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ייתכנו חיובים עבור אדם נוסף העשויים להשתנות בהתאם למדיניות המלון.
בעת ביצוע הצ'ק-אין תתבקשו להציג תעודה מזהה עם תמונה (תעודה שהונפקה על ידי הממשלה) וכן כרטיס אשראי לצורך חיובים משניים.
בקשות מיוחדות כפופות לזמינות בעת ביצוע הצ'ק-אין וייתכן ויהיו כרוכות בחיובים נוספים. לא ניתן להתחייב להיענות לבקשות מיוחדות.
"4 days with out room cleaning & bed sheets change"
I try not to think about itחוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Amazing view of the Marina"
We loves our stay at the Mantra!! The room overlooked the Marina and was a great way to relax sitting on the balcony with a cold one. Highly recommend it for a couples get awayחוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Harbour Views"
Lovely to sit and watch the whale tour boats come in and out of the harbour and so handy to take a tour as well.חוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Nice hotel in very quiet town"
Slightly odd layout of 2 bedroom room with effectively 2 individual rooms off small corridor, each with locked door. High quality laundry facilities within room. Town itself was deserted and even for Queensland everything closed very early! Free secure parking a bonusחוות דעת אמיתיות של אורחי Expedia
"Single beds"
Great except for beds which proved to be two single beds pushed together. Beds moved during night and was uneven and formed an uneven ridge. Otherwise greatחוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Relaxing getaway"
Great view of the bay. Relaxing atmosphere. Restaurant located all around.חוות דעת אמיתיות של אורחי Expedia
"Excellent location, great view, clean and tidy."
Stayed with intention of going on Dolphin watching cruise next day. Motel overlooked the marina where the cruise departed, so excellent location. Motel also allowed us to leave our car in the car park until we returned from the cruise. We had dinner at Cafe Balaena - beautiful food. Cafe is downstairs on the marina. Cafe will also deliver to your room […] for 10% surcharge. קראו עודחוות דעת אמיתיות של אורחי Expedia
Exactly what we were looking for in a getaway. The view was spectacularחוות דעת אמיתיות של אורחי Expedia
"great location"
We ordered a king size bed on arrival we had twin beds. This problem was resolved with in half an hour. Went to use the bath room wash basin only to find it blocked up. This problem was fixed after the maintenance man took the s-bend of. This should have been picked up by the room service maid prior to our arrival. We arrived on Friday and checked out […] on Monday. We were on the 4th floor and the lift was broken down for three days . Only the fire escape could be used, which was badly lite and very dangerous. The next door units air conditioner was very noisy. We made the best of the holiday and hope that the next stay will be more pleasant. קראו עודחוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"It was very convinient"
My husband and I stayed this hotel to join Fraser island tour early next morning. Best part for this hotel is the location. A few restaurants are just out side of hotel. A few minutes walking distance to meeting point for the tour. The room is a bit smaller than expected. Queen size bed + writing desk + a bit of space we can walk around.. that's it. […] and I felt ceiling is a bit low.. Overall we are satisfied this hotel and enjoyed stay. קראו עודחוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
Icomplained about bed uncomfortablity and air conditioner not working after first night .There was nothing done.חוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Mantra Hervey Bay"
I'd come for a whale watching tour with my 14yr old daughter. I chose this hotel as it was advertised on tv by Pat Rafter the tennis pro. It looked nice. It was disappointing. The staff were good, but, the gym consisted of 2 pieces of equipment and no free weights in a room the two pieces barely fit in. The main problem was that it advertised that my […] room had a King Size bed and a sofa bed. The room was so small, it didn't even have a sofa, so my daughter had to end up sleeping in the King Size bed which was less than ideal. קראו עודחוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Mantra Hervey Bay"
The receptionist was friendly and very helpful with an early check in. Building itself looks tired. Room had all amenities, the layout had the bedroom next to the outside corridor so noisy with people passing to their rooms, would have been much better if bedroom was on opposite side of room near the balcony. Room was superficially clean but if you […] chose to actually look skirting boards and sockets were covered in dust but minor really. I would expect more for my daily rate though, no mini bar in room, no room service except from harbour cafe. קראו עודחוות דעת אמיתיות של אורחי Expedia
"Pretty Disappointing."
This is the third time we have stayed at this property and will probably be the last unless we hear they have done some upgrading of the rooms. We had booked a single room, but when family decided to join us we upgraded to a two bedroom unit. It smelt, there was grime everywhere,plus hairs and crumbs all over the floor and as we had a three year old […] with us I couldn't wait to leave. By the time we got into the room and noticed everything the reception had closed, our grand daughter was exhausted and ready for bed and moving units was just too much of an issue. I don't think the standard of this hotel has been maintained, we just love the area, the convenience and the local cafes and Club but there are now others in the area and we will be using them. קראו עודחוות דעת אמיתיות של אורחי Expedia
"Mantra at Hervey Bay"
This hotel is right on the waterfront and very convenient for the whale watching boats. Also has the club and a good restaurant nearby. Make sure you are not on the ground floor as these rooms were dank, dark and musty. We had to ask to be moved. We were then given a lovely room with a view!חוות דעת אמיתיות של אורחי Expedia
Staff when we arrived in the morning were very good as we were too early for check in and left bags to go on a cruise. On return found we were given a ground floor room (with people walking past the front window) even though we had requested an upper floor 2 months earlier. On return staff member was off hand as if it was an inconvenience to him to […] have a change of room to what we had requested. Heavy base music until 12 from the venue nearby made it impossible to sleep even though we had an early start in the morning. When we complained staff were unhelpfull and played "dumb" claiming to not know anything about it even though it was obvious this happened regularly (I suspect at least on a Friday and Saturday night). We are not "party poopers" but if the staff had given us honest information we would have stayed out late as sleeping was impossible. Not recommended. קראו עודחוות דעת אמיתיות של אורחי Expedia
"would go back again"
lovely view of the marina from our little balcony. close to restaurants along the boardwalk within walking distance. a really nice pool comfortable bed and lovely clean bathroomחוות דעת אמיתיות של אורחי Expedia
"Helpful staff"
Interesting shaped hotel rooms squeeze in between larger apartments. Good for single traveller, but could be a bit tight for a couple. Loved the balcony and the fact that all rooms have good views. Considerable noise in the rooms however.חוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"A room for two with a view"
A very comfortable and enjoyable place to stay - ne hesitation in returning if similar deals become available.חוות דעת אמיתיות של אורחי Expedia
We weren't told we didn't have movie channel in out room until we asked why it didn't work. Not happy with that as you advertise movies in your adds for rooms.חוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Nice place, pity about the neighbours"
