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Trey Canard – Broken Arm
Comment: Honda Muscle Milk's Trey Canard suffered a broken arm over Thanksgiving weekend and is expected to miss at least the first couple rounds of Monster Energy Supercross. "Of course we are disappointed that Trey will miss the opening rounds of the 2014 SX season," said Director of Racing, Ray Conway in a statement released by the team. Trey had surgery to put a plate in the arm and is expected back a few weeks into the season.
Austin Howell: Lacerated Spleen, Punctured and Collapsed Lung, Bruised the other Lung, Broken Ribs, Fractured Collarbone, Fractured C-3 in Neck, Surgery on Wrist
Comment: We contacted Howell before Anaheim 1: "Everything is healing up pretty good. My wrist is healing well, I had surgery on it two weeks ago and get the cast off next week. Hope to see me on the East Coast. Will be back on the bike as soon as I can and pick up where I left off."
Ben LaMay – Dislocated Wrist, Broken Upper Jaw, Broken Eye Socket
Comment: Ben LaMay suffered a big crash right before Anaheim 1 and is expected to miss a significant portion of Monster Energy Supercross. The Cycle Trader Rock River Yamaha rider tweeted the following this week: Well I crashed yesterday huge and did some damage, dislocated wrist, broke upper jaw, broke eye socket, concussion, stayed the night in the hospital with my babe @sshheerryyllox. Really really bummed this happened cause I was ripping and ready for this season.
LaMay tweeted the following today: Looks like I'm having surgery Monday on my face, having titanium plates put in my jaw and face so now I'll be like ironman.
Trey Canard is expected to miss a few rounds due to a broken arm.
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Davi Millsaps – Torn ACL
Comment: Millsaps, the 450SX runner-up the past two seasons, crashed while practicing at Milestone and tore his ACL. It's the first injury Millsaps has ever had on that leg, as the knee injury that cost him the 2013 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship was on the other leg. He had surgery in mid December and can only say, "I'll be back as soon as I can." Considering the typical return time from ACL surgery, we don't expect Davi to return until the Nationals.
Broc Schmelyun – Broken Legs
Comment: Pennsylvania privateer Broc Schmelyun will miss all of Monster Energy Supercross after breaking both his legs in a late December practice crash. "This is a very unfortunate injury at a time where Broc has really worked hard and prepared himself for the supercross season in the premier class," said Gary Luckett, Traders Racing team owner.
Blake Baggett – Broken Foot
Comment: Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Blake Baggett suffered a broken foot testing this off-season. Baggett was scheduled to race the 250SX East Region. At this time there is no word if he will be ready for the opener.
Justin Bogle – Five Broken Vertebra and Broken Shoulder Blade
Comment: GECIO Honda's Justin Bogle suffered a huge crash at the team's Milestone test track in early December—he reportedly caught a footpeg while scrubbing a triple—and suffered five broken vertebra and a broken shoulder blade. "My mindset hasn't changed or anything like that," he said at the time. There is no timetable on his return, but the team picked up Blake Wharton as a replacement in the East.
Casey Hinson – Crushed and Dislocated Right Wrist, Fractured Left Hand and Fractured Face
Comment: Privateer Casey Hinson is hoping to return late in the series after a December practice crash where he reportedly clipped a landing in a rhythm section, and went headfirst into the ensuing jump.
Marvin Musquin tore his ACL this off-season.
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Marvin Musquin – Torn ACL
Comment: Red Bull KTM's Marvin Musquin suffered a torn ACL in early December and will miss the start of the East Region. Musquin has already undergone surgery in his home country of France. "This is an unfortunate injury, but we know Marvin will do the all steps necessary to recover as quickly as possible and come back when he is 100 percent," commented team manager Roger DeCoster in a statement released by the team.
Joey Savatgy – Broken Wrist, AC Separation, Broken Ribs and Partially Collapsed Lungs
Comment: The 2013 SX Rookie of the Year is expected to miss some time on the East Region after a huge crash at Milestone in early December resulted in a broken wrist, an AC separation, broken ribs and partially collapsed lungs. Rockstar Energy KTM has signed Cole Thompson in the case Savatgy won't be ready for the East Region. Thompson will also ride the 350 S-FX at a few 450SX races on the West Coast and the 250 on the East.


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Technical Specs
|Power (kW)
|272 kW
|Power (PS)
|RPM point maximum power
|6,500 rpm
|Acceleration from 0 - 100 km/h
|4.6 s
|Top speed
|290 km/h
|MSRP incl. VAT
|From CNY 1,333,000 *
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Straightforward. Tailored. Personal. Based on this simple, yet clear premise, we have been providing our customers with individual solution to enable them to fulfill their sports car dream for over 30 years.
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Yet again, everything comes back into play. It's about a new benchmark. A sports car that has only ever existed once in this form. That has been a source of fascination for generations. And is firmly anchored in our heart and soul. It's about the future of the 911.
We are always looking forward. Not sideways, never back. We don't want to rest on the laurels of our past, no matter how illustrious it may be.
All the racing victories. The dreams. Our fans. Thousands of ideas. We hold them in our hearts.
But we start from scratch. And we will give everything we've got. We will go on the attack, to get even better. And we will fight, to defend our lead. With one single goal: to create the next 911, one that can do more, deliver more and consume less than ever before. A sports car as beautiful now as it was on day one.
That is our tradition. And our future. We will give it our all. For the best 911 of all times: the new
Engineered design
Engine, chassis, body. In every component of the 911, we have invested years of experience, thousands of ideas and countless hours of development. Even the smallest innovation would fill a book. Yet, it is only when all individual parts work as one that we see a particular principle emerge: a harmonious overall concept or – as our engineers sometimes call it – the unique technical layout of the 911.
This principle has made the 911 fit for the future since 1963. 2+2 seats are the ideal concept for a compact and purebred sports car that nevertheless offers an astonishing amount of space and an airy feel.
Then there is the compact engine in the rear end: the optimum drive concept for the 911. It is this position that helps to ensure excellent traction and lends the 911 its unique driving feel.
The logical place for belongings in a rear-engined sports car is the luggage compartment at the front. This is key to good travel comfort, remarkable everyday practicality – and the strong individuality of an unadulterated sports car.
The perfect basis for superlative sporty performance, which you can bring to the road day in, day out.
Lightweight construction
Those who want to win the fight against time and for efficient power delivery cannot afford to carry unnecessary bulk. Lightweight construction is therefore another core principle of the 911.
However, lightweight construction is not intelligent unless the right material is used in the right place on the vehicle. That, too, is
Likewise, driving dynamics and ride comfort are inextricably linked. For the bodyshell, therefore, our engineers used very thin, but nevertheless extremely stiff, sheets of steel. Aluminium and magnesium were used extensively in areas such as the roof, the underbody, the front and rear ends, the doors and wings, and the engine compartment and luggage compartment lids.
Such material efficiency reduces the overall weight and, as a result, the fuel consumption of the vehicle. It's what makes the 911 the lightest sports car in its segment. And we're no less proud of that leading position than we are of any epoch-making racing victory.
The new 911 Cabriolet models have also always been characterised by open virtues. Made for civilised cruising on the coastal road, but also for some sporty corner chasing in the mountains.
Here, just like there, they excel with powerful forward thrust, great agility, and anticipation aplenty on every inch of tarmac.
