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Testing the Goods: The New MacBook Airs
After a week with Apple's new diminutive portables, here's everything you need to know
I'm going to keep typing after this first sentence, but before we begin something must be said: This review can be summed up in the single moment when, after using one of the new MacBook Airs for an extended period of time, you go back to your old laptop. And it feels like it has suddenly contracted elephantiasis.
My "old" laptop is a unibody 15-inch MacBook Pro with just under two years of mileage on it, which makes the contrast even more dramatic. Both machines share the same overall design language, and both feel modern, sleek and sexy, true to their maker. One just feels grossly, almost comically oversized.
Because after using the 11-inch MacBook Air for a week, a tiny axe-blade wedge of machined metal (that folds out into a computer, I had to keep reminding myself), it's hard to remember why I needed such a "huge" machine in the first place.
Here are my thoughts on the 11-inch; on the next page, Mike Haney stacks the new 13-incher up against the previous-generation Air.
What's New
Previously available only in the 13-inch configuration, the new 11-inch form-factor is the smallest Mac laptop ever made. Also new in both Airs is solid-state flash memory as the only storage option, in 64GB or 128GB sizes on the 11" (128GB or 256GB on the 13"). Graphics are handled by the same Nvidia GeForce 320M processor found in the 13-inch MacBook Pro. The cases have been slimmed and sharpened and an extra USB port has been added (the previous Air only had one).
What's Good
Speed: There hasn't been a Mac laptop with a clock speed as slow as the entry-level 11-inch Air's 1.4 GHz Core 2 Duo since mid-2005. But processors have changed a lot since then. Despite running at a slower clock, the Air's brain has two cores for more power. That doesn't mean number-crunching tasks like video encoding won't run significantly slower on this machine than every other modern Mac --for that kind of stuff, you'll be better served by something with more processing beef.
But what's amazing here is how little that matters for the other 95% of the every day computing tasks the 11-inch Air handles with effortless speed. Ditching a hard drive's spinning platters for flash memory is a huge reason for this--disk reads and writes are crazy fast (it scored a 229.47 on Xbench's disk test, compared to a 33.06 for my late-2008 MacBook Pro's 5400-rpm hard disk), which boosts the feeling of real-world speed immensely. Full restarts happen before you can even decide whether to get up and fix yourself a drink, and a new ultra-low-power mode can stay asleep for up to 30 days and still snap back to life just like a wake from regular sleep. Milquetoast web work, email and word processing feel as snappy as they are on a brand new Core i7 iMac. I was most surprised to find that even running imports and image processing with Aperture, one of the biggest resource hogs I use frequently, is done without the slightest choke (something I certainly can't say for my two-year-old 2.53 GHz MBP). It almost feels like you're being tricked.
No Compromises: You could look at the spec sheet and the tiny size and immediately cry "Mac Netbook," but the 11-inch Air shares none of that class of laptops' barebones sacrifices. The screen, while small, is a crispy 1366 x 768 pixels dense--plenty of room to work with. The keyboard, save for some skinnier function keys in the top row, is the exact same full-size keyboard on every other Mac laptop. Ditto for the glass multitouch trackpad. Everything feels like a real computer, shrunken in all the right places.
What's Bad
It Needs a Companion: I would so badly love to sell my MacBook Pro for this machine. It's everything i want in a portable computer, and is powerful enough to handle most of what I do at home. But that slow processor and a lack of storage space are still dealbreakers for this being my primary (and only) machine. I could probably plug in to a big external drive to store my media and a larger display to make things a bit more palatable when I'm at home, but the whole setup makes a lot more sense with either a huge network-attached storage drive acting as a media server, or another more powerful Mac to handle the more intensive tasks. Even though I haven't regularly used a desktop computer for over 10 years, it feels wrong for that primary home machine to also be a laptop. Maybe it's time to build that Hackintosh desktop I've been dreaming of?
The Price
$999 for the base 64GB/1.4 GHz configuration; $200 more gets you 128GB of storage for $1,199. Both trim lines can be brought up to 4GB of RAM for another $100, and the 128GB model can get a processor bump to 1.6GHz for $100 as well.
The Verdict:
I've wanted so badly to love the iPad when I'm traveling. But if I'm traveling for work, I'm often taking photographs and shooting quick videos with a DSLR, processing them, loading them along with words into our content management system--basically working with files. I can do none of these things easily with an iPad.
What can I do on an iPad that I can't with an 11-inch MacBook Air? Hmm. On the Air I can use the perhaps less design-y but equally if not more functional version of apps like my iPad's beautiful RSS reader, my beautiful note-taker, my beautiful weather widget--many in that old-fashioned thing called the web browser. It's just as portable, more durable, has a higher-resolution screen. I guess it doesn't make quite as nice an e-reader, but I'm still an old-fashioned book devotee. So, why do I need you again, iPad?
Carry on to the next page for Mike Haney's take on the 13-inch version
Until this was released, I had the prettiest netbook in existence:
I was one of the many people for whom iPad's lack of a full desktop system was a serious dealbreaker. The Air's a damned gorgeous machine, and for a lot of users, it seems like it would be just enough computer to be a primary machine in a way most netbooks aren't.
Gorgeous machine.
Just to whine, these things (especially the 13-incher) sound far too expensive for far too little with some rather brainless design issues all wrapped up in a very pretty (read "expensive") package. I understand the value of a light computer, I really do, but if you work that much on a cloud, I would sooner have a brick of a laptop that's a powerhouse and a smaller netbook for short trips with access to my cloud when I feel comfortable leaving my laptop on my desk.
I can't help but smell the gratuitous Apple-love in this article.
Did they make one functional for a gamer big enough for man hands and cool enough to not burn out, and flexible enough to not have to rely on one vendor for software sources, and and and. I will stick PC. MacDonalds is for kids and pictures.
@ twobrain
It's a Mac, they will never make a Mac for gaming. The sheer cost involved in a "market entry" model while they're already making money hand-over-fist would suggest some level of retardation on the part of The Almighty Steve to try and get into gaming.
I mean, I guess if he has some meglomaniacal goal to have every personal electronics market dominated by a Mac product...
Ok, they might make a Mac for gaming, but that'll be a long, long time from now.
I just don't get this 'Mac for gaming' crap. My iMac plays games just fine, natively, the ones written for Mac, and non-natively, through Windows installed on my HD. So what games don't Macs play?
If you need a home super-computer to play games, and need a Mac, get a Mac Pro. You can't get much gamier than that.
Most of us adults have more to do than game, and for me, that doesn't include allowing anti-virus software to hogtie my machine until it's done updating its definitions every 12 hours.
