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The Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) provides the following list of features that have been reported in people with this condition. Much of the information in the HPO comes from Orphanet, a European rare disease database. If available, the list includes a rough estimate of how common a feature is (its frequency). Frequencies are based on a specific study and may not be representative of all studies. You can use the MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary for definitions of the terms below.
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|Abnormality of the femoral metaphysis
|Very frequent
(present in 80%-99% of cases)
|Very frequent
(present in 80%-99% of cases)
|Abnormal lactate dehydrogenase activity
(present in 30%-79% of cases)
|Abnormality of the tibial metaphysis
(present in 30%-79% of cases)
|Elevated alkaline phosphatase
(present in 30%-79% of cases)
|Joint swelling
(present in 30%-79% of cases)
(present in 30%-79% of cases)
|Very rare
(present in 1%-4% of cases)
|Pathologic fracture
|Very rare
(present in 1%-4% of cases)
|Weight loss
|Very rare
(present in 1%-4% of cases)
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........sorry Jimmy, I don't get out much
........sorry Jimmy, I don't get out much
Doesn't have a signature anymore
Haha that's fine. If I'm honest, my first thought was to steal your ticket and take Brandon Lee Hinkle instead. No-one would be able to tell, until it kicked off
Cheers graham, to be fair, I recognise that is good of you. I have to respect the way you metaphorically extend a hand in reconciliation, while openly brandishing a knife in the other.
'Go read a fucking book, you piece of shit.'
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'Go read a fucking book, you piece of shit.'
You are quite correct - I would of preferred liver shots instead!
MMA Officials London, Essex and East Anglia representative
as jimmy didn't mention me in the list of posters he wanted to see post again i will say that if i see you at this show i will end you
man, when you're the nail, hang in there....until the day you become the hammer
...and you'd be well within your rights
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count me in for a ticket and a kicking ..
If you need a friend, get a dog !
Straight past this bloody venue so i see it every day and think, wouldn't it be nice to go to my local MMA show without leaving as a blood-stained mess on a stretcher.Des Moines Mixed Martial Arts
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How will it be when a disaster strikes them because of what they have done, and then they come to you swearing by Allah: 'We desired nothing but good and reconciliation'? (Surat an-Nisa', 62)
They come to the side of our Prophet (as), and in the figurative meaning in to the side of Hazrat Mahdi (as) in the End Times. They say "Our aim is to do goodness, we want to make you right". The hypocrites seem to be very reconciliatory and humble since they need to gain a better position. When they are caught, they become more precautious. For this reason, they try to be seen more benevolent and compliant. Therefore their destruction becomes more intense.
The hypocrite swears to Allah. He says, "There is a gap, I am trying to fix it". But his only purpose is to collapse Islam in his own eyes. There is a so-called gap that he claims to have found. He uses the intricate sides, the sides that he thinks not explained in the Qur'an. Allah is beyond this, it is not to be compared, but this is something like a criminal benefiting from a loophole in law. However if something is not explained in the Qur'an, then it is halal (lawful). We do not search whether cherry is lawful or not, or grape is lawful or not. If it is not explained then it is lawful, but a hypocrite asks "where did you find it", and he thinks he makes shrewdness with this method.


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HE thought it was a clever ploy to save himself just £8.
Benjamin Evans believed he had got round the daily fee in the car park near his work – by planting a fake ticket on his dashboard instead.
But the serial cheat didn't count on the eagle-eyed city centre ticket inspector who spotted the replica and got photographic evidence – landing the 27-year-old in court charged with offences under the Fraud Act.
Yet in a final bid to avoid taking the blame, Evans even stood up in court and claimed to know nothing about the spoof ticket – instead trying to incriminate a former work colleague and friend.
Southampton Magistrates' Court heard how, in August last year, civil enforcement officer Christopher Meadows was on his daily patrol of car parks in Southampton when he approached Evans' grey BMW in Lime Street car park and became suspicious.
The ticket, which claimed that a fee of £8 had been paid for ten hours' parking, had part of its serial number covered by a 10p coin.
He told how the shading on the city council logo was slightly different to genuine tickets, the number '3' was printed more curved than usual and the edges to the counterfeit ticket were rough, prompting him to slap a fixed penalty notice on the windscreen.
Evans, who was working for estate agents Your Move at the time, saw the warden from his office block and went to confront him, the court was told.
But he refused to open the car to show Mr Meadows the ticket, and walked away telling him to "go and get a proper job".
The court was told how investigations were carried out which confirmed no ticket had been bought from any of the machines servicing that car park at the price of £8 that day.
Parking enforcement officers repeatedly contacted Evans – who the court heard has received more than £1,000 in separate parking fines in recent years – asking him to provide the ticket, but he failed to respond.
Instead, weeks after the incident on August 29, he emailed them – to complain about his treatment by Mr Meadows.
Giving evidence in his trial, Evans named a former colleague, Jonathan Bailey, as the man who must have got the fake ticket. He said the pair shared the journey to work, with Evans driving every day and Mr Bailey paying for parking.
However, the court heard how nobody had been able to trace Mr Bailey – and Evans was accused by Southampton City Council lawyer, Francisca Da Costa, of "inventing a fictional character" to take the blame when he was caught trying to get "a freebie".
Evans, from Crampmoor Lane, Romsey, admitted one count of failing to give information which would identify the owner of the car, and was found guilty of a second charge of displaying a false parking ticket.
The court was told how he had three previous convictions for making off without paying, for which he had received 80 hours community service.
Sentencing him, chairman of the bench Susan Williams told Evans she did not believe his evidence and gave him a further 130 hours of community work and ordered him to pay £530 costs.


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"He should have told you that," Bienville repeated, taking his seat once more, and speaking with some animation.
These early years were full of anxiety and harassment to Bienville.
Bienville was again chosen Governor, and in the following year, 1718, he laid the foundation of New Orleans.
But the Sieur de Bienville did not want any such great change.
The nephew was royal commissary under Bienville, and one of the worthiest fathers of the colony of Louisiana.
When Bienville refused to put an end to him, he evidently decided to do it himself.
When he had finished, Bienville turned again toward the window, leaning his head wearily against the frame.
"She's right, Bienville," Derek muttered, nodding toward Marion.
This code was the last important act of Bienville, who shortly afterward returned to France.
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PHOTO: Naomi Campbell covers 'Shape' magazine
Pick up your dropped jaw! Yes, Naomi Campbell is flaunting her flawless figure on the cover of Shape Magazine. And the supermodel is 43 years old!
Showing off her age-defying figure in a sexy black Moschino swimsuit for the April issue, this is the first time that Naomi has worked with the health and fitness focused mag.
