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For the Period July 1st - 31st, 2014
NB. Schedule is subject to safe sea conditions. *MNI = Montserrat ANU = Antigua.
Ferry operates from Byson's Pier, Heritage Quay, St. John's, Antigua NB. Schedule is subject to safe sea conditions.
Also take note that arrangements are being made for the MV Caribe Sun to be certified by the French Authorities to allow operations to commence from Montserrat to Guadeloupe.
The normal fares for the ferry service are EC$300 return plus EC$35.00 tax for nationals, $45.00 for non nationals & $10.00 security charge, (EC$150 one way) for adults, EC$150 return for children between 2 and 12 years and EC$50 for infants below 2 years. Persons travelling from Antigua to Montserrat are required to pay EC$75.00 or US$28.00 Departure Tax, provided they have been on island for 24 hours or more. For further information on the ferry service contact Mr. Roosevelt Jemmotte at 664 496 9912 in Montserrat and Mrs. Jennifer Burke in Antigua at 268 778 9786. No advance ticketing is required, as travellers can purchase their tickets upon check-in. However, to facilitate ticketing, check-in and other clearances at the point of sale at the ports, passengers are asked to check-in 90 minutes in advance when travelling from Antigua and 60 minutes before the scheduled time for departure from Montserrat. Each passenger is allowed 2 pieces of baggage free and any additional baggage is charged at $50.00 per piece.
Passengers travelling to Montserrat are reminded that they can also get to Montserrat by air with Fly Montserrat (http://www.flymontserrat.com/) or by contacting SVG Air via Monair (in Montserrat) on Tel: (664) 491 4200. E-mail: email@example.com or via Express Handlers (in Antigua), Tel: (268) 562 7183, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. The contact for SVG's Head Office in St. Vincent is Tel: (784) 457 5124. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Additional information on the ferry service, updates as well as general tourism information can be found at www.visitmontserrat.com or email email@example.com
Persons desirous of traveling to Montserrat from St. Kitts and Nevis are asked to note the following:
Contact: Captain Prince Mills on Tel: 1-(869)-662-3258 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Proof of citizenship is required. A valid passport is recommended for all visitors; however, US, Canadian and British citizens may present a driver's license or official ID card as proof of citizenship. Entry visas may be required of visitors from other countries such as Cuba and Eastern Bloc Countries, and can be obtained from British Consulate offices. For Visa Requirements Information and Application visit https://www.immigration.ms/guides An onward or return ticket is required. CARICOM citizens can travel on an official ID card, which must bear a photograph of the individual. There shall be proof of accommodation and one must possess sufficient funds to sustain ones self for the length of the visit.
Yachting Trips
The Antiguan-based company Ondeck provides sailing trips to Montserrat based on requests on a 60-footer Farr Ocean Racing Yacht. The yacht departs Falmouth Harbour in Antigua at 8am, with the trip to Little Bay in Montserrat taking up to four hours. The return journey to Antigua departs at 1pm on those same days, taking up to five hours. The return trip costs US$189.00 (approx 108.70)and is fully flexible to allow passengers to stay longer in Montserrat or overnight.
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About a decade or so after the release of the highly entertaining The Alligator Records Christmas Collection, label founder Bruce Iglauer must have gotten a hold of all the letters that blues fans had been writing Santa asking for another holiday blues collection. Assembling the best and brightest from the considerably talented Alligator Records roster, Iglauer and crew put together Alligator Records' Genuine Houserockin' Christmas, another inspired collection of Christmas tunes guaranteed to out even the grumpiest of Scrooges into the proper mood. Much like the first Christmas-themed album from Alligator, this second effort features mostly original material, and there's nary a "White Christmas" or "Winter Wonderland" to be found!
Alligator Records' Genuine Houserockin' Christmas
Keeping with the label's mission statement of releasing nothing but "genuine houserockin' music," this second Christmas album from Alligator Records is even rowdier and rockin' than the earlier volume. This one again kicks off with Chicago blues queen Koko Taylor, her "Have You Heard The News?" marrying gospel fervor with holiday cheer for a powerful performance. Koko blasts out the song's good news about Santa Claus coming to town above Chriss Johnson's blistering fretwork and some tasteful piano-mangling courtesy of Richard Gibbs, Jr.
Harp player Carey Bell – too often underrated in the shadow of Chicago blues contemporaries like James Cotton and Junior Wells – keeps the party going strong with the raucous, upbeat "Christmas Train." Copping a lick or two from Country Music Hall of Famer DeFord Bailey, mimicking his harp-generated train whistle for an intro, Bell quickly jumps back to familiar turf. Leading a talented outfit that includes guitarist Lonnie Brooks, bassist Johnny B. Gayden, and piano-pounder Ken Saydak, Bell puts the band through its paces with a locomotive vocal performance that is punctuated by Bell's hearty harp blasts, a few Christmas-y licks thrown in on the side.
Stay A Little Longer, Santa
Alligator label mainstays Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials bring their usual "A" game to the original, houserockin' "Christmas Time." With Mike Garrett holding down the back end with his tasty rhythm licks, and bassist James "Pookie" Young and drummer Kelly Littleton laying down a fierce groove, Lil' Ed embroiders the performance with his buzzing, rattling, bluesy fretwork and smiling vocals. One of the best female singers in the blues, Shemekia Copeland brings her sultry best to "Stay A Little Longer, Santa." Accompanied by tinkling piano keys and brushed drums, Copeland's double entendre lyrics are made all the more lascivious by her vocals, which turn from a kittenish purr to a lion's growl within the same verse.
