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On the first anniversary of its landing, halfway through its primary mission to Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover still has a long way to go.
To be exact, 4.4 miles. That is the distance to the foothills of Mount Sharp, an 18,000-foot mountain whose rocks could provide clues to a time on Mars when life could have thrived.
Because Curiosity is driving at a careful pace — up to 100 yards a day — the journey will take eight or nine months.
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In precisely choreographed maneuvers so risky that NASA called them "seven minutes of terror," Curiosity was dropped to an undamaged standstill on the surface.
The rover, roughly the size of a car, ended up right where it had been aimed — within Gale Crater, a 96-mile-wide scar from an asteroid impact at least 3.5 billion years ago. In that time layers of sediment filled much of the crater, which were then somehow carved away, leaving Mount Sharp at the center.
Observations from orbit pointed to the presence of clay minerals at the base of the mountain, named in honor of Robert P. Sharp, a prominent geologist and Mars expert. Because clays form in water that has a neutral pH, that made Gale Crater a promising place to look for signs that Mars could have once been hospitable for life.
Before it headed toward Mount Sharp, Dr. Grotzinger's team decided to send Curiosity on a detour to investigate terrain that looked to be an intriguing confluence of three different rock types. Along the way, Curiosity spotted what looked like an ancient streambed. At the site, in the first rock it drilled on Feb. 8 (Sol 182), it struck the jackpot — clays.
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By Bhuchung K. Tsering, July 14, 2012
Originally posted on his blog Tibetreport, July 14, 2012
Reposted in TPR with permission
The other day, I read through Mao Zedong's essay "On Contradiction" in the course of researching for a paper. Mao has said that life is a result of contradiction and I believe the present Chinese leadership is certainly proving this in its approach towards the Tibetan issue.
Some months back we had the practical reality of the Chinese authorities not providing visas to foreigners wishing to visit Tibet, corroborated by travel agencies who reported receiving instructions to that effect. Of course, that was to avoid "incidents" during a "sensitive" period. But seeing how that has taken the air out of Chinese desire to project an image of normalcy in Tibet, there is a new narrative coming from Beijing accusing the foreign media of "making distorted reports and misleading the whole world."An article in an official Chinese news site on Tibet had this to say, ""We'd call on the Western press to speak with evidence instead of misleading the international tourists who are longing to travel to Tibet, especially in the peak season." The new narrative is that there has been no ban on foreigners' traveling to Tibet at all.
Actually, it was officials of Tibet-based travel agencies who reported the ban, obviously because they had to inform their clients who would have booked trips to Tibet. An employee of the Tibet China International Tour Service told AFP in early June 2012: "The tourism bureau asked us to stop organizing foreign groups to Tibet in late May. We don't know when they will life the ban."
This is a case of the Chinese authorities contradicting themselves in order to fit their current narrative on Tibet.
Yet another contradictory issue is about the historic and historical appointment of a Caucasian American as the abbot of a Tibetan monastery that has been re-established in south India. Although the Chinese leadership swears by socialism, equality, etc., yet they contradicted this by showing their innate racist tendencies on the appointment of this American as an abbot. In an article on China's official website titled, "Why does Dalai Lama appoint Nicholas Vreeland head of Rato Monastery?" the writer is condescending about Ven. Vreeland. There is no attempt by the Chinese side to appreciate the many years of rigorous studies that Ven. Vreeland has undergone in the institutions set up by the Tibetan exile community. Above all, do the Chinese authorities not know that historically, foreigners — be it Ladakhis, Mongols or even Chinese — have been appointed to various positions in the Tibetan monastic institutions? Had there been a free media in China I would not see any additional implication of this article, other than being the views of a private individual. However, everything in China has to have official sanction, particularly on an sensitive issue like Tibet.
As if feeling that the people are not getting the message about their contradictory policies, the Chinese authorities in Lhasa have said they "will invest 30 billion yuan ($4.7 billion) to build a massive culture and tourism park in the next three to five years." This at a time when Xinhua itself reported in April this year that "Though Tibet is a place with rich water resources, due to poor economic and geological conditions, farmers and herders in the plateau's remote areas still have trouble obtaining clean and safe drinking water."
