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Once again I'm late with this post. This weekend I participated in Dewey's 24-hour Read-a-thon and I want to write a quick wrap-up on that.
The read-a-thon started on Saturday 14:00 my time. Unfortunately I wasn't able to start reading until 18:00 because I had a (book related, yay) meeting. On Saturday, I ended up reading from 18:00 until 02:00, with a one hour TV break. On Sunday I read from 10:00 until the end time of 14:00. So in total I only read 12 out of 24 hours, but alas.
I had grande plans for reading, and while I didn't read everything I had planned, I'm still pretty satisfied with the progress. I started off with the last bit of The Three-Body Problem. I don't know why, but the first 50 pages I read during the read-a-thon took me hours. After a TV break I gave up and started reading Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which I finished that same night. The next morning I finished The Three-Body Problem and I read a chapter from Making Sense of Japanese. I 'only' read 293 pages during the read-a-thon, but I'm glad I finished two books!
I really enjoyed this read-a-thon. I didn't participate super actively mostly because I was without a laptop, but I did check social media tags (especially Instagram) regularly and shared my progress and little things on Instagram and Twitter as well. It was fun seeing what other people were up to!
If I am able to, I definitely will be participating again next time 🙂

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In my last missive I described the remnants of a not especially notable '80s pop group as being "mighty full of themselves" in lately claiming enhanced plausibility for their ancient efforts, and I must now apply the same sentiment to myself. However the last proper band I was in was ironically (for those that know me more intimately) called The Jailbirds and whose last ignominious gig was on Deal pier in 1960something, and being full of ourselves doesn't feature in my abiding memories of that evening.
No, I apply the expression to my efforts in the bloggosphere – like so much other techy jargon a word I hate but occasionally perforce use – which I am about to bring to an end, either permanently or for a summer break. Rather to my surprise, since I began working this digital seam I've managed to spew out 38 of the buggers all of which are characterised by a kind of intemperate, smug punditry whose lack of justification has been offset, at least nominally, by a degree of cheery self-deprecation. Increasingly I also find myself relying on the same themes of political duplicity, economic dismay and media myopia, with a soupcon of willful nostalgia thrown in for good measure, and this frankly must be becoming as tedious to read as it is dispiriting to pen.
Once again referring to those who know me well, over the past 40 years I have achieved (very) minor celebrity in the (very) niche markets of motorcycle, car, and rather longer ago, rock journalism with columns that applied the same stratagems to mouth off about whatever took my fancy in those areas. I actually love the form of column writing and over time became quite adept at it, but I now realise that the broader canvases of politics and media are not so well suited to this unless, of course, one has a reputation, and a well-deserved one at that, for its practice.
Uncoincidentally, having tried on and off over the past four decades to break into what I will wistfully call 'mainstream journalism' and – sour grapes alert – found it a shop closed to all but the families and friends of those who were already there, many of whom admittedly much better scribblers than I ever was, a blog became a means to exercise what I felt I was capable of beyond my usual comfort zone. Candour demands that I also confess a hope that my wild digital opinionating might reach an audience wider than friends and acquaintances and perhaps even a bit of paid writing on a proper paper… or even a proper website. But sincerely grateful though I am for the loyalty of the 250-300 of you who regularly read and sometimes respond with considerable fervour to these rants, audience numbers stubbornly refuse to rise much further, so essentially I preach only to the converted. And my attempts to ping the relevant links to the few folks I actually know, or know of, in the national media are met either with total disinterest or in several cases a curt "stop sending me these e-mails".
Which is perhaps symptomatic of the rude and incurious times we live in, times where demands for our attention have escalated wildly since the onset of the digital age. Indeed I noted with a weary resignation that as a nation we are now surviving on at least an hour's less sleep a night as a consequence of this, and as a consequence of that are becoming more fractious, intolerant and afraid of losing out on vital if polymorphous 'life opportunities'.
Although having benefited substantially from some of its advantages, I'm thinking Google and to a lesser extent fleaBay, this is a world I do not really enjoy so much anymore, but with further supreme irony I am currently trying to get backing for my first ever totally digital publishing venture. The need to concentrate on one last push with this is another, albeit lesser reason to stop blogging, others being a determination to read more books (while we still have books), and attend more to my sadly diminishing pool of friends (while they're still around), many of whom have been lucky or worked hard enough to retire early whilst the rest of merely live in hope.
Moreover if I can't get this enterprise off the ground, then I plan to forswear media in all its forms… unless of course the Telegraph Magazine commissions that 2000 word article on road movies I've got in me, I get offered a gig subbing for The Week, or that print publishing enjoys an unexpected renaissance and I start getting consultancy work again –which in truth is somewhat more interesting and rewarding than scribbling!
In the meantime those who've only recently stumbled on these witterings might care to trawl back through earlier efforts to understand why I've run out of ideas as well as justification for promulgating them, and if I do somehow find myself re-inspired, and/or with nowt better to do in a few months time, then rest assured I'll be in touch and begging your attention again.
So have a nice what's-left-of-the-summer.
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Three recent t.v. documentaries and a party on Saturday night celebrating the life of a friend who succumbed to cancer some years ago inevitably casts a skein of nostalgia over this morning's scrawl. The docs all dealt with rock bands, or rather two bands and a trio of, erm, 'sound artists' – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Stones and Heaven 17, the first two still robustly extant after several decades and still looking and largely behaving like bad boys of pop, the latter now fat, balding, soberly attired and mighty full of themselves.
The Petty/Heartbreakers film, directed by Peter Bogdanovitch no less (Mighty. Fallen. Oh. Etc) was a fascinating account of their ups, downs and the enduring appeal of their music and as someone who championed them in the face of the punk movement in their early days – my Melody Maker front cover feature briefly appeared on the screen – I felt proudly vindicated by footage of their recent performances which, if anything, were far more rock'n'roll than those of the Stones. The making of Exile of Main Street, a somewhat Babylonian affair at Keef's South of France villa offered little insight as to their enduring appeal but said a lot about the excesses of the times which by the vaguest of associations, some of us aging farts remember fondly.
The same couldn't be said of the H-17, or the portentiously known British Electric Foundation which spawned them (and Human League, whose once foppish singer Phil Oakey now looks like a bald bank clerk – most unsettling). Produced to celebrate the (almost, but not quite) 30th anniversary of their "groundbreaking" and "hit-laden" Penthouse to Pavement album and (two-thirds of) the group's first ever live staging of the entire album earlier this year, I watched it after returning somewhat glum after Saturday night's celebration and needing some diversion. What I got was an unrecognisable Glenn Gregory and Martin Ware poncing gratuitously around Sheffield where BEF began – and they've long since abandoned – and waxing daft about a record that only went to #14 in the charts and dumped just two singles into the lower end of the Top Forty.
