealing products, but it is also great for dabbing liquid foundations onto the skin (to then be smoothed and spread out using a face brush like the 182, 187, or 190). I find using a concealer brush to apply liquids onto the face helps waste less product than directly applying liquid to a fluffier face brush or sponge.
Honorable Mentions: 109 (great if you do a lot of contouring), 134 (great for loose powder)
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MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. – Augusta State battled back from a double-digit, second-half deficit on the road Sunday afternoon before falling 72-69 to non-conference foe Mount Olive in Kornegay Arena.
The loss was the second straight for the 12th-ranked Jaguars (6-2). The win was the second straight for the Trojans, who improved to 3-7.
ASU junior shooting guard Ryan Weems, making his first start of the season, paced the Jags with a career-high 23 points. Sophomore forward Devon Wright-Nelson booked 16 points and junior forward Harold Doby had a team-best 10 rebounds. Sophomore Roman Hill turned in eight points and seven rebounds in 18 minutes and senior Travis Keels registered a career-high six blocks. D'Angelo Boyce netted eight points and five assists, while Chad July managed six points and eight boards.
Ewon Wright led the Trojans with 16 points, while Mahamed Ibrahim turned in 15. Darrell Patterson chipped in 13 points off the bench and Deshaune Green added 10. Dory Hines grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds.
ASU shot just 39.4 percent overall, including just 20.0 percent from long range (3-of-15). The Trojans, who only shot 35.3 percent for the game, canned 11 treys and outrebounded ASU 46-42.
Mount Olive jumped ahead 6-0 in the first 90 seconds of the game and led by as many as 11 in the opening half. A Doby layup pulled ASU within 25-23 at the 6:40 mark, only to have the Trojans rattle off seven straight. Weems' 3-point play just before the half cut the Jags' deficit to 36-28 before MOC scored just ahead of the buzzer for a 38-28 halftime lead.
In the second half, ASU trailed by as many as 14 after a Patterson 3-pointer at the 15:22 mark. The Jags answered with seven straight, and a Wright-Nelson 3-point play pulled ASU within 49-42 with 14:05 to play. MOC pushed its advantage back to 10 before Boyce's driving layup capped a 7-0 spurt at the 9:08 mark and pulled the Jags to within 53-50.
The Trojans countered with five straight points to move ahead 59-52. Weems and Boyce combined for seven straight and Boyce's off-balance, driving floater at the 4:47 mark forced a 59-all tie. The Trojans went back up by four before a Weems' layup and a pair of Boyce free throws knotted the game at 66-all with 2:43 remaining. After the teams traded missed shots, MOC's Wright canned a jumper and Green got free for a layup.
Weems raced up the floor and hit a trey – his third of the game – with 13 seconds left to pull ASU within 70-69. Jordan McCain made two free throws with :07 left for the final margin, as Boyce's game-tying attempt rimmed out at the buzzer.
The Jags shuffled their starting lineup for the first time this season, with Weems and Keels starting in place of Devonte Thomas and July, respectively.
The contest marked the first of three straight road games for the Jags, who travel to Florence, S.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 2 to take on Francis Marion in a Peach Belt Conference matchup at 7:30 p.m., in Smith University Center.


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So over to Lynne now....
- Marriage of convenience. Ever read one of these? It takes a real skill to write forced proximity stories well, and I drool when I read a good one. I used this premise in Assignment Baby. I find many of these types of stories in historical romance, which lends itself to barter brides or mail order brides. A great example of a recent marriage of convenience story was the wonderful contemporary movie starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, The Proposal.
- Secret baby. Ah, who doesn't love a good "I got pregnant but never told you" story? I've written one or two of these books, and I found it very challenging to make the situation believable while not making the reader mad at the heroine for keeping the super big secret. In Temporary Doctor, Surprise Father I added a special twist to this plot and it was a book that wound up being a finalist in the Greater Detroit Book Buyer's Best contest in 2010.
- Pregnant with another man's baby. Also known as – How to make a man fall in love with a pregnant woman in nine months or less? This is an incredibly tough plot to pull off due to limited time and the exceptionally touchy subject of a man accepting a woman carrying another man's baby. One false move and the story may ring untrue and turn off the reader. Fiona Lowe did a wonderful job of pulling it off in Pregnant on Arrival. I also have an as-yet-to-be-published book titled Her Baby, His Love that tackles this very topic. I confess that I loved writing it!
- Beauty and the Beast. Who doesn't long to take a dark and brooding male, with or without some sort of disfiguration, make him fit for society again, and have him fall in love with you in the process? Anyone remember the old TV show back in the 80s – Beauty and the Beast, where Vincent read Dickens and Shakespearean sonnets to Catherine? Very romantic.
Jack had been unable to deny his feelings for Annie when he was a teenager dating her best friend, and he certainly couldn't muffle the spark twisting between them now—even if memories of the past kept threatening to push them apart. This time Jack wasn't going to let history repeat itself—he was going to show Annie that the two of them were meant to be much more than best friends!
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Thank you Lynne for this fantastic romance premises and friends, Lynne is asking.....
She has a copy of either Temporary Doctor, Surprise Father or The Boss and Nurse Albright to give away to one commenter.


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Published May 12, 2018
Gi members and Fortnite duo Knomad & Siggy finally sit down to discuss the latest news, updates, weekly challenges & game modes within a new podcast called " Where Are We Landing". Finally you get to hear some deep conversations and thoughts about everything Fortnite with some of your favorite Gi members. With Thanos causing hell in the new game mode "Infinity Gauntlet" this is sure to be one great topic of discussion. Check out the latest patch notes for V4.1 if interested. Let us know your thoughts about the new podcast and what would you like to hear next down below.


