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If you're into more mainstream popular baby names, Sophia continues to be a powerhouse, topping the girls' list for the sixth year in a row. Parents love it because it works in many languages and has a "pretty femininity," Murray said.
Jackson leads the boys' list for the third year.
Here are the top 10 most popular baby names of 2015:
Girls:
Sophia Emma Olivia Ava Mia Isabella Zoe Lily Emily Madison
Boys:
Jackson Aiden Liam Lucas Noah Mason Ethan Caden Logan Jacob
The lists are based on the names of more than 340,000 babies born in 2015 to moms registered on BabyCenter.com.
A scooter is a motorcycle with step-through frame and a platform for the operator's feet. Elements of scooter design have been present in some of the earliest motorcycles, and motorcycles identifiable as scooters have been made from 1914 or earlier. Scooter development continued in Europe and the United States between the World Wars.
The global popularity of scooters dates from the post-World War IIintroductions of the Vespa and the Lambretta. These scooters were intended to provide low-power personal transportation (engines from 50 to 250 cc or 3.1 to 15.3 cu in). The original layout is still widely used in this application. Maxi-scooters, with engines from 250 to 850 cc (15 to 52 cu in) have been developed for Western markets.
A scooter is a motorcycle with step-through frame and a platform for the operator's feet. Elements of scooter design have been present in some of the earliest motorcycles, and motorcycles identifiable as scooters have been made from 1914 or earlier. Scooter development continued in Europe and the United States between the World Wars.
The global popularity of scooters dates from the post-World War IIintroductions of the Vespa and the Lambretta. These scooters were intended to provide low-power personal transportation (engines from 50 to 250 cc or 3.1 to 15.3 cu in). The original layout is still widely used in this application. Maxi-scooters, with engines from 250 to 850 cc (15 to 52 cu in) have been developed for Western markets.
A dog toy is a toy that is specifically for dogs to play with. Dog toys come in many varieties, including dog bones, puppy toys, balls, tug toys, training aids, squeaky toys, discs and frisbees, plush toys, and sticks.
Dog toys serve different purposes. Puppies, for instance, need toys they can chew on when they are teething because their gums and jawsbecome very sore and chewing on things provides them relief. Also, playing with different toys encourages exercise, which benefits the pet's overall health. Toys also stimulate dogs' minds, discourage problem behavior resulting from boredom and excess energy, and promote dental health.
There are a wide variety of dog toys on the market that are designed for different purposes and depending on the dog's characteristics such as chewing habits, and play style.
Online ticket agencies like Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia are consolidating. So what does that mean for travelers? WSJ's Scott McCartney weighs in on some of the upcoming changes.
"I think there are pluses and minuses. For some people it's going to mean change," McCartney explains. "If you were set on certain features of a particular site, those may go away." At the same time, he says, users who were used to Travelocity now have far more hotels to choose from, because Expedia has a larger inventory.
McCartney also says Google Flights is shaking up the industry, with maps that show nearby airports and lower fares.
The best way to find a cheap airfare? Use multiple sites. "They do have different technologies, and they can find different fares," says McCartney. Other sites to check out include Kayak, Hipmunk and Skyscanner. But hold off on booking on these search sites -- it's actually better to book directly with the airline.
If you buy things online, use a credit card or eat at restaurants, you could be earning points to use towards a flight or hotel.
The problem is, there are so many loyalty programs, credit card reward promotions and mileage mathematics blogs out there, it can be overwhelming to figure out where to start.
I recently tried the churning game, but soon learned it takes far more organization, dedication and credit card spending than I was willing to commit. Instead, I focused on trying to optimize the stuff I already do to get points and miles for travel.
There are some really easy ways to earn points on everyday things like buying gas, shopping online or ordering delivery. Sure, you'll get to the free travel prize more slowly, but ignoring these options is like leaving free money on the table. Here's how to do it:
Use airline mileage shopping sites for all online purchases
Do you like online shopping? You can earn miles-sometimes a lot of miles-by going through an airline's frequent flier shopping site rather than directly typing the store's website in your browser.
