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DIY: BMW E46 In-Car PC Project (Carputer)
Hello all! I'm posting my DIY project of installing a computer system in my BMW E46 Coupe. The project is complete right now and took me around 2 weeks. Prices are in GBP but in US all the parts are definitely cheaper!
My plan was to put the pc case on top of the battery cover using special suspension mechanism and the radio (without its face) below the case (between case and battery cover). Battery cover seems solid enough to hold the weight of these two. Then, cables will be routed from trunk, below the rear seats, through the middle of the car and continue under the handbrake, gear stick, ashtray, and end up in dash.
I have bought:
1. VIA Mini-ITX motherboard (***163;60 - Ebay)
2. 512 MB DDR SDRAM (***163;13 - Ebay)
3. 80GB 2.5" Fujitsu HDD (***163;55 - My PC shop)
4. 3x 40mm Cooling Fans (***163;4 - Local electronics shop)
5. Laptop hard drive to IDE converter (***163;5 - Ebay)
6. Full aluminum case (***163;39 - Ebay)
7. Xenarc 7000 TSV Touchscreen (***163;200 - Ebay USA)
8. M2 160W ATX DC-DC Power Supply (***163;43 - Shop)
9. Kenwood KDC-W6531 (***163;110 - Ebay)
10. BMW Multistalk Adapter to keep steering wheel control (***163;33 - Ebay)
11. Antenna extension plugs
12. CUSTOM Made Bezel to accommodate the Touchscreen in the place of OEM radio and climate control. I have fabricated the bezel using resin. It will be painted with black metallic paint to match interior trim.
13. OEM BMW climate control relocation unit
14. BMW ISO plug to Kenwood plug converter
15. Lots of cables:
- 60m of cable (to wire Radio from dash to trunk (You need 13 wires total for the BMW ISO Radio connection and 2 for PC On/Off)
- 10m of shielded communications cable to link radio faceplate with the rest of the radio (radio in trunk, faceplate next to hand brake)
- 6m Shielded RG-58 cable for antenna extension + plugs
- 6m Shielded 2-wire cable for multistalk adaptor connection
- 4m XGA Extension cord (NOT VGA)
- 3x5m USB Extension leads (1 for Touchscreen and 2 for extras)
- 100 male/female connectors
The hardware part; motherboard, hard disk, RAM, connectors, etc
The DC-DC M2 power supply. I chose this product because of the very good reviews and its ability to provide 12v even when the engine is started. I have set it so that it will send an OFF signal after 30seconds when I switch off the car from accessory key position. This PSU monitors battery voltage and will switch off immediately when voltage drops below 11v to prevent battery drain.
The case. I got this from Sweeden and it's a perfect box for such a project. Solid 5mm aluminium with 3x40mm fan slots and air filter. Fits just fine over the battery cover. It provides mounting points for PSU, mobo and hard drive.
Motherboard, Hard Disk, and M2 Power supply mounted on the base of the pc case. The hard disk is mounted below the power supply which makes it a bit time consuming to change a hard drive but hopefully the silicone mounts and the suspension system will keep the disk fit. I also installed the 3x40mm fans on the other part of the case and connected them all together to avoid having 3 huge Molex connectors hanging around.
I temporary closed it to test if it works and to install Windows XP stripped version for increase performance (only basic drivers installed and services).
The battery cover:
I have secured 4 10cm screws that will hold the pc in place. Why so high? The radio will be below the pc and I also need some extra height to put the shock absorber springs.
The PC mounted and the radio
The car management program is the "Centrafuse". It's quite nice, I like the interface, it also provides large buttons to access functions which come handy when driving. I'll put it in the startup folder of windows so that it automatically loads when the pc is booted. I'll probably get or make a nice BMW theme for it.
The wiring:
I run all my cables through this hole behind the rear seatbelt. Good thing the car is pre-drilled and there's a rubber cover which I cut according to the diameter of my cables.
More photos..
LOL that small black box where the positive battery wire goes to has a fuse branded "LITTLE FUSE" .. it's 250 Amperes.. Car will probably melt before this fuse blows..
This is how all the wires look.. Just found out that my rear window has been changed.. Under the seats is full of broken glass..
Now I have to get the cables under the carpeting and route them where the handbrake is located. The carpet is 50mm thick with soft foam underneath which is good because cables will not be pressed hard.
First the XGA cable must go through. Almost impossible because of its VGA connector. I slightly lifted the carpet and managed to pull it through by attaching it to another flexible cable, like the one electricians use to pull cables through the walls.
The XGA cable coming out of the handbrake. Use XGA instead of VGA for the extra shielding.
Now the rest of the cables..
So many cables..
On the right you can see the resistors/capacitor for the rear led fix..
I tried to spread the cables so that the rear seat doesn't press them too hard..
Wiring under the middle section of the carpet done..
Wires must go now under the handbrake assembly, gear stick covers, and ashtray
I have installed the climate control relocation unit and the climate control is ready to migrate below.
I did not cut ANY BMW wire. I used BMW to ISO converter for the radio and used plugs to connect them with the loooong wires going in the trunk. The XGA extention stops just under the handbrake which is ideal because the Xenarc touchscreen already has a 1.5m cable.
For the Touchscreen, I took power from the radio switched line. 10W is not much to require any fuse upgrades.
I will also incorporate 2 usb ports somewhere for usb keyboard/mouse and memory sticks. PC control is mainly via the Touchscreen and the Centrafuse Car PC control software.
Initial testing..
All covers back and secured.
As you can see, most of the cables go underneath the handbrake cover. I have left outside 2 sets of shielded computer cable which will be used to connect the radio faceplate with the rest of the unit in the trunk. Also, I have 1 pair of wires for Hard ON/OFF (in case I'm going for a small ride and don't want the PC on) and 2 USB 2.0 which will all be somehow mounted over there.
This is the initial testing. TFT connected and system boots. Windows is loaded in 9 seconds or 4 seconds after hibernation. I got the latest Xenarc model with high brightness which makes a world difference during daylight.
A keyboard/mouse really helps and the 2 usb ports come really handy. I'll probably get one of those palm type mini keyboards to have it in the glove box, just in case.
The almost completed system. The double din bezel that will accommodate the TFT is painted with Metallic black paint and is left to dry until tomorrow. I have a friend done the paintwork who is a professional. 23 coats to get the OEM look
Now radio works fine. It was a nightmare to make that BMW ISO extension with all the plugs. Reception is perfect even with my 6m extra cable.
In the meantime, during the break I installed some chrome cluster rings. EASIEST mod ever. 10 minutes
Also got a new leather gear gaiter, original M-Tech gear knob to complete the refreshing of the interior.
Here, I mounted the On/Off switch, USB ports and the radio faceplate on the area of the handbrake, I don't have an armrest so plenty of space to work.
Wiring was relatively easy to do.. Just make sure you DON'T forget to run a wire.. trust me..
The project is Almost done. The bezel, painted in metallic black and the Xenarc TFT fitted. Went for a ride a few minutes ago and it worked fine!
The handmade bezel.. Ready for fitting the tft after a whole week of sanding, painting, sanding painting... to get a good fit for the double DIN of the car and to accept the tft.
Bezel in place. I had to use longer screws to reach the back of the leather dash to secure the bezel.
Here are the night shots of the carputer working...
Main menu page 1
Main menu page 2
Main menu page 3
The OBD menu
OBD page 2
Media menus..
Internet browser
Settings menu
Radio face must move from here:
To here:
I use this filler for the job. It's ready to sandpaper it within 20 minutes of use therefore I can work fast. Once hard it can also be drilled.
This is the rough shape of the radio base
Lots of sandpaper-ing to have a flat surface for the radio faceplate to sit on.
I have secured the USB and On/Off switch using some aluminum foil..
USB ports and the on/off switch have been sealed with plastic film to prevent filler getting in
I need 4 parallel ports for the faceplate moving. I would like to be able to disconnect both radio and faceplate without cutting wires so the parallel ports are the best solution.
The first 2 parallel ports are placed in the space near the handbrake and the other 2 ports back in the trunk.