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Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have come up with this freaky adaptive liquid-lens that can capture 250 in-focus images per second. It's essentially droplets of water in a pair, trapped in a chamber and driven by a high-frequency sound wave to oscillate.
As the drops wiggle back and forth, surface tension changes the droplet's shapes, and thus the light-focusing performance each has: images are then captured by a standard sensor placed at the focal point behind the droplet assembly. Bespoke imaging software then coordinates with the in-focus moments and records the images, disposing of the out-of-focus ones.
Basically the system makes photos that're "almost always in focus - no matter how close or far away it is from an object" according to the project leader. And since the tech is cheap and relatively simple to implement, the science team thinks it's the sort of thing you'll see in mobile phones in the future, and possibly in UAVs and other gadgets with imaging requirements. [Physorg]


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A couple of weeks ago, I dropped by the Intel Developer Forum to present a session and listen in on a few others. As always in these types of shows, I learned quite a bit. Most strikingly though, I was reminded of something that is probably quite obvious to many of you: Consumer interest in cloud computing will not be letting up any time soon.
Based on this, and some of the other things I heard at the show, I decided to catch up with fellow IBMer Marc Haberkorn. Marc is an IBM Product Manager and is responsible for IBM Workload Deployer amongst other things. I asked him about IBM Workload Deployer, the competition, and cloud in general. Check out what Marc had to say below:
Me: IBM Workload Deployer is one among many of a growing wave of cloud management solutions. How do you differentiate the focus and business value of it versus the myriad of other solutions out there?
Marc: To sum it up, we offer a combination of depth and breadth. IWD delivers both workload aware management and general purpose management. Workload aware management differentiates IWD from its competition, as it can deliver more value for the set of products for which it has context. There is a set of actions that workload aware management tools can do that is normally left to the user by general purpose management tools. This list includes configuring a middleware server to know its hostname/IP address, configuring multiple middleware servers to know of one another, arranging clusters, applying maintenance, and handling elasticity. By handling more of these activities in the automated flow, there are fewer chances for manual errors and inconsistencies to enter a managed environment.
That said, without infinite resource or time, it's impossible to deliver this context-aware management for everything under the sun. As such, in order to allow IWD to deliver differentiated value AND allow it to handle a customer's entire environment, we offer a mix of workload-aware management and general purpose management.
Me: VMware is a good example of a company active in the cloud space, and they seem to keep a consistent pace of new product delivery. What do you think of their product development focus?
Marc: I think VMware has built a very compelling set of capability in the virtualization space. I think the main difference between VMware's suite and IBM Workload Deployer is the perspective from which the environments are managed. VMware puts the administrator in the position of thinking about infrastructure from the ground up. The administrator is thinking about virtual images, hypervisors, and scripts. In IBM Workload Deployer, we think about things from the perspective of the app, because that's ultimately what the business cares about. By providing a declarative model through which an application can be instantiated and managed, we feel we deliver a deeper value proposition to clients, through workload-aware management.
Me: The 'one tool to do it all' approach is a popular, if not hard to achieve goal. What is your advice to users when it comes to choosing between breadth and depth for cloud management solutions?
Marc: The advantages of a "one tool to do it all" are many: less integration, more uniformity, less complexity. As such, customers will always prefer a single tool when possible. This is why IBM Workload Deployer has focused on not only providing differentiated, deeper value for common use cases but also providing a way to handle the "everything else." As such, my advice to users is not to choose between breadth and depth - use IBM Workload Deployer which offers both.
Me: To close, I'm curious to know where you think we are heading in the cloud market. What do you think users will be most readily adopting over the next one to two years? Where does the cloud industry need the most innovation?
Marc: I think most users are currently looking at the broad picture of cloud computing, and have been adopting primarily in the private cloud realm. There are several reasons for this. One reason is that many customers have a large set of hardware resources which amount to sunk cost that needs to be leveraged. Another reason is around data security concerns in off-premises clouds, and still another reason is around the human factor of comfort, which has taken time to develop around off-premise cloud models. However, businesses have become increasingly comfortable with various sources of outsourcing in recent years, especially in mission critical areas involving very sensitive data. Just look at IBM's Strategic Outsourcing business, which handles entire IT operations for many large businesses. I think that trend will (and really, has already begun to) continue in the area of cloud computing, and will lead to more public and ultimately hybrid cloud computing adoption. In order to get to hybrid cloud computing, I see much of the focus and innovation being associated with data security, workload portability (across private and public, in a seamless fashion), and license transferability between private and public. When this space reaches fruition, clients will be able to enjoy true elastic economics in a computing model that allows a mixture of owning and renting compute resources and software licenses.
Me: Thanks Marc!
- Forget Defining Cloud Computing
- IBM & Cloud Computing: Self-Service Clouds with Fine-Grained Control
- IBM & Cloud Computing: How WebSphere CloudBurst Delivers Consumability
- Cloud Computing and Virtual Images
- Bringing Cloud Computing to SOA
- Five Reasons to Choose a Private Cloud
- What's in a Cloud Appliance?
- Should Developers Care About Cloud Computing?
