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I'm looking for some advice on getting tickets to an AFL match and a rugby match while we're in Australia in July and August. We don't know much about rugby, and nothing about Australian rules football, but the family is interested in checking out some matches. However acquiring tickets is not easy.
There's an AFL match on July 26 between Hawthorn and Essendon in Melbourne that fits with our schedule really well. Tickets are on Ticketmaster, but it appears that they are either sold out, or only available to all sorts of various Inner, Club, Premium, and AFL members or something. We're not familiar with the terms, and there's not much explanation on the website. When I click on those links it asks me to input a barcode, so I'm guessing those are for people that have signed up for some sort of membership. It's not clear whether the public tickets are sold out or just haven't gone on sale yet. Will public tickets be released at some later point? If not, is it possible to buy them from third parties (scalpers)? Here in the US there are lots of websites doing that (e.g., StubHub); not sure if that's even legal in Oz.
Then there's a match between the Wallabies and the All-Blacks on Aug 17 in Sydney. Looks like tickets haven't gone on sale yet. But the website (rugby.com.au) says that they're only available to Australian residents. Is this true? Or easily circumvented? If not, how is a visiting American to buy tickets?
Any advice for us clueless sports fans is greatly appreciated!
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Tickets for AFL and Rugby
I'm looking for some advice on getting tickets to an AFL match and a rugby match while we're in Australia in July and August. We don't know much about rugby, and nothing about Australian rules football, but the family is interested in checking out some matches. However acquiring tickets is not easy.
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after checking out what you'd said about buying tickets for the Wallabies v All Blacks [I would beg borrow or steal to see that match] which turned out to be correct, [sorry but I felt it sensible to check first] I went to the site of the venue, which says that tickets will be available soon:
aussie cricket seems to have the same procedure; there is a club for aussie residents which gives them priority booking, but I'm hoping I can get tickets through the ground shortly thereafter.
if you can get tickets for the Rugby, forget about the Aussie rules - you'll never see a better rugby team than the All Blacks and the Haka is worth the price of admission by itself!
which reminds me....
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Wallabies vs All Blacks should be great - it usually is. Tickets?? Probably won't sell out.
(Wallabies beaten last night by the British-Irish (or as Mucky says, the Welsh) Lions )
Don't skip the AFL because you're going to a rugby match - it's a far different game and really spectacular in its own right. Like nothing you've seen before. Tickets may not be on sale yet. Hawthorn is top of the table currently (I think!)
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Especially different if you're coming from the US. Absolutely nothing like American football!
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And as a Kiwi I say definitely DO NOT miss an AFL game - it's a fast skilful game, nothing like rugby. I am a real convert, even being involved in teaching it to children some years ago!
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For pretty much all AFL games you can buy tickets online about 3 weeks (ish, I think) before the game. Unless it is a 'big' game like finals or ANZAC Day, it is very unlikely to be sold out. If you call ticketek / ticketmaster they can give you on sale dates.
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Thanks for the info, folks. I'll just keep checking back on the website. Definitely looking forward to both these matches!
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Just wanted to close the loop on this in case someone stumbles on it someday and wonders how it all worked out.
We never were able to get tickets to the Essendon v Hawthorne AFL game, but that was OK as it ended up conflicting with my wife's work scheduled. Instead we went to see the Western Bulldogs v West Coast Eagles on a different day, and had no problem getting tickets online. That's probably because those two teams weren't doing nearly as well as Essendon and Hawthorne, but we couldn't tell the difference.
By the way, AFL is awesome, and we all really enjoyed the game. It's a much more action-packed sport than rugby, and quite easy to understand as there appear to be very few rules. Highly recommend it.
We also saw a rugby league game in Sydney at ANZ stadium, the Rabbitohs vs the Dragons. That was quite fun as I'd never seen rugby league, only rugby union. Again, no problem getting tickets online.
I tried to get the concierge at our Sydney lodgings to get the Wallabies vs All-Blacks tickets for us, but they said they couldn't do it. (pretty lousy concierge) Anyway, I did it online, put in the address for the hotel when I registered on Ticketek, and it went through with no problems, even though I used an American credit card with an American billing address. The game was great, although the Wallabies made too many mistakes and lost, yet again.
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The game was great, although the Wallabies made too many mistakes and lost, yet again.>>
I know - shame, wasn't it?
I have also had success getting tickets for the opening Ashes match in Brisbane in November. it took a bit of searching and persistence but i got there in the end.
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Thanks for getting back to us kbob. You saw a good cross section of football.
The Wallabies played a marginally better, but no more successful, game against the All Blacks in Wellington last night.
I know the All Blacks are the best team in the world, but...don't they have an off day occasionally! (Come to think of it...didn't the English beat them last year at Twickenham?!)
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(Come to think of it...didn't the English beat them last year at Twickenham?!)
yes we did - and though I was there I still can't work out how we did it.
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They put the game statistics up on the scoreboard at the end of the game, and the Wallabies had dominated in most categories. Unfortunately, they made a bunch of bad mistakes, and the All Blacks were quick to capitalize on those mistakes, mostly for tries. Hard to win when you keep giving up the ball only 10 meters away from the All Blacks tryline.
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For all the new faces in the lineup and all the talk over the past 48 hours about how so much has changed in the past 12 months, one thing stayed the same Wednesday night:
For the fourth consecutive time, the Sharks opened a Stanley Cup playoff series with a loss on home ice, this time falling 2-1 to the Colorado Avalanche.
This one was particularly deflating as the winning goal came with 49.3 seconds left in regulation when a shot by Colorado right wing Chris Stewart deflected into the net off the skate of defenseman Rob Blake.
"It's tough when they score in the last minute, when you feel like you've tilted the momentum and then they score," Sharks left wing Ryane Clowe said. "But right now, you let it go. You slowly let it go and think about what we need to do better.