Christmas is a family affair for the Holmes Brothers, and their "Back Door Santa" pushes Copeland's naughty-and-nice lyrical theme up a notch with a holiday version of the old blues trope of the "back door man." Wendell Holmes' rowdy, shouted vocals are perfect for the song, sounding like Santa leaving in a hurry, while his inspired guitar play and Hammond B-3 lend a sense of urgency to the performance. Bassist Sherman Holmes, drummer Popsy Dixon, and friend Catherine Russell add a bit of cheer with their delightful backing vocals.
Zydeco Christmas
Few artists can deliver genuine "rhythm & blues" like the great W.C. Clark, and his "Christmas Party" is a welcome slice of old-school soul. Clark's warm, gospel-tinged vocals bring to mind Sam Cooke or Solomon Burke, while his supple fretwork is both subtle and elegant. The Texas Horns provide an additional dimension to the song, one of the best performances on the album. Genuine Houserockin' Christmas includes a little Cajun spice in its grooves courtesy of C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band's "Zydeco Christmas." Few Louisiana madmen squeeze more glee out of an accordion keyboard that Chenier, and he brings a runaway rhythm to the song that is made all the more lively by his energetic, soulful vocals and the band's infectious, up-tempo backdrop.
The acoustic-blues of Cephas & Wiggins may seem a little out of place here, but the duo's "Christmas Day Blues" places the emphasis on the bluesy, heartbreak lyrics rather than on the music. The music ain't half-bad, either, Wiggins' mournful harp blowing like a chill December wind across Cephas's spirited guitar strum. Pianist Marcia Ball brings a bit more Louisiana hot sauce to the album with her New Orleans-flavored "Christmas Fais Do Do." Ball's friendly vocals lay out the story above Danny Levin's Cajun fiddleplay and Bradley Williams' raging accordion, her own considerable piano skills almost lost beneath the playful din. Coco Montoya takes it back down to the basics with "A Bluesman's Christmas," the guitarist's weeping tones and Anthony Patley's somber keyboards resting behind Montoya's mournful vocals and an overall smothering blues hue.
The Reverend's Bottom Line
Genuine Houserockin' Christmas weighs in at a whopping sixteen songs (versus fourteen on The Alligator Records Christmas Collection), and we've barely scraped the surface with the aforementioned performances. The album also features hearty Christmas tunes from talents like guitarist Michael Burks ("Christmas Snow"), Roomful of Blues ("Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get The Blues?"), Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women ("Really Been Good This Year"), the great Lonnie Brooks ("All I Want For Christmas"), Little Charlie & the Nightcats ("It's Christmas Time Again"), and guitarist Dave Hole ("Fattening Up The Turkey"). Whew!
If you're looking for something other than the traditional Christmas tunes that get trucked out every season, do yourself a favor and have a blues holiday instead with Alligator Records' Genuine Houserockin' Christmas...you'll be mighty glad you did! (Alligator Records, released September 16, 2003)
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Three classrooms of first graders at Creekside Elementary participated in a "Food Fight" to see which class could raise the most food for Gleaners Community Food Bank.
"I almost filled up half the box," six-year-old Karissa said.
Karissa, who is in Jennifer Delo's class, along with her classmates Cameron and Karolina said it felt "good" to bring the food in for Gleaners and explained that it was important to help people during Thanksgiving.
"They will suffer if they don't have food," Karissa said.
The first-graders in Delo's class competed against the two other first grade classes of Jenna Banish and Lauren Denton.
With so many donations coming in, however, the classes lost track of how much was donated and instead called each class a winner.
"We filled four full buckets – almost to overflowing – with cans, boxes, bags of food," Delo said in an email to Hartland Patch. "We decided that although there was a "food fight" between classes, we were all winners because we all spread the nice by bringing in food for people who are less fortunate than us."
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John W. Prados is vice president emeritus and university professor in the chemical engineering department at The University of Tennessee, where he has been employed for the past 40 years, beginning as a graduate assistant in 1953. For 13 years he was a full-time chemical engineering faculty member; then, for the next 20, he held various administrative positions, including associate dean of engineering, dean of admissions and records, acting chancellor of the Knoxville and Martin campuses, acting director of energy conversion programs at The University of Tennessee Space Institute, and, for 15 years, vice president for academic affairs of the statewide University of Tennessee System. From 1990-93 he was head of the chemical engineering department. He has been a consultant to the Union Carbide Corporation and Martin Marietta Energy Systems in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and to a number of universities and higher education state agencies. Prados has conducted research and published papers in the areas of flow visualization, thermal diffusion, process dynamics and mathematical simulation of chemical and nuclear systems. A native Tennessean, he earned his B.S. in chemical engineering at the University of Mississippi and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at The University of Tennessee. A past president of Sigma Xi (1983-84), Prados has served as treasurer since 1990.
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Last week, Mike Wokasch did two nice posts in his Pharma Reform blog dealing with the concept of "comparative value" for new drugs. The first highlighted the concept and the second spoke to what it likely will mean to the design of clinical trials to prove value.
Mike explained that it used to be that earning regulatory approval was THE target for new drug programs. In today's environment, that may no longer be enough. Today, not only does one need to gain regulatory approval one needs to be accepted by 3rd party payers (formularies, etc) as delivering comparative value over other options. In fact, the 3rd party payer hurdle may become the more important as we move into more managed and cost conscious healthcare. No longer can companies depend on getting a drug licensed for market by being "the same as" or "not worse than" a competitor's product and expect to also be a shoo-in for payer acceptance.
