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Breastfeeding is known to benefit baby in numerous ways: It contains antibodies to help fend off infections, reduces risk of asthma and allergies, and it may even boost baby's IQ scores later in childhood.
Now a new study shows another benefit: protection against attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The study was published in the journal Breastfeeding Medicine.
The common neurobehavioral disorder is characterized by a pattern of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. It is believed to have a genetic component, though environmental exposures (for instance, tobacco smoke, alcohol, or lead) in utero may also be a risk factor.
As reported by PsychCentral, a team of Israeli researchers compared breastfeeding history and other factors in a group of children 6 to 12 years of age diagnosed with the disorder to control groups of children who did not have the condition. To the best of the researchers' knowledge, this study may be the only one that involved not only a control group independent of the ADHD group, but also a second control group of siblings without ADHD, presumably very close genetically and environmentally from those diagnosed with the condition.
Each participant filled out a questionnaire about demographic, medical, and perinatal findings, as well as feeding history during the child's first year of life. In addition, both parents underwent an ADHD screening questionnaire.
The results demonstrated that overall, the children with ADHD were less likely to have been breastfed at three and six months of age than the children without a diagnosis.
This association between the disorder and lack of breastfeeding was statistically significant.
"Breastfeeding has been shown to have a positive impact on child development, good health, and protection against illness. Now, another possible benefit of breastfeeding for three months and especially six months or longer has been identified," said Ruth Lawrence, M.D., editor-in-chief of Breastfeeding Medicine and professor of pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine.
Researchers were unable to determine a causal effect — a shorter duration of breastfeeding in the ADHD group might be the result, rather than the cause, of the condition, they said in their paper. "Whether feeding behavior at the breast of a child who is about to develop ADHD leads to premature weaning is an important question that our retrospective, uncontrolled design cannot answer."
In conclusion, the researchers theorize that prevention, at least partial, of ADHD may be added to the list of the multiple biological advantages of breastfeeding.
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Yahoo repurchases 18 acres of Lockport industrial park land
LOCKPORT – The Town of Lockport Industrial Development Agency sold 18 acres of land to Yahoo on Thursday, but it's the second time the Internet giant has purchased this particular lot.
IDA Executive Director David R. Kinyon said this land, north of Yahoo's existing data center complex in the town industrial park, had been approved for sale to Yahoo last fall.
However, the California company didn't close on the sale.
"It was delayed because they were focused on getting Phase 2 going," Kinyon said, referring to the second data center project in the industrial park.
Work began in December, and the new center may come on line by this fall.
In the meantime, another industrial park business, Bison Bag Co., expressed interest in expanding its plant and needed land to do so – some of the same land Yahoo had planned to buy.
Kinyon said Bison Bag bought about 1.5 acres of the property earlier this year for $20,000 an acre.
Thursday, the IDA board approved, or reapproved, the sale of 18.12 acres to Yahoo for $15,000 an acre – the same price as it charged last fall.
But this time, IDA counsel Daniel E. Seaman said, Yahoo has already signed the purchase contract.
The board passed a resolution acknowledging that the price may be "below fair market value."
But the deal also gives Yahoo seven years to develop the 18 acres.
"In the event it's not developed, we have the opportunity to repurchase it," Seaman said.
Yahoo didn't object to such a "clawback" provision but originally asked for eight years, Seaman said.
Yahoo's last land purchase in Lockport had a five-year clawback clause.
"They actually developed it in one year," Seaman said.
With this purchase, Yahoo now owns 61 acres in the industrial park, Kinyon said. Previous buys were 30 and 13 acres.
As for Bison Bag, the IDA scheduled a public hearing for 8 a.m. Aug. 14 on its request for a 15-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes, or PILOT, arrangement on its planned 42,000-square-foot addition.
Kinyon said the $1.6 million project would create five new jobs.
Also Thursday, the board granted permission for Hashem Enterprises, another industrial park business, to refinance its mortgage with a $550,000 loan.
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He is self-deprecating about his talent, and Benedick agrees with that self-assessment. He also talks too much, and is a bad dancer—his lack of ability in that direction ruins his chances with Margaret.


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Metro wants to close several bus stops across the region to improve efficiency and on-time performance. The transit agency is turning to the public to figure out which stops to eliminate.
The 70 – Metro's Georgia Avenue-Seventh Street line – is one of the most heavily traveled in the District, but it also makes frequent stops that frustrate some riders.
Metro is holding a series of hearings next week to see which bus stops -- if any – should be scrapped on that and some other routes.
"This is just the first step in this whole process," said Metro spokeswoman Caroline Lukas. "It's a chance for the public to voice their input and let us know what they think about the idea of bus consolidation along these two routes."
Cutting bus stops also would save money.
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Is it safe to build an airport runway over a cemetery? Not safe in terms of flight safety, but in terms of bad karma, bad mojo, and bad luck. Here in Chicago our O'Hare Airport has acquired a historic cemetery that was in the way of building a new runway. They will pave a new runway over it. The news article is below:
Chicago begins removing graves from St. Johannes Cemetery
If you use a Google satellite map for St. Johannes Cemetery you will see this tiny cemetery surrounded by the vast O'Hare Airport. Soon it will vanish.
Here is a quote from the article:
"That heavy equipment should not be in that cemetery in the first place because that is consecrated ground," Karaganis said. "The only people who know where area markers and the religious headstones are the members of the church. So we're hoping the appellate court will cease the damage and religious sacrilege being done at St. Johannes."
I can understand an airport not wanting a small patch of cemetery blocking their plans. However something about this strikes me as wrong. Call me superstitious, but removing the graves from consecrated ground sounds a lot like inviting trouble of the spiritual kind. Who knows if all the graves will be accounted for? The desecration of a cemetery may not seem like much of a concern. Yet, desecration has led to the haunting of cemeteries such as the infamous Bachelor's Grove Cemetery. In Ireland and Iceland, roads have been diverted around a fairy mound or a sacred tree.
I don't know if I'd want to be on the airplane that is taking off over a former cemetery. Sort of like whistling in a graveyard. Hopefully superstition is only superstition and all will be well. Regardless, let's keep an eye on this particular new runway.
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March 26th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
Cemetery's have been desecrated for years to make way for new construction projects. This sort of thing does not surprise me. But I wouldn't like to be taking off, or landing on the runway that is built on the land. Don't call me superstitious, like!!


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We live in dangerous times; threats and acts of terror, rising fuel costs, global warming and major News agencies that don't have the balls to tackle the tough issues. There is however one man, nay, one morbidly obese child with both the literal and metaphorical guts to go after the hard hitting stories: timwow3, Investigative Reporter, reporting live deepin his parents basementbehind enemy lines, armed with nothing more than his wits, courage, atoy gungun, and apiece of woodsword.
"Welcome.... this is.... war news... the end" he pants, as an ear-shatteringly loud explosion, that he ripped from Battlefield 2, goes off. Unlike most journalists, timwow3 doesn't hide behind non-combatant status when the firefight starts; that would be un-British, or un-Australian or un-Badaccentlandian or wherever the hell he's supposed to be from.Fair and Balanced.
