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BMW model update measures for autumn 2013.
Thu Sep 19 00:00:00 CEST 2013 Press Release
New engine variants for the BMW 4 Series Coupe and new BMW X5 – BMW xDrive available for additional models – Expansion of the BMW ConnectedDrive range: Fully automatic BMW Parking Assistant and Traffic Jam Assistant make their debuts in the BMW 5 Series and new BMW X5.
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Munich. Substantial additions to the BMW engine range in autumn 2013 are set to lend fresh momentum to the current BMW model push. In November 2013 another three variants will be added to the line-up of engines for the most recent addition to the BMW model family, the BMW 4 Series Coupe. The BMW 435d Coupe will enter the fray as the most powerful variant of the new two-door model. Its 230 kW/313 hp six-cylinder in-line diesel engine teams up as standard with the intelligent all-wheel-drive system BMW xDrive, which will now also be available as an option for the BMW 420i Coupe and BMW 420d Coupe. The BMW 3 Series will also welcome the arrival of an all-wheel-drive flagship model this autumn in the shape of the BMW 335d xDrive Touring.
A trio of additional engine variants will also join the new BMW X5 line-up in December 2013, including an outstandingly efficient variant of the luxurious Sports Activity Vehicle. The BMW X5 sDrive25d has a four-cylinder diesel engine, rear-wheel drive and average fuel consumption in the EU test cycle of just 5.6 – 5.7 litres per 100 kilometres (50.4 – 49.6 mpg imp), depending on the tyre format selected.
Among the attractive new additions to the equipment offered by a host of BMW models are the latest new features in the BMW ConnectedDrive range. Enhancing safety and comfort, for example, are the new Traffic Jam Assistant and fully automatic BMW Parking Assistant, which will be introduced in the BMW 5 Series in November this year and in the new BMW X5 in December.
Sporting elegance and even greater variety: customers can now
choose from six engines for the BMW 4 Series Coupe; five models
available with BMW xDrive.
Its irresistible balance between aesthetic appeal and dynamic capability marks the BMW 4 Series Coupe out from the crowd, and the new two-seater also offers customers a selection of sporty and efficient engines. The output spectrum of the power units has been broadened once again, with the range poised to swell to three petrol and three diesel variants from November 2013. The new entry-level petrol model is the BMW 420i Coupe. Here, a 135 kW/184 hp four-cylinder engine with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology teams up with a six-speed manual gearbox as standard or an eight-speed automatic as an option. The engine ranks have been expanded by the arrival of two six-in-line diesel variants with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology. The unit under the bonnet of the BMW 430d Coupe produces 190 kW/258 hp and sends its power to the rear wheels via a standard eight-speed automatic gearbox. The 230 kW/313 hp BMW 435d Coupe is likewise fitted as standard with the eight-speed automatic, but comes with BMW xDrive all-wheel drive. Indeed, the intelligent all-wheel-drive system is now also offered as an option for the BMW 420i Coupe and BMW 420d Coupe, taking the number of BMW 4 Series Coupe variants available with all-wheel drive to five.
Alongside the expansion of the engine range, the choice of BMW Lines for the BMW 4 Series Coupe has now been completed. The BMW Sport Line and BMW Luxury Line packages already introduced will be joined by the BMW Modern Line, whose distinctive exterior and interior touches shine a particularly strong spotlight on the Coupe's progressive looks. The stand-out features of the BMW Modern Line include bespoke light-alloy wheels, Aluminium satinated design elements, the colour shade Oyster for the seat surfaces, lower section of the instrument panel and roof liner, a sports leather steering wheel and variable-colour ambient lighting.
New flagship model for the BMW 3 Series Touring: the BMW
335d xDrive Touring.
November 2013 will also see the premiere of a new flagship model for the BMW 3 Series. Like the BMW 435d Coupe, the BMW 335d xDrive Touring has a six-cylinder in-line diesel engine developing 230 kW/313 hp to thank for its sporting performance credentials. And BMW TwinPower Turbo technology, an eight-speed automatic gearbox and all-wheel drive also lend the five-door model compelling dynamics, impressive ride comfort and fuel economy well beyond the norm in this output class.
The new BMW X5: a fresh dimension in driving pleasure and
Hot on the heels of its market launch, the addition of another three engines and four new model variants to the new BMW X5 line-up is set to extend the Sports Activity Vehicle's efficiency lead over its rivals. The third-generation X5 will be available for the first time from December 2013 with a BMW TwinPower Turbo four-cylinder diesel engine and rear-wheel drive. The engine powering the new BMW X5 xDrive25d and BMW X5 sDrive25d uses two turbochargers and common rail direct injection to produce maximum output of 160 kW/218 hp and links up as standard with an eight-speed automatic gearbox. The hallmark driving pleasure, eye-catching design, luxurious ambience and outstanding variability of the SAV can therefore be enjoyed at the same time as impressively low fuel consumption and emissions. Average fuel consumption in the EU test cycle stands at 5.6 – 5.7 litres per 100 kilometres (50.4 – 49.6 mpg imp) for the BMW X5 sDrive25d (CO2 emissions: 149 – 151 g/km) and 5.8 – 5.9 litres per 100 kilometres (48.7 –47.9 mpg imp) for the BMW X5 xDrive25d (CO2 emissions: 154 – 156 g/km,
figures depending on the tyre format selected).
Also new to the line-up are the BMW X5 xDrive35i with its 225 kW/306 hp six-cylinder in-line petrol engine and the BMW X5 xDrive40d, whose straight-six diesel unit develops 230 kW/313 hp. The new additions take their places alongside the existing BMW X5 xDrive30d, whose six-cylinder in-line diesel engine produces 190 kW/258 hp, the V8 petrol BMW X5 xDrive50i (330 kW/450 hp) and a BMW M Performance Automobile – the BMW X5 M50d (280 kW/381 hp).
New and exclusive: the BMW Individual portfolio for the BMW
In December 2013, model-specific BMW Individual options will be added to the optional extras already available for all engine variants of the new BMW X5. These features serve the cause of exclusive style and meet the highest standards of material selection, design and build quality. For example, BMW Individual fine-grain Merino leather trim can be specified for the new BMW X5. complete with extended features in Criollo Brown and Amaro Brown. Stand-out aspects of this option include stitching and piping in a contrasting colour and decorative perforations on the seat surfaces. BMW Individual interior trim strips are available in two variants: Piano Finish Black and Sen Light Brown fine wood.
