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Rail travel from Milton Keynes Central to Heathrow.
Milton Keynes Central has cctv payphone phone atm cashpoint cash machine shopHeathrow, Heathrow Airport, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW6 1JHX.
Airports by rail, with Holiday Extras, who I work for. I am not making a commission on this (damn).
To take advantage of the best prices you will need to prove you are not a business traveller, on the way to the airport, so you will need to give either your flight numbers or your holiday booking reference. I don't think you will need to provide this when you arrive at milton-keynes-central station but you may be asked to provide them on your travels from the station to the airport.
Going to heathrow airport on the train is great, you can take a nap, read a book (even at night), play a game, or just gaze out of the window... The other restriction to buying these cheap train tickets from the station to the airport is that there must be at least two adults travelling together. But another great benefit is that children go free. All children under five go free, and then one child over five but under 16 per adult travelling by train to heathrow airport.
be sure to leave plenty of time to get to heathrow airport early enough to eat, shop etc, so check the times of trains from the station before you go. If you end up with spare time at the airport you can always read or play travel scrabble again! As you have bought yr ticket in advance, you don't need to worry about the opening hours of milton-keynes-central station.
the station opening hours: Monday-Friday 04:45-22:00, Saturday 06:00-22:00, Sunday 06:45-21:30, .
Or maybe you meant
- Milton Keynes Central to Birmingham airport
- Milton Keynes Central to Glasgow International airport
- Milton Keynes Central to Gatwick airport
- Milton Keynes Central to Luton airport
- Milton Keynes Central to Manchester airport
- Milton Keynes Central to Newcastle airport
- Milton Keynes Central to Stansted airport


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Jason Derulo is out with the music video to his new single 'Want To Want Me', off the American singer's fourth studio album 'Everything Is 4', out now on Beluga Heights / Atlantic. The Colin Tilley directed video features model Tianna Gregory as Derulo's love interest. Watch it via YouTube below.
Jessica Sutta Featured On Dave Aude's 'Gonna Get U' Video
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Ariana Grande 'One Last Time' Video Behind The Scenes
Ariana Grande is out with behind the scenes footage from her 'One Last Time' music video, featuring Ariana's 'Victorious' co-star Matt Bennett as a love interest. The clip features commentary from Ariana, Bennett and the video's director, Max Landis. 'One Last Time' is featured on Ariana's second studio album 'My Everything' (Republic). Watch the footage via YouTube below.
Lady Gaga Offers 'Bad Romance' Video Commentary
Lady Gaga offered a #VevoCertified commentary on her 'Bad Romance' music video, as it was one of her videos that has received more than 100 million views. Lady Gaga wrote the treatment with Francis Lawrence, explaining, "It was all kind of about the type of story I wanted to tell, and me bringing these visual references to Francis, and he really brings it all to light and he's like off doing 'The Hunger Games' now, so what does he need with me? (Laughs)"
After describing the individual scenes in the video, Gaga concluded, "We had so much fun making that video. It was so easy. Francis is so easy to work with. He's such a pro. He knows exactly what he's doing, the lighting, and Thomas, who was the DP on this, he also was the DP on 'G.U.Y.', so I got to work with him again." She added, "When we were preparing to shoot the 'Bad Romance' video, we wanted the story to kind of shine on this very simple white background. A bath house where we told a story about a woman that was imprisoned and stronger than all of the limitations around her."
Watch the commentary via YouTube below.
Taylor Swift 'Style' Video
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Ariana Grande 'One Last Time' Video
Ariana Grande is out with the music video to her new single 'One Last Time', off the American pop singer and actress' second studio album 'My Everything', out now on Republic Records. Watch the Max Landis directed video, featuring Ariana's 'Victorious' co-star Matt Bennett, via YouTube below.
Lights 'Running With the Boys' Video
Lights has debuted a nostalgic new video for 'Running With the Boys', a track taken from the Canadian multi-instrumentalist's latest album 'Little Machines', which is nominated for 'Pop Album of the Year' at this year's Juno Awards. Lights is currently on a sold-out European tour, and will return to the states for a headlining tour starting February 14th in Minneapolis, supported by X-Ambassadors. Tickets are on-sale at iamlights.com. Watch the video via YouTube below.
Kina Grannis Talks Music, Sings 'Oh Father'
Before kicking off her tour behind her latest album 'Elements', singer songwriter Kina Grannis visited the AllMusic studios to perform a solo acoustic version of her song 'Oh Father'. In addition, Grannis also offered some insight about how she finds meaning in songs and why ambitions are meant to be pursued. Kina's tour kicked off tonight in North Carolina.
"For me, growing up, music was so important for me," Kina explained. "It was such a big part of my life. You always wonder what exactly it meant to the artist, but more importantly it's what it meant to you and the story you built around it and fit it to your life. For my music, that's what is really important to me. I want everyone to find meaning for themselves. For the video, it's the same thing. I think that's the cool thing about art. It means something to one person, but it could mean something else to everyone else and still be helpful and meaningful for them."
Watch the performance and interview AllMusic.
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Marina And The Diamonds 'Immortal' Video
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For Current International Studies Majors
The International Studies program is becoming the Global Studies program. Lookng for the approved course list?
4th Years (Class of 2016): You will continue as International Studies majors and graduate from that program. The Global Studies changes will not affect you in any way.
3rd Years (Class of 2017): You have the option to continue in the International Studies program, or you can move into the new Global Studies major (note the different program requirements below and on the requirements page). You should meet with the Program Administrator, Joshua Oxley, to consider this choice and officially make a decision.
2nd Years (Class of 2018): The International Studies program will transition into the Global Studies program after Spring 2017. Therefore, students in the Class of 2018 onwards will only be able to major in Global Studies.
