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|Key Info
Extremely proud to bring to you the most exclusive Tropicana residence sitting on a 12000m2 plot beautifully nestled in the hillside of the Kemer District of Side. Designed as a low density development using only 15% of the available land for construction the community provides 24hr security, beautifully designed entrance welcomes guests with water features and extensive landscaped gardens means that within this corner of paradise your privacy is respected and guaranteed.
G7 is a duplex apartment located on the 3rd Floor within a commuity that offers a wealth of amenities set in lush tropical gardens. Apartment consists of 3 double rooms, 2 with king size beds and 1 with twin beds, each room has it's own bathroom/en-suite. Separate kitchen, large lounge/dining area with balcony that overlooks the main pool. Beautifully designed outdoor pool surrounded by lush palm trees, separate indoor pool, childrens pool and playground area, fully equipped fitness room, cafe/bar area with free WiFi, Sauna, seating areas outside, rattan sun loungers with cushions, parasols, extremely spacious surroundings.
Combine this with the quality of the accommodation and guests are guaranteed a wonderful holiday in probably Turkeys finest resort.
|Sleeps up to 6, 3 bedrooms
|Nearest beach
|Side 2 km
|Will consider
|Corporate bookings, Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Car not necessary
|Nearest Amenities
|200 m
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Antalya 60 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|Sauna, DVD player, Staffed property
|Shared indoor pool, Shared outdoor pool (unheated), Children's pool
|Air conditioning, TV, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms of which 2 En suites and 1 Shower rooms
|Double beds (2), Single beds (2), Dining seats for 6, Lounge seats for 6
|Linen provided, Towels provided
|Shared outdoor pool (unheated), Shared indoor pool, Balcony or terrace, Shared garden, Climbing frame, Swing set
|Not suitable for wheelchair users
|Further details indoors
The Apartment consists of:-
Entrance Hall/Stairs
Air conditioning / heating throughout the apartment.
Large Lounge with corner leather sofa, 30" flatscreen TV, an array of DVD's to watch and 2 iPod docking stations. Unfortunately we do not offer Satellite TV as we have over the years had lots of difficulties with providers which was becoming too costly. We do however have unlimited Wifi within the apartment which means you can connect your laptop/iPad to watch live TV, i.e. FilmOn.
Dining area with 6 leather chairs
Large Balcony off the lounge with separate seating area with views over the main pool and gardens and a Water feature. This balcony gets the sun all day until sunset, ideal for catching the late sun. There is a parasol to use should you not wish to have the late sun.
Separate Kitchen area with granite work sufaces, large fridge/freezer, integrated washing machine & dishwasher, cooker, hob, kettle, toaster, microvave, panini maker and all the necessary cookware/cutlery/glassware etc. Coolbox and Shopping trolley also available for your use. rattan dining table and 4 chairs.
Groundfloor bedroom with twin beds, double wardrobe with sliding doors, bedside cabinet with lamp and air conditioning unit. Small viewing balcony off the bedroom and separate shower room with cubicle, large vanity area with storage.
1st Double Bedroom Upstairs with King size bed, 2 bedside cabinets, double wardrobe, air conditioning unit and double sliding door off to large side balcony with views over the mountains (this balcony is ideal for drying laundry as parts of it are undercover should it rain. Plus an En suite off the main room with walk in wetroom shower, large vanity area and storage.
Master Double Bedroom Upstairs with King size bed, 2 bedside cabinets with bedside lamps, large double wardrobe with drawers/shelves within, large vanity mirror, feature ceiling with spotlights, air conditioning unit, large balcony off perfect for the last minute sunshine, views over the pool (please note do not leave young children alone on this balcony). En-Suite double walk in wetroom, with double vanity units and storage.
|Further details outdoors
- 24 hour security at entrance
- Gated community for privacy
- Heated indoor swimming pool & Tropically inspired outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Children's play area
- Fully equipped fitness centre
- Sauna
- Cafe bar with wireless internet service
- Barbecue areas/family seating areas
- High quality American panel interior doors
- First class interiors to apartments and surrounding areas
|Further details
Cleaning - A clean of the apartment prior to your arrival is included within the overall rental price. We do not offer a mid holiday clean service as this is a self catering apartment and has all the necessary amenities available to you, which include an extra change of bed linen and towels for each bedroom. Albeit this can be requested if you would like a mid holiday clean but this will be charged directly to yourself to pay upon completeness of the clean.
Welcome pack - These are available for an additional £15, this includes, tea, coffee, water, milk, bread, butter, eggs, toilet roll etc. Please request at time of booking so this can be added to overall rental cost.
Kaya Homes - English speaking representatives from Kaya Homes are available to assist you should you require anything or have any queries. A list of contacts will be provided upon rental confirmation within your information pack.
Airport Transfers - We can arrange on your behalf your Airport Transfers from Antalya - Tropicana - Antalya. This is charged directly to you at a cost of approx 320TL / £90 for upto a party of 4. Any additional passengers are charged extra, this will be advised upon booking. You will be greeted by a representative of Kaya Homes whom will escort you to Tropicana in an air conditioned people carrier. Payment for your transfer will be collected from you within a few days of your arrival by a representative from Kaya Homes. This can either be paid in British Pounds / Euro / Turkish Lira.
Smoking - Strictly non smoking within the apartment, smoking is however permitted on the balcony, please use ashtrays and do not throw onto the gardens below.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW ANY - Single Sexed Parties, Hen / Stag Parties or Groups of 4 or more under the age of 25. Thank you
The Turkish Mediterranean Coast region
Side and the surrounding area has everything you could wish for in a holiday resort and more!
It has a charm and unique atmosphere of its own with a combination of stunning beaches, archaeological wonders including amphitheatre and Temple of Apollo, picturesque fishing harbour and plenty of great shops, bars and restaurants.
Side is one of the sunniest resorts in Turkey with more than 300 sunny days a year.
Side has something to offer everyone of all age groups; families, couples, singles , the more mature and the sportsman.
There's plenty to see and do for everyone in Side: Watersports, Volleyball, Football, Fishing, Quad Biking, Cycling, Go- karting, Jeep Safari, Water Rafting, Horse-riding, Skiing(Winter), Boat trips, visiting the historic sites, nearby golf, Aqua Parks, Turkish Baths, Diving, Opera, Ballet, Concerts to name but a few .You can spend your days relaxing on Sides beautiful sandy beach and swimming in the crystal clear waters of the Mediterranean.In the evenings you can sample the local cuisine in a choice of fine restaurants and dance the night away at one of the dance bars or nightclubs.You will never be bored in Side!
