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A year and a half before the Carnival Spirit made its October debut in Australia, where it is now based year-round, a team of marketing pros was mulling what it would take to adapt America's "fun ship" for the land Down Under.
Re-work the menus and wine lists, for one; brew better coffee, for another. Then add more activities for the whole family, swap out machines in the casino and ditch the American comedy routines, which just don't translate.
"We call it Aussification," said Terry Thornton, senior vice president for itinerary development and revenue planning at Carnival Cruise Lines. Last fall, the Miami-based line introduced the 2,124-passenger ship — the largest to home port in Australia — with the intention of filling just about all those berths with locals.
On Monday, when some 11,500 industry players gather in Miami Beach for the annual four-day Cruise Shipping Miami conference, they will find representatives from more than 130 foreign ports, dozens of tourism offices seeking to expand visitor numbers and a handful of sessions focused on international destinations and emerging markets.
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One of those groups will be the Hong Kong Tourism Board, seeking to spread the word about the new $1 billion Cruise Terminal at Kai Tak designed by Lord Norman Foster that opens in June.
Bill Flora, U.S. director for the board, said the destination is eager to spread the word about the new terminal, which will be able to accommodate two 5,400-passenger ships at once when it is fully open next year, to cruise line executives and itinerary planners. Flora said the demand to cruise from Hong Kong has been greater than capacity, but that will soon change.
"Cruising is a growth market overall and it especially has monstrous potential when you consider China as a source market for cruising in the future," Flora said. "Because Hong Kong is the cruise hub of Asia and so close to mainland China, it will be a perfect opportunity for us to be able to enjoy some of that upcoming growth."
China's development and Carnival's move into Australia illustrate how the world's largest cruise lines are increasingly biting off bigger pieces of the planet. This year, the luxury Seabourn line is heading to Antarctica for the first time, with five days of landings planned on each of four 20-plus day trips. It's an itinerary that is requiring Seabourn to add Zodiac inflatable boats for the landings, said president Rick Meadows, as well as expedition leaders and even photographers to coach passengers on getting the best shot.
"One of the things that we pay close attention to is our guests and where they tell us they want to go," Meadows said. "We have heard Antarctica for years."
Asia is on most lines' must-visit list, with Azamara Club Cruises making its first call on Myanmar, SeaDream Yacht Club venturing for the first time into Asian ports from Sri Lanka to Hong Kong and Holland America Line recently announcing it will increase its capacity in Asia with two ships for the 2013-14 season.
Celebrity Cruises just announced its "world tour" for 2014-15, which includes sailings to ports on all seven continents. And the luxury Silversea Cruises, which is based in Monaco but has U.S. headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, is launching Silver Galapagos in the Galapagos Islands in September.
According to the Cruise Lines International Association, deployment of the 26 North America member lines since 2008 has increased 155 percent in Australia, New Zealand and neighboring islands; 302 percent in Asia; 49 percent in the Mediterranean; 57 percent in other parts of Europe and 57 percent in South America. Meanwhile, capacity in the Caribbean has increased just 33 percent and in Alaska, it has dropped by 5 percent over the last five years.
And for U.S.-based operators that have long catered to North Americans, the experiences abroad are providing an education in globalization — and risk management.
"The world is a big place and stuff happens, so you never know when you're in the right or the wrong area," said Larry Pimentel, a longtime cruise industry executive who heads up the boutique Azamara Club Cruises line for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. "You never know when more domestic itineraries are a blessing or it's the year when everyone wants to go to the place where you're not."
Last year provided a double whammy of an example in Europe, where North American lines have been increasing deployment: First, the Costa Concordia struck rock and capsized in Italian waters in January, sending demand and cruise fares in the region plummeting. Then European economies started tanking, pulling down profits in the region.
The year before, unrest related to the Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa forced cruise operators to change hundreds of sailings at great cost — bad news for Africa, which gets few ocean cruise visitors outside of Egypt, Tunisia and occasional long voyages.Also in 2011, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan disrupted scheduled sailings to the region.
For Royal Caribbean International, which was about to start the year's cruises to Japan, the disaster meant that sailings to the country that had been booked years earlier had to be abandoned and the company had to scramble to sell voyages from Singapore.
"By diversifying where the ships go and where we source, inevitably there's a greater chance that something happening in the world will affect us somewhat — and lesser chance that it will affect us a lot," said Adam Goldstein, president and CEO of Royal Caribbean International. "That is a reality that we understand, and so we try to be as prepared as we can be and still we have to expect the unexpected. If we have to adjust itineraries, one of the great attributes of our industry is that we can move the ships. It's not necessarily painless."
Goldstein said that the brand he oversees has been sailing in Europe and Asia for the past 20 years, but with a different goal in mind initially.
"The intent of those programs was to take Americans on increasingly far-flung cruises. And while we still do that and we still like to do that...there's been a profound evolution," he said. "And now the majority of our customers on cruises outside of North America are from the local markets where the ships are based."
Royal Caribbean opened offices to focus on local markets in China and Australia in December 2008 and in Brazil the following August, a market Goldstein said requires the line to offer "a party 24/7, music and dancing in and outside at virtually all hours of the day and night."
Today's strategy can be traced in part to the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in 2001, when Americans were spooked by air travel and cruise lines realized they were too heavily reliant on American passengers, said Teijo Niemelä, editor and publisher of the Cruise Business Review.
"I would say that probably the most vulnerable was the Caribbean, the North America-based source market," Niemelä said. "They needed to put the eggs in more baskets."
The baskets that are getting the most attention from North American lines these days are Australia, Brazil and especially Asia, though they still make up a fraction of global deployment. Dubai, where Royal Caribbean International started sailing in 2010, appears to have fizzled; the line is exiting the emirate after this spring because, a spokesman said, "we need to deploy our 22 ships to new and emerging, as well as other established regions around the world that can help drive the best returns for our company."
Europe is still a heavy deployment area, but cruise lines are realizing it is not the moneymaker they hoped when they started shifting additional ships there several years ago.
"At the time you had a lot of fast-growing economies in Europe, you had Spain, Germany," said Tony Peisley, a London-based cruise industry analyst and author. "I think part of it was they could see the way the wind was going with airfares."
While cruise lines would not reveal what kind of investment goes into establishing a new source market, Peisley said it is a multi-million dollar endeavor that varies depending on the location and how developed the infrastructure is.
The downside to that kind of expansion, Peisley said, is now evident as Spain's economy has faltered along with much of southern Europe. Those woes, he pointed out, "just about wiped out Royal Caribbean's profits last year" after the parent company took a nearly $414 million write-down on its Spanish-focused Pullmantur brand.
Peisley said cruise lines are reacting, moving capacity back to North America from Europe.
"They got too many ships in anyway probably too quickly, and that's happening in Australia already," he warned.