On the outside of the car, 20-inch BMW Individual light-alloy wheels in V-spoke design with mixed tyres help to build an even more exclusive showcase for the sporting pedigree of the BMW X5. And the range of exterior paint finishes for the SAV gives customers a still broader portfolio from which to choose. In addition to the new Mineral Silver, Glacier Silver and Imperial Blue diamond effect metallic paint variants, the BMW Individual finishes Ruby Black metallic and Pyrite Brown metallic will also be available as of December 2013.
More safety, comfort and driving pleasure thanks to BMW
ConnectedDrive: fully automatic Parking Assistant and Driving
Assistant Plus including Traffic Jam Assistant.
The BMW ConnectedDrive range of features is set to gain even further in appeal and variety in autumn 2013 with the introduction of a fresh round of innovations which further enhance comfort, safety and therefore also driving pleasure. The optional Driving Assistant Plus system now also includes the Traffic Jam Assistant function, and the new generation of the BMW Parking Assistant also makes its debut – likewise on the options list.
Traffic Jam Assistant increases comfort in stop-start situations on motorways. This system maintains a pre-set distance to the vehicle in front and slows the car to a standstill. It also actively takes over the steering, helping the driver to stay in their lane (provided they are holding the steering wheel with at least one hand). The version of Driving Assistant Plus with this new auxiliary function will be available for all BMW 5 Series models from November 2013 and for the BMW X5 from December 2013.
The fully automatic BMW Parking Assistant – which will be available for the first time from autumn 2013 – also boasts extended functionality. This system helps the driver to identify and drive into parking spaces positioned parallel to the road. The new version of the Parking Assistant not only carries out the steering movements required to reverse across into the parking space, it also controls the accelerator and brake pedal and selects the correct gear – all the driver has to do is activate the relevant turn signal indicator and hold down the Parking Assistant button, and the vehicle will glide fully autonomously into the parking space selected. The fully automatic Parking Assistant will be available for the BMW 5 Series Sedan and BMW 5 Series Touring from November 2013 and for the new BMW X5 from December 2013.
Additional BMW Individual special paint finishes for the BMW
M5 and BMW M6.
With the aim of combining outstanding dynamics with ultra-exclusive looks, additional variants have been added to the selection of BMW Individual special paint finishes available for the most powerful high-performance sports cars built by BMW M GmbH. Joining the range are Frozen Black metallic, Frozen Blue metallic, Frozen Red metallic and Frozen Brilliant White metallic, which can all be ordered for the BMW M5, BMW M6 Coupe, BMW M6 Convertible and BMW M6 Gran Coupe. A sophisticated painting process used exclusively by the BMW Group lends the surface of vehicles specified in these paint shades an eye-catching, velvety matt appearance which richly emphasises the body's powerful form. In addition, the BMW Individual special paint finish Frozen Cashmere Silver metallic is available for all model variants of the BMW M6.
An overview of the new BMW models for autumn 2013
BMW 3 Series Touring
Output (kW/hp)
Fuel consumption as per EU (l/100 km)
CO2 emissions
BMW 335d xDrive Touring
BMW 4 Series Coupe
Output (kW/hp)
Fuel consumption as per EU (l/100 km)
CO2 emissions
BMW 420i Coupe
6.1 – 6.3
144 – 147
BMW 420i xDrive Coupe
6.8 – 7.0
159 – 162
BMW 420d xDrive Coupe
4.8 – 4.9
126 – 129
BMW 430d Coupe
4.9 – 5.0
129 – 132
BMW 435d xDrive Coupe
5.4 – 5.6
143 – 146
Output (kW/hp)
Fuel consumption as per EU (l/100 km)
CO2 emissions
BMW X5 sDrive25d
5.6 – 5.7
149 – 151
BMW X5 xDrive25d
5.8 – 5.9
154 – 156
BMW X5 xDrive35i
197 – 199
BMW X5 xDrive40d
6.2 – 6.3
164 – 166


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May 18th, 2011
Multi-state accord would reduce tobacco sales to minors
The companies that own Circle K, Dairymart and On The Run stores reached an agreement on Tuesday with 39 state attorneys general to curb tobacco sales to minors.
The multi-state effort will result in comprehensive training for store employees and independent compliance checks as some 250 stores.
"Many adult smokers start their habit at an early age," Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in a statement announcing the deal. "By preventing teens' access to cigarettes, we're working to deter them from picking up this deadly habit."
Madigan has worked to secure similar agreements with gas station convenience stores selling fuel under the Conoco, Phillips 66 or 76, Exxon, Mobil, BP Amoco, Shell, Valero, ARCO and Chevron brand names, and retail and pharmacy chains Kroger, 7-Eleven, Walgreens, Rite Aid, CVS and Walmart.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/17/us-tobacco-minors-idUSTRE74G7HD20110517?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&WT.tsrc=Social+Media&WT.z_smid=twtr-reuters_health&WT.z_smid_dest=Twitter

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Vaclav Slavik necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 142 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
I need a logo for web application. The site, "Updatica" (to be on updatica.com), will be a service to help small independent software developers distribute updates for their software via so-called "appcasts" (a kind of RSS feeds, commonly used on Macs). Mac OS X is primary target now, but the site won't be limited to it. Tagline (should not be part of the logo): "Keep your app updated. Painlessly. With stats."
Smaller independent commercial software developers ("MicroISVs"). Technically competent, with dislike for "corporate culture" and too uptight sites. On the other hand, Updatica must inspire confidence in its reliability, so its logo can't be anything funky/crazy. I expect decent, stylish, yet modern ("web 2.0") style to appeal to my users.
I need the logo for Updatica site at updatica.com. The name must appear in the logo and may be spelled in any way ("Updatica", "updatica", "UPDATICA"). In general terms, the logo should have modern look, not too complicated (but not simplistic either).
The logo should work well in larger sizes (e.g. 1/4 of screen) as well as a smaller left-side logo in site's header. A (possibly simplified) black-and-white version on a dark background is a big plus, and so is reusing some distinctive part of the logo for site's 16x16px favicon.
Some graphical element should be present in the logo (i.e. not text-only), it should somehow relate to the site's functionality -- over-the-network distribution of updates for desktop applications (see also above).
Colors: up to you. Keep in mind that the site's design will have to match the logo w.r.t. colors, though.
Speaking of web site's design, I'm aiming for "Mac-ish" look, as seen e.g. here:
That's (vaguely!) the general feel the site will have, your logo should fit with it.
