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I've committed to 2/7/11 to start my 3rd Challenge (C3). Inviting others / newbies/ experienced to join in - but only if you want to look and feel the best you ever have.
Once I discovered the joys of weight training, all other passions were transcended.
Yes! That is when I'm starting C2! One week of AR starting tomorrow.
Now there's an invitation that sounds enticing!
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My week of AR I plan on breaking in my new hiking boots I bought on a treadmill hill routine, as a reward for finishing C1. I also plan on practicing my deadlift technique. Also trying out 2 new machines my gym just installed: the stepmill and Cyber Arc Trainer. No HIIT or working 'til failure.
woke up with a sore throat this morning, so it's a good time for AR to start.
Sounds like you're going to be roaring to go! I'm looking forward to some AR later this week-haven't rested since Christmas - I'm hitting 36 consecutive days with a cardiio or weight workout. I once did 37, so it's time to set a new personal best before starting the next challenge. I'm looking forward to learning some new recipes and exercise routines from others in our group.
Hi All, I'm starting this for the third time. Made seven weeks the first time and only four weeks the second time. Looking for a little help to keep going for the full twelve weeks.
BTW what is AR?
My husband and I are both starting on February 7th for our first challenge. I'd love to see how you guys are doing and keep progress!
ar is 'active rest'.
Which so far the only 'active' i've been is doing errands and going to work! This cold and sore throat are really doing me in. I only have energy for a coulpe hours. now we have a snow storm and everything will be closed tomorrow. I hope to do lots of R&R tomorrow and get my taxes done. I can still practice my deadlift technique at home later this week, and maybe do some exercise tapes that don't normally fit into BFL intensity. It's that nice kind of casual exercise I wanted to do: ski, walk, hike, steady state.
I am so glad my cold came right after the challenge, there's no way I could do HIIT right now.
I would love to start Feb 7th with you guys for my first time around I want to go the full 12 with no mistakes or quitting.
I am ready to start on the 2/7 also. I have started one challenge only to make it 7 weeks. The results I saw were fabulous. I am ready to do it again with some positive support I know no matter how I do I know i will feel great. Count me in.
I am a newbie and am willing to start 2/7 as well...
I'm a newbie mate. Count me in! Sounds like you all know what your doing.
My name is Matty King.
Now I'm really getting excited! It looks like we have a balanced blend of newcomers and experienced BFL'rs. I took a rest day yesterday, after 37 consecutive days of workouts. My muscles are sending me thanks via DOMS. AR has turned into watching the snow accumulate in drifts of 3 - 4 ft high here in Chicagoland. I will get a great whole body workout just shoveling out today!
I would advise everyone to develop at least three "go to" recipes for your meals. I tend to eat slightly larger meals for the traditional three and smaller 200 - 300 calorie meals for the 2nd, 4th, and 6th meals. Also, learn and/or review at weight training excercises for each of the muscle groups. In my first challenge (C1), I spent the first couple of weeks at low weight loadings learning the lifts, and developing the form. Bring a reusable water bottle to work that you can refill from the cooler. Order your Myoplex shakes if you're going to use supplements - I really enjoy one after weight lifting. My favorite flavors may not be yours - you'll probably have to explore this for yourself. Figure out how you're going to do the excercise part. I ended up joining a no-frills health club, for $15 monthly dues, and it had exactly what was needed for BFL, but nothing more (dumbbells, barbells, weight machinies, ellipticals, treadmills, bicycles, stairmasters). It was the best choice for me, and since I go there daily I pay < $0.50 per day.
p.s. I try to check in here daily, but I don't always get to due to obnoxious teenagers hogging my computer to do "homework" like facebook and Runescape.
Count me in!!! This is my first challenge.
Why wait guys?! start today!! 2/3!!
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Neighborhoods: South Pointe
glad i finally went! – Finally went to The Room for the first time last night (a Saturday) and it was great! Definitely very crowded - get there at 9 if you want a table - space is EXTREMELY limited. Great selection of foreign beers, cool vibe, great music (though it was a little loud for my taste). Everyone there was having a great time. If you like this place, I recommend the Extreme Cafe on 4th - it's got a very similar drink selection, more space and is less crowded.
best beer, best music – the best beer selection in on the beach, with a great atmosphere. minimalistic & sparse, but the locals make it welcoming. the bartenders know how to deliver. a haven south of fifth & awya from the general mess that is south beach.
Editorial Review – Upscale yet laid back bar offering beer, wine, and live music.
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HHKMovies | Amateur Hour – Standards of Living
by David Bosworth @boz_worth
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Welcome back film fans to our 1st HHKMovies Amateur Hour Review.
The entire idea behind this title of reviews is to give light to some awesome amateur film makers. To take a look at what they can create on little or no budget. We'll look at Kickstarter backed films. Short films. Feature films. Every genre.
To kick off Amateur Hour on Boxing Day 2013, we thought we'd review something more sinister, so, make way for the very 1st feature film shot completely on the iPad2!
Peter Sayer is an awful stand up comedian who desperately wants to be funny. One night, after Peter bombs on stage, a mysterious man named Mr. Randall offers him a unique opportunity. Mr. Randall reveals that he has the power to make things disappear, and when he makes them reappear they are "improved." A bent nail becomes straight, a tarnished coin becomes polished, and an empty saltshaker comes back full of salt. But Mr. Randall wants to make a human disappear…to find out where these objects go, and why they come back improved. Peter volunteers to "disappear" with the hope that he will come back funnier…but the bizarre truth about Mr. Randall's powers is no laughing matter.
Having watched very few homemade or amateur movies(not any that can be reviewed here anyway) it was awesome to see the quality with which this feature length film was shot and made. Scott Yarborough who plays Peter, our down on his luck terrible comic, does so with complete conviction. The rest of the cast fill roles exceedingly well also, with mention going to Bill Ferris portraying the enigmatic Mr Randall. I actually never got bored during this entire film which was quite a feat, as I recently couldn't get through 30 minutes of Cloud Atlas!
Genre wise I was never too sure where this movie slotted in, and to be honest, I'm still not sure. After speaking directly to Writer and Director Aaron Mento he told me theat the film just became what people ended up seeing- a mashup of dark comedy and horror.
Here are some stills from the film-
This was truly one of the weirder films I've watched and I champion this fact because it has come from the mind of an amateur writer. It kept me engaged until the climactic ending which I almost hurled my lunch over……seriously!
4 out of 5
Special mention given to Aaron Mento in his patience whilst we started Amateur Hour. He never hounded us and was helpful beyond means in chatting about his project.
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Miami Based duo Marcello "Cool" Valenzano and Andre "Dre" Lyon also known as Cool and Dre have secured a deal with IK Multimedia Group for the GrooveMaker Application, the revolutionary iPhone/iPod/iTouch/iPad application that creates non-stop, electronic, dance and Hip-Hop tracks in real time. Cool and Dre have supplied exclusive drum riffs and sounds for the application, that users can freely explore to create their own sounds. The application will allow users to make loops, and eventually create a full track through their iPod/iTouch/iPad. You can view and purchase the application through the groovemaker website – www.groovemaker.com.
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Jonas attempts to rally the troops
Valencia midfielder Jonas Goncalves is hoping his side jumpstarts their disappointing season against Real Zaragoza on Saturday.
Jonas' team have taken just five points from the 15 on offer so far in the Primera Division and Los Che already trail leaders Barcelona by 10 points.