By way of contrast, Petty & Co and most of the Stones still look, talk and perform like rockstars and give some of us hope for a future without stairlifts and Zimmer frames, which brings me to the meat of this piece. As the world eddies even further into uncharted economic disaster, I sense that we are all quietly yearning for the certainties of the '70s and '80s as a sop to the spiritual fear and loathing that increasingly seem just around the corner.
This rash of t.v. docs, the popularity of period drama on both the small and large screen and both fiction and non-fiction books supports this contention, as does the buoyant market for classic cars and bikes and modern cars and bikes that look like them. (As a huge fan of the original, I'm rather hoping that Lockheed will start re-manufacturing their L-1049 Super Constellation airliner whose turbo-compound piston engines would be conveniently untroubled by volcanic ash).
My friend Terry Kreuger, ex-bike journo colleague and now vicious critic of Obamarama, just sent me a link to a New York Times article headlined 'Payback Time: Europeans Fear Crisis Threatens Liberal Benefits' which cogently summarised what drives this nostalgia and began by rather dismissively referring to the Euro-zone as the "lifestyle superpower" and noting that "The deficit crisis that threatens the euro has also undermined the sustainability of the European standard of social welfare, built by left-leaning governments since the end of World War II."
It then adds that "With low growth, low birthrates and longer life expectancies, Europe can no longer afford its comfortable lifestyle, at least not without a period of austerity and significant changes. The countries are trying to reassure investors by cutting salaries, raising legal retirement ages, increasing work hours and reducing health benefits and pensions."
All of which is true, if not now, then very shortly. Some months ago I predicted that the banking crises, or rather its consequences, could prompt violent social unrest and what we have already seen in Greece is exactly that. Whether or not it will migrate here, I'm not sure but unions are already flexing muscles that will bulge with fiery veins once public sector jobs cuts runs into the tens of thousands as well they might, and arguably should. (At least if you read some of the stats recorded in my last blog).
Terry, who in his e-mails contends that the Tea Party Movement that has emerged in response to what they see as some of the Obama administration's unconstitutional manoeuvers, is "Contrary to the media bullshit, composed of middle-class people of all races, religions, and ethnic backgrounds. An amazing groundswell of voters with no real leadership. The media should remember they are named after the Boston Tea Party and you know what that did to the (then) existing government."
Indeed. It will therefore be interesting if not instructive to see whether the fall-out from the budget cuts the Cleggerons are about to dole out (sic) spawns a similar grass-roots opposition because No Labour, under whichever mendacious journeyman – or woman – eventually leads them, should have the gall to oppose remedies to a plague largely of their making.
And if the consequence of that is a clawing back of the wilder excesses of welfare state and over-arching quangocracy we've become inured to in the last 30 years as the fiscal muzak to our escalating, uncaring affluence, maybe that's no bad thing. And as Micky The Jaguar crooned on Exile's standout track, it's probably time to Rip This Joint.
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Another Week Older and Deeper in Debt May 16, 2010Posted by markswill in Media, Politics, Schmolitics.
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To Batley this week where I am 'project managing' the spiffing up of my bro-in-law's late father's house (keep up at the back) so's it can be let. This involves ferrying stuff down to their Brixton mansion that he and my sister are emotionally attached to, clearing out the rest, re-decorating and carpeting, and blitzing the garden. Can't say the prospect of this filled me with joy but after my third visit I can report that the locals are friendly, the fish'n'chips – my primary diet up there – are excellent and cheap and last week I narrowly missed seeing Billy Ocean at Batley Variety Club which, trivia geeks, was the venue for Frank Sinatra's last ever European gig. Instead and much against my indie cinema-mogul sister's advice, I went to the massive Showcase multi-plex just up the road. This is the largest fleapit I've ever been to with 24 – count 'em – 24 screens but not one of which was showing anything I yearned to see. Awash with rom-coms, CGI-driven wham-bams and child-friendly furry animal fare, the best I could find being Iron Man 2 which, as the original wasn't bad, I hoped would be at least tolerable. It wasn't. And the digital projection was fuzzy, the auditorium chilly and on a wet wednesday night, there were only five of us watching it. So much for the joyous shared cinema experience.
I mention this only as some kind of bland hors d'ouevre for what follows which must of course be the results of the election which my last few digital scrawls have been fixated with, not least because all the Batley-induced driving I've done in recent weeks has meant locking into R4's obsessive coverage of said shenanigans (the cassette player's broken). But I may be partially responsible for the outcome since along with 209 other wise souls here in Brecon & Radnorshire, I voted for a Monster Raving Loony government, and that is what we've now got.
The endless proclamations from slippery Dave and the boy Clegg about "strong and stable government" don't however wash with yrs. trly. As I gather half the Liberal shadow cabinet – if one can dignify it thus – had to be dragged kicking and squealing into a coalition and only after they realised that if they didn't go for it they'd be screwed come the next election which, had they sided with No Labour, would've been sooner rather than later. And had they sided with neither, they'd be screwed too. Screwed whichever way they looked at it.
And so I fear are we. Reading in the current issue of Prospect on how Britain has changed under No Labour, I learnt that whilst our GDP has increased from £995bn in 1997 to £1,264bn last year, public spending as a percentage of GDP has also more than doubled from £332bn to £671bn, with the consequence that public debt (as a percentage of GDP) is now 62% as opposed to 42.5% in 1997. Our balance of trade payments, roughly equal in 1997 soared to a £39bn deficit last year, £16bn of which readers of my last blog won't be surprised to learn is with China. Meanwhile at £42bn, the UK's military spending is the third highest in the world (and second only to Israel's as a %-age of GDP!), last year our national health service cost us £110.5bn, i.e. almost three times what it did in 1997/8 due in some degree to a 1095% rise in obesity related illnesses which in turn may just be related to Tesco now controlling 31% of the retail food market – up from 15% twelve years ago.
I'm spewing out these figures because they are the telling subtext to the massive budget deficit that we as taxpayers and, yes, voters, are going to have to pay off over the course of the next government and beyond. I gather that this means roughly £6,000 per household which as a single, largely unwaged person living on my own makes me disproportionately accountable. And angry. I didn't cause this bloody financial debacle, but I am somehow obliged to sort it out. As indeed are most of you – though hopefully in bigger households (with nice Smallbone kitchens and mirrored bedroom ceilings).