Notable Changes between International and Global Studies include:
|International Studies
|Global Studies
|Three tracks: International Political Economy, Transnational Processes, Area Studies
|Four tracks: Bodies and Natures, Knowledge and Practice, Cultures at Work, Politics and Governance
|Course breakdown of 4 courses in major thematic track, 2 in minor, 3 in Area Studies
|Course breakdown of 6 courses in major thematic track (including GLST 29700 research course), 3 in minor
|A study abroad program is required, waived for most international students
|A research opportunity is required, either domestic or abroad, in conjunction with a research paper
The program will continue to publish a quarterly approved-course list for International Studies majors, along with past lists.
Further questions should be directed to Program Administrator Joshua Oxley.


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bot OESX for a flip. GLUU looked scary so i took my nickel and went elsewhere.
happy fourth all.
i don't have a vine ripe tomato this year (yet).
Alabama sweet corn, giant stuffed Jalapenos and chili dogs.
of course i'll be slurpin' on my new fav Best Dam Root Beer. found this thrown in with the imports at my Publix. long SPHS GLUU SKLN GNVC . expecting one to move tomorrow.
decided to not even look this morning. went and played disc golf instead.
got home expecting the worst. account down $50. non-event to me so far.
went long GLUU @2.26.
holding SKLN SPHS GNVC GLUU and all my red shares of RCPI.
GL and all the best your crew.
in it to win it.....dam the torpedoes !
completely over my head.
this week SPHS SKLN bottom play GEN
i guess i am long by default GNVC.
last week was great, hoping for a repeat.
traded JAGX +$300. bot GSAT on the dip.
good to know you are well. no smoking and now able to run 6 miles without a stop?
i'll bet you left Vegas holding some of theirs.
great week so far. GEVO 4 times. SPEX, EVRI. holding GNVC and about to kill it on RCPI (maybe).the less i know about companies the better i fare. it seems the more i learn about a compelling story the less objective i become.
looking to maybe enter SYN today and other bottom fishing.
GL and cook something really good this week. baked chicken breasts and spinach stuffed baked potato's tonight :-)
trying to buy a small position AH and they won't let me in. :-(
sold GEVO @ .60. re-entered @ .475. looks to be a good month. also sold XCO, its going to move but maybe not soon enough for me.
it can be a bit hard to follow :-).
i wonder when the new baggies will show up (if ever).
bot GEVO early today also XCO also looking for a bounce on RCPI (i know i shouldn't). GL
stay calm Y'all.


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I was completly happy with my job for the first year or so until we were assigned a new store manager. This new store manager did not like the fact that I was also a full time student so he decided to transfer me to another store along with a few other employees that he either did not like or just rather did not agree witht the way he did things. He also hired in some of his friends to take their places. In short this is a bad management practice that should have been stoped in its tracks by the district manager, but never was.
When I got transfered I was an assistant manager in training and hoping to some day move up in the ranks. After I got to my new store I was no longer in mangement. Advance makes you pay for uniforms, which is not that big of a deal but since I no longer had my old shirts I had to re-buy the orginal ones.
I am now at my new store and am still a full time employee. Until lateley. The district manager said that our store had to cut some hours for payroll. Last week I was the only one cut and my hours went from 40 to 22. This week there were two people cut one went from 32 to 17 and i went all the way down to 0 hours. My boss then asked me if I would like to take some vacation time to offset this. Because I am a student I have no choice and have to pay the bills.
There have been many other people that I have worked with that share the same opinions as me. In short, a word of advice to anyone that reads this. Never work for this company and make the mistake that I did. If you have no other choice and do work there, you must negotiate your pay at the begining because you will only get a small cent raise each year. However they are now a fortune 500 company and have 2500 stores. Lot's of money for them but not for their employees "The ones that got them where they are today"
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For our two weeks in Australia, we decided to purchase something called an "AirPass" through Qantas and we thought this worked out to be an extremely convenient and cost-effective way for us to travel. Basically, an AirPass is just an overseas ticket that also includes a number of Australian domestic stopovers. With the pass, we were able to hop around from one gateway to another very easily. (With a high volume of travel in Australia, Qantas has many flight options to offer - the only difficulty we ran into was that we weren't able to get a direct flight from Hamilton Island to Brisbane but, otherwise, the plan offerred all kinds of options to meet our needs) If, like us, you want to see as much as possible in a limited amount of time, you might look into this! (Being from the US, we're not really sure if this option is available from other countries as well but it still might be worth looking into.)
We picked out our AirPass right on the Qantas USA website (www.qantasusa.com) using their easy online planning tool and we found this to be simple and extremely convenient. When you click "Book Now" for an AirPass on this site, you are invited to "connect the dots" on a map that starts at US gateways and allows you to hop around various Australian cities so that you can develop a touring route that works for you - we thought the planning tool was fun and a good way to explore different touring possibilities!
As for Qantas as an airline, we thought the seat pitch on the long-haul flights was not great, but the entertainment systems were fabulous...as well as the relaxed and fun attitude of the flight attendants. The food was pretty decent. On the whole, we would definitely recommend them!