A few extra clicks get you to the same online store page that you're used to, but you'll automatically get miles for every dollar you spend by starting at the airline site.
Most airlines' mileage shopping sites look similar; you log in with your frequent flier information and are taken to a directory of vendors, with some featured merchants that may be running sales.
If you're shopping for a specific item, you can browse by type of store and see who has the best point offer. I recently needed a pair of Smartwool socks, but didn't care where I got them. Looking through Alaska Airlines' Mileage Plan Shopping site, I saw that a vendor called Backcountry.com was offering 12 miles per dollar spent. That was a far better deal than the 4 miles per dollar offered at The North Face.
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Have your eye on a particular item or brand? You can search to see if it's on the mileage shopping site and click through to the regular store page. Often the mileage shopping website will list discount codes and current promotions to use when you check out.
Prefer to try things on first? I do too, which is why I now go to the store to find my size, snap a photo of the product number, style and size, and then go home and order it through the mileage shopping site.
The earnings extend beyond clothing-you can earn miles for online purchases at grocery stores, electronics companies, wine sellers and even LivingSocial and Groupon. Just plan ahead to factor in shipping time.
So which airline mileage site should you use? If you're loyal to one airline, start with that company's site, but keep in mind that different carriers sometimes have different deals going on with vendors. Delta might be offering two points per mile at Staples while Alaska Airlines is offering three. If you have time and a few frequent flier accounts, try shopping around to see which program has the best deal.
Link your credit and debit cards to dining rewards programs
A lot of people don't know about this perk, and it might be the easiest way to earn miles on something you already do: eat food.
Most airlines have dining rewards programs that let you link your credit and debit cards to a "sky dining account." Then, any time you use any of these cards at one of the airline's partner restaurants-or bars and clubs-you'll get somewhere between three and five points per dollar you spend.
The process is automatic, so once you register you don't have to do anything to get the points. In fact, they often come in as a surprise-after a recent afternoon of football and beer at my neighborhood sports bar, I got an email informing me my three Bud Lights had earned me 46 miles. Win-win.
The dining program websites also have directories, so you can also search nearby restaurants that will earn you points (plus see ratings and reviews). It's even valid on delivery.
Choose a points-earning credit card
Rather than using a debit card for purchases, consider signing up for a credit card that earns you travel points. You don't have to alter your spending habits-just pay for your standard purchases with the credit card instead and be sure to pay off the balance every month.
The best credit card reward program depends a lot on your spending habits (is it a personal or business card?) and earning goals (do you want a free flight or upgrades and travel perks?). There are some great blogs devoted to the ins and outs of credit card rewards-I'm a fan of The Points Guy, Million Mile Secrets and Indulge The Wanderlust.
I use two points-accruing cards to try to earn free travel: the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card ($150 annual fee) and the Chase Freedom card (no annual fee). (No, this post is not sponsored by Chase.) I travel a lot and like the flexibility to earn extra points on my travel purchases and use the rewards on multiple airlines and hotels. Other credit cards that offer similar flexibility include the Capital One Venture Card ($59 annual fee), the U.S. Bank FlexPerks Travel Rewards Card ($49 annual fee) and the Barclaycard Arrival Plus($89 annual fee). If you generally stick to one airline or hotel chain, you might think about getting that brand's card, since rewards extend beyond flights and hotel stays and can include upgrades, lounge access, priority boarding and more. Note that many of these cards have an annual fee, but it's often waived the first year.
Whichever card you choose, be sure to read the criteria for earning a sign-up bonus. Most cards offer a 25,000 to 40,000 initial points bonus (enough to put you well on your way to a free trip) if you spend a certain amount of money in the first one to three months. So if you have a big purchase coming up, like a trip or a home update, it might be a good time to sign up for a card with a big bonus.
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Bicycles were introduced in the 19th century in Europe and, as of 2003, number more than a billion worldwide, twice as many as automobiles.[2] They are the principal means of transportation in many regions. They also provide a popular form of recreation, and have been adapted for use as children's toys, general fitness, military and police applications, courier services, and bicycle racing.
