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A nonrigid wallet structure formed by a flexible dielectric sheet carrying planar conductive material thereon and configured to define card accommodating compartments. The planar conductive material extends into the compartments and forms a card monitoring and alarm system.
1. A nonrigid wallet structure comprising:
a single sheet of flexible dielectric material having first and second surfaces;
planar electrically conductive means carried on said dielectric sheet first surface forming a circuit path including at least one pair of first and second conductive areas spaced from one another to define a gap therebetween;
means folding said dielectric sheet upon itself at said gap for forming a compartment wherein said first and second conductive areas are positioned opposite to one another;
resilient means including at least one resilient cushioning pad mounted on said dielectric sheet second surface for urging said first and second conductive areas into contact with one another; and
decorative flexible sheet means mounted on and covering said dielectric sheet while leaving said compartments open for receiving cards therein.
2. The wallet structure of claim 1 wherein said dielectric sheet includes multiple pairs of spaced first and second conductive areas; and wherein
said dielectric is folded accordion style to form multiple compartments, each compartment including a pair of first and second conductive areas positioned opposite to one another.
3. The wallet structure of claim 2 wherein said circuit path includes first and second buses; and wherein
said multiple pairs of first and second conductive areas are electrically connected in parallel across said buses.
4. The wallet structure of claim 3 wherein said first and second buses respectively define first and second terminals;
electric source means;
alarm means; and
means for connecting said electric source means and said alarm to said first and second terminals.
5. The wallet structure of claim 4 wherein said means connecting said electric source means and said alarm means to said bus terminals includes circuit board means having first and second terminals; and
removable clip means for connecting said circuit board first and second terminals to said bus first and second terminals.
6. A nonrigid wallet structure comprising
a single sheet of flexible dielectric material having first and second surfaces, said sheet being substantially U-shaped having first and second legs connected by a narrow cross member;
planar electrical conductors carried on said dielectric sheet first surface forming (1) first and second buses and (2) multiple pairs of first and second conductive areas spaced from one another to define a gap therebetween, said pairs being connected in parallel across said buses;
each of said dielectric sheet first and second legs being folded accordion style at said gaps to form multiple compartments, each compartment containing a pair of first and second conductive areas positioned opposite to one another;
cushioning pad means mounted on said dielectric sheet second surface proximate to said gaps for urging opposed first and second conductive areas into contact; and
decorative flexible sheet means mounted on and covering said dielectric sheet while leaving said compartments open for receiving cards therein.
7. The wallet structure of claim 6 further including:
battery means;
alarm means; and
means connecting said battery means and said alarm means to said buses for energizing said alarm means in response to a pair of said first and second conductive areas contacting one another.
8. The wallet structure of claim 7 including first and second flaps respectively comprised of said first and second accordion folded legs, said flaps being adapted to fold around said cross member between a wallet closed position and a wallet open position; and
sensor means for disabling said alarm means when said flaps are in said wallet open position.
9. The wallet structure of claim 8 wherein said sensor means comprises a gap in said first bus on said first flap and conductive means carried by said second flap for electrically bridging said gap when said flaps are in said wallet closed position.
10. A method of assembling a wallet having exposed surfaces of leather or the like, comprising the steps of:
applying planar electrically conductive material to a first surface of a sheet of flexible dielectric material to form a circuit path including at least one pair of first and second conductive areas spaced from one another to define a gap therebetween;
folding said dielectric sheet first surface upon itself at said gap to form at least one compartment having a closed bottom edge, open side edges, and an open top edge with said first and second conductive areas positioned opposite one another;
applying a resilient cushioning pad to a second surface of said sheet of dielectric material for urging said first and second conductive areas into electrical contact with each other;
mounting alarm circuitry on said sheet of dielectric material for producing an audible alarm when said first and second conductive areas contact each other; and
enveloping said folded dielectric sheet with sheet material of leather or the like, said sheet material closing the side edges of said compartment enabling cards to be received in said compartment to space said conductive areas from each other.
11. The method of claim 10 including the further steps of:
forming said dielectric sheet into a substantially U-shape having first and second legs connected by a narrow cross member; and wherein
said folding step comprising folding each of said first and second legs in accordion fashion to respectively form first and second flaps adapted to fold around said cross member to a closed position; and
disabling said alarm circuitry when said flaps are in said closed position.
This invention relates generally to nonrigid wallet structures formed of flexible sheet material and more particularly to such wallet structures which incorporate means for monitoring the absence of a credit card from a wallet compartment to produce an audible alarm.
The concept of incorporating means in a wallet-like structure for monitoring the absence of a credit card from a compartment is well known.
For example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,959,789 discloses a card monitoring means that may be incorporated into a wallet for alerting the user after a card has been removed from its compartment and not returned after a predetermined length of time. The disclosed monitoring means includes a pair of separators mounted in each compartment. The separators carry opposed electrical conductors adapted to be held apart by a credit card accommodated in the compartment and adapted to contact one another when the credit card is removed from the compartment. The conductors are connected in a circuit including timing means which activates an alarm a predetermined time interval after a card is removed from its compartment.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,480,250 also discloses a credit card wallet incorporating a monitoring and alarm system. The wallet includes first and second flaps foldable upon each other. Each of the flaps carries clip switches adapted for receiving credit cards therein. The clip switches are electrically connected in parallel with each other and in series between an alarm and a battery. When a credit card is missing from one of the clip switches, the circuit between the battery and the alarm is completed and the alarm is energized. The flap also includes a proximity switch for disabling the alarm when the flaps are unfolded.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,692,745 also discloses a wallet incorporating a monitoring and alarm system for detecting the absence of a card from a compartment. The system includes a photoconductive means positioned on the inner portion of one of the wallet flaps for disabling the alarm when the wallet is open, i.e. flaps unfolded. When the wallet is closed to thus deprive the photoconductive means of light energy, the alarm will be activated if a card is missing from one of the wallet's compartments.
Although the systems disclosed in the aforementioned patents can all operate satisfactorily under appropriate conditions, they are subject to reliability problems when incorporated in wallets formed of flexible sheet material. More particularly, wallets formed of flexible sheet material are frequently carried in user's hip or side pockets where they are subjected to various forces which, over time, can distort the shape of the wallet and any malleable switch contacts therein, frequently resulting in a malfunctioning of the monitoring and alarm system.
The present invention is directed to an improved wallet structure incorporating a card monitoring and alarm system which can be manufactured inexpensively and is very reliable in use.