They have also suffered defeat to Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League - so Saturday's home encounter against Zaragoza will be vital to rebuilding confidence.
The mood in Catalonia, however, remains one of quiet determination, with the Brazilian admitting that the turnaround must start now.
"The other teams are scoring points and we are not, so we must start to do that," Jonas told valenciafc.com.
"We must win not only at home, but create a run of victories. We are six points off third place."
Jonas is critical of his own form this season with Valencia relying on Roberto Soldado for goals.
"I'm sad about my performances, but one has to stay calm in order to return to normal," Jonas added.
"I know that I have to work and do more things. I hope to score goals and create assists like last season."
Jonas, though, called for patience from the support at the Mestalla as manager Mauricio Pellegrino, in his first season in charge, attempts to stamp his own mark on the team.
"For me, he is doing a terrific job," said Jonas. "But we also need time because he has changed the dynamic.
"The season is only just starting and we need to win to regain confidence.
"Slowly I think we're going to grow and I am certain that he (Pellegrino) is going to be as successful as he was as a player."
Zaragoza, in 12th place and one point ahead of Valencia, could give a league debut to former Celtic defender Glenn Loovens with manager Manuel Jimenez insisting: "When we play at 100% we can stand up and compete against any opponent."
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Changing careers: Tickham was an aircraft mechanic at Northwest Airlink until his mid-30s. "Once Northwest declared bankruptcy," he says, "there was no way to move up."
To research a career in healthcare, he volunteered at Fairview University Medical Center in Minneapolis. When he asked where his new co-workers trained for their healthcare careers, they pointed to a building out the window: "Right there, at St. Kate's!"
First encounter: After his co-workers set him straight about men being welcome at St. Kate's, he made a call to campus and soon applied. "The people were really friendly, and I also had a good impression of St. Kate's from former graduates."
Why radiography? Long before becoming an airline mechanic, Tickham had accompanied his mother to get an MRI. "Since Mom had limited English, I'd go with her to translate," he says.
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Denver >Lodging > Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center
650 15th St, Denver, CO | Directions 80202-420739.743494 -104.993871
Daily 24 Hours
Neighborhoods: Central Business District, Central Business District (CBD), Northwest Denver
Delicious food, but pricey – Just came back from Thursday lunch at Altitude. Seven co-workers went there because one had a $25 off coupon. We did not have a reservation, but that was not a problem. The room is attractive and comfortable and the service was very good. The food was also very good. Three of us had the chicken and pasta special, which we all agreed was delicious. One person had a salad, one had the ham & cheese grilled sandwich, and two had hamburgers. Everyone agreed the food was good and we would like to go back. The only problem is the price. With the $25 off, it came to $14 per person, which is fairly pricey for lunch in Denver.
Bland food not worth the fancy price... – We received a coupon for $25 off to go to Altitude - and were excited to have an evening out at a four star restaurant. We ended up being very disappointed. The positive note - the service was great - it was a Wednesday night and fairly slow, so the servers were attentive. However, the food was severly lacking in flavor for the price we paid. The meals average from $25 to $40 a plate. I had the salmon veracruzana - which wasn't completely cooked in the center and had little flavor - served on overcooked basmati rice that was in a watery tomato broth. (Really sloppy and hard to eat - almost a soup.) It was supposed to have a roasted poblano mango relish. I never saw a poblano, the mango was not ripe - hard strips of stringy fruit. An overwhelming disappointment. My husband had dry rubbed baby back ribs. The waitress said they were spicy, but they came out dry, stringy and really bland. The baked potato was good - hard to screw it up, since they serve all the toppings on the side for you to add. We had planned on ordering dessert, but after the lacking meal decided to go elsewhere for the evening. To top it off, the waitress added herself a 20% tip for a "large party", even though there were only two of us. (Because we were using a coupon? We generally tip well, I don't like presumptious waitstaff. I am guessing they get stiffed regularly.) In the end, with our $25 off coupon - the meal cost us $50 with two meals (no apps or dessert) and one glass of soda. We left very disappointed and craving something tasty....
Dining disppointment in Denver – The Hyatt Regency Convention Center in Denver is pretentious, to say the least. And Altitude Restaurant on the ground floor is no exception. The prices are sky-high, and therefore our expectation was for at least decent food. We were sadly disappointed. Service was slow and confused -- they weren't even sure who our waitperson was supposed to be. The only good service was from our busboy. My split pea soup was watery and salty, with just a few sad shards of pea at the bottom of the bowl. They didn't provide us with any bread until we asked, and what they finally brought smelled mouldy and tasted worse. Totally inedible. The six layer chocolate cake was mediocre at best -- my husband and I are both chocoholics, but I could stomach only a few bites and he stopped at one small taste. Poor cake texture, uninspired flavor, unappealing frosting. My husband's "warm chocolate-chip cookie ice cream sandwich" concoction was nearly as disappointing: the cookies were so hard and stale that he could hardly cut through them. The only really good part of the meal was the warm chocolate-Grand Marnier shooter that accompanied the cake, but that was certainly not worth the price of admission! If you want slow service and expensive, disappointing food, this is the place to go. But if you want excellent food and service, go down to the Brown Palace Hotel and eat at one of their famed restaurants.
Romantic and accommodating – We came to this downtown Denver hotel for a birthday weekend. Our great experience here started with the very kind check in staff and ended with the quick and easy valet parking. The rooms are just wonderful with a soft bed that included six down pillows. Our room came with a large bathtub with beautiful tan and black decor. We had a fantastic view of the mountains and the highrise buildings in the area. The hotel is a short block from the 16th Street Mall where there is plenty of shopping and food. We were a little disappointed the hotel did not have a fridge in the room as we brought back food from dinner. We did eat breakfast at the buffet at the hotel and though it was good it was not worth the $16 they charge a person. We also thought the $26 they charge for overnight parking was a bit high. The workout gym at the hotel is above most other hotels with lots of machines. The indoor pool is pretty small and not very impressive. Overall this is a very accommodating hotel with a high class ambience. We couldn't have been happier.
unpredictable and fickle closing hours/poor customer service – I arrived at the Peaks Lounge with a small party celebrating a 30th birthday party at 1:00am, well before last call, and a full hour before Denver's legal closing time of 2:00am. We wished to conclude our evening here with a few drinks, but with no explanation an employee turned us away from the door. I could see clearly through the open door that they were not over crowded, nor were we a rowdy bunch. I have never been prohibited access to any Denver bar prior to last call. Additionally, the Hyatt's website cleverly leaves closing time for the bar unlisted, presumably leaving closing time to the whim of the manager. Consequently, poor policy paired with poor customer service at Peaks ended our previously fantastic night on a very sour note. If CitySearch made it possible I would NOT even give Peaks Lounge a single star.
Lounge is great! – A great way to view the city in a romantic setting! The wine is more expensive than other lounges around town but it comes with the beautiful view so there is not much to complain about. Lux setting, large bar and floor to celling views. The best way to end a night out in Denver is here!
Incredible buffets – Wonderful decor and the breakfast and lunch buffets are excellent. Try the special occasion buffets to. We went for Easter and the food was incredible
Superb Hotel at a great price – We have stayed at several hotels in Denver over the past year but the Hyatt Regency at the Convention Center has been our favorite. The amenities are superb (plush bed and sheets, 32" plasma, nice desk for the laptop) and the decor is clean (earth tones) with a nice open lobby that includes a hip bar.