It's a nice enough hotel, in a good location on the waterfront, but just a few things that let it down. The rooms are well-appointed, with big spa-baths, but during our stay we were told that there was no servicing of the rooms. Not sure if this is a normal Mantra approach or whether it was just because it was over Easter - either way it seemed strange. […] Not a big deal for us as we were only there a few nights, but it would definitely be an issue for longer stays. The other down side, though obviously not the Mantra's fault was an extremely noisey restaurant nearby that had loud base-heavy music playing till midnight - a real pity because if not for that it would have been a very pleasant stay. קראו עודחוות דעת אמיתיות של אורחי Expedia
"Mantra Hervey Bay - "Must stay at hotel""
I stayed at the Mantra for a few nights and was very impressed. The cleanliness of the hotel and room was at a high standard. The room was great with a large area to lounge around in. It had a big ensuite and a lovely view to the marina. All up a Great Experience and would highly recommend it to others. Also what a great place to stay to see the Wh […] ales. קראו עודחוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Mantra Hervey Bay, Buccaneer Drive"
A great location with fantastic balcony views. Unfortunately the hotel is not even close to the advertised 4.5 stars, I rate it at 2.5 - 3 (max) stars. It is a very old style hotel. Reception is not open 24 hrs, there is no baggage assistance, no concierge, the gym sits in a room 3m x 3m with only two pieces of equipment. Staff are very friendly and […] helpful but also quote the hotel as being 4.5 stars which is enormously exaggerated and very misleading. קראו עודחוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Mantra Hervey Bay"
We rented a 1 bedroom apartment. The room is a bit small and not much space either on the family room. There's a small kitchenette complete with microwave, stove, and small fridge (no freezer). There is also common BBQ area downstairs. Surrounding area is good too. Tour pick up was just 3 minutes walk from the apartment. Food areas is probably 5 minutes […] drive. The apartment staff was so helpfull. She was very friendly and full of local knowledge. Overall the property is good location and good service. קראו עודחוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Mantra Hotel Hervey Bay"
We only needed somewhere to sleep at night as we were running around on business for three days. The room totally served its purpose for us. We already new the location. That is why we chose to stay there. We had an exceptional view of the marina from the 6th Floor.חוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Beautiful views"
We were at this hotel from 27/12/2011 to 31/12/2011 and had a beautiful self contained room with the balcony looking over the marina. The view every moment you looked out was amazing, just a sense of calm. Very conveniently located near the marina with a tourist kiosk a minute from the front of the hotel to book your tours etc. a short drive to woolies […] made it easy for meals and the cafes on the marina were very nice as well. Room was presented beautifully, I think the only thing that could have been done is a regular check by staff to see if a clean is required or rubbish to be put out. The electric burner to cook was a bit outdated as it took a while for it to heat up and hence cooking also took much longer (a pancake should only take 2 mins tops but it took me about 6 mins to get a half decent pancake off the pan). Apart from that it was a great stay, I really enjoyed it and would definitely come back again! קראו עודחוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Close to marina"
We stayed at the hotel to attend a wedding. It was a great choice and we really enjoyed our stay.חוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Mantra Hervey Bay"
All that you need on a short break. Clean tidy, stafff very helpful. Would have no hesitation on staying there again.חוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Mantra stopover"
The room was very ordinary, but it was a good price, however the hotel looks like it needs some TLC, been a long while since being constructed. Bed was very uncomfortable, needs replacing.חוות דעת אמיתיות של אורחי Expedia
"Good location might go back"
We stayed for 7 days and they should give clean towels during the week without asking we almost had to beg for themחוות דעת אמיתיות של אורחי Expedia
"The Mantra Hervey Bay"
Disappointed with the room. Two out of the three lamps didn't work. The remote to the air conditioner did not work and the sink plug did not stop the water running down the sink. The lamp shades were moldy. These were unexpected standards from the Mantra being promoted on TV by a celebrity tennis player. Great location the only plus.חוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
best described as average although all staff were excellent and attentive. Room very small and TV the size of a postage stamp sited very high up on the wall.חוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Very Nice Location"
Everything about this hotel is great, wonderful location, room is great (I upgraded to a spa suite) and the service was terrific. Not every room has a great view (mine was of the back of the restaurants, not the ocean) but being there for business I didn't care. There are a cluster of restaurants around the hotel for breakfast lunch & dinner but be […] careful .... some are much better than others. Look for the crowd and you'll be fine. קראו עודחוות דעת אמיתיות של אורחי Expedia
"Mantra Hervey Bay"
A nice hotel in a good location. Room was quite small so don't expect space. Service was ok but not quite as nice as we would have expected, being woken one morning at 6am when reception called our room by mistake, and also being left waiting for the clerk to serve us for over 10 minutes (she was dealing with someone else but refused to even look our […] way and acknowledge our presence standing there for all that time). The other thing to be aware of is that the room will only be made up every 4 days so for a 3 night stay like we had you won't have your bed made, in emptied or towels changed. On the positive side, the hotel was in a great location, right on the marina and not far from the shops and restaurants on the Esplanade (5 minutes drive). Hotel itself was very pleasant and had all necessary amenities (including (paid) internet access). Spa in the bathroom was a good size and worked well, was lovely to make use of it after big days out exploring and sight seeing. All up would recommend this hotel. קראו עודחוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Mantra Hervey Bay"
Convenient location and a reasonable view over the marina. The hotel facilities are a bit weak for this star rating.חוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Super ophold"
Min kæreste og jeg havde 3 overnatninger på Mantra. Vi syntes begge at hotellet var en rigtig dejlig oplevelse, med fantastisk beliggenhed lige ned til marinaen. Rengøringen var også i top, og der var absolut intet at klage over da vi tjekkede ind. Alt i alt en super god oplevelse. Mantra kan helt sikkert anbefales!חוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Geen service"
Dit hotel is prima maar... Wij verbleven daar van 10 tot 16 maart 2012. In die periode werd ons verteld dat je kamer niet wordt opgeruimd en dat je geen schone handdoeken krijgt. Dat ontdekten we na de eerste dag toen we terugkwamen na een lange dag en wij even dachten te gaan douchen. De natte handdoeken lagen nog waar we ze hadden achtergelaten. In […] reactie op onze vraag naar de status werd ons meegedeeld dat de kamer 1X per 4 dagen werd verschoond. De service is dus nihil want de receptie is ook na 21u onbemand. קראו עודחוות דעת אמיתית של אורח Hotels.com
"Sehr schön am Meer, aber rundherum nichts los"
Sehr schöne Zimmer, das Hotel liegt direkt am Meer an der Promenade. Zu den Restaurants an der Esplanade ist ein Fußweg von 15 Minuten einzurechnen. Super Ausgangspunkt für Fraser Island. Der Whirlpool im Badezimmer ist spitze! Auf jeden Fall zu empfehlen!חוות דעת אמיתיות של אורחי Expedia
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Rep. King: 'There was no demonstration' in Libya
New York congressman on handling of Benghazi attack
Oct 13, 2012
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We are working as thoroughly and expeditiously.
As possible.
Knowing that we cannot afford it.
To sacrifice accuracy.
To speed.
And of course our government is -- no effort.