Side is open all year round and because of its warm winter weather is becoming more popular as a winter destination.
The sandy beaches are superb; wide, long with shallow calm waters. Beautiful all year round.
To summarize what makes a great holiday?
•Safe, sandy beaches
•Calm shallow seas
•First class accommodation
•Site seeing
•Fine dining
•Great weather with long sunny days...
•What more could you ask for
Side (pronounced sea-day) is an ancient Roman town and lies 60 km (45 mins drive) from Antalya airport. It boasts unspoilt coastlines of sandy beaches and turquoise waters. It is located between two major resorts Antalya and Alanya, both of which are worthy of a visit. With it's magnificent Amphitheatre that still operates during the main summer months to hold numerous concerts and shows. It really is easy to see why this is one of the major archaeological attractions in this remarkable country.
Side has a wonderful atmosphere with lots of water front bars and romantic restaurants to choose from, vibrant shops weaving between the ancient cobbled streets and temples. Walk among the temples, stroll along the beaches and visit clubs built into the ruins of Roman buildings, it really is an outstanding place to visit.
The locals of Side are extremely good-natured and friendly, they will make you feel completely welcome.
Some beach restaurants will offer free sunbeds and parasols along with a free bus service to and from Tropicana Residence, as long as you dine/drink with them.
The golf resort of Belek is situated 25 minute drive away and easy to find. It is fast becoming one of the premier golf resorts in Europe having hosted several PGA events. Courses are designed by Faldo and Montgomerie and offer the keen golfer a fabulous day out. There are further plans to build yet another championship golf course.
Side really does have something for everyone.
There are two exceptional sandy beaches in Side, one either side of the peninsular which stretch for many kilometres in both directions . There is a newly built promenade which now stretches from one end of the beach to the other, this is lined with restaurants.
A car is not necessary, local bars, shops and restaurants are within walking distance from Tropicana and Side Old Town is approx 10 minute taxi ride away, taxi's can be requested from security. There are also several free pick up and drop of beach shuttles which will collect you from the complex without obligation. Most restaurants also offer a free pick up and return, just ask. If your a keen cyclist then there are plenty of hire shops around, myself and my husband cycle all the time we are there.
Side offers everything and more for all ages ; history, beach activities, sightseeing and excursions, etc. ; far too many to mention here but it is detailed in our holiday information pack which will be sent out to you in advance of your holiday.
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30 Jul 2013
"Beautifully maintained apartment in quiet setting with easy access to Side attractions / beach"
The apartment was beautiful, spacious and welcoming. The pool and garden areas were superbly maintained at all times during our stay. We found the Kaya Homes staff to be extremely helpful - both those on site and the drivers who took us to and from the airport.
The apartment is really well located in a quite area of Side - yet close enough to stroll to the beach or the old town of Side. The apartment is also a short dolmus ride away from Manavgat - a lovely town situated on a river which is well worth a visit.
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Quit "disappearing" team members; it's freaking the rest of us out.


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Industry veteran and Bartell Drugs COO Ed Littleton was recognized for his dedication to pharmacy during this year's National Association of Chain Drug Stores' Pharmacy and Technology Conference and was bestowed the association's highest honor: the Harold W. Pratt Award.
Star Scientific on Tuesday launched Anatabloc, a dietary supplement formulated to support the immune system.
The National Community Pharmacists Association on Monday urged the federal government to reject Florida's request to extend and expand its Medicaid managed care pilot program statewide from five to 67 counties.
Specialty pharmacy is expanding beyond its traditional base as a central-fill and mail-order distribution model for patients. A new, community-driven model is emerging, led by a fast-growing network of integrated,
community-based specialty providers based in Drexel Hill, Pa.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has announced the launch of its 2011 Pharmacy & Technology Conference mobile Web-based application.
The National Community Pharmacists Association last week delivered a letter to the Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules opposing an Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services proposal to sharply decrease Medicaid reimbursements and "slow-walk" reimbursement payments.
The National Community Pharmacists Association on Monday launched Simplify My Meds, an innovative adherence program that provides pharmacists with the tools to help coordinate patients' prescription refills to a single day of the month, for its independent community pharmacy members.
Pharmacist Edward Spearbeck, 78, passed on Aug. 14, according to a report in the Washington Post published Thursday.
Prescription drug costs "cannot be viewed in a vacuum" and pharmacist-provided medication therapy management and counseling must be considered in any comprehensive cost-benefit analysis, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and National Community Pharmacists Association urged in a joint statement issued on Thursday amid the release of two studies on medication adherence.
More than one-quarter of U.S. retailers lack a mobile presence, according to new research conducted by 2ergo.
The National Community Pharmacists Association on Monday issued a number of recommendations to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, which is responsible for contracting with at least two multistate plans that will offer coverage through exchanges that come online in 2014, and that will provide consumers with additional health insurance options.
Online U.S. retail spending in second quarter 2011 reached $37.5 billion for the quarter, up 14% versus a year ago, ComScore reported Monday.
A bipartisan bill that aims to provide law enforcement with tools to crack crime rings that harm consumers by attempting to resell stolen medical products on the black market has received the praise of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
Looking to challenge reimbursement rate reductions for Medicaid beneficiaries, pharmacy groups have filed a joint legal brief with the U.S. Supreme Court.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores is gearing up for this year's Pharmacy & Technology Conference in Boston in late August, an event that will bring together more than 130 retail companies representing more than 80,000 retail outlets.
Lansinoh Labs on Wednesday introduced a major upgrade of its popular blog, now called OnCloudMom, to better reflect the company's extended consumer reach with the recent acquisitions of the Earth Friendly Baby and mOmma brands.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association on Thursday delivered their first formal letter to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in shared opposition to the proposed merger of Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions.
A survey of 1,850 members of the National Community Pharmacists Association released Wednesday has identified two rising problems: 1) pharmacy audits often punish pharmacies severely for trivial issues and 2) because pharmacies are not privy to basic reimbursement methodology prior to signing contracts with health plans, reimbursements are "both lowered arbitrarily and raised belatedly in response to generic drug cost increases."
The Food and Drug Administration has given tentative approval to an emergency treatment for severe allergic reactions made by Intelliject, the drug maker said.
A multifaceted campaign that advocates for increased awareness and preventive screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms once again is hitting the road with an annual screening tour.
Teams of pharmacy students from three universities have been named finalists in the Good Neighbor Pharmacy National Community Pharmacists Association's Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition, NCPA announced Tuesday.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores announced on Thursday that it submitted comments to the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which held a hearing Thursday titled "FDA User Fees: Advancing Public Health," outlining community pharmacy's commitment to addressing drug safety and the appropriate use of prescription medications to help improve patient health.