So what are you going to do about it? Harangue your local MP when the local primary school, post office, sports centre, library and GP surgery are closed down? Write a strong letter to the Guardian condemning their "Brilliant new gardening columnist" (why are they always "brilliant" and "new", i.e. code for young and photo- if not telegenic?) for exhorting you to don your by now shagged-out Cathertine Kidston wellies and start planting the turnips that will become our staple diet by 2013 because the Cam-Clegg alliance has imposed 25% VAT on food? Or will you, like me, divest yourself of fripperies like your once beloved Yamaha trailbike and classic moneypit, sorry, classic Lancia and use the money to spend on crack cocaine, 2-litre bottles of Tesco's vodka and endless afternoons at multiplex sheds watching vacuous 3-D Hollywood opiates? In the words of that other slippery political brinkman, Harold Wilson, you know it makes sense. Or as much sense as putting our trust in the sort of men – and they are all men –who got us into this mess in the first place.
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Chinese Whispers May 5, 2010Posted by markswill in Navel Gazing, Politics, Schmolitics.
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My last blog before the election is written as clouds of volcanic ash again threaten British airspace, an oil slick the size of Belgium (or at least Yorkshire) threatens the Gulf of Mexico and a Tory election victory threatens to return Blighty to the dark days of the Thatcher government (© G. Brown). Of these, the danger that concerns me most is the one augured by the ruptured undersea oil pipe off the coast of Louisiana, although that other slick, the one that characterises the leader of the Conservative party, comes a close second. And there are parallels between the two that might be usefully drawn.
I understand that Louisiana's major industry, namely fishing, will be irreparably damaged, even ended for good, if the umpteen thousand barrels of oil thus far chucked up reaches the shoreline, as will many species of wildlife, many of them rare and threatened. And if the Tories get a majority, we can pretty much expect that what remaining manufacturing industries we have left in this country will be allowed to wither on the vine with little or nothing put in place to mop up the massive unemployment that will follow. And that rare but noble species, the arts administrator, will also largely disappear if predicted cuts to cultural budgets materialise, as they surely will. (Subsidies for opera will of course remain intact, because Tory grandees do like a nice bit of Cosi Fan Tutte). These two changes will, in my view, be responsible for the biggest and most destructive changes to our social and ultimately our economic landscape since the war (la Thatcher's Falklands War, that is).
I've already written about the decline of UK's manufacturing base (They Don't Make 'Em Anymore – Oct 6th 2009) and its consequence for our balance of payments, and since then the continuing decline of the pound, and indeed the Euro mean that this (im)balance – already the largest of any developed nation – will inexorably increase during the term of the next government. For those concerned about our slow descent into Third World Nation status, and I just know that means you, recent news from China support some of my October doom-mongering inasmuch as wages settlements in what is now clearly the manufacturing base of choice for all Western nations have risen by an average of 20% in the last year and will continue to do so. This in turn means that China is increasingly having to turn to making luxury goods, e.g. cars, to maintain profitability, luxury goods that more and more if its own citizens can now afford.
This is having a profound effect on the Yuan, the Chinese currency which its government freed from the yoke of dollar parity some years ago and is now rising fast. This not only means that Western countries who've abandoned their manufacturing base are having to pay more and more for the goods they once bought cheaply for the Far East, but also that China's foreign investment programme continue to march ahead, outstripping that of most Western nations, particularly in countries which have dodgy governments and human rights records (e.g. Burma, Chile, Nigeria) but which have plentiful reserves of minerals such as lithium, copper and of course oil which it needs to fuel its increasingly consumer-oriented economy.
And call me gloomy or alarmist, which I know you will, but as seasoned yank financial commentators predict the ultimate collapse of the Euro following the Greek bailout, and the IMF being stretched beyond its original remit as more and more Western economies approach it cap-in-hand, can the day not be far off when China becomes the bank of last resort for broken economies? This isn't crude xenophobia – indeed I can see some benefits to having China as the word's most pre-eminent economy – but how Britain will adapt to becoming a low-wage satellite of an oriental cultural powerhouse is anybody's guess. All I can be happily sure of is that it won't be in my lifetime (unless that bottle of snake oil I just bought off the interweb actually works).
Which brings me back to the last day of electioneering and Gordon Brown on the Today programme mouthing off about Labour's commitment to manufacturing and their creation (their creation?!?!) of a squillion apprenticeships to that end. It's all horseshit of course and not that I expect any of you who read this are wavering voters, but should it possibly be the case, I'd advise you to put your 'X' elsewhere, preferably Monster Raving Loony.
And on that note we must await Friday's result with the encouraging dictum, god help us all.
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Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike Review & Buyers Guide
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Review of: Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike
Use for: Home Gym Equipment
We Like
- The seat of the bike is large
- Has transport wheel s for easy movement
- The ergonomic handles provide a comfortable grip
- Easy to assemble
- Attractive design & comfortable seat
- The bike comes with a satisfying warranty
- It provides charging USB and exchange data
We Don't Like
- The seat is not comfortable for longer hours of workout
- The programs are challenging to use.
Summary: Schwinn 230 is another popular and best selling recumbent exercise bike by Schwinn. If you are interested in riding a bicycle for fitness & sharing the road with cars cause you anxiety then, this home gym fitness bike can be a better choice for you. It also has excellent customer feedback as its other model Schwin 270.
The Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike allows you to gain all the benefits that come with riding a bike, without all the stress and discomfort of riding on the road in the elements.
It is an excellent way to achieve your fitness goals and is particularly useful for anyone who prefers low impact exercise. No more pounding the hard ground whilst running and causing damage and pain to your joints.
This easy-to-assemble and easy-to-use exercise bike provides a range of workout options to help meet anyone's fitness goals, and is priced so reasonably that it will suit any budget!
Schwinn 230 Product Features
Before going to the In depth product review lets take a look at the core features of this recumbent bike.
If you have suffered from previous injuries from an accident, looking for a recumbent bike can be a wise decision. Just like other workout equipment, recumbent bikes are designed to provide you with perfect workouts if you add some efforts.
Cycling using a recumbent bike is faster as compared to an upright bike. The presence of a larger seat and effective back support combined with the lower design of the machine make your workouts successful.
Now that there are so many recumbent bikes on the market, how do you select the best bike to suit your needs?
You do not have to go for any bike that you see in the stores. I'm here to help you make an informed selection so that you can benefit a lot from the equipment.
One of the best bikes that you can try is the Schwinn 230 recumbent bike. This is a quality bike that puts less stress on your hips and knees. Check the entire product review first to take your buying decision.
The bike provides you with effective workouts so that you can get increased strength and manage your weight.
Performance Features
The Schwinn 230 offers users a range of features to enhance their performance and achieve fitness goals.