- Reference Architecture for Cloud Computing
- Confronting The Culture of Cloud Computing


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Yesterday, engineers successfully led one of the largest salvage operations in history on the shipwrecked Costa Concordia, which smashed into a small Italian island twenty months ago. Workers were able to right the ship in roughly 19 hours. This graphic shows how they did it, and how they'll float it away.
Don Foley created this infographic for Scientific American — click here to see it full size.


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These games teach valuable skills and have a high fun and educational rating.
Your child develops logic and spatial reasoning by playing this game of Sudoku.
Your child learns how to play chess by playing this game.
Your child learns how to solve puzzles by playing this game.
Your child learns about reasoning and logic by trapping the cat in this puzzle.
Your child develops the skill of association and spatial recognition by playing this game of cubes.
Your child improves cognitive development by using a snow plow and clearing snow from a parking lot.
Zoodles 11.8.7 Copyright (c) 2014 Inquisitive Minds, Inc. All rights reserved.


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16 Nov, 2010
Official 2011 Camaro Convertible Details and Specs released!
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Straight from this morning's press release -
LOS ANGELES – The segment-leading Chevrolet Camaro opens a new chapter as the 2011 Camaro convertible premieres at the Los Angeles International Auto Show. The new convertible begins production in January and goes on sale in February. It includes an enhanced body structure and well-tailored top mechanism – a combination designed to deliver sports coupe-like driving fun and precise quality.
"The launch of the new convertible opens Camaro design and performance to a new set of potential customers," said Chris Perry, vice president of Chevrolet marketing. "The 21st century revival of Camaro is tremendously popular, so it?s a natural to now expand and elevate the product range in new directions."
The convertible will be offered in similar model configurations as the Camaro coupe. The standard model will have a 312-horsepower direct injection V-6 engine delivering 29 mpg highway. The SS model will feature the 6.2L V-8 engine producing 426 horsepower. A six-speed manual transmission will be standard, with an optional six-speed automatic.
Camaro seized leadership in U.S. sales in its segment with the original coupe model that launched in spring 2009 as a 2010 model. The right to purchase one of the first convertibles was recently sold at the Barrett-Jackson auction for $205,000, with all proceeds donated to charity. The 2011 Neiman Marcus Edition Camaro convertibles, a group of 100 exclusive cars with custom-designed elements and priced at $75,000 each, sold out in only three minutes.
The Camaro convertible delivers great refinement, along with uncompromising, coupe-like driving dynamics. Its enhanced body structure helps prevent cowl or steering wheel shake, for a strong, confident feel in all driving conditions. The top has a smooth, tailored fit, with acoustical foam in the headliner that helps deliver a quiet ride with the top up.
Camaro convertible is offered in 1LT/2LT (V-6) and 1SS/2SS (V-8) trim packages and priced from $30,000 MSRP (including $850 destination). Nine production exterior colors are available, with tops offered in black or tan. Rear parking assist is standard on all convertible models.
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Weekly Wire: the Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.
Over two billion people now connected to Internet but digital divide remains wide
"While citing the rapid development and growth of the Internet, a top United Nations official today urged greater efforts to bridge the ongoing digital divide and ensure that everyone around the world can harness its benefits.
There were 2.3 billion Internet users worldwide at the end of 2011, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Wu Hongbo, said in his address to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which opened in Baku, Azerbaijan. In addition, mobile broadband reached more than 1 billion subscriptions, while the use of fixed broadband was estimated at 590 million subscriptions.
"While this progress is surely significant, we have a long way to go in our collective efforts to bridge the digital divide," he told participants, noting that only a quarter of inhabitants in the developing world were online by the end of 2011." READ MORE


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Waterfalls, glaciers, hobbits and hangi: if NZ doesn't impress you, best check your pulse. The Big Tiki from Queenstown to Auckland soaks it all up over 17 unforgettable days, with 60 optional activities to ramp up your trip. Anyone here brave enough for the Nevis swing?
Kia Ora and welcome to Queenstown. After checking in to your hotel the rest of the afternoon is yours to start discovering why Queenstown is best known as the adventure capital of the world. Tonight you'll meet up with the rest of the crew, no doubt swapping notes on which thrill seeking activity to tick off first. Let the adventure commence...
Today is yours to get acquainted with Queenstown and spend some time mulling over the activities up for grabs in the next two days. To get you warmed up, we'll be treating you to an exhilirating Shotover Jet experience (until Sep 2018), so throw those hands in the air as you fly through narrow Shotover canyons at speeds of up to 85 kph.
With our last day in adrenalin city ahead of us, this is the time to push yourself to the limits and hurl over any mental barriers you've put up around yourself. Jump into #NOREGRETS spirit and conquer those niggling fears once and for all. For those who did their dash yesterday, a day staying mellow and enjoying this beautiful region will prove more than sufficient.
It's times like this that you really start to work out what sort of traveller you are. And human for that matter. You might be the one trailing through wine country and doing a spot of horse back riding, or you may be that guy that crams in a bungy jump, a skydive and a heliraft & still craves more. It's your holiday - run wild as you see fit.
Time to return our adrenalin levels to normal and make tracks to the wild (and often wet) West Coast and it's towering glaciers. But before we do, bridge bungy jump, anyone?Enjoying our scenic drive we'll stop for lunch in Wanaka, a pretty ski resort town situated on a lake front and dwarfed by mountains. This town is fast becoming one of NZ's most popular spots, and a trip to the 'Dough Bin' for a luscious pie should be high on the list today. Our first piece of NZ eye-candy comes in the form of Hasast Pass, beautified by ancient rainforests, small glaciers and waterfalls. Note how the scenery changes as we roll away from Queenstown through the Southern Alps. Playing host tonight is the town of Franz Josef, home to some of NZ's finest natural beauty with bushlands and glaciers that almost reach the sea. Tomorrow we'll be out and about making the most of it - who's excited?