Also my Linksys Wi-Fi USB is here.. A quick scan revealed 226 open networks and 45 locked..
This is for the faceplate installation. The parallel port on the left is soldered with the wire going under the carpets up to the trunk. The right part of the parallel port is soldered with the wires that will be connected on the radio faceplate
And the connections in the trunk.. A bit difficult but I did it eventually.
You have to be careful with the connections not to short anything and make sure the yellow/red/green/gray wires in front do end with the corresponding yellow/red/green/gray wires in the trunk
Finished sanding and painted in primer. Did 5 coats to get an even surface. For the final paint I chose Black semi-gloss to hopefully give a nice tone in the car.
USB and On/Off are covered with paper tape
Also covered the cables..
Black semi-gloss matches the interior perfectly! 2 coats until now but since that area will be experiencing a lot of stress I'm going to do about 20 coats plus acrylic lacquer for extra protection.
A bit of sanding is required on the perimeter of the USB ports. I did a thin coat of black paint just to see where it needs improving
I decided not to solder the 15 cables on the port where the face connects with the rest of the tuner but instead to open the radio and solder straight on the PCB.
Task: Stereo faceplate relocation from trunk to the space near handbrake
Problem: Even with high quality shielded communications cable the radio refuses to operate when the wire distance goes over ~1m. This must be due to some interference created by the long distance wires.
Problem solved.. Cat6 UTP cable worked just fine and radio is successfully relocated next to handbrake. I can say that the project has come to an end.
Some night shots
The tuner in the trunk..
You, sir, are a mad scientist. Nice work.
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text: Im alive today because of the Second Amendment and the natural right to keep and bear arms, declared John R. Salter Jr., one of the organizers of the famous non-violent sit-ins against segregated lunch counters in Jackson, Mississippi. Writing in 1994, Salter noted that he always traveled armed while working as a civil rights organizer in the Deep South. Like a martyred friend of mine, NAACP staffer Medgar W. Evers, I, too, was on many Klan death lists and I, too, traveled armed: a .38 special Smith and Wesson revolver and a 44/40 Winchester carbine, Salter wrote. The knowledge that I had these weapons and was willing to use them kept enemies at bay.


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The Syracuse commitment two touchdown passes to Steven Hollis (37 and 35 yards) and another of 37 yards to Austin Taylor.
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text: Marcus is a current student at Davidson College and a press intern for the American Action Forum. Despite a nomadic childhood, he likes to consider New York City his hometown. He has particular interests in foreign policy, international relations, and how the media reports on the news. In addition to a newfound appreciation for golf, Marcus likes to spend his free time travelling and exploring, fishing, going to the beach, and learning about new things.


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Tata Motors launches Nano in Bangladesh
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But the four-seater 624 cc Tata Nano, known to be the world's cheapest cars, will cost Taka 800,000 (USD1 = Taka 80) in Bangladesh.
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I wonder if they'll hold an auction if no one stops by to claim all those goodies?
This is a discussion on what was found in Austin dumpster within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; do you live in or near Austin? check out what someone found in a dumpster.i wonder what kind of ammo it was?was it stolen or ...
do you live in or near Austin? check out what someone found in a dumpster.i wonder what kind of ammo it was?was it stolen or girlfriend ticked off?
Assault Rifle Parts And Ammo Found In Austin Dumpster : Homeland Security News
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
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I wonder if they'll hold an auction if no one stops by to claim all those goodies?
Semper Fi
"The gun is the great equalizer... For it is the gun, that allows the meek to repel the monsters; Whom are bigger, stronger and without conscience, prey on those who without one, would surely perish."
Upper's can be purchased by anyone. It's not a gun and my guess is someone cleared out another family members stash. It doesn't state how much ammo was found so something more than 40 rounds and less than 100 would be my guess. Newspapers have a way of making stuff up.
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I know what I would do with all of that if I found it!
My old stomping grounds. What a waste, thousands of rounds.
Maybe I'll have to start checking out dumpsters.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." -Thomas Jefferson
"Liberalism is a Mental Disorder." -Michael Savage
GOOD Gun Control is being able to hit your target! -Myself
Darn it, why doesn't this kinda thing happen around me I never fall into any good deals til it's to late.
About 10 years ago a big drug bust went down across the street from me. It just so happens that I knew the Commander of the Inter- agency Drug task force (this whole incident has a long, kind of funny story behind it, which I won't go into here) at the time and the next day he told me the Caddy they confiscated had $250K in CASH in the trunk. I was like: "Gezz, how-a-about a little heads up, I could have used $250K bucks"
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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This was posted about back in May if I remember correctly.........
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Funny coverage. So much anxiety over rifle parts and ammo. Did you notice the people they interviewed? Boy do they have 'strange' Texas accents. And no serials numbers, oh my. Of course not: no recievers were there.
If I had found the stash, it would be mine! Unless the cops can prove it was stolen, if it's thrown away, it's finders-keepers.
"If we loose Freedom here, there's no place to escape to. This is the Last Place on Earth!" Ronald Reagan
Now we know what happens to black rifle parts after the government buys them all up so we can't have any.


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by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Wow! I just checked our stats and it turns out we had close to 400 people registered for my free teleseminar yesterday, "Love and Sex: What's Race Got to Do With It?"
Those of you who joined me live – thank you! Those of you who missed it, don't worry. If you registered, you will get an audio recording via email. (You can still register for the audio now if you'd like to hear it.)
As you know, this call was a preview to a new program I'm launching called The Racialicious Experience.
Let me tell you more about it.
I've been really inspired by the quarter million people who visit our blog Racialicious each month.
Our readers have told me that the blog is a refuge for them, a place where they can come to feel sane, and that it provides them with something that's missing in their offline lives: a safe space in which they can have relaxed, authentic, and productive conversations about race.
So I began thinking to myself: would it be possible to replicate those qualities of our blog into something bigger? Into a live experience?
And that's how The Racialicious Experience was born.
It's a 6-week program in which we'll explore how race impacts the way we view the world, our experiences in the workplace, our family life, our sexual and romantic relationships, and even the way we do or do not express our authentic selves. We'll conclude with the biggest question of all: Why does it even matter? At the end of the day, what's the human cost of racism?
One of things that I believe is missing from a lot of programs out there that explore race or diversity, is this human element.
A lot of corporate diversity training, for example, is really about telling you what you should or shouldn't do in the workplace. And there are a lot of programs that fall into the anti-racism or anti-oppression training category that can stay too much in the abstract: they deal with issues of racial justice, social justice, but often don't connect those issues to how these impact the actual lives of everyday people like you and me.
That's just one of the things that sets this program apart from others. I really want us to focus on how race and racism impact us as human beings. How it prevents us from forming real connections with one another. How it can even get in the way of allowing us to express our authentic selves. How does that impact our spirits? Our souls?
Now, I'd love to accept every person who applies for this program. But, there's just no way I can accommodate everyone and still provide the select, hands-on experience you need.
So, to honor my commitment to you, I've decided to limit enrollment to two select groups of 15 people.
Also, because it's so important to this experience that I create the kind of safe, intimate space that will most conducive to authentic conversation, I have created an application process for this program. Only those who are accepted will be able to participate in the program.
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Jan. 7, 2014
Friday, Jan. 10 -- at Grand Valley State Open (Kelly Family Sports Center), 11 a.m.
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The University of Michigan women's track and field team kicks off the 2013 indoor season on Friday (Jan. 10) at Grand Valley State's Bob Eubanks Open. The meet begins at 10 a.m. with the multi-events, but the Wolverines will begin with running events at 2 p.m. and field events at 3:30 p.m. at the Kelly Family Sports Center.
• The Wolverines return 27 letterwinners from the 2013 season and welcome 19 freshmen to the roster.
• U-M will be represented by 22 student-athletes at Grand Valley. Seven Wolverines will make their indoor career debut, including six true freshmen.