The first stop on our Australian journey, we thought Sydney to be a marvelous city with a lot to offer! We spent some time strolling the streets of "The Rocks" area where we found a great Saturday morning market and ate at a pancake place called "Pancakes at the Rocks". Because of time limitations (and my fear of heights), we chose not to do the lengthy Harbour Bridge Adventure Climb, but did take a leisurely stroll on the pedestrian path up to the Harbour Bridge Pylon Lookout (www.pylonlookout.com.au ) where we had a fabulous view of the Sydney Harbour and Opera House. They also have neat little museum in there about the construction of the bridge. After walking around The Circular Quay area (where the ferries depart downtown...a hub area with outdoor cafes and street perfomers) we decided to take the tour of the inside of the Sydney Opera House ( www.sydneyoperahouse.com ). This was a great behind-the-scenes look at the architecture, history, and current functionality of this landmark building. While in town, we also hopped a ferry over to the "Taronga Zoo", which was a really worthwhile experience. After disembarking the ferry, we took a cable car to the top of the hill and followed th path down the hill through the exhibits. They have a lot of great animals here we'd never seen before (such as the platypus and wombats and koalas) and, to us, one of the coolest things bout the zoo wathat several exhibits overlooked the beautiful Sydney Harbour. Another highlight of our visit was a trip to Manly Beach (we took a ferry over there also - which seemed to be part of the experience - at the end of the day we saw surfers and beachgoers getting off the ferry past the businessmen who were waiting to get on). We also visited the Darling Harbour Area (numerous upscale outdoor cafes on the water...kind of smacks of a tourist enclave, but still enjoyable). We went to Chinatown one night for dinner and ate at the "Golden Century" Chinese seafood restaurant. This was an entertaining experience, as the wall in the dining room is lined with aquariums and waiters constantly fish items out of the tanks to weigh them before rushing them back to the kitchen. Despite its large size, Sydney seemed to be very clean and the people were relaxed and friendly - on the whole a great experience for us!
We stayed at the Menzies in Sydney and were pretty happy there...we were especially pleased with the hotel's location. You literally exit the Wynyard Train station, cross the street, and walk into the lobby of the Hotel. Its also easy walking to the Rocks, Circular Quay, and Darling Harbour. See our full review under "Katy_and_Mike".
We took a daytrip to the Blue Mountains during our time in Sydney and would definitely recommend this. We chose not to go with a private tour operator from Sydney and, instead, just took the public CityRail train to Katoomba from the Sydney Cental Railway Station. Our train heading out there was an air-conditioned double-decker train and quite a comfortable ride for the 2-hour journey. Bring a book - there's not much scenery from the tracks, although some views opened up once we cleared the sprawling Sydney suburbs. After disembarking at the Katoomba Railway station, we hopped the "Blue Mountains Explorer Bus" a red, double-decker hop-on-hop-off bus that took us to Scenic World (for the Scenic Railway and Skyrails) and to numerous other hiking paths and scenic lookouts as well as the town of Leura. We did both Skyrails and the Scenic Railway (aka the Steepest Incline Railway in the World...formerly used by Coal Miners - a little more exciting than it looks.) At the bottom of the railway, there is an extensive series of boardwalks where you can explore the forest floor under the canopy before taking another skyrail up to the top of the mountain. There is also an observation area where you can view the "Three Sisters", a rock formation named for an aboriginal legend. Included with the bus pass was also a "Hill Tops and Scenic Lookouts Tour" that was a good way to get some perspective on the blue eucalyptus haze that hangs in the valleys. Other highlights of our tour were a stop at Echo Point and a visit to the town of Leura, where we were able to hop back on the CityRail Train to Sydney. On the whole, a great daytrip!
We took a wine-tasting day trip to the Hunter Valley through a private company called "Activity Tours" ( www.activitytours.com.au ) . We knew ahead of time that "the Hunter" is a much smaller wine-producing area than some others in the country, such as the Barossa Valley near Adelaide, but we still found this to be a fun trip and a great addition to our varied Australian experience. Our tour driver, Adam, picked us up at our hotel and made the day lots of fun - hooking us up with some great wine experts along the way. There was only one other couple on our tour, making it a very comfortable and relaxed day. We visited about four or five different wineries altogether, had some great cellar-door tastings and a full tour of one boutique vineyard, a nice lunch, and even got to taste some cheese and chocolate. The scenery was really nice and they day was very relaxed, especially after a few of the tastings. We'll remember this great day for years to come every time we uncork a bottle of Australian Shiraz!
From Sydney, we took an early (3.5 hour) flight directly from Sydney to Ayers Rock in the "Red Center" of the country. The experience of landing at the airport there was really something because, from the airplane windows, it looks like you might as well be landing on Mars. The earth there is a bright rusty-red in color and, in my opinion, is quite beautiful.
Because we had less than two full days (and only one night) at Ayers Rock, we decided to bypass the upscale resort accomodation and skip the "Sounds of Silence" Dinner and, instead, chose to do an "Overnight Camping Safari" with a private company called "Adventure Tours". ( www.adventuretours.com.au ) We thought this turned out to be an extremely efficient way to experience the highlights of the area. Our medium-sized tour bus picked us up at the resort at 1:45pm and drove us around the rock before taking us to the Anangu Aboriginal Cultural Center. Next, we were taken to view and hike at Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) which is another amazing rock formation. While driving around, we saw some wild dingoes and a wild camel running around. Mike was really excited about the dingoes.
Our group returned to the Rock for a Sunset viewing, and our guide surprised us with champagne and appetizers...a nice accompaniment for this great view. The Sunset at the Rock was absolutely stunning - it turned several brilliant shades of red (literally as bright as the glowing coals in a bbq pit). To me, this sunset alone was worth the trip out there.
After dark, we returned to the permanent camp site (our "tents" were almost like cabins - with wood floors and a front door and a nice oscillating fan) where we enjoyed a steak dinner with our group in the screened dining area (I was shocked by how nice it was, they even served us wine with dinner - not too bad for "roughing it"!). The next morning, they woke us up very early to head to the "Sunrise viewing area" where we watched the sun light up the rock along with busloads of other tourists. After this, we were offered the option to climb the rock (which the Anangu aboriginal people ask you not to do) or to take the base tour. We chose the base tour and were rewarded with some spectacular views up at the rock and opportunities to view water holes and cave paintings at the base. Our tour guide also provided a guided tour of some of the aboriginal sites. Our tour was over at noon and we were dropped back at the resort in time to have lunch before heading to the airport for our afternoon flight to Cairns.
