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Emma Jackson has a way of referring to her younger self that makes her teen years sound as though they were decades ago. "My mum is my best friend," she reflects at one point as we are talking. "Now I'm older I'm really happy with that, but when I was 13, I saw things differently. I was much younger and I didn't want my mum at all. I just wanted my friends."
The past sounds so far away that I have to keep reminding myself that Emma is still only 20. The transition from childhood to being an adult can be quick and is rarely smooth and painless, but Emma's exaggerated sense of the gap between "before" and "after" has been caused by something much more traumatic than regular teenage rebellion. For those friends she sought out so assiduously at 13 in the local shopping centre near her home in Yorkshire turned out not to be friends at all, but a well-organised gang of criminals, using teenage boys as bait to enable them to groom young, naïve girls like Emma for a life of prostitution. '
From the distant vantage point of adulthood, she can now discern a disturbing pattern in how they treated her, but at the time it all felt spontaneous – and, at first, exciting. She was initially befriended by courteous, good- looking lads a few years older than she was. Through them, she was introduced to their older friends, and finally, slowly and imperceptibly as she tells it, into the arms of what seemed a glamorous suitor called Tarik.
For a while Tarik was all rides in his smart car, gifts and drinks, cigarettes and drugs, which he encouraged her to try because, he reassured her, she was old enough, whatever her parents said. Then, overnight, he changed. Tarik was the gang's ringleader and one night dragged Emma into a seedy yard where he raped her. Once he had asserted his "full control" over her by this violation, she was so confused by what had happened and terrified by his threats that she let him sell her on for sex with his middle-aged male clients.
"I never thought of myself as a prostitute," she reflects, her down-to-earth voice strangely disengaged as she describes her own suffering, "because, in my child's view of the world, prostitutes walked the streets, wore short skirts and high heels and I wasn't doing any of that. It is only now that I can see that, much as I wanted to believe Tarik had feelings for me, he didn't have any at all, except to make money out of me."
Emma's case is not isolated – which is why she has agreed to relive the pain. There is an accumulation of evidence pointing to a growing problem with the sexual exploitation for criminal purposes of teenagers, both girls and boys. Barnardo's has recently produced a report, "Whose Child Now?", which warns that children as young as 10 are being "brainwashed" and then sexually exploited by gangs in much the same fashion as Emma. It estimates, on the basis of work done by the charity in London, that 1,000 children in the capital alone are at risk of sexual exploitation in this way.
Hard figures for the UK as a whole are difficult to come by. One reason is that what happened to Emma is often conflated with the activities of gangs that traffic young sex workers into Britain for the sex industry, or with the use of the internet by paedophiles for grooming gullible teenagers. Both these latter groups have been targeted by police and authorities in recent times, but the grooming of UK-born and based teenagers has received less attention.
Another complicating factor is that the assumption is made – including in the Barnardo's report – that the youngsters at risk from this criminal activity come from dysfunctional homes, or the estimated 80,000 under-16s who run away each year. Emma is anxious above all to dispel this impression. Her voice turns almost strident. "Yes, there probably are a lot of girls who get involved because they come from broken homes, or are in care, but when you look at the whole situation, as I have, there are plenty who don't. The gangs know that if they take a girl from a nice family, she will probably be more naïve, not as streetwise as kids who have been in care. And because you are naïve, you are more trusting, easier to impress. They like that. It makes you easier to control. They'll have anybody – doctors' children, lawyers' children – anybody."
Emma had, she says, a very happy childhood. "I think of Dad as he was then, chunky, always dependable. If I was ever ill as a little kid, it was always Dad I wanted. Mum was always kind and loving, she protected us and encouraged us. The house was always comfortable, there was food on the table, we had nice clothes."
By this stage of an interview, it would be usual to describe the person speaking and where we are talking, but Emma cannot be identified in this way. She is still in hiding from the gang that abused her. Her parents have given up their business – they used to run a local shop – and moved to a new area. Emma Jackson is a pseudonym.
Is she still frightened that the gang is looking for her? "In a way, yes..." and then she pauses. "And in a way, no," she continues. "It is children they scare, not grown women, and I am a grown woman now. So, yes, I could stand up to them if they turned up on my door, but that's not really what it is about. I don't want to be known for the rest of my life as the girl who was abused. It's not shame. I know now it wasn't my fault – though for a long time I thought it was. It is just that I don't want to be labelled a victim. I'm determined not to become a victim."