Even though the authorities are projecting this theme park as an economic development project, the political agenda is quite clear if one looks at what it will exhibit.
The report about the theme park says, "The park will include attractions themed around Princess Wencheng, daughter of Emperor Li Shimin of the prosperous Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), who married Tibetan King Songtsan Gambo when she was 16. The princess, along with a dowry consisting of numerous treasures, books, golden furniture and medical equipment, traveled 3,000 km to her new home."
Is it not clear to the Chinese authorities that what the Tibetans need at this point of time is an assurance that their life, dignity and freedom will be respected and not another project that will only heighten their fear psychosis? May be the Chinese officials are too blind to see their contradictions.
This reminds one of France's Queen Marie Antoinette who is reported to have said "let them eat cake" upon learning that the peasants had no bread to eat? Or a better comparison would be the report that "an ancient Chinese emperor who, being told that his subjects didn't have enough rice to eat, replied, "Why don't they eat meat?" "
Given that these writings are appearing on websites overseen by the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party, it would be safe to assume that some officials in that department share these views. Observers of the Tibetan issue have noted the contradiction in the fact that the United Front that formally acts as the host to the envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the dialogue process also has among its mission statement to "Take on responsibility for investigating and researching all matters concerning …separatist threat posed to the motherland both domestically and from abroad by the Dalai Lama clique."
We certainly live in a world of contradictions, at least Chinese contradictions on Tibet!
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Working on your car is dangerous and can result in injuries or death to yourself, bystanders and the car. Some people have been known to wake up dead after messing with car lifts, so you may follow what I did but it does not guarantee the same results. Proceed at your own peril! Good luck!
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2011 E90 M3 DCT purchased with 36k miles a couple months ago. It is a stripper car with DCT as the sole option… in other words cloth seats, no nav, no sunroof! It is destined for the track in the 2017 season. The first step is fixing the bearings!
Special tools used
3/8" 12 point socket to install the BE-ARP bolts
6 inch T30. I had a 4 inch one and it doesn't work, so I lost an hour driving around looking for one. Do not start the work without one
Special hardware used
BW street/track (Group N) engine mounts. If yours is just a street car, I suggest replacing them with OEM items
BE Bearings. I don't understand why anyone would use something else
BE-ARP bolts. Again, these should be the default choice for everyone. Besides being the best bolts for these engines, you do not want to be angle torqueing stuff in this tight a space. Somewhere, someone is thinking '$500 is a lot for bolts'. Well good luck
Plastigauge. You need the green one. You can buy some at http://www.summitracing.com/search/p...-77-plastigage
Two different Computorq3 electronic torque wrenches. I have the ½" one as well as the ¼", which covers the range of requires torque. To do this with a crappy torque wrench is a waste of time.
Harbor Freight Engine holder. I used this on my E46M3 rod bearing DIY. It's a cheap piece of hardware that works exactly as designed!
Snap-on 3/8 electric ratchet. This makes everything a lot easier. There are a TON of bolts you have to remove to do this job, I highly suggest either this or the Milwaukee one
Time taken
This took 12h. We usually are slow workers. It was 10h one day and 2h the next. There is no doubt that if we were not doing a DIY which requires you to spend lots of time pausing to take pictures, etc which renders one of the two people working useless. There was also one snag with the 4" T30 which took time, but you get the idea.
