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If anyone has been on the lookout for when BMWNA would get around to providing the 2013 build options on the website, it's finally there.
Also, here are the "Standard Features" / Included options in the 35is. Its been driving me bonkers that it wasn't on the BMWNA site, relying only on screen shots and 2nd hand information regarding what was and wasn't included. This list was found on my newly updated build status:
2013 Z4 sDrive35is Standard Features
Performance and efficiency
3.0-liter dual overhead cam (DOHC), 24-valve inline turbocharged 335-horsepower 6-cylinder engine with TwinPower Turbo technology and Double-VANOS steplessly variable valve timing
Electronic throttle control
Brake Energy Regeneration to convert kinetic energy into usable electrical power
7-speed Double Clutch Transmission (includes steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters in Z4 sDrive35is)
Steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters (require and are automatically added with 8-speed Sport Automatic transmission or 7-speed Double Clutch Transmission in Z4 sDrive35i)
Handling and braking
Driving Dynamics Control with comfort, sport and sport+ modes
Dynamic Stability Control (DSC), including Brake Fade Compensation, Brake Drying, and Brake Stand-by features, with Dynamic Traction Control (DTC)
High-rigidity body/chassis unit with aluminum hood
Aluminum double-pivot spring and strut-type front suspension
Central Link rear suspension with cast-aluminum upper transverse links
Vehicle-speed-sensitive Electric Power Steering with Servotronic power assist
4-wheel anti-lock disc brakes, ventilated front and rear
Front and rear anti-roll (stabilizer) bars
Twin-tube gas-pressure shock absorbers
Increased top-speed limiter
Adaptive M Suspension
Exterior and aerodynamics
Star Spoke (Style 295) light alloy wheels, 18 x 8.0 front/18 x 8.5 rear and 225/40 front, 255/35 rear run-flat performance tires1
Tire Pressure Monitor
Xenon Adaptive Headlights with auto-leveling
Retractable hardtop
Heated external mirrors
White side-turn indicator lenses
Heated glass rear window
Aerodynamic kit
Wind deflector
Interior seating and trim
10-way power-adjustable sport seats including adjustable side bolsters, plus 2-way manually adjustable thigh support; includes driver memory with 2 presets for exterior mirror and seat positions
4-way adjustable power lumbar support for seats
Kansas Leather upholstery2
Brushed Aluminum interior trim
Ash Grain Wood interior trim
Aluminum Carbon Shadow interior trim
Anthracite headliner
Door sills with M badge and M footrest
Comfort and convenience
Comfort Access keyless entry with multi-function remote control, Comfort Opening and Loading functions
Automatic climate control includes micro-filter, automatic air recirculation, left/right temperature control, MAX A/C function, heat at rest, and recall of individual user settings
Vehicle & Key Memory
BMW Ambiance lighting
Welcome lights with fade-in/fade-out feature, and actuation from remote control
Glove compartment; storage space in doors and behind seats
Dual power external mirrors
Interior and exterior mirrors with automatic-dimming function; compass display shown in interior mirror
Rain-sensing windshield wipers and Automatic headlight control
Center armrest
Through-loading system
2 cupholders in the center console beneath the center armrest, plus a clip-in cupholder on the center console
Electric interior trunk release
Integrated 3-button Universal garage-door opener
Instrumentation and controls
3-spoke leather-wrapped multi-function M sport steering wheel with controls for audio system, cruise control, and Bluetooth wireless communication for hands-free mobile phone (if so equipped)3
Bluetooth wireless technology for hands-free calling (if equipped with compatible Bluetooth phone3) and phonebook downloading capabilities (please visit your authorized BMW center for details on standard and optional services)
Dynamic Cruise Control
LCD main and trip odometers
Service Interval Indicator with miles-to-service readout
4-function on-board computer
Outside temperature display
Power windows with "one-touch" push-pull open/close for driver
Premium AM/FM/CD audio system with surround-sound mode, digital amplifier with vehicle-specific equalizing, and MP3 capabilities
Auxiliary audio input adapter for portable music players
iPod® and USB adapter
Satellite radio preparation
HD Radio with "multicast" FM station reception
Safety and security
Dual-airbag Supplementary Restraint System
BMW's Advanced Safety System for integrated deployment of safety features
Automatic safety-belt pretensioners
Active Knee Protection
Side-impact airbags
Mechanism for disabling the deployment of the front, knee and passenger's-side airbag; includes indicator light (see your BMW Z4 Roadster Owner's Manual for further details)
Cornering Brake Control (CBC)
Rollover Protection System
Central locking system with double-lock anti-theft feature, selective unlocking and interior locking switch
Coded Driveaway Protection
Adaptive Brakelights
Crash sensor that activates Battery Safety Terminal disconnect of alternator, fuel pump and starter from battery; automatically unlocks doors, and turns on hazard and interior lights
Anti-theft alarm system with keyhead remote operation and interior motion detector
BMW Assist Safety Plan includes four years of Automatic Collision Notification, Emergency Request, Enhanced Roadside Assistance, Door Unlock, Stolen Vehicle Recovery, Customer Relations, TeleService, Mobile Office features4; MyInfo lets you send business locations and street addresses directly to your BMW and Navigation system (for complete details, visit bmwassist.com)
BMW Services
BMW Ultimate Service® (for complete details on BMW Ultimate Service, visit bmwusa.com/ultimateservice)
Run-flat tires do not come equipped with a spare wheel and tire. Driving over rough or damaged road surfaces, as well as debris, curbs and other obstacles, can cause serious damage to wheels, tires and suspension parts. This is more likely to occur with low-profile tires, which provide less cushioning between the wheel and the road. Be careful to avoid road hazards and reduce your speed, especially if your vehicle is equipped with low-profile tires. Performance tires are not recommended for driving in ice and snow conditions.
Includes seat surfaces, headrests, armrests in center console and doors; includes Sun-Reflective Technology.
Check for a list of BMW-compatible Bluetooth enabled mobile phones at your authorized BMW center or bmwusa.com.
Not all mobile phones are compatible with Mobile Office, and some compatible phones support a limited number Mobile Office functions. For the complete list of compatible mobile phones and the details regarding which Mobile Office functions are supported by each phone, please visit bmwusa.com/bluetooth.
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happy day
According to BMWUSA, the Z4 now has the new iDrive system.
This must be for Z4 built after November because ours doesn't have the ipdated
System. The picture of the navigation screen show a 3d image of a city.
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Today is Tuesday, April 2, the 92nd day of 2013. There are 273 days left in the year.
Today's highlight:
On April 2, 1863, during the Civil War, the Richmond Bread Riot erupted in the Confederate capital as a mob made up mostly of women, outraged over food shortages and rising prices, attacked and looted stores.
On this date:
In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon and his expedition landed in present-day Florida. (Some historians say the landing actually occurred the next day, on April 3.)
In 1792, Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized establishment of the U.S. Mint.
In 1800, Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21, in Vienna.
In 1860, the first Italian Parliament met at Turin.
In 1912, the just-completed RMS Titanic left Belfast to begin its sea trials eight days before the start of its ill-fated maiden voyage.
In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, "The world must be made safe for democracy." (Congress declared war four days later.)
In 1932, aviator Charles A. Lindbergh and John F. Condon went to a cemetery in The Bronx, N.Y., where Condon turned over $50,000 to a man in exchange for Lindbergh's kidnapped son. (The child, who was not returned, was found dead the following month.)
In 1942, Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded "American Patrol" at the RCA Victor studios in Hollywood.
In 1956, the soap operas "As the World Turns" and "The Edge of Night" premiered on CBS-TV.
In 1968, the science-fiction film "2001: A Space Odyssey," produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, had its world premiere in Washington D.C.
In 1974, French President Georges Pompidou died in Paris.
In 1982, several thousand troops from Argentina seized the disputed Falkland Islands, located in the south Atlantic, from Britain. (Britain seized the islands back the following June.)
Ten years ago: During the Iraq War, American forces fought their way to within sight of the Baghdad skyline. A bomb blast near a wharf in the southern Philippine city of Davao killed 16.
Five years ago: President George W. Bush suffered a diplomatic setback when NATO allies rebuffed his pleas to put former Soviet republics Ukraine and Georgia on the path toward membership. Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, who'd helped broker peace in Northern Ireland but couldn't survive a scandal over his collection of cash from businessmen, announced he would resign.
