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First-gen iPhone, Droid sold 8 times better than Nexus One debutIn its first 74 days of availability, the Google Nexus One has sold an estimated 135,000 units, compared to 1 million in the same timeframe for the original iPhone, and 1.05 million for the Motorola Droid.
The new sales estimates, released Tuesday by mobile analytics firm Flurry, use the 74-day landmark because it's the amount of time that it took the original iPhone, launched in 2007, to cross the 1 million threshold. A year later, the iPhone 3G sold 1 million in its first weekend. For comparison, last November the Motorola Droid sold 100,000 units in its first weekend.
"Despite the fact that the Google Nexus One is the most advanced Android handset to date, and enjoyed substantial buzz leading up to its release, the launch has been overshadowed by lower than expected sales," the firm said. "In our previous reports we offered several possible reasons including unconventional choices in marketing, pricing and distribution."
Flurry said they believe the Droid bested the initial sales of the first-generation iPhone for a number of reasons. First, consumer perception and demand are vastly different than in 2007, when most users had a very different idea of a mobile computing device.
In addition, the Droid launched on Verizon, which is a larger network with more subscribers than AT&T. The device launch was also accompanied by a $100 million advertising blitz.
Finally, Flurry said the Droid likely benefitted from being launched in the holiday season, while none of the first 74 days of sales for the original iPhone and the Nexus One fell during the holidays.
"As Google and Apple continue to battle for the mobile marketplace, Google Nexus One may go down as a grand, failed experiment or one that ultimately helped Google learn something that will prove important in years to come," the firm wrote. "Apple's more vertically integrated strategy vs. Google's more open Android platform approach offer strengths and weaknesses that remind us of PC vs. Mac from the 1980s."
Google unveiled the Nexus One in early January with an innovative approach, offering the unlocked device through direct sales. Though the device is available through T-Mobile for $179, it is also offered for $529 contract-free if users are willing to pay the premium. The handset is expected to launch on the Verizon network soon.
When Apple sued handset maker HTC earlier this month, the Cupertino, Calif., company specifically cited the Nexus One as a handset it believes infringes on iPhone-related patents. With a firmware update the Nexus One was given multi-touch functionality much like the iPhone, an act that some believe led to the lawsuit.
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Is The NRA Right? Should We Have Armed Guards In Every School?
Probably not, but they deserve a lot of credit for suggesting a plausible solution to a problem. Gun control absolutely, unconditionally will not stop another Adam Lanza. In fact, some advocates of gun control are even publicly admitting that.
That being said, the idea put forth most often on the Right since the shooting, arming teachers, isn't a very good one either. This isn't Israel, where military service is mandatory. A lot of teachers have no experience with guns, no desire to learn and in all fairness, they signed up to teach, not to be security guards. Yes, getting rid of "gun free school" zones and giving teachers incentives to carry guns isn't a bad idea, but it's not a comprehensive solution to the problem.
Putting a security guard in every school wouldn't be an ideal way to handle the problem either. It would be expensive, killers could target the security guards first or alternately, they could just move on to softer targets like day care centers or playgrounds.
This is why it's ultimately futile to try to "solve" this problem. The only real fix for it would be to put armed guards EVERYWHERE and it's just not worth it. Part of being a conservative is realizing that there isn't a handy solution to every problem that can be fixed by the government passing a new law.
This is one of those problems. That being said, kudos to the NRA for at least making a good faith effort to offer up a real world solution to a difficult issue. There's not enough of that happening in D.C.
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Highlighting the recent abolition of the death penalty in Nebraska and concerns about wrongful convictions, National Urban League President Marc H. Morial (pictured) called for an end to executions. In an op-ed for The Philadelphia Tribune, Morial cited declining public support for the death penalty: "56 percent of Americans support the death penalty, this from a high of almost 80 percent in the mid-90s," he said. He also emphasized the growing conservative opposition to the death penalty, which was critical in bringing about repeal in Nebraska. "There are many experts who contribute much of today's sea change in attitudes towards capital punishment to the growing number of conservatives coming to the frontlines of the opposition movement to the death penalty, questioning its efficacy and fiscal soundness," Morial said. Finally, he pointed to the stories of those exonerated from death row, saying, "No matter where you may stand on the death penalty debate, where is the value in maintaining a system that could likely execute an innocent man or woman?" He concluded, "As long as questions of equity, fairness and fallibility persist, we must stop executions and give death row inmates every chance to prove their innocence."