The weather was quite warm there (as we were there in late December - summertime) but was tolerable to us (though, admittedly, we are from Texas so we're used to heat). The main drawback to the hot weather is that we noticed the Rock climb and the Valley of the Winds hike will be closed in extreme temperatures. On the morning we were there, the Rock climb was open until 8am and climbers were permittted to finish climbing after that time, but not to start the climb. Also, before our trip, we were very much concerned that the flies would be a problem during our visit. This turned out to be needless worrying, though. Apparently, it was not a bad season for flies - we had an occasional fly buzzing around, but they were definitely not persistant or pervasive.
On the whole, we were definitely glad we did the stopover in Ayers Rock and these are some of our favorite memories from the trip! There really is something powerful and awe-inspiring about The Rock!
After a (2.5 hour) flight from Ayers Rock to Cairns, we were met by a representative of Sun Palm Transport ( www.sunpalmtransport.com ) for our bus transfer to Port Douglas. The trip took one hour and, in the dark with rain falling on the winding coastal road, was a little bit of a white-knuckler. Fortunately, our professional driver, who probably knows that road like the back of his hand, got us safely there. We loved the small-town atmosphere of "Port". The main drag, "Macrossan Street" has many wonderful restaurants and an enjoyable vacation-town vibe. We had dinner at the Thai restaurant one night and this was great! We also enjoyed drinks at Sunset at the "On the Inlet" restaurant overlooking the harbour. We were only here a few days and mainly using Port as a jumping-off point for trips to the rainforest and reef but we could have spent much more time here - we liked Port Douglas a lot.
While in Port Douglas we stayed at the Outrigger Heritage. We were generally pleased with the room and the location was fabulous - right in the center of town. The hotel also has a great resort-style pool courtyard - see our full review of the hotel for more details.
Snorkelling in the Great Barrier Reef has been a dream of mine since I was a young girl, so this was one of the much-anticipated highlights of the trip! After reading positive reviews on this site, we chose to go with Wavelength's small group snorkel-only trip. Weather forecasts earlier in the week appeared to look too windy (30 knots or more) but, fortunately, the forecasts calmed the day before the trip (to 20-25 knots) and the trip was a go! (We recommend that you wait to book until the weather forecasts are available and book the calmest day during your stay...calmer days apparently make for an easier trip and a better experience).
Because of the last-minute change in weather, our boat (designed to hold a max of 30 passengers) had only 10 passengers on board the day of our trip. We also had a marine biologist named Vanessa. With winds at 20-25 knots, the 90-minute journey out to the outer-reef was a lot choppier than I expected. (There were whitecaps breaking and the boat got tossed around a little - of course, I don't really have much experience with ocean-boating - My husband, Mike had a ball sitting up on the top deck while I held on down below.) We took the Kwells (seasickness prevention tabs) and didn't feel sick, but one passenger on board got terribly seasick.
Wavelength took us to three different spots on the reef for snorkeling and WOW! We got off the boat with no land in sight (a little scary at first) and, under the surface, there was just amazing, beautifully preserved coral and wonderful marine life everywhere! We had a great time snorkeling that day and, despite the rough seas on the way out there, the reef areas where we snorkelled were protected from the waves and and quite calm. The water temperature was also very comfortable for us. Despite the supposed low risk of stingers out on the reef, they required us to wear full-length stinger suits, which were kind of funny but just added to the uniqueness of the experience. Our marine biologist did a great job explaining the marine life and this really helped us appreciate the things we were looking at. Between three snorkel stops and a great lunch, the day went by pretty fast, but will definitely be remembered for a lifetime!
From Port Douglas, we booked a daytrip to the Daintree and Cape Tribulation with Tony's Tropical Tours ( www.tropicaltours.com.au ) and were extremely happy with our tour, Tony's Tour "A". Our driver, Hans, a botanist with great knowledge of local plantlife, picked us up at our hotel and we joined two other couples in a Landcruiser for the trip up into the rainforest. We stopped many times along the way (such as to see Mossman Gorge and the Scenic Alexandra Lookout). Our morning tea on the beach was great and we also enjoyed a Wildlife cruise on the Daintree River, where we spotted a couple of saltwater crocodiles as well as a snake and a bright green tree frog. After swimming in a cool rainforest stream, our lunch was delicious and was followed by the highlight of the trip, an informative guided lecture/walk through the rainforest. This really gave us some perspective on the rainforest. Cape Tribulation beach, our northernmost destination, was beautiful and a lovely spot to snap a few pictures - but too hot and stinger-ridden for lazing on the beach or swimming. Finally, we headed back over the cable-ferry-crossing and to the Daintree Ice Cream Company where we enjoyed ice creams made from passionfruit and something called a "wattlenut". On the whole it was a great daytrip and yet another great experience in our series of adventures.
After Port Douglas, we took the Sun Palm bus back down to Cairns. Cairns is a big city with lots of restaurants and lots of tourists. We arrived in the evening and headed over to the "Night Markets" on the Esplanade, where we found a food court and lots of touristy souvenir shops. There were also a number of restaurants open out on the Esplanade.
The next day, we planned to do the Kuranda train & Skyrail & Tjapukai combination tour but, due to an unexpected illness in the middle of the night, ended up scaling back our plans to a more relaxed day hanging out in Cairns. We walked around the town and enjoyed the public swimming lagoon on the Esplanade. We had dinner at a Greek place called "Fetta's" around the corner and definitely do not recommend this - the servers were terribly rude and the food was not good.
On the whole, Cairns was an OK stop...but I would have preferred to spend more time in Port Douglas and use Cairns only for its airport.
We stayed at the Outrigger Cairns Resort and loved this hotel. The convenient location was right on the Esplanade directly across from the swimming lagoon. Our room, an "ocean view" was spacious and had a nice sofa and balcony. The staff was extremely helpful with a 24-hour front desk and 24-hour tour assistance. To read more, see our review under "katy_and_mike".
From Cairns, we took an early morning (90 minute) flight to Hamilton Island in the Whitsunday Islands. This turned out to be one of the highlights of our trip - and we would HIGHLY recommend this area to anyone travelling to Australia. If you like blue water with beautiful scenery, great secluded beaches, and amazing snorkelling right off the beach - the Whitsundays would be a great addition to your itinerary!