The Food Marketing Institute on Wednesday named Heather Garlich as the association's director of media and public relations.
Children with Type 1 diabetes may achieve better blood-sugar control if their parents are more authoritative with them, a new study has found.
Discount grocery chain Bottom Dollar Food announced plans to enter the greater Pittsburgh and Youngstown, Ohio, markets.


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UBS Hires Chou, Kwo for Asia-Pacific Wealth Unit, Document Shows
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- UBS AG's wealth management unit hired Morgan Stanley's Valerie Chou and Linda Kwo from BNP Paribas SA in Hong Kong, according to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg News.
Chou joined as head of client coverage for the global family office business in Hong Kong effective today, and will report to Amy Lo, head of the Asia-Pacific ultra high net worth business, according to the document, the contents of which were confirmed by Fiona Chan, a Hong Kong-based spokeswoman for UBS.
Chou had previously been with Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management for 15 years, UBS said. She and Kwo are among the more than 450 people hired by the Zurich-based bank's wealth management unit across the Asia-Pacific region this year.
Kwo joined UBS on Dec. 1 as a country team head in Hong Kong, according to the memo. Kwo, who was most recently a managing director at BNP Paribas Wealth Management, will report to Francis Liu, regional market manager for Hong Kong at UBS Wealth Management, the document said.
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The road to Jerusalem
I am compelled to believe in fate. Two weeks before I travelled to Jerusalem for the 2011 pilgrimage, I had promised my family I would not try to play the hero by climbing any of the dizzying mountains pilgrims loved to test their endurance. They needed me more than I needed the glory. A flight of 39 steps was enough to get me into a swoon, not to talk of thousands of metres above ground level. But after scaling Mount Tabor, where Jesus Christ was transfigured in the presence of some of his disciples, with the help of a bus ride – a faster but potentially riskier feat than by foot – I began to get Dutch courage. What is Mt Sinai after all to exalt itself above my valour and reputation? A few days into the pilgrimage that actually began on November 20th, there I was, in a state of suspended animation, reason having forsaken me, climbing the mountain like a hippopotamus, gasping, wheezing like an asthmatic, plodding, grumbling and in constant fear of Bedouins. (See Box)
If fate could lure you into irrationality, it also sometimes enables you to do the possible. That probably explains why I made the pilgrimage in the first instance. The pre-flight formalities were typically Nigerian. The airport security was also naturally more menacing than scientific, perhaps geared to intimidate the unknown bomber than put genuine traveller at ease. The officer who frisked me felt money in my pocket – probably not more than five thousand naira, if I remember correctly – and half-whispering, half-joking wondered if he could have some of it. I grunted beneath my breath and stared at him, also half-mocking, half-censorious. When would we learn to conduct ourselves decorously? I was in nearby Ghana a few months earlier, and I saw their officials act with the required detachment their country would be proud of, albeit with a little of the African languor we are all familiar with, but no less efficiently.
Three weeks before my trip to Jerusalem, I had come down with what tests showed was malaria fever. Repeated treatment was only partially effective, and I was recovering very slowly to the point of wondering whether I would make the trip. Finally, I ignored the symptoms and travelled. It took only two nights in Israel for the symptoms to disappear. It wasn't until I returned home 11 days later before I understood that what happened was not a miracle, as some interpret miracles. Once we disembarked and walked into the very warm and generally unkempt terminal building in Lagos, we headed for what we thought was the exit. The door was locked. Like cattle, we headed for another door only to see an official walking leisurely in our direction with a key in his hand. It took another two hours or so to get our bags.
About two kilometres to my house, I encountered two police checkpoints, barely 200m from each other. Manning the first was a team of policemen, rifles raised and menacing, barking orders to us to park. I was driving. The policeman who attended to us was wearing what was definitely not regulation issue boots, and three of the buttons were gone. He was beefy, unfriendly, definitely not professional, and doubtless under influence. He cut to the chase and asked me in turn to cut the pretence and be nice. I balked. Then, noticing my companion, he ingeniously noted that surely I could afford to be nice considering that I had a pretty face seated by me. I knew what he meant, for I had heard and read unsavoury stories of how nasty these fellows can be to one's female companions. We all do the same work, officer, I told him, trying to be measured in my response and hiding my anger and sadness. If we did the same work, he said, he would like me to identify myself. I was a reporter, I said. He snorted disapprovingly and muttered a few words clearly not meant for my hearing, before letting me go.
A few minutes later, I ran full hilt into another checkpoint, and virtually the same verbal exchange began. I would be nice on some other day, I promised this latter set. My headache had not only returned promptly, I went to bed humbled, nay humiliated, broken in spirit and traumatised. The fever symptoms that stuck to me like luggage before I travelled had returned, and I was to nurse it this time with alternative therapy. It became clear to me that Nigerians are undone by their country and the lethargy and incompetence of their rulers. Throughout my stay in Israel I could count the number of times I heard any vehicle toot its horn. Perhaps one or two ambulances blew siren, but beyond that I am not sure I heard any unwholesome noise, certainly nothing like the sort of demonic noises and sirens that VIPs, police cars, bullion vans and homicidal commercial drivers have become used to.
It was clear why my so-called fever returned. On the way to Bethlehem from Jerusalem one mid-morning, we stopped at a traffic light on a major intersection. The traffic of vehicles was exceptionally light, perhaps it was always so on that stretch of road. An armoured police vehicle coming from the opposite direction also stopped in obedience to the red light. For the 20 or so seconds we were there no other vehicle came along. But everyone obeyed the law. I was dumbfounded. In Nigeria, the law, our beautiful law, is meant only for the ordinary man, the unconnected, the civilian. It is now so bad that next to our proud and increasingly anarchical security agencies, even commercial cyclists have joined the lawlessness; and Boy Scout, Man o' War and other groups in uniforms could soon begin to claim superiority to and exemption from the law.
Apart from the undue delay at Antalya Airport in Turkey, where it seemed some business-minded fellow pilgrim(s) took along some rotten stock fish, thereby triggering a security alarm, the journey to the Holy Land was uneventful. Whether it was a spiritual or a historical thing, once we landed at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, the pilgrim felt a sense of awe. No, it had little to do with the sophistication of the preeminent terminal building, or the well-paved access roads, or even the superlative efficiency of their immigration and security officials. Yes, the Israelis, quite unlike Nigeria, know how to nurture their image, and would not compromise it for anything on earth. Yes, too, they know, unlike our rulers, that law is the basis of civilisation and order, and would not brook even their presidents to challenge, let alone subvert it. As desirable as these things were, they were not the reason for the sense of awe.