The Nebraska legislature voted 30-19 to override the veto of Governor Pete Ricketts and abolish the death penalty. Nebraska becomes the 19th state to repeal the death penalty, and the 7th state to do so since 2007. It is the first predominantly Republican state to abolish the death penalty in over 40 years, and state legislators said Republican support was critical to the bipartisan repeal effort. Sen. Jeremy Nordquist said, "This wouldn't have happened without the fiscally responsible Republicans who aren't just beholden to conservative talking points, but are thoughtful about policy." Sen. Colby Coash cited fiscal concerns among his reasons for supporting repeal: "The taxpayers have not gotten the bang for their buck on this death penalty for almost 20 years. This program is broken." The sponsor of the repeal bill, Independent Senator Ernie Chambers, opened the repeal debate with a reference to the historic nature of the pending vote. "This will be the shining moment of the Nebraska Legislature," he said. "The world, by anybody's reckoning, is a place filled with darkness, contention, violence. We today can move to lift part of that cloud of darkness that has been hovering over this state for all these years."
Conservative commentator George Will has decribed capital punishment in America as "withering away." In his syndicated column in the Washington Post, Will outlines a conservative case against the death penalty, highlighting Nebraska's recent legislative vote to repeal capital punishment. Writing that "exonerations of condemned prisoners and botched executions are dismayingly frequent," Will lists three primary reasons why he believes conservatives should oppose capital punishment: "First, the power to inflict death cloaks government with a majesty and pretense of infallibility discordant with conservatism. Second, when capital punishment is inflicted, it cannot later be corrected because of new evidence, so a capital punishment regime must be administered with extraordinary competence. It is, however, a government program...Third, administration of death sentences is so sporadic and protracted that their power to deter is attenuated." Will recognizes that there is an urge to severely punish the worst crimes, saying, "Sentencing to death those who commit heinous crimes satisfies a sense of moral proportionality." However, he says, this satisfaction is "purchased with disproportionate social costs." America, he says, is exhibiting "a healthy squeamishness" about the death penalty "that should herald abolition."
Nebraska's unicameral legislature recently voted 30-13 in favor of repealing the State's death penalty, advancing the bill to a second round of legislative review. (In Nebraska, a bill must pass three times before it is sent to the Governor.) A majority (17 out of 30) of Republican legislators voted in favor of the bill, which was also supported by 12 Democrats and one Independent legislator. Sen. Colby Coash (R-Lincoln), said, "If any other system in our government was as ineffective and inefficient as is our death penalty, we conservatives would have gotten rid of it a long, long time ago." Sen. Tommy Garrett (R-Papillion) said he was once a "staunch proponent" of capital punishment, but, "I've come to believe that the death penalty is simply not good government." A Washington Times op-ed by conservative commentator Drew Johnson noted that Nebraska's repeal bill has support from victims' families, the Catholic Bishops of Nebraska, and Nebraska Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty. Johnson also pointed to the DNA exonerations of the "Beatrice Six," who gave coerced confessions and pleas after being threatened with the death penalty, as evidence that "government has no business exercising the power to kill its residents, whether in Nebraska or elsewhere." A recent Pew poll showed that support for the death penalty among conservative Republicans had dropped by 7 percentage points since 2011.
UPDATE: The repeal bill unanimously passed out of the Judiciary Committee on Mar. 9. Earlier: At a Nebraska legislative hearing on March 4, dozens of people testified in favor of abolishing the death penalty, including representatives from families of murder victims, from law enforcement, the judiciary, and Nebraska Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty. Among the co-sponsors of the bill to replace the death penalty with life without parole are seven Republican legislators. Jim Davidsaver, a retired Lincoln police captain, submitted testimony saying, "[M]y professional experience has shown me that our state's death penalty does not make us any safer. Its exorbitant cost actually detracts from programs that would promote the overall health, safety and welfare of our communities." Elle Hanson, who lost three loved ones to murder, said the death penalty was applied arbitrarily, "I want to share the pain and outrage I feel when I hear politicians say that we need the death penalty for the worst of the worst. This is an absurd notion. I guarantee you, each of our losses is the worst of the worst." Sen. Ernie Chambers (pictured) of Omaha, who introduced the bill, said he expects it to be debated by the full legislature this session. Only one person, a County Attorney, testified against the bill.
Jim Davidsaver, a retired police captain with over 25 years experience in the Lincoln (Nebraska) Police Department, recently advocated for repeal of the state's death penalty from a law enforcement perspective. In an op-ed in the Lincoln Journal-Star, Davidsaver said, "[M]y professional experience has shown me that our state's death penalty doesn't keep us any safer. Its exorbitant cost actually detracts from programs that would promote the overall health, safety and welfare of our communities." He highlighted the financial tradeoff between the death penalty and other crime prevention measures: "The millions of dollars we've spent on the death penalty would have been much better invested in more police officers, additional resources or training for our current officers." He concluded, "The cheaper, more intelligent alternative for our state is life without the possibility of parole. Repealing the death penalty does not mean we are 'soft' on crime. It means we are smart on crime."