Companies will need to show true differentiation from competitors, and - here's the big one - also prove that this differentiating characteristic has true value for patients and payers. The differentiation has to be worth paying for! Clinical trials will need to be designed to generate the data to prove this difference is real and valuable.
This change in "value of healthcare" is not confined to the US -- it is global. The value assessment will clearly pit generic (and soon biosimilar) competitors against branded products, as well as sharpen need for branded products in same categories to prove their worth. It can't be assumed that "me-toos" are marketable.
This competition may play out in different ways. In India, we've already had some controversy surrounding the issuing (or not) of patents to drugs that can't meet this differentiation/comparative value hurdle. In that market, the India Pharmaceuticals Association has strongly challenged whether drugs showing only monor incremental improvement without clinical benefit are worthy of patents. No patent protection - due to unproven value - creates much greater competition with generic providers. A similar situation could be expected to develop in US and EU markets where the "value is not there". The "non-value discount" will be decreased patent protection perhaps and decreased formulary acceptance - certainly decreased acceptance at a price premium.
We are already seeing tangible evidence of this in the market. Generics now account for more than 75% of the prescription volume as they've proven their worth in reducing drug prices dramatically - i.e. providing the value sought by 3rd party payers. With the new healthcare reform law, providing a pathway for biosimilars in the US, coupled with existing pathways for biosimilars in EU and the emerging pharma markets - this will create additional pressure to show value with bio-drugs too. Last week,Teva/Lonza announced they will begin trials with a competitive product (TL011)to Roche's Rituxan for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Their product, called MabThera, is targeted to gain approval as early as 2014.
Teva expects its joint venture with Lonza, established in January 2009, to help it establish a position in the forefront of the emerging biosimilars field by developing, manufacturing and marketing a portfolio of biosimilars. Thus, challenges to Rituxan's comparative value will eventually come from Teva's new product and this is just the beginning.
The stage is set for the pharmaceutical industry to increasingly establish the comparative value of new products and to effectively "prove its worth".
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Along with Farm Aid board members Nelson, Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews, the annual event also included such guests as Amos Lee, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Jack Johnson, and Nelson's sons Lukas and Micah.
ACM Honors Ceremony Pays Tribute To Singers, Songwriters & Country Music Legends
Jason Aldean, Guy Clark, Lady Antebellum, Blake Shelton, Keith Whitley and The Judds were among the artists celebrated during the ACM Honors event last night in Nashville, which was hosted by Dierks Bentley. Read our review and see photos!
Jason Aldean Lends Vocals To New Alabama & Friends CD
Its no secret that out of all the country artists out there right now that I am a HUGE Jason Aldean fan. I've been counting down the days until his concert this Friday. I'm always […]
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On Thursday, May 2, 2013, George Jones left the Grand Ole Opry House for the final time. Family, friends and fans — literally from around the world — piled into the 4,400-seat home of the longest-running U.S. […]
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Before Jerrod Niemann broke out as a solo artist he was writing for some of the biggest singers in country music. In an interview with Radio.com, Niemann explained how he came to pen tracks for […]
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Welcome to MARS!
MARS is the Media Arts Research Studio, the center of the Media Arts program at JSC. This Mac-based computer lab supports students as they explore the expanding world of media.
MARS is a collaborative space that facilitates creative inquiry, artistic collaboration, and learning about the emerging technologies for expression.
MARS is located on the ground floor of the Willey Library and Learning Center, and is open to all students at JSC. Hours are posted in the lab.
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The original Windows NT client-server architecture was a great improvement over other server and network offerings, both from Microsoft and other companies. However, it had a shortcoming that, had it not been resolved in Windows 2000, would have suffocated the advancement of this highly sophisticated operating system. Now, Windows Server 2008 has taken it a step further with increased performance and many enhancements that make configuration and management much easier. On any network—resources are not easily distributed. The interoperation and scalability of numerous servers, printers, shares, devices, files, knowledge resources, functionality, and the sustained availability thereof, collapse when the capability for all network components and objects to share information is absent. One of the most significant components of Microsoft's technology is the Active Directory. There is perhaps no other aspect of Windows Server 2008 that will have the impact the directory service will, because just about every new feature or capability of this product depends on a directory service.
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Pomegranates are a delightful fruit that can be enjoyed in salads, rices, lamb dishes of course, dessert.
While pomegranate arils (seeds) are a lovely addition to an exotic fruit salad this quick and easy recipe uses both the juice - to make the jelly - and the arils, which are sprinkled on top.
This dessert has a wonderful berry-ish, tart flavour, while the contrast between the jelly and the fresh fruit is delightful.
I like these jellies just as they are but you could serve them with a blob of whipped cream or ice cream if you wanted a sweeter dessert. Either way, don't forget the mint garnish.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Chilling: 6 hours
Total Time: 6 hours, 10 minutes
Yield: 4
- 125mls hot water
- 4 teaspoons powdered gelatine
- 1 473ml bottle pomegranate juice
- 1 pomegranate
- Few springs fresh mint
- Fill a jug with hot water.
- Stir in gelatine and whisk briskly until completely dissolved.
- Pour in pomegranate juice and whisk to combine.
- Pour evenly into four 200mls glasses or dessert bowls
- Refrigerate for at least six hours or overnight to set.
- Once jellies are set,remove from the refrigerator and place on the kitchen bench.
- Cut open the pomegranate with a sharp knife on a chopping board. Watch out for the juice as it can stain clothes.
- Use your hands to bend each pomegranate half forwards and backwards to loosen the seeds.
- Then, get a bowl and place on the chopping board.
