![]() But those who know me well, like yourself, will know that ballads are my thing – I do like a good ballad, and there’ve been many over the time – but I don’t think there’s anything I can’t sing, really. But yeah, you’re right: people do consider me a straightforward rick singer. And one of them was not really a review but an attack on the writer and producer Milen Vrabevski, so I wouldn’t take that seriously. There have been one or two reviews which were not so good, but that’s OK. Most of the reviews that we’ve had of the album have been very, very good, very positive. So is there a style that you think you cannot handle? ![]() – About recording and, in particular, your last one that surprised some reviewers with its pop side… Many people see you as a straightforward hard rock singer, but I’ve always maintained that you can handle everything. Yes, he’s an imperial little boy! Recording studio’s already booked. Have just become a grandfather again.Ī little grandson who is doing really, really well. Yeah, but I must have had a drink at the same time, surely. – John, it’s been… How long? Ten years since we… Yet what exactly John’s been doing lately? Over to him. ![]() But I am sure things will work out well”. Because of the present situation with the guys, the absence of Trevor Bolder and now Bernie, time is short, so we must revert back to some of the older material, which, perhaps, HEEP don’t play at the moment. I know the expectations are high, but the fans must remember life goes on, and I am older, but the best shot is given at all times. I have done it before, back in 1995, for the same reasons: Bernie Shaw being ill. Says Lawton, “Joining HEEP for a few gigs is a bit nostalgic but, hopefully, fun. But then, in a weird turn of events, John had to step in the breach in the HEEP ranks again. There was no intention to be reminiscing on the past: we were there before. In John’s case it has been so, indeed, as the veteran crossed over to some other art, yet such a byroad eventually brought him back on the groovy track, which resulted in "The Power Of Mind" , a project by Bulgarian band DIANA EXPRESS that Lawton gave an English voice to.Īnd that was the reason for our informal (how else could two people, who know each other for a long time, go?) chat. When a booming voice like that of John Lawton, mostly known for his glorious stints with URIAH HEEP and LUCIFER’S FRIEND, goes silent for some time, there’s a suspicion the master of those pipes is up to something.
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Please link back to this post or duplicate the linky in your post to make sure the entries get as many views as possible. The subject of your entry is up to you, anything goes, show us a photo, a picture, dust off an old post that talks about any aspect of your normal life. If you would like to join in the blog hop and tell us what your normal is like click on the link below and follow the instructions to add a link to your post. To learn more about the reasons that I started the Define ‘Normal’ blog hop click here. It must be late enough for me to get away with putting on my pyjama bottoms by now, don’t you think? There is nothing like the comfort that an elasticated waist gives you when you’re eating. Talking of which, it’s Saturday night, and I have better things to be doing than sitting here on the computer. In this video Dominic shares his air guitar skills- a true rock star never misses an opportunity to perfect the technique, and in this instance he even managed to find his groove using the music from his DSi- ROCK ON!Īs you can tell, we live life on the edge around here. We all could learn a lot from the king of cool, and here, ladies and gentlemen, is a one time opportunity to do so. The kid can pull off the wearing-sunglasses-indoors look without even breaking a sweat. ![]() It goes without saying that Dominic is a rock star from the tips of his sticky up hair down to the dancing toes on his permanently waggling happy feet. I hope reading this doesn’t make you feel too old and farty. As I am known for my ridiculously active social life, I thought that it was only fitting for me to share my version of Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll for the Define’ Normal’ blog hop this week. The popular Brinsea® Mini 7 egg incubator has been improved and joined by a 24 egg big brother. My advancing age (I’m old enough to keep forgetting how old I actually am- it’s somewhere approaching 37) doesn’t mean that I don’t still manage to live the rock and roll lifestyle regardless though, oh yes, you can have it all- just perhaps a sliiiiiiiightly different ‘all’ than I had in my teens. Mini and Maxi Incubators - Clear Winners. You start finding yourself tutting at random things on the TV simply because they are suddenly and inexplicably irritating, you can find a piece of fruit ‘disappointing’, your arse decides to start giving you a round of applause every time you run up the stairs and it dawns on you that at some point you started making an ‘ugh’ noise when you struggle to try to get up off the floor. You don’t think it will happen to you, but it does, it just creeps up and becomes you at some point. The Incubator feeder and waterer kit provides you with the essential supplies to feed and water your new birds after they hatch.Everything changes when you become a grown up. The Incu-Bright is brighter & easier to use than the HovaBator Cool-Lite Egg Candler. The soft rubber and plastic edges protect your eggs from damage and create a tight seal around the egg. ![]() 6 ULTRA-BRIGHT, super cool LED lights illuminate your eggs for easy viewing without cooking them. The Incu-Bright was designed with ease of use and affordability in mind.