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning said executions in the state are unlikely to resume for at least another year because of the scarcity of lethal injection drugs. "Death row is sort of in limbo today," he said, adding that efforts to find alternative drugs have been diverted due to other state concerns. Nebraska's last execution was in 1997, by electrocution. The state's execution protocol calls for use of sodium thiopental, which is no longer being manufactured for the U.S. Earlier, the state had obtained sodium thiopental from a distributor in India, but the drug expired this year. The Department of Corrections would have to rewrite its protocol to allow for different drugs. State Sen. Ernie Chambers said he would work to prevent such changes: "I would fight tooth and nail... against what Bruning is talking about." Bruning, who is leaving office in two months, said it will be up to the new governor and attorney general to decide "if and when" they want to address the state's death penalty.
As Nebraska's legislature began debate on a bill to repeal the death penalty, one senator explained how his views on the issue had evolved. In an op-ed in the Lincoln Journal Star, Sen. Colby Coash said that his participation with a group celebrating an execution led him to oppose the death penalty: "I made a decision during my shame that I would no longer be a part of someone's death." A second influence was his conversations with relatives of murder victims. He quoted one family member, Merriam Thimm-Kelle, who testified to the legislature about her experience, "Death penalty supporters say that carrying out the death penalty is family closure. Closure is a myth. The death penalty does absolutely nothing for families except more pain." On March 19, the Judiciary Committee approved a repeal bill without dissent. A vote in the entire unicameral legislature may take place on May 13. (UPDATE: The repeal bill was stopped by a filibuster on May 14. The vote to end the filibuster was 28-21, but 33 votes were needed.) Read the full op-ed below.
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PanARMENIAN.Net - The 2013 Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index was released, with the same three European countries that headed the index last year hold the top three positions again this year.
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Congressional Election Day on Tuesday may be President Barack Obama's only opportunity to pause before he plunges into a 10-day trip to Asia and starts work on a long post-election "to do" list.
Here are a few of the more pressing issues facing him.
A ticking time bomb: So far Democrats and Republicans have been unable to agree on how to defuse it. Obama wants to extend the tax cuts on income below $250,000 while Republicans want the cuts to be extended for everyone, including the wealthy. Widely predicted Republican gains in the congressional vote might force Obama to compromise. If both sides fail to reach agreement, the tax cuts will expire at the end of the year.
Both Obama and Republicans agrees that digging into America's huge budget deficit will be a top priority. Polls show most Americans are deeply worried about ongoing deficits after a fiscal 2010 gap of $1.3 trillion. Extending the Bush tax cuts would be popular with voters but would complicate the fight against the deficit. A bipartisan deficit panel appointed by the president is due to report on Dec. 1, but it is unclear whether its 18 members can reach consensus or if Congress would adopt its recommendations.
Obama has promised a review of his new Afghanistan war strategy in December. U.S. military officials have cautioned that it is highly unlikely to lead to a major rethink of how the United States is fighting the nine-year-old war, despite the strategy's so far mixed results. U.S. casualties and Taliban attacks have risen, but the top U.S. commander there, General David Petraeus, says he is seeing progress as negotiations with Taliban leaders appear to be gaining ground.
The U.S. Treasury delayed a decision on whether to name China a currency manipulator until after the G20 meeting in Seoul on Nov. 10. The value of China's yuan currency is a running sore in relations between the world's two biggest economies. With Chinese President Hu Jintao due to make a state visit in January, Obama will have to perform a delicate balancing act.
Obama says stubbornly high U.S. unemployment keeps him awake at night. He will still be having sleepless nights after election day as he tries to figure out new ways to stimulate the economy and bring down a 9.6 percent unemployment rate. Republicans have already expressed opposition to his most recent stimulus plan -- a six-year program to rebuild U.S. infrastructure with an initial $50 billion investment.
Obama has been without a budget director since July, with Senate approval of Jack Lew, his nominee for the job, still pending. The White House hopes to get Lew approved in the short session that Congress will convene after the election. The timing is seen as especially critical with the deficit panel expected to report back on Dec. 1.
Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak set a Nov. 10-12 deadline for resolving obstacles that have blocked approval of a free trade agreement since 2007.
The U.S. Senate has yet to approve a new nuclear arms treaty between Russia and the United States that is the cornerstone of Obama's efforts to reset strained relations with Moscow. Russia hopes the treaty, which commits the former Cold War foes to reducing deployed nuclear warheads by about 30 percent, will be passed in the short session of Congress.
The White House said this week it wants a bill on Obama's desk by the end of the year repealing the 17-year-old policy barring gays from serving openly in the U.S. military. Obama is also waiting for a Pentagon study due by December on the impact of repealing the policy. He is likely to face opposition from Republicans and some top military commanders.
Obama is expected to reshuffle his White House team, which already has several key vacancies. Apart from getting Lew confirmed by the Senate, Obama will need a replacement for one of his most senior economic aides, Larry Summers, who is stepping down as National Economic Council director.