The logo should be delivered in vector format (AI, SVG, ...; favicon as a bitmap).
Finally, I'm open to good ideas, so don't let the above examples constrain you!
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Senior (2011-12)
NCAA Qualifier ... Team captain ... Ranked as high as No. 5 in the InterMat rankings ... Named the EIWA Wrestler of the Week Jan. 9 after going 4-0 in his return to the Harvard lineup ... Recorded a 10-0 major decision over Rider's Connor Brennan in his first match of the year ... Earned a 7-4 decision over previously unbeaten and third-ranked Mario Mason of Rutgers in tiebreakers ... Pinned Millersville's Daniel Calzarette at the 3:48 mark ... Posted an 11-0 major decision over Andrew Murano of Franklin & Marshall ... Went 2-1 at the Lone Star Duals, including a 7-6 victory over No. 7 Nick Lester from Oklahoma ... Placed sixth at the EIWA Championships with a 9-0 major decision over Franklin & Marshall's Andrew Murano and a fall over Bucknell's Alex Pellicciotti at the 0:36 mark ... Opened the NCAA Championships with a 10-8 decision over 10th-seeded Cam Tessari of Oklahoma State who then went on to place fourth.
Junior (2010-11)
Competed at the Binghamton Open, finishing second ... Placed second at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational ... Posted a 12-5 record before season-ending injury.
Sophomore (2008-09)
NCAA Qualifier ... Named second-team All-Ivy League ... Finished second at the EIWA Championships ... Compiled a 5-0 dual record, but missed majority of the season with an injury ... Won the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational as an unranked wrestler an defeated four grapplers seeded higher than him, including defending national champion J. Jaggers of Ohio State ... Earned EIWA Wrestler of the Week and a No. 1 ranking the following week ... Went 2-1 at the Midlands Championships before an injury forced him to withdraw from the tournament ... Went 3-0 at the Lone Star Duals ... Missed the next eight dual matches (five weeks) due to injury ... Returned to the line-up against Columbia (Feb. 20).
Freshman (2007-08)
NCAA qualifier ... Named second-team All-Ivy ... Went 14-8 despite missing seven weeks of the season due to injury ... Finished third at the East Stroudsburg Open and took sixth at the Midlands Championship ... Came back after a seven-week hiatus to go 2-0 in Ivy League action and take fourth at the EIWA Championships.
Before Harvard
Ranked No. 1 in the nation at 133 pounds by Intermat out of high school ... A five-time league champion, four-time county champion, a two-time New York state champion and Outstanding Wrestler as a junior ... Named all-county five times and all-state four .. Placed fourth at the U.S. Cadet National Freestyle Tournament and is a FILA Cadet World Trial champion ... Finished seventh at 133 pounds in the Midlands Open, a college tournament ... Went 35-0 as a senior and ended high school career with 86 straight victories ... Compiled a 185-7 high school record ... Member of the National Honor Society and Teacher Corps ... Involved in student government ... Brother, Jesse, was a three-time wrestling All-American and NCAA champion for Harvard ... Sister, Doni-Melissa, was a two-time field hockey All-American at Hofstra and father, Donald, wrestled at C.W. Post.


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Sarah Jones Can't Wait
A woman on a mission to marry activism and art
by Jennifer Block
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An American Story by Debra J. Dickerson
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Scapegoat by Andrea Dworkin
The Way Forward is With a Broken Heart by Alice Walker
Stolen Harvest by Vandana Shiva
White Turtle by Merlinda Bobis
Becoming Madame Mao by Anchee Minn
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Back in the '80s, I had the pleasure of seeing a smart-ass feminist theater troupe called Ladies Against Women. These women dressed like drag queens who dressed like Nancy Reagan, and they traveled around the country spoofing the political right. In mink stoles and kid gloves, they declared Phyllis Schlafly their patron saint, extolled life on a pedestal, and whined about how oppressed rich people are. They held bake sales to raise money for "the poor, underfunded Defense Department" and led the audience in "consciousness-lowering exercises." At the end of the evening, they invited us to join them. All we had to do was take home pink permission slips for our husbands to sign.
Ladies Against Women was my kind of feminism-quick-witted, subversive, fun-everything, unfortunately, that the grim, well-intentioned women's center at my college was not.
So recently, I was thrilled to hear about a group in Washington, D.C., the Independent Women's Forum (IWF), who seem to model themselves directly on Ladies Against Women.
There's just one difference: the Independent Women's Forum isn't kidding.
To read this article in its entirety, order the October/November 2000 issue of Ms.