"I've been on almost every magazine in existence, but this is my first time posing for Shape, and I'm thrilled. Of course," she told the glossy. "I wish I had done it when I was younger, but it's an honor to be here at any age."
But let's be honest, Naomi looks like she did when she first started modeling nearly 30 years ago.
She opens up in the magazine about battling discrimination in the industry, saying that the color of her skin has been a challenge her entire career. "But I learned if you don't accept no for an answer, you often get a yes." Her achievement, of course, partially stems from her fit physique, which she owes to her clean eating and devout exercise routine.
While juicing is certainly a part of her diet, she does not deprive herself. "I don't believe in starving myself. I've never done it, and I never will," she says. "I'm even more active when I'm juicing, doing both yoga and Pilates every day." Otherwise, her eating plan is as clean as it gets, kicking off with hot water and lemon plus an intense yoga session while including vegetable juices, herbal tea, and salads with fish or steak.
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Board approves $188,000 salary for McConnell, students hold silent sit-in
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CHARLESTON, SC - A state board has approved paying $188,000 toward the salary of the College of Charleston's incoming president, Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell.
The same day, students are holding a silent sit-in at the school, protesting the boards decision to make McConnell president of the school.
The salary vote Wednesday by the Agency Head Salary Commission comes four days after the college's board of trustees selected McConnell to succeed George Benson. The amount is $8,500 more than Benson's state-paid salary.
How much the college's foundation will add to McConnell's salary through private donations is not yet known.
College spokeswoman Melissa Whetzel says that will be part of McConnell's contract, which is in the works. The contract will also set McConnell's starting date.
Benson is stepping down this summer after six years as the college's president. His total salary is about $379,500. The foundation contributes $200,000 of that.
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FOS11 Chat Program Online Community Support GroupTrauma on Top of Trauma
It has been more than five years since September 11th. While some people are gradually emerging from the fog of trauma, getting their lives back on track, others are valiantly trying to keep their heads above water. The wounds are just beginning to heal and then life throws you another curve ball. A job that is so toxic to your emotional and physical health that you dread getting up in the morning, diagnostic tests and the fear of illness, impending surgery, an accident ...and the list goes on. How can we deal with this new trauma when we are still recovering from old ones? What works for people? Join this chat session to listen to others, share your successful strategies or ask others how they survived in the face of these new challenges.
The chat will be held on Tuesday, February 27th from 8-9pm EST. To enroll click on this link:
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This online chat session will provide 9/11 victims' families, survivors, first responders, and others affected by the attacks at the Pentagon, the World Trade Center, and Shanksville the opportunity to discuss issues and topics of importance in a safe, supportive environment. As a reminder, all participants must be FOS11 members (please see below on how to register as a member - membership is free). Dr. Donna Gaffney, a licensed mental health professional and noted trauma specialist, will facilitate the chat.
After you login, you will be able to choose an anonymous chat name (which will identify you in the chat room) and a password. Then, you will receive an email with a link to the chat. On Tuesday, February 27th, click on the link that is emailed to you and enter your chosen chat name and password. As a reminder, all participants must be 18 years of age or older and members of Families of September 11 (FOS11). To register as a FOS11 member, please click on the link at the bottom of this email. If you have any problems or questions, contact firstname.lastname@example.com or 212-575-1878.


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-28%It was supposed to be this once-a-decade event that demonstrated the power and broad appeal of the Silicon Valley way of building companies, as well as the arrival of Facebook and social networks as the next big phase of technology. Except that when Facebook debuted on the public stock market in May, it didn't rocket to the stars like everyone in the echo chamber of the Valley – from real estate agents, to car dealers and would-be Mark Zuckerbergs – expected. Not even passing the 1 billion-user mark impressed investors. Facebook shares are down about 28% since their debut, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq is up almost 9% over the same period. Photo: AP/Nasdaq via Facebook, Zef Nikolla
520 Billion Minutes
Were spent on mobile gadgets and PCs in the month of July alone in the United States, 21% more than last year, according to a recent survey by Nielsen. Among the social network set, 2012 was the year Pinterest became a force, with time spent on the "pinning" site growing more than 6,000 percent over the year to 721 million minutes. (No. 1 social network Facebook by comparison logged 27 billion user minutes and grew a healthy 61%).
14 Days
About the amount of time in 2012 Newt Gingrich was the Republican front-runner before reality, and Mitt Romney, set-in. The GOP had all but a meltdown before landing on Romney as its candidate. Romney was touted as the candidate of business, and when Barack Obama finally claimed his second term, stock markets plummeted. From January 2011 through the presidential election in November, Romney, the Republican party, and his primary "super PAC" spent $992 million on his bid for the White House, according to the New York Times. The Obama spent $986 million on his successful campaign.
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1,672 pounds
That's the weight of a 48-gun safe that its maker says is the heaviest item Amazon will ship for free. Amazon "lost" $2.8 billion on free shipping over the most recent four quarters, which is a big chunk of change, but also tells you how much electronics, sports gear, books and other stuff it sells, about $48 billion-worth. Amazon, had a great run this year, seemingly the engine behind every internet company, as well as it's own growing collection of businesses. Amazon shares soared 50 percent for the year.
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132 minutes
Of your life you'll never get back if you sat through the entirety of John Carter. The sci-fi stinker of a movie cost an estimated $350 million to produce, that's about $2.6 million per minute. With marketing costs thrown in, it would have needed to pull in an estimated $600 million in box-office to break-even. It didn't, and in May Disney wrote down $84 million blaming it primarily on John Carter.
1.3 million
Research firm IHS iSuppli projects sales of 1.3 million Microsoft Surface RT tablets by year's end, and that is at the high end. Other analysts have low-end estimates of 500,000. The Surface tablet, along with Windows 8 (and Windows Phone) was supposed to be Microsoft's big response to an Apple dominated consumer world, and a stab at relevance in a post-PC landscape. It doesn't seem to be working. For the same period, sales estimates for Apple's various flavors of iPads are 23 million.
That is the rate of unemployment in Greece, one of several European countries including Italy, Spain and Portugal that kept global markets volatile for all of 2012. The Greek economy has all but collapsed, as the nation and Euro-zone lenders have imposed a series of austerity measures in exchange for bailout cash. The situation in Greece is still far from solid; with some warning the Greek economic slump could accelerate next year. Stateside unemployment finally started to tick down, below 8 %, not too far and not fast enough, but it was something.