With a triumphant cry of "Die... you.. ghght....brggt!", timwow3 fires histoy gungun into the enemy ranks. "It's a big war, I'm sorry" he stammers. Apparently timwow3 has "been in a cave *thwack*... hiding" because they killed his farm. He promptly excuses himself to go kill a bear. timwow3 clearly didn't just fall off the turnip truck: he knows that bears hate exploding thumbs, so naturally, he bites his off and throws it at them, resulting in a sound clip from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Now, call me stupid, but I know a bear fight when I hear one. This is not a bear fight. The bears are clearly having their way with young timwow3 as he tries to fight them off with histoy gungun. Miraculously, timwow3 escapes, but somehow injures his arm. I don't even want to know how.Bear attacks are no laughing matter. Remember: Always look out for bears.
The end is near, though, it seems. The pretend explosions are growing louder, and farm-pillaging bears are over running timwow3's position; he knows there's only one thing to do: scream "they took some butts... damn you bagel bags!", grab hispiece of woodsword, proceed to run off camera and, judging by the sound effects that follow, masturbate in front of them. A brave, noble move to be sure. Twice, brave timwow3 is thrown back into hisbasementcave by the bears (briefly being possessed by a demon), and each time, he rises again. "HERE'S THE SHOCKER" he heaves while grabbing his gun and hurling himself once more into the fray.
Sadly, this is the most exercise timwow3 has had since fighting his way out of his mother's vagina during birth, and his young, chubby, plaque-filled heart just can't take it; he succumbs to a massive heart attack while pretend gunfire continues to echo all around him. Your sacrifice will be forever remembered, timwow3, as mankind continues to throw of the yoke of farm-destroying-bear oppression.
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I'm glad you asked that. Any "skeet shooters" here? What's up with that?
The only thing I can think of it porting, but I don't think you can do that on shotguns.
It's presumably ported. I've seen them before. It serves to reduce recoil, but only slightly.
My Dad was a skeet shooter...(clay pigeon)
he used a double barrelled shot gun...
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Them pigeons were slung out into the air...
Like "up there" Mr O..
If the gun (shotgun) did anything from the right, it would be the first time that Obama ever did anything from the RIGHT. And probably the last time, too.
I'd like to think that he was just "blowin" smoke".
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Mr Holling-bery is O Rh D negative, a type shared by only around seven per cent of the population that is in great demand because it can be used by anyone.
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Top 5 Holiday Gifts for Physicians
As the clock runs down on 2010 and thoughts turn to year-end gifts, let us consider some of the most sought-after goodies for physicians and healthcare executives.
Some rural hospitals and community health centers got early gifts this year. In October the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it would make available up to $335 million in Expanded Services grants for community health centers to boost access to preventive and primary healthcare. That's a big bowl of cash for financially strapped providers who work with some of the nation's most vulnerable patients.
1. A Doc Fix That Sticks
Finances are never far from a physician leader's mind. This year is no exception. In the latest installment of the ongoing game of chicken between federal lawmakers and the nation's physicians, Congress on Monday approved a one-month delay in its scheduled 23% cut to Medicare reimbursements as defined by the sustainable growth rate formula. The Senate took similar action earlier this month.
With primary care docs threatening to drop Medicare patients and lawmakers withholding relief until the last moment, there's more manufactured drama here than on a season's worth of The Jersey Shore. Let's get this fixed.
2. A Strategy For Dealing With Bad Debt
Hospitals large and small, urban and rural feel the burden of bad debt. It's a plague on hospital balance sheets, but there are measures that can be taken to lessen the amount of red ink on the books. Here are six expert tips—from collecting a portion of patient balances at the point of service to instituting discounts for self-pay patients.


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The Los Angeles Clippers lost their third straight NBA Western Conference semifinal game on Saturday to the San Antonio Spurs, 96-86.
The Clippers showed promise early, scoring 33 points to the Spurs' 11 in the first quarter.
But by the second quarter, the Clippers had lost some of their early energy as the Spurs surged by scoring 32 points to the Clippers' 20.
Clippers Suffocated by Spurs Defense
The Clippers only scored 8 points to the Spurs' 26 in the third quarter.
The Clippers face the Spurs in a do-or-die Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals on Sunday at Staples.
Even though they had a home-court advantage and looked to be on fire in the first quarter, they lost steam and the Spurs had a remarkable surge.
The Clippers faced an uphill battle as two of their top scorers -- Blake Griffin and Chris Paul -- played hurt and the Spurs won 16 straight games, including 6-0 in the playoffs.
No NBA team has ever come back to win a series after being down 0-3.
The Spurs beat the Clippers 105-88 on Thursday night.
Tony Parker scored 22 points and Tim Duncan had 18 during Game 2 in San Antonio.
Paul responded to his awful Game 1 with only a slightly better encore, scoring 10 points as the Clippers are now at home and desperate to steer out of what's starting to get the feel of a sweep.
Griffin led the Clippers with 20 points.
His plan to manage his ailing knee so the All-Star would have enough steam for the fourth proved moot, as both teams emptied their benches with another Spurs blowout assured.
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September 26th, 2013 - February 16th, 2014
Opening: September 26th, 2013 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
On the basis of contemporary artworks from the Essl Collection, the exhibition >Sehnsucht Ich< (Longing for Myself) deals with the diverse artistic strategies of grasping or calling into question human existence and the self. The images of people range from children and youth scenes through self-portraits and pictures of people in the field of tension of society, to reflections on the body and psyche, transience and solution of the figure. What can be seen are paintings by Austrians and international artists, complemented by selected sculptural works. An exhibition highlight are the large-format Gobelin tapestries by the American photorealist Chuck Close, which will be shown in public for the first time.


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When it comes to decor in a child or young adult's bedroom, the curtain rod is often overlooked, or may be just a basic rod that does little to add to the room's style. Rather than settling for dull or drab, deck that curtain rod out in Hot Wheels for the toy car enthusiast, young or old. The toy cars need not be the prized pieces from a collection; cars with missing or damaged wheels are ideal, as the pieces will be permanently adhered to the rod finials.
1 Remove the finals from a curtain rod that fits over the project window.
2 Push the narrowest end of a wine cork into each end of the curtain rod just far enough to ensure a fit. If the corks are too wide, thin them by carving them slightly with a craft knife. Press each cork into the rod opening after every few cuts to avoid cutting the corks down too much. Set the corks aside once they fit securely in the rod openings.
3 Sand the curtain rod gently with fine-grit sandpaper to scuff up the existing surface. This will make it more receptive to paint. Wipe the dust away with a soft cloth.
4 Cover a work area, preferably outdoors, with newspaper. Set the curtain rod and wine corks atop the newspaper.
5 Shake a can of spray paint as recommended by the instructions on the side of the can. Hold one end of the curtain rod up while spray painting the rest of the rod using smooth, slow sprays from the paint can, rotating the rod slightly as you work. Aim for a thin coat rather than a thick coat that covers completely, as the paint may run if too thick. Use a pencil as support in either end of the rod to paint the ends without painting your hand. Allow paint to dry completely, then paint another coat, if desired.