This morning will be another big ol' tick off the list as we take to the ice of Franz Josef Glacier. We've got a heli ride over the glacier up for grabs, or the opportunity to carve your own Pounamu (jade) pendant, under the tuition of a Maori mastercraftsman. Pounamu is sacred to the Māori people, and this is a great way to learn about its cultural significance, while also creating a beautiful please of jewellery. An optional highlight today is a boat cruise across Lake Mapourika. But this ain't your ordinary boat cruise. You'll cruise up the glassy lake, framed by glaciers and mountains, before switching to a stand up paddle board and gliding along a narrow estuary. This takes you to your journey's destination, the Okarito Kiwi Sanctuary, where you'll get to meet New Zealand's adorable but vulnerable national bird.
Armed with a new found appreciation for frozen water, we hop back on the coach & start making our way back to Christchurch.In the gold rush town of Hokitika we'll watch authentic carvers get to work on green jade and take a look at traditional Maori art. Back on the coach we're coastline bound to one of the islands most jaw-droppingly beautiful spots... Take in the beautiful scenery as we wind our way across the highest and most spectacular mountain pass across the Southern Alps.Tonight we'll sleep well in Christchurch, drifting off to the pleasant memories of NZ's natural beauty that seasoned our day.
It's another jaw-dropping drive up to the top of the South Island today. The coach cuts across the Canterbury Plains to Kaikoura.Arriving in Kaikoura will see us amongst a seaside settlement known for whales & dolphins, so have those cameras at the ready as we roll around the coast. We'll stop at a seal colony, where you'll struggle not to break into a collective 'cuuuute' as you watch these guys sunning themselves on the rocks.Our next drive takes us up the wild, rugged east coast and the wine country of Marlborough. Jump on the Inter-Island ferry and leave the South Island behind. Cruise through the gorgeous Marlborough Sounds, where thick forested peaks rise straight up from the sea. It's a camera-friendly spot with picturesque inlets, remote coves and tiny beaches that dot the islands.We dock in the capital city of Wellington, where no doubt New Zealand's well-cultured capital will prove an utter delight. After an orientation through the narrow streets a night on the town will be on the cards, plus an optional dinner to start the night off as we mean to go on.
The day is yours to explore Wellington! In the early evening we'll head to a local cafe and try the famed flat white coffee in its city of origin (sorry Australians). Then, we'll meet Paris Quinn our 2019 changemaker, and try some of her Heart Parcels brownies. Heart Parcels is a charity that Paris started to ensure Wellington's homeless have enough food to eat. Buy a delicious brownie here and the proceeds go straight towards feeding people living on the streets of Wellington. If it's a monday night, you're welcome to join Paris as she hands out donations. It's inspiring stuff.
We wave goodbye to Wellington and its beautiful scenery and we prepare ourselves for our next adventure – and trust us, this one is bucket-list worthy.Known as the après-ski capital of the North island, Ohakune is a tranquil town with stupendous view. Today you have the option to go mountain biking along one of NZ's most picturesque track, "the Old Coach Rd" or spend the day bettering your skills on the slopes or generally treating yourself to all the snowy based activities on offer, then tonight snuggle down in our Special Stay ski lodge, located in prime position at the base of Mt. Ruapehu.
Wake up in the spectacular surroundings of Mt. Ruapehu with the epic views of the volcano, and you have the option this morning to go mountain biking along one of NZ's most picturesque track, "the Old Coach Rd" before we head to Taupo.Volcanic peak views & trout fishing will seamlessly slip us into quaint lake life. But don't be fooled by the seemingly still scenery - a bungy jump or skydive are both on the menu if that adrenaline itch needs scratching.
As we leave Lake Taupo keep an eye out for even more recognisable 'The Lord of the Rings' backdrops.220,000 litres (58 000 gallons) of water gush over Huka Falls per second. Just let that sink in for a minute. Wild, right? Even wilder still is the Huka Falls Jet experience – a thrilling ride that will get you experiencing the full force of the falls and leave you with even more of a taste for adventure.When you catch your first whiff of that… 'unusual' sulphur smell, you'll know we've arrived in Rotorua. Upon arrival in Rotorua we get to learn some fascinating info on NZ's national birds, as well as watch new lives hatch right in front of our eyes! How impressed are you right now? Soak in a hotspring, go skydiving or take a canopy tour - there's plenty of time for you to make the best of this town. Tonight we enjoy a Maori dance performance and feast on a Hāngi dinner that is sweetly roasted in the ground.
The day is yours to roam free in this geothermal paradise. Soak in a hot spring, go white water rafting or hike up a volcano. The options are limitless and the decisions are yours, but we recommend the exhilarating Rotorua Canopy Tour, an optional where you'll watch the sun rise and drink coffee up in the towering trees, as the birds make start their morning calls. Then, you'll get to soar 1200m through the forest on the ultimate zipline adventure.
Famed for its spurting geysers, boiling mud pools & hot springs, gondola and speeding luge rides, Rotorua is a natural wonderland and then some. But don't let the allure of this place consume you, for there's a fun stop at Hobbiton village we must complete. Join us at our short visit at the land of 'Lord of the Rings', before we head to Auckland. That's right, it wouldn't be a complete experience without a stop at the "Shire".