![]() Consequently, a victim took them to account for it. This is a story about a greedy corporation. To give you an idea, that’s less than McDonald’s makes from the sales of its coffee in a single day. But because McDonald’s conduct was so reprehensible, they awarded $2.7 million dollars in punitive damages, which was eventually reduced by the judge to $480,000.00. Liebeck was partially at fault for the accident as well, they attributed 20% to her and reduced the award to $160,000.00. The Result of the McDonald’s Hot Coffee CaseĪfter hearing about McDonald’s knowledge that people were getting hurt and disregard for its customers’ safety, the jury found that they were at fault for the accident and awarded Ms. At trial, McDonald’s own witnesses admitted that the temperature they served coffee at was “ NOT SAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION”. However, it is not the millions of dollars you heard about. ![]() After filing the lawsuit and prior to trial, the demand to resolve the case was $20,000.00. Just the medical bills that piled up because of McDonald’s disregard for its customer’s safety. Liebeck and her family just wanted McDonald’s to cover her medical expenses in relation to this incident. But it was cheaper to do nothing.Īt first, Ms. Not only was McDonald’s doing something dangerous to save money, but THEY KNEW PEOPLE WERE BEING BADLY BURNED! McDonald’s own documents showed that they were aware of over 700 cases where customers were badly burned by the coffee between 1982 to 1992. She had to undergo skin grafts and follow-up debridement treatments where they would cut away dead or rotting flesh. Liebeck was hospitalized for 8 days for third-degree full-thickness burns on her thighs and genitals. Why is McDonald’s coffee so hot?įor starters, why serve the coffee so hot? Well, it's cheaper to do it that way. Liebeck spilling even more coffee onto her lap. Understandably, the shock and pain led to Ms. Basically, that’s hot enough to cause horrible third-degree burns. This coffee was between 180 and 190 degrees. Normally, coffee is served at around 140 degrees. In the process of taking the lid off, some coffee spilled onto her lap. After getting their food and a cup of coffee, her grandson stopped briefly so that she could add cream and sugar. In February of 1992, Stella Liebeck was a front-seat passenger in her grandson’s car when they went to a McDonald’s drive-through in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Or, was it a greedy corporation that knew people were being horribly burned and did nothing because it was cheaper for them not to? The Background: How Hot Was the McDonald’s Coffee? And judge for yourself whether this was really a case of a greedy plaintiff. The story goes that a woman burned herself trying to drink her Mcdonald's coffee while driving so she sued Mcdonald's because her hot coffee was too… hot. The perfect example of a greedy individual taking advantage of a broken system, right? I mean that’s what the news reported? Right? What if I told you that everything you thought you knew about the McDonald’s Hot Coffee Case was wrong? Like most people, you’ve probably heard about the lady who sued Mcdonald's and won millions because her coffee was too hot. ![]() “Lisa Marie had served me some of her biscuits when she was in New Orleans, and I always said hers were my favorite,” Sarah says. In late 2019, Biscuit Love brought Chef Lisa Marie White on as culinary director, and she added a lamination process to the original biscuit recipe. The biscuits at Biscuit Love are a variation of Karl’s grandmother’s recipe for angel biscuits that are made with yeast and baking soda for a double rise. ![]() ![]() “We had so many people who did that for us when we started, so being able to pass that torch is fun.” “We’ve been really excited to get to breathe life into some other small businesses and really get to support another local entrepreneur in the process,” Sarah says. The restaurant serves coffee from local, small-batch roaster Cala Coffee. If you’re craving something sweet, the Bonuts (fried biscuit dough served with lemon mascarpone and blueberry compote) or B-Roll (a cinnamon roll made with biscuit dough and topped with pecan sticky bun sauce) should do the trick. First timers should consider the Princess, a buttermilk biscuit topped with Nashville-style hot chicken, pickles, mustard, and honey, or the Southern Benny, open-faced biscuit halves topped with shaved country ham, over-easy eggs, and homemade sausage gravy. The menu features several of the giant biscuit sandwiches that first put Biscuit Love on the map, as well as biscuit-less breakfast and lunch creations. The bright and cheery space now welcomes locals daily beginning at 7 a.m. We get people at the best part of their day.” Breakfast is a really fun segment to be in. “I think the community was really excited to embrace what we were doing. “The store opened with a bang,” Sarah says. Becoming the local partner for the new Biscuit Love was the perfect fit. While they waited for the right time to expand, they got connected with Melanie Zauzur through one of their Birmingham-based business partners and immediately felt a kinship.