From Hamilton Island, we boarded a sailing boat and set sail for a 3-day / 2-night journey of island-hopping, beach-combing, sunning, bushwalking (hiking), swimming, and snorkelling. The boat had a total of 12 passengers and 2 crew members on board and was a lot of fun. The boat travelled around and between the islands, mooring in different coves and off of beaches. The fringe-reef snorkelling here was great! The coral is not quite as well preserved as out on the great barrier reef, but still an amazing diversity of marine life and it was really cool to be able to see so much just off the shore of the little islands.
There are lots of crewed sailing boats and yacht charters operating in the area as well as "bareboat excursions" for those willing to be your own skipper. Our boat (a crewed sailing boat - called the "Schooner Friendship") was booked through "Classic Sailing Whitsundays" ( www.classicsail.com.au ) and we would defintely recommend them if you are young (or young at heart) and up for some fun and adventure - the only drawback was that the berths were pretty small, but our double berth was adequate and I slept very well both nights on the boat. Our crew prepared delicious meals for us on our trip - honestly, it was probably some of the best eating we did on our entire trip. (Bruschetta, fresh salads, fresh grilled fish, delicious pesto ) Another place you might look for boats is sailingwhitsundays.com - they have a number of all kinds of different boats listed at all levels of accommodation.
We were told ahead of time that no trip to the Whitsundays is complete without a trip to Whitehaven Beach and that this beach is believed to be one of the top ones in Australia...so this was a much-anticipated part of our sailing trip...and it definitely did not disappoint! The pure, white sand on Whitehaven is magnificent and the water flowing over it turns a beautiful shade of blue. Definitely make sure your boat stops here and, when it does, climb up to the look-out point to gaze out over paradise. Be sure to look down to spot the sting-rays and sand sharks down under the point!
After 3 days and 2 nights on a sailing boat, we had about 24-hours on Hamilton Island before catching a plane to Brisbane. We stayed at the Reef View Hotel for one night and loved it. Our room was huge, as was the bathroom and it turned out to be a very welcome luxury after three days of sailing. The staff at the resort were very friendly and accommodating and were available to assist us from the moment we arrived on the island until our departure. To read more, see our full review under "Katy_and_Mike".
Brisbane was the most pleasant surprise during our trip and exceeded our expectations by far! On arrival, we strolled through the Queen Street Mall area, a pedestrian shopping street where there are lots of shops and some beer-garden-style pubs and cafes. From here, we ventured through the business district up to the Eagle Street Pier, where we found some nice indoor/outdoor restaurants overlooking the water.
The river in Brisbane gives it a nice charm as do the City Cat ferries jumping from point-to-point along the river. They are a fun and practical way to get around. During our stay, we crossed the river and headed over to the South Bank, where we found more outdoor shops and restaurants, as well as a great swimming lagoon and an artistic pedestrian walk covered in flowering bouganvilia. Venturing a little bit further, we came to St. Stephens street and the boardwalk area with more restaurants overlooking the water. I wondered if much of this area was designed with the World's Fair in mind (?) It really was a wonderful place to stroll around outdoors.
One nice thing about the location of Brisbane is that it is only 2 hours north to the "Sunshine Coast" and 1 hour south to the "Gold Coast". With only one extra day to spare, we opted for a trip to the Gold Coast and took a train (and a bus) from the Roma Street Transit Station out to "Surfers Paradise". My expectations of Surfer's Paradise were low because our guidebook warned us that the week of our visit (between Christmas and New Year's) was bound to be crazy, but I had to admit that this was a neat beach experience. There are tons of skyscraper condominiums here literally right on the sandy beach. The beach was wide with good sand and lots of surfers trying to catch one of the rough waves. The ambience was relaxed and perfect for having fun and people-watching. The beach is so large that, despite the crowds of people who showed up to celebrate the holidays, we were still able to find a nice patch of sand all our own. We walked around Surfer's and enjoyed taking it all in. There are a number of theme parks there that might appeal to families, but these didn't make it onto the agenda of our short visit.
We stayed here for three nights and thought this was a good budget-style hotel in a great location. Very close to the Queen Street mall and the Roma Street Transit Station. See our full review under "Katy_and_Mike".
Our last day in Brisbane (and, sadly, our last day in Australia), we took the MV Mirimar Boat Cruise ( www.mirimar.com ) down the Brisbane River to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. We thought the Mirimar cruise turned out to be a great way to see the Brisbane river and the lovely homes that line its banks and, although the commentary was a bit cheesy at times, it included some interesting points on the history of the city. Be forewarned that the Mirimar no longer leaves from the North Quay area next to the Victoria Street Bridge, but from the South Bank on the opposite side of the Bridge. (Our guidebook had some outdated information and we nearly missed the boat.)
The Lone Pine sanctuary has been open since 1927 and is home to over 130 koalas, so we would highly recommend it for anyone who wants to get up-close with these fascinating furry creatures. For a donation of AU $10 (which they say goes to the conservation activities of the sanctuary), one of the handlers will hand you a koala of your very own and allow you to "cuddle" with it. This proved to be a pretty intense experience for me, as I realized that I was in fact being permitted to hold a wild animal with very long claws. Still, this was an unbeatable photo opportunity and a once-in-a-lifetime experience I couldn't pass up. In addition to the koalas, Lone Pine has some great other wildlife. We particularly enjoyed the kangaroos, including a momma kangaroo with a joey riding around in her pouch. For 50 cents, you can purchase some kangaroo food and hand-feed these creatures...contributing to their life of leisure and luxury there at the sanctuary.
After some time at the sanctuary, the cruise heads back to its dock in Brisbane. There is no commentary on the way back, allowing for the perfect opportunity to kick back and listen to Australian folk music while sipping a beer.