Drive system
The drive system on the Schwinn 230 is called a perimeter-weighted flywheel. This means that the weight of the wheel is located on the perimeter, or the outside, of the flywheel. This allows for smooth and consistent strokes, you will actually feel the full 360 degree motion of the wheel, rather than an up-and-down feeling that comes with riding an ordinary stationary bike.
By riding this way you are placing less stress and tension on your hips, knees and muscles.
The perimeter-weighted flywheel allows for a smoother workout and because this design helps keep noise to a minimum, it will be easier to hear your favorite workout tunes!
22 Workout Programs
The versatility of the Schwinn 230 is second to none, courtesy of the 22 different workout programs available on the console. You can select from 9 profile programs, 8 heart rate control programs, 2 custom user programs, 2 fitness tests and a quick start program. Let's check these out in greater detail.
Profile programs
With 9 profiles available to choose from you can vary your workout to suit your fitness level, exercise goals, or your mood. These profiles are divided into three categories – Fun Rides, Mountains and Challenges. The names of the profiles give a good indication of the level of intensity involved in each workout and the screen will display and easy-to-understand visual of the profile. It indicates when the intensity is about to increase and aims to simulate riding up hills. The pre-set profiles are perfect for any type of training, at any fitness level.
Heart Rate Control Programs
The heart rate control programs are separated into beginner and advanced sections. This function allows you to set the appropriate heart rate zone for your workout. The Schwinn 230 monitors your heart rate via the sensors on the handlebars and will ensure you are working within your optimum heart rate for the duration of your workout. To make this function work, you must hold on to the handlebars as this is where the heart rate sensor is. If you do not hold on to the handlebars you will be unable to monitor your heart rate.
Custom User Programs
To create a fitness program tailored to your own needs and level, simply create your own personalized profile. There are two spaces available and your profile will store the workouts you create. It's similar to the quick start function, but your workouts will be saved and available for use anytime you choose. You can revisit any of these prior workouts by visiting your own customized profile, there is no need to input the parameters manually each time. This means you can going on your workout sooner!
Fitness Tests
You can choose from two fitness tests to help monitor your improvements, one for beginner users and one for more advanced users. These tests are fairly accurate as you can input your weight and age to help calculate your fitness score. You will need to hold on to the contact heart rate sensors found on the handlebars in order for the test to work, and once you begin you will slowly be brought up to speed to the 'test zone'. This is zone is around 75% of your maximum heart rate. You will remain in the test zone for three minutes at a stable intensity. During these three minutes your heart rate and power output will be measured. These results are then combined with your age and weight to calculate your fitness score. You can then aim to beat this score each time you take the fitness test to check for improvements!
Quick Start Program
If you want to get riding straight away and don't fancy fiddling about with buttons, simply select the 'quick start' program. This allows you to begin peddling immediately which is perfect if you only have a limited time for your workout. You can manually adjust the intensity as you go and vary the speed at which you peddle without the Schwinn 230 pushing you harder than you desire. Alternatively, if you feel like a high intensity workout for a very brief time, you are in control and can exercise at whatever intensity you like.
Heart Rate Monitoring System
The Schwinn 230 has a very basic heart rate monitoring system. Heart rate sensors are found on the handlebars and whilst this makes using them very easy, you have to be holding on the handle bars in order to have your heart rate monitored.
The handles provide the user with a comfortable grip. They feature an ergonomically placed grip heart rate. This bike is also designed with static handlebars making it easy to get in and out of the bike.
The hand sensors are also not as accurate as heart rate chest straps, but unfortunately these straps are not compatible with the Schwinn 230. However, if you are comfortable holding on to the handlebars for the duration of your workout and only use the recorded heart rate as a rough indication, the Schwinn 230 will suit your needs nicely.
Display and Console Features
Display Type
There are two LCD displays measuring 3"x 5" and 1"x 5". On top of the main display is a USB plug that enables you to keep your devices charged as well as store your workout data on Schwinn Connect or myfitnesspal.com. There is no backlight on the display which makes it difficult to read in poorly lit rooms or conditions.
DualTrack Technology: This recumbent bike has a similar operation to the 170 model that displays 13 statistical parameters in two columns that are split. One of the columns provides your workout results while the other one shows the progress of your workout goals. You can see your results such as distance, calories, RPM and pulse and much more.
Display Readouts
The two displays combine to show you a range of information throughout your workout. These include;
- Time
- Distance
- Speed
- Pulse
- Calories burned
- Resistance level
- Course profile
- Heart rate zone indicator
- Completion indicator
- Intensity meter
- User indicator
- Goal achievement
Resistance Level
This is an impressive quality about this bike. There are different levels of resistance that you can choose from to keep you fully engaged in easier to more challenging workouts.
Quick Keys
These one-touch buttons allow you to select the resistance level. There are ten of them and you can set the resistance at 1, 3, 5, 7, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20.
User Profiles
There is space for two people to create personalized profiles. On these profiles information such as age, height, weight and preferred workouts can be added. Past workouts and statistics are stored here and can be accessed at any time. This is very useful for accurately monitoring your progress and keeping track of your fitness. However, if there are more than two people regularly using the recumbent bike this will cause problems because only two people can create a profile.
Performance Tracking
There is a goal tracking button with three indicator lights to let you know if your have reached a personal goal in the past week. This can include workout totals and is linked to your personalized user profile. Setting small goals and targets is a valuable way to achieve your overall desired exercise goals and outcomes.
Integrated Features
Many features are included when you purchase the Schwinn 230, it will very quickly become one of your favorite pieces of equipment in your home gym.
Seat and Seat Rail
When you are purchasing any recumbent bike, comfort is among the things that you should look at. You want to keep your body in the right shape without exerting much pressure on your joints.
Unlike many other exercise bikes, the seat on the Schwinn 230 is comfortable. It is contoured with large air vents on the back to ensure air flow whilst you ride. It can be easily adjusted and slid into any position to suit people of all sizes.
The seat of the bike is padded, and the lower back support is enhanced so that you are comfortable enough when training.
Your feet are firmly attached to the pedals with the toe straps. This helps your feet to stay in place, especially when pedaling at high speeds.
Transport Wheels
The conveniently located wheels allows you to drag the bike anywhere you like. It can easily be stored away in the corner of a room and then moved to a more desirable location for your workout.
You can switch between miles and kilometers, depending on your preference.
There are two levelers to ensure stability for the duration of your workout, no matter how fast you are pedaling.
Eddy Current Tension System
This system uses a combination of magnetic yolk and electrical coils to generate vertical magnetic tension to the machine. There is less wear and tear when using this type of mechanism and you won't have to suffer through a burning smell as you workout.
Body and Frame
The bike has a center frame support to offer the riders with solid workouts. This means that users with heavy body weights can use the bike comfortably without tipping.