All around great hotel – Outstanding views. Service was outstanding. The new Hyatt is just beautiful. We love both of the bars and Altitude restaurant.
I have eaten at other Hyatt restaurants around the world and by far Altitude is the worse restaraunt I have eaten in general. My husband had some scallops that were rubbery and I had some pasta dish not worth remembering that cost over $20! It's pasta! The service was confusing, no one could figure out who was our server! In addition, the wine list was poor, they didn't have very many sparkling wine selections and it was heavily California based. It was just a sad experience all together. The only saving grace was our Host, he was a hoot! And the Strata bar was fantastic and our waitress was excellent. We never had to wait to ask for another drink, she was taking our drink order as we were on our last few sips. Other than that...so NOT worth it!
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Today's lunch box theme is Mexican. Sid who normally complains when I pack any kind of Indian rice dishes, quietly finishes the entire lunch box if i pack this Spanish rice. This is what I packed for his school lunch
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This will be the fifth year David Harmer has been working with the Men's and Women's Mountain Lion Track and Field and Cross Country teams at UCCS. Harmer started in the fall of 2007, and has been a full-time Assistant Coach since January 2008. Harmer also acts as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Representative on the USTFCCCA Executive Committee for NCAA Division II Track & Field.
Prior to Head Coach Mark Misch and Assistant Coach David Harmer taking over the coaching duties in the fall of 2007, the UCCS Track & Field teams had collected 38 All-RMAC Conference awards since the programs inception in 1999. Since the indoor season of 2008 the Track & Field teams have garnered 82 All-RMAC conference awards, 8 RMAC Conference Champions, 12 All-Central Region Awards and 5 NCAA All-Americans. In that time 65 event school records have also been broken.
The Mountain Lions have also set record team scores at the RMAC Track & Field Championships 3 out of the 4 years, and off the track, both the UCCS Men's and Women's track & field teams were named by the USTFCCCA as All-Academic Track & Field Team's in 2011.
Harmer started his coaching career working with the youth and junior teams at Medway and Maidstone Track Club in the United Kingdom. From there Harmer moved to Granada, Spain to work as an Assistant Coach to the UK Athletics Regional Development Coach, Chris Bowman, at the Olympic Development training facility from 2004-2005. He worked with several Great Britain Junior and senior Internationals who were warm-weather training outside the UK in preparation for the European Junior, World Youth and UK Trials Championships.
Outside of his work with the UCCS teams Harmer also coaches several post collegiate distance runners that compete professionally. One of those athletes, Cassie Slade, recently finished 7th at the 2011 Pan-American Games while representing Team USA in the 10,000m run held in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Harmer is working towards his Level 3 USATF Coaching Certification and currently holds a Level 2 coaching certification with USATF, and a Level 2 certification with UK Athletics in the United Kingdom, both in endurance events. He received a Masters Degree in Sports Medicine from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, and a holds Bachelor's Degree with Honors in Sports Science from Kingston University, London. In 2010 Harmer earned the designation of Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and regularly presents at various conferences and clinics around the country on the preparation of track and field athletes.
As an athlete Harmer has competed in Both NCAA Division I and in NCAA Division II. He was a former Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference First Team All-Conference selection in the 800m run, achieving national qualifying marks both indoors and outdoors, and also qualified for the UK European Trials, also in the 800m event.


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The same way Cairne still sent his congratulations to loremasters of the Horde. I have no clue if he still does.
It's quite obvious their ghosts are bored "on the other side" and as such make pranks on you.
Rhonin is still there in dalaran ingame if you visit him now. All you are referencing is something that was meant to happen several years ago.
Or is the fact worgen and goblin dks something Arthas made them into after he was killed?
"There is a pervasive myth that making content hard will induce players to rise to the occasion. We find the opposite. " -- Ghostcrawler
"Almost every time I have gotten to know a critic personally, they keep up with the criticism but lose the venom." -- Ghostcrawler
While Rhonin is rank 9 in fireworks and rank 6 in Potions.
Meainwhile, at theramore, Jaina is the highest you can go on the fireworks give away ranking.
...Did I mention loot?
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Meanwhile, the Goblin is a Steamwheedle who joins the Horde.
Starting a Monk Blog; Celestial Fists: http://celestialfists.blogspot.com/Originally Posted by Bashiok
Called Garrosh as end boss: 10/28/2011
I was going to say that this indicates that Rhonin must be The Doctor, but then I realized I would sully the good name of The Doctor by comparing him to Rhonin. So he be haxxing.
It's pretty clear imo. You've been cursed to be haunted by Rhonin's ghost forever, who will mail your goods of suspicious quality every now and then just to freak you out. I mean, obviously.
Hello hello dps are you there? On Recount I don't see a thing, main tank has the healing debuff from the boss you see you see;
Wha-a-at did you say? Vent is breaking up on me, sorry I can't talk now I am kinda healing; K-kinda healing, k-kinda healing...
Permanently unsubscribed as of 03/10/2014.
Been a fun run guys, but the game's officially moved into the "Milk the Playerbase" phase. And I for one don't intend to stick around as the cost of expansions go up, content in them goes down, and raids become further and further apart.
Maybe I'll be back for WoW2, but probably not. - Slowpoke, the former Dokhidamo
When Rhonin was arcane-nuked out of existence, what Garrosh and his dark shammy buddies didn't realize was that they had actually blasted Rhonin straight into the mysterious realm of Mailboxes, a wondrous black space filled with an infinite number of mailboxes linked to the ones that can be seen in the physical world. Space and time have no meaning in the Mailboxes realm, and all you can see is an insane amount of mail shooting across space from one mailbox to another.
Rhonin now controls the Mailboxes realm.
He's the final boss of the 6th Expansion: World of Warcraft - The Void of Mail.
Pfft, Rhonin the Overrated.
Sure, he may have a raptor army and such but really, he sounds like one of those elitists to me. I mean, he dies, but he's to lazy to corpserun.... What a jerk.


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Conax integrates with AneviaMarch 28, 2014 1:51 pm | by Brian Santo | Comments
Conax and Anevia have integrated the latter's video streaming and CDN solutions with the the former's Contego Unite content protection platform. The two said the combined system simplifies the ability to roll out over the top (OTT) services.
Harrison promoted to CEO at IneoQuestMarch 28, 2014 1:36 pm | by Brian Santo | Comments
IneoQuest Technologies has promoted Calvin Harrison to president and CEO, effective immediately. Harrison had been chief operating officer (COO) of the company since 2010. Harrison joined IneoQuest in 2007, serving first as vice president of marketing and business development, and then as COO.
Lightpath offering 100G transport serviceMarch 28, 2014 1:17 pm | by Brian Santo | Comments
Demand for 100 gigabit services is rising as companies across financial and market data services, media and entertainment, and healthcare move to support emerging needs for additional bandwidth. These needs include supporting cloud-based services, an influx of devices onto enterprise networks and an increase in volume, scalability, and quality of media content.
Viacom demanding 100% increases in carriage feesMarch 28, 2014 1:16 pm | by Brian Santo | Comments
The programmer is playing hardball as it negotiates carriage fees with cable operators all across the country, in some cases demanding rate increases variously described as being more than 100 percent and as being 40 times the rate of inflation. By one estimate, there are nearly 700 small cable operators, representing roughly 5 million customers, in confrontations with Viacom.