- Holding a half over the bowl, use a mallet, wooden spoon or other heavy object to thump the skin of the pomegranate so that the seeds drop into the bowl. This reduces the amount of bruising and squashed seeds.
- Keep bashing until all the seeds are in the bowl.
- Repeat with other half until all of the seeds are in the bowl.
- Using a spoon, divide the seeds equally on top of the jellies, piling them up high for a better effect.
- Garnish with a mint sprig.
- These jellies can be returned to the refrigerator until required.


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Original recipe yields 6 dumplings
- In a medium bowl, stir together the flour and salt. Cut in the butter flavored shortening using your hands or a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle the ice water over the dough, and stir until the mixture comes together. Knead the dough briefly, then divide into 6 pieces.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- On a lightly floured surface roll out each piece of dough into a thin circle. Place two peach halves together, and wrap in each circle of dough, sealing at the top. Place the dumplings onto an ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake dumplings for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. While the dumplings are baking, make the sauce. In a medium bowl, mix together the butter, egg, nutmeg, vanilla and salt using an electric mixer on low speed. Gradually mix in the confectioners' sugar. Spoon over warm dumplings.
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These were good with ice cream, but by themselves they were just dough and peach. If I make these again I will try adding some spices and a little sugar inside the dough.
This is a very good recipe. I only ended up using half a peach in each dumpling. The dough didn't want to cooperate when I tried to hold slippery peach halves together and wrap the dough up and over. I am really rating the dumplings only. I could not use the hard sauce recipe as I have a real problem with using raw eggs in any recipe. I made a sauce using peach schnapps instead and it worked well.
made this for the second time,tasty but i added sugar,ground cinnamon, ground clove to peach before sealing the dough used no topping just browned the dough . fast& easy
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- 33%
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- 26%
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Give me another few months and I may even like the new S in silver!
How about you, Merc1?
Well I already "like" the car well enough. The European press has declared it the best car in the world already, but like many here they have a problem with the wheel arches. I'm just glad the quality and engineering of the car is much more improved over the current car. For me the wheel arches don't ruin the whole car like the certain things on other Mercedes' like the 2003-2005 CLK. If the wheel arches are much of an issue there is always the AMG Sport package, which much better intergrate with the wheel arches imo. Can't wait to see what the U.S. press will say about the wheel arches...I can already hear them now.
"its just that I don't see how anyone who fancies any type of Lexus (regarding styling) or LS430 by saying it has a "classic look" can talk about styling."
In other words if someone doesn't see it your way or the way a bunch of geeks who think they know it all in auto mags sees things - then they don't know anything about styling. Sure.
"Then there are the far out theories about who influenced who when there is no evidence to support it - when it comes to the S' wheel arches."
So a major competitor changes pace and the competing company is not influenced?? That's not a far out theory - that is business 101! Let me put it more clearly - BMW enhances their designs from a svelte look to a massive look. MB feels a need to react - the wheel arches are - IMO - part of the response. It was not the result of any copying - it was a reaction to do something as a result of the actions of a competitor. In some cases it is "he said A - I'll say A louder". In others it's "he said A, I'll say B". The wheel arches are the B.
" Other things are more important to me than having a Mercedes-Benz, believe it or not"
The point is that when you had the opportunity to buy a car you opted for something else rather than the brands you fancy. It comes down to spending I understand - of course. But if you are going to drop - say $25K on a car you can find a new or pre-owned German car or a new or pre-owned something else. You chose the latter and that speaks volumes to me.
denaliinpa Posts: 169whether merc1 drives a MB,a go cart or even a radio flyer i have yet to encounter another individual that knows more about MB than him. his knowledge of the auto industry and MB in particular exceeds that of all of the posters on this board. that speaks volumes to me. :P
just noticed the Audi A8 was rated 9.8 at the top of the page.
I hesitate to add any more fuel to the fire, especially when people are being relatively civil in their disagreements, but thought you all might be interested in the following article from the current TIME magazine (Global Business Supplement). Yes, that's yours truly quoted in the seventh and last paragraphs. The writer contacted me based on my posts on Edmunds.
Hopefully, you all will nevertheless let me continue to be a "bridge of peace" between the G-fans and the J-fans.
And since after posting his story on Edmunds' Luxury Performance Sedans board, markcincinnati was offered an improved leasing deal by Audi to walk from his then-pending Infiniti order, maybe MB will give me a free new S to welcome me back into the Benz family - whaddya' think?
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My point is not to start another debate about Lexus and Mercedes, its just that I don't see how anyone who fancies any type of Lexus (regarding styling) or LS430 by saying it has a "classic look" can talk about styling. IMO of course anyone that thinks a LS430 has a "classic" look simply doesn't really have a handle on what good looking styling is. It would be like me slamming an Japanese luxury brand for reliability when Mercedes is lacking that area. I wouldn't have any room to talk.
Merc1, while I totally enjoy your posts and respect your knowledge and [most of your] opinions, the basis of this continuing styling jab just misses me. Sure, knock Lexus and call it a styling copycat for the current LS, but to say its styling is so terrible when it so resembles previous generation MBs that you profess to like just makes no sense to me. For example, compare the rears of the LS and the S below. How can you say one is great and the other terrible?
PS-- Yes the one on the left is mine.
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In other words if someone doesn't see it your way or the way a bunch of geeks who think they know it all in auto mags sees things - then they don't know anything about styling. Sure.