What does that have to do with design? A great deal, because not only does the innovative fabric hood capture the elegance of a 911
Interior design
The interior of a
Not an everyday sports car then, but a sports car for everyday use. It's clear the moment you get in, and find an astonishing amount of leg and head room.
The new sports steering wheel speaks the language of motorsport. The design is based on the steering wheel of the 918 Spyder and combines style with purism and a high level of functionality.
Integrated as standard in the 911
Tradition meets innovation. The result? Futurism, but of the
One 911, two engine variants
The 911 was designed to be a pure-bred sports car from the very start, initially offering 96 kW (130 PS). As early as 1966, the first S model hit the road with an engine built for higher compression. The 911 S 2.0
This tradition is also followed by the new 911, boasting six cylinders, a displacement of 3.0 litres and two engine variants: one rated 272 kW (370 PS) and the other – an S model – offering 309 kW (420 PS).
Both engines meet the requirements of our time. Thanks to their turbocharged design, they generate more power – with reduced displacement and lower fuel consumption.
Incredible sportiness is the number one discipline of the 911
Fitted as standard for the first time in all models:
The base models are equipped with 19-inch alloy wheels. The newly styled single-tube tailpipes are imposing – just like the sound.
The new 911 answers questions about the future of the sports car with a quantum leap in performance. By reducing fuel consumption, but not by suppressing emotions. By following a principle that has already changed everything once before: in 1974, with the first 911
Developed completely from scratch, the six-cylinder twin-turbo engines of the 911
Expressed in figures, this means an extra 15 kW (20 PS) of power, an extra 60 Nm of torque and engine speeds of up to 7,500 rpm. And a considerable reduction in fuel consumption of up to 13 %.
The engine of the 911
The propulsive potential of the engine in the S models, featuring upsized turbochargers and independent exhaust system, is even more impressive. It generates a power output of 309 kW (420 PS) and the maximum torque is a mighty 500 Nm, available from as low as 1,700 rpm. With
What cannot be expressed in figures: the legendary sound of a 911 six-cylinder horizontally opposed engine. And the experience is all the more intense for it.
The stand-out qualities of the new twinturbo engines are their extraordinarily direct responsiveness and wide torque plateau, reached early in the low end of the rpm band. Combined with the high rev limit – and the legendary sound of a 911 six-cylinder horizontally opposed engine. In short: excellent performance that feeds back to the driver in an instant.
Rear-wheel and all-wheel drive
For 911 fans it's a question of faith, for tech lovers it's an issue of performance: rear or all-wheel drive?
The answer may turn out differently on either side, but neither would be wrong. Those who recognise the rear-driven variant as being the one true 911 should consider that the all-wheel drive setup goes back to the legendary Paris–Dakar Rally of 1984, when the
Two irreconcilable philosophies? Let's discuss a third: the design. The all-wheel drive 911 models have a 44 mm wider body, letting it rest more firmly on the road. An impression underlined by the new light strip, especially after dark.
Another hallmark of the all-wheel drive models: sheer supremacy. In every corner and at any time of year.
Fair-weather cars? The new 911
Rear or all-wheel drive? Whatever stance you take, the most fascinating philosophy of life is and shall remain the practical one. At
The displacement of the new 911 models has been considerably reduced with the aim of cutting fuel consumption. That's because we more than most as a sports car manufacturer bear huge responsibility. Nevertheless, the power output of the new engines has been significantly increased. Responsible for that are the turbochargers developed for the 911 completely from scratch.
The drive system is a twin-turbo configuration. It has two turbochargers with one charge-air cooling for each cylinder bank. Both turbos are particularly compact and have been optimally adapted to the displacement and power output of the engine. This construction minimises the inertia of the drivetrain and improves responsiveness. The new turbochargers leave the sceptics in their wake and find a new destination: unexplored levels of torque.
What looks technical on paper has an unmistakably resonant sound. The sound of a 911. And a performance that hits the driver in an instant. In the form of direct acceleration and visceral forward thrust. Rather like a 'thump' in the back the moment the engine unleashes its unadulterated power.
Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK)
The optimised 7-speed PDK, featuring both a manual and an automatic mode offers extremely fast gear changes with no interruption in the flow of power. And that's with even faster acceleration performance and a further reduction in fuel consumption.
A first for the 911 models: in manual mode, the shift direction simulates that of racing cars and the 911 GT3 models – to the rear to shift up, forwards to shift down. For a racetrack driving experience wherever you are.
Gears one to six have a sports ratio, with top speed being reached in sixth gear. Seventh gear is ratioed primarily for fuel economy.
PDK is essentially two gearboxes in one. This double-clutch arrangement provides an alternating, non-positive connection between the two half gearboxes and the engine by means of two separate input shafts. The flow of power from the engine is transmitted through one half gearbox and one clutch at a time, while the next gear is preselected in the second half gearbox. During a gear change, therefore, one clutch simply opens and the other closes at the same time, enabling gear changes to take place within milliseconds.
Sports exhaust system
It's a first for any
Efficiency-enhancing technologies
Auto start/stop switches off the engine when the driving speed falls below 7 km/h under moderate deceleration, such as when you are approaching a red light. As soon as you depress the accelerator pedal, the engine restarts – swiftly and smoothly.
In conjunction with
Active air intake flaps
The active air intake flaps in the front air intakes act to reduce fuel consumption during everyday trips and to achieve superlative performance on sporty drives. Already proven on the 918 Spyder, the flaps close automatically while the car is in motion and thereby reduce drag.
On demand or in SPORT or SPORT PLUS mode, the flaps open and help to provide optimum engine cooling.
This means that cooling air is supplied only to the extent that it is actually needed. That's efficiency. Of the intelligent kind.
Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM)
PASM is fitted as standard in all 911 models for the first time. This electronic damping control system continuously adjusts the damping force on each wheel, based on current road conditions and driving style.
PASM has two modes, which can be selected using a separate button on the centre console: 'Normal', which is a blend of performance and comfort, and 'Sport' where the setup is much firmer.
The results are tangible: increased driving stability, improved comfort and enhanced performance.
Porsche Stability Management (PSM)
All 911 models are equipped with enhanced
Under acceleration on inconsistent surfaces, PSM improves traction using the automatic brake differential (ABD) and anti-slip regulation (ASR) functions. The result is a high level of driving stability and safety – and extraordinary agility at the same time.
Sport Chrono Package
Adrenaline at the push of a button, goose bumps included: the functions of the optional Sport Chrono Package enable an even sportier tuning of the chassis, engine and transmission – and launch you to unprecedented sporty heights.
What's new is the mode switch on the steering wheel, derived from the 918 Spyder to make you feel closer to the racetrack. Without your hand leaving the steering wheel, you can choose any of four settings: Normal, SPORT, SPORT PLUS and Custom. Now you can adapt the vehicle even more to the way you want to drive.
On activation of SPORT PLUS mode,
In combination with PDK, the Sport Chrono Package has three additional functions. The first is 'Launch Control', which can be used to achieve the best possible standing start – a racing start. The second function is the motorsportderived gearshift strategy. In this mode, Another few seconds faster. Under the skin. High-performance systems. PDK is geared up for extremely short shift times and optimum shift points for the maximum acceleration available.