The awe that grips you is probably because the two most powerful and influential religions on earth spring from the Holy Land and are connected to Abraham, one by his wife, and the other by his wife's maid. Apart from Galilee, which itself is hilly but fertile, much of the Holy Land is mountainous terrain, hills and desert. Jerusalem's unattractive geography is a signal lesson to those who think an unattractive woman stands little chance of getting the best man in the world. Armies, empires, emperors and generals have fought and died to win the hand of this literally barren city or humiliate her for troubling the world.
According to one account, "Between the fall of the northern Kingdom of Israel in 722 BCE and the Muslim conquests of the 7th century CE (a period of over 1500 years), the region came under Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Sassanid, and Byzantine rule… Then in 635 CE, the region, including Jerusalem, was conquered by the Arabs and was to remain under Muslim control for the next 1300 years. Control of the region transferred between the Umayyads, Abbasids, and Crusaders throughout the next six centuries, before being conquered by the Mamluk Sultanate, in 1260. In 1516, the region was conquered by the Ottoman Empire, and remained under Turkish rule until the 20th century."
Pilgrim Palladium was awed, even if no one else was. He is a student of Middle East history, and in his school days wrote many term papers on Israeli history, Ottoman Empire and the Maghreb, without, it must be noted, visiting any of those places. Now, he was about to set foot on the land of Ataturk and the Pharaohs, and see physically the battlefields in Israel upon which many armies since the Davidic era, and the Crusaders and the proselytising Muslim empires, have had their ambitions fulfilled or shattered. He would see the physical manifestation of the seemingly eternal and irreconcilable struggle for supremacy between the children of Abraham, particularly between Christianity and Islam.
Israel is reputed to be on permanent war footing. Yet, its security apparatuses are intelligently and efficiently unobtrusive. After enduring centuries of torment in the hands of invaders, they are too smart to be complacent about security or allow their security men to grandstand. Their survival depends on the system working well, and every official performing way above average. Throughout our travels in Israel, by day or night, we only encountered one checkpoint. And that checkpoint, at the gates of Jerusalem, were manned by border guards made up principally of young men and women who looked more like boys and girls wielding Uzi submachine guns.
Everywhere we went, the security systems and operatives looked deceptively casual, though gun-wielding youths were ubiquitous. I suspect they understand, again unlike Nigeria, that their quality of life depends on how intelligently they operate an integrated security system that does not inconvenient, harass or intimidate their people. They know how to police their people without ending up with a police state. In Nigeria, we do not know how to police our people, and we have ended up with a police state. Little wonder that living in that country for two days rid me of fever, and barely four hours back in Nigeria, gave me fever.
The trip from Tel Aviv to Tiberias, where we stayed for the first four days, took us towards the northern part of the country through pleasant countryside of gently undulating hills dotted with terraced farms. No land is idle. Their farms tell stories of a people diligent in everything, a people who have mastered the science of turning their small living space into a high-yielding economic space. There were no potholes to make driving unpleasant. And whether in Tel Aviv or Tiberias, or any other places we visited in the whole of Israel, there was never a time when some corpulent and arrogant state or security official drove you off the road with sirens or uniform. For a people permanently under pressure, they know how to live and live well.
I think everything boils down to intelligence. Israel's success is not because of its small size. After all Haiti is also small. So, too, are many African countries. With a population of a little less than eight million, out of which less than six million are Jews, the country has one of the highest life expectancy in the world (82 for women, 79 for men); is a developed country; feeds itself and exports the surplus; and its top universities are among the world's best. It spends hugely on research and development (R&D), exports skilled manpower, and has won many science Nobel Prizes relative to its size. But the country has been fortunate with passionate and brilliant leaders, not just great generals.
Before cutting in from the coast to Tiberias, a town built on the impossible hills overlooking the Sea of Galilee, we made a whistle stop at Caesarea, on the banks of the Mediterranean, probably the most exclusive part of Israel that accommodates the rich and influential. It is half way between Tel Aviv and Haifa, and was built in honour of Augustus Caesar by Herod the Great. It still boasts of many Roman ruins, including a disused aqueduct, and we learnt that water was piped into homes here during the Roman era. This was where Paul the Apostle was imprisoned for two years, defended himself before two Roman governors, the adulterous Felix, and the noble Festus, and the incestuous Jewish King Agrippa II, and then appealed to Caesar, before sailing for Rome.
If Herod the Great built Caesarea as a port city to honour Augustus, Herod Antipas would build Tiberias to honour Tiberius Caesar. Since Caesarea was built on the shore of the Mediterranean, Tiberias would be built on the western shores of the Sea of Galilee, and would number third among the four Holy Cities of Judaism. Others are Safed (4th), Jerusalem (1st) and Hebron (2nd). Tiberias was under construction in the days of Jesus. Once we settled in Lower Galilee, it was not difficult to tour the towns where Christ began his ministry.
Our first call was to take a boat ride like Jesus did on the Sea of Galilee. Yes, the very same sea where Jesus walked on water and Peter nearly drowned. It is of course not a sea; it is a lake. Accustomed to receiving pilgrims from Nigeria, the owners of the boat were ready with Nigerian praise worship songs. Typically, Nigeria's boisterous pilgrims responded by organising a praise worship time for the duration of the cruise. At a point when the boat listed a little, and considering the fact that the chairs in the boat were not fastened to the deck, I imagined what quantum of faith we would be required to summon if passengers and crew were tipped into the sea. Given what I knew of some of my co-pilgrims, their sometimes liberal indulgence in careless and suggestive talk, and their often abrasive and irreverent manner, I was not so sure anyone other than accomplished swimmers would get to shore. I did not forget that when Peter cried out to Jesus as the waves threatened him, he gave the impression that though he was a fisherman, he had problems with swimming lessons.
The experience on Mount Tabor, about 18km west of the Sea of Galilee, was another trying time. More popularly called the Mount of Transfiguration, where Jesus radiated glorious light and was seen conversing with Moses and Elijah, it rises a modest 575m. We accessed the dizzying summit by bus ride up the precipitous side of the mountain, with little to break your fall if the bus loses its breaks. If you were acrophobic like Palladium, your heart would be in danger of popping out of your mouth if you left it open and you decided to look out of the bus window down the steep, winding and dangerous slopes. I do not know which was more trying: the cable car ride up the Mount of Temptation in Jericho, where Jesus was tempted of the devil, or this. But once on the summit of Tabor, it became an exhilarating experience viewing the distant peaks of Mountain Gilboa where Saul and his son, Jonathan, were slain, and the valley of Megido, where, according to the scripture, the armies of the world would fight the last battle in history.