Above: Pedestrians read Greek newspapers posted in front of the Academy building in central Athens. Photo: AP/Petros Giannakouris
The price of a single share of Apple stock at one point during the trading day on September 21, the day Apple started to sell the iPhone 5. It would close the day at $696, which still made Apple the most valuable company on the planet by a big margin with a market capitalization of $626 billion. Apple stock has slid 25% since then, as has its market cap to $490 billion, though it's still enough to trump the $405 billion market cap of No. 2 most valuable company Exxon Mobil.
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35 Years
The film that changed lives and merchandising forever, Star Wars, turned 35 in 2012. Maybe its creator, George Lucas, thought that had been enough of a run. Around Halloween, Lucas sold the entirety of Lucas Film, Indiana Jones and special effects shop Lucas Arts included, to Disney in a deal worth $4 billion. Lucas says he plans to put the bulk if his gains toward funding education initiatives through his foundation.
150 calories
After 83 years in business Hostess Brands, the peddler of Twinkies (7% of those 150 sugary calories are from fat) shut down amid a labor dispute. Fans of the spongy little, yellow missiles panicked and ransacked stores. A pricey secondary market for the snacks rose and fell on eBay, while bids for the assets of Hostess were being considered. According to Bloomberg Walmart and grocery chain Kroger are among the bidders going after Twinkies, Ding-Dongs and the other Hostess products. If all goes well, Twinkie the Kid and his buddies could be riding again by spring.


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VonZipper's Summer of Darkness
Directed By: GT and Michael Muller
Video By: George Trimm
Original Music By: Wake Up Lucid
Narration By: WN Tomlinson
Surfers: Jack Freestone, Luke Davis, Tanner Rozunko, and Christian Wach
The Summer of Darkness pictorial is a reflection of the life and times of four young lads on a quest to blow minds, break hearts, and rip the lip. Our submission is not about surfing. It's a lifestyle piece about the never-ending pursuit of good times and the things that happen when you jump in a convertible and get weird.
In an attempt to push the limits of surf photography and give a different tweak on the same shit you've already seen, we teamed up with renowned and award-winning photographer Michael Muller to bring something different to the lineup. Michael's commercial work speaks for itself. From movie posters to album covers, billboards to fashion spreads, his groundbreaking animal photography to VonZipper ads, his work is immediately recognizable, and there's a reason why he's one of the most sought after lensmen in the business.
We lit up the Summer of Darkness with Michael's patented water housing flash units. These one-of-a-kind strobes are a four pack of 1200-watt studio lights put into water housings, connected by 125 cords to their individual power sources and then synced to the camera. It's a flotilla of battery barges and sync cables, with a crew deeper than P. Diddy's, to support the shoot. The results are unique and speak for themselves.
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Apple is planning to introduce a new Apple TV set-top box and is negotiating with potential partners to add video content, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
Apple is aiming to unveil the device by April and have it available for sale by the Christmas holidays, though the release date could change because the company is still in the process of securing new agreements with programming and distribution partners, said two sources, who asked not to be identified because the plans are private.
The new device, which plugs into a television, will have a faster processor than the previous version and an upgraded interface to make it easier for customers to navigate between TV shows, movies and other online content, one source said.
One partner Apple is said to be in negotiations with is US cable TV network Time Warner Cable. An agreement with the network would mark the first such deal with a cable or satellite company.
Rival cable TV company Comcast agreed to acquire Time Warner Cable on Friday for $US45.2 billion ($50.3 billion) in stock. It is not known if this will affect Time Warner's negotiations with Apple.
Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr declined to comment, as did Maureen Huff, a spokeswoman for Time Warner Cable.
The product would set off what Apple chief executive Tim Cook has promised to be a year full of new product introductions. The company also is exploring a smart watch, sources familiar with the plans have said. Apple needs new gadgets to revive growth after sales and profit stagnated in recent quarters.
Existing structure
The release of an updated Apple TV box would be different from a full-sized television, which industry analysts such as Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray have predicted.
Apple's talks with Time Warner Cable have been going on since at least the middle of last year. The lag time between when Apple may announce the new set-top box and its release is because of ongoing negotiations with content providers.
The Time Warner deal would let Apple TV customers see a wider array of live TV channels. For the moment, they can access a limited number of individual channel apps, including Disney, ABC, ESPN, HBO, PBS and Bloomberg TV.
Access to some programming on Apple TV requires customers to prove they pay for cable or satellite, a process known as authentication. Each different app requires a login and password to be entered.
Fewer steps
Apple has been working to streamline the process with the new Apple TV and has run into problems with Comcast and DirecTV, the two largest pay-TV distributors in the US, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.
Eddy Cue, the head of Apple's iTunes, has been trying to convince the two companies to let customers use Apple IDs instead of credentials from Comcast and DirecTV, these people said. The distributors would prefer keeping their customer information separate from Apple, according to the sources.
In the market for digital set-top boxes, Apple is competing against Microsoft's Xbox One and Roku's internet-connected device. Amazon has also reportedly been working on a TV box, and Comcast entered the market late last year with its new digital interface – called X1 – that sells and rents TV shows and films much the way that Apple does through iTunes.
More devices
For Time Warner Cable, the deal would advance its "TV Everywhere" strategy, giving customers the ability to watch content on different devices. Its viewing app is already available on Apple's iPad and tablets running Google's Android software, as well as Roku and Amazon's Kindle Fire.
Time Warner's app currently features 300 channels though it doesn't fully replace its set-top box. The cable company had to secure streaming rights to allow viewing on digital devices, an increasingly important component of negotiations with the TV networks.
As portable devices become more popular, Apple has focused its TV strategy on promoting the iTunes digital store. iTunes sales – which include apps and music – surged 25 per cent to $US16.1 billion ($18 billion) for the fiscal year ending in September.
Media companies that own TV shows and movies have been reluctant to sell content directly to online services such as Apple because it could harm the business of cable and satellite providers, whose licensing fees make up a substantial part of their revenue. Apple is attempting to address those concerns by partnering with cable companies.
The Apple-focused news website 9to5Mac previously reported the company was working on an updated Apple TV.


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Toby Keith's 'Oklahoma Twister Relief' concert a sell-out
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Toby Keith and his friends will be performing before a packed house when they play their fundraiser for Oklahoma storm victims. Tickets went on sale Friday for the country star's upcoming "Oklahoma Twister Relief" benefit, and were all gone in just over an hour.
But more tickets could become available once the production for the show is finalized. Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, and Ronnie Dunn are among the stars joining Toby for the charity event. Willie Nelson, John Anderson, Mel Tillis, and Sammy Hagar are also on board for the July 6th show, which will take place at the Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. The lineup for the event could also grow.
Money raised through the show will go to The United Way Of Central Oklahoma May Tornado Relief Fund.