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Clowe's goal at 7:59 of the third period had tied the score at 1-1 after Colorado took the lead on defenseman John-Michael Liles' power-play tally in the second period. Both goalies, Colorado's Craig Anderson and San Jose's Evgeni Nabokov, delivered the kind of performance that is expected in the playoffs when scoring is at a premium.
The Sharks have a well-earned reputation around the NHL as playoff underachievers, and the loss to the eighth-seeded Avalanche won't change that.
But players have insisted they aren't looking backward to a year ago, when the Sharks lost on home ice to the Anaheim Ducks, or two years ago when they lost opening games at HP Pavilion to both Calgary and Dallas.
"What's an opening loss in the last three series going to do for us now?" Clowe responded when the subject came up. "If you're thinking about that, you're in the wrong mental state."
Earlier in the day, Sharks coach Todd McLellan stressed the importance of winning the first game of the series — but only to a degree.
"I don't think it's the be-all and end-all, but would we like to have it? Absolutely. That's our goal," the coach said. "But if we wake up tomorrow and for some reason it hasn't gone our way, we're going to have to overcome."
McLellan has been using that word — overcome — a lot lately. He talked about how no team goes 16-0 to win the Stanley Cup, how setbacks can come at any point, and how teams need to be able to deal with them.
"We're in that situation now," the coach said after the game. "We knew they were going to be tough. We knew it wasn't going to be an easy or simple series."
The Sharks opened the game with a lot of energy, playing strong in their own zone, displaying the crisp passing and solid board play that characterized the team as it went 8-1-1 down the stretch.
But the Avalanche took control in the second period, outshooting San Jose 12-3, keeping the Sharks off balance and scoring on the first of only two power plays that Colorado had all night.
With Blake in the penalty box, Liles found a shooting lane from the blue line and fired a 53-foot slap shot that beat a screened Nabokov on the glove side.
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But just when it looked as if the game might be headed to overtime, Stewart fired the puck from the right corner toward the net where the unintended deflection off Blake's skate eluded Nabokov.
"One lucky bounce and we find ourselves short, but that's how the goals are scored," Nabokov said. "They go into the blue paint, they put the puck out there, and that's what the playoffs are all about."
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I have been studying at a major Manchester College now in its sixth form department for nearly two years (this is my second year). It has been an experience some good some not so good. I am doing an AVCE double award in ICT. The good things about the college is that is flexible, they treat like adults (except from a few bad tutors) and it has a wide range of courses. They also do some good units, which interest me on the course although you have no choice in this matter. I have met some good friends on the course. The downsides of this college are numerous though it has improved this year. Firstly some tutors don?t know the first thing about what they are teaching, in some cases I was teaching them! They mixed up the assignments last year so that they all had to handed at the same time thus giving me a lot of stress. The support is only average they have ridiculously out of date computers.
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My School Sixth Form (no names in case a teacher reads it) has been in place for many years now and the system they have in place seems to be working. The sixth formers are entitled to the 'Common Room', which is basically a big room with comfy chairs and a stereo. Now this might sound all nice and cosy but don't be fooled. The sixth form is a harsh place to be. The common room is over run by year 12 who have little or no respect for their elders, and the 'moshers' always put crappy morbid music on the stereo, causing violent clashes between the townies and the moshers. The common room is split between the different friendship groups. On the heater theres the moshers, down from them the country bumpkins, then accross the back wall, the popular 'pretty' boys and girls, then the real townies with hardcore rave tunes pumping out, the sporting people with their adidas pants and then in the other half of the common room the y12's are split between the in crowd and the goons, no in between people just sweet or swot. When you first enter the hallowed sixth form block you are greeted with, 'your all adults now and we will treat you so', which lasts for about 5 minutes when you are told, 'no smoking, no music during lesson time, stay in school all day regardless of free lessons' and it soon becomes aparrent that you are actually treated worse than you were in the lower school. The teachers (mainly mine) don't seem to understand the terms 'stress' and 'high blood pressure', fair enough we're in sixth form and A levels and GNVQ's involve a lot of work but just cos we've moved up a year doesn't mean that we can work every hour that god sends. My teacher for Leisure and Tourism may as well be the grim reaper, i told her in the start that i only wanted a pass, not a distinction as i couldn't handle the stress and workload with my dodg
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This was my Secondary school, and did me fairly proud with both my GCSE`s and A-levels - getting 7 A`s, 1 B, 1 C and an E for my GCSE`s and 2 B`s and 2 C`s for my A levels. The atmosphere is quite good, and the teachers asa whole seem to care about doing their job properly. The school has the same problems as almost every other school in the UK - they need more funding to buy equipment and books, but what they do have they certainly make the most of. There are a couple of good computer rooms, all on a network and connected to the internet. It isn`t the fastest connection on the planet but it certainly does well enough for simple browsing. If you are in Halewood and are looking for a secnodary school, you could do a lot worse than send your children to halewood Comprehensive. They do the job with the accademic learning, and they also make sure you know enough about the real world before they let you out to try ad find jobs, survive at university etc.


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Warhol's Brando may fetch $20m
An Andy Warhol silkscreen of actor Marlon Brando, clad in leather astride a motorcycle from the movie The Wild One, is expected to sell for $US20 million when it hits the auction block in November.
Marlon, a 1966 silkscreen that is one of the late pop artist's most famous Hollywood portraits, will be part of Christie's sale of post-war and contemporary art.
It is being sold from the collection of businessman and Museum of Modern Art trustee Donald L Bryant Jr.
"Alongside his portraits of Elvis Presley, Warhol's image of Marlon Brando exudes a raw sexuality and intense power rarely found in his work," Christie's chairman for post-war and contemporary art, Brett Gorvy, said.
The image of Brando was taken from a publicity photo for the 1953 movie about motorcycle gangs.