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Government officials say this wet weather will help our crops out, keeping prices down.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the wet winter will help with some of the Midwest's corn yields.
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Lobos coach Mike Locksley was on Florida and Illinois staffs when true freshmen went in. "What you see on one play, you don't get consistently on the next play," Locksley said on Tuesday MWC teleconference. "You have to be able to live with some of the inconsistencies."
By the way Locksley insists New Mexico has played the nation's toughest schedule with Oregon, Texas Tech and Utah. He might get an argument form Wyoming's Dave Christensen who has played Texas and Boise State with TCU still ahead.
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Today in 2008, Passing Strange closed at the Belasco Theatre, where it ran for 165 performances. Passing Strange is a rock musical about a young African American's artistic journey of self-discovery in Europe, drawing on heavy elements of existentialism, metafictional comedy, and the Künstlerroman. The musical's lyrics and book are by Stew with music and orchestrations by Heidi Rodewald and Stew. It was created in collaboration with director Annie Dorsen. The musical was developed at The Sundance Institute Theatre Lab in 2004 and 2005, one of the only works there ever to be invited back for a second round of development. It had productions in Berkeley, California and Off-Broadway before opening on Broadway in 2008, garnering strong reviews and several awards. Spike Lee filmed the musical on Broadway as a documentary, premiering the film in 2009.
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Beginning in 1944 and going through to the (secret) conclusion of the Cuban Missile Crisis, "First Class" follows Erik Lehnsherr/Magnet (Michael Fassbender) and Charles Xavier/Prof. X (James McAvoy) from their very different youths, to their inevitable meeting and unfortunate parting of ways. Along the way, mutants from across the globe are forced to take sides—against each other and mankind.
Fassbender as Lehnsherr and Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw, leader of the nefarious Hellfire Club, are the anchors that keep "First Class" grounded. Lehnsherr on the hunt for Shaw offers some of the film's best scenes, with Fassbender a heat-seeking missile of vengeance determined to push through any obstacle until he has Shaw's head on a pike. Bacon, meanwhile, brings the perfect blend of devilish glee, bad-guy swagger and power that you look for in a super villain.
McAvoy is excellent as Xavier, the earnest, wannabe-ladies man with an inexplicably unshakable faith in Mankind (but can someone explain why he's always wearing those fingerless hobo gloves? Yes, he needs to be able to touch his fingers to his temples to use his telepathy, but it's not even cold outside, for heaven's sake). A scene where we watch him try to pick up Moira McTaggart (Rose Byrne—how hard is it to find a leading role for this woman?) by explaining the science behind her auburn hair is pretty funny; and watching him root for humanity, you almost want to share his belief in our better angels.
A globe-skipping good time that takes us to Switzerland, Argentina, Vegas and Oxford, and an old-school Cold War adventure unfortunately bookend a second act that drags on forever. Director Matthew Vaughn tries to get us invested in every new X-Man, show us that mutants need loving too, and offer all other manner of obvious, unimportant insights about the universal truths that guide all our hearts. Yawn… can we please go end the Cuban Missile Crisis already?
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College softball team (25-24) put three players on the Daktronics All-Southeast Region Teams, the organization announced Monday. Outfielder Whitney Okvist (Kennesaw, Ga.) and designated player Haley Burnett (Columbus, Ga.) earned First Team honors, while Kelsea Martin (Dacula, Ga.) was on the Second Team at utility.
Burnett earns her second-straight First Team selection this season after hitting .347 with seven home runs and 41 RBI. The slugger broke GC's career home runs record by smacking two in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Tournament loss. Her two appearances gives GC three Daktronics All-Region honorees all-time at DP.
Okvist makes her first appearance on an All-Region Team, hitting .413 this season with 52 stolen bases in as many tries, a school record. She scored 54 runs and drove in 19. Okvist is the fourth Daktronics All-Region outfielder for GC, the first since Sherquita Bostick in 2009.
Martin split time at both third and first base this season, hitting .314 with 24 RBI and 20 runs scored. She is just the second Bobcat utility player to earn All-Region, after Tonya Medders in 2008.
GC softball now has 13 honorees all-time for Daktronics All-Region, dating back to 2007.
Burnett and Okvist will now move on to the All-America ballot, with winners due to be announced May 14. Three Bobcats have earned Daktronics All-America accolades.
The Daktronics All-America programs honor student-athletes in Division II athletic programs. The voting, nomination and calculations are all conducted by the schools' sports information directors.
The Bobcats showed much improvement in 2012, finishing 25-24 with a 9-11 PBC mark, good for seventh and a PBC playoff spot, after holding the top spot in the conference standings early in the season. GC put three players on the All-PBC team, adding the same three now at the all-region level.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information.
2012 Daktronics Softball All-Southeast Region
Pitcher of the Year: Melissa Dickie, North Georgia
Player of the Year: April Jowers, Armstrong
First Team
P: Jessica Coan, North Georgia
P: Melissa Dickie, North Georgia
P: Megan Barnwell, Armstrong
C: Sarah Atkins, Lenoir-Rhyne
1B: Breezy Collings, Flagler
2B: April Jowers, Armstrong
3B: Natalie Haithcox, Mars Hill
SS: Kacee Camp, Augusta St.
OF: Whitney Okvist, Georgia College
OF: Pilar Harden, North Georgia
OF: Kayla Voorhees, Mount Olive
DP: Haley Burnett, Georgia College
UT: Casey Googe, Columbus St.
