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I'll try to post some images of my progress. I purchased this '52 model a little over two years ago and have ridden it about 850 miles. With no knowledge of the slingers, it's time to tear into it and get things looked at. I think later models added a drain path from the head to the sump, so that will probably get done this time. I believe that a cam chain tensioner can be added or updated so I'll be looking into that.
I'll do as much as I can but will take the engine and/or tranny to Vech to have him do his magic. I did a compression test last month and has 25% leakage past the rings. Compression was about 100psi. I just rechecked the valve clearance and they were 0.15mm/0.20mm intake/exhaust, right where I set them after getting the bike. Exhaust was a tad tight, but I still got the feeler gage in there.
I'm down to removing the tranny, engine, and electrics. I'll need to think about this a little. I may build a small "stand" to hold the engine once I get it out of the frame.
Kurt in S.A.
that's a pretty survivor - please give us photo updates as you go
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I had to look around to find out how to remove the Cardan shaft from the tranny so that I could remove the transmission. Because of the cam chain cover, the whole engine/tranny can't move forward. Once the shaft was free from the Hardy disk, then I could attack the transmission.
I removed the bell at the rear of the shaft and aligned the u-joint so that I could push in the nose of the final drive. Rear wheel was removed, too. That canted the shaft and pulled the pins out of the disk. I had seen pictures of the Hardy disk with plastic inserts along with the rubber disk. Looks like mine is just a solid rubber disk.
I rigged up some rope so I could hold the shaft back in its general location. I then could put the tire back on and roll the bike around.
Kurt in S.A.
I removed the four bolts holding the transmission on. I was having trouble clearing the transmission out the right side because the clutch push rod was sticking out. I carefully moved it rearward a bit and got enough clearance to slide it out.
The front of the transmission looks pretty good...the input seal doesn't appear to be leaking. There's some oily dirt around the outside edge of the housing near the clutch...probably the rear main seal.
Just three bolts holding the clutch pack on. Is there any spring pressure holding this together? There was on my R69S and /7...I'll have to do some reading.
Kurt in S.A.
Had to go out and get some long (50mm) M6x1.00 bolts to help with releasing the clutch pack tension. Swapped each clutch bolt with a long one one by one. Then backed off the nuts evently until the tension was gone.
Removed the pack. Of interest is the radial cracks in the clutch disk...an obvious replacement. It measured 7.1mm thick. I'll likely just replace all of it...just because. As I expected the oil that I was seeing is pooling at the bottom of the flywheel which means the remain seal.
I won't take out the flywheel...I think I'll let Vech do that. Next I'll work on getting the electrics off the front of the engine and removed the engine from the frame. I will probably open up the cam chain area.
Kurt in S.A.
Weather's been kind of crummy, so only started thinking about the electrics and engine. I did remove the clutch pushrod pieces...interesting in that the forward end of the pushrod is square and fits inside the pressure plate. This is different than the /2-on pushrods...those have a taper which just touches the pressure plate.
I took pictures of the wiring (without the advance unit) and also constructed a stand to hold the engine once I pull it out. The lower rear engine bolt will fit into the slots on the 2x4s and the upper forward bolts will rest on the upright 2x4s. I'll cut some slots on the uprights when I get everything out.
Kurt in S.A.
Today was the day to separate the engine from the frame. First, I removed three slotted screws which allowed the whole electrics plate to come forward without removing any of the connections. I'm hoping I can just reverse this process upon assembly. I just tied it up out of the way on the frame backbone.
This exposed the rotor. I used my rotor removal tool to put some tension on the rotor. Then with the slight tap of a hammer, the rotor popped off...not quite a bang, but noticeable...I had the towel ready.
I had installed magnets in the pan a couple of years ago...they picked up some sludge. Took a little help with a floor jack to get the engine moving...then up and out the left side. My previous stand wasn't going to work...I didn't think that through! So, I just turned it on the side with the flywheel down using the studs for mounting the transmission. Once I remove the timing chain cover and the top end, it should get a bit lighter. Before I do any more disassembly, I'm going to weigh the entire assembly to get an idea of the full up weight of the engine...less the clutch pack.
Kurt in S.A.
Got back to it today...took off the oil pan strainer. Also pryed off the timing cover. Used a deadblow hammer and bits of wood to walk it off. Notice the amount of chain stretch. The stretch is about 6mm from a point where the chain is tight between the gears to pushed sideways. I understand that a later model tensioner (R25/3?) can be retrofitted. It will fit into the upper left part of the timing chain area.
BTW...the weight of a full-up engine is around 60 lbs. I weighed myself and then picked up the engine and found the difference.
Kurt in S.A.
I didn't get much done yesterday. I was going to try and take the rockers and heads off; hopefully get down to removing the cylinder. I turned the engine to TDC on the compression stroke and loosed up the rockers so they float freely. The intake head bolts (2) came loose easily...but the two exhaust head bolts didn't. They were very tight...I didn't do that...either the PO did or they're just corroded in place. I had to use a cheater bar to get them to turn but even still they were difficult to turn. I stopped after just one revolution of the head bolt...it wasn't really loosening up. It was taking about 15 ft-lbs to turn.
I called Vech and got some good info. Turns out the head bolts or at least the thread hole they're in on the cylinders is actually open on the threaded side of the bolt. I had no idea. I took a close look...sure enough, I can see the openings in the fins. So, I put the "head on its head" and spray in some penetrant. I'll do this for a few days, maybe try and turn the bolts to help the penetrant work in some. Maybe in a few days, I can turn these bolts out.
The arrows point to where the holes basically are.
Kurt in S.A.
Got quite a bit done today. I did more soaking over the past week. I guess it did some good. One of the bolts coming out squeaked as I turned it. But the rockers came off. The head didn't put up too much of a fight...I was dreading that! I had real troubles with my R69S. The cylinder also came off relatively easy too. One of the base nuts was very hard to get a wrench on.
I broke a ring...oops! Well, I'm going to replace them at any rate. I haven't measured the ring gap, but I did measure the piston diameter. It's about 68.4mm...which means that the bike is already at 1st over. This tracks as the stamp on the inside of the Nural piston has a date of "2 63" so it would seem that sometime after 1963, the piston was replaced and the cylinder bored. Not sure if I've mentioned this but the bike was a police bike in Germany from about 1957 to 1970. It came to me with a little over 14000 KM on it, essentially the same mileage as when it was retired in 1970. So, I'm not sure of the actual mileage. It would appear that the police rebuilt the bike at some point. If I get the chance to get over there and go through the records, I might be able to answer some of these questions.
Ring gap was all right at the maximum, which is 0.2mm to 0.4mm. Mine were (from crank to head): oil scraper - 0.4mm; (broken); 0.38-0.39mm; 0.44-0.45mm.
Vech had told me that to get a sense of the fit of piston to cylinder, drop the piston into the cylinder without the rings and see how it falls due to gravity. When I did it, it took 1-2 seconds to go from the bottom back towards the top. That seems like a pretty good fit to me.
The only left to do is clean things up...the piston is soaking in Hyrdoseal. I'll get a little organized and pack things for a trip later this month to Vech. I'm going to hand-deliver the bits and pieces...seems safer to me!
Kurt in S.A.
I soaked the piston crown in Hydroseal for a week and then used a piece of wood to scrape off the build up. It reveals the Nural stamp, the Vorn symbol, and confirms that the piston is one over at 68.44mm. Not sure what the other marks are.
I also found the source of the tight head bolts holding down the exhaust rocker blocks. In the picture you can see the shiny parts on the one head bolt, just under the rocker block. It seems that the tower that the bolt went through in the head must have mushroomed out and constricted the bolt from turning.
In examining the cylinder bore, the cross hatching is still visible. This indicates there has been little wear since the cylinder was oversized. That probably suggests that I can get away with a simple clean up, Bore Tech treatment, and rering. I'll let Vech make the final determination.
Kurt in S.A.
Etienne -
Yes that is the picture of the tensioner that I'll get installed. I hope it will improve the way the bike runs. Seems to me at 6mm side play, that can change the valve timing a little bit.
Kurt in S.A.
Kurt, I am maybe wrong but I don't think that BMW change anything in the timing when they put it on the 25/3 as an improvement.
I think it will just be better for your 25/2.
I am following your good work, thanks to share.