Īfter 20 years building a community at the Starbucks coffee shop in Cahaba Heights, Zauzur was ready to strike out on her own. They opened their first brick and mortar in 2015, then two more locations in 20.Īfter several years of building out their team, the couple was finally ready to move forward with more locations, but then the pandemic hit. Her birth prompted the couple’s move back to Nashville. ![]() They got married after their first year of culinary school, then welcomed their daughter less than a year later. She had recently met her now-husband Karl, and he decided to follow her to Johnson & Wales in Denver. Approaching 30, she quit her job and enrolled in culinary school. It started when Sarah, a small business accountant, decided she wanted a career change. In the decade since, they’ve turned their back-of-a-napkin dream into a beloved brand.īiscuit Love has come a long way since its early days, and Sarah says the success is due largely to “a 100 million God moments” that all came together. The new spot on Dolly Ridge Road in Cahaba Heights is the fourth Biscuit Love-and first outside of the Nashville area-helmed by Karl and Sarah Worley, who started the venture from the back of a borrowed food truck in 2012. In December, Birmingham added another biscuit purveyor with the opening of Nashville-based, family-run breakfast and lunch spot Biscuit Love. From fast food favorites to family heirloom recipes, there’s not a meal that can’t be made better by a hot, buttery biscuit. Using an intuitive interface in Adobe Muse, you can easily add parallax scrolling to your pages. Parallax Scrolling with New Muse CC Responsive Design Silversurfer1221 Explorer, Hello, I realize that Scrolling Effects do not (yet) work with multiple breakpoints in the new Muse CC. However, there are indicators that suggest that the author(s) of the malware identified are native Korean speakers. (Scroll down to see the effect.) Parallax scrolling allows different content (backgrounds, images, and text) on one scrolling page to move at different speeds, creating the illusion of depth. A parallax background can be added to any layout with the in5 Parallax Background Interactive Widget. In order to access the Scroll effect, the layout needed to be a fixed width. ![]() This is useful to identify likely future behaviour. In Muse, a parallax effect could be added to images by selecting Motion in the Scroll tab. ![]() WHO IS BEHIND THE JAKU BOTNET CAMPAIGN? Forcepoint Security Labs focus on awareness and understanding of intent. We have collected, collated and processed an estimated 1.7TB of telemetry data during the 6 month investigation. HOW AND WHEN DID WE DO THE RESEARCH? The JAKU investigation began in late October 2015. If you want to have the element trigger itself, simply enter the same graphic style name for the main element and the trigger element in widget options. The controllers also cleverly re-use widely available open source software, including the UDT network transport protocol, software copied from Korean blogger sites and re-writes of previously published code. This is great for creating a Sliding Down Parallax Menu. Compressed and encrypted code embedded in image files are used to deliver the second stage malware, while the botnet controllers monitor the botnet members via obfuscated SQLite databases. Tersus 06 - Fix the slide menu problem on iPad & iPhone. JAKU IS SOPHISTICATED AND RESILIENT JAKU uses three different C2 mechanisms, making it highly resilient. Developed and decoded with the Muse CC, all templates have been designed to help you create an. Forcepoint Security Labs has determined that the botnet Command and Control (C2) servers identified are also located in the APAC region, including Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. The victims are spread all over the globe, but a significant number of victims are in South Korea and Japan. JAKU targets its victims - 19,000 is a conservative estimate of the number of victims at any one time - primarily via 'poisoned' BitTorrent file shares. North Korea (DPRK) and Pyongyang are the common theme shared between these individuals. It allows the lightbox to display automatically on page load. It is called Auto Lightbox and can be added with any composition or slideshow. This new feature was made available in the Adobe Muse 2015 update. ![]() These individuals include members of International Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Engineering Companies, Academics, Scientists and Government Employees. In this video tutorial I show you how to add a newsletter pop-up to your Adobe Muse website. JAKU TARGETS SPECIFIC VICTIMS What makes JAKU unique is that within the noise of thousands of botnet victims, it targets and tracks a small number of specific individuals. If you are using On Scroll motions, place the Muse Motion - Add First - On Scroll widget at the top of your Adobe Muse website. ![]() ![]() “We gained a tremendous amount of insight by having U.S. “Arctic Eagle showed once again that the Alaska National Guard is always ready and able to help the nation and the state regardless of the situation.”