Before ascending the slopes of Mt Tabor, however, we visited Tabgha on the shore of the Sea of Galilee where Jesus fed the 5,000, asked his wearied disciples to cast net on the unconventional side of fishing to catch fish, where he appeared a fourth time to his disciples after the resurrection, questioned Peter about his love for the master, and admonished him to feed the people who would be converted to Christianity. The Church of the Primacy of St Peter and The Church of the Multiplication are built as dedication to the biblical stories around that seashore.
From Tabgha, we proceeded to Capernaum (Town of Nahum), headquarters of Jesus ministry, and where Peter's mother-in-law's house is still preserved. We sang praises at the nearby synagogue, whose columns still survive, to the entertainment of pilgrims from different parts of the world. Viewing Peter's house and the rooms therein brought home to the pilgrims very vividly the reality and weight of the Gospels. We saw where the cripple (Luke 5) was lowered down through a hole in the ceiling so that Jesus could heal him. The effect of the preservation of Peter's mother-in-law's house and that of the High Priest Caiaphas (Matt 26), where we saw the basement where Jesus was detained after he was arrested from Gethsemane, is impossible to describe.
There were many more non-controversial confirmations of the scripture. Returning from Tabgha, we travelled on a road that by-passes Endor, where Saul consulted with a witch. I do not know whether the witch's house is preserved, or whether pilgrims visit it. But I doubt it. Maybe, someday, after Nigeria might have risen to greatness, the many witches' covens visited routinely by the high and mighty would be preserved as a reminder of our idolatrous past. At Cana of Galilee, we visited the place where Jesus turned water to wine during a wedding ceremony. Since Jesus' family came from Nazareth for the wedding, it was only fitting that our next stop should be where he grew up with Mary and Joseph. The couple's house is marked by the Church of the Annunciation. In the days of Jesus, Nazareth had some 500 people. Today, the population is just under 400,000.
Like Cana, Nazareth, for all its great name, is a little like the old Lagos, with narrow streets, litter here and there, gaming rooms, roadside snacks, a considerably young population that needs to be kept busy, and admittedly very pretty girls. But pilgrims should refuse to see the pretty girls. They should instead marvel at the largest Catholic Basilica in the Middle East, which has a unique funnel-like top that spreads out downwards, as if graphically depicting the announcement to the whole world. From the surviving contents in Joseph's house, archaeologists have determined that Joseph was unlikely to be a carpenter, as some bible translations suggest. He was probably a stonemason or master craftsman. We returned to Tiberias, for the first time, via a road that bisected the famous Valley of Armageddon (also called Valley of Jezreel). I wondered why I looked so intently at the lush and fertile (about 15ft-deep rich soil) plains of Armageddon. Did I hope to participate in the famous last battle in that valley?
As we drove towards Eilat, Israel's tourism city near Taba, Egypt's border with Israel, we branched at Jericho to visit the controversial Mt Quarantania, otherwise called the Mount of Temptation, where Jesus was tempted by the devil upon a high mountain. Atop that mountain by a cable car that halted momentarily but precariously midway over 350m above ground, the lesson of moderation, as opposed to the love of possession, pride and pleasure, was reinforced in us. Like the lessons the beatitudes gave pilgrims about the dispossessed people Jesus preached to, his interaction with Lazarus and co in Bethany (house of the figs, and where there were many poor), his life and ministry as a whole, and his victory over temptation on the high mountain (about 366m high), it is still a wonder that many Christians set great store by material possessions, even deceptively and shockingly linking faith to acquisition of wealth.
After descending from Quarantania, I swore silently nothing would make me climb Mount Sinai, for I had heard it was about 2285m and takes nearly three hours to scale. Little did I know that some hours later, I would be on the mountain, well over 2000m and threatening to go further had reason and scripture not restrained me. Night travelling was a delight in Israel, and not so disagreeable even in Egypt. But the roads that passed through the Judean wilderness, particularly by the Dead Sea portion, were treacherous and winding. Fortunately, we had a driver that was good, and who coughed relentlessly such that he stood no chance of being wearied by sleep or exhaustion. He hauled us safely to Eilat, and we passed through immigration formalities, and thence on to the Egyptian side.
As in Jericho and Bethlehem, where our Israeli tour guide had to give way to local guides, many of whom told us stories they thought we loved to hear, a new guide took us to St Catherine City, by-passing the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, and heading, again, through dangerous serpentine roads to where the brave and bold would lumber to the peaks of Sinai for glory. (See Box) I counted at least five checkpoints on the Egyptian side. While their roads were not as well-paved as those of Israel, they were generally free of potholes. But they had the most copious road signs I had ever seen. I doubt whether any country would ever have as many road signs as I saw going to the Sinai Peninsula. The roads were not just treacherous; they were decidedly evil, especially as we approached the Red Sea. Had they not been fairly okay, and had traffic not been light, I shudder to think what appalling slaughter that road would have been capable of.
The return journey to the Egyptian-Israeli border was even more revealing, for it was now daylight, and I could see clearly what nature and man working together or separately had done to the sandstone hills of the Jordan Rift Valley.
You could afford not to visit Nazareth, Cana, and even Jericho in spite of its famous name. But if you were given the opportunity of one in a lifetime journey, please drive to St Catherine City for the sole aim of seeing those amazing sandstone mountains between Nuweiba Port and the city that hosts Mt Sinai. I had not had a wink since my adventure up the slopes of Sinai, but I could not even afford to doze as I contemplated the spectacle that unfurled before me. These were no ordinary mountains; they had become works of art, sculpted into huge terraces and condominiums with plateaued tops, sometimes complete with gothic exteriors. They seemed to me a vast stonemasonry of unfinished work brooking neither noise nor interruption, as if rocky sedimentary and granite outcrops were uprooted from some points and stuccoed along the road by an unseen, ruminative and relentless force.
I would gladly be called a masochist for the opportunity of seeing once again the incredible and breathtaking work that nature has done along the dangerous curves to St Catherine City. For a student of geography, no geomorphological formation was lacking in that appalling and savage wilderness of extreme temperatures. You would find Yardangs, Sphinx-like structures a-plenty, and rolling and undulating sand dunes. I am surprised that the Great Sphinx of Egypt is attributed to carvers. In the Sinai Peninsula, I saw many Sphinxes sculpted by nature.
