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Australia 21-6 South Africa, Tri-Nations, September 5
Wallabies stop the rot
Graham Jenkins
September 5, 2009
Australia fullback James O'Connor is engulfed by his team-mates after scoring his side's second try against the Springboks © Getty Images
Peter De Villiers Al Baxter Robbie Deans Jean de Villiers Fourie du Preez Jaque Fourie Will Genia Bryan Habana
Australia rediscovered their belief in emphatic style with a well-deserved victory over South Africa in front of a delirious home crowd at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.
Robbie Deans' side came into this clash under increasing pressure on the back of four successive defeats and time was running out for the coach and his talented yet under-performing squad. But instead of buckling under the weight of expectation, Deans' young stars finally came of age.
So often the subject of criticism from the media for their shortcomings and an inability to learn the lessons of defeat, this high-intensity performance will see the Wallabies making headlines for all the right reasons. Scrum-half Will Genia and flanker David Pocock were particularly impressive while the creative duo of Matt Giteau and Berrick Barnes were as industrious as ever. Centre Adam Ashley-Cooper and fullback James O'Connor may have grabbed the all-important tries but make no mistake - this was a superb team effort.
All the pre-game talk about the Springboks' date with destiny proved premature to the extreme. Unbeaten in this year's Tri-Nations ahead of this clash, they were aware victory would not only bring them the title for first since 2004 but would also take them to within reach of an unprecedented clean sweep of their southern hemisphere rivals.
But this was not the South Africa of late. Far from living up to the title of 'greatest ever Springboks' that some had already decreed, Peter de Villiers' side delivered a lacklustre display lacking the intensity the occasion required and that will have had All Blacks coach Graham Henry and his players rubbing their hands in anticipation of a battered and bruised touring team rocking up to Hamilton next weekend.
The Springboks have not looked this ordinary for a long time. Gone was the attacking fizz that as recent as last weekend in Perth had stood them apart from their rivals. And only a determined backs-to-the-wall defensive showing prevented the scoreboard causing even more concern. The champagne will have to go back on ice - maybe indefinitely. They posed with the Mandela Plate following them game - their reward for the two earlier victories over the Wallabies this year - but the expressions on their faces said it all. This wasn't the silverware they came here for.
It was clear to the eye that fatigue was a factor in the Springboks' downfall. An intensive 2009 has already brought them a series victory over the British & Irish Lions and to the brink of a rare Tri-Nations success but De Villiers' reliance on his big name stars to deliver the goods is in danger of de-railing their quest for glory in sight of the finish. With his side flagging in their latest encounter he was unable to conjure some fresh impetus from his bench.
A fast-paced and expansive game has for some time been pinpointed as the key to toppling this formidable South Africa side and the hosts commendably backed themselves with such an approach - despite the lack of a tangible reward for their previous attack-minded endeavours.
But with their visitors starting to show some warning signs after a taxing few months, the Wallabies sensed blood and doubled their own efforts. That impressive work-rate saw the hosts dominate possession and territory and amazingly kept the Springboks try-less at the Suncorp for the fourth successive match. The stadium remains a bogey ground for the Boks, having now lost on the six occasions they have visited.
In the likes of the ever-impressive Juan Smith and Fourie du Preez and equally outstanding Bryan Habana, the Springboks' cause is far from lost. But the lineout, so often the bedrock of the Boks' effort, surprisingly misfired, the scrum showed cracks previously unseen and there were errors where we would normally expect ruthless efficiency.
As a result, a side that boasted a mighty 624 international caps in their starting line-up and a further 209 on the bench were humbled by a fresh-faced Wallabies side intent on claiming their rivals' Rugby World Cup crown in 2011. With an average age of just 24 - skipper George Smith is the eldest in their ranks at 29 - this side finally have the big-match victory that should provide the confidence that will propel them to even greater things.
Such were the celebrations that you would have thought it was the Wallabies who came into this game with the southern hemisphere crown within their grasp. But that joy was more an expression of relief than anything else. They may have long since kissed goodbye to their own title aspirations but they will enter their final clash with the All Blacks with renewed confidence and could yet play a leading role in deciding the winner.
The clock is now working against the Springboks. Deflated and deterred, this is a huge week for De Villiers. His coaching prowess has been questioned in some quarters and he will now come under the microscope. He will no doubt relish the attention that will come his way in the coming days but it is how his side respond to this setback that will cement his reputation one way or the other.
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ADDRESS: 971 Rainbow Ridge
NEIGHBORHOOD: Faber, Nelson County
SIZE: 3,855 fin. sq. ft.
LAND: 121 acres
CURB APPEAL: 7 out of 10
LISTED BY: Michele Sheffield Roy Wheeler Realty Company, 951-5188, 906-2923
When people visit a house they think they might buy, they no doubt go room to room imagining themselves in the space– the sideboard here, the antique mirror there, maybe the clutter everywhere. But when we here at On the Block look at a place, we imagine who might want to live there, what sort of family or couple or twentysomething the space seems to beckon.
This week's house conjured all sorts of inhabitants: rugged outdoor adventure camp proprietors, corporate big-wigs who need a conference center/getaway for their weary execs, New-Age devotees of the nearby Monroe Institute or Synchronicity Foundation– or even a self-sufficient eco-family with a mom yearning to home-school her brood in a healthy, remote preserve.
As we were driving over the country roads to the 121-acre spread, the agent mentioned a striking fact about this big log cabin: there's never been a pesticide, a chemical cleaning agent, or an artificial ingredient of any kind used on the premises. Not only that– not so much as the scent of meat has ever tainted the kitchen. Bubble Boy would thrive out here in the woods.
The house was built by– and the only inhabitant has been– the principal of an environmentally aware arts school in town. Using only local materials– Nelson county lumber, slate, tile, stained glass, and stone for the foundation, and recycled doors, cabinets, and bathroom fixtures, all assembled by local craftsmen– he and his late wife created a place to embody their philosophy of life. Communing with every sort of woodland creature including an amazing variety of bird life seems to have been one of the main attractions.
In the kitchen, a huge built-in cabinet/china closet fills one entire wall across from an old-fashioned wood-fired cook-stove. (There's a "real" electric stove around the corner in the laundry room, presumably for summer suppers when firing up the original might overheat the chef.) Butcher-block countertops surround the double sink, and one end of the adjoining living room can serve as the dining area.
Enormous logs compose the walls and beams of the living room, which stretches across the entire front of the house, with a native stone fireplace at one end. Off the living room, a large sunroom/greenhouse– with skylights, tile floor, water pump, and drain to accommodate plant maintenance– faces into the deep woods.
Also on the first floor is a handicap-friendly mother-in-law suite (accessed from outside by a ramp) with its own heat (woodstove and electric), full bath, and easy access across a foyer to the main part of the house. The log walls and ceiling in this part of the house have been white-washed to lighten the heavy effect of the ubiquitous dark wood.
Upstairs, two of the three bedrooms have deep cedar closets, one leading to commodious storage under the roof. Continuing the rustic, recycled theme, the full bath up here has an authentic antique claw-foot tub, but no shower. The bedrooms are of average size, and one has the top of the stone chimney as one wall.
The full basement could be a family room or teenagers' hangout– it has lots of room and more light than we expected because most of it is above ground thanks to the slight slope of the yard. This space also houses a state-of-the-art generator that– along with a well and the wood stoves– makes the house completely independent of the "grid," another bonus for back-to-the-earth'ers and other homesteading types.
The agent insists that the proximity to Wintergreen's Stoney Creek Golf Course is a big selling point, but it's hard to imagine a stereotypical golfer enjoying life in this very rustic, nature-friendly space. The vibe is way more ropes course than 19th hole, and those plaid pants would look funny hanging in dark cedar closets.