More specifically, the present invention is directed to a wallet structure comprised of a flexible sheet of dielectric (i.e. electrically nonconductive) material, e.g. mylar, having planar circuit paths formed thereon, as for example, by silkscreening. The dielectric sheet is folded accordion style to form pairs of opposed sheet portions or panels, each such pair defining a credit card compartment therebetween. The planar circuitry extends into each such compartment forming relatively large opposed conductive areas which contact one another in the absence of a card.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, a wallet is formed of a single unitary sheet of dielectric material, bearing planar circuit paths on one surface thereof, and folded accordion style to form compartments for receiving documents such as credit cards, ID cards, etc., and wherein flexible sheet material, such as leather, is affixed around the dielectric sheet, as decorative trim.
In accordance with an important aspect of the preferred embodiment, the planar circuit paths are formed on a first or front surface of the dielectric sheet and resilient cushioning pads, are affixed to the second or rear surface of the dielectric sheet to facilitate contact between opposed conductive areas.
In accordance with a further aspect of the preferred embodiment, the monitoring and alarm system includes a sensor means for disabling the alarm while the wallet is open. The sensor means, in one embodiment, comprises a gap in the planar circuit path exposed on one flap of the wallet and a piece of electrically conductive material mounted on the other flap so as to electrically bridge the gap when the wallet is closed.
FIG. 1 is an isometric external view of a wallet constructed in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken substantially along the plane 2--2 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the monitoring and alarm system electric circuitry;
FIG. 4 is a plan view of the dielectric sheet, showing the planar conductive paths formed thereon, to construct the wallet of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a isometric view of the dielectric sheet of FIG. 4 showing it folded accordion style;
FIG. 6 is an isometric view of a portion of the dielectric sheet showing how a battery and alarm device are preferably connected to the dielectric sheet planar circuit paths; and
FIG. 7 is an isometric view of an alternative embodiment of the invention in which the monitoring alarm system is incorporated in a wallet insert.
Attention is initially directed to FIG. 1 which illustrates a wallet-like structure 10 comprised of first and second flaps 12, 14. The flaps 12, 14 are able to pivot relative to one another between a wallet open position (as shown in FIG. 1) and a wallet closed position in which the flaps overlay and contact one another.
The flaps 12 and 14 each define one or more card accommodating compartments, to be discussed in greater detail hereinafter, each compartment having an entrance opening. Thus, in the exemplary embodiment depicted in FIG. 1, flap 14 has multiple compartments 16 (i.e. 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D, 16E, 16F), each dimensioned to accommodate a document such as a credit or ID card 18 (i.e. 18A, 18B, 18C, 18D, 18E, 18F).
Flap 12 is similarly provided with a compartment 20 for similarly accommodating a card or a passport booklet 22. As will be discussed in detail hereinafter, the wallet structure 10 incorporates a system for monitoring empty compartments and alarming the user when a compartment is empty. The system is extremely useful for reminding a user when he has removed a credit card 18 or passport 22 from the wallet compartment.
Before proceeding with a detailed explanation of the construction of wallet structure 10, attention is directed to FIG. 3 which schematically depicts a preferred monitoring and alarm system 30. It is pointed out that the circuitry of monitoring and alarm system 30, as broadly represented in FIG. 3, is substantially identical to circuitry of prior art systems, as exemplified by the aforementioned patents. Briefly, the system 30 is comprised of an electric source means or battery 32 connected in series with a wallet open sensor 34, and an alarm means 36, preferably an audible alarm. Further, a plurality of normally closed contact pairs 38A, 38B . . . 38N are connected in parallel with each other and in series with the battery 32, sensor 34, and alarm 36. As will be seen hereinafter, each of the contact pairs 38 is mounted in its own compartment in the wallet structure 10 and configured such that it is normally electrically closed, but is opened by a card 39 accommodated in the compartment.
Attention is now directed to FIGS. 4-6 which illustrate the construction of wallet structure 10 in accordance with the present invention. The wallet 10 is comprised of a thin sheet of flexible dielectric material, e.g. mylar, 50. The dielectric sheet 50 is essentially U- or J-shaped having first and second leg portions 52, 54, and a cross member portion 56. As depicted, the leg portion 54 is longer than the leg portion 52 in order to accommodate a greater number of compartments (i.e. six) in flap 14 as contrasted with the single compartment formed in flap 12.
The dielectric sheet 50 comprises a planar member having front and rear surfaces 62 and 64. In accordance with the invention, planar electrically conductive material 66 is deposited onto the front surface 62 of dielectric sheet 50, as by silkscreening. The conductive material 66 forms an electrically conductive path including of a first bus 70 (extending upwardly along the left edge of leg portion 54 and then along cross member 56 and down along the right edge of leg portion 52) and a second bus 72 (extending upwardly along the right edge of leg portion 54, then along cross member 56, and down along the left edge of leg portion 52). The buses 70 and 72 terminate at the lower edge of leg portion 54 at terminals 76 and 78 respectively.
A plurality of first conductive areas 82A, 82B, 82C, etc., extend laterally from the first bus 70 toward the second bus 72. A plurality of conductive areas 84A, 84B, 84C, etc., extend laterally from the second bus 72 toward the first bus 70. The conductive areas 82 and 84 are interleaved to form pairs of spaced conductive areas, each pair having a first conductive area connected to the first bus 70 and a second conductive area connected to the second bus 72. Thus, for example, conductive areas 82A and 84A form a pair of spaced conductive areas. Similarly, conductive areas 82B and 84B form a pair of spaced conductive areas.
In order to construct the wallet 10, the leg portions 52 and 54 are folded, substantially accordion style as depicted in FIG. 5, to position the conductive areas of each pair in opposed relationship. More specifically, the dielectric sheet 50 is folded along fold lines 90 to form panels, each of which carries a conductive area. So folded, the opposed dielectric sheet panels form compartments for accommodating a credit card. For example, the opposed panels carrying conductive areas 82A and 84A form the compartment 16A in FIG. 1. Similarly, the panels bearing conductive areas 82N AND 84N on leg portion 52 when folded together define the compartment 20 in flap 12 of FIG. 1.
The flexible dielectric sheet 50, folded as depicted in FIG. 5, substantially forms a wallet structure having a plurality of credit card accommodating compartments with an integrated system for monitoring the absence of a card from a compartment to activate an alarm means. More specifically, in order to connect a battery 32 and an audible alarm 36 to the circuitry formed on the front surface 62 of sheet 50, a small printed circuit board 92 is provided. An audible alarm device 94 and a battery 96 are mounted thereon and electrically connected to circuit board terminal areas 98 and 100. The first and second bus terminals 76, 78 are electrically connected to the circuit board terminals 98, 100, as by a U-shaped spring clip 102 which clamps the terminals together.