In addition to entering the Australian market last year — with sailings not even listed on its American website— Carnival is marketing aggressively in the UK to attract residents to European cruises. Carnival Cruise Lines will have two ships in Europe this summer, though it scaled back the schedule for one of them. Royal Caribbean Cruises said in an earnings call last month that Europe would make up 27 percent of capacity for 2013, a 10 percent decrease, while Asia-Pacific voyages would increase 45 percent to make up 10 percent of capacity.
"It's particularly interesting to note how well both Australia and China have held up," Royal Caribbean Cruises Chairman and CEO Richard Fain said during the call, noting that yields in both destinations were expected to remain steady or tick up despite the addition of capacity and a dispute between Japan and China over islands in the East China Sea that has already forced changes to many port calls.
Australia and Asia will account for 10 percent of capacity as well for Carnival Corp., the world's largest cruise ship company with 101 ships spread across 10 brands. California-based Princess Cruises, a premium line that will have 17 ships by this summer, is launching a full season of itineraries from Japan in April with the 2,022-passenger Sun Princess. The line has already announced it will add the 2,670-passenger Diamond Princess in 2014 and depart from three ports, including Otaru, which is new to the industry.
With the help of a Carnival Corp. team based in Japan and market research, Princess Cruises expects passengers from around the world but has designed the voyages specifically to appeal to Japanese markets, basing itineraries around cultural festivals and incorporating traditional ceremonies into the sailing experience.
Key crew members will speak Japanese, and the dining room will include sushi offerings as well as Japanese breakfast, noodle bar, sake menu and regional tea tastings. The line is keeping its signature Princess features, including a variety of food and entertainment options, open-air movies by the pool and the quiet Sanctuary area.
Jan Swartz, executive vice president of sales, marketing and customer service for Princess Cruises, said the champagne waterfall that frequent Princess guests will remember will be joined by a traditional sake barrel opening ceremony called a kagamiwari.
"It's a beautiful juxtaposition of all the things that Princess brings to passengers, but also is a nod to the country that we're sailing from and their traditions as well," Swartz said.
Later this year, Royal Caribbean will also have its largest deployment yet in Asia, with two 3,114-passenger ships sailing from Singapore, Shanghai and Tianjin. Goldstein said the Chinese deployments must have crew members, entertainers and tour guides who speak Mandarin, and a balance of new foods as well as traditional Chinese comfort food.
"It is certainly a more complicated undertaking than if we were just taking Americans in English to all parts of the world," Goldstein said. "But that's not really what our business and the modern cruise industry is about."
Cruising USA
Still, North Americans remain crucial to the industry. According to CLIA, U.S. passengers made up more than 56 percent of cruisers in 2011; second place went to the United Kingdom, with just over 9 percent of the total.
Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line has four ships in Europe this summer, but president and CEO Kevin Sheehan said the company is trying to get as many Americans as possible on board.
"Europeans don't spend on the shore excursions as much as Americans," he said. "They don't spend the same way in the casino."
Sheehan said costly airfare from the U.S. to Europe complicated efforts to lure more Americans last year, a common wrinkle that can discourage cruising abroad, especially when plane tickets cost more than a week at sea.
To erase that hurdle, some lines have turned to packages offering free airfare when customers book a cruise. That's the standard for Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Oceania Cruises, Miami-based lines owned by Prestige Cruise Holdings.
"We believe that that offer works because air, quite frankly, is a major hassle," said Kunal Kamlani, president of both brands. "Prices tend to increase, air taxes tend to increase."
Making it easier for guests to reach ships is key for Regent and Oceania, which draw the vast majority of customers from North America to destinations around the world.
"In the last year or year-and-a-half, the bias seems to be more towards international; we've got a slightly different view," Kamlani said. "We're getting great growth internationally, but we think our bread and butter is North America."
Although the two-ship Azamara Club Cruises line caters to a majority of North American guests, those still make up less than half of passengers on any given cruise. But because of the brand's upmarket niche, even foreign travelers are comfortable with an English product, Pimentel said. Even so, the company features entertainment that appeals to broad audiences, daily news in more than 20 languages and culinary choices designed for an international mix.
For 2014, the famously destination-intensive brand is even offering some cruises in California's wine country geared especially to Australian and European guests.
"I think we will see a lot of people who are not Americans on that segment," Pimentel said.
As the customer base has expanded outside the U.S., so have the efforts of the Cruise Lines International Association, which represents cruise lines and travel agents. The trade organization announced in December that nine industry associations around the world were joining forces under the CLIA umbrella.
While working with travel agents abroad to make sure they are equipped to sell cruises, CLIA president and CEO Christine Duffy said the association is also focused on working on safety and security globally.
"That's why it was important to say that there was one unified structure, to say that there is one industry with one voice," she said.
At least for now, that industry appears to be focused on how best to tap the growing middle class in China and Japan. North American cruise lines that aren't in the region yet are pondering how best to start, while letting their forerunners explore the market.
Peisley said he believes cruise lines that really want to appeal to markets within Asia will need to build ships for that purpose, focusing less on bars and sun decks that are unlikely to appeal to local passengers and more on food and entertainment.
Carnival Cruise Lines' Thornton said the line can learn a lot from Italian sister brand Costa Cruises, which has been sailing in Asia for years . The American brand is studying which markets and deployments would be best to tackle initially. "The challenges are [that] Asia's obviously a huge geographic area and there are very distinctive source markets within Asia — and all of them would require a sizeable market investment to start a brand," he said.
Norwegian Cruise Line, with majority shareholder Genting Hong Kong already based in China, also has an eye on eventually moving into the market. But he said there's no rush.
"Let's see how the market continues to develop and when it's more seasoned and not so much of a risk, we'll waltz in there," he said.
With only 11 ships now and two more coming by 2014, Sheehan said the priority now is making sure each of the ships sails in a market where the line is comfortable.
"I don't want to take any unnecessary risk with the business as it is at this level," Sheehan said. "If I had 100 ships, I could take a lot of risk."
For a giant cruise company such as Carnival Corp., experimenting with emerging markets is a small gamble, said Jaime Katz, equity analyst for Morningstar in Chicago.
"I think by putting one or two ships in a new market, you're not really rolling the dice," Katz said. "It could be a home run, it could be an absolute disaster. But at the end of the day, you have to get your feet wet in a new market and see if it holds up."


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Mark's Eclectic Evolution
Name: Mark Fugarino
Location: Larchmont, New York
I am a graphic designer living in the NYC area. I moved from San Diego in 2000. Hard to believe I was living in a one-thousand-square-foot apartment for $550 a month — what a deal! Even if it was a light run down, at least it was really close to downtown.
Eight years ago my heart was set on purchasing an apartment. I knew I couldn't afford a closet in NYC, so I decided on Westchester. I looked at a few different neighborhoods here, but the main need was to be near to a train station so travel into the city would be easy.