Casa Systems adds upstream module for CMTSMarch 27, 2014 1:50 pm | by Brian Santo | Comments
The new DOCSIS 3.1 upstream module supports the full spectrum in the upstream direction from 5 Mhz up to 100 Mhz, and has four times the processing power of its predecessor. It delivers 8 channels per port for a total of 128 channels per module.
AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM, Intel ally to create "Industrial Internet"March 27, 2014 1:21 pm | by Brian Santo | Comments
The five are founding members of the Industrial Internet Consortium, whose ultimate goal is to create products to create fully networked industrial installations, such as factories, power plants, and hospitals. The idea is to bring intelligence to machines used across every industry, including agriculture, mining, power, health care, and more.
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Comcast Business has hooked up Atlanta-based Jim Ellis Automotive Group, which is the third largest online dealer in the nation based on sales volume, with its Ethernet services. With 14 dealerships spread across metro Atlanta, the dealership's previous T1 lines from various providers were costly, slow and hard to manage.
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I feel like you may have missed the emphasis of my post if you're picking me up only on the plot. I think that was endemic of other issues the game had, namely that like its plot, the rest of the game tries too hard to be something and that itself gets in the way of Rule of Fun. That was what I was talking about with BL1; they put you in a world and tell you to have fun and along the way you meet some interesting personalities. I felt it was the opposite with 2; they put you in a world where you interact with characters and along the way you can have fun, providing you are lucky enough to get a weapon that actually is fun. It was great to get a Jackob's pistol in 2 that you could hammer at, but it also felt weak and fell prey to "Why would I use that when I can use a semi-auto sniper rifle or a not-meaningfully-less-powerful SMG or AR?" I didn't even feel like ARs were too good in BL2 either.
I have to completely disagree on the dead air vibe. I thought BL1 worked because of it, not in spite of. I'm fully acknowledging that this is a preferential thing and that some people want more tied in narrative, but I tried to enjoy 2's and it just didn't gel for me.
Why are so many people complaining about the gun drops? Once I figured out how to exploit headshot multipliers, damage stopped being an issue. (Maya is great in that regard: "Here, hold still long enough for me to pop your head like a water balloon") I suppose certain other playstyles might be a little less forgiving, but I don't at all feel underpowered.
I wouldn't necessarily say it's a case of feeling underpowered as high enough on most skill trees will make you feel unstoppable and powerful guns are powerful guns, but it's what they actually do. Most of them just fire bullets, some elementally, some semi-auto. That's really about it. Unless of course you include almost all the variations which were thrown on the ARs and were pretty crap (grenade launcher excluded, although I never really felt that was too powerful either). Having not played Diablo 3, I can only say this anecdotally, but I believe one of the problems with that was that loot was merely an upgrade, it didn't really do anything interesting. Regardless of that's validity, I felt that with BL2. Other than the uniques, there were barely any weapons that weren't anything other than doing more damage. There was never really too much choice. It wasn't like in 1 where you'd be using a shotgun-revolver and pick-up a much higher level one that did more damage and had to decide if you wanted the accuracy and skill-of-use of the latter or the fire-and-forget punch of the former.
I can see what you're saying about the cast and story and generally speaking, I agree, unless of course I feel it gets in the way of the game or just takes up too much time or is annoying. I thought BL2 fell foul of all of these at different points. Mileage obviously varying.
For the first time i played Conviction,because DA is giving me serious problems and what to say,i would felt robbed if i actually paid for Conviction,this is not Splinter Cell. I cleared three levels of bad guys on realistic and they couldn't do shit to me..Try doing that in CT on expert,pff. I just can't believe that Montreal who gave us CT,and first SC,made Conviction. EPICFAIL from them.... I take the lives of a few to protect the lives of many. I commit acts of war to preserve the greater peace. I take no joy in killing, but make no mistake; I'll do what needs to be done. Because it's my job. It's my duty. My name is Sam Fisher, and I am a Splinter Cell.
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Still doesnt change the fact that SC went to shit since Chaos Theory.... I take the lives of a few to protect the lives of many. I commit acts of war to preserve the greater peace. I take no joy in killing, but make no mistake; I'll do what needs to be done. Because it's my job. It's my duty. My name is Sam Fisher, and I am a Splinter Cell.
Woah, SC went to shit since Double Agent came along with the dead daughter affair. I just kinda like Conviction as an action game with elaborate pipe-climbing levels and hide-and-seek-and-kill, rather than straight up stealth. The Deniable Ops, like Helio said, is way better than singleplayer. So, it's best to act Fisher didn't go through all that shit and just focus on multiplayer.
Anyway, my favourite neighbour from Animal Crossing is moving away from my town tomorrow. I'll just sit in the nearest corner and wail hoplessly now...Art blog here.
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All manner of foul mutants are punishing me for my late-night greed in the Zone.
I don't get them,they had neat concept back then in 2009 and suddenly they decided to go back to drawing board and gave us something really medicore. Now my only hope is that Thief 4 will be real stealth game,and MGS..Other then that i am screwed.... I take the lives of a few to protect the lives of many. I commit acts of war to preserve the greater peace. I take no joy in killing, but make no mistake; I'll do what needs to be done. Because it's my job. It's my duty. My name is Sam Fisher, and I am a Splinter Cell.
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I played Jamestown with a friend of mine and his girlfriend (and later another friend, who woke up and decided shooting stuff is better than sleeping, which is 100% correct. Also I had to use a Japanese keyboard) yesterday. Got through the whole game, but we couldn't manage the final boss. In our very last try, after which we decided to go to bed, we managed to get the boss to half of his last health bar. I have no idea how I managed to survive that long, but I died anyway. Then I proceeded to throw my controller against the sofa. It was completely amazing, and today we are going to finish it. The music is fantastic as well.
After 94 hours I think I've gotten all the content out of Skyrim that I am likely to. The Companions are happy with me as their pack leader, Alduin is dead, the Wizards and Thieves are following me, and the Nightingales have given me some nifty armor. About the only thing I didn't do is join the Dark Brotherhood, but I think that was foiled when I caught a quest NPC in a flame blast and my companion feathered him before he could escape. I'd also be very surprised if there were more than five or so locations I have yet to discover.
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For crowd control: http://imageshack.us/a/img217/4625/crowdcontrol.jpg - keep in mind that this particular spread I use with singularity grenades. If you want to go without them, then put even more points into Motion tree and less in Cataclysm. So a standard combo would be phaselock, when all sucked in, chuck in a singularity grenade and they stay there. Mop up with weapon of choice. I prefer shotties/assaults.
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Augment with relevant relic and class mods for even more absurd damage output.
Just about to finish by first NG+ runthrough of Torchlight 2, which is actually the first time I've ever played through an RPG's NG+ mode ever (Edit: Wait, I did the same thing in Borderlands if that counts). I'm not exactly sure what it is about this game, but it holds up to extended play better (for me) than Diablo 2, Titan Quest (though there I think it's a lack of dynamic world that did me in, as the base game is outstanding), and most other stuff of this sort I've played (including the original Torchlight). The co-op is a big part of it, of course, but still, I'm pleasantly surprised by the longevity this has had for me.
The plan in MP is go try some Warlock next, we'll see how that goes.
As for SP, on the rare occasion I've indulged lately, it's been to microscopically advance my New Vegas game towards the end. I really need to polish that off, as I think there's no chance of me replaying it or coming back to it should I abandon this playthrough. Enjoyable as it is, it's simply too plot/quest heavy to have any replay value IMO, unlike every other Bethesda RPG.