But turning left from the T-junction on the road to Nuweiba and Sharm el Sheikh, nature began sculpting a new tapestry, punctuated only by horrendous bends and steep inclines along the road. I saw huge monoliths casting inordinate and ominous shadows across the two-lane road. And as I said earlier, never were road signs more copiously used and obeyed than on this road. Back inside Israel, I had the composure to observe less pronounced rock formations. There were some sculpting, not the least an outcrop they hilariously referred to as Lot's Wife, but they were not as pronounced as the ones on the Egyptian side. The area around the Dead Sea is devoid of any life, and an acrid air hung over the environment. However, the Israelis have turned the area into a tourist resort, though on a scale far less imposing than Eilat. We had lunch at one of the hotels near the famous Ahava cosmetic plant, and saw a few white folks clad in their bikinis dip into the Dead Sea. The sea is so dense that no one can drown in it, but its waters are corrosive to the internal organs.
On the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea were the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, which according to the Bible, were destroyed for all manner of sensuality, including gay and lesbian sexual orientations that have become a hot button issue today. The Dead Sea is the lowest land point on earth. We spent the night at Eilat and began our journey to Jerusalem the following morning. We passed by Masada, where David hid from Saul, the wilderness of Engedi, and then also passed by Jericho, and headed straight for the Jerusalem without which pilgrimage could neither be completed nor satisfactory. We reached Jerusalem by 3:00pm. (Read my Jerusalem notes next week). By the time the pilgrimage was over, I had lost a princely four kilograms in body weight, the result not of exertion, but of eating rice, rice, more rice, and damned lettuce and cucumber. (See Box)
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QR codes for Illinois, New York, Maryland petitions against anti-boycott free speech legislation
Submitted by Robert Naiman on 10 March 2014 - 1:23pm
Note: this memo is primarily aimed at tech-savvy kids, not at old fogie technophobe Luddites. If you are a technophobe, move along, nothing to see here.
Background: the world has changed, right? We do online petitions now. It's more efficient on both sides of the interaction - easier to pass, easier to sign; you don't have to mess around with re-copying or trying to read people's illegible handwriting (speaking as a top offender of illegible handwriting); if you sign on your own device, you probably have your own information already saved in your browser, which makes signing go tschik-tschok, as they say in Hebrew.
OK, but we still want to pass petitions at events. Does that mean we have to go back to pen and paper?
You know how when you ride the Amtrak, and sometimes on planes, they use QR codes, so you don't need a paper ticket. You just hold up your smart phone showing your electronic ticket with the QR code on it and the conductor/airline employee uses a QR reader to capture the information from your electronic ticket's QR code.
We can use this technology for online petitions too. You generate a QR code for the website that has the petition on it, you point a smart phone (or laptop's) camera at it, and after the image is captured, the smartphone jumps to the URL of the petition site, where you can sign the petition on your smartphone.
The smartphone or laptop has to have a QR reader installed. But you can easily download QR readers for free. Just go to the app store on your device, search for "QR reader", and choose one of many free options. On my iPhone, I have installed the free QRReader app.
So, with that background concluded, here is the ask. I'm going to try to get signers on the Illinois anti-anti-boycott petition at Rabbi Brant Rosen's talk tonight at UIUC, using a QR code that Just Foreign Policy has generated for the petition's website.
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Don't Let AIPAC Dictate Iran Terms—Call your Senators Today!
Submitted by Megan Iorio on 4 March 2014 - 10:41pm
Sen. Menendez has lent his pen to AIPAC yet again by drafting a new letter that reintroduces the old zero enrichment demand by calling on President Obama to insist that Iran has no right to enrichment and that any final deal must dismantle Iran's inaccurately-referred-to "nuclear weapons program." And if that's not bad enough: Sen. Lindsey Graham co-wrote the letter.
During their annual conference, thousands of AIPAC activists were on the Hill telling your Senators to sign the Menendez-Graham letter. Now they need to hear from you.
Call your Senators at 1-855-686-6927 and say
I urge Sen. ____ not to sign the Menendez-Graham letter that could scuttle President Obama's Iran diplomacy by imposing unreasonable terms on a final deal.
After you make your call, tell us how it went below.
Keep Your Promise: A Left-Right Coalition to Help Veterans and Cut the Debt
Submitted by Robert Naiman on 21 February 2014 - 6:28pm
There is wide political agreement that we need to do more to support our veterans and their families. A recent spectacular demonstration was the 326-90 vote in the House and 95-3 vote in the Senate to repeal the military pension cuts to veterans and active service members that were in the Ryan-Murray budget deal. A key question in the current federal budget environment is how we are going to pay for increased veterans' benefits, given broad Republican resistance to raising revenue or increasing the deficit.
An obvious answer is this: Cut unnecessary Pentagon spending and split the savings between helping veterans and reducing government debt. This should appeal to Democrats and Republicans who want to help veterans and to Democrats and Republicans who are willing to cut unnecessary Pentagon spending to reduce government debt. It should also appeal to organizations representing veterans.
Some people are under the impression that cutting unnecessary Pentagon spending is a non-starter with all Republicans, or almost all of them. But in the recent past, there has been a substantial group of Republicans in the House who were willing to vote to cut the Pentagon budget.
letter to Sonya Michel on her ASA BDS vote misrepresentation claim in the NYT
Submitted by Robert Naiman on 19 February 2014 - 12:18pm
Sonya Michel
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University of Maryland
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Dear Ms. Michel,
Extend Unemployment Assistance by Cutting the War Budget
Submitted by Robert Naiman on 17 February 2014 - 5:05pm
Just over a week ago, the Senate fell one vote short of overcoming a Republican filibuster to pass a three-month extension of assistance for the long-term unemployed.
The New York Times reported:
Could We Make @BilldeBlasio Meet with J Street?
Submitted by Robert Naiman on 10 February 2014 - 4:34pm
It was, without doubt, a world-historical moment last Thursday when AIPAC concededthat its push to sabotage U.S. diplomacy with Iran had been decisively rebuked. As theNew York Times noted, it had been decades since AIPAC lost such a high-profile showdown so decisively.
With AIPAC Reeling, Let's Push the House to Support Diplomacy
Submitted by Megan Iorio on 5 February 2014 - 12:06am
Who knew we'd live to see this glorious day? The New York Times is reporting that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)'s efforts to pass a bill in the Senate to cripple diplomacy with Iran have stalled, and concludes that AIPAC has lost influence in Washington. [1] Hallelujah!
Now we have a great opportunity to take the fight to the House, where more than 70 Representatives are circulating a letter supporting U.S.-Iran diplomacy and opposing new sanctions and other measures that would kill the talks. [2]
Getting Members of Congress to stay off a nefarious bill is important, but it's even more significant when we can get them to publicly endorse realistic diplomacy to end the U.S.-Iran conflict.
Urge your Representative to sign the diplomacy letter now.