(Reporting by Ross Colvin, additional reporting by Caren Bohan, editing by Philip Barbara)
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The West Indies had easily their best session of the first test, this afternoon in Dunedin, but are still very much in survival mode.
The tourists, following on after New Zealand scored 609-9 declared and were skittled on day three for just 213, reached 168-2 at stumps at the University Oval, still 228 short of making New Zealand bat again.
It was New Zealand's day still, but the West Indies showed some fight in the post-tea session losing just the wicket of Kirk Edwards to the bowling of Ish Sodhi for 59.
The tourists need to bat the entire day tomorrow and a chunk of Saturday if they are to save the match, though their confidence from today should be up.
Today they played with more patience and purpose and more fight than in the first innings.
The New Zealand bowling unit probed away well, but with less help from the wicket and less help from the West Indian batsmen than in the first innings.
Sodhi looks to be developing well and will be better for a long spell.
He had Marlon Samuels in trouble late in the day who survived a DRS challenge and a good appeal the next ball.
Samuels will resume tomorrow on 17 with Darren Bravo looking assured on his way to 72.
Earlier New Zealand bowled the West Indies out for 213 to record a lead of 396.
It is New Zealand's second highest first innings lead, behind the 444 they led by against Zimbabwe in January last year.
Tim Southee took 4-54 for New Zealand, Trent Boult 3-40 and Sodhi grabbed his first two test wickets at home, taking 2-63.
Chanderpaul was the visitor's top scorer with 76 while Bravo scored 40.
First innings 609
First Innings
K Edwards c Fulton b Boult 0
K Powell c Watling b Southee 7
D Bravo c McCullum b Southee 40
M Samuels c Taylor b Southee 14
S Chanderpaul lbw Boult 76
N Deonarine c Taylor b Southee 15
D Ramdin c Watling b Boult 12
D Sammy not out 27
S Shillingford b Sodhi 9
T Best run out (Redmond/Southee) 0
S Gabriel b Sodhi 0
Extras (11lb, 1wd, 1nb) 13
Total (all out, 62.1 overs) 213
Fall of wickets: 4, 24, 70, 73, 106, 174, 183, 202, 205, 213
Bowling: T Boult 18-5-40-3, T Southee 16-2-54-4, N Wagner 13-2-47-0 (1nb, 1wd), I Sodhi 15.1-2-63-2.
Second innings
K Edwards lbw Sodhi 59
K Powell c Southee b Boult 14
D Bravo not out 72
M Samuels not out 17
Extras (4b, 1lb) 5
Total (for two wickets, 49 overs) 168
Fall of wickets: 18, 135
Bowling: T Southee 10-1-36-0, T Boult 9-2-26-1, N Wagner 9-1-35-0, C Anderson 6-1-8-0, I Sodhi 13-1-51-1, A Redmond 2-1-6-0
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New York is the unhappiest city in America, according to a recent study from researchers at Harvard and the University of British Columbia. New York City was joined by Gary, Indiana, and three cities from Pennsylvania — Scranton, Erie, and Pittsburgh — in the Top 5 unhappiest cities. The five happiest? They're all in one state. NBC's Brian Williams does the honors:
The economists who analyzed the CDC data — Harvard's Edward Glaeser and Oren Ziv, and Joshua Gottlieb at the Vancouver School of Economics — weren't trying to bum out New Yorkers or create a buzz-worthy listicle, they were trying to figure out something much more interesting: Why are some cities persistently unhappy, and why do people choose to live there anyway?
Their tentative answer to the second question is that "the desires for happiness and life satisfaction do not uniquely drive human ambitions," and "humans are quite understandably willing to sacrifice both happiness and life satisfaction if the price is right." People in New York and other "unhappy" cities are compensated for their "misery," the authors write, and the residents of Louisiana — plus Charlottesville, North Carolina; Naples, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota — should be glad they stay there:
If we choose only that which maximized our happiness, then individuals would presumably move to happier places until the point where rising rents and congestion eliminated the joys of that locale. ["Unhappy Cities," via Harvard Gazette]
How does your city stack up? Here's their map, from the paper "Unhappy Cities," published by the National Bureau for Economic Research. Blue is happy; red is sad. --Peter Weber
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More important than anything? Okay, if you say so! Jeva Lange
The NFL issued a 20-page statement Tuesday announcing that it would uphold the four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady after he was found "at least generally aware" of team employees tampering with game balls during the 2015 playoffs. The NFL originally suspended the star signal-caller back in May after a league-commissioned report found "credible evidence" that he was involved in the scheme.
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Donald Trump's personal aide Michael Cohen claimed he was speaking during a moment of "shock and anger" when he told a Daily Beast reporter that "You cannot rape your spouse." Cohen made the comment while defending Trump against a Daily Beast exposé, which claimed that Trump's ex-wife Ivana had used the word "rape" to describe an incident that occurred between the couple while they were still married.
