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USA Luge led by Mazdzer as World Cup racing resumes at Whistler, BC
Above: Chris Mazdzer, right, and Jayson Terdiman, of the United States, race down the track during a luge World Cup doubles event in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
WHISTLER, B.C. – On a night of track records at Whistler, when the 2010 Olympic run cruised in an out of the fog, World Cup luge fans were treated Friday to the highest speeds on the circuit.
USA Luge's Chris Mazdzer had a significant say on the team's best results of the night, as he took sixth place in the singles race after teaming with Jayson Terdiman to place seventh in doubles.
Men's winner Wolfgang Kindl of Austria went through the speed trap at 90 miles-per-hour, belying the start of the Whistler course. It's one which begins with a modest vertical drop, and demands a good start and smooth sliding to generate speed for thetransition that leads to hellacious speeds.
Mazdzer and Terdiman continued their growth in the doubles discipline as Whistler marked the second World Cup stop of the season.
The pair opened the event in fifth place, and in the end, they were just 0.25 from the podium in a tight race that was swept by Germany.
USA's Jonny Gustafson gave us another look at his improvement in the men's race that followed by being the first athlete of the night to lower the track record. His 13th place followed an outstanding season debut last weekend in Igls where he was 15th insingles and seventh in the sprint.
After winning here in 2016, two-time Olympian Tucker West was 19th.
German doubles teams ran the table at Whistler, with Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken emerging from a second heat scramble to win on the Vancouver Olympic track. Their individual heat times were second best, but when Austrians Thomas Steu andLorenz Koller, the first heat leaders, faltered late in the final heat, Eggert and Benecken were the beneficiaries.
The winners, who took the 2018 Olympic bronze medal, totaled a short 1 minute, 16.691 seconds. Their top speed was above 82 miles-per-hour. They claimed the victory despite hitting both walls as they approached the finish time.
Eggert and Benecken bested teammates Robin Gueke and David Gamm by less than 0.02 of a second. Two-time Olympic champions Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt set a track record in the final leg and placed third in 1:16.720.
Last week's gold medalists, Steu and Koller, seemed to have the race well in hand until they got off line late in the final heat and fell back to fourth place, matching their Pyeongchang Olympic performance.
For the Americans, it was another building block as they begin their second stint together. Mazdzer, of Saranac Lake, N.Y., and Terdiman, of Berwick, Pa., started with a 10th place effort in Igls a week ago. They were fifth at the break at Whistler, butskidded late in their second run to settle into seventh place.
But after being apart on a doubles sled for 10 years until October 15, results of 10th and seventh places are pointing them in the right direction. They totaled 1:16.950.
"The expectation for us is to get comfortable, work on our starts and I think we showed a lot of promise today," said Mazdzer. "We made a mistake in the second run, but we were in fifth place after the first run. We could have held that, so the thing rightnow is consistency which isn't quite there, but it's coming along. I think people are taking us much more seriously now."
"I hope this is a foreshadowing of what the future could hold," thought Terdiman. "I'm trying not to look too into it. I'm still trying to stay grounded and level…..It's awesome. It's amazing. It's a great start. Second week in. Second race and we're in thetop five position after the first run. Very stoked on that."
Steu and Koller continue to occupy first place in the season-long chase for the World Cup. They have 260 points, while Eggert and Benecken trail by 20. Mazdzer and Terdiman are in 10th place after three races.
Kindl is showing clear signs that he is the modern-day Georg Hackl. That is to say, diminutive in stature, not much explosiveness at the start, but in possession of an aerodynamic position, sliding ability and sled technology that accelerates past the field.
The defending double World Champion mysteriously had no impact last February in South Korea. But he warmed up with a singles bronze and a sprint victory in Igls, and a nearly 0.1 of a second win Friday night over Felix Loch. The German won his firstof two Olympic gold medals here in 2010, and followed it with a world title on the same course three years later.
But on this night, Loch was no match as he was defeated by an athlete who, ironically, seems to be channeling Hackl, who is one of Loch's coaches. Kindl took the World Cup lead with 270 points, followed by Germany's Johannes Ludwig, fifth in therace, with 215 and Loch at 205.
Kindl's two runs totaled 1:39.774, including a track record opening heat, to Loch's 1:39.873. Another Austrian, Reinhard Egger qualified on Thursday night and took the bronze medal in 1:39.901.
Mazdzer clocked 1:40.018. "The start is paramount because it is so flat up top," remarked Mazdzer. "My starts were a lot better today than in training. They are still a little bit behind which I totally get. I've been working on my starts the last couple ofweeks, so a little bit behind up top, but the middle section actually messed up a lot of people today. The track record dropped by a lot. It was fast, good ice. No one was expecting it for how foggy the conditions were."
Gustafson, of Massena, N.Y., is giving USA Luge added punch through the first two World Cup weekends. He got a brief taste of the leader's box and at the end of the night, Gustafson recorded a combined 1:40.269, less than 0.5 of a second from Kindl.He will join his doubles teammates in the first team relay of the year Saturday afternoon.
"I've gone into the season with a much better attitude," reflected Gustafson. "We changed it up quite a bit over the summer, and so far, it's been serving me well. I'm going into every race happy to be here, happy to be sliding. I've got some new equipmentthis year that's definitely been helping me. I'm more relaxed on the sled and it's showing on the track."
West, of Ridgefield, Conn., had a total time of 1:40.548.
In the World Cup rankings thus far, Gustafson is 11th, Mazdzer stands 15th and West 19th.
Saturday action resumes at 12:40 PM ET with women's singles, then the team relay. Follow the action with live streaming on OlympicChannel.com. The Olympic Channel (cable) will offer coverage of women's singles Saturday from 4 -5 PM ET.


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My rover does not go straight to the waypoint but starts to make a huge turn before going to the waypoint. Is there a way to let the rover go straight to the waypoint instead of making a turn?
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It's time to call my cleaning lady. Once a month she does her magic at my place.
I love it cuz I abhor cleaning and she gets paid. Win-win. No brainer.
I would be Pig-Pen from Peanuts in a perpetual cloud of dust if I didn't have her. I look at a dustball and just step over it, instead of picking it up. That's how bad I am. So don't hire me to clean your house!
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Just had this exact conversation with a patient last week who was bemoaning the upcoming task of cleaning her house.
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For me, I happily hand over the $80 I pay her. With my bitching and moaning, it'll take me a whole lot longer than the 4 hours it takes her to clean my place top to bottom. My time is worth more than the $20/hr I pay her.
That's time that I could be spending with my family and friends or recharging.
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Hire someone to do it.
