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The flu virus can essentially tell time, according to researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. They say the flu knows how much time it has to multiply, infect other cells, and spread to another human being. If it leaves a cell too soon, the virus is too weak. If it leaves too late, the immune system has time to kill the virus. The team says the finding provides a new design platform for the flu vaccine and could lead to new antiviral drugs that make this viral clock dysfunctional.
With only 10 major components, the virus needs to steal most of its resources from the human cell in order to multiply. During this process, the virus often trips various "alarms" that equate to our immune system detecting and then killing the virus. Benjamin tenOever, Ph.D., Fishberg professor of microbiology at Mount Sinai, hypothesized that the virus must have a mechanism in place to keep track of how much time it has to steal these resources before the immune system springs into action. If the virus moves too fast, it will not have time to multiply. If it moves too slowly, it will be stopped by the immune response. Dr. tenOever and his team wanted to find out how the virus knows exactly how much time it needs to multiply and move on.
"We knew that the virus has about eight hours in a cell to create enough copies of itself to continue spreading before the cell's antiviral alarm would be set off," says Dr. tenOever. "On a broader level, the virus needs two days of continuous activity to infect enough cells to permit spread to another human being. We wanted to tap into the flu's internal clock and find a way to dismantle it to prevent the spread of the virus."
Dr. tenOever and his team examined the processes that control the timing of infection. This research led to the discovery that, by relying on a quirk in our cell biology, the virus slowly accumulates one particular protein that it needs to exit the cell and subsequently spread to other cells—and eventually other humans—before the immune system is activated.
Armed with this knowledge, Dr. tenOever and his team manipulated this timer by making the virus acquire this protein too fast, which caused flu to exit the cell too quickly and not have time to make more viruses. Then they manipulated the process to make the flu virus acquire this protein too slowly, giving the immune system time to launch a response before the virus could escape, thereby killing the virus and preventing infection.
The discovery could lead to new antiviral drugs that target the virus' internal clock, and provide a new design platform for the flu vaccine. Currently, patients have the option to receive a shot, which delivers dead virus through a needle, or a nasal spray, which contains live but weakened flu virus. Although the nasal spray vaccine is believed to be more effective than the shot, it is only FDA approved for individuals between the ages of 2 and 49. The Mount Sinai team says that with data from this study, scientists will be able to develop a new type of spray vaccine that is composed of a virus with a defective clock. This new option for protecting against flu may prove safer for the very old and very young who are unable to receive the current spray vaccine. The research is published in today's issue of Cell Reports.
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BJT's Book of Lists
Welcome to BJT's first-ever Book of Lists. You'll find lots of useful information here, along with a large helping of trivia and opinion. We hope you have as much fun reading it all as we had assembling it.
Please click here to post your own lists, to comment on any of the lists we've published...or simply to view feedback from other readers.
-The Editors
Lists not attributed to individuals were compiled by Jeff Burger, Chris Caswell, Bob Ecker, Curt Epstein, Maggi Finlayson, Margie Goldsmith, Debi Lander and Matt Thurber.
6 Classic Books Short Enough
to Finish on a Long Flight
1. The Stranger
Albert Camus
2. The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
3. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
4. Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell
6. Death in Venice
Thomas Mann
11 Great Travel Books
1. The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
2. Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales
of Adventure and Romance
Don George (ed.)
3. A Walk Across America
Peter Jenkins
4. Travels with Charley
in Search of America
John Steinbeck
5. Zen and the Art of
Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert Pirsig
6. On the Road
Jack Kerouac
7. Coasting: A Private Voyage
Jonathan Raban
8. Around the World in 80 Days
Jules Verne
9. The Great Railway Bazaar
Paul Theroux
10. Venice
Jan Morris
11. The Lost Continent:
Travels in
Small-Town America
Bill Bryson
5 Bestselling Noise-Cancelling Headphones on Amazon.com
1. Bose QuietComfort 15
2. Klipsch Image S4 In-Ear
Enhanced Bass
3. Sennheisser HD 202 II Professional
4. Plantronics GameCom 367
Closed Ear Gaming Headset
5. Audio-Technica ATH0M50 Professional
Studio Monitor
14 of Esther Dyson's
Favorite Hotel Pools
1. Bristol Hotel, Paris
Teak decks and a stunning view of rooftops, plus elegant wall paintings.
2. Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles
An egg-shaped pool in the midst of greenery, swans and the like. You can jump right out of your ritzy cottage into the water.
3. Spa Hotel, Tallinn, Estonia
Fifty meters long, with accompanying slides, water chutes and fountains. It used to be a Soviet training facility; the hotel is merely an appendage.
4. Four Seasons, Washington, D.C.
The pool has only two lanes, but if you're a hotel guest, you can reserve one. Opens at 5:30 a.m., way before most Washingtonians get up.
5. Grand Hyatt, Shanghai
Swimming in the clouds, around 76 stories high. Amazing city views.
6. Infosys Corporate Campus, Bangalore, India
Try to do business with Infosys and ask whether you can stay at its campus: it has a beautiful pool set among rocks and rich vegetation, along with the occasional bird or frog.
7. The Stanford Park Hotel, Menlo Park, California
The pool is small, but you can swim anytime and the staff keeps the water pleasantly warm even when the air hits freezing. Plus, I love the sound of trains whistling as they pass outside.
8. The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida
No muss, no fuss...just a lovely pool near the ocean.
9. Park Hyatt Ararat, Moscow
The pool is long, though a bit narrow; opens at 5 a.m.; and features a skylight that changes color/lighting through the day. The place has a wonderful fragrance that's reprised in the toiletries in the spa.
10. Aspen Meadows, Aspen, Colorado
This outdoor pool is heated year-round and, in winter, the con-crete deck is heated too, so you can run to and from the locker room in bare feet without slipping on ice. Awesome views of sunrise and the Rocky Mountains.
11. Cambridge [Mass.] Hyatt
This pool opens around 5 a.m. and is a delight to swim in during sunrise. The sun is usually doing something interesting and it plays against a set of floor-to-ceiling windows and columns for a magnificent effect. Good for swimming, too: long and straight.
12. London County Hall Marriott
This used to be a public pool, connected to the actual London County Hall on the bank of the Thames next to the Eye, so it's large and long. But it sometimes gets stiflingly hot in summer. Opens 5:30 am.
13. Hotel Intercontinental, Chicago
A stunning, old-fashioned pool that used to be an athletic club; the pool area looks more like a temple than a gym, with inlaid stone and balconies.
14. Four Seasons, Budapest
The pool is rather narrow (two lanes) but it is raised from the floor like a bathtub and under a skylight on the hotel's top floor. It's beautiful and luxurious as long as you are the only one swimming.
Wherever she finds herself in the world, technology investor and commentator Dyson tries to begin each day with a swim. An interview with her appeared in our October/November 2011 issue.
10 of the World's
Most Unusual Restaurants
1. Harvey Washbangers, College Station, Texas
Eat, drink...and wash your clothes in the restaurant's laundromat.
2. Bian Bian Man Wu Fan Tang, Beijing
Sit on a toilet seat, eat from a toilet-shaped bowl and see rows of urinals hanging from the wall. Maybe not the place for a romantic date.
3. Titanic Theatre Restaurant, Melbourne, Australia
Recreates the experience of dining on the doomed ocean liner right up until the end, when "survival is guaranteed."
4. The Third Floor, Bangkok, Thailand
Meals are based on your blood type.
5. Conflict Kitchen, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Takeout restaurant serves cuisine only from countries with which the U.S. is in conflict.
6. Ka-Tron Flying Chicken, Bangkok, Thailand
BBQ chickens are set on fire, catapulted through the air and caught by a waiter riding a unicycle.
7. Dark Waiter, Copenhagen, Denmark
Dine in complete darkness, with service by blind or visually impaired waiters. You'll be in the dark about the food too, as menus aren't revealed beforehand.
8. Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant, Sister Bay, Wis.
Goats graze on the sod roof.
9. Bawabet Dimashq (Damascus Gate), Damascus, Syria
The world's largest restaurant is twice the size of New York's Madison Square Garden, seats 6,014 and employs more than 1,500.
10. Solo Per Due, Vacone, Italy
The self-proclaimed "world's smallest restaurant" has just one table for two.
8 Albums Lang Lang
Listens to While Traveling
1. Horowitz in Moscow, Vladimir Horowitz
It was the first masterwork I listened to, when I was a kid.
2. Thriller, Michael Jackson
I listened to it in the 1990s, when I was a teenager.
3. The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994, José Carreras,
Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti
My favorite opera CD.
4. Liszt: My Piano Hero, Lang Lang
My most recent CD, which is dedicated to my music idol.
5. Abbey Road, The Beatles
My favorite rock and roll CD. It relates to my childhood.
6. The Imagine Project, Herbie Hancock
My favorite jazz CD.
7. Rubinstein Plays Chopin, Arthur Rubinstein
I learned a lot of Chopin from this masterwork.
8. Dragon Songs, Lang Lang
My first Chinese album.
An interview with pianist Lang was the cover story in our December 2010/January 2011 issue.
10 Business Aircraft That Flopped
1. McDonnell Douglas Model 119/220
This cool-looking four-engine jet (circa 1959) was quite a performer for its time, with a fast cruise speed, 44,000-foot ceiling and nearly 2,400-mile range, but no market at the price.
2. Cessna CH-1 Skyhook
The first helicopter to land on Pike's Peak and the first-ever helicopter IFR certified. It could have been a major player in today's rotorcraft market, but Cessna inexplicably gave up after building 50.
3. Foxjet 600
Never more than a marketing effort, the tiny, appealing Foxjet keeps reappearing but will never fly because development costs could never be recouped.
4. Adam A700
What could go wrong with this all-composite twin-engine VLJ? Excessive manufacturing and certification costs and limited range.
5. Lear Fan 2100
A twin-engine turboprop with a long driveshaft spinning a single pusher propeller, the Lear Fan finally flew on "Dec. 32, 1980," (actually Jan. 1, 1981, but the company needed to meet contractual obligations). Sadly, Lear ran out of money.
6. Gulfstream Peregrine
This early-80s single-engine jet garnered 27 orders, but was cancelled due to certification issues.
7. Soloy Pathfinder
A highly modified Cessna Caravan with two turbine engines driving a single propeller, this jet was super-safe but overwhelmingly costly to certify and the market just wasn't big enough.