• Head coach James Henry begins his 30th season at the helm of the program. During his time at U-M, Henry has led the Wolverines to 14 Big Ten titles, including seven indoor and seven outdoor. U-M's track and cross country programs also teamed up to win a pair of triple crowns in 1993-94 and 2002-03 (Big Ten cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field titles in the same academic year). Individually, he has helped produce 153 NCAA All-Americans, 182 All-Big Ten honorees, 181 individual Big Ten champions, nine national champions and four national championship relay teams.
• Friday's meet will be the first of two times Michigan will compete at Grand Valley's Kelly Family Sports Center this season, as the Wolverines will take on Michigan State in a dual meet on Saturday, Feb. 1, at GVSU. It will mark the second straight year the Wolverines and Spartans will go head to head in a dual meet.
• Michigan returns four indoor All-Americans, including three that earned the honors during the 2013 season. Senior Erin Busbee (Cleveland, Ohio/Collinwood)and sophomore Maya Long (Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron) each earned All-America first team honors a year ago. Busbee finished sixth in the long jump, while Long ran the 400-meter leg of U-M's national champion distance medley relay team. Junior Shannon Osika (Waterford, Mich./Mott) earned All-America second team honors in the mile run for the second straight year, finishing 14th overall. Fifth-year senior Kiley Tobel (Commerce Twp., Mich./Walled Lake Western) earned All-America first team recognition in the pole vault during the 2012 season.
• Sophomore Cindy Ofili (Ypsilanti, Mich./Huron) will look to continue her success from her freshman campaign in the hurdles and short sprints. She made immediate contributions last season, finishing runner up in the 60-meter hurdles and seventh in the 60-meter dash at the 2013 Big Ten Indoor Championships.
• Michigan lost several Big Ten point scorers from its 2013 team to graduation. The Wolverines graduated 36 of its 89 total points in individual events as well as three members of its winning distance medley relay and two members of the seventh-place 4x400-meter relay -- Amanda Eccleston (Mile, 1st; 3,000m, 2nd), Meg Bellino (DMR - 400m, 1st; 4x4 Relay, 7th), Rebecca Addison (800m, 5th; DMR - 800m, 1st), Ada Unachukwu (triple jump, 3rd), Tofunmi Akeredolu (long jump, 7th) and Charlotte Cahill (4x4 Relay, 7th). Jillian Smith (800m, 3rd; DMR - Mile, 1st) has no remaining indoor eligibility but will return for her final outdoor season in the spring.
• In the Record Books: Senior Erin Busbee and fifth-year senior Kiley Tobel each hold indoor school records in their respective events. Busbee owns the indoor long jump record with a mark of 6.38 meters (20-11 1/4), which she recorded at a last-chance meet to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships. Busbee was ranked 71st in the nation heading into the last-chance meet, when her record-setting jump propelled her into a tie for seventh and onto the national championships, where she finished sixth. Tobel holds the indoor (4.23 meters, 13-10 1/2) and outdoor (4.25 meters, 13-11 1/4) pole vault program records.
• Lifetime Teammates: Sophomores Cindy Ofili and Maya Long, as well as junior Chinyere Onimo, were high school teammates at Huron High School in Ann Arbor. All three compete in sprinting events for the Wolverines.
• U-M Family Ties: Sophomore Cindy Ofili is the younger sister of former Wolverine, five-time NCAA champion and 2012 Olympian Tiffany (Ofili) Porter (2006-09) as well as Alex Ofili, who played football at U-M (2002, 04). Senior/junior Elly Mioduszewski is the younger sister of Melany Mioduszewski, who ran cross country and track for U-M in 2008 and 2009. Sophomore Hailey Middlebrook and freshman Darby Middlebrook are the only sisters on the roster this season. Senior Amber Smith, fifth-year senior Jillian Smith and freshman Jillian Smith have no relation.
• 2013 in Review: Coach Henry's 2013 squad produced its best Big Ten team finishes since 2009, placing third at the indoor conference meet and fourth at the outdoor event. Fifth-year senior Amanda Eccleston captured the indoor mile and outdoor 1,500-meter run titles and also ran the anchor leg of Michigan's NCAA champion distance medley relay, which set a new school record (10:56.46). Rebecca Addison, Jillian Smith and freshman sprinter Maya Long joined Eccleston on the winning relay. The Big Ten DMR (Shannon Osika, Meg Bellino, Smith and Addison) captured the program's 10th straight conference crown. In addition to U-M's DMR winning the national title, junior multi-event athlete Erin Busbee finished sixth in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships to propel the Wolverines to a tie for 15th place -- its best team result since 2009.
• Qualifying Standards for NCAA Championships: There are no qualifying standards for the championships season. There will be a track indexing standard to delineate the different indexing among flat, undersized, banked and oversized. Qualification to the championships is based on descending-order list for the season. For each individual event contested, the top 16 declared student-athletes will be accepted into the competition. For each relay event contested, the top 12 declared relay teams will be accepted into the competition. [ USTFCCCA Selection Criteria ]
• Championship Central: For the second straight year, the Big Ten Indoor Championships will be held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. Michigan finished third a year ago at the conference event -- its best finish since 2009. The NCAA Indoor Championships will be hosted by the University of New Mexico.
Saturday, Jan. 18 -- host Simmons-Harvey Invitational (U-M Indoor Track Building), 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, Feb. 1 -- vs. Michigan State (Allendale, Mich.), 6 p.m.


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- Ceremony: Sky Room
- Attraction: Disneyland
- Hotel: Ayres Hotel
- Attraction: Knott's Berry Farm
- Hotel: Best Western Hotel at the Convention Center
- Attraction: Long Beach Aquarium of Pacific
- Hotel: Courtyard-Long Beach Downtown
- Attraction: Universal Studios Hollywood
- Entertainment: The Pike at Rainbow Harbor
- Shopping: Rodeo Drive/Beverly Hills Shopping District
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Long Beach, CA 90802, United States
Ayres Hotel14400 Hindry Ave
Hawthorne, CA, United States
Best Western Hotel at the Convention Center517 E 1st St
Long Beach, CA 90802, US
Courtyard-Long Beach Downtown500 E 1st St
Long Beach, CA 90802, United States
The Pike at Rainbow Harbor95 South Pine Ave.
Long Beach, CA, United States
"Have fun in Long Beach! Explore the many things to do and see from the Historic Queen Mary and interactive Aquarium of the Pacific, to a helicopter tour and whale watching expedition, to sunbathing and spa-going. Whatever you choose you will find Long Beach is the perfect destination and The Pike is at the center of it all."
Disneyland1313 S Harbor Blvd
Anaheim, CA, United States
Knott's Berry Farm8039 Beach Blvd
Buena Park, CA, United States
"Knott's Berry Farm is one of the main tourist attractions in Southern California. The park consists of six themed areas. Besides dozens of rides and attractions, the park also features special live music and theater performances, great restaurants and many shops."
Long Beach Aquarium of Pacific100 Aquarium Way
Long Beach, CA, United States
"The Aquarium of the Pacific is Southern California"
Universal Studios Hollywood100 Universal City Plz
Universal City, CA, United States
"Universal Studios includes a full-day, movie-based theme park and Studio Tour, the CityWalk entertainment, shopping and dining complex, and the Universal CityWalk Cinemas."
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Beverly Hills, CA 90210, US
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Are there porn addiction symptoms? What do you look for if you suspect porn addiction, but don't know for sure?
The men who buy sex are your neighbors and colleagues…Men of all ages, races, religions, and backgrounds do it. Rich men do it, and poor men do it, in forms so varied and ubiquitous that they can be summoned at a moment's notice.
And yet surprisingly little is known about the age-old practice of buying sex, long assumed to be inevitable. No one even knows what proportion of the male population does it; estimates range from 16 percent to 80 percent.
And yet buying sex is so pervasive that Farley's team had a shockingly difficult time locating men who really don't do it. The use of pornography, phone sex, lap dances, and other services has become so widespread that the researchers were forced to loosen their definition in order to assemble a 100-person control group.