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The story of Follieri's dazzling rise and devastating fall began with his 2003 arrival in Manhattan with a few suitcases and a plan to buy Roman Catholic Church properties for resale. Born in San Giovanni Rotondo, a small town in southern Italy, Follieri, the son of Pasquale, a lawyer, and Anna Cordella, a mathematics professor, had big plans from an early age. "My dream was always to build something-a global company," he says. As a child, his mother says, he was always "molto allegro, molto tranquillo and molto indipendente"-very happy, very calm and very independent. Starting with a few business contacts from his father, he networked his way up to befriending bishops, billionaires and top politicians, even Bill Clinton, as he launched his Follieri Group. He met Hathaway through a friend and swept her off her feet as he introduced her to his very own brand of la dolce vita in 2004. "As soon as we saw each other, it was love right away," he says softly. "She was beautiful with a sophisticated mind."
Together they charmed Hollywood and New York's power elite. President Clinton's pal, billionaire Ron Burkle, fronted $55 million for a venture. Follieri presented his company as practically an arm of the Vatican, installing an altar for mass in his Park Avenue office, employing a nun as his receptionist and bringing priests to meetings.
Meanwhile, Follieri and Hathaway spent vacations yachting in the Mediterranean, and he moved into a palatial $37,000-a-month duplex in Manhattan's Olympic Tower, which Aristotle Onassis built. ("I always admired him-a self-made man," says Follieri.) He and Hathaway "were very much in love," says Follieri. By 2008 "we were talking about getting married. I'd chosen a ring and was about to ask." But it all collapsed in the wee hours of June 24, 2008, when the FBI knocked on his door and took him away in handcuffs on charges he'd used at least $2 million of his investors' money for his own extravagant expenses, such as private jets and lavish hotels for himself and Hathaway. "I'm not a con man," Follieri insists. "I made some mistakes, but I paid a big price for it." When asked about specific charges, he smoothly sidesteps. His spending was "excessive," he admits, but "flying here and there was just one percent of my life. The other 99 percent was work. I think there is nothing wrong when you finish work to go to a party." As for his ties to the Vatican, he says, "it wasn't anything official." But prosecutors were anything but vague about his crimes. "He is a con man," assistant U.S. attorney Reed Brodsky declared. "He was able to con a lot of people out of a lot of money over a long period of time."
Follieri and Hathaway, who was not a target of the investigation, never spoke again after his arrest. Their last, emotionally fraught, meeting came in mid-June, Follieri says, amid growing reports of problems with his company. "We were fighting a lot," he recalls. "The attacks in the media were putting her in a very difficult situation with her career." At the Gramercy Park Hotel in Manhattan, "we talked about when we were going to see each other again," recalls Follieri. "There was a planned birthday party for me in Capri. She didn't tell me if she was coming or not. She said, 'I'll love you forever.' "They last spoke on the phone right before his arrest. Later he tried to call her from jail, but she didn't respond. "It was painful," he says, "but after, you accept." A rep for Hathaway declined to comment, but the actress, now 29, told Vogue in 2010 the ordeal taught her "to be more wary." She's now engaged to actor Adam Shulman, 31. Says Follieri simply: "I wish her the best."
For Follieri, who pleaded guilty to 14 counts of wire fraud, conspiracy and money laundering, life in federal prison was brutal. There were four toilets for 150 men, cramped cells with six bunk beds and round-the-clock checks that woke prisoners up. "I focused on getting through each day," he says. "If you think of four years, you go crazy." Follieri worked on kitchen detail, where he earned less than 40 cents an hour, and spent spare time lifting weights, jogging (he lost 20 lbs.) and reading business journals. "I didn't want to lose any time when I got out," he says. The cracked window of his cell looked out over the prison chapel. "God has a strange way," he says with a laugh. The experience, he says made him "stronger and wiser."
The adjustments have been made easier by his new girlfriend, a young woman he first met in New York before his arrest. Her letters and prison visits developed into romance. They now live together in Rome, where Follieri says he is relaunching his business with a focus on green energy. Still, he thinks fondly of the city where he made and lost a fortune. "I always loved New York. That's the good thing about the American Dream," he says. "Even if you are a guy from southern Italy like me, there are so many possibilities."


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ASWAT, a music and dance performance that mixes traditional Arab styles with contemporary rhythms, has become one of the most awaited events put up by the LoYAC Academy of Performing Arts. In its past two shows, it has not only enraptured the audience but has nurtured the talent of performing artists in Kuwait through the collaborative interactions it facilitates with more established artists. As the musicians and dancers gear up for the third installment of Aswat, to be held this coming November, Malik Berki reveals what to expect from the performance, as well as his experience of and ambitions for the creative endeavour.
Question: Can you tell us about how Aswat came about?
Answer: The momentum for Aswat was brought about by a project I started working on in 2008 that was presented for the first time in 2009. I worked with traditional musicians and several dancers in Yemen. Although I primarily compose music for performing artists, I also pursue projects involving dance and music. So the origins of Aswat can be traced back to 2009 with this project, Rysha Coda, where we recorded an album and played a show involving dances in Yemen and also brought it to France and developed it there. It had a very successful run in France but since the genre was a mix between traditional, hip hop and contemporary music it was hard to define and so for the French labels, it was very hard to promote our CD. So we decided to send it to Arabic speaking countries for feedback.
We received very positive feedback from Kuwait and they asked us to come and play. As we wanted to make an adventure of it, we proposed that we could just come, play and go back home or better still, we could maybe share the stuff and get involved with musicians and dancers from here. The French Institute and LoYAC were very interested in collaborating together so we came here for the first time in 2012 and created Aswat.
We started with traditional musicians from Yemen and it was a blend of many nationalities and cultures. We had three musicians from Yemen, one violinist from the classical conservatory of Brussels, one rapper from Gaza, myself from France. So we gathered everyone together and because music and dance are universal languages we could make something happen.
Q: What piqued your interest towards such a collaborative endeavour?
A: I have been doing this job for more than 15 years now and from my point of view, success in the media or TV doesn't matter to me. I am not saying that simply because I haven't attained that type of success, I have played on TV. My point is that I want to learn every day from everyone, that is my aim. Music and dance, in itself, is not the main purpose. The purpose is the meeting of new people and sharing our art. You can do the same with cooking, or any other medium to share experiences, create new languages and bridges between our cultures and generations. Our aim was that from the beginning which is why I made the proposition to develop something with people here.
Q: What was the experience of Aswat I ?
A: It was brutal in a way because it is very hard to begin something. We had more than 30 people on stage and to manage that was tough. I didn't have an assistant, I was all by myself. It was a bit too crazy for me. But it was very successful here, we had over 800 people in the Al Gharnata theatre. It was very intense because we did everything in two weeks. It was very stressful but the performance was a big release. When you constantly build something with all your focus and you finally release the weight of it, you are on a stage. So you have to go with your heart and everything you have, at the end you are dry but that is the purpose. That is how the first Aswat happened.