8. Cessna Columbus
A large-cabin effort launched as the recession took hold, now in mothballs and likely never to be resurrected.
9. PiperJet Altaire
Two hundred orders weren't enough to convince Piper's owners to invest up to $200 million to bring this single-engine jet into production.
10. Beech Starship
This twin turboprop looks space age, but never performed well enough to be a contender. Roughly 50 were built, but most languished unsold in Wichita hangars until the company destroyed most and gave the rest to museums. A handful still fly.
6 Incredible Private Island Getaways
1. Necker Island, British Virgin Islands
Sir Richard Branson's private paradise, where up to 26 guests stay in uber-luxe Balinese villas, savor five-star cuisine and enjoy activities ranging from swimming in the infinity pool to zooming on a personal submarine.
2. Petit St. Vincent
A 115-acre island surrounded by two miles of perfect beaches features 22 charming cottages and villas. Full spa services and two superb restaurants.
3. Cayo Espanto, Belize
This island, on the world's second-largest coral barrier reef, has just six villas, including one over the water. Award-winning cuisine, fishing, diving and beachcombing.
4. Little Palm Island, Florida Keys
Unique because you can drive there (via the Overseas Highway through the Keys), this island offers 30 suites. Restaurant features terrific Cuban/French cuisine and one of Florida's largest wine lists.
5. Jumby Bay Resort, Antigua
Two miles offshore, this resort on a 300-acre island has 40 suites and 11 villas with private plunge pools. Fine dining in two restaurants finishes a day of snorkeling, biking, tennis, croquet or just loafing.
6. Musha Cay, Bahamas
Magician David Copperfield's island offers more than 40 pristine beaches, gourmet cuisine and five guest houses from which to snorkel, sail and fish.
4 Memorable Aviation Salespeople
1. William P. Lear (1902-1978)
The developer of the Learjet, the first popular business jet, also invented eight-track audiotape, a state-of-the-art technology at the time.
2. James B. Taylor III (1921-2003)
Taylor spurred the launch of three iconic business jet lines: Dassault's Falcon series, Cessna's Citation line (he picked the Citation moniker) and the Bombardier Challenger (which began as the LearStar 600).
3. Borge Boeskov (1935-2004)
Credited with launching the Boeing Business Jet version of the venerable 737, Boeskov was lauded as "the best salesman that Boeing ever had" by Aviation Partners founder Joe Clark.
4. Sam Williams (1921-2009)
Though he was an engineer, Williams recognized the value of marketing and jump-started many an engine sale with mockups and prototypes of space-age Williams-powered light jets.
5 Resorts with Private Airstrips
1. Sunriver Resort, Sunriver, Ore.
The 5,455-foot runway can handle a Falcon 2000. The resort features 63 holes of golf on four courses, including one by Robert Trent Jones; and the Sage Springs spa.
2. Grand Geneva Resort & Spa, Lake Geneva, Wis.
Besides a 4,100-foot paved runway, the resort offers two golf courses, a wellness spa, horseback riding and skiing.
3. Fox Harb'r Golf Resort & Spa, Wallace, Nova Scotia
A 4,885-foot airstrip has Jet-Port services. The resort features a championship Graham Cooke course, a nine-hole short course and such other pursuits as sport shooting and fly fishing.
4. Horseshoe Bay Resort, Lake LBJ, Texas
A 7,000-acre resort with a 6,000-foot runway. Guests can choose from a Marriott, Paseo Villas or lakefront condos at The Waters, plus three Robert Trent Jones golf courses.
5. Jekyll Island Club Hotel, Jekyll Island, Ga.
A 3,700-foot paved airstrip is on the grounds of this romantic hotel, which offers three 18-hole golf courses plus a nine-hole. Other activities range from croquet to cooking school.
10 First-Rate Business Aircraft,
according to Matt Thurber
1. Mitsubishi MU-2
Speedy and efficient, but make sure your pilot is
well trained, and often.
2. Sabreliner
The pioneering bizjet and still going strong after decades
of reliable service.
3. Learjet 25
Sure, the GE CJ610 engines are noisy and use lots of fuel, but dang does a Lear 25 climb like a homesick angel!
4. Gulfstream II
Progenitor of the big-cabin Gulfstreams, the latest being the bigger and ultra-long-range G650.
5. Dassault Falcon jets
Does beauty in the form of sleekly shaped aluminum matter? Dassault would say, "absolument!"
6. Pilatus PC-12
The ideal business hauler, a twin-turboprop cabin with single-engine efficiency and bladder-busting range
7. Cessna Citation X
Why not go fast? Isn't that why you bought a jet?
8. Hawker 4000
The ideal combination of passenger comfort and pilot pleasure.
9. Embraer Phenom 100
Quiet, strong, quick – what a light jet should be.
10. Eclipse 500
Under new owners, finally becoming the personal jet that launched the very light jet revolution.
Thurber, a senior editor at Aviation International News, is a certified commercial pilot, flight instructor and aircraft mechanic.
5 Cosmetics Bobbi Brown Always Packs
1. Extra-moisturizing balm
It keeps skin hydrated when you're traveling on airplanes and contains SPF 25 to protect against the sun.
2. Pot rouge for lips and cheeks
Great double-duty product that can be used as blush to give your face an instant lift, and can also be used on the lips to polish off your look.
3. Mahogany eye shadow
It can be used as an eyeliner to add definition to the eyes, making them stand out, and it is also great to use to fill in your brows.
4. Concealer
It's the secret of the universe, instantly making you look more awake. I don't leave the house without it.
5. Mascara
Nothing opens up the eyes and makes them pop like mascara. You can wear just mascara with some lip color and look pulled together.
Brown, the founder and chief creative officer of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, was the cover subject in our August/September 2011 issue.
3 February Flights for the Record Books
1. Highest altitude in a business jet–51,131 feet
Record set Feb. 21, 1979 by astronaut Neil Armstrong in a Learjet 28.
2. Fastest around-the-world flight in a Gulfstream IV–36 hours, 8 minutes, 34 seconds
Record set February 1988 by Gulfstream Aerospace founder Allen Paulson.
3. Longest unrefueled flight by a jet–76 hours, 45 minutes
Record set February 2006 by Steve Fossett in single-engine, jet-powered Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer.
10 Best Places in the U.S.
to Live the Sporting Life
according to Thomas R. Pero
1. Anchorage, Alaska
2. Aspen, Colo.
3. Bozeman, Mont.
4. Hilton Head, S.C.
5. Jackson Hole, Wyo.
6. Key West, Fla.
7. Kona, Hi.
8. Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
9. Steamboat Springs, Colo.
10. Sun Valley, Idaho
Pero, who writes BJT's Outdoor Adventures column, owns Seattle-based Wild River Press. He spent 16 years as editor of Trout magazine and founded Wild Steelhead & Salmon and Fish & Fly magazines.
10 Best Places to Fish and Hunt
according to Thomas R. Pero
1. South Africa
Best big-game hunting.
2. New Mexico
Best elk hunting.
3. Virgin Islands
Best marlin fishing.
4. South Dakota
Best pheasant hunting.
5. New Zealand
Best trout fishing.
6. Guatemala
Best sailfishing.
7. Alaska
Best salmon fishing.
8. Hawaii
Best saltwater fishing.
9. Saskatchewan, Canada
Best waterfowl hunting.
10. Argentina
Best wingshooting.
Pero, who writes BJT's Outdoor Adventures column, owns Seattle-based Wild River Press. He spent 16 years as editor of Trout magazine and founded Wild Steelhead & Salmon and Fish & Fly magazines.
9 Tips for Taking Great Travel Photos, from Bill Bernstein
1. Travel with a laptop
So you can download your images for safekeeping.
2. Hire a guide
Not only can a guide translate for you, but he may know of interesting spots that tourists typically miss.
3. Always keep your camera with you
You never know when the perfect photo will appear.
4. Set your shutter speed to 1/500th of a second or faster
When photographing fast-moving birds or animals, this lets you freeze the motion and produce sharp images.
5. Pay attention to time of day
Because the sun can either make a photo great or get in the way. I use a free iPhone app called SkyView that shows me exactly where the sun will be at any time of the day.
6. Learn how to ask permission in their language
If you'll want to shoot portraits of strangers.
7. Bring a wide-angle lens
For landscapes, I like to use a 24-70 mm one. Try to put an interesting element in the foreground of the shot so the viewer has a point of interest and focus.
8. Opt for a slightly telephoto lens
For portraits, I use a 70-200 mm one. Also, set your aperture to f/4, or close to the widest aperture on your lens. This will reduce the depth of field, causing the background to go out of focus and giving the photo a beautiful portraiture look.
9. Be aware of things that catch your eye
And that are unique to the place you're visiting. These are the images that make great travel photographs.
Bernstein, whose website is billbernstein.com, contributes regularly to BJT and has been a photographer for Sir Paul McCartney since 1989.
5 Favorite Cities of Nanci Griffith
1. Nashville, Tenn.
I live there and I love it. There's so much talent and potential among the musicians, and we have great food, too.
2. Belfast, Northern Ireland
It's the site of the annual Belfast Nashville Songwriter's Festival, and I feel so at home among the people there.
3. Glasgow, Scotland
A beautiful, historical, sprawling city. I always find something new to love.
4. Ann Arbor, Mich.
It has lovely weather most of the year, and the Huron River is especially nice to visit.
5. Bethlehem, Pa.
I was there not long ago to play a show, and something about the history of that old town struck me. I wrote a song about it called "Bethlehem Steel"; it's on my new album.
Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Griffith released her 20th album, Intersection, in April.
9 of the World's Most Unusual Hotels
1. Ice Hotel, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden
This hotel is entirely rebuilt each December from blocks of river ice that were harvested and stored the previous spring. The 17 guest suites are individually themed and decorated. Guests sleep snugly on ice beds under reindeer skins.
2. Hotel Costa Verde, Quepos, Costa Rica.
A retired Boeing 727 was hauled into the jungle and mounted on a base, giving occupants of its two wood-paneled suites a tree-canopy view of the ocean and surrounding rain forest. A shaded porch sits atop one of the airplane's wings.
3. Jules Underwater Lodge, Key Largo, Fla.
Guests enter this former scientific research station by scuba diving three fathoms down to an airlock. A $1,400-per-couple one-night package includes a surf-and-turf dinner, but that's not your only option as a local pizzeria has figured out a way to deliver.