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'One-Man Show' does need help to get things covered
Saturday afternoon, our business manager, Paula Midgley (whose husband, George, writes the weekly Lookin' Down the Barrel outdoor column every Thursday) send me a text message. The message said that this individual was disappointed in the fact that nothing was reported on last week's LeFlore County Junior High Fast-Pitch Softball Tournament.I responded by simply saying, "No one ever called in scores to me."I had a similar phone-call encounter in July from an individual who was concerned why The Poteau Daily News did not cover the other LeFlore County OK Kids baseball teams at their state tournaments as we did the OKKids Midget State Tournament.So, I thought I'd use today's column to address this issue.THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS — I cannot be everywhere all the time. I'm only one person. If you, "The LeFlore County Community," wants to make sure something gets reported in our paper — and this goes for news stories, feature-story ideas, etc ... — I, and my fellow newsroom co-workers quite often need your help.ScheduleSoftballTodayLeFlore County Tournament, at Poteau Area Recreational Complex: Wister vs. Arkoma, Field No. 1, 6 p.m.; Pocola vs. Leflore, Field No. 2, 6 p.m.; Howe vs. Bokoshe, Field No. 3, 6 p.m.; Talihina vs. Whitesboro, Field No. 4, 6 p.m.; Poteau vs. Heavener, Field No. 1, 7:30 p.m.; Panama vs. Spiro, Field No. 2, 7:30 p.m.; Wister-Arkoma winner vs. 6 p.m. Pocola-Leflore winner, Field No. 3, 7:30 p.m.; Hoe-Bokoshe winner vs. Talihina-Whitesboro winner, Field No. 4, 7:30 p.m.WednesdayLeFlore County Tournament, at Poteau Area Recreational Complex: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Field No. 3 winner vs. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Field No. 1 loser, Field No. 2, 6 p.m.; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Field No. 4 winner vs. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Field No. 2 loser, Field No. 3, 6 p.m.; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Field No. 1 winner vs. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Field No. 2 winner, Field No. 1, 7:30 p.m. 6 p.m. Field No. 2 winner vs. 6 p.m. Field No. 3 winner, Field No. 2, 7:30 p.m.ThursdayLeFlore County Tournament, at Poteau Area Recreational Complex (All Games On Field No. 1): Loser's Bracket Final, 5:30 p.m.; Championship Game, 7 p.m.; If-Game, 8:30 p.m.Leflore at Bokoshe, DH, 4 p.m. (tentative)McCurtain at Arkoma, TBA. (tentative)Howe at Buffalo Valley, 4:30 p.m. (tentative)MondaySallisaw at Poteau, 4 p.m.Cameron and Leflore at Whitesboro, 4 p.m. (Cameron vs. Whitesboro, 4 p.m.; Cameron vs. Leflore, 5 p.m.; Leflore vs. Whitesboro, 6 p.m.)Wilburton and Wister at Panama, 4:30 p.m. (Wilburton vs. Panama, 4:30 p.m.; Wilburton vs. Wister, 5:45 p.m.; Wister vs. Panama, 7 p.m.)Spiro at Pocola, 4:30 p.m.Braggs at Bokoshe, DH, 4 p.m.Keota at Howe, 4 p.m.BaseballTodayRed Oak at Cameron, 4 p.m.Calvin at Leflore, 6 p.m.Buffalo Valley at Whitesboro, 5 p.m.Smithville at Wister, 4:30 p.m.ThursdayHowe at Wister, 4 p.m.Battiest at Leflore, 4 p.m.Cameron and Wright City at Smithville, 3 p.m. (Cameron vs. Smithville, 3 p.m.; Cameron vs. Wright City 5 p.m.)Whitesboro at Eagletown, 4 p.m.FridayBraggs at Howe, 4:30 p.m.Buffalo Valley at Leflore, 5:30 p.m.Whitesboro at Clayton, 4 p.m.Wister at Latta, 4:30 p.m.MondayCameron at Leflore, 5:30 p.m.McCurtain at Howe, 4:30 p.m.Whitesboro at Smithville, 4 p.m.


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Search for bombing suspect enters third day
Search for bombing suspect enters third day
A surveillance camera atop Lord & Taylor (circled) took images across Boylston Street of the area where the second bomb exploded Monday.
The site where the second bomb exploded on Boylston Street.
Mike Adler and his 10-year-old son Gabe of Framingham held an American flag during a moment of silence before the Bruins game at TD Garden.
Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg stood next to a ribbon projected onto the ice.
Victoria Kichuk (left) of Brighton visited the makeshift memorial at Boylston and Berkeley streets.
In Hopkinton, people held hands in a vigil near the Boston Marathon starting line Wednesday.
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Void 2,1,0
Video installation with 3 projections reflects on our daily virtuosity avoiding urban obstacles.
In Void 2 and Void 1, an obstacle was added to the pavement that pedestrians had to avoid. Obstacles were later removed digitally. Void 0 represents a situation of free momovement, a state without any blockages.
With the support of: Willy Decourty, Afgevaardigde-Burgemeester, Pascal Dufour, Schepen van Nederlandstalige Aangelegenheden en de leden van het College van Burgemeester en Schepenen van Elsene en de Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie. Thanks to: nadine, Nederlanstalige Bibliotheek van Elsene, MIVB, Cristian Mos
Pedestrian Levitation is an artwork based on the movement of pedestrians on a public space. Some pedestrians walk only on the sidewalk and use the pedestrian crossing for crossing the street, others make free interpretations on the pedestrian infrastructure that urban designers came up with. Pedestrian Levitation visualises the real flow of people, adding a poetic layer that denies physical limitations such as gravity, in an attempt to inspire people to dream and look beyond their current situations.
The bird-eye video Pedestrian Levitation Research of was recorded on the roof of a building and analysed frame by frame with animation software. A pattern of movement of the pedestrians was extracted by reworking this recording frame by frame with video animation software: it is as if pedestrians draw lines though the space. The pattern that was obtained by the Pedestrian Levitation Research video was the basis of the installation in public space.


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Ayurveda is the traditional medicine of India. Ayurveda means in sanscrit "knowledge or wisdom of life". While a medical science, its scope enters into the realms of the spirit and the transformation of consciousness. It's fundamental philosophy is that disease is the end result of living out of harmony with our environment. It believes that in order to re-establish optimal health, we must discover where we are living out of harmony and then adopt a life style which brings us back into harmony.
The Foundations course for self-knowledge (50 credit hours) can be taken as a stand-alone course or as part of the Ayurvedic Massage and Body Therapy courses. In order to complete the program, the student has to submit a series of reading comprehension questions and a variety of self-healing and self-exploration exercises.
The course covers the following subjects:
Introduction to history, philosophy, mythology of Ayurveda
Five element theory
Tridoshic theory
Sensory therapies
Ayurvedic psychology
Fundamentals of determining a client's constitution
The California College of Ayurveda is the first state-approved college for the study of Ayurvedic medicine in the United States. The Ayurveda School offers a variety of training programs. The Foundations Course is also available in Spanish (see Cursos de Ayurveda). For more details please visit AyurvedaCollege.com or call 530 478 9100.


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SJV football action
It was a homecoming night to remember for White Pigeon.
The Chiefs topped visiting Centreville 30-6, to improve to 3-2 on the season.
White Pigeon didn't waste any time getting on the scoreboard early as Cahil Krajniak found the end zone on a 19-yard TD run. The Chiefs went for two and Dylan Hochstetler found Donavon Gremore for the conversion.
The Chiefs' scored on a Matt Eger 1-yard TD plunge later in the quarter. The point after made it 15-0 Chiefs.
White Pigeon would score 15 more points in the second quarter.
Eger for Hochstetler for 18 yards on a TD pass. The point after made it 22-0 Chiefs.
White Pigeon's final score came from homecoming king Chas Rathburn, who ran for a 6-yard TD. Hochstetler added the conversion to make it 30-0 Chiefs heading into the second half.
Zach Bauman scored the lone touchdown for Centreville, a 3-yard run.
White Pigeon finished with 280 yards on offense, holding Centreville to 51.
Eger had 83 yards on the ground while Rathburn added 67. Hunter Rummier had 33 on four carries and Krajniak added 31 on six carries.
Bauman led Centreville with 21 yards on three carries.