It was soon after her 13th birthday that Emma went one Saturday with her school friend Joanne and some other classmates to a big shopping centre in the nearest town. "None of us girls had what you'd call a boyfriend," she explains, recapturing the innocence of the expedition, "though there was lots of talk at school about who fancied who, all that sort of thing."
Joanne, though, it seems, may have already been targeted by the gang and had been groomed to introduce Emma to Niv and Jay, two boys she'd already met there. "I realised this was the first time I'd actually spoken directly to an Asian lad. What I was aware of, straight away, was how nice they looked. That made a real impact."
A pattern developed. The girls would go into town by bus to meet Niv and Jay on Saturdays, then on some weekday evenings too. Emma's parents worked until late at their shop, and once her older brother had left to go to college, she had more freedom to stay out – as she had been unguardedly telling her new friends. "Looking back," she reflects, "my family set-up was perfect to make me more vulnerable. Don't think for a minute I'm blaming Mum and Dad for working so hard. It is just that it was easy for me to tell lies, to pull the wool over their eyes. No wonder the bad guys wanted to know all about my family."
Only at this stage, she didn't know they were bad. She thought they were genuinely interested in her. The fact that they told her so little about themselves in return rang no alarm bells, and so Niv and Jay started introducing her to older Asian friends of theirs. "They're very clever. They get the younger ones to talk to you first. They know you've been taught if you come from a decent home not to talk to strangers, especially older men, but you will talk to boys just a bit older than yourself."
And finally, along came Tarik. "I liked his confidence – it was a quiet confidence, which is more impressive than shouting about it. And yes, I must say that seeing that other people admired him built him up in my eyes even more. There was a sort of power there."
Others among Emma's friends felt that power, but were savvy enough to recognise it as malign. She didn't, and fell out with one who warned her off him. "I suppose I felt different. Other girls in my class were hanging out with boys of 14, but I was getting to drive in smart cars with men. I felt my life was more exciting, better. That's how they got inside my mind."
Tarik began reeling her in – asking her to run special errands for him, praising her in front of the group, even encouraging her to rebel against her parents' expectation that she would work occasionally in the evenings in their shop. "They teach you to lie and deceive," she recalls. "It becomes normal." And then, when he had driven a wedge between her and home, he suddenly turned on her.
Emma's account of the build-up to the rape is both heart-wrenching and convincing in every detail. She makes me understand, as she talks, how she was manipulated into that position. Where I struggle, though, as I tell her, is in understanding how, days after the rape, she went back to meet Tarik again. Surely, she should have learnt – in the most appalling way – that he was not a man she could trust. Perhaps she couldn't quite bring herself to tell her parents ' what had happened, but shouldn't some instinct have stopped her putting herself in danger again, or prompted her to seek help from other responsible adults in her life, especially when Tarik began selling her to other men?
"They isolate you," she explains, "so I felt isolated from everyone around me. I believed that there was no one I could tell. They had convinced me that the gang were the only people I had. I remember at that time wanting someone to notice that I'd changed. My grades at school had gone from As to Ds and Es. I wanted someone to ask me what was happening, if there was a problem, and then I would have told them everything, but until someone asked me, I felt I couldn't say. That is how far they controlled me."
And then there were the threats. "They said that if I ever told anybody about what was happening they would firebomb my house, or rape my mother and make me watch. Tarik made me feel like a worm, or the shit on his shoe. That's what I am, I thought, shit on his shoe."
So it went on for several months. "I wanted it to stop, of course I did," says Emma, "but the way I look at it now is that it can take an adult who is in an abusive relationship several years to find the courage to escape, and I was only 13 and being mentally, physically and sexually abused. How was I going to have the courage to walk away?"
In the end, her mother found out. Neighbours began to report Asian men driving around the private housing development where she lived, looking menacing. Then one day Emma left her mobile phone on the kitchen table. It rang and her mother picked it up. The man's voice on the other end disturbed her, so she checked her daughter's messages. Knowing something was wrong – but not the full horror of it – her parents sat Emma down and asked what was going on, and out it all came. "I'll never forget the look on my dad's face. It was like he'd been hit with a thunderbolt, his world crashing down. Then my big, burly dad was kneeling beside me, holding me, saying my name over and over, his voice breaking, choked with tears."
The police were called, statements taken, medical investigations carried out – Emma counts herself fortunate not to have become pregnant or caught a sexually transmitted disease, since the men never used condoms. Tarik was arrested but denied everything. Emma was a teenage girl with a crush on him, making up tales to punish him for not being interested in her, he told police.