We think a more likely use would be as a summer home for a wealthy family with business and school in a big cosmopolitan center. Thinking about escaping to this completely private paradise might make that life a little more tolerable.


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As we celebrate our 20th anniversary, it has been a natural thing to remember and appreciate the many incredibly talented designers we have featured through the years.
It is possible that no designers have been published more often in Traditional Home than Gary McBournie of Boston and Charles Faudree of Tulsa, both of whom figured prominently in our anniversary issue. Their styles aren't at all similar -- although, as we invariably find to be true of the best designers, each creates wonderfully comfortable, inviting rooms for his clients.
What they also have in common is that our readers love their work. Here are two of their latest projects that we are very pleased to feature.
Gary McBournie
The house that Beth and Michael Jones bought in Weston, Massachusetts was built in the 1880s as a carriage house and barn, a common beginning for what are now some of Weston's prettiest abodes. Through the years and various remodelings, the structure has retained its original peaked entry dormer, stone pilasters, and cupola.
Architect Patrick Ahearn designed a new rear wing for the house and oversaw a reconfiguring of the interior. Early in the construction process, Beth also hired Boston interior design talent Gary McBournie, whose work epitomizes casual sophistication -- exactly the look that Beth wanted for her home.
Architect: Patrick J. Ahearn, Ahearn/Schopfer and Associates, 160 Commonwealth Ave., Suite L5, Boston, MA 02116; 617/266-1710, ahearnschopfer.com.
Interior designer: Gary McBournie, Gary McBournie Inc. Interior Design and Decoration, 71 Newbury St., Suite 300, Boston, MA 02116; 617/542-5700, gmcbinc.com.
Photographs by Gordon Beall
Text by Krissa Rossbund
Produced by Estelle Bond Guralnick
The large living room is defined by a cheerful assemblage of reds and golds, colors that play up the warm textures of Beth's folk-art treasures, such as a metal horse sculpture, formerly a weather vane, that is now stabled on the mantel. Naturally lit during daytime hours by newly installed windows, the room's walls glow in a wheat-colored glaze.
McBournie created two seating areas that are pulled together by a flat-weave wool carpet and a crewel embroidery fabric covering two curvy chairs on either side of the rust-colored sofa. Facing off in front of the fireplace are matching sofas in nubby white-and-gold cotton. Instead of a coffee table, an ottoman from the Joneses' former home found new life topped with worn tufted leather.
Area rug (custom): Stark Carpet Corp., 212/752-9000, starkcarpet.com, trade only.
Club chairs ("D'eauville''): John Boone Inc., 212/758-0012, trade only.
Chair fabric ("Arbre de Vie''/Document #2004028-519): Lee Jofa, 800/453-3563, leejofa.com, trade only.
Coffee table: Sentimento Antiques, 212/750-3111, trade only.
Zinc stars: Antiques on 5, 617/951-0008, trade only.
Weather vane on mantel (circa-1870 running horse weather vane); three gears on wall (circa-1860 iron industrial gears): Victor Weinblatt, 413/533-6435.
Sconces ("Andalusian'' #F-CD01 by Formations): Holly Hunt, 312/661-1900, hollyhunt.com, trade only.
Paper shades (custom): Blanche P. Field, 617/423-0715, trade only.
Gold sofas (custom); square ottoman: Connors Design, 508/429-4980.
Ottoman and drapery fabric ("Alban''/Ivory #F2211-01by Colefax & Fowler): Cowtan & Tout, 212/647-6900, cowtan.com, trade only.
Sofa fabric: discontinued.
Green drapery fabric (#3967, discontinued): Calvin Fabrics, 888/732-1996, henrycalvin.com, trade only.
Drapery fabrication: Drape-It, 781/209-1912.
Chinese side tables: Sentimento Antiques, 212/750-3111, trade only.
Art: owner's collection.
Mantel: custom.
Paint: custom.
The living room's second seating area.
Red sofa (custom, "Park Avenue"): Jerry Pair & Assoc., 800/909-7247, jerrypair.com, trade only.
Sofa fabric ("Isla''-18): Malabar Fabrics, 877/625-2227, malabarusa.com, trade only.
Knife-edge pillows on sofa (custom): Kim Murphy, 413/967-9775.
Coffee table; Mercury-jar lamps: Sentimento Antiques, 212/750-3111, trade only.
Candlesticks: Hudson, 617/292-0900.
Zinc stars: Antiques on 5, 617/951-0008, trade only.
Area rug (custom): Stark Carpet Corp., 212/752-9000, starkcarpet.com, trade only. Club chairs ("D'eauville''): John Boone Inc., 212/758-0012, trade only.
Chair fabric ("Arbre de Vie''/Document #2004028-519): Lee Jofa, 800/453-3563, leejofa.com, trade only.
Oak side table; painted finials: Carl Todisco Antiques, 617/357-5050.
At the opposite end of the large space that also contains the living room is a dining area. Around the reclaimed-wood trestle-base dining table, chairs in rust-colored Ultrasuede add surprise with a contrasting linen fabric on their backs. The large iron chandelier reminds homeowner Beth Jones of a wagon wheel.
Dining table ("Trestle'' base #1106): John Rosselli, 212/593-2060, trade only.
Dining chairs ("Stahl Baroque'' #2017): Dessin Fournir, 785/434-2777, dessinfournir.com, trade only.
Dining-chair fabric ("Almost Suede''/Desert Sunrise #AMS 1052): Paul Brayton Designs, 800/882-4720, paulbraytondesigns.com.
Fabric on dining-chair back ("Newfield Check''/Daffodil #2000135-40): Lee Jofa, 800/453-3563, leejofa.com, trade only.
Chandelier ("Antonia'' #8059): Ironware International, 800/850-0460, ironwareinternational.com.
Area rug ("Ottoman Interweave''/wool #400-010): Stark Carpet Corp., 212/752-9000, starkcarpet.com, trade only.
An antique country display table serves as the dining room sideboard. Two new zinc urns with convincing patina form the bases of lamps topped with rectangular parchment shades.
Beth loves to collect objects full of quirky personality like the three antique soda bottles on the sideboard. On the wall above, an antique hooked rug echoes the strong reds and golds of the room.
Sideboard: owner's collection.
Antique urn lamps on sideboard; pair of urns: Antiques on 5, 617/951-0008, trade only.
Antique seltzer bottles: Hudson, 617/292-0900.
Rug over sideboard (1860 New England hearth rug mounted on stretcher): Victor Weinblatt, 413/533-6435.
Wall treatment (custom): Gedas Paskauskas, Studios Inc. 617/233-4307, gedaspaskauskas.com.
A pattern of striking interlocking circles stenciled across the walls of the entry hall often leads visitors to assume that this striking motif sparked the house's decorative plan. But the opposite is true. Part of the original barn, the two-story space had enormous volume and required a pattern that was gutsy and full of personality. McBournie settled on a simple geometric pattern executed in a complex color scheme of red, blue, gold, and yellow to deliver a warm welcome.
"This space was always a question mark that none of us wanted to tackle," says McBournie. "We left it alone and hoped that it would tell us what it wanted. An antique rug directed its pattern, and we applied bright colors that were tempered with an umber wash so it didn't have a psychedelic look."
Wall treatment (custom): Gedas Paskauskas Studios Inc., 617/233-4307, gedaspaskauskas.com.
Pendant lantern: owner's collection.
Sofa (custom): Connors Design, 508/429-4980.
Sofa fabric ("Sondma Gingham'' #LFY29407F, discontinued): Ralph Lauren Home, 888/475-7674, ralphlaurenhome.com.
Tea bin beside sofa: antique.
Candelabra sconces (custom); wire planter (antique): Faustina Pace Antiques, 561/804-6682, trade only.