"We had big, big trouble finding nonusers," Farley says. "We finally had to settle on a definition of non-sex-buyers as men who have not been to a strip club more than two times in the past year, have not purchased a lap dance, have not used pornography more than one time in the last month, and have not purchased phone sex or the services of a sex worker, escort, erotic masseuse, or prostitute."
What does that say about our society's acceptance of selling sex today – when you have to lower the research standards to find enough men who don't buy sex? So what's that got to do with porn addiction symptoms? A lot.
The normalization of strip clubs, sexually orientated magazines like Maxim, and sexually suggestive images at almost every turn on the internet, should make porn addiction almost to be expected for men. Which supports why the researcher had such a hard time finding men who didn't buy sex. Having these things in your life are also potential symptoms of porn addiction.
Many experts believe the digital age has spawned an enormous increase in sexual exploitation; today anyone with access to the internet can easily make a "date" through online postings, escort agencies, and other suppliers who cater to virtually any sexual predilection. The burgeoning demand has led to a dizzying proliferation of services so commonplace that many men don't see erotic massages, strip clubs, or lap dances as forms of prostitution. "The more the commercial sex industry normalizes this behavior, the more of this behavior you get," says Norma Ramos, executive director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW).
Here are 3 porn addiction symptoms that can be seen in this research:
1. Lack of emotional connection with their partner during sex
Farley found that sex buyers were more likely to view sex as divorced from personal relationships than non-buyers, and they enjoyed the absence of emotional involvement with prostitutes, whom they saw as commodities. "Prostitution treats women as objects and not ... humans," said one john interviewed for the study.
2. Requests for unusual sex acts, such as anal sex
Farley's findings suggest that the use of prostitution and pornography may cause men to become more aggressive. Sex buyers in the study used significantly more pornography than non-buyers, and three quarters of them said they received their sex education from pornography, compared with slightly more than half of the non-buyers. "Over time, as a result of their prostitution and pornography use, sex buyers reported that their sexual preferences changed and they sought more sadomasochistic and anal sex," the study reported.
3. Aggression or anger around sex
"Prostitution can get you to think that things you may have done with a prostitute you should expect in a mutual loving relationship," said one john who was interviewed. Such beliefs inspire anger toward other women if they don't comply, impairing men's ability to sustain relationships with non-prostitutes (all excerpts from The John Next Door).
These are all porn addiction symptoms that I see in my work with men who have porn addictions. Please understand that these are possible symptoms of porn addiction, but are not a guarantee of it. It's important to also keep in mind that this study focused on the selling of sex, prostitution in particular, and porn addiction does not have to mean a man uses prostitutes, too.
Are there other porn addiction symptoms? Sure. Keeping computer or smart phone use secret, loss of interest in sex, seeking time alone or unaccountable are a few others. If you suspect a man you love may have a porn addiction, speak with a professional counselor who specializes in treating men addicted to porn.


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text: The final round took place at Steel City Raceway in Delmont, Pennsylvania, and upon driving to the track, the first thing that came to my mind was, Where in the hell did the VW bug on the pole go? And the second thing was how cool it was to have a massive billboard with Tim Ferry's picture on it right at the track entrance. I was already in a good mood and had only been there for 0.7 seconds. The 450 title was wrapped a while ago, but the 250s were still raging on. "Flyin" Ryan Dungey and Christophe "Kristofferso" Pourcel were battling for the title. After last week's disastrous DNF, Dungey was in the driver's seat, but you just never really know what can happen. Ask Grant Langston about that. Okay, you can go ahead and ask him, but the answer won't matter because Ryan Dungey is your 2009 250 AMA Motocross Champion! The Minnesota Mauler survived a season-long battle with Pourcel to emerge as the champion. Obviously, the Southwick race was a pivotal one in this battle, and even though Ryan won the plaque, money, chicks, and everything else that comes with a championship, I have a hard time deciding which rider was better. It came down to a mechanical, which was the only thing that could separate them. Great for Ryan, and with him signing with Suzuki for a full-time 450 ride next year and Pourcel looking for a 450 as well, these two should be able to renew their rivalry for many years to come. One thing that probably kept Dungey up at night this week was bad starts. You people realize that bad starts could do him in - it's a fight back there in the pack and anything goes. It's like the underground MMA fights that take place in Morgantown! But he started up front both times, despite the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki team surrounding him in the first moto. He not only started in the front, but he challenged Pourcel in the first moto. I'd have loved to read Roger DeCoster's mind when Dungey was racing around at top speed with Pourcel. Rolling over and taking the points was not in Dungey's game plan, and although he ended up second, it was surprising how much he got into the mix with his rival. Pourcel said in the Speed TV interview that he was slowing down to maybe help get his teammates into the mix, but it was a flawed strategy. The two riders were still much faster than anyone else out there, and Pourcel went out with a 1-1 on the day. Congrats to him, and remember, two years ago he was in a wheelchair and unable to walk. His was a phenomenal comeback and he should be proud of his 2009 season. The word of the 450 season is parity, and Steel City proved that once again. Tommy "The Opera" Hahn won the 450 class with a great ride in moto one to grab his first win in AMA Motocross. Hahn has been a real revelation this summer, as I had a hard time picturing him up front this summer but he really improved and figured things out. He's a legit frontrunner and passed factory Honda riders Andrew "Swedish Chef" Short and Ivan "The Not So Terrible" Tedesco in the first moto to win. The second time out, Tommy was in third and got passed by Tedesco, but no worries, he told me after the race that he had the math all done in his head. He knew he still had the overall. Hahn becomes the seventh different winner this season, and that's pretty cool. Before the season, who did you think had Hahn covered this summer? Besides the obvious factory guys, I would go with Cooper, Albertson, and Brayton as all being better outdoor riders than Tommy. I was asking Tommy what he had going on for next year and Kawi PR guy Tom "McSenate" McGovern was standing with us when Hahn said, "I'd like to go over to this guy's team." I don't know if that's going to happen or not, but Tommy should be high on many team managers' lists. He mentioned that he was going to retire and go to school if he couldn't get a ride, but I'm pretty sure he'll be racing next year. He also told me what his bonus was for winning, and it's pretty high for a non-factory guy. Good for him - he probably just made more money on Saturday than his salary for the whole year! Another thing to think about is the fact Tommy Hahn took his privateer Canidae/Motosport.com Kawasaki to the win. That's right, there are zero works parts on Hahn's bike, and even with the line blurring between factory and privateer, there can be no doubt that Tommy is a full privateer, circa 2009. To me, that makes the win even sweeter! Another surprise this week was KTM's Justin Brayton "Ohio," as he holeshot the second moto and checked out for the win. JB led every single lap in his first AMA motocross win. Brayton has been a quiet, hardworking guy on the fringes of moto stardom for the last couple of years, and he showed what he can do with a start. His first moto didn't go so well, as he experienced "technical difficulties" with his bike and could only muster an eleventh. Brayton was awesome in the second moto - Kawasaki's Jake "Spanish" Moss was challenging him for the lead. It seemed the two of them would get close, and it looked like Jake would get him at any moment, but then Brayton would pull back out. I don't want to toot my own horn here, but I've been saying that we should all keep an eye on this guy for a while. I think Justin's leaving KTM next year, and the popular rumor has him going to Joe Gibbs Racing, but in speaking to team manager Jeremy Albrecht, he's very interested in JB next year. There has been no offer extended, and there are plenty of agents calling North Carolina to get that second spot next to Josh Grant. J-Bone's riders this week, Cody Cooper and Christian Craig, were hot and cold. Craig's first moto was pretty strong as he came from fourteenth to eighth at the end. He was really good and looked fast once again. The second moto he was way back for some reason and the best he could do was twenty-first. Cody "DB" Cooper is just riding out the string, and his performance has slipped drastically since he figured out he wasn't coming back to JGR. Coops didn't do well in his farewell to America ride (he has a ride in Australia next season) - he went 20-15. I have been talking to owner Coy "Fish" Gibbs the last few weeks quite a bit. It's nothing about silly season or the riders, but I have been picking his brain on football matters. I want to figure out a few things, like if my Oakland Raiders have what it takes in the preseason (Coy didn't know, but he did say the NFL preseason means absolutely nothing) and also, what certain plays mean because this will help me in my Madden '10 season. Yep, I'm a dork. Thanks to Allan Brown for this nugget: There is some sort of record over there in the JGR team. I can't recall anyone else who's still active who has worked with a father and a son. But we now have it in the pits. Dean "Rick" Baker, the ace engine guy over there was Mike "Stingray" Craig's mechanic for many years at Honda of Troy, now builds Mike's son Christian's motors. The younger Craig could probably pick Baker's brain for hours for Mike Craig stories. If someone sees Dean