4. Harbor Crane Hotel, Harlingen, Holland
Stay in a luxury suite installed in the heart of a 70-ton cargo lifter, which you can rotate for a panoramic view of the city and harbor.
5. Sala Silvermine, Västmanland, Sweden
Spend the night in a mine more than 500 feet underground, connected to the surface by intercom. The $600 charge includes a mine tour and breakfast.
6. Cappadocia Cave Resort & Spa, Uchisar, Turkey
This five-star resort, carved into a mountainside, offers stone-walled rooms, gourmet meals, Turkish baths and stunning views of the Cappadocia valleys.
7. Svinøy Lighthouse, Svinøy, Norway
The island of Svinøy is inhabited only when the hotel has customers. Guests arrive by helicopter and stay in buildings that have withstood countless savage storms. Prices include the services of your own private chef.
8. Martello Tower, Aldeburgh, England
Bed down in a former Napoleonic Era coastal fortress. Martello Tower was built to keep that dictator away from England's shores and can now be rented for about $500 a night. Cannon-loading lessons aren't included.
9. The Queen Mary, Long Beach, Calif.
The famous ocean liner maintains much of her grandeur despite being tethered to a pier for 45 years. Her luxurious accommodations have been updated with amenities such as large-screen TVs. You won't see ocean in all directions but you won't get seasick, either.
14 Best Travel Snacks,
according to Jennifer Leach English
1. Kind Bars
An "energy" bar that actually tastes good, with flavors such as macadamia & apricot and cranberry & almond.
I've been drinking this single-serve powdered drink mix in place of afternoon coffee for years. (Lo-cal orange is my favorite.) It gives you the alertness of a few espressos but without the jitters, dehydration or stained teeth.
3. Fage 2% Greek Yogurt with Honey
Dairy is tough to transport and keep fresh but this yogurt is worth the hassle. It tastes better than ice cream but has only 2.5 grams of fat and 12 grams of protein.
4. Thin Addictives
Excellent thin biscotti in 100-calorie packs.
5. Justin's Nut Butter
Individual servings of all-natural peanut or almond butter that you can eat straight from the package.
6. Bumble Bee Sensations Seasoned Tuna
Medley with Crackers
I first discovered this in an airline snack box and although I was reticent at first, I realized you just can't beat 18 grams of protein in one shot. Warning: the smell when you first crack the can is a little intense.
7. Clemetines
Clemetines smell good, are easy to transport and peel and are great for kids.
8. Sea's Gift Seaweed Snacks
Paper-thin dried chips that come in single servings. The health benefits of sea vegetables are well documented and I've found seaweed to be an incredible source of energy.
9. Smarties
Better than M&Ms and you can't beat the packaging.
10. Sugarless Gum
I like Trident White.
11. Tootsie Pops
Great for little kids (because they take a while to eat) and a good lo-calorie sweet fix for adults.
12. Lifesavers or Jolly Ranchers
Get them individually wrapped. Sugar-free versions are available.
13. Grether's Pastilles
Available in small travel tins, these black currant pastilles are a delicious remedy for a dry mouth.
14. Three Musketeers Mint
Why hasn't this candy bar gotten more press? Dark chocolate over mint nougat is delicious, satisfying and less than 200 calories for the full-size. Also available in bite-sized.
English, the editorial director of BJT, always seems to be
packing for another trip.
5 Best Luggage Products,
according to Jennifer Leach English
I tend to value form over function but have been forced to reexamine my priorities now that I'm the mother of a toddler. This luggage strikes a balance for me when I travel alone for business (often overseas and for long stretches) or with my 3-year-old.
1. Swiss Army Mobilizer 30
This suitcase is a miracle. It can fit clothes for two weeks, books and toiletries and still have room left over. Plus, it's user-friendly in the airport and the wheels are flawless.
2. Longchamp Le Pliage
These bags are stylish, light and fold up into little envelopes.
3. Rioni Signature Large Luxury Tote
This bag clearly has been modeled after the Louis Vuitton Neverfull (which I have always thought is a great name) but is much more affordable and has several extra pockets and a much subtler design.
4. The Boston
Countless versions are available of this top-handle style handbag, including the Speedy from Louis Vuitton, the Forever Boston by Fendi and several from Gucci. Rioni and Kate Spade offer less-expensive versions. Look for a light fabric such as canvas and a padlock and key for security.
5. L.L. Bean Boat and Tote
For car trips, nothing beats this classic canvas tote for carting around files, toys, clothes, food, maybe even your child. Available in many sizes and fun colors.
English, the editorial director of BJT, always seems to be
packing for another trip.
4 Rules of Good Employee Relations,
according to David Neeleman
1. Treat everyone fairly.
2. Happy employees equal happy customers.
3. Maintain a work/life balance.
4. Practice "servant leadership."
(The CEO should be willing to do any work his employees do.)
7 Favorite Cities,
according to
David Neeleman
1. Rio
2. São Paulo
3. Salt Lake City
4. New York City
5. San Diego
6. Rome
7. Venice
JetBlue founder Neeleman, the cover subject in BJT's April/May 2011 issue, co-owns JetSuite and is CEO of Azul Brazilian Airlines.
6 of the Longest-Range Business Jets
1. Gulfstream G650
7,000 nm
2. Gulfstream G550
6,490 nm
3. Gulfstream GV
6,250 nm
4. Boeing BBJ
6141 nm
5. Airbus Corporate Jetliner
6,100 nm
6. Bombardier Global Express XRS
6,055 nm
Source: Conklin & de Decker
5 of the Fastest Business Jets
1. Cessna Citation X
525 kt
2. Gulfstream G650
516 kt
3. Bombardier Global 5000
511 kt
4. Bombardier Global Express XRS
511 kt
5. Bombardier Global Express
505 kt
Speeds are maximum cruise. Source: Conklin & de Decker
3 of the Biggest-Cabin Business Jets
1. Boeing BBJ3
7,290 cu ft
2. Airbus A320 Prestige
6,825 cu ft
3. Boeing BBJ2
6,695 cu ft
Source: Conklin & de Decker
4 of the Least-Expensive Business Jets
1. Diamond D-Jet
$1.89 million
2. Eclipse 500
$2.15 million
3. PiperJet
$2.38 million
4. Embraer Phenom 100
$3.91 million
Source: Conklin & de Decker
5 Airport Codes for the
Texting Generation
Derby Field, Derby, Nev.
Bradford, Bradford, Pa.
Western Nebraska Regional, Scottsbluff, Neb.
Zemio, Central African Republic
Omega, Namibia
6 Great Destinations for Extreme-Weather Fans
1. Stormiest: Tofino, B.C., Canada
Tofino gets 100 inches of rain per year, waves exploding in 40-foot-high sea foam and frequent high winds. Stay at the Wickinnish Inn, where storm watching is a main event.
2. Coldest: Antarctica
The temperature here has dropped as low as -128.6 degrees F, but you can take Quark Expeditions' well-heated ship, The Sea Spirit, where the only thing "open" is the bar.
3. Hottest: Death Valley, Calif.
Summer temperature here has hit 134 degrees F, almost hot enough to melt sand. Experience Death Valley at the Inn at Furnace Creek but not in summer.
4. Driest: Atacama Desert, northern Chile
The Atacama is the driest place on Earth, where rain has never been recorded. Rake it in at the Hotel de Larache or Tierra Atacama.
5. Wettest: Snowdonia, Wales
With 200+ inches of precipitation per year, you may want to pack a whole suitcase with umbrellas, raincoats and boots. Dry off at the Portmeirion Hotel or Castell Deudraeth.
6. Windiest: Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
Even on sunny summer days, the wind here can exceed 70 miles her hour. Feel its power, then relax at the Singular Patagonia or the Explora in Patagonia.
11 of the World's
Most Pet-Friendly Hotels
1. Rome Cavalieri, Rome
Doggy meals–featuring tuna, game, rice, meat and soup–arrive on golden trays in Gucci dog bowls at this Waldorf Astoria property. Dog-walking and pet-sitting services are available, and you can order a cashmere doggy jumper with your pet's name in rhinestones.
2. Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne, Switzerland
Coco Chanel's pooch is buried in the cemetery of this hotel, which welcomes pets with pillowed baskets and water and food bowls. The chefs will prepare fresh fish.
3. Langdon Hall Country House Hotel
and Spa, Toronto
A note from the two resident Bernese Mountain Dogs welcomes your pet, who will enjoy a house-baked treat for good behavior and a private terrace.
4. Esperanza, An Auberge Resort, Cabo
San Lucas, Mexico
At this oceanfront resort, your dog or cat sleeps on a custom pet bed with Rivolta Carmignani Italian linens. There's a pet room-service menu, and the hotel offers doggy toys, pet-walking services and dog massages.
5. Le Meurice, Paris
Your dog or cat receives a complimentary basket, custom-designed bowl with his or her name, a name tag, food menus and walking services.
6. Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans
Your four-legged family member can be puttin' on the Ritz with treats from the executive pastry chef, a Ritz-Carlton pet bed and bowl, pet sitters, dog walkers and dog masseurs on call.
7. Beverly Hills Hotel, Hollywood
Dogs are greeted by name and escorted to their rooms to enjoy custom-made beds, homemade food, water bowls, homemade doggie cookies (with their name in frosting) and a 24-hour dog-walking service–all part of the Canine Connoisseur Program.
8. Calistoga Ranch, Napa Valley, Calif.
A doggy newsletter, Happy Tails, lists pet-friendly wineries, restaurants and hiking trails. Dogs receive a wine bottle filled with organic pet treats, a dog bed with velvet Rivolta Carmignani sheets, a doggy room-service menu and pet tags with the ranch's name and phone number.
9. Little Nell Hotel, Aspen, Colo.
Pets can order dinner alongside their owners, prepared by the award-winning chef. There are Puppy Jet Lag Kits with custom doggy biscuits and an item from the pet menu. Pets receive ID tags with the hotel's address and phone.
10. Loews Coronado Bay Resort, San Diego, Calif.
Dog guests don doggy-board shorts or surfer bandanas and take surfing lessons (we kid you not) with Coronado Surfing Academy at Coronado's Dog Beach. Starting at $389, the one-night package includes deluxe accommodations and a surf 'n' turf doggy supper of beef tenderloin and salmon.