Marlon will be sold at Christie's New York headquarters on November 14.
The sale coincides with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibit of works by Warhol.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, established in 1987 at the late artist's direction, said on Wednesday that over a period of years it would sell through Christie's, paintings, photos and other works by Warhol.
"The Foundation also plans to mark its 25th anniversary by making additional gifts of significant works to museums, continuing its long history of donating Warhol's art," it said in a joint statement with Christie's.
Warhol's Green car crash - Green burning car I sold in 2007 for $US71.7 million.
A four-panel self-portrait, Warhol's first, commanded $US38.4 million in May 2011, and his Double Marlon, another Brando-inspired work from 1966, sold for $US32.5 million in 2008.
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A few weeks ago, HBO gave us our first real look at season 2 of Game of Thrones. The cable channel released an "In Production" featurette with scenes from season 2 of the breakout hit (watch it here). But we had yet to see a real trailer for the new season.
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A DRAGONS fan celebrating his team's grand-final victory died after an ugly brawl with police which he was drawn into in a foolhardy attempt to help his two brothers.
Steven Bosevski, 35, suffered a heart attack in October 2010 after security staff and several officers tried to restrain him during a fight on the terrace at the St George Leagues Club.
The huge man - who weighed 134kg - was repeatedly hit with a police baton then left lying on the ground for nearly four minutes before he was checked on and found unconscious.
But in his findings following an inquest into Mr Bosevski's death, Deputy State Coroner Paul MacMahon said neither the repeated baton strikes nor the position police held the 35-year-old on the ground directly contributed to the fatality.
"The cause of Steven's death was the interaction of a number of factors at the time he intervened in the melee and punched (an officer) in an apparently misguided attempt to help his brothers," he said.
Mr Bosevski's brother Steve had earlier been involved in a confrontation with a patron at the club, before he and another brother Tony began clashing with police.
Mr MacMahon said police had shown "poor judgement" storming the terrace without a firm plan of action and their intervention "appears to have ignited the situation" with the Bosevski brothers.
"With more consideration by the officers the whole incident might well have been avoided," he said.
"In my view this shows a failure on the part of the officers and suggests that they were unprepared for the task."
Both Steve and Tony Bosevski were tasered and capsicum sprayed during the melee, which Mr MacMahon described as "frightening, violent and chaotic".
"Up until that moment, Steven does not appear to have had any involvement in the incident," he said.
CCTV footage next showed Mr Bosevski approach his brothers with a beer bottle in his hand and hit an officer in the eye.
He was eventually wrestled to the ground after being hit with a baton at least nine times, but a few minutes later he was found to no longer be breathing.
An autopsy found Mr Bosevski died from a heart attack brought on by a combination of hypertensive heart disease and a toxic reaction to the drug methamphetamine - commonly known as ice.
Mr MacMahon recommended that Operational Support Group police - also known as the Riot Squad - be better trained to coordinate and communicate during crowd-control situations.
Mr Bosevski's sister Kate was the only family member in court for the findings. She declined to speak to the media as she left the building.
Originally published as NRL brawl 'violent, chaotic, frightening'


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By "Burn" for webBikeWorld
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▪ wBW Motorcycle Helmet Reviews
Average modular helmet with no real outstanding features. Includes an internal sun shade.
Relatively quiet with comfortable liner. New and unique type of face shield removal mechanism.
Our example had some quality flaws. This helmet in size XL is very heavy.
NOTE: See our review of the HJC Sy-Max II, which is the North American version of this helmet.
The job of evaluating the new HJC FS-Max flip-up helmet was assigned to me.
The reason?
It's because everyone wants me to dump my crusty old Shoei Duotec flip-up, the one that needed replacement about, oh, maybe five years ago...
Even with all the helmets in the webBikeWorld inventory, I always seem to go back to the Duotec because it's just so familiar.
I never really liked the Shoei Syncrotec, which was Shoei's attempt at an "improved" Duotec and I haven't tried the new Multitec yet. (Editor's Note: Burn may not have tried it, but we reviewed it).
But I have tried just about every other modular helmet and I just haven't discovered any compelling reason to make me leave the Duotec behind. Will the new HJC FS-Max change my mind?
The HJC Sy-Max, one of HJC's "AC" series helmets, has been around for several years without an update.
The word is that the FS-Max shown here, which has just been released in Europe, will be sold in the U.S. as a 2008 model. Will it be called the Sy-Max? Sy-Max II? Who knows...
The styling of the FS-Max isn't revolutionary by any means, but the new, simpler vent arrangement and the addition of an internally rotating sun shade caught our interest.
We wanted to try one and couldn't wait for the U.S. model to appear, so we purchased an FS-Max in England and had it shipped over (which cost a fortune with the current exchange rates). Is it worth waiting for? Let's take a look...
webBikeWorld has been impressed with HJC quality in the full-face helmets that have been reviewed on these pages; the CL-14, the CL-SP, the AC-12 Carbon possess excellent quality and are a super value.
But it sure seems like HJC has been on a cost-cutting bender recently. The HJC CL-XS Enduro helmet we reviewed started the trend -- it seemed different than the HJC helmets we knew and loved and the FS-Max shown here also has more than a few flaws that leave us puzzled.
Although it's important to note that both the CL-XS Enduro helmet and the FS-Max shown here are European-only models; could it be that Americans are pickier when it comes to quality faux pas and HJC U.S.A. has different standards for this market?
Let's start with the paint quality on our example, which doesn't impress. It has some orange peel, uneven coating and even some dust particles visible in the surface (see the photo below).
Even some tooling marks can be seen here and there across the surface, like on the plastic "ears" towards the back of the rotating visor.