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Live Coverage Of The Vice Presidential Debate
VPR will air NPR coverage of the Vice Presidential Debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan on October 11th at 9:00 p.m. live from Centre College in Danville Kentucky. The Focus: Foreign and domestic policy. Martha Raddatz, Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent for ABC News will moderate. Audie Cornish will host for NPR. The debate will last for 90 minutes.
Immediately following, you'll her analysis from NPR Senior Washington editor Ron Elving, political analysts E.J. Dionne and Matt Continetti, and several NPR policy reporters who will be standing by in the NPR studio. You'll also hear insights from traveling campaign reporters.


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Sheriff's deputies arrested a Joshua Tree man Wednesday on suspicion of fatally shooting his wife in their home.
San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies received a call at midnight regarding a shooting in the 61000 block of Alta Vista Drive.
They arrived and found Christy Phipps, 35, dead of a gunshot wound. Deputies interviewed Phipps' husband, Joseph Phipps, and then arrested him.
He was booked into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga on suspicion of the killing.
Anyone with information may call sheriff's homicide investigators, 909-387-3589 or WeTip, 800-78-CRIME.
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cholo block letters are waaaaay cleaner than alot of "graff" handys. Id rather do that style... but then I learned that style from the official mufuccaz so I guess Im biased.
cholo block letters are waaaaay cleaner than alot of "graff" handys. Id rather do that style... but then I learned that style from the official mufuccaz so I guess Im biased.
better than SAR toys is made in china toys lol. cause all of the big toys (ie: gang vandals <notice vandals) are made in china... FUCKING CHINESE TOYS! :P
Yeah man.
Just like SAID said.
Toys who never made it.
stick up kid no hope for me.
more like too fucked up from snorting the gas they cant work on their steeze...
Please Let this thread sink away into the depths of the toy section, stop posting here.
graffiti is graffiti. its all bad. were all just biased cause we think our shit is better cause its prettier and more artistic. in the eyes of everybody else, its all graffiti. the mesage is different, but the means and method is the same.
^you are a fucking idiot
this thread is stupid
flat out fucking stupid
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are there no mods that can close this garbage?...this is a retarded comparison gang markings and graffiti arent even comparable not even a little bit, and to have anything about gangs on a graffiti site is DUMB DUMB DUMB DUMB DUMB and WAAAAY off topic
yeah i second this shit...^^ close it down
Sorry to reopen, but i thoght i'd like to point out that alot of the new crews around my area are turning ratty as fuck. rolling wrighters for there paints for no reason but they cant be fucked getting a job to pay for some them self.
i think its important to make it very clear to crews like this that, the rest of the graffiti world is frowned upon.
But what really distrubs me is that young guys my age (15, 16) dont know any better. I was taught the ways by old kings of melboruen graff.. when these kids are getting taught by slightly older rats. I also find that alot of these people throw around teh word toy as a insult.
Being a toy is not a bad thing, but what really anoys me is these people are toys. they are nothing but toys. most dont even have a black book, and in most cases poluting the streets with offences ugly crap, that was founded by the arm robb on the 13 year old year 7 two days before.
(sorry to do this i needed to let out some steem)
Originally Posted by RUP'E
i dont like going solo in areas away from people. im always shitten my self that there a gang of pedofiles around the corner waiting in the bush's.
Its probibly important to mention i do not wright apel and im not in mh (tho i used to be before i staryted getting srs and they started slashing pple better then them)---sorry racer if ya on the forum you no i still love you....but that pissed me of.
dude your in the wrong forum...
Gangs use stock caps, weak unwanted drips no style and illegible letters
if your gonna waste time post whoreing super obvious information, in every thread, just leave..
gangs write to inform and communicate with other people in the gang world and let them know whats happening. whos dead, whos at war, whos in certain gangs etc. although this can overlap with graffiti in places like phillidelphia were their tagging style(you know, the 5ft letters that you cant read or the normal sized letters that.....you still cant read.) evolved from gang graffiti.
then theres writers....who write their name.
end of.
well, seriously if you dont know the difference, dont fuckin paint. not to mention all the vital info is somewhere in the first 2 pages...
Graffiti Crews paint cause they love it. plus they do peices and throws with different colors and shit. And they take pride in their peices which take way longer than just a few lines on a wall lettin other gangs know whats good. thats pretty much it
South Florida
who cares. lets pee pee on graves and dance to culture club.
"When sh*t becomes valuable, the poor will be born without assholes."
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So his argument here is the equivalent of a person who killed his parents begging for clemency on the grounds of being an orphan.
Of his past we learn only that he is an orphan, and that he studied philosophy and joined the Communist Party.
If failure is an orphan, the Cuban sandwich, or Cubano, has been an enormous success.
And in 2007, Focus on the Family estimates it reached 19 million people through its "Cry of the orphan" campaign.
The movie orphan comes directly from this unexamined place in popular culture.
Uncle has been a second father to me for half my life—since I was left an orphan.
It is like spending the day with a hurricane, or being born an orphan.
I was an orphan, and had lived with my Uncle Felix three years.
The orphan recited it, while the rich child gazed at her eagerly.
My own niece, her that is an orphan, would have gone and been thankful.
c.1300, from Late Latin orphanus "parentless child" (source of Old French orfeno, Italian orfano), from Greek orphanos "orphaned, without parents, fatherless," literally "deprived," from orphos "bereft," from PIE *orbho- "bereft of father," also "deprived of free status," from root *orbh- "to change allegiance, to pass from one status to another" (cf. Hittite harb- "change allegiance," Latin orbus "bereft," Sanskrit arbhah "weak, child," Armenian orb "orphan," Old Irish orbe "heir," Old Church Slavonic rabu "slave," rabota "servitude" (cf. robot), Gothic arbja, German erbe, Old English ierfa "heir," Old High German arabeit, German Arbeit "work," Old Frisian arbed, Old English earfoð "hardship, suffering, trouble"). As an adjective from late 15c.
1814, from orphan (n.). Related: Orphaned; orphaning.
A model of a car, boat, computer, etc, which is no longer being manufactured, and for which spare parts are hard to find (1940s+)


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GAITHERSBURG, MD -- Sodexo has partnered with MyFitnessPal to put nutrition information for its menu items at the tips of the fingers of its on-the-go customers and help them track their fitness activities.
The MyFitnessPal application is available as a free download on iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows smartphones. It uses a barcode scanner, allowing consumers to instantly download nutrition information for a product as an alternative to searching for it in the MyFitnessPal database or entering it manually.