In tracking down the terrorists who perpetrated this attack.
Less secretary of state Hillary Clinton saying the investigation into the embassy attack in India that left four Americans dead remains top priority despite the fall out.
Over an alleged -- in this investigation that continues to raise big concerns about what happened and why.
Now the chairman of the homeland security committee in congress is pushing hard for answers and wants the State Department to have the group responsible for the Libya attack designated as a foreign terrorist organization.
How did he is joining us now with more on this congressman welcome great to have you here.
We'll rumored to be review.
Let me ask you this you believe the group known as aunts are -- Syria is a full blown jihadist terror we're working with al-Qaeda affiliates and -- behind this attack.
If -- officially call -- terrorist organization what impact does that have now and on the ongoing investigation.
-- that would give our.
Agency's far more power for instance.
There's area and much greater standard for defining what would be what -- -- terror would just defined the foreign terrorist organization.
Many of their activities can then be Victoria's -- we whipped and criminally we can shrug we're crimes it would be charged and otherwise.
We could also seize their assets -- their properties -- their funding so it just makes it much easier.
Follow -- law enforcement and military intelligence agencies.
To go way -- to -- it just gives us.
All the leverage of our government to use against them once they -- officially declared -- foreign terrorist organization.
Moving on investigation -- you know we learned a security officers were withdrawn from Libya even as a conditions.
We're getting worse there it was a higher ups who denies it continued for the protection.
How do you find out any more information about why this happens.
-- this again is one of the unanswered questions what is clear from the testimony had paralyzed is hearing the other day.
That the regional security officer felt believes strongly that more security was needed so do lieutenant colonel who was station that he believed the more security was needed.
-- for whatever reason that was denied.
And I think that's one of the reasons why the administration is reluctant to tell the full story about what happened that night why they didn't want -- declared a terrorist events.
Because that would leave them -- your question why they had inadequate security at the council.
What can you tell us about a security camera video at our diplomatic post in Libya and what's on that tape.
Yet we're still trying to find that and that's really need to be an issue here when the president and the vice president keep saying that the intelligence community.
Did not have enough evidence to say it was a terrorist attack in the beginning.
Well assuming that's -- I don't believe it has been assuming that's true.
The fact is the State Department know what was happening there's the president and the vice president that I gonna say that they didn't ask the secretary of state.
What are people on the ground sore because what we learned at the testimony that -- today at the hearing.
The fact is that the war is no war demonstration.
There was no demonstration got out of control there's -- no demonstration to begin with and it was clear from the start.
This was a terrorist attack so is the administration playing acute here.
Yes they spoke to the CIA -- the Director of National Intelligence but did not speak to the State Department -- no one had more assets or resources on the ground.
That -- -- the State Department they were the ones -- that they were the ones were under fire and that attack was being watched and listened to in real time by State Department people in Washington.
And why we heard a louder chorus of people calling Hillary Clinton to testify in congress that what happens.
-- a lot of us have a great regardless Secretary Clinton and refuse to select the one adult -- -- -- professional in the administration.
So I think there was a certain reluctance at the start to work.
Question Hillary Clinton Secretary Clinton but I do think there are questions that she has to answer for instance.
Did the president at any time if -- September 11.
-- -- what happened on the ground at the consulate was only the State Department would have that information.
Did the second did the vice president did the president speak did the intelligence officials speak to cry what did she tell them.
Chris remember week after this attack.
Jay -- was still talking about a demonstration.
Outside the or consulate and did the White House speak to Secretary Clinton what was the situation on the ground -- now we know that there was -- demonstration.
When did she first realized that there was no demonstration and in effect this was a coordinated.
Terrorist attack also.
The secretaries you have to answer why.
More security was I given out that I'm that bench decision I'm -- -- became general level but what is -- do in the future.
To make sure that at these outposts we have many of whom.
Many of which are very dangerous area every is willing -- -- as security that we now know they need especially since unlike with the president is claimed.
Al-Qaeda is not been decimated.
There are al-Qaeda are our franchise's.
-- over the Middle East and North Africa al-Qaeda in the Maghreb a Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Local -- out of Bob -- -- in Iraq so this is a mutating.
Cancers type movement and it's still very very dangerous.
They get to one -- from the front running at a time really quickly we still again don't know who told Susan Rice to put out that fictitious story.
About the spontaneous demonstrations of this is all because of an anti Muslim video and that remains a central question is it not.
It certainly does insist that mr.
-- as you heard -- the intelligence community that's who she spoke about she also reports the State Department.
Did she S State Department officials what happened on the ground that might associate -- If you're the intelligence ask them they would have -- there was no demonstration and this was a coordinated terrorist type attack.
Okay have Peter King always great to see you with your insights thank you so much for for joining us today I -- you're gonna stand top this and will continue to.
Bring you on the program to continue to update us appreciate it.
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Consumer Reports Continues Assault on MyFord Touch, Says it "Stinks"
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Leave the large touch screens to tablets
It's no secret that Consumer Reports has
shown no love for the MyFord Touch
infotainment/secondary control system in the latest crop of Ford vehicles. Ford's move to a touchscreen- and touch sensitive button-based system for nearly all secondary controls in the vehicle flies in the face of conventional wisdom where your eyes are supposed to be on the road, so Consumer Reports' concerns are
mostly valid
Consumer Reports writes, "MyFord Touch still frustrates us like few other control systems in any other brand's automobiles. And worse, it is influencing competitors, such as GM, with its
Cadillac CUE system
." The complaints are numerous, ranging from hard to discern flush capacitive switches, to poor steering wheel controls, to poorly designed center consoles that make using the touch screen difficult. In addition, the touch sensitive buttons can sometimes be too sensitive, registering multiple button presses.
Consumer Reports complains that the recessed screen in the 2013 Ford Escape makes reaching climate/radio controls (which are located at the corners of the screen) difficult to reach [Image Source: Ford]
But "What about the voice commands?" defenders might argue. Well, Consumer Reports states that while voice commands should help alleviate some of the troubles of using the touch screen system, they are just an troublesome crutch in practice for commonly used controls:
The voice commands are helpful for complicated inputs, like entering a destination in the navigation system or choosing a playlist from a phone or an iPod. But using them for basic commands, such as temperature or radio tuning, is time consuming and cumbersome. It feels like a Band-Aid for the car's poorly designed physical controls.
And Consumer Reports even goes so far as to reach out to the gaming audience by invoking the use of physical controls on gaming systems like the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Vita, etc.:
Ever consider why video games still use separate controllers with physical buttons, knobs, and joysticks? You never have to take your eyes off the screen, where the bad guys could appear suddenly and shoot you. The same should be true for the view of the road out the windshield while driving. Studies have shown that crashes escalate dramatically the longer drivers take their eyes off the road. We think MyFord Touch and MyLincoln Touch require far too many glances away from traffic to operate even common functions. And the voice command system is awkward enough that for simple adjustments, most of our drivers don't use it instead.