6 Press a pencil tip or nail into the narrow end of each cork. Spray paint the corks to match the curtain rod, rotating the pencil or nail to cover the cork without spraying yourself. Allow paint to dry completely, then remove the nails or pencils.
7 Cut a piece of hook-and-loop tape to fit the wide flat end of each cork using scissors. Trim it a little smaller than the cork so it won't be visible from afar.
8 Remove the sticky backing and adhere the hook portion of the tape to the flat cork top. Stick the fuzzy piece onto the bottom of a Hot Wheels car, centering it. Repeat the process with the remaining cork and car.
9 Press the corks and car finials into the open ends of the curtain rod. Remove the cars first if this proves difficult with the cars intact.
10 Paint a white or glow-in-the-dark dotted line along the length of the curtain rod on the side visible from the room, creating the look of a road. If you prefer the look of a Hot Wheels racetrack, skip the dotted line, as the tracks typically hold one car's width at a time. Set the curtain rod back up over the window once the paint dries.
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- Curtain rod with removable finials
- Wine corks
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- Spray paint in asphalt color, or in shade of your favorite Hot Wheels track
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- 2 or more Hot Wheels cars
- Hook-and-loop tape with adhesive backing
- Scissors
- Acrylic craft paint in bright white, or a glow-in-the-dark white paint (optional)
- Artist's brush
- For an over-the-top Hot Wheels window display, attach sticky-backed hook-and-loop tape to the back of flexible Hot Wheels track, then adhere the other portion of the hook-and-loop tape to the windowsill, horizontally, or vertically up the wall, with cars stuck on with additional hook-and-loop tape.
- Using hook-and-loop tape to secure cars to finial corks means that the cars can be swapped out at any time for a new look.
- Clip-on curtain rings with large clips can be added to the curtain rod to house additional Hot Wheels cars. Hold the cars to the clips with floral wire and hot glue or with adhesive hooks.
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A shiny classic up a neat hanging groove above a hidden cave.
A hugh block came off the second pitch in late 2003, luck the belayer was in the cave! It might be a little harder now?
Definitely HVS!!
Don't know why this is HVS. The only 5a move is near the top off a good resting ledge with gear above you. A superb VS, though.
A super route at the top end of the grade although I have not done the route since the rockfall.
We climbed this last night and had a great time. Be careful though - we decided to ab back down and chose a tree which looked fine from the outside but was actually totally rotten on the inside which caused a near miss.
solid HVS, hard bridging up the groove and then tricky pull over near the top, both worth 5A. Good gear though.
According to some local experts I talked to before doing this it has lost some good holds about halfway up the groove. This felt like the crux. Maybe 5b.
Brilliant route, top pictch is great climbing up the groove with the a couple of hard moves then another hard move pulling over the top. Certainly graded right at HVS 5a, felt a lot more serious than golden yardstick.
This is a great line. I did it in one pitch. The crux is not where I expected it to be at all!
A great route with plenty of protection - the crux move is right at the top - the lower crack after the cave isn't too bad - i'd give it h(ard)vs (hard) 5a
Certainly changed in the last 30 years! The crux is now in the lower groove and is much harder than anything on eg Nine Lives Wall. I'd give in 5b.
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Heineken Cup: Biarritz facing win or bust in Belfast
As a statement it was loud and clear for all who wished to take notice and the impact reverberated far beyond the south-west corner of France.
You couldn't help but feel sorry for poor Agen, who travelled to the Parc des Sports Aguilera last Saturday and didn't really know what had hit them as they were swamp- ed in a 65-22 annihilation that saw them concede a whopping 10 tries.
Afterwards, the Agen dressing-room must have been a fairly desolate place as they contemplated exiting Biarritz and crawling back home.
Last weekend had certainly been impressive for Biarritz but had also been typical of them as the Basque club had stumbled on a big performance to hit fourth place in the Top 14 table; and yet they hit the heights a week earlier than they might have liked.
Not that the slaughter of Agen was insignificant; after all it had halted a run of two consecutive defeats in the French Championship — both of which had been away from home — and had also avenged the reversal they had experienced at Agen earlier in the season.
It's just that tomorrow afternoon's date at Ravenhill is a rather pressing affair for a club that values the currency of having a presence in Europe and one that has reached two finals — but agonisingly tasted defeat on both occasions in 2006 and last year — in addition to exiting at the semi-final stages twice and making way from the last eight three times.
In essence, tomorrow brings a Pool Four showdown which could ultimately decide Biarritz's Heineken Cup aspirations.
It wasn't meant to have worked out this way but Biarritz now must win tomorrow to make the knockout stages. Failing that, they must secure a losing bonus point, and preferably deny Ulster a winning one to take their European survival into next weekend's final round of pool games when they then must aim to take maximum points from hosting the likely to be less-than-motivated Bath.
That last season's finalists have found themselves in this tricky situation is down to how events panned out on December 11 at the Stadio Luigi Zaffanella over in Italy.
On that afternoon one of the most bizarre results to ever unfold in the Heineken Cup's considerable history was played out as Biarritz somehow allowed newcomers Aironi to snatch the unlikeliest of wins when the Italians managed to finish 28-27 ahead. Afterwards, the Biarritz dressing room was a scene of extensive wreckage and one where club president Serge Blanco didn't hold back when it came to voicing his opinion on what had transpired.
"Serge said his piece and had some tough words for us," Biarritz and England international flanker Magnus Lund recalled.
"We thought we were going to win and we just let the foot off the gas. It was a quiet changing room."
Even though Biarritz still came away from northern Italy with two losing bonus points, and then with vengeance on their minds extracted the maximum five the following week when the sides met back in France, the damage had been done to what had, after Biarritz had earlier swatted Ulster aside 35-15 in the second round of games, appeared to be shaping up as a fairly leisurely stroll to qualification. It says much about Biarritz's mentality that they lost their way in Italy; they readily combine big results with frighteningly inconsistent performances which more than suggests a tendency to be mentally fragile, and this from a side with star players such as Imanol Harinordoquy, Dimitri Yachvili and other notables in Magnus Lund, Damien Traille, Benoit August, Taku Ngwenya and Jerome Thion. Go figure.
Take 2006 for example: a horrendous loss of concentration in defending the blindside of a scrum allowed Munster to finally lift the Heineken Cup at the Millennium Stadium and then just to rub salt further into Biarritz's wounds the big screen splashed up the huge crowd that had gathered to cheer Munster home in Limerick.
Basically they froze on the day but it still rankles with the club that the image beamed into the ground gave the Irish province an unfair psychological shot in the arm.
Anyway, from the wreckage of that day in Cardiff, Biarritz turned round and then beat Toulouse the following week to secure the French Championship for the second consecutive season which, incidentally, was the last time they lifted the coveted Bouclier de Brennus.
They readily admit that there is a seemingly in-built inconsistency to their game but that still doesn't mean the squad know how to deal with it as their primary kicker Yachvili concedes: "Don't ask me why, but it is true. We can play at a very high level one week and badly the next."
Yes, that defeat to Aironi has a nasty look about it as being one of those pivotal, season-wrecking moments.
Still, Biarritz have come to Belfast before and made off with the spoils — back in 2006 the side that won 24-8 as they made their way to the final in Cardiff |included Yachvili, Harinordoquy, August and Thion.