One year ago: A gunman killed seven people at Oikos University, a Christian school in Oakland, Calif. (Suspected gunman One (wahn) Goh was found not mentally fit for trial until deemed competent.) President Barack Obama challenged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold his health care overhaul during a Rose Garden news conference. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that jailers may perform invasive strip searches on people arrested even for minor offenses. Five-time All-Star Reggie Miller joined longtime NBA coach Don Nelson and college standout Ralph Sampson as part of a 12-member class to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Kentucky won its eighth men's national NCAA basketball title, holding off Kansas for a 67-59 victory.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior, or such official as may be designated by him, is hereby authorized, until otherwise directed by Congress, to advance to the tribes or to pay out of any unobligated tribal funds of the Fort Peck Indians in the Treasury of the United States salaries and expenses of tribal officials or representatives at rates and/or limitations designated in advance by the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior and to advance to the tribes or to expend tribal funds for such other purposes as may be designated by the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board and approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the length of stay of representatives serving the tribes at the seat of government shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior.
The Act of April 28, 1948 (62 Stat. 203), is hereby repealed.
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How about a hunting story to liven up the board.
Goals and dream hunts? I've been very fortunate. I guided big game hunts in Idaho, Colorado and Alaska. I've also had hounds and ran trap line. Seen thing and places that most people won't ever have a chance to. My goals are to share my passion of the outdoors with my children and a few select friends. I don't need to pull the trigger or set a hook. My joy comes from seeing my children fill a tag, catch a fish and hit that grouse their dog points. All I want is to see is some good dog work and a happy kids smile! Have you ever seen the smile on a kids face when he gets that first bird over his own dog, or the first fish caught on a fly they tied them self? Pure joy!
Dave I'm from Oregon also. I live smack dab in the middle of the state. It's about 3 hours to Hillbilly's place from mine. I don't have quite as much open space as he does. Central Oregon has grown a bunch in the last ten years. We still have a few good spots around, but not like it used to be. Keep them kids fishing the rest will follow. I started them fishing then trapping. Next came chasing the hounds and big game. My marriage couldn't take the hounds anymore. Last year we got rid of the hounds and got a couple dogs from Hillbilly. I had bird dogs in the past, but it had been a while. I always liked to hunt grouse but never owned a real good grouse dog. Hillbilly and I had been friends for a few years and he was always telling me what great grouse dogs he had. Finally our schedules worked out and we went grouse hunting. Now when I say grouse hunting I mean hunting!!! No shooting them in the road. All birds have to come from a point. I didn't matter what dog he dropped they held and pointed grouse. We must have hunted over 6 or 7 dogs that weekend. They all flat did it. Well the boys made up their minds. If the hound were going away they wanted bird dogs and they had to come from Hillbilly. We ended up with a pup and a started pup. Both are turning out to be the real deal. If you get a kick out of watching them catch fish just wait till you see them handle a dog. Pure joy!!
Griff, Hillbilly does have some great dogs I have a gsp pup from the last litter and could not be happier. She is a real nice dog and it's a shame he got out of it but understandable. But Hillbilly if you every have another b/w gsp litter I'll take one in a heart beat! I took my 3 year old nephew pheasant hunting a couple of weeks ago and he loved it. We watch lots of hunting shows and go out every weekend so the kids really don't know any different. Most of the time they can out walk the adults and I am sure if their plastic pop guns could really fire they might out hunt some of us too They have a good time. I live in the Valley and there is lots of places to roam but some of the hunting spots are just not the same as they used to be. Oregon Fish and Wildlife posted a map of public land which has been really nice for finding new hunting spots. I heard chucker is awesome this year in the eastern part of the state. The ducks and geese are coming in like crazy on the coast too. As soon as the deer and elk tags are filled or the season is over my husband, the pup and I will headed to the coast for some waterfowl hunting.
That's awesome Hillbilly. We went out yesterday and Piper found us 5 pheasant with in an hour. We only were able to take a shot at 2 of them. We thought for sure it was going to be a bad day because of the natsy weather but it was the best day yet. I wounded one and did not see where it landed but Piper has got some great tracking skills and brought that bird right to me. She is turning out to be a real nice hunting partner. You did a great job with your breeding program. Have you done any chucker hunting yet? We start duck hunting in a couple of weeks when we get back from our elk hunting trip. Wish you all the best of luck.
Here is a picture of yesterday's hunt. Not the best of pictures but I got to show and tell.


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A 14-year-old boy was in critical condition in hospital with kidney failure after repeated beatings at an Internet rehabilitation camp in southwest China, state media said Wednesday. The incident in Sichuan province took place just weeks after another teenage boy was beaten to death at a similar rehabilitation centre in the south of the country where his parents had sent him to cure his Internet addiction.
China has 10 million teenage web addicts, the China Daily said, citing data from the China Youth Internet Association. The association said last week that there are at least 400 private Internet rehabilitation clinics nationwide.
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US prosecutors have charged a man with stealing data relating to 130 million credit and debit cards. Officials say it is the biggest case of identity theft in American history.
They say Albert Gonzalez, 28, and two un-named Russian co-conspirators hacked into the payment systems of retailers, including the 7-Eleven chain. Prosecutors say they aimed to sell the data on. If convicted, Mr Gonzalez faces up to 20 years in jail for wire fraud and five years for conspiracy.
(Source: BBC)
The cyberattacks against Georgia a year ago were conducted in close connection with Russian criminal gangs, and the attackers likely were tipped off about Russia's intent to invade the country, according to a new technical analysis, much of which remains secret. The stunning conclusions come from the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit, an independent nonprofit research institute that assesses the impact of cyber attacks.
Bombers struck targets throughout the country, and at the same time Georgian media and government sites fell under DDOS attack.
(Source: ComputerWorld)
A new hacking incident report warns there has been a steep rise in attacks at social-networking hotspots including wildly popular microblogging service Twitter. Hackers aren't just hunting for victims in the flocks of people at social networks, they're also using Twitter to command "botnet" armies of infected computers, according to Internet security specialists.
(Source: CircleID)
The 24-year-old Singaporean research analyst is constantly on the lookout for attack manuals, video clips of Islamist militants in training and fiery extremist chatter that could hint at an imminent assault somewhere.
Nur Azlin is one of five research analysts at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies who monitor extremist websites daily to get a sense of an emerging battleground in the fight against terrorism. There are an estimated 5,500-6,000 websites worldwide peddling extremist ideas, according to the researchers.
A researcher looking into the attacks that knocked Twitter offline last week discovered another, unrelated security problem. At least one criminal was using a Twitter account to control a network of a couple hundred infected personal computers, mostly in Brazil.
Networks of infected PCs are referred to as "botnets" and are responsible for so much of the mayhem online, from identity theft to spamming to the types of attacks that crippled Twitter. A Twitter account that was used to send out what looked like garbled messages. But they were actually commands for computers in a botnet to visit malicious Web sites, where they download programs that steal banking passwords.
(Source: AP)
Foreign pornography producers are suing South Korean Internet users for breach of copyright by uploading their content onto local websites, police said Thursday. In an unusual case, a local law firm representing 50 US and Japanese porn producers has filed suit against about 10,000 heavy uploaders.
The lawsuit was filed simultaneously through 10 police stations in Seoul and the adjoining Gyeonggi province, a National Police Agency spokesman said, refusing to give details. "We selected about 10,000 user IDs that earned financial benefits from habitually uploading pornography on websites," an official of the unidentified law firm told local media.
Children are using the Internet to watch YouTube videos, connect with friends on social network sites and look up "sex" and "porn", according to a study of the top Web searches by youngsters. The words "sex" and "porn" also made it into the top 10, ranked numbers four and six respectively.
"It also helps identify "teachable moments" when parents should be talking with their kids about appropriate online behavior and other issues in their kids' online lives," California-based Symantec's Internet safety advocate Marian Merritt said in a statement.
(Source: Reuter)
The investigation into the attacks against high-profile Web sites in South Korea and the U.S. is a winding, twisty electronic goose chase that may not result in a definitive conclusion on the identity of the attackers.
Computer security experts disagree over the skill level of the DDOS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks, which over the course of a few days in early July caused problems for some of the Web sites targeted, including South Korean banks, U.S. government agencies and media outlets. The DDOS attack was executed by a botnet, or a group of computers infected with malicious software controlled by a hacker. That malware was programmed to attack the Web sites by bombarding them with page requests that far exceed normal visitor traffic. As a result, some of the weaker sites buckled.
Fraudsters are taking advantage of the widely used but obscure Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network in order to pull off their attacks. This financial network is used by financial institutions to handle direct deposits, checks, bill payments and cash transfers between businesses and individuals.
The fraud typically starts with a targeted phishing e-mail, aimed at whomever is in charge of the company's checkbook. By tricking the victim into running software, opening a harmful attachment or visiting a malicious Web site, the criminals are able to install keylogging software and steal bank account passwords.
A growing number of South Korean companies are opening Twitter accounts to better connect with consumers and generate buzz for their products. However, industrial heavyweights such as Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, SK Group and Lotte Group are not among them. Should they decide to join the 140-word Web phenomenon, they will have to acknowledge that they will be unable to use their own corporate brands.
A Twitter account created under Samsung's name has been currently suspended by the Internet company due to "strange activity," which could mean anything from service violations, technical abuse and spam distribution.
(Source: The Korea Times)
The Korea Times
Worried that your relationship is going south? Maybe it's time to get off Facebook. A study released by the University of Guelph in Ontario shows that the Facebook social network increases jealousy in users' romantic relationships. The study, which was published in the latest issue of CyberPsychology and Behaviour, concluded that the more time people spend on Facebook, the more jealous they get.
"This may include details about their partner's friendships and social exchanges, especially interactions with previous romantic or sexual partners." The simple availability of information -- whether it's a girlfriend's posts, or photos and details about her friends and exes -- seems to increase a person's desire to search for even more information, say researchers.
The outage that knocked Twitter offline for hours was traced to an attack on a lone blogger in the former Soviet republic of Georgia - but the collateral damage that left millions around the world tweetless showed just how much havoc an isolated cyberdispute can cause.
"It told us how quickly many people really took Twitter into their hearts," Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University, said Friday. Tens of millions of people have come to rely on social media to express their innermost thoughts and to keep up with world news and celebrity gossip. Twitter "is one of those little amusements that infiltrated the mass behavior in some significant ways, so that when it went away, a lot of people really noticed it and missed it."
A Latvian ISP linked to online criminal activity has been cut off from the Internet, following complaints from Internet security researchers. Real Host, based in Riga, Latvia was thought to control command-and-control servers for infected botnet PCs, and had been linked to phishing sites, Web sites that launched attack code at visitors and were also home to malicious "rogue" antivirus products.
"This is maybe one of the top European centers of crap," he said in an e-mail interview. Real Host was considered a "bullet proof" hosting provider, that would allow customers to remain online even after they had been linked to malicious activity.
(Source: PCWorld)
A group of teenagers have reacted to warnings that using sites like Facebook, Bebo and Myspace can leave them traumatised. The Archbishop of Westminster, the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, says the sites encourage users to value the number rather than quality of friends they have.
Hes worried this makes people get too many temporary friends instead of real, genuine ones. He said: Its an all or nothing syndrome that you have to have in an attempt to shore up identity. "Friendship is not a commodity, friendship is something that is hard work and enduring when its right.
The distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks that knocked out Twitter for hours and affected other sites like Facebook, Google's Blogger, and LiveJournal on Thursday continued all day Friday and may persist throughout the weekend. In its latest update, posted to a discussion forum of its third-party developers at 11 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Friday, Twitter reports it's still fighting the attacks.
"The DDoS attack is still ongoing, and the intensity has not decreased at all," wrote Chad Etzel, from Twitter's application development platform support team.
One of Israel's main political parties has shut down its website following an attack by Palestinian hackers, according to reports. Attackers on the official Kadima website posted images of wounded Palestinians and the aftermath of suicide bombings in Israel.
Slogans in both Hebrew and Arabic were also placed on the site, including threats to party leader Tzipi Livni. Kadima, a centrist political party that favours a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict, is the largest party in the Israeli parliament.
Micro-blogging service Twitter and social networking site Facebook have been severely disrupted by hackers. Twitter was taken offline for more than two hours whilst Facebook's service was "degraded", according to the firms.
The popular sites were subject to so-called denial-of-service attacks on Thursday, the companies believe. Denial-of-service (DOS) attacks take various forms but often involve a company's servers being flooded with data in an effort to disable them.
A suspected pedophile surrendered to police after German law enforcement published clips from videos of child pornography allegedly showing the man. The German Federal Criminal Investigations Office also posted several photos and audio samples of the man's voice as they reached out to the public for clues leading to his arrest.
Police said they found about 42 videos in which the suspected pedophile abused children, believed to be between the ages of 5 and 7 at the time. The Investigator's Office said the man used violence against the children in some of the clips. The German Federal Criminal Investigations Office has been using technology to combat child pornography for several years.
(Source: CNN)
The US Marine Corps on Tuesday renewed a ban on Twitter and other social networking sites as the Pentagon weighed a similar prohibition over cybersecurity concerns. The Marines had already banned the use of social media on military networks but issued a more detailed order this week defining which sites were out of bounds and noting possible exceptions to the rule, Marine Corps spokesman Lieutenant Craig Thomas told AFP.
"These Internet sites in general are a proven haven for malicious actors and content and are particularly high risk due to information exposure, user generated content and targeting by adversaries," the Marine Corps said in an order posted on its website.
In hindsight, it seems so obvious. We look back at the creepy online ramblings of a tortured soul like George Sodini and realize we should have known all along of the horrors to come. That is, if anyone actually read Sodini's Web page before he sprayed bullets into a suburban Pittsburgh fitness class, killing three women and then himself.
Certainly, anyone happening upon Sodini's tortured online thoughts before his rampage Tuesday would have had ample cause for alarm. His date of death is listed right at the top, under his name and birthdate: "DOD 8/4/2009." Later, a description of his first attempt at what he calls "this project," in January. "It is 8:45 p.m.: I chickened out! I brought the loaded guns, everything. Hell!" And then, on Monday: "Tomorrow is the big day."
Police are searching for a missing schoolgirl, believed to have run away with a man she met on the internet site Bebo. Clare Haver, 14, of Bourne, Lincolnshire, has been missing since July 25 and is thought to be with 23-year-old Michael Ellis. Police revealed today that Ellis has mental health issues and appealed for Haver to return to her family.
She met jobless Ellis, of Lincoln, on the social networking site Bebo seven months ago. The week before last he joined her while she was on a camping trip with a friend in Skegness.
(Source: Times)
Parents have been warned of a new teenage trend of "sexting", in which children exchange explicit photos of themselves by text. More than a third of secondary school children have been sent messages containing sexual content, a survey showed.
Researchers found youngsters were regularly being sent sex texts or "sexts" - often by their school friends. The messages contain images of sex acts involving young people but more generally of boys and girls exposing themselves. Material is sent to mobile phones via texts, transferred using Bluetooth or uploaded to social networking groups. Girls are bullied into taking, and sharing, explicit pictures of themselves, the charity warned.
(Source: Telegraph)
A teenager was allegedly beaten to death by trainers at a rehabilitation camp in southern China where his parents had sent him to cure his Internet addiction, reports said Tuesday.
The three supervisors who allegedly beat Deng Senshan, 16, were arrested after the boy's death early Sunday, his father Deng Fei told the Global Times. "We are investigating a case where a high school student was beaten to death by his camp supervisors. The case is still under investigation," a police officer in Nanning, Guangxi region, was quoted as saying.
More than 10 million of the country's 100 million teenage web surfers are Internet addicts, the China Daily said, citing a survey by the China Youth Internet Association last year.
(Source: The Economic Times)
The Economic Times
High-tech Japan is gearing up for elections, but you won't hear a tweet from Prime Minister Taro Aso or his main rivals. When election campaigning officially begins on August 18, a cyberspace ban will make it illegal for politicians to update their Internet blogs, share their political views by email or put new videos online.
It is an odd situation in one of the world's most wired countries, where more than 60 percent of the population regularly uses the Internet. Japanese politicians "are missing a real chance to try to generate interest among young voters by not allowing cyber campaigning," said Professor Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies at Temple University in Tokyo.
Chinese hackers crashed the website of Australia's biggest film festival, organisers said on Saturday, escalating tensions over a visit here by the exiled leader of the Uighur minority. Online bookings for the Melbourne International Film Festival had to be shut down after the site was bombarded with phony purchases which resulted in the entire program being sold out, said festival spokeswoman Asha Holmes.
A Chinese citizen living in the United States had alerted organisers to the viral campaign, which originated from a website in China titled "A Call to Action to All Chinese People", said Holmes.
A powerful new type of Internet attack works like a telephone tap, except operates between computers and Web sites they trust.
Hackers at the Black Hat and DefCon security conferences have revealed a serious flaw in the way Web browsers weed out untrustworthy sites and block anybody from seeing them. If a criminal infiltrates a network, he can set up a secret eavesdropping post and capture credit card numbers, passwords and other sensitive data flowing between computers on that network and sites their browsers have deemed safe.
Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites are inceasingly being targeted by cyber-criminals drawn to the wealth of personal information supplied by users, experts warn. Data posted on the sites -- name, date of birth, address, job details, email and phone numbers -- is a windfall for hackers, participants at Campus Party, one of the world's biggest gatherings of Internet enthusiasts, said.
A vicious virus Koobface -- "koob" being "book" in reverse -- has affected thousands Facebook and Twitter users since August 2008, said Asier Martinez, a security specialist at global IT solutions provider Panda Security.
Microsoft released a security patch on Tuesday aimed at preventing hackers from exploiting a vulnerability in its Web browser, Internet Explorer.
The US software giant said that the security update would be automatically installed for Internet Explorer users who have automatic updating enabled on their computers but would need to be installed manually by other users. "These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer," Microsoft said.
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Early Reading Activities
Phonetic Object Box 2 - Complete phonogram language setIntroduce combinations of letters/sounds (such as sh or ee), by placing one of these small objects with its word label in a set of phonetic objects. The word for each object contains one of the key phonogram sounds. Learn More
Cursive Movable Alphabet Cards - From Maitri LearningAn economical version of a key material the Montessori classroom simply cannot do without. These small alphabet cards provide the same bridge between the intellectual formation of words and pencil-writing as the traditional cut-out alphabets do, at a fraction of the cost. Learn More
Print Movable Alphabet Cards - From Maitri LearningAn economical version of a key material the Montessori classroom simply cannot do without. These small alphabet cards provide the same bridge between the intellectual formation of words and pencil-writing as the traditional cut-out alphabets do, at a fraction of the cost. Learn More
Classroom Environment Labels - From In-Print For ChildrenReinforce and develop early reading skills with these labels (3" x 1 1/8"), which children match to the objects in their environment. The 154 labels name furniture, equipment, utensils, and practical life materials. Learn More
Padded Blank LabelsThese pre-cut, blank paper strips are perfect for writing labels for introductory reading activities, from the Phonetic Object Box through Function of Words. Convenient and saves prep time. Each set includes four pads of 250 paper strips, 4½" x 1. Post-consumer recycled paper. Learn More
Miss Rhonda's Phonogram Word Cards - From Miss Rhonda's ReadersDesigned by a Montessori teacher, this comprehensive set includes 350 words that use key phonograms. There's no such thing as too many ways to practice phonetic reading! Multiple levels of challenge. Learn More
First Words Magnetic Poetry - Poetry and language activity with guideWatch a child's love for language emerge and blossom with this open-ended, hands-on language activity. Includes 140 large-scale magnet tiles (¾" high, various lengths) and a 16-page activity booklet. Learn More
First Picture Dictionary - From ScholasticPerfect for children beginning to recognize and eager to name the things around them. Easy-to-read type, realistic drawings, organized by theme (the house, nature, the city). 700 words; index. Hardcover, 93 pages. Learn More
My First Dictionary - 1000 Words, Pictures, and DefinitionsA brilliant bridge between a picture dictionary and a text-only dictionary for early readers! Words selected with young learners in mind. Alphabetical listings help children look up and decipher unfamiliar words. Hardcover, 96 pages. Learn More
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KC Royals Fan Punches Woman After She Allegedly Hits and Spits On Him
A male Kansas City Royals fan reached back and socked a woman in the face after she allegedly spit on him in the stands at a game ... and BOTH people got arrested.
It all went down Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium late in the game against the Giants.
TMZ's video shows a man wearing a #15 jersey unloading a haymaker on a woman -- knocking her back.
You can see a stadium employee in a yellow shirt responding to the situation. TMZ was that told off-duty KC police officers working the event responded and arrested both the man and the woman.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ they spoke with multiple witnesses who said the woman was the aggressor -- and had spit several times and smacked the man before he retaliated.
The 2 were cited for disorderly conduct and escorted out of the stadium.
According to TMZ the woman did not appear to have suffered any serious injuries and declined medical attention.


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Connecting with the Curator
07.12.2014 10:00 am
Join Assistant Curator Chantel Paul for a gallery tour of After Ansel Adams.
After Ansel Adams looks at Ansel Adams' inimitable photographs of National Parks of the American West, along with the work of nine contemporary photographers who have also photographed in those landscapes. Chantel Paul will share details about curating this exhibition and how contemporary artists continue to be inspired to create unique work in some of our nation's most visited and iconic places.
Saturday, July 12 at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Free with Museum admission.
RSVP with your preferred time to MOPA's Membership Coordinator, Angela Venuti, at email@example.com or 619.238.7559 x202.
Image: Rock formations on the road to Lee's Ferry, AZ, 2008
Connecting to Collections
07.12.2014 10:00 am
Join MOPA's curatorial department for this seasonal series that links the Museum's permanent collection with our exhibitions, by allowing members the opportunity to view original works in MOPA's print viewing room.
Visitors will have an opportunity to meet with the curatorial staff in an informal event while seeing unique items from artists who are connected to Aperture magazine in the permanent collection. Connecting to Collections day is held in conjunction with the current exhibition Aperture remix, and expands on the theme by looking at work from seminal photographers in the medium such as Ansel Adams, Richard Misrach, Nancy Newhall, Minor White, and more. Visitors will also have an opportunity to see a selection of books in the Edmund L. and Nancy K. Dubois Library as part of the experience.
Saturday, July 12 at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and noon. First tour is reserved for current MOPA members. Not a current MOPA Member? Join here.
Free with Museum admission.
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Collection of the Museum of Photographic Arts, gift of Alan and Brigit Pitcairn
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The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942Ansel Adams
Courtesy Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Branch of Still and Motion Pictures.


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GSA Announces 2001 Per Diem Rates for Federal Travelers Rates Switch to Fiscal Year Schedule and Begin October 1, 2000 for Travel
September 1, 2000
Contact: Bill Bearden (202) 501-1231
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) today announced changes in per diem rates for federal employees on official travel in the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia. GSA also announced that beginning this year, the per diem rate changes switch to a fiscal year schedule to take effect October 1, 2000. The rates were published today in the Federal Register and posted on the GSA website at http://www.policyworks.gov/perdiem.
"Customers are at the heart of the General Services Administration and we are committed to establishing policies that make it easier for the government to run more efficiently," said GSA Administrator David J. Barram. "The switch to fiscal year versus the traditional calendar year schedule for the per diem rate-setting process was done with our customers in mind -- since it coincides with the budget planning process -- and makes it easier for agencies to plan and budget their travel resources."
GSA's Office of Governmentwide Policy, which is in charge of setting the per diem rates for the continental United States, announced the following information regarding per diem rates for the fiscal year 2001:
30% of the per diem rates increased over calendar year 2000; 43% stayed the same; and 27% decreased.
Individual rates have been set for 424 higher-cost U.S. cities. Lodging in these locations is paid by the government up to a set limit and reimbursement for meals and incidental expenses range from a low of $30 to a high of $46.
State and local taxes continue to be treated separately -- not as part of the room rate.
The effective date of the per diem rates is being moved to the federal fiscal year in lieu of the calendar year. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 - September 30.
The Federal Travel Regulation was revised in January 2000 to include separate treatment of conferences. The new policy allows conference planners to negotiate up to 25% more than the going lodging rate limit and allows the government to pay for light refreshments during conference breaks.
The Office of Governmentwide Policy posts a listing of hotels that were surveyed and are at or below the lodging rate in their geographical area; additional properties can be added to the list if they offer federal travelers a room at or below the lodging rate for that geographical area. (Check http://policyworks.gov/perdiem)
The federal per diem rates are based on a lodgings-plus system, whereby employees are reimbursed for the actual cost of lodging up to a set limit. In addition, they receive a fixed amount for meals and incidental expenses. GSA's per diem rates also apply to employees of certain government contractors when traveling in connection with federal contracts. Travel per diem rates for locations outside the continental United States -- Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S. territories and possessions -- are set by the Department of Defense. Rates for international travel are set by the State Department.
Premier Lodging Program (PLP)
In January, GSA introduced its Premier Lodging Program (PLP) which allows the GSA to contract with hotels for guaranteed rooms at guaranteed rates at or below the established per diem rates. PLP was first introduced in Boston, MA to 8 hotel properties and has quickly become one of GSA's most popular programs. GSA is currently working with the New York Federal Executive Board and the hotel industry to have contracts awarded by this fall for lodgings in the New York City area. Several other top travel locations are also targeted to be under contract by the end of 2000 -- with all of the top 75 markets by the end of calendar year 2001.
According to Martin Wagner, Associate Administrator of GSA's Office of Governmentwide Policy, "This is an aggressive schedule that GSA has set for itself, but one we are striving to accomplish." PLP makes good fiscal sense and will make it easier for federal travelers to find reasonably priced rooms in high travel locations.
For more information regarding GSA travel programs, contact: Bill Rivers at (202) 208-7631.
National Travel Conference 2000: The Ticket for the New Millennium
The conference is scheduled for October 30 - November 1, 2000 in Orlando, FL at the Rosen Centre and Orange County Convention Center. It is co-sponsored by the General Services Administration (GSA), the Interagency Travel Management Committee and Government Executive Magazine. Over 1,100 participants are expected to attend this first national travel event. GSA is waging an aggressive effort to reinvent and transform federal travel policy. This conference is just one example of GSA's collaborative approach to providing customer service and meeting face-to-face with the many customers, partners and stakeholders who work with GSA to change how the government does business.
"A Tale of 4,500+ Cities," "Regulations, Who Said So," "It's an (I) rating Experience!" -- are just a few of the workshops that will be presented during the conference and 400 vendor exhibitions will be on display. Conference speakers include Timothy B. Clark, Editor and President Government Executive Magazine, Major General Kenneth L. Privratsky, Commander, Military Traffic Management Command, Department of the Army, Dr. Robert Kriegel, best selling author of, "Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers," and Mike Causey, Senior Editor and Columnist, PlanetGov.com. During the conference, winners of the prestigious Government Executive's Travel Managers of the Year Awards will be announced at an awards ceremony (by invitation only).
For more information and to register on-line visit: www.nationaltravel2000.com, or call Jane Groat at 202-501-4318 or Peggy DeProspero at 202-501-2826.
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Sepang, 3 June 2013: Malaysia Airlines celebrated the MH Customer Week themed 'Service is the Heart of our Business' recently. The first of its kind for 2013, the customer week was concluded with success.
Director of Customer Services, Dato' Salleh Ahmad Tabrani said, "The MH Customer Week is scheduled twice yearly with the aim to shower appreciation to our guests for their relentless support. With this initiative we want to further strengthen the customer-centric culture in retaining our valued customers as well as winning potential customers and ensuring a seamless journey with us at every touch point. With their continued support this will definitely generate revenue and contribute to the profitable growth of Malaysia Airlines in achieving its vision to be the Preferred Premium Carrier", he added.
The MH Customer Week saw many top management members of Malaysia Airlines coming forward to meet and greet the customers. Group Chief Executive Officer, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya was also part of this exercise when he was present at the MH20 departure gate to Paris. He gave away goodies to the customers.
The national carrier's first class guests received A380 aircraft model with a special 'Thank you' card personally endorsed from the Group CEO whilst the Business class guests received a Travel Organizer. Meanwhile the economy class guests received special baggage tags. All children below 12 years of age received a specially designed water bottle.
This year, the MH Customer Week was not only confined to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport but was also done in the Langkawi Airport. This was also in conjunction with the MH Bikers' trip to Langkawi that took place on 24 May 2013.
At Langkawi International Airport, the President of MAS Bikers, Mohd Rodzuan Che Kob accompanied by his team members were given access to park their bikes at the airside in front of the Arrival Hall by Malaysia Airport Berhad (MAB) to welcome guests and handed out gifts to Malaysia Airlines guests arriving via MH1450 from Kuala Lumpur and MH1459 which was departing from Langkawi to Kuala Lumpur. Both flights were in full capacity of 144 passengers per flights.
In addition to the Customer Experience Week, the Aircraft Sweep audit will be done in June 2013, whereby, cross-functional volunteers (which consists of MAS staff) will get to perform 100% checks on aircraft seats, cabin defects and cleanliness to deliver customer expectations.
Meanwhile, MAS' Senior Managers will be assisting staff at all customers' touch points in Kuala Lumpur, Subang and KLIA which includes the call centre, baggage handling area, ramp, check-in services, ticket offices, transfer desks and lounges throughout specific durations of the programme. Coined MH ROCKS (Reaching Out to Customers and Kakitangan Sentiasa), this initiative enables management members to assist and interact with customers and staff whilst increasing their awareness and understanding of front-liners' routines.
Family travelling with MAS delighted with goodies.


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On a recent trip to Ohio, I had the opportunity to visit the Akron Art Museum designed by Coop Himmelb(l)au. The 2007 building, which consists of a collection of colliding steel and glass wedges, is actually an expansion of an 1899 brick structure. True to form, Coop Himmelb(l)au's addition appears to ram aggressively into the historic building, with a steel mesh roof cantilevering over the original museum.
This project reminded me of Coop Himmelb(l)au's Busan Cinema Center in South Korea, which was built last year. At first, this connection might seem tenuous due to differences between the buildings. For example, the John S. and James L. Knight addition in Akron is 63,300 square feet, the bulk of which consists of enclosed painting and sculpture galleries. In contrast, the Busan Cinema Center is actually a collection of three buildings comprising 620,000 square feet—or roughly 10 times the size of the Knight addition—featuring a massive outdoor covered plaza.
Despite these differences, though, the projects share at least one thing in common: the enhancement of social activity within structures that appear to push the physical limits of material. Based on this similarity, the pairing of these works demonstrates the extent to which this accomplishment can be achieved in spite of differences in scale.
The Busan Cinema Center's most visually striking contribution is a 60m-by-160m overhanging roof structure. This feat of engineering is over twice the size of a soccer field and the largest cantilevered roof in the world. In addition, the surface of this urban ceiling is illuminated by 42,600 colored LED lights that cycle through various animated programs. The center includes several theaters and performing arts stages, including an outdoor amphitheater that spills out onto the main public plaza. The project's remarkable features and dense urban location make it an ideal vehicle for public engagement.
The Akron Art Museum is clearly a much smaller project, located within a much more intimate neighborhood. Because the building's program is dominated by enclosed galleries, the architect faced an additional challenge in dedicating ample public space within a small footprint. Nevertheless, Coop Himmelb(l)au's museum extension in Akron is endowed with a highly accessible lobby and circulation network that welcomes the public from both sides of the existing building. The multistory glass foyer is traversed by bridges and flooded with light, making a small museum seem much larger than it is. As a result, the Knight building provides Akron with its own captivating and grandiose space for public activity, adjusted to fit its own urban context.
Blaine Brownell is a regularly featured columnist whose stories appear on this website each week. His views and conclusions are not necessarily those of ARCHITECT magazine nor of the American Institute of Architects.


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Pearl Jam reveal 'Lightning Bolt' track list
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Pearl Jam fans have a few new details about the band's highly-anticipated new album, Lightning Bolt.
The rockers recently unveiled the track list for their tenth studio effort, which is due out next month. Fans are already familiar with some of the songs, including "Lightning Bolt's" lead single, "Mind Your Manners."
Pearl Jam also showed off the title track and the album closer, "Future Days," during their concert at Chicago's Wrigley Field earlier this summer. Another song, "Sleeping By Myself," showed up on frontman Eddie Vedder's 2011 solo album, Ukulele Songs.
The "Lightning Bolt" song titles first started coming out on the band's official Twitter account along with illustrations by Don Pendleton. Bassist Jeff Ament posted a note on PearlJam.com calling the visual artist one of his favorites, adding that it's nice to go outside the circle now and then to "work/play" with other artists.
Pearl Jam's Lightning Bolt track list:
1. "Getaway"
2. "Mind Your Manners"
3. "My Father's Son"
4. "Sirens"
5. "Lightning Bolt"
6. "Infallible"
7. "Pendulum"
8. "Swallowed Whole"
9. "Let the Records Play"
10. "Sleeping By Myself"
11. "Yellow Moon"
12. "Future Days"
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There's been a lot of talk about "hell" on campus lately. What with new books espousing more universal views and the classically-held version of the subject - it's become, well, a hot topic (ahem).