Gremore led with four tackles for the Chiefs while Rathburn and Cole Sellers had 3.5 stops each. Eger had a sack.
Mendon 70, Bronson 0
Mendon's football team picked up their opening SJV win over Bronson, 70-0, on Friday.
Junior quarterback Jordan Medich threw for five touchdown passes and the Hornet defense intercepted four passes, three of which went back for touchdowns.
Head coach John Schwartz said he was pleased with his team's effort.
"Our defense played well tonight and we were prepared coming in," Schwartz said. "We were able to put pressure on the quarterback tonight and played well in pass coverage as well. We've been working on some of those things in practice and we tried to get better tonight."
The Hornets have now won 31 straight conference games and last lost to Bronson, 21-17, in the final game of the 2006 season. Mendon hadn't scored 70 points since a 76-6 win over Eau Claire in the 2004 playoffs.
Mendon opened scoring in the first on a 4-yard TD from Medich to Parker Cupp. On the next possession Medich found Eli Klepper for a 35-yard TD pass and the Hornets led 14-0.
Bronson tried to get things going offensively, but Kyle Wiswell intercepted a pass and ran 35 yards into the end zone for a touchdown.
On Mendon's next possession, Wiswell caught a 30-yard TD pass from Medich and walked into the end zone. The kick after failed, but the Hornets led 27-0.
In the second quarter, Mendon added 28 more points.
Wiswell caught his second TD pass from Medich, this one from 10 yards out.
Mendon's next possession saw Klepper find the end zone on a 7-yard run. Robert Riley's extra point made it 41-0.
On the next Mendon possession Medich found Kaleb McCarroll for a 35-yard touchdown pitch and catch.
Capping the half was Cupp, who intercepted a pass and ran 60 yards for a touchdown. Riley's kick made it 55-0 at the break.
"We had four picks tonight and we ran a lot of different things on defense that we wanted to work on," Schwartz said. "We had a lot of stunts and angles that worked. We were trying to get better and we did that tonight."
Riley kicked three field goals — 22, 34 and 19 yards — in the second half. McCarroll intercepted a pass and ran 38 yards for the last Mendon touchdown.
"We had our JV's dress because they didn't have a game and all of them got to play tonight, so we're happy we accomplished what we wanted," Schwartz said. "Nobody got hurt and everybody played."
Bronson was held to just 34 yards of offense.
Mendon finished with 373 yards offensively.
Kyle Roberts had 17 carries for 13 yards while Daniel McMichael had 15 yards on eight carries.
McCarroll led Mendon on the ground with 109 yards on six carries while Brandon Bray had four for 17 yards.
Defensively Derek Zagon made 16 tackles while Wiswell had 13. Josh Hawkins made 11 stops while Riley had the other interception.
Portland St. Patrick 47, Burr Oak 36
Burr Oak's football team dropped a 47-36 decision to Portland St. Patrick Friday.
"We didn't have a good first quarter tonight — we gave up too many points," Bobcat coach Ryan Stephens said. "We struggled in the secondary with man coverage."
Stephens said St. Patrick ran trips our of a wing formation and used crossing routes for big plays.
"Once we figured that out, we were OK," he said. Burr Oak held St. Patrick to just 15 points in the final three quarters.
St. Patrick led 32-22 at the break.
Chantz Owens had 13 carries for 246 yards and a touchdown while catching two passes for 99 yards, a touchdown included.
James Saylor threw for 207 yards and two TDs. Alex Munoz had 69 yards on 12 carries with a touchdown.
Catching TD passes were Hunter Dobberteen and Arturo Hernandez-Gonzalez.
Defensively Brent Everitt made 13 stops. Owens had 11 while Munoz, Saylor and Arturo-Gonzalez each had 10.
"We can score and we did things well offensively, but we need to improve defensively," Stephens said. "We will learn from our mistakes and get better week by week."


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Rumors have been swirling that HTC was working on a mid-range version of their flagship One smartphone, and now we might have the first images of the device thanks to a leak out of China. A new HTC device with the model number 606w was spotted in China's TENAA database, and this could be a good preview for what's coming soon to the US.
On the front of the HTC 606w, we can see a pair of dual stereo speakers, similar to the Boomsound speakers found on the HTC One. We can see that HTC is sticking with the two capacitive buttons, back and home, while dropping the multitasking button. It also appears this device uses the new "pyramid-stacking" design that first debuted in the HTC Windows Phone 8X.
The HTC 606w sports Android 4.1.2 with Sense 5, a 4.5-inch 960 x 540 display, a quad-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB RAM, an 8-megapixel main camera, a 1.6-megapixel front-facing camera, WCDMA radio and microSD expansion. These specs vary from the rumored HTC M4, but they could have been altered since this device is designed for the China market.
We don't know what this device will retail for, but the new mid-range HTC First is currently priced at $449 at AT&T. I'm hoping HTC can bring their price of mid-range devices down even further, but we will have to wait and see.


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BRISTOL — Keith Olbermann was taken off his ESPN show for the rest of the week after making insulting comments about Penn State students on Twitter.
On Monday, a Penn State alum tweeted to Olbermann the phrase "We Are!" and a link to an article about students raising more than $13 million to fight pediatric cancer. Olbermann replied "…Pitiful."
Olbermann, who often spars with commenters on Twitter, then refused to back down in several more tweets, saying he was referring to Penn State students in general and not the fundraising.
"It was completely inappropriate and does not reflect the views of ESPN," the network said in a statement Tuesday....


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Needle & Extras:
Size 7 (4.5 mm) 20¿ and 29¿ circular needles OR SIZE NEEDED TO OBTAIN GAUGE Stitch holders Stitch markers Blunt-end yarn needle
Lion Brand Lion Suede (Art. 210) 100% polyester; 3 ox. (85 g)' 122 yds. (110 m); bulky weight 4 balls #124 Mocha (MC)
Lion Brand Trellis (Art. 500) 100% nylon; 1 3/4 oz. (50 g); 115 yds. (105), bulky weight 2 balls #303 Champagne (CC)
Gauge: 12 sts and 20 rows = 4" (10 cm) in St st (knit on RS, purl on WS) with MC. TAKE TIME TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE.
Size: Length=15" Lower-edge circumference=72"
Special Abbreviation: M1=Work an increase by lifting the horizontal thread lying between the needles and placing it onto the left needle. Work the new stitch through the back loop.