Of course at the time, the market was hot; not so much these days. I looked at thirty-five apartments. A couple offers were met with multiple-bids I lost out to. Finally I found a place in Larchmont. The village was charming, and with a French school here some mornings at the train station gave the impression of living in a Parisian 'burb. Anyway, the apartment had much of my wish list checked. The condition of the apartment was not so hot. It had good bones though. But, I looked past the hideously stained blue shag carpet and the chipped paint.
I was willing to put in the sweat equity. I spent endless hours stripping the paint off of all the radiator covers and the door frames. New baseboards. Wood blinds throughout since I hate curtains of any kind. Fresh paint top-to-bottom. And the blue shag carpet — gone.
I almost fell completely into the mid-century trap. I love it. But it dawned on me after seeing so many photos of homes head-to-toe "themed" mid-century that it would be better just using key pieces. I like other styles as well: ultra-modern and even antiques. So I'm in the mix. Completely eclectic; which really can evolve over time without becoming dated. That's the goal, at least.
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What's a good AV for Linux? This is for a home PC. Search didn't bring up too many results.
you might try the Linux section at tucows.com... I haven't ever really woried about getting a virus running linux... most of them seem to exploit holes primarily in windows... I guess if the user base for Linux grows, we will see more malicious software for it... but right now, I don't think it is a huge target... that is not to say that AV is unnecessary though..
\"Those of us that had been up all night were in no mood for coffee and donuts, we wanted strong drink.\"
there isn't really a good review section for the downloads on tucows.com. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with any of them? I know there arn't many virus for linux out, but I'd rather be safe than sorry
I would advise you to do a google search and educate yourself on this topic before you spend any money.
You might try this link. Looks like it's free. I never have used any anti-virus on Linux myself, so I can't recommend anything.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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I would advise you to do a google search and educate yourself on this topic before you spend any money.
i don't want to spend money
anyone have any experience with ClamAV?
If you look at AV for Linux 99% of what it detects are Windows OS specific. You generally only have an AV to protect Windows boxes you might connect to.
Most of the malware would neither run nor propagate from a linux box so the main objective is to prevent you relaying infected stuff that originated from a Windows box. It is common to have one on a linux mail server which has Windows clients, for example.
Here is one you might like to try:
I have been using clamav for the last year and a half. I am very happy with it and its easy
to install plus on my servers it works great with Qmail for scaning and stoping all emails
with viruses.
"If I'd asked my customers what they wanted, they'd have said a faster horse." ~ Henry Ford
Does clamAV deetect rootkits or do you need to stick to a program such as rkhunter or chkrootkit?
Hey spamdies
"Sometimes they do, then sometimes they don't"
I have a fair range of "malware generators"...............if the AV/AM spots them then I can be pretty certain that they will spot anything spawned by them.............if the generator is not spotted, then you can bet that its progeny will not be either
clamwin is a good AV, but i dont know about rootkits....if its for linux at least. theres rootkit problems in linux? theres a program for windows called rootkit revealer written by a guy who got pissed off at sony for installing rootkits when he got cd's from BMG i believe.
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Dubious?Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:Clearly there is, or you would not be wasting your precious time reading these articles on the "dangers" of eating eggs, and promoting the dubious claims that they are making.Ben wrote:There is no "worrying".
With respect, you are not qualified to make that assessment.
In your opinion.Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:According to Dr Google the "evidence" is contrary to your opinion. You choose to ignore those articles that don't support your current view, and to believe the articles that do. The main problem is egos, not eggs.
On the contrary, there is.Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:Human beings have been eating eggs, fish, poultry, and meat for tens of thousands of years. There is no evidence that a moderate amount of any of these products causes serious health issues. Excess in almost anything can cause health problems. You can die from drinking too much water.


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A Message from Your Friendly Neighborhood Tom Cruise: I Will Tase You, Bro
Let this be a warning to all neighbors of Tom Cruise: Do not drunkenly wander onto his property if you'd rather not be electrocuted.
Tom Cruise does not appreciate your shenanigans.
Cruise's neighbor Jason Sullivan, 41, was apparently having an evening of intoxicated debauchery when he rather unwisely decided to scale the fence of the actor's Beverly Hills home at about 9 p.m. on Sunday night -- a little stunt that ended with him being tased by Cruise's security team for trespassing. Because there is no greater threat than a middle-aged guy with a blood alcohol level roughly akin to turpentine.
Despite being lit up like the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, Sullivan still managed to take off on foot, but he didn't get far. Police arrested him, and paramedics gave him a pimpin' ride to the hospital in a shiny ambulance.
Cops believe that Sullivan, whose home is nearby, might have gotten confused in his drunken state and wandered onto Cruise's property by mistake. Which means we're supposed to think the dude regularly climbs his own fence because he likes to turn the normally mundane task of going home into some sort of video game adventure.
Tom Cruise was not at home at the time, possibly because he was testing out his newly-acquired Scientology skill: creeping on his ex-wife where she least suspects it.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Junior Jacqui Wentz has been named the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Runner of the Week after leading nationally-ranked No.12 MIT to a 15th place finish at the All-Division New England Championships held Saturday at Franklin Park.
Wentz finished 29th in a field of over 300 runners. Her time of 18:31 was the second fastest all-time by an MIT harrier at Franklin Park. She had the best time among NEWMAC runners in the race and was eighth among all Division III competitors.
This is the third conference weekly honor for Wentz this season. She was previously named Runner of the Week on September 16 and October 6.


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Even though I had already posted his obituary and didn't have any new information on him, I became curious as to whether or not I could easily find a picture of him online (preferably in his uniform). No such luck. I skulked back to Ancestry.com and was about to look at family trees to see if anyone had him in there with a picture that I could beg to use when I came across a passenger list with him in it.
|Extract of the S.S. Manhattan Passenger List from Ancestry.com
Apparently he was a passenger on the S.S. Manhattan that left Genoa, Italy on June 2nd 1940 and was heading back to America with an arrival of June 10th. It also gave his address which I will have to look for his family there in the 1940 census now!
Why do I find this neat information? Well it said in his obituary that he "...took his preparation for the priesthood at the Collegio Brignole Sale Negroni, Genoa, Italy, and was ordained by the Most Rev. Francesco Canessa, D.D., in Genoa on May 18, 1940."
So Aloysius was on his way back to America, a newly ordained priest. To me that's fairly neat!
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hey i am following your user guide for loading thr 0s7.1 onto my 9810,and where u say its not required to wipe my phone for 7.0 os,do i skip the section?
hey i am following your user guide for loading thr 0s7.1 onto my 9810,and where u say its not required to wipe my phone for 7.0 os,do i skip the section?
What are you using to wipe your BlackBerry device? BBSAK? BBH-Tool? other?
Some BlackBerry users, will just delete the vendor.xml file, and update via BlackBerry Desktop Manager, some will wipe their devices, and use the above mentioned tools.
Let me know if you need any further help.