reading this, can you stop him from hanging himself? Good race for Ivan Tedesco, who apparently was riding with some cracked ribs from his Southwick practice crash. Ivan challenged for the lead a few times and went 4-3 on the day. Normally it would just be a decent day for him, but I'm taking the ribs into account. Andrew "Too" Short was just clicking off the days to the end of this season. He and I spoke on the phone this week, and he said he was healthy and feeling good, but I refuse to believe it. He just didn't look like the Shorty we all know. He did finish second in the series to make the jump up from his usual third position, and it's a real shame that out of seven new winners, Short wasn't one of them. He's headed to Sweden for a supercross and a riding school over there next week. The traveling and racing thing probably isn't what he really wants to do right now, but I'm sure the buckets of cash the promoter is offering him helped make up his mind. Speaking of Sweden, the man who beat him over there last year, Broc Hepler, was in the house. The Iceman has been out this entire outdoor motocross season, and even though I knew that, I was still holding out hope that he would race Steel City. He is the man at this track, and he looked pretty good. I bet if he ran around the track, he could get in the top twenty. The champ Chad Reed had difficult day, but luckily for him, he had already clinched the title a few weeks ago. After last week's crash in the second moto at Southwick, Reed didn't get the start he wanted in the first moto, but no worries - he always takes some time to get rolling, and he moved up into the battle for the lead. But then he fell and had to work back up, eventually settling into second. It was a sneaky good ride for the #1 (yes, he ran his new number with #22 on his jersey, and I was going to protest to move Ferry up one spot but thought better of it). On the line for the second moto I was talking to Reed, Ryan Villopoto, John Knowles, and Allan Brown when Reedy looked at me and said, "Thirty-five minutes" and smiled. I didn't know what he meant right away but figured out that he was doing the countdown on his season. I told him I'd like to hang out with him this coming week, as I imagine there won't be a lot of training going on and more than a few beverages consumed. Turns out his season was only about twenty minutes away from being done. Reedy fell in the first lap and was definitely having trouble coming through the pack when he pulled off. Apparently, he was throwing up and not feeling well, so he packed it in. Oh well, it was a great and unexpected season for Reed. He's now got the 450 AMA Motocross Championship to go with his two AMA Supercross titles. I'm on a quest—a mission, if you will. Something needs to change in American motocross, and I won't stop until a wrong is righted. No, I don't think Rollerball should be made commissioner of the sport; rather, the number system needs an overhaul. What I'm talking about is a small change, but it would mean so much to the privateers out there. I'm proposing that if a rider does not want to run his assigned number, he loses that right and the next guy gets bumped up. There are at least ten guys (Reardon, Stroupe, Lawrence, the Alessis, Brayton, Davalos, Hansen, Bowers, and Laninovich) who chose to not run their assigned two-digit numbers. I say bump up the guys behind them. This will give some guys a national number they will run with pride. Getting a number is a significant achievement and means you're fast. Who knows? Maybe with a two-digit number, some guy gets a little more sponsor money from a local dealership or something like that. I sent an email to the powers that be and got a couple of favorable responses. I hope they do something and then next year, the guys who benefited from the change can hug and high-five me. Maybe we can even call it The Steve Matthes Number Rule for Those Guys Who Don't Care About Numbers, or TSMNRTGWDCAN. After I get this number thing sorted out, my next crusade will be to get with MX Sports and try to come up with some sort of World Wide Web archive system for old results. Right now you can only go back as far as 2003. We need to keep these records! Tim "Hi-Flyer" Ferry was out in effect and had a pretty good race, considering his poopy starts. Red Dog came through the pack both motos and seemed to be able to shake off his foot problems from last week. Funny moment in the second moto: he got by Davi Millsaps and then waved bye-bye to him in the air over the triple. When I asked him about it, he said he was pissed because Davi was done and moving over on him and cutting him off for a lap or two. He knew that once he got by him, there was no way Millsaps was going to get him back. Not sure what Ferry is doing next year. If he doesn't go back to Kawi or a top-level team, I don't think you'll see him come back. If so, his last professional moto was strong and nothing to be ashamed of. What about Ivan Tedesco to JGR? That could happen. Maybe Ben Townley on a TLD Honda 450 for the outdoors only? Sources say it could happen, and when I tried to ask Ping, he didn't call me back, so I'm running with it. The end of an era happened at Steel City. Robbie "Barnyard" Reynard came out to a track he's won at before and tried to score a point to keep his national #17. It didn't work out for RR, and he pulled out of both motos. I have to wonder if we will see him back racing as well. Canada had a couple of its finest show up to race. National 45 champion Colton "Chicken" Facciotti drove down from Ontario and, along with Jeremy "Jer-Bear" Medaglia in the 250 class, represented the maple leaf. Both had horrible days with consistent scores of DNF-DNF-DNF-DNF. I really thought Facciotti would be about top ten, and he was up front in the second moto before crashing out hard. It was still cool for the guys to come down and see what they had against the best. I admire them for spending out of their pockets and taking the ego hit of racing in America. AMA technical inspector (I burst out laughing every time I'm forced to type that) Dave Dye told me to put this in my column: Les Smith, #908, is the next big thing. Consider it done, Dave. In the amazing-that-nobody-actually-seemed-to-care department, ex-GP competitor and English moto legend Carl Nunn lined up in the 450 class. He went a respectable 16-16, and I was surprised that no one mentioned more about it. I looked around for him to grab an interview but couldn't find his pit. Man, no one tell Lord Alfred Weigandt about this slight! Scary moment for the kid Kyle Regal "Beagle." While up front in the first moto, Regal went down hard and impaled himself on a metal rod that was holding up banners. It was definitely a freak thing, as it lacerated his kidney and he had to be rushed to the hospital. All reports are that he would have to stay in ICU for a couple of days but would be fine otherwise. I promise you MX Sports will be investigating new ways to banner the tracks in the off-season. Good to see Ryan Morais finish in seventh in the first 250 moto. He's never been known as a motocross guy, but after a long layoff and a heavy crash a few weeks ago, he proved he can run up there. Now he just has to find a ride for next season. I'm kind of sad about the whole deal, really. I've been following this whole thing since January, and now there are no more races to watch. The supercross series was epic, a battle week-in and week-out between James "I Twitter" Stewart and Chad "What's Twitter?" Reed (it was cool that Reed wore "SX Only?" on the back of his Thor pants in practice), and now this outdoor season was one of surprises and drama. Here are some things that I'm going to miss now that I'm stuck at home with my wife (hi, honey!) all fall. - Eating at the Kawasaki truck. - Watching Justin Barcia try to actually ride his bike upside down over every jump. - Seeing Jason Lawrence out there, wondering if THIS is the week he races hard and if I should pick him for my fantasy league and thereby get 8 million points for his podium, then realizing that, nope, not going to happen. He got me at RedBud, and other than that, I stayed away from his forbidden fruit. - Seeing who was going to be late to the staging area and get awarded the last gate pick. Inevitably, the rider and mechanic would freak out, but nothing happened; they had to just sit there and stew. Goerke was ten seconds late at Southwick and it worked out fine for him. - Watching Nick Wey get a really crappy start and try to fight to the front in every moto. Wey's first lap position in every one of his motos was 39-14-11-13-22-24-5-7-33-20-15-8-11-16-18-11-13-14-4-21-35-22-24-13. Wow, those are crappy! Keep in mind, he was farther back than the numbers listed - those are counting the dudes he passed. - I'm not going to miss the work it took to pull all those numbers all up. - Seeing the most underrated factory rider out there, Michael Byrne, ride and charge hard all moto and get little recognition. Byrner's the only dude, the ONLY one, to score points in every moto in the 450 class. - The totally underrated great outdoor season in the 250 class was Broc "Ruff" Tickle. Maybe everyone was too focused on his Monster girlfriend? - I didn't mean she's a monster, I meant she works for Monster—and she can count! - I'm not going to miss the Monster girl who couldn't count and screwed up in the rain at Budds Creek. - Watching someone go real fast once in a while and then at other times look like he wanted to be somewhere else. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the ninth wonder of the world, Davi Millsaps! - I'm going to miss someone putting on such a riding clinic that not even Gary Bailey could find fault with it. That would be Ivan Tedesco's Lakewood ride. Runner-up would be Josh Grant's RedBud ride and Reedy at 'Dilla. - I'm also never going to forget that first 250 moto at Lakewood. They just don't make races like that anymore. - I missed Unadilla, so therefore I missed my chance to see the most horrible experiment gone wrong since Gizmo got water poured on him in Gremlins. Otherwise known as Kevin Windham riding a 250F. - I'm going to miss the goose bumps I got when I stood there in the rain and watched a 44-year-old man being cheered on to finish second in a moto at Southwick. - I'm going to miss nicknames like "The MX Panda." - I'm going to miss that pizza stand at Washougal and the little drive-up coffee hut that I always go to. Thanks for reading all season. We'll have some different looks back, and there are some races coming up that I'm going to bring you in this space. Thanks again, and remember, without you guys reading this, I'm just some crackpot with an opinion. Email me at email@example.com and I'll probably write back at some point.