Upholstered fauteuil: Amy Perlin Antiques, 212/593-5756.
Console table ("Bastille,'' discontinued): Holly Hunt, 312/661-1900, hollyhunt.com, trade only.
Table lamp (from architectural remnant): owner's collection.
Mirror over console (sand-cast gear-form mirror c.1920); lamp on console (mid-19th-century sand-painted woden urn, New England): Victor Weinblatt, 413/533-6435.
Area rug in front of bench (custom); striped rug under fauteuil (custom); stair runner (custom): Stark Carpet Corp., 212/752-9000, starkcarpet.com, trade only.
Although its fittings are all new, the kitchen was made to recall the past with subtle barn references. Exposed beams on the vaulted ceiling enhance the imperfect texture of a lighting fixture crafted from antique iron. The long center island is painted in the red of a distressed barn. With its beadboard construction, turned legs, and aged wood top, it could easily pass as an antique worktable.
Chandelier ("Turin'' #6025): Dessin Fournir, 785/434-2777, dessinfournir.com, trade only.
Lantern at window: Antiques on 5, 617/951-0008, trade only.
Countertop: honed black granite.
Bar stools ("Village''): Crate & Barrel, 800/996-9960, crateandbarrel.com.
Paint: custom.
The breakfast nook nestles into a window bay, the alcove given architectural interest with a pair of antique wooden brackets found by Beth at a flea market. Chairs were slipcovered in tweed and banded in red piping. The table and chairs rest on a hand-braided rug that forms a series of circles.
Pedestal table; chairs: owner's collection.
Fabric on chair seat and back ("Oscar''/Jaune #7338-06 by Boussac): Pierre Frey, 212/213-3099, trade only.
Fabric on chair front ("Tullgarn''/Saffron #105155 by Travers): Zimmer +Rohde, 212/748-7925, trade only.
Red trim on chairs (#F199-2): Osborne & Little, 212/751-3333, osborneandlittle.com, trade only.
Lantern (French tole #700-1): Michael Smith Reproduction Furniture, 310/315-3018, michaelsmithinc.com, trade only.
Slipcover fabrication: Kim Murphy, 413/967-9775.
Area rug (custom): Country Braid House, 603/286-4511, countrybraidhouse.com.
Valance fabric (#F15475-0001, discontinued): Old World Weavers, 212/355-7186, trade only.
Architectural corbels (mid 19th-century New England): Victor Weinblatt, 413/533-6435.
A mélange of pretty fabrics gives the master bedroom visual interest. Silk panels over embroidered sheers at the windows, a quilted coverlet and plaid skirt on the bed, and a cut-velvet upholstered bench all work together for a serene ambience. A sofa in tweed cotton sports soft cotton pillows.
Bed; bench; Fortuny ceiling fixture: owner's collection.
Bed-skirt fabric ("Cabrieres''): Pierre Frey, 212/213-3099, trade only.
Drapery fabric ("Serenity''/Azure #2511-09 by Larsen): Cowtan & Tout, 212/647-6900, trade only.
Sheer fabric ("Kafi'' #04, discontinued): Malabar, 877/625-2227, malabarusa.com, trade only.
Sofa (custom): Connors Design, 508/429-4980.
Sofa fabric ("Well Woven''/Haystack #1432-07 by Great Plains): Holly Hunt, 312/661-1900, hollyhunt.com, trade only.
Sofa trim ("Complement Loop Border''/Ocean #39076-267, discontinued): Brunschwig & Fils, 800/538-1880, brunschwig.com, trade only.
Floral pillow on sofa; striped pillow on sofa: FDO Group, 617/737-2800, fdogroup.com, trade only.
Upholstered chair by sofa: owner's collection; garden urn/side table beside chair; upholstered club chair; upholstered bench: owner's collection.
Coffee table: Antiques on 5, Antiques on 5, 617/951-0008, trade only.
Night stands ("Veneto Cabinets''): Niermann Weeks, 212/319-7979, niermannweeks.com, trade only.
Lamps: Blanche P. Field, 617/423-0715, trade only.
Carpet ("Teague''/Beige): Stark Carpet Corp., 212/752-9000, starkcarpet.com, trade only.
Paint: custom.
Ask Gary McBournie to describe his style, and he'll tell you he doesn't have one. "I'm not formulaic, and I don't want to do the same design over and over," he says. But his work does have certain distinct aspects that we count on. His infectious fusion of happy palettes, charming geometrics, and fresh spins on antiques-all polished to casual perfection-consistently wow us. That livable but sophisticated approach has made McBournie such a favorite at Traditional Home that his rooms have been seen here again and again, first appearing in our May '93 editon.
In addition to the range of elegantly casual client projects and his own abodes that this Boston talent has shared with our readers, he has seamlessly bridged Traditional Home from one millennium to the next. When it came time to produce the magazine's 10th anniversary issue in 1999, we called on McBournie to introduce a fresh Y2K update to a living room re-created from our inaugural year. In 2000, when Traditional Home brought together a team of esteemed designers for our Built for Women showhouse, we chose him to design the grand entry foyer of the Manhattan residence.
Charles Faudree
Best known for his toile touch and French forte, Charles Faudree was asked to bring both of those trademarks to the design of Julie Nickel's house in Tulsa. "The house is one of Tulsa's most beautiful, gracious old homes. It's a big three-story that was built from 1929 to 1932 by an oil baron. Over the years, it had fallen into disrepair. Julie wanted to bring it back to its original elegance and beyond, but with French style," the designer explains.
Accompanying the living room's formal silk-swagged draperies, gilt mirror, and three-tier crystal chandelier are furnishings scaled and cushioned for comfort. A pair of long, beefy sofas are as appropriate for an afternoon nap for the kids and their parents (the fat upholstered rolled arms seem destined to cradle heads) as they are for seating well-heeled guests at a glittering charity fund-raiser. Beefiness doesn't trump beauty, either-the roomy sofas feature detailing with darker welting and dainty silk frogs on their skirts, rendering them Francophile-friendly.
Interior designer: Charles Faudree, Charles Faudree Inc., 1345 E. 15th St., Tulsa, OK 74120; 918/747-9706, charlesfaudree.com.
Text by Candace Ord Manroe
Photographs by Jenifer Jordan
Sofas ("Hampton Sofa'' #1014): Cameron Collection, 214/752-4421, cameroncollection.com, trade only.
Sofa fabric ("Melo''/Caramel #403966 by Travers, discontinued): Zimmer +Rohde, 212/758-7925, trade only.
Flat welt trim on sofa (silk sateen in Sanskrit #92916-09); frog trim on sofa: Rogers & Goffigon, 203/532-8068, trade only.
loral pillows on sofa (antique tapestry): custom.
Green pillow on sofa (custom beaded silk pillow): Villa Melrose Antiques, 323/934-8130.
Coffee tables ("Warwick'' #6169.14): Minton-Spidell, 310/836-0403, trade only.
Chair by mantel (custom): Charles Faudree Inc., 918/747-9706, charlesfaudree.com.
Chair fabric ("Marquis'' #26217-002): Scalamandré, 800/932-4361, scalamandre.com, trade only.
Gilded end tables: Grandeur Inc, 770/330-7444.
Rug (custom): Edward Fields, 212/310-0400, edwardfields.com, trade only. Tufted ottoman: Thayer Upholstery, 918/682-4581, thayerupholstery.net.
Ottoman fabric ("Verrier''/Aqua, Topaz #GG31796200): Old World Weavers, 212/355-7186, trade only.
Ottoman trims ("Traviatta Small Cable with Tape''/Cream, Rose, Ice Blue #90508.05/2 and "Traviatta Large Fringe''/Cream, Rose, Ice Blue #90507.05/2): Brunschwig & Fils, 800/538-1880, brunschwig.com, trade only.