A prosecution was planned but then Joanne retracted the statement she had made supporting Emma. She had been there when her friend was first raped. There were plenty of threats being issued by the gang, so Emma simply accepts that Joanne was too scared. Which left it with her word against Tarik's. The case never made it to court.
"I don't regret that," she says now. "At the time I was in danger. I believe it was the right thing for me and my family. And I have found closure in other ways – by helping save other girls from being in that position."
Emma's family relocated to Greece for a while, but found the strain of trying to build a new life there, after all that had happened, too much. Eventually they returned to another part of England. Her parents work, she says, but strictly nine to five and not in their own business. They want to be around for her, and, she admits, she continues to lean on them. "They are very protective, but I like that. I like them sorting things out for me, even if I am being a bit childish. So they're the ones, for example, who have helped me do all the forms for going to college."
Emma has resumed her education and is planning a career in the law. Forensics, in particular, interests her. Few of her fellow students will bring with them such a detailed knowledge of the workings – and shortcomings – of the law as she will. To which end, she also works with the Leeds-based campaigning group Crop – the Coalition for the Removal of Pimping – which was set up by the families of those affected by sexual exploitation of youngsters. Emma gives talks to parents facing the same horror that hers once did, and she is pushing for more police resources to be directed to tackling gangs like the one that groomed her.
In a pilot scheme in Blackburn in Lancashire, a joint venture by police and charities working in this field led, over a three-month period, to 60 charges of child abduction, rape and sexual activity with minors. It also produced a film to be shown to secondary-school children. "I think there needs to be much more of that – warning them when they are 13 and so naïve and trusting about what can happen. And there needs to be more prosecutions. Tarik believed he was bigger than the law."
While the gangs involved in grooming youngsters come from all sorts of backgrounds, Emma believes, on the basis of her own experience, that there was something in the culture of second- and third-generation men from the Indian sub-continent that drew them into such activities. "White girls are classed as lower," she says. "These men class women as lower anyway, but white women are lower still. And in their tradition, girls become women at 12, so perhaps they didn't think they were doing wrong with me."
As part of her campaigning, Emma is now publishing a memoir – The End of My World. It must have been painful to go back over everything that happened to her. "Well, I've been doing that already, with counsellors and psychiatrists, and when I am speaking for Crop, but I wrote the book because I felt I was at the stage where I needed to move on, and it has helped me do that."
And what of Tarik? She thinks for a long time before answering. "I can't say I hate him. If anything I pity him. I feel like he'll never prosper in life. He'll always be an evil person."
'The End of My World', by Emma Jackson, is published on Thursday by Ebury Press, priced £6.99. For further information about Crop, visit cropuk.org.uk
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During British talk show Chatty Man, hosted by Alan Carr, the 21-year-old beauty explained her fears while shooting the already-famous bikini scene in her upcoming film "The Other Woman."
"I was shooting that bikini scene and I was feeling a little uncomfortable because, even though I'm very proud my body and I love my body, a bunch of people were staring at me," Kate said. "Sixty people are staring at me and you're like, alright, go back to your phones let me just do my job."
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This garlicky sauce made with parsley, olive oil, anchovies and capers is one of the traditional condiments for bollito misto, the classic Italian dish of tender boiled meats.
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- 2 cups extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
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How to make this recipe
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BENTONVILLE, Ark (Reuters) - Art should be accessible to all people. That's the concept behind a massive new museum in small-town Arkansas that is the brainchild of the heiress daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton.
When the 217,000-square-foot art Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opens on November 11, it will be the first major museum in 50 years dedicated to an immense collection of American art.
It's also the first time in the modern era that such a museum has been built in a small town like the northwest Arkansas town of Bentonville, population 35,301.
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It is easy to condemn the Pharisees for their traditions, but as Dr. R.C. Sproul notes in his commentary Mark, "The temptation to add to God's law is not unique to the Pharisees. We have to deal ...Read More
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Heritage Oaks Bancorp to Raise $60 Million Through Private Placement - 03/10/10
(Paso Robles, CA) - Heritage Oaks Bancorp, (NASDAQ: HEOP) ("Company"), the holding company of Heritage Oaks Bank (the "Bank"), today announced that it has entered into securities purchase agreements with select accredited investors, including board members ("Investors"), pursuant to which it expects to raise aggregate gross proceeds of $60 million. The proceeds will be used for working capital, augmenting the balance sheet and for general corporate purposes, including increasing the capital of the Bank. The Company presently expects the transaction to close on Friday, March 12, 2010.
