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As expectation suggests, the Scosche REALM Series deliver a finely tuned sound. Unlike some makers, the REALM Series is engineered for performance. With each part designed to achieve the finest in sound quality and musical experience, the REALM Series offers a fully dynamic and sophisticated reproduction.
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- Scosche REALM RH656m On-Ear Headset
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Product Features:
- Realm Series On-Ear Headphones
- Copper voice coils and neodymium magnets create precise reproduction throughout a broad frequency range
- Ported sound chamber allows for the natural movement of air and more organic sound stage
- Earpads isolate sound and a private listening experience with minimal sound leakage
- Viscoelastic memory foam conforms to a personal fit by softening according to body heat
- tapLINE III in-line control and microphone allow users to adjust volume setting and receive phone calls
- Compatible with Scosche tuneQ Android and Apple app that enhances listening experience
- Compatible with iPod, iPad, iPhone
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- Speaker Type: Dynamic Driver
- Driver Size: 40mm
- Magnet Type: Neodymium
- Voice Coil Type: Copper
- Frequency Response: 20 Hz - 30,000 Hz
- Sensitivity: 103dB
- Nominal Impedance: 32 Ohms
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- Detachable: No
- Plug Size: 3.5mm
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This is the design of the earpieces on the headphones. Some headphones go inside the ear, while others rest on the outside of the ear. This helps you know exactly what type of headphones you will be receiving.
In-Ear: The ear buds go into the ear. Most often, the right and left ear buds are two separate pieces.
Enclosed-Ear: Usually are found on the larger headphones. They rest on top of the ear and have padding for comfort, as well as enclosing the ear to the speaker. This type of headphone helps to filter out surrounding noise.
On-Ear: This type of headphone involves the speaker sitting gently on the ear without going in the ear or sealing it off.
Headphone type refers to the construction of the headphones.
Around the Ear means that the headphones wrap around the ear to provide a secure fit. This is most often seen in active and sports headphones.
Around the Neck means that the headphones wrap around the neck. This is also seen in active and sports headphones.
Earbuds means that the right and left sides of the headphones are separated and will fit securely into the ear. These are small, compact, and user friendly.
Over the Head headphones mean that the right and left speakers are connected with a support that goes over the head and rests on top. This is the typical headphone type.
The basic design of the headphones. There are 3 different types:
Open: Have ports that allow air through the back of the diaphragms, enabling the headphones to sound like the music is coming from an outside source.
Closed: Completely sealed and have no air passing through the diaphragms. Sounds like you are in a closed off room.
Semi-open: Have slots or ports in the back of the cup and are partially open. This allows for a mixed sound between an open and closed headphone.
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Corded means that the headphones use a cord to transfer the audio signal.
Bluetooth means that the audio signal is transmitted from your device to the headphones via a Bluetooth connection.
Corded or Bluetooth means that the headphones can be used as corded headphones or as Bluetooth headphones. They have an input in one or both earcups for use as a corded headphone while they also have a built-in battery for use as Bluetooth wireless headphones.
Wireless means that the audio signal is transmitted wirelessly to the headphones.
The Jack Angle refers to the angle of the input jack on the headphone cable.
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The physical design of the driver in the headphones.
Balanced Armature:
A balanced armature driver uses a coil wrapped around an armature which is held in between two magnets until it is stimulated by an electrical current. When stimulated, this armature is magnetized which causes it to rotate one way or the other around a pivot point which moves the diaphragm to create sound. Balanced armature driver headphones are generally earbuds and can have multiple drivers in each earbud.
Dynamic drivers are the most common driver type. They feature a permanent magnet, usually neodymium, a voice coil and a conical diaphragm to drive your music. A dynamic headphone driver looks pretty much identical to any typical home theater speaker.
Electrostatic drivers are made up of an extremely thin membrane, usually a coated PET film, stretched between two metal plates. An electrical signal is applied to the metal plates to create an electrical field which, depending on its polarity, draws the speaker diaphragm toward one of the plates which forces air through the perforations in the diaphragm which generates the sound wave.
Planar Magnetic:
A planar magnetic driver is made up of a large membrane suspended between two sets of oppositely aligned magnets. An electric charge is applied to the membrane to induce movement and produce sound waves.
Efficiency (1w/1m) is not an accurate indicator of a subwoofer's output capability and should not be used as a comparison to other speakers or subwoofers to determine which one is "louder".
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Re "Shutout" (Jan. 10):
Jill Painter's statement about integrity and character sums up what the baseball Hall of Fame means to me. I'm the varsity softball coach at Chatsworth High School, and I deal with character issues on a daily basis. If we can't teach these kids that integrity and character mean something, what chance do we have? In the five years I've been at Chatsworth, our principal has stressed integrity and character, changing Chatsworth from a school that was very questionable into a school everyone feels proud to be a part of. That's what integrity and character can do. If we look the other way and say look at Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and others, and cheer as they do anything to be famous and rich, then how do we look our kids in the eye and expect them to act honorably? We can't. People must be responsible for their actions and know there's a price to pay for cheating. Your article was right on the money. Thank you for your non-vote for these tainted players.
Kevin Modesti, please think about your statement asking if the Hall of Fame is the place to judge whether players should be held accountable for their actions or not. Perhaps it's not, but it's all we have. I would much rather put my trust into Hall of Fame voters like yourself and Jill Painter than into the fans hands as we do with all-star voting.
-- Jay Creps, Valencia
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Re "Court tosses suit by suspect cleared in Dodger Stadium beating" (Jan. 7):
Giovanni Ramirez was picked up because he resembled the suspect and had a prior criminal history. He was investigated for the crime, released and not charged. The Los Angeles Police Department had a possible suspect, and then they determined he was not the guy. So why should he get any money for being investigated? If he didn't fit the description and history of the suspect, then nothing would have happened.
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Re "Broken parking-meter battle: Assemblyman Mike Gatto wants to stop L.A. from collecting fines" (Jan. 7):
In a city needing every single parking space available, it is ridiculous and stupid not to allow people to park at broken meters. The cost of creating new parking spaces far exceeds that of damaged meters. The fact that "new smart meters in the city are rarely broken and are typically repaired within three to four hours when they do go down" makes this even more ludicrous. It is merely a way for the Los Angeles Department of Transportation to give out more tickets and raise more money. Let's get smart about this, not corrupt.
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Re "Folksy broadcaster Huell Howser showcased all that made California 'amazing' " (Jan. 7):
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Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, as the debate over health care continues, I think it is important, once again, to remind the American people that every lawmaker in Washington recognizes the need for reform. Health care costs are rising at an unsustainable rate, and if we don't get these costs under control, we can't expect to maintain the quality of care or the access to care most Americans currently enjoy. This is the primary problem with our system, and it is the primary reason our Nation is so engaged in this debate.
One of the proposed solutions for increasing access is the expansion of Medicaid. This afternoon, some of my Republican colleagues have been discussing why we, and many others from across the political spectrum, believe this is a very bad idea. The proposal that is being considered would expand Medicaid to about 14 million new people by 2019, including nearly 250,000 in my own State of Kentucky. On its face, this seems like a potentially effective way to increase the ranks of the insured. The reality is, however, it would make current problems much worse.
First of all, Medicaid is already in serious trouble. Leaving aside its exploding costs, the program is increasingly unable to match doctors with patients because a growing number of doctors refuse to see Medicaid patients. This is a serious problem already. It would be a far worse problem if the program is expanded to include millions more without any expansion in the number of doctors willing to see Medicaid patients.
So while the need to expand coverage is real, Medicaid is exactly the wrong program to choose as a foundation for achieving that goal. Senator Enzi, the ranking member of the Health Committee, put it best when he said:
Instead of trapping poor Americans in a substandard health care plan, we should be giving everyone more options to find the care they need. Senators get to choose between competing private plans; so should low-income Americans.
Another reason we shouldn't be looking to Medicaid as a solution to our problem is the States, which run the program, are begging us--begging us--not to. There is a simple reason why: The States simply don't have the money. The recession is hitting the States particularly hard, and expanding Medicaid would make their problems far worse. That is because, unlike the Federal Government in Washington, every State except one is either constitutionally or statutorily required to balance its budget. In other words, while lawmakers in Washington continue to ring up everything on the government credit card, States actually have to pay their bills at the end of the year. So if Washington tells them they have to expand Medicaid by $1 billion, that is $1 billion less they have for something else. For States, expanding Medicaid would almost certainly mean shrinking services or raising taxes in the middle of a recession.
It is easy to see why the bill writers would propose Medicaid as a solution. It is a lot easier for Washington to push its problems onto the States, but in the context of reforming health care, this makes no sense at all. Expanding Medicaid would worsen the quality of care for those who already have Medicaid, and new enrollees would be entering a system with even fewer doctors per capita than there already are. Additionally, States could very well be bankrupted by the additional cost imposed by Washington, and even if they weren't, there is no doubt services would be reduced.
This is why Governors of both parties are insisting Washington not use Medicaid as a vehicle for expanding health care. Here is a sample of what we have heard. Governor Rendell, Democrat of Pennsylvania, put it this way:
We just don't have the wherewithal to absorb it without some new revenue source.
Gov. Bill Richardson, Democrat of New Mexico, said:
We can't afford [it] and [it's] not acceptable.
Bill Bredesen, a Democrat of Tennessee, called the plan:
The mother of all unfunded mandates.
Ted Strickland, the Democratic Governor of Ohio, summed it up like this:
The States, with our financial challenges right now, are not in a position to accept additional Medicaid responsibilities.
Senators who have worked in State government also recognize the problem. That is why so many of them from both parties are expressing serious misgivings about forcing States to expand Medicaid. Take one example. Senator Nelson of Nebraska, the former Governor, has explicitly said he would not support the new mandate. As he put it:
I will not support saddling the states with further obligations ..... you can take me out of the governor's office, but you can't take the governor out of me.
Even Senators who haven't said they oppose the idea are acknowledging the problem by working behind the scenes to have their States exempted from the mandate or to have it softened, a tacit admission of what the rest of us are saying; that expanding Medicaid is bad for States and bad if the goal is better health care.
Republicans tried to keep the idea out of the final health care bill, but those attempts were rejected. It is a shame, since there are a good many ways to increase access without expanding Medicaid--ways that would lead to better care and which wouldn't harm States financially. Increasing competition would lower costs and enable those who are currently uninsured to get good private coverage, private coverage that would provide them with far greater access to the care they need than Medicaid would and which would help lower overall costs for everyone. We should look to these ideas rather than looking to Medicaid as a solution to our problems, especially since so many people from both parties are massing against the idea of expanding Medicaid.
It is not too late to seek commonsense solutions to the problem of access. All of us acknowledge the problem. Now is the time to come up with a solution that all of us--Republicans and Democrats alike--support.
I yield the floor.
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The world's top commodities traders have made about $US250 billion in the past decade as many families in the largely privately owned sector have taken advantage of the demand in China and other emerging economies, news reports said.
The Financial Times said a review of thousands of pages of companies' filings and non-public documents shows the growth of the industry since 2000 when it made just $US2.1 billion in profit.
The traders rose the "commodities supercycle caused by the industrialisation of Chin and other emerging countries," the report said, adding that the supercyle not only raised commodities trading volumens but "also lifted the profitability of the group's investment in oilfields, mines and farmland".
But there are also challenges as "aggregate profit has stalled and key measures of profitability are dropping year-on-year," the report said. The world's leading 20 physical commodities trading houses last year made $US33.5 billion, which was little different from net income levels in the previous five years.
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Discover why Alsace-Lorraine is so frequented by visitors, by experiencing the wonderful cultural and scenic attractions within easy traveling distance of Saint-Mihiel. If you're looking for other places to check out, you'll find Bar-le-Duc, 19 miles (31 kilometers) to the northeast, and Choloy-Menillot 20 miles (32 kilometers) to the northwest.
Verdun is approximately 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Saint-Mihiel. This regional center offers a some great things to see, including Fort de Vaux, Fort de Douaumont and Monument de la Victoire. If you have enough time, check out Andre Maginot Memorial, Ossuaire de Douaumont and Fort de Souville before returning to Saint-Mihiel.
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: Should I ask her?
I have a friend of 25 years that I only see twice a year anymore. We get toghether in June for my birthday lunch and in October for hers. About 4 years ago she skipped my birthday that year and the next. I still contacted her for her birthday but neither time did either of us bring up her ignoring/forgetting my birthday. I really don't believe she forgot, I think her birthday lunch would have reminded her and she would have mentioned it if she had forgotten.
So she resumed contacting me after the second year, but I've always wondered if she really wanted to. I feel like we have fun and connect well at the lunches but a part of me is wondering if I should actually ask her what happened and if she would rather not get together. I know that is putting her on the spot, but I figured doing it by e-mail would make it easier for her to be honest (please don't suggest I do it by phone, I hate talking on the phone even for pleasant conversations). I don't make friends easily and really hate to lose her as I really like her, BUT I've come to a point in my life where I really only want people in my life who want to be in it. I have other friends, a wonderful, loving husband, and am very close to my sister who I consider a friend.
I certainly don't want to come across to her as accusing, complaining, or whining. I just really want the truth. What should I do?


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Miley Cyrus OWNS it in her photoshoot for the May edition of VMagazine. The singer poses in a bunch of racy shots, showing LOTS of sideboob. Regardless, she looks fabulous!
Cyrus also is pretty candid talking about her relationship with finace Liam Hemsworth, saying they don't have time to constantly be together because of work, which fuels the breakup rumors. You can check out the full interview, and all the pictures in the magazine, on stands May 9.
For behind the scenes footage of the sexy shoot, check out the video, below!
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The Surrey Comet spoke to the woman set to run Kingston's first free school today.
Sophie Cavanagh was unveiled yesterday as the principal-to-be for the new North Kingston secondary school which is due to open in the North Kingston Centre in September next year.
The former Tiffin girl is currently deputy headteacher at Graveney School in Wandsworth but will take up her Kingston-based post from September 2014, where she hopes she can walk to her new school.
Miss Cavanagh, who lives in North Kingston, said: "I do like to walk – I will be on foot most days.
"Having somebody who knows the community – as community is going to be a big thrust of the school – will be a real asset I think."
She added it felt like she had completed a "full circle" having been a student at Tiffin Girls' School when it was based inside the centre.
The free school will be run by Kingston Educational Trust (KET) which is a partnership between Kingston University, Kingston College and Kingston Council.
Councillor David Cunningham, shadow lead for schools and continuing education, said: "I think we made an excellent choice and she will be joining in the year lead up to the opening, which is a critical period."
On becoming the head of Kingston's first free school, Miss Cavanagh said: "There is going to be pressure with all the attention and interest in the school but I enjoy the challenge and working in these sorts of situations – so I embrace it.
"Not many people start up new schools from scratch."
She said the new school which has not yet been named, would focus its curriculum on science, technology, engineering and maths, and would benefit from all that Kingston University and Kingston College has to offer.
Miss Cavanagh, who took part in the Duke of Edinburgh award at school and played hockey for Surrey, started her teaching career in Hampshire and has a degree in sports science from Southampton University.
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From: "hazel C.Jones" <>
Subject: 1891 Scovell Road
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:43:58 +0100
Hello All,
Can sks help with a look up 1891 or better still 1901 census
to verify LIMPUS family @ 208 Queens Building, Scovell Road.
London. District, St.George the Martyr West. Southwark.
My G-Grandfather died at this address. There is no birth certificate
recorded. Professional search made. He may have come from overseas, possibly
France. Another family member may be easier to research. Have been on this
list for few months and enjoy so much.
T/U all
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Missing CRANK position sensor!?
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'98, build date 01/98 528i stick.
started pulling the fan shroud etc off this morning, in order to do my VANOS seals BUT, 10 minutes in, discovered the molded ,metal ring/hoop/"bracket" which, I assume, is designed to accept the CRANK position sensor, is there, BUT the sensor itself is AWOL. Not even any apparent floating wires or plugs????
Should it be there OR is this a redundant bracket as the sensor is elsewhere or am I actually missing the sensor. Can't believe it would be running if it's actually not there!
Have had the car for 4 years/82,000 miles and have never been anywhere near the CPS, or should I say the empty bracket!
Any help would certainly be appreciated, thanks.
FYI the crankshaft position sensor is mounted into the rear of the engine block, on the drivers side below the starter motor.
Well, that's certainly good news. So, what's that bracket there to hold?
Here is a link to the location of the pulse generator aka crank position sensor on my wife's m54:
You sure you don't have a M52TUB28 and not an M54?
Mine is exactly where your one seems to be missing. I have an M52B25.
I'm pretty sure the location is exactly the same on the TU. This (part no. 9) is where it is located on a generic 528i from 01/98 manual.
09 Pulse generator, crankshaft 1 09/1998 12141703277 $116.05
Normal. My 98 528 has the same thing.
my m52b28 has the crank pos sensor fitted there......http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/P3040169.jpg
As for the crank position sensor it may be a US market thing as I see you are in Malaysia
There's not much on the CKP in these forums so I assume it's a very reliable part.
Here's what I found typing /ckp F3 in the bestlinks:
- How to replace the V8 crank position sensor (CKP) crankshaft pulse generator (1)
Note there is nothing on the I6.
I replaced mine three times...
1st time: Replaced with non-OEM, did not help
2nd time: Installed OEM no error
3rd time: New engine
The CPS is connected below the intake manifold, which is a PITA to connect/disconnect. If you have a thin arm, you can try to remove the oil filter cap and use your arm.
Please see the instructions from TIS here.
You can see it more clearly below, from when I swapped my engine:
Thanks all the responses, very much appreciated.
Changed out the VANOS seals and gasket, VCG and rubber VC boly washers, along with both belts and the upper tensioner roller/wheel. All went well and is now running like a champ.
Concluded that what I had assumed was the crank PS bracket was redundant. Thanks everyone's input on that.
have now done my daughter's 2000 323i double VANOS and my 98 E39 single. Can advise that the VANOS seals can be done, without the required "special tools" although it is a little more tedious. The only "thing" I had to jimmy together was a bolt on jig to hold the VANOS pistons in the correct plane, for the E46.
I just went through a bunch of stuff with my ckp. When the new sensor didn't help, I *assumed* that there was a break in the wiring somewhere.
You know what happens when someone assumes, don't you?
I bought p/n 12514592703 (listed as "adapter lead" under #8, but not shown:
Notice where it says, "See SI 122701000"? So did I, and even after hours of searching, I turned up bupkis. Well, almost: there was a German Language forum that showed in google results, but I didn't bother clicking because I haven't studied German in 12 years, and just *assumed* (see a pattern here?) that the whole thing would be in German, that google/babelfish would translate it as a dissertation of subcutaneous play-doh injection of stuffed animals.
Weeks later, I click on it anyway, and lo, there it was: the original service bulletin that talks about a CKP recall where the old M52 CKP is replaced with the newer, 12-volt CKP that arrived with the advent of the M52TU. Which explains why I couldn't figure out what to do with the damned thing: I didn't need it!
So, perhaps what you are seeing are the vestiges of a successfully executed recall? I dunno; I was just so stunned to find that pdf that I had to post it somewhere.
Wow old thread.
That's an artifact of older engines. M50s have it there, M52s left the bracket in place but buried it back by the starter. All M52s are like that.
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I'm very confused about the location of the CKP in the E39 because the location shown above does not seem to be anywhere near where it seems to be in the V8 as per this thread:
- > E39 (1997 - 2003) > What is this engine part? (Getting to know my M54 engine bay)
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The I6 folks on the E46 side has this to say about getting to the CKP today:
A couple different ways to get at it:
- One poster did it from underneath the vehicle, by feel alone. Maybe I drink too much coffee, but my dexterity doesn't even approach being able to do that.
- Someone else did it by removing the airbox, MAF and rubber boot to the throttle body.
- To me, I felt I had better access by removing the driver's side microfilter and air channel. Then, with a 5mm long reach ball-end hex socket, like this, it's pretty easy to reach.
It occurs to me that if you really want a good look at it, and an easy reach, you could remove the fender liner and jack up the front of the car (so that the wheels drop to their lowest point of travel) and you would probably have a straight shot to it. Seems like more trouble than it's worth, though.
Make sure you have a magnetic pick-up tool when you take it out.
When you go to re-install it, stretch a piece of electrical tape over the tip of the ball-end hex socket to hold the bolt in place while you guide it to the hole.
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I see there are quite a few of those very nice pictures here:
- Bimmerboost
To help all M54 owners, I took the liberty of annotating them to add to this thread:
- In situ pictures of common parts of the M54 engine (1)
Forgot to mention, that while you have it out, get a strong flashlight and put a ratchet on the crank. Then turn the crank by hand and inspect the impulse sending wheel for damage as it turns by shining the light into the hole in the block. A damaged impulse wheel will send the same code as a faulty CKP sensor. I checked the resistance on three different CKPs and got three different numbers; for that reason I do not feel that measuring ohms for these is a suitable indicator of their operability.
Also, it's A LOT easier to plug and unplug the pigtail with the sensor unmounted. I wouldn't even bother trying to (un)plug it while it's in there.
Get the area clean before removal. I took electrical contact cleaner and a detail attachment for a shopvac (basically a 3/8" hose) and got it spotless first. CAUTION: NEVER VACUUM FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS. FIRE AND/OR EXPLOSION WILL OCCUR. I made sure my contact cleaner was non-flammable before prepping the area.
You can test a CKP sensor by observing the voltage fluctuation that occurs when the motor cranks. However, for my car at least, the only way I could have done that and still kept the rest of the ecu wiring harness plugged in would've been to remove those specific pins from the connectors.
If I were to flowchart this in the interest of, say, an algorithm, these would be my steps and the order in which I would undertake them:
1. Remove and visually inspect CKP. Check for cracks and any marks indicating the impulse wheel may have made contact.
2. Turn the crank by hand and inspect the impulse wheel. There is a small smooth spot with no teeth, that is normal. Look for roughness that would indicate cracking and fracturing.
3. With the CKP unplugged, now check for continuity between the harness-side connector and the wire-loom connector to the ECU.
If your impulse wheel is okay and you have good continuity (no breaks) in the wires to the ECU, then it's probably your CKP.
Hi - this is a great post about the M54 crankshaft sensor and exactly what I needed. I replaced the sensor but now found out the problem lays with the connecting cable between the sensor and a junction box mounted on the engine that I guess also has a cable to the cam sensor plus other leads. The car will crank but not fire unless the cable is moved or pulled away from this junction box. Your great photos don't quite include the box and I cannot reference it or the cable in realoem.com google or the forum. Anyone know any part numbers, any links please or do I just have to make a new cable somehow? Thanks
This is good information to cross reference to the OEM thread:
- What BMW E39 parts & supplies are most often recommended to buy OEM from a dealer or sponsor (1)
See also:
- How to replace your camshaft position sensor (CPS) in the E39 (02 530i) (98 540i) (M62 98 540i) (98 528i) (530i) & E46 (1) & ('99 740iL)
- How to locate, access, and replace the CKP crank position sensor in the I6 (1) and the crankshaft pulse generator in the V8 (1)
By way of cross reference, this thread was posted today...
> 5 Series > E39 (1997 - 2003) > P0339
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Ultra has been held at Bicentennial Park for the last four/five years or so and now organizers have announced that the festival will relocate to its original stomping grounds of Bayfront Park. The move, due to all the construction going down at Bicentennial, may or may not be the best thing. I coulda' swore Bayfront is small in comparison to what Bicentennial was, but they are promising increased capacity. Lets see. Video trailer of the announcement can be seen by pressing play above.


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The aggressive discounts have fuelled a spike in sales of consumer electronics, after 11 quarters of negative or flat growth. But Mr Smart says the discounting, which has decimated margins at JB Hi-Fi,
"It can't continue at the levels it has been," said Mr Smart, who was forced to downgrade JB Hi-Fi's 2012 profit guidance by 16 per cent a week ago after pricing pressure wiped 200 points from gross margins.
"It's been very tactical discounting which has been quite deep, to the extent of 30 to 50 per cent off, buy-one-get-one-free offers, all of which are just not long-term sustainable," he said on Friday. Arch rival Harvey Norman, which revealed on Thursday that March-quarter profits had slumped 44 per cent as margins and sales tanked, holds the same view.
"We don't believe it's long term," Harvey Norman chief operating officer
However, their claim that the present crisis is short term and conditions will return to "normal" when the spending cycle recovers has been questioned by analysts and investors, who fear the sector's woes are structural and prices and margins may never return to past levels.
"Consumers aren't partying like it's 2006," Investors Mutual fund manager Julian Beaumont said.
"While JB Hi-Fi will argue the discounting is short term, citing specific instances of closing down and stock clearance sales, these instances are symptomatic of longer-term issues," he said.
"The market is in decline, owing to product deflation, sales going online and the growing dominance of Apple, and the industry is responding by fighting for market share. These difficulties will continue to cause pain for some time.
"While JB is positioned to outlast all others, it will end up just being a bigger player in a more difficult and lower-margin industry."
Mr Smart disagreed, saying new-model TVs, computers and tablets would stimulate demand and stabilise price; the gap between local and online pricing had narrowed and the sector was cycling the impact of the high dollar.
He rejected analysts' suggestions that double-digit deflation in TVs would spill into other categories or that consumer appetite for new gadgets was waning.
"People love the new technology and that technology is very affordable, and the barrier to upgrade is very low," Mr Smart said.
But like Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi was intent on "doing what it takes" to grow its market share, he said.
There may be fewer players in the market when WOW and Dick Smith finish closing stores but competition for the consumer electronics dollar will remain intense.
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Environmental stocks have had mixed fortunes over the past 12 months. Renewable energy companies are languishing due to regulatory changes while waste recyclers have moved from strength to strength.
"Sims is traditionally seen as a cyclical stock and I don't agree with that," said Sims Australia and New Zealand's managing director Darron McGree. "Although profits will go up and down somewhat in sync with metals prices, all of the post-consumer product has got to go somewhere, and more governments are banning it from going into landfill." Eco Investor magazine editor Victor Bivell said Sims has traditionally provided a solid dividend but suggested gas pipeline company APA Group if investors were concerned about share-price volatility. Mr Bivell said the clean technology sector received a massive setback when Kevin Rudd canned the emissions trading scheme and biofuel, wave, wind and solar stocks all remained in the doldrums as a result.
"Infigen is a big wind energy company and their share price is at historically low levels," he said.
Carbon Markets Economics director Rob Jolly said the low price for renewable energy certificates has stalled future investments in wind projects given the difficulty in negotiating power purchase agreements. "There's virtually no new [energy] investment going on in 2011, basically because of the high number of renewable energy certificates created from solar panels," he said.
The former Victorian treasurer said the lack of bipartisan politics was hurting the clean energy sector and the established waste recycling industry was faring much better by comparison. Among them is industrial waste disposal specialists,
CVC Sustainable Investments investment manager Philip Galloway said the fund had benefited from its stake in packaging company Pro-Pac while it had sold out of Perth-based carbon offsetter, Carbon Conscious.
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Bioremediation of Environmental Contaminants in Soil, Water, and Air
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The use of microbes, indigenous or foreign, in the cleanup of contaminated sites is termed bioremediation. Bioremediation has shown great promise in the removal of a wide variety of contaminants, especially at sites where the contaminant is widespread or is present at lower concentrations. Many larger contaminated sites have remained untreated because of high costs associated with traditional cleanup methods. Bioremediation is an attractive alternative to traditional clean up methods, because it may be performed on site, is less invasive, of lower overall costs than conventional methods, and can have higher public acceptance than harsher treatments. Bioremediation techniques are relatively inexpensive because capital and operating costs are generally much lower than, e.g., techniques such as soil removal and replacement. A study performed by Alper states that bioremediation is six times lower in cost than incineration and three times cheaper than entombment. Lower cost is a result of the lower energy and time requirements during the application phase of nutrient enhancements and the low cost of the nutrients because of their large-scale use in agriculture.
Bioremediation techniques are also safe and consistent with the natural processes occurring in the contaminated areas. As described later in this article, naturally occurring or indigenous organisms have been used exclusively up to the time of this writing. Indigenous organisms are present at the contaminated site and are therefore not added. Use of foreign or nonindigenous organisms remains a challenge for future research and development. Bioremediation can be applied to many situations including soil remediation, groundwater remediation, oil spills, and others as described below. Multiple contaminants can be attacked such as petroleum hydrocarbons, industrial solvents, organic wastes, and removal of metals.
The use of bioremediation does have its problems because it is a relatively immature technology where fundamental data still needs to be gathered. Information such as changes in the microbial community as biodegradation takes place is still lacking, due mainly to the fact that many of the microbes used in bioremediation cannot be successfully cultivated in a laboratory setting. For this reason, it is difficult to ascertain just how much removal of a contaminant observed in a study is directly a result of biological processes as opposed to other abiotic processes. We also do not know how the ecosystem is affected following the use of bioremediation except in the special case of the Exxon Valdez oil spill that has been extensively studied from the point of view of ecological impact. Bioremediation is still considered to be a new technology and thus many opt for using the more traditional and expensive cleanup methods. The role of government regulators in generating a favorable environment for introducing novel and effective treatments needs to be reassessed. Finally, although bioengineered microbes offer great promise for the removal of contaminants, public and regulatory acceptance of their use remains lacking. This situation is similar to the controversy surrounding the use of genetically engineered foods. This review will briefly discuss the current use of bioremediation for the removal of different types of contaminants, as well as the difficulties and benefits associated with the use of bioremediation in the removal of each contaminant.


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HITMAN Ryan Rowe has set his sights on 20 goals for the season after roaring to the top of Kidderminster Harriers' scoring charts.
The 24-year-old bagged his ninth of the season with a 90th-minute winner at Tamworth on Tuesday night.
But he is keen to keep them coming and has already increased his original target for the season.
The former Stourbridge hitman has scored six of his goals coming off the bench, but Rowe is eager to do away with the super-sub tag, by making it impossible for manager Steve Burr not to pick him.
He said: "At the start of the season my aim was 15 goals, hopefully I can get near that by Christmas and then push past and reach the 20 mark for the season.
"You don't want a reputation as a super-sub because every player wants to be starting games.
"If you're a sub all you can do is come on and score, that gives you a licence to knock on the gaffer's office." Rowe will get a chance to increase his tally on Saturday when Harriers entertain Blue Square Bet Premier leaders Newport (3pm ko).
The Welsh side will be another testing examination of the Reds' excellent form. Harriers have won the last five matches in league and cup and have lost just once in 16 Conference Premier matches.
That sensational run has lifted them from the foot of the table in August to eighth and means they are the division's form team.
"Like Wrexham, Newport are a top team but if we can apply ourselves like we have over the last few games then there's no reason why we can't get a result," added Rowe.
Harriers will welcome back Callum Gittings and Keith Briggs, who both served one- match suspensions in mid-week, for Saturday's tussle.
Meanwhile, chairman Mark Serrell admits interest in striker Jamille Matt has already stepped up, although he says he has received no offers for the 23-year-old.
Matt has only just returned from a nine-month exile because of work permit issues but has already been watched by Northampton boss Aidy Boothroyd.
The Cobblers had three bids for the striker rebuffed by Harriers in January.
The chairman also revealed Sheffield United have asked to be kept informed of the striker's progress.
"Jamille has only played four times since his return but the interest in him is already growing," said Serrell.
"He's been watched several times by Aidy Boothroyd.
"I believe Mark McGhee and representatives from Leicester and West Brom have already had him watched.
"Clubs will always be interested in big, strong, progressive forwards with an eye for a goal like Jamille.
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I haven't livestreamed in, what, a year? I never do it, but I figured why not. The worst that can happen is no one watches haha
Let's see if my computer can handle it - www.livestream.com/babybeeka
It'll be up in a minute, and I'll be finishing up coloring my Mirela Djuric/the Trickster and might work on some other old Assassin's Creed fanart.
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Waterfall in the Spring–Making the Color Pop
by Wayne R on May.12, 2016, under Color Correction, iCorrect EditLab Pro, PaintShop Pro, PaintShop Pro Plug-ins, Photoshop Color Correction, Photoshop Elements, Photoshop plug-ins
I take a lot of photos of our gardens throughout the seasons and all need a bit of editing. I usually use Photoshop Elements for cropping and iCorrect EditLab Pro Plug-in from PictoColor for fixing the color. It is easy and quick to make the color pop with EditLab. Here is a brief tutorial on how I fixed the color of a photo of the waterfall in our back garden.
After installing iCorrect EditLab Pro plug-in in the Elements Filters folder go to Filters/PictoColor/iCorrect EditLab Pro 6.0 to launch EditLab.
EditLab has 4 correct Tabs and it is best to work from Tab 1 through Tab 4, although not absolutely necessary. EditLab's technology is such that a correction made in subsequent Tabs will not affect the correction made in the previous Tab, thus avoiding the "chase your tail" characteristic of Photoshop corrections.
Tab 1–Remove Color Cast
I clicked on a couple of grey rocks to remove color cast. Make sure the areas you click are really neutral (black, white, or grey).
Tab 2–Set White, Black and Midpoints
In Tab 2 we can set the black, white, and mid-points manually by adjusting the sliders or click on the SmartColor button and let EditLab select the points, which was done in this example. After SmartColor selects the points they can be individually adjusted if necessary or desired.
Tab 3–Brightness, Contrast, and Saturation
Adjust Brightness (Global, Shadows, Highlights), Contrast and Saturation in Tab 3.
Tab 4 HueSelect Control Point Technology
EditLab's HueSelect Control Point Technology, unique to EditLab, facilitates the hue, brightness, and saturation with in an image without affecting the other hues. In this example, I selected the green hue of the leaves and boosted the saturation.
Next, I selected the red hue of the flower pot and increased the saturation.
The whole process took less than a minute. If noise removal and/or sharpening is necessary just check the boxes and these functions are applied automatically in the proper order as the corrected image is saved in Elements.
Here is the before and after comparison.
You can find out more information on PictoColor's iCorrect EditLab Pro Plug-in and www.pictocolor.com/editlabpro.html. BTW, PictoColor's plug-ins are compatible with Photoshop, Elements, and Corel's PaintShop Pro.
How to fix your scenic photos.
by Wayne R on May.04, 2016, under Color Correction, iCorrect EditLab Pro, PaintShop Pro, PaintShop Pro Plug-ins, Photoshop Color Correction, Photoshop Elements, Photoshop plug-ins, Tutorials
If you are going on a summer trip you will most likely take a lot of scenic photos. And, when you look at them you will undoubtedly be disappointed in the color. Since you probably didn't take the time to white balance your camera the photos will most likely be dull and lifeless. But, it is easy and quick to Make the Color Right using iCorrect EditLab Pro plug-in (Photoshop, Elements or PaintShop Pro) or iCorrect EditLab ProApp Stand Alone App.
Here is a before/after photo I took in the Black Hills of South Dakota last year.
And, here is a video to show you how it is done.
You can find more info on PictoColor's iCorrect EditLab Pro Plug-in or EditLab ProApp stand alone app at www.pictocolor.com.
Develop Artistic Effects with iCorrect EditLab Pro
by Wayne Huelskoetter on Apr.26, 2016, under Uncategorized
In addition to making color corrections quickly and easily, iCorrect EditLab Pro can also be used to create many different artistic effects.
In this post we will show how easy it is to add warming or cooling effects, subtle sepia toning, and dramatic black and white conversions.
Let's start with a brilliant, well-balanced photo of the famed Gothic Bridge #28 in Central Park.
One of the easiest ways to add your own unique vision, especially to seasonal shots, is to manually adjust the color balance to make the image warmer or cooler. With iCorrect EditLab Pro, this is accomplished with Slider Controls in the Color Balance tool. After switching the Color Balance tool from the default Eye Dropper mode to the 3-Slider mode, simply move the first Slider toward (R)ed, the second Slider toward (M)agenta, and the third Slider toward (Y)ellow, to make the image warmer.
Another interesting effect, known as sepia toning, can be a great way to add more visual interest to a black and white photo. Let's begin by converting our full color image into a custom black and white photo, and then add back our desired color with the Toning tool. iCorrect EditLab Pro conveniently has as part of its HueSelect ControlPoint Technology, found in Tool Tab 4, an Auto Black and White Conversion feature: If you click the B/W button, it will quickly set every hue to minimum saturation. It also features and Auto Sepia Tone tool: If you click the Sepia button, it will set every hue to minimum saturation, and set the toning color to a standard sepia tone. These buttons are shortcuts that set multiple controls for you. You can then fine tune any of the settings as well as create your own custom Sepia Tone definitions.
Finally, even though iCorrect EditLab Pro offers an Auto Black and White Conversion feature, you may want to create a more dramatic expression by modifying other aspects of the image, especially the relative brightness of the highlights and shadows as well as the overall contrast. This is accomplished in Tool Tab 3.
So, you can see that it's very easy to create three very different images with varying effects from the same photo using the straight-forward tools found in iCorrect EditLab Pro.
PictoColor's New Color Correction Software Website
by Wayne R on Apr.19, 2016, under Color Correction, iCorrect EditLab Pro, iCorrect EditLab ProApp, iCorrect Portrait, Photoshop Color Correction, Photoshop plug-ins
Check out PictoColor's new website: http://www.pictocolor.com.
PictoColor: Better Color Faster
iCorrect EditLab Pro and iCorrect Portrait Photoshop Plug-ins
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Ever See a Photo of Just One Mt. Rushmore President? EditLab Made it Better.
by Wayne R on Apr.14, 2016, under Color Correction, Facebook photos, iCorrect EditLab Pro, PaintShop Pro Plug-ins, Photoshop Color Correction, Photoshop Elements
Here is an unusual photo of Mt. Rushmore of only one of the four Presidents. This was taken from the pathway that runs below the Presidents.
The photo was enhanced using Elements for cropping and sizing and iCorrect EditLab Pro Plug-in to enhance the color. The photo was cropped to fit PictoColor's Facebook Page Cover Photo. Below is the original photo before color enhancement. Notice how dull it looks.
iCorrect EditLab Pro has four Tabs that work independently of each other. When you move from Tab 1 to Tab 2 you do not effect the adjustment made in Tab 1, and so on, thus avoiding the "chase your tail" characteristic of Photoshops color tools.
Tab 1
In Tab 1 we remove any color cast by clicking on a couple of neutral (white, black, or grey) areas in the image.
Tab 2
Tab 2 sets the white, black and mid points. I usually click on SmartColor and let EditLab set the three points. You can make further adjustments if necessary, but usually SmartColor is all you need.
Tab 3
Tab 3 is where you can make adjustments to Brightness, including highlights and shadows, contrast and overall saturation.
Tab 4
Tab 4 is PictoColor's HueSelect Control Point technology where we can tweak the colors independently. In this photo I used the built in Memory color for blue sky to correct the color of the sky. I then selected the green foliage hue from the image and increased the brightness and saturation of the green, while not effecting the color of the sky or the monument.
Using iCorrect EditLab Pro plug-in the whole color enhancement process took less than a minute or so.
Learn more about iCorrect EditLab Pro with SmartColor and HueSelect Control Point technologies at http://www.pictocolor.com/icorrect-editlab-pro.html.
iCorrect EditLab Improves Scanner Color Workflow
by Wayne R on Apr.09, 2015, under Color Correction, iCorrect EditLab Pro, Photoshop Color Correction, scanner color correction
Last week we received a note from one of our long time users of iCorrect EditLab Pro. Here is what he said:
"I have been using one version or another of iCorrect EditLab since January 2005. As a wedding photographer, I found iCorrect invaluable for rapid, accurate color/exposure correction of large numbers of wedding photos. What would have taken me days to correct took only hours. But that is not why I'm writing you today.
Award Winning Scanner Software Didn't Work
A little over a year ago, I purchased a scanner for the express purpose of scanning all my personal slides and negatives (500+ rolls). The award winning software provided with the scanner (which also provides automatic color cast removal and manual color/exposure corrections) is inconsistent and difficult to use.
iCorrect EditLab To the Rescue!
The award should really go to ICorrect Edit Lab. After discarding the scanner software in frustration, I turned to my tried and true standby iCorrect. Once again with a few clicks here and there, a whole roll of film is corrected in under 10 minutes with amazing results. I have even
created custom correction preferences based on the film being scanned.
Not only that, but I've also found instances where my lab incorrectly color corrected the image when they printed it. I'll continue to use iCorrect as a standard part of my scanning project workflow!
Howard Kier
Magical Moments Photography
Here is a video I created to show how to use iCorrect EditLab Pro to restore old photos prints that I scanned on a desktop scanner.
The Turkey Trot: Using Pse with iCorrect EditLab Pro to Fix Color
by Wayne R on Mar.24, 2015, under Color Correction, iCorrect EditLab Pro, Photoshop Color Correction, Photoshop Elements
I took this photo a couple of days ago. As you can see from the before/after comparison below the original was dull and lifeless–it was a cloudy day. I used Photoshop Elements to crop the photo and iCorrect EditLab Pro Plug-in to enhance the color.
Here is the screenshot of iCorrect EditLab Pro.
The color correction process with EditLab is to start with Tab 1 and remove color cast by clicking on a neutral area (white, black or grey). Tab 2 sets the white/black/and midtone points. In Tab 3 adjustments for brightness (overall, highlights, & shadows), contrast and overall saturation are made, if necessary or desired. In Tab 4 the HueSelect technology allows you to tweak the hue, brightness, and saturation of specific color hues really make the photo come alive.
For more information and helpful tutorials on iCorrect EditLab Pro go to www.pictocolor.com/editlabpro.htm.
Streamline Photoshop Portrait Color Correction
by Wayne R on Mar.19, 2015, under Color Correction, iCorrect Portrait, PaintShop Pro Plug-ins, Photoshop Color Correction, Photoshop Elements, Photoshop plug-ins
PictoColor's iCorrect Portrait Ps plug-in (for Photoshop, Elements, and PaintShop Pro) is known for it's "Point and Click" approach to color correction and PictoColor's proprietary Skin Tone Technology which makes color correcting people photos a breeze. What we don't often talk about are the time saving workflow features built into iCorrect Portrait that really streamlines portrait color correction. This video tutorial shows explains these features and how any portrait, wedding, school or sports photographer can save hours color correcting photos.
For more information on iCorrect Portrait plug-in just go to www.pictocolor.com/portrait.htm.
How to Create a Good Looking Facebook Profile Photo
by Wayne R on Mar.16, 2015, under Color Correction, Facebook photos, PaintShop Pro Plug-ins, Photoshop Color Correction, Photoshop Elements, Photoshop plug-ins
Are you happy with your Facebook profile photo? Is it a little dull and lifeless. If so, iCorrect Portrait Plug-in for Photoshop, Elements, or PaintShop Pro can help you look a lot better. Here is a video tutorial that shows you how to easily create a good looking profile photo.
iCorrect Portrait with PictoColor's Skin Tone Technology is an easy to use plug-in that will give all your photos of people the Color of Life.
For more information of iCorrect Portrait go to www.pictocolor.com/portrait.htm.
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Getting the correct Skin Color Can be difficult when editing people photos in Photoshop, Elements, or PaintShop Pro. The many tutorials and videos describing how to get the skin tone right suggests how difficult and time consuming it can be. But, there is an easy way. Here is a video tutorial that shows how PictoColor's iCorrect Portrait Plug-in's (Photoshop, Elements, or PaintShop Pro) "point and click" approach to color correction and PictoColor's Skin Tone Technology can simplify the process.
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This weekend marks the anniversary of the murder of Karly Sheehan. Had she not been killed by her mother's boyfriend, Karly Sheehan would be celebrating the end of yet another year of elementary school. It's easy to imagine Karly lugging around a backpack, chatting with classmates about her summer plans, which surely would include yet [Read More…]
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Pay-back time for tax-dodge builder
Date published: 30 April 2014
A FORMER Oldham builder has had more than a quarter of a million pounds confiscated after being earlier sentenced for failing to pay almost £75,000 in tax.
Peter Bell (77), of Dalefields, Delph, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the fraudulent evasion of income tax, money laundering, fraud and failing to notify the authorities of a change in circumstances.
The confiscation follows his sentence of 15 months in jail in December.
In the summer of 2012, police raided Bell's home and found a £311,940 stockpile of cash. Bell had worked as a builder from the age of 16 and was regularly paid cash-in-hand.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) calculated Bell should have paid £74,184 plus interest of £18,000 in income tax between 2002-2012.
In 1999 Bell declared himself paraplegic after an accident which led him to claim incapacity benefit. He was back working by 2001 but failed to inform the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of the change in his circumstances. Officers calculated he received more than £42,000 in benefit.
On his 65th birthday Bell applied for pension credit, claiming less than £10,000 in savings.
Earlier this week, a Proceeds of Crime Act hearing produced an order to confiscate £142,170.06. He was ordered to repay £91,759.29 in unpaid tax. A confiscation order was made for him to repay £41,528.95 of ineligible benefits. If Bell fails to pay the £275,458.30, he will be ordered to serve an additional jail term.
Meanwhile on the other side of Manchester a gang of vicious thieves who broke into peoples homes and battered them into handing over their car keys have received sentences not much longer.
This man never has presented a threat to society and should never have been sent to prison, especially when dangerous criminals receive light sentences because there's no space to house them.
given a choice who would you want in your home Peter Bell or a gang of vicious thieves?
oh dear......ha ha ha ha ha you got what you deserved.
FLAKE, the Manchester gang got off lightly, this man got what he deserved, Your all about money. Your stupid analogy of never sending anyone to prison who BREAK THE LAW is completely annoying. If you don't want to meet any of the inmates then don't break the law. Just what does a person have to do in your eyes to deserve prison? This man stole from people who really needed that money, truly disabled people and me A TAX PAYER…..
Cannot believe Flake's comment - first he doesn't contribute to the system for years, but then has the cheek to claim from a system to which he has never contributed - deserves everything he got and should repay every penny.
Like it or lump it this is theft on a grand scale There are to many people in Society who have never paid into the system yet bleed it for all its worth .... We all have to pay tax ....even when we retire
Flake u really live in a bubble !!! the mans not paid any tax and then continued to claim benefits whilst working - strikes me as a large scale fraud whereby you me and fitton hill and the general public are all victims, #justsaying
You have to remember that when you commit Benefit fraud and deliberately avoid tax, you aren't stealing off the Exchequer - you are stealing off children, the poor, the elderly and the sick.
I don't think it's me whose in a 'bubble' here I think there are too many people with no insight what is going on with sentencing.
There are a very limited number of prison places, and as a result some very dangerous criminals are not being sent there. On the other hand people who do not pose any threat are receiving long terms.
This isn't a question of soft on criminals, it's how you use scarce resources, and the commonly held belief that we can just send people to prison
regardless of the fact that there are no places is crazy.
It might be nice to have a system like the Americans have, with the super prisons - but that would require a tax increase and much building.
As for stealing from poor, elderly etc etc. That's not true. You're stealing from the super rich whom the Tory government wants to have a zero rate of inheritance tax. Any extra money into the exchequer will be used to fund this, not the ordinary folk.
That flake, is sphericals. You are trying to impose a future abstract onto a today reality.
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How Often Do You Buy New Jeans? And How Long Until You Chuck Them?
It goes without saying—the one item in your closet that's older than the latest "High School Musical" star? Probably your favorite pair of jeans. A new survey from the Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex, England finds that Brits hang on to their jeans longer than any other piece of clothing, and that nearly two million people have pairs they bought as much as 40 years ago.
Hole-y jeans! Denim probably makes up the majority of our wardrobes. According to Cotton Inc., " … the average [American] woman owns 8 pairs of jeans." [Um, try more like a dozen. — Editor] Of course, nestled in that pile of denim are a handful of pairs we haven't worn in years, but still hang on to for "good" reasons: they're slightly out of style but will come back, or they will fit after I lose three pounds, OK?!
It would seem a survey like Lakeside's is supposed to make us reevaluate our consumption habits, and let go of old waste … but is it really so bad to hang on to things? What's your rule for jeans? Do you buy to replace? Or do you buy to add? [Telegraph.co.uk]


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I touched on this topic around the same time last year. I've never understood why companies over the years have started completely running their brand messaging and customer interactions through websites they don't control. I understand using these services as promotional tools to get eyeballs on YOUR website. But I do not see the advantage of giving Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and others YOUR customers. Which is exactly what many brands have been doing for years.
It is logical that many larger companies can negotiate some sort of profit sharing for advertising revenue. But in most cases these websites have started charging companies for various promotional services. So these brands are now paying extra cost on top of what they pay for hosting their own websites. Instead of looking at your product offerings or advertising they are looking at someone else's.
My thoughts are this is just the lazy way of running promotional content. It saves time in developing your own resources to do the same thing. I'd assume many managers see the popularity of these sites as where their customers are. But that popularity doesn't last forever.
Many people would state that Facebook, Google, Twitter and others could never fail. Even though history has shown completely the opposite. In years past we have seen some of the biggest most hyped players crumble and become nothing. What happens to all the content you have placed within these websites?
At best you will be given time to backup your content and be provided with a method to export it. There have been cases previously where even this option wasn't provided. You have put all this time and energy into a website you DO NOT control. Doesn't it make more sense to use these sites as promotional tools to get customers on your Internet properties? Where you control the content and are less likely to have to worry about losing your company data.
I don't understand putting all this effort into a service you DO NOT control. It boggles my mind that large corporations don't see they are offering up their customers to these services. That these consumers are spending more time on a website that is not their own. Which is where you should be always trying to get those eyeballs to. The longer those customers stay elsewhere – the easier it is for them to get distracted and move away from your brand message.
On a daily basis it becomes easier to setup websites to run your own branding, promotions and product offerings. It has become much easier to run your own video content WITHOUT using various online properties that control YOUR content. This can all be done with open source products available for free – that anyone can use. The only expenses are hosting cost and time to setup the website.
The barriers to controlling your products and brand messaging have been reduced greatly in the past decade. Yet companies large and small still seem to want to allow others to do the work for them instead of taking time to do it right on their own. All this does is include you in the clutter and does nothing to set you apart from the competition.
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Show biz is in Thicke's Canadian-American genes. The son of vocalist and actor Gloria Loring and theme song composer and actor Alan Thicke, he grew up in suburban Los Angeles, surrounded by the entertainment industry. A demo he recorded at the age of 14 was heard by Brian McKnight, who helped the youngster -- subsequently nicknamed Brian McWhite -- get a recording deal with the Interscope label. However, Thicke experienced his earliest success as a songwriter. Before the end of 2000, he either wrote or co-wrote songs for Brandy ("Love Is on My Side"), McKnight ("Anyway"), Color Me Badd ("Sexual Capacity"), Brownstone ("Around You"), Christina Aguilera ("When You Put Your Hands on Me"), and Marc Anthony ("When I Dream at Night"). He was also involved with several songs on Mya's Fear of Flying, as well as the majority of Jordan Knight's self-titled 1999 album, including the Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 hit "Give It to You."
Despite all the work as a composer, he was still finding his footing as a solo artist. Advances of his debut album, Cherry Blue Skies, surfaced in 2002, but the album was shelved, adjusted, and given a different title. The revamped version, titled A Beautiful World and featuring Thicke's future wife Paula Patton on the cover, was released in April 2003. It did not leave much of an impression and peaked at only number 152 on the Billboard 200, but the brash lead single "When I Get You Alone" -- which sampled Walter Murphy's 1976 disco hit "A Fifth of Beethoven" -- reached the Top Ten in Belgium, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. Thicke's follow-up, The Evolution of Robin Thicke, didn't arrive until October 2006, but it benefited from a new alliance with the Neptunes. Signed to the duo's Star Trak label, though still technically an Interscope artist, Thicke scored a number one R&B single with the ballad "Lost Without U," and the album eventually went platinum.
Thicke then settled into a lengthy career as a widely respected artist -- with occasional diversions into humorous, self-aware showboating -- who remained true to his root influences while occasionally departing from '70s-indebted stylistic comfort zone. The focused and refined Something Else, a September 2008 release, peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, highlighted by the disco-soul throwback single "Magic." December 2009's Sex Therapy, led by its Polow da Don-produced title track, narrowly missed the top of the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Thicke's fifth studio album, Love After War, was his most swashbuckling release to date, issued in December 2011. He made a surprising crossover move in March 2013 with the lighthearted, off-the-cuff "Blurred Lines," a Pharrell production with instrumental cues taken from Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up." Assisted by its explicit video, it topped the Hot 100, a rare feat in 2013 for an R&B single. At the same time, it generated a huge controversy when feminists decried its lyrics as derogatory and offensive, which instigated a public debate over issues of sexual consent and censorship. Thicke also gained notoriety for his explicit performance with Miley Cyrus at the 2013 MTV VMAs. However, the publicity only drove sales of the attendant album, also titled Blurred Lines; it topped the Billboard 200 and sold over 700,000 copies in the U.S. alone.
In February 2014, Thicke and Patton separated after eight years of marriage, allegedly due to his misbehavior. Thicke then began a very public campaign to win her back, declaring his love for her at concerts and even going so far as to title his next album Paula. Preceded by the desperate ballad "Get Her Back," the album was released in July 2014. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi


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I think we should move (delete/replace) this to "Category:Gang Vehicles". "Car" is usually defined as a form of trasport with a motor and having four wheels. Bikes don't follow that rule, and some bikes are here. I put on the talk page first so as not to jump ahead. Masterpogihaha 14:39, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
- This category name has been bugging me for a long time too; logic dictates we should have gone ahead changing it earlier. Perhaps we should fire up the bot? - ZS 15:37, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
- We should. I'll do it myself. Masterpogihaha 15:51, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
- Why has the name gone unchanged? Maxaxle 00:41, October 14, 2010 (UTC)
This article is an unorganized mess! Someone more experienced, please fix it! Maxaxle 00:41, October 14, 2010 (UTC)


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Col. Ervin C. Manning, USAF, ret., 80
A native of Wilson County, a 1950 graduate of Lebanon High and graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, he was a Vietnam veteran. He and his family lived in Warner Robins, Georgia for 29 years.
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just the round-up - The week in drinks
By just-drinks.com editorial team | 28 August 2009
The top ten stories published on just-drinks this week:
Scotch whisky boycott in US?
US: Boycott call for Scotch whisky
An internet campaign to boycott Scotch whisky and other Scottish products has begun in the US, in anger at the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi.
Foster's FY results
AUS: Beer boosts Foster's FY, wine still tough
Foster's Group has reported rises in net sales and profits for its fiscal full-year, as the firm's solid beer business helped to offset ongoing difficulties in wine.
Coca-Cola Enterprises suicide
FRANCE: Coca-Cola Enterprises chief commits suicide
The head of Coca-Cola Enterprises in France has committed suicide, the soft drinks bottler has said.
Diageo, United Spirits - the end?
INDIA: Diageo, United Spirits talks conclude
The long-running discussions between Diageo and United Spirits over a possible stake purchase have collapsed, with Diageo walking away from the table.
Heineken's HY results
NETHERLANDS: Cost cutting lifts Heineken H1 profits
Cost savings have helped Heineken to a 20% rise in net profits for the first half of 2009, despite a dip in like-for-like beer sales for the period.
SABMiller and Grolsch in Russia
RUSSIA: SABMiller to brew less expensive Grolsch in Russia
SABMiller is to begin brewing Grolsch in Russia, expanding the lager brand's presence in the country by making it more affordable.
A-B InBev sells to C&C
UK: Anheuser-Busch InBev sells Tennent's to C&C Group
Anheuser-Busch InBev has signed a deal to sell Tennent's in Scotland to C&C Group for GBP180m (US$292m).
Diageo FY results
GLOBAL: Diageo hits FY guidance, warns of tough year ahead
Diageo has warned of a tough 2010 after cost savings helped the drinks giant to hit guidance in its fiscal full-year, despite flat like-for-like sales and a fall in pre-tax profits.
France wine, spirits exports
FRANCE: Wine, spirits exports tumble in H1
French wine and spirits exports slid 25% by value in the first half of 2009, trade body Fédération des Exportateurs de Vins et Spiritueux (FEVS) has said.
Corby Distilleries FY results
CANADA: Corby Distilleries FY profits fall
Corby Distilleries has reported a slip in full-year profits, but was buoyed in the fourth quarter by Absolut Vodka and lower advertising and promotion spend.
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Comment - Pernod Ricard, Diageo playing a game of two halves
Pernod Ricard's share price has edged up after a set of resilient half-year results, but it all hangs on the next six months....
TANZANIA/UK: SABMiller, Diageo settle dispute
SABMiller and Diageo have agreed to settle a dispute between the two groups' brewing subsidiaries in Tanzania....
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The novelization of the stunning sixth season cliffhanger and its exciting conclusion.
Summary Edit
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- The Borg are back – and nastier than ever. No longer mindless, inhuman drones but cyborg soldiers on a mission to assimilate all intelligent life, their new goal is the complete destruction of the Federation. And in the midst of facing the Borg again, Captain Picard learns that he may be the cause of the change.
- Commander Data is changing as well. For the first time in his life, Data feels a genuine emotion – and that emotion is deadly, destructive rage. When it is revealed that the Borg are commanded by an old enemy out of Data's past, Data must choose between his allegiance to the Federation and the one thing he wants above all else...
- Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.
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- Novelization of "Descent" and "Descent, Part II" by Diane Carey.
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There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes more than I can write about in-depth in any given week. So The Wild Hunt must unleash the hounds in order to round them all up.Was "PaganDASH" a success in Australia? Last year I reported on efforts in Australia and Britain to encourage more accurate census counts of Pagans by asking respondents to use a uniform Pagan-[tradition/faith] format. Now, the preliminary numbers for Australia have been released, and while the total number of adherents to Pagan religions has grown, that growth rate has remained stable since the 2001 census (around 3-4 thousand new adherents every 5 years). That said, some … [Read more...]
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Re-enchanting the World: Art and Paganism
One of the most obvious legacies our modern world holds from its pre-Christian "pagan" past are the visual arts. There wouldn't have been a Renaissance without the art and writings of the Classical world, and the pagan-humanist hybrid that began there has been an integral part of the fine arts ever since. Pagan symbolism is such an ingrained part of art's language, that it can become unconscious, at least until it becomes politicized. However, a growing trend within the world of fine art is making the connections between art, Paganism, and the occult, explicit. I recently mentioned the "Sigils and Signs" show in Brooklyn, the Manhattanhenge ritual performance art piece, and the "Collective Ta … [Read more...]


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BANKS and credit unions should tell customers when fees are to be deducted so they don't accidentally overdraw their accounts and get hit with higher charges, a report by the corporate watchdog recommends.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission report, Good Transaction Fee Disclosure, reveals that most financial institutions do not tell customers when transaction and account-keeping fees are to be deducted. Only 10 per cent tell customers when direct-debit dishonour charges are to be deducted.
"Given the potential impact of these fees, we believe that, as a matter of good practice, institutions should clearly set out when fees will be charged," the report says.
Consumer advocates have long complained that not knowing when fees are taken out of accounts affects the disadvantaged the most.
"The obvious date for sweeping accounts for fees would be the last day of that month, but it often varies," said Jackie Pearson, editor of the Australian Consumers Association's Money and Rights magazine.
"If the banks standardised their (fee) dates and disclosed it, it would fix the problem."
The ASIC study, which involved 197 banks, credit unions and building societies, found there had been some improvements in revealing the true cost of transactions since the watchdog issued its Guide to Fee Disclosure in 2002.
"ASIC is very keen to ensure that consumers are fully aware of the fees they will incur in their everyday banking," ASIC chairman Jeffrey Lucy said.
The report said 90 per cent of institutions charge fees on transaction accounts and at least 170 impose dishonour fees of between $20 and $45 on their transaction accounts.
The Australian Bankers Association welcomed the report.
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