The dielectric sheet 50 can be tightly held in fan folded position as depicted in FIG. 2 to form the card accommodating compartments by various means including adhesive and/or stitching. Preferably, however, decorative flexible sheet material, e.g. leather 104, is secured around the dielectric sheet and over its exposed edges. More specifically, note dielectric sheet panel 106 in FIG. 2 carrying conductive area 82B. Panel 106 forms one side of the compartment 16B for receiving card 18B. Note that the upper edge of panel 106 is covered by a piece of decorative sheet material 108 which extends downwardly along panel 106 and similarly downwardly along panel 110 carrying conductive area 84A. With the dielectric sheet 50 tightly held as shown in FIG. 2, the opposed conductive areas, e.g. 82B, 84B will be placed immediately adjacent one another for electrical contact. In order to assure contact in the absence of a card therebetween, a plurality of resilient cushioning pads 112 are secured to the rear surface 64 of the dielectric sheet 50 behind one of the conductive areas. Thus, for example, note resilient cushioning pad 112B in FIGS. 2 and 4 which is secured to dielectric sheet surface 64 behind conductive area 82B for urging area 82B into contact with area 84B, in the absence of the card 18B therebetween.
It will be recalled from the description of FIG. 3 that when a card 39 is absent from between the areas of a contact pair, e.g. 38A, then a circuit will be completed from the battery 32 to the alarm 36, on the assumption that the sensor 34 is closed. The wallet open sensor can comprise a magnetically operated proximity switch which detects when two wallet flaps are in close proximity with one another or alternatively can comprise a photoconductor device which recognizes when the wallet is open. The purpose of the sensor 34 is to prevent actuation of the alarm 36 while the wallet is open even if a card is absent from one of the compartments. Although a proximity switch or photoconductor device located on the inside surface of a wallet flap, as taught by the prior art, could be employed in embodiments of the invention, a preferable sensor is depicted in applicant's embodiment as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4.
Note in FIG. 4 that the first bus 70 includes a gap 120 formed between adjacent conductive portions 122 and 124. Note also that this gap 120 and conductive portions 122 and 124 are exposed through a window 126 formed on the inner surface of flap 14. Also note that the inner surface of flap 12 has a conductive member 128 mounted thereon located such that when the flaps 12 and 14 are closed, the conductive member 128 will contact and electrically bridge the conductive portions 122 and 124 of bus 70. Accordingly, when the flaps 12 and 14 are apart as depicted in FIG. 1, a circuit cannot be completed from terminal 76 along bus 70 through a contact area pair to bus 72 and back to terminal 78. However, when flaps 12 and 14 are closed so that member 128 electrically bridges conductive portions 122 and 124, a circuit can be completed from the battery 32 (structurally shown as 96 as FIG. 6) to alarm 36 (structurally shown as 94 in FIG. 6) via contacting conductive areas associated with an empty compartment, e.g. 82A and 84A. Thus the combination of the conductive member 128 and spaced conductive portions 122 and 124 form an inexpensive and highly reliable wallet open sensor 34. Alternatively, the function of sensor 34 could be performed by an inexpensive, pressure sensitive membrane switch, well known in the art. Such a membrane switch is depicted at 140 in FIG. 7 which shows an embodiment of the invention configured as an insert 142 adapted to be inserted into a conventional decorative wallet 144. A still further alternative is to mount a photoconductor device on the outer surface of a wallet flap. In this case, the alarm generally will not sound until the user puts the wallet in his pocket.
From the foregoing, it should now be appreciated that a nonrigid wallet structure has been disclosed herein formed of flexible sheet material incorporating means for monitoring the absence of a credit card from a wallet compartment to produce an audible alarm. As contrasted with prior art devices for monitoring the absence of cards from wallets, the present invention discloses a construction formed almost completely of flexible sheet material thereby avoiding the deformation and reliability problems experienced by prior art devices using conventional malleable switch contacts.
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Neighbors: Newspaper clipping touts 'rich city' of Grand Forks
Doris Bowser, Fargo, writes that she and her siblings are working on a family history.
Their parents, Jacob and Martha Schanz, were born in 1890 and 1900, respectively, and spent their married lives farming in the Alsen, N.D., area, southwest of Langdon.
While researching their family, the siblings found many items their mother had saved over the years. Among them was a clipping from the Grand Forks Herald that is good for a chuckle.
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The online payment-processing company, a unit of auction giant eBay, sent an e-mail to customers on Thursday outlining the process. People who opened an account with PayPal between Oct. 1, 1999, and Jan. 31, 2004, and who experienced certain problems with it are eligible for the payout. Advertisements in People, Newsweek and USAToday will also inform people of the class-action settlement.
In June, PayPal reached a preliminary settlement with customers who accused the eBay unit of illegally freezing their funds. It promised to pay a total of $9.25 million to settle the suit, $3.4 million of which will go toward paying the customers' lawyer fees.
PayPal admitted no wrongdoing in settling the claims, which were filed in 2002 as part of two federal class-action suits that alleged other customer service deficiencies.
A California district court is expected to rule on approval of the proposed settlement in a hearing on Sept. 24. PayPal representatives had no comment, other than saying the company was happy with the terms of the settlement and is "ready to move on."
PayPal has maintained throughout the legal process that the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA), the law it was charged with violating by its customers, should not apply to its business.
In order to qualify for the payout, people will need to offer proof that they experienced or reported problems with their PayPal accounts during the specified timeframe. In particular, customers who had unauthorized or incorrect electronic transfers to or from their accounts--including chargebacks, refunds or charges related to PayPal's Seller Protection Policy--will be considered for eligibility, the company said.
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In addition, PayPal will review settlement applications from people who asked for information about the limits on their accounts, but who never received a response from the company.
The eBay subsidiary said it will set up a $1 million statutory damage fund that will be distributed equally among claimants who do not meet the preapproved guidelines, but who can prove the company's business practices caused them financial harm.
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We asked travel writers Robert Cross (R.C.), Toni Stroud (T.S.) and Alan Solomon (A.S.) where they'd go on a two- or three-day weekend in each of eight Midwestern states. Here are their backyard picks:
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Even if your own neighborhood is within commuting distance, Chicago still has plenty of exotic enclaves worth exploration. The city displays its perennial tourist favorites, of course: Michigan Avenue, museums, etc. That's the beginner's tour. Branch out and take a look at Pilsen for a touch of Mexico. Venture into artsy Bucktown/Wicker Park. Or try Little Italy and Chinatown. Both offer glimpses of old cultures and food that's out of this world. --R.C.