Capital Raise
The Company expects to issue, through a private placement in two separate closings, 56,160 shares of Series B Mandatorily Convertible Adjustable Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock ("Series B Preferred Stock") at a price of $1,000 per share ("Series B Share Price") and 1,189,538 shares of Series C Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock ("Series C Preferred Stock") at a price of $3.25 per share ("Series C Share Price"). The initial closing will involve 52,088 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, and 1,189,538 shares of Series C Preferred Stock. The second closing will involve the issuance of the remaining 4,072 shares of Series B Preferred Stock as discussed below.
The conversion ratio for each share Series B Preferred Stock will be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the Series B Share Price by the conversion price. Each share of Series B Preferred Stock will initially be convertible into 307.69 shares of common stock, based on the initial conversion price of $3.25 per share. The conversion price is subject to certain possible adjustments in the future under certain circumstances. The Series B Preferred Stock will automatically convert into shares of the Company's common stock after the Company has received shareholder approval for the transactions, which is required both to increase the authorized shares of common stock available for issuance and under applicable NASDAQ listing rules. The Company has agreed to hold a meeting of Shareholders for this purpose on or before September 30, 2010.
The Series C Preferred Stock is a non-voting class of preferred stock substantially similar in priority to the common stock, except for a liquidation preference over the Company's common stock. The Series C Preferred Stock will convert into common stock on a one for one basis only following receipt of necessary shareholder approval and if and when it is transferred to unaffiliated third parties by its initial owner.
Except for one Investor, no Investor will own more than 9.9% of the Company's voting securities (or securities that convert into voting securities in the hands of such Investor), as calculated under the applicable regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "Federal Reserve Board"). The one Investor that will own more than 9.9% is completing its investment through two separate closings. In the first closing, the Investor will purchase shares of Series B Preferred Stock resulting in its ownership of approximately 9.9% of the Company's voting securities, and shall deposit in escrow $4,072,000 for the purchase of additional Series B Preferred Stock, pending receipt of the required regulatory approvals or non-objection to own more than 9.9% of the voting securities of the Company. If the Investor receives the required approvals or non-objection, the Investor will receive 4,072 additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock bringing its total ownership of the voting securities (or securities that convert into voting securities) of the Company to approximately 14.4%. If the Investor does not receive the required regulatory approvals, or an overly burdensome condition on any such approval is imposed, the Investor will have the option to instead purchase an equivalent dollar amount of Series C Preferred stock, which is the only other time the Series C Preferred Stock will be issued.
On a pro forma basis, if this private placement had occurred as of December 31, 2009 and assuming full conversion of the Series B Preferred shares into shares of Common Stock, Heritage Oaks Bancorp would have reported an approximate total risk-based capital ratio of 18.16%, tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 16.96% and tier 1 leverage ratio of 14.58%.
"We are very pleased to see such strong interest from institutional investors in Heritage Oaks," said Larry Ward, president and chief executive officer. "We believe this indicates both the market's and customer's confidence that Heritage Oaks is taking aggressive action to successfully navigate through the current economic storm. This transaction will further strengthen Heritage Oak's capital position, build on our track record of delivering strong core earnings, and enhance service to our growing customer base throughout the region."
Michael Morris, Chairman of the Board, said, "The Board of Directors and Management team have previously adopted and implemented an aggressive capital raising plan to cushion the bank against potential loan losses associated with the challenging economic conditions along California's Central Coast. With this capital transaction, Heritage Oaks Bank has positioned itself for a solid, long-term future, consistent with our strategic business plan and long-standing commitment to the local communities we serve."
Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. and FIG Partners are serving as financial advisors and placement agents and Stuart | Moore is acting as legal advisor to Heritage Oaks Bancorp on the transaction and Kilpatrick Stockton LLP is acting as placement agents' counsel.
Issuance of Consent Order
On March 4, 2010, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") and the California Department of Financial Institutions ("CDFI") issued a consent order (the "Order") to the Bank, that requires, among other things, that the Bank increase its capital ratios, reduce its classified assets and increase board oversight of management. The board and management are aggressively responding to the Order to ensure full compliance and will continue to take all actions necessary to comply with the Order within the required time frames. Such actions include the completion of the capital raise discussed above which, following a contribution of a portion of the proceeds to the Bank, will bring the Bank into compliance with the capital requirements of the Order. Following the completion of the capital raise discussed above, on a pro forma basis as of December 31, 2009 and assuming the full $60 million of preferred stock is issued and an initial contribution of $48 million to the Bank from the Company, the Bank's leverage ratio and total risk-based capital ratio would be 13.25% and 16.61%, respectively. Further, and as previously disclosed by the Company in a Form 8-K filed on March 8, 2010, a written agreement was entered into between the Company and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on March 4, 2010. With the capital raise secured, the Company and Bank believe they can successfully address the requirements of both the Order and the written agreement.