Sodexo has created unique codes for each of its products and recipes for use with the application and features them on its signs, labels and receipts. The contract foodservice giant's database of thousands of chef-developed menu items is integrated into the application. MyFitnessPal's nutrition database of more than 1.8 million products is also available on its website.
In addition, the program allows for integration of the consumer's information with FitBit, a tool used to track activity, diet and sleep patterns.
"People want help managing their day-to-day progress and keeping track away from home can sometimes present a challenge," said Bill Mitchell, national director of consumer technology solutions at Sodexo.


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Pearl Jam taking part in Global Citizen Tickets initiative
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Pearl Jam is part of an impressive group of artists who are encouraging fans to do their part in the fight against world hunger. Eddie Vedder and the guys have signed on for the new Global Citizen Tickets Initiative along with My Morning Jacket, Kings of Leon, Soundgarden, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Kanye West, and many more.
The program allows fans to earn points by raising money for participating charities and other forms of social activism, which will then be put toward a ticket lottery. For the reward, participating artists have agreed to donate two tickets to every show they play for the next three years. Fans can get more information or start earning points now at GlobalCitizen.org/tickets.
Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis tells "Rolling Stone" he came up with the Tickets Initiative along with Global Poverty Project chief executive Hugh Evans while they were planning last year's Global Citizen Festival. The New York City concert event was headlined by Neil Young, the Foo Fighters, and the Black Keys, and raised one-point-three-billion dollars in pledges for the world's poor.
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The "Y" in Y-3 stands for avant-garde Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto; the "3" represents Adidas's three signature stripes. Since its launch in 2003, Y-3 has become one of the most influential clothing lines in sports fashion, with impeccably constructed men's and women's separates, shoes and accessories that meld Yamamoto's cutting-edge eye with the rugged sports aesthetic of Adidas. Signature looks include printed art T-shirts, stylized sweatpants, and denim pieces emblazoned with the iconic Adidas stripes, as well as couture-inspired sneakers, bright neon high-tops, and fitted beanies and caps.
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Thread: Long, Difficult Transition
27th October 2012 06:59 PM #1
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Long, Difficult Transition
I am currently pregnant with my 4th. All my previous labors and births have been the same. From the moment I'm 8 cm dialated to the moment the baby is born takes 2 hours! I've had natural births for #2 and #3, but those last 2 hours are excruciating. Is there anything I can do to make that long transition shorter? Anything I can do to help cope with the intense and painful last 2 hours? I'm seriously considering pain meds this time around if I have to go through that again...
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Hello Mrs S,
Congratulations on your 4th baby! My 4th and 5th pregnancies were my least painful and fastest from 8cm to birth. There are a number of reasons that I attribute this to.
1. With my last 2 babies, I had water births. As soon as I got in the warm water, in a large birthing tub (larger than my bathtub) my body really relaxed. I was able to labour in positions that felt natural to my body because the birthing pool was large enough for me to move around. The water also helped my perineum to relax which allowed me to avoid an episiotomy and tearing. Some women's labours slow or stop if they get in the water too early, but if labour is well under way, then water can help a woman to relax which helps labour to progress faster.
2. Baby's Position - Before getting in the water with my 5th baby, my midwife had me stand on one leg and put my other leg up on a stool and then lunge into it during contractions. This was helpful in moving baby into better position so that her head was positioned optimally on my cervix which meant dilation progressed faster.
3. With my 5th, I drank a lot of Red Raspberry Leaf Tea during the last month which helped my uterine muscles to be more toned and work more efficiently.
4. I made sure not to recline during my last month, and sat on the edge of my seat in order to help baby not be in a posterior position.
5. With my 4th and 5th pregnancies, I went to a Chiropractor for adjustments which helped baby to be positioned optimally.
The better position baby is in, the faster labour should progress. The more relaxed you are, the faster labour should progress, and the more toned the uterus is, the faster labour should progress.
With baby #5, from the time I got in the birthing pool until I was nearly 10 cm, was just one hour. Baby was born with only 2 pushes.
Does this give you any new ideas?
Warm Regards,


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A Millard County sheriff's deputy feared for his life and was justified in his use of deadly force against an unarmed man who led the deputy on a car chase before trying to choke him during a fistfight, an investigation by prosecutors concluded.
In a letter sent to the Sheriff's Office on Friday, Millard County Attorney Richard Waddingham cleared Deputy Dale Josse of any wrongdoing in the Oct. 15 fatal shooting death of Corey Kanosh.
The circumstances of the case support the contention that "Deputy Josse reasonably believed the use of deadly force was necessary to prevent death or serious bodily injury to himself," Waddingham wrote.
The county attorney's decision comes one day after Kanosh's family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Millard County, its sheriff and Josse in Salt lake City's U.S. District Court. The lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount of financial damages and answers to lingering questions about the shooting.
On Friday, the family's attorney Josh Baron said he had not yet seen Waddingham's letter to Sheriff Robert Dekker but was not surprised by the findings.
"This is kind of what we expected at this stage, but we still want to see the full police reports, the 911 tapes and the coroner's report," Baron said. "We're still open to the possibility that the deputy acted appropriately."
Baron said the family has no immediate plans to withdraw their federal lawsuit but may reach that conclusion once they are allowed access to all the relevant investigative information.
Baron had previously said that information gathered by his own investigators was "not lining up" with accounts of the shooting from police.
According to police, Kanosh's mother called 911 on Oct. 15 to report her son was intoxicated and had taken her car from the Kanosh Paiute Indian Reservation. Josse attempted to stop the car, but Kanosh and his passenger sped away. A chase ensued over paved and unpaved roads, with the car eventually stopping in the foothills east of the town of Kanosh, where the two men fled on foot.
According to Waddingham's letter, Josse told investigators he chased Kanosh on foot for about 200 yards and deployed a Taser in his attempt to stop the fleeing man. The Taser barbs got caught in Kanosh's clothing, the letter states.
Kanosh continued to run, but tripped and fell. Josse got on top of Kanosh, who attempted to wrestle free, raising himself up to standing, despite having the deputy on his back. Once upright, the men got into a physical altercation, the letter states.
"At that point, Kanosh grabbed Deputy Josse by the throat with one hand and wrapped the other hand around Deputy Josse's back," the letter states.
Josse told investigators that he ordered Kanosh to let go and hit Kanosh in the face with his flashlight, but he refused to let go. Josse said he became fearful that if Kanosh forced him to the ground he would be unable to defend himself and would be killed.
"As Deputy Josse began to stumble backward with Kanosh still gripping him, Deputy Josse dropped his flashlight, unholstered his duty weapon and fired two shots from a hip position," the letter states. "Deputy Josse then fell onto his back and Kanosh fell on top of him."