The top vent doesn't quite fit as tight as we'd expect, and some glue or paint or clearcoat bubbling is visible where the vent meets the helmet. We also experienced a couple of other problems with the visor fit and finish which I'll describe later.
As if that isn't enough, there's more: the right cheek pad keeps coming loose because the female side of the plastic pin attachment was defective right out of the box. The cheek pad comes loose just about every time I take the helmet off.
One or two of these flaws might be overlooked, but when you add them all up, it gives us the impression that something has slipped in the quality department.
And the available colors don't help: the FS-Max, at least in its UK guise, is only available in Silver, Anthracite and Black, three of the most somber hues I can think of.
I rate the fit and finish of our HJC FS-Max as poor (see the ratings scale in the summary table at the end of this article).
My opinion is that the FS-Max will fit riders with round heads best. The upper section around the brow on the inside of the FS-Max is shaped for a round head, but the cheek pads feel like they're a size too thick for the helmet, which is a size XL (it otherwise fits about like an XL should, so I'd say it's true to size).
The helmet feels like it sits lower than the original Sy-Max, which is a good thing. I tried a Sy-Max when it first came out and it felt like it rode way too high, so I didn't buy one.
One of the big selling points of modular helmets is that they work better for motorcycle riders who wear eyeglasses. That's really the main reason why I wear a flip-up most of the time and why I've stuck with my old Duotec -- it fits easily over my glasses, especially now that it has several years worth of break-in time!
However, the FS-Max doesn't seem to be eyeglasses-friendly to me.
The cheek pads and the padding on the side push on the side of the ear pieces on my glasses, forcing them against my head, which causes some discomfort after wearing the helmet for only a half-hour or so. I'm hoping this will change over time as the helmet gets broken in.
But you'd think that HJC (and other helmet manufacturers) would design a groove or a space in the padding on the sides to give eyeglass wearers some relief in that area...
I can say that otherwise, the liner is pretty comfy. It's a soft type of microfleece fabric and it looks comfortable and has enough padding on top and the sides. The top portion of the liner has tiny perforations; I don't know if they really help with ventilation, but they look nice anyway.
Overall, the HJC FS-Max has what I'd say is an average feel. Nothing fantastic to rave about, just OK. I rate it a good.
A rather nice, large 50mm wide (2") button or lever is located at the bottom center of the chin bar to unlock and raise the flip-up, or modular rotating visor. It's easy to hook the button with a thumb to pull the visor open in one sweeping motion.
I think this type of button and its location is the best arrangement for modular helmets.
The rotating modular visor has a pretty smooth feel as it opens -- not the smoothest I've tried, but it's acceptable. It doesn't have a detent or stop at the upper end of the movement, but there seems to be enough friction to hold the modular section open when necessary.
The helmet has metal hooks that grab metal bars that are riveted into the helmet itself and this design seems to be rather typical for modular helmet latches lately.
I'm hoping the rotating mechanism gets broken in over time without getting loose or sloppy, because although its movement is acceptable, it's probably not as smooth as it could be. I wonder again if price pressures had an effect on the design.
The face shield has some problems. Ours definitely has some waviness that can be seen through the polycarbonate, and it also is the first face shield I can remember that showed scratches after the first time I used the helmet.
I have no idea where they came from -- I'm always very careful about my helmets and cleaning the face shield, so my guess is that the material is softer or somehow different than normal.
The material difference may have something to do with the new face shield removal mechanism on the FS-Max. It's a unique new design and the first system we've seen that uses no moving parts.
The face shield must first must be lifted to its topmost position before removal and then it can be detached by simply pulling it out of the side plates. At first, I thought this was a good idea because it's probably the simplest and easiest system I've seen.
But the problem is that the face shield attachment depends upon the strength of the polycarbonate tabs molded into the sides that fit into the matching slot on the side of the helmet.
This means that there's no actual moving mechanism to lift or lower the face shield -- it works by friction. After only a dozen or so uses, it seems to be getting worn and the face shield doesn't shut tight without slamming it home.
Here are two photographs that I hope illustrate how the system works. In the first photo below, the orange arrows point to the two plastic tabs inside the face shield. These are a press fit into the slot; see the next photo.
The photo above shows the face shield after it has been removed from the helmet. The two plastic tabs slide out of the tongue-shaped section in the middle of the black-colored mechanism. The face shield is pulled forward to release it, as illustrated by the yellow arrows.
Note also the orange arrow, which points to the molded-in piece that allows the face shield to ratchet up and down on the stops, which can be seen in the mechanism as the jagged teeth towards the bottom.
Overall, the removal mechanism is a good idea, but it somewhat inhibits the face shield from securely closing and I just hope it doesn't wear out too soon.
There are also some relatively large gaps between the face shield and the helmet. Note the extra section of gasket that can be seen just below the middle yellow arrow; it looks to me like this was added after the original design to try to fill the gap between the face shield and the helmet.
Here's another photo below that shows the gap from above.
The tips of the yellow arrows are just touching the face shield; follow through the thickness of the face shield and you can see the gaps on either side of the top of the triangular shaped extra gasket (described above), between the yellow arrows and the faded orange arrows.
There's also a gap between that piece of gasket and the helmet body, shown by the lower middle orange faded arrow.
The eye port provides what I'd say is a slightly smaller than average view, maybe a bit narrower than normal because the sides of the eye port opening are just visible in my peripheral vision.
The eye port isn't nearly as wide as the fish-bowl view provided by, for example, the Zeus ZS-508.
Overall, the rather poor quality of the face shield on our example and its propensity for showing scratches forces me to give it a poor rating.
webBikeWorld reviewers haven't been very fond of these devices and this one hasn't changed our opinion. The sun shade has an on/off capability only -- it can only be lowered to its fully extended position.
The visor is spring-loaded and it works by sliding forward a lever on the upper rear of the helmet. There's a separate button that must be tripped to pop the sun visor up into its stored position. I'm not sure why the extra parts to make the thing either open or close but no in between...