Pack a fishing pole, some hiking shoes and a hearty appetite to head for what was once Black Hawk country. Near Oregon, on a bluff above the Rock River, visit the 50-foot-tall American Indian statue--most people think it's Chief Black Hawk--in Lowden State Park. At White Pines Forest State Park, also near Oregon, sleep in a log cabin and rise for the Paul Bunyan Breakfast at the park's restaurant. Work it off on the 13 miles of cliff-top and canyon trails at Starved Rock State Park, near Utica. --T.S.
Don't know if it's the beauty of the place or the revelation that it's here at all. It's safe to say Shawnee National Forest and its wonders--Garden of the Gods and Giant City, to name two--are mysteries to most of Chicago, but here they are, at the Foot of Illinois, waiting to be discovered by you. These are big rock formations, the kind that don't belong in the flatlands, amid deep forests whose insides feel forever untrampled. And--surprise--they're right down the road. --A.S.
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Quite a nifty metropolis they have going down there in mid-state. Indianapolis has more big-league credentials than most capitals, starting with NFL and NBA teams. Its downtown comes complete with a large park, a first-class art museum and a children's museum so big it has a wing just for dinosaurs. Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians sheds light on indigenous cultures. And Indianapolis Motor Speedway has a museum too. Any way you look at it, the word for Nap Town is varroomm.
There's more to South Bend than Notre Dame, but that's the place to start. Its statue-topped dome is covered in 23-karat gold leaf. Then, test your sports prowess in interactive exhibits at the College Football Hall of Fame or trace the history of American transportation--including a Conestoga wagon--at the Studebaker National Museum. Sit down to heartland cuisine at the historic Studebaker mansion, now Tippecanoe Place restaurant. Dessert? Tour South Bend Chocolate Factory.
Railroads and highways sank the riverboat traffic, and the floods did the rest, all but finishing most of the small Indiana Ohio River towns. The plus-side for us is today, below the bluffs, we have a string of time-capsule villages, most struggling but all fascinating in their way, each--if you ask--with a story to tell. Special among them, a survivor: Madison. The entire town center is a National Historic Landmark District, and it should be. Come see . . .
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People heading west often pause for a spell in Galena, where Illinois rolls toward the Mississippi. A good stop for antiques and charm, Galena is, but just about 15 miles west and across the bridge, there's another don't-miss town, Dubuque. It has the fine National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium and other riverfront attractions. A short steep-incline railway takes people to the blufftops. And still more views can be had from overlooks in Eagle Point Park. You might even see Galena.


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NXTs or RCXs
Assorted building materials.
Computer running ROBOLAB or MINDSTORMS
Set up a flat track that is five feet long with a start and finish and set up the ramp.
Collect necessary materials.
Arrange students into groups of 4.
Distribute the necessary materials.
Mechanical advantage of gears
- Small gear on motor, larger gear on wheel and axle for more torque to drive up the ramp
- Large gear on motor, small gear on wheel and axle for more speed to drive across the floor
Weight distribution of vehicle
- More weight on the front of the ramp vehicle
- Less weight for the entire floor vehicle
- Wide wheels for more contact surface area on the ramp vehicle
- Narrow wheels for less contact surface area on the floor vehicle
- Spacing between wheels and sides of vehicle so that the wheels rotate without rubbing
- Large diameter wheels in the front of the ramp vehicle
- Ramp vehicle should be short in length
- Long floor vehicles with four wheels to ensure that the vehicle travels as straight as possible towards the stationary ramp vehicle
- Introduce the activity and tell students that two people in their group will build and program a car to travel as fast as possible on a flat surface, and the other two people will be building a programming a car to drive up a ramp.
- Allow students to build their cars. Remind students that gears might help them build a car that can climb a ramp.
- Have students program their vehicles.
- The first vehicle must travel 5 feet to the base of a ramp and then stop. The students should use time to stop their robot, or use a light sensor if the course is marked with tape.
- When the first vehicle stops, it must send a message to the second vehicle (a number). This will trigger the second vehicle to start climbing the ramp.
- The second vehicle should start climbing the ramp when it receives the message from the first vehicle.
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This is not a separate add on, it is a search engine addition the same as the one on Mycroft. Although you do have the option to have an extra search box on your toolbar if you want, you don't need it.
This did give me a pretty comprehensive list of hard to find torrents, with the most recent and healthiest at the top. However, it doesn't list the number of Seeders so I probably won't use it much. Clicking on each link to find out if it's healthy is annoying. (I miss Isohunt!)


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Down a somewhat private lane on the west side of Fontana Park in Buchanan County sit two solid new cabins — prime examples of sustainable resources, says Buchanan County Conservation Executive Director Dan Cohen.
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Huche'er was a general serving under the warlord Zhang Xiu during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history. He was not of Chinese origin, and some historians believe he may have come from a Slavic background, although others assert it is much more probable that he was of Magyar, Turkic, Jewish, Hun or Persian ancestry.[citation needed]
Huche'er fought for Dong Zhuo until Dong's death, whereupon he then became a general under Zhang Xiu. He was said to have been the greatest warrior of Zhang Xiu's army, and even Cao Cao gave gold to him for his prowess when Zhang Xiu surrendered. In the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, on the night of the Battle of Wancheng, Huche'er stole Dian Wei's weapon, ensuring victory over Cao Cao's forces. He was not mentioned again in historical texts or the novel after the battle.
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I thought this was already done, because support for controller method-parameter validation should be available for all parameters.
I there a reason to exclude annotated (@RequestParam, etc.) method parameters? Is it not possible to validate primitive values?
Simple example:
For Paging-Support i need two request parameters: "start" & "size". "start" must have a positive value or 0 and "size" must have a positive value and also a maximum set.
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The problem here is that JSR-303 is only really defined for bean classes: The constraint annotations are expected to sit on the target model class. As a consequence, @Valid on a parameter with primitive type doesn't mean anything since the primitive type doesn't contain any constraint annotations... Instead, we'd have to support constraint annotations like @NotNull, @Size etc themselves as parameter annotations. We can certainly consider that.
I've started to look into this feature, would it be okay to assume that "primitive" arguments are annotated with javax.validation-annotations? (More precisely, annotated with annotations that themselves are annotated with javax.validation.Constraint.)