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Etienne -
I wasn't suggesting that the timing numbers changed from one model to the other. I was saying that if the chain stretches, the camshaft and crankshaft can rotate a small amount with respect to each other due to the lengthening of the chain and thus the timing of the valve opening and closing in relation to the piston will also change. I don't have any experience with how much stretch is takes to really make a noticeable difference.
Kurt in S.A.
yes - the slack in timing chain will result in slightly retarded cam timing - not ideal
then add any wear in an old chain - stretch - and more retard
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I put all the engine parts in my car and drove to Vech's place in Sturgis, Mississippi, to drop off for overhaul. A couple of hotel nights, half a dozen tanks of gas, a few bad meals...knowing everything arrived save and sound...priceless!
I'm in the queue with several other engines ahead of me. Vech said he'd send the heads off the Memphis Motorwerks for overhaul...he'll convert to rotating valves as the current ones were non-rotating. The cylinder and piston will go to Bore-Tech for carbon impregnation of the bore. He'll have the crank inspected by Chris Chambers to see if it is still OK. We've talked about the new cam chain tensioner as well as drilling the extra piston skirt oiling hole. The flywheel has no markings on it except for the TDC mark. I crudely marked with a sharpie the full advance point that I figured out using a degree-wheel I fashion. Vech will transfer static and full-advance marks to the flywheel. The breather pipe has been missing from this engine...he'll install that.
While the top end has been overhauled once in its life, we don't know about the bottom end. I'll be interested in finding out about the state of the slingers...that might be me a sense of how many miles are on this engine.
Here's a picture of me at the street in front of his shop. If you haven't been there, you should stop in. Vech has a great museum. He showed me his latest project...a 1932 R4 Series 1 he's putting together...incredible!
Kurt in S.A.
I got an update from Vech's shop today. They took the bottom end apart. I asked a bit more about what he found:
- His estimate is that someone had been inside in the past; the slinger was fairly empty.
- Rod bearings are OK but the main bearings were black and nasty and might have been in there since 1952. His thought is that maybe they took it apart for the slinger but reused the main bearings. They will be replaced.
- No crank rebuild is necessary.
Since I had pulled the top end apart, the head and cylinder were sent off a couple of weeks ago.
Kurt in S.A.
More work was done...the crank with bearings and camshaft were installed. The new timing chain is in, along with a chain tensioner. The 1952 model didn't have one, so this is a retrofit from a later model. Also, my flywheel only had an OT mark on it. I asked if they could add the S and F-marks. They laid an R25/3 flywheel up to mine and transfered the marks. They look pretty nice!
Kurt in S.A.
Got a call from Benchmark Works. The cylinder and piston are back from Bore-Tech. Both were within spec so no overbore was needed. They applied the carbide treatment to the cylinder wall.
The piston is a 4-ring type but normal piston sets are only 3 rings. Rather than buy another whole ring set, one of the remaining compression rings will be reused. An initial fit in the bore showed one to be a nice fit. Looks like the carbide treatment decreased the bore dimension a slight amount.
Just waiting on the top end!!
Kurt in S.A.
Richard at Benchmark Works says the engine is together. Apparently one or more of the inner valve springs were collapsed...about 6mm too short...so those were replaced. The outer springs seemed fine so those were reused. On previous posts, I had issues with the head bolts taking quite a bit to get out. Richard said after tapping the threads in the cylinders, the bolts went in basically hand threaded so that looks to be OK.
I'm tied up at work and other committments so can't go get it... Hopefully later next month I can get back out there and pick it all up...and open my wallet!!
Kurt in S.A.
I drove back to Vech's Thursday and picked up the assembled engine on Friday morning, then dashed back home. Everything looks good! I discussed steps for break-in - starting, engine speeds, retorque/valves after about 75-100 miles, changing oil, etc. I also bought a deep sump in order to increase the oil volume since there is so little in the sump to start with. I think this takes me to about 1.75 liters instead of the 1.25 liters for stock. The kit comes with all the bolts and gaskets plus an extension to the pickup screen.
Check the close up photo of the head...the next owner (if there's every one!) will wonder why BMW stamped someone's name into the head. That might start the rumor that the person who assembled the head at the factory did that to "sign" their work! I'm sure it was Memphis Motorwerks who did it as part of their process to overhaul the head.
Now, where did I put that frame!!
Kurt in S.A.
I plied a friend with some drink (OK, it was just a soda!) to come over and give me a hand. We got the engine in the frame. Looks good!! Before starting that, I figured I'd to a couple of things.
First, I kept wondering why the foot pegs were tilted up at the tips...it really felt weird riding. I wondered if the PO maybe put them on the wrong side. After some experimentation, I realized that switching them would get them more parallel with the ground. You can see the right peg before and after.
Next I thought assembling the clutch pack would be easier out of the bike sitting vertical. I bought new clutch springs. Look at the picture of the sets of springs...quiz...which springs are the sacked ones! Youwzer!! The other picture shows the clutch pack going together with the long screws...I turned the nuts down evenly to seat the clutch pack against the springs.
Finally, the engine went into the frame with my friend's help...thanks, Jay!! The picture also shows the deep sump that I bought from Vech. I increases my oil supply from a little over a quart to about 1.75 quarts. That should help quite a bit keeping things cooler.
Next is the tranny and finally the electrics...and a dozen other smaller things as well.
Kurt in S.A.
Today, I got the clutch pack secured. At first, I tried just removing one of the three long bolts but when I did that, the whole pack began to push out of plane because there are only three bolts holding it in. So, I had to find a piece of aluminum angle with holes drilled to match the transmission studs. With the angle in place and pushing a spacer against the pressure plate, I could remove one of the screws. I installed the new bolt with blue loctite using a nut-driver screwdriver. The torque is only 5-7 ft-lbs...I talked to Vech and they said to just get it tight. This is the way I tighten the oil pan bolts...just get them to a nice even tightness.
I also cleaned up the transmission...that will probably go in in the next day or so.
Kurt in S.A.
Seemed like a good day to take some vacation and get some work done on the bike. I installed the transmission last weekend, but couldn't get the clutch pushrod to seat completely...it's a one-piece rod with a square end that mates to a square hole in the pressure plate. But it didn't find "home" when the transmission slid home and consequently, the clutch parts (race, bearing, and thrust piston) didn't go deep enough into the transmission cavity. One suggestion was to slide the transmission back and use a long pair of pliers to help the rod along. But I had already worked hard to get the tranny in and the final drive and Hardy disc in place.
I got the suggestion to build a little tool that clamped to the rear of the pushrod which would give me the leverage to manipulate the rod. A small drawing was provided and I built the tool...with some adjustments for my bike. I clamped in place and within a minute, I was able to properly locate the rod. Then I installed the clutch parts at the back and eventually hooked up the clutch lever. Clutch works great.
I also finished off the rear wheel and fender connections and the Cardan shaft and Hardy disc are in place. I was also able to feed in the three screws that hold the generator/ignition housing around the rotor. I still need to hook up all of the ground wires, etc. and install the advance mechanism.
Kurt in S.A.
That's a really neat work-around!
Jon Miller
Altadena, California
Got all the wiring connected up. I'll have to check the timing at some point...it was running OK when I disassembled the bike...I was able to just completely lift off the generator/points/etc. and I just put it back in the same place. But with the new timing chain and an upgrade to include a tensioner, things might be different.
I installed the oil pickup with extender to accomodate the deep oil pan. Note that I put the rare earth magnets on top of the oil pickup since the pan is aluminum. Got the pan installed, too...I just hope I remember to put oil in it!!
I've got an issue with the clutch lever arm adjuster at the back of the transmission. There's very little room between the lever arm and the frame downtube. I can't get a standard bolt with jam nut in there, so I'm going to have a piece of threaded rod cut to fit. The forward end will be turned and flattened while the back side will have flats put on it so I can stablize it while tightening a jam nut. Using a standard hex head bolt wastes space that I could use for threads. I'll post how that works when I get it installed.
Kurt in S.A.
Hope it's not a train! Just about there... I had to make my own clutch lever arm adjuster since the bolts I'd been using were too short and didn't have enough room to include a jam nut...it's a puzzle to get the whole mechanism on and still clear the frame. So I took a 40mm bolt and cut it down to a little over 23mm. On the front end, I filed it flat...this is the end that pushes on the clutch pushrod. On the aft end, I filed opposing flats about 6mm across. This lets me get in with a thin open end wrench while I turn the jam nut down against the lever arm. There's just barely enough clearance on the aft end with the down tube of the frame.