Q: How has the idea expanded since then?
A: At the time of its inception in Yemen, we focussed on the music. Of course, we had dancers every time we performed with choreographers brought in especially for that. But the main focus was music because we had a lot to do bridging traditional, contemporary and electronic music. Since we came to Kuwait, the spectrum moved and is now more focussed on the dance. Of course I have done similar projects previously. I think we are at the beginning of entering into another dimension with the Kuwaiti dancers and musicians from Aswat 3.
Q: What is this new dimension?
A: We started working with musicians and dancers from here in 2012 and came back last year to make an Aswat 2 and now we are preparing for Aswat 3 and each time, we have focussed on different things. The first show featured Yemeni musicians with others, the second one focussed on a show I wrote involving a comedian explaining a story, and we built a story together. For the upcoming show in November, we have been working since August and this time have more days of work. We are building something different and will recruit a short team of dancers. We are going to build a professional show that we can bring to France to perform. The aim is not just to perform but to build something. We want to get people here involved in developing themselves. We are not here to provide them with the 'what to do' but rather the 'how to do', and from that they are going to be on their own to develop themselves. That is the meaning and point for us because we do not want to be cultural colonisers, we want them to develop with their own energy and what they have inside; all we can bring are tools.
Q: What is the level of input from the students at LoYAC in this collaboration?
A: This year, we started with a short story written by a student of LoYAC. They were initially supposed to build a performance for the universal expo in Milan but after visiting the pavilion, we found that it is not fit for this kind of a performance. So we preferred not to do it and so only musicians from LoYAC performed there. For that, two people from LoYAC wrote about the issue of water in Kuwait.
So we worked on the essence of their story and developed it in a universal way because we are not just making a twenty minute performance but a full performance of at least fifty minutes. So we rewrote it involving the same students, building on it step by step.
Again, the idea is not to build something for them but with them. We are not here to open it for them but give them the keys. They want to build stuff, but they are not fully ready yet to build a complete dramaturgy of performing arts. So I am steering them along.
The story talks about the water issue in Kuwait, how the country has no rivers, no lakes, and no underground water but there have always been people living in this region. The story looks through the history of how water was brought from abroad, and explores other issues like the impact of oil on pearl divers. The students interviewed old divers to get a sense of how things have changed.
We tried to bring all of these elements together and write a universal story. Looking at the water issue in Kuwait, we broaden the conversation to how man can adapt to his environment. We also consider the human and social environment of Kuwait, the fact that Kuwait is a country in which you have a majority of non-Kuwaiti population. Non-Kuwaitis who are born and brought up here, have to adapt to a new kind of society. It is a big mixture, you can make similar parallels of adapting to human environment. That is a very interesting point to share. My father was born in Algeria and my mother is French. I am mixed, but I don't feel that way, I feel human. This kind of story is universal, we can speak to any nationality.
Earlier in performing arts, when you perform through dance or theatre, you were explaining something. But today, in the arts, it is more about feeling something. We tried to make a story that anybody in the crowd could interpret in their own way.
Q: Since this is the third time, do you feel pressured to outclass the previous performances and meet expectations?
A: I try to renew myself every day and I am not a creature of habit. To be honest, in a recent personality test, I discovered that I register on an extreme of spontaneity. I dislike routine and I cannot do the same thing twice. I cannot just make a different recipe for the same stuff. So looking at Aswat 3, invariably, it will be different. We also try to work in a different process each time because there isn't just one way of doing things. I like to renew in all my patterns. I am working with choreographer Hafeed and we have worked together in many projects, but not exclusively. For this performance, we adapted to a very different way of work than we are used to, our approach is very different.
Q: Tell me about the music that will accompany the performance.
A: For this show, I came with ideas and built a base for the music. I worked with people from LoYAC last month when I met them in Milan. We talked about the show and what already happened there. They sent me links to old Kuwaiti music and I developed a new point of view from that. I made recordings with the Oud and Accordion in France by professional musicians. Since coming here I have engaged one LoYAC student in the process. I give him tools to work on software and we together build stuff. He assists me, and he learns from how I do things. He needs to develop his own way of making music.
I recorded some musicians before coming, I worked on different patterns based on traditional Kuwaiti themes and stuff with sailors music. I asked the Kuwaitis to build some traditional rhythms from fishers and sailors because I want them to learn. From that, I set up cues within the music to make it easy for the dancers to count. I worked with songs from metal water tank to get the imagination, the Oud and accordion. From that I built beats and used Synth. We have about 50 minutes of that set, it goes from hip hop to contemporary and traditional.
Q: What can you reveal about the choreography?
A: For now, we have a raw 25 minutes of dance. But we have to change intentions, directions etc. From that we will bring a new contemporary choreographer in November to build in his own way some of the stuff we have worked on, just to get a new perspective. We are on a good track and we are very excited.
Q: How important is it to get the youth involved in performing arts and culture?
A: I think you can gauge the degree of civilisation of a society on three points — healthcare, scholarship and culture. A well balanced population has those three things. To perceive the world with an open mind and have an awareness of other cultures is the best way to get a balanced life. It does not oppose religious life, but completes it. At LoYAC, they believe that culture is the best alternative to radicalism. I don't know if we can be more right than that. In France, an artist I know once told me that 'Culture is like a swimming pool, it is not a need, but it is good'.
Q: What are the more challenging aspects of putting this together?
A: The most challenging part, to be honest, is to get them completely committed to what they want to do. We asked everyone of them if dancing or performing arts was something they wanted to do as a full time job, they all said yes. But they are not ready yet. The challenge is to make them aware of their potential and how to exploit it and even set the course for future generations. Once again, we are not here to colonise but give them tools to develop themselves. It is a challenging part to make them involved as full-time professionals because apart from LoYAC, there are few avenues for performing arts in Kuwait. It is important for us to bring them in France because France needs to be aware of what is happening in Kuwait and Kuwait has to be aware of what is happening in the outside world.
We also have physical barriers. In France, when we have a big project, we can work 8-10 hours a day. Here, they are not ready yet. But that is normal because in France it is recognised as a job so you can be involved in it for hours. I don't want you to take France as a model, but my experience comes from there. Sometimes it is hard to get them focussed for long periods of time. We work with them for 5 hours a day and that is hard. But it must be kept in mind that you cannot make a Formula One car from one day to another, it takes time. The important thing is to give them tools and the confidence to get involved and develop themselves in the future because we will not be here every day.