"Rarely am I surprised by the press, but the gall of this particular reporter to make such a reprehensible and false allegation against Mr. Trump truly stunned me," Cohen said in a statement. "In my moment of shock and anger, I made an inarticulate comment — which I do not believe — and which I apologize for entirely."
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Walter Palmer is a dentist at River Bluff Dental in Bloomington, Minnesota. But he's also allegedly the tourist who shot and killed Zimbabwe's most famous lion. After the news broke Tuesday morning that Palmer is allegedly responsible for the beloved lion's death, angry critics flooded Palmer's Yelp page with one-star reviews that had nothing to do with his dental work. Below, a sampling of the most witty and most brutal "reviews":
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"He lured my teeth out of my mouth, shot them, and then told me I needed fillings!"
"You know what happens to your money at this place? The a--hole dentist spends it on a big, fancy vacation to Africa where he kills wild animals for fun."
"Scar's really appreciative of the fine work that Dr. Palmer did."
"He'll have to lure patients in using a dead smiling model tied to the bumper, shoot them with an arrow, wait 40 hours, kill them with a rifle, skin them and THEN start his procedure."
"I am not lion about this: I will not go to a dentist who shoots and kills amazing animals for pleasure on my funds. That is nothing to smile about."
"'You know the difference between a dentist and a sadist, don't you? Newer magazines.' -Seinfeld"
"I really love the way that he tore off his shirt, puffed out his chest, let out a brave cry and stopped a vicious man-eating lion from killing his entire family as they were quietly playing Yahtzee in the comforts of their own home."
"Customer service was ok, but shortly after my first appointment I caught Dr. Palmer hiding in the bushes in my front yard with a crossbow, stalking my Lhasa Apso. Would not recommend." [Yelp]
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[In] a modest effort to help America shed some of its historical baggage, we built a Twitter bot that replies to some of the people who tweet the words "illegal immigrant," letting them know that in 2015, the preferred terms are "undocumented immigrant" or "unauthorized immigrant." To avoid spamming people, the bot only runs once every ten minutes, and it never replies to the same user twice. [Fusion]
Unfortunately, many of recipients of @DroptheIBot's messages aren't pleased:
@DroptheIBot UR missing the point, it is illegal immigration. They are "Illegal" immigrants Don't try that politically correct crap on me.
— Dolly Miller Brennan (@Dolly_World) July 27, 2015
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The soulless pursuit of stats by players on bad teams (or as I like to call it, the Corey Maggette special) can often be pretty brutal to watch. No one likes watching a guy play isolation basketball the whole game, hogging possessions and looking off teammates. Three Stars doesn't reward that type of behavior, but that doesn't mean we can't appreciate some great individual play — even in a losing effort.
Tonight, we have two career bests by players with a combined NBA experience of 15 years, but our First Star is just getting started. Yes, Kobe Bryant, we're very impressed with what you did to the Spurs tonight, but you've clearly made the mistake of setting your career-high bar (81 points!) much, much too high. Here are Tuesday's Three Stars of the Night:
Third Star: Jose Calderon – 13 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists
Jose…Jose, Jose, Jose! Filling in place of the injured Kyle Lowry, Jose Calderon put up his first career triple-double in 487 NBA games, and set a new career-high for rebounds with 10 all at the same time. I know what you're thinking — how the heck does Jose Calderon get 10 rebounds? Well, with Andrea Bargnani on the floor, anything is possible. Bargnani pulled down just two rebounds in 30 minutes of floor time, but give Calderon some credit for sticking his nose in there and capitalizing off an Indiana Pacers team that loves shooting long jumpers. There's a pretty good chance we'll never see this happen again, so let's give Calderon his due in a big win over the Pacers after a triple-overtime battle last night.
Second Star: Anderson Varejao – 35 points, 18 rebounds, 16-for-21 shooting
The league's premier garbage man did it bigger than ever before, hanging around the rim for a career-high in points with 35. While we know Varejao is plenty capable of those duties, his evolution as a pick-and-roll big man has been incredible to see. Varejao has always been one of the league's best screeners, but now he's timing his rolls better, creating angles for his guards and finding the open space on the floor rather than plowing into traffic. It might sound silly, but the Irving/Varejao pick-and-roll combo may finish as the league's best this year, even though they're surrounded by no other consistent contributors. Seriously, Cleveland. Six bench points tonight? It's time to get Andy, one of the hardest working players in the league, some more help.
First Star: Kyrie Irving – 34 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds, 9-19 shooting
Kyrie went all "Uncle Drew" tonight, toying with one of the league's best point guards in Deron Williams. Although Williams would win the war, Kyrie won nearly every battle, maneuvering to the hole with ease and getting to the free-throw line (14-for-14) whenever he wanted to. If you had to start a franchise today, and every player is on their current salary, wouldn't Kyrie Irving be a smart choice? Although he neglects one side of the floor completely, Irving is one of the most dynamic offensive forces in the league. There's nothing he can't do with the ball in his hands, and as a natural point guard, he'll have the ball plenty. Don't be surprised if his new career-high of 34 points is broken this year, or even this month. It's rare for this to happen, but Irving is even better than advertised.