Thanks for all you do to help bring about a just foreign policy,
Robert Naiman, Chelsea Mozen, and Megan Iorio
Just Foreign Policy
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1. "Potent Pro-Israel Group Finds Its Momentum Blunted," Mark Landler, New York Times, Feb. 3, 2014, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/04/world/middleeast/potent-pro-israel-gro...
2. "Another big blow to the Iran sanctions bill," Greg Sargent, Washington Post, February 3, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/02/03/another-big-...
Thank Oxfam for cutting ties with Scarlett Johansson over SodaStream
Submitted by Megan Iorio on 31 January 2014 - 8:09pm
Oxfam has cut ties with celebrity Scarlett Johansson over her refusal to give up her role as a "brand ambassador" for the Israeli company SodaStream, which operates a factory in an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. As Oxfam stated: [1]
Johansson's role promoting the company SodaStream is incompatible with her role as an Oxfam global ambassador. Oxfam believes that businesses, such as SodaStream, that operate in settlements further the ongoing poverty and denial of rights of the Palestinian communities that we work to support. Oxfam is opposed to all trade from Israeli settlements, which are illegal under international law.
The campaign against Johansson's partnership with SodaStream has helped raise the profile of the company's association with the occupation. But we have yet another opportunity coming up: SodaStream is airing an ad featuring Johansson during the Super Bowl. People will be talking about the ad on Twitter. So let's show them what SodaStream's really about by publicly thanking Oxfam for parting ways with Johansson during the Super Bowl!
Here are two ways you can participate:
- Sign our petition thanking Oxfam: http://justforeignpolicy.org/act/oxfam-sodastream
- Join our Thunderclap, which will automatically send a message through your Twitter account during the Super Bowl. You can also sign up using your Facebook account: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/8554-thank-oxfam-for-scarjo-split
Thanks for all you do to promote a just peace in Israel-Palestine,
Megan Iorio, Chelsea Mozen, and Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
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John Kerry: Talk to Iran About Syria
Submitted by Megan Iorio on 21 January 2014 - 6:34pm
Over the holiday weekend, two major developments occurred on the Iran diplomacy front: the interim nuclear deal with UN Security Council members and Germany took effect, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon invited Iran to the second Syria peace conference, called Geneva II, which starts January 22. [1] [2]
If you've seen the news the last two days, you probably already know that Secretary of State John Kerry pressured Secretary General Ban to withdraw Iran's invitation to Geneva II purportedly because Iran never agreed to the terms of the Geneva communiqué, the outcome of the previous peace conference that Iran was also not invited to. [3]
But just last week, Kerry admitted that Iran was a "major actor" in the Syria conflict and that "no other nation has its people on the ground fighting in the way that they are." [4] Given this, how can the US expect to secure a ceasefire without Iranian cooperation?
With real progress being made in the nuclear talks, now is the time to also talk to Iran about Syria.
Tell John Kerry to stop blocking Iran's involvement in the Syria talks and to work with Iran to secure a ceasefire to stop the killing.
Thanks for all you do to help bring about a just foreign policy,
Megan Iorio, Chelsea Mozen, and Robert Naiman
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1. "Iran begins enrichment cap as nuclear deal with world powers takes effect," Barbara Slavin, Al Jazeera, January 19, 2014, http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/1/19/iran-world-powersstartin...
TODAY: Call Your Senators Opposing New Iran Sanctions
Submitted by Megan Iorio on 8 January 2014 - 12:37am
Just days before the holiday recess, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Sen. Robert Menendez, introduced S. 1881, the so-called "Nuclear Weapons Free Iran Act of 2013", which calls for further sanctions on Iran and imposes conditions on a final deal. If this bill goes to a vote and passes, it promises to destroy all the diplomatic progress President Obama has made with Iran so far. Leaders in Iran's Majlis are already warning that they will respond in kind to the passage of this legislation-and that Iran may opt out of talks altogether.
You can help prevent AIPAC and its friends in the Senate from sabotaging the Iran talks by making a two minute call today.
Here's what you do:
- Check whether your Senator is a current co-sponsor
- Call your Senators' offices in DC directly or use this toll-free number for the Capitol Switchboard, courtesy of the Friends Committee on National Legislation: 1-855-686-6927
- When the person in your Senator's office picks up, say, "I urge Senator ____ to oppose S. 1881, the Nuclear Weapons Free Iran Act of 2013, which would destroy the possibility of a diplomatic agreement with Iran by imposing new sanctions at this critical moment."
- When you're done, report your call below.


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i think the paranormans and the what the kobe should have been in the top ten but other than that this is a dog ass list
December 28th, 2012 by Sneaker News / 183
There's no doubt that Nike has the kind of clout to crank out basketball sneakers fit for the most demanding of performance conditions. At the end of the day though, these sneakers have to be transferable into the retail world, and costs can become a limiting factor on the type of innovation and technology that is possible when it comes to sports footwear. The new Nike Basketball Elite Series basically threw all those price restrictions out the window, letting the mad scientist design minds of Leo Chang and Jason Petrie tackle the task of creating the ultimate footwear performance machines unrestricted of the necessity to balance pricepoints. The results saw the Nike LeBron 9, Zoom Kobe VII, and Hyperdunk 2011 all reworked, revamped, and upgraded with added accoutrements meant to address the heightened demands of post-season play.
The Nike LeBron 9 Elite had perhaps the most drastic jump in terms of its reworking, both the outer shell and the guts of the sneaker getting switched up dramatically. The Zoom bag got thicker in an attempt to recreate the feel of the orthodic inserts that LeBron normally uses to add more stiffness into his sneakers. The upper was transformed into "more like a low-top shoe with these extra harnesses" in the words of Jason Petrie, the base strengthened by a lateral carbon support and the thick collar of the regular Nike LeBron 9 trimmed a bit in the name of ankle movement. Even the sockliner got the remix treatment, with a sticky print and an added level of density to help grab at the foot and keep it in place. LeBron's entry into the Elite series was also the lone one to expand upon the straight black and white colorways, offering the likes of the "Taxi", "Miami Vice", and the celebratory "Championship Pack" that came at the culmination of his epic season.
The Nike Zoom Kobe VII Elite honed in on the low version of the modular Kobe System set up, a response to Kobe's own preferences. For this particular model, the Nike design team knew pretty much right away what sort of higher end technology they wanted to cram in to suit the needs of the Black Mamba. That would be the full length Zoom unit, one of the pricier bags available in Nike's repertoire of cushioning systems, and one that doesn't find its way into too many standard footwear releases for that very reason. Beyond that, Kobe's entry grabbed at the scaly look of his previous sneaker, upgrading the pattern to serve a slightly more functional role with the scales switching in density on differing areas of the design for added stability benefits.