Q: What is your hope for the future of performing arts in Kuwait?
A: I just hope to one day see a Kuwaiti dance troupe or a theatre group playing in a random theatre in France. For that, they need to build the base of something that could have an echo worldwide.
Q: Can you sum up in one sentence why people in Kuwait should not miss Aswat 3?
A: It is the stepping up of a new generation of professional dancers of Kuwait, in Kuwait.
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Weakened and bruised by the migration of its leaders and workers to Mamata Banerjee's TMC, the Congress is fighting a battle for its political existence in West Bengal.
None other than Pradip Bhattacharya, who was very recently replaced as the Bengal Congress chief, said, "It is a fight to prove our political existence in Bengal and to prove that the 129-year-old party will not turn into a 'signboard' as is being claimed by the TMC."
This election will also prove a litmus test for the Congress whether its ability to bite into the anti-Left vote pie still holds true, Bhattacharya thinks.
"This Lok Sabha election will prove that without the Congress, the Trinamool Congress too won't be able to make any mark against the Left as it is the combined vote share of the two parties that catapulted Mamata Banerjee to power," Bhattacharya, MP, pointed out.
The Congress lost its pre-eminent position on the Bengal stage after it was humbled in the 1977 Assembly poll by the Left Front. People became disenchanted with the party which was riven by dissension and squabbling.
It reached a climax when Youth Congress chief Mamata Banerjee broke away to form her own party Trinamool Congress in 1998, dealing a body blow to the organisation.
A major chunk of the anti-Left votes was garnered by the TMC which became the principal opposition party. It ultimately ousted the Left Front from power in 2011 riding on the deftly-organised anti-land acquisition movement.
Ironically, the state Congress suffered further erosion in its credibility when the Left supported the Congress-led UPA government.
Its strength was reduced to such an extent that it ceased to exist politically in south Bengal and managed to retain its position in the north Bengal districts of Malda, Murshidabad and some pockets in the region.
However, according to state Congress leaders, the party high command's decision to forge alliance with the TMC on the latter's terms to oust the Left Front in the 2009 Lok Sabha and 2011 Assembly polls that dealt a massive blow to the party.
"We sacrificed much of our interest by giving the TMC our best during the alliance," state Congress leader Nirbed Roy said.
Since October, 2012, the Congress lost six of its MLAs to the TMC, excluding two independent MLAs who had won with Congress support, engineered mainly by strategist Mukul Roy.
Roy has gone on record saying, "The Congress party will soon turn into a signboard and visiting cards in Bengal".
The Congress's inability to cut into TMC's vote share in triangular fights became glaringly manifest during the 2013 Panchayat poll and by-elections when the Trinamool Congress received more than 41 per cent votes compared to 43 per cent the combine of the two parties had received in the 2011 Assembly election.
The organisational erosion reached such a level that several senior Congress refused to fight the coming Lok Sabha election and it was left to party vice-president Rahul Gandhi to make them see reason.
To stem the rot, the high command replaced Pradip Bhattacharya with Murshidabad strongman and junior railway minister Adhir Chowdhury.
Chowdhury, known as a Mamata baiter, too conceded after taking over the charge that he did not have a magic wand to change the party's fortunes in Bengal overnight.
However, to his credit he was able to contain the exodus in the last one month. "We will come out with good results in the Lok Sabha poll in West Bengal. We will prove our strength," Chowdhury told PTI.
Although, various opinion polls predicted a sharp decline in the vote share of the Congress from 14 per cent in 2009 to six per cent in 2014, Congress leaders have rubbished the results.
"This is a Lok Sabha poll and it is either the BJP or the Congress which will make the kill. The BJP doesn't have an existence in Bengal. So it is the Congress which will gain the most," former state Congress president Manas Bhuniya said.
He also noted that the alternative front of the Left had fallen apart and Mamata Banerjee's Federal Front had no takers.
However, political analyst Udayan Bandopadhyay feels that the so-called Modi wave in Bengal will help the Congress consolidate Muslim votes at least in north Bengal.


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Unfortunately if you are driving at 70mph and a stone is thrown into your condenser at speed then it will act like a bullet and often pierce the aluminium pipework. One tell tale sign of a leaky condenser is a dark oily patch on the surface. PAG oil circulates around the A/C system along with the refrigerant and if there is a leak some of this oil will be deposited around the point of failure. The condenser below was taken from a vehicle with 110k miles on the clock and along with the grime and hundreds of dead flies you can see the oily residue from a leak circled in yellow:
Leaks can happen to vehicles of any age and are not covered by warranty if they have been damaged by debris being shot into them. This condenser was taken from a 2 year old vehicle with very low mileage and as you can see is very clean by comparison but still has a leak at the bottom:
On some vehicles you are able to visually inspect the condenser using a torch by looking through the bumper. On others the condenser can be hidden by cooling fans and on turbo diesels the bottom edge may be hidden from view by the intercooler. Partial disassembly of the bumper / grille may be needed to get a good look at the part.
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On today's Transport Evolved: Ecotality gets sold, Cadillac wants lots of money for the ELR range-extended coupe, and a Tesla Desk.
These, and many other stories, on this week's Transport Evolved, with Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield, Mark Chatterley, Michael Thwaite and Kate Walton-Elliott
You can watch on the Live page, or listen live with Mixlr.
Click beyond the break to see our full show notes, including timings of each story in the show.
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Welcome to the show! Today, Nikki and Mark are joined by the third musketeer of the Transport Evolved family and Englishman in
New York New Jersey, Michael Thwaite and Transport Evolved regular and EV convert Kate Walton-Elliott.
As an owner of not one, two but four electric vehicles — five if you count his lawnmower — Michael Thwaite is well and truly an EV advocate. Founder member of the Tesla Motors Club and recently elected board member at Plug-in America , few days pass when Michael doesn't help someone take their first step into a life without gasoline. At the moment, that includes teaching his son to drive in the family Mitsubishi i.
Tinkerer, restorer, and general all-round geek, Kate Walton-Elliott has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to new, innovative technology. But unlike many early adopters, Kate doesn't forget the past: her love of technology in many forms gives her an eclectic collection of skills ranging from vintage radio and computer fixing through to command-line hacking and of course, electric cars.
An emergency room nurse by trade, Kate has owned the same 1969 Morris Minor as her main form of transport for over 20 years now, slowly upgrading 'Rebecca' over time to include a full body restoration, modern disc brakes, and more powerful engine. But after experiencing what it was like driving an electric car, Kate has decided to make the switch. After recently purchasing an early Mitsubishi i-Miev for her partner to drive on a daily basis, she's decided to convert Rebecca to electric too. If that wasn't enough, she's also the host of the excellent Dead Bug Jumping podcast, a veritable musical journey through history recent and distant.