Wing chair in foreground; bergère in front of ottoman: Villa Melrose Antiques, 323/934-8130.
Wing-chair and bergère fabric ("Imperatrice'' #26218): Scalamandré, 800/932-4361, scalamandre.com, trade only.
Chandelier (antique); wall sconce; fireplace surround (black marble): original to house.
Art over mantel (by Leonard Wren); art on easel (by Derek Penix): Royce Myers Art Ltd., 918/582-0288, roycemyers.com.
Demilune beside mantel: George N Antiques, 212/935-4005, georgenantiques.com.
Mirror over demilune: Grandeur Inc., 770/330-7444.
Drapery ("Florian Stripe'' #270065): Old World Weavers, 212/355-7186, trade only.
Drapery trim (#17205, discontinued): Novel, through Interior Trade Cartel, 888/887-1914, trade only.
Drapery hardware: B. Berger Fine Fabrics, 800/288-3586, bberger.com, trade only.
Piano: Steinway, steinway.com.
Candelabra on piano; small stool beside piano; accessories on coffee tables: owner's collection.
Stool fabric (#26217-002): Scalamandré, 800/932-4361, trade only.
Wall paint ("Ceylon Ivory'' #2101); ceiling and trim paint ("Bone White'' #2054 FB): Pratt & Lambert Paints, 800/289-7728.
Panels above the dining room doors and mantel were hand-painted by local artist Janet Davis to go with the room's soft celery palette. The crystal and rock-crystal chandelier is custom. Cut velvet upholsters new French-style chairs at the custom table.Lavish embroidered silk draperies are crowned with bespoke gilded cornices. All plasterwork is original.
Table (custom, by Carl Akins): E.C. Dicken Inc., 214/742-4801, ecdicken.com, trade only.
Host and hostess chairs; side chairs ("L'Avant Chair'' #3449.11): Minton-Spidell, 310/836-0403, trade only.
Chair fabric ("Wisteria Orientale''/Antique Moss #9583-02): Glant Textiles Corp., 800/884-5268, glant.com, trade only.
Chandelier (custom, silver and rock crystal); sconces: Villa Melrose Antiques, 323/934-8130.
Rug (custom): Edward Fields, 212/310-0400, edwardfields.com, trade only.
Drapery ("Nijinsky Silk''/Sage): Carleton V, 212/355-4525, trade only.
Drapery trim (#TF-5055, color 18): Global House of Trims, 213/744-1555, ghtrims.com, trade only.
Drapery tassels ("Antica Tassel Tieback''/Antique #35714-9820 by Houlès): Brunschwig & Fils, 800/538-1880, trade only.
Drapery hardware (18th-Century French Lattice, Pelmet Collection, #C-10): Manor House, 901/861-1957.
Demilune: Grandeur Inc., 770/330-7444.
Wall paint ("Ceylon Ivory'' #2101); ceiling and trim paint ("Bone White'' #2054 FB): Pratt & Lambert Paints, 800/289-7728.
Painted panels (Custom Murals by Janet Davis): through Charles Faudree Inc., 918/747-9706.
Candlesticks on mantel (antique gilt doré): Bijan Royal, 212/533-6390.
Clock on mantel (antique): George N Antiques, 212/935-4005, georgenantiques.com.
Antique silver compotes and epergne: owner's collection.
Illuminated by an antique tole chandelier, a vintage drop-leaf table accommodates the breakfast room's banquette and new chairs. Candlesticks from the Paris flea market adorn the table, and antique garden prints add interest to the walls.
Wallpaper ("Pushkin'' #NCW645-02 by Nina Campbell): Osborne & Little, 212/751-3333, osborneandlittle.com, trade only.
Drapery and banquette cushions ("Malloy'' #LFY10308F): Ralph Lauren Home, 888/475-7674, ralphlaurenhome.com.
Drapery trim ("Oleander Fringe'' #90596.05/8): Brunschwig & Fils, 800/538-1880, brunschwig.com, trade only.
Drapery hardware (custom iron): Creative Metal Works, 918/838-2563.
Café curtains: World Linen & Textile Co., 213/748-1370, worldlinen.com.
Dining table; candlesticks: owner's collection.
Chairs: AGR Collection, through Elysee Collection, 919/967-8686.
Chair-seat fabric ("Feathers''): George Smith Hand Made Furniture & Fabrics, 212/226-4747, georgesmith.com, trade only.
Chandelier (antique tole): Dale Gillman Antique Warehouse, 918/592-2900.
Prints (antique Luyten Garden views): Banks Fine Art, 214/352-1811, banksfineart.com.
Tableware ("Audun Ferme''): Villeroy & Boch, 800/845-5376, villeroyboch.com.
Ceiling and trim paint ("Bone White'' #2054 FB): Pratt & Lambert, 800/289-7728.
Flooring: original oak floors.
A custom shell chandelier announces informality in the sunroom, which Faudree lightened without sacrificing the original wallpaper. Curtains are bordered with laminated leaves.
Sofa at window: Ralph Lauren Home, 888/475-7674, ralphlaurenhome.com.
Sofa fabric ("SousSous''/Menthe #92907-1): Rogers & Goffigon, 203/532-8068, trade only.
Floral pillow on sofa ("Les Papillons Exotique'' #173410.00): Brunschwig & Fils, 800/538-1880, brunschwig.com, trade only.
Rectangular pillow on sofa (custom beaded silk pillow): Villa Melrose Antiques, 323/934-8130.
Round end table: Grandeur Inc., 770/330-7444.
Lamp on end table ("Round Balustrade Lamps'' #F-LP-04, with custom shade): Formations, 310/659-3062, trade only.
Chairs ("Ambrose Chair'' #314-03, discontinued): Ralph Lauren Home, 888/475-7674, ralphlaurenhome.com.
Floral fabric on chair seats and bolster pillows ("Les Papillons Exotique Cotton Print''/Multi on White #173410.00): Brunschwig & Fils, 800/538-1880, brunschwig.com, trade only.
Celadon garden stools: Baoku, 310/836-6068, baoku.us.
Round coffee table (custom): Iron Decor Inc., 918/584-2080.
Large candlesticks on coffee table (Paris flea market): owner's collection.
"Silver-leaf shell" on coffee table (#DL-AC275, antique white gold): Dennis & Leen, 310/652-0855, trade only.
The horse's head on the kitchen range hood was originally a butcher's shop sign; the backsplash is an antique fireback found at the Paris flea market.
Range: Wolf, 800/332-9513, wolfappliance.com.
Cabinetry; island; armoire/cabinet; oven hood (custom): Jay Rambo Co., 800/647-2626, jayrambo.com.
Cabinetry hardware: Bouvet, 415/864-0273, bouvet.com.
Horse head (antique); metal plaque behind stove (antique); brackets flanking range: owner's collection.
Lantern wall light (custom painted by Janet Davis): Vaughan Designs, 212/319-7070, vaughandesigns.com, trade only.
Countertop: Goldenleaf Granite.
Pot rack (antique): owner's collection.
Bar stool in front of island ("Jacobean Barstool #5900.28B): Minton-Spidell, 310/836-0403, trade only.
Bar-stool fabric (discontinued): Marvic Textiles, through Jerry Pair & Assoc., 212/546-9001, trade only.
Wall paint ("Chamois'' #2108); ceiling and trim paint ("Bone White'' #2054 FB): Pratt & Lambert, 800/289-7728, prattandlambert.com.
Florals and stripes knit the master bedroom together, while a plaid skirt calls attention to the bed. A custom loveseat joined by a pair of antique French chairs and a coffee table-all from the Paris flea market-create a comfortable sitting area in front of the spacious window. Antique porcelain cherub lamps rest on new gilded end tables.The chandelier is original.