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|Aug 29, Sep 15, 2015; Aug 27, Sep 12, 2016
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This tour is an exciting 15 day loop starting and finishing in Chengdu City, the capital of the Sichuan Province. We cover roughly 435 miles (700 km) through stunning Chinese and Tibetan scenery, culture and fantastic biking. Starting in the hustle of Chengdu City, we make our way northwest into the agricultural and rice growing regions and then climb slowly through river valleys lined with snow covered peaks to the wide open spaces of the Tibetan Plateau. There are a couple of known touristy towns (known at least to Chinese people) early on in the trip, but from then on the towns are local, rural and in some places very remote.
We visit a panda breeding sanctuary and Buddhist monasteries, meet with Tibetan nomadic yak herders, and take the challenge of crossing three high mountain passes. Stunning scenery, colourful culture, intriguing history and delicious food combine to create one of the most diverse, interesting and memorable biking destinations on the planet.
We ride between 12-75 miles (20-120 km) per day for a total distance of 435 miles (700 km) spread over 12 days of biking. We bike on mostly paved roads where at times bikes and small tractors out-number cars. The terrain varies from gentle meandering river valleys to long sustained climbs and lovely long descents. We climb over four high mountain passes, three of which are over 13,000 ft. (4000 m) however in all cases the gradient is fairly gentle. This tour is suitable for bikers with a good level of fitness and perfect for a hybrid or touring style bike.
Your group will be made up of 6-12 bikers from around the world, plus Escape Adventure leaders, local guide/interpreter and local crew. Our trusty support vehicle carries all your luggage, can help you up the hills (if you like) and always has lunch, snacks and water at hand. Accommodation is twin-share in local hotels and guesthouses most of which have en-suites however it is occasionally necessary to share bathroom facilities. Meals and snacks are all provided mostly taking advantage of the delicious fare in local restaurants. This excludes two lunches and two evening meals which are at your own expense to give you more opportunity to explore and experience local cuisine.
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Day 1: Arrive in Chengdu
Arrive individually in Chengdu, where a local tour company representative will pick you up. Alternatively you could take a taxi, available outside the airport, for approximately $USD10. We will meet in the hotel reception for a pre-departure meeting at 5pm.
NOTE- please change money today if necessary. You can use the ATM in Chengdu City to get enough local currency for the duration of your trip. Meals included: dinner.
Overnight in Chengdu.
Day 2: Chengdu (25 miles/40 km)
Get into the vibe of China with a city tour of Chengdu by bike including a visit to a Giant Panda Breeding Research Center and some other local surprises. Meals included: breakfast and dinner.
Overnight in Chengdu.
Day 3: Chengdu - Pingle (39 miles/63 km)
We begin with a vehicle transfer out of the city and ride through a grain growing area and paddy fields to Pingle. Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner .
Overnight in Pingle.
Day 4: Pingle - Lushan (47 miles/75 km)
We bike on through farmland and steamy bamboo forests over our first pass at 4101 ft (1250 m) to Lushan. Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Overnight in Lushan.
Day 5: Lushan - Yaoji Forest Reserve (12 miles/20 km)
We gain some altitude in the morning with a transfer up to a lake created by a new dam project. Biking around the lake we enter the Tibetan area and cycle on to Yaoji Forest Reserve. Meals include: breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Overnight in Yaoji Forest Reserve.
Day 6: Yaoji Forest Reserve - Rilongguan via Jiajinshan pass (44 miles/70 km)
Today we tackle our first major pass as we climb over Jiajinshan pass at 13,800 ft (4200 m). With views of the Himalayan foothills and yaks for company, it's an awesome achievement, and we will be generously rewarded with a 20 mile (36 km) sweeping downhill. Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Overnight in Rilongguan.
Day 7: Rilongguan - Danba (75 miles/120 km)
Today is a long and flowing day as we follow a river valley downstream through farmland and orchards to Danba. Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Overnight in Danba.
Day 8: Rest day - Jaiju Tibetan Village
Spend the morning walking through small hillside villages to explore some ancient defensive towers and then head into Danba town to check out the sights in the afternoon. In the late afternoon we take a short drive up to Jaiju Tibetan village and spend the night in a Tibetan stone house. Meals included: breakfast and dinner.
Overnight in Jaiju Tibetan Village.
Day 9: Jaiju - Donggu (30 miles/49 km)
We head back down to the river valley and follow the river as it gently climbs through a quiet valley to Donggu. Meals included: breakfast, lunch dinner.