No in other words if someone thinks a LS430 has a classic look I wouldn't turn to them for a styling critique. If that thing has a classic look then everything else in the class is drop dead gorgeous. You talk about how the industry sees things until its time to talk about Lexus styling, something the industry and its buyers have been groaning about for years and years, yet it doesn't matter. Let the industry groan about Idrive or Mercedes' reliability and their dead-on right?
Also, the jab at the car mags is the oldest excuse in the book. If they don't say what you want them to say they don't know anything and their geeks, yet when they do put your fav car in the #1 spot they are so correct. That is far to hypocritical for me. They only think they know everything when they don't praise Lexus because they aren't looking at a Lexus via your personal criteria.
So a major competitor changes pace and the competing company is not influenced?? That's not a far out theory - that is business 101! Let me put it more clearly - BMW enhances their designs from a svelte look to a massive look. MB feels a need to react - the wheel arches are - IMO - part of the response. It was not the result of any copying - it was a reaction to do something as a result of the actions of a competitor. In some cases it is "he said A - I'll say A louder". In others it's "he said A, I'll say B". The wheel arches are the B.
For one you haven't even seen the new S in person so how in the world would you know that it has all this heft you keep talking about? How do you know the new S has this "massive" look? This theory has no basis whatsoever because BMW's doesn't have any similar wheel arches on anything they make. Unless you have an inside track to the MB design studio this is just guesswork at best, that you're trying to pass off as some kind of quiet fact with this business 101 stuff. Why in 100+ years didn't Mercedes suscribe to the business 101 theme with design until now? Doesn't make any sense. Just because Lexus follows BMW and Mercedes' lead when it comes to everything doesn't mean these two companies (which have been competing for much longer than Lexus has been around) operate the same way. Mercedes has rarely if ever been influenced by BMW when it came to their design until the interior of this new S. Mercedes and BMW went their own ways on most things until the last few years or so, and even now they aren't nearly as dependent or influenced by each other as you'd like to imply here. Sure when one comes out with a new type of vehicle the other responds but when it comes to design they aren't nearly as influenced by each other as you think. Their products don't look anything alike, again until this new S with its BMW like interior appeared.
All this influence talk is amazing to me because whenever it is said that Lexus is chasing BMW to try and create two of them (IS,GS) or a Mercedes (LS,SC) it isn't true, they're merely trying to be competitive, not that they were influenced by MB/BMW or trying to play catchup. Yet you think Mercedes, the original company that started the whole thing is taken so far a back by BMW to the point of coming up with these wheel arches? Ok.
The point is that when you had the opportunity to buy a car you opted for something else rather than the brands you fancy. It comes down to spending I understand - of course. But if you are going to drop - say $25K on a car you can find a new or pre-owned German car or a new or pre-owned something else. You chose the latter and that speaks volumes to me.
Tell me what any of this has to do with anything here? Let me guess you have to own a car to be able to talk about it's styling? You simply don't know my situation or anything else beyond what I've already mentioned here. The last time I bought anything was years ago and I didn't want a used anything at the time. Mercedes/Audi/BMW or not. Now if and when the next time I buy a car and it isn't a MB or Audi then you might have a case otherwise this is nothing more than a semi-personal jab because I dare to say your theory about MB/BMW is far-fetched at best.
Sorry for the posting error in #10629. This was the first time I ever tried to post a pic, and I didn't realize that it just put up a link, not an upload of the file itself.
Perhaps this will work. And merc1, I believe this is the current generation S, and the resemblance still is unmistakable. "Copycat", "derivative", "unoriginal" - any of those are potentially justifiable criticisms of the LS, but to say it's terrible but the S is beautiful, or to just call it a poor copy, is IMO just a cheap shot. In any case, I believe the people who like the style consider it "classic" in its closeness the the "classic" Ss that we all admire. I've never seen anyone from Club Lexus even try to make the argument that the LS designers gave lessons in classic styling to
the S designers, but it certainly is clear it is the other way around.
In any case, subject to viewing the actual car, based on pictures alone I think I have to vote for the "imitation classic" of the current LS over the very "unclassic" styling of the upcoming S, especially with regard to the wheel flares and the butt.
Perhaps next week (at the Tokyo Auto Show) we will see if Lexus has managed to deliver a new LS that is "classic" (in the sense of clean, pleasing lines), unique, and not boring.
docnukem Posts: 485They do seem to look a lot alike. One thing I've never taken the time to notice before: why does Lexus have both the circled L and "Lexus" on the back? Surely, the circled L is unmistakable. I would think that with such a symbol, the "Lexus" is not only redundant and superfluous, but somehow (even though it adds symmetry with the LS4xx) it seems to cheapen the look. BMW, MB, Audi, and Infiniti don't do that.
It kind of reminds me of those awful, arrogant dealers that stick their own raised plates on the trunks of the cars they sell.
Well actually that is the wrong S. The current LS430 is a throwback in design to the 1992-1999 S-Class the W140, not the current W220. You know the W140, big slab-sided one. The LS430 isn't a copy of the current S-Class. The current S-Class is still miles ahead of the current S in looks though, there is no comparison. Pics don't show it, especially with both of their behinds. One is upright and square (LS) and the other smooth and sleek.
nvbanker Posts: 7,285Yeah, Merc is dead right on this one. The current LS is almost a dead ringer for the W140, which ceased production in 2000 I think. The current S is much prettier than either of the others - a real stying beauty, IMO. I'm a little dubious about the new S design coming out though - it's pretty radical.....
First, you gotta laugh when you see the title of this thread, and where we have taken it!