Like every other one of these devices we've tried so far, it adds even more waviness to the already wavy clear visor; that is, it decreases visibility, which is not a good thing.
Also like every other one we've tried, the bottom of the sun visor is just below the rider's field of view, which is very annoying. Why can't they make these things to extend down to around your upper lip or so?
Internal sun visors have promise, but in my opinion, no one as of yet has successfully implemented the technology.
You may accuse me of nitpicking about the visor though, because after all of my carping, the gaps don't really seem to affect the noise levels of the FS-Max, which is surprisingly quieter than I thought it would be.
The helmet is provided with a chin curtain under the chin bar, and this seems to help lower the wind noise that might otherwise come from that area.
However, some low-frequency "booming" noises are apparent around the lower rear of the helmet, but this noise is only heard when riding behind some types of windscreens that direct the flow of turbulent air to that area.
I also notice a rise in wind noise when I turn my head from side to side as the air flows through the gaps in the modular visor and over the vents. But overall, I'd rate the ability of the FS-Max to keep the noise level attenuated as a very good.
Note that we always wear correctly fitted, high quality earplugs and an extra helmet liner when riding, and we strongly recommend that you always wear hearing protection also.
See the wBW Earplugs and Hearing Protection page for more information on choosing and wearing earplugs.
Note also that your experience with this helmet's noise levels may be different, depending upon many factors, including your head shape, motorcycle configuration, prevailing winds and more.
The FS-Max has a wide chin vent in the shape of a scoop that directs air on to the back of the face shield. There are no direct ports to flow air through the chin bar and on to the rider's face.
The top vent is a simple slider that uncovers two small holes in the forehead of the helmet. The air theoretically flows over the top and somehow down on to the rider's head, but I can't find any direct path from the top vent holes through the liner.
This is probably why I don't feel much or any air on top but I can feel a bit of fresh air on my face through the chin vent.
The face shield does have 6 detents to position it up or down and the first detent allows the FS-Max to be cracked open about 6mm or so for fresh air.
I'd say that the venting is slightly below average, but I don't feel like I suffer for it, so I'll give it a good rather than a very good or excellent.
This FS-Max in size XL weighs a whopping 1911 grams, or 4 lbs., 3-3/8 oz., which gives it the very dubious distinction of being the heaviest helmet we've ever reviewed, number 68 out of 68.
To be honest, I was rather surprised to discover this, because although most modular helmets feel heavier than their full-face counterparts, I didn't think the FS-Max would be that heavy. Hmmm....maybe now we know what the "Max" stands for?
The helmet doesn't feel as heavy when I'm wearing it, probably because it fits better and lower than the Sy-Max. I can honestly say I don't really notice the weight when I'm riding and I'm not sure why.
I didn't know how much it weighed until Rick put it on the Polder scale.
So this may or may not be an issue for you.
I don't know how much the other sizes weigh. I do know that HJC advertises that they use 3 different helmet shell sizes for the FS-Max: a small shell for sizes XS and S; a large shell size for M and L and an extra-large shell for sizes XL and XXL.
Kudos to HJC for letting us know not only that they use different shell sizes but also how those shell sizes match up to the hat sizes.
So this may be one of the reasons the XL is so heavy -- it uses the same shell size as an XXL and I'll be the XXL is virtually no heavier and, in fact, it may even be lighter because the padding is probably thinner to make up the difference for the same shell size but larger hat size.
I'll be the rotating internal sun shade also adds several ounces.
See the wBW Motorcycle Helmet Weights page for a chart that compares the weights of all the helmets reviewed on webBikeWorld.
HJC uses a very frustrating chin strap buckle on the FS-Max, which, by the way, surely doesn't subtract from the weight on this baby. I have no idea why the Europeans seem to be going for these horrendous contraptions in such a big way.
A D-ring is so efficient, so simple and works so well to provide instant infinite adjustment...why change?
The buckle on this helmet is even more complex than some of the other so-called "quick release" buckles we've seen. It took me nearly 20 minutes of fussing around to get the thing adjusted correctly the first time out, and let's hope I never have to do it again.
You'll never have that problem with a D-ring...
The helmet does have some thicker and wider than average padding sections under the chin strap, but that large, long and complex buckle make me feel like I'm choking.
Other than that, HJC says the liner is made from "AquaTrans" and it is removable and washable. The face shield is supposed to be anti-fog treated but it's been too warm to tell if it works or not; I suspect it does from the couple of early-morning go-outs I've experienced.
The HJC FS-Max seems to show lower levels of quality than we've come to expect from HJC. My opinion is that the helmet is not outstanding in any one area, except maybe its noise control, which seems very good.
There are probably better modular helmets out there in the same price range; try the AGV Miglia and the Shoei Multitec.
It is possible that HJC will improve the FS-Max when and if it comes to the U.S.A. to replace the Sy-Max or as a new helmet and we'll try to stay on top of that story.
|wBW Review HJC FS-MAX Modular Helmet
|Available From: HJC Helmets (Europe)
|List Price: �179.99 (Solids)
|Colors: Silver, Anthracite, Black.
|Made In: Korea
|Review Date: May 2007
Rating Scale is subjective: Unacceptable, Poor, Neutral, Very Good, Excellent, Outstanding.
From "A.G.": "I've had the FS-MAX for over 6 months now (I live in Spain and it came out here last year). It's my first modular helmet and I'm happy with it. It's heavy, compared to a full face, but like you said I don't feel it while I wear it.
The sun visor is just great, although it should be bigger. The mechanism is easy to manipulate even with winter gloves.
My unit is not as low quality as the one you tested, being mine in a lighter grey. It does have some issues, like the side padding coming out a little every time I take it off, but not the cheek padding.