11. Ritz-Carlton (Central Park), New York
A Pampered Pooch Package includes a bone-shaped pillow, aromatherapy coat spritz treat-ments, home-baked treats and, in case of bad weather, the loan of a Burberry waterproof coat.
5 Biggest Investing Mistakes of
High-Net-Worth Individuals,
according to Lewis Altfest
1. Purchasing municipal bonds as a generic item instead of viewing selective purchases as possessing the potential for extra return.
2. Not looking at Roth IRA conversions properly.
3. Not incorporating the interplay of income tax, estate tax and the time value of money in estate-planning strategies.
4. Selling stocks after they have declined sharply instead of buying them at that time.
5. Not employing a fee-only wealth manager for investment decision-making.
Altfest, the CEO of Altfest Personal Wealth Management, has been named one of the country's best financial advisers by both Money magazine and Barron's.
3 of the Best Helicopters,
according to Mark Huber
1. Bell 206
The JetRanger is the most ubiquitous turbine single-engine helicopter in the world and has been the foundation for several follow-on and derivative military and civil aircraft. The 206 is legendary for pleasant flying characteristics and overall durability.
2. Sikorsky S-76
The fuselage dates back to the early 1970s, but the helicopter is still as sleek looking and fast as just about any other medium twin on the market. It remains the preferred ride for Fortune 100 executives.
3. AgustaWestland AW139
Large cabins, cavernous baggage holds and 460-nautical-mile range (seats full) have made these fast medium twins the darling of the offshore oil industry as well as a variety of VIP and parapublic users.
…And 3 of the Worst
1. The Shahed 276
Iran's illegal copy of the Bell 206 is full of substandard parts of questionable origin from Chinese and Russian suppliers. Iran began marketing the helicopter in 2002 to a somewhat less than enthusiastic international audience.
2. The Westland 30
A forerunner of the AW139, this twin had its airworthiness certificate revoked in the U.S. and Britain due to structural and rotor-blade cracking issues and a tail-rotor gearbox that had the curious habit of eating itself. Most of the 40 produced ended up in India and today none of them are flying.
3. Bell 222
Bell's first foray into the light twin executive market didn't go particularly well. The original Lycoming LTS101 engines (now Honeywell) failed regularly, were underpowered and limited payload, while the twin main rotor-blade system made for a choppy ride.
Huber, who writes BJT's new- and used-aircraft reviews, is a private pilot with experience in single-engine, multi-engine, turbine, amphibious, aerobatic and rotary-wing aircraft.
5 Destinations Best Seen from the Air
1. The Nasca Lines of Peru
Prehistoric artworks visible in their entirety only from the air.
2. Angkor Wat in Cambodia
Helicopter over the largest religious monument in the world and smaller temples entangled in jungle trees and roots.
3. Sunset helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon
and Hoover Dam
Fly over the dam and canyon, then land and explore. On the ride back, buzz the neon lights of Las Vegas' strip.
4. Great Barrier Reef
"Flightsee" over pale turquoise water including an underwater garden, heart-shaped coral formation and 2,900 reefs and islands along the massive coast of Queensland, Australia.
5. Alpine Balloon Festival near Gstaad, Switzerland,
or Albuquerque, N.M
Ascend up, up and away and become part of the colorful hot-air-balloon festivals held annually.
6 Facts about Elvis Presley's Private Jet
1. Presley bought his best-known airplane, a Convair 880, in 1975 for $899,702, and spent hundreds of thousands more on renovations, which included gold-plated seatbelts, suede chairs and 24-karat-gold-flecked sinks.
2. Presley named it for his daughter, Lisa Marie.
3. Its radio code name was "Hound Dog 1."
4. Presley rarely traveled during the day. It wasn't unusual for him to call his flight crew at 2 a.m. and say he wanted to take off.
5. Presley made at least one flight from Memphis to Denver just to visit the restaurant that made his favorite peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches. He also used the jet to transport his dog to a veterinary hospital.
6. The Convair remains on display at Graceland, along with Elvis' smaller Lockheed Jet Star.
10 of the Best Hotel Chefs,
according to Margie Goldsmith
1. Toshiro Konishi, Mesa18, Miraflores Park
Hotel, Lima, Peru
Konishi whips up Japanese-Peruvian fusion at his new hotspot.
2. Patrick Guilbaud, Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud, Merrion Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
The two-Michelin-starred chef serves contemporary Irish food with classical roots.
3. Ettore Bocchi, Mistral Ristorante Grand Hotel
Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, Italy
This Michelin-starred chef is the Italian innovator of molecular cuisine.
4. Beau MacMillan, elements restaurant, Sanctuary
on Camelback Mountain, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Beau fuses seasonal American with California and Asian.
5. Michael Smith, Three Chimneys, Dun-vegan,
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Smith's restaurant is known as "the French Laundry of Scotland."
6. Wolfgang Puck, Wolfgang Puck, at Hotel
Bel-Air, Los Angeles
The legendary chef features modern Californian/European/ Mediterranean cuisine.
7. Ricardo Costa
The Yeatman Hotel & Wine Spa, Gaia, Portugal. This Michelin-starred chef pairs creative Portuguese cuisine with the finest local wines.
8. Dean Fearing
Fearing's, Ritz-Carlton, Dallas. Don't miss the maple/black peppercorn-soaked buffalo tenderloin from this "father of Southwestern cuisine."
9. James Sommerlin
Crown restaurant, The Celtic Manor Resort. At the Michelin-starred Crown, Sommerlin creates combos such as Smoked Eel and Pig's Trotter.
10. Michael Mina
Wit & Wisdom, Four Seasons, Baltimore, Md. James Beard Award-winning and Michelin-starred chef prepares masterpieces in an open kitchen with a wood fire.
Goldsmith has visited 118 countries and written about them all.
7 Memorable Wines Sampled
Recently by Bob Ecker
1. 2010 Kunde Sauvignon Blanc, Magnolia Lane, Sonoma Valley, Family Estate Series
$17. This light, zesty Sauvignon Blanc exhibits bright, tropical fruity notes and tickles both the nose and tongue. Blended with small amounts of Semillon and Viognier grapes, it is my new go-to SB.
2. 2008 Gary Farrell, Russian River
Selection, Chardonnay
$32. A bold and luscious Chardonnay from one of America's top Pinot Noir producers.
3. 2008 Coup de Foudre Cuvee 37.2, Napa Valley
$90. This dark Pomeral-styled Merlot-Cabernet Franc blend comes from the makers of Amuse Bouche. Think you don't like Merlot? Taste this.
4. 2010 Azur Rosé, California
$26. This rosé of Syrah offers a marriage between Provence and Napa Valley. Blended with Napa Valley and Sierra Foothills grapes, it bursts with delicate, dry fruit flavors.
5. 2008 Dierberg Vineyard, Santa Maria
Valley, Pinot Noir
$42. A lovely, aromatic forest-floor style of Burgundian Pinot that thrives in California's cooler Central Valley. You'll love its spicy-berry earthiness.
6. 2008 Robert Biale Vineyards, Thomann Station Petite Sirah, Napa Valley
$51. This strong, penetrating Petite Sirah delivers a mouth full of mouthfeel. Try it with a succulent steak.
7. 2009 Rodney Strong Vineyards, Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon
$15. An extraordinary Cabernet at an ordinary price, this wine wowed my fellow judges at the recent San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.
Ecker is a travel and restaurant writer and a wine judge.
10 of the Best Airplane Movies,
according to Kirby Harrison
1. Dark Blue World (2001)
Beautifully made and acted, with an incredible portrayal of pilots who fled to England after the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia and subsequently flew for the RAF.
2. Those Magnificent Men in their
Flying Machines (1965)
For those who love airplanes, there could hardly be a more rewarding movie than this British comedy.
3. Wings (1927)
This Academy Award-winning silent film features a very young Gary Cooper as an aviation cadet.
4. The Blue Max (1966)
An action-filled movie about a German fighter pilot during WWI, this stars George Peppard, James Mason and Ursula Andress.
5. The Aviator (2004)
A Martin Scorsese creation based loosely on the life of Howard Hughes that features fantastic flying scenes.
6. Battle of Britain (1969)
This film about the most decisive air battle in history incorporates the grandest collection of WWII airplanes ever gathered for a movie. Mostly forgettable acting, but the flying is incredible.
7. Night Flight (1933)
Based on the novel by French aviation pioneer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, this features Lionel and John Barrymore, Clark Gable and Helen Hayes.
8. Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
This winner of two Academy Awards tells the story of crews in the U.S. Army Eighth Air Force who flew daylight bombing missions against Nazi Germany and occupied France.
9. The Memphis Bell: A Story of a
Flying Fortress (1944)
A dramatic documentary produced by William Wyler, one of the so-called "Hollywood Colonels," who joined the Air Force Film Unit to record action in WWII.
10. The High and the Mighty (1954)
Who could forget John Wayne slapping Robert Stack in that cockpit scene? This movie served as a template for Airport, Snakes on a Plane and other disaster films.
Frequent contributor Harrison, a senior editor at Aviation International News, spent seven years in naval aviation.
10 Movies to Not Watch While Flying
1. Snakes on a Plane (2006)
The title says it all.
2. Pushing Tin (1999)
Feuding air traffic controllers cause near misses.
3. The High & the Mighty (1954)
Engines fail and pilot loses his nerve.
4. Any movie with "airport" in the title (1970-79)
An endless disaster-thon.
5. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Con man pretends to be a pilot.
6. Flight of the Phoenix (1965/2004)
Plane crashes; crew glues it together.
7. Con Air (1997)
Felons seize airplane, destroy Las Vegas in crash.
8. No Highway in the Sky (1951)
Aircraft engineer predicts metal fatigue.
9. Die Hard 2 (1990)
Terrorists hold airport hostage; airplanes run low on fuel.
10. Passenger 57 (1992)
Terrorists hijack airliner, leading to in-flight shoot-outs.
8 States Where You Can Buy a Business Jet with Little or No Sales Tax, according to Jeff Wieand
1. Connecticut
2. Massachusetts
3. Montana
4. Oregon
5. New Hampshire
6. North Carolina
7. South Carolina
8. Rhode Island
BJT columnist Wieand is a member of the National Business Aviation Association's Tax Committee.