Thank you.
well i guess i must have done something wrong! ok so when i went to remove the os6 from the add or remove programs it was not there. so i went on to the next steps and when i go to the common files folder the os6 apploader is there,but now in my control panel add/remove my os7.1 is there. how do i get rid of the os6 in the common files so it will load up the os7.1?
The best suggestion I can give you is to go back from the start by wiping your device BBH-Tool or BBASK
(Wiping your device is one way of making sure that you'd be able to update your device OS)
Once you have the downloaded file (the new OS that you want), first thing you must do is to remove the BlackBerry Device Software and not the BlackBerry Desktop Software under the Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs.
Next, install the new OS you want to have on your device. Once done, go to: Navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader (where C:\ is your main drive.) (If you're using Windows)
Once you're there, scroll down and you will see the vendor.xml file and you have to make sure to you delete it
Then double click the "Loader" and follow the prompts to update your device OS..
Let me know if you need further assistance or you may want to check
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A Proposal
July 21, 2012, 06:49:02 pm »
Hello, all,
This is something that I've been thinking about for several months-I've been unsure how to present it, so my decision has finally been to bring it to the Origin owners' community that that inhabits this forum from time to time.
OK, I'll jump riight into it:
There is a contingent of Origin owners who seem to range from less-then-satisfied to largely unsatisfied with what Arturia has brought to the origin to date. Understandable.
So: What can we do about it?
What about changing the paradigm about how updates are handled for the Origin? My proposal would be to implement a 'Group Buy' of sorts, with the expectation that Arturia would match (or better) the groups' monetary committment. Also: What about creating 'tiers' where for each level of committed funding that was reached, those particating in the Group Buy would receive a V software, as an example.
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Re: A Proposal
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July 21, 2012, 06:59:42 pm »
I think that if owners are to help fund upgrades for the Origin, that it should be the Origin owners that drive specific upgrades that are done to the Origin. As an example: if there are enough Origin owners that want the Oberheim oscillators modelled in the Origin, then this is what Arturia should install.
Also: The Origin group should be told up front, if at all possible, what is feasible by the developer(s) who is(are) actually doing the work.
What I believe would be healthy for all parties concerned is a true partnership existing between Arturia and Origin owners, where the owners themselves can leverage the Origin's future.
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Re: A Proposal
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July 21, 2012, 07:14:11 pm »
How would this work?
Let's say that there are 100 Origin owners each willing to commit $100 US dollars to developement of Oberheim oscillators in the Origin. Let's also say that Arturia has agreed to give each of the Origin owners a V soft because of the tier reached.
That's $10,000 dollars that Origin owners have committed in funding to developement of said Obie Osc's, and Origin owners each get a V soft for their committment.
Arturia then matches it with a ratio of say: 1.5 to 1, so for every $1.00 that the group commits to developement, Arturia commits $1.50.
In this scenario, we both as a group and Arturia now have $25,000 committed to developement of Obie Osc's.
This (in theory, anyway) should greatly extend the life and health of the product, since both present and future owners/users of the Origin should benefit.
Last Edit: July 21, 2012, 07:16:22 pm by goldenanalog
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Re: A Proposal
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July 21, 2012, 07:54:08 pm »
The other idea that may go with this will create an Origin 'roll-call' list-that's something that might look like an 'Ambassador Program'.
Origin owners would sign up for it with an Origin serial/bio info.
If you think about each Origin owner as being a micro-investor in Arturia; collectively: 100 Origin owners would have spent (conservatively) $150,000 to $200,000 USD.
With FURTHER potential monetary committment on the part of Origin owners to improve the machine, I think that it warrants special treatment on the part of Arturia, which could take the form of deep discounts/special buys etc. through an Ambasador program.
Have you seen this yet?
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Re: A Proposal
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July 21, 2012, 08:33:53 pm »
From The above article:
'Some years ago, Serafine moved out of a 10,000-square-foot Venice, Calif., studio. He had eight rooms full of equipment, including some 53 synthesizers. I didnt want to be in that real- estate business, and I wanted to lighten up, he says, so I sold all of my synthesizers on eBay. The plan was to get leaner on hardware, but not on capability. Serafine unloaded the analog synthesizers in favor of software synthesizers. The advan- tages of software synthesizers over analog are debated between purists and digital mavens, but some benefits are clear.
Serafine is an advocate of the Arturia MiniMg V and Arturia Mg Modular V
, among other software tools. He had been an avid user of the original MiniMg analog synthesizer since he got one in his teens.
That MiniMg was one of the most innovative instruments when it was created, but it had some drawbacks, among them, like most analog synthesizers, the tuning could become unstable as the oscillators heated up. That made the MiniMg notoriously difficult to keep in tune.
Says Serafine, Mg went to Arturia to develop the MiniMg, and they were able to correct its problems by making it a software synthesizer, and they did a great job.
The Arturia MiniMg V, which is being reintroduced as the Arturia Mini V, doesnt have these drawbacks, of course. Serafine also makes extensive use of the Arturia MiniMgs hundreds of programmed presets. (Arturia recently announced the end of an agreement with Mg Music, so in addition to the change to the Mini V, the Arturia Mg Modular V is being reintroduced as the Arturia Modular V.) One drawback of software synths comes from the interface. Pushing a mouse is okay for getting an idea down in the laptop, but
Serafine uses the Arturia Origin in the studio. Its a hardware synth using DSP algorithms that models the various modules from different synths (Mg, Roland, Yamaha and more), which can be combined inside the Origin to create new synths in a modular system. The Origin reincarnates yesterdays systems into a single synth system, he says. Back when I was playing analog synthesizers, I was playing the control knobs.
When software came around, it was pushing a mouse. The Origin takes me back to the analog playability.
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Re: A Proposal
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July 21, 2012, 09:51:47 pm »
In synth world: The Origin is an extremely important player, as articulated by such professionals as Mr. Serafine, who relies heavily on it in his work. IT MAKES SENSE then, that if a sizeable contigent of Origin owners/users are disatisfied or worse, that stepping up and offering to help Arturia in a reasonable way with developement costs in exchange for getting what we want...
The dirty little (not so) secret of the Origin is that the resource outlay on the part of Arturia was ENORMOUS-that it's buy price is so reasonable is a small miracle.
It is brilliant; it is a jewel; it is a goldmine of great sounds. But it can be better.
But: Are we willing as Origin owners to help Arturia with the costs of making it better?
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Wow, Frank Serafine. That's a great endorsement. He's like the Hans Zimmer of the sound design world. I remember reading an Electronic Musician article on him in the mid-80s and drooling over the collection of synths he had in his studio. He's probably had every synth known to man.
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July 28, 2012, 01:42:08 am »
While this proposal is well meant, I think it's misplaced.
It assumes that Arturia has a staff of software engineers which have a number of possible improvement options which they are dallying with, or even throwing darts at, as far as deciding where to proceed. And because of this, the roadmap is muddled and time is being wasted.