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Free, and nearly free, outdoor activities in and around Macreddin Village
We have lined up a series of free, and low cost, pursuits and fun activities for all our residents, whether you're on your own, with your partner or family, or in a group. Anyone wishing to make a day of it, can bring along one of our Macreddin Village Picnics, which we are delighted to prepare for you, with a little notice.
Adventure Activities
These great fun activities can be done against the clock or at your own leisure. Explanation sheets and the necessary materials are available at Reception: Cost: Free
On Yer Bike:
Go Green and cycle along one of our trails. Bikes and Helmets and maps are available from reception. (Adult Bike sizes only)
Cost: Free (Deposit Required)
Walks (or Runs!)
Macreddin Walks:
Download a PDF of the Macreddin Walks
We have four recommended walks, and a detailed sheet is available at Reception. Routes are as follows: Cost: Free
The Village Amble:
A gentle walk in the immediate Macreddin area taking in the village, golf course and Macreddin Brook.
Approximate Walking Times: Leisurely: 40 Mins. Fitness: 30 Mins
The Macreddin Triangle:
A stroll on country roads through the valley, with the odd sharpish incline, and great views of the surrounding mountains.
Approximate Walking Times: Leisurely: 70 Mins. Fitness: 50 Mins
The Sean Linehan Walk:
A decent walk down through the woods to the beautiful Sean Linehan Walk along Macreddin Brook. Don't wear your best shoes!
Approximate Walking Times: Leisurely: 80 Mins. Fitness: 60 Mins
To The Top of Cushbawn:
Only for the experienced and energetic, but the incredible views are worth it. Bring water and your mobile phone.
Approximate Walking Time: 2 – 3 Hours
Other Activities in the Macreddin Village Area
Play 9 or 18 holes on Macreddin Golf Course, described by Golf World Magazine as "Outstanding and Truly Spectacular". Designed by Irish Ryder Cup Hero Paul McGinley, the course utilises 160 acres and incorporates all the natural elements of the landscape, including statuesque pines, well protected greens, elevated landing areas and a free flowing brook.
Cost: From €25.
Further Afield
Sightseeing Drives:
There is a great variety of stunning heritage sites and visitor attractions within a 30 minute drive, including Glendalough, The Wicklow Mountains National Park, Avondale House and Forest Park, Avoca Handweavers and The Meeting of the Waters. A detailed list with a map is available at Reception.
Get Driven:
If you feel like kicking back and letting someone else do the hard work, we have negotiated the following rates with Aughrim Cabs, who are based just 3 kms from Macreddin.
½ day (approx 4 hours) cab hire:
- 6 seater - €150
- 14 seater - €200
- 29 seater - €250
6 seater to Glendalough - €30 each way.
Pick up from nearest point on Wicklow Way (4 - 6 Pax) - €20.
(For Bookings phone Aughrim Cabs on 0402 36700 or email firstname.lastname@example.com)
Greenan Maze, Farm & Museum:
Only 8km from Aughrim, spend an enjoyable day in Greenan Farm with fun for all the family. The Solstice Maze is a relaxing, contemplative pathway for adults and toddlers, set within a large stone circle, day passes include this Tricky Celtic Maze, a range of various museums to visit and a wild nature walk alongside the animals. Tel: 0404 46000
Cost – Day pass €8 per adult & €5 per child, with discounted group & family rates available.


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Currently, Pennsylvania ranks as the most restrictive, most burdensome and most anti-consumer state for wine lovers. Not only does the state ban all direct to consumer shipments of wine and ban the convenience of purchasing wine in a grocery store, but also the state maintains a monopoly on the distribution and retail sale of wine.
To put it in stark terms, the state, not the free market, completely controls how Pennsylvanians may buy wine, which wines Pennsylvanians may purchase and where they may purchase them.
This year Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett made a substantial effort to get the state out of the business of selling and distributing wine. The bill he and his allies put forth would not only have put wine sales in the hands of the free market, but would also given wine consumes partial access to the direct to consumer wine shipping channels.
This effort failed before the General Assembly adjourned primarily due to the influence of state liquor store unions and their members' efforts to stop "privatization", as well as due to the issue being linked to other controversial issues.
However, in June HB 121, a bill sponsored by Representative Curtis Sonney, allowing direct to consumer wine shipments from out-of-state wineries passed the House by a 200-1 vote and is now sitting in the Senate's Law & Justice Committee awaiting consideration, which is not likely to happen until lawmakers return in the Fall.
The provisions of HB 121 are:
1. Consumers may purchase and have shipped to them wine from in state and out of state wineries.
2. Consumers would be banned from ordering non-domestic wines currently for sale in other markets, wines sold at auction and wines provided by "Wine-of-the-Month Clubs due to a ban on out-of-state wine stores shipping to the state.
3. Consumers would be limited to having 12 bottles of wine per month shipped to them from any individual winery.
4. The State's existing 18% "Jonestown Flood" tax that now applies to sales of wine at state-owbed stores would be slapped on the sale of wine direct from wineries as well as a 6% sales tax
HB 121 does not fully meet the AWCC's criteria for a "Pro-Consumer" wine shipping bill primarily because it 1) bans the delivery of any imported wines from American wine retailers, and 2) limits too harshly the amount of wine that could be shipped from a single winery or retailer to a consumer in a given month.
In evaluating any wine-related bill, the AWCC takes a number of factors into account before it chooses to support or oppose the bill. Among those factors are the current conditions under which the state's wine consumers are forced to operate. In the case of Pennsylvania, any improvement in the laws would be a huge improvement given the extraordinary burdens under which consumers in PA must currently operate.
All of AWCC's research shows that direct-to-consumer shipments from wineries is the most important factor in consumers improving their access to wine. HB 121 allows this, though certain restrictions noted above dilute the impact of this bill.
This bill would meet our criteria for "Pro-Consumer" if the following changes were made to HB 121:
1. Allow the direct to consumer shipment of wines from out-of-state retailers in order to assure consumers had access to imported wines, rare wines, out-of-vintage wines, collectible wines and wine-of-the-month club shipments, all items that are sold only by U.S. retailers alone.
2. Increase the amount of wine that a consumer could order from a single winery to 3 cases in any given month.
3. The removal of the 18% "Jonestown Flood" tax on shipped wines.
One thing is clear with regard to Pennsylvania's wine consumers. They deserve and require improved access to the wines they want and without improved access they will continue to be severely burdened under the most arbitrary, restrictive and archaic collection of anti-consumer wine access laws in the nation.