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Kepler's Planetary Laws
1. Introduction
This account of Kepler's mathematical astronomy may well challenge some cherished and long-held beliefs, since most of what has been written about Kepler has either been based on secondary or tertiary sources, or has concentrated on his astronomical background and techniques. But Kepler was a highly-talented geometer, and until now has there been no investigation of his work (derived from the original Latin) which has highlighted the mathematical aspect of his brilliance. While analysis of his success has led to some unexpected conclusions, the present overview has been endorsed in detail by articles published in learned historical journals. These are listed on the web site mentioned at the end; they also contain references to traditional accounts which are becoming superseded.
The greatest achievement of Kepler (1571-1630) was his discovery of the laws of planetary motion. There were such three laws, but here we shall deal only with the first two - those that govern the motion of an individual planet. These are found in Astronomia Nova (New Astronomy, 1609), underpinned by important work in Epitome (of Copernican Astronomy) Book V (1621). The laws are:
- Law I (the Ellipse Law) - the curve or path of a planet is an ellipse whose radius vector is measured from the Sun which is fixed at one focus.
- Law II (the Area Law) - the time taken by a planet to reach a particular position is represented by the area swept out by the radius vector drawn from the fixed Sun.
Kepler's principal aim was to find a solution that would satisfy observations - and in that respect he possessed the outlook of a modern scientist. Moreover, Renaissance scientists considered it their duty to reveal the way in which Nature worked by explaining the observed outcome by the simplest means available. Strongly influenced both by Plato and by his underlying belief in God, Kepler believed more intensely than his contemporaries in the power of mathematics to expose the order in the universe that lay behind apparent complication, and he applied this criterion of simplicity with great effect in his astronomy.
There is much additional information, both on the circumstances of Kepler's life, and the context in which he worked, in the MacTutor biography. This will provide useful background to the present detailed account of his astronomical work.
2. Observational background
Kepler originally investigated the orbit of Mars because that was the task allocated to him by Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), when Kepler joined him in Prague around 1600. In their day - and indeed until comparatively recently - the aim of astronomers was to achieve accurate observations of angles, simply because no other feature could be measured directly. Tycho had amassed a vast store of observations extending over 30 years; these are probably the most accurate that would ever be made with the naked eye, since Galileo (1564-1642) had introduced the telescope into astronomy soon afterwards (in 1610). Tycho developed, refined and cross-checked his instruments and sometimes attained an accuracy of 2' (which is approximately the breadth of a hair held at arm's length).
It so happens that Mars is the only planet whose noncircularity can be detected without a telescope, and its observability was favoured by four factors:
- it is an outer planet (and therefore it is seldom viewed close to the Sun);
- the noncircularity of its path is the greatest of the outer planets;
- it is the nearest to the Earth of the outer planets (so changes in position appear larger);
- it is the nearest to the Sun of the outer planets (and therefore it makes more frequent circuits, producing more observations).
3. Copernican conviction
Since Greek times, the accepted description of the planetary system had been a geometrical one, known as the Ptolemaic theory (a geocentric configuration), which supposed that the Earth was fixed at the centre of the universe, with the Moon, the Sun, and the five known (naked-eye) planets revolving round it. Geocentricity was obviously in accordance with the evidence of the senses - as well as being the only arrangement acceptable to the Church - by contrast with the heliocentric configuration, which was proposed by Copernicus (1473-1543). Kepler was introduced to Copernicanism as a student at the University of Tübingen by his teacher, Michael Maestlin (1550-1631). Though his contemporaries were in general slow to recognize any advantages in this new idea, Kepler adopted the Copernican theory enthusiastically, because of its greater simplicity - which allowed him to abandon the set of (five) large and cumbersome epicycles that occurred in the Ptolemaic theory (they accounted for what we now recognize as the actual motion of the Earth). In fact, Kepler gave Copernican theory a new, mathematical precision by specifying two fundamental tenets that were consistent with his conviction that the Sun was metaphorically the place of God:
- The Sun is the fixed hub of the universe. This was bounded by the fixed stars and consisted of the six known (primary) planets, now including the Earth, with the Moon downgraded as its satellite (a term coined by Kepler himself);
- The Sun is responsible for all celestial motion.
4. Reduction of observations leading to idealization
In the earlier chapters of Astronomia Nova Kepler embarked on a programme of 'reducing the observations' (this term means removing, as far as possible, all effects due to the observer's position in time and space). He found the heavy calculations, and the necessary checking, 'mechanical and tedious', as he remarked later: he did not have the benefit of logarithms, which were not invented until 1614, by Napier (1550-1617). Kepler carried out the reduction to heliocentricity, and further simplifying procedures, in a series of steps:
- In order to transpose the observations from a geocentric to a heliocentric basis, he applied triangulation to ensure that each Mars-distance was measured as if from the fixed Sun. Bearing in mind that the observations contained no distance-measurements (as explained in Section 2), this involved expressing all the Mars-Sun distances in terms of the Earth-Sun distance, regarded as a standard unit or 'baseline' (since the path of the Earth is very nearly circular, this approximation happened to be accurate enough for Kepler's purpose);
- He verified that the path of each planet lay in a plane that passed through the Sun;
- He checked that the observations were compatible with the fact that the curve described by the planet possessed a single axis of symmetry - identified as the line of apsides;
- Finally, he tabulated the average values of the secular changes, from knowledge accumulated over many centuries,which accounted for many of the small remaining irregularities. Thus Kepler knew the angular amount he should allow as compensation for them.