Got the battery tray and battery in...will connect it later. Put the carb on. I switched from the brass float to a plastic float (11gr) from Vech. Note this carb is a "bottom feeder" so the rod through the center of the float had to be carefully pushed out the bottom of the carb, letting me get the float out of the chamber...then I reversed the process, letting the new float snap into the groove on the rod.
Lastly, got the muffler positioned and tighted all engine mount bolts down. Oh, and I remembered to put oil in the bike!! Will be checking for leaks. The book spec is for 1.25 liters (about 1.32 quarts) and I ended up putting in about 1.45 liters (or about 1.5 quarts). I thought I'd get more with the deep sump, but will recheck the first run.
Last things to do include checking timing, puting the valve covers and the tank on. I'll need to spend quality time going over all of the things I touched to be sure that they're tight!
Kurt in S.A.
Finally got everything together. Had a bit of a puzzle with the deep sump. After filling the bike with oil, I noticed oil under the bike. I cleaned everything up and baby-powdered the bottom of the pan. After about 5 minutes, there was a drop of oil on the bottom fin right in the middle of the pan. I repeated the process and confirmed that it was leaking. I sent it back to Vech but he tried a different experiment (parts washer fluid rather than oil) but it didn't leak on him. He returned the pan. But, when I put it on the second time, same thing. Vech replaced the pan...it's an aluminum casting...and now there are no leaks. The picture isn't that great, but you can see the droplet.
I went over all bolts...things seem fine. I tried to check the timing by measuring the change in resistance across the points but realized that I had to removed the ground wire from the condensor...no easy task. I decided to measure the voltage across the points with the ignition on and watch for the change in voltage. I must have hooked up the meter on the wrong side because I saw no voltage changes. But I did hear snaps of spark which was the points opening and the spark that happens just at opening. I checked the static timing at the S-mark and also at the F-mark and it was close enough for now. Essentially where it was when I last ran the bike.
So, after a check of air in the tires, I'll try it tomorrow morning. I live near a freeway and can use the access road for about a mile in each direction with a signal light in the middle. If I need to, I can duck into the turnaround if the light is red. I want to keep the engine running up and down the revs...by doing it early in the morning, I won't be in anyone's way.
Kurt in S.A.
But not without some effort. After much kicking, there was no hint of trying to start. I checked fuel flow and made sure there was fuel in the bowl. I took an old spark plug and strapped it to the engine and kicked it...I had spark. Still no joy! I took out the plug and did the spark check as well...still OK. I kicked a few times without the plug and could see/smell fumes so I figured it was getting gas. By kicking, I probably helped clear any flooded situation.
Finally, she rumbled and I coaxed the RPMs up. I held RPMs highish for about 30 seconds, then went for a ride. All the time I varied the speed and gears, accelerating and decelerating. I went about 15 miles and decided to bring it home.
Things to look into: 1) it was getting harder to shift with some grinding of gears...the clutch hand lever had too much play so probably not getting good disengagment; 2) small exhaust leak at the header; 3) some backfiring upon accel/decel nearing the end...probably need to check timing much closer.
I'll probably drop this oil and replace, then ride for another 70-80 miles. I'll change oil again and check the valves. I'll try to get to 300-400 miles and change oil and check valves one more time. Hopefully she'll be broken in by then.
So, on to my next project...getting a topend done on my /7. I'm sure glad I have other bikes to ride!
Kurt in S.A.
Sounds like some fine tuning and you will be on your way. I really like the green color. Thanks for taking the time to share it.
I've been enjoying reading about the progress of your bike. The backfiring may go away when you tighten the exhaust nut.
Dave Reina
Brooklyn, NY
Dave -
Exactly...I only put it on hand tight...I have this "aversion" to cranking down on that...I did use a fair amount of anti-seize. I could just wait for the carbon to build up at the hole and let it fix itself!!
The clutch freeplay probably makes sense...it's a new disk so it's bound to wear some...I just have to keep up with until it beds in.
Kurt in S.A.
Second break-in run today...didn't go so well. Only made about 5 miles when I began to feel some surging or slight loss of power then back up to speed. It got to a point where I just couldn't keep accelerating and was barely holding speed...almost like someone was reaching out and holding me back. I came home and revved the bike in the driveway...it seemed OK but there was some smoke seeming to come from the exhaust nut; also some oil drips from the tip of the breather pipe.
I'll have to check the timing and possibly the valves. I thought I'd go 75-100 miles before checking the valves, but maybe I need to retorque and reset the valves.
Update...checked the timing; I could hear the snap or arc when the points opened and the S-mark was pretty near the center of the window...probably still need to check with a timing light. The exhaust valve clearance had closed from 0.20mm to 0.15mm, so I reset it. The intake valve clearance was a tight 0.15mm so I opened it just a bit. I maybe have to remove the carb and ensure that the float is working correctly.
Kurt in S.A.
Bummer....good thing you made it home. Hopefully it's something easy to correct.
Check your timing again,and check for plugged carb jets/filter/petcock screen/gas cap vent...check all the cheap stuff first and don't overheat that brand new motor with a lean afr or bad timing.
New motors can be tight and make more heat than normal,but hopefully you are only feeling a fuel starvation symptoms
and not mechanical overheating/seizure.
First thing to check is the plug,even after 5 miles it should have a little color. On my first ride after getting my R69s together, I had that intermittent loss of power and it was the gas cap not venting!
Good luck Kurt.....Costco also sells affordable borescopes now ($150.00-ish)so you can see the the bore if you are curious how the cylinder looks. Also if you see liquid coming out of the exhaust and smoke,you may be having a flooding issue(?) I tried those floats and it made my mixture change at idle.
Thomas M.
R69s - R60/2 - R67/2 - R51/3
Got around to checking compression and timing. First, when cold, the compression was around 100 psi...throttle held wide open. I started the bike and found that it was too advanced. No S-mark at idle and when advancing the throttle, the F-mark came into the window and just about disappeared out the top. Readjusted the timing...now spot on at idle and at full advance.
Went for 12-13 KM ride...no problems, bike felt fine. Came back and rechecked the compression...best I could do was 105 psi. My rough calcs say that should be pretty good (I'm going by 1.0 over compression ratio times 14.7). Could be my technique, but I think there's no concern there.
I checked my records on the carb. I'm running the 110 main jet and the needle is in the 3rd position from the top...this seems to be what I can find in the specs. I wonder if that's too rich and might be causing my fluffy sooty carbs...could have been the too advanced setting.
Kurt in S.A.


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- Calls in the southern oil-producing regions to join South Sudan and tensions in the Darfur oil region
An ongoing recession
The economy entered a recession in 2018, despite the lifting of almost all US sanctions in 2017. Major imbalances – linked to the loss of three quarters of oil exports following South Sudan's independence in 2011 – continue to weigh on the economy. In 2019, growth is expected to be negative again. A lack of integration into international trade and a weak business environment will restrict private investment, while new austerity measures are expected to depress public investment. Inflation, which surged in 2018 due to the withdrawal of subsidies and devaluations of the Sudanese pound, is expected to remain at a high level and will continue to be a drag on private consumption, which accounts for almost 80% of GDP. This high inflation and devaluations, combined with low confidence in the banking system, have triggered a liquidity crisis, which could continue to hinder trade in a country where the majority of transactions are made in cash. However, the oil sector should benefit from stable oil prices, as well as from improved relations with South Sudan. Indeed, an agreement will make it possible to restart oil production in 2019 in the Heglig oil field, which is claimed by its southern neighbour. In addition, if successful, the oil exploration call for tenders which the authorities are planning in 2019 could support production in the future. The economy of Sudan, the world's largest producer of gum arabic, will continue to depend on the agricultural sector (30% of GDP in 2017). Meanwhile, gold production is expected to support the mining sector.
Laboured reduction in government and external deficits
In October 2018, the government announced a 15-month economic reform plan, which includes a number of fiscal austerity measures, such as the removal of customs tax exemptions and reductions in current expenditure. On the revenue side, the recovery of oil production in South Sudan is expected to support growth, as the neighbouring country pays royalties to use Sudan's oil facilities to export its production. Nevertheless, the government deficit is not expected to decline significantly in 2019. As current expenditure does not represent a significant share of total expenditure and the country has a large informal economy, the plan is not expected to have a significant effect. In addition, the recession will once again weigh on revenues. The government deficit will therefore remain at a level that requires central bank financing, which is an approach that will fuel inflation. The country, which does not have access to international markets, is also expected to take out concessional loans. The public debt burden will remain high, and could be increased by further devaluations, since a large portion of the debt is denominated in US dollars. However, China has said that it will cancel part of Sudan's public debt. External debts consists mainly of arrears.