"Except for a few spaces, there's nothing casual about the home's design, but it is still very comfortable," Faudree says. "That's what makes it so livable."
Poster bed ("Fruili Bed" #B-19); end table beside bed: Patina Inc., 800/635-4365, patinainc.com.
Love seat (custom): Thayer Upholstery, 918/682-4581, thayerupholstery.net.
Love-seat fabric ("Farleigh''/Cream #401379 by Travers): Zimmer + Rohde, 212/758-7925, trade only.
Striped pillow on love seat ("Bellegarde'' #266648-007): Scalamandré, 800/932-4361, scalamandre.com, trade only.
Drapery; floral pillow on love seat (#3356C #1): World Linen & Textile Co., 213/748-1370, worldlinen.com.
Drapery trim (#WW6/Antique): Dogwood Fabrics, 800/883-5500, trade only.
Rectangular pillow on love seat; table lamps (antique, with custom shades): Villa Melrose Antiques, 323/934-8130.
Gilded end tables: Grandeur Inc., 770/330-7444.
Coffee table (antique); chair at left of love seat (antique): owner's collection.
Striped chair fabric (#26648-007): Scalamandré, 800/932-4361, scalamandre.com, trade only.
Wallpaper ("Parchment Panel'' #PC86901): Zoffany, 800/395-8760, zoffany.com.
Ceiling and trim paint ("Bone White'' #2054 FB): Pratt & Lambert Paints, 800/289-7728.
Desk and chair (antique); chandelier (antique, original to house); end table; bench: owner's collection.
Bench fabric (#24647-156): Kravet, 888/457-2838, kravet.com. trade only.
Carpet ("Lanai,'' discontinued): Fabrica, 800/854-0357, fabrica.com.
Bed-skirt fabric ("Lisa Marie''/Salmon #9182): Duncan Tickings, 405/528-5480.
Bed-skirt trim ("Liliana''/Tourmaline #1673305): Fabricut, 800/999-8200, fabricut.com, trade only.
Bed cover ("Farleigh''/Cream #401379): Travers, 212/888-7900, trade only.
Trim on bed cover ("Zingari''/Tourmaline #1675105, and "Liliana''/Tourmaline #1673305): Fabricut, 800/999-8200, fabricut.com, trade only.
No Faudree design is complete without his signature touch of toile, as found in this bedroom, where it drapes extravagantly from a Louis XVI-style bed. An antique vanity at the foot of the bed is accompanied by a French chair from the Paris flea market.
Bed (custom, "Louis XVI'' #0596): Niermann Weeks, 212/319-7979, niermannweeks.com, trade only.
Toile bed cover, bed drapery, fabric panels in cupboard ("Sonnet 14 Toile''/Pink #71223-107): Brunschwig & Fils, 800/538-1880, brunschwig.com, trade only.
Bed-skirt fabric; bed drapery lining ("Tia''/Cameo #8299): Pindler & Pindler, 805/531-9090, pindler.com, trade only.
Large shams on bed ("Mini Pedris''/Azalea): Robert Allen, 800/333-3777, robertallendesign.com, trade only.
Check pillow fabric ("Lissette Silk Plaid'' #60240): Schumacher, fschumacher.com, trade only.
Monogrammed pillow fabric ("Silk Suede''/Dusty Rose, discontinued): S. Harris & Co., 800/999-5600, sharris.com, trade only.
Vanity: Bijan Royal, 212/533-6390. Vanity chair: owner's collection. Cupboard (custom): David Hollingsworth, 918/637-9918.
Wallpaper (#NCW510-04 by Nina Campbell): Osborne & Little, 212/751-3333, trade only.
Ceiling and trim paint ("Bone White'' #2054 FB): Pratt & Lambert Paints, 800/289-7728.
Carpet: owner's collection.
An antique chest was custom-painted and topped with an antique mirror.
"I'm a big believer in the mix," Charles says. "A single object on a tabletop or a single work of art on the wall can be nice, but for me, mixing collections provides the most excitement. Instead of grouping the pieces from only one collection, which typically limits you to 'like' objects, I like to combine different collections to ensure a mix of textures and shapes and even history, to increase the visual interest of the arrangement.
"The mix in the girl's bedroom shown here is more about pattern than collectibles. Pink toile on the little chair and bed curtains mixes with stripes on the wall, a hand-painted floral design on the commode, and florals on the lamp and lampshade. Start with a pivotal fabric, then mix other patterns of different scales from the same color family."
Dresser (antique, custom painted by Janet Davies): Charles Faudree Antiques, 918/747-9706, charlesfaudree.com.
Mirror (custom painted by Janet Davies): John Rosselli, 212/772-2137, trade only.
Lamp on dresser (antique): Villa Melrose Antiques, 323/934-8130.
Shade (custom): Sew-N-Sew, 918/582-3680.
If you sense a kinship between Charles Faudree and Traditional Home, you're right. The Tulsa interior designer and the 20-year-old magazine grew up together, rising to national prominence at around the same time, leaning on each other to get there, and refining their looks as the years marched by. Faudree's work first appeared in the magazine 19 years ago, as TH toddled into its second year of existence. That story (February 1990) featured a Tulsa home he designed. Even then, he wielded a highly decorative style lush with objects and patterns for an "elegantly eclectic environment that is at once French and English, formal and casual, feminine and masculine." The very next issue, April 1990, served up more -- a 200-year-old saltbox he had transplanted to Tulsa as his own home.
Over the next two decades, we featured nine more Faudree designs, seven of them being his own homes. (The antique saltbox was short-lived for Faudree, a rolling stone who declares that each new house "is the best and my last!") Three times his own homes made our covers: in April 1991, and for Holiday issues in 2000 and 2002. We watched as his fondness for English florals waned and his French style bloomed in full. In May 1995, he was a TH Design Award winner. Like the magazine he grew up with, this traditionalist is still evolving.


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A few months ago Baby H had infected eczema which was terrible; it got red, hot and inflamed and I had to set him on the path to repair which was not easy when dealing with a little one. I stopped using all commercial skincare products and used a wash the Dr gave us and plain water where possible.
I did end up buying this product I saw on Amazon – a moisturising spray (because the infection started on his scalp) called Salcura which has a gentle version that is fine for babies, and a cream called Zeoderm.
They say; Salcura Zeoderm Skin Repair Moisturiser is quickly absorbed, non sticky and penetrates the irritated skin deep down for maximum moisturisation. One of the main active ingredients in Zeoderm are natural minerals in a nano form. The trademarked ZeomaZ ingredient features Tribo-Mechanically Activated Zeolites. ZeomaZ has been classified as a Medical Product Class 1 in Germany for skin and wound care.
The spray moisturiser; Salcura DermaSpray Gentle is ideal for those with hypersensitive skin. It can even be used on babies under the age of 12 months making it perfect for infantile eczema, nappy rash, cradle cap and other skin irritations that many babies suffer from. DermaSpray Gentle provides rapid relief to irritable skin by breaking the itch-scratch cycle and helping the skin repair.
You don't need to purchase both of the products but I decided to because Baby H's skin was so dry. I layered them applying the cream then spraying on top if necessary. You can see that the spray has a oily layer (I decanted some of the product into a little pump so you can see it). Together they work really well but if I were just buying one, I would buy the cream as the spray alone isn't rich enough.
I used this consistently for a few weeks and it worked a real treat on baby H – no irritation or problems. It positively helped to heal his skin and seemed to make it less itchy too. I continued to use this for a few weeks after the worst of the rash went away and I can honestly say it worked wonderfully on his skin.
It has quite a strong tea tree type medicinal smell which isn't the nicest for a baby, but it's fine and it didn't seem to bother Baby H.