5. Essential orthogonality of Euclid's geometry
In Kepler's day modern algebraic notation and techniques were just being developed, but for his approach to astronomy Kepler depended exclusively on the traditional geometry of Euclid in which he had been trained at the University of Tübingen, as part of the standard preparation for the ministry. (This was originally Kepler's intended profession, and all his life he remained a devout, though somewhat unorthodox, Lutheran). Euclid's Elements rigorously laid down (in the first three Postulates) that the only means of construction permitted were the straightedge (an unmarked ruler) and compasses. Thus, the distinguishing feature of the geometry of Elements was that it relied on straight lines and circles alone. These were then combined in one of Euclid's earliest propositions concerning circles, which stated in effect that where the diameter of a circle meets its circumference a right angle will occur. It is well-known that a pair of (mathematically-defined) directed quantities are mutually independent if and only if they are at right angles: using Euclid's term 'orthogonal' for mutually perpendicular (it was defined in Elements Book I), this will be named the Principle of Orthogonal Independence; it will, with hindsight, justify our separate treatment of the path and the time-measure. (Moreover, the same principle is invoked in relation to planetary motion when Kepler based his investigation on what Aristotle had specified as the only two simple motions, circular and rectilinear, discussed in Section 9.) This principle has far-reaching ramifications, as we will demonstrate in connection with the complementary pairings that recur in Kepler's mature work in Epitome Book V (1621) - where the term 'complementary' is used in the everyday sense that the pair complete one another, and also with the mathematical connotation of being at right angles. Application of the principle gives rise to an enormous leap in simplicity, since it is intuitively obvious that it will be easier to treat each one of a pair of components separately than to work with the resultant produced by taking them in combination. For Kepler, simplicity was the hallmark of his treatment, and contributed overwhelmingly to his success.
Kepler always showed the greatest respect for his Greek predecessors, and read their works thoroughly, selecting material that he could incorporate into his new astronomical synthesis. Apart from frequent application of the trigonometrical propositions of Ptolemy (fl. 129-141 AD), Kepler made use of precisely three propositions from the work of Archimedes; one of these was vital in supplying the geometrical backing for Section 6 (the other two - one cited in Section 7, one in Section 11 - were concerned with an innovative approach to 'infinitesimal' considerations which went well beyond traditional geometry). However, it will come as a surprise to some readers to find that Kepler did not rely on Apollonius anywhere in his astronomical work. Sometime in the years 1594-1604, Kepler studied the Conics of Apollonius, and expressed great admiration for it, citing it throughout his optical and stereometrical work - yet he never referred to any of its propositions in connection with his astronomy. This is because Conics is expressed in terms of an oblique (non-orthogonal) frame of reference (coordinate-system), which Kepler implicitly rejected as inappropriate for the study of astronomy (nor did he need any of its propositions, as we confirm in Section 6). Meanwhile we reiterate Kepler's belief that Euclid's Elements encapsulated the only geometry that could properly be applied to the heavens, which after all was the realm of God. He labelled any other treatment 'ageometrical' - which, in his mind, was akin to heretical.
6. Constructing the path
In spite of his splendid inheritance from Tycho, Kepler knew that no amount of empirical observations, however numerous, could give him the theoretical structure he required. Therefore, when he had compensated for the observational uncertainties as far as possible, Kepler switched to a geometrical investigation - see Figure (1). He began by assuming a fixed/known line of apsides CD, on which lies the fixed point A (the position of the Sun) at a known 'eccentric' distance AB (all previously determined from Tycho's observations), where B is the midpoint of CD. (From now on, as a convenience, we shall use the algebraic notation BC = BD = a, AB = ae, even though it is an anachronism.)
Kepler started from the initial framework illustrated in Figure (1), which could be described as standard Ptolemaic, except that Kepler automatically transposed it from geocentric to heliocentric mode. He adopted the traditional mechanism of deferent, epicycle, and eccentric, being aware, as the Ancients had been, that motion in the circle of radius a centred on A, when combined with motion in the epicyclet of radius ZQ = AB = ae (whose centre Z lies on the deferent), together produce a motion of Q equivalent to a simple motion of Q round the eccentric circle centre B radius a. (Mathematicians may like to regard ABQZ as a 'parallelogram of circular motions'.) We shall specify the typical point of any of the three successive orbits proposed by Kepler just as he did - determined by the angle at the centre of the eccentric circle, which we shall denote by β for distinctiveness. (This usage was authenticated by tradition, since in ancient astronomy motions consisted of combinations of rotations which were measured by the angles at the centres of their respective circles.) Then we have corresponding angles from the parallels AZ and BQ, so that:
∠QBC = ∠ZAB = β.
This angle β is called 'the eccentric anomaly' in both ancient and modern astronomy (though we shall avoid that name here). The ordinate QH is also extremely significant in Kepler's reasoning, as we shall demonstrate, concentrating on the three main stages of Kepler's progress once he had adopted the approach which would provide a rational route to his goal.
At the first stage Kepler took Q on the eccentric circle as the typical point and so he tested the eccentric itself as a proposed path. However, he found that this placed the planet too far from the Sun in almost all positions. So he finally rejected the idea that each planet moved in a single circle, and set out to find the actual curve that was the planet's path - naturally, this had to be constructed from a combination of (arcs of) circles by the geometry of Euclid, since Kepler recognized nothing else as appropriate for the heavens.
The typical points of the three successive proposed paths are all named, and the separate constructions shown, in Figure (2). It is evident that the structure needed to produce these points already, or potentially, exists in Figure (1) in terms of a chosen value QBC = β. This is significant because - as we will see in Section 7 - the time is also expressed in terms of β, so a common value of β ensures simultaneity. The three-stage procedure that Kepler adopted was to take geometrically-defined points (K', K'', K) along AZ, one at each stage in turn, then with centre A to draw the corresponding circular arc (radius AK', AK'', AK), so that each arc would end at a geometrically-defined point (Q, V, P) respectively. The stages are classified according to the chapters of Astronomia Nova in whch each construction appears:
- First stage (Chs.39-44): large-grade curve - outer bound. In this special case, AQ = AK' is constructed, but the typical point is already known to be Q, on the eccentric.
- Second stage (Chs.45-50): small-grade curve - inner bound. K'' lies on the eccentric, and AV = AK'' is constructed, to specify typical point V lying on the epicycle. (Kepler tried many variations at this stage, but this is the only ovoid to be properly defined).