Consumer Reports goes on to say that simply calling them "newbs" at MyFord Touch isn't a proper defense for the systems. The publication has tested six vehicles with MyFord Touch (and the MyLincoln Touch) and has logged over 20,000 miles using it, so their drivers are quite familiar with all aspects of the system.
Ford's handsome new 2013 Fusion also comes with MyFord Touch. The Fusion is a volume seller for Ford, so the automaker can't afford big missteps. [Image Source: Ford]
We should also point out that Consumer Reports isn't the only publication to give MyFord Touch two thumbs down. Ford was
hammered in the latest 2012 J.D. Power Initial Quality study
mostly because of drivers' disdain for MyFord Touch. For tumbled from seventh place in the 2011 study to a 23rd place in the 2012 study.
A representative for Ford reached out to Consumer Reports following the publication of the article with the following statement:
We listen closely and value all feedback on our vehicles - whether it's from customers or third parties. That feedback is used to continuously improve our products and we're seeing results from that commitment. According to a survey of MyFord and MyLincoln Touch owners conducted earlier this year, those who installed the recent software upgrade report a 25 percentage point increase in satisfaction. Also, 71 percent of owners with the new upgrade say they would recommend MyFord or MyLincoln Touch to others.
Ford has
issued software updates to address some complaints
of MyFord Touch, but they don't address the underlying problem with replacing traditional buttons and knobs that can be easily sought out by feel with an outstretched hand versus a touch screen that requires constant eye contact.
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Well it is speculation, but if you read beyond it I speculate that it needs haptic feedback or voice, or usable old school buttons to improve it. Certainly buttons on the steering wheel so you don't even have to reach away.
I stand by my conclusion that an unvarnished touch panel is no good though. Even if you make the buttons on it large enough to hit by touch, errors will still navigate you away forcing a look at it while driving and navigating back.
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ABOUT THE LAB: The Virtual Lab is the brainchild of electrical engineering professor John Bean, who wanted to find a way for kids to be able to take apart a device to see how it works, then put it back together again. Consulting with two high school science teachers, he learned that students loved in-class demonstrations to illustrate basic concepts like charge attraction and repulsion. But while entertaining, the instructors found it difficult to explain the science behind the demonstrations and illustrate it visually. Bean decided to bring the 'behind the scenes' causality to the virtual realm to better visualize forces, electrical current, and the like. Each of the eight virtual labs contains a variety of experiments for the user to select from. Once an experiment is selected, explanatory text with animated images guides the visitor through the experiment. In many cases, the visualization is also accompanied by a Podcast.
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Extreme Metaphors: Interviews with J G Ballard, 1967-2008 - review.
By John Gray Published 04 October 2012Extreme Metaphors: Interviews with J G Ballard, 1967-2008
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"I don't know what the reverse of entropy is but I think I produce quite the opposite." Made in an interview with Peter Rønnov-Jessen that appeared in 1984, this remark by J G Ballard was a response to Kingsley Amis's admiring description of the novelist and short story writer as "a poet of psychic entropy".
Amis believed that Ballard's subject matter was the decay of order in the mind, a psychological analogue to the loss of energy that occurs in physical systems, but Ballard was having none of it. "It's a misreading to assume that because my work is populated by abandoned hotels, drained swimming pools, empty nightclubs, deserted airfields and the like, I am celebrating the run-down of a previous psychological and social order. I am not. What I am interested in doing is using these materials as the building blocks of a new order."
There has been much perplexity among Ballard's critics as to his political views, with many displaying a mix of gawping incredulity and prim distaste at his departures from standard progressive positions. The editors of the current volume – an illuminating and at times revelatory collection of more than 40 interviews given over 41 years – follow this tradition, expressing bemusement at Ballard's professed admiration for Margaret Thatcher. Why a writer presenting a view of life that subverts humanist pieties should be expected to defer to conventional political wisdom is not clear.
Ballard treated the interviews he gave as exercises in a literary genre in its own right – one that should not be read too literally. He used the format as much to unmask the unthinking assumptions of his interlocutors as to reveal anything of himself. At the same time, he was not just being provocative when he asserted that the security achieved in social-democratic societies could be suffocating. When, in the
BBC radio interview he did with me in 2000, he described "welfare state democracies" as "deeply conformist" and regretted the way "our lives are circumscribed by enlightened legislation", he meant what he said.
Yet it would be a fundamental error to conclude that he identified himself or his work with any political programme. The "new order" of which Ballard spoke had very little to do with politics. His work is an exploration of the ways in which the human animal finds meaning and value in extreme situations – a process that in politics is rarely benign. In his view, much of history is a succession of episodes of elective mass insanity, with whole populations opting for psychosis as a way of coping with otherwise intolerable realities.
In the brilliantly enlightening interview Toby Litt did with him in 2006, Ballard addressed this theme in some depth. Reflecting "seismic movements that drift through the collective psyche", Nazism and Stalin's communism were examples of:
. . . extremely threatening political organisations that come to power with the complicity – that's the extraordinary thing – of the populations they rule. People still think that Hitler and his henchmen imposed Nazi Germany on the German people. I don't believe they did for a moment. All the eyewitnesses at the time suggest that Hitler and the Nazi leaders were extremely popular . . . And the same thing was true in Stalin's Russia.
There is no reason to believe that outbreaks of elective madness of this kind will not keep recurring: "I think it may be that in the future we'll be dominated by huge masochistic systems . . . The future is a system of huge competing psychopathologies."
Much of Ballard's work is an exploration of the flimsiness of human personality. He believed that the identity we acquire by living in society is a jerry-built makeshift, easily blown over by events; but this fragility was not something he lamented. In his interview with Phil Halper and Lard Lyer in 1992, Ballard reiterated his long-held view that: "Fiction is a branch of neurology." As he went on to make clear, he was not talking only or even primarily about literature and the arts. Our entire view of the world is composed of fictions generated by the nervous system. These fictions must have some purchase on reality – otherwise, the human species could not have survived – but they capture only a small part of what exists. What we ordinarily perceive of the world is shaped more by social convention than by the animal inheritance that we carry within us. Any major disruption in our way of living – individual or large-scale – changes our way of seeing. In breaking up our ordinary selves, Ballard believed, such disruptive events can offer us a glimpse of freedom.
Pretty well all of Ballard's protagonists undergo some kind of dramatic displacement. The introspective figures who find themselves in a world altered beyond recognition by global warming or drought or stranded in an urban landscape that has abruptly descended into chaos leave behind the fictive image of the world on which they had previously based their lives. At the same time, they leave behind their fictive image of themselves.
The result need not be entirely negative. Ballard is often compared with Joseph Conrad and rightly so. Both write of solitaries, bound to other human beings by unbreakable ties but facing their fate alone. What is less often noticed is how Ballard's central characters follow the advice given by the enigmatic entomologist Stein in Conrad's greatest novel, Lord Jim:
A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air like inexperienced people endeavour to do, he drowns . . . No! I tell you! The way is to the destructive element submit yourself, and with the exertions of your hands and feet in the water make the deep, deep sea keep you up . . . In the destructive element immerse!