The Nike Zoom Hyperdunk 2011 Elite, represented in the league by the likes of Blake Griffin and numerous others, saw the layers of the original model halved, the upper shaving off a considerable amount of bulk in that area to ramp up the overall flexibility of the silhouette. Along with that subtraction came plenty of additions. Kevlar threads were introduced to help lockdown the fit, the heel counter came through with a little more bounce thanks to a new carbon fiber plate, and a traction print in the Achilles area was fashioned to help keep in the heel in control.
The Nike Elite Basketball Series was a rare glimpse at exactly how far the designers behind Nike's foremost basketball footwear offerings can push the performance aspect when given the chance. It was a reminder in a market dominated by retros that there are indeed folks out there focused on, obsessing over even, the notion of making the best possible sneaker for the world's best players. Let's just hope that they decide to make the teched out post-season tier of Nike Elite Basketball a yearly tradition and we can only imagine what further advancements could be in store in the future.
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i think the paranormans and the what the kobe should have been in the top ten but other than that this is a dog ass list
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Maybe hype but the galaxy made headline news
galaxy foams are hype but so are yeezys. Just popularity
man fuck no. no way the yeezy came over the galaxy foams smh yeezy's aint nothing but hype smh
These shit is nice
donde lo venden
fresh as fuck my niqha
艹 真好看
It goes Rookie Galexy/ Yeezy/Galexy foaM
I like zhe AJ4
can you speak chinese?
avapkicks speaks blasphemy. Questions, Answers, any of the Pump series. I know this is only your opinion but damn.
no rookie galaxy
Playoffs 11's or the black cement 4's should of been number one!
i luv lebrons
reebok has never made a good shoe period
Anyone know a levit wesite to buy shoes?
Anyone know a online website for shoes .. A legit website
I also feel some sort of way that the best release of a signature shoe all year wasn't featured by itself. The KD IV! I dislike every other KD except this one, including the KD V. These were incredibly made, had GORGEOUS colorways, and are the only low top basketball shoes I will ever hoop in because the fit and feel is INCREDIBLE. I can't see how the "Aunt Pearls" or "Gold Medals" weren't on this list representing in their own right! Besides ridiculously limited quantities, and thus leading to huge hype; I don't see how these wouldn't have made a top 15 list let alone a top 30. But hey, that's just my opinion.
Honestly my #1 release of the year was the "Paranorman" Foam. I have copped every limited release and general release foam since 97, and these are the only ones I haven't retrieved; and honestly, it's the one time I didn't feel cheated by either the company (Nike) or retailers as to why I didn't get a release of a particular shoe. It seemed to be an honest and fair raffle on twitter, that gave that patron an extremely well deserved prize for sharing a picture that directly linked to the theme of the product. I submitted plenty of "weird" childhood pics, but understanding that I might not be 1 of the 800 "weirdest" children captured in the world helped settle my disappointment. I haven't even mentioned the craft and beauty of the shoe itself. Next to the galaxy and metallic red it would be my 3rd favorite foamposite. The release was genuine, the theme and idea was genuine and the shoe was simply AMAZING! My favorite sneaker was the galaxy (My favorite sneakers have been foams since they released so I'm extremely bias), but the amount of BS i had to go through and amount of money I had to pay to purchase one pair to actually rock was ridiculous, even though I was and always am willing to do all sorts of waiting, and hours of lines to purchase releases. The paranormans were all positives about a sneaker and it's release, in a world where the "sneaker game" has taken a turn for the worse. It was a huge breath of fresh air on a very recently SUPER HYPED model of sneaker that ranks #1 all time in my opinion.
the zoom revis should have been in the top 1O in my opinion..they were fire!
where the crimson foams at
I don't agree with this list but hey to each their own
Where's the wdywt app SN? Lol just curious on the progress.
Personally i think the foamposite galaxies was the best shoe of 2012 not a huge fan of the yeezys anyway
Amazing pictures that showed off of the little nuances that made each shoe special. Overall this was a good list but I would not have included the Lebron X. That shoe still hasn't found its must have colorway. I can't wait until they announce the Black Friday and Christmas Jordan retros.
For real here. Not brand new but a lil shiny to sneaker blog, release thing. Is there any place like Hanon shop. On line or in our country? Why they do all those great New Balance colorways?
Stussy shoe is diffrent. But just in case they gotta slap New York on the back. No hater here I'm a fan of Supreme but enough New York. U dont rule the shoe world. Maybe it's Orgon?
I'm from philly and all but two of Iverson" shoes are crap.
Thebeaner. Is right! His shoes are simply done right. On my shoe list for 2013. Geta pair.
i feel the PARANORMANS was a better FOAM than the GALAXY foams. that slime green on the bottom is better than the galaxys. the green slime smoke screen on the side is dope i mean, the galaxy was dope but i feel the PARANORMANS are better
The Ewings were trash when they were release in the early 90's. hypebeast have made trash popular
@AljosaCikojevic galaxy foams are just as hyped homie
and too simple minded to grasp anything of good quality. Award for retros goes to Reebok for 2013, as of quality
u prob only buy retro jordans, soooo coooool. be like everybody else, nike is mind fucking u
ur wack!!
You crazy, you not a real sneaker head if you think reebok dont make good shoes@avapkicks
how much?
@xavier987654321 its a few out there but their stock wont b that vast and the price will b super high
@Tuddy306 You should go back and start over (Kindergarten, first grade, etc.).
@Qubayza ur so right. Slap in the face. These company's think they can re-release crap and cause a craze. They're prob right. I'm sitn in a little row home w/ 18 yrs left til I own it. Has nuthn to do wit bein a knick fan, when I was a young buck I laughed that shoe. Rember bobo's.well they're back in blue and orange
@Qubayza Your entitled to your own opinion, but must not be from NY or if you did you must have lived under a rock back then. When the Ewings dropped EVERYONE under 25 had them back in the 90's. No internet ,no hype machine... just hard core Knickerbocker fans.
@Theoooooooooo @AljosaCikojevic and yeezy arnt? foamposites been a great shoe yeezys aint shit
@IgotthatFIRE @Qubayza you are correct about that! i had the ewings back in the day and they was the joints to have in NYC! and that buzz came off of seeing people with them, not like how sneaks now a days are constantly pushed by the companies themselves! but to say ewings are trash you are seriously a rookie in this game
@AljosaCikojevic @Theoooooooooo foams are actually real basketball sneakers. yeezys are for singers/actors..just hype and zero history.


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