With MC and shorter circular needles, using the backward loop method, cast on 30 sts. Work in St st. Row 1 (RS): K1, M11, k to last st, M1, k1—32 sts. Row 2 (WS): P1, M1, p to last sts, M1, p1—34 sts. Rows 3-9: Rep Rows 1 and 2, ending with RS row—48 sts after Row 9 in finished. Rows 10-14: Word even in St st. Row 15 (RS): K12, place rem sts on holder. Shape right shoulder—Rows 16-20: Work even in St st on 12 sts. Row 21 (RS): K 12 sts, cast on 12 sts—24 sts. Row 22: P2, k1, p1, k1, p to end of row. Row 23: K to last 5 sts, p1, k1, p1, k2. Row 24: P2, k1, p1, k1, p to last 2 sts, p2tog. Row 25: K2tog, k to last 5 sts, p1, k1, p1, k2. Row 26-32: Rep Rows 24-25—15 sts rem after Row 32 (WS is finshed). Place sts on holder. Cut yarn, leaving a 6: tail. Shape left shoulder: Place yoke sts from holder onto needle, ready to work a RS row. Row 15: Join yarn and bind off 24 sts for back of neck, k to end of row—12 sts rem. Rows 16-20: Work even in St st on 12 sts. Row 21: Cast on 12 sts, k to end of row, pm—24 sts. Row 22: P to last 5 sts, k1, p1, k1, p2. Row 23: K2, p1, k1, p1, k to end of row. Row 24: P2tog tbl, p to last 5 sts, k1, p1, k1 p2. Row 25: K2, p1, k1, p1, k to last 2 sts, ssk. Rows 26-32: Rep Rows 24-25—15 sts rem after Row 32 is finished. Do not cut yarn.
Row 1: K2, p1, k1, p1, k10, pick up and k 26 sts evenly around left shoulder, pick up and k 30 sts across cast-on edge, pick up and k 26 sts evenly around right shoulder; remove 15 sts from holder and place on needle, k10, p1, k1, p1, k2—112 sts. Row 2: P2, k1, p1, k1, p10, pm, p8, pm, p10, pm, p8, pm, p30, pm, p8, om, p`0, om, p8, pm, p10, k1, p1, k1, p2. Shape body—Inc row (RS): K2, p1, k1, p1, *k to next marker, M1, sm; rep from * 3 more times, k to last 5 sts, p1, k1, p1, k2—120 sts. Change to longer circular needle as necessary to accommodate extra sts.
Cont in St st, keeping first and last 5 sts in pat throughout, rep Inc row every 4th row 12 more times—216 sts. Work 2 rows even. Maintaining first and last 5 sts in pat, change to Garter st (knit every row) for 6 rows. Bind off kwise on WS row.
With WS facing and MC, pick up and k 48 sts evenly spaced around neck opening. P 1 row. Cont in St st, inc 1 st each end of row every 4th row 5 times—58 sts. Work 2 rows even (24 rows total including pick-up row). Cut yarn, leaving a 4" tail.
With RS facing and CC, pick up and k 20 sts evenly along side edge of collar, k 58 sts, pick up and k 19 sts evenly spaced along the other side edge of collar—97 sts.
Rows 1, 3, 5, and 7 (WS): Knit. Row 2: K 4, yo, k5, yo, (k3, yo, k1, yo) 19 times, k3, yo, k5, yo, k4—139 sts. Row 4: K4, yo, k6, yo, (k5, yo, k1, yo) 19 times, k5, yo, k6, yo, k4—181 sts. Row 6: K4, yo, k7, yo, (k7, yo, k1, yo) 19 times, k7, yo, k7, yo, k4—223 sts. Row 8: K4, yo, k8, yo (k9, yo, k1, yo) 19 times, k9, yo, k8, yo k4—265 sts. Row 9: Knit. Bind off all sts kwise. Weave in loose ends.
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May 18, 2007: Audacity 1.3.3 Released
The Audacity Team is pleased to announce the release of Audacity 1.3.3 (beta), which contains numerous new features and capabilities beyond the 1.3.2 (beta) release. Because it is a work in progress and does not yet come with complete documentation or translations into foreign languages, it is recommended for more advanced users. For all users, Audacity 1.2.6 is a stable release, complete and fully documented. You can have both Audacity 1.2.6 and 1.3.3 installed simultaneously.
See New Features in 1.3 for more information about the 1.3.x beta series.Beta version 1.3.3
- Opening/saving formats
- Import
- Import of audio from QuickTime (mov, aac, m4a) files now supported on OS X.
- Broadcast Wave Format (BWF) wave files can now be imported.
- Export
- Metadata can be added to OGG files.
- Improved Export option selection.
- Additional export options added to MP3 and FLAC file formats.
- Command line exporter now supported on Windows and OS X.
- Effects
- EQ effect
- Responsiveness improved.
- Several enhancements added.
- Batch support added.
- New Auto Duck effect
- Added previewing to AudioUnit effects.
- Much improved Noise Removal effect
- Effects previewing can now be canceled.
- New DTMF Tone Generator effect
- Additional options available in Noise effect.
- Improved the Tone Generation effects.
- Other features
- New built-in screen capture utility
- Major speed improvement in Spectrogram rendering
- Increased support for drag and drop on OS X.
- Support added for building against wxWidgets 2.8.x.
- Can now open multiple Audacity Projects at once from Explorer on Windows.
- Improved main window sliders.
- New support for snapping while selecting and sliding
- Improved track focus handling and visual feedback.
- Speed improvements and handling of resizing/zooming in tracks
- Spectrum view can now be zoomed.
- New internal file cache to improve handling of project files over networks
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- Many improvements to language specific translations
- Numerous stability improvements


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Dreams on Ice: this year's theme was Blast from the Past dedicating this show to Kristy Morris-Leas, who resigned last spring.
This is year's ice show had 30 performances that entertained a crowd Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. The ice show not only includes Crookston area families but other small surrounding towns like, Fertile, Fisher, Beltrami and more. The girls will finish of this year's season with an awards banquet to be held to Thursday.


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Xigmatek Prime SD1484 Review
Xigmatek, to me, has always been somewhat of a mystery because I have never owned any of its products nor have they ever been wildly popular. Founded in 2005, Xigmatek has been around for a little bit of time but is by no means an elder in the "community". Not only known for its heatsinks, Xigmatek is also noted for its cases and power supplies as well. When it comes to other cooling products, Xigmatek has everything covered. On top of CPU coolers, you can find aftermarket coolers for VGA cards, memory, hard drives, and even ones for chipsets that possess the Xigmatek name. When it comes to manufacturers that I haven't had a chance to previously evaluate, I always pay special attention to what is offered and any creative or innovative things that I have not seen before. I like to see what's different between manufacturers because every one always has an individual style of its own — no matter how subtle.