Looking at the external accounts, the massive current account deficit is expected to narrow slightly. Despite the depreciation of the Sudanese pound, imports will remain significant, as they are made up of basic necessities. Non-oil exports (gold, gum arabic, livestock, sesame) are nonetheless expected to increase. The surplus in the balance of services will benefit from the increasing use of oil facilities by South Sudan. However, the high level of public debt, which is mainly external, comes with substantial interest payments that will have an adverse effect on the income balance. Although oil sector participants are keen to attract FDI, these flows will not be sufficient to finance the current account deficit. As foreign exchange reserves are already low, international financial assistance will be needed to finance this deficit, and the Sudanese pound is expected to remain under pressure.
The crisis is weighing on the social climate
President Omar Al-Bashir of the National Congress Party (NCP), who is engaged in a fiscal consolidation programme, will have to deal with social unrest, with protests already forcing the government to increase flour subsidies in November 2018. Nevertheless, a month later, demonstrations, triggered by the government's decision to increase the price of bread, left several people dead, reflecting growing social tensions. More generally, they are the result of the lack of significant political change, austerity measures, and rising inflation. Even so, the President remains well placed ahead of the 2020 elections, since the fragmented opposition lacks the organisation to present a credible alternative. A constitutional amendment allowing him to remain at the head of the country for a third term is expected to be approved, since the NCP holds a majority in Parliament. Calls to join South Sudan will continue to generate armed conflicts in the Sudanese regions of South Kordofan and Blue Nile. The same will be true in the Darfur region, where the issue of the economic and social marginalisation of ethnic minorities persists.
In 2017, the United States lifted almost all sanctions, but kept Sudan on its terrorism blacklist. In 2018, the United States welcomed commitments on cooperation against terrorism and respect for human rights, but also said it expected democratic efforts to remove Sudan from the blacklist. Being kept on the list hinders the country, preventing international investors and financial participants from guaranteeing trade transactions.
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The final assessment opportunity (first time entries) for these qualifications (H076, H476) will be summer 2017. A resit opportunity will be available in summer 2018.
Learn about resit arrangements for 'legacy' GCSEs, AS and A Levels
OCR is currently reforming its GCSEs, AS and A Levels in line with the government programme of general qualification reform. However, we have made the difficult decision not to redevelop these qualifications.
This specification gives candidates an excellent grounding in all aspects of the German language, with the opportunity to demonstrate their ability in speaking, listening, reading and writing.
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Boots No. 7's limited edition collection is inspired by the glamour and white washed beaches of 1970s St Tropez. I think it is so-so-so pretty and VERY inspired by Paul & Joe, no? Maybe that's why I like it!
Here is the LE range available from 26th January to 22nd March 2011:
Included is:
1. Spring Limited Edition Eye Palette £12.50
2. Limited Edition Gel Eyeliners in Blue, Black and Turquoise. (Oh my god. I WANT these. I must have Turquoise and Blue). £10.50
3. Lipsticks in Brigitte and Grace £10.50 (Also beautiful, I want both).
4. Nail Polish in Sugar & Spice £7.50 (I want Spice).
I really like the design, which is the sort of Monet inspired pastel paint splats* on white:
*I'm sure the design team used the word 'splats'This is the eyeshadow case – is it cardboard? I hate cardboard packaging:
New launches is the Beautifully Matte Foundation at £13.50 – I love matte foundations as long as they don't go crusty:
No. 7 Exquisite Curl Mascara £13 in Black or Brown/Black – we'll see you know how fussy I am about mascara's saying they hold curl when they don't:
There is also:
– No. 7 Triple Protection Tinted Moisturiser SPF 15 at £12, containing hyaluronic acid, vitmins a & e and optical blurrers (always good). Launched 23rd Feb 2011.
What do you guys think? If there is one thing from this whole collection I must have it's the Turquoise gel liner, Brigitte Lipstick and Spice Nail Polish. Oh that's more than one thing. Wait – that's why diets never work on me!


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SkySails - Windpower next level
Winds at high altitudes provide abundantly more energy than winds at surface level. Thus the use of energy-rich high-altitude winds represents the next generation of wind power. Large and fully automated kites are the key technology through which energy can be generated from high-altitude winds.
SkySails is the market and technology leader in the field of automated towing kite systems and the first company in the world that has succeeded in developing kite technology into an industrial application. The companies' business splits into four segments all centered around its' core technology.


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Here is another version of Gir that I know people will fall in love with. Once again I was asked to make a tutorial on Gir, but this time people wanted him to be dressed up as a famous superhero. So here it is, "how to draw Batman Gir", step by step. I really didn't know that he was going to come out looking so adorable all dressed up like Batman. You know that Gir likes to dress up, and there is many ways we see him when he does. I have seen Gir dressed like Hello Kitty, a Stormtrooper, and even Darth Vader. In this tutorial drawing Batman Gir is going to be both fun, and entertaining. Just think, you will have the best of both worlds because Batman is loved just as much as Gir is. Well, have fun people. Remember, if you have an idea for a new way you'd like to see Gir, just drop me a request and I will see what I can do. Adios mi amigos and happy drawing!
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The 15th Biennial Fotofest in Houston provides a counterpoint to many of the contemporary art fairs underway around the country, where representation of work by Arab photographers is often scant. View From Inside: Contemporary Arab Photography, Video and Mixed Media Art brings into focus 49 Arab visual artists, a third of whom are women, from 13 countries — the first survey of its size and scope in more than a decade.
"Does contemporary art even exist in Arab countries?" writes lead Biennial curator Karin Adrian von Roques. "If so, is it good art? Don't the artists mostly just imitate Western art? Can art even come about when there is an Islamic ban on pictures?"
These are the questions and misconceptions von Roques has heard while surveying contemporary art fairs beginning in the 1990s.
She first encountered an "astonishingly vibrant" art scene in Morocco during her travels and studio visits as early as the 1970s -- an experience that led her all the way to the Gulf states. Yet to this day, in Europe and America, the common narrative of Arab artistic production concludes around the mid-19th century, or at the end of the centuries-long Classical Period. Arab visual art of our own time is "something like a no-man's-land," she writes, "about which little is known in any detail."
Recent inroads have been made in the wake of hyper-urbanization in oil-rich Qatar and United Arab Emirates: Christie's held its first auction of contemporary and modern Arab art in Dubai in 2006. While other auction houses have followed suit, Western stereotypes of monolithic backwardness still play a huge role in lowering expectations -- and collectors' interest -- toward Arab work.
"Often described as pan-ethnic, linked primarily by language," writes Fotofest co-founder Wendy Watriss, the term "Arab" is extremely elusive.
"You have may have a Palestinian artist with a passport from Kuwait, but he works in Abu Dhabi and may have studied in New York and Paris," von Roques tells TIME. This question of identity comes up repeatedly in much of the work on view. Most of the artists have traveled extensively or lived abroad and all have created work in the midst of the digital (and social media) revolution. The artists' self-conscious interrogation of Arabness, so to speak, is among the ways the show might set itself apart from exhibitions that risk "exoticizing" the work and having it come off as merely folkloric.
By embracing the term "Arab" and confronting its limited connotations with what von Roques calls "an unusually broad and varied selection" of work, she hopes viewers can "leave behind habitual ways of seeing and risk a change in perspective."
View from Inside: Contemporary Arab Photography, Video and Mixed Media Art is on view at the 2014 FotoFest Biennial in Houston, Tex., March 15 - April 27, 2014.
Eugene Reznik is a Brooklyn-based writer, photographer and editor. Follow him on Twitter @eugene_reznik.


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Top 10: Best Furniture For Small Spaces
Assistant design editor Jen Masseau shares her top small space furniture picks.
There's no reason a small space should have to be short on style. Rather than shopping for "condo-sized" versions of traditional pieces, focus on finding furnishings with statement-making design details and multi-use features that will maximize their utility in a smaller space. Click through for some of my favorite furniture pieces for apartments and condos.
Learn how to furnish your condo to maximize space on H&H TV.
The words "apartment sofa" usually instill visions of overstuffed loveseats, but not so with this version by Jonathan Adler. The Goldfinger Apartment sofa, clad in navy velvet atop a polished brass frame, evokes bold Hollywood glamor.