(You can engage with Michael on Twitter, Facebook or Google Plus, while you can chat with Kate on Twitter or Facebook, follow her blog, and keep track of the Electric Morris Minor Project here.)
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Tesla wants ALL THE CONNECTORS, Toyota goes two-tone, and how Norwegians are buying used Model S cars to avoid a long wait.
Tesla made the Model S Sedan even more versatile this week with the announcement of a CHAdeMO adapter which will let owners charge their cars up at the same charging stations as a Nissan LEAF.
We're so happy that Tesla gets it: charging is about power, not connectors, but we also wonder when someone will build a Supercharger adaptor for a Nissan LEAF…
It's that time of the year when automakers update their cars for the following model year. Unless it's a mid-cyle refresh or an all-new model, that usually means a price cut, some minor specification changes, and perhaps some new colours. For Toyota's Plug-in Prius in Japan, it means going all retro with a 1980s-sytle two-tone paint job.
In the U.S., it means going with a price cut of between $2k and $4k. But is it enough to get people buying a car with only 11 miles of EV range?
Meanwhile, in Norway, the Tesla Model S is proving so popular — it's currently the number one car there and in nearby Netherlands — that EV fans are buying Used Model S cars at highly inflated prices just so they can avoid a 5-month wait. (It's worth noting too that the Swiss can't get enough Model S cars either, with Tesla's luxury sedan outselling all other plug-in vehicles combined.)
Then again, Norway does have comics driving EVs with massive train horns!
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Ecotality's bankruptcy auction, Chargepoint offers an out, the price of range extension, and manhole inductive charging
During the week, troubled charging provider Ecotality — which declared bankruptcy last month — sold its electric car charging network to the Car Charging Group for $3.3 million. The sale does not include Minit-Charger or Etec Labs. What does this mean for EV owners in the U.S.? And what changes can we expect of the network formerly-known as Blink?
In related news, Charge Point is offering a bounty for Blink customers who now want to upgrade their public charging stations to Charge Point units. Is this good business sense, or just capitalising on someone's misfortune?
How much would you pay for a range extender in your EV? For those wanting to buy the 2014 BMW i3, the answer is $3,950. With BMW i3 pricing now known at $42,275 before delivery and incentives, and $46,225 for the range-extended version, will they fly off dealer lots? (UK prices at £33,100 and £29,950)
Could manhole covers — found in streets everywhere in the U.S. — be a new way of charging your EV? Or is it just another company pitching for business in a sphere which the industry isn't even ready for yet?
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It was supposed to be just another cargo run, but for Ken Mallory and the three-person crew of the Raven, an anomaly in deep space changes everything. An unexplained turbulence shakes the small ship like never before, allowing a deadly virus aboard. One by one the infected crew is thrown back in time to relive a near-death experience, only this time death may be closer than they remember.
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A tough electric car future, Cadillac's $76,000 Volt, Renewable EV charging, Solar-powered champions, Cow-coloured EVs, and a Tesla Desk
According to a study from E2 American consumers are less keen on electric cars than they were this time last year. Should we worry, or will companies like Tesla change people's impressions?
It's official: after months of speculation, Cadillac has announced that its range-extended ELR coupe will cost $76,000. That's $41,000 more than the base-level Chevrolet Volt the car is based on. Would you pay that much for a luxury Volt? Or would you just go for a Tesla instead? And who WOULD pay that much?
Those buying the more affordably-priced Volkswagen e-Up, e-Golf and Audi A3 Sportwagen e-tron will soon be given a way to save even more money, thanks to a deal between Ecotricity and VW. As of later this year — when the e-Up! order books will open — those who buy a plug-in VW will be able to get 100% renewable electricity from Ecotricity.
Dutch team Nuon won the Australia-held World Solar Challenge for the fifth time in a row, with an average speed of 90.71 kph, using only sunlight and a maximum of 5 kWh of stored electricity. Given past champions — and what happened as a consequence with the development of the EV1 — what can we expect from these champions in the future?
And finally…
Meet theBovine-iMiev. Because EVs are just too boring without cow-simulations. (They even moo)
And finally. For the office which has everything: A Tesla-Desk. We want one.
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The winemaking philosophy at Trentham Estate has always been to produce high-quality varietal wines at an affordable price, with an emphasis on full fruit and palatability. Over the years Trentham Estate has produced a good balance of classic wine styles mixed with a number of alternative varieties. Anthony and Patrick have a passion for producing wines true to their natural varietal character, as well as experimenting with grape varieties that are lesser-known yet likely to thrive in the Mediterranean climate Mildura and the Murray Darling wine region are known for.


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Will Things 3 Help Cultured Code Shed Its Lethargic Reputation?
Knight in shining armor.
If you're a Things user, you may or may not be disappointed that Cultured Code doesn't frequently update its iOS or Mac apps.
Personally, I haven't been a user long enough to notice. I don't even care too much about the frequency of a product's updates, provided that the current version does what I need it to do.
It's true that some Things users may have a legitimate gripe with Cultured Code. After all, it did take a long time to release Things' sync service. And Things 2 does have a slightly dated look to it.
But some users are adamant about getting constant updates just for the sake of getting them. For example, blogger Rands decided to look elsewhere for his GTD needs, prompted by what he called Things' stagnation (even as he freely admitted that there was nothing wring with Things' functionality and stability).
In an ideal world, companies would be able to release frequent updates that made their apps more attractive and current, but which were also stable and well-designed. In reality, companies often have to choose one over the other.
As a paying Things customer, I for one am happy that Cultured Code favors the latter.
Things 3: Coming Late?
Cultured Code's approach: slow but steady.
Whether you want a revamped toy to play with or a truly need new features, you will likely get your wish sometime this year. (Things 3 was purported to be released early this year, but this being April, it's now obvious you have still some waiting to do.)
Indeed, a reader commented on my previous article on Things that the company would likely release Things 3 just in time for iOS 8, which is widely expected to be announced at the upcoming Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference in June. (The comment is now gone.)
However, when contacted about this article, a Cultured Code representative said they can't offer an ETA for the release at the moment, and that they don't currently have any plans to make their release coincide with iOS 8.
As for their so-called lethargy, here's the company's reply to my enquiry:
"A few months after we finished Things 2 (2012), we turned our attention to the next major iteration of Things. In the intervening time, we did release some updates to Things 2, but nothing too major. Since Things 3 has been the focus of our attention, we haven't spent too much time on our Things 2 codebase – and when iOS 7 came out, it began to look a little out of place. This sort of amplifies the lack of a major update, and I can understand that people are eager to see a new UI in our apps. Things 3 will be the first time we've seriously modified the UI (although Things 2 did have some tweaks), and we're intent on achieving a high level of quality (in addition to some new features) – and that takes a considerable length of time. We hope to deliver Things 3 to all devices as soon as we possibly can."