For additional information concerning the capital raise and the consent order, please refer to Company's current report on Form 8-K regarding this transaction which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2010.
About the Company
Heritage Oaks Bancorp is the holding company for Heritage Oaks Bank which operates as Heritage Oaks Bank and Business First, a division of Heritage Oaks Bank. Heritage Oaks Bank has its headquarters plus one branch office in Paso Robles, two branch offices in San Luis Obispo, single branch offices in Cambria, Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Templeton, San Miguel and Morro Bay and three branch offices in Santa Maria. Heritage Oaks Bank conducts commercial banking business in San Luis Obispo County and Northern Santa Barbara County. The Business First division has two branch offices in Santa Barbara. Visit Heritage Oaks Bancorp on the Web at http://www.heritageoaksbancorp.com.
The Heritage Oaks Bancorp logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=7045.
Statements concerning future performance, developments or events, expectations for growth, income forecasts, sales activity for collateral, and any other guidance on future periods, constitute forward-looking statements that are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from stated expectations. Specific factors include, but are not limited to the success of the Company and Bank in fulfilling the requirements of the Order and written agreement, completing the capital raise as described above, the ongoing financial crisis in the United States and the markets in which the Company operates, and the response of the federal and state government and banking regulators thereto, continued growth, the Bank's beliefs as to the adequacy of its existing and anticipated allowances for loan losses, beliefs and expectations regarding actions that may be taken by regulatory authorities having oversight of the Bank's operations, interest rates and financial policies of the United States government, continued weakness in the real estate markets within which we operate and general economic conditions. Additional information on these and other factors that could affect financial results are included in Heritage Oaks Bancorp's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. If any of these risks or uncertainties materializes or if any of the assumptions underlying such forward-looking statements proves to be incorrect, Heritage Oaks Bancorp's results could differ materially from those expressed in, implied or projected by such forward-looking statements. Heritage Oaks Bancorp assumes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements.


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F12/F13 BMW M6 Coupe and Convertible Complete Technical Specs
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The BMW M6 returns in a big way with the F13 M6 coupe and the F12 M6 convertible. The third generation M6 boast and impressive list of technology and more power then any other M car ever produced. We dive into the technical specifications (Euro specs, US specs to follow) and break down the M6 into its impressive raw numbers.
Read the complete BMW M6 Press Release
BMW M6 Coupe Body Details
- 2 Door, 4 Seater with carbon fiber roof. Sun roof not available.
- Length 192.8 inches. An increase of 1" from the E63/64 M6
- Width 74.7" an increase of 1.4" from the previous M6
- Height 53.8" Negligible difference in height.
- Wheelbase 112.2" an increase of 2.7". This moves the the wheels further to the corner, increasing performance.
- Weight 4078lbs, an increase of 169lbs despite extensive use of weight saving materials.
- Luggage Capacity 460L
- Drag Coefficient .33, an increase of .01
BMW M6 Convertible Body Details
- 2 Door, 4 Seater with motorized soft top
- Roof opens in 19 seconds and closes in 24 seconds
- Length 192.8 inches. An increase of 1" from the E63/E64 M6
- Width 74.7" an increase of 1.4" from the previous M6
- Height 53.8" Negligible difference in height.
- Wheelbase 112.2" an increase of 2.7". This moves the the wheels further to the corner, increasing performance.
- Weight 4325 lbs, impressively dropping 73lbs from the outgoing M6 convertible.
- Luggage Capacity 300-350 (top down/up)
- Drag Coefficient .33, a decrease of .01
BMW M6 Engine Details
The M6 Coupe and convertible share the same S63tu engine. This is the same turbo V8 engine which powers the F10 M5. Not to be confused with the S63 which is similar to, but not as powerful, and found in the X5 M and X6 M.
- Cylinders 8 in 90 V configuration. Two less then the V10 E63/E64 M6
- Engine size 4.4 liter
- Compression ratio 10:1
- Max PSI Maximum pressure from the two twin-scroll turbos is 21.7 psi
- Horsepower 560 available between 6000 and 7000 RPMS. Besting the old M6 by 60 HP and available 1750 RPMs lower in the power band.