This combination of uncompromising and involving performance is ideal for the racetrack.
The third function – SPORT Response – is brand new to the 911. Pressing the button in the centre of the mode switch primes the engine and transmission for the fastest possible unleashing of power. In other words, maximum responsiveness – for a period of approximately 20 seconds. A timer graphic in the instrument cluster tells you how long is left.
Another component of the Sport Chrono Package is the stopwatch mounted on the dashboard. In conjunction with PCM, a special performance display enables you to view, store and evaluate lap times or other driving times. It shows the total driving time, lap distance, lap number and lap times recorded so far.
Dynamic engine mounts are also part of the Sport Chrono Package. The electronically controlled system minimises the perceptible oscillations and vibrations of the entire drivetrain, particularly the engine, and combines the benefits of a hard or soft engine mounting arrangement. In short, it enhances both driving stability and driving comfort.
PSM Sport
In conjunction with the optional Sport Chrono Package, PSM is supplemented by a 'Sport' mode. It allows a significantly more sporty driving style, with PSM remaining active in the background. For a further enhancement to your driving experience.
PASM sports suspension
The PASM sports suspension is available as an option for the S models of the
The ride height is 10 mm lower than with the PASM suspension. The springs are harder and shorter, and the anti-roll bars on the front and rear axles are stiffer. The front spoiler lip has an even sportier geometry, the rear spoiler extends even more. Not only does this further reduce lift at the front axle, it also provides downforce at the rear axle for improved aerodynamics and even better performance – combined with a surprisingly high level of comfort.
SPORT button
The SPORT button enables you to select a suspension setup where the emphasis is on either comfort or sporty performance. At the push of a button, the electronic engine management system switches the engine mapping to offer an even sharper response and engine dynamics that are more direct.
In vehicles with
Front-axle lift system
Particularly practical: the lift system, available as an option for all 911 models, raises the front end by approximately 40 mm – and keeps it there up to a speed of roughly 35 km/h. With this new system, kerbs, ramps and car park entrances are a sporting challenge of the past.
Electromechanical power steering
Statistically, a car drives in a straight line 90 % of the time. In light of this, our engineers identified potential for energy savings. Unlike the hydraulic pumps of conventional power steering systems, the electric motor of the electromechanical arrangement uses energy only when the steering wheel is actually turned.
That isn't to say that you aren't ideally prepared for the other 10 %. After all, this steering system is typically
Power steering Plus
The comfort-oriented Power steering Plus is available as an option. At low speeds, it adjusts for much easier manoeuvring and parking.
The 911
All S models are equipped with 20-inch alloy wheels. The visual effect is sporty and dynamic. The tyres are wider to cope with the increased power output of these models.
The large wheel size improves traction and track performance. Rolling resistance and tyre weight are comparatively low, which helps to reduce fuel consumption.
A selection of 20-inch wheels is available in our range of options.
We want to speed everything up. Progress included. The same applies to negative acceleration. That's because even brakes are a source of potential. So we've upsized the brake system of the new 911 to match the increased power output.
The 911
The S models are equipped with red sixpiston aluminium monobloc fixed brake calipers at the front and four-piston equivalents at the rear. The brake chambers at the front axle are now made from aluminium. Brake disc diameters are 350 mm at the front, 330 mm at the rear. For enhanced stability and braking performance.
On all models, the brake calipers have an enclosed monobloc construction. This makes them tougher but lightweight and enables a more rapid response and release of the brake even under extreme loads. The pedal travel is short and the biting point precise. The brake discs are cross-drilled for improved wet braking and optimum cooling.
Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake (PCCB)
Proven in motorsport, the
Originating from the 911
PCCB enables shorter braking distances in even the toughest road and race conditions. Safety under high-speed braking is also improved thanks to its excellent fade resistance.
Another advantage of PCCB is the extremely low weight of the ceramic brake discs, which are approximately 50 % lighter than standard discs of a similar design and size. This results in better roadholding and increased comfort, particularly on uneven roads, as well as greater agility and a further improvement in handling.
Airbags and
Porsche Side Impact Protection System (POSIP)
The new 911 models offer advanced airbag technology in the form of full-size driver and front passenger airbags, which are inflated in two stages depending on the severity and type of accident.
All new 911 models are also equipped as standard with the
Roll-over protection
In the 911
A restyling of the Bi-Xenon main headlights including PDLS – fitted as standard – sees the four-spot LED daytime running lights now incorporated into each headlight unit. These are an innovative technical feature of the new 911 models – and a facet of their personality. After all, it is the characteristic lighting design that makes the face of the 911 so unmistakable.
Cutting edge LED technology is also used for all functions of the redesigned taillights. As well as being a powerful lighting source, LEDs offer a fast response to driver input. The LED brake lights emulate the four-spot appearance of the daytime running lights.
Porsche Dynamic Light System (PDLS)
LED main headlights including
Porsche Dynamic Light System Plus (PDLS+).
Superior safety meets sporty design in the form of optional LED main headlights including PDLS+. In addition to being efficient and long-lasting, LED technology also creates a light very similar to daylight and thus helps to reduce driver fatigue.
One special feature of PDLS+ is the dynamic main beam function. A camera detects the lights of vehicles ahead as well as those of oncoming traffic. Based on the data from the camera, the dynamic main beam function then adapts the headlight range accordingly. This continuous, seamless control means that you are able to see the course of the road, pedestrians and potential hazards earlier without hindering other road users.
The driver must always know how to get ahead, without ever losing sight of the bigger picture. For this reason, everything in the interior is geared towards looking forward: to the car in front, to the next corner, to the next driving manoeuvre.
That's possible only when synergies are created between engineering and design, and sportiness and comfort. Proof: the new sports steering wheel with its puristic design and excellent ergonomics. More proof: the ascending centre console. The principle they share: putting the driver first. The same applies to the suspension settings and the two-zone air conditioning system. There shouldn't be any need to spend too long browsing one submenu after another. You should instead be able to concentrate on what's important: driving pleasure.
Five round instruments make a sporty contribution. Their primary purpose is to provide information. They do so efficiently and accurately. And their styling is typically
Technology to help you along the way is integrated as standard: new
The instrument cluster with 4.6-inch colour screen provides you with a continuous stream of data from the onboard computer, such as trip mileage, journey time or average fuel consumption. It also displays the map of the navigation system together with real-time traffic information, delivers various warnings and reminds you of your chosen communication and audio settings.
From pioneering technology to sporty comfort. Whether it's leather or Alcantara, all the materials we use are exquisite and puristic.
In addition to the choice of Agate Grey, Black and Luxor Beige for the interior, there is a wide range of other personalisation options available, including two-tone colour combinations or special colours and materials such as carbon, aluminium and high-quality wood.
Sports steering wheel
Fitted as standard, the sports steering wheel with spoked design is lightweight and functional. The small centre pad and the chrome ring encircling the
In conjunction with PDK, the sports steering wheel features two alloyed gearshift paddles. The shift throw of the paddles has been reduced, gearshifts are even crisper. Available as an option is the new GT sports steering wheel. This has a smaller diameter. The decorative ring and the paddles are finished in Galvano Silver, while the spoke trims are screw-fastened. For a motorsport-derived design? Definitely. Above all, though, to emulate a motorsport driving feel.