Things 3 Details
Announced on December, 2013 just as the company sold its millionth copy, Things 3 promises to bring a "fresh new visual style, a revised user interface, more structure for your lists, and an array of great new features that are designed to make you more productive," according to Cultured Code's blog.
The company also says they've revisited many areas of the app that have been neglected in the past, and renovated much of their codebase.
"It's the most ambitious update we've ever undertaken," boasts the Things 3 announcement.
A fresh visual style and a revised iOS 7-compatible user interface are always welcome. They will also appeal to those users who crave new looks and a fresher UI.
But what else is Things 3 bringing to the table? What does the company mean by "array of great new features"? More importantly, exactly when will it ship—and for how much, if anything?
On all counts, Cultured Code is keeping mum. We can speculate the new version will address common requests like contacts integration, a fresher look and reminders. And thanks to the project's status board, we know Cultured Code is going beyond eye candy: on February 10, the company wrote that besides animations and all new-sidebar icons, it had also reintroduced behavioural refinements.
My Own Wish-list. What's Yours?
Could Cultured Code take a cue from Evernote and let users send to-dos and addittional information to a secret, personal email address?
I for one would appreciate being able to search by multiple tags. And since the Quick Entry feature in the Mac app has become a favorite of mine, I would also to see something similar on my iPhone version. Something basic would work, even if it was an Evernote-inspired email solution where you place tags and project names in the subject line. Lastly, time- and geo-based reminders would be great.


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Mist nets are commonly used by researchers to capture birds in the study of their behaviour, movements and demographics. A recently published study has, for the first time, evaluated the risks associated with mist netting.
Mortality and injury rates were quantified from over 300,000 birds caught by 22 banding (ringing) organisations across the US and Canada. Risk factors which could increase rates of injury or mortality including bird size, age, frequency of capture and the role of predators were all assessed.
Results indicate that injury and mortality rates below one percent can be achieved during mist netting and injured birds are likely to survive in comparable numbers to uninjured birds after release. Rates of incident varied among species, with some at greater risk than others.
Mist netting then has low rates of incident when conducted with adequate training and bird safety precautions in mind.
Spotswood, Erica N. et al (2011) How safe is mist netting? evaluating the risk of injury and mortality to birds. Methods in Ecology & Evolution. Article first published online: 30 June 2011, DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00123.x


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2019 Commencement: What You Need to Know
"Pomp and Circumstance" is cued up and the caps and gowns are ready. Saint Louis University will graduate its newest alumni this week. Here's what you need to know before the celebrations begin.
How to Watch SLU's Commencement Ceremonies
See your favorite Billiken become a son or daughter of SLU forever. Saint Louis University graduates are honored at precommencement ceremonies held by their college or school. Precommencement ceremonies start Thursday, May 16 and continue Friday, May 17.
See 2019's Precommencement Schedule
Following the precommencements, all spring graduates and their friends and families will join together for the University's commencement ceremony Saturday, May 18, in Chaifetz Arena.
Browse FAQs About Commencement
Watch the Ceremonies Stream Online
All precommencements held in Chaifetz Arena and the University's commencement ceremony will stream live online at https://www.slu.edu/commencement/stream.php. Most precommencement ceremonies will also stream on the Facebook page of their respective school or college. SLU Madrid held its commencement ceremony in Spain May 11. See the highlights.
Stream 2019 Commencement Ceremonies
The main commencement ceremony will stream on Saint Louis University's Facebook page. Archived live streams will be available on the respective Facebook pages under Videos. The University's commencement ceremony will also be made available on Saint Louis University's YouTube channel. See live updates on commencement day by following Saint Louis University on Twitter or by using #SLU2019.
Download the Commencement Program
Commencement Speakers and Honorees
The 2019 Saint Louis University commencement address will be delivered by Randall L. Stephenson, CEO of AT&T. Stephenson will be honored with a Doctor of Commerce from SLU during the ceremony.
Other honorary degree recipients for 2019 include:
- Robert Cardillo, who recently retired as director of the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Marie Kenyon, director of the St. Louis Archdiocese's Peace and Justice Commission and a 1986 graduate of the Saint Louis University School of Law
- Donald Ross, retired chairman of Enterprise
The student address will be delivered by Matthew Prest, 2019 graduate of SLU's Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology.
Other Events Honoring Graduates
In addition to the precommencement and commencement ceremonies, SLU has two other special events for graduates.
- Baccalaureate Mass
May 16, 6 p.m.
The Baccalaureate Mass is SLU's Catholic celebration of graduates in St. Francis Xavier College Church. Families are invited to attend with their graduates.
- Toast to the Class of 2019
May 16, 7:30 p.m.
SLU's newest graduates raise a glass and mingle with friends, classmates and President Fred P. Pestello, Ph.D.
SLU Commencement Fast Facts
- Share the News: The official hashtag for commencement week at SLU is #SLU2019. SLU also makes available a commencement news release that can be downloaded and modified, allowing families to share their commencement news with their local newspaper.
- Gifts for Grads: Find diploma frames and other items to commemorate your time on campus at the Saint Louis University Barnes & Noble Bookstore.
- Tassel Trivia: Wondering what all the different colored tassels stand for?
- Apricot: Nursing
- Blue (Light): Education
- Black: Ph.D. and Ed.D. students
- Citron: Social Work
- Crimson: Master of Counseling
- Drab: Business
- Gold: Following graduation, those holding a doctorate may wear this color
- Green: Medicine
- Maroon: Professional Studies
- Mint Green: Allied Health Professions
- Navy: Sociology and Criminal Justice
- Orange: Technology and Engineering
- Peacock Blue: Public Administration
- Purple: Law
- Salmon: Public Health
- Teal: Doctor of Physical Therapy
- Yellow Gold: Science and Aviation
- White: Arts


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Agilent CytoGenomics software is a complete CGH and CGH+SNP microarray data analysis and data reporting solution to streamline the day-to-day cytogenetic sample analysis research workflow.
CytoGenomics has an easy-to-use graphical user interface, a fully customizable solution for detecting copy number changes (CNCs), copy-neutral loss of heterozygosity (LOH), and uniparental disomy (UPD) with Agilent's SurePrint G3 CGH+SNP microarrays.
The software allows you to view SureFISH probes directly.
CytoGenomics' latest version is available free-of-charge on Agilent's website.