- Torque 500 lbs-ft available at just 1500 RPMs. Out twisting the V10 in the old M6 by 117 lb-ft. That's more torque then many small cars have in total!
- Fuel capacity 21.1 gallons, a much needed increase from the easily emptied 18.5 gallon tank on the E63/64.
The F12/13 M6 is the most powerful M car ever made, and from the engine specs you can see why. What does the M6 do with 560 hp and 500lbs-ft of tq? It moves, and it moves very quickly!
- Power to weight ratio (lbs/hp) 7.3 lbs per HP coupe / 7.7lbs per HP convertible
- 0-62 mph (0-100kph) 4.2 seconds for the coupe, 4.3 for the convertible. , .2 seconds quicker then the old M6
- 50-75 mph (80-120kph) 3.6 seconds in 4th gear. 4.5 seconds in 5th gear.
- 0-124pmg 12.6 seconds for the coupe, 13.1 for the convertible.
- Top speed Electronically limited to 155mph, but I'm sure it can go faster!
- Transmission 7 speed M double clutch with Drivelogic
- Standard front brakes 6 piston fixed caliper riding on 15.7" rotors
- M Carbon ceramic front brakes (optional) 6 piston fixed caliper in special M ceramic brake gold color riding on massive 16.1" carbon ceramic rotors. Requires 20" M light-alloy wheels
- Standard rear brakes 1 piston floating caliper on 15.6" rotors
- M Carbon ceramic rear brakes (optional) 1 piston caliper on 15.6" rotors. Requires 20" M light-alloy wheels
- Steering- Hydraulic rack and pinion with M servotronic
BMW M6 Wheels and Tires Details
The M6 comes standard on 19" wheels and tires with optional 20" wheels available. The optional 20" wheels are required to clear the massive carbon ceramic brake option.
- Standard M6 wheel and tire combination is a 19x9.5" wheel in the front with ultra-high performance summer tires in 265/40/19 and 19x10.5" wheels in the rear with 295/35/19 tires.
- The optional 20-inch M light-alloy wheels hint at reduced weight five slender double-spokes. Wheel and tire sizing has not yet been released.
BMW M6 Weight Saving
The M6 has grown at least an inch in each direction as well as packed on a lot of technology and safety. To avoid a performance penalty from the additional potential weight BMW has tapped is extensive light weight materials knowledge and used weight saving throughout construction of the 2012/2013 M6.
- Hood and doors are made of aluminum
- Front fenders are made of thermoplastics
- M6 coupe roof is made from carbon fiber
- Trunk lid made from glass fiber composite (sheet molding compound SMC)
- Convertible roof cover made from glass fiber composite (sheet molding compound SMC)
BMW M6 Technology
The BMW M6 is not only the pinnacle of BMW chassis and engine engineering but also features the best BMW technology as well as M exclusive technology.
- Brake energy regeneration
- Auto Stop-Start
- Dynamic Damper Control (DDC) electronically controlled shock absorbers
- Black panel display technology for instrument cluster
- M Head Up Display (HUD) Complete with current gear and shift light.
- M Drive system allowing custom setup for: engine, steering, DCT setting, DSC, suspension and HUD
Get your BMW M6
The BMW M6 arrives at US dealers this summer. The convertible leads the way with a June launch as a 2012 model year. The coupe follows a few months later, August or September, as a 2013 model year. No word on pricing yet, but estimates of $105,000 for the coupe and $110,000 for the convertible are not out of line.
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February 12, 2012, 11:54 am
New beast is awesome but I am surprised to see the coefficient Drag still at .32 when the new E Coupe from Mercedes is .24 Would have been nice to have seen them get it below .30 Otherwise I really like it. Last but not least it would have been even better if it were 200-300 lbs. lighter.
February 12, 2012, 11:54 am
New beast is awesome but I am surprised to see the coefficient Drag still at .32 when the new E Coupe from Mercedes is .24 Would have been nice to have seen them get it below .30 Otherwise I really like it. Last but not least it would have been even better if it were 200-300 lbs. lighter.
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Roanoke investigators help convict N.J. man
Derrick Jones pleaded guilty to using a firearm he obtained while in Radford.
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Roanoke-based investigators learned this week that their work to track a gun bought in Radford and used to kill a 14-year-old in New Jersey helped convict the shooter.
Derrick M. "D.Y." Jones, 29, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J., to using a firearm in connection with the death of Barry Robertson.