Heating and multifunction controls are optionally available for all steering wheels. These give you fingertip access to the colour display, the on-board computer and many audio, telephone and navigation functions.
Light design package
The optional light design package is both practical and aesthetically appealing. It comprises dimmable LEDs in the overhead console and in the areas of the door handles, door storage compartments, front footwells and rear seats.
Porsche Entry & Drive
With the optional
Sports seats
The Sports seats are comfortable and provide support even during performance driving. They are equipped as standard featuring electric adjustment of backrest angle, seat height, fore/aft position, squab angle and depth, lumbar support and steering column.
A comprehensive memory function and electric steering column adjustment are also included.
Sports seats Plus
Available as an option are Sports seats Plus in leather with electric seat height and backrest adjustment as well as mechanical fore/aft adjustment. The side bolsters on the squab and backrest have a firmer, sportier padding and offer even better lateral support.
Adaptive Sports seats Plus in leather are available on request. Featuring 18-way electric adjustment of seat positions, including side bolsters, they also come with a comprehensive memory function and electric steering column adjustment.
Seat heating and ventilation
Seat heating is standard for all seats. Seats are heated in the squab, the backrest and, for the front seats, the side bolsters. Seat ventilation is also available on request – for a pleasant and dry seating environment, even in hot weather.
Rear seats
The rear seats are remarkably comfortable for a sports car and the shelf behind offers additional storage space. With the backrests folded down, the luggage compartment volume in the rear of the 911
Child seat preparation*
ISOFIX child seat preparation including top tether (
* Child seats are not compatible with the Sports bucket seats.
Luggage compartment
The luggage compartment volume in the 911 models is 145 litres – 125 litres in the 911 all-wheel drive models. The luggage compartment is fully trimmed in scratch-resistant materials.
Climate control
All models feature two-zone automatic climate control as standard, offering an enhanced ventilation effect and separate temperature controls for the driver and front passenger.
An active carbon filter traps particles, pollen and odours and an automatic airrecirculation function permanently monitors air quality, reduces humidity and switches from fresh to recirculated air when required. A demister function keeps the windows clear in cold weather. In warmer weather, strong sunlight is detected by a solar sensor, for which the air conditioning system automatically compensates in order to maintain the comfort of both the driver and front passenger.
Adaptive cruise control including
Porsche Active Safe (PAS)
Available as an option in conjunction with
With the new 911, coasting is now possible even while adaptive cruise control is active.
Lane Change Assist
New Lane Change Assist, available as an option, uses radar sensors to monitor the areas to the rear of the vehicle and the blind spots on either side. Above a speed of 15 km/h, the system issues a visual warning signal in the door mirror panel whenever a vehicle rapidly approaches your vehicle from behind or enters one of your blind spots. In this way, Lane Change Assist improves comfort and safety, particularly on motorways. However, the system does not actively intervene to control the vehicle and can be deactivated at any time.
Featuring four inconspicuous sensors in the front and rear end, the system audibly and visually alerts the driver to the presence of obstacles detected in front of the vehicle as well as behind the vehicle. An intermittent warning tone increases in rapidity as the obstacle is approached.
The optional reversing camera facilitates precise reverse parking and manoeuvring. Help is provided in the form of the camera image and the dynamic, superimposed guidelines on the PCM screen, which illustrate the predicted course of the vehicle given the current position of the steering wheel.
The fabric hood of the 911 Cabriolet models has a fixed glass rear screen and three integral elements manufactured from magnesium. Together, these make the hood highly robust and, yet, particularly lightweight. It's also smooth and firm, the fabric is kept taut, and the design line is elegant. The hood opens or closes in around 13 seconds – up to a speed of 50 km/h.
The interior hood lining is made from a heat-insulating and sound-absorbing material, resulting in perceptibly consistent interior temperatures and an effective suppression of wind noise. Thankfully, however, even the hood's soundproofing properties are no match for the resonant
The new 911 Cabriolet models are also equipped as standard with an electrically powered wind deflector, which offers practically draught-free driving and minimal wind noise with the top down.
Sound Package Plus
Sound Package Plus, with eight loudspeakers and a total output of 150 watts, delivers excellent sound. The amplifier integrated into PCM optimally adapts the acoustic pattern in the vehicle interior to the driver and front passenger.
BOSE® Surround Sound System
The optional BOSE® Surround Sound System has been specially developed for the 911 models and is optimally tuned to the specific interior acoustics of these particular vehicles. The audio system features 12 fully active loudspeakers and amplifier channels including a patented 100-watt active subwoofer integral to the vehicle bodyshell. This fully active system setup enables each individual loudspeaker to be optimally adapted to the vehicle interior and transforms the 911 into a fast-moving concert hall. Total output 555 watts.
Burmester® High-End Surround Sound System
The road is perhaps the last place in the world in which you can still listen to music without disturbance. Reason enough, then, to upgrade your enjoyment the
The result is a sound performance of the highest level, specially matched to your 911. The system has 12 amplifier channels with a total output of 821 watts, 12 loudspeakers including an active subwoofer with 300-watt class D amplifier, a total diaphragm surface area of more than 1,340 cm², and a frequency response of 35 Hz to 20 kHz.
All loudspeaker housings are perfectly matched and deliver a natural and richly textured spatial sound, even at top volume.
The new
Porsche Communication Management (PCM)
The enhanced
Infotainment already starts when you charge and connect your iPhone® or any other audio source. You can connect your device easily using either the USB port or AUX input. An internal hard drive ("Jukebox") and two SD card readers are provided in addition to the CD/DVD drive for playback of your personal music. After inserting the SD cards, you can simply play your music with the music player in the PCM.
The mobile phone preparation makes it easy for you to establish a Bluetooth® connection to a mobile phone that supports the hands-free profile (HFP). The mobile phone can remain in your pocket or bag.
Further information on the availability of the functions and services described here and under "
Connect Plus
The Connect Plus module ensures maximum connectivity in your
It features an LTE telephone module – with SIM card reader – for convenience, excellent reception and optimised voice quality. A wireless Internet access point gives you in-car online access from WLAN-enabled client devices (e.g. laptops, tablets or smartphones), simultaneously if necessary.
A smartphone compartment in the centre console transfers the signal of your mobile phone to the external aerial of the car – conserving phone charge and providing optimum reception. In addition, you can connect your smartphone for recharging or to play its media content.
What's more, the Connect Plus module enables use of the wide range of
At www.porsche.com/connect, you can find further information about the apps and services available.
At www.porsche.com/connect, you can find further information about the apps and services available.
Porsche Concierge
From navigation route setup, restaurant reservations, general information to info on parking, all you need to do is to simply push a button. Concierge Consultants are always available to hear your wishes and make them come true.
Connect Apps
In addition to its range of smart services,
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Hi all, any help on this one would be greatly appreciated! The error message and my system information is listed below. I just wanted to preface it by saying that while I have succesfully installed, configured, and used Slackware 8.0 & 8.1, Mandrake 8.0, redhat 7.1, and 7.2 I still consider myself a newbie, so please bear with me...