Reports from ballistics experts, who found Kanosh was shot at close range, and the medical examiner support Josse's account of the shooting, Waddingham's letter said.


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Voinovich Bridge update
(Cleveland) - The East Ninth Street westbound ramp to the new Voinovich Bridge is expected to open in time for Monday's morning commute.
The Ontario Road entrance ramp opened on Saturday, but does not allow access to I-71 yet.
Two additional westbound lanes are to open in several weeks and two eastbound lanes will be moved onto the new span.
A ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony was held on the new innerbelt bridge Friday.
On Saturday afternoon the Ontario Street on-ramp openned to traffic providing access to I-90 westbound.
Phase Two of the innerbelt bridge project is expected to begin shortly, with the old bridge being torn down and replaced.
The Kasich Administration has announced $120 million dollars in funding to repair bridges around the state. Lt Gov. Mary Taylor says 40 of those projects will begin in 2014.
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lmao., I see dozens of reasons why updating to a current version of your operating system is not always a good thing or even necessary.
If you are in a low LTE area, it'll suck up your battery. If you are in a low 3G coverage, that'll suck up your battery.
Ugh. What a perfect opportunity to mention TinyUmbrella before it's too late. Obviously, Apple thought that the problems on that particular hardware were serious enough to update with a fix before addressing the jailbreak, so why "recommend" only sitting tight? That can only risk being stuck between a rock (Jailbreak on broken 6.1 FW) and a hard place (fixed unJB-able FW that may come out almost immediately after 6.1.1)."That being said, if you want to update your iPhone 4S to iOS 6.1.1, you can… AFTER… the hackers have had a chance to update the evasi0n jailbreak tool. We will be sure to let you know when that happens. Until then, we recommend sitting tight on whatever iOS 6 firmware you might have that's already jailbroken."


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Hi folks.
We're upgrading one of our search servers, so forum search, and some of our other search capabilities will be off the air for a while.
Searching for items should still work, as it's running off a newer server anyone.
Sorry for the hassle. I'll post when things are back up and running.
but if we are at this, what about a complete overhaul of how the search works?
Now I will not propose ideas in this thread since from my experience on envato forums is it pointless to bring ideas to the tables but I can't resist on making one single request:
global search: If someone search for a "duck" on videohive, should get "ducks" from the other marketplace as well, like audiojungle duck sound, some nice vector ducks from graphicriver or even a 3D duck from 3Docean. You should be able to include or exclude certain marketplaces from the search result if you want.
Everything should be up and running again now.
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Everything should be up and running again now.
sorry, is not working
I've tried couple of other obvious terms but no result
Search works here (AudioJungle) and I've noticed a change in search-refining menu on the right, both in style and added level of depth of refinement Cool to see this!
EDIT : whoops! you are talking about forum search… sorry
now it works
If I search for collections the second page brings me to the second item search page with that keyword!


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When it was founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia in 1541, Santiago was little more than the triangular patch of land embraced by two arms of the Río Mapocho. Today the area of the original municipality is known as Santiago Centro, and is just one of 32 comunas (districts)—each with its own distinct personality—that make up the city.
You'd never confuse Patronato, a neighborhood north of downtown filled with Moorish-style mansions built by families who made their fortunes in textiles, with Las Condes, where the modern skyscrapers built by international corporations crowd the avenues. The chic shopping centers of Las Condes have little in common with the outdoor markets in Bellavista.
Perhaps the neighborhoods have retained their individuality because many have histories as old as Santiago itself. Ñuñoa, for example, was a hardworking farm town to the east. Farther away was El Arrayán, a sleepy village in the foothills of the Andes. As the capital grew, these and many other communities were drawn inside the city limits. If you ask Santiaguinos you meet today where they reside, they are just as likely to mention their neighborhood as their city.
Like many of the early Spanish settlements, Santiago suffered some severe setbacks. Six months after the town was founded, a group of the indigenous Picunche people attacked, burning every building to the ground. Undeterred, the Spanish rebuilt in the same spot. The narrow streets that radiated out from the Plaza de Armas in those days are the same ones that can be seen today.
The Spanish lost interest in Santiago after about a decade, moving south in search of gold. But fierce resistance from the Mapuche people in 1599 forced many settlers to retreat to Santiago. The population swelled, solidifying the city's claim as the region's colonial capital. Soon many of the city's landmarks, including the colourful Casa Colorada, were erected.
It wasn't until after Chile finally won its independence from Spain in 1818 that Santiago took the shape it has today. Broad avenues extended in every direction. Buildings befitting a national capital, such as the Congreso Nacional and the Teatro Municipal, won wide acclaim. Parque Quinta Normal and Parque O'Higgins preserved huge swaths of green for the people, and the poplar-lined Parque Forestal gave the increasingly proud populace a place to promenade.
Santiago today is home to more than 6 million people—nearly a third of the country's total population. It continues to spread outward to the so-called barrios altos (upper neighborhoods) east of the centre. It's also growing upward, as new office towers transform the skyline. Yet in many ways, Santiago still feels like a small town, where residents are always likely to bump into an acquaintance along the city centre's crowded streets and bustling plazas.


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WASHINGTON - As the current express delivery contract nears its end, the U.S. General Services Administration is preparing to launch a new multiple award schedule for the first time since 1983 to meet the needs of the federal government's domestic express shipping needs. GSA's current, single-award contract will expire August 15, 2001.
"We are confident that the range of services provided through this new program will give GSA's customers the opportunity to tailor their delivery preferences, with a wide variety of sources to meet their specific needs," said GSA's Federal Supply Service Commissioner Donna Bennett.
GSA's decision to create a multiple award schedule for express delivery stems from the realization that many government agencies now require additional service options, more carrier diversity and a choice in selecting services and carriers. Now, as GSA prepares to oversee the debut of its new schedule, officials are encouraging its customers to define their new requirements as early as possible. The schedule will encompass delivery options ranging from small package to heavyweight, from same day to third day,
FedEx, GSA's third contract holder of domestic express delivery services since 1983, holds the current contract, which was awarded in 1996. FedEx also held the previous contract, awarded in 1991.
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wuts so good abt wolves?
firstly, he didnt bite letter for letter from a font creator.
lol cheap graff fonts ftw!
went with b.s
bs police has the best style
vote for jerm_haf he must have some balls posting that shit
delliproof gmv
^now thats what i call influence^
of course, everyone votes for B.S...I'm thinkin that if its gonna b a kickass bomb, it needs to be a lil simpler, no offense, but i'm just sayin
I'm worse than all 7 deadly sins!