ĭuring the exercise, Alaska Air and Army National Guard members worked together to coordinate the emergency response. “Arctic Eagle 23 brought a diverse group of Alaska National Guard members together, requiring them to form a team, assess the situation, and learn on the job,” said Kelsey. North American Aerospace Defense Command conducted academic training focusing on the Joint Operations Center to prepare for the emergency response tactical exercise. All 50 states, three territories, and the District of Columbia have EMAC agreements, enabling interstate aid in a disaster. Alaska has a mutual aid agreement with Washington for Emergency Management Assistance Compact capabilities. Joshua Sprague, 168th Wing.Įmergency managers from Washington state also participated in the exercise. “We want to be able to respond rapidly and efficiently, and training together allows us to move toward that goal,” said Lt. In this scenario, the earthquake disrupted public utilities and caused widespread infrastructure damage in southern Alaska. The exercise focused on the immediate response to a 9.2 magnitude earthquake, including emergency communications to respond to the seismic zone and coordinate with local, state and federal agencies. “The training we received ensures we will be able to effectively respond to help our fellow Alaskans in a crisis and to effectively interface with our local, state and federal interagency partners.” “This exercise was extremely important to help us develop and test a continuity of operations plan which will allow us to respond in the event of a significant event in the Anchorage area which reduces or disables the ability of our primary emergency operations command and control agencies to function,” said Col. The 168th Wing Joint Operations Center and Crisis Action Management Team worked alongside counterparts from the Army National Guard and members of the Joint Operations Center at Alaska National Guard Joint Force Headquarters. “Testing our emergency plans and training our service members is critical to ensuring we are prepared to serve our fellow Alaskans in their time of need.” Aaron Kelsey, Alaska National Guard deputy director of emergency operations. “The Arctic Eagle 23 exercise focused on testing our continuity of operations plan and training our service members north of the Alaskan Range,” said Col. The exercise scenario required members to respond to a large earthquake and multiple tsunamis striking southern Alaska and coastal communities. EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska - The 168th Wing and the Alaska National Guard Joint Force Headquarters conducted an earthquake continuity of operations (COOP) exercise, moving the joint operations center from Anchorage to Fairbanks May 1-5. ![]() No matter how many angles I could take, Gorogoa could only sustain interest for another article and maybe another video. I adore the game, perhaps more than most if internet search results have anything to do with it. Gorogoafalls into the category of not having enough content. If I were to start my own series on such games. I would only be a vulture picking at fetid scraps Many of the games I like most have alreadyīeen gutted and stripped of all appeal by other content creators. Have to actually enjoy the game to make a profit from it eventually. No one can remain sane playing that game longer than five hours. I could theoretically create an entire series around playing Spacecats with Lasers, but it would most likely be a documentary of my descent into depravity and desperation. Certain games, like Think of the Childrenor A Gummy’s Life, can barely offer enough content to garner one video. We know GoNNERand Angels of Death have little chance of attracting attention. It takes a special game to create such a track record. For the content creators, it becomes baffling how they pull in the money after hundreds of episodes on the same game. For the pro gamer, this is understandable it’s hard enough to git gud on a single game, let alone gud enough to beat every other gamer out there. Many of these individuals have needed only one game to guarantee their paycheck, be it Minecraft, Fortnite, the Binding of Isaac, Super Smash Bros., Call of Duty, or XCOM. These are your streamers, YouTube personalities, and pro gamers. Then an additional achievement for finishing the game.Īfter finishing the main game, this unlocks the concept demo of the game from 2012, which shows some of the puzzles from the game as a concept with a slightly different solution.Apart from providing entertainment, video games have single-handedly provided hundreds-if not thousands-of people with their income. For each collected fruit, which finishes a chapter, you'll get an achievement. Most achievements in this walkthrough are story related and can't be missed. ![]() Gorogoa is an ideal game to boost your Gamerscore, as most achievements give you 100 GS each, and even if you miss the missable achievements, simply playing through the game already gives you 600GS. I'll warn about this on the General Tips and Tricks page, and in the actual walkthrough.