The Error Message on bootup:
read_superblock: can't find a resierfs filesystem on (dev 03:02, block 64, size1024)
read_superblock: can't find a resierfs filesystem on (dev 03:02, block 8, size1024)
Kernel panic: VFS : Unable to mount root fs on 03:02
My Hardware:
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WD 15GB ATA100 7200 rpm on Primary Ide Master (not raid port)
Toshiba 32X IDE CD Rom on Secondary Master (not raid port)
Philips 3610 CDRW on Secondary Slave (not raid port)
My partitions:
HDA1 100MB ext2 "/boot"
HDA2 1000MB swap
HDA3 14000MB ext3 "/"
I have tried to install twice (with the stock 2.4.19 kernel off the CD). The first time I included all the base packages plus others (KDE, etc...) and got this message. The second time I installed I left out the reiserfs package in case this was causing problems. I also tried disabling the raid ports as I thought dev03:02 may have been referring to the third ide channel which would be the first raid channel.
I md5summed the iso before burning and I recieved no error messages during the install itself (based on VC5 output).
This one has me stumped as I am not using reiserfs at all.
As a side note, I succesfully installed/configured Slackware 8.1/X/KDE3 on this machine after my first failed attempt to install AL. Also, before installing Slack 8.1 the first time and then before installing AL the second time, I used the Slack 8.1 CD to remove all partitions from the drive with cfdisk followed by using the win98 cd to "fdisk /mbr" the mbr to remove lilo from it.
Again, ANY help as to what may be causing this would be greatly appreciated as I really like the concept behind AL. I was happy with Slackware (really stable) but it always bugged me that it was only i386 optimized. Then I saw the announcement on distrowatch.com about AL 0.3 and got really excited. This distro is EXACTLY what I was looking for: i686 optimized, not bloated, no goofy/buggy/proprietary GUI tools, etc...
Thanks in advance.
BTW, Thanks also for the new forum, this is exactly what a distro like AL needs! When I was running slack 8.0, their forums (before they got shut down) provided more help and in depth info than any place I had seen on the web. I am hoping the AL forum will prove such a valuable, or should I say invaluable, asset.
Hmm, you're right, that is an odd error. The first two things I would check:
/etc/lilo.conf - does the 'root=' line point to the right root partition?
/etc/fstab - are the filesystem entries correct?
You could also see if the kernel is hooped by trying to boot with the install cd's kernel.
At the lilo boot line:
boot: cd root=/dev/discs/disc0/part3
replacing the disc0/part3 with your root partition. If you are unfamiliar with the devfs naming scheme, the conversion is pretty simple. /dev/hda1 would be /dev/discs/disc0/part1, /dev/hdb2 would be /dev/discs/disc1/part2. discs count up from zero and partitions count up from one, just to confuse everybody.
had the same problem when I tried Slackware and switched back to Arch
don't know how I solved the problem, thought I remade partitions, with fdisk and ran the install of Arch again
apt-get install arch
Thanks for the tips! I will try them tonight and post the results...
Problem Solved. As you pointed out it was an error in lilo.conf. I forgot to change the root from the default /dev/discs/disc0/part2 to part3. I would have thought the setup program would pass this info to the lilo.conf via some sort of memory variable based on the mount points I setup. Next time I'll read a little more carefully
I caught the error right away thanks to your help and then spent the next couple of hours trying to correct it without a reinstall. Needless to say I was able to correct the error in lilo.conf by mounting part3 on a directory in /tmp. But then I couldn't get lilo to correctly write the file back to the MBR. The closest I got was by doing a "lilo -C /tmp/test/etc/lilo.conf -M /dev/discs/disc0/disc".(/tmp/test being the directory I mounted part3 to from a CD boot) This only resulted in giving a drive read error on boot.
Doing a chroot didn't work right because I had no devices listed in /dev on part3 (I guess because devfs creates the devices automatically on boot if they're not there, but since that drive had never booted there were no devices) so lilo gave me device not found errors when attemtping to run it from the chrooted shell.
Anyway, to make a long story longer, I finally gave up on the repair and did a clean install, making sure I corrected the lilo.conf this time.
BTW, the cd root code you listed to run at the boot prompt didn't work for me. It just returned an image not found error...
Anyway, Thanks again for your prompt help and accurate diagnosis! If I was less ignorant I'm sure I could have repaired the lilo problem instead of having had to reinstall.
One final thought, it is interesting how erroneously pointing the root to the swap partition like I did made the kernel think it was trying to mount a reiserfs partition. Any idea why?
I look forward to using AL and this forum!
BTW, the cd root code you listed to run at the boot prompt didn't work for me. It just returned an image not found error...
Ack! My bad, that should've been arch root=/dev/discs/disc0/part3. 'cd' is the wrong image name.
One final thought, it is interesting how erroneously pointing the root to the swap partition like I did made the kernel think it was trying to mount a reiserfs partition. Any idea why?
Very good question, and I have absolutely no idea. :?
Cool. Thanks again for the info.
Very good question, and I have absolutely no idea.
Fair enough
BTW, how do I make the quote function say "apeiro wrote:" instead of just "Quote:" (like how you did on ur msg with quotes from me)? The FAQ doesn't really say much about the codes...
One final thought, it is interesting how erroneously pointing the root to the swap partition like I did made the kernel think it was trying to mount a reiserfs partition. Any idea why?
let's make this even more interessing, After I had my 1day slackware adventure, I installed Arch again (0.2).
Got the very very same problem, with Reiser, without Reiser
same panic, same partition !!
Kernel panic: VFS : Unable to mount root fs on 03:02
and "hdc" is my cdrom player
So I guess that there is a problem when the installer overwrites an "older" Linux version / distribution.
BTW, how do I make the quote function say "apeiro wrote:" instead of just "Quote:" (like how you did on ur msg with quotes from me)? The FAQ doesn't really say much about the codes...
Add ="username" behind the open quote (within the braches of course).
or hit the quote button and delete everything you don't want to quote
apt-get install arch
So I guess that there is a problem when the installer overwrites an "older" Linux version / distribution.
Strange.... Did you have any problems re-installing the bootloader after the Arch install? Did have an unorthodox bootloader setup with your previous distro? If one distro's bootloader was on the MBR and the other wasn't, I could see a problem like this popping up.
hmm...I thought the problem was just from the error in lilo conf. Are you sure you didn't make my mistake? The problem went away when I corrected the lilo.conf on reinstall.....
i can second that panic that accompanied the other kernel errors in a diff topic.. i played it safe and ditched the system and stole all the drive platters fur a diff project.
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i believe that as soon as you point lilo or grub to a swap or a /boot partition the kernel with automatically think reiserfs. When I was playing with getting grub installed no matter how hard i tried i could not get back into my original install of arch as it just kept giving me reiserfs errors, even though i stay very far away from reiserfs. so i came to the conclusion as soon as the kernel is "looking" at some partition other than / it automatically thinks it is seeking reiserfs as one used to have to have a /boot partition in order to use reiserfs.
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Is that the default LILO setup points to /dev/discs/disc0/part2 which, on most setups, ends up being the Swap partition. It needs to be set to the real root (which is /dev/discs/desc0/part3 on the auto-partition option).
Arch Linux needs either to at least change the default to match it's auto-setup, or perhaps use a mechanism to auto-generate a base LILO (i.e., take a lilo.conf.in, and fill in some values based on the partitions configured earlier)
Already in the works... http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … light=lilo


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That sounds cool and philosphical. It's also total bunk.