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I thought I'd start a blog/diary leading up to my debut amateur mma bout. I havnt seen anything like this online and thought it might be good for anyone thinking of fighting or anyone interested in mma/sports in general to read. Il be documenting all my thoughts, feelings, diet and pretty much anything else that I think people might be interested in. I'm going to update daily starting tomorrow. Until then here is a brief into about me.
I train at one gym in the north of England with a good reputation and a fight team that includes a few pros, and some great semi pros. It is a family run gym and the head coach is a very well known and respected among uk mma.
I have been training at is gym since January 2012, before that I trained for a year in kickboxing, points and continuous based (head guard,shin guards etc). I am a white belt with one stripe in bjj.
My first fight is at 94kg (light heavyweight) and I am currently 96kg. The date for my fight is the 24th February so just over 3 weeks away. It is amatuer C level (no headshots) and is on a grass roots level day show, with a pro show on the night.
I'm not going to name gyms/promotions/brands etc or post pics on here as this blog is not about promoting anything, just a guide of sorts for people and something to keep me focused on my training. If you want to know about me, the gym I train at or the promotion I am fighting on then I have a twitter account that you can follow.
Sooooo, the history so far.........
I mentioned to my coach that I wanted to eventually fight in around march 2012. He told me that he would gladly put my name forward, but only when I'm ready. I knew I wasn't ready at that point. I'm a very competitive person and wanted to fight to win. Fast forward to the gyms Christmas night out, and over a few drinks, my coach tells me that in the new year, he would look to get me matched up. I felt nervous but excited. All the other fighters were really enthusiastic about it. This just made me more excited. Then onto 17th December (a few days later) I got a text off my coach saying he may have a fight for me and asked if I'd be interested.
Told him I would be. It would be 3x3 minutes, amateur c, at 94 kg. he warned me if we accept there backing out unless I got injured "JUST TO BE CLEAR".
We accepted. From New Year's Day till now I have not drank any alcohol and have tried to eat clean. I have struggled not so much wi the lack of alcohol but I love food. The tastier the better. The tastier the more unhealthy :/ it is now just under 3 weeks till the fight and I'm picking up the intensity and so will update daily.
I'm not nervous at all at the minute, but this will change I'm sure.
I will update tomorrow with tonight's training details and thoughts.
Thanks for taking the time to read and I hope this helps someone other than just me.
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(WBIR - Sevier County) Those who scale steep slopes to heights of more than 6,500 feet at the summit of Mount LeConte know there is no easy path to the mountaintop.
Every strenuous step along any of the rugged trail options hammer home an old three-pronged mantra of the mountaineer: "It's always further than it looks. It's always taller than it looks. It's always harder than it looks."
This particularly grueling winter has made life at the summit a challenge, even for a man who meets the mountain for a living. This winter was the third time John Paul Krol served as the caretaker at the LeConte Lodge. However, this winter included a lot of firsts compared to the previous seasons.
"It has been kind of eye-opening," said Krol. "I haven't ever heard of a 'polar vortex' before this last winter."
The LeConte Lodge cabins close in late November and do not re-open until March. When the rest of the crew climbs down, Krol arrives to take over as the summit's sole resident. He spends months alone during the deep freeze and keeps an eye on the cabins. Life at LeConte is a mix of back country beauty and semi-settlement.
"Water we have to haul up, so I have to go down to the spring about two-tenths of a mile from here and carry it up in jugs. For electricity we have a solar panel for chargers, park service radios, and stuff like that," said Krol. "I also use the electricity for my satellite radio. That's my one big indulgence for this season."
Krol's compensation inherently includes room and board. He also receives a stipend for food.
"I'm definitely not making my millions. But as they say, outward simplicity and inner-richness."
When the winter sun gives way to glowing city lights below, the icy darkness usually sends Krol to slumber snug in his cabin.
"My cabin is pretty toasty. It's a small space and holds heat well, so that's usually where I run to."
Krol then rises with the sun and begins a daily routine that revolves around recording and reporting the wildly unpredictable weather at the summit.
"The first thing I do is check the rain gauge if there was any precipitation. Then we've got a digital thermometer that is just a little high low gauge with the current temperature. We use park service radios to call that into headquarters and the National Weather Service," said Krol.
The juice from the solar panels also allows Krol to power a small laptop that relies on a single bar of cell service to update the daily blog on the LeConte Lodge website.
"I get the weather conditions out to people so if they're going to hit the trail today, they'll have a better idea of what it's like up top. So they know whether to bring traction devices. I also get some photos up, usually taken within the last few days," said Krol.
(Reporter's note: See album from WBIR's trip to LeConte Lodge and some of Krol's winter photos at the bottom of this article)
This winter's photos through crystal clear air are unforgettably frigid. There are several images of ice covering Krol's beard along with a heavy frosting on cabins. Waterfalls are completely frozen into hourglass-shaped ice columns.
"This year was just super cold. Probably in three seasons, I had my five coldest nights up here. It got down to -18 and -17 degrees. Before this season, I think the lowest I ever saw was -5 degrees one night. Those mornings with the polar vortex were really incredible. We don't have a lot of insulation in the kitchen, so I'd wake up and it would be 10 degrees in there with the heater on full blast. You could tell without even looking at the thermometer, you were wearing everything you have got, it is good gear, and it's just cutting through you," said Krol.
Krol said the hardest thing about being at the top of Mount LeConte in the winter is not necessarily the negative temperatures or the snow. It is whenever there is a constant thaw and freeze that converts snowy trails into sheets of ice that require specialized equipment to make even the shortest hike safely.
"You make sure you've got your spikes on. It has been so long where you just have to worry about falling and have a little bit of anxiety while you're walking. There were some sections of trail you just knew there would be black ice for several weeks."
In the last week Krol has finally been able to savor a sun-soaked splash of spring that melted most of the snow. After enduring months of negative temperatures, a day with highs in the 40s made conditions positively perfect for Krol to wear shorts.
"I forgot how much I missed it [the warm weather]. It has been great and you just try to enjoy the clear trails. When you can just jet up and down the mountain and go into cruise control, it's as good as it gets."
During the main season when the cabins are open to visitors, a pack of llamas make supply runs three times per week. The animals are not used during the winter season, Krol usually spends one day a week hiking down the mountain and back up again to restock on a few supplies.
No matter how low the mercury dips, Krol says the job of caretaker comes with a lot more personal highs.
"The sunrises and sunsets are incredible. I just want to share this with everyone. I think people become their best selves when they're out here. It is your back yard and it is easy to take for granted that you live in a place this remarkable. These mountains have so much character and it's worth it to get out and see what's around the next corner. Sometimes it's just mind-blowing up here."
John Paul Krol's shift as winter caretaker ends in around a week and a half. While many caretakers work one winter, he says he would like to return next year for a fourth season.
"If they'll have me, I definitely want to come back. There are still a lot more books I want to read. I think it's also great to get up here and test your limits. Not just physically, but mentally. There's a lot of time up here for self-reflection to examine what things you crave and why you crave those things. It's time I cherish at a place that is as good as it gets. I mean, I get to be the only person living in the entire Great Smoky Mountains National Park."


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I'm 5'11 x 235 and I ride a 6'3 x 20.5 x 2.75 Lost Mini Driver. Something like this will work for what you're looking for. Get it in Hydroflex PU if you want it to be sturdier than standard PU. I kinda regret I did not go shorter.
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Endotracheal intubationIntubation - endotracheal
Endotracheal intubation is a medical procedure in which a tube is placed into the windpipe (trachea), through the mouth or the nose. In most emergency situations it is placed through the mouth.
See also: Bronchoscopy, Tracheostomy
How the Test is Performed
After endotracheal intubation, you will likely be placed on a breathing machine.
If you are awake after the procedure, your health care provider may give you medicine to reduce your anxiety or discomfort.
Why the Test is Performed
Endotracheal intubation is done to:
- Open the airway to give oxygen, medication, or anesthesia
- Remove blockages from the airway
- Allow the doctor to get a better view of the upper airway
- Protect the lungs in certain patients
Risks for any surgery are:
- Bleeding
- Infection
Additional risks for this procedure include trauma to the voice box (larynx), thyroid gland, vocal cords and trachea (windpipe), or esophagus. Puncture or perforation (tearing) of body parts in the chest cavity, leading to lung collapse, may also occur.
McGill JW, Reardon RF. Tracheal intubation. In: Roberts JR, Hedges JR, eds. Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 4.
Review Date: 8/16/2011
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc..