Torque specs courtesy of E92love
oil pan bolts (30 qt) and all other M6 bolts inside/outside engine: 10 Nm
steering rack bolt on step 6 (1 qt) (M8): 21 Nm
E12 transmission to oil pan bolts (4 qt) (M10): 38 Nm
engine mount nuts. 1 top, 1 bottom on each side: 56 Nm
the 6 front subframe bolts (M12): 108 Nm
rear 2 most subframe bolts (M10): 56 Nm + 90 degree
re-enforcement plate bolts (7 qt) (M10): 56 Nm + 90 degree
4 water pump pulley bolts (M6): 10 Nm
pulley tensioning system on both sides. 2 for each side (M8): 19 Nm
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07-12-9-905-599 - 12 x oil pan screws
07-12-9-905-600 - 2 x oil pan screws
12611744292 - oil level sensor o-ring
11812283798 - engine mounts (might include nuts, not sure)
07119904025 x 4 - engine mount nuts
Kurt, Philip, Ryan, Bert&Ernie from BE Bearings. You can self-identify if you wish, but I sincerely appreciate your openness to being contacted for issues as well as the technical help from Bert&Ernie
Special mention to GearHeads International – which is paradise for the motor enthusiast! As many of you probably know, I no longer have a lift (or heated garage, for that matter) so in the northeast winters my capacity to do more complex DIY's has seen itself a bit hampered… so I've been limiting myself to doing work on the cars outdoors. Well, no more!
For $150 a day, GearHeads in RI will rent a heated bay with a lift and all the SnapOn tools known to mankind. It is such an impressive place! Ron, the owner, is always there (yes, 7 days a week) and is really nice. I am sure I'll be back!
Ron is a mechanic and he swings by to see how you're doing and is always willing to lend you a hand. I could not have been more impressed!
GearHeads allows you to live in an apartment and still access tools and a garage to install your suspension, supercharger, rod bearings, whatever.
Note 1
As you will drain the oil you will need to refill it. A typical oil change in this car is 8 bottles and a little more. While changing rod bearings you remove a massive amount of oil which would typically never leave the engine, which means you will need 9.5 bottles to fill it back up so the car is happy
Note 2
At times the DIY pics will show something I haven't explained yet, so it may seem out of order. That is because at times you try different things. You should follow the order of instructions explained here
Note 3
Rod bearings do not require break in. If you used assembly lube, you should change the oil after a few thousand miles. Both BE Bearings and Bimmerworld were contacted to weigh in on this. When you think of it, a rod bearing should never have contact with the crank. Regular break in is more about seating the rings and walls than anything else
Note 4
I am told this can be done without removing the fan. Next time I do the job I'll take pics and update the thread accordingly. Doing this without removing the fan will cut out several step and save quite a bit of time, I definitely suggest you try that first
The patient
Putting the DCT into neutral. The 6MT guys can skip this part
Lift the shift boot from the front by pressing rearwards and unclipping it
There is a black guard which you can see in this pic. With a screwdriver, move to forward and it will slide out of the way
Here you can see the white lever that hides behind the black guard. You put a screwdriver in there and move it. The car will go into neutral and complain about it
Starting from the top, we remove part of the air intake ducting. There are two push pins that go down into the black brace-like bar and two screws which go into the car
When all four are removed you can pull the front part of the duct towards you
This releases the rear part of the duct
Install your engine support brace. Here are some pics of mine. You need to slightly tension it 'upwards' so that it is trying to pull the engine up, just a little bit. Remember the engine mounts are still installed so the engine cannot move much
I try to minimize potential energy, so I put a cushioned mat on top of the sharp parts of the engine support bar and then close the hood
Remove the front wheels
We remove all the black felt underbody panels. There are many, many little screws
Note the three rear ones of the front felt part are different than the rest
When you remove the side front 'wings' you can see the cable structure that supports the front felt part. You slide the top sideways and then out so it falls freely
Continue removing the bottom felt pieces
More felt pieces
This is what you're left with. Note the clips on the bottom of the fan which hold piping. Remove all the pipes from the clips
Remove the aluminum chassis brace. There are 7 bolts, one of them is conveniently hidden inside the front center jack support
Remove the tranny felt underbody
A leaky DCT pan… wonderful… I'll get to that sucker later
Go back to the top of the car
We now move onto the fan. I did the removal and reinstallation without removing any more of the air intake. It's easier if you remove the air box, but it can be done like this
The radiator is held on by a single torx bolt on the passenger side. You can see it here. Remove it
Unclip the large connector right by the torx bolt
You can try sliding the fan upwards but it faces resistance. This is because there's a clip that has to be undone on the driver side and the bottom of the fan has pipes clipped onto it
Lets go for the clip on the driver side, on the edge of the fan. You can just about put your arm in there and unclip it while you move the fan up. It's a really tight, PITA fit but eventually you will release the whole fan
Go back to the bottom of the car
Right by all the pipes you disconnected from the fan you have another 'U' pipe which is bolted onto the subframe. It has 3 bolts and one nut. One of the 3 bolts is shorter, that one goes on the passenger side of the rack
In the wheel well, remove the ABS/Brake lines from where they're connected to the strut
Drain the oil. Remember there are two drain holes in the S65
Remove the front sway bar links. I see BMW learned from the bad design of the E46M and now you can use two regular open ended wrenches
The next thing in the way of lowering the subframe is the belt tensioner. It is half attached to the engine and the oil pan, so we need to loosen it.
As it's the tensioner it's very hard to move and we must remove the belt first
Start by taking off the cap to access the bolt underneath. This is what we'll use to release tension and remove the belt
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You then use a wrench to release the tension on the belt and slide the belt off. Once the belt is off, release the tension slowly until the tensioner reaches the end of its movement
Here you see the base of the tensioner which is still out of our reach because the subframe prevents us from reaching the bolts. Once we lower the subframe a bit we'll return
Prepare to start undoing lowering the subframe.
First we unclip different wires. Here you can see two different cables that must be disconnected. One is to the lower left and goes to the arm which controls the xenon position, the other is a white connector
Remove the ground from the engine block
There is a bracket on the front driver's side of the car. It's held on with two bolts. Remove them
Notice the wrench I'm holding
Rotate the steering rack towards the passenger. Do it slowly and you'll be able to peek at the steering rack bolt that has to be removed. You see this looking from the driver's side of the wheel well
You need a E10 for the steering rack. Before touching this, draw a couple of lines between both parts you will uncouple. This allows you to mate it up exactly as it was. This is not poke-yoke, so it's possible to set it back up with a crooked steering wheel. If that were to happen to me, I'd just get the car aligned, it is not the end of the world. I drew two lines and was able to reattach it perfectly
Here you can see the two lines
You need an extension to get there
It's out!
Now we are ready to loosen then lower the subframe. Lets get the 6 bolts first. Note at this point I unscrew the 6 bolts but without removing them. You could also just remove them, the subframe weighs nothing and will happily hang from the suspension
After making sure no cable is about to snap, I release the bolts completely
We can revisit the tensioner now that the subframe is a bit lower. Remove the three bolts
Go to the back of the oil pan where there's a surprising amount of cables. Unclip them and release the harnesses
It's time for the oil pan bolts! Please take note of how long the T30 needed is. I used a 6 inch one because the 4 inch 'long' one I had bought for this job was insufficient
Remove all the oil pan bolts. There are many of them. The ones you need the extra long T30 are in the back of the oil pan
I followed smart people's advice and inserted the oil pan bolts into the cardboard part that comes with the new oil pan gasket. There are a few diagrams I made. Left is the front of the engine, right is the rear. I put the car behind some pictures to make it extra clear. Note the two different lengths of bolts that are used, so take note!
Just like in the E46M, the back of the oil pan/tranny interface has 4 long bolts that go into the oil pan. I used an open ended wrench on 3 of them as a regular socket doesn't fit
After that, the oil pan just falls down a bit. An oil pipe and the subframe avoids it from going far
Here you can see the fat pipe in the front which is avoiding our progress
Time to remove that pipe. It's held on with two screws and has a mini gasket. Remove the short fat pipe. Note that this pipe has threadlocker on it, so be sure to reapply blue threadlocker when reassembling
Now you can drop the oil pan further
Next up are the two remaining oil pipes plus the supports. Remove them all. Note that all this hardware has threadlocker on it, so be sure to reapply blue threadlocker when reassembling
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Finally, we can start accessing the rod bearings!
Cylinder 1 (most to the front of the car) is in the perfect position. You can do rod 1 and 2 without rotating the engine.
I went cylinder by cylinder completing the work
After loosening the two bolts that hold a cap, sometimes you need to give it a little nudge with a rubber mallet
Note these are cracked forged rods which, besides being awesome, are cylinder and side specific. That means cylinder one's cap only mates to cylinder one and the left side must go with the left side. I guess enough people screwed this up with the E46M3 that they started numbering the sides, so now one side of each rod and cap has numbers are the other doesn't.
Once you have a cap in your hand, you remove the old bearing and then get a new bearing, insert it into the cap (it is a bit springy, but it does fit), note that top and bottom bearings are identical in my case. Some BE Bearing sets will be marked 'top' and 'bottom' shells, so if that is the case be sure to put the 'top' shell into the rod, the bottom into the cap. The ones I received were undesignated tops and bottoms and could be installed interchangeably
Then, get some clean oil or assembly lube and cover the surface of the bearing. I misplaced my assembly lube but apparently oil works just fine according to technical people, so I used that. I used a clean glove to spread the oil on, replacing it every time it got dirty because I touched another surface
First insert the bearing on the rod, then the cap
Cap 1 removed!
Journal looks happy
Here are my new goodies
This is a pic of the socket you need for the ARP bolts
These are torqued to 50ft-lb. Note this entire DIY is in Nm except the rod bolts, which are made by ARP so they use an imperial fastener and imperial torque specs. First I torqued both sides to 30ft-lb, then to 50. I wanted to ensure they were well settled
BE-ARP bolts come with lube. There's like 20x the amount needed even though at the beginning I thought there was too little. You are supposed to cover the threads and head with lube as seen below
I wanted to write this up because I've always been curious. As luck would have it, the massive box of plastigauge I had bought sometime in the past had every size known to man except the one I wanted. Nonetheless, I went through the procedure even though the numbers here don't mean anything
You are supposed to use the new bearings here, but I used the old ones as the measurements in my case are worthless as I don't have the right material
Note that the desired range when using green plastigage I linked above which is in inches is:
You should see anything from 0.0022 - 0.0028. Even the upper end of 0.0030 isn't the end of the world. The connecting rod bores seem to wear bigger over time.
For those that are on the upper end of the clearance spectrum that you'd like to bring down, get some 600-grit wet sandpaper, and sand the parting lines (with the paper wet). Go 6-8 swipes in each direction with light-to-medium pressure (5lbs - 10lbs pressure). Clean the dust thorougly, re-install, and re-measure. If it's still not where you want it, do it one more time. I don't think I'd do it more than twice though.
First you lay a little piece of plastigauge across the belly of the rod bearing
Then, you torque it down to whatever the fastener you use takes. Again, I used the old fasteners and tightened to 30ft-lb because my sizes were wrong
Finally, you remove the cap again and then compare against the piece of paper that comes with the plastigauge
According to this, I have 0.0076mm of clearance
After the first two rods you'll have to move to the third and fourth. You need to rotate the engine. You do this with a 32mm socket at the front of the engine and turn clockwise
Eventually the third and fourth rods with be right in the middle and you can work on those. Repeat the process until you're done
Lets see what the bearings look like!
I also removed the engine mounts and swapped them for BW units. Note that after only 36k miles mine were not looking too hot
You bolt the engine mount to the subframe instead of to the engine cradle where it just was
Installation is the reverse of disassembly, but just in case I show the steering rack which is the hardest part. Start raising the subframe slowly and the parts will more or less mate up
Note you should reapply green loctite to the steering rack bolt before reassembling
Don't forget to fill up with oil and change the oil filter before turning the engine on!
As the engine is completely emptied of oil, someone suggested to pull fuse 39 so the engine doesn't start. You can see that below. I did this, but the engine still fires and then won't start, which I don't think is an advantage. If it just cranked then yes, but by pulling this fuse it cranks, then fires, then dies. After a few tries I reinstalled the fuse and turned the engine on, leaving it alone for a while so it heated up. I recommend you do that from the beginning
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Very thorough DIY. Thanks for taking the time to photograph the steps and post details about most steps. This will encourage more people to do the job on their own and save $1500+ in labor for a 12 hour job (and many of the shops that are charging that much in labor have done it a few times and gotten it down to 8 hours). Its not rocket science but you need to have certain tools and know what your are doing. These posts help you understand what you are doing.
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Amazing diy. I wish there was one of those rent a lifts around nyc
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The OP drove to RI from a little bit outside of NYC to DIY. If it is something you want to DIY, you can save $500-1000 even after paying for the lift and a hotel and food and gas.
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Great read, thanks for sharing!
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Amazing DIY! This is such a great service to the community. Thanks for the time, effort, and helping others out as well.
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A #UON innovation lab; a tale of child abduction and rape; journalism; and, creative industriesJul 23
|Trigger warning: linked material discusses and depicts text and images related to to violence, abduction, abuse and rape
It's Saturday morning and I've read the Al Jazeera website feature journalism story Tales of a child bride: 'My father sold me for 12 cows' written by Marc Ellison (@marceellison on Twitter ). Not particular cheery weekend reading, but excellent long form journalism that explicates the complexities involved in addressing and abolishing the practices of abduction, rape and forced marriage of girls in northern Tanzania.
In most cases, after some negotiation, daughters are left with their abductor by their families in exchange for cows. These are not tales that make 'the news'. Long form journalism, such as feature writing, is one way of being able to tell such stories.
Feature writing is taught as part of the Bachelor of Communication degree at the University of Newcastle (UON). A Norwegian scholar, Steen Steensen, sums up feature writing well by telling us it's different to news writing in that it is often narrative and is usually not so deadline sensitive:
Feature journalists are allowed to colour their text with subjective descriptions, reflections and assessments. Feature journalism often portrays people and milieus and is therefore usually personal and emotional. Feature journalism is usually visually attractive and presented in delicate layouts using multiple illustrations, mainly still photos. Not all these characteristics will be present in every feature story, but we can expect that one or more of them will dominate stories we perceive as feature journalism. (Steensen, 2009, p.4)
The feature story was written by the journalist, Marc Ellison and maybe subedited by an un-named Al Jazeera sub-editor. It was then uploaded onto a webpage by someone, possibly the journalist himself. What we see on our devices is a template made by designers and that 'works' because of the efforts of developers working for Al Jazeera (either in-house or contractors). So it goes on.
At UON, our current degrees cater for this model, indeed our students in Newcastle and Singapore produce this type of journalism and websites, and graduate into jobs related to these areas, every year. We are also educating our students to be able to work within models and systems that are just emerging, or have yet to be invented.
This time yesterday yesterday, I was being given a demonstration by the UON School of Design, Communication and IT's technical officer, Daniel Conway, of the brand new Collaborative Learning Space in room ICT 3.29 – our own IT Innovation Lab which will be used this year for IT students and those students undertaking the new Master of Creative Industries program.
Labs like this one are designed to get students engaged with learning, and collaborating with staff and each other. They provide ultra-flexible environments which support latest technologies. More and more classrooms across UON are being transformed to similar style formats and NeW Space in the CBD of Newcastle will be along similar lines.
Many of the creative industries work in spaces just like these. Some of these industries don't even have names yet but if you click through and look at the Al Jazeera article above, you'll see an interesting link to a graphic novel. The graphic novel, also written by the journalist, Marc Ellison, tells the same story as the feature article, but through a different medium that incorporates writing, illustrating, video, IT and more.
Some of our UON Visual Communication students and staff produce stunning graphic novels. What struck me about reading today's Al Jazeera story was that this was the new reality staring me in the face.
My colleagues and I are now enabled more than ever before, with the UON's focus on creative industries and our new classrooms and labs, to tell stories that need to be told in more creative and engaging ways. Today I learned a new word "kupura", I read it firstly the feature story written by Marc Ellison. He wrote in his opening paragraph (links to full feature):
"So common are the practices of abduction, rape and forced marriage of girls in northern Tanzania that a single word is used to encapsulate them all: kupura. It is a word used by people from the Sukuma tribe to describe the snatching of girls in broad daylight as they walk to school; a three-syllabled euphemism that downplays their long-term physical and sexual abuse."
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Today I can more easily visualise a project group being given a challenging story such as that covered by Marc Ellison.
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It will not be narrowly focused and it will not be an individual project. However, it will require an incredible amount of individual effort as part of creative team.
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The most recent thinking in education says we should be focusing of designing learning that teaches students to critically analyse, creatively problem solve, collaborate and communicate – the 4 "C's".
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10 weeks to go until my due date! I'm at the point now that I can't wait, I am ready to meet her! The pregnancy is still going well, minus lower back pain (and sciatica) and heartburn. I forgot how bad the heartburn gets in the 3rd trimester, the only thing that helps is Tums.
I've been going to my chiropractor almost every week to help with my sciatica. He tried a new treatment on my last visit and it seemed to help a lot. He had me lay on 2 blocks with my lower back, the goal was to push my pelvis back together to relieve pressure on my sciatic nerve and I think it did what it was supposed to.
I've gained 18 lbs so far (3 lbs more than last pregnancy at this time). Total gain last time was 24 lbs, so hopefully I come in close this time around.
Ethan is almost fully potty trained. He has an accident probably every other day but is doing really well overall. I was surprised at how quickly he got the hang of it. We did have a set back last weekend when we went out of town. He had nonstop accidents all weekend, but has been back to his good habits all of this week now that we're back in our routine.
The hardest part for kids (I've learned most kids) about potty training is going #2. They hold it and are afraid to go, some will only go at home. After the first few very scary times, Ethan's (for the most part) got the hang of that part too.
My personal struggle with the potty training is public restrooms. I'm a bit of a germa-phobe and when he tells me he has to go potty while we are out, I start freaking out. Without fail he touches the toilet with his hands and legs, shorts and underwear touch the floor :/. The seat covers just don't work with such a little bottom, and one toilet we went to was far too big for him to sit. I ended up holding him over the toilet and he was able to go. I found a potty protecter online that I'm going to purchase that covers the entire seat. I hope it works well because it's going to be too much for me to handle otherwise.
Here are a couple of cute Ethan comments in the past couple of weeks.
We have been using 1, 2, 3 magic. Last night Jarrod said "1", then Ethan said "don't count", Jarrod said "2" Ethan said "don't count dad". We struggled to keep a straight face through that one.
I ask him a million questions about his day when I pick him up from school and the last couple of times he has told me either to "stop talking" or to "let me talk mom".
For some reason the other funny sayings are escaping me, there are loads of them! I'll post more next blog.
I've still been having fun with Ethan's Planet Box lunch. Here's a picture of one his lunches from last week. I also went to his open house at school, and here's a picture of him doing one of his jobs, "cutting".


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Positive Noise
Give Me Passion EP
New Wave Synthpop
01. Give Me Passion
02. Ghosts
03. End Of A Dream
Positive Noise were a New Wave and Synthpop band from Scotland who had a number of indie hits in the 1980s. They released three albums and several singles and were together for over five years.
The band was formed in 1979 by Ross Middleton (vocals), his brothers Graham Middleton (keyboards, vocals) and Fraser Middleton (bass guitar, vocals), Russell Blackstock (guitar, vocals), and Les Gaff (drums). Their first released material was two tracks ("Refugees" and "The Long March") on the Statik label compilation album Second City Statik in 1980, and they followed this with two singles on Statik in 1981, both of which were top-ten hits on the UK Independent Chart. Début album Heart of Darkness was released in May 1981, after which Ross left ot form the short-lived Leisure Process, with Blackstock taking over on lead vocals. Heart of Darkness peaked at number four on the independent chart, and the band's second album, Change of Heart (1982), also charted, reaching number 21. They released a third and final album, Distant Fires, in 1985, now with John Telford on drums and John Coletta on guitar, but their earlier success was not repeated and they split up shortly afterwards.
Ross Middleton went on to work as a music journalist, writing for Sounds under the pen name Maxwell Park.


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Many of the stores and eateries that have served passengers at LAX for years -- even decades -- will be replaced next year, under action taken today by the Los Angeles City Council.
The panel voted 12-1 to approve four food and beverage contracts and five retail contracts that will bring new vendors to Terminals 4, 5, 7 and 8 at Los Angeles International Airport.
Three of the food and beverage contracts were awarded to Areas USA LAX, LLC, which will open a mixture of upscale and fast-food venues.
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Selections will range from the high-end restaurants Ford's Filling Station, Lemonade and Engine Co. No. 28 -- by chefs Ben Ford, Alan Jackson and Kenneth McCaskill, respectively -- to coffee bars and a Carl's Jr.
Areas will also open Sammy's Woodfired Pizza, Homegirl Cafe, Corona Bar & Grill, B Grill by BOA, Klatch Coffee, Natural Break and the Concert Bar.
The remaining food and beverage concession contract went to THS/Marbella Food Service Partnership IV, which will open Wolfgang Puck Express and Skewers, a restaurant by "Iron Chef" Masaharu Morimoto.
The retail contracts were handed out to Hudson-Magic Johnson Enterprises- Concourse Ventures, LAX Retail Magic and XpressSpa. Their vendors include Kitson, Magic Johnson Sports, Hugo Boss, Mattel Experience, Ed Hardy, See's Candies, Vroman's Bookstore and NBC Universal.
Gina Marie Lindsey, executive director of Los Angeles World Airports, which operates LAX, said she expects the new concessionaires to boost revenue at the airport.
"I think it will absolutely result in an increase," she said. "Whether it's a significant increase or not, I don't know. I would hedge my bets on that right now because I just don't know the answer."
Councilman Tony Cardenas cast the lone vote against the contracts, saying the bidding process was flawed.
"There seemed to be an artificial rush to just get this over with," he said. "Bad policy tends to be done in a rush."
He was overruled, however, by the rest of the council.
"I really think what we have here is a very unique, diverse variety of folks with retail and food that will have an L.A. flavor," Councilwoman Janice Hahn said. "We wanted Los Angeles International Airport to look like Los Angeles, that was our goal, and I think what we have before us is a great offering."
Los Angeles World Airports spokeswoman Nancy Castles said some of the new stores and eateries will be ready for customers by summer.
The contracts with the current concessionaires -- HMS Host and Hudson -- are set to expire on Dec. 31, but Castles said none of the incoming concessionaires will be ready to immediately take over on Jan. 1 because they will need to renovate the existing facilities first.
Castles said the current and incoming concessionaires will undergo a "gradual transition" to ensure that passengers will never be without service.
"We want to phase them (incoming concessionaires) in, because what we do not want to do is to have one terminal totally with no concessions at all," Castles said. "There will be a gradual transition, with the first wave of concessions certain to have been built out by summer."
More food and beverage contract are up for grabs, accounting for 58 percent of the projected revenue from dining at LAX Terminals 4, 5, 7 and 8. Lindsey said LAWA will begin soliciting bids on Thursday.
LAX officials had originally recommended awarding that deal to SSP America -- whose vendors included Red Mango, Border Grill Tacqueria, Spuntino, Market Cafe and Panda Express -- but the Board of Referred Powers decided to scrap all bids after the city attorney spotted a potential conflict of interest.
Lindsey said LAWA will also overhaul the concessions at Terminals 1, 2, 3, 6 and the Tom Bradley International Terminal. She said bids will be solicited in about three months.


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Daniel Berehulak is based in New Delhi, working for Getty Images News Service and covering the South Asia region and beyond. He joined Getty Images in 2002 in Sydney and relocated to London as a staff news photographer in 2005. Daniel's work is regularly published in major newspapers and magazines worldwide, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, Stern, Time, Newsweek and many more.
With his image (the B&W version) of a Kashmiri girl mourning the death of teenager Zahid Farooq during his funeral on the outskirts of Srinagar, Daniel was awarded First Prize: News Folio of the Year in the Press Photographer's Year 2010, which is the only competition to showcase the best photography used exclusively by the UK media.
I recommend not only his arresting (and recent) photographs of Kashmir, but also his lovely medium format work in the gallery titled I-ncredible India....especially the photograph of the two Muslim boys reclining on some blankets in an Ahmedabad storefront.
My thanks to Eric Beecroft for the heads-up.


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