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I actually found it much harder to headshot enemies in Phaselock because they tend to weirdly bend backwards, protecting their head, and all these shaders get in the way of aiming.
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Got the Blitzkrieg anthology from the GoG promotion and have been playing a few missions of the Allied campaign so far. It holds up quite well. No free cam despite the 3D objects, but I can't say I miss it much either; the game is made to be played from a single view point. Pathfinding is a little wonky, but that's hardly a rarity in newer games either.
It supports my laptop's resolution which surprised me a bit.
Also one of the few games where you can repair destroyed buildings. I rather like that.


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It has a great stalling movepool, but really low defensive capabilities. A jack of all trades, master of none. What he has going for him is the element of surprise, and the ability to mess up stall teams to an extent thanks to Leech Seed, Spikes, and Focus Punch. However, any proper offense shuts him down. Hard to use in UU.
Any attack can be used in the last two slots. The idea is simple: Endure a killing hit to trigger Salac Berry. Destiny Bond will take your opponent down with you if they decide to land the finishing blow. If they don't, alternate Destiny Bond and Focus Punch. The moment they hinder Focus Punch is the moment they go down to Destiny Bond. Hidden Power Ghost is for Ghosts. Cacturne maxes out at 229 Speed (343 after Salac), so you won't be Destiny Bonding before some really fast Pokémon like Crobat or Persian.
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Counter will surprise and kill if it ever works, but Cacturne is really frail so you'll need to pump Defense and HP EVs. Grasswhistle is inaccurate, but can help you set up a Focus Punch or something. He gets Swords Dance as well but besides DynamicPunch nothing interesting to work with it. He is too slow and fragile for it as well. He has Spikes but there are better Pokémon to do that.
Cacturne doesn't have the stats to tank efficiently, but to get in that extra layer of Spikes or to make Counter work you'll want to load its HP. Otherwise, focus on the offensive stats you're using. Destiny Bond set obviously needs max Speed to work well.
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Fearow easily comes in on Grass moves or non-attacking moves and OHKOs with Drill Peck all the time. ThunderPunch and Focus Punch whack him up. Muk and Swalot, like Weezing, carry Sludge Bomb and resist Cacturne's main attacking moves. Gligar doesn't like Special Cacturne hits, but has enough Defense and Fighting resistance to come in easily, as well as a STAB Hidden Power Flying. Scyther resists both Grass and Fighting 4x, has STAB Bug moves for the OHKO, as well as the option to set up for Reversal. Any Fire-type obviously fries Cacturne.


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Hildebrando Vélez from Friends of the Earth Colombia is part of Friends of the Earth International's mission to accompany the ousted President back into Honduras. The President was refused entry to the country on Sunday so the team are stationed in Nicaragua and awaiting further instruction.
Greetings from Nicaragua, the land of Sandino, Rubén Darío and Fonseca, where we are right now in a Friends of the Earth International Mission, called for by Vía Campesina, with whom in addition to thousands of other voices, we condemn the brutal coup d´etat perpetrated in Honduras, which reminds us of the worst times of military regimes which violated human rights and have caused so much pain and blood in Latin America.
As FoEI members, we are proud to represent a federation which remains faithful to its mission, principles and values, which is completely committed to express and realize solidarity with the brothers and sisters of Madre Tierra (Friends of the Earth Honduras), together with the most impoverished sectors of Honduran society people are demanding justice. It is urgent, in the face of the attitude of the perpetrators of the coup, to be alert in order to protect the lives of Juan Almendares and all members of FoEI in Honduras and our allies in the popular movement.
All of us in the federation should consolidate our unity and mobilize in the defense of life and the rights of the peoples, since this moment is decisive for the present and future of our continent because the achievements reached by the popular struggles in other countries and regions are also threatened by the military force. These struggles show the ways that need to be walked in order to achieve sustainability and justice.
The situation in Honduras is worsening increasingly. The refusal by the coup perpetrators to negotiate a way out with the Organization of American States (OAS) is proof of their determination to continue and deepen this historic injustice against the will of the Honduran people, and to continue insulting the international community. Breaking into hotels, persecuting foreigners that are being accused of indoctrination and instigation to violent actions, shows an ideological-military offensive against the international solidarity, which is raising in support of the people and the organizations of the Honduran social movement. The analysis we can carry out from here indicates that we must continue looking for the best way to mobilize solidarity and the constant support from foreign countries and inside Honduras.
At the time we are in Managua. We have to remain alert, let´s raise the flags of solidarity, let´s create a support fund for the struggle of the Honduran people, let´s establish support networks, let´s not allow the dictatorship to disguise or to become legitimate. Let´s demand a breaking of the diplomatic ties with the coup perpetrators.


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Jillian Cantor
I'm excited to welcome Jill Cantor, author of The Transformation of Things, to On the Bookcase. Jillian has crafted a truly fantastic novel about a complicated life made even more complicated. Jennifer Levenworth's husband, a judge, is indicted on bribery charges and her "friends" aren't that supportive. Then the dreams begin. When Jennifer sleeps, she swears she can see—and hear—her friends' and family's most private moments though her dreams. Jennifer realizes she is actually learning the truth about their lives, which is also leading her to question everything she thought she knew about herself.
Jillian writes the story of a woman who, in glimpsing the intimate lives of her loved ones, is able to illuminate the half-truths in her own and transform her life.
Jillian asks her characters and her readers, "[Is the] grass truly greener somewhere else? Are we ever really, truly 100% happy with where we are in life and the choices we make?
What is your answer to your own question, Jillian?
People always ask me if I base my characters on myself or my own life. My short answer is no, because I write fiction, and my characters are not autobiographical. But I guess the longer answer is that even though my characters are fiction, they are in some ways rooted in my own life and my own experiences.
When I first started writing The Transformation of Things, I had two very young children who I stayed home with. Though I'd quit my job as a writing professor after my oldest was born, I was still teaching community college classes, part-time online. I struggled to fit some fiction writing in, in between nursing the baby, chasing after a toddler, watching endless episodes of The Wiggles, and grading some pretty dreadful freshman English papers. I wrote at night after the kids went to bed, or in the few short minutes I got in the afternoon if both kids happened to be simultaneously napping, or on weekend mornings when my husband was home. Like most other new moms, I was exhausted. All the time. It was often a struggle to think hard enough to get coherent words on the page.
I began the book with the idea for a woman whose husband has been indicted and is then ostracized by her friends. This idea came to me after a conversation with a friend of my own, who told me that she'd recently met the wife of a politician who'd been kicked out of office for doing something illegal. Her comment was that the woman was very nice, but she imagined it must be hard for other people to get past what her husband had done. And Jen sprung from there. I imagined what it would be like to feel ostracized from your friends and family, and I also imagined how this situation might affect a marriage – how it might make it worse, and also, better.
In a way, it wasn't such a stretch to imagine that isolation. Though Jen and I are really nothing alike, and my husband (or our relationship) is nothing at all like Will, as a stay-at-home mom with a baby and a three-year-old, I did often feel a bit isolated. I spent most of my time at home with minimal adult conversation. As much as I really truly loved being able to have that crucial time with my kids, sometimes I thought about the other people in my life and wondered what things were really like for them: my sister (still single), or my best friend (who'd just gotten married and hadn't had kids yet), or another friend (whose babies were similar ages to mine but had chosen to put her kids in daycare and had gone right back to work instead of staying home). Was the grass truly greener somewhere else? Are we ever really, truly 100% happy with where we are in life and the choices we make?