3 Best Helicopters for Use with a Yacht
1. Eurocopter EC135
Twin engines for reliability, small footprint for helipads and seating for five to siz passengers on large yachts.
2. McDonnell-Douglas 500e
A three-passenger with short blades for clearance on small yachts. The Notar model has no tail rotor for increased safety.
3. Robinson R44
Piston-engined for three passengers plus pilot, it fits small yachts with its loaded weight of 2,500 pounds.
5 Great Charter Yachts for
Families with Children
1. Passion
Since the owner has kids, this 173-footer has an air-hockey table, a 300-game video arcade, a Slurpee machine and even a chocolate fountain.
2. Island Time
The captain of this 110-foot yacht stages "adventure tours" for kids, with shelling and snorkeling and sea-life info that becomes fodder for trivia contests at dinner.
3. Da Bubba
Kids on this 100-footer discover a bottle on the beach, complete with a treasure map that leads to a chest full of chocolate doubloons.
4. Sequel P
With an inflatable bouncy castle and a fleet of water toys, kids are almost too tired to enjoy the outdoor cinema under the stars.
5. Natita
This 216-foot yacht has a swimming pool with shallow areas for kids, a crew of 18 that enjoys youngsters and a media room stocked with children's videos.
5 Best Charter Yachts
1. Excellence V
Soon to enter service as a replacement for Excellence III, this 200-foot yacht has Captain Ray Shore, who has raised the bar for charter service with these aptly named vessels.
2. Slipstream
Exquisite interiors by Andrew Winch, a silver-service crew, great water toys and seven staterooms mark this 196-footer.
3. Whisper
Appealing to sailors, this Dutch 116-foot sloop is a delight under sail, with a separate guest cockpit and four staterooms.
4. Anjilis
The owner of this 161-foot motoryacht adds to the onboard delights by offering free pickups in his Hawker jet for Caribbean charters.
5. Lady Linda
Just launched by Trinity Yachts, this 187-footer has five staterooms, a helicopter pad, a grand piano and every possible water toy, including a 35-foot sportfisher.
5 Little-known Bizjet-Friendly
Charter Destinations
1. Florida
The west coast of Florida is a wonderful cruising area. The Keys have marinas and quiet anchorages and the locals speak your language. Mostly.
2. Alaska
Meet your yacht at dozens of harbors with airstrips, mix your drinks with centuries-old glacial ice and see a veritable zoo of wildlife.
3. Anguilla
Everyone does St. Barts, but this nearby island is quiet and pretty, with plenty to see and do.
4. Costa Rica
This is prime sportfishing territory (marlin and sailfish abound) but there are beautiful bays and luxury resorts, too.
5. Bahamas
Good airports and hundreds of islands to explore. They're more accessible, thanks to the new breed of shallow-draft charter yachts.
Caswell spent three decades as editor of Yachting Magazine and Sea Magazine. An author of six books about yachting, he hosted the Marine Voyager boating series on the Speed Channel cable network and has appeared on Oprah! as an expert on yachting.
7 of the World's
Most Challenging Runways
1. Lin Zhi (LZY) in Tibet
Airplanes must fly through the narrow and winding Yarlung Tsangpo River valley, which is surrounded by mountains over 13,000 feet and typically enveloped by clouds and fog. According to meteorological data, there are just 100 airworthy days each year.
2. Gibraltar (GIB)
In addition to the famous Rock and the sea at both ends, the airport runway is bisected by a busy four-lane highway. Police simply stop traffic for takeoffs and landings.
3. Courchevel, France (CVF)
Affectionately known as the ski slope, the 1,700-foot runway features an 18.5 percent grade. Pilots need a special permit to land and there is no go-around procedure.
4. Eagle Vail, Colo. (EGE)
Tricky because of surrounding mountains, snow, wind and altitude of 6,540 feet. Takeoff is the most challenging for pilots due to the need for an extremely precise takeoff pattern through the mountains.
5. Princess Juliana, Sint Maarten (SXM)
The airport is famous for its short runway, only 2,400 meters, yet heavy jets land daily. Incoming airplanes approaching the island have to fly extremely low, passing only 10-20 meters over tourists relaxing on Maho Beach. The departure presents more difficulties than the approach, with a turn required to avoid mountains.
6. Saba, Netherlands Antilles (SAB)
Saba is widely regarded as having the world's shortest commercially serviceable runway–1,300 feet at the edge of the ocean. The airport also suffers from crosswinds and cliffs on both ends, leaving no margin for error. No jet aircraft.
7. Tenzing-Hillary, Nepal (LUA)
Accessible only to helicopters and small, fixed-wing, short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, the 1,729-foot runway here is at an elevation of 9,383 feet. There is a mountain at one end and a sheer drop at the other.
7 Cars in Nigel Moll's Dream Garage
1. Bugatti Veyron
Tough to choose between the 1,200-hp ($2.9 million) and 1,001-hp ($2.1 million) models, but decide you must. Everything else on the road is an underpowered economy car.
2. Ferrari 458 Spider
For those who dismiss a Veyron, muttering "Get real," this mid-rear-engine folding-hardtop is all the supercar you need. The eight-cylinder soundtrack alone is worth the quarter-million dollars.
3. Rolls-Royce Phantom
As Costanza Sr. yelled in Seinfeld, "Serenity now! Serenity now!" The car for when you want to stop the world and get off but still have someplace else to be. Sublime locomotion.
This car is consistently so darn good, every new edition just keeps raising the top of BMW's game. A close second in the Bavarian stable for its bare-bones grins: 1 Series M Coupe.
5. Range Rover
For the post-Mayan apocalypse, clamber over society's detritus in supercharged style as you whisk the family to the security of the high ground.
6. Dodge Ram 3500 Cummins diesel dualie
The wife and kids can take the Range Rover. The dog and I will uproot the family manse and haul it to the high ground behind this $60,000 jet-fuel-swigging big rig.
7. 1973 Jaguar V12 E-Type roadster
Still the most beautiful sports car ever built, with nary a square inch of bodywork that isn't curved, and the only car on this list actually in my garage. Some assembly still required.
Moll, the editor of BJT sister publication Aviation International News, is in the driver's seat for this magazine's Low-level Flying department.
12 James Bond-Piloted Aircraft,
noted by Joseph Darlington
1. Lockheed VC-140B
Was super-spy James Bond also a pilot? He first grabs the controls of an airplane in Goldfinger. When a loose Smith & Wesson causes the cabin to depressurize, he races into the cockpit of this Lockheed, which is already in a steep nosedive. He wrestles with the controls to no avail, then parachutes to safety with his companion just before the airplane plunges into the ocean.
2. Meyers 200A
In You Only Live Twice, Bond faces a familiar situation, but this time, it's his female companion who sabotages the airplane, courtesy of a smoke grenade disguised as a lipstick. Bond manages to reach the yoke of the Meyers 200A, only to crash-land the aircraft just before it explodes. It's unclear whether the crash resulted from damage, or because Bond just couldn't fly.
3. Cessna 172
Roger Moore's Bond doesn't do much better when he visits The Bleeker Flying School in Live and Let Die. It looks as if he is attempting an airborne escape as he jumps into a Cessna 172 with student pilot Mrs. Bell. But the Cessna never gets off the ground and the airplane takes a severe beating, as do Mrs. Bell's nerves.
4. Republic RC-3 Seabee
In The Man with the Golden Gun, Bond flies a Republic RC-3 Seabee solo through the spectacular cliffs of Thailand's Phang Na Bay for a showdown with the high-priced assassin Scaramanga, proving once and for all that he knows his way around the controls of an airplane.
5. Bell 206 JetRanger
In For Your Eyes Only, an arch-villain does in the pilot of a Bell 206, forcing Bond–who has been a passenger–to perform some aerial acrobatics outside the helicopter while making his way to the controls. Having recaptured the aircraft, he demonstrates amazing piloting skills by apprehending the villain with the JetRanger's landing skid.
6. Acrostar Jet
With the most appearances as James Bond, Roger Moore also has the most experiences behind the throttle. In the pre-title sequence of Octopussy, Bond uses an Acrostar Jet (I won't mention where he keeps it hidden) to escape a heat-seeking missile and complete his mission.
7. Cessna 185
Never a stranger to airborne escapes, Timothy Dalton's Bond uses a Cessna 185 seaplane to take off with $5 million of Sanchez's drug money in License to Kill.
8. Lockheed Hercules
In The Living Daylights, 007 takes it up a notch. This time he escapes Afghanistan in the massive, four-engine Lock-heed Hercules.
9 & 10. Pilatus PC-6 and Cessna 172 Skyhawk
Right from the start, Pierce Brosnan's Bond seems like a natural pilot. In Goldeneye, we see him flying a Pilatus PC-6, which he skydives into, to escape a chemical-weapons facility in Russia; and a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, which he flies to Cuba in search of the Goldeneye installation.
11. Soviet L39 Albatross
Leave it to Brosnan's Bond to take his piloting skills to the extreme, as he commandeers a Soviet jet trainer aircraft to simultaneously destroy an international arms bazaar, dodge nuclear missiles in a dogfight and make a miraculous escape in Tomorrow Never Dies.
12. Douglas DC-3
When Daniel Craig takes over the role of Bond in Quantum of Solace, the character acquires a Douglas DC-3, but it's not long before the airplane is under attack by enemy fighters. Bond and his female companion are forced to evacuate, sharing a single parachute. Judging by the title of the next Bond film, his luck with airplanes may not improve soon: the movie, due out this year, is called Skyfall.
BJT graphic and web designer Darlington is a Bond aficionado and the author of Being James Bond: Volume One.
6 of Stuart Woods'
Favorite Places to Land His Mustang
1. Key West, Fla.
2. Teterboro, N.J.
3. Bar Harbor, Maine
4. Santa Monica, Calif.
5. Santa Fe, N.M.
6. The late, lamented Meigs Field, Chicago
An interview with Woods, the author of more than 40 bestselling novels, appeared in BJT's April/May 2011 issue.
5 Ways to Avoid Jet Lag,
according to Wilson S. Leach
1. Prepare yourself mentally
Jet lag is partly psychological. About two or three days before a trip, I start thinking about my destination and readying myself for the change.
2. Reset your watch
I can't begin to tell you how foolish it is to have your watch set to the time at home. As aviation legend Chuck Yeager once said, the time is what it is where your feet are on the ground.