Second, something about this seemed to be "deja vu all over again", so I did a little search and found we had covered this ground pretty well (ending in a stand-off) back in July - see posts #9771-9784. Back then, we all agreed that the current LS was derived from the W140, and I didn't mean to offer that picture to say otherwise. My only point was - as docnukem seemed to pick up on - the relationship between the universally acclaimed W220 and its predecessor the W140 can also be followed between the W220 and the current LS. Put another way, if the W140 never existed and instead MB itself had come out with the body of the LS, I don't believe the MB fans would have felt so negative about that body style - and the W220 would have been as natural a successor to it as the W220 was to the W140.
If anyone can follow this, I'll be impressed...
designman Posts: 2,129I always thought the accusation of Lexus "copying" was a little overrated. The only time copying bothers me is when the object being copied is poor to begin with. EMULATE the better specimens and you are on a right track.
A while back I mentioned the Bentley butt as a proud grand daddy. Here it is below with all of the knockoffs or copycats if you will. Judge for your self but in my mind there is no doubt who the progenitor of the raised-trunk-over-fender is. Regardless, I like the motif and think it works on the models shown.
Now, there has been resignation to the idea that Mercedes has been copied. Although they have produced some admirable designs, they have also done their share of copying, namely the "Parthenon" grille and mug of the earlier RRs and Bentleys, and the latter have copied and perhaps immortalized the early American radiator grille.
Even though I have been very fond of German designs and their interpretations up until the most recent abominations, I think the Germans with the major exception of Porsche may have done the most copying when automotive history is considered in its entirety. Don't ask me to elaborate, it's just that German cars have been around longer than those of the Japanese, and I think most automotive styling has been begotten from the Americans and English, today's American designs notwithstanding.
The Japanese have proven nothing to me in terms of styling prowess. In my opinion they have shown only glimpses of talent and have a long way to go. Their legacy is economical cars for the masses, period. They neither create nor emulate well. However, I believe they are showing signs of coming around. The Germans have had their glory days but they have to sit back and rethink what they are doing. Their direction, again with the exception of Porsche, has gone absolutely berserk and is falling apart at the seams in all manner of styling.
But the bottom line is that all manufacturers have copied each other. The LS design is dubious because of its execution, not whether or not it copies the S. And, as I alluded to earlier, it really doesn't matter who copies who, rather, who does it best and is fortunate enough to become the paradigm. And right now there are no paradigms—it's simply a free for all. I dare not mention who the exception is again.
There have been a couple of instances in the last 20 years where Japan did some great stuff. I think most notably, the '92 Lexus SC coupe, and the '93 Mazda RX-7. In today's terms it's getting harder to slam a country for styling, because the actual styling may have come from a completely different place. The '92 SC was done at Toyota's Calty studio. The current SC was done in France, and they blew it. The new S-class was styled in...Japan.
Amazing the agreement you'll get when you say that the Germans have done most of the copying. Way to go, now the Lexus guys are going to say that the S-Class is a knockoff of a Bentley to excuse the LS430 I guess.
I truly hate to disagree with you on design because usually you're right on the money, but there is no way I can go for this. The Japanese will copy any and everything that is a success and something things that aren't. Mazda's original Miata was the most shameless Lotus Elan copy the world had ever seen. I mean the car was an exact duplicate. It took a German brand 15 more years to do something even close to that, VW's Jetta. I don't ever recall MB/BMW/Audi ever copying an enitre body from anyone, especially the Japanese in the way Lexus did with the LS430/W140 S-Class.
The difference with the above pics is that no one is going to mistake a Benz for a Bentley or a Acura for a Benz. Why? Because though their butts may be similar they aren't whole body style copies like the LS430 is compared to the W140 S-Class. That is where similarities end between what the German automotive industry has done regarding design vs the Japanese. The Japanese take whole bodies and clone them while others (including the Germans) take an single trait or theme and run with it, in some cases. Big, big difference.
In looking at those pics of the Bentley its rear isn't even the same as the other cars because the trunklid doesn't sit on top of the bodywork clamshell style like on the Maybach and S-Class.
All manufacturers have not copied each other either. IMO, that is nothing more than an excuse to excuse the Japanese from their cluelessness of design and need to copy everyone else. Mercedes, BMW, Audis and Jaguars are distinctive cars known the world over and it would all but impossible to confuse one for the other. You put a LS430 next to a 1999 S500 and the to the uninitiated the two cars looks more alike than any BMW looks like any Mercedes or any Mercedes looks like a Bentley or Audi, not matter what their butts look like.
Whats even worse is that now you have the Koreans who will copy any and everything they can. They've copied Mercedes' grille, the Lexus RX330, Mercedes ML and countless other European designs. Wait, it gets worse...you have the Japanase copying the Japanese also. Look at a Mazda 6 and a Acura TSX, check out their grilles. Ridiculous. This inbred copying is why the Lexus GS and Maxima have been called twins.
Sorry, but the there no way the German makes have ever taken copying to such a level as the Japanese and now Koreans. The German cars for better or worse are still far more original and distinctive than Asian cars. There is no comparison to the level of copying the Japanese have done over the years.
If there is one thing the Japanese have a bigger legacy than the Germans, it is in the art of copying...something the German can't even begin to match.
First the Aston-Martin incident and now this? What is going on designman? :confuse:


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Many people have their own ambition; I also have my own ambition too. Future is uncertainly thing, we can't guess it. Some people plan their future since they were children but some lives without ambition. But future sometime we can order, what we want to be; good or bad. It's depending on you. I want to be superstar, I want to be businessman, and I want to travel around the world. There are my ambitions.