text: How To Email & Messaging VoIP and Bandwidth How much bandwidth do you need for VoIP? Share Pin Email Print Atomic Imagery/Digital Vision/Getty Images Email & Messaging VoIP Basics Guides & Tutorials Installing & Upgrading Tips & Tricks Key Concepts by Nadeem Unuth Specializes in information and communication technology with a focus on VoIP. Updated June 24, 2019 Bandwidth is interchangeably used with connection speed, although technically they are not exactly the same. Bandwidth is, in fact, a range of frequencies through which data is transmitted. The same principles apply to radio, TV and data transmission. A large bandwidth 'range' means that more data are transmitted at one point in time, and thus at greater speed. Although we will be using the two terms interchangeably here, technically bandwidth is not connection speed, although they are used interchangeably by most Internet users. Measuring Bandwidth Bandwidth is measured in Hertz (Hz), or MegaHertz (MHz) because Hertz are counted in millions. One MHz is one million Hz. Connection speed (technically called the bit rate) is measured in Kilobits per second (kbps). It is simply a measure of how many bits are transmitted in one second. We're going to use kbps or Mbps to refer to transmission speed from now on because that's what every service provider talks about when referring to the speed they offer. One Mbps is one thousand kbps. You can have an idea of how good or bad your connection speed is and whether it is suitable for VoIP by performing online connection tests. Bandwidth Cost For most people using the Internet as a communication medium, bandwidth happens to be the most expensive requirement, because it is recurring. For voice communication, the bandwidth requirements are more important, since voice is a type of data that is bulkier than conventional text. This implies that the greater the connection speed, the better the voice quality you can get. Today, a broadband connection is common and getting cheaper and cheaper. Broadband is an unlimited connection (24 hours a day and for as much as you want to use up) at a speed much higher than that of dial-up's 56 kbps. Most providers give at least 512 kbps today, which is largely sufficient for VoIP communication. This is the case for developed countries and regions. For other places, some users are still restricted to low connection speed at high prices. Common Bandwidths Let's have a look at some typical bandwidth associated with popular communication devices and technologies. Technology Speed Use in VoIP Dial-Up (modem) Up to 56 kbps Not suitable ISDN Up to 128 kbps Suitable, for fixed and dedicated service ADSL Up to several Mbps One of the best WAN technologies, but provides no mobility Wireless technologies (e.g. WiFi, WiMax, GPRS, CDMA) Up to several Mbps Some technologies are suitable while some are limited by distance and signal quality. They are the mobile alternatives to ADSL. LAN (e.g Ethernet) Up to thousands of Mbps (Gbps) The best, but limited to the length of wires which can be short in most cases. Cable 1 to 6 Mbps High speed but limits mobility. Is suitable is you don't have to move. Bandwidth and Apps VoIP apps on your mobile device consume bandwidth differently. This is based on the codecs they use to encode data for transmission and on other technical considerations. Skype, for instance, is among the common VoIP apps that consume more data or bandwidth per minute of communication, as it offers HD voice. So, while the quality is much better, you will need higher bandwidth and spend more in terms of megabytes. This is fine on WiFi, but you have to be mindful about it when using your mobile data. Continue Reading Here's How Much VoIP Bandwidth You Need to Make Calls Via the Internet How Is Network Performance Measured? Understand Latency in Voice Calls and How It Can Be Reduced Definition of Bandwidth and How to Tell How Much You Have How to Interpret Connection Speed Tests — Upload and Download Speeds Everything You Need to Know About Network Speeds Determining the Speed of Your Broadband Internet Connection How Much Bandwidth Is Required for Skype HD Video Call? Getting Started With Internet Phone Calling Using VoIP Technology Are Bit Depth and Bit Rate the Same? Distinguishing the Different Types of DSL Technology How Slow Your Network Connection Can Go Is the Voice Quality Good Enough In Your VoIP Calls? Explore the differences between kilobits, megabits, and gigabits Everything You Need to Know about Getting Started with VoIP Before Switching to VoIP, Consider These Drawbacks and Pitfalls


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In case you were wondering: they're father, son, and aunt.
From CBS 6 Albany:
With a search warrant in hand state police entered a trailer at D&R Village mobile home park in the Town of Halfmoon Monday and discovered 135 cats.
"They just kept coming out of the house all these cats. I don't even know how that many cats got in one trailer to tell you the truth."
Neighbors we spoke to did not want to be identified but tell us an elderly couple lived in the mobile home.
"I could smell the pee when I walked my dog past the house back in October and November it was awful, it was horrible."
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Our Approach
LIFE is the proactive, operational, and behavior-based component of WHPacific's comprehensive Safety Management Program. While our Corporate HSE group focuses on compliance, training, and incident response, the LIFE processes specifically cover Operational Safety, through: comprehensive work planning; increasing awareness of work area & task risks; intervention techniques for redirecting at-risk behaviors; embedded field presence; quarterly initiatives focused on observed areas of risk; and visible leadership engagement.
Risk Reduction
Through partnerships with our insurance carriers, aggressive employee training, and proven approaches to risk analysis and reduction (including utilization of our LIFE program), WHPacific engages in active risk reduction on all its programs and projects. Moving risk reduction from an authority-based model to a responsibility-based model is a major program initiative at WHPacific.
Journey to Safety Excellence
WHPacific measures performance success through leading indicators: audits, inspections, observations, training, and our employees', partners', and clients' perception of our quality and safety performance. We utilize lagging indicators as a benchmark to see if our successes are proving effective. Through trend analysis, we adjust the training and observations, audits and inspections to move us to zero incidents. In addition, we utilize systems like ISNetworld to ensure we meet the highest standards of reporting that our clients expect.


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Airship Ventures
A Success Story
Airship Ventures is a privately owned company formed in 2007 with the objective of bringing Zeppelin NT airships to the United States for commercial air tours, media and advertising operations, scientific research, and special missions. The Airship Ventures Zeppelin is the largest airship in the world, and was manufactured in Germany. Initially based with one Zeppelin in the Bay Area, the company plans to eventually have a number of airships operating throughout the USA. The company has its base operations at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffet Field in Mountain View, California. Using part of historic Hangar 2, built in 1942 to house U.S. Navy blimps, Airship Ventures also has a temporary office at a former military building at Moffett.
Airship Ventures approached Jerry Brady with Blue Circle Technologies to establish their office infrastructure, which needed to be put together quickly and inexpensively to get their office up and running. With many employees working remotely or traveling abroad, the system needed to present a unified phone system for the company regardless of the employee's location.