Those players are at least familiar with what it takes and tomorrow they know it's time to make another statement.
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For general riding in all weather. Thinking Continental Gatorskin from CRC for £19.
What would you recommend?
Cheers in advance.
For general riding in all weather. Thinking Continental Gatorskin from CRC for £19.
What would you recommend?
Cheers in advance.
Vote here for the Conti Gatorskins in 700x25. Solid tyres.
Michelin pro 4 endurance, best all round tyre IMHO. I used, and hated gatorskins. Just a shame you can't get Michel Krylion Carbon anymore. They were the dugs bawz.
First, General riding where? (surfaces?) what do you and the bike weigh? how much clearance does the bike have?
Next, what are you after? comfort, low rolling resistance, all out grip or durability?
Then, what's your budget?
Tried Gatorskins years ago and they were terrible in the wet, I just use GP4Season as my default workhorse road tire, and either Vredestein Fortezza TriComp Quattro for fast mixed condition riding.
Agree 100% with aP above
Gatorskins, horrible. I've never worked out why roadies choose to fit less grippy tyres when the roads are wet. I'd recommend Conti's Black Chilli compound road tyres simply because the level of grip is ace, wet and dry and the stuff lasts well too. I use GP4000S all year round, but where I am - Peak District - there tends not to be sharp flinty things on the road. If you live somewhere infested by thorns or sharp rocky shards then you may want something with some added protection in the carcass.
I've been riding on Gatorskins for some time now and don't understand the lack of grip comments. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I ride all weathers on 23mm Gators at about 100psi and have never had any grip issues other than the usual (wet manhole covers etc).
I might try GP4000S next just to see what the fuss is about.
I use the GP4000S, tbh I couldn't tell any difference between them and the Schwalbe Luganos they replaced!
Never had a problem with grip on Gatorskins either, but don't find them any more puncture-resistant than anything else either. I use Conti Ultra Sports, bit heavy but cheap and work fine for me. You'll find some pretty mixed reviews on them though.
If you want a grip-free tyre, try Michelin Speediums (if you can still get them. Terrifying. Mind you, I should have known there'd be a catch with a £7.99 folder.
Go for GP4Seasons over gatorskins. Much better tyre.
+1 for Fortezza
I really liked my Pro 3s, good grip in wet etc, but both tyres are now covered in tiny wee cranks after less than a year's use- tons of life left otherwise. They still seem to work fine but it's not too good.
Never had a problem with Duranos. Except the price
Fortezza Quattro Tricomp
Glad I didn't order the Gator skins now! GP4000 on the way.
Many thanks
Gp4000s in 25mm for winter duties.
I have Schwalbe Ultremo's on my bike thought they were great until I was flying down a hill and hit a square-ish stone giving me snakebites on each wheel, so much for the extra protection they claim, one of the tyres had a hole and had to be replaced. Lbs replaced with Lugano and it seems ok for now.
veloflex master, handmade in Italy, what's not to like.
Lugano is the entry level, Ultremo is a race tyre. If you're going Schwalbe then the Durano Plus is the way to go. They're bullet proof.
Lugano is the entry level, Ultremo is a race tyre. If you're going Schwalbe then the Durano Plus is the way to go. They're bullet proof.
It's bad enough hitting rocks but I really hope nobody tried to shoot me when am riding ma wee bike!
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System furniture
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- Formaldehyde - 50 ppb
- Total aldehydes - 100 ppb
- 4-Phenylcyclohexene - 0.0065 mg/m³
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Option 1: Testing and calculation of test results into a typical model office shows indoor air concentrations that are less than or equal to those listed above for furniture systems and seating, based on ANSI/BIFMA M7.1-2007 and ANSI/BIFMA X7.1-2007 testing protocol, and tested in an independent third party air quality testing laboratory - such as Eurofins Product Testing A/S.
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Option 2: Furniture and seating are Greenguard Indoor Air Quality Certified.
Option 3: Same as option 1, but testing follows a 1999 EPA Large Chamber Test Protocol, tested in an independent air quality testing laboratory. Option 3 is not used any longer in reality, and therefore it was skipped from the credit in a recent agenda.
The option with best costs / benefit ratio clearly is option 1.
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Issandr El Amrani's article on The Arabist is a dispiriting yet lucid assessment of the general situation in Egypt.
Amrani claims that not only do the liberal elite and the security establishment have vested interests in ongoing civil strife, instability, and sectarian attacks, but he also argues that yesterday's violence against pro-Morsi sit-ins was a desired outcome.
Speaking about various liberal groups and the military, Amrani writes, "they are willing to live with the violence, impact on the economy, and other downsides if it strengthens their own power and legitimacy."
As uncomfortable as this claim may seem, recent events substantiate Amrani's claims. Most within the "liberal" camp have either remained silent or released statements in support of the approach of the transitional government and military to clearing the pro-Morsi sit-ins.
The National Salvation Front, released a statement praising the dispersal, in which the Front "salutes the police and military forces, and bows its head in tribute and respect for the great people, imposing their will of complete victory." The group also vaguely called "upon the national Egyptian youth to form popular committees to defend homes and Egyptian property, as we did in the wake of the revolution of January 25, 2011."
More hopefully, some have denounced yesterday's events, including the Revolutionary Socialists, who emphatically declared the massacre "part of a plan to liquidate the Egyptian Revolution and restore the military-police state of the Mubarak regime."
Mohamed El Baradei resigned from his position as interim Vice President for International Relations in protest against the violent crackdown, yet refrained from explicitly condemning the security forces.
Yesterday's violence comes after weeks of incitement on both sides, where nationalism was mustered to fight terrorism, and martyrdom proposed as a way of defending "legitimacy" and faith.
As leaders of each faction battle over claims of "Egyptian-ness" and narratives of "protecting the revolution," it is ordinary civilians who have and continue to pay the biggest price.


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Mahogany Town
There isn't really much for you to do at all in Mahogany Town as a matter of fact. The Gym is — of course — blocked by someone who's not going to budge for a bit.
There's also a tree with some antenna thing sticking out of it. Hmmm... The shop inside sells a bunch of suspicious items, too. Weird!
Anyway, not much else for you to do here except head north, since the guy to the town's east is blocking your path and trying to sell you a RageCandyBar for $300. Whether you buy it or not (it's a key item now so it isn't like the original game), you won't be allowed to pass. So get moving to the north to Route 43!


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WCS scientists ranked all 20 species using a variety of external factors, from the state of current knowledge on the species, to the threats facing each of them. They also looked at which areas in Africa have retained their full complement of large carnivore species and which areas need more conservation action.
Populations of the lion, listed in the report as "most vulnerable" have dropped steadily in recent decades, primarily due to conflicts with humans, destruction of habitat, and the loss of prey, according to the report. Also making the most-vulnerable list are cheetahs and African wild dogs, which have vanished from 75 and 89 percent of their historical habitat respectively, and Ethiopian wolves which have vanished from an astonishing 98 percent of their range. Other species of concern included the leopard, spotted hyena, and golden cat, all of which suffer from the combined key threats of habitat loss and conflict with people over predation on domestic animals.