Overnight in Donggu.
Day 10: Donggu - Bamei (34 miles/ 55 km)
Biking on up the river valley we cross over a 12,795 ft (3900 m) pass and drop down into the wide open Tibetan Grasslands. In the afternoon, we take a break from the saddle to visit an historically important Buddhist Monastery and temple. Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Overnight in Bamei.
Day 11: Tibetan Grasslands: Bamei - Tagong (19 miles/30 km)
We bike across the rolling grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau to Tagong. In the afternoon, we'll explore the town, local shops and nearby temples. Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Overnight in Tagong.
Day 12: Tagong - Kanding (68 miles/110 km)
Today is the most challenging day of the trip; just remember the support vehicle is there if you need it! We'll pedal through the rolling grasslands dotted with Nomad tents and grazing yaks. In the afternoon we will climb our last and highest pass at 14,101 ft (4298 m) and end the day with a downhill run to Kangding. Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Overnight in Kangding.
Day 13: Yangtze River - Shangli (16 miles/25 km)
Leaving the Tibetan area, we will transfer back down one of the river valleys that feed the Yangtze River. In the afternoon we will climb a steep hill followed by a gentle ride past rice paddies and farmland to the ancient village of Shangli. Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Overnight in Shangli.
Day 14: Sichuan Basin (28 miles/ 45 km)
Our last ride of the trip brings us back down to the rolling farmland of the Sichuan Basin. Afternoon transfer to Chengdu. Meals included: breakfast and lunch
Overnight in Chengdu.
Day 15: Departure
Airport transfers can be arranged.
Please remember that this is a guide only and due to unforeseen circumstances it may be necessary to make changes to the itinerary.
Note: This tour does not enter Tibet (Xizang) as currently defined by China. However the tour is primarily in the area occupied by people who are culturally Tibetan and who consider their land to be Tibet.
These are sample hotels and may vary based on availability.
Accommodation is twin-share in local hotels and guesthouses most of which have private bathrooms, however it is occasionally necessary to share bathroom facilities.
Xinliang Hotel, Chengdu
Bikes available for rent on this tour (reserved in advance at the time of booking):
The bikes are equipped with flat pedals. You may bring your own pedals if desired.
Tour saddles are included, but you may bring your own seat. Please ensure that your seat will fit with a universal seat post.
Please plan to bring your own helmet for safety and hygiene purposes. Helmet rental is not available on this tour.
We ride between 12-75 miles (20-120 km) per day for a total distance of 435 miles (700 km) spread over 12 days of biking. We bike on mostly paved roads where at times bikes and small tractors out-number cars.
The terrain varies from gentle meandering river valleys to long sustained climbs and lovely long descents. We climb over four high mountain passes, three of which are over 13,000 ft (4000 m) however in all cases the gradient is fairly gentle. This tour is suitable for bikers with a good level of fitness and perfect for a hybrid or touring style bike.
Tour start and end
Nearest airport: Chengdu China
Transfer to/from the airport and the tour start/end is included as part of the tour package.
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Escape Adventures is a small owner operater company, which began leading cycle tours in East Africa in 1999. It then expanded to New Zealand in 2003 and Asia in 2007. They design, create and lead all of their tours personally to retain a high standard and customer experience.
They are located in Takaka, New Zealand and now offer tours in Kenya, Tanzania, China (Tibet), Laos, Cambodia and New Zealand. They are constantly planning new tours in new destinations. Their strenghts include personal service, small groups (maximum of 12), attention to detail in designing and planning trips. All trips have at least 2 trip leaders plus local interpreter on all trips.
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Booking Terms and Conditions
Please carefully read the terms and conditions that all bookings are subject to:
CANCELLATION. Should a client wish to cancel a booking, the cancellation will take effect from the date written notification is received by the company. The applicable cancellation charges are as follows:
8 weeks or more before departure- deposit forfeited.
Less than 8 weeks before departure – 50% of tour price forfeited.
Less than 4 weeks before departure – 75% of tour price forfeited.
Less than 2 weeks before departure or after departure – 100% of tour price forfeited.
The company reserves the right to cancel a tour prior to departure. Should this occur we will offer alternative arrangements or a full refund of the money paid by the client. The company will not be liable to compensate you for incidental expenses incurred as a result of your booking.
THE COMPANY ESCAPE ADVENTURES (hereafter called "the company" or "we") accepts bookings for all tours as listed in its current brochure subject to the following conditions.
YOUR SIGNATURE. The person signing and returning the booking form accepts these conditions on behalf of himself or herself and all other named persons on the booking form and represents that he or she is authorised to accept these conditions on behalf of such others. All named persons on the booking form, or if only one person is named, such person/s are hereinafter called "the client".
THE CONTRACT. No contract shall exist between the company and the client until the deposit and completed booking form has been received by the company, and the company have confirmed the booking to the client or the clients travel agent.