3. Sleep when you can
Grab all opportunities for shuteye, be it on an overnight flight or at the hotel for a few hours after arrival. Every little bit helps.
4. Exercise
Particularly on the day of arrival, take a long walk, jog or get on a treadmill at your hotel. Then shave and shower, and you'll be ready for a night on the town.
5. Avoid prescription sleep aids
I take a Tylenol PM and an herbal sleep supplement that includes kava and melatonin during my meal on the flight over. I also have a few glasses of wine. The combination puts me out for six hours and I wake up fresh as a daisy, with no sleep hangover and no jet lag. Once I'm at my destination, I'll take the sleep supplement with the Tylenol for the first two or three nights when I go to bed at a normal time, and I never have any problem with jet lag.
Leach is president and cofounder of AIN Publications, BJT's parent company. A frequent world traveler, he recently made two trips to Asia (Singapore and Shanghai) within five weeks.
23 Good, Bad and Ugly Airplanes, according to Mark Huber
These subjective choices are based on seven years of writing reviews for this magazine and on hanging around airplanes since second grade. I've flown a few of these, ridden in most of them and talked to their crews, mechanics and owners. I limited the good and bad categories to aircraft that have been or were in production for more than a year. I applied less-stringent qualifications to the ugly category, which includes aircraft now or previously under development.
1. Dassault Falcon 2000
The first true super-midsize with a cavernous cabin, fuel-efficient engines and transcontinental range. It's comfortable for passengers and fun to fly.
2. Gulfstream G450
A near-perfect combination of versatile performance, durability, advanced technology and passenger and crew comfort. The standard floor plans feature seating for 12-16 and forward or rear galleys, a forward crew lavatory and a main executive lavatory in the rear.
3. Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 750
This is the perfection of the 125 series Hawker–an extremely robust design that has endured for 50 years. The 750 doesn't force operators to choose between full passenger seats and full fuel tanks–it allows for both. A heated, externally accessed baggage compartment holds 500 pounds. The 750, which is light enough to use on relatively short runways, has a range of 2,195 nautical miles.
4. Cessna Citation Mustang
Rugged, dependable, economical and easy to fly, with superior avionics, comprehensive pilot training and great product support.
5. Cessna Citation X
It can cruise at 49,000 feet at Mach 0.92. With the X, L.A. to New York became a four-hour trip, beating the competition by over an hour. The Citation X not only showed that speed sells, but that you could get that speed at a relatively modest price.
6. Boeing Business Jet
The first serial production entry in the "mine's bigger" category, the BBJ is a modified 737 airliner outfitted with longer-range fuel tanks and winglets. It's a great choice for those with big ideas and bigger wallets. Want a planetarium ceiling and a gold-plated bidet? No problem.
7. Hawker Beechcraft King Air 250
Many people consider the King Air 200 twin turboprop series to be the best airplane Beechcraft has ever built because of its ruggedness, cabin comfort and easy flying characteristics. This latest update of the series incorporates Raisbeck Engineering's Ram Air Recovery System, BLR winglets and lighter and more efficient all-composite Hartzell propellers.
8. Cessna Model 208B Grand Caravan
This single-engine turboprop and its four-foot-shorter sibling, the Model 675 Caravan, have been around for decades. It combines simple systems, a cavernous but unpressurized cabin and a robust design that has stood the test of time.
9. Bombardier Global XRS
Bizliners aside, this model ranks among the fastest, most comfortable long-range business jets. With the XRS you can travel up to 6,390 nautical miles unrefueled. Want to go from Teterboro to Tokyo nonstop in less than 12 hours? This is your ride.
10. Airbus A340 VVIP
When a 747 is too ostentatious but you still want a wide cabin, up to 9,000 nautical miles of range and four-engine reliability, this is a good choice. Saudi Prince Bandar used to park his at Dulles when he served in D.C.'s diplomatic corps. Made those weekend ski trips to his $135 million Aspen manse far less taxing. (Of course, he had to leave the A340 in Denver and finish the trip in a GIV–Aspen's runway isn't long enough for jumbo jets.)
Huber, who writes BJT's new- and used-aircraft reviews, is a private pilot with experience in single-engine, multi-engine, turbine, amphibious, aerobatic and rotary-wing aircraft.
1. Galaxy
Chicago's Pritzker family partnered with Israel Aircraft Industries to develop this super-midsize aircraft on the cheap and it showed. After Gulfstream bought the program in 2001, and renamed it G200, the company had to fashion solutions to a myriad of problems: starter-generator failure, slow landing-gear actuators, jet fuel that vented into the aft equipment bay, bad wiring, malfunctioning flight controls and avionics displays as well as cabin fit, finish and function problems that included flickering lights, toilets with inadequate capacity, truly awful seats and an erratic ventilation system. These were addressed but the manufacturer couldn't remedy the airplane's biggest issues: wings that didn't produce enough lift and engines with inadequate thrust. Finally, Gulfstream threw everything out save the standup fuselage and started over with the G280–the airplane Galaxy should have built in the first place.
2. Learjet 23
Here's a clue: 27 of the 104 Learjet 23s made were destroyed in crashes. Bill Lear's iconic bizjet proved too hot to handle for many pilots. Subsequent models were more user friendly.
3. Canadair Challenger 600
An underpowered, overweight runway pig. The original Avco Lycoming ALF 502L engines also had serious reliability issues. Bombardier acquired the state-owned Canadair in 1986 and markedly improved the 600, which served as the foundation of its popular regional jets and series of Global business aircraft.
4. Eclipse 500
The company wildly overpromised and under-delivered, burned through $1 billion between 1998 and 2008 and brought an incomplete airplane to market with a host of bugs before filing for bankruptcy. A new Sikorsky-backed manufacturer picked up the parts and pieces and is fixing the problems–for a price.
5. Learjet 55
Another example of what happens when you develop an airplane on the cheap. Before Bombardier rescued Learjet in 1990, it fielded 150 of these "midsize" jets that were fashioned from components of some of its smaller models and fitted with under-powered engines and lousy brakes.
6. Beechcraft Starship
Give a futuristic, game-changing aircraft design to corporate bureaucrats and overly cautious certification authorities and this is what you get: an airplane that is overweight, under-powered, and overpriced. Beech burned through an estimated $1 billion on this program and produced only 53 of the twin pusher turboprops. The company bought most of them back in 2003 and destroyed them.
Huber, who writes BJT's new- and used-aircraft reviews, is a private pilot with experience in single-engine, multi-engine, turbine, amphibious, aerobatic and rotary-wing aircraft.
1. NAL Saras
During the last three decades, India's attempt to develop a business-class turboprop, the twin-pusher NAL Saras, has been fraught with problems, delays, a high-profile crash, official inquiries and outright embarrassment. Not the least of it is the aircraft's styling, courtesy of Russia's Myasishchev.
2. IAI Westwind
Even people who fly and like this airplane think it's ugly. "It looks like a bulldozer," one Westwind pilot confessed to me. He's not far off.
3. Hawker 700
Introduced in 1977, the Hawker 700 is a workhorse, but when it comes to ramp presence, well, let's just say it's aesthetically challenged. The windshield looks as if it was stolen from a 1930s DC-3. "It's so ugly that only a mother could love it," said a broker who specialized in the type.
4. PiperJet prototype
Before it underwent redesign, the prototype of the aborted single-engine jet featured an engine stuffed in the tail of an old M-class squared fuselage. The aesthetics made the airplane look seriously out of balance and screamed "cheap."
5. Sabreliner 80
This attempt to morph the Sabreliner 65 into a stand-up cabin airplane resulted in a craft that appeared cartoonishly out of proportion.
6. Lockheed JetStar
This is a corporate jet design only the Pentagon could love. Strap four fuel-guzzling engines on the back. To feed them, insert a pair of auxiliary fuel tanks at mid-wing that make the airplane look as if it's pregnant with torpedoes.
7. Adam A700
This is what happens when you try to morph a $1.2 million twin-boom push-pull piston twin into a $2.25 million very light jet. You burn through hundreds of millions of dollars and at the end of the day, the airplane is still ugly.
Huber, who writes BJT's new- and used-aircraft reviews, is a private pilot with experience in single-engine, multi-engine, turbine, amphibious, aerobatic and rotary-wing aircraft.


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Modifying And Sealing An Old Gas Tank
It's strange how things pan out sometimes. While I've been sporadically working on the gas tank over the past few weeks, which you're about to read about, it was never intended to appear in the same issue as the fuel system in my project '49 Chevy, which you'll read about elsewhere in this issue. The two fuel-related stories effectively bookend carbureted fuel system technology, from a high-tech, pump-in-tank system equipped with a return line to a basic tank/filter/mechanical pump system. In fact, the only way this system could be more basic would be if it were a gravity feed system with no pump!
While working on the gas tank before finishing the rolling chassis may seem a little odd, it was a small job I could work on at my bench in my garage whenever I had a few spare minutes, and it's all got to be done at some point, right? I bought the tank, an oval-shaped item that was original equipment on an English Ford Anglia, at a swap meet some 15 years ago, though I had no particular use for it at the time.
I figured it'd fit perfectly on the back of the Modified I'm building though, and once the original mounting brackets were removed, the filler neck and drain plugs cut out and the subsequent holes welded shut, it began to look pretty good. Flipping it over to hide the heavy seam that ran its full width improved things, and with a sight gauge fitted to one end, and a neat vintage-looking flip fuel cap from Crafty-B mounted in its center, the grungy old tank was looking pretty cool. But I wanted to seal the inside to ensure trouble-free use without flaky rust and debris blocking the fuel lines.
The Eastwood Company is known for all manner of restoration materials and products, and their gas tank sealer looked perfect for my home-brewed budget tank resto project. While the required muriatic acid, acetone, and chemically resistant gloves aren't included (and couldn't be anyway or it couldn't be shipped), everything needed to flush, treat, and seal a gas tank up to 20 gallons capacity was delivered to my door. With a Sunday afternoon set aside for the job, which has to be completed in one session, I now have a leak-proof, old-style tank and the Modified is one step closer to completion.
A Word of Warning …
Never weld, grind, or cut a gas tank that has recently had gas in it. They can and do explode, even if they've been drained for a while. Find a specialist gas tank or radiator shop to perform the work for you or at the very least get them to thoroughly flush it so it's safe to weld on. This tank had been in my possession for so long that I was absolutely sure it had been empty for 15 years, so I felt confident in working on it. If I'd bought it recently, I'd be sourcing a specialist to perform the work.