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Sega Amusements has added a two-player air hockey table to its family of Sonic Arcade Sports games. The line now includes Sonic Basketball, novel Sonic Quad Air Hockey (a square table, played from all four sides), Sonic 4-Player Air Hockey (accommodates two players on each side) and the new two-player air hockey piece.
Sonic 2-Player Air Hockey measures 83" long x 46" wide x 33" high, and so is "right-sized" for the widest range of locations, Sega reported. The game incorporates the well-known Sonic character and logo in its graphic design package.
The new air hockey game features under-table and puck-release LED lighting, a durable scratch-resistant playfield, playfield edge sound effects, in-playfield scoring displays and operator-selectable puck sizes (large or small), to control puck speeds.
Sega's world-famous Sonic the Hedgehog mascot was created 22 years ago, and has become the world's best-known videogame character. The company reports that, at one point, Sonic had a higher "Q rating" -- a measurement of the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, celebrity or television show -- than Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse.
"When Sonic first came on the scene, the parents of the children visiting today's locations were children themselves," said Sega general manager Peter Gustafson. "When they see Sonic displayed on our line of Arcade Sports games, they're re-connected to a fond memory which creates a higher perceived entertainment value. Because of this, they're much more likely to encourage their kids -- who also know and like Sonic -- to play a Sonic Arcade Sports game than any generic game, often playing right along with them."
According to Gustafson, air hockey and basketball are the two most fundamental arcade sports categories. "They offer intuitive gameplay, they're fun to compete on and they appeal to the widest demographic range," he said. "By adding our iconic Sonic brand to this essential category, we've created a can't-miss combination."
Serving markets around the world, Sega Amusements is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan's Sega Corp. It is a leading developer of state-of-the-art interactive video, "photo-tainment," self-contained merchandisers, kiddie rides and redemption games. New Sonic 2-Player Air Hockey and the rest of the Sonic Arcade Sports line is available for immediate delivery from Sega's Illinois warehouse. Information may be had from authorized Sega distributors, or by calling Sega sales representatives Pete Gustafson, (224) 265-4281 or firstname.lastname@example.com; Tom Keil, (704) 817-7294 or email@example.com; or Vince Moreno, (224) 265-4271 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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text: Guys: Hear me out. I know OL was bad this year, but the question is: Can this group be fixed? Do they have the raw physical talent to get the job done? Remember the two new OG were hurt all off season and never had a chance to work with S&C coach. Also, OC was hurt all year. In fact the entire OL came together only a week before the season started. Note: also one OG had knee surgery right after the season. So do we start over or can an off season of healthy folks working with the S&C coach and the OL coach fix the problem? Note: excluding RT (Free, don't know what his problem is). Disclaimer: I know we need to draft at least one or maybe two OL pretty high in any case. Thoughts? JR


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Making horses dance
April 25th, 2014 | SMWC
Against the odds, the SMWC western equestrian team dominated the 2013-2014 season.
By: Sara Palmer
It's nearly unbelievable - a 21-year-old petite blonde, standing just a hair over 5'5, moving a thick-necked horse that weighs more than 1,000 lbs. backwards across an arena.
For Ali Mahloch it's not just believable; it's breathtaking.
"I dance before each show to loosen up the nerves," said Mahloch, a senior equine business major at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. "But ultimately you have to have patience and just let the horse do its job."
Mahloch has been steadily taking the equestrian world by storm, securing the number one spot in the region in open division, which is the most advanced division in the intercollegiate western equestrian show. She takes off for nationals in May along with two other SMWC riders.
"Ali has a real natural talent," said Sara Schulz, SMWC's western team coach and chair of the Department of Equine Studies. "Including Ali, we've had the top three open division riders and for one team to have that type of success is unheard of. We dominated the season, with Ali gaining the most points in both open and reigning."
The SMWC team finished at the top with eight first place wins and two runner-up spots. Just back from an impressive showing at the semi-finals, Mahloch placed first in open team reining and the SMWC team placed sixth overall.
"We've competed against some big schools this season," Schulz said. "We swept the competition by 68 points. Indiana University, Ball State University and Purdue University all have a huge pool of riders to choose from and our little program came in and just dominated. We compete against big ten schools and we're winning."
SMWC's western riders are a small, but mighty team. As cliché as it sounds, these students truly live for the saddle – they eat, breathe and sleep riding. Not only do they have to practice on the horse, but they are also expected to complete a physical fitness regimen four days a week. They are responsible for helping the horses and the stables stay in top shape. Not the least important, they are required to work just as hard in their classes as they do in the arena. Schulz believes that horsemanship skills transfer into many other areas of the students' lives. From learning how to navigate through a crisis moment to thinking critically and planning ahead, a leader on the horse is also a leader in life.
"I balance it all by not sleeping," Mahloch joked, "but it is so worth it."
Ask any one of the riders and they'll all agree – the long days in the summer heat or winter snow, the late nights churning out papers, the long drives home from a show clear across the state or cleaning up the stables after working a show at home – it's all worth it.
"I think that riding for the team has honestly made me a better student in college," said western team rider Erika Stanley, SMWC senior and equine business major. "Sure, there are those days that get tough, but the little positives in each ride and the love I have with the horses pushes me to keep going."
She finished seventh at the semi-finals in open team rail. Her teammate, Jacqui Peterschmidt, finished eighth in the intermediate team rail.
"My highest placing has been first and I've won three classes this year," said Peterschmidt, a freshman double majoring in equine training and instruction along with computer information systems. "My favorite show was the Red Oaks Ranch show last semester. I won my class in both the morning and afternoon shows."
Western shows are an all-day, all-hands-on-deck affair. According to Schulz, there are six divisions - rail, open, advanced, novice, intermediate and walk/trot. Remembering all those names is the easy part. Understanding just how complicated a show really is, that's the hard part.
As the coach, Schulz picks out who she believes will be her top riders in each division. Each rider gets points depending on how they place, starting with seven for first place, six for second and so on. The team with the most points at the end of the day is awarded the coveted title of high point team.
Believe it or not, it gets even more complicated – the riders don't bring their own horses to the show. They draw horses they will compete with the day of the event. That's right; these riders are judged by their skills on a horse they have just met.
"We don't take our own horses to shows," Schulz explained. "We have to ride whatever they give us. We don't get time to warm them up or get to know what the horse feels like or how it will respond. Our riders go in and apply what they've learned in practice to the best of their abilities."
Even with the small number of horses the SMWC riders have for practice, the team makes the most of their time in and out of the saddle. They strategize on how to work with the horses, focusing on communication, not on control.
"Working with an unfamiliar horse is 50% skill, 25% luck and 25% magic," Peterschmidt said. "Showing a horse is an art. A rider with a lot of experience riding a lot of horses will have an easier time hopping on a strange horse and doing well. It's a test of true horsemanship."
This balancing act is just the tip of the iceberg. "We have to do a lot more work than just sitting up there and looking pretty," Stanley said. "We have to get them to walk, trot and lope in the show pen. Our bodies and voice commands get the horse to do these things, so timing is very important. In reining we do more advanced maneuvers, including spins, sliding stops, flying lead changes and circles."
Schulz agrees that control is one element of riding, but maintains that communication is the key. "Good riding is about communication and compassion," she explained. "The old cowboy way was about dominance, and there are times when dominance has to be executed for safety reasons. But you have to read a horse. You have to take the horse into consideration."
Her tone gets serious. "You have to become the horse."
Riding, especially as a college sport, seems to be a bit of a mystery to onlookers. It's not the type of athletic event where students rally to the sidelines, but the SMWC western team believes that cheering and shouting, Pomeroy Pride style, at a show can be just as exciting as on the field or the court.
"The whole team stands by the rail and cheers on our riders," Peterschmidt said, the memory of a recent win spreading across her face. "There's a lot of celebration. We won high point team at almost every show this year, and there was always a lot of whooping when the announcer gave the results."
With bright futures ahead, each one of the riders, regardless of major, plans on staying in the saddle long after graduation. Schulz has built a team spirit that will live on long after graduation.
"There's truly nothing like it," she said. "This team, this season, this sport… Watching a show and being a part of the heat, it's just amazing."
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Downtown changes could be worth the pain
Saturday, May 31, 2014 06:00 am
Downtown struggles and cities go together like Rob Ford and scandals. Let�s face it, most municipalities in North America are struggling to make their downtowns attractive, vibrant, relevant and user-friendly. St. Albert is no exception.