The Xigmatek Prime SD1484 is a slim tower cooler that uses four 8mm direct contact copper heapipes and has room for two 140mm fans. Out of the box, only one is included but additional components required to mount an additional fan are already included. Simply looking at pictures that are on the box, I like what I see with the design and layout of the cooler. When it comes down to heatsinks, and really anything else for that matter, I am generally not impressed by flashy plastic and pretty lights to make something look "sweet". To me, the way I view elegance is in something's simplicity and subtle details that improve its functionality. I have been continually blessed to see most if not all manufactures slowly move out of the flashy realm away from form over function and focusing on what truly matters: performance. In this review, I will perform an in-depth evaluation of the Xigmatek SD1484 from its unboxing to a close-up look at its features, followed by a rigorous testing session where its performance will be compared to other recent competitors on the market. Without further ado, let's get started.
Closer Look:
The box of the Xigmatek Prime SD1484 has a clean look and is efficient for its size - it's rather thin compared to other heatsinks of its size. This may be due to their only being one packaged fan, but regardless, it's small. The front of the box has a front view of the cooler with the fan in place. Beneath this picture is the text "Prime / SD1484" and has the Xigmatek "X" logo in the upper right corner. The left side of the package has a 3/4 picture of the cooler with a view of the direct contact heatpipes at the bottom. Beneath this picture is a table containing pertinent information and specifications such as materials used, weights, dimensions, fan specifications such as speed, airflow and noise, and other figures shown in the picture below.
The rear of the box has different close-up pictures of certain features that the cooler offers. Such things include the knife-edged fin design, direct contact heatpipes, anti-vibration rubber pads for the included and optional, additional fan, and the all-in-one (universal) mounting solution. The right side of the box has a similar 3/4 view of the bottom of the heatsink and the message "H.D.T. Heat-pipe Direct Touch Technology" in 12 different languages. The top of the box (not shown) has a handle built into its construction and has compatibility icons which include all recent AMD and Intel CPUs and sockets including Intel's Socket 2011.
Out of the box, I find all of the mounting hardware, fan, and other accessories. Included is the universal backplate and AMD spacer, through-screws, nuts, mounting strips, other screws, Socket 2011 standoffs and the hold-down clamp. Included is only one 140mm fan and four rubber fan straps (not shown) for fastening the fans to the cooler along with a tube of thermal paste and installation instructions. The fan is a 140mm fan branded as a Xigmatek, has a 4-pin PWM connector and is black in color. The mounting method is straight forward and uses a 2-point sprung clamping style mechanism which is proven effective and is widely used across many manufacturers and heatsink models. The fan attaches to the heatsink using two of the provided rubber straps which grab onto a channel on each side of the heatsink made by the fins' geometry.
Just recently, I took a look at the Havik 120 from NZXT, and my first impression of this cooler and its accessories is that these two coolers share some very, VERY similar qualities. When I first opened and set out the contents of the mounting hardware for the Xigmatek Prime SD1484, I thought I had re-opened the mounting components for the Havik 120 somehow. The components are identical even down to the casting marks on the plastic pieces along with bolt and nut lengths and thread pitches. On top of this, both share the same knife-edged quality of the fins which I have not previously seen and heatpipe layout. I can't say that this is because Xigmatek may be together with NZXT, but it's possible that third party suppliers are shared between the two companies. I am not the first person to see these similarities but nowhere can I find anything that says the companies are not independent.
With everything out of the box, it's time to get started on taking a closer look at the cooler and its features.


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Over the last six years, more than 2,000 young women in Bangladesh have been the victims of acid attacks. Monira Rahman, director of the Acid Survivors Foundation, is awarded the Amnesty International Human Rights Award for her fight against these attacks. Ana Lehmann reports
Over the last six years, more than 2,000 young women in Bangladesh have been the victims of acid attacks. Monira Rahman, director of the Acid Survivors Foundation, is awarded the Amnesty Human Rights Award for her fight against these attacks. Ana Lehmann reports
Monira Rahman studied philosophy and was working in a project for the homeless when she first saw girls who had been disfigured by acid attacks. Meeting them changed her life.
"I was very much shocked and also frightened when I saw two very young survivors of acid violence in 1997," she says. "But I was also amazed when I talked to them. They were very, very confident, very strong girls.
They had also a wider perspective about women's issues, about the issues concerning violence against women, and about what should we do. And at that time I decided I should work with them, I should know more about them, I should do something for them."
Fighting against acid attacks
In 1999, a British man, John Morrison, founded the Acid Survivors Foundation as an organisation to help the victims of acid attacks in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Monira Rahman was there from the start and took over the management of the project shortly afterwards. "At the start, scarcely anyone knew how many acid attacks there were in the country," she remembers.
Since then, the Foundation has registered more than 2,000 victims. "But the real number must be much higher," says Rahman. It's her aim to bring the suffering of the victims to the attention of the public – to make sure that stories like those of the village girl Lilima become more widely known.
This is Lilima's story as Monira Rahman tells it:
"She was only 8 years old when she was married to a man who was 45 years old. And she was not able to satisfy her husband physically, sexually. In that situation, her husband was beating her, forcing her, and the in-laws were also forcing her to do household work. And therefore when she was 10 years old, she came back to her parents' house and was seeking help from her parents. Her parents were convinced and decided not to send her back to her in-laws' family. There was a community meeting and the community also accepted that decision and told the husband, you will not take her back until she is adult. Then the husband was very angry. And then he threw acid on her to destroy the beauty of her."
Acid throwing - a vicious form of violence
It's almost only women who are the victims of acid attacks. Many of them are very young, perhaps thirteen or fourteen years old. Eighty percent of the victims live in rural areas. Most of them are attacked because they have resisted sexual advances or offers of marriage.
In addition, women whose parents cannot or will not meet a husband's demands for additional dowry payments can become victims of acid attacks. Rahman explains it like this: "If a man thinks he is losing face in the sight of his wife, then he destroys the face of his wife, in order to restore his own honour.
Nowadays, a new generation of women in Bangladesh have begun to take jobs in the textile industry or to take advantage of credit programmes to make themselves self-sufficient. For many men this is a provocation.