By surrendering to a change in themselves that has been set in motion by a shift in the world, the protagonists of Ballard's stories find a new kind of self-realisation.
Ballard's work is composed of fictions of fulfilment. The collapse of order he describes is only the backdrop for his true subject matter, which is a process of inner transformation. Of course, he never imagined that the impact on most people of extreme situations could in practice be anything other than traumatic. For a teenage boy, he used to say, a spell in an internment camp could be an exciting adventure but the experience damaged his parents permanently. What he witnessed himself after order broke down in the camp undoubtedly left scars that never fully healed.
As the editors of this book imply, Ballard's stories are metaphors, not literal renditions of events – actual or realistically possible. The portrayals of personal liberation through immersion in catastrophe that fill his writings are like the landscapes of the surrealists he loved so much: creations of the imagination that expand our sense of possibility and affirm the renewal of life.
John Gray is the New Statesman's lead book reviewer. His book "The Immortalization Commission: the Strange Quest to Cheat Death" has recently been published in paperback (Penguin, £9.99).
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I think Ballard is very much a man of his time. And his time was the time of the mass society and of the feebling of comunitarian links like family ties. The first thing I saw in his autobiography Miracles of Life was his longing for a affectionate family life, his own distant relationship with his parents (before the concentration camp and after) his deep love for his first wife and his children. He is the byproduct of the last wave of formal victorian education. A very similar perspective is reflected in William Golding ´s The Lord of the Flies: we are seeing there the barbarity of the falling from a ultra-formal and ultra-conventional society. Ballard ´s aesthetic vision of desolate landscapes is something astounding, full of poetry and romantic echoes. But the catastrophe he describes is very much a catastrophe of his own time. See Boorman ´s film about Second Worl War in the Pacific and the landscape is very similar to Ballard ´s.
The bemusement of the editors at Ballard's admiration for Margaret Thatcher is likely not political but sexual. What's wonderful about Ballard's repeated statements of delight in the very existence of Thatcher is that he clearly 'consumed' her as a sexual icon; he relished the psychosexual power she wielded so ruthlessly via the media. His brutal parody of Thatcher in 1994's 'Rushing to Paradise' is nonetheless even more damning than his notorious short fiction, 'Why I Want To Fuck Ronald Reagan'.
Our (I'm one of the editors of the book) view of Ballard's expressed political views is that he tried to reveal the ways in which existing psychosexual tendencies can be manipulated to produce political power. One can try to reduce him to a partisan, but Ballard never played party politics.


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Barges crowd a busy area on the Mississippi River south of St. Louis, where the vessels are stored, loaded and unloaded. The worst drought since 1956 has caused low water levels.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in its largest such undertaking in at least 25 years, began clearing a shallow stretch of the drought-hit Mississippi River yesterday of rocks impeding the flow of billions of dollars' worth of goods to the Gulf Coast.
A shipping superhighway that links much of the central United States to the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi is near record-low levels because of the worst U.S. drought since 1956.
Using a fleet of excavators and barges with extensions that allow the vessels to "stand" on the riverbed, the Corps began removing 900 cubic yards of limestone stretching over 6 miles near Thebes, Ill.
The work, which could take a month to 45 days, is expected to hamper the movement of barges carrying grain from production centers to export terminals at the U.S. Gulf as well as upriver shipments of fertilizer, coal and road salt.
"Right now they're removing rocks through mechanical means using spud barges and excavators," said Army Corps spokesman Mike Petersen, referring to barges with "legs."
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"The water is so low right now that an excavator can reach down to the very bottom and knock these rock pinnacles down. They've had a lot of success with that and it also reduces the timeline and the cost," he said.
The next phase of the excavation will involve explosives to break up the rocks in that stretch.
The low water level on the Mississippi River after the worst drought in half a century this year was exacerbated by the Corps' decision to reduce the amount of water that flows into the waterway from the Missouri River — an annual event.
The move raised protests from Midwestern governors and senators who urged President Barack Obama to rescind the decision for fear that badly needed income would be lost through the disruption of commerce that flows through the river.
The Army Corps on Monday projected "no significant interruption in navigation" in a briefing to members of the agriculture industry and elected officials.
The excavation work that began yesterday will close the Mississippi River near Thebes for 16 hours a day.
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Care Net of the Lehigh Valley Walk for Life
When: | Back to Calendar April 21, 2012 (all-day) | Where: | Care Net of the Lehigh Valley Walk for Life Upper Saucon Community Park Preston Ln,Upper Saucon,PA 18015 USA |
Contact: | Allentown Office - Care Net 610-821-0943 ext 229 |
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Care Net of the Lehigh Valley will be holding their annual Walk for Life and Picnic at the Upper Saucon Township Community Park on Saturday, April 21st.
Walkers are needed for the approximate 1 mile walk. Event registration begins at 9:30 and is held rain or shine with the walk beginning at 10:00 AM
This is a fundraising event for Care Net of the Lehigh Valley. Funds raised from this event are used to continue providing pregnancy support services, material resources and life skills classes to women, men and their families. Care Net operates four offices located in Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, and Wescosville.
Individuals and groups are invited to participate and/or sponsor walkers. Free Care Net t-shirts will be awarded to those who donate $200.00 or more and pre-register, while supplies last. Prizes for top donors will also be awarded.
A picnic will follow the walk. For more info or to register visit our website @ www.carenetlv.org or call the Allentown Office at 610-821-0943 ext. 229.


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Major surgeons' group chides Obama for recent statements
Looks like surgeons are starting to get a bit miffed with President Obama for his recent attacks on their profession and their integrity. The American College of Surgeons released late yesterday a press release titled Statement from the American College of Surgeons Regarding Recent Comments from President Obama. Key excerpts include the following: The American College of Surgeons is deeply disturbed over the uninformed public | Read More »


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Brixton Pound – how to popularise a local currency
Posted by rjamiesonThe Brixton Pound is a local currency. It's money that sticks to Brixton. Brixton Pound's creators hope that it will encourage use of local businesses and produce as well as ensuring money that is spend in Brixton, stays in Brixton.
The challenges Brixton Pound faces are 1) Get more businesses to take B£ 2) Get consumers to "ask for their change in Brixton pounds".
Before the brainstorm descended into a very interesting debate on economics, these are the ideas we had
1. B£ Bling jewelry design competition. (Think big blingy rings and pendants with the B£ sign, instead of a dollar sign)
2. A poster campaign with the line "A Brixton Pound is worth more than a pound" and this month's offers – lots of the businesses who accept B£ have money off deals if you use the local currency. These posters would work best in on community noticeboards and the like.
3. Get community leaders involved – ask local vicars and religious leaders to ask for next week's collection in Brixton Pounds, then distribute leaflets as people are leaving the service.