Here is the concotion:
I used all sorts of balms and creams on Baby H's eczema and these products were by far the best.
Once the skin has healed it advices that you don't need to use it regularly but just now and again to maintain which is what I have done so it's quite economical.
If you have eczema or psoriasis or any dry skin / itchy skin condition then I would definitely recommend these, and the two above are baby safe.
*I bought these from Amazon, paid around £7 for the cream and £10 for the spray which comes in different sizes (the 100ml is cheaper than the 50ml for some reason!).


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ZoomPrint necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 25 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
ZoomPrint just had our logo designed and now it's time for our webpage to be designed.
ZoomPrint, ZoomPrint.com
ZoomPrint is a high-end/luxury online printing company, which will offer a variety of products catering to businesses and home users alike. We are looking for a webpage design that is both stylish and will catch the eye of our diverse clientele. We have chosen a fun business name to create an impact on our customers and want our webpage to be something that is quickly recognized and remembered.
Our logo can be found here:
General Wants- Webpage optimized for 1024px screen size - Centered horizontally - Navigation top but below logo - Within the color scheme of our logo - Original, Simple, Timeless, Stylish, FunHomepage Wants- Area for promotions or featured products - Links to popular products - Left or Right menu of products and services - Search areaConcepts We Want to See- Homepage - Product/Services Template Page - Contact/About Us Template Page
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Merkel urges patience on NSA answers
BERLIN (AP) — Two months before national elections, German Chancellor Angela Merkel found herself besieged by questions about U.S. spying, insisting Friday that she has not been remiss in confronting the Americans about their surveillance activities.
The chancellor's traditional 1 ½-hour summer news conference was dominated by questions about National Security Agency snooping, including allegations by NSA leaker Edward Snowden that the U.S. has been spying on its European allies.
Merkel's opponents in the Sept. 22 parliamentary elections have seized on the issue, asserting that she has not done enough to protect Germans' privacy. Although polls show Merkel with a comfortable lead, the issue has created turbulence in what had looked like a smooth glide to a third term as chancellor.
Protecting personal data is an especially sensitive topic in Germany because of abuses by communist East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, and the Nazis' Gestapo.
Merkel insisted her government is awaiting answers from the U.S. to detailed questions about the NSA's activities and hopes to receive them "as soon as possible" — but with no specific deadline.
"I have to take note that our American partners need time for the examination ... It wouldn't help to have an answer that would later turn out not to be truthful," she said. "So I prefer to wait."
Still, she insisted that her government was not trying to stall until Germany's elections are over, insisting that "Sept. 22 is not a date that I am trying to get past."
Last week, Merkel sent her interior minister, Hans-Peter Friedrich, to Washington to confer with top U.S. officials. Friedrich came away pointing to the importance of intelligence in preventing attacks — prompting Merkel's center-left opponents to intensify criticism over what they portrayed as an insufficient effort to protect Germans' personal data.
Her opponents also are questioning assertions by Merkel and other officials that they knew nothing before Snowden's disclosures. The government has been peppered this week with questions over details of those programs, with Snowden's allegations overshadowing such issues as Europe's laggard economy.
"My job is to ensure people in Germany know that German law applies on German soil, and that applies to everyone here," Merkel said. Still, she added, "it is not my job to familiarize myself with the details of PRISM," referring to one of the NSA programs.
Merkel has also sought to keep the issue from damaging relations with the U.S.
"With every day it becomes clear to the United States that this is important for us," she said. "Germany is not a nation of surveillance. Germany is a nation of freedom."
Following the press conference, Merkel's center-left challenger, Peer Steinbrueck, termed her comments a sign of "alarming cluelessness and helplessness."
"I get the impression that she is simply sitting waiting in the chancellery for our American partners to inform her," he told broadcaster RBB Inforadio.
Also Thursday, justice ministers from Germany and France signed a joint declaration pushing for new rules to protect EU citizens' privacy rights and punish violators. At a meeting in Lithuania, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said the European push for tougher data protection rules is "an anti-PRISM action."
Liudas Dapkus in Vilnius, Lithuania, contributed reporting.
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Active turbo trainers are becoming more widespread; trainers which provide data feedback to the user. Minoura have approached things slightly differently, with their Live Training System that integrates via iPhone with their existing trainers to provide power readings.
These are the prices are the various elements:
Live Ride 760 trainer £299.99
Wahoo key £67
Speed/cadence sensor £49.99
HR strap £49.99
App £6.99
Total £473.96
We gave the system a fairly comprehensive overview when Minoura first let us know about it (/content/news/63211-ride-your-favourite-routes-indoors-minoura-live-training-app) so I won't go too far into those details here. Basically, the system works using an ANT+ speed/cadence sensor, connected to your iPhone using an ANT+ dongle (Wahoo Key), which then, using the Live Training app, calculates your current power output, given the trainer's resistance setting. It works with any V-Series or LiveRide model - Minoura sent us an LR760 for this review; a magnet resistance type turbo.
There was some discussion as to whether to review each of these items separately but since the Live System is the thing most will be interested in, we felt it best to group it all together. All the parts can be bought separately and used on their own or with other devices/apps. Likewise, the app will work with any ANT+ dongle (although I believe the Wahoo one is the only licensed one at the moment) and ANT+ sensors such as Garmin or the integrated Trek ones. You're also going to want an iPhone mount, like the Minoura one I recently reviewed. /content/review/71712-minoura-phone-grip-smartphone-holder
As far as revolution sensors go, there isn't a lot between the different manufacturers. The frame sensors mount using rubber o-rings; what's slightly different here is that the main bulky part can be removed, leaving behind the mount so you don't have to fiddle around with the o-rings again if you want to save a bit of weight for a big event, or need to change the batteries. The EMF revolution detection is tried and tested and works just as expected here, with minimal faffing around getting the distance right. Being ANT+, my Garmin was able to pick them up too. Price wise, you're getting both cadence and speed sensors in one package, rather than one which does both. This makes the £50 quite a bit more attractive than competing sensors (it's worth noting, the app will work with just the speed sensor).
The Live Training app also shows heart rate, using ANT+ again. Minoura sent us their strap, which is a solid offering, adopting a soft plastic section with electrodes, like the ones that come with Garmins. I found I could scale the strap well to my small chest, with it remaining in place and comfortable throughout riding - something I often struggle with on other brands. Pricing is a little higher than others however, with very little to differentiate. I'd have thought most buying into this system would already have a suitable strap anyway, so you might be able to save £50 there.
A twin magnet turbo, the LR760, I found to be quiet, smooth, and very well built overall. The locking and tyre engagement are easy to use: a single plastic lever is used to close in and clamp the rear quick release, after adjusting on the other side to the correct distance. Tyre engagement is by means of two dials: one is adjusted until the roller is just touching the tyre, then a second, larger dial, with a quarter turn, applies the correct contact pressure.
My personal turbo is fluid resistance and I found the LR760 to have a similar feel; resistance is consistent with no vibration and a natural feel. Part of this smoothness is clearly down to how well constructed the unit is. A large 2.7kg flywheel is neatly machined and the stand remains well put.
One thing differing from my normal fluid trainer is the addition of a resistance dial. It's another thing to have to set up on your bars and I generally ended up staying on one setting and just using my gears, which worked fine.
The final part to the system is a £6.99 app. While £6.99 isn't a lot, I was surprised a token for the app wasn't included with the LR760 or at least offered at 69p, especially considering the app is useless except to those that have already paid a fair chunk into the Minoura ecosystem.
Thankfully, the app has been designed well and was a pleasure to use, so it's only the principle of the £6.99 that is the issue. The app auto-pauses when speed is zero or switched and a music app can be used in the background. All things said, you do get the £11.99 Sufferfest 'Local Hero' training video included, which is nice.