Bicycles are popular targets for theft, due to their value and ease of resale. The number of bicycles stolen annually is difficult to quantify as a large number of crimes are not reported.
Mountain bikes are typically ridden on mountain trails, fire roads, logging roads, and other unpaved environments. These types of terrain commonly include rocks, washouts, ruts, loose sand, loose gravel, roots, and steep grades (both inclines and declines). Mountain bikes are built to handle this terrain and the obstacles that are found in it like logs, vertical drop offs, and smaller boulders.
In 2009, women accounted for just 24 percent of bicycle trips in the U.S. It’s time for that to change. That’s why the League launched Women Bike — the first national advocacy initiative to encourage, engage and elevate more women bicyclists in the United States.
The popularity of bicycling is skyrocketing nationwide and interest among women is rising, too. More than 80 percent of American women have a positive view of bicyclists and two-thirds think their community would be a better place to live if riding a bike were safer and more comfortable (Princeton Survey Research Associates national poll, September 2012). Still, women are underrepresented as riders and leaders in many aspects of the bicycle movement.
As the energy and interest to get more women on bike grows, we need to share our collective knowledge, build a network of female leaders and start working on targeted programs that put more women in the saddle and at the forefront of the movement. The purpose of Women Bike is to serve as a central source of information, inspiration and community.
best seller on amazonWhy do we have the Apple iPhone 6? Well, despite record sales, the Cupertino brand was heading for a fall. Not this year, or the next. But the brand had been trading on the same phone for four years and something big was needed to keep it current.
So with that, the iPhone 6, and its bigger brother, the iPhone 6 Plus, were born to keep Apple at the sharp end of a market that was starting to lust after powerful, big screen smartphones with clever and premium design.
The iPhone 6 certainly addresses a number of the problems Apple had developed, coming with a much larger screen (although not dramatically increasing the size of the phone) a boosted processor, better camera, improved battery and crucially: overhauled design.
This is the sixth iPhone I've reviewed now, and there's a real sense that this one is really rather different.
I wrote in 2013 that Apple was becoming more aware that the time when it could define what consumers would buy in the smartphone is ending – and with the 4.7-inch screen, it's clearly had to admit defeat in the smaller screen market.
There will be some that will miss that screen size, maintaining that they don't want a bigger display on their phone – but nearly all of those people won't have spent any appreciable time with a larger device, and I believe that a good portion of you thinking you need a smaller phone will quickly come to appreciate the power a bigger handset brings without hurting quality.
The phone fits very well in the hand
But while the iPhone 6 has answered a lot of the problems I've had with previous iterations of Apple's handsets, there are still some issues that still swirled when I handled the phone for the first time.
Why has Apple decided to not join the masses with a really high-res screen? Why is the iPhone still the most expensive on the market? Has it done enough to improve the quite dire battery life of previous models, especially at a time when many high-end Android phones are easily chugging through a day's hard use without thirsting for a charger's caress?
Let's take a quick look at the price - and it's not pretty.
In the UK, you're looking at £539 for the 16GB version, £619 for the 64GB option and £699 for the 128GB model. On a decent contract these start at around £45 per month, with roughly £100 for the phone up front, although you can shop around and get it for slightly less if you stray from the main networks.
That's a lot more than the competition, with most high-end contracts topping out at £38 for the main rivals, with less up front too.
In the US, the Apple iPhone 6 16GB is $199 on contract, 64GB comes in at $299 and the 128GB at $399. If you're planning to go off book, then it's 16GB at $649, 64GB available for $749 and a whopping $849 for the 128GB model.
In Australia, the iPhone 6 outright pricing starts at AU$869 for 16GB, then jumps to $999 for 64GB and $1,129 for the 128GB version. If you prefer to pay off your phone over time, Optus is offering the 16GB for $0 on a $100 monthly contract over 24 months, Telstra has the same model for $0 on a $95 monthly plan and Vodafone will give you the 16GB iPhone 6 if you sign up for 24 months on an $80 a month plan.