4. Get children involved in a "Ask for your pocket money in B£" campaign.
5. Make more of the brilliant B£ logo by improving the "B£ accepted here" window sticker – something round (pound shaped) with the dots and grooves of a pound around the outside would be more instantly recognisable and would stand out from other window stickers.
6. Make "I asked for my change in B£" stickers available at the cash register – if people can see that others have supported Brixton Pounds, they are more likely to do so as well.
7. Capitalise on the existing community support for B£ by creating t-shirts for people to wear – this allows you to use your supporters to spread the word. The B£ imagery and logo are really appealing and would create very desirable clothing.
8. Look at ideas for stalls you could set up at community events so you can have a presence there; the Windrush Square opening party later in Feb; Lambeth Country Show and Streatham Festival. This would be a great place to start the B£ Bling competition. Or to give away "Ask for your pocket money in B£" money boxes.
9. B£'s first birthday is coming up – there should be a party to celebrate. We discussed a few money related themes for this. Brixton Pound Bankers Ball, The B£ Stock Exchange and so on.
10. There's an existing leaflet aimed at businesses and consumers. We recommended having one leaflet for businesses and one for consumers because they both need different information and will respond better to different kinds of communication. The exisiting leaflet lists all the places that except B£ by area. We suggested creating genre specific flyers – B£ Dinning, B£ Pubs, B£ Style and so on. These flyers can be leaf in restaurants, pub, fashion store etc, respectively.
11. Change dishes, bills, till stickers and menus are an ideal place to remind people to ask for their change in B£. We suggested creating materials for these points, including round pound shaped "Ask for your pocket money in B£" stickers to go in the bottom of change dishes in pubs, bars and restaurants.
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This book provides inspiration and guidance for special education teachers, assistants, parents and carers on how to use lively play ideas to foster learning. Targeting key skills such as listening, self-awareness, movement, creative thinking and relaxation, each game has been developed with the capabilities of children with special needs in mind. more »
2011, Paperback: £15.99/ $24.95Keywords: autism, child development, child psychology, children, communication, creativity, dance and movement therapy, disability, dramatherapy, education, inclusive classroom, mainstream education, music therapy, play, social skills, special education, speech and language pathology, speech and language therapy
Helpful and accessible, the book explains the methodology used in music therapy, a topic that has been considered only briefly until now. The author presents an empowering approach to practice, discussing how the therapist can be placed in a collaborative relationship with the individual or with the group. more »
2010, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95Keywords: adolescence, challenging behaviour, counselling, creative therapies, expressive therapies, music therapy, psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, teenagers
The book examines the origins and theory of AMT (including a contribution on the subject from Mary Priestley), before exploring its uses in various contexts. Chapters cover AMT in counselling and rehabilitation, with adults and children and with nonverbal clients. A concluding section discusses aspects of the training of music therapy students. more »
2002, Paperback: £27.99/ $44.95Keywords: expressive therapies, music therapy, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy
This practical guide to self-employment takes you through every step of the process, from coming up with the idea and marketing yourself, finding jobs, and interviewing, to maintaining jobs and what happens when you or your client want to end the job. It considers the likely obstacles you may face, and covers topics such as ethics and interns. more »
2013, Paperback: £15.99/ $24.95Keywords: art therapy, arts therapies, careers, challenging behaviour, creative therapies, creative writing as therapy, creativity, dance, dance and movement therapy, dramatherapy, employment, expressive therapies, interdisciplinary arts therapies, music therapy, play therapy, psychodrama, reference, supervision
Art and the therapeutic uses of art provide older people with valuable ways in which to express their feelings, needs and fears, and with a resource for coping with life's major changes. This practical book is filled with step-by-step activities for art therapists and professionals to use in work with older people either individually or in groups. more »
2011, Paperback: £20.99/ $34.95Keywords: adults, anxiety, art therapy, arts therapies, creative therapies, creativity, dance and movement therapy, dementia, depression, elder abuse, emotions, expressive therapies, interdisciplinary arts therapies, mental health, music therapy, occupational therapy, older people, palliative care, psychotherapy, supported living
In this innovative book, Shaun McNiff breaks new ground in defining and inspiring art-based research. He illustrates how practitioner-researchers can become involved in art-based inquiries during their educational studies and throughout their careers, and shows how new types of research can be created that resonate with the artistic process. more »
1998, Paperback: £19.99/ $32.95Keywords: art therapy, dance and movement therapy, dramatherapy, expressive therapies, music therapy, psychotherapy
Arts Approaches to Conflict explores how various arts approaches can both raise our understanding of conflict and lead to its constructive resolution. Practitioners and experts from a wide range of art forms examine their own fields as approaches to conflict. It is fascinating and eye-opening reading for students and practitioners. more »
1996, Paperback: £27.99/ $50.00Keywords: art therapy, arts therapies, counselling, dance and movement therapy, dramatherapy, expressive therapies, interdisciplinary arts therapies, music therapy, psychotherapy, social work
This book outlines the potential uses of music, art, drama and dance movement therapies in educational settings, and the contribution they have to make to the emotional and social development of children and adolescents. Drawing on international evidence, the book outlines a wide range of applications of arts therapies across a range of settings. more »
2009, Paperback: £25.99/ $39.95Keywords: art therapy, arts therapies, creative therapies, creative writing as therapy, dance and movement therapy, dramatherapy, educational psychology, expressive therapies, music therapy, special education
There is increasing pressure on therapists to provide details of structured assessments and to report therapy outcomes. This edited volume provides a series of case studies, with varied client groups, giving arts therapists an accessible introduction to assessment and outcome measures that can be easily incorporated into their regular practice. more »
2013, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95Keywords: adults, anxiety, art therapy, autism, children, creative therapies, dance and movement therapy, depression, disability, dramatherapy, expressive therapies, grief, interdisciplinary arts therapies, music therapy, psychology, trauma
This practical guide introduces the principles of biofeedback and explores the use of music therapy interventions in the context of achieving skills in self-regulation of physiological response. The book looks at the primary modalities of biofeedback, in conjunction with the assignment of digitally sampled musical voices to specific body functions. more »
2011, Paperback: £19.99/ $32.95Keywords: ADHD, arts therapies, autism, brain injury, creative therapies, health care, mental health, music therapy, psychology, psychotherapy
Breath in Action looks at the significance of breath to human life - not just the simple fact that if we stop breathing, we die, but also the more subtle ways in which our breath interacts with our voice and our being. Combining theory with practice, many of the chapters also offer clearly laid out breathing exercises and techniques. more »
2009, Paperback: £17.99/ $28.95Keywords: arts therapies, dramatherapy, health care, music therapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy
This practical guide provides brief, user-friendly descriptions of common and lesser known treatments for autism, offering a balanced overview of current opinion and scientific data. Each chapter covers a single treatment from ABA to TEACHH to GF/CF diets, allowing parents and professionals to make informed choices about treatment. more »
2012, Paperback: £13.99/ $19.95Keywords: alternative therapies, applied behaviour analysis, autism, biomedical intervention, bodywork, child development, child psychology, communication, complementary therapies, diet, drugs, early intervention, life skills, music therapy, occupational therapy, parenting, reference, sensory issues, social skills, special education
This book shows, for the first time, how research and clinical work can creatively complement one another, proving beneficial to both disciplines. Each chapter is written by a leading researcher and practitioner in the field, and the book covers a wide spectrum of approaches within different settings. more »
2004, Paperback: £21.99/ $37.95Keywords: health care, music therapy, psychiatry
Reflecting on and developing the applications of music therapy, this collection will help establish effective therapy methods in which the creative use of music is employed by skilled and clinically experienced music therapists in a client-oriented interactive process. more »
1999, Paperback: £22.50/ $42.95Keywords: child development, counselling, disability, music therapy
This book provides valuable insight into the work of professional music therapists in their clinical practice. The contributors discuss work with a diverse range of clients, including those suffering from Alzheimer's, anorexia nervosa, schizophrenia, psychosis, personality disorder, anxiety and psychosomatic disorder. more »
1999, Paperback: £23.95/ $42.95Keywords: counselling, health care, music therapy, psychiatry, psychoanalysis
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The WaterSense label was created to make it easier to find and choose waterefficient plumbing products. Labelled toilets have undergone third-party testing showing that they can clear at least 350 grams of solids from the bowl while using no more than 1.28 gallons per flush.
Most of the toilets sold in this country rely on siphoning action to pull waste into the drain. The siphon is initiated by a jet in the bottom of the bowl, which uses a portion of the flush water to push waste over the high point of the trap. The remaining water comes out from the rim and refills the bowl.
Washdown toilets send the entire flush to the rim, flooding the bowl from above and pushing waste out through the trap.
A power-flush model is equipped with a vessel that contains water and compressed air. The air propels the water into the bowl at high velocity, producing a flush that is both powerful and loud.
Siphoning toilets tend to stay clean because the water spot — the area of the water inside the bowl — is large enough to keep solids away from the porcelain.
A wash-down model typically requires frequent brushing because its water spot is too small to keep solids off the bowl.
Toto's double cyclone models contain a pair of jets under the rim that the maker says are particularly effective at scouring the bowl.
Dual-flush toilets like this Caroma use a full flush for solids and a half flush for liquid.
Instead of a standard lever, the fixture has a dual-flush button on top of the tank.
In preparation for a MaP test, soybean paste is extruded into 3/4-inch-diameter cylinders.
Testing is performed by dropping a predetermined mass of cylinders into the toilet, adding tissue, and then flushing. The process is repeated with successively larger amounts of soybean paste until flushing no longer clears the bowl.
As a plumbing contractor, I remember the response when the first generation of 1.6-gallon-per-flush (gpf) toilets hit the market in 1994: People hated them. They didn't clear the bowl of solids and often left dirty porcelain. In the years since, plumbing manufacturers have redesigned their products so they are now less likely to clog.
The 1.6-gpf standard was a step forward, but in the face of drought and population growth, it has not been enough to eliminate water shortages, which are a serious problem in western states like California, Arizona, and Texas. Florida and other southeastern states are grappling with water problems as well. As a result, there has been an ongoing movement to enact even stricter conservation standards.
The EPA has established a program called WaterSense, which sets water conservation goals for a variety of plumbing products, including toilets, urinals, and faucets. Showerheads are expected to follow in the near future. The goal for toilets is to reduce usage by 20 percent, to a maximum of 1.28 gpf. A fixture that meets this standard is considered to be a high-efficiency toilet (HET) and is eligible to receive a WaterSense label.
Although the WaterSense program is voluntary, it's just a matter of time before its provisions find their way into state laws and plumbing codes. This has already started happening in California and Texas, where it will be illegal as of January 1, 2014, to sell toilets that require more than 1.28 gpf. In anticipation of such standards, manufacturers have begun rolling out a new generation of HETs.
The poor performance of early water-saving toilets gave plumbing manufacturers a black eye, and they've made a concerted effort to avoid a repeat of that with newer models. A recent print ad from one major manufacturer bragged about the number of its toilets that belong to the "1,000 gram club." This refers to the weight of solids that can be cleared from the bowl in a single flush as measured in a standardized Maximum Performance test, or MaP (for an explanation of MaP testing, see sidebar). To qualify for a WaterSense label, a toilet must be able to flush 350 grams of solids.
The best performers in the MaP ratings can clear 500 to 1,000 grams of solids. Comparing a toilet that flushes 500 grams with one that flushes 1,000 grams is like comparing an "A" product to an "A+" product: Few users will ever need a 1,000-gram flush, so the difference is more or less academic.
Other factors. Though important, raw flushing power is not the only consideration. The focus on MaP ratings has led some manufacturers to boost flushing power at the expense of other significant factors. In addition to clearing solids, an effective flush should scour the porcelain and leave perfectly clear water in the bottom of the bowl — and do so without making a lot of noise.
There are a variety of methods for achieving an effective flush and exchange of water, including siphoning, wash-down, and power flushing.
Siphoning. The toilets in most U.S. residences are siphoning models. When the toilet is flushed, water flows to the rim and to a jet near the bottom of the bowl. The jet, which is aimed toward the back of the toilet, pushes water up and over the high point of the trap, creating a powerful siphon that pulls water and solids into the drain. Water from the rim scours the porcelain and refills the bowl. You can identify a siphoning toilet by the sound it makes when it sucks the bowl empty.
The siphoning method allows for a large "water spot" — the area of the water in the bowl. A large water spot reduces the incidence of staining and "skid marks" by preventing solids from hitting the porcelain. Some manufacturers use other bowl-cleaning strategies as well, such as putting an ultra-smooth finish on the porcelain or incorporating rim jets designed to scour the bowl as it refills.
Wash-down. Although toilets based on the wash-down principle are the norm in Europe, they're less common here. When the flush valve is opened, water floods the bowl from under the rim and pushes waste out through the trap. It has been my experience that backwash can occur when the wall of water hits the back of the trap, leaving discolored water in the bowl. To leave clear water in the bowl, the user may have to flush a second time.
Another shortcoming of the wash-down design is that it requires a bowl with steeply sloped sides so that the water falls with enough force to clear solids. This shape results in a small water spot, which greatly increases the incidence of staining. That's why a cleaning brush stands next to most toilets in Europe.
The size of the water spot — which can usually be found in the manufacturer's specifications — varies greatly among types of toilets. As an example, consider two HETs from Toto: The Eco Drake (siphoning) and Aquia II (dual-flush wash-down). At 10 1/4 inches by 8 1/2 inches, the Eco Drake's water spot is more than three times the size of the Aquia II's, which is 4 1/2 inches by 6 inches. This is typical of the difference between siphoning and wash-down fixtures.