Three options are presented in the app: general, interval and course, all with exportable ride files (Strava, Twitter, Facebook, TCX). General shows time, power, speed, cadence and heart rate, and allows you to simply ride the trainer to your own desire. The interesting ones are interval and course.
Interval mode allows you to construct a session that it then presents in an innovative way. A ticker along the top moves along in time with the current interval, meaning you can easily see how much longer there is to go and what is coming next. It's the first time I've felt a smartphone wins over a bike computer, it's a much better way of visualising an interval session than most others can manage.
Course mode is where you can import a ride file (kml, gpx) and the app will attempt to simulate it by telling you what resistance to set the trainer at. It's a great little feature and works as intended - if a little boring just looking at a red line of your ride as you move in real-time. The only issue comes with setting the resistance and is the same issue I had throughout: having to fiddle around with the dial can be a pain and I much prefer to use the gears. You can get away with that during the other modes, but in course, where the resistance changes automatically, not changing it will throw off the power estimate. It's not a deal breaker but it would be nice if the trainer resistance were ANT+ too, and could be seamlessly adjusted.
Talking of the power estimation, I found it to be generally true to their +/-5% accuracy, which is impressive. I say generally because I tested the trainer with my Powertap and found that it was constantly around 20W below its reading, meaning the percentage accuracy changes depending on speed - the app is using a formula given the power curve of the magnetic resistance and wheel speed. At 200W though, considering both device's 5% threshold, the trainer is true to their rating and since consistent, useful for power intervals but not testing.
The Live Ride system is a package, which has a high price of entry if considered in complete form at retail (£473.96). I don't think many will be buying into the whole package in one swoop though, and will already have the sensors required to activate the system. That leaves the ANT+ dongle, app and LR760, which I've seen selling for around £255.
If you're one of these people who wants to toy with power in their intervals, I think the LR760 is a great option. You'll have to get the dongle, but that will no doubt come in useful with other apps, such as Strava. Add in the fact that you're getting a top quality turbo and it looks like good value to me.
Top quality turbo with excellent motivational tools in the package.
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road.cc test report
Make and model: Minoura Live Ride 760 Training system (Wahoo key £67, speed/cadence sensor £49.99, HR strap £49.99, app £6.99)
Size tested: One
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
We're reviewing a complete power training package here: turbo, sensors, app and dongle. It's aimed at those who want a turbo trainer that does power but who might already have a Minoura trainer or some of the sensors.
I was surprised as to how well the power estimation worked and thought the complete package is great - if a little steep.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
Stable 'H' frame with independent folding legs.
Quick release mechanism
640 Watts resistance at 25mph
2.7kg Flywheel
Includes Free 'Sufferfest' download training DVD
It's a solid unit and very smooth in operation.
The trainer provides a smooth and natural resistance, that is consistant through the speed range. Power reads around 20W below what my Powertap said but given most peoples working range is within the 5% threshold issued.
Good solid build, I'm always a little wary of resistance dials though, they are easy to break as they dangle around during setup or transport.
Average for a turbo trainer really: 8.6kg.
Nice smooth and natural feel to the resistance, with zero vibration. If you're talking about the discomfort turbos are able to create then....!
This is a difficult one: in terms of the complete package reviewed, it's a little pricey for a power trainer, even if all the sensors will come in useful in other parts of your riding. Considering many will have a lot of the parts already, I think it's a good value option however, and even if not, you could get the LR760 with intention of getting the other bits down the line.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
As a turbo trainer: great. As a powermeter: solid performance too, I think it's consistently off by 20W but at least it's consistant.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
The quality of the app design. I was expecting a quickly got out the door job given the relatively small user base and default purchase but it was a joy to use.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
The resistance dial but that's just my preference of using gears instead.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes.
Would you consider buying the product? Probably not, since I already have a way of measuring power.
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes - if there had the ANT+ sensors.
About the tester
Age: 23 Height: 184cm Weight: 66kg
I usually ride: Orbea Onix (Carbon) - Summer, Orbea Asphalt (Alu) - Winter My best bike is: Orbea Alma G10
I've been riding for: Under 5 years I ride: Every day I would class myself as: Semi pro
I regularly do the following types of riding: road racing, time trialling, cyclo cross, club rides, mtb,


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Touchscreens are a huge step up from keyboards when it comes to interfacing with mobile devices, but they're still not as easy to use as they could be. Voice recognition technology is one way to go, but for many tasks, a direct approach is more efficient, and Google has patented a new gesture that'll make searching nearly effortless.
Google's idea is simple, straightforward, and effective. Whenever you draw a lowercase letter "g" on a touchscreen with your finger, the OS will perk up and get ready to search. Then, just continue your drawing and circle whatever text you want more info on, lift your finger off the screen, and poof, Google search initiated!
Several other options are suggested in the patent, including other letters for other search engines (like a "w" for Wikipedia), or using an "s" gesture to call up a menu of options. We should point out that similar sorts of gestures (using mice) have been around for ages, but touchscreen gestures have been constrained to much simpler movements like swipes and pinches and spins. Drawing out entire letters in lieu of a keyboard is probably never going to make sense for text entry, but combining single letters with simple gestures seems like it offers a good compromise between providing the OS with the detailed information it needs to know what you want, and you having the patience to give it that info.
This is just a patent, and there's no indication when (or if) Google might turn these gestures into part of Android or anything else. But it seems like such a simple and straightforward idea, if Google doesn't make it happen soon, some third party probably will instead.
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'The whole city is your jewellery-box; a million twinkling yellow street lights. Reach out and take what you want' (Pulp)
'Bus interiors had grown increasingly chaotic with their […] over-bright strip lighting' (Thomas Heatherwick, from his notes on Heatherwick Studio's design for the New Bus for London for TfL)
Entitled #lightbus, Architecture 00's project for Place: Light First transforms the London bus network into a series of architectural tours of the capital by dimming the lights on the top decks of London's New Routemaster buses during daily slots at dawn and dusk.
Our proposal effectively 'de-lights' the bus, reducing internal glare and reflections and allowing the architecture of London to come into focus. The experience of travelling through London in the morning and evening thus becomes a destination in itself.
It is a lighting scheme experienced in motion across the whole city, as a gentler start to the day or softer transition to the evening. In an urban environment that is often light-polluted, this subtle shift re‑frames how we view the architecture and our movement through the city: passing iconic city landmarks such as St Paul's, or crossing the river, and capturing wider vistas across central London.
Dynamic control reduces lighting levels between stops; warm LEDs in the floor and soffit dim when the bus is in motion and raise when approaching stops, allowing safe passage to the exit. The lower deck remains illuminated throughout for those with visual impairments, accessibility requirements and those who focus on more immediate things.
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From the outset I found Architecture 00's proposal intriguing and delightful. The challenging relationship between light and glass is something that often has to be explored on projects. Glass, employed to promote transparency by day, has the opposite effect after dark, when the reflection of the bright interior becomes highly visible and the glass is transformed into a 'mirror'. With the increasing prevalence of glass in buildings, this is a common issue with many architectural schemes, the most famous example perhaps being Philip Johnson's Glass House (1949) at New Canaan, Connecticut.
In a manner similar to the way in which Richard Kelly - often considered to be the pioneer of architectural lighting design - solved the problem at the Glass House, we discussed how luminance values beyond the glass could be made higher than that of the interior of the bus while ensuring this did not compromise passengers' safety. To avoid glare and reflection, we needed to restrict the luminance on horizontal surfaces and below eye level, so considered the possibility of introducing concealed under-seat lighting and discreet, floor-recessed marker lights using energy-efficient LED sources.