If you want to transport the bike for storage, the transport wheel are designed to ease the movement from one room to the other.
Schwinn 230 Accessories
A number of accessories are included when you buy the Schwinn 230 and will help make your workout that little more enjoyable.
Whether you choose to listen to an MP3 player or an iPod, your music will play through the two in-built speakers. This eliminates the need for headphones with a cord that usually gets in the way.
It's no replacement for a fresh breeze, but it will cool you down enough to not overheat during your workout.
Media Rack
On the bottom of the top LCD screen is a ledge that will conveniently hold your iPod, phone, tablet or magazine. The only problem this poses is that is covers up the top screen, inhibiting you from reading it.
Water Bottle Holder
Keeping hydrated is an important part of any fitness regime and the oversized holder on the Schwinn 230 will ensure you never go thirsty whilst riding!
Product Specifications
The Schwinn 230 measure 64 inches long, just under 28 inches wide, and almost 50 inches high. This is a good size to fit in the corner of just about any room and be available for use whenever you feel like it.
Power Requirements
Any standard electrical wall socket will house the Schwinn 230. Just make sure it's on a 110V-120V circuit.
The exercise bike weighs a little over 80lbs (81.6). Don't let this fool you into believing that it is difficult to move from one place to another. No lifting is required thanks to the transport wheels. This weight is enough to hold a user of up to 300lbs.
Schwinn 230 Vs Nautilus R614
The Schwinn 230 is one of the best recumbent bikes on the market, but let's check out how it measures up to the popular Nautilus R614.
Performance Features
The two machines are on very equal ground here. Both offer 22 workout programs, although the Nautilus has names that relate to real places such as Mount Hood and Pikes Peak.
The easy-to-use yet not so accurate handle bar heart rate monitor is a feature on both machines, therefore not making one better than the other when it comes to measuring your heart rate as you exercise. When it comes to drive systems, both operate with the perimeter-weighted system, ensuring a smooth ride on both machines.
Display and Console Features
Once again, there is fairly even footing between the two machines. Both use a DualTrack LCD screen system, and have two screens to show statistics and figures. The Nautilus has the edge over the Schwinn 230 courtesy of its backlit screen and Bluetooth connectivity.
This enables you to read the screen clearly, even in dimly lit conditions. Therefore your workout is not limited to certain parts of the day or a brightly lit room. You can use the USB port on the Nautilus to connect to myfitnesspal.com, or simply use the Bluetooth connection.
The Nautilus also shows-up the Schwinn when it comes to resistance levels, offering 20 compared to the ten available on the Schwinn 230.
Integrated Features
Both machines provide comfortable, ventilated seats that will keep you keen to exercise. Move either machine to any position or location you prefer by making use of the transport wheels. The amount of space occupied by each recumbent bike is virtually the same and the similar step-through design creates easy access when moving around the machine.
Included Accessories
Speakers and a media shelf on both machines makes listening to your favorite music or reading a breeze. You can also use any kind of large water bottle as both offer a built-in oversized water bottle carrier. The fan on the Nautilus is slightly more superior as it offers three different settings.
These recumbent bikes are so similar in style, price and features that it will really come down to personal preference and each individual exercise regime.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the weight of this workout bike?
Is it easy to adjust the seat of the bike?
Does this bike come fully put together or do I need to assemble the bike myself? How much assembly is required?
This bike beats other types of bikes that you will come across. You can workout for several hours without feeling uncomfortable at all.
This bike also doesn't occupy a lot of space. Get it today and start enjoying quality workouts at home without any strain on your body.
The bike is affordable and the quality of workout offered is outstanding. With this recumbent bike, you will always be looking forward to the next training moments.


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By looking at semi-natural wetlands and considering the preferred habitats of pond dwelling species it is possible to improve some aspects of the detailed design of wildlife ponds. Some of the best ways of doing this are described below.
Pond depth and permanence (and probably waterbody size) are major influences on pond community types. Varying these factors at a site, to create habitat mosaics with a mixture of permanent, semi-permanent and seasonal pools, makes it possible to provide habitats for a far greater variety of wildlife than could be accommodated in a single waterbody. Creating such mosaics is usually possible in all but the smallest pond creation sche mes.
In most ponds, water rises and falls between winter and summer creating a drawdown zone of variable wetness. This land-water transition zone is an area of potentially high biological diversity in any pond (see Figure 17).
Lack of information about the importance of the drawdown zone has meant that, in most new ponds, it is rarely considered during the design process and it is therefore usually restricted to a narrow strip at the waters edge. Extending the drawdown zone, to give an extensive area of marshy or muddy habitat in summer, will considerably improve a ponds potential particularly for marginal, shallow water and semi-terrestrial plants and invertebrates.
Drawdown zones do not need to slope evenly down to deeper water. Centimetre scale variations in water levels and waterlogging, caused by subtle irregularities in the ground surface, should lead to major variations in plant community type.
In pond construction, there is an opportunity to simulate this small scale topographic variation by careful physical shaping of the drawdown zone. By extending the drawdown zone and areas of shallow water to include a patchwork of hummocks and pools of varying water regimes we can create a rich mosaic of small-scale habitats for plants and animals.
Deep water (1 to 2 metres or more) provides a relatively specialised wildlife habitat that typically supports relatively few species. From a wildlife perspective there is, therefore, no imperative to incorporate deeper water areas into pond creation schemes. The commonest exceptions to this are (i) projects where fish or wetland birds are the primary objective of pond creation, (ii) in some of the more remote parts of Scotland, where unpolluted, clear, deep water, could be created providing valuable habitat for a diverse and interesting range of submerged plant species (and associated invertebrates) including some of the rarer stoneworts and pondweed (i.e. Potamogeton) species (Stewart 1996).
For plants and invertebrates, islands are most likely to be of value where the margin of the pond is shaded, grazed or trampled and the islands provide a different set of habitats.
For birds, islands are particularly important, providing safe areas for feeding, roosting and nesting in larger ponds. So, where wader or waterfowl conservation is the main purpose of pond creation, islands are certainly valuable. Specific advice on island design for birds is given by Andrews and Kinsman (1990). More general points are:
In larger ponds (i.e. waterbodies greater than about 30m x 30m), wind-blown waves can have quite a marked effect. A potentially beneficial wind effect is that it blows seeds, spores and animal eggs across the pond and concentrates them. The prevailing wind direction in Britain is broadly from the SW, so this means that the NE margins are usually the best provided. The disadvantage of exposed shorelines is that wind-blown waves erode the bank, giving it a sharp edge which is often relatively inhospitable to wildlife.