Of course, the issues facing the state are timeless, in some sense, particularly education, budget and water. But what California faces governmentally are NOT "life's inherent difficulties." California has problems on issues but it has deeper problems of its governing and fiscal systems that are peculiar to California and not inherent in anything. Our inflexible initiative process is like no other process on earth. That's not inherent. We have more two-thirds vote requirements and other constitutional spending and tax mandates than any other state in the country. That's not inherent to life. And we have a broken election system that we could change (and are beginning to change).
Brown, however, has expressed no interest in dealing with these systemic problems. And in this speech, he suggests the state's problems aren't even problems. They are merely conditions, destined always to be with us. Brown is being praised this morning for his leadership and realism yesterday. But this part of the speech showed neither. This is fatalism. And it isn't even realistic. Californians face systemic problems, hard problems, but they can be fixed--by adopting new systems of initiative, budget and elections that have proven records of success in other parts of the world.
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So, Coach Kris wanted me to channel my inner Simon Lessing this morning and "go hard or go home." In order to fit in the 90 minute brick before the day job that pays for all this, I prepared all my gear and nutrition the night before, rolled from the rack at 0350, on the road by 0415 so as to arrive at Memorial Park and be wheels down by 0500.
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5 comments:
- the Dread Pirate Rackham said...
I love it when you're cranky. are all lawyers this verbose when they're cranky?
- richvans said...
Deep Breaths. Go to your happy place. What's that . . . it's too F-ing hot in your happy place. October is coming. Here that means outdoor riding is over (at least on a TT bike) and you'll just be getting started.
- Fe-lady said...
But I bet you had a HELL of a workout...pedal hard!
(And KNOW that you are SO MUCH BETTER THAN THEM!!!) Feel better now?
- jtrimom said...
Try to ride loops round memorial park sunday morning- TRAFFIC! I couldn't have said it better myself- so I got a chuckle, thanks :)
- CoachLiz said...
Ugh! I am glad I don't ride down there.
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Greetings, friends! I trust my words are reaching you at your most dire hour of need, my musings uplifting your spirit as well as bringing heat to thy loins. Be not as your neighbor, moldering on his over-sized couch, the flickering glow of the telly burning his shadow upon the wall. Gaze with awe as he gets ponderously to his feet! What rough beast slouches its way towards the refrigerator to be born? It is Gargantua, and its hunger is absolute! Instead, be welcomed to the Ducal estate, whereupon we will dine on honeyed venison, glazed grouse stuffed up the pucker with garlics, the grouse then in turn fisted into the anal cavity of an unsuspecting pig, who is then roasted in a pit using moon rocks as coals.
As always, the Duke welcomes thee into his arms. Once again, we turn our royal attention to Mario Bava, that Italiano maestro who is both shiny and angular, as well as inert. We turn his works over in our hands, like a curio purloined from a passing merchant on the streets of Curacao. Sometimes dangerous, sometimes funny, but always sexy, Bava's works give us untold pleasures.
We journey once more, grip my arm with your palsied hand, and let us explore...
As most Bava-ophiles know, Mario did not just capture horror with his lens. Oh No, he did not! Bava was, instead, prone to make movies about everything, from randy socialites to a movie dealing with a suicidal cow in love with the farmer who milks it each day. (Ok, I made that up, but it should have been a movie Bava made!) Today's subject is his naughty Rashomon-esque masterpiece Quante Volte... quella notte, or Four Times That Night. The first thing that jumps out at you when this movie starts is the following fact: Mario Bava did a fuckton of drugs during the making of this film.
The film opens with a trippy psychedelic montage of Rorschach-esque images accompanied with some hippie music. The overly-long credits are punctuated by random animated cartoon characters, including a Native American creeping along the ground. What do these mean? We don't know, and we don't WANT to know. What we do want to know is when are we going to get to see some hairy Italian playboy cruising a park looking at some hot chinchillas. Very soon it turns out!
After the credits, we do indeed see a spicy Italian dude wearing a cheap suit and a cheaper smile, cruising around in his penis-lengthener in a park, chatting up chicks without even having the decency to get out of the car first. Something tells me this method of picking up chicks wouldn't work so well in the real world, but this is a Bava film and so of course the guy picks up a chick. Actually, he makes a date with her for later that night. Tina, it turns out, lives with her mom, who is naturally protective of her hot daughter, who no doubt has plenty of Italian poon-hounds doggin' her any time she leaves the apartment.
The garlic-breathed stud Gianni (ironically played by an American actor named Brett Hasley) comes by to pick up Tina (the stunning Daniela Giordano). The two head out to a happening joint, where people shuckle and jive to some spaced out music, no doubt the lot of them hopped up on goofballs, uppers, poppers, and anything else that they could drink, snort, huff, or inject into the vein underneath their penii. After dancing for a while like people with a severe brain injury, we cut to Tina arriving back home, dress torn, sobbing to her mother. This kicks off the Rashomon aspect in which we get a retelling of the night's activities from different points of view. Which is correct? You decide!
In Tina's version of events, Tina and Gianni head back to Gianni's swinging pad after dancing. And I do mean "swinging"! The dude has a fucking swing in his bedroom, beside his bed. What's it there for? Swinging, of course! Gianni leaves Tina in his awkward bedroom for a bit, coming back in a few minutes dressed only in a pair of skin-tight Speedo-esque underwear. Overcome with horror at the sight of his hairy body and "You know you wanna fuck me" smile, Tina panics. Gianni tries to calm her, with his penis. Rubbing up against her, he begins tearing at her dress while trying to slip her a length.
Tina manages to get away and flees, running back to cry to her mother. This brings us to the second version of events. We see an after-date Gianni hanging with his best buds at the club. Eager to hear all the lurid details of his exploits that night, they listen in rapt attention as the tale unfolds. In Gianni's version, he's being pounced upon by the sex kitten that is Tina. As soon as he picks her up for the date, she jumps his bones in the car, making out furiously. At the disco, she slinks around like a lioness on the prowl, bumping and grinding against the helpless Gianni, who is overcome with revulsion at the sudden bulge in his pants.
They leave the club, heading back to Gianni's, who besides having a bachelor pad that looks like the Vicar's London flat, also has a killer shower in the center of his bathroom, which they also enjoy. In fact, there's a ton of showering in this film, so much so that I feel I must conclude that Bava has something of a shower fetish. Not that we blame him. Tina looks simply ravishing whilst naked. Gianni is reticent, however, to let Tina sink her claws so far in. He is saved by a couple arriving at this house to hang.
This brings us to Gianni's doorman, the superintendent fellow who hangs out in his back office, the walls covered in pornographic pictures, while he's not letting folks into the building. In his version of the night, he's basically a voyeur, using his access to maintenance areas to spy on his tenants. Gianni arrives home with Tina, only this time Gianni is a light-in-the-loafers knob-gobbler who is only bringing Tina home so his lesbian friend can have a go at her while he gets busy with some dude in the next room. The doorman goes into detail describing the lesbonic encounter, which unfortunately for us mostly involves a naked Tina (which is a good thing, don't get me wrong!) being stroked by a feather held by the older butch chick.