#lightbus was a fantastic project to be a part of, not only from a personal perspective (I am a regular user of the New Routemasters), but also as a designer working with light. It was a powerful reminder of the fast-evolving responsibilities of a lighting designer. Our role is no longer just to light buildings and spaces, but also to analyse, consider and 'de-light' existing schemes in our cities that are, quite simply, overlit.
iGuzzini case study: The Kelpies, Helix Park, Falkirk
Andy Scott's 30m-high sculptures - named The Kelpies after the mythical sea creatures - form the centrepiece of the new Helix Park project in Falkirk. The sculptures are inspired by the heavy horses that toiled along the length and breadth of Britain's canals, pulling barges during the industrial revolution.
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said in comments after Wednesday's meeting that "Today's meeting gave us an opportunity to express concerns that we have about the current situation in the economy." Cantor went on to note that ADP issued a report on Wednesday estimating that private sector job creation amounted to 38,000 new jobs in May, which he said is "woefully short of the amount needed for us to see this economy get back on track and people get back to work. … I said to the President today, 'It's really important for us to focus on growth in this economy.'"
During the meeting, Cantor said Obama "was well aware and [the President] admitted the fact that private sector job creation is not enough, and [Obama] did mention that a lot of the losses were in the public sector." Again, Cantor continued, "our message is focused on growth in the private sector, which is how we're going to help bring down the deficit and get people back to work."
In trying to get the nation's fiscal house in order surrounding the debt limit vote, Cantor added that "it is very, very important for us to look at growth as part of the fix. We can bring the deficit down through added jobs, but we can also get people back to work." Cantor also noted that House Ways and Means Committee Chairman David Camp's, R-Mich., efforts toward a tax reform plan.
Cantor said that he asked Obama to work with House Republicans "to keep out of the discussions surrounding the debt limit and in [Vice President Joseph] Biden's talks any notion that we're going to increase taxes." Cantor said: "It's counterintuitive to believe that you increase taxes on those individuals and entities that you are expecting to create jobs."
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The number of cases that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources' Law Enforcement Bureau has made this year has shown a slight uptick, but what has changed has been the effort to better publicize successful prosecutions of fish and game violations.
"We are trying to do a better job of letting people know that we are finding the people who are breaking the law and actively working to prosecute them," said Southwest Iowa Law Enforcement Supervisor Mark Sedlmayr. "Wildlife belongs to everyone. When you have people out there that are harvesting wildlife outside of the law, they are essentially stealing from the public," Sedlmayr added.
Sedlmayr said publicizing cases can help deter some crime from taking place by publicizing the ramifications of getting caught such as fines, restitution for the game and even losing hunting and fishing privileges in Iowa and 34 other states.
"The general, ethical hunters we have are getting fed up with the illegal methods some people are using to kill deer. I've had many hunters come up to me in the field to tell me how sick and tired they are of seeing the tactics poachers are using," Sedlmayr said.
Other dividends gained by publicizing poaching cases is encouraging the public to call in information on illegal activity through the TIP (Turn In Poachers) hotline or local law enforcement officers and in gaining support for the Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund which pays for law enforcement activities.
"I know that when we have cases publicized in the media, people tell me how glad they are to see when someone gets caught," said Sedlmayr.
Sedlmayr said officers have been greatly aided in their investigations by having ELSI (the electronic licensing system) available to them in the field so they can "immediately check the stories of the people we stop."
But Sedlmayr said the detective work done by officers is still the key to the Law Enforcement Bureau's success in finding poachers.
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- Four individuals from Louisiana shooting deer without licenses or shooting bucks with antlerless tags and buying tags from Iowans to cover them. There was also one individual from Iowa hunting with them and he was getting the tags for the group. These individuals have been doing this for the last few years.
- One person from Louisiana and one from Mississippi. Again killing buck deer with antlerless tags and getting tags from locals that were not hunting with them to cover the bucks. In that case they had also taken deer illegally in Missouri. Iowa DNR officers worked in conjunction with the Missouri Conservation Agents and charges were filed in both states.
- A turtle case in which several individuals were implicated in trading, buying and selling turtles primarily in the western half of the state. This large case started from a couple of individuals and blossomed into a case that is as far reaching as California and China. This case is still in the works as far as charges, but it is truly a good example of the large amount of money that people are making off of the wildlife in our state.


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Hours after Suffolk County Police Chief of Department James Burke's gun belt, ammunition and handcuffs were snatched from his department-issued SUV last year, he went to the home of one of the suspected thieves, law enforcement records show.
Burke appeared at the Smithtown residence of Christopher Loeb, who was on probation for an April 2012 grand larceny conviction, in the morning of Dec. 14, 2012, to identify the items that police say were taken from his vehicle, according to the records. Police documents say Burke's SUV was broken into in St. James about 12:30 a.m. the same day.
Suffolk County rules and procedures say police supervisors and top brass should refrain from participating in routine matters and should allow subordinates to carry out those functions. Supervisors are "not expected to engage in routine enforcement activities except in a command or supervisor capacity," according to the "Standards of Supervision" section of the police manual.
A law enforcement expert who declined to be named because his organization has ties to the Suffolk County Police Department said a chief who is the victim of a crime should not show up at the crime scene.
"There is kind of a general philosophy that you do not allow police officers, who have been victimized by an offender, to have access to that offender," the expert said.
Suffolk police and Burke did not respond to questions about his actions on Dec. 14 in which he appeared at the home with probation officers already there. Suffolk Deputy County Executive Jon Schneider declined to comment.
A Suffolk law enforcement source with more than 10 years on the job -- and who is familiar with the Loeb case -- said Burke arriving at the scene where probation officers were is unusual. "In my experience, the chief has never gone to do an arrest or visit a crime scene," the source said. "A detective would be called, but not the chief."
Under similar circumstances, police won't bring a victim of a crime and the suspect together, said a department representative.
After the crime is reported to police, the victim would be called to the precinct once their item is recovered and after their property gets invoiced and identified, the department representative said.
Police and prosecutors say Loeb, 26, and Gabriel Miguelez, 36, of Lindenhurst, took a duffel bag containing Burke's gun belt, ammunition, handcuffs, cigars and other items from the GMC Yukon.
According to court records, Loeb told Fourth Precinct detectives that Burke's Yukon was unlocked when they took the bag. Police spokesman Deputy Chief Kevin Fallon said earlier this year that Burke said his car was locked.
The police manual section on "Command Discipline Procedure" says failure to lock a department-issued car is a violation.
Burke notified the department and Police Commissioner Edward Webber about the loss of the gun belt and ammunition, Fallon said earlier this year. Burke also, as required, filed an "internal correspondence" fully explaining the circumstances of the loss.
Both Loeb and Miguelez were at Loeb's home when police arrived on Dec. 14, law enforcement records and a Loeb family member said. Loeb ran out the back door, was apprehended and was taken back into the home, court records show.
Loeb is scheduled to appear July 9 before Suffolk County Judge Martin Efman on 29 counts related to breaking into more than a dozen cars in St. James.
The Suffolk County district attorney's office indicted Loeb in December on counts that include fourth-degree grand larceny, fourth- and fifth-degree possession of stolen property, seventh-degree possession of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He has been held at Suffolk County Jail on $500,000 bond.
Miguelez, a first-time offender, faced 23 counts in the same indictment but was released from jail on Jan. 30 after posting $10,000 bond. He later agreed to a plea deal. The Suffolk County district attorney's office said that a judge set Loeb's bail at $500,000 because of his previous felony convictions.
Loeb's court-appointed attorney, Toni Marie Angeli, declined to comment.
A special prosecutor, Queens Assistant District Attorney Peter Crusco, has been assigned "to avoid any resulting appearance of impropriety," Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Michael Miller said earlier this year. Crusco also did not want to comment.
Burke was assigned to the Suffolk district attorney's office before his appointment as chief of department.
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