A way round problems caused by wave action is to create a very undulating and embayed NE margin to the pond which will colonise-up from the good supply of seeds, but is protected from wave erosion. Very narrow-necked pools work particularly well, especially where their entrances to the main waterbody are off-set so that they do not face the prevailing wind.
Similarly, the front edge of islands can be protected from waves by creating a submerged bar (or reef) with a lagoon behind along the islands SW margin.
Bare pond edges may look dull and lifeless, but are valuable for wading birds, many annual wetland plant species and a range of aquatic and semi-terrestrial invertebrates. There are, therefore, times when muddy areas need to be created, and more problematically, to be retained. Grazing or trampling (by stock, wetland birds or people) are obvious means of constantly creating muddy zones. But where this is not possible, design can help to encourage the retention of bare open ground.
Muddy areas appear to remain bare for longest in areas of very low topography which lie at and below water early in the growing season (late spring to early summer). This inhibits germination and increases the water stress and disturbance caused by fluctuating water levels. In these areas even very low undulations, which allow plants to gain a foothold and spread out over the bare mud, should be avoided.


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2019 Top Women in Restaurant Technology
Here are some heartening statistics for women in technology: Women now make up more than half of new computer science graduates and junior developers entering the workforce, according to a March 2018 study from tech recruiting company HackerRank. Women under 25 are also 33% more likely to study computer science than those who were born before 1983, according to the study.
While these are certainly steps in the right direction, currently only about a quarter of professional computing jobs are held by women, according to the National Center for Women & Information Technology. Boosting this percentage will not only benefit the perception of women in tech, it will help meet the anticipated future demand for computer science professionals. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates 1.1 million computing-related job openings in the U.S. by 2024, but more than two-thirds of these jobs could go unfilled due to the insufficient pool of college graduates with computer-related degrees.
Hospitality Technology's third annual Top Women in Restaurant Technology awards honor women from both restaurants and technology suppliers who have been making their mark in a male-dominated industry. These professionals are recognized for outstanding achievement in helping to reimagine restaurant processes and operations while demonstrating excellence in leadership, inventiveness and skill.
This year's winners have all demonstrated incredible passion and accomplishments that will inspire the IT professionals of today and tomorrow. It is with great pride that Hospitality Technology, with sponsorship by 7Shifts, introduces the 2019 Top Women in Restaurant Technology.
From Restaurant Ops to IT
Carissa De Santis, TGI Fridays
After spending a significant part of her career in restaurant operations, Carissa De Santis jumped at the chance to move over to IT at TGI Fridays corporate office in Carrollton, Texas. "I felt that I had a unique skillset to offer having had operational experience, and it allowed me to contribute at a global level to make an impact with the technologies in our restaurants to improve efficiency and profitability," she says.
De Santis leads TGI Fridays Restaurant Technology Solutions team with more than 20 people; she oversees POS, kitchen, back-office and guest-facing technology inside TGI Friday's 850+ restaurants around the world. She also spearheads efforts to create new innovation utilizing the latest in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies.
Her exceptional communication and leadership skills have contributed to her success, says Sherif Mityas, chief experience officer. The team "consistently goes above and beyond, and their loyalty to her is without question," he adds. "In this day in age, when technology resources frequently move positions and organizations, Carissa's team currently has a 98% retention rate over the last three years — no one wants to leave Carissa's team."
De Santis says she's most passionate about technologies that impact both the guest experience as well as operators' bottom lines. For example, TGI Fridays use of tablets for tableside ordering.
She also works to identify and solve pain points. One of her recent accomplishments was creating an AI-powered assistant for general managers. From her experience as a general manager, she had first-hand knowledge of the required tasks that chain GMs to the back office for an hour each day. She led a cross-functional team of internal and external support to create an AI-powered "assistant" for the GMs. The AI tool learns how to most efficiently run the location and creates recommendations on labor scheduling, waste management, fraud, ordering, etc. The tool allows GMs to get out from the back-office and spend more quality time with guests and team members improving guest satisfaction and team member retention.
Seeing the Big Picture
Laura Kirkwood, Merivale
Laura Kirkwood began her career in the hospitality industry in marketing where she became "obsessed" with understanding the customer — from analyzing data and journey mapping, to identifying gaps in the business around customer experience that could be solved with a technological solution.
In her role as head of Innovation and customer experience at Sydney-based Merivale, Kirkwood created an award-winning, mobile-friendly website and developed the company's first Customer Insights Program, which involved integrating a number of platforms across sales, marketing, technology and finance to provide actionable insights around the guest experience across all 70+ venues and touch points. Within its first year, this program delivered a 40% increase in response rate and informed sales and service training guides across all venues, improving customer engagement leading to increased retention and incremental revenue.
Technology is a huge passion for Kirkwood, who was named Employee of the Year in 2017. "I am motivated by looking at the big picture of our business, from the current state to future state, and mapping out where technology can improve operational processes, drive cost efficiency and enhance staff and guest experience," she says.
In the coming year, Kirkwood expects the shift to digital ordering solutions and more seamless payments solutions to continue. "It won't be long until you can walk out of a restaurant after paying with your face," she predicts.
When it comes to future advancements, Kirkwood is looking forward to implementing seamless technology "that feels so natural you wouldn't even know it was there," she says.
Improving the User Experience
Cacy Merrifield, Sonic Drive-In
Cacy Merrifield didn't decide on a career in restaurant technology; "This career really chose me," she says. "I jumped in with both feet and found my place as part of a team that helped me find my passion in life."
Her first team project entailed setting up a new technology tool and training operators to use it. The result: food and paper costs were slashed by more than 150 basis points.
Now the director of program management, Merrifield is most passionate about technology that improves the user experience whether its making an operator's job easier or improving the guest experience.
When it comes to her career, Merrifield says she's most "thankful for starting at the bottom and working my way up … I feel fortunate to be in a position to influence others in the organization and remind them of our team's main goal: to provide our operators with the technology needed to deliver the most personalized and unique experience in the industry."
Marketing the Enterprise
Sif Rai, QikServe
With years of B2B and B2C technology experience under her belt, Sif Rai joined QikServe, a restaurant tech vendor in Edinburgh, Scotland, two years ago.
"I've always worked in technology, in one form or another," she says. "And I've always been fascinated by its potential to transform the lives of people who use it and the world around us."
One of her first tasks as chief marketing officer was rebranding the startup from an online ordering app to an enterprise ordering and payment platform. On a shoestring budget and on a tight deadline, Rai oversaw the complete rebranding of QikServe to reflect the company's position as a growing force in guest-facing self-service restaurant technology. She's responsible for all of QikServe's global marketing activities, from branding and communications to customer acquisition and retention.
