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soo sorry to hear that. Good luck with the insurance guys and keep us posted.
I appreciate everyone's sympathy. Considering how much I loved...er, love, this car, I'm surprised I didn't break down in tears at the sight of it. I guess it hit me that, in the end, it's just metal, plastic, glass, and rubber, and it's certainly replaceable.
I'll keep you guys updated. Have a good weekend.
chile96 Posts: 330My heart goes out to you as I'm sure everyone's does. I just purchased my new toy (600 on the odometer)and am moving to Atlanta in June. Naturally I'm a little freaked and don't think I could be taking it as well as you are - kudos. Is Atlanta known for high end theft/stripping or are you just chalking this up to bad luck as it could happen in any metropolitan city. What part of Atl? - I'm looking to rent in Highlands/Decatur area. With hindsight, do you recommend or anybdy else recommend the BMW alarm or any other theft deterrent system. I didn't get anything on mine but am seriously reconsidering now. Thanks in advance and my sympathies again!
As far as I know, all 5-Series cars have the full "Alarm Kit" installed at the factory. I doubt that it would do much good against some dude with a flatbed though. :-/
Best Regards,
nyccarguy Stamford, CTPosts: 11,260If somebody wants your car bad enough, they'll take it. There are ways around alarms (nobody pays attention to them anyway) and other security devices. Even tracking systems such as Lo-Jack have their faults. MB can only track your car if it is on. A friend of mine had his then new MY2001 C320 stolen from his driveway (in Staten Island), trucked up north to Newfoundland, then the car was located when the thieves started it up to load it onto the container.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2011 Pilot EX-L 4WD, 2015 Infiniti G37x Q40 AWD
I find myself wondering about that rather large dent in the hood. Could it be that if someone jumps on the hood from a flatbed "Just So" that the hood pops open? If that was the case, disabling the alarm system would be very easy. Regarding the keys; simply having a duplicate key is not enough, the car would also have to be programmed to "Recognize" that key before it will start.
Best Regards,
I have the only two keys for the car, and as Shipo says, it has to be programmed in order to open the door and/or start the engine. I suppose it's possible an insider at the dealer could be involved, but I certainly have no proof.
Indeed, if they flat-bedded it away, the alarm should have gone off. Considering it was the middle of the night (I got home at 10:45), it should/could have conceivably woken someone up (I'm a sound sleeper), but I'm convinced these guys were pros. For example, they had an available assortment of older BMW 5-series wheels to put on after they stole mine. Rookie thieves wouldn't do that.
I'm surprised, too, that they didn't steel the airbags. I've heard they're lucrative in the black market.
Shipo: I'm not sure I understand your equation: Isn't a car (unless it's destroyed) always worth more in parts than it is to fix it? What if the damage is only a broken windshield? Isn't it worth more in parts than to pay for a new windshield?
chile96: Welcome to Hotlanta. I'm actually going to be relocating to the DC area soon, but not because of this incident. I live up in North Fulton, near Roswell. My leasing office swears this was the first car robbery since the place was built in 1996. So, I don't think I live in a high-crime area, but crimes certainly happen everywhere (except, maybe, for New Hampshire ). As Shipo said, there's no additional alarm options for the 5-series from the dealer. Lojack is an option, but that helps only if you quickly realize the car's been stolen. In my case, it wouldn't have helped. I have no idea what Atlanta's stolen car statistics look like (I'm sure the PD can provide you with numbers), but I wouldn't be overly concerned if I were you. If you'll have a garage, it should be fine there.
seivwrig Posts: 388Man, I was ready to cry for you. I pray to God that your insurance company does the right thing and total out your car. It seems to me that it would cost more in parts and repair costs then totaling out your vehicle. BMW hourly cost is not low. Also, there always the fear that something is missing when repaired.
To snagiel...I know I am about a month late but thanks for the tracking information. I discovered the web site - owners circle about the same time you answered my request.
I reconsidered the 530i because of the 2004 forthcoming changes plus my wife's prodding and ordered a 330i. To be totally honest I am not sure I made the right decision and if I had the opportunity again I might go with the 2003 530i. Oh well I saved over $6000 and God willing I will have a second chance after the 36 month lease is up. I am excited about the new 330i though. Thanks again.
I just read about your 5er. Sorry, I hope things work out in the long run. Additionally , I hope the people who caused you so much grief get their pay back 100 fold.
cmr530i Posts: 278Oh my God! I am just floored by your pictures! I send my sincere condolences and am just sick about it for you. Do you know how they disabled the alarm? I'm guessing from the bent hood that they pried it up. Is this when they disabled the alarm? Geez, I am so sorry for you. I hope your insurance co. works in your favor and quickly. Keep us all informed if you can.
I have to hand it to Honda, this was a brave (and costly) undertaking.
Notice the subject line; it says 'One "Take"', I did not say "Take One". In fact, this video was take 606. Wow.
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vcheng Posts: 1,284Here's another one from England, but funny.
http://www.ferrariownersclub.co.uk/happenings/2003/february/Hamle- tFerrari.mpg
I like it, just sent it to my brother (who sent me the Honda one). Thanks.
Best Regards,
Just had a set of 4 put on my '98 540i6. 73,200 miles. 235/45R17 94Ys up front and 255/40ZR17s on back. Driving home it started to rain hard. They worked like a charm in rain. Awesome wet grip. Seem quite good on dry pavement, too.
Anyone had a set of these? On what? What mileage did you get out of 'em? Comments? (Believe they came out in Europe in '01 and then America in '02.)
Seem like a decently priced maximum performance summer tyre. Less expensive than Pilot Sports. Made in Germany. European Car's comments have been positive. (Of course, the material on Continental's web site was all positive.)
Just got home after a terrific day at the BMW driving school. The course is taught by pro race-car drivers and while I had pretty high expectations (it's not cheap), it was even better than I hoped. Although this was the introductory course, it was a blast learning the limits of a 330i on and off the skidpad.
Thoroughly recommended if you can find a venue in your area. Can't wait to sign up for the next level, it's done in M3's.......
PS - Snagiel, let's hope that the creatures who stole your car rot under the rocks they crawled from. My sympathies.
srfast Posts: 138I also recommend the BMW Driving School, but any training of this type is beneficial to all drivers especially the younger ones. BTW, where did you take this course?
sirtiger Posts: 38Yikes, I am so sorry to read that your car was stolen! Those pics very disheartening to see. yes, they must have been pros... that was kind of weird to see a change of BMW wheels on the car. I have seen pics of a pro taking a zillion variety parts of Lex ES300 and packed it in to my friend's stolen commercial vans...
I had my 1998 Avalon with 8600 miles stolen by flatbed in 2000. It was on my driveway! I customed a variety of custom security features myself so tradition breaking in was somewhat unlikely. I was really shaken up when my car was stolen. I always put my two nice cars inside the garage which is blocked by two more. Its a pain to dig my two babies out by moving cars. Its tough to enjoy my cars with the current car thefts problem in urban areas.