Second Team
P: Donna Munafo, Flagler
P: Mollie Russell, Columbus St.
P: Dawon Millwood, Lenoir-Rhyne
C: Hilary Cox, North Georgia
1B: Jessica Fellmeth, Lenoir-Rhyne
2B: Alona Personius, Flagler
3B: Karlie Gillam, North Georgia
SS: Abby Child, Anderson (S.C.)
OF: Cassidy Skeen, Carson-Newman
OF: Morgan Knight, Columbus St.
OF: Brianna Mulkey, Lincoln Memorial
DP: Heather Walker, Armstrong
UT: Kelsea Martin, Georgia College


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Companies that rent recreational vehicles in Maine are trying to get a bill passed that would tax the renter of the RV instead of the actual owner, just as people who rent cars or movies are taxed.
WLBZ TV, Bangor, reported that a law that's currently on the books states that any recreational vehicle that is in Maine for more than 24 hours is subject to a 5% tax. It's a law that Maine Revenue Services has told businesses it doesn't plan on enforcing. Yet a recent audit revealed that an RV rental company in Vermont owes nearly $300,000 to Maine in taxes for its rentals. RV rental company owners like Kit Coty are trying to get LD 1809 passed to tax the rental stream and not the product.
"Because people expect they're going to pay a tax on a service they're getting," Coty said. "To charge a business tax up front for doing business is not feasible."
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We are continuing to accept applications for Oct 2020 entry. The deadline for the 2nd review round is 7 Jan 2020. See www.nanodtc.cam.ac.uk/apply for more information.
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Demelza Wright and Taylor Uekert, both cohort 2016 students, have featured in the Inspirational Scientist Video series put together by Cambridge University Press Education.
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Harvard is receiving three votes in the AP national poll for the second straight week (Gil Talbot).
The Particulars
Harvard, which has started 3-0 for the second time in the last three seasons, faces Utah (1-2) in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. The game against the Utes will be broadcast live nationally on HDNet Thursday at 9:30 p.m. EST.
The game will be broadcast live on national television on HDNet. Kenny Rice, Wayne Chapman and Tom Walsh will have the call.
HDNet can be found at the following channels in the Boston area:
Comcast Xfinity Channel 783
DIRECTV Channel 306
Dish Network Channel 362
Series History
Utah won the only previous meeting against Harvard, 89-78, back in 1975-76.
Conference Records
Harvard is 1-19 all-time against current members of the Pac 12 conference.
Last Time Out
Laurent Rivard hit five 3-pointers and finished with 20 points, while Oliver McNally scored 16 points and Keith Wright chipped in with 15 points, as the Crimson knocked off Loyola Marymount on the road, 77-67. Harvard outrebounded the Lions, 41-23, and shot 15-of-18 from the foul line (.833).
Utah's Last Time Out
Josh Watkins tallied 22 points and made eight field goals, but the Utes fell at home to Montana State, 70-64. Utah hit 7-of-17 3-point attempts (.412), but committed 20 fouls and sent Montana State to the line for 25 free-throw attempts.
Battle 4 Atlantis
Joining Harvard at the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament are UConn, the defending NCAA champion, Florida State, Central Florida, Utah, the College of Charleston, UMass and UNC Asheville. After opening against Utah, Harvard will either face either UMass or Florida State in the second round. All tournament games will be broadcast live on national television (Versus or HDNet).
Harvard vs. The Field at Battle 4 Atlantis
Harvard has never competed against Central Florida, Florida State or UNC Asheville. In the first round matchup, Harvard has only seen the Utes, which came during the 1975-76 season in a 78-89 loss. The Crimson trails the series against Utah, 1-0, College of Charlestson, 1-0, UConn, 14-2, and UMass, 13-7.
The three day tournament represents eight different collegiate athletic conferences: the Atlantic Coast Conference. Atlantic 10, Big East Conference, Big South Conference, Conference-USA, Ivy League, Pac 12 and the Southern Conference.
Road Warriors
The Crimson, which plays its next four games away from home, will play 18 road/neutral games this winter. Harvard set a program record for road/neutral wins in 2009-10 with 10, and the Crimson followed up with nine road victories last season. Harvard is 2-0 on the road in 2011-12.
Harvard Against the BCS
The Crimson is scheduled to play at least three BCS opponents this season (vs. Utah at Battle 4 Atlantis Nov. 24, at Connecticut Dec. 8 and at Boston College Dec. 29). Harvard could also face Florida State and UConn, a second time, at the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament. Harvard was 2-3 against the BCS last year, defeating Boston College for the third straight time and downing Colorado.
Harvard owns a 5-8 record against BCS conferences under Tommy Amaker. The Crimson has defeated BC three times and topped Michigan and Colorado during Amaker's tenure.
Harvard Against Ranked Opponents
When Harvard played No. 4 Connecticut Dec. 22, 2010, it marked the first time the Crimson had faced a team ranked that high since Harvard fell at No. 1 Duke, 118-65, Nov. 30, 1991. Harvard earned the program's first-ever victory over a ranked opponent when the team downed No. 17 Boston College, 82-70, Jan. 7, 2009.
On The Big Screen
The Crimson will play at least six games on national or regional television this season: Battle 4 Atlantis Nov. 24-26 (Versus or HDNet), at Connecticut Dec. 8 (ESPN2), at Boston College Dec. 29 (ESPN3) and at Princeton Feb. 11 (ESPNU).