"Complex" arguments (which internally are annotated with javax.validation-annotations) should be annotated with @Valid or @Validated?
I also assume that the solution can't reference classes/interfaces from javax.validation?
I was perhaps a bit enthusiastic about the solution. The upcoming release of Validation-api 1.1 could help a lot, but then again maybe it isn't possible to bump the validation-api version right away.
Another possible solution could be to use a bytecode modifier to create a class with the correct annotations, but that seems somewhat like a hack?
My attempted solution would add a "validate" method called from AbstractNamedValueMethodArgumentResolver.resolveArgument, seems like it could handle @RequestParameter, @RequestHeader and @PathVariable.
Is this topic still on the possible roadmap? I have the same problem, and fixed it for my case. I think a similar solution that Johan Kindgren proposed. Nevertheless I would prefer if this will be supported as a standard spring feature, so I can remove my workaround an simply provide custom validation Annotations and Classes.
The underlying implementation for this, i.e. the ability to validate method parameters, has run into unexpected challenges. For a proper resolution unfortunately we'll have to revisit in 4.2, after SPR-11900 is resolved (see comments there for further detail).


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WALLA WALLA — A steady rain forced the postponement of several athletic events around the Walla Walla Valley Wednesday.
The Walla Walla Sweets' game with the Wenatchee AppleSox was postponed.
The Sweets will play a twin bill with the AppleSox today beginning at 3:05 p.m. to make up the game.
The nightcap will begin at 6:05 p.m. or 30 minutes following the end of the first game.
Also delayed was the Walla Walla Little League All-City Championship game between Tom's Chevron and Baker Boyer at Valley Little League's field.
That game is scheduled to be played Saturday at a time to be determined.
The Walla Walla Bruins were scheduled for a game at Baker City, Ore., but did not make the trip due to the weather.
The Walla Walla Griz played a doubleheader against Pendleton, but results were not available as of press time.
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Cell Phone Addiction: How do cell phones affect peoples' lives, a psychological study Course: Reading and Writing II Professor: Michael Chen Presentor: Bena Ho, 95101065 Introduction • My topic: about how "cell phone addiction" affects peoples' lives • How is it related to audience? 1. As college students, almost every one of us possesses a cell phone. 2. Cell phone usage are common among our college students • 3. Have you ever felt that it's a "must" to check your cell phone everyday, including text message, phone calls or voicemails? • 4. Dose using cell phone distract you from writing homework such as essays? RESEARCH QUESTION: I. What cell phone addiction symptoms do people have? II. How do people feel when they use their cell phones? Is there psychological and physical reasons which triggers these symptoms? First, what is cell phone addiction? • 1. Regarded as "Impulse Control Disorder" • 2. Cell Phone addiction symptoms check List: Do you have your cell phone with you constantly, even at home you have it in your pocket or right next to you? Do you find someone to call as soon as you leave the classroom? Do you always feel anxious about your cell phone, especially when you are unable to use it ? (e.x. in class) Do you take cell phone breaks while doing homework? Do you experience high levels of anxiety, stress, or insecurity whenever you are without your cell phone? Do you sometimes believe your phone is ringing, but when you answer it or listen longer you find it wasn't ringing at all (known as 'phantom ringing')? International Center for Media & the Public Affairs This chart shows the emotions and reactions of students in 10 countries who went without media for 24 hours. The numbers represent relative weights for each country. CELL PHONE ADDICTION • Cell phone addiction • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27KNuVY1N t0&feature=related • Texting addiction • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9umfbZTF iI&feature=related SURVEY founds that… • According to the survey conducted by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project: "(In the U.S.,)cell phone ownership is especially prominent among young adults, as 96% of 18-29 year olds now own a mobile phone." (Aaron Smith) In Stanford's study of Iphone Addiction: • College students: • TOTAL participants:200 • "75 percent confessed to sleeping with their iPhone next to them." • "15 percent said the iPhone was turning them into a media addict" • "30 percent referred to their smartphone as a doorway into the world." • 41 percent felt it would be "a tragedy" to lose their iPhone." How does cell phone addiction happen? Physically: • The Brain-wiring Center • a brain messenger (controls activities such as reward, feeling good) • Neurotransmitter • Dopamine • Feeling of Euphoria!! "Dopamine is responsible for the euphoria that addicts chase, …the addict becomes conditioned to compulsively seek, crave and recreate the sense of elation while off-line or off-drug." • Dopamine transmits the feeling of euphoria for N times (repeat over and over again !) Brain"s Pleasure Center Addiction! Brain Pleasure Center The brain-wiring Dopamine system Brain neurotransmitter messenger(control feeling of reward) How does cell phone addiction happen? Psychologically: adolescence mind • According to Jessor (1977): • 1. gain admission to peer groups, demonstrate identification with a youth subculture • 2. confirm personal identity • 3. express opposition to adult authority and conventional society • 4. take control of their lives • 5. make a development transition into young adulthood • 6.Pleasure and fun-seeking Why "addict"? • After doing some search, I found that… • Cell phone over-use v.s CBT(cognitive behavioral therapy): • "Cognitive restructuring exercises are also introduced to help the person recognize why behavioural avoidance, reassurance-seeking behaviours and "safety" behaviours (e.g., the person experiencing panic who always carries a cell phone just in case he or she needs to call for help) are unhelpful long-term strategies. CBT has been found to be effective for all the anxiety disorders." (Center of Addiction and Mental Health) Working as Slot machine--addictive • Brain trained to have associative learning: memory • Create an relationship between the feeling of winning to the act of gambling/addiction(cell phone overuse) • During the intermittent time: your brain springs up the craving of checking cell phones Therefore, conclusion: • Cell phone addiction is very likely arisen from: • 1. a kind of cognitive behavioral disorder (anxiety of insecurity) • 2. associative learning form (create associative memory, expect, and craving) • 3. For young adults: to gain admission to peer groups, express opposition to adult authority, and make a development transition into young adulthood THANK YOU Have you use your cell phone today?
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Francisca Okonkwo is a Nigerian Consultant Public Health Physician with considerable research experience. Her penchant for health promotion and prevention is demonstrated by the community health screening for chronic non-communicable diseases and awareness projects she has facilitated. Francisca Okonkwo has been training consultant and facilitator for Malaria Control and Polio Global Control programmes respectively. She has also been a training consultant for Cervical Cancer Screening using low cost measures. As an experienced team worker, Francisca Okonkwo is actively engaged in HIV/AIDS awareness and management programmes, has been guest lecturer at several health seminars and is committed to continuous learning for professional development.