Venting is insufficient during hot days, unless you leave the visor open on its first position.
I also liked the fact that was a multifiber helmet, made from Kevlar, Spectra and fiberglass, but I don't know for sure if that means better helmet compared to the many Lexan and plastic modular helmets around.
The visor is fog-free but only for a few months, and not able to fit a Pinlock. The buckle is just fine for me, easy on and off, no hassle, at all. And last, at around 240 Euros it is a good 100 Euros cheaper than a Shoei Multitec and I'll say I'm fairly happy with it."
From "G.": "First off, love your website!! I visit often for information and steer others your way... Anway, I contacted HJC about the availability of the FS-Max in the US Market. My last two helmets have been the SyMax and fit my noggin well. Here (in part) is their reply:
'Actually, the FSMax will be in U.S. on February 1, 2008. It was released in Europe first and it has received positive reviews. Meanwhile, if you are interested in a sun shield helmet, we do have a new helmet just released in U.S. with a sun visor called FS10.
It is not a system helmet (Editor's Note: I think they mean modular?) but has the patented sun shield on the helmet. It is DOT and priced at $250 MSRP. It has a great fit and styling. The helmet is so new, it won't be in our website until Monday of next week (September 17, 2007).'"


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The shooting happened at about 4 a.m. at O'Hara Park at 1100 O'Hara Ave., adjacent to the middle school of the same name.
When officers arrived, they found the victim, 21-year-old Oakley resident James Didio, suffering from a gunshot wound, police said. He died at the scene.
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2015-01-23 10:37 am
Hello Bobby,
The receiving server is typically the one that determines whether to place the email in the Spam folder or not. If you can log into the yahoo mail server to see if it is the same there. That will confirm the server is the one that placed it in the spam folder. As to why, I can only guess that something in the spam algorithm has changed where it is flagging those specific email. Is there a way to whitelist the email address it comes from?
Kindest Regards,
Scott M
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2014-05-30 7:19 pm
Hello Marco,
Sorry to hear that you're having problems with sent email going into spam. If your emails are being sent to the SPAM box, it may be depend on several things. The content of your messages, server reputation, or the email filter settings on the destination server. You need to provide more information on the issue in order for us to more thoroughly investigate the problem. We would need to know your domain name, or at least the email address you're using and the destination you're sending the email to. You may also be receiving a bounce-back message that explains the issue. If you are getting a bounce-back message, then that information would be invaluable in determining the cause of your email problems.
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Arnel C.
2014-05-30 6:37 pm
Hello there,I'm trying to figure out WHY most of the e-mail I send are always going to others SPAM box... I just send a couple of e-mails per dayand of course I'm NOT a spammer! Can someone please help me?
2014-04-26 1:22 pm
this is the email address that correspondence was sent.
the msg. was sent on Tuesday morning and I didn't recieve it unitl Friday morning.
2014-04-28 12:16 am
Hello Chris,
SPF records would not delay email delivery. Although email was intended to be delivered within 24 hours, it can be delayed longer at times due to other issues with one or more email servers along the route.
Kindest Regards,
Scott M
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Seventy year-old sopranos reaching but never quite making the high notes, tenor sections, consisting of a handful of men and capable altos, a muddled brass quintet undermining "Joy to the World" with missed entrances, and miscast youth productions of Godspell and Jesus Christ Superstar are some of the vague memories I have of church music from my childhood. What I also remember is that despite some truly atrocious performances, music was the pride of the congregation and any new developments in the music program were an immediate source of satisfaction. In 1993, the American Composers Forum (ACF) initiated the Faith Partners program, which pairs up a composer with 3 different faith-based organizations in an 18-month long residency in order to take advantage of this very situation: a well-established community and audience that is enthusiastic about being a part of the creation of new liturgical repertoire.
The program started in Minnesota and has been going strong for the past decade with over 80 congregations having participated throughout the state. Many of the ACF's local chapters have also brought the program into their own areas including Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, and most recently, New York City. Renita Kalhorn, director of the New York Chapter of the ACF, believes that it is the grassroots nature of the program, "bringing new music to people where they are" that has ultimately led to its success in Minnesota and beyond. She goes on to define the need for such a program, saying, "I think that there are few opportunities for composers to write sacred music these days, which is a very traditional role that they played."
When an ACF chapter elects to start a Faith Partners program in their community, local funds are raised and then faith-based institutions of all backgrounds are invited to apply. From the applicant pool, the chapter selects three houses of worship that they feel have similar resources and represented the greatest diversity possible to become a part of the participating consortia. The three congregations then collaborate in selecting and working with a composer during an eighteen-month residency. While the ACF chapter manages the application process, the decision is made solely through the consensus of the three participating institutions.
In January 2002, the New York chapter of the ACF with funding from the Wolfensohn Family Foundation launched the first Faith Partners residency in New York City. The consortia comprises three of New York's most prominent and influential congregations: St. Bartholomew's (Episcopal), St. Ignatius-Loyola (Roman Catholic), and Temple Emanu-El (Reform Judaism), all located in Manhattan. All three institutions support audition-only, professional choirs, a number of congregational choirs, world-class organs, and strong musical leadership—a far cry from the simple, volunteer style of music of my humble childhood!
The high-quality of performance and the visibility of the participating organizations attracted a record number of composers applicants. The music directors of St. Bartholomew's and St. Ignatius-Loyola (William Trafka and Kent Tritle respectively) and the head organist of Temple Emanu-El (Hunter Tillman) sifted through 43 applications, which included resumes and recordings but could not decide on only one composer. Instead, they agreed to invite 2 composers to be a part of the residency—Gerald Cohen, a Jewish cantor from Yonkers, and Charles Griffin, a former church musician and composer based on Long Island. The program was modified to accommodate two composers by reducing the number of compositions from the normal 6 to 4—one piece per congregation to serve particular liturgical needs and one piece that will travel between the three.