- Third stage: medial-grade curve (Chs.51-60) - observationally satisfactory. K lies where the perpendicular from Q meets AZ, and AP = AK is constructed, to specify typical point P lying on the ordinate QH.
So the resulting radius vector AP that finally satisfied Kepler (in Ch.58) was quantified geometrically from the constructed rectangle AKQR, by applying nothing more than a Euclidean - straightedge-and-compasses - construction, as shown in Figure (3):
This relationship is nowadays known as Law I.
[It is expressed in modern terms for reference in the Summary Table at the end: also see the article Planetary motion tackled kinematically.]
However, such a construction had never been invented before and Kepler did not have the slightest idea what curve the above relationship represented. However, he did know that if the curve were an ellipse, the typical point P would satisfy a vital condition that he had come across in the work of Archimedes: On Conoids and Spheroids Prop.4 (where it was stated as if well known even then):
There is good reason to believe that this was the earliest plane definition of an ellipse, (because it can be derived directly from a section of a cone in three easy steps [
The identification of the curve as an ellipse also depends on a relationship that Kepler established in Ch. 59, Prop. VII, which we express here in modern terms (writing BF = b to denote the minor semiaxis), recognizing that e will now represent the (focal) eccentricity:
a2e2 = a2 - b2. (1)
This may appropriately be called the 'focus-fixing property' of an ellipse, since it determines the position of the focus when the major and minor semiaxes are known. Kepler had already invented the term 'focus' in Astronomiae Pars Optica (1604) in connection with his work on vision, though he did not realize its connection with his astronomy at that juncture - in Astronomia Nova he simply referred to the point A as punctum eccentricum, or eccentric point. Nevertheless, the position of the focus of this particular ellipse is crucial. Unless its focus coincides with the fixed Sun (the origin), the investigation would have been too complicated to manage by geometry. Actually, Kepler's approach was successful just because the ellipse is simpler than any circle in this situation - an unlikely assertion which is proved in Planetary motion tackled kinematically.
In Astronomia Nova Ch. 59, Prop. XI, Kepler set out a rigorous geometrical proof that the typical point he had constructed satisfied the ratio-property which defines an ellipse. Hence, there can be no suggestion that Kepler merely selected an ellipse and checked it against observations (as many readers may have been told). Because of its importance the proof has been reproduced more than once [
Kepler set out a rigorous geometrical proof that the typical point he had constructed satisfied the ratio-property which defines an ellipse. Hence, there can be no suggestion that Kepler merely selected an ellipse and checked it against observations (as many readers may have been told). Because of its importance the proof has been reproduced several times [
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Suspect In Sight, a top-down arcade-action title from Jujubee, is now available from the app store. Featuring a handful of stylish environments, responsive tilt controls, and exciting gameplay, Suspect In Sight is an arresting challenge.
Suspect In Sight Pros:
- Appealing top-down presentation with detailed cities and great lighting effects
- Soundtrack is catchy, thrumming of helicopter blades is hypnotic
- Controls utilize the accelerometer to great effect
- Unlockable cities, helicopters, and bonus content based on earned XP
- GameCenter provides nearly 2 dozen achievements to earn
Suspect In Sight Cons:
- Alternative control mechanic currently unavailable on several devices
- AI quirkiness can be frustrating
- No idea what the power-ups do
- Quick timer is a bit too restrictive
- Text size is way too small on iPod/iPhone
You are in control of a police helicopter, flying high above a dense metropolitan area. On the streets below, criminals in red vehicles wend their way around the various avenues. Armed only with a floodlight and backed up by your super-aggressive police brethren, you must track down the bad guys and keep them in your high beams long enough for a nearby cop car to slam into them and render them immobile. Gameplay is wave-based and timed, giving you only about a minute to execute as much justice as possible. Each wave adds one more criminal than the previous wave to track down, as well as adding back some precious seconds to your timer. Each captured criminal also adds back a bit of time, though we never had enough to get past the 6th or 7th wave. Most of the buildings won't impede your progress, but there are a handful that stretch high enough into the sky to force you to go around. A few power-up bonuses appear as yellow question marks that can be picked up by flying through them, but the game doesn't explain what they are or how to use them. The game ends when the timer expires, and you earn XP for the number of waves you played, the number of criminals you captured, and the total number of seconds you spent playing. The XP is used to level up your rank, unlocking additional locations and better aircraft to use.
Graphically, the top-down viewpoint offers an enjoyable eye-in-the-sky feel, and the maps contain a lot of different roadways and buildings packed into a relatively small space. The nighttime look is rendered well, and the lighting/shading effects are very nice. Animations are smooth, and the criminal AI is pretty good, as they'll do their best to twist and turn down side streets to lose your light. The cop AI could be a bit better, as they can only track down and capture the criminals while the light is on them. The moment it loses them, the cops are rendered inert, regardless of how close they were to completing the task. Keeping the light trained on the bad guys can be challenging, but a little practice goes a long way. The soundtrack is catchy, and the thrumming of the helicopter blades is hypnotic. Currently, accelerometer control is the default and it appears to work on all devices. There is a virtual pad alternative, but it is not currently available on several devices, including the iPod Touch 4th gen that we used. An upcoming update should fix this issue. The accelerometer controls were good enough to get the job done. Smashed cars leave a pile a sparkling debris behind, which can be tapped for extra points.
Replay value is very good, as the new maps, better helicopters, and additional unlockables (new game modes, etc.) offer a good amount of content once you earn enough XP to gain access. The possibility of besting your previous high score or reaching a new wave of criminals will also keep you coming back for more. There are almost 2 dozen GameCenter achievements to earn (which are visualized as items in your hideout). An engrossing bite-sized challenge for a mere $0.99, Suspect In Sight is a terrific 4-Dimple game.
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