So it�s reasonable that the city is shaking things up downtown. Sometime within the next week or so, Perron Street will be reduced to a single driving lane in each direction. The speed limit will go from 50 kilometres per hour to 40 and angle parking will take effect along most of its length.
These changes will create 29 additional parking spaces and it�s hoped they will also make downtown safer and more appealing for pedestrians. The ultimate goal is to attract more people downtown and improve the business climate.
There will certainly be difficulties. Inevitably, despite the city�s efforts to communicate the upcoming changes to its citizens, many people will be surprised when they first encounter the new Perron Street.
The street will be a much less appealing route for drivers cutting through downtown. Since St. Anne Street will not change, its usefulness as a thoroughfare between Grandin and St. Albert Trail will not diminish � a good thing, since few other options exist. But Perron Street�s reduced capacity could create traffic bottlenecks, at least until drivers adjust their habits. (This will happen naturally as traffic, like water and electricity, always finds the path of least resistance.)
Will it hurt downtown that some commuter traffic is diverted elsewhere? Probably not. The businesses that exist downtown do so despite the heavy vehicle traffic, not because of it.
Likely the biggest adjustment, and greatest potential for grief, will come from Perron Street angle parkers backing out into the travel lanes. Patience will have to become the operative word for those who drive on Perron.
A 2005 Cornell University study analyzed the downtowns of 11 small U.S. cities with reputations for vibrant downtowns and found several interesting conclusions. For one, there was no standard template for creating a successful downtown. However, some common denominators were: walkability, mixed-use developments, the presence of retail and entertainment, and broad public and private investment. Most of these elements are present to some extent in St. Albert.
The downtown could certainly use more reasons for people to venture down there � more options for shopping, dining and evening activities. Parking is a factor in this equation, as is the pedestrian friendliness.
The city�s initiative is an inexpensive way to prod these improvements along. Will it succeed? It�s too soon to tell. The city is wise to have made this a one-year pilot project and assess it after a year. We�ll see then whether or not the plan worked. Before then, judgment is premature.


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NEWARK, N.J. - The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team gained an historic win on Thursday night at NJIT, defeating the Highlanders 54-53 at the Fleisher Athletic Center. The win was the program's 1,700th all-time, making the Quakers the 11th NCAA Division I program to achieve the milestone.
Patrick Lucas-Perry was the hero on this night. With the score tied 49-49, the sophomore drained a three-point basket from the left wing with 2:12 left. On NJIT's ensuing possession Chris Flores and then Ryan Woods missed treys, and Lucas-Perry was fouled as he rebounded the Woods miss. "PLP" drained both foul shots to push Penn's lead to five, at 54-49.
This game wasn't over. Daquan Holiday hit a pair of foul shots with 1:03 left to make it a one-possession contest, and after Penn had trouble inbounding the ball the Quakers received a gift when Flores was called for a foul on Miles Cartwright. The junior was unable to make the Highlanders pay, though, missing the front end of a 1-and-1. Flores then came down and was fouled as he drove to the basket. He made both shots, and it was 54-53 with 46 seconds left.
Penn worked the game clock down to 24 seconds (shot clock at 14), then called timeout. Out of the break, the Quakers got Steve Rennard open for a trey from the left wing. It missed. NJIT's P.J. Miller grabbed the board, charged down the court, and took a running shot as he hit the foul line. That missed, and in the ensuing scrum Ky Howard got the ball but couldn't get another shot off before the buzzer. Only then could Penn breathe easy.
This win may have been historic, but it was not one to remember. Penn (3-13) won despite committing 26 turnovers, and in the late stages of the game they missed not one but two front ends of 1-and-1s. So how did they do it? Well, NJIT certainly helped. The Highlanders (9-9) shot a shockingly bad 27.7 percent from the field, going 13 of 47. They were 7-of-30 inside the arc. It was a game that saw both teams have scoring droughts of epic proportions.
Penn jumped out to a quick start on Thursday night, hitting six of its first eight shots to take a 13-2 lead. It took NJIT more than six minutes to hit a field goal, Chris Flores knocking down a three-pointer, and Miles Cartwright responded on the Quakers' next possession with a pair of free throws.
NJIT locked down the defense after that, though, holding Penn without a field goal for nearly seven minutes. The Highlanders could not fully take advantage, however, and were still down 17-14 after Cartwright ended the drought with an acrobatic layup. NJIT kept at it, though, and when Daquan holiday knocked down a layup with 3:37 to play in the half the hosts were up for the first time, 18-17.
The teams traded points after that, before Penn went on an 8-2 run to end the half for a 27-22 lead at the break. Darien Nelson-Henry was the catalyst, scoring on consecutive possessions to jump-start the run.
Penn had chances to put this game away more than once in the second half. The Quakers gained their first double-digit lead at 44-34, when Greg Louis hit the first of two free throws with 9:12 left. Penn then went nearly four minutes without a point, and only NJIT's ineptitude allowed the Quakers to keep a five-point lead. Nelson-Henry finally ended the drought when he put back a missed three by Dau Jok with 5:16 to play. After a Flores turnover, Jok redeemed himself, this time draining a shot from beyond the arc. With less than five minutes left, it was 49-39.
NJIT immediately struck back, Woods hitting a trey. Penn's next three possessions all ended with turnovers, and the Highlanders took advantage. Flores hit a pair of foul shots after the first turnover, Holiday hit a layup after the second one, and then Flores hit two more charity shots after the third. Just like that, the score was 49-48 with 2:41 to play.
Penn again struggled with the ball, Hicks driving the lane and having his shot rejected by Sean McCarthy, and as Flores took off with the rebound he was bowled over by Jok. Flores made one of two; meanwhile, Penn coach Jerome Allen had seen enough. He substituted four of the five players on the floor, leaving only Cartwright in the game.
The line change worked. Lucas-Perry made sure of that.
Nelson-Henry and Cartwright led Penn in scoring with 12 points apiece, and Nelson-Henry added 11 rebounds for his first collegiate double-double. Cartwright had nine rebounds,leaving him justone board shy of his first collegiate double-double, and also dished out a game-high five assists. Lucas-Perry and Rennard had eight points each.
For NJIT, Flores finished with 22 points, while Holiday and Woods had 10 apiece.
Penn has a quick turnaround for its next game, returning to The Palestra to face Saint Joseph's in a Big 5 tilt Saturday at 5 p.m.
Game Notes: The win was Penn's 1,700th as a program; the only other NCAA Division I programs to reach that milestone to date are Kentucky, Kansas, UNC, Duke, Syracuse, Temple, St. John's, UCLA, Notre Dame, and Indiana ... Penn won a road game for the first time this season; previously the Quakers were 0-7 in such games ... NJIT scored 53 points, made just 13 fieldgoals,shot 27.7 percent from the field,and had 24 rebounds -- all opponent lows for this season ... Penn is now 3-3 in games decided by one point in the Jerome Allen coaching era ... Penn is 13-0 under Coach Allen when holding its opponent under 55 points ... Penn outrebounded NJIT, 41-24, its largest margin in the Allen coaching era ... Penn set a team low in the Allen coaching era by taking just 10 three-point shots ... NJIT made just 13 shots, an opponent low in the Allen coaching era, but had 17 steals which was an opponent high in that same period ... Freshman Darien Nelson-Henry had his first collegiate double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds; he is the third different player to have a double-double this season (also Dougherty and Louis) ... Nelson-Henry is also the fourth Penn player this season to have a double-figure rebounding game (Dougherty, Louis, Jok) ... Nelson-Henry has scored in double figures in three straight games (13.3 ppg) ... Junior Miles Cartwright had 12 points for his team-leading 10th double-figure scoring performance this season and 43rd at Penn ... Cartwright also tied a career high with nine rebounds ... Sophomore Henry Brooks tied a career high with two blocked shots, and finished one shy of his season/career high with five rebounds ... Penn played for the sixth straight game without leading scorer and rebounder Fran Dougherty, who is out due to mononucleosis.
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Hallo all,
i have a problem with my usb internet sick ( provider orange austria ) cant connect to the internet.
On this site is the solution http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modes...opic.php?t=889
but this link is not working http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/19d2:0146
i Search manually for the vendor and on the site i see that someone ask //Why is 0x0143 also in the file you sent? Do I need it? //
and now i think that is the config ------>#
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# ZTE MF652 (Variant)
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i have put it in /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/19d2:0146 and it work the led is blue on the stick after rebooting the system.
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