Harvard was 1-5 in games on television last season, winning against Princeton, 79-67, March 5 on ESPN3, in a game that clinched a share of Harvard's first Ivy title.
Casting Ballots
For the fourth straight season and fifth time in seven years, Harvard has received at least one vote in the AP national poll. The Crimson is receiving three votes in the most recent AP poll and one in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll Nov. 21.
Kings of Massachusetts' Courts
The Crimson is currently on a 12-game winning streak against schools from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since falling to Northeastern in overtime, 76-71, Dec. 10, 2008, including four straight wins over Holy Cross and three against Boston College.
Harvard is 2-0 this season against Massachusetts teams, having defeated MIT and Holy Cross in the first two games of the season. The Crimson will also face Boston University and BC this season. Harvard might play UMass at the Battle 4 Atlantis, this year.
Head Coach Tommy Amaker
Tommy Amaker (Duke '87) is in his fifth season as head coach of the Harvard men's basketball team. He registered his 200th career coaching victory Nov. 13 in the 2009-10 season opener at Holy Cross. Amaker has guided Harvard to its first Ivy League title as well as the program's first appearance in the NIT. In addition, the Crimson established a program record with 23 victories in 2011-12.
He brings a 246-189 career head coaching record into today's game, including a 69-51 mark at Harvard, a 109-83 record at Michigan and a 68-55 record at Seton Hall.
Wright Among Wooden Preseason Top 50
Senior co-captain Keith Wright was named to the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watch List Oct. 3. Wright, who was the only player from the Ivy League honored, garnered AP and Lou Henson All-America accolades as a junior last season.
With three blocks this season, Keith Wright now ranks fourth in program history with 109 rejections. Brian Cusworth '07 holds the Harvard record with 147 career blocks. Wright's 54 blocks last year also stand second in Harvard history for a single season. Brian Banks '78 had 59 rejections during the 1977-78 campaign.
Lavietes Is The Place To Be
Harvard is riding a 18-game win streak at home, a program record. The current win streak at home is the longest for Harvard at Lavietes Pavilion and is the 11th longest current streak in the NCAA. Duke is enjoying the longest current streak with 36 straight home wins.
Through (Nov. 19)
Duke 38
Kentucky 37
Utah State 33
Ohio State 25
Alabama 24
Notre Dame 23
Temple 22
Arizona 22
Wisconson 22
Purdue 20
Harvard 18
Crimson Runs Deep
With 19 players on its roster, Harvard is tied for the sixth largest team in the country, trailing only Air Force (22), Army (22), Cornell (21), Syracuse (20) and Navy (20). Montana State, Columbia and New Orleans also have 19 players.
Ivy League Season Honors
Laurent Rivard
- Ivy League Honor Roll (Nov. 14)
Keith Wright
- Ivy League Honor Roll (Nov. 21)
Through two games, Harvard (3-0) is the lone unbeaten Ivy League team.
Night and Day
Harvard owns a 3-0 record in night games in 2011-12. The Crimson owned a 16-5 record during evening games and a 7-2 mark during afternoon contests last year.
Preseason Prognostications
For the first time in school history, Harvard was picked to win the Ivy League in the preseason conference poll. The Crimson received 16 of 17 possible first-place votes, earning 135 points.
Harvard, which was picked second last season, received first-place votes for only the fourth time in school history (2010-11, 1989-90 and 1988-89).
2011-12 Ivy League Preseason Media Poll
1. Harvard– 135 points (16 first-place votes)
2. Yale– 103 (one first-place vote)
Princeton– 103
4. Penn–90
5. Brown– 62
6. Cornell– 52
7. Columbia– 50
8. Dartmouth– 17
Assists, No Turnovers
Harvard's duo of Oliver McNally and Brandyn Curry have combined to hand out 24 assists, while only committing eight turnovers between them (3:1).
Feeling It From Long Range
Laurent Rivard drilled a Harvard season-high five treys in the win at Loyola Marymount Nov. 19. At least one Harvard player made at least two 3-pointers in 27 of 30 games last season, and at least one Crimson player has done so in the first three games this year.
Making The Most Of It
Oliver McNally went 7-of-7 at the foul line at Holy Cross and shot 6-of-6 at Loyola Marymlunt and is shooting 1.000 percent from the line this season (13-of-13). Christian Webster is Harvard's career leader in free-throw shooting, making 88.8 percent of his attempts (167-of-188) over his first three seasons.
Last season, the Crimson ranked second in the nation as a team with an 80.8 percent success rate from the charity stripe (just behind Wisconsin's 81.8 shooting percentage). Harvard owns the NCAA record for team free-throw percentage for a season (82.2 percent in 1983-84) Harvard is currently shooting 72.2 percent from the line this season.
Harvard and Amaker Against The Field
The Crimson has never played against Utah, Florida State, Massachusetts, UNC Asheville, Central Florida or the College of Charleston under Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker. Harvard stands at 0-2 against UConn under coach Amaker.
Offense, Defense
The Crimson ranks second in the Ancient Eight in offense (75.3 points per game) and defense (60.0 points allowed per game). Harvard is also second in scoring margin (+15.3).
Double-Double Show
Keith Wright paces the Crimson with one double-double this year. Harvard players combined for 17 double-doubles last season: Keith Wright (12), Brandyn Curry (3) and Kyle Casey (2).
The Crimson is shooting 35.7 percent (5-of-14) from the floor and 84.2 percent (16-of-19) from the line in the final five minutes of games this season. Harvard has also only been whistled for eight fouls in the last five minutes.