Brady was familiar with Asterisk, having worked with it before, and knew its capabilities. Additionally Brian Hall, president of Airship Ventures, had worked with Asterisk previously as the CEO and founder of Mark/Space, a developer of cutting-edge wired and wireless synchronization software products. With Asterisk, Mark/Space went from three to 30 phone extensions while still using the same phone system.
In January of 2008, Brady downloaded the Asterisk 1.4.17 software. Along with Asterisk, Airship used a Digium TDM800P 8-port card in the server and Polycom handsets. They currently have 15 phones that are registered with the server, with about 11 being desk sets, a conference room phone, and a few unassigned extensions. Some of the features that Asterisk provides Airship are Meet Me, voice mail, and call forwarding. Brady commented on Asterisk's simple and easy implementation. He said, "As an IT consultant, I like Asterisk because I can make it do whatever I need to do and I don't have to spend any more than just rolling up my sleeves and doing a little bit of work." He also went on to say that the Asterisk-based system allows him to quickly add new phone extensions so that new employees can start working immediately. "I'll sometimes get a request for three new people starting that morning, and five minutes later, they'll have an e-mail from me saying their phone extensions are set up and running," Brady said.
An advantage that Airship Ventures has found from flexible and easy-to-use Asterisk is the ability to be "picked up and moved" when the company relocates into a new building, set to occur in the fall of 2008. Additionally, with Brian Hall heading two companies, he finds satisfaction that Asterisk can provide him with the use of one phone that is registered to both servers. The phone alerts him which company the caller intends to contact as the call comes in. The Airship implementation has exemplified how Asterisk is easy to use, inexpensive, and flexible.


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There's really something for everyone on Barcelona's beaches, from early morning yoga, water sports and volleyball, to trendy beachside bars and traditional restaurants for a hearty paella.
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Sant SebastiàPlatja de Sant Sebastià, Barcelona
An old favourite with locals and visitors alike, Santa Sebastià is (along with Barceloneta) the city's oldest beach. Since the building of the W Hotel at its far end it has also enjoyed a new-found glamour and is home to a number of places to eat and drink. Sant Sebastià beach is ideal for people with limited mobility. It has reserved parking within easy reach of the beach, adapted showers and restrooms, and wooden paths to the edge of the water.
Sant MiquelPlatja de Sant Miquel, Barcelona
Just next to Sant Sebastiá beach, Sant Miquel beach is one of the busiest stretches of sand and located very close to bus stops straight from the city centre. It's also within handy distance of all the shops, bars and restaurants in Barceloneta. This is a popular beach for watersports and is used by the nearby paddle surf schools.
Barcelonetaplatja de barceloneta, Barcelona
Lively and accessible, this popular beach attracts big groups during the summer months. Home to the Espai de Mar centre, which runs sport and leisure activities, the beachside cafes offer lots of possibilities for snacks or a leisurely paella.
Besides excellent facilities for people with limited mobility, Barceloneta beach also has a volunteer-run area for disabled people to help them access the sea. Facilities include an amphibious chair. This service is available daily (11am-2pm) from the beginning of July til mid-September.
Nova Icàriaplatja de nova icària, Barcelona
Just beyond the Olympic port is the Nova Icària beach. This is a great place for families and people who want to do more than just sun themselves, as it has the most leisure amenities, including a playground and volleyball courts. It also tends to be quieter than some of the other beaches. Its proximity to the Olympic port means that there is no shortage of places to eat, from fast food joints to fresh seafood restaurants. Just across the road is the Nova Icaria shopping mall, with a supermarket, several shops and a multiscreen cinema with films in original language.
During high season Nova Icaria beach has an area dedicated to helping people with reduced mobility access the sea, including wooden walkways and the use of an amphibious chair.
Bogatellplaya de bogatell, Barcelona
Like its neighbour, Nova Icaria, Bogatell beach tends to be quieter and attracts a slightly older crowd. It's also one of the prettier beaches, flanked by a promenade that offers plenty of green space and shade for picnicking. The beach has a football pitch, volleyball court and ping-pong tables. The chiringuitos (beachside snack bars) and bars on the boardwalk provide refreshments and lunch options, as well as a good place to hang out for evening cocktails.
Mar bellaplatja de mar bella, Barcelona
This beach is popular with locals from the nearby areas, and what it lacks in eating and drinking options, it makes up for with its peacefulness. It also has Barcelona's only nudist beach, with some privacy provided for the more modest by the sand dunes. Popular with the LGBT crowd, there's also a skate park on the promenade area, as well as a nautical centre with sailing, windsurf and kitesurf. A 1.5km running track along the promenade to Nova Icaria beach begins here.
Nova Mar bellaplatja de la nova mar bella, Barcelona
Located in front of the modern high rise buildings of Diagonal Mar, the Nova Mar Bella beach is also used mostly by local residents and enjoys a laid back vibe. This beach and the neighbouring Mar Bella are two of the beaches that were created when the seafront was redeveloped for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
Llevantplatja de llevant, Barcelona
Llevant beach was the last beach to be created in Barcelona and was opened in 2006. Loved by local dog owners for the special area set aside for canine friends.
This beach also has a volleyball court, located at the west end near the breakwater that separates it from Nova Mar Bella beach.
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The Banys del Fòrum is an open air swimming area located in the Parc del Forum. For people with limited mobility there is a ramp to the water and an amphibious chair.
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Slaven Bilić has revealed that Michail Antonio could return for West Ham's match against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, as he continues to recover from a bruised rib.
The winger sustained the injury in the loss to newly promoted Brighton & Hove Albion at the Olympic Stadium, playing the full match, but completed Thursday's training session without contact. Even still, Bilić has revealed Antonio is an injury doubt and will be forced to make a late decision on whether to include him in the squad or not.
Antonio missed the comeback win over Tottenham Hotspur in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night at White Hart Lane with a rib injury, with Bilić admitting that while no other players had any new injury issues: "Antonio will train today and then based on that, we will see what shape he is in."
West Ham sit 16th, level on points with Everton on the relegation zone and have won just one in their last five Premier League matches - and the Hammers boss said: "I know our situation, our situation also determines my situation."
Crystal Palace sit rock bottom of the league and have the worst goal difference, and also crashed out of the Carabao Cup to Bristol City during the week. But Bilić remains cautious after the Eagles recently defeated the reigning champions.
The Boss talks ahead of @CPFC...https://t.co/FagILvbvCB— West Ham United (@WestHamUtd) October 27, 2017
"They changed their manager and I've already watched their last three games and they were good. They beat Chelsea, played well against Newcastle, and have improved."
West Ham did the double over Crystal Palace last season, with Michail Antonio picking up all three assists at the Olympic Stadium. The 27-year-old has featured eight times this season for the Hammers, scoring once.


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