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Good day everyone. My 2000 328ci M/T has been in our family for 7 years. My wife drives it as her daily car. It is the only BMW we've owned, but will get another when finances allow. Until then, I try the DIY routine. Build date is 08/1999. Outside ambient air temp. sensor not located in lower left front wheel liner/cover. My new lower front left cover has an opening and that's where I read it's located. Any one else know where it might be? Hope you folks can help. Thank you.
Just found "Temperature Sensor" thread -DIDN'T HELP
Found Thread in General E46 forum. Looks great and some posts were helpful looking, however, my lower fender liner that was ripped out does not have the hole for the sensor as the fotos did. No wires hanging down. Maybe prior owner had work done that resulted in wrong liner being installed in the past. No hole for sensor on passenger side. Looked in bumper area near/under fog lights. Maybe if it was a snake it would bite me, but I don't see it. VIN = JP01094, build date 08/1999. Could it be somewhere else? I try to check things as best I can before I post. Spent hours on another forum yesterday with slow loading pages. This forum is way faster. Thank you.
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Well...after another search of my 328ci using my inspection mirror, I've finally located the 2 blue wires that the "Temperature Sensor" thread people were talking about. "Old Man Eyes" and poor memory = wasting time. To all those who viewed and left me alone, thank you. That forced me to work it out myself. Will order the connector and socket (probably with white wires) today and do the repair just like everybody else. Not much of a foto/update kind of guy so I'll keep my stuff simple. Enjoyed the "Science" thread last nite though. Thanks and take care all.
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Anyone have any experiences (good or bad) using Hyperwrt or similar
with WDS and Monowall?
Or am I likely to have similar problems?
Looking at the portal logs I get results like-
LOGOUT: unauthenticated, 00:13:10:0e:97:36, 192.168.1.252
This is the MAC and static IP of the 2nd Linksys box (first Linksys is
wired to OPT1 interface, Linksys's 2 to 5 then connect via WDS to the
first). Shouldn't it be the actual PC that's attempting to login that
passes it's IP and MAC for authentication? Or am I thinking wrong here?
Lee Sharp wrote:
> From: "neil dixon" <neil at badhead dot com>
>> Having problems using the portal - can't connect, just loops back
>> to the portal login page over and over.
>> Login works if I enable it on the LAN - either wired or connecting
>> wirelessly through the Dlink AP in the office.
>> On the OPT1 interface I have 1 WRT54G directly connected, and then 3
>> more WRT54g's connected wirelessly using WDS. - any suggestions or
>> ideas on how to fix this? (or actually any ideas on what might be
>> causing it?)
> What firmware on the WRT54Gs? The sevasoft has problems with captive
> portal. Use the hyperwrt derivatives, like tofu.
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A rich chocolate and pistachio fudge swirled with sweetened cream cheese!
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Made this last night for my supper...yes, that's right...I was having a sugar attack and was stressed to the MAX! Was quick and easy to make and the taste is out of this world. This is going to be one of my favorites to give as gifts! Thanks for sharing.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk, divided
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 18 ounces semisweet chocolate pieces
- 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
- 1⁄2 cup coarsely chopped pistachio nut
Directions See How It's Made
- Place cream cheese in small glass bowl of electric mixer or in a 1-quart microwave-safe bowl.
- Microwave on HIGH (100%) 15 to 25 seconds or until cream cheese has softened.
- Add 2 tablespoons of the sweetened condensed milk and the vanilla.
- Beat on low speed just until mixture is smooth; set aside.
- Place remaining sweetened condensed milk, semisweet chocolate and butter in a 2 1/2-quart microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on medium (50%) 2 to 3 1/2 minutes or until mixture can be stirred smooth and is glossy, stirring twice.
- Stir in pistachio nuts.
- Spread chocolate mixture evenly into prepared 8"x8" pan.
- Drop cream cheese mixture, by spoonfuls, over chocolate; swirl lightly over chocolate.
- Let stand until firm or place in refrigerator.
- Cut into 25 even squares by making 4 lengthwise and 4 crosswise cuts equidistant from each other, then cut each square diagonally in half.
- Store in airtight container with waxed paper between layers.
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THE Rudd Government is facing pressure to boost income support for tertiary students, as Victoria's most distinguished institution - Melbourne University - reveals that hundreds of its students are homeless due to rising living costs.
The head of the Government's higher education review, Denise Bradley, has signalled she will urge an overhaul of schemes such as Youth Allowance and Austudy, amid complaints that they are either too hard to qualify for, or insufficient to live on.
She revealed the push as the vice-chancellor of Melbourne University, Glyn Davis, said 440 students were in effect homeless, "hot-bedding" with relatives or friends because they could not afford their own residence.
Painting a grim picture of student life, Professor Davis said a recent analysis found the majority of students were studying part time, with many working more than 20 hours a week to cope with rising living costs.
Vacancy rates within a four-kilometre radius of the CBD were around just 0.8%, making it even harder for students to get accommodation, he said.
"At the University of Melbourne - a university that has the highest proportion of (former) private school students … in the nation - we know we've got 440 students who are currently homeless," Professor Davis said. "It is clearly hard, and getting harder, to be a student."
Similar difficulties are being experienced elsewhere in the universities sector, placing the issue of student costs and support under renewed scrutiny.
Australian Scholarship Group figures show, for example, that an average teaching student in a share house will face costs of almost $100,000 over the next four years, including an average $5000 in accommodation costs a year, $5000 in groceries, $1600 in transport, and $5000 in HECS tuition costs.
Speaking at an education forum on Monday night, Emeritus Professor Bradley said her report, to be handed down at the end of the year, was likely to recommend that the Government improve student income support. But she conceded "it would require a very brave government" to fix the bureaucratic maze of programs such as the Independent Youth Allowance that overlap a range of departments including education.
University of Canberra vice-chancellor Stephen Parker said restrictions on income support programs were "extremely short-sighted". Part of the problem with Youth Allowance, for instance, was the tight eligibility requirements: students are not deemed to be "independent" - and therefore eligible for support - unless they are aged 25 or over, or have earned $18,525 after spending at least 18 months out of school.
"The reality is it's really difficult living independently as a student and it's getting worse, particularly in the major capital cities," said National Union of Students president Angus McFarland, whose union wants the age threshold to be reduced and the eligibility requirements relaxed.
"It does lead to students missing class because of work commitments … and means that students aren't getting their money's worth for their degrees."
The Bradley review is expected to pave the way for a radical shake-up of Australia's 40 universities. Apart from student costs, it is also expected to examine areas such as funding, teaching quality, regulations, and HECS.
But federal Education Minister Julia Gillard said yesterday the Government was unlikely to change HECS, despite calls, including from its architect, Bruce Chapman, for a rethink.
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HydroClim Minnesota - January 2011
A monthly electronic newsletter summarizing Minnesota's climate conditions and the resulting impact on water resources. Distributed on the Wednesday following the first Monday of each month.
State Climatology Office - DNR Waters
prepared: January 5, 2011
What happened in December 2010:
- December 2010 precipitation totals were above historical averages in nearly all Minnesota counties. In many locations, monthly precipitation totals exceeded average by one to two inches. All-time high December precipitation totals were reported in communities such as Rochester (3.68 inches), Jordan (3.30 inches), and Hutchinson (3.12 inches). Most of December's precipitation came in the form of snow. Record-setting December snowfall totals were common across southern and central Minnesota. Numerous observers in these areas reported three or more feet of snow for the month, roughly triple the historical average.
[see: December 2010 Climate Summary Table | December Precipitation Departure from Normal]
- December 2010 was notable for the number, and intensity, of winter storms. Widespread, heavy snowfalls occurred on at least five occasions somewhere in Minnesota. Snowfall totals of eight or more inches were common. In some events snowfall totals exceeded 12 inches, including a 17.1 inch total on December 10-11 measured at the Twin Cities International Airport. This was the largest December snowfall on record for the Twin Cities, and was largely responsible for the collapse of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The winter storms, often accompanied by high winds producing blizzard conditions, led to frequent travel hazards across the state.
[see: Winter Storm: December 3-4 | Winter Storm: December 10-11 | Winter Storm: December 15-16 | Winter Storm: December 20-21 | Winter Storm: December 30-January 1]
- Monthly mean temperatures for December 2010 were below average across Minnesota, falling short of the historical mean by one to four degrees. Cold early-December temperatures were somewhat offset by warmer-than-average temperatures at month's end. Extreme temperature values for December ranged from a high of 48 degrees at Winona on the 30th, to a low of -33 degrees at a number of north central and northeastern Minnesota locations on the 13th.
[see: December 2010 Climate Summary Table]
Where we stand now:
- Large areas of western and northern Minnesota report more than 16 inches of snow cover as of this writing. For most of eastern and southern Minnesota, snow depths range from 8 to 12 inches. In nearly all locales, snow depths are at or above the median for the date.
[see: NWS Snow Depth Estimation Map | Weekly Snow Depth Maps]
- The U. S. Drought Monitor, released on December 28, depicts most of Cook County and portions of Lake County as undergoing Moderate drought. Other northeastern Minnesota areas are considered to be Abnormally Dry. Heavy rain and snow in this area during the autumn and early winter improved the situation significantly, but did not completely erase the impacts of long-term precipitation deficits. Although the U.S. Drought Monitor no longer depicts drought in east central Minnesota, some hydrologic systems in this area remain impacted by long-term dryness that began in June of 2008. This long-term precipitation anomaly is responsible for low water levels in larger lakes and wetland complexes across Anoka, Ramsey, Chisago, and Washington counties. The remainder of Minnesota is without drought designation. The U. S. Drought Monitor index is a blend of science and subjectivity where drought categories (Moderate, Severe, etc) are based on several indicators.
[see: U.S. Drought Monitor]
- The U.S. Geological Survey reports that stream discharge values (where winter monitoring is possible) at many river monitoring locations across Minnesota are near all-time highs for the date. Conversely, stream discharge values in northern Lake County rivers remain low due to long-term precipitation deficits.
[see: USGS Streamflow]
- The Lake Superior water level is down ten inches from last year at this time and down 15 inches from the long-term seasonal average. Water levels on a few larger lakes in east central Minnesota lakes remain very low. White Bear Lake, on the Ramsey/Washington county border is at an all-time record low level mark.
[see: Corps of Engineers Great Lakes Water Levels | White Bear Lake Water Level]
- As of mid-November, the Minnesota Agricultural Statistics Service reported that topsoil moisture was 0% Very Short, 1% Short, 78% Adequate, and 21% Surplus. Late-autumn conditions act as a predictor of the soil moisture situation entering the coming growing season.
[see: Agricultural Statistics Service Crop Progress and Condition]
- The upper layer of the soil profile is frozen throughout Minnesota. However, snow cover has inhibited frost penetration despite a typical winter temperature regime. Frost depths under sod generally range from three to fifteen inches.
[see: Corps of Engineers Snow, Ice, Frost Data | MnDOT Road Frost Depths | National Weather Service Frost Depth Data]
- Minnesota's lakes and rivers are ice covered. However, ice formation was hindered in many locations by early and abundant winter snow cover. Ice conditions are highly variable. Lake and river ice is never completely safe for walking or driving.
[see: DNR Conservation Officer Reports]
Future prospects:
- The January precipitation outlook depicts no significant tendencies away from historical climatological probabilities across Minnesota. January precipitation normals range from near one-half inch of liquid equivalent in western Minnesota to just over one inch liquid in eastern sections of the state. The median snow cover at the end of January ranges from near 5 inches in southwest Minnesota, to over 15 inches on the ground in northeastern Minnesota (greater than 24 inches in the Lake Superior highlands).
[see: Climate Prediction Center 30-day Outlook | January Precipitation Normal Map]
- The January temperature outlook indicates no significant tendencies away from historical climatological probabilities across Minnesota. Historically, January is Minnesota's coldest month. Normal January high temperatures range the low-teens in the north, to near 20 in the south. Normal January lows range from near minus 10 degrees in the far north, to the single digits above zero in southern Minnesota.
[see: Climate Prediction Center 30-day Outlook | January Temperature Normal Map]
- The 90-day precipitation outlook for January through March tilts toward above-normal conditions in the northern one-half of Minnesota, with no significant tendencies away from historical climatological probabilities in southern Minnesota. The January through March temperature projection tilts towards below-normal conditions across Minnesota.
[see: Climate Prediction Center 90-day Outlook]
- The National Weather Service produces long-range probabilistic river stage and discharge outlooks for the Red River, Minnesota River, and Mississippi River basins. These products are part of the National Weather Service's Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS).
[see: National Weather Service North Central River Forecast Center]
From the author:
- A note of concern ... saturated soils in most major watersheds, along with abundant snow cover and high winter stream base flows, enhance the possibility of spring flooding along Minnesota's rivers and streams in 2011.
Notes from around the state:
- None
Upcoming dates of note:
- January 20: National Weather Service releases 30/90 day temperature and precipitation outlooks
- January 27: Annual Spring Flood Outlook Meeting - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Web sites featured in this edition:
- http://climate.umn.edu - Minnesota Climatology Working Group, Minnesota DNR Eco/Water Resources and U of M Dept. of Soil, Water, and Climate
- http://water.weather.gov/ahps - National Weather Service, Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
- http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx - National Weather Service, Weather Forecast Office - Chanhassen
- http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov - National Weather Service, National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
- http://www.drought.unl.edu - National Drought Mitigation Center
- http://water.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/dailyMainW?state=mn&map_type=weekd - U.S. Geological Survey
- http://www.lre.usace.army.mil - US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District
- http://mndnr.gov/waters - Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological and Water Resources
- http://www.nass.usda.gov - USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
- http://www.mvp-wc.usace.army.mil - US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
- http://www.dot.state.mn.us/materials - Minnesota Department of Transportation, Materials and Road Research
- http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ncrfc - National Weather Service, North Central River Forecast Center
- http://mndnr.gov/enforcement - Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Enforcement
- http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov - National Weather Service, Climate Prediction Center
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Comparing Reggie leaving town to workout, with Tinsley leaving town and not working out is laughable.
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Comparing Reggie leaving town to workout, with Tinsley leaving town and not working out is laughable.
Who exactly said that Jamaal is lifting weights for the first time? If it was Johnny Davis how the hell does he know considering he wasn't even here? I'm not saying he's wrong I'm just saying I don't understand why everyone is taking what he says as gospel.
I looked up the facility I thought it would be, and it's IPI: Bollettieri Sports Academy in Bradenton FL.
It also listed Jamaal and Al as alum. so I know for 100% it's that one.
EDIT: Here's the link. http://www.imgacademies.com/basketba...sps?itype=8047
There is no way Tinsley has never lifted wieghts before. People are reading too much into it. What we should be asking is if he has worked on smiling on the bench.
"They could turn out to be only innocent mathematicians, I suppose," muttered Woevre's section officer, de Decker.
"'Only.'" Woevre was amused. "Someday you'll explain to me how that's possible. Seeing that, on the face of it, all mathematics leads, doesn't it, sooner or later, to some kind of human suffering."
You totally missed the point. Re-read the post that brought that response.
And you also missed the point of the Davis' quote, and/or you haven't been paying attention. If you had you'd notice that Tinsley comes into camp every year in great shape. He doesn't do it by sitting around and eating potato chips. He works out. A lot.
By the way, you can gain a lot of muscle tone and strength without lifting weights (which he's obviously done anyways). Tinsley's not a center. He has strength in his size and he should be focusing on keeping his body tone enough to play an 82-game season. Consistently lifting weights helps, and I'm glad he's giving it a try.
I don't really think he's never picked up a barbell, dumbbell, or sat down on a machine. That would be completely naive.
But when you say the phrase "lifting weights," in a sport related attitude, it means lifting 3+ times a week with an effort on a specific goal. It's not going in and throwing around weight on different machines, working different areas of your body every day.
It's creating a schedule of working on specific body parts one day, another the next day, and so on.
You don't say you've been lifting if you go in once, or even twice, a week and do a complete body workout. You'd be laughed at.
Lifting doesn't just make you stronger, and shouldn't be just advocated for post positions. Why would volleyball players have a strict weight workout then?
There is soooo much more to weight training than the general population knows. Personal trainers have a stereotype about being a big strong dumb guy, but a good one will be very educated and will be part of a worldwide recognized organization.
EDIT: Yes. I do get kind of touchy on this subject, because I work very hard in school right now to learn this stuff. It really is an eye opening experience.
I'd forgotten all about that, uh, incident.
MagicRat is in mid-season form.
Back on topic, since we hear (and see) every year that, "Jamaal is in the best shape of his life", it seems to me that this is just another way of trying to say the same thing - that he's coming into camp in shape. I think many of you are turning this into something that it is not - it is not an indictment of what he's done during any previous offseason because he's made it a habit to get in shape during the offseason.
But they're adding to that new things that he's going to do during the season. That's been his problem - not his health in November and December but his health in March.
As for basketball players lifting weights, in the dark ages when I was playing, a lot of coaches didn't want their perimeter players lifting weights - especially during the season - because it would screw up their jumpshot.
Offseason lifting had to be supplemented by lots of shooting drills.
Post players - that was different.
The view may have changed. But then again, we also spend a lot of time talking about the lost art of shooting in American players so maybe the viewpoint has changed incorrectly.
Can you imagine if Jamaal's jumper could get any worse?
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
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Hey, I'm the one who brought it up!
Anyway, I think we're all missing the point. It doesn't matter if Jamaal's weight trained in the past or not. Judging from the anorexic picture of him from Monday, he's obviously not very good at it.
Come to the Dark Side -- There's cookies!
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My old track coach didnt, and I beleive still doesnt, like having his distance people lift weights......esp not in season.
/Back on topic...
What you bolded doesn't make sense with your statement. You reply to the bolded words "By the way, you can gain a lot of muscle tone and strength without lifting weights" by saying you disagree and that you gain strength/size "and all the reasons revolve around working the muscle". What exactly are we disagreeing on?
You can say that again
He just has not managed to stay healthy and sinus problem free for the entire season.....
FWIW, Johnny Davis said that Tinsley hired a chef this time around, but Tinsley had a personal chef three years ago, so it's not completely new. I think the difference might be that Tinsley hired his last chef in the offseason and maybe he's planning on keeping this chef around all year. I don't know. Either way, sinus problems are seasonal, and I'm not sure how he'll be able to get past them this time.
You can lose body weight/fat and make yourself look toner, with bigger/stronger muscles, but you've done nothing to the actual muscles. You can't gain strength or toneness, without training. It's impossible.
They're one in the same.
He said you can build muscle without lifting weights. You're trying to disagree with him by saying "without working it."
That comes across to me as you saying the only way to work a muscle is to lift weights.
Charles Atlas may come to your house and kick sand in your face if you try to make that argument...........
Which is exactly what Charles Atlas advocates along with Jack LaGrange. (I know that's not his last name, but it's close)
EDIT: Jack LaLanne. I knew I was close.
So you're disagreeing based on semantics and a very broad definition of "lifting weights"? Come on, now.......
I took it as saying you could gain it through nutrition/supplementation/other substance.
I hope Kstat lifted this off season because I think Since is pushing for Most Argumentive Poster this year.
"They could turn out to be only innocent mathematicians, I suppose," muttered Woevre's section officer, de Decker.
"'Only.'" Woevre was amused. "Someday you'll explain to me how that's possible. Seeing that, on the face of it, all mathematics leads, doesn't it, sooner or later, to some kind of human suffering."
Don't argue with Since86 about nutrition and physical conditioning.
He's very well informed and probably right. Besides, he's tenacious as heck about it and will never relent.
This thread hasn't even warmed up. Doesn't everyone remember the thread about the the effects of eating a meal one hour later than usual? But Since only gets this way when you step onto his turf.
And I won't be here to see the day
It all dries up and blows away
I'd hang around just to see
But they never had much use for me
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Four New Hampshire schools—Hillsboro-Deering High School (Hillsboro), Making Community Connections (MC2) Charter School (Manchester), Sanborn Regional High School (Kingston), and Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (Exeter)—have been invited to represent New Hampshire at a regional conference on effective strategies for improving teaching and learning in the 21st century.
The conference, High School Redesign in Action, will take place March 20–21, 2014, in Norwood, Massachusetts. It is sponsored by the New England Secondary School Consortium, a state-led regional partnership committed to high school innovation. All the selected schools have made significant progress raising student achievement, graduation rates, college-enrollment numbers, or other indicators of educational success.
"While we face many challenges in public education for students in schools today, there are great things happening. I am proud and excited about the hard work going on in New Hampshire public schools. These four schools are just examples of the best practices and quality instruction taking place in NH to ensure our students are being prepared to meet the challenges of college and careers. They are working to support learning that is not constrained by artificial time and location barriers and emphasize real world learning and application. In our work with the New England Secondary School Consortium, we are able to learn together with educators throughout the region in order to develop both the strategies and the knowledge that support dynamic learning environments for students," said Virginia M. Barry, Ph.D., Commissioner, NH Department of Education.
In collaboration with the departments of education for Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, the presenting schools were selected not only for their exemplary work, but also for their extraordinary commitment to making sure every student has a chance to succeed, to live a fulfilled and meaningful life, and to make a positive contribution to the world in which they live. In addition, three of the presenting schools—Hillsboro-Deering High School, Making Community Connections Charter School, and Sanborn Regional High School—are members of the Consortium's League of Innovative Schools, a multistate network of secondary schools working together to improve their programs and performance. The League's goal is to promote the exchange of best practices and innovative improvement strategies throughout the region.
The New England Secondary School Consortium is a regional partnership working to advance forward-thinking innovations in secondary education that will empower the next generation of citizens, workers, and leaders. The Consortium's goal is to ensure that every public high school student receives an education that prepares them for success in the colleges, careers, and communities of the 21st century. The Consortium is funded by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the largest philanthropy in New England focused exclusively on education, and it is coordinated by the Great Schools Partnership, a nonprofit educational-support organization in Portland, Maine.
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The Door Of No Return - Poem by John F. McCullagh
There is a place on Goree isle-
It's call the house of slaves.
A port of call for slaver ships
whose crews no saint could save.
The captives of defeated tribes
here caught last sight of home.
Borne down by chains on
feet and wrists, crowded yet alone
All would pass one portal-
the door of no return.
Into the holds where many died
and more wished for the same.
They'd lose their language and their kin
and any hope of home.
They'd find a place beneath the loam
they'd work a lifetime long.
Stronger than the Indians
whites worked until they died
Their labors built a Country
in which they took little pride.
Yet they knew the day was coming,
in the year of Jubilee,
When the shackles would be stricken off
and once more they would be free,
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review of 'A Watched Pot: How We Experience Time' (Book A Month Challenge)
Written on January 19, 2008
A book about time for the January Book A Month Challenge:
A Watched Pot: How We Experience Time by Michael G. Flaherty (New York University Press, 1999)
Flaherty explores variations in the perceived passage of time from a social psychological perspective, seeking to account for three paradoxical aspects and three elementary forms of time experience. The paradoxes are (1) that time seems to pass slowly in periods that are either unusually busy or unusually empty of activity; (2) the same period can be experienced as a long time while it is happening, but a short time when it is recollected, (3) some busy periods seem to pass slowly while others seem to pass quickly. The three elementary forms of variation in time perception are protracted duration, temporal compression, and synchronicity (experience synchronized with clock time).
Protracted duration is experienced in situations involving suffering or other intense emotions, violence or danger, waiting and boredom, altered states, concentration and meditation, or shock and novelty.
Flaherty arrives at the concept of "intensity of conscious information processing" to account for the variations in experience of time, so that protracted duration is associated with high density of conscious information processing; synchronicity is experienced when the density of conscious information processing is moderate; and temporal compression is correlated with low density of conscious information processing. (p. 113)
The author started out collecting examples of protracted duration, then developed a theory to account for the variations, which he then applied to cases of temporal compression. In the conclusion, cross-cultural issues are considered, as well as the possibility of deliberate "time work" — manipulation of temporal experience as a form of creativity or self-actualization.
The book was fairly interesting but did not give me much in the way of new ideas or concepts to apply to my experience of time, as I was hoping for. Lumping time perception into three broad categories might have obscured some of the more unusual aspects of temporal experience. [Next morning's thought – Can I change the intensity of my conscious processing to slow down or speed up perceived time?]
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Renée Zellweger Finally Ponies up Some Flesh in Appaloosa
Squinty-eyed sometimes Brit Renée Zellweger has long been one of the skingiest actresses in Hollywood, with even lingerie-clad scenes a rarity in her career. So Mr. Skin was shocked to hear that Zellweger flashes a slice of Ass-aloosa in the upcoming Ed Harris-directed western Appaloosa, which opens on October 3rd.
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(1:09) From a distance we see Renée Zellweger's butt as she cavorts in a stream with another guy. (Note: We don't see her face in this scene.)
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Bzunk commented on Bzunk's gallery image in Member AlbumsHi Clinton. Thanks for comment and sorry for delayed answer:). This model is from Arthur Novotny. Highpoly animated version is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgFq6mPKcj0 but for game engine only low-poly version with baked normals was used (and I don't have animation support yet). I will add some closer view in next updates.
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A man who has taught so much to so many
Vince Ebert
Story by: Ann Whitcher
Retiring after 46 years of teaching, Charles H.V. (Vince) Ebert can ook back at a truly epic UB career. Five university presidents have presided while he vigorously explored the physical world both inside and outside the classroom. Eberts own estimate is that 30,000 UB students have heard him lecture on all things geographic, from acid rain and Love Canal to world conflicts and asteroids.
Ebert joined the UB faculty in 1954 and became the founding chair of the department of geography following the 1962 merger with SUNY. While serving as dean of undergraduate education from 1970 to 1977, he continued to teach full time. He published numerous articles on soil problems, land development and environmental hazards. Teaching has always been his top priority, and in 1989, he was named a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, in addition to having previously received five awards for the quality of his teaching.
Eberts official retirement this past June is only a technical one; he continues to teach several courses during each fall semester. I do it voluntarily because I enjoy it so much, says Ebert, 76. Ill be off in the spring semester and the summer writing, doing research and trying to slow down a little bit, but its very hard for me. Ebert plans to continue this pattern, at least through the 200203 academic year.
When the peripatetic professor does take time off, it means activities like climbing Sicilys Mt. Etna, which he did last May, or researching a major article correlating the Biblical story of the parting of the Red Sea to natural events in the ancient world, perhaps the gigantic seismic sea waves that flooded the Nile delta more than 3,000 years ago. Over his long career, Ebert has done field work in Russia, China, Taiwan, Central and South America, and Iceland. He also participated in archaeological excavations in Israel, and was the first UB faculty member to take part in an exchange program with the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
Born in Hamburg, Germany, to American parents, Ebert spent most of his youth in Switzerland. His father, an export manager for a New York firm, would invite his young son on trips abroad as a reward for good schoolwork. Ebert was considering a career as a globe-trotting journalist and photographer when World War II, a major break in his life, intervened. He served four years in the U.S. Army before pursuing his bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Augmenting his academic background are impressive language skills: He speaks French, Russian and Spanish, in addition to German.
Eberts first students during the post-war period were decidedly practical in their approach to coursework. My students in those years still reflected the presence of veterans of World War II, he says. The typical students of the mid-1950s were fairly serious and career-oriented, with many of them taking advantage of the GI Bill. They were quite disciplined, fitting in to the traditional framework of most American universities of the time.
In later years, Eberts students were shapedoften dramatically soby major social upheavals, in particular, the Vietnam War. It is important to stress that a great number of faculty were also very strongly affected by the happenings in Vietnam, Ebert recalls. There was a greater degree of solidarity between faculty and students in those years. Unfortunately, many student activist groupsthough well-intentionedwere taken over by outside forces that had very little to do with the university. The net result was that both faculty and students began to polarize, causing stress, misunderstandings, strikes and many personal incidents.
Todays students, Ebert says, are much more introverted, much more
concerned with their own lives, including social diversions. And the
solidarity between faculty and students that strongly evolved in the
late 1960s and early 1970s has eroded. Today, when Im teaching, I
sometimes miss that level of student response, even when at times
it involved annoying activities. He uses a geographic metaphor to
express the relative student apathy of 2001: It is like a pool of
oil; you throw a brick into it and it makes a dull sound, but no waves.
During the tear gas period of the late 1960s and early 1970s, when students were anything but apathetic, Ebert gained respect from many on campus for his honesty and willingness to listen to student concerns, while adhering to his own firmly held beliefs and convictions. When I was offered the position of acting dean for undergraduate education in 1970, I was fully aware that the university was still in upheaval and suffered from the effects of those restless years filled with protests. My main concern was not to restore the status quo, but to bring some order back into our academic life. For example, I vehemently opposed self-grading by students. My slogan at the time was Innovation with Responsibility. In other words, I believed that students should serve on all committees, as properly elected by their student association. Then, as now, accountability must be expected from top to bottom at a university.
Ebert relates a story from the protest era that illustrates his ability to reach students, even when their goals and philosophies might clash: I was teaching in Diefendorf 147 with a class of about 300 students. All of a sudden, the doors were flung open and about 12 protesters marched around banging trash can lids and blowing whistles. Ebert knew the student in charge, and calmly approached him, shook hands, and asked, Well, what can I do for you? He invited the student leader to take the microphone and briefly address the class on a topic of his choosing. He stammered about the military and industrial establishment, and that we should join the strike. After about three or four minutes, he ran out of words. Then, I said to the class, I want you to be very quiet and just think about what you have heard. You have several options. One is, we cut the class and you join the strike. Two, we have a discussion on the [anti-war] material just presented. Three, we continue with my lecture. Almost all those assembled, including the impromptu guest speaker, voted to have Ebert continue. It was a tense situation that was resolved, says Ebert, because I allowed students to make their statement.
I think the secret of good teaching is to be human, so that the students see in you a human being of interest to them.
Once, while teaching a section of his long-running and popular undergraduate course on Disasters (subject also of a fourth edition of his textbook issued in August 2000 under the new title, Disasters: An Analysis of Natural and Human-Induced Hazards), Ebert spoke of the impact of warits inherent destructive power, and how monstrous actions are often viewed one-sidedly. I talked about the firestorm in Hamburg, Germany, on July 27, 1943, in which more than 50,000 people were killed in a few hours. Then I stopped for a few minutes, and said, Lets look at the other side of the cointhe Bataan Death March of April 1942 when the Japanese killed thousands of American and Filipino prisoners of war. Or look at the Holocaust and [think about] what the Nazis did.
At this point, Ebert recalls, he was overcome with emotion and had to halt the lecture before 400 students in Knox Hall. All of a sudden, several students came up and hugged me. It was an incredible experience, and it had nothing to do with the rewards of teaching, it had to do with sharing human emotions.
As Ebert faces the eventuality of complete retirement from the faculty, he shares that emotion, too: Having developed strong roots and a deep love for this university, I feel that all faculty must be deeply involved with the university far beyond their expected classroom and research activities to make sure that this great institution will prevail. My retirement is filling me with pride that I was able to serve for such a long period, but this pride is equally matched by the awareness that the moment of leaving for good is slowly approaching. However, the memories of many students who became dear to meand who are now successful alumni around the worldmore than compensates for that feeling of loss.


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- Ross Garnaut and Leslie Martin | Few jobs and not much income in resources exports
- Alan Mitchell | Plausible warning of falling incomes
Australians are condemned to falling living standards unless the nation wakes up to the need for painful reforms to spur the biggest productivity surge in more than two decades, according to some of the nation's top economic modellers.
The end of the resources investment boom and falling terms of trade mean even maintaining current incomes will require multi-factor productivity growth of 0.5 per cent a year – a performance not seen since the 1990s.
Without such a dramatic improvement in the way Australians manage the economy, federal budgets and companies, including a period of searing wage restraint, unemployment will hit 6.6 per cent in just over a year, pushing an extra 250,000 people into joblessness and stripping $1200 from per-capita income by 2020.
The stark findings are based on detailed modelling to be published on Monday by the Melbourne Economic Forum, a newly created group of top economists and public policy specialists who have become frustrated over a public perception that the economy is strong enough to avoid serious reform.
"Do we have a problem that requires budget adjustment, income restraint and new reform efforts to lift productivity? Or is the Australian 'she'll be right' approach to economic policy in the early 21st century good enough?," they write.
The Melbourne Economic Forum will host its first gathering on Monday to discuss Australia's macro-economic prospects. It will hear presentations by Professors Garnaut and James Giesecke, director of Victoria University's Centre for Policy Studies, which conducted the modelling; Treasury's head of macro-economics, David Gruen; former Liberal leader
'We have to adjust our expectations'
Professor Giesecke, who co-authored the paper that seeks to quantify scenarios outlined by Professor Garnaut in his 2013 book Dog Days, said there was a "need to re-energise thinking about a renewed program of micro-economic reform".
He said Australia would need an ABS-measured productivity growth rate of 0.7 per cent per annum just to maintain living standards, and 2 per cent to keep living standards growing at their average for the past decade.
"These are not rates of productivity growth we have seen in the last decade, so they are not going to come back without some effort," Professor Giesecke said. He added that such growth was achievable given the right level of political and public will.
However, the modelling indicated that failure to restore such productivity growth was likely to come as a shock to most Australians. Incomes were likely to fall until at least 2020 as the mining boom receded and export prices fell, sending gross national income per capita down by about 0.3 per cent a year over the next five years.
To prevent a rise in unemployment, real average earnings would need to shrink by 0.89 per cent a year, and the dollar would need to fall by an extra 20 per cent – equivalent to around US75¢ – to help the economy make its adjustment to the post-boom era.
"We have to adjust our expectations to the new lower growth rates," Professor Giesecke said.
Modelling of so-called "disorderly adjustment" – in which governments resist reform and wages remain at their current levels for the next two years – showed unemployment was likely to surge to 6.6 per cent from 5.8 per cent.
The findings suggest Australia "does indeed have a sizable problem, with the real prospect of falling living standards to 2020 if nothing is done to avert it", write Professors Garnaut and Martin.
Industries dependent on domestic incomes, such as construction, retail, finance and housing, would be hardest hit. But there was a silver lining for manufacturing, which would enjoy higher growth as the dollar fell, along with education, tourism and aviation.
Professor Garnaut indicated there could be problems for Australia's banking sector if the transition was mishandled, such as a potential surge in mortgage defaults triggered by rising unemployment. "Either way, the easy times for the banks are probably over," he said. "If we have awkward rather than smooth adjustment, we will learn whether lending has been prudent, as you always do in hard times."
The paper starkly rebuts a more optimistic view of the future, best captured by Reserve Bank of Australia board member John Edwards, who argued in a book published last month that the mining boom did less to boost incomes than was popularly believed, and its ending would hurt less.
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All the people in this picture have or are working on, NU ECE degrees, ranging from 1966 to 2015.
We've been doing this trip since 1999, but this year we turned it into a ``Century Ride'' of 100 miles on Saturday, followed by about 45 miles on Sunday.
This is another annual event. This picture is from 2010, before we got into the real Vermont mud.


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Regional Navigation
Interstate 10 West - Arizona State Line to Dillon Road
|Interstate 10 west and U.S. 95 north
|Leaving the Grand Canyon State of Arizona, westbound Interstate 10 crosses the Colorado River and enters the state of California, Riverside County. This bridge was constructed in 1960 (widened in 1974) and initially carried U.S. 60-70 over the river. Note the wide shoulder and tall fence on the north side of the bridge. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Westbound Interstate 10 and northbound U.S. 95 approach the California Agricultural Inspection Station just after the Colorado River bridge from Arizona before the city of Blythe. The inspection station is in place to guard against infestations of insects and other pests that might negatively impact agriculture in the farmlands of the Colorado River valley, Imperial Valley, and Central Valley. Any fruit grown in backyards should be disposed prior to entering California to avoid infestations of fruit flies and other pests. Similar inspection stations are in place at all major entry points into California. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|The through lanes for Interstate 10 west are blocked off by orange cones; all through traffic is required to pass through the California Agricultural Inspection Station. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|An old Spanish mission theme is used for the agricultural inspection station, including a mission bell at the top of the station. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|If you are planning to depart the freeway at Exit 243, Junction Historic U.S. 60-70, Riviera Drive (with a connection to Business Loop I-10, Hobsonway), be sure to stay in the right lane immediately after leaving the agricultural inspection station. This photo was taken from the left lanes of the freeway after leaving the station. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|This "Welcome to California" sign is posted along westbound Interstate 10 and northbound U.S. 95 after the offramp for Exit 243 (Riviera Drive and Business Loop I-10). and the agricultural inspection station. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|As is typical at most state borders, several guide signs provide basic driving laws that may vary from the laws of other states. This sign advises that autos with trailers and trucks must use the right lane except when passing slower vehicles. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Even though the two routes entered the state together, they immediately separate at Exit 241. U.S. 95 turns north along Intake Boulevard en route to Vidal Junction, Needles, and Las Vegas, while Interstate 10 continues west toward Indio, Palm Springs, the Inland Empire, and Los Angeles. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Very few reflective signs were placed along Interstate 10 as of May 2003, but this kind of sign profilerated in the desert (and elsewhere in California) through the rest of the decade. No exit numbers were signed along this stretch of Interstate 10 in Riverside County, unlike many of the comparable signs along rural Interstate 8 to the south in Imperial County. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Westbound Interstate 10 approaches U.S. 95 north, Intake Boulevard. Interstate 10 enters the city of Blythe, a "Community with a Charming Past, Compelling Present, and Dynamic Future." Incorporated on July 21, 1916, Blythe is the only incorporated city along Interstate 10 east of the Coachella Valley. Consisting of motorist and traveler services as well as bustling agricultural foundation, Blythe has a population of 12,155 as of the 2000 Census. The city is named for Thomas Blythe, a gold prospector who secured rights to the water of the Colorado River in the late 1800s. The city consists of 25 square miles and is the last stop before Interstate 10 enters the state of Arizona. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|At Exit 241, U.S. 95 departs to the north, while Interstate 10 continues west into the Chuckwalla Valley. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Interstate 10 west
|The second Blythe exit is Exit 240, Business Loop I-10/7th Street. The business route meets former U.S. 60-70 (Hobsonway) just west of U.S. 95 in downtown Blythe, then turns west to rejoin Interstate 10 at the interchange with California 78. Photo taken 05/27/03.
|Per California standards for signage for non-state maintained business routes, Business Loop I-10 is only mentioned once on this text sign approaches Exit 240, 7th Street. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Westbound Interstate 10 reaches Exit 240, Business Loop I-10/7th Street west to Blythe. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|The third Blythe exit is Exit 239, Lovekin Boulevard, three-quarters of a mile. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|This angular reassurance shield is posted on the approach to Lovekin Boulevard. Use Lovekin Boulevard to Palo Verde College and the western portion of Blythe. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|The other end of Business Loop I-10 is at Exit 236, Neighbours Boulevard. In addition, Exit 236 serves as the eastern terminus of California 78, which crosses the state between Blythe and Oceanside via Brawley in the Imperial Valley, Julian in the Cuyamaca Mountains, and Escondido in the inland valleys of San Diego County. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Westbound Interstate 10 approaches Exit 236, Junction Westbound California 78 and Eastbound Business Loop I-10/Neighbours Boulevard. California 78 heads south along the Colorado River, passing through some irrigated farmland prior to turning west near its junction with Imperial County S-34/Ogilby Road and entering the Imperial Sand Dunes near Glamis. California 78 reenters a farming region upon descending into the Imperial Valley. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Business Loop I-10 in Blythe is one of four business loops for Interstate 10 in California. The other three are in Indio (along old U.S. 60-70-99), Colton (Valley Boulevard), and Ontario-Pomona (Holt Boulevard). Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Use California 78 west to Cibola National Wildlife Refuge. California 78 travels south from Blythe to the Riverside-Imperial County Line, then turns southwest toward Brawley in the Imperial Valley. Prior to turning west, California 78 passes alongside the preserve, which is located on the Colorado River south of the town of Palo Verde. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Westbound Interstate 10 reaches Exit 236, California 78 southwest to Palo Verde and Brawley and Business Loop I-10/Neighbours Boulevard (Old U.S. 60-70) east to Blythe. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Shortly after the California 78 interchange, this mileage sign provides the distance to the town of Desert Center (43 miles), Indio (92 miles), and Los Angeles (219 miles). There are not many services between Blythe and Indio, so motorists should consider getting gas, food, and lodging in Blythe before making the hour and a half drive across the desert. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Exit 232, the next exit along westbound, leads to the Blythe Regional Airport via Mesa Drive. It is the last exit of metropolitan Blythe. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|If you have any doubts about the amount of fuel remaining in your tank, the number of water bottles you have chilled in the cooler, or the number of miles until the next lodging, this sign provides a reality check: the next services after Exit 232 are 40 miles east of here, at Exit 192/Desert Center. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|As noted previously, no services are available for 40 miles. The next city of significance is Indio in the Coachella Valley. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Westbound Interstate 10 reaches Exit 232, Mesa Drive and the Blythe Regional Airport. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Shortly after Exit 232 is the exit for the weigh station. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|The next exit is Exit 222. This interchange connects Interstate 10 to the Chuckwalla Valley State Prison via southbound Wiley's Well Road. This sign advises motorists not to pick up hitchhikers or other people from the side of the road in case they are from the nearby correctional facility. And guess what else this exit features? (See answer in two photoboxes!) Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Looking to the north of Interstate 10, the Chuckwalla Valley spreads out. Sparse sagebrush and tall, distant peaks dominate the horizon in this vast land. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Yes, the first rest area along westbound Interstate 10 is at Exit 222, Wiley's Well Road. Unlike nearly every other state Interstate 10 traverses, California does not feature a welcome center or major tourist information center at its first rest area; instead, this rest area is equipped with standard restrooms, comfort station, water, and telephone. Compared to the hospitality of the welcome centers at the borders of the states of the Deep South (with free drinks, maps, and plantation-style houses), California's rest area is by comparison purely functional -- and very popular in the middle of the desert. Wiley's Well Road, meanwhile, leads south into the vast desert, with a connection to the aforementioned Chuckwalla Valley State Prison several miles south of the freeway and to a variety of Bureau of Land Management recreational areas. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Westbound Interstate 10 reaches Exit 222, Wiley's Well Road. Both directions of Interstate 10 share the Wiley's Well Rest Area. The next rest area is not until Exit 159, the Cactus City Rest Area (a distance of a little more than 60 miles). Coupled with the limited motorist facilities (gas and food) between Blythe and Indio, it is a good idea to stop for the bathroom somewhere in Blythe before entering the desert ahead. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|After Wiley's Well Road, the freeway continues to delve deeper into Chuckwalla Valley. Located within the Sonoran Desert (also called the Colorado Desert within California), the Chuckwalla Valley can be extremely hot during summer months due to the relatively low elevations. The higher elevations to the north of the Chuckwalla Valley begin the transition into the Mojave Desert, which covers most of the land north of Joshua Tree National Park. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|At Exit 217, Ford Dry Lake Road leads north to the dry lake bed, which is visible as a large white area just north of the freeway. The exit also connects to Chuckwalla Road, an old alignment of former U.S. 60-70 that parallels the freeway. For old highway buffs, this extant section of U.S. 60-70 should not be missed! Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Westbound Interstate 10 reaches Exit 217, Ford Dry Lake Road and Junction Old U.S. 60-70 west, Chuckwalla Road. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Looking north from the westbound lanes, the desert extends in all directions of the Chuckwalla Valley. Photos taken 01/17/05.
|The next exit along westbound Interstate 10 is Exit 189, Eagle Mountain Road. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|The westbound freeway continues through the eastern end of the Chuckwalla Valley as it approaches Exit 189, Eagle Mountain Road, one mile. At this interchange, the extant section of Old U.S. 60-70 (Ragsdale Road) comes to an end; all through traffic should rejoin Interstate 10 at Exit 189. Photo taken 05/27/03.
|Westbound Interstate 10 reaches Exit 189, Eagle Mountain Road. Eagle Mountain Road leads north over Victory Pass to meet Riverside County R-2/Kaiser Road (see Exit 192) southeast of Eagle Mountain. The final several miles of Eagle Mountain Road parallel the Colorado Aqueduct, including the section where Eagle Mountain Road intersects Riverside County R-2/Kaiser Road. Neither Eagle Mountain Road nor Kaiser Road provides paved access from Eagle Mountain to Joshua Tree National Park; continue west on Interstate 10 to the Cottonwood Springs interchange (Exit 168) to Joshua Tree and 29 Palms. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|The next exit along westbound Interstate 10 is Exit 182, Red Cloud Road, one mile. Red Cloud Road travels south from Interstate 10 briefly, then splits into two locally maintained roads. One road follows the Salt Creek Wash to the southwest, while the other follows the Red Cloud Wash to the southeast. Red Cloud Road follows the wash southeast to the Lost Pony Mine and Great Western Mine, both of which are located within the Chuckwalla Mountains. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Westbound Interstate 10 reaches Exit 182, Red Cloud Road. In addition to the mines listed in the previous photobox, the Red Cloud Road interchange also provides connections to other locations in the valley between the Chuckwalla Mountains in the east and Orocopia Mountains in the west. The valley does not extend very far south, since the Chocolate Mountains and its gunnery range (with active bombings taking place at any given time) blocks the route. For access to the Salton Sea and Imperial Valley, continue west on Interstate 10 to Box Canyon Road. Photo taken 05/27/03.
|This mileage sign provides the distance to Chiriaco Summit (motorist services are available there), Indio (at the eastern end of the Coachella Valley), and the control city of Los Angeles. To the north of the freeway between Red Cloud Road and Hayfield Road, the dry lakebed of Hayfield Dry Lake comes into view. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|North of Interstate 10 is the Hinds Pumping Station along the Colorado River Aqueduct, nestled snug against the Eagle Mountains. This pumping station helps push water through pipes that pass under the Eagle Mountains. Several similar "water tunnels" exist along the route of the Colorado River Aqueduct. Other such tunnels exist when the aqueduct passes through the Iron Mountain Tunnel north of Granite Pass and California 62 and the Coxcomb Tunnel that passes under the Coxcomb Mounatins to the northeast. Another tunnel further west carries water under the Cottonwood Mountains before emerging in the Coachella Valley. As part of the Colorado River aqueduct system, the tunnels were completed and in use in 1941. For more, visit the official site of the Los Angeles Aqueduct from the Colorado River. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|The next exit along westbound Interstate 10 is Exit 177, Hayfield Road. Use Hayfield Road north to the Hinds Pumping Station (shown in the previous photograph). No services are available at this exit, and there is no access to Joshua Tree National Park. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|After the onramp from Hayfield Road is this sign designating Interstate 10 as the Veterans Memorial Freeway. The freeway has a steeper grade for the next several miles as Interstate 10 ascends to the top of Chiriaco Summit, elevation 1,710 feet. This is an increase of about 800 feet in elevation since leaving Desert Center (California 177). Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Continuing west, the next exit along westbound Interstate 10 is Exit 173, Chiriaco Summit. The interchange itself is with Summit Road, which is a short road that connects with Chiriaco Road to the north (frontage road) and Pinto Road to the south (which begins as a frontage road but eventually connects with Box Canyon Road). Use Summit Road north to Chiriaco Road to motorist services, including food, gas, lodging, and the unique attraction: General George S. Patton Museum. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Westbound Interstate 10/Veterans Memorial Freeway reaches Exit 173, Summit Road to Chiriaco Summit. Aside from having motorist services (there have not been many services since leaving Blythe, aside from Desert Center), Chiriaco Summit is also a noted roadside attraction for its General George S. Patton Museum. The museum seems like an odd location for anything related to Patton, except that his tank training facility (from the World War II era) was located near here, at Camp Young. When visiting, be sure to check out the large relief map of the surrounding desert, including the Mojave Desert (to the north) and the Colorado/Sonora Desert to the south. Joshua Tree National Park is a transitionary zone between these two great North American deserts. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|This mileage sign provides the distance to Indio, the second city encountered by westbound Interstate 10 in the Coachella Valley (the first city encountered is a small sliver of the city of Coachella). This sign also provides distance to the control city of Los Angeles. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|The next exit along westbound Interstate 10 is a major interchange. Exit 168 connects to Box Canyon Road (former California 195), which travels southwest toward Mecca and to Cottonwood Springs Road, which travels north into Joshua Tree National Park. Cottonwood Springs Road meanders north through Cottonwood Pass (el. 2,800 feet) before passing through the Cottonwood Springs Visitor Center and Ranger Station. Note that there is a fee (increased to $15 as of March 1, 2006) to enter Joshua Tree National Park, even for through traffic en route to 29 Palms. The connection to 29 Palms is made via Pinto Basin Road, Park Boulevard, and Utah Trail. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|The auxiliary signage for Joshua Tree National Park along westbound should be brown, not green. It is a newer sign, since Joshua Tree was promoted from a National Monument to a National Park during the 1990s. Although not clearly noted on this sign, the national park's southern boundary is located just north of Interstate 10, and the mountain to the north is within the boundary. At no point does Interstate 10 enter the national park. Joshua trees, the desert plant that makes this park famous (as featured on the prominently on the cover of rock band U2's 1987 "Joshua Tree" album), are not visible from this stretch of Interstate, but they are visible in plentiful quantities throughout the park. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|California 195, meanwhile, used to provide the primary access from Interstate 10 to California 86 (Former U.S. 99) and California 111 with service to the Salton Sea resorts and Imperial Valley. In 1972, California 195 was decommissioned between Interstate 10 and California 111, and Box Springs Road was transferred to local maintenance. With the completion of the California 86S expressway, most of the remaining utility of the existing section of California 195 between Mecca and Oasis has been marginalized. State law calls for this stretch (between California 111 and California 86) to be eliminated from the state highway system upon completion of the California 86S expressway between Oasis and Interstate 10. Even though construction of that expressway is now completed, signage for California 195 still remains in place as of February 2006. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Westbound Interstate 10 reaches Exit 168, Shaver's Summit. Turn south here to follow Old California 195 to Mecca and Oasis, as well as the Salton Sea and Imperial Valley via either California 86 or California 111. Turn north here to follow Cottonwood Springs Road north the gorgeous Joshua Tree National Park. If you are willing to pay the entry fee to the park, Cottonwood Springs Road (along with Pinto Basin Road and Park Boulevard) may be used to connect with Twenty-Nine Palms and California 62. Note that there are no services available at this interchange. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Another mileage sign is posted after the Cottonwood Springs Road/Box Canyon Road interchange, again providing the mileage to Indio and Los Angeles. A call box blocks the mileage information (poor product placement). Photo taken 01/17/05.
|The next exit along westbound is for a frontage road near the rest area, approximately 16 miles east of the Dillon Road interchange (Exit 146, which connects Interstate 10 to the Indio Business Loop I-10 and to southbound California 86S expressway). The frontage road has no other official name, and it wraps in a circle to allow for access from both directions of Interstate 10. In addition to the Colorado River Aqueduct, which parallels the freeway to the north, this interchange also connects to the power line roadway that follows the massive 500 kV power line that has generally followed Interstate 10 to the south since leaving Arizona and entering California. From here through the Coachella Valley, the 500 kV line will follow Interstate 10 to the north. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Westbound Interstate 10 reaches Exit 162, Frontage Road. This frontage road does not go very far from the interchange, and there does not appear to be any old highway relics. Use this exit for access into Shaver Valley, which lies to the south of the freeway (framed by the Orocopia Mountains to the southeast and Mecca hills to the southwest). Photo taken 01/17/05.
|The aforementioned 500 kV power line prepares to cross Interstate 10. This particular line interconnects with electricity incoming from a variety of power plants in the Four Corners area (near Shiprock, New Mexico) as well as the various hydroelectric facilities found along the Colorado River. In addition, the line directly emanates from the Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant located west of Phoenix and south of Interstate 10 in Arizona. From here, the 500 kV line will continue west through the northern edge of the Coachella Valley, then cross southwest toward northern Orange County and southern Los Angeles County to connect with local transmission systems there. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|An Interstate 10 reassurance shield is posted after the onramp from the Frontage Road interchange. The 500 kV line crosses Interstate 10 and turns east here, joining the Colorado River Aqueduct transmission line on a shared right of way heading toward the Coachella Valley. This transmission line was installed in 1936 by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to bring hydroelectric power generated by the Colorado River dams. It is about 226 miles long. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|The next exit along westbound Interstate 10 is Exit 159, Cactus City Rest Area. This is only the second rest area along westbound; the last one was the Wiley's Well Rest Area near Blythe. Two more rest areas are found along westbound Interstate 10: Whitewater Rest Area at Exit 113 and Brookside Rest Area at Exit 91. After that, there are no further rest areas along Interstate 10. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|For those towing other vehicles, with brake troubles, or with overheating issues, it might be wise to stop briefly at the rest area, since there is a steep drop forthcoming. Elevations will decrease from a high of 1,710 feet at Chiriaco Summit to -14 feet below sea level at Indio (-71 feet at the city of Coachella), thus necessitating a steep grade down for westbound traffic. Photo taken 01/17/05.
|Westbound Interstate 10 reaches Exit 159, Cactus City Rest Area. The next exit is Exit 146, Dillon Road, which is five miles west of here. Photo taken 01/17/05.
Page Updated February 6, 2009.


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Much like the ankle tag he may or may not have had to wear upon his release from prison, one of the more practical uses of the social networking site Outrage Generator has been pinpointing the exact whereabouts of Joey Barton at any given time. During the off-season, the Newcastle midfielder has been gadding about having a rare old time, tweeting from Royal Ascot, Wimbledon and Glastonbury, where he's been rubbing shoulders with the great and the good in his down time. A keen student of bloodstock and breeding, Joey would probably be the first to admit that it's a step up from the degenerates with whom he was forced to mingle during his sent-down time.
But now that it's time to return to the serious business of playing football, a stop has been put to Joey's gallop. With Newcastle set to embark on a pre-season tour to America on Sunday, he's been precluded from tweeting from the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore or the Golden Gate Bridge after the fusty old squares in immigration refused to issue him with a visa due to the violent "previous" that earned him a six-month spell in the Big House back in 2008. Since emerging from jail, Joey has sworn off the gargle and kept his bib clean, slowly rebuilding his reputation on the back of some sterling on-field performances, a refusal to blame anyone but himself for his shortcomings in the Rage department and a refreshingly sardonic sense of humour that ensures he isn't slow about pouring scorn on many of the idiots he is forced to play for, with, and against, whenever he feels they need to be taken down a peg or two.
"Visa story is correct, they told me am not allowed in until I have 5yrs without any trouble. 3yrs down, 2yrs to go," tweeted Barton today. "Totally [sic] hypocrisy considering what they get up to but rules are rules. I cant be bothered dwelling on negative's [sic]," he added, directing his followers to a statement he'd issued that showed a typically commendable lack of self-pity. "I regret not being able to travel with the club on this trip, but at the same time, I don't expect to be treated any differently or more favourably than anyone else in a similar situation. All I can do is continue to improve as a person, which is what I intend to do."
While the Fiver wishes Joey all the best in his efforts at self-improvement, our happiness to write nice things about him is always tempered by the fact that his next 'legal lapse' might not be too far away. But we're taking comfort from the fact that, instead of travelling to the US, he's off to Amsterdam with Newcastle's reserves instead. In such a haven of liberal and debauched bacchanalian excess, surely nothing whatsoever can possibly go wrong.
"You want to be playing at the best club - I'm at that - and you want to be training with the best players and under the best manager - I am certainly doing that" - Considering he was on the bench in Big Cup final last season, you'd think Michael Owen would know he doesn't play for Barcelona.
If the Fiver were to invite the chief marketing mandarin of Etihad Airways to its next birthday bash and stipulate very clearly that he should dress casually and only bring a small token present, we would not be surprised if he turned up in a brand new black velvet tuxedo with matching top hat and cape and bearing a gift-wrapped golden Ferrari with mohair interior and wheels of solid unobtainium. We're not saying that this is a man who regularly goes overboard, but nor would we advise against him wearing a life-jacket 24 hours a day and informing the coastguard of his every move.
Arsene Wenger may or may not have been spending time in the sea recently but he certainly smells something fishy: the world-record fee that Etihad Airways have paid to have Manchester City's stadium named after their company has led the Arsenal manager to wonder whether the airline and the football club, whose Abu Dhabi owners are closely linked, might be sticking a "Kick Me Please!" sticker on the back of Uefa's financial fair play rules, which are supposed to prevent clubs from spending much more than they legitimately earn. Wenger wants Uefa big cheese Michel Platini to look into the City-Etihad deal, while the Fiver feels like a bit of a mug for having mentioned Etihad four times now but not having got a penny for it.
"It raises the real question about the credibility of the financial fair play," Wenger wibbled of the stadium naming rights deal. "That is what this is all about. They give us the message that they can get around it by doing what they want. It means financial fair play will not come in … if the financial fair play is to have a chance, the sponsorship has to be at the market price. It cannot be doubled, tripled or quadrupled because that means it is better that we don't do it and we leave everybody free. That can be defended as well, but if they bring the rules in they have to be respected."
City retorted by claiming that Wenger was more wide of the mark than a Denilson 30-yard chancer. "The financial ... figures being speculated about are not accurate," thundered a City statement before insisting that the club couldn't be more committed to transparency if it stuck a wedding ring on its finger and sired its children: "Manchester City is a proactive member of the European Clubs Association and is working actively and with transparency with regard to financial fair play. In light of these facts, recent comments about the partnership by some observers are unfounded and regrettable." Not according to Liverpool owner John W Henry, who this morning tweeted: "Mr. Wenger says boldly what everyone thinks". Perhaps Arsene does know after all?
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"Did anyone else see the press conference where Ronaldo, sitting alongside David Beckham, said that he was looking forward to playing LA Galaxy as 'They are the best team here, in LA'? High praise indeed from one Harper - oops I mean number - seven to another" - Neil Thompson.
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West Ham's Thomas Hitzlsperger has escaped a driving ban after telling a court that he was speeding at 107mph on the A14 in Suffolk because he needed to find a new club.
Sven-Goran Eriksson may need to lower the prescription on his rimless glasses after seeing something in Liverpool's Paul Konchesky last season and stumping up £1.5m to take him to Leicester.
Xavi reckons Cesc Fabregas wants a move to Barcelona so badly that he is is struggling with emotional-torment knack. "I spoke to Cesc in Ibiza and he said he was suffering because he wanted to come," said Xavi, revealing that perhaps Arsenal are paying him less than peanuts if he can only afford an 18-30 trip for his summer holidays.
And Tranmere's 18-year-old striker Dale Jennings has completed his move to Bayern Munich. "He has had an incredible 12 months with us now and hopefully he'll go on to do great things with Bayern," sobbed Rovers manager Les Parry as he waved him off from Birkenhead ferry terminal.
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There's more to Reformed Joey than the list of wrongdoings that have chequered his past, insists Paul Wilson.
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Harvard Bridge
MIT students used to have a problem. Returning home from a night of carousing in Boston via the Harvard Bridge (which doesn't go to Harvard), they found it hard to tell far away they were from the MIT campus whenever the fog descended on the Charles River basin.
In 1958, the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity solved the problem by marking off the Harvard Bridge with one Oliver Smoot, a pledge. They picked him up, marked off another Smoot, and continued until done - learning in the process that the bridge was exactly 364.4 smoots and an ear. Today, the bridge is annually re-marked every 10 smoots.
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When I was in high school, my math teacher was an MIT alum. One day he told us the story about Oliver Smoot and the Harvard bridge. I, of course, didn't really think anything of it until, 6 or 7 years later, I was walking back to Central Square after a night out in Boston with my now fiancee, looked down at the ground momentary and said, 'Holy crap, it's the smoot bridge!'.
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