PAPER TITLE: The Nigerian Family and Health Specific Millennium Development Goals.
Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji is a graduate of Economic Planning and Cybernetics. He is an alumnus of the Babes-Bolayai University; the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania; the Lagos Business School, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji became the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly in 2005. Under his leadership, many dynamic Laws particularly those fostering women and children's rights such as: the Lagos State Free Universal Basic Education Law 2005; the Child Rights Law 2007; the Lagos Domestic Violence Law 2007; the Lagos State Health Sector and Hospital Management Board Reform Law were passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly.
PAPER TITLE: Evidence-Based Policy Formulation for the Attainment of a Knowledge and family Based Economy in Nigeria by 2025 – Fact or Fiction.
FUNMILAYO FOLARANMI (PhD)
Dr Funmi Folaranmi is a Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Work, University of Ibadan. Her area of specialisation is social welfare with a concentration on school social work. Funmi has published articles on women's issues, the girl-child education and high school adolescents. Funmi was a visiting scholar to the School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania in 2003 and was at Nairobi in 2006 for a Pan-African meeting in social work (where she was elected the West Africa Representative for the Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa - ASSWA). She was the Acting Head, Department of Social Work, University of Ibadan (2010 – 2012) and is currently the Chairman of the accreditation board of Nigerian Association of Social Work Educators (NASWE).
PAPER TITLE: Impact of Poverty on Families: Assessing Family-Oriented Poverty Alleviation Policies and Programmes in Nigeria.
Stephen Afolami attended St. Patrick's College, Oka from 1964 to 1968. Thereafter he attended the University of Ibadan from 1970 to 1974; and from 1983 to 1987 for his bachelors and advanced degrees respectively. Stephen Afolami has received several grants to facilitate travel for conferences, research meetings and workshops in North and South America, Europe and Africa. He has been President of the Nigerian Association for Family Development and a foundation member of the Federation of Family Academics in Africa (FOFA). Stephen Afolami is the Pioneer Vice-Chancellor of St. Augustine University, the Catholic University of Lagos Archdiocese.


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Disclosed are optical fiber devices incorporating optical fibers with total dispersion greater than material dispersion, and with preferred dispersion values less than +50 ps/nm-km. The desired dispersion values are obtained when light resides substantially in a single higher order mode (HOM) of the fiber, typically the LP02 mode. The optical fibers also preferably have substantial separation between the effective indices of the HOM and any other mode.
1. Optical device comprising:
a) a light source operating at less than 1300 nm,
b) a first length of optical fiber attached to the light source, the optical fiber having a core and a cladding wherein said core propagates light with a wavelength less than 1300 nm in a first mode,
c) a mode converter attached to the first length of optical fiber for converting light in the first mode to light in a second, higher order, mode (HOM),
d) a second length of all-solid glass optical fiber attached to the mode converter the second length of optical fiber having a core and a cladding,
e) a second mode converter attached to the second length of optical fiber for converting the HOM to a lower order mode, wherein:
i the effective index of the HOM is different from that of
any other mode propagating in the said core by at least 0.0001, and
ii the total dispersion value of said HOM over the length of the second length of optical fiber is positive and greater than zero and less than +50 ps/nm-km.
2. The optical device of
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This application is a Division of application Ser. No. 11/367,495, filed Mar. 4, 2006 now abandoned.
The invention relates to optical fibers devices wherein the total dispersion of the device is greater than the material dispersion.
An optical fiber can guide light with multiple spatial patterns, each of which is uniquely designated as a transverse mode of the fiber (hereafter, called mode, for brevity). The dispersive characteristics of an optical signal in a fiber depend on the mode in which it is travelling. Thus, each mode may be characterised with a dispersion value specific to it. The dispersion of a mode is roughly equal to the sum of the material dispersion (Dm) and waveguide dispersion (Dw). The material dispersion is the dispersion of the material in which the optical signal resides—that is, the material of which the fiber is made (most commonly, Silica with trace amounts of Germanium, Phosphorus, Fluorine and other dopants). The waveguide dispersion is due to the refractive index profile that defines a fiber waveguide. Hence, the dispersion of a mode (Dtotal=Dm+Dw) can be designed by suitably altering the refractive index profile of the fiber (which modifies Dw). As will be explained below, for most optical fiber designs, the waveguide dispersion Dw, is negative. Hence, while the refractive index profile of a fiber can designed to obtain extremely large, negative values of Dw, and hence the fiber dispersion Dtotal, of varying negative magnitudes can be achieved, most fibers are bounded by the material dispersion, in maximum achievable dispersion. Silica, even with a variety of dopants, has Dm>0 for wavelengths greater than roughly 1300 nm, and has Dm<0 for wavelengths below 1300 nm. Hence, most optical fibers can achieve positive or negative dispersion (Dtotal) for wavelengths greater than 1300 nm, but possess only Dtotal<0 for wavelengths below 1300 nm.
The optical response of an optical pulse in a fiber depends critically on the dispersion it experiences. This is true for both linear effects such as pulse spreading, and nonlinear effects such as pulse distortion and soliton formation. Hence, the dispersion of a fiber plays a key role in designing fiber-based devices. Whereas optical fiber communications systems typically operate at 1300 nm or between 1500 and 1650 nm, many other important optical systems operate at lower wavelengths. A preferred wavelength of operation for fiber lasers is at 1060 nm. The ubiquitous titanium-doped sapphire laser, which is used in several pump-probe experiments as well as in biomedical imaging or therapy, typically operates in wavelength range of 700 nm to 1000 nm. Finally, all wavelengths visible to the human eye, and hence wavelengths at which several commercial gadgets such as the laser pointer work, spans the range of 400 to 700 nm. Common to all these applications is a wavelength of operation below 1300 nm, where the silica fiber offers only negative dispersion. Fibers that have positive or zero dispersion in these wavelength ranges would enable propagation of solitons and generate broadband supercontinua, of interest to biomedical imaging systems, for instance. For many of these systems, positive but low dispersion fibers are required at these wavelengths. Hence, there is a need for optical fibers that can provide stable propagation for optical pulses of wavelength less than 1300 nm, whose dispersion is positive and can be adjusted by suitably designing the refractive index profile. This requires a fiber whose waveguide dispersion Dw can be designed to be greater than zero in any desired wavelength range.