Cause i'll kill ya off wit tha speed of hurricane force winds!
this shits a fuckin joke.
sorry geraldo, no one knows you, or cares.
big blue, my vote.
BS police is unstoppable, I want to see your throwies on a wall, looking fresh everytime.
Regardless of what I post I don't condone any illegal graffiti, although I stayed at a holiday inn once.
the best one is raisedbywolves, but there all good, keep them coming, i like looking at them
Police...that wolves shit was aiight too.
Delliproof shit on all ya
...wolves,all though i did disliked the face o :/
so are we done with the throwie and sketch battles or what?
im gonna poll one myself, throw and sketch
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The BMW 5-Series stands out as a traditional luxury sport sedan that not only offers strong, uncompromised performance but also some leading-edge safety and connectivity technology. Increasingly, the 5-Series has an advantage over most of its rivals in that it offers more fuel-saving measures than most other sport sedans, with items such as Auto Start/Stop, turbocharging, direct injection and a special "Eco Pro" driving mode combining to provide significant gains in gas mileage. A diesel model, the 535d, offers yet another fuel-saving powertrain option.
Otherwise, the 5-Series sedans offer more comfortable, refined cabins than other sport sedans, and the 5-Series Gran Turismo body style is a good pick for those who want a little more cargo flexibility.
The M5 performance sedan remains one of the best-handling and best-performing 4-doors on the market at any price.
Compare the 2016 BMW 5 Series against similar models
Ahead of a 2017 redesign, the BWM 5-Series hits 2016 with only a few changes. Among them, the 550i adds a Harman Kardon stereo, satellite radio, and power trunk lid to its standard features list. All 5-Series models feature enhanced USB and Bluetooth, with mobile office capabilities (texts, email, calendar, tasks and voice memos), and sync for a second phone.
A vehicle's warranty can significant impact your maintenance costs after you drive off the dealer's lot, and it's important to understand the different parts. Typically, a new car warranty includes a Basic warranty, which covers everything except the wear items such as brakes and tires; and a Drivetrain warranty, that covers all the parts that make the car move, such as the engine and transmission
The NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) provides consumers with vehicle safety information based on independent testing, primarily front and side crash rating results, and more recently rollover ratings, to aid consumers in their vehicle purchase decisions.
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The BMW 5 Series has been around for a long time, and the 2016 model is expected to be the last of its generation, at six years old. It has aged well with its traditional looks (updated for 2015).
Some impressive challengers have a lot to offer, namely the Cadillac CTS, Audi S6 and S7, and Jaguar XF. Still, the 5 Series endures, with responsive driving dynamics, the right amount of luxury, but most of all some of the world's best powertrains, chassis and safety.
The 5 Series is vast, from sedans to Gran Turismo hatchbacks, and engines including an economical turbo four, smooth inline six-cylinder, turbocharged V8, hybrid, diesel, all offering that great BMW ride and handling. There's nothing new for 2016 except a standard Harman Kardon surround sound system and power trunk lid on the 550i.
The 528i uses a strong turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder making 240 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque, with an eight-speed automatic transmission. The 535i takes a 3.0-liter turbocharged inline six with 300 hp and 300 lb-ft, while the 550i boasts a twin-turbocharged V8 with an awesome 445 hp and 480 lb-ft. There's also a high-performance M5, but the 550i is nearly as quick, with a zero-to-sixty time of just 4.5 seconds.
On the economy side, there's the relaxed and confident 535d, with its 3.0-liter turbodiesel inline six making 255 hp and 433 lb-ft. The ActiveHybrid5 uses a 300-hp turbocharged six with a 54-hp electric motor system and 1.3-kWh lithium-ion battery pack. It's nearly as quick as the 535i.
The M5 is a performance icon. It makes a humongous 560 horsepower, and is available with a Competition Package that boosts it to 575. Choose between a six-speed manual transmission or seven-speed twin clutch and be thrilled either way.
Manual transmissions are available in the 5 Series models except for the hybrid, diesel and xDrive all-wheel-drive cars.
Fuel mileage runs the gamut of the engines, with the 528i bringing a strong 22 mpg city/34 mpg highway, pretty great for a luxury sedan, even better than the hybrid. Even the 4.4-liter V8 in the 550i brings mileage that's not much below 20 combined. Of course it's the 535d diesel that wins, with 26/38. In one city/highway run in cold weather, we got 37 mpg.
The 5 Series get top crash-test scores from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and federal government, except, significantly, for a Marginal rating in the IIHS telephone-pole (small overlap frontal) test.
The BMW 5 Series includes the 528i ($50,200), 535i ($55,850), 535d ($57,350), Active Hybrid5 ($62,100), and 550i xDrive ($68,600).
The 528i comes standard with dual-zone climate control, dynamic cruise control, LED fog lamps, and Bluetooth/USB/smartphone integration, power heated mirrors, rain-sensing wipers, and xenon headlamps.
The 5 Series is lean and masculine, with the classic proportions of a sports sedan. It's got a fairly low beltline and fairly large greenhouse. the 2015 facelift brought new lines around the kidney grille and air intakes, as well as a dramatic taillamp design.
The 5 Series falls short of feeling like a cockpit, but it is driver-oriented, with simple, clean gauges and switches canted six degrees toward the driver. The dash is low, with pushed-out corners that make the cabin in front feel spacious. The center console is wide, behind the iDrive controller and touchpad. Most of the materials and trims are nicely understated.
The front seats are excellent, although space in the rear is lacking in the sedan, so if you need more you can choose the Gran Turismo hatchback.
Like its competitors, the 5 Series uses high technology to improve virtually every aspect of its performance, but it does a better job of many luxury sports sedans of keeping the driver involved, without over-involving him or her. Steering, suspension, turbocharged engines, even the hybrid hardware, all are enhanced by technology. The ride in all models is firm, while being supple and quiet.
On the curviest and most demanding of roads, the driver feels connected to the car. The electric power steering, although relatively numb and devoid of feedback, is still weighted better than most of the cars in this class. BMW's Integral Active Steering slightly steers the rear wheels in the opposite direction at under 35 mph, to tighten parking; or it steers them in the same direction above 35 to enhance stability. It makes the 5 Series more nimble.
The 528i's turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine conveniently reaches its torque at a mere 1250 rpm and responds brilliantly with the eight-speed automatic transmission. It responds quickly and motors along happily at low rpm for good gas mileage.
The 3.0-liter turbocharged six in the 535i picks up the pace, with 300 horsepower and 300 pound-feet of torque, and if that's not enough, the burly twin-turbocharged V8 in the 550i uses its 445 hp and 480 lb-f to rocket you from a standing start to 60 mph in 4.5 seconds, not much behind the M5 with its 560 horsepower. We found the M5 to be thrilling, if a bit detached and digital.
The 255-horsepower 535d diesel feels strong where you need it, both in the city and passing on the highway, thanks to its whopping 433 pound-feet of torque. The ActiveHybrid5, with a 300-hp turbocharged six-cylinder engine plus a 54-hp electric-motor system and 1.3-kWh lithium-ion battery pack, also offers strong performance; it accelerates nearly as quickly as the 535i.
Manual transmissions are very rare in this class, but the 5 Series provides them in the 528i, 535i and 550i, with rear-wheel drive.
Driving Dynamics Control offers you five modes: Eco Pro, Comfort, Normal, Sport, and Sport+, to adjust throttle response, transmission shift points, and steering assist. When you add the versatility of the available active suspension, you can tune yourself an attitude that works on the track.
The 5 Series is getting long in the tooth, and it has serious rivals that are newer and more snazzy. But if you're a BMW fan, with so many variants to choose among, you probably won't be disappointed.
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Why 'Transformers 4′ Debuted in Hong Kong, Not Hollywood
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Hollywood came to Hong Kong on Thursday with the world premiere of "Transformers: Age of Extinction," the fourth installment in the blockbuster robot franchise.
The decision to hold the premiere in Hong Kong, where some scenes were filmed, is a nod to the growing clout of movie audiences in mainland China. The country is now the world's second-largest movie market in terms of box office and is forecast to overtake the U.S. by the end of the decade.
Hollywood studios have taken notice.
The cast of "Transformers: Age of Extinction" includes two popular Chinese stars: actress Li Bingbing — who has appeared in a long list of major Chinese movies, as well as 2012's "Resident Evil: Retribution" starring Milla Jovovich — and boy-band singer Han Geng.
The latest in the X-Men saga, "X-Men: Days of Future Past," includes another well-known Chinese actress, Fan Bingbing (not related to Li Bingbing), in a minor role. She also appeared briefly in last year's "Iron Man 3."
Meanwhile, some less-than-stellar-performing Hollywood blockbusters have done better in China than back home. "Pacific Rim," a summer disappointment last year, pulled in just $101.8 million in the U.S., according to Box Office Mojo. But the sci-fi movie about giant robots battling sea creatures in the waters off Hong Kong grabbed the No. 4 spot at China's box office last year, pulling in 694.3 million yuan ($111.4 million). And James Cameron's "Titanic 3D" earned $57.9 million in the U.S. in 2012, compared with $145 million in China, according to Box Office Mojo.
It's small wonder, then, that Hong Kong was the setting for the "Transformers: Age of Extinction" premiere. Director Michael Bay joined stars Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Nicola Peltz and Jack Reynor on the red carpet for the debut. They travel next to Shanghai and Beijing, ahead of the U.S. premiere next week.
The Paramount Pictures release opens June 27 in the U.S. and also begins rolling out in other global markets next week.
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Utah State is trying to remain unbeaten in the Western Athletic Conference. So is BYU, actually. And Utah is fighting for bowl eligibility.
It may not have appeared that way during the summer, but Nov. 17 has become the most compelling Saturday of the local college football season at least since Sept. 15, when the Utah-BYU and USU-Wisconsin games came down to missed field goals. A look at Saturday's games:
Utah State at Louisiana Tech, 2 p.m. MST
The Aggies can clinch a WAC championship with a win over No. 19 Louisiana Tech. Doing so will require scoring a bunch of points.
USU's defense has played solidly, but the Bulldogs have scored against everybody, including 57 points in a loss to Texas A&M. So the responsibility falls to quarterback Chuckie Keeton, running back Kerwynn Williams and the rest of the Aggie offense to keep up on the scoreboard.
Say what you want about the weakened WAC, having lost Fresno State and Nevada to the Mountain West, but the presence of USU and Louisiana Tech will validate a title for one of them. They're genuinely good teams. USU has a better balance of offense and defense, but Tech's offense is so productive that its one dimension might be sufficient.
BYU at San Jose State, 8:30 p.m. MST
The Cougars have beaten Utah State and Idaho and close their partial WAC schedule next week at New Mexico State. They haven't played Louisiana Tech, which would have been an interesting matchup. San Jose State offers a somewhat similar test, though.
The Spartans can throw the ball effectively, with quarterback David Fales. He shredded USU's defense for 467 yards, but the Aggies countered with 13 sacks in a 49-27 win on Oct. 13. That's the same day when Oregon State passed for 332 yards in beating BYU, the only time the Cougar defense really has been exposed.
So this will be a decent test for a BYU secondary, with safety Joe Sampson having withdrawn from school.
Arizona at Utah, 8 p.m.
The theme is emerging: Here comes another high-powered offense. Arizona is dynamic and multidimensional, led by quarterback Matt Scott (assuming he returns after missing last week's game with a concussion) and running back Ka'Deem Carey. Utah will need either its best offensive performance of the season to match the Wildcats or a phenomenal effort from the defense.
It's true that Arizona has not won a road game, but the Wildcats' schedule has included trips to Oregon and Stanford where they scored 48 points in regulation, before losing in overtime. The one variable in this game is how each team will respond to its situation. Arizona has clinched bowl eligibility and plays rival Arizona State next week. Does that take pressure off the Wildcats, or make that complacent?
As for the Utes, they're desperate, needing two wins for bowl eligibility. Historically, coach Kyle Whittingham's teams have performed well in such circumstances.
A loss not only would destroy Utah's bowl hopes, but would create doubt about its ability to compete in the Pac-12. In two years of league play, the Utes are 6-10 overall and 2-6 against South division rivals.
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The U.S. Air Force's first C-17 made its final landing Wednesday at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, where the Long Beach-made aircraft will be on display.
The first C-17 Globemaster III, known as T-1, was built by hand primarily for developmental test and evaluation. The aircraft was rebuilt and refurbished over time, extending its life span from five to 21 years.
"After more than 20 years of wide-ranging flight tests, T-1 is starting a new career at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force," Lt. Gen. (Ret.) and museum director John L. Hudson said in a written statement. "This aircraft will serve as the representative C-17 airframe in the museum's collection, allowing us to share with the public more of the story of the demanding airlift missions facing today's Air Force."
For more information about the museum, visit www.nationalmuseum.af.mil.
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Started playing On the xbox this morning then halfway through the 1st half on my first game on Fifa i got black lines down the screen, so tried to re start it and then got "contact xbox support" with one red light in the bottom right of the ring.
Does this mean its fucked? and i have to send my beloved console away to the germans?