I always want to be superstar since I knew that being superstar has a lot of advantages. I can be a famous person. Many people will love me and crazy in me. I want to be a musician superstar, have my band which can go along with my friends. And if I am a superstar, I think it's easy to earn money. You can see in the real life. Before being superstar, they are only the ordinary person. Don't have anything special; big house, expensive car, best regard. But after being superstar, they can get all of best thing which many people need.
When I can be superstar, the next thing I want to do is businessperson. Business is the stable work if we manage it correctly. I want to create company with my friends. Sometimes, to do something with co-workers it easier than do alone. Some businessperson doing business by dishonest way. I think they can't success and it can not be long with us. I decide that I will do business with my honest heart, correctly way and good mind.
In addition to being a Superstar, Business. Finally, for a future that I would like to do is travelling around the world. When I can collect enough money, I would like to bring some of money to Travel trip around the world and go with someone. To learn or to know something interesting that different from my country. At first I would like to is Egypt because I'm interested in putting Mummy, Sphinx, Pyramid and Cleopatra.
I don't know how my future will be?. But I will do the best at this day. Even though my future will be difficult but I would like to make it successful at least one. If the efforts can make my future prospective. I will try very hard. So I will not have to regret later. And at least I can be proud that I have matured to the future, I hope or wish will be. The last one I want to tell, I want to thank some people who help me to be fine in this day.


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President of American Association of Anger Management Providers Interviewed by Charlotte, NC CBS Affiliate
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Dealing with the Anger of 9-11
The images from September 11, 2001 are forever burned in the minds most Americans.
But the anger many of us felt that day is an emotion that some folks battle on a consistent basis?
WBTV's Lenise Ligon has the story.
People get pretty angry for a lot reasons. Traffic jams, a bad day at the office, arguments over the kids and the the brutal terrorist attacks from 9/11.
After 9/11, referrals to anger management just really spiked.
It has been six years since our nation was attacked. That day our world changed forever.
Carlos Todd, of Todd's Anger Management Solutions, says it has been especially different in his line of work as an anger management consultant.
"The reason is that stress levels get higher people get more fearful and it causes us to be uncertain," he said.
He says you can get your anger under control three different ways: fight, flight or freeze.
Fight — look for a constructive solution.
Flight — walk away.
Or Freeze — take a step back.
After 9/11 we wanted to fight, not physically though, we went looking for answers.
But remember terrorism is not always the root cause of anger.
Todd says anger is a secondary emotion and in this case could be avoided.
"If it is too severe. If it leads to violence. All of these things are indicators that an individual has problems managing their anger."
Who could forget the message of actor Alec Baldwin yelling at his 11-year-old daughter.
Todd says when it comes to managing your anger, sometimes the best thing to do is take a step back and think — freeze.
It is easy to say, but learning how means more than just keeping a lid on your temper.
"It is a course," Todd explains, "it is a class, designed to teach people stress management, anger management, communications skills and emotional intelligence."
He says he can show you the techniques, but the success depends on you.
Motivation is a real strong part of this process.
Carlos Todd, LPC, NCC, CAMF
President of the American Association of Anger Management Providers
Carlos Todd is the owner of Todd's Anger Management Solutions in Charlotte, NC
There is no doubt that anger management is a new but very misunderstood service. As a matter of fact the media has done more to teach the public about anger management than professional anger management providers. This has had negative consequences. It has led the public to believe that anger management is only for those who have explosive tempers. This pervasive public perception has cause those who struggle with everyday issue with anger to avoid the anger management provider because they believe that they will have to sit with "thugs and criminals" in a class. This perception is so much further from the truth.
Luckily the media blitz by Anderson and Anderson, The Anger Management Institute of Texas, Executive and Life Coaching Inc, SB Consulting, Daybreak Services and my organization Todd's Anger management Solutions is causing a shift in public perception. In addition to those who have been mandated by the court we are now seeing clients from all walks of life who want to deal with their anger in a safe, confidential, and private setting by credible and trained professionals. More encouraging is that theses individuals are returning again and again after the assessment to be seen to address their anger management problems. They are aware that anger can affect their health, productivity, social and work relationships and future prosperity. The fact that these individuals return also suggest that it is worth their time and money to work along with a certified anger management facilitator.
A recent trend is also emerging where the perceived usefulness of anger management has been expanding to couples, executives, public officials, police officers, nurses and organization training. This expansion is another example versatility of globally recognized Anderson and Anderson anger management model.
We as a community of anger management providers welcome these trends and will continue to do all we can to share with the public the development of credible anger management services across the country.
Carlos Todd, LPC, NCC, CAMF
President of the American Association of Anger Management Providers
Carlos Todd is the owner of Todd's Anger Management Solutions in Charlotte, NC
Anger: A product of our past
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I receive a number of calls every day inquiring about anger management. I always take the time to talk to the individual on the other line. During the conversation I always give an introduction to anger management. I tell the caller it's a class– not counseling– then I ask them in the course of our conversation ask a rhetorical question–Which family member did you learn your angry response from? This question takes the assumption that anger is learned. Some may say that I am bold to ask such a question but the reality is that I have not never been wrong with this presumptuous question.
This is the very reason that anger management is considered a class. In it we teach skills to unlearn what was previously taught.If you struggle with anger I ask you–Which family member did you learn poor anger management from?