"The two years since Sif joined us have easily been the most exciting, rewarding and challenging years of QikServe's existence," says Daniel Rodgers, founder. "We have evolved from a startup with a singular product focus into a mature, enterprise platform with a global market, and she has been instrumental in making this happen. The depth and breadth of her experience has been a huge benefit to the company, not just in marketing, but right across the business."
Rai says she's greatly honored and humbled by this award. "I'm only one small part of QikServe's success, which is really down to a phenomenal team effort," she says. "…But if my winning this award can in any way inspire more women to take on a leadership role in restaurant technology, then I gladly and humbly accept it."
Creating a Magical Experience
Nora Naranjo, eatsa
Nora Naranjo is a project design engineer with eatsa, the San Francisco-based restaurant brand that also develops front- and back-of-house (BOH) automation technologies for fast-casual and quick-service restaurant operators.
Naranjo was instrumental in the creation and evolution of the eatsa platform, a complete, end-to-end technology suite for restaurant operations that integrates the entire process — from digital ordering to pickup. The software integrates multiple order channels — including in-store kiosk and POS, mobile, third-party delivery and web — eliminating multiple third-party delivery tablets, and provides optimized order management with accurate order availability times.
Naranjo has always been passionate about consumer-facing technologies, products that turn a mundane activity into a magical experience. She recently co-developed a fully automated bowl production robot that increases restaurant throughput by 106% and reduces food waste by 36% when compared with eatsa's original restaurant production.
Looking to the future, Naranjo is bullish about kitchen automation that streamlines operations and increases BOH and FOH efficiencies.
"As real-estate prices continue to rise, efficient and ergonomic use of kitchen space will come down to a human-machine symbiosis where operators are aided by automated food-preparing stations," she predicts.
Committed to education, gender and social equality, she runs a pro-bono mentor network connecting tech industry leaders to underrepresented students in the U.S. and Latin America. She's also an active member of Geek Girls Dinner, SF Mission Techies, and the Expanding Your Horizons Network.
Being recognized as a Top Women in Restaurant Technology, "… is confirmation that I am in the right industry and making progress in my commitment to make the best products to shape the future of restaurants through technology," she says.
Sharing Lessons Learned
Kesha Williams, Chick-fil-A
For Kesha Williams, computers have always been a part of life. "I spent a large part of my middle and high school days with a Barbie in one hand and a computer manual in the other. My exposure to computer programming at such a young age fostered a lifelong love of and a never-ending excitement for technology."
Williams continues to be wowed by the power of technology to simplify life by making things easy, convenient and accessible. Looking to the future, Williams envisions a "smart" restaurant that leverages robotic automation in the kitchen, food delivery with autonomous vehicles, machine learning to determine what a customer will order, voice technology to allow a customer to place an order from their car, facial recognition for loyalty and payments, and IoT to reduce energy use and costs.
When it comes to her many accomplishments, Williams is most proud of her invention, SAM or Suspicious Activity Monitor, a predictive policing machine learning algorithm that predicts the likelihood of crime. It does not use race. SAM was developed using machine learning, computer vision and the Twitter API. It was a winner of TED's Spotlight Presentation Academy.
A tireless mentor, Williams is also passionate about sharing with others, especially women, to demystify technology and increase diversity. "My passion drives me to seek new ways to bring technology to the restaurant and into the lives of others through mentoring, teaching and speaking," she says.
"I've always sought ways to freely share my lessons learned to help others grow, avoid the mistakes I've made, and advance in their careers."
No Longer a Stranger
Allison Page, SevenRooms
Remember going to your favorite restaurant and the manager you know isn't there? Not being known as a regular in a restaurant inspired Allison Page to leave her career on Wall Street and co-found SevenRooms, a reservation, seating and guest engagement platform used by operators in over 250 cities.
As Page and co-founders Joel Montaniel and Kinesh Patel dug into the restaurant tech stack, they realized that hospitality is a people business, yet operators lacked basic data on the people walking in and out of their restaurants every day.
Page is "obsessed" with finding ways to use automation to help operators alleviate pressures — such as high staff turnover, rising minimum wage costs, increasing rent and food prices — and increase profit margins.
Voice-enabled technology is one of these tools and the top of Page's list of 2019 innovations. This year, SevenRooms' will introduce an Alexa skill that will enable restaurant operators to use an array of voice commands during service, from a server asking if there are any allergies at table 7, to a general manager asking which regulars are coming in for lunch.
"We're excited by the endless opportunities to create truly powerful automation tools that will change the way restaurant operators do business, and offer hospitality to their guests," Page says.
When it comes to accomplishments, Page says she's most proud of the company culture she helped create. "Not only is it important, it's also really hard to get right ... We've created an environment where people love where they work, are passionate about what they do, and, most importantly, rally around our core mission."
The Importance of Local Connections
Kathy Hartman, HubKonnect
Kathy Hartman focused her career on local store marketing (LSM). Advancements in AI led to her to expand into the restaurant technology space — and the co-founding of HubKonnect, which helps local franchisees create a strategic, LSM plan that leverages the opportunities and data available for each specific location.
Hartman is passionate about AI and the insights it can bring to individual restaurants.
"It's exciting to see the algorithms and recommended tactics evolve based upon the data," Hartman says.
In the coming years, Hartman predicts an increase in smarter marketing spend driven by technology. "…Using technology to drive marketing decisions has only just begun," she says.
According to Hartman, one of her top career achievements is receiving McDonald's President's Award that recognizes the achievements of the top 1% of McDonald's corporate employees globally.
Being recognized as Innovator in HT's Top Women in Restaurant Technology awards "is an amazing feeling," she says. "I've spent my career helping local restaurants build their businesses, and to be acknowledged for bringing them a revolutionary technology that is disrupting the status quo is very gratifying."
The Accidental Restaurant Tech Executive
Laura Rea Dickey, Dickey's Barbecue Pit
Laura Rea Dickey didn't plan for a career in restaurant technology. "This career path really chose me, not the other way around."
Early in her career, she was able to learn, adapt and make an impact earlier by embracing all things digital. Opportunity, a curious mind and the desire to jump into an emerging, changing field created her path.
Now the CEO of Dickey's Barbecue Pit, Dickey says she's most proud of piloting Smokestack, Dickey's proprietary data warehousing system. "Smokestack has significantly impacted the business and has allowed us to utilize insights effectively and strategically for the past seven years," she says. She is also proud of launching Dickey's proprietary point-of-sale system, which was created with the end user in mind. "Our POS meets our transaction coverage needs while also integrating our full technology suite — online ordering, third-party delivery, direct delivery, our catering CRM system, our loyalty program, our digital Ops forms and our data warehouse," she says.