Dunk Tally - 2011-12
Kyle Casey 3
Steve Moundou-Miss 2
Keith Wright 2
Wesley Saunders 1
Harvard had a season-high five dunks at Holy Cross Nov. 15.
Scoring In Bunches
Harvard is 2-0 this season when scoring 75 or more points. The Crimson enjoyed a perfect 12-0 mark when scoring 75 or more points in 2010-11.
In The Paint
Harvard has a 102-70 advantage in points in the paint this season. The Crimson scored a season-high 46 points in the paint at Holy Cross Nov. 15.


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Heading out onto the snow this winter? Follow these steps to transform your Ambit into the ideal pow-shredding partner. Whether you want to see your maximum speed, count your verticals or get your quads and glutes into shape, your Suunto Ambit can help take you there. Here's how:
Choose your sport
Select your device and then go into sport mode where you can either add alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski-touring, snowboarding or snow-shoeing from the drop-down, or create your own sport mode if it's not listed.
Suunto ambassador Greg Hill skied 100,000 vertical meters in one month. © Bruno Long
Customize your display
So now you have a dedicated mode for your favorite winter sport! Now it's time to customize the display so you see only the data you want. If it's ski-touring that might be your vertical speed, altitude and heart rate. If it's cross-country it might be your average speed while if you're a downhill fiend, you'll probably be wanting to select your speed and total descent.
Go hands free
Having a pole in each hand makes life awkward if you want to switch between displays. Hitting 'autoscroll' under Advanced Settings gets around that neatly. If you're likely to be out on the hill all day you may want to set your GPS accuracy to 'Good' and the recording interval to 10s to conserve battery.
© Bruno Long
Load up on apps
Go to the Appzone to choose from a whole range of extras such as storm alarm, downhill counter, maximum speed and more. Storm alarm detects big changes in air pressure to warn of incoming storms while downhill counter will count the number of runs you ski. The Time to Waypoint App estimates the time in minutes to the next waypoint based on your present speed while maximum speed is great for maximum bragging rights!
Sync before you go
Before travelling to your dream destination, make sure your Ambit is ready to find satellites. Do this by syncing all your old moves. The satellite orbit data will be automatically updated, meaning your Ambit will get a GPS reception more quickly.
© Bruno Long
Ski like a pro
Need some inspiration? Watch ski mountaineering legend and Suunto ambassador Greg Hill shredding couloirs and talking about why 'skiing's like skipping school' here. Then, if you're feeling brave, go check out some of his moves from his March Madness project – in which he skied 100,000 m in a month – and see how you compare. And if you want to rip your skins off like a pro, just check out how efficient Kilian Jornet is in this webclip.
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January 27, 2010
An Old Fashioned Cocoa
There's a wonderful little cafe that just opened by our house...CocoaLatte. It's a small family-run business, with a delicious assortment of paninis, wraps, all things eggy and of course an extensive menu of teas and coffees. Just big enough to still be cozy, with a fireplace tucked in the back and comfy chairs, CocoaLatte is the perfect place to stop after our weekly market run. The signature drink is - naturally - cocoalatte: a tall frothy latte with a generous dollop of rich cocoa at the bottom. Rich stirs it up; I sip it slowly, waiting for the final prize of a mouthful of chocolatey coffee.
It reminded me that, while I drink coffee daily, I just don't drink cocoa nearly enough. On a day when the thermometer finally dipped, and stayed, below 0C, it's exactly what I want. Ella may have her love to keep her warm, but with Richard more than 12,000 kilometres away, cocoa will have to do.
Liz's Late Night Cocoa
makes one luscious cup of cocoa
½ bar organic mik chocolate (I use Prestat Chocolates)
¾ cup organic skim milk
⅛ cup organic 35% cream, or to taste
1. Using a double boiler*, heat water to a gentle simmer. Break up the chocolate bar and begin to melt slowly in the pan.
*Have you tried the De Buyer Stainless Steel Bain Marie Cooker? It's an amazing all-in-one double boiler that is perfect for melting chocolate, making sauce, simmering custard or any other slow, low heat task you need to do.
2. As the chocolate melts, add the milk and stir with a mini whisk to break up chocolate particles and blend. Add cream and swirl again.
3. Heat until very hot, but do not boil. A final swirl, pour and sip!
For a final decadent touch, add a dollop of whipping cream on top.
photo courtesy Prestat Chocolates
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How long have you been staring at a screen? Chances are this is not the beginning of your day on your mobile device or computer — and it's very unlikely to be the end of it. You reading this blog post is only a moment in your digital day, nestled among Facebook updates, Twitter posts, Tumblr reblogs, YouTube videos and, of course, more articles. [ted_talkteaser id=1856]You and I are operating in what today's speaker Abha Dawesar calls the "digital now," a stream of time that is parallel to the present, but also in competition with it.
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Q The National Electric Code mandates the use of GFCIs in high-risk areas of all new residences. Do you have any statistics regarding how many U.S. houses were built prior to the NEC mandate that are without GFCI protection? If you have this information could you also please tell me the source? Or can you give me some suggestions on whom I may contact to get this info?
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In addition, some older homes have been upgraded but not all of these were brought up to current Code requirements. Some, such as mine, even exceed NEC requirements and have GFCI protection on receptacles that are not required to be GFCI protected. Another factor is that some homeowners do not understand GFCI protection and consider it to be an unneeded bother. In some homes the GFCIs have been removed and replaced with standard devices.


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