"Women are becoming more public and becoming more independent, in the business sector or in the formal economic sector," says Monira Rahman. "And therefore in many cases it is difficult for the male partner or male member of the family to accept their free mobility. And obviously therefore many women and girls are subject to violence in different forms."
Lilima's eyelids were destroyed by the acid, and her nose was eaten away. Her lower lip melted into her chin and her chin was stuck to her chest. For ten years, she hid behind the walls of her parents' house, until she heard that Monira Rahman and the charity had built two clinics in which pain and scars could be treated.
Specialists worked for a year on Lilima's face until it was repaired to the extent that she could eat and breathe more easily.
"The survivors give us strength!"
"But it's not enough to repair the face with cosmetic surgery," says Monira Rahman. Before the attacks many of these women were particularly self-confident, and that self-confidence has to be rebuilt. In the Foundation's rehabilitation centre, the "survivors" (as they call themselves) receive psychological and social care. Rahman says that everyone in the centre supports each other.
"We can cry together," she says. "But also we see some positive situations. For example, we thought maybe some individual survivor will not survive finally, but finally they survived. Maybe it was a very young girl; the situation is so difficult, everyday we are counting, what will happen to her, we all are very concerned about her survival situation.
And after one month, after two months we see: no, she is recovering, she is becoming a survivor. That gives us strength. Or we see that a perpetrator has been prosecuted and punished, that gives us strength. Or that a young survivor is becoming an activist. That gives us strength."
Ana Lehmann
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Translation from German: Michael Lawton
Sultana Kamal – A Voice for Equality
Even though equal rights are guaranteed by the constitution of 1972, the imbalance of power between the sexes takes "the worst possible form" in Bangladesh, according to Sultan Kamal, human rights lawyer. Annette Hartmetz reports
Two Sisters' Courageous Struggle
For 25 years, sisters Asma Jahangir and Hina Jilani have fought to uphold human rights, especially women's rights, in Pakistan. Today their Lahore law firm is known throughout the country. By Bernard Imhasly


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A brutal instrumental theme in the genre of dance electronica, driven by punchy syncopated rhythmic patterns and fat acid bass lines, enriched with synthetic over-driven guitars and cool vocoder sound effects; excellent for visual scenarios with an emotional emphasis on unleashing raw energy in a hi-tech environment, futuristic, punk, provocative. Two versions are included: 1) with the vocoder FX (2:14), 2) without the vocoder FX (2:14).
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The Ravens' review: 2012 season
To keep you entertained during the 2013 NFL offseason, blogger and reporter Matt Vensel will go back and review the performance of each significant Ravens contributor during the 2012 season. He started with the team's free agents and recent retires and will break down a new Ravens player every weekday.
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Miles Anderson, Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii, 2004, Benthic Habitats of the Tinian 2001-2003, Southern Mariana Archipelago, Derived from IKONOS Imagery: Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii, Kailua, Hawaii.This is part of the following larger work.
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Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program, 2004, Benthic Habitats of the Mariana Archipelago Prepared by Visual Interpretation from IKONOS satellite imagery procured by NOAA: NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Silver Spring, MD.
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The National Ocean Service is conducting a map production effort to digitally map biotic resources and coordinate a long-term monitoring program that can detect and predict change in U.S. coral reefs, and their associated habitats and biological communities.
Coyne, M.S., 2003, Classification Scheme for Benthic Habitats of the Pacific: NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Silver Spring, MD.
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Buja, Ken, 2003, Coral Reef Digitizing Extension: NOAA's Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Silver Spring, MD.
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A statistically robust field data set was collected to assess the thematic accuracy of the map products. A random stratified sampling method was implemented to select field sites to conduct this test. Each site was navigated to using a Trimble Geo Explorer 3 GPS data logger, and positional data was acquired. A total of 1113 GPS waypoints were occupied and benthic characterizations conducted for the purpose of accuracy assessment. Areas that were obscured by cloud cover or where other environmental conditions such as glint of turbidity prevented visual interpretation of the benthic habitats were assigned an attribute of "unknown". Field observations that fell in polygons designated "unknown" were not included in the statistical analysis. During this survey, 5 of the 1113 field observations were excluded for this reason and 1108 observations were used in the accuracy assessment. A statistical analysis that generated a Tau statistic was preformed. The Tau statistic for the major classes exceeded 0.85 and for detailed classes exceeded 0.75. Overall thematic accuracy was established as 98.7% and 92.6% for the major structure and cover classes and 87.8% and 81% for the detailed classes respectively for the entire Mariana Archipelago.
RMS from digitized output was determined using the ESRI RMEer2 extension and shown to be less than 1m when conducted at 1:6000 scale.
NOAA supplied georeferenced imagery to Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii through BAE Systems Spectral Solutions. Delineation of all habitat boundaries was conducted with the image scale at 1:6,000. This ensures that the level of detail produced by the photo interpreter is uniform throughout the project. Also, NOAA has shown from similar mapping efforts in the Caribbean and Florida Keys that little additional information is gained from having the image at a smaller scale and the labor intensity increased significantly. The minimum mapping unit (MMU) for identifying habitats or features was 1 acre. The software utilized in this project was designed to alert the photo interpreter each time a polygon was drawn smaller than the MMU. When this occurred the photo interpreter has the choice whether to include the polygon in the data set. Only in areas where local coral reef managers expressed interest in specific map classes or in Marine Protected Areas were polygons of smaller then the MMU allowed.
All mapping was conducted from orthorectified IKONOS satellite imagery provided by NOS prior to map production. IKONOS satellite imagery was corrected for atmospheric and water column effects, color balanced, pan sharpened and deglinted. During the digitizing process, image stretches and manipulating image contrast, brightness and color balance were performed in the ArcView Image Analysis Extension to enhance features in the processed imagery. GIS topologic quality was established by executing ArcView extension routines that check for: overlapping polygons, multipart polygons, sliver polygons and void polygons. Additionally checks for adjacent polygons with the same habitat attributes were completed. All errors were identified and corrected. This file is believed to be logically consistent.
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- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints: Not for navigation
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Downloadable Data
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) produced this data CD-ROM. NCCOS Biogeography Program does not guarantee the accuracy of the geographic features or attributes. Please see the metadata records for each data set for complete information on the source, limitations, and proper use. NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA can not assume liability for and damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.
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|ArcView shapefile
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Contact NOAA for distribution options (see Distributor). All maps of the Mariana Archipelago prepared during this tenure are incorporated into this metadata summary.
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