This hot action, which contains at least two more shower scenes, is finally brought to a screeching halt by a scene with a psychiatrist who shows us more Rorschach tests and tells us that things only happen from your own point of view, depending on what you see and blah blah blah. For me this is where the movie jumped the shark (ok, that happened when Gianni came out in his underwear, but still). This doctor explains all this and then we get the final act, which is meant to be, from what I gather anyway, what did happen? I'm not sure, I was distraught from the lack of more naked Tina.
We see that Gianni and Tina had a nice time out, neither over-sexing the other. Gianni goes to take Tina home and they can't get the front gate to the apartment building open (despite the fact that Gianni lives there). First they try to get Tina over the gate, with Gianni lifting her up, but this only succeeds in tearing her dress (so that explains that... I guess). They give that up and instead hide in the bushes until another couple comes along (the "lesbian" and "gay dude" that the doorman uses in his version of events) and then slip out the closing door. Gianni takes Tina home and all is well.
Four Times That Night is an interesting movie, that's for sure. It's very dated, but this works in the movie's favor. The mod furniture, the swing, the dance club, it all adds up for a spectacle that Bava's characteristic camera captures with aplomb. His tendency to zoom a lot is mostly absent here, but his love for framing a scene and using lots of color is highly evident. The movie fairly pops off the screen in some scenes. As for the movie's plot, I found it a mixed bag. There was some message being given here, but it was lost on me, other than the drivel that the psychiatrist was spouting.
That brings me to my biggest gripe, that of having the psychiatrist in this movie at all. His scenes confused me more than anything. I just wanted to see naked Italian chicks, not this bearded old goat! Really, I'm complaining about nothing, since these scenes aren't insufferably long, and do indeed set up the movie's main question: Which version of the night's events is correct? We can immediately throw out Gianni's version, because if Daniela Giordano wants to sex you, then no person on earth would resist.
In the end, though, this movie is worth watching. Sure, it isn't Bava's best, it was constrained by budget after all, but it's funny, sometimes sexy, and just MAD enough to make the cut around these parts. Two Thumbs Up.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Four Times That Night (1972), Or Five Really If You Count Going Arseways
Greetings, friends! I trust my words are reaching you at your most dire hour of need, my musings uplifting your spirit as well as bringing heat to thy loins. Be not as your neighbor, moldering on his over-sized couch, the flickering glow of the telly burning his shadow upon the wall. Gaze with awe as he gets ponderously to his feet! What rough beast slouches its way towards the refrigerator to be born? It is Gargantua, and its hunger is absolute! Instead, be welcomed to the Ducal estate, whereupon we will dine on honeyed venison, glazed grouse stuffed up the pucker with garlics, the grouse then in turn fisted into the anal cavity of an unsuspecting pig, who is then roasted in a pit using moon rocks as coals.
Posted by The Duke of DVD at 12:16 PM
Labels: '70s, 2-3 thumbs, Comedy, Daniela Giordano, Gratuitous Showers, Groovy, Indians Out of Fucking Nowhere, Mario Bava
7 comments:
- Scare Sarah said...
Ahaha, great post. This film sounds awesome!
- March 9, 2010 at 1:30 PM
- Richard of DM said...
When I got my Bava Vol. 2 set, I wasn't looking forward to this film at all. But damn it to hell, Four Times That Night is surprisingly great. Bava is da man!
- March 9, 2010 at 1:39 PM
God I love this film! Bava could do anything!
- March 9, 2010 at 8:34 PM
- dfordoom said...
I haven't seen a Bava film for ages. I know it's heresy, but I think he's a bit uneven and even slightly overrated. Lisa and the Devil and Black Sunday were certainly masterpieces, as was Danger: Diabolik, but his giallo films leave me just a little underwhelmed.
- March 9, 2010 at 10:34 PM
- JamiSings said...
This one seems too strange for me, like one of those "All films must have heavy meanings" things. However, if I ever get rich and famous I'm using that club set to design my living room!
- March 10, 2010 at 12:19 PM
- The Duke of DVD said...
Thanks everyone! Except for you, dfordoom, the Debby Downer of Bava!
I'm just kiddin', come here you big lug!
Oh, and Jami, you do need to decorate your living quarters like that club, and I bet it wouldn't cost much. A plastic couch and a stuffed peacock would go a long way.
- March 11, 2010 at 4:14 PM
- buy movies dvd said...
A great movie for people who likes to watch the Sex movies.
- June 10, 2010 at 3:53 AM


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National Security Agency eavesdropping has broken privacy rules thousands of times annually in recent years, according to a new Washington Post report.
The violations generally involve interception of the communications of Americans or foreigners located on United States soil. That's an activity that is subject to tight controls from both presidential executive orders and US law, writes the Post's Baron Gellman.
Infractions "range from significant violations of law to typographical errors that resulted in unintended interception of US emails and telephone calls," Mr. Gellman writes.
For instance, in 2008 NSA personnel inadvertently intercepted a large number of phone calls from Washington when a programming error mixed up the D.C. area code, 202, with the international dialing code for Egypt, 20.
In another undated incident, the NSA did not reveal a new method of collecting communications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, a judicial body that oversees some NSA snooping, until it had been in operation for months. The FISA court struck down the new method as unconstitutional.
Overall, the NSA totaled up 2,776 violations of rules or laws from May 2011 to May 2012, according to an internal audit disclosed by the Post. This included unauthorized collections of communications, as well as unauthorized storage and distribution of collected material.
The audit and other material on which the Post story is based came from Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor recently granted temporary asylum in Russia. How important is this latest entry in the now-lengthy string of Snowden revelations?
On one hand, it's difficult to judge whether the violations are a few or a lot, given that the context of the total number of NSA actions against which the infractions occur remains classified.
"You can look at it as a percentage of our total activity that occurs each day," said an NSA official authorized by the White House to speak to the Post. "You look at a number in absolute terms that looks big, and when you look at it in relative terms, it looks a little different."
On the other hand, Gellman's story in the Post directly contradicts President Obama's assertion that the NSA does not overstep its legal bounds.
In remarks on the Snowden revelations at the beginning of a press conference last Friday, Mr. Obama said that despite the uproar in the press "what you're not reading about is the government actually abusing these programs and listening in on people's phone calls or inappropriately reading people's e-mails."
Now you are reading about just such abuses, write Washington Post Wonkblog writers Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas.
"To be fair to Obama, what the report details isn't systematic abuse so much as repeated mistakes. But the report is a reminder that we don't know what we don't know," write the Wonkblog authors.
The latest revelations also undercut the White House and intelligence community assertions that extensive oversight from the legislative and judicial branches keeps the NSA honest, according to other critics.
For instance, the Post story notes that Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) of California had not read the internal NSA audit until the Post itself provided it.
"This is what the vaunted Congressional oversight of NSA spying looks like," wrote national security analyst Marcy Wheeler on her "Empty Wheels" blog.
In sum, Snowden-provided details now make clear that a special approach to NSA oversight is necessary, writes the Atlantic's Conor Friedersdorf, who has long charged that the Obama administration has overstepped its bounds with surveillance and drone warfare policies.
"The time is ripe for a new Church Committee, the surveillance oversight effort named for Senator Frank Church, who oversaw a mid-1970s investigation into decades of jaw-dropping abuses by US intelligence agencies," writes Mr. Friedersdorf.