I wasn't the only one. My friend's Nissan Max was stolen by a tow truck dragging his car out of his driveway. Big dark tire marks can be seen on the driveway. I heard another friend of mine had her 330i flatbeded as well. Its more common than most people think.
In reference to the programmed BMW keys & duplications... What about that little credit card key? Is there technology inside that little key? It doesn't appear to be any so I presume that they key could be dup. easily by an unscrupulous person. I was very surprise that card key can start the engine which is illogical. My Lex has that key also which can open the doors but not turn on the engine.
ksqrd Posts: 21So sorry to hear about and see the pix from your tragic incident. The car I replaced to get my 530i, a stock '93 Integra GS-R, was stolen when I lived in SF. Strangely enough, the night before it was stolen, a young knife-wielding kid pounded on the passenger window in another part of town (in an attempted carjacking bid, I assume) but I sped away through a red light. I wasn't thinking, and while it could have turned out worse, I got away alive (and with the car intact).
The next morning, I came out to the curb in the Marina, and the car was gone. It was recovered hours after it was stolen, by SF police who had been tracking someone who had a penchant for nice-looking Japanese street rockets. The police told me they thought it would have been stripped by morning, and that I was lucky it was recovered on a Sunday evening.
My first car, a '76 2002, was also broken into, and the thieves stupidly destroyed the dash while lifting the stereo. It took a few months to get a replacement dash unit from Munich.
All of these incidents paled in comparison to yours--so I can only imagine your pain. Good luck with the replacement.
The course is held at Downsview Airport (an old Air Force base) in north-central Toronto.
Re stolen car, check out:
Interesting technology. Seems that it works using an embedded cell phone system (rather than the usual GPS) that's activated and the owner notified if the car moves without authorization. The company is based in Montreal but they claim that they are able to track across North America.
No mention of any US distributors. May be an opportunity for a few entrepreneurs out there.
Here in Boston area Lojack (http://www.lojack.com/foryou/early_warning.htm)provides similar services. The system can be attached to your pager, email device etc and provides a notice when your car has been moved w/o your permission. There is a one time installation fee and monthly charge as well.
I saw that as well, and the technology seems impressive (assuming it works as advertised). The problem is, in their animated demonstration they claim that once your car is driven off without the authorization key, they contact you in "15 to 30 minutes, certainly within an hour." Then, you have to call 9-1-1, give them your lojack key and VIN, and they start hunting your car down. Seems to me it could easily take an hour or two before they find your car. Not bad, but another statistic on the LoJack site claims most chop-shops can "surgically strip a car in under 30 minutes." And what if your car isn't driven away, but rather towed?
So, even with this system, it seems pros could do a fair bit of damage and potentially get away with it if they're quick enough.
mseals Posts: 257Wow, that must have been some time ago that you lived in Michigan. Motown only seems to be used when talking about the past these days. I was born in Detroit and a month later moved to LA. About 7 years later we moved back to Michigan and spend 9 years in Southfield. After that we moved out to West Bloomfield, when I finished up high school, went off to college and came back, I was stupid and got married at 22 yrs old. I moved into an apartment in Farmington Hills for two years until I bought my current house in Dearborn Heights. I love my house and my neighborhood. I live with all senior citizens, mostly WWII vets who have raised their familys in those homes since the war. It is nice and quiet and nothing much happens. The only knock I have is that I grew up in Oakland County so all of my friends are north of me and I have to drive at least 20 min to get to any of them. Any way, it is great to see a fellow Michigander.
And, it is any advantage on getting your ride after you are done with it, GO Michigan!!!
dzuba Posts: 159Gents,
Anyone lease a CPO before?
I came across a sweet Black Sapphire/Charcoal 2002 530 - Sport,CWP,Xenon, Step, moonroof - with 10K miles on it. We are just starting to negotiate leasing rates now!
Since it does not have the Premium Package - am I losing much by not having the "on board" computer in the car?
TMV/CPO on this car is $41,400 FYI!! I am also considering buying it as well -although I think the price of $43K is to high!
Additionally, the car happens to be at the one dealer I really want to buy from - as they are very well respected and have a fantastic service department, etc.............so what is that worth - I don't know!
joatmon Posts: 315BMWFS is now offering leases incentives on new 5 series.
Hope this helps,
colt007 Posts: 64Snagiel - just horrible. That's my Toledo Blue's sister. Like you said, it is just a car(albeit a very nice one). Least your OK & hope you get back your machine quickly.
Riez - I have the Contisports on a '02 530ia, pp, sp, cwp, step, xenons, split seats, approx 15,600 miles. I've just developed a whir, whir, whir from my pass. rear tire (at least I hope it is the tire). Other than that, the tires are great & still stick on my favorite 40mph off ramps that I take at 65mph. I would recommend them, although I want to see what the stealer says about the noise.
colt007... Do you have the ContiSportContacts or ContiSportContact 2s? I bought the latter. Believe the 2s came to America in 2002. Don't think Continental's web site had the 2s listed as OEM for any BMWs. Mainly Porsche. (The 2s have a 280 treadwear rating. The 1s have a 160 treadwear rating.)
My Yokohamas (think they were AVS Decibels) had mainly worn out in the rears. Making a pronounced tyre moan, most prominent at low speeds. Primarily the inside portion of both rear tyres. Practically worn out. I know the tyres had at least 21,000 miles from me but no sure how many on them before I bought the car CPO.
Talked to the service writer and repair tech. Both said 540i's tend to wear the inside rears out first. Due to suspension set up (camber, etc.). They said the same would happen to the Contis. Just comes with the car.
I bought my tyres thru my BMW dealer. He bought them thru Tire Rack. Had dealer mount & balance along with full 4-wheel alignment.
From what I've read in Roundel, Bimmer, etc., seems like periodically ensuring proper 4-wheel alignment (which I do about every 10,000 miles) is one of the best things you can do. In addition to taking care of the tyres (pressure, etc.). And since I have staggered tyres, with the rears being bigger, there is no way I can rotate. (Not that I'm a fan. I kind of agree with BMW's logic regarding tyre rotation issue. There is a nice piece on the subject in the current issue of Bimmer magazine.)
[Aside: I know we Americans spell the word "tire". But sometimes I like to pretend to be English and these tyres are made in Germany and also they say "tyre" right on the sidewall.]
Finally, some good news in this whole saga...
The insurance adjuster finally saw my car this morning. She noted everything (visually) that was damaged or stolen (essentially same as my list), and tallied up the parts on her computer. Fairly quickly, she ran up to $27k (including standard labor installation rates). From her experience, she said she would expect at least another $6k or so in hidden/overlooked damage and missing pieces, meaning they'd have to pay at least $33k. The salvage value turned out to be $12k, so...
They totalled the car. I was fully expecting an uphill battle in getting fair value for it (i.e. the amount it would cost to buy the same model CPO at a dealer), and I collected as much KBB/Edmunds and CPO locator pricing as possible to help my case. It fortunately proved unnecessary, as she came back with an offer of $43,300, plus sales tax and title fees.
I was floored. I'd already spoken with a lawyer, who advised me not to take the first offer. But, this was almost too good to be true: I paid just three grand more for the car 16 months (17,000 miles) ago. Who says BMWs don't hold their resale value well?
Hopefully I'll have a check within a few days, but so far my experience with Travelers insurance has been phenomenal. It's been a quick and painless process.
I'd love to tell everyone I'll be honoring my E39 with a similar replacement, but I'll probably be stepping in another direction. Frankly, I don't like used cars (regardless of their certification), and I believe the market has changed some against BMW's favor in the past year. No need to elaborate, but I believe there are good values that lie beyond the roundel. But, I haven't even test-driven anything else yet, so we'll see.
As far as the theft itself, there's still precious little known about who stole the car, or how. A detective called me today and mentioned a couple of other BMW's have been stolen after recent service visits to a certain Atlanta-area dealer, but unfortunately I've never had my car serviced there. Hopefully they'll catch up with these thugs sooner or later.
Thanks again to everyone for their sympathies, encouragement, and advice.
cdnpinhead Forest Lakes, AZPosts: 4,039since you're a data hog like myself, how much were each of your four wheels adjusted at each of those 10K mile interval alignments?
Paying people for things is necessary, but collecting the information is optional. Since you've driven your 540 for several 10K increments, how stable is the BMW suspension? If you have the alignment "done," and it's unchanged, the car's suspension is robust. If not, I think there are those who would like to hear how it changes. There's that "which wheel went how far out each time, and did it come back in later?" thing.
Where I work we track this sort of stuff. How's it going? Those of us who drive vehicles that actually benefit from four-wheel alignment are curious.
And. . .on a whole separate subject, all of us who have had scum steal things that we've worked for wish that snaigel comes out of this at least approximately whole.
cdnpinhead... The technician didn't alert me to any problems. I didn't ask. While I probably should ask, for some reason I never do. Price of 4-wheel alignment isn't too bad. And I use the car for business so all my expenses are deductible. Next time, I'll ask.
I'm hoping I get at least 25,000 miles on the CSC2s. If not all 4, then at least fronts. I never asked the selling dealer how many miles were on the tyres when I bought her. I wanted some more aggressive rubber than the Yokohamas, so I was looking for a reason to get new tires. But I'm also a bit frugal so I went 20,000 miles.
I haven't had any issues with the suspension or steering.
Went on a quick 150 mile business trip today. Beautiful weather, if a bit windy. The ContiSportContact 2s gripped like magnets. Had a blast on some nice favorite stretches of rural road in middle of nowhere. Some nice Ss and one big 90 degree sweeper.


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With launch events on June 4 and 5 in Helsinki and Venice, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation has formally called for entries to begin its open, international architectural competition for the design of a proposed Guggenheim museum in Helsinki. The keenly anticipated two-stage competition is expected to draw submissions from a wide range of firms and individuals-emerging and internationally famous-from Finland and around the world.
This is the first time that the Guggenheim Foundation, long recognized for commissioning transformational works of architecture, has sought a design through an open competition. It is embarking on this new course in one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in Europe, located at the intersection of East and West and respected internationally for its heritage of modern architecture and design. The firm or team selected through this competition will take its place in the lineage of both Helsinki, as exemplified by renowned architects such as Alvar Aalto and Eliel Saarinen, and of the Guggenheim, with its landmark buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry and first-of-its-kind carbon-fiber structure by Atelier Bow-Wow created for the BMW Guggenheim Lab.


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- CINCINNATI: 1949 Crosley Farm-O-Road Original Prototype. This
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Planning a trip to Ethiopia this fall...14 days total, including travel time from US. Torn between an organized tour and independent travel for this one. Thoughts? Suggestions? Tour companies you've used before? Two 40 year olds will be traveling, so want to make sure we are in the right crowd. Would love to hike in the Simiens and hit Lalibela plus other sites. Any thoughts would be appreciaed
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I doubt you will find a whole lot of people on this forum who have been to Ethiopia -- but I know that Maxwell went last fall, and I was there in December. Maxwell traveled independently and wrote a very detailed trip report, which you can find through a search. My trip was a guided one through a company called Dinknesh Tours, and logistically went quite smoothly. I can recommend Dinknesh if you want a guided tour. I have not written my report yet, but we went to Addis, Bahir Dar, Gondar, Axum and Lalibela. We did not go to the Simiens.
My view on the independent/guided question is that Ethiopia is a relatively difficult destination to do by yourself, and having a guide smooths out the bumps a good bit. This appears to be the sentiment expressed in the Bradt Guide (which is the best Ethiopia guidebook), and also seemed to be Maxwell's conclusion as well. Then again, I much prefer to have a "babysitter" rather than trying to do things on my own, but some travelers prefer the adventure in muddling through and discovering things themselves. So the bottom line, I suppose, is that it depends on your personality and goals.
If you would like to read a lot of talk among indpendent Ethiopia travelers, there are quite a few of them on the Lonely Planet Thorn Tree Forum.
If you have any other specific questions, feel free to ask.
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Contact email@example.com who is located here in the states and specializes in Ethiopia; can arrange whatever you're considering. Has lots of experience with East Africa, knows her stuff w/ competitive pricing. She's been most helpful to me when I've had clients who were extending into Ethiopia.
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I have traveled very little (for e conomic reasons, not desire)but my 32 year old daughter and I spent a week in Et last August. We visited 2 World Vision children which was the real focus of our trip and was a wonderful journey into the real Et. We arrived at the airport in Addis and picked a taxi driver and just sort of winged it and did fine. Our biggest problem was we were there in the rainy season which cancelled our trip to the Blue Nile Falls and meant a long day in a domestic Et airport, not recommended. We did get to Gondar which we enjoyed very much but which can be covered in less than a day. I am over the hill, so we went on the modified Simien trek.
Avoid a company called Simien treks (I think); they are listed in Lonely Planet, but their head guy lied to us a number of times which took us a while to figure out. He lied about airline arrangements, when the market closed, the quality of hotels (I'm sure he had a piece of the action), etc. i think he had 'connection
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I have traveled very little (for e conomic reasons, not desire)but my 32 year old daughter and I spent a week in Et last August. We visited 2 World Vision children which was the real focus of our trip and was a wonderful journey into the real Et. We arrived at the airport in Addis and picked a taxi driver and just sort of winged it and did fine. Our biggest problem was we were there in the rainy season which cancelled our trip to the Blue Nile Falls and meant a long day in a domestic Et airport, not recommended. We did get to Gondar which we enjoyed very much but which can be covered in less than a day. I am over the hill, so we went on the modified Simien trek.
Avoid a company called Simien treks (I think); they are listed in Lonely Planet, but their head guy lied to us a number of times which took us a while to figure out. He lied about airline arrangements, when the market closed, the quality of hotels (I'm sure he had a piece of the action), etc. i think he had 'connections' everywhere. Once he passed us on to the guide for the Simien trek, that guy was exemplary. We thought we might not need a guide, and we were met at the site by a group of charming shepherd boys who probably would be very cheap guides. However, this blessed guide, plus the shepherd boys took me by each elbow and practically carried this out of shape 60 year old to the site. I did not have hiking shoes and I highly recommen
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Well, I am embarrassed that my darn reply multiply posted and incompletely, so I wrote some more in documents to cut and paste: On our way down from the Simien hike,(I said it was UP the mountain, but my daughter kept saying we were only going AROUND), we stopped at a craft place run by and for single mothers in Et that had nice things and for a nice cause. There were silkworms right on the sidewalk where we walked (carefully). We tried to be conscious of using our money in good places. We also found a charitable organization.that sells meal tickets for 25c that are worth 50c at certain sponsoring cafeterias. We bought $50.00 worth and used those to hand out to the beggars which are overwhelming and troubling in number. We wished we had found them earlier in the week. I know the name of the place is listed in Lonely Planet, but my daughter bought the Et book, and I bought one for Kenya. Next to it was an interesting old shop, though I only felt confident buying if I had a native person w me. After the one guy wasn't so great, though he did give a good tour of Gondar, we found an absolute gem of a taxi driver outside the Atlantic Hotel. I think there are 2 Atlantics, but this is the one the airline uses (remember we had a rainout). This guy spoke impeccable English, could not have been more gracious and a gentleman, and I sincerely count him as a friend. If you want his name, my daughter did much better w the language than I. I found ET an impossible language. Phonetically, I remember his name as something like Shilayly. We paid him $5.00 an hour for car, gas and his services, and I would not be caught dead in the Addis flea market without someone like him to help us avoid the bad elements and to help us know what was a good buy. He helped me find a legitimate 100 year old enjerra basket for $20.00 with a silver ring included).
We stayed in one place that was only $7.00 a night, and although it was no Ritz, we would rather spend our $ on meal tickets and we were fine. It looked a little scary to me when we first arrived, but we soon found it was an interesting and amiable group of people. There was a small hole in the wall Internet place across the street and we were able to check and send email and to download our pics to CD's. There was another hotel we stayed in Addis that was a little nicer, but the toilet fell over on me, so I just wanted to get out of there as fast as I could. Both places were recommended in Et Lonely Planet. I wanted lots of pictures and wasn't sure how to handle tipping, but I found if I just asked first and showed the pic to them on my camera, they were content. I fell in love with their beautiful faces. I made a point of looking them in the eyes, person to person, trying to communicate my love and respect for them. One of the best things we did was take a polaroid camera because we could give those pics away and they were thrilled. Next time, I would take baggies for them to keep their pics in because I realized their housing had precious little in the way of storage space. While I took the polaroids, my daughter , who is a better photographer, could take the most beautiful portraits of them because she did not have to rush.
We also took donations to 3 AIDS orphanages which I was determined to do, but I would not do over. The logistics were overwhelming, and next time I would take cash.
World Vision provided us transportation from Addis to these kids who were 5 hours away on a drive that I could not believe we, the goats, sheep, cows, camels, and even young children herding the animals survived. It was harrowing, but it felt like a National Geographic tour into their mountain countryside, and I was going crazy that I could not take pictures of one beautiful or touching vignette of rural life after another. I did the best getting pictures of people when the taxi driver and I sat in the taxi for an hour while my daughter hiked some mountain with a guide in a trench coat and long rifle to see the one rock hewn church in Addis.
I would love to go back. The people, in spite of unbelievable hardship and poverty, were gracious and hospitable. The only bad experience we had in the week (well, two actually—the domestic airline was bad on a rainy day) was the guide for Simien Treks. I was very frustrated because I will never be able to go back, and we lost a lot of precious time due to weather and their slow motion, everything shuts down for a few hours at lunchtime while they all go to church, pace. Make sure you plan around the lunchtime hours. It is a hard country to visit because the main sites are very far apart, especially with their poor roads. We did fine buying our domestic plane tickets after we got there, and we got a considerable discount because we used Et airlines for our international flights. Good luck to you. I wish I could come along.
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I went to Ethiopia a year and half ago and it was a thrill. Some tips: you must have an interpreter. Even though the national language is Amharic, the dialects are so diverse, that they are almost separate languages. Also, I think a tour guide is a must. There was a guy I used who was absolutely fantastic. His name is Solomon Berhe and he is based out of Addis. He books up easily and may not be available for a fall trip (I'm going in November and booked him around the first of the year). He has a web site so if you e-mail his office they could tell you his availability and/or recommend someone else for you.
If you like roughing it (camping), I loved the Gerhalta region and the rock hewn churches there. It is near Mekele and Solomon is very familiar with the people and places. Have a great time!
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I would suggest that as you have only 14 days you join an organised tour. There are a couple of reputable operators in the UK www.explore.co.uk and www.exodus.co.uk
Even if you decide not to join their tours the itineraries they follow might be helpful.
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Nothing too unusual about what The Tight Bro's From Way Back When do: metal masquerading as punk performed by five guys who can't decide if they want to be AC/DC or the Ramones, but only because they can't all be Chuck Berry. If you happened to be at Trees when Sweden's Hellacopters came through town a few weeks ago or at Bar of Soap's Trash Fest about a month back, you've heard it all before. It's rock and roll, plain and simple -- guitar, bass, drums, and a frontman who can scream his way to the end, '50s rock filtered through '90s punks who grew up on '70s metal. Loud and fast are the only rules, and The Tight Bro's never break either one, rushing through each song on their just-released Kill Rock Stars debut Runnin' Thru My Bones as though they're tired of playing it as soon as they start.
Maybe they're just tired of playing the same song. Once you've heard "Hurricane" -- the first track off Runnin' Thru My Bones -- you've heard 'em all, every song a slight variation of the same theme, three chords wrapped around singer Justin's two-note shriek. To say the least, it becomes tiresome after a while. Track Five, "Strut," with its "be-bop-a-lula" chant, was my breaking point. Of course, the band isn't that different from the number of local groups who do the same thing with varying degrees of skill and success, most notably the Riverboat Gamblers, who have the talent and charisma to make up for anything they lack in originality. The Tight Bro's, on the other hand, have neither; it could be a different story live, where enough sweat and guitar salutes can allow anything to approach entertaining (cf. ASKA).