Apparently, this isn't the case. It seems that there is a staff of
software engineer, Phillipe, who is working to give us additional features (oscillators, filters, sequencer features, effects, templates etc) on his own, with possible help from others at Arturia when time gets out of hand. It also seems like they are listening to us, as among the many things we want to have added to Origin such as Prophet or Oberheim OSCs and filters or what have you, the most often asked for addition is the Yamaha CS-80 template. And Phillipe or Sean W have mentioned the CS-80 template as something upcoming in the "not too distant future." After having some of us beg for the SEM V OSCs and filters - and getting the filter in just a few months, this does make me hopeful that we are going to have one or two substantial additions like the CS-80 template and more OSCs and filters per year. The ARP 2600 template had been proposed as coming in the 1.4 update, and I'm VERY glad it was postponed, because making a 2600 patch in the Origin is very simple to do. In contrast, my CS-80 recreation uses a lot of CPU overhead, so it's capable of only seven note polyphony. A proper CS-80 template would not just be tuned to work with the DSP in the Origin better, but the performance controls on the actual CS-80 would be available in some fashion.
We would have to throw a LOT of money at Arturia before they could think of using it to hire a second software engineer familiar with machine code programming for dedicated DSP units. And no matter how much money we gave, I doubt it could make Phillipe work any faster. At least I'd hope!
I think the most useful thing we can do is buy Arturia products themselves, and encourage our friends to do the same. At some point I will be doing this, as I would like to have the entire Vintage Collection 3.0. I just need that music computer running a DAW first...
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July 29, 2012, 08:20:42 am »
Whilst all good points (and I had assumed as much about dear Philippe) what I'm really talking about is somewhat of a revolution-all of your points were already considered over the past few months.
So: What if we were able to have Philippe all to ourselves, so all he did was to work on the Origin? It would put unprecendeted pressure on the company (Arturia) if we as owners put up our own money to force bug fixes, revisions, etc. with Phillipe himself telling us directly about the bug/update status, feasibility....
The bottom line is that this stategy would DIRECTLY affect Arturia's bottom line, especially in wake of a somewhat unique (and visible) business model where the company/user/product relationship was cemented by genuine funding on the users' part...consider that the box might yearly go through revisions which would be equivalent to version upgrades in software-examples: cs80v 1.0 to 2.5, prophet v 1.0 to 2.5, etc.
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July 29, 2012, 08:35:08 am »
From the position of a professional: If such was the case where the owner's themselves paid what might be logically seen as a 'subscription' fee to fully support a world-class product like the Origin (the Origin has few peers) and that said professional would also have a voice in the on-going evolution of the product (platform)...
Understand that many pro's already pay regular fees to Avid (Pro-Tools) for even minor upgrades-this has going on for years-
I would see this as an attractant from a pro's standpoint in wake of so much WYSIWYG...
Besides: From my (limited, 35-year) synth experience, I see Philippe as a BRILLIANT DSP programmer, perhaps on par with Bob Mg but living in the DSP synth world....what if he could work uninterrupted specifically on the Origin, further honing his skillset as he explores/refines what is one of the best synths on the planet...
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July 29, 2012, 08:50:36 am »
My belief is that if Arturia Origins' ongoing developement was in part funded by the Origin owners/users themselves, and that the part of the keyboard community that cared about such things knew this, and saw progress in the instrument that both delivered on initial promises, and continued to exceed them, that Arturia would not only sell more units, but would see the perceived value of the instrument increase since the support would prove itself to be complete.
I would also like to see a onsite or offsite web structure (spreadsheet-style) that lists machine by serial, and the status of said machine.
Is it working? If not, why not-what is wrong with it?
And what is the present status of the repair required; what is (or will) Arturia do(ing) to repair the machine?
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How about suing Arturia for misleading advertising.
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October 13, 2012, 04:15:14 am »
You guys all need to wake up and smell the coffee. Any company that leaves a flagship product to a single lone developer who is doing it on his own time is a clear example that the company has no vested interest in pushing the product any further. Seriously.
From my perspective Origin was an ingenious and amazing instrument that was plagued by bad marketing, early quality control issues & stability problems and likely high production costs with a complicated product design. You simply CANNOT have those types of things happen when you launch a product, cause if you do, then the life of that product is spent "catching up". From that point forwards it's nothing but an uphill battle trying to fix consumer perception.
All of those problems combined likely made it impossible for Arturia to make any profit on Origin sales at all. And with the product originally being priced as high as it was, it simply made things worse. Bottom line: if a company can't be profitable with a product, then they simply cannot invest further into it, that's just how business works folks. If Arturia was truly interested in reviving Origin, they would have more than one lone developer dedicated to it....period. So let's stop all this dreaming and just face what it is.
That being said, let's just sit back, enjoy the synth, and be grateful for whatever additional time and development they put into the product. The SEM additions are amazing and definitely put some life back into the platform. Let's see what they can do next.
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I agree with holografique, let's just enjoy this great synth and cross our fingers to hope that they won't stop developing it. And from my perspective, this thing has developed quite a lot since its first release. There are quite a lot of more or less pricey products that had kind of great potentiality and they were released with more or less pronounced "promises". Take Roland V-piano for example. It had IMO huge potentiality to run different things (e-pianos for example) but those japanese decided to not develope it any futher. After all these years, It is still just an extremely heavy and pricey a-piano. I am glad that I did not put my money into it. It was a clear mistake from Arturia that they promised those templates and without no doubt there are Origin owners who bought their unit because of those promises.
What I fear most is the day when my Origin gets broken (I'll do my best to avoid this). What is obvious that this thing isn't easy to fix. What will I do then, should I send it to France? How much does it cost? How long does it take? Do they have spare parts? Does this company even exist etc.?
So let's hope that they will keep developing it and selling it. In my opinion the more users it has more it makes them responsible to keep its service alive too. If we are just few then it's more easy to forget us.
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i would have no problem paying for updates
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- 1 carrot, peeled and halved
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme plus1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 cup clam juice
- 1/2 pound slab bacon, cut into 1/4-inch dice
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 8 small white new potatoes, cut into 1/4-inch dice
- 2 cups heavy cream
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
- Oyster crackers (optional), for serving
- 1. Wash the clams well in cold water and put into a heavy soup pot. Add 1 chopped onion, the celery, carrot, 1 bay leaf, and the thyme sprigs.
- 2. Add water and clam juice. Cover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook until the clams open, shaking the pot occasionally. Remove clams from their shells, pouring any remaining broth back into the pot. Cover the clams and set aside. Strain the broth through a fine sieve and set aside.
- 3. Add the bacon to the pot and cook over low heat until the fat is rendered and the bacon is slightly crisp, about 10 minutes. Add the remaining chopped onions, the remaining bay leaf, chopped thyme, and butter. Cook for 15 minutes, stirring, to wilt the onions. Add the potatoes and the strained broth. Simmer, partially covered, over medium heat for 12 to 15 minutes or until the potatoes are cooked through. Skim any foam that rises to the surface.