Thus, the inspiration for the women characters in The Transformation of Things, none of whom are me, or my friends, but all of whom have pieces of what I was thinking and feeling at that point in my life. There is the main character, Jen, who is struggling with isolation, not only from her friends, but also from herself and her marriage. There's her sister, Kelly, who Jen thinks is the perfect stay-at-home mom and wife and a photographer -- only, maybe she's not really all that perfect. There's her friend, Kat, a woman who has all but abandoned her children for her career, and her friend, Lisa, who has all but abandoned her career for her children. Are any of them really, truly happy?
And then, maybe because I couldn't do so in my own life but sometimes wished I could, I gave Jen the ability to be able to glimpse beneath the surface of the lives around her, to see that what's on the outside of a life isn't always what's on the inside of a life. It became an interesting journey for Jen. And for me.
Eventually, my kids got a little bit older, I finished the book, and I came to realize that the grass really isn't greener; sometimes it only appears that way from a distance. Maybe I didn't get to glimpse beneath the surface of my friends' lives like Jen did, but in writing about it, in a way, I almost felt like I did.
The Transformation of Things is out today, and to celebrate, Jillian is holding a contest over at her blog.
Thanks, Jillian, for chatting with us and writing a story that brings up a topic that, I think, everyone ponders at least once in their life.
Reading Group Alert! Betrayal, secrets, marital upheaval, friendship, personal discovery, love -- great discussion topics!
Praise for The Transformation of Things
"A provocative novel that raises fascinating questions about marriage and how to find our way back when love falters. Thoroughly original, highly engaging, and wonderfully tender."
—Laura Fitzgerald, author of Veil of Roses
Jillian Cantor's first novel, The September Sisters, was called "memorable" and "startlingly real" by Publishers Weekly and was nominated as a YALSA Best Book For Young Adults. Her second young adult novel, The Life of Glass, was released in February 2010. Jillian lives in Arizona with her husband and two sons.
Check out Jillian's website, as well.


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The wildest, scariest, and, let's admit it, most predictably awe-inspiring MTB footage currently dropping mountain bikers' jaws worldwide is radiating from the just-wrapped-up Red Bull Rampage. In case you've missed it, you can stream footage of the world's wildest freeriders defying physics in the rugged red moonscape of southern Utah over at Redbull.com right now.
But another video showcasing some preeminent technical bike handling skill has surfaced this week as well. And completely unpredictably—this one involves a road bike.
Even though it shamelessly shills for apparent sponsor WD-40, and even though it carries an painfully campy title, "Road Bike Party" is an incredible five minutes of video. In it, UK trials legend Martyn Ashton executes an uncannily smooth display of on-road and off-road trials riding—all of it with drop bars and 700c tires.
This isn't Ashton's first road bike rodeo, but he performs throughout the whole edit with such flawless, Cirque-du-Soleil-like precision that it's hard to believe that he's riding a bone-stock Pinarello Dogma frame—the same carbon chassis ridden to victory at the Tour de France this summer by fellow Brit Bradley Wiggins. What's harder to believe yet is that "no wheels were harmed in the making of this video" (according to @MartynAshton). And what's downright unbelievable is that this video is, as of this writing, only at 6,000 views.
Contour, Inc. today is releasing its next generation of point-of-view camera: The Contour+2.
This new camera combines the best parts of the company's $300 Contour GPS and $500 Contour+ , and adds a few new features such as a locking record button, a 120-frames-per-second super-slow-motion mode, and improved social media sharing features. The whole bundle, complete with a regularly priced $50 waterproof-to-60 meters housing, comes in at a respectable $400.
All in all the new model is the most versatile and capable camera Contour has released to date.
The unit's rugged aluminum construction and adaptable mounting options have already been proven in the field. We dropped, fumbled and crashed the company's $200 ROAM camera while testing it for months—trying without success to break it.
Like the ROAM, the +2 is waterproof to a meter right out of the box. Unlike that base model, though, this one gets a suite of new and improved features such as real-time tracking of speed, distance and elevation, which users can export to YouTube, Vimeo or Facebook via Contour's free software. Improving on the features of the original Contour GPS, new software will let users toggle on or off what data fields appear as overlays on video—speed can be toggled off to avoid after-the-fact speeding tickets, and location can be hidden so as not reveal your secret trail stash.
The unit also lets users control camera functions and double-check camera angle via a Bluetooth connection with an iPhone. Android capability is said to be coming in a software update in the coming weeks.
Not all of these features are entirely new, but putting them all together in one affordably priced package (with a SCUBA-ready/monsoon-proof case to boot) makes for an attractive option.
Crank Brothers' new all-mountain-level Iodine 29er wheels are now shipping to your local bike shop and also will be available online this week in "very limited" quantities in the SoCal component brand's online store.
The new wheels will come in two variations—a 1,930-gram "2" set with a steel cassette body and dedicated 135 or 142mm rear hub, and a 1,860-gram "3" version, with an alloy cassette body and convertible 135/142mm rear hub. Both wheelsets' front hubs can be converted to work with 15 or 20mm, and they both share the same rim extrusion—which is thinner than the 26-inch All Mountain Iodine wheel, but still retains that model's 21mm inner width.
"We didn't just want to take 26-inch extrusion and make it bigger," says Crank Brothers wheel developer Eric Hermawan. "For 26-inch riders, 'All Mountain' usually means a 130 to 160mm bike with a slacker headtube angle that gets off the ground a little more. For the 29er, we're looking at a steeper headtube angle and a rider that's keeping wheels on the ground, and looking for extra traction."
Hermawan says keeping rotational weight down was a key part of designing the new Iodine 29er wheels, which are optimized for tires in the 2.3- to 2.4-inch range. Of course, when it comes to keeping rotational weight down carbon fiber construction is the ultimate secret sauce, but Crank Brothers hasn't taken the Iodine 29er to "11"—the company's designation for carbon fiber products. Not yet, anyway.
Iodine 29 2 and 29 3 tubeless-ready wheelsets are available now for $650 and $950, respectively. Like their Cobalt 29 cousins they come with a two-year warranty, but unlike those XC-spec wheels, the Iodine 29s do not come with a 200-pound rider weight limit.
Introducing comfortable, high-end mountain-bike bib-shorts
Mountain biker and product designer Tim Lane has launched a new company—Dirtbaggies—to produce some of the first bib shorts made just for mountain biking.
Lane says the inspiration for the shorts comes from his dissatisfaction with roadie bibs and especially existing baggy shorts. "A pair of baggy shorts can weigh as much as a pound, and they drag around your bloody ankles all the time," he says, adding that his design takes into account the specific needs of mountain bikers by incorporating ventilated leg panels, a tether system to keep baggy shorts from sliding down, and a built-in fly for heeding nature's call.
Lane's two-part product line consists of a mountain-bike specific bib short with high-end chamois, and a complementary lightweight shell.
The combination, Lane says, promises many advantages. First, whereas most road bike bibs are intended to provide both compression and protection from the elements—and can thus overheat when worn under baggy shorts—Dirtbaggies bib shorts are purpose-built to be worn under baggy mountain bike shorts, and feature a shorter inseam, vented mesh panels, and a thicker chamois that is usually found only on uber-high-end road bibs.
Lane benchmarked some of the highest-end road bibs on the market, such as the $300 Assos and $250 Castelli models. He settled on the "endurance-grade" chamois these spendy shorts use, and points out that most mountain bike designs (with bib-less liners) use a thinner pad because anything thicker would "wear like a wet diaper." Because a bib-design keeps the chamois tucked up tight against the body, Lane was able to source a high-end Cytec chamois—the same company that provides butt pads for Assos, Rapha and Specialized.
Dirtbaggies also help avoid a certain visual blight all too common on trails everywhere. We've all been there: cruising down a sweet stretch of trail, or suffering up a long, grinding climb, and trying to both concentrate on the terrain ahead while simultaneously averting your eyes from your buddy's wretched butt crack poking out from between his (or her, to be fair) shorts and jersey—the latter of which invariably tends to creep up under hydration packs, while shorts go the opposite way, especially when paired with a slippery Lycra roadie bib.
Any bibs help eliminate inadvertent muffin-top flashing, and the Dirtbaggies design goes one step further with a one-way friction material on the back of the bibs—which helps prevent jerseys from riding up.
Dirtbaggies are made in the United States, come with a 60-day, no-questions-asked return policy, and retail for $179 for the bibs, and $69 for the outer shell—which is available in Black or Stone colorways.
For more info, go to Dirtbaggies.com
Tags: assos, bib shorts, castelli, chamois, cytex, dirtbaggies, mountain bike shorts, rapha, Specialized, tim lane
Historic win for 650b Wheels in Pietermartizburg, South Africa, World Cup
Nino Schurter set a scorching pace right from the starting gun and held off a fierce field of fired-up factory riders to hold on for the win. The victory was made all the more special as Schurter was racing a carbon fiber prototype frame equipped with 650b wheels and glue-on tubular tires. Scott has been rumored to be working on 650b prototypes since the winter.
"It's a prototype bike which I have been trying for a couple of months. I raced it last weekend on this course and again today. Both times I won," Schurter told CyclningNews.com. "I think it suits me. I'm not so tall, but the bigger wheels roll better over the rocks than 26-inch wheels."
Nino is an Olympic hopeful, and may just take middle-sized wheels all the way to London. We caught up with Scott Sports marketing manager Adrian Montgomery for a low-down on Scott's 650b efforts. Check back soon to read that interview.
1. Nino Schurter – Scott-Swisspower
2. Burry Stander – Specialized Factory Team
3. Manuel Fumic – Cannondale Factory Racing
4. Julien Absalon – Orbea
5. Jaroslav Kulhavy – Specialized Factory Team
Tags: 650b, adrian montgomery, nino schurter, petermaritzburg, Scott, South Africa, world cup
Nino Schurter's historic World Cup win last weekend on a Scott 650b-wheel bike substantiated rumors that the company is heavily invested in the wheel-size.
We ask Scott Sports marketing director Adrian Montgomery about the future of the middle-sized wheel standard, what Scott's been up to, where 650b fits in the market, and why he keeps calling them 27.5-inch wheels. — Chris Lesser
MountainBike.com: How did Scott start looking into the 650b wheel size?
Adrian Montgomery: We all know the benefits of a bigger wheel size, but we have discovered that the bigger wheel size sets some limits when designing longer-travel full-suspension bikes, or smaller frame sizes in general. We also found that when testing with Nino Schurter that there were some fit disadvantages for a rider his size as well as power disadvantages. That's when we opted to test the 27.5-inch wheel size. We're currently testing bikes from hardtails to full-suspension models to obtain data we can compare to our current line.
The term "650b" is an established standard going back decades, and 27.5-inch, while descriptive and fitting within the 26-inch and 29er naming convention, is sort of a made-up standard. Which one do you think the industry should adopt?
In this crazy mix up of standards I think we should look ahead to the potential buyers and the retail conversation and continue with the same units of measurement for the entire MTB category. Inches. Period. 26, 27.5, 29—these are all the same unit of measure. Don't start skipping back and forth between European units that are comfortable in road bikes. This would create a larger problem like convincing the U.S. to adopt the metric system. I'm kidding…but seriously.
As bigger manufacturers first started entering the 29er category, it seemed everyone started with a token hardtail—is that what we can expect with 650b? Wading in with a hardtail?
I don't know if the consumer market wants a 650b hardtail. A case can be made for smaller-sized hardtails, like the 13- to 15-inch frame sizes as these are many times very young buyers with families hoping to get the kid on their first 26-inch for a long duration, having just been pummeled with years of buying the 12-inch-wheel walker to the 24-inch-wheel geared bike.
The reality is that 29-inch hardtails fit so much of the market. For new users, the big wheels help roll over obstacles and maintain momentum. So if you're buying a $799 hardtail, 29 is great. All of our testing so far with the 27.5-inch wheel diameter has been most interesting when the travel increases beyond XC measures. You simply can't design a 29-inch FS bike that handles well when the travel is over 150mm.
So where do you see new bike development in the 650b category?
As we grow into bigger-travel full-suspension models, for example the Spark 29 with 110mm of rear travel, we have noted that if you go very far above 110 mm [of rear suspension] you lose your BB height, or 'offset' as we like to call it—the relation of your BB in relation to the center of your axles. When the bike's center of gravity gets too high then the benefits of the rollover are decreased. Likewise, when you shorten the headtube too much, you lose material to weld the top tube and downtube, so you can only go so short—especially now with tapered headtubes, because you have to allow room for the actual taper. Headtube heights and BB position are very important to Scott. We believe the stack and reach and center of balance are very important factors in the bikes' handling characteristics.
Any rider can benefit from a better handling bike. It takes less energy to control the bike and is less fatiguing, and so from new riders to pros, everybody wins.
When creating bikes with longer travel, you can't just plug 29-inch wheels into a longer-travel design as so many have tried to do. And, maybe trail-category buyers don't want that big of a wheel. Even at my height (6-foot) I can't break the wagon wheels loose. I feel like a passenger on a 29er. That's great for a hardtail or race bike, but I don't feel in command of it for aggressive trail riding. There may be a market of people who feel the same.
Tags: 27.5, 650b, adrian montgomery, nino schurter, Scott, world cup
After years of development, starting where Maverick left off with its Speedball post, Crank Brothers new adjustable-height seatpost is finally ready for the light of day.
Meet the Kronolog. It has five inches of travel (that can be adjusted down to less if preferred) and rather than work on hydraulic pressure like many posts on the market, the Kronolog uses air pressure to return to full ride height while the "locking" duties are handled mechanically, using the same principles as a Quick-Grip clamp. The mechanical lock works in both direction, which means no more being afraid to lift your bike from the saddle.
In the video below longtime Crank Brothers rider Hans Rey notes that the keyed quill and shaft mean side-to-side slop is "virtually eliminated."
Basically, it looks like Crank Brothers has address the many issues that plagued the Speedball/Joplin design. The new post uses a fixed-position cable that won't move up and down with the saddle height, and its simple lever design uses a standard shift cable and can be fitted on either side of the bar. Plus, it's 50 grams lighter than the outgoing Joplin model. That said, only time will tell how the Kronologs fare on the trail, but after so long in the R&D oven Crank Brothers is banking on the fact that this new product is fully baked.
Down to brass tacks:
Price / $300
Post length /-405mm
Warranty / Two years with proper maintenance
Weight / 465g + 28g (30.9mm + remote*)
477g + 28g (31.6mm + remote*)
Adjustment range-125mm / 5in
Adjustment type / standard shift cable
Diameter / 30.9mm and 31.6mm
Standard colors / black & red, black & black
Tags: adjustable height seatpost, crank brothers, Hans Rey, jopline, maverick, speedball
In a rather intriguing video edit released last week, SRAM teases a new derailleur feature it calls Cage Lock, a feature that disengages the main rear derailleur spring, making rear wheel removal easier. Is this SRAM's answer to Shimano's Shadow-Plus we've been waiting for? Or is this simply an auxiliary feature—or a separate product altogether, aimed at the entry level market—that SRAM has thrown out just to watch the scoop-hungry bike media swarm themselves into a frenzy? Let's be honest, SRAM could release a YouTube edit of Greg Herbold's morning constitutional and a half dozen sites would embed it within the hour.
SRAM is holding a secret media powwow this week in Santa Cruz, so the answer will likely surface soon enough. Until then, check out the infomercial redux starring Kyle Strait.
Tags: Cage Lock, greg herbold, kyle strait, Santa Cruz, Shadow-plus, Shimano, SRAM
In the latest of its never-ending fusillade of product releases, SRAM recently announced that all-new 10-speed XX and X0 GripShift for 2×10 drivetrains will be available in April.
GripShift (AKA: twist shifters) was the product that launched SRAM back in 1987, when the company first produced its CAT-1 shifters for triathlon bars. Made famous for a win at the 1988 Hawaii Ironman SRAM quickly produced a product for mountain bikes, picking up product spec from brands like Cannondale and Trek. In 1990 Greg Herbold rode a GripShift-equipped bike to a downhill world championship.
The new GripShift, for those who follow such things, has been an open secret on the World Cup circuit. As far back as last summer, prototypes were being used in races, notably by Jaroslav Kulhavy in August, 2011, when he won a World Cup in Champéry, Switzerland.
Tags: CAT-1, greg herbold, grip shift, Jaroslav Kulhavy, prototype, SRAM, twist shift, world cup win, x.9, x.o
Bellingham-based trail rider and sometimes trail builder Bill Hasenjaeger got tired of riding with flimsy collapsible trail tools, so he decided to make his own.
The collapsible trail tool can be ordered to fit a variety of needs. The 12- or 16-inch fiberglass handles connect together with sturdy 6061 aluminum couplers, and there are four head attachments available for sale, with a fifth—a shovel head—in the works.
- McLeod attachment – made from hardened steel plate ($55)
- Pick/Mattock attachment – made from ductile iron ($55)
- Axe/Mattock attachment – made from ductile iron ($55)
- Saw Blade attachment – Corona 13" Razortooth pull blade ($45)
- 12- or 16-inch handle lengths – strong and durable and shock-absorbing fiberglass ($45)
Starter kits are available from $195, and Hasenjaeger is accepting orders now at Trail-Insight.com. Before anyone goes belly-aching about the price, let's get this out in the open: Yes, this is an expensive setup. But you get what you pay for, and Made-in-the-USA (in small batches) is not cheap. That said, Hasenjaeger backs his product with a three-year warranty, and seems to be a pretty straight-shooter based on this blurb from his Web site:
"The idea for a packable trail tool came from my desire to do some trail work in the midst of a fun mountain bike ride. On a typical ride I'd pass sections that could use a little work, but had no tools. Also I wanted to ride to and from a dedicated work session, but had no good way to haul tools. Then I remembered, "hey, I like to build stuff", so I did. Our goal is to make the Trail Boss a: 1) high-quality, 2) lightweight, 3) packable, 4) strong, and 5) affordable digging tool for people to create and maintain the best back country trails possible. 4 out of 5 ain't bad. We'll keep trying to get to #5."
Transition Bike's Kevin Menard, another Bellingham local, was so enamored with the Trail Boss he produced the video review, below.
Tags: axe, Hasenjaeger, kevin menard, mcleod, saw, trail maintenance, trail tool, transition bikes


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WASHINGTON | Mike Miliard | April 18, 2014 | 11:13 AM | Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Quality and Safety
Effective use of analytics is "not something you can buy from a vendor; it's an organizational and cultural value that has to grow and mature," said James E. Gaston, speaking Thursday at the Healthcare IT News/HIMSS Media Healthcare Business... More
Erin McCann | April 18, 2014 | 11:11 AM | Mobile/Wireless, Workforce Management, Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
A California-based home care and hospice group has undergone a digital overhaul after providing tablet computers for its some 1,300 care providers. And, although far from an inexpensive rollout, the digitization has saved the group big bucks. More
Kaiser Health News | April 18, 2014 | 10:05 AM | Quality and Safety, Workforce Management
After some doctors at University of Utah Health Care noticed scathing online reviews about themselves in 2012, the hospital system decided the best way to respond was by posting its patients' ratings of physicians on the hospital's own website. More
WASHINGTON | Mike Miliard | April 17, 2014 | 11:05 AM | Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Quality and Safety
Geisinger Health System, the pioneering integrated care network, is "perfectly designed to do a huge number of experiments in both the provider and payer sides," said its Chief Executive Officer Glenn Steele Jr., MD, on Thursday. More
Eric Wicklund | April 17, 2014 | 10:49 AM | Mobile/Wireless, Quality and Safety
For the most part, providers are still wary over the mHealth movement. And this caution just might be preventing them from big care improvement opportunities, say the findings of a new study. More
Evan Schuman | April 17, 2014 | 08:51 AM | Health Information Exchange (HIE), Mobile/Wireless, Privacy and Security
The most basic security truth in 2014 is that encryption done properly -- a high enough level of encryption, proper safeguarding of the encryption key -- is the best thing an IT department can do. Sill, many industries resist encryption, and healthcare is... More
EUROPE | Dillan Yogendra | April 17, 2014 | 05:44 AM
The European Commission wants to collect opinions on how best to use mobile devices such as phones, tablets, patient monitoring tools and other wireless devices to improve health and wellbeing. More
Erin McCann | April 16, 2014 | 03:50 PM | Enterprise Resource Planning, Network Infrastructure, Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
It seems almost unfair. Clinical IT systems, in the last few years, have generally enjoyed a monopoly of the applications spotlight, often leaving operational apps sitting in the shadows, on back burners and positioned at tail ends of healthcare's to-do... More
Erin McCann | April 16, 2014 | 11:08 AM | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records, Policy and Legislation
Sure, the EHR Incentive Program, with its $22 billion plus paid out thus far to meaningful users, might have helped bring the healthcare sector out of the Dark Ages and into the 21st Century, technologically speaking, but do these systems really improve the... More
Evan Schuman | April 16, 2014 | 10:01 AM | Mobile/Wireless, Network Infrastructure, Privacy and Security
Security is a nightmare for all companies, but the very nature of healthcare makes it far worse. Are there ways to make security not merely viable, but even profitable? More
CHICAGO | Mike Miliard | April 16, 2014 | 09:42 AM | Claims Processing, ICD-10
The American Health Information Management Association has called for the Department of Health and Human Services to announce Oct. 1, 2015, as the new implementation date for ICD-10 as soon as possible. More
Tom Sullivan | April 16, 2014 | 09:18 AM | Data Warehousing, Mobile/Wireless
Telecommunication behemoth BlackBerry Limited is testing out the healthcare IT waters, after it announced this week it was buying a stake in a cloud-based medical IT provider company. More