By contrast, a handful of species seem to thrive among humans, including the African civet and several species of jackals. While these species also prey on livestock and poultry, their adaptability to a variety of habitats makes them less vulnerable to long-term population declines. Little was known about the conservation status of other species such as the aardwolf and honey badger and the report calls for greater research effort on these little-known carnivores.
The authors of the report say that while such well-known species as lions enjoy a relative wealth of conservation and research-based initiatives, there still remains a range-wide lack of knowledge of many carnivores. In addition, many research programs are geographically biased toward East and Southern Africa, sometimes at odds with the urgent need for increased conservation action in other parts of Africa.
"Africa is world famous for its variety of carnivore species from lions to hyenas," said Dr. Luke Hunter a co-author, who also runs WCS's Global Carnivore Program. "These animals play a key role in the health of ecosystems, and represent all that is wild about Africa. This report lays out a framework for conservationists to better understand both the threats facing these animals, and the conservation action needed to ensure their survival."


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Do We Punish High Income Criminals Too Heavily?
Many critics believe that since high income criminals can afford to purchase better legal services they are less severely punished than poor criminals who commit equivalent crimes. Others are concerned that the penalties imposed on criminals are "too small." This paper shows that ignoring the effect conviction has on later earnings dramatically underestimates the total monetary penalty paid by those convicted and that the penalty structure is extremely progressive. Where evidence on the probability of conviction is available, it shows that the highest income criminals face the highest expected penalties. Copyright 1992 by Oxford University Press.
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Before We Lose the Protective Shell
It behooves our leaders to show prudence and forge an agreement with the Palestinians soon, before the world's guilt vanishes.
Some Israelis have hard hearts when it comes to the many Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremonies and restrictions in place for tomorrow night, when movie theaters, restaurants and cafes will be closed and only certain programs will be screened on television. There are those who want us to stop dealing with "Shoah business" and be a bit more normal, and others who lament the excessive "holiday" atmosphere surrounding the March of the Living to Auschwitz, saying the time has come for us to purge ourselves of this annoying "Holocaust syndrome."
Mostly, I'm not with these detractors. The Holocaust is, indeed, a syndrome, and it also turned us into something a bit abnormal, but that is entirely warranted. After all, this is an unfathomable event, one that is unprecedented in history: a systematic act of genocide.
Hundreds of years of anti-Semitic propaganda, persecution, blood libels and pogroms set the stage for the Final Solution. Even when Germany's military circumstances turned bleak and defeat was on the horizon, Hitler rejected requests made by army commanders to divert some trains from extermination missions and use them for military purposes on the front. The annihilation of the Jewish people was his supreme prerogative.
Nor was this the obsessive lunacy of one crazed leader who swept up an entire people. It suffices to mention the pogrom in Kielce, a Polish city located between Warsaw and Krakow. Dozens of Jewish survivors of concentration camps returned to Kielce after the war, trying to rebuild their lives. But a rumor broke out in the city, suggesting that Jews kidnapped a Christian child to use its blood for Passover matza. A mob surrounded a house where several Jewish families lived and slaughtered the 42 Jews inside; the massacre was so vicious that the bodies could not be identified. All this happened in 1946, a year and two months after the end of the war and the liberation of the camps.
So it's no wonder that remembrance of anti-Semitism old and new - the persecutions, blood libels, pogroms and, more than anything, the Holocaust - constitutes the bond between Jews in Israel and the rest of the world. Moreover, the Holocaust is part of a sequence that gave us life: had it not been for feelings of guilt around the world, the United Nations would not have decided in 1947 in favor of partition, and other countries would not have helped us during the critical hours of the War of Independence. Had there been no Holocaust, European countries would have long ago imposed paralyzing economic and military sanctions, a la South Africa, against us. European governments and companies would have ceased to do business with us, and would not have supplied us with arms or conducted normal diplomatic relations with us. After all, they bitterly oppose everything that is done in the territories: the occupation, the continued settlement construction, the apartheid policy and the lack of interest in proceeding with the peace process.
Israel's polices in the territories would not be condoned to the extent that they are, were it not for the deep feelings of guilt that other countries feel about the Holocaust. They know that Germany initiated the events, but that other countries either willingly collaborated in the extermination or didn't lift a finger to prevent it. But will this immunity last forever? Will these feelings of guilt persist for eternity?
Clearly not. The generation of Holocaust survivors and World War II veterans is vanishing, in Israel and everywhere else. Soon there will be no living witnesses to the atrocities, and a new generation will say: Our hands are not soaked by this blood, we know of nothing like this that occurred in our lifetimes, we have no such guilt feelings.
In democratic countries, public opinion is what ultimately determines leaders' policies. So when these guilt feelings disappear, and events of the apartheid occupation continue and grow worse, the result will be ferocious anger toward Israel. The result: South Africa-type sanctions that will cripple us. The deadly takeover of the May 2010 flotilla to Gaza, the provocative attempted "fly-in" of a few days ago, and the tape of the senior military officer hitting an activist in the face with the butt of his rifle on the Jordan Valley's Route 90 are just early signs of changes afoot in the world.
Since this change is inexorable, it behooves our leaders to show prudence and forge an agreement with the Palestinians soon, before the world's guilt vanishes - along with the protective shell of the Holocaust.
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While the Scott Expedition is pretty bare-bones in comparison to other modern Polar expeditions, that doesn't mean that Saunders and L'Herpiniere skimped on the gear. Between their sleds, skis, and clothing, each item on their packing list was carefully chosen for the expedition, and much of it is custom made.
"[The sleds] are made by a guy in Norway – there's very little commercial demand for a sled that can pull 440 pounds, ya know?," says Saunders. "The outer clothing is also custom made. It doesn't need to be waterproof – it's never going to rain down there – so we just need it to be windproof and breathable."
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In the midst of a gloomy economic outlook, President John Dramani Mahama has made yet another assurance that there is a bright future.
"This year is a turn-around year for Ghana and I am positive that the Ghanaian economy will show strong signs of recovery by the end of this fiscal year," he stated.
President was speaking at this year's May Day celebrations in the Independence Square in Accra.
He said even though some of the 'home-grown strategies' being implemented to revive the economy are harsh, "I assure you my countrymen and women, that these measures are achieving the desired effect and the economy is gradually responding."
Many analysts, locally and abroad, believe the Ghanaian economy has suffered major dislocations with the local currency suffering a record loss in value.
Inflation has inched up and the debt-to-GDP ratio is said to have crossed the critical 60 per cent mark.
The president conceded the challenges but maintained government's measures at stabilising the economy yielding positive dividends.
He said clear measures had been instituted to deal with corruption which is said to be worsening.
"We are committed to plugging loopholes in our revenue systems and will carry out the reforms in our revenue administration to ensure sustainable economic growth…In the next few will initiate a massive payroll audit with the view to eliminating the pervasive ghost names and ensuring that these ghosts die a permanent death and resurrect no more," he stated.
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Fresh on the heels of an audit report that showed the city is in far better financial shape than it was four years ago, the council quibbled about a minor pay raise for the city manager.
At issue was a deferred compensation payment for City Manager Jason Molino, in lieu of a pay raise.