To give The Tight Bro's the benefit of the doubt, the band is obviously aware of the clichés it has so hopelessly wrapped itself in. From the prolific use of exclamation points in both song titles (14 in 11 songs) and lyrics (just about every one) to the schlocky packaging and the generic songs about cars, girls, and rock and roll, Runnin' Thru My Bones seems to be somewhat of a spoof of the garage-rock scene, an inside gag that about five people will get. Still, that may be giving the band too much credit, and besides, a joke that has to be explained isn't that funny anyway. And if The Tight Bro's are not joking, well, I just lost 30 minutes of my time I'm never going to get back.
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A professor of mine once said, "stop doing research when you meet yourself coming in the other direction." I went poking around the blogosphere, looking to see what the world is saying about the Lisa Nowak story, and got the picture in minutes.
Lots of jokes about "the Wrong Stuff." Plenty of "Houston, We Have a Problem" headlines (we briefly had one ourselves). Guffaws all over about Capt. Nowak's use of adult diapers so she wouldn't have to make pit stops as she drove from Houston to Orlando. Puns: "astro-nut" and the like.
Plenty of juxtapositions of her formal NASA portrait with her mug shot (we did that too).
There's at least one site which lets you vote: "Which is more out in space? Lisa Nowak or the Moon?"
Newer posts seem a touch more reflective, expressing sorrow for Nowak, her alleged victim, and the man caught in the middle.
And in the midst of it all I find an old contact, Dr. Pat Santy, a psychiatrist who used to work for NASA, and says he's glad she doesn't anymore.
"In spite of all the cheerful NASA publicity, the astronauts are only human beings after all," she writes. Then she goes on to wonder what it is that pushes an accomplished, presumably-balanced person over the edge:
"Why bother to go to the trouble of choosing "the right stuff" in the first place when the superstar culture of the astronauts only encourages the worst sort of narcissism and sociopathy? Even if an astronaut didn't have an iota of such psychopathology before they their selection as an astronaut, they are at extremely high risk in the toxic NASA culture of developing it."
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Ok, so after 26yrs. in Fla, I have moved back to my home state of Okla (6mos. ago actually) I have a Fla. CCW (Okla. reciprocity) but my Fla. CCW is "resident"--not sure if either Fla. or Okla. recognizes it now that I am a bonafied resident of Okla. I am x-leo, x-mil, past hunter safety instructer, all kinds of weapon certs--so a back ground is the last thing concerning me. WHERE DO I GO TO GET THE OFFICIAL WORD on what to do about my current CCW, and or comply with Okla. current laws. I have pulled triggers going on 55yrs--carry 24/7--don't need to run afowl of some local "Barney", and get hung up due to my own stupidity. Any help appreciated,thanks
I'm pretty sure you need to apply in OK for a CCW there. I would call the licensing dept. in OK to verify.
What is the address on the permit?
Is it your legal address?
If no, you do not have a current CCW license.
You should know that, and as a retired LEO you should have, IIRC, the ability to carry.
That's what I'd check into.
What he said up there ^^^. You need a OK CCW now that you live there. There IS a provision for retired LEOs that is good is all 50 states (including Illinois, which does not HAVE CCW for all intents) However, it generally requires that you requalify to Dept Standards once a year. Worth checking on- with the OK licensing authority.
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"I had put [the Cobra] up for sale that weekend [before the crash] because I was going fast enough that I decided I needed a real race car," Tryce told ABCNews.com. "[AC Cobras] are very well built…but just because they're the fastest doesn't mean they're the safest."
Tryce was racing at the Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond, Calif., on Oct. 23, 2011, topping speeds of 130 mph, when his open-top AC Cobra replica race car, one of the fastest cars in the world, veered off the race course and flipped several times before stopping upright in the dirt shoulder.
"You become a passenger at that point," Tryce said. "You don't have control of the vehicle."
Tryce, who had been racing his Cobra at open track events for years, suffered some bruised ribs and a torn ligament in his knee, but the 45-year-old real estate agent from Redondo Beach, Calif., said it could have been much worse.
"It would have been game over had [the car] rolled and actually landed wheels up," Tryce said.
The crash was caught on a dashboard cam that also survived the accident. Tryce then posted the edited footage, with his subtitled commentary and slow-motion replays, on YouTube to show viewers how he survived. One subtitle says "I am thanking God that I am alive right now."
The video, which has got over 1.2 million hits, shows chunks of metal being torn away from the Cobra as it rolled over and over, kicking up a cloud of dust and finally stopping 500 feet from where it left the track. Tryce said he has taped several of his runs before, but this was his first crash, and there is still speculation over what caused it.
"Most people don't live through a second [crash] like that," he said.
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There are four high-tech greenhouses at Thanet Earth so far. Two grow tomatoes, with one each for peppers and cucumbers. Tomatoes are grown all year round, with growlights used in the winter months to help compensate for the shorter daylight hours. Cucumbers are harvested from January to November, and pepper production begins each March.
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Tiger Woods - ikona golfa. http://manmax.pl/tiger-woods-ikona-golfa/
You got the Michael Jordan of golf and then the Michael Jordan of... Well hes THE Michael Jordan so lets just leave it at that
Tiger Woods is perhaps the greatest athlete of all time and as a result has a personal net worth of $500,000,000 million and an annual salary of 85 million. The accolades he has earned are too numerous to list in their entirety but here are some highlights: 14 professional major tournaments, 71 PGA Tour events, he has been ranked #1 for more consecutive weeks than any other player
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Tom: Tiger woods reminds me of Tom Buchanan because the affair he has with Daisy.
No matter how good you get, you can always get better. I miss Tiger and hope he gets back soon from his back surgery! Golf needs him!
Tiger Woods Timeline - Won 78 official PGA Tour events including 14 majors. He has been heralded as "the greatest closer in history" by multiple golf experts. He owns the lowest career scoring average & the most career earnings of any player in PGA Tour history. Woods has spent the most consecutive & cumulative weeks atop the world rankings. He is 1 of 5 players to have won all 4 prof'l major championships in his career, known as the Career Grand Slam, & the youngest to do so.
How cool is this? A portrait of Tiger Woods using nothing but Nike swooshes.
Tiger Woods, the college years
Tiger Woods Reach for the top you may be surprised how soon you can reach it!!! May not be easy but you can reach it!!
July 23, 2000 Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to complete a career Grand Slam when he won the British Open at age 24.


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Podcast: Datameer CEO Stefan Groschupf on Hadoop's Pros and Cons
In this podcast, the speaker discusses how often a Hadoop stack stands alone in enterprise, and how Hadoop can work in the cloud. The speaker also discusses about Hadoop which is not a silver bullet. It is not the best option for processing online transactions, for example: the world still needs relational database.
Provided by: Wellesley Information Services Topic: Cloud Date Added: Aug 2012 Format: Podcast


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The Need Of Philosophy In The Romanian Management
The philosophical approach of the different aspects and issues of the managerial reality proves, under the new economic market conditions, not only possible but also very efficient. Lately, the theoreticians and the practitioners in management turn more and more to philosophy in order to enlarge and understand the philosophical vision, to introduce more directly on the way of the real problems of the Romanian companies' management, that of economic, social and ecological efficiency.