This minimalist dining chair would be right at home in a Scandi-modern Stockholm apartment. The Scoop dining chair's curved blonde ash seat and angular black legs deliver strong graphic style with an airy feel that won't clutter a small space.
Where floor space is limited, consider furnishings that float. CB2's Slice Mirror Wall Mounted Storage Shelf features a darkened mirror surface and a hinged front panel that flips down to reveal an interior cubby. Mount it bedside as a free-floating night stand, or pair up a couple side by side in a dining area to use as a compact bar nook.
Sometimes, even in a small space, bigger is actually better. Filling an entire living room wall with a modular unit like the Modern Media Set from West Elm creates an instant living room focal point, and serves as an all-in-one media stand, bookshelf, storage and display area.
The Mesa Round Dinette Table by German design team 45 Kilo may be small in stature, but its bold looks more than make up for its size; The matte black marble top and powder coated iron base in rich Kelly green make a luxe, modern statement.
Eliminate the need for nightstands with a bedframe that has them attached. Dwell Studio's Tristan Panel Bed, fashioned from solid black walnut hardwood, has a slatted headboard and soft rounded corners for a look that's a blend of modern and feminine.
A small kitchen usually benefits from the addition of three things: more storage, more prep space, and a hint of whimsy. The Sheridan Mint Kitchen cart brings all three. This petite workhorse is set on castors for maneuverability and is topped with heavy rubberwood butcher block. Plus, the dusty mint paint job feels both fresh and homey.
Host frequent overnight guests but don't have a spare bedroom? Ikea's Holmsund Sofa Bed comes in an of-the-moment pink quartz-inspired colorway, and includes storage for sheets and blankets in the base.
Elte's Venn Pull Up Table is the perfect side table for a small living room— the tiered surfaces allow for a neat and tidy way to display items on each level, and the translucent glass and pewter construction keeps things visually light.
For storage cabinets, think vertical. Rather than a typical low, wide sideboard, try a taller unit with a smaller footprint. The Arkelstorp Sideboard from Ikea has an old-world look in solid painted wood, and hides four shelves and an interior drawer for organized storage. The height is still low enough to easily display items on top, too.


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MWC 15 Special
time where GPS was used by inbuilt car navigation and some outdoor sporties only
is long time gone, today every high-end smartphone includes a GPS receiver,
slowly moving into mid-range mobile phones as well. And many smartphones either
come with a navigation software preloaded or, if nothing is available, in most
cases a version of Google Maps Mobile is available. Nevertheless, all the GPS
use is pretty much a one-way communication where a mobile phone receives the GPS
data of the current position, process it and shows it on a map. But users cannot
share this location in an easy and convenient Web 2.0-styled, way.
Let's say I'm in Paris, in the
Avenue Montaigne (fashion victims know why I selected this street) in front
of a shop. There is no easy and automated way to share the current location with
others. Sure, the mobile phone's GPS receiver knows that the current position is
<48.868407 / 2.308896> aka <48°
52' 6.27", +2° 18' 32.03>. But instead of being able to simply send a message
(E-Mail, SMS, MMS or whatever) to someone else, I have to send a message with
the real location. If the recipient wants to come to me, he or she has to enter
the address into the the mobile phone's GPS or mapping application again to see
how to come over.
Now imagine there would be a HTML tag like GPS:// and you could send your
current position as messages, straight from your GPS application which could
look like "GPS://48.868407/2.308896". The
recipient would receive the message, could click the GPS:// link which contains
your position and this could open the default GPS application on the phone to
show the location. That's what I call a hassle free use of today's technology.
Or, in the world of social networking, you could send your current position
to services like Twitter. Twitter could convert this information to a link which
can be opened on the PC in, lets say
Google Maps or
Live Maps
or any other application which might be the default GPS:// application (like
Google Earth).
But no, while we are living in the 21st Century, in some cases we have to
work with 21st Century technology like we are still in the 20th Century.
Cheers ~ Arne
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BROOMFIELD, CO and SAN FRANCISCO, CA - February 25, 2013
Webroot, a leader in delivering Internet security as a service, will be demonstrating the newly launched Webroot® Security Intelligence for Networks Suite at the RSA Conference 2013, the most comprehensive forum in information security for enterprise and technical professionals, from February 25 through 28, 2013 at booth #832 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Webroot will also showcase its innovative cloud-based Webroot® SecureAnywhere™ endpoint and mobile offerings, and Webroot security thought leaders will provide an in-depth look at the evolution of Android malware in a speaking engagement on February 27.
Webroot offers an innovative portfolio of security intelligence solutions for consumers, businesses and strategic partners, powered by the Webroot Intelligence Network, the world's most comprehensive cloud-based security intelligence and analysis engine. Unlike traditional security solutions, Webroot's security intelligence immediately protects all users against new threats, does not disrupt productivity and simplifies management. With Webroot's security cloud, users are protected anywhere and avoid the hassle of constant signature threat updates.
Highlights of Webroot's Presence at RSA include:
- Webroot Security Intelligence for Network Suite: An innovative collection of modular, easily integrated intelligence security solutions that allows network partners to tap into Webroot's deep experience in contextual data and active learning, best-in-class URL classification, mobile app reputation, antimalware protection and IP reputation services, to deliver security solutions from the cloud that can grow their customer bases, maximize recurring revenue streams and increase their customers' productivity and cost-savings.
- Webroot SecureAnywhere Business – Mobile Protection: Provides cloud-based security, over-the-air deployment and support for the most popular mobile platforms in the market – iOS and Android. In addition, the solution delivers superior protection of corporate data against malware, lost devices and malicious websites and apps.
- Webroot SecureAnywhere Business – Endpoint Protection: Offers real-time, cloud-based endpoint security by delivering the fastest, lightest, easiest to manage, and most effective endpoint protection available. IT managers no longer have to waste resources and lose user productivity due to intrusive scans and continuous signature updating, patching, and reimaging.
- Speaking Engagement: Android Malware Exposed – An In-Depth Look at its Evolution: On Wednesday, February 27 at 10:40 a.m. in Room 301, Webroot's Grayson Milbourne, Security Intelligence Director, and Armando Orozco, Senior Threat Research Analyst, will explore the rapidly evolving world of Android malware and shed light on the various techniques used to exploit devices using this OS.
"Traditional security has not evolved to address today's sophisticated cyber-threats. Users are fed up with complex security technology that is slow, disruptive and unreliable," said Dick Williams, Webroot CEO. "Today, individuals and businesses need security that protects them regardless of how or where they connect, and blocks new threats as soon as they appear. Webroot has addressed these security challenges by putting the burden of security in the cloud, not on the user, and we look forward to sharing our knowledge and solutions at RSA 2013."
Webroot will be demonstrating its security intelligence solutions in booth #832 at RSA Conference 2013, held in San Francisco on February 25 – March 1, 2013. For more information about Webroot at RSA and a chance to win a new iPad Mini, visit mysite.webroot.com/content/rsa2013.
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Obituary: James Bowie Lindenblatt dies
James Bowie Lindenblatt, Jr. 37, of Frisco, passed away Jan. 13, 2013 in Marble.
James was born Nov. 7, 1975, to James and Carol Lindenblatt in Plano, Texas.
James was a victim of an avalanche while skiing in Marble on Jan. 13. He was a graduate of Plano East Senior High School in 1994. James was active in youth sports in Texas. He attended Collin County Community College before attending the University of Texas In Austin, Texas.
His love for the mountains and the outdoors took him to Frisco in 1998, where he was a ski instructor for the Copper Mountain Ski School, prior to employment with the Summit County government road and bridge department. James was the asset manager responsible for recreational paths, kept track of all the county's physical assets, while working closely with the open space program. He was an experienced topographical map designer where he was employed. He also made maps that have been used for skiing, biking and hiking for many outdoor enthusiast.
James was an avid and experienced backcounty skier and a well known competitor in endurance mountain bike racing. He was well known and had many friends in the Frisco community and throughout the world and was loved by all.
James is survived by his parents; stepmom, Barbara Lindenblatt; sister, Jill (Eric) Lind; nephew, Malcom Lind; nieces Bailey and Belice Lind; grandparents Gerald and Mary Doty; aunts and uncles, Martin and Robbie Lindenblatt, Kenny Doty, Debbie and Allan Gordon; cousins, Pennie and Anthony DeAugustineo, Jennie Lindenblatt, Steve and Tressa Wade, Kathy Wade, Hamilton and Jessica Doty, Roberta and Duane Long, Kay Croft, Tanya and RV Baugus and Elaine Shultz; great aunt and uncles Carrie Marshall, Ben Shemo, and LaVerne Bailey.
Arrangements for a memorial service will be held shortly in the Dallas area, information will be forthcoming.
Family suggests memorial contributions to be sent to Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC); Summit County Rescue Group; Crested Butte Search and Rescue.
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The gang's all here: Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Woodstock and, of course, Snoopy. Charles Shultz's classic and beloved characters come together in a delightful collection of coins that celebrate the Peanuts comic strip's 60th anniversary. The range of spirited designs in fine gold or silver is further brought to animated life with perfectly rendered details in full, rich color. A must for any Peanuts fan, or for the child within who refuses to grow up.
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LONDON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Rafael Nadal is close to wrapping up a third year-end ATP No. 1 ranking as the top tennis players in the world meet in London for the World Tour Finals.
Nadal was atop the rankings at the end of 2008 and 2010. If he can hold off Novak Djokovic's slim chances of passing him in the rankings, Nadal would be the first player to regain the No. 1 spot and hold it at year's end.
Nadal is 71-6 in 2013 with 10 titles. He's made the finals in 13 of the 15 tournaments he entered. He lost in the semifinals last week at the Paris Masters but, since he was injured and didn't play in the event in 2012 he picked up 360 rankings points.
That gives Nadal a 12,030-10,610 lead over Djokovic. If Nadal wins two matches in round-robin play this week, he will lock up the year-end No. 1 ranking.
Djokovic made history himself by beating David Ferrer in the finals of the PNB Paribas Masters in Paris. He is the 15th player to win 40 tournaments in his career.
Tomas Berdych moves past Roger Federer for sixth in this week's rankings. The other Top 10 change sees Richard Gasquet pass Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for ninth.
Eight of the Top 10 players are in London for the world Tour Finals. No. 4-ranked Andy Murray qualified but withdrew with a bank injury. Tsonga finished 235 points back of Gasquet in missing out on qualifying.
Nadal leads Group A, which also has Ferrer, Berdych and Stanislas Wawrinka. Djokovic, Juan Martin del Potro, Federer and Gasquet comprise Group B. The schedule calls for round-robin play with the two highest finishers in each group making the tournament semifinals.
The World Tour Finals finish off the ATP's 2013 calendar. The 2014 schedule opens Dec. 30 with tournaments in Chennai, India; Doha, Qatar; and Brisbane, Australia, two weeks before the Australian Open.
The ATP Top 10, listing player's name, home country and rankings points:
1. Rafael Nadal, Spain, 12,030
2. Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 10,610
3. David Ferrer, Spain, 5,800
4. Andy Murray, Great Britain, 5,790
5. Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 5,055
6. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 3,980
7. Roger Federer, Switzerland, 3,805
8. Stanislas Warwinka, Switzerland, 3,330
9. Richard Gasquet, France, 3,300
10. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 3,065


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NDSU Historical Facts
A Few Interesting Historical Facts - 1883-1993 (110 years)
1883 – As early as 1883, the college was to be located in Fargo, Dakota Territory, by act of the Territorial Legislature. Although the board of trustees had been named and the conditions stated as to procurement of land, the citizens of Fargo were not particularly interested and nothing was acted upon. However, the author of the act, S. G. Roberts of Fargo, succeeded in having an act passed in 1885 by the Territorial Legislature to keep the location of the college in Fargo.
1890 - The offices of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station were located on the 3rd floor over the Red River Bank on 11 Broadway. Their work consisted of classifying, preparing and mounting the material collected on field trips from the South Dakota boundary to the Turtle Mountains.
1890 - Professor C.B. Waldron established the first insect reference collection at NDAC.
1890 - Theries Hinebauch hired as first veterinarian.
1891, September 8 - NDAC opened in rented rooms in basement of main building of Fargo College. "The first home of the Agricultural College was finally established in the basement and main floor of Fargo College. Very satisfactory chemical and biological laboratories were established in the basement. There was also a good recitation room and an office room for the veterinarian on this floor. On the main floor was established a small office for the president, and two general recitation rooms. The northwest corner room of the main building of the Fargo College was used as a joint library for the two institutions. The students were fed-the term is properly applied-at two large tables of the Fargo College dining room, each, according to rules, presided over by a professor. Hinebauch, Waldron and Bolley voted that job unto President Stockbridge and Professor Ladd." ("Early Days at the A.C." H.L. Bolley, Dean of Biology, College and State, November, 1923, pp. 11-12)
1891, prior to June 19 - plans for the construction of College Hall (Administration Building), now referred to as Old Main, were submitted to the contractors. The bids were opened on July 1 and the contract awarded to Bowers and Morris Co., Fargo on a bid of $25,155.
1891/92 - end of 1891 or beginning of 1892, a domestic science laboratory was fitted up in a house at Seventh Street and Tenth Avenue North which had been rented for that purpose, and later was used as the College farm house.
1892 - College buggy - "Black Maria" - for use of co-ed during inclement weather
1892 - E.S. Keene hired as first Agricultural Engineer for the Experiment Station.
1895, June 25 - Board of Directors passed a resolution that the degree of Bachelor of Science be granted to Ralph Dairs Ward, Robert Birdsley Reed, Merton Field, Charles Monroe Hall, and John William Hilborn, this being the first class to graduate.
1896, December – The first issue of The Spectrum college newspaper.
1896, February 19 - a resolution of the faculty recommending the organization of a summer school was adopted by the board.
1897 - Lieutenant French of the U.S. Army was detailed as the first military instructor. Arms and equipment were obtained from the War Department.
1898 - Twenty-three male NDAC students join the Army at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War.
1903 - Edgeley sub-station, established as first branch agricultural experiment station.
1904 - C.B. Waldron organized the State Horticultural Society.
1904, May 17 – The Bjornson 'bauta sten' is unveiled at NDAC. "in honor of Bjornstjerne Bjornson, the great Norwegian writer and statesman. The college and city was in holiday attire for the occasion. The buildings were all tastily decorated with bunting and the flags of Norway and the United States . A large crowd, variously estimated from three to five thousand, was on the grounds at 10 o'clock waiting for the program to begin." (The Spectrum, May 15, 1904, p. 113.)
1905 - Dickinson sub-station established for agricultural and grass research.
1907 - Williston sub-station established to conduct research on irrigated crops and dryland farming practices.
1907 - The Agassiz (college yearbook, later changed to the Bison - ceased publication with 1980 issue)
1907 - Due to ill feelings, all athletic events between NDAC & the University of North Dakota (UND) are cancelled
1908 - First greenhouse erected for Experiment Station scientists.
1909 - Langdon Branch Experiment Station established.
1909 - Chemistry building burns and explodes and is responsible for the vacant area between Old Main and South Engineering. With the Chemistry Building went a museum displaying Norwegian costumes and utensils and containing many costly robes and silver dishes which have never been replaced.
1910 - Athletic events between NDAC & UND resumed.
1910 - Girls launch a new association - Agricultural College Association of Home Economics - (Weekly Spectrum , March 1, 1910, p.2)
1913 - Student Life Train – 30 North Dakota towns in 3 days.
1914 - Cooperative Extension organized.
1914, February - Little Country Theater established.
1915 - Student Commission type of government initiated.
1917 - Dakota Hall built in 9 weeks.
1917 - Six newly organized schools: agriculture, chemistry and pharmacy, education, home economics, mechanic arts, veterinary medicine and surgery; plus a group of applied sciences.
1918 - Department of Agricultural Economics and Marketing established.
1919 - Department of Agricultural economics published first bulletin.
1919 - School of Science and Literature organized
1930 - The Flax Institute organized.
1931 - First Agricultural Engineering degrees awarded.
1932 - "Buttercup" squash released by NDAC. Remains the main variety of winter squash grown in U.S.
1936 - Department of Milling and Baking changed to Department of Cereal Technology.
1942 - Officer Candidate School Opens at AC - Field House, Men's Dormitory (Churchill) and Dakota Hall taken over by Army for living quarters; Ceres Hall cafeteria for mess hall; Festival Hall for general assembly; basement of Health Center for infirmary; and north wing of Science Hall (Minard) for Army school. Army also rented Theta Chi & Gamma Rho fraternity houses as school and post headquarters and the College YMCA as a recreational center.
1943 - Student Commission, Senior Class, & Gamma Tau Sigma (honorary journalism fraternity) donated $390 to a "memorial building fund." [Beginnings of the Memorial Union]
1945 - School of Veterans Affairs - administration of veterans' affairs.
1945 - The North Central Agricultural Experiment Station and Seed Farm established south of Minot .
1946 - Trailer City - 88 trailers (50 for husband and wife & 38 for families) - located south of the NDAC Stadium, which would be the open area east of the union, roughly boarding Ceres, Alba Bales, and Churchill.
1947 - Student body voted for creation of Student Union building fund. The fund will be created by a special assessment to the amount of $5.oo per term, to be added to the student activity fees.
1948 - NROTC building, on Twelfth Avenue. Now the Art Quonsets.
1950 - Institute for Regional Studies established by North Dakota State Board of Higher Education
1950 - Library building completed
1952 - Construction Begins on NDAC Memorial Union.
1953 - Graduate School established.
1953 - Williston Research Station relocated and expanded to emphasize dryland agricultural research.
1957 - "Norland" potato released - most popular early red potato grown in North America.
1958 – Vote to change name of NDAC to North Dakota State University (NDSU) fails.
1959 - PhD program established in plant & animal science, pharmacy, entomology and chemistry.
1959 - Sharivar - all college festival.
1959 - Department of Soil Science established.
1960 - Carrington Irrigation Station established.
1960 - Department of Plant Pathology established.
1960 - Vote to change name to NDSU, passed 2 to 1 margin, name became North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences as of December 8, 1960.
1961 - First computer (IBM 1620) installed.
1961 - 13th Street officially changed to University Drive - April 1961.
1961 – Reed Hall (men's residence).
1961 – 10 acres of NDSU land transferred to USDA for construction of Metabolism and Radiation Research Laboratory.
1961 – NCC Golf Championship.
1962 - Burgum Hall (women's residence.)
1962, July – Walster Hall (agricultural science).
1962 – NCC Golf Championship.
1963 – ROTC requirement of 2 years of basic dropped.
1963 – Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees first offered.
1963 – First Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees awarded (1 in agronomy & 1 in entomology).
1963 - Johnson Hall (men's residence).
1963 - Weible Hall (women's residence).
1963 - Sigma Xi (national honorary science fraternity).
1963 - Dalrymple Experiment Plot established at Agronomy Seed Farm.
1963 – NCC Championship in tennis.
1964 - Addition to Memorial Union – expanded bookstore, gameroom and meeting rooms, new office for student publications and radio station, music listening room, and room for viewing television.
1964 - Dunbar Laboratories.
1964 – AAUP censure lifted.
1964 – Vice President for Academic Affairs position created.
1964 – Residence Dining Center.
1964 – NCC Championship in Tennis.
1964 – NCC Championship in Football.
1965 - College of Engineering & Architecture building complex completed.
1965 – Associate degrees granted.
1965 – NCC Championship in Football.
1965 - Football - national championship.
1966, January - KDSU-FM – new NDSU stereo radio station began broadcasting
1966 - Cereal Technology Building addition.
1966 – Dairy Department merged into Animal Science Department.
1966 – NCC Championship in Football.
1967 - Two High-rise Residence Halls built (renamed Thompson & Sevrinson Halls in 1969).
1967- Tri-College University established (NDSU, MSU-M, Concordia)
1967 - Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute established.
1967 – NCC Championship in Football.
1968 – Askanase Hall.
1968 - Stevens Hall.
1968 - Waldron Hall.
1968 - IBM-360 Model 50 installed.
1968, May – Little Country Theater moved from Old Main to Askanase; "Treasure Island" is last play performed in LCT in Old Main.
1968 - Lake Metigoshe conference - groundwork for SU'75.
1968 – NCC Championship in Football.
1968 - Football - National Championship.
1969 – CAP (Concentrated Approach Program) created.
1969 – Two-year associate arts degree program in nursing implemented.
1969 – Vice President for Agriculture position established.
1969 – Vice President for Business & Finance position established.
1969 – NCC Championship in Football.
1969 - Football - National Championship.
1969 - Sudro Hall addition.
1969 - Married Student Housing units (University Village).
1969 - Field House completed (Bison Sports Arena – BSA).
1969, May - Zip to Zap.
1969 – College of Arts & Sciences starts a 5 year program for some sophomores and juniors – half-time on the job training and half-time formal education.
1969 - B.S. with business requirements option added to curriculum of College of Arts & Sciences.
1969 – Construction Management program establish.
1969 – NCC Championship in Baseball.
1969 – NCC Championship in Golf.
1969 – Edgeley Branch, Experiment Station closed.
1969 – Livestock Judging Team places first at Fort Worth, TX, competition.
1970 – NDSU becomes statewide sponsor for VISTA.
1970 – Mrs. Richard Nixon & daughter, Tricia visit NDSU.
1970 – NCC Championship in Football.
1970 – Football – National Championship.
1971 - Thorson Maintenance Center.
1971 - Old Main remodeling.
1971 - Minard Hall remodeling.
1971 - Memorial Union addition.
1971 - Development Foundation created.
1971 - Auxiliary Enterprises building.
1971 - Prairie State Company formed.
1971 – West Dining Center.
1971 – NDSU-Bottineau Branch established (till 1996).
1971 – Auxiliary Enterprises building constructed.
1971 – NCC Men's Championship in Basketball.
1971 – NCC Championship on Indoor & Outdoor Track.
1972, June – Prairie Stage.
1972 - Preliminary steps taken in creating College of University Studies.
1972 – 3rd High-rise dormitory constructed (Seim Hall).
1973 - Little Country Theater takes a 9-week USO tour.
1973 - Diagnostic Lab for Vet. Sciences & Microbiology.
1973 - Family Life Center (Katherine Kilbourne Burgum Family Life Center).
1973 - President's Agricultural Club - November 1973.
1976 - Carillon in Ladd Hall.
1977 - Architecture Quonset - Fall 1977.
1977 - Central Grasslands Research Station created - Stutsman & Kidder counties.
1980 - Library addition completed
1981 - Land Reclamation Research Center established at Mandan - develop and disseminate technology for restoring the productivity of lands drastically disturbed by strip mining.
1982 - Bison Bidders Bowl begins – October.
1983 - Northern Crops Institute organized.
1987 – 4th high-rise dormitory constructed (Pavek Hall).
1988 - 7th NCAA Football title.
1988-89 - Julie Albertson, first female student body president.
1992 - Plans for new college: Human Development and Education.
1992 - Lawrence Welk musical arrangements (ca. 10,000) & memorabilia donated.
1993 - Bison women win 2 nd NCAA Division II National Basketball Championship.


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Heather Locklear is in town to shooting a movie of the week for Lifetime. She went shopping at Tiffany & Co. Bought a $30K ring. It was so expensive she had to have store security escort her back to her residence. Heather as you know has been dating Jack Wagner for the last few years. I actually made a Jack Wagner reference this weekend when looking at an old photo of someone at a prom. I said, "You have Jack Wagner hair". Then everyone started singing All I Need. This made me really happy.
Anyway, Heather seems fresh in the face for her new job, non? I don't know, for me, personally, that business in her cheeks is maybe too much. Not the worst I've ever seen, but it's not exactly subtle either. This however is not a universal opinion. I was looking at these pictures earlier in the studio with some colleagues. There were four of us. I was onside with one person who agreed that there was too much puffy going on. The third woman with us didn't think it was so bad. But the dude who was around, a regular guy, seemed to be kinda into it. Not in a super overt way, but I could tell by his expression, in his mind he was like "What are these crazy bitches talking about? That broad is hot."
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Wal-Mart unleashes Cyber Monday deals
No. 1 retailer unveils a 5-day sales blitz exclusively on its Web site on one of the busiest online shopping days; Walmart.com crashes on Black Friday
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Wal-Mart, not yet done with its holiday price slashing, marked "Cyber Monday" by unveiling a 5-day sales blitz available exclusively for shoppers on its Web site.
Cyber Monday is the online retail world's version of Black Friday, and is one of the busiest sales days of the year for etailers.
From Monday through Friday, the retailer has set discounts on a variety of electronics, jewelry, toys and clothing.
The deals include a 42-inch Hitachi Plasma HDTV for $1,198.00; Philips 3 MP digital camera for $49.00; Kodak V570 5 MP digital camera for $218.00; cashmere scarves for $16.88 and a 2-karat diamond bracelet for $998.00.