Given this need, the AWCC will be supporting HB 121 and at the same time strongly arguing for amendments to the bill to make it much more consumer friendly. In particular, AWCC will make the case that retailer to consumer shipping is a critical to consumer interests.
1. Residents of Pennsylvania ought to immediately contact the members of the Senate the Law & Justice committee to express their concern that HB 121 ought to be amended to allow shipments from out of state retail stores. Those committee members with linked email addresses are:
Sen. Alloway, Richard L., II, Vice Chair
Sen. Scarnati, Joseph B., III, Ex‑Officio
Sen. Erickson, Edwin B.
Sen. Rafferty, John C., Jr.
Sen. White, Donald C.
Sen. Yaw, Gene
Sen. Fontana, Wayne D.
Sen. Tartaglione, Christine M.
Sen. Williams, Anthony H.
2. Wine lovers and consumers not living in Pennsylvania ought to familiarize themselves with HB 121 and the reasons it needs amending. Additionally, they ought to contact any friends, family, and colleagues in Pennsylvania, alert them to HB 121 and urge them to contact members of the Senate Law & Justice Committee to urge to amend then pass HB 121


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Each month we provide resource material from the GNM Archive that can be used in the classroom. This month we are looking at sports photography, in particular a photo of Ann Packer and Robbie Brightwell at the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 1964.
Observer photograph of Ann Packer and fiance Robbie Brightwell at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, 1964
The photograph was taken for the still very new Observer Magazine, which was first published in September 1964. The magazine was in colour, and a colour feature was commissioned on the Tokyo Games, which were held in October that year. However, in the end, the 1964 Olympics received little coverage in the magazine. The archive holds the many of the original transparencies for an Olympics story which remain unpublished.
While the Observer Magazine did not give as much space as originally intended to the Games, 1964 was a successful year for British athletes in Tokyo. The team had a total medal haul of 18, including 4 golds and 12 silver medals, putting it (just) in the top ten on the medal table for that year. Runners Ann Packer and Robbie Brightwell both contributed to this success.
Packer and Brightwell were engaged at the time, and both were bright medal hopes for the British team in the 400 metres. Brightwell was captain of the men's British Olympic team and Packer had run the fastest 400m time in the world that year. Though both were expected to win their 400m races, neither did. Brightwell came fourth, and Packer was beaten by Betty Cuthbert of Australia, and had to settle for silver.
The pair had more success in their next events. Brightwell went on to win a silver medal in the men's 400m relay, where he ran the crucial final lap that took the team from fourth to second place. However Packer's story in the 1964 Games turned out to be extraordinary.
Despite having never run in an 800 metre race internationally before, Packer took the third spot in the British team for this event. In the build up qualifiers and her Olympic heat, she ran unimpressive times, coming fifth in the heat, and running two seconds slower than the French favourite, Maryvonne Dupureur in the semi finals. In the final she was the slowest competitor going in.
By the halfway point of the race, Packer was in sixth place, but "having to go the long way round" as BBC commentator David Coleman put it, she then overtook the pack, running round the outside, and at the very last, switched to a sprint speed to triumph, finishing almost a second faster than Dupureur. She was the first British woman ever to win an Olympic gold medal in a track event, and ran a world record time of 2:01.1.
Packer's achievement has gone down in history as one of the great sporting moments. Her 800m win was featured as one of the Guardian's 50 stunning Olympic moments.
At a time when even the gold medal hopes for track events did not expect to make a living from their sport, both Packer and Brightwell were teachers professionally. Packer has talked about how it was difficult to fit training around her work life as a PE teacher. After their successes in 1964, despite only being 22 and 24 years old respectively, Packer and Brightwell both retired from competitions, and were married that December. A Reuters news wire from the time describes the Olympic themed wedding, with a gold and white colour scheme (Packer even had a gold lame lining to her train) and a six foot high wedding cake decorated with Olympic rings, and replicas of the pair's gold and silver medals. They had three sons, all of whom were sportsmen. George Brightwell became a 400m runner like his parents, and Ian and Dave both played football for Manchester City.
It was another 40 years before another woman, Kelly Holmes, won a track gold medal for Great Britain at the Olympics.
Below are links to various pages and videos about Ann Packer and her 800m win:
Footage of Ann Packer winning the 800m in 1964, on Youtube, with David Coleman's commentary
50 stunning Olympic moments No 27: Ann Packer wins 800m in 1964, including John Rodda's report for the Guardian from 21 October 1964
Observer article on Robbie Brightwell and Ann Packer by Tom Lamont
Video: Olympic Golden Greats 3 - Ann Packer-Olympic Gold 800M, Tokyo 1964 by Drew Gardner and Lucinda Marland
UK Athletics Hall of Fame: Ann Packer
In the Moment: The Sports Photography of Tom Jenkins, an exhibition of the work of Tom Jenkins, sports photographer for the Guardian and the Observer, is showing at Kings Place until 31 August 2012
Gallery of photographs by Tom Jenkins with commentary by Simon Hattenstone
Audio slideshow of Tom Jenkins' favourite images, as he tells the stories behind the photographs
Guardian series: Sport pictures of the week
Guardian camera club top tips: sport photography
Guardian London 2012 page
The GNM Archive will be celebrating sports photography throughout the Olympics.
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Put your retained earnings to work
Many business owners have built up significant retained earnings in their corporation and are looking for
ways to pull that money out. Well, there's a simple strategy available that moves retained earnings out of the company and puts them to work generating investment returns – in a tax efficient way.
Retained earnings are a mixed blessing for business owners. On one hand, they represent your company's success and profitability. On the other hand, it can be a challenge to take retained earnings out of your business without incurring a large tax bill. If you are a business owner looking to pull money out of your retained earnings and have significant equity built up in your house there is a strategy available to you.
The strategy involves borrowing against your home equity to invest and using your retained earnings to pay the interest on the loan. The interest payments are tax deductible and allow you to withdraw an equivalent amount from your retained earnings without any net tax consequence1.
At the same time you now have the potential to significantly increase the value of your non-registered investment portfolio over the long term as you have a large lump sum amount invested that takes advantage of the benefits of compounding. Furthermore, this strategy provides business owners with the potential to safeguard their portfolios from creditors, protect their capital, avoid estate fees, and diversify their investments, by investing in segregated fund contracts.
Here's how it works step-by-step:
Step #1 Take out a loan against your home equity.
Step #2 The amount of the loan is applied in a lump sum to purchase non-registered assets
Step #3 Leverage that investment at a ratio of 2:1, 3:1 or 4:1
Step #4 The corporation pays you an amount equal to the interest on the line of credit and leveraged loans from retained earnings2. This amount is included in income
Step #5 You deduct the interest payments at your marginal tax rate. The end result is that you leverage an existing asset – your house – to invest in a segregated fund contract.
Meanwhile, you use the payments from your retained earnings to fund the interest payments. The interest payments are tax deductible and offset the retained earnings brought into income allowing you to take money out of the corporation without paying any additional tax
Notice that in step 3, you can choose the leverage ratio you are comfortable with based on such factors as risk tolerance and financial resources available. As you can see, it's a simple strategy – and it can make a big difference to your bottom line.
How far ahead could you be? – A case study:
Jeremy, age 45, is a business owner with $100,000 outstanding on the mortgage for his house, which has a current market value of $400,000. He withdraws $100,000 of equity from his home, uses these funds to secure a 3:1 investment loan and invests the $400,000 in a segregated fund contract.
Determining the amount of retained earnings to withdraw
Jeremy's required annual payment from retained earnings to fund the interest payments is calculated as follows: Total Loan Amount x Loan Interest Rate = $400,000 x 6% =$24,000
How the situation stacks up
Jeremy is able to withdraw $24,000 a year from his retained earnings without paying any additional tax. He uses these funds to cover all borrowing expenses and enjoys the benefits of having a lump sum invested ($400,000).