Councilmen Cox, Bialkowski, Barone and Christian wanted to delay any action on Molino's pay last night.
Instead, the council, with the exception of Rose Mary Christian, went into executive session. When they came out a straight one-and-a-half percent pay raise for Molino was approved by a vote of 8 to 1.
With the 1.5 percent pay increase, Molino's annual salary is about $84,260. The raise was made retroactive to April 1st.


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The Masters is coming 6-9th April 2017
In its 81st year, the four-day U.S. Masters Tournament will once again take place at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.
Some love the Masters because of its incredible standard of play. Some tune in just for the beauty of Augusta. Either way, a VPN can give you a great view. Here's how you can stream.
Watch the weekend live on BBC iPlayer (UK)
There are a few different broadcasters this year, but the BBC's broadcast is usually the most popular.
The free BBC iPlayer streaming service has live streaming coverage of the final two days of the tournament.
Here's how to watch the golf Masters Tournament 2016 on BBC iPlayer:
- Get an ExpressVPN account and install the app on your preferred device.
- Connect to a UK ExpressVPN server.
- The Masters will most likely be on BBC Two, so go to www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo to start watching. You don't even have to sign in!
Watch the Masters on CBS or the official website (USA)
As always, the U.S. has its own broadcasters too. CBS has been televising the U.S. Masters for over 60 years, but the channel now only shows the weekend's action. You can also check out the live coverage on the official Masters site.
In 2016, live tournament play will air from 3pm to 7pm U.S. Eastern Time on the Saturday and from 2pm to 7pm on the Sunday.
Here's how to watch the Masters outside the U.S. with a VPN:
- Sign up for ExpressVPN and install the app on your favorite device.
- Connect to an ExpressVPN server in the USA. There are more than 20 to choose from!
- Go to www.cbssports.com/stream and watch the Masters 2016 live. Alternatively, you can go to www.masters.com/en_US/watch/index.html. You may need to register with a U.S. address, but it's free.
Masters Tournament 2016 schedule:
The four-day tournament begins Thursday 6th April 2017 and finishes Sunday 9th April. First tee times are 8am U.S. Eastern Time, but most TV stations only cover the last 4-5 hours of each day.
The winner's ceremony is set for 7pm on Sunday.
Who's getting that green jacket?
You can't predict the Masters, but let's try anyway.
It's the only major Rory McIlroy hasn't won yet, but he's not the force he was. Rising star Jason Day scored his first major at the 2015 U.S. PGA, so he's a good bet. But ExpressVPN's pick would be Jordan Spieth – he won it last year and he's still in great form.
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" Tallest building in the World "
Burj Khalifa needs no other introduction than that it is the tallest building in the world. And by quite some considerable margin. It is located in Dubai in the Downtown area and offers unrivalled views over the city and the desert beyond. If you are in Dubai, you have to visit!
A Little Background Information
The Burj Khalifa was built between 2004 and 2009 and is the tallest man made structure in the world at a whopping 829.8 metres tall. It was originally called Burj Dubai, but when the Dubai powers that be ran out of money for it's completion, they had to borrow money from neighbouring Abu Dhabi. It is thought that they changed the name to honour the UAE President Khalifa bin Zayhed Al Nahyanwho gave the project huge support. The building has suffered greatly from the global economic crisis and ten months after it's official opening, much of it remained empty. After a dramatic dip in prices, overseas investors have bought property in the tower and now they say 80% of it is occupied. As well as 900 residences, there is a hotel and 37 floors of office space inside the tower.Aside from being the tallest tower in the world, Burj Khalifa has earned a number of other accolades:
Tallest building in the world
Tallest free-standing structure in the world
Highest number of stories in the world
Highest occupied floor in the world
Highest outdoor observation deck in the world
Elevator with the longest travel distance in the world
Tallest service elevator in the world
Burj Khalifa has also gained notoriety in popular culture, having featured heavily in the newest Mission:Impossible, Ghost Protocol film, with some scenes showing Tom Cruise climbing up the side of it. It has also been used for various stunts, both legally and illegally. Two men broke the world record for BASE jumping from a building when they jumped from the 160th floor. Alain Robert (also known as Spider Man) also climbed the side of the building in 2011, taking 6 hours to do so.
Booking and Getting There
I strongly recommend pre booking a ticket for the At The Top Experience (which is the package that takes you to the observation deck about two thirds of the way up the Burj). It is obviously an incredibly popular attraction and tickets often sell out days if not weeks in advance. We managed to get tickets three days before we visited, but they were limited, so if you are there only for a short time or you have a specific visit time in mind, booking is essential. You can buy tickets at the information desk at the bottom of the tower or pre book online at http://www.burjkhalifa.ae/
Tickets are available in half an hour slots and the whole visit will take in the region of an hour and a half. The slots in the afternoon tend to go first and the website tells you whether tickets are available, sold out or limited availability. Going in the morning can be a dangerous game because there is often a low fog in the city which doesn't clear properly until about lunch time so the views are obviously not as good. We went at 2pm and visibility was excellent.
Getting there is pretty easy as it is a well placed attraction and taxi drivers can drop you right outside. The sky train goes straight to the Dubai Mall which is where the At The Top attraction begins. The sky train is cheap and easy to use, although it's a fair old trek (on mostly moving walkways) from the station to the attraction. It's not a strenuous walk, but you'll have to leave at least 20 minutes for it.
The Start of The Visit
You have to arrive at the information desk and start of the tour 15 minutes before your booked time. Don't arrive early though, because they won't let you in as they operate a very strict entry regime. You begin by looking at the information about the tower, which is quite funky because there is a huge display that compares the tallest buildings in the world. There is also a scale model of the tower in the middle of the queuing system that tells you a bit about the tower and it's construction. It is all about the numbers and is very interesting with details about the number of workers needed, the number of floors and the timescale of construction.
The first thing you do is walk down some stairs to a viewing area where you can see straight up the side of the building from its very base which is pretty awesome. Then you go into a lift, which moves understandably quickly. There is a lift operator in with you who will answer questions if you have any. This whole part of the visit is essentially a queue, but it is broken up into different bits so you don't feel like you are waiting ages at any particular bit and you move pretty quickly. I imagine at peak times it can be very tiresome, but it was fine for us.
At The Top
The top is absolutely breath taking, there is no other word for it. I don't think the observation deck, which is at 124 floors and 452 metres, is the highest in the world. The Canton and Shanghai Towers, both in China have higher decks. To be honest I was a little disappointed by this before I booked the visit because I kind of thought that if we were going up the tallest tower in the world, we should at least get to see from the highest observation deck in the world to. Having now visited though, I do I have to say that this one has a pretty good plus point in that you can actually go outside, which is something else.
On the inside, there are floor to ceiling windows which obviously give magnificent views over the city and its main sights including The Palm and The World. There are little screens that are like telescopes and allow you to zoom in on things in the distance, which are great and are free to use.
When you go outside, the first thing that hits you is the wind. Even on a lovely sunny day as it was when we visited, it was very windy. If you are afraid of heights, you probably shouldn't visit at all, but you definitely won't like being outside! Me? I loved it. It was fabulous for taking pictures because you don't get any glare from the windows. There are little viewing points all the way round so you can stick you camera through and snap away, totally unobstructed.