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Barbara Ann Bodkins Woods, 70, a resident of Norton, passed away Wednesday evening, Jan. 30, 2013, in Davis Memorial Hospital.
She was born June 28, 1942, at Norton, a daughter of the late Baxter Rowland Bodkins and the late Bessie Bell Sponaugle Bodkins.
On Feb. 10, 1962, she was married to William C. "Bill" Woods, who preceded her in death July 11, 2011.
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Surviving are two daughters, Debbie Woods Warner and husband, Bill, of Elkins and Lisa Ickes and husband, Dave, of Belington. Five grandchildren, William R. "Billy" Woods of Mentor, Ohio, Toni Shreve of Elkins, Cody Warner of Elkins, Alexis Losh of Kingwood and Lauren Ickes of Grafton; one great-granddaughter, Mallorie Losh of Kingwood; and one niece, Jeannie Sylvester of Norton also survive.
Also preceding her in death were two brothers, Eugene and Carl Bodkins; and one sister, Icie Carr Keller.
Mrs. Woods was a homemaker and an avid West Virginia University football fan.
Friends may call from 2 until 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, at Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday from the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Mike Cross officiating. Interment will follow in Mountain State Memorial Gardens near Gilman.
Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Barbara Ann Bodkins Woods. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.


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Open source thinking could save Best Buy
Best Buy saved by open source thinking?
A popular chain of consumer electronics stores in the U.S. laid off thousands of workers in mid-July this year. Yes, I'm talking about Best Buy, and their future prospects are not looking so good. But this company could still save itself if it quickly implements open source thinking throughout its stores. Open source thinking means viewing your customers as information producers not just entertainment consumers.
For instance, some customers are interested in making their own BluRay video disks using blank DVD media. When I recently walked into a Best Buy store to buy a BluRay player, the sales person had no clue at all that it's quite easy to create your own BluRay DVD disks using Macintosh software called Roxio Toast 11, with an additional $20 BluRay burning plug-in. You don't even need to own a BluRay burner. A plain DVD burner does the trick.
I first became interested in making my own BluRay disks when I saw that OpenShot, the popular video editor for Linux, can export high definition video in BluRay format. I wasn't able to find the right Linux software to burn my BluRay video on DVD disks, but I was able to get this done using Roxio Toast 11 on my Macbook Pro. These BluRay DVDs play beautifully in the auditorium at my place of work in Takoma Park, Maryland.
What do you think would happen to Best Buy's sales volume if more people knew they could easily create their own BluRay disks using inexpensive DVD media? Best Buy would not only sell more BluRay players, they would also sell more high definition camcorders, more high definition televisions, more blank DVD media and more accessories for all of these devices. The barrier is that Best Buy makes no effort to educate its customers on how they can maximize the creative uses of the consumer electronics equipment they sell. Plus, when a customer such as myself tries to tell them about one such project, the explanation falls on deaf ears.
Also, have you ever noticed the high ceilings in most Best Buy stores? Best Buy could build technology training rooms in some of that air space above the sales floor and even find volunteers like me to conduct some of the sessions. All I would ask for in return would be a modest discount on my Best Buy purchases. And it would be fine with me if they wanted to videotape my training sessions to share on YouTube or with managers (and customers!) at other Best Buy stores.
What our country needs is for every consumer electronics store to adopt new "maker supportive" policies. Then, each store that does this could have a short listing on a White House web page like: http://www.whitehouse.gov/makersupportive. This web page does not currently exist, but could be created in one weekend. These listings would explain the stores' new maker supportive policies, and just imagine how much free publicity this would provide many businesses.
Recently, the White House recognized MAKE magazine founder Dale Dougherty for his visionary work launching MAKE magazine and the maker movement. This recognition was a good first step, but by itself accomplishes little. It would make sense to follow up with a "maker supportive" page on the White House website. With minimal effort the White House could nudge our economy in the direction it needs to be heading in. Then we won't have to read about the next round of layoffs at Best Buy in the newspapers.
We have the skill and know how to turn around the economy if we'd just use more open source thinking.
Getting back to Best Buy, when they sell you a BluRay video player without sharing information about how you can produce your own BluRay disks, it's as if a car dealer just sold you a car with an air conditioning system but no instructions on how to turn it on on a hot summer day. What value is the equipment if consumers don't have knowledge of how to use it to its full potential? If consumers were given the skills and know-how by the store itself, I think they'd gladly plunk down their hard-earned money for the equipment at that store. After all, seeing is believing.
In an information economy we must value how-to-do-it knowledge far more than we do. We need to restructure our stores to reflect this important new shift in our culture. We don't have much time to implement such changes, either. We have wasted too much time already. Right now hasty action is needed by all parties mentioned above. So, do we need to require stores to implement maker supportive policies or can we rely on them to take the necessary steps on their own? What do you think? Leave your comments below.
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As I read this blog post, I couldn't help but wonder why businesses don't see the opportunity that's right on their face. Why would they stick with an outdated business models?
Phil Shapiro's piece must be a required reading for any businesses that have storefronts. These businesses need to find a way to engage with their customers and offer services that couldn't be replicated online.
I agree with Phil we must value how-to-do-it knowledge. For Best Buy that means change direction immediately or become Amazon's desert after Amazon had for lunch Borders Stores.
Liked the thought in the article very much - great and innovative. Sad to note that sales and perhaps technical staff at a grand technology outlet lacked updated technological information that could perhaps revolutionize their business, and most likely the industry itself.
What I see as Best Buy's lack of vision as an opportunity for visionaries like Phil. Lets begin by creating a Blueray DVDs at your local community center using products from Best Buy. We get Best Buy to be a sponsor and it would be a great training tool for youth.
It's important to know that a bluray player IS required to view the content after it is burned, and that not all bluray players are able to play the AVCHD content burned onto DVD. There are websites that share info regarding which players are capable, and this would be a good feature to look for when purchasing a bluray player.
totally agree Phil. I always knew that open source had and has great potential. I was exposed to LInux back in 1991 by this genius kid which our Federal Agency had hired to operate the only SPARC 20 workstation with Solaris 4.1. He introduced me to Slackware Linux, since then have not looked back. Linux, LibreOffice, Wine, Virtual box, cheese, AviDemux, Picasa, Screenshot, Inkscape, blender, Imgburn, Scribus, Shotwell, RecordMyDesktop, Blender, and hundreds more, work just as good, many even better than the paid counterparts. They get the job done, and about 99% of time without spending additional monies except for maybe the required hardware for it, I don't even use the paid version of a popular Office Suite everyone knows anymore because LibreOffice does the exact same thing, and it's free, does not crash my system with a blue screen, or runs out of memory or even corrupts my data files with. So why do people still run to pay ridiculous money for terrible software? The same reason TV commercials and media propaganda just plain works, when you buy their product, no matter what it may be, you might as well put on your cape and fight crime,
you will also get more action than James Bond himself---or so they claim. So we start by teaching people that instead of paying attention to the media propaganda--I was thinking on another word but I am not sure I could use it here---, start using your brain "yourself"... you never know, Open Source might be your red cape.
Your article is an interesting read. Maybe it's my lack of economics but I don't understand how cheap dvd's and bluray players can boost their profit. Wouldn't it be more logical if they manage to convince people to buy the more expensive bluray disks, and a bluray player, and maybe also a burner by informing customers about the advantages, which may be enough to make them buy those?
I also don't understand that if you're aiming for the people which can't or don't want to spend their money on expensive bluray equipment, why would they even want to spend their money on an expensive bluray player, when they still have a dvd player that produces quality output that's more than sufficient for them.
And if you want to encourage them to burn their blurays on dvd, does that mean that you're encouraging them to download their movies instead of buying them? Or are you talking about the few that make personal recordings and store them on optical disks?
Using Open Source thinking is not in itself enough to save Best Buy. Their major problem is of course financial and is likely insolvable short of bankruptcy.
Another major reform that Best Buy badly needs is to treat both their customers and employees with honesty and respect. If Best Buy did so it would still take years before people trusted the Best Buy company.
The Open Source thinking that Phil Shapiro advocates would be a positive step for Best Buy but I doubt that Best Buy survives long enough to implement it.
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Or people could shop at small or local businesses who already do this. Dealing with people who actually know what they are doing is one of the perks of shopping at places like that.
There are countless problems with this idea for Best Buy. 1) They'd actually have to train people. 2) They'd have to hire people with an expertise in these areas. 3) They couldn't dole out the hours based on who's best at pushing extended warranties.
All of those things would cost them money and raise the prices of the products. They aren't about to do that. It's too easy to boil everything down to a base formula computed by a computer and hire drones that only do what the computer tells them.
In short, shop local and let Best Buy sink.
couldn't have been said any better.
I thought it was interesting that the sales person I spoke to when I wanted to buy an android phone told me that they didn't sell android phones. Maybe if they even knew their own products, they would do better.
The problem is that the current content creators do not want competition. If Best Buy were to push that users create competition and the users use some copyrighted material, Best Buy would very likely get sued.
Content is only valuable if it is rare or its production/distribution is highly restricted. The RIAA and MPAA know that. So people dissuaded from creating their own content and are severely punished for doing anything that would avoid their member from being paid for content created by them, even if in an honest world, the content would have long since been out of copyright.
this is why opensource it's the answer to that, no copyright, no bs., no one can claim ownership of the source code, yet it can be improved, modified and made better. Simply put, the concept works.
If only the bloodsucking greedy software companies out there would take note of opensource, then their products might been half-way decent.
"this is why opensource it's the answer to that, no copyright, no bs"
You have to have copyright in order to create an open source license.
Steve Stites
oh wow, if it's copyrighted it certainly can not be opensource, now can it?
So it's not a Bluray disk, it's a AVCHD DVD that will only play in select Bluray players. The idea of producing your own DVD or Bluray disks is to either share the video or archive it. If you have to concern yourself with which devices the person your sharing with owns and if it supports AVCHD, or if AVCHD will be supported in your future Bluray device, it defeats the purpose of DVD and Bluray standards. You can't blame Best Buy for not knowing about or pushing some obscure compression scheme supported by some Bluray players. When was the last time you gave someone a DivX file without concerns about if they would be able to view it? DivX is definitely supported better than AVCHD.