The iPhone 6 Plus, meanwhile, costs AU$999 for 16GB, AU$1,129 for 64GB and AU$1,249 for 128GB. On contract to get a 16GB model for $0, you'll need to spend $95 a month with Telstra, or $100 a month with Vodafone, both on a 24 month contract.
Design
Let's take a look at the first thing most people will wonder about before picking up the iPhone: how will it actually feel in the hand?
This is a big departure for Apple, marking a time when it's admitted that the industrial, sharp design of the last four iPhone models is a little outdated and needs to up the ergonomics to really compete.
Well, with the Apple iPhone 6 we're looking at one of the thinnest and sleekest handsets in the market. It's got a strong combination of metal back (which feels exceptionally premium, borrowing bucketloads of design language from the iPad Air) and the way the screen curves into the chassis gives it a slight lozenge feel.
One of the thinnest phones in the world
The iPhone 6 looks the business, and at 6.9mm thin it's very nice to hold. I do still feel that phones that push harder on ergonomics are a better choice though - the HTC One M8 bows out at the back and fits in the palm a little better - but that's quibbling. This iPhone just feels really well made.
Apple has always favoured a flatter phone than the rest of the market though, and placed on a desk it looks great. It does feel great in the hand too, but as said others impress more if I'm being hyper-critical.
There's also the issue of the large plastic strips that flow through the top and bottom of the device. Given metal is a nightmare material to try and get radio signal to penetrate, these are clearly there to offset that.
The plastic strips detract and are not flush with the chassis
While the plastic does seem to give good performance for signal for the most part, it's nothing amazing, and to my eyes they're a little unsightly and ruin the sleek back of the iPhone 6, and their presence seem at odds with Apple's design ethos.
The other big design change is to the power button, which has now been moved to the right-hand side of the phone. This makes a lot of sense, and given the phone is now a larger device at 138.1 x 67 x 6.9 mm hitting the top of the handset is a much harder task, so moving the button is the right thing to do.
Like the rest of the exterior buttons, the power key is raised and easy to hit in both left and right hand modes. It's metallic and crucially doesn't have the same rattle that I criticised on the iPhone 5S.
The new raised buttons
However, that doesn't mean the metallic keys don't have a little wiggle to them. Running your hand up and down the sides idly will result in you noticing a very slight looseness to the power and volume buttons... I'm in danger of being too critical here, but for the price it's not the sort of thing I expect to see.
The other important design change here is the camera now protrudes slightly on the rear of the phone. It's good to see that happening, as it shows that Apple isn't willing to compromise on camera quality in order to just whack in a thinner phone.
The protrusion is a little worrying in that laying the Apple iPhone 6 down flat on a table could see scratches appearing, but the sapphire glass that covers the lens should see that's pretty safe.
The camera protrudes but you won't notice it day to day
The rest of the iPhone 6 is very similar to the iPhone 5S, with the speakers at the bottom flanking the Lightning port. Well, I say speakers: it's just the one speaker, but thanks to the slightly elongated bottom of the phone you won't cover it when holding the phone in landscape.
This was irritating when trying to game or watch a movie without headphones on older iPhones - but this upgrade, combined with the lightness of the iPhone 6, mean you won't have a similar problem for the most part as the hands sit lower and free of the speaker generally.
Sadly the headphone port still resides at the bottom of the iPhone 6, meaning you'll still probably get your phone out of the pocket the wrong way around when listening to music.
Let me make one thing very clear though: the Apple iPhone 6 is another iconic handset in terms of design for Apple. It's not the best looking on the market (I'm still giving that title to the HTC One M8) but it's definitely right up there, and for the price I'd expect nothing less.
The iPhone in Space Gray
You can pick up the iPhone 6 in Space Gray (the colour I've had on test here), or the more standard silver or gold. Whichever one you want is up to you, but there had better not be a shortage of the champagne gold colour again this year.
That made me sad to see so many clamouring for a colour just because it was hard to get hold of.
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