Power-assisted flush. Inside the tank of a power-flush toilet is a vessel containing flush water and air compressed by incoming water. When the flush valve is opened, water is propelled into the bowl at high velocity. This type of toilet has a large water spot and may consume as little as 1.0 gpf in a single-flush model.
The biggest problem with power-flush toilets is that they're noisy — anywhere from loud to explosively loud. As a result, we rarely recommend them to homeowners, although they typically do an effective job of clearing the bowl. Power-flush models are also more complicated than gravity models, making them more expensive to repair.
A dual-flush toilet has a full flush for solids and a partial flush for liquids. The full flush typically contains 1.6 gallons of water and the partial flush between 0.8 and 1.0 gallons. The performance goal for this design is to average less than 1.28 gpf over time, which qualifies the product as an HET.
Dual-flush models have been getting a lot of great press, but I'm not convinced they live up to the hype. Choosing between different flushes is confusing to people unaccustomed to this kind of toilet, so they may hit the wrong button. Also, the amount of water in the light flush may be insufficient to leave perfectly clear water in the bowl, leading users to double-flush or use the heavy flush for everything. When that happens, the toilet loses its water-saving advantage.
The most serious problem has to do with the nature of the flush. Most dual-flush models are wash-downs, because a partial flush is typically too small to create strong siphoning action. We have installed dual-flush wash-down toilets from Caroma and Toto and found they required regular brushing. Power-assisted dual-flush models are available, but they tend to be loud. American Standard recently introduced the H2Option, a dual-flush toilet that has a large water spot and is said by its maker to create strong siphonic action. We have yet to install one of these toilets, so we don't know how well they actually work.
Conversion kits. The current emphasis on "green" has led to the introduction of products for converting single-flush toilets into dual-flush models. It's a good idea on paper, but so far there's been no independent testing to show that they actually work.
In any event, designing a truly effective conversion kit is a tall order. For a toilet to flush effectively, the size and shape of the bowl and trap must be matched to the size of the flush valve, and timing, location, and volume of the water flows all must be adjusted accordingly. Change any one aspect without accounting for the others, and performance is likely to suffer. The early 1.6-gpf models are a good example: Many performed badly because they were not designed from the ground up to work with that amount of water; in effect they were 3.5-gpf toilets with less water in the tank. Fixtures designed to work with a particular amount of water need that amount to flush properly.
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A regional terrorist commander was an HR headache.
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The CIA foiled the plot thanks to an informant who infiltrated Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen.
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Have a look at this breeding pair and let me know what species they are and why (Herichthys carpinte or Herichthys Cyanoguttatus??):
Their colouration varies from quite blue/green to quite dark - especially the larger male who gets very grim when hes being a big daddy!
I am most interested to know exactly what they are.
They have just hatched a very large brood and I am trying to scramble so that I can keep some.
I am not equipped with a nursery tank - or indeed, any kind of stuff for fry!
They are being super protective and excavated the whole area.
I wouldn't know where to begin but there are literally thousands of little swimmers in their corner of the tank now and it would be great if I can manage some of them to a healthy life - wherever that may ultimately be!
I have a 2 foot and a 1 foot tank which are not setup/cycled and I suppose I could do something like putting an aerator in one - and handle water condition by water changes from the main tank - but changing the water without losing any fry could be a challenge - should I go get something that hangs in the main tank - or a divider or what?
Furthermore I guess I can expect to lose these ones and prepare for their next breeding cycle...
Interested in your thoughts.
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American Crossroads is set to announce the new ad campaign Wednesday. The spot, titled "Four More," says Americans would face more taxes, greater debt and higher unemployment if President Barack Obama is re-elected.
The ad says, quote: "Another four years focused on everything but jobs? No thanks."
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Since I'm getting burned out on COD WaW, and waiting around for BF BC2, I thought I see what everyone else was playing in their spare time. Doesn't matter if it is co-op, mp, or sp. For me: COD WaW GTA IV Burnout Paradise BF2, every once in a while I've been giving thoughts to Borderlands, but I much prefer multiplayer online over singleplayer games. Also, I'm surprised at how much smoother GTA IV is on my i7 than it was on my Q9400 even when my Q was overclocked to 3.2ghz and the 920 at stock speeds. It's just soooo much smoother that it makes the game more enjoyable to play.
PC eh? I get consumed by the God of War Collection on PS3 at the moment, but when I game on PC, I play Tropico 3, good ol Earth 2160, and some GRID. And Half Life 1 on my Eee lol.
all of them, sadly enough thats pretty much not a joke, its the point i have too many games where i dont ever wanna play them cause im overwhelmed
HL1 - now that's a goodie! The game from that era that I keep coming back to is Unreal Tournament. Now that's a fantastic game if ever there was one. Are there people still playing HL1 over the internet now? Also, don't you just love the way a graphically weak PC of today can play a graphically intensive game that needed a grand's worth of hardware from yesteryear?
Dragon Age: Origins (close to done) The Sims 3 w/ World Adventurs EP (got to install it) Lego Star Wars - The Complete Saga Lego Indiana Jones 2 - The Adventure Continues (got to install it) Battlestations Pacific A-Train 8 Grand Theft Auto IV (Tropico 3 distracted me from it) Borderlands (maybe, maybe not) Tropico 3 (waiting for a patch) So little time...
left 4 dead 2 (getting old @ +15 hours in / ready for DLC), a little fortress forever and MW2 (only spec ops though, me and friends try to beat each others time) SP is boring and MP is meh..but spec ops is fun for some reason.
PES 2010 and from to time to time Sacred 2 and Dragon Age: Origins Just finished NFS:Shift and Resident Evil 5 - I enjoy it a lot.
How does NFS Shift compare the to their other recent, in my opinion, crap that they have produced before hand?
I liked the graphics. I loved the cars and sound of the engines. Was not too satisfied from the gameplay.
I was playing loads of games at once, but then came along Heroes of Newerth... this game is so GOOD!!! Already put in over 100+ hours into it, play it whenever i get the chance, suggest everyone to check it out...it's only in beta atm but it's bascially DOTA from WC3 if anyones played that before, but upgraded.
Left 4 Dead 2 Team Fortress 2 A little MW2 Grid I really want Episode 3 to come out, im a huge Half-Life fan.
just started playing The Witcher(when i can get it to run stable), and i play starcraft on bnet sometimes...quit MW, the servers i play are dead anyway, i think my clan disbanded and didnt tell me, which sucks cause im one of the head admins rofl
Just had my first real crack at L4D2 last night. Fun game. Also bought GRID but haven't tried it yet cuz I'm waiting on a controller (everyone tells me not to even TRY on a keyboard.) Others in my rotation: The Witcher GTA4
I Wanna be the Guy and Heroes III. Waiting for Starcraft 2 and SW: The Old Repblic (I'm not a fan of it being an MMO, but I will still try it out). Oh, and a sequel to Beyond Good & Evil.