įinishing a chapter makes that chapter selectable from the main menu, and you can retry the "First Try" falling rock achievement and "Right Wrong" time achievement after finishing the game by starting the appropriate chapter.Īfter you finished the main part of the game, you'll also unlock the 2012 demo, which features some of the puzzles with slightly different and simplified solutions as a proof of concept for the game. If you follow this guide, you'll also be prepared for a "one chance only" event where you'll have to guide a falling rock on the first attempt. ![]() In order to get all the achievements in one playthrough, you need to finish the game in less than 500 tile interactions, and in less than 30 minutes. During the puzzle solving you can zoom in or out of the scenery shown in one card of the play grid, and you can even pull away the foreground of some scenes to reveal a different scene underneath, or overlap the foreground onto another background to create new paths for the boy to travel. In order to guide the boy on his journey, the game displays different scenes in a two-by-two grid. It is one of the most extensively studied transporters regarding drug resistance and drug-drug interactions. One of the key players affecting pharmacokinetic profiles of many clinically relevant compounds is an active efflux transporter, P-glycoprotein (Pgp) which is ubiquitously present in living systems from bacteria to humans. Dose dependent efficacy of pyridostigmine pretreatment and time-dependent protection by physostigmine and pyridostigmine using maximum sign-free dose against inhaled sarin aerosols on rats have been reported. These symptoms are likely to be augmented by other stress factors like physical exercise in hyperthermic and hypothermic conditions. ![]() A number of studies indicate that the drug was used to protect soldiers against nerve gas exposure during Persian Gulf War (PGW) but the veterans complained of various side effects ascribed to pyridostigmine although it was suggested as “symptom-free dose.” So, controversy hovers around the efficacy of PB with respect to its dosage. Pyridostigmine bromide (PB) is a quarternary ammonium compound which has been approved as a pretreatment drug against toxic OP compounds. Introduction Organophosphorous (OP) compounds are used as pesticides and were also developed as chemical warfare agents. So, pretreatment with sign-free dose of pyridostigmine bromide offers sufficient protection from stress against organophosphorous DFP exposure as observed from these molecular studies and does not significantly alterP-glycoprotein receptors quantitatively.ġ. In silico docking studies show that the pyridostigmine molecule binds with maximum affinity to asparagine(1235), threonine(1199) and arginine(1229) in the C-terminal half of the P-glycoprotein. Further, sign-free dose of pyridostigmine does not induce genotoxicity as far as chromosomal breakage is concerned. Treatment with high doses (8-16mg/ml) of PB on alternate days for a week caused 10 -20% increase in the receptor count, indicating the toxicity level. Immunohistochemical studies show that drug efflux transporter P-glycoprotein receptors were not quantitatively upregulated by physical stress or hyperthermia or hypothermia or sign-free dosage (0.075 mg/Kg after intramuscular injection) of the xenobiotic pyridostigmine bromide. Total antioxidant status was observed to be more than 50% potentiated with sign-free dose of PB. This study attempts to decipher the level of cellular toxicity imparted by PB pretreatment by assessing drug efflux transportation of the PB or DFP and possible genotoxicity with respect to chromosomal aberrations, in addition to total antioxidant status (TAS) of blood under such circumstances. The effects of carbamate (pyridostigmine bromide, PB) pretreatment prior to physiological stress and organophosphorous compound, DFP (diisopropylfluorophosphate) exposure have been investigated on rats. Soldiers are exposed to multiple stress conditions adverse psychological, physico-chemical and environmental conditions during warfare which can result in significant physical and chemical alterations in the biological system. ![]() Visit more information and to download the free LumenRT 4 Studio trial version.Į-on software is the leading developer of solutions for the creation, animation, rendering and integration of natural 3D environments (Vue, Ozone and Carbon Scatter), as well as real-time immersive visualization tools for Architecture and GeoDesign (LumenRT). By presenting and sharing a more complete design experience, LumenRT users have reported transformative results with higher client win percentages, improved quality, and fewer downstream errors. With LumenRT, ideas come alive and designs are more fully understood by all participants. The primary value proposition of LumenRT Immersive Nature is to win business by packaging ideas and designs into compelling stories. 