Most optical fibers are single-moded, which means that they support only the lowest order, fundamental mode, also designated as the LP01 mode. The two numerals in the subscript refer to the number of intensity minimas (zeroes) the spatial light pattern has, in the azimuthal (1st subscript) and radial (2nd subscript) directions, respectively. As mentioned earlier, the LP01 in standard silica fibers where the refractive index profile is defined by various dopants to silica, can achieve only Dw<0. Thus, the entire class of these fibers can have a maximum Dtotal=Dm, the material dispersion of silica. Since Dm<0 for wavelengths<1300 nm, it is not possible to achieve Dtotal>0 in this wavelength range.
Fibers that contain air holes that extend longitudinally along the axis of the fiber (called air-silica fibers, hereafter) possess interesting properties, as described by J. C. Knight and coworkers in volume 12, page 807 of the July 2000 issue of the IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, entitled "Anomalous Dispersion in Photonic Crystal Fiber." They demonstrate that air-silica fibers can achieve large positive dispersion in any wavelength range. However, the dispersion of air-silica fibers is closely tied to their modal areas, and it is not possible to achieve high dispersion as well as large effective modal areas—hence, this design space would be of limited use in systems requiring high positive dispersion but also low nonlinearities. In addition, these fibers are known to have high birefringence and loss, both of which diminish their utility in practical systems. Moreover, an all-solid fiber made by conventional technology will always be cheaper than fibers that require manual assembly of the fiber preforms (as is the case with air-silica fibers). These fibers also have termination problems—splices to other fibers lead to loss, changes in optical properties, and cannot be made reliably.
Lysiansky, Rosenblit and Wei disclosed an alternative technique to obtain Dw>0. In U.S. Pat. No. 6,724,964, they disclosed exemplary refractive index profiles of a solid (i.e. not air-silica) fiber that supports higher order modes (HOM) in addition to the LP01 mode, where the waveguide design yields dispersion greater than +50 ps/nm-km for the LP02 or LP03 mode. However, these designs do not enable achieving zero or low positive dispersion values in the wavelength range<1300 nm, and hence cannot be utilized for applications such as soliton compression and supercontinuum generation, typically exploited with lasers in the wavelength range of 700-900 nm. In addition, these HOM fibers suffer from a severe drawback common to most fibers that support more than a single mode. While it is desired to have light residing substantially in the desired HOM, the presence of other modes makes such designs susceptible to mode coupling, by which process light can either be lost or can cause deleterious interference-noise problems. Such mode coupling increases as the difference in effective index (neff) between the desired modes and any other mode, decreases. The design space disclosed by the above authors leads to identical neff for the LP02 and LP11 modes, at the operation wavelengths. Hence these designs are especially susceptible to both interference noise and loss.
Hence, there exists the need for a fiber that can be manufactured by conventional fabrication techniques, whose refractive index profile is such that it yields not only positive dispersion of any magnitude in any wavelength range, but also ensures that the modal spacings in the fiber are such that the fiber is not susceptible to mode coupling.
The present invention is directed to optical fiber devices incorporating optical fibers with refractive index profiles that yield Dtotal>Dm in any wavelength range such that Dtotal<+50 ps/nm-km, as would be desired in a variety of fiber devices exploiting optical nonlinearities. The aforementioned refractive index profile yields the given dispersion values when light resides substantially in a single higher order mode (HOM) of the fiber. Typically, this HOM would be the LP02 mode of the fiber, but those skilled in the art will realize that such designs can be extended to other HOMs, such as the LP11 or the LP03 modes. We show exemplary profiles that provide small positive Dtotal (<+50 ps/nm-km) in the wavelength range of 820-900 nm, as well as 1040-1160 nm, since these wavelength ranges are especially of interest for nonlinear fiber-optical devices, and it is in these wavelength ranges that conventional silica fiber has Dtotal<0 , motivating the need for alternatives.
Also disclosed here is a refractive index profile that yields Dtotal>Dm in any wavelength range, with no constraints on the magnitude of dispersion Dtotal, but that simultaneously yields stable, mode-coupling-free propagation of the signal. To achieve the latter characteristic, the fiber designs are constrained to those that additionally achieve a difference in neff (designated as Δneff hereafter) between the desired HOM and any other mode, of an absolute value greater than 10−4. Fibers, as those whose designs are disclosed here, that achieve Dtotal>0 and absolute value of Δneff>10−4 will enable a variety of fiber devices in the wavelength ranges<1300 nm, for which only bulk-optic devices exist currently.
The present invention also relates to an apparatus for obtaining a device with Dtotal>Dm comprising the fiber and at least one mode converter that converts the incoming light into the desired HOM of the fiber, such that light propagation occurs substantially in the desired mode. In some cases, this device will also comprise a mode converter at the output of the device, so as to obtain a familiar Gaussian spatial pattern of light out of the device.
In one embodiment, the mode converter is a static or tunable long-period fiber grating.
Those skilled in the art will realize that the waveguide dispersion of a medium is approximately constant with respect to a complimentary scaling of waveguide dimensions and wavelength of operation, as described in detail by Snyder and Love in Optical Waveguide Theory, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1983. The complimentary scaling concept states that a waveguide has approximately the same waveguide dispersion Dw, for a given ratio of the dimensional scale of the waveguide to the wavelength of operation. Hence, those skilled in the art will realise that while
Described thus far are two exemplary fiber refractive index profiles. One yields Dtotal greater than the material dispersion Dm, of the medium (usually silica, with trace dopants), but Dtotal<50 ps/nm-km, in the wavelength range<1300 nm. The other provides for dispersion Dtotal>material dispersion Dm, with arbitrarily high positive values for Dtotal, at wavelengths<1300 nm, such that Δneff between the desired and parasitic modes is always>10−4, so as so ensure stable operation.
All the discussion above described fibers in which the preferred mode of operation was the LP02 mode. The same design techniques may be implemented to yield a fiber in which propagation occurs in another higher order mode, possessing the dispersive and stability characteristics described above.