Both composers had extensive experience writing liturgical music in the past, but neither had had the opportunity to write for a faith separate from their own. They both expressed a certain excitement about their music being able to act as a vehicle of communication between the different faiths involved. Cohen explained that the program "seemed like a natural fit for me—continuing the things I've been doing but at the same time also opening new ground in that I hadn't written specifically for churches before. I was very excited to have this opportunity to have this ecumenical experience and have a chance to write for other faith organizations because I feel that music is a great way for different religions to speak to each other." At first, Griffin said he was a bit nervous about setting Hebrew texts for his piece Hashkivenu, a task that he had never tackled before. "I wasn't reticent but I was concerned about setting it accurately," he clarified. But he found that by working closely with members of the Temple Emanu-El staff he was able to get a handle on the pronunciation, accenting, and intonation of the text. While Griffin was studying Hebrew, Cohen was getting a first-rate education in composing for the organ. "It was my first real chance to write for organ and the organists and the music directors gave me a nice education on the organ as well in terms of bringing in what I was doing and they'd show me about how their wonderful instruments could make it sound as wonderful as possible." He humorously added, "I think I have been spoiled now having worked with these organs!"
While interfaith understanding has always been one of the primary goals of the Faith Partners residencies, the need for communication and compassion between different religions has seemed particularly relevant in the aftermath of September 11th. Helping the congregation respond to the tragedy and heal was sited as a major concern when the residencies began in January 2002. Both composers and the consortia have been very open to incorporating material into these works that normally wouldn't find a place in the traditional services. For example, Cohen set the Hebrew text of Adon Olam for a cappella choir and initially intended it to be his traveling piece. When these plans fell through, he was elated that Kent Tritle, the music director at St. Ignatius-Loyola, asked him to use the work, which is based on one of the most important Jewish liturgical texts, as the piece for St. Ignatius. Cohen was both surprised and overjoyed by this decision and the presence of a work in Hebrew in a Catholic service points to the interconnectedness of these two faiths. The other three pieces that Cohen wrote as a part of this residency were gleaned from a translation of the Jewish Kabbalistic Text, the Zohar, Psalm 95, and Wordsworth's "Ode to Immortality."
Griffin's compositional process represented a reconciling of faiths in itself. Apart from acquainting himself with the intricacies of Hebrew, Griffin focused a great deal on combining different cultural influences into his works. His piece Out of Nothingness for choir with organ and percussion accompaniment was born out of a desire to acknowledge the Islamic faith. "Gerald and I both independently had the notion of looking at Rumi for a source, but I couldn't find anything that would solely be useful by itself." Lukewarm responses from the music directors about this idea led him to concentrate more generally on whirling dervish imagery. He eventually culled his own text from translations of the great Sufi poets, but he was struck by similarities that he found between Whirling Dervish imagery and the Ghost Dance of the Sioux. His process had also led him to consider incorporating elements of the famous Negro spiritual called "Ezekiel Saw Da Wheel," but canceled this idea after learning that the Book of Ezekiel in the Old Testament calls for the "smiting of Israel," is often quoted by anti-semitic figures.
While it is evident that cultural bridges have definitely been fortified as a result of this program, it is still too early to tell if another goal—the permanent addition of these works to the liturgical repertoire—will be attained. From his experiences writing for synagogues in the past, Cohen notes that, "A nice thing about writing for synagogues or for churches is that hopefully then the pieces have a wide life in a lot of different contexts and for use in the community." In the case of this residency, he presumes that the pieces, which were all written for a specific liturgical need, will be used again." The first pieces were premiered during services at St. Bartholomew's and St. Ignatius Loyola in November and were met with enthusiasm from the congregations. Kalhorn explains, "It really brings the creation of new music very close to them." And while outreach activities have been limited, a "meet-the-composer coffee break" at St. Ignatius allowed members of the congregation to interface with the composers adding what Kalhorn calls "human element to the whole program." She continues saying, "Ideally we'd love to have the composer coming into Sunday school classes and adult education classes adult education classes to speak with them."
And while the incorporation of the eight works being created as a part of this particular residency into the standard repertory of these institutions is a desirable goal, the composers and the ACF are most excited about this program to act as a pilot for other residencies in New York City. Griffin hopes that "the congregations will become aware of what this process is and be receptive to working with other composers in a similar situation, so that it can sort of take on its own life…I think it would be great if a residency like this could exist in every borough every year. It certainly seems like there should be enough interest in it to sustain such a notion." Kalhorn hopes to continue the program in New York next year (pending funding), housing it in more diverse institutions such as St. John's in Greenwich Village, an Anglican church with a large gay-lesbian membership, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, and B'Nai Jeshurun on the Upper West Side.
Another focus for Kalhorn is to encourage institutions to continue to participate in commissioning composers after the residency is over. The Unity Church in St. Paul, MN, successfully continued the program after being a Faith Partner and has now developed a reputation in its community for fostering and encouraging new music and even has its own resident new music ensemble. In this case, the church did all of its own fundraising to continue commissioning, but Kalhorn recognizes that not all institutions have such resources and that a more practical way may be by promoting the creation of commissioning clubs. "I think there are people at these congregations who would be interested in doing that sort of thing. They're so huge—the church and the synagogue and that would be another way to bring them together, to work together, to create more sacred music."
The bulk of the premieres will happen between February 14 and February 23 and the Friday nights performance at Temple Emanu-El featuring a premiere by each composer will be simulcast on WQXR. See below for a complete listing of concerts.
Premieres will take place at the 11:00 a.m. services at St. Bartholomew's and St. Ignatius-Loyola, and the 5:15 p.m. service at Temple Emanu-El. Temple Emanuel services are also broadcast on WQXR (96.3 FM) and Web cast on their Web site.