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It's a baking pre-monsoon afternoon in Lonavla, a dishevelled Indian hill town that lures Mumbai's weekend crowd out of the city with vague and unfulfillable promises of cool air and mountain vistas. I'm lying prone on an oil-slicked plastic mattress, a pair of swimming goggles strapped to my head. Through the holes that used to be the front lenses, spoonfuls of hot ghee are dribbling on to my eyelids. Then just as things appear to have reached their freakish peak, Mayur, my 20-year-old torturer – sorry, therapist – issues the quiet instruction: "Now open your eyes."
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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Singer Beyonce said she sang along to a pre-recorded track at the inauguration of President Barack Obama, but delivered a stirring a cappella version of the U.S. national anthem at a Super Bowl news conference on Thursday.
She also said would be singing live at the half-time show of the National Football League championship game between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens at the Superdome on Sunday.
Beyonce's performance of the "Star-Spangled Banner" at the January 21 inauguration ceremony sparked a debate over whether she had lip-synched her performance in Washington.
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Beyonce, 31, one of pop music's biggest celebrities, surprised the media on Thursday by asking them to rise at the start of her news conference and launching into a solo version of the U.S. national anthem.
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Trek Petra - 9 days
Jordan, naturally. Leaving Amman, check out Jordan's Dead Sea, before heading south to Wadi Dana, Wadi Araba and Dana Nature Reserve. Against a backdrop of pristine and varied countryside, we'll trek to the incredible Rose City, entering Petra at the majestic Ad-Deir – the ancient city's largest carved façade.
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Welcome to Jordan and the start of your holiday! Arrive Amman, included transfer to hotel and overnight.
Overnight: Amman
Dead Sea
Amman - Dead Sea - Dana Nature Reserve. Today, we descend from the elevation of Amman to the Dead Sea for a chance to take a dip in the mineral-rich waters, before continuing to our drive through Wadi Araba to Faynan at the lower, western end of the Dana Nature Reserve. Unique in the Middle East region, Dana NR is a protected region overseen by Jordan's RSCN (Royal Society for the Protection of Nature) combining scientific research, social reconstruction and sustainable tourism. Offering a dizzying array of resident flora and fauna, Dana NR is the start point for our trek to the Rose City of Petra. Various kinds of eagles, kestrels, falcons, cultures, wildcats, hyenas, foxes, badgers, jackals, wolves and hares inhabit the region. Our base this evening is the RSCN-run Faynan Wilderness Lodge which blends perfectly with the environment, from where we can explore the surrounding area and relish the solitude of this isolated and beautiful location. In antiquity, Faynan was an extensive copper-smelting settlement. Archaeological digs have unearthed remains of Bronze and Iron Age copper mines, remains of Byzantine churches, a Roman tower and more, which can be explored.
Wadi – a term used throughout, is a valley or watercourse and can also refer to a dry or seasonal riverbed.
Overnight: Faynan Wilderness Lodge | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Dana Nature Reserve
Today, we hike along the upward sloping floor of the colourful Wadi Dana through wild and desolate terrain which changes to lush, green gardens as the upper reaches closer to Dana Village are approached. Our destination is RSCN's Dana Guest House. With an exterior and interior designed by acclaimed architect Ammar Khamash, the Guest House offers a skilful and attractive blend of traditional Jordanian style against a minimalist backdrop of stone and iron. As for the views, check out magnificent panoramas over Dana NR encompassing Wadi Dana and Wadi Araba. There will be free time to explore the old Bedouin village, long abandoned though slowly but surely being brought back to life as the tribes of the area begin to enjoy the benefits of ecotourism which the Nature Reserve and the associated handicraft projects have brought to the area. Organically produced preserves and herbs, olive-oil soap, textiles and other nick-knacks make authentic souvenirs of a stay at Dana NR.
Note - The Guest House has only 9 rooms, for a maximum capacity of 27 guests. No single rooms are available. Whilst only one of the rooms offers en suite facilities, there are a number of very clean and accessible communal showers and WCs to serve the remaining 8 rooms. The room with en suite facility cannot be requested in advance.
Overnight: Dana Nature Reserve | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Trekking in Dana
Dana Nature Reserve - Mansura. Today, we begin the trek to Petra, hiking past the area's reforestation project and the upland wadis.
Overnight: Camping - Mansura | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Trekking from Mansura
Continuing our trek through valleys overlooking Wadi Araba there is a small Bedouin track which runs through the valley where there are still families living in their characteristic nomadic black tents. Along the way we'll pass unexcavated remains from the Iron Age, Nabatean and Roman eras.