Last I looked Roxio was not open source and so using it or pushing the sale of Roxio is not an open source solution and while OpenShot is open source giving away software is not going to save Best Buy.
The benefits of Bluray over DVD is not just quality, I would question how AVCHD compares to Bluray, but also capacity. 4.3gb DVD vs. 25gb on a Bluray.
Where I live there happens to be two Best Buy stores and neither of them have ever stocked more than a 3 pack with jewel cases of blank Bluray disks. No ten packs, no bulk, no disks only, and for the past two years no blank Bluray disks at all. So maybe the suggestion to Best Buy should be stock leading technology and hire people with at least a bit of technical knowledge.
As for using overhead "air space" to build classrooms. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. Just the engineering costs involved make that a bad deal. There are reasons places like Home Depot and Lowes hold classes right on the sales floor. Anyone can watch, passersby can learn as much as they want by staying as long as they want, and the people learning are right there next to the product they are learning about so it's easy to buy.
I will agree that Best Buy could probably increase sales by educating their customers (and their staff) but that has nothing to do with open source. I don't subscribe to your "Open source thinking means viewing your customers as information producers...".
Open source thinking is making solutions freely available and using freely available solutions to solve problems. Viewing your customers as information producers is more like "Google", which I don't have issue with because I know that going in.


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Kyle Richards Is Trying Not to 'Hold a Grudge' Against Lisa Vanderpump
Vanderpump, 52, recently said she doesn't know if the friendship with her former BFF can be saved, but Richards, 44, is holding out hope for a rekindling, following a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion show that Richards says left her feeling, "attacked and ganged up on."
Explains Richards to PEOPLE: "I'm a happy person and I try not to hold a grudge and hang on to these things. I like to discuss things and get them off my chest and then move forward in my life. That's my intention."
The mom of four acknowledges she and Vanderpump have "got some things to work out," but she believes "we'll be able to."
Richards especially hopes the two become friends again because of the good times they shared.
"Lisa and I always had a lot of fun," she says. "We have the same sense of humor and I think we can have the most fun and laugh a lot more than I do with the other girls [on the show]. Hopefully we can turn over a new leaf and start a new chapter."
Amid their drama, Richards and her cast mate and sister Kim, along with Brandi Glanville, each came out to watch the now-eliminated Vanderpump compete on an episode of Dancing with the Stars.
"The night I was there, I thought she did great," gushed Richards. "I knew she wanted to do it for a long time, and she was having fun."
As for a future on ABC's hit show for herself? Not any time soon.
"My kids are still too little," Richards says. "Maybe one day when they're older, but I can't be giving that much time up."
The busy lady is also making use of her time with her Beverly Hills boutique, Kyle by Alene Too, and by contributing her ideas and wit to Clorox's Icktionary.


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From a 1970's TV show probably the coolest character ever, Fonzie has achieved much for mankind such as defying health and safety regulations by riding his bike into al's dinner, he also freed the squares. Fonzie is a true legend and his spirit shall always live on
Homer:Fonzie's Jacket!!!!!!
Bart:Whos Fonzie???
Homer:WHOS FONZIE!!!! DON'T THEY TEACH YOU ANYTHING IN SCHOOL!!! HE FREED THE SQUARES!!!!
Bart:Whos Fonzie???
Homer:WHOS FONZIE!!!! DON'T THEY TEACH YOU ANYTHING IN SCHOOL!!! HE FREED THE SQUARES!!!!
লিখেছেন- Stutley 28 de নভেম্বার de 2003
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Somebody cool/relex. A person who is just like that guy from Happydays.
Jules: Nobody's gonna hurt anybody. We're gonna be like three little Fonzies here. And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda what's Fonzie like?
Yolanda: Cool?
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লিখেছেন- Machil 6 de জুলাই de 2004
To kick or punch something broken to fix it.
The jukebox works fine once you give it a little fonzie.
লিখেছেন- styzzo 28 de এপ্রিল de 2004
To swallow a pill using only your own saliva to wash it down. Comes from Arthur Fonzerelli of TV's "Happy Days," who was too tough to need water to help him swallow his medicine.
No thank you, doctor, I don't need any water... I can just fonzie this aspirin.
লিখেছেন- halee 29 de এপ্রিল de 2005
the EXACT definition of ~COOL~!
Example one: You are SO Fonzie!!!
Example two: That movie was SO not Fonzie!
Example two: That movie was SO not Fonzie!
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Paying to get penetrated by a male prostitute. A person paying for a Fonzie would be the bottom.
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A person who wears a leather jacket and think they're cool and tough!
Look at those Fonzies over there!
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Monday, September 23, 2013
Bishop England football coach John Cantey has repeatedly said the Battling Bishops must be able to run the ball with success in order to win.
Bishop England defeated Academic Magnet, 48-21, this past Friday in North Charleston behind 358 yards of total offense – 336 of that was rushing.
After tallying 180 yards a week prior, senior tailback Nick Shiver continued to impress with 135 yards on six carries and two touchdowns. Fellow senior David Aller also had a solid night in the backfield, as he ran five times for 85 yards and a touchdown.
Defensively, defensive back Ryan McFadden and linebacker Lucas Shiver each had nine tackles. Tyler Ford added five tackles and recovered a fumble in the Raptors' end zone.
Academic Magnet (2-2) sophomore tailback Nate Schlosser had 108 rushing yards on 24 carries. Schlosser also caught four passes for 36 yards and two touchdowns. Nate Anderson, at 5 feet 10 inches and 225 pounds, bruised his way for 85 yards on 13 carries, including a trip to pay dirt.
It was Bishop England's second win of the season, and first region game, after starting 0-2. The Bishops host North Charleston (0-4) on Friday.
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Kate's Official Portrait Artist Defends Criticized Painting, Says He's Got Another
Despite harsh commentary from critics suggesting the painting made her look much older, Emsley tells The Washington Post, "I wanted to do something that would convey her true self, her natural self as she, herself, wanted … something that conveys something of her sense of warmth."
Emsley also revealed that has an alternative version of the portrait on his studio wall in which Kate, 31, "appears bright-eyed and young, refreshed, even playful," according to the Post – but refused to allow it to be photographed. As for the negative feedback his now-famous portrait has received, the artist brushes it off.
"Critics have a job to do," he said. "I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public. That's fine. I understand why they do it, but I'm not particularly interested. I honestly wouldn't really take their opinions too seriously."
That said, when putting the piece together, he "had to consider very much the National Portrait Gallery requirements, and then my own requirements as an artist."
Kate, who called the portrait "brilliant," impressed Emsley.
"I found her to be remarkable," he said. "She really does have a genuine, spontaneous warmth about her. I also found her to be very perceptive … She was interested and had interesting things to say. But the main thing I would say about her is … She is someone who makes you feel very relaxed."


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Together the final standards are projected to result in an average industry fleetwide level of 163 grams/mile of carbon dioxide (CO2) in model year 2025, which is equivalent to 54.5 miles per gallon (mpg) if achieved exclusively through fuel economy improvements. The program is projected to:
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- Save families more than $1.7 trillion in fuel costs
- Reduce America's dependence on oil by more than 2 million barrels per day in 2025.
- As part of the 2017-2025 standards rulemaking, EPA made a regulatory commitment to conduct, in coordination with NHTSA and the California Air Resources Board, a Midterm Evaluation of the longer-term standards for model years 2022-2025.
- EPA/NHTSA Final Rulemaking to Establish 2017 and Later Model Years Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards (published October 15, 2012)
On August 28, 2012, EPA and NHTSA issued a joint Final Rulemaking to extend the National Program of harmonized greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards to model year 2017 through 2025 passenger vehicles.
Over the lifetime of the MY 2017-2025 standards, this program is projected to save approximately 4 billion barrels of oil and 2 billion metric tons of GHG emissions, with net benefits up to $451 billion.
- Fact Sheet: EPA and NHTSA Set Standards to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Improve Fuel Economy for Model Years 2017-2025 Cars and Light Trucks (PDF) (10 pp, 752K, EPA-420-F-12-051, August 2012)
- Final Rule (PDF) (578 pp, 8.24MB, published October 15, 2012)
- Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) (PDF) (555 pp, 8.83MB, EPA-420-R-12-016, August 2012)
- Joint Technical Support Document (TSD) (PDF) (602 pp, 9.5MB, EPA-420-R-12-901, August 2012)
- EPA Response to Comments (PDF) (1247 pp, 6.62MB, EPA-420-R-12-017, August 2012)
- See Proposed Emission Standards for the proposed rule, fact sheet and regulatory support documents, including the public hearing transcripts and the notices of intent.
- See the Vehicle Technologies and Measuring GHGs pages for additional documents supporting the agencies' technical assessment for this final rulemaking.
- On June 26, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals-D.C. Circuit upheld EPA's Endangerment Finding and greenhouse gas regulations issued under the Clean Air Act for passenger vehicles and permitting for stationary sources.
- Final Rulemaking: Model Year 2012-2016 Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards (published May 7, 2010)
The final combined EPA and NHTSA standards that make up the first phase of this National Program apply to passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty passenger vehicles, covering model years 2012 through 2016.
- Fact Sheet: EPA and NHTSA Finalize First-Ever National Program to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Improve Fuel Economy For Cars and Trucks (PDF) (9 pp, 189K, EPA-420-F-10-014, April 2010)
- Final Rule (PDF) (406 pp, 5.61MB, published May 7, 2010)
- Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) (PDF) (474 pp, 5.8MB, EPA-420-R-10-009, April 2010)
- Joint Technical Support Document (TSD) (PDF) (215 pp, 2.9M, EPA-420-R-10-901, April 2010)
- EPA Response to Comments (PDF) (841 pp, 3.3MB, EPA-420-R-10-012a, April 2010) NOTE: Chapter 3 of this document was updated on April 15, 2010.
- See the Vehicle Technologies and Measuring GHGs pages for additional documents supporting the agencies' technical assessment for this final rulemaking.
- See Proposed Emission Standards for the proposed rule, fact sheet and regulatory support documents, including the public hearing transcripts and the notice of intent issued May 2009.
- See the Presidential Announcement and commitment letters received in 2009 from California and automakers, expressing support for this effort.


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Sources: Live Science, AGU Meeting Schedule
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