Optical devices using the aforementioned inventive fibers will require mode converters in order to introduce the optical signal into the preferred mode of the HOM fiber. Hence an incoming optical beam, usually Gaussian in spatial pattern because that is the mode of choice for conventional fibers as well as free-space beams, must be spatially converted into the preferred HOM with high efficiency. This can be readily achieved with suitably designed long-period fiber-gratings, whose operation as both static and dynamic mode converters is described in detail in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,084,996 and 6,768,835. Fiber-grating mode-converters can achieve losses as low as 0.1 dB while providing mode conversion efficiencies as high as 99.99%, as experimentally demonstrated by Ramachandran et al, and described in Optics Letters, vol. 27, p. 698, 2002, entitled "Bandwidth control of long-period grating-based mode converters in few-mode fibers." An exemplary device construction using fiber gratings is shown in
As described, the optical fiber device is designed for propagation of a higher order mode (HOM) in a section of optical waveguide, preferably an optical fiber, such that the total dispersion in the section of optical fiber is greater than the material dispersion in the section of optical waveguide. To achieve this, the optical waveguide/fiber supports propagation of the HOM as the main propagating mode, i.e. with most of the optical energy in the preferred HOM. As stated earlier, to ensure that most of the optical energy remains in the preferred HOM, i.e. is not mode converted, the preferred HOM has an effective refractive index that is different from the effective refractive index for any other mode by at least 0.0001. For the purpose of defining the invention, an optical fiber having this characteristic may be referred to as a few mode fiber, i.e., one that supports at least one mode in addition to a fundamental mode.
Various additional modifications of this invention will occur to those skilled in the art. All deviations from the specific teachings of this specification that basically rely on the principles and their equivalents through which the art has been advanced are properly considered within the scope of the invention as described and claimed.
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01 r1150gs thoughts
I need help from the GSpot inmates as this could be my first 2 wheel BMW purchase...
Found a 2001 1150gs with ~75k mile, well appointed and cared for, and being brokered by a very reputable dealer. Price seems in line - now, what do I look for- issue wise? Wants: smooth, reliable, comfortable single and two up riding. Pans: I don't want a maintenance queen.... Need great mile eating capabilities, city and highway.
I'm a very seasoned rider, dirt and street. Had many bikes, currently only have a oldWing, just sold my dl1k to a friend.
I'd be greatly indebted for some honest advice and direction. :1drink
Only the basics
Apart from all the basic stuff like service records, smoking engine, excessive or unusual noise (good luck with that one), brake smoothness, rideability etc, the only other worthwhile check is the rear wheel play at 12/6 and 3/9 positions. Any bike that rides fine can have issues about to rear their head. I doubt the dealer will allow you to drop rear drive oils, or check splines, or do any other sort of tear-down. Second hand? Good condition? Reputable dealer? You still take your chances unless you get an iron-clad warrenty period that covers all mechanical failures in the first x months or x miles. That is something we don't get here with second-hand motorcycles.
Best thing you can do is go through the existing records and confirm any major issues in the past. If the records are just book stamps on service intervals, or no records, then it had better be cheap enough to cover any realistic potential failure. Can you contact the last owner? That's always a good thing to do here, if the records identify them and the dealer is willing to put you in contact.
Interesting question 'cus I purchased an '01 R1150GS with just 21k total miles less than a month ago (advertised here but I'd already seen the moto). Lately, I seem to be buying older low mileage motos rather than new, which had been my usual for the prior 40 yrs. Mine is in fine overall mechanical condition with very few minor cosmetic warts (hey, I am anal), but 75k miles on the one you are considering would deter me unless priced right and all service records provided.
Thanks ya'll:thumb
Some things you should ask:
1) Were the rear pivot bearings routinely serviced? If not they need to be replaced.
2) Were the brake hoses changed-when? Rubber lines degrade. I've seen a recommend replacement interval of 7 years.
3) Was the left sided cam chain tensioner upgraded?
4) Were the zip ties near the steering head loosened to keep from breaking wires in the harness?
5) Are these the stock shocks? If so you will need to replace for optimal ride.
6) Do all bars on the gas gauge appear? Simple fix-clean the electrical connector; more difficult fix-go to Hall of WISDOM
Parts that have an increased risk of failure--be nice to know if ever replaced:
1) Clutch slave cylinder/rear input seal
2) Hall effect sensor
3) Starter
4) Rear drive big bearing
5) Metal attachment of clutch line to slave cylinder-corrodes and wiil leak
Really nice accessory if available
1) Touratech hard part to prevent front forks from breaking steering stops and denting tank during a drop
Places to check for cracks
1) Lower mount of front shock where it attaches to the telelever suspension
2) Rear frame part which holds rear seat and extends as short rack-if overloaded it will crack
01 gs
PM'd you...
the original rubber brake lines are prone to failure around this year (mine did).
After having taken a 2000 model 170.000 km (well over 100.000 miles) I bought a 2001 model 13 month ago, It had a mere 40.000 km on it.
On the "new" one I have replaced the brake lines, the clutch pump, the output seal from the trans and the input seal in the FD. All these are "typical". For the input to the FD you need a special tool, so bring the FD to a BMW shop and they'll do it for you in minutes. The rest is simple.
We're just back from a 13.000 km trip with a lot of luggage (540 kg gross!) and have covered 40.000 km since I bought it. Fully expect it to last another 50.000 km without major repair.
Or, if you like: I would not hesitate to buy a 75K miles bike if it looks as if it has been taken care of.
Works well, and gives awesome stopping power.
However, it is an electrical pump, and it is doomed to fail some day.
A new one costs in the order of 1500 euro.
In real terms: If it fails you will end up converting your bike into a non-ABS bike.
And who would want a non-ABS bike?
For the 1150, the 00-02 models are the best.
For er 12GS the best ones are the 08-09 models.
They type of failure I had was not typical, it was a circuit board related issue. I live where the summer temps are also above 110 degrees (45 C) and it pushed the life of the electronics beyond their limit. Since the repair I have put almost 10K on the bike without any issue. This included a 7400 mile trip through Mexico into Honduras and back. The ABS worked flawlessly and continues to keep me in happy camper mode.
Other than the ABS issue, I have not experienced any problems whatsoever with my '01. It has 59K on it and will likely see 159K someday.
Incidentally, 01's do not have the problematic servo ABS units. They have ABS-II. They are not without issues but all of these mechanical pumps have a service life and it seems that the ABS-II unit life is somewhere around 15 years give or take a few.
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Admittedly, Weinergate came with a set of fun photos to titter over.
1610s, "giggle in a suppressed or covert way," probably of imitative origin. Related: Tittered; tittering. The noun is first recorded 1728.


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National Weather Service says chance of hours of below freezing temperatures from 9 p.m Wednesday to 9 a.m. Thursday
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Public Record Office Victoria holds extensive records from many of the institutions which have provided some form of care or control over people with a mental illness and people with an intellectual disability. Most of these records are clinical records, documenting the treatment of individuals admitted to mental institutions.
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Kew Asylum – Register of Patients 1871-1919
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