Carlos Todd, LPC, NCC, CAMF
President of the American Association of Anger Management Providers
Carlos Todd is the owner of Todd's Anger Management Solutions in Charlotte, NC
As an anger management provider I often wonder about the process by which individuals decide to pick up the phone and decide to call me or any of those in our network of providers. The biggest concern may be that of credibility. The consumer should be aware that many of the providers across the country are part of a nationwide network and are trained in the globally acclaimed Anderson and Anderson model. So if you are looking for a credible provider of anger management visit www.aaamp.org, http://www.andersonservices.com/providersus.html, www.anger-management-resources.org.
I can only imagine how difficult that first call maybe. Take the step to improving your life and contact you local anger management provider today.
Carlos Todd, LPC, NCC, CAMF
President of the American Association of Anger Management Providers
Carlos Todd is the owner of Todd's Anger Management Solutions in Charlotte, NC
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Hey Gang, was listening to Cowherd's show yesterday and heard this little exchange between Colin and Kirk Herbstreit. Transcription follows. (edited for clarity and whatnot, but you'll get the jist of it.)
Colin Cowherd: Hey you wanna hear a little upset pick?
Kirk Herbstreit: Oh boy... what do ya got?
CC: Heh... ok now... the key in college football is urgency. Can you match somebody else's energy or urgency. That's why you have upsets in college football because if it was just about winning, Florida, USC would win all their games. Watch Boise State... The game against Oregon is the biggest game in the history of that stadium. It's the second biggest game in the history of the program. For Oregon it's about the 6th biggest game. They're billing it as the game of the century for Boise State. At home... they return everybody.. For Oregon it's their 7th biggest game on the schedule. Watch Boise State at home play the game of a lifetime like they did against Oklahoma.
KH: And you're calling that an upset?
CC: Well, kind of... it's like 4 point spread.
KH & CC: Laugh.
CC: I wasn't gonna take Army to beat Notre Dame... I mean, come on...
KH: Hey, you get the Broncos on the blue turf on a Thursday night on national television... I wouldn't want to be anybody going in to play Boise State. But you're right, they continue to get underappreciated and undervalued by your friends, of course, in the desert (Vegas) in the big games... and they continue to beat people. I mean, what Chris Petersen has done here I think is his 4th year coming up... you know that's another team that get stereotyped a bit because of the razzle dazzle way that they beat Oklahoma, but if you really know their program they are a tough tough blue collar type of football team... Yeah, Orgeon on the road... I like that pick early in the year by you.
So there ya go. Some unexpected love from the national guys.
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Well, that didn't take long. President Barack Obama already has failed his test.
The Progressives' idea of a budget is out of the Senate Budget Committee, now, and on the Senate floor, where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D, NV) will do his best to thrust it home with as little debate allowed as he can achieve. Here's the summary table (and scroll down a bit to this table; sorry you have to crane your neck); the whole thing can be viewed, in piecemeal form, on the Senate's site:
Notice that. Aside from continuing to gut Defense, overall spending continues apace, President Barack ObamaSenator Patty Murray (D, WA), the Budget Committee's Chair, demands even more taxes from working Americans than he got in January, and our national debt explodes.
The Democrats want, with an absolutely straight face, to increase spending every year–$3.6 trillion in FY 2014, $4.05 trillion in FY 2016, and so on to $5.7 trillion in FY 2023, a 62% increase over the current level for FY 2013.
Reading the fine print in one of those piecemeal parts at the Senate site, we see that the Progressives want to create a(nother) $100 billion program aimed at generating new jobs, again by funding infrastructure work. Of course, we know Obama already tried this, repeatedly, throughout his first term. As he's already confessed, "Shovel-ready was not as shovel-ready as we expected," and as those earlier programs demonstrated, the jobs aren't there at any time in his government programs. This is magical thinking.
And it turns out Murray lied about those taxes, too, cynically understating them at "only" an additional $975 billion. The Weekly Standard has this table, provided by a staffer for the Senate Budget Committee's (Murray's committee) minority membership:


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A compilation of simple, Wii-playable sports games. Included sports are Tennis, Golf, Baseball, Boxing and Bowling. All of these sports games have a stylized look that's designed after classic 8-bit game designs but brought to life with full 3D technology. Although each game will concentrate on the core mechanics of hitting a ball, swinging a racquet, and putting with a club, the games will offer full (albeit simplified) sports experiences of whole games in Baseball and Tennis as well as multiple holes to play in Golf. Also compatible with the Mii avatar system for a more personalized experience.
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- Tennis (1-4 players): Players grab the Wii Remote like a racket and swing - the game registers forehands, backhands, volleys, lobs, slices, spin and power depending on how fast the user swings and at what angle. Don't worry about moving around the court to get to the ball – the game automatically moves players into position.
- Baseball (1-2 players): Players grip the Wii Remote like a bat and swat fastballs out of the park, or fire a fastball over the plate with a flick of their wrist. Timing and bat speed will make all the difference between going yard and whiffing, so keep an eye on the ball and swing for the fences. In the two-player game, one player pitches and the other bats – all fielding and running is automatic, so that players can focus on the action.
- Golf (1-4 players): Step up to the tee, hold the Wii Remote like a golf club and swing naturally to smack the ball onto the green. The harder players swing the club, the farther the ball will fly. Be careful, though – if players swing too hard, their ball will fly out of control, so they should be sure to take some practice swings before going for the pin. After reaching the green, line up putts carefully, practice the stroke and try to hole out.
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- Boxing (1-2 players): Using the Nunchuk controller as one glove and the Wii Remote as the other, players dodge, weave and punch their opponents. Players hold their hands high to guard their faces or low to block their torsos. They punch high to hit their opponents' faces or low to get under their guard for a body blow. Swing both arms left or right to sidestep oncoming blows and move into position for a devastating knockout.
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