Dickey is passionate about data. "Insights drive business success," she says. "Good data and the commitment to use it can be a huge catalyst for success and truly has been for our brand."
Looking at 2019 and beyond, Dickey is optimistic about the impact IoT and AI will have on restaurants.
"I believe connection and automation, for example in kitchens or order processes or even scheduling, allows restaurant team members to redirect their time and efforts back to quality and culinary innovation."
The Authentic Storyteller
Kristi Turner, Compeat
Kristi Turner has been involved with the restaurant industry for her entire life. Her grandmother owned a café, she worked at restaurants during high school and college, she invested in a restaurant and she became the wife of a restaurant owner.
"I couldn't get away from the industry if I tried," she says.
After years of working in communications, Turner was able to bring all of her life experience together to run marketing for SaaS technology companies that design software solutions for restaurants. She says the role is a perfect blend of her passion for marketing, technology and the restaurant industry.
One of her proudest accomplishments to date is articulating the Compeat brand story.
"My job as CMO is to tell our story in a way that makes our customers and partners proud to be a part of our community and draws prospects to want to join our community," she says. "Our brand story is very authentic and focused on 'why' we do what we do for the restaurant industry. At Compeat, we are passionate about who we serve, and we understand their world; 80% of the Compeat team members are from the restaurant industry."
When it comes to the future of restaurant technology, Turner sees the rise of business intelligence (BI) and the increase in mobile solutions as "game changers."
"A good BI software enables them to see every key metric in their business. Real-time data can be aggregated into simple dashboards to make informed decisions, raise red-flag items, and create actionable items to improve the bottom line that can be measured and monitored," she says.
Turner is also passionate about promoting diversity in the workplace. "I feel it is important that we continue to lift each other up through mentoring and inspiring other women and men in our field so that we can maintain this momentum," she says. "Acknowledgements such as this award are an incredible example of this, and I am excited to be included in this list of prestigious women."


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Gambling is here already
The National Football League plans to lobby Congress to come up with some sort of framework to perhaps regulate sports betting although it is not exactly clear what Congress can do to give the NFL want it wants. In fact, it appears the NFL doesn't know what it wants except to protect the integrity of the NFL. Integrity and the NFL seem not to co-exist anymore. The NFL was against legalizing sports betting in the United States or more appropriately expanding sports books beyond Nevada. Yet the NFL decided Las Vegas, the capital of US sports and all other sorts of gambling, was good enough for the league. Of course Nevada throwing in $750 million to help build Mark Davis and his Raiders franchise a stadium didn't exactly hurt Las Vegas and Nevada's standing with NFL owners. Nor is the league too concerned with the London, England market, a place the NFL craves that also has sports books around the town.
The NFL is all about making money and at some point will figure out how to benefit financially from sports gambling across the country. But the NFL should be the last sports organization to use the word integrity. There remains a problem with former players getting the proper care for head injuries suffered while they were employed by NFL teams. The NFL is watching one owner, Jerry Richardson, attempt to sell his Carolina Panthers franchise after allegations of Richardson's workplace misconduct were reported. Another owner, the Indianapolis Colts Jim Irsay has had substance abuse problems. Players continue to get arrested and there is a long list of crimes from homicide to domestic abuse to drunken driving that have occurred. The league has moved two franchises recently and another one, the Davis Raiders, will relocate in two years. Sports gambling will join all other forms of gambling across the United States and the NFL can't do anything about it.
NFL has more problems than gambling.


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Automechanika Dubai will feature 1,935 exhibitors.
German firms increase presence at Automechanika Dubai
DUBAI, April 24, 2017
German pavilion, with double digit growth, will lead the international charge of 25 country pavilions at the Middle East and Africa's largest automotive aftermarket trade show next month.
Taking place from May 7 to 9 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Automechanika Dubai will feature 1,935 exhibitors from 57 countries, with approximately 90 per cent coming from outside of the UAE.
According to organiser Messe Frankfurt Middle East, more than 1,300 exhibitors will participate across 25 country pavilions, with Germany leading the way in both exhibitor numbers and exhibition space covered.
A total of 116 leading German aftermarket brands will occupy 6,000 sq m, a 15 per cent increase over the previous year, while 107 of these will be part of a government-backed German Pavilion spanning four of the show's six sections of Parts & Components; Electronics & Systems; Accessories & Customising; Tyres & Batteries; Car Wash, Care & Reconditioning; and Repair & Maintenance.
The biggest names in the aftermarket business will bring the reputed power, performance and precision of German engineering this year, spearheaded by the likes of Karcher, Liqui Moly, Mapco, Mahle, Mipa, Schaeffler, Weicon, and Wilhelm Schwenker, said a statement.
Mahle is one of the world's leading international suppliers of original equipment to the automotive industry, with annual sales revenue of €11.5 billion and more than 170 production locations.
The powerhouse's Aftermarket business unit will be out in force at Automechanika Dubai 2017, where it will shine the spotlight on its entire range of spare parts, from filters and engine parts to turbochargers, mechatronics and thermostats, as well as workshop equipment.
Liqui Moly is another leading German brand ubiquitous in service stations and auto workshops across the Middle East. The engine oil and additive producer has exhibited at Automechanika Dubai for several years, and has reaped the benefits of persevering in the vast Middle East market.
Elsewhere, Weicon is a long-standing exhibitor at Automechanika Dubai, and a producer of special adhesives, sealants, technical sprays and high-performance assembly pastes and greases for all industry applications.
The Muenster-headquartered company will showcase its range of adhesives and technical sprays that are widely used for automotive manufacturing, repair and maintenance.
Country pavilions joining Germany on the double-digit growth path at Automechanika Dubai 2017 include Netherlands, which has increased in size by 87 per cent; and Japan, which debuted at the show in 2016, and returns this year with a 32 per cent increase in size. Poland (13 per cent growth), and Morocco (12 per cent growth), also have impressive year-on-year growth.
Ahmed Pauwels, CEO of Messe Frankfurt Middle East, said: "The Middle East and Africa continues to power ahead as a leading market for auto parts and services, and top global companies choose to increase their impact by building on the considerable networking and business development opportunities generated at Automechanika Dubai."
"The strong German presence underlines the country's leading position as a key provider of automotive parts, accessories and services and the good reputation that German brands enjoy across the world."
Other country pavilions at the 15th edition of Automechanika Dubai include Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UK, USA, and for the first time, Viet Nam.
Its global influence is underlined by the presence of 36 international trade associations, while 51 per cent of the 30,000-plus trade visitors are expected to come from outside of the UAE, the statement said. - TradeArabia News Service