CANCELLATION. Should a client wish to cancel a booking, the cancellation will take effect from the date written notification is received by the company. The applicable cancellation charges are as follows:
8 weeks or more before departure- deposit forfeited.
Less than 8 weeks before departure – 50% of tour price forfeited.
Less than 4 weeks before departure – 75% of tour price forfeited.
Less than 2 weeks before departure or after departure – 100% of tour price forfeited.
The company reserves the right to cancel a tour prior to departure. Should this occur we will offer alternative arrangements or a full refund of the money paid by the client. The company will not be liable to compensate you for incidental expenses incurred as a result of your booking.
CONVEYANCE OF THE CLIENT. The conveyance of the client, his or her luggage and personal property during the tour by any carrier, other than the company, is subject to the terms and conditions of such carrier, and if by the company, these conditions.If the fulfillment of the tour is rendered impossible, illegal, or in the company's opinion inadvisable, due to circumstances beyond the company's reasonable control the company may at any time cancel the remainder of the tour or section of it or modify any tour itinerary or route as it sees fit. The client shall be bound by any cancellations or alterations made under the provisions of this clause and shall not be entitled to recover any sum paid by him or her unless the whole be cancelled prior to commencement. The final decision on the itinerary and the conduct of the tour will be taken by the tour leader and will be in the interests of the tour group as a whole. The client will accept the decisions of the tour leader as appointed by or on behalf of the company.
INSURANCE. Before a client commences a tour he/she must obtain travel insurance with a reputable insurer to cover personal injury, medical expenses, repatriation expenses (compulsory), loss of luggage and the expenses associated with cancellations or curtailment of a tour (recommended). The client is responsible for any loss or damage to personal possessions or any consequential loss resulting there from. If a client becomes ill, all hospital expenses, doctors fees and repatriation costs are the clients responsibility and the company shall not be liable for any refund of the tour fare.
PRICES. Prices quoted were correct at the time of printing. However as external factors may affect the exchange rates, transportation, taxes, operational and administrative costs, we reserve the right to increase the price up to the date of departure. If after departure additional expenses are incurred through delay, accident or disruption of any advertised schedules beyond the control of the company, such expense must be borne by the client.
CHANGES TO YOUR ARRANGEMENTS. All tours and associated arrangements are subject to alteration without notice if necessary because of factors beyond the company's control including, but not limited to exchange rate changes, political disputes, border closures, climatic variations, airline departure, time
changes. Although where possible details of any such changes will be sent to the clients last known address as soon as the company is aware of such alterations. The company reserves the right to alter any itinerary if it is in the interests of the client to do so.
SUITABILITY. If the company considers the client as unsuitable for a tour it may in its absolute discretion cancel such clients booking or decline to carry the client further.
TRAVEL DOCUMENTS. It is the responsibility of the client to be in possession of a valid passport, visas, permits and certificates as may be required for this tour. The company does not accept responsibility for changes in regulations for visas or any particular requirements for visas. Note your passport must be valid for at least six months after you return to your home country.
VACCINATIONS. The client must take all necessary inoculations as are required or generally recommended in relation to the countries to be visited.
RISKS. Whilst the company will take all reasonable precautions to provide for the clients safety and comfort, the client accepts that these tours and optional activities carry inherent risks and any client wanting to participate in such activities must be able to assume this risk. The client must be in good health. Neither the company nor its servants or its agents shall be liable for the personal injury, damage or loss including consequential loss to any client howsoever caused including personal injury caused or contributed by the company's servants, agents or independent contractor whether under England, New Zealand or Foreign law.
COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL LAWS. The client will comply strictly with all laws, customs and exchange restrictions of any country visited. If you break those laws or are detained by the local authorities for alleged breach of these laws, the tour may proceed without you. The company shall not be responsible or liable for any client who contravenes any law or regulation of any country visited.
COMPLAINTS. If the client has any complaint about the tour booked he/she should first bring this to the attention of the tour leader. If at the end of the tour the client feels that his/her complaint has not been properly dealt with the client must notify the company in writing within 30 days of the completion of the tour.
BROCHURE. Information given in all brochures, leaflets and advertising is given in good faith by the company at the time of print, but unless specifically stated, shall not form any part of the contract.
SOCIAL MEDIA and IMAGES. By signing these booking conditions I agree that Escape Adventures LTD may use any photographic images or video footage taken during the tour for Escape Adventures social media and marketing. If you are not happy with any images or video used please advise and we will remove them.
GPS and ROUTE RECORDING. By signing these conditions you agree not to publicly publish any GPS data or recorded route information from any Escape Adventures tour in any publicly visible media or any online media or websites.
LAW. The contract of which these conditions form a part is to be governed and construed according to the laws of England or New Zealand. No persons or organisations has any authority to change or alter any of the above conditions, information or itineraries on our behalf.