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KARACHI: The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and its former coalition partner, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), will hold a meeting today (Thursday) at CM House on the new local government law.
Apart from the MQM, the PPP will also hold similar talks with other parties in the opposition, such as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said Sindh Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sikandar Mandhro. He explained that the purpose of these meetings is to allow time for dialogue and feedback before the bill is tabled in the provincial assembly on August 19.
"After the MQM, we will hold meetings with other parties and the process will continue until August 17," Mandhro told The Express Tribune. "Later, we will make the bill public via official website before introducing it in the assembly."
According to Mandhro, they have already received feedback from various civil society organisations, political parties and people belonging to different spheres of life. "We had written letters to Sindhi nationalists, intellectuals, writers, poets and leaders of various political parties," he said, adding the government received around 40 proposals. "Their input has also been incorporated in the new local government law."
The government wants to make this new law free of controversies that is why government has started this dialogue process, stressed Mandhro. "It is a very sensitive issue and it needs comprehensive planning," he said. "But the Supreme Court gave a deadline to hold the elections in September that is why we have to go fast."
The MQM is, however, approaching this meeting with caution. The party conveyed its reservations with the members of local government committee constituted by government to frame the law and its leaders will attend today's meeting to reiterate that MQM would not support this system. "We have already written to the provincial government on July 29 that MQM would only give its input if the Sindh Peoples Local Government Law 2012 is amended and implemented in the province," said MQM leader Sardar Ahmed.
PML-N received a draft of the local government law and will submit its proposal by August 16. "We have formed a three-member committee that will study the law and suggest amendments during a meeting with committee members," said PML-N leader Irfanullah Marwat.
Meanwhile, the PML-F has started consultations with their legal team and other experts and will submit a proposal to Pir Pagara before they send their suggestions to the government by August 17, said party MPA Imtiaz Shaikh.
PTI MPA Khurram Sher Zaman complained, however, that the Sindh government has yet to seek their input. "We held a meeting with the CM around three weeks ago and he assured us that the government will take us into confidence on the new local government law," he said, adding that it was all in vain. "It seems the PPP is only concerned about the MQM's reaction."
The ruling party has a simple majority in the house and they can pass whatever bill they want to move in the provincial assembly, said Zaman, adding that the PTI will, nevertheless, oppose if the law is against the wishes of the people.
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Kevin Massoudi is a current ASUCD Senator. Kevin has served on the Internal Affairs Commission since 2008 and has been active in campus affairs since his freshman year. He has also served on the Telecommunications Advisory Board and as a senate intern. He is the Social Chair of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
1) Support The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF), and promote a sustainable campus by having ASUCD act as an example.
- (i.e. work to accomplish a near-paperless ASUCD)
2) Work with taps to give more incentives for students who carpool.
- (Lower rates, better parking spots)
3)Work to expand Wireless internet through continued work with CCFIT and the Telecommunications Advisory board.
4)Bring back the epic quad battle!
Candidate's Statement:
Hello fellow UC Davis students! My name is Kevin Massoudi and I am running for ASUCD Senate as an Independent candidate. Since arriving here at Davis, I have served the campus and students to the best of my ability, working both within and outside ASUCD to better student life as well as give presence to student voices during administrative discussions. A vote for me will be a vote for experience and dedication, with no constraining party line ideals.
As a Senator I will have four main goals that will be accomplished. First, I want to work to reduce ASUCD's paper waste dramatically. By reversing a ban of electronics at Senate meetings, we can allow Senators and others sitting in at meetings to opt for an electronic copy of documents being circulated, saving precious resources and money for the students.
Second, in line with my commitment to reducing UC Davis's environmental impact, I want to work with TAPS to eliminate the restrictions placed on carpool permits. At this time, only students living outside of Davis city limits are allowed to apply for the discounted carpool permits being offered. By lifting this ban students stand to save $300 a year, and a ridesharing community will be encouraged.
Third, it is my goal to have wireless internet available throughout the entirety of the UC Davis central campus. We are a leading national research university and the necessary educational resources we provide our students are essential to the continued success of the university.
Finally, I will work with the administration to bring back one of the unique aspects of student life that went missing just last year. I speak of course, of the EPIC QUAD BATTLE!
Thank you for your consideration. Please vote Independent KEVIN MASSOUDI #1 for ASUCD Senate!
For more information on his platform and experience please visit http://www.kevinmassoudi.com
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2009-01-16 00:13:35 Kevin is a standup guy that everybody thinks is awesome. He has real experience, I know this because he's been serving with me on the Internal Affairs Commission for the past year. Not only does he hold the position, he uses it with the authority of change. Kevin was one of the loudest voices against closed-door student government policies. He also works hard outside of his commission work to make positive change for students. He's made important strides in working towards increased wireless coverage for UCD. A lot of candidates are going to make promises and will try to make up experience. Kevin's been doing stuff and has experience that is beyond titles and positions.
There's a reason I'm backing Kevin Massoudi - the students. —GregWebb
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Top Indoor Stress Relieving Activities
With finals just a few weeks away, stress is at its peak. Last week, we discussed some great ways to relieve stress outdoors. However, even though spring is here, we can still have bad weather. You may also be more of an indoor person. The list below gives ideas for fun, relaxing afternoon and evening activities without having to rely on the weather!
- Go to a concert (The Conservatory has many this time of year- check out their event calendar!)
- Go see a movie
- Have a lunch with friends- off campus!
- Visit the Mind/Body Center in the Student Union
- Visit the Nelson Atkins Museum
- Play pool in the Union
- Volunteer
- Visit the Toy/ Miniature Museum- it's right on campus!
- Bake a treat for your neighbors, or cook dinner for you and your roommates
- Clean- it gets your mind off school, and you feel much better when you're done! It's also easier for most people to focus on their studies in a clean environment
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The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation is hosting two new programs at Castaic Lake Recreation Area. For Movies at the Lake, the community is invited to bring snacks, a comfortable chair or blanket and enjoy a family movie in Paradise Cove on the lagoon. Vehicle parking is $11, but the movie is free. Movies are scheduled for Oct. 3. For information, call (661) 257-4050.
CTG shows
The Canyon Theatre Guild presents "The Bad Seed," a 1954 novel by William March (and a multi-Oscar nominated film starring Patty McCormack and Nancy Kelly two years later). The show will run at the theater, 24242 Main Street in Newhall, through Nov. 1. Also, the song-filled comedy "Musical! The Bard Is Back!" will take place at the same venue on weekends only. For details, call (661) 799-2702.
Rock With Vu
Tonight local bands Renfue and un:armed, which won first and second prize, respectively, in the recent SCV Rock Star contest (produced by The-Signal.com in association with Higher Level Productions), headline a 21+ concert at The Vu tonight. Also on the bill as special guests: Out of Grey, Opus Dai, 4th and Doc, and DJ Kosher. Doors open at 8:30 and admission is just $5. Find The Vu at 22505 8th Street, in Newhall. For more infomation and directions, visit www.higherlevelshows.com.
'Of Mice and Men'
The REP and the city of Santa Clarita present "Of Mice and Men" at the Repertory East Playhouse. Funded through a Community Services Grant by the city of Santa Clarita. The show will run through Oct. 18. Show times are Friday and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $17/$15. Advance reservations are highly recommended. For tickets, purchase online at www.repeastplayhouse.org or call (661) 288-0000. The REP is located at 24266 Main Street, Newhall.
Scenic Train Trip
Saturday, starting at the Fillmore Station, enjoy a scenic 10-mile train ride from Fillmore to the Santa Paula Station. Good food, nice view and plenty to do in both communities. This week begins the haunted train ride to a private pumpkin patch. For more information, call (805) 524-2546.
This fall the College of the Canyons Community and Continuing Education department is offering a series of free one-day computer classes covering computer hardware, operating systems, networks and maintenance and security tactics - each designed for the typical adult home computer user. Offered through the Continuing Education division's new Family and Consumer Sciences subject area, these new noncredit courses will teach students a variety of highly useful computer skills related to the course topic, each with no previous knowledge of the subject required.
Classes will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays through Nov. 15 on the COC Valencia campus, Towsley Hall room 105. All classes are free with no prerequisites; however all students are required to officially register with the college's Community and Continuing Education department. This week's class, Home Computer Security, will provide students with the knowledge needed to implement security software as well as avoid viruses and other threats on your home computer.
Ranch tour
The Tesoro Adobe (formerly the Harry Carey Ranch) will conduct a walking tour Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The adobe was built and owned by noted western film actor Harry Carey in the 1920s and 1930s. During Carey's prolific film career, he is credited with at least 233 movies. He was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1939 for "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington," while the western movie elite including John Wayne, William S. Hart, and Gary Cooper visited Tesoro adobe on many occasions. Find Tesoro Adobe Historic Park at 29350 Aveneda Ranchos Tesoro, Valencia 91354. For more information, call (661) 259-0855.
Each third Thursday of the month, Newhall Church of the Nazarene is hosting Hope-n-Mic, a new open mic forum for Christian musicians and their friends. Come play your music or stop in to listen to other artists. All ages and musical styles are welcome, provided the lyrics are appropriate to a Christian audience.
Devil made us do it
See stars at the Devil's Punchbowl (28000 Devil's Punchbowl Road in Pearblossom) on Saturday beginning at 8 p.m. Come join these stargazers for an evening of night sky viewing through a professional 11" telescope. See planets, star clusters, nebulae, galaxies, quasars, pulsars, black holes, worm holes, red dwarves, white giants and more. Call (661) 944-2743 or visit www.devils-punchbowl.com.


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Like many an infant, aviation entered the world tentatively when the Wright Brothers coaxed a manned, heavier-than-air powered flying machine off the ground. Flight in America after the Wrights' achievement was marked more by squabbling over patents than by rapid advances in the science, and the Europeans, particularly the French, seized on the new sport keenly. And sport it was for the most part during the early years, as designers sought to outdo their rivals in speed and spectacle. With the sole exception of Glenn Curtiss' short-lived mark of 43.35 mph on Aug. 23, 1909 (a record that fell to Louis Blériot's 46.18 mph in Rheims the very next day), French pilots and designers held the airspeed record exclusively not only during the diaper years of aviation but right through until 1922, when Billy Mitchell, flying a Curtiss HS D-12 near Detroit at 222.98 mph, wrested it from Frenchman Sadi Lecointe, who in turn regained it four months later in a Nieuport-Delage 29.
As noted last month, this monthly tribute to the centennial for the remainder of 2003 will examine aviation's progress approximately decade by decade, with the emphasis on approximately.
The 1910s, covered here, are marked by a growing sense of adventure and exploration as aviation finds its feet. The spirit of the decade could be said to have taken hold with the July 25, 1909 crossing of the English Channel by Blériot, perhaps the first true milestone in the journey begun by Orville and Wilbur almost six years earlier. Considering the frailty of the airframes and the cantankerous performance of their engines, Blériot's crossing of the English Channel was a remarkable achievement, relying as it did on an Anzani engine developing a mere 25 hp to vault the moat that had forever isolated Great Britain from the mainland.
Vaulting 'La Manche'
Naturally, there had been competition to be first across "La Manche," spurred on by a £1,000 prize offered by Daily Mail owner Lord Northcliffe, who was fascinated both by flight and by the notion that a newspaper should create news rather than merely report on it. Blériot was one of three contenders, the others being English playboy Hubert Latham (already well known for his boat and car racing exploits in France) and Comte de Lambert, who had learned to fly at the hand of Wilbur Wright and owned two Wright biplanes. Like Blériot, Latham chose a monoplane (a Levavasseur Antoinette IV) and made his first attempt on July 19 after being foiled for many days by wind and rain. After finally taking off from Calais at 6:42 a.m., he suffered an engine failure and made a smooth landing on the water. As befitting the image of the big-game-hunting, playboy racer, the sailors sent to rescue him with the French naval vessel Tarpon found Latham sitting astride his buoyant machine smoking a cigarette.
The following Sunday morning, Blériot, whose airplane had been brought from Paris on the same train carrying Latham's replacement Antoinette, jumped at a break in the weather to launch his attempt from a farm near Sangatte. Neither Blériot (on crutches and nursing a foot badly burned by engine oil during a recent flight) nor his airplane was in tip-top shape, but the pressure to fly was intense. After an exploratory flight around Calais that proved his machine to be up to the task, he took off into light mist at 4:35 a.m., rising into the first glimmerings of dawn, and headed out across the water with no compass, no map, not even a watch.
Blériot soon overhauled the French Naval destroyer that had been dispatched to steam along his route, and found himself with no visual references, writing later: "I turn my head to see whether I am proceeding in the right direction, and I am amazed. There is nothing to be seen–neither the destroyer nor France nor England. I am alone. I can see nothing at all." Blériot managed to keep his Model XI upright and more or less on course and, some 36 minutes after takeoff, he crash-landed near Dover, without injury to himself but smashing the propeller and landing gear of his airplane and, more important, beating Latham to the Daily Mail prize and the history books.
After his Channel crossing, Blériot's monoplanes were much in demand, both by wealthy individuals and by the military. But in March 1912 Blériot logged another first: first time a government ordered the grounding of a specific type of aircraft. Five prominent French pilots had died in Blériot monoplanes following wing failure under negative-G loading. Within two weeks the wings had been reinforced, officials had lifted the ban and Bleriot's reputation was burnished since it was he who had first identified the weakness and, despite the potential harm to his prestige, published a report about it.