There are toilets and a ridiculously over priced gift shop up on the observation deck, and not much else. You can spend as long as you want up on this level and it is a pretty big area so didn't get overcrowded whilst we were up there. I think the number of people moderates itself because there isn't a lot to do other than look at the views and whilst some people could spend all day doing it, I think many underestimate how high it is a shoot straight back down again! We went round in a loop twice and it took as about 25 minutes, stopping to look at very regular intervals.
Essential Information
The website that I mentioned before is very handy, but the general information for visiting is as follows:
Opening Times
Sunday to Wednesday - 9am until midnight
Thursday - 8.30 am until midnight
Friday to Saturday - 4.30am until midnight
Adults (13 years plus) 125 dirhams, which is about £22
Children - 95 dirhams, which is about £16
Infants are free
It isn't cheap to visit, but then you can't exactly visit the world's tallest building anywhere else and I think it is probably worth it. If you do miss out on booking a ticket in advance, then money will get you past the door - you can get immediate entry for 400 dirhams, which is roughly £70. Another reason to make sure you book in advance!
Would I Recommend It?
To be honest, I didn't like Dubai. As a place, I thought is was far too pretentious and far too sprawling a city to enjoy. Having said that I thought the Burj Khalifa visit was great and definitely worth going to. It was extremely well organised and there was lots of really interesting stuff on the way up. The views and feeling of being so high up were outstanding and I would absolutely recommend it.
The Burj Khalifa
The amazing tower of the Burj Khalifa stands out high above the other high rise buildings in the skyline of Dubai. It is the highest building in the world at the present time and probably will keep the honour for some time as the world economic situation doesn't really lend itself to ambitious projects like this at this point in time. The building was begun in 2004 and was a project that involved experts from around the world.
The next tallest building after is the CN Tower in Toronto at 553.33m a long way short of this one as the exact height of the tower is 828 m and the lift up to the 124th floor takes only 69 seconds. You hardly feel any movement but you can see where you are by flashing lights on each floor of an image within the lift. The only sensation I had was to feel the pressure of my ears popping.
There are just so many amazing facts about this building:
* The entire park and grounds of the property cover11 hectares and include, 6 water features and 3000 underground parking spaces.
* The superstructure is supported by a large reinforced concrete mat, which is in turn supported by bored reinforced concrete piles. The mat is 3.7 meters thick and has 12,500 cubic meters of concrete. The concrete piles are 1.5 meter diameter x 43 meter long.
* Close to 26,000 glass panels, each individually hand-cut, were used in the exterior cladding of Burj Khalifa.
* Over 300 cladding specialists from China were brought in for the cladding work on the tower
* The curtain wall of Burj Khalifa is equivalent to 17 football (soccer) fields or 25 American football fields.
* The spire was constructed from inside the building and jacked to its full height of over 200 meters (700 feet) using a hydraulic pump.
If you are like me then you will be mind blown by those facts. There were so many more on display around the building as you made your way to the lifts to go up and then again on the walk back from the building to the Dubai Mall. Every step of the way there was something else that you could read about this building, how it was designed, who it was designed by, all the people that were involved with its coming in to being were pictured in a display with an explanation of their role. This was an international project which involved people from countries all around the world.
We bought our tickets before our cruise ready for the day the ship was in Dubai at the end of the cruise. We did this for two reasons, firstly they are 100 UAD which is about 20 pounds but if you bought them on the day it was 400UAD which is a considerable price hike. They second reason was that the tickets sold really quickly and indeed on the day if we had left it we would not have been able to buy a ticket. This was probably because there were two cruise ships in the harbor that day.
The tickets are purchased in the Dubai Mall and not in the actual Burj Khalifa building which you cannot access from anywhere except the mall unless staying in the hotel or if you are a resident or work there and their access is through a different route. You are not invited to come through to the waiting area until it is your allocated time. It is all very carefully timed and organization is slick and efficient.
Once through into the waiting area you can study the facts around the base of a replica model of the building and pose for a photo provided you are not there with a group of people who hog the space around it and don't want to share. From here you are taken on the 65-metre-long moving walkways along to the actual building and while zipping along these walkways you are treated to photos and more information from the earliest days of Dubai to the present.
At the end of one walkway you can look through a skylight viewing point for a close-up view of the Burj Khalifa which is designed to frame the tower perfectly. At all points you are gently guided by assistants until you get to the lifts. Here you are greeted by a friendly assistant who herds you into groups of the appropriate number ready for each lift.
I am not sure how many of us were in each lift but it was not too squashed but there were quite a few of us. The ascent to the 124th floor observation deck in this in a high-speed elevator is so completely quiet and motionless that apart from my ears popping I couldn't tell we were moving. The lift travels at 10 meters per second but feels as though it isn't moving at all though the flashing lights on the wall indicate where abouts you are in the ascent or descent.
As the doors open on the 124th floor you are greeted with floor-to-ceiling glass walls so that the view you get is totally unobstructed 360-degree view of the city. One section had an open section so you could take photos through the windowless part to avoid marks on your photos. The side with the open air terrace area was much better for both views and photo taking as the other side has quite mucky windows and the light was not as good either. You can take as long as you want up on the deck but really once you have been up there half an hour or so you gave seen it all and then you join the queue to go back down again.
There were Special telescopes provided at a cost but we didn't bother as were quite a bit more and we really just wanted to experience the view and look down from the tallest building in the world yet again (they keep growing all the time). There is the inevitable gift shop with overpriced tat. A model of the Burj Khalifa was about 60 quid, mugs were about 10 quid and so one. There was nothing to tempt us to parting with any of our hard earned money!
Within this building you will find that there are 37 floors of offices and The Armani Hotel which has 160 guestrooms and suites. There are 900 private residences in the Burj Khalifa as well as 144 private residences in the Armani Residences and there is also a 4-storey fitness and recreation annex. The "Burj Dubai" as it was called prior to its official opening was designed as a "city within a city" - with their own lawns, boulevards and parks. It was designed by an American architect Adrian Smith and construction costs are well into the billions.
When Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed Al Maktoum opened the 828-meter building then called Burj Dubai (Dubai Tower) on 4th January 2010 it was renamed in honour of the UAE President Sheikh Khalifa ibn Zayed Al-Nahyan. This might have something to do with the fact that he handed out great sums of money (around 10 billion I believe) to Dubai to bail them out of financial difficulties around this time.
The Burj Khalifa is designed to be totally self-sufficient with electricity. It generates electricity using a 61-meter turbine which rotates in the wind. It also has 15 thousand m ² of solar panels located in the walls and windows of the tower. The tower's peak electrical demand is 36mW, equal to about 360,000 100 Watt bulbs operating simultaneously.
As well as this the building is equipped with special protection from the sun and reflective glass panels, which will reduce heat inside the premises, which reduces the need for air conditioning. Dubai's hot, humid climate combined with the building's cooling requirements creates a significant amount of condensation. This water is collected and drained in a separate piping system to a holding tank in the basement car park. I was staggered to learn that this condensate collection system provides about 15 million gallons of water per year which is equal to about 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
The tower's water system supplies an average of 946,000 litres of water daily and at At peak cooling requirements the Burj Khalifa will require about 10,000 tons of cooling, equal to the cooling capacity provided by about 10,000 tons of melting ice.