Despite being one of the first retailers to unveil its aggressive Black Friday deals weeks ahead of everybody else, Wal-Mart still delivered a disappointing November sales forecast on Saturday.
The company estimated that November sales at its stores open at least a year - a key retail measure known as same-store sales - including Black Friday fell 0.1 percent at its U.S. stores. Wal-Mart's initial forecast was for sales to be flat year over year.
Wal-Mart, Target (Charts), Costco (Charts), J.C. Penney (Charts), Sears (Charts) and other national retail chains are expected to report their November same-store sales results on Thursday.
Black Friday Web crash
Wal-Mart's challenge on Cyber Monday is to prevent its Web site from crashing, as it did on Black Friday.
Walmart.com was periodically unavailable on one of the busiest shopping days of the year "due to a higher than anticipated traffic surge," a Wal-Mart representative said Friday.
At approximately 6 a.m. ET on Black Friday, Wal-Mart (Charts) online shoppers received a message that read "Walmart.com is temporarily unavailable while we make important upgrades to our site."
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According to Alexa.com, a website traffic monitoring service, www.wal-mart.com is the 7th most popular shopping website on the Internet.
The company launched the site in February 1995.
Earlier this month, the company announced its biggest price-cut ever, temporarily reducing prices on about 50 name-brand home appliances.
For the fiscal year ending Jan. 31, sales are projected at $312.4 billion.
According to the company, Wal-Mart accounts for 3.5 percent of the global economy of retail, an industry of roughly $465 billion. Wal-Mart also competes with Kohl's (Charts).
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Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat. Jerome was born in Caldmore, Walsall, England, and was brought up in poverty in London. He attended St Marylebone Grammar School.
Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels. Jerome was the fourth child of Jerome Clapp (who later renamed himself Jerome Clapp Jerome), an ironmonger and lay preacher who dabbled in architecture, and Marguerite Jones. He had two sisters, Paulina and Blandina, and one brother, Milton, who died at an early age. Jerome was registered, like his father's amended name, as Jerome Clapp Jerome, and the Klapka appears to be a later variation (after the exiled Hungarian general György Klapka). Owing to bad investments in the local mining industry, the family suffered poverty, and debt collectors often visited, an experience Jerome described vividly in his autobiography My Life and Times (1926). The young Jerome wished to go into politics or be a man of letters, but the death of his father at age 13, and his mother at age 15, forced him to quit his studies and find work to support himself. He was employed at the London and North Western Railway, initially collecting coal that fell along the railway, and remained there for four years.


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When I was at PAX a couple of weekends ago I had two customers at my booth who didn't know each other. One looked at the other and said "do you watch the angry video game nerd?" He gave him some kind of head nod and then they high-fived while one of them said "for the win!" I have never seen anything so nerdy in my whole life. Totally awesome! Probably one of the top ten moments in my life that I wish I had a video camera rolling.
James's Angry Nerd personified as the sin of wrath in a comic by an (very talented) artist named bleedman.
If you're a fan of Cartoon Network's shows (or cartoons in general). Check his other comics.
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Have you looked at the rest of his work? Don't answer cause you'd probably took one glimpse and made up your mind already on the spot without giving a second thought. Sure, subject matter isn't everyone's cup of tea, but that's no reason to say he's talentless.
His art style and storytelling is above par than the thousands of drawings and comics I've seen on the internet over the years. His drawings has rich detail yet doesn't compromise the overall simplicity of the subject. He adds depth and characters incurring deep and methodical relations and interactions creating storylines that are intriguing and easy to follow. At least, that's what I see.
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Has anyone followed his blog on his Cinemassacre site? Apparently James has been traveling around California a bit, visiting old movie spots. It's pretty interesting, and his most recent trip was to the mall parking lot from Back to the Future where Doc first tested the DeLorean.
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I fail to see how bashing this comic is relevant to the thread. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions on what they like and what they do not. It started out topical by featuring a depiction of the AVGN, but now this tangent is sailing toward dark skies. Let's drop this subject and get back to focus.
So, James' reviews of all six of the Rocky movies really motivated me to see all of them, and I did just that. It's ironic that the Rocky game for the SMS bites. It's too bad he didn't get past Clubber Lang, because I'd LOVE to have seen a reaction to the third training stage: See, in the third stage, you're punching pads held by Mickey, who... eh, it may be silly to institute a spoiler warning for a film that's about twenty years old, but regardless, SPOILER: Mickey dies in Rocky III, yet you train with him before going on to fight Ivan Drago of Rocky IV. I would have loved to seen James flip his proverbial shit over this inconsistency.
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I agree. The swearing is a bit excessive and when i am just looking for a video of a game, the person doing it has to say stupid crap all through it. Now if it were entertaining commentary then it would be OK, but most say the same derrogatory phrase about the game the whole time.
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I liked this review alot.. I used to love Dick Tracy on NES, after I started using a Game Genie. lol
lmao @ the drill
And don't bring up that stupid girlie Aladdin rip off! Shantea?
That was a great review. It reminds me of the older reviews he did without any gimmicks. Plus his nerd rage this time felt more realistic and less forced than previous reviews.
Great review as always, even though I had a lot of fun with this game when I was like 11. I liked open-ended games like that where you could roam around in buildings that really had no purpose. I was pretty easily amused back then, however. Was this the game where one of the weapons or options was "slip him a mickey"? Also,
Definitely enjoying his videos more when they're more review and less gimmicky acting with game-related characters popping in.
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It was fun!
I thought he was going to review the other versions, like the SMS, Genesis, and GameBoy versions.
Maybe in another review!
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Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area
Things to Do
The main attraction, the Devil's Sinkhole, is a National Natural Landmark that houses one of the state's largest colonies of Mexican free-tailed bats. This enormous vertical cavern is thought to be the largest single-chamber cavern in Texas. The opening is a shaft approximately 50 feet wide that drops 140 feet into the cavern. Here, the shaft balloons out to a diameter of over 320 feet and reaches a total depth of over 350 feet. From late spring through early fall the sinkhole provides an amazing venue to witness over 3 million bats stream out into the evening sky.
Evening bat emergence tours, day tours to see the sinkhole, nature hikes, and even morning bat return flight tours bring visitors to the sinkhole and beyond to explore this unique piece of the Edwards Plateau. The 1,860-acre natural area is wild and mainly undeveloped. On your visit you can find remnants from the ranching past, trails for guided hikes, and two bird blinds for bird watching. At the sinkhole itself you can step out over the chasm onto the viewing platform and peer down into the depths below; the platform is wheelchair accessible. To protect this sensitive natural resource, visitors are not allowed to enter the sinkhole.
Ranger Programs
Access to the natural area begins by contacting the Devil's Sinkhole Society (830) 683-BATS (2287). This partner group provides various tours and visiting opportunities. Tours launch from the Rocksprings Visitor Center and are scheduled in advance; reservations are required. Check the calendar for upcoming events. Special tours can be arranged with advance notice if staff is available. Reservations are required.
Evening Bat Flight tours are being offered from Wednesdays through Sundays, through the end of October. Labor Day (Monday) will also be available for this popular tour. Adults $12, Seniors $10, Children 4 to 11 $6, Children under four are free. This unique resource is part of a natural system that can be affected by many factors such as changes in weather patterns and the availability of prey. While this extremely spectacular sight at times can be very predictable, we cannot guarantee the behavior of the colony or that an emergence will occur.
With its bat population surging strongly in summer, the natural area will be offering Morning Bat Return tours on selected days, see the calendar of events. These tours begin just before dawn at the Rocksprings Visitors Center and travel by convoy, to the famous cavern to watch the massive colony plunge back down into the depths of the sinkhole. Reservations are required. Tickets for the morning tour are $20 and $10 for children 11 and younger.
The Devil's Sinkhole Society also offers nature walks, birding outings, day tours to see the sinkhole, and motorcycle tours. These tours need to be arranged in advance but are usually available throughout the year. All tours begin at the Rocksprings Visitors Center on the Rocksprings town square.
The Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area operates in partnership with Kickapoo Cavern State Park, which offers picnic sites, camping, hiking, mountain biking, bird watching, cavern tours, and also has a popular bat cave with evening bat flight viewing in the summer.
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Nearby attractions include Kickapoo Cavern State Park, South Llano River State Park, Garner State Park, Lost Maples State Natural Area, Devils River State Natural Area, Hill Country State Natural Area, Seminole Canyon State Park & Historic Site and Kerrville-Schreiner Park.