@quatra & nicholas22 - you say the same thing when considering the purchase of a finely crafted automobile. No thanks - my Ford Focus can drive anywhere your Mercedes Benz can and do it cheaper. And nose in the air you spin on your heel and huff off so proud of your supposed wit. You voted for Palin too, right?
@quatra & nicholas22 - you say the same thing when considering the purchase of a finely crafted automobile. No thanks - my Ford Focus can drive anywhere your Mercedes Benz can and do it cheaper. And nose in the air you spin on your heel and huff off so proud of your supposed wit. You voted for Palin too, right?
@quatra & nicholas22 - you say the same thing when considering the purchase of a finely crafted automobile. No thanks - my Ford Focus can drive anywhere your Mercedes Benz can and do it cheaper. And nose in the air you spin on your heel and huff off so proud of your supposed wit. You voted for Palin too, right?
quatra & nicholas22 - you say the same thing when considering the purchase of a finely crafted automobile. No thanks - my Ford Focus can drive anywhere your Mercedes Benz can and do it cheaper. And nose in the air you spin on your heel and huff off so proud of your supposed wit. You voted for Palin too, right?
Curb your enthusiasm
The upside to Mac users that PCers continue to find lots of outstanding reasons to not buy into Mac computers, is of course low Mac market share. As I understand it, this is our (macuser) virus protection. So please, curb your enthusiasm and quietly nod to the likes of quatro and nicholas22 etc, happy they are looking after our best interests.
The mac is no BMW.
It is more like a Citron with maybe 1 or 2 neat features but overall more expensive, less capable, has its groupies, and you can only go to 1 source if it breaks.
Its sad and pathetic that mac users have to compare it to other objects that actually HAVE better performance like a BMW.
If you bought a netbook at 400 to 500 dollars, swapped out the HD with a new 3rd party SSD it would run circles around the new mac book air and cost less, last as long, have peripherals, had TRIM ( so that performance would only be for 3 to 5 months before lost).
See that's called utility, PCs and BMWs have them, macs dont!
Jabberwolf - I agree the Mac's not a BMW. I'd put it more in the Mercedes class. My brother's had a few BMW's and they were crap that kept falling apart.
As for the one source... I've never has one break. And, I've been using them for over 20 years. I still have my Apple Newton. And it works fine! I've got more than one Hp/Dell/Compaqs, that my company made me use, collecting dust on a shelf and it wasn't one of those "$400-500" laptops, they were the $1500-2000 variety and complete pieces of plastic junk. They wouldn't hold up for more than a year.
And to top it all off, they HAD TO run Windows. I can't stand Windows. I don't mind the dissent. It keeps the malicious hackers busy with the Windows world. I'm getting a MacBook Air.
Macs are seriously pointless. You would only want a mac if you were a spoiled teenager or a businessman. People only buy them because they look good on their desk and because they seem fast. After all, apple is the one who uses a laser to cut microscopic perforations for a sleep button!
Hey Photogoofer:
Micros**t users just make me laugh. They can't stand Apple and waste their time posting puerile twaddle whenever they find an Apple review.
Instead of listening to the haters I'd rather pay attention to people who actually know what they're talking about:
I kicked Micros**t to the curb back in 1995 and have run my business quite successfully since then. At least a dozen friends and customers have done the same, and many others either want to switch or have firm plans to do so.
So go ahead, buy yourself a Dull Dementia or some Toshiba craptop.
In four years, take it back and ask for free tech help.
Looking at my hard drive stats, I've owned my iMac for over three years and use it as my primary home computer and have still only used 40GB. I'm not shy about downloading interesting programs or storing documents but without intensive video or photograph file use it seems pretty easy to stay under even that 64GB limit.
Also, I owned an Acer Aspire One netbook. It was a bad joke. There is no comparison to an iPad, nor I suspect to these new computers.
The single biggest advantage of the iPad is the portrait layout. I've seen a nice app that displays documents sideways on a laptop, i.e. in portrait. An Air + that app would make a compelling alternative to an iPad, especially if one is inputting data.
My 11" Macbook air is the best computer I've ever owned. This is my 13th Mac and 15th Apple ever, and it's FABULOUS. I'm writing on it right now. Yes, I've had about 9 windows PCs, too, over the years, and still have 2 laptops and 2 desktop windows PCs. I only have those for the programs that are windows only, when I didn't want to waste a Mac running windows on it. Yes, several of my Macs also run windows.
So many Mac-hater comments here. When they're from folks who'ver never owned a relatively new Mac, and EXPERIENCED what they can do, shouldn't speak so harshly about them. It's so EASY to put down something with which you are unfamiliar.
I hope you didn't really mean it when you said "so I can't in good conscience let [my wife] spend an extra $500 to get an equivalent Air." Your wife should not need your permission to buy the product she wants, even if, in your opinion, it's more than she "needs."
shutterpod, you obviously have never tried ordering your own parts and building your own computer. You can get much more "gamier" with many computers other than Macs. There are plenty of games that Macs don't play. Those games you can't find are the ones that no one bothered to re-write for Apple's spotty software. In addition to a smaller selection, you need to pay more for games specially designed for Macs. Besides, gaming isn't meant for any laptops other than those of Alienware. If you want peak performance on demanding games, get a desktop, and make sure it's a PC.
Flu17, it's obvious you obviously know nothing about that which I know or don't know. Never heard of Bootcamp, have you? Got any games that can use 64GB of ram, or that NEED the processing cores and or additional video cards that a Mac Pro can use?
Just because you think a computer built from scratch is all the rage, doesn't make it a Porsche 911 GT3. Take your Anti-Apple rhetoric and shove it straight up your ass, if there's space in there alongside your enlarged melon head.
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Intel Atom, the 'small wonder' of the computing industry, may have been making a mark with ULPC notebooks and inexpensive ITX solutions, but the UK-based web-hosting company Bytemark found a new application of this chip, dedicated servers. The Atom processors have sufficient computing power to handle web server processes. In Bytemark's words, they're "pushing the boundaries of what Intel Atom was intended to do". Although for now the design is simplistic, ITX based, Bytemark plans to take this concept to a large-scale, making inexpensive, energy-efficient servers. A dedicated server with a 1.60 GHz Atom, 2 GB memory, 2x 100 GB HDDs in RAID 1 (that's 100 GB of available storage), for £495 (US $992) per annum. Source: Hexus.net
Rather pointless, pay for some decent hardware and you can host many sites at once. And if your goal is a single relatively small site any other solution would do as well. The average thin client is fast enough.
Well, if you're speaking of services, why would you care what it's running on? I think a C2Q based server can be bought for the same money and offers far more performance. Power consumption isn't a real issue when you're not the host or are colocating.