As you imagine access for the tower's exterior for both window washing as well as general maintenance is a major challenge .There are 18 permanently installed track and fixed telescopic, cradle equipped, building maintenance units. The track mounted units are stored in within the structure so that they cannot be seen when not in use. These manned cradles can access the entire outside from tower top down to level seven. If all things run as they should then it will take three to four months to clean the entire exterior.
Figures like this just boggle my mind and I am in awe of the people who have the brain and ability to design and build something as beautiful and environmentally positive as this. I also think it is admirable that so many people from so many countries in the world contributed to its creation in so many different ways.
So although the building is in Dubai and they are justifiably proud of it, in many ways it is a creation that the world can feel proud of as so many countries' people have had a hand in its creation.
I was pleased to hear that fire safety was of major importance. Speedy and safe evacuation of such a tall building is essential and so Concrete surrounds all stairwells and the building service and fireman's lift has a capacity of 5,500 kg and it is the world's tallest service elevator. There are also pressurized, air-conditioned refuge areas located approximately every 25 floors.
The amazing spiraling shape of the building is not only for its looks but also helps to reduce the wind forces on the tower. This stepping and shaping of the tower has the effect of "confusing the wind" as the wind vortices never get themselves sorted out over the height of the building as each new tier means that the wind encounters a different building shape.
I was mightily impressed with this building in every way. It is stunningly beautiful in both night and day. From start to finish the visit is run efficiently and everyone we came across who was an official was polite and knowledgeable I would thoroughly recommend a visit and book ahead as it costs less and it does gets very booked up so if you leave it to the day you might miss outer.
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I have an electric drum set and have just recorded 3 videos of covers (this problem occurs on all 3). I record the audio using audacity and I record the video using my Olympus D-745 (not the best for video but it's all I have) I then compile the two tracks and edit in camtasia. I also do one hit of the symbols at the start to sync the audio and video. When I synced up the audio and video (using the cymbal hit) it is perfect for about 20 seconds, then the audio slowly starts to come out of sync with the video so that by the end it is almost 5 seconds out. What is the cause of this and does anyone know how to fix it??
Edit: It is goes out of sync both in camtasia and in the video file after rendering.
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First, please post computer details (hardware where audacity is installed (mainboard chipset, processor, memory, graphics, sound card details, including how the drum set is connected to it)). Then use mediainfo (tree view) to get details of the file produced by the olympus and and post those details here.
This problem is common, when disparate and separate devices are used to record audio and video. In professional circles, all audio and video recorders receive a common sync, so timecode across all devices involved in recording a scene are the same and absolute. For prosumers like us, getting rid of it falls in mainly two camps. The first involves examining the audio and video end to end to see the total time difference of the two, down to the last frame (or millisecond). Then audio is stretched or compressed to the exact length of the video. Audacity can do this. Changing the audio this way can produce artifacts, though, and may be time-consuming the longer the involved clips are (2hrs or more). So, the second involves finding natural pauses and breaks in audio, splitting it at those points, then moving the cut clips to sync with the corresponding video at that point. Stretching (or compressing, temporally that is) wasn't done so it can be simpler. Generally, we only become sensitive to loss of sync between audio and video when it becomes more than 4 or 5 frames worth, so the second method just redistributes the loss of sync in amounts too little to be noticed more or less evenly across the program.
Current prosumer equipment (camcorders and audio recorders) can generally be considered accurate enough such that when a random two (a camcorder and an audio recorder) are chosen, they can be expected to record a clip of about (in my experience) 10 minutes before they begin to slip by a frame or two (still too little to be noticed). This is my personal rough benchmark of how accurate the timekeeping abilities are when handling unknown equipment. By around the 30-minute mark (of a continuous, uninterrupted take) that's when loss of sync becomes obvious. This is why your computer details are important, because there seems to be something grossly wrong, electronically, when audio and video start to come out of sync a mere 20 seconds into it. How long are each of the three videos?
It may or may not also have anything to do with camtasia; I would instead use something like Premiere elements to edit the clips with.For the nth time, with the possible exception of certain Intel processors, I don't have/ever owned anything whose name starts with "i".
Computer details:
MOTHERBOARD: Mobile Intel HM87 Express Chipset Mainboard
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4800MQ Mobile Processor 2.70 GHz
MEMORY: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR3-1600 SODIMM Memory
VIDEO: NVIDIA GTX 765M 2GB PCIe Video
SOUND: HD Audio w/ Sound Blaster Cinema Technology
CONNECTION: 3.5mm audio jack from "audio out" on drums (Alesis DM-6), into the microphone port)
The raw video clip is about 5:20 and the audio track is about 5:15. Also I have used camtasia for lots of stuff before and have never had this issue.
audacity makes to it. Avoid putting media files, rendered files, projects, etc on the system drive. Avoid compressed formats; capture to *.wav and put these audio files along with the olympus *.avi files on the external hard drive. Laughtops (and most branded desktops) are notorious for being laden with malware, trashware, crapware, some obvious, others not, that get installed when computer is powered on for the first time. These include, but are not limited to little prickly programs that TSR like printer monitors, messaging, even anti-virus, that can all wreak havoc with doing anything that involves HD video. Turn off wi-fi, LAN, blutut, while engaging in your activity as well.
The olympus produces *.avi with a quixotic MJPEG codec, with an integer frame rate at that, that may take the lion's share of decoding by your CPU. You may or may not have the latest codecs for the OS you are using (what OS is it?) such that it drops or repeats frames, enough for sync to get messed up between audio and video. In your screenshots the audio isn't included; what is it? Does the camera also record audio?
If everything is OK (meaning the camcorder and audio recorder have accurate timebases and recorded non-corrupt clips that use supported codecs when brought into the editing computer), two separate devices shouldn't drift in sync to a noticeable point in clips recorded around 5mins. So, after the clips are on the computer, without editing them or doing anything to them, load them individually in, say, vlc, then manually time them to see just how long they are. If they seem to be roughly the same length then putting them on the camtasia timeline is doing something nasty to them. Camtasia is geared primarily to screen capture. It may be good for the previous projects that you did, but for doing something as involving and as delicate as syncing audio with MJPEG *.avi I'd use something else.For the nth time, with the possible exception of certain Intel processors, I don't have/ever owned anything whose name starts with "i".
it is indeed a laptop. I am not technically recording to the system drive (My OS (windows 8)) in installed on the SSD and all data is written to an internal HDD. It does have the most up to date drivers, I don't have any trashware on it or anything. and I always have bluetooth off, and I had wireless off at time of the recording. The camera can record audio but it has no audio in, so it'd just pick up the hitting of the pads, not the sounds.
I have managed to fix the issue though, by doing as you said and stretching/compressing the audio to the exact length of the video. Although it was tricky as I stop the audio and video at different times. In future if I do another 'syncing' hit at the end that should give me an addition reference point to change the run speed of the audio to match the video.
thank you for all your help.