Temple Emanu-El (1 E 65th St.)
Composer: Gerald Cohen • Premiere: All of God's creations recite melody
Composer: Charles Griffin • Premiere: Hashkivenu
St. Ignatius-Loyola
Composer: Gerald Cohen • Premiere: All of God's creations recite melody
St. Bartholomew's
Composer: Charles Griffin • Premiere: Out of nothingness
Temple Emanu-El
Composer: Gerald Cohen • Premiere: L'chu N'ran'na (Psalm 95-excerpt)
Composer: Charles Griffin • Premiere: Out of nothingness
St. Ignatius-Loyola
Composer: Charles Griffin • Premiere: Out of nothingness
St. Bartholomew's
Composer: Gerald Cohen • Premiere: All of God's creations recite melody


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A federal panel reviewing the Enbridge Northern Gateway project will not allow the general public to sit in on oral statement sessions in Victoria and Vancouver, a government official has confirmed.
For the first time in the long review process, which has seen the panel travel widely across northern British Columbia over the past year, those wanting to witness oral presentations will have to go to separate "viewing venues" where they can watch live broadcasts.
In both cities, presenters are allowed to bring one guest with them, but the main audience will be in different hotels, dozens of blocks away.
Kristen Higgins, a spokeswoman for the National Energy Board, said the panel decided to separate the public from the presenters because of concerns about possible disruptions.
"The panel was really wanting to make sure that the process went through orderly, smoothly, efficiently," she said. "So they thought that they would take a pro-active approach for Victoria and Vancouver and make sure that they could hear all of the oral presenters in a way that there weren't any possible disruptions."
She said the panel has faced protests before, without significant problems, but members were concerned about the size of the crowds that might be drawn to the hearings in B.C.'s two biggest cities.
"Victoria and Vancouver are the largest, they are large urban areas and the panel was just looking at those two communities where there has been a history of protests around this project," Ms. Higgins said.
Last fall, a Defend Our Coast rally drew several thousand people to the legislature in Victoria to urge the provincial government to oppose the pipeline that Enbridge is proposing to build from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
Ms. Higgins said there have been no warnings of protests this week in Victoria, where the panel sits from this Friday until next Friday, or in Vancouver, where the hearings will be held Jan 14 to 18 and Jan. 30 to Feb. 1.
The panel will also hear oral statements on Jan. 28 in Kelowna, where the public will be allowed to sit in on the presentations. Ms. Higgins said about 700 people are expected to make oral statements to the panel in the three cities.
Environmentalists say the move of separating the audience from speakers is anti-democratic.
"I find it disappointing that the public hearings in Victoria and Vancouver will be less public than anywhere else," said Gwen Barlee of the Wilderness Committee. "This is an important issue. People in Victoria and Vancouver want to be heard … and here you have a panel trying to mute public opposition."
Ms. Barlee said the oral statement section of the hearings is supposed to be about giving the public a voice, and it is wrong to lock the audience out of the room where the presentations are being made. "The people should be welcome," she said. "Instead they have a process that will restrict how people engage."
Vicky Husband, an independent and leading environmentalist in B.C., said she is shocked the public won't be able to see and hear her in person when she makes an oral statement to the panel in Victoria.
"I see it as an abuse of the democratic process," Ms. Husband said. "People have been telling me they are upset about not being in the room. It's about the importance of bearing witness."
Ms. Husband said that when she speaks she wants to address her remarks to the public, not just to a panel sitting in a room isolated from her audience. "It's not just about me speaking to the panel. I feel like I am speaking to the public and for the public too," she said. "The public should be allowed in."
In Victoria, the panel will hear oral statements at the Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort, while the audience viewing venue will be at the Ramada Victoria. In Vancouver, the panel will hear presentations at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, and the audience will be at the Westin Bayshore for part of the hearings and then at the Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown.


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Album's excellent, I agree with the review for the most part, the most consistent record of their 'mainstream metal' days
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Album Rating: 4.5I disagree about captive honor being "questionable" and "forgettable" but a good read and excellent album
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Mariah Carey and Miguel has turned Spanglish on us. The international superstar (who is of part Afro-Venezuelan descent) and R&B crooner (who is part Mexican) have released an interesting twist to their "#Beautiful" hit by way of "#Hermosa."
The song, which holds the same backbeat at "#Beautiful," intertwines Spanish words within and features "Hermoso… contigo yo soy libre" ["Beautiful… with you, I am free"]. According to the Huffington Post, "#Hermosa" is technically the third version of "#Beautiful" to hit iTunes. The song already has a hip-hop infused version, which features rapper A$AP Rocky.


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Archive for Thursday, September 17, 2009
Kill Creek K-10 overpass to be resurfaced next spring
September 17, 2009
The Kill Creek Road overpass over Kansas Highway 10 is scheduled for an extensive repair project for early next spring.
Burt Morey, district engineer for the Kansas Department of Transportation, said the project will include patching and a new concrete overlay of the deck of the overpass. new approach slabs and curb repair.
"It's scheduled for 50 working days, which is two and a half months," Morey said. "We'll let it later this fall and start work early next spring."
Traffic on the bridge will be limited to one lane during deck construction and controlled by traffic signal, Morey said.
The spring construction schedule on the overpass would delay the project past the current construction on 83rd Street east of Kill Creek Road, which would funnel more traffic to Kill Creek Road.
The spring construction schedule for the overpass will coincide with a $400,000 resurfacing of Kill Creek Road from K-10 to 83rd Street. De Soto city engineer Mike Brungardt said has said that project will be let this fall and work will be set for spring. That project, to be paid for from federal stimulus dollars distributed by KDOT.
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A Study of The Relative Bioavailability of Ritonavir-Boosted Danoprevir Fixed Dose Combination Tablets in Healthy Volunteers
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