- 4. Meanwhile, coarsely chop the reserved clams. Add them to the pot along with the cream; simmer over medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes or until the clams are just cooked through. Do not overcook.
- 5. Season generously with pepper and stir in the parsley. Serve in mugs with oyster crackers, if desired.
Per serving (based on 8), without the oyster crackers: 464 calories, 25g carbohydrates, 36g protein, 23g fat, 114mg cholesterol.


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2004 Toyota Tacoma - Retired ProPosted in Features on May 12, 2014
For those who have been in the 4x4 hobby for a fair amount of time, you've probably learned that it isn't always easy on the wallet. The investment in time, resources, and money into any given rig can be tremendous—even though the same could be said for almost all automotive hobbies. With most vehicle-centric hobbies, two sayings often ring very true. One, you rarely (if ever) get back the money that you put into a rig. Two, it's always cheaper to buy rather than build.
The second saying is one that divides plenty of core enthusiasts. For many in this hobby, part of the fun is building your own rig. Spending those late nights in the garage with your buddies, and using little more than your imagination and toolset to craft a vehicle that is uniquely your own is something that becomes a part of the off-road lifestyle. On the other side of the coin, not everyone has the skillset or time to wrench away their weekends and holidays. For Brian Gallus of Nashville, Tennessee, he's experienced being both the builder and buyer. So, when the All-Pro Off-Road 2004 Toyota Tacoma came up for sale on a local forum, he not only knew it was a good deal, but saw the potential to tinker and make it his own.
The 2004 Toyota Tacoma you see here today was originally used by the Toyota specialists at All-Pro Off-Road to develop some of the company's products, most notably, its solid axle conversion. As it goes with prototype and show vehicles of its nature, the Tacoma did some light wheeling and made its rounds at events to showcase its wares. Once the rig was no longer needed, it changed hands a couple of times. Gallus purchased the Tacoma a couple of years ago and has steadily worked to modify and improve it to fit his needs. Currently, the rig serves as both his wheeler and daily driver. We caught up with the 2004 Toyota Tacoma in the backwoods of Tennessee to see how the old development truck was blending in with the southern backdrop. While Gallus say's there is still more tuning he would like to do, for now, the late-model Tacoma appears to be getting along just fine.
At A Glance
Vehicle: 2004 Toyota Tacoma
Owner: Brian Gallus
Stomping grounds: Nashville, Tennessee
Build time: N/A
Engine: 3.4L V-6, TRD Supercharger
Transmission: A340F automatic
Transfer case(s): Stock w/Marlin Crawler MC09 TacoBox
Low range ratio(s): 2.28:1, 2.57:1, 5.85:1
Crawl ratio(s): 33.82:1, 38.12:1, 86.77:1
Front axle/differential: Toyota/60 hybrid, FJ80 high-pinion third member, Dana 60 4340 chromoly axleshafts, Currie Enterprises modified F-450 unit bearings, Warn hubs/Detroit Locker, 5.29 gears
Rear axle/differential: Full-float Diamond Axle/TRD E-Locker, 5.29 gears
Front: All-Pro Off-Road 3-link SAS conversion w/12-in-travel Walker Evans 2.0 coilovers w/compression adjusters
Rear: All-Pro Off-Road 3-in-lift leaf springs, 2-in-lift shackles, Walker Evans 2.0 shocks w/compression adjusters
Steering: All-Pro Off-Road Hy-Steer drag link and tie rod, PSC Motorsports hydro-assist
Tires: 37x12.50R17 BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain T/A KM
Wheels: 17x9 Walker Evans beadlock
Armor: Modified All-Pro Off-Road bumpers, sliders, and skidplates
Cool stuff: Bed bobbed 10 inches, Trail-Gear frame boxing plates, Warn XD9000 winch, Viking winch rope, Auto Meter gauges, Split Second piggyback module, TRD 7th injector kit, MagnaFlow exhaust


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Shoot Quick!--This Thursday, June 1, is the deadline for submitting your script to the Duke City Shootout. Here's an opportunity to see your film ideas come to life. Send in your 12-page script; if yours is among the lucky few chosen, you'll be given a cast, high-definition camera, lighting equipment, crew, post-production facilities and a professional mentor to help you through the process of shooting your short film. The Shootout itself will take place July 21-29 in and around Albuquerque. Filmmakers from all over will have just one week in which to shoot, edit and premiere their works. For a shot at movie stardom, race to the post office and mail your script to: Duke City Shootout, P.O. Box 37080, Albuquerque, N.M. 87176. For more info about the Duke City Shootout, log on to www.dukecityshootout.com.
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X-Men: The Last Stand
You can't tell the mutants without a scorecard
Sure, you can start a controversy by making a major studio film that brings into question the most basic foundations of one of the world's largest religions (The Da Vinci Code). But that's kid's stuff. If you really want to ignite a raging controversy over summer movie season, just turn a popular superhero comic book into a movie. Yeah, Catholics can get angry; but they're taught to forgive. Fanboys, on the other hand, hold a grudge forever.
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The Break-Up
Breaking up is hard to watch
Yes (giggle), Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn are (titter) dating. Can we all just move past that now? Can we finally get a grip on the fact that the love lives of Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie et al have nothing whatsoever to do with us mere mortals? Can we actually get back to the idea that these people are actors and that they make movies?
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"So You Think You Can Program a Network?"
Nets show off summer series
The broadcast networks have finally gotten around to realizing that people really do watch television over the summer. Having lost significant chunks of their audience to cable networks (who are gloriously unfettered by the same old spring/fall TV season), ABC/CBS/NBC/FOX have recently put a greater effort into getting new shows on the air in the June-July-August corridor. They may only be cheap-to-produce reality shows, but it still beats giving viewers three months worth of "Will & Grace" reruns.
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"2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee" (KOAT-7 7 p.m.) Now that America is all caught up in spelling bee fever ... What? You didn't see Akeelah and the Bee? Or Bee Season? ... Great. Now, not only are the vast majority of these kids going to lose on national television, they're also going to tank in the ratings.


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Tiny Personal Firewall Locked Terminal Bypass Vulnerability
An issue has been reported in Tiny Personal Firewall which could allow a local attacker to permit users unauthorized access to Tiny Personal Firewall. Reportedly, this is possible even if the local system is locked.
A user scanning the network could initiate an alert dialogue in the foreground of a locked workstation with the firewall installed. The dialogue box requires the user to either permit or deny input. If the workstation is unattended the local attacker could select permit and enter information to the firewall program, without the legitimate user of the services knowledge.
Potentially this issue could allow unauthorized users to modify the Personal Tiny Firewal settings.