Um.... I believe your mistaken. This is the Intel Atom based server hosting service for $992 per year, and NOT a server that you own. A C2Q Based server host for one year will cost more than that! http://www.bytemark.co.uk/page/Live/hosting/dedicated/dedicatedvalue Intel atom is by far MUCH cheaper. Some research please before you bash anything... You must remember that the Intel Atom is more than capable of being a server. A lot of the servers are still what.... Presconias, Prescotts, etc, some, even older. You'll only find C2Qs in more high end consumer-level server hosting services... Xeons? You'll be charged a commercial fee.
I'm not bashing, I'm simply stating I highly doubt that this is cheaper. Like I said, a similar C2Q system hosts a lot more servers at once. Hence changing the whole picture. So because current systems often use previous generation processors you can't compare a still to be purchased system with another available alternative? Besides, like I said, the average thin client is enough to host a website. How did I forget an Atom being powerful enough? So, $1K a year for an Atom. Nothing said about bandwidth and the likes. I know colocation in .nl (which is quite an expensive country) can be under €100 a month. So put a cheap C2Q in there and you have like 8x the processing power for double the price. Of course there is more to it, but that's my first thought on which I base my doubts. So before accusing me of bashing, telling me to research things and suggesting I "forget" things, please read what I say. You're free to disagree with me, just don't do it in a hostile way.
I haven't looked a lot into Atom, so I don't know if it has crippled memory management capablilities, in addition to it's compute limitations. If it doesn't and retains C2D capabilities, it could do a good job on scenarios where computing is not very important, like file servers and such, where the performance for it's requirements will be bottlenecked by the i/o to memory and ISP bandwidth rather than CPU's power and money would be better spent there: overall price goes down while mantaining the performance. In that case even paying a little more to get a C2D server wouldn't make sense IMO.
Indeed, however we're speaking of webservers. And my argument is running multiple servers on the same machine. I'd highly doubt the cost/performance ratio beats the quad here.
Honestly, I'm in the dark on this subject. I was only suggesting there could be some escenarios where CPU power could not be as neccesary as bandwidth. For example, (asumming C2Q performance = 8x Atom, which I doubt is the case for webserver purposes) if there's going to be a lot of i/o on the hard drives, you would need at least 9 HDs in RAID to match the performance-per-server of the system in question and a RAID controler capable of doing it right. And same applies to RAM, you would need 4x-8x the ammount of memory and 8x the connection speed, all with the added complexity of the maintenance. Also you need a much much better power supply and cooling and the energy bill is going to be infinitely higher, unless you know you will have all those 8 servers running full all the time, in that case the 8 Atom PCs required to match C2D's performance would use more power. Otherwise, with only two servers running full at each time you have the C2D running at full speed, while with Atoms, that'd be 2 running full and others in idle, saving up a lot of energy. Going back to maintenance, if one HD within the RAID fails you'd need to set up all the servers again on the C2D and only one on the equivalent Atom solution. And also count the fact that until you fix it you have 8 servers down, versus only one. IMO that Atom solution could be as good in cost/performance as the C2D server if not better because of the above. Again I'm pretty much in the dark, as I don't know anything about webservers first hand, and very vey little in the theory too. I'm assuming all the time that the Atom can run one/two servers just as fine as an Opteron or a C2D would do, while the latters ones could run more. My only own experience with somethng similar is hosting 16 player CSS LAN matches and for that purpose my old 1 Ghz Athlon Thunderbird was more than enough back in the day at school. The Ethernet router was by far the bottleneck there, because the performance increased (reduced latency) a lot when we moved to a Gigabit Ethernet capable one. Now maybe the bandwidth generated by a C2Q server is not enough to be close to bottleneck a Gigabit connection and then I'm totally wrong, all deductions in above paragraphs included... As I said I'm totally in the dark here.
Well, webservers multithread well considering every request could can be run on a different thread. A C2Q runs at a higher clock. So i gave a rough estimate, I don't know if the Core2's are faster or slower at the same clock. RAM is highly dependent on the kind of website you run, and 2-4 GB which costs nothing is most likely enough. Connection speed is handled by the hoster so isn't your problem. You do pay more for more bandwidth though. And assuming memory isn't lacking by huge amounts harddrive performance isn't that relevant. 9 HD's really is pointless. Powersupply isn't an issue, 250W-300W would do the trick. Like I said, even though the Atoms might be slightly power power efficient, you're not hosting the thing and pay a fixed amount of money anyway. When your RAID array fails you don't have to set up anything, that is the whole point of RAID. You simply take out the bad disk and put back a new one. It will auto-rebuild. The hosting company can do this for you. Your server downtime argument conflicts with your complexity of maintenance argument. So, assuming you run a small webserver, my thin client solution uses just a little power, less space and can fit two 2.5" disks as well (depending on model) They do have less processing power, but the things are meant for small webservers anyway. And due to the small size you can use two redundantly.
Just to clear some things up. The $992 price tag is not the price of the machine itself. It is the price per year you pay to use the machine as web host server. The entire machine is dedicated to your, your site is the only thing on the entire machine. If you look at pricing for that type of service, assuming the $992 includes badwidth, then the price is very good. Even if it doesn't include bandwidth, it is a good deal. And it is really good for the hosting company because the machines consume very little power, which helps cut overheat.
What amazing is if the hosting company uses it for webservers, obviously they should assure high uptime, or rather: lowest possible downtime. If you dedicate your business website to a server based on an Atom (a ULPC processor), how peaceful are you? Sure, it's the hosting company's headache and all but downtime only harms you (your site).
Well I was talking as if I was the hosting company. That's why I talked about maintenance and the price of running it. Either way, RAID recovery not always works as it should. I had bad experiences in the past, but I haven't tried new RAID controlers and neither new ICH 8 and above Intel chipsets which were said to improve RAID by a good amount, so forget about that. About 9 HDs, I was especifically doing a performance comparison to the Atom system. Effectively you need 8 HDs to be able to attain the same transfer rate for all 8 servers, plus one for redundancy =9. Whether that performance is needed or not it doesn't matter for what I was saying. And I know that you probably don't need that high rate to run a website (most websites are probably run on "slow" mahines like the one you mentioned), but many servers DO HAVE 8 HDs and many more in some cases, so it seems it is not pointless. The fact that websites don't require high transfer rate is usually because they are programed to not use it, because it's not available. One of my friends does the website (both internal and external) of one of the important banks here, and is always concerned with all the transfer rates, cutting down a lot of features he had previously thought because it would not run. And we are not talking about a C2Q server here, but a cluster supercomputer. My brother works in programing too, with BAAN, similar to SQL, and is always complainig about how slow their server is when it has to acces data from the drives. My point is that more HD performance is not pointless at all and these Atom servers could provide that better for small websites that the Core2 system would not, unlees it had 9 HDs. It would have some more disk space too, so you could have more data there, without requiring a separate file server. You would generally want a file server anyway though, but could be useful for some people. The same basis can be applied to RAM amount. You can't run 8 servers on 4GB as well as you would run one with 2GB. Again many servers out there have more than 16 GB of RAM. There must be a reason for it don't you think? Of course, it depends on the kind of server you will run, but you must re-read everything and notice how I didn't say the Atom based system is always better. I said it could sometimes be better in reply to your claim of it being pointless. Also I find it hard to believe anyone would run 24-7 a C2Q, 4-8GB RAM, RAID server on a 250-300 watt power supply. I know I wouldn't be compfortable.
Hehe I know it's not a backup. But what IS a backup for someone like me? I use an external HD only for backups but I am not sure if that HD is the backup or the internal drives are. I mean, which is more secure? Which one will fail first? I use DVDs too, but they have the irritating custom of getting lost on the shelves or broken with the time and the coming and goings of everyday. :shadedshu @btrunr Why would an Atom server be any less reliable than other ones? You have a point there though, as if the computer crashes it's only you who get harm, which means only you would complain to the hosting company for that especific machine. Less pressure on them is not any good, that's the truth.
I don't know, Atom seems to be too inexpensive to look reliable, and at least 18/7 reliable at that....but then they also have Sempron servers.
A backup is basically a copy saved at another physical location. Preferably updated regularly. All dependent on the importance of the data of course and how often it changes. Considering the amount of data people have nowadays DVD's are pointless, I'd personally say just have another harddrive to copy to, cheapest. On the other hand, if you only backup important data, ie photos, documents etc, you could just use DVD's. I doubt they have ECC memory, memory errors are quite common. Look at the log of any server board, they log errors caught by ECC. All those errors sneak through on the Atom.
Ah, I see. I thought I had missed some known concerns about its reliability or something. I think that we got past the reliablity problem nowadays. Just look at how much overclocking we do nowadays (ok not me, not in 2 years ) and we have the PC working all the day and it doesn't crash. Another fact is that nowadays Xeons are nothing more than selected Core2's. I suppose they would use some selected Atoms for the servers. Anyway Atom was not expected to enter the mobile bussiness with some of it variants? It should can be able to run 24/7 just well in that case no?
I store them on both external HD and DVDs at the same time, but on DVDs only the most important things, like family and friend photos, etc. Yep that must definately be more important than my work files, which I only backup them on the external HD. Hmm I have always thought ECC was a memory/memory controler/chipset issue. That the CPU had nothing to do with it. It's so good to learn...


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Man on Wire
Director : James Marsh
MPAA Rating : PG-13
Year of Release : 2008
The subject of James Marsh's engrossing documentary Man on Wire is so good that it's a wonder no one has thought to make a film about it before. It's not that the story is in any way a secret (on the contrary, it made international headlines in August of 1974), but it is quite possible that enough time has passed to allow it to fall into the deeper recesses of public consciousness; those who were alive at the time murmur something along the lines of "Yeah, I seem to remember that …," while many of those who were born after the event, which would come to be called "the greatest artistic crime of the century," might very well have never heard of it. Which is precisely what makes Man on Wire such a treat: It mines recent history in a way that makes it seem new and invigorating, reminding us of how wonderfully, blissfully deranged human behavior can be.
The film's subject is the French aerialist Phillipe Petite's daring 45-minute tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers on August 7, 1974. But, that is just the climax. Like any great feat, criminal or otherwise, the pleasure is in watching the build-up--the planning, the marshalling of resources, the execution of the plan, the tense moments of nearly getting caught. Director James Marsh, who has previously made both feature films and documentaries, sees Petite's outrageous stunt as a cunning heist, and he organizes his film accordingly. Mixing together new interviews with Petite, his motley crew of American and European conspirators, photographs of the event, and clever recreations, Marsh turns Man on Wire into a nail-biter of a thriller, which is all the more extraordinary given the fact that we know Petite is going to pull it off. The question becomes "How?" How are he and his associates going to sneak into then-still-under-construction World Trade Center towers with hundreds of pounds of equipment (including at least 200 feet of three-quarter-inch steel cable weighing 450 pounds), make it to the roof, and set up a complex tightrope apparatus that can sustain high winds more than 1,350 feet above the streets of New York City? The unfolding answers to those questions is what compels Man on Wire along as it draws you into Petite's artfully inspired scheme that still amazes those who pulled it off.
The film's star, of course, is Petite himself, who was 24 years old when he walked between the towers, a feat he had already pulled off on a smaller scale in Paris (Notre Dame) and Australia (the Sydney Harbor Bridge). Looking not a bit unlike a particularly mischievous Malcolm McDowell, Petite is a dream documentary subject who knows how to sell an already extraordinary story. Boisterous, animated, and relentlessly devilish with his subvert-the-authorities demeanor, he may be more than three decades older, but his heart is clearly the same as the one that pranced between the towers, giddily eluding the police officers who were trying to snatch him. In telling his story, he hides behind curtains (to illustrate how he and an accomplice spent several hours sitting on a beam covered with a tarp to avoid detection by a wandering night security officer), demonstrates his techniques with scale models, and generally delights in reliving what one of the cops who took him down rightfully declared to be a completely unique event that would never be seen again.
Of course, knowing that the Twin Towers are now gone gives Man on Wire an expectedly bittersweet tone, which Marsh never explicitly milks. Although 9/11 haunts the film constantly (especially in the archival footage of the towers under construction--going up instead of falling down), it is never directly mentioned, nor should it be, since this is not a film about terrorist destruction, but rather a film about the sheer exuberance of defying authority for the sake of personal expression. Petite's antics were technically criminal, but as Petite himself noted both at the time of his arrest and today, there is no easy "why" to explain them. To do so would reduce his death-defying accomplishment to simple psychodymanics and tear it away from the high-wire art and life philosophy he so fervently pursued.
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hey guys..
tomorrow, Im going to start my first log.
Last month, I received a package from Jacob (2 prime, 2 pslin, 2 anabolic pump).
I got this pack for trading my before after pictures.
I just finished resting after 4 months training, so I'll be using this stack tomorrow to test how prime will work well for me or not.
I've had a great results from AP, hope pslin and prime does too.
My primary goal would be power, and strength. Secondary would be body recomposition although I really really dont like to be bigger than I am now, but bigger muscle is needed for bigger power.
I rather be small person who could lift big, than a big person who lift small.
I have been powerlifting for 4 months, and really really love it.
these are my lift and my goal is to make it better:
squat 386 lbs
deads 419 lbs
bench 298 lbs
About me :
Im Indonesian, 23years old
weight : 75 kg (168lb) , dont know %bf.
height : 178cm
Diets :
I dont have a good diet plan, I just try to eat as clean as possible. I dont post any macro, or anything I eat because my meal would be strange to you. I eat moderate carbs, protein, fat.
Supplements dosing :
- Prime : 3x2caps/day, 5on/2off (really want to do loading phase, but I just got 2 bottles)
- Anabolic Pump : 2caps/day on training day (breakfast and post-training), and 3caps/day on non-training day
- Pslin : 1 caps pre-training, just on training day.
- Fish oil : 6 caps/day.
- Whey : usualy 2 servings on non-training day, and 3 on training day.
I have to limit the dose because I cant afford buying anything from US right now. currently $1 = Rp 12,000 and Im not a rich boy, so I just have to limit these supplement for 2 months supply.
Training schedule :
I always begin my training session with soft tissue work (myofascial) with foam roller and tennis ball. After that, I would do stretching mostly dynamic. I dont do any cardio, never like cardio. My only cardio just what I do on my bed with my girl.
Monday :
- lower body (heavy load)
Wednesday :
- upper body (heavy load)
Friday :
- lower body (speed)
Saturday :
- upper body (speed)
core trainings are trained every session.
grip trainings are trained 2x-3x/week.
I would change my routine every month/ 4 weeks.
the details of the session will be posted every training day.
Im sorry if my english is bad.
I really appreciate suggestions and recomendations from anybody, especially powerlifter. Im a beginner and just want to get better.
please feel free to ask anything.
I will keep my judgement fair and no hype. If prime doesnt work for me, then I would say it.
well... lets begin..


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Instead James yields scoring titles to Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant because, here, Dwyane Wade needs (and has earned) his touches and shots and points, too. Here even your third option is a 20-point career scorer.
The same sacrifice James showed in coming to Miami in the first place, for less money than he might have commanded elsewhere, is seen in his willingness to play where and how Miami needs him to.
Spoelstra's mantra is to never take LeBron's greatness for granted, to constantly appreciate it, but when you ask the coach about James he seldom glows over the dunks or the obvious highlight-reel stuff.
He goes to the essence of the man as much as his game.
"Unselfishness," Spoelstra says of James. "Commitment …"
Here is Pat Riley's word for LeBron: "Fearless."
James accepts the burden of being his best every night, and embraces it. That burden must be wearying, but he carries it as if it were light as air.
His game is a seamless mixture of brute force and ballet, of menace and grace, and right now the Best Player On The Planet is better than he has ever been as he chugs toward a fourth career league MVP award and tries to lift the Heat to a repeat title.
Six games in a row he has topped 30 points on better than 60 percent shooting. No player ever has done that. Not even Michael.
His season averages — 27.1 points, 8.1 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 56.5 percent shooting — have never been equaled across the board. Not even by Michael.
Kobe called LeBron "sensational" after the Heat beat the Lakers on Sunday, and it is pretty impressive when even your greatest rivals are moved to curtsy and bow.
Michael Jordan might always be the greatest player of all time to many, but LeBron James is the greatest all-around player there has ever been.
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A comic actor who enjoyed his greatest success in television,
Mark Feuerstein
also made his mark on the legitimate stage. Born June 8, 1971, and raised in New York City, his father was a lawyer and his mother a school teacher. As a teenager,
was a gifted wrestler and won a state championship title. After graduating from high school, he enrolled in Princeton, intending to study International Relations. But after being cast in a student drama,
decided that acting was his true ambition, changed his emphasis to Theater Arts, and later received a Fulbright scholarship to study his craft at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Upon returning to New York, he worked extensively in off-Broadway theater and appeared in a handful of television commercials before landing a recurring role on the daytime drama Loving. In 1996,
was cast in an eight-episode run of the situation comedy Caroline in the City as a veterinarian who was dating cartoonist Caroline (
Lea Thompson
). NBC, encouraged by the enthusiastic response to
's performance on the show, cast him as a philosophical bartender on a new sitcom called
Fired Up
; the show, however, was not well received, and lasted less than half a season. The network gave
a third shot at sitcom stardom by giving him the title role on the show
Conrad Bloom
; but it proved to be an especially high-profile failure, and
began to focus his attention elsewhere. He appeared on Broadway in
Alfred Uhry
's The Last Nights Of Ballyhoo, and made his feature-film debut with a small role in
Practical Magic
in 1998.
balanced film work with recurring roles on
Once and Again
The West Wing
for several years until he finally struck small-screen gold with his fourth sitcom,
Good Morning, Miami
, in which he was cast as a television producer brought in to save a hapless morning news show. Feurstein appeared in largely unremarkable television and film roles throughout in the mid-2000s (with the exception of a small part in the war drama Defiance (2008), but he is better known for his role on The USA Network's Royal Pains. ~ Rovi
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Inspired by a true story, director Edward Zwick's epic World War II drama Defiance tells the tale of three Jewish Eastern European brothers (Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, and Jamie Bell) who narrowly escape certain death at the hands of the Nazis, subsequently vowing to avenge the deaths of their loves ones by launching a desperate battle against the forces that seek to exterminate their entire race. The year is 1941, and the setting is Nazi-occupied Belarus. The Final Solution is in full effect, and the Jews of Eastern Europe are being slaughtered wholesale. Tuvia (Craig), Zus (Schreiber), and Asael (Bell) have miraculously managed to escape into the dense surrounding forest. Having played in these woods since childhood, the brothers have a distinct advantage over their adversaries, and soon decide that simply surviving is not enough. In order to make a difference, they must take action, but in order to take action they will need support. As whispers of their bravery take wind, others like them appear determined to lay their lives on the line for the cause of freedom. Tuvia has become the de facto leader of the group, but he's still somewhat reluctant to take on such a heavy responsibility and his brother Zus expresses concern that his idealistic plan will ultimately bring about the group's downfall. With winter setting in, everyone works to create a functioning community that will help them endure the frigid months that lie ahead, and Asael reluctantly finds himself caught in the crossfire of his older siblings' rivalry. Is it possible to keep faith alive in a time when the world seems devoid of humanity and survival becomes a way of life? ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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When a once-successful a cappella singing group reunites to perform at a fellow singer's wedding, regrets from the past and hopes for the future all come pouring out into the open in director Bruce Leddy's nostalgic reunion film. In college they were treated like rock stars, but these days life isn't so glamorous for the singers whose fleeting taste of fame preceded a humbling fall into relative obscurity. It's been 15 years since the group has performed together, but when one of their own prepares to take his wedding vows and requests that the group back him up, no one can resist the opportunity to recapture a little bit of that old magic. From the recently downsized Ted and the newly divorced Richard to music-studio peon Will and frustrated tech support guy Dave, the future just didn't turn out how these golden-voiced crooners had hoped; only the mellow Spooner and Los Angeles-based TV producer Steven seem truly fulfilled in their current status. But now their buddy Greg is getting married, and the time has come to celebrate his nuptials in song. As the largely frustrated but still talented lot arrives at Spooner's sprawling family beach house in order to rehearse for their performance, these longtime friends will finally have the opportunity to lay to rest longtime grudges, reveal longstanding secrets, and test the strength of their powerful bond on the eve of a life-altering event that promises to bring them closer together than ever before. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The title of this CBS medical drama referred to the average weight of the human brain. Clearly inspired by the success of Fox's House, 3 lbs, like the Fox series, was built around the exploits of a brilliant but arrogant and witheringly sarcastic medico, in this case waspish neurosurgeon Doug Hanson (Stanley Tucci), who headed his own foundation. Wasting no time suffering fools (or at least, people whom he regarded as fools) and periodically plagued by mysterious visions which suggested that he suffered from more than his share of personal demons, Dr. Hanson was both mentor and tormentor of his idealistic new partner Jonathan Seger (Mark Feuerstein), better known to the Hanson Foundation staff as "The Sorceror's Apprentice." Also in the cast were Indira Varma as Hanson's gorgeous associate surgeon Dr. Adrienne Holland and Griffin Dunne as Hanson's equally prickly rival Dr. Cole. The cases at hand were generally "illustrated" with animated sequences, in which the protagonist's description of the brain as "wires in a box" was literalized. Debuting November 14, 2006, 3 lbs was made available to certain markets in both English- and Spanish-language versions. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Curtis Hanson's adaptation of Jennifer Weiner's novel In Her Shoes stars Toni Collette and Cameron Diaz as a pair of very close but very different sisters. Free-wheeling irresponsible Maggie Feller (Diaz) gets through her life thanks to her remarkable looks and her lack of scruples. She constantly goes to her straight-laced, plain-Jane successful lawyer sister Rose (Collette) for financial help. The two sisters have been very close to each other in part because their troubled mother died when they were girls. Right about the same time that Maggie discovers hidden letters that reveal she and Rose have a grandmother, Maggie does something to betray Rose's trust. Maggie sets off for Florida to find the grandmother. A failed workplace romance forces Rose to rethink her career, a career that has been the center of her life. As Rose tentatively begins a new relationship and Maggie gets to know her grandmother (played by Shirley MacLaine), the two learn a dark family secret that helps smooth the path toward reconciliation. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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The NBC sitcom Good Morning, Miami was co-created by Max Mutchnick (Will & Grace) and David Cohen, who drew upon their own experience while working on a local TV news-and-variety program. Mark Feuerstein starred as hotshot young TV executive Jake Silver, who dedicated himself to "rescuing" Miami television's lowest-rated morning show. Initially, Jake balks at the assignment, figuring that the show's overly unctuous station manager Frank Alfonso (Jere Burns) and terminally stupid co-anchors Gavin (Matt Letscher) and Lucia (Tessie Santiago) are beyond redemption. Even worse, the show's only real selling card is its zany "weather nun," Sister Brenda Dillman (Brooke Dillman). But spurred on by his affection for the show's hairstylist Dylan Messigner (Ashley Williams) -- not to mention his fear of his trash-mouthed grandmother Claire (Suzanne Pleshette) -- Jake agrees to make the best of a deplorable situation. Good Morning, Miami debuted September 26, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Adapted from the stage comedy by Wendy Wasserstein, the made-for-cable An American Daughter was clearly inspired by the "Nannygate" imbroglio surrounding President Bill Clinton's political appointees Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood. Christine Lahti stars as Lyssa Dent Hughes, the daughter of a prominent U.S. Senator and a descendent of no less than Ulysses S. Grant. Just when it seems as if Hughes' appointment to the office of U.S. Surgeon General is a done deal, her husband Walter (Tom Skerritt) accidentally reveals a skeleton in Lyssa's closet: It seems that, years earlier, she'd had the temerity to ignore a summons for jury duty. This, coupled with several newly exposed inconsistencies concerning Lyssa's "official" biography, seriously jeopardize her political future, leaving her at the mercy of the horrible juggernaut of peer persecution and public opinion. Highlights of this timely tome include a brief spoof of the daytime TV interview series The View. Produced just in time to cash in on the upcoming presidential elections (not to mention the myriad of scandals attending the Clinton administration), An American Daughter (aka Trial by Media) made its Lifetime Network bow on June 5, 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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In this drama, two U.S. Marines who stood side by side on the field of battle are reunited in a court of law. Attorney Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones) once aspired to a career as an officer, but a serious injury in Vietnam put an end to his military future, leaving him bitter and resentful. Col. Terry L. Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) fought alongside Hodges and once saved his life; when Childers is threatened with a court martial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians during a raid on an American embassy, Hodges is the only lawyer that he can trust, and the case gives Hodges a chance for revenge against the military system that he feels has wronged him. Rules of Engagement also features Kim Delaney, Ben Kingsley, Blair Underwood, and Anne Archer. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Writer-director Aaron Harnick debuts with this quirky romantic comedy set in New York. Jordan (Ben Shenkman) works in his father's upscale liquor shop. Over the years, he has honed both his wine-tasting skills and a deep fear of commitment. One day, he goes on a blind date with Sarah (Arija Bareikis), a television casting director. Before he knows it, he is engaged to her, and she is introducing him to her parents. Meanwhile, Jordan's childhood buddies are themselves starting to settle down, especially Brad (Thomas McCarthy), who is marrying Sarah's friend Lauren (Catherine Kellner). As the wedding plans plod along, Jordan's panic mounts. This film was screened at the 1999 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
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Rising advertising executive Ralph (Mark Feuerstein) is irresistible to women and he to them – he can even bed Lesbians. But when he falls for a new co-worker (Amy Redford) Ralph decides to change his ways by becoming celibate, and finds it harder than he thought to stay out of strange beds, including Amber's (Ali Larter), a super model and Ralph's lifelong fantasy woman. ~ Buzz McClain, Rovi
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Actor/writer/director Albert Brooks turns his satiric gaze on the film industry in this comedy about a screenwriter who has hit a rough patch. Steven Philips (played by Brooks) has enjoyed a celebrated career in Hollywood, but one day he has a meeting with his agent, who informs him his career is suddenly going nowhere. Steven quickly finds himself at the end of his rope and is unable to put a decent sentence on paper. Desperate, he hears that there's a bona fide muse in Hollywood, Sarah (played by Sharon Stone), who might be able to help with his problems. The writer contacts Sarah, hoping a good, stong dose of inspiration will get his career back on track. However, Sarah's late hours and endless demands don't do much to help Steven's relationship with his wife (Andie MacDowell). The Muse features an original musical score by Elton John, and cameos by several notable film figures, including Martin Scorsese, Rob Reiner, and James Cameron. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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This TV sitcom probes the personal problems of New York City ad copywriter Conrad Bloom (Mark Feuerstein), a single guy surrounded by women, including his ex-girlfriend Molly (Lauren Graham), sister Nina (Ever Carradine), co-worker Shelley (Jessica Stone), demanding boss Faye (Paula Newsome), and Conrad's irritating widowed mother Florie (Linda Lavin). In the pilot episode, Conrad struggled to get attractive Allison (Christina Moore) into bed. Premiered September 21, 1998 on NBC. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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Griffin Dunne directed this romantic fantasy adapted from the 1995 Alice Hoffman novel about the Owens family of witches, regarded as outcasts in the town where they live. Aunt Frances (Stockard Channing) and her sister Aunt Jet (Dianne Wiest) tried to pass on practical magic skills to their nieces, subdued Sally (Sandra Bullock) and fiery Gillian (Nicole Kidman), brought up by the two aunts after their parents died. The aunts concoct spells for the lonely and the lovelorn, but the family's use of witchcraft unfortunately invokes a curse that spells doom to the family's menfolk. Denying her powers, Sally attempted to lead a life minus magic. Her marriage to fish merchant Michael (Mark Feuerstein) brought two daughters -- and Michael's death. Moving into the aunt's seaside mansion, the widowed Sally warns the aunts not to influence her daughters. Sally intervenes when Gillian suffers at the hands of her abusive Bulgarian boyfriend Jimmy (Goran Visnic), and Arizona detective Gary Hallet (Aidan Quinn), investigating Jimmy's disappearance, turns up in town, eyeing Gillian and Sally as the leading suspects. Filmed in Washington (San Juan Island, Whidby Island, Coupeville, Friday Harbor). ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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Tiny little island east of Provo. Known for indigenous iguanas and a beautiful private beach. Went there in October 2013 with Caicos Dream Tours and loved it.
Tiny little island east of Provo. Known for indigenous iguanas and a beautiful private beach. Went there in October 2013 with Caicos Dream Tours and loved it.
Little Water Cay is the only place you can see the big iguanas, cats and dogs ate all the iguanas on the other islands. We took a twenty minute guided tour and saw at lest two dozen iguanas! The trip is definitely worth it once, but I would not need to go again. The only way to get to the... More
Really small beautiful private beach, with iguanas walking around. We took a boot there, for 40 dollars, try to stay longer then 1 hour, this is to short.
You can take an excursion by a boat to get there or ferry boat and walk. It has a great beach! We had a 4' sting ray come right up to us. Great for swimming. There is no shade though, or food, so be prepared if you want to stay there for a few hours.
Can only be reached by boat. We did a great trip with Shoreline Adventures, which included a stop at this island. The iguanas are great to watch.
One of our favorite things we did. Caicos Cruisin' at the Ferry station took us over and came back an hour later for us. Cost $40 each. What a deal! We were the only people on the place and saw Iguana after Iguana.
We rented kayaks from Big Blue Unlimited and spent some time meandering around in some lovely mangrove "groves" before heading out to Little Water Cay. The kayaking got a little rough in spots (significant winds/wake), but the island was off-the-charts great. We saw lots and lots of iguanas and walked around to the north side and hung out in a... More
We drove to the tip of the island trying to find a boat place to take us to Little Water Cay and after driving for a bit we found Big Blue. I suggest you find the tour company that you want to use before heading here - don't just drive to the marina on Google Maps because its not that... More
If you end up getting out to Little Water Cay, (which I recommend) visit Half Moon Bay, on the opposite side of the calm part of the island, gosh it is just breathtaking! We also saw some iguanas, which was fun for the kids! Definetly recommend!
We had a great stop over here during a boating trip. We got to see rock iguanas and the kids had a lovely time collecting shells and walking a long the beach. If you have time to hit Little Cay during your stay it is worth the trip.
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The intersection of Gaines Street and Railroad Avenue will be closed this weekend as part of the All Saints Water and Sewer Replacement project, from 7 a.m. Saturday, August 4, through 7 p.m. Sunday, August 5, said the City of Tallahassee in a press release.
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The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn. Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son... read more
"Anne Boleyn is now thirty-four years old, an elegant woman, with a refinement that makes mere prettiness seem redundant. Once sinuous, she has become angular. She retains her dark glitter, now rubbed a little, flaking in places. Her prominent dark eyes she uses to good effect, and in this fashion: she glances at a man's face, then her regard flits away, as if unconcerned, indifferent. There is a pause: as it might be, a breath. Then slowly, as if compelled, she turns her gaze back to him. Her eyes rest on his face. She examines this man. She examines him as if she is seeing him for the first time, and considering all sorts of uses for him, all sorts of possibilities, which he has not even thought of himself. To her victim the moment seems to last an age, during which shivers run up his spine."
"What is the nature of the border between truth and lies? It is permeable and blurred because it is planted thick with rumour, confabulation, misunderstandings and twisted tales. Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she is condemned to stay whimpering at the back door."
"For now, Anne seems oblivious to the wings that hover over her...She chatters about her child Elizabeth, holding up on her fingers a tiny cap, a pretty ribboned cap, just come from the embroiderer.Henry looks at her flatly as if to say, why are you showing me this, what is it to me?Anne strokes the scrap of silk. He feels a needle point of pity, an instant of compunction. He studies the fine silk braid that edges the queen's sleeve. Some woman with the skills of his dead wife made that braid. He is looking very closely at the queen, he feels he know her as a mother knows her child, or a child its mother. He knows every stitch in her bodice. He notes the rise and fall of her every breath. What is in your heart, madam? That is the last door to be opened. Now he stands on the threshold and the key is in his hand and he is almost afraid to fit it into the lock. Because what if it doesn't, what if it doesn't fit and he has to fumble there, with Henry's eyes on him...."
"At home, he takes from his chest the Book of Hours that belonged to his wife....Now that he can handle, at his whim, the finest texts in the king's library, the prayer book seems a poor thing; where is the gold leaf? Yet the essence of Elizabeth is in this book, his poor wife with her white cap, her blunt manner, her sideways smile and busy craftswoman's fingers. Once he had watched Liz making a silk braid. One end was pinned to the wall and on each finger of her raised hands she was spinning loops of thread, her fingers flying so fast he couldn't see how it worked. 'Slow down,' he said, 'so I can see how you do it,' but she'd laughed and said 'I can't slow down, if I stopped to think how I was doing it I couldn't do it at all.'"