Biplanes ruled in aviation's first years. The first U.S. monoplane to fly was the Walden III, designed by Dr. Henry Walden and flown on Dec. 9, 1909, at Mineola, Long Island, N.Y. A 22-hp three-cylinder Anzani provided the power.
Getting a pilot certificate in those days was more a matter of demonstrating survival than of conforming to any curriculum or standard. On Oct. 22, 1910, Sir Thomas Sopwith, having bought and assembled a Wright-Howard biplane, attempted to combine the maiden flights of both himself and his new machine. He crashed but emerged intact from the wrecked airplane, and promptly ordered another.
Less than a month later he made his second attempt at being both student and test pilot. He carried out some taxiing trials before lunch, took off and flew some circuits in the afternoon and by teatime had qualified for his pilot certificate (number 31). Sopwith took his first passenger aloft that same evening, and within three weeks, after logging no more than 10 hours, he had established new British distance and duration records. Such was the unfettered pace of progress in these early years. Sopwith, of course, went on to greater renown for his World War I Camel.
Some notable firsts and other superlatives during this decade:
• The first midair collision is thought to have occurred in October 1910 during an aviation meet in Milan, Italy. It involved Capt. Bertram Dickson in a Farman and a Frenchman by the name of Thomas flying an Antoinette. Thomas escaped unhurt, but Dickson was seriously injured and never flew again.
• The largest crowd that assembled to watch a flying display before World War I was a gathering of almost 750,000 Indians who watched Henri Jullerot fly a Bristol military biplane in Calcutta on Jan. 6, 1911.
• The first official airmail flight in the world was made on Feb 18, 1911. It was a modest run. French pilot Henri Pequet flew a Humber biplane about five miles from Allahabad, India, to Naini Junction, across the Jumna River, carrying some 6,500 letters.
• Power to weight. March 24, 1911, marked the first time 12 passengers had ever ridden together in an airplane. Roger Sommer performed the feat in a biplane of his own design powered by an engine producing just 70 hp.
• The first nonstop flight from London to Paris came less than two years after Blériot's Channel crossing. It was made by Pierre Prier (chief flight instructor at the Blériot School, Hendon, England), flying a 50-hp Gnome-powered Blériot monoplane that completed the trip in 3 hr 56 min. Prier departed from Hendon and landed at Issy-les-Moulineaux.
• Harriet Quimby was the first American woman to receive her pilot certificate. She was also the first woman to pilot an airplane across the English Channel, a feat she managed aboard a Blériot monoplane on April 16, 1912.
By the end of 1912 there were just shy of 2,500 certificated pilots worldwide. France led the roster by a wide margin, with 966, followed by Great Britain with 382, Germany with 335, the U.S. with 193, Italy with 186 and Russia with 162. All other countries' pilot tallies were only in double digits.
The Airplane as Weapon
The remainder of the 1910s were shaped largely by the airplane's evolution into a weapon to serve in World War I. Aviation was no different from any other technological advance in that it attracted the attention of the military, which would soon bury early (and painfully naive) predictions that the airplane would never amount to anything more than a plaything. "Aviation is fine as sport, but as an instrument of war it is worthless," said Gen. Ferdinand Foch, professor of strategy at the Ecole Superieur de Guerre, in 1911.
The U.S. government bought its first airplane, a Wright biplane, from the Wright brothers on July 30, 1909, for the sum of $25,000, plus a bonus of $5,000 because it exceeded the specified maximum speed of 40 mph. America logged some firsts in military aviation, including the first military firearm to be fired from an airplane (Lt. Jacob Earl Fickel fired a rifle from his single-seat Curtiss biplane at a target in Sheepshead Bay on Aug. 20, 1910); and the first missiles dropped from an airplane (lead darts released by Glenn Curtiss on June 30, 1910, from a height of 50 feet at Hammondsport, N.Y.). The first bombing raid from an airplane in anger occurred during the war between Italy and Turkey over what is now known as Libya, which was then part of the collapsing Ottoman Empire. On Nov. 1, 1911, Lt. Giulio Gavotti dropped four grenades from his Blériot onto an Ottoman encampment.
When World War I began in 1914, the airplane was thrust into roles to which it was ill suited. It was still a relatively frail contraption powered by unreliable engines, but military service demanded that airplanes fly daily–with all that entailed in terms of serviceability, reliability and robustness. Engines such as the Hispano-Suiza V8 emerged to pave the way for reliable, economical postwar powerplants. At the outset of the war, aero engines typically produced 80 hp; by the end of the conflict in 1918 the American 12-cylinder Liberty engine was producing 400 hp. Rotary engines such as those built by Gnome and Le Rhone were light and powerful, but when designed to produce much more than 150 hp, their fierce gyroscopic forces (generated by the rotation of the entire cylinder mass and propeller around a fixed crankshaft) made the airplane to which they were mounted too squirrelly, even for pilots who in Sopwith Camels and Fokker Triplanes had used those same forces to their maneuvering advantage.
The airplane's primary role in World War I was to support the soldiers in the trenches, and a new breed of hero was born–names such as Fonck, Rickenbacker ("Fighting in the air is not sport; it is scientific murder"), Nungesser, Immelmann, Richthofen, Ball, McCudden, Mannock, Voss, Lufbery, Boelcke.
Bombers were developed to take warfare to cities and factories. Some of them were astoundingly large for their day: the four-engine Sikorsky Ilya Mourametz of 1915 spanned nearly 100 feet; the Zeppelin Staaken R.IV, powered by four 260-hp Mercedes inline six-cylinder engines, had a wing span of 138 feet and weighed nearly 29,000 pounds (4,400 of those pounds being bomb load)–this just 14 years after the Wrights' first flights. It was the bombers that formed the basis for the first airliners after the war (a pattern that would be repeated after the end of World War II).
World War I forced a process of maturation on the airplane, and the spirit of the next decade began in 1919 with the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by two men in just such a bomber–a Vickers Vimy.


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Sometimes I awaken from a sound sleep
And wonder if I have died, for I rise effortless
And seem more to float than lift myself
From my bed and the house
Is a silent as a tomb must be.
I must remind myself that death is uninterrupted
But sleep is not and a glance at the clock reveals
It is slightly after 1:00 a.m.
It is as if when my death comes
I will somehow be unaware of my passing
And it will be somehow unbeknownst to me
And revealed as an unexpected surprise.
The story will be recounted
With all the per functionary phrases and
Obligatory exclamations:
"Honest, I was minding my own business
And all of a sudden I was mortified."
In the hallway, somewhere between the
Bedroom and the kitchen, the words of
A Gospel comes to mind:
"He who loves his life will lose it and
He who hates his life will find it."
I whisper them through the darkness,
Like a chant, an incantation:
"I hate my life.
I hate my life.
I hate my life."


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