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Wayland to dedicate new entrance, honor donors
Trustees, faculty and staff of Wayland Baptist University will be on hand at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24 for the dedication of the Harry and Annette Igo Boulevard, a new entrance to the university off Fifth Street.
The project was made possible by donations from Harry Igo and Mrs. Ruth James, who donated funds to purchase the brick sign adorning the boulevard in memory of Bobby James.
The entrance features a wide, winding road that funnels into the parking lot south of McClung University Center. A median landscaped with trees was added to beautify the entrance and welcome visitors into the university campus.
A large brick sign with the Wayland slogan, "Lighting the Way," sits at the entrance, and three flag poles bear the American, Texas and WBU flags. Other trees and wood and brick fencing line the edges of the entranceway.
That portion of Smythe Street was renamed Harry and Annette Igo Boulevard in recognition of the Igo family's longtime support for Plainview and Wayland.


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Baruch College Presents the 13th Annual Symposium on Communication
NEW YORK, NY-- April 24, 2013 – Baruch College's Bernard. L. Schwartz Communication Institute will host its 13th Annual Symposium on Communication and Communication-Intensive Instruction on Friday, May 31.
The all-day event brings together leaders in business and education to explore how to best provide undergraduates and beginning professionals the tools they need to grow as effective, confident speakers and writers. This year's themes are focused on literacies and storytelling.
Baruch College President Mitchel B. Wallerstein will kick-off the symposium with opening remarks.
The day's keynote presentations and workshops will be led by: Catherine Mathis, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Standard & Poor's, and Suresh Canagarajah, Professor of Applied Linguistics and English at Pennsylvania State University. Gary Shteyngart, author of The Russian Debutante's Handbook, Absurdistan, and A Super Sad True Love Story, will lead the dinner address. Roslyn Bernstein, Professor of Journalism at Baruch College, will interview Shteyngart during the dinner presentation.
Founded in 1997 thanks to the generous support of Bernard L. Schwartz, a CUNY alumnus, the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute encourages the emphasis of oral, written, and computer mediated communication across the curriculum at Baruch College.
WHAT: 13th Annual Symposium on Communication and Communication-Intensive Instruction
WHEN: Friday, May 31
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
WHERE: Baruch College
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Baruch College is a senior college in the City University of New York (CUNY) with a total enrollment of more than 17,000 students, who represent 160 countries and speak more than 100 languages. Ranked among the top 15% of U.S. colleges and the No. 5 public regional university, Baruch College is regularly recognized as among the most ethnically diverse colleges in the country. As a public institution with a tradition of academic excellence, Baruch College offers accessibility and opportunity for students from every corner of New York City and from around the world. For more about Baruch College, go to http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/.
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We here at the Performance Bicycle Blog have decided that it's time to see, in person, what's up with the growing popularity of the Gran Fondo (literally "big ride" in Italian). Gran Fondos, or cyclosportives, as they are also known, are organized and timed mass-participation road rides, usually with an extra degree of difficulty not usually found in the typical charity ride (but still with rest stops!) Participants aren't necessarily competing against each other, but they are racing against the clock, since you normally have to beat a pre-determined cutoff time to finish. Ultimately it's this personal challenge that attracts riders to a Gran Fondo – the chance to test yourself on an epic route with other like-minded cyclists along for company (and ok, maybe a little competition).
But that's not all that Gran Fondos have to offer, as they often act as a fundraiser for deserving charities and groups, plus you often get the chance to meet and ride with the famous cyclists who are hosting or participating in the ride. Famous Gran Fondos around the world include the Maratona dles Dolomites in Italy, l'Etape du Tour in France, or the popular Levi Leipheimer's King Ridge Gran Fondo in California.
For our foray into the Gran Fondo world, we've decided to check off all of the above by registering for Jeremiah Bishop's Alpine Loop Gran Fondo in Harrisonburg, Virginia (on Saturday, September 24th). In case you didn't know, Jeremiah Bishop is one of America's most accomplished mountain bikers in recent years, with multiple national championship titles and many other prestigious wins to his credit. Lately his focus has been on marathon events and stage races, but he's also been mixing it up at a few World Cup cross-country events this year too. So when you hear that Jeremiah Bishop has set up a Gran Fondo, you get the feeling that you'll be in for an epic ride.
Billed as "the most challenging and adventurous Gran Fondo in the United States", the Alpine Loop Gran Fondo route (like most Gran Fondos, there are also shorter options) certainly sounds like it won't disappoint! Covering 95 miles and with almost 11,000 feet in elevation gain, it adds to it's "most challenging Gran Fondo in the US" credibility by including several miles of dirt road climbing, pitches of up to 15%, and some raging mountain road descents. This promo video shows what's in store for the ride:
As a bonus, the Alpine Loop Gran Fondo is also a fundraiser for community charities, local schools and cycling infrastructure – all of the proceeds from the event get put to good use after we've finished suffering out on the road.
Chris and I (David), the same team that rode the Alps during the Performance Tour du Jour trip to the Tour de France this summer, are heading up from our headquarters for this Gran Fondo. There's nothing like riding up Alpe d'Huez a few times to get your legs in shape for a challenging ride. Well, that's our theory, at least! To be honest, we really haven't been packing on the road miles since we got back to the States, so we'll see if there's any fitness left over from our Euro riding when we get to Virginia next week!
We've actually met Jeremiah at the Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage Race – he was even nice enough to pose for a picture with his comically oversized winner's check. Of course the only time we saw him was at the start of the race and then at the awards ceremony, since he usually finished in about half the time that it took us to ride the course (we were lucky to make it to the finish before they actually took down the finish line)!
We have a sneaking suspicion that the same timing will apply to this Gran Fondo, but lucky for us there's a gala dinner the night before the ride where we'll get to rub shoulders with the pros and other riders (without being in a oxygen-deprived state, as we likely will be on some of those climbs). But out on the road there will still be fun goals to aim for, like age-graded king of the mountains jerseys, staffed rest areas, cowbell prizes for the last place finishers (this prize is definitely in reach), finish line festivities, and of course some beautiful scenery.
Now that we think about it, maybe we do get what this Gran Fondo business is all about after all. A chance to test ourselves with a challenging ride in a great atmosphere, along with a few hundred new friends, all for a good cause.


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Playing Miss Celie in "The Color Purple" is causing Fantasia Barrino to bare more than just her soul!
The Season Three "American Idol" winner arrived to the musical's after-party on Sunday dressed in a trash-tastic, skin-tight, green, leopard print dress. Maybe she was headed to a "Flavor of Love" casting?
Fantasia may be starring on Broadway, but decked out in this hoochie mama ensemble, she looks more appropriate for Times Square! Need a date?
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Diseñadores de todas las partes del mundo están proponiendo diseños creativos a Airkat en la categoría de diseño página web - custom.
Large music site is adding new features and cleaning up old ones. We need a very sleek, "web 2.0"-ish design.