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Over the past decade, the workplace has changed a lot. If you think about it, in the 90's we had the image of Dilbert, stuck in his cubicle, without a way to get ahead. From there, we saw the iconic movie "Office Space", where you see the frustrated employee with the overbearing boss. These days, those images are more likely to have professionals pining for the "good old days" when being stuck in middle management was the greatest fear.In today's world, job insecurity is on the rise and with it comes the over worked employees who are constantly in fear that their job is going to disappear without warning. Many times, they have seen friends and co-workers end up out of a job and have to wonder when their time will be up. For them, each day is stressful and if that wasn't enough, they are often required to do the work of two or three people in order to hang on to their jobs.The stress is starting to wear on the workforce. A study by the American Psychological Association reveals that things are getting bleak. Here is what their surveys found:
Another study in Michigan found that workers who reported job insecurity are much more likely to meet the criteria for depression, to report recent anxiety attacks and have other stress related illnesses. In addition, suicide rates among middle-aged workers have increased, which is a big red flag for corporate America.I'm not sure what can be done to help, but the best thing that anyone who is struggling with job insecurity can do is to take care of their mental health. This means looking for ways to find peace through spirituality, hobbies, meditation or whatever works best for the individual. Long term stress is a killer and not taking care of yourself will shave years off of your life.Are you in an insecure job? What do you do to combat stress? Please share your thoughts and experiences in the comments.


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Decentralization is a key requirement of the Ohrid Peace Framework Agreement, which in turn is a precondition for the country's integration into the European Union. The 2004 National Human Development Report therefore highlights the opportunities and potential pitfalls of decentralization, and presents a set of policy options that could help to address successfully the challenge of decentralization and mitigate its risks. Année: 2004 |


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to all those who visit the bay,and jump the moseley st/jetty rd stop sign-may I ask that you actually stop .had a close call this morning walking my dog down for a swim-the offending cyclist nearly incurred karma when his rear wheel fell into the tram tracks around the corner,luckily he unclipped and stayed on.so what does stop mean to you?,cya ,pedro
Sensors in vehicle lanes pick up alloy rims just fine... but not carbon rims, as I discovered one day after about 3 traffic light cycles (and lots of patient driver behind me...).
Traffic light sensors pick up my half carbon, half alloy Giant just fine. I usually roll over the central pick up. I would be curious as to tests with a full carbon bike with just the drive train and brakes being metal.
It picks up the alloy?
Does not pick up mine or my mates, carbon and titanium brakes and cassettes!
It may pick up your cleats but doubt if that is enough to change the inductance!
Just chatted to our mechanical engineers and the alloy or titanium may or may not trigger but a strong magnet mounted on bottom of bicycle or scooter should definately do it.
In the city, most lights are times based and even the buttons to make the little man go green to cross the road is a feel good thing as the lights are on timers.
I have a carbon bike and always seem to get picked up...?
This topic has popped up a few times of late and I have been testing with my roadie (Giant from 1999) that has carbon tubes, alloy joints and an alloy fork. I have triggered various lights when no other vehicles we around at all by simply rolling over the (as noted above) central sensor pick-up.
I agree Steve its the Law, what frustrates me is the law is the same when the traffic is busy & visibility is poor and the same when no traffic and good visibility. It seems common sense & personal responsibility count for little now adays. "the law' didnt stop a car potentially squeezing me turning into Light square, my common sense told me to stay back & watch the car cut across the bike lane.
reading the AC posts had alerted me to this possibility
Stop. There was a time when I would ride through if I considered it safe. But I see other cyclists run reds (saw one this morning) and it leaves a bad impression. So I don't want to be the one leaving a bad impression. When someone says to me "cyclists break the law" at least I can say I don't.
Might not help your Strava, but it probably adds a little strength training…
Having said that, its a bl00dy shame this state can't be a little more progressive and cycle-friendly. Turning left on reds and crossing t-junctions WHEN SAFE TO DO SO should be law. Just for starters.
I ALWAYS stop and wait at red lights but I must admit that I often only slow down but don't completely stop at stop signs. I go pretty slow though and wouldn't proceed without a good long look. It's a bit easier to see on a bike so I suppose I must percieve it as low risk.
I stop if anything is coming of course (including pedestrians who expect me to stop).
Having said all that I did get a fine when I slowly rolled through a stop sign in my car about 20 years ago so I don't exactly have a spotless record.
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Nov 13 - San Francisco
IMVU 3D CHAT INVITE $1 Virtual Location IMVU VeggieGuruBatFuzz http://avatars.imvu.com/VeggieGuruBatFuzz
Nov 12 - Montara
Four Way Astrology Work Up $1 Hourly Your Chinese sign, Mayan sign, Zodiac, Sign and Native American Sign.
Nov 12 - Montara
Online Palm Reading, Tarot Reading and Seance $1 Hour Send me a close up photo of your right palm.
Nov 12 - Montara
Vegetarian Menu Planning Class $1 Ordinary vegetables and other plant foods heal us.
Nov 12 - Montara
Castanedan Nagual Guide $1 Hour Facts about the often unseen realms.
Nov 12 - Montara
Magick Policing and Healing Magick! You will upon payment receive by email, The Secret Code Numbers that unlock the spells. Please First Watch Short You Tube: Carlos Castanedan Tensegrity Video! "The Ball of Energy" http://youtu.be/4VCKE1a3lyQ Whenever ready first make a Magick Circle and summon some "Immortals". http://www.godchecker.com YOU GET! Tensegrity Chi Balls- Ascendo 4 Rise Spells Tensegrity Chi Balls- Renervate 4 Reviving Spells Tensegrity Chi Balls- Scourgify 4 ...
Nov 12 - Montara
CHOICE OF ONE TICKET DEAL Magick Ticket #1 Four Chi Balls of Each Protego (Protect), Reparo (Heal), Stupify (Daze), Renervate (Quicken), Scourgify (Purify). Magick Ticket #2 Four Chi Balls of Each Ascendo (Rise), Revealio (See Through), Reducto (Crush), Disapparition (Disappear), Ignis (Fire) Magick Ticket #3 Four Chi Balls of Each Impervious (Shields), Imperturbable (Impenitrability) , Impedimente (Halting) , Immobilous (Freeze), Cave Inimicum (Home Strength) Magick Ticket #4 Four Chi ...
Nov 12 - Montara
Jackie Evancho at the Marin Center Box Office
Nov 11 - Vallejo
Face value Jay-Z Magna Carter World Tour at SAP Dec. 11 HARD TICKETS Section 228 ROW1!! seats 6-9 $125 each
Nov 11 - San Carlos