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Share designs with anyone using a PC or Mac.Author attention grabbing videos and images for presentations.Design parks and forests with thousands of wind-animated trees. ![]() Build detailed streets and intersections complete with moving vehicles and street lighting.Add wave-animated water such as ponds, lakes, and rivers.Perform lighting and time-of-day shadow studies.Create urban scenes surrounded in a complete natural environmental context.Then, with a single command, the entire scene is transformed into an immersive, interactive LiveCube™ allowing clients, customers, contractors, and colleagues to explore designs in vivid photorealistic 3D. Seamlessly integrated into ESRI CityEngine (the leading solution for City Planning and Urban Design), LumenRT GeoDesign adds rich natural elements including wind-blown plants and trees, moving vehicles, animated people, lights, water, and skies directly to CityEngine scenes. “ It will allow city planners and urban designers to breathe life into their designs with unprecedented ease and stunning realism.“ “ This important new LumenRT add-on extends Immersive Nature to the emerging GeoDesign market pioneered by ESRI CityEngine,” said e-on Software CEO Nicholas Phelps. Packaged as a add-on plug-in product for LumenRT, it delivers the full power and capabilities of LumenRT Immersive Nature to users of ESRI CityEngine Advanced. JBeaverton, Oregon: E-on software, the leader in 3D Immersive Nature technologies, today announced the immediate availability of LumenRT 4 GeoDesign. Leading Immersive Nature Solution Adds Seamless Integration with ESRI CityEngine E-on Software Announces Immediate Availability of LumenRT 4 GeoDesign Plug-in ![]() On the sustainability front, JBL didn’t disclose anything about the Charge 5’s construction, but the box is mostly cardboard, and the speaker comes wrapped in a cloth sock. The Charge 5 supports the A2DP 1.3, AVRCP 1.6 profiles. ![]() The Bluetooth 5.1 implementation will result in some power efficiency and support for more distance between the speaker and the transmitting device than various versions of Bluetooth 4.0 and earlier. The PartyBoost feature, which works from the PartyBoost button or the app, turns two Charge 5 speakers into a stereo pair, which sounds incredible-and will connect up to 100 compatible speakers into a mesh of mono-driven surround sound. The accompanying JBL Portable app works with the Charge 5 and other speakers to control sound profiles, connectivity between devices, and firmware updates. Also, always make sure the USB-C port has time to try before charging. JBL recommends freshwater rinses after exposure to salt or chlorinated water, as either will reduce the seals that keep the device waterproof. Unlike the previous model, the water and dust-resistant USB-C port remains exposed. The Charge 5’s IP67 rating requires keeping a silicon flap closed over the outgoing charge port. A single white LED on the front provides a graphic indicator of the battery’s charge state. To charge devices, uncover the USB-A connector and attach the included connector or another connector, such as USB-C to Lightning, and plug in the other device. Remember, the Charge 5 isn’t just a speaker but a large power bank, so it’s not intended to be light, it’s intended to be useful. In my hand, the Charge 5 feels a bit like a rugby ball but weighs about twice as much. ![]() Not a pocket speaker, but more of a backpack speaker. To pair a new device or another device, push the Bluetooth button on the top of the speaker. ![]() Out of the box, it arrives charged and ready to pair. Comforting tracks of silicon along the bottom provide traction and create a stable base.Ĭonnecting the Charge 5 to a device is simple. In contrast, the controls subtly reside along the top of the mesh, easy to reach and understand, but not distracting to the design. To further emphasize the power of the JBL Charge 5, a silver exclamation mark shouts from the radiators on either end. JBL wants you to know who is producing the sound you are enjoying. I say emblazoned because previous model logos were much more subtle. Matt black fabric with a red-tinged JBL logo emblazoned across the front. JBL provided what I would call the urban style $179.95 JBL Charge 5. If you don’t already have an outdoor speaker that is ready to take on the elements with booming resonance, then the JBL Charge 5 should sit high on your list of speakers to consider. Although the Charge 5 slightly increases the size and weight of the latest in the Charge line, it does so in service to ruggedness. The IP67-rated JBL Charge 5 looks poised as a worthy successor, with updated styling, a dustproof rating, and a wider soundstage. I have not submerged the Charge 4, but it has taken plenty of punishment for the in-home elements. But the Charge 4 lived up to its billing of long battery life (we seem to rarely charge even after weeks of use) and durability. It has soap scum along its edges and often spots of water trickling like tiny rivulets across its mesh surface. My JBL Charge 4 accompanies every bath at our home as the audio streaming companion for music and video soundtracks. |