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Similar to the current colors, we like the way they look. Please no dark layouts -- keep it light and clean
Desired Style:
A sleeker, smoother version of the current setup
Accepted File Formats:
Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
I hate the term Web 2.0 as much as anyone else, but that's the best way to describe the direction the site is heading it.
Not so much Ajax usage, but a more community-oriented feeling. We would like to take the current design and make it smoother/sleeker as well as make way for new features. This will be out first time hiring an outside designer, which means we may make assumptions or omit info that you need, so if something isn't clear please ask
Here is the site:
One of the things we want to do is maximize content space (ala youtube) and add tabbed navigation to the top with submenus or perhaps just one large left or right hand column for sublinks and such.
The tabs should include Mixtapes, Videos, Singles, PodCasts, News, Community. We picture something like this: http://tinyurl.com/3awmga
There are many pages to be developed, so this contest is more for someone to submit a concept that we like so that we can then move forward with that designer to develop some of the inner pages (both new and existing). Naturally we will compensate for extra work done, but we expect this contest price to cover the work for the homepage as well as an inner page.
When entering, please provide a mockup of the homepage and the inner page (based on this page: http://tinyurl.com/3y6tly).
Remember, the site is heading in a new direction, so please don't feel constrained to follow the entire format of the current site.
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Yellow 1950's Shirt Dress
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I made this using a vintage pattern I bought on ebay. I've always wanted a black and yellow vintage dress like this and I finally found the right fabric. It was a little see-thru so the dress is fully lined. This is actually my first collar. I altered the pattern to make it curved and added piping. I'm amazed it came out ok. The skirt is very full. I tried to match the lace on the bottom the best I could without wasting too much fabric. The belt in the picture is Zac Posen for Target.
Special thanks to All Brand Sew and Vac 711 Oaklawn Ave Cranston, RI
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I used a lovely lightweight yellow fabric I found in the discount section of Joanne's. The lining is a cotton blend. New shiny black buttons, but an old yellow coated metal zipper.
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Jul 28, 2011, 03.48 PMby vasgarcia
This dress is so fabulous! I've been wanting a shirt dress for some time and this has put it over the top! I love the puffy sleeve detail that you've added. And the piping is AMAZING!
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Jul 28, 2011, 10.07 PMby Danielle MacIndoe
Thanks! It was a fun project.
Jul 6, 2011, 06.42 AMby janene
I don't know how this dress managed to pass me by! Ditto to everyones comments below. It is absolutely stunning! :-)
Jul 6, 2011, 01.02 AMby Danielle MacIndoe
I am honored to have received such an overwhelming response. Thank you everyone!
Jul 4, 2011, 12.53 PMby nikkishell
WOW! This dress is to die for! Love the colour and you look fabulous. Great job.
Jul 3, 2011, 08.09 PMby dewreb
This dress is perfection! I love the piping!
Jul 3, 2011, 04.44 AMby cantare
Gorgeous! Love the pattern, the color, the fabric, the fit, the pics…LOVE this. My goodness, I think I need one of these!
Jul 2, 2011, 10.31 AMby ronnielee
Absolutely fabulous, yellow and black such a beautiful combo. The trim has really made this!!
Jul 2, 2011, 05.41 AMby inskirt
Jul 1, 2011, 08.23 PMby mothgirl
The dress is beautiful, the details are stunning, and the pics are amazing!! I am so impressed and so inspired—maybe I will finish some of my vintage 50's patterns now :) Keep up the good work!
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Jul 2, 2011, 02.59 AMby Danielle MacIndoe
Thank you. You should. It was really fun to make.
Jul 1, 2011, 08.06 PMby Mardella Brobst
You commented on the full skirt—I grew up in the fifties and started sewing when I was 8. Every dress I made (we wore dresses to school every day back then—remember ladies?) had a very full skirt. Might be why I came to hate gathers and love the straight skirts when I got in high school. You did a great job with the piping and collar!
Jul 1, 2011, 07.59 PMby stekpanandeath
Love it!
Jul 1, 2011, 07.35 PMby teenee
beautiful dress! It looks fantastic on you and the collar looks as though it was always ment to be that way!!
Jul 1, 2011, 06.18 PMby in-stockholm
Lovely dress and great details with the piping and the border on the hem!
Jul 1, 2011, 04.44 PMby tirrs
very nice!
Jul 1, 2011, 03.57 PMby nidhi
oh i want this dress! lovely! great pics too!
Jul 1, 2011, 03.01 PMby Jodi Wade
Gorgeous dress! I love everything about it.
Jul 1, 2011, 01.22 PMby Danielle MacIndoe
Thanks everyone for all your nice comments! I'm so happy my first project on BurdaStyle was well received. It's a very old pattern but I'll scan an image of it in tonight. I love the fabric, I bought all that was left, but there's not enough left, or I'd offer to make one for someone.
Jul 1, 2011, 01.07 PMby zsyzu
I hope Burda features your dress. It's really well done and I love the color, piping and overall design.
Jul 1, 2011, 01.02 PMby 00001
I want this dress!! Great job ;)
Jul 1, 2011, 11.23 AMby u120418
Jul 1, 2011, 08.34 AMby Anne Wagenhauser
Great dress, looks fab on you.
Jul 1, 2011, 08.11 AMby mokosha
amazing dress.. absolutely amazing..
Jul 1, 2011, 07.50 AMby michelle ><><><
Great JoB!!!! <><
Jul 1, 2011, 06.58 AMby sarahuk4
wow, I want one! I've always wanted this type of dress.
Jul 1, 2011, 03.58 AMby stitchikles
Great dress! I love the piping and the button detail on the sleeve. And what a great photo prop!! What pattern was it that you used?
Jul 1, 2011, 02.53 AMby lanternwaste33
Great pictures and dress! I saw this fabric in Joann's clearance section too. I wanted it really bad, I couldn't get it then: and when I went back, it was totally gone. I love the use of the the adorable material.
Jul 1, 2011, 02.50 AMby skeeler
great job!
Jul 1, 2011, 02.39 AMby LadyDanburry
Good work on the collar.
Jul 1, 2011, 02.28 AMby Lucha Suarez
So pretty!
Jul 1, 2011, 02.23 AMby wildflower31
that dress is striking and that belt is hot.
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Why Is Wall Street So Hot for Solar Energy?
What should investors know about the solar industry? OneRoof Energy CEO David Field explains on Markets Hub. Photo: AP.
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Nenette (Alice Houri) is a 14-year-old girl with an attitude problem who runs away from her boarding school only to knock on the door of her older brother Boni (Gregoire Colin). Boni has his own problems most of which center around an erotic fixation with the baker's sexy wife (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi). He is very reluctant to take Nenette in.
Then he finds out she is pregnant. As their relationship grows and adjusts, each begins to understand what maturity it takes to bring a new life into the world. Claire Denis, best known for her film Chocolat, directed. This French film won top honors at the 1996 Locarno Film Festival.
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