What it looks like at year 10 -3
After 10 years, assuming an average annual compounded return of 7%, the leveraged account has nearly doubled, appreciating in value by $386,861. After repayment of the loans, Jeremy's net worth after-tax has increased by $283,993 versus $175,476 if he had simply invested his after-tax retained earnings payments directly into the same investment.
By using this leverage strategy Jeremy has enhanced his net worth by $108,517 and saved $81,385 in taxes.
At 6%, the loan interest amounts to $24,000 a year, for a total of $240,000, paid out of retained earnings, tax-free, which is his objective. If Jeremy wanted to receive $283,993 in after-tax dollars from a lump sum bonus payment out of retained earnings it would require a payment of $525,913 much more than the $240,000 required under this scenario (assuming a 46% marginal tax rate).
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For conservative investors looking to grow their wealth but who are also concerned about minimizing risk, GIF & GIF encore funds provide an ideal solution.
Manulife Mutual Funds For those looking to help build wealth, Manulife Mutual Funds can provide ideal solutions. Through both Elliott & Page and Manulife Investment eXchange (MIX) Funds, we offer you access to a carefully selected group of highly disciplined asset managers from Canada and around the world.
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* Business owners who have built up significant retained earnings within their corporation that they would like to withdraw in a tax efficient manner and use to increase the value of their personal assets.
* Business owners who have significant equity in their home to use as collateral for an investment loan
Take action
* The amount of retained earnings you would like to pull out of the corporation.
* Adding a leverage loan to increase wealth accumulation and using payments from retained earnings to fund the tax-deductible interest expenses.
1 It is assumed that the retained earnings are paid as a salary or bonus. Retained earnings can be paid out as dividends which have different tax implications that will affect the tax consequences and results of this strategy.
2 The retained earnings must be paid to the business owner and not directly to the lending institution and the corporation should not guarantee the loan or provide security for the loan as this may have adverse tax consequences.
3 This illustration assumes that a specific percentage of loan interest is tax deductible. However, actual tax deductibility of loan interest depends upon a number of factors, with the Income Tax Act providing the framework for determining deductibility. Tax laws are subject to change and, therefore, tax treatment of illustrated figures cannot be guaranteed. Results for Quebec residents may differ due to the new interest deductibility rules introduced in the 2004 – 2005 Budget. Readers should consult their own tax and legal advisors with respect to their particular circumstances.
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Saliva Biomarkers and Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most common type of cancer of the pancreas, is also the most lethal of all cancers, with a mortality rate that is approximately the same as the rate of incidence. The American Cancer Society reports that more than 42,000 people in the United States were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2009, and more than 35,000 people died from the disease. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Typical symptoms of abdominal pain and jaundice occur in the advanced stage of the disease, making it difficult to fight. Fewer than 5% of those diagnosed with the disease live for 5 years, and full remission is very rare. A reliable method of early diagnosis is needed.
In recent years, technological advances have pushed the concept of salivary diagnostics for systemic disease to the forefront of scientific attention. The UCLA researchers successfully linked changes in the molecular signatures found in human saliva to the presence of early-stage pancreatic cancer in this study. The researchers identified 4 important messenger RNA (mRNA) biomarkers: KRAS, MBD3L2, ACRV1, and DPM1. These biomarkers differentiate pancreatic cancer patients from noncancer subjects (both those diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis and healthy controls) with 90% sensitivity and 95% specificity. Saliva-based diagnostic methods for pancreatic cancer are simple and noninvasive, and may also represent an improvement in specificity and sensitivity over currently used procedures such as blood tests for early detection of pancreatic cancer. Due to the study's modest sample size of 90 human subjects, the researchers acknowledge limitations yet express enthusiasm for further research. They are formulating plans to test the salivary biomarkers in a larger population in a multicenter study. They also note that the potential for salivary mRNA biomarkers to identify very early-stage and even pre-invasive pancreatic cancer requires further investigation.
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These artists contributed to the mixtape: Roscoe Dash, Waka Flocka, ZHundred, K-Major, Boogz Boogetz, Dan Dan, Brisco, Sean Kingston, Soulja Boy.
Are y'all feeling this one?
Visit our mixtape section to stream and/or download TOKE Vol. 2, a project released by J-Bar on Thursday, March 1st, 2012. It features songs such as Party Feat. Roscoe Dash, Baby Shake That Ass, Grind Feat. Waka Flocka.
Hit up J-Bar's profile page for the latest info, news, songs, and mixtapes. Remember to follow J-Bar on Facebook and Twitter.
01. Party Feat. Roscoe Dash
02. Baby Shake That Ass
03. Grind Feat. Waka Flocka
04. Damn She Got Dat Ass
05. Say It Again Feat. ZHundred
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07. Ready To Go Feat. K-Major
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11. Fast Life Feat. Brisco
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The next iteration of the Apple iPhone is expected to come to market some time this year. One recent rumor has the phone being introduced at a special event on June 20th with a launch taking place a few weeks later. A low-cost version of the Apple iPhone, said to be coming to emerging markets, is expected to launch in July according to the speculation. Last week, Topeka Capital Market analyst Brian White said that his meetings with a "tech-supply chain company" has led him to expect the next iteration of the iPhone to be offered with two screen size options.
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Someone took a pair of diamond stud earrings from the home of Diane Dalessio, 48, of Lions Health Camp Road, sometime between 5:30 a.m. Dec. 19 and 3:45 a.m. Wednesday, according to state police in Indiana.
Retail theft
State police in Indiana are looking for the man and woman who stole $140 from the Oakland Avenue Walmart on Dec. 1. According to police, the woman, who was driving a silver sport utility vehicle, stole a crib from the store. She then walked out of the store and handed the crib to a man in the parking lot. The man took the crib into the store and returned it for a $140 gift card, police said.
Disorderly conduct
State police in Indiana said they cited Joel Edward Pete, no age given, of Indiana, for criminal trespass and disorderly conduct after an incident Tuesday evening at the Dollar General, 2440 Philadelphia St. Police said Pete threatened employees and refused to leave the store after being told to do so. He then made more threats and had a physical outburst, police said.
Someone broke into an apartment in the 900 block of Church Street and may have stolen items, according to borough police. Police said the break-in occurred sometime between noon Saturday and 3 p.m. Tuesday.


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On Tuesday, October 1, 2013 around 6:00 p.m., two females entered the Walmart, 5800 US Hwy 98 N and each made a return at the service counter. The pair then went through the store, selected items, placed them in plastic totes, and excited the Garden Center without paying for them. The value of the items taken was $1,114.68.
The suspects got into a black SUV and left.
Anyone with information on the identification of these individuals is asked to contact the Lakeland Police Department at 863-834-6900, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-226-8477. To be eligible for a cash reward, you must contact Crime Stoppers.
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New to DIY Forums
I love reading all of these postings; they're great motivators. My husband and I both love working on our house, but we're not as crafted as we'd like to think.
I am a distributor of bathroom products, like Clawfoot and Cast Iron Bathtubs, vanities, shower systems as well as other home improvement items, like fireplace surrounds. You would think, working with this stuff, it would be easy for me to accomplish these things, but I'm still finishing my own bathroom.
The manufacturer of these items has some very elegant and unique items. My favorite area are the vanities. They have integrated the faucet into the backsplash, so you don't have to mess with any in wall plumbing. The only thing that needs to be done is connecting the supply lines. It's a real DIY project and the most difficult part is the demo.
Anyway, it's nice to meet everyone. Hopefully I will have some before and after pictures up shortly.
Welcome Amanda!
Can't wait to see your pics, plz remember to post them, we need more motivating pics in the showcase section, I seriously believe that the more people post good, finished projects in there, the more people will tackle projects at their own home and it will benefit everyone!
hehe, didn't see atlanticwb's edit, if you're just here to sell I take that all back :no: Craigslist is where you want, forums are for discussion, and I've yet to see a forum just allow advertising to be dumped in among discussions, it's distracting and annoying, kind of like pop up windows!
I checked your other post, you are just advertising. You aren't welcome here :censored:
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