Overnight: Camping | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Oasis Secenery & Neolithic Etchings
Today's route passes a number of Roman watchtowers and several small wadis where waterfalls and date palms flourish even in the driest seasons. We arrive at an area dotted with Neolithic remains, where we camp for the night.
Overnight: Camping
Ammareen Territory
Approaching from Ammareen territory, our trek takes us to Siq al Barid (Little Petra) and the Baidha Neolithic village. Continue cross-country on a little-used trail, which circumnavigates the main entry routes into the ancient city of Petra, we trek on a back route up to Ad-Deir. Better known as the Monastery, Ad-Deir has a similar rock- hewn façade to that of Petra's famous Monastery (reached through the legendary Siq and which we'll visit on day 8) but is the largest of all ancient Petra's monuments. The sight of the Ad-Deir will really rate on everyone's top five experiences during this trek. From the nearby cliff-tops, the views are simply stunning. Exiting via Wadi Turkomanieh, we transfer to our hotel in Petra's modern-day town – Wadi Musa for a well-earned rest and overnight stay.
Overnight: Petra | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
The Rose City
Chief among Jordan's many archaeological riches is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Rose City of Petra. The city was first settled around 6th century BC by the Nabatean tribe from Western Arabia. A succession of habitation, leadership and further development followed, but as the caravan routes were gradually displaced by the advent of sea trade routes, the city's importance declined and Petra passed into obscurity. Rediscovered in 1812, it remain on the list of many travellers. We access the hidden archaeological treasures of the Rose City on a walk through a narrow, deep siq, where the rocks finally give way to reveal the famous façade of Al-Khazneh (the Treasury). Continuing our walk, we'll then go on to explore chunks of this fantastic once-lost city, which is full of tombs, temples, an impressive amphitheatre and a Roman colonnaded street. Camels and donkeys offer a novel way of getting around, for those that might want to take the weight off their feet.
Overnight: Petra | Breakfast
Petra - Amman airport. Hotel checkout and included onward to departure transfer from Petra to Amman's Queen Alia airport.
Prices & Dates
Prices shown are per person travelling. 'Twin/Double' prices per person apply when there are 2 people travelling, sharing a room. The 'Single supplement' applies for single travellers who require their own room and needs to be added to the 'Twin/Double' price. If you are happy to be paired up with another single traveller of the same sex on your tour, this can be arranged, thus avoiding the single person supplement.Read More
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The hotels listed below are ones which we frequently use on this tour. We reserve the right to substitute these hotels to ones of a similar standard when necessary.
Toledo, Amman
With friendly and helpful staff, the Toledo offers a perfect location and comfortable accommodation. Guest rooms are well appointed and all have a great view of the famous King Abdullah Mosque and several historical churches. Wi-fi is available and there is a 24 hour coffee shop for when hunger strikes! There is also a fitness centre and pool - however the hours vary for men and women so check with reception before you head down. Well located in Amman City Centre next to the bus station.
Dana Guest House, Dana Nature Reserve
Dana Guesthouse is a sustainable, eco-friendly camp with meals made exclusively from local produce. The beautifully styled building offers breathtaking views of the reserve, traditional Arabic food, and friendly service. The guesthouse is open all year round and perks include free WiFi in the public areas of the property and 24 hour front desk. The simply furnished yet comfortable rooms have balconies from which to enjoy the surroundings. Bathroom facilities are shared.
Petra Moon Hotel, Petra
Just 300 ft from the entrance gate to Petra, the Petra Moon hotel features spacious rooms with private balconies and flat-screen TVs. It also has a roof garden with a seasonal outdoor pool. The soundproofed rooms and suites at Petra Moon come with satellite channels, a DVD player and extra-long beds. Each has air conditioning and a private bathroom. The hotel's restaurant serves a delicious selection of international meals in both buffet-style and a la carte.
In Brief
Gidday Rachna
We had the best time in Jordan. Our guide Abdullah, was seriously great. Knows all about geography, history, culture, nature etc.
No hassles, we will certainly look to 'on the go' in future and will recommend you all to out friends. "


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"These awards tend to be won by relatively unknown writers, and they are writers who – from past experience – tend to develop major reputations," said New Letters editor Robert Stewart.
Jennifer Maier of Seattle, Wash., won the New Letters Poetry Award for "Hangman" and "A Puzzle." The pair of poems was selected by poetry judge Mary Jo Salter, author of five poetry collections and Emily Dickinson Senior Lecturer at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass.
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