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The PREP Program at Tufts University School of Medicine is GOING THE DISTANCE
April 19, 2012
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Since 1999 Tufts has had a unique program that trains leaders in pain research, education and policy. Our graduates have included nurses, physicians, dentists, physical therapists, nurse practitioners, physician's assistants, pharmacists, researchers, holistic health practitioners, occupational therapists, massage therapists, social workers, hospice workers, health policy advocates, and other health care professionals.
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1. Karen Falgore | March 25th, 2013 at 4:30 PM
It's all about distance learning. Distance learning is growing at incredible rates due to the improvement and progression of technology. It's pretty exciting.
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Record/edit/format audio
What you need:
To record (or capture) audio you need a microphone attached to hardware that can save the microphone input. Voice recorders, iPods with recording accessories, laptops, some mobile phones can all be used to record audio. To edit and format audio you need an audio editing tool such as Audacity.
How you do it:
Most audio recorders have buttons for record, pause, stop and save. If you are recording from a mobile device such as a voice recorder or mobile phone, you may also need to transfer your audio file to a computer if you want to edit or format it.
Audio editing tools such as Audacity allow you to playback the audio in a file, select portions of the audio and copy, paste, edit or delete your selection (in much the same way you can copy, paste, edit or delete text you select in a text editing program such as Microsoft Word). When you're done editing, you'll need to save your audio is a format appropriate for where you plan to use it.
Tips and suggestions:
Save as .mp3: MP3 is an open standard audio format that is widely supported. Most audio editing tools allow you to save in this format and nearly all media devices can handle this format.
Add metadata: Most audio editing tools will allow you to add more information about your audio file that can be used by media applications such as a iTunes to organize your audio. The standard for this information (ID3) was originally created for music files but conventions are emerging for using these fields for storing information about podcasts, audiobooks, lectures as so on. Here are some tips:
- Name: title of audio that best represents what is it
- Artist: instructor, speaker, performer, author...
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Faculty teaching languages often record audio of the language they are teaching. These recordings range from those containing a single word to recordings of conversations, performances or the reading of literary works. For case studies of recording audio for curricular use, see:
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After a comprehensive review finds that financial instruments are not responsible for higher staple food prices, Deutsche Bank elects to continue offering products based on agricultural commodities.
The year at a glance
After a comprehensive review finds that financial instruments are not responsible for higher staple food prices, Deutsche Bank elects to continue offering products based on agricultural commodities.
The Management Board decides to renew Deutsche Bank's commitment to carbon neutral operations.
The German newspaper Handelsblatt names Deutsche Bank "Best Client Advisory".
The bank's new KunstHalle in Berlin opens with the city's biggest-ever free art event, attracting more than 12,000 visitors in just 48 hours.
The Supervisory Board intensifies its oversight of ethics and creates an Integrity Committee.
Sensitive topics are in the spotlight at the Annual General Meeting. Shareholders voice their concerns regarding environmental and social issues such as soft commodities and cluster munitions.
We launch new Values and Beliefs in line with our Strategy 2015+ to restore trust in our organization and meet the expectations of our stakeholders and society at large.
We create a new ESG Head Office to intensify and align ESG efforts across our entire asset and wealth management platform.
About 360 young professionals begin vocational training with Deutsche Bank in Germany, increasing the number of young professionals training at Deutsche Bank and Postbank to 2,100.
The Center for Financial Studies awards the fifth Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics to Raghuram G. Rajan, later nominated Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, for his extensive work on banking, corporate finance and the role of finance in economic development.
We host a dialogue session between NGOs and various European banks to discuss controversial topics including the approaches banks take to analyzing the potential environmental impacts of client activities.
We roll out the Volunteer Award across all regions. 16,000 employees take part in voting for the winners.
We strengthen our control framework and confront legacy issues, including significant legal matters such as the European Commission's probe into Interbank Offered Rates.
We join a consortium of investment banks in supporting the Green Bond Principles – voluntary guidelines to encourage transparency, disclosure and integrity in the development of this environmental finance market.
Alex Marzo
Relationship Manager Private & Business Clients
Doerte Gerlach
Head of Risk Culture Initiatives
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Head of Deutsche Bank's Americas energy and infrastructure finance team
»We act as responsible partners in serving the wider interests of society.«
»During 2013, we laid important foundations for sustainable long-term change.«
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A strong risk culture depends as much on attitudes and behaviors as it does on effective controls. My team develops and implements initiatives aimed both at raising awareness and at understanding of risk across the Bank as well as creating a strong link between behavior and compensation. This helps drive a culture in which employees take responsibility for their actions.
Doerte Gerlach, London
Head of Risk Culture Initiatives in Deutsche Bank's department for Risk Management
A strong control framework must be accompanied by a culture that encourages employees to do the right thing, although it may not be mandated by rules, regulations or legislation. We have strengthened our compliance program and are further building a strong risk-focused culture, for example through expanding our Red Flags Initiative.
It has become increasingly important for banks to understand and respond to the potential environmental and social risks associated with business activities. We analyze these risks carefully and are optimizing the risk framework we implemented to minimize harm to people and the environment as well as the reputations of the bank and our clients.
Head of Deutsche Bank's Americas energy and infrastructure finance team
Moving to a green economy will require US $1 trillion per year in clean energy investment by 2030 – four times the current investment volume. Innovative financing solutions are thus called for. That's why I am proud to actively apply my financial expertise to renewable energy investments.
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Head of Deutsche Bank's Americas energy and infrastructure finance team
We integrate sustainability criteria into our core business to capture new opportunities. Our products and services must not only meet the demands of the economy, but also contribute to meeting social and environmental challenges. We seek to ensure that they provide value for clients, shareholders, employees and society at large. To achieve that goal, we have introduced initiatives and processes to balance the interests of private clients and investors, allocated financing of more than US 1,2 billion to clients' renewable energy projects and enhanced our approach to environmental, social and governance investing.
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Central Banking [has been] traditionally surrounded by a peculiar and protective political mystique. Criticism of Central Banks, if it occurred at all in the political arena, [has been] muted and infrequent. The Federal Reserve operated in the USA over decades with little criticism from the public or its political representatives. The same phenomenon can be found in many other countries. The political mystique of Central Banking was, and still is to some extent, widely expressed by an essentially metaphysical approach to monetary affairs and monetary policy-making. The possession of wisdom, perception and relevant knowledge is naturally attributed to the management of Central Banks. The possession of such knowledge and perception bearing on matters of concern to Central Banking is a function of the political position. The relevant knowledge seems automatically obtained with the appointment and could only be manifested to holders of the appropriate position. The mystique thrives on a pervasive impression that Central Banking is an esoteric art. Access to this art and its proper execution is confined to the initiated elite. The esoteric nature of the art is moreover revealed by an inherent impossibility to articulate its insights in explicit and intelligible words and sentences. Communication with the uninitiated breaks down. The proper attitude to be cultivated by the latter is trust and confidence in the initiated group's comprehension of the esoteric knowledge.Things have changed a great deal since then, and the pace of change has accelerated. In a recent speech, Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen traced this "revolution" in central bank communication, which academic economists generally regard as an improvement. It was only in 1994 that the Fed began announcing changes in the federal funds rate target, and I was pretty surprised last year when Bernanke began holding press conferences.
Given all the recent changes, I shouldn't have been surprised to see a